NASA's Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. Of those, 408 reside in systems containing two or more planets, and most of those look very different than our solar system. In particular, the Kepler systems with multiple planets are much flatter than our solar system. They have to be for Kepler to spot them. Kepler watches for a planet to cross in front of its star, blocking a tiny fraction of the star's light. By measuring how ...

Non-governmental organizations continually strive to find ways to deliver more services with fewer resources, decreased funding and increased compliance regulations. Constant challenges include contract routing, review and approvals from global reviewers, collaboration with team members in remote worldwide locations, and maintaining document control and compliance. These challenges drive NGOs to search for affordable technology solutions to address their needs. Document Advantage Corporation (DocuVantage) will be exhibiting its NGO Contract and Business Process Management ...

For many movie stars, their age is a well-kept secret. In space, the same is true of the actual stars. Like our Sun, most stars look almost the same for most of their lives. So how can we tell if a star is one billion or 10 billion years old? Astronomers may have found a solution - measuring the star's spin. "A star's rotation slows down steadily with time, like a top spinning on a table, and can be used as a clock to determine its age," says astronomer Soren Meibom of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Meibom presented his findings today in a press conference ...

Polaris Software Lab Limited (POLS.BO), a leading global financial technology company, today announced that Polaris Software Lab, Inc. (a Polaris Group Company) has launched its first Cloud-Ready platform offering for the insurance sector globally. IntellectTM SEEC is a comprehensive solution for the Insurance sector offering 3X Efficiency Multiplier that runs on the Polaris Continuous Migration (PCM) Architecture. Owing to its highly complex nature, the Insurance sector needed a solution which is both easy to implement and highly efficient. Polaris achieved this through ...

NEW YORK (May 23, 2011) -- In a significant breakthrough, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, San Francisco, have been able to overcome resistance of a form of leukemia to targeted therapy, demonstrating complete eradication of the cancer in cell and animal studies. Their study, published in the May 19 issue of Nature, shows that an investigational drug, RI-BPI, developed at Weill Cornell, in combination with the drug Gleevec shut down stem cells responsible for about one-third of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer ...

Clinical trials for a new bladder cancer therapy show promising interim results. Lead researcher Alvaro Morales says that the breakthrough using the drug Urocidin follows thirty years of his research in this important area. "I am optimistic about the results of the trial," says Dr. Morales, professor emeritus in the Department of Urology at Queen's University and director of the Queen's University Centre for Applied Urological Research. "Positive results in the next phase of trials will move us very close to a far more effective bladder cancer treatment." Initial human ...

A professional Palm Springs real estate agent for nearly two decades, Randy Heinitz has spent numerous months studying the current market and developing a marketing campaign for selling Palm Springs properties. The result of all this hard work is Selling PS: It's So Sunny! Nearly six months of research were involved in the development of Selling PS: It's So Sunny!, with much of it being trial and error Internet marketing concepts. During these months, Randy stepped away from day to day real estate transactions to study the importance of social media connections, Internet ...

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2011) — Male rappers see the "independent woman" as an educated, bill-paying person who will care for an average guy without making demands, while female rappers stress their sexual prowess and keep mum about their domestic skills, according to a Baylor University researcher's study. But despite their very different takes on independent women, both men and women artists displayed a definite lack of the R-E-S-P-E-C-T that Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin craved in her 1967 mega-hit song. "Both groups use misogynistic language to describe women," said ...

In a first-of-its-kind study comparing human walking and running motions – and whether the hips, knees or ankles are the most important power sources for these motions – researchers at North Carolina State University show that the hips generate more of the power when people walk, but the ankles generate more of the power when humans run. Knees provide approximately one-fifth or less of walking or running power. The research could help inform the best ways of building assistive or prosthetic devices for humans, or constructing next-generation robotics, say NC State ...

LONDON – (May 25, 2011) – Crescendo Bioscience™ today announced data indicating that Vectra™ DA, a first-in-class multi-biomarker blood test used to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, provides physicians with an objective measure which may help determine whether patients are responding to therapy. Additional studies show that the score from the Vectra DA algorithm has the potential to predict progressive joint damage and is robust in RA patients who have common comorbid conditions. Two additional studies confirmed Vectra DA algorithm's ability to quantify ...

FORM Athletics, a division of California Sports Company K-Swiss (NASDAQ: KSWS), announced that it has partnered with Toyo Tires and MMAWarehouse to present a first-of-its kind promotion in anticipation of Anthony "Showtime" Pettis' upcoming debut fight. The promotion, aptly called Go Time with Showtime, offers fans the chance to win weekly prizes and a grand prize package simply by sending a special good luck Tweet to Pettis (@showtimepettis), FORM Athletics (@formathletics) and Toyo Tires (@toyotires). The Twitter hype will support FORM Fighter and WEC Lightweight ...

Pat Vitucci, a Bay Area Independent Financial Advisor, was recently honored as a President's Level producer by National Planning Corporation (NPC ) during the firm's recent 2011 National Conference and Excellence Awards held in Colorado Springs, CO. NPC is a full-service, independent broker-dealer located in Santa Monica, CA. National Planning Corporation is part of one of the nation's largest independent broker dealer networks and has over 1600 financial representatives throughout the United States. Pat Vitucci is the President/CEO for Vitucci & Associates, headquartered ...

AllYouBet, the online sportsbook, now allows users to play mini casino games while they are placing bets on sports. The mini casino games can be played right on the AllYouBet home page. That means that while waiting for a game in which a user has a live bet to finish, the player can have fun and possibly win money by playing the selection of mini casino games featured on the AllYouBet website. An AllYouBet promotion right now allows users to win free betting credits by playing these mini casino games. The Selection of AllYouBet Mini Casino Games The selection of mini ...

