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Epsilon Canaris III was an inhabited planet. This was the homeworld of a native species. It was the third planet in the Epsilon Canaris planetary system.
The planet was located near the Gamma Canaris region.
In 2267, Assistant Commissioner Nancy Hedford was dispatched there to prevent the outbreak of war. The commissioner developed Sakuro's Disease and had to be evacuated; subsequent events made her return impossible, and necessitated the assignment of another mediator. (TOS: "Metamorphosis")
Presumably, Epsilon Canaris III was located in the Alpha Quadrant.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), in 2378, Epsilon Canaris III was a Federation member.


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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday when announcing its quarterly earnings that it busted through its earlier forecast for spending on a foreign-bribery probe.
The retailer said during an earnings call it spent $73 million in its first fiscal quarter of 2014, which ended April 26, on the probe. It said it spent about $44 million on the investigations, and another $29 million on a global compliance review and organizational changes.
Congress, the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are all investigating whether Wal-Mart violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when seeking to open stores around the world, and whether it hushed up an early internal inquiry into the matter. The company has said it's cooperating, and it's conducting its own review.
Wal-Mart had forecast spending between $40 million and $45 million in the period on FCPA matters. It spent $157 million in the last fiscal year.
On the earnings call, Wal-Mart said it believes it will spend another $65 million to $70 million on the FCPA case during the second fiscal quarter.
Wal-Mart's alleged misconduct made waves across the world when The New York Times reported in April 2012 that the retailer allegedly paid more than $24 million in Mexico by handing out envelopes of cash to mayors, city council members, urban planners and bureaucrats who issued permits. A follow-up report in December focused on Wal-Mart's Mexican unit's efforts to open a store in 2003 in Teotihuacán, an ancient Aztec city.
Correction: A New York Times story said company investigators found suspect payments totaling more than $24 million in Mexico. An earlier version of this post erred in stating definitively that the article alleged Wal-Mart made those payments to officials who issue permits.
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Episode Description: When the Wild Kratts Team decides to explore the spot where early explorers Lewis and Clark first laid eyes on the American prairie, they discover that prairies and the amazing bison herds of yore are much harder to find these days. Science Concept: What is a prairie?
Wednesday, May 11 at 4:00 pm on Main
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A public hearing on a controversial propane distribution facility in the light industrial park off Highway 174 has been delayed. Originally scheduled for Wednesday's Colfax City Council meeting, no new date has been scheduled, city officials announced on Thursday.
The proposed facility would consist of two on-site storage tanks – one with a 30,000-gallon capacity and the second with a 14,000-gallon capacity.
Several longtime Colfax residents are raising concerns about the facility, including fire safety and limited access to the property.
They're also questioning why the project isn't being required to hook up to the city's sewer system.
Owner/operator of the plant will be JS West, a 101-year-old family-owned business with several other plants in Northern California.
"We continue in our commitment to the communities where we work, live and serve," said Jill Benson, vice president and a fourth generation member of the founding family. "We currently serve over 1,500 customers on the area."
Benson went on to explain the company is in "dire need of finding a home and place to store propane in order to continue to serve our customers as well as grow."
The existing 3.25-acre parcel, currently owned by Schwartz Construction, is zoned industrial. The proposal calls for subdividing the property into 1.74 acres, which would be utilized by the propane storage facility and 1.51 acres retained for use by the construction business.
A small manufacturing company and a trucking business are located in the industrial park, which is located just past Colfax Veterinary Clinic on Highway 174.
According to Benson, the facility will lessen the company's carbon footprint.
"We have been using another location – a storage area in Rocklin," she said. "We needed storage close to our customers in order to serve them and to be efficient in our operation."
She indicated the company closely follows the National Fire Protection Association standards of operation for handling hazardous materials.
"We maintain strict safety policy and procedures in every installation we have," she said. "With ongoing training and good management practices in place we're able to run safe, clean operations without incident."
In addition, the facility will be fenced and well-lighted with proper setbacks and enough space to allow for emergency vehicle turnaround, Benson said. Initially, staffing would consist of three drivers, a manager and an office worker.
"Our impact will be pretty minimal," she said. "At the end of the day, our delivery trucks will go there and spend the night rather than going back to Auburn. We'll be shrinking our carbon footprint."
Longtime Colfax residents Mary Walker and Jeannie Claxton have concerns about the location of the facility.
"We're pushing for an environmental impact report. A negative declaration will not serve for the long term," said Walker, whose family has owned property in the area for more than 50 years. "They need more time to look at the potential risks and safety."
One of her primary concerns is the limited access to the property. The only road in and out of the industrial park has a 20 percent grade. Walker questions the safety of vehicles using that road during the winter months.
She also questioned why the city is not requiring the propane business to hook up to the sewer system. Currently, the property utilizes a septic system.
"This is the city's chance to get it out there," she said.
Ted Back, a member of the Auburn Watchdog Action Group and a longtime Colfax resident, agrees with Walker.
"This project should be connected to the city sewer and new state of the art $11 million wastewater treatment plant," he said. "Typically, the developer puts in the sewer line to the agency's standards, dedicates the pipe to the city and the developer recovers its investment when additional people hook up to the sewer main as provided by government code."
He also questions the potential hazards of the project.
"This project exposes people and structures to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires," he said.
This is the third attempt by JS West to locate a distribution facility in Colfax.
In 2002 the company attempted to locate a facility on property within 500 feet of the Mink Creek subdivision off Whitcomb Avenue.
After listening to the opposition from Mink Creek Homeowners Association, JS West withdrew its proposal.
The following year, the company purchased land at a different site on Whitcomb Avenue. However, plans to develop the property were never submitted to the city,
"We look forward to making Colfax our new home and contribute to the tax revenues to the City of Colfax and new job opportunities as we grow," Benson said.
She added that JS West will partner with West Coast Propane Association, Placer County and city of Colfax to offer live propane gas firefighting training with Emergency First Responders.
"We're also really excited about the program we're starting to benefit the Susan G Komen Foundation," Benson concluded. "For every gallon of propane delivered from our pink bobtail trucks, we donate to find the cure for breast cancer."


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Ok Richard what about if he does the same this race and then the next what then? What does this guy have to do to to impress the likes of you and bob?
Hes seen off every team mate hes ever had including 2 world champs ok he got beat in 2011 but that wasnt down to lack of speed just an erratic poor season, But a Hamilton with his head in the right place is a very formidable driver who is definately in the top 3 of the current drivers Button and Rosberg are not in my opinion


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What Are My Rights As A Father?
Learn How to Get Your Father's Rights!
Father's rights come up in a variety of situations, whether you are divorcing/divorced or were never married, you have rights to your children and you need to know what they are and how to fight for them. Obviously, hiring an attorney skilled in Father's Rights is of utmost importance, but if you don't do the right thing, you will be hurting your chances even with a father's rights attorney on your side.
The main issues that you, as a father, will be presented with are: Child Custody, Child Visitation, and Child Support. Knowing how they work together is essential to knowing how to obtain your father's rights the correct way.
Child Custody Rights for Fathers
Gone are the days where mom always wins custody of the kids—courts are now (finally) beginning to turn the corner and realize that a good parent does not always need to be a woman. With most of the workforce now being comprised of both men and women, it is no longer the case that a stay at home mom is needed to properly rear a child, and the courts have come out of the dark ages and realized this too, granting custody to men all the time.
Fathers have the same right to physical custody as a mother does, and the case needs to be made to the court properly to show that custody with you is in the "best interests of the child." This is the main threshold that most states require a showing of in order to award physical custody of a child to a parent. This means having a stable, clean home environment and avoiding the pitfalls that have destroyed many men's custody battles.
Child Visitation Rights for Fathers
Visitation, also known as parenting time, is time when your kids spend time with the non-custodial parent (the parent that is not the every-day parent). Fathers can pursue this right and ask for the court to make visitation as little or as much as possible if the battle for physical custody has been lost. Unless there is some type of physical endangerment to the child, courts will allow "liberal visitation rights" in most states, because they realize that a father's involvement in their children's lives are important to their overall growth. Showing that you have proper sleeping arrangements, a clean home, and free time to spend with your kids is essential to making the argument for your rights to visitation time.
Child Support Rights as a Father
Child support is paid to the parent that is the full-time parent (the custodial parent). If this is a father, then the mother must pay child support since the kids are living with dad. Many people think that fathers do not get the right to ask for child support, but this is not true. If the kids live with you, you should be getting money from the mother of those children.
If you are the father and you are not the custodial or residential parent, than you must pay child support based on either a percentage of your income or based on the needs of the child. This varies from state to state, so an expert attorney must be consulted to understand these intricacies. Many fathers do not realize that they can fight to lower the amount of support they pay or that they can fight some back child support that is owed, saving them thousands of dollars!
