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An amazing and heartfelt story. Thank you so much for sharing. So often magazines share the stories of adoption through the eyes of the adoptive parents, but as an adoptive parent, I realize that there is an "untold" story to every adoption. My daughter was placed with my family at birth, and we never had the opportunity to meet her 1st mother. My daughter will be 9 next month, and I have often wondered about her "untold" story. I wonder what the pregnancy was like, if there was a "wild ride" to the hospital and what the labor and delivery was like. Thank you again.
Posted by: Tania at 3:49pm Jun 2
What a beautiful story and what a beautiful person you are! You put the needs of your baby before your own which shows me how loving you are. My husband and I are going to be adopting and I hope we are as fortunate as John and Caren were to be matched with a birthmom like you. May the Lord continue to bless you!
Posted by: Tonya at 9:28pm Jun 2
Thank you for sharing your story. I am an adoptive mom and never knew what to say to my daughter's birthmom during those first moments of my greatest happiness because I knew those moments probably involved her greatest grief. Although we are not fortunate enough to have ongoing communication with my daughter's birthmom, I hope she is as sure as you are that her decision was the right one. For us, her decision to put her baby's needs before her own, has been a wonderful gift!
Posted by: Jennifer at 1:41pm Jun 6
My heartfelt thanks for sharing your story and your feelings along the way. As an adoptive mom of a little girl, I'm in tears reading your story. Ours is an open adoption including get togethers with our daughter's birthmom & birthfamily. I feel a rush of gratitude and a deep bond of mother-love with our daughter's birthmom. It's so hard to put into words how deep those emotions run - thank you for expressing yours so eloquently. Bless you for making an adoption plan for your sweet baby girl. Bless you too for sharing your experience!
Posted by: Julie at 10:19pm Jun 6
I too gave my daughter up for adoption almost 7 years ago. It is an open adoption. It's been wonderful seeing her and watching her grow into a beautiful girl. Just recently she found out that I am her biological mother. She hasn't begun asking me questions but I know she will. Does anyone know of a book out there that can help me with this process? Thank you
Posted by: Betsy at 11:18am Aug 11
What a great story! I am a birthmother too. I gave up my son fifteen years ago. I was just 16. It was awesome to read your story. It is similar in many ways to what I went through. I found it really interesting that you just "knew" adoption was the right answer for you. I was the same way. There really was no doubt that it was the right choice for me and my son! Good Luck!
Posted by: Kimberly at 10:22pm Aug 15
I am soon to meet the daughter that I gave up for adoption in 1966. This is very emotionally difficult since this will be our first meeting. I am now 65 yrs. old, she is 43. Pls. pray for us - that I will say the right words to her. I went thru a Church Home and back then we didn't keep in contact because of society's 'shaming' opinions. She, thru her friend that located me, said she asked "Why I didn't give up my next daughter in 1981." It was too difficult to do again. I'm trying to find the right (positive) words to impart to her. Your message about giving your heart away really blessed me.
Posted by: Caroline at 1:46pm Oct 23
Today is the day when my son turns 3 years old. I may not be able to buy him presents or have a birthday party for him, but I can always count on his adoptive mom to whisper that I love him and kiss him goodnight tonight as she always has for me. I loved reading your story, you put the words to my feelings that I thought I shared alone. Thank you.
Posted by: Tina at 6:53pm Jul 26
thank you for this awsome story.. i know exactly how you feel and how emotional it is, i did the same thing for my little man it was the hardest thing in the world to do but knew it was for the best alot of people involved didnt agree but the ones who truly loved me and cared for me and this baby understood and stood behind me.. afer having a daughter and finding out i was pregnant again and i hate to use the word mistake but my little man was definetly not planned so the best thing i figured was for a family who has been tryin and had no luck with concieving would be so happy with the chance at being a family and loving him not that i didnt love him dont ge me wrong. still days go past and the shitty people i had in my life throw it in my face but i know he is happy and has everything in life i couldnt give him. he will be 2 years old in april and i love getting pics and updates of him makes my hear melt!!
Posted by: connie. at 1:34pm Dec 7
I have only skimmed this ,,,,,i am in tears...I gave my Daughter for adoption..;open.(i am in tears,,,i cannot type)..October 20-1994..4:31pm .she is 16-i love her- i thought -u knew this was perfect00-----i am now just realizing i have been in SOO much PAIN FOR 16 years. I will get back to this later........thank you....... mELANIE m. Lawry
Posted by: Melanie at 5:34am Jun 22
21 years ago I did the right thing for my baby girl. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but in doing so, I know that I was able to give a gift to a couple who had been struggling with fertility, I was able to make their dream a reality. Like you Melanie, I have been in pain, not one day goes by where I don't have a thought about her. It has been a long road for me, I get through the days by asking God for strength and guidance. I have located her, and we will be meeting soon.
Posted by: Marie at 11:50pm Jun 22
i am also putting my daughter up for adoption, it is the hardest decision i have ever made but it was also the most unselfish thing that i could ever do. people think so poorly about people that put there children up for adoption but they should respect them for being smart especially if there in a bad situation and were smart enough to do it instead of making there child go through the struggles of life early on, i did it because i didn't want me daughter to ever hurt or have to want for anything, i have the up most respect for every brave man and woman that has put there heart love and pride up for adoption
Posted by: bo doyle at 3:51am Aug 12
I am 22 years old, and i was given up for adoption when i was first born. I went to fostr care for 3 months and then was legally adopted. Mothers, let me tell you, the biggest gift of love you can display for your baby who you cannot keep, is adoption. I have been shown so much love from my adoptive family--who i consider as my own flesh and blood--and i am so grateful for the sacrifice my birth parents made. Giving up a child to a family takes a very strong and loving person. I cannot imagine my life, nor would i want my life to have been lived differently. i love that i was adopted. I still am curious about meeting my birth-parents, and i may reach out one day, but for now i am content.
