Curious, IANAP, but suppose they get this to work? What would happen in the case of a magnetic field failure? I assume the magnetic field is generated by running electricity through the new material? What if the power fails?
As an estate lawyer, the biggest issue I see with these types of estate plan services is that amateurs use them and fuck up their documents. Either they execute the documents incorrectly (in which case you might as well not have it), they let beneficiaries serve as witnesses, the documents don't plan for obvious contingencies, or they set up trusts and then neglect to transfer any assets to them (in which case the trust is useless). If you are not dealing with estate matters on a daily basis, then you don't know what you don't know about it. If you have a few assets to try to get to the next generation, you can afford to go see a lawyer. Go find a lawyer who will do your estate plan on a flat fee basis. You'll know exactly the cost and you won't get hit by an attorney charging you by the hour and running up the hours.
Agreed. I studied law although I didn't graduate, and estate law has so many little twists and turns that it's worth paying a lawyer to tackle it; I can't think of much worse than my death causing even more stress and fighting between those left behind due to an ill-defined will.
I should have clarified that I'm going to a lawyer once I gather all of my data. There's no way I can use the above template because it's customized for the State of Washington and I'm in Florida. Starting with a free template helps me create a plan and collect the bulk of the material even before I meet someone. Hopefully if I do my homework, then I'm not wasting the attorney's time on basic questions and can use that for clarification on some of the more complex issues.
Of course we dont know why he died but I echo the sentiment that you need to be getting annual physicals and blood work to catch potential issues sooner rather than later.
A few years ago a nurse told me my blood pressure was a bit high but I didnt think it was that high to worry about so I never followed up on it. Then a few months ago I went for a dental check up where they checked my blood pressure and after a particularly chaotic morning the nurse told me my blood pressure was 220 over 150, which is crazy high blood pressure The dentist ended the appointment and told me very strongly to go straight to the doctor. When I got there my pressure had gone down to 150 / 90, but the doctor started me on a low dose of blood pressure medicine. It costs $5.00 per month, and who knows what health disaster was awaiting me had I not discovered this.
Even if you are relatively normal weight, in your 20s, and healthy, you could still have issues and not realize it until you have a check up.
My blood pressure hits 150/90 somewhat regularly (the local gym had an automated cuff which I use to measure it). When I was about 29 I was concerned enough to ask the specialist physician who I see for an unrelated chronic condition. He was concerned enough by my readings to order a 24 hour blood pressure study. He didn't start me on any drugs when the 24 hour study showed that my BP dropped overnight. Indeed, my medical aid (Heath insurance) also has a fairly high threshold for funding BP meds as a chronic condition. I still see the doctor regularly, and although my BP has not dropped below 140/90 on any occasion that he has seen me he considers it normal (I think he regards it as "white coat hypertension").
It seems that doctors in South Africs have a fairly high threshold for prescribing medications for blood pressure to younger people. The contrast with your case in the U.S., where the doctor started you on BP meds immediately is quite striking.
Same here in germany. I am frequently in the 140-150/90-95 range especially when in the doctors office, but he checked everything extensively and told me i should first try to workout more, eat healthier and then come back in a year because pressure was normal overnight.
He also encouraged me to do marathon training as ultrasound scans and stress ECG showed that everything seems alright with my cardiovascular system. Personally when i get a high reading it still freaks me out a bit though, but i don't want to start taking meds at age 32, so i double down on my sport and eating habits.
What are the side effects of your blood pressure medicine? Do you regularly exercise? Meditate? Have you looked into treating blood pressure other ways than a pill?
Knowing something (blood pressure is high) is cool.. but turning that into (I must pop pill X) doesn't always seem like the best strategy.
As if I said anywhere in my post "I must pop pill x." Side effects = none. Cost = negligible. Could I afford to exercise more and lose a few pounds? Sure. But that is not going to reduce what was too high blood pressure quickly enough to not be a risk, particularly upping my exercise regimen with untreated high blood pressure.
Many modern blood pressure medicines have almost no side effects for the gross majority of those taking them. I had a very similar experience to the person you're replying to.
I am active, eat healthy, and have tried to go off of my high blood pressure meds more than once, but each time, my blood pressure creeps back up. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing. Don't be scared of medicine when it's the right option.
I just had to respond because I am a somewhat new developer and after a while I could also tell you what a class was, an instance, static methods, public methods, private methods, etc. But i'd be darned if I could look at somebody else's class for doing something and be able to tell you why there was a static method over here, a private method over there, and a public method somewhere else. I guess my point is that somebody could abstractly tell you what those different definitions are, but that is much different than actually being able to write a class correctly. (at least in my experience.)
For myself, it will be three years in March 2015 when I first began to code. I am in my 30s and a lawyer by trade, with a life science background. My own assessment is that I have picked it up quickly, with good knowledge of PHP and Python, Javascript, and HTML/CSS.
But I am only just now starting to really understand the big deal about MVC, OOP, autoloading classes, testing, package management, versioning, etc. I think these concepts are what separates a coder from a skilled well rounded developer. As I have gone through the learning process, it took certain experiences with coding web applications (most of which I never released) where I could better understand why MVC or OOP was a better way to do things. My comprehension of those higher level topics came along much more slowly then did the syntax; and I don't think a 12 week code school can truly allow a student to grasp those topics (there just isn't enough depth of knowledge after 12 weeks).
Hey thanks for the suggestions! I love going to tech meetups, they make for a refreshing change from the normally stuffy lawyer events I attend on occasion. :)
So you started your own business full time now? I would love to be ale to do that with my own project, but getting users has been slow going so far.
My own particular belief is that the death penalty as it is currently implemented is an abomination. But I also believe that there are just some crimes committed that must be punished by death. I have often wondered why the death penalty shouldn't only be imposed in cases where there is a 100% moral certainty that the accused committed the crime, ie, caught at the scene of the crime, captured on videotape, etc. Other than these types of cases, we really should be thinking about not allowing the death penalty anymore.
It's one thing to put someone in death row for one conviction (with a possible error rate), another, would be to put someone for multiple convictions (and not from the same event)
Unless there's a direct evidence (filming, or something similar) no evidence (testimony, DNA, etc) should be enough to put someone in death row.
A rule of thumb is just a rule of thumb, I don't think anybody would say that a particular rule of thumb is exactly how you would value a website. Maybe we can generate a hierarchy website valuation by the type of site. I would guess (number of users/visitors being equal) that a website that simply serves as a manufacturer's billboard would be worth less than a blog generating ad revenue which would be worth less than a webapp generating revenue through ads which would be worth less than a webapp generating subscription income.
