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Hidden Hearing Respond to Study of Biological Clocks and Suggest Alarm Clocks For Hard of Hearing

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(PRWEB UK) 21 December 2012

Researchers from the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, have identified a gene called Period 1 that determines how easy it is for somebody to wake up in the mornings.

The gene varies in night and morning people and belongs to a number of genes that are responsible for all biological clocks and the rhythms of physiological changes in organisms.

People with hearing loss may find it additionally difficult to get up in the morning if they cant hear their alarm clock and dont want to sleep with their hearing aid in.

To help, Hidden Hearing stocks a range of amplified alarm clocks that are specifically designed for people with hearing loss and have a louder alarm as well as a shaker that can be placed under the pillow to add to its ability to stir someone. The alarm clocks range from

Calgary Shoppers Transformed by New Resource Furniture Showroom

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada (PRWEB) December 05, 2012

Resource Furnitures fifth Canadian location is causing quite a stir. The positive response to the new space-saving, transformative furniture showroom is evidence of a growing lifestyle that demands smarter design for better living – a concept perfectly suited for one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in Canada.

According to Calgary location co-owner, Mark Adolf, “The reaction to the products has been unbelievable. When people see them for the first time, they are literally speechless. Once the concept sinks in, they realize how much these products could enhance their living situation.”

International retailer and top distributor of multifunctional furniture, Resource Furniture offers furniture pieces that allow for smarter, greener, more efficient living, particularly in areas where space can be a premium. Featuring transforming systems designed and manufactured in Italy by Clei s.r.l., the fully integrative systems include wall beds, seating, tables, work spaces and storage meant to complement a variety of layouts and design aesthetics.

Located in the Sam Livingston Building in the heart of downtown Calgary, fast becoming the go-to destination for shopping and dining, Resource Furniture is a welcome addition to the area. Perfectly positioned in a former government building, the innovative interior pieces are ideal for the locale.

“We believe that Calgary is ready for a product that not only changes the way people think about furniture, but the way they live.” said Darren Malin, Co-owner of Resource Furniture Calgary. This is a company committed to changing the relationships people have with their space.

Resource Furniture Calgary officially opened its doors October 1, 2012 and is located at 104-510 12 Ave SW (entrance on 4th Street), Calgary, Alberta. Winter hours are Monday to Saturday, noon to 5:00 p.m. For an appointment or more information, please contact Darren Malin or Mark Adolf at 403-457-5711.

About Resource Furniture

Resource Furniture has built a global network of showrooms offering a range of top-selling luxury European furniture. Resource Furniture is dedicated to redefining the use of space and pushing the limits of technology and design. Since 2000, Resource Furniture has imported and distributed inspired, modern furniture from the finest and most innovative European designers. The Resource Furniture collection has been carefully curated – each piece selected for its ability to transform a space with both beauty and functionality. For more information, visit one of the showrooms in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary or on the web at http://www.resourcefurniture.com.







Photo to Painting Service At Love Custom Art Offers The Newly Launched Photo To Canvas Prints Website With 20-25% Hot Discount Offers

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(PRWEB) November 28, 2012

Love Custom Art, the custom art company based in the US and UK have just had the grand opening of Love Custom Prints which has gone live today: http://www.lovecustomart.com/prints/ the fully integrated canvas print site. Also to just to make everyone aware of the very festive Christmas gift discount offers of 20% for regular customers and 25% for customers whom click the follow on facebook button via the fully interactive on-line stores (See home page for details): http://www.lovecustomart.com/ website users can find more detailed information about how the photo to painting process works online.

What photos are suitable?

For a personalized photo print on canvas the photos resolution should be of good enough quality to result in a quality print. If one of the special editing styles is chosen; Love Custom Prints can also work with photos of a lower resolution. The image consultation service is free of charge as well as simple enhancements. For a handmade oil painting, the quality of the photos is crucial to achieve a high quality piece, but do be sure to contact one of the experts at Love Custom Art if the photos resolution is not high enough and one of the team will advise on the best way to proceed before an order has been placed and money spent.

Custom Prints

Love Custom Prints is an addition to the existing photo to painting service website. The standard photo to canvas service (with no special editing required) the photo retouching is absolutely free. Photo to Pop Art styles are professionally edited by graphic designers in the style chosen. All that’s required is simply upload photos during the order process with editing instructions. Here are some of the unique styles on offer on their new website: Avatar, Graphic Style, Color Splash, Grunge, Jamaica and Oil Painting style. LCA are expanding their business by having a Canvas Print sub-domain which will give the client the option of photos printed onto canvas as a cheaper alternative to a hand painted piece.

