Do you like to ski? Would you like to mingle with some of the sexiest couples from around the world? Join over 250 swingers for the hottest lifestyle takeover event of the year taking place at one of the top ski resorts in Austria. SDC is hosting this amazing swingers takeover event so you know it will be great. Imagine waking up in the beautiful landscape of the Austrian Alps with the opportunity to ski all day and party all night with hot sexy SDC couples from all over the world. For those that take the skiing seriously there are plenty of challenging runs to keep ...

New York is awarded the title of "the melting pot" because of all the different people it attracts to its pulsing center. This summer, athletes, celebrities and common folk from around the world will get in on the action and compete to watch one of the most spirited sporting events in the states, the U.S. Open. Watch sports history in the making. The U.S. Open is an annual tennis championship where legends like John McEnroe and newer prodigies like Rafael Nadal battle it out for the number one title. The two week long series of matches begins 27 August-9 September ...

Fear of failure is a common problem, but many Americans find themselves also crippled by the fear of success. According to Jennifer De Francisco, a licensed couples counselor in Newport Beach, this fear can manifest itself in a variety of different ways, from dropping the ball on big assignments at work, to dating the wrong type of people. De Francisco wants to help California residents overcome and learn to deal with self-sabotage. She shares her insights in helping people understand some of the psychological underpinnings of self-sabotage and fear of success. "Many ...

Since 1985, Dr. Ken Comer, dentist in Amarillo, TX, has been providing exceptional dental health care for his patients of all ages. With 27 years of experience, Dr. Comer continues to bring quality dental care to his patients, from routine teeth cleanings in Amarillo to more complex procedures like dental implants and treatment of TMD (temporomandibular joint disorder). "It truly is an honor to have served my community with the dental care they need for 27 years. Working in a field I love is truly amazing. I look forward to continuing to provide my patients with ...

Dr. Charles Hooper, Jr., Chattanooga cosmetic dentist, is excited that his practice's website is offering a patient education section. He hopes the patient education section will help give his patients the knowledge necessary to take proper care of their personal dental health. "I'm glad that our practice is featuring educational information on our website. I have always believed that the more educated a patient is, the better chance they have of maintaining healthy teeth and gums. I hope all of our patients will take some time to look through the patient education ...

The use of text messages among Americans, particularly teens, has skyrocketed over the last few years. In 2008, a Nielsen survey found that the average cellphone user sent and received over 350 text messages per month, a huge jump compared to the average of 65 messages a month reported in 2006. The large increase highlights the role texting plays in the average American's social life. With the development of smartphones, the use of technology to communicate has shifted even further, now including a growing reliance on the ability to send pictures. Teenagers are using ...

Fibromyalgia is a common, long-term illness marked by body pain and tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues. Fatigue, sleep problems, headaches, depression and anxiety may also be signs of fibromyalgia. The symptoms of fibromyalgia vary in severity over time, and may even be completely absent some days. Social Security Disability benefits are reserved for those suffering from conditions so severe that they are rendered unable to work. But, given that the symptoms of fibromyalgia can range from mild to severe, it is not always easy to determine ...

For years, anyone with an Internet connection has been able to go online and order "legal alternatives" to illicit drugs. Though these products are often marketed as safe, many are actually much more dangerous than the drugs they aim to replace. Take, for example, the synthetic drug known as "bath salts." The drug, which users can eat, smoke or inject, is designed to mimic the effects of stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine. Until recently, bath salts were legal, despite the fact that they were known to cause a number of dangerous side effects, ...

With government coffers suffering in a sputtering economy, the U.S. government continues its fight to collect more of the taxes owed. Estimates suggest that the Internal Revenue Service loses as much as $385 billion to tax evasion each year. One of the main fronts where the IRS is waging war is in the fight to collect taxes owed on deposits held in foreign accounts. Unfortunately, such attempts can subject honest taxpaying citizens who hold foreign accounts to serious penalties. For example, many taxpayers may not realize they must report a foreign account they received ...

If you are having financial problems, finding out that you will be receiving an inheritance can be a welcome piece of news. However, if you are thinking about filing for bankruptcy around the time you receive this information, you may have to rethink your plans. How an Inheritance Can Affect Bankruptcy An inheritance can affect your bankruptcy depending upon what type of filing you use. If you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which is designed to wipe out your debts, the trustee of your bankruptcy case may use your inheritance to pay your creditors if you receive the ...

The Internet is a wonderful research tool for finding reviews about businesses. For instance, a person looking for a new mechanic can research online to see what former customers have to say about the service they received. A growing number of websites cater specifically to people wanting to read and write reviews of businesses. Most businesses would love to receive only positive reviews, but a negative review is likely inevitable. Yet, businesses and business owners should not have to deal with one category of reviews: the patently false review. When untruthful reviews ...

A car accident can be a traumatic event. Many motorists are unsure about what they need to do after being involved in a crash. However, a clear understanding of the right moves in the wake of an accident can save you a lot of trouble and protect your ability to recover compensation from an at-fault party. Call the Police, Gather Information, Watch What You Say At the most basic level, immediate medical emergencies need to be addressed first when there's an accident. If someone is seriously hurt, call an ambulance. Even if there are no apparent life threatening ...

