While all court cases are emotionally taxing, cases involving children are especially so. Judges and lawyers must consider nuances in each individual case about what actions are in the best interests of the child or children involved and balance that with what is best for the family. Determining the "best interests of the child" can be a daunting task. At the end of the day, the child's safety and well-being are essential to a court's decision. Some states, including North Carolina, have adopted several principles to guide court decisions. These principles ...

You've got a Parenting Plan that spells out your residential schedule, but what about those other big decisions that affect your kids -- like school projects, religious upbringing and doctor's appointments. How on Earth are you supposed to begin to approach your ex about that stuff? Just because your relationship with your ex was unworkable, it doesn't mean that co-parenting is unworkable. In 2009, Washington saw 13,297 marriages with children end in divorce. And that doesn't include the unmarried parents who found themselves breaking up. Nowadays, there are so many ...

If you currently have plans to sell a business or franchise, you should know about the huge success business owners are having online. Most people (about 97%) looking for a business opportunity will start their search via the Internet. The ability to narrow the listings by factors such as category and location makes the Internet superior to traditional methods like scouring the newspaper. Business Trader is a leader in the online business for sale industry, and is now Australia's most visited website within this niche. Business Trader now offers 4 additional 'featured' ...

Confused.com has released new research which reveals that dawdling drivers are the top cause of irritation for UK drivers. The survey by the car insurance experts shows that over half (60%) of motorists experience an increase in stress levels and a heightened irritability when faced with a vehicle driving slower than the rest of the traffic. In reaction to these slow drivers, almost half (45%) of motorists risk overtaking, thus increasing the chances of an accident. Research from the Department for Transport also reveals that 143 accidents a year are caused directly ...

British Airways has revealed that more families than ever are choosing to fly from Gatwick airport as they jet off on holiday this year. The airline has already seen a ten per cent increase in family bookings compared to last year and the trend is set to continue through the summer. In July and August, British Airways will serve around 7,000 child meals on its long haul and European flights from Gatwick, and cabin crew will give out over 26,000 special Paddington Bear Skyflyer packs to keep its young customers entertained. Florida is the number one destination ...

Anchorage pediatrics practice Full Spectrum Pediatrics is announcing the launch of their new website, fullspectrumpeds.com. With educational resources and an online Patient Portal, the new site reflects the practice's commitment to high-quality and accessible care. Headed by Dr. Stephen Baker, a pediatrician Anchorage AK families have trusted for over thirteen years, Full Spectrum Pediatrics opened in June of 2011 and provides comprehensive pediatric care for patients ranging in age from newborn to eighteen. Dr. Baker - who has served in the Air Force as a pediatrician ...

If the proliferation of sales books in the market is any indication, there is a vast number of professionals who are in a genuine search for the "one" approach that could make their lives at work, easier. The sales material available is plenty; yet somehow, sales is an occupation that is rather becoming more demanding and strenuous on the individual. Now more than ever, professionals are faced with ailments that worsen along with heightened levels of anxiety and stress. While the conventional sales approach aims to highlight the value of competition, or the ...

Fantasy sports website NFLSoup.com announces its launch of a Facebook-like social media network, dedicated solely to providing elite communication between all of it's members. NFLWaterCooler, currently it it's Beta version, is a user-to-user social media site for the casual or diehard NFL fan, connecting all site members and encouraging interaction at the highest level. NFLWaterCooler.com puts NFL and Fantasy Football fans directly in the middle of fluid social connection, allowing fans to connect, communicate, and share all things football. With the ability to chat, ...

CastleCasino.com has today announced the launch of its new live roulette game, broadcast from a real casino - the Sporting Emporium Casino, Dublin, Ireland. This new offering, which runs alongside the current CastleCasino.com game of live roulette broadcast from a television studio, and a live roulette version in Spanish, is set to run from 6PM to 6AM GMT, 7 days a week. This additional CastleCasino.com offering has enabled them to join the elite of live roulette providers by becoming one of the only online casinos to offer live roulette from both a studio, and a ...

The Town of Lantana, in partnership with the Greater Lake Worth and Greater Boynton Beach Chambers of Commerce, has selected a team led by EcoCity Partners, L3C to create the new GreenBiz Energy Collaborative Program. This innovative new initiative will leverage up to $15-million in private bank financing to enable businesses to complete energy efficiency or renewable energy projects on their buildings and facilities, which should result in lower energy costs while generating new jobs for local contractors. The financing will fund the upfront costs of the building retrofits. The ...

The Perlini Cocktail Carbonating System, a revolutionary new product for producing sparkling cocktails, is now available online for domestic and international shipping. Made by Perlage Systems, Inc., Perlini is the first and only system designed for, and by, serious bartenders and mixologists. Specifically tailored to the needs of bars and restaurants, it is designed to withstand the rigors of demanding commercial environments. Perlini can be used with disposable CO2 cartridges or a refillable CO2 source, making it the perfect solution for restaurants and bars, as well ...

William B. Meyer, Inc., with locations in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Rick Palingo, a well established expert in the fulfillment services field for the financial services industry, has joined the fourth generation family-owned and operated organization as a Strategic Account Executive. The appointment of Palingo, who will expand the company's commitment to providing leading service to companies specializing in mutual funds, insurance and banking services, is the next step in MEYER's commitment to assemble only the highest-level ...

