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Who wants to get Sept BFP's!! After trying for a few months.
Category: Trying to Conceive - TTC My First Child
Posted by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 9:46am
Hi Everyone!
I am trying to muster up any confidence I have left at this point and feeling very discouraged do to our situation. In comparison to some ladies I know I am not as bad but still feeling down from last month and the prior 6 months total as well. Me and my husband have been trying since beg March this year and we are both healthy and young enough to start a family but no luck yet. I have connected with some ladies and it seems everyone of them has gotten a BFP on their first try or so and I would like to hear from those of you who are in my position where you are still trying and its just taking longer. I am looking for some support and stories about your journey so far and what you think of timing and any other methods you have been following. I'm interested to hear your thoughts now that we've all been at it for a while. What do you beleive in and what are you not going to try anymore?
For us, we tried for about 2 months the normal way just with me taking prenatals and not really understanding the timing of the O day and OPK's or anything like that. After that I researched about those things and figured out what timing was better than others and started using OPK's just to pin point my days, however, I have always been on a solid schedule of 26 day cycles and I know when AF comes each month so I'm not sure how much that has really helped me honestly. I also logged my BBT for a month and it felt more stressful than I think it should and it didn't help me really so I stopped that too. Now that we have passed the 6 month mark, I am scheduled to go to the fertility doctor and see what they can tell me or test for incase there is a bigger problem going on. I feel we have timed everything right for at least 3 or 4 months now and nothing ever changes. I even had my DH do a home test that came out positive for being at least at a normal sperm count.
So, what are your thoughts? What's your story? How long have you been TTC and what are going to do from this point on different?
I can't wait to hear from you! I need to know I'm not alone in this!
Reply by TSIMMONS1123 » Aug. 20, 2012 9:59am
I use OPK and last month I also used Clomid with IUI and no pregnancy. This month I didnt do Clomid or IUI. I had my tubes untied a few months ago so we were tehnically not supposed to start trying until July, but I started trying right after surgery lol. Any way, this month I did OPK and got a positive on 8/13 and we BD before the positive test, after and all the times in between lol. I have been taking my temp and noticed a dip yesterday and a spike today so Im believing it was an implantation dip so we shall see soon. I am 7DPO so its too eary to test but I am trying to patiently wait this out.
Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 10:04am
Hi TSIMMONS!
Crazy road you've been on as well I see. What made you start on Clomid or IUI's and what are they? I don't know much about feritility methods but I'm kind of afraid to take anything that may over stimulate or complicate things worse. Do you have a conditiion that caused you to start taking it or was it because your tubes were tied and you had to kick your body back in gear so do speak? I hear alot about Clomid and IUI's but what happens to have someone start taking anything in addition to just trying??
But in the mean time, I'm sending you lots of in hopes that all your efforts pay off! :)
Reply by el2011 » Aug. 20, 2012 10:37am
Hi there! So we started trying in 2010 though like you it was more of a just having unprotected sex without understanding much about the timing. Boy was I off! (turns out I ovulate late, I don't think it's ever come earlier than CD18.)
After many months of using opks and a month or two of also taking my temp we had it down, until November of 2011, I think I started testing with the opks too late and missed my O day. That was also when I found out I had fibroids so we stopped trying for a while to figure out what we wanted to do. Lo and behold, that's when I got my BFP. Crazy. I had a missed miscarriage in December and had to do a D&C in January because it never happened on its own. By then the fibroid had grown to the point that I had the uterus of someone who is 6 months pregnant so my doctor said it would be too dangerous to try to have a pregnancy with that thing in me. I got those out in April, and was given the ok to start ttc again in July, so here I am. This is our second cycle ttc since the surgery and I'm REALLY hoping it's finally out month!
I've had periods of being totally frustrated and depressed and periods of being hopeful, and I'm in the "hopeful" stage right now, but I turn 36 in October so I really don't want to have to wait TOO long. I thought by now I'd have two kids... but at this point I'd be happy with one healthy baby.
