The Sauk Village public drinking water supply has been contaminated yet again with unsafe levels of the gas vinyl chloride. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently ordered the suburban Chicago town to alert its residents of the water contamination immediately, under the threat of fines. Sauk Village's 11,000 residents now have to suffer a tap water ban during one of the hottest months of the year and are understandably concerned about the potential health effects of the vinyl chloride exposure. The first water contamination incident in Sauk Village ...

Reasons to Be Honest on Financial Affidavits in a Divorce In determining the division of assets, as well as calculating any spousal or child support, a divorce court must have a picture of a couple's financial situation. In Minnesota, divorce courts require a financial affidavit, a declaration made under the penalty of perjury of a couple's assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Only with this financial snapshot can a judge make an "equitable distribution" of the marital assets between the parting spouses. However, presenting an accurate portrayal of ...

Minnesota Child Custody in Divorce: The Basics "Child custody" is the area of law that governs where a child lives and how he or she divides time between both parents after a divorceor in another similar separation. Important Concepts Certain legal terms have traditionally described the different aspects of this ongoing arrangement. According to Minnesota family law statutes, the main child custody concepts are: -Legal custody: A parent with legal custody has the "right to determine the child's upbringing, including education, health care, and ...

Online Program Monitors Commercial-Truck and Bus Safety Violations The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration introduced its Compliance Safety Accountability program in December 2010. The CSA program gathers into a central, online location data about large-truck and bus safety violations, inspection findings and commercial-vehicle accidents for public, government, law-enforcement and industry review. The agency uses the CSA to target those independent truckers, and truck and bus operations, that are more likely to engage in unsafe practices based on past data. ...

Teens Know Distracted Driving is Dangerous, But Do It Anyway Distracted driving can be extremely dangerous. In fact, statistics show that in 2009 alone, 5,000 people around the country died in distracted driving accidents, while another 400,000 were injured. The most dangerous form of distracted driving is texting, because it takes too many resources away from paying attention to the road. When people text while driving, they take their mind off the task at hand, their hands off the steering wheel and their eyes off the road -- which can be a recipe for a car crash. Since ...

Exploring Non-Compete Agreements in New York Non-compete agreements are common for certain employees in highly competitive or creative industries, but they are not legal in all states. These contracts, which are a type of restrictive covenant, are legal and enforceable in New York, however. Non-compete agreements typically place restrictions on employees regarding the protection of a company's trade secrets, customers and other forms of intellectual property. While there are both benefits and drawbacks to non-compete agreements for all parties involved, they should not ...

The Automatic Stay: An Effective Timeout and STOP Sign In basketball, sometimes a timeout is crucial. If the momentum of the game is going the wrong way, a pause to regroup can be very important. The same is true of debt relief. If you are considering bankruptcy, the automatic stay that comes with a bankruptcy filing can play an important strategic role. It can, for example, help stop foreclosure and creditor harassment. This article will discuss the basic purpose of the automatic stay for debtors filing for bankruptcy in Texas and across the country. Effect ...

When it Comes to Online Medical Research: Searchers Beware Many Americans, in moments of medical curiosity, have queried their symptoms online and made an amateur diagnosis based on what they discovered. Unfortunately, searching for medical information online often produces misinformation or incorrect information that can harm would-be patients. The Internet: A Trove of Medical (Mis)Information The expansion of the Web since the 1990s has led to a trove of medical advice, all available at the fingertips of anyone with an Internet connection. A 2011 Pew study determined ...

SEAT recently delivered three new electric cars to Barcelona where the vehicles will be tested by Barcelona City Hall in its municipal car fleet for an initial six-month trial period, during which SEAT will gather information and assess performance prior to mass production of electric vehicles. With the hybrid and electric vehicles, SEAT is developing two different technologies, placing the company in an optimal position to respond to market demand. Ramon Paredes, Executive Vice-president for Governmental and Institutional Relations at SEAT and the Volkswagen Group ...

In a field of 500 players, longtime Las Vegas resident Christina Kwan went deep to cash in 20th place at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Deepstack Tournament on July 4th at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, home to the world's largest poker event series every year. Putting up a great fight at the table however is no stretch for Kwan who is most notable for her accomplishments in boxing as the former United States National Champion and World Amateur Champion at the 95 pound weight limit. Preparing for a fight in either realm is literally a seamless transition for ...

Physicians Plus is announcing the release of the second generation of MobileNurse, a free mobile app designed to help diagnose and remedy illness on the go. The new version features even more care guidelines, with more photos to help with diagnosis and an expanded set of guidelines on the proper dosage of over-the-counter pediatric medication. "It was evident after the success of the original MobileNurse that people are using technology more and more when it comes to their healthcare decisions," said Steve Sorenson, Director of Marketing and Product Innovation. ...

Trafalgar (www.trafalgar.com) the Insider of guided vacations is pleased to announce the launch of their 2013 Australia and New Zealand brochure, featuring stopovers in tropical Fiji. With 50 itineraries, this is Trafalgar's biggest South Pacific brochure to date, offering more choice for more value including 14 Regional itineraries, 6 multi-region Discoveries and the At Leisure program has expanded to include New Zealand. Whether guests are looking to visit a certain region or both countries at once, Trafalgar has flexible guided vacations to suit the needs of everyone, ...

