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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Beneficiary and executor at a stalemate over signing of Release
"Is there a standard release form ? I have obtained one from my Estate lawyer and one of the beneficiaries will not sign - as the form states "Received" and her take is that she has not received the funds, so her lawyer has changed it to "to be received" and added in codicil items. I don't want to accept it with those changes, as it is not a clear release for me, as executor."
There is no standard release form for everyone. In each province and territory, there is a form of release included in the Rules of Court, and this form is supposed to be followed in order for the document to be suitable for filing in the court. However, it is well-accepted law and practice that all legal documents must be tailored to the individual situation. Lawyers are expected to make the documents fit the case, not the other way around.
The situation you're describing is one that I've encountered before. The beneficiary won't sign a document saying they've received something they haven't received, because they don't trust the executor to deliver the funds. The executor doesn't want to sign something saying that the funds are to be delivered because then there is nothing showing that the funds have been paid, and he doesn't trust the beneficiaries not to sue for the supposedly non-received money.
It's a stalemate if nobody is willing to take a leap of faith.
Parents who appoint one of the kids as executor should think about the dynamics between their children, because this lack of trust in each other manifests frequently between siblings.
The only way to protect everybody in this situation is for you to show up with a) the release that says the funds have been paid, and b) the cheque for the beneficiary. There is a simultaneous exchange. If you have to charge travel expenses or the estate lawyer charges additional legal fees to make this happen, it comes out of the general estate and all beneficiaries receive a little bit less.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
What if a trustee of a trust won't pay a beneficiary?
"My daughter was left as a beneficiary on a trust fund. The executor will not pay my daughter. What can we do?"
I assume for the purposes of answering this question that you want your daughter to be paid in accordance with the terms of the trust, as opposed to being paid immediately and ignoring the trust. I'm also assuming from the word "left" that this was a trust set up by a will.
You need to start by gathering facts and information. Get a copy of the document or will that sets up the trust, and make sure you understand exactly what it means for your daughter. The first question to be answered is the amount of discretion the trustee has in deciding whether or not to make payments to the beneficiaries. This will be set out in the document. Most wills provide for "an absolute, unfettered discretion", meaning that the trustee can pay the beneficiaries or not, as he sees fit, and in any amounts he sees fit.
Also make sure that you understand the type of expense that is meant to be covered by the trust. For example, was the trust set up to pay for your daughter's education? Was it set up to cover basic living expenses? Medical emergencies? Some trusts are restricted so that payments may only be made for the purposes named, while others do not limit the type of expense that may be covered.
You do not mention whether your daughter is disabled. If she is, make sure that you understand how the trust will affect her in terms of her government benefits.
Determine whether payments to your daughter must come from the income of the trust only, or from the capital as well. This may make a difference in terms of what is available to be paid.
Find out by reading the trust whether there are conditions that need to be met before she may be paid. For example, does she have to reach a certain age? Perhaps all of the beneficiaries must reach a certain age before anyone is paid. Does the trust provide for an annual payment (which would mean waiting a year after the deceased's death)? It could also be that your daughter is a contingent beneficiary, meaning that she only receives a share of the trust if another beneficiary has passed away or has failed to meet a condition.
If you find that you simply cannot glean all of this information from the will by yourself, sit down with an experienced estate lawyer to read the will and talk about the trust. You simply have to understand the terms of the trust thoroughly before you go any further.
Assuming that you have established that your daughter is eligible to be paid, and the expenses she wants covered do fall within the intent of the trust, it's time to talk frankly with the trustee. If he is refusing to make payments, he must have a reason. Has the estate proceeded to the point that all debts are paid, a clearance certificate has been received, and the trust has been funded? If all of that hasn't happened, the trustee may simply not yet be ready to make payments, and rightly so. In that case, you must simply wait a little longer before funds are available to be paid out. Understand that this could easily be 18 months after the death of the deceased.
If funding the trust is not the issue, is there a procedural difficulty that may be addressed? For example, if your daughter is a minor, she cannot receive money directly so perhaps the trustee is not sure how to proceed. Even if your daughter is not a minor, the trustee may want a written budget from your daughter. If it's a specific purpose trust (such as for education), he may want your daughter to produce receipts. Most trustees want some kind of paper trail.
