Make Your Own Luck

Have you ever met one of those people that just seem to be lucky? You know, the ones that seem to lead a charmed life, they seem to have it all – happiness, abundance, a good life?

I have a friend named Trish who appears to most to be very lucky. Not only does she have a good life, but just about every time she goes anywhere with slot machines, she hits a jackpot. I been with her several times when this has happened and while on the surface it may appear as if she’s just a lucky girl, there’s more going on with Trish than just luck. In fact, I have seen her in action – and what I know about Trish is what I believe about the world – we all are responsible for making our own luck.

Trish has a really good thing going with this whole jackpot thing. First of all, it’s important to know that she expects to win. She approaches a slot machine and thinks “C’mon, baby. Let’s hit a big one,” not “Uh oh. I hope I don’t lose this money.” And while she doesn’t hit a big one every time, she does often enough to have activated a belief in her that is unshakeable – she is going to win. She doesn’t let a temporary loss get her down. No way, my friend. She just keeps on keeping on until she hits that jackpot – never veering from her vibrational set point of optimism about her chances of winning.

There’s a lot to be learned from my friend Trish. So I’ve created a set of strategies based on what I know is possible for those who wish to make their own luck. It takes some work, diligence and practice. But after a while you’ll get yourself into a totally good groove with making your own luck. How do I know? Because I’ve done it myself. I’ve heard “Molly has the magic touch. She’s so lucky!” from a number of people recently. But it’s not good luck that I have; it’s good vibes.

I’ve learned how to manage my energy and consistently send out good vibes. Because the vibrational signal you’re sending out into the Universe is what’s responsible for what you are experiencing. By now I’m sure you’ve heard of the Universal Law of Attraction – like attracts like. Makes sense. But the reason that most people struggle to effectively utilize it is because they don’t understand the Law of Vibration. This is another Universal Law that explains how everything is energy – including us – and our energy – or vibration or frequency – is responsible for what we’re attracting. We’re like human radios sending out and receiving signals all of the time.

So, if you’re sending out good vibes into the Universe, you’ll attract good stuff. So to make your own “luck” you need to learn to work with your own human vibration, and consistently send out a “good” signal. And while all of this might sound very scientific and confusing, it’s not. But it does take practice and an understanding of a few core principles.

Here’s how to fine-tune your Human Frequency…

Understand how the Universal Laws work. I’ve give you a “101″ definition of both the Law of Attraction and the Law of Vibration. But to really understand them more, I suggest you learn from the best teacher I know of, Abraham-Hicks. Responsible for a multitude of best sellers, this is the definitive source on these topics – and the teacher of many famous students who appeared in such movies as “The Secret.” I don’t love their books, but I love their teachings through their CDs and tapes. But I have many friends who gobble up their writings, so it might be your cup of tea. Check them out on the net at Abraham-Hicks.com.

Believe that you deserve it. In my experience, the majority of people have unresolved issues of feeling “unworthy.” And this alone wreaks havoc on their ability to create a happy, fulfilling, abundant life. This impacts your frequency in a hugely negative way. Left un-healed, it will work against you every day of your life. You’ll sabotage and limit yourself in more ways than you can count. This undermines every single goal that you work on. If you don’t believe you deserve it – you will not achieve it. So you need to find a way of letting this old pattern go. And the best way I know of is by energetically neutralizing it by using Meridian Tapping. This is an easy to learn and extremely powerful energy healing tool that I personally have used for years. It is the single most powerful resource I have at my disposal, and I love teaching it to people so they can easily drop the limiting beliefs that consistently undermine their success.

Focus on feeling good Many people spend their days feeling unfulfilled at their jobs, or unsatisfied in their home lives and find it hard to focus on the good in their lives. If you’re one of those people, I urge you to try to make peace with where you are – and focus on what you’re grateful for in your life. Keeping a daily gratitude journey can help you turn around your patterns of thinking and feeling. It is your absolute birthright to have a happy, good life. And you can do that no matter what is going on around you. There are always good things to focus on. Have you ever heard the story of the “Whistling Trashman?” I heard about him years ago and have never forgotten his story. This trashman was known for his beautiful whistling ability, his warm greetings and friendly smile. People in his area thought of him as the happiest person they knew. They loved trash day when they had an opportunity to interact with this wonderful person. This man was happier, despite what might seem to some as a dreadful job, because he chose to be happy. We can all choose our attitude and outlook. It’s ours to choose! So focus yourself on things that are positive and uplifting. This impacts your frequency in incredible ways!

