On Thursday, May 25, 2006, in a historic vote, the United States Senate passed the most important immigration reform law in 20 years. This comprehensive immigration reform bill addresses 3 tough issues: 1) securing our borders; 2) the creation of a temporary guest worker program to address the labor shortage; and 3) what to do with the approximately 12 million […]

College sports generate great income each year at the core college level. These programs bring $ 30 and sometimes $ 40 million per year to universities and colleges and players get nothing. These are the same players who are breaking their backs for college day after day and they can’t get a piece of that money and to me that […]

Portland is the largest city in the state of Maine. The city of Portland has a population approaching 65,000. Portland’s civic leaders have invested heavily in coordinating the growth and development of the city. As a consequence, Portland remains a very attractive city on many levels. Portland is one of the most beautiful cities in North America. Portland residents are […]

Sports drinks like Gatorade and others are flavored liquids fortified with electrolytes, potassium, and sodium, all of which the body loses during strenuous exercise. However, according to most experts, losing your body’s stores of these minerals is unlikely to be something to worry about, unless you are doing intense workouts of 3-5 hours or more. In long intensity activities of […]

Many small and medium-sized businesses are “in the cold” when it comes to working with a business attorney. Most of the time, it doesn’t make much sense for a small business to have a full-time attorney on staff. Lawyers are expensive, and most small businesses don’t have enough legal work to keep one busy full time. However, the unfortunate result […]

Fresh out of college, cookbooks have a firm place on my kitchen shelf. Since the disastrous attempts to make barely edible dishes, my time as a student has exposed me to many cookbooks. Here are the top ten cookbooks that are invaluable to any aspiring Masterchefs. Done … Done … Cook! 10. Delia’s Complete Cooking Course by Delia Smith This […]

I have been working on a social media strategy document for a major real estate franchise group and, as part of that strategy, I have been analyzing the impact of social media on brand building and especially the impact blogging has in consumer purchasing decisions. Blogs play an important role in influencing the purchase decision among women in particular, and […]

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent in June 2011. That number remains frustratingly constant each month as millions of Americans struggle to find work. It is clear that many of the jobs lost during the last decades and during the Great Recession of 2008 are extinct. The definition of insanity is said to […]

What is identity theft? With all the data leaks in the news, there is a lot of concern about identity theft and, frankly, a lot of confusion. So let’s start by defining what “identity theft” really means. California law defines identity theft as the “unauthorized use of another person’s personally identifiable information to obtain credit, goods, services, money, or property.” […]

Human and civil rights violations often occur in many parts of the United States, as illustrated by recent voting and marriage laws passed in state legislatures, judicial errors that occur through verdicts rendered in our court system, prejudice and corporate-level discrimination and harassment. in our schools. When they do occur, these violations have a serious negative impact on community race […]