If it turns out that your daughter meets all requirements and the trustee is withholding legitimate payments for no apparent reason - or simply refuses to discuss any of this with you - your daughter may take the trustee to court to compel payments. She will need a lawyer for that, and if she is a minor she will need a parent or the Public Trustee to speak for her. She should be prepared to cover the costs. If she is successful in court and the judge orders the trustee to make payments, the judge may also order the trustee to pay some of your daughter's legal bill (from the trustee's own money, not the trust funds), but that is not a given. Don't be too hasty to proceed to court, as your daughter could be penalized if the judge thinks this is a dispute that could have been settled without the courts.
Finally, is there any bad blood between the trustee and your daughter, or between the trustee and you? Is this all happening because of personality clashes? If so, and if it appears that your daughter is never going to get future payments without resorting to the courts for help, perhaps she should ask the court to appoint a different trustee. This could be a trust company, or the Office of the Public Trustee, depending on the amount of the trust, your daughter's age, and the terms of the trust.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
California Dreaming - the right to visit an elderly parent
How many times have angry, heartbroken siblings or children told me that they've been ignored or dismissed without any information about an estate, or even worse, an aging parent? How terrible it must feel to be barred from seeing an elderly, ill parent for the last few months of that parent's life.
The fact that the family members are turning to lawyers for help usually means that regular communication has broken down, people aren't willing to meet what others see as moral obligations, and generally nobody is cooperating with anybody. Now they are relying on the law to force other people to do what they feel is right. What a nightmare!
Would more laws help us? What if the laws were more specific, such as requiring someone (a spouse or guardian) to advise family members if a parent is admitted to the hospital?
Recently I read a very good blog post on this very issue. Click here to read it. It was written by Justin de Vries, who blogs at www.allaboutestates.ca. The article compares new, specific laws recently put into place in California with the Ontario Substitute Decisions Act. I found it very thought-provoking and I hope you will too.
You haven't heard from the executor 2 months post-death. Is it time to worry?
"My father passed away in late September. His new wife of 8.5 years is executor and she likes to drag her feet. I have not seen the will, but from what I understand, from what my Dad told me, is that because of the mortgage insurance, LOC insurance, etc, all debt is paid off and my Dad's wife is to now take out a mortgage for half the house to give this money to me as an inheritance. What would be the steps? I have not received a copy of the will from his lawyer. I have not heard anything from her. Last I heard she signed all the papers at the bank for the insurance. What can I do? The lawyer does not get back with my emails? Does she have a time frame in which this needs to happen?"
There are a couple of issues to address here. First of all you should obtain a copy of the will so that you can determine whether your father did actually set things up the way he told you he did. He could have changed his mind, after all. There is no point doing anything else until you have the facts about where you stand.
There is always the possibility that you are no longer a beneficiary of the estate because your father changed his will. This seems unlikely, since your father seemed to have put a great deal of thought into his estate, and to have settled on a plan that looked after everyone.
If you are a beneficiary under the will, the executor is bound by law to give you a copy. If she refuses to give you a copy, I hope her lawyer will advise her that you could apply to the court to try to force her to give you one.
Keep in mind that executors usually send beneficiaries a copy of the will at the time they apply for probate. This is usually around three months after the death of the deceased. This is because it takes time to make an inventory of the estate and to determine the value of all assets and debts. The information gets sent out in a package, including the will and inventory. This might be what the executor intends here. Obviously I don't know for sure that she intends this, but it certainly would be the norm. Requirements for notice to beneficiaries varies by province.
The lawyer isn't answering you because you aren't his client. He is bound by client confidentiality. He will only respond to you if he checks first with the executor, and the executor gives him the go-ahead. Given that you and she don't appear to like each other, I wouldn't expect that level of cooperation. The responsibility for sending out a copy of the will is actually the executor's, not the lawyer's, so you would probably be best off asking her directly.
