Filing for divorce is a big decision. Divorce can be emotionally draining and may affect the finances of the divorced couple for an extended period. It is understandable that many people want to get the process over with quickly and with as little expense as can be managed. A divorcing couple may also wish to keep the divorce as civil as possible. Many people avoid speaking to a lawyer before filing for divorce because they believe that an attorney will prolong the divorce process, make the divorce more contentious and run up legal bills. However, an attorney may actually ...

Medical debt is a source of stress for many people, especially considering the confusion that can surround insurance coverage, deductibles co-insurance and co-pays, as well as the financial struggles that can result from an unanticipated illness. When medical debt is sold or referred to a debt collector, that action can remain on one's credit history for years, even after the debt is paid. One credit reporting agency and some legislators are seeking to change that, though. Credit reporting company says it will ignore paid collection actions In the spring of 2013, ...

Is a warrant required to compel a drunk driving suspect to take a blood alcohol test? A recent United States Supreme Court decision, Missouri v. McNeely, clarified this issue. Its decision will likely affect the rights of drunk driving suspects in Texas and across the nation. Facts of case The case began in Missouri when a man was stopped for speeding by a highway patrol officer. During the stop, the officer noticed that the man had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol--tell-tale signs of intoxication. As a result, the officer ordered the man to submit ...

On May 14, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Safety Report called Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-impaired Driving. In the report the NTSB outlines the elements its research indicates are necessary to achieve a meaningful reduction in deaths and injuries caused by alcohol-related driving. These elements include the adoption of stronger DUI/DWI laws, better strategies for enforcing drunk driving laws, innovative adjudication programs for alcohol-related driving offenses and the development of new in-vehicle alcohol detection technologies. NTSB ...

Adults often accuse teens of believing they are invincible, as teens often participate in dangerous activities without thought to the harm that could befall them. One of the more dangerous habits that many teens have developed is sending text messages while driving. Despite the constant barrage of warnings about the dangers of distracted driving, teens who spend their days sending text messages seem to think nothing of continuing their text conversations while driving. A study released in May 2013 revealed that texting and driving has become the leading cause of teen driver ...

The kidneys serve a vitally important function, eliminating toxins and waste from the body, but when they start to decline, the signs and symptoms are not always clear to those without medical training. Fortunately, doctors should recognize symptoms that may indicate kidney trouble and are able to conduct simple tests to check their patients' kidney function. When these health care professionals do not do so and fail to timely diagnose kidney disease, however, they may have committed medical malpractice. According to the National Kidney Foundation, when the kidneys ...

In the United States, healthcare is like any other business--profits matter. Although few would begrudge a hospital's ability to make a fair profit, most, if not all, would object if the profit were derived from medical errors. According to a shocking recent study, hospitals are fattening their bottom lines from medical mistakes, as such mistakes require patients to undergo additional treatment and procedures. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed the records of 34,256 surgical patients at a hospital operated by Texas Health ...

Hampton Inn & Suites Scottsboro Hotel announced today that it has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award. To qualify for a Certificate of Excellence, businesses must maintain an overall rating of four or higher, out of a possible five, as reviewed ...

Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located at Atlanta Perimeter Center, offers convenient lodging for guests visiting 'Imaginary Worlds' at Atlanta Botanical Garden. The exhibition of giant living sculptures opened in early May and will run through October. International Mosaiculture of Montreal has created 19 living topiaries that have been integrated into the garden landscape. The living sculptures were created from 35,000 pounds of steel covered with netting, soil, and sphagnum moss. Then thousands of annuals were planted into the forms to create giant cobras, butterflies, ...

The Atlanta landscape supply firm, Bulks Landscape Supply, would like to take a moment to remind residents to give them a call if they need materials for their outdoor spring projects. When searching for a business that specializes in landscape supply, Atlanta home and business owners should make sure to choose a company that not only has a solid reputation for customer service excellence, but also stocks a vast amount of inventory. The weather is warming up, which means thousands of people are going to be turning their attention to their neglected lawns and gardens. ...

The homeless shelters in Atlanta, Atlanta Mission, want to remind city residents that they offer an easy way for people to donate to their cause. The Atlanta homeless shelters have launched an online shop-to-give store that has proven to be instrumental in their mission to end homelessness in the city. The virtual store eliminates the need for residents to physically drive to the shelter to donate goods, as the entire process is handled automatically. The Atlanta homeless shelters have made the website very user-friendly by showing visitors exactly what products they ...

In Why Health is Better Than Getting Healed by Rev. Phillip Goldfedder M.D., Neurosurgeon of Thirty- Seven Years and Author of Six Books, Everyone will Benefit from this Well-Written, Authoritative, Easy to Understand Book that Features Fundamental Biblical Revelations for Healing Surrounded by Well-Placed Humor. Would you like to be healthy and maintain lifelong health? Are you a teacher or pastor looking for an exciting teaching tool for your Bible study groups? Are you a medical professional who is looking for answers to chronic illness and disease? Maintaining ...

Gardeners have loved hanging baskets for years and they have tried many ways to make hanging baskets beautiful. Coco liners have been their first choice for primary materials and have been a hanging basket staple for decades. They were originally sought to provide a unique alternative to hanging terra cotta pots and plastic containers that sat in wire or macrame mesh baskets. Coco liners have a long and interesting history. They are fabricated from the shell, or outer covering, of a coconut, hence the name coco liner. The first steps of the coco liner's production are ...