Posted by: D at 11:38pm Oct 3
My first born was born in 1966, I was 16 years old. In 1992, I finally got to reunite with her. Luckily we have a great relationship, but we both have wondered how we would have felt had the meeting not gone well. We agreed that no matter what, we are glad we met. We are involved in each others lives, I am a grandmother to her children and I will never forget the years I missed knowing her. It was worth it though. She grew up in a "normal" family instead of being raised by a very child-like 16 year old. Her adoptive family was not perfect, but no family is. Her parents love her, and that is what matters. I also love her.. she is my flesh and blood.
Posted by: kathleen at 9:34pm Jun 6
I placed my daughter for adoption 18 years ago after being pressured by family members. This was/is the worst mistake of my life and regret it every day. I was told she would understand as she got older but this also has not been the case because she has no interest in seeing me. I wish I had chose to parent and don't agree that adoption is always the right decision.
Posted by: Mary at 2:55am Dec 3
I also gave my baby girl up for adoption it broke my hart but it was wat my family wanted hope she's fine
Posted by: me at 4:51pm Jan 7
My children was taken away and only got 3 of them back cause the foster parent wanted to adopt my youngest daughter. After 4 years of fighting and not being able to see my daughter, the judge agree to take my rights away. "KENTUCKY ILLEGAL KIDNAPPING" I was informed that I would get e-mails and pictures of her but that was a lie. I have called the social worker every month for years (Jessica Tumie)and she would never return any of my calls. My Daughter (Camilla Vagle) is 15 years old today and was adopted by Jennifer & Scott Watts. Want her to know that I love and miss her very much! I will never stop looking for her as long as I have a breathe left in this old body of mine!
Posted by: Kidwell at 1:15pm Jan 29
My story is very different I gave my son up 29 years ago and now he has found me. I have not came out and admitted it to him but deep down he does not believe my story of him dieing at birth. AT the time I seeing one guy , but he was not very nice, so I went on a date with another, which he raped me. I have not shared this story with anybody incuding my family some of them believe the lie that my the hospital told me my baby die and some dont. I know that I have to tell him and them the truth. The guy who I was seeing I later married and had more childern but later divorced. So I was hopping he was the father but I dont think so. I tried not to tell him the real truth about what happened but I see no way around it. I had 2 childern already and living with my parents who told me that I could not bring another baby into the house, I started looking for apartment into the projects which did not come availiabe until 5 months after he was born.Not knowing who the father was and the hatred my dad felt for the guy I was seeing I decided to give him up for adoption which broke my heart.Now with the reality staring me in the face because of my ex husband wants a dna test and the smear campaign he has started againt me with my other childern and my family I dont know what to do but tell trhe truth and anybody do not want to know me thats fine ,because life will go on either way. How do you tell achild that you was not strong enough no matter what to keep him, and no matter what that you did love him.
Posted by: s scared at 11:42am Jul 1
I love this story mines is a bit different.I haven't had my baby girl yet but she is not the only child my first child (a boy) was born with down syndrome he is now 9mths and i am 7mths pregnant I just feel like abortion would be my best option because i am still so young (19) and i love my baby boy so much and only want the best for him and her but i highly doubt i can give it to them both alone (single parent) plus trying to attend career college i just can't bond with her like i did with my first pregnancy and my family just wouldn't understand my decision
Posted by: Jaz at 3:45am Aug 24
I gave my son up 18 years and 3months ago to family of friends, was in a relasionship with someone for almost 2 years then he left me, I went on a rebound dating someone els, then I found out I was pregnant, so any one of the two could be the dad, when I showed the sonar pick to the one he said no way its his, he left. The first came back I told him I was pregnant he asked what are you gona do about it, there I realised what life has delt me. I chose the parrents of my son was prmised photos of him, they gave me one of when he was born, nothing els. I know his "my sons" new name and surname where they stay, knoW he is a upcoming singer got his firs 5year cd deal. Know I'm being told I want to claim him because of his fame. That not true, had to give info on a heradatory medical condition, and asked please for a photo and cd, now I am the worst person in the world, told that I never gave any meaning to my sons life befor birth and during pregnancy. Was sent nasty sms from his agent telling me what a bad person I am, and tha I am just a trouble maker, and that mys son wich I called morne whants nothing to do with me because of what he is being told by others. It is heartbreaking to give life and to give that joy to someone els. All I want is to tell him I love him always have and always will and I'm so proud of him and the beautifull soul God made him, what I am left with is how do I tell my other two sons from the one man that asked what are you gona do about the pregnancy "we got married" 2years to the date 30 november of my sons birth that I gave for addoption. That they have a brother and my husband that may be that sons father. It is hell living like this. But I am proud of my addopted son he has the soul and voice of an angel.