It sounds as if you don't communicate with her, as you say that you are relying on things that you've heard rather than talking directly with her. However, for the purposes of wrapping up your father's estate, you should put aside any harsh feelings for now and deal with her directly. Relying on second hand information is misleading and frustrating. In my opinion, she should have contacted you, if only to make sure that you had the facts about your father's passing, but she has no legal obligation to contact you immediately following his death.
In terms of a time frame, keep in mind that most estates take a year to wind up. Estates move slowly, partly because there is an incredible amount of paperwork to deal with, and partly because the executor must deal with so many agencies, registries, courts, and companies. As your father passed not even two months ago, it's much too early to worry about the executor dragging her feet. In fact, if she has actually been to the bank to deal with the insurance, at least you know that she is working on the estate.
The executor will have to apply for probate, then transfer the property into her name alone. She will then have to apply for the insurance payments (which you believe she has already done) and apply for the mortgage. Though you say in your note that "all debts are paid", remember that it doesn't happen automatically; she has to provide paperwork to insurance providers and wait for the money to arrive. None of that will move particularly quickly, through no fault of the executor, so I believe it's too early for you to panic.
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- Cloudwalker -- The app will go from cloud to cloud (light sabre optional)
- Cloud Hop -- You move from cloud to cloud (... or back to the data center)
- Cloud Care -- Takes care of uploading to the cloud (well, you do have to point and click)
- CloudMerge -- Simple and powerful... brings all clouds together in a simple way (the apps can run unchanged on any cloud, but we don't actually change the clouds)
The Lone Wolves
- App2Cloud -- It's a simple name that fits in with AppZero concept and tells the user what it is & does ( clever -- both app and cloud)
- Win2cloud -- From Windows to Cloud (Linux beta is coming soon to a cloud near you)
- zApp -- I think that zApp is a very descriptive name for branding and to stand apart from Microsoft and VMware (zapp - the app is in the cloud ... to zapp = make enterprise apps moveable)
- Frank -- Frank is a solid name, memorable, catchy and I'd love to hear people talking about "using frank" (What does it say about the folks at AppZero that this entry was on everyone's short list?)
- SOMO - A soccer mom knows each of her charges; when, where and what they need to bring to perform right (Amen sistah -- I'm married to one)
- APOWSADA "Ah-POW-Sad-Ah" -- Just made the acronym: Automated Packaging Of Windows Server And Desktop Applications (because the world is just a few acronyms short of perfection....loved the phoenetic guide to pronunciation)
- WindFlow -- Apps flow easily from the data center to the cloud - just like a summer wind (the concept is right on, but I think we'll save this one for the AppZero/Kardashianperfume project)
All kidding aside, I have always been a big fan of creative crowd sourcing and this experience was no exception. The contest was a lot of fun and very helpful. It also gave me a window into understanding how the real world views our product. I like the view. And I appreciate the interest. Thanks to each one of you who took the time to help us out.
The winning name and commercial release are just around the bend, so stay tuned. Till then, we are actively listening to any ideas, suggestions, or use cases. We are still looking for Beta testers to vet, refine and try this tool (Beta test drive here). To see this tool in action, you can watch a video of moving a somewhat simple Wordpress application from the Amazon AWS cloud to the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise (SCE).
I am always looking for a way to communicate better and cut to the heart of any discussion. So, if you have thoughts on this subject drop me a line at GregO {@} Appzero {dot} com or tweet me @gregoryjoconnor or us @appzero_inc.
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Last month, Lana Del Rey debuted "Ultraviolence", the title track of her upcoming album, during her live performance in Vancouver. Now, the New York-born singer treated fans with the official studio version of the song, AceShowbiz said.
Arriving via her Vevo page on Wednesday, June 4, the track is a slow-tempo ballad that features Del Rey talking about being in an abusive relationship over the gloomy piano chords. In it, she also quotes The Crystals' controversial "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)".
"This is ultraviolence, ultraviolence," she sings the chorus. "I can hear sirens, sirens/ He hit me and it felt like a kiss/ I can hear violins, violins/ Give me all of that ultraviolence."
