June 2011 will see the release of a new series of self study IELTS books from HarperCollins. Each of the four books targets one of the four IELTS papers, listening, reading, writing and speaking, and provides a variety of exercises and exam practice designed specifically to improve students' scores. The great thing about the series is that students can target their weak areas in the test because each book focuses on one skill. The Collins Listening for IELTS book of the series has been written by Fiona Aish and Jo Tomlinson from Target English. The book is topic based ...

Thousands of dental professionals from around the world gathered in Atlanta last week at the 99th Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting. The Raven Maria Blanco Foundation (RMBF) was among the attendees and grateful to take this opportunity to donate an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to Christina's Smile in honor of David Liddell, a 5 year-old Atlanta resident who passed away July 9th of 2010. Danielle Brandon-Stewart, David's mother, was present for the awarding that occurred out front of the 48 foot trailer that Christina's Smile uses to travel the country, providing ...

Homes for Sale in Farmington Hills MI owner Darrick Scruggs called a meeting with his staff this week to find ways to improve customer service. Scruggs knows a lot about Farmington Hills. He has lived in the city for many years. His daughter attends Farmington Public Schools. He owned a couple of businesses in town. So he knows plenty about the local Detroit Area suburb, and he knows how great it is. However, he recognized that he needs to find ways to help his staff see the value for people to buy homes for sale in Farmington Hills MI. The town has a lot to offer, ...

Before he was an "American Idol" hopeful, Scotty McCreery was a typical Garner teen who loved baseball, music and hanging out with his "Blue Crew" buddies while rooting for the Garner Trojans. Although Scotty's star is rising in the music field, he hasn't forgotten the Blue Crew and they certainly haven't forgotten him. Earlier this season, he gave a shout out to them on "American Idol" and the Crew - which includes James Booth, Kyle Wiggins, Kyle Tobin and Colin Perry - subsequently flew out to Hollywood and cheered on Scotty from the audience. Proud of the exposure ...

The templated, or out-of-the-box, website is the mad lib of e-commerce web design: just insert logo, photos, and text, and you've got a fully functional web site for a few thousand dollars. Sounds great doesn't it? Polar Design (www.PolarDesign.com) is an experienced e-commerce design and marketing agency that has untangled a number of puzzling e-commerce situations. As documented in its recent case study (http://doiop.com/MarbleCaseStudy), e-commerce strategies that depend on out of the box answers may be attractive in cost but are unlikely to provide results. The ...

Sometimes you will see a grand, beautiful landscape, rich in color and detail. You want to capture the moment so you pull out your digital camera and take a shot. However, once you are home and look at that photo on your computer's monitor, you are very disappointed. What happened to the lively, bright colors, the details in the shadows and the expressive sky? No digital camera, no matter the quality, can reproduce what the human eye can see. In fact, the human eye can perceive 100 million colors and shades at a time, while a camera can distinguish only between 16,8 million ...

For the second straight year, NAFA's Institute & Expo features three Keynote Speakers who have all figured prominently in the news recently, adding to the already high excitement for the event. The annual conference of fleet managers and fleet professionals, which is flying high with record registrations, will likely be standing room only when these three Keynote Speakers take to the podium in Charlotte April 9-12. Sunday, April 10 -- Shane Terblanche, Vice President & General Manager, Navistar Electric Vehicles Within President Obama's call for a one-third cut in oil ...

The Seattle, Washington band Edison Orange named their band as such in honor of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph and basically responsible on how we record music today. Mr. Edison also had a penchant for crafted noise pop. And that's what Edison Orange is all about: a group of eclectic, collaborative individuals who love to create noise pop that they prolifetate through the streets of post-grunge-identity-crisis Seattle. Edison Orange caters to the 'hipstnerds' (like themselves) who loves melding guitars, organs, megaphones, and tambourines! The band is: ...

While other comics are busy knocking on doors asking for work, award-winning comedian Don Barnhart is making his own opportunities and creating work for himself and fellow comedians large and small. From producing and performing comedy shows for the troops around the world to headlining the top comedy clubs across the country, Barnhart is now starring in his own show nightly in Las Vegas, NV. The Don Barnhart Comedy Show opens at The Star Theater (Formerly The Debbie Reynolds Theater) at The Clarion Hotel (Formerly Greek Isles) April 12, 2011 providing laughter every ...

Studio Pepwuper (pronounced Pep-Wu-Per) releases "Three Trees", an environmental puzzle game for the whole family, today on the Apple App Store for $0.99. In "Three Trees", players need to balance the three forces of nature, Water, Air, and the Sun, by swiping them across the screen. The elements counter each other out, so the goal is to keep them in equilibrium! How it Works: - Water (rain) helps the trees to grow and gets rid of dry land. But let it rain too much and the player will have excess water on the land. - Sun reduces this excess water on the land, but ...

Creative association Dzyga and Ukrainian hotel chain Reikartz Hotels & Resorts present the 9th International Ethno & Jazz Festival "Flugery Lvova with Reikartz". The festival continues the series of cultural events in Lviv held with support of Reikartz Hotels & Resorts. This year "Flugery Lvova with Reikartz", already a musical trademark of Lviv, will be held from April 30th to May 2nd. All the festival concerts except for famous Waking up with the Mertvyi Piven Show are free for every visitor. The scene of the festival will traditionally have its unique location ...

