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“Our alimony law was so antiquated that there were issues on both sides, for payors and payees,’’ said Denise Squillante, former president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, who represented the organization on the legislative task force. “This a very fair bill that addresses all those issues.’’ 
  
 The measure adds some consistency to alimony judgments by curbing lifetime alimony payments and providing caps on the number of years a spouse can receive alimony. The legislation also allows judges more flexibility to make determinations based on a family’s specific circumstances. 
  
 “It isn’t just a one-shot cookie cutter for every case, and that is very important,’’ Squillante said. 
  
 But not everyone is happy about the bill. 
  
 Gerald Nissenbaum, a Boston-based divorce lawyer who is the former president of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, called the bill “mean-spirited and Draconian,’’ because the limits it puts on alimony are “too strict.’’ 
  
 Nissenbaum said he fears the bill will be detrimental to recipients of alimony whose sacrifices in a marriage are not reflected by the law. 
  
 Additionally, he said, the bill’s wording allows lawyers too much room for interpretation when the new law is applied to already-decided cases. 
  
 “Whether you like the bill or not, it should be done in a way where the language is clear, the terms are clear, and designed in a way to avoid a lot of litigation.’’ 
  
 Previous alimony reform bills failed to garner a pass from state legislators. Then, in 2009, the state appointed a broad cross-section of family law attorneys and advocates - who often had strongly differing viewpoints - to work on a legislative task force and debate the shortcomings of Massachusetts’s alimony system. 
  
 They quickly came to a surprising conclusion: Everyone in the room seemed dissatisfied with the current law and eager to forge a new one. 
  
 “We discussed all the points, and we came up with a result that all of us could get behind,’’ said Kelly Leighton, a divorce attorney who works out of Salem and was a member of the task force. “It was a remarkable outcome, when you think about how different we all were when we walked into the room.’’ ||||| Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com 
  
 BOSTON—Alimony isn't forever in Massachusetts anymore. 
  
 The state abolished most lifetime spousal support Monday, joining several states where alimony payments have come under scrutiny as payers argue they are struggling in the rocky economy. 
  
 Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick signed a measure that generally ends alimony when the payer reaches retirement age or when the recipient begins living with a romantic partner. 
  
 The law also establishes a formula for alimony, based on the length of the marriage. For example, alimony would generally last no more than 10½ years ... |||||
Massachusetts put a stop to most lifetime alimony payments yesterday, in what some are telling the Boston Globe are "the most dramatic change to family law in decades." The measure, which ends most support either when the alimony recipient moves in with another romantic partner or when the payor hits retirement age, takes effect in March 2012, the Wall Street Journal reports. Until now, it was common for judges in the state to award permanent alimony, but more payors nationwide have been attempting to modify their arrangements due to the weak economy. Under the new law, alimony will be established using a new formula based on marriage length; for a 15-year union, payments would typically last up to 10½ years. But for long-term marriages, judges can still award indefinite alimony; they can also order “reimbursement alimony” after shorter-term marriages where one spouse covered an expense for the other, like education. Permanent spousal support has become increasingly rare in the US, and this law reflects “the fact that both parties, more often than not, are working outside the home and there are more opportunities for people, women in particular,” says one state senator who sponsored the bill.

Police tape blocks the scene of an accident in San Francisco's Financial District when a window washer fell 11 stories and bounced off the roof of a passing car. The victim was in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital. (Photo: Chris Wiggins) 
  
 Corrections & Clarifications: The URL on this story suggests the man fell to his death. Instead, he was found alive and transported to the hospital. 
  
 SAN FRANCISCO — A window washer fell 11 stories onto a moving car in San Francisco's financial district Friday morning but survived, the San Francisco Police Department said. 
  
 The man fell at approximately 10:00 am, said Lt. Edward DelCarlo with SFPD. 
  
 The victim landed on a late model Toyota that was driving through the intersection. 
  
 The victim then bounced onto the ground from the car's window. He was conscious when first responders arrived and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he is in stable but critical condition, said DelCarlo. 
  
 The car's roof and back window were crushed but the driver was not injured. His name was not released. 
  
 The window washer appeared to have suffered several compound fractures, DelCarlo said. 
  
