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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The Ornamental Political Wife
From the National Post:
Gender norms remain a constant for political spouses despite the difference in their daily lives from the average citizen. Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is being criticized because his wife needs the assistance of staffers to help manage the daily needs of their young children. Canadian citizens do not want to pay for additional staffers. Furthermore, some of the Canadian public see Sophie Gregoire Trudeau's role as that of a stay-at-home mother and feel that she should be able to handle her children by herself.
Read more here.
May 18, 2016 in International, Marriage (impediments) | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, May 16, 2016
Seventy-year Old Woman Gives Birth with IVF Assistance
From CBS News:
Daljinder Kaur, approximately 70 years old, gave birth to a healthy son on April 19. She underwent two years of unsuccessful IVF treatments earlier in her life. She became pregnant with the help of the National Fertility and Test Tube Baby Centre in Haryana, India. Just two years ago, Rajo Devi gave birth at the age of 70, again with help from the same clinic.
The birth of Daljinder Kaur's child creates a discussion on the bioethics of IVF, maternal health, child safety, and cultural parenting norms.
Read more here.
May 16, 2016 in International, Science | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Japan's Top Court Rules Married Couples Must Have Same Surname
From The Wall Street Journal:
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a law dating to the 19th century that requires married couples to have the same surname, rejecting an argument by three women and a married couple that it violates their rights.
The case has drawn wide attention in Japan, where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advocated the advancement of women at companies and government agencies. Wednesday's ruling means that women who keep using their maiden names in professional situations must continue to cope with extra paperwork and other hassles because their legal names are different.
Japan is one of the few countries that requires married couples to pick either the husband's or wife's surname. A United Nations body that seeks to eliminate gender discrimination has repeatedly asked the country to revise its law, but efforts to do so in parliament haven't gotten far.
"I can't hold back my tears, I am saddened," Kyoko Tsukamoto, one of the plaintiffs, said at a news conference following the ruling. "I won't be able to die as Kyoko Tsukamoto."
On its face, the law is gender-neutral because a husband could take the surname of his wife. In practice, however, about 96% of couples choose the husband's surname, according to court papers.
The Supreme Court, upholding lower-court rulings, said the practice of requiring a single surname was well-established in Japan. "We can discern a rational basis for stipulating a single appellation for a family," the court said.
Read more here.
December 24, 2015 in International | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
UK Court of Appeals Issues Judgment in Internal Child Relocation Cases
From Lexology:
The Court of Appeal has today handed down an important judgment which makes it clear that there is no reason to differentiate between cases of internal child relocation (within the UK) and those of external or international relocation (outside the UK). In this case of Re C (Internal Relocation), child relocation specialist Anna Worwood of Penningtons Manches LLP acted for the appellant father (instructing Charles Hale QC). The father's appeal generated a necessary consideration of the proper principles to be applied in cases involving internal relocation, including full submissions made by the intervenors, the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice.
The judgment explains that it is the welfare principle in section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 which should dictate the result in internal relocation cases as it is now clear it does in external relocation cases. The 'exceptionality test', namely that a parent seeking to relocate within the UK should only be prevented from relocating in exceptional circumstances, should not have been taken to be binding legal principle. Lady Justice Black, giving the leading judgment, concluded her analysis of the law by saying: "All in all … matters should be approached as an analysis of the best interests of the child, whether the relocation is internal or external."
Importantly, the comments made by Lord Justice McFarlane in the recent Court of Appeal decision ofRe F (International Relocation Cases) [2015] Civ 882, were echoed by Lord Justice Vos who held that the application of the welfare principle involves a holistic balancing exercise; whilst the Payne factors may still be of some utility, they are no part of the applicable principle.
Read more here.
December 23, 2015 in International | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, September 28, 2015
New Website Promises to Handle Your Divorce and Filing Costs for $99
From TIME:
A new website aims to take much of the heartache and cost out of getting a divorce by conducting the whole process online.
Presented at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on Tuesday, Separate.us, founded by Sandro Tuzzo and Larry Maloney, aims to distill legal jargon into plain language and reduce legal fees from tens of thousands of dollars to base price of around $1,500. Initial filing costs just $99.
