DURHAM, N.C. -- The cost of obesity among U.S. full-time employees is estimated to be $73.1 billion, according to a new study by a Duke University obesity researcher, published today in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This is the first study to quantify the total value of lost job productivity as a result of health problems, which it finds is more costly than medical expenditures. Led by Eric Finkelstein, deputy director for health services and systems research at Duke-National University of Singapore, the study quantified the per capita cost ...

The "turtle and dugong capital of the world", the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Torres Strait region, faces increased pressure under climate change from human actions such as fishing, hunting, onshore development and pollution. "Depletion of turtle and dugong numbers increases their vulnerability to other threats and lowers their ability to cope with climate change," Dr Mariana Fuentes of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University will tell the Coral Reef Symposium in Canberra today. Dr Fuentes says that turtles in particular ...

New York, NY, October 8, 2010—Young adults continue to represent one of the largest groups of Americans without health insurance, with nearly 15 million people aged 19-29 uninsured in 2009—an increase of more than 1 million over 2008, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today. However, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is poised to make a significant difference for this population, as up to 12.1 million could gain subsidized insurance once all of the law's provisions go into effect in 2014. The report, Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Young Adults and the ...

Austin-Lehman Adventures, Travel + Leisure's "World's Best" Operator Responds to Client Dream List Wishes - Breaks New Ground in Luxury Multisport Adventure to Israel and Morocco The active travel company that set the adventure tour standard in Yellowstone National Park and then took their winning formula to Europe, Africa and beyond just released its 2011 catalog that includes two new groundbreaking tours in Israel and Morocco. Clients of Austin-Lehman Adventures have been asking for these "dream" destinations for years and the tour company responded with Israel & Jordan ...

A few months ago, in a joint promotional event with DearCrissy.com, FloorMall began its first ever Step Into Summer Flooring Sweepstakes. In the contest, FloorMall announced that they would be giving away 500 square feet of Mohawk hardwood flooring ( http://www.floormall.com/hardwood/ ) (a total value of over 1,200) to one DearCrissy.com blog reader. The prize flooring was hand-scraped, engineered Eucalyptus from Mohawk's Raschiato Series. The contest saw over a thousand different entries before its conclusion on July 30th. Sarah, a stay at home mother and blogger, was ...

On the heels of their invitation to the prestigious Red Dot Art Fair in Miami (http://www.reddotfair.com) Anderson Art Collective (http://www.andersonartcollective.com) will open their next show Anderson Cubed with an artists' reception on Saturday, October 16th from 6-8pm at the gallery. The show features contemporary oils by Sean Anderson, monumental oils and portraits by Benjamin Anderson and 3D mixed media by Ron Anderson. "Despite the current economy, these artists have had an outstanding year. A solo show for Benjamin in Chelsea, NY, Sean's work collected ...

San Diego Ad Agency, Quantum Communications, is putting a new spin on the holiday rush this season. The agency is offering a guarantee that they will deliver any and all elements of an advertising or marketing campaign in time for the anticipated flurry of consumer spending over the holidays. "Basically, it's a money back guarantee. If we do not deliver according to the deadline, we will refund 100% of the fees for our services" states Terry Vitiello, one of the founding partners of the 22 year-old San Diego Ad Agency. "And because the agency will not assess any ...

Are you socking away money to heat your home this winter? Even though heating costs have steadily risen over the last five years, homeowners with "dinosaur" furnaces end up spending at least 30 percent more than homeowners with newer, energy efficient furnaces to heat their home each winter. Winters Company, providers of plumbing, heating and air quality home services to thousands of residents in the greater Boston area, will be awarding a brand new $2500 energy efficient York heating system, fully-installed, along with one-year service contract to the person who can ...

newScale, rPath and Eucalyptus Systems, a coalition focused on bringing self-service private and hybrid clouds to the enterprise, today announced that it has formalized its name and launched a coalition website located at http://www.NREcloud.com. The coalition, which is now called The NRE Alliance (NRE), was announced in August at VMworld 2010, where technologies from NRE members newScale and rPath won Best of VMworld 2010 awards in the "Private Cloud Computing" category. Self-service private and hybrid cloud computing continues to generate a lot of interest as pressure ...

