Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located at Atlanta Perimeter Center, is offering new special packages for Six Flags White Water, the southeast's largest water park. Packages are available to guests booking two or more night weekend stays, arriving Thursday-Saturday, now through September 10, 2012. Packages include: - Receive two tickets to White Water - Receive two tickets to White Water and two park meal tickets - Receive four tickets to White Water - Receive four tickets to White Water and four park meal tickets Tickets will be given to the guests at check ...

A giant transformation awaits visitors to Northern Ireland's only UNESCO World Heritage Site with the opening of a new state-of-the-art visitor centre at the Giant's Causeway. With panoramic rooftop views of the coastline available for the first time, the award-winning building is part of an GBP18.5 million investment - financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB), Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the National Trust - to offer a new gateway to this iconic site. The new visitor centre was designed by Dublin based architects ...

FreeAgent has been listed among the UK's top business apps by a leading industry reviewer. Comparison website GetApp, which reviews and compares thousands of the world's best cloud apps for small businesses, has included FreeAgent in the top five in its June list of the UK's business apps. In addition, the cloud accounting software provider was also listed in 19th place on GetApp's worldwide June recommendations, making it one of the coveted top 25 apps that the website suggests small businesses should consider. It scored an impressive 9/10 rating from user reviews ...

Rezidor has opened its very first hotel in Corsica, the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Ajaccio Bay; owned by the group Ollandini and representing the most significant hotel investment in Corsica since 30 years. The 170 rooms-property is located near Porticcio; right at the glorious Agosta Beach. Guests enjoy a true paradise combining beautiful landscape, minimalist design, great food and wellness, and personalized services. "We are delighted to open this resort together with Jean-Marc Ollandini and his group. It further strengthens our successful, contemporary resort ...

Bishop Randy White returned full time two weeks ago to Without Walls International Church three years after he stepped down for health reasons and to mourn the loss of his daughter who passed away in 2008 from a brain tumor. After the tragic death of his daughter, his world spiraled down into the darkest place you could imagine. After turning his back on God for not healing Kristen along with multiple other life crises, he became addicted to pills, prescribed by his doctors and attempted suicide. Bishop Randy sought professional help and finally pulled himself out, only ...

Not everything in grammar is cut and dried (for more debatable issues that have grammarians disagreeing, please see last month's post here). This month we look at words taken directly from Latin and whether or not they should be treated as singular or plural. Words such as 'data' and 'media' are seen used with both singular and plural verbs and there seems to be no consensus as to which is correct, particularly with data. Both are, of course, plural nouns though the singular form 'medium' is undoubtedly more widely known, and used, than 'datum'. So should it be 'The ...

For busy men on the go, FormalWear Express offers a mobile option for hiring suits for formal occasions. Saving customers the trouble of visiting the showroom, FormalWear Express brings a selection of suits right to the customer's location, allowing patrons to select the size and style that suits their needs. FormalWear Express Suit Hire strives to provide every customer with a fantastic look and a convenient, hassle-free experience. Customers need only call their nearest FormalWear Express location or fill out the company's online form to set up a consultation or request ...

Despite a depressed economy, contracting remains an attractive option according the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) which revealed that 26% of employers plan to expand their workforce with contractors, freelancers and consultants in the coming three to twelve months. With all these new contractors a popular subject always recurs - how do expenses work and what can I claim. Most contractor know working through your own Limited company is the most tax efficient way of contracting, but there is a certain level of mystery around expenses. However, if contractors ...

InsureMyRide is offering road and dirt motorcycle fans the opportunity to WIN their choice of a KTM 200 Duke Road Bike (RRP $5,499) packaged with a PowerParts and PowerWear pack to the total value of $9,995 OR a KTM Free Ride 350 Dirt Bike (RRP $9,995), PLUS 12 months registration and comprehensive insurance and riding gear cover in the 'InsureMyRide Great Bike Giveaway'. Mark Behr, InsureMyRide Marketing Manager, said, "It's a prize that we are sure every motorcycle rider - road, dirt or scooter would love the opportunity to win, a brand new KTM motorcycle. To ...

Athens, Ga. – A study published in the July 5 edition of the journal Nature is challenging scientists' understanding of planet formation, suggesting that planets might form much faster than previously thought or, alternatively, that stars harboring planets could be far more numerous. The study—a collaboration between scientists at the University of Georgia; the University of California, San Diego; the University of California, Los Angeles; California State Polytechnic University and the Australian National University—began with a curious and unexpected finding: Within ...

The human airway is a pretty inhospitable place for microbes. There are numerous immune defense mechanisms poised to kill or remove inhaled bacteria before they can cause problems. But cystic fibrosis (CF) disrupts these defenses, leaving patients particularly susceptible to airway infection, which is the major cause of disease and death in CF. Using a unique animal model of CF, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a surprising difference between healthy airways and airways affected by CF that leads to reduced bacterial killing in CF airways. ...

