The announcement, which came at a meeting of EU Environment Ministers in Brussels on Monday, included the intention of the Commission to launch an impact assessment and "the possibility of a Europe-wide ban on plastic bags". In response to the announcement, Michael Stephen, Deputy Chairman of Symphony, said: "We welcome the Commissioner's intent to look into "all options", because the EU currently has no policy for plastic waste which gets into the land or sea environment and cannot realistically be collected for recycling or anything else. We look forward to introducing ...

Pacific Western Transportation recently executed the bus transportation program for the Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix 2011 National Conference in Toronto. Included with the ground transportation were requirements from two airports, Union Station and on-site bilingual staff providing seamless communication with conference attendees, bus drivers and operations staff. Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix required a customized transportation program catered to their event and venue needs. The shuttle bus program proved to be a great success with attendees being transported safely ...

Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (http://www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with chronic illnesses who need clotting factor, IVIg and other medication, has announced that applications are now open for its "Education Is Power" scholarship program. The annual program is open to U.S. residents who are living with a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease; entering or attending a community college, junior college, four-year college, university or vocational school; and active in their community. Application ...

Scranton, Pa. lawyer Michael J. Kowalski has been elected an officer of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (NEPaTLA), an association encompassing 12 counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the trial lawyers who serve the region. A shareholder with the Pennsylvania law firm of Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, P.C., Kowalski has served on the NEPaTLA Board of Directors since 1998. In addition to serving his profession through the NEPaTLA, Kowalski has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the 2011 MDA Diamond Black & Blue Ball, a fundraiser benefitting ...

Accelerated Marketing Partners recently announced it will conduct an auction for 17 new development, waterfront condominium homes at Pacifica Tower, situated along the Willamette River and adjacent to Portland's Pearl District, which is well-known for its cultural, architectural and artistic attractions. To date, more than 80 percent of the building has successfully sold and the remaining available homes are some of the finest the property has ever offered. The event will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sun., Apr. 10 at the Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront, located at 1401 ...

Flash GAMM is a professional gathering, where detailed lectures are held by some of the key professionals in the games industry. Participants can have a chance to communicate closely with potential partners and sit at seminars covering various topics including flash design, flash payments, game design, monetization, legal barriers and many more. This year edition will take place in Moscow, Russia on May 12. Yuval Ziv, the COO at Gate2Shop, will be there to discuss and shed light on numerous payment strategies and more specifically how to turn players into payers. The ...

The Avila Business Centers, a company of turnkey physical work spaces renting and leader in the virtual offices business, is going to start, on the next Monday, 14th March, a series of workshops which are going to happen together with the launch of the brand Avila Corporate Club - Workshops & Networking Events. The first one is going to be subordinated to the theme Corporate Communications 3.0: LinkedIn & 4 G and it will be ministered by Ricardo Andorinho, CEO from MBU Intelligence, a company with its head office in one of Avila Business Centers' offices. This workshop ...

Community Nursing Services (CNS) a non- profit Home Health and Hospice organization, will host the 23rd annual Art & Soup Celebration March 23-24, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel located at 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City. Art & Soup guests are treated to soups, desserts and other delectable items from the finest restaurants in the Valley. From Ben & Jerry's ice cream to seafood chowders to Italian minestrones and pastries, you'll find delicious items. Leading artists from the area will display their works at the 2 day event. Carole Wade of Park City is this year's featured ...

EntropySoft, a specialist of enterprise connectivity and content integration, is releasing the version 5 of its Content Hub. Content Hub connects all ECM systems and manages easily the most advanced document transfers. It enables synchronization of a selection of documents between different ECM systems. The ECM systems may be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Corporations of all sizes can now manage on their own their document transfers. They can safely share documents in cloud repositories and exchange easily documents with partners and customers. "Content Hub ...

There is no dispute in Texas over who finished #1. The 2010 year-end statistics have been posted, and for the 4th year in a row Motor Home Specialist has been named the #1 volume selling motor home dealer in Texas. The figures are provided by the report released from Statistical Surveys, the recognized producer of industry data for the RV-Motorized, RV-Towable, Trailer, Manufactured Housing and Marine industries. Statistical Surveys reports that Motor Home Specialist ranked first in Texas for total volume sales leading all other Texas dealers in Class A RVs and Class ...

The tendency to book airlines and hotels through a travel agent has been very successful and so has getting superb travel advice from a Dallas/Fort Worth elite cruise counselor ( http://southlake.cruiseholidays.com ). You have a choice. Plan your cruise by yourself and perhaps suffer the consequences of poor planning, or get your cruise vacation thoroughly planned and organized by an expert. The wiser choice is preferably the latter. "Many of our clients have already booked their 2011 vacations by the fourth quarter of 2010," Rob Clabbers, president of Cruise Holidays ...

The move had been on the cards for some time as part of the groups overall media strategy, integrating social media and other platforms. It is hoped that the companys presence on such social media and networking sites will enable its clients (new and existing) to be able to communicate with the company in an alternative way other than telephone and email. It will also enable greater transparency to be observed, with questions and answers displayed in a public forum. Early success has already been achieved on both sites, and to promote the initiative, for the month ...

RoHS and REACH legislation covers products that are brought into the European market and the purpose of both directives is to limit the contamination of products by hazardous substances. RoHS and REACH do not only apply to electrical and electronic products. The scope of the directives (http://www.ee.sgs.com/regulatory-requirements.htm ) applies to raw materials which are used in the manufacture of electrical and electronic products and the contamination of natural resources through the manufacturing process is also designed to be limited and mitigated through the application ...

