The days are long gone when all you needed to be a truck driver was a heavy goods vehicle license and the ability to read a map. Nowadays it is a skilled occupation which requires lots of qualifications. Modern truck drivers have to operate electronic devices, adapt their routes expertly to the given traffic and loading situation, know how to drive fuel-efficiently, be up to date with statutory regulations and monitor the safety of their load. Then there is all the complex legislation introduced at EU level. What's more, drivers who make trips to other countries also need ...

January 14, 2011 -- Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their impact on health and health behaviors. A new study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health examines this issue, using data from a the well-known Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC), a randomized control study that enrolled 111 infants in the 1970s and continued to follow them through age 21. Researchers found that individuals who had received the ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists have taken a major step toward accurately determining the amount of energy that the sun provides to Earth, and how variations in that energy may contribute to climate change. In a new study of laboratory and satellite data, researchers report a lower value of that energy, known as total solar irradiance, than previously measured and demonstrate that the satellite instrument that made the measurement—which has a new optical design and was calibrated in a new way—has significantly improved the accuracy and consistency of such measurements. The new ...

AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 14, 2011) - Acute inflammation of the lung is a poorly recognized human disease that develops in surprising and unexpected ways. The acute lung injury (ALI) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a vital new concern for soldiers, but it can develop in anyone during a systemic infection, after severe trauma, as a result of bone fracture, following severe burns and in many other ways as well-- the initial cause may have nothing apparent to do with the lung itself. However, an answer to halting lung inflammation may have been discovered, thanks ...

An 18-year study of Kenya's coral reefs by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of California at Santa Cruz has found that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins—organisms that in turn eat coral algae that build tropical reef systems. By contrast, reef systems closed to fishing have fewer sea urchins—the result of predatory fish keeping urchins under control—and higher coral growth rates and more structure. The paper appears in the December 2010 issue of the scientific journal Ecology. The authors include Jennifer O'Leary of the University of ...

Building high pressure is expected to make Tropical Storm Vince do a U-turn in the Southern Indian Ocean and take a westward track away from Western Australia. Two instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite looked at Vince's clouds this morning before Vince's forecast U-turn. From its vantage point in space, Aqua passed over Tropical Storm Vince on January 14 at 06:20 UTC (1:20 a.m. EST/2:20 p.m. Australia/Perth time) and the Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured a visible image that showed the bulk of Vince's thunderstorms southwest of the storm's ...

Tropical Storm Vania moved through southeastern New Caledonia on January 14 and NASA's TRMM satellite noticed heavy rainfall occurring. Residents of Norfolk Island are now expected to receive gusty winds and rainfall as Vania continues to move south in the South Pacific Ocean. New Caledonia is located in the southwest Pacific and is made up of a main island called Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands and several smaller islands. At 0422 UTC (3:22 p.m. Pacific/Noumea local time) on January 14, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, managed by NASA and ...

The low pressure area known as System 94P on January 13 strengthened into the seventh tropical cyclone of the South Pacific Cyclone season, today becoming Tropical Storm Zelia. NASA's TRMM satellite found heavy rainfall was already occurring in the storm as it was turning away from New Zealand and heading toward New Caledonia. New Caledonia just dealt with Tropical Storm Vince today, and is expecting to feel winds and rains from Tropical Storm Zelia as it passes to the southwest of the island group this weekend. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, ...

SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 14, 2010) — The kidney is made up of roughly 1 million working units called nephrons. These basic structural units remove waste products from the blood, recycle some substances to be reused and eliminate what is left as urine. The end segment of nephrons, called the distal nephron, helps set blood pressure by controlling the amount of sodium in our blood. Today scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported how this essential function of the distal nephron is regulated. They demonstrated that sodium handling by the ...

Rice bred to perform well in the toughest conditions where the poorest farmers grow rice is a step away from reaching farmers thanks to a major project led by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Green Super Rice is actually a mix of more than 250 different potential rice varieties and hybrids variously adapted to difficult growing conditions such as drought and low inputs, including no pesticide and less fertilizer, and with rapid establishment rates to out-compete weeds, thus reducing the need for herbicides. ...

Multilingual support will help the company better meet the needs of its rapidly growing base of international users and attract new consumers. More languages will be supported in the future releases - Dutch and Polish are planned to be released in few weeks already. Since the first commercial release in March 2010, AweSync has been adopted by more than 6200 users from 69 countries. The utility´s user base continues to grow in non-English-speaking countries. By providing multilingual support, eQuality aims to deliver the product that better meets the language preferences ...

The optimized DRM-X 3.0 enables content providers to protect and manage their digital content and monetize them over the whole world. DRM-X 3.0 focuses on supporting cross platform, mobile and portable devices. It enables growth in profits and new business models. Haihaisoft DRM-X 3.0 - new content protection solution now expands to Mac, and it will support Google Android soon. DRM-X 3.0 New Features: New Security Design Based-on the past 7 years DRM research and development, the new DRM-X 3.0 security designs has greatly improved both system security level and ...