"Ultraviolence" album is scheduled to hit the stores on June 17. Produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the follow-up to 2012's "Born to Die" has so far been preceded by lead single "West Coast" and promo track "Shades of Cool".
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Eligible Players Still Have Until Nov. 16 To Submit A Claim
A whole lot of people were hurt by the old leadership at Full Tilt Poker.
The remission process for victims of Full Tilt Poker is underway, and according to Garden City Group, the firm hired by the government to facilitate this massive cash-out process, more than 23,500 former players have so far submitted claims online.
The firm said it sent out more than 1.4 million emails to potentially eligible victims.
The Oct. 1 update on FullTiltPokerClaims.com read in full:
We are pleased to report that the Remission Process is now well underway. All told, GCG has sent over 1.4 million email notifications to Full Tilt Poker ("FTP") players, and in response GCG has already received over 23,500 Petitions through the online filing system.
The email notification process is now complete. If you did not receive an email and you believe you are in Full Tilt's database and should have been identified as a potentially eligible player, please contact us to provide your updated email address and we will provide you with your petition and control numbers if you have been assigned them. To the extent GCG has been provided with physical mailing addresses, we will be sending postcards to Petitioners whose emails were returned as undeliverable in the next few weeks.
On September 16 and September 17, GCG sent the notices utilizing data supplied by Full Tilt. The deadline to submit a petition is about six weeks away — Nov. 16, 2013.
Full Tilt Poker fell into hot water with the federal government in April 2011 and was later accused of operating as a Ponzi scheme. Its former leadership — Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Rafe Furst and Chris Ferguson — have all resolved their respective legal trouble stemming from the abominable company. The government said that hundreds of millions of dollars were shadily siphoned from loyal poker-playing customers over the years.
The software and assets of Full Tilt Poker were later acquired by former rival PokerStars, and the site has relaunched successfully in non-American markets.
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Carrie Underwood may have just released her new album, "Blown Away," but that's all the creating she'll be doing for now.
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"We're good. I'm super busy and he is super busy. We are still newlyweds," Underwood, 29, explained to Us. "I honestly think that if we brought a kid into it would mess things up right now! We're good right now!"
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But that's not to say the couple isn't already channeling their parental instincts -- according to the singer, they're obsessed with their dogs!
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Fisher's Nashville Predators are currently winning 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals against the Phoenix Coyotes. As a result, the hockey player is growing out his "playoff" beard while he and his team hope to head to the Stanley Cup.
"I dig the stubble, but I actually haven't seen him in over a week," Underwood told Us about his un-groomed facial hair. "I mean he's hot, he's a hot guy! So of course i would love him to look like he normally looks but he is a hockey player…"
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Grand designs and accessibility are not mutually exclusive – quite the opposite. Barrier-free design is all about combining aesthetics, functionality, a multi-sensory approach and customer-oriented planning. All in perfect harmony.
Many different types of cabins have been specifically designed to suit the needs of those with reduced mobility. These cabins can be equipped with devices that help ease movement from a wheelchair to the bed, or to the shower. This is just one of the advantages of a barrier-free design.
When it comes to public spaces, elevators reflect one of the greatest improvements. All 9 onboard elevators are specially adapted for wheel chairs. M/S Viking Grace also features more hearing aid loops than her predecessors. The sizes and the color palettes of onboard signs and screens have been designed with those of reduced vision in mind.
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MADISON, WISCONSIN - by Freedom From Religion Foundation - A state judge in Texas this afternoon issued a temporary injunction which will continue to create division, strife, fights and persecution. State District Judge Steven Thomas is permitting high school cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas, to continue to display biblical banners as part of football games.
In a curious bit of collusion, the school district had formally asked the court to hold "that the Establishment Clause should not be interpreted so as to require Defendants [the school] to bar the religious banners…"
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, whose complaint began the case, is not a party to the lawsuit. If contacted by those with standing to sue, FFRF is prepared to challenge the continuing violation in federal court, where this case belongs.
"We encourage any student or parent with children in the public schools coming into contact with this religious practice at public school functions to contact FFRF," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. Plaintiffs with standing might also include school employees coming into regular contact with religious banners at school sporting events.