"Today, connecting is easy. There's tons of software applications out there for that," Tuzzo said onstage at the event. "But what if you need to end a relationship, where are the tools for that?"
After working as a divorce attorney for the past 15 years, Tuzzo said he knows too well just how arduous the process can be. Separate.us aims to simplify the procedure by letting users complete, file and serve divorce papers online.
Read more here.
September 28, 2015 in Divorce (grounds), International, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, November 13, 2009
Yefit: "What's the Constitution Got to Do with It? Regulating Marriage in Pakistan"
Karin Carmit Yefit has published What's the Constitution Got to Do with It? Regulating Marriage in Pakistan, 16 Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy 347 (2009). Read the full article here. Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
Pakistan's legal regime, particularly the status of its women, is the subject of considerable academic and media interest both domestically and internationally. The legal plight of Pakistani women is well documented, and virtually all accounts stress the brutality with which their rights are violated. They are portrayed as subject to a legal system that allows them to be veiled,secluded, silenced, harassed, mutilated, forced into prostitution, beaten, raped, murdered, and otherwise humiliated. This study, however, seeks to unravel for the first time a different and surprising picture of the marital rights of Pakistani women and the protection afforded them by the Constitution. While the legal literature is replete with discussions of both marriage law and constitutional law, the interplay between the two within the context of Islam seems to have largely escaped scholarly attention. This article seeks to fill this gap; it explores the actual and potential intersections of Pakistan's Constitution with legal regulation of marital love, and reveals the uniqueness of this system and its striking sensitivity to women's rights . . . Ultimately the article concludes, the exemplary Pakistani regime may potentially serve as an illuminating model for the productive and complementary utilization of Islam and constitutional jurisprudence in the regulation of a marriage law respectful of human rights.
November 13, 2009 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A Divorce Fair?
Just what America needs?
The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. The "New Start" trade fair aimed to tap into [a] booming market by bringing together 60 stands offering up both services obviously related to separation — law firms and counselors — and also more obscure disciplines aimed at helping people get back on their feet, like tarot card readers, makeover specialists and self-esteem coaches.
Conferences held throughout the two-day-long fair included talks entitled "Plastic surgery's role in re-conquering your image" and "How to re-seduce your partner using the Gestalt method," as well as "Meeting on the Web" and "Separation: What does a lawyer do?"
"We have long had the Marriage Fair," a massive annual trade fair in Paris catering to brides-to-be, "and I thought, 'why not a fair for people going through separations?,'" said Gaumet, adding that some 4,000 people visited the event over the weekend. "That's a real success for a first-time exhibition."
At the fair, held at a conference hall in northwestern Paris, the stands offering legal advice attracted the biggest crowds.
Read the full story here.
November 12, 2009 in International | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Bundles of Joy and, Now, Bounty
Earlier, we noted here the financial incentives given to teenagers in North Carolina not to procreate. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Japanese government is incentivizing women to get pregnant as the country continues experiencing low birth rates. From the Wall Street Journal:
Japan's new leaders propose offering new parents monthly payments totaling about $3,300 a year for every new child until the age of 15. Other initiatives include more state-supported day care, tuition waivers and other efforts designed to make parenthood more appealing.
Of course, as the article points out:
But experts warn money alone does not a baby make. Governments have a mixed record in pushing up birth rates, as economic inducements sometimes fail to overcome other complex societal forces that affect baby-making decisions.
In Japan, they include the traditional reliance on mothers to perform the bulk of duties in the home, including child-rearing. Demographers say Japan might have more success if they also encourage more Japanese men to come home and do the dishes.
Finally, as I argued in one of my own articles, tax laws indeed have influence on family-planning:
On the policy front, Japanese tax laws encourage single-income families with a tax deduction that keeps many mothers at home. That slows the development of family-friendly corporate policies and social acceptance of working mothers.
Bottom-line: there are many modern influences making it difficult for young people to begin families, and overcoming them requires a multi-faceted approach. It will be interesting to see which Japanese initiatives will most ease the burdens of parenthood to make it more attractive.
