In today's modern families it is common for fathers and mothers to both play active roles in the parenting of their children. When these marriages come to an end, one of the most troublesome problems is the issue of where the children will live. Illinois law provides two options to resolve custody disputes, namely Sole or Joint Custody. When applied traditionally either option unsatisfactorily results in the children residing primarily with one parent while the other parent exercises visitation and pays child support. The response to this problem in Illinois family ...

New Orleans, LA –In the first animal model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), developed by Dr. Udai Pandey, Assistant Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Dr. Pandey's lab has found in fruit flies that blocking the abnormal movement of a protein made by a mutated gene called FUS also blocks the disease process. The research is available online in the Advanced Access section of the journal Human Molecular Genetics website, posted on April 12, 2011. It will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal. The fruit flies were engineered ...

Chicago's streets are home to almost 400 red light cameras that monitor 190 of the city's most dangerous intersections. The program began in 2003, when the city installed cameras at two intersections: 55th and Western, and Peterson and Western. Since then, the city has issued millions of violations--763,419 in 2010 alone--and made millions of dollars in revenue from the red light cameras. The cameras are connected to the intersection's traffic lights. When the light turns red, any vehicle that passes under the sensor get its picture taken and is recorded on a video device. ...

Stanford researchers have developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive "nanosensors," analyze how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible side effects of a potential medication. A single centimeter-sized array of the nanosensors can simultaneously and continuously monitor thousands of times more protein-binding events than any existing sensor. The new sensor is also able to detect interactions with greater sensitivity ...

New York has closely followed Wisconsin's political battle concerning the power of labor unions -- with good reason. Wisconsin has long been at the nation's forefront in unionization and employment reform. In fact, "The Dairy State" was the first state to enact a workers' compensation law when Gov. Francis E. McGovern signed its passage 100 years ago, in 1911. Because of Wisconsin's storied tradition of progressively establishing workers' rights, New York is keeping close tabs on how the partisan conflict plays out. Often seen as the workers' rights benchmark, ...

PHILADELPHIA—Minimizing neurological side effects in patients with high-grade glioma from chemoradiation may result in improved patient survival, a new study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests. These findings were reported in the April issue of the British Journal of Cancer. The researchers found that the occurrence of early side effects, such as fatigue and loss of short-term memory, that manifest during or soon after treatment is significantly associated with both late side effects (after 90 days) and overall survival in patients ...

Steve Urbansky aspires to be Lorain, Ohio's newest grounds crew member. The 46-year-old ran his Kia hatchback into a snow bank on the 13th of February. When the police arrived on the scene, Urbansky explained that he was "just trying to mow the sidewalk." Urbansky then failed a field sobriety test and confessed to drinking at home before he got behind the wheel. Police then found an opened can of beer in Urbansky's glove compartment. Urbansky, who has two prior DUI convictions (in 1997 and 1999), was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, failure ...

WASHINGTON, April 19—Invisibility cloaks are seemingly futuristic devices capable of concealing very small objects by bending and channeling light around them. Until now, however, cloaking techniques have come with a significant limitation—they need to be orders of magnitude larger than the object being cloaked. This places serious constraints on practical applications, particularly for the optoelectronics industry, where size is a premium and any cloaking device would need to be both tiny and delicate. An international team of physicists from the Technical University ...

Atlanta carpet and flooring company, Glover's Flooring America, will celebrate its 80th year of business in 2011. Glover's is a family-owned Atlanta flooring company offering huge selections of carpet, hardwood floors, tile, laminate, vinyl and area rugs. With eight decades of experience, Glover's is strengthened by a knowledgeable and passionate design staff that works with interior designers, contractors and homeowners to satisfy every customer's flooring need. "We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality flooring and a staff that can understand and ...

Right-handedness is a distinctively human characteristic, with right-handers outnumbering lefties nine-to-one. But how far back does right-handedness reach in the human story? Researchers have tried to determine the answer by looking at ancient tools, prehistoric art and human bones, but the results have not been definitive. Now, David Frayer, professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, has used markings on fossilized front teeth to show that right-handedness goes back more than 500,000 years. He is the lead author (with colleagues in Croatia, Italy and Spain) ...

The National Trust is supporting the Plant and Protect campaign which has been launched by Copella. As English apple growth declines, new independent research has highlighted how out of touch with their heritage varieties Britons are. The study of over 1,000* Britons commissioned by apple juice experts, Copella, has revealed that over three quarters of the population (76%) think that the Granny Smith is an English variety - when in fact, it's Australian. The study also revealed that only 11% of Britons are able to identify English apple varieties from a list of names ...

Athens, Ga. – Dog owners and veterinarians have long relied on a mix of limited data and anecdotal evidence to assess which breeds are at risk of dying from various conditions, but a new University of Georgia study provides a rare and comprehensive look at causes of death in more than 80 breeds. The study, published in the current edition of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, can be used to create breed-specific health maintenance programs and is a starting point for future studies that will explore the genetic underpinnings of disease in dogs. "If we can ...

The National Trust has revealed a 'lost' maze in the gardens at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire that disappeared for over half a century and has now been re-created using over 1,000 two metre (six feet six inches) high yew trees. The fully-fledged maze is based on one that was built for Lord Astor in 1894 but had ceased to be maintained since the mid-1900s. The new maze, a horticultural project on a scale rarely seen these days, has taken two years to create, using over 1,000 metres of steel edging and 120 tonnes of gravel to produce 500 metres of path over one third ...

