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Ken Wallace, author and keynote speaker, will donate 50 percent of net proceeds from ticket sales to the upcoming Chicago premiere of the movie The Keeper of the Keys for the benefit of The Keep On Keeping On Foundation (KOKO), which assists those with severe physical disabilities. Known for his seminars and books on “Your Better Self,” Wallace co-stars in the film and is hosting the film showing on March 13 in conjunction with Positive Focus Productions, The Wright Institute, Preston & Emily Klik and Bodhi Spiritual Center as a benefit for KOKO. read more - funny hype

In the no-holds barred interview on a variety of fitness topics, Michaels and Ellis discuss motivation and expectations, organic living and eating as well as the difference between “organic” and “natural,” healthy strategies for eating out, self-belief and self-talk, successful fitness routines, weight loss and much more. In addition, Michaels and Ellis took calls from listeners to talk about topics including triathlons, life coaching, fitness certifications, mentorship, motivation and more. read more - funny hype

Total Mortgage Services, LLC, a leading mortgage lender, announced today that it received its Arkansas Combination Mortgage Banker-Broker-Servicer License from the Arkansas Securities Department and is now able to originate and service residential mortgage loans in the state of Arkansas. Total Mortgage is licensed as a mortgage banker, broker and servicer in Arkansas and holds License Number 103968. read more - funny hype

BULL Outdoor Products Inc., manufacture of outdoor grills, carts and outdoor kitchens, announced today that under the terms of a license from The Coleman Company, Inc. it will begin manufacturing a new line of Coleman BBQ Grills, including Carts, Outdoor Kitchens and their components. “We are excited to combine the strength of the Coleman brand with our manufacturing and retail knowledge to introduce a quality grill program into the marketplace,” said Frank Mello, vice president of sales and marketing. read more - funny hype

When it comes to navigating the tricky waters of the investment industry, investors often feel like the balance is tipped in favor of the industry. But a newly formed, not-for-profit organization, the Association of Independent Investors, sees that balance shifting. read more - funny hype

Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., a U.S. Concrete, Inc. operating company, today announced that it has received the 2012 AGC National Community Award as one of the contributors to the “Camp Via West” project in Cupertino, California. The “AGC in the Community Awards” will be given during the Opening General Convention Session at AGC of America’s 93rd Annual Convention on March 14th in Honolulu, Hawaii. read more - funny hype

Log exports from Russia have plummeted the past five years mainly because of the country’s implementation of a log export tariff of 25% in 2008, as reported in the WRQ. Despite having suffered a sharp decline in global market share, Russia is still the largest exporter of softwood logs in the world. read more - funny hype

Alliance Bank & Trust, a North Carolina community bank with branches in Gastonia, Shelby, and Kings Mountain, announced an addition to their executive staff today. Beginning in February of this year, Paul Price of Harrisonburg Virginia, will be joining the executive staff as the new Chief Information Officer. Mr. Price is leaving his position with Brown Edwards and Company, LLP where he was responsible for IT auditing, disaster recovery planning, IT security planning and controls. read more - funny hype

The momentum continues at independent Atlanta ad agency breensmith. The company has added Andrew Keenan as head of client services and Benjamin Hill as interactive developer. Keenan’s resume includes stints at TBWA/Chiat Day, San Francisco, Los Angeles and DDB/Needham, Chicago. He is also president of the board of directors at the Callanwolde Fine Art Center and has his EMBA from Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business. The new additions were coupled with a series of promotions, including Adam Millman from Sr. Designer to Associate Creative Director and Alex Cortina from Jr. read more - funny hype

The Howard Company Board of Directors appointed Doug Watson President and COO on January 27, 2012. Doug Watson joined The Howard Company/Mainstreet Menus in June 2001 as Account Executive. In 2007, he was promoted to Sales Manager/VP of Sales. Watson has over 35 years of exceptional sales achievements in the restaurant and fast food industries. Watson currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and will relocate to The Howard Company's Brookfield, Wisconsin headquarters. read more - funny hype

Milwaukee’s business community will meet at the Italian Conference Center for its Annual Strategic Partnership Luncheon. These groups of ethnically diverse business owners in the Metropolitan Milwaukee area will be in attendance to hear from Helen Austin and Jackie Clark-Muhammad to discuss ways of forging strategic partnerships. read more - funny hype

Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on February 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image at 06:00 UTC (1 a.m. EST) on February 10, 2012, as Tropical Cyclone Giovanna moved through the Southern Indian Ocean. Although the visible image did not reveal an eye, infrared data did see the beginning of an eye. The thunderstorms around the center of circulation are higher than the surrounding clouds, and cast shadow on the lower surrounding clouds in this image. (Photo Credit: : NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team) read more - funny hype

Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean. The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone Jasmine in the southern Pacific Ocean on February 10 at 02:10 UTC (Feb 9 at 9:10 p.m. EST). Jasmine's eye is about 60 nautical miles in diameter. (Photo Credit: : NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team) read more - funny hype

A new study led by two Florida State University marketing professors finds that some frontline service employees who are rewarded for hikes in customer loyalty and satisfaction also may engage in "ser This is Michael Brusco (left) and Michael Brady. (Photo Credit: Florida State University Photography Services) read more - funny hype