November 10, 2009 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Undocumented Immigrants and the Battle for Custody
The New York Times reports today on the legal struggles faced by immigrants caught up in enforcement raids, who then face a loss of custody of their children. As the article characterizes the problem, "crackdowns against illegal immigrants thrust local courts into transnational custody battles and leave thousands of children in limbo." The article reports on several current cases before the courts including a case currently before the Nebraska Supreme Court in which a mother had her parental rights terminated to her child after she was detained pending deportation.
To learn more about the issue, see "Creating Crisis: Immigration Raids and the Destabilization of Immigrant Families", 43 Wake Forest L. Rev. 391 (2008) by Professor David B. Thronson of UNLV Law. The article is available at SSRN. (bgf)
April 22, 2009 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, September 26, 2008
South Africa: Virginity Testing and the Constitution
From The Washington Post:
The debate over virginity testing is an example of the clash common throughout Africa as governments try to regulate traditional practices that have long held sway, particularly in rural areas. Legal experts say the topic is particularly complex in post-apartheid South Africa, where patriarchal tribal cultures have dusted off long-stifled traditions under one of the world's most progressive constitutions, which lauds diversity but requires cultural customs to bend to individual rights.
Read the rest of the article here. (RR last visited September 26, 2008).
September 26, 2008 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Case Law Development: Phillipines Supreme Court finds husband's homosexuality insufficient to declare marriage void
The Phillipines Supreme Court's 3rd Division, in a twenty page decision, reversed a lower court's ruling declaring an eleven year opposite-sex marriage void because of the husband's homosexuality. The Supreme Court found the trial court erred by only considering the husband's alleged homosexuality rather than requiring proof that the husband concealed his sexual identity from the wife at the time of the marriage.
A report of the case in a Phillipines newspaper is available here (RR last visited August 30, 2008)
August 30, 2008 in Annulment, International | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Case Law Development: K visa applicants may adjust immigration status even if they divorce
A recent ninth circuit court of appeals opinion describes nicely the process by which immigrants can become eligible for lawful permanent residence based on marriage. Faculty may find it a useful outline to give to students interested in this aspect of family law.
The case involved a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision that denied a Russian immigrant her application for adjustment of status to conditional permanent alien and ordered her deported. The applicant had come to the US in 1998 on a K visa as the fiancée of U.S. citizen. The couple were married in February 1999 and soon thereafter the applicant filed an application to adjust her status to that of a lawful permanent resident. Two years later, she and her husband divorced, while she was still waiting to have an interview with the Immigration and Naturalization Service on her application. The INS subsequently denied her application because of her divorce and the BIA affirmed this decision, finding that the language "as a result of the marriage of the nonimmigrant" in the Immigration and Naturalization Act § 245(d) required that the applicant remain married during the entire period of her application. The court of appeals reversed, finding the phrase meant only that the adjustment of status could be based only on the marriage to the the original spouse-sponsor, not on any other basis; Thus the court held that "The purpose and context of § 245(d) also do not support the government's reading of the statute that requires the automatic removal of immigrants whose marriages end in divorce while their application for adjustment of status languishes in the agency's file cabinet."
Choin v. Mukasey, (U.S. 9th Cir. Ct. App., August 12, 2008)
Read the opinion online (Last visited August 15, 2008 bgf)
August 16, 2008 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Call for Unified EU Family Law
The EU must streamline family law across member states' borders, United Kingdom constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman has said. Speaking in Brussels, Ms Harman said closer co-operation between the EU's legal systems is vital. Almost one in five divorces in Europe now involves couples who come from different countries. Ms Harman urged the EU Commission to propose rules which could work despite differences in countries' legal codes. She said it was important "not just for couples living in separate countries, but above all for their children".
Ms Harman wants see the system streamlined to ease the trauma of divorce for all those involved.
Read the BBC's Report on her recommendations. (last visited January 24, 2007 bgf)
January 25, 2007 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Regulations to Implement Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions Considered
The United States is in the final stages of implementing new, federal-level standards in light of the anticipated U.S. ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions. The Convention was discussed at a November 14 hearing before the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption is a formal international agreement designed to ensure transparency in adoptions to prevent trafficking, kidnapping, smuggling and baby-selling. The United States has signed the convention and is moving toward formal ratification in 2007. The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (IAA) is the implementing mechanism established to carry out the functions required under the convention. The IAA was enacted into law on October 6, 2000. A regulatory framework currently is being put in place to comply with the provisions of both the convention and the IAA to move the United States toward formal ratification.
