BOSTON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the launch of a free weekly email update with top timber industry news headlines. This free email is part of RISI's North American Timber News Service -- the only comprehensive news service dedicated to the North American timber industry. The service will provide subscribers updated news on timberlands and timber markets, as well as corporate, government, trade, transportation and demand issues.

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BEACHWOOD, Ohio, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Aleris International, Inc. announced today that Scott A. McKinley was elected Senior Vice President and Controller of the Company.

Mr. McKinley had served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since September 2006. Prior to joining Aleris, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Lubrizol Corporation's Specialty Chemicals Segment. Before that, he was the Vice President and Controller of Noveon, Inc. Mr. McKinley also previously held the position of Director, Financial Planning and Analysis for BF Goodrich Performance Materials and spent the first 15 years of his career at the General Electric Company.

WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the following statement in response to President Bush's veto of the Farm Bill:

The President's veto of the Farm Bill is an opportunity for Congress to reexamine the 54 cent per gallon secondary import tariff on ethanol. With gasoline and corn prices at record highs and the summer driving season right around the corner, this tariff prevents Americans from recognizing the price savings that increased ethanol imports would bring consumers.

ANTWERP, Belgium, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Copco announced today that it will run a worldwide 'roadshow' for its most energy-efficient oil-injected compressors ever produced, the new GA 90-160 kW range. Its Specific Energy Requirement (SER) is best-in-class, using up to 11% less electricity than the previous GA models. The Atlas Copco GA 160 VSD compressor has broken no less than eight performance records in the industry: in terms of overall energy requirements, energy consumption of individual elements and lifetime of replacement parts. The roadshow will start in Antwerp, Belgium on June 4th and will be followed by events in North America, South America and Asia.

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announces the arrival of Robert A. Van Duivenbode, who will join the company as Investor Relations and Corporate Public Relations Officer as of May 26, 2008.

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Robert A. Van Duivenbode (42 years) worked at Van Der Moolen, a leading Euronext and NYSE trading company in Amsterdam for 19 years. At Van Der Moolen Amsterdam, Robert A. Van Duivenbode was a senior trader for leading stocks such as Philips, ING and KPN.

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Astea International Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEA), a leading provider of Service Lifecycle Management and Mobility software solutions today announced that Torex, the leading European-based global provider of software solutions to the extended retail marketplace, has selected Astea Alliance to manage the service of its solutions for the extended retail marketplace.

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Announcement of the European Summit European Procurement Excellence (EPE) 24th - 25th June 2008, Duesseldorf, Germany Maritim Hotel Duesseldorf Maritimplatz 1, 40474 Duesseldorf, Germany Summit Dates 24th June 2008: 9.30am - 7pm 25th June 2008: 9am - 4pm

For the third time, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) from leading European companies will gather at the European Procurement Excellence (EPE) to exchange Best Practices. This year's EPE takes place in Duesseldorf from 24th to 25th June 2008 under the motto "Markets in Motion: New Opportunities for Cost Savings and Capturing Innovations."

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Three of Four HUMIRA Patients from CHARM Study in Remission at One Year Maintained Remission at Two Years

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seven Winners Share $3 Million in Prizes

The seven 2008 Dan David Prize laureates, including Al Gore and Sir Tom Stoppard, were recognized for their impact on the world at a ceremony held May 19 at Tel Aviv University. Israeli President Shimon Peres gave the keynote address.

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Laureates were selected based on their activities in the three time dimensions of past, present and future.

Sharing the $1 million prize in the field of Creative Rendering of the Past - Literature, Theater, Film are filmmaker Atom Egoyan, author Amos Oz and playwright Stoppard.

It is no exaggeration to call evolution “the central concept of biology.” So why is the fact of evolution denied by half of our population? A new article in PLoS Biology by Michael Berkman, Julianna Pacheco, and Eric Plutzer suggests it might be on account of their lack of education at the high school level. Since only ~25% of the US population obtains a college degree, it is the duty of high school teachers to provide a proper scientific education to our citizens. Model high school curriculum guidelines provided by the National Science Teachers Association, the National Research Council, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, strongly suggest that teachers “provide evidence that evolution has attained its status as a unifying theme in science.”