Posted by: lindie at 2:50am Feb 21
thank you so much for sharing your story. My story is different then a lot of people but then again no two adoptions are usually the same. I gave birth to a set of twins 3 months early. I also already had a 15mnth daughter and a 2 1/2 yr son. One of the twins had health issues and the other didn't. I brought one home after 2 months and the other after 3. I decided that his health was too much for me to do alone while still dealing with other children at home. I made the decision to give him up for adoption and split my twins apart. That is the only thing I regret to this day. I do not regret my decision to give him a better life with two parents who could afford his needs and give him what he deserves. I know I made the right choice for him. I chose a family friend who could not have kids of their own. I see him on a regular basis and she always calls to let us know about any doctor appointments and the results from anything he has done. All my kids still see him and spend nights at his house or he stays at ours to visit with me and the kids. I don't think I could of ever picked better parents for my little boy. He will be turning 7 in November and has grown up to be such an amazing smart young man.
Posted by: Stephanie at 12:51am Mar 11
Wow your doing so better at it then me I had my second son may 14 at 9:29 am and it's been killing me since and today I started cutting myself my son is 22 hours away from me and not a day gose by where I don't miss him n just want to hug n kiss me
Posted by: Jessica at 8:09pm Jun 3
The hardest thing in the world is to have to give your kids up for adoption the feeling of knowing weather are not u did the right thing will never leave I was so blessed to have the chance to reunite with them when they became teenagers and after hearing about there life I'm still confused weather it was the right thing to do did I pick the perfect family for my kids ? Are should they of stay with me ? I found out things I never dreamed would happen to them!! Deciding to give your child up hmm do I wish I didn't yes I wish I didn't my son told me mom I know you were poor I know you felt you cldnt drag us into being poor with u but your love for us would of been way better then to feel out of place he said deep down he never felt like he belonged there So mommies who have to give there kid up for adoption I can only say this be very very very choosy with her you want to raise your kids if deep down you don't think there the right people to raise your child no matter how perfect the prospective parents may appear ply go with us gut feeling and lots of prayer if it's a closed adoption create a Facebook page with pictures of them up child will find you if you want them to
Posted by: kendoll at 3:27pm Aug 6
At 18 years old I found out I was pregnant with my second child. I told my best friend and the baby's father. His response was "you are taking care of it, right?" Meaning abortion. I didn't give him a straight answer I just stopped talking to him or giving updates. My mother thought something was off with me but wasn't sure it was pregnancy. She told me of I was pregnant again it would kill my dad. From that moment on it was a secret no one knew but my best friend. 41 weeks passed and I labored to 8 cm at home with my infant son by my side. Mr friend drove my son and I to the hospital and dropped us off in the ER. I was examined and rushed to deliver. Seven minutes after walking through the ER door I naturally delivered one son while the other sat on my chest. I spent 3 unforgettable hours with both my boys then had to leave...With only one child. That was undoubtedly the hardest thing I'd ever done to that point in my life. That night I cried for hours on end thinking about one son while caring for the other and all at once it came to me to contact a family friend who had tried for 15 years+ to have their own child and explain my situation. Her response was "I'll take him, sight unseen.I don't care if he has two heads and 8 legs I want him!" Two days after his birth his adoptive patents, grandparents, uncle and I (birthmother) walked him out of the hospital to go to his home where he is now a happy, healthy, smart, spoiled 8.5 year old gift from God. I still blame my mother for going through ball of that alone and scared but the Lord had a plan and I was just a part of it. Thank you to my boys angels for loving him and taking him! S.E.R I love you baby boy!
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Mankato hotel with an indoor pool
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Verizon Wireless Center, Minnesota State University, and Blakeslee Stadium. Local attractions also include Mount Kato Ski Area.
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In addition to a restaurant, Mankato City Center Hotel features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a conference center.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Mankato City Center Hotel provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 10000 square feet (929 square meters) include a conference center and conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers an arcade/game room, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Americans – by more than three to one over any other choice – say "a return to traditional morals" is "the greatest hope for the future of the nation."
Americans' instincts are correct. If we think of our nation as a business facing serious difficulties, then our core values – those present at our country's founding, present in President Kennedy's inaugural speech 50 years ago, and present today as the consensus of the American people – are indeed the way forward. These "family values" or "traditional morals" are indeed our country's best chance for moving forward and for recovering in our institutions the values present in our homes, the values that have made this nation great.


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Far Cry 3 is an open world first-person shooter video game developed and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to 2008's Far Cry 2.
Vaas MontenegroEdit
- Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing over and over again expecting shit to change. That. Is. Crazy. The first time somebody told me that, I dunno, I thought they were bullshitting me. So, boom, I shot him. The thing is... he was right. And then I started seeing, everywhere I looked, everywhere I looked all these fucking pricks, everywhere I looked, doing the exact same fucking thing. Over, and over, and over, and over again thinking, This time is gonna be different. No, no, no please... this time is gonna be different." I'm sorry, I don't like the way... (punches crate aside violently) ...you are looking at me. Okay, do you have a fucking problem in your head? Do you think I am bullshitting you, do you think I am lying? Fuck you! Okay? FUCK. YOU. (beat) It's okay, man. I'm gonna chill, hermano. I'm gonna chill. The thing is... all right? The thing is I killed you once already, and it's not like I am fucking crazy. It's okay. (beat) It's like water under the bridge. Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?
