The Massachusetts Lyme Disease Commission was created by the Massachusetts State Legislature in April of 2011. The Lyme Disease Commission's charge was to develop a report to help combat Lyme Disease, including options in regards to screening programs, the improvement of preventative measures and to explore the value of public health screening measures. The release of the report has been delayed as the result of numerous technical issues. Makris believes it is imperative that Massachusetts and other affected states take action as soon as possible. "The Lyme disease ...

VMZINC (http://www.vmzinc-us.com/), a leading specialist in innovative zinc products manufactured and sold by the Building Products Unit of Umicore, has announced that the company will sponsor an Appetite 4 Architecture (A4A) dinner on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 18 Seaboard, located at 18 Seaboard Ave. The dinner, organized by Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), a North Carolina nonprofit organization committed to documenting, preserving and promoting modernist architecture, provides members with a unique opportunity to enjoy informal discussions, involving architecture and design ...

Educational Testing Consultants, Inc. (ETC) (www.etctestprep.com) announces a new free strategy workshop series geared to help people prepare for the GRE, GMAT, or LSAT exams. Beginning in January 2013, ETC will offer weekly live, online webinars. The workshops will provide in-depth overviews of the GRE, GMAT, or LSAT exams as well as overviews of each section of the exams. Topics will include GRE Math and Verbal sections; GMAT Math and Verbal sections; and LSAT Logic preparation, reading comprehension and essay writing workshops. These strategy workshops are offered at ...

iDatix (http://www.idatix.com), developer of intelligent software solutions that align people, processes and technology, announces the addition of new partner Neopost Southeast, an innovative solutions provider in the postal and related communications industry. With this partnership, Neopost will offer the iDatix Document Management and Workflow Automation solution suite, iSynergy, to its 10,000+ customers as part of its commitment to continual business improvement. "The partnership between Neopost SE and iDatix Corporation is another example of how we are listening ...

Authentic Luxury Goods (ALG) has announced a record breaking holiday season for its designer consignment shop based in San Diego, California. "From November thru December 2012, our sales more than doubled from the previous holiday season," says Carl Blackburn, owner of Authentic Luxury Goods. Authentic Luxury Goods' sales report was one of the few retail success stories this past year. America's retailers were widely reported to have experienced the worst holiday season since the financial crisis of 2008. "Today's shoppers want the best deals possible ...

New homes, in a great neighborhood, that are close to everything but far from ordinary describes Pardee Homes' Sorrento Terrace. This stylish collection of condominiums, with pricing from the high $300,000s, has seven floor plans to choose from, including a new phase release of seven homes this weekend, and several homes available for move in now. Sorrento Terrace fulfills a need in the Sorrento Valley area for new homes with a selection of floor plans that are versatile as well as energy-efficient. Charming Spanish and Craftsman architectural styles accent the seven- ...

Newly constructed, Mi Amor starts off the New Year with a special introductory offer of twenty percent discount on bookings from now until end August 2013. Mi Amor is a five bedroom, five bathroom vacation villa with private pool situated in the gated community of Silver Sands on the North Coast of Jamaica. Mi Amor features a very large living and dining room area with open plan kitchen. Four bedrooms are situated on the ground floor and the master bedroom suite is upstairs opening out onto a large balcony overlooking the pool and views of the Caribbean Sea. There's ...

Imperial Landscaping of Winston Salem announced commercial lawn care services in the greater Triad area including Advance, Kernersville, Clemmons, High Point, Greensboro and Lexington NC. "We provide lawn care and landscaping services for commercial accounts at the high quality and great prices as we offer for residential customers," said James Tolentino, Owner of Imperial Landscaping. "We can maintain your property: mowing the grass, trimming the shrubs, seeding, mulching or whatever else you need." Learn more about Imperial Landscaping offerings: Commercial ...

New York Microscope Company, the Long Island, N.Y. international provider of sales and service of digital and standard microscopes has announced the addition of the Seiler line of microscopes to its inventory. New York Microscopes clients include government agencies, medical and industrial institutions, doctors, hospitals, clinical laboratories, and educational institutions. "We are very pleased to be adding this prestigious line of affordable high-quality microscopes and colopscopes to our catalogue," says New York Microscope Company Vice President of Operations, ...

Award-winning bespoke luxury travel company, Black Tomato, has tailored a one-of-a-kind cross country skiing holiday through the unspoiled Mongolian wilderness. This journey delves deep into the backcountry for an up-close-and-personal encounter with the nomadic Tsaatan tribe. Participants will assist in the tribe's livelihood by herding reindeer on their very own handcrafted skis before voyaging to the immaculate Lake Khovsgol for a joyous festival on its frozen crystalline waters. After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, guest will be given a whirl-wind tour of the capital before ...

Florida is famed for capturing our imaginations and the Sunshine State effortlessly blends US five-star service with exotic Caribbean influences. Set in the southwest of the state lies one of Florida's best kept secrets, it is here on the unspoiled shores and beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel where you can expect pristine sandy stretches, hidden coves and the ebb and flow of the Mexican Gulf. So, to help new visitors navigate those all-important travel choices, the luxury travel experts at Black Tomato (www.blacktomato.com), have collaborated with The Beaches Fort Myers ...

Orange County orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ralph Venuto (http://www.drvenuto.com) has completed 38 years in private practice and specializes in the treatment of knee and shoulder joint injuries. With many firsts to his credit, Dr. Venuto is highly acclaimed as a trusted sports medicine specialist, who constantly strives to focus on innovative, minimally invasive treatment techniques. As a sports medicine specialist in Orange County, Dr. Venuto is a sports enthusiast himself, who relates to how an athlete feels when injured and away from their sport. "I have a simple ...

