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Institute offers March Madness vasectomies

A Eugene, Ore., radio station and the Oregon Urology Institute are encouraging men to have vasectomies in time for the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.

March Madness sweeps blogosphere

March Madness is upon us, and odds are you have completed your tournament brackets, placed your bets and are tracking your picks via the Internet and TV as employers across the country brace themselves for drops in work productivity. The blogosphere is buzzing with talk of the tournament, and the influential bloggers have been having a field day this year. We started looking at the influencer's take on March Madness before the tournament began, and have seen how dynamic the conversations really are as the tournament has progressed.Â

Online Shopping Figures Equal March Madness for Brick and Mortar Businesses

Spring has arrived, Saint Paddy’s Day is here, The Easter Bunny is about to start hopping, and March Madness has gripped the country! What does all this mean? For 2008 retail chains, it means consumers are turning online to facilitate their buying needs. According to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits, more than 85% of the world's online population has used the Internet to make a purchase, increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years! “The numbers are merely representative of a growing trend� says John Horton, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for web hosting provider Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc (www.AIT.com/?pdkw=pr-march-madness-fr-03-17-2008), “businesses are losing their foot traffic and have to turn online to make up for those losses.

Tandy Leather Factory March Sales Down 17% - Quick Facts [TLF]

Tandy Leather Factory Inc. (TLF) reported that sales for the month of March were $4.4 million, down 17% from $5.3 million in the same month last year. Retail Leathercraft posted a 4% sales decrease for March, with sales totaling $2.1 million, compared to $2.2 million in March 2007. Wholesale Leathercraft posted sales of $2.2 million for March, down 25% from March 2007 sales of $2.9 million.

Ore. clinic: March Madness a good time to get a vasectomy

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — For guys who park in front of the TV during college basketball’s March Madness, the Oregon Urology Institute has a suggestion: Why not use that time to recover from a vasectomy?

Bose Institute is First in India to Choose Thomson Scientific's Century of Science

Bose Institute is First in India to Choose Thomson Scientific's Century of Science Leading Research Institute Purchases 100 Years of Web of Science Comprehensive Backfile and Cited Reference Data PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that Century of Science(TM) has been purchased by Bose Institute. Century of Science expands Web of Science with the most important scientific bibliographic and cited reference data covering the period from 1900 to 1944. Web of Science is a carefully selected and maintained collection of the world's most influential journals across all disciplines.

NPD Sales for March 2008

April 17, 2008 - Sales figures for the month of March are in from the NPD Group. Nintendo continues to dominate hardware sales, with North Americans picking up more than 721,000 Wii systems and 698,000 Nintendo DS units in the month of March. PlayStation Portable came in third with 297,000 units, followed by the Xbox 360 with 262,000 systems last month. The battle is getting closer for the PlayStation 3 as it came in oh-so-close to the Xbox 360 in March: 257,000 systems sold through to consumers. And bringing up the rear is the last generation of PlayStation, with PS2s still selling impressive numbers: 216,000 PS2 systems sold to consumers in March.

March Madness On Demand Stats: 4.7 Million Unique Video Player Users; 4.9 Million Hours Served

The final stats are in for CBSSports.com’s most-open March Madness on Demand ... it’s hard to do perfect comps to previous years given the way the offering has evolved to include all the games this year, no online blackouts and social media outreach. Some of the numbers to be announced Monday:

The Wistar Institute collaborates with the Coriell Institute to distribute cell lines

(PHILADELPHIA) – Cell lines developed by scientists at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia have recently been made available to researchers around the globe through the catalog collection at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research of Camden, N.J.

March Museum Exhibits

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Thailand establishes its first Genome Institute

Singapore, March 13, 2008: To support the growing Thai biotechnology research activities in areas related to DNA sequencing and proteomics services, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) has established Thailand’s first Genome Institute at its Central Lab facility at Thailand Science Park in Pathumthani province. Research and development activities at Genome Institute (GI) include Genome, Proteomics, and Biostatics and Informatics.

Rite Aid March Same Store Sales Up 2.6% - Quick Facts [RAD]

Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported that same store sales for the month of March increased 2.6%. Pharmacy same store sales increased 1.0% which included an approximate 493 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions. Front-end same store sales were up 5.7%. March same store sales were positively affected by a shift to a March Easter this year from an April Easter last year.

