Newstream.com Digest: Alicia Keys PSA for YouthAIDS, Whatever Happened to the Station Wagon? and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Whatever Happened to the Station Wagon?
For many a growing family in the sixties and seventies, the station wagon was the ultimate symbol of suburbia. Of course, the baby boomers who rode in the wayback swore they'd never drive a station wagon. But that may be changing... Don't be surprised to hear the words "sexy" and "station wagon" in the same sentence. A report from General Motors
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YouthAIDS Launches a New Campaign to Educate & Protect Teens
from HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS statistics among youth are staggering. YouthAIDS is addressing this epidemic through a new PSA campaign, produced by Artists Against AIDS Worldwide. This compilation of four PSAs features some of today's most influential young artists speaking freely and openly to kids in their own language about AIDS prevention. Get a video PSA featuring Alicia Keys.
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Iowa State's Sanderson Becomes First Collegiate Wrestler
Featured on Wheaties Box
An undefeated 159-0 four-year college career...four straight national championships...four state high school championships in Utah...and now, Cael Sanderson has his own Wheaties box.
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Micromuse Ships Netcool(R)/Usage Service Monitors(TM) Suite
Micromuse Inc. announced its Netcool/Usage Service Monitors(TM) (Netcool/USMs) suite. The Netcool/USMs suite provides both realtime and historical measurement and analysis of usage data. Netcool/USMs reports can break down utilization of network bandwidth by application, individual, department or business unit.
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Moviso and The Motion Picture and Television Archive Put Celebrity
Photos and Graphics on Mobile Phones Worldwide
Moviso LLC(R), the leading provider of mobile media products and services in North America and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA and The Motion Picture and Television Archive, today announced an exclusive, worldwide licensing deal that will put rich, high-quality celebrity photos and graphics on mobile phones worldwide.
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Greater Bay Bancorp Appoints Susan Black President
of the Community Banking Group
Greater Bay Bancorp , an $8.3 billion in assets financial services holding company, announced the appointment of Susan K. Black as President of the Company's Community Banking Group.
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Over 80 Percent Surveyed Concerned That Speeding or Careless Drivers
Pose Major Threat to Children in Their Neighborhoods,
Yet Most Still Speed
In an effort to improve Americans' unsafe neighborhood driving habits, online car buying and information site Carsmart.com is taking a North Carolina woman's grass roots Take The Pledge campaign national.
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Nation's Largest Water Partnership Begins Operations
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson was joined by officials from the Indianapolis City-County Council, the new Indianapolis Board of Waterworks and USFilter to celebrate the opening of the nation's largest public-private partnership for water services.
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California Micro Devices Introduces Power Management Solution for
Mobile Electronics and Wireless Handsets
California Micro Devices today announced the addition of a low-noise power management device to its Power Wise Regulator(TM) family for mobile and wireless handset applications. The new CM3014 series of low dropout (LDO) voltage regulators combines a very low dropout voltage, small form factor, low current (70uA) and high power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) in one device-providing cost-effective design flexibility for a host of applications including wireless handsets, digital cameras, PDAs/handheld PCs and MP3 Players.
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S2 Systems' OpeN/2 Pushes Envelope with 80% Higher Benchmark
S2 Systems Inc., a global provider of transaction processing, authorization and integrated solutions for the banking, financial, retail and travel sectors, today announced results of a second major benchmarking study demonstrating the ability of OpeN/2(R) to reliably process 1800+ on-line financial transactions per second (tps).
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Primavera Releases Handheld Application for Primavera TeamPlay Suite
Primavera Systems, Inc., the leading provider of project management software, has released a new handheld module, called Primavera(R) Mobile Manager, for its Primavera TeamPlay project management suite that is compatible with the Palm OS(R) and Pocket PC platforms. To help customers quickly take advantage of this innovative technology, Primavera will provide a free copy of the module to users of TeamPlay Project Manager with current maintenance agreements as of June 30, 2002.
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Borders(R) Books and Music Celebrates Mother's Day
With Wonder Woman Gift Cards
Celebrate your super Mom with a Wonder Woman electronic gift card from Borders. The dynamic electronic gift card featuring DC Comic's Amazon Princess is the perfect way to tell Mom she's your heroine.
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Pedestrian Safety System Developed By Alcoa Now Available
Alcoa announced today that it has begun selling the Alcoa Guide Rail System(tm), a new easy-to-install product designed to direct people safely away from areas containing mobile equipment, machinery or other potential hazards. The versatile, modular system can be installed both indoors and outdoors in a wide range of applications.
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Avnet Applied Computing Marks Global Expansion With New European
President & Head of Regional Finance
As part of the organizational changes, president Ed Kamins has created senior positions in three global regions, and has promoted 23-year electronics industry veteran Ger Coppus as president, to head up operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where the group generates approximately US$1 billion in revenue. Coppus will report directly to Kamins in this new role.
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Americans Look to Grow Value of Home
Americans are pouring money into home improvements to increase the value of their homes. A recent survey from home equity lender Champion Mortgage reveals that more than half of Americans are likely to make home improvements to increase their home's value.
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Do You Know the Signs and Symptoms of Stroke?
Stroke is the #1 cause of adult disability in the United States, yet 80 percent of strokes are preventable. May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and now there is a unique CD-ROM that can help you understand some of the causes and warning signs of this serious condition.
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Healthy Eating = Healthy Aging
As the U.S. Administration on Aging recognizes "Older Americans Month" during May, new research reveals some startling insights into one of the most essential yet often overlooked factors to vibrant aging -- proper nutrition.
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Business Wire Promotes Serena Ehrlich to Dallas Regional Manager
Serena Ehrlich was named to the position of Dallas regional manager at Business Wire, it was announced today by Cathy Baron Tamraz, chief operating officer.
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