Archive for January 20th, 2010
In Other Words
Showcase And Other Thoughts HERE WE ARE BACK FROM ANOTHER EXCITING WEEKEND. If you haven’t experienced the thrill of a major allergy attack, then you don’t know the meaning of sick. Who-eee! If all started with the Business Showcase at the Imperial Valley Fairgrounds. That breezy afternoon air turned cold and I was too busy to notice it. A few hours of standing in a draft with dust blowing all over you, though, did me in. Head stuffed sinuses plugged. Lungs infected. You name it, I [...]
CBP in San Diego Seizes $2.2 Million in Narcotics
CBP in San Diego Seizes $2.2 Million in Narcotics, Catches 13 Fugitives, Undeclared Money (Tuesday, January 19, 2010) contacts for this news release San Diego — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry along the California/ Mexico border seized almost 2,900 pounds of narcotics valued at $2.2 million, captured 13 fugitives, and stopped the illegal entry of 417 persons over the busy holiday weekend. From 6 a.m. on Friday through 6 a.m. on Tuesday, CBP officers at [...]
Stirling Energy to Kick Off Its First Plant
Stirling Energy Systems and its developer partner Tessera Solar are planning a kick-off event on Jan. 22 to inaugurate the first project to use Stirling Energy System’s “SunCatcher” solar dish. Stirling Energy and Tessera have built Maricopa Solar, a 1.5MW solar project in Peoria, Ariz. (Maricopa County) that will use 60 SunCatchers to sell clean power to local Arizona utility Salt River Project. The ribbon-cutting event is supposed to feature Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Department of [...]
Mystery Secret Shopper Schemes
Mystery/Secret Shopper Schemes The IC3 has been alerted to an increase in employment schemes pertaining to mystery/secret shopper positions. Many retail and service corporations hire evaluators to perform secret or random checks on themselves or their competitors, and fraudsters are capitalizing on this employment opportunity. Victims have reported to the IC3 they were contacted via e-mail and U.S. mail to apply to be a mystery shopper. Applicants are asked to send a resume and are [...]
Solar Water Purification Systems Are First to Provide Clean Water in Haiti
WorldWater & Solar Technologies Solar Water Purification Systems Are First to Provide Clean Water in Haiti Mobile MaxPure® Supplying Red Cross Tankers with Potable Water for Delivery Throughout Port-au-Prince WorldWater & Solar Technologies, Inc. creates separate non-profit entity “WorldWater for Haiti” to assist disaster response and recovery PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WorldWater & Solar Technologies, Inc. has learned that its solar [...]