With the Summer Games upon us, many people are enjoying the sporting and competitive spirit that is sweeping the nation. Sky Poker also love competition, and have a series of promotions designed to up the stakes for all of their poker tournaments this summer! So if you didn't manage to get tickets to the cycling, swimming, or 100 meters final, cheer yourself up by playing poker online during happy hour! To help give players an additional boost on the Cash for Points ladder, Sky Poker run three separate happy hours every day of the week. They are between the hours ...

Available mid-September through mid October, the Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls in Ohio's spectacular Hocking Hills region will reprise its popular Pawpaw Spa Facial, along with a special pawpaw menu and pawpaw-infused cocktails. The offerings debuted to rave reviews in 2010 and are back again in 2012, being made available as soon as the local wild fruits become ripe and ready to pick. Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls Spa Director, Randall Wellman LMT, MS, studied the homegrown wild pawpaw and its innate ability to soften and moisturize the skin and provide a natural anti-wrinkle ...

Energetix Corporation, a life sciences company, is pleased to announce the recent hire of Dr. Iris Chen, who will join the Energetix team as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Product Manager. Within this role, Dr. Chen will direct Energetix' TCM research and development as well as its TCM educational efforts. Dr. Chen comes to Energetix with 30 years of medical experience. After graduating top in her class at the Beijing University Medical School, Dr. Chen did her residency at the People's Hospital of Beijing University. Dr. Chen also earned a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences ...

As supply chain costs continue to rise for line items like tires, vehicles, and labor, fleet owners are pressed daily to root out new hidden inefficiencies in every aspect of their businesses. Getting professional advice from a logistics consulting provider and implementing the recommendations can reduce fleet expenses by 10% to 25%, said David Beaudry, Director of Logistics Engineering and Consulting for AmeriQuest Transportation Services in a blog posting. "Logistics consulting was once a service available only to the largest fleets," Beaudry explained. "Now ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported details of how certain drugs can precisely target and inhibit an enzyme essential for the influenza virus' replication. Since all strains of the virus require the same functioning enzyme, researchers believe their findings will yield drugs that can effectively treat new strains of the virus, which may be resistant to current antiviral treatments. When new strains of influenza emerge, it can take many months for a vaccine to be developed. Experts are concerned that the emergence of any highly virulent strains ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have demonstrated in the laboratory that a new drug is effective in treating a very common kidney disease –– although it will be a few years before it becomes available for clinical testing. The findings resulted from a collaboration between UCSB and a biotech firm based in Indiana. The study is published in this week's Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Over 600,000 people in the U.S., and 12 million worldwide, are affected by the inherited kidney disease known as autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney ...

CHICAGO --- A new paper just published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes. The paper is authored by Alice Dreger, professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and is co-authored by Ellen Feder, associate professor of philosophy and religion at American University, ...

Salmon conservation shouldn't narrowly focus on managing flows in streams and rivers or on preserving only places that currently have strong salmon runs. Instead, watersheds need a good mix of steep, cold-running streams and slower, meandering streams of warmer water to keep options open for salmon adapted to reproduce better in one setting than the other, new research shows. Preserving that sort of varied landscape serves not just salmon, it provides an all-summer buffet that brown bears, gulls and other animals need to sustain themselves the rest of the year. "In ...

The beautiful, endemic and endangered cycad, Cycas micronesica was once a dominant forest tree on the island of Guam, but recent plant mortality predicts extirpation from Guam habitats by 2019. This dire prediction by scientists at the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center (WPTRC), University of Guam is validated by the research of Thomas E. Marler and John H. Lawrence, which has concluded that Cycas micronesica is the only native host for the invasive scale insect Aulacaspis yasumatsui. "The potential cascading ecosystem responses are yet to be completely understood," ...

HOUSTON — Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that symptoms of depression in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer are associated with survival and inflammatory gene regulation may explain this link. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, further explores the interplay between patient psychological condition, stress hormone regulation and the role of inflammatory gene expression. Although previous research indicates depression is connected with worse outcomes, questions remain about the specific factors involved. "Our ...

Human HLA genes – the genes that allow our immune system to tell the difference between our own cells and foreign invaders – are evolving much more rapidly than previously thought, according to an article online on August 3rd in Trends in Genetics. The resulting degree of variation improves our ability to fight off disease, but could also present challenges to current worldwide efforts aimed at identifying potential donors for patients undergoing stem cell transplantation. "This new work makes clear the daunting and near hopeless challenge of keeping track of the continuous ...

An experiment has shown that strawberry extract added to skin cell cultures acts as a protector against ultraviolet radiation as well as increasing its viability and reducing damage to DNA. Developed by a team of Italian and Spanish researchers, the study opens the door to the creation of photoprotective cream made from strawberries. "We have verified the protecting effect of strawberry extract against damage to skins cells caused by UVA rays," as explained to SINC by Maurizio Battino, researcher at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Italy and lead author of the ...

VIDEO: Scientists at EMBL have combined the power of two kinds of microscope to produce a three-dimensional movie of how cells ‘swallow’ nutrients and other molecules by engulfing them. The study... Click here for more information. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have combined the power of two kinds of microscope to produce a 3-dimensional movie of how cells 'swallow' nutrients and other molecules by engulfing them. The ...