(LBN) Democratic political consultant Brad Bannon, president of Bannon Communications Research…(http://www.bannoncr.com), discusses this week’s Supreme Court arguments over the health care reform law. With the individual mandate in peril will the rest of the law survive?

Women in America Financial Health from Sequence Media on Vimeo.

By many measures, women’s lives have changed substantially in recent decades. According to a comprehensive government report called Women in America, although certain social and economic situations for women have improved, when it comes to personal finances, many women still face challenging hurdles.

Visa Senior Director Jason Alderman tells ANN about some key findings in this report.

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s revised guidelines on infant oral health recommend infants 6 to 12 months old should to be seen by a dentist.

Paul Casamassimo, chief of dentistry at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said more than 40 percent of children have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten, so parents should schedule dental appointments for infants and toddlers.

“Infant oral health is the foundation for preventing future tooth decay,” Casamassimo said in a statement. “If a child experiences tooth decay at an early age, it is a very difficult process to stop. The purpose of this initial visit is not only to introduce these toddlers to visiting the dentist, but also to provide preventative information to prevent tooth decay.”

Studies have shown if children experience tooth decay in their baby teeth, they are more likely to develop tooth decay in their permanent teeth.

“By establishing the relationship between family and dentist, parents learn early on how to take care of their toddler’s teeth,” Casamassimo said. “Taking a proactive approach to infant oral care can make a difference that will last a life time.”

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/12/29/Infants-and-toddlers-should-see-dentist/UPI-99051325213102/#ixzz1k2gonVai

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Video of  Larry Fitzgerald and Friends Celebrity Server Night at Morton’s Steakhouse

Monday, October 3, 2011 at Morton’s Steakhouse at Kierland Common in North Scottsdale.

Sequence Media Group provided video coverage of this wonderful event that raises money to fight

breast cancer.

image via time.comIt’s a problem for U.S. retailers when Communist China makes fake designer handbags and illegal copies of our music CDs, but it’s a much bigger problem when the fakes are chips installed in our military weapons. The American people are starting to discover that counterfeit computer components bought from the Chinese are used in our warplanes, ships and communication networks.

These tiny electronic circuits used in computers can cause breakdowns or malfunctions. Bloomberg Business Week reported that a confidential Pentagon program issued an alert as long ago as 2005 that fake microchips were causing military equipment malfunctions.

Other shipments were discovered to be counterfeit in time to be cancelled. Four counterfeit chips were discovered in the flight computer of one of our F-15 fighter jets at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.

http://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2011/10/04/buying_counterfeit_chips_from_china/page/full/

Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly is a national leader of the pro-family movement, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of Feminist Fantasies. 

Thats the headline of this unique little conference Wahlstrom & Associates will be hosting, along with our friends at Brook Hollow Financial, on the sleeping giant of taxable damages litigation and settlement strategies.

Lets face it, how many settlement professionals and trial lawyers are tired of the same, old, dry, boring and pointless seminars that promise much and deliver little? Even more so they  are tired of having their time and money wasted, as well as going to hotels so big  they never get a chance to network with the people they went to meet. Plus, who wouldn’t want to have some fun, get some sunshine, enjoy themselves and really learn how to launch  their professional practice into a powerful new area filled with amazing potential?

The area of taxable damage litigation, coupled with the topic of showing trial lawyers and their advisors how to structure their legal fees, is the sleeping giant in litigation and professional practice. In fact it is estimated the taxable damage litigation market dwarfs the non-taxable, personal injury market, yet only a tiny fraction of lawyers and settlement experts make any effort to understand it and learn how to work in this important arena.

That said, then I think it is clear that it is time for lawyers and settlement professinals alike to take a break from the usual and come to Scottsdale, Arizona on April 12th and 13th and join us for an exclusive, limited attendance event held at the hip, mid-century modern Hotel Valley Ho.

The two day meeting will allow attorneys to receive up to 8 hours of CLE  and financial professionals up to 10 hours of CE credit, all while networking with and learning from top professionals, staying at a 5 star  boutique hotel and even, do we dare say it, attending a cocktail party at the classic Trader Vic’s, all for far less then you would pay for your standard Gulag type convention and meeting elsewhere. Meeting people face to face, having fun, learning something that puts rocket fuel in your practice, all at prices that don’t make you weep when the credit card bill arrives; what could be more old school than that?

As I mentioned, the hosts for this event will be Wahlstrom & Associates, the nations leading experts in managing taxable damage litigation, and Brook Hollow Financial, the industry innovators in structured legal fees and sophisticated solutions for trial lawyer financial strategies. Together they we will be bringing the top legal, tax, trial and management experts from around the country to discuss the amazing practice building opportunities for trial lawyers, as well as the settlement and tax experts that work with them,. We intend to cover the areas of taxable damage litigation such as employment law, discrimination cases, wrongful imprisonment, environmental claims, property loss on the Gulf Coast and Qui Tam/Whistleblower cases.

However, more than just a conference on what this area of law is all about, we will also have segments designed to show lawyers how to start KEEPING the money and fees you make through the use of structured legal fees. I mean what lawyer wouldn’t  like to learn how to make fully taxable fees either be taxed at lower rates, or even some cases, tax deductible using conservative, insured strategies offered by the largest financial providers in the US?

Featured speakers and topic areas include:

“The tax and legal foundation for taxable damage cases and claims”,presented by the man who literally wrote the book, Attorney Robert Wood.

“Employment, discrimination and wrongful termination litigation”, presented by the NYC powerhouse firm of Outten and Golden.

“Environmental and contamination cases”, presented by the Civil Action Attorney, Jan Schlichtmann.

“A timely insiders look at the Gulf Coast claims process and litigation “,presented by Frederick T. “Rick” Kuykendall III of the Murphy Law Firm.

“How to structure a legal fee on a taxable damage case and build a financially strong practice”, presented by Brook Hollow Financial of Chicago, IL, one of the nations leaders in innovative solutions for trial lawyers.

“Managing a multi-claimant case using 468B trusts and protecting the rights of your clients”, presented by Mark Wahlstrom, President of Wahlstrom Associates, experts in taxable damage litigation management.

“Using new media to build, promote and grow your practice”, presented by Scott Drake, host and producer for The Legal Broadcast Network.

“Allstate Financial, Dan Durbin, Senior Manager of Allstate Structured Settlements, speaking on the types of non-qualified annuity cases Allstate will accept and the expansion into additional areas such as celebrity endorsement fees.”

” What happens when you need to liquidate or unwind a taxable case” presented by Attorney Matt Bracy of Settlement Capital.

Plus many more speakers from companies such as Kenmare Assignment Company,  First Capital, Liberty Mutual, Synergy Settlement Services, Sequence Media Group and others.

Again, attendance is going to be VERY LIMITED and the room block at Hotel Valley Ho is tight as well. So register now and then CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM AT HOTEL VALLEY HO and be sure to ask for your convention rate as part of the Wahlstrom Associates/Brook Hollow event.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE EVENT PAGE BLOG AND TO SEE THE FULL AGENDA  and watch for updates on speakers, room blocks and when we are sold out. This will be the first conference of its kind in over 10 years and you need to be there.

The retirement dream is fading for middle-income boomers, according to Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center. The company released a survey Thursday that found one-third of boomers with between $25,000 and $75,000 have not seen any rebound in their retirement accounts. One-fifth of boomers have less than $10,000 in savings.
Unsurprisingly, just 10% of respondents are confident they have saved enough for retirement. Some Boomers have made changes though.