On June 9, 2008, Brianna was in the Club pool with about 30 other young children and only one staff person, dressed in street clothes, on duty. Brianna slipped under water and was not pulled out until another child in the pool called for lifeguard help. It was too late. "My daughter drowned four years ago. The Boys & Girls Club never offered us an explanation, or their sympathy," said Retemar Coombs, whose daughter Brianna Murray drowned in the Club's pool when she was 5 years old. "We had to file a lawsuit to get the Club to even think about its responsibility. ...

Kalamazoo criminal defense law firm Aggressive Criminal Defense Law Firm- a division of Willis Law achieves, yet again, for another of their clients. Initially, their client faced an aggravated assault charge in Kalamazoo, Michigan. With the help of the aggressive defense provided by criminal attorney Shaun Willis, the client's charge was dismissed. Aggravated assault can come from different situations that are often unexpected. Assault charges can make the offender lose family and friends, job prospects, and sometimes can cause jail time. The aggressive stance ...

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management will host the 6th edition of THE-ICE International Panel of Experts Forum The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, one of the world's leading business hospitality management school and a part of Jumeirah Group, is proud to be hosting the 6th International Panel of Experts (IPoE) Forum 2012 from 18-20 November 2012. This annual Forum is the signature event of The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE), an Australian-based international accreditation body. The theme of the ...

Jumeirah, the global luxury hospitality group and a member of Dubai Holding, is delighted to announce that Al Mahara, the seafood restaurant in Burj Al Arab, and The Rib Room steakhouse in Jumeirah Emirates Towers, have both made it on to The Daily Meal's first annual '101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World' List. Based in the United States, The Daily Meal is the largest and highest quality resource for food and drink information and inspiration on the web. The List, described as 'a carefully curated collection' of 'the world's most exemplary hotel feasts', ...

Dublin-based Standard Life International has added eight Vanguard funds to its International Bond. Standard Life is looking to meet the growing demands from advisers for a passive investment option by introducing the Vanguard funds to its International Bond. Ian Searle, business development manager at Standard Life International, said: "These funds, which include both bond and equity funds, represents our passive investment option on our offshore bond and further strengthens the investment range for our customers to choose from to help them achieve their investment ...

Mill Brook Industries, a church furnishings supplier, suggests that churches and schools looking to raise money for projects should consider hosting a yard sale. With summer in full swing, yard sales can be a good way to raise funds for church seating or school furnishings without breaking the budget. Organizations looking to raise funds without spending a great deal of money can utilize a community yard sale. Community yard sales can not only raise funds but increase awareness of the organization. "Yard sales are a great way to raise money. If every member of ...

Southwest Solutions Group releases a new entertaining and educational video for their Spacesaver High Density Storage product. The video features a championship matchup between the High Density Storage Powered Shelving Team and the Hand Crank Shelving Team. The video demonstrates the differences in safety features and ease of operation between the two types of High Density shelving systems and how each of these storage units will store anything from a file folder to the kitchen sink. What makes this video funny and cute is the mixture of entertaining characters with ...

Thousands of Americans file first-time claims for unemployment benefits every week, while the high numbers of long-term unemployed are not even reflected in the statistics. With the unemployment rate remaining stubbornly stuck above eight percent, many of those seeking work are re-entering the working world not as salaried employees, but as self-employed entrepreneurs. "Hundreds of people launch home-based businesses every day, and thousands more want to, but don't know how to get started," said Karen Hammons, The Home Business Success Coach and author of Bringing ...

Like many people, Dr. Jo Anne White knows what it's like to live a life void of Joy. Since childhood she dreamed of dedicating her life to the service of others to help them have more joy and success in their lives. Now, as a successful author, speaker, and certified coach, she is living her dream. For over 20 years, she's helped millions of men, women, families and businesses reach their dreams and overcome personal and professional challenges. In her latest book, JOY, Dr. White shares how you can create and sustain more joy in your life. JOY is chockfull of inspiration, ...

If you are one of the countless consumers that has fallen prey to the marketing ploys of large skin care treatment companies offering moisturizers for dry skin, you are not alone. Each year top dry skin treatment brands spend millions of dollars on flashy ad campaigns and lining up big name celebrity endorsements to get you to buy their products. The result? Millions of Americans spending billions of dollars on skin care products that promise to do everything from how to cure dry skin to how to get rid of wrinkles - only to deliver minimal results! Here's why your dry ...

Epom ad serving and ad management platform announced that its SDK (Software Development Kit) is compliant with the IAB's rich media standard MRAID 2.0. It means that in addition to standard banners Epom customers can also use all kinds of rich media ads in their mobile applications. Any publisher using a MRAID compliant Epom SDK can integrate rich media ads in all mobile applications, without having to contemplate the diversity of end devices. No doubt, this will increase revenue opportunities for mobile app developers. The idea behind MRAID is to provide standardization ...

The Offshore Group will be holding its 18th Annual Manufacturing in Mexico Summit in the resort town of San Carlos, Sonora on Mexico's Sea of Cortez this coming October 25th and 26th. For almost two decades executives of companies examining the strategic option of initiating and maintaining production facilities south of the border have attended and benefitted. The 18th Annual Manufacturing in Mexico Summit has been designed to enable time scarce CEOs, CFOs, VPs of Manufacturing and top level sourcing personnel to collect a comprehensive amount of information on the ...

