The Age of Minnesota Juveniles Must Be Considered When Deciding Whether to Give Miranda Warning Last month, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling to bring the due process rights of children into balance with the rights of adults. Traditionally, the criminal justice system has treated juveniles and adults differently. The distinctions between the court process and penalties administered to children and adults arise from the differences in their maturities and their abilities to understand their actions. In her opinion, Justice Sotomayor said police ought ...

Inflated gas prices have negatively impacted everyone's budget. Many commuters have looked to hybrids and fuel-efficient cars to save money. However, a growing population of people has gone the fun and affordable route of moped, scooter or motorcycle ownership. The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) reported a 7.2 percent increase in all motorcycle and scooter sales during the first quarter of 2011. BMW Motorrad is enjoying a 7.3 percent increase in BMW motorcycle sales compared to last year, while Honda scooter and motorcycle sales in May alone experienced a six percent ...

When a debt is legally discharged, you are no longer required to make any additional payments, and the lender is prohibited from making any further collection efforts. Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, the two types of consumer bankruptcy, have discharge provisions. But, not all types of debts can be discharged, and there are some considerations that anyone thinking about bankruptcy should take into account. Discharge Exceptions In a Chapter 7 proceeding, your assets that cannot be exempted will be liquidated (sold off) and most types of debt will be quickly discharged ...

Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located near Dunwoody, GA, offers convenient accommodations to fire chiefs and rescue professionals attending Fire Rescue International (FRI) 2011. The event will take place August 24-27 at Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta. For 135 years the International Association of Fire Chiefs has provided leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers and managers of emergency services. At FRI 2011 participants will see that Innovation Begins Here. This year's event will bring guests a fresh new perspective ...

As editors, proofreaders and copywriters, it is obvious that the team at Prompt Proofing is comprised of exactly the kind of people who read a newspaper and find errors that really irritate them - simple grammar and spelling errors made by people who are supposed to be knowledgeable in this area is definitely one of our main pet peeves! However, many others who do not work in this area also have certain spelling and grammar issues that really rile them. What are yours? Below we have shared our top five - some of these may sound familiar, as they have graced this blog ...

Cynthia Scott will perform "I Have A Dream" written by her late brother-in-law, the Rev. Clinton Levert, Jr., on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 6:15 PM at the Walter E. Convention Center in Washington. She will perform additional songs reflecting the teachings of Dr. King that were recorded on Ms. Scott's latest all-original CD - "Dream For One Bright World". Scott says, "The songs I am performing address Dr. King's dream. It is an honor to participate in helping to keep the dream alive." To hear the song click on link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hg-Me9QxXo. "The ...

When it was first announced in June of 2011, that LifeStyle Magazine would once again be an offline magazine, subscriptions added at least 6000 new subscriptions in one day. Within the days that followed, the magazine garnered up 13,000 more subscriptions in no time. LifeStyle Magazine is a unique publication and presented as the first high quality, full color, informative and educational magazine of its kind. Starting back in 2004, LifeStyle Magazine has decided a reboot of the offline magazine, dedicated to couples in the lifestyle, or swinging. Designed for by ...

- Consumer confidence in decline. Consumers' sentiment was adversely affected by the wider economy, inflation fears and their own financial situation for a third consecutive month. - Stretched consumers are increasingly looking to savings to help make ends meet. The amount of consumers on the tightest budgets who say they are dipping into their savings increased further in July, the highest it has been this year. - Weaker income growth is hitting spending power. Incomes continue to fall in real terms down 1.8% in July compared with a year earlier. - Growth in essential ...

Recent studies have found that guided meditation can lower blood pressure, reduce fatigue and help a person control stress levels. And while recent studies have focused on mindfulness meditation, many different forms of meditation can provide health benefits. Richard Nongard, a Certified Meditation Instructor and the author of the book Medical Meditation, says the Internet is providing a new forum for more people to learn meditation than ever before. For those new to meditation, the benefits are immediate and even short 2-3 minute meditations can produce profound results. Nongard ...

Mirage 9 Studios, LLC announced today the upcoming launch of a network of new sites that will offer clients high-tech dynamic imaging solutions to the consumer market place. These new sites will bring a robust and creative solution to the home or business Internet product shoppers for the web-to-print industry. Mirage 9 Studios, LLC has formerly been recognized as a industry leader in product photography and print marketing solutions in the local Dallas/Forth Worth area. However, over the past few years they have transitioned their focus into the online print media industry ...

With a new, business-minded mayor and administration, Memphis government and civic leaders have been working diligently for the past two years to improve the image of Memphis and emphasize to the world that Memphis is indeed a world class city and should be a "first choice" city for foreign business. With recent announcements from foreign-based companies of their intentions to relocate facilities, production, jobs and headquarters to Memphis, the hard work would appear to be paying off for the city. There is however, one more indicator that is pointing to a very ...

BookWhirl.com, one of the leading providers of affordable book marketing services, announces the launch of the Happily Ever After Promo, featuring two of the most effective marketing resource, the E-mail Marketing Campaign and the e-Bookshelf. The Happily Ever After Promo rewards self-published authors permanent 100% royalties. A self-published book's web presence is vital to a successful marketing campaign, BookWhirl.com now offers the Happily Ever After to help authors promote their books through e-mail marketing and e-book selling. Clients can enjoy from 1 up to 10 ...

The best place where to find software, Buissy.com, has released version 0.93 of the business software directory. The major additional functionality is a remodelled search engine, to make it even easier to find what you are looking for, as well as a product filter to enable purchasers to search for specific functionality, languages, country representation and price models. To encourage software vendors to modify information and add news and release information, Buissy.com is now putting the last changed product in the top of the list, both on the first page as well as ...

