Yachting Partners International (the YPI Group) have announced that the luxury motor yacht Jasmin is now being offered for sale at the reduced price of EUR7,800,000, which represents a reduction of EUR1,600,000 from her original asking price. The sale is being handled by Will Allen and Bertrand Vogele of YPI Brokerage (YPI Group's yacht brokerage division). Launched in 2003, Jasmin is a 36.84m (120.9') explorer yacht with a groundbreaking design that promotes both passenger comfort and full efficiency. She was built by the RMK Marine Shipyard (Istanbul, Turkey) and designed ...

There are some activities or sports that the law considers to be inherently dangerous or that pose such a high risk of injury to a person that the liability of the sponsor, owner, or agent of the activity might be exempt. The person engaging in that activity must take responsibility for knowing that there is a high risk of injury. Among the more common inherently dangerous sports is downhill skiing -- gliding down icy slopes at high speeds complete with moguls, trees, rocks and dramatic changes in the terrain. Ski runs are labeled from novice to expert, and a beginning ...

Andrew Kubicek, a 29-year-old employee of Remedy Care Center Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Denver, was arrested in November for distribution of child pornography. Law enforcement officials believe that Kubicek may have been a part of a larger peer-to-peer child porn distribution network, and intended to pass the pornography to another individual in the network. The fact that Kubicek was a medical marijuana shop employee is not irrelevant. His arrest is one example of how the state of Colorado and local law enforcement agencies have increased scrutiny of the controversial ...

Federal District Judge Theresa Springmann ordered the Net Trucking Company to pay the Karpov family more than $15 million in compensatory and punitive damages for a multiple fatality crash caused by its driver. Net Trucking was found liable for allowing one of its truck drivers to drive more hours than legally allowed and for knowingly permitting the driver to alter his driving log books to cover up the violation. The Net Trucking driver that caused the crash was also under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. Plaintiff Margarita Karpov was a passenger ...

The Hampton Inn Morrow Hotel, near I-75 and Atlanta's Southlake Mall, announces a new package including 4 free tickets to the movie Rango, which opens March 4, 2011. Guests who book and stay a weekend at this Hampton Inn Morrow GA Hotel will receive a family pack of four tickets to the new animated adventure starring Johnny Depp. The movie is rated PG. The package includes admission for two adults and two children and is available now through March 6, 2011. Weekend stays are Thursdays through Sundays. Thursday arrivals require a two night minimum. The reservation must be ...

The Holiday Inn Newberry South Carolina Hotel & Suites offers convenient lodging to Newberry College alumni and fans attending the final home basketball games of the season. The local school, a coeducational liberal arts college, is only 5 miles from this Newberry SC Hotel. The men's team has four more home games on their schedule, and the women's team has three more home games. The men will play Lenoir-Rhyne on February 5. Newberry's men and women will both host Anderson on February 9, Carson-Newman on February 19, and Brevard on February 23. The Holiday Inn & Suites ...

Rodriguez MD, a new Lawrenceville clinic and bilingual Lawrenceville family practice near Gwinnett Medical Center recently announced a new cash insurance program. Their Cash Insurance Plan offers patients an affordable alternative to private medical insurance. The Rodriguez MD Cash Insurance Plan is offered at $60 per month. This allows participants to spread medical expenses over a 12-month period rather than incurring one-off expenses. Plan highlights include: - 1 full health check, including consultation, blood work, chest X-rays, and electrocardiography (EKG) - ...

Body Solutions, an Atlanta personal training and fitness studio founded by Dan McGrath, encourages clients to incorporate a healthy eating plan into all aspects of their lives, knowing that true success does not come from shutting yourself out from every situation that might tempt one to eat, such as parties or dining out. Atlanta personal trainer McGrath says, "Many people have a hard time not overindulging at parties or out with friends. It can be a major obstacle for health, fitness and especially watching your weight." Body Solutions has created a plan for success ...

Debenhams has announced the launch of a new range of underwear to wipe out muffin tops and visible panty lines (VPLs) forever.  The muffin top came was the most popular choice in a recent customer survey asking women to identify their most annoying lingerie pet-peeves.  This unsightly bulge was followed by VPLs, mismatched underwear and quad boobs - where the cup size is too small, causing breasts to bulge out from the top of the bras making women look like they have four breasts. The survey also revealed that over 75% of women want their underwear to tick every box. ...

Lowcostholidays.com, the leading holiday provider, has announced that it has selected digital marketing agency, bigmouthmedia, to launch its SEO and PPC marketing strategies for the roll out of its European sites. The travel expert, which has built a reputation for bringing new levels of online technological innovation to the holiday sector, has appointed bigmouthmedia, Europe's largest independent digital marketing agency, to spearhead its plans for rapid expansion. Responsible for establishing advanced search engine optimisation and Pay Per Click (PPC) programmes targeting ...

Ideasbynet has noted an important change in marketing strategies during the current economic downturn. While promotional gifts remain a simple and effective marketing method, companies are now choosing products which have a practical use, rather than mere novelty value. In 2010, Ideasbynet saw a steady drop in sales of promotional logobugs, fridge magnets and stress toys, and large increases in the likes of cotton shopping bags, ice scrapers and pocket diaries. 2010 also saw a threefold increase in tax disc holders, as well as large increases in sales of both branded ...