Read the Department of State press release on the testimony before the committee or check out the State Department's website on the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions (last visited November 15, 2006 bgf)
November 15, 2006 in Adoption, International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, November 3, 2006
Case Law Development: UCCJEA Prohibits Court From Altering Custody of Foreign Decrees, Even in Relocation Cases
A second move-away case from the California Court of Appeals this past week involved the application fo the UCCJEA to enforcement of a French custody decree. The French decree gave custody of the child to mother, visitation rights to father, and enjoined mother from moving away with the child. However, mother did move with the couple's 14-year-old child from Fance to California, resulting in this action by father, requesting return of the child. The trial court ordered that the child be returned to France or else the father would obtain sole legal and physical custody. The court of appeals reversed, holding that as it violated the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act by changing custody, and by ordering that the mother not move away with the child.
The court of appeals reversed, holding:
We agree that the trial court violated the UCCJEA by changing custody. We also
agree that the UCCJEA required limited enforcement of the visitation schedule but
prohibited the trial court from enforcing the other aspects of the visitation award,
including the order that [Mother] not move away with [Child]. This not only follows from
the language of the UCCJEA, but also avoids any conflict between enforcing custody and
enforcing visitation. Thus, we accord comity to the French decree to the extent -- but
only to the extent -- that the UCCJEA requires.... The trial court ... had no jurisdiction to enforce any visitation provisions other than the visitation schedule. If [Father] came to California, the trial court could have required [Child] to visit him according
to the schedule. It erred, however, by requiring that [Child] be returned to France.
Marriage of Paillier, (October 31, 2006)
Opinion on the web (last visited November 3, 2006 bgf)
November 3, 2006 in Custody (parenting plans), International, Jurisdiction | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, October 30, 2006
Case Law Development: Reckless Domestic Violence Assault not a Categorical Crime of Violence for Purposes of Immigration Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had to decide whether a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction under Arizona statutes constituted a "crime of domestic violence" under federal law subjecting a legally admitted resident alien to removal under 8 U.S.C.S. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i). The court noted a recent inconsistency in its precedents regarding whether crimes of recklessness constituted categorical crimes of violence under immigration law. The court reviewed its own decisions and determined that it should join the other circuits that have restricted the category of crimes for which removal applies to crimes of violence involving specific intent. In this case, since the Arizona statute allowed conviction upon proof of reckless assault, the conviction was not a categorical crime of violence.
When a state statute of conviction does not define a categorical crime of violence, the court goes on ot apply a "modified categorical approach" in which it considers "whether any of a limited, specified set of documents--including "the state charging document, a signed plea agreement, jury instructions, guilty pleas, transcripts of a plea proceeding and the judgment" (sometimes termed "documents of conviction")--show the petitioner's conviction entailed an admission to, or proof of, the necessary elements of a crime of violence." In this case,
none of the documents ... demonstrated that [the alien's] conviction was based upon an admission, or any other proof, that he used force "intentionally" or "knowingly," as opposed to "recklessly." Accordingly, on the record now before us, we cannot conclude under the modified categorical approach that Fernandez-Ruiz committed a crime of violence or, by extension, a crime of domestic violence as defined by federal law.
The dissent took issue strongly with the rejection of recklessness as falling within the standards of categorical crimes of violence, arguing that:
Men do not beat their wives by accident. Blind to this truth, the majority ignores the realities of domestic violence and disregards congressional intent to hold that an Arizona domestic violence conviction is not a "crime of domestic violence" for purposes of a federal immigration law. The majority's hypertechnical analysis stretches the Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 110 S. Ct. 2143, 109 L. Ed. 2d 607 (1990), categorical approach to absurdity and misreads Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1, 125 S. Ct. 377, 160 L. Ed. 2d 271 (2004), as barring all crimes involving the reckless use of force from qualifying as "crimes of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 16.
Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 26668 (9th Cir. October 26, 2006)
Opinion on web (last visited October 30, 2006 bgf)
October 30, 2006 in Domestic Violence, International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, October 27, 2006
Case Law Development: Meaning of "Legal Separation" under Immigration Law
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals was called upon to determine what constitutes a "legal separation" in a case involving deportation of a resident alien. The petitioner was subject to removal because he had been convicted of aggravated felonies. He sought to evade deportation by claiming that he automatically became a citizen as a consequence of his mother's naturalization when he was a minor. He had come to the United States from Ethiopia with his parents when he was 10 years old. His father had returned to Ethiopia later that same year, but his mother had remained in the United States and was naturalized in 1994 when the petitioner turned 17.
At the time of mother's naturalization, federal law provided that a child also becomes a citizen as a consequence of the naturalization of the parent having legal custody of the child when there has been a legal separation of the parents. 8 U.S.C. § 1432(a) (1999) (repealed 2000) The act did not define "legal separation." Here, the parents had apparently negotiated and signed a separation agreement at the time Husband returned to Ethiopia, though there were no witnesses to the agreement and it was not incorporated into a judicial decree until the couple's 2003 divorce.
The court of appeals affirmed the BIA interpretation that only judicially recognized marital separations are considered "legal" for the purposes of section 1432(a). Petitioner argued that because Maryland courts will enforce voluntary separation agreements as a species of contract, the BIA was required to recognize his parents as "legally separated" as of the purported date of their agreement. The court of appeals, over one dissent, held that federal law controlled the issue however. After reviewing federal law on the question, the court held that the BIA interpretation was not unreasonable and affirmed.
Afeta v. Gonzales, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS (October 26, 2006)
Opinion on web (last visited October 28, 2006 bgf)
October 27, 2006 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Law Regulating Overseas Brides Slowing Process of International Marriages
The New York Times reports on the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act. Imbra is intended to give foreign women and the American government more information about the men who seek so-called mail-order brides. According to the Times, "Reports of violence in international marriages, some of them Internet matches, have increased in recent years. In 1998, fewer than 2,500 foreign women applied to become permanent residents under the Violence Against Women Act, which allows abused wives to apply for residence without the support of their husbands. In the fiscal year that ended in September, 9,500 applied. The new law has angered many men, who argue that there is no definitive evidence that violence is more likely to take place in an international marriage arranged over the Internet than in a domestic one. Unwilling or unable to find a spouse in the United States, some worry that the law could make it more difficult to find a wife abroad."
Read the entire article (last visited October 18, 2006 bgf)
October 18, 2006 in International, Marriage (impediments) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Case Law Development: Costs for Recovering Abducted Child from Another Country as Child Support or Attorneys Fees
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals addressed a case that I'm inclined to assign to students at the end of the semester with the instructions, "Here, read this case about all the topics we barely touched upon in the course and don't ever let me hear you say -- 'if I can't find a job, I can always do some family law!'"
The case involves a factually and legally complicated story of Mother and Father who had a son (while Mother was married to another man). When the son was 2 1/2 years old, and while a custody action between the parents was pending in Maryland, Father abducted him and took him to Turkey. The court chronicles Mother's efforts to recover her son, which required 2 1/2 years, 11 trips to Turkey, multiple court hearings in both Maryland and Turkey, and over $350,000 in legal and private investigation fees and expenses. Simply reading the story of what happened in this case to the point of the child's return is like a short course in international child custody litigation.
However, the case before the Maryland court required even more, as Mother was awarded some of her expenses in securing her son's return to the United States, which Father challenged in this appeal and sought to avoid through a separate bankruptcy proceeding. The trial court had granted Mother $200,000 in costs in one proceeding and then $252,930 in a second hearing, which it treated as an award of counsel fees and costs. Mother sought to have the first award characterized as a contempt sanction and argued that the trial court had erred in overruling her motion to have the second award made as child support.
