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There was great discussion in the other place about the standard of proof and what was meant by satisfied. Was it to be beyond reasonable doubt or merely on the balance of probabilities? That matter has been the subject of authority in the case of Ewing, which was decided in 1983 where the court was considering a section of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 dealing with forgery:
Comparison of disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine should be permitted to be made by witnesses.
What was meant by the satisfaction of the judge? Lord Justice OConnor said:
In our judgment, the words in Section 8, any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, do not say anything about the standard of proof to be used, but direct that it is the judge and not the jury who is to decide, and the standard of proof is governed by common law.
It follows that when the section is applied in civil cases, the civil standard of proof is used, and when it is applied in criminal cases, the criminal standard shall be used.
If the Government think that, in a criminal case where anonymity applications are made, a judge could be satisfied with anything less than the criminal standard, now is the time to say it, because if they do not, it will be assumed for ever that satisfied means satisfied beyond reasonable doubt.
I am a little concerned about condition A where it is qualified by Clause 4(6):
In determining whether the measures to be specified in the order are necessary for the purposes mentioned in subsection (3)(a), the court must have regard (in particular) to any reasonable fear on the part of the witness.
I do not think that reasonable fear is successful as a phrase, and it should not apply to questions about the safety of a witness. It should apply to whether the witness refuses to testify because of a well founded fear, and we will put forward amendments accordingly.
Another matter that we are concerned about is the extension of these provisions to magistrates courts, which in our view are not suitable to the use of anonymity orders of this kind. How are they to be determined? Are magistrates to hear everything that a witness fears about the defendant, to make an order for anonymity, and then go on to try the particular defendant with the knowledge that they have acquired of him and of the threats it may be alleged that he has made to some of the witnesses in the case? That is highly unsatisfactory, and to my knowledge no provisions are made in magistrates courts for screening and so forth. We will oppose that extension. As in New Zealand, if anonymity is sought for a witness, the case should automatically go to the Crown Court and the matter should be determined there.
But perhaps the most important matter that we hope to bring before noble Lords in Committee is the question of the independent counsel, to which a number of noble Lords have referred. An independent counsel could be appointed by the judge to help him decide on the credibility of the witness who is claiming anonymity. The noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, suggested that he should have a team behind him who could carry out investigations on his behalf. The amendments that we propose suggest that the independent counsel
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As in New Zealand, it is essential that there should be someone to carry out an evaluation of the expressed fear and all the circumstances that the witness claims are affecting him before the judge can come to a conclusion. We cannot have a situation, as has been happening up to now, where all the judge gets is a form and perhaps a statement from the anonymous witness, followed by a police officer saying, Well, things are a bit tough on the estate he comes from, so please grant the order. There should be a proper evaluation of the fear expressed by the witness. If that is the procedure, as Sir Ken Macdonald conceded, there will be far fewer of these applications and that will be all to the good.
It should not be possible for a witness to say in answer to a policemans question, Do you want special measures?, Well, yes. I suppose it will be easier to give evidence from behind a screen and for me to remain anonymous. Giving evidence is not an easy thing in any circumstances. Even the most experienced advocates such as myself find it a daunting prospect to go into the witness box and be treated in the way I have treated others in the past. It is not an easy thing, and it would be very nice to hide behind a curtain or at the end of a television camera. But that is not what justice is about. The basic principle of British lawthe law of this countryis that there must be open justice; that a person must be confronted by his accusers. It is fundamental.
In the case in which I was involved, I had no idea who the people giving evidence against my client were. I had no idea of any links between them, whether they had any personal grudge against the defendant, or whether they had any reason for lying about the evidence that they were giving. I had my suspicions but I could not pursue them because I did not know who they were. That is the dilemma that a defence counsel faces, as the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, has expressed so forcefully.
This is a necessary Bill that could be improved, particularly by the employment of special counsel. The suggestion that there is an inherent power in the court to appoint an independent counsel already is new to me and to any judge whom I have ever come across. I am sure that the passage of the Bill will make it clear to every judge in the country that, if he feels that he needs a special counsel, he will appoint him. But this should be within a framework and in accordance with a fixed and fair procedure that applies through all these cases.
I have wearied your Lordships long enough on this topic. I trust that we will, through co-operation and argument, be able to put these points across.
Lord Kingsland: My Lords, I thank the right honourable gentleman the Secretary of State for Justice and his ministerial team for involving the Opposition during
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This is emergency legislation, and we do not have the opportunity to scrutinise the Bill properly. It is vital, therefore, as other noble Lords have said, that we have an early opportunity to review it thoroughly. We pressed at an early stage for a sunset clause in the Bill and I am delighted to say that we now have one. However, I have an observation to make about the detail of Clause 14. It was particularly important to the Opposition that the sunset clause had a terminal date and we have got it31 December 2009but Clause 14(3) states that the date may be extended by affirmative order for 12 months.
We are unhappy about this part of the clause. The Government will not be surprised to hear this. They are well aware that, in order to terminate the long-drawn-out debate in your Lordships House in March 2005, they undertook to provide an opportunity to review the Prevention of Terrorism Act control orders within a year. That undertaking was not met, and for three years the Government have been able to extend the length of that Act, without further scrutiny, through affirmative orders in your Lordships House. We have allowed those affirmative orders to go through because of a longstanding constitutional convention that it is only in the rarest circumstances that the Opposition vote against an affirmative order. But I put the Government on notice that, if we are faced with a draft affirmative order at the end of 2009, we will not regard ourselves as bound by that constitutional convention.
My noble friend Lord Marlesford, quite properly, made some extremely disparaging remarks about retrospective legislation. I share my noble friends repugnance on that score. He has, therefore, made me extremely uneasy at having, during the debate on the Statement some two weeks ago, endorsed Clause 11. I comfort myselfI hope he will feel comforted laterwith the belief that it will not make much difference to the outcome of any appeals of individuals already convicted in a trial which involved prosecution witnesses who gave evidence anonymously. My reason for reaching that conclusion will, I trust, become obvious in the next five or six minutes.
I also thank my noble friend Lord Goodlad, the chairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee, for giving a brilliant summary of the conclusions of that committee. As its report was only published today, I have had no opportunity to read it; and I am therefore extremely grateful to him.
It seems that the Appellate Committee of your Lordships House is attacked whatever approach it takes to the development of the common law. When it develops common law principles, such as negligence or the law of rape, in a way which adjusts them to contemporary social mores, it is blamed as usurping the role of Parliament. When it takes the opposite view it is blamed for not reaching the right result. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bingham, in my view,
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The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bingham, was, in my view, extremely constructive in the way that he confronted the dilemma that the decision of the Appellate Committee posed to the Government. In talking about the intimidation of witnesses, he said,
this is not a new problem, but it is a serious one. It may very well call for urgent attention by Parliament.
That is as close as one could possibly get to saying that the noble and learned Lord hoped that Parliament would, at an early stage, confront this problem.
