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Complaint Review: Personal Protection Specialties
Personal Protection SpecialtiesP. O. Box 136, Cadott, WI 54727 USA Cadott, Wisconsin United States of America
Personal Protection Specialties Michael Walker Cadott Wisconsin Michael & Brenda Walker committed Criminal Fraud by filing a $200.00 Collection effort againts me when I do not owe them any money. They have a history of doing this againt people. I am filing a crim Cadott, Wisconsin
*General Comment: Michael Walker's ego
*Consumer Comment: Michael Andrew Walker Brenda Walker FRAUD Scammers, CON Artists
*Author of original report: Facts
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Not a Well balanced Customer, Unreasonable and Lies
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I was pretty angry. Both Brenda and Michael Walker tried to turn the blame for the communcation "error" around on me. I have copies of all the bullying type communications they sent to me via emails. They are very abusive. I finally demanded my $200.00 be refunded. Michael Walker did not want to refund my $200.00. I threatened to file criminal charges against. He then refunded my $200.00, but sent me an email saying that he was gong to send me to a Collection Agency to Collect the $200.00. I thought he was INSANE. That was March 14, 2012.
April 14, 2012, I received a Collection Letter from THE LAW OFFICES OF ROSEMARY BERQUIST, P. O. BOX 5528, BLOOMINGTON, IL 61702-5528. This Law Office is trying to enforce a collection for RAPID RECOVERY SOLUTION, INC. who bought a debt from PERSONAL PROTECTION SOLUTION, INC.
So, what kind of a scam is going on here? THE WORST KIND. THE KIND THAT NO LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE IT IS ONLY $200. So he will continue to do it and get away with it.
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#1 General Comment
Michael Walker's ego
AUTHOR: Robert Surgenor - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 30, 2013POSTED: Thursday, May 30, 2013
JoAnn Muir is absolutely correct when she characterizes Michael Walker as having an "ego problem." I am a retired police detective, and recognize people that have deep seated emotional problems.
I am the Vice President of an organization called the Gun Owners Legal Defense Network. We offer legal protection to gun owners. We have a program designed to reward gun instructors if they promote our non-profit organization to their concealed carry students.
Michael Walker was sent an email from one of our representatives asking him if he wanted to participate in our rewards program. He responded by calling our main office. At the time of his call, all the lines were busy, so he left a voice mail with his number. Within five minutes, I returned his call, and this time, I received his voice mail. I left a message that were were extremely busy, but that we would return his call by the end of the day.
Within a few hours, Mr. Walker started posting negative comments on our Facebook page under his company name, accusing us of having "just plain out right bad customer relations," plus other derogatory remarks. The president of our company decided to remove the remarks and block any further posts by Personal Protection Specialities. It was then that Mr. Walker's ego problem and his irrational behavior surfaced.
Mr. Walker sent an email to our company that stated, "I'm still waiting for you to get back to me shortly. I see you took my post off of Facebook, that's not a good idea." It was at that point that the Board of Directors of our company decided that we did not want to be involved with Mr. Walker or his company, Personal Protection Specialties. I sent him an email back, stating, "This is Robert Surgenor. I called you back within 5 minutes after you called our main office the first time, and got your voice mail. I explained that when you called us, I was on the other line with another person with another person on hold! You elected to put your post on our Facebook page, which was unfair and misleading. Our president elected to remove the post. We don't plan on "getting back to you shortly," and your veiled threat is 'not a good idea.' I would suggest that you just forget about the Gun Owners Legal Defense Network."
It was soon obvious that we were not finished with Mr. Walker's ego or his irrational behavior problem. He sent another email to our company, "You are acting more like your the boss or something and that makes no sense to us. "Your acting like MY BOSS I said it's what I call the Boss like syndrome. I have the right to post anything on the internet I want and I will be totally truthfully about how you treated us when we asked for you to answer questions..and I will now post how I was treated by you." Mr. Walker also stated in his email, "I'm giving you one more chance to redeem yourself."
Within the hour, Mr. Walker was posting more negative comments on our company's Facebook page, this time using his own personal email address, Michael Walker, encouraging other people to post negative comments about our company. By this time, hundreds of people had read his posts, and another decision was made to remove the posts form our site and ban his personal name from entering any more negative content.
JoAnn Muir has no idea how correct she is in evaluating Michael Walker. If he doesn't get what he demands, he flies into a rage and begins a systematic procedure of revenge. He makes that comment that JoAnn Muir should not be a concealed carry permit holder. In my opinion, Michael Walker shouldn't even own guns, let alone teach gun classes!
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#2 Consumer Comment
Michael Andrew Walker Brenda Walker FRAUD Scammers, CON Artists
SUBMITTED: Saturday, March 16, 2013POSTED: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Never EVER give this clown the benefit of the doubt. ALWAYS prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. Never stop, and NEVER back down. Ask his ex wife! File a BBB complaint against him, he had 88 in one YEAR in Caldott Wisconsin! Look it up!
If you think you can promote ANY business on the net with your horrible reputation, Mikey, then you are WRONG. Watch and see! Get a GUN license from Mikey Walker? Are you CRAZY!! SUE HIM!
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#3 Author of original report
AUTHOR: JoAnn M. Muir - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 29, 2012POSTED: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I already received my concealed carry permit from a REPUTABLE INSTRUCTOR.
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#4 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Not a Well balanced Customer, Unreasonable and Lies
AUTHOR: BadMerchantsSuck - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 29, 2012POSTED: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Every was warned the day before with plenty of time and we rescheduled the class. Everyone was happy with it except this argumentative lady.
This Lady later called and complained that she showed up because her Verizon phone was screwing up and did not get the message in time, we left both emails and phone calls...the day before, she still was not happy..and being very us reasonable.
But the funny part was she claimed she read the email at 11pm, and also she called our offices in the early morning before Class, so she knew something was up why would she call in the morning?? and not leave a message? We later found out she found a class in her local area that was sponsored by the Tech college and she changed her mind in wanting to attend that instead ours, she used our rescheduling as an excuse to extort a refund out of us.
Then she used the excuse that we did not notify her in time and she demanded a refund, we told her there are no refunds as she was well aware of. She threatened to call her bank so in the spirit of protecting our merchant account from frivolous complaints we immediately refunded her and told her to reschedule the class as we require and she refused, so we filed a collection effort on her, and notified her via email of same.
She then called her local police and lied to them stating we were harassing her and threatening her, of which we were not, they determined she did not tell the truth..and told her we were within our rights to file that collection action, and have a no refund policy..she then lied to her police and said she was an attorney she claimed to them to be.
In no way did either one of us bully her, I have all the emails to prove it was all on a professional level..she had every opportunity to reschedule her class to any other date we offer.. she just refused to..and insisted on a refund.
We more or less considered her to be a hostile customer and just went on with our collection efforts, the reason we do this, 1. it's an industry standard as we purchase books and materials for students ahead of time and most of these materials are Registered in the students names and cannot be reused for another student, thus making them useless unless they attend another class.
We will now call the police and get a statement to see if indeed they claim they cannot file a criminal complaint because it's only $200, we believe again this is a lie and we will purse a Libel Lawsuit against her.
People like this are very argumentative and trouble makers and should not be Concealed Carry Holders anyway.
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Fergies final season.
Maureen aint coming. She's a fickle girl , the two-timing type. Far too vain to ever be true. Best give up on her lad she'll break your heart she will. Maureen only loves Maureen.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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'Maureen only loves Maureen'
Love your comment on Mourinho. That was pure genuis. Though i don't want Fergie to stay on beyond this season, silverware or not, i don't want that Portuguese @$$wipe to take over from him. I'd rather have Pep Guardiola, who's not just an astute tactician and great man-manager who's very in touch with modern football and society, but is, unlike Mourinho, also a true gent.
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Well Sir Alex is here for another 3 seasons 'kittern'. Will you not keep your promise of not supporting United untill "failure Fergie" goes ?

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David Moyes is a fantastic manager. They went down to ten men and didn't look overawed in the slightest, typical of the side he's built.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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Great potoos are neotropical birds found throughout Central America from as far north as southern Mexico to as far south as Bolivia.
Biogeographic Regions: neotropical (Native )
- Grzmek, B. 2002. Grzmek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Pp. 395-400 in M Hutchins, J Jackson, W Bock, eds. Birds I-IV, Vol. 9, 2 Edition. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomson-Gale.
