Preh, a leading supplier of automotive driver controls, sensors and electronic control units, is supplying the multifunction steering wheel switches for the new Audi A6. For Preh, it is the third contract from Audi for steering wheel switches, as the company already supplies the models A8 and A1. For a comfortable option selection, the steering wheel multifunction switches have a scroll switch with a confirmation push function. Additionally, gears can be selected easily with the index or middle fingers using Preh's unique switch-paddles, placed behind the steering wheel ...

Thanks to the attractive discounts and perks that are now becoming synonymous of cruise lines, a number of travelers have decided to try a cruise vacation for the first time. If you are a first timer and are confused by all the different choices of cruise lines, be sure to contact Cruise Specialists to find the best cruise line for your tastes and budgets. Gone are the days when cruise vacations were associated with retirees. Cruise lines have successfully reinvented themselves as an ideal vacation choice for people of all ages. While some cruises target young adult ...

Window World of Atlanta is excited to announce their sponsorship and exhibitor booth at the 33rd Annual Spring Atlanta Home Show this weekend, April 1st - 3rd at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The Home Show is known as Atlanta's largest, showcasing over 350 participating companies that offer over 20,000 visitors the latest home remodeling products and services. Window World's exhibit will be located at booth number 716 and will showcase their $189 Double Hung Window Special as well as all other windows, doors, and vinyl siding through product demonstrations being held Noon, ...

RAW. is hosting Bob McCauley, CNC, MH—naturalist author and lecturer—1 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at the Chicago French Market (131 N. Clinton St. Chicago; (312) 575-0306). McCauley will lecture on 'The Seven Components of Great Health—How I differ from the Rest of the Raw Food Community'. The event is no cost. About Bob McCauley, CNC, MH McCauley pursues health in the most natural way possible, considering himself to be a naturalist. Currently studying to become a Naturopathic Doctor, McCauley is a Certified Nutritional Consultant and Master Herbalist—often offering lectures ...

American Security Systems founded in1980, has continued to grow, becoming one of New York's largest independent security solutions providers. We have grown our staff by several key people recently, and would like to introduce you to them. Roger Murray has joined the American Security Systems management team as Director of Operations. Roger joins us after spending the last 9 years as Executive Vice President of a Legal Services firm. Rogers career experience includes over 18 years in the Alarm Service industry, primarily with Wells Fargo Alarms as Regional Operations ...

Boberdoo.com LLC gladly announces the release of Stork.cc application for iOS devices. Created with newly-minted parents in mind, Stork.cc will make baby birth announcements to friends and family members fast and easily. Baby birth is a happy but full of bustle and haste time. Parents are full of anxiety about the baby born and can be absent-minded with lack of time to spend on any arrangements. Stork.cc was designed to help iPhone/iPad users here. With this ready-to-use application at ones' disposal, users may not worry about announcements any longer. Stork.cc unites ...

When we suddenly get the answer to a riddle or understand the solution to a problem, we can practically feel the light bulb click on in our head. But what happens after the 'Aha!' moment? Why do the things we learn through sudden insight tend to stick in our memory? 'Much of memory research involves repetitive, rote learning,' says Kelly Ludmer, a research student in the group of Prof. Yadin Dudai of the Institute's Neurobiology Department, 'but in fact, we regularly absorb large blocks of information in the blink of an eye and remember things quite well from single events. ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed a set of propagation and production protocols that will help Indiana greenhouse growers bring a tropical plant into flower for spring sales. Roberto G. Lopez, an assistant professor of horticulture, and Arianna P. Torres, a doctoral student in agricultural economics and a former graduate student under Lopez, determined the optimal light intensity, temperature and photoperiod for Tecoma stans, a flowering shrub with yellow, trumpetlike flowers. Their findings, based on seeds and seedlings grown under varying ...

Jaclyn Nesheiwat Stapp, accomplished philanthropist, model, mentor, and spokesperson, kicks off the book tour for her first children's book, Wacky Jacky: The Story of An Unlikely Beauty Queen. Making appearances at multiple kid-friendly venues and book stores across the state, Jaclyn will participate in a live reading, book signing and princess-inspired "play time" over the coming months. By creating this book, she hopes to raise awareness of childhood bullying and teach children how they can look within to find the solution. Wacky Jacky is currently available on http://www.WackyJackyBooks.com ...

Ford Motor Company recognised its 47 top performing global partners of 2010 with the World Excellence Awards, the company's highest recognition for its suppliers across the globe. Global communications agency Imagination was among a group of only 15 who received the prestigious Gold Award this month, which recognises the very highest levels of quality, delivery and cost performance. "We made tremendous progress on the One Ford plan in 2010 and the partnership with our suppliers was absolutely critical in making that happen," said Alan Mulally, Ford president and ...

Do the principles of quantum mechanics apply to biological systems? Until now, says Prof. Ron Naaman of the Institute's Chemical Physics Department (Faculty of Chemistry), both biologists and physicists have considered quantum systems and biological molecules to be like apples and oranges. But research he conducted together with scientists in Germany, which appeared recently in Science, definitively shows that a biological molecule – DNA – can discern between quantum states known as spin. Quantum phenomena, it is generally agreed, take place in extremely tiny systems ...

Conservationists may need to change their approach to protecting animals and plants from extinction if they are to successfully shield key species and habitats from the effects of global climate change, according to a new review in the journal Science. Scientists and conservation organisations currently work out a species' extinction risk by determining how likely it is that climate change will make its habitat unsuitable. They then focus their efforts on protecting species whose location is threatened by changing temperature and rainfall. However, these are not always ...