NAIROBI, KENYA (5 July 2012)—A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever finds that an "unlucky" 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths per year. The vast majority occur in low- and middle-income countries. The report, which was conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Institute of Zoology (UK) and the Hanoi School of Public Health in Vietnam, maps poverty, livestock-keeping and the diseases humans get from animals, and presents a "top 20" ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother. The findings from the new approach, to be published July 4 in Nature, are related to research that was reported a month ago from the University of Washington. That research used a technique previously developed at Stanford to sequence a fetal genome using a blood sample from the mother, plus DNA samples from both the mother and father. The whole genome sequencing in the new Stanford study, ...

Eltrombopag, a drug that was designed to stimulate production of platelets from the bone marrow and thereby improve blood clotting, can raise blood cell levels in some people with severe aplastic anemia who have failed all standard therapies. About one-third of aplastic anemia cases do not respond to standard therapy, a combination of immune-suppressing drugs. Although bone marrow stem cell transplantation is an option for some, patients without a matched donor have few treatment options. The findings of this new clinical study, carried out by the National Heart, Lung, ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have discovered a 'constant cloud' of potent inflammatory molecules surrounding the cells responsible for diseases such as thickening of the arteries and rheumatoid arthritis. Published online today by The Journal of Cell Science, the findings could eventually lead to new treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases. Cardiovascular disease arising from atherosclerosis (thickening of the arteries) kills around 17 million people worldwide each year, including 120,000 people in England and Wales, while rheumatoid arthritis ...

Data Papers are a new type of scholarly articles, which are rapidly gaining momentum in the scientific community. They are peer-reviewed scholarly publications that describe data sets and provide an opportunity for data authors to receive the academic credit through citation and re-use of the published data. Data Papers of this kind have been recently published in cooperation among the international organization Global Biodiversity Information Facilities (GBIF) and the journals ZooKeys and PhytoKeys. Most online keys to identify biodiversity (e.g., species and genera) ...

Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations' target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 levels, according to a systematic analysis of data on children's height and weight, published today in the Lancet. Although the nutritional status of children under five has improved overall since 1985, one in five infants and children in developing countries is still moderately or severely underweight, amounting to an estimated 110 million children worldwide. Another 148 million are mildly ...

Seabirds feed their young less as they reach an age to fly the nest, but it's hormones that actually control when the chicks leave home, according to new research from the University of Leeds. The study – published online in Behavioural Ecology today (05 July) – aimed to pinpoint the main trigger which causes chicks to leave the nest and embark on an independent life, a process known as fledging. While studying a colony of Manx Shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus), on the island of Skomer, researchers from the University's Faculty of Biological Sciences noticed that parent ...

Cambridge and Boston, MA. Wed. July 4, 2012 – One of cancer's most frightening characteristics is its ability to return after treatment. In the case of many forms of cancer, including the skin cancer known as melanoma, tailored drugs can eradicate cancer cells in the lab, but often produce only partial, temporary responses in patients. One of the burning questions in the field of cancer research has been and remains: how does cancer evade drug treatment? New research by a team from the Broad Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital suggests ...

Tendon disorders cost the UK economy more than £7bn a year and now scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a vital component of tendons which could help treat them. The research, published in the highly regarded Royal Society journal Interface today (4 July), found that a component of tendons known as the interfascicular matrix (IFM) is essential for their function. "Tendon disorders are highly debilitating and painful, and may herald the end of an Olympic athlete's career," said co-author Dr Hazel Screen, a senior lecturer in medical engineering ...

(TORONTO, July 4, 2012) – A team of international scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Tak Mak at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified a causative link between the product of a mutated metabolic enzyme and the onset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one of the most common types of leukemia in adults. Called an "oncometabolite" for its role in cancer metabolism, the metabolite2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) is a by-product of a gene mutation of an enzyme known as isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH). Says Dr. Tak Mak of the findings ...

Researchers have taken a step toward personalized medicine for Parkinson's disease, by investigating signs of the disease in patient-derived cells and testing how the cells respond to drug treatments. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers collected skin cells from patients with genetically inherited forms of Parkinson's and reprogrammed those cells into neurons. They found that neurons derived from individuals with distinct types of Parkinson's showed common signs of distress and vulnerability – in particular, abnormalities in the ...

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MobiPixie team today announced the official launch of its MobiPixie platform and mobile applications. Mobipixie is an advanced photo media sharing & social networking platform for mobile phone users. Mobipixie provides a unique platform for sharing life's memories captured as photos with people that a user loves & cares, with full privacy control. The application is currently available on Android. iPhone, Blackberry and J2ME applications are to be released shortly. The Mobipixie platform can be accessed at http://www.mobipixie.com. The MobiPixie Android application ...

http://www.clampitt.com: Despite economic challenges faced by the pulp and paper industry, Clampitt Paper Company continues to experience progressive growth opportunities across the Southwest. The firm recently hired almost a dozen new staff members in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, a result of "quality relationships with consumers," says Don Clampitt, chairman and CEO of Clampitt Paper Company. "Our willingness to remain customer-driven and passionate about paper has enabled us to stay productive in a declining industry." The firm also acquired ...