One of the NFL's most famous Wide Receivers of all time, Drew Pearson joined the world-wide popular radio program the "My Crew Magazine Show" that caters to a young 18-35 hip urban crowd, August 4, 2011 and now available on Podcast. Pearson appeared on the Blog Talk Radio's show "3rd Annual NFL Kick Off Show" (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/my-crew-magazine) with host Kim Kelly that airs every Thursday night around the globe at 7 PM Pacific, and 11 pm Eastern. The exclusive interview featured Pearson who has appeared in Super Bowls X, XII, XIII, Selected ...

English alternative rock band Suede stayed at Shanghai Marriott Hotel Hongqiao during their concert in Shanghai, and received a warmly welcome from General Manager James Macadie (3rd from right), Director of Room Jason Farnworth (right) and Director of Marketing Joan Xu (left). Suede, an early glam rock band formed in 1989, performed at Shanghai Grand Stage, bringing their most popular works from their heyday before they went their separate ways in 2003. After a seven-year absence, the five-member band announced late last year that they would get together for a ...

"Wonder of wonders, this native New Yorker's debut CD sounds legitimately more jazzy than folky---smack-dab in the Laura Nyro/Ricki Lee Jones/Sophie B. Hawkins." - Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice "A singer with a sultry voice." -Marc Santora, The New York Times Alternatively intense and playful songwriter/pianist Allison Tartalia, of Allison's Invention about to release her EP Sweet and Vicious. Tartalia's sultry voice and honest, raw lyrics heat up this already baking weather." -The Deli, NYC "Trying to pin down Emmy-nominee Allison ...

Susan Alpert Siegel Ph.D. and William D. Noonan M.D. of Klarquist Sparkman to give a featured presentation entitled "Patenting Protein Therapeutics: In the Shadow of Uncertainty" at GTC's 4th Protein Discovery & Therapeutics Conference on Oct 19-21, 2011 in San Diego, CA Dr's Siegel and Noonan will discuss how therapeutic proteins are patented in a purified, synthetic or artificial form to distinguish them from unpatentable products of nature. Patentable proteins must also be new, useful and nonobvious. As patents expire on antibodies, patent strategies ...

The Preiss Company, one of the largest student housing providers in the nation, is pleased to announce that company founder and CEO, Donna Preiss, will be participating in the upcoming Power Women of Atlanta summit presented by Bisnow. The event will occur on Friday, August 19th at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead. Bisnow (www.bisnow.com) consists of twenty daily e-newsletters focused on business niches in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, DC, Houston, Los Angeles, National, New York, and South Florida. Today, the company is the best ...

The gift economy movement is re-emerging in our society quickly and Generosity Street is providing an active forum for neighbors in the San Francisco Bay Area to participate locally. What is the gift economy? It is living life in a culture where giving is the premise and there is no motive. Gift economy is a society where giving valuable goods and services is a regular activity and comes with no expectations in return. It is not an exchange or a bank or any sort - strictly being generous out of the kindness of your own heart. At Generosity Street, like-minded individuals ...

The Hotel Hanford, Costa Mesa's newest and most upscale boutique hotel, opens its doors to soon-to-be brides and grooms searching for the perfect spot to say "I do." Couples looking to plan a dream wedding will have a stunning new locale to add to their list of places to visit: The Hotel Hanford. The Hotel Hanford offers all the little touches that can make a wedding magical. From the wedding coordinator, to sumptuous food, to the elegant rooms for the wedding guests, every participant and guest will feel pampered. The Hotel Hanford indulges guests with an ...

viaLearning, a leader of mobile and online learning services for global companies, announces that together with Grocer's Insurance, Argo Insurance's U.S. grocery and retail specialty division, they have designed, developed and produced a customized Learning Management System (LMS) and an innovative series of Health & Safety online training modules specifically for grocery stores and supermarkets. "Grocery stores pose a wide variety of hazards for employees; ranging from slipping on wet floors and improperly lifting heavy boxes to mishandling equipment including ...

Kat Kehres Knecht of The Relationship Coaching Connection announces the launch of a new website for powerful women who need guidance in navigating the land of love and romance. The website features insight and guidance about love, romance and relationships for women of all ages. Visitors will learn about one-on-one coaching, group coaching, products and programs that help women create and sustain healthy, loving relationships. Highlighted, custom programs for women include The Art and Science of Romance & Relationship Training Program (a six-week program) and ...

Local Colorado filmmakers, Mark and Kim McGinnis, are in the process of finishing up principal photography on their first feature film, Openings. One of the main themes of this independent film is synchronicity. Psychologist, Carl Jung, coined the word "synchronicity" in the 1920s, and according to Jung it means a 'meaningful coincidence.' As it turns out, synchronicity played a role throughout the production of Openings. One meaningful coincidence that played itself out was through Mark and Kim meeting Dr. Thom Rogers, founder of Optimal Modification, Inc. ...

Virginia's Checkpoint Strikeforce Initiative In an effort to reduce the number of crashes related to drinking and driving, the Commonwealth of Virginia has joined 12 other states that conduct weekly DUI checkpoints. The Checkpoint Strikeforce Initiative is a joint effort between the Virginia Highway Safety Office and law enforcement agencies throughout the state. According to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, the DUI checkpoints resulted in over 36,000 DUI arrests state-wide in 2009, averaging out to over 100 arrests per day. In Virginia, getting caught ...

Police Sharing Criminal Record Information With Universities Last year, the fatal attack on college senior Yeardley Love by her ex-boyfriend George Huguely shocked students and faculty across the University of Virginia campus. Both Love and Huguely were graduating seniors, both were Lacrosse players, and both were liked by their peers. Huguely, however, had a record of violence that the University was unaware of, and questions are now being asked if there is any chance Love might still be alive if the police had notified the University about Huguely's previous criminalhistory. Virginia ...