Kitchens N Bath Visions of Charlotte announces a unique concept in kitchen and bathroom design. The company web site is allowing customers to choose from an a la carte style selection of vendors to combine various features. "My business specializes in the improvement to the heart of our client's homes - the kitchen and bathroom," said Fred Begley, Owner of Kitchen N Bath Visions. "Our unique, a la Carte method enables us to offer an almost unlimited selection of cabinets, flooring, counter tops, lighting and fixtures along with our expert advise for putting ...

Dr. Richard A. D'Amico (www.drdamico.com), nationally and internationally recognized board certified plastic surgeon, whose specializations include liposuction in New Jersey, is keeping up with the newest minimally invasive body contouring technology, including CoolSculpting by ZELTIQ and BodyTite. These treatments are quickly gaining popularity as they are revolutionizing the way fat removal is performed. Dr. D'Amico explains why he is so keen on including these procedures at his practice, and the benefits these treatments can offer his patients. "I have always ...

AmeriGlide, an online retailer of assistive technology for the disabled and elderly, including stair lifts and vehicle lifts, announced that they are now launching AmeriGlide Canada and will now be serving Canadian customers. "We are very proud to be servicing customers now in Canada," Says Vice President of Sales Tim Ziehwein. "Every Canadian customer will now have access to our full catalog of products including stair lifts, lift chairs and mobility scooters." AmeriGlide will be partnering with Bongo International and will be offering their ...

This past June, Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, released the report; Sharing Your Data Without Losing It: Controlling Your Data on Their Desktop. Various approaches of access control for information security are discussed to enable the safe sharing of sensitive data outside the enterprise. Security planners, collaboration specialists and IT generalists need to be aware of these growing varieties of products that provide practical mechanisms for information access and control, some with security beyond the enterprise. Gartner ...

Olga Pomeransky, Senior Manager at Best for Bride, has announced that the boutique has partnered with Weddingstar to offer clients a unique and exciting line of wedding favors. The chic shop provides brides with a wide range of artistic wedding favors, from personalized and edible to green and practical. Brides want to share the joy of their wedding day with their guests and there's no better way to do that than with wedding favors that make a statement. Best for Bride is Toronto, Canada's premiere wedding shop, with favors to accommodate that special day by season and ...

eLearners.com today announced a new resource available to prospective students interested in learning more about the types of financial aid they can use to pay for online education. Part of its Guide to Online Education, the College Costs and Financial Aid series provides critical information for those considering online college classes, but are uncertain about how they are going to finance their studies. The eLearners.com Guide details what options students have and explains the differences between the various kinds of financial aid so that they are informed about all ...

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The world's most famous beer festival will return to the Theresienwiese in Munich on Saturday September 17th. Oktoberfest draws visitors from around the world, with people travelling thousands of miles to experience this huge annual celebration of Bavarian culture. The event traditionally attracts more than five million revellers each year and continues to grow in popularity, with last year's 200th anniversary edition boosting the festival's profile once more. Smartphone users can now find their way around the Theresienwiese - the official site of the festival ...

The Olympic Adventure Camp (OAC) will offer young people the chance to experience new sports and exciting activities in Dusseldorf this summer. Running at the Apollo-Platz from Saturday August 27th to Saturday September 3rd, the event provides youngsters with a dedicated space to enjoy climbing, trampolining, obstacle courses and much more. The OAC, which has been taking place in the German city since 2004, is suitable for people between the ages of six and 21 years old. It is held on the banks of the Rhine and features approximately 50 different activities ...

John C. Sudds, President and CEO of defunct LeafsOfTalent.com, Inc., a recruiting match-making company joined Zazzle.com in 2009 as a shopkeeper to create an unexpected structured apparel logo-line for Recruiters. The line, effectively coined "leafBuilder," literally allows Recruiters a means to wear their candidate placement achievements on their backs using a proprietary apparel ranking system. The ranking system which ascends in tiers of 2000 denotes the number of placements a Recruiter has achieved at any given point, and depending on that number, the Recruiter ...

Horse riding enthusiasts who are visiting Pattaya next month will be able to take in the sights and sounds of the President's Cup 2011. To be held at the International Riding School in Pattaya City, the event runs from September 30th to October 2nd and will encompass several days of dressage and showjumping. By attending the President's Cup, visitors can support the Able the Disabled Foundation, which is participating in the organisation of the event. It aims to offer those affected by mental and physical disabilities the opportunity to ride horses as a hobby ...

Former Creative Director of Links of London and celebrated British creative talent Elizabeth Galton launches elizabethgaltonstudio.com a new luxury e-tail destination retailing collections from 55+ emerging luxury jewellery, gifts and accessories brands handpicked by Elizabeth. Elizabeth Galton Studio is an luxury etailer founded by the former Creative Director of Links of London. Retailing collections from 55+ contemporary designers for men and women. We offer innovative, luxury jewellery, gifts and accessories brands from around the Globe. Elizabeth said: "Having ...