Research shows that a walk in the park is more than just a nice way to spend an afternoon. It's an essential component for good health, according to University of Illinois environment and behavior researcher Frances "Ming" Kuo. "Through the decades, parks advocates, landscape architects, and popular writers have consistently claimed that nature had healing powers," Kuo said. "But until recently, their claims haven't undergone rigorous scientific assessment." Kuo is also the director of the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory at the U of I and has studied the effect ...

easyJet Holidays, has announced the launch of the 'How Flexible Are You?' competition on its holiday offering's blog. This easyJet Holidays alliance which was established following a collaboration between easyJet and the Lowcosttravelgroup, provides customers with the choice and flexibility to enable them to tailor their holidays and city breaks to travel when they want, to wherever they want, for as long as they want. In light of this, and the recent heroics from the contortionist Rubber Richie, who managed to squeeze himself into a suitcase in London, the team has ...

Ernest Jones has launched a Facebook page allowing the high street jewellery brand to create a more interactive and personal relationship with its customers. By offering exclusive Facebook competitions and up to the minute trend stories that are not on the current website, Ernest Jones is allowing consumers into an exclusive group. In return Ernest Jones will incentivise consumers with competitions to share their comments and ultimately improve the relationship between retailer and consumer. The current Ernest Jones retail website features seasonal promotions such as ...

Botrytis bunch rot, a disease caused by the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea, can devastate grape vineyards. Yet other plants can repel the invader and protect themselves by mounting a form of chemical warfare against the fungi through the production of antimicrobial substances, called phytoalexins. Scientists at the University of Missouri report on a discovery in a key component in the signaling pathway that regulates the production of phytoalexins to kill the disease-causing fungus Botrytis cinerea. "When the mustard plant Arabidopsis detects the fungus Botrytis ...

Montreal April 19, 2011 – Lapses in memory occur more frequently with age, yet the reasons for this increasing forgetfulness have not always been clear. According to new research from Concordia University, older individuals have reduced learning and memory because their minds tend to be cluttered with irrelevant information when performing tasks. Published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, these findings offer new insights into why ageing is associated with a decline in memory and may lead to practical solutions. "The first step of our study was to ...

As of April 15, 2011 Pokerstars has shut down to US players. They are still in full operation for non-US players at their Pokerstars.eu domain. However, if you attempt to visit their .com domain you will find a US DOJ and FBI seal along with a message regarding the seizure of the pokerstars.com domain. Regarding the recent events, Pokerstars has released the following statement: "We are reaching out to you in light of the recent developments in relation to our US business, following which PokerStars does not offer its services to US residents. Please note that ...

College Park, MD (April 19, 2011) -- Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media into small pieces and building a "3D tower" out of it. This greatly enhances the amount of data that can be stored in a magnetic storage device and provides a method to reach beyond a wall of physical limits that the currently used technology is hitting. The team presents their findings in the American Institute of Physics' Journal of Applied Physics. "Over the ...

ZyLAB, a leading eDiscovery and information management technology company today announced the release of its state-of-the-art ZyLAB Audio Search Bundle, a desktop software product used to quickly identify relevant audio clips from multimedia files and from ubiquitous business tools such as fixed-line telephone, VOIP, mobile, and specialist platforms like Skype or MSN Live. The intuitive software enables technical and non-technical users involved in legal disputes, forensics, law enforcement, and lawful data interception to search, review and analyze audio data with the ...

Jamie Tyler, assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, has been invited to speak at a Royal Society of London high level workshop on May 11-12 on the security implications of advances in neuroscience. The workshop is part of a four-part policy study on neuroscience and society called Brain Waves. This third module, entitled Neuroscience, conflict and security (http://royalsociety.org/brainwaves-security/), focuses on the international security implications ...

Chef Point Cafe is one Fort Worth Restaurant that will be serving up Easter dinner with flair this year. This gas station eatery has an Easter special menu just for Sunday with a limited version of it being served on Good Friday. The Grilled Australian Lamb Lollipops may go down as the Easter favorite but soups, salads and more will be available to tempt taste buds too. Celebrate the spring season with a special meal on a special day this Easter. What is Easter all about? Family? Friends? Forgiveness? At this Fort Worth restaurant, it is about all three. Celebrate the ...

Consumers decide whether to use mail-in genetic tests based on both rational and emotional reasons, a finding that adds to a growing body of health-care behavior research on information seeking and avoidance, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside. In a study of what motivates or discourages consumers from participating in direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing, UC Riverside psychologists found that potential users of the tests were influenced by perceived benefits and barriers to testing, and anticipated regret over testing versus not testing. "We ...

NJIT Associate Professor Sergiu M. Gorun is leading a research team to develop biologically-inspired catalysis active, yet inert, materials. The work is based on organic catalytic framework made sturdy by the replacement of carbon-hydrogen bonds with a combination of aromatic and aliphatic carbon-fluorine bonds. Graduate students involved with this research recently received first place recognition at the annual NJIT Dana Knox student research showcase. http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-101.php The newest focus of Gorun's research has been the cobalt complex as a ...