While many Michigan industrial suppliers have struggled to recover from the US' recent recession, West Michigan metal fabrication company Impact Fab has enjoyed a steady incline in business despite the surrounding economic climate. The Holland-based fabrication shop thanks its steady workflow in part to the addition of diverse and cost-effective services such as water jet cutting, value engineering and prototyping. As the company has grown over the past several years, its owners have recognized the need for a broader and more professional image online in order to remain ...

On Sunday December 4th, 2011 at Marmi from 12pm to 3 pm, Mary Frances, one of San Francisco's most innovative handbag designers will preview her holiday and winter collection of intricately beaded handbags and accessories. Using unique materials combined with semi precious stones and beads, Mary Frances compiles eye-catching pieces that range from ornately designed compacts to dramatic evening bags and unique daytime styles. Combining her passion for art and design, Mary Frances provides ladies with designs that offer both whimsy and originality. Nowhere in the world of ...

Exhibition stand contractor RB Design & Display Ltd announces the launch of their custom designed Facebook pages. Their Facebook business page now has an additional five pages along with the standard Facebook pages and Wall feature. The new pages showcase exhibition stand designs, exclusive offers and information regarding the services which RB Design & Display provides. The addition of custom designed pages gives a Facebook page more of the look and feel of a standalone website. On landing on the new Welcome page, visitors are greeted with RB Design & Display's ...

CAL Business Solutions Inc, a Connecticut Microsoft Dynamics ERP software partner, released a new case study highlighting the success of Women's Health USA using Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains) accounting software. Women's Health USA is a large managed services organization in Avon, Connecticut that provides professional services to doctors' offices. Their success depends largely on the strength of their back office software systems that support these services. Their ERP system manages 25 users and 18 separate companies with complex intercompany relationships, ...

Binaytara Foundation (BTF) announces the recipient of the BTF medical research grant 2011. Dr. Smith Giri of the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, has been awarded the grant for his research project titled, "Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and its correlates: a case control study in a tertiary level hospital of Nepal." Dr. Damiano Rondelli, Professor of Medicine at University of Illinois and BTF Scientific Committee Chair says, "The analysis of factors that may be associated with intrauterine growth retardation in developing countries ...

The Key Assets Fostering website has produced a 31% increase in enquiries since being redeveloped by web design company Bird and Co Creative. Key Assets is a leading foster care agency. They are a non-government organisation focused on providing specialist foster care placements for children. The new Key Assets Fostering website was required to share information about fostering and gain new enquiries from prospective foster carers. The website redevelopment was carried out by Bird and Co, a web design company with expertise in graphic design and web development. The ...

Hundreds of dancers will be heading to Amsterdam at the end of the year for Tangomagia, the city's annual tango festival. Due to run from Monday December 26th to Friday December 30th, the event features dance workshops for people of all abilities, performances by tango maestros from around the world and much more. For the first time this year, the programme will also include the MagiaMarathon - a 38-hour dance event commencing at 18:00 local time on December 27th. Elsewhere, people can visit the daily Tango Cafe and attend nightly salon events featuring top ...

Holidaymakers seeking a new year celebration with a difference may like to visit Palma for the Festa de l'Estendard.   Celebrated on December 31st each year, this festival commemorates the Christian conquest of the Majorcan capital in 1229.   The troops of King James I entered the city after a lengthy siege and brought an end to Muslim rule, with the island then becoming incorporated into Europe's Christian kingdoms.   As it dates back to the 13th century, the Festa de l'Estendard is one of the oldest secular holidays on the continent.   The celebrations traditionally ...

Slotland's progressive jackpot reached a record level on Wednesday, topping $200,000. Since it's overdue for a big win, the popular video slots site is keeping its check book handy, ready to make a massive payout. Slotland's last major jackpot win was in June. Since it's usually hit every six or eight weeks, staff and regular players feel like a big win can't be far off. "Our jackpot isn't like those million dollar jackpots that never seem to have a winner," said Slotland manager Michael Hilary. "Our jackpot is hit so often that when it goes this long ...

Concerns about radiation dose along with new wide-bore options have reinvigorated the MRI market. In the new KLAS study, "MRI 2011: New Technology Hits the Ground Running," providers report that most new deals are dominated by wide-bore 1.5T magnets, but some are making the move to 3T wide-bores as well. This report examines vendor performance in the 1.5T, 3.0T and High-Field Open MRI market segments. "Wide-bore magnets have a lot of appeal because of the high patient throughput and lower patient sedation rates," said Kirk Ising, report author. "Providers ...

A recent PEMCO Insurance survey that shows 4 in 10 Portland, Ore., motorists think fines for drivers who text should be higher demonstrates that people are increasingly concerned about the risks associated with distracted driving, according to Online Auto Insurance (OAI). But the fact that a quarter of respondents also confessed to committing the offense highlights ambivalence toward unsafe behaviors that in the worst cases lead to physical harm and at the very least can make it a challenge to find affordable coverage when they compare car insurance quotes online. Federal ...

Android Casino Apps (www.AndroidCasinoApps.net) is a new mobile casino website that features the best real money casino games for Android smartphones & tablets. It is now possible to play mobile roulette, mobile blackjack, mobile slots, mobile baccarat and any mobile casino game on an Android device, such as the Sony Xperia, HTC Desire or Samsung Galaxy S2. The popularity of smartphones has changed the way in which we interact with the world. We can now place bets from an iPhone, take part in a real money poker game from a BlackBerry or play casino games from an ...