- Rangel-Salazar, L., H. Vega-Rivera. 1989. Two new records of birds for southern Mexico. The Condor, 91: 214-215.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Physical Description
Great potoos have relatively large heads in relation to their bodies. They have large eyes with a light brown to yellow iris and beaks that are short but broad, giving them a very large gape. In comparison to other Caprimulgiformes, the facial bristles are diminished to non-existent. They have elliptical wings with an elongate tail that aides in steering during noiseless landings on tree branches. The plumage is white to grayish with marbled black and burgundy tones. Tail coloration matches that of the body, with the exception of the 8 or 9 white bars that extend laterally across it.
Range mass: 360 to 650 g.
Range length: 480 to 600 mm.
Range wingspan: 700 to 804 mm.
Average wingspan: 734.8 mm.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; homoiothermic; bilateral symmetry ; polymorphic
Sexual Dimorphism: sexes alike
- Borerro, J. 1974. Notes on the structure of upper eyelid of potoos.. The Condor, 76: 210-211.
- Land, H., W. Schultz. 1963. A proposed subspecies of the Great Potoo, Nyctibius grandis. Auk, 80: 195-196.
Great potoos live primarily in forests and rainforests but have also been found in forest edge habitat and on and around farmlands. During they day they are usually found either perched or nesting at least 12 m above ground level in larger trees, usually on branches that are approximately 20 to 30 cm in diameter. At night they may move to lower perches, as low as 1.5 m above the ground, from which they hunt.
Range elevation: 35 to 2900 m.
Habitat Regions: tropical ; terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: forest ; rainforest
Other Habitat Features: agricultural
- Haverschmidt, F. 1948. Observations on Nyctibius grandis in Surinam. Auk, 65: 30-33.
- Vanderwerf, E. 1988. Observations on the nesting of the great potoo (Nyctibius grandis) in central Venezuela. The Condor, 90: 948-950.
Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
Trophic Strategy
Great potoos are carnivores that hunt nocturnal, flying prey items in the air at night, most frequently large insects and sometimes bats. They usually find a lower perch to fly from and then return to the perch to consume the prey item.
Animal Foods: mammals; insects
Primary Diet: carnivore (Eats terrestrial vertebrates, Insectivore )
Great potoos are a predatory species that prey on larger flying invertebrates and in some cases vertebrates, like smaller birds or bats.
Great potoos are relatively large birds with highly cryptic coloration. During the day great potoos remain relatively motionless, and upon disturbance completely freeze in increase vigilance. The known predators of great potoos include monkeys (Cebus, Ateles geoffroyi, and Alouatta palliata), tayras (Eira barbara), and collared forest falcons (Micrastur semitorquatus). Parents are present at the nest during the day and use their cryptic coloration to camouflage the nesting hole.
Known Predators:
- capuchin monkeys (Cebus)
- Central American spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
- mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
- tayras (Eira barbara)
- collared forest falcons (Micrastur semitorquatus)
Anti-predator Adaptations: cryptic
Life History and Behavior
Vocalizations in great potoos take place mostly at night and are assumed to be a way of communicating territorial boundaries to other great potoos. The repertoire of vocalizations includes a deeper, frog-like "baaaao" and an eerier "whoap". Between the two different calls the "whoap" occurs more often, and has been heard from both birds that are perched and in flight. In rare instances clicking noises have been heard, but their purpose is unknown.
Communication Channels: acoustic
Perception Channels: visual ; tactile ; acoustic ; chemical
- Slud, P. 1979. Calls of the Geat Potoo. The Condor, 81: 322.
Life Expectancy
Because of the elusive nature of great potoos, little is known about their longevity and life span. The only documented mortalities were of unknown causes and in one instance a person had shot an adult from a tree.
Great potoos are monogamous breeders with no dimorphism between the sexes. In fact, the sexes are so similar that time budgeting at the nest per sex has not been determined.
Mating System: monogamous
Nesting season in great potoos has been observed from June through August in Venezuela and November in Surinam (these are each the approximate wet seasons for those areas). Only one egg is laid per clutch, and little is known of the incubation period. Great potoos do not build nests, rather nests are simply deeper notches in larger branches of their roosting trees. Hatching in great potoos has not been well documented but only one parent is present at the nest per incubation. Weight at hatching is also questionable with the youngest observed nestling mortality weighing 220g. Time to fledging has been determined to be 55 days after hatching. Chicks develop quickly with body feathers appearing through down feathers approximately two weeks after hatching. Five weeks after hatching chicks are almost 2/3 the length of the parents. Chicks begin leaving the nest and investigating the nesting branch one month after hatching. After a month and a half adults no longer return during the day to tend to young. Instead the only interactions between parent and offspring are after dark, which probably includes feeding behavior. At just under two months offspring have usually left the nest without returning to roost during the day.
Breeding interval: Great potoos produce one egg per year, usually during the rainy season.
Breeding season: Breeding season occurs during the rainy season which varies by region in South America.
Average eggs per season: 1.
Average fledging age: 55 days.
Range time to independence: 1.5 to 2 months.
Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous ; seasonal breeding ; gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual ; oviparous
Both male and female great potoos incubate eggs at the nest during the day. During incubation it has been noted that at no point were both parents simultaneously at or around the nest. After the eggs have hatched both parents hunt at night and return to the nest to provision young with prey items. Provisioning continues until offspring have fully fledged and permanently leave the nest.
Parental Investment: altricial ; pre-fertilization (Provisioning, Protecting: Female); pre-hatching/birth (Provisioning: Female, Protecting: Male, Female); pre-weaning/fledging (Provisioning: Male, Female, Protecting: Male, Female); pre-independence (Provisioning: Male, Female, Protecting: Male, Female)
- Haverschmidt, F. 1948. Observations on Nyctibius grandis in Surinam. Auk, 65: 30-33.
- Vanderwerf, E. 1988. Observations on the nesting of the great potoo (Nyctibius grandis) in central Venezuela. The Condor, 90: 948-950.
- Young, B., J. Zook. 1999. Nesting of four poorly-known bird species on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica. The Wilson Bulletin, 111: 124-128.
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Nyctibius grandis
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Nyctibius grandis
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
Currently great potoos are not of primary conservation concern. They inhabit a broad geographic region and are capable of long distance dispersal. It is suspected that the population has been drastically decreased with the reduction in forest area associated with slash and burn farming, but remaining populations are estimated to be large.
US Migratory Bird Act: no special status
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
State of Michigan List: no special status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
IUCN Red List Assessment
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
There are no adverse effects of great potoos on humans.
Great potoos are of no real economic importance to humans, although they play an important role in their native ecosystems.
Great potoo
The great potoo (Nyctibius grandis) is a bird, both the largest potoo species and the largest member of the order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies). It occurs in tropical America.
Though related to the nightjars, like other potoos it lacks the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars (Caprimulgidae). The great potoo is larger than a crow at 48–60 cm (19-24 inches) tall and 360-650 grams (12.7 oz-1.4 lb). Wingspan in these bird is typically around 70 to 80.4 cm (27.6 to 31.7 in), though larger specimens can attain 100 cm (39 in).[2][3] Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 34.2 to 40 cm (13.5 to 15.7 in), the tail is 22 to 29.5 cm (8.7 to 11.6 in), the bill is 1.6 to 2.2 cm (0.63 to 0.87 in) and the tarsus is 2.6 to 3.7 cm (1.0 to 1.5 in).[4] This potoo's size is distinctive when it is seen. It is pale greyish to brown, finely patterned with black and buff. It has large orange eyes. The overall appearance is pale and grayish. The underside is barred and vermiculated, including the buffy chest. The tail is barred with sharply defined black borders, while the head and back are mottled with gray and buff. Like most members of their order, the great potoo has plumage that is well-suited for camouflage.
The song is described as deep, guttural, strangled cries like borrrrrr or oorrroo repeated after a consistent interval of 10 to 20 seconds. The most common call is a loud, startling bark, BWOW! or GWOK! This call is usually made while the bird is disturbed.
It ranges from southern Mexico through northeastern Guatemala and through most of Central America down through South America as far as Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.
The great potoo is found mostly in dense lowland forest, forest edges and clearings. It may also range into foothills (up to about 1,500 m elevation), second-growth, open woodlands (including plantations) and is sometimes seen around meadows, but they always require trees-etc., for their camouflaged imitative perch.
This nocturnal predator is usually seen perched high above the ground while forgaging, sallying out when prey is spotted. After the pounce, the potoo almost always returns to its previous perch. The prey consists mostly of large flying insects, especially large beetles, katydids and Orthoptera (including crickets and grasshoppers). Bats are also taken. This species uses the sit and wait method where it will sit on an exposed perch waiting for a prey item to fly by then will dart out and return to the branch with it. Very often birds of this species will use the same hunting perch nightly.[5] Normally, during the day it perches upright on a tree stump, and is overlooked because it resembles part of the stump; this is a camouflage, not just by coloration, but a camouflage by the setting. The great potoo can be located at night by the reflection of light from its eyes as it sits vertical on a post, roost, or angled-tree trunk.
