Hollywood, California, USA, 03/29/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

The well-known and highly respected actress Adriana Castillo is most famous for the play Angel Academy, directed by Chris Berube, as well as the show Gorlesque produced by Pete Metzger. She is currently starring in the wonderful film Hidden, which is a movie that was nominated for Best Film at the Guerrillas Awards 2017 in Spain.

Gorlesque is a show with arguably the most idiosyncratic, scary, and frightening haunted house in 2016. If you want the full terrifying experience, of a typical Halloween-style scare incorporated with sex then this is the horror for you. Gorlesque is a psychological thriller about a demented, and pathological German doctor named Dr. Weltshmertz, who has a sick obsession with perfection. Unfortunately perfection is not all that it appears to be, as visitors arriving in Dr. Weltschmertz cult headquarters the Weltschmertz Society soon discover for themselves.

Hidden is yet another thriller, where the beautiful and talented Adriana plays the role of Alicia, a girl who is accused of a crime that she is innocent of, but pleading not guilty could mean the demise of her boyfriend, played by Jacob Anton. Adriana claimed that the most satisfying part about her role as the character Alicia, was being able to give life to a character, whose emotions were that of unconditional love, and the fear of lack of trust for her loved ones. In films like Hidden Adriana’s extraordinary talent, allowed her to portray a character as complex as Alicia. This role reminded her of the reasons why she wanted to become an actress in the first place. In order for the audience to see something they can relate to in their own life.

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The depth of Adriana’s work and her experience playing in thrillers, and action movies is proof of how gifted she is. Her next project will be a TV commercial for the special brand I Can Afford College, which will be released on national television in March. This commercial is extremely inspirational because of the ambitious, and enthusiastic character called Maria Esperanza played by Adriana. The name Esperanza itself is a play on words because Esperanza means hope in English. Commercials are one of Adriana’s biggest strengths, and the I Can Afford College one is more impressive than many others. It encourages people to receive a higher education, and become more successful in life. Adriana Castillo is an experienced, working actress with a natural talent for the stage, and by using her ability to play in various TV shows and movies, she will bring something new to the entertainment industry. 

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Natick, MA, 03/29/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

Zyno Medical, LLC, a global medical device manufacturer, focused on large volume and ambulatory infusion pumps, patient safety and providing clinical workflow improvements will feature the Nimbus™ Flex ambulatory infusion system at this year’s Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) 43rd Annual Meeting, CANCERSCAPE, March 29-31, in Washington, D.C.

The Nimbus Flex features a pre-loaded chemotherapy infusion protocol allowing patients and caregivers infusion optimization while providing customizable advanced therapeutic options. An auto-lock feature makes the Nimbus Flex a hassle free device by locking the system once an infusion has started. The compact and light weight design makes it a less cumbersome device for the patient while completing their daily activities. With intelligent device features and a flexible business model, Nimbus Flex provides a unique system for ambulatory cancer care.

“We are excited to support the ACCC and the leaders in cancer care while featuring the Nimbus Flex,” said Dr. Chaoyoung Lee, the president and CEO of Zyno Medical, LLC. “Nimbus Flex is the latest in ambulatory infusion technology and provides cancer care teams with a customizable infusion solution to provide quality cancer care for their patients and the flexibility to manage their practice.”

The Nimbus™ Flex is intended for subcutaneous, percutaneous, perineural, epidural, and intravenous infusion, including but not limited to patient controlled analgesia (PCA) delivery in clinical and non-clinical environments, such as homes.

About ACCC

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is the leading advocacy and education organization for the multidisciplinary cancer care team.  More than 23,000 cancer care professionals from over 2,500 hospitals and practices nationwide are affiliated with ACCC. Providing a national forum for addressing issues that affect community cancer programs, ACCC is recognized as the premier provider of resources for the entire oncology care team. Our members include medical and radiation oncologists, surgeons, cancer program administrators and medical directors, senior hospital executives, practice managers, pharmacists, oncology nurses, radiation therapists, social workers, and cancer program data managers. For more information, visit the ACCC website at accc-cancer.org.

