The world's largest travel guide book publisher has named the Maritimes as one of its Top Ten Regions to visit in 2012, specifically referring to several distinctly Nova Scotian experiences as some of the reasons behind its decision. In Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2012, Canada's Maritime region of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island is included as one of the top ten regions to visit next year. The recognition comes on the advice of Lonely Planet's authors, guidebook team and selected members of its travel community, who considered all the region has ...

From 13-15 January 2012, The France Show, the biggest French lifestyle show in the UK, will be taking place at Earls Court exhibition centre. After the huge success of the exhibition last year, visitors will again be invited to experience the many delights of France and the French culture by over 150 exhibitors. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels operates six hotels across central London, including three hotels in Kensington, all situated within easy reach of the event and providing visitors to the show with the ideal place to stay. Guests will have the opportunity to ...

Based on 45 goods and services, Numbeo.com's cost of living survey for the beginning of 2012 was conducted by more than 23000 independent contributors who entered more than 241,000 prices. The most expensive cities (excluding rent) are Trondheim and Stavanger in Norway, followed by Zurich in Switzerland. In Numbeo's survey, New York is used as the base city for the index and scores 100 points, all cities are compared against New York and currency movements are measured against US Dollar and EURO. Tokyo (Japan) scores 135.23 points and is nearly three times as costly ...

London is a great capital city to visit throughout the year. This is the time for Christmas, and therefore, you can expect that if you come to London at this time of the year, you would surely be able to enjoy the festive moods and spirits hovering everywhere. In fact, even if, you come here for a business trip now, your mood will be in full swing with the celebration. This is the reason for which, you would find that there are many hotels throughout London that would offer you wide varieties of facilities and rewards. The exciting offers and rewards that you would get ...

Enhancing Life's memories, whether from yesterday, today or years ago! Filled with cool features, Mobion Photo Lite is the go-to app for photo lovers and story tellers alike. Tell your story and share it as you take pictures on the go! Core features include: *Shoot: Take a picture anytime and anywhere, with the swipe of a finger, only on this app! *Share: Let everyone share in your moment on Mobion, Facebook and Twitter with auto shouts *Store: Images automatically saved for ease of sharing and editing *Play: Add music, your voice, icons, filters, photo frames, ...

Web Marketing Pros announces the launch of their WRH Realty's New Website. This is just one fine example of the company's goal to make their customers money, and exactly what you can expect when you partner with the services that they have to offer. The company is dedicated to their clients and not only focused on SEO ranking, but, conversions and that all marketing needs are met by the pros, ensuring the success of each client's business. There newest launch is WRH Realty's New Website. WRH Realty is a leading multi-family property management company that provides value ...

Gustav Gauntlett, socially conscious Hip Hop playwright, New York City teaching artist, and urban gardener is definitely someone we should know. We had the chance to chat with the hip hop playwright about his most recent project Mama Nature: A Hip Hop Musical. Mama Nature: A Hip Hop Musical is Gus Gauntlett's third theatrical feature written completely in rhyme. His first production, Big Apple Turns to Cider, was performed all around New York City and at West Point Military Academy. Much Ado About Hip Hop, a modern interpretation of Shakespeare's classic, was donated ...

David Woodward, Senior Director of Biological Sciences at Allergan and Barbara Wirostko, Chief Medical Officer at Altheos will give a joint featured presentation entitled "Critical Success Factors in Approving Ophthalmic Drugs: Prostaglandins for Glaucoma/OHT as a Case Study: What Next?" at the 4th Ocular Diseases and Drug Discovery Conference taking place on February 27-28, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. The success factors for successful drug discovery may be reflected by the past and present scenario for anti-glaucoma prostanoids. The first in class, latanoprost, ...

The 13th Annual Rock 'n Retail/Web 'n Retail Children's Hospital LA Holiday CD/DVD Drive brought in over $30,000 worth of CD's and DVD's which was a 55% increase over the 2010 drive. Per Gale Rosenberg, President of Rock 'n Retail, LLC / Web 'n Retail, "This year's drive got off to a very slow start even 2 weeks after the initial announcements were emailed. So, we reached out again to all the Companies that had donated over the past years, and the donations started rolling in. With only 12 independent distributors/labels/promotion groups donating this year, we ...

Interstate Container will exhibit wax-free GREENCOAT corrugated packaging at Booth # 226 & 228 during Southeast (SE) Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference 2012. The annual event will take place from January 5 - 8, 2012 in Savannah, GA. Visitors of Interstate Container booth can gather information about GREENCOAT sustainable boxes for packing fresh produce, as well as meet with representatives Frank Bridges, National Produce Account Manager, Jeff Cormier, National Sales & Marketing Manager, and Elyse Cristos, Sales Representative. SE Regional Fruit & ...

What could be more exciting than buying your first home? For the Sharma family it is the arrival of their second child and settling into their new Manzanita Trail home in Pacific Highlands Ranch. This growing family had been on the hunt for a home since late 2009 and after a friend referred them to Pardee, they knew that Pacific Highlands Ranch was the ideal place to raise a family. "The location, between I-5 and I-15 is ideal, since my wife works in the Torrey Pines area and I work in Rancho Bernardo," said Sam Sharma. "We are right in between. Another ...

