Bill seeks to alter Arizona bankruptcy exemptions
2013-03-22
Bill seeks to alter Arizona bankruptcy exemptions
From start to finish, much of the bankruptcy process is governed exclusively by federal law. However, when it comes to bankruptcy exemptions - which is property that the debtor is able to keep since it is "exempt" from the bankruptcy estate - the federal bankruptcy code expressly permits each individual state to opt-out of the federal exemptions and create their own, which Arizona has done.
Consequently, those filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Arizona have a wide variety of exemptions at their disposal. For ...
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Custody Judgments for Deployed Servicemembers
2013-03-22
Many military members are concerned about their custodial rights if he/she is deployed or otherwise unable to participate in a court custody action because of military responsibilities. Federal Law provides some protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). This law is designed to protect the military member from a court issuing a custody judgment when the member is unable to defend himself because of military responsibilities. The SCRA not only provides for the appointment of counsel while the member is unavailable, but also for a stay of proceedings until ...
Cover Every Base during New Vehicle Specification Process
2013-03-22
Specifying new Class 8 trucks with the latest technology requires hundreds of decisions about everything from the impact of new technology on preventive maintenance programs to the choice of components that will make the vehicle driver-friendly. One great resource for this complex decision-making is the local truck dealer, while another is a third-party service provider who can help get the specs right, said Jim Sweeney, Vice President of Capital Equipment for AmeriQuest Transportation Services in a blog posting.
"Improving a fleet's operations used to be the fleet ...
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Presents Fall of the Berlin Wall Featuring Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Sunday, April 7 in Verizon Hall
2013-03-22
Under the able baton of Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, we journey to a historic moment in time with a program that commemorates the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989, leading to Germany's reunification. Performed in collaboration with a solo exhibition of photographs by James B. Abbott at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, The Fall: A Photographic Portrait of Berlin and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Abbott collaborates with Jorge Cousineau to present a multi-sensory concert experience.
A founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing ...
McCusker & Company Extends Market Share in HVAC Extended Warranty Programs With Standard Supply Agreement
2013-03-22
McCusker & Company, a leading worldwide provider of consumer and commercial extended warranty services, announced today that it has been selected as the provider of extended warranty services to the dealers and customers of Texas-based Standard Supply. The new agreement extends McCusker & Company's leadership position serving the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry.
"For more than 67 years HVAC professionals throughout Texas have trusted the Standard Supply line of supplies," said McCusker & Company Chief Executive Officer ...
Prompt Proofing Book Review: Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
2013-03-22
This book has all the makings of your classic chick-lit read. It details the life and loves of famous Latino pop singer Ricky Biscayne, his rail-thin long-suffering model wife Jasminka, his mistress - fellow pop star Jill Sanchez, his publicist, naive Milan, Milan's elegant and constantly superior sister Geneva, and in a somewhat separate story, firefighter Irene, a single mother raising Ricky's daughter on a meagre budget but with determination and spirit.
It is this elaborate cast of characters that elevates the story from celebrity gossip to a study of human nature ...
Sound Physicians Enters Agreement to Provide Hospitalist Services at Broward Health
2013-03-22
Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services at two Broward Health facilities: Broward Health Coral Springs and Broward Health Imperial Point.
Sound Physicians will provide comprehensive hospitalist services to the 200-bed Broward Health Coral Springs in Coral Springs, Fla., and the 204-bed Broward Health Imperial Point in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. To start, Sound Physicians will recruit ...
Tic Toc Games Lets the Pug Out With PUG RUN for iPhone and iPad
2013-03-22
Tic Toc Games, an independent game studio based in North Hollywood, CA, is launching their flagship title, PUG RUN, an original game concept from the mind of the CEO, Shereef Morse. His main inspiration for the game came from his son and his dog Greta, whose cute and cuddly personality makes a lasting impression on everyone that she meets.
Drawn by a small boy with a larger-than-life imagination, Bogart awakens and begins to run towards the boy, only to find The Void slowly creeping up behind him to stop him. See the world change from black and white to color the closer ...