Orlando travel agents ( http://rfye.cruiseholidays.com ) have come up with great ideas for those interested in group travel, including group travel on a Caribbean cruise. "One big advantage of group travel is the discounted rates given to large groups," says a group cruise traveler. "Group cruises give a traveler the freedom to do your own thing while onboard, and a chance to choose between wandering alone, or joining a group excursion while ashore." Whether it is a corporate travel or a business travel group, Renee Fye of Cruise Holidays can reserve meeting places, ...

The Business Plan Expert, a team of reputable business consultants, recently launched their new set of business plan writing services. In an effort to assist entrepreneurs who are struggling against the worldwide credit crunch, they identified the common difficulties related to building and expanding businesses and outlined ways to resolve such issues. Since most entrepreneurs seem to have trouble in communicating their innovative business ideas through formal business plans, the Business Plan Expert finally decided to offer a helping hand. http://businessplanxpert.com The ...

The UK fleet insurance ( http://www.cover4fleetinsurance.co.uk ) company, Cover 4 Fleet Insurance, continue to raise safety awareness, by explaining how the H.A.D. (Heightened Awareness Driving) Campaign can help reduce costs while improving fleet safety. This press release has been divided up into logical sections by Cover 4 Fleet Insurance , to focus on legal issues firstly followed by the benefits of H.A.D. (Heightened Awareness Driving). SAFETY REGULATIONS The Government now includes vehicles, used for work reasons, as part of the workplace. It is now required ...

In an effort to improve treatment and one day find a cure for pancreatic cancer ( http://www.gcure.org ), the TGen Foundation joined with key donors and community leaders to announce the creation of globalCure. The backbone of globalCure is an alliance between TGen and the Pancreatic Cancer Research Team (PCRT), which includes leading pancreatic cancer scientists, physicians and researchers, armed with the most technologically advanced tools and resources, at 46 institutions worldwide. Funds generated through globalCure ( http://www.gcure.org ) will enable an international ...

After three days of intense competition, Kerry Kuhn ( http://www.kerrykuhn.com ) won 'Equifest of Kansas' first 'Colt Starting competition. The "Colt Starting Competition" ran the full weekend with final performance and judging at 2:00 pm on Sunday in the main arena at the Kansas Coliseum. It featured Scott Daily, Kerry Kuhn and Lee Hart. Kerry drew the three year old colt and it looked as though he had his hands full. Trying to build some respect and trust in his horse, he chose to leave the round pen early and move to the big arena. This made things very interesting ...

Winter City Productions announces a new independent graphic novel, Winter City. A wealthy business-man is brutally murdered in his own home. It quickly becomes clear to Detectives Daniels and Harvey that things are not what they seem when an eye witness claims she saw the Grim Reaper. Dark, thrilling and "superb, verging on Brilliant" (BeyondScary.com) is the new action crime-drama Winter City. "Sensational start. Promises to be a very solid graphic novel!" (ScaryMinds.com). Winter City tells the chilling story of a serial killer, seeking bloody vengeance guised as ...

Front Exploration is a young and enthusiastic company, headquartered in Tromso, Norway and its ambition is to become the leader in the exploration of hydrocarbons in the High North. Working on the Norwegian Continental Shelf the company is dedicated to becoming a sustainable oil and gas company which creates value for the society and its shareholders. "We want to be in front as a High North participant in the oil and gas industry," says Yngve Vassmyr, Chief Executive Officer at Front Exploration. "We shall be an attractive and forward thinking partner and employer, and ...

Employment for EMTs and paramedics is expected to grow by 19 percent between 2006 and 2016, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. To help the increasing number of emergency services professionals, or those considering entering the field, learn more about first responder training, advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification, pediatric advanced life support (PALS) certification, and career opportunities, Health Education Solutions, the leading provider of continuing education solutions for healthcare professionals, ...

Ten of the 20 fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. are healthcare related, underscoring the vital need for training and resources to support this expanding industry. To improve the educational experience for this critical population, Health Education Solutions, the leading provider of continuing education solutions for healthcare professionals including ACLS and PALS certification, today released a new Careers in Healthcare Special Section. This series of articles, vignettes and important facts about careers in healthcare and continuing healthcare education is available ...

Leading EHR solution providers CATS Technology has announced the roll out of a new flat rate monthly fee for its Ultimate Care IT services with discounts for multiple desktop users and servers. CATS Technology, a leading New Jersey IT services company, is now offering the Ultimate Care Unlimited IT service package, which is priced according to a fixed monthly service fee rather than an hourly or contracted fee. Unlike traditional hourly-based fees for IT support programs, the company's new Ultimate-Care Unlimited package delivers high-quality, unlimited support for ...

The Digital Out-of-Home advertising technology company rVue joins forces with media and marketing veteran William Gorski to expand their Managed Services Group. The rVue Managed Services Group works with major media and advertising agencies on all aspects of planning, negotiating and buying DOOH media for Agency clients. Gorski is a senior marketing executive and pioneer in both Digital and Direct Marketing communications channels. He is known as a change agent with strong leadership skills who built high-performance teams, developed new capabilities, and stimulated ...

Precision Microdrives has introduced a micro sized PCB mounted vibration motor, based on a surface mount form factor. This SMD vibration motor can be reflow soldered, and comes on tape and reel for quick and efficient pick and place assembly. This addition to Precision's range of Pico Haptic miniature vibrating motors, offers a tiny PCB footprint and the most efficient mass assembly method for a vibration motor to date. Micro sized Vibration Motors, like the 304-109 are used in many handheld appliances and instruments, where there is a requirement to alert operators ...