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Freelanced.com was launched in 2010 and is a platform designed to bring together freelancers and potential employers in a more casual environment with a social networking format. Freelancers can use this site for free, or can pay up to $7 a month for basic, professional, or premium benefits. Paid membership benefits include: exposure to more job opportunities, higher inclusion on databases searched by employers, and inclusion on the homepage. For employers the service is completely free to post jobs. Furthermore, employers can browse user directories (in which the order of freelancer appearance is based on their type of membership) or wait for freelancers to apply directly.
The concept is very simple compared to some other freelancing platforms. Freelancers enter their information, create a username and password, and create a customized profile outlining their skills. Users can include portfolios—essentially samples of their work—on their page that can be viewed by other users and potential employers. Similar to Facebook and other social networking platforms, users can add friends, like portfolios (called giving kudos), set up a profile picture, and even give status updates on their wall. Furthermore, they can join groups of other users with similar skills and interests. Thus in addition to making themselves available for potential job opportunities, users can also network and collaborate with other freelancers.
Once a match is made between freelancer and employer, the role of the site is completely eliminated. They don't facilitate payments, and they don't require a percentage of the freelancer's earnings as do some freelancing platforms. In terms of receiving payment, the only thing they do is recommend services like PayPal and escrow.
The Good
- Appeal to younger users
- Low membership fee
It's clear that this site wants to appeal to the social media generation. Younger users will find it a breath of fresh air compared to other alternatives that some would consider stuffy and uninviting. Furthermore, users will be happy with the simplicity of the site. It's very easy to find answers to your basic questions—like membership fees and the application process—that some other sites seemingly go to great lengths to hide. The social networking format also provides opportunities for communication between freelancers, which is overall an uncommon feature for freelancing platforms. This could provide additional opportunities for freelancers to collaborate on certain tasks, or for friends of different skill sets to communicate about other potential job opportunities not found on the website.
Another benefit of this site is the relatively low membership fee. In fact, many users may opt to try the service for free before expanding their opportunities through a paid membership. Even the most expensive membership ($7/month) is pretty cheap compared to other pay sites. Furthermore, there are no additional charges for each job application. Additionally, the site will not take a percentage of your pay like some freelancing platforms.
The Bad
- Amount of applicants
- Casual nature
- Lack of payment services
- Few guarantees
Because the majority of the services of this site can be used for free, it has the potential to be overrun with good and bad applicants alike. This will increase the amount of applications submitted for each job. This could quickly become overwhelming to employers, who don't want to comb through hundreds or thousands of applications to find the needles within the haystack. Furthermore, this could be frustrating for highly qualified users, who may never be found because they'll be buried within a deep pool of applicants. Because employers don't pay any kind of fee to post a job, the site could also be flooded with worthless job postings. While the site does reserve the right to remove any postings or other information that they deem inappropriate, it is unclear if, how, and how often this type of regulation takes place.
Because of some of the issues described above, it's possible that high quality employers and big name companies may look elsewhere for freelancers. The site seems a bit too casual for a very serious, very professional business to first look for freelancers. This may also turn away some freelancers. While casual freelancers will likely flock to this site, it may deter more serious users who fear they are simply joining a mash-up between Facebook and LinkedIn that's full of unprofessional job seekers.
Some users may dislike the lack of payment services by the site. While it's certainly a benefit that they don't charge a service fee or take a percentage of your pay, there's an inherent inconvenience that the site is not a one-stop destination for both finding employment and processing payments.
A final con is the lack of guarantees. While buying a membership guarantees you certain privileges (such as being higher on lists viewed by potential employers) there is no guarantee that your application will be viewed or that you will receive a job—both of which are guarantees offered by some other freelancing platforms. That being said, the membership fees aren't nearly as high as the sites that do have guarantees.
The Bottom Line
Freelanced.com will certainly appeal to more casual users due to its social networking format, intuitive website, and free services. Furthermore, it provides additional benefits to more serious users attempting to beef up their chances of obtaining employment by offering paid memberships. The more casual format may influence the types of employers who post there. Overall, there's no harm in trying out a free membership and networking with other users, but very serious, more professional freelancers may want to look elsewhere.
Freelanced.com charges the freelancer $7/month and up for usage. The more you pay the more exposure you get
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The parade of demonstrators in Tehran today was nine kilometers long. It's a People Power revolution fired up by social media— you don't get a crowd that big by sticking up posters on lamp posts. (Does the use of Twitter in Iran somehow absolve it of totally sucking?) Hackers are also proving useful, by attacking Iranian government web sites. (But be careful, script kiddies of the world— you don't want to bring the whole system down.)
