Child custody and visitation options in Massachusetts When couples with children divorce or break up, one of the most pressing questions on everyone's mind is often where the children will live and how their relationships with their parents will be affected. In some cases, parents are able to resolve these questions outside of court and come up with a schedule and parenting plan that meets the needs of everyone involved. However, when parents do not agree on matters of child custody and visitation, they must go to family court and have the disagreement settled by ...

Indictment of Cowboys' Josh Brent shows stiff DUI penalties The Cowboys' season may be over, but the woes continue for Josh Brent, the Cowboys nose tackle who suffered tragedy in December when he overturned the vehicle he and his close friend and teammate Jerry Brown were in. Brown suffered head and neck trauma from the crash and died. Brent has since been indicted on intoxication manslaughter charges. Toxicology reports revealed that Brent had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.16, which is twice the legal limit in Texas. In a sad twist, a recent autopsy report revealed ...

A few tips to help protect your business from a lawsuit Business owners want to spend their time building their business, not defending themselves from lawsuits. While a business owner's time is often stretched thin, some legal preparation can go a long way to prevent a business from getting involved in legal quagmires further down the road. Many large businesses conduct annual legal audits to determine unknown legal issues and small businesses should spend some time doing the same. Two of the most common areas of risk for small businesses are employment and intellectual ...

EBI Consultancy, a successful provider of high quality commercial, management and supply chain consulting services in Asia, shares their expertise in the use of high-technology supply chain tools and what businesses could do to cope up with these trends, in a blog post released on January 18, 2013. They have listed down three (3) important tools for improving the reliability of the supply chain by increasing the visibility of goods scattered across the network through a better flow of information and using technology to improve the supply chain process. EBI stated ...

Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) Middle East, Turkey and Africa, the Swiss structured cabling specialist, has announced a strong performance during 2012 posting double digit growth in the region during the last 12 months. During this period, the company nearly doubled its staff strength, inaugurated a new regional office in Saudi Arabia and opened the region's first-of-its-kind patch cord assembly facility at its headquarters in Dubai. This continued investment in the region and industry-leading Swiss quality has led to impressive results for the cabling specialist. The ...

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (President and CEO: Kengo Sakurada; hereinafter, gSompo Japanh) announces that the company has joined the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot established by the World Bank (President: Jim Yong Kim). The program aims to reduce the natural disaster risks of Pacific Island countries, which are vulnerable to catastrophic damages caused by major cyclones and tsunamis whose frequency is increasing in recent years. 1. Background of Sompo Japanfs Participation in Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot Major natural disasters, including ...

A team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California recently embarked upon a study to help determine the causes of insomnia among premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The team conducted phone interviews with 982 women and gathered information about their sleep history, frequency of hot flashes, and overall health. They found that 51% of postmenopausal women suffer with hot flashes and that 79% of premenopausal women have them. Among the women with the most intense hot flashes (based on their severity and frequency), 81% of them experienced ...

News this month from the Malaga Developer's Association reveals that the Russians have overtaken the Germans to become the second largest international home buying audience on the Costa del Sol. Marbella agent Spanish Hot Properties believes this is a trend to continue. Nick Stuart, Director of Spanish Hot Properties, says, "Russians now make up 9% of foreign property purchases leaving the Germans trailing with 7%. This is still minimal in comparison to the Brits who lead the way with 35% but, in my opinion, the start of a greater wave of Russian clients on the ...

"We have recognized a need for aerial photography services throughout Georgia and have responded to fulfill this need by expanding our service area", explains Michael. Aerial photography has many uses in today's world whether the user needs creative marketing strategies, thorough and accurate documentation such as in land disputes or traffic accidents, project analysis, environmental impacts, or advertising campaigns. These aerial photos provide a very impressive and detailed view of the entire project from a bird's eye perspective. "We are extremely excited ...

The hour-long webinar is designed for financial advisors and attorneys who are interested in learning how trusts can be used to protect inherited IRAs from creditors and beneficiary mismanagement while maximizing tax deferral. A board-certified attorney, Herman-Giddens will review how to structure asset protection for IRA beneficiaries. Trillions of dollars in IRAs and qualified plans to be passed down to beneficiaries in the near future could be jeopardized by mismanagement and creditor claims. There are ways to leverage specially designed trusts to protect IRAs and ensure ...

Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson of eBroadcastMedia.com, founders of Book Marketing, announced today The Authors Show radio and TV weekly broadcast schedule. Book Marketing, branded as 'The Authors Marketing Powerhouse', allows authors and publishers the opportunity to upload photos, bios, book covers, video and book videos. The site also offers discussion forums, segmented special interest groups and allows for event listings. Each author can develop a personalized page. In addition the site allows for integration with Facebook and ...

Want to know how Super Bowl XLVII will do in the TV ratings, before kickoff? Have a burning desire to know if Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will make it as a couple? Would you like to know how the new "Star Trek: Into Darkness" movie will do well before the premiere? Now you will know as a brand new Internet TV series, "THE TV TAROT" has launched on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Goggle+. Featuring the nearly never miss talents of Master Tarot Reader & Instructor, Prudence Theriault and hosted by TV news and marketing veteran, Jeff Grimshaw, ...

Alerts and reporting are two of the most challenging aspects of medical oncology, in addition to being the tools providers are least happy with overall. This is according to a new report from KLAS titled Oncology 2012: Pulling the Curtain Back. Study findings reveal that oncology information system vendors struggle with alerts. Specifically, Epic, Varian, and Elekta seem to perform below average. Reporting is also an area for improvement. Providers report that Varian and Elekta's canned reports are not robust enough to meet their needs, and the customized reports are ...