You really can make your own luck in life if you choose to. You really do have the power to create a life that you love. So I hope that you’ll take these tips and start to apply them in your life. And pretty soon your friends will be talking about how “lucky” you are.

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Mexican Drug Cartels Infiltrating Collages and High School Campuses in America

 

By Michael Webster: Investigative Reporter May 7, 2008, 2:00 PM PDT

 

 

In a recent drug bust at the San Diego State University Federal agents and SDSU police culminated a yearlong investigation into drug dealing around campus and found it to be more sophisticated, more pervasive and more dangerous and far reaching than they expected or have seen before. These arrests coincided with the first anniversary of a female student freshman’s cocaine-related death.

According to local newspaper reports ninety-six suspects, including 75 SDSU students, have been arrested on drug-related charges as a result of the undercover operation, launched after Jenny Poliakoff, 19, was found dead in her off-campus apartment after a night of celebration.

One of the main suspects in this international drug investigation is Omar Castaneda, a gang member from Pomona with ties to the Mexican Tijuana drug cartels, officials said.

Castaneda, 36, after his arrest he was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court on charges of possession of cocaine for sale. He is suspected of being a major link between drugs flowing into California from Tijuana and sales at SDSU and other California campuses.

The violent Tijuana drug cartel also known as the Arellano-Felix organization (AFO) has a firm and deadly hold on all drug trafficking activities in Baja and San Diego California. Their reach controls drug smuggling in Sinaloa, Jalisco, Michoacan, Chiapas and Baja, and has strong links to San Diego, California. The AFO dispenses an estimated $1 million weekly in bribes to Mexican officials, police and Mexican army officers and maintains its own-well armed, trained, paramilitary security force. The DEA considers the AFO the most violent and aggressive of the Mexican border cartels. Here is the DEA’s background profile on the AFO and its leaders. Click on or google: Dangerous Mexican Cartel Gangs

The SDSU Police Department approached the DEA and county narcotics task-force officials for assistance in December of 07, when it became clear that the drug trafficking on campus was widespread and involved Mexican organized crime drug cartels and their gang members and they feared that it far out striped their ability to handle a potentially very complicated international drug trafficking investigation.

“We were coming in contact with more types of narcotics,” SDSU Police Chief John Browning said. “If you’re serious about this, you have to go to someone who has the resources to take it to the next level.”

As the investigation was unfolding, the campus dealt with another drug-related death. An autopsy showed that Mesa College student Kurt Baker died Feb. 24 at an SDSU fraternity from oxycodone and alcohol poisoning.

“We know there’s drug use in college . . . but when you have an organization that’s actually based out of a college area, that’s a whole different thing,” said Garrison Courtney of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “You just don’t see that.”

Research indicates that lucrative university and high school campuses are fertile markets for drug dealers. Mexican drug cartels have known this for years and are believed to have infiltrated many of America’s school campuses through cartel gang members. Federal authorities point to the Mexican drug cartels who are ultimately responsible for border violence by having cemented ties to street and prison gangs like Barrio Azteca on the U.S. side. Azteca and other U.S. gangs retail drugs that they get from Mexican cartels and Mexican gangs. Mexican gangs run their own distribution networks in the United States, and they produce most of the methamphetamine used north of the border. They have even bypassed the Colombians several times to buy cocaine directly from producers in Bolivia, Peru and even Afghanistan. These same gangs often work as cartel surrogates or enforcers on the U.S. side of the border. Intelligence suggests Los Zetas . Click on or google: They’re known as “Los Zetas have hired members of various gangs at different times including, El Paso gang Barrio Azteca, Mexican Mafia, Texas Syndicate, MS-13, and Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos to further their criminal endeavors.  Authorities on both sides of the border believe many of these gang members and other surrogates of the powerful Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated and operate openly on many American school campuses particularly in states bordering Mexico including Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

One suspect, Phi Kappa Psi member Michael Montoya, worked as a community-service officer on campus and would have earned a master’s degree in homeland security next month. Another student arrested on suspicion of possessing 500 grams of cocaine and two guns was a criminal-justice major.

