Donald Danforth Plant Science Center summer 2012 intern, Adam Riesselman, was recently awarded the prestigious Goldwater Fellowship in recognition of his work in Dr. Sona Pandey's lab. The goal of the Goldwater Fellowship is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields. Competition for the Scholarship is exceptionally intense. Universities are allowed to nominate only four undergraduate students per year. As a result, the scholarship ...

GlobalSat WorldCom Corp., a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of GPS receivers and electronic communication devices, today announced its latest industry pioneering technology in partnership with SecuraTrac, a dynamic provider of mobile health and safety solutions. The joint effort between the two companies focuses on the release of a new Mobile Personal Emergency Response System (mPERS) called the MobileDefender . In order to meet the demands of the emerging mobile health (mHealth) market, GlobalSat created a hardware solution featuring an SOS button ...

As the food safety landscape continues to be bombarded with advisories, warnings and recalls, supply chain partners are coming under pressure to prove they are not a weak link. RONCO's ISO 22000 certification for Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), confirms the Company's status as an approved PPE vendor for food manufacturing, processing and service customers. RONCO is the first glove manufacturer in North America to obtain this food safety qualification, which certifies that their manufacturing, storage and delivery processes meet, or exceed, the global standards ...

Huddle House, the 24-hour family-friendly restaurant chain celebrated for its comfort food, warm atmosphere and value pricing, announced today the signing of a franchise agreement for a new West Hamlin location to open early this summer. This location will be the fifth Huddle House in West Virginia and will be owned and operated by Best Food Fare, LLC. Since 1964, Huddle House restaurants have built a loyal following in the communities they serve by delivering classic comfort food at a budget-conscious price in a warm, welcoming environment where servers get to know ...

Muscle, Talent and Beauties unite in the fight to help eradicate an ever growing epidemic that is plaguing our youth and on May 18th they are going to stand together with community members and students for the Kickin' It Kids Antibullying and Leadership Center Ribbon Cutting Event headquartered in Freehold. This event is certainly packed with the muscle to knockout Bullying, supporters include Former Boxing Champ Merciless Ray Mercer, Master Alan Goldberg creator of the Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors the largest MA event in the country, NJ State Athletic Commission ...

Pertnear LLC client Brindley Beach Vacation and Sales has made the Inc. list of "5,000 Top 100 Travel and Hospitality Companies" for the 5th year in a row, making them not only a key player in the travel industry and but true experts in the field of vacation property management and sales. Brindley Beach Vacations and Sales Ranked #5 on the 2012 Inc. "5000 top 100 Travel and Hospitality Companies", and #40 for all North Carolina Companies. Their ranking five consecutive years on Inc. 5000 list makes this company more than just a one hit wonder. Brindley ...

Kaiser Consulting, a central Ohio based international accounting and IT consulting firm, has launched it's new website. The site, http://www.kaiserconsulting.com, designed by 2Shea Creative, provides details related to their services and staff. The site is also viewable in both English and Japanese. Kaiser Consulting's owner, Lori Kaiser says: "We are a small firm, and we enjoy the benefits our size provides us. Our size gives us the ability to give every client special treatment. Our business model allows for low overhead and a lower fee structure. We have no need ...

Congratulations to AllBetterCare Urgent Care Center, an Urgent Care center in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the latest Urgent Care center to earn Urgent Care Center Accreditation with the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM). AllBetterCare provides immediate care for acute, non-life threatening illnesses and injury. With specialists providing care for the simplest to the more complex medical conditions, AllBetterCare has become a critical component in their community's health care network. Accreditation is a voluntary process through which an Urgent Care ...

PrescribeWellness today announced a partnership with The American Pharmacy Alliance (APA) to provide independent retail pharmacies a low cost, easy to implement patient engagement solution to compete with the chains and big box retailers. The APA is a consortium of leading pharmacy software providers for more than 12,000 independent and small chain pharmacies in the United States. "Lack of medication adherence is a major burden on the American healthcare system, and APA's processing expertise combined with PrescribeWellness' communications platform allows independent ...

HydroComp NavCad is software for resistance and propulsion that can be found in the toolbox of naval architects and marine professions from around the world. First introduced in 1988, NavCad has undergone numerous upgrades in its 25-year history. But none of the previous upgrades are more significant and exciting than those found in this newly released version of NavCad. More than just an upgrade for current users, the new NavCad establishes a framework for ongoing feature development and improvements in the user experience. The design for this framework was first sketched ...

ProviNET Solutions' is proud to announce that we are now a "Microsoft Silver Server Compliant Partner". To earn a Microsoft Silver Competency, an organization's staff must complete a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise, have the right number of Microsoft Certified Professionals, submit customer references and demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey. By attaining the Microsoft Silver Server Platform competency, we demonstrate our expertise in building, designing, deploying, and supporting ...

Educate Tomorrow, an international non-profit organization based in South Florida, will host its 10th Anniversary Wine Tasting & Silent Auction on Thursday, May 30th from 6 until 9 PM at Briza on the Bay, located at 1717 North Bayshore Drive Miami, FL 33132. Proceeds will help support Educate Tomorrow's core Mission of creating independence for foster youth and other disadvantaged youth through education, mentoring and life skills training. "The Wine Tasting not only allows us to raise much-needed funds to reach more youth, it also allows us to thank all of ...

