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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for October 26

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)

Top Ophthalmologist Steven Siepser, M.D., Says Don't Get Tricked This Halloween ; Eye Expert Warns Against the Danger of Special Effects Lenses

WAYNE, Pa., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With Halloween fast approaching, the season for scares and thrills is in full swing. As people gear up for trick-or-treating and Halloween parties, the sales for decorative contact lenses have increased. But, they come with a price. Decorative contact lenses have become increasingly popular for Halloween. The glow-in-the-dark-effects and animal prints are exciting to wearers. But the recent fad poses health risks, and these lenses can cause long-term damage...

Junior Achievement, Capital One Take Financial Literacy Education Into the Digital World

Innovative new online simulation provides Southeast Texas students with valuable life skills HOUSTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local students are one step closer to acquiring the money-management skills they need to achieve lifelong financial responsibility and success. Today, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas announced that it has been selected as one of 13 pilot sites in the United States for a virtual, interactive application of JA Finance Park(R), an innovative financial lit...

Broadband Forum Rolls Out Broadbandsuite(Tm) 3.2

Next Generation Home Networking and Management Platform PARIS, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Broadband World Forum conference in Paris will see the launch of BroadbandSuite(TM) 3.2 - the Broadband Forum's latest release of technical work. Building on the well established TR-069, the de facto remote management standard for world-wide broadband, this release provides a new level in remote management flexibility and dynamic application allocation - ensuring the industry can address the ...

White Sox Pitcher Mark Buehrle Launching Pet-Adoption Billboard and Psa Campaign Today

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle has a message for the city of Chicago: adopt a shelter pet. Buehrle and his wife Jamie have partnered with Adopt-a- Pet.com, North America's largest non-profit pet adoption web service, for a public service campaign launching today in the greater Chicagoland area. Starting today, Chicagoland residents will see light-hearted adoption-promoting billboards and televised public service announcements featuring Mark and Jami...

The Hispanic Vote in Next Week's Election

A Baseline to Judge Turnout on Nov. 2 WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some commentators have argued that Hispanic turnout in the upcoming mid-term elections will be higher than usual, while others have argued that it will be lower. A new report from the Center for Immigration examines these claims and provides a means for evaluating them, based on data collected by the Census Bureau.

Video From Thenewsmarket.Com and Swedish Institute: Sweden and Republic of Belarus Organise 'Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: New Challenges and Threats' Conference

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California Election: Judges to Defend Double Pension Benefits? Full Disclosure Network(R) Video Report

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Full Disclosure Network(R) (FDN) presents an online Video News Report here featuring experts who are challenging election endorsements of California Judges who have received illegal double benefits and then received retroactive criminal immunity from prosecution for "theft" and "fraud" in a little known Senate Bill (SBX2 11) in 2009. Featured in the video are court critic Richard I. Fine, Paul Orfanedes and Sterling Norris of Judicial Watch. Wat...

Patient Safety Is No Accident: Orthopaedic Surgery Error Data May Be Misleading; Citing National Figures

ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent stories have circulated in the media about surgical errors, pointing to data from 6,000 physicians in Colorado this week. Numbers cited in that study showed that orthopaedic surgery is the second highest in making mistakes - with a total of 22. 4 percent of cases causing a surgical error. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) have been working together for years on ways...

Americans in the Dark About Lung Cancer, Survey Finds

Number One Cancer Killer Not Top of Mind MADISON, Wisc., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Men and women worry about prostate and breast cancer, yet the number one cancer killer in the United States - lung cancer - isn't on their radar. According to a survey released today by the National Lung Cancer Partnership, Americans know little about lung cancer's causes, symptoms and the number of lives it takes compared to other cancers.

Tax Relief Providers Seek Clarification From New Ftc Debt Settlement Regulations ; New Federal Trade Commission Provisions to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (Tsr) Contradict Federal Tax Law.

ENCINO, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Just weeks after the FTC's orders to shut down American Tax Relief for cheating taxpayers out of $60 million, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is slated to enact the "debt relief service" amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that the FTC now says applies to the tax relief industry as well as to reign in the deceptive practices of debt settlement, debt resolution and credit counseling agencies. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101...

