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Government, Mining and Metals, Opinion and Commentary

California Legislature Fails to Check Math: Proposed Gold Mining Budget Cut of $1.8 Million Increases Deficit by $23 Million, says Gold Pan California

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, has been building inventory of gold mining equipment in anticipation of the season re-opening in November. Pointing to a simple desk calculator, owner Mike Dunn cringes, ‘Can you believe the budget committees have made such a stellar math mistake?’

Environment and Ecology, General Editorial

Crowd-sourced Research Project Seeks to Solve Batangas Fish Kill Mystery

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A multi-national coalition of researchers has been formed to study and treat a massive fish kill of over 800 metric tonnes which started on May 27 in Taal Lake, in the Philippine province of Batangas. Sponsored by the World Mind Network, it will involve on-site as well as online cooperation between biology students in the U.S. and the Philippines.

General Editorial, Real Estate

Austin Real Estate Company Really Moves – Realty Austin Revolutionizes Movers’ Search for Austin Homes

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: As other cities and states are crawling at a snail’s pace toward economic recovery, Austin, Texas has been deemed ‘recession proof’ and boasts the ‘second-strongest job market in the nation.’ The city’s fastest growing real estate company, Realty Austin, is shaking up the way these relocators embark on their Austin home search.

Awards and Honors, Business, Insurance

Tina Brink of EPIC Honored as 2011 Top Employee Benefits Consultant and Responsibility Leader

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that Senior Account Executive Tina Brink has been recognized by Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive magazines as a 2011 ‘Top Employee Benefits Consultant’ and as an industry ‘Responsibility Leader.’

Software

Extensoft Announces Version 3 of its Web Design Automation Software: Artisteer for Windows

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Extensoft announced today the immediate availability of Artisteer 3 for Windows. The newest version of its Web design automation software, Artisteer 3 distinguishes itself by enabling website owners to create professional looking websites from start to finish. Artisteer now delivers a single solution for web design, content management and web hosting.

General Editorial, Offbeat

Osama Bin Laden Death Sculpture Gets Name from Facebook

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A naked Osama Bin Laden, laden with sea crabs and shackled to a U.S. Navy SEALs cement block at the bottom of the sea receives its official title, courtesy of the friends on Facebook. The Osama Bin Laden sculpture is the latest by New York artist Daniel Edwards, and is being unveiled this week on Facebook, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art.

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