Custom Paintings

Love Custom Art’s flagship on-line store specialize in Custom made (bespoke) hand painted portraits by professional artists painted from customers personal photographs at very affordable prices. Just to be clear; if a hand painted portrait happens to be the preferred canvas, then the editing is completely free, but for a print onto canvas then the editing for one of the special styles comes at a small cost.

As a quick overview here; the on-line shop has been designed as a more convenient and cost effective way to access personal art works by uploading digital photos rather than the conventional route of having to physically go to an Artists studio and pose for hours on end to achieve the same result.

Custom Art is a very unique and popular gift for friends & family; choose between a photo to painting or a print on canvas. A splendid gift idea for Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday and at Christmas time, but also on any special occasion, for example: Anniversary gifts, Wedding gifts, Valentine’s gifts, Christening presents, Mother’s day presents, Father’s Day presents etc. Also, for all the animal lovers – Pet Portraits are very popular too.

LCA have restructured their operations for Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday and Christmas so there is enough customer service operators on hand to facilitate all the orders from the print site, as well as the painting site, to maintain their impeccable turnaround time.

LCA also offers its own affiliate program which allows members to earn a 15% commission on each successful referred sale. LCA have decided to adopt a marketing strategy to get these product’s as far and as wide as possible globally to market in time for the holiday season to benefit everyone’s and anyones art collection in the home or at the office.

The customer support at Love Custom Art will help website users every step of the way to commission an original work of art in form of a Photo to Painting, print on canvas or as PopArt prints to canvas.

Thank you for your time.

Love Custom Art

US Office: +1 218 389 8815

UK: +44 20 3239 8963

Follow the link to answer an art related question: http://www.lovecustomart.com/win30percent

If you answer correctly you will receive a 30% discount coupon!







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San Franciscos ROBOTSPEAK Announces Special Goal For Modular Synth Building Workshops

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2012

ROBOTSPEAK, the premier San Francisco music production school for electronic music, is beginning build sessions that concentrate on the construction of a historically accurate modular synthesizer from the early 1970s. This month’s module is the classic 1973 Serge Multimode Filter, a powerful and very flexible synthesizer module originally created by Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin during the 1970s.

As the summer progresses, we’ll be focusing on these elegant and unique Serge designs, both from the standpoint of circuitry and user interface, Steve Taormina of ROBOTSPEAK said. Upcoming builds will focus on several other unique Serge modules that together comprise a compact modular system. By fall 2012, we anticipate having several of these ‘replica’ CGS Serge Modular Systems nearing completion and being used in our modular analog synthesis theory classes that occur every few months.

The 1973 Serge Multimode Filter, which is the focus during June, has a very bright, somewhat acoustic sound quality. It features a range switch that kicks it into subharmonic mode for filtering low-frequency oscillations (LFOs), controlling voltages, etc.

Although the circuit can be built into most modular formats or a stand-alone box, the music production school has chosen to honor its heritage with a limited run of Serge-style face panels done with 1973-inspired panel graphics and banana-jack patching.

ROBOTSPEAK’s modular synth build sessions are conducted with a guest lecturer and utilize open class formats that encourage participants to work socially and co-operatively.

Joining a ROBOTSPEAK modular build session will not only provide you with a useful self-built tool to enhance your music making but will also allow you to become aware of the experience of creative and enjoyable problem-solving completed within a team, Taormina said. Each session will be overseen and advised by a different synth designer/builder, who will offer their expertise and time to bring back the communal modular synth building mind set from the past.

The workshops cost around $ 175 per session and the PCB and most of the supplies are included to build one module. Depending on what the workshop is building, the cost of materials and details may change. Be sure to check the blog for current information at http://www.coa-modular.com/workshops/.

We will build one every month, Taormina said. This is more than a product-based workshop. We want to build a monthly group where we can hang out and solder, and learn and share do it yourself (SDIY). Whatever system you have, we can help get your module regulated and paneled up. If you want to start a system, we can help get a case and power supply unit (psu) sorted.

Participants will be able to take their module home.

For the most current information about the workshops, visit ROBOTSPEAKs Facebook page.

To reserve a spot or for more information about any of ROBOTSPEAKs products or services, call 415-230-0840, or view the music production specialist on the Web at http://www.robotspeak.com or on Facebook. ROBOTSPEAK is located at 589 1/2 Haight St. in San Francisco and is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m., and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. ROBOTSPEAK is also available by appointment.

