Things turned ugly last year when a fight erupted at a party in a remote corner of Clatsop County. High on drugs and alcohol, 31-year-old Jeremy Peat punched Air Force veteran Scott Brandon, 27, in the face. After pulling out a can of mace in an attempt to defuse the situation Brandon was knocked down to the ground and attacked. Peat became enraged and started punching Brandon repeatedly in the face, breaking his nose and severely injuring him. Far outmatched by a much larger opponent, Brandon did the only thing he thought might stop the beating: he pulled a four inch ...

British Airways has announced it is to double the number of flights between Dublin and London Heathrow on its service this winter. Following the acquisition of bmi by International Airlines Group (IAG), British Airways now operates this important air link after taking over the route at the end of June. The changes will take place when the airline introduces its winter 2012 schedule and launches a new timetable which sees the number of daily services increase from four to eight return flights, enabling it to offer thousands more seats a week between both cities. The ...

British Airways is launching a new route to Sri Lanka from London Gatwick next year. The three-times-a-week service to the capital city Colombo will start on March 31, 2013 and will be operated by a Boeing 777 with three cabins including Club World with fully flat beds. Flights, which are now on sale, will operate via Male in the Maldives with a flying time of just over 12 and a half hours. Silla Maizey, British Airways managing director Gatwick, said: "This is such an exciting new route for us. The UK has the second largest number of tourists visiting the ...

McCusker & Company, a leading worldwide provider of extended warranty services, announced today a new extended warranty program for electric vehicle charging stations. Broadening its leadership in the consumer and industrial electronics industry, the new eco-friendly program will help support the rapid expansion and adoption of electric vehicles across the country. "This places our company at the forefront of supporting the infrastructure needs for the next generation of consumer vehicles," said McCusker & Company Chief Executive Officer Will L. McCusker. ...

zvelo, a leading URL database provider for OEMs, has announced full URL categorization support for Korean language websites. zvelo's AutoCategorization (AutoCat) engine utilizes proprietary, artificial-intelligence technologies backed by quality assurance from a team of multi-lingual Web Analysts to categorize billions of new URLs across dozens of languages each day. "We've seen a significant surge in Korean language website queries to our URL categorization systems," explains David Duncan, zvelo's Vice President of Engineering. "As these new sites come ...

MARK SYSTEMS is pleased to announce that Ronald S. Olson will be joining the company effective September 10th as a Senior Consultant specializing in implementation processes and accounting management services. Mr. Olson served as Controller and CFO for a number of successful California area home builders beginning in 1997, where he specialized in the selection and implementation of ERP software for those companies. Prior to that, Mr. Olson was Controller / CFO for OMware, Inc. of Sebastopol, CA, developer of the Master Builder construction management software products. ...

Inc. magazine today ranked Orion Systems Integrators, Inc. #2026 on its sixth annual Inc. 500/5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy--America's independent entrepreneurs. Orion Systems Integrators, Inc. joins Yelp, yogurt maker Chobani, Giftcards.com, KIND and famed hatmaker Tilly's, among other prominent brands featured on this year's list. "This is a true testimony to the dedication, commitment and focus of the entire Orion Team. ...

Energetix Corporation, a life sciences company, is delighted to announce the recent hire of Dr. Sheron Ponnambath. Dr. Ponnambath will direct Energetix' homeopathy research and development as well as its homeopathy educational efforts. Dr. Ponnambath is a second generation homeopath from southern India. Dr. Ponnambath earned a degree in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery from Calicut University in Kerala, and she lectures regularly on homeopathic principles, including advanced courses on the Materia Medica and Repertory. Dr. Ponnambath is also an expert on regulatory ...

Dartware, a leading provider of network monitoring, mapping and alerting software, today announces the immediate availability of version 5.6 of InterMapper (http://www.intermapper.com/products/intermapper/whats-new.aspx) -- now including enhanced auto-discovery, better control of data and a friendlier interface. InterMapper's trusted solution helps optimize network uptime, reduce risk and alert the network administrator of impending issues before network impact. Taken as a whole, the new capabilities make the InterMapper network monitoring tool smarter, more reliable ...

While aquariums provide a relaxing pastime for humans on Earth, recreation is not the goal behind the new Aquatic Habitat, or AQH, aboard the International Space Station. Instead, researchers will use this unique facility to look at how microgravity impacts marine life. Sponsored by the Japanese Space Agency, or JAXA, this habitat is a closed-water circulatory system, which provides a new facility option for station research. Scientists will use the habitat to study small, freshwater fish on orbit. For the first investigations, they plan to examine the Medaka (Oryzias ...

Not all cases at Tax Results go smoothly. Like any tax resolution company we may have issues with clients' cases. The issues that may arise while working through IRS problems are plentiful. Oftentimes clients are not prepared to provide the information required by the taxing authority to complete their resolution. The goal at Tax Results is to forge a strong relationship with clients upfront and ensure an open line of communication throughout the process. This ensures an efficient client resolution. No tax relief company can magically make tax debt vanish. Tax Results ...

The Maple (also known as The Maple @ Sentul West) is Malaysia's first and only private gated park residential, where the residents get to enjoy activities on a beautiful 35-acre park. This luxury condo is located 5 km away from KL city centre, where you have the convenience of having your office and home close to each other physically. The greenery at The Maple is simply refreshing, with the modern tropical style gardens and lawns as its surrounding. This development promises to bring an entirely new kind of living in a city, which is nature driven; at the same time ...