BFP 11/2011; missed m/c 12/2012; D&C 1/2012. Surgery to remove fibroids 4/2012. Trying again 7/2012~
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Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 10:49am
Hi el2011!
Thanks for replying and sharing your story! Wow!!! Is all I have to say! I've never heard of fibroids and I'm curious to hear how you found out you had them? Are they a genetic thing or just something has happens to anyone? What's a D&C? I guess I don't know alot of the lingo still sorry. Did you wait 1 year before getting checked out?
It's amazing the road you've been down too!! OMG I commend the fact that you are still so strong and optimistic I hope I am as strong as you. I have to say I'm not very patient which is one of my worst qualities but I you don't seem to have that problem :) Good for you!! :)
I hope all of that is part of the past now for you two. :)
If you are both still healthy then age doesn't really factor in as much I'm sure. I've heard of people getting prego at 43 so it can happen! :) So how far are you in this month?
Today I'm at DPO 12 but I tested yesterday and it got a BFN using those 6 days early detect test from First Response so I am 90% sure I'm not again this month. Then on to my 7th month for Sept BFP hopefully.
Reply by el2011 » Aug. 20, 2012 11:42am
I saw an ob/gyn about a year after we'd started trying, but it was really more like 6-7 months of *really* keeping track of stuff and timing things right. Sometimes I think I should have gone sooner, but I'm not sure it would have made a difference.
I had never heard of fibroids before November, either. (Though it turns out they are fairly common, my aunt and my mother-in-law both had them). I actually didn't think anything was wrong with me at that point, but the dr felt my abdomen and picked up on them right away and sent me for an ultrasound. Terrified me too - she made them sound dire!
They don't really know what causes them, but they think there might be a genetic link and they're estrogen/hormone related. They're basically benign tumors. It's funny, though, because there's this list of traits for people who are more prone to getting them, and I don't fit any of the criteria. Go figure. Also they vary a lot as far as size, where they're located, what kinds of symptoms they cause, etc. I didn't really have any symptoms except for a small hard tummy, but I thought 1) my abs were hard because I work out a lot, and 2) they weren't flat because that's just the way things are.
They tend to grow a lot with pregnancy, what with all the extra hormones all over the place, so mine got super large in just the short month I was pregnant. That's when I started feeling more tired, I was peeing all the time, I couldn't sleep on my back anymore, etc. Basically all the negative 'pregnant' side-effects without the baby. One started degenerating and put me out for two days with awful back spasms. Yuck. I got a crash course on fibroids in those short months, let me tell you! I saw several doctors before finding a surgeon I felt comfortable with who didn't want to cut me wide open or give me menopause-inducing drugs. I never wanted a male ob/gyn, but that's what I ended up with and he was awesome, I would recommend him to anyone.
I'm not really a patient person - I was just forced into becoming one! I did have some really depressed/hopeless months there this winter, but I'm doing a million times better now. In the grand scheme of things it could have been a lot worse - I was upset about losing so many months of ttc, and terrified of the surgery but it was actually not so bad and it went by quickly.
Hopefully your journey won't be half as long or as eventful! I'm glad it's all over now. :)
[edit] oooh... a d&c is the operation they do to remove a miscarriage/fetus. I forget what it stands for. We tried waiting for mine to pass on its own, but it never did and so I had to do it that way.
BFP 11/2011; missed m/c 12/2012; D&C 1/2012. Surgery to remove fibroids 4/2012. Trying again 7/2012~
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Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 12:38pm
Oh wow! I didn't know it involved so many things! Crazy! It's funny you say you don't really fit any of the common list of people that are more prone because my whole life, for some reason, I always felt like I would have issues having kids but don't know why. Hopefully it's all in my head.
I didn't realize what a D&C is but now that i know that must have been so hard.. :( From what I know of my family and my mom noone has ever had any problems or complications or issues or anything so noone really understands how frustrating it is to try and not be successful with trying. I have my appt tomorrow at noon to see the OB and I think I just want to rule out things instead of hoping I'm ok. It would make me feel better at least. I'm not sure if they draw blood or do ultrasounds or anything i guess it depends on what they find.