I understand entirely what the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, said, and I sympathise with her motives for saying it; but in the context of R v Davis, the steps that the Government have taken to produce emergency legislation have been the correct ones. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, also went out of his way to support the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bingham. He said that,
The questionand I believe this goes to the heart of the matteris: how much scope? There was clearly none in a case such as Davis, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, stated. It was absolutely clear that the effectiveness of the defences case depended entirely on investigating the motives of the anonymous witnesses; but that was impossible to do. He also concluded that the evidence of the three anonymous witnesses was decisive to the outcome of the case. In those circumstances he concluded, as did other noble and learned Lords in the Appellate Committee, that the conduct of the Davis trial plainly contravened the European Convention on Human Rights. It was, therefore, puzzling to read paragraph 50 of the Explanatory Notes that were attached to the draft Bill in the House of Commons, which said that this Bill will enable us to go back to the situation before Davis. I note that that is not in the Explanatory Notes to the Bill in your Lordships House. It may have been an aspiration of the draftsman, but it is plainly incorrect. We cannot go back to the pre-Davis situation.
The approach that the European Court of Human Rights takes to these matters is well summarised in the case of Doorson v the Netherlands, on which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, heavily though not exclusively relied. I hope that I will not incur the
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The Court's task under the Convention is not to give a ruling as to whether statements of witnesses were properly admitted as evidence, but rather to ascertain whether the proceedings as a whole, including the way in which evidence was taken, were fair.
At paragraph 70, it continues:
It is true that Article 6 ... does not explicitly require the interests of witnesses in general, and those of victims called upon to testify in particular, to be taken into consideration. However, their life, liberty or security of person may be at stake, as may interests coming generally within the ambit of Article 8 ... of the Convention. Such interests of witnesses and victims are in principle protected by other, substantive provisions of the Convention, which imply that Contracting States should organise their criminal proceedings in such a way that those interests are not unjustifiably imperilled. Against this background, principles of fair trial also require that in appropriate cases the interests of the defence are balanced against those of witnesses or victims called upon to testify.
It is interesting to note that when the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, concluded his analysis of the European legislation and applied it to the Davis case, he came to the conclusion that, on the facts, no such balancing had taken place.
Lastly, in paragraph 76, the court said:
Finally, it should be recalled that even when counterbalancing procedures are found to compensate sufficiently the handicaps under which the defence labours, a conviction should not be based either solely or to a decisive extent on anonymous statements.
As the noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, said, the Strasbourg cat can jump either way. There are many other Strasbourg cases in which these matters have been considered, which led the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, to the conclusion that the criterion of solely or decisively is not necessarily, on the facts of the particular case, the determining factor. However, there is no doubt that it was the determining factor in Doorson. I think it would be dangerous for any court to conclude that the law of the convention will stray very far from that laid down in those three paragraphs. I say to my noble friend Lord Marlesford that that is why I am perhaps not over-conscience-stricken about my support for Clause 11.
Wisely, the Bill is not concerned with what is a fair trial; it does not lay down the circumstances in which a trial is or is not fair. It does set out the considerations which a judge will have to take into account under it such as to reflect adequately the jurisprudence of the convention. We cannot be absolutely certain what the court in Strasbourg will say in the future. The noble Lord, Lord Lester, had some interesting observations to make about that in respect of the court's composition and the traditions of the inquisitorial system; but it is nevertheless important that judges are given as accurate a framework as possible within which to work. The Bill seeks to do that, and, broadly speaking, we support it. However, as the Government might imagine, we will raise some detailed matters in Committee. These are primarily matters that arose when we compared the Bill with the New Zealand legislation of 2006. I want to raise three specific matters, one of which has been dealt with extremely well by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford.
The New Zealand Bill says, first, that the use of anonymous witnesses can be justified only in exceptional circumstances. I think that it is commonly agreed that, in some areas of the United Kingdom, anonymity is offered to witnesses almost routinely as an incentive to them to give evidence. In its note on the Bill, the Bar Council observed:
We must be careful that anonymity remains the exception to the norm. Such arrangements cannot be offered routinely by prosecuting authorities to witnesses as an incentive to give evidence. It is important to recall ... that special measures for witnesses, and in particular anonymity, are only ever required in exceptional circumstances.
The Government have not included an exceptional circumstances provision in the Bill. Our view is that they should, otherwise the evil to which the Bar Council refers will continue.
The second ingredient in the New Zealand Act that does not appear in the draft Bill is that the cases in which anonymity is granted should be cases of real gravity. There are different views about what that means. One approach would be to set out the particular offences in which witness anonymity could be applied for. That would be extremely unsatisfactory because, under apparently quite inoffensive offences if I can put it that way, one can have serious matters that would justify applications for anonymity. For that reason, some such provision ought to be included in the Bill.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, I do not wish to prolong the debate, but I do not know whether the noble Lord is aware that I put this to the Director of Public Prosecutions when I said that I could not understand why gravity of offence was in any way significant since it cuts both ways; obviously there should be a fair trial, whether the alleged offence is grave or otherwise. Is it not therefore rather a dodgy factor to be putting into a Bill?
Lord Kingsland: My Lords, I am most grateful, as I always am, for the noble Lords intervention. I was not aware of his conversation with the Director of Public Prosecutions. For what it is worth, my view is that gravity ought to be included in the Bill. We will have an opportunity to return to the matter in Committee.
The third ingredient of the New Zealand Act that is not in the Bill is the ability to appoint a special counsel to deal with questions of fact that bear on the decision of the court whether to agree to an application for anonymity. The noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, rightly pointed out that there is an existing inherent right, the authority for which is in Archbold, to appoint such a counsel; it is done very rarely, but I note that it was taken advantage of by the Court of Appeal, no less, in the Davis case.
The difficulty about relying on that is that there is no established procedure for the way in which a special counsel should operate. That is why I am in agreement with noble Lordsand the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, could not have put the case betterto include a provision in the Bill that sets out the duties of such a counsel. In another place, the Government did not commit themselves either way except to say that it was too late to include such a provision in an
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We have other matters of no less importance to bring to your Lordships attention in Committee; but they can rest until then.
The Attorney-General (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): My Lords, this has been a constructive debate. I warmly welcome the support we have received from all sides of the House and the broad consensus that the problem of witness intimidation is a serious one. I am particularly indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad, for his erudite exposition and to the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, for his excellent speech. Both speeches encapsulate the views of the Constitution Committee, whose report I know a number of noble Lords did not have the opportunity to read in full, and foreshadow the conclusions that may well come out of the second important committee, dealing with human rights. I thank them for that, not least because they have done such an excellent job in outlining an analysis of the law that they have saved your Lordships the burden of hearing me repeat it. I agree with them without reservation. I also endorse the comments made by my noble friend Lord Grabiner. He, too, identified clearly the issues with which we now have to grapple.
