Restaurants and homeowners may be familiar with melamine plates and bowls thanks to the durability and strength melamine offers. However, few people know that melamine can be made into any sort of dish, including spoons, ladles, and ramekins. Kitchen Inspire, a restaurant kitchen equipment supplier, wishes to educate the public about the wide variety of applications that melamine can be used in. Melamine is an easily molded material that is popular in restaurants and homes because it is virtually shatter-proof. Great for kids, rowdy guests, and clumsy wait staff alike, ...

Tired of spending the winter months at home? Wouldn't you like to get out with a great group of friends? Why not consider a trip on an Atlanta bus rental? Make sure you book early because you aren't the only thinking about going on an adventure this time of year. Deciding on Your Travel Needs Before Booking Take some time and talk to your church, group or friends to get an idea of where and when you would like to book an Atlanta bus charter. Also be sure to get a rough estimate of how many people will be traveling with you. By taking a few simple steps ahead of time, ...

H.J. Heinz Company began in Pittsburgh in 1869 as a purveyor of horseradish, pickles and vinegar. In the 144 years of its existence, its products have since circled the world and the company has diversified its product line to include soup, baked beans and, what is perhaps its most well-known product, ketchup. Not bad for a company that was once bankrupt. The Valentine's Day acquisition of H.J. Heinz by Warren Buffet's investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, and Brazilian Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital, is reputedly the food industry's largest deal, which is pegged at ...

America's Best offers a wide variety of prescription glasses, including eyeglass frames by a number of well-known names in fashion such as Guess. Although originally known for their jeans and other apparel, Guess also designs jewelry and accessories, including eyewear. A Variety of Colors and Styles for Every Taste Guess eyeglass frames for women come in colors ranging from basic black and tortoise to fun shades like satin pink. They offer multicolor and zebra print frames as well. Whether you want a traditional look or something fun and dynamic that will stand out, ...

Classroom Essentials Online, an online retailer of church chairs, is pleased to announce that it is partnering with Cardinal Web Solutions, an Internet marketing company. As a part of this partnership, Cardinal Web Solutions will improve Classroom Essentials Online's Web site by implementing customized search engine optimization (SEO). SEO focuses on increasing a Web site's rankings on popular search engines, such as Google and Bing. Improved SEO is the best way for Web sites to improve their traffic and conversions online. Classroom Essentials Online is enthusiastic ...

The human hair extensions retailer, Sunny's Hair & Wigs, is excited to announce that they have recently partnered with the Atlanta Internet marketing agency, Cardinal Web Solutions. Cardinal is a renowned business in the industry and has made quite a name for itself. The hair extensions experts at Sunny's Hair & Wigs know the only way they can get and stay ahead of their competition to reach the greatest number of customers is by having a fully functional Web site. According to Dafina Smith, CEO of Sunny's Hair & Wigs, "We had high expectations from ...

One of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. and second cousin to President John Adams, Samuel Adams came from a family of brewers. Early in his career, he opened his own brewery which he successfully ran for a few years. Sadly, however, the company eventually went bankrupt. Apparently, Samuel Adams' talents lay elsewhere. He went on to become one of the most influential architects of a new nation. Today, few Americans know that he once filed for bankruptcy for a failed business venture. Samuel Adams is remembered for being a prominent member of the First Continental Congress ...

The staff at Northampton General Hospital are staying extra busy. Aside from treating numerous patients with existing conditions, they now have to deal with the dreadful noro virus. The latter is well known for inducing bouts of vomiting as well as diarrhea in its victims. The worst part about this infliction is how contagious it is. Angelica Corporation, a leading hospital linen service company, is urging people to steer clear of the hospital if at all possible. Individuals that are feeling under the weather are not advised to visit patients, as doing so can put them in ...

Marketing Evolution, a provider of marketing ROI management solutions and intelligent marketing software, has been featured as a leader by Forrester Research, Inc. in its May 2013 report "The Forrester Wave : Marketing Mix Modeling Q2 2013." The report was issued following Forrester's review of vendors in the marketing mix modeling space, and each company was evaluated on its current offering, strategy, and market presence. Marketing Evolution was one of the vendors designated as a leader for its inventive approach to mix modeling, which allows marketers to understand ...

There are a wide variety of different effects that spices have on the body, both physical and mental. Dining on spicy Indian cuisine is not just a treat for the taste buds, but for all of the body's senses. From a tingling on the tongue to the feel of cool perspiration upon the skin; everybody reacts to spice in different ways. These effects are most noticeable in those who are uneducated in the ways of the spice. The spice novice will often gulp water at a frantic rate and wipe sweat from their brow when tackling a particularly spicy dish. These effects may seem superficial, ...

With springtime in full bloom, internet retailer Cell2Get is ready to roll out the deals: just in time for Memorial Day this year, prices are being slashed for the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 handsets. From now through the end of the month, everyone is invited to enjoy deep discounts on phones and accessories at Cell2Get.com, where all the popular brands and major carriers are offered. In addition to the bestselling phones previously mentioned, an entire lineup of BlackBerrys, Nokias, and more are all available. Cell2Get cell phones are contract-free so that owners can ...