Sportsman's Warehouse Purchases 10 Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters Locations throughout the Northwest United States
2013-03-22
Sportsman's Warehouse has acquired 10 Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters locations in Oregon, Washington and Montana. The stores, which were acquired from Canadian cooperative United Farmers of Alberta, were temporarily closed on March 11th for remodeling and restocking, and will re-open as Sportsman's Warehouse locations within the next few weeks.
"We are very pleased to increase our presence in the Pacific Northwest market in such a significant manner," noted John Schaefer, Sportsman's Warehouse CEO. "This acquisition is in line with our business plan, ...
Men may have natural aversion to adultery with friends' wives
2013-03-21
After outgrowing teenage infatuations with the girl next door, adult males seem to be biologically designed to avoid amorous attractions to the wife next door, according to a University of Missouri study that found adult males' testosterone levels dropped when they were interacting with the marital partner of a close friend. Understanding the biological mechanisms that keep men from constantly competing for each others' wives may shed light on how people manage to cooperate on the levels of neighborhoods, cities and even globally.
"Although men have many chances to pursue ...
Scientists develop drug that might be next best hope against malaria
2013-03-21
PORTLAND, Ore. – Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a drug that may represent one of the world's best hopes for treating and preventing malaria — a disease that kills more than one million people each year.
The scientists have described the drug, and its effectiveness against mice infected with malaria, in the March 20 issue of Science Translational Medicine, an interdisciplinary journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The drug — called ELQ-300 — "is an exciting compound as it ...
The neuroscience of finding your lost keys
2013-03-21
LA JOLLA, CA----Ever find yourself racking your brain on a Monday morning to remember where you put your car keys?
When you do find those keys, you can thank the hippocampus, a brain region responsible for storing and retrieving memories of different environments-such as that room where your keys were hiding in an unusual spot.
Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have helped explain how the brain keeps track of the incredibly rich and complex environments people navigate on a daily basis. They discovered how the dentate gyrus, a subregion of ...
Parents should do chores together, study says
2013-03-21
You may have heard of couples that strive for exact equality when it comes to chores, i.e. I scrub a dish, you scrub a dish, I change a diaper, you change a diaper.
But new research finds that keeping score with chores isn't the best path to a high-quality relationship. Instead the data points to two items that should have a permanent place on a father's to-do list:
Do housework alongside your spouse
Spend quality time with the kids
"We found that it didn't matter who did what, but how satisfied people were with the division of labor," said Brigham Young University ...
To forgive or not to forgive: What Josh Hamilton tells us about sports fandom
2013-03-21
In a recently published article in Communication & Sport, Jimmy Sanderson, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Clemson University, and Elizabeth Emmons, a doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama explore people's willingness to forgive then Texas Rangers player Josh Hamilton after an incident in January 2012.
Hamilton serves as a unique study for fan behavior, as he as arguably generates as much attention as a human interest story as he does for his athletic performance. Hamilton's ...
Tackling issues of sexuality among people with dementia
2013-03-21
Managing the delicate issue of sexual expression amongst people with dementia is the focus of a new education resource produced by Griffith University researcher Dr Cindy Jones.
The first resource of its kind and the subject of funding from the Department of Health and Aging and Queensland Dementia Training and Study Centres (DTSC),
Sexualities and Dementia: Education Resource for Health Professionals is aimed at assisting health professionals working across care settings.
Based on national and international literature and research by Dr Jones from
Griffith's Centre ...
Study reveals potential treatments for Ebola and a range of other deadly viruses
2013-03-21
Illnesses caused by many of the world's most deadly viruses cannot be effectively treated with existing drugs or vaccines. A study published by Cell Press in the March 21 issue of the journal Chemistry & Biology has revealed several compounds that can inhibit multiple viruses, such as highly lethal Ebola virus, as well as pathogens responsible for rabies, mumps, and measles, opening up new therapeutic avenues for combating highly pathogenic viruses.
"The medical field currently does not have ideal antiviral therapies, often no therapeutics at all, and the development ...