Authorities identified 22 SDSU students as drug dealers who sold to undercover agents. At least 17 others allegedly supplied the drugs. The rest of the suspects apparently bought or possessed illegal drugs.

Authorities said students from seven fraternities were involved in the drug ring, which operated openly across campus.

Evidence showed that “most of the members were aware of organized drug dealing occurring from the fraternity houses,” officials said. Drug agents confirmed that “a hierarchy existed for the purposes of selling drugs for money.”

Authorities singled out the Theta Chi fraternity as a hub of cocaine dealing.

One alleged dealer, Theta Chi member Kenneth Ciaccio, sent text messages to his “faithful customers” announcing that cocaine sales would be suspended over an upcoming weekend because he and his “associates” planned to be in Las Vegas, authorities said.

The same message posted “sale” prices on cocaine if transactions were completed before the dealers left San Diego.

Until yesterday, Ciaccio was featured on SDSU’s Web site promoting the Compact for Success program, which guarantees certain Sweetwater Union High School District students admission to the university if they maintain a B average.

SDSU President Stephen Weber said that even when campus police decided to ask for help from other authorities, “it wasn’t clear that we were going to end up at the point where we were today.”

Ramon Mosler, chief of the narcotics division of the District Attorney’s Office in San Diego California, said the investigation could have happened on any college campus in America. Mosler said his unit joined in because the university took the unusual step of asking for help.

“Oftentimes administrations don’t want us to do this stuff, and that’s unfortunate,” Mosler said. “I think it’s important to do this every now and then to wake people up. It raises everyone’s awareness to the dangers of drugs.”

 

According to the search-warrant affidavit, Thomas Watanapun sold $400 worth of cocaine to undercover agents from a Lexus sedan registered to his father in Los Angeles.

Authorities said some of the suspects made little effort to conceal their activities.

Dealers “weren’t picky about who they sold to,” Mosler said.

Also arraigned was Patrick Hawley, 20, who was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and selling cocaine near the campus, officials said.

According to a 2007 study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, nearly half of the nation’s 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or alcohol at least once a month.

Law enforcement officials in San Diego say street gangs here continue to have strong ties to organized crime groups in Tijuana. A gunman killed recently in an attack in Tijuana is believed to belong to both a gang in Barrio Logan and the Arellano Felix Drug Cartel. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson reported.

For years, Mexican drug trafficking groups have recruited U.S. gang members to do everything from smuggle drugs to murder. Tijuana’s Arellano Felix Drug Cartel and a gang from San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood go back at least 15 years.

Many students enrolled in American schools are believed members of gangs many are now coming from the U.S. Military as they rotate out of the services. Many are veterans who where encouraged to join the U.S Military for combat training by Mexican cartels and gang leaders.

The cartels are confronting police and the army on a regular bases in Mexico and hope that these same tactics will soon pay off and enable them to confront the U.S Police in a much more professional, effective and dangerous ways.

 

Richard Valdemar, a 30-year-veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, travels the country lecturing and teaching police about military-trained gang members. Valdemar and other gang experts say gangs are encouraging members to join the military for training to learn urban warfare and learn the latest weaponry.

 

The military’s current emphasis on urban warfare plays into the street-fighting mentality of gangs, experts say.

“When individuals go into the military, they are taught how to use weapons, defensive tactics, and the use of a lot of sophisticated techniques,” said LaRae Quy, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “They take that back on the streets with them. This is a legitimate concern for law enforcement.”

Valdemar cites former Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Jesse Quintanilla as just one high-profile example. A military court sentenced Quintanilla to death in 1996 for killing his executive officer and wounding his commanding officer.

When interrogators asked Quintanilla why he committed the crimes, Quintanilla said it was for “his brown brothers,” according to Valdemar. Quintanilla showed them a tattoo on his chest with the word “Sureno,” a reference to a California gang, according to court documents.

Army recruiting headquarters in Washington, D.C., dismiss the claims as urban myth. An Army spokesman said army background checks are extensive and weed out gang members.