Prospective buyers looking to get the deal of a lifetime are in luck because LennarâEUR s Virginia Division is offering a special 2.875 percent interest rate (3.09 percent APR) on new homes during their âEURœGreatest Home Sale EverâEUR event this weekend. The event will take place on Saturday, October 9 through Sunday, October 10 at LennarâEUR s new home communities including MartinâEUR s Chase in Ashburn, Melody Landing At River Oaks in Woodbridge, Virginia Heritage at LeeâEUR s Parke in Fredericksburg and Colonial Heritage in Williamsburg. âEURœWe are excited to ...

Date nights certainly aren't what they used to be! Local arts and culture fans as well as lovebirds have been flocking to Carnival of Illusion, a fun Vaudeville-inspired magical theater show presented by nationally award winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed. Last season 62 out of 74 shows sold out. This season all shows to date have sold out and it looks like they've hit upon a fun, new date night experience. "We're very excited to have so many celebrations and couples at our show. We feel honored that our guests want to share their special evenings ...

TakeCare launches the NannyTest hosted assessment-center for agencies. NannyTest for agencies helps nanny, au pair and babysitter agencies in screening applicants. NannyTest is unique in combining both risk assessment (also known as an integrity test) and personal traits assessment. The test provides a better insight into the personality and traits of the nanny, as well as an assessment of possible risk factors. NannyTest for agencies is a hosted assessment-center solution that is accessed over the Internet, does not require any upfront investment and can be deployed ...

Will Sasso stars as Vince on the CBS comedy "$#*! My Dad Says," which is based on a popular Twitter feed by former Maxim online writer Justin Halpern. In a recent interview with TheCelebrityCafe.com, Sasso spoke about reuniting with MadTV alum Nicole Sullivan (who plays his wife on the show), working with William Shatner, and critics' reactions to the show. "Vince is Ed's older son, the half-brother of Henry, who doesn't live with his father. He lives with his wife, Bonnie, played by Nicole Sullivan, and he's this sweet guy with a sense of morals and he tries to live ...

Today web and marketing consulting firm, GOWeb2point0 (www.GOWeb2point.com), launched the web site http://www.ppprealestate.com with Web 2.0 features including Twitter integration and the latest blogging software from WordPress to service the Prescott and surrounding real estate markets. This new site will allow the real estate company, Prescott Premier Properties, to service their clients at a higher level with information about foreclosures, short-sales, REOs, and traditional resale properties in the real estate markets of Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, and ...

Canada Credit Fix Inc (CCF) has just announced that they will release their new system that will virtually eliminate errors, false data and reporting blunders on consumer credit reports. The revolutionary system will now go into development immediately and change the way the world sees and uses consumer credit reports. For now CCF has named the program EFC acronym for Error Free Credit but is in the process of incorporating its own division and trade mark. Many experts say, in the current credit reporting system there is a huge problem and 43% of all credit reports ...

Today, ZapThink announces the availability of registration for its four-day Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) Boot Camp in Melbourne, Australia running from October 25-28, 2010. The four-day SOA Training & Certification course provides in-depth, hands-on training and certification on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and taught by notable SOA expert Jason Bloomberg. In this four-day SOA training course, attendees will get hands-on experience and expertise in how to implement the latest SOA best practices and methods. Learn about Service modeling, Service domains, ...

DWM and Associates is expanding its Home Remodeling division to a Design and Build department to provide affordable and high quality workmanship for homeowners in Baltimore MD and its surrounding counties of Maryland that include, Arnold, Severna Park, Glen Bernie, Reisterstown, Timonium, Towson, Dundalk, Halethorpe, Lansdowne, Anne Arundel, Annapolis, Severna Park, Arnold, Crownsville, Gambrills, Davidsonville, Pasadena, Crofton, and Odenton. DWM and Associates is excited about the new opportunities to provide Maryland families with the home of there dreams at affordable ...

