Alliant Energy: PowerHouse TV episodes now available online
Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145
Visit http://www.powerhousetv.com or your local library to view energy efficiency videos
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – February 26, 2010 – Alliant Energy now offers PowerHouse, the popular half-hour television program, online at PowerHouseTV.com . You can visit the website anytime, for up-to-date tips on energy efficiency and project ideas for your home.
For the last thirteen years,...
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: Academy Evenings presenter discusses the future of biofuels
Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director
MADISON -- Did you know that 50 million new cars roll off the assembly line each year—that’s 137,000 cars a day! If this current growth rate continues, there will be over 1 billion motor vehicles on the world’s roads by 2050. With retail gasoline prices on the rise and a globally dwindling supply of...
MRPC: Riemer named president of medical device manufacturer MRPC
CONTACT: Colin Hutt, Primum
414.765.2311
colin@primumagency.com
BUTLER, Wis. (February 25, 2010)—MRPC, a single-source provider of silicone molding, two-material molding and micro-molding for medical device components and assemblies, has promoted Greg Riemer to company president.
Riemer had been serving as MRPC’s chief operating officer of the 89-year-old Wisconsin company. The promotion marks the completion of a three-year succession plan.
“Greg’s hands-on experience,...
UW-Stevens Point: UWSP students embark on prestigious internships in Germany
University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news
Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students embarked on prestigious internships in Germany this semester as part of a pioneering multinational program in paper science and engineering.
They are based at three different paper mills in Germany through UWSP’s Trans-Atlantic Paper Science and Engineering (TAPS) Dual Degree Program with partnering universities North Carolina State...
Burger Boat Company: 2010 Rendezvous
Burger Boat Company held its 2010 Rendezvous February 18th through February 21st at The Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida for Burger Owners, Owner’s guests and crew.
Burger is proud to announce a record-breaking 2010 Rendezvous with twenty-one Burger yachts participating in this year’s event. Yachts of all ages ranging in size from 63' to 153', including a 1958...
We Energies: Praises Wisconsin Assembly for passage of AB 600
Legislation will streamline fuel cost adjustments
MILWAUKEE – We Energies praises the Wisconsin State Assembly for passing legislation that provides a statutory change needed by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to implement a more effective, more rationalized fuel cost adjustment procedure. Rep. Jim Soletski (Green Bay) authored AB 600 to implement a...
USDA: No-down-payment home loans to build or purchase available at USDA Rural Development
CONTACT: Kelly Edwards
PHONE: 715-340-1264
E-MAIL: kelly.edwards@wi.usda.gov
STEVENS POINT, WI -- The USDA Rural Development Wisconsin Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) loan program is on pace for another record setting year, according to Wisconsin USDA Rural Development housing officials.
“USDA Rural Development’s...
UW-Madison: Novel compound found effective against avian influenza virus
CONTACT: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu, 608-265-4925
MADISON - A novel compound is highly effective against the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, including some drug-resistant strains, according to new research led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist.
The work, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens on Feb. 26, suggests that the compound CS-8958 is a promising alternative antiviral for...
