Distracted driving is more of a risk than most people would imagine. In the United States, more than nine people are killed due to distracted driving every day, and more than 1,060 people are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Additionally, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reported, in 2011 alone, 3,331 people were killed in car accidents that involved a distracted driver and an additional 387,000 people were injured in accidents involving distracted drivers. The ...

Although some states have elected to create their own statutes regarding employee overtime, many states, including Utah, generally adhere to federal overtime laws in wage and hour disputes - specifically, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, unless an employee is clearly exempted, he or she is entitled to receive overtime pay for any time worked in excess of 40 hours in a given week. In particular, the rate of pay for overtime hours must be at least one and one-half times an employee's regular pay rate. In addition, an agreement between an employer and ...

When you think of workers' compensation, you may think of an arm-off case, crushing accident or something similar. However, do you ever think about chronic pain? This may not be the case; nevertheless, chronic pain (for example, chronic back issues) can be a claimable work-related injury. There are a growing number of cases in the United States that concern this issue. In fact, sources suggest that employers may need more programs that treat and reduce these types of injuries, which are exacerbated by certain working environments. In general, chronic pain is defined ...

Military members face unique challenges in both their professional and personal lives. Long deployments make it challenging for some military members to stay in touch with their families and have been linked to a growing military divorce rate. Between 2001 and 2011, the divorce rate increased from 2.6 to 3.7 percent, though it dropped slightly to 3.5 percent in 2012. For female soldiers, the divorce rate is significantly higher -- at 9.4 percent. In response, some branches of the military have created workshops for couples in the military. The Marines, for example, provide ...

Under Texas laws, if a man and woman are not married and a child is born from their relationship, the child does not have a "legal" father. When this occurs, it is vital for the parents to sign an "Acknowledgement of Paternity" as soon as possible in order to protect both the child's and the father's legal rights. Completing the AOP at the time of birth is the easiest and most efficient way to handle the situation. If the parents complete the document at the hospital, the hospital will forward it to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and the biological ...

No matter the circumstances, losing a loved one is a painful experience. However, when the loved one's death is due to the negligence of another person, in addition to the painful feelings, family members can face unexpected funeral expenses and loss of income. Fortunately, there is a legal remedy that can help families recover their financial losses: a wrongful death lawsuit. Who can bring the lawsuit? Under New York law, family members do not bring the wrongful death lawsuit themselves. Instead, it is brought by a personal representative of the deceased's estate ...

Facebook rolled out a new recommendation feature for business pages, and Team Pest USA encouraged their Atlanta pest control customers to use it. During the month of April, Team Pest USA customers who recommended the company's services on Facebook were entered into a drawing to win a $50 Visa gift card. Entering the drawing was easy. Customers needed to simply go to the Team Pest USA Facebook page (located at https://www.facebook.com/TeamPestUSA) and post a recommendation before the first of May. Those who posted a recommendation before the deadline were automatically ...

Gembecki Mechanical Services, leaders in heating and air conditioning in central Florida, regularly offer special deals to provide both new and current customers with the best prices on central Florida air conditioning, heating, plumbing, and refrigeration installation and services. They now offer a "Deal of the Day." The deal is subject to change daily, so customers should call Gembecki at 407-695-6646 for more information about the current offer. A Variety of Cost-Saving Offers Gembecki has a number of other special offers on central Florida air conditioning ...

Anyone who has tried to lose weight, eat healthy or stick to an exercise regimen knows the importance of resources to provide advice and encouragement, both to get the weight off and keep it off. That is why Healthe Trim operates a website to do just that. The Playbook - A Wealth of Resources Healthe Trim's website, also known as The Playbook, located at Healthytrimcoaching.com, provides resources for people using their products, as well as those who just want to lead a fit, healthy life, despite the temptations that are everywhere. By including lifestyle guides, ...

Is it possible for companies to save money while they're also saving the environment? The latest AmeriQuest blog shows that not only is it possible, a range of major corporations are proving they can do both. The blog cites examples and statistics from a January 2012 report, "State of Green Business 2012," published by GreenBiz.com. This report found that over half of Global Fortune 250 companies saw a gain in financial value from sustainability initiatives, and that 48% of S&P 500 companies are reporting environmental and social performance indicators. Companies ...

Easy Dynamics Corp. (EDC), a systems integrator located in Washington DC, today announces that it has achieved Microsoft's Gold Partner status for Collaboration and Content. EDC is also a Cloud Accelerator Partner and Small Business Specialist. Achieving Gold status is important to the EDC services portfolio and demonstrates our company's commitment to the highest skill and expertise in delivering solutions on Microsoft technologies. Few qualify as Gold Partners, Michael Strand, business relationship manager for Microsoft stated, "We expect only the top two percent ...

It's afternoon tea but not as we know it. The long-standing British tradition, first started in the 1830s by the Duchess of Bedford, has been given a new makeover by American restaurant BRGR.Co on Wardour Street in London. Instead of cucumber sandwiches and cream and jam filled scones for afternoon tea in London, how about burgers and doughnuts? The GBP17 afternoon tea at BRGR.Co starts with three sliders -- a classic cheeseburger, a chicken Caesar bun and a lobster and bacon slider -- served with fries, to be followed by warm filled doughnuts with salted caramel, raspberry ...

