Driving is a way of life in the state of California. California encompasses hundreds of thousands of miles of highways that wind around the ocean and the mountains, through and around major cities. Additional thousands of miles of local streets and rural roads provide vehicle access to desert and small towns areas. Although a vital necessity, driving can result in fatal tragedy. The California Highway Patrol investigated 1,119 accidents in 2008, representing an 8 percent increase over the 1,036 accidents investigated in 2007. In 2008, the number of accidents while driving ...

When it comes to the environment, even the newest state-of-the-art wood stove needs its operator's assistance to achieve energy-efficient, smoke-free performance. That is exactly why Danish wood stove manufacturer Morso has produced five - easy-to-follow - educational videos that teach novices and experienced wood stove operators the eco-wise ins and outs of wood stove selection, installation, lighting, maintenance, as well as wood fuel quality, seasoning, and storage. Giving owners the best possible wood stove experience is a valued tradition that this wood stove leader ...

It had been a location of yearly vacations for my brothers and I when we were young. Like many other children, we would ride in the back seat of a car heading to Long Beach Island for a week in July or August and hope that the weather and waves would be kind and good. So many memories of the drive from Brooklyn through New Jersey led me and my brothers to venture down to Seaside Heights, the town of Sun & Fun, during the Clown Festival which has occurred in September of every year for nearly three decades, and which our father was, oddly enough, very fond of. Perhaps ...

Phononic Devices, an early-stage company commercializing advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, is the latest company to partner with Centennial Campus, North Carolina State University's research park and campus. Phononic Devices' proprietary approach combines thermopower with a thermally insulating and manufacturing-friendly semiconductor platform to dramatically improve the efficiency of heat-to-electricity conversion. "We are very excited to have Phononic Devices on our campus," said Dennis Kekas, associate vice chancellor of the Centennial Campus Partnership ...

Binary Studio: Bringing new talents to western IT The economic crisis. We all remember how hard it was. Many of us miss the true professionals we have lost because of it. Now they are working for competitors and our business lacks hands and brains to make the breakthrough. Now is the most appropriate time to catch up and compensate for these years of careful waiting and watching the situation. Now is the time to grow. And those who do it in the smartest and most effective way will be the winners. In such a situation companies start to look at some alternatives, unusual ...

2010 Jewellery Brand of the Year finalist Molly Brown London has launched a new Mummy and Me Collection. The Molly Brown children's jewellery collections are effortlessly stylish and increasingly, chic mothers have not only been buying some gorgeous pieces for their little girls, they have been buying pieces for themselves at the same time. Founder and Managing Director, Erica Illingworth commented, "We have responded to an increasing demand from adults to create designs that can be worn alongside and compliment the pieces of jewellery they were buying for their daughters ...

National Fire Prevention Week is October 3-9 the Bay Area hood cleaning specialists at American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) are sharing a list of facts about fire and smoke alarms in honor of the observance. The National Fire Protection Association sponsors National Fire Prevention Week each year by making educational information available to teachers, families and children, said Massoud Farazandeh, CEO of APS-Hoods, which specializes in Bay Area hood installation projects in restaurants and commercial kitchens. Even though most of the information is geared ...

Oncology routinely crosses between the inpatient and outpatient venues more often than nearly all other specialties. These operational crossovers create immense difficulty in building a product that can serve the needs of the clinician in both hospital and clinic environments. The recently released KLAS report "The Oncology IT Balancing Act: Integration vs. Functionality" found that--even though oncology is a tough technology market due to operational crossovers, complex protocols and the difference in requirements between medical and radiation oncology--system replacements ...

Experienced Chicago podiatrists, Affiliated Podiatrists Ltd., have added new patient forms to the practice's state-of-the-art website. The forms can be easily accessed and completed by new patients prior to their first appointment. The new patient forms have allowed receiving and providing quality podiatric care easy for the patients and practice. With the necessary paperwork completed in advance, the Chicago podiatrist can spend more quality time with the new patient, treating Chicago nail fungus and other foot ailments, symptoms and conditions. "Providing our new ...

Experienced Los Angeles general dentist, Dr. Shervin Louie of Smile LA, is pleased to announce the launch of the new website for his practice. The professional site was designed to increase the quality of care patients receive from this cosmetic dentist in Los Angeles. The fully-loaded website offers a wide range of information and tools that patients can utilize for improving their oral health. From testimonials and staff bios to patient education and online appointment requesting, the new website for this Los Angeles family dentist provides the necessary information ...

Experienced San Antonio podiatrist, Dr. Ed Davis, is educating patients about the effects of flat feet on their health. Treatment and prevention of adult flatfoot can reduce the incidence of additional foot problems such as hammertoes, arthritis, calluses and bunions in San Antonio, and improve a person's overall health, according to research published in the July/August Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. Overweight males in white-collar jobs are most apt to suffer from adult flatfoot disorder, a progressive condition characterized by partial or total collapse of the ...

Dr. Bijan Afar, Los Angeles dentist, has a special offer for the one-hour Zoom Teeth Whitening treatment (as seen on TV) for $199! This treatment normally costs $650. A Zoom Teeth Whitening procedure will remove stubborn stains and brighten dull and yellow teeth. If you have a special event coming up, you'll want to look your best, and a tooth whitening treatment is the quickest and easiest way to transform your smile. With a Zoom Teeth Whitening procedure performed by Dr. Afar, North Hollywood dentist, you'll be able to experience a whiter, brighter smile in no time ...

