Tracking down suspected drunk drivers has long been a major priority for Texas law enforcement agencies. Texas has some of the strictest anti-drunk driving policies in the nation. For example, law enforcement agencies frequently implement "No Refusal Weekends," during which drunk driving suspects who refuse breath tests can be required to submit to blood tests. Law enforcement even keeps judges on call to facilitate the quick issuing of warrants. No one is exempt from the watchful eye of Texas police officers and highway patrolmen. As a recent case shows, even ...

More and more "boomerang" buyers are re-entering the real estate market after going through bankruptcy or foreclosure, the Wall Street Journal reported. Precise numbers are not available on the trend, according to the report, but interviews with realtors, builders, and other real estate professionals suggest that a significant number of today's homebuyers have bounced back from major financial difficulty within the last several years. By working diligently to rebuild their credit, many people are able to qualify for a mortgage within just a few years after ...

It has been said that divorce can be as simple - or as difficult - as the couple makes it. When matters are heated and court involvement is necessary, things tend to get a bit "messy;" instead of having control of your own destiny, the judge makes decisions for you, something that can leave both parties ultimately unsatisfied. Using an alternative dispute resolution method like mediation or negotiation can sometimes result in a more workable solution and has the added benefit of keeping matters private. A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court provides ...

Starting a company is often a ground up enterprise. Many couples start companies together playing off each other's strengths. A great idea that starts small may grow into a company that requires operations or management experience that a spouse brings. Soon a family business may be thriving and providing a comfortable income. Approximately 65 percent of companies in the U.S. are family owned. Glenn Muske, a North Dakota State University professor who researches couples in business, estimates spouses co-own about 30 percent of those businesses. Unfortunately, the National ...

Auto accidents are common in the state, and they are particularly devastating when they involve large commercial vehicles. The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth aids those who have been victims of auto accidents, and is proud to announce that its attorneys recovered a $400,000 settlement for a client who had been involved in an accident with a truck while driving a car. Insurance companies blamed victim The settlement that the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth secured for its client is particularly noteworthy because the police officers on the scene and the insurance companies ...

Divorce and property division in New Jersey New Jersey is one of several no-fault divorce states in the U.S. It is called no-fault divorce because a spouse is not required to prove fault by the other spouse in order to be granted a divorce. Instead, if a couple has irreconcilable differences and meets other requirements, they may seek a divorce in New Jersey without being required to show specific wrongdoing by a spouse. New Jersey no-fault divorce law Before 2007, one of eight specific reasons had to be cited as the grounds for a divorce, and the spouse seeking ...

The baby-boom generation is experiencing a boom in "gray divorce" As the baby-boom generation ages, the number of divorces among people over age 50 is also increasing. When divorcing at an older age, it is important to understand some of unique implications of divorce later in life, as the challenges and opportunities faced by those going through so-called "gray divorce" are different than those experienced by younger couples. Study finds that baby-boomers buck the general divorce trend Researchers from the National Center for Family and Marriage ...

Hidden assets and divorce As many people feel the financial pressure of an economy slowly recovering from the "Great Recession," they may hold on tightly to any funds or assets they have, especially if a divorce is on the horizon. However, spouses are required to disclose the full value of their assets in divorce, and uncovering any hidden assets is important to achieving a fair financial settlement. Full disclosure is required In the divorce process , as well as when planning for the possibility of a divorce with a pre-nuptial agreement, both individuals ...

Air travel with small children presents parents with many challenges. For some parents, air travel is made more attractive by a common policy among airlines of not charging for children under the age of 2, if the child sits on a parent's lap. This policy may confuse parents into thinking that their children will be safe in such a position. The National Transportation Safety Board has conducted accident investigations which concluded that children survived because they were seated in an infant seat with proper restraints. Despite the recommendations of the NTSB, the Federal ...

Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located in Sandy Springs, GA, 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 ...

G Adventures, the world's small group adventure travel leader announced a new campaign today giving AARP members the opportunity to lead, promote and organize a G Adventures trip and possibly travel for free. The campaign, called World of Possibilities, seeks enthusiastic individuals eager to pursue a passion around four travel themes: Food & Wine; Photography; Wildlife & Marine; and Hiking & Biking. "We developed a series of trips around themes we feel will resonate with today's active, engaged AARP members, many of whom want to pursue and share immersive ...

A San Antonio Remodeling and Interior Design firm, BRAVI, is excited to announce a new custom homes division. BRAVI with architectural designers and interior designers on staff has always offered custom home design but after an outpouring of requests from clients, BRAVI now handles the construction too. BRAVI, a San Antonio custom home builder, stands alone as a design and construction company in San Antonio, TX that specializes in contemporary and modern homes. "For years now we have been offering contemporary designs and remodeling for our clients and have ...

