CAL Business Solutions Inc, a Connecticut Microsoft Dynamics ERP software partner, announces that Stacey Poll has joined the company as a Microsoft Dynamics GP Consultant and Application Support Specialist. With the addition of Poll the CAL Business Solutions team includes 23 professionals focused on accounting and technology. Poll will provide application support to existing CAL Business Solutions clients and will assist in implementations of the soon to be released Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 for Connecticut companies. "We brought Stacey on board because of her ...

As of December 10, 2012 members of former dating site Playfulswingers.com will be re-directed to SDC.com. Upon request from the retiring Playful Swingers website, SDC has agreed to provide former members of Playfulswingers a warm welcome. In order to provide this service, SDC has created a special community inside the SDC website, where former members will still be able to find their friends and keep the core identity of the group alive. SDC is happy with this opportunity, not only because it demonstrates the trust being bestowed on the SDC website, services and ...

Craftsman Direct Handyman Home Improvement announced today that it has earned the prestigious Angie's List Super Service Award for the third consecutive year in three North Carolina areas. "We are always proud to earn the Angie's List award," said Lee Mendel Smoak, President of Craftsman Direct. "Our skilled craftsmen work diligently to perform high quality work and we strive to make our customers happy. Obviously when Angie's List members write good reviews it gives us a great amount of satisfaction." Craftsman Direct was awarded the Angie's ...

Imperial Landscaping of Winston Salem announced offering lawn care services in the greater Triad area including Advance, Kernersville, Clemmons and Lexington NC. "We provide high quality lawn care and landscaping services at a great price," said James Tolentino, Owner of Imperial Landscaping. "Lawn care is not just our job, it is our passion. We get great satisfaction at standing back to admire a nicely mowed lawn." Learn more about Imperial Landscaping offerings: Lawn Care Services http://www.imperiallandscapingnc.com/winston-salem-lawncare.php?source=pr-2012-12 Lawn ...

New media platforms have, and will continue to, change the way marketers manage campaigns across different channels. The increased use of mobile devices and the emergence of new marketing channels like social media have caused a fundamental shift in consumer buying behaviours. PromotionBox note consumers are researching products more than ever before on multiple devices at different points in the sales cycle which is why different marketing messages rolled out across various platforms is edging its way forward to become a very effective method of marketing. Cross channel ...

Founded five years ago in response to corporate America's need for comprehensive EDI training, EDI Academy has grown enormously and has certified hundreds of students in EDI Fundamentals and Best Practices. While, 2012 was a very successful year for the EDI Academy (close to 200 attendees) EDI Academy is projecting bigger growth in 2013. By enhancing new curriculum for Europe, updating the health care curriculum to the 5010 mandated standard and adding more cities, EDI Academy is planning on a much higher attendance rate in 2013. The first seminar will be a HIPAA Fundamentals ...

Dr. Michael Grasso, dentist in Chesterfield, is excited to be jumping into the world of social media with his practice's Facebook page. He hopes the Facebook page will help him effectively communicate with his patients on the Internet. "I am glad that our practice is able to use Facebook as a communication tool. I know that many of our patients utilize this service on a daily basis and I am excited that our practice is becoming accessible on Facebook. I hope that many of our patients will take a minute to 'like' our Facebook page," said Dr. Grasso, cosmetic ...

Dr. Rick Brar, dentist from South Elgin, is excited to be providing a variety of educational material on his practice's website. He hopes the educational material will help provide his patients with enough information to effectively be able to maintain the health of their teeth and gums. "I am very glad that we are able to provide helpful education material on our website. I strongly believe that the more educated a patient is, the better chance they will have of keeping their teeth and gums healthy. I hope that all of our patients will take a few minutes to look ...

Dr. Pirooz Zomorrodi, dentist in Naperville, is excited to be jumping into the world of social media with his practice's Facebook and Twitter pages. He hopes these social media tools will allow him to better interact with his patients on the Internet. "I am very glad that our practice is able to use social media to promote our practice online. I know that many of our patients use these services on a daily basis and I am excited that we are able to use these tools to communicate online with our patients. I would like to invite all of our patients to take a few minutes ...

Home Design Outlet Center, an established online retailer of bathroom vanities, invites homeowners to participate in the grand opening of Houston, TX showroom. Grand opening date: Jan 12th 2013 Address: 8017 Pinemont Dr Suite 200 Houston, TX 77040 Being closer to homeowners Home Design Outlet Center started as an online retailer of bathroom related products such as bathroom vanities and bathroom vanity cabinets. The Company believes firmly in offering high quality products at competitive prices. This is achieved by offering modern bathroom vanities at warehouse ...

Dr. Aaron Galbraith, Jackson dentist, is happy to be providing an online appointment request form on his practice's comprehensive dental website. By using this tool, patients are able to schedule an appointment with Dr. Galbraith without ever having to even pick up the phone. "I am very glad that our practice is able to offer online appointment requesting on our website. We are always looking for ways to make our practice more patient-friendly and this is a great example of that. I hope that our patients will take advantage of this service in the future," ...

Visix, Inc. is honored to have ranked first in the digital signage software category of a recent survey by Commercial Integrator magazine. The survey of both large and small integration firms in the industry shows the top three manufacturers in 34 product categories. "It's thrilling to achieve this recognition from our integration partners," says Sean Matthews, President of Visix. "We've embraced the channel from the beginning, and know that these partnerships are essential for the successful adoption of our technologies in higher education, corporate, ...