XA Subsidiary Produces the Armory Show 2008, the International Fair of New Art March 27 - 30, 2008

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XA, Inc., (XA) (OTC BB: XAIN), a major national event marketing firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Experiential Agency, Inc., has been selected by THE ARMORY SHOW 2008, THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF NEW ART as the design and production agency of record. The annual exhibition will take place from March 27 - March 30 at Pier 94 in New York City.

XA Subsidiary Produces the Armory Show 2008, the International Fair of New Art March 27 - 30, 2008

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XA, Inc., (XA) (OTC BB: XAIN - News), a major national event marketing firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Experiential Agency, Inc., has been selected by THE ARMORY SHOW 2008, THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF NEW ART as the design and production agency of record. The annual exhibition will take place from March 27 - March 30 at Pier 94 in New York City.

Port City Java March Sales Increase

Port City Java announces its same unit corporate café sales increased 4.5 percent for March 2008 over the same period in 2007. Overall Corporate Café sales increased by 13.56 percent for March 2008 over March 2007. Management is pleased with the performance of the units and believes the guest is responding to the core basics execution, increased hospitality service and the Breakfast With That (BWT) Program. The Program features breakfast wraps and sandwiches, foods that pair well with coffee. Management feels it is creating a new niche, a third wave of gourmet coffee excellence and creating brand differentiation from other companies in the gourmet coffee segment with its hospitality service and operational execution. The company believes its consistent execution of its LAM (Local Area Marketing) continues to introduce new Guest to P

Proxibid Live Auction Service Sees Record Growth in March

Proxibid, a provider of live auction webcasting services, announced record-breaking results for the month of March. The service hosted 482 auctions in a single month representing $227 million worth of goods offered on the site. On March 29, Proxibid hosted 51 auctions, breaking its record for the most auctions ever hosted in a single day. Proxibid also said it experienced a record number of registered bidders during the month of March.

HYDERABAD: International art moot at SU planned

HYDERABAD, March 11: The University of Sindh has finalized arrangements for a three-day international conference on art scheduled to be held from March 25 to 27 at the newly constructed building of the Institute of Art and Design with a 15-day painting exhibition from March 25.

Hubble Detects Organic Molecule on an Extrasolar Planet

WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 19, to report on the first-ever detection of the organic molecule methane in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. Though the planet is too hot to support life as we know it, the finding demonstrates the ability to detect organic molecules spectroscopically around Earth-like planets in habitable zones around stars. Briefing participants are: -- Dr. Mark Swain, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- Dr. Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge This unique discovery, made with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), will be featured in the March 20 issue of the journal Nature.

Hubble Detects Organic Molecule on an Extrasolar Planet

WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 19, to report on the first-ever detection of the organic molecule methane in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. Though the planet is too hot to support life as we know it, the finding demonstrates the ability to detect organic molecules spectroscopically around Earth-like planets in habitable zones around stars. Briefing participants are: -- Dr. Mark Swain, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- Dr. Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge This unique discovery, made with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), will be featured in the March 20 issue of the journal Nature.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken participates in the missions fourth spacewalk Thursday March 20 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour 24-minute spacewalk Behnken ...

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken, participates in the mission's fourth spacewalk Thursday March 20, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Behnken and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), replaced a failed Remote Power Control Module -- essentially a circuit breaker -- on the station's truss. The spacewalkers also tested a repair method for damaged heat resistant tiles on the space shuttle. The sample tiles will be returned to Earth to undergo extensive testing on the ground. (AP Photo/NASA)

Will Activision Get to the Beatles Before Apple?

Spring is in the air. It’s “March Madness,� the time for college basketball’s big tournament. Predicting the outcome has the odds-makers busy. If they can find some time, they might be equally challenged forecasting another unpredictable event that’s generating March Madness of its own: the digital licensing of the Beatles’ song catalog.

Tibetans in Exile Say: Time to Go Home

Tibetan core marchers continue their march to their homeland on the third day at Ranital around 40kms from Dharamsala on March 12, 2008. The 100 activists began their walk on March 10, 2008 as part of pro-independence protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics. They hope the march will highlight what they say are serious human rights violations in their Himalayan homeland. (Manan Vatsyayana, AFP/Getty Images)

Brown University opens nanotechnology center

Hoping to advance nanotechnology, Brown University [profile] in Providence, R.I., has established a new research center, the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation. Last week, Brown launched the institute with a three-day nanoscience forum. The institute studies particles so small that they can be viewed only with an electron microscope, said Robert Hurt, the institute's director and a professor in Brown's division of engineering. The careful analysis, manipulation and control of the tiny particles can have practical results. For example, most sunscreen lotions used to be white, like cream, to block the sun's rays.

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