Twinword, Inc. has unveiled its new level testing service, called "Levelpump". Levelpump is free of charge and compares your knowledge of vocabulary against a database of associated words in order to assign you to the proper English vocabulary level. This method of learning is efficient because it leverages the relationships between vocabulary words. That is, it combines all related words into a bundle for memorizing purposes, so that they are more easily memorized. Also, if you remember only a few of the words in the grouping, you can learn the others by analogy. ...

Unfortunately, business operations do not always go smoothly and conflicts with other commercial ventures will inevitably arise. Relationships between businesses are inevitably necessary and sometimes they go south. A disputed business contract can be very expensive if it ends up in court, even impacting the bottom line. Any business venture needs to develop strong working relationships with other businesses to arrange for needed services, supplies, equipment and real estate, for example. Retaining smart and experienced legal counsel early on to assist with business-to-business ...

As children across the country enjoy all of the new toys they received during the holiday season, parents would be wise to ensure the toys are age appropriate and being used properly by their youngsters. New toys for children to play with come with new risks of potential injuries caused by defective products. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission -- the agency responsible for shielding the population from dangerous products on the market -- has reported that over 262,000 personal injuries caused by toys led to emergency room visits in the U.S. last year. Notably, ...

The average cell in a U.S. federal prison is six feet by eight feet. Imagine your whole world ripped out from under you, replaced by forty-eight square feet of concrete and cold steel. And the worst part? You don't belong there. It may sound like a nightmare, but it is stark reality for at least 60 inmates wrongfully convicted of federal gun crimes in North Carolina. Although even the U.S. Justice Department determined that these men committed no federal crime, scores of them remain behind bars as government lawyers throw up roadblocks to their release. Mislabeled ...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has been quite vocal about his support for a marriage equality measure. But will Governor Quinn's backing be enough to convince outgoing Illinois legislators to support a same-sex marriage bill? The governor seems optimistic that a marriage equality bill could be on his desk by January; according to the Associated Press, at a December 10 press conference, Governor Quinn urged lawmakers in the state House to "vote their conscience" on the issue, and commented that he hopes a marriage equality bill will move forward before January 9. January, ...

Oklahoma takes impaired driving very seriously. A buzz after a couple drinks at a happy hour with co-workers could be enough to put you over the legal blood alcohol content limit of .08. There is little tolerance for underage students who drink alcohol; the legal BAC limit for underage drivers is .02. In one recent case, a Musckogee County judge is facing scrutiny after crafting an unusual sentence for an underage drunk driver. What led up to the unique sentence? In 2011, an intoxicated 17-year old driver hit a tree. His friend, who was riding as a passenger in ...

As everyone knows, many underage U.S. college students drink alcohol. At Penn State and other Pennsylvania colleges and universities, the situation is no different. In fact, the Centre Daily Times reports that in 2011 a shocking 657 college students at Penn State were seen medically for "alcohol overdoses" with an average blood-alcohol content at "an all-time high" of a frightening 0.287. The University of Pennsylvania provides information about the consequences of high BACs. BAC measures the amount of alcohol in a person's blood at a given moment. ...

Despite forecasts for an improving economy, many people in the U.S. will find themselves in a much worse financial situation later this year than they expect. Although 2012 financial reports show a decrease in use of credit cards and overall debt loads for the average consumer, banks and other lenders are loosening their grip on their coffers, making it easier for people to borrow and use credit. The number of filings for bankruptcy in Michigan were down last year, but not because borrowers were being more responsible. With a pending election and a sluggish economy, ...

Seemingly each session, the Supreme Court will hear cases regarding actions by law enforcement personnel in their investigations into drug crimes. The Court is asked to determine if these procedures infringe upon our constitutional rights. Often, the decisions expand the use of police power, making it more difficult for those accused of crime to present a strong defense against the accusations. Recently, the Court heard a case concerning the use of a drug-detecting dog during a Florida traffic stop. This case could lead to many more people being charged with drug crimes. A ...

Unfortunately, the news is becoming all too common of Floridians who die because they or someone else uses cell phones to text behind the wheel. Only 29 years old, a Tampa man died in a single-vehicle crash on a Tuesday evening in November 2012 near the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg. His cell phone was found in the front seat displaying an incomplete text message, suggesting that the driver had probably been texting when he lost control of his speeding car. The driver apparently overcorrected after having veered onto the median and hit a power pole and palm trees. He ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that surgery is something no one wants to go through. However, if it is necessary, patients rightfully expect that the surgeon will exhibit the level of vigilance and competence necessary to make the operation go smoothly and error-free. Unfortunately, a recent study confirms that certain types of surgical errors that surgeons agree should never happen--called "never events"--actually happen more often than you would believe. Never events include egregious mistakes such as accidentally leaving medical tools or equipment ...

It may be one of the most agonizing physical diseases. The pain is more than twice as distressing as a broken bone. It is more excruciating than childbirth or having a limb amputated. The condition is reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD), otherwise known as complex regional pain syndrome. There is very little known about the disease; yet, researchers suspect that the disorder commences with a traumatic injury, such as a car accident. It is estimated 50,000 people develop RSD each year. Research suggests that cause is not only neurological, but also inflammatory ...