Breeding has been recorded as typically February to August, but depending on the portion of this bird's range breeding birds can be met with almost year-round.[6] The nest is a slight depression on a thick tree branch,[7] at least 10 m (33 ft) above ground, with a single white (slightly spotted) egg measuring about 5.2 x 3.8 cm (2 x 1.8 inches). Few details are known of the brooding behavior, but about a month elapses before the offspring is seen alone at the nest. A chick of a few days old weighed 220 g (7.8 oz).[2] After about 5 weeks the nestling is a two-thirds version of the adult, but with a lighter build, paler plumage, shorter tail, and smaller bill with less rectal bristles. The fledging period must be at least 2 months. After this time span, the offspring do not return to the nest site.[2]
Although the adult potoo likely has few natural predators, predation of eggs, nestlings and fledging is apparently not uncommon. Adults stay near the nest throughout the day and rely upon camouflage to protect their offspring. Predators of great potoo nests in Costa Rica have included monkeys such as mantled howlers, Geoffroy's spider monkeys and white-headed capuchins as well as tayras and collared forest falcons.[8]
The great potoo is normally described as "uncommon", but occurs frequently in areas of less disturbed forests and is often found to be rare along the edges of its range. The clearing of forest is the only conservation threat known to this bird. Due to its large range, it is considered a species of least concern by the IUCN.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Nyctibius grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Haverschmidt, F. 1948. Observations on Nyctibius grandis in Surinam. The Auk, 65: 30-33.
- ^ "Great Potoo: Truths and Legends | Caiman English". En.caiman.com.br. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ Holyoak, D.T. (2001): Nightjars and their Allies: the Caprimulgiformes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. ISBN 0-19-854987-3.
- ^ Cohn-Haft, M. 1999. Family Nyctibiidae (Potoos). Pages 288-301 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal (editors), 'Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds'. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
- ^ E.g. an attended nest at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador, in late December 1999 (Cisneros-Heredia 2006).
- ^ E.g. Ceiba sp. (Cisneros-Heredia 2006)
- ^ Young, B., J. Zook. 1999. Nesting of four poorly-known bird species on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica. The Wilson Bulletin, 111: 124-128.
- Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F. (2006): Notes on breeding, behaviour and distribution of some birds in Ecuador. Bull. B.O.C. 126(2): 153-164.
- Holyoak, D.T. (2001): Nightjars and their Allies: the Caprimulgiformes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. ISBN 0-19-854987-3


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§ Four Divisions of 8 teams
§ 32 game schedule
§ All games are 1 ½ hours in length
§ All games are stop time
§ The game duration is as follows:
1st period - 20 minutes
2nd period - 20 minutes
3rd period - 15 minutes
§ 5 minute warm-up
§ Period intermissions are a maximum 2 minutes
§ No flooding between periods
§ The scoreclock will be dropped to 2 minutes with 5 minutes left in the permit time
#1 - Regular Season Wins
#2 - Head-to-Head record (of teams tied) in games against each other
#3 - Highest differential of goals for vs goals against
§ Top 6 teams in each division are eligible for playoffs.
§ Top 2 teams receive a bye in first round.
§ Playoff format is double elimination to reach the final.
§ Final round is best of three series.
§ GOALTENDERS must play a minimum five (5) regular season games
§ PLAYERS must play a minimum ten (10) regular season games
§ All regular season suspensions are carried into the playoffs
§ All playoffs suspensions are carried into next season
§ Any team with outstanding fines or league fees, will not be eligible for playoffs
§ Teams exceeding the Penalty Minute (PIM) cap of 400 mins will not be eligible.
§ The league holds one (1) Pre-season meeting with mandatory attendance.
§ Teams that are not represented at any of the league meetings, will be fined $100
§ Team rosters are limited to twenty (20) names (This includes all goaltenders and players)
§ By signing a roster, that person becomes a member of the Calgary Mens Hockey Association (CMHA) and is subject to the bylaws, playing rules and decisions of the board of directors.
§ All original Rosters must be submitted to the league before OCTOBER 1, 2014. Teams that do not submit their roster by the due date will be subject to a $50 fine PER WEEK that it is late. See division mailing address below.
§ A team can make additions and/or deletions to their roster at anytime. Any additions can be submitted through the website. Deletions must be in requested in writing and submitted to the league contact.
§ All goaltenders and players MUST complete and sign a 2014/2015 Release/Waiver before they are permitted on the ice
§ All original Release/Waivers must be submitted to the league immediately after completion, see division mailing address below.
§ All players are required to wear a CSA approved helmet and chin strap
§ Facial protection for players is optional, but recommended by the league
§ Goaltenders are required to wear a CSA approved facemask, unless approved by the Board
§ Home team is responsible for supplying pucks for game play
§ No player or goaltender will be permitted on the ice unless he has first signed a Release/Waiver
§ Teams must have a minimum of seven (7) players of which one (1) must be a goaltender to start the game. Teams will be given a ten (10) minute grace period from the beginning of the ice time permit to meet the player requirements, if a team does not have a goaltender and the required six (6) players after the ten (10) minute grace period, the referee will call a default and the other team will be awarded the two (2) points. When a default is called, the referee's will leave the ice and the non-defaulting team can use the ice time at their discretion
§ All players must be on the scoresheet at the start of the game and can join the game late as long as the player arrives on the ice prior to the completion of the first period. Once the puck has been dropped to begin the second period, players are ineligible to join the game.
§ A player may play on more than one team, but once he has played five (5) games for more than one (1) team, he must declare which team he is on and he can only play for his declared team for the remainder of the season.
§ It is the responsibility of the individual team reps to know if a player is playing on more than one (1) team and which team/division.
§ Any player who plays in a game with a team other than his declared team, will be ruled an illegal player and that team will forfeit those games and team reps will be subject to a review by the board of directors with possible suspensions.
§ Goaltenders are not subject to the same rules as players in regards to playing on more than one (1) team as spare goalies can be selected from within the league. However, the Board of Directors reserve the right to not allow goaltenders playing in different divisions to ensure that league competition is upheld.
§ Suspensions are league-wide suspensions, not team suspensions. A player who is suspended may not play in any other league games until the suspension has been served. If a player received a suspension playing for team "A", only games involving team "A" will count towards serving the suspension.
§ If a team does not meet the player requirements for any game, the game will be considered a default.
§ If the defaulted game occurs prior to March 1st, the defaulting team will have the following options:
1.) Pay a $275 fine and award the two (2) points to the opposing team. The fine will be payable to the league who in turn will pay the opposing team the $275 at the end of the season. Once a fine has been paid, the game cannot be re-scheduled.
2.) Re-schedule the game at their costs (including ice costs, referee's, and scorekeepers). The defaulting team must provide to their opponents a choice of at least two (2) ice times. The opponents are to make all reasonable efforts to play the re-scheduled game. All re-scheduled games must be completed at least one (1) week prior to the end of the regular season. If a defaulted game is re-scheduled and played, the $250 fine will be waived.
§ If the defaulted game occurs after March 1st, the defaulting team will be fined $275 and the 2 points awarded to the opposing team. The fine will be payable to the league who in turn will pay the opposing team at the end of the season. This is the only option for defaults occurring after March 1st.
§ All default fines must be paid to the league by March 15th to be eligible for playoffs
§ The league will not re-schedule any forfeited games
§ The league will attempt to supply scorekeepers for all games
§ In the event that a scorekeeper is unavailable or does not show up, the HOME team will be responsible for supplying a scorekeeper.
§ In the case, where the home team can't supply a scorekeeper, the game will be played running time of 3 - 25 minute periods and the home team will be responsible for maintaining the scoresheet from the bench (no player is required to maintain the clock)
§ The home team is responsible for notifying the league if the scorekeeper does not show up for a game
§ The league will reimburse a team for the cost of a scorekeeper (up to a maximum of $30.00 per game)
§ The HOME team is responsible for supplying the scoresheet
§ Both teams must complete the scoresheet by the end of warm-up
§ Scoresheets must be PRINTED and legible
§ Scoresheets must be completed in full, including:
§ Players first and last name
§ Mark "C" & "A" beside the team Captain and Assistant Captains (maximum 3 assistant captains)
§ List any suspended players
§ Signature of both team rep's
§ Scoresheets are to be distributed as follows:
White copy - League
§ The WINNING team (or in the case of a tie, the HOME team) is responsible for the following:
· E-mail in game results to the league within forty eight (48) hours, include date, winning team name, and score and a report of any incidents or write up's on the game sheet (for email address, see league admin. below).