About Zyno Medical, LLC

Zyno Medical’s market focus is the non-acute or alternate care market where it manufactures durable, advanced technology infusion pumps designed specifically for needs that are unique to this market. Since its inception, the company has assembled a wealth of engineering talent and clinical experience, as well as manufacturing, customer and market expertise. Zyno Medical is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

The mission of Zyno Medical is to design and manufacture the most advanced infusion systems while applying a commitment to quality, simplicity, durability, connectivity and upgradability in order to deliver extraordinary benefits in patient safety, work flow efficiency and low total cost of ownership. For more information, please visit www.zynomed.com.

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Easter is both a time of seasonal and spiritual rebirth. First Presbyterian Church of Upland opens its doors to all this Easter week with a series of services which recall the extraordinary life of Jesus Christ in his final hours of trial and triumph.

“Easter matters!” says Senior Pastor Noel Anderson, “Our outreach is an inclusive welcome to everyone, affirming the miracle of Jesus’ resurrection as God’s answer to sin, suffering and death. All our Easter week events underscore this.”

Leading off Three Great Days of remembrance, participants will share in the Passover Seder Meal in Hart Hall on Thursday, April 13th at 6 pm. On Good Friday, April 14th at 6 pm, the focus will be on the Crucified Church and persecuted Christians around the world. The culminating event will be worship on Easter Sunday at 10 am, supported by Director of Music Judd Bonner, who also serves as Doctor of Musical Arts and Professor of Music at California Baptist University.

Dr. Bonner will lead a combined orchestra, band and choral group in an inspiring program of Easter-themed pieces and worship music. “Our Easter celebration integrates the talents of our performers with the hearts of the congregation,” says Dr. Bonner, “We expect a unique and stirring spiritual experience for all.”

An Easter egg hunt for children follows the 10am service on the church’s front lawns. “We want entire families experiencing Easter together,” says Lonettia Sparks, Director of Children’s Ministries, “First Presbyterian Church puts a high premium on children’s ministry.”

Admission to Easter week events is free of charge. For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit the church’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1274522242635673/. Or call 909.982.8811. First Presbyterian Church is located at 869 N Euclid Ave, Upland, CA 91786

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New York City, NY, 03/28/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

Overall, the big picture view of New York City traffic fatalities is promising — the city saw an historic low for traffic deaths in 2016. Although even a single fatality is one too many, city administrators say that the 229 traffic deaths last year — a decrease over previous years — is a sign that new safety measures are working to reduce the number of serious and catastrophic accidents.

In other areas, however, fatality rates have gone up. Specifically, the number of fatal pedestrian and bicycle accidents has increased.

Why Are Pedestrian Deaths Increasing?

Furthermore, the pedestrian and cyclist fatality surge is not limited to New York City. Metropolitan areas across the country have seen sharp jumps in the number of deadly pedestrian and bicycle accidents.

According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths increased by 10 percent nationwide in 2015. Safety experts say several factors, including lower gas prices and greater public awareness of the health benefits of walking, contributed to the increase.

Distractions have also been blamed for the rise in pedestrian fatalities. Most people are aware that distracted driving is a growing problem, but few people realize that distractions among pedestrians are also problematic. Anything that takes a pedestrian’s attention away from his or her surroundings can lead to a serious accident. Common pedestrian distractions include texting, talking on a phone, and listening to music.

Pedestrian Deaths Already High in 2017

New York was one of four states responsible for 42 percent of all pedestrian deaths in the first six months of 2015.

Bicyclist deaths also increased by 13 percent in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  

New York City pedestrian accident lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter explains, “Few people leave home these days without a cell phone. When you’re walking or riding a bicycle, however, it’s important to avoid the temptation to glance down at a text. Similarly, moving around the city with earbuds in means you can’t always hear an approaching vehicle.”