Making it easier for customers to spend money helps restaurants to bake bigger profits into their bottom line. Andromeda POS' new partnership with Mercury Payment Systems is giving tech-savvy restaurant owners the capabilities they've been asking for: speedy and secure payment processing that is PCI compliant, plus an easy way to roll out gift cards on the fly. "Restaurants using our Point Of Sale software solution will be able to serve more customers faster, improving convenience for them while also protecting their data," says Andromeda POS VP Americas Dave ...

Independence in the bathroom is one of the most challenging tasks for accessibility and safety in the home. No matter the disability, the bathroom is almost always one of the most challenging rooms in which to maneuver. It is difficult to feel at home, much less feel safe, if you don't have secure access in your own bathroom. Achieving safety and independence with bathroom modifications is possible with the right products, but there are added benefits as well. For example: Customization: Modifying a bathroom is, by definition, a very individualized project. It includes ...

NationaLease held its 2013 Spring Maintenance Managers Meeting with a record-breaking attendance of over 180 member attendees, representing over 120 member companies, as well as a host of suppliers. Each year, NationaLease, one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations in North America, brings together fleet maintenance managers and other transportation executives to share best practices in truck maintenance. This year's event, held May 15-17 in Schaumburg, IL, boasted a race-car theme, reflecting NationaLease's celebration of its Reciprocal Service Rally, ...

The JM Internet Group (web: jm-seo.org), a leader in providing SEO Training, is proud to announce a free SEO training for small business as their 'kick off' to their June classes in search engine optimization. SEO or search engine optimization is all about getting a business to the top of Google's organic or natural search results vs. having to pay Google via the AdWords advertising program. Small businesses have taken SEO training classes from the JM Internet Group and been very successful in their SEO efforts. "June is our last SEO Training Session for small businesses ...

Patients undergoing planned surgery appear more likely to die if they have their operation at the end of the week, a study published in the British Medical Journal has found. Researchers at Imperial College London looked at over four million elective procedures conducted in NHS hospitals in England between 2008 and 2011. They found that 27,582 patients died within 30 days of surgery. The mortality rate was lowest for patients having operations on Monday, and increased for each subsequent day of the week. The odds of death were 44 per cent higher for operations on a Friday ...

Paper is known for its ability to absorb liquids, making it ideal for products such as paper towels. But by modifying the underlying network of cellulose fibers, etching off surface "fluff" and applying a thin chemical coating, researchers have created a new type of paper that repels a wide variety of liquids – including water and oil. The paper takes advantage of the so-called "lotus effect" – used by leaves of the lotus plant – to repel liquids through the creation of surface patterns at two different size scales and the application of a chemical coating. The material, ...

Alexandria, Va., USA – Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a paper titled "Global Burden of Oral Conditions in 1990-2010: A Systemic Analysis." The paper, written by lead author Wagner Marcenes, Queen Mary University, London, is published in the IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research. The "Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010)" produced comparable estimates of the burden of 291 diseases and injuries in 1990, 2005 and 2010. This article reports on the global burden of untreated caries, severe periodontitis ...

Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Callaghan Innovation in New Zealand have developed a new chemical approach to help harness the natural ability of complex sugars to treat Alzheimer's disease. The team used a new chemical method to produce a library of sugars, called heparan sulphates, which are known to control the formation of the proteins in the brain that cause memory loss. Heparan sulphates are found in nearly every cell of the body, and are similar to the natural blood-thinning drug, heparin. Now scientists have discovered how to produce them chemically ...

Dr. Geneviève Durrieu (from the Pharmaco-epidemiology team assessing the use of medication and the risks involved, Unit 1027 "Epidemiology and public health analyses: risks, chronic diseases and handicaps" - Inserm / Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier) led the French part of this study, the results of which are published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Within the framework of this international study, is France proving to be a model student? Prescription-only drugs play a major part in the therapeutic care of the patient. However, they can also have ...

After analysing football league players over nine seasons, from 2000 to 2009, Spanish researchers have come up with a mathematical method for estimating the goal-scoring performance of each player. According to their ranking, the most able strikers are Messi, Ronaldo Nazário, Makkay, Villa and Etoo. Over nine seasons, researchers from the faculties of Economic and Business Sciences at the Universities of Granada and Jaén analysed the performance of football players in the Spanish league from 2000/2001 to 2008/2009, with the aim of creating a mathematical model to evaluate ...

Interim results of an EORTC intergroup trial have confirmed that adjuvant imatinib impacts short-term freedom from relapse in patients with localized, surgically resected, high/ intermediate-risk GIST. In the high-risk subgroup, a non-statistically significant trend in favor of the adjuvant arm was observed in terms of Imatinib failure-free survival. This new endpoint for the adjuvant setting, survival free from any failure of the first employed tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was designed to incorporate secondary resistance, currently the main factor adversely affecting prognosis ...

Instead of through pigments, these 'polymer opals' get their colour from their internal structure alone, resulting in pure colour which does not run or fade. The materials could be used to replace the toxic dyes used in the textile industry, or as a security application, making banknotes harder to forge. Additionally, the thin, flexible material changes colour when force is exerted on it, which could have potential use in sensing applications by indicating the amount of strain placed on the material. The most intense colours in nature - such as those in butterfly wings, ...