How the Children Are Raised and Father's Rights
Father's, even if not the custodial parent, deserve to have a say in how the child is raised. This involves big things like the health care of the children and what school they will attend. It also involves other things, such as extracurricular activities or summer camp. If the mother will not let you be involved in your child's life for these things, you must go to court and ask for the judge to force her to do so. Hiring an attorney to draft a proper Parenting Agreement is important as it will lay out the necessary details of how the kids are raised and who has what responsibilities.
Don't wait until it's too late to fight for your rights as a father. Only an attorney skilled in Father's Rights, as found here at FamilyLawRights.net, can provide you with the information and tools necessary to see to that your rights are secured. Don't make the common mistakes that so many fathers make as outlined in this article and others linked within this article and your chances at a positive result will be greatly increased. Get started today and fight for your father's rights. Your family deserves it.
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February 25, 2016 at 7:34 pm
I got served, went to court, got a joint custody of my daughter. I get to see her only 4 hours a day every other weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) The problem is I live 2 hours away (I live in NJ and my daughter lives in CT) I want to see her more than 4 hours but I don't want to go back to CT after visiting for 4 hours on Friday or Saturday. Is this fair?
January 31, 2016 at 12:11 am
My husband has a daughter that he has never been able to see. The mother does not let him see his daughter because of the relationship that they had in the past. It has now been 8 years and she re-married and told the little girl that another man is the father. My husband tried to help her out when his daughter was born but she refused to accept his help because she said she was on welfare. He stopped trying to talk to the mother because she would never talk to him in person about the situation on how he could visit the little girl and she would tell him that she did not want to see him. What should my husband do in order to be able to see the little girl.
January 31, 2016 at 12:02 am
My husband has a daughter that he has never been able to see. The mother does not let him see his daughter because of the relationship that they had in the past. It has now been 8 years and she re-married and told the little girl that another man is the father. My husband tried to help her out when his daughter was born but she refused to accept his help because she said she was on welfare. What should my husband do in order to be able to see the little girl.
September 4, 2015 at 12:06 pm
My fiance has not been able to see his son in over a year. We had recently moved out of state in sept 14 to take care of my parkinsons diseased grandmother now that she has passed away we have moved back. While living in this other state his sons mother would talk constantly about how her and his son cant wait for him to move back so he can see him. The day we moved back he contacted her and she told him there is no way he can see his son until they go to court. It has now been 3 months since we have been living here, he constantly calls texts and fb messages her in hope for a response to see his son but she fails to reply and has begun to ingore his whole family which would see his son every other weekend. Him and I are concerned about his sons wellbeing because when we did get to see his son he would come over with bruises human and bug bite marks. We want to file emergency custody but are concerned that the courts will not side in his favor because the child has been living with his mother for the past 2 years and she does have him enrolled in school. Is there anything we can do to help have the case go in his favor?
August 17, 2015 at 8:16 pm
My boyfriend is getting a raw deal. He needs to get his fathers rights somehow but he keeps getting screwed over by his sons mother. What does he need to do to get a set schedule with his ex? She constantly lies about how he treats his son to turn the family against us both.
August 16, 2015 at 12:51 pm
My son is 27 and he gets his son every other weekend for visitation. At the time of the agreement he agreed to take his son as long as myself or my husband was here with him as to aid him in taking care of his son which we understand cause he was only one year old he is now going to be 4 next month is potty trained and can express what he wants verbly. The mother of now is complaining of my 27 year old sons ADHD implying that she thinks cause of it that he is mentally incompantant to have him by himself, but we have just learned that her current boyfriend has ADHD worse than my son is there anything he can do about this
July 2, 2015 at 4:03 pm
In August 2014 my wife told me she will be seeking a divorce.At that time I had been battle some addictions which started after being prescribed pain killers for injuries sustained in a bad car accident.I had decided at that time to voluntarily enter an in-treatment rehab facility.I was there 18 weeks.Prior to entering the rehab my wife explained that she wanted to move to Alaska from our home in Florida, She and my son would live with my sister-in-law and her family in Alaska.This would give her time to get back on her feet financially.I agreed to let her take our son there to live until he finished with his school year in 2015.He is in first grade.She agreed and promised she would move back to the town where we lived in Florida in June 2015.So they went off to Alaska and off I went to rehab.I am happy to report that I have been clean for just about 11 months.I graduated from the rehab in January 2015.In March 2015 my wife explained that she and my son would not be returning to Florida.Two weeks later I received the divorce paperwork.She is seeking full legal and physical custody of our 7 year old son.She also is petitioning so that I only get supervised visitations with our son based on concern for his safety do to my drug addiction.She waited until she established 6 months of residency in Alaska with our son to file for the divorce.She filed in Alaska.Since I had not contested her living away from our home state with our son before she gained residency I have no recourse to have her return with him.I have several questions: 1. Is there anything I can do to get her to return with him? 2. What are my rights during the proceeding? There is no court order at this point.She has excluded me from all decisions regarding how he is being raised, who he is around or where he goes.She took him to visit family in New York in April and didn't even make me aware of the fact that they would be flying from Alaska to New Your and back until after they had returned to Alaska. 3. There has never been any neglect or abuse, documented or otherwise.I completed an 18 week rehab program and I have maintained sobriety for almost 11 months.I go to AA meetings regularly.I've never been arrested for anything.Is it possible that she would be awarded sole physical and legal custody and have me only get supervised visitations? This is killing me.I haven't seen my son since August 24th, 2014.I talk to him once/week because of the 4 hour time difference and my wife's work schedule only permits speaking with him on Sunday evenings at 9:00pm.It's killing my parents as they don't get to see or talk to their only grandchild anymore.We lived in the same town as my parents for 2 1/2 years before my wife and son moved to Alaska.Any advice or knowledge?
April 21, 2015 at 11:43 am
I am a wife/ step-mom, with about 13 years of experience with the "system", and I am sorry to say, to all of you fathers out there, that the only right you have is the right to pay. Period, plain and simple, just give up, we have.
My step daughter was medically and educationally neglected when she was younger, the only thing the law cares about is making sure the kid stays with mom, no matter what kind of POS she is.
My step daughter has officially dropped out of school at the age of 13 because her mom uses her to hurt my husband. The judge is letting her get away with this, she has been out of school for 3 months now, and the judge just keeps saying that she needs to get back into school and re-schedules the hearing. The truancy/ CHIPS petition was filed over 2 years ago by the school when she was only attending 2 days a week. Still, the judge says it's not the mom's responsibility, it's the childs fault. Give up guys, I wish we had walked away years ago. There is no way you can win.
March 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm
i have a little girl named Jordan. Her mom and me couldn't make the relationship work. She use to punch me in the face, hit by the car,stabbed,kicked between the legs and even got poisoned when she cooked dinner. I left the day she stabbed me and never went back. My little girl was asleep and woke up to me standing in the living room bleeding. I have a million dollars in doctor bills due to her. I only called the cops twice and nothing was done to her. In the past 2 years I've only got to see my girl maybe twice. If we run into each other in public she causes the biggest scene ever. I've only missed a few child support payments to her. What can I do to see my kid? She needs her daddy and I need my "daddy's little princes". I'm looking for anyone's advice on this…
March 1, 2015 at 1:23 am
complicated situation need some advice. 4 years ago a friend had a baby, her boyfriend (never married) signed the birth certificate knowing he wasn't the father (he's white the baby is mixed). they split up and are going through a custody battle.
my other friend is the bio dad but just found out a month ago from the mother,he's setting up dna testing right now. we are wondering if the dna testing will hold up in court and if he will have rights at that point??? we are in michigan.
February 5, 2015 at 8:14 am
I have been divorce in 2004. We have a joint custody, but primary placement is with my ex-wife. Unfortunately, she passed away last year 2014, and now I have custody of my daughter. Now my ex-wife's boyfriend is serving me lawsuits. He wanted to take sole custody of my daughter and primary placement and visitation of my daughter. I am confused as to why he is doing so. I am angry and stress that he would served me to go to court. What can I do at this point and the fastest way to reserved this? My Attorney strategy is to go into mediation, which I totally disagree. My daughter and I do not have any blood tied to this boyfriend of my ex-wife. What can I do?
January 6, 2015 at 9:29 pm
I have two children (7 and 5). My wife and I are about to get divorced. I am currently unemployed but my wife has a job. She wants child custody. We have a house. As a father what right I have in terms to child custody, child supports and asset division?