FFRF sent a letter of complaint to the Kountze School District in September about cheerleaders displaying giant paper banners painted with bible verses as part of the start of football games. Football players then run through the religious banners. The cheerleaders sued the school district after it asked them to stop this strange practice.
FFRF has taken complaints about the practice spreading to other school districts, and has recently sent letters of complaint to to Newton I.S.D., Texas; Bossier Parish, La.; Stone County Schools, Miss., and Thackerville Schools, Okla.
"Since the state's top law enforcer, Attorney General Greg Abbott, and its highest executive officer, Gov. Rick Perry, have openly expressed contempt for atheists and the Establishment Clause, this leads to a climate of intolerance. It takes courage to face down the full apparatus of state government, but we need those brave few to contact FFRF," added Dan Barker, co-president.
"Don't let collusion, politicking, and religious fervor in Texas destroy respect for keeping public schools free of religious divisiveness," Barker added.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity, is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics), and has been working since 1978 to keep religion and government separate.
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My first things made using my new Vintaj BigKick! I ran the Artisan Copper blanks through to create the key pattern on one, and the heart shaped lock pattern on the other, Patinated them win a mix of Vintaj Rust, Earth, Cinnabar, Topaz and a little Marble or Onyx where appropriate, working in layers and buffing between, then finished with the Glaze. Then, I punched a second hole in the bottom of each for the dangles, and set them in my dapping block to give them dimension. The Earwires are hand forged from Artisan Copper Parawire in Square 21 Gauge. The connectors between the main copper components and the dangles are handmade rings that were forged into connectors with a rustic texture. The dangles themselves are made using faceted Carnelian Teardrops on handmade twirly Headpins using the same wire as the Earwires were made from, Swarovski Crystals in Dark Topaz, and staggered lengths of Solid Copper Mother-and-Son Chain from Etsy.
Components:Vintaj Artisan Copper Parawire Square 21 Gauge; Faceted Carnelian Teardrops; Swarovski Bicones in Dark Topaz; Solid Copper Mother-and-Son Chain; Vintaj Artisan Copper Blanks; Solid Copper Oval JumpRings
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Absolutly gorgeous!
Very pretty.
Amazing! Love the shade of patina you achieved! It's just perfect with the carnelian and copper!
Love these!! I agree with Gail!
Oh how beautiful. I must say that I admire your wire skills. Hand forged ear wires? Wow!
Carnelian is so dreamy,and just the right sprinkle of bicones.
I'm not a big fan of orange, but you've converted me. Lovely!
These are COPPERLICIOUS!!!
Thank you all so much! I really do get most of my encouragement right here, from all of you wonderful people! =^____^=
Gorgeous color on the copper discs! Love these.
Love the design and the colors are fantastic too
Love the design and color – I would gladly wear these; they are beautiful!
Great design and the color is rust perfect!
Your color is out of this world! Fabulous design!
Love the movement in these.
Love the colors and movement in these! Gorgeous colors!
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go angels. really!? This man is handling the largest environmental case in Puerto Rico in 20 years (according to the Latin American Herald, "The president of the Environmental Quality Board, Pedro Nieves, said the fire could cause the worst environmental disaster in almost 20 years, when a barge ran aground in San Juan Bay and caused a major oil spill."), and he ends in the most unprofessional and inappropriate manner. This man got the case due to timing and connections. I hope that he truly will consider the detrimental effects on the environment and the local people when this case goes to court.
Its good to see some aggressive lawyering in a case like this. Evidence gets destroyed all the time by corporate defendants. Lets hope the lawsuit included a restraining order so that the obviously negligent company is ordered to preserve evidence about their "investigation". Thank god people have the power to ask questions of corporate entities that are obviously negligent.
I have fill-in-the-blank complaints all set for refineries, airlines, trains, autos, sewers and spoiled food. Im running a special this weekend only, first 500 plaintiffs that call in, 1-800-SueEveryone.
KIM PHILBY , anthony embriano , jon pollard , rick ames and bob hanssen are not good for the USA .
