First Evangelical Methodist Church of Glendora is pleased to announce the official hiring of Mark Quiroz as their new Senior Pastor. He will be replacing the churches long time dedicated pastor Wenzel Sperl who passed away on September 26, 2011. Pastor Quiroz brings to Glendora EMC, five years of church leadership as Youth Pastor of multiple churches. He graduated in 2011 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Christian Ministry from Crown College in Minnesota. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Ministry program at Point Loma University in San Diego. For more ...

A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers identified a new culprit that leads to atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fat and cholesterol that hardens into plaque and narrows arteries. The research, published online by Nature Immunology on January 8, 2012, explains why cholesterol-laden, coronary artery disease-causing cells called macrophages, accumulate in artery plaques. "We have discovered that macrophages that accumulate in plaques secrete a molecule called netrin-1," said Kathryn J. Moore, PhD, senior author of the study and associate professor in the ...

St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired is very pleased to announce it has been selected to participate in the "Year of Making a Difference" program presented by Gallop, a major law firm headquartered in St. Louis. (www.GallopLaw.com). "Year of Making a Difference" is a unique charitable awareness and fundraising initiative managed by Gallop that will benefit not only Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired but additional non-profit organizations in St. Louis that assist people right here in our community. David Ekin, President ...

A new form of graphene created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could prevent laptops and other electronics from overheating, ultimately, overcoming one of the largest hurdles to building smaller and more powerful electronic devices. The research team, which includes colleagues at The University of Texas at Dallas, the University of California-Riverside and Xiamen University in China, published its findings online today in the Advance Online Publication of Nature Materials. The study will also appear in the print journal of Nature Materials. Led ...

In the chemistry of the living world, a pair of nucleic acids—DNA and RNA—reign supreme. As carrier molecules of the genetic code, they provide all organisms with a mechanism for faithfully reproducing themselves as well as generating the myriad proteins vital to living systems. Yet according to John Chaput, a researcher at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine and Informatics, at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute®, it may not always have been so. Chaput and other researchers studying the first tentative flickering of life on earth have investigated various ...

FloraTerra, California's based landscape management company, has announced the addition of Larry Petretti as their new Operations Manager in their San Jose Branch. Petretti, has over 25 Years' experience in the Green Industry, beginning his career in horticulture working with several successful landscape companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked at Delconte Landscape in Fremont as there District Manager, and at the beginning of his career with Western Landscapes in 1986 he has spent his past 6 years as a successful self-employed entrepreneur relocating ...

A new study has found that when parents get tested for breast cancer genes, many of them share their results with their children, even with those who are very young. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that most parents think that their children are not distressed when they learn about the test results. For parents, one of the primary motivations for getting tested for hereditary cancer genes is to better understand the risk that their children face; however, many parents struggle with the decision ...

Acupuncture and sham acupuncture appear equally effective in treating migraines, according to a clinical trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/site/embargo/cmaj110551.pdf. An international team of researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines in 480 patients at nine hospitals in China. The patients were randomly assigned to four groups, including one sham acupuncture group and three groups receiving different ...

A new study suggests that middle-aged adults recently diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension have time to try to learn how to control their high blood pressure without medications, but not too much time. The consequences of delaying effective hypertension treatment for up to a year were small—a two-day reduction in quality-adjusted life expectancy—according to a study by University of Chicago researchers published online for the Journal of General Internal Medicine. But as the delay gets longer, the damages multiply. A ten-year delay decreased life expectancy by almost ...

Award Winning International Branding and Consumer Product Development Firm to Launch Products in Spring-2012 Florence, KY Geoff Ficke, President of Duquesa Marketing announced today that his Firm has been retained to act as Managing Consultants for the creation, testing Branding and market introduction of Dr. Ajit Nemi's line of targeted skin treatment products. "Ajit Nemi MD MBA is a brilliant young doctor and researcher who has built a thriving Eye Care practice in the Atlanta area", said Mr. Ficke. "His extensive work with patients provides Dr. Nemi ...

The main symptom of Rotor syndrome is jaundice caused by a buildup of a substance known as conjugated bilirubin. Bilirubin is a yellow substance generated in large quantities when the body recycles red blood cells. It is conjugated in the liver to make it soluble in water so that it can be cleared from the body. Although Rotor syndrome is known to be a genetic disorder, it is not known which genes are involved. However, a team of researchers — led by Alfred Schinkel, at The Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands; and Milan Jirsa, at the Institute for Clinical and ...

Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive weakness and spasticity (stiffness) of the legs. Mutations in more than 30 genes have been linked to HSPs. A team of researchers — led by Stephan Züchner, at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami; Evan Reid, at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Antonio Orlacchio, at the Centro Europeo di Ricerca sul Cervello–Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Santa Lucia, Italy — has now associated mutations in the gene ...

The Latinva Instructor Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2012, 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., at Spectrum Athletic Clubs in Canoga Park, 2235 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303. The workshop is ACE and AFAA Certified: ACE trainers receive 0.7 CEC's and AFAA trainers receive 5.5 CEU's. The Latinva Dance Fitness Workshop will provide fitness enthusiasts with all the fundamentals of teaching a dance fitness class, with detailed emphasis on choreography, cueing, dance, music, and teaching techniques. With these five methods, instructors will learn how to choreograph ...