The court commented on the parties' motivation for this characterization dispute: "The only reason the parties are arguing over whether the court could sua sponte treat Mother's motion as one for counsel fees and costs, and whether the $ 252,930 judgment is for child support, is that they believe the answers to those questions will determine ... whether that judgment was entered in violation of the automatic stay in bankruptcy.... [T]hat issue is to be decided under federal law, not Maryland law; and federal law about what obligations are child support, or "in the nature of child support," differs from Maryland law on that subject. Therefore, our answers to these two questions do not have the significance the parties believe they do." Indeed, the court went on to explain that, while under state law "counsel fees and costs incurred by a parent in a custody case are not child support, even when they are for the benefit of the child", under federal law, these same expenses are "in the nature of child support" and thus non-dischargeable.
Regarding the characterization of the first award, the court found that the trial court had erred in characterizing that award as one for contempt, as there were no purge conditions in the first award. Rather, the court found that the trial court had retroactively re-characterized the first award in the hearing on the second award. That error required reversal and remand.
While Father prevailed in this round of the litigation, the court was not without commentary on his approach to the litigation. The court addressed Father's argument that he should not be required to pay Mother for the expenses incurred in recoverying the child because Mother's husband -- not Mother -- had actually paid those expenses. In rejecting this argument, the court noted "If nothing else, this argument is notable as a fine example of chutzpah" with a footnote that explored the definition of the term and its use by the courts.
So, read and enjoy, and save the opinion in case you have trouble convincing your curriculum committee that there is sufficient content to justify offering an advanced child custody class.
Corapcioglu v. Roosevelt, 2006 Md. App. LEXIS 219 (September 20, 2006)
Opinion on web (last visited September 22, 2006 bgf)
September 27, 2006 in Bankruptcy, Child Support Enforcement, Contempt, Custody (parenting plans), International | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Resource for Updates on UK Family Law
Our readers may find Family Law Week a particularly valuable resource for keeping in touch with developments in family law in the UK in particular and EU in general. All content is provided free of charge and one can subscribe to an email update service without charge as well.
The most recent article presents a summary and analysis of the effect of recent key public law children cases, especially those relating to emergency protection order applications. Read Alex Verdan's article. In another recent article, Lord Justice Thorpe reviews his first 15 months as the UK's Head of International Family Law in the UK publication Family Law Week. He reviews the developments in family law that lead to the creation of his post and describes some of the issues he has addressed in the past year. Read Justice Thorpe's article.
(last visited May 22, 2006 bgf)
May 23, 2006 in International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Out of nowhere (it seems, but I must have done something) every one of my posts redirects to my 'about' page when you click on it.
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I Wonder,Can I ?
I Wonder,Can I ?
Yes, you can, but isn't recommended - you will not achieve better performance, but negative effect.
That's is not correct. Hyper Cache Ext and DB Cache Reloaded Fix work great together. They do totally different things and in fact are recommended in combination.
My recommendation is not to use them in combination.
Making cache of cache isn't so great idea.
On the contrary!!!
Yes you can use both Hyper Cache Ext and DB Cache Reloaded Fix, as a matter of fact this is the best way for best results.
There have been an extended benchmarking concerning this which you can find it in this address: http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/web-tutorials/wordpress-caching-whats-the-best-caching-plugin/
As a matter of fact the "Hyper Cache Ext and DB Cache Reloaded Fix" is a a great combo. Combined (if you look in the benchmark above) they give you the fastest result of all cache plugins.
mlazarov thank you for reviving this great plugin (been using it for ages), but please do take a look in the link, you will be pleasantly suprised.
tempor, i don't see benchmarking for HCE + DB Cache (or DB Cache Reloaded ).
There is just one line which says "Combining some of the plugins can lead to an increase in performance such as Hyper Cache + DB Cache Reloaded. Although some combinations will greatly decrease performance such as WP Super Cache + Anything. Try combining and see what works for you."
Also have in mind that different cache plugins have different impact: cpu, memory ram, not just the speed.
if you scroll down in the link I gave you under the subject "Final Results" you will find this mention:
"Overall the best out of the box cache plugin configuration in my opinion is: Hyper Cache + DB Cache Reloaded."
I totally agree with you concerning combining other cache plugins but please keep in mind that "DB cache reloaded" is a plugin that caches database querys and Hyper Cache, as I know, stores rendered pages. These are two completelly different cache functions which supplement each other.
Plus, more people agreeing with the Hyper Cache + DB Cache combo: Here, here and here.
