TakeCharge Capital is expanding their web presence online in order to reach a larger pool of small businesses in need of funding. They aim to complement the physical presence they already have in Connecticut, Mississippi, and Georgia and further establish themselves as a nationwide financial service provider. Small businesses now have the ability to inquire directly through the website. It takes less than a minute and can speed up the application process by giving applicants the chance to answer some basic, but yet very important questions. Additionally, TakeCharge ...

Grant Stevens, M.D., FACS, a board certified plastic surgeon and founder of Marina Plastic Surgery (www.marinaplasticsurgery.com) in Marina del Rey, CA, is conducting a Live Web Chat on "Non-Invasive Fat Reduction" hosted by RealSelf.com. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27th, at 5:15 - 6 pm PST (8:15 - 9 pm EST). Webinar attendees will be able to ask Dr. Stevens questions about the procedures, including CoolSculpting, Liposonix and Exilis. Anyone can sign up for the free webinar using this link: http://bit.ly/realselffatreduction. "These ...

Ventana Research is announcing that the 2012 Leadership Awards are now open for submissions. These prestigious annual awards recognize organizations and individuals that have achieved notable success along with technology vendors that have achieved a distinguished level of innovation with their products. The sixth annual Leadership Awards will acknowledge significant accomplishments in using people, processes, information and technology while applying best practices to attain superior outcomes, increased productivity and potential innovation within an organization. The ...

FasTest announces the release of its new Leak Test Connector Selection Guide, a 96-page resource that details the company's expansive connector offering, highlighting performance capabilities, features and application suitability. The comprehensive, user-friendly catalog assists customers in selecting the ideal connector for virtually any leak test application. Organized to facilitate ease of use, the selection guide is divided by product family, such as TwistMate and FasMate, with each section providing a brief technology overview and outlining the products' key features ...

Mobile Office Software Solutions, Inc has unveiled an amazing new app, Trackster, for iPhones and Android phones that allows parents to track their children in real time, and do it inexpensively. What parent wouldn't rest easier knowing where their kids are? If your kids have a smartphone, you'll now be able to see where they are at all times. Let's face it, kids will be kids, and that makes parenting a tough job. But keeping a watchful eye by knowing their whereabouts can make it a little easier. You won't have to ask where they've been - you'll already know. You won't ...

SportsSignup (http://www.sportssignup.com/), a national leader in online sports registration management solutions for sports organizations has announced the appointment of Mike LeBow to the position of Vice President, Business Development. He will focus upon national and large regional customers working in relation to the Mesa, AZ office, and reporting to Anthony Bruno, CEO of SportsSignup. SportsSignup provides the online tools needed for sports organizations to simplify their sports management tasks. LeBow brings 13 years of relevant industry experience with him ...

The day before Mother's Day, Shawnice Singletary, a mother of three, was shot in the neck while driving along Baltimore's Northern Parkway. Rescue crews and doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital saved her. Dr. Albert Chi attended to her first in the emergency room. He had the task of telling her the shooting left her a quadriplegic. Her courage inspired him and he has become personally involved in Shawnice's case. He recommended moving her to Specialty Hospital of Washington to begin her rehabilitation, and has put together a computer system for her to communicate. The ...

Despite beginning in the Middle Ages, this party is as popular as ever. A nine-day celebration, the Fiesta of San Fermin is held to honor the patron saint of Pamplona, Spain during the 6-14 July 2012. The historically religious celebration kicks off with a rocket launch from City Hall, signaling the start of several exciting events. With elaborate festivities and electrifying parades, partying participants turn the city of Pamplona upside-down. Spaniards dance through streets singing classic joyous songs called jotas while others enjoy local food and wine, giving thanks ...

Katy Perry was spotted in statement hosiery the other day while out and about in London. The star, who is currently doing the rounds promoting her new movie Part of Me, gave us more than we bargained for when she left in the early hours wearing mock thigh high suspender tights - and flashed the waiting paparazzi in the process! This is by no means the first time we've spotted Katy parading patterned pins around town, either... Katy is no stranger to unique hosiery choices, and has rocked several standout looks over the past few months. In March she was on the radio in ...

Several hundred miles from Newfoundland, the third tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season was born on June 19, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image just before it reached tropical storm strength, and he appears to have a "tail" on satellite imagery. Chris became the Atlantic Season's third tropical cyclone at 5 p.m. EDT on June 19. Hours before the official designation, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Chris at 17:05 UTC (1:05 p.m. EDT). The image showed ...

Tropical storm Talim has produced torrential rainfall over southern Taiwan as it pumped warm moist air from the South China Sea over mountainous terrain. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM flew over tropical storm Talim in the Taiwan Strait on June 20, 2012 at 0140 UTC and captured its heavy rainfall. TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) data from this orbit shows that tropical storm Talim was dropping rainfall at a rate of almost 50mm/hr (2 inches/hr)over Taiwan. TRMM data captured with that orbit showed that the most intense rainfall of over 50mm/hr ...

The first tropical storm of the season to make landfall in Japan was a soaker, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured its large area of rainfall as it moved over the big island. The TRMM satellite passed above weakening typhoon Guchol on June 18, 2012 at 2322 UTC (7:33 p.m. EDT) as it moved toward Japan's main island of Honshu. A precipitation analysis from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments showed that the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku were getting rainfall from Guchol at the time of that orbit. ...

