Take in an age-old London tradition by cheering on the competitors in the Head of the River Race (HORR) next month. The challenge will take place on April 2nd this year and see about 400 crews from Britain and abroad rowing furiously to be crowned winners. Crews of eight start off at Mortlake Stone and make their way along the Thames for 4.25 miles to Putney. The race was first conceived in 1926 as a way for rowers to practise for summer regattas, but has since turned into a celebrated tradition attended by huge cheering crowds and entrants from all over the world. Anyone ...

With the 2011 Men's NCAA College Basketball Tournament otherwise known as March Madness starting next week, Fantazzle Fantasy Sports Games and Steiner Sports Gifts and Collectibles are proud to announce a partnership to present the Free March Madness Fantasy College Basketball Bracket Game. The 2011 Free March Madness Bracket Game presented by Steiner Sports may be the only March Madness bracket contest of its kind. Not only will there be free prizes for the overall winners, but what makes this contest unique are the free prizes rewarded after every round of the 2011 ...

Be the talk of the town by looking hot and fashionable everywhere you go with handcrafted handmade crystal rosary bead necklaces! JerseyShoreRosaryBeads.com is proud to announce the launch of its exquisite Jersey Shore Rosary Bead Necklace collection as seen on the hit show The Jersey Shore. It really doesn't matter who your favorite character is on the show The Jersey Shore, whether it be JWOWW, DJ Pauly D, Ronnie, Mike The Situation, Snookie, Vinny or Deana - you will look like the star that you are as you strut your custom made and handcrafted crystal rosary beads ...

General and family dentist in Carlsbad and Oceanside, Dr. Gregory Staffon, is pleased to announce the creation of Facebook and Twitter accounts for his practice in order to stay connected with existing and potential patients. With the introduction of these social media channels, patients can now access more personalized information, as well as learn more about other patient's experiences with this Oceanside dentist. "Patients are using the Internet for everything these days, including sharing information and interacting with other patients on social media websites. Building ...

Dr. Jeffrey Penfil, a West Chester, PA dentist, has unveiled his new, comprehensive practice website. The recently developed website was designed to improve practice-to-patient communication as well as keep patients informed about their dental health. The new website for this West Chester laser dentist encompasses a wide range of valuable information about the practice and oral health. From service descriptions and online appointment requesting to office directions and new patient forms, patients can always count on having access to the resources they need to make informed ...

Premier dentist in Richmond, Dr. Robert Steadman, is pleased to invite patients to visit his practice's patient-friendly website for enhanced dental health care information beyond the office. The educational website was created to enhance the dental experience for patients of this family dentist in Richmond. The new website for this cosmetic dentist in Richmond is functioning as the go-between for the practice and the patients. Patients can visit the practice's website to schedule an appointment, view staff bios, download new patient forms and read up on dental services ...

Premier dentist in Brookfield, Dr. Edward Buchanan, continues to receive outstanding reviews on leading review site, Angie's List. Patients can subscribe to Angie's List to view and write reviews for Dr. Buchanan. According to an MSNBC review, Angie's List is "the behemoth of online review sites." The subscription-based website collects consumer reviews on businesses - everybody from contractors to house cleaners to primary care physicians. Whether consumers are moving to a new city, buying a new home, or just need to find a dentist in Brookfield, WI, and don't know ...

The Royal Mint is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Mary Rose's launch in Portsmouth in 1511 by issuing a GBP2 coin depicting the famous English warship, part of King Henry VIII's Tudor battle fleet. This limited edition GBP2 coin will enter circulation this year, finding its way into the nation's change up and down the country. Not only is the GBP2 Mary Rose coin entering circulation but special commemorative versions have also been struck in the precious metals Gold and Silver. Created in strictly limited numbers, these coins are finished to a higher quality ...

House of Fraser has announced the launch of Label Lab Menswear, a new and exclusive menswear range. With a sense of faded grandeur, Label Lab is heavily inspired by the offbeat style of London's East End. Integral to the brand is a commitment to design and individuality, aiming to appeal to musicians, artists and free thinkers alike. The urban casualwear men's clothing collection features lived-in leather shirts, biker jackets and work-wear inspired denim. Ticking striped shirts in heavy woven cotton, distressed raw-edged jersey, and the obligatory printed t-shirt ...

Tracesmart, the Cardiff-based consumer intelligence specialist, has announced the recent appointment of a Client Relationship Manager. After considerable growth within the life and pensions sector, Tracesmart promoted Catherine Dunn to this recently created position. Dunn, who has been with Tracesmart for two years, has brought a wealth of experience within the financial services industry to the company, which has given her a good grounding in the compliant nature of the life and pensions sector. Tracesmart's online solutions - Cleanse, Trace, Existence and ID - ...

Stena Line has confirmed the addition of two new Superfast ferries on its service between Scotland and Northern Ireland in Autumn 2011 to coincide with the opening of its new GBP80m Loch Ryan Port at Cairnryan. Sister ships Superfast VII and Superfast VIII will replace the HSS Stena Voyager, Stena Caledonia and Stena Navigator, which currently operate on the ferry crossings between the two countries. The Superfast ferries the biggest ships ever to operate on the Scotland-Northern Ireland route, will cater for both passenger and freight traffic. Each ship can carry ...

Web Perspectives, a leading online surveys website, has revealed that respondents of its poll are resolved to making 2011 a healthier year than 2010. The answers to a recent survey asking the question, "What are your New Year's resolutions?" showed that a good proportion of Canadian respondents (18%) wanted to save money. However, many more are determined to get fit and healthy: 22% will try to lose weight, 10% are determined to stop smoking and 21% are set on doing more exercise. Only 7% had a New Year's resolutions that didn't fit any of these categories. The paid ...

