LONDON, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

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At a time when the country is tightening its belt on spending, Bhs is offering long-lasting quality and excellent depth of range in their school uniforms.

'At Bhs we do not compromise on quality in order to compete with the uniform price war. Even our lowest price skirts (GBP3) and trousers (GBP3.50) offer superb fit and finish ensuring long lasting quality even after multiple washes. At Bhs we sell uniforms 52 weeks of the year, ensuring that we can fit the nation's kids at whatever rate they grow.'

Buying Director Rachele Hayman

ROMSEY, England, August 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Roke Manor Research Ltd has just signed a development agreement and licensing deal with a U.S. company - Peak Resources Incorporated. Operating in Canada - Peak Resources - will licence Roke's cutting edge patents - 'cold sky' and 'Fig8' to develop mine detection systems.

The agreement is for the development of proprietary technology and products and the provision of consulting support in the field of landmine scanning, detection, mapping and removal.

MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany and HONG KONG, August 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wirecard AG and International Payment Solutions (Shanghai) Limited ("IPS") today announced a strategic alliance to offer joint payment and risk management services for the European and Chinese eCommerce market. IPS was the first payment company providing international credit card online real time payment processing services in China.

The alliance between Wirecard and IPS extends Wirecard's coverage of China's domestic payment schemes and substantially broadens Wirecard's service offering for the Asian market. In parallel, IPS' China-based enterprise customers gain access to all major European domestic payment and risk-management schemes.

LONDON, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Connect to Local, National and Worldwide Stations and Podcasts With new Home Entertainment System

LONDON, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

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Radiopaq, the innovative brand that brings you thousands of internet radio stations and podcasts from across the globe via Radiopaq.com, today announces hardware that will pave the way for the future of digital radio. The Radiopaq Rp5 allows you to enjoy internet radio, alongside your favourite analogue and digital stations, without having to sit at your computer. And, most importantly, the sound quality is fantastic.

Ever since Darwin, evolutionary biologists have wondered why some lineages have diversified more than others. A classical explanation is that a higher rate of diversification reflects increased ecological opportunities that led to a rapid adaptive radiation of a clade. A textbook example is Darwin finches from Galapagos, whose ancestor colonized a competitors-free archipelago and rapidly radiated in 13 species, each one adapted to use the food resources in a different way.

This and other examples have led some to think that the progenitors of the major evolutionary radiations are those that happened to be in the right place and at the right time to take advantage of ecological opportunities.

The next generation of digital audio broadcasting has arrived: ROCK ANTENNE at the Fraunhofer stand (TWF 5.3, Stand 15) at IFA in Berlin will be the world's first radio station to broadcast its program in DAB Surround and mp3 Surround Internet radio.

DAB Surround will lend new quality to digital radio thanks to developments by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen. Researchers there have devised the necessary techniques for processing and compressing the audio data.

The special feature of DAB Surround is that it doesn't require a higher data rate than stereo DAB to achieve this noticeably better sound experience. This is because the new MPEG Surround standard, developed largely by Fraunhofer engineers, compresses the six channels of a surround music track to the extent that they require no more memory than a compressed stereo signal.

NEW YORK, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Emerging Market of Dubai Dot Com Domain Names

Dubai is growing at unprecedented levels. With its enormous expansion in real estate, tourism and the retail sector, there has never been a better time to be in the business of Dubai. DubaiVirtualRealEstate.com has been monitoring the development of Dubai, UAE and simultaneously assembling a portfolio of direct type-in domain names for the regions. This rare offering to both the business owner and investor will allow for unsurpassed virtual representation by way of the internet -- providing the ability to launch their assets to a global audience.

BAAR, Switzerland, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- QINO Flagship Only Possibility to Participate in JAJAH's Growth

Jajah Inc. (http://www.jajah.com), a portfolio company of QINO Flagship AG (Reuters: QINO.BN) and the world's most innovative telecommunications company, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Intel.

JAJAH has unveiled the world's first telephony application to utilise Intel's Remote Wake technology, which turns the computer into an 'always available' communications hub by waking it up from sleep mode to accept incoming phone calls. The computer has direct access to JAJAH's IP-telephony network, enabling users to easily make and receive high quality, low cost phone calls.

Which of the Earth’s species, among bats, bees, fungi, plankton, and primates, are truly irreplaceable?

You will have a chance to decide at this year’s debate hosted by Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, on Thursday, 20th November 20th, 2008 from 7pm–9pm at the Royal Geographical Society, London.

Five scientists, all experts in their field, argue the case for their chosen species. It’s not difficult to name a personal favorite species, whether endearing, exciting, or endangered, but what of the less charismatic species, whose loss would have an immeasurably greater impact on our planet?

The chair for the evening will be television broadcaster and film producer Andrea Catherwood.

As poets, songwriters and authors have described, our memories range from misty water-colored recollections to vividly detailed images of the times of our lives.

Now, a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Boston College offers new insights into the specific components of emotional memories, suggesting that sleep plays a key role in determining what we remember – and what we forget.

Reported in the August 2008 issue of the journal Psychological Science, the findings show that a period of slumber helps the brain to selectively preserve and enhance those aspects of a memory that are of greatest emotional resonance, while at the same time diminishing the memory's neutral background details.