Insurance is a cost-effective way to help protect valuables, but State Farm agent Linda Allen has another idea that might help as well: Labels. "As we carry more electronic gadgets in our daily lives--cell phones, laptop computers, tablets--the risk of loss or theft is greater than ever," said Allen, who has an insurance agency in Saginaw, Texas. "Experts recommend that you label your valuables so they can be returned to you in case they're found by authorities or a helpful person." Labels with name and contact information can help verify the owner, saving time, replacement ...

Swinglifestyle is the largest swingers dating community and has been going strong for over ten years. SLS is giving back to the State of Washington residents by giving the swinging crowd a free 1-year membership. Washington swingers are advised to take advantage of this limited time offer to gain full access to the site. The offering is a $69 value but must be 18 and older to qualify. The account will enable unlimited emails, contact, picture viewing and many other perks associated with the 1-year membership. In order to claim a free membership, simply log in to a current ...

Job opportunities across the country rose even more sharply in February than January, up 18 Index points month on month according to the report from Britain's largest recruitment website, www.reed.co.uk. Employer demand continued its steep rise to give a Reed Job Index reading of 131, the highest since the Index began. Employer demand has risen 27 points - 26 per cent - year on year. The demand for new jobs in the private sector is responsible for this increase, with new public sector jobs on offer only just above half the level they were when the Index began in December ...

"All of your ideas went a long way towards giving hope to the hopeless, and inspiration to those who have given up the fight. Based on your presentation, I am re-branding today," exclaims Keith Armstrong a participant in a recent Branding Yourself After Age 50 seminar that was presented at the Tacoma Job Club MeetUp. Brand Strategist and Career Coach Marva Goldsmith will present a series of two webinars beginning March 15 for Baby Boomers in career transition. The webinar focuses on Personal branding - a strategic process for maximizing your personal assets, credentials ...

With all the vampire worship lately, is there anyone left to stand for the humans? Yes! Alex just volunteered. Artist Chris DeBrie is pleased to announce the debut of his comic book, Alexandr. DeBrie guests on ArtistFirst to discuss his new creations, future plans, and life. The interview is scheduled for Saturday, March 5th, at 1 pm Eastern. Alexandr is the newest in sociopathic vampire hunters. His quest for revenge will become an obsession. Few are happy to see him approach, whether man or beast. "Alex is here to balance things a bit," says DeBrie. Chris ...

Venio Systems, the #1 developer of First Pass Review technology, today announced that the Canadian-based computer forensic and electronic discovery provider, Harvester Forensics Ltd., chose the Venio FPR platform as their go-to source for early case assessment/first pass review technology. "We consider ourselves to be a cutting edge legal technology provider and as such only want to surround ourselves with like minded leaders," says Harvester Forensics President, Joseph Coltson. "After an extensive search, we chose Venio Systems as our partner in providing the best ...

Traditions Club, home to Texas A&M University men's and women's golf teams, operates with a vision to "revolutionize the country club experience." In a recovering economy, that intention translates to making golf accessible and affordable, to making the club's facilities a value-added asset for member families and to making hometown Bryan the beneficiary of the club's status as a high-profile venue. With the recent opening of the $7 million, four-building complex, the club's 2011 calendar illustrates the goals set by the club's Aggie owners. Traditions Club will host ...

Dear fellow Americans, It is time for all proud Americans to return to our values, to the foundation of our nation. We have had enough of politics and partisan privileges. The hard reality is that both major parties, that have controlled our country for so many presidencies, continuously fail to bring prosperity and undermine our most sacred rights, the freedom to live with dignity and peace in our hearts. It is time to do what it is best for our nation and its people and not what a handful of influential economic powers dictate for their sole benefit. It is ...

Every parent fears that their child has a problem focusing or sitting still and concentrating. Unfortunately, inattentiveness can be a symptom of a vast array of conditions, but attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has caught most of the blame. But, while a child may act like he or she has ADHD, it is far harder to diagnose ADHD than noticing a short attention span in an adolescent. In truth, hyperactivity and a lack of focus or interest can derive from depression, anxiety, or a handful of other clinical conditions. A doctor that can differentiate the difference ...

Spread-Betting.com is pleased to announce to having launched our newly re-designed website, with more spread trading features and easier navigation at your fingertips. Are you interested in learning more about financial spread betting? Our online educational magazine is intended for retail investors with an interest in short-term trading and tax-efficient ways of speculative investments. Our spread betting guide offers investors and traders with an interest in this innovative trading product with a complete overview of the workings and mechanics of financial spread ...

"Forex Joe", creator of Forex Trader Pro and featured speaker at the annual Big Event, recently announced the lineup of speakers for this exclusive event. Those who register for the event will have access to TOP traders, including Chris Lori, Forex Fund Manager, Dean Malone of Compass FX, and Steve Nison, the Godfather of candlestick trading. Along with Forex Joe, these masters of the market will join several other highly-qualified Forex experts sharing techniques of substance. The Forex "Big Event" will be held entirely online as participants enjoy three full days ...

Mach III Clutch, Inc. announces new spring engaged industrial friction clutches for torque transmission in the absence of air pressure or during power-off conditions. Mach III spring engaged clutches are available in both regular duty and heavy duty models offering fixed torque transmission from 506 to 24,375 pound inches. These clutches release when air pressure is applied to overcome the spring pressure. Catalog models currently available mount at the end of the shaft and include a finished pilot for easy mounting of a sprocket or pulley. Spring engaged friction clutches ...

