Study Finds Texting Bans Ineffective Studies have proven that sending text messages while driving is dangerous and can cause car accidents that result in injury or even death. In addition to hitting other cars, drivers who text also frequently have collisions with roadside objects, such as poles and traffic lights, by veering off the road as they type. Armed with this information, over 30 states have already banned drivers from texting while operating a vehicle, and similar legislation is forthcoming or pending in most other states. It should logically follow that ...

Avoiding Wage Garnishment The bills pile up and often the inclination is to avoid paying or even opening them. While it is tempting to ignore these notices, and you may even buy yourself some time, eventually your creditors will catch up with you. In Minnesota, creditors are allowed to take, or garnish, money from your paycheck or bank accounts to satisfy a debt. For wages, Minnesota statutes allow your wages to be garnished up to the lesser of: -Twenty-five percent of the debtor's disposable earnings; or -the amount by which the debtor's disposable earnings exceed ...

DUI Checkpoint Apps Under Scrutiny Earlier this year, four U.S. Senators began a campaign to force smartphone service providers and the makers of apps that alert drivers to the location of DUI checkpoints from selling these apps to customers. Sens. Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Tom Udall and Frank Lautenberg consider these apps a hazard to public safety because they allow users to avoid drunk driving checkpoints. In March, the four sent a letter to Google, Research in Motion and Apple asking the companies to remove these apps from their smartphone stores. The senators ...

When Courts Invalidate a Prenuptial Agreement A prenuptial agreement (more commonly called a "prenup") is a contract, and like any other contract, it must be in accordance with state law or a court may deem it unenforceable. And like any legal contract, it is best that each side should each have its own attorney. When experienced lawyers aren't involved, these common errors can occur and render the prenup worthless. Invalid Provisions Prenuptial agreements are fairly versatile documents, at least with respect to financial arrangements after a divorce. ...

Deductions and Your Divorce Settlement The IRS does not allow deductions for legal fees that occur during a divorce, with only limited exceptions. For example, you may be able to deduct tax advice given during the divorce, or the cost of appraisers and accountants if you used any to value a business or home for tax purposes during the divorce. Spousal Support Deductions Spousal support or alimony does have tax ramifications, however. Whoever pays spousal support can deduct those payments. In fact, because spousal support is an above-the-line deduction, you can ...

ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours, who in 1972 became the first North American travel company to offer pedal tours in Europe (http://www.experienceplus.com/), offers early booking incentives for its 2012 Latin American bicycle touring season beginning November 2011. Savings are $200 per person for booking by Aug. 1, 2011, bicycling opportunities in Latin America including Costa Rica, Argentina and Chile. ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours has cycled the region for over 15 years and offers eight bicycle tours and two multi-sport vacation opportunities where one can enjoy temperatures ...

Job search engines are many on the online scene but to have a web portal solely dedicated to specific jobs that work under eco-friendly ethics and regulations is rare. GreenZone.org has finally been launched as the exclusive provider of jobs in the U.S that is solely based on environment friendly undertakings. "Thousands of clean technology jobs, environmental jobs, agricultural jobs and recycling jobs are available at this job portal. The web layout is rather down to earth and is easy to browse and find specific job profiles according to your preferences," says ...

4DSP LLC announced today that it has licensed a signal processing technology from NASA that overcomes the inherent limitation found when deploying a certain type of fiber optic sensing systems. The emergence of fiber optics sensors in recent years has seen a number of applications embrace this novel way of characterizing the environment in harsh conditions. Engineers have however been confronted with severe processing-speed limitations that prevented the technology from becoming mainstream. After years of research, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center developed an elegant, ...

Established UK online gambling portal operator Right Casino Media has made public the launch of two brand new e-gaming websites, LiveGambling.co.uk and LiveBetting.co.uk, both targeted to enhance player knowledge and experience in real time gambling markets; including live in-play betting and live dealer casino insights. The first of these websites, LiveBetting.co.uk solely focuses on the rapidly expanding in-play betting market made popular by popular betting provider Bet365. The site provides independent bookmaker reviews, betting guides as well as exclusive bonuses ...

In celebration of Fathers Day, the George Hotel in Penrith is holding a Dads Rule evening with Russell Shaun on Friday 17th June, 7pm. Russell will be taking guests through the rat pack era while they enjoy a hot and cold carved buffet. Tickets are still available GBP23.50 and it is sure to set the Father's Day weekend on a good footing. If you haven' thought up a pressie for Dad - this could do the trick. The George Hotel, Penrith guarding the entrance to the Northern Lakes, with spectacular Lake Ullswater only 4 miles away, the Historic town of Penrith was once the ...

The only 5-star luxury resort hotel in Manila, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila Hotel, known best for its spectacular views of the Manila Bay sunsets, in partnership with the Embassy of France and Alliance Française de Manille, present Fete de la Musique 2011: Sunset Sessions at Sofitel on June 18, Saturday, 5pm at Sofitel's poolside. This year's fete will be a festival of world music, Afro-Brazilian rhythms and reggae sound, featuring live performances by Cynthia Alexander, Brigada, Lady-I, Tropical Depression, Spy and Nykó Macá presents Gafieira. Special poi dance performances ...