NYC officials continue to implement Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, which aims to bring traffic fatalities down to zero. Unfortunately, there have already been 10 traffic deaths in the city in the beginning weeks of 2017, with eight of them occurring in Vision Zero priority locations.

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Dallas, 03/28/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

Texas truck accident lawyer Amy Witherite explains, “Many people jump aboard a bus without thinking about whether the bus company or the driver is qualified to operate the bus safely. By taking advantage of the free tools available to help you do a quick background check on the charter company, you can have some extra peace of mind before your trip.”  

Are you planning a cross-country bus trip this summer, or maybe just a charter bus ride to a nearby attraction?

In many cases, bus travel is more affordable than purchasing a plane ticket. Many people also assume it’s safer than getting behind the wheel and driving themselves.

Before you ride, however, it’s important to make sure the company you’re entrusting with your safety will make your safety its top priority.

Check the Saferbus App Before Your Trip

A recent charter bus crash in Biloxi, Mississippi highlights the dangers of bus travel. In that case, four people were killed and 40 others were injured when a charter bus headed home from a casino trip became stuck on train tracks and was struck by a train.

Although nothing in the case so far indicates that the bus company or the driver had a poor safety record, there have been plenty of situations in which either a bus driver or the charter company responsible for a devastating accident had a history of safety violations.

Any time you or a loved one plans to take a bus, it’s important to check the safety record of the company. You can do this with a free app provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

The SaferBus app is available for both iPhone and Android devices, and it allows users to:

Find out if an interstate bus company has been placed out of service for operating illegally.
Determine if a bus company has an unsatisfactory safety rating.
Find out if a bus company is not allowed to transport passengers due to inadequate insurance.
Check the status of the bus company’s inspections
View the operating status of the bus company by Company Name, Department of Transportation number, or MC number.

The app also displays information about a charter company’s history of unsafe driving, hours-of-service compliance, driver fitness, controlled substances and alcohol, and vehicle maintenance.  

If you have been injured in a semi-truck accident, or a collision involving a bus or charter bus, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries and other losses. Don’t wait to speak to an attorney. Call an experienced Texas truck accident lawyer as soon as possible to discuss your case.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biloxi-crash-three-killed-others-hurt-after-train-hits-charter-n730286
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/passenger-safety/saferbus-mobile-application

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Boca Raton, FL, USA, 03/28/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

Maybe you need a break from work or it’s just too nice to stay inside. You get up, go outside for some fresh air, maybe take a walk down the street and stretch a little. What may be common, ordinary and actually good for you may be deadly for a nursing home resident, especially one suffering from dementia. Wandering away from a nursing home, also known as elopement, is a sign a facility is not doing enough to keep residents safe says Boca nursing home abuse lawyer Joe Osborne.

Wandering for nursing home residents presents a challenge. The person shouldn’t be overly restricted but needs to be kept safe and prevented from getting him or herself in danger. Anyone with memory problems and able to walk may wander off site or to a place in a nursing home that’s dangerous. The person may not have intended to wander, just got lost trying to go from one place to another.

The Gazette reports that there’s an average of about 125,000 search-and-rescue missions involving volunteers each year for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Two of those instances are:

A woman wandered away from her Maryland assisted living facility in 2014 and was struck and killed by a car.

A resident of a Colorado assisted living facility died from complications of hypothermia after he wandered away in March 2015.

There are many steps a facility can take to reduce the risk of serious injury because a resident wandered out of the building according to iAdvance Senior Care.

Ongoing risk assessments of residents should be done to determine which residents are at a higher risk for elopement.

About half of elopements happen within the first days of admission. New residents should be in rooms away from exits, sensory stimulus should be limited, there needs to be enough oversight, staff needs to be told about the resident’s risks and unusual behavior or wandering needs to be reported.