There are many different types of personal injury, but the value of making a claim rests with whether you, as a person, were injured as a result of someone else's negligence. Personal injury can be distinguished from property damage, in which something you own is damaged. Personal injury refers to damage to your body, mind or emotions. Common Types of Personal Injury Anytime you are injured by the negligent actions of others, you may have a personal injury claim. Some common types of personal injury include: - Traumatic brain injury - Spinal cord injury - Amputation - ...

The days after you suffer a significant personal injury are likely to be some of the lowest points in your life. Suffering from the physical pain of your injury, angry at the person or organization responsible for it and rightly anxious for the justice and compensation you deserve, you are then faced with an exceptionally important decision: which personal injury lawyer will represent you at trial and in negotiations. When making this decision, you should not be afraid to ask pointed and difficult questions of those personal injury lawyers vying for your case. Fortunately, ...

One of the most commonly overlooked causes for a wide range of oral and systemic health issues is temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD.) Detecting and treating this disorder is the primary focus of neuromuscular dentistry. TMD may be asymptomatic, but can often be identified through symptoms such as limited jaw mobility, clicking or popping in the jaw, and pain and swelling around the jaw joint. However, TMD also has a number of other, less obvious symptoms. Symptoms of TMD Symptoms of TMD that may seem unrelated include: - Chronic headaches - Ear aches without ...

An epidemic of the giggles has been traced to free personalized Santa Letters from a popular Santa Claus website. According to the CGC (Centers for Giggle Control), these Letters From Santa primarily affect children who believe in Santa Claus, but there are reports of parents also getting the giggles. A CGC spokesperson said, "The letters carry a rare strain of fun known as Laughalottus sillyitis. The effects from one letter are strong, but temporary. However, because these letters are FREE, multiple exposures are common and lead to serious giggling. Also, since ...

Toronto based Authentic Cuba Travel has already published almost forty tour departures for 2013 and counting. The Canadian company offers North American travelers the chance to get an up close and personal look inside the authentic Cuba through meaningful people to people exchanges and the exploration of Cuba's most unique destinations and attractions. While travel to Cuba is still restricted for Americans, in 2011 some travel restrictions were lifted and new categories of USA Cuba Travel included allowing a larger number of US citizens to travel to Cuba legally as General ...

SALT LAKE CITY— People who reside in rural areas of Utah are less likely to follow colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations than their urban counterparts, according to researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. This geographic disparity is evident across all risk groups, including those who have a family history of the disease. "Our hypothesis was that geography matters," said Anita Kinney, Ph.D., R.N., who leads HCI's Cancer Control and Populations Sciences Research Program and is principal investigator of the study. "And what ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Researchers have found the first proof that a chemical in the brain called glutamate is linked to suicidal behavior, offering new hope for efforts to prevent people from taking their own lives. Writing in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, Michigan State University's Lena Brundin and an international team of co-investigators present the first evidence that glutamate is more active in the brains of people who attempt suicide. Glutamate is an amino acid that sends signals between nerve cells and has long been a suspect in the search for chemical ...

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that the commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also become a therapy for the vascular complications of diabetes. The scientists made their discovery after screening 6,766 clinically used drugs and pharmacologically active substances. "We developed this assay and used it to test literally every single existing drug and a good selection of other biologically active compounds," said UTMB professor Csaba Szabo, senior author of a paper on the research published online by Diabetes. ...

Nanocrystals as protective coatings for advanced gas turbine and jet engines are receiving a lot of attention for their many advantageous mechanical properties, including their resistance to stress. However, contrary to computer simulations, the tiny size of nanocrystals apparently does not safeguard them from defects. In a study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)and collaborators from multiple institutions, nanocrystals of nickel subjected to high pressure continued to suffer dislocation-mediated ...

PHILADELPHIA — Drugs that are used in the clinic to treat some forms of breast and kidney cancer and that work by inhibiting the signaling molecule mTORC1 might have utility in treating some of the more than 15 percent of human cancers driven by alterations in the Myc gene, according to data from a preclinical study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "More than 1 million people diagnosed with cancer each year have a tumor driven by alterations in the Myc gene," said Grant A. McArthur, M.D., Ph.D., professor of translational ...

Park Ridge, Ill. (December 14, 2012) – It is estimated that 34% of Americans are affected by an increasingly prevalent condition known as metabolic syndrome which is a combination of at least three of the following risk factors: large waistline, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar.(i) These individuals have a variety of risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Decades of mixed messaging regarding dietary cholesterol have led to avoidance of certain foods, such as eggs, ...

Statistics have entered the life sciences and they are here to stay. This science emerged in the XVIII century by the hand of the mathematicians Thomas Bayes and Pierre Simon Laplace and was used by Gregor Mendel to demonstrate his theory on genetic inheritance. Since the 90s with the appearance of large genomic studies, statistics has become a fundamental tool for the analysis and interpretation of biomedical data. "Today it is difficult to find a scientific article in the field of biomedicine that does not include statistical methodology" explains David Rossell, who performed ...

Approximately ten per cent of 6 year olds have sleep-disordered breathing, according to a recent Finnish study. The risk is increased among children with enlarged tonsils, crossbite and convex facial profile. Unlike in adults, excess body fat is not associated with sleep-disordered breathing in this age group. The study was part of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study led by the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland. The results were published in European Journal of Pediatrics. The symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing ...