One image that people have when they hear the term "sexual harassment" is of a man being accused of sexually harassing a woman. However, all across the country more and more men are coming forward with claims that they have been harassed, often times by other men. In 2008 13,867 charge receipts of sexual harassment were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Of those, approximately 16% were filed by men, more than double the number of claims filed by men a decade earlier. Part of the reason for the influx of claims by men is that claims of ...

npower in Worcester is taking part in a nationwide 'Wear Your Shirt to Work' day to mark 100 days to go until the official decision by FIFA of who will host the World Cup in 2018. npower is an official supporter of the England 2018 FIFA World Cup Bid, and will be urging all of its 12,000 staff to get behind the campaign. Wear Your Shirt to Work day also coincides with a tour of some of the potential host cities by a delegation from football governing body, FIFA. Wear Your Shirt to Work day is an initiative driven by the England 2018 Bid team and involves employees ...

Debenhams has revealed that instead of paying expensive charges for stowing cases in the hold of the plane, canny holidaymakers are using their free hand luggage allowance and "wearing" the rest of their baggage. The fashion retailer has seen sales of coats and jackets with multiple pockets rise by as much as 350% over the summer holiday period. The retailer is putting the new trend down to reports from the shop floor that customers prefer to pack heavier items such as books, towels, electronic net books and cameras, into large pocketed garments, rather than pay fees ...

The Radisson Blu hotel and Spa in Limerick is always looking for ways to improve their guests experiences, and with this in mind they have launched their new concept: dedicated spa guestrooms. The spa guestrooms in the Limerick hotel will include deluxe Elemis beauty products, fluffy bathrobes and slippers, mineral water and a glossy magazine. The upgrades are offered on all of their luxury Spa breaks. "In this highly competitive market, we have had to come up with new ways of enticing our Spa guests to stay with us," said Tom Shanahan, Director of Sales and Marketing ...

Debenhams has reported that for the first time men are using to their advantage what women have known for hundreds of years - that a low neckline can have a hypnotic effect on the opposite sex, sending sales of low cut v-necks and their like spiralling. Inspired by the successes, romantic and otherwise, of the likes of JLS, Peter Andre and Russell Brand, British men are snapping up tops with low necklines - to wear themselves. Sales of revealing men's tops have doubled over the past year, according to fashion store Debenhams. No longer opting for the standard crew ...

MyLondonInfo has announced it now boasts a list of more than 1,000 restaurants in the Central London region. Having partnered with livebookings.com, the MyLondonInfo website now offers an online booking functionality for the majority of these restaurants. Not only will users be able to book their preferred time and venue but they will also be able to take advantage of special offers and deals made available by the restaurants. Now in its second year, MyLondonInfo is keen to offer its listed restaurants the opportunity to interact electronically with their customers. ...

By the end of November this year, the last holiday season of the decade will have begun, capping off and hopefully stimulating a fiscal year that's slowly crawling out of the recession that's affected everyone for the past few years. And with the close of the decade that's seen the greatest explosion of the worldwide web yet, there is no better time to harness technology in the service of your business than now, right before the holiday rush. This year's holiday season is closing in fast - orders are already being processed, goods are being manufactured, and promotional ...

August 25th, marks the anniversary of the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy who, one year ago, lost his battle with deadly brain cancer. Miles for Hope Executive Director Barb Gibbs is asking Americans to take a moment today and to honor Senator Kennedy for his relentless pursuit for better treatments for cancer and for his tireless dedication to try to improve health care here in the United States. Gibbs knows first-hand how devastating brain tumors are as both her husband and son were diagnosed with them within one year of each other. "Brain tumors affect over 200,000 ...

Little more than eight years ago, Royal Purple was a growing company whose focus was making high performance synthetic lubricants for the industrial market. Today, Royal Purple is more likely to be known for its consumer automotive products. "We dipped our toe into the consumer market over the years. When we brought someone in to make a concerted effort (at the consumer market), I think we were a little surprised at the growth." says Royal Purple CEO Lee Culbertson. That concerted effort has made Royal Purple the fastest growing line of synthetic lubricants in the US. ...

The online poker industry as a whole has seen its ups and downs, bumps and pitfalls, over the last few years. For US poker players, it's been a topsy-turvy rollercoaster ride of uncertainty. Five short years ago, pretty much anyone - of legal age, of course - could play online poker for real money. There were a multitude of deposit options to suit everyone and plenty of action across the boards. That all changed in late 2006 when the Unites States government passes the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Since that time, a vast portion of the online ...

The Lord of the Rings Slot game has started to create quite a stir and buzz already, this even before its official release on 2nd September at Microgaming-powered casinos. The online slot game will be based on the blockbuster movie trilogy which was originally based on, and adapted from books of the same name by Oxford Professor J.R.R Tolkien. The game will be debuting innovative new technology, which the creators of the game, Microgaming, have dubbed "Cinematic Spin Technology". This means that scenes and clips from the movie will be integrated and displayed in the ...

Dr Jay Pensler, a leading Gynecomastia plastic surgeon based in Chicago, Illinois, has announced the development of a new technique for the correction of Gynecomastia (Male Breast Reduction Surgery) that eliminates the need for postoperative drains, thereby significantly reducing recovery time. Dr Pensler, who completed his surgery training at Harvard, has since dedicated himself and his practice to the study and development of the latest plastic surgical procedures in an attempt to improve the lives of his plastic surgery patients. Dr Pensler, a board certified plastic ...

The MMA Blogs and message boards lit up after this weekend's Strikeforce MMA event in Houston, Texas due to two of the headline fighters, King Mo Lawal and KJ Noons using canned breathing oxygen at ringside during their respective fights. This could mark the first major sporting event outside of football to publicly have athletes using breathing oxygen. Most bloggers and message board posters were under the impression that oxygen was a banned substance and that these fighters were illegally using the oxygen. However, that is not the case. The World Anti Doping Agency ...