 

The ARELLANO-Felix Organization (AFO), often referred to as the Tijuana Cartel, is one of the most powerful and aggressive drug trafficking organizations operating from Mexico; it is undeniably the most violent. More than any other major trafficking organization from Mexico, this organization extends its tentacles directly from high-echelon figures in the law enforcement and judicial systems in Mexico to street-level individuals in United States cities. The AFO is responsible for the transportation, importation and distribution of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, marijuana, as well as large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine, into the United States from Mexico. The AFO operates primarily in the Mexican states of Sinaloa (their birth place), Jalisco, Michoacan, Chiapas, and Baja California South and North.

From Baja, the drugs enter California, the primary point of embarkation into the United States distribution network.

The ARELLANO family,  composed of seven brothers and four sisters, inherited the organization from Miguel Angel FELIX-Gallardo upon his incarceration in Mexico in 1989 for his complicity in the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena. Alberto Benjamin ARELLANO-Felix assumed leadership of the family structured criminal enterprise and provides a businessman’s approach to the management of drug trafficking operations.

The AFO also maintains complex communications centers in several major cities in Mexico and the U.S. to conduct electronic espionage and counter surveillance measures against law enforcement entities. The organization employs radio scanners and equipment capable of intercepting both hard line, radio and cellular phones to ensure the security of AFO operations. In addition to technical equipment, the AFO maintains caches of sophisticated automatic weaponry secured from a variety of international sources. Click on or google: Mexican drug cartels and terrorist are recruiting for more fighters to train as soldiers

A Joint Task Force composed of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been established in San Diego, California to target the AFO; the Task Force is investigating AFO operations in southern California and related regional investigations which track drug transportation, distribution and money laundering activities of the AFO throughout the United States. Click on or google:  Dangerous Mexican/U.S. Criminal Enterprises Operating Along the Mexican border

Sources:

DEA

FBI

San Diego sheriff’s office

San Diego Trubune

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Working in Australia as a doctor

Thousands of health professionals come to Australia each year looking for a new start, sun, sand, and the surf. Some even master surfing – but more learn how to fall from a surfboard! The sheer danger of some of the parts of our country is tempered by the absolute beauty and impressiveness of the natural features and very unique animals of Australia.


In Australia, we are exceptionally outgoing, confident, and always happy. Our personality, and the tendency to light-heartedly make fun of others sometimes bewilders, or shocks international visitors.


This article is the start of a series relating to how to start working in Australia as a health professional, and what you can do to get here – and have a successful career.


I have helped thousands of health professionals find work in Australia, and my company Beat Medical focusses on employment for doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, psychologists, senior nurses, and health managers. This article relates specifically to doctors.


The focus of this article is about what types of jobs are available in Australia, and what type of working conditions you can generally expect.

About the Australian Health System


The health system in Australia is largely a government funded, public healthcare system. It is of a very high standard, but is supplemented in part by a private healthcare system (funded by private paying patients, and health insurance companies).


It is not mandatory to have health insurance in Australia, as all citizens, and permanent residents are covered by the Medicare (www.medicare.gov.au) system – which is a federally funded system available to everyone. Healthcare is administered by the individual states around Australia through Public Hospitals. Visitors Australia from the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Malta, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, and Italy are entitled to a limited amount of free healthcare in Australia.


Many Australians choose to take out private health insurance to supplement what the public system provides. This usually enables an individual to have their choice of doctor, and to stay in a private facility.


Most employment as a doctor in Australia is in a public hospital. There are different terms used in each region, but essentially there are four levels of doctor.


Interns are undergoing a supervised training year.


Residents are fully registered doctors, working in a general rotational position in a hospital.


Registrars are taking part in a speciality training program (equivalent to a resident in the USA).


Consultants are qualified specialists.


You would most likely be considering a position in one of the last three categories.

Medical Registration in Australia


The Australian Medical Council (http://www.amc.org.au/index.php/img) oversees the entry of international medical graduates into the Australian system. They have a very comprehensive and informative website, which you should review for information on how to become registered in Australia.


The Competent Authority model is one of the most straightforward ways to become registered in Australia. If your primary medical training was undertaken any of these countries, you are generally not required to complete any examinations to start work in Australia:?