I can never understand why anyone but a corporate wrongdoer wants to do away with our ability to file a lawsuit. All a lawsuit does is ask the question of what happened....its not anything else. A lawsuit provides a vehicle for the common man to question why an accident happened. The clever insurance industry has figured out a way to make the vehicle by which we ask questions a negative thing to do. "hit' with a lawsuit, "slapped" with a lawsuit......its really not that scary. All a lawsuit does is ask questions about what happened and the answers are given in a public forum we call a "trial".
The Angels shout-out was Jones, not Becnel. But still, WTF?
Are potatoes. I've never met one that's any good, really.
In any event, I hope the plaintiffs firms sue this crap-bucket, skum sucking, hell-hole of a company out of existence ... And too bad for the scumsucking employees that work for it.
This is outrageous. Filing a lawsuit against this company just makes it more difficult for them to do a proper investigation as to "victims" probably had primary responsibility for the explosion. Its a well known fact that explosions like this are almost always caused by operator negligence. Despite proper training and excellent supervision, the operator probable did something to cause this explosion. To learn more about how to eliminate lawsuits like this and support business in America, contact the United States Chamber of Commerce. They have America's best interests at heart. With over 3 million members of the business community, they speak for the business voters of America.
why are STEVE WYNN , Avigdor Lieberman and Roger AILES the voice of zionist excess .
Looks as if the free market is working.
Good article. At first glance, it sounded like a slimy lawyer who filed a complaint based upon something he saw on the news. But, thanks to your interview, we now know that this is a serious lawyer dealing with a potentially serious problem. Where are the Government regulators?
Your comment is probably the most asinine thing I have ever read. We are now collectively dumber as a group for reading your comment...thanks.
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New from ShootUp, inspired by our readers, diabetic sugar free ice cream with fruit pastille fragments…get your orders in now before he thaws
Just two short bloglettes today for your enjoyment. Firstly, some of you may be vaguely aware that as well as running a top quality blog, we also have a forum at http://forum.shootuporputup.co.uk. The Shoot Up forum quietly ticks along and to be harsh, but fair, not a great deal happens over there. Personally, I quite like it because I've configured the forum so flashing emoticons, pictures and inane signatures can't be displayed – bliss!
Anyway, while there are infinitely better diabetes forums out there - http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk is a good example – occasionally the soaraway Shoot Up forum has a few gems of goodness. A case in point as a long running thread at http://forum.shootuporputup.co.uk/topic.php?id=2 describing how we were diagnosed with diabetes and memories of that fateful, heart-sinking day when we discovered we were a member of pancreatically-challenged club. Anyway, it's a good read if you ignore my stupid comments about spies and stuff on the first page.
Secondly, our chum Shelly at Circle D has blatantly asked us to plug her new eBook "Living with Diabetes 24 hours a Day – A Personal Journey" which is available here. As we're hoping that Shelly will invite us on one the yachts she'll inevitably buy with the profits, we're more than happy to give her said plug.
Shelly also runs Circle D and organises diabetes-related socials down in sunny Kent and she is a font of diabetes knowledge and support – so check out her site and buy her book, so she can become the colossus of the diabetes world that she richly deserves to be! Rrraaaagh!
Shoot Up night out
"Gloom, despair, misery and despond"
If this describes 2011 for you so far then cheer yourself up by coming along to the latest soaraway Shoot Up night out on 5th February at Edinburgh's world famous Au Bar on Shandwick Place from 7.30pm onwards. Not only will I be there, but I've also managed to secure an appearance by my esteemed co-writer Alison for one night only! Hurrah!
So if you're in the neighbourhood (and even if you're not, dagnabit!) come along and discuss our broken pancreases over a pint of wine or a sherry glass of beer. All more than welcome – diabetics, non-diabetics, partners, hangers-on, stalkers, etc.
All the gory details can be found over on Facebook at the link below, or if you're not part of the cyber-social-networking-future you can drop me an email at email@example.com instead.