Consider many alternatives for retirement investment planning and learn about retirement investment strategies as a young or middle-aged adult can save all kinds of financial worries later. The soundest approach to investing for retirement is to save slowly but persistently, and invest widely with as much information as possible. Jacobson Group will give your business the tools, resources and services you need to thoroughly evaluate, fund, and administer your business deal. We will help you determine key factors, consequences, deal-breakers and opportunities that stand ...

Because women entrepreneurs often feel determined to give more - to their customers, family members and friends - they may run out of resources to give themselves. However, by keeping one simple lesson in mind, female business owners can learn how to give even more - and still take care of themselves. The Year of Giving Dangerously is the latest article by professional marketing researcher and entrepreneurial expert Michele DeKinder-Smith. The article reveals an essential lesson for female entrepreneurs who believe in giving. This lesson will help female entrepreneurs ...

Lee Rocker, best known as the member of the 80s rockabilly band The Stray Cats is now doing theater. Fans of Rocker can expect to see him perform on the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet. Rocker has been recently interviewed by The Celebrity Cafe and he expressed his excitement about his current acting project. "It .is a great story that tells the birth of rock 'n' roll and the sessions at Sun Record Studios with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash." According to Rocker the storyline is about Carl Perkins and added: "I am thrilled to get ...

As an internationally-known relationship expert, Dr. Patty Tublin gets a lot of questions about intimacy and sex. To help separate fact from fiction, she has posted a new article on her web site. "3 Commonly Held Sex Beliefs: Fact or Fiction?" is available now at http://bit.ly/fWUx1r According to Dr. Patty Ann, sex is everywhere, but despite our obsession with the topic and the deluge of information out there, there is a lot of misinformation too. In the article, Dr. Patty Ann discusses three sex myths and explains why they are fictional. For example, she says, it's ...

ASPHostPortal is a premiere web hosting company that specialized in Windows and ASP.NET-based hosting. Now, ASPHostPortal.com supports the new Crystal Report 2010 Hosting. For more information about this new product, please visit ASPHostPortal official website at http://www.asphostportal.com or http://asphostportal.com/Cheap-Crystal-Report-2010-Hosting.aspx. Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application used to design and generate reports from a wide range of data sources. Several other applications, such as Microsoft Visual Studio, bundle an OEM version of ...

Derrelle "Shorty Mack" Owens and Ray J release their super hot new music video for "Fab Life" today. "Fab Life" is the first of many hot singles Shorty Mack will be releasing in 2011. The party track, produced by Tone Beatz for Dr. Bob production company, will begin to infiltrate the airwaves. The video is available on world star hip-hop: http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhqi7R8vrT0Ter1Z3G The "Fab Life" music video was shot in LA and features models Alia Kruz & Kirstina Colonna. "This video right here means a lot to me, this video was taken care ...

Epicure Digital will present its Nutritional Menu Labeling Systems and Menu Boards at the California CSNA School Nutritional Association Annual Conference in Pasadena, CA 14-15 January 2011, Booth #415, at the ANC 2011 SNA School Nutrition Association annual conference in Nashville, TN and other shows (visit the Epicure Digital website at http://www.epicuredigital.com for an updated list of tradeshows). Fighting Childhood Obesity has become a major concern for school food services. Epicure Digital with its Nutritional Menu Labeling Systems is a simple and effective ...

Edward Niu, ILN Enterprises President and Founder, will be the featured speaker at the Hayward Business Network event on Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8am. The presentation titled, "Using Maps, Mobile and Online Marketing to Keep Customers Coming to Your Local Business" will focus on free and inexpensive mobile & online marketing designed for small and medium sized businesses. By implementing the strategies, business owners can improve the numbers of customers who come to their places of business to make purchases. Admission to the event is complimentary to non-members of ...

Chris Hegarty, a Certified Public Accountant and Partner with the full-service accounting, tax and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP in Philadelphia, has been appointed membership chair of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Personnel Consultants (MAAPC). A staffing industry organization, MAAPC is dedicated to fostering the highest level of competence and business practices among its members, promoting the growth and welfare of the recruiting profession in the region and developing a common set of ethical standards and practices. The organization also ...

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Romance home party company Brown Bag Party today released the new exclusive unisex stimulation gel, Zing, the first of its kind in Brown Bag Party's growing collection of Domestic Diva personal products. "We have been working on this formula for a long time," stated Peter Palmiotto, company co-founder and CEO of Brown Bag Party "and I am sure our Consultants and their clients will be very happy with the results. With the active ingredient of L-arginine, a natural amino acid which brings blood flow to the surface of the skin, Zing can be used for not only for women but for ...

The Internet has quite literally changed the way the world does its business, and it's no different for those young designers and fashion enthusiasts looking to make a name for themselves in the fashion industry. Social networking and media sites such as Multiply, Facebook and even Ebay have helped many fashion entrepreneurs get their fashion items out on the market. However, as one of the leading wholesale fabric suppliers and textile manufacturers in the West Coast, David Textiles goes beyond the traditional retail and supply chain by providing young designers and ...

Axcient, Inc., an award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, announced today it has been recognized as a Best Channel Vendor 2011 in the storage sector by Business Solutions Magazine (BSM). The award is based on votes from thousands of BSM readers and awarded to the top five percent in a given category. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100504/AXCIENTLOGO) Business Solutions Magazine collected over 11,500 ...