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You wait two years for a rival operator to sell the iPhone, then two come along at once. Just one day after Orange secured the right to sell Apple's iconic device – after two years of exclusivity with O2 – Vodafone announced it had landed a similar deal.
Vodafone signed the agreement with Apple late on Monday night, announcing yesterday that the two companies "have reached agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to the UK and Ireland". The group had attempted to battle the iPhone's dominance in the UK with smartphones including the BlackBerry Storm and the Nokia 5800, but they did not prove as popular. Vodafone has yet to unveil its pricing policy, tariffs and availability – as has Orange – but the move to open up the device from its exclusive contract with O2 is expected to spark a price war among the operators. Vodafone will not have the iPhone on sale in time to challenge Orange and O2 for Christmas, but it will be on sale from early next year. John McPate, an analyst at Evolution Securities, said the delay was "probably because Apple are struggling to meet demand".
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Well before Hawke's Bay rowers Tom Mackintosh and Ed Laver took up the sport they were in the same year at Hereworth School.
"There was no interaction between us. Tom played soccer and I played rugby," Laver recalled.
From June 8 until August 10, Lindisfarne College sports prefect Mackintosh and fellow year 13 17-year-old and Napier Boys' High School prefect Laver will get to interact virtually every minute they are awake. It's all part of their New Zealand under-19 coxed four crew's quest for a medal at the August 6-10 junior world championships in Hamburg, Germany.
The pair were selected in the crew alongside Christ College's Hugo Elworthy and Rangiora College's William Morris-Whyte after last month's Lake Karapiro trials, which saw 25 rowers battling for berths in the crew.
Their Hawke's Bay Rowing Club clubmate and former Woodford House student Hannah Bailey, who now attends Otago University, was also selected for the championships.
The selection of Laver and Mackintosh is another example of the pair achieving before their time.
"We're only in our third season of rowing. Other members of the crew are in their fourth or fifth season," stroke seat rower Laver said.
Bow seat rower Mackintosh will be competing at the world championships for the first time. Laver competed at last year's junior worlds in Lithuania as a reserve and he and fellow Kiwi Josh Little won the reserve pairs title by a convincing 23 seconds.
"This time it will be the real deal for me. Obviously the main goal is to make the A final but we would be disappointed if we didn't return home with a medal,"Laver said.
Like the rest of the New Zealand junior team, Mackintosh, Laver, Elworthy and Morris-Whyte will assemble and train at Rowing New Zealand's High Performance Centre at Lake Karapiro from June 8-28 before their departure to Europe. While there they will keep up with their academic commitments by attending St Peter's College in Cambridge.
For so many Kiwi rowers, selection for the junior world championships is often seen as the first major step towards Olympic Games selection.
"It's definitely a pathway but I won't be deciding on whether I pursue it until I get back from Hamburg. Our finish there will be a key factor in my decision," Laver said and Mackintosh nodded in approval.
Mackintosh, who is considering engineering courses at Canterbury or Waikato University next year, said their intense training schedules prevented them from looking too far beyond Hamburg.
The pair, coached by Mackintosh's father Jock Mackintosh and Don McDonald, train each morning and every second afternoon at Clive.
They were given a training programme to follow when they left the trial camp.
"Basically that's so we can hit the ground running when we return to Lake Karapiro next month," Mackintosh said.
If their times over 2km on the indoor rowing machine are an indication, their New Zealand crew coach Bruce Jones will be impressed. Laver stopped the clock at 6m11s and Mackintosh was 13s slower.
Before his selection for Hamburg, Mackintosh's rowing highlights were a national title with the Hawke's Bay men's club eight last year and a third placing in the under-17 single at the March Maadi Cup regatta in Twizel. Laver was in his school's Springbok Shield-winning under-18 four in Twizel, a silver medal-winning under-18 pair with Liam Kitchin and the bronze medal-winning eight.
Mackintosh said his selection was one of many sporting highlights for his school in recent weeks.
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While it is laudable that we should remember the feats of a man who rose from the scrubland to the heights of power and who is fêted by other heads of state, it is a bit too premature for us all to consider him a saint.
We all were very much there for him in the beginning. Even contributing financially for his campaign to gain the Planalto Palace up until we started watching in disbelief as less than kosher fare were the plats du jour in his party.
Also, most of us tend to frown on our President's penchant in siding with the wrong crowd. That said, as is the case, we believe that the masses, if granted access to the film, will tend to gloss over that and go on to elevate the guy to even higher spheres. Unavoidably.