Filemobile, Inc. (www.filemobile.com) -- one of North America's leading developers of interactive online software -- is proud to announce the final phase of Maxim Magazine's Hometown Hotties 2011 contest, powered by Filemobile's Media Factory platform. The contest invited the United States' most beautiful women over the age of 21 to submit their photos to compete for the title of Hometown Hottie. After months of submissions and deliberations, the contest -- a Maxim tradition for nearly a decade -- is currently in the top 10 judging round. The winner will be featured ...

Liberty Slots has revived some of the most popular online slot machines in its online casino. "Cleopatra's Pyramid is a classic online slot machine that's been popular for many years," said George Jones, manager of Liberty Slots Casino. "So we're very glad to be able to bring it back for online casino players everywhere. Judging by the feedback we've had so far, a lot of players are pretty happy to have a place to play Agent Cash and Real Deal too - and so are we!" Liberty Slots Casino is being extremely generous with casino bonuses, especially ...

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) last week presented the METABEAM 1000, a turnkey, laser-based machining tool that enables cost effective laser cutting of sheet metal including stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum and brass, at FABTECH 2011 exposition. The METABEAM 1000 uses a 1000W CO2 laser, Coherent's Diamond E 1000, which is the world's only completely sealed-off kilowatt CO2 laser that has a peak power greater than 2500W, an M2 less than 1.2, and is completely maintenance-free for the entire lifetime. The METABEAM tool will offer substantially lower ...

The Rose Country Income Fund ("RC Fund") is pleased to announce the completion of the initial closing pursuant to its Offering Memorandum dated July 30, 2011. On November 1, 2011 the RC Fund completed a closing of the subscription of 16,000 Class "A" Units and 84,000 Class "C" Units. "The initial completion of fundraising for the RC Fund is important because it demonstrates the confidence that the investment community has in RC Fund's mandate," said Larry Whitehead, President of the Managing Partner, Rose Country Management Inc. ...

Octava Inc., specialists in HDMI solutions, announced the release of the HD41-ARC HDMI switch. The HD41-ARC enables HDMI switching and simple integration of ARC enabled Display with non-HDMI AV Amp. The Octava HD41-ARC is a 4x1 HDMI + Optical + ARC Switch that enables owners of New ARC enabled Displays to listen to the TV's inbuilt Web/IP applications or Freeview tuner via their AV Receiver using an Optical connection between the HDMI Switch and the AV Amp. In addition, 4 Toslink optical Audio Inputs allow users to switch from toslink sources independent of video ...

Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures announces their upcoming retreats for January through April 2012. Beginner and intermediate yoga enthusiasts will thoroughly enjoy a tropical getaway on the beautiful beaches of Costa Rica. Vajra Sol was founded in 2005 and has been running retreats every year and growing due to demand. The popular Yoga and Surf combination is ideal for those who want to learn to surf and also for the experienced surfer. On the same retreat a Pure Yoga option is offered with twice daily sessions instead of surfing. New this coming season March 4-10th is a retreat ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered a powerful connection between loss of access to wildlife and micronutrient deficiencies in children, according to a recently published study by the University of California-Berkeley, Harvard Center for the Environment and Harvard School of Public Health, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and others. Hundreds of millions of people around the world rely on marine and terrestrial wildlife -- both of which have been declining in terms of diversity and abundance around the world -- as a primary source of food. The new study addresses ...

Athens, Ga. – For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach -- just published by researchers at the University of Georgia -- may dramatically improve what researchers can learn using the technique. One of the primary ways scientists can understand molecules is to bombard their crystalline forms with X-ray beams. This allows a crystallographer to discover many things about the molecule, from the arrangement ...

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL -- Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, too much optimism led to overconfidence and less studying, resulting in lower grades. "Optimism in male students can lead to overconfidence or an attitude of 'things will work out for the best'," according to Tamar Icekson, a Ph.D. student in BGU's Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management. "So instead of studying enough ...

A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows. The amino acid L-tyrosine had a "rapid and dramatic impact" on Nemaline Myopathy (NM) in laboratory tests on mice, significantly improving symptoms of the muscle-wasting disease, medical researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found. Trials showed that consuming L-tyrosine could significantly improve muscle strength and mobility in NM, raising the possibility it also could be effective ...

Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers have discovered that two proteins come together in an unexpected way to make a carbohydrate, a chain of sugar molecules, in plant cell walls. This fundamental discovery changes the way scientists think about how plant cell walls are made and opens a new door to converting plants to biofuels and other carbon-based products. In 2006, the UGA research team, led by Debra Mohnen, a faculty member in the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, discovered GAUT1, the first protein shown to synthesize pectin, a major component ...

As the market for liquid crystal displays and other electronics continues to drive up the price of indium -- the material used to make the indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent electrodes in these devices -- scientists have been searching for a less costly and more dynamic alternative, particularly for use in future flexible electronics. Besides its high price, ITO has several drawbacks. It's brittle, making it impractical for use in flexible displays and solar cells, and there is a lack of availability of indium, which is found primarily in Asia. Further, the production ...

PHILADELPHIA — Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a recent study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Edward Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, said coffee is emerging as a protective agent in cancers that are linked to obesity, estrogen and insulin. "Coffee has already been shown to be protective against diabetes due to its effect on insulin," said Giovannucci, ...