The makers of Nashua Tape Products, a leading manufacturer of commercial and residential HVAC products for more than 50 years, are pleased to introduce a complete kit for insulating both indoor and outdoor pipes - just in time for winterization projects. The convenient kit includes user-friendly materials needed to wrap and insulate both hot and cold pipes measuring between 1" to 6" in diameter. The insulation material has been designed to accommodate a variation in pipe diameter allowing users to maximize the insulation with less waste. "Improving the ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A team of over 250 researchers from more than 20 countries have discovered that common genetic variations contribute to a person's risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The study of more than 50,000 adults ages 18 and older provides new molecular evidence that 11 DNA regions in the human genome have strong association with these diseases, including six regions not previously observed. The researchers also found that many of these DNA variants contribute to both diseases. The findings, reported by the Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study ...

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When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have sought a solution in the form of spuds with genetic resistance to the worms, with special attention focused on two wild potatoes from Chile and Bolivia: Solanum berthaultii and S. etuberosum. Previous studies showed that the wild potatoes resisted Colorado potato beetles and green peach aphids, two very different pests. Given this broadspread resistance, ...

Clarity Services, an industry leader in subprime and under banked consumer data reporting, is proud to announce and welcome Mike Cook as its new company vice president. Cook has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years, and brings extensive experience in fraud and credit risk management across several markets including retail banking, credit card, retail lending, auto lending and wireless. "We are excited to have Mike become a part of our team," said Tim Ranney, founder and president of Clarity Services. "Mike's experience and market ...

Genes essential to producing the developmental differences displayed by social insects evolve more rapidly than genes governing other aspects of organismal function, a new study has found. All species of life are able to develop in different ways by varying the genes they express, ultimately becoming different shapes, sizes, colors and sexes. This plasticity permits organisms to operate successfully in their environments. A new study of the genomes of social insects provides insight into the evolution of the genes involved in this developmental plasticity. The study, ...

Clarity Services, an industry leader in subprime, thin file, and under banked consumer data reporting, welcomes Michelle Wheeler as its new company vice president of business development. "I am delighted to join Clarity and have the ability to support the communications and prime banking markets in expanding their reach into a consumer population for which visibility has not always been available," said Wheeler. As a respected telecom industry expert with over 25 years of experience in the communications market, Wheeler has now brought her notable specialty ...

October 14th and 15th, international pop superstar Katy Perry will be taking to London's O2 Arena for a show that promises to be her most spectacular to date, with a massive stage production and elaborate visual effects. During the week of the show, top London hotels website LondonTown.com are offering discounted rates on hotels near to the O2 Arena. Katy Perry burst onto the music scene with her international smash hit 'I Kissed A Girl' in 2008, and has gone on to become one of the most successful pop acts in the world. In 2010 she became the first female artist ...

On October 2 and 3rd the Workforce Diversity Network will present more than 20 of the nation's top workforce diversity experts at its seventh major conference, The Power of Inclusion, in Rochester, NY. The conference will be held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The Workforce Diversity Network (WDN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to professional development, understanding, promotion and management of diversity as an essential part of business success. "To be competitive today, it is essential to attract, engage and retain people from every ...

PeerAssist LLC, a leading developer of tailored construction management software solutions, today announced that its customer, California Drywall Co., was a recipient of Constructech magazine's 2011 Gold Vision Award in the Drywall/Plaster subcontractor category with PeerAssist recognized as the technology enabler for the company. This is the second consecutive Gold Vision award for both PeerAssist and California Drywall. The Constructech Vision Awards honor innovative companies that have realized the advantages of applying innovative technologies to their everyday businesses ...

Gold Rush Fine Jewelry is sponsoring the "Fairbanks Opal Extravaganza", an annual opal show that features natural opals directly from the Australian miner to the public on Sept. 23rd and 24th. This opal show is the largest showing of loose opals ever viewed in Fairbanks, Alaska. For those who love the most exquisite opals, it is always well worth the trip. A very large selection of opal rings, pendants, earrings, and other breath-taking opal jewelry pieces will also be on exhibit for the crowds to enjoy. The show will provide customers an opportunity to not only ...

There is a common misconception that braces are only for teenagers. As a result, many adults who did not have corrective orthodontic treatment as teens have resigned themselves to living with malocclusions, unsightly gaps, and a less-than-attractive smile. The fact of the matter is that it is never too late for a patient to seek orthodontic treatment, and braces are no longer just for kids. A surprising 25% of orthodontic patients are adults. According to Baton Rouge and Denham Springs LA orthodontist Dr. Joseph Porter of Porter Orthodontics, many adults patients assume ...

Cruising and Racing Sailmakers from New London CT, Kevin Farrar started as an apprentice sailmaker working at Van Zandt Sails making top one-design sails for competitive classes including 505's, 470's, 420's, interclub Dinghy's, Penquins and Thistles to owning his own loft (mid 70's), Kevin Farrar has produced sails for one-designs, windsurfers, larger boats, and racing boats. In 1998 Farrar Sails made the jump to AutoCad software and invested in a Gerber Scientific Sail Cutting table. Another sail design change happened in 2010 with the addition of Azure Project software ...