 The window washer and a partner were setting up their washing platform at the top of a building on California Street to begin their day, DelCarlo told assembled reporters. 
  
 holy shit!!! just saw a guy fall/jump off a building in Fidi! on Montgomery & California. — Chuck Reynolds (@ChuckReynolds) November 21, 2014 
  
 It was unclear if they had begun washing or were still on the roof when the accident occurred, he said. 
  
 The intersection was blocked off and cars from San Francisco's famed cable car line up California Street were stopped by yellow police tape. A crowd of spectators had gathered to look at the smashed car. 
  
 A spray of glass and blood was still visible on the pavement. 
  
 The accident occurred a week after two window washers has to be rescued from their dangling platform in New York City after the platform malfunctioned. 
  
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 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1qIzCvf ||||| A window washer fell screaming about 11 stories from the top of the Sterling Bank and Trust building in San Francisco Friday, landing on a car in the middle of a busy street, police and witnesses said. Cheryl Hurd reports. (Published Friday, Nov. 21, 2014) 
  
 A window washer fell screaming about 11 stories from the top of the Sterling Bank and Trust building in San Francisco Friday, landing on a car in the middle of a busy street, police and witnesses said. 
  
 The man suffered critical injuries, but he was conscious, and the driver was not injured, police said. 
  
 San Francisco Police Lt. Ed Del Carlo said the worker was getting ready to work when he "fell off the apparatus" and landed on a car about 10 a.m. after falling from the building at 400 Montgomery Street, near the intersection with California Street. The roof of the car, a green Toyota Camry, was smashed in, and the rear windshield shattered. 
  
 "The driver didn't know what happened," Del Carlo said. 
  
 Window washer falls 11 floors and hits this Toyota at California and Montgomery, San Francisco pic.twitter.com/mvv4aUTIif — Mark Matthews (@MarkMatthewsNBC) November 21, 2014 
  
 The driver, Mohammad Alcozai, at first thought it was a bicyclist who accidently hit his car. But when he got out of his car, Alcozai said he couldn't believe what he saw. 
  
 "Somebody said they fell off the roof and I look and said, 'Oh my God,'" he said. "And when I see my car it was flat -- only my spot was OK." 
  
 Alcozai quickly ran to the man's aid. 
  
 "He was shaking pretty bad. He was shaking and wasn't able to talk," Alcozai said. "He was breathing hard." 
  
 The window washer, who has not been identified by police, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he remained in critical condition late Friday afternoon. Cal/OSHA spokeswoman Julia Bernstein said the man suffered a broken arm and injuries to his side. He was with a partner, who was not hurt. Bernstein said a safety engineer was on scene, trying to determine what happened. 
  
 The intersection of Montgomery and California was closed to traffic for several hours as police investigated. 
  
 Photos: SF Window Washer Falls 11 Stories 
  
 Sam Hartwell, who was on his way to a meeting, saw some of what happened: "I saw a blue streak out of the corner of my eye," and then that "streak" hit a car with a great "thud." Soon afterward, Hartwell realized that "streak" was a person. 
  
 Hartwell and about 20 other people ran to the man, who was on his back. The man was lucid, though he was bleeding. 
  
 "He understood we were with him,'' Hartwell said. 
  
 The fire department says a paramedic was at the scene within five minutes of the first 911 call, but it took 10 minutes from the time of the call for an ambulance to arrive. 
  
 The bystanders, who included a nurse, put clothing on the man as they waited for the ambulance. 
  
 Hartwell said of his reaction, "It was utter, immediate shock. How do you react to something like that?'' 
  
 Window Washer Survives 11-Story Fall From SF Building 
  
 A window washer fell screaming about 11 stories from the top of the Sterling Bank and Trust building in San Francisco Friday, landing on a car in the middle of a busy street, police and witnesses said. Mark Matthews reports. (Published Friday, Nov. 21, 2014) 
  
 The window washer worked for Century Window Cleaners of Concord, which has been fined for safety violations in the past. A complaint from 2008 resulted in a $2,700 settlement. The state ordered the company to train and “supervise the use of equipment and safety devices to insure that safe working practices are observed.” 
  