Global Vision Technologies, Inc., (GVT) the creator of FAMCare has just launched the next evolution of case management software, FAMCare CONNECT "rapid case management" - aimed at helping nonprofits transform the way they manage cases. FAMCare CONNECT is a world-class nonprofit human services software solution that (1) improves how agencies manage client data, (2) streamlines how they deliver and track services and (3) helps mend the lives of vulnerable families and clients in their system. Serving at-risk children in a social services agency can be challenging ...

Oniqua MRO Analytics (www.oniqua.com), the leading provider of analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive organizations, today announced that Vale Fertilizers has chosen Oniqua Analytics Solution (OAS) to optimize its spare parts inventory, reduce operating costs and improve service levels. Vale Fertilizers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vale S.A., which is the world's leading producer of iron ore, and a major producer of nickel, manganese, aluminum, potassium, copper and coal. Vale implemented OAS across its Brazilian operations in 2010 to support ...

The Dead Sea, a salt sea without an outlet, lies over 400 meters below sea level. Tourists like its high salt content because it increases their buoyancy. "For scientists, however, the Dead Sea is a popular archive that provides a diachronic view of its climate past," says Prof. Dr. Thomas Litt from the Steinmann-Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology at the University of Bonn. Using drilling cores from riparian lake sediments, paleontologists and meteorologists from the University of Bonn deduced the climate conditions of the past 10,000 years. This became ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y., August 21, 2012 – In forested regions of the nation, natural regeneration may help cities achieve tree cover goals at the expense of maintaining the desired tree species. A study by U.S. Forest Service scientists published recently in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening showed that on average, 1 in 3 trees in sampled cities were planted while two-thirds resulted from natural regeneration. However, for newly established, young trees in cities in forested regions, only about 1 in 12 trees (Syracuse, N.Y.) to 1 in 20 trees (Baltimore) were planted. The lower ...

VIDEO: Quagga and zebra mussels have the potential to disrupt water delivery and hydropower generation functions, as well as create long-term impacts. To mitigate invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to... Click here for more information. DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation has found that silicone foul release coatings may be an important tool for mitigating invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to water and hydropower infrastructure. Allen D. Skaja, Ph.D., PCS, ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22, 2012 — Scientists today reported identification of the first substance in smokeless tobacco that is a strong oral carcinogen ― a health risk for the 9 million users of chewing tobacco, snuff and related products in the U.S. ― and called upon the federal government to regulate or ban the substance. The researchers reported here at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The meeting, which continues through Thursday, features more than 8,600 reports on new developments ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22, 2012 — Almost 30 years after discovery of a link between alcohol consumption and certain forms of cancer, scientists are reporting the first evidence from research on people explaining how the popular beverage may be carcinogenic. The results, which have special implications for hundreds of millions of people of Asian descent, were reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Silvia Balbo, Ph.D., who led the study, explained that the human body breaks down, or metabolizes, the alcohol in beer, ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22, 2012 — A solution finally may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about America's favorite fresh fruit ― bananas and their tendency to ripen, soften and rot into an unappetizing mush, seemingly in the blink of an eye. Scientists speaking here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, described efforts to develop a spray-on coating that consumers could use to delay the ripening of those 6.4 billion pounds of bananas that people in the U.S. eat every year. The ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22, 2012 — Camouflage face makeup for warfare is undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in thousands of years, as scientists today described a new face paint that both hides soldiers from the enemy and shields their faces from the searing heat of bomb blasts. Firefighters also could benefit from the new heat-resistant makeup, according to the report. It was part of a broader symposium on innovations in ingredients for personal care products held during the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest ...

Preemptive cognitive training—an early intervention to address neuropsychiatric deficiencies—can help the brain function normally later in life, a team of researchers has found through a series of experiments on laboratory rats. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Neuron, hold promise for addressing a range of brain impairments in humans, including schizophrenia. The study was conducted by researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science, the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, ...

Animals that literally have holes in their brains can go on to behave as normal adults if they've had the benefit of a little cognitive training in adolescence. That's according to new work in the August 23 Neuron, a Cell Press publication, featuring an animal model of schizophrenia, where rats with particular neonatal brain injuries develop schizophrenia-like symptoms. "The brain can be loaded with all sorts of problems," said André Fenton of New York University. "What this work shows is that experience can overcome those disabilities." Fenton's team made the discovery ...

LONDON, ON – The impact of bipolar disorder during pregnancy has been hotly contended among the research community. Now, a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University is sorting out the debate and calling for more targeted, prospective research. Bipolar disorder is characterized by depression, hypomania, or mania. It is most common among women, and its episodes are often concentrated during the height of the reproductive years. Bipolar disorder can lead to suicide, infanticide, and increased risk for psychiatric hospitalization during the ...

Medicines for Malaria Venture has developed a framework to evaluate the risk of resistance for the antimalarial compounds in its portfolio. A paper based on this work: A framework for assessing the risk of resistance for antimalarials in development has been published in the Malaria Journal today. Resistance defines the longevity of every anti-infective drug, so it is important when developing new medicines for malaria, to check how easily promising antimalarial compounds will select for resistance. Once this is known, it facilitates the prioritization of not only the ...