People looking to find a quality homeschooling option will want to look into information on online homeschooling which is mostly done with an accredited online high school. By using homeschooling, parents are able to make sure their child is in a learning environment that is conducive to what they feel their child needs. Although a lot of students do use these options, many people feel this industry is in its infantile stages of growth. Due to the public school cuts, increases in crime and violence, and now bullying at high schools across the nation, it seems that more ...

By testing your Christmas lights before hanging them up, you will be able to potentially save hours in having to take them down and get new ones if you discover they no longer work. All that is required for you to save time and money is to purchase a reliable tester which can be found in many different stores and on the Internet for an extremely low price that is well worth the money. A tester will be able to tell you which bulbs have gone bad so they can be replaced accordingly. There is almost nothing worse than having to purchase a whole new set of lights because of ...

Sign Industries, a leading UK sign making manufacturer has chosen to use the SEO consultant services of Absolute Internet Marketing, a UK search engine marketing specialist. Sign Industries' background and core business to date has been producing signs in many different shapes and forms for companies throughout the UK and overseas. In addition, Sign Industries is a premier sign-making manufacturer and supplier to the UK sign trade. Sign Industries' consumer offering has been relatively small focusing primarily on designing and crafting memorial plaques. However, given ...

The Ethan Allen Capsizing and Government Liability in New York State Five years ago, an overloaded tour boat called the Ethan Allen capsized on Lake George in upstate New York. Of the 47 mostly elderly passengers on board, 20 drowned and ten others were injured. How did these wrongful deaths and injuries happen and who bears responsibility for it? Hacker Murphy, LLP, a law firm based in Latham, New York, has taken legal action on behalf of the victims and their families against multiple defendants. The defendants included Shoreline Cruises, which owned the Ethan Allen; ...

Simple Checklists Can Aid Doctors, But Red Tape Can Get In The Way Surgical errors have been a problem for so long that it sometimes seems as if nothing changes. Doctors and nurses keep leaving surgical sponges or other operating room tools inside of patients' bodies or operating on the wrong body part. These chronically repetitive incidents are not some urban legend. They are devastating injuries from which serious medical complications can result, as the foreign objects can act as a magnet for infection. There have been sophisticated solutions proposed to address ...

Workplace Safety Bill: Protecting Miners and Other Workers Earlier this spring, an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 workers in West Virginia. The tragedy is the deadliest mine accident in four decades, and has prompted legislative debate over measures to toughen workplace safety and increase penalties for all of the nation's employers for what the Idaho Statesman claims would be only the second time in 40 years. Massey Energy According to the Statesman, Massey Energy coal mines received hundreds of citations in 2009, including orders ...

Huge Verdict May Deter Bars From Serving Obviously Intoxicated People The Court of Common Pleas in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has sent a clear message to bar owners by issuing a $6.8 million dollar verdict to a woman who was injured by a drunk driver. The young woman was seriously injured when a drunk driver, driving down the wrong side of the road, hitthe woman'svehicle in a head-on collision. The drunk driver had been drinking at a restaurant in Coatesville and even though he was visibly intoxicated, the staff continued to serve him alcohol. By some accounts, in ...

Prescription Drug DWI/Vital Signs/Sobriety Tests When most people think of DWI, they think of alcohol related drunk driving. But DWI -- driving while impaired -- encompasses more than just alcohol by also referring to driving while impaired by prescription and illegal drugs. Many prescription drugs, including painkillers, tranquilizers, allergy medicine and antidepressants can have adverse effects on people taking them, even when the medications are taken as prescribed. In some cases, law enforcement personnel assume that because someone admits to taking a prescription ...

Rash of Industrial Accidents Hits Pennsylvania The banks of the Ohio River northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have had more than their fair share of tragedy this summer. The river towns of Monaca and Sewickley have lost three employees to industrial accidents at local facilities. Explosion at Horsehead's Zinc Plant The first was an explosion at the Horsehead Corporation's Monaca zinc plant on July 22, 2010. A leak in the column where the zinc is oxidized by carbon monoxide and natural gas caused an explosion that cost two workers their lives and injured two ...

British Airways flights to Mexico's most important tourist destination, Cancun, took off for the first time at the start of November. Customers checking in for the inaugural flight were given a taste of Mexico with a Mariachi band to send them on their way. Flights to Cancun will depart every Wednesday and Saturday from London Gatwick. Due to popular demand, British Airways has already increased the original frequency to three times a week from next summer. The airline previously flew to Cancun between April 1998 and April 2002. Richard Tams, head of BA UK & ...

Bigmouthmedia has launched its annual survey into the travel industry and the sector's approach to digital marketing. Now in its third year of publication, the bigmouthmedia Online Travel Report 2011 will examine some of the big issues facing the sector, kicking off with a survey designed to unveil companies' attitudes to the year ahead. Posing questions on a range of issues from future spending plans to the big challenges perceived to be awaiting the industry, the research will cast fresh light on a business that remains one of the most vibrant and exciting online verticals. "This ...

Microsoft and Saxo Bank have come together in a strategic partnership to meet retail investors' demand for more advanced trading techniques as well as more analysis tools and better fundamental research on global equities. MSN Trader was designed by Saxo Bank and is tailor-made for the MSN audience, featured on Microsoft's MSN Money website, which is viewed by more than 1.2 million visitors per month. MSN Trader utilises Saxo Bank's established WebTrader platform where investors can trade over 11,000 single stocks and more than 7,000 CFDs. It provides detailed educational ...