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Skip to comments.Kerry Met With Viet Cong And North Vietnamese In Paris In 1971
Posted on 03/06/2004 12:21:15 AM PST by Hon
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miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure war criminal
miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure war criminal
Kerry, who is personally endorsed by Haiti's Aristide, Iran's Mullahs, Traitor "Red Jane" Fonda, Kim Jong Il, (& Kim Il Jong), Mugabe, Marxist thug Chavez of Venezuela, Castro of Cuba, & France's Jacques Chirac, is a weapon of mass economic destruction.
He'll destroy the troops in Iraq, the War on Terrorism,
& the U.S. stock market with all his negative talk and whiny-leftist-liberal sour-puss troop-bashing, Bush-bashing, America-bashing talk & self-aggrandizing, ultra-negative sourpuss whiny elitist personality.
Yes, he was still a membe of the Idividual Ready Reserve, and still held his Reserve commission. However that fact doesn't make what he did any more illegal under the Logan act. It may however cause a provision of the 14th amendment to kick in, and deny him the power to be President, or even a Senator for that matter.
That's it? I thought he could get the firing squad, a hanging, or both.
My son's in the Navy. If Kerry gets into office, we'll all pay, but especially our military, whom he despises.
IOW, all soldiers committed atrocities, but only some regret it. barf
bump for ILL request on Winter Soldiers
bump to self for looking into the Logan act as well.
bump again....Logan act, ILL, research from thread on Dem quotes
I have obtained a copy of New soldier via ILL and will see what I can find (yeah..old thread...)
His comment about "boderline of private individuals negotiating" is a referance to US Code title 18 part 1 chapter 45 section 953, which would be the law he broke were he not in the Navy reserve. He was however, in the reserve and therefore subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The law he broke therefore is UCMJ section 904, article 104, Aiding the enemy. Any person who- without proper authority, knowingly communicates or corresponds with, or holds any intercourse with the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court martial shall direct. Note that the name of this article is called AIDING THE ENEMY. The dictionary describes traitor as one who commits treason, treason is defined as betrayal of one's country by acting to provide aid to it's enemies. Feel free to let me know if you can see any way around the fact that John Kerry is the text book description of a traitor.
Kerry recieved his first purple heart for a wound recieved on Dec 2nd 1968. His diary however said on Dec 11th 1968, " We are feeling pretty cocky, because we have not been shot at yet." His first wound was from an M-79 grenade launcher KERRY shot at rocks to close to the boat, and NOT from enemy fire. Self inflicted wounds do NOT qualify for a purple heart. If that is not enough, He tossed his medals over a fence, and therefore HAS NO MEDALS.
There is no statute of limitations for treason. The logan act is the law Kerry broke, but not the only law. As a member of the Navy reserve Kerry was also subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He violated Section 904 Article 104 of the UCMJ. This clearly describes such a meeting as grounds for execution and also has no statute of limitations.
Because Kerry was still in the Navy Reserve ( he was attached to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainbridge Maryland )he was suject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Under the UCMJ he should have been prosecuted under Section 904 Article 104: Aiding the enemy; Any person who- (1)aids or attempts to aid the enemy... (2) without proper authority, knowingly... communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourese with the enemy, either directly or indirectly; shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. / This describes Kerry's meetings in Paris as AIDING THE ENEMY. notice the title. (more than one visit, see page 188 of the congressional record 22 April 1971, " I realize that even my visits in Paris". Notice this is VISITS not visit. Kerry and his campaign have denied the second visit due to the treaty they brought back constituting NEGOTIATIONS from the second visit) / The American Heritage Dictionary defines Traitor; One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason. Treason; Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by conciously and purposely acting to AID IT'S ENEMIES. / There you go. Kerry is the text book definition of traitor. If anyone sees a way around it feel free to point out whwere I am wrong.
I saw once, somewhere on the web, Kerry's service dates. I know that he was attached to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainbridge, Maryland at the time he went to Paris to meet the enemy. The weird thing I noticed was that despite having met his time requirements years earlier, he did not recieve his honorable discharge till like 1983. Personally I believe that one of the things hidden in the records Kerry does not want shown is a less than honorable discharge at an earlier date. The UCMJ section 904, article 104 describes meeting's like Kerry's with the enemy as AIDING THE ENEMY. It has the death penalty. The definition of Traitor is one who commits treason. Treason is defined as providing aid to the enemy. There you go. Undeniable proof Kerry is a traitor.