Screening does not significantly reduce prostate cancer deaths, but the risk of overdetection and overtreatment is considerable, concludes a 20-year study published on bmj.com today. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men worldwide. Screening is widely used in many countries, but remains controversial because experts can't agree whether the benefits outweigh the potential harms and costs of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of healthy men. Today's findings are based on a trial started in Sweden in 1987 involving 9,026 men aged 50-69 years identified ...

Bluegreen Corporation a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play, today announced its resorts are the ideal place for guests attending the See the World in Branson events. Multiple Bluegreen resorts are convenient to this event, occurring this spring from April 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011. Visitors to the Branson area will love taking advantage of all these resorts have to offer, while also checking out the variety of events going on especially for See the World in Branson. Bluegreen offers numerous places to stay, close to all the action at See the World in ...

A taste of Disney magic is coming to Rapid City. Although Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck will remain in Orlando, Doug Lipp, former head of training at Disney's Corporate Headquarters, will help members of the local visitor industry discover Disney's secrets to customer service. Lipp will give a behind-the-scenes view of how the Walt Disney Company became a leader in customer service, sharing examples of Disney's successes and how they overcame customer service challenges. Attendees will leave the session with skills they can use to become leaders in their industry. "We ...

MONSTERS Unlimited announces their acclaimed family gaming app "MiX'Em" will be available as a free download in the iTunes App Store beginning April 1. The free promotion will run for a limited time before the app returns to regular price. "We wanted to give everyone - parents, kids and casual gamers - the chance to enjoy MiX'Em free of charge," said game designer Patrick Jebber. "Our goal is to get the game in the hands of as many families as possible, especially all the new iPad 2 and Verizon iPhone buyers who are just starting to explore the App Store." The MiX'Em ...

Paper or Plastic? That familiar grocery store question has once and for all be settled in Austin. Nationwide consumer markets are being tested for the expulsion of plastic bags from communities and the environment with some of the leading grocery and drug store chains eliminating the option for non-biodegradable containers. In addition to being a hazard to wildlife, plastic bags are made from petroleum, thus furthering our dependency on foreign oil. With an estimated one trillion plastic bags consumed worldwide, positive initiatives have to start somewhere, and the city ...

Aspectus PR, the leading business, energy and financial technology PR agency, today announced that it has been appointed by Milestone Group, adding to its strong financial technology practice. Milestone Group supplies highly-specialised software solutions for fund managers, custodians and life and pensions companies across Europe, the US and Australasia. The win underlines Aspectus PR's position as a leading provider of financial technology PR, and reflects its ongoing expansion in this market. "We look forward to kick-starting our global PR campaign with Aspectus PR," ...

Exposure to attractive, aggressive, female leads in films affects how men and women think about who women ought to be in the real world. Women in particular have high standards for other women, and expect them to be both stereotypically feminine and masculine i.e. beautiful and aggressive rather than beautiful and passive. That's according to new research by Laramie Taylor and Tiffany Setters, from the University of California, Davis in the US, published online in Springer's Sex Roles journal. Taylor and Setters' work looks at the impact of media representations of film ...

In recent years, bed bug infestations have become increasingly common in Swedish homes. There are two different species of bed bug that suck blood from humans – the common bed bug and the tropical bed bug. Increased foreign travel has meant that tropical bed bugs frequently accompany travellers to Sweden. A team of researchers from Lund University and Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall have now identified and quantified a type of smell that bed bugs produce, known as alarm pheromones. The researchers have studied these smells in both adult bed bugs and nymphs (immature ...

What is an individual voluntary agreement? An individual voluntary agreement or IVA is an agreement which helps people to evade bankruptcy in case they are experiencing difficulties while repaying an unsecured debt. In Scotland, this agreement is also known as protected trust deed. Individual voluntary arrangements can only be prepared by licensed insolvency practitioners who would forward your creditors a formal proposal regarding the payments. This proposal will be based on the detailed evaluation of your financial conditions and would usually outline regular monthly ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Internet security researchers at Indiana University and Microsoft Research have exploited software flaws in leading online stores that use third-party payment services PayPal, Amazon Payments and Google Checkout to receive products for free or at prices far below the advertised purchase price. The research group that included IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing Associate Professor XiaoFeng Wang and doctoral student Rui Wang, as the lead author, was able to receive electronics, DVDs, digital journal subscriptions, personal health care ...

Social Candy, Inc. announces its online subscription service, enabling companies to personalize their Facebook Fan Pages with video, graphics, custom content, integrated product catalogs and special "Fan Only" Promotions through a unique Facebook-Friendly template system. Its flexible architecture and easy-to-use interface allows businesses of all skill levels to customize Facebook Fan Page and improve their social media marketing campaigns. "We have listened to Facebook business users, and many of them don't have the technical and financial resources to embrace the ...

DURHAM, N.H. – In a paper to be published in the April 10, 2011, issue of The Astrophysical Journal, scientists on NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, including lead author Nathan Schwadron and others from the University of New Hampshire, isolate and resolve the mysterious "ribbon" of energy and particles the spacecraft discovered in the heliosphere – the huge bubble that surrounds our solar system and protects us from galactic cosmic rays. The finding, which overturns 40 years of theory, provides insight into the fundamental structure of the heliosphere, ...

Los Angeles-based Public Relations Professional Bobbi Cowan announces this week a new strategic social media collaboration with Arizona-based Kaboodle Ventures, LLC. The new alliance will provide clients with a full array of Organic SEO & Social Media made easy packages and solutions for everyone. From initial setup to ongoing Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube presence, distribute podcast feeds, promotional videos, press releases, audience development and event marketing across the Social Media landscape. Kaboodle Ventures currently reps, are a very impressive ...