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"The problem is that portraying Lula as a saint stretches credulity. Brazilians know and admire the man who dragged himself up through poverty to become President of the world's fifth most populous nation. But while the film ends in 1980, the years since have produced a different Lula, the intemperate leader who swears in public and rails at the press for investigating graft, and whose government was tainted by one of the most egregious corruption schemes in Brazilian history."
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul RyanPaul Ryan8th graders refuse to take photo with Paul Ryan Dems plot recess offensive on ObamaCare President Trump needs to make some huuuge changes, and soon MORE (R-Wis.) took off the kid gloves on Wednesday and blasted his Senate counterpart, Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), with whom he has had a cordial relationship in the past.
Ryan said that Conrad had caused an "embarrassing spectacle" by staging a budget resolution markup that will not feature actual votes on a budget.
"I am disappointed to learn that Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad will not follow through on his commitment to advance a budget. The Democrat-controlled Senate's ongoing failure to pass a budget has become one of the most embarrassing spectacles in Washington," Ryan said in a statement.
"It has been three years since Chairman Conrad last advanced a budget through the U.S. Senate. That budget from 2009 accelerated the looming debt crisis by helping to jam a massive healthcare overhaul into law on a partisan basis," he added.
Conrad had promised to mark up a budget resolution in committee as part of last August's deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
He claims that by producing his own resolution — a version of President Obama's fiscal commission plan from 2010 — and airing opening statements, he had held a markup.
He said on Tuesday that the Bowles-Simpson fiscal commission plan should be the basis for bipartisan negotiations in the coming months and that the markup votes could materialize after the election.
Ryan produced his own partisan budget this year with massive cuts to government spending and no new taxes. The House passed that budget last month and is writing 12 annual appropriations bills according to its lower spending levels.
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"Ok, can you just give me a little smile? Perfect, that's perfect."
"Thanks. Is that it for today?"
"No, I'd like a few more photos with you looking over your shoulder."
She turns, and just before her head swings round, spilling out those gorgeous brown curls, I sneak a quick glance at her ass. Beautiful.
"That's great. Well, I think that's it for tonight Indya. Tomorrow, same time to finish off?"
"Yeah, thanks for this Chase."
"No problem. And your new manager is paying me after all."
"True." Indya leans over my desk and I breathe in her smell. "You want to grab a drink?"
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I collapse back on my bed and stare at the ceiling. God she's gorge. But no, she's straight. There is no way. If only. My phone buzzes. Argh, not now!
"Mum hey, what's up?"
"I need to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Your father."
"Mum seriously, I'm not in the mood to hear about him right now."
"Look, it's just that I thought you ought to know, before your father left us, he told me he had another kid. In America."
"What the hell mum? Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I thought you might want to meet her."
"Why would I want to?"
"Look Chase, I'm not in the mood. I've text you her number. If you want to make contact, do it." She hung up. My mum and I haven't talked for a while, ever since she discovered I liked women. It wasn't something that was 'normal' for her. I rolled back on the bed. A half sister? Well, it didn't surprise me. Dad was always sleeping around. Proper slut of a man. That's why I'd never be like him.
Hey, why not find out about this girl? I sift through my messages and find the one from mum. Number. Call.
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Preventing the transmission of inherited genetic diseases, and increasing food production rates in farmed animals are two potential applications of genome editing technologies that require urgent ethical scrutiny, according to a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
The Council, which includes academics from King's, has today published the first findings of its review looking at the potential impact of recent advances in genome editing such as the CRISPR-Cas9 system across many areas of biological research. The report found evidence that, given its technical advantages and rates of uptake, genome editing is already having an almost unprecedented impact in research. The Council considered the possible effects of these advances in fields such as health care, food production, industry and public health.
Professor Karen Yeung, Director of the Centre for Technology, Law & Society at King's and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Group, who conducted the review said: 'We examined the way in which these technologies are being taken up in the research community and what we found is that, because of a number of advantages which they offer in relation to existing techniques for manipulating DNA, they are having an unprecedented transformative effect on the biological sciences and for that reason they have the potential to change our expectations and ambitions about human control over the biological world.
'One of the reasons why we are undertaking this review is to encourage public deliberation. We think that the potential applications for human health are very important, but also in relation to food production where the technology is really almost ready to go and that is why we are trying to think carefully about the ethical dimensions in order to try and identify the paths of development that we think are the most ethically appropriate.'
The Council will now begin work on two further inquiries addressing the ethical and practical questions raised by possible uses of genome editing in different fields. The first of these will focus on the potential use of genome editing in human reproduction to avoid the transmission of heritable genetic conditions, and the second on livestock to improve systems of animal husbandry and food production.