On Friday August 31st www.repairlabs.com, an online express-ship electronic device service, released images of the iPhone 5 front glass that show some of the changes we can expect from the new iPhone model scheduled for release next month. The images show the anticipated larger screen, a front camera move to the middle of the phone, more home button support, and a smaller charger port. What does all of this mean? "Well, a lot of the changes are reminiscent to the old 3GS model--with the exception of the dimensions and functionality, of course," said Taylor ...

Puerto Rican Young Crossover Tenor Carlos Aponte recently presented 'Attimo', an album that features 11 of the world's most memorable songs with new musical and vocal arrangements in English, Spanish, Italian, and German. Since his appearance on the acclaimed NBC TV show America's Got Talent, Carlos has been busy at public and private performances in Puerto Rico, the United States and also internationally such as Costa Rica and China. 'Attimo' (Italian for 'Moment') includes a Spanish version of the smash hit 'You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Sere),' as well as other outstanding ...

Vienna, Austria: Parental problems and a chaotic home environment could be preventing children from taking their prescribed asthma medication. A new study, which will be presented today (3 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, has shown that children's asthma symptoms could be worse due to issues in their home. Non-adherence to asthma medication is a common problem, although it is not yet understood what the major barriers are for patients. In this new study, researchers have, for the first time, recorded and analysed a large ...

Vienna, Austria: New research has established the first global benchmarks for assessing lung function across the entire life span. The lung growth charts will help healthcare professionals better understand lung disease progression and help raise awareness of lung disease, which is the world's leading cause of death. The research will be presented today (3 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna. Lung function is measured by a spirometry test, which involves blowing out as hard and fast as possible into a device that records ...

Vienna, Austria: There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to new findings. The report, which will be presented today (4 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, also found an increase in the number of women being diagnosed with the condition. Little is known about risk factors that can cause lung cancer in non-smokers, although recently the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed earlier this year that exhaust fumes from diesel engines were a cause of ...

Vienna, Austria: Identifying an individual's the smoking history could help doctors to predict survival time in people with COPD. A new study, which will be presented today (4 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, has identified that the measurement, pack–years, is a strong predictor for mortality in COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a term given to a group of conditions which cause a gradual restriction of airflow which gives people difficulty breathing. The condition is largely caused by smoking, yet clinicians ...

Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently-published study by CSIRO and the Australian Maritime College in Launceston. Nitrogen oxide is a non-greenhouse gas, unlike similarly named nitrous oxide. The remainder comes from road and air transport, energy generation, and industrial processes. Global studies indicate that shipping emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulphur contribute to the formation of photochemical smog and particles near land and in ports. The authors, Dr ...

The highest levels ever of DDT in breast milk have been measured in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa. The values lie well over the limits set by the World Health Organization. DDT has been used for many years in South Africa, sprayed indoors to fight malaria. "To our ears, spraying DDT inside people's homes sounds absurd. But it is one of the most effective agents against malaria. And by only spraying adult mosquitoes in the vicinity of people, the risk of developing resistance in mosquitoes decreases, " says Henrik Kylin, environmental chemist ...

Two thirds of the crops humans use for food production and the majority of wild plant species depend on pollination by insects such as bees and hover-flies. This ecosystem service, however, provided by nature to humans for free, is increasingly failing. As an example, after 3000 years of sustainable agriculture, farmers in the Chinese province Sichuan have to pollinate apple flowers themselves by using pollination sticks —brushes made of chicken feathers and cigarette filter. This is one small example of a problem occurring world-wide, including Europe. The work has been ...

Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG), a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people. PACG affects 15 million people worldwide, 80% of whom live in Asia. The discovery, published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Genetics, on 26 August 2012, was conducted collaboratively by scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)/Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), National University of Singapore (NUS), National University Hospital's Department ...

RUB-Researchers from the Chair for Biophysics have developed a new method for the detailed study of the interaction between pharmaceuticals and their target proteins. The pharmaceutical industry has already taken notice of the new infrared spectroscopy technique; the method is supposed to be implemented to investigate pharmacological agent-protein interactions in the EU project K4DD, which is supported by various major European pharmaceutical companies. "We now have a tool in our hands with which we can research the dynamics of pharmacologically interesting proteins in ...

Jerusalem, Sept. 3, 2012 – Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a neuronal pathway -- part of the autonomic nervous system -- reaches the bones and participates in the control of bone development. The newly discovered pathway has a key role in controlling bone density during adolescence, which in turn determines the skeletal resistance to fracture throughout one's entire life, say the researchers. They emphasize that understanding the mechanisms connecting the brain and the bones could have implications for possible future therapies ...

Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes. The new research findings have been achieved as a result of access to human insulin-producing cells from deceased donors and by not only studying one gene variant, but many genes and how they influence the level of the gene in pancreatic islets and their effect on insulin secretion and glucose control of the donor. "With this approach, we can explain 25 per cent of variations in blood sugar levels. Previously, the best studies ...