· A scanned copy of the game sheet (both side if there is a write up) may be emailed to the league.
· Mail or deliver to the league, the white copy of the scoresheet within one (1) week. (for mailing address, see league admin. below) if not already scanned.
· E-mail the Director of Discipline (see below) any major infractions.
The Calgary Mens Hockey Association (CMHA) adheres to all Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) rules unless specified below:
§ Non contact / Full slap shot
§ No Centre / Red line for 2-line pass situations. The red line will remain in effect for icings.
§ Minor penalties are two (2) minutes and Major penalties are five (5) minutes.
§ Double minors are considered two (2) penalties.
§ A player will be ejected from the game upon receiving his third (3rd) penalty, this does not include a ten (10) minute misconduct.
§ Major penalties are five (5) minutes, game misconduct, suspension.
§ Gross Misconducts are five (5) minutes, game misconduct, suspension.
§ Fighting penalties are five (5) minutes, game misconduct, suspension.
§ Match penalties are five (5) minutes, game misconduct, suspension.
§ Any player who receives a game misconduct, must leave the ice surface immediately and go straight to the dressing room. After changing, the player must leave the arena or remain in the dressing room. THEY CANNOT REMAIN TO WATCH THE GAME.
§ Verbal abuse of an off-ice official will be an automatic game misconduct and review by the Board.
§ Verbal abuse of an on-ice or off-ice official after the game (on or off the ice) will be an automatic review by the Board
§ The Officials Room is off-limits to all teams/players, any infringement will be an automatic review by the Board
§ Physical abuse of an on-ice or off-ice official will be an automatic game misconduct, minimum 15 game suspension and automatic review by the Board
§ PLAYERS/GOALTENDERS are subject to a penalty cap. All regular season minors, double minors, and 5 minute majors count towards the individuals cap. 10 minute misconducts and game misconducts do not (however they will be considered during any player reviews). The penalty cap is on a tier system as follows:
If a player goes over 40 pim: 1 game suspension
If a player goes over 50 pim: 2 game suspension
If a player goes over 60 pim: Removed from league must apply for reinstatement
§ Individual PIM totals do not carry over into playoffs - however all suspensions do.
§ TEAMS are subject to a penalty cap as well. The season is divided in half regarding PIMS as follows:
First 16 games a maximum of 200 minutes per team.
Second 16 games a maximum of 200 minutes per team.
§ Any team that exceeds these limits will be assessed an additional 32 penalty minutes. Once a team goes over 400 minutes for the season, they will be ineligible for playoffs and subject to disciplinary action by the Board which may include possible expulsion from the association in the current season and/or following season
Check from Behind - Major
1st offence - minimum 8 game suspension with automatic review by the Board
2nd offence - indefinite suspension, reviewed by the Board
1st offence - minimum 5 game suspension with automatic review by the Board
2nd offence - suspended for the balance of the regular season and playoffs
1st offence - 2 game suspension (game it occurred plus 2)
2nd offence - 3 game suspension (game it occurred plus 3)
3rd offence - 5 game suspension (game it occurred plus 5)
4th offence - suspended for the balance of the regular season and playoffs
Game Misconducts
3rd offence - 1 game suspension (game it occurred plus 1)
4th offence - 3 game suspension (game it occurred plus 3)
5th offence - 5 game suspension (game it occurred plus 5)
Gross Misconducts
1st offence - 2 game suspension (game it occurred plus 2)
2nd offence - 4 game suspension (game it occurred plus 4)
3rd offence - indefinite suspension, reviewed by the Board
Match penalties
1st offence - minimum 8 game suspension, with automatic review by Board
2nd offence - indefinite, reviewed by the Board
§ If an incident occurs where there may a suspension, it is the responsibility of the individual team reps to understand the playing rules and notify the player of any resulting suspension. Those suspensions become effective immediately.
§ Any player subject to a suspension will be given five (5) business days to file a appeal. The player may NOT play in any scheduled game while the incident is under appeal.
§ If a player plays in any game while suspended (including when an incident is under appeal), the team would forfeit those games for using an illegal player.
§ All suspended players must be listed on the subsequent scoresheets or else they will not counted towards the suspension.
§ All appeals must be delivered in WRITING (email preferred) to the Director of Discipline Ray Drake (firstname.lastname@example.com) and should include a player statement and a team representative statement of the event.
§ Prior to any appeal that is requested from the team representative (not automatic) being reviewed by the league, a $100 bond (cheque payable to the CMHA) must be received by the league division rep.
§ If the appeal is successful (meaning if the suspension is reduced or removed), $75 of the $100 bond will be returned and $25 deposited into the CMHA operating account.
§ Unsuccessful appeals will result in the $100 bond being forfeit to CMHA operating account.
All questions, concerns along with praise/complaints should be directed to your applicable division representative. Scheduling issues or requests should be directed to Tyler Yamashiro.
Ray Drake
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike Belanger
Tyler Yamashiro
e-mail: email@example.com
Glenn Saunders
Tyler Yamashiro
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ray Drake
e-mail: email@example.com
DIVISION #1 - Stats, scoresheets and roster/waiver
Ray Drake
50 Pantego Ave NW
Calgary, AB T3K 0K6
e-mail: email@example.com
DIVISION #2 & #3 - Stats, scoresheets and roster/waivers
7615 7th Street SW
Calgary, AB T2V 1G4
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
DIVISION #4 - Stats, scoresheets and roster/waiver
Tyler Yamashiro
139 Royal Oak NW
Calgary, AB T3G 0B8
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- All players, coaches, managers and spectators within any CMHA game attend at their own risk of personal loss, damage or injury, however caused.
- All players, coaches, officials and spectators images during games could be collected and utilized for publication on the league website.
- Generally accepted practice and policies of ice hockey for senior men amateur hockey are adhered to by the CMHA.
- The CMHA Mission statement is "To provide an environment to promote good sportsmanship along with clean, safe, competitive recreational hockey". It is expected that all associated members of the league adhere themselves to the leagues mission statement.
- The Calgary Mens Hockey Association is operated as a registered "not-for-profit" entity.


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just updated the infoway theme and now nothing is showing up... help!!!
just updated the infoway theme and now nothing is showing up... help!!!
Please see other threads in the theme forums regarding this -
none of them cover todays update to the theme
The theme page says "last updated: 6-26-13" - where are you getting a more recent update?
I am assuming its is a more recent update as it only showed up as an update about ten minutes ago and then crashed what i was doing
What is the error? Link to the site?
internal server error
I'm only seeing an official update date for June 26 as well. However, a newer version was approved only 12 minutes ago but hasn't been released onto the theme repository yet.
That could be caused by any number of things, but you can try deactivating the theme by using FTP to change the name on the theme folder -
Sounds like the new one probably (hopefully :) ) will fix the reported problem in the 6-26 one?
I've just tried the latest version on one of my development sites and it seems to be working fine for me. Try checking your site's error logs for a more specific error message. Your hosts should be able to help you in accessing your site's error logs.
Yes there was issue. For now on till the update is made live you can download the update directly from trac through the link below. This will resolve your issue automatically.
Process of update: Through your FTP go to your wp-content/themes directory and replace the existing infoway theme directory with the newer theme directory in the zip link above.
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Local News
Registered users may post items of general interest to their community on this page. Items posted will need to be approved by the Site Administrator before they can be published.
We would like to make you aware that the Leicestershire Villages website will be switched off on Thursday 1 September 2016.
Leicestershire County Council decided 2 years ago not to extend the contract for the Leicestershire Villages website when it comes to an end on 31 August 2016.
Since then, we have given village groups and parish councils support and advice on how to move their content and archives onto alternative, free sites before we close this website.
Users of the website are advised to save any information they want to keep. More »
We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes. » Less
CREATIVE MAKING - The WEA (Workers' Educational Assocation) are offering this 6 week course starting on Thursday 29 September 2016 at Kibworth Village Hall, LE8 0LN. Starting 1.30 - 3.45pm. Anne Mitchard is an inspirational and encouraging tutor, and this is a friendly learning environment offered to adults. The fee is £52.00 or free if in receipt of an income related benefit.
Details - This short course offers the chance to create 4-6 original and colourful handmade craft items using mainly recycled materials, learning skills and techniques in papier-mache, collage, painting and the range of possibilities they offer. More »
For further details, please contact the WEA Office on 01509 268636 or email email@example.com » Less
Are you looking to learn new skills and gain valuable qualifications that could change your life for the better, or improve your confidence and meet new people?
Well the good news is you can get all of these from joining one of our inspiring and affordable adult learning courses.
Our new brochure is out now, and as an added bonus we are offering a 20% discount on your course tuition fees if you enrol before 31 August.
