The Federal shutdown may be the most striking evidence to support claims that America's political system is broken, but it is far from the only example. Writing in Governance, acclaimed political scientists Norman Ornstein and Jared Diamond explore if tribalism is at the heart of the problem, or if the U.S. is facing a far greater political crisis. "The state of our overall political process as the most dysfunctional I have seen in over 44 years of watching Washington and American politics up close," writes Norman Ornstein, from the American Enterprise Institute. "If ...

VIDEO: Asian elephants console others who are in distress, using physical touches and vocalizations, finds a study to be published in the open-access journal PeerJ. The findings are the first empirical... Click here for more information. Asian elephants console others who are in distress, using physical touches and vocalizations, finds a study to be published in the open access journal PeerJ. The findings are the first empirical evidence of consolation in elephants, says ...

Whotspot.com a progressive, paradigm shifting, provider of Cloud-managed WiFi products and services has put together 3 new plans to help entrepreneurs "start your own business". These plans can also help existing businesses expand and grow. "Our systems are so simple, anyone can offer controlled, pay-per-use, voucher limited or free wifi at any venue in a matter of minutes. If you can plug in a lamp, you can deploy one of our wifi gateways", states Terry Fagen, President of Whotspot.com. With these 3 new partner programs, anyone can make money in ...

Writer David A Roberts has released a Kickstarter campaign for Mile High, a raunchy comedy series, featuring David Allen. A twenty four year old who has done very well for himself since graduating high school. With a lot of luck and help from his friends, David managed to fumble his way into a highly successful business that he started near the end of his junior year. Now, six years later, David has a problem. A recent law passed by the state of Colorado now threatens his livelihood. The voters passed legalizing marijuana and his clients will no longer need his services ...

Latinva Dance Fitness introduces Latinva Core Bachata at Spectrum Athletic Clubs, 51 Peninsula Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90275 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What is Bachata? Bachata is a dance that originated in the Dominican Republic. The dance steps consist of a three-step hip movement on the beat of the music, followed by a tap on the fourth beat. The hips are accentuated in Bachata...the knees are slightly bent so that the hips sway a little easier. What major muscle groups are used in Latinva Core Bachata? With Latinva Dance, the movements in Bachata ...

Being the first application of its kind from 'Indytek Solutions', the Insta WebTV software allows clients to professionally create, manage and run their very own broadcast channels across the web 24/7, through a user friendly windows based application. Users are able to create their own broadcast channel on the web quickly and easily, including the ability to add their playlist, company logo, watermarks and any chosen text. Streaming direct from a video to video server, users can even embed their broadcast channel on websites for their visitors to view. The application ...

VCP Superstar service allows businesses to hire highly qualified candidates to work remotely from their home offices. Salaried employees such as CFO's, accountants, retail buyers and sales can be hired through the Veracity Certified Pros program. Candidates will be put through a rigorous recruitment process including a background check, work and school history, reference check and skill qualification testing. Veracity Certified Professionals recruitment process includes a complete online training network that allows candidates to demonstrate the requirements for the ...

Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show, founders of The Authors Marketing Powerhouse, have announced The Authors Show radio and broadcast schedule for the week of February 17, 2014. The new show schedule is available at the Authors Marketing Powerhouse site. For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. Book Marketing, branded as The Authors Marketing Powerhouse, helps authors overcome these challenges by ...

As Americans go throughout their day, filling up gas tanks, shopping online and visiting the grocery store, a trail of information is left behind - names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, addresses, online login names and passwords. Many don't give much thought about personally identifiable information (PII) that companies collect until national headlines grab their attention with startling news, such as the 110 million Target customers PII compromised and more recently, some of the largest hotel chains in the U.S. admitting a data breach affected customers across ...

India is trying to raise 500 million skilled people by the end of 2022. How can companies help to make this dream comes true? I think the human resource development is the best part of Indian corporate, working as the biggest platform of trained people. Thereby, they should try hard to get this target. It is also important to develop the entrepreneurial skills. The corporate sector should come forward to increase the job opportunities and take the employment as investment to boost up the economical condition of the country. In such a doubtful economic condition, ...

Ten Pretty Good Reasons to Hire Boston and Rhode Island (RI) Wedding DJs Ra-Mu and The Crew for your 2014-2015 Boston-Providence-Newport Reception 10. Ra-Mu and the Crew are CONSISTENT, DOMINANT, AND CLUTCH in getting your guests on the dance floor. 9. Ra-Mu and the Crew have the most number of positive reviews than any other DJ company in Rhode Island. 8. Ra-Mu and the Crew have ample video footage online(youtube and vimeo) to showcase talent before potential clients sign a contract. 7. Ra-Mu and the Crew is excited about your wedding. We are PASSIONATE about ...

Visix is honored to receive a Bronze DSE Content Award for their Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) digital signage design. Robert Brown, Creative Content Artist for Visix, won the award for his custom interactive wayfinding and traditional digital signage for the school. "Each year at DSE, they award the best in ground-breaking creative projects, and I'm honored to have been recognized," says Brown. "We always aim to bring a unique design approach to each project that not only meets the customer's technical and branding requirements, but will ...