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Review – Lifescan OneTouch UltraSmart
Some of my friends (and they are few and far between) are sometimes kind enough to say I'm slightly smart. I know a bit about physics (though it's very limited) and I occasionally read some fancy books that were written over fifty years ago. You may think this all just false modesty and actually I'm wildly clever, but no – it's not – it's real modesty.
Anyway, it's very kind thing of my friends to say such things and I'm very pleased to have reached the dizzy heights of "slightly smart" amongst my peers and loved ones.
So when I first laid my hands upon Lifescan's OneTouch UltraSmart I was beside myself with anticipation. How good would something have to be if it was not only slightly smart (like me), not only smart, not only very smart but actually ultra smart? My mind boggled.
Could it do difficult things like hard sums, change your energy supplier or work out what you've done to upset your wife this time? I knew that since Banting's discovery and isolation of insulin eighty years ago the field of diabetes research has come on in bounds and leaps; but could such a small meter promise so much?
No, not really. The OneTouch Ultra Smart is pretty much the same as any other blood glucose meter, except it offers a few more bits and pieces. Chief amongst these is the claim that it is proven to reduce your A1C (essentially your average blood glucose over three months). Having read too much of Ben Goldacre's wonderfully insightful and somewhat cynical blog over at www.badscience.net which includes hideous facts about dodgy scientific trials I immediately thought "cobblers".
But I was slightly surprised and slightly delighted to see in the fine print down at the bottom of their website the details of just how they had performed their tests to come to this supposition. Lovely! Anyway, having read all the guff I came to the conclusion that it didn't make a wild difference either way, with perhaps a gnat's whisker in favour of the UltraSmart.
So anyway, how is it to use?
Not bad really, the test strips are Lifescan's standard strips which are used over most of their range. So in summary they're blue, they need to be coded with each new tub, they suck up your lifeblood very quickly and they process the results in five seconds. So far so wonderful.
The screen is easy to read and it comes with most of the usual meter features. So the main benefit of the UltraSmart over other meters has to be the plethora of graphs and statistics it can churn out for you at the press of a button. Most of time I didn't use these graphs, but on occasions when my blood glucose went all out of goose they were very
handy in trying to track down what the problem might be. All this without have to hook it into the computer and use the obligatory management software that comes with most new meters.
On the flip side the massive brain that it needs to create the graphs does mean this is a slightly bigger and bulkier meter than most. But given you're a diabetic and you lug a tonne of stuff everywhere you go this is hardly the end of the world. Even smart old Einstein could work that out.
Sample size – 3/5
1.0μL – small, but not small enough
Test time – 3/5
5 seconds; meh, okay
Test strip calibration – 1/5
Bah, they need to be calibrated
Test strip slurpiness – 4/5
Pretty good
Memory – 5/5
Above average 90 days of readings
Sexiness – 3/5
It looks a bit clunky compared to other meters, but on-screen graphs look cool
Beeping – 5/5
Can be turned off
4am test – 3/5
Fairly useful backlight is helpful
Grand total – 27/40


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Kathy Griffin Struggles With Surgery, Diet
"I was told repeatedly, 'You would be pretty if it weren't for that nose. You'd work more if it weren't for that nose.' You would think I had a nose the size of Texas. I was young and impressionable and started to believe it, so I got a nose job," she told PEOPLE. And that was only the beginning.
During Griffin's big break on Brooke Shields' sitcom 'Suddenly Susan,' she felt pressure to slim down. "I lost 15 lbs. friggin fast in season 1. But being on television, I was never thin enough. [Being on TV] told me that clothes didn't come in anything larger than a four. That got to me," she said.
Griffin became obsessed with her weight taking back-to-back step aerobics classes, starving herself all day and then binging at night. And the diet pills she used were like, "full-on illegal speed," she joked. "I took it to lose weight, which is not very smart. I just felt three times as hungry afterward," she said.
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Finally, Griffin decided to go under the knife for liposuction. But complications from the procedure nearly killed her. "I want women to know that this is what lipo looks like. Like, are you sure you don't want to just work out a little more?"