United States of America

United Kingdom

Canada

New Zealand

Ireland


The standard pathway requires that you complete a multiple choice, and sometimes a  clinical examination before commencing work in an Australian state.


The specialist pathway is for doctors who are trained as a medical specialist in their home country. This pathway is also dependent on the relevant medical training college in Australia – as they will be the body responsible for assessing your qualifications and experience before recommending you to be registered in Australia.


As medical registration is a state based matter, the rules vary from state to state.


When you apply for a position in Australia, the recruitment company or hospital you are dealing with will generally assist you through the registration process.

Working Visas


Australia has very strict immigration policies, which are governed by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Depending on your country of origin, there are a number of visas that may be appropriate for you. The most common method of entry, though, is the 457 Temporary Business (Long Stay) Visa (http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/). This visa requires sponsorship from an employer, and quite a detailed process for entry. It is relatively straightforward, though, and most can be managed online.

Working conditions


In Australia, the general working hours a 38-40 hours per week (0800-1700). As you can imagine, however, the working hours for a doctor are significantly different from the norm.


It is quite variable, but you can expect to work an additional 20 hours or so per week in overtime (which is generally paid at a higher rate). Those working in shift-work (for example in Emergency or Intensive Care) will work four or five twelve hour shifts per week, as well as some overtime.


The pay is quite variable, as it is state-based. However, the salaries in Australia are quite significant in comparison to many other countries. They are generally considered appropriate in relation to the cost of living in Australia.


In broad terms, as a resident you can expect to earn a base (before overtime) salary of between $60-70k per annum. As a registrar, $75-90k per annum, and a consultant $150k + per annum. These figures are open to significant variation, and simply provide a guide.


In Australia, employers are legally required to contribute at least 9% of your salary towards a superannuation (retirement) fund. You have complete control over how this fund is managed. You may be able to claim all of this money back if you depart Australia. Otherwise, it cannot be accessed until you are retirement age.


Taxation in Australia is relatively high, as we have a very high level of social services funded by the government. Go to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website for more information. You would generally be considered resident for taxation purposes if you are here for an extended period.

How to find a position


You can find a position through many of the job websites such as www.seek.com.au,

www.careerone.com.au, or www.mycareer.com.au. You can also access the individual health department websites, which all have job search engines.


There are a number of recruitment agencies in Australia who can assist you with the process of finding a position, and dealing with medical registration, working visas, relocation, and contract negotiation. Not all companies are the same, or offer the same level of service and quality. You should never pay a recruitment company in Australia (they should charge the employer).


We can be contacted at any time on +61 2 8014 0175, via recruit@beatmedical.com.au, through skype (user name: beat medical), our our website www.beatmedical.com.au.


We offer a no-obligation consultation, and will work with you to access the ‘hidden’, unadvertised employment market – which is often where the best jobs are found.

Next time:


How to write a stand out resume (the Australian way!). Yes, there is an Australian way to write a resume (C.V). It may mean the difference between an interview – or no interview.

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Solana Beach Employment Lawyer Arsenal for Damages, Severance Pay and Employment in Solana Beach for Job Discrimination or Retaliation

Never have there been so many tools for Solana Beach employment lawyers to help people recently fired to win damages for discrimination, to seek a better severance package, including not only a longer period of pay benefits, but also other items, most important of which can be a longer period of health insurance benefits following the termination, or even to save the employee’s job.

If you’ve been fired from your job as a result of discrimination or retaliation, been harassed or the victim of a hostile work environment, or paid less than a person of the opposite sex for the same work for no other valid reason, visit our website at http://www.CaliforniaAttorneysLawyers.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website.

In Solana Beach and throughout California where private employers and government offices have laid off people in the hundreds and thousands, sometimes on a weekly basis there is substantial fear among those who have recently been terminated and those who are in fear that they could be next to be let go. In areas such as the Solana Beach area where unemployment and foreclosures are at their highest in the state, many employees who have been discriminated against or fired in retaliation for complaints of harassment and who previously feared making any complaint, now feel they have nothing to lose.

Some employees are filing class action lawsuits based on everything from age and sex discrimination to discrimination against veterans. Individual claims are being made for overtime pay that the employees never received and retaliation for whistle blowing or reporting harassment.

