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Durham, N.C., April, 2009 - BioSignia, a leading technology company bringing predictive modeling solutions to the preventive healthcare market, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with L1 Enterprises, a service-disabled veteran owned company selling and distributing medical and safety/emergency equipment to government agencies. The agreement allows L1 Enterprises to actively promote BioSignia's Know Your Number® to the wellness, disease management and medical management segments of the Veterans Administration, Department of Defense and other Federal Government Agencies. The Know Your Number® technology is unmatched by any health risk assessment tool. The report combines clinical data with lifestyle, disease and family history to provide a snapshot of a person's risk of nine obesity related chronic diseases. The colorful easy to read report also shows how to reduce those risks and allows people to track their progress. The strategic partnership opens new business opportunities for BioSignia in the Federal Government arena. "Our Know Your Number® Program is a best-in-class approach that provides a personalized disease-specific risk assessment (DRA) tool that transcends the standard health risk assessment technologies (HRA)," says Mark Ruby, Vice President of Business Development at BioSignia. "Our .. more»

Parents and policymakers around the United States are not happy with with public education. This is why by the year 2005 there were approximately 3,400 charter schools in the United States serving about 800,000 students. Parents want choices. (Source: Educational Trends Shaping School Planning and Design 2007 by Kenneth R. Stevenson, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, College of Education, University of South Carolina.) It also appears as if classrooms may be getting smaller. Research indicates that over the next 25 years we may see elementary schools housing an average of 200 students, middle schools with no more than 400 to 500 students, and high schools with 500 to 750 students. Some supporters argue that small schools are better at improving the academic achievement for students.They believe small schools have higher graduation rates and improved behavior among students. There has been significant research indicating that smaller classroom benefits include enhanced academic performance and also improved student behavior and teacher morale. A few studies further suggest that such classes particularly benefit at risk students. One very successful program from Brooklyn, New York is known as Create Success. The after .. more»

There is still a lot of speculation and very little hard evidence of how electric vehicles will be welcomed into a newly green automotive industry – but it seems this is the direction most manufacturers are headed in the coming years, spurred by production models that automakers like Nissan and Chevrolet are getting ready to unveil this year. While the adoption of electric engine technology has existed mostly in cars manufactured by mid-range brands, the luxury market has definitely hopped aboard the fuel efficiency train. After all, to stay competitive you can't continue creating the same old stodgy vehicles, regardless of how competitive they were a few years ago. Now, your Chicago Mercedes-Benz dealer is preparing for the launch of a line of electric vehicles in a big way. While we don't have many details on the actual models, moves by Daimler to bring zero emission vehicles to its brands and to the luxury market as a whole have made it pretty clear that the company is about ready to announce new electric cars. Batavia Mercedes-Benz drivers are bracing themselves for a new revolution in the luxury .. more»