American's number one complaint: working too much. American's number one flaw: lack of exercise. Most of us want to relax at home and want to make our homes more relaxing, but we tend to push off home improvement projects. Lack of skill is the number one reason why most of us become frustrated and abandon home renovation and improvement tasks. Stop working around your home and save time and money by hiring professionals. The job will be done faster, headache free. Most backyards are similar to our neighbors, boring without much entertainment or reason to use the space ...

Dr. Houtan Chaboki (http://www.potomacplasticsurgery.com), a face lift surgeon near Maryland, expresses concern regarding the use of local anesthesia rather than general IV sedation during complex procedures. On the heels of recent reporting on the subject in the magazine SELF and other media outlets, Dr. Chaboki warns that "anesthesia awareness," or being conscious during surgery, can be extremely dangerous and risky. "Performing a complex procedure using only local anesthesia can pose many additional risks," says Dr. Chaboki, a Washington, DC rhinoplasty specialist. ...

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The 14th Annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Awards has named YourGardenShow.com a finalist in the 2011 Community Award category. SXSW has singled out the gardening site as one of five "social networks and wikis that have quickly developed an extraordinarily active multi-user community and an exceptional following of users." The winner will be revealed at the Interactive Awards ceremony on Tuesday evening, March 15, in Austin, Texas. YourGardenShow.com joins finalists Groupon, The Johnny Cash Project and PBS. The world's first social media platform dedicated ...

America certainly has its fair share of problems. The economy has been slow to improve and many people are still finding it difficult to find a job. A lot of our brothers and sisters are having a hard time preparing for what is up ahead. The housing market is going to take time to recover. Our military is coping with wars and conflicts around the world and our troops are being expended at a horrific rate. We have our hands and minds full at this juncture. Superior Lamp, Inc. understands the hardships that Americans are facing and have taken steps necessary to ensure ...

UK sofa and furniture retailers DesignerSofas.org.uk is proud to introduce their latest range of exclusive sofas for 2011. They have just added 20 unique styles that will not be found elsewhere on the internet, launched in 2011 the designer sofas store is located in Fife and is operated by a father and son team. Launched to cover the growing demand for online furniture shopping designersofas.org.uk features several unique styles and they have a wide variety of colours available too. Their latest additions include this lovely set of brown leather sofas, which are amongst ...

Los Angeles divorce attorney, Anne Saxton, Esq., has recently launched a new website to better serve both new and existing clients. The new website contains detailed information explaining the basics of family law in California, as well as a Resources page that provides helpful links to courts, child support calculators, and free judicial council forms specifically for the state of California. About Anne Dowden Saxton Anne Saxton received her undergraduate degree from the prestigious University of Southern California, majoring in Political Science. Even as an undergraduate, ...

East Los Angeles dentist, Michel H. Elyson, D.D.S, is providing a way for new patients to receive an examination, x-ray, and dental cleaning for only $49. Many people have made resolutions to improve the quality of their teeth in 2011 and now have the chance to make healthy teeth a reality. Keeping teeth healthy involves excellent personal hygiene combined with regular dental checkups. Teeth can appear healthy, but a thorough dental examination and x-ray can discover cavity growth and deterioration that is harmful, but treatable in the early stages. A routine dental ...

Cosmetic dentist in Beverly Hills, Dr. Kevin Sands DDS, is making Valentine's Day special for area residents. Having a white and attractive smile for this special day is now possible with a Zoom teeth whitening treatment for the reduced price of $375. Now anyone can improve the quality of their smile in a fast and effective procedure. The quest for a whiter smile is not the only treatment that is selected by someone interested in a smile improvement. The various forms of treatments performed by Beverly Hills dentist, Dr. Sands, are designed to provide accurate and safe ...

KLAS today announced its new infrastructure market research category that will provide KLAS performance ratings for infrastructure vendors. Research in the new category will begin with five market segments: communications, storage environment, computing infrastructure, nurse call and networks. KLAS began conducting research for the communications market segment in October 2010. The first infrastructure report, "Internal Wireless Voice Communication Systems: Improving Patient Care and Satisfaction by Staying Connected," is being released today during HIMSS. The report specifies ...

Starting this month, members of Congress will be looking closely at U.S. spending as they work with the White House to build the 2012 budget. One area that has come under increased scrutiny is U.S. spending on global health programs. Several groups last week announced a petition (http://www.supportglobalhealth.org/) seeking support for global health spending through the United States Global Health Initiative. Many fear that even flat spending in this area could jeopardize important programs in vaccine research and treatment. News like this highlights the important role ...

There is no argument that the real estate market in Texas is better than most of the US right now, but it can still be a tough business. It's often cut-throat, time consuming, and very stressful. Having a bit of an edge can be very helpful to a real estate or lending professional, and the partners Rising Point Solutions, LLC have found a way to do that. For those in real estate and lending, good connections mean good business. Rising Point Company President, Carl Stanley, says he has always been a believer in networking. "A few years ago we made some pretty big investments ...

The law firm of Roberts Law Group recently defended a woman accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old. Although the woman was facing six counts of statutory rape and sex offenses, Raleigh criminal defense attorney Patrick Roberts secured probation instead of a lengthy 20 to 30 year prison sentence. By quickly negotiating a plea agreement, Mr. Roberts' client spent only three months in custody while her case was pending. Although she received a sentence of five years probation and must register for the sex offender registry, Mr. Roberts' client is, however, ...

Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Galleria hotel, a premier Smyrna Georgia Hotel near Vinings, is the perfect place for travelers to stay who are planning to attend the 24th Annual Southeastern Flower Show. This year's theme is "In Tune with Blooms." It will feature live performances by instrumental and vocal musicians for an extra dimension of pleasure. The event will be held February 25-27, 2011 at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Centre. Event hours are: - Friday, February 25 from 10am - 8pm - Saturday, February 26 from 10am - 8pm - Sunday, February 27 from 10am - 6pm The ...

A wage garnishment is one of the most intimidating powers that the IRS can use in an effort to retrieve unpaid taxes from a taxpayer. Intimidating because it is immediately effective in taking money from the taxpayer and placing it in the hands of the IRS, whether it's convenient or not for the taxpayer and regardless of whether that person can afford it. Wage garnishments by the IRS and State are common when a taxpayer has not filed taxes in many years. Take John M. (Diamondbar, CA) who came to Blue Tax panicked when the Franchise Tax Board placed a bi-weekly wage ...

OpTier, the leader in Business Transaction Management (BTM) for the enterprise, today announced 85 percent annual revenue growth in 2010 through sales in new and existing market segments. The company has 50 percent of its customer base in Global 1000 companies, with many in the top 100 of that list. OpTier continues to broaden its customer portfolio, including leading U.S. insurance companies, tier-one service providers in EMEA and Asia Pacific, and financial service firms ranging in size from tens of thousands of employees to just a few hundred employees. The analyst ...

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, February, 18 2011– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a unique technology that stabilizes an otherwise unstable form of calcium carbonate. This mineral form provides significantly higher biological absorption and retention rates than other sources presently used as dietary calcium supplements. Calcium is considered to be one of the most important minerals in the human body for maintaining bone mass and coronary health. Insufficient dietary calcium intake can induce osteoporosis and poor blood-clotting. "Since most ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA. -- Storm chasers have become bat watchers. A scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects. The radar images of bats appear as distinct "blooms" of radar reflectivity and give scientists clues to their behavior, said Winifred F. Frick, a post doctoral researcher in environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. Frick, a bat expert, is working with professor Thomas ...

University of Oklahoma researchers are part of a growing cross-disciplinary collaboration that seeks to tap the potential of radar technologies to advance aeroecology—a field that integrates atmospheric science, earth science, geography, ecology, computer science, computational biology and engineering. According to Phillip Chilson, professor in the OU School of Meteorology and Atmospheric Radar Research Center, radar technologies have the potential for detecting and monitoring organisms in the aerosphere, which requires a greater understanding of biology within the radar ...

For Northwestern University's Karen Smilowitz, the term "industrial engineering" is a bit of a misnomer. It evokes the image of the engineer in a factory with a stopwatch in hand, making sure production is as efficient as possible. Surely some industrial engineers still do that. But these days, industrial engineering has grown beyond the factory and into the world of business. Others have taken it one step further -- into nonprofits. Smilowitz has co-organized a symposium, "Doing Good with Good OR: Applying Operations Research for Societal Impact," to highlight such ...

Biodiversity loss is a growing concern. Protected areas are a instrument to counteract this trend. The UN's Convention on Biological Diversity conference of the parties in Nagoya (October 2010) set stringent new targets to be reached by 2020. At least 17% of terrestrial and inland water and 10% of coastal and marine areas have to be protected. But are protected areas really protected? Are they in the right place? Where should new protected areas be located? The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), in collaboration with other partners, is helping decision-makers ...

Nanotechnology offers a range of benefits over traditional materials and enables the development of innovative applications and products. However, there are often concerns about the safety aspects and to what extent these have been investigated. High-quality measurements are the basis for reliable safety assessments, process improvement, quality control and the development of new nanotechnology applications. Until now, however, no certified benchmarks incorporating industrial nanoparticles were available. Some synthetic materials were available, but they were not fully ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Last July, President Obama adopted the recommendations of a White House task force charged with devising a policy to better manage the nation's oceans, coastlines and the Great Lakes. The National Ocean Council is now charged with developing a plan to put the ideas into practice. Two scientists at Brown University will speak about the ecological and social facets of marine management this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. Heather Leslie Sharpe Assistant Professor ...

VIDEO: In 2006 a teenager played Space Invaders with the help of an electrocorticography (ECoG) grid that used signals from the area of his motor cortex that normally controlled his right... Click here for more information. Daniel Moran has dedicated his career to developing the best brain-computer interface, or BCI, he possibly can. His motivation is simple but compelling. "My sophomore year in high school," Moran says, "a good friend and I were on the varsity baseball team. ...

Once regarded as the stuff of science fiction, antimatter—the mirror image of the ordinary matter in our observable universe—is now the focus of laboratory studies around the world. While physicists routinely produce antimatter with radioisotopes and particle colliders, cooling these antiparticles and containing them for any length of time is another story. Once antimatter comes into contact with ordinary matter it "annihilates"—or disappears in a flash of gamma radiation. Clifford Surko, a professor of physics at UC San Diego who is constructing what he hopes will ...