Deloitte Research's Fourth Quarter 2010 Global Economic Outlook Examines the Pace of Growth in the World's Major Markets ; Growing Global Imbalances Threaten a Sustainable Recovery; Failure to Adjust to New Realities Will Only Perpetuate Uncertainty and Volatility

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In the fourth quarter issue of the Global Economic Outlook, Deloitte Research economists examine the current economic environment and, in particular, the varied pace of growth and global imbalances impacting nine of the world's major markets: the United States, Eurozone, China, India, Japan, United Kingdom, Russia, Brazil, and Australia. "The global economy is imbalanced," says Ira Kalish, Director of Global Economics, Deloitte Research, part of Deloitte Serv...

New Website Protects People From Foul Play ; Men and Women Alike Are Now Using New Website to Protect Themselves From Foul Play

FRISCO, Texas, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Men and women alike now have an "ace in the hole" when it comes to their safety. People have been using NoFoulPlay.com to protect themselves from foul play. In the case of an emergency, the site contacts the member's selected recipients should foul play occur. This technology allows the member to deliver alerts containing vital information such as personal documents, photographs, videos and digital diaries that is of importance to their contacts should t...

Obama Should Stop Bp Fund Administrator Feinberg From Giving Chamber of Commerce Keynote or Fire Him, Watchdog Says

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog asked President Obama to force BP Fund Administrator Kenneth Feinberg to withdraw from a keynote address Wednesday at a Chamber of Commerce group dedicated to eviscerating spill victims' legal rights, and to fire Feinberg if he refuses. In the letter to Obama, Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court said:

In a Challenging Infant Heart Defect, Two Thirds May Have High Chance of Survival

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When prenatal diagnosis detects the severe heart defect hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) in a fetus, a comprehensive prenatal evaluation is important to provide parents an accurate prognosis. In HLHS, one of the heart's pumping chambers is severely underdeveloped. However, say researchers, in two-thirds of cases, reconstructive surgery affords the infant an excellent chance of early survival. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Ph...

Augusta Systems Awarded Navy Contract to Converge Data From Unmanned Vehicles, Sensors ; Augusta Systems Edgefrontier Serves As Platform for Intelligent Military Network

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Augusta Systems, Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, has been awarded a $1.4 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for the continued testing and enhancement of a distributed, intelligent network of unmanned vehicles, unattended ground sensors, video cameras and other devices. The intelligent network is built upon Augusta Systems EdgeFrontier technologies...

Campaign Money Watch Launches 'They Win. U Lose.' Campaign ; Effort Will Use Candidates' Own Words to Increase Voter Turnout-- Especially Younger Voters--At Nov. 2 Elections Nationwide

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Starting today, Campaign Money Watch, a project of the nonpartisan Public Campaign Action Fund, will begin an aggressive campaign to get voters-- especially those aged 20 to 40, with a focus on African-American voters in that age group--to the polls for midterm elections across the country on Nov. 2. The core premise of this new campaign--called "They Win. U Lose."- -is to break through the corporate-funded advertising noise to urge voters to get o...

Suffolk County, N.Y. To Advance Incident Prevention and Response Efforts with Intergraph(R) Public Safety and Security Software ; Integrated Incident Management and Analysis Software to Facilitate Regional Interoperability and Information Sharing for Coordinated Response to Serve and Protect Long Island County's 1.5 Million Residents

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Suffolk County (New York) Police Department (SCPD) will deploy Intergraph(R) incident management and mobile dispatch software to empower call takers, dispatchers and field personnel with actionable information in their emergency response efforts. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081211/DECLOGO )

Heart Attack: New Hope in Delaying Brain Damage in Cardiac Arrest Victims

MERION STATION, Pa., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a heart attack and the victim stops breathing, a process of irreversible brain damage starts to occur within 3 to 4 minutes. Or does it? While researching cardiac arrest, Jeffrey Dobkin read about a boy drowning in icy waters. Although submerged for over half an hour the boy was rescued, resuscitated, and recovered completely. No brain damage.

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles Opens Forensic Training Institute

Partners with Local Community Organizations and Agencies to Provide Assessment and Training; Crisis Intervention LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since opening in 2008, the Los Angeles Campus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) has offered a host of free or low-cost services to the local community, including crisis intervention training; workshops on topics from post-traumatic stress disorder to substance abuse; mental health counseling; and research in par...