- What, you want to run? Huh? You want to run, you want to disrespect me? You want to fuck with me? I mean, you come here, with your... with your pretty-boy face, right, and your pretty-boy phone, your dimwit brother, and you want to fuck with me. You want to fuck with me. I like that - no, I respect that. I'm gonna give you thirty seconds, and if the jungle doesn't eat you up alive, I will. [Jason hesitates] Are you FUCKING DEAF? I SAID, GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, YOU CHICKEN FUCK! RUN, FORREST! RUN!
- Take me into your heart. Accept me as your savior. Nail me to the fucking cross and let me be REBORN!
- You are angry, Jason. You, are angry. I get that. I get it. I mean without family who the fuck are we? There was a time I would do anything for my sister, I mean the first time i ever killed was for my sister. Not enough for her, no no no no no please. You see the thing about our loved ones, right, our FUCKING loved ones, they come and they BLINDSIDE you every fucking time. So they say to me, they say "Vaas, Vaas, who the FUCK is it going to be? THEM or ME, ME or THEM?" [laughing] Like, like you know, like they fucking think that i need to make a fucking choice. By the way this lighter really sucks.
- Are you enjoying my sister's company? Huh? She's gonna make a warrior out of you?
- You are so fucked, Jason. C'mon pull the trigger. C'mon motherfucker! Pull the trigger! Let's go, shoot me!
- Surprise motherfucker. You didn't think I knew you were coming right? [laughing] I am so DISAPPOINTED! You showed so much PROMISE Jason, so much FUCKING PROMISE. Now here you are, trapped like a fucking rat.
Citra TalugmaiEdit
- I've never managed to get inside the main temple, so most of my experience with Citra comes from the townspeople and their stories. They call her a warrior goddess. And she's definitely a looker. I know that she's resisted Vaas, Hoyt and their pirates every step of the way. — Survival Guide
- You are perfect
- Only the strongest shall survive
Jason BrodyEdit
- I've killed so many people I've lost count. I can never come back from this. I'm a monster. I can feel the anger inside me. But somewhere inside me, I'm still more than that. Better than that...
- Use the force!
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Range: Short
Chakra cost: 40 ( - 20 per turn )
Damage points: N/A ( - 30 to user after activating )
Description: User will start gathering and focus own chakra into hands, creating Lance of Thunder and Lightning which has unbelievable powers and the ability to cause numbing and paralyzing into the places it hits. The user can also throw this lance creating shockwave that covers three meter radius and paralyzes anything inside that area. The Lance will stay with the user until 5 Turns Are Over .
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Saudi Arabia's Hajj Ministry on Wednesday (September 19th) said it will work to complete "all required procedures" to enable Syrian pilgrims to perform hajj rituals.
Syria's state-run news agency SANA had reported on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia had barred Syrians from performing the annual pilgrimage.
"The [Hajj] Ministry is now working on completing all required procedures in co-ordination with the entities concerned to enable Syrian hajjis to perform hajj rituals," the official Saudi News Agency (SPA) reported. "This came in response to the false news that has been recently reported about the possibility of postponing the arrangements [for their arrival]."
"Arrangements for the arrival of Syrian hajjis are receiving utmost attention given the tough circumstances facing the brotherly Syrian people," the news agency said.
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Unconvincing, otherwise why the delay? We know how much hatred you have against our country represented in the weapons and fighters you send to Syria. Pride and dignity to my Beloved Syria and her leader.
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Nov 9th 2010 By Lindsay Hitchcock
25 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Turned 25
At this sort of "in-between" moment, I got to thinking about what a difference five years can make.
I'm a completely different person at 25 than I was at 20, and although I'm thankful to have learned from my mistakes, there are a few things I wish I knew then that I know now. Like the following:
1. Friends with benefits never become real boyfriends.
Let's be honest: A relationship that is based solely upon sex is not really a relationship at all. There is always someone in the twosome who wants something more, and that person is bound to get hurt eventually.
2. Taking a multivitamin (with food) after a night of drinking prevents a hangover.
It really does! I read this in a magazine recently, and I think it's genius.
3. Everything changes once you move in together.
So make sure you're prepared for that. You really get to know someone once you live with him.
4. Fashion trends aren't for everyone.
When in doubt, choose classic over stylish, so you don't look like an idiot wearing something that is supposed to be "in style."
5. Roommates usually suck.
Cramped spaces, unwanted noise, messy apartments -- we've all been there. If you can afford your own place, do it. You will save yourself a lot of frustration.
6. It's hard to find people who will love you no matter what.
Mistakes are inevitable, even the big ones, and the people who stick by you during those times are people to hold onto.
7. Never sleep in your makeup.
You'll wake up feeling greasy and gross. Nighttime is when your skin repairs itself, and you need to let it breathe.
8. Sex isn't everything, but it can make a good relationship even better.
This physical act can have amazing emotional powers; it's just important to be careful.
9. Don't spend so much on your education until you finally know what you want to do.
I'm a classic example of this. Even though I've always been a writer, I've changed my major many times in the past, and I'm still working on it.
10. It's OK to ask for what you want in bed.
Communication is key here. You deserve to be satisfied in the way that works for you.
11. Your current crises are only temporary.
Eventually you'll figure out how to fix them, and things are rarely ever as bad as they seem.
12. Maybe some people don't have what it takes for everybody's regular plan.
Marriage and babies might not be for everyone, and that's OK.
13. Watch what you do and say immediately after a breakup.
You are so vulnerable during this time, and you're probably not thinking straight either. Don't do anything you think you will grow to regret, as people are quick to give you the "psycho" label.