In the year the Queen marks the 60th anniversary of her Coronation, the Palace Ballroom at Buckingham Palace hosts a special exhibition during the Summer Opening of its State Rooms which draw visitors in their thousands to London each year and now is a good time to book tickets and find somewhere to stay choosing from a wide selection of London hotels within walking distance of Buckingham Palace. 'The Queen's Coronation 1953' goes on display at Buckingham Palace for the duration of the Summer Opening, from Saturday 27th July until Sunday 29th September 2013 and entrance ...

Snore Free -- Today at the Health and Fitness Trade Show, IFMC, Inc., announced a new contest for Snore Free, allowing owners of the product to capture and upload funny photos or videos of their loved ones using the product to Snore Free's Facebook to win prizes. The contest winners will be given VISA gift cards varying from $25 up to as much as $100. To Submit, message videos to Snore Free's facebook page. The page can be found through the link on Snore Free's web site. "I can already imagine some of the photo submittals now! Happy wives capturing their husbands ...

AgilQuest Corporation announced today the availability of a new version of OnBoard, their workplace management technology, which connects office space management efficiencies to the energy savings of intelligent buildings. The combination yields large savings from real estate reduction, additional savings from energy reduction, and increased worker happiness by removing virtually all manual effort. Current intelligent building systems save energy by turning off unneeded lights and HVAC service, but cannot maximize savings as they don't know who is present and where people ...

Starting next week, leading family law attorneys from the Massachusetts Family Law Group will conduct a series of two-hour seminars teaching men and women how to properly plan and prepare for the "harsh reality of divorce." Each seminar will give participants a roadmap of the divorce process and focus on the most crucial issues in a typical divorce case - child support and alimony, custody and parenting plans, property division and allocation of debt. With 20 attorneys and well over 100 years of combined legal experience, this "brain trust of Massachusetts ...

OMICS Group is proud to announce the acquisition of the journal: Oral Health and Dental Management (OHDM), a dentistry research based quality journal. With this acquisition, the glory heads high and both the organizations join hands together for fulfillment of making healthcare information Open Access. The contract agreement, between, Dr. Srinubabu Gedela, CEO, OMICS Group Incorporation and Prof. Corneliu Amariei, Founding executive and editor of OHDM, is a channel to open the boundaries of knowledge, and to build a strong headway in this field. Oral Health and Dental ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Parasites are ubiquitous. They feed on virtually every animal and even on each other. Yet, for all the parasites' collective contributions to biomass and biodiversity, conventional food webs don't account for the presence of these tiny and numerous consumers. A recent study featuring work by several UC Santa Barbara scientists focuses on the impact parasites have on food webs, with findings that are expected to alter our picture of who-eats-who. The paper, "Parasites Affect Food Web Structure Primarily through Increased Diversity and Complexity," ...

For years, the mantra of neurologists treating stroke victims has been "time equals brain." That's because getting a patient to the emergency room quickly to receive a drug that dissolves the stroke-causing blood clot can make a significant difference in how much brain tissue is saved or lost. But specific information has been limited on just how the timing of giving the intravenous drug — known as a tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA — influences outcomes for victims of ischemic (clot-caused), stroke, the most common type of stroke. Now, a team led by UCLA researchers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — For years, Alzheimer's researchers have focused on two proteins that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and may contribute to the disease: plaques made up of the protein amyloid-beta, and tangles of another protein, called tau. But for the first time, an Alzheimer's researcher has looked closely at not the two proteins independently, but at the interaction of the two proteins with each other — in the brain tissue of post-mortem Alzheimer's patients and in mouse brains with Alzheimer's disease. The research found that the interaction between ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney and Dartmouth College have developed a new way to design quantum memory, bringing quantum computers a step closer to reality. The results will appear June 19 in the journal Nature Communications. Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing, by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in code breaking, materials science and physics. But figuring out how to engineer such a machine, including vital subsystems like quantum memory, remains elusive. In the worldwide ...

In spite of considerable human development, the southeastern United States region could provide some of the Western Hemisphere's more heavily used thoroughfares for mammals, birds and amphibians on their way to cooler environments in a warming world, according to new research led by the University of Washington. The region is among half a dozen areas that could experience heavier traffic compared with the average species-movement across the Western Hemisphere in response to a warming climate. The estimate in southeastern states, for example, is up to 2.5 times the average ...

Kick back and shut your eyes. Now stop thinking. You have just put your brain into what neuroscientists call its resting state. What the brain is doing when an individual is not focused on the outside world has become the focus of considerable research in recent years. One of the potential benefits of these studies could be definitive diagnoses of mental health disorders ranging from bipolar to post-traumatic stress disorders. For the last decade, neuroscientists have been using the non-invasive brain-mapping technique functional called magnetic resonance imaging or ...

Nitrous oxide — best known as laughing gas — is one of the world's oldest and most widely used anesthetics. Despite its popularity, however, experts have questioned its impact on the risk of a heart attack during surgery or soon afterward. But those fears are unfounded, a new study indicates. The findings by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will appear in the July issue of the journal Anesthesiology. "It's been known for quite a while that laughing gas inactivates vitamin B12 and, by doing so, increases blood levels of the amino acid ...

Oscar Wilde called memory "the diary that we all carry about with us." Now a team of scientists has developed a way to see where and how that diary is written. The team, led by Don Arnold and Richard Roberts of USC, engineered microscopic probes that light up synapses in a living neuron in real time by attaching fluorescent markers onto synaptic proteins – all without affecting the neuron's ability to function. The fluorescent markers allow scientists to see live excitatory and inhibitory synapses for the first time – and, importantly, how they change as new memories ...