Dr. Lewis Ziska will discuss his research on crop systems and global change on The Organic View Radio Show (www.theorganicview.com) with host, June Stoyer, on September 14, 2011 at 4p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Dr. Ziska is a Plant Physiologist with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland. After graduating from the University of California, Davis, he began his career as a Smithsonian fellow, and then took up residence as the Project Leader for global climate change at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines before joining USDA. ...

topseos.com, the independent authority on search vendors, has released their list of the best link building service providers for the month of September 2011. Included in the list of the top link building companies is Blurbpoint, an online marketing company based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Blurbpoint was listed in the rankings based on their performance in an evaluation of their company's link building services, customer satisfaction, and business practices. Blurbpoint offers link building services in a variety of packages which aim to provide users with the right depth ...

Golden Gate Fields continues to successfully bring together horse racing and concerts in San Francisco, making a trip to the race track one of the most exciting San Francisco events to do this weekend. Soft rock band Mustache Harbor is known for their versions of classic hits from the 70s and 80s. They'll take the stage at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday, Sept. 18 as part of Golden Gate Fields' ongoing summer concert series. These series of concerts in San Francisco are only part of a huge Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. When sports fans think of Sunday their mind goes ...

Amhurst Asylum promises to be the best haunted house in Indiana, providing scares for all in one of the largest haunted houses in the area. Amhurst Asylum isn't your ordinary Indiana haunted house! Police shut down the Amhurst Psychiatric Hospital over forty years ago, having found the remains of over two dozen patients, all victims of organ harvesting, some of whom were still alive via life support. Unethical and questionable experiments abound in the old hospital, all conducted by the hospital's founder, Dr. John Amhurst. Townspeople were horrified, and Dr. Amhurst ...

BedBug Chasers equipment and services will enable Delsea to offer heat treatments at prices that match those of traditional chemical treatments. More importantly, Delsea will be able to complete bed bug treatments much quicker than other heat treatments. Garry Milsom, President of Delsea and also President of the New Jersey Pest Management Association (NJPMA) had this to say, "We are very skeptical about anyone in this business that says 'they have the next greatest thing' so we had to use BedBug Chasers on real world jobs to see if their claims held up. Their heaters ...

Printinghost be presenting a great deal on printing customized bumper stickers, two of their talk about this new opportunity are specially a deal to serve the small businesses, as they are offering 15% discount on printing custom stickers, business folders, full color posters, promotional banners and office stationery. With their hottest discount offer you have opportunity to define what you want to add on your car bumpers, and place your order to print customized bumper stickers just to increase your outcome with these hottest promotional tools. Custom stickers can define ...

"The Volkswagen touch screen integration kit allows VW owners with the RCD510 non navigation radio the ability to add a robust navigation system and a fully interactive touchscreen without replacing the factory radio," stated Dennis Hopper, Vice President of Sales. "With the second generation Prodigy One system as the base platform, VW owners can easily upgrade their current radio and add on many of the Directus plugin features including the popular rear camera display system." The VW RCD510 kit is currently available from Directus, distributed by ...

SERP Solutions, an Internet Marketing Company in Atlanta, GA, has just launched a new Online Mobile Marketing platform targeting the small to medium business market. While large national chains and web based businesses spend millions of dollars a day on marketing, the small business owner is finding it harder to compete. "Mobile levels the playing field!" says owner David Lloyd. "Everyone is on the go and everyone has phones that support SMS. Our Mobile Marketing platform allows the SMB to compete using text messaging, 2d bar codes, mobile web sites, and ...

Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA, PROTECTA and UNILINE brands of fall protection equipment, has announced the launch of a new range of Rebel Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRL's). The new Rebel SRL range from PROTECTA, which offers fall protection equipment at an exceptional value, features an ultra-durable product design, increased weight capacity, high-tech safety features and more product options to meet specific customer needs. Rebel SRLs feature a top-of-class weight capacity, with the ability to accommodate up to 140 kilograms, and a sturdy, robust design to ensure ...

At the age of 25, obviously a woman of extremely diverse talents, Tina Guo has already developed a fascinating international multi-faceted performing career as a solo classical cellist, rock/metal/fusion electric cellist, and acclaimed recording artist known for her distinctive sound and improvisatory style. Her talent has not gone un-noticed as she will be a featured player on the electric and acoustic cellos, as well as the chinese instrument erhu in Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson "The Immortal" World Tour, an international all-arena tour that begins ...

Preh, Inc. officially opened its second manufacturing facility late last month in Monterrey, Mexico, according to Preh North American President Nick Lontscharitsch. The plant represents a $10 million investment in furthering Preh's global production capabilities. At the grand opening ceremony company officials announced the beginning of production operations in the new plant that has 90,000 square feet of additional manufacturing space. In his remarks before the gathering, Dr. Michael Roesnick, president and CEO of Preh GmbH, said, "Our decision to build a second ...

Teens Find Fake IDs Online Thanks to the Internet teens now acquire fake IDs in the comfort of their own rooms. For a small fee they can order one made for them online. They can even download software that, with the proper hardware, allows them to make them and sell them to others. In New York, police recently shut down a major fake ID operation run by an 18 year-old. Some fake ID sites turn cash-deficient teens into co-conspirators. Such exploitive sites make soliciting clients sound no more criminal than just getting a fake ID. They entice teens with money, labeling ...