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Cruise news

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Nov 22, 2009 | by SARAH WHITFIELD KING

P&O; Cruises will sail to Alaska for the first time since 1970, with the Arcadia departing on a Grand Alaska Voyage on April 12, 2011. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, offering three holiday options. A full 72-night voyage sailing from Southampton costs from pounds 6,999pp. A 44-night cruise sailing from Southampton to Los Angeles is pounds 4,399pp, and a 45-night cruise from Los Angeles to Southampton is pounds 4,599pp. Early Bird Savings of up to pounds 1,300 and pounds 250 free on board spending money
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TV show needs more women competitors

0 Comments | Daily Post; Liverpool (UK), Nov 19, 2009 | by Anonymous

BABY of the show on S4C’s Fferm Ffactor was ejected from the programme this week – and not without a few tears.

Morfudd Lewis, of Talybont, Cardiganshire, was half expecting to get the boot – she’s been on the short-list in the last two shows.

But the 20-year-old said she didn’t cry out of disappointment. “I wasn’t so much gutted for losing as because I was leaving behind my friends,” she said.

“We’ve all become such good friends, not just on set but also in the hotels where we’ve been staying.”

Morfudd reckons she did well on most tasks but struggled with the general knowledge rounds, such as this week’s wildlife quiz.

Like the show’s other youngster, Anglesey’s Geraint Siddall, she believes the contest was weighted against younger farmers.

And she felt more tasks should have been women-friendly to reflect the contribution they make to family farms across Wales.

“There should have been a cookery task, for example, because all farmers have got to eat,” she said.

“I asked the producers why there weren’t five girls and five boys. They said they didn’t want to give the wrong impression of Welsh farming!” Morfudd works as a full-time milker for one of the show’s surviving contestants, Cefin Evans, of Rhiwarthen, Capel Bangor.

She wants him to do well but is glad to be off the show herself.

“If I’d got down to the last three and not won I’d have been gutted,” she said
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Central revamp long overdue

0 Comments | Daily Post; Liverpool (UK), Nov 18, 2009 | by Anonymous

LIVERPOOL DAILY POST An independent newspaper Established in 1855 .

ET’S not beat about the bush.

LCentral Station, in Liverpool, is a dump, an embarrassment to Liverpool and to MerseyRail, and the sooner it has serious money spent on it the better.

The Central station that we know now is a product of the mid- 1970s, created on the site of a 19th-century railway terminus that, if it stood today, would probably be a listed building and an exhibition space the city could be proud of.

Now, however, we have the worst of all worlds. At the upper level, the 1970s remodelling of the old station platforms for the Northern Line is starting to look shabby and tired, while down below, at deep level, the Wirral Line platforms feel remote and forlorn.

It’s not MerseyRail’s fault, just something they inherited. And, to be fair, when the local rail network in Liverpool was remodelled over 30 years ago it introduced a new and welcome era of local public transport.

But, up above ground, Liverpool has changed dramatically in those 30 and more years. The city’s shopping centre has changed almost beyond recognition, reflecting a new prosperity, there is a new bus station, a ferry terminal, Lime Street Station has been revamped, and the airport has been rebuilt twice over.

For many coming into Liverpool to work, play and shop, though, Central Station is still their point of entry to the city. Regulars probably pass through without taking it in, so used are they to the shabbiness around them, but firsttimers must wonder what sort of a place they have arrived in. And first impressions often count
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ESRI Conference Opens Registration

0 Comments | Wireless News, Nov 21, 2009

The ESRI Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) Conference will bring together more than 500 geographic information system (GIS) software users April 26-28, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Participants will discuss using geospatial technology to address today’s issues and get guidance from peers and ESRI staff with varied specialties. The 2010 SERUG early bird savings registration deadline is January 22.

The conference offers a Plenary Session and Keynote Address, breakout sessions, technical sessions, lightning talks, a Map Gallery, ESRI Solutions EXPO, Special Interest Group meetings, postconference training, and networking events.

“The user-to-user communication helps tremendously,” said Daniel Johns, GIS analyst, Clay County Utility Authority, Florida.