One of the best tools for Solana Beach employment lawyers is often the employee’s company manual and other memos of the company which often lay out glowing descriptions of how fair the company will be in their employment practices. Such manuals often describe all of the types of actions which the company claims they will not tolerate including the various forms of harassment and how the company will never take a retaliatory action against anyone blowing the whistle on harassment at the company.

Such manuals provide a powerful tool to the employee and the employment lawyer to show the company exactly how they violated not only the law, but also the company’s own employment guidelines. Faced with such violations of the principles the company itself laid down and promised to their employees, it is difficult for such companies to argue that they didn’t realize how they were supposed to respond to an employee’s reports of harassment or that they didn’t know they couldn’t fire someone for making such reports.

Employees must keep in mind that under California law, complaints alleging discrimination or retaliation must be filed with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in California within six months of the alleged discriminatory or retaliatory action by an employer, except in certain circumstances.

Some of the laws enforced by the Labor Commissioner in the State of California which prohibit discrimination and retaliation include discrimination or retaliation for threatening to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner, for taking time off to serve as a juror, be a witness in court or to attend judicial proceedings related to being a victim of a crime or related to a victim, for discharging victims of domestic violence, for taking time off to seek medical or psychological treatment related to domestic violence or a sexual assault, for taking time off to go to a child’s school at the request of a teacher, for disclosing his or her wages, for engaging in political activity, for being a whistle blower (not the real whistles), for being paid less than employees of a different sex for the same work unless based on a bona fide factor other than sex, or for complaining about safety or health conditions.

For Solana Beach Employment Lawyers such as myself who are also Women’s Rights Lawyers, when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 in late January, he remedied a great injustice and provided employment and women’s rights attorneys with yet another tool in our arsenal to fight for employee’s and women’s rights.

Now women in California and the rest of the nation have a law that gives them the ability to redress the wrong suffered upon them by society in allowing men to receive more money for the same work from an employer and limiting the rights of women to bring a claim for pay discrimination.

In the past, women were required to file suit within 180 days after first being paid unfairly, even if the discrimination of being paid less than male workers in the same jobs continued. And if a woman failed to discover that male workers were being paid more for the same work, a woman still could not hold her employer accountable if she didn’t learn of the unfairness and take action within 180 days of first being paid the lesser rate.

Under the Fair Pay Act of 2009 signed into law by President Obama, the statute of limitations of 180 days starts with each discriminatory paycheck, rather than when the employer starts to discriminate. So long as a woman in CA files her claim within 180 days of receiving any discriminatory paycheck, not just the first one, she is considered timely in bringing her claim.

An important aspect of the Act is that the effective date of the Act is retroactively set at May 28, 2007, which will allow it to apply to all compensation discrimination claims that have been filed on or after that date.

Women can sue for back pay awards for up to two years before she files her employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Fair Pay Act of 2009 does not change the two-year back pay limit.

Under the Act, an unlawful practice occurs when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to the decision or practice, or when a person is affected by the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits or other compensation is paid.

California also has it’s own version of the Federal WARN Act which in certain circumstances requires 60 days warning before laying off workers. Under the 2003 California version of the Act, the requirement of 60 days warning applies to establishments with 75 or more employees who have been employed for at least 6 of the previous 12 months, who layoff or relocated 50 or more employees within a 30-day period. There are also various exceptions to the rule.

For the elderly employee laid off, an important ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has given added protection to older workers. Elderly persons who file employment discrimination lawsuits no longer need to prove that an employer acted intentionally. It is enough that the employee can prove that the layoffs had a disparate effect on the elderly workers.

Layoffs of caregivers providing care to sick family members may also violate federal law.

And all of these tools are still in addition to the tools Solana Beach employment lawyers have against employers who practice discrimination based on sex, religion, race, age, or sexual orientation, or who subject their workers to a workplace that constitutes a hostile environment.

Visit our website at http://www.CaliforniaAttorneysLawyers.com and call us if you have been discriminated against or are the victim of retaliation by an employer in Solana Beach or if you have been receiving less pay than a person of the opposite sex for the same work by your employer for no other valid reason.

