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When Joy Westrum looks into the faces of men who have hit rock bottom, she doesn't see despair; she sees potential. As President of the Second Chance Program (www.secondchancecenters.com), Westrum has often witnessed the disintegrating lives of men who have committed violent crimes because of...

• Date Added: 2/21/2007
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) helps safeguard the ability of the United States Food and Drug Administration to ensure food safety and quality within North America. NAFTA is an agreement between Canada, the US and Mexico that took effect on...

• Date Added: 3/13/2007
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So what is the big deal about sticking some pictures on a T-shirt, pair of skis, or a packet of cigarettes? Why do we hear about Maori up in arms because of the use of a few designs? What is the big deal? –These are questions I get often from friends and colleagues so I thought I would answer as...

• Date Added: 2/11/2007
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Reducing murder to manslaughter is a task that presents itself in many murder cases.  Depending on your state or jurisdiction you may be able to reduce murder to manslaughter by eliminating the element of "malice."   Classically, this is where the defendant acts by being provoked into a sudden...

• Date Added: 5/8/2006
• Views: 446

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• Date Added: 6/26/2006
• Views: 442

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The US Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act) requires domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States to receive a FDA registration number by December 12,...

• Date Added: 2/12/2007
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Food product labeling has significant implications for consumer protection and product promotion. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) require food product labels on almost all packaged foods that includes information like nutritional values,...

• Date Added: 11/24/2006
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Nobody wants to be a criminal. Everyone knows it better that being a criminal will disturb one's personal life. A person is terminated from the job. The society will start looking at him with questionable eyes. US laws against crime are very strict. The punishment of any type of crime is very...

• Date Added: 6/25/2008
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If there is any job that conceals a minefield of danger and risk, it's construction work. Every year, thousands are seriously injured or killed in construction accidents on construction sites. And while many precautions have been put into place to protect workers, construction accidents...

• Date Added: 8/21/2008
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Visitors to the United States require a non-immigrant visa, unless they fall under the Visa Waiver
Program or are exempt from the visa requirement under multinational agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A non-immigrant visa is a physical entry document designed...

• Date Added: 7/2/2008
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Today drug offenses are very common in United States. Drugs are being marketed in US with or without the approval of FDA. Common drugs which are marketed are cocaine, marijuana, Oxycodone, Roxycodone, and MDMA. Of all these MDMA is most commonly used drug and is supposed to be very strong. Drugs...

• Date Added: 6/25/2008
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Commercial litigation is a very broad term, essentially meaning any legal procedure that seeks to resolve a business-related problem. It could be an issue between a business and its customer(s), vendors, competitors, other businesses, or even government entities.

In today's litigious...

• Date Added: 7/23/2008
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As more and more companies are seeking to distinguish their products and services in the marketplace by registering their names, slogans or designs as trade-marks, many companies which do not retain a Canadian lawyer or trade-mark agent often make fundamental mistakes. Among the most common...

• Date Added: 7/2/2008
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True love is like the white lotus: beautiful, delicate, and rare to find. Those who have found their true love opt to bring it to the next level--marriage. What if your true love is the same gender as you? Are you supposed to deny that which is true?

In 2004, Massachusetts became the first...

• Date Added: 5/28/2008
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A partnership occurs when two or more people decide they are going to work together in a business and they register a form called a Partnership Registration and, in some cases, enter into a Partnership Agreement. There are three types of partnerships in Canada. A general partnership, a limited...

• Date Added: 7/7/2008
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Los Angeles is famous for its movie stars, but almost equally as famous for its terrible traffic. This chronic problem is made all the more dangerous by the thousands of big-rig trucks that use the California freeways as main arteries to transport the goods coming in from ports like Long Beach...

• Date Added: 7/19/2008
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Nicosia, 27 June 2008 - Cyprus is one of the most advantageous places of residency for Russian and Ukrainian companies. It offers a high level of banking, auditing, accounting and legal services, as well as its real estates, which developed Cyprus into a successful international business and...

• Date Added: 7/25/2008
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The human quest for individuality has been the motivating force behind mankind's rise to new heights; furthermore, the struggle to differentiate oneself from others, in the pursuit of greatness, has led to racism: the discrimination against a person or group based on race, religion, or creed to...

• Date Added: 7/9/2008
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To park or not to park, that is the question. The blue and white sign hanging in front of the empty parking space states a fine between $250.00 to $3,000.00 and/or six months in jail for offenders. The parking lot is empty and no one is around. Sure it is illegal, but if you're only going to be a...

• Date Added: 7/10/2008
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Nowadays Divorce is becoming a modern concept. It is basically a legal separation by which a husband and wife can dissolve their marriage. The process of divorce can vary from state to state and country to country. In this process called divorce many fears, feelings and frets are involved. Getting...

• Date Added: 8/9/2008
• Views: 184