Cities will never be the same. With more than 5 billion people projected to live in cities in 2030, there is a need for innovative ways to meet the challenges related to climate change and maintain a livable environment. The year 2010 is by the UN designated to be “The International Year of Biodiversity”, which represents an opportunity to highlight the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in reducing the effects of climate change.
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Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today launched a new online U.S. product catalog, available at Hospira.com/catalog. Developed with input from customers, the new website allows healthcare facilities and other medical care providers to search Hospira's more than 1,200 products in a variety of ways – alphabetically, by product name, list number, or therapeutic class.
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Once again, Applebee’s will thank our nation’s veterans and active duty military by inviting them to their neighborhood Applebee’s for a free meal on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Last year, Applebee’s served more than one million military men and women and expects that number to be even higher this year. The company’s appreciation efforts last year were the largest of its kind to give back to the communities nationwide where Applebee’s restaurants are located.
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Join CIA operative Jonathan Keene in a battle against America’s greatest enemy. Although initially investigating the disappearance of border agents along the US and Mexico border, Keene soon discovers another enemy waiting right at America’s doorstep. This enemy is swift with sights set on something more precious than gold. As the US is pushed into a situation it hasn’t seen since its inceptions, Keene is forced to face a past he’d rather leave buried. Can Keen and America survive? Find out more at http://bit.ly/The13Fall. The 13 Fall Book Trailer. Christian, Thriller
Combining Greek mythology, fairy tales, and an alternate present, Carrie Vaughn remakes the world into something magical and frightening. Evie comes home to her dying father, and discovers that she will inherit far more than just the house. She also gets the basement storeroom, and all the magic it contains. Learn more about this author here: http://bit.ly/9qKbeW Learn more about this book here: http://bit.ly/aGePIk Urban Fantasy
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir, half human, half vampire.Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to a lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her.To find out what was done to her and who is behind it Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead. Find out more at http://www.karenchance.com/books.html Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance. romance, urban fantasy, fantasy
Your child’s life-after-divorce can be better than you ever hoped for. Discover how you can make positive co-parenting work for you and your child! With the strategies for success that Tammy Daughtry offers, you’ll be prepared to create an enjoyable childhood and healthy upbringing that will impact your child for a lifetime. Learn about the book here, http://bit.ly/lccZxT Learn about this author here, www.coparentinginternational.com Family, Christian Life
Susan Lucci is no stranger to the spotlight and now she is talking about a serious issue that’s close to her heart – atrial fibrillation (AFib) and its connection to stroke. In a national public service announcement (PSA) recently launched, Lucci and her husband, Helmut Huber, who lives with AFib, are encouraging the more than 2.3 million Americans living with the condition, along with their loved ones, to join them in taking the Facing AFib Pledge to do all they can to reduce the risk of AFib-related stroke.
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Avon Global Ambassador & Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation for Women Reese Witherspoon and Avon Chairman and CEO Andrea Jung today awarded four global non-governmental organizations with the inaugural Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About Violence Against Women for their campaigns that are bringing attention to the need to end violence against women. Witherspoon and Jung presented the awards, funded by the Avon Foundation, at the 2nd World Conference of Women’s Shelters in Washington, D.C., which brought together more than 1,400 advocates, activists and leaders from 96 countries to collaborate to change attitudes about such violence. The awards are part of the Avon Speak Out Against Domestic Violence program, which has donated nearly $40 million globally to end violence against women.
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This is Opera Australia's most ambitious project ever, costing $11.5m with over 130 performers, 240 Opera Australia staff and 60 volunteers. Staged under the night sky and against the spectacular backdrop of the Sydney skyline, performers and audiences alike will be lit up nightly by this sparkling opera production complete with fireworks on five barges. Featuring Mardi-Gras-inspired costumes, the world's largest Chesterfield and a live orchestra housed on the water line, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour is more than opera, it's an event. Already called the 'world-wide number #1 opera event of 2012' by The Guardian, it's set to dazzle 3000 people nightly, over its 3 week season. Directed by renowned US director Francesca Zambello and starring Australian sopranos Emma Matthews and Rachelle Durkin alternating in the role of Violetta, with two of the world's leading tenors, Italian, Gianluca Terranova and Korean, Ji-Min Park alternating as Alfredo. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Traviata opens 24 March 2012 with tickets from $85. www.operaonsydneyharbour.com.au
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The only thing more dangerous than the spoken word is silence. It is the near future and the government controls everything, including language. One woman will do anything to give her daughter the freedoms she enjoyed as a child. She will give everything just to speak her daughter's name. Veracity Laura Bynum Book Trailer Find out more about this author here http://www.laurabynum.com/ Find out more about this book http://tinyurl.com/ygfx7qt Science Fiction
The children’s books beloved by a generation of readers who are now parents are back (and better than ever) in A ValueTales Treasury! From the number 1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson, this is a collection of life stories based in values we can all believe in.
Learn more about this book here: http://bit.ly/9IjnQL and its author here: http://bit.ly/aD9e8U Children’s Age 5 & up