About ROBOTSPEAK

ROBOTSPEAK is a school located in San Francisco that specializes in teaching basic to advance electronic music and DJ classes, such as handling different DJ equipment to learning music production. Its classes are designed to empower the home and project-studio musician with real-world skills, enabling them to make better music now with gear and musical instruments they actually own.







National Trust For Historic Preservation Names North Dakota’s Elkhorn Ranch One Of America’s Most Endangered Places

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Washinton DC (PRWEB) June 07, 2012

This annual list spotlights important examples of the nations architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. More than 230 sites have been on the list over its 25-year history, and in that time, only a handful of listed sites have been lost.

A proposed road and bridge near Elkhorn Ranch would visually disrupt the landscape as well as introduce industrial traffic, noise and dust, through the very place that inspired Roosevelts views on conservation, according to Stephanie Meeks, President of the National Trust. Additionally, a permit for a proposed private gravel mining operation directly across the Little Missouri River from the Elkhorn Ranch Site is nearing approval from the U.S. Forest Service.

Earlier this week, the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announced its support for a proposal to designate the area where Roosevelt ranched before he became president as a national monument. Tweed Roosevelt, great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and President of the TRA, said today he welcomes the recognition by the National Trust and will work with the Trust staff to preserve the site.

North Dakota is lucky to have one of the most famous sites in the history of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, right in its beautiful Bad Lands, said Tweed Roosevelt. TR fought those who would ravage our natural resources for the benefit of the few. Now it is time to fight to save his ranch from the same type of selfish people today who would destroy it for their own personal gain.

Lowell Baier, former president of the Boone and Crockett Club, and a trustee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, said: The Elkhorn Ranch is the very cradle of conservation in America, the sacred ground of the conservation movement, a geographic, tangible Arcadian icon of Americans cultural identity, symbolizing the conservation ethic unique to our Nation which Theodore Roosevelt conceived here in the 1880s. Hence it has also been referred to as the Walden Pond of the American West.

The Elkhorn Ranch, located along the Little Missouri River in the rugged North Dakota Badlands, inspired President Theodore Roosevelts deep appreciation for the American West and for conservation. Roosevelt first traveled to the Dakota Badlands in the 1880s to hunt buffalo and was so taken by the area that he invested in two ranches, making the Elkhorn Ranch his home. It was here that he first witnessed the rapid degradation of America’s wilderness and wildlife, and recognized the importance of conserving such national resources. The heart of the ranch is part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

During his presidency, Roosevelt set aside over 230 million acres of public lands in the form of National Parks, National Monuments, National Wildlife Refuges and National Forests. Roosevelt said of Elkhorn, I never would have been President if it had not been for my experience in North Dakota.

“The Elkhorn Ranch is not only a picturesque historic site, but as a home to Theodore Roosevelt, a true cradle of conservation in the United States, said Trust President Meeks. “Building a road this close to the Elkhorn Ranch would permanently destroy the nationally significant historic place. Roosevelt had an enormous influence on Americas public lands system and promoted nationwide conservation of natural and cultural sites. His legacy should continue today through protection of this place.

Public comments on the proposed road and Little Missouri River crossing are being taken by the Federal Highway Administration until June 22. They can be submitted by mail to Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson, Jennifer Turnbow, Project Manager, 128 Soo Line Dr., Bismarck, ND 58501 or by email to jennifer(dot)turnbow(at)kljeng(dot)com. Public comments on the proposed gravel mining operation are being taken by the U.S. Forest Service until June 11. A copy of the environmental assessment on the gravel operation, and the opportunity to comment, can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/dakotaprairie/.

Members of the public are invited to learn more about what they can do to support these 11 historic places and hundreds of other endangered sites at http://www.PreservationNation.org/places

Tweed Roosevelt, for interview purposes, can be reached at 617-523-8737







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Rock into Fall in Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2012

It might go without saying, but our Santa Barbara culture is driven by passion, a fact that is demonstrated by our Culture 101 campaign-a celebration of what happens when you let your passion be your guide. The result is over 101 cultural endeavors just off Highway 101. Turn a fall day, or an autumn road trip into an exploration of those cultural cornerstones that have come to define Santa Barbara’s style, from the obvious architectural angles to the hidden historic gems. Throughout fall Santa Barbara is the place to be for exclusive deals on cultural attractions:

Santa Barbara Culture Pass with Expedia Extras

Visitors are invited to explore more of Santa Barbara with two-for-one admission to six featured cultural cornerstones, including The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Zoo, and Ty Warner Sea Center. Bookings made through the Expedia Extra program receive a two-for-one admission passport to six featured Cultural Cornerstones. The program runs from November 1st through the end of January.