Look out for a brochure dropping through your door over the next two weeks, or call into your local library or adult learning centre to pick one up. More »
Alternatively view and enrol online at www.leicestershire.gov.uk/GoLearn or call us on 0800 988 0308 or 0116 305 0820 » Less
3 hours post CBT training with a DSA accredited motorcycle instructor.
Enhance your riding skills and awareness of everyday hazards incl., speed, road position, junctions, roundabouts, overtaking & hazard spotting along with a riders individual concerns.
Open to anyone in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who has completed CBT and is still riding on a provisional licence.
On completion each candidate will receive a Certificate and a £35 voucher from Shires Motorcycle Training.
For further information or to reserve a space contact firstname.lastname@example.com or ring: 0116 2518999
Community groups in Leicestershire can cut their carbon emissions and their energy bills. Leicestershire County Council's SHIRE Community Climate Change Grants were launched in October and have received a warm welcome.
Parish and Town councils, charities, community groups and religious organisations can apply for up to £5,000 towards a wide range of community schemes in Leicestershire, including energy efficiency audits, new heating systems, renewable technology and insulation in community buildings such as village halls, community centres and church halls, as well as composting, recycling and food growing projects, surveys, training courses, volunteer days and community events relating to climate change and energy efficiency. More »
Although there is no closing date for applications, funds are limited and must be spent by the end of March 2010.
For further details contact Kate Nightingale (Grants Administrator) on 0116 305 7971 or » Less
Have you got 'green fingers'? Have you ever considered volunteering your gardening skills?
Call 0116 305 0552 . Email: email@example.com
Join our heritage team to become a 1620s Garden Volunteer. Share and learn new skills.
Visit: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/field/pdf/2015/12/21/Volunteer_Gardener_and_Interpreter_DLH.pdf
The New Year is a great time to take the leap and go for it, whatever your age or ability. Leicestershire Adult Learning Service courses can help you gain skills and confidence that are crucial for everyone in life and in work.
Learning is like a health club for your brain. And an active mind can stimulate physical activity and keep your spirits high!
It's an all-around fantastic tool for better health!
• creates a curious mind and increasing our knowledge leads to an enriching and happier life More »
• can help us make new friends
• helps us to support our children with their learning at school
• new work skills increases our chances of employability or promotion
• helps us to adapt to change and to keep an open mind
• keeps us fit, healthy and active.
Time, finance, distance and lack of confidence can be barriers to accessing learning. So we're helping learners wherever possible by offering day time, evening and one-off Saturday courses in locations around the county to fit in with work and family commitments.
Courses are available at the reduced fee or may be free for learners on low incomes or certain benefits.
They range from short, supported tasters for adults with low confidence, to those leading to qualifications. Look out for additional courses starting throughout the year too.
Whatever you choose we will support you every step of the way.
Contact us to find out what's starting soon near to you on 0800 988 0308 or search and enrol online at www.leics.gov.uk/GoLearn » Less
Find examples and your nearest showroom by visiting www.lrrn.org or call 0330 355 0707
You can still sign up to an Adult Learning course before 31 August and receive 10% discount on your course tuition fees.
The autumn is traditionally the time to enrol onto a course, and there are 100s of inspiring learning opportunities that could help to change your life for the better.
Some courses lead to valuable qualifications that could impact on your life with job progression, a new career, confidence building to help your children at school or improve your general health and wellbeing with a new interest or increased fitness. More »
Simply browse the courses online, call into your local library or learning centre to pick up a brochure, or call our Freephone enrolment line to get more information on courses. » Less
Would you like to acquire new skills, gain more qualifications, find a different job, develop a new interest or simply take your life in a new direction? The new-look adult learning autumn course programme offers 100s of daytime, evening and weekend learning opportunities that could help you change your life for the better!
View online or browse the course search - visit www.leics.gov.uk/GoLearn. Alternatively brochures will be available in County libraries from early August.
If you enrol before 14 August you get a massive 20% off your course tuition fees! More »
You may also be able to pay by instalments to help you spread the costs. If you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low household income (a single household income of £18,572 or a joint household income of £23,716), you may already be able to access a 70% discount on tuition fees, or courses may be completely free.
Our Learner Support Fund is also available to help meet costs relating to your course, such as your tuition and exam fees, childcare, transport, books and materials, so please ask at enrolment.
Remember - the 20% Early Bird discount also applies to all courses starting next spring and summer!
Follow us on facebook for all the latest news and course information - Facebook.com/Leicsgolearn
Enrol online at www.leics.gov.uk/golearn or ring our enrolment line 0116 305 0820 or freephone 0800 988 0308. Our team of advisors can offer advice about courses and enrolment fees. If lines are busy then please leave your phone number or email address and we will get back to you as soon as possible. » Less
An open public meeting is being held at 6.30pm on 10 June in Kibworth Library to hopefully identify local people who are prepared to take on the management of volunteers as well as put together a business case as to how the library can be sustainably financed.
Local sight loss charity Vista has launched a brand new Mobile Support Service for older people at risk of developing sight loss in Leicestershire.
The service, in partnership with Leicestershire County Council, will tour the county in a specially designed mobile unit, providing information, support and advice.
Throughout May it will visit a variety of locations across the Harborough region.
The Mobile Support Service will visit Kibworth Health Centre, Smeeton Road on Monday 11 May 1.30pm – 4pm. More »
1.8 million people are living with significant sight loss in the UK, and evidence suggests that over 50 per cent of sight loss is due to preventable or treatable causes. Vista will raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of sight loss, the importance of early diagnosis and the links between lifestyle and sight loss.
Manned by friendly staff, the vehicle features an open plan welcome area, leaflet display and a seating area for individual consultation and support. During their time on board, visitors can:
- Learn how a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of sight loss, the importance of regular sight tests and spotting conditions early
- Find out more about the support and services available through Vista
- Discover equipment and technologies that can support people with sight loss.
The programme will also support older people already experiencing sight loss, enabling them to access dedicated information, advice and support in their local communities.
A full list of dates, locations and times is available on our website at www.vistablind.org.uk/mobilesupport » Less
I am about to embark on my 5th 90 minute run around the LCFC pitch to raise money for the LCFC Foxes Foundation chosen Charities. My first run took place at the very last match played at Filbert Street before the match against Spurs and I raised £800. In my last 3 runs I have challenged myself to run full laps of the King Power Stadium pitch. I managed to raise £2,711 in 2012 running 51 laps before the West Ham match and raised £1,242 in 2013 running 52 laps before the Watford match . Last season was a great occasion as the team won the Championship and gained promotion to the Premier League. I managed to raise £1,051 running 50 laps before the Doncaster Rovers match.
I have just turned 54 and am not getting any younger... but once again I will be challenging myself to run as many full laps around the pitch before the QPR match that takes place on Sunday 24th May. Those of you who know me will know that I will give maximum effort running around the four corner flags where I am hoping to hit the 50 laps mark once more.
This season's LCFC Foxes Foundation beneficiaries:
Leicester Hospitals Charity
Leicestershire Autistic Society
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (Leicester & Rutland Branch)
Rainbows Hospice
Lord Mayors Appeal (Prostate Cancer UK – Silver Star Diabetes – Leicester Sea Cadets)
LCFC Foxes Foundation Charity Number 1144791 More »
I would really appreciate it if you would make a donation to my just giving page.
Donations can also be made by texting GUNN61 With the amount i.e. £5 to 70070
I also have the good old fashioned paper sponsorship if preferred.
Many thanks in anticipation of your help.
Richard Gunn. » Less
More Leicestershire homes and businesses gearing up to reach the high-speed broadband fast lane
A £9.2 million contract to expand high-speed broadband to even more rural communities across Leicestershire was signed on Friday 13th March.
The partnership between Leicestershire County Council and BT will see more than 10,000 extra homes and businesses get access to fibre broadband technology as part of the Government's Superfast Extension Programme.
The latest multi-million pound Superfast Leicestershire contract, signed at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, includes £3.45m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), £2.3m from BT, £2m from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) as part of its Local Growth Deal and £1.45m from the county council. More »
Pam Posnett, Leicestershire County Council's cabinet member for rural broadband, said: "This contract builds on the success of our current rollout and will enable us to drive broadband speeds up across rural Leicestershire.
"This is an exciting project that is continuing at pace, connecting more communities and businesses together thanks to the internet."
Steve Henderson, BT's regional director for next generation access, said, "The Superfast Leicestershire partnership has already made fibre broadband available to tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the county. This has transformed the way people use the internet, the services that local businesses are able to provide, and the way that everyone can learn online. We're delighted to have been selected by the council to work with them to extend that reach even further in the coming years."
