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Portland Schools Seek Direction In Portland Schools a recent consolidation bill has officially been penned into legislature. The bill affects the entire state and will reorganize Maine’s 290 school districts into 80 new ones. Now districts in charge of Portland Schools are looking carefully at the choices set before them. Portland Schools are examining partnerships, mergers, and loopholes under the new law. Costs associated with the restructuring are at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Many administrators in the Portland Schools have said that the law is too vague, too unreasonable and that enacting the terms it describes will be extremely…

Issues To Consider Before Going Global Obviously, many businessmen dream of becoming reaching the global marketplace because it has the potential to provide them with an increased profitability through reaching a large number of customers. But there are many issues you need to consider before going global because the business norms differ from country to country. And if you do manage to get pass the trade barriers such as the tariffs and the quotas that is set up by the government to protect their domestic industries, you still have to deal with the customers themselves before your products will be…

A Real Estate Formula It was a simple real estate formula. The ads ran in our small-town newspaper for years before I realized exactly what was going on. They were always the same: A house for sale with 5% down and payments of 1% of the purchase price. Maybe a three bedroom home for $90,000, for example, with $4,500 down and $900 per month payments. When a friend started doing the same thing he explained the process to me. It was a way to get a great return on capital, and it was the opposite of buying with no money…

The Philosophy of Law When we think of law, and what law means to us as a society, we all have a good idea, or rather an innate sense, of what law is and the kind of things to expect. But trying to put an accurate definition on what law is is somewhat more of a difficult task. This very question lies at the heart of the study of jurisprudence, or legal philosophy. Since early civilisation, philosophers and thinkers have worked with a view to establishing a definitive meaning of what law is and where it fits in to the…

Botox – Is It Really Safe? There is an old story about a town of people who were running for their lives from an approaching asteroid. They ran to the edge of town and were confronted with a cliff and a long drop. Seeing the asteroid behind them, they all jumped off the cliff. On the way down, one person shouted out, “Do you think we’re going to survive the fall?” Such is the case with people and less extreme circumstances, such as when they look in the mirror and see they have wrinkles on their forehead, crows feet and…

How To Avoid Legal Difficulties When Traveling Overseas When you are in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws and are under its jurisdiction. You can be arrested overseas for actions that may be either legal or considered minor infractions in the United States. Familiarize yourself with legal expectations in the countries you will visit. Country Specific Information include information on unusual patterns of arrests in particular countries, as appropriate. Some of the offenses for which U.S. citizens have been arrested abroad are: Drug Violations More than 1/3 of U.S. citizens incarcerated abroad are held on drug charges.…

The Internet is a reliable source to get information for personal injury attorneys The party who is responsible for your personal injury may not accept his or her fault. If this is what you are encountering now, then, do not waste your time confronting the party. If you hire a personal injury lawyer, charges will be made against that person and the attorney will see to it that you get compensated.|Do not go on your own to demand for claims on personal injury. There are legitimate ways to do this. These ways are simple and starts with the hiring of…

Patent Law Firm KWD: 12/460 = 2.60% Patent Law Firm Patent law firms are skilled and experienced in the procedures of the U.S. Patent. Patent law firms can provide inventors with insightful advice on how to go about their patent application and what it takes to make the patent application successful. Patent law firms can provide highly specialized support in all areas of patent law, including the application work and preparation for patents, patent licensing and patent infringement litigation (at both the trial court and appellate levels). Lawyers for patent law firms often have intimate working knowledge of the technology…

Why You Need a Bankruptcy Attorney and How to Choose One Bankruptcy is a specialized section of the law. It is a legal process involving issues ranging from simple to the complex. With the changes to the bankruptcy law, it may be more difficult to file for one. If you are considering bankruptcy, it would be wise to hire a bankruptcy attorney who can guide you through the process. When you hire a bankruptcy attorney, you are not just hiring someone to prepare and file your papers. More importantly, a bankruptcy attorney provides you with advice on legal issues and…

Buying real estate doesn’t have to be difficult, but you have to learn more about it to get into it and be able to make the right choices. So often, people forget the importance of their investment and are swept away by the moment, but you could avoid doing that with these simple tips. One tip to keep in mind when it comes to real estate is to make sure that you hire your own professionals in addition to the appraiser, inspector and agent that the seller is using. This will ensure that the proceedings will be fair. Understand what…