SportsHandicappingOnline.com, specialists in sports handicapping and investment services, announces the launch of a new website featuring Peter Hammermill considered one of the leading handicappers in the nation. For over 5 years SportsHandicappingOnline.com has provided consistent winning sports investment advisory services for customers throughout the United States and Canada. "Peter has been providing winning advice picking winners at better than a 69% rate. He has an unprecedented handicapping history and his Lock Picks are nearly guaranteed winners" said Sam Jones, ...

The Overburdened Health Care System in New York A renowned New York medical institution, the 160-year-old St. Vincent's Medical Center, treated its final patient in April of this year. Shortly thereafter, another blow struck the New York City medical community with the shocking revelation that thousands of echocardiograms (a sophisticated medical test involving the use of ultrasound technology on the patient's heart) performed at Harlem Hospital Center had gone unread. The backlog of test results that had never been reviewed by a trained cardiologist reaches all the ...

St. Vincent's Closure Leaves Medical Malpractice Victims in a Bad Spot In April 2010, board members for St. Vincent's Manhattan Hospital voted to shut the facility down, leaving many residents on the Lower West Side without a local emergency room. For those with indelible memories of September 11th, St. Vincent's absence is a scary proposition. Known as the flagship hospital of the Catholic Medical Center System, St. Vincent's was the primary medical facility in lower Manhattan for nearly 160 years. However, saddled with nearly $1 billion in debt, and with its parent ...

You don't have to have an attorney to file anything. You always have the option of representing yourself in any matter. If you are fairly familiar with the bankruptcy process and have a pretty simple, straightforward case, you might consider this avenue, but for most people it is not the best idea. Bankruptcy lawyers usually charge a flat fee starting in the neighborhood of $1,800 and up. When you are considering bankruptcy, this sounds like a huge fee and makes the "do-it-yourself" route look more attractive, but when you consider that your entire financial future is at ...

Working as a seaman, deckhand, fisherman, tugboat sailor, processor, or ferry worker is hazardous. Private and commercial vessels are rife with possible hazards, and injuries can happen at any time. In fact, per capita, jobs on the water are the most dangerous ones in the world, resulting in more fatalities than other industries. Though many lose their lives in maritime-related accidents each year, countless others are injured, some of them enduring permanent pain, disfigurement or being unable to return to the job they love. If you have been injured while working on ...

For all their fame and wealth, celebrities often face the same problems as the rest of us. However, some of these problems - even something as small as a traffic ticket - can seem larger than life for those whose lives are viewed through the lens of media scrutiny. And while negative publicity can certainly damage someone's reputation, the fact is that many famous people receive special treatment from law enforcement. Lohan In Trouble Again For example, authorities recently stopped actress Lindsay Lohan when she failed to stop at a stop sign while driving. Rather ...

Amid some promising signs of economic recovery, Bankruptcy filings are heading in a less promising direction. Record numbers of businesses and individuals are filing for Bankruptcy in New Jersey and around the country. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court reports that, in the 12 months ending August 2010, New Jersey bankruptcies increased compared to the year before: - Consumer bankruptcies increased by 6,881 (more than 20 percent) - Business bankruptcies increased by 23 (just under 2 percent) - Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filings increased by 6,229 (more than 25 percent) - Chapter 13 ...

Tragic cases often inspire new legislation. When 11-year-old Leandra Rosado was killed late last year when she was riding in a car with a drunk driver, New York lawmakers wasted no time in passing a law in her name, in the hopes of preventing similar future incidents. Leandra's Law makes it a felony for anyone with a blood alcohol content level of .08 or higher to drive with a child 15 or younger in the car, punishable by up to four years in prison. Under the law, if a child passenger is seriously injured by an intoxicated driver, the driver faces up to a 15 year sentence. ...

Because commercial vehicle crashes are still far too common, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been actively seeking ways to be more proactive about safety monitoring. The result of the agency's efforts is an initiative called Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. Prior to CSA 2010, the odds of a company being subjected to any meaningful onsite compliance review were slim. Due to a lack of staffing and the high levels of paperwork required, each year FMCSA officials have been able to conduct compliance reviews on less than 2 percent of the motor carriers ...

Matthew White admits he was surfing the Internet for pornography two years ago -- not a crime for a then-20-year-old American male. However, CBS reports that White downloaded child pornography onto his computer; he says he did so accidentally while looking for college aged women on LimeWire. LimeWire is a peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing network that allows users to share files, including music, movies, games and pictures, with one another. White claims that when he discovered the files he had accidentally downloaded, he quickly erased them, saying that the child pornography ...

Using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing like Limewire can be an extremely risky endeavor. There are the obvious risks of engaging in copyright infringement or becoming a victim of identity theft, but more and more people have complained that they have accidentally downloaded dangerous material - like child pornography - which was disguised as something more innocuous. This has caused a legal problem for 22-year-old Matthew White of California, who now faces a possible 20 years in prison for having images of child porn buried in his hard drive. White claims that he tried ...

New York State Senator Antoine Thompson recently introduced legislation designed to widen the scope of what is considered a "serious injury" for purposes of bringing a personal injury claim. The law would be somewhat retroactive in nature, covering not just future claims, but any suits pending at the time of its passage. The timing of his proposal has been criticized by some, however, since it comes on the heels of his own personal injury lawsuit. Timing is a Coincidence In March of 2007, Senator Thompson was involved in an auto accident in which he suffered deep ...

Automobile accidents in New York may not be as costly for insurance policy holders, thanks to recent legislation signed by Governor David Patterson. The new law amends Section 2335 of the Insurance Law, which limits insurance companies from levying surcharges on a policyholder after an auto accident involving property damage. Section 2335 now prohibits insurers from raising auto premiums after an accident, unless the amount of property damage exceeds $2,000. The prior threshold was $1,000 and was in effect since 1991. Inflation and increasing repair costs made exceeding ...