The Hampton Inn & Suites Scottsboro Hotel offers special rates for guests attending the 13th Annual Ron Marshall Spring Fling Golf Tournament March 20-22, 2014. The tournament will be held at the Colony Course at Scottsboro's Goose Pond Colony Resort. Twenty university and community college golf teams from around the country will participate. Some of the competitors will be teams from Michigan Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Rend Lake College, Darton State College, and Central Alabama Community College. The public is invited to watch the ...

Hampton Inn Gaffney South Carolina Hotel offers convenient lodging to guests attending upcoming lacrosse games at Limestone College. With a record of 5-0, the men's team is currently ranked #5 in the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association National Poll. The women's team is currently ranked #3 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Poll, with a 3-0 record. Men's Schedule: 3/19 vs. Wingate 3/22 vs. Tampa 3/29 vs. Mount Olive Women's Schedule: 3/17 vs. Shippensburg 3/29 vs. Rollins "We look forward to welcoming guests attending upcoming ...

The plantation shutters provider, Eclipse Shutters, would like to take a moment to talk about a new window covering trend that is becoming quite popular. Many homeowners have a hard time deciding on a window coverings. Shutters have long remained one of the best options due to their versatility and aesthetic appeal. Roman shades, wooden blinds and drapes are competing choices as well, so how do you decide which will work best for your needs? Best of Both Worlds To answer the question, a lot of people have decided to mix and match window covering styles. While ...

For more than 30 years, Clark & Washington has been Atlanta's most trusted bankruptcy law firm. The firm was founded in 1983 by Emory Clark, and in that time, it has grown into a multi-state enterprise that is well known for hiring the best and brightest in the field of personal bankruptcy law. Although they are impressive, these credentials are not what has helped Clark & Washington to earn the trust of Atlanta residents. Instead, the Atlanta bankruptcy lawyers have earned their trusted status through how they treat everyone who walks through the door. Clark ...

Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter and world's fastest man, (1) was on hand to help launch the 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO at the Los Angeles Auto Show. And as fast as he is, he couldn't compete with the 600 hp produced under the hood of the fastest GT-R ever built. (2) NISMO is Nissan's team of motorsports specialists, and they've created the ultimate GT-R for 2015. The car will be on sale in the US -- and at Tampa dealerships -- later in 2014. (2) In the meantime, there are plenty of impressive stats to relish. The 3.8-liter V6 starts as the same engine under the hood of ...

With the record lows Florida has seen this winter, it's entirely understandable if you haven't thought about maintaining your air conditioner yet. However, springtime is approaching quickly and American Air & Heat recommends that you schedule your regular air conditioner maintenance before the warmer weather finally hits. Floridians know that once spring weather arrives, it's time to turn on the air conditioning and leave it blasting until late into the fall. That kind of run time puts incredible pressure and strain on your Orlando air conditioning unit. If your ...

Today the Institute of Logistical Management (ILM) is announcing the start of courses for the new online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program. The program is designed to fill a much needed gap in the market with a focus on affordable, accessible, high quality business education. Tuition, which includes textbooks, is just under $67 a credit hour and the MBA program is 45 semester credit hours in length, making the total tuition for the program $3,000. ILM charges no other fees for the program and since the tuition includes digital textbooks and exam proctoring, ...

Prime Clinical, a leading provider of Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solutions, is announcing a new, fully integrated system for managing Workers' Compensation billing, liens, collections and more in California. The new module provides seamless integration with the systems California healthcare providers need to bill Worker's Comp and track payments. Trusted by physicians nationwide, Prime Clinical's practice management software provides a more accurate and efficient way for healthcare practices to spot Workers' Comp claim errors before submission, ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Most of the parents included in a new study reported some infant feeding and activity behaviors that are believed to increase a child's risk for obesity later in life. The study found that many of these "obesogenic" behaviors were highly prevalent among all of the parents, regardless of their race or ethnicity. Black parents were more likely to put children to bed with a bottle and report TV watching, while Hispanic parents were more likely to encourage children to finish feeding and to report less "tummy time" – when a baby lays on her belly to play ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 17, 2014–Colon cancer incidence rates have dropped 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 10 years among adults 50 and older due to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy, with the largest decrease in people over age 65. Colonoscopy use has almost tripled among adults ages 50 to 75, from 19 percent in 2000 to 55 percent in 2010. The findings come from Colorectal Cancer Statistics, 2014, published in the March/April issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The article and its companion report, Colorectal Cancer Facts & Figures, were released today ...

Nearly one in 10 children are hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of a mental health condition, and depression alone accounts for $1.33 billion in hospital charges annually, according to a new analysis led by UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. The study is the first to examine frequency and costs associated with specific inpatient mental health diagnoses for children, and is a step towards creating meaningful measures of the quality of pediatric hospital care. "This is the first paper to give a clear picture of the mental health reasons kids are admitted to hospitals ...

DALLAS, March 16, 2014 — Leftover cigarette smoke that clings to walls and furniture is a smelly nuisance, but now research suggests that it could pose a far more serious threat, especially to young children who put toys and other smoke-affected items into their mouths. Scientists reported today that one compound from this "third-hand smoke," which forms when second-hand smoke reacts with indoor air, damages DNA and sticks to it in a way that could potentially cause cancer. Their talk was one of more than 10,000 presentations at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition ...

