Jayda Cabbell, known amongst peers as the goddess of giving, will release her highly anticipated debut novel "The Storm Chaser". It is a memoir of the life and struggles of Cabbell following Hurricane Katrina. She takes readers through her own personal storm of homelessness, prison and infidelity with other obstacles in between. Cabbell leaves no stone unturned as she opens her life to help others find strength in their storm. The "Operation Storm Chasers" tour will begin April 23rd at Panache, 119 S. Broad Street in New Orleans from 10a.m. - 1p.m. and continue in Atlanta ...

Updated Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) online courses are now available at www.healthedsolutions.com. The certification courses have been updated to reflect the American Heart Association's new 2010 first aid and life support guidelines. Both courses are offered by Health Education Solutions, the leading provider of continuing education solutions for healthcare professionals. To help medical professionals, first responders and others interested in learning lifesaving skills understand the updated guidelines and the changes ...

In this issue, we take pride in profiling one of the best energy companies in India - Gupta Corporation. Starting early has its advantage. More so if the vision to propel lies in a winning DNA. Gupta Corporation's journey of over 6 decades has a strong footing with time tested principles and ability to see long term. Gupta Corporation is a large conglomerate today with prominent presence in the field of Coal Washing, Coal Mining, Coal Trading, Thermal Power, Solar-wind and Biomass Power, infrastructure & Logistics arena. The Company has presence in the countries ...

Beginning their journey in 1952, Bangladesh's BSRM has evolved as the largest steel company in the country. In this issue, we interview the top management of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Ltd to find out how they were able to up the growth curve in this ever-changing sector. In 1952, two intrepid businessmen Taherali Africawala & Akberali Africawala ventured to set up the first steel rolling mill in Bangladesh's Nasirabad, Chittagong. The mill was imported from U.K. and commissioned at the sea port of Chittagong. The result was the birth of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling ...

Construction Digital, the top digital media source for global construction news and information, investigates the latest trend in green architecture--biomimicry. Biomimicry is a relatively new term for a fundamentally old concept--taking inspiration from nature to design innovative, sustainable buildings. While many architects and engineers work within the parameters of the latest green building techniques, they need only look to a shell, termite mound or lotus flower to solve common design challenges. After all, nature is an accomplished architect in her own right. From ...

Everyone pledges allegiance to their favorite brands, but some brands give consumers an extra push with brand loyalty incentives. Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic is one of those brands, offering a Gold Card membership to its frequent flyers and the promise of an extra-luxurious airport stay and transatlantic flight. But the true experience of being a Gold Card holder can hardly be described unless you've had the pleasure yourself. In Exec Digital's April issue, Founder and CEO Glen White discusses his first-hand experience with the Virgin Atlantic Gold ...

The 1st International Congress on Allergology and Immunology will look at the latest findings within each field and feature leading experts who will be sharing their knowledge and insights into related subjects. The convention will be divided into six core sessions which will analyse topics such as whether allergic diseases can be prevented, current conditions related to asthma and the increases in food allergies. Speakers at the event will be a selection of professors from different countries including the USA, UK, Germany and Italy to provide a rounded perspective ...

Continuing the expansion course it has begun in the most dynamic cities of France, the French hotel brand Book Inn France has inaugurated in April 2011 two new hotels in Perpignan Saint-Assiscle TGV Station neighborhood. Currently in the process of receiving three and four star approvals, these 46 and 55 rooms hotels under Choice brand names Comfort and Quality are part of a business hub that includes a shopping center, office buildings and associated parking lots plus a state-of-the-art fitness center. The Centre del Mon project with 13,000 sq m. of commercial premises ...

Nameans may be the world's first name translation specialist service. This service checks out all the meanings of names in foreign languages, whether it be a baby name, a product name, or even a company name. When an applicant wants to know the meanings of a word in other languages and submits a name, native speakers registered with Nameans in every language search for words with the same or similar pronunciations. Their responses are compiled by Nameans staff and sent to the applicant in PDF format. Examples of How Nameans is Used Nameans is mainly use for ...

Dr. Hamon and Dr. De Buyl of Hamon, De Buyl and Associates, dentists in Katy, are pleased to announce that patients can now interact with them more closely through the launch of the practice's social media channels, Facebook and Twitter. With the introduction of these social media websites, patients can now access more personalized information, as well as learn more about other patient's experiences with this dentist in Katy, TX. Patients can easily join this Katy cosmetic dentist's Facebook and Twitter pages by visiting the practice's website. Once a patient is in the ...

Premier Provo dentist, Dr. Huang of Ninth East Dental, generates new educational resources for enhanced patient knowledge via the practice's website. Patients can now visit this dentist in Provo's website to access the patient education library, full of an array of dental health care information. The patient education library was created to further engage and inform patients on various dental procedures and treatments. Serving patients in the Provo area, Dr. Adrian Huang and his experienced dental staff believe that educated patients make better, informed decisions ...

In the summer of 2003, recent NYU grad Eugene Katchalov had aspirations of becoming a Wall Street day trader. The 29-year-old Ukranian-born Brooklyn native knew little if anything about poker, much less online poker. Even as he gradually honed his skills in $10 home games, he still didn't see poker as much more than a hobby. Today, he's the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, has over $6.1 million in career poker tournament earnings and travels the world playing events with buy-ins up to $100k. As for the trading? "I still dabble in trading a little, and ...

