Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg says site 'will help transform society '
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:17:54 -0800

He then compares the site favorably to the printing press and the television while also speaking about the impact he believes the website can have in changing society . "There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, ...

Harleysville Insurance Commits $1000 to North Penn United Way to Inspire ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:39 -0800

The challenge provides community leaders with the opportunity to transition to the next Leadership or Tocqueville Society level over a three-year period, and provides donors with full membership benefits beginning in the first year of participation.

My Take: Inside our scary, society -destroying family
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:58 -0800

Editor's Note: Marci Weis is the chief operating officer at a healthcare consulting and care management company in Washington. She is pursuing a Masters in Divinity degree for ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ.

Sterling: Tradition-bound societies nurture honour killings
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:05:01 -0800

While most Canadians understandably would regard such killings as abominations and unpardonable in a society that guarantees the human rights of all its citizens, no country is guaranteed to be immune from such practices.

Sending a clear message on Egypt
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:19:54 -0800

Their visit comes amid a continuing crackdown inside Egypt against civil society that included an armed raid last December 29 on the offices of ten non-governmental organizations, including the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), ...

Sport and society
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:05:52 -0800

As bad as they are, these disappointments in the sporting arena are actually indications of a deeper malaise, namely the precipitous decline in many of the social aspects of Nigerian society . The setbacks in sport, while serious enough in themselves, ...

A society out of control
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:25 -0800

But either way, society has some explaining to do. If the 26-year-old is as mentally ill as he appeared to be in court Monday shaking head, dazed look, incoherent then you have to wonder how it got to the point where he would shoot his pregnant ...

Walk to focus on land use changes in Palm Springs
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:24:30 -0800

Courtesy of Palm Springs Historical Society The entrance to Nellie Coffman's fabled Desert Inn was replaced by the Desert Inn Fashion Plaza in 1968. / Courtesy of Palm Springs Historical Society Cost: $85 for Palm Springs Historical Society members, ...

Needham rally kicks off American Cancer Society Relay For Life
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:37 -0800

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life kicks off in Needham on Monday, Feb. 13, with a rally at Temple Beth Shalom to launch fundraising for this year's relay. The relay itself will take place from June 16-17 at Bobby Conroy Field in De Fazio Park.

Humane Society Exposes Pig Abuse in Walmart Suppliers
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:09:38 -0800

The Humane Society of the United States went undercover to film their treatment of pregnant sows and their piglets. Fair warning: the video will sicken you. Try to watch it anyway. Be offended. Be horrified. Then act. Pigs are high on the intelligence ...

Connecticut Humane Society Puppies Hit TV Circuit To Promote Animal Planet's ...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:22 -0800

By mark spencer, The Hartford Courant Puppies from the Connecticut Humane Society will help promote a show on the cable channel Animal Planet and if all goes to plan get adopted and raise money for the society in the process.

World Society for the Protection of Animals seeks museum for unique Wildlife ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:24:53 -0800

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Richard Benyon fought to save the force in Parliament, causing the World Society for the Protection of Animals to step in and provide funding. The move is the first of its kind between a ...

Internet allows dog factories to flourish: humane society
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:25:32 -0800

By Katia Dmitrieva, Ottawa Citizen February 2, 2012 Aided by the Internet, thousands of dog factories continue to flourish - and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies wants to educate buyers on how to avoid them. Last year, Humane Society ...

Duke of Lancaster ship, docked at Mostyn, restoration call
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:21:37 -0800

A preservation society is leading calls to restore a local landmark, a ship that has been docked on the banks of Flintshire's Dee estuary for 33 years. A new campaign enlisting support for the Duke of Lancaster at Mostyn, has attracted more than 800 ...

Mitt Romney Not Concerned About People Living In Poverty -- But He Should Be
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:09 -0800

That is particularly true of those most vulnerable in our society , people Jesus would have called the "least of these." You have exceeded your word limit by words. Please click the "Edit" button and shorten your comment. To reply to a Comment: Click ...

Health Care Advocates Support Tobacco Tax Hike To Fund Research
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:42:59 -0800

Proposition 29 was written by the American Cancer Society , the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. Supporters of the initiative say the tax increase would generate about $600 million annually to fund research on ...

Civil society lobbies African Union
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:31 -0800

Civil society organisations attended this week's African Union meeting to ensure that the next elections are held under a conducive political environment. Dewa Mavhinga, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition official coordinating the AU lobby, ...

Yoga mat maker pulls Hindu deity design
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:57:54 -0800

A Southern California yoga mat maker has pulled a design featuring a Hindu deity because of a complaint from the Universal Society Hinduism. The Santa Monica Daily Press ( says society president Rajan Zed wrote to Yoga Matic.com ...

Aviva's Amanda Mackenzie at Davos: lessons for marketers and the role of ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:53:33 -0800

Amanda Mackenzie, chief marketing and communications officer at Aviva and president of The Marketing Society , gives her summary of last week's event. Apart from being one of my most snow-filled Davos experiences - 4m of it - this year's World Economic ...

45th European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:25:40 -0800

It is my pleasure to invite you to attend our 45th meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS), which will be held September 6-9, 2013 in Munich. Being the oldest international neuroscience society , founded in 1968, the main purpose of ...