Guoman Hotels' most centrally-located London hotel, Charing Cross, is undergoing a GBP2.5m transformation to its Buckingham Wing, to be named The Executive Wing. Complete with its own check-in reception desk and dedicated concierge service, the 85-bedroomed wing will become an exclusive area within the deluxe hotel. In response to feedback from Charing Cross' business and leisure travellers, each room will include black out blinds, large work stations with Wi-Fi, Hypnos beds (a brand recommended by the Queen), rain head showers and tea/coffee facilities, for the optimum ...

MyJohannesburgInfo.com has announced that the launch of the international hub site, MyDestinationInfo.com is seen as a huge boost to the local Johannesburg-based franchise. The hub site, which acts as a starting point for travellers looking for news, inspiration or in-depth travel information, is billed as a top contender on the international online travel guide market. MyDestinationInfo.com will feed traffic from around the world to the 64 online travel guides, and with carefully constructed travel articles offering contextual information on the various destinations, ...

Guoman Hotels' five star Whitehall hotel The Royal Horseguards has created an unashamedly decadent treat to challenge even the most ardent chocoholics for National Chocolate Week. The Royal Horseguards' indulgent Chocolate Afternoon Tea has been designed by the hotel's resident pastry chef Joanne Todd. Todd joined The Royal Horseguards in 2010 as a Pastry Chef after wowing the hotel with her talent and has proven herself to be imaginative, ambitious, reliable and trustworthy, showcasing an eye for detail and a passion for food, hospitality and customer satisfaction. Utilising ...

LV= has announced it has launched an app for the iPhone which is aimed at job seekers. The application features LV='s iconic green heart and includes an interactive map that highlights LV='s offices across the country. Users are able to specify a location and search for jobs that are relevant to them. Alternatively they are able to view all jobs currently available across the country. Via the app, users can find detailed job role specifications and users can email selected jobs on-to themselves or friends. There is also the opportunity to sign up to receive job alerts ...

They are well-known pioneers of space, music, business, scientific innovation, humanitarian endeavors and well-known political figures - and all have one thing in common: they have depended on their Eagle Scout training to help them lead inspiring lives and influence the world for the better. Neil Armstrong, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Fossett, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford Jr. and L. Ron Hubbard are among some of the nation's most prestigious Eagle Scouts. Scouting has been celebrated throughout this summer in its 100th anniversary, and the centennial celebration of Eagle ...

The DePuy hip implant recall has caused real concern among patients who were implanted with a metal on metal DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System or DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System. While failure rates of 12% may affect thousands of patients, doctors say that the metal toxicity from chromium and cobalt debris entering their blood stream and causing serious injury may affect all DePuy hip patients. DePuy ASR Hip Patients Prone To Metal Toxicity Although DePuy hip implant lawsuits generally allege that these medical devices where defective and that the company knew of the ...

One Heart Weddings' new site is fast becoming one of the premier resources for DIY brides - offering hundreds of printable designs and wedding sets that can be personalized and printed at home, allowing brides the opportunity to enjoy the process of creating something beautiful and unique all while saving time and money. The site and blog also has tremendous resources for brides around etiquette, wedding themes, and planning. Visit www.OneHeartWeddings.com for more information. Today's bride wants convenience, inspiration, and great resources - and doesn't want to spend ...

Intechra, the largest independent IT asset disposition (ITAD) company in the United States, today announced that it has been named a leading North America-based ITAD vendor by Gartner, Inc. According to Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for North America Information Technology Asset Disposition, a comprehensive assessment that focuses on the capabilities of U.S.- and Canadian-based vendors, Intechra is positioned in the Leaders quadrant. The Magic Quadrant, which represents Gartner's initial coverage of the ITAD industry, addresses ITAD providers that Gartner believes have ...

Englishman's Fine Furnishings, makers of high-quality, European-style antique reproduction furniture, officially announced this week its new furniture-quality, custom kitchen line in a fully expanded showroom at AmericasMart Atlanta (Building 1, 11-D 2). The new kitchen line, Englishman's Kitchens & Fine Custom Cabinetry, is part of an overall showroom expansion to include a total 9,300 square feet of display space. The former 7,500 square-feet, L-shaped showroom was augmented with an available adjacent space and remodeled into a large square that now features Englishman's ...

Rug Pad Corner, the nation's source for quality rug pads, is pleased to announce that its Ultra Premium felt and rubber rug pad was voted as best non slip rug pad by its actual customers. The results were gathered over a period of time and 99% of customers voted Ultra Premium rug pad as best non slip rug pad for the money. Many customers order Ultra Premium from Rug Pad Corner because they either have a new rug or they need to change their existing rug pad. "Many customers have had a bad experience with a non slip pad damaging their hardwood floors," states Luis, managing ...

Joel Courtney, 14, had realistic hopes. He simply wanted to spend the summer in Hollywood with his older brother Caleb (Sol, "Endurance 6: Fiji), take a few acting classes, maybe audition for a commercial or two - then return home to Moscow, Idaho. He ended up cast in a film produced by Steven Spielberg. It all started at The Playground Conservatory, a young actors studio in Century City founded by renowned acting coach Gary Spatz (New Mickey Mouse Club, Rosanne, Everybody Loves Raymond, the upcoming Judy Moody and The Not Bummer Summer). After a few classes, Joel ...

TheMVPService has partnered with some of the top vendors in the industry to bring discount pricing to resorts of all sizes. By bringing together small to medium-sized resorts and management companies, TheMVPService is able to negotiate for the type of national account pricing, shipping, and other perks usually reserved for the large, branded resorts. Upon joining TheMVPService, resort members use the company's website, www.themvpservice.com, to access dozens of vendor partners, handpicked for their ability to provide the products that resorts use most. This includes ...