Everybody knows all good things come in pairs: shoes, socks, salt and pepper shakers, semi-detached houses, even Jedward. Now we can add the classic casino game Roulette to that list, because online casino giants, Sky Vegas, have announced the launch of Double Action Roulette, a brand new game available inside their casino lobby this July. This superb game conjures up double the excitement and double the fun as players spin for double the winnings! Double Roulette affords more options than traditional Roulette and offers bets with much higher odds too, meaning players, ...

The highly anticipated release of Lamborghini's next supercar - the Aventador - weakened the knees of car critics and auto fanatics last year when it was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. With all the technological advances inherited from previous vehicle releases, combined with the stealth of a 7-speed automated manual, V12 6.5 litre, 694 horsepower engine, the Italian car giant had already received 18 months worth of car production in the initial phases of vehicle debut. The Motor Report called it a 'hero' car, and it's obvious how it won the title. In July 2012 ...

King Ice, an online hip hop jewelry retailer, launched a street team to promote its brand across the globe. The company has recruited fans and customers to help promote the brand. In exchange for promoting King Ice, members receive points that can be redeemed for store credit. Tasks, or missions as the company calls them, range from posting a comment on social networking sites to putting up stickers locally. The guerilla marketing form of advertising known as street teams was originally developed by urban record labels. Rap labels utilized the marketing tactic to circumvent ...

Trafalgar, the Insider of guided vacations, believes that the world's natural and cultural heritage is what sustains the travel industry, and that its preservation is imperative. This belief has compelled them to continue their support for The National Trust for a second year, this time as their current sole corporate sponsor in the bid to save the world-renowned White Cliffs of Dover. In partnership with The Travel Corporation Conservation Foundation, Trafalgar's donation will aid the National Trust in their bid to purchase a missing 1.35 km stretch of the spectacular ...

Even though it's only July, serious holiday crafters are already making their to-do lists and checking them twice in preparation for their busiest time of the year. To make this holiday season easier, Michaels has launched Make Your Joy, an online holiday planning tool. Users who register for the free application at Michaels.com/holidayplanner can create and manage their to-do lists, sync their calendars to Michaels events and view and share holiday project ideas. Users will receive reminders so they can stay on schedule, plus inspiration, ideas and chances to win prizes ...

Essex, Vermont based Huber + Suhner, Inc. has recently committed to expanding its Mexican manufacturing operations at The Offshore Group's Bella Vista Industrial Park in Empalme, Sonora. The company currently occupies 20,000 square feet of industrial real estate, but will soon bring 82,000 square feet of manufacturing space on-line. This represents an increase in production space of over 60,000 square feet. At present, Huber Suhner's Empalme, Sonora plant employs approximately 275 workers. When the new buildings' production capacity becomes functional, the company's ...

Spring Valley Hospital welcomes Sound Physicians, a leading national hospitalist organization, to provide comprehensive hospitalist services at the 231-bed acute-care hospital. With Sound Physician's unique hospitalist team model, patients at Spring Valley will experience the benefit of around-the-clock, in-house coverage: quicker, smoother and more seamless care for patients needing admission from the hospital's emergency department. "Sound Physicians shares Spring Valley Hospital's goal of delivering quality patient care and increasing patient satisfaction," ...

Consumers change their minds often when making choices that involve conflicting goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "Consumers frequently face situations where they can't get everything they want from the options available to them. As competing goals struggle for dominance, conflicts are likely and consumers tend to flip-flop en route to making a decision," write authors Kurt A. Carlson (Georgetown University), Margaret G. Meloy (Pennsylvania State University), and Elizabeth G. Miller (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Consumers ...

The color red influences consumers to become more aggressive in online auctions and affects how much they are willing to pay for products as varied as video game consoles and Florida vacation packages, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But the color blue can influence consumers to make lower offers when negotiating directly with a seller. "Red background color induces aggression through a feeling of arousal and it increases aggression relative to blue or gray backgrounds. This causes individuals to make higher bids in auctions but lower offers ...

Consumer decision-making is affected by the relationship between time and spatial distance, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "We often think about time in various contexts. But we do not realize how susceptible our judgment of time is to seemingly irrelevant factors like spatial distance," write authors B. Kyu Kim (University of Southern California), Gal Zauberman (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), and James R. Bettman (Duke University). Imagine that you are in New York today and will be in a different city in one month. ...

Melbourne researchers are now simulating in 3D, the motion of the complete human rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, on Australia's fastest supercomputer, paving the way for new drug development. Rhinovirus infection is linked to about 70 per cent of all asthma exacerbations with more than 50 per cent of these patients requiring hospitalisation. Furthermore, over 35 per cent of patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are hospitalised each year due to respiratory viruses including rhinovirus. A new antiviral drug to treat ...

Consumers evaluate services and make decisions based on the level of uncertainty associated with a product—the greater the uncertainty, the more likely it is they will need to have faith in a company and focus on its unique offerings, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "Some services can be evaluated with actual experience, whereas other services are difficult to evaluate even with experience—they have to be taken on faith. Services taken on faith are more difficult to evaluate, and are usually perceived to have greater uncertainty and higher ...

Consumers who self-diagnose are more likely to believe they have a serious illness because they focus on their symptoms rather than the likelihood of a particular disease, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. This has significant implications for public health professionals as well as consumers. "In today's wired world, self-diagnosis via internet search is very common. Such symptom-matching exercises may lead consumers to overestimate the likelihood of getting a serious disease because they focus on their symptoms while ignoring the very low ...