Dr Andy Greenfield, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Group who conducted the review, said:'Genome editing is already showing a potential to transform not only how biological research is carried out, but more importantly our expectations and ambitions for addressing challenges such as disease prevention and food security. Although most uses so far have been in research, the potential applications seem to be almost unlimited, given that the techniques are applicable to all organisms, from bacteria to plants, animals, and human beings.'
Avoiding genetic disease
Human reproductive applications are probably the most talked about potential application of genome editing technologies and raise some of the most complex ethical concerns. Genome editing could one day offer an alternative approach to preventing the inheritance of diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
Concerns have been stirred by reports of research in China to correct disease-causing genetic mutations in non-viable embryos in 2015 and the granting, by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), of a licence to allow genome editing of embryos in the UK February 2016.
Professor Yeung is Chair of the newly established Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party on human reproductive applications and said: 'Genome editing is a potentially powerful set of techniques that holds many future possibilities, including that of altering certain genetic features at the embryonic stage that are known to lead to serious and life-limiting disease. In the UK and in many other countries, a long path to legislative change would have to be followed before this could become a treatment option. But it is only right that we acknowledge where this new science may lead and explore the possible paths ahead to ensure the one on which we set out today is the right one. We will be very interested to hear people's views on this aspect of genome editing technologies in our new inquiry.'
Many people have concerns about the possible use of genome editing in humans, for example, about the risks of unintended effects due to off target DNA alterations, and the implications of making irreversible changes that will be passed on to future generations. Another key concern is the possible orientation of research towards human enhancement, going beyond disease prevention into the engineering of 'desirable' genetic characteristics. As with other technologies and innovations, the potential benefits and harms of genome editing might not be distributed equitably, and some people are worried that negative effects could cause discrimination, injustice or disadvantage to certain individuals or groups.
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A 3D printed image of the Voight-Kampff machine with camera and ear-piece
An emotion detector which, potentially, can tell whether a person really finds you attractive on a first date has been created by researchers at Lancaster University.
The inspiration for the device came from a gadget featured in the 1982 sci-fi fantasy film, Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford and directed by Ridley Scott.
Replicating the Voight-Kampff machine, a fictional interrogation tool, the Lancaster team have created a device that mimics this emotion-detector.
But the plausibly real device is, at this stage, still pure fiction and, while creating it has sparked imaginative design skills and a little fun, it has been built to convey a serious message.
The design team, which includes the Centre for Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL, are keen to get people to think about the ethical implications of a world in which we use computers to monitor or even manipulate our emotions.
The polygraph-like Voight-Kampff machine was used by the Blade Runners police force to determine if an individual was a biorobotic android, detected by means of a test in which emotional responses were provoked.
It measured body functions such as blush response, respiration, heart rate and eye movement in response to questions dealing with empathy.
Designers at Lancaster are now researching technologies for their own Voight-Kampff machine including an ear-piece which measures skin and heart rate responses and a pupil-dilation measure.
The team's fictional speculative device is set against an online dating backdrop and is designed, in theory, to determine if it's love and sincerity at first sight or sound.
The machine takes on a whole new 21st century appearance – neat, bright and compact – and simply clips onto the bottom of a smartphone or tablet.
The research team, headed by Lancaster University's design fiction expert Professor Paul Coulton, are set to present a paper on 11 May in San Jose at CHI, the world's premier conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the place to see, discuss and learn about the future of how people interact with technology.
"This machine looks and feels very real and has even prompted a film-making company in the States to request filming us manufacturing the device," said Professor Coulton. "But this is actually a tool for creating some pretty serious discussions."
Design fiction is, in broad terms, speculative design which heralds what might come about in the future world of human computer interaction, explains Professor Coulton.
"The factor that differentiates and distinguishes design fiction from other approaches is its novel use of 'world building' and, in this paper, we consider whether there is value in creating fictional research worlds through which we might consider future interactions."
"As an example, we built this world in which rules for detecting empathy will become a major component of future communications. We take inspiration from the sci-fi film 'Blade Runner'to consider what a plausible world, in which it is useful to build a Voight-Kampff machine, might be like.
"People are working towards this kind of thing," he added. "What we are doing is questioning whether it has a place in our society – what kind of uses they have and what the world would actually be like with them. We want people to think about the ethical implications of what we do. Technically a lot of this is possible but is it actually what we want?"
Learn more: Emotion detector could reveal if a date really finds you attractive: Is this the kind of world we actually want?
Imagine you are in charge of the switch on a trolley track.