Carolina's Home Medical Equipment, Inc. (http://www.chmei.com) is pleased to announce an enhanced partnership with Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region (HPCCR) (http://hpccr.org). The enhancement is a preferred provider relationship that will offer HPCCR better control over costs, forecasting, and budgeting while maintaining exceptional patient care. HPCCR has been enhancing quality of life for patients at end of life, and their families, for over 35 years. In 2012, the organization served over 5,600 patients. "We are very fortunate to be a part of the ...

Then ten-year-old soccer player Ethan King didn't think twice about giving his soccer ball to the children of an African village where he and his father were rehabilitating water wells in 2009. Four years later, through the work of Charity Ball, the non-profit organization sparked by Ethan's passion, over 2,500 new soccer balls have been hand delivered to children in poverty-stricken communities in more than 20 countries across the globe. 2013 marks a banner year for Charity Ball, as professional soccer player Neven Subotic, from Borussia Dortmund, partners with the organization ...

Haronian Insurance is a premiere health insurance provider in Los Angeles, celebrating its 26th birthday this year. Happy Birthday! And like every young 20-something, it jumps at the opportunity to learn to save money, even from new health insurance laws by Obamacare. Families, students, and small businesses can learn how to save on health insurance too by following three easy steps. Starting this year, new health insurance plans and tax credits can lower costs and offer better coverage for most Americans. If Haronian Insurance sees a new plan that can save you money ...

After strong sales in March with new home sales hitting record high, April's sales volume appears muted. Developers sold 1,375 units in the month of April, less than half that of 2,793 units transacted in March. However, a total of 1,158 units were launched in April - 67% less than that launched in March with 3,489 units. The slowdown in new launches could also be due to the absence of large condominium projects, which greatly contributed to the sales in March. According to Nicholas Mak of SLP International, a total of 12 projects were launched in April with the largest ...

The Virgin Cure tells the story of Moth, a 12-year old girl fighting for an escape from the slum existence she was born into. The novel paints a gritty and often shocking picture of life in the poorest parts of Manhattan in the 1870s. There are many factual historic notes included in the novel that make disturbing reading to a twenty-first century audience. While Moth is an intriguing and engaging character, considerably wiser than her years would suggest, it is Dr Sadie - ultimately her saviour - who provides a strong female role model. Interestingly, McKay initially ...

Publishing in Neuron, the team reveal the interplay of brain chemicals which help us pay attention in work funded by the Wellcome Trust and BBSRC. By changing the way neurons respond to external stimuli we improve our perceptual abilities. While these changes can affect the strength of a neuronal response, they can also affect the fidelity of that response. Lead author Alex Thiele, Professor of Visual Neuroscience explains: "When you communicate with others, you can make yourself better heard by speaking louder or by speaking more clearly. Neurons appear to do similar ...

An image, captured at 11:06 a.m. EDT on May 22, 2013, from the ESA/NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory shows the conjunction of two coronal mass ejections streaming away from the sun. This image is what's known as a coronagraph, in which the light of the sun is blocked in order to make its dimmer atmosphere, the corona, visible. The M7-class flare was also associated with a coronal mass ejection or CME, another solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space. While this CME was not Earth-directed, it has combined with an earlier CME, and the flank ...

MADISON, Wis. – In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new class of compounds capable of curbing the bacteria that cause staph infections. Writing online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Helen Blackwell describes agents that effectively interfere with the "quorum sensing" behavior of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium at the root of a host of ...

The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. In recent years some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk factors have been taken into account. Now a research team led by Owen Wolkowitz, MD, professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco, has found that within cells of the immune system, activity of an enzyme called telomerase is greater, on average, in untreated individuals with major ...

MADISON, Wis. – Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior. A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more compassionate. The report, recently published online in the journal Psychological Science, is the first to investigate whether training adults in compassion can result in greater altruistic ...

"Neisseria meningitidis is an important human pathogen that can cause rapidly progressing, life threatening meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in humans," Professor Jennings said. "Until now we have not known how it attaches to the human host. It has been a long-standing mystery how it attaches to the airway to colonise" People can be carriers of the bug and not get any symptoms, while some people progress to invasive disease. To understand why, we need to know the detail of how the bacterium colonises the airway. Now that the pathway has been identified we can study ...

Nearly two-thirds of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma —a common tumor that forms in the nerve cells of children—cannot be cured using tumor-killing cancer drugs. A study published by Cell Press in the May 23 issue of Chemistry & Biology reveals a new genomic approach to screen for compounds that could inhibit tumor growth by causing cancer cells to differentiate, or convert from immature cells to more specialized cell types. Using this screening method, the researchers identified a compound that causes neuroblastoma cells to differentiate, uncovering a promising new ...

VIDEO: People with high IQ scores aren't just more intelligent. They also process sensory information differently, according to a study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 23. The... Click here for more information. People with high IQ scores aren't just more intelligent. They also process sensory information differently, according to a study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 23. The findings show that the brains of people with ...