December 9, 2014 at 12:00 pm
I have been living in tx for almost ten years. My children reside in ca, i have always paid my child support but my youngest sons mother refuses to let me c him. i am married now and have just been served with papers that state that my youngest son has been removed from his mothers care and is being detained by the city of san bernadino in ca what do i need to do to get custody of my son. please help me i have called and called the social worker with no call back and i am really worried about him.
October 2, 2014 at 10:48 am
P.S. We live in Missouri.
October 2, 2014 at 10:43 am
I have a son who is trying to fight for custody of his 6 yr. old son . The child has behavioral problems that the mother refuses to address. The child has anger issues and mental health issues that the mother has not addressed. The school he attends has tried to contact the mother by phone calls, letters sent through the mail, letters sent home with the child but there has been no response from the mother. She has an attorney and he can't afford to pay for an attorney. She has relatives paying for her legal services and the mother went and told her attorney a bunch of lies pertaining to my son and got his visitation reduced from every other weekend down to 2 days a month and expects him to be able to build a strong, loving relationship with his son. I don't believe this woman is able to make a rational decision when it comes to my grandson. There have been questions as to the environment he's being raised in also. The child has told his dad that he doesn't get to spend time with his mother that he's always at his maternal grandmother's house. The mother is not employed to my knowledge, apparently she couldn't stay clean off drugs long enough to be able to be employed at a gas station. I'm very concerned about my grandson's safety as well. He's been at his father's house when I've went for a visit and he has had injuries each time. The first was on April 25, 2014 and he had a bruise on his face so I inquired about what happened and was told that his maternal grandmother hit him with a flyswatter in the face. Hos father said he also had a bruise on his back too. I was infuriated by the one on his face. Like I said , This family doesn't have much money but are in need of help very desperately in order to get this child out of what seems to be a bad situation. On September 27, 2014, I was able to see the child again and this time he had a sore on his back and we asked what happened and he said that he kept falling off the swings at school ,but it sounded like it was a coached response. This child is now in kindergarten and struggling because the mother refuses to cooperate with the school.My son and his fiance went and talked to the child's teacher and she said that this child can't stay sitting still or out of trouble for a 30 minute period. My son has nothing but his child's best interest at heart. We just want him to be able to get the help he needs which my son is willing to get him the help his child needs. In fact before the visitation got reduced my son was in the process of setting up counseling in the home not only with the child but with the family as a whole and when the visitation got reduced to 2 days a month they just figured that wouldn't do any good. Another issue is stability , there is no stability at the mother's house, he is free to do as he chooses but when he is at dad's house there are rules and a family- oriented environment. They make plans to do family- oriented activities. I believe this child would be so much better off with his father . Can you help us please?
September 5, 2014 at 2:42 pm
Is it legal to block my ex-wife's number so she can't call me? She has my girlfriend/Fiancée's number to call if she needs to. We have 3 kids together but she has been calling and yelling, crying about her boyfriend and a lot of things that have nothing to do with our kids. I have told her to stop calling me unless its about the kids but she hasn't listened, instead she gets mad yells and has called more. This has been happening more and more over the last year.
August 23, 2014 at 9:04 pm
I have a son who is 15 years old and was involved with a girl who is 19. she got pregnant and told my son that he was the father. They continued to have a relationship during and after the pregnancy. I found out about the baby about a month after he was born. My son finally told me. I talked to the mother and asked about the baby and she said she gave the baby to a couple that couldn't have anymore children. she wouldn't give me any information about the baby, like where he was born, she even told me the wrong birth date. I found out a lot of information on facebook about the couple that have the baby. I have a lawyer right now and we are trying to get a paternity test done to make sure it is my sons child. We have had 2 court hearings which she didn't show up to. The other day we had an emergency court hearing with the judge and a lawyer that represents the couple who have the baby was there to represent the mother of the baby. They had filed a petition to dismiss the case because my son didn't get on the Paternity Registry. We are in Texas. How was he suppose to know about a Registry, being 15 years old. She was running the whole show. There has to be something we can do. This cant be the end of it. If that is my sons baby then he wants the opportunity to raise him, with help from his parents of course until he is able on his. They said his rights have been terminated, how could that be without him knowing? There has to be something we can do. Help Please. The couple are trying to adopt the baby.
August 14, 2014 at 10:29 pm
While married, my ex-wife put one of my twin sons on medication for ADHD without my consent. She met with the doctor when I was unavailable and knowing that I was against the idea and did not give me the opportunity to discuss it with the Pediatrician. She quickly filled the prescription that evening and administered the drug before I got home (the drug is to be administered in the morning). My son had side affects from the drug and she had the doctor change them without my knowledge. Situations like this led to our divorce. At the end of last school year we both decided to take him off his meds for the summer. While at the school this evening to meet their new teacher (my ex-wife also teaches there)I found out she has been giving him his medication on a regular basis but does not send it with him during my visitations because she knows how I feel about it. The medication was prescribed solely for school and classroom activities. When I called her out on breaking the parenting agreement and told her I was going to contact my lawyer, she said "go ahead, how are you going to pay for it? My parents have a million dollars." What can I do??
August 14, 2014 at 7:46 am
Hello, my fiancée is going through a divorce. He is fighting for alternating weeks for his parenting time. Will this lower his child. Support order?
July 28, 2014 at 10:45 am
Im a father and I just got released from jail in june my son's mother is still mad that im not with her i moved on so now she's in her feelings not letting me be apart of my sons life because were not together. Im trying my best and im not giving up to be the good father i am is there any way i'm able to co-parent i can get him on weekends i need to be apart of his life and i need serious help
December 28, 2014 at 9:14 pm
I was 7 months pregnant when my fake fiance left me for another woman who always been there after I had my daughter 8 months passed and I havent heard anything from him. Now he sends his sister over to my house to ease things between me and him now he wants to see his daughter after 8 months of no phone calls or anything. what should I do I know I cant keep her away from him the courts will take his side but before I had her he was abusive and pushed my oldest daughter and I pressed charges against him for that
May 7, 2014 at 10:38 pm
Hello. I am currently helping a friend out with his divorce case and i was wondering if someone who knows MN laws could email me. I cannot afford a lawyer.
March 13, 2014 at 1:06 pm
My future husband has a terrible time with his ex wife. They have been divorced for almost 5 years. She used to interfere with his parenting time, several times in court and that has subsided. However, she continues to disparage him and me to their 3 children as well as to the general public. His oldest son is 13 and has 2 daughters, 7 and 9. She berrates his over text and email. We went to a family counseling session and she completely lost control. She tells the children that I am a loser and both my fiance and I are on drugs.
Our main concern is his son. He seems depressed when visiting. He tells us he hates his mother and hates living with her. He also says she does not love him. He is a little overweight and he also tells us she is starving him. She sends him to private school and he hates it. It is a small school and there are not many children his age. When my fiance tries to talk to his ex about changing schools or his children's extra cirricular activities, she says she is the parent of primary residence and only she has the last say. The last visit to court, the judge did a turn around and almost took away my fiances rights to visitation. His lawyer was awful and basically just took it all laying down.
We only have the children every other weekend and every tuesday, about 8 days a month. He pays a pretty decent amount of support, we buy all their clothing, shoes, coats. We have no idea what she spends the support on, but she is running around town in a new Cadillac sporting Jimmy Choos. If she pays for an afterschool activity, (that she schedules during his parenting time), she starts demanding more money. It's a mess, she is politically connected, and he is always getting the short end. He petitioned for equal time, we live within 2 miles of each other, and he already drives them to school now. She makes more money then him. We purchased a home that each child has their own room, (they dont have that at her house). And we are engaged. Yet the judge refused to modify the order stating there is no substatial change in circumstance. I could go on forever, she is just an awful person that just wants what she wants and does not seem to care about what is in the best interest of the children
February 26, 2014 at 5:25 pm
Up until a few weeks ago, my husbands son (now 8) lived with us since Dec 2011. He and his ex decided it would be best for him because he was messing up in school and I'm assuming, she just didnt want to take the time to correct it. Every time we mentioned to her about dis-enrolling him in school so he can go somewhere more convenient for us, she requested he come home. He was doing well in school and didnt want to make him suffer. We found out he was academically behind in the second grade. the teacher worked with us and we seen a major difference. She never seen his Bio Mom, we dropped him off, picked him the whole school year, paid for after school programs because even though he was under her for welfare (and there was nothing we could do on our end) we couldnt receive any subsidy. after that year and much tension and no help from Bio Mom(she might of gotten her son 4/5 times since we had him) She was suppose to get him for summer break, never showed, would only call when son called her first. we have records. i would get so upset seeing him upset and crying because she wouldnt call or show up. Anywho, we were able to reach someone at the school who would allow his dad to dis-enroll him so he could be in a another district. We contacted her one more time see if she would do anything..nothing..few weeks before school, dad enrolled him in a charter school and all was at peace, it had been 3 years of the nonsense. I could now go to work and know either myself or his dad would drop him off/pick him up without worrying about being late, etc. First day if school went well, he calls to tell Bio Mom, no answer, she leaves a message and says she will come and get him Friday, Friday, nothing. My stepson cried his heart out, the next day, my husband called and told her she needed to be more consistant because he was getting older and it was affecting him. She said she would, that lasted for about 2 months. she would still try to pick him up at late hours and drop him off whenver she felt like it, another talk, she agreed but then didnt show. we are now in Nov, fast forward to Dec, we get a complaint for full custody. Nothing he could do but she what the judge says, she never shows for mediation and it is thrown. The day its thrown out, husband was advised to file for custody , he did. She was served on Sat morning and had son. Sunday came and went, he called/texted her phone, we called police, hospitals, nothing..Mon, Tues, Weds, Weds he calls and says hes now staying with his mother, Husband asked to speak to his mother, she said she sent a text Sunday..she didnt, he went back downtown and they gave him a court date for March. She had tried to enroll him in a different school, we have not seen him, she wont let him come even though he calls and says he wants to….what now?? its been almost a month, Im trying to stay strong for my husband but i feel like my child was taking away from me as well. At this point, all i do is pray. Please help! any advice you can give.