"What I can't figure out is why I wasted time worrying about my looks. I am a comedian. I'm not on the runway in Milan. Believe it or not, people don't come to see me really thinking I'm going to look like Jennifer Aniston," she said.
Today, Griffin is 5 feet 3 inches tall and 115 lbs. "Staying in shape is a struggle. I struggle with it every day. I just came from a very healthy lunch but the whole time I was having the healthy lunch I wished I was having cupcakes. It's not a simple thing. I have to watch what I eat and I have to work out quite a bit," Griffin said.
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- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy Mike
A good start would be cleaning up her act.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy brian825
A good start to what, Mike? If you don't like her, don't go see her or watch her show. You have that choice. I think she is hysterically funny and I have seen her live show many times.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy ProPalin
I agree.
And to all you whiners commenting below, I have a right to my opinion. As you do yours. And hey thanks for permission to NOT SEE HER SHOW. As if I needed it.
I don't get this average foul-mouthed woman. Who cares what size she is, she is not a movie star or a model. She is not funny, but coarse and abrasive and anyone who likes her is weird, just my opinion.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy melanie
Gees ProPalin, what are you, in the third grade?
Everyone who likes her is wierd? Get over yourself and the name calling.
I am as normal as they come, 2.5 kids, a house with pets, work an 8-5 job Monday to Friday and a member of the local Moose Lodge. I think she is hilarious and yes, she could lighten up on the harshness of her show but she is honest and I like that.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy rob ShultzHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Why didnt she do something about her fingernails on a chalkboard voice? Not a fan....never will be. Over rated countache!
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy brad
funny pro palin cause i was thinking the same thing about anyone who likes sarah palin must be a dumb hillbilly
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy BB
I agree with you Mike. Kathy is as trashy as they come. Some people like trash. Oh and she still isn't pretty!
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy Bob
or at least making it funny. Hanging on Levi Johnston was stupid too.
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy marcus
Wish she would just go away....but if she doesn't just go away, maybe we could just not see her popping up everywhere. Of course, everyone has a right to like her if they want. But there are very few of those because she is a foul-mouthed, sarcastic b***h with a negative vibe. And she litters the landscape like a McDonald's bag alongside a scenic highway. I just wish she wasn't there.
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy D.A.
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy Susan
Propalin, I see you're spreading all the Republican love today... "...and anyone who likes her is weird". Funny, but some people probably think the same about you. Are you in jr. high or what? It's hard to believe an adult would say something like that....and I don't even like Kathy Griffin.
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy Dustin
Mike, like Kathy would say "suck it!"
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy Helen
I agree with you. She is the worst comedian (if that) It is not comedy, just plain filth that comes out of her mouth. As far as I am concerned, she is a disgrace to everyone. I don't watch her, but at times she would appear on some show that I like, and I will immediately turn off the TV.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy yabbi
her nose is still too big. sorry.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy Jamie
And I'm sure you're just perfect allover! Right? Yeah,thought not.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy Srose56616
And your mouth is still too big. And I'm not sorry.
- Saturday 05 SeptemberBy LILY
I dohat if there was a picture of you on the internet?n't understand why people are so critical of others. No one is perfect, and what goes naround comes around. Negative people are always trying to find fault with others.
What if there were pictures of you on the internet for all of us to judge?
People are the way we are, or thwe way they want to be.
Celebs get judged too much, I thin that it would be much better for them to stay away fron the media press. The media and press always have something negative to say about the stars, and should be more worried about how they would feel being exploited lie that. The press and media are way too involved with everything, and should become more positive and maybe when people read up on these issues, we wouldn't be so negative.
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy Lisa
The woman needs to adjust her attitude, then maybe she wouldn't be so ugly!! She is a "biotch" and that's what makes her ugly!
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy omy
So you know her personally? What makes you think you can judge someone by just seeing her on tv? Because tv really shows peoples true colors...not!!
- Wednesday 02 SeptemberBy J. Jay
She, unlike most of Hollywood, doesn't kiss the asses of big, powerful stars, rather, she takes them down a notch or two back to a human level with the rest of us. Only those of us with open minds understand that about her act and love her for it.
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