An analysis of 2009 traffic accident statistics by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) shows San Francisco has more deaths and injuries caused by vehicular collisions than any other California city with a population greater than 250,000. San Francisco suffered 3,745 deaths and injuries due to bicycle and motor vehicle accidents in 2009. San Francisco also ranked first for other types of accident according to the OTS. In addition to the overall top ranking, San Francisco also ranked number one for victims killed and injured for accidents involving: - Motorcycles: ...

Recent scientific advances have consistently revealed the awesome power of DNA to unlock mysteries of the human condition. Some breakthroughs are indisputably landmarks: the advent of DNA "fingerprinting" databases, the mapping of the human genome, and of course...widely available home paternity tests? Yes, the ability to harness the dynamic force of DNA has moved beyond the laboratory and into the home. And, for those wondering just where junior got those blue eyes, a non-intrusive paternity kit available in a handy little package may be just what they are looking for. British ...

There is a false sense of security that takes place when we log on to the Internet, our smart phones, or some other form of electronic communication. Many of us seem to think that our true selves are separated from these pieces of technology and that our words and actions are anonymous and floating somewhere through the netherworld of cell phone towers and W-Fi hotspots. The undeniable truth is that we are capable of being tracked better now than ever before. Even when we believe we have deleted every file from our computer, every web site visited from our browser, and ...

Firm partner Randall Sorrels of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend, located in Houston, Texas, was recently featured in "A Profile in Professionalism" in the January/February 2011 edition of The Houston Lawyer magazine. In the feature, Sorrels commented on how instrumental lawyers have been throughout history, helping to establish laws and maintain society. Lawyers have continued this role today, by ensuring continued stability when this nation's laws and beliefs are challenged. Sorrels continued along this vein, writing, "The United States of America ...

Anyone who has experienced a tire blowout knows the dangerous situation it creates. A blowout or tire-tread separation can result in the loss of driver control over the vehicle, which creates high potential for a deadly car accident. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 400 people die each year from tire failure. What Causes Tread Separation? Tire defects are a surprisingly common cause of tire blowouts. A manufacturing or design defect can cause tread separation early on in a tire's life - well before the appropriate ...

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Perimeter Hotel (North) near Dunwoody, GA offers convenient lodging to guests attending the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo. The event will take place in downtown Atlanta April 16-18, 2011 at Georgia World Congress Center, Building C. This Expo will be the largest propane-related event in North America. 2011 Training Session topics will include: - Compliance, Safety and Accountability - Propane Autogas: New Market Development Opportunities - Legal Trends in the Propane ...

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Newberry South Carolina Hotel offers convenient lodging to Newberry College alumni and fans attending Newberry College men's baseball. The Newberry Wolves are a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Division II) and South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Their remaining 2011 home games will be held on: - April 12, verse Georgia College - April 13, verse Francis Marion - April 15, verse Anderson - April 16, verse Anderson The Holiday Inn Express & Suites is a great place to stay among other Newberry South Carolina hotels. ...

TUI (Thomson and First Choice) the UK's leading tour operator, has announced 20 sustainable travel commitments for 2011. Launched at The Economist's Sustainable Business Summit, the ambitious three year commitments reinforce the company's position at the forefront of sustainable tourism - it is the only travel company to introduce such wide ranging and measurable objectives. The commitments, set to be achieved by 2014, represent the next stage in TUI's Holidays Forever strategy, which brings all of its environmental and socio-economic policies under one umbrella. Building ...

Tesco Real Food has announced that home brewing is booming as it has seen sales of beer and wine making kits soar by 50 per cent during the last year. Legendary brewer Youngs, the UK's leading supplier of home brew kits, has also seen a boom in sales and commented that national sales are up 40 per cent. Youngs said that the main reason behind the boom is that making beer and wine at home has never been easier. New technology and new design means that amateur brewers can create their favourite tipple at home in half the time that it used to take - around two hours ...

Tesco has announced that asparagus has gained new cult status as the UK's top selling aphrodisiac. Lovers recently created record demand for the vegetable - which is said to increase the libido - in the run up to Valentine's Day 2011 when sales across the UK doubled. Now there's even more good news - the English variety grown in the UK's asparagus heartland in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire which is said by gourmets to be the tastiest in the world - is now going to be sold as Tesco. Said Tesco asparagus buyer Harry Jones: "Our sales over the last few weeks ...

M&S Money has revealed that almost half (47%) over-45s are not saving for their retirement, and furthermore, those who are saving are not taking advantage of the tax breaks offered by using ISAs. As the end of the tax year approaches, M&S Money surveyed more than 1,000 people over the age of 45 to find out how they are planning to save for their retirement. The findings show that of those who are planning for retirement, the majority are not taking advantage of tax-free ISAs to help boost their retirement savings. Two thirds (66%) of over 45s are not saving into ...

Lloydspharmacy, the community pharmacy chain, has revealed that one in four* (24%) of the population in Great Britain - or 11 million** adults - has taken or applied medicines which they later discovered were out of date. Lloydspharmacy found that more than half (53%) of people do not always check the expiry date of medicines before taking them or giving them to a family member. This is worrying considering that nearly one in six people (17%) never clear out their medicine cabinets. It presents the risk of expired medicines being used when they are no longer deemed ...

The Baby Planner Industry has come a long way since the inception of The International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals (IABPP), in September 2009. By introducing a new approach that focuses on educating baby planners to provide appropriate, client-centered and directed support and education, the IABPP has set the standard of excellence for the baby planning industry. The IABPP also developed the first and only baby planner certification program available for the baby planning industry and is also the first professional baby planner organization in the industry ...

