UPMC Health Plan Officially Opens New Erie Office with Open House

| August 26, 2011

ERIE, Pa., Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — UPMC Health Plan celebrates the official opening of its new Northwest Pennsylvania regional retail sales office in downtown Erie with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning followed by an open house and family wellness fair at its new location in the Boston Store, located at 716 State St. Diane [...]

Dozuki will drag service manuals kicking, screaming into 21st century

| August 25, 2011

Manufacturers in particular may be leery of trusting all their service information to a cloud-based service, but Wiens told Ars that the Guidebook platform already has that covered. The hosting runs on servers that are backed up to multiple data centers. And, once guides and manuals are generated, the content isnt locked to Dozukis system. [...]

Suggestions from the Enjoy Bloggers on events and activities to attend this week:

| August 24, 2011

Why: What better break from the weekly routine than a stroll along the Rimrocks along the east end of Swords Park while learning more about the area from Kevin Kooistra, community historian of the Western Heritage Center. The 90-minute tour will include information about the areas use as a Crow fasting site and cemetery, the site [...]

Event highlights activities at Illinois parks

| August 24, 2011

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Officials say a park pentathlon at the Illinois State Fair featuring teams of state workers shows the fun things families can do at their local parks. Teams made up of employees of the state fair, park districts, secretary of states office, Department of Natural Resources, Army National Guard, local sheriffs department [...]

National Grange: Congress must pass repair act

| August 24, 2011

The National Grange, the nations oldest national agricultural organization, calls on Congress to pass the Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act (HR-1449) on behalf of its more than 200,000 members in order to protect individual vehicle ownership rights, particularly for residents of farming and rural communities. Our members value their ability and freedom to [...]

Charity Briefs for Aug. 23, 2011

| August 24, 2011

Updated: August 23, 2011 2:04AM Fill the Boot: Motorists will have opportunities to Fill the Boot this month as Tinley Park firefighters station themselves at various intersections to collect donations to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters will hit the streets from 3 to 7 pm Friday (Aug. 26). Proceeds go toward helping local MDA [...]

Wall Street turmoil threatens commercial real estate

| August 23, 2011

As Wall Street is roiled by uncertainty, investors who help finance commercial real estate are seeing more risk. Office buildings, shopping centers, hotels and other income-producing properties are oftentimes backed by mortgages bundled into commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, bonds that are sold to investors. The CMBS market, which experts say has generally financed second-tier [...]

Memorial Service Information for Green Forest, Arkansas Soldier Killed in …

| August 23, 2011

Friends and family of a fallen soldier from Green Forest, Arkansas will hold a memorial service on Tuesday. Navy Seal Master Chief Tommy Ratzlaff was one of the 31 soldiers killed in Afghanistan when the Taliban shot down their helcopter. The service will take place at the Assembly of God church in Green Forest, at [...]

‘Doctor Who’ return promoted with series of BBC America specials

| August 23, 2011

Pete Hornberger from 30 Rock tops our list of people we never would have pegged for Doctor Who die-hards, but clearly thats a mistake. Actor Scott Adsit is one of the experts lined up for a series of Best Of BBC America specials tied to the August 27 mid-season return of Doctor Who. Adsit joins [...]

Players’ union backs Kewell in battle over sweeteners

| August 22, 2011

PLAYERS UNION chiefs yesterday said there need not be a special deal or variation to the standard players contract to allow Harry Kewell to sign for Melbourne Victory and boost his earnings capacity by entering into commercial arrangements of his own. Kewell and the Victory have agreed terms on his personal deal with the club, [...]