In a 0-60 mph stand off, most cars would be hard pressed to give a cheetah a run for its money, and at their highest recorded speed of 29m/s (65mph) cheetahs easily outstrip the fastest greyhounds. But, according to Alan Wilson from the Royal Veterinary College, UK, there is no clear reason for the cheetah's exceptional performance. 'Cheetahs and greyhounds are known to use a rotary gallop and physically they are remarkably similar, yet there is this bewitching difference in maximum speed of almost a factor of two', he says. Teaming up with Penny Hudson and Sandra Corr, ...

A pioneering report of genome-wide gene expression in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) finds genetic changes that help explain why one person has an ASD and another does not. The study, published by Cell Press on June 21 in The American Journal of Human Genetics, pinpoints ASD risk factors by comparing changes in gene expression with DNA mutation data in the same individuals. This innovative approach is likely to pave the way for future personalized medicine, not just for ASD but also for any disease with a genetic component. ASDs are a heterogeneous group of developmental ...

The dynamic properties of the skin that take charge when a cut or scrape needs healing are critical for maintaining the skin's integrity, but if they get out of control, they can cause problems in the form of psoriasis and other skin disorders. Researchers reporting on June 21st in the Cell Press journal Immunity have now uncovered key information on how cells are stimulated to multiply during these processes. The information might be used to develop new treatments for psoriasis and hard-to-heal skin wounds. For their studies, the scientists analyzed skin biopsies from ...

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago, various strategies were deployed to prevent 4.9 million barrels of light crude oil from fouling the waters and reaching the shores. A team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers found that nature also played a role in the dispersal process as marine microbial communities responded to the oil plume that made its way from the wellhead at a depth of 5,000 feet to the surface of the water. "There was oil on the surface and oil below, but no oil in between," ...

This past Father's Day had many children across the country appreciating the support and presence of their fathers. However, for many returning soldiers, this appreciation proved especially difficult as they reintegrate with their families. A recent article from CNN expresses the many concerns that these veterans have as they attempt to reestablish bonds with their children after returning home from a war zone. Dr. Gordon T. Austin, an award-winning Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and US Navy Veteran, confirms that this process is especially challenging and encourages children ...

AUDIO: Cell PaperClip for Cell Volume 149 Issue 7 featuring an interview with author Dr. Dennis Kasper Click here for more information. Mice carrying a set of friendly microbes that are usually found in humans fail to develop a proper immune system and are left susceptible to illness as a result. The findings in the June 22nd issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that animals have coevolved with and rely on their own very special array of microbial partners. ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (June 21, 2012) – A team led by researchers at Winrock International, a U.S. environmental nonprofit organization, has developed an estimate of gross carbon emissions from tropical deforestation for the early 2000s that is considerably lower than other recently published estimates. The Winrock team, which included scientists from Applied GeoSolutions, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Maryland, combined the best available spatially consistent datasets on gross forest loss and forest carbon stocks to track emissions from deforestation in ...

COLOGNE, Germany; AMHERST, MA, USA; MAGADAN, Russia. -- First analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the terrestrial Arctic, published this week in Science, provide documentation that intense warm intervals, warmer than scientists thought possible, occurred there over the past 2.8 million years. Further, these extreme warm periods correspond closely with times when parts of Antarctica were ice-free and also warm, suggesting strong inter-hemispheric climate connectivity. "The polar regions are much more vulnerable to change than we thought before," ...

According to a Wall Street Journal article, Indian government officials have introduced a bill into Parliament that will hand over power to the country's central bank to manage the microfinance sector. This sector is generally charged with lending money to small borrowers. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee introduced the Microfinance Institutions (Development and Regulations) Bill to Parliament so the Reserve Bank of India will set a maximum interest rate that can be charged by micro lenders. Abake Assongba, the founder of the nonprofit organization, Abake's Foundation, ...

Three Simon Fraser University scientists are engaging in a verbal battle with the federal government over its budget cuts and legislative changes in departments with environmental responsibilities, on a powerful stage. Science, a research journal with more than one million readers worldwide, has just published online (appearing in the June 22 hardcopy issue) a letter to the editor written by the SFU trio. In their letter, Canada's Weakening Aquatic Protection, Brett Favaro, a biology doctoral student, and biology professors John Reynolds and Isabelle Côté criticize ...

A research team led by astronomers at the University of Washington and Harvard University has discovered a bigger version of Earth locked in an orbital tug-of-war with a much larger, Neptune-sized planet as they orbit very close to each other around the same star about 1,200 light years from Earth. The planets occupy nearly the same orbital plane and on their closest approach come within about 1.2 million miles of each other – just five times the Earth-moon distance and about 20 times closer to one another than any two planets in our solar system. But the timing ...

Forbes has outlined five ways for business travelers to make the most out of their itineraries in a recent article by Dorie Clark. Aaron Beaston Blaakman, an international professional whose business has taken him around the world, believes that these tips are great for novice travelers. For veteran travelers, though, he recommends a more personal approach. In her article, Clark details the five ways that she believes travelers can best experience their business assignments without becoming distracted from the purpose of their trip. These include staying in locally ...

Digital technology is supposed to improve the ease with which individuals communicate. Through electronic mail, text messaging, and instant messaging, people can communicate with other individuals or groups quickly. Although digital technology has achieved its goal of improving the efficiency of communication, it has not necessarily improved the quality of the communication that is conducted. A recent article by the Huffington Post sheds light on the fact that digital communication may very well be ruining intimacy. This is an issue about which Ed Young, Dallas-based pastor, ...