Lisa Tillman, GIS analyst, St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) GIS Division, Florida, said, “All the technical sessions I attended [at the last conference] gave me an abundance of knowledge and insight into the topic being covered. I gained from each session something that I can apply to everyday use.”

“SERUG is the way to conveniently and cost-effectively stay connected and updated on everything geospatial,” said Mike Dyer, southeast state and local government manager, ESRI
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Is your desk chair shortening your life? Get out and play

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 21, 2009

Your desk chair might be a mortal enemy. Same with the driver’s seat or your La-Z-Boy. It’s not so much the size or shape of your perch — it’s all about how long you sit on it.

When researchers looked at how much sitting people did over the course of 12 years, they found that people whose butts met chairs for most of the time, most of their days, died sooner and with more pain than people who moved around. Even if they also exercised for 30 minutes every day, chair dwellers couldn’t bring their mortality rate down to the level of someone who sat for only a quarter of the day.

You can, however, unseat this killer! If you live at your desk, at least get up and walk around frequently. It also keeps your head clear, and you never know what you’ll see or learn (about office gossip or actual work: Innovations may pop into your head as you see your colleagues).

And keep working out. Exercise does get you ahead: Among people who sat for the same percentage of time each day, active people (read: exercisers) lived longer and with less disability than inactive ones. Don’t just bump up how long you’re at the gym, also aim to be more active when you’re not in there. Moving from dining- room chair to Barcalounger or doing tortilla-chip curls (moving your hand from chip bowl to your mouth) doesn’t count. We’re talking gardening, walking the dog or playing freeze tag with your kids (or someone else’s). The equation is simple: Watch less, play more, live more.

The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, are authors of “YOU: The Owner’s Manual.” Want more? See “The Dr. Oz Show” on TV (check local listings). To submit questions, go to www.RealAge.com. (c) Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D
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SpaFinder to Unveil ‘Top Global Spa Trends for 2010′ at U.C. Irvine on December 7th

PR Newswire, Nov 19, 2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ — SpaFinder today announced that its ’2010 Spa Trends Forecast’ will be unveiled at a special online presentation on December 7, 2009, in association with the University of California at Irvine’s Spa and Hospitality Management Program. Now in its seventh year, SpaFinder’s annual forecast is widely anticipated by the $255 billion-plus global spa/wellness industries and the business community.

This is the first time SpaFinder will release its annual trends report in an interactive, multi-media online presentation. SpaFinder President Susie Ellis will analyze the top 10 emerging ideas and concepts poised to impact the spa/wellness/health/fitness industries, from ‘The Year of The Hamam’ to ‘Reaction to Sweat Lodge Deaths and Medical Horror Stories’ to ‘The Online Spa’.

Recognized for forecasting new concepts across the sector, Ellis has been a predictor of numerous industry ‘mega-trends’, including the ongoing shift from ‘pampering’ to wellness; the interweaving of medicine and spas; the emergence of new spa-going demographics (including men and younger generations); and the focus on environmental responsibility and sleep programs.

SpaFinder’s annual report is based on analyses from a large team of experts who visit hundreds (if not thousands) of spas each year, interviews with major industry analysts and research organizations, and ongoing consumer and industry research/surveys in the spa, travel, wellness and beauty sectors.

As the point of connection between 9,000-plus spas and salons around the world and millions of spa consumers, SpaFinder has a unique perspective on a complex and growing industry. In addition to the webinar presentation, a full trends report will be available on December 7th at SpaFinder.com.

To register for the online presentation, visit http://unex.uci.edu/services/events/

The webinar will take place Monday, December 7th at 10 AM, PST.

For more information, please contact: Betsy Isroelit at 213-300-0108 or betsy(at)rbicom.com.

