The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that among the 1.5 million unmarried women who gave birth from June 2007 and June 2008, 28 percent were living with a cohabitating partner. Unmarried mothers included those who were separated and those married with an absent spouse. First Time the Census Bureau has Asked About Cohabitation Author of the report, demographer Jane Dye, said, "The report shows that many unmarried new moms are not raising their child alone. This is actually the first time the Census Bureau has reported on births to women in cohabitational relationships. ...

Tragically, collisions between semi-trucks (commonly called big rigs, tractor-trailers, semis or 18-wheelers) and passenger vehicles happen every day. When a car or pickup truck meets up with a fully loaded commercial behemoth, the results are truly unfortunate -- 78 percent of the time, one or more of the occupants of the smaller vehicle is killed. The multi-terrained state of Colorado is uniquely situated to create more than its fair share of these accidents. Mountains, windy plains, icy roads, sand storms (sometimes called "brownouts" or "brown blizzards"), snowstorms, ...

After nationwide public awareness campaigns spanning more than two decades and gradually increasing penalties, the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol has declined significantly across the country. The potential hazards are widely known; generally, even those who ultimately decide to drive while intoxicated recognize the dangers and the potential consequences. While drunk driving has declined across the country, a new trend has risen -- drugged driving. Now, many drivers are taking to the road after ingesting prescription narcotics that impair driving ...

As the popularity of online social media networks steadily rises, it is important to realize that the messages and pictures you or your spouse post are public and could be used as evidence in court. In a recent survey of members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 81 percent noted an increase in the use of social media as evidence over the last five years. The Social Media Platform Social Media is "a term used to describe a variety of Web-based platforms, applications and technologies that enable people to socially interact with one another online", as ...

Safe Cycling in Denver and the Laws to Guide You The proliferation of bicycles on Colorado's roads may be rooted in many things; the economy and high gas prices, the "green" movement, or more people enjoying the sport. However, with the increased amount of pedal traffic, serious injuries have also been on the rise. Injuries on the Increase A 2009 report by the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons reported that the previous five years had seen a 15 percent increase in chest injuries and a tripling in the number of abdominal injuries resulting from ...

Every year millions of people pay good money for perfect vision through laser and Lasik eye surgery . Promising to eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses, doctors nationwide market Lasik corrective eye procedures like retailers market mobile phones - the newest technology at the lowest price. Unfortunately, many Lasik patients are discovering they got just what they paid for. What is Lasik? Lasik is an outpatient medical procedure intended to correct imperfect vision by removing tissue from the cornea with a laser. The top portion of the eye is cut to create ...

The concept of two parents per child is deeply embedded in our legal system. But with relatively recent social developments such as domestic partnerships and scientific breakthroughs like assisted reproduction, children more frequently enjoy a parental relationship with people who have no legal recognition of their role. One increasingly common scenario is a same-sex couple who enlists a surrogate mother or sperm donor to help them become parents. If that couple chooses a trusted friend to help them create a child, they may also invite and encourage that person's ongoing ...

The issue of extending marriage to lesbians and gays has ignited recurring controversy across the U.S. over the past decade. As some state legislatures enact civil union laws and courts extend rights based on same-sex couples' rights to equal protection, activist groups promote constitutional amendments opposing any redefinition of marriage and mount campaigns to defeat individual so-called "activist" judges. A recent Texas case weighs in on an important and interesting issue: can Texas couples who obtained legal recognition of their relationship in other states pursue ...

What you do after a motorcycle accident can have a significant impact on your ability to maximize the compensation you receive for your injuries. Motorcycle accident attorneys understand how specific actions can help or hurt, jury verdicts and insurance claim settlements. What You Should do to Protect your Interests after a Motorcycle Accident The two most important to do when you sustain a motorcycle accident injury are seek medical attention and do not talk to the representative of any insurance company. Once you have received medical treatment, contact an attorney ...

Redspottedhanky.com is encouraging customers to book train tickets ahead of time in order to prevent them paying more than they need now that many fares have been increased. Train travellers across the UK booking tickets for the New Year will be faced with higher fares, with an average increase of 5.8 per cent for journeys made from January 2011. Analysis by redspottedhanky.com shows that despite an average increase, train companies have not raised their cheapest fares, giving train travellers the opportunity to save money by booking train tickets in advance. "Train ...

Rezidor's Sama Terrazza in Muscat, Oman has announced an exciting schedule of themed evenings adding more allure to the city's only rooftop lounge. The hotel at the Park Inn Muscat was launched last November and has since been the place to be for the city's in-crowd. More emphasis has been placed on special offers and promotions at the Muscat hotel in order to draw in people over the weekdays as well. Sandeep Kamal, Executive Chef in charge of food and beverage at the hotel, said: "Sama Terrazza fared very well last year since its opening; in fact we were overwhelmed ...

The 7th Annual Artivist Film Festival will take place in New York City beginning Thursday December 9th with a showing of the highly charged, already sold out film "Madonna of the Mills" and will conclude on Sunday December 12th with the film, "Deep Green" which focuses on how we can realistically stop global warming. All screenings will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas in lower Manhattan and features FREE tickets to all films, informational panels with filmmakers and subject matter experts after many of the films, and in the spirit of Artivist, a special reception ...