Amplidata, an innovator in high available and scalable RAID replacement storage systems for public and private clouds, will demonstrate the latest version of its AmpliStor unbreakable storage system at VMWorld in San Francisco (August 30 - September 2). With live demonstrations, Amplidata will show how its technology provides an extremely reliable storage grid for cloud computing and for Vmware virtual infrastructures. AmpliStor is a revolutionary alternative to RAID which is designed from the ground up to build large-scale storage infrastructures. Rather than avoiding ...

Fleming's Fundamentals of Law offers legal writing, substantive law, and bar review study programs, beginning with its two-day Legal Examination Writing Workshop series and extending through its variety of bar review courses. Additional information and registration procedures for the following workshops and courses are available at Fleming's website at www.lawprepare.com. Two-Day Legal Analysis and Writing Workshop Fleming's two-day Legal Examination Writing Workshops for Fall, 2010, begin in San Diego, CA on September 25/26, 2010. Additional dates and locations include ...

Merrill Corporation, (www.merrillcorp.com), a leading provider of technology-enabled services, today announced that Merrill DataSite reached a significant landmark by uploading and processing the 300-millionth-page in its virtual data room (VDR). To date, Merrill DataSite has helped more than 2 million unique visitors conduct financial due diligence, and has facilitated thousands of transactions worth trillions of dollars in asset value. Merrill DataSite's Virtual Data Room (VDR), is a complete, secure VDR solution that optimizes the due diligence process. It offers ...

It appears that in the U.S., homeschooling is the fastest-growing form of education, according to independent research conducted by organizations ranging from the National Home Education Research Institute (www.nheri.org), a nonprofit research and educational organization, to the federally funded National Center for Education Statistics (www.nces.ed.gov). Let's take a look at some of the evidence: • "Homeschooling grew from 1.7% of the school age population in 1999 to 2.9% in 2007, a 74% relative increase over 8 years," states Dr. Brian D. Ray of the National Home Education ...

In 2009, social entrepreneur Sasha Ottey left her full-time job as a microbiologist to start PCOS Challenge, Inc., a nonprofit support organization that is improving the lives of thousands of women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder that affects multiple systems in the female body. It is estimated to impact one-in-ten women of childbearing age. Ottey started PCOS Challenge after her own diagnosis in 2008. "My diagnosis left me devastated," Ottey explains. "After a lot of time searching for more information and support, ...

Very soon, it will be back-to-school for all students. BookWhirl.com's featured book and author features a helpful guide book on managing financial investments and a dedicated coach in graduate study, respectively. The featured book is A Common Sense Approach to Successful Investing by Marvin H. Doniger, and the featured author is career insider, Dr. David Martin. Marvin Doniger's A Common Sense Approach to Successful Investing presents Stratamentical Analysis as a tool to allow investors to comprehensively and systematically analyze the qualities of a particular investment ...

NOBOT Inc, a leading ad network for Application Developers announced their partnership with BuzzCity, one of the worldfs leading mobile advertising network with over 25,000 publisher across the globe. The partnership integrates Nobotfs advertising service gAdmakerh (http://ad-maker.net) with BuzzCityfs Mobile Internet Ad Network. This partnership increases the variety of global mobile ads to be served across all applications NOBOT works with through AdMaker which delivers campaigns from global advertisers to Smartphone applications. Improvement of advertisement ...

MasterLink Training, LLC (also known as MLT/Instructing Technologies) has announced additional growth plans including new company hires and a location upgrade in the wake of former partner MasterLink Corporation's announcement of receivership last week. "It's important for us to communicate to our clients, customers and vendors that MasterLink Training, LLC remains strong in the wake of our former partner's filing of receivership. MLT is not owned by MasterLink Corporation, but is a division of Herzing University - a financially stable organization with operations throughout ...

The Dark Mantis Internet Talk show opens their doors to inspiring writers and authors each week to convey and share their writing experiences. Maceo Keed is pursuing his career as a writer with short stories and will appear on the Dark Mantis Internet talk Show on Wednesday, August 25th 2010 to discuss his journey. Maceo Keed is originally from North Carolina and has resided in the Nashville Tennessee area for 6 years to pursue his writing career. HeâEUR s known locally for his short erotica stories. Although Maceo is not a published writer/author, Author Jeanette MichelleâEUR ...

For self published authors, getting their book reviewed by a trusted industry name is one of the best ways to generate reader interest and awareness. Xlibris Corporation, one of today's leading book publishing companies, provides authors the chance to have their books reviewed by some of the most trusted names in the Industry. Dedicated to helping authors make their name, Xlibris is proud to announce their Mid-August Book Marketing Madness. From mid-August until the 31st, they are offering 40% savings on two of their best book marketing services: New York Review ...

A year-and-a-half behind schedule, Downtown Brooklyn's long-awaited be@schermerhorn condominium is launching its third attempt at selling out the building, armed with slashed prices and a pithy tagline: "Good things come to those who wait." Units at the two-building complex, at 189 Schermerhorn Street, officially hit the market yesterday at an average of 26 percent off their original prices, Michael Phillips, marketing director at Jamestown Properties, told The Real Deal. As of today, five already have accepted offers, he said. Jamestown, an asset acquisition and ...

Travis Harvey, President of Echo Stats, a marketing research and consulting firm, has announced the new Annual Benchmark Performance Framework Study service. Travis Harvey said at the press conference today, "One form of benchmarking that is grossly under utilized is the marketing performance benchmark. It focuses on measuring a company's online and offline marketing effectiveness and operational performance level compared to its competitors. While many departments may shy away from doing such an evaluation, because in essence it gives them a report card, the insight ...