New York City based Public Relations firm Beautiful Planning Marketing & PR (BPMPR) announces their partnership with HOT 97 for the 20th anniversary of HOT 97's Summer Jam! Taking place on June 2nd 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, HOT 97 Summer Jam is the largest annual Hip Hop and R&B concert both on a national level and worldwide. HOT 97, the #1 station for and the premiere source of Hip Hop and R&B, has produced the legendary concert for the past 20 years, where the biggest names in Hip Hop and R&B take over the stage! In 2012, ...

LEAD is an initiative of the FreeStyle Foundation, Inc., a nationwide non profit dedicated to reducing substance abuse in America. The FreeStyle Team and Chabot Strategis developed LEAD with one goal in mind, to make a lasting impact in the lives of students. Our LEAD consultants have worked on college campuses in 48-states. We know students! Why LEAD? Because we do much more than just show up to give a speech. LEAD is about empowering your students to make a lasting impact. We help your campus build its own LEAD-COALITION made up of 12-key sectors, to measurably reduce ...

PHA Media's celebrity PR department is delighted to announce the signing of exciting new pop star duo, Major. Major's debut single 'Love Me Boy', which was written by Ivor Novello winning songwriter Pete Kirtley, is officially released on 3rd June and is available to pre-order on iTunes. The PR Agency has been quick off the mark to generate press coverage for Major with hits on Sun Online and music bible Digital Spy. Major joins a roster of clients which includes former Hollyoaks actress Rachel Shenton, former cosmetic surgery addict Alicia Douvall, Kate Middleton's ...

Spec-Rite Designs, a global designer, fabricator and distributor of phenolic furnishings, announced plans for the $250,000 expansion of its St. Louis offices and the creation of an estimated five new job positions. Preliminary plans call for construction to commence in June with completion expected during the first quarter of 2014. Preliminary construction plans for the new expansion are expected to double the square footage of Spec-Rite's current office, operations and manufacturing facilities. This includes the addition of a new 10,000-square-foot warehouse and a ...

Flip.to, a brand advocate platform that helps hotels leverage the marketing power of social networks by encouraging guests to spread the word about upcoming stays, has unveiled new mobile functionality to facilitate organic promotions and generate additional bookings on the go. The new Flip.to mobile landing page is the latest innovation for the hotel industry's fastest growing brand advocate technology. With the new mobile functionality, when guests share about their upcoming stay via Flip.to, their social connections can easily interact with the link through any mobile ...

The Government Contracting Institute will debut "Fundamental Contract and Project Management" on May 7, 2013. The course, sponsored by bwtech@UMBC and TargetGov, will discuss the techniques to manage contract delivery, budget, staffing, risk and quality while fostering the client relationship; being responsive to needs of project staff; meeting company financial and project goals, creating third party relationships to add value or fill gaps, and understanding differences between risks and threats. Visit http://www.GovernmentContractingInstitute.com to learn more ...

Already known in the digital television industry for its ability to stay ahead of the programming curve by providing licensing for multi-screen distributors around the world, Vivicast Media announced today that it has been actively building its 4K (Ultra HD) and 4K-3D licensing portfolio. The company will showcase its currently available catalog at The Cable Show (NCTA) to be held in Washington, DC, June 10-12. Vivicast's existing 4K license offerings include breathtaking scenic vistas, undersea adventure, unique animation programming and musical performance all of which ...

From customer service to network maintenance, utilities around the world are looking to their field service teams to help them take on some of their biggest initiatives. TOA Technologies, a leader in global field service management solutions, is at CS Week Conference 37 and the Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG) this week, discussing how utilities can leverage their mobile workforces to improve operational efficiency and the customer experience. TOA Technologies will be at CS Week Conference 37 in Tampa, Florida, from April 29-May 3, and at MUWG in Portland, Oregon, ...

CLC Network, a national non-profit that promotes the development of people with a variety of abilities and disabilities to live as active, integrated members of their communities, will offer six online classes this fall for academically talented, middle school-aged students. "Our team believes that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to education is not an appropriate model for teaching students with differing gifts," shared R.H. "Bear" Berends, executive director of CLC Network. "The introduction of online courses will give families and schools ...

Campbell Law School (http://law.campbell.edu) has announced that North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory will deliver the commencement address at Campbell Law School's 35th annual hooding and graduation ceremony on Friday, May 10. The celebration is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center. A native of Guilford County, McCrory attended Catawba College and earned degrees in education and political science. Upon graduation he worked for Duke Energy before winning an at-large seat on the Charlotte City Council in 1989. McCrory then went on to win two more elections ...

MetaCommunications Workgroups 2011 all-in-one project management suite has been named a top choice, this time by Jackie Shaffer, in the March/April issue of HOW Design Magazine. Workgroups 2011 includes the industry's most powerful automation and productivity tools combined in one easy to use solution. Key features include: • Project Management • Workflow Automation • Scheduling • Online Approvals & Review • Digital Asset Management • Full Financial tracking & Procurement • Integrated Calendaring and Event Planning • Integration with Esko Automation ...

Sonardyne International Ltd. has today announced the appointment of Dr Ralph Rayner as its new Non-Executive Chairman. Ralph is currently a Non-Executive Director of the company and will succeed outgoing Chairman Barry Clutton on 1st May 2013. Previously Finance Director and then Managing Director prior to his appointment as Chairman in 2009, Barry is retiring after 16 years with the company. Ralph is an internationally recognised figure within the offshore and oceanographic industries. He has extensive senior and Board level international experience with a diverse portfolio ...