An unusual grandmother recently received an appropriately out-of-the-ordinary gift from her daughters. Pat Capps, 70, will be driving a Lamborghini through the Texas countryside, courtesy of DFW Drive Your Dream Tour. Capps was watching Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman race Mustangs in the movie "The Bucket List" when she mentioned to one of her daughters that driving a Lamborghini was on her personal bucket list. Capps is not your stereotypical granny, driving 45 mph down the freeway in her family sedan with her blinker on. She currently drives a Ford Mustang and ...

The Software Association of Hong Kong and 1st Hong Kong International Software Contest Committee have made the decision to reschedule the Awards Ceremony of 1st Hong Kong International Software Contest, which was to be held on January 11th, 2011 in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, to March 11th, 2011. More than 50,000 softwares have been submitted from home and abroad since the software contest started 3 months ago, which demonstrates the influence of this contest on the international software industry. The committee has increased the daily work to examine carefully the ...

David Saunders, an active member of the CSA 2010 Task Force and CEO of Compliance Safety Systems, announces to the transportation industry his solution regarding the new CSA 2010 mandates. In a recent interview, David shares, "Driver fitness and accountability will correct itself over the next 18 to 24 months with Electronic On Board Recorders, driver health and wellness programs and more stringent physical qualification processes, but an engine will always leak oil, a tire wear down, and a light burn out, so no technology will ever correct that." He continues with, ...

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The election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States was the spark that lit the fire known as the "American Civil War." Many historians today consider the period of 1860 to 1865 as the most profoundly important era in the country's history. When the "union" split and came together as a "nation," the impact was felt across the globe then and defines who we are as a country to this day. To honor this most sacred 'event,' SevenScoreandTenYearsAgo journeys back to the mid-19th Century with its team of historical journalists and commentators, providing ...

In a straightforward decision, a Federal Appeals Court has upheld a preliminary injunction against the FDA to stop the seizure of the electronic cigarette as it enters the country to suppliers that retail them to the smoking public. The electronic cigarette or e cigarette as it is called by its users has found a home among smokers who have been looking for a smarter alternative in the tobacco market. The following is now so strong that e cigarette cafe's are popping up in major cities around the U.S. This group of "vapers" are a loyal group that have lobbied lawmakers, ...

Little did Rich Tola know exactly one year ago today he would premiere a film, start a foundation to help women and children of domestic violence, make a video encyclopedia of yoga poses throughout the streets of Hollywood, and release Rich Tola's 15 Minute Fat Burning Workouts (www.RichTola.com). And if you ask Tola, he'll tell you that his fat burning workouts are fit for a King. Or a Queen. Or anyone else in the world, for that matter. "Anyone can do them. Whether you're in shape or 50 pounds overweight," states Tola. "Each 15 minute full body workout is filled with ...

Bid Bullion releases its limited edition silver bullion to commemorate Max Keiser and his efforts in increasing the prices of silver. BidBullion.com, a new penny auction selling precious metals at pennies on the dollar, has released a limited edition silver bullion by the name of the Silver Keiser. This move couldn't have been made at a better time. On November 11th, 2010, Max Keiser, a finance critic and former stockbroker, told the listeners of the Alex Jones show that they should start "Google Bombing" the term "Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver" to increase the rankings ...

Given their outstanding mechanical and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes are attractive building blocks for next-generation nanoelectromechanical devices, including high-performance sensors, logic devices, and memory elements. However, manufacturing challenges associated with creating well-ordered arrays of individual carbon nanotubes and the nanotube-devices' prevalent failure modes have prevented any large-scale commercial use. Now, researchers at Northwestern University, the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, ...

The ability to tolerate aggression is partly genetic, UCLA life scientists report in the first study to demonstrate a genetic component to a social network trait in a non-human population. "The ability to tolerate aggression is passed on across generations; there is genetic variation in the ability to tolerate aggression," said the study co-author Daniel T. Blumstein, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA. Blumstein, a leader in the field of applying social network statistics to animals, and his colleagues studied four groups of yellow-bellied ...

The use of tobacco cessation medication in a population may lead to reduced hospital admissions for heart attacks and for coronary atherosclerosis within the two years after use according to a study by Thomas Land and colleagues from the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, USA, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The study found no reduction in hospitalizations for other diseases, in the same two year period. In July 2006, the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) adopted ...

Second-hand smoke increases risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children Children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to get invasive meningococcal disease than children who are not exposed, reports a study from Chien-Chang Lee at the Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, USA) and colleagues published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The authors also found a possible association of second-hand smoke exposure with invasive pneumococcal disease and Haemophilus influenzae type b. By reviewing and analysing published studies (30 case-control and 12 cross-sectional ...

Among smokers with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), integrating smoking cessation treatment with mental health care for PTSD resulted in higher rates of prolonged smoking abstinence, compared to referral for assistance with quitting smoking, according to a study in the December 8 issue of JAMA. Nicotine dependence is more common among individuals with mental illness. "Posttraumatic stress disorder, a prevalent mental disorder, is highly associated with smoking (45 percent) and unsuccessful quit attempts. Individuals with PTSD smoke more heavily than ...