Zinger Digital Signs announces the opening of its "one-stop shopping" website for commercial digital signage and video wall displays. The new website makes it easy for any business or organization to design a digital signage network, in just a few clicks. Businesses can view pricing, review equipment specs, test-drive signage software, preview content feeds and content packages. Until now, purchasing and implementing a digital signage network involved multiple vendors and content creators. Zinger's new website, www.zingersigns.com solves that problem. Visitors can purchase ...

Benjamin Moore Drywall announced today the release of a new web site that allows customers to log a job quote online. Benjamin Moore Drywall specializes in new home drywall installation and can do any drywall repair job in an existing home. "We have been doing drywall for over 20 years," said Benjamin Moore, President of Benjamin Moore Drywall. "We have done installations for new construction homes and we can do repair jobs as well. Our goal is excellent work and customer satisfaction. Give us a call." Benjamin Moore Drywall offers a full year labor warranty on all ...

Sec-Cured Solutions announces the release of a personal safety feature for the iPhone named: SAFE-T-INFORMANT. Safe-T-Informant provides mobile location based notifications of potentially unsafe areas throughout the United States. The application locates and maps the iPhone user's current location and is updated continuously as they travel. They receive vibration and audio alerts as they enter into areas that have been identified as areas that could present a potential risk to their personal safety or property security. Now you can make informed decisions regarding travel ...

(ISC)2 (pronounced "I S C-squared") is a not-for-profit organisation and is a world leader in educating and certifying information security professionals. (ISC)2 started its Safe and Secure Online programme a few years ago to bring cyber security experts into schools to educate children ages 11-14 about how to protect themselves from online dangers. After learning of the initiative, Harrison volunteered to lead a US pilot programme in the Seattle area for the organisation. It was a great success, and since then he has become the national lead mentor and spokesperson, ...

Over half of the visits to car dealer websites occur outside of the traditional 9-5 office hours. Online enquiries tend to peak, between 7-10pm - but a response is usually not processed until the following day. The automotive director of Google UK stated that the average time for a UK dealer to respond to an online enquiry is 72 hours (compared to just 4 hours in the US). Motor traders can use a variety of services to deal with enquiries out of hours, including call centres or 'live chat' applications to respond to site visitors. In the current trading climate, effectively ...

Elk Grove Village, Illinois- based Arc-Tronics has signed a 2-year agreement for the provision of outsourced manufacturing support or, "shelter," services with the Tucson, Arizona-based Offshore Group. The agreement will run through September of 2013. Arc-Tronics will occupy 17,226 square feet of industrial space at The Offshore Group's Bella Vista Industrial Park in Empalme, Sonora Mexico. The company is a manufacturer of custom printed circuit boards, and expects to employ a workforce of 125 at the project's maturity. According to Michael Goeringer, president of ...

Michaels, North America's largest arts and crafts specialty retailer, caps a month of positive news with recognition from global brand consultant Interbrand, which has just released its annual Best U.S. Retail Brands. The report, released on March 31, includes Michaels for the first time, with the Irving, Texas-based retailer debuting at #29. Also in March, Michaels reported a 14 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as annual sales hit $4 billion for the first time, with its 10 successful private label lines such as Celebrate It, Creatology, Bead Landing and Recollections ...

Between November 2010 and March 2011, knitters and crocheters from across the USA contributed over 26,000 handmade scarves to the 35 participating Special Olympics Programs of the 2011 Special Olympics USA Scarf Project. The scarves were created and donated by thousands of participants including school children and community centers, knitting and church groups, school bus drivers, a 102-year old woman from Wisconsin, a woman's correctional facility who adopted the project, and many more. In honor of the success and meaning of the 2011 Special Olympics USA Scarf Project, ...

Some data centers in Quincy are temporarily handling Japanese information systems due to the earthquakes in Japan. We recently learned that some Japanese companies moved some of their data, website, Internet and email functions to some of the data centers in Quincy, said Pat Boss, the Port of Quincy's government affairs director. "The Quincy data centers are handling some of the Internet traffic, while Japan is getting its data centers up and running again," Boss explained. Quincy has a large fiber-optic connection to Asia, that runs via an access point north ...

Be whisked away to a toymaker's workshop as South Bay Ballet presents the Storybook Ballet Coppelia, a charming and sentimental tale of mistaken identity and a beautiful life-size doll, on June 4, 2011 at 2 and 6 pm, and June 5 at 3 pm at the James R. Armstrong Theatre in Torrance. From the escapades of Dr. Coppelius to the humorous misunderstandings between Swanhilda and Franz, along with the engaging score by Leo Delibes, South Bay Ballet's staging of this light-hearted comedy promises to delight your auditory and visual senses, and tickle your funny bone! Tickets are ...

Custom-Writing.org followed the 2011 global centenary of International Women's Day with great interest. This year's them highlighted women's continuing lack of access to education. Custom-Writing.org, as an educational business, is responding by assembling a donation to support women's resources for education. Worldwide, over half of the kids who are receiving no schooling are girls, and two thirds of illiterate adults are female. This is clearly a waste of human resources, since economic growth is a well-documented outcome of increased schooling and training, especially ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Every parent with young children knows that couples need to work together to accomplish the myriad tasks waiting both at work and at home. But it may come as a surprise that fireflies also juggle their commitments to find a comfortable work-family balance. According to new research led by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences, wingless "stay-at-home" female fireflies get less support from their mates than females who are able to fly. There are more than 2000 species of fireflies around the globe, and these beetles show ...