It is thus imperative that an employee being laid off who is provided with a separation agreement and release of all claims against his employer consult with an employment attorney to determine if there weren’t violations of any of these laws and others that can assist the employee and his or her attorney to negotiate a larger severance package.

If you have recently been fired, are in fear of losing your job or if you have been presented with a separation agreement or severance package and have been discriminated against, harassed or are the victim of retaliation in Solana Beach by your employer, we invite you to call our office.

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attorney Q&A

Question about cash bonds? Really need information.?
My cousin is locked up again. The last time she was locked up I posted the $650 cash bond for her. She didn’t go to her court date so a warrant was issued. That’s why she’s locked up now. Her attorney calls me today to ask if I will release the cash.

Right of surviviorship?
my uncle is power of attorney for my grandmother. my name was placed on here deed to her home as co owner with right of survivorship. it has been on there for three years and now he wants to put some other names on the house. the names that he wants to put on there are.

Settle in a divorce??rather than go to court??
Hubby and i are divorcing it is messy. My husband wants to sell everything?I want to keep our home but my attorney thinks it will be easier for all parties involved if we just sell the house that we bought for 389 grand now worth about 415 grand.Hubby also wants to.

Sexual harrsement?
I am seeking a sexual harrasement lawsuit . I have an attorney who has said it is a winnable case. but I m not happy with how he is handling my case it is often hard to contact him and he acts to busy to respond to my concerns plus he is not that close to where.

Should a judge state his personal feelings during a sentencing or remain unbiased?
recently while in court with a friend, the judge stated that a crime that he was sentencing at the time was a pet peeve of his.I’ve always thought that a judge was suppose to be unbiased.The man’s attorney didn’t seem bothered by this, so I was.

Should I appeal my probation violation or just do the time?
I recieved a probation violation for signing someone’s AA slips who wasn’t going to AA. Dumb thing to do, but not illegal. They gave me a probation violation for ‘bad behavior’ and each attorney I talked to said to fight it. ‘Bad behavior’ in all states with the.

Should I use a court appointed attorny to represent my son in a criminal case?
I have been trying to contact this court appointed attorney that is assigned to my son’s criminal case. It has been 3 days and he has not returned any of my calls. Should I hire an attorney to take over the case? How much.

Should I use a paralegal service or an attorney to file a simple chapter 7 bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is document intensive. You can do it yourself, but go to bankruptcy court and get a petition and review it. See if you understand it. If you don’t, come back with more specific questions and we’ll try to help. It’s hard.

Should pharmacists be allowed to refuse filling prescriptions for reasons of conscience?
If a patient has gone to a doctor and received a prescription for medication, should a pharmacist be permitted to say ‘I’m not going to do it’ and deny the patient medication? I say no.fill the order or get another job. If I’m an attorney and I.

Should the attorney general be fired for his poor job performance?
or should george bush, ONE MORE TIME, GET HIS WAY? Have you noticed that W reaffirms his faith in his appointees just before he asks them to resign? (Rummy, Brownie, Ari, Snowy, etc.) I’ve been expecting the AG to turn in his letter of resignation any time now..

Statue of limitations for Personal Injury, an attorney filed a complaint for me in my county?
which is in Southern California on my behalf back in 2003 for personal injury against the City County and Sheriffs Department of that county. The reason was due to an injury I sustained while being arrested, my hand became numb due to a.

Stop mother in law from getting visitation?
I live in logan county Ohio, My ex mother in law is trying to get visitation to my son. however she is an alcoholic and is addicted to pain medication how can I stop her from enforceing grandparents rights in Ohio? Consult an attorney..in many states grandparents don’t have automatic visitation and.

Sueing someone for abuse and harassment?
My ex boyfriend has dragged me through the dirt for the past 8 months. He claimed we were common law married and we weren’t. I had a crappy attorney at the beginning and had them recused and now i have a really great attorney. I haven’t talked to my attorney yet about my.

Suicide or lawyer?
i seriously need an attorney for a brain injury that is causing me some legal troubles in my eveyday life.i live in michigan right on the border of wisconsin.i am having legal trouble in wisconsin and michigan.legal trouble meaning,contempt of court,bill collectors,missing important appointments.i have no sences of time or planning.and many other medical issues from.

