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Carole Johnson from e-CYREN won the $5,000 tweet award on November 19! Congratulations!

Carole Johnson, founder of CYJ Enterprises, received a $5,000 prize as the winner of Accelerate Michigan’s Tweet award. Johnson won the award for a concise and cleverly written tweet promoting her company’s free online emergency database for adult care providers, families, schools and daycare programs. Johnson is a graduate of TechTown’s former SmartStart acceleration program. Her winning 140-character tweet: “In case of emergency first responders can quickly alert loved ones and have access to your vital medical info 24X7 www.ecyren.com #accelmi.” Learn more about Carole’s company here. CYJ...

News Release FEMA ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO START PREPARING FOR WINTER WEATHER NOAA Annual Winter Outlook Released Today Forecasts "Winter of Extremes" for U.S. WASHINGTON - Today, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its 2010 U.S. Winter Outlook predicting extreme weather patterns for different regions of the country this winter, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reminding individuals to get ready for winter storms and extreme cold. Americans can find helpful tips and recommendations to help them get prepared at http://www.Ready.gov/america/beinformed/winter.html. Among other things, NOAA's outlook forecast that the Pacific Northwest could have a colder and wetter than average winter, while the South may be warmer and drier than usual. While the threats vary across different parts of the country, almost everyone, regardless of where they live, is likely to experience some type of severe winter weather...

Calling on President to develop national strategy on children and disasters The 2010 Report to the President and Congress issued last week by the National Commission on Children and Disasters cited “persistent gaps in disaster preparedness for children since Hurricane Katrina five years ago.” The Commission’s report called for the development of a national strategy for children in disasters to ensure children are protected before, during and after an emergency.” The report comes on the heels of another new report, America Remains Unprepared, from Save the Children that showed states along the East Coast in the path of a potential hurricane are not fully prepared to protect children during major and possibly catastrophic disasters. The report reveals that millions of children are vulnerable should a disaster strike the region. “Children are 25 percent of our nation’s population but they are neglected when it comes to disaster management,” said Mark Shriver,...

CYJ Enterprises and BDPA Detroit Encourages Americans to Get Ready during National Preparedness Month (NPM) Seventh annual NPM helps Americans take steps toward becoming prepared

Detroit, MI –CYJ Enterprises and BDPA Detroit is proud to be participating in the seventh annual National Preparedness Month (NPM) in September. Sponsored by FEMA’s Ready Campaign, NPM is a nationwide effort encouraging individuals, families, businesses, and communities to work together and take action to prepare for emergencies.

This year, NPM focuses on encouraging all Americans to take active steps toward getting involved and becoming prepared for emergency situations. Preparedness is everyone’s...

Carole Y. Johnson, CEO of CYJ Enterprises expressed her views on "Where America Stands" on the CBS Nightly News with Katie Couric. Watch CBS News Videos Online...

Carole Johnson, founder of CYJ Enterprises takes center stage in a new CNN video examining the perks and perils of being a small business owner in Detroit. Johnson, a former engineer for Compuware, formed her infotech company in 2005. She is focused on developing software to help schools and daycare centers provide real-time emergency notices to parents and others. Check out what Carole told CNN and see if you agree. Small biz key to Detroit"s Recovery"...

Spring has sprung with that comes longer days and warmer weather and for some the desire to pull out cleaning buckets and brooms for spring cleaning. This is also a wonderful time to check batteries in smoke detectors, test carbon monoxide detectors, check expiration dates on the fire extinguishers and verify medical and emergency contact information is up to date and available. Spring forward and be prepared http://www.ecyren.com.

A Special Test of Utility in Global Healthcare

The e-CYREN product, created by CYJ Enterprises, LLC is currently being implemented in a clinical setting in Chandigarh, India, at the Society of Rehabilitation for the Mentally Challenged (SOREM). The objective is to determine the response and usage of the e-CYREN system by parents with special needs children, with a specific focus on autism. This project came about based on a collaborative set of relationships between principals of several organizations mentioned below. From the e-CYREN corporate strategy perspective, having made claims that the general communication tool has numerous applications in healthcare, this is an opportunity for a robust demonstration of such functionality in an emerging market, targeting a growing special needs population that is comparable in prevalence to that in the U.S., but for which fewer solutions to ease family burdens exist. This setting was therefore chosen because it will yield valuable and pure data on the basic functionality...

91% of Americans believe it’s important to be prepared for emergencies. However, only 58% of households report having taken any steps at all to prepare. The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA encourages more Americans to be responsible and prepare themselves, their families and their communities to respond to all kinds of emergencies. Families empower yourself 1) get an emergency supply kit, 2) make a family emergency plan, and 3) be informed about the different types...

Choking is a very common cause of unintentional injury or death in children under age one, and the danger remains significant until the age of five. Objects such as safety pins, small parts from toys, and coins cause choking, but food is responsible for most incidents. You must be particularly watchful when children around the age of one are sampling new foods. Here are some additional suggestions for preventing choking. Don’t give young children hard, smooth foods (i.e., peanuts, raw vegetables) that must be chewed with a grinding motion. Children don’t master that kind of chewing until age four, so they may attempt to swallow the food whole. Do not give peanuts to children until age seven or older. Don’t give your child round, firm foods (like hot dogs and carrot sticks) unless they are chopped completely. Cut or break food into bite-size pieces (no larger than ½ inch [1.27 cm]) and encourage your child to chew thoroughly. Supervise mealtime for your infant or young child. Don’t let her eat...