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Maggie's Organics treads the path to foot nirvana with their enlightened new socks. Start every day on the right foot with Maggie's Organics new Urban Hiker socks, made with Certified Organic Wool. Maggie's Urban Hikers are the one-stop, go-to sock for anyone serious about foot comfort.

Sugar cane based facial treatment by licensed esthetician Lauren Edmond of Fresh Faces by Lauren has environmental benefits too.

(Penn State) global warming, increasing greenhouse gases and melting ice sheets are all dire predictions by the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, but understanding the scientific assessments, future impacts on our lives, and the things we can do to mitigate the situation is not easy. Now, in a new book, two Penn State climate scientists present the information from the most recent IPCC reports in easily understood, sometimes amusing explanations and illustrations.

ALEXANDRIA, VA (MARKET WIRE) Sending customer service agents home through homeshoring can result in individual savings of approximately $24,000/year in commuting costs alone, according to research conducted by VIPdesk, the pioneer of home-based call centers and concierge services.

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UDTT) (FRANKFURT: PO8), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, reported today that it has received an additional contract to provide bioterrorism training equipment for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The equipment is designed to mimic a real-time biological attack thus preparing first responders in the proper use and handling of bioterrorism detection equipment.

The sabal palm, Florida's state tree, is under attack by a microscopic killer that has scientists stumped.

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) San Jose will again host the record-setting Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race, Tuesday, February 17. San Jose will be the start city of race's Stage 4 that will finish in Modesto.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association today called on the C.D. Howe Institute to withdraw its inherently flawed Commentary, No. 268, July 2008, 'The Ethanol Trap: Why Policies to Promote Ethanol as Fuel Need Rethinking', by Douglas Auld.