The difficulty is clear: in cases involving violent crime, particularly gun and gang crime, fear about the consequences of giving evidence can prevent witnesses coming forward and allow very serious offenders to escape justice. I therefore also welcome the recognition that the judgment in the case of Davis has left us with a difficult problem to address. Courts no longer have a power to allow witnesses to give evidence anonymously in almost all circumstances. Several Law Lords in Davis recognised that Parliament would wish to consider legislation to give courts a power to allow anonymous evidence. It is critical, as a number of noble Lords made clear, that we act quickly to correct that deficiency in law. The Crown Prosecution Service has been able to identify the extent of the problem, and I am glad that we have been able to indicate what those figures may be.
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Whitecaps tickets go on sale Saturday
By West Michigan Whitecaps | February 12, 2014 8:45 AM ET
Comstock Park, MI - Fifth Third Ballpark will be open to the public this Saturday, February 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an Open House to celebrate the start of individual game ticket sales for the 2014 season.
The Open House will be the first public event at the ballpark since a fire on January 3 destroyed the first base side of the structure and caused heavy damage to the home plate section and the third base suites. The grandstand seating areas and the playing field were not damaged, and the team will start the season on schedule with the home opener on Tuesday, April 8 at 6:35 p.m. against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
Individual game tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Pepsi Stadium Club. Online ticket sales will start at 3 p.m., after the close of the Open House.
The Whitecaps are making a special offer on Saturday only: Anyone at the Open House who buys an Opening Day ticket will receive a free ticket to any April or May game.
In addition, the first 1,000 fans to the Open House will receive a commemorative Fifth Third Ballpark "Never In Doubt" t-shirt. The Whitecaps will be serving free hot dogs, hot chocolate and Pepsi products, along with a cash bar. Other planned activities include carnival rides for children, s'mores-making/marshmallow roasting stations, face painters and a coloring station.
Season and group tickets for the 2014 season are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Whitecaps front office at 616-784-4131, by visiting www.whitecapsbaseball.com, or in person at the temporary administrative offices located two miles from the ballpark at 5716 West River Drive NE in Belmont. The ticket office at this new location will be open starting next week Monday-Friday from 10 to 5 p.m. Please note that due to construction, Fifth Third Ballpark is not open to the public except for Saturday's Open House.
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Dr. Graham Stuart Staines (1941 – 22 January 1999) was an Australian Christian missionary who along with his two sons Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6) were burnt to death by a gang while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India on January 22, 1999. In 2003, the Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh was convicted of leading the gang that murdered Staines and Singh is now serving life in prison. Staines is considered a martyr by many Christians. He had been working in Orissa among the tribal poor and especially with leprosy patients since 1965. Hindu groups allege that he forcefully converted or lured many Hindus into Christianity, but Staines' widow Gladys Staines denied these allegations. She continued to live in India caring for leprosy patients until 2004 before going back to Australia. In 2005 she was awarded the fourth highest civilian honor in India, Padma Shree, in recognition for her work with leprosy patients in Orissa.
Life historyDr. Graham Stuart Staines was born in 1941 at Palmwoods, Queensland, Australia. He visited India in 1965 for the first time and joined Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj (EMSM), working in this remote tribal area, with a long history of missionary activity. Staines took over the management of the Mission at Baripada in 1983. He also played a role in the establishment of the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home as a registered society in 1982. He met Gladys June in 1981 while working for leprosy patients, and they married in 1983, and had worked together since then. They had three children, a daughter (Esther) and two sons (Philip and Timothy). Staines assisted in translating a part of the Bible into the Ho language of India, including proofreading the entire New Testament manuscript, though his focus was on a ministry to lepers. He spoke fluent Oriya and was very popular among the patients whom he used to help after they were cured. He used to teach how to make mats out of rope and basket from Saboigrass and trees leaves.
Death and ReactionOn the night of 22 January 1999, Graham Staines had attended a jungle camp in Manoharpur, an annual gathering of Christians of the area for religious and social discourse. The village is situated on the border of the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts of Orissa. He was on his way to Keonjhar with his sons, who had come back on holiday from their school at Ooty. They broke the journey for the camp, and spend the night in Manoharpur, sleeping in the vehicle because of the severe cold. Gladys had stayed back in Baripada. According to reports, a mob of about 50 people, armed with axes and other implements, attacked the vehicle while Stains and the children were fast asleep and his station wagon where he was sleeping was set afire by the mob. Graham, Philip and Timothy Staines were burnt alive. Some villagers tried to rescue Staines and his sons, but were unsuccessful. They tried to escape, but the mob allegedly prevented their attempt to escape.
Graham Staines and family.His murder was widely condemned by religious and civic leaders, politicians, and journalists. The US-based Human Rights Watch accused the then Indian Government of failing to prevent violence against Christians, and of exploiting sectarian tensions for political ends. The organisation said attacks against Christians increased "significantly" since the "Hindu Nationalist" BJP came to power. The then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was a leader of BJP, condemned the "ghastly attack" and called for swift action to catch the killers. Published reports state that church leaders alleged the attacks were carried out at the behest of hardline Hindu organisations while the Hindu hardliners accused Christian missionaries of forcibly converting poor and low-caste Hindus and tribals. The convicted killer Dara Singh was treated as a hero and reportedly was protected by some of the villagers. In an interview with Hindustan Times, one of the accused killers, Mahendra Hembram, told that "they were provoked by the "corruption of tribal culture" by the missionaries, who they claimed fed villagers beef and gave women brassieres and sanitary towels." In her affidavit before the Commission on the death of her husband and two sons Gladys Staines stated:
In IndiaOn his 24th birthday, on 18th January 1965, he arrived in India. As Graham walked the streets of Baripada in Orissa, his heart melted at the hapless plight of the people suffering from leprosy. He showed a deep commitment to God and men and had a clear missionary vision. He felt deep in his hart that it was his divine call and commission to communicate the love of Christ to the untouchables of the community by serving them. He joined the Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj in 1965 and started his work with leprosy patients. He learnt Oriya, Santhali and Ho, the languages spoken by the local villagers and tribal people. As a matter of fact, even the Government authorities banked on him for composing a song in the Santhali dialect, to popularize the polio immunization drive among the tribes. "The Lord God is always with me to guide me and help me to try to accomplish the work of Graham, but I sometimes wonder why Graham was killed and also what made his assassins to behave in such a brutal manner on the night of 22nd/23rd January 1999. It is far from my mind to punish the persons who were responsible for the death of my husband Graham and my two children. But it is my desire and hope that they would repent and would be reformed."
Supreme Court of India JudgementA trial (sessions) court in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa State, sentenced the convicted ring leader Dara Singh of the mob to death by hanging for killing Staines and his two sons. In 2005, the Orissa High Court commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court decision on 21 January 2011. "In the case on hand, though Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death while they were sleeping inside a station wagon at Manoharpur, the intention was to teach a lesson to Graham Staines about his religious activities, namely, converting poor tribals to Christianity," the court said. The Court stated "Our concept of secularism is that the State will have no religion. The State shall treat all religions and religious groups equally and with equal respect without in any manner interfering with their individual right of religion, faith and worship." Yet, condemning religious conversions, the Court also said "It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone`s belief by way of `use of force`, provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other". Dismissing the Central Bureau of Investigation's plea for death penalty to Singh, a Bench of Mr Justice P Sathasivam and Mr Justice BS Chauhan endorsed Orissa High Court's finding that his crime did not fall under the rarest of rare category. In its 76-page judgement, the court came out strongly against the practice of conversion. However, four days later, on 25 January 2011, the Supreme Court of India in a rare move expunged its own comments with regards to conversions from its Verdict.