Fast Track Your Options Trading Webinar The goal of this Webinar is to teach you how to select stocks for Options Trading using MetaStock Charting software with TechniTrader Fast Track Options Tools that streamline the options selection process. The webinar will take place Tuesday, April 19, 2011 6:00 PM EDT When: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 6:00 PM EDT Description: Are you less than 75% successful trading options? Are you frustrated with your lack of options profits? Do you want to learn options but find all those Greeks, Implied Volatility, Chains, and Strategies ...

Conveyors are designed to fit into extremely tight spaces. But cantilever stand mounts from Dorner Manufacturing can help open them up. Cantilever stands support the conveyor from only one side, which opens the other side up for easy access and quick belt changes. This feature is ideal when conveyors are placed it tight locations or for applications that require a higher number than normal belt changes. Standard conveyor stands often have to be removed to facilitate a belt change; cantilever stands allow the belt to slide right off without removing stands, and by only ...

Contact: Erik Lykke Mortensen, M.Sc. elme@sund.ku.dk 45-3532-7839 (Denmark) University of Copenhagen Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Population-based study confirms parental alcoholism carries risk for offspring to develop the same Researchers know that there is a strong link between parental alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and the risk for developing an AUD among their offspring. This study looked at the risk of AUDs in the offspring of a large population-based sample of Danish parents. Findings confirmed that parental AUDs were associated with ...

Contact: Eric D. Claus, Ph.D. eclaus@mrn.org 505-925-4742 The Mind Research Network Daniel W. Hommer, M.D. danh@mail.nih.gov 301-402-6094 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Researchers link alcohol-dependence impulsivity to brain anomalies Alcohol dependence (AD) is strongly associated with impaired impulse control. A new study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine impulsive choices among people with a range of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Findings suggest that impulsive ...

Contact: Marjolein de Wit, M.D., M.S. mdewit@mcvh-vcu.edu 804-828-9071 Virginia Commonwealth University Claudia D. Spies, M.D. claudia.spies@charite.de 49-30-450-551002 (Germany) Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Health care-associated infections are exacerbated by alcohol use disorders Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients acquire during their hospitalization and that were not present at the time of admission to the hospital. A new study has found that people with ...

Contact: Cecile A. Marczinski, Ph.D. marczinskc1@nku.edu 859-572-1438 Northern Kentucky University Amelia M. Arria, Ph.D. aarria@umd.edu 301-405-9795 University of Maryland School of Public Health Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Drinking energy beverages mixed with alcohol may be riskier than drinking alcohol alone A new laboratory study compares the effects of alcohol alone versus alcohol mixed with an energy drink on a cognitive task, as well as participants' reports of feelings of intoxication. Results show that energy drinks can ...

DETROIT – Non-cardiac surgery can be performed safely in patients with a heart device typically implanted into patients waiting for a transplant, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a mechanical pump implanted in the chest to help a weakened heart pump blood. The devices are increasingly used in the United States, where heart failure affects five million people, but there are less than 3,000 donor organs available annually worldwide. Last year, nearly 2500 patients were implanted with the device in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 14, 2011 – Novocure today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the NovoTTF-100A System (NovoTTF) for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumors, following tumor recurrence after receiving chemotherapy. The portable, wearable device delivers an anti-mitotic, anti-cancer therapy as patients maintain their normal daily activities. The NovoTTF is a novel, first-in-class treatment option for patients and physicians battling glioblastoma. "Our device provides patients and physicians ...

Adam Acar and Yuya Muraki of the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating tsunami of March 11. They hoped to determine what benefits such a system can bring to people involved in a disaster and to those hoping to hear news. The researchers found that people in directly affected areas tended to tweet about their unsafe and uncertain situation while people in remote areas posted messages to let their ...

A new paper appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that people, governments, and institutions that shape the way people interact may be just as important for determining environmental conditions as the environmental processes themselves. "Tipping points," qualitative changes in an ecosystem that often result in reduced ecosystem health and are difficult and costly to reverse increasingly concern environmental scientists. The prevailing assumption among scientists has been that tipping points are fixed values. However, a unique ...

Today, scientists from the XENON collaboration announced the result from their search for the elusive component of our universe known as dark matter. After analyzing one hundred days of data taken with the XENON100 experiment, they see no evidence for the existence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), the leading candidates for the mysterious dark matter. The XENON100 experiment is operated deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the Italian National Institute for Physics (INFN). While the group observed three candidate events, two had been ...

PHILADELPHIA – (April 15, 2011) – The proteins that provide cells with a sense of personal space could lead to a therapeutic target for Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), an inherited cancer disorder, according to researchers at The Wistar Institute. Their findings, which appear in the April 12 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, could have profound implications for NF2 and related cancers, such as mesothelioma. The researchers describe, for the first time, that Merlin, the protein encoded within the NF2 gene interacts with a protein called angiomotin. This connection between ...

Tips to reduce your carbon footprint frequently include buying compact florescent light bulbs, taking your own bag to the grocery store or buying local produce. But how much difference do these actions make? A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that who you are and where you live make a big difference in which activities have the largest impact. "Everyone has a unique carbon footprint," says Christopher M. Jones, lead author of the study and a researcher in UC Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL). "There ...