The deadline to opt out of the Economic Loss Settlement to reclaim financial losses suffered in the 2010 BP Oil Spill, is November 1. If business owners qualify as an Economic Class member, but do not want to participate in the settlement, they must opt-out by the November deadline. Business owners should only opt-out from the settlement program IF they are able to establish that there loss was directly caused by the April 2010 oil spill or if they have determined that their claim will not be successful under the Settlement Claim process. The court-ordered settlement ...

Peter E. Ball, Kevin R. Connelly, Jonathan W. Fitch, Steven E. Gurdin, Kurt S. Kusiak, John Miller, Andrea Peraner-Sweet, James B. Re, Stephen C. Reilly and Francis J. Sally have been included on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list as outstanding attorneys in Massachusetts for 2012. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. Peter E. Ball, Jonathan W. Fitch and Steven E. Gurdin were named to the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list for 2012. Mr. Ball and Mr. Gurdin were also listed as among the Top 100 New England Super Lawyers. Additionally, ...

Attorney Frank J. Udinson has joined the Workers' Compensation law firm of Martin Banks as an associate. In addition to his work in private practice, Udinson has also served as an Assistant District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Widener University School of Law and DeSales University. While attending law school, he served as a Certified Legal Intern providing pro bono legal services in the Pennsylvania Civil Law Clinic. Martin Banks is one of the few firms in Pennsylvania that focuses its practice solely on workers' ...

Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Galleria Hotel, a premier Smyrna Georgia Hotel, offers convenient accommodations to guests attending Sam Skelton and the Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) Jazz. The show will take place at the historic Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta, GA on November 3, 2012. This lively and entertaining evening will feature big band adaptations of music of the iconic rock band Radiohead. For ticket information visit GeorgiaSymphony.org. Home of the Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Strand Theatre is a historic landmark in Marietta, GA. From 1935 to 1976 it ...

The Knoxville bankruptcy lawyers at Clark & Washington feel that everyone should be able to go home for the holidays, even if they are struggling financially. The November foreclosure date is approaching quickly, and Knoxville residents who have received foreclosure notices may have little choice but to file for chapter 13 bankruptcy in Knoxville if they want to stay in their homes for the holidays. Clark & Washington recommends that Knoxville residents who are considering bankruptcy to stall a foreclosure come in for a free bankruptcy consultation. A Knoxville ...

September brought cooler weather, but it didn't put a chill on the Chattanooga bankruptcy rate. Clark & Washington, a Chattanooga bankruptcy law firm, report that 476 bankruptcies were filed in the Chattanooga area in September 2012. Though bankruptcy numbers haven't cooled down, Clark & Washington see the numbers both as a sign of the times and as a sign of hope for Chattanooga residents whose financial situation is rocky. The rough economy has affected everyone, and many families are drowning in debts that they simply cannot pay. In times like these, Chattanooga ...

The Orlando bankruptcy attorneys Clark & Washington saw 1,446 families and individuals file for bankruptcy in Orlando during the month of July. The bankruptcy lawyers see this number as proof that families considering bankruptcy are not alone. Often, the worry about how others will see you and your family keeps Orlando residents from taking the right step towards creating a financially sound future by declaring bankruptcy. However, with so many of your neighbors filing, you are not ever alone when considering bankruptcy. The Orlando bankruptcy lawyers at Clark ...

Premier Surfaces, a leading Atlanta granite countertop fabricator, has specials all summer long, just in time for your countertop renovations. If you're looking for granite countertops in Atlanta, you don't have to look any further than the specialty showroom at Premier Surfaces. "If you're building a new home, or renovating your current one, we can help solidify your design with a granite countertops," states Dara Summers, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Premier Surfaces, a fabricator of granite countertops in Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama, and Huntsville, ...

The Makers of the popular weight loss supplement Healthe Trim would like to offer some tips on how to lose weight at college, so you can hit the books looking and feeling your very best and start forming health habits for life. Make healthy eating choices a habit! To start with, never skip breakfast. Skipping the most important meal of the day can slow your metabolism and leave you drowsy, and therefore less active. To keep up your energy levels throughout the day, keep a supply of healthy snacks like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grain bread around ...

Craftmark Solid Surfaces, an Atlanta based quartz and granite countertops supplier, explains how to clean and properly maintain the look of quartz countertops. Quartz countertops are naturally beautiful and durable, but this strong material is not resistant to all stains, scratches and chemicals. The quartz and granite countertops specialists at Craftmark can tell you: be careful what you wipe your countertops down with! Quartz countertops have become quite popular, second only to their granite counterpart, and because of this surge in popularity, homeowners now must ...

Kitchen supply store Kitchen Inspire would like to recommend the use of Japanese knives for all of your food preparation needs. To prepare food well, you need a high quality set of sharp, strong knives. Not only will this allow you to cook beautiful meals more efficiently, but accidents will be less likely to occur because of a lessened need to apply strong pressure. Japanese restaurant equipment in general has a well-deserved reputation for being the very best, but when it comes to knives this is particularly true. They tend to be forged from high quality steel, ...

4t Networks would like to encourage businesses in Florida to be prepared for hurricane season with a good disaster recovery and backup plan. Those living in Florida already know just how devastating a hurricane can be to a business physically. Unfortunately, these natural disasters can be just as dangerous for the disasters they can cause to your data. In fact, a catastrophe such as this can be so destructive that a whopping 90 percent of companies hit by disasters who are not protected with a disaster recovery plan have had to file a bankruptcy claim within three years ...