The express is due any minute; but as you glance down the line you see a school bus, filled with children, stalled at the level crossing. No problem; that's why you have this switch. But on the alternate track there's more trouble: Your child, who has come to work with you, has fallen down on the rails and can't get up. That switch can save your child or a bus-full of others, but not both. What do you do?
This ethical puzzler is commonly known as the Trolley Problem. It's a standard topic in philosophy and ethics classes, because your answer says a lot about how you view the world. But in a very 21st century take, several writers (here and here, for example) have adapted the scenario to a modern obsession: autonomous vehicles. Google's self-driving cars have already driven 1.7 million miles on American roads, and have never been the cause of an accident during that time, the company says. Volvo says it will have a self-driving model on Swedish highways by 2017. Elon Musk says the technology is so close that he can have current-model Teslas ready to take the wheel on "major roads" by this summer.
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How Intellect And Behavior Emerge During Childhood
The study was published in the journal Cell.
The genetic mutations that cause developmental disorders, such as intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, commonly affect synapses, the junctions between two nerve cells that are part of the brain's complex electro-chemical signaling system. A substantial percentage of children with severe intellectual and behavioral impairments are believed to harbor single mutations in critical neurodevelopmental genes. Until this study, however, it was unclear precisely how pathogenic genetic mutations and synapse function were related to the failure to develop normal intellect.
"In this study, we did something no one else had done before," said Gavin Rumbaugh, a TSRI associate professor who led the new research. "Using an animal model, we looked at a mutation known to cause intellectual disability and showed for the first time a causative link between abnormal synapse maturation during brain development and life-long cognitive disruptions commonly seen in adults with a neurodevelopmental disorder."
Losing Balance
The study focused on a critical synaptic protein known as SynGAP1. Mutations in the gene that encodes this protein cause disabilities in an estimated one million people worldwide, according to the paper.
"There are a few genes that can't be altered without affecting normal cognitive abilities," Rumbaugh said. "SynGAP1 is one of the most important genes in cognition - so far, every time a mutation that disrupts the function of SynGAP1 has been found, that individual's brain simply could not develop correctly. It regulates the development of synaptic function like no other gene I've seen."
Using animal models that were missing just one copy of SynGAP1, as seen in some patients with intellectual disability, the scientists found that certain synapses develop prematurely in the period shortly after birth. This dramatically enhances what is known as "excitability" - how often brain cells fire - in the developing hippocampus, a part of the brain critical for memory. The balance between excitability and inhibition is especially critical during early developmental periods, when neural connections that ultimately give rise to normal cognitive and behavioral functions are forming.
"You might think this accelerated development of brain circuits would make you smarter," Rumbaugh said. "But the increased excitability actually disorganizes brain development. We think that early maturation of these excitatory synapses disrupts the timing of later developmental milestones. It rains down chaos on this complex process, preventing normal intellectual and behavioral development."
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Interestingly, inducing these mutations after the critical development period was complete had virtually no impact on normal synapse function and repairing these pathogenic mutations in adulthood did not improve behavior or cognition.
"A key finding is we were able to remove the mutation and restore SynGAP protein levels in adult mice with obvious cognitive and behavioral problems, but this intervention did not benefit the animals," Rumbaugh said.
These results imply that very early intervention is essential in neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly for cognitive problems. The team is now aggressively searching for the optimal period during development in which repairing these mutations is most beneficial.
Rumbaugh speculates that successfully defining these treatment windows, combined with the fast-approaching ability to identify potential pathogenic mutations in utero, will provide a possible path toward eradicating this type of intellectual disability and lowering the risks for autism. "We believe a cure is possible," he said. "It is likely that there are many other single mutations out there that cause distinct forms of these spectrum disorders. Our strategy could be applied to these disorders as well."
The first author of the study, "Pathogenic SYNGAP1 Mutations Impair Cognitive Development by Disrupting the Maturation of Dendritic Spine Synapses," is James Clement of TSRI. Other authors include Massimiliano Aceti, Thomas Creson, Emin D Ozkan, Brooke Miller, and Courtney A. Miller of TSRI; Yulin Shi and Xiangmin Xu of The University of California, Irvine; Nicholas Reis and Antoine Almonte of The University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Brian Wiltgen of The University of Virginia.
The study was funded by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS064079), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (R03HD060672), the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, and the National Institute for Drug Abuse (DA023700-04S1).
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i have been seperated for over 20 years he went to mexico after being in prison and deported..my daughter is 24 so i just want a plain simple divorce..i havent heard or seen him since he left..how do i serve him...we have nothing together so we arent fighting anything..i want to know if his mother or sister can serve him they are legal here or is there a way i have to do it..the court clerk didnt know ..she said you just serve him and have the server sign the paperwork..please help..