Areas of the county expected to benefit from the contract extension and get access to fibre for the first time include Frisby on the Wreake, Eastwell, Seagrave, Shawell, Lockington, Congerstone, and Orton-on-the-Hill, as well as additional parts of South Wigston, Stoney, Stanton, Blaby, Ullesthorpe and Burton on the Wolds.
A revised interactive map is now available on the Superfast Leicestershire website that shows the full expected coverage across the county. The first properties to benefit from this latest phase are expected to go live towards the end of 2016, with the rollout expected to be completed by the end of 2018.
More than 25,000 premises already have access to superfast broadband thanks to the first Superfast Leicestershire contract signed between Leicestershire County Council and BT in 2013. As part of this work, 124 green roadside fibre cabinets have already been installed and more than 270kms of fibre cable laid.
Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said: "Today's announcement marks the next step in the transformation of the digital landscape of Leicestershire. We want as many people as possible to enjoy the benefits of superfast broadband, and this new £9.2 million investment will help us reach another 10,000 local homes and businesses. By 2017, 95% of the UK will be able to access superfast speeds and I congratulate Superfast Leicestershire for the remarkable progress they have made already in helping us deliver this."
We're booking our holidays this week - brush up YOUR holiday phrases with a Leicestershire Adult Learning Service 6 week beginners language course:
French @ Coalville – 25th Feb
Greek @ Mkt Harborough – 24th Feb
Italian @ Coalville – 27th Feb
Italian @ Groby – 24th Feb
Italian @ Loughborough – 25th Feb
Spanish @ Coalville – 24th Feb
Spanish @ Enderby Brockington – 26th Feb
Spanish @ Hinckley JCC – 25th Feb
Spanish @ Thurmaston Roundhill – 25th Feb More »
Enrol online www.leics.gov.uk/goLearn or call 0800 988 0308 for more information. » Less
Explore the county on a local parish walk
If you feel like strolling around an historic town or rambling through the woods, exploring on foot is a great way to relax, discover new places and keep active. Most people in the county live within 500 meters of a footpath, meaning many sights and attractions are only a short distance away.
You can now see all local parish walks on our new website.
The Harborough District Sport & Physical Activity Team are currently trying to develop the scheme and create more pathways to provide more residents living in Harborough the opportunity to access the Exercise Referral Scheme. Furthermore, trying to make GP's/Practitioners around Harborough more aware of the scheme so we can use the programme as a way of improving the Health & Wellbeing of our communities.
Exercise Referral is a countywide scheme whereby patients will get referred from their GP's/Practitioners to undertake a 12 or 16 week exercise programme at one of our leisure centres or outreach classes located in the Harborough District. More »
The scheme is 12-weeks and allows participants to:
- Get a special rate
- Take part in exercise at a convenient venue in the local community.
- Exercise Under the guidance of qualified exercise professionals.
The 12-week programme offers clients ongoing encouragement and support to make the first steps in becoming more active on a regular basis.
Activity options include gym-based, health walks and community exercise classes and are based at different locations/times across the district for ease of access.
For more details please see the attached newsletter. » Less
A call has gone out to honour Leicestershire people and places in the second round of Leicestershire County Council's Green Plaque Awards scheme.
Nominations are now open for the scheme at http://www.leics.gov.uk/greenplaques with a closing date of Friday 23rd January when a dozen of the county's most famous people and buildings will be shortlisted by a panel of judges, before votes are sought for the top six from the general public.
The scheme has had a successful first year with the public nominating and voting for the local people and places they wanted to see honoured with an Award. More »
The first six recipients included writer and comedian Graham Chapman from Melton, Burbage's Dambuster pilot Geoffrey Rice, social reformer Charles Booth from Thringstone, teacher/missionary Alice Young from Enderby, Kibworth Harcourt's First World War hero James Lochhead Jack and The John Taylor Bellfoundry in Loughborough.
You can nominate online at http://www.leics.gov.uk/greenplaques, fill in and drop off a form at your local library or complete the form attached and send to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Details of the scheme so far, photos of the events in honour of the six finalists from 2014 and the criteria we use to evaluate nominations are all available at http://www.leics.gov.uk/greenplaques. » Less
January 2015 - what better time to embrace new learning opportunities for your future wellbeing and prosperity?
If your New Year's resolution is to boost your job prospects, pursue a new interest, learn IT skills, improve your health and wellbeing or to brush up on English and Maths for FREE, now's the time to get back into learning!
The GoLearn spring 2015 course programme offers you an inspiring range of learning opportunities. Choose from part-time day, evening and weekend courses at venues across Leicestershire with huge discounts available for learners on certain benefits, or courses may even be FREE! More »
There are a variety of enjoyable courses where you can learn useful new skills that will positively impact on your life. With 100s of inspirational part-time courses to choose from - some leading to a recognised qualification - discover the many ways you can improve your health and wellbeing during 2015!
• Over spent at Christmas? Learn how to get to grip with your finances
• Low self-esteem? Discover how to improve your confidence
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
I sat all morning in the college sick bay
Counting bells knelling classes to a close.
At two o'clock our neighbours drove me home.
In the porch I met my father crying—
He had always taken funerals in his stride—
And Big Jim Evans saying it was a hard blow.
The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram
When I came in, and I was embarrassed
By old men standing up to shake my hand
And tell me they were 'sorry for my trouble'.
Whispers informed strangers I was the eldest,
Away at school, as my mother held my hand
In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs.
At ten o'clock the ambulance arrived
With the corpse, stanched and bandaged by the nurses.
Next morning I went up into the room. Snowdrops
And candles soothed the bedside; I saw him
For the first time in six weeks. Paler now,
Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple,
He lay in the four-foot box as in his cot.
No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear.
A four-foot box, a foot for every year.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Give me a song, a mixed tape on life
A lifeboat, a jetpack, a kit to survive
A knower of things, I'm too scared to own
Expose me; strip me down to the bone.
Explicate my meter and (eye) rhyme
(While singing desi mashups of Adam Levine)
Curl me into a ball, take me back to the start,
When I made a fumblin' play for your heart
Write me a book, or some song about a thief
With 'Goodbye cruel world', etched overleaf.
Make me happy ( like mad), as I was once told
Engulf me in your warmth, when I'm lonely and cold
If I'm abysmal black, be the light that shines through
'Cos if I'm mine, then I 'm yours.
I am you.
I am you.
(I sometimes wonder, if you knew).
Saturday, July 25, 2015
When overcome with emotion and fear
Don't make me listen, I don't want to hear
Of vows and promises and what we oweAnd all those oats we did not sow
It is what is it is,
And other trite phrases
People love to say.'To say naina jab se mile'
A familiar friend, a rainy drive
Was all I needed to feel aliveIn that moment, when tears weren't as sad
As rueful and honest, cathartic and glad
The arousal of passion from the weak and the rentFrom bodies broken, and senses bent
My sight, my ears, what more is left to lendA four year road trip - a beginning and an end.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
There's half a moon in the sky,
But I found the twinkle in my eye,
And though the spot seems big and bright
I'll let it shine, with all my might.
A sexy patch they say, will do?
If so, I'll join your squinting crew
One stolen pair of shades, not two
(He converses with strangers and scientists too!)
The ugliest, most unflattering (nostril) view.
Orange lip stains on a paper cup
A unisex bathroom with a vampire pin-up
Pizza with cream, coffee without
A tube light selfie, please teach me how to pout?
I smile and I frown, do tell me when to stop
In time for the world's most beautiful tear drop.
I'll let it shine, with all my might.
A sexy patch they say, will do?
If so, I'll join your squinting crew
One stolen pair of shades, not two
(He converses with strangers and scientists too!)
The ugliest, most unflattering (nostril) view.
Two patches of damp grass, an albino afarThe world's most complicated car.
Orange lip stains on a paper cup
A unisex bathroom with a vampire pin-up
Pizza with cream, coffee without
A tube light selfie, please teach me how to pout?
I smile and I frown, do tell me when to stop
In time for the world's most beautiful tear drop.
The whir of engines, clouds of smokeTwo crisp hundred rupee notes
Uninsured, let's drive to our endsBruised, and battered, the strangest best friends.
Saturday, July 04, 2015
On illusions being dangerous things - she said.
I could have been a flickering blue flame
Ebbing away through the night
An injured player on the field
Not going down without a fight
A passenger in your car
Doing the moonlight mile
A thirty-something thousand dress
Waiting to go out of style
A naïve heart, bitten twice
Yet never thrice shy
Save only when some lens removed
Looked you in the eye
It all came back, the crooked mirth
The poems and the books
A brush of finger (tips) and perfume
Some talk of being a crook.