Glady StainesDuring the month of June in 1981, while Graham was working with leprosy patients in Baripada, is a city in Mayurbhanj district in the state of Orissa, India, there was a tall beautiful and soft-spoken lady who involved in a youth mission was headed to India as part of a global youth mission, Gladis Weatherhead of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia as part of the mission, come to Baripada and circumstantially met him. Graham married Gladys in 1983, in Australia and returned to serve in India together and they worked together since then. Gladys, who was trained as a nurse, was an apt and suitable helper for Graham at the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home. This sacrificial couple made their home in an old house within the mission compound in Baripada and chose a very simple lifestyle. They had three children, a daughter, Esther Joy and two sons, Philip Graham and Timothy Harold. His family-life also stands as a shining example. Dr.Graham Stuart Staines spent 34 years of his life serving the people with love, extending the grace of our Christ and had been working in Orissa among the tribal poor and especially with leprosy patients since 1965. After Graham's alive, Gladys continued to live in India caring for leprosy patients until 2004 before going back to Australia. Shortly after the sentencing of the killers, Gladys issued a statement saying that she had forgiven the killers and had no bitterness towards them. In 2004, she decided to return to Australia to stay with her daughter and father. She however said that she would continue to look after the people she and her husband had been looking after so far. In 2005, she was awarded the Padma Sree, a civilian award from the Government of India, in recognition for her work with leprosy patients in Orissa, India.
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URL not allowed (This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location.)
I guess it has something to do with that the site is on a multisite.
Just an example (websitenames are not real).
My multisite has a name like http://www.multisite.com with subdomain installation and I use domainmapping tool.
So examplesite.multisite.com is mapped to http://www.examplesite.com.
In Google Webmaster tools I added the site http://www.examplesite.com but this gives the URL not allowed error because the sitemap uses url http://examplesite.mymultisite.org/ instead of http://www.examplesite.com.
My questions are:
1. Is this a problem?
2. What can I do so the mapped domainnames are used instead of the subdomainnames?
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1293?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13444213#comment-13444213 ] Brion Vibber commented on CB-1293: ---------------------------------- FileTransfer uses a content resolver to get an input stream; this may or may not make it possible to load up the source bitmap, just not by filename... though I'm seeing some (not yet debugged) issue with using the picasa/gallery3d content: URI for FileTransfer uploads so no guarantees there. :) > Camera.getPicture crashes when selecting from a Picasa album on Android > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CB-1293 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1293 > Project: Apache Cordova > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Android > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Environment: Crash found with 2.0.0 on Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.4 > Reporter: Brion Vibber > Assignee: Simon MacDonald > > When using camera.getPicture with options: > destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI, > sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY > and selecting a photo from a Picasa-synced album, the application crashes immediately upon trying to return the data. > Here's our downstream bug with some analysis: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39604 > FileUtils.getRealPathFromURI() cannot read the "_data" column from the content provider database, so imagePath and bitmap in CameraLauncher.onActivityResult are null. The crash occurs when trying to run bitmap.recycle(). > I can avoid the crash by adding a guard check for bitmap != null and the content: URI is usable in the app to load the image, but doesn't appear to work with FileTransfer. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Administrators can now configure the users' visibility and communication settings for a site – in itslearning, these settings are called eSafety. Some rules are configurable, while others cannot be edited.
In short, the settings decide:
With eSafety you can, for example, prevent learners from sending and receiving messages from staff at other schools.
eSafety is a profile setting managed from the Administration tab >> Profiles >> Edit profile.
Read more about eSafety in the help!
A policy is a collection of profile settings that can be assigned to profiles or individual users within an organisation – such as a site or school. Policies override the default profile or user settings. You are allowed to combine settings of different types in a policy, as well as assign multiple policies to a profile or user.
With the introduction of policies, you no longer have to edit existing profiles or create new profiles if you want to change the permissions for a set of users. This creates a more flexible system, allowing schools to have their own rules, independently from the rest of the site's schools.
Let's use an example to illustrate the usage. In a hierarchy with four schools – Chesterson, Springfield, Whitneyville, and Enfield – Chesterson has experienced that a group of pupils have been bullying others through the internal messaging system.
To put an end to this, the headmistress at Chesterson decides to turn off internal messages for all pupils. She asks the system administrator to disable the messaging system for the Pupil profile, but he is reluctant. He points out that editing the profile would disable the messaging system for all pupils in all four schools, and, knowing how extensively the messaging system is used by the other schools in the hierarchy, he argues that this is a really bad idea.
Instead, the system administrator asks the headmistress to consider using policies. He argues that the best option is to create a policy and assign the policy to the Pupil profile at Chesterson or – optionally – to individual pupils of the school. The last option would efficiently prevent only misbehaving pupils from using the messaging system. The headmistress agrees, and, instead of blocking the messaging system from all pupils at Chesterson, Springfield, Whitneyville, and Enfield, the administrator simply suspends the privilege for four individual pupils at Chesterson School.
Read more about policies in the help!