Carrollwood's indoor golf facility, Golfer's Grail, is forming a new five-week golf league that will start May 13. Two-person teams will play a 9-hole round in a scramble format each week for five weeks. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place teams. Teams can choose a Monday-Thursday tee time which best accommodates their schedules. Teams will be placed in leagues based on their total team handicap. If necessary, one player substitution will be allowed during the five weeks. "League participants get to play a different golf course from around ...

The highly anticipated world premiere of Warner Bros. "The Great Gatsby" lit up the screen in brilliant 3D, thanks to Christie Solaria Series digital cinema projectors, which brought to life the splendor of the roaring twenties in rich, saturated colors and sharp, 4K-resolution. The star-studded event took place at Avery Fisher Hall, an iconic New York City venue at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the film is based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. on May 10. The ...

Oculis Labs, a developer of security software that protects computers from visual data leakage,solutions, today announced has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in Privacy"(i) report by Gartner, Inc. Gartner defines a Cool Vendor as a vendor that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, impactful and intriguing. With the increasing rate of adoption of mobility-enabling technologies including virtual desktops and BYOD, people and organizations are experience increasing levels of serious privacy breach. Traditional ...

TransNational announced today a plan that will expand its presence into the Orlando merchant services market. Completion of the Orlando office is projected for August 1, 2013. With this move, TransNational aims to continue its path of growth and engagement in new markets, while maintaining a standard of excellence in existing business communities. "Our entire organization is proud to see the hard work that it takes to scale our business come to fruition. We are extremely anxious to make things happen in Orlando," said Jae Haas, president of TransNational Bankcard. ...

Copper Kettle Brewing Company today announced their plans to host a beer festival in celebration and support of the victims of the 2012 Aurora theater shooting. Last year, Copper Kettle lost one of their own mug club members, Alex Teves, during the terrible events that transpired in Aurora. A few nights later, the small brewery invited all to help support Alex's family and the families of all the victims by donating 100% of beer sales and 50% of food sales from the evening. Hundreds showed up, and Copper Kettle donated over $8,600 to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which ...

Media Partners, Incorporated (MPI) has received three Inspire Awards for excellence from the North Carolina Public Relations Society of America. The awards were presented last week at a banquet, emceed by Tamara Gibbs of ABC11-WTVD at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. MPI received bronze awards for two media relations campaigns. The first award recognized Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, N.C., and a project called "Operation Special Delivery." The effort highlighted the hospital's birth center and the growing number of Skype deliveries resulting ...

As thousands of concertgoers at Cary's Booth Amphitheatre cheered on, Band Together NC Executive Director Matt Strickland and Co-Founder Danny Rosin announced that the May 4 concert event featuring headliner Lyle Lovett had raised a projected $852,722 for the Band Together partnership with Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities (TLCDD). Band Together NC is a Triangle-based organization that uses live music as a platform for social change. Since its founding in 2001 following the tragic events of 9/11, the organization has raised nearly $3 million for local ...

Factor Finders, LLC, a leading factoring broker, is pleased to announce new fuel advance programs for trucking companies. Fuel advances provide funds to owner-operators and transportation companies before and after delivery. Use the cash advance for fuel, repairs and other operating costs to grow your business and accept higher paying loads. Fuel advances are available on all factored loads. Drivers pick up the load and provide documentation to the factor. The factor confirms the load has been received and forwards the cash advance. It's that simple! Contact us ...

Last week, NextLot, Inc.'s CEO, Scott Finkelstein, was recognized by Business Leader Magazine as one of 2013's Top Entrepreneurs in the Triangle. Scott's company provides superior online auction software to auctioneers around the world and has grown over 1,000% in the past three years. In addition to striving to improve the auction industry through technology, Scott has also built his company to help make a difference in the lives of young professionals. The NextLot Team consists of young professionals, many of whom were hired directly out of college, that are given ...

The international home furnishings company Roche Bobois announces the opening of a 6,000-square-foot, free-standing retail showroom at 136 U.S. Highway One, south of Northlake Boulevard in North Palm Beach. The opening follows completion of customization of the space for the representative display of products in its high-end Les Contemporains and Les Nouveaux Classiques furniture collections. Currently, the corporate-owned showroom is Roche Bobois' only Palm Beach County location and its second showroom in Florida, joining Coral Gables which opened in 1997. Julien Bigan, ...

Dedicated to creating an efficient and engaging home buying process, Citizens Homes has developed a new website (www.CitizensHomes.com) with helpful tools and information. To celebrate the launch, Citizens Homes, experts in building, delivering and servicing quality homes, is giving realtors and home buyers the red carpet treatment with daily giveaways May 6 through June 2 in the You're The Star sweepstakes. This redesigned site offers a realtor portal, quick move-in tools, and helpful home buying tips to connect three key people in this process - the home buyer, the ...

Terramor Homes (http://www.terramorhomes.com/), a local premier home building company in the Triangle, has announced the opening of its merchandised model, "The Cleo," in the Austin Creek community, located at 316 Austin View Blvd. in Wake Forest, N.C. The Welcome Home Center on-site is open every Sunday and Monday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Builder representative Pam Saunders is available during those hours to talk with potential homeowners about the new and affordable homeplans and trending features the Austin ...

Coral Portfolio are delighted to announce a joint initiative alongside The Fund Aid Foundation (UK-registered charity No 1122675 http://www.fundaidfoundation.org), a non-profit making charitable platform focused on raising significant donations from the Financial Services and Fund Management industries for children's charities. Lawrence Frampton, co-founder of Coral Portfolio commented: "Fund Aid was launched with the intention of supporting children's charities that have been carefully selected not only through their individual need but their efficiency in allocating ...