Optex Redscan laser detectors provide rugged and reliable detection in an innovative pole-mounted, short-term, mobile surveillance system capable of wireless communication, perimeter detection, lighting and remote monitoring. The security system is being used by Cove Properties, one of Alberta Canada's premier luxury condo builders, to secure construction sites from theft and vandalism in the harsh elements of northern Canada. Cove Properties worked with 2020 DSS, a leading-edge digital security system company in Edmonton, Alberta, who created a unique solution based ...

Online shoppers are accustomed to viewing consumer products in 360 degrees. Now RealeyeZ3D is taking the power of RealHDTM to the next level. Their new product, RealHDTM MooV, offers moving features that are not available elsewhere in video or 3D marketing and merchandising. "RealHDTM Moov uses the MPEG-4 movie format," says company founder and CEO, Ofer Rubin. "It is compatible with Apple and all other platforms and responsive to all screen sizes. Together with its new scalability. It will look like retailers spent tens of thousands of dollars on high-end ...

Sharon Kenig has been appointed to the position of Associate Vice President of Credit & Syndication for AmeriQuest Transportation Services, a leading provider of comprehensive fleet management services, financial solutions, and operational support services. Kenig joined AmeriQuest in 2011 and is responsible for closing all syndication transactions ranging from $100K to $22M. In addition, she provides all credit analyses and ultimate underwriting decisions in support of all sales and syndication efforts, and conducts pricing analyses and economic summaries for funding ...

With spring fast approaching, Cyclomundo (http://www.cyclomundo.com/) believes there's no better time than now to consider planning a cycling tour of one of France's many wine-growing regions, the Swiss Alps, the breathtaking Mediterranean coast, or sensuous and historic Tuscany. The French cyclotourism agency prides itself on offering intimate, memorable bike tours at competitive prices. Now, the agency is suggesting even more ways for tourists to save their hard-earned money. Most tours with Cyclomundo are self-guided, which has a couple of distinct advantages. Self-guided ...

WASHINGTON D.C. Feb. 17, 2014 -- Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, afflicts millions of people each year, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains and a characteristic skin rash. In some people the disease progresses to a severe, often fatal, form known as dengue hemorrhagic fever. Despite its heavy toll, the prevention and clinical treatment of dengue infection has been a "dramatic failure in public health compared to other infectious diseases like HIV," said Ping Liu of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...

VIDEO: Enabled by the birefringence of liquid crystal, motion of 24nm thick bacteria flagella now is easily visible using a simple polarizing microscope. Click here for more information. WASHINGTON D.C. Feb. 17, 2014 -- Plop living, swimming bacteria into a novel water-based, nontoxic liquid crystal and a new physics takes over. The dynamic interaction of the bacteria with the liquid crystal creates a novel form of soft matter: living liquid crystal. The new type of active ...

WASHINGTON D.C. Feb. 17, 2014 -- Alzheimer's disease has long been marked by progress -- but not the kind of progress the medical community seeks. It is the most common form of dementia among older Americans, and its risk increases with increasing age; for those living with the disease, its ravages get worse over time; and as we move into the 21st century, it will place a greater and greater burden on society. The number of Americans living with Alzheimer's has doubled since 1980 and is expected to triple again by 2050. Sadly, Alzheimer's disease has been the least prone ...

1. Aortic valve replacement improves function but may not improve quality of life Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) improves functional status but may not improve overall quality of life, according to an article being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease in developing countries and it affects up to 3 percent of adults older than 75. In recent years, TAVR has emerged as an alternative treatment to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for high-risk or inoperable patients with symptomatic ...

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol may contribute to the risk aversion and 'irrational pessimism' found among bankers and fund managers during financial crises, according to a new study. The study's authors say that risk takers in the financial world exhibit risk averse behaviour during periods of extreme market volatility – just when a crashing market most needs them to take risks – and that this change in their appetite for risk may be "physiologically-driven", specifically by the body's response to cortisol. They suggest that stress could be an "under-appreciated" ...

PHILADELPHIA – A new study finds that football helmets currently used on the field may do little to protect against hits to the side of the head, or rotational force, an often dangerous source of brain injury and encephalopathy. The study released today will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. "Protection against concussion and complications of brain injury is especially important for young players, including elementary and middle school, high school and college athletes, whose still-developing ...

Why does a mouse's heart beat about the same number of times in its lifetime as an elephant's, although the mouse lives about a year, while an elephant sees 70 winters come and go? Why do small plants and animals mature faster than large ones? Why has nature chosen such radically different forms as the loose-limbed beauty of a flowering tree and the fearful symmetry of a tiger? These questions have puzzled life scientists since ancient times. Now an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Padua in Italy propose a thought-provoking ...

One of science's strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge fished out of a Danish fjord shows that complex life does not need high levels of oxygen in order to live and grow. The origin of complex life is one of science's greatest mysteries. How could the first small primitive cells evolve into the diversity of advanced life forms that exists on Earth today? The explanation in all textbooks is: Oxygen. Complex life evolved because the atmospheric ...

As a range of climate change mitigation scenarios are discussed, University of Washington researchers have found that the injection of sulfate particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and curb the effects of global warming could pose a severe threat if not maintained indefinitely and supported by strict reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The new study, published today, 18 February, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, has highlighted the risks of large and spatially expansive temperature increases if solar radiation management ...