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Description: Well, I have a special treat for all you music lovers out there. I have been getting flooded with requests to do a tutorial on "how to draw Lil Wayne", step by step. I started getting asked to do this famous rapper ever since the artwork sketch made it to number one in the artworks top 50. The drawing was done by 'Artistperson95', and he did a really fantastic job. Not only does his sketch look like Lil Wayne, the shading and everything was nicely done too. This tutorial is going to be exactly what you guys need to help you draw your own Lil Wayne sketch. But before we begin, lets talk a little about this rapper shall we? First off, his real name isn't Wayne at all, its Dwayne. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. to be more exact. He was born on September 27, 1982, and he was raised in Hollygrove New Orleans, Louisiana. From birth to about the age of eleven, Dwayne lived as a regular youngster could live, coming from Hollygrove. I say this because this area of New Orleans is home to the Hollygrove Bloods. It's still uncertain whether or not Lil Wayne was ever a part of the gang, so I will not even give false information about his life if I have no clue if it's true. I can tell you though that Mr. Dwayne Carter was in fact a straight A student. What led him to start rapping, was the fact that he never felt that his smarts was being utilized to the best of his abilities. Instead of proving his smarts through a report card, he decided that rapping is a good way to express himself the way he wanted to, on a 'no holds bared' type of manner. Anyway, Dwayne's career took off at the extremely young age of eleven. At that point he met with Bryan Williams, who is a rapper, and who is also the owner of 'Cash Money Records'. Before the ripe old age of eleven, Carter actually wrote his first rap song when he was only eight years old. I guess you can say that he was one determined little kid. After leaving several messages on Mr. Williams answering machine, Bryan decided that he would take on little Dwayne Carter, and mentor him as he helped him build a rapping career for the talented young lad. Still, at the age of eleven, Dwayne recorded his first collaboration with another rapper called B.G. The name of the album was 'True Story', and his co-rapper was three years older than he was. At just thirteen years old, Lil Wayne accidentally shot himself in the chest with a .44 hand gun. It wasn't long until he became a member of the band "Hot Boys" in 1997. He was a rapper along with Juvenile, B.G., and Turk. After he rapped a few songs, while with the Hot Boys, his name still wasn't that well recognized. In the years 2000 to 2002, he followed up with the album Lights Out, but that failed to go anywhere. Before 2002 rolled around he was shot in the chest yet again, but this time it wasn't by his own hand. Instead, he was shot by a few groupies who fired two shots through the tour buses window. 2002 brought the third installment of another album by Lil Wayne called "500 Degreez". Like it's album before it, it too didn't meet the expectations he was hoping for. I guess you could say that his career didn't start to take off until 2004, that's when Lil Wayne started to take on his signature look, and rapping style. Before "We Are Young Money", he was featured on various songs, on the albums of other artists like Leona Lewis, Kid Rock, Lloyd, Usher, Cassie, Akon, and many, many more. Nowadays he is known as being part of Young Money, and they are famous for their recent hit single "Bedrock". Right now, the current artists on the label consists of Lil Wayne, Drake, Mack Maine, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Lil Chuckie, Lil Twist, Shanell, T-Streets, Short Daw, and Cory Gunz. Maybe in the near future I'll do some more of the Young Money crew. But for now, let's just start out with this lesson that will finally show you "how to draw Lil Wayne", step by step. My advice for this tutorial, be patience, take your time, and don't start the sketch unless you intend to finish the sketch the same day. I will be back later with a lot more drawing fun. Have fun, and have a happy drawing day!
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Description: Start with a circle for the head shape, and then the facial guidelines. I've also included a helpful tip that you can read, and follow.
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Description: Now that you are done with this drawing of Lil Wayne, your finished image should come out looking like the one you see before you. You can choose to color him in, or leave the drawing as a colorless sketched portrait.
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ExhaustedPosted by Childele to Parents of ADHD Teens and Young Adults on Nov 07, 2013 at 9:50am | 11 Comments
My husband and I are simply exhausted.
Our high school freshman is having a difficult transition to high school. He is failing 3 classes and he is becoming more and more of a behavior problem each day.
There are many questions keeping me awake at night. Maybe some discussion will help things settle in my brain.
1. How far and how long do we allow him to fail? We are checking homework for completion nightly and feel like he and his teachers should be responsible for the content. It's not happening.
2. We keep reminding the school of his 504 accommodations. They are not being followed. What would you do after discussions with teachers, guidance counselors and administrators aren't working?
3. Will he still be living at home when he is 32?
I understand your situation and it is difficult once the downward spiral starts. Does the school offer peer tutoring?Are the teachers able to provide any extra time for him to review content. Is he able to get a copy of the class notes? Does he have a study hall where he could go to a learning lab or a smaller location to get direction or guidance from a staff member. Have you talked with his intervention specialist at the school? Does he need a reevaluation?
Just some things to think about.I We should give are children every opportunity and resource available to them. Is his behavior the cause of the grades or a response to the grades?
My son is in grade 10 and he has had a resource period in each of his heavier semesters. This means he isn't getting as many credits as his peers but he has 75 minutes in a small situation with a resource teacher. She is my go between . His teachers talk to her or even come to the room with requirements. He works on homework , assignments, etc. he is allowed extra time for assignments but the worry is always that he might have 3 from 3 different subjects at once. He should have a resource teacher responsible for ? Grade 9. We have one resource for each grade. Only about 600 kids total. With 1/4 of population with IEP. If he is feeling overwhelmed and frustrated maybe this is his reason for acting out. You should request a meeting with resource and each teacher. Have him come with you. Are they available for extra help at lunch? After school? Are they available by e-mail? My son even emails assignment over the weekend and has teachers reply with suggestions. He needs to advocate for himself. Have him ask what he needs to do to pass the class, maybe he can do a different assignment, oral testing ? Is he allowed a scribe, copies of all notes? This means he can listen during class knowing all the notes are being given to him for tests and assignments. We have gone through similar situations. Should he drop down from academic to applied ?? These are college vs university levels. Email me privately if you like.
High school is definitely a transition for teens from grammer school to high school. Not sure what type of school your son is in. How many students to each class? You also didn't say where you live. When my son had difficulty and the school didn't respond, I called the Board of Ed and had them intervene of which they did. Your son has 504 accommdations and this should be followed through. Your school is compensated for that. On another note, transition from grammer school to high school is any adjustment for any child let alone a child with ADHD or special needs. It took half the year for my son to get aclamated. What I recommended to him is that he get involved with any extra-curricular activities that included students from the school so he would get to know them. It was easy, but eventually it worked itself out. Good luck. I know how draining on the parents this is. Thankfully he has parents that care enough to see him through..
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If no one at his school is listening to your concerns, including the principal, about lack of 504 Plan follow through, take it to your Board. There is someone on staff for each board of education responsible for ensuring disability laws are adhered to. In my area it's the Director of Exceptional Children (i.e., special education). I've reached out to her a few times over the years when I couldn't get what my son needed within his school and created an ally. She retired last year so I'm working on creating an ally in the new Director.
Beyond that, hire an educational advocate.
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My immediate concern as a former Intervention Specialist, now ADHD Coach is WHY are 504 accommodations not being followed? This is a Federal Law that must be followed by any school/agency, etc that uses federal funds. I would not just remind them but you may want to solicit an advocate and have a District meeting regarding.
I know your son is your first concern so what can be done to get the behavior you want, not punish what they see?
First - Let me tell you that you and your husband are not alone. My Husband and I thought that for along time. Our daughter is a freshman and we are in a very similar situation. We both are exhausted…... I am especially and I am deal with her daily. In the beginning we had said we were gonna let her fail so she can feel consequences. But with 3 weeks left in her first quarter in HS - we were a little panic'd- she was about to fail 3 classes which means at the semester she would have to pull A's to get C's. So we stepped in. We had put Tori(our daughter on a 504 in 8th grade.) That transferred over to high school which we learned. We also learned that Tori was denying the accommodations. We felt as you do that the school needs to step in and help- Our first steps where to contact teachers and set up meetings- they all new she was on a 504 but she never asked for extra time on tests or help. We also requested out review early which is where we got a awakening. Although they knew she was on a 504 it was up to Tori to ask for help not the teachers to provide it. I have to say my husband was not pleased. We had to restructure the 504 and we came with many requests most which were turned down. Example - can I get a copy of the homework schedule/test schedule. To much to ask on a 504- can I get weekly emails - to much to ask and so on. So I met with every teacher and asked- one teacher gave me the plans. One teacher agreed to email me weekly and one gave me her number and said I could text her anytime. Her math teacher (joke) I asked how can she get A+ on all the homework and D's/F's on the tests. This is what got us so upset as it did in her junior high math- they turn the homework in and they get full credit - they do not check it. I shared all this with you so go to this point-
1) I encourage you to be your son's advocate- You have to meet with all the teachers one on one (not in a group setting )
2) although it is a struggle - Tori must get her assignment book signed each day - we are lucky if she gets them but normally she will get most.