Study Shows Texting While Driving Can Drastically Reduce Reaction Time Distraction.gov -- the U.S. government's official website for distracted driving -- reports that 5,474 people were killed in distracted driving related crashes in 2009, and nearly 448,000 more were injured. There are many ways a driver might be distracted while behind the wheel, but research suggests that no distraction is more dangerous than sending or receiving a text message. Sending or receiving text messages requires visual, manual and cognitive focus from a driver, thereby making it one of ...

Emurasoft, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of EmEditor Professional version 11.0.3, the latest upgrade for the EmEditor text editing software for Windows. ZDnet called EmEditor the "world's fastest text editor" (ZDnet, 2010). EmEditor Professional is a lightweight text editor designed to balance speed of operation with robust features. The ability to work quickly and efficiently means faster, better results. EmEditor strives to provide users with the most streamlined, yet complete experience. Features such as the Large File Controller cut down load ...

Waiting Room Solutions (WRS) (www.waitingroomsolutions.com), a leading web-based Otolaryngology EMR and Practice Management System (PM) provider, announced today that Veling Tsai, MD in Alhambra, CA has chosen the Waiting Room Solutions Web-Based Otolaryngology Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management System to improve the quality of patient care and practice productivity. Veling Tsai, MD offers a wide array of patient care services. Previously, the practice used paper charts to manage its office workflow. After comparing across multiple EMR systems, he chose ...

PHILADELPHIA — Mutations in the ATM gene may increase the hereditary risk for pancreatic cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most morbid cancers, with less than 5 percent of those diagnosed with the disease surviving to five years. Approximately 10 percent of patients come from families with multiple cases of pancreatic cancer. "There was significant reason to believe this clustering was due to genetics, but we had not, to this point, been able to ...

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It's a basic rule of effective communication: Consider your audience. According to a new report published online on December 29 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that rule of thumb is not lost on wild chimpanzees. Chimps are more likely to make an alarm call about the presence of a snake when others in the group are unaware of the apparent danger they face, the new evidence shows. The findings suggest that chimpanzees keep track of the information available to other chimpanzees and make selective decisions about the messages they convey based on that understanding. ...

West Orange, NJ. December 28, 2011. The 2011 revision of the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) was published in the November 2011 issue of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. The accompanying reference article by Steven Kirshblum et al clarifies the modifications to this newest revision. Both are available for free download via http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/scm (#6, Nov 2011). ISNCSCI are the recommended guidelines for the consistent classification of the neurological level and extent of injury ...

Paradigm Gallery, a Mid-century inspired furniture company, with offices based in Ft. Myers and a clientele from around the world, announces its latest eBook. The second in a series, "Mid-Century Modern Furniture Evolution: 7 Designers Who Changed the Industry", continues Paradigm Gallery's committed response to readers' emerging appetites on the subject. This complimentary eBook is packed with design information, biography, trivia, innovation and inspiration. For those wishing to understand more or further fuel their passion of mid-century style, this eBook has ...

In Mongolia, extreme weather conditions – droughts followed by cold and snowy winters – occur at irregular intervals. However, the dzud of 2009/10 was the most extreme winter Mongolia had experienced in the past 50 years. Fifteen out of Mongolia's twenty-one provinces were declared disaster zones and over 7.8 million livestock, 17% of the national stock, are believed to have perished. Przewalski's horses have been re-introduced intto Mongolia since 1992 and there are now free-ranging populations in Hustai National Park in central Mongolia and in the Great Gobi B Strictly ...

The new design is brighter, faster and more reader-friendly. "Because of our phenomenal growth over the past year, the original site design just couldn't cut it anymore," explains site designer and Zombie Ninja Assassin Kelly Karnetsky. "We've completely revamped the site, with a new logo, new sections and generally more badassery. The content that our readers want is now easier to find, easier to experience and easier to share." FleshEatingZipper has been around for a year, and during that time the site has amassed over 2,500 comments on 1,000 articles. ...

Chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos make more sophisticated decisions than was previously thought. Great apes weigh their chances of success, based on what they know and the likelihood to succeed when guessing, according to a study of MPI researcher Daniel Haun, published on December 21 in the online journal PLoS ONE. The findings may provide insight into human decision-making as well. The authors of the study, led by Daniel Haun of the Max Planck Institutes for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen) and Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig), investigated the behaviour ...

TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 29, 2011 –More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found. Verbal abuse by patients and their friends or relatives, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) co-workers or bystanders, was the most commonly reported, followed by intimidation and physical abuse, the study found. "EMS providers can experience violence in the workplace as they perform their jobs in unpredictable environments and near people in crisis," said Blair Bigham, the lead investigator. "Anecdotal reports ...

Hollywood's most elaborate New Year's Eve Bash will be held at the world famous Kodak Theater Complex in the heart of Hollywood. The event boasts the Nation's largest Red Carpet New Year's Eve event filled with celebrities, live performances, DJ's and dancing as attendees will ring in the New Year high above Hollywood Boulevard as they take over the World Famous Hollywood & Highland Entertainment Complex including the Governors Ballroom where Hollywood's biggest stars party for the Oscars. Mario Lopez will host the red carpet and the countdown to 2012. This year's ...

Many animals produce alarm calls to predators, and do this more often when kin or mates are present than other audience members. So far, however, there has been no evidence that they take the other group members' knowledge state into account. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the University of St. Andrews, Great Britain, set up a study with wild chimpanzees in Uganda and found that chimpanzees were more likely to alarm call to a snake in the presence of unaware than in the presence of aware group members, suggesting ...