February 1, 2014 at 9:23 am
P.S. Our son HAS been paying child support through the CA courts on line and on time ever since the DNA test proved he was the father. He was not only current but actually paying extra to get caught up on the back payments the state said he owed. And then yesterday discovered that all his money from both savings and checking accounts had been taken. Every. Single. Penny.
Can the state do this to him? How is he supposed to pay his own bills so that he may continue to work and support this child?
Your advice and comments are greatly appreciated!
February 1, 2014 at 9:19 am
My step-son was informed 3 years ago by CA Children's Court that he has a son. The mother is a woman he was with only a few times (not a relationship). While she was pregnant, she told our son this wasn't his baby. Later she recanted her story. Our son asked for and received DNA testing for himself and the baby when the mother asked for child support. The test was positive; he is the baby daddy. The mother told the court clerk that she didn't want any of her information shared with our son. He has no idea where she lives or the welfare of his child. He has never been allowed visitation.
Our son recently moved to another state. Unfortunately, he didn't make this known to the CA courts and yesterday discovered they had completely cleaned out both his checking and savings accounts. Of course, we're hoping this will make our son angry enough to step up and do what he has to do to get fair child support payments and gain access to visitation.
As grandparents, we want our son and the rest of this child's family to have visitation with this now four year old child. Is there anything WE, as grandparents, can do to get this ball rolling? We are in California and we are willing to fight for this child.
January 24, 2014 at 10:36 pm
My kids mother moved away in 2000. In 2005 when I requested regular visits she refused to allow me to see my kids (3 boys). The youngest at the time was born in 2000. In 2000 it was recognized the paternity of the youngest was in question. I filed Pro Se in '05 for visitation and our Parental Agreement and Consent Order was put in play. Within the order there were provisions for a paternity test for the youngest. If my son, I wanted a relationship. She refused to perform the test. Finally 4 years later, after she and her boyfriend had created a fantasy for 9 years or more, suggested the youngest was his son. I managed to get a swab to use for the paternity test and as suspected he was my son. I was obliged to have the same visitation as my other kids. I screwed up in '05 not understanding the meaning of full custody. I relinquished custody to the kids mother, thinking it just meant they were going to live her.
Times have changed dramatically, she has used the kids as pawns during these years where the kids wanted to explore certain endeavors to better their educational opportunities through athletics and because I was involved she's refused them certain access to improve their positioning. I have the acumen and resources to help my kids, she knows it and refuses to allow my kids to spend any extra time with me, other than what's in the visitation plan (i.e. every other weekend). My oldest is now 24 ( she screwed up his track scholarship) and there's my 19 year old (she screwed up his football scholarship) and finally the youngest is 13 at this juncture, she's on the way to butcher his HS basketball dreams. Mind you I'm not a wealthy man and I understand the importance of a good education. As a football coach, I've sent plenty of kids to college using their athletics to pay/pave their way. My 13 year old wants to spend more time with me so he can reach the hopes and dreams he's interested in. Again Mom wont allow me any extra time. In fact has my son using her now husbands last name in school and on his uniform during extra curricular activities. Its mind blowing.
I need to modify the custody agreement yet there's no substantial change of circumstance. I want to spend more time with my 13 year old. The agreement was put together when he was 9 and before that she kept him away from me, reporting to people that he was her then boyfriends now husbands son. They both are part of the efforts to keep my sons access to me limited as well she continues to file frivolous contempt motions which are senseless! I need an aggressive no nonsense attorney to address my challenges with the modification and her as well.
January 4, 2014 at 11:48 am
my wife left and took my children a month later I got served divorce papers she went over 60 miles away without my consent she will not come half way for me to see my children while doing my homework I found out she can't move over 50 miles away without my or the courts consent she got neither she moved my kids with her into her mothers house who smokes pot and hates me I don't know if she talks about me in front of the children they are 2 and 3 years old I have been nice to my wife and not letting on about what I know should I wait till we go to court or what should I do I just want my children
January 2, 2014 at 11:29 am
fathers have no rights i was given a court order of visitation for my son from the court of trumbull county in ohio two years later they sent me a letter in the mail saying my ex wife and son filed for re location i havent a phone number to contact them only an address and its been over a year since ive seen jacob
December 10, 2013 at 7:27 pm
Greetings to you,
My brother has a situation that he is very concerned about. His wife has decided to separate from him and return to the state of New Jersey. Upon her return, she applied for welfare, Medicaid and section 8. When she applied, they told her that she needs verification of the child's father's income. He is quite concerned for whether or not they can come after him legally for child support. He does send her monies via bank transfer on a monthly basis. Is this something that he should be concerned about?
Additionally, is there a special calculation that judges use for child support? If so, is it possible for you to share that with me?
Your Advice would be greatly appreciated
Mrs. Ouedraogo
November 30, 2013 at 8:33 pm
My wife and I are in the beginning stages of a divorce. She has told me to leave the house in the next couple of months or else? We have a 13yr old son at home who I don't want exposed to any arguments, and want him to finish Hs where he is currently going. I don't want to go into debt by starting over ..ie rent, furniture etc.Do I have the same right to live in my house(we own a house together)as she does?
November 5, 2013 at 1:30 am
Is there a way for my brother, who lives in north dakota, assign me to act on his behalf on all matters involving his daughter? We want to ensure that our family is allowed to be a part of her life. The child, her mother and i, all live in indiana. Would he have to terminate his rights, or could he sign them over to me,? would i need to adopt the child? is this even a legal posibility, and if so how would we go about getting it done? The mother has never denied me visitation with my neice, but my mother passed away in august, and since then it has been VERY difficult to contact the child's mother, and when I do finally talk to her it seems like she makes excuses why i cant see the baby that day. Sometimes it takes 2 weeks of daily calling, texting, messages via facebook, and contacting her mother, just to ask to see the baby, then i have to wait 2 weeks before she lets me keep her for even one night. I did keep the baby for while school was on fall break and her mom was working, but Erica didnt have anybody to babysit for her, My mom usually watched her when school was out We are worried that because my brother (the child's father,) lives so far away, the mother is basically free to do whatever she wants, regardless of what best for the child. And, god forbid , if anything happens to erica, my brother is far away so erica's mother would most likely get he child, What can we do to ensure our family's involvment in the child's life? Any information you can give me will be very helpful, and extremely appriciated!
November 2, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Hey my daughter was just born and the mother of my child didn't put my name on the birth certificate. Now she is denying me visitation….What rights do i have in this matter?
October 18, 2013 at 1:09 pm
My twins are 15 now and every attempt to establish relationship has ultimately failed. We never wanted to take things to court for our girls sake….however my girls are asking for time with me and their mother keeps telling them no. She isnt feeding them, she punched and stomped my daughter in the face, just to name a few(i hv text from my daughters)We've never been married and when I filed paperwork a few years back for joint custody, they kept sending it back saying that it was the wrong address but I KNOW I wasn't mistaken but the clerk said there was nothing more they could do if I didn't hv another address. My daughters this year hv sent me msgs asking me to do something. Ive called the police and child protective services. What do I need to do to get custody (of any kind)?