House of Fraser has announced the launch of the prestigious cosmetic beauty brand, Bobbi Brown, through its online store. Founded in 1991, makeup artist Bobbi Brown's dream was realized with her debut line of cosmetics - a set of 10 brown-based lipsticks at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. With this set of lipsticks, a woman could create an infinite number of wearable shades, just by mixing and blending them. Her lipsticks quickly gained a strong following first among beauty insiders, then women everywhere and Bobbi's career took off. Today, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics ...

Europcar, the European leader in passenger car and light utility vehicle rental, has announced the launch of a new, more user-friendly website designed to further enhance the customer reservation experience. Europcar worked together with London-based Fortune Cookie, Europcar's e-commerce agency since 2008, on developing a website that will correspond to customers' need for simplified booking process and transparent information on Europcar products and offerings. "This website was designed with the ambition to help users make the right choice quickly in a fresh and ...

The development team behind Play Poker Online (www.playpokeronline.com) is excited to announce the launch of their new web design which adds a ton of features to the current sites interface. This includes enhanced graphics, new content sections for our visitors as well as improvements to the navigation and usability of the website. The new mock up is the result of almost one month of work from the development team who analyzed industry leaders to dream up a unique and innovative design for the site that would add value to the visitor experience when interacting with the ...

A new player in the software industry, Infinite Plane Technologies, announced today the launch of its ground breaking video editing package, Infinite Liquid Video. Gabe Baumann, Vice-President of Client Services for Infinite Liquid Video remarked, "This video editor was a product born of necessity. My team and I went looking on the web one day for affordable, robust and easy video editing software for a project we had to finish quickly and we couldn't find anything that fit our needs. With the ability to convert all of the popular file formats, edit and chop video on ...

The Law Office of Pelayo Duran in Miami together with the Plantation law firm of Hannah & Jankowski are representing a former Ocean Bank executive who claims managers showed favoritism to employees of Venezuelan descent and fired her in retaliation for reporting suspicious banking transaction activity involving a wealthy Venezuelan customer. Niurka Sanchez was a Private Banking Officer in the Wealth Management Division who handled an impressive $60 million portfolio. She had been employed with the bank for more than 25 years and claims she was never disciplined. According ...

Florida trial attorney John H. "Jack" Hickey has filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court claiming that even though Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD. (RCCL) knew about a toxic gas leak onboard the "Monarch of the Seas" that killed three and injured several crew members, RCCL endangered the lives of thousands of passengers and numerous employees by continuing to operate the unsafe vessel for several months before completing the repairs. "Royal Caribbean engaged in gross misconduct so reckless that it constituted a conscious disregard or indifference to the life, safety, ...

Video poker is a fan favorite for casino gamblers from all reaches of the globe. So long as you are of legal age, you can play video poker for real money at a brick and mortar casino. However, in today's technological age, playing video poker for real money has become so much easier than ever before. RealMoneyVideoPoker.com is proud to announce the launch of its complete guide to playing video poker for real money over the internet. The web site is dedicated to revealing all aspects of the online casino and video poker industry, from who can play and what games are out ...

Projector Screen Advice will guide you through projection screen surfaces and the availability of these surfaces on our Da-Lite Screens. Projector Screen Surface Selection Matte White: Most popular, good for controllable lighting conditions. High Contrast Matte White: Grey based material is best for moderate amounts of ambient light. Video Spectra: Good surface for uncontrollable lighting conditions. Silver Matte: Used in 3D Projection. Surface rejects ambient light. High Power: Glass beaded surface is best for moderate amounts of ambient light. Da-Mat: ...

Corcentric, a leading provider of accounts receivable automation and helping companies reduce the costs associated with processing business-to-business transactions, today announced a new check imaging service to help automate the reconciliation process to complement their accounts payable automation solution. Data is digitally captured from checks and remittance advice at a cost that is 50% less than what others charge for the same service. By implementing Corcentric's check imaging solution, companies are able to convert from a paper-intensive process to a more efficient ...

Faster speeds, increased weight capacity and indexing capabilities are the characteristics driving Dorner's new 3200 Series iDrive belt conveyor. The iDrive Series, which debuted last year on Dorner's 2200 Series conveyors, represents the latest in conveyor innovation: integrating the motor, gearbox and motor controller all within the frame of the conveyor. This sleek, space-saving design allows the conveyor to fit into the tightest of spaces without worry. Seen as the big brother to the 2200 Series iDrive, the 3200 Series iDrive conveyor is designed for more heavy-duty ...

Dendritic cells, known to be the prime movers of the body's immune response, are still notoriously difficult to study in humans. Samples, which come primarily from bone marrow or lymphoid tissue, are simply too difficult to obtain. But new research at Rockefeller University has shown scientists a way to study "authentic" dendritic cells from mouse monocytes, which are abundant in the blood, a much more accessible source in humans. The discovery, published Oct. 29 in Cell, promises to accelerate research into therapeutic uses of dendritic cells in people, particularly in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Depression appears to be associated with a molecular-level disturbance in the body's 24-hour clock, new research suggests. Scientists examined genes that regulate circadian rhythm in people with and without a history of depression. As a group, those with a history of depression had a higher level of activity of the so-called Clock gene, which has a role in regulating circadian rhythm, than did people with no mood disorders. Higher expression levels of this gene suggest something is amiss in the body's 24-hour biological and behavioral cycle, which ...

A stroke wreaks havoc in the brain, destroying its cells and the connections between them. Depending on its severity and location, a stroke can impact someone's life forever, affecting motor activity, speech, memories, and more. The brain makes an attempt to rally by itself, sprouting a few new connections, called axons, that reconnect some areas of the brain. But the process is weak, and the older the brain, the poorer the repair. Still, understanding the cascade of molecular events that drive even this weak attempt could lead to developing drugs to boost and accelerate ...