Air Travel Tips for Travelers with Health Issues or Disabilities - by Helen Hecker

Air Travel Tips for Travelers with Health Issues or Disabilities - by Helen Hecker: "Travel by air for people with health issues, handicaps, disabilities or special needs, can be challenging. The following air travel tips will help make your flight and trip, whether domestic or international, easier, cheaper and safer.

When making your travel reservations, request any carts, wheelchair services or any other transportation you'll need. Fully describe your limitations and needs. Get your airline ticket and boarding pass well ahead of time so you don't have to wait in any lines. You'll be able to arrange travel at a discount, get better travel deals, and avoid last minute travel headaches.

Talk with your airline representative or travel agent regarding the type of restrooms that are on the airplane. Call your airport and find out as much information as possible about the restrooms and handicapped parking at the airport.

You'll need to find out how you'll be boarding the airplane at each of the airports involved in your trip. You may need another type of airplane or alternative route so you'll have Jetways, or jet bridges, into the plane from the airport and not have to worry about stairs.
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Gorilla in the Courtroom: When Jurors Go Blind - by Ross Laguzza

Gorilla in the Courtroom: When Jurors Go Blind - by Ross Laguzza: "Imagine a typical courtroom with a judge, jury, court reporter, bailiff, assorted spectators and oh yes, a gorilla. Would anyone notice the primate? More significantly, would your jurors notice? Recent research suggests that under the right conditions they just might not.

Lawyers often lament about jurors' failure to attend to, remember, and use key evidence and testimony in their deliberations. Jury interviews have revealed that some jurors claim no memory of certain witnesses. Attorneys and their clients frequently attribute this failure to a lack of motivation or intelligence. How else could an otherwise competent person miss something so central to the case? Over the years, efforts have been made to experiment with procedural interventions designed to increase juror comprehension. Research on perception suggests an explanation other than motivational or intellectual; instead the culprit may be a kind of 'cognitive blindness'.

My own experience may be illustrative: I once was invited to lecture at a bar association meeting in the mid-west. The program coordinator had planned to have someone meet me at my gate (this was when one could still do that) and take me to my hotel, but at the last minute called to say that no one was available; I would have to get myself to the hotel. I arrived on time and navigat"

Are You a Gift-Phobic Guy? - by Karen Fusco

Are You a Gift-Phobic Guy? - by Karen Fusco: "If you're reading this article, you're probably a gift-phobic guy, or at least 'gift challenged'. Not sure? Try this quiz to find out:

• Have you missed your partner's birthday?
• Have you missed your anniversary?
• Did you forget at least one Valentine's Day?
• How about Mother's Day?
• Do you give the same type of gift year after year?
• Do you avoid shopping for your partner until the last minute?
• Do you feel anxiety when your partner opens her present?

If you answered 'yes' to more than three of the questions, you need a little help in the gift-giving department. Listen, it's perfectly understandable. After all, it's not like they offered a class in how to buy for your girlfriend or wife in college.

The most important thing is to let go of past gift-giving disasters. While you're at it, let go of the anxiety too. The following three gift-giving tips will help you do just that. If you follow them, you will be a pro in no time."