I will have to write down all of these things i have heard that are common and asked to be checked for this stuff too just to be sure.
So did you just start your cycle again this week? How long are your cycles normally? I will start my next cycle tomorrow or Wednesday depending on when AF decides to show up!
Reply by TSIMMONS1123 » Aug. 20, 2012 1:43pm
@Mrsaskew11...We thought my DH sperm count was low so we tried to incrrease my eggs by taking Clomid and increase his motility by IUI. After the IUI we found out that his sperm count was ok and that we could either keep trying or continue with the IUI and Clomid just to increase our chances.
Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 2:26pm
@TSIMMONS - Ok. I wasn't sure what Clomid or IUI's were for either so I didn't know that they are something to increase your eggs or his count. :) That is interesting. I haven't really researched any of this stuff so I appreciate your help.
Is the IUI when you have to give yourself shots or something else?
I was charting before too and i got an implantation dip as well but still no pregnancy. It seems like you have all your stuff timed right too so I hope get lucky this month. :) I got my +OPK on 8/8 so I'm done with my TTW but you are right behind me :) Only one more week to go! :) If you can wait that long. I can usually only wait until 10DPO or so. lol - I'm too scared to test again tho but i did test yesterday morning and got a BFN. oh well.
Reply by TSIMMONS1123 » Aug. 20, 2012 3:09pm
@mrsaskew11... IUI is Interuterian Insemenation which is when they washed the males semen and injected it directly into the cervix.
Reply by krunchie29 » Aug. 20, 2012 11:07pm
hi there
been trying now for about 3 years. had an ectopic in Nov 11 and have after seeing a fertility specialist we have tired timed intercourse where they take blood tests to tell when you are ovulating (much more acurate than OPKs) but that didnt work. Tried two rounds of IUI but they didnt work. Didnt have any medication as my hormones are fine.
Just had my first round of IVF egg retrival but got sick afterwards with Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Symdrome (OHSS) as I have very high levels of estrogen and over 23 folicles so i didnt have a fresh transfer but have 8 very healthy Blascysts waiting frozen waiting for the go ahead for my first transfer which i should be told this afternoon!!
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Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 20, 2012 11:51pm
@TSIMMONS - Thanks for the info :) I had no idea and when I got home today, for fun I asked my DH if he knew what IUI stood for or meant and he got it right! I said "why do u know this stuff?" lol he's kind of a nerd and he always says he has all sorts of random facts ha ha :) I go tomorrow to see the specialist so I will hopefully get info on a lot of the treatments too. Thanks!
Keep me informed your news!
@krunchie29 - OMG your journey has been so long and scary! :( You must be very strong as well since your still going! Did u get your call yet? I hope your prayers are met after the long journey you have been on....
Reply by mznik85 » Aug. 21, 2012 2:35am
Hey there! Here is my story:
We've been trying for 7 months with no luck either.. It feels like forever!! My partner is 30 and I am 26 so we should be in the 'optimal fertility' bracket.. I really thought it would happen right away :(
So this cycle has me stumped - I am at least 13 dpo (possibly more) and still BFN.. Every cycle I am spotting by 11dpo with full AF by 13dpo.. Not even feeling like getting AF now - just some light cramps the last week or so. I am praying praying praying that we are pregnant but also feeling incredibly gutted that I am getting BFNs again this month.
I need some coping strategies big time!! So please share if you have any :)
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Reply by Joinourclub » Aug. 21, 2012 3:01am
We have been trying for 18 months. Timing is the most important thing you can do. I have been ovulating erratically , if at all, so timing has been impossible for me. I'm now on clomid which induces ovulation and regulates cycle length , so am able to accurately time bd and really 'try' for the first time!
