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| New Orleans Nagin, LRA Legier Address U.S. Senate On Katrina, Rita I am C. Ray Nagin , Mayor of New Orleans, one of America ’s most beloved and culturally distinctive cities, and a city which is facing the challenge of recovering and rebuilding after the worst natural and man-made disaster to occur in the United States of America . Unmanned Aircraft System provides remote sensing. Comprised of ground station, VistaNav synthetic vision system, unmanned aerial vehicle, and electronic sensor systems, VistaNav(TM)-SSR optimizes operational mission capabilities for airborne intelligence applications. Vector-LRE airframe offers remote control operation or fully autonomous flight, and performs day and night scientific and surveillance missions. VistaNav-UAV v1.5 software powers ... How Exercise Can Help Prevent Recurring Gestational Diabetes Lisa Chasan-Taber, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is launching a study of the effects of exercise programs on pregnant women with a history of gestational diabetes -- a condition triggered by pregnancy that puts them at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Hidden-hero Microbes In Soil, Water May Help Clean Toxic Sites Buried under 243 acres in an East Tennessee valley adjacent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratorys Y-12 National Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into groundwater that extends in radioactive plumes for miles from the contaminated site. But soon, Florida State University Associate Professor Joel Kostka and his FSU oceanography ... Information Technology & Telecommunications Welcome to the 2007 edition of the DTT TMT Industry Group’s Technology Predictions. The technology sector in 2006 was characterized by diversity and growth. As forecast last year, search continued to dominate the Internet, as well as the headlines. WIN £50,000! Theres still chance to win £50,000 in our free Fantasy League game... more A contract to play sport for your country is about more than the paper it is written on. Manifest Destiny: A New Direction for America President George Bush has decided to disregard both the political message of the 2006 midterm election and congressional pressure for an early end to Americas Iraq involvement, as well as the Baker-Hamilton proposals. These decisions are meeting much opposition, which is likely to fail. Global Retail Deployment: Swarovski Selects Tomax Retail.net Tomax Corporation is pleased to announce an agreement with Swarovski, worlds leading producer of precision-cut crystal, for the deployment of its Retail.net Merchandise Planning, Demand Forecasting and Inventory Management solutions. Kimberly Garrison | True confessions of a personal trainer: The sequel WOW! YOU GUYS really dug last weeks column (True confessions of a personal trainer, 1/18/07). I want to send a sincere thank you to all the Daily News readers who took the time to e-mail me their thoughts. New Dopamine Brain Target Discovered; Potential Breakthrough For Schizophrenia Treatment A team of Canadian researchers, lead by Dr. Susan George and Dr. Brian ODowd at the Center for Addiction and Mental health, discovered a Gq/11-coupled signalling unit that triggers a calcium signal. This novel target is turned on by stimulating D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. This is the first time that a direct connection between dopamine and calcium signals has been reported. This data has ... | |