Why does a team like the Portland Trailblazers send a couple of its layers to the development league? Aren?t they in a development stage? Where are they going this season that they can?t afford to give minutes to their younger players? For a successful team with a winning record to send its young players to the development league is understandable. On the other hand, for a losing team this sort of move doesn?t make any sense.

Having a way to track your employees performance in real-time seems like a pipe dream to many business owners. However, one company ,that has spent years developing a performance management software has found a way to do so, and is now helping some of the largest companies keep track of their employees.

U.S. Customs officials in the State of Washington have reportedly detained twenty one people who were apparently transported in a 40-foot cargo container from China in an attempt to illegally enter the United States of America. Security guards at the Port of Seattle saw the group at about 1 a.m.

The groundbreaking computer giant, IBM, is set at breaking another frontier. `Big Blue`will spend about $10 million over the upcoming year on exploring and developing virtual 3D computer worlds.

Media, Pennsylvania, is now the ",First Fair Trade Town in the United States.", Europe and Britain have hundreds of Fair Trade towns, which actively promote the Fair Trade concept of paying producers of goods, such as coffee, a truly fair price. San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and others are working to become Fair Trade towns. (PRWEB Jul 13, 2006)

Renegade Talk Radio welcomes comedian and voice artist Jim Florentine on Thursday, September 16, 2004. Jim will be featured on Scotch &, Water at 4 PM...

An avalanche buried a number of cars in highway in Colorado State, Saturday night. Officials reported that other vehicles where flipped over on the side of the road

Palestinians took control of a border for the first time yesterday with the festive opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. The inauguration of the crossing, attended by scores of local and international dignitaries, was hailed as the beginning of a new era for Palestinians.

Now there are new websites for the Chinese electronic market. Electronic Engineering Times-China has launched three websites specializing in electronics for China-based designers of media players, cell phones, and automotive electronics.

Shares in Tel Aviv fell Wednesday following the incursion of Israeli troops into the southern Gaza Strip, in an attempt to rescue a soldier kidnapped from Israel in a coordinated effort by Palestinian terror groups. The exchange rate between Israeli and American currency stood at the end of Tuesday to be at 4.49 New Israeli Shekels to one U.S. dollar.

Growth accelerated in the first nine months of fiscal year 2004-2005 in North America to 4.6%, defense, business and industry segments declined by half a percent.

The world`s first online content portal for independent music and film, Boost Digital, is holding a competition for school students worldwide. The `Boost-Digital Student Online Arts Festival` is hosted by the Fresh Express Group, providers of healthy choice school and college canteen food and service.

It seems that Nick Lachey has put his not yet ex-wife, Jessica Simpson, aside in hopes of starting out a romance with "Entertainment Tonight" reporter Vanessa Minnillo.

Beyond TV 3.7 is offered as a free upgrade to current Beyond TV users. SnapStream Media also offers a free 21-day trial of its most recent version of Beyond TV to new users, which can be downloaded from its website.

Sphinx Books is proud to announce the newest book to be released, a suspense thriller called The Omega Protocols. Author Philip Berenson tells the story of an FBI agent caught in a lethal conspiracy, that even reaches into the White House.