Follow the Cover 4 Fleet Insurance simple instructions outlined here to increase the safety awareness amongst the fleet drivers and management. Although the Heightened Awareness Driving (H.A.D.) has been developed by this UK fleet insurance company, it is not for insurance purposes, but to help you strengthen the fleet risk management and safety policies. Making Your Heightened Awareness Driving Fleet Policy The Health and Safety Executives guidelines are that in every organisation that employs six people or more should possess a written policy regarding safety when ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that two of its group companies—International Marine Transport Co., Ltd. and MOL Tankship Management Ltd. - have agreed to merge effective April 1, 2011, and continue and expand their business as MOL Ocean Expert Co., Ltd. The merger plan was approved by the shareholders' meetings of both companies. The details are as follows: 1. Outline of new company Name: MOL Ocean Expert Co., Ltd. Address: 2-1-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Paid-in-capital: 100 million President: Hiroki Kasai No. of employees: ...

This March 'The Webinar Vet' celebrates its first year of delivering high quality CPD,with an incredible 6000 delegates attending the company's webinars in the last 12 months. And to encourage even more to sample the delights of webinars, The Webinar Vet is offering 100 vets the opportunity to sign up to Individual Gold membership at a saving of GBP50* a month. The company was founded by vet Anthony Chadwick last year, as a remedy to late nights spent trying to fulfill his CPD requirement at the end of a tiring day in practice, "It's been just great to find out that ...

eSilverBullet, Inc., a Utah-based technology company that helps companies succeed in eCommerce, announced today it had acquired Magniphy, a platform used for building web sites. Magniphy is a software tool that eliminates the complexity of creating an online store front. It provides a simple interface for choosing a domain name, picking a website template, uploading products and using an integrated shopping cart with merchant account. It allows individuals and budding businesses to grow an idea into a fully functioning online storefront in minutes or hours, rather than ...

In the Rochester NY area, residents who want straight teeth and a fuller, more beautiful smile without the awkward look and discomfort of traditional braces no longer have to settle for metal brackets or clear aligners. Get-It-Straight Orthodontics with three locations in Pittsford NY, Rochester NY, and Macedon NY in Gananda, is now offering DAMON CLEAR, a virtually invisible braces system that delivers fast, comfortable treatment without the "metal mouth" look to accommodate today's image-conscious adults and teens. Traditional braces require elastic ties to hold wires ...

The Glenn family is happily settled into their second new home at Pacific Highlands Ranch with the recent purchase of Plan 4 home at Manzanita Trail. This former Scripps Ranch family made the move to the coastal-close master planned community several years ago where they bought at Pardee Homes' Portico. As their needs grew, and their two sons did too, they were ready for a move to Manzanita Trail, also built by Pardee Homes. "We wanted a bigger house and a yard, so we were first on the waiting list when Manzanita Trail opened for sale two years ago," said Annie Glenn, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting continues to be a showcase for the most cutting edge science in cancer, and this year's meeting, held here April 2-6, will include an increased focus on clinical trials that will impact patient care. Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., physician-in-chief and distinguished professor at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and chief scientific officer at Scottsdale Healthcare and U.S. Oncology Research, will host a press conference on Saturday, April ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new hedgehog pathway inhibitor demonstrated efficacy in preventing and treating basal cell cancer among patients with basal cell nevus syndrome, a rare inheritable disease, according to Phase II data presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6. In 1996, Ervin Epstein Jr., M.D., senior scientist at Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute, and colleagues identified the site of the mutation that causes basal cell nevus syndrome: the PTCH gene, which encodes a primary inhibitor of the hedgehog signaling pathway. This pathway ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Scientists are continuing their work on the Biomarker-integrated Approaches of Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer Elimination trial — known more commonly as the BATTLE trial — and presented updated results at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6. John Heymach, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of thoracic, head and neck medical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, said this update details the "discovery phase" of the ongoing program. "Last year, we presented results on pre-specified markers to determine how ...

Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL held its 14th annual scholarship fundraiser event, "An Evening at the Avant-Garde: Once Upon a Time," on Saturday, March 26, 2011. As a major sponsor of this year's event, Park West Gallery, now in its 42nd year as a leading fine art gallery, will help "make dreams come true" for Ringling students through its generous contribution to the school. Park West Gallery is fulfilling its mission to promote art enrichment by providing Ringling with artwork for their Avant-Garde fundraiser. An eclectic mix of works by renowned ...

Sainsbury's Travel Money today launches an online service that will allow customers to 'click and collect' their holiday money. The 0% commission on foreign currency, which offers competitive exchange rates, will give customers the choice of having their money delivered to home or collecting it from one of the 117 Sainsbury's Travel Money bureaux across the UK. Sainsbury's shoppers who use the online Travel Money service will also benefit from an introductory offer of 1,000 Nectar points for every GBP500 of foreign currency they purchase. Furthermore, customers who choose ...

The IVA Advisory Centre has encouraged struggling consumers to take advantage of the wide range of help available if they feel mounting bills are affecting their ability to keep up with their other essential costs. The comments come in response to a spate of price rises for consumers in recent months. Towards the end of last year, many saw their energy bills increase sharply - with further increases anticipated for this year by some analysts - and at the end of February, water industry regulator Ofwat announced that water bills would increase by an average of 4.6% from ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The combination of two compounds that inhibit two of the most frequently mutated cancer pathways is showing promise in an ongoing Phase I trial, according to data presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6. The research, presented by Johanna Bendell, M.D., tests a combination of GDC-0973, which inhibits MEK1/2 and GDC-0941, which inhibits PI3K. Bendell, director of Gastrointestinal Oncology Research and associate director of the drug development unit at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville, said the RAS/RAF/MEK and ...

Many of the world's top tennis players will head to Spain for the Mutua Madrid Open, which begins on Friday April 29th. The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event is due to run until Sunday May 8th at the Spanish capital's new Caja Magica stadium, also known as the Magic Box. As the world's highest ranking tennis competition below the Grand Slams, the Masters Series is known for exciting events in which the sport's finest players can battle to become world number one. The Mutua Madrid Open has been going as a men's tournament since 1990, but received a major overhaul ...