Yes, his sister can serve him. After she does, have her fill out a proof of service setting forth when, where, and what time she served him. The form can be found here: http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl115.pdf Good luck.
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I once had a case in which my client's wife lived in Mexico. My client's brother served the wife's mother with the divorce papers and completed the proper California service of summons form, and in the end we obtained the judgment of divorce. After the final judgment of divorce was filed the Mexican embassy sent a letter to me and to the judge objecting to the divorce, however, it was too late, and the judgment could not be undone. Besides, the Mexican consulate had no right to send a letter to the judge. For whatever reason, they did not seem to know the procedure for undoing a judgment; certainly it was improper to just send a letter. In any event, have the sister serve the papers and fill out the service of summons, and it should be fine. I suggest you consult with an attorney to make sure you do everything right the first time. Otherwise, if something is done wrong, you will have to serve the divorce papers again, and the sister might not be willing to do this again. Just a word to the wise.
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Video games are full of add-ons these days. Most of them are extra weapons or online maps. I recently spent money on a fancy camoflague for my gun in COD. Grow up Alex. But at least I wasn't offering sex in exchange for a flying dragon thingy…
This woman put an add on Craigslist, offering sex, in return for an 'epic mount' on World Of Warcraft. Classy.
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Savers are losing £4.3bn a year by keeping their money in poor-value "zombie" bank accounts which once paid good interest but now pay almost nothing, according to research by Which?.
Launching its "scrap the savings trap" campaign, the consumer group said that eight out of 10 easy access savings accounts and cash Isas pay very low rates of interest, with 41% paying a "pitiful" 0.1% or less.
It condemned some banks for offering accounts with similar names but which pay very different rates of interest. For example, on a balance of £5,000, Halifax's Reward Saver pays up to 1.7%, while its Saver Reward pays up to 0.1%. Similarly, the AA's Internet Saver (Issue 1) pays 1.36% while its Internet Savings Account (Issue 1) pays 0.1%.
The research by Which? also found that the vast majority of people (75%) don't think banks do enough to help savers get a good deal.
It said a number of providers have several different versions of the same account paying a different rate, such as the Virgin Money Easy Access e-saver which has five different interest rates across 10 different versions.
"With just 16% of people switching their main savings account provider in the last 12 months, it's clear that banks and building societies need to do more to show people the value of switching and highlight the better products they offer.
"The government included some measures for savers in the budget, but further action is needed from the industry and regulator to help people make the most of their savings," said Which? executive director Richard Lloyd.
It wants banks and building societies to close "zombie" accounts and move saver's money into one default easy-access or Isa account at the end of fixed terms.
It is also campaigning to make Isa switching less complicated and laborious; it wants switching to be quicker and a stop to banks limiting transfers into new Isas. It also wants for banks to be forced to improve notifications about the end of bonus rates or fixed terms.
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My mom will be seventy next week, and my dad is 2 years older.
Mom is a cancer survivor, and she got Cujo, and Dad came to love Cujo, but since he as passed, he doesn't want any more dogs. Mom's eye has been having trouble for the last couple of years, and she has had a couple of operations.
Mom loves dogs. Rarely, I will bring puppies over for mom to pet and hold, and as rarely, I will bring an adult dog or an older pup for her to pet for a few minutes.
Mom enjoys this.
Dad gets crazy. Today I let her see Karma for less than 5 minutes. Dad says not to bring any dog over ever. They are worried about her eye getting re-infected.
So, would you listen to your dad and cut your mom off? It is seriously about 3 to 5 times a year I bring a dog or pup over.
Mom wants a dog. Dad does not. Until mom's eye gets better I think it is unlikely.
How do you measure both people and respect both people's wishes?
When you mean 'cut your mom off' do you mean completely or just from the pups? Can't you go alone to visit them (without the pups)?
I personally think that your father is right. If hygiene issues can cause physical stress on a 70 year old, then I wouldn't risk taking the pups over there even if it's only a few times a year. Do you feel like the pups may cause your mom's eye problem to worsen?
As far as respecting both people's wishes, sometimes you can't. Taking sides with parents is hurtful to the parent that is on the opposite side and a pride boost to the one whose side you're on, but when there's a right and a wrong, you do have to make a choice...
But you can be diplomatic about it. Maybe saying something as simple as 'I love you and I'd feel guilty if my pups caused your eye problems to flare up' might do. So instead of making it seem like you're taking a side, you present the solution in such a way that you're feelings are the center of attention...
I dunno...that's JMO.