Harnessing immune cells' adaptability to design an effective HIV vaccine
2013-03-21
In infected individuals, HIV mutates rapidly to escape recognition by immune cells. This process of continuous evolution is the main obstacle to natural immunity and the development of an effective vaccine. A new study published by Cell Press in the March 21 issue of the journal Immunity reveals that the immune system has the capacity to adapt such that it can recognize mutations in HIV. The findings suggest that our immune cells' adaptability could be harnessed to help in the fight against AIDS.
An international collaboration between research groups in France, England, ...
Functional characteristics of antitumor T cells change w increasing time after therapeutic transfer
2013-03-21
PHILADELPHIA — Scientists have characterized how the functionality of genetically engineered T cells administered therapeutically to patients with melanoma changed over time. The data, which are published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlight the need for new strategies to sustain antitumor T cell functionality to increase the effectiveness of this immunotherapeutic approach.
Early clinical research has indicated that cell-based immunotherapies for cancer, in particular melanoma, have potential because patients treated ...
Adults worldwide eat almost double daily AHA recommended amount of sodium
2013-03-21
Seventy-five percent of the world's population consumes nearly twice the daily recommended amount of sodium (salt), according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2013 Scientific Sessions.
Global sodium intake from commercially prepared food, table salt, salt and soy sauce added during cooking averaged nearly 4,000 mg a day in 2010.
The World Health Organization recommends limiting sodium to less than 2,000 mg a day and the American Heart Association ...
Japanese researchers identify a protein linked to the exacerbation of COPD
2013-03-21
Researchers from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and Nippon Medical School in Japan have identified a protein likely to be involved in the exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This protein, Siglec-14, could serve as a potential new target for the treatment of COPD exacerbation.
In a study published today in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences the researchers show that COPD patients who do not express Siglec-14, a glycan-recognition protein, are less susceptible to exacerbation compared with those who do.
COPD is a chronic ...
Scripps Research study underlines potential of new technology to diagnose disease
2013-03-21
JUPITER, FL – March 21, 2013 – Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Jupiter, FL, have developed cutting-edge technology that can successfully screen human blood for disease markers. This tool may hold the key to better diagnosing and understanding today's most pressing and puzzling health conditions, including autoimmune diseases.
"This study validates that the 'antigen surrogate' technology will indeed be a powerful tool for diagnostics," said Thomas Kodadek, PhD, a professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Cancer Biology and vice chairman of ...
BUSM researchers identify chemical compounds that halt virus replication
2013-03-21
(Boston) – Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a new chemical class of compounds that have the potential to block genetically diverse viruses from replicating. The findings, published in Chemistry & Biology, could allow for the development of broad-spectrum antiviral medications to treat a number of viruses, including the highly pathogenic Ebola and Marburg viruses.
Claire Marie Filone, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at BUSM and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), is the paper's first ...
ACMG releases report on incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing
2013-03-21
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) released the widely-anticipated "ACMG Recommendations for Reporting of Incidental Findings in Clinical Exome and Genome Sequencing" report at its 2013 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting today in Phoenix. The ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting is one of the largest gatherings of medical and health professionals in genetics in the world.
As exome and genome sequencing become more commonly used in medical care, doctors will increasingly be able to learn about genetic changes that increase an individual's risk ...
Can we treat a 'new' coronary heart disease risk factor?
2013-03-21
NEW YORK – Depressive symptoms after heart disease are associated with a markedly increased risk of death or another heart attack. However, less has been known about whether treating heart attack survivors for depressive symptoms could relieve these symptoms, be cost-effective, and ultimately, reduce medical risk? Columbia University Medical Center's Karina W. Davidson, PhD and her research team now report a patient-centered approach that answers these questions in the affirmative.
With a grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ...
Exploring the link between traumatic brain injury and people who are homeless
2013-03-21
TORONTO, March 21, 2013—Homeless people and their health care providers need to know more about traumatic brain injuries to help prevent and treat such injuries, a new study has found.
Homeless people have a disproportionately higher risk for TBI compared to the general population, yet little is known about the severity of those injuries, who exactly is suffering from them and what the long-term consequences are.
"A better understanding of TBI, its presentation and characteristics in the homeless is vital in order to enable appropriate interventions, treatments, and ...
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