Danang is Vietnam's third largest city and is based on the South China Seas, between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Every year the city holds an annual Moon Festival, and this September the festival will take place from the 11th to the 12th September. The Full Moon Festival is also known as the 'Mid-Autumn Festival' and the Vietnamese expression for the celebration is 'Tet Trung Thu.' Celebrations take the shape of lion dances through the streets, where children will be seen to be carrying traditional 5-pointed star shaped lanterns. Another traditional feature of the Vietnamese ...

The Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is set to return to the Whitsundays later this month. Founded in 1983 by Melbourne businessmen David Hutchen, the event has grown significantly to become one of the biggest annual occasions of its kind in Australia. Some 93 boats took part in the inaugural race week, which generated a thriving atmosphere despite being hit with unfavourable weather. From August 1992, the organisers decided to move the event to August when the conditions are more stable, making it more appealing for southern yacht owners to attend. The success ...

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One of Australia's biggest Ironman and Ironwoman endurance races, the Coolangatta Gold, is set to take place in Broadbeach next month. Top athletes from across the country will descend on the Gold Coast for the contest, which consists of boarding, waterskiing, swimming and running over a total distance of 46.65 km. A shorter 30.5 km course is available for the open female, masters female and under-19 male categories. The challenge was first held back in 1984 and became famous following the release of a movie about the race, starring legendary surf lifesaver ...

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A Baylor University study has found that a popular nutritional supplement that is marketed to lead to greater muscle strength through increasing blood flow to the muscle does not increase blood flow as claimed on the bottle. In recent years, various nutritional supplements have been developed containing arginine-alpha-ketoglutarate (AAKG), which is alleged to increase nitric oxide production thereby resulting in "vasodilation," the widening of blood vessels and increased blood flow to the muscles. The AAKG supplement-enhanced blood flow to working muscles during resistance ...

DETROIT – A pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service improves the coordination of care from the hospital to an outpatient clinic for patients treated with the anticoagulant drug warfarin, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. The study, published online today in the July/August issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, found that the transition of care directed by the anticoagulation service was seamless in more than 70 percent of patients treated and risk of bleeding and thrombosis declined by nearly 5 percent compared to patients not treated by the anticoagulation ...

HOUSTON -- (Aug. 10, 2011) -- In a biotechnological tour de force, Rice University engineering researchers this week unveiled a new method for rapidly converting simple glucose into biofuels and petrochemical substitutes. In a paper published online in Nature, Rice's team described how it reversed one of the most efficient of all metabolic pathways -- the beta oxidation cycle -- to engineer bacteria that produce biofuel at a breakneck pace. Just how fast are Rice's single-celled chemical factories? On a cell-per-cell basis, the bacteria produced the butanol, a biofuel ...

AMES, Iowa – From the kinds that people sneeze at, to the kinds that have prickly seeds that stick to pant legs, there are many different types of plants in grasslands around the world. According to a new analysis of plants in grassland ecosystems around the world, it turns out that most of those plant species are important. Brian Wilsey, associate professor, and Stanley Harpole, assistant professor, both in Iowa State University's Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, are authors of a study on plant diversity published in today's issue of the journal ...

World Data Products, Inc. recently announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN's 2011 VAR500 list, which ranks the top technology integrators in North America. Featuring the highest producing technology integrators and solution provider organizations in the IT channel, the VAR500 rankings consider earnings from hardware sales, software sales and managed IT services. World Data Products, Inc. placed 319 in the 17th annual ranking. The VAR500 is a list of the largest value-added resellers, solution providers and integrators in North America ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study by University at Buffalo sociologists has found that the portrayal of women in the popular media over the last several decades has become increasingly sexualized, even "pornified." The same is not true of the portrayal of men. These findings may be cause for concern, the researchers say, because previous research has found sexualized images of women to have far-reaching negative consequences for both men and women. Erin Hatton, PhD, and Mary Nell Trautner, PhD, assistant professors in the UB Department of Sociology, are the authors of "Equal ...

An international team of scientists has identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of an important and very debilitating neurological disease. Multiple sclerosis (MS), one of the most common neurological conditions among young adults, affects around 2.5 million individuals worldwide. It is a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, and can cause severe symptoms such as paralysis or loss of vision. Vanderbilt University Medical ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a University at Buffalo Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far. Clearly, says UB Associate Professor of Law Mark Bartholomew, the courts have taken a more liberal interpretation when it comes to celebrities suing others for the use or even the implication of their names, images or voices. This special legal privilege -- known as the "right of publicity" -- has expanded ...