Global Obesity Epidemic Due To Love Affair With Junk Food
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The world is apparently filled with “junk food junkies.” Those are the findings of new research presented today that suggests high-fructose corn syrup could cause behavioral reactions in...
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Lady Luck Casino to Open July 1 FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLE) and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort announced today Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin will open at noon on July 1 pending the receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The approximately $60 million Category 3 resort casino includes 600 slot machines, 28 table games, a casual dining restaurant and a lounge. "We are excited to announce the opening date of Lady...
Event Continues Recovery Work after Hurricane Sandy's Destruction ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARC announced today that it is a corporate sponsor of a Tourism Cares event focused on restoring Coney Island and Jamaica Bay following the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Lauri Reishus, ARC vice president and chief operating officer, will represent ARC as a cleanup volunteer at the event, which takes place May 30-31, 2013. (Logo:...
Scan Success Rate of 86 Percent Now Achieved for 13M Wine Labels in Growing Vivino Database COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivino, the highest ranked wine app in the U.S. App Store, has integrated new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to improve the service's overall match rate. One year ago, 48 percent of wine labels were successfully matched. Today, that match rate increased to 86 percent due to the improved OCR technology. (Logo:...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today signed into law the following bill: House Bill 349 (P.N. 356) - Act designating the bridge located over Washington's Landing and the Allegheny River, commonly known as the 31st Street Bridge, in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, as the William Raymond Prom Memorial Bridge. To read the full text of this bill, visit the General Assembly's website at www.legis.state.pa.us. For more information...
CHICAGO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Situated less than one mile from Millennium and Grant Parks, Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel is a premier destination for Blues lovers visiting The Windy City for the world's largest free blues festival. The Chicago Blues Festival returns June 6 through 9 and is anticipated to welcome more than 500,000 fans. Experience a convenient location with inviting amenities at this vibrant Chicago luxury hotel and create memories that will last a...
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) announced today that it has teamed up with Yelp, Travel Channel, Food Network and HGTV to launch its Official Hotel of Summer campaign to help travelers plan fun-filled summer vacations. The new campaign provides travelers with a summer road trip guide for planning the ultimate summer road trip and a series of video vignettes that share advice to help stretch budgets farther this summer. The campaign...
LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After 3 hugely successful womenswear collaborations, River Island's Design Forum initiative sets it sights on menswear talent, this time handing the reigns over to British Designer T. Lipop for Autumn/Winter 2013. The 16 piece collection, which will include men's t-shirts [http://www.riverisland.com/men/t-shirts--vests ], trousers and men's jackets [http://www.riverisland.com/men/coats--jackets ], will be available to buy in...
The Alps, Ice Caves, Marionette-Making and More Await Families Off the Beaten Path BURBANK, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adventures by Disney, the award-winning leader in guided family travel, today announced a new vacation to Central Europe, adding to its more than 20 destinations across the globe. The 9-day, 8-night vacation invites families to uncover the hidden treasures of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, traveling off the beaten path in the enchanting cities of...
Blue Horizon Wild Seafood Burgers Hook Consumers FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There's an ever-growing consumer awareness of the benefits of wild-caught seafood in terms of both healthfulness and sustainability. This grilling season, Blue Horizon Wild aims to hook those health and source-conscious shoppers and reel them in with their newly improved wild-caught Surf Burgers in updated packaging. The brand's grill-ready Surf Burgers are made from wild-caught Alaskan...
SEATTLE, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- myscenicdrives.com has just launched a new feature that makes trip planning a multi-dimensional experience. RoadPreview allows users to watch their road trip plan unfold on their desktop as they anticipate every twist and turn. "It's kind of like a magic carpet ride," says user Adrian Jones. "You have the feeling that you're gliding slightly above the road. It's an amazing perspective and it demystifies the route. You can really see what's...
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Seed saving is the preserving of seeds from mature vegetables, herbs, and flowers used in subsequent years along with bulbs and tubers. Home gardeners have saved seeds for generations and the practice is now becoming common with organic farmers as well as permaculturists. Growers will clone plants so as not to produce seeds keeping the plant “true to type” to the parent plant. True to type refers to the characteristics of the parent plant such as large fruit/blooms. Plants...
Voyageurs National Park is located in the state of Minnesota in the United States. The park contains 218,200 acres of land ancient Native Americans. The first explorers of European descent arrived in the area in 1688. These were French fur traders and explores, known as voyageurs, the people for which the park was named. Logging began in 1880’s and 1890’s and was such a lucrative and uncontrolled industry that the forests there no longer contain abundant adult trees. Gold mining also...
Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the Pacific Forest Reserve was established. This area included a national forest as well as Mount Rainer and...
The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a petite stiff-tailed duck. The adult males have a reddish and grey body, a blue bill, and a largely white head with black cap and neck. The adult females have a brown-grey body with a white face and a darker bill, cheek stripe and cap. On average, its length is 17 to 19 inches and the weight is 1.3 to 1.7 lbs. This duck breeds in Spain and North Africa, with a bigger population in western and central Asia. Their breeding habitat is large...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
