Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that its downtown Raleigh restaurant, Draft Carolina Burgers & Beers, donated $500 of its proceeds of sales raised on Feb. 11 to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. Focused on curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, the goal is to improve the overall quality of life for patients and their families. QUOTES: "Draft Carolina Burgers & Beers, along with all other Rocky Top ...

Georgia Super Lawyers recently honored HunterMaclean partner Colin McRae as a 2012 Rising Star. Rising Stars are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less. The elite list of Georgia Rising Stars, which represents more than 70 practice areas, will be published in the March 2012 issue of Atlanta magazine and in a special issue of Georgia Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, which is mailed to every attorney in the state. "Colin is certainly deserving of this recognition," said Frank S. Macgill, managing partner at HunterMaclean. "He ...

Pacific West Capital Group announced today that the company will host informational seminars on February 29 and March 1 at LG's Prime Steakhouse in Palm Springs, California. Pacific West Capital Group representatives will discuss investing in the Life Settlement market. The company has specialized in the sale of beneficiary interests in life settlements to individual investors for the past seven years. The life settlement market is the secondary market for life insurance. Life settlements are an alternative to traditional investments because returns are not tied to ...

The new version 1.0.9 of CodeTwo Outlook Sync was released by CodeTwo and published on their website for free download. The program is dedicated to all users searching for an easy solution to sync Outlook files with another machine. What is more, all users can also enjoy a free, time-unlimited version of the program that enables them to sync default MS Outlook calendar and contacts folders. - CodeTwo Outlook Sync has been designed to live up to requirements of thousands of users worldwide who need a simple, logical and ridiculously easy-to-use sharing tool for Microsoft ...

EzySoft Developments released Instant Invoice n Cashbook 10 (V10.6.1.8), a quick and simple Windows based invoice software solution for the growing business. It helps business users create, print and email quotations and invoices, track customer payments and outstanding invoices. It also incorporates a fully integrated cashbook module to help users balance their banks, fulfill their tax reporting obligations and prepare a simple set of income and expenses statement. Instant Invoice n Cashbook 10 is a major product upgrade of the developer's previous versions first released ...

The CEO of Live2Sell Group of Companies, Chris C. Ducker, will return as speaker for the upcoming BlogWorld Social Media Conference & Expo in New York, on June 5-7, 2012. A few months fresh from his success as speaker at BlogWorld 2011 in Los Angeles last November, CEO Chris C. Ducker is once again preparing as 2012 NY speaker for the BlogWorld Conference & Expo to be held at Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. For 5 years now, BlogWorld is the one and only industry-wide event that hosts the global community of content creators, thought leaders, decision ...

Rohde & Schwarz Topex maintains the tradition and for another year takes part at the GSMA Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2012, that will be held between February 27th and 1st of March at Fira Barcelona. Mobile World Congress is considered to be the largest and most exciting telecom event in Europe being the world's premier meeting place for the global mobile industry. At this important event Rohde & Schwarz Topex will focus on two new products: Bytton ICR and Bytton VoIP. Bytton ICR is the latest version of our M2M professional router based on Long Term ...

I have long believed that young adult fiction can be just as worthwhile a read for adults as fiction written specifically for a more mature audience. If the writing is strong enough and the themes relevant enough, anyone can enjoy young adult fiction, and that is certainly the case with Suzanne Collins' immensely popular phenomenon, The Hunger Games trilogy. Collins is a seasoned writer who has brought a lot of intelligence and craft to this trilogy of dystopic books. Amazon does a great job of summarizing the books if you want a quick synopsis before reading further: ...

Business Review USA, the top digital media source for American business news, takes a look at the best and worst Super Bowl commercials of all time in the February issue, available now. "Perhaps the most remarkable branding benefit of a Super Bowl commercial is the high possibility of staying power. It's not easy to retain the public's interest over months, let alone years, but history has proven that a buzz worthy Super Bowl ad can keep a brand in the pop culture lexicon for decades. This year's Super Bowl XLVI ad slots officially sold out in early January and ...

Business Review USA, the top digital media source for American business news, explores the InterContinental San Francisco- an elegant luxury hotel that's keeping an eye on innovation and a view of the San Francisco skyline. "Located in the City's lively South of Market (SoMa) district, the InterContinental is a towering landmark infused with the perfect balance of technology and intimacy," the article reads. "Its 32 floors and 550 guest rooms are wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows that have a cool, blue tone on the outside and provide access to dazzling ...

The number of websites with group buying deals has skyrocketed over the past few years - in Australia alone, there are upwards of 70 - but their deal offerings demonstrate a difference in buying cultures across borders. For Australian consumers, these deals offer the chance to experience something new. "Customers are always going to the same bars and restaurants because it's too much of a risk to try new things," said Dean McEvoy, CEO of Australia's first group buying site, Spreets. "Spreets de-risks that; it inspires people to go out and try new, interesting ...

According to a report released by Direct Selling News, in 2010, direct selling companies worldwide generated more than US$125 billion in revenue across 150 countries, through more than 75 million men and women. While the biggest direct selling markets are the US and Japan, Australia has a firmly rooted presence: more than 500,000 people across the nation are involved, and the consultants are visiting an estimated two million shoppers' homes and workplaces each month. One of the top benefits that comes from direct selling, particularly through 'parties' and other social ...