EDITOR'S PICK: Genetic and mechanistic basis for rotor syndrome uncovered The main symptom of Rotor syndrome is jaundice caused by a buildup of a substance known as conjugated bilirubin. Bilirubin is a yellow substance generated in large quantities when the body recycles red blood cells. It is conjugated in the liver to make it soluble in water so that it can be cleared from the body. Although Rotor syndrome is known to be a genetic disorder, it is not known which genes are involved. However, a team of researchers — led by Alfred Schinkel, at The Netherlands Cancer Institute, ...

SAN DIEGO -- Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have begun to identify mutations and cellular pathway changes that lead to lung cancer in never-smokers — a first step in developing potential therapeutic targets. "This is the starting point. We certainly have a lot of pathways and gene expression alterations that we're going to be very interested in confirming and looking at in larger cohorts of patients," said Dr. Timothy G. Whitsett, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in TGen's Cancer and Cell Biology Division. Whitsett presented the findings ...

The goal of the procedure is to reshape flat, square or A-Shaped bottoms for a more voluptuous, curvaceous and sensual backside. During the surgery, Jugenburg takes fat from unwanted areas of the body, such as flanks, hips, or tummy, and strategically transfers this fat to the buttocks. The reshaping and sculpting techniques to the lower backside, can provide lift and a more voluptuous shape and contour. http://www.Torontosurgery.ca The results are customized to the individual and cultural desires of each woman. http://www.torontosurgery.ca/Toronto-Cosmetic-Surgery-Photo-Gallery.html There ...

Dozens of giant tortoises of a species believed extinct for 150 years may still be living at a remote location in the Galápagos Islands, a genetic analysis conducted by Yale University researchers reveals. The analysis, published Jan. 9 in the journal Current Biology, suggests that direct descendants of at least 38 purebred individuals of Chelonoidis elephantopus live on the volcanic slopes of the northern shore of Isabela Island — 200 miles from their ancestral home of Floreana Island, where they disappeared after being hunted by whalers. "This is not just an academic ...

Cosmetology students at ITS Academy of Beauty, 750 Sunland Park Drive in Sunland Park Mall in El Paso are ambassadors of beauty and savings by offering perms and hair relaxer treatments at deeply discounted prices now through Feb. 29. Perm services will be 50% off the regular price and all relaxer services will be 40% the school's already reduced prices. Services are performed by cosmetology students under the supervision of a licensed cosmetology instructor. "A new year is a great time to change your look and with discounts of 40% off relaxer services and 50% ...

Boston, MA – Nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) designed to help people stop smoking, specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, do not appear to be effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking cessation counseling, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Massachusetts Boston. The study appears January 9, 2012 in an advance online edition of Tobacco Control and will appear in a later print issue. "What this study shows is the need for the Food and Drug Administration, ...

Internet marketing expert Malia Smith will share her expert tips on how to effectively use the Internet to market your business at the Sales, Profit & Marketing Summit, (spmsummit.com) Feb. 9 to 10, 2012, in Phoenix, AZ. Smith will host Using FREE Organic Marketing to Grow Your Sales on Feb. 9 from 10:30 p.m. to Noon. On The Cutting Edge Malia Smith has been involved in Internet marketing for six years. Her experience began with search engine optimization and eventually expanded into social media and local search engine marketing. Smith has worked with several ...

A registry -which includes every patient in Sweden having percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of acute and stable coronary artery disease- has found that PCI implantations using a new generation of drug-eluting stents is associated with lower rates of relapse (restenosis), stent thrombosis and subsequent mortality than older generation drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents.(1) The findings, from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR), reported in the European Heart Journal, represent the outcome of treatment in a large ...

Representatives of a giant tortoise species that had apparently been driven to extinction by humans more than 150 years ago must be alive today, if in very small numbers. Researchers reporting in the January 10 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have come to this conclusion based on the "genetic footprints" of the long-lost species Chelonoidis elephantopus in the DNA of their hybrid sons and daughters. "To our knowledge, this is the first report of the rediscovery of a species by way of tracking the genetic footprints left in the genomes of its hybrid ...

University of British Columbia and University of Edinburgh astronomers have mapped dark matter on the largest scale ever observed, according to results released today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. The findings, presented by Dr Catherine Heymans of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Associate Professor Ludovic Van Waerbeke of UBC, reveal a Universe comprised of an intricate cosmic web of dark matter and galaxies that spans more than one billion light years. An international team of researchers lead by Van Waerbeke and Heymans ...

Founder Captain Brad White said, "It makes sense for us to expand into the Florida market as many of our Northeast and Midwest snowbird clients flock to the warm weather for most of the year and some permanently. They may eventually want to come home to their final resting place up north but we need an active program in Florida to handle today's growing sea burial needs there." NEBAS is the best known company in the USA for sea burials and it uses only properly insured and current U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) licensed captains who are Sea Burial Certified by NEBAS. ...

Android users around the world can now follow their favorite football club in a new and exciting way. Vubooo virtual stadium brings the pitch to fans' phones and tablets, and unites them in football fandom. Real time alerts, messaging and on-line integration with other social networks means fans can interact as the action unfolds. Vubooo is a must have app for football fans everywhere. "While there are tens of thousands of football fans in the stands, there are hundreds of millions around the world who wish they were in the stadium. Vubooo is a virtual stadium that ...