PEER 1 Hosting, the global IT hosting provider, today announced it will exhibit and demo its recently-launched Mission Critical Cloud, powered by Tier 3, at Interop Las Vegas, May 7-9th. During the event, PEER 1 Hosting will discuss how its new enterprise-grade public cloud solution, which offers enterprise-class security and sophisticated cloud management functionality, provides the infrastructure enterprises need to confidently move to the public cloud. In an ever-changing business landscape, companies are transitioning to the cloud to save time, money and simplify ...

Royal Oaks Homes, LLC (http://www.royaloakshomes.com), an award-winning residential new homebuilder, has announced that Rich Van Tassel, the company's president, has been selected as an Exceptional Volunteer by Philanthropy Journal for his dedicated service to Operation: Coming Home, a nonprofit organization providing custom-built homes to disabled combat veterans. Operation: Coming Home has become a beloved project for Van Tassel, who serves as an ambassador for the program and assisted in its launch in 2008, when he signed his firm up to partner with Atreus Homes ...

The law firm of Ryan Montgomery Attorney at Law, LLC is pleased to announce Ryan Montgomery was recognized and named as a South Carolina Super Lawyer in the area of Workers' Compensation. Ryan was recognized as a "Rising Star" for those Super Lawyers under the age of 40. He has been in practice since 2000. Ryan Montgomery not only practices workers' compensation but also serious and complex personal injury cases throughout the State of South Carolina.Ryan Montgomery Attorney at Law, LLC. is based out of Greenville, South Carolina but practices statewide where ...

HOUSTON – Scientists have identified an influential link in a chain of events that leads to autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS). An international team of researchers led by scientists in The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Immunology reported their results in an advance online publication in Nature Medicine. The researchers spell out the pivotal role of Peli1 in the activation of immune cells called microglia that promote inflammation in the central nervous system in response to ...

A small device implanted in the brain has accurately predicted epilepsy seizures in humans in a world-first study led by Professor Mark Cook, Chair of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Director of Neurology at St Vincent's Hospital. "Knowing when a seizure might happen could dramatically improve the quality of life and independence of people with epilepsy," said Professor Cook, whose research was today published in the international medical journal, Lancet Neurology. Professor Cook and his team, with Professors Terry O'Brien and Sam Berkovic, worked with ...

KANSAS CITY, MO—There's a new actor on the embryology stage: the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Its career is being launched in part by Stowers Institute for Medical Research Associate Investigator Matt Gibson, Ph.D., who is giving it equal billing with what has been his laboratory's leading player, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Gibson's lab investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms used by cells to assemble into layers or clusters during embryogenesis. Those tissues, comprised of densely packed cells known as epithelial cells, shape the ...

SALT LAKE CITY)—A gene mutation associated with a rare sleep disorder surprisingly also contributes to debilitating migraines, a new discovery that could change the treatment of migraines by allowing development of drugs specifically designed to treat the chronic headaches. Further study is needed to understand how this genetic pathway relates to migraines. But the finding is exciting because it most likely will shed light on all types of migraines, meaning hundreds of millions of people worldwide could benefit, according to K.C. Brennan, M.D., University of Utah assistant ...

SEATTLE – Men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are significantly less likely to die from their cancer than men who don't take such medication, according to study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The findings are published online today in The Prostate. The study, led by Janet L. Stanford, Ph.D., co-director of the Prostate Cancer Research Program and a member of the Hutchinson Center's Public Health Sciences Division, followed about 1,000 Seattle-area prostate cancer patients. Approximately 30 percent of ...

A major international study involving a Simon Fraser University scientist has found that sequence differences in a gene crucial to the maintenance of our chromosomes' integrity predispose us to certain cancers. Angela Brooks-Wilson, an associate professor in SFU's biomedical physiology and kinesiology department and a Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, is one of more than 600 scientists globally who contributed to this study. Published in the March 27, 2013 online issue of the science journal Nature Genetics, the study is called Multiple independent ...

More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese, and some of these individuals undergo gastric bypass surgery to shed the extra pounds. A genome-wide association study published by Cell Press May 2nd in The American Journal of Human Genetics reveals that the amount of weight loss after this surgery can be predicted in part by a DNA sequence variation found on chromosome 15. The findings explain why the success of gastric bypass surgery varies so widely and could help clinicians identify those who would benefit the most from this type of surgery. "Surgery ...

When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains don't react in the way they do in most people. This pattern of reduced brain activity upon witnessing pain may serve as a neurobiological risk factor for later adult psychopathy, say researchers who report their findings in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 2. That's not to say that all children with conduct problems are the same, or that all children showing this brain pattern in young life will become psychopaths. The researchers emphasize that many children with ...

When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers. A group of students who saw that a backpack was attached to an avatar that they had created overestimated the heights of virtual hills, just as people in real life tend to overestimate heights and distances while carrying extra weight, according to Sangseok You, a doctoral student in the school of information, University of Michigan. "You exert more of your agency through an avatar when ...

NGC 6559 is a cloud of gas and dust located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). The glowing region is a relatively small object, just a few light-years across, in contrast to the one hundred light-years and more spanned by its famous neighbour, the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, eso0936 - http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0936/). Although it is usually overlooked in favour of its distinguished companion, NGC 6559 has the leading role in this new picture. The gas in the clouds of NGC 6559, mainly hydrogen, is ...