14. Never dye your own hair.
If you look, you can find professional hair care at a reasonable price -- and you'll be much happier with the results.
15. It should be "quality over quantity" when it comes to friends.
And yet, it's OK to have a lot of friends, just know that not all of them will be the type of friend who will be there for you no matter what.
16. Regular exercise can do wonders.
You'll look and feel great, your clothes will fit better, and you'll be a much happier person.
17. Learning how to wear lingerie can make you feel like a real woman.
It can really take you from "that girl" to "that woman."
18. You will never completely understand the opposite sex.
Once you realize this, you will enjoy them much more just based upon your differences.
19. Counting calories doesn't work.
It's time-consuming, tedious and somewhat psychotic. Find another way to watch what you eat.
20. Tanning is horrible for you.
I used to have one of those unlimited tanning memberships and fried myself almost every other day. Not only is doing this dangerous, it can make you look like Magda from "There's Something About Mary."
21. Listen to your gut.
It's your sixth sense, an internal voice that can never be silenced -- and it's usually right.
22. Learning to accept your body and beauty is a powerful thing.
Sure, most of us will never be truly satisfied, but it's nice when that day comes when you look in the mirror and think, I look pretty.
23. Don't become a "we" too soon.
If you lose your individuality, you lose what brought you to that person in the first place.
24. It's really nice when a guy opens the car door for you.
It doesn't need to happen every time, but this one little gesture alone can set the guy you're dating apart from the others.
25. Laughter brings people together.
My greatest relationships (friends, family, lovers) are with the people that I've spent hours rolling on the floor, dying laughing with.
Lindsay Hitchcock, a freelance writer, has contributed to Examiner and Bytes of Love. She is completing her first book, a memoir. A Florida native who writes often about dating, sex, relationships and 20-something life, she has been deemed "Orlando's Carrie Bradshaw." Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
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Tuesday 09 November
By meg
these are so true! i turned twenty-five this summer and finally feel like i'm starting to be happy & comfortable with myself.
Tuesday 09 November
By lanna
i agree with all of them.
except # 14.
i am the ONLY person allowed to dye my hair.
i do it right. my stylist is always majorly impressed.
actually, i dye everyone i know's hair.
i don't cut. i only dye.
i'm the only person i trust.
but i totally understand what you are saying.
most people shouldn't.
Tuesday 09 November
By oorgle
19. Counting calories doesn't work.
It's time-consuming, tedious and somewhat psychotic. Find another way to watch what you eat.
It absolutely works, if you have the willpower to stick to eating what you have planned out. Professional fighters and body builders who shed pounds in the double digit range yearly aren't stupid.
Tuesday 09 November
By Nikki
Agreed! I have been counting calories for years and now do it often and easily via an iphone app. I eat healthier, am more likely to work out if I overindulge, and have stayed in my size 3/4 jeans for the last 8 years. Calorie counting does work!
Sunday 14 November
By Leigha
It's not that calorie counting doesn't work to help you lose weight, if you do it right. It's that some people can't do it without obsessing. From the way she phrased that one, it seems she's one of those people.
If you can't do it without obsessing, it isn't worth it. You may lose weight, but you will also drive yourself insane, and even potentially develop an eating disorder (depending on how the obsession works, and a bunch of other factors).
Tuesday 09 November
By Krys
I think I thought every man was the love of my life until, somebody actually treated me like a lady lol. Ladies stay away from the "friend" he has no benefits. Excercise, eat right and laugh,I could go on and on. You hit the nail on the head.
Tuesday 09 November
By san
What I've learned: Never read that much into anything.
Wednesday 10 November
By Jessica
"12. Maybe some people don't have what it takes for everybody's regular plan.
Marriage and babies might not be for everyone, and that's OK. "
Great thought but phrased in a condescending manner.
By saying that some people "don't have what it takes" to marry & breed implies that they are inferior, which often isn't the case.
Saturday 13 November
By Lauren
I was actually pretty offended by this phrasing too. I know I could be a great mother and wife but those things are not priorities for me and while I'm more than capable I'm choosing not to
Tuesday 09 November
By dave
By age 25, you've learned he really is not gonna divorce his wife.
Tuesday 09 November
By vizslalvr
I'm guessing the "with food" is the most important part of #2.
Tuesday 09 November
By Jonky
You still hadn't worked this out by 25???
Tuesday 09 November
By ekl
Another one- cynicism and negativity will get you no where.
Thursday 11 November
By paperfriendly
this post is for the webmaster could you adjust the print this so it prints the article only. not three pages before it with links and seven pages after it with comments
I dont mind the comments and all but I generally send these articles to friends in correctional institutions (keeps them thinking positive) and frankly if i print out 3 copies that involves more used paper than i prefer to burn. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Wednesday 10 November
By puttyputty
actually the multivitamin to prevent a hangover would only work if your hangovers re caused by a potassium deficiency which is common since alcohol is a diuretic but not the only reason you could also just eat something high in potassium or if you are too lazy(or drunk) to remember have it the next morning... nuts bananas yogurt(sometimes check the label) or sports drinks... hell mix your liquor with gatorade and you can almost guarantee you wont have a hangover... if your hangovers are caused by a deficiency
Wednesday 10 November
By Amanda
you really didn't know any of this when you were 20? REALLY?