Global spending in 2011 on cyber warfare will reach $12.5bn. Cyber warfare is the current single greatest emerging threat to national security. In 2010, nations worldwide placed cyberwar at the forefront of their defence planning, and provision of government cyber solutions is the single greatest growth market in the defence and security sector. Based on the new cyber warfare market research, available on ASDReports.com, global spending in 2011 on cyber warfare will reach $12.5bn. Events in 2010 such as the discovery of the Stuxnet virus have left little doubt as ...

Continuing the participation at the major telecom events, Rohde & Schwarz Topex will join between 23th and 25th of May 2011, the meeting for the global wholesale telecommunications community, International Telecoms Week (ITW) in Washington. International Telecoms Week is the meeting point for the global wholesale telecommunications community to buy and sell both voice and data products and services. ITW is an event for the entire industry with participants from all areas of the wholesale industry. Rohde & Schwarz Topex attention at this fair will be focusing ...

Kids, are you looking for something to do in the Woodlands this summer? Well, look no further because people are buzzing about HSBCAMPS upcoming summer camp sessions at Legends Sports Complex. Joining forces with Houston Rockets forward Mike Harris (#33) and a cast of world-class athletes, HSBCAMPS, (America's fastest growing youth basketball program) will dribble into the Woodlands June 20-23, 2011. The four-day camp will not only provide the highest level of basketball education to boys and girls in the elementary, middle, and high school grades (K-12th); HSBCAMPS also ...

After seven months of in-the-field research and writing, Frank J. Kenny has released a new book, The 7 Secret Laws of Society, Social Media Essentials and Strategies for Small Business and Associations. The 170 page, 15 chapter manuscript is being release both as a standard book and as a free digitally downloadable e-book. Distribution is through the largest technology firm in the chamber of commerce industry, ChamberMaster. Small business owners and association executives can also obtain the associated Social Media Marketing Guidebook, consulting packages, and an audio ...

One of the most common plastic surgery procedures Cory Lawler, MD performs, breast augmentation in Florida involves placement of a breast implant to increase breast volume. There are many choices involved in this surgery including the type of implant, the location of the implant (above or below the chest muscle), and the location of the incision. At his medical location in Melbourne, Florida, Cory Lawler, MD has a lengthy discussion with each of his patients regarding all of these issues, and factor in their unique body dimensions to obtain the best result possible. Women ...

Photographer Inga Pae this month has received two prestigious awards within days of each other, both in honor of her portfolio, "Female Nude. Fog." The collection won an honorable mention in the Jacob Riis Award competition from the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards; and the same collection received an "Excellence Award" from B&W Magazine in its B&W Portfolio Contest 2011. Inga Pae is among 15 photographers - two from Colorado - selected for honors in the Jacob Riis contest. Her winning portfolio and others can be viewed at her website, IngaPae.com. ...

Secret Room Events ,Roger Dubuis & Garth Fisher MD/Biomed Spa of Beverly Hills Invite Media and Press to Cover the 2011 Red Carpet Style Lounge in Honor of the 2011 MTV Movie Awards Various nominees, celebrities, directors and writers are expected to attend Secret Room Events Red Carpet Style Lounge. Event details: Date: Friday June 3rd 2011 Location: SLS Hotel Ballroom 465 South La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90048 Time: 11am-7pm MEDIA RSVP to: rsvpsecretroom@yahoo.com Red carpet all day This luxurious event will be an "invitation ...

Savings and Recovery, LLC Overview and History Savings and Recovery's comprehensive audit dates all the way back to 1975. It is based upon an engineering model of medium and large company electric and gas efficiency and utility providers seeking continuous higher profit. Telephone and water audits were later added to our repertoire of services as clients requested additional audit services. What Savings and Recovery found is that a significantly high percentage of errors were discovered in those utilities. In 1999, Steven Rafter, a utilities auditing field analyst and ...

has recently launched a new Franchise Division to cater to the specific needs of franchise leaders. Ingage Consulting will work with franchisors and franchisees to improve the franchise organization's culture which in turn, increases sales and satisfaction, improves growth and retention and boosts profits. Ingage Consulting provides solutions that drive the cooperation, commitment, passion and loyalty of franchisors and franchisees. They help solve the problems of franchises by offering services that range from partnership creation, vibrant intranet community creation ...

IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced the availability of a number of new and enhanced enterprise product lines that together offer complete protection anywhere and on any device. The company's new offering Sophos Mobile Control provides lightweight device protection on a broad range of popular mobile platforms, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices; Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise, which provides encryption and data loss prevention (DLP) for desktops, laptops and removable media, now includes comprehensive management ...

Business-Essay.com has noted the debate in Britain regarding the preparation of high school students for the challenge of academic writing. The inadequacies of their skills pose a major problem for students. They are apparently learning writing in high school, but not the kind they need for college. Here at Business-Essay.com, we are taking the constructive step of offering an online manual to our customers for free. We have noted more than the debate - we are on the front lines in seeing the work that these students are struggling to complete. To help out, we are pulling ...

Arch House Deli of Clifton Village, Bristol is celebrating its nomination for the Deli of the Year 2011 - an award which is judged by some of the UK's leading food experts. In each region of the UK a deli will be chosen to go forward to the Deli of the Year final, when delis will be visited by a mystery shopper, and the champion deli will be announced at the oscars of the fine food world in London in September. Customers of Arch House Deli are invited to pop into the shop to show their support and to visit http://www.delioftheyear.co.uk to add their vote. "We ...