3) Email your teachers - bug the teachers - get them to put your son on their radar- which is what we did. I email them once a week.
3) We met with her counselor who thought our idea of letting her fail was very bad. Kids get lost in the school system now and must have parent support to get by- We were able with much struggle to get her grades up to C's -
4) If they do not follow the 504 then go to district - but not sure where you are out- in high school they will tell you that the child needs to be responsible and ask for the accommodation-
I could go one but also wanted to share with you- that our daughter has some other issues as in ODD. So we have to change our thought process some what - and maybe let her fail her Spanish class. If you read a earlier posting you will see that we are going though a lot with her. Both of us are fully exhausted.
In the last week we have been to counseling (without her) and her counselor told us make sure you stay on same page (parents). Take time out for you and to stay consistent -
I am not sure if that helps you as I rambled on for a little while but it is exhausting but you have to be come your son's advocate in the school system. I never thought I would have to spend so much time there but we have and they now take us seriously - we are putting in for a IEP now which they are not happy about but we need to get her the help or it's gonna be a very long 4 years. Good Luck
I read this tread hoping to find a nugget of wisdom. My son, like your daughter, suffers from ADHD ODD. My son, academically, breezed through grades K through 8, even taking high school credit classes in 7th and 8th grade. Thankfully; since high school has been a disaster. After failing out of his first semester his freshman year and with his ODD in full bloom, we sent him off to his first wilderness experience. It has been a roller coaster ride ever since.
What we've realized along the way is: ADHD can academically hinder a child, but the emotional toll can cripple them. Especially a child with ODD as a comorbidity. Teacher impatience/indifference, peer pressure, anxiety, bullying, hormones, social media and drugs are all a part of the academic and social experience of the high school student today. Add the parental pressure to perform well academically, and it is not surprising that kids like ours shut down or melt down.
We were so naïve when he was in 9th grade. We were involved, experienced parents. With two older children, one in college and another successfully navigating high school. We could not understand why our son was not responding to our rules and expectations in kind. During his entire high school career, there has not been a teacher that I have not talked to, a day when I wasn't checking grades, a night that I wasn't asking about homework. It has been emotionally exhausting for me, my husband, and my son. Taking away privileges doesn't work, taking away electronics doesn't work, holding back his ability to get his license hasn't worked.
My son is now a senior, and our hope is that he graduates with his class in June. This roller coaster ride has had more valleys than peaks. As a parent, it is hard to reconcile that my son, the honor roll student and president of his middle school of 1000 students, will be lucky to graduate high school much less go on to college.
If I could turn back time, I would:
1. Start counseling early for my son with a therapist trained in ADHD/ODD. Remember you cannot medicate away ODD symptoms. Only by learning what triggers her response and employing coping tools will she be able to overcome what might be a pattern of behavior that defines all her future relationships.
2. Get family counseling. The strain on my marriage and my other children has been tremendous.
3. Closely monitor your daughter's social environment. Watch for any sudden changes in friends or withdrawal. You can't expect what you don't inspect. Remember with ADHD, she is far more susceptible to depression and drug/alcohol abuse.
4. Work with the school. Call regular meetings with the teachers and bring your daughter. It eliminates the blame game. I agree with taking it to the school board, but as you know (ie; her Math classes) some teachers will take the easy path and just pass them without holding them accountable, especially if under the microscope.
5. Get tutoring outside of school. Even if its just a place to get help with homework or help her get and stay organized. ADHD kids have so much trouble staying on top of the demands of 6 different teachers in high school.
6. Finally, no matter how well intentioned, our public schools are just not equipped to handle the needs of our children. If all else fails, and it is within your means, research schools both local and boarding which specialize in working with students with ADHD. We contemplated sending our son to the Oakley School in Utah this year. We toured the campus, visited with staff and students. It was amazing. Unfortunately, we waited to long, my son turned 18 in August and we could no longer make the decision for him. I wish I would have known about schools like this earlier.
I am sorry this thread is such a downer. But, it is going to be a long 4 years as DABermea says above. I just wish I had gotten some of this advise when my journey started. I might have been a little less optimistic and a lot more realistic and proactive.
My husband would say don't worry, "he'll grow out of it, there are a lot of people with ADHD that are highly successful." What we turned a blind eye to is the many adults struggling with the aftermath of decisions and behaviors cause by ADHD during their teenage years. Get professional help early, for all your sakes. I wish we had when my son was in 9th grade. His future may have been a little easier.
My suggestion: Intervene as much as he will let you.
As a girl who was diagnosed quite late (16), and who struggled incessantly all the way through college too, I can say from experience that I was incredibly grateful for everything my parents did on my behalf with the school. I had a lot of problems with the administration requiring me to retake classes I had previously failed or credits that they didn't count from my previous school, and my saving grace was really my mom, who called and argued and advocated for me when I had no idea what to do. I never had accommodations before uni, so I didn't know how to get them or what was allowed or even that I could have them, and that process was mostly orchestrated by my parents.
I do think I would not have been nearly as grateful if I hadn't struggled a lot with failure. It was terrible for my self-esteem and dysthymia, but I also can't know if I would have accepted so much help from my parents without failing so much first. It's probably a trial-and-error sort of thing; as angry a teen as I was, I wasn't receptive to help from my parents, but sometimes I managed to be reasonable and it usually worked out in my favor.
I am now 26. I am living at home with my parents again (not still!), but this time because of the job market - I haven't found a job in over a year and can't afford to pay rent on my own anymore. Let me tell you, too, that getting my own place is my first priority, because while my parents were my champions, it was much easier when I had the semblance of otherwise independence to lend me some credit, and now that I am back in the house I grew up in, I am of course 13 years old once more.
Hi, I had ADHD and it was difficult to manage over my teenager years, don't shout!! listen!. work in the long run.
I had impulsive behavior and never thought of the consequences. Nobody understood my Adhd, therefore it agitated me. The only thing i can advise to you: have an understanding to his unique condition, and i was put on healthy diet to reduce my symptoms, which controlled my concentration, memory, behavior the works!. Now that i'm 25, studying Health Science. Its great to know I've over come the battle. Now i accept as an adult, its a gift, i can talk to loads of people, i want to be a nurse, i read loads of books and excel in class. be patient, its an extremely difficult phase, he will come through.. Adhd and sugar don't go adjust healthy diet, you'll see
I knew we were not alone! My son, a freshman also, has had an extremely rough transition period. He has 1 B, and failing all other classes. He feels overwhelmed and shuts down! He also has a 504 plan and accomodations do nothing for him. I am in the process of getting him tested for an IEP. I have asked repeatedly for "resource" teacher, they basically skim past that remark….I am a worried parent of course, thinking he is going to fail 9th grade and it would damage his self esteem even further. Any ideas from this I welcome!