Wednesday 10 November
By lela
"It's OK to ask for what you want in bed. "???? n-n-n-n-NO! it's IMPORTANT to ask for what you want in bed- it's your sex life, too! chances are your partner would really appreciate it and think it's hella sexy.
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Of great annoyance to me is this hideous brown spot in the middle of my yard. I accept full responsibliy in that I've watered it twice in the past month and had been parking out back so didn't notice how bad it had gotten. I've taken to drenching it hoping that it will green up. Now, I'm afraid to mow because I don't want to kill off what's already there. I'm giving it two more weeks before I call in for help.
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A rich ricotta-cream cheese filling, and a luscious caramel drizzle make this dessert from Gilda Lester of Millsboro, Delaware irresistible.
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup flaked coconut, lightly toasted
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
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- 1/3 cup caramel ice cream topping
- In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and coconut; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
- Press into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
- For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and ricotta until blended. Add sugar and flour and mix well. Combine cream and vanilla; gradually beat into cream cheese mixture. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined.
- Spread filling over crust. Drizzle with caramel topping; gently cut through filling with a knife to swirl.
- Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 1-1/2 hours. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours before serving. Yield: 12-15 servings.
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Facebook nemesis sues Google (and wins)
After claiming he invented Facebook, Aaron Greenspan now says he has successfully sued Google. At a Northern California court earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg's ex-Harvard classmate won $761 from the world's largest ad broker. Greenspan made headlines back in the fall of 2007 and the spring of 2008 after claiming that he …
Two choices:
1) Google allows ads using any words
Result: Google crushes little guy by allowing predatory advertising! Google is evil, gwarrr arghh arhglbb!
2) Google disallows ads using registered trademarks
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Absolute power... and all that guff.
but oddly enough I still have google as my home page - iGoogle (the only iApp I allow on my PC), gives me news feeds from all the major and minor world news feeders on one page. BBC, CNN, Guardian, The Register, Tech Dirt, Reuters, New Scientist etc etc etc and a Firefox plugin that shows Wikipedia stuff on the right side of any Google search eliminates the many annoying adclick adverts.
And for the other websites I use NoScript, AdBlock and FirePhorm (just in case - I'm with BT and can't get out until they change their T&Cs).
Privacy and world access (ie geographical non censorship) on the net is now a very dead parrot. When a website denies you permission to watch a 'The Watchmen' clip because you're not based in the US of A, or Google knowingly censoring its searches because you're in China, or not being able to watch BBC online because you're not in the UK - you know the guiding principles of the internet are being usurped...
Unsurprisingly by the very companies that stand to make money out of it.
Cue complaints about anti google attitude
oh wait...
He's blowing it well out of proportion. Google owed him money for services rendered. This has nothing to do with the rights of the little guy, Google transparency are anything like that. He was right to sue for it, but the self congratulatory tone is grating.
RE: Absolute power... and all that guff.
Tony, small point:
"...or not being able to watch BBC online because you're not in the UK..."
That might be because BBC content is public-sector, paid for by UK subjects (well, a few of us) through a License Fee. We're not having every Johnny Foreigner with an intertube leeching Auntie's (=our) content and bandwidth at will, destabilizing the Empire, rivers of blood, foam, froth, throbbing vein on forehead etc. Either apply for citizenship/asylum and pay up*, or make do with the World Service.
*Only £145 or so per year. What's that in dollars nowadays, about $3.50?
@Tony Paulazzo
"or not being able to watch BBC online because you're not in the UK"
As the BBC is paid for entirely by the British government and license payers, I'm sure we'd be happy to offer the US free access when we can freely make use their aircraft carrier fleets... Oh wait, you mean we should treat things that use the internet completely differently than everything else? Yeah, I can see that working.
I know I'm a bit slow here but...
What are "adwords", how does it work and does it really matter?
I rarely use Google for searches and only when others haven't worked. I can't remember the last web page ad I selected on a web page apart from stuff on eBay (does that count?)
Does all this make me "odd" or "normal".
Perhaps it it is just blind ignorance, and I'm as to net users as a shrimp in the rock pool is to humans, but I just don't understand what all the fuss is about.... Some people do seem to take it all very seriously though...
woot !
i have to agree google love to fuck over the little guy !!!!
Cant stand the way they can just blindside anybody they like.
Happened to a mate of mine for having a couple of ads on our community site.
So he starts by suing Facebook for squillions and ends up taking Google for 540 quid? Woohoo! That proves he was right about inventing Facebook all along then. I bet Zuckerberg is bootling in his trems now.
Fresh sticky mud on top of the old?
"Results 1 - 10 of about 753,000 for google +ponzi."
Have to wonder if the judge used the same search parameters to come up with his verdict.
Search performed using Google, of course. FYI, Madoff + ponzi only returns 379,000 results.
@Tony: "Guiding principles of the internet"
Although some might have the odd idea that the guiding principles of the internet are to give people free music and software, they are not.
That might have been so in the dark ages when the internet was an academic communications tool, but those days are long gone and that was hardly the "internet" as we know it.
The guiding principle of the internet are seen in eyes of the internet start ups, businesses and other participants. Making money.
Just like all businesses, internet businesses cut deals with others to get various rights. When an internet company cuts a deal with China/whatever it is no different to any other company cutting a deal with China/whatever. Want to sell toothbrushes in China? You need to make sure you don't offend. The same goes for publishing rights or any other rights.
