It is a comfort to know that increased safety features in cars such as airbags and impact bars mean that your chances of surviving a road accident these days are much greater. However, that does not necessarily mean you will walk away without a scratch, even if your injuries may not be obvious at the time, a few hours or even days later painful symptoms can manifest themselves leaving you incapacitated for days, weeks, months or even years after a car crash.

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The history of asbestos

Asbestos generally refers to long threads of silicate fiber compounds. The word asbestos actually comes from the Greek word for "inextinguishable" as they are resistant to heat, fire, and chemicals as well as non-conductive. These unique properties made asbestos a useful material in many industries including the shipbuilding, automobile, and construction industries.

In America, they were first mined and used commercially during the late...

In Genesis 9, the first glass of wine Biblically justifies Racism, Color discrimination and Slavery. Herein, the second glass of wine Biblically justifies.
Herein in Genesis 19, , the second glass of wine Biblically justifies committing adultery between the daughter and her father (Lot); a very shameful evil act that ended up with the creation of two big nations, Ammon and Moab.
The bible says that Lot's daughter said: let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with...

We have met people who are traveling just so they can tick one more country off their list and impress the neighbors, but wow, what a waste not to connect with travel and really learn something.

You don\'t have to be traveling on your own to connect. You can find ways to learn about local customs and...

Mesothelioma is a very serious form of cancer which is cost by prolonged exposure to asbestos dust.  It affects the lining surrounding the lungs, the heart, or the abdominal cavity and organs.  While mesothelioma is a very rare form of cancer, it often takes 30 to 50 years for the cancer to progress to the point of noticeable symptoms, and since the symptoms are not unique to this disease, it is frequently not diagnosed until the cancer has passed beyond the early...

Everyday, a number of people are bewildered in deciding whether to keep the life of a family member in a permanently vegetative state, not completely knowing what the incapacitated would really have wanted. Cases such as this have been discussed in many courts and caused family members to raise debates and disputes among themselves. Concerns about medical wishes, however, can be easily resolved with a living will. Although the fundamentals of a living will were not widely...

It is worthwhile knowing you can find a huge amount of legal advice on the internet.  Many people are under the impression that if they have a problem at work it will mean them having to go and see a group of employment solicitors .  Of course, this is the correct way of going about things and they are certainly the best people to see.  But it may well be a good idea to have a look at what advice is available online before you even take that step.  And by reading...

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A recently signed bill was passed to include provisions for health insurance for dependents under the age of 26. This bill allows young adults to remain on their parent's health plan until they reach the age of 26. Most health plans drop dependents from healthcare coverage when they graduate from college or turn 19.

The government has recently released information about how this new bill will work.

If your current health care plan covers dependents the new rules will begin...

Dollars & Sense

by Denice Gierach

April 29, 2008 - as published in the Naperville Sun

IS YOUR HOME A GOOD SAFETY NET FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE OLDER?

Since we are all living longer than medical science may have predicted when we were young, many times the principal assets an older person may have will be their home.  Since most elderly want to stay in their own homes for the rest of their lives, if their physical health allows, many elderly are faced with a...