About SpaFinder, Inc.:

The world’s largest spa and wellness media, marketing and gifting company, SpaFinder, Inc. connects millions of wellness-focused consumers with thousands of spas worldwide. SpaFinder’s media properties include the award-winning SpaFinder.com, the Spa Enthusiast newsletter and the annual Global Spa and Wellness Directory. SpaFinder and its new gift division, Salon Wish, offer spa gift certificates and cards that are redeemable at a combined network of over 9,000 spas and salons worldwide and are available at thousands of retail outlets. The company’s technology division innovates new solutions that help spas build and streamline their businesses, including the popular SpaBooker online booking system. SpaFinder Europe and SpaFinder Japan offer regional spa marketing and gifting programs, including localized, native-language websites
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Pounds 10m to make smartest streets smarter

0 Comments | Evening Standard; London (UK), Nov 20, 2009 | by Benedict Moore-Bridger

THESE are the first images of a Pounds 10 million scheme to reduce street clutter in Mayfair and Belgravia.

Westminster council has approved designs for the first two projects in the programme, which will neaten some of London’s most fashionable areas.

Work on Mount Street in Mayfair — home to the Connaught Hotel, Scott’s restaurant and fashion boutiques — and Elizabeth Street, Belgravia, will start in January. Measures include upgrading and extending pavements, removing traffic signals, simplifying junction crossings and improving of parking.

Property company Grosvenor, which is carrying out the works, also plans to plant trees and improve lighting.

The work has been inspired by internationally renowned urban design consultant Jan Gehl, whom Grosvenor commissioned to improve public areas across its London estate.

The cost of the project is unclear, but Grosvenor has pledged to refund Westminster council the final figure five years after completion in return for an initial investment of Pounds 10 million.

The work in Mayfair covers Mount Street from Berkeley Square to South Audley Street, including parts of Carlos Place and Farm Street. The Belgravia area in the project centres on Elizabeth Street from Ebury Street to Chester Row and Chester Square.

Robert Davis, Westminster council deputy leader, said: “This financial model allows us to unlock significant investment at little cost to the council to the benefit of the community.”

Christology and Science

Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Dec, 2009 by H. Newton Malony

CHRISTOLOGY AND SCIENCE by F. LeRon Shults. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008. 171 pages, references, index. Paperback; $30.00. ISBN: 9780802862488.

Until quite recently, F. LeRon Schults was a professor at Bethel University. He is now a systematic theologian at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. In this work, he relates three Christological themes of incarnation, atonement, and parousia to current developments in evolutionary biology, cultural anthropology, and physical cosmology. Can knowing who Jesus was in the incarnation be conceived within biologists’ current understanding of the evolutionary nature of human beings? Can how Jesus acted in the atonement be conceived within anthropologists’ current understanding of the embeddedness of human behavior in specific cultures and unique relationships? Can the eternal presence of Jesus through the Holy Spirit be conceived within cosmologists’ current understanding of the nature of reality and the origin/and future of the universe?

To begin with the first pairing, Evolutionary Biology refers “generally to those sciences that deal with the continuity and discontinuity of human life with other forms of life that have emerged on earth,” while the doctrine of the Incarnation refers to the proclamation in John 1:14 that the Word of God became flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth
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Fisherman dies after sea rescue

0 Comments | Daily Mail (London, England), The, Nov 19, 2009

A FISHERMAN died yesterday after falling overboard from his vessel in the North Sea.

The 52-year-old man fell from his boat, the Optik, near the Bell Rock Lighthouse off Arbroath, Angus, at lunchtime.

A fellow crewman alerted nearby fishing boats and Coastguards sent Arbroath lifeboat and an RAF rescue helicopter to the scene.

The man was pulled from the water but required urgent medical attention and was airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where he later died.

Forth Coastguard watch manager Angus McIver said: ‘Unfortunately we understand this man was not wearing a lifejacket when he went into the water and we urge all working fishermen to make sure their buoyancy aids are in date and in use.’ The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has been informed and will be arriving in Arbroath today to carry out an investigation into the circumstances of the death.

A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.

Guggul for the gut

Muscle & Fitness, Jan, 2010

> Guggulsterone is a plant sterol (plant steroid) traditionally used to lower cholesterol and, more recently, to help burn fat. New research from Italy shows that guggulsterone-E, which is isolated from the gum resin of the commiphora mukul tree, also has anti-inflammatory properties. Specifically, guggulsterone-E (but not the Z form) protected mice from gut inflammation, If you’ve been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, this is good news on the alternative-medicine front.