October 18, 2013 at 8:40 am
Wife moved out of home with kids without my consent. She has refused to take my calls. I have no idea if she is planning to seek a divorce or not. In case she's planning for a divorce, what legal action can I take to get her and my kids back? What are my rights? How can you help?
October 1, 2013 at 7:41 pm
My friend has recently separated from his partner. They were never married, but lived together for around two years. In that time the father has been the sole provider (to my knowledge) for their one year old and five year old. The one year old child is biologically the fathers, but the five year old is not. My friend is specifically seeking custody for his one year old. I have known the family for around a year and know the children very well. The one year old is extremely attached to the father. In my opinion, the mother seems to be a bit of a sociopath. I have never seen her show affection to either of her children. Also, the mother is still in college whereas the father has a full time job. When they are both busy during the day, the one year old stays with the father's parents. The father did move out of the house around a week ago, but he took his one year old with him. The child spends time with both parents right now. I'd like information on what he can do to get custody of his one year old and if there is anything to do about the five year old. Thank you.
September 24, 2013 at 12:42 pm
hello my name is Lizzy and I am desperately looking for someone to give me advice on how to help my husband. my husband has an upcoming court on October the 10th very soon. so I really need advise asap on his upcoming court. many people have said get a lawyer but we don't have money for a lawyer. he's trying to fight the court and fight his daughters mother. he's having a lot of trouble with his visitation she denies on will not handle for the girls. he had one call a hotline call police which we cannot find the number for it again. he has brought this is you up at court and judge just told him that he's not there to enforce visitation but the child support. that aside the biggest issue is that I'm not over the tent he has another court date to go on front of the judge. let me say this first my husband is not a US citizen and yes he's here illegally. that being said it is kind of difficult for him to help find a job. without any social security or papers he can I find a stable job and the court doesn't seem to understand let alone the judge. my husband tries to send in something at least something for child support. but would he make sometimes is not enough not even for us. sometimes without even exaggerating we don't have nothing to eat. that said the judge told him on his last court date that on October the 10th he had to come up with $3000. but my husband is it legal does not have a social security or papers with no papers no Social Security means no good job no good pay. it's hard for him to find a job he has to do want a labor sometimes. I was told you that in Dallas Texas it was not a Dept state. I really need some advice you me and my husband we don't have any money he tries to pay his child support like I said but its kinda hard, at least he said something in. people say get a lawyer but like I stated we don't have money for a lawyer and we don't know what to do what are his rights what can he do what can he say at court. like I said the big problem here is that he does not have a Social Security is not a US citizen so he is illegal, he tries to send something like I said but is not enough apparently. my concern is that if he doesn't take those $3000 stand up to the 10th he will go to jail which the judge has to in him with. please I really need some help.
August 20, 2013 at 7:58 pm
I want to keep this short. .
I have three children . 1, 2 & 3 yrs old.
Me and thier mother have been together thier whole lives untill this past june 2013 first child was born in sept 2010 .
Well we finally decided to separate .Due to communication problems .
Now i recieve a child support order this month . Im not to worried about that because i would give her most of my imcome for the kids either way .
My ? Is . Ever since we parted . She denies me to see them and im paying child support for all three as we speak. If i go to thier home i am denied by thier baby sitter which is thier grandmother. When i can clearly hear them and see them thru the door. Its been just about two months since ive seen them and since this is my first time going thru this just needed some advice. Personallyi just want what ever rights i can get i dnt wnt to take them away and i dont mind paying the support . I go to work every day for them as my motivation. And giving them what they need to be financially taken care of is my obligation .. I just cant have thier mother do this to me when i am actually someone who wants to be in thier lives . They are young now but im losing valuable time and need to put a stop to this asap. Thanks for your time. . Im kind of worried that ive waited to long two months seems like forever. When ive been thier everyday for three yrs.
July 30, 2013 at 10:59 pm
I am trying to find some help for my son. A girl he dated got pregnant. She is mad because he did not stay with her and let her totally ruin his life. She says it is his kid, but refused to let him be at the hospital when the baby was born, therefore he couldn't get a paternity test done. She and her psycho family have threatened to have him arrested if he comes near her or the child, so he took my advice and he has requested paternity be established thru the Dept of Social Services/Child Support. That was almost 2 months ago and the test still has not been ordered. The mom is leaving the baby with known drug dealers/users for days at a time, and since he has no proof the child is his, he can't just go to these people's homes and take the baby. When he met her, she was pulling this same game on her other baby's father, the only difference is that my son wants to take responsibility if the baby is his. ( she now has a 2 month old and a 14 month old !) He is desperately needing advice on how to handle this. It is just a matter of time before Child Protective Services gets involved, and he needs to be "legally" ready to come forward when this happens to get custody of this kid if it is his. What rights does he have at this point, and how can he get paternity established when she refuses to have anything to do with him other than threaten to have him arrested? We don't have a lot of money to hire big dog lawyers, but the good thing is that her family has nothing and they just move from one place to another until they get evicted for not paying their bills. Please help !!
May 31, 2013 at 2:36 pm
February 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Hi my name is matthew and my son is 5 years old and living with his mother here in the same state of Arkansas. I want to get full custody of my son asap. His mother has another kid by her boyfriend and they are living together in the same house. Her boyfriend just got arrested for paying for sex to another male that just happened to be an undercover cop. After that I told her I didn't want him around my son anymore. Thought he has never hurt my son i still don't want him there. She told me that he was no longer living there because of him getting arrested and I droped him off one night after this and he was not there well ten minutes later he come back to the house. i was parked around the corner just to see if she was lieing to me and sure enough she was. What can I do with this situation in order to get my son to live with me all the time? Please Please Please help me. Im also afraid that if i call HUD and tell them that he has and still is living there that she will lose it and move off to California with him and Ill never see him again.
January 22, 2013 at 12:07 pm
My 10 month son is biologically not mine, however we both signed the affidavit and I signed the birth certificate. He has been primarily living with me since birth I have provided both physical and financial support since day one. However now that his mother and I have broken up she is trying to take him and keep him from me. Although paternity says he's not mine can I do anything so I don't loose my son? What are my rights?
November 29, 2012 at 1:59 pm
I've been married for 2 years. However, my wife has been living a double-life (she parties, stays out until various times in the morning, and abuses marijuana and alcohol). I feel it's unhealthy for me and our kids (we have a daughter and she has a son with another gentleman). She has physically attacked me twice (I didn't report it because I decided to stay with her and work things out for the sake of our children not having to experience a broken family). I decided that I didn't want to put up with it any longer yesterday, so I moved out along with our daughter (I'm more consistent with our daughter and long to raise her in the proper upbringing for her future benefit).
I called the police and had them meet me at her apartment so I could gather my belongings safely and in peace (she has threatened my life, so I wanted to handle things peaceably and safely as possible). She has been sending me text messages to convince me to come back "home", but I do not feel safe there at all. I want to move on with my life and raise my daughter to respect men and her elders (which is something my wife struggles with, hence the reason I no longer wish to be with her).
I am employed, and am looking for an apartment for my daughter and I.
What are some things I can do legally to secure a better position of gaining complete custody over my daughter?
*I grew up without a father or mother (my grandmother raised me), so I don't ever want to be separated from my Booter. I love her so much and want to raise her right. I didn't know her mother was like the way she is when I first met her. Please help me with my situation…
Thank you!
November 14, 2012 at 1:54 pm
My name is Art I am a non-custodial parent of 2 children. My son is 12 yrs old and my daughter is 6 yrs old. I'm in the process of a divorce and also in a battle of fighting for custody of my 2 childrens. I have court orders from San Diego and Long Beach Superior Courts. Both granted my visitation and the mother and her live in boyfriend have kept them from seeing me there father for 13 months. Finally I was able to to my kids this past Verteran's weekend. November 2012. She also tried to cut the visit short which I didnt let happen. This situation should only be between myself, the mother and our kids. In this case thats not happening. My soon to be ex wife is allowing her finace interferred. I ask him nicely not to interferred he choose not to coperate and it has cause alot of friction. He not allowing to let me speak to my kids when I called and the mother is making allegations against my fiance which already been proven by the Child social services from San Diego and Long Beach, have been dismissed and unfounded. And my fiance still can not have any type of contact with my children. Because of the mother constant lies. She had a case in San Diego which I did participate went to all court dates which the mother did not go to the last court date. I did go was told my the family facililator to go back to Long Beach Court and continued your case that I had started. I have a Mediation on Dec 13 and court date to see the judge on Dec 17. In the mean time Im going by the San Diego Court orders and the mother is constantly trying to not let me have any communications with my children and now also her live in partner wont let me speak with my kids on the phone. What should I do. I want custody of my children, they both want to move with me especially my son and my daughter have said many times how much she misses being with my fiance. Both of my children have told me that they are afraid of there mother. Im trying to do everything by the book and just need a little direction in what else can I do that I already haven't. Help!!!