This month, Energy Digital discusses the current situation in the Straight of Hormuz in an interview with Senior Editor of The Economist Intelligence Unit and Middle East analyst for The Economist Robert Powell. With Iran's recent threats to block the Strait of Hormuz--the world's most important oil shipping lane--should sanctions be imposed on its nuclear program from the West, Powell answers the pressing questions at hand. Is Iran bluffing and how effective would the move to close the Strait really be in the long run? As the EU and the US move forward with sanctions ...

Today, more than 97% of commercial investors begin their search with the Internet, which has become the most successful place to buy or sell a business quickly and affordably. In fact, Business Trader lowered their prices recently, and you can now take advantage of economically priced packages that meets your advertising budget. Business Trader leads the rest Business Trader ranks for thousands of relevant search terms that draw tremendous volumes of traffic to their site. Advertisers can also have peace of mind knowing that their servers are protected by GeoTrust ...

Ventana Research has delivered its research and educational agenda for 2012. The firm is set to cover the dramatically changing technology revolution for business and IT, while helping businesses utilize every investment and resource as effectively as possible. Ventana Research had a very aggressive year in 2011, completing over 21 benchmark research studies and releasing research on topics including Hadoop, Business Analytics, Data in the Cloud and Contact Center in the Cloud. Research plans for 2012 include over 30 benchmarks covering Big Data, Governance, Risk and ...

Contractor Training, announced today that they are offering the new EPA Lead Safety Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) courses throughout North Carolina including; Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Cary, and Fayetteville. This training will meet the EPA training requirements for working on residential housing or child occupied facilities built before 1978, including procedures for testing for lead. Completion of this training will qualify you for an EPA certificate as a Certified Renovator. "As a licensed general contractor and remodeler ...

Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff reports that the first of many hearings regarding the popular diabetes drug, Actos, has been scheduled to take place in Lafayette, Louisiana under U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty. The status conference will take place March 22, 2012, after which lead attorneys will be appointed for the consolidated cases. According to an ongoing study involving more than 193,000 diabetes patients over the age of 40, those who took Actos to treat their diabetes for more than a year had a 40 percent higher risk of developing bladder cancer. Both France ...

Brine Group celebrates its 10 year anniversary as a successful recruiting firm providing outstanding placement services to its customers throughout the Metro Boston area and all the New England states. *Our clients, with whom we have built critical business partnerships, have been a major component of this success. *We are very proud of the many candidates that trusted us with their career searches along the way. *At the pinnacle of our success are our employees who have worked so hard and committed themselves to servicing our customers and making Brine Group ...

Highlights Frequent or extended dialysis treatments during the day or at night may improve patients' survival compared with conventional dialysis. Nighttime or daily dialysis may also improve patients' health and reduce their need for medications. Approximately 2 million patients in the world receive some sort of dialysis treatment. Washington, DC -- Frequent and longer dialysis treatments may provide more benefits for patients than conventional dialysis treatments, according to several studies appearing in upcoming issues of the Journal of the American Society ...

Last Thursday, February 16, 2012, The House of Blues in Chicago, IL featured hometown hip hop artist Nick Carter Green. The nearly sold out crowd rocked to the rhythms of jazz, funk, and rap as Green was backed by legendary percussionist Kahil El'Zabar. El'Zabar, also a Chicago native who has worked with Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie and Paul Simon, called the show "a conversion of generations to celebrate the power of soul through hip hop." Opening with his remix to Drake's "Headlines", which went viral on World Star Hip Hop back in ...

A large-scale genomic study conducted in Bangladesh has discovered genetic variants that control arsenic metabolism and elevate the risk of skin lesions in people chronically exposed to arsenic. In PLoS Genetics, researchers from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh, and the University of North Carolina report that genetic variants found near the enzyme for metabolizing the chemical into a less toxic form are associated with an individual's risk of developing arsenic-related disease. Since ...

When one fish gets injured, the rest of the school takes off in fear, tipped off by a mysterious substance known as "Schreckstoff" (meaning "scary stuff" in German). Now, researchers reporting online on February 23 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology have figured out what that scary stuff is really made of. Within that chemical brew is a special type of sugar found in abundance in fish skin. When a fish is wounded, fragments of the sugar known as chondroitin sulfate alarm other fish nearby. "Our results provide a solution to a 70-year-old puzzle: the nature of ...

LA JOLLA, Calif., February 23, 2012 – Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and the Medical School of Hannover in Germany recently discovered how the botulinum neurotoxin, a potential bioterrorism agent, survives the hostile environment in the stomach on its journey through the human body. Their study, published February 24 in Science, reveals the first 3D structure of a neurotoxin together with its bodyguard, a protein made simultaneously in the same bacterium. The bodyguard keeps the toxin safe through the gut, then lets go as the ...

It's 2012, which for the plastic surgery industry means more advancements than ever before. While groundbreaking technology and the emergence of new surgical techniques are exciting, potential patients should be sure that these innovations are time-tested before seriously considering them. A tummy tuck surgeon in Birmingham, Dr. Michael Beckenstein, stresses that patients should choose a surgeon based on the doctor's qualifications and experience with a particular procedure, and not just because he or she offers the "latest and greatest" treatments. "As ...

When Sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken for a Clydesdale. It weighed in at around 12 pounds -- and it was destined to get much smaller over the ensuing millennia. Sifrhippus lived during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a 175,000-year interval of time some 56 million years ago in which average global temperatures rose by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, caused by the release of vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and oceans. About a third of mammal ...