There are “anti-wandering systems” available to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They sound an alarm if a person with the device gets near an outside door or other dangerous area.

If the resident was close to leaving the facility, staff needs to go over what happened to prevent another occurrence.

All staff, including housekeeping, dietary and those involved in therapy need to make preventing wandering part of their jobs.

If it’s discovered a resident left a facility by him or herself, a facility needs to have a plan to search for the person inside and outside the facility, execute it and notify local law enforcement. The facility should have a recent photo to give to searchers and the media and have periodic drills to measure how effective and practical the plan would be if an elopement actually happens.

If a nursing home resident wandered away from a facility or wandered into a dangerous situation inside a nursing home, it’s the combination of two things: the person is capable of wandering where he or she shouldn’t be and the resident wasn’t prevented from doing so by the facility. Often these types of mistakes by nursing home management and staff are the results of negligence and could be the basis for a lawsuit seeking compensation for injuries.

If you or a loved one have suffered an injury due to negligence by a nursing home in the South Florida area, contact Boca Raton nursing home abuse lawyer Joe Osborne at (561) 800-4011 or fill out this online contact form. You can discuss your case, how the law may apply and your best legal options to protect your rights and obtain compensation for your loved one’s injuries.

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Dallas, 03/27/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

According to Attorney Mike Young, Corporate Counsel for LegalFormsMart.com, you should have properly signed written employment agreements with your hired workers.

Oral contracts are risky because they invite wage and hour labor law violation disputes. This can mean a disgruntled worker hires a labor lawyer to make your life miserable in or out of court and possibly an investigation by the government into whether or not you’ve violated federal, state, or municipal employment laws. When it’s your word against an employee’s version of what was agreed to, chances are you’ll lose.

Although each employment agreement is somewhat unique because of an employee’s job responsibilities, amount of compensation, and other variables, there are three common issues you’ll want covered in your contracts to reduce legal headaches and improve employee relations.

1. Term Or At-Will Employment Agreements?

Make it clear in your agreements whether employees are being hired for a specific term (e.g. one year term that’s renewable) or are at-will workers, i.e. you can fire them for just about any reason that’s legal (illegal terminations typically involve discrimination because of an employee’s race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, etc.).

2. Paid Days Off

Have a consistent policy on when your workers can take time off and still get paid even though not working.

Paid holidays when your company is closed is a common benefit given (e.g. Christmas and Thanksgiving).

In addition, many employers provide paid time off (PTO) each year that accrues as the employee continues working for you. In the past, this was separated out by companies as paid vacation, paid sick leave, etc. For human resources purposes, it’s often easier to lump these days together as PTO and let the employees choose the reason for taking each day off.

3. Preventing Unfair Competition

If an employee has a non-management job without access to your company’s customer lists, business plans, or trade secrets (e.g. janitor), it doesn’t make sense to prevent that worker from going to work for a competitor or the unlikely scenario of trying to start a competing venture.

However, if an employee has a managerial role in your company or otherwise has access to insider information that could be used to harm your business if a competitor had it, you should consider including reasonable non-competition provisions in the employment contract to prevent your worker from harming your business after quitting or being fired.

To learn more about protecting your business with employment contracts, go to https://legalformsmart.com/product-category/labor/employees-labor/

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Dallas, 03/27/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

If passed, a proposal that’s currently before Texas lawmakers would make it mandatory for prosecutors to share evidence that could help a suspect’s case with grand juries. According to a Texas Tribune report, two versions of the same proposed law have been filed by both Democratic and Republican state lawmakers, meaning the bill has bipartisan support.

What Is a Grand Jury?

A grand jury differs from what people think of when they hear the term “jury trial.” When a grand jury is assembled, its function is only to determine if there is probable cause to believe an individual has committed a crime. If the grand jury finds there is probable cause it issues a formal charge, the indictment. Because a grand jury does not make an ultimate determination of guilt, the rules governing the process are much different than those in criminal prosecutions after the grand jury has returned an indictment.