Dr. Paul Busch, dentist in Kalamazoo, MI, and Dr. Stephanie Busch-Abbate are excited to be providing an easy to use appointment request form as a part of their practice's comprehensive dental website. By using this service, patients are able to schedule an appointment without having to even pick up the phone. "I am very glad that our practice is able to make it simple for patients to schedule appointments online. We are always looking for ways to make our practice more patient-friendly and this is a great example of that. I hope that many of our patients will take ...

Dr. Michael Laureola, dentist in Bradford, ON, is asking his patients to leave online reviews of his practice. He hopes that the online reviews will help to increase his practice's online presence and help to encourage others to visit his practice for the first time. "I hope that many of our patients will take some time to leave a review of their experience at our practice online. I believe we offer a great level of service at our practice and that the vast majority of patients will have a positive experience here. I'd like to encourage all of our patients that ...

Nearly 30 million of men suffer from various sexual dysfunction challenges, and seemingly nearly as many remedies and supplements have emerged to treat the problem. The launch of the new website Meteor100.Com is designed to review and inform readers about the top trending male enhancement products. The new website looks pumps, pills, sprays and weights, the most common natural remedies for sexual performance issues and concerns. Demand is higher than ever for natural male enhancement pills ever since the introduction of prescription erectile dysfunction pills came to ...

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Low Risk Winner, a popular UK Gaming site, created by two web masters in the July 2010, has received a huge recognition of its position in the industry, by being nominated for and short-listed in the iGB Affiliate awards. Low Risk Winner is an online gaming site, initially designed to be the best place for people to compare betting offers. However, it quickly grew to offer sports news, casino offers and poker, bingo and games promotions too. Their unique navigation path and easy to use layout, makes them stand out from the crowd. The iGB affiliate awards are operated ...

When at work, people have a million things on their minds. Deadlines, projects and clients are main concerns that keep employees busy. One thing that is often overlooked, but should be a main concern, is injuries and safety in the workplace. Safety in the workplace should be a major cause for concern among Connecticut workers. Workplace safety is closely monitored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA. OSHA recently found 30 serious workplace violations in Associated Spring-Barnes Group Inc.'s metal stamping plant ...

Getting distracted driving legislation passed into law in Texas has been an upward struggle. The state's culture of personal liberty has stymied efforts by state legislators to enact a texting while driving ban for all motorists. Now, municipalities across the state are taking the matter into their own hands and seeking to lower the number of Texas distracted driver accidents by passing city ordinances banning texting while driving for adults. Some cities have even banned all handheld cellphone use while behind the wheel. Current Texas distracted driving laws are ...

A new crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety measured the performance of 18 midsize family cars, and the results were poor for some of the country's most popular vehicles. The test measured the cars' safety performance in a crash where the car hits a barrier at an angle, which is one component of the car's overall IIHS safety rating. New front corner crash test The IIHS, a nonprofit organization funded by the insurance industry, recently added the "small-overlap offset frontal crash test" to its battery of safety tests. In the small-overlap ...

Nearly four months after the New England Compounding Center (NECC) issued a recall on three lots of its Methylprednisolone Acetate injections, new cases of fungal meningitis and other infections caused by the tainted drug are still surfacing. Methylprednisolone Acetate is an injectable steroid that is used primarily to treat patients with chronic lower back pain. The predominant contaminant in the outbreak is believed to be a black mold called Exserohilum. The pathogens were allowed to contaminate the recalled lots of steroid injections sometime during the compounding ...

Most people know that it is dangerous to get behind the wheel of a car after having had too much to drink. But how many of us regularly get into our vehicles when we are tired, either from staying out too late or from not getting enough sleep the night before? Drowsy driving is much more dangerous than most people realize. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately one-third of all fatal car accidents are caused, at least in part, by driver fatigue. Just like drunk drivers, drowsy drivers are less attentive, have impaired reaction ...

If you are a California employer, how can you stop an employee from taking his or her skills or knowledge to a competitor? In general, you can't because California law prohibits non-compete agreements in most cases. However, an interesting recent case involving two non-compete agreements addressed an exception to the rule. California law generally prohibits non-compete agreements in the employment context, because the law wants to promote a policy that favors employee mobility and the right to pursue a livelihood. However, California law makes an exception to this rule ...

Americans are overwhelmed by stranger-on-stranger gun violence like the recent mass shootings in a Colorado theater and a Connecticut grade school. Sometimes though shooting crimes are smaller in scale, but just as deadly. Unfortunately, the spiral of domestic violence between spouses, romantic partners or other family members can also ends in death. In October 2012, in the quiet Twin Cities suburb of Cottage Grove, a young husband with a history of terrorizing his wife shot her in a sandwich shop and then turned the gun on himself. According to kare11.com, Tensia Richard ...

As of January 1, 2013, homeowners and borrowers in California will have a slew of new laws protecting them from predatory lenders and unscrupulous mortgage servicer actions. The California Homeowner Bill of Rights was created by state Attorney General Kamala D. Harris as a response to the mortgage crisis and purports to bring fairness and accountability to California's foreclosure process. Governor Jerry Brown signed the Bill of Rights into law and the changes will help to keep lenders from using abusive tactics against homeowners who are: - In default on mortgages - ...