Suppose there are two businesses, side by side, equal products or services, what is the determining factor for which business thrives and which business struggles? Technology. More specifically, how technology is applied in customer service and digital marketing. It appears main street businesses are catching on. According to the 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll, which surveyed 1000 businesses nationwide, 66% of small businesses plan to invest as much or more in digital marketing as they did the previous year. "I am excited small business owners ...

CyberlinkASP, the leader in hosted virtual desktop and private cloud solutions, today announced the completion of the company's testing and development of virtual desktop infrastructure with Ubuntu Linux. This offering is ideal for anyone requiring a custom and secure Linux experience. "You can't treat Linux like a low-cost alternative to Windows, it plays a critical role in too many business functions. To ignore and to neglect its relevance alienates a large potential market," said Mason Cooper, Vice President of Information Technology, CyberlinkASP. "By ...

PINC has announced that it has been selected by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) as their advanced yard management platform for its Saltillo, Mexico production facility. DTNA deployed PINC's advanced yard management platform to speed production, improve inventory visibility, and reduce costs. Using GPS and passive RFID technologies integrated with an award winning yard management system, PINC provides real-time logistics controls for just-in-time delivery of parts and supplies. By automating trailer and shipment movements within the Saltillo facility, DTNA is able ...

What happened the last time a vegetated Earth shifted from an extremely cold climate to desert-like conditions? And what does it tell us about climate change today? John Isbell is on a quest to coax that information from the geology of the southernmost portions of the Earth. It won't be easy, because the last transition from "icehouse to greenhouse" occurred between 335 and 290 million years ago. An expert in glaciation from the late Paleozoic Era, Isbell is challenging many assumptions about the way drastic climate change naturally unfolds. The research helps form ...

The massive ball of iron sitting at the center of Earth is not quite as "rock-solid" as has been thought, say two Stanford mineral physicists. By conducting experiments that simulate the immense pressures deep in the planet's interior, the researchers determined that iron in Earth's inner core is only about 40 percent as strong as previous studies estimated. This is the first time scientists have been able to experimentally measure the effect of such intense pressure – as high as 3 million times the pressure Earth's atmosphere exerts at sea level – in a laboratory. A ...

Melbourne researchers have identified an immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed. The discovery has wider repercussions, as the protein is responsible for protecting the body against excessive immune responses, and could be used to treat, or even prevent, other immune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Professor Len Harrison, Dr Esther Bandala-Sanchez and Dr Yuxia Zhang led the research team from the Walter and Eliza ...

This news release is available in German. "When water boils, its molecules are released as vapor. We call this change of the physical state of matter a phase transition," explains Sebastian Diehl from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck. Together with his colleagues from the Institute for Experimental Physics and the theorist Markus Mueller from the Complutense University of Madrid, he studied the transition between two quantum mechanical orders in a way never before observed. The quantum physicists in Innsbruck use a new device ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological disorder marked by a progressive loss of motor control. Despite intensive research, there are currently no approved therapies that have been demonstrated to alter the progression of the disease. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Dr. Thomas Foltynie and colleagues at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London investigated the use of a drug approved for diabetes care, Exenatide, in PD patients. PD patients were divided into two groups: 20 patients received Exenatide injections ...

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA - Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients. "Gender-based disparities in access to healthcare services in general have been recognized for some time and evidence is emerging that these disparities extend to the treatment of severe injuries in trauma centers," says lead author Andrea Hill. MSc, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. "Our study confirms and expands on ...

In ICU patients who have septic shock, the anatomic source of infection has a strong effect on the chances of survival, according to a new study from researchers in Canada. "Understanding the local infection source in patients with septic shock may influence treatment strategies and clinical outcomes," said researcher Peter Dodek, MD MHSc, professor of critical care medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. "Accordingly, we examined the relationship between anatomic source of infection and hospital mortality in nearly 8,000 patients who had septic ...

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA ─ Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) typically suffer from depression more frequently than those without COPD, resulting in higher levels of disability and illness and increasing the overall healthcare burden for the COPD population. Now, a study from researchers in Argentina indicates female COPD patients and patients who experience significant shortness of breath may have the greatest risk for developing depression. The results of the study will be presented at the ATS 2013 International Conference. "About ...

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA – Many studies have shown that men and women who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - a disorder that causes breathing to halt intermittently during sleep – have a higher mortality rate than those who do not have the disorder. Now, a study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic shows that OSA patients who also have poor functional capacity have an even greater risk of mortality and suggests that an assessment of functional capacity in this population can help physicians identify patients most at risk for death. The results of the study ...

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA – A metabolic profile of intensive care unit (ICU) patients based on biomarkers of four metabolites can be used to accurately predict mortality, according to a new study. "Existing models for predicting mortality in the ICU may not always be accurate and they can also be cumbersome to use," said researcher Angela J. Rogers MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine at Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. "Levels of lactate, a metabolite from the carbohydrate pathway, are an established biomarker for ICU mortality. ...

Food microbiology laboratories continue to submit false negative results and false positive results on a routine basis. A retrospective study of nearly 40,000 proficiency test results over the past 14 years, presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, examined the ability of food laboratories to detect or rule out the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter. "There is concern when laboratories report that pathogens are not found in a food sample, when in fact they are there," ...