Car hire deals website eRentals.co.uk has this week warned UK tourists heading for the sunshine in the States this winter to get their skates on when booking car hire deals. The site, which is home to deals for more than 12,000 locations, has seen a recent surge in hire car bookings for Orlando and San Francisco airports. San Francisco in California is a hugely popular holiday destination for UK tourists who want to enjoy a bit of sunshine in the winter time, and this January is seeing many travellers booking up cheap rental deals there. Right now eRentals.co.uk has ...

WickerFurniture.Net, an online retailer of wicker furniture, offers a wide range of all weather wicker furniture for sale at affordable wholesale prices. Furniture dealers and distributors will be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the furniture. Why wicker furniture for home owners. Home owners are always on the look out for high quality furniture that is suitable for both indoors and outdoors. There is no lack of furniture for the indoors. But when it comes to the outdoors (e.g. gardens and patio), the choices become narrower. Design is not the only consideration ...

New Rochelle, NY, January 10, 2011—How best to ensure environmental justice for Native Americans in terms of policy, governance, and activism on tribal lands? The broad range of issues, challenges, and possibilities are explored in an insightful and thought-provoking special issue of Environmental Justice entitled "Environmental Justice in Native America." Environmental Justice is a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The entire issue is available online at www.liebertpub.com/env This collection of timely and provocative articles draws from extensive ...

Demand for car hire Dubai is expected to rise in 2012 according to leading car hire company Rhinocarhire.com. Following a rise of nearly 10% in bookings in 2011 over 2010, Rhinocarhire.com expect the upward trend to continue into 2012 for Dubai car hire. Dubai's appeal can be attributed to its growing popularity as a year-round sun resort boasting golden sandy beaches with a state of the art cityscape backdrop and associated amenities. With more than 120 airlines operating to and from Dubai International Airport covering more than 250 destinations, Dubai is well connected ...

Outdoorfurniture.biz, an online retailer who specializes in outdoor furniture, is now offering high-quality furniture at affordable wholesale prices. Dealers and distributors are welcome to send in their enquiries. Locating high quality outdoor furniture Searching for outdoor furniture has always been a problem because the furniture will have to be exposed to the harsh environment. Most materials won't last for long when exposed to the rain and sun. Metal will rust, and most wood will rot. Only special types of wood like teak is suitable for the outdoors. Plastic ...

Los Angeles, CA (January 9, 2012) As LSU and Alabama square off for the national college football championship, even the most rabid Tiger or Tide fan might not realize the influence that the US military had in the widespread appeal of football. According to a new study in the journal Armed Forces & Society (AFS), published by SAGE, college football can credit the military for bringing the sport to the masses. Additionally, the study explores how the impact of World Wars helped bring about issues such as payment of college athletes, which are still being debated. In ...

Most individuals coming to the United States hope to make a better life for themselves and their families. Because immigration procedures can be complex, some choose to take the risk of coming here without the proper visa. Undocumented workers in Texas learn to fear the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service from the moment they arrive. When they are injured in either a car accident or fall at work, many Hispanics are hesitant to pursue a claim against their employer. Because of misinformation in the community, even contacting a workplace injury attorney ...

Plant oils from sources such as soybean and rapeseed are promising starting materials for the production of biofuels. Microalgae are an interesting alternative to these conventional oil-containing crops. Microalgae are individual cells or short chains of cells from algae freely moving through water. They occur in nearly any pool of water and can readily be cultivated. "They have a number of advantages over oil-containing agricultural products," explains Lercher. "They grow significantly faster than land-based biomass, have a high triglyceride content, and, unlike the terrestrial ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for analyzing the strength of detonation. The study has just been published in Geophysical Research Letters. Lead author Paul Vincent, a geophysicist at Oregon State University, cautions that the findings won't lead to dramatic new ability to detect secret nuclear explosions because of the time lag between the test and the uplift signature, as well as geophysical ...

They know it's the most dangerous night of the year for drinking and driving, yet they do it anyway. According to a recent survey conducted by Liberty Mutual and Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD), teenagers are more likely to drink and drive on New Year's Eve despite a common belief in the extreme perils of driving on that night. The survey is especially alarming in light of an Allstate report released earlier this month, which found that more teenagers are dying in Texas auto wrecks than any other state. According to the report, 556 teens died in car accidents throughout ...

Current approaches to calculating failure probability in complex engineering structures can be inefficient and result in inconsistency, but a Wayne State University researcher is working to change that. Christopher Eamon, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, recently received a three-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an accurate and efficient method for calculating failure probability (reliability analysis) for computationally and probabilistically complex structural engineering problems, with the goal of achieving ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Scientists, health officials, and manufacturers already know that a chemical preservative found in some products, including cosmetics, is harmful to people and animals in high concentrations, but a new Brown University study in tadpoles reports that it can also interrupt neurological development even in very low concentrations. In the cosmetics industry, the biocide methylisothiazolinone or MIT, is considered safe at concentrations of less than 100 parts per million. Lab studies, however, have found that lower concentrations affected ...