Thank you, everyone, for your advice and encouragement. We are in this for the long haul with him and we are going to try to celebrate every small success…. Even a "D" on a geometry test! I am giving the school the rest of this week to get the 504 accommodations in order, then I am going to begin work through an advocate. I made this decision after his English teacher told me that he thought that our son has autism when I asked him if he understood our son's diagnoses. Let me tell you, restraint was difficult as I replied, "what our son has is ADHD and what he is is twice exceptional." The man didn't know what to say!
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While it may seem like a luxury, you will soon find that having power reclining furniture and its customized position capability is a necessity for your home. Customized motion means that you can stop the recliner seat and back with simultaneous movement at whatever position best suits you, whether you need to soothe back pain or sit up and eat a snack while you watch TV. Gentle, power motion is suitable for all levels of mobility, and is as easy to use as a single touch.
Place this recliner a bit closer to the wall and easily reserve some extra space for moving around your room. Wall recliner mechanisms slide slightly forward instead of straight back when you move to angle the back cushion. You can place this model of recliner as close as 2-3 inches from the wall and you won't have to worry about reclining back and damaging the wall behind your chair.
Leather match is an industry term that denotes different qualities of material used on different parts of an upholstered piece. Helping make the piece more affordable, top grain leather is used on the parts of the chair or sofa that touch your body, while a lower quality split-grain leather or color-matched vinyl is used on the back and sides. This is very common, especially for reclining furniture, and it doesn't change the sophisticated look of your leather upholstery.
Unlike recliners that are built with a two or three-piece seat and leg rest cushion, this recliner has a single chaise cushion that extends from the seat to the feet. This style offers fuller comfort and support for your legs, and eliminates the open gap that toddlers can get fingers or toys stuck in.
Settle back into the luxurious comfort of this supple leather match power reclining loveseat. Upscale in style yet casual, with accent stitching, bustle back design, and soft pillow arms, this reclining loveseat will become your new relaxation spot.Distance required between recliner and wall: 3.00"
The Yancy Leather Match Reclining Power Loveseat by Signature Design by Ashley at Becker Furniture World in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Enjoy the look and feel of 100% top-grain leather in all the places you touch with this reclining furniture collection. Matching vinyl everywhere else keeps the price affordable. Classic styling with comfortable back support and stuffed arms makes each piece available a cozy spot to take it easy.
The Yancy collection is a great option if you are looking for Casual furniture in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota area.
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Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss
Losing a significant amount of weight and keeping the pounds away is a major accomplishment. Your rewards are a healthier body, increased energy, and improved lifestyle. But the picture isn't all rosy - many women and men who have dropped the weight are left with sagging skin that is not able to recontour itself to their slimmer profile. Dr. Braden Stridde performs post weight loss plastic surgery that begins with a body lift to help Seattle and Bellevue patients achieve the slimmer, more attractive body they envison for themselves.
To experience the art, innovation, and excellence of our practice for yourself, request your consultation online, or call our office at
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Body Lift Case 91
Through diet and exercise this 39-year old Seattle lower body lift patient lost 130+ pounds. She came to see Dr. Stridde as she was unhappy with the excess skin on her abdomen, flanks, thighs and buttocks. Dr. Stridde recommended and performed a circumferential abdominoplasty and lowe...
Body Lift Case 43
This is a 45 year old mother of two who had undergone gastric bypass surgery 2 ½ years ago and lost 150 pounds. She came to us with her concerns of significant skin excess around her abdomen, buttocks and thighs as well as bilateral breast ptosis (sagging). She underwent a circ...
Body Lift Case 20
Through a gastric bypass procedure, our Seattle area body-lift patient lost over 100lbs but was left with an excessive amount of extra skin. Several procedures were performed to restore her body to its pre-weight gain self. She underwent a circumferential abdominoplasty-lower body lift, brachiopl...
Body Lift Case 97
Our 33-year old Seattle circumferential/lower body lift patient recently lost over 150 pounds and was concerned about her significant skin excess in her abdominal, flank and buttock region. Dr. Braden Stridde of Puget Sound Plastic Surgery, recommended a full circumferential abdominoplasty as wel...
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42 year old woman who had lost nearly 100lbs after gastric bypass surgery presents with concern of excess skin in her abdoman, flanks, thighs and buttocks. To treat these areas a circumferential abdominoplasty/lower body lift was performed. Post-operatively she is a size 4 and very&nbs...
Your Surgical Options After Weight Loss
Once you have succeeded in losing a significant amount of weight it is not unusual to have large amounts of excess skin, which may sag and hang loose on the frame of your slimmer body. To remove this skin, Dr. Stridde can perform several plastic surgery procedures. After significant weight loss, our patients from Bellevue and Seattle usually need a body lift. This procedure can be very helpful for people who have undergone gastric bypass, or other types of bariatric surgery, by reducing areas of excess skin in the abdomen, lateral thighs, and buttocks.
Often, these are not the only areas where loose, hanging skin develops. Depending on your needs and aesthetic goals, Dr. Stridde also can remove surplus skin from the inner thighs, arms, and even the face. A breast lift with or without breast augmentation can restore your breast contour while providing a more full and uplifted appearance.
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Your recovery period will depend on many factors, including the types and extent of surgery, the care required during the recovery process, and your body's natural ability to heal. Some patients choose to undergo procedures one or more procedures, often combining breast enhancement with liposuction, which can affect the recovery time. No matter which procedures you choose, Dr. Stridde will discuss them with you so you can get some sense of the recovery process and duration. The best way to learn all about what to expect during recovery is to come into our office and get a personalized assessment from Dr. Stridde.
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See for yourself the results that make Dr. Stridde one of the most sought after plastic surgeons in the Seattle area.View Before & After Photo Gallery
If you haven't yet lost the weight and want to learn more about a surgical solution, be sure to visit the Surgical Weight Loss Clinic, PLLC at www.aboutsurgicalweightloss.com. Plastic surgery has helped thousands of men and women who have had bariatric procedures to achieve their weight loss goals.
You had a vision when you started your weight loss efforts - let plastic surgeon Dr. Braden Stridde help you achieve that vision through post weight loss body contouring. Request your consultation online with Dr. Stridde at Puget Sound Plastic Surgery, or call our office at
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The 46-year-old actor and comedian is in negotiations over his role in the Columbia Pictures adaptation, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The project is being described as a family-oriented comedy.
The TV series, starring Ricardo Montalban, ran for six years and centred on a magical island where guests could live out their dreams.
Murphy was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in musical film Dreamgirls earlier this year.
His latest release sees him reprise his role as the voice of the donkey in Shrek the Third, released on 18 May in the US and 29 June in the UK.
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The LSO has spent 110 years at the forefront of orchestral life in London.