Since 2008, Habitatter.com has been offering the highest quality in home decorating accessories. As a kick-off to the Holiday season, Habitatter.com is offering 20% off everything on the site for the remainder of the month. Just enter the coupon code "TwentyOctober". Greg Simerlink, owner of Habitatter.com, said, "We'd like to offer this special as a treat for our customers before the busy Holiday season. Habitatter.com will help your home look great all year 'round." In addition to the 20% off sale Habitatter.com has the following inventory clearance specials: 25% ...

LockLizard is pleased to announce Safeguard Enterprise PDF Security, its latest Digital Rights Management (DRM) software product providing PDF DRM protection to the large publisher or corporate enterprise. Safeguard Enterprise PDF Security prevents PDF copying, sharing, modifying and screenshots, controls document expiry, stops printing (or lets you control the number of prints allowed) and enforces dynamic watermarks displaying individual user details. You can track how your documents are used and instantly revoke access to them. Administrators can perform batch ...

A team of neuroscientists has discovered important new information in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the debilitating neurological disorder that afflicts more than 5.3 million Americans and is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Hey-Kyoung Lee, associate professor in the University of Maryland Department of Biology, and her research team have shown that they may be able to eliminate debilitating side effects caused by a promising Alzheimer's drug by stimulating the brain's nicotine receptors. Scientists believe that an ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are deploying an underwater robot to survey ice-covered ocean in Antarctica from October 17 through November 12. Scientists predict that the sea ice area around Antarctica will be reduced by more than 33 per cent by 2100, accelerating the collapse of ice shelves. Up to hundreds of metres thick, ice shelves are floating platforms of ice that cover almost half of Antarctica's coastline. The mission will study the effect of ice shelves on the mixing of sea water, and will provide critical data for the Antarctica 2010 Glacier ...

Legalizing marijuana in California will not dramatically reduce the drug revenues collected by Mexican drug trafficking organizations from sales to the United States, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The only scenario where legalization in California could substantially reduce the revenue of the drug trafficking organizations is if high-potency, California-produced marijuana is smuggled to other U.S. states at prices that are lower than those of current Mexican supplies, according to the study from the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. RAND is a nonprofit research ...

Since the late 1990s, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven to be a lifeline for some patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, a cruel neurological disorder that can cause lack of control over movement, poor balance and coordination, and rigidity, among other symptoms. The procedure is used only for patients whose symptoms cannot be adequately controlled with medications. A neurosurgeon uses magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography to identify the exact target within the brain where abnormal electrical nerve signals generate the disease's tremors and ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – New research suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age, according to a study published in the October 13, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can cause memory problems. Our results should encourage well-designed trials of physical exercise in older adults as a promising approach for preventing dementia and Alzheimer's disease," said study author Kirk I. Erickson, PhD, with the University ...

PHILADELPHIA (October 13, 2010) – Creamy. Gritty. Crunchy. Slimy. Oral texture perception is a major factor contributing to each person's food preferences. Now, a new study from the Monell Center reports that individuals' perception of starch texture is shaped by variability in the activity of an oral enzyme known as salivary amylase. "Differences in starch perception likely affect people's nutritional status by influencing their liking for and intake of starchy and starch-thickened foods," said study lead author Abigail Mandel, a nutritional scientist at Monell. Starch, ...

New research found that the pattern of heart dysfunction with sarin exposure in mice resembles that seen in humans. Sarin is a chemical warfare agent belonging to class of compounds called organophosphates — the basis for insecticides, herbicides and nerve agents. As an inhibitor of the nervous system enzyme acetylcholinesterase, sarin can cause convulsions, stoppage of breathing and death. Aiming to determine the delayed cardiac effects of sarin, researchers studied mice injected with sarin — at doses too low to produce visible symptoms — 10 weeks after the exposure. ...

It's not easy to wrangle fifth graders from noisy school hallways to get their blood pressure checked. But with an age-adjusted death rate due to heart disease substantially above the national average, West Virginia has a good reason to try. In CARDIAC (Coronary Artery Risk Detection In Appalachian Communities), researchers collected blood pressure data on more than 62,000 West Virginia fifth graders and found that 12,245, or 19.7 percent, fall into the 95th percentile or above for blood pressure readings, based on norms for height and gender. Those children are considered ...

Curveballs curve and fastballs go really fast, but new research suggests that no pitcher can make a curveball "break" or a fastball "rise." Led by Arthur Shapiro of American University and Zhong-Lin Lu of the University of Southern California, the researchers explain the illusion of the curveball's break in a publicly available study in the journal PLoS ONE (study available by request or post-embargo at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013296). The study comes a year after the same group won the prize for best illusion at the Vision Sciences annual meeting with ...

Oil recovery using carbon dioxide could lead to a North Sea oil bonanza worth £150 billion ($ 240 billion) – but only if the current infrastructure is enhanced now, according to a new study published today by a world-leading energy expert. A new calculation by Durham University of the net worth of the UK oil field shows that using carbon dioxide (CO2) to enhance the recovery from our existing North Sea oil fields could yield an extra three billion barrels of oil over the next 20 years. Three billion barrels of oil could power, heat and transport the UK for two years ...

Last January astronomers thought they had witnessed a fresh collision between two asteroids when images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revealed a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material. "When I saw the Hubble image I knew it was something special," says astronomer Jessica Agarwal, who works for the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. "The nucleus seemed almost detached from the dust cloud and there were intricate structures within the dust." After using Hubble to track the oddball body for five months, astronomers were ...