Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located near Dunwoody, GA, offers convenient accommodations to Atlanta holiday season travelers visiting the area and the Centennial Olympic Park Holiday in Lights and Skating Rink. Located in downtown Atlanta, the 21-acre Centennial Olympic Park holiday events have been an Atlanta tradition for thirteen years. Centennial Olympic Park Holiday in Lights is a festive winter wonderland. The park is open daily to view the lights now through January 3, 2011. Admission is free. The Centennial Olympic Park Skating Rink is Atlanta's only ...

House of Fraser has launched its latest Christmas range online, offering customers an assortment of beautiful Christmas decorations and dinnerware to see them through the festive season in style. Customers can choose a Christmas theme that suits their style, whether its understated elegance, traditional details or bold fashion-led looks. In an array of pale silvers and golds, 'Filigree' offers all the Christmas decorations to create a pretty winter wonderland in the living room. Inspired by the fragile structures of antique lace pattern and thread work, surfaces ...

Tracesmart, one of the UK's leading consumer data specialists, was nominated for the fastest growing company within the Creativeand Knowledge Industry category, and competed for the title of Wales's Fastest Growing Company at the 2010 Welsh Fast Growth 50 awards. Mike Trezise, Tracesmart's managing director and founder, commented: "To see Tracesmart placed within the top twenty fastest growing organisations in Wales is a real highlight in the company's history. Thanks to our investment in innovative technology and our pool of talented people, we have gone from strength ...

As the December approaches, so does the holiday party season. As businesses and individuals prepare for corporate and private holiday parties, The Majestic Photobooth Company, an Atlanta photo booth rental company, is encouraging event planners to take advantage of its special holiday photo booth rental offer. With every photo booth rental in December, The Majestic Photobooth Company is offering a free holiday props package, including Santa hats, reindeer antlers, candy canes, and other holiday themed accessories. Rentals are still available for most dates through ...

The Majestic Photobooth Company, an Atlanta photo booth company, is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, MajesticPhotobooths.com. The new design incorporates the appearance and interactive qualities of a photo booth into the layout, making it both more informative and more fun for visitors. "This website has been in the works for the past few years," explains Zach Brown, owner of the Majestic Photobooth Company. "It's certainly been a long time coming, but we are so happy with the end result! For the first time in five years, we feel like our ...

Atlanta windows company Maintenance Free Windows is encouraging homeowners to check the insulating value of their windows as winter approaches. Maintenance Free Windows is an Atlanta window replacement company that helps consumers improve their homes' energy efficiency by installing high quality vinyl windows with a variety of frame and energy saving glass options. Homeowners will be turning up the thermostat to try to keep their homes warmer as temperatures drop in the coming months. Windows that are not properly sealed allow warm air to escape, exposing a home to drafts. ...

The National Trust has announced that one of the key sites in the history of the battle to improve access to the countryside, Kinder Scout in the Peak District, is set to get a major GBP2.5 million restoration over five years, starting in the spring of 2011. Work carried out by the National Trust, who have owned Kinder Scout since 1982, will see vast areas of the bare and degraded blanket peat landscape restored by gully-blocking, brash spreading and the planting of cotton grass, heather seed, and dwarf shrubs such as bilberry. To help with the restoration of the ...

Atlanta shredding company Shred-Green held a free shredding event on Saturday, November 6 at the Brightwater subdivision in Snellville, GA, providing free shredding services to the residents of the subdivision. This is one of several shredding events sponsored by Shred-Green in recent months. Representatives from Shred-Green were at the Brightwater subdivision for four hours, and over ten percent of the homeowners took advantage of the shredding service. The event was arranged by a resident who felt that the subdivision could benefit from this service. This turned out ...

Body Solutions, Atlanta Personal Training and Fitness Studio founded by Dan McGrath - voted Atlanta's #1 trainer by Creative Loafing earlier this month - is awarded Atlanta's best personal trainer title again, this time by Citysearch. "I'm honored Atlanta has chosen me as the city's best personal trainer for a second time. Citysearch is an incredible medium for the best of the city and the honor is one I don't take lightly. I went into this business because I enjoy seeing people succeed. When people are healthy they're confident and life is a lot more enjoyable," notes ...

British Airways has announced that it will commence non-stop daily flights to San Diego from London Heathrow as a first benefit of the official launch of the new joint business agreement with American Airlines and Iberia. The new transatlantic service to London is scheduled to begin in June 2011 and will be operated with the carrier's popular three-class Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Burns, British Airways regional director, Western USA and Western Canada, said: "Inaugurating non-stop flights between San Diego and London is one of the first tangible benefits of the joint ...

Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing, part of the UK's largest healthcare charity is attempting to change the way people look at their health. Through its approach to keep their members motivated and educated their aim is to improve their members' overall health for the long term and in doing so help to get Britain healthier. As a result of Nuffield Health's innovative approach they are already seeing real results in member engagement and motivation. 70 per cent of customers who have had a health MOT have retained membership, versus 53 per cent of those who have not ...

Hotter Shoes has launched its biggest ever range of comfortable slippers, as part of its mission to deliver day-long comfort to today's active men and women. Designers at UK-based Hotter Comfort Concept are passionate about comfortable footwear and have created a collection of slippers with a number of comfort features including lightweight polyurethane soles, smooth internal seams and soft suede, sheepskin and leather uppers. Producing comfortable footwear for over 50 years, Hotter Comfort Concept is now the UK's biggest shoe manufacturer making 1.3 million pairs per ...