365Outsource, a SEO firm located in Makati City the heart of the business district in Metro Manila, the Philippines is upgrading and preparing to move in new office space by July 2011. The outsourcing firm will occupy more floor space at Penthouse 2, Jaka Building to hire more professionals that are experienced in the industry and talented to develop and produce all SEO needs for clients worldwide. The new space will encourage the growth and development of the organization capitalizing in local resources in an American work culture with access to high-end technology. ...

Hanoi is an old historical city that has a rich culture with the influence of the integration of Chinese and French architects are different so that makes this city very charming and continues to draw tourists to know the culture inside. Biking tour to discover the city is a nice new travel experience said the Luxury Travel Company. On the agenda for the afternoon city tour by bike, active travelers bike along the Red River starting from 1:30 pm and ends at 6 pm, they bike along the Red River, discover the hidden corners of Hanoi, explore the ceramic and pottery floating ...

The ZS-RDC helicopter, which was donated to the Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park by World Renewable Energy Investment LTD, will mainly serve in catching and controlling the movement of the rhinos. This essential transport aircraft will save the local rangers, i.e. park protectors, much time and energy in their regular inspection rounds in the park. They'll be able to monitor and track all the animals moving around in the park much more efficiently. The helicopter will also be regularly available to the visitors and will also help with transporting material. "Each and ...

VBS Pharmaceuticals, in collaboration with the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and the University of South Alabama, announces the publication of a scientific article that describes a novel peptide that specifically targets and penetrates the vasculature of lungs affected by pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the current issue of the American Journal of Pathology. The paper, "Peptide-Directed Highly Selective Targeting of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" (American Journal of Pathology 2011; 178(6): 2489-2495, by Takeo Urakami, Tero A.H. Järvinen, ...

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If you are going to a festival this summer then you'll certainly know that planning your outfits for a 3 day al fresco musical feast can be daunting. On other weekend jaunts you might be able to get away with packing a little extra but there is no "Just one more pair of shoes. Just in case" for the festival goer. It doesn't matter what form of transportation you have chosen, on top of the tent and a weekend's worth of essential supplies, you don't want to lug about any extra weight. If your purse is still recovering from the cost of your ticket you won't want ...

Market reports June 9 show gold and silver continuing to rise as interest rates remain low, making currency based investments less attractive. European Central Bank President Trichet is holding interest rates firm for now, while not ruling out an increase in a month's time. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Benanke, speaking in Atlanta June 3, also committed himself to low interest rates for an extended period. Interest rates that remain low offer strong support for gold and other precious metals particularly when set against fears of inflation. "There is strong ...

Hussey Seating Company announced today that it has acquired Clarin Seating of Illinois. Hussey Seating, a 175-year-old family business, is a global leader in spectator seating. Clarin, a company with very strong brand equity in its markets, offers Hussey the potential for significant growth in and beyond its core markets. "From a business standpoint, Hussey and Clarin represent an ideal match," says Hussey CEO Tim Hussey. "The two companies focus on the school and sports facility markets, create complementary product lines, and have compatible manufacturing ...

Laser micromachining company, Potomac Photonics, will demonstrate new micro-fabrication technologies at the MicroTech conference to be held in Boston on June 14th and 15th, 2011. Potomac is creating a new process to design and produce micro-wireless sensors based on a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant. This new approach allows for high component packing density and significant size reduction of wireless sensor nodes through the use of fine-feature nanoparticle silver conductors and embedding of surface mount packaged components. It ...

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The Tiger Who Came To Tea will be performed at Liverpool's Playhouse theatre later this month. Adapted from the classic children's book of the same name by Judith Kerr, the production is to be staged several times between Monday June 27th and Wednesday June 29th. The play will be directed by David Wood, who has plenty of experience translating such tales for the theatre, having worked on conversions of Spot, Meg and Mog, The Witches and Fantastic Mr Fox among others. In a statement, the organisers remarked: "Following on from the highly successful 2009 tour, ...

A spectacular exhibition of flowers awaits people heading to Putrajaya Floria this summer. Running from Saturday July 9th to Sunday July 17th, the event is Malaysia's premier horticultural showcase and transforms the entire city into an elaborate garden of vibrant colours. The focal point for this year's Floria is set to be Precinct 2 at the Waterfront in Putrajaya, where people will be able to view a selection of garden presentations and floral displays from all over the world. Floria 2011 has adopted "Roses are forever" as its theme, so visitors ...

The cultures of Australia, New Zealand and islands in the south Pacific will be the focal point of the City of London Festival in 2011. Established in 1962, the event shifts the focus away from business in the financial district for three weeks, with this year's spectacle running from June 27th to July 16th. A guitar concerto by John Williams, a tribute to composer Percy Grainger played on street pianos and the first ever London New Zealand Film Festival are among the anticipated highlights. Many of the exciting and unusual performances taking place are free to ...

David Starkey, one of the UK's most eminent historians, is set to take part in the 22nd Hong Kong Book Fair next month. The academic and writer will join three other British authors in a forum hosted by entrepreneur Sir David Tang at the event, which is due to run from Wednesday July 20th to Tuesday July 26th. Other writers scheduled to visit Hong Kong for the fair include Nicholas Coleridge, Justin Hill, Karl Taro Greenfield and Tabish Khair. Taking place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the festival of literature has chosen "Reading ...