Taken by the visions and revisions
Of time and tide within
Spending this lifetime and the next
Tucked safely under your chin.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Birthday Blues
In the gaping hole left by the tree that had died
Perhaps years ago, but we kept telling ourselves
It needed more water, its root were still well
The two crows that sat atop the dried pines
Have found a new home, while I struggle in mine
Free they were, to flap their wings and move on
To build a new nest, new day, new dawn.
Yet I sit by myself, here alone in my den
A few blinking lights, stack of papers, a pen
Typing into the wee hours, a familiar path
My mind is lit up, but my thoughts, they are dark
On a path we fear to tread, but love all the same
It feels like twenty something all over again.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Well this is just a simple song
To say what you've done
I told you about all those fears
And away they did run
You sure must be strong
When you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun
When I was just nine-years-old
I swear that I dreamt
Your face on a football field
And a kiss that I kept
Under my vest;
Apart from everything
But the heart in my chest
I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough, and bleed like a stone
Could be there's nothing else in our lives, so critical
As this little home
My life in an upturned boat
Marooned on a cliff
You brought me a great big flood
And you gave me a lift
Girl, what a gift!
You tell me with your tongue
And your breath was in my lungs
And we float up through the rift
I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough, and bleed like a stone
Could be there's nothing else in our lives, so critical
As this little home
Well this would be a simple song
To say what you've done
I told you about all those fears
And away they did run
You sure must be strong
When you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun
Remember walking a mile to your house
Aglow in the dark
I made a fumbling play for your heart
And the act struck a spark
You wore a charm on the chain that I stole
Especial for you
Love's such a delicate thing that we do
With nothing to prove
Which I never knew
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Sleeping with an empty heart doesn't inspire fanciful dreams. The details of the wallpaper, the foreign languages, the moving staircases. What does one have to become to fill the crevices and cracks of life, without turning into a spindly line.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
One of those weeks…
Everybody's minding their own business a bit too much. My best friend at work has been asked to resign. My other friends are late. Some are stuck in a traffic jam. My driver is exceeding his limits. The construction workers are hammering on our heads. There is no water. Rain is this place's only chance of redemption.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It meanders just the right amount to cause amusement, a flight of fancy, the glimmer of an idea, yet to return home, and park safely in the cul de sac of the mind and heart. It is quite empowering to know how to control the mind; to feel just the right amount of pleasure or pain. We endure pain, only with the hope of eventual pleasure. And what's the fun in pleasure without pain?
We both agreed that happy people don't change the world. But unhappy people may resort to darker means to achieve their goals. Hence, the delicious balance between pleasure and pain, dark and light – enough to empower, yet enough to defeat.
Knowledge is definitely power, but I recently heard a loathsome female on television refute Foucalt's claim rather simply: Power is Power.
And I got the powaaah!
p.s I have conquered the new blog template.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
I am so sleepy at work today; I can barely bother to put up a fake front of being productive. I miss being a student sometimes, apart from the 'being broke' aspect of it. But anyway, I was recalling the evil S story (my first colleague at my first job) who had the worst nakhras I had EVER heard in my life (for reference look up posts circa Nov-Dec 2008). The admin coordinator is using my extension right now and I've had a newfound urge to write.
Wow I'm really sleepy. Moving on, the first and most anal thing about this place is that you have to beep and punch (both) in and out when coming and going. School gets over at 2pm. Since I am driving nowadays and there is always a few minutes discrepancy in all the clocks at work, I left at 1:58 and 1:59pm respectively the last two days. When I came in today, there were 2 red circles around my sign out timings (which is a mark of being late – which the 'auditors' check and then cut your salary). Oh, another new policy – if you leave early for an emergency/appointment etc you're marked absent and they cut 4 grand per day.
I got my hair relaxed to beat the humidity in Karachi; after an over enthusiastic chopped off long bob in Lahore - one day before heading back to Karachi in January - went Krusty the Clown on me. I went to work with my amazingly blow dried hair for the next few weeks. When I came back a few weeks ago, the school principal had had the exact same thing done!
I can't believe they're making me open a third bank account! WTF. An accounts guy just walked up to me with a poster (I kid you not) of a sample form for Habib Bank. Before I transferred to this branch I applied for an SCB account twice (they lost my form, and then spotted a mistake 2 months later and made me re-apply), when I finally got my account made, I got transferred. Here they said they shifted to another bank so I had to go all the way to Sharah-e-Faisal (which is literally down the road from here, but still) twice and apply. So now, I have 3 bank accounts. Oh, sorry the fourth is on its way, apparently.
Mrs. T is my best friend on campus, even though she's 35 years older than me! We trade movies and have patties and chai in her AC wala office. Until the canteen shut for summer break, so now we starve with chai. It's funny that I call her Mrs. T (her last name is the same as a famous tea brand) and funnier when her husband got sick and she left early so I messaged her: "I hope Mr. T is feeling better". Haha
Oh and the admin coord with whom it all started. She is so annoying sometimes; the executive secretary (who leaves a lot to be desired himself, refer to the following paragraph) can't help roll his eyes every time she gives him work - with a million instructions – mostly unnecessary. Once e I had to ask her what the environmental squad was called: The Environmental Squad OR the PAF Environmental Squad - A one line answer. What I got instead, "You see, this was my initiative. It started in 2009 when we set up this squad. They were green robes and organize charity events. I got their approval from XYZ and so forth." 20 minutes later, I asked, so is there a PAF in front of it or not? There is.
And what to talk to Joaquim! I can't write the entire name here for the sake of anonymity, but what a name! He never speaks Urdu, always replies to Urdu in English, plays Angry Birds all day and doesn't even hide it! Once I had to use his PC to copy a DVD and a message popped up on his signed in Yahoo Messenger "hey sexy ;) ". Clearly, he does a lot more than just play angry birds (or so I'm told).Now I'm going to go fill out the poster sized form staring at me.
p.s. I was thinking how funny it is that I have alternative Z's n Karachi to make up for the lack of their active presence in my life nowadays. But most interestingly, I can't believe I have met a new khan in the big city. Not the bus, and not the real khan, but the resemblance is uncanny. This is probably another post in itself.
p.p.s Blogger has a new look, and I am not liking it.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
1) I am the biggest klutz on the planet: I recently started my new job at a school with a population of over 2000 students. While doing my rounds, I pass through the main ground in the school, which connects all four sections together and there are at least 50-100 students in the ground at all times. Since I'm new and look young (story of my life, sigh)I get all types of curious stares and glances often. So on my third day at work I was walking purposefully down the pavement to step up onto the veranda of the senior section (AND it was breaktime, so at least 500 students were in the ground). In my head I thought, how embarassing would it be if I fell? (the same feeling I got in 2009 when I was reading the push/pull signs in T-block and ended up tripping in front of 10 drivers in the parking lot - and rupturing my wrist tendon)and lo and behold, I tripped on the stairs in front of a thousand kids. And to top it off, nobody helped me up, so I had to stay composed, gather my stuff, do an inaudible girly 'ouch' and rub my elbow to gain sympathy and not laughs, and kept walking ahead.
2)I can be pretty bitchy if I wanna: So last week I was walking down another ominous corridor and saw a group of teenages students, 8 girls and 1 boy sitting in the distance to where I was walking, and they were all STARING at me with craned necks. Not only was it really OBVIOUSLY rude, it was really absurd for them to all just be staring in my direction (or so I thought at the time) for more than 20 seconds. So, I went to them, stopped and said "excuse me?" to the group and they looked up at me bewildered and dumb. I looked at the boy and said "Is there a problem?" (for lack of better vocabulary at that point in time). He replied "No" (in a paindoo accent). "Then what are you staring at?". "Oh. I wasn't staring at you maam" he responded retardedly. To which I gave him an icy stare and then sauntered off, hoping I wouldnt trip again and ruin my exit into-a-cloud-of-dust moment.
I think I have created enemies in my workplace for the second time. (The first time obviously was the WWF retard who alleged I was using the landline for "three hours everyday" for personal calls - sucker ended up apologizing to me, and I had the last laugh)
3) I'm going to make pancakes now!
Friday, January 27, 2012
For those who need it the most.
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
And I've been fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
All of his questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark, at the end of my rope
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
'Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
But what the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah
Shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off.
Monday, January 23, 2012
TT Funtoosh
You were always an iconic figure in our family. There were jokes and stories of plots and investments, of your friends in Finland, and the nightclubs and bicycle rides in the cold. There were women who wanted to marry you, but you never settled for any of them. I saw you on a cooking show on TV once, and I believe you won a microwave on it!