Suppose you’re an attorney. In a case you’re presenting to a federal court, you argue that the person you’re d
suppose you going to jail – I think you’re missing something out. – Suppose I’m not an attorney. – Suppose you were smart and actually finished your question so we’d know WTF you’re talking about? There’s a novelty,.

The Power of Attorney?
Is there any way that an individual can have the power of attorney without filling out the proper forms when in fact one of their parent are not mentally stable? (for example: a father is dying of cancer, and is near his death, he wants to die at home and does not want to go.

Their is a policeman in our area and a few of this community?
police officers who are upsettting alot of famiies, a social worker said he is a glory seeker and that i should get together with other families to do something about this, we are but who do we make the complaints too The district attorney, a lawyer,.

This is a question I would like for an attorney to answer or someone that knows a lot about law.?
My husband was charged for a small amount of weed that was found in our house – I think it was either an old room mates or maybe it was ours from years ago. (cops searched our home after.

To find the ‘bottom line’ of what the outcome of the case was, where must the attorney look?
An attorney is looking for a precedent that she can cite when filing a motion with the court. To find the ‘bottom line’ of what the outcome of the case was, where must the attorney look? A. The holding B..

Today a lawyer told me she could not represent me what are all reasons why she could not?
Is she representing the other party or could it have been that she spoke with the other party and one or the other decided not to use that attorney or not to represent? Also, please if she is representing him since.

Unpaid child support?
hi. i need direction from someone who has been down this road or advice from any legal stand. i have a court order for child support. have recieved nothing since dec. 2006. get the run around from attorney general about what will take place next. their father is in a rehab for a program that last.

Was a Virginia University massacre avoided by gun toting students?
Had you heard this in the MSM? I had never heard of this one before. Why is that? On Jan. 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old student from Nigeria, walked into the Appalachian School of Law offices of Dean Anthony Sutin, 42, a former acting assistant U.S. attorney, and.

Web site address with listsof attorneys admitted to practice before united states patent & trademark office?
Any attorney can handle USPTO matters. However, patents are a particularly technical area of the law, and you’d do well to seek out someone with specialized knowledge if you’re working in that area. – I happen to have an immediate family member.

Do you feel more intelligent than your attorney ?
I AM an attorney, and take it from me, you could well be. The biggest complaint with attorneys is neglect – they take on too much work because they are greedy, and don’t pay enough attention. I try never to do that. Even though my partners pressure me to..

Do you still have power of attorney over a parent who has moved to another state?
Seeking information on what can be done and how.My parent is in need of my help but is living in a bad situation.I am in Va,she in NC and is elderly and disabled and has no place to live.I too am disabled and.

What are some Ethical Issues worth writing about?
I really need some advice, Thanks alot While in college I wrote a paper on a very controversial issue: euthanasia where I took the pro side. With the fairly recent Terry Schivo case, you could probably find lots of information on. Good Luck! – Why must an attorney report to the.

What are steps to filing suit ? Who buys stamp?
A legal suit is to be filed. Advocate is talking about buying a stamp. First he said he will buy, so I send him money. Now he say I or my power of attorney should buy it. I travel with my job so have to make time for all.

What are the steps to being a Real Estate lawyer or attorney?
It’s not so difficult. First you complete your B.A. or B.S. Then you go to law school. It helps if you take some courses in law school that focus on real estate, for example: Real Estate Transactions, Land Use, Real Estate Litigation. Do your best in.

What can a judge do in response to an objection by a lawyer?
a judge can do two things in response to an objection by a lawyer? could anyone tell me what they are? A judge will either sustain or overrule an objection. In some cases, the attorney who is overruled may request that the record note that he.

What can I do about a rude bankruptcy attorney who has made a couple of mistakes?
My husband and I have filed for ch. 13 bankruptcy in Texas. The attorney that he selected tends to range from nice to rude, especially when we don’t understand an issue. He tends to be a bit pompous when he responds to us..

What can I do if I want power of attorney over my parents but they will not consent?
Is declaring them incompetant the only possible answer? unfortunately yes.until they are proved to not beable to handle their own affiars they decide who holds a power of attorney for them. – Yes. – Pretty much. Good luck with that. If.

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