Grand jury proceedings are not open to the public. This prevents people merely suspected of crimes from being publicly embarrassed by a disclosure that they are under investigation, and it aids law enforcement by not alerting suspects that they are under investigation.

Proposed Rule Change for Grand Jury Proceedings

According to one of the bill’s sponsors, grand jury proceedings were originally designed to provide “checks and balances against oppressive prosecution or potential witch hunts.” He claims that current rules and policies give prosecutors an “unfair advantage over the accused,” even in cases where the accused is innocent of any wrongdoing.

The bill would reform grand jury proceedings by requiring prosecutors to provide the grand jury not only with evidence that tends to establish the guilt of a suspect, but evidence that also tends to establish a suspect’s innocence.

Additionally, the proposed law would permit a suspect’s lawyer to be present during questioning and would stop prosecutors from going to a second grand jury if the first grand jury fails to indict.

The second proposed provision is designed to prevent instances of “double jeopardy,” according to a senior policy analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He stated that if a case has already been investigated and a grand jury said there’s not enough evidence to indict, the prosecutor shouldn’t have an opportunity to shop around for a grand jury willing to do so, as that sort of behavior goes against the principle that an individual can’t be prosecuted twice for the same alleged criminal offense.

Bill Would Also Allow Suspects to Receive Evidence

Another part of the proposed law would permit suspects to receive evidence from the case upon request, however, they would not have access to any identifying information about witnesses or alleged victims. This section of the bill would give suspects the ability to begin building their defense prior to setting foot in a courtroom — an option they don’t have under current Texas grand jury rules.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2017/03/15/texas-proposal-would-limit-prosecutors-grand-jury-proceedings/
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/double_jeopardy

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Dallas, TX, USA, 03/27/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

I have prepared literally hundreds of witnesses to testify in civil depositions and trials and in criminal cases for both the prosecution and, as a Dallas criminal lawyer, for the defense. I have also cross-examined a lot of criminal defendants in trial as a prosecutor. From these experiences, I know that preparing a criminal defendant to testify at trial involves some unique challenges. They can be overcome, though, by applying critical thinking and proven methods to the task.

The first challenge is deciding whether or not to call the defendant as a witness in the first place. The law says that a criminal defendant has an absolute right NOT to testify, and prosecutors are not allowed to comment in any way on a defendant’s failure to testify.

In many cases, though, especially if the defendant is accused of something outrageous like domestic violence or sexually assaulting a child, jurors expect a defendant to get on the witness stand and deny the charge even though the law says they have an absolute right not to. They think, “If I were falsely accused of that, I would want to get up there and deny it.” Therefore, if a defendant does not testify, they tend to think it is because he or she is guilty.

As a criminal defense lawyer, I do my best to set up the evidence so that I can win the case without having to call the defendant. That way, calling my client as a witness is an option instead of a necessity.

The second major challenge is helping my client understand how to testify persuasively. Many people accused of crimes have no experience testifying and are not naturally good communicators. They have to be taught that, even though a prosecutor and I are asking them questions, the real audience is the jury. They have to understand how to look calm, confident, and like they have nothing to hide. They have to understand that they will testify, if at all, only after the government has called all of its witnesses who have tried to make the defendant look guilty. This means that the jury may be very skeptical of them, or even angry with them, before they even open their mouth.

I like to practice my client’s testimony on videotape so that we can play it back, and I can point out the good things and the bad things. Being able to see themselves on video helps people learn as they get to see themselves as the jury might see them.

I also explain that being able to provide details and examples makes someone’s testimony more memorable and believable. It sounds simple, but many people do not know this. For example, saying, “She does not like me,” is not particularly persuasive. It is better to add details and examples, like, “She would call me lazy. When I was around her, she would not even look at me. She would say things under her breath that I could tell were about me.”