November 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm
The father of my baby, is in an out of his mothers home, she drinks quite often and also the father has a pill habit, he says he is ain't but he still is, And I don't feel comfortable with my baby over at his mothers house. I want to know how I can keep the vistations to at my house.
And how I can get legal proof that my son's father is sober.
Because my baby deserves 2 healthy parents that are doing what they have to do to help make a way for him. He is a blessing to me and I want my babys father to either see him as a blessing and clean up and stay sober or leave us alone. His habit is secretly but I know how he is when he is on them and he still is doing them, not as much as he use to before baby, but he still is doing them.
November 3, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Ok so my question is…..me and my baby mama are not married. But we live under the same roof with my parents. I need to know what my rights are. Im not allowed to take my son anywhere at all. She tells me i have no rights what so ever. I dont know what to do…..can you please help?
September 27, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Mly exgirlfried just gave birth yesterday. The hospital wont let me see my twins unless she calls and approves it. She refuses to do so. What can I do see them? Secondly she is giving them up for adoption, before I get an attorney (because I cant wait till they get adopted any minute now) what can I do? How can I stop this?? Please dont say get an attorney because I have to go through legal aid and it may take a while, I cannot afford your lawyers. Please let me know as much as you can. I feel I should be able to see my Daughters. Thank you!
September 21, 2012 at 2:25 pm
I know that Fathers are important in a childsl ive. However in my situation i find it favorable that the Father(s) are not involved for the simple fact that My husband has and is raising my children since they were little. I know that one father understands the situation and actually is ok with not being around our sons live. However i recently had a baby and im unsure as to what actions her Father will be taking. I honestly dont want him to take her from us as she is a newborn and he oubts she is his daughter. My husband Loves her to death and fears that Her father will show up and want to take her from us.My husband wants to give my daughter his last name (she currently has my last name )and of course look into adopting her. What can or should we do? What advise do you give us?
September 17, 2012 at 1:01 pm
I am a mother of a 6 yr old & got a divorce in 2010. my ex-husband moved to so. Ca. in sept of 2009 (5 hr drive) and has not made much of an effort to return to visit our daughter. In the last 9 months he has seen her twice for a weekend visit and only came here to NoCal only once. What is the law requirement of meeting him halfway for visits? Am I obligated to travel so he can see her or does he have to travel here where she has lived and where we were established for 10 years of our marriage? Our divorce papers say reasonable visitation and I have primary physical custody of our daughter. He threatens me that he should be able to see her every other week (which Im ok with) but he insists that I need to meet him half way, which will then incur more costs for me. What is usually required? Would a judge actually force visitation every other week with him living so far? She is in school and has a life here which by his choice doesnt really involve him much.
September 12, 2012 at 11:24 am
My ex wife filed a child support court hearing requesting i go to jail for 87,000 in child support she says i havent paid. We signed a paper that stoped the child support when we got back together, but in 2008 we went our separate ways. I had been sending her money and paying bills, car payment, car insurance, light, rent, etc. IThe main problem I have is that when I sent the money it was through Money Grahm and i didnt keep the receipts. Is there any way I can fight this? My job has slowed down so I dont really have the money for a lawyer.
September 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Can u get a continuous on a child support case in court
September 9, 2012 at 9:38 pm
How do i stop my babies momma from taking the kids away from me? She is saying that she wants to move down to Mississippi. We live in Wisconsin. Is there a way I can stop her from taking our kids away from me?


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■ Philip Frost, MD, the Miami dermatologist who started 2 highly successful drug companies, IVAX and Key Pharmaceutical, has given up the leisurely lifestyle befitting a 70-year-old billionaire to see if he can replicate his earlier successes, this time in eye care.
Over the past 9 months, Dr. Frost has been instrumental in putting together the first pieces of OPKO Health, Inc. The plan is for Miamibased OPKO to eventually be a fully integrated eyecare company. OPKO has already acquired a wound-healing device that is designed to prevent endophthalmitis associated with retinal procedures, an investigational dry eye treatment that can be administered as a nasal spray, as well as Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a company that makes SLO/OCT imaging equipment.
However, the true centerpiece of the company is bevasiranib, an injectable drug for the treatment of wet AMD and diabetic macular edema. Bevasiranib is the first drug based on the gene-silencing SiRNA (small interfering RNA) concept to ever reach a phase 3 clinical trial. The discovery of SiRNAs won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2006. The mechanism of action of bevasiranib is to shut down the gene that produces the VEGF that leads to proliferative blood vessels in the macula. Looking longer term, the drug may also have the potential of being effective in stopping the progression of dry AMD to wet AMD.
The drug demonstrated an impressive duration of response during its phase 2 trial and is now in a 330-patient phase 3 trial called COBALT. It is intended to be used to maintain vision after initial treatment with an anti-VEGF agent such as Lucentis or Avastin. Bevasiranib was recently named amng the 5 most promising drugs entering phase 3 trials by Thomson Scientific, which tracks drug development pipelines.
"We see bevasiranib as a sequential therapy," says Sam Reich, PhD, the 32-year-old executive vice president of ophthalmologics at OPKO and a codeveloper of bevasiranib. "Our endpoint in phase 3 is to demonstrate at least a 12-week duration of response for the drug. We're comfortable and confident with that endpoint as we already achieved that in the phase 2 study."
Actually, bevasiranib achieved more than that in phase 2. The average "time-to-rescue" (need for another injection) in patients given the lowest dose (0.2 mg) was 153 days. Patients who received higher doses (1.5 and 3 mg) had an average time-to-rescue that was much longer, though the company has not provided specific timeframes as yet. Lucentis injections are usually given every 4 to 8 weeks.
There were no systemic adverse effects observed in the phase 2 study.
Bevasiranib was initially developed at the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. Reich and Michael Tolentino, MD, who was a professor of ophthalmology at the university's medical school. The pair formed Acuity Pharmaceuticals in 2002, attracting venture capital to finance the company. In 2006, Dr. Frost read about Acuity in a Wall Street Journal article that discussed the potential of the SiRNA concept and contacted Dr. Reich about the possibility of working together. The 2 entrepreneurs immediately hit it off.
In March 2007, Dr. Frost folded Acuity into newly formed OPKO Health, which now trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol OPK. The combination of Dr. Frost's track record of success and the potential of bevasiranib has already led investors to give OPKO a $450 million market cap. This could be considered a high valuation for a company that has yet to produce any significant revenue, but it should be noted that Merck recently paid $1.1 billion for SIRNA Corp, whose SiRNA-based treatment for wet AMD is still in phase 1/2 trials. In addition, Dr. Frost has demonstrated his confidence in OPKO by consistently buying company shares on the open market and by leading a group that recently provided $20 million in additional funding for the company.
Dr. Frost is widely recognized as an innovative and successful entrepreneur. He co-founded Key Pharmaceuticals in 1972, focusing on creating new delivery systems for existing and underused drugs for asthma and other indications. After selling Key to Schering-Plough in 1986, Dr. Frost founded IVAX, which produced both generic and branded drugs. IVAX was purchased by Teva Pharmaceuticals for $7.4 billion in 2006. In recent years, Dr. Frost has also invested in a number of smaller healthcare companies, including SafeStich, an early-stage company specializing in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery.
Dr. Frost is also known for his philanthropic activities in education and the arts. In 2003, he and his wife, Patricia, gave $33 million to the University of Miami to be used for furthering music education. The money has been used to create the Philip and Patricia Frost School of Music at the university. The Frosts have also been major benefactors of an art museum at Florida International University. RP
■ Optherion, Inc., a recently formed company that intends to develop diagnostic tools and treatments for both the wet and dry forms of AMD, says it will first focus on developing diagnostic tests and disease-modifying therapies to prevent loss of vision in patients with dry AMD. To fund its research, the company has received a total of $37 million in start-up financing from a number of venture capital firms.
In a major step in pursuit of its goals, Optherion has licensed from the University of Pittsburgh the worldwide rights to develop diagnostic products for AMD associated with specific variations in genes on chromosome 10.
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh in 2005 published their findings of a link between chromosome 10, specifically the LOC387715 and HTRA1 genes, and AMD. Genetic tests that can identify people at risk of developing AMD, or that can predict the likely rate of progression and end-stage outcome of patients already diagnosed, should enable medical professionals to intervene more aggressively at an earlier stage with lifestyle changes and available therapies, thereby changing the course of disease, says Optherion.
