URL: http://www.smiletrain.org
Clefts are a major problem in developing countries, where millions of children suffer with unrepaired clefts. These children cannot eat or speak properly, and aren't allowed to attend school or hold a job. These children suffer not because they were born with a cleft, but because they were born too poor to afford surgery. Yet a child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes. The Smile Train web site provides more information about how you can help, along with stories and photos of the children already helped. more...
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FinancialContent Launches New RSS-Based News Engine at Web 2.0 Expo
April 17, 2007...FinancialContent, Inc., a leading provider of stock market data, business news, and online content syndication services, is launching a new RSS-based news engine at the Web 2.0 Expo (Booth #133) this week at the Moscone West in San Francisco. FinancialContent has developed and launched the third generation of its RSS-based news engine aggregating business news and commentary from thousands of sources. Enhanced with interactive tools that let users share, rate and comment on business news, the combined package brings the rich media universe of financial blogs and podcasts to media companies licensing the company's Studio 5 platform. Showcase content partners include media publishers and financial services firms like Ant & Sons, Business Wire, Christian Financial Radio Network, CNET News.com, Investopedia, Market Wire, PR Newswire, PrimeNewswire, Schaeffer's Investment Research, and Unstrung.
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