A third major challenge is preparing a defendant for cross-examination by the prosecutor. Very few people are used to cross-examination. In court, you are required to answer the prosecutor’s questions. If you try to avoid answering the question, or if you try to argue with the prosecutor instead of answering the question, it is obvious to the jury, and it looks bad.

Since the prosecutor seems to believe the defendant is a criminal who is trying to get away with a crime, juries understand, and to some extent expect, the prosecutor to treat the witness harshly. Prosecutors therefore often act outraged and offended when they are questioning a criminal defendant.

I believe that the best way to prepare a defendant for this is to try to come up with the hardest questions that a prosecutor may ask and to practice answering those questions on videotape. As a former prosecutor, I have a pretty good sense of some of the questions and strategies prosecutors like to use.

For example, a lot of prosecutors like to use the “everybody else is lying” line of questioning. It goes like this:

“You were here in court when all of those people took the witness stand and said you did it, weren’t you? And you say you didn’t do it, right? So, I guess all of those people are just a bunch of liars, then, is that what you are saying?”

I have to tell my clients that I cannot possibly anticipate every question a prosecutor will ask. I also tell them, though, that if they get used to answering tough questions in a way that looks credible, they should be able to handle whatever they are asked.

Preparing a criminal defendant to testify at trial is not easy. It takes advance work and critical thinking. It can also make or break the defense case. It takes experience and good judgment to know when to advise a criminal defendant to take the stand. If the defendant does testify, he or she should be prepared by a lawyer who knows exactly what they are doing.

If you, a family member or someone you know has been charged with a crime in the Dallas area, contact Dallas criminal lawyer John Helms at (214) 666-8010 or fill out the online contact form. You can discuss your case, how the law may apply and your best legal options to protect your rights and freedom.

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New York City, NY, 03/27/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/

A few years ago, desktop magnet sculptures were a popular gift, especially around the holidays. Made up of dozens of tiny magnetic balls, they decorated the offices of numerous executives and hard-to-shop-for bosses. Sometimes marketed under the name Buckyballs, Zen Magnets, Magnicube, or Neoballs, the little metal balls are actually rare earth magnets. As such, they are extremely powerful—so powerful, in fact, that they can cause gruesome injuries if swallowed.

After a 19-month-old child died from swallowing several of the magnets, which caused a perforated bowel, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned the sale of Buckyballs and similar products in the United States in 2014. USA Today reports that about 7,700 other children suffered injuries related to ingesting the magnets.

Doctors say the magnets are dangerous because doctors don’t immediately think to look for them in the intestines when a child presents at the doctor’s office or the emergency room with stomach complaints. In the case involving the tragic death of the child who swallowed the magnets, doctors initially diagnosed her with a virus. It was only after an autopsy was performed that doctors discovered the presence of the magnets, which the child swallowed after her brothers brought home a necklace containing the magnets from school.

The Return of Deadly Rare Earth Magnets

However, the CPSC ban was not the end for the deadly magnets. After winning an appeal in court, the desktop magnet sculptures are back and are now being sold under various names just in time for the big holiday shopping rush.

According to a Popular Science report, “Since the small magnets are remarkably strong, they can attract one another even from some distance away. That means they can pull themselves together inside of you, breaking through bodily tissues to do so.”

This is not just theory—these injuries have happened repeatedly to young children across the country, including a toddler who swallowed 37 of the tiny magnets and a six-year-old who sustained intestinal injuries after ingesting 19 of the balls.

Despite these horrific injuries, an administrative law judge ruled in 2016 that the dangers posed by the magnets are outweighed by the benefits, including uses in the educational sector.

Parents: Be Wary When Buying Toys This Holiday Season

Many of the products containing the rare earth magnets have been remarketed under new names. New York dangerous products lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter says, “Parents and caregivers must use extreme caution when shopping for toys that may contain these types of magnets, especially if they have young children who may put the magnets in their mouth. Always carefully read the packaging and contents before buying.”

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