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2013 BIO International Convention to Host Alzheimer's Forum to Confront Issues and Roadblocks ...

2013-04-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

At 2013 BIO International Convention, Alzheimer’s Forum will host panel discussions focused on early detection and prevention, role federal agencies are playing to help accelerate development of breakthrough treatments, as well as reviewing progress and identifying obstacles for research. Convention takes place April 22–25 in Chicago, IL, and agenda highlights of Alzheimer’s Forum will include Demystifying Alzheimer’s Disease, national planning, and future plans for addressing ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations

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Pacific religious leaders called on to confront climate change

2013-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio Australia: Religious leaders in the Pacific have been told they aren't doing enough to fight climate change. In Fiji religious leaders have gathered for a summit and the region's leading scientists were also there to make presentations. Taholo Kami is the Regional Director for the Oceania Program of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. He says he told the summit that religious leaders in the region focus too much on the after-life, and not enough on the state of the planet here and...

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Denise Morrison : Campbell s to confront critical shifts.

2013-03-17 13:05:20| Food - Topix.net

On hearing that his daughter had just been named CEO of Campbell Soup Co., Denise Morrison's father congratulated her and then asked: For many of us, being named the head of a Fortune 500 company would be the culmination of a long, hard climb, validation of our success.

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Washington is right: Canada must confront its climate neglect

2013-02-19 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama, through his ambassador to Canada, has every right to ask our federal government to do more to fight climate change. The United States is on track to meet its climate targets. Sunday in Washington, more than 30,000 people took part in the largest climate rally in U.S. history. Mr. Obama has committed more than $90-billion for clean energy. He recently made fighting climate change a major priority for his second term. What's happening in Canada? After U.S. Ambassador...

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