 NBC Bay Area contacted the company for comment, but the man who answered the phone declined. The company's website states it carries a $5 million worker compensation insurance policy and a $5 million general liability insurance policy. 
  
 The fall comes about two weeks after two window washers were stranded on top of the World Trade Center in New York City. On Nov. 12, two workers were rescued in dramatic fashion after scaffolding collapsed. 
  
 Last month in Irvine, California, two window washers stuck for hours near the top of a 19-story high-rise were pulled to safety by members of a search-and-rescue team. 
  
 Window cleaning is one of the safer industries, according to Stefan Bright, the safety director for the International Window Cleaners Association based in Zanesville, Ohio. 
  
 Among the 15,000 to 20,000 professional cleaners working on high-rises each year, there are typically fewer than three fatalities a year, he said. 
  
 San Francisco Window Washer Falls 11 Stories 
  
 A construction worker fell about 11 stories from the top of Sterling Bank on Friday in San Francisco and landed on a car before being taken to the hospital. Mark Matthews reports. (Published Friday, Nov. 21, 2014) 
  
 While figures for window washers specifically were not available, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that seven workers in the janitorial or cleaning professions died as a result of on-the-job injuries sustained while working with scaffolding from 2011 to 2013. 
  
 The Associated Press and NBC Universal's Noreen O'Donnell and Torey Van Oot contributed to this report. |||||
Another window-washing story is in the news, this one scarier than the close call in New York City. In today's incident, a window washer in San Francisco's financial district fell 11 stories onto a moving car—and survived, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Incredibly, the unidentified man was conscious when paramedics arrived, and he is now in critical condition. The driver of the car wasn't injured, though the car itself was heavily damaged, reports NBC Bay Area. Investigators are trying to figure out what happened, with a police official saying only that the man "fell off the apparatus" as he and a partner were setting up the platform to start work. His partner was not injured. It's also possible that the worker fell from the building's roof and not the platform itself, reports USA Today. (Either way, expect a renewed call for robots to take over this line of work.)


  
 REPORTING FROM SEOUL -– There’s a reason that Australians’ boomerangs won’t come back these days: They forgot they threw them. 
  
 Everyone knows the partying reputation of those rollicking denizens Down Under -– that upside-down, winter-in-July continent where women are called shielas and men guzzle beer by the case. 
  
 But a new study published in the British medical journal The Lancet gives more insight into why Australian culture is so laid-back, why the phrase “G’day” is usually the first thing out of people’s mouths. 
  
 Well, everyday is a good day Down Under because Australians, as it turns out, smoke more marijuana than anyone else on the planet, according to The Lancet. 
  
 Imagine the possible new entries for the Aussie urban dictionary: 
  
 “Don’t wallaby that joint, my friend.” 
  
 “Welcome to the Great Barrier Reefer.” 
  
 “Roll me another joey, will ya mate?” ||||| A three-part Series assesses the global public-health toll and policy implications of drug addiction. The first paper summarises data for the prevalence and consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. In high-income countries, illicit drug use contributes less to the burden of disease than tobacco, but a substantial proportion of that burden is due to alcohol. Intelligent policy responses to drug problems need better prevalence data for different types of illicit drug use and the harms that their use causes globally. This need is especially urgent in high-income countries with substantial rates of illicit drug use and in low-income and middle-income countries close to illicit drug production areas. The second paper reviews existing drug policies and highlights the need for greater reliance on scientific evidence-based policy making. The final paper examines the value of international drug conventions in protecting public health. |||||

It appears that our friends from Down Under are in fact up higher than North Americans—a new study shows that Australians and New Zealanders are the world's top pot smokers, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Lancet found that 15% of Aussies and Kiwis ages 15-64 used some form of marijuana in 2009, as opposed to 11% of North Americans, and just 2.5% of people in Asia. Australians and New Zealanders also are the top users of amphetamines. “Just look at the way we take alcohol as an integral part of everyday life. I think a lot of young people see cannabis in the same way that we see alcohol: as no big deal, as a drug just to use to have a good time,” said one of the study's researchers. The study also found that up to 203 million people around the world use marijuana annually, compared to up to 56 million who use amphetamines and 21 million who use cocaine or opiates such as heroin.