Santa Barbara Bowl Closing Night Offer

As fall rolls in, the Santa Barbara Bowl celebrates the closing of another stellar season with headliner Bob Dylan on October 22nd. To commemorate the event, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara and The Upham Hotel are offering exclusive deals:

Four Seasons & Santa Barbara Bowl Special Offer:

Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara is offering a rockin’ room rate in conjunction with the upcoming Bob Dylan concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. In addition, concert-going guests who book the special rate will receive a complimentary in-room amenity upon arrival. The offer — which is exclusively for ticket holders — is available from Sunday, October 21 through Tuesday, October 23 only. Guests must call the Resort directly at (805) 969-2261 for rate and reservations, and must present their concert tickets at check-in to redeem. http://www.fourseasons.com/santabarbara.

The Upham Hotel & Santa Barbara Bowl Special Offer:

The Upham Hotel is also offering an amazing room rate in conjunction with the upcoming Bob Dylan concert. The offer — which is exclusively for ticket holders — is available from Sunday, October 21 through Tuesday, October 23 only. Guests must call the Hotel directly at (805) 962-0058 for rate and reservations, and must present their concert tickets at check-in to redeem. http://www.uphamhotel.com.

ABOUT SANTA BARBARA

Voted Best Getaway by L.A. Times Readers Choice Awards in 2012, Santa Barbara is located just 92 miles north of Los Angeles and 332 miles south of San Francisco, on the Pacific coastline. Visitors can arrive via scenic Highway 101, Amtrak train or Greyhound bus or by flying into Santa Barbara Municipal Airport or Los Angeles International Airport. For travel and accommodation information and to request a free copy of the official Santa Barbara County Visitors Magazine, contact the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission at 800.676.1266, 805.966.9222, tourism(at)santabarbaraca(dot)com or santabarbaraCA.com. Visitor information is also available at the Visitor Center, 1 Garden Street (at Cabrillo Boulevard).

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Stay informed about Santa Barbara news with our Media Center, press releases and blog, TheSBPost.com. Just getting to know Santa Barbara? The Media Field Guide is a great place to start. Planning a research visit? Use the Press Trip Request form to get the process started. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for daily updates, and visit our new Mobile Site for on-the-go information about dining, wine, accommodations, events, attractions and more.







Holiday Depot Helps Create the Best Family Holiday Ever

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Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) December 12, 2012

A holiday can be made one of the best ever when shopping online at Holiday Depot. With a new website launching for the holidays, Holiday Depot is commemorating the special occasion with models of LeapPad available for kids, Christmas CDs that put that musical touch to your celebrations and an innovative system that allows a homeowner to put Christmas lights to music.

LeapPad learning systems are one of the hottest gifts available right now for holiday giving. Children love all models, from the LeapFrog LeapPad1 Explorer Learning Tablet to the LeapFrog LeapPad2 Explorer Ultimate Learning Gift Pack. These popular designs are well put together and tough, so when kids roughhouse the LeapPad can stand up to the punishment. Young ones get new skills as they navigate the learning games, read e-books, play music and watch videos. Holiday Depot is proud to offer the most popular models so parents can give a gift with real meaning.

By shopping with Holiday Depot, families can create a more meaningful Christmas holiday by putting everyone instantly in the mood with Christmas music. The Christmas CDs offered by Holiday Depot can also be used for gift giving. The owner at Holiday Depot says, “Christmas music CDs make wonderful stocking stuffers. We have tried to offer all the best here. Available for purchase are Christmas Rock, Jazz, Pop or Classical music. Artists include all the greats, with additions of more recent musicians including John Lennon, Mariah Carey and the Beach Boys.

Impressing the neighbors with Christmas lights has always been a goal in neighborhoods around the country. At Holiday Depot, a homeowner can create special effects with his outdoor lights that are second to none with the kaleidoscopic choreography of light with music. An all-in-one outdoor light and sound system lets a Christmas enthusiast synchronize yard lights with as many as twenty popular holiday songs. Putting Christmas lights to music is sure to outdo all the neighbors and perhaps win prizes.

It doesnt seem that kids want stuffed animals, dolls or games anymore, but would rather have a tablet and truly enter the electronic age. Holiday Depot is launching this new holiday website to offer parents the opportunity to find the best tablet available for their children Leap Pad as well as encourage the holiday spirit with Christmas CDs and outdoor lights with seasonal music.