Augusta, Ga. Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, report Dr. Brian J. McKinnon, otologist and neurotologist (right), and Dr. Kenneth C. Iverson, Chief Resident in otolaryngology, at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. (Photo Credit: Phil Jones, GHSU Photographer) read more - funny hype

HOUSTON – (Feb. Minitransposons developed at Rice University have the ability to create "circularly permuted" proteins by joining the "N" terminus and "C" terminus of proteins and creating new terminals in other locations along the amino acid strands. (Photo Credit: Silberg Lab/Rice University) Rice University researchers -- from left, undergraduate Manan Mehta, bioengineer Jonathan Silberg and research technician Shirley Liu -- have developed an efficient method for the creation of protein libraries used in biomolecular research. (Photo Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) read more - funny hype

PHILADELPHIA—Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a A team led by Karen Knudsen, Ph.D., a professor of cancer biology, urology and radiation oncology at Thomas Jefferson University, found that curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy. (Photo Credit: TJUH) read more - funny hype

Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape--down to a few inches. It's giving scientists insights into how earthquake faults behave. This image of post-earthquake topography shows Mexico's Pescadores Fault cutting along a ridge. (Photo Credit: Michael Oskin et al., www.keckcaves.org) These mapped fault surface ruptures (black lines) mark breaks in the Earth's crust. (Photo Credit: Michael Oskin et al., www.keckcaves.org) read more - funny hype

BULL Outdoor Products will be the title sponsor of four BBQ Events run as part of the "Academy of Country Music” Experience. These events include the “ACM BBQ Throwdown” presented by BULL. This KCBS sanctioned event will draw BBQ competitors from around the world that will compete for $50,000 in total prize money. The "BULL Sin City Celebrity Rib Throwdown" will pair Championship GrillMasters with Country Music Celebrities who will be grilling on BULL outdoor kitchens. read more - funny hype

Digital advertising company CPX Interactive today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. CPX Interactive was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. read more - funny hype

Have you ever wondered if your dreams are trying to teach you something? Kari Hohne, popular radio dream analyst and author, writes about the three parts of every dream that reveal how the dreamer explores conflict and its resolution. "When we take the time to interpret our dreams, we realize that some part of the mind has an understanding of who we are and where we are going that transcends waking consciousness," she said. read more - funny hype

Durham, NC — A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast The house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) is a common North American songbird. (Photo Credit: Photo by Geoffrey E. Hill.) The red, swollen, crusty eyes in this house finch are the result of a highly-contagious infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma gallisepticum. (Photo Credit: Photo by Geoffrey E. Hill.) read more - funny hype

JUPITER, FL -- Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a single prion protein that causes neuronal death similar to that seen in "mad cow" disease, but is This is Scripps research professor Corinne Lasmézas. (Photo Credit: Photo by Randy Smith, courtesy of the Scripps Research Institute) read more - funny hype

A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Using a molybdenite complex and thePY5Me2 ligand, Berkeley Lab researchers synthesized a molecule that mimics catalytically active triangular molybdenum disulfide edge-sites. The result is an entire layer of catalytically active material. Molybdenum atoms are shown as green, sulfur as yellow. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Berkeley Lab) Jeffrey Long, Christopher Chang and Hemamala Karunadasa are paving the way for the creation of catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water. (Photo Credit: Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs) read more - funny hype

In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. A snow covered parking lot at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center after the February 2010 storm. (Photo Credit: : NASA/Joan Dunham, Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) Operations Domain Lead, a.i. solutions) Nicknamed “snowmageddon,” an exceptionally severe winter storm dropped several feet of snow around the Washington, DC, area in early February 2010. Crashed and abandoned cars littered roads as airlines canceled hundreds of flights. Even the DC Metro train system stopped functioning in places. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image on February 7, 2010, showing part of the region affected by heavy snowfall. Snow blankets the area hundreds of kilometers inland from the Atlantic coastline. Along the latitude of New York City, however, snow cover thins considerably. Authorities urged residents... - funny hype

The twelfth tropical depression formed in the Southern Indian Ocean today and quickly became a tropical storm, dubbed Tropical Storm 12S. The AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Storm 12S on Feb. 9, 2012 at 09:41 UTC (4:41 a.m. EST). The strongest thunderstorms and heaviest rainfall are close to the center of circulation and in bands of thunderstorms to the south of the center, (purple) where cloud top temperatures are below -63 F (-52.7C). (Photo Credit: : NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen) read more - funny hype

LA JOLLA, CA – Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Scientists from Scripps Research and the University of Glasgow have put together a detailed picture of a UV-sensing protein known as UVR8, helping to explain mysteries such as how plant growth varies with sunlight. (Photo Credit: Image courtesy of the Getzoff lab, the Scripps Research Institute.) read more - funny hype

Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and it's giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave. In the Feb. (Photo Credit: ) read more - funny hype

AMES, Iowa – The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields – by as much as 10 percent – are possible Ken Moore is a Distinguished Professor of agronomy and primary investigator on the cover crop project. (Photo Credit: ISU photo by Bob Elbert) read more - funny hype

EAST LANSING, Mich. Most US service workers are giving away free goods and services, costing companies billions of dollars a year in lost revenue, according to a first-of-its-kind study by Clay Voorhees, marketing expert at Michigan State University. (Photo Credit: Michigan State University) read more - funny hype