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For information, contact: Jan Moen, Accelerate Madison Phone: (608) 213-3939 Email: info@acceleratemadison.org or JaniceMoen@hotmail.com “Community Systems: The World Online”; Accelerate Madison Event will feature Yahoo!’s Raghu Ramakrishnan on Thursday, September 21, 2006, 6:30 p.m., at Fluno Center in Madison. Madison, WI – September 20, 2006, Accelerate Madison announces details of a collaborative networking and educational event being held on Thursday evening, September 21, 2006,...

CONTACT: Marsha Mailick Seltzer, (608) 263-5940, mseltzer@waisman.wisc.edu; George Austin, (608) 294-9000, gaustin@overturefoundation.com MADISON - Uihlein Wilson Architects of Milwaukee, together with Ballinger of Philadelphia, will design the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, officials announced today. "UW-Madison is among the nation's top universities, in terms of competitive federal research grants, and...

CONTACT: Mark Harrower, (608) 265-0012, maharrower@wisc.edu MADISON - Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. The argument went like this: "We are screwed, because now anyone without any technical knowledge or artistic skill can make a map." But rather than sully the...

For more information, contact: Cindy Lorentzen, Marketing Specialist 414-287-9622 clorentzen@gklaw.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 19, 2006). Thirty-eight lawyers from Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to...

For more information: Mark Mahoney 414-278-0040 <a href="mailto:markm@stirmarketing.com">markm@stirmarketing.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ad spots speak to automotive gearheads, marine enthusiasts, appeal to emotions MILWAUKEE (September 19, 2006) — Stir, one of Milwaukee’s fastest growing full-service marketing agencies, today unveiled two television spots for Optima Batteries that will appear on select cable networks nationwide. The first 30-second...

Roberta Gassman, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), will speak at the Hudson Golf Club on Tuesday, October 3. This event was arranged by St. Croix Economic Development Corporation for the benefit of area employers. Sec. Gassman carries out Governor Jim Doyle's agenda for economic growth and investment in children. She oversees 2,000 employees...

Madison, Wis. -- Planet Propaganda has created an on-demand, self-guided, interactive training tool for Trek Bicycle Corporation. Launching in November, the new web format builds on three seasons of live "Trek University" dealer seminars, and replaces them with 24/7 online access to inform independent bike shop employees worldwide. Dealers' staff members learn about new products and technologies, as well...

Contact: Marian C. Walluks at 608-221-1374 (days) or 608-222-4331 (evenings) marianwalluks@sbcglobal.net Madison, Wisconsin – September 19, 2006 -- The...