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Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 21, 2012 9:39am
@mznik85 - We are the exact same almost with your story. September will be our 7th month of trying and even though we both feel like we are timing everything right we still are getting BFN's too... I hate those!! :( I am on DPO 13 today and supposed to get my AF today too so we will see. I did test last night although I didn't have alot to put on the test I still got a solid BFN. I don't spot usually though not until the day my AF shows up but I understand when you don't "feel" pregnant or have any symptoms after a certain point usually around 10 DPO or so for me. My boobs hurt big time today altough I know I'm not preg which pisses me off more since I hate any symptoms disguising itself as something more. ugh.
I am 29 and will be turning 30 in October this year and so is my husband in January so we both feel like we are in the "optimal fertility" bracket as well and we are both in Good health for the most part. There shouldn't be issues and I don't know why my body just won't kick in to gear already!! I feel your pain obviously.
My only coping advice is to try to not even think about what day it is and try not to stress about it and try to trust your body because people say that it will know when it's ready. Sort of corny by "when all the stars align (your body is in the best preparation possible) and a good egg comes along it will happen". My other coping is that I try to spend way less money on tests both OPK & HPT tests since mine are not the cheapos really so I try to only use 2 OPK's a month as I usually know exactly when my spike will happen most of the time and my cycle is like clock work 26 day cycles. I only try to use between 2-3 HPT tests each month as well and start testing around 11DPO or so. This saves money so at least I don't feel like I'm wasting a bunch for no reason. ugh.
I go to see the fertility specialist today to try and rule out some issues I may have although I don't know what that would be but I mine as well check now even if we haven't waited the normal "year of trying" before seeing someone. I don't want to get my hopes up each month anymore if there is some underlining problem that will prevent me from getting preg.
What kind of methods are you using? Do chart at all? Do you use preseed or any timing products?
@Joinourclub - That's exciting you are able to now regulate your cycle for timing. :) So this month! How far you in your cycle now since starting clomid?
I didn't know what clomid was for. I knew it had something to do with ovulation but I wasn't sure what. One of the main questions I still have is I wonder if just because my OPK says positive and my chart even spikes if I am really producing an egg or not. I don't know if that is even possible though. Do you know? Did you get a bunch of tests done before you started clomid? What kind of methods were you using before? Are you in any kind of higher bracket of risk or chance at all due to health issues or age etc?
Waiting for my...evil unfortunately today :(
Reply by ellekayejaye » Aug. 21, 2012 9:53am
Hi, we have been trying for 3 and a half years now. I did have a missed miscarriage in May 2011 but nothing since.
May 2012 we started seeing the consultant at the infertility clinic and after all of the tests it turns out I don't ovulate.
My womb is ok, tubes are clear and my husbands sperm have also been given the A-OK.
This cycle I started Clomid, 50mg a day from cycle day 2-6 so I am having more blood tests to see if the Clomid works haha
Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 21, 2012 10:03am
Welcome elle :) - 3 and a half years! Wow! What made you wait until May this year to get checked out? Are you both fairly young and healthy with no other health problems? How did you find out you don't ovulate? Did all signs point to you ovulating before you found out you don't? I hope you also get lucky finally this month too. What tests are they running to see if Clomid will work for you?
Reply by ellekayejaye » Aug. 21, 2012 10:57am
I already have a child with my Husband and we are both young and healthy. Our 1st child only took 4 months to conceive. So the doctors just kept sending me away saying to keep trying.
Well where to begin haha I will go with the start:
In April '07 I got pregnant and gave birth in January '08
January '09 I was late for my period, I wasn't pregnant but we decided to start trying for #2.
Nothing happened... I went to see my doctor in 2010 who sent me for a scan to rule out PCOS as my periods were irregular. I did not have PCOS so we were told to keep trying.
Feb 2011 - I got pregnant! woooo!
May 2011 - I had the scan at 13 weeks and was told I had a missed miscarriage.
Doctors said because I had now been pregnant I wouldn't be eligible to see the infertility clinic til we had TTC for another 12 months without a pregnancy.
May 2012 and 0 pregnancies later my doctor FINALLY referred us to the infertility clinic.
They did a scan, blood test for my ovarian reserve, blood tests to check ovulation a semen analysis on my husband and an HSG test where they inject dye through your womb and tubes to check for blockages.