Attorneys Clark & Washington saw fewer households filing for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in July than in June, but there were still more than 2,800 filings in the Atlanta/Gainesville area. Their concern is that the decrease in filings does not reflect a decrease in need. Many people considering contacting an Atlanta bankruptcy law firm like Clark & Washington may be concerned that the decision is not the right one. To help people make that determination, Clark & Washington offers a free initial consultation. With the advice of Atlanta bankruptcy ...

Atlanta plumbing company Plumb Xpress Plumbing and Drain would like to inform customers in Woodstock that they are now offering emergency plumbing in Woodstock. These emergency services can get you connected with the help you need at literally any time. This means 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service, including holidays. When you call in an emergency to Plumb Xpress Plumbing and Drain you can expect a qualified technician to show up at your door in 90 minutes or less. The speed does not stop here, either. Most routine jobs will be finished up that same day, often ...

BlueBird Strategies, an advanced lead generation firm that helps businesses quickly achieve ROI from their marketing automation platforms, today announced its sponsorship of the Ventana Research Business Technology Innovation Summit at the Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif. on November 8, 2012. The event marks Ventana Research's 10th anniversary and will feature key insights from Ventana Research analysts on the direction of the technology industry, and the impact of technology innovations for business and IT. The summit sessions will address cloud computing, big data, ...

Prairie Games is proud to announce the world's most original live in-game Halloween Event for their award-winning fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game Minions of Mirth: Undead Wars. This one-night-only event is available free to all within the critically rated number one cult hit game Minions of Mirth 4:00 pm PST this Wednesday, October 31th. Everyone knows Halloween is the most beloved holiday for game designers, a day when they get to give tricks instead of treats to all their friends and fans alike. But this year the industry pioneers at Prairie ...

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Polaris Financial Technology Ltd, a leading global Financial Technology Company, today announced the launch of its FATCA and Global KYC Ready IntellectTM Customer Onboarding Hub (ICOH) solution at SIBOS 2012 in Osaka, Japan. ICOH is a single, comprehensive solution for managing seamless client onboarding lifecycle, cross-channel account opening and 360 degree view of customers for all banking lines of business, product groups and customer segments. As a state-of-the art solution that packages holistic KYC and Anti Money Laundering for rule driven customer onboarding, ...

Are you the sort of person who doesn't like to wait around for things? Well then you will enjoy the Early Bird promotion at Sky Poker. Simply start a new table and continue playing when there are three or fewer people dealt into the hand to earn additional Poker Points! Players who are sat on a short-handed six-max table will now earn an additional 50% on their Poker Points, leading to a larger cash for points payout for the month. The boosted points will update in real time on the Sky Poker homepage, meaning that you can really enjoy watching your Poker Points rack ...

Movie rental kiosks are filling the vacuum left behind by the closure of Blockbuster and other video stores in Lethbridge, Alberta. The U.S. corporate giant Redbox is riding the wave of its tremendous U.S. success north into Canada. It has said it plans to launch as many as 2,500 kiosks in Canada by the end of 2013 and recently announced new partnerships with Shoppers Drug Mark and Loblaw Companies, which owns the Wholesale Club and Real Canadian Superstore in Lethbridge. And then there's Coaldale resident Kirk Allison with his independent company called U Do It ...

The National Fix and Flip Network is pleased to announce that house flipping, after many years of dormancy, has returned. Not only are profits increasing for house flippers, but interest is also on the rise. According to statistics from the largest search engine, the number of search queries for "house flipping" has nearly doubled in the past year. And in the first half of 2012, there were 25 percent more flips than the same period a year earlier. With interest on the rise, the National Fix and Flip Network has experienced a surge in website traffic and ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A group of researchers in Israel, the United States and other nations have made important advances in the rapidly-expanding field of "regenerative medicine," outlining for the first time connections in genetic regulation that normally prevent birth defects in heart and facial muscles. Some of these problems are surprisingly common – about 1 percent of all people have a congenital heart defect. This basic research will provide a road map to ultimately allow scientists to grow the cell types needed to repair such defects, from stem cells that can be generated ...

Nearly a quarter of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis used complementary and alternative therapy (CAT) to help manage their condition, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers interviewed 250 patients aged between 20 and 90 years of age. More than two-thirds (67%) had rheumatoid arthritis and the remainder had osteoarthritis. They found that 23% used CAT in addition to prescribed drugs and that just under two-thirds of those (64%) felt that the therapy was beneficial, reporting improvements in pain ...

Biologists from the University of Bonn have discovered that the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus can see in the near infrared range; this was thought to be unlikely until now. Seeing in the infrared range is apparently helping fish to hunt in shallow African rivers. The results will be published in the journal "Naturwissenschaften" and are already available online now. A research team in the work group of Prof. Dr. T. C. M. Bakker at the Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, has been studying the biology of the African cichlid fish ...

Introducing abstinence education into UK schools could be a less effective substitute for comprehensive Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) aimed at children and young adults, say a research team led by Sheffield Hallam University. As part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science 2012, Sheffield Hallam and partners will host a one day event to debate the issues surrounding abstinence education. Dr Julia Hirst, from the Public Health Hub at Sheffield Hallam, says "We hope to bring together politicians, teachers, youth workers, young ...