In a 2007 study published in Forbes.com, 56 percent of women and 36 percent of men whose wealth was at least $1 million said that they had hidden or protected assets. Those that made over $10 million were the most likely to have hidden assets. Many people admitted to using wealth preservation strategies, where they hid assets from creditors and spouses through offshore accounts and asset protection trusts. Others use other trusts, holdings, charitable foundations, family-limited partnerships, and equity reduction plans (ERPs). Still others may hide assets through their ...

New research shows that older Americans with cirrhosis have significantly worse health status and greater functional disability compared to those without this potentially deadly disease. In fact, findings now published in Hepatology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that elderly patients with cirrhosis require twice the amount of informal caregiving and contribute added strain on the health care system. Given the increase in obesity and aging of those with hepatitis C (HCV), researchers expect the prevalence of cirrhosis ...

Whether you are considering filing for divorce, in the midst of a divorce, or newly single, it is time to start thinking about how your Texas divorce will affect taxes. The following are some of the important factors to consider when filing taxes in 2012: Tax filing status: Your filing status for the entire year is based on your marital status on December 31, 2011. For example, if you were divorced on December 30, 2011, you will be considered "single" (or, depending on your situation, "head of household") for 2011 tax purposes. You may not file a ...

A new classification for diagnosing fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has shown to be as accurate as currently used algorithms, but required no further liver biopsy. The study appearing in the January issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, details a method that synchronously combines two fibrosis tests, providing a non-invasive and more precise fibrosis diagnosis. HCV affects up to 170,000 million individuals worldwide and is a leading cause of chronic ...

Athens, Ga. – Thousands of broken trees line the banks of the Chattooga River. The dead gray stabs were once evergreen monsters offering shade to trout and picturesque views to visitors. These Eastern hemlocks are dying rapidly, and University of Georgia researchers are working to save them. One tiny insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid, is to blame. The Asian insect first appeared in the eastern U.S. in Richmond, Va., in the 1950s. In 2003, it crossed the river from South Carolina and started feeding on Georgia trees. The tiny pests suck up cells from the tree's needles, ...

Movie actress Reese Witherspoon suffered minor injuries after she was struck by a vehicle during her afternoon run in Santa Monica. The Oscar-winning actress was hit while crossing an intersection. The driver, an 84 year old woman, was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The actress received minor injuries and after a brief visit to the hospital is recovering in her home. Although Ms. Witherspoon was jogging in an unmarked crosswalk, the driver is still liable for the injuries caused. Such laws are not unusual and are found here in ...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) —Greater access to features of high-quality primary care -- comprehensiveness, patient-centeredness and extended office hours -- is associated with lower mortality, according to a new national UC Davis study. Published in the January-February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, the research is the first to link the availability of three specific attributes of primary care with reduced risk of death. "There are a number of studies that found lower mortality risk in geographic areas with relatively high concentrations of primary-care physicians, ...

For the first time, researchers have analyzed the multitude of microorganisms residing in the human gut as a complex, integrated biological system, rather than a set of separate species. Their approach has revealed patterns that correspond with excess body weight. The collection of microbes inside the human gut is a bustling network of genetic interplays and energy use. By constructing models of these microbial communities, scientists have discovered novel differences between obese and lean people. They were able to detect organizational shifts away from a normal ...

The most recent Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Analysis released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reveals statistical data that can be used in determining the critical safety issues affecting the transportation industry and information about how to address those issues to make America's roadways safer. The study -- commissioned by the FCMSA and the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHTSA) -- is part of the government's commitment to making highways safer as outlined in the 1999 Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act. The ...

The Business of Mining for Natural Gas According to some reports, the United States is now the world's largest producer of natural gas - and natural gas is a resource that former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens from Amarillo, Texas, has been pushing for years. Pickens is an advocate of natural gas legislation. His goal is to get America free of foreign oil by way of converting diesel-burning 18-wheelers to natural gas. If achieved, this would be a significant step toward energy independence. And what is playing a very large role in helping Pickens achieve his goal? It's ...

The global recession has had an impact on every one of us. While the economy is showing small signs of improvement, problems still remain. When the economy collapsed, it hit the housing market especially hard. Florida was one of the states that saw foreclosure rates skyrocket. Homeowners statewide were hit with mortgage payments that they could not afford, and home values dropped substantially. The foreclosure process in Florida provided some protection to those who were struggling to make ends meet. Banks and lenders had to follow specific requirements before a foreclosure ...

In 2008 the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency attempted to deport a lawful U.S. citizen as part of an aggressive campaign to deport illegal immigrants with criminal records. The man, who had in actuality been a U.S. citizen since 1975, was arrested during a crosscheck of federal databases and detained for 43 days. His story serves as the backdrop for a national trend in the immigration system that reveals several flaws and opportunities for potentially unlawful questioning and even improper deportation of properly documented citizens. One issue with ...

A variety of defective products or substandard care can cause serious setbacks to people who seek out medical treatment. Defective drugs and medical devices, faulty hip replacement technology, medical malpractice and other negligence present real risks to individuals who are injured or ill and trust that they will receive proper care to remedy a medical condition. One important development in 2011 regarding safety warnings for prescription drugs came out of the US Supreme Court. In PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing, a narrow majority held that federal labeling regulations applicable ...