Playpokeronline.com, a popular online poker information portal, is now on Facebook. Poker players who want to stay in touch with the latest updates regarding the poker bonuses can visit the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/playpokeronlinecom and click on "Like" button to become a member. Playpokeronline.com provides the latest online poker bonuses as well as unbiased poker room reviews to help the players play poker online for real money. New poker players can get the top poker bonus deals from the popular online poker rooms using the poker bonus codes from the ...

Solar Solution LLC is proud to announce that it will begin to offer its services to residents and commercial customers in the state of Maryland. Solar Solution LLC has seen a strong demand from customers who are interested in becoming greener in the Maryland market over the past year. Solar Solution LLC, a DC-based company has been able to become a dominant player in the solar industry by having over 1 Megawatt of solar contracts for DC customers in the year 2010. With its aggressive pricing, innovative designs, and excellent customer service, Solar Solution has been ...

The game for iPhone and iPad that is based on a popular Russian TV show has taken App Store in Russia by storm in December last year. inReverse Party Game held the top spot across all applications on the App Store in Russia for more than a week, and it also has conquered Music and Family categories in many other countries. The idea of the game is simple, but it is proven to entertain at parties of any size. One player records a short a cappella fragment of any song that comes to mind. The second player then has to repeat the reversed version of that song by recording ...

Nearly half (47 percent) of all consumers believe detailed product information is a critical factor of an ecommerce website in driving them to make a purchase, according to Stibo Systems, the independent market leader in master data management. The findings, which feature in a new Stibo Systems' report launched today entitled 'The Devil is in the Details', highlight that while consumers are crying out for more detailed product information, they still believe more could be done by companies to achieve this. 30 percent of consumers feel that more detailed product information ...

LA JOLLA, CA – March 9, 2011 – For Immediate Release – Scientific advances at The Scripps Research Institute were key to laying the foundation for the new drug Benlysta® (belimumab), approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Benlysta®, which treats the most common type of lupus, is the first in a new class of pharmaceuticals that prevents the body from attacking its own critical tissues. "I am deeply gratified that our scientific findings have proven so valuable to drug discovery," said Richard A. Lerner, MD, president of Scripps Research. "This development ...

Over 50 percent of the population in the United States and over 60 percent in the world live in coastal areas. Rapidly growing human populations near the ocean have massively altered coastal water ecosystems. One of the most extensive human stressors is the discharge of chemicals and pollutants into the ocean. In the Southern California Bight, more than 60 sewage and urban runoff sources discharge over 1 billion gallons of liquid on a dry day with the two largest sources of contaminants being sewage from municipal treatment plants and urban runoff from highly modified ...

Preserving an intact population of weed-eating fish may be vital to saving the world's coral reefs from being engulfed by weed as human and climate impacts grow. A new study by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has found weed-eaters like parrotfish and surgeonfish can only keep coral reefs clear of weed up to a point. After the weeds reach a certain density, they take over entirely and the coral is lost. For some years researchers have pinned their hopes on the ability of weed-eating fish to keep the weeds at bay while the corals recover ...

During a special airborne mission to study the air-quality impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill last June, NOAA researchers discovered an important new mechanism by which air pollution particles form. Although predicted four years ago, this discovery now confirms the importance of this pollution mechanism and could change the way urban air quality is understood and predicted. The NOAA-led team showed that although the lightest compounds in the oil evaporated within hours, it was the heavier compounds, which took longer to evaporate, that contributed most to ...

PHILADELPHIA - The liver normally makes and stores fat, which is required in moderation for normal body function. However, if the process goes awry, excess fat in the liver can cause major liver damage. In fact, fatty liver is a leading cause of liver failure in the United States, and is often brought on by obesity and diabetes. In turn, the increasing prevalence of these diseases has brought with it an epidemic of liver disease. Abnormal sleep patterns, such as those of shift-workers, can be risk factors for obesity and diabetes. Investigators have known for decades ...

Durham, NC — Humans aren't the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns. For a long time it was thought that humans, with our relatively long life spans and access to modern medicine, aged more slowly than other animals. Early comparisons with rats, mice, and other short-lived creatures confirmed the hunch. But now, the first-ever multi-species comparison of human aging patterns with those in chimps, gorillas, and other primates suggests the pace of human aging may not be so unique after all. The findings appear in the March 11 issue ...

TEMPE, Ariz. – One of the most complex human mysteries involves how and why we became an outlier species in terms of biological success. Research findings published in the March 11 edition of the journal Science by an international team of noted anthropologists, including several from Arizona State University, who study hunter-gatherer societies, are informing the issue by suggesting that human ancestral social structure may be the root of cumulative culture and cooperation and, ultimately, human uniqueness. Because humans lived as hunter-gatherers for 95 percent of ...

A light-sensing receptor that's packed inside the eye's photoreceptor cells has an altogether surprising role in cells elsewhere in the body, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered. Using fruit flies, they showed that this protein, called rhodopsin, also is critical for sensing temperature. A report on the work appears March 11 in Science. "For decades, this well-known molecule — one of the most-studied sensory receptors — was thought to function exclusively in the eye as a light receptor, but now we have found that fly larvae and possibly other organisms use it ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Humans aren't the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns. For a long time it was thought that humans, with our relatively long life spans and access to modern medicine, aged more slowly than other animals. Early comparisons with rats, mice, and other short-lived creatures confirmed the hunch. But now, the first-ever multi-species comparison of human aging patterns with those in chimps, gorillas, and other primates suggests the pace of human aging may not be so unique after all. The findings appear in the March 11 ...