Sue, how are your parents doing mental health-wise? Does your mother speak up and voice her opinion? Does she express to your father that she wants the dogs to visit? If possible, I would try to not get in the middle and see if the two of them can work it out. It seems unfair to deprive your mother of something she loves. I don't see where a dog puts her at greater risk of infection. Could you speak to her doctor about this? Perhaps your father would be convinced that a dog is safe. I actually think it would be beneficial for your Mom to see the dogs.
If there is some medical evidence that the dogs are causing her eye infections, then it is not something that should happen anymore.
But I'm skeptical that this is the case, especially if you are helping your mom wash her hands after handling the dogs. There are so many studies that show dogs have a calming effect on people that are ailing.
My dear departed grandmother was a semi-invalid for about a decade due to a stroke, broken hip and several other aliments before she passed. My grandfather very much wanted to limit her activities because she was hard to maneuver around and in a fragile state. But grandma loved social interaction. She loved going to family parties, her grandkids soccer games, out to lunch and dinner etc. To limit her in these things ate at her soul and killed her by inches.
If your mom is a dog person, being limited from interacting with dogs might be slowly killing her spirit. I suppose the only way to truly figure it out is to sit your parents down individually and see if you can figure out what is really going on. Maybe what is happening is your mom pines for a dog after you leave and it causes friction between your parents. Or maybe your dad is just so worried that she is fragile and he could lose her that he is being irrational.
I know I very much worry about a time when I might be elderly and not able to fully care for a dog. How sad will that be for me when I don't have a furry companion. I hope at that point someone will let me regularly love on their dog.
Even though I think seeing the dogs would benefit your mom, the stress caused by your disagreement with your dad over the dogs might be harder on her. We all know how stress can effect the immune system and recurring infections. Even though your dad may be the one in the wrong here it might be up to you to suck it up for your moms health and not take the dogs to visit for now. So I gotta agree with Zeeva. Hope your mom gets better soon.
If you sit with your mom as she is petting the puppies and then help her use hand sanitizer right in front of your dad so he knows that she has nothing pathogenic on her hands, maybe that will help calm his fears. In some facilities that our Therapy Dogs visit, they ask us to carry sanitizer and help the residents use it at the end of a visit.
Ask your mom's doctor.
can't you bring your mom to your place to enjoy your dogs?
There are plenty of folks your parents age enjoying GSDs.
Thanks all. I was upset earlier because, well, I don't bring them over often, but my mother loves baby puppies, and I do like her to see them. I don't have them all the time.
But Mom's eye has been awful with this crazy evil disease that basically ate two corneas already. So it isn't anything lame on my father's part. It is a nasty problem. I don't think my dogs are any more likely to cause her an infection than my sister's kids. I mean, as for diseases, it has to be a zoonotic disease. As for bacteria, well, kids have bacteria too. My dogs aren't filthy. My sister's baby has MRSA for heaven's sake. I don't know.
I took it personally. I know my dad is worried about my mom. But it was Cujo as much as any of the rest of us that helped my mother beat cancer. She wants another dog, and I think that is mainly what my dad is worried about. He doesn't want to go through the heartache again. We lost Pippy and then Cujo, and he doesn't want another dog. Mom does.
Mom doesn't ask me to bring the pups over. She doesn't. She enjoys them when I do. And I am for the most part talking about 2-4 week old puppies. I only bring them out if I am going to vet for something to do with the dam, and then I will stop by for a few moments for her to see them.
As for the couple of times in the last 2+ years that I brought and older pup or dog over, well, I dunno. I think I am more likely to spread an infection than they are.
Dad's a good guy. He has taken care of my critters when I have been in the hospital or if I have spent the night elsewhere a few times a year. I don't want to tick him off either. I think his frustration and flat out anger about this today was off the scale though. He's going to get a stroke over all this crap. He isn't any more healthy than my mother.
My mother has had 2 eye operations, has to put numerous drops in daily, and it looks so bad, all the specialists really don't know what to do for it. Now she is blind in that eye, but I do bring lexie with me when I visit. she adores her (of course she purchased her for me as a present). Now you could just say to your dad that your bringing pups to make your mom happy, just have her wash her hands or you could put sterile gloves on for protection.
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During one of my calls with AMHCA committee chairs this past month, a comment from one of the chairs really stuck with me:
"The Annual Conference really energizes our committee members, and by the end of the conference everyone is ready to go home and get to work. But then we all head back and get busy with our practices and our lives, and the time slips away."
What struck me was the reminder that members of AMHCA's committees do want to make a difference, and it is important not to let that energy stall. This is not an easy task, as our members cover a large geographic area and are busy with clients, local issues, and their own self-care. Getting a committee to be functional and effective can be daunting. So, I look to our active committees and identify what they are doing right.