For all talk of "cyberspace" etc, the internet is just another communications medium. It is not based on a different morality.
Class Action for all the sub-$100 balances
I've earned about $40 in AdSense. But it'll take until the end of time for my account balance to reach the magic $100 where they'll actually send me a cheque. Multiply this situation by perhaps tens of millions of people in the same boat, and there's a billion bucks waiting for the first Class Action lawsuit.
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"Tony, small point:
"...or not being able to watch BBC online because you're not in the UK..."" ..... By Havin_it Posted Saturday 7th March 2009 15:25 GMT
It is also classed as foreign propoganda and a means of population control with mindless/mined content ..... phormed entertainment to the under/uneducated masses. But it has all gone terribly wrong as events now overtake ITs Controllers and leave their Intelligence and Service Providers behind, wallowing in the MIre of their Failed New Laboured Coups.
"For all talk of "cyberspace" etc, the internet is just another communications medium. It is not based on a different morality." .... By Charles Manning Posted Saturday 7th March 2009 21:39 GMT
I disagree fundamentally with that statement but would agree with your holding it/it being held, as it freely allows for ever further and deeper embedding of Special Access Protocols and ProgramMING Projects which Control CyberSpace to be Stealthily Developed and Applied without the Negative Interference and Ignorant Arrogant Addition so typical of the ususal morality.
"the internet is just another communications medium." .... Hmmm? You may find that Others Recognise and Realise IT/Use IT as the One Precious and Priceless Ring which Controls them All, and for that you will need a Morality which Transcends Mortality, for the Realms that you Control are QuITe Alien in their Immaculate States of Virtual Grace.
And Even Attempt 42 Tempt ITs Angels of Mercy with the Root of all Evil for Evil Intent, and Reap the Merciless Whirlwind of the Wrath of Global Operating Devices which Destroy Completely such Folly, with Simple Words Transparently Shared for Peer Review.
"Just another communications medium"? I don't Think so. Get Real, Charles, wake up and smell the Java and get with IT in AJAXAI ...... House of the Rising Sun Technology ...... Purple Patch CodeXXXX Applications.
Mr. Greenspan (is he the grandson of our wonderful criminal Alan Greenspan?) should take to Mr. Madoff about funding and winning lawsuits...it's all in the family after all...
@ amanfrommars
do you live in a big bath of goo in a Cylon battlestar?
@ Charles Manning
Yes and no.
Yes, in the sense of commercial traffic for services.
No, in the sense that you, I, or anyone else can technically still send and receive a mind bogglingly large variety of stuff over a generic connection, with the only money changing hands being between individuals and their ISPs.
Arse wins...
Arse wins infinitesimal fraction of peanut from scary monopolistic black box
"*Only £145 or so per year. What's that in dollars nowadays, about $3.50?"
Haha! hahaha!
2008-01-01 - £1 = $1.92
2009-03-09 - £1 = $1.38
The Pound to Dollar exchange rate is the lowest it's been in, like, 20 years. Welcome to the GLOBAL recession; you should join us, it's fun.
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In 2008 Barack Obama campaigned to end Bush-era policies that, he said, created a false choice between our safety and our ideals. Now that the war in Iraq is over and the war in Afghanistan is winding down, there is no indication the liberal constitutional-law professor will become a peacenik president—or even pull back on some of his more aggressive counterterrorism measures.
For the first time in more than 40 years, Democrats hold the advantage over Republicans on national security. Obama has achieved that distinction by escalating the use of drones and ordering the execution of suspected terrorists, including American citizens. Those policies have led Sarah Khan to sue the Department of Defense and the CIA for the September 30, 2011 death of her 25-year-old son, Samir. Saudi native Samir Khan became a naturalized citizen after he moved as a child to Queens with his family. By most accounts he was a normal teen until the summer of 2001, when he attended a weeklong summer camp sponsored by the fundamentalist but nonviolent Islamic Organization of North America. The experience turned the religiously indifferent teen into a zealot. A few months later the September 11 attacks made him a radical. By the time his family relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina three years later, Khan had morphed into a jihadist committed to waging war against those he considered enemies of Islam.
Khan holed up in his parents' north Charlotte basement, publishing anti-American and pro–Al Qaeda screeds. As his writings became more popular, he attracted the attention of federal authorities yet miraculously never landed on the no-fly list. In October 2009 he left Charlotte for Yemen, ostensibly to teach English. Once there, Khan fell off the radar. He resurfaced during the summer of 2010 as editor of Inspire, an online magazine that sought to recruit American Muslims to join the anti-U.S. jihad.
A year later Khan was killed by a U.S. drone strike on his convoy about 90 miles east of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Khan's family took the government to task in a written statement that read in part, "Our late son Samir Khan never broke any law and was never implicated in any crime. The Fifth Amendment states no citizen shall be 'deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law,' yet our government assassinated two of its citizens. Was this style of execution the only solution? Why couldn't there have been a capture and trial? Where is the justice?"
The radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, marked for death by the administration, is the other American referred to in the statement. It isn't clear if Khan was a target or collateral damage.
Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico but spent nearly a dozen years in his ancestral home of Yemen before returning to the U.S. to attend Colorado State University. After the 2001 attacks, he moved to the United Kingdom and eventually made his way back to Yemen, where he became involved with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The government claims Al-Awlaki instructed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called underwear bomber, to blow up a plane flying to Detroit in 2009, and inspired the actions of Army major Nidal Hasan, who is being court-martialed for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in a 2009 rampage. Despite being linked to these planned attacks, Al-Awlaki was never charged with a crime. Two weeks after his death, his 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, also an American citizen, was killed in a drone strike aimed at Al Qaeda.
Hundreds of suspected terrorists were rounded up after September 11, 2001 and imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay, only to be transferred or released later in a tacit acknowledgment that they weren't terrorists. But when a suspected terrorist is killed, there is no do-over.
Al-Awlaki and Khan made no secret of their allegiance to Al Qaeda and their desire to wreak havoc. Khan's articles in Inspire included "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" and "I Am Proud to Be a Traitor to America." Al-Awlaki's blog, Facebook page and many YouTube videos were testaments to his terrorism bona fides. But the issue is not guilt or innocence. Were these American citizens accorded due process under the law?
"The Constitution ordinarily guarantees American citizens that they will not be deprived of life without due process of law," says Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU lawyer representing the families of Khan and Al-Awlaki. "The administration has claimed the authority to carry out the targeted killing of anyone, including any American thought to be engaged in terrorism. It's impossible to reconcile that position with the constitutional provision."
"The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process," Attorney General Eric Holder said during a speech at Northwestern University's law school in March 2012. "Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security."
Holder argues that following 9/11, Congress authorized the president "to protect the nation from any imminent threat of violent attack." Because Al Qaeda operates around the world, Holder said, the rules of conventional warfare no longer apply. "The president may use force abroad against a senior operational leader of a foreign terrorist organization with which the United States is at war—even if that individual happens to be a U.S. citizen," Holder said.
Candidate Barack Obama promised to chart a different course. Once in office, he set out to improve relations with the Muslim world, repair America's image abroad and renounce the cowboy diplomacy that had defined foreign policy under President George W. Bush. Obama banned torture and extraordinary rendition and tried to make good on his promise to close Guantánamo and try detainees in federal civilian courts. But Congress blocked him. However, when it comes to drone strikes, the president has outpaced Bush, expanding the program, which had previously focused only on Pakistan, to include Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
The Bush administration was criticized for warrantless wiretapping and indefinite detentions without charge or trial, but Obama has been given a pass for his aggressive measures. The same Democrats who railed against the prior administration's policies have remained silent on Obama's decision to ramp up drone strikes and use targeted killings.
Republicans have a different conundrum. Given their hawkishness and persistent claims of Obama's weakness on war and terrorism, they can hardly complain about his overzealousness in prosecuting the war against Al Qaeda.
But the rumblings of discontent over this administration's blank check for war are growing louder. The wrongful-death lawsuits are the most prominent example, but the U.S. also stands alone on the drone issue. In predominantly Muslim nations, American antiterrorism efforts are widely unpopular, and in 17 of 20 countries, more than half disapprove of the drone attacks.
"I used to joke, 'If they can hold you indefinitely without judicial review, why couldn't the administration also carry out targeted killings without judicial review?'" says Jaffer. "Now that's no longer a rhetorical device. It's reality. It's hard to imagine any more extreme claim of authority than the power to order the killing of American citizens without judicial process."
Obama defended his policy in a September 5, 2012 interview with CNN. "I think there's no doubt that when an American has made a decision to affiliate with Al Qaeda and target fellow Americans, there is a legal justification for us to try to stop them from carrying out plots," he said. "It's very important for the president and the entire culture of our national security team to continually ask tough questions. Are we doing the right thing? Are we abiding by rule of law? Are we abiding by due process?"
The U.S. established precedent for taking out an enemy leader 70 years ago with the targeted killing of Japanese naval commander Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned and executed the attack on Pearl Harbor. When Yamamoto's plane was tracked to an island in the South Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the order to shoot it down.
Jaffer says that while there is no moral distinction between ordering the killing of a U.S. citizen and a noncitizen, there is a legal distinction. "Americans plainly have rights protected by the Constitution, including the right not to be deprived of your rights without due process of law," he says. "The law generally requires that there be an imminent threat and that the use of lethal force be a last resort. Was Al-Awlaki an imminent threat or simply an ongoing threat?"
More than a year before his son's death, Al-Awlaki's father, Nasser, asked a judge to outline the circumstances under which targeted killing could be authorized. The case was dismissed because Nasser did not have standing to sue on behalf of his adult son. Nasser is now suing the government for wrongful death on behalf of his son's estate.
"If this case can't be heard, then courts are saying the political branches can decide which Americans are associated with terrorism and can be killed—and these decisions can be done in secret," says Jaffer. "That's an astonishing and dangerous proposition and an unchecked investment of power to a president."
In an effort to take responsibility for each death, Obama is said to decide personally who is targeted for killing and approve every major drone strike in Yemen and Somalia. But should any president be granted such power, regardless of his judicious consideration? Any power given to Obama will be used by presidents who follow him in office. Would liberals be quiet if a President Romney made these calls? That possibility obviously concerned the president. In the weeks before the election, the administration developed rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones so that a new president would inherit clear standards and procedures.
But even Obama acknowledged that drone strikes are not a long-term solution to terrorism. "Our most powerful tool over the long term to reduce the terrorist threat is to live up to our values and to be able to shape public opinion—not just here but around the world—that senseless violence is not a way to resolve political differences," he said, sounding more like candidate Obama than President Obama.
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