Motorsportsunplugged.com is pleased to welcome American racing icon Junior Johnson to its growing team of writers and expert contributors. "Junior's exceptional life and unique insights make his comments of great interest to racing fans across the country. We are privileged to have him offer his opinions for our Motorsportsunplugged.com visitors," said Steve Waid, senior editor. "I like what they're doing at Motorsportsunplugged.com and am happy to be a part if it." said Johnson. Johnson's articles will appear on Motorsportsunplugged.com every second Friday throughout ...

Breast augmentation in Raleigh, NC Dos and Don'ts Breast augmentation: Everything a woman needs to know about breast augmentation and breast implants is included in a new website by Dr. Michael Law a board certified plastic surgeon in Raleigh, NC. The new website, http://www.michaellawmd.com/breast-augmentation_breast_implants.html, includes a breast augmentation before and after gallery: http://www.michaellawmd.com/gallery/breastaug1.html. Breast augmentation surgery remains a top plastic surgery procedure. Raleigh plastic surgeon Michael Law introduces a comprehensive ...

Salon and Spa Galleria is now looking for qualified personal trainers who would like to own and operate their own personal training businesses without the cost of equipping a gym and renting a dedicated space. "A lot of trainers would like to open a gym but can't afford to pay the rent, buy the equipment and do all the marketing to build a following," says Ron Sturgeon, the new owner of the Grapevine Mills property where Salon and Spa Galleria is located. "A personal trainer has a lot better chance of being successful if he or she spreads the costs of the venture out ...

Following the appointment of two new staff and to celebrate its move into larger riverside premises, UK-based PR and social media agency Umpf has created a unique campaign - the UK's most lucrative Foursquare check-in. The agency's social media campaign includes a tilt-shift style film showing its office move and the special offer - a GBP1,000 (US$1,500) discount voucher. The voucher, redeemable against the agency's social media services, is available throughout 2011 for anyone who checks in to its new offices on Foursquare, and then Tweets the check in. Umpf ...

Scientists in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, have discovered a new mechanism that nerve cells (neurons) use to fine-tune their electrical output. The exciting discovery, published this week in the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience, provides new insights about how the activity of the nervous system is regulated at the cellular level. Nerve cells in our nervous system use electrical impulses to transmit signals throughout our body. One way that they do this is through the trafficking of calcium channels through to ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) and zinc oxide (ZnO) are among the most technologically relevant semiconducting materials. Gallium nitride is ubiquitous today in optoelectronic elements such as blue lasers (hence the blue-ray disc) and light-emitting-diodes (LEDs); zinc oxide also finds many uses in optoelectronics and sensors. In the past few years, though, nanostructures made of these materials have shown a plethora of potential functionalities, ranging from single-nanowire lasers and LEDs to more complex devices such as resonators and, more recently, nanogenerators that convert ...

VIDEO: A new study -- co-authored by Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson and UC-Davis researcher Mark A. Delucchi -- analyzing what is needed to convert the world's energy supplies to clean... Click here for more information. If someone told you there was a way you could save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water pollution and develop secure, reliable energy sources – nearly all with existing technology and ...

A new study provides insight into how stress impacts the brain and may help to explain why some individuals are predisposed to depression when they experience chronic stress. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 27 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals complex molecular mechanisms associated with chronic stress and may help to guide new treatment strategies for depression. "Many individuals exposed to stressful events do not show signs or symptoms of depression; however, some individuals exposed to psychological stress are predisposed to major depression," ...

A new study takes a close look at the brain of the migratory monarch butterfly to better understand how these remarkable insects use an internal compass and skylight cues to navigate from eastern North America to Mexico each fall. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 27 issue of the journal Neuron, provides key insights into how ambiguous sensory signals can be integrated in the brain to guide complex navigation. Previous research has shown that migrants use a time-compensated "sun compass" to maintain a southerly direction during flight. "In general, ...

Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, according to new research. A letter published in Nature on 27 January explains how increased melting in warmer years causes the internal drainage system of the ice sheet to 'adapt' and accommodate more melt-water, without speeding up the flow of ice toward the oceans. The findings have important implications for future assessments of global sea level rise. The Greenland ice sheet covers roughly 80% of the surface of the island and ...

Plymouth, Mich. – January 26, 2011 – Lycera Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering an innovative approach to developing novel oral medicines to treat autoimmune diseases, today announced positive data from the University of Michigan demonstrating the role of bioenergetics in selectively inhibiting pathogenic lymphocytes while preserving and enhancing the normal immune system. The findings, published online today in Science Translational Medicine, support Lycera's promising novel therapeutic approach to treating a broad spectrum of immune diseases. Cellular ...

A naturally occurring growth factor significantly boosted retention and prevented forgetting of a fear memory when injected into rats' memory circuitry during time-limited windows when memories become fragile and changeable. In the study funded by the National Institutes of Health, animals treated with insulin-like growth factor (IGF-II) excelled at remembering to avoid a location where they had previously experienced a mild shock. "To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of potent memory enhancement via a naturally occurring factor that readily passes through ...

VIDEO: Researchers led by Washington University in St. Louis have decoded the DNA of 11 orangutans. An analysis of their genomes reveals intriguing clues about the evolution of great apes, including... Click here for more information. Among great apes, orangutans are humans' most distant cousins. These tree dwellers sport a coat of fine reddish hair and have long been endangered in their native habitats in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia. Now, ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Astronomers studying ultra-deep imaging data from the Hubble Space Telescope have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away. The study pushed the limits of Hubble's capabilities, extending its reach back to about 480 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just 4 percent of its current age. "We're getting back very close to the first galaxies, which we think formed around 200 to 300 million years after the Big Bang," said Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University ...