Today, Bruegger's announced that it will donate approximately $90,000 to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - largely the result of its "Bottomless Mug" campaign, which ran October 27, 2010 through January 31, 2011. Throughout the campaign, the fast casual leader donated a portion of proceeds from sales of the bakery's popular Bottomless Mugs and asked generous guests to donate spare change (and more) during its first-ever Free Coffee Day in November 2010. The campaign was Bruegger's first national fundraiser to benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the ...

Early in the formation of the Earth, some forms of the element chromium separated and disappeared deep into the planet's core, a new study by UC Davis geologists shows. The finding, to be published online by the journal Science Feb. 24, will help scientists understand the early stages of planet formation, said Qing-Zhu Yin, professor of geology at UC Davis and coauthor on the paper. Yin, former postdoctoral scholar Frederic Moynier and Edwin Schauble of the Department and Earth and Space Sciences at UCLA used specialized equipment at UC Davis to make very exact measurements ...

A two-country hospital study of 808 elderly patients found a strong association between high, undiagnosed blood glucose in non-diabetic patients and increased hospital death rates, according to the March issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Researchers are now calling for routine blood glucose testing of elderly patients when they are admitted to hospital. The Spanish team looked at 447 consecutive patients admitted to a geriatric unit, while the Italian team studied 361 patients over 60 admitted to an internal medicine department. They found ...

Women undergoing IVF or other assisted reproduction therapy can be reassured that emotional distress caused by their infertility or other life events will not prevent the treatment from working. Infertility affects up to 15% of the childbearing population and over half of these individuals will seek medical advice in the hope of becoming a parent. Many infertile women believe that emotional distress (for example stress and tension) is a factor in not getting pregnant naturally or lack of success with fertility treatment. This view is largely based on anecdotal evidence ...

The quality of stroke care in the UK is improving, but significant inequalities still exist, warns a new study published on bmj.com today. Previous reports have suggested that the quality of UK stroke care is improving, but there is limited information on trends of care from population-based studies. So a team of researchers in London assessed the provision of acute stroke care for 3,800 patients registered on the south London stroke register between 1995 and 2009. They measured the provision of effective acute stroke care, in line with current guidelines, against ...

Massive waves in giant magnetic holes on the surface of the Sun have been discovered for the first time by solar scientists from the University of Sheffield and Queen's University Belfast, something that will bring experts a step closer to unlocking the secrets of the Sun. The Sun is interwoven by a complex network of magnetic field lines that are responsible for a large variety of fascinating features that can be seen in the solar atmosphere. Large, dark regions, which look like holes on the Sun's surface, mark out areas where the magnetic field breaks through from ...

Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food security. The research not only provides the best map to date of the key protein that appears to be the principal gateway for water intake during seed germination - it also actually provides the right map as it appears much of the research to date was focussed on a much less relevant protein. The research team led by Dr Lorenzo Frigerio looked at two proteins that ...

A study by the University of Salamanca (USAL) has looked into how salaries would differ if immigrants were paid in the same way as Spanish workers according to education and experience. The results show that, in higher salary ranges, Latin American immigrants earn around 20% less than their Spanish counterparts. "In this paper we analysed the salary differences between Spanish workers and Latin American or Caribbean immigrants in 2006", José Ignacio Antón, a researcher at the USAL and co-author of the study, which has been published in the Journal of Applied Economics, ...

A newly published audit report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) consolidates information on the status and burden of osteoporosis in 21 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including the Russian Federation. The landmark report 'Eastern European & Central Asian Regional Audit – Epidemiology, Costs & Burden of Osteoporosis in 2010' shows alarming projections and reveals the poor status of post-fracture care and osteoporosis management in the region. IOF President John Kanis called for immediate action, asking all stakeholders in the region to ...

New research has determined that patients in the U.S. with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are twice as likely to not have health insurance coverage compared with those without the disease. In fact researchers found only a third of HCV infected Americans have access to antiviral therapy; the remaining are either uninsured or not candidates for therapy due to treatment contraindications. Details of this study are published in the March issue of Hepatology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). HCV is the most common cause ...

Scientists have published results that will forever change the way researchers view the interplay between gene expression, DNA replication and the prevention of DNA damage. DNA damage, if not kept in check, can lead to many problems including cancers. Researchers, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust and working at The University of Nottingham, have shown that the process of replication is even riskier than originally thought. This new information is published today (24 February) in the journal Nature. Lead ...

Changes to the microbiological equilibrium in the female genital tract can lead to obstetric complications. In the current issue of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[6]: 81𔃄), the working group around Eva-Maria Bitzer investigates a method of screening for such changes. Among the complications in question are low birthweights and preterm deliveries. To avoid these, in a model project running from 2004 to 2006, pregnant women were asked to self-test their vaginal pH. They were provided with test gloves and asked to carry out the ...

Infections are among the most frequent complications of a stay in hospital and raise the complication and mortality rates. Calculations based on data from the Hospital Infection Surveillance System (Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System, KISS) showed an incidence of almost 60 000 newly acquired infections per year in intensive care units in Germany. This is the conclusion reached by Christine Geffers and her coauthor in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108 (6):87-93). KISS is a quality assurance tool for hospitals. More ...