About Holiday Depot: Holiday Depot offers shopping for those all over the United States, with a unique choice of holiday accessories and gifts. Committed to excellence, Holiday Depot only provides the highest quality products for kids and Christmas accessories for all ages.







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Have a Seat in LOON, Keilhauers New Side/Stacking Chair

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 11, 2012

Keilhauer introduces LOON, by Tom Deacon, a stacking chair whose fluid lines were inspired by nature.

Loon is functionally a stacking or guest chair, but that designation is too simplistic to describe its design, for the natural arcs and sculptural curves of its form belie its basic purpose.

I was interested in creating a more integral relationship between the steel frame and the seat and back, says designer Tom Deacon. Most chairs of this type are compositions of linear elements (the frame) and surfaces which they support (the seat and backrest). I wanted to think about volumes rather than sticks and planes. So I started with a slightly larger than usual tube for the legs out of which grow the arms and back in a continuous volume.

In fact, apart from the seat, the entire chair – legs, arms, and back – is defined by just two continuous surfaces flowing up out of the legs to create the graceful arcing forms of the molded elements.

Ive always found inspiration in the beauty of forms in nature, the sense of grace inherent in things at home in their own skin. Its a quality demonstrated by the work of photographer Karl Blossfeldt, who believed that any formal problem faced by a designer or engineer has already been solved by nature. It involves line, balance, proportion and is something more often noticeable by its absence. When you get it right theres a sense of ease and inevitability, of the solution having been somewhat obvious, though for the designer, thats definitely from the perspective of hindsight!

Mike Keilhauer, president, Keilhauer, is delighted to be working with Tom again after a break of several years. Tom took some time away from industrial design to focus on other interests and activities, he explains, but I thought that this project would be perfect to entice him back to design for us. I am so very pleased with the results. With Loon, we have added the ultimate side/stacking chair series to our product offering. It is beautiful and modern, evocative of abstract sculpture, while being comfortable and providing excellent support.

Loons family begins with the simple stacker: with or without arms, nylon seat and back. Add upholstery to the seat, and it acquires a different, sophisticated aesthetic. The optional upholstered back pad adds dimension and extra comfort.

The Loon series is extensive, with tables to complement the chairs.

Bike Rack Shops Identifies how Bike Racks are Poised to Remain One of the Least Expensive Ways to Earn Points when LEED Standards Changes Take Place in November

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Lake Forest, IL (PRWEB) May 01, 2012

The U.S. Green Building Council is preparing to enact its modifications to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification requirements in November. Every change by the Council is to promote its goal of reducing emissions, and in this case, to benefit cyclists and encourage more people to ride their bikes instead of driving. Cyclists should come to see commercial bike racks in more convenient locations and be integrated into the buildings design scheme more seamlessly.

According to the Councils website, key changes regarding bike racks dictate the maximum distance an outdoor bike rack can be from a buildings front door, and how the bike racks must be within 200 yards of a bicycle network. The bicycle network requirement is new, and an additional guideline stipulates how a school, transit stop, or 10 other uses must be within three miles for a building to receive credit. Some builders may find difficulty integrating bike racks into a buildings architectural landscape or even come to find that the building doesnt meet the location requirements for including a commercial bike rack.

The changes make it all the more important for builders to find commercial bike racks that are going to fit the design aesthetic of the building. Low-profile racks, like the bike dock, only require a small footprint, and they dont disrupt the visual appeal of the building. Wave-style bike racks, on the other hand, can accommodate many bikes and are available in a wide range of colors.

The cycling enthusiasts at Bike Rack Shops view the changes as good ones. People are going to be willing to install commercial bike racks that are more attractive and more convenient for cyclists to use, which is in line with our goal of encouraging people to ride their bikes, remarked Alex Miller, President of Renaissance Retail, Bike Rack Shops parent company. They also feel the more finished looks of the buildings will benefit builders, full-time occupants of buildings, and visitors to buildings certified under the U.S. Green Councils new standards.

Bike Rack Shops was the Internets first dedicated source for meeting the vehicle and storage rack needs of cyclists and has evolved into the Internets leading source for bicycle and storage racks. Its mission is to provide outstanding service, the lowest allowable prices, and the widest selection of leading bike rack brands. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, Bike Rack Shops is a division of Renaissance Retail, the Internets leading source for specialty consumer products.

Contact:

Timothy Benson

Renaissance Retail

847-932-4720 ext. 2704

Email: tim(at)bikerackshops(dot)com







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