Around 1 in 5 of the population were infected in both recent outbreaks of seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, but just 23% of these infections caused symptoms, and only 17% of people were ill enough to consult their doctor. These findings come from a major new community-based study comparing the burden and severity of seasonal and pandemic influenza in England over 5 years, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. "Reported cases of influenza represent the tip of a large clinical and subclinical iceberg that is mainly invisible to national ...

DALLAS, March 16, 2014 — A waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener alternative to the potentially harmful chemical BPA, now banned from baby bottles but still used in many plastics. Scientists made the BPA alternative from lignin, the compound that gives wood its strength, and they say it could be ready for the market within five years. They described the research here today in one of the more than 10,000 presentations at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, taking ...

DALLAS, March 16, 2014 — Sunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water. Scientists combined several high-tech components to make an easy-to-use water purifier that could work with the world's most basic form of energy, sunlight, in a boon for water purification in rural areas or developing countries. The talk was one of more than 10,000 presentations at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest ...

DALLAS, March 16, 2014 — Adjusting the calcium level and acidity could be the key to developing new better-tasting, more eye-appealing and creamier reduced-fat sauces, desserts and salad dressings that could be on the market soon, researchers reported here today. To date, a major problem with removing fat from these accompaniments is that in addition to reducing calories, it can negatively affect the flavor, appearance and texture, they said. But based on recent research it may not be too long before new, improved, lower-fat foods appear in grocery stores, the researchers ...

DALLAS, March 16, 2014 — A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said here today. The main reason it could be valuable, they explained, is that agavins, a natural form of sugar found in the agave plant, are non-digestible and can act as a dietary fiber, so they would not raise blood glucose. Their report was part of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's ...

RICHLAND, Wash. -- A new analysis of satellite data reveals a link between dust in North Africa and West Asia and stronger monsoons in India. The study shows that dust in the air absorbs sunlight west of India, warming the air and strengthening the winds carrying moisture eastward. This results in more monsoon rainfall about a week later in India. The results explain one way that dust can affect the climate, filling in previously unknown details about the Earth system. The study also shows that natural airborne particles can influence rainfall in unexpected ways, with ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—An international team of scientists has discovered that the last remaining stable portion of the Greenland ice sheet is stable no more. The finding, which will likely boost estimates of expected global sea level rise in the future, appears in the March 16 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change [DOI:10.1038/NCLIMATE2161]. The new result focuses on ice loss due to a major retreat of an outlet glacier connected to a long "river" of ice - known as an ice stream - that drains ice from the interior of the ice sheet. The Zachariae ice stream retreated about ...

Washington, D.C.—New global imaging and topographic data from MESSENGER* show that the innermost planet has contracted far more than previous estimates. The results are based on a global study of more than 5,900 geological landforms, such as curving cliff-like scarps and wrinkle ridges, that have resulted from the planet's contraction as Mercury cooled. The findings, published online March 16, 2014, in Nature Geoscience, are key to understanding the planet's thermal, tectonic, and volcanic history, and the structure of its unusually large metallic core. Unlike Earth, ...

ANN ARBOR—The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens. Unlike comparable mid- and far-infrared detectors currently on the market, the detector developed by University of Michigan engineering researchers doesn't need bulky cooling equipment to work. "We can make the entire design super-thin," said Zhaohui Zhong, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science. "It can be stacked on a contact lens or integrated with a cell phone." Infrared ...

An international team of researchers analysed the available data taken from all previous studies of the Southern Ocean, together with satellite images taken of the area, to quantify the amount of iron supplied to the surface waters of the Southern Ocean. They found that deep winter mixing, a seasonal process which carries colder and deeper, nutrient-rich water to the surface, plays the most important role in transporting iron to the surface. The iron is then able to stimulate phytoplankton growth which supports the ocean's carbon cycle and the aquatic food chain They ...

Northeast Greenland, where the glacier is found, is of particular interest as numerical model predictions have suggested there is no significant mass loss for this sector, leading to a probable underestimation of future global sea-level rise from the region. An international team of scientists, including Professor Jonathan Bamber from the University of Bristol, studied the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream which extends more than 600 km into the interior of the ice sheet: much further than any other in Greenland. Professor Bamber said: "The Greenland ice sheet has contributed ...

Researchers have identified two novel cancer genes that are associated with the development of a rare, highly aggressive, cancer of blood vessels. These genes may now act as markers for future treatments and explain why narrowly targeted therapies that are directed at just one target fail. Angiosarcoma is a rare cancer of blood vessels. It occurs either spontaneously or can appear after radiotherapy treatment. Although quite rare, with approximately 100 people diagnosed with the cancer in the UK each year, the survival outcomes for the cancer are poorer than many other ...

New evidence gathered by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury indicates the planet closest to the sun has shrunk up to 7 kilometers in radius over the past 4 billion years, much more than earlier estimates. The new finding, published in the journal Nature Geoscience Sunday, March 16, solves an apparent enigma about Mercury's evolution. Older images of surface features indicated that, despite cooling over its lifetime, the rocky planet had barely shrunk at all. But modeling of the planet's formation and aging could not explain that finding. Now, Paul K. Byrne and ...