HerculesPoker, an online casino and gaming destination, announces the launch of its affiliate program. This is one of the most generous affiliate programs available in the gaming world, with affiliates receiving 50% of the revenue share, an amount significantly higher than the industry norm. Additionally, there is also the possibility of earning a 5% sub-commission if the affiliate refers another person. Opportunities for earning commission come in the form of banner ads, bonus codes, a downloadable game client and more. The program also offers mass email communication ...

And with 15 million singles in the UK, Internet dating is now the quickest, safest and cheapest way to find the partner of your dreams. (Or enjoy a little online flirtation if that's your thing.) Online dating is one of the Internet's largest business sectors and a completely acceptable - even fashionable - way to meet your partner. Gone are the days where an awkward silence would greet the question 'where did you meet?' These days a newly engaged couple are happy to share the fact they met online and are quick to divulge which dating site they used. In fact, a fifth ...

We have talked about two major benefits of business blogging in Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series. We have discussed how a blog allows you to have your own voice on the world wide web, and how you have the opportunity to become known as an expert in your field through informative and interesting blog posts. This week we finish up with a major benefit of business blogging - this benefit is the main reason many businesses start a blog in the first place: INCREASE TRAFFIC TO YOUR SITE That's right, that elusive Google ranking can start creeping up without the expense ...

A shaky stock market, rising unemployment and fear over an uncertain financial future have thousands of outdoor sportsmen and women looking for answers on how to afford the gear they want to continue enjoying their outdoor activities. OutdoorSportsmanAuctions.com offers them a way to get that gear at prices they can afford. Most people are not familiar with Penny Auctions. The simplest explanation is that they are a hybrid between a traditional auction and eBay. In a penny auction the auctioneer is replaced by a countdown timer and every time a new bid is placed the ...

This week, The Boulevard Zen Foundation announced its founder, Rich Tola, and a team of celebrity yoga teachers and film crew, will journey 30,000 miles across America, visiting 100 cities in 100 days. Tola will film trivia-filled, fat burning workouts everyday to be distributed for free over the Internet. "We want to give people a reason to watch us and workout with us, and give them a reason to donate." After all, Rich Tola's FAT BURN AMERICA Tour: 100 Cities in 100 Days is a fundraiser to help the charity grow. The Boulevard Zen Foundation teaches the physical, ...

CHICAGO --- For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off a bike or having surgery can result in a strange and serious complication. Their muscles start growing bones. No one understood what caused the abnormal bone growth, so there was no treatment. But now, research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that a neuropeptide in the brain called Substance P appears to trigger the formation of the extraskeletal bone. Eliminating ...

Engaged workers—those who approach their work with energy, dedication, and focus—are more open to new information, more productive, and more willing to go the extra mile. Moreover, engaged workers take the initiative to change their work environments in order to stay engaged. What do we know about the inner workings of work engagement, and how can employers enhance it to improve job performance? In a new article to be published in the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Arnold B. Bakker ...

PASADENA, Calif.—Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now taken a major step toward creating artificial intelligence—not in a robot or a silicon chip, but in a test tube. The researchers are the first to have made an artificial neural network out of DNA, creating a circuit of interacting molecules that can recall memories based on incomplete patterns, just as a brain can. "The brain is incredible," ...

Often enough, in science as in life, unexpected knowledge has a personal impact. Researchers seeking rare gene variants in just a few individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) discovered that one patient had a novel combination of two mutations. Those mutations caused a different disease, unrelated to ADHD—a blood disorder called idiopathic hemolytic anemia. Although the man had long contended with the blood disease, "idiopathic" meant that physicians were unable to determine the cause of his particular anemia—until now, say authors of a new study. As ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A team of researchers from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University has developed a mouse model of focal dermal hypoplasia, a rare human birth defect that causes serious skin abnormalities and other medical problems. This animal model not only provides insight into studying the cause of focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH), but also offers a novel way to study a signaling pathway that is crucial for embryonic development. The findings were published July 19, 2011, online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. FDH is an uncommon ...

JACKSON, Miss. – A group of researchers from the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School and the University of Mississippi Medical Center has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map, a tool scientists can use to better understand the roots of disease and how DNA is passed generationally to create diversity in the human species. About 5,000 Jackson-area volunteers were included in a group of nearly 30,000 African-Americans whose genetic information the scientists used to create the map. The map pinpoints genome locations where people splice together DNA ...

Melanoma is devastating on many fronts: rates are rising dramatically among young people, it is deadly if not caught early, and from a biological standpoint, the disease tends to adapt to even the most modern therapies, known as VEGF inhibitors. University of Rochester researchers, however, made an important discovery about proteins that underlie and stimulate the disease, opening the door for a more targeted treatment in the future. This month in the journal Cancer Research, Lei Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biomedical Genetics at the University of Rochester Medical ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — July 20, 2011 — A new drug targeting the PI3K gene in patients with advanced breast cancer shows promising results in an early phase I investigational study conducted at Virginia G. Piper Cancer at Scottsdale Healthcare, according to a presentation by oncologist Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff at the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The drug under investigation, GDC-0941, manufactured by Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., targets the PI3K gene, which is abnormal in about 20-30 percent of patients with advanced ...