Optherion, which is headquartered in New Haven, CT, was founded following scientific discoveries linking the role of Complement Factor H (CFH) and Complement Factor B (CFB) to AMD. Both CFH and CFB are regulators of the alternative complement pathway. Researchers found that 3 gene loci have been strongly linked to AMD: CFH, CFB, and specific variations on chromosome 10. About half of patients with AMD suffer from variations in the CFH gene, while 74% of the disease can be explained by variations in the CFH and CFB genes combined. Variations associated with specific gene loci on chromosome 10 in combination with CFH are associated with about 79% of the disease.
Colin J. Foster, president and CEO of Optherion, said, "The licensing agreement with the University of Pittsburgh adds significantly to our portfolio. Optherion is now in position to develop diagnostic tests based upon the most recently discovered genetic associations of dry AMD. We are optimistic that the innovative discoveries we are licensing will lead to diagnostic tests that can help change the current paradigm of AMD risk assessment and patient care."
The finding that genetic variations on Chromosome 10 are implicated in AMD was first published in the American Journal of Human Genetics by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh under the direction of Michael B. Gorin, MD. Dr. Gorin is now professor of ophthalmology and Harold and Pauline Price Chair in Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA in Los Angeles. Optherion says more recent research has substantiated and replicated the links of CFH, CFB, and chromosome 10 to AMD. Additional research published in 2007 found that people with homozygous risk profiles for CFH, CFB, and LOC387715/HTRA1 have as great as a 250 times increased risk of developing AMD.
Optherion's intellectual property estate is based on discoveries at the University of Iowa by Gregory Hageman, PhD, and at Yale University and Rockefeller University by Josephine Hoh, PhD, as well as work by investigators at other universities.
In related news, Optherion recently announced that it had completed a $37 million venture capital financing. Among the sources of capital for the financing are: Quaker BioVentures, Philadelphia; Domain Associates, Princeton, NJ, and San Diego; Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ; Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P., Stamford, CT; Pappas Ventures, Research Triangle Park, NC; Biogen Idec New Ventures, Cambridge, MA and GE Healthcare Financial Services, Chicago.
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The New York Times dodges Michael Crichton's death sentence.
"To my mind, it is likely that what we now understand as the mass media will be gone within ten years," novelist-filmmaker Michael Crichton wrote in a widely quoted Wired magazine piece, "Mediasaurus," which he adapted from an April 1993 speech before the National Press Club. "Vanished, without a trace."
"Who will be the GM or IBM of the '90s?" he asked. "The next great American institution to find itself obsolete and outdated, while obstinately refusing to change? I suspect one answer would be the New York Times and the commercial networks."
Crichton's speech ripped the American media industry for manufacturing a product—"information"—that "has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy but it's basically junk. So people have begun to stop buying it."
Replacing the established media within a decade, Crichton predicted, would be an Infotopia in which "artificial intelligence agents" would roam "the databases, downloading stuff I am interested in, and assembling for me a front page, or a nightly news show, that addresses my interests." CNN and C-SPAN were steps in the right direction, giving viewers direct access to events as they happen. But Crichton imagined a future in which he and other gourmet consumers would pay top ticket for reliable news and information. And instead of waiting for Dan Rather to read them the evening news, the gourmets would dial in the news for themselves. "I'll have the twelve top stories that I want, I'll have short summaries available, and I'll be able to double-click for more detail," Crichton wrote. "How will Peter Jennings or MacNeil-Lehrer or a newspaper compete with that?"
But just 14 months before its predicted extinction, the Times still publishes daily. Blood—somewhat clotted, I'll grant you—continues to course through the veins of Jennings and Lehrer.
Where did Crichton go wrong? (Where did I go wrong?) Fables of the near future have a way of never materializing, whether they be fevered dreams of nuclear energy too cheap to meter or fossil fuels too expensive to burn. To be fair, Crichton wasn't the only one to get puking drunk on the new media moonshine. Many of us spent a lost weekend—sometimes months—in a stupor after reading early issues of Wired. But instead of blotting out conventional media, the emerging Infotopia seems only to have made the conventional media more ubiquitous.
Via e-mail, Crichton good-naturedly acknowledges his limitations as a seer. "I don't have a lot invested in whether my predictions are right or wrong; I assume that nobody can predict the future well. But in this particular case, I doubt I'm wrong, it's just too early."
In other words, the future is still coming. But it's been delayed. And prediction being an imprecise science, Crichton recruits a few alibis.
One trend Crichton wishes he had forseen "was the effect of big media conglomerates combined with the universal decision to make news into entertainment. It's all headlines and chat now. Factual content is way down, accuracy has vanished (it's not even a goal any longer), and public confidence in media is at an astonishing low. Not surprisingly, audiences are shrinking."
But this argument doesn't scan. If the media stank so bad in '93 that extinction was a sure bet by 2003 and then got much worse—losing audience in the process—surely that should have accelerated the advent of Infotopia, not prevented it. Crichton can't have it both ways. But nobody said it was an easy job predicting the future.


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A MAN who menaced the federal Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, at a pre-Anzac Day ceremony in Melbourne this year - and pointed his hand in the shape of a gun at her head - was found to own five firearms, including three 12-gauge shotguns.
Mark Steven Andrew, 52, confronted Ms Roxon and state Labor MP Jill Hennessy and told them he would ''like to shoot you both'' and made threatening comments to others about slitting the MPs' throats with a hunting knife.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday heard Andrew first approached the MPs after the ceremony outside council offices in the south-west suburb of Altona on April 22 and told Ms Hennessy: ''I can't believe my luck. I've got two of you in the one place which makes it easier to take you both out.''
The magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg was told Andrew, a disability support pensioner, was socially isolated but without mental health issues. The MPs described Andrew, who pleaded guilty to two charges of making a threat to kill, as angry, agitated and determined. Ms Roxon and Ms Hennessy, whose five-year-old daughter was present, attended the ceremony which began at the RSL and proceeded to a memorial at the offices where wreaths were laid about 3.15pm.
The prosecutor Stephen Young told the court the MPs were formally introduced and, after the ceremony when Andrew made his first remark, Ms Hennessy feared she and her child may be in danger.
Mr Young said Andrew expressed views about politicians in an aggressive tone such as ''bloody politicians, you should all be dead'' and ''I'm spewing I don't have a gun with me … I'd like to take you out … I'll shoot you.''
Ms Roxon stated later she was ''very disconcerted and felt quite anxious''.
Andrew was bailed for sentencing on August 22.
The story I'll shoot you both - gun owner threatened MPs first appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Ismail, Salwa (2014) 'The Politics of the Urban Everyday in Cairo: Infrastructures of Oppositional Action.' In: Parnell , Susan and Sophie, Oldfield, (eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South. New York: Routledge, pp. 269-280.
Ismail, Salwa (2009) 'Producing 'Reformed Islam': A Saudi Contribution to the US Projects of Global Governance.' In: al-Rasheed, Madawi, (ed.), Kingdom Without Borders. London; New York: Hurst and Columbia University Press, pp. 113-133.
Ismail, Salwa (2009) 'Youth, Gender and the State in Cairo: Marginalized Masculinities and Contested Spaces.' In: Khalaf, Samir and Khalaf, Roseanne, (eds.), Arab Society and Culture. London: Saqi.
Ismail, Salwa (2009) 'Changing Social Structure, Shifting Alliances and Authoritarianism in Syria.' In: Lawson, Fred, (ed.), Demystifying Syria. London: Saqi Press, pp. 13-28.
Ismail, Salwa (2008) 'Being Muslim: Islam, Islamism and Identity Politics.' In: Khalili, Laleh, (ed.), Politics of the Modern Arab World. London: Routledge Publications. (Critical concepts in the modern politics of the Middle East)
Ismail, Salwa (2004) 'Is there an Islamic Conception of Politics?' In: Leftwich, Adrian, (ed.), What is Politics? London: Polity, pp. 147-167.
Ismail, Salwa (2004) 'The Politics of Historical Revisionism: New Re-readings of the Founding Period of Islam.' In: Browers, Michaelle and Kurzman, Charles, (eds.), Is there an Islamic Reformation? Lanham, MD: Lexington Press, pp. 101-124.
Ismail, Salwa (2003) 'Islamic Political Thought.' In: Ball, T. and Bellamy, R., (eds.), The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, pp. 579-601.
Ismail, Salwa (1995) 'Democracy in Contemporary Arab Intellectual Discourse.' In: Brynen, Rex and Korany, Bahgat and Noble, Paul, (eds.), Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World. Vol.1: Theoretical Perspectives. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Reinner, pp. 93-111.
Ismail, Salwa (2013) 'Urban Subalterns in the Arab Revolutions: Cairo and Damascus in Comparative Perspective.' Comparative Studies in Society and History, 55 (4). pp. 865-894.