I remember once we came home after school to bari ammi's, starving, and you treated us to Pizza Hut – a big treat back in the late 1990s. Once we hid your cigarettes in the drawing room porcelain box and then bribed them back in exchange for Walls ice cream. You were so generous with us; we wondered why everyone in the family claimed you were stingy. Is it because you ironed your own clothes or cooked from time to time?
I was one of the last people to meet you. You had tea and kababs in my lounge a few weeks ago, wearing your plum blazer. Your booming voice, fanciful stories and unconvincing vows to finally settle down will always remain with us. We will remember you with fond memories, and apologize that our matchmaking skills failed miserably for the past two decades. I hope you meet your perfect match in heaven. Untimely and difficult to digest, the fateful morning phone call was yours this time. I can't believe I'm writing about you in the past tense already. But I hope you rest in Peace.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Dont you just hate:
Taking a shower in a wet bathroom.
Peeing in an already peed pot.
Frying kababs in used oil.
Driving a car which the driver used to before.
Eating in a wet plate.
Wearing rented bowling shoes/ice skates.
Sleeping in someone else's lehaaf.
Giving your shoe to someone sweaty to try on.
Using the treadmill right after someone's coughed all over it.
When you hand someone something and they slither their fingers on your hand.
When your maid uses your nailcutter.
When students force you to have cream/blackforest birthday cake(every day),
People eating the aforementioned cake with their chipped nailpolish fingers.
When people pronounce 's' as 'sh' like Alistair ko 'Aleshter'.
- return of the ebal kirili.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with free breakfast and indoor pool
Situated in O'Fallon, this hotel is 2.7 mi (4.3 km) from Missouri Bluffs Golf Course and within 6 mi (10 km) of Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center and 9-11 Memorial. St. Louis Premium Outlets and August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Along with an indoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in a common area. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception. Additionally, a business center, meeting rooms, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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Residence Inn by Marriott O'Fallon101 Progress Point Ct. O'Fallon MO 63368
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Hotel Amenities
Residence Inn by Marriott O'Fallon features an indoor pool and a fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast as well as a complimentary manager's reception (may not be available daily). This business-friendly hotel also offers a library, barbecue grills, and a picnic area. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Residence Inn by Marriott O'Fallon is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Business center
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- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Dry cleaning/laundry service
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- Free self parking
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- Number of floors - 4
- Picnic area
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- Free use of nearby fitness center
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Air conditioning
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- Cribs/infant beds available
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Pet fee: USD 150 per stay
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#onlyincascais Instagram Photo ContestShare with the world the wonders Cascais has to offer and win a one night stay at one of the region's best hotels.
Go by train to see the Museum QuarterCascais launches, this summer, a new challenge for visitors: use the train to visit the Museum Quarter. With just one Museum Quarter + CP Cascais Line Integrated Ticket visitors can travel for the whole day on one of Europe's most emblematic railway lines, offering visits to all 17 installations in the Museum Quarter, in Cascais.
Cascais QualityCoast Gold 2016Cascais, one of the most sustainable coastal tourism destinations in Europe. In 2013 it was awarded Silver, now it received the seal "QualityCoast Gold 2016".
QualityCoast is a programme of the European Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) and partly founded by the European Commission.
August at Casino EstorilThis month, the Casino Estoril brings you the best music and entertainment.
August at Parks and Monuments of SintraFor many people, August is a holiday month, and if you're looking to escape the packed beaches, Parks and Monuments of Sintra offers some alternative family activities.
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Exhibition in CascaisFrom July 9th to October 9th, see the colour, extravagance and creativity of the artist pieces, at Casa de Santa Maria, in Cascais.
Cascais Bay comes to life with the Sea FestivalGet ready for 10 unforgettable days! From August 19th to 28th, the Cascais Bay will receive the Sea Festival, the only free Summer Festival in Portugal.
FIARTIL is back to Estoril!The 53rd edition of FIARTIL, Portugal's oldest Handicraft Fair, returns to Estoril from June 23rd to September 4th.
Great Concerts of Casino Estoril 2016From July 21st to September 8th, the summer evenings will be animated with the best of Portuguese music. Every Thursday, from 11pm, at Lounge D, with free entry.
Inauguration of the 36º International Exhibition of Naïve Painting at Casino EstorilCasino Estoril's Art Gallery inaugurates, on July 30th, at 5pm, the 36º International Exhibition of Naïve Painting, which will run until September 13th. Free entrance.
Vila Galé Cascais - Seafood buffetEvery sunday at lunch, enjoy a seafood buffet at Vila Galé Cascais!
Paula Rego's House of Stories – "Old Meets New" ExhibitionBetween 25 May and 30 October, Paula Rego's House of Stories is hosting the "Old Meets New" exhibition, which displays the artist's latest works, inspired by the Eça de Queirós novels.
Out Jazz warms up summer eveningsThe 10th edition of the Out Jazz Festival starts on May 7th and this year it will happen in Cascais and Lisbon, with free entrance.
Cascais International Golf WeekSave the date: From October 29th to November 5th join Cascais International Golf Week and improve your Swing in the Best Golf Destination of the Year 2016, according to IAGTO!
O Musical da Minha Vida"O Musical da Minha Vida", the new show by Filipe La Féria, takes to the stage at Casino Estoril's Black and Silver Room, from 16th April to 2nd October.
Mercado da Vila de Cascais 2016 CalendarThroughout the year, the Mercado da Vila de Cascais presents themed markets for everyone, with a very "tasty" calendar, showing many of the ingredients that make up the portuguese traditional dishes.
"Point of View" ExhibitionFrom 25 May 2016 to 25 May 2017, the "Point of View" modern art exhibition at Parque da Pena brings together ten nationally and internationally renowned artists.
"I have an increasing need to go to Cascais..." Letter from Fernando Pessoa to Ophélia Queiroz, 1929.
Cascais is located on the west coast of Portugal, right on the edge of mainland Europe and only 20 kilometres from Lisbon and its international airport.
Come and stay at a place where you'll always feel at home.
Cascais is located on the west coast of Portugal, right on the edge of mainland Europe and only 20 kilometres from Lisbon and its international airport.
Come and stay at a place where you'll always feel at home.
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Another syndrome -- the divorce-related, malicious mother syndrome -- has been identified in cases in which mothers not only try to alienate their children from their fathers, but are committed to a broadly based campaign to hurt the father directly (Turkat, 1995). The diagnostic criteria for this syndrome are listed in Figure 1.
Some examples of the more extreme behavior observed in such individuals include the following: making one's children sleep in a car to prove that their father has bankrupted them; burning down the house of the ex-husband: making false allegations of sexual abuse; manipulating other people to harass the ex-husband: spreading vicious lies about the ex-husband; trying to get the ex-husband fired from his job; and driving an automobile into the ex-husband's living room.
Women with this syndrome interfere chronically with visitation. [continued below]....
In addition. these women are skillful liars, highly manipulative, and quite adept at recruiting others to participate in the campaign against the father. As is true of parental alienation syndrome, there is an absence of necessary research on this abnormality.
Figure 1:
Diagnostic Criteria for Divorce-Related, Malicious Mother Syndrome
(Adapted from Turkat, 1995, with permission of the publisher, Plenum Publishing, New York.)
A mother who unjustifiably punishes her divorcing or divorced husband by:
attempting to alienate their mutual child(ren) from the father;
involving others in malicious actions against the father;
engaging in excessive litigation.
A mother who specifically attempts to deny her child(ren):
regular, uninterrupted visitation with the father;
uninhibited telephone access to the father;
paternal participation in the child(ren)'s school life and extracurricular activities.
The mother's behavior is pervasive and includes malicious acts towards the husband, such as:
telling the child(ren) lies about the father;
telling others lies about the father;
acting against the father in ways that violate the law.
The syndrome is not specifically due to another mental disorder, but another disorder may coexist.
Difficulties in the Courtroom.
Individuals with either of these syndromes may be willing and able to lie in court in a fully convincing way. Sometimes, their manipulative skills are so well developed that they are able to influence others to provide false testimony against the victimized parent. They may run circles around opposing counsel. When accused of visitation interference, they often have what appear to be wonderful explanations for their behavior; some may even be accurate. For example: "I offered many times for him to see his daughter but he just doesn't cooperate; every time he comes to pick up Billy, Billy cries and refuses to go: he never follows the schedule, your honor, no matter how hard I try. ..."
What typically is left out of such testimony is the fact that the interfering parent is either lying or has manipulated the child or the situation to give a false impression that he or she is innocent of the charges.
If the interfering parent continues to violate successfully the visitation regulations, over time the victimized parent often becomes so emotionally and financially depleted that the case fades from the court's purview. Unfortunately, outside of the courtroom, the visitation interference continues, often with increased strength.
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