A bill is making its way through the South Carolina legislature that will stiffen penalties for drunk driving offenses. Even a first DUI charge and conviction would trigger an ignition interlock program requirement, if an individual's alcohol concentration was above .12. Senator Joel Lourie proposed the change in law, known as Emma's law, after the New Year's Day death of Emma Longstreet in 2012. The impaired driver involved in the accident had prior DUI convictions. The legislation formally labeled Senate bill 137 passed the Senate in March of last year. A subcommittee ...

Cardinal Web Solutions, an award winning Atlanta Internet marketing agency, announces the launch of Cardinal JumpStart SEM, a search engine marketing solution for small businesses. Cardinal JumpStart is a quick and easy solution to drive more traffic, leads, and conversions to businesses' websites. Ideal for professional practices, such as dentists, medical offices, and local service business, Cardinal JumpStart uses cutting-edge digital marketing techniques to help businesses generate more customers. "Cardinal Web Solutions is excited to offer a viable small business ...

The Pittsburgh plumbers, Stahl Plumbing, highlight the current seasonal specials they are offering to their customers. The winter months can put a lot of stress on your home's plumbing system, especially in areas where the temperatures frequently drop below the freezing mark. From freezing lines to burst pipes, losing one's access to running water is far from an enjoyable experience. Since one can only go so long using bottled H2O and because extensive damage can come from plumbing repairs that are not addressed in due time, contacting an emergency plumber is your only ...

Customer loyalty is worth its weight in gold in the service industry. This is because satisfied customers always recommend the companies with whom they have had a pleasant experience to their friends, relatives and co-workers. The fact that The Pampering Plumber has earned the trust and confidence of its many clients is a testimony to their professionalism and excellent customer care. One of the leading licensed plumbers in Tampa, they have the experience and expertise to handle any plumbing problems you may encounter. You can trust them to install, repair and maintain ...

Go ahead, throw a party! Although there are no federal holidays on the horizon, you can celebrate the spring equinox early or host a wish-winter-is-over bash. No matter what theme your party may have, you can count on Event Rentals Unlimited to have the party equipment you need for a truly enjoyable celebration. As Birmingham event rental specialists, they have a complete line of china, glassware, utensils, tables, chairs, linen and everything else you need to throw a great party. Are you thinking of braving the elements and having your party outdoors? They can help ...

The ceiling fan installation professionals, CW Electrical, are proud to say they perform work for both residential and commercial customers. Home and business owners in need of any electrical installation or service/repair job can count on one source for all their needs, which is much easier than contacting multiple companies. Top-of-the-line Electrical Work for Every Customer A lot of contractors cater to specific client bases, but with their wide range of expertise and years of experience in the field, the Pittsburgh electrical services experts at CW Electrical ...

Plantation shutter manufacturers Eclipse Shutters knows that its custom-made plantation style shutters can be used for much more than just traditional window shutters. To encourage their customers' creative use of plantation shutters throughout the home, Eclipse Shutters offers two different track system options: the bi-fold track system and the by-pass track system. The bi-fold shutter track system is most commonly used for closet and patio doors. It allows the shutters to slide and fold open easily. Shutters on the bi-fold track system are hinged in the middle to encourage ...

Mattress World, a Pittsburgh discount mattress store, offers its customers the convenience of financing on the purchase of a new mattress. Qualified customers can receive full financing with zero percent interest. Customers who are interested in receiving complete financing with no interest on their mattresses in Pittsburgh, Pa., will need to contact their local Mattress World branch to receive the most up-to-date financing information. Financing offers can change at any time, so Mattress World encourages interested customers to stop by or call today. "We understand ...

Volkswagen Group of America has once again selected Peak Performance to be the exclusive provider of TRAC, known as Target and Retain Aftersales Customers - a comprehensive, industry-leading service CRM solution for Volkswagen dealers nationwide. TJ Dolliver, Parts and Service Marketing Manager noted, "Peak Performance is the right choice for Volkswagen. PEAK's innovative methodologies have led to improved customer engagement in all our dealer communications. "According to Steven Gray, Chief Operating Officer, Peak Performance, "Our long-standing relationship with Volkswagen ...

Corcentric, a leading provider of SaaS Accounts Payable automation solutions hosted in the cloud, today announced an agreement to implement its AP automation solution for Moran Towing Corporation, a leading provider of marine towing and transportation services. The integration of COR360 into Moran's Accounts Payable processes will help the company bridge the last automation gap related to their invoice workflow. As part of the solution, Moran will be using the COR360 platform to streamline the invoice approval workflow for faster processing and to reduce costs associated ...

An always anticipated occasion for audience and orchestra alike, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn returns to the Chamber Orchestra podium for a play/conduct program that will undoubtedly brim with the passion, panache and vivacity his concerts unfailingly deliver. The program features Haydn's famous "Surprise" Symphony and two highly expressive works by Schumann and Britten. APRIL 6 AND 7 AT THE KIMMEL CENTER A founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Chamber Orchestra will perform on April 6 at 2:30 pm and April 7 at 7:30 pm ...

Feldman Orthodontics is pleased to announce their 24th Annual Scholarship Essay Competition-What a Smile Means to Me. This one time scholarship of $1,000 was established to recognize individuals with potential to excel and become a contributing members of our community with the potential to continue with that legacy of service. Two scholarships will be awarded over all. Dr. Randy Feldman has awarded scholarships to over forty graduating seniors from local public high schools during the past twenty three years. Among the requirements for this unique scholarship are ...