Ismail, Salwa (2013) 'Piety, Profit and the Market in Cairo: A Political Economy of Islamisation.' Contemporary Islam, 7 (1). pp. 107-128.
Ismail, Salwa (2012) 'The Egyptian Revolution against the Police.' Social Research, 79 (2). pp. 435-462.
Ismail, Salwa (2011) 'The Syrian Uprising: Imagining and Performing the Nation.' Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 11 (3). pp. 538-549.
Ismail, Salwa (2011) 'Civilities, Subjectivities and Collective Action: Preliminary Reflections in light of the Egyptian Revolution.' Third World Quarterly, 32 (5). pp. 989-995.
Ismail, Salwa (2011) 'Authoritarian Government, Neo-Liberalism and Everyday Civilities in Egypt.' Third World Quarterly, 32 (5). pp. 845-862.
Ismail, Salwa (2008) 'Muslim Public Self-Presentation: Interrogating the Liberal Public Sphere.' PS: Political Science and Politics, 41 (1). pp. 25-29.
Ismail, Salwa (2007) 'Islamism, Re-Islamisation and the Fashioning of Muslim Selves: Refiguring the Public Sphere.' Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4 (1). Article 3.
Ismail, Salwa (2004) 'Being Muslim: Islam, Islamism and Identity Politics.' Government and Opposition, 39 (4). pp. 614-31.
Ismail, Salwa (2004) 'Islamist movements as Social Movements: Contestation and Identity Frames.' Historical Reflections, 30 (3). pp. 385-402.
Ismail, Salwa (2001) 'The Paradox of Islamist Politics.' Middle East Report (221). pp. 34-39.
Ismail, Salwa (2000) 'The Popular Movement Dimensions of Contemporary Militant Islamism: Socio-spatial Determinants in the Cairo Urban Setting.' Comparative Studies in Society and History, 42 (2). pp. 263-293.
Ismail, Salwa (1999) 'Religious "Orthodoxy" as Public Morality: The State, Islamism and Cultural Politics in Egypt.' Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies (14). pp. 25-47.
Ismail, Salwa (1998) 'Confronting the Other: Identity, Culture, Politics and Conservative Islamism in Egypt.' International Journal of Middle East Studies, 30 (2). pp. 199-225.
Ismail, Salwa (1996) 'Politics of Space in Urban Cairo: Informal Communities and the State.' Arab Studies Journal, 4 . pp. 119-132.
Ismail, Salwa (1996) 'Les relations État-société en Égypte: Restructurer le politique.' Égypte: Monde Arabe, 26 (2). pp. 131-150.
Ismail, Salwa (1995) 'State-Society Relations in Egypt: Restructuring the Political.' Arab Studies Quarterly, 17 (3). pp. 39-54.
Ismail, Salwa (1994) Radical Islamism in Egypt: Discursive Struggle. Montreal: Inter-University Consortium for Arab Studies.
Ismail, Salwa (2011) 'Days of Anger.' Index on Censorship, 40 (1). pp. 36-45.


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Discussion in 'Tejas and the Gulf States' started by Elvis70, Mar 27, 2009.
what he said!
Thanks guys, I'm really gonna celebrate tonight, proly order in a large Pizza
Will get all the Grand kids together on the weekend though
Man, you know how to party...... (Gus) <-- something really old....
Happy birthday Mike. Didn't know your birthday is in February. Mine too.
Nice planes too!
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the plane pics,
LOL...yeah turning 39 that would be nice there katbeanz!
Hey JD, glad to see your still kick'n too. Didn't know you were going back to teach overseas. All the best there.
Gus, you know us old guys have learned the "proper" way to party and still get up feel'n fine!
I just got back from a trip down south and saw some vehicles that jarred a few memories. I figure this one is worth sharing...
And one for you guys that like horizontals...
No going back to teach or long term contracts, but I've been making a few trips out of country to consult in various places. Keeps me on my game and helps pay a few bills now and then.
so are you home now or you still outta town? :huh
Home for now. It sure is nice to sleep in your own bed, have a long, hot shower and kick back in the recliner.
How ya been Doc?
That's the way to do it. Nice to be able to set your own schedule too! Good to hear. We can still harass you once in a while then.
Yeah, it's nice to have some time here, some time there. As far as harassing me, I haven't gotten my socks wet in a long time and they're gettin' kinda stinky, but I think what water's out there is still a bit chilly for my delicate feet.
Martha and I are at the Hog haus on Dixon having Hot Wings and a brew, then to Walton Center for Tao of The Drums.
What a party animal!!! Enjoy Charlie.
I be missin ya..we (YOU) need to fire up that lil toofiddy and go blow the cobb webs out of it,,whar you wanna ride to?
Happy B-Day TIN MAN
I am sure Elvis and I can find some water crossings to lead you through to help cure that. We need JDS3 reinstated That JD Soaked Sock Syndrome for any of the new comers.
Happy Birthday Mike
I haven't been down to Oark in a long time. Pie and a burger would hit the spot mighty fine.
With friends like you...and Elvis...and Doc...and 10Cup...and Charlie it's a miracle my socks ever dried out. Guess it's been a long, long time since I've ridden.


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2014 maintenance progress report: week #1
Sunday, March 23, 2014 by John Stone
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Week #1 of my 2014 maintenance program is complete, and it's time for my weekly progress report.
For more information on my nine-week 2014 cutting program (which I used leading into this maintenance phase), please check out this blog. My end-of-cut blog and stats can be found here.
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My scale weight this morning (as measured by the EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale) is 160.2 pounds. That's a +1.8 pound change since last week's weight of 158.4 pounds, and a +1.8 pound change from my 2014 maintenance starting weight of 158.4 pounds.
My 7-point body fat reading this morning (as measured by the FatTrack PRO Digital Body Fat Caliper) is 6.2%. That's a -0.0% change since last week's body fat measurement of 6.2%, and a -0.0% change from my 2014 maintenance starting body fat measurement of 6.2%.
Over the past week I've gained 0.11 pounds of fat and gained 1.69 pounds of lean mass. Since the beginning of my 2014 maintenance program I've gained a total of 0.11 pounds of fat and gained a total of 1.69 pounds of lean mass.
My tape measurements (as measured by the MyoTape) indicate no changes over the past week.
The 1.8 pounds scale weight change is nothing but water weight (lean mass) from my weekly cheat meal, which I consumed yesterday evening. My soft tape measurements and 7-point body fat reading confirm this, all of which are unchanged from my the readings I took at the end of my cut last Sunday.
A quick refresher on the term "lean mass". Beginners often consider lean mass to be synonymous with muscle. That is incorrect. Lean mass is NOT muscle; lean mass includes muscle, but it also includes everything that makes up our bodies except fat. Bone, muscle, skin, water, blood, hair–everything but fat–that's all lean mass.
My diet this week was ultra-clean, with one splurge meal. The splurge meal, consumed last night, was pizza, garlic bread and 3 Fat Tire ales. I also had a few cookies at the SAG stops on yesterday's 162 kilometer (100 mile ride).
To drink (apart from the 3 ales I just mentioned) I consumed only water (about 1.5+ gallons per day) along with 2 cups of black coffee each morning, a cup of warm Yogi Peach DeTox tea each afternoon and a cup of warm Yogi Bedtime tea each evening before bed.
Activity level this week has been fairly high. So far this week I've ridden 400 kilometers (246 miles), and I'll be riding today as well. I performed one weight training workout (heavy/low volume/all compound exercises).
I fought through the pain of the injuries I suffered in last Saturday's bike wreck, and am happy to report that my 2014 riding streak continues unbroken with 82 straight days in the saddle starting December 31, 2013. My cycling totals for 2014 (81 days) currently stand at 4,012 kilometers (2,492.7 miles) with 59,685 feet of elevation.
I'm on track to smash my single-month cycling distance personal record, which currently stands at 1,574 kilometers (978 miles). I told my friend Roger Sutton that I'd break 1,000 miles this month, and I will easily do that. My March distance total currently stands at 1,377 kilometers/855.8 miles, and there are still 9 days left to ride this month.
I've set 48 cycling personal records for time so far in 2014. My total riding time for 2014 currently stands at 136 hours.
After nine straight weeks of ultra-strict cutting, it was nice to be able to eat a little more food this week. I'm still ramping up my calories from my cutting intake, so I will be able to eat even more this week. I'm very much enjoying the structure of a single splurge meal limited to just once per week. I don't plan to deviate from that very often at all this year. Same goes for alcohol: once per week is a nice "treat", but its not enough to affect my athletic performance.


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