First, we find people who are not only interested in the topic that the committee addresses, but who are also willing to make the commitment to do the work. And, since my strategy is to ask people who meet these criteria to serve on AMHCA committees, I am pleased to report that I have found this strategy to be effective.
Next, each committee or committee chair determines a focus as well as a strategy to attain the committee's goals. We have identified strong leaders for our committees who make all the difference in committee success.
Then the work can begin. And it already has.
At AMHCA's Annual Conference in July in Orlando, I heard three messages loud and clear:
It is important to me that we charge ahead and keep that energy from the conference flowing to make progress in these areas.
In looking at these topics, it also became clear to me that most of them overlap and intersect with each other, and different aspects of the same issue can be addressed by different committees.
Coming directly out of Orlando, the board formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Veterans Issues under the direction of Director-at-Large LaMarr Edgerson, PsyD, LMFT. LaMarr has started the conversation to first identify what the issues are and develop a plan.
We cannot discuss veterans issues without also looking at legislation, licensure, and reimbursement. AMHCA's Public Policy and Legislation Committee, chaired by Dan Holdinghaus, LPC, is an example of how two committees work on different aspects of the same issue. Both committees continue to work with our coalition partners on TRICARE and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in addition to multiple other legislative issues. Check the AMHCA website for updates on all the pieces of legislation we are following.
It has also became evident to me that with the discussions of licensure portability, state differences in scope of practice, ability to do assessment, and reimbursement challenges, we needed to resurrect the Professional Issues Committee. Joan Normandy–Dolberg, LPC, has agreed to chair this committee, and we have assembled a solid group of committee members with varied perspectives and experiences.
Although the Professional Issues Committee could take many possible avenues, we ultimately decided to focus on the issue of license portability. The committee's first task will be to look at what the barriers really are to portability, and what other professions have done to help mediate these types of problems without getting into turf wars or creating additional problems. Not a small task, but hopefully the end result will be an understanding of the process needed on both a state and national level to move toward a resolution.
AMHCA's DSM Task Force, chaired by Gary G. Gintner, PhD, continues to follow and comment on the new standards for the draft fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)—which again impact reimbursement.
Our Professional Development Committee, under the tutelage of Stephen Brady, PhD, continues to be productive. Last year, the committee focused on updating AMHCA's "Clinical Standards for Clinical Mental Health Practice."
This year, the committee will focus on developing a series of white papers around clinical issues. The first will look at technology-assisted counseling. While the information contained in the final product is of course tremendously important, as a member of the committee, I have found that the discussion around the topics and the synthesis of the information is equally important.
Grab an Oar and Let's Pull Together
As I periodically write an update for a chapter newsletter about all that AMHCA is doing, or write a welcome address for a state conference, I am often overwhelmed with the immensity of my role and what this organization is able to accomplish. With limited (but amazing) staff, much of what does get done at AMHCA is through the work of the volunteers on our amazing committees.
I was reminded recently by a friend and colleague to, "Delegate, girlie"—a welcome reminder that the work of the organization is a group effort. It is not my job to take on everything, but to identify and nurture our wonderful volunteers who can and do accomplish so much.
Check out our list of committees and state chapters, and consider lending your talent and time to our efforts to advance our profession.
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Speaker Biography: Marc Brown has illustrated many popular picture books, including "Wild About Books" and "Born to Read." He is also the creator of PBS's six-time Emmy Award-winning "Arthur" television show. Judy Sierra and Marc Brown have partnered together on the New York Times best-selling picture book "Wild About Books" and its follow-up, "Zoozical!," as well as "Born to Read." This fall, the famed duo return with another delightful collaboration: "Wild About You!"
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For the past 6 trading days USD/CHF has been consolidating in the 0.8910/8850 area. The pair's trading not far from the minimal level since 2011. Swiss franc remains strong due to its appeal as a safe haven amid the fears of a Ukrainian civil war, same troubles in Venezuela, and a sudden weakening of Chinese yuan. On its part, US dollar didn't provide reasons for the pair to rise: the recent economic data in America has been soft.
Analysts at SEB Bank point out that the move down from January high may be a 3-wave downside correction. However, FBS argues that as long as resistance at 0.8915 holds, near term downside risk remains for another test of support in the $0.8830 area. Support at 0.8800 looks firm and will likely hold. If USD/CHF rises above 0.8915, it will be a sign of the temporary low and, probably, a turnaround. Next resistance levels are at 0.8945/50 and 0.8965/70.
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