The Chicago Lighthouse is hosting its first "Flair- Fashionable Philanthropy Acquisition Event" at Glenview's North Shore Country Club, 1340 Glenview Road, Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. Guests will enjoy a fun evening of fashion, conversation, cocktails, hors d'oeurves and philanthropy. As an added treat, book reviewer and academic entertainer Barbara Rinella will perform a dramatization of Tapert and Edkin's The Power of Style, in which she will impersonate several historical fashion icons profiled in the book's analysis of "the women who define the art of living ...

Nashville City Tours has extensive experience with guided tours throughout the Nashville, Tennessee area and nationwide. Nashville City Tours was founded on the principle of providing professional and efficient services. Nashville City Tours encourages families, individuals, churches, schools, associations, clubs, conventions and family reunions to use our tour service "With the rise of consumers using the internet for travel arrangements, we've noticed a need for greater hospitality and personalized service in the charter bus and motor coach sector on-line," states ...

"Shame on Senator Jim DeMint," says Rich Gosse, Chairman of The Society of Single Professionals, "for declaring that an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend—she shouldn't be in the classroom." (Spartanburg Herald-Journal, October 2, 2010). "Singles are the Rodney Dangerfields of our society," says Mr. Gosse, "They can't get no respect. Singles are the victims of systematic discrimination, particularly in the areas of Taxes, Insurance, Retirement Benefits, Employee Benefits, Housing, and Unemployment Benefits. Now Senator DeMint wants to deny them the right ...

Designed to fit most manufacturer's portable liquid oxygen units, RRI's new cases feature heavy duty construction, comfortable padded straps and a streamlined design. Newly added to the cylinder case offering are two sizes of back packs, a fanny pack, walker/wheelchair bags, soft-sided carry totes, among others. "Liquid oxygen bags and accessories are a natural line extension to our popular offering of cylinder carry cases," states Tom Bannon, RRI President. "Our customers appreciate the quality design and craftsmanship that set our bags apart from the competition. ...

The world's largest independent music network, likeZEBRA, announces indie punk band Attack Attack! as their featured artist for the week of October 5, 2010. As the driving force behind the return of the independent music movement, likeZEBRA spotlights one indie artist or group each week in an effort to inspire and aid in the discovery of quality underground music. Attack Attack! will be promoting their latest indie release and holding an exciting contest exclusive to likeZEBRA fans. Housing the most comprehensive database for indie music, likeZEBRA is the go-to spot ...

ThumbPeople's founder, Mark Arens, conveys a critical message for parents on the I Need You Dad talk radio show aired live October 10 from 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. and available via I Need You Dad radio archives The voice of ThumbPeople, Mark Arens presents, "Parents, Are You Killing Your Child with Words?" This radio segment addresses the ability parents have to wound their children with words and how parents can instead heal and empower children to reach their greatest potential through expressing loving, encouraging and affirming words. Acclaimed by family wellness experts ...

NAAFA would like to thank Dr. Regina Benjamin for her message of support for Health At Every Size (HAES). We strongly support her message that people should eat healthy foods and participate in movement that one can enjoy on an ongoing basis, independent of body size. There are many scientific studies that support the fact that body size is not an indicator of health. A 2005 study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that significant improvements in overall health can be made, regardless of weight loss, when women learn to recognize and ...

TAG Marketing, a society of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and Georgia's premier organization for technology marketing events announced today that nominations are now open for the first annual Tech Marketing Awards. The Tech Marketing Awards, which recognize Georgia's most innovative marketing leaders, will be presented on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the J. B. Fuqua rooftop pavilion atop the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in downtown Atlanta. Representing Georgia's "best of the best" in the fusion of marketing and technology, the 2010 Tech Marketing ...