Black Friday deals are not just for retail shops anymore and the travel industry has jumped on board to offer travelers exceptional deals the day after Thanksgiving. Hacienda Tres Rios Resort has recently reveled a Black Friday Special Offer for travelers planning their 2011 vacation. The Black Friday Special Offer includes a 50% off the resort's best available rate under the Endless Luxury, all-inclusive plan. The one-of-a-kind, Endless Luxury, all-inclusive package includes unlimited food and drinks (including alcohol), taxes and tips, various recreational ...

Founded in 2003, oDesk rapidly secured its position as one of the market leaders. Total billings since launch have exceeded $196m. In the third quarter of 2010 the company reported more than 1m hours worked by its global freelance workforce in a single month (August 2010). These findings and more were reported today (22nd November 2010) in the Freelance Marketplace Review, published by WhichLance.com, the outsourcing marketplace comparison site. The report found that oDesk had secured almost 40% share of all spend across the top ten online outsourcing sites during ...

CMC Markets have launched their new charting package which is available to all demo and live users of their next generation spread betting platform. The new, powerful proprietary charting and drawing tool package has been designed to give traders access to advanced tools and powerful functionality, yet remain simple and intuitive to use. Executive Chairman of CMC Markets, Peter Cruddas, commented: "We understand that professional real-time charts are extremely important to our clients and we think that the new spread betting charts package is so powerful that traders ...

The MBNA Ireland Platinum credit card introduced earlier this year continues to provide a market leading deal to Irish card-holders despite financial uncertainty. The Platinum card comes with 10 months interest free borrowing on balance and money transfers followed by a well below average 14.9% rate (variable). Considering the rarity of 0% deals in the current market and the interest rate average of 18.6%, the offer made by the MBNA card is a seriously big deal. Speaking about the Platinum card, a Bank of America representative, of which MBNA is a subsidiary, said: "The ...

From the best-selling Complete Idiot's Guide series comes a new title teaching runners how to run more naturally by running barefoot. Co-authored by barefoot running pioneer Dr. Craig Richards and running coach Thomas Hollowell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running reveals the stages to successfully transition to barefoot and minimal footwear running. "This barefoot running book does much more than tell runners they should run without shoes," says Thomas Hollowell. "Dr. Richards and I go to great lengths to outline where running shoes went wrong, why barefoot ...

The independent consumer organization, toyportfolio.com, announces the launch of their free mobile app. "Toy shopping just got a lot simpler with our easy-to-use mobile app," notes co-founder Stephanie Oppenheim. "Shoppers can take us along to the toy store or shop online. If you're shopping for kids, this takes the guesswork out of finding expert and kid-tested toys that will surely be a hit. Everyone wants to deliver that wow-wee gift and shoppers have been using us as their secret resource for years. The app now makes it that much easier to access our reviews and ...

Cruise.com, one of the Internet's largest cruise sellers, jumped into the "Black Friday" promotions with its first-ever Black Friday Cruise Sale. The sale is scheduled to begin at 8AM on Friday, November 26th. Cruise.com is offering exclusive opportunities on many cruise lines to destinations worldwide. Be among the first 35 callers and receive a 7-night Caribbean cruise for just $249. Other exclusive offers include dollars off, free air, on-board credits, 2 for 1 cruises and more. "These are by far the best deals of the year! If you are planning a cruise, this is the ...

Working out how to make the best possible use of material stocks and minimize waste has always been a time-consuming, everyday problem for industrial companies, professional contractors and hobbyists who need to cut parts according to a project's specification. Now, Optimalon Software's new and innovative 1DCutX add-in for Microsoft Excel makes it easy to optimize the cutting of linear material (such as bars, beams and pipes). Traditionally, the most obvious and widely-used cutting procedure is known as the "greedy" cutting approach and involves cutting the biggest parts ...

Frequent hemodialysis improved left ventricular mass (heart size) and self-reported physical health compared to conventional hemodialysis for kidney failure, according to the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Results were published online Nov. 20, 2010, in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with a presentation at the American Society of Nephrology meeting in Denver. Six hemodialysis treatments per week improved left ventricular mass and physical health ...

Jerusalem, November 21, 2010 – Research work carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem arouses a cautionary warning in the growing field of the development of stem cells as a means for future treatment of patients through replacement of diseased or damaged tissues by using the patient's own stem cells. The research indicates a possible danger of cancerous tissue development in the use of such cells. Embryonic stem cells, which are undifferentiated cells, have the potential to develop into all cell types of the adult body, and thousands of researchers all over ...

An international group of scientists, including researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC), has discovered 30 genes that control the age at which girls reach sexual maturity. They found that many of the genes responsible for puberty also play a strong role in how the body metabolises fat, establishing new biological links between going through puberty at a young age and being at increased risk of obesity. This knowledge will help to explain why girls in some families are more likely to go through puberty at an early age, and may eventually help to prevent chronic ...

Leading scientists and marine managers have called for a greater national effort to protect vital 1000-kilometre stretches of ocean bordering the middle of Australia's eastern and western coastlines. In a major statement entitled The Coffs Harbour Subtropical Reefs Declaration, they urge increased focus and better management for reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef and WA tropical coral zone, explaining that these more southerly areas are expected to become critical refuges for northern tropical marine life under global warming. The declaration follows a workshop by ...

"We demonstrate that human age can be estimated from blood with reasonable accuracy using a simple, robust, and sensitive test assay," said Manfred Kayser of the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands. "Our method is applicable in situations where only bloodstains are available, which covers a large proportion of crime cases." The method will be especially useful in forensic cases in which age information is important to provide investigative leads for finding unknown persons, Kayser added. Existing methods for age estimation have limited use ...