Right after I posted the last reply I decided to do a little looking. I found this.
I think you will find it extremely helpful in answering your questions. I think it may raise a few new questions as well.
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We need to keep this issue front and center. Have you seen tonight's headlines from Drudge on how the Dems are attempting voter fraud?
I'm getting sick just thinking Hanoi John could win. If I were in the military and Kerry won, I would have to leave as soon as my enlistment was up. 69% of the military support President Bush. The number is about 24% for Kerry. I don't have the exact figures handy. They just may have to bring back the draft under a President Hanoi Kerry.
At least Tokyo Rose was part Japanese and got stuck in Japan during the war. I have no idea why Hanoi John decided to betray his country. He wants a pass on his treasonous behavior and the media has on the most part given him that pass. Thank God for the Swiftees.
I am definitely old enough to remember Vietnam, and it was not widely reported what Kerry was doing in my region of the country. To tell you the truth I never heard about his treasonous testimony until he ran for President.
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Who's Kerry?
The i-served website has more signers than that.
By ratifying this agreement, we pledge to take whatever actions are appropriate to implement the terms of this Joint Treaty of Peace, and to insure its acceptance by the government of the United States.
South Vietnam National Student Union
South Vietnam Liberation Student Union
North Vietnam Student Union
National Student Association
Saigon, Hanoi and Paris, December 1970
Signed: Amongst others, John F. Kerry!
Adopted by New University Conference and Chicago Movement Meeting, January 8-10, 1971
Read Hon's #3 Post.
IMHO, kerry ( and the treasonous libs) just trying to revive HIS "worn out, tired old playbook"...
Thanks so much for FR Jim. It is so great to be able to find all these things on this great site you and John have made!!
Bumping this thread BTTT !!
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Demand and Supply Structure for Food in Asia
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Received: 6 December 2010 / Revised: 17 January 2011 / Accepted: 19 January 2011 / Published: 31 January 2011
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AbstractIn the late 1990s, the author conducted research entitled "Modeling the demand and supply structure for food in Asia". The research was based on a system dynamics method and, using time series datasets up to 1998 to estimate the parameters, tried to figure out the demand and supply structure for food until the year 2010. In this paper, the author introduces an overall research structure and compares previous study results with the latest statistical data provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations (FAO).
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In the Percy Jackson movie, Alexandra Daddario was the daughter of a goddess. Yes...very, VERY divine.
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The so-called welcome packet arrived several days later and upon opening the packaging I realised that I'd been signed up for a subscription. The products each cost R1632 and the next order was on the way. I immediately contacted Formlife and they stated that I could only cancel after I'd received the next order. After several mails back and forth I checked the terms and conditions, which I had to search for (I didn't notice this when I was ordering the product) and saw that they have a fourteen day cooling off period. The consultants did not inform me of this, I had to discover it on my own and contact them about it.
I returned the welcome packet the next day via regular air mail, receiving a receipt from the post office. Formlife now tells me that they have never received the welcome packet and that because I did not mail the items back with a tracking number, and that the slip does not show their address and my details on it, that they cannot perform a refund of any sort until I send back the first order. I received it and questioned them regarding the return, as what happens if I send back the order? Will I at least receive a partial refund?
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They have many consultants and each day a new person assists you via e-mail, which leads to a lot of confusion as the new person isn't up to speed on what the last consultant told you. Personally, I think this is a way for them to not answer pertinent questions. So I am told that they can only make a decision regarding the refund and cancellation once they receive the product (excerpt above). In one mail the consultant assures me that they will refund my money (excerpt above). I refused collection at the post office and received the order slips proving that I'd returned the product. I mailed them the proofs and got a short one sentence reply stating:
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I questioned them very carefully, trying to ascertain if by returning the product I'd be out of pocket R3264 and have nothing to show for it, never mind the postage fees, which you are liable to pay!
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