EHC, Inc., a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork and infrastructure services, is proud to announce breaking ground on five new projects in the first quarter of 2014 which totals nine active projects throughout Southwest Florida. The new development projects include phase I of the Hertz Worldwide Headquarters Campus in Estero, Sam's Club in Cape Coral, US 41 and CR 951 intersection improvements in Naples, Caloosahatchee Bridge upgrade in Fort Myers, and Winchester Boulevard extension in Englewood. Many of the projects are multi-million dollar ...

Mark Williams, to many, is a humble guy next-door that is known in the Washington DC skateboarding community. However, Mark's latest ambitions have put him in the spotlight with massive recognition. On Thursday, March 27th, Mark embarks on a cross-country journey to teach skateboarding and raise money for cancer. He starts the 115 day journey in a small town in Vermont. This is not the first-time Mark has been on such a trip. In 2013, he completed a 300 miles skate from Virginia to Indiana in memory of his Grandmother. From his past trip, he expects to be able to cover ...

Riding a dragon is a fantasy many have and few fulfil, but if you're interested in sending research to the International Space Station, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) can help bring those dreams to life. To clarify, this "dragon" is actually a spacecraft carrying cargo and supplies to the orbiting laboratory and the "ride" is for the research proposed by investigators. This simply adds the magic of discovery to the journey, as knowledge expands with each result from microgravity experimentation aboard the space station. Advancing Research ...

Just days following the unveiling of the new Rabbit TV Content Partnership Program, the company announced its participation in NAB 2014 and its compelling plans for content monetization. Rabbit TV's recent entry into the online media marketplace is supported by millions of viewers and its massive electronic programming guide featuring 100,000+ freely available selections coupled with pay-per-view and premium channels. The company's new model, proven successful by the popular Rabbit TV service and based on subscriber behavioral data, identifies three unique content ...

Higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) dramatically increases the odds of readmission to the hospital for asthma – but only for white children, according to a new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study. The study shows that white children exposed to high levels of TRAP are three times more likely to be readmitted for asthma than white children with low TRAP exposure. Levels of TRAP exposure were not associated with increased risk of readmission of black children, despite their having overall higher rates of asthma readmission than white ...

Faster and cheaper DNA sequencing techniques will likely improve care for patients with breast cancer but also create challenges for clinicians as they counsel patients on their treatment options. Those are among the conclusions of a study published recently in the BJS (British Journal of Surgery). The findings provide insights into how genetic advances will soon be affecting patient care. When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, it's important to know as much about her tumour as possible to determine the best treatment. Most cases of breast cancer are sporadic, ...

Cells usually self-destruct when irreparable glitches occur in their DNA. Programmed cell death, or apoptosis, helps insure that cells with damaged DNA do not grow and replicate to produce more mutated cells. Apoptosis thereby helps protect and insure the survival of the organism. At the GSA Drosophila Research Conference, TinTin Su, Ph.D., will report that a dying Drosophila melanogaster larvae cell alerts neighboring cells that they are in danger of suffering a similar fate. Dr. Su and her collaborators at University of Colorado, Boulder used ionizing radiation ...

In previous research (Nature, July 2013), UC Berkeley scientists Beatriz Vicoso, Ph.D., and Doris Bachtrog, Ph.D., determined that genes on the so-called "dot chromosome," or fourth chromosome, of the fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster are X-linked in three other related fly species. These and other findings revealed that the fruit fly's "dot chromosome" had descended from a differentiated X chromosome and suggests that several of the chromosome's puzzling features are remnants of its heritage as a sex chromosome. For example, the expression levels of genes on the ...

Skeletal muscle cells with unevenly spaced nuclei, or nuclei in the wrong location, are telltale signs of such inherited muscle diseases as Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, which occurs in one out of every 100,000 births, and centronuclear myopathy, which affects one out of every 50,000 infants. What goes wrong during myogenesis, the formation and maintenance of muscle tissue, to produce these inherited muscle diseases? Research using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has implicated the gene known as Sunday Driver (Syd) as a novel regulator of myogenesis. The ...

As Rachel Carson predicted 50 years ago in her groundbreaking book Silent Spring, crop pests are capable of outwitting the chemical compounds known as xenobiotics that are devised to kill them. This development of resistance to insecticides is a serious problem because it threatens crop production and thereby can influence the availability and costs of many foods as well as the economy. To understand the genetic mechanisms underlying insecticide resistance, University of Kansas scientists turned to the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and caffeine, a stimulant drug ...

Four years ago, University of Iowa scientists discovered that mutations in the prickle gene in Drosophila were responsible for much more than merely altering the bristles on the fly's body to point them in the wrong direction. Prompted by a colleague's finding that PRICKLE gene mutations were responsible for triggering a form of epilepsy in humans, John Manak, Ph.D., who led the fly research team, took a closer look at the Drosophila prickle mutants. (PRICKLE refers to the human gene, while prickle is the Drosophila form of the gene.) Through a series of experiments, ...

A Stanford University lab whose studies have advanced scientific understanding of resistance and tolerance defense mechanisms to bacterial and viral pathogens has now turned its sights on cancer. "Just as there are resistance and tolerance mechanisms that target invading microbes, we predicted that there are also resistance and tolerance mechanisms that control a host's response to cancer," David Schneider, Ph.D., who heads the lab, and postdoctoral researcher Adler R. Dillman, Ph.D., wrote in their GSA Drosophila Research Conference abstract. While resistance refers ...

Earlier this year, researchers in David J. Begun, Ph.D.'s lab at UC Davis reported that they had uncovered 142 de novo genes that originated in the ancestral non-coding DNA sequences and are segregating in Drosophila melanogaster populations. Dr. Begun and postdoctoral scientist Li Zhao, Ph.D., identified de novo genes by comparing the RNA transcripts of the testes of several wild-derived strains of D. melanogaster to the standard reference genome for this fly species and to the RNA transcripts and genomes of two other Drosophila species. Their results suggested that ...