London's Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra performs over 120 concerts a year and was named by Gramophone as one of the top five orchestras in the world.
The LSO has an enviable family of artists; our conductors include Sir Simon Rattle as Music Director Designate, Gianandrea Noseda and Daniel Harding as Principal Guest Conductors, François-Xavier Roth as Principal Guest Conductor Designate, Michael Tilson Thomas as Conductor Laureate, and André Previn as Conductor Emeritus.
We also have long-standing relationships with some of the leading musicians in the world – Bernard Haitink, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mitsuko Uchida and Maria João Pires, amongst others.
The Orchestra is self-governing and made up of nearly a hundred talented players who also perform regularly as soloists and in chamber groups at LSO St Luke's. The LSO is widely acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.


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Eve Announces Release Date for First New Album in More Than a Decade...
After taking more than a decade to focus on acting, and starring in more than a third of our sexual fantasies, former Ruff Ryders First Lady Eve has announced a release date for her upcoming album Lip Lock. The record will feature appearances by Juicy J, Pusha T, Snoop Dogg and Chrisette Michele. Eve released the first single from the album, "She Bad Bad," earlier this month. Via Hip-Hop DX:
"Lip Lock is the album I've always wanted to make and it represents me coming back into the game—lyrically locking it down. But I also like the title because it can be a play on words," she said.
To coincide with the album release, she released the remix for her new single "She Bad Bad" featuring Pusha T and Juicy J earlier today.
The project will also feature beats from fellow ex-Ryder Swizz Beatz. Hopefully she also finds some space for a verse from DMX on the project, because frankly, he could use the work.


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I'm Not Hungry, But I am Angry
Nov 29, 2010
The blog first appeared in the Huffington Post on Nov. 24
One in four. It seems to be the nation's new mantra when it comes to children.
One in four young children is poor. One in four children does not have a parent with full-time, year-round employment. One in four children is hungry. Twenty-five percent of our children go without the basics every day.
It's no surprise that families are having difficulty providing for their children when one in four full-time jobs in this country pays less than the poverty level for a family of four.
Thirty-four percent of children in the United States face one or two risk factors for unhealthy development, including poverty, living in single parent families, living in households where no parent has more than a high school education, living in families where no parent speaks English well, or living in a household where no parent has paid employment. These risk factors have been linked to mental health disorders and behavioral and learning problems. Long-term consequences may include dropping out of school and involvement with child welfare and juvenile justice.
Children in food insecure families are 40 percent more likely than their counterparts to be at developmental risk. A growing body of research, in fact, documents the connection between adverse childhood experiences and poor health and development outcomes. The studies examine a variety of risks, document their association with poor outcomes, and show that exposure to multiple risks has a compounding effect of increasing the odds of poor outcomes.
The numbers could go on. But how many more numbers do we need before admitting the urgency and committing to addressing these issues with the same level of vigor we reserve for watching the meltdown of the latest starlet?
The richest nation in the world -- the nation that was first to the moon, that invented the Internet and created the polio vaccine -- cannot provide for its own children.
It doesn't take a commission (or 6) to determine why kids don't have enough food or why their parents can't find decent-paying jobs. It doesn't require the services of Nobel Laureates, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or even a hedge fund manager.
We have the resources and the opportunity to act. Congress can pass a good child nutrition bill that is fully funded and ensures that children both in child care and in school have access to high quality, nutritious meals. Congress can also ensure that SNAP (previously known as Food Stamps) isn't cut to pay for these meals. Congress must also act to extend unemployment insurance benefits and the TANF Emergency Fund. These funds were responsible for keeping millions from falling into poverty last year, including 1 million children.
It simply takes commitment. The will to say no more or to say that America is the richest country in the world and not a single child should be hungry. The will to also say it is more important to feed a child than it is to give tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. And to say: everyone should have access to the American dream to work and provide for their children. It takes the will to say our children come first.


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Why BRADLEY COOPER went COMMANDO during his recent visit to the WHITE HOUSE!
When Bradley Cooper met President Obama earlier this year at the White House State Dinner, he was missing an important of his outfit -- underwear.
Bradley caught up with Ellen yesterday and explained that he went commando because he's gained weight for a new movie role and his pants were too tight. "I wore the tuxedo I wore to the Golden Globes. I just sort of threw it in the bag and brought it and went to Washington, D.C., and then I'm getting dressed like 10 minutes before I was supposed to go, and literally the pants go up to like here. So I had to go commando, number-one, because there was no room at all... It was a nightmare, but I made it through."


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We'll be providing LGBT-themed coverage of today's historic events throughout the day right here on Instant Tea and on our main page, www.dallasvoice.com. And we hope you'll use the comments thread here to share your perspectives. Happy Inauguration!
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The owner of a whole-floor penthouse apartment in the exclusive upper levels of Melbourne's Eureka Tower is being sued for $75,000 after water allegedly flowed from the apartment's pool damaging property in the luxury penthouse below.
The enormous five-bedroom penthouse at the centre of the alleged damage also covers an entire floor and is currently on the market for more than $20 million.
Documents lodged at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal allege water leaked from level 83, owned by the tower's original co-developer Tab Fried, to the floor below.
''The flow of water has caused damage to the property and has caused the applicant to suffer economic loss,'' the legal claim says.
The apartment below Mr Fried's is owned by Colleen Jreissati, the wife of another wealthy property developer and winery owner, Elias Jreissati.
''The alleged flow of water arose from the overflow of a swimming pool in the penthouse apartment,'' the documents state.
Ms Jreissati is suing Mr Fried and the building's owners corporation for $75,183.39 in damages plus interest and costs.
The case will go to compulsory mediation in September.
The Jreissati family purchased their apartment as a shell without internal fixtures and the alleged water damage occurred in the home's family room while it was being fitted-out by builders last year.
''It was a one-off event in a shell that was not lived in for 10 years. When discovered, it was immediately rectified,'' a spokesman for Ms Jreissati said.
''The problem was cleared to everyone's satisfaction and the only item that remains outstanding is the unfortunate task of establishing who ought to pay for the damaged cabinetry .. that had to be replaced,'' the spokesman said.
Selling agent Gerald Betts from RT Edgar Albert Park said recently that the Jreissati apartment was a ''match for anything on offer in London or New York''.
The home has floor to ceiling windows with 360 degree views over Melbourne, a 20-seat custom dining table, two kitchens, walk-in wine cellar and a Kos spa.
It was on the market because it was ''simply too big'' after the Jreissati's grown-up children ''left the family nest,'' he said.
Mr Fried's water woes are the latest in a series of pool problems for Melbourne's business elite.
Last year, the wealthy founders of the Simonds Homes building empire were forced to pay $70,000 after breaching a planning permit by chopping down native trees to build a pool on flood-prone land at their riverside Toorak mansion.
The year before retail billionaire Solomon Lew and his daughter Jacqueline were forced to dig up a pool they constructed illegally on public land next to their Mount Eliza holiday home.
Mr Fried was contacted for comment.