August 2012 - all results came back fine aside from me not ovulating so they started me on 50mg clomid on days 2-6.
To see if I ovulate they are doing blood tests on days 21,28 &35 to check the progesterone level.
I also have a scan on CD18 but they haven't actually told me what it's for.
Reply by mrsaskew11 » Aug. 21, 2012 11:07am
Hi Elle, Phew!!! Thanks for the info! I really wanted to know the steps of everything so I understand everything better and now I get it! It's wierd that a doctor could tell you no to see a specialist if that's what you really want to do. Kinda crazy someone could do that to you but I guess because you were pregnant twice before its understandable. It seems now they should have done the tests back in 2011 when you wanted to if it seems now you don't ovulate. I hope that Clomid is the key to your success and I send you tons of in the mean time!
I will let you know what they say to me today as well. i'm nervous!
Reply by ellekayejaye » Aug. 21, 2012 2:21pm
good luck mrsaskew!
Yeah it's crazy they have had me wait so long, luckily I am young so I have time on my side but it is disappointing my 1st child has grown up without a sibling and is starting school in September. Even if I do get pregnant soon there will be a 5yr+ age gap :/
I am very lucky to have one child, perhaps it will stay that way
Reply by BGGirl » Aug. 21, 2012 3:52pm
HI MrsAskew11!
I am also on 12DPO and have taken several pregnancy tests- all BFN. I am supposed to see AF either today or tomorrow and am thinking that it is very probable that she will be making an appearance. :( Been trying for a few months but really only tracking O the last couple. I turned 38 in June and told DH a while ago that I wanted to be 38 when I had a baby. Not that he or I have much say so but I am down to my last month to make that wish come true. I conceived my daughter almost 10 years ago and seemed so much easier then! I really felt like it would be this month- thought I had signs/symptoms- BD right when supposed to, etc but I am really doubtful now. Soooo here is to hoping that I will have a Sept BFP!!
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Poverty and household size
The widely held view that larger families tend to be poorer in developing countries has influenced research and policies. But the basis for this"stylized fact"is questionable, the authors argue. Widely cited evidence of a strong negative correlation between size and consumption per person is unconvincing, given that even poor households face economies of size in consumption. The authors find that the correlation between poverty and household size vanishes in Pakistan when the size elasticity of the cost of living is about 0.6. This turns out to be the elasticity implied by a modified version of the food-share method of setting scales. By contrast, some measures of child nutritional status indicate an elasticity closer to unity. Consideration of the weight attached to child versus adult welfare may help resolve the nonrobustness of demographic profiles of poverty. The authors show that the incidence of severe child stunting is more elastic to household size than their Engel curve estimate suggests, although the latter is still a fair predictor of child wasting. A consideration of the purpose of measuring poverty - notably the extent to which it is used to inform policies aimed at promoting child welfare - may go some way toward resolving the issues.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to create a rooftop terrace at a Cowley Road bar were turned down last night.
The Art Bar, formerly The Bullingdon Arms, applied to Oxford City Council to convert its first floor flat into a new bar and roof terrace.
Councillors at yesterday's west area planning committee meeting gave some of the plans the go-ahead, after temporarily shelving them one month ago amid concerns about the proposed roof terrace.
The venue will be allowed the new bar and alterations to its frontage, but not the roof terrace.
Councillors were still concerned about the level of noise the terrace would create.
Colin Cook said: "The information provided by the officers tells me nothing about the impact of noise on the local residents. I think it would be unsafe of us to support this application."
Plans were provisionally deferred after concerns about noise levels were raised by councillors at the previous meeting held on Tuesday, July 22.
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Ben Affleck's "Argo" is not only being celebrated in the U.S., it has also been receiving love abroad particularly at the recently concluded BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television), the U.K. equivalent to the Oscars.
"Argo" took home the Best Film of the Year trophy, as well as the Best Director Award for Affleck. Once again, take that Academy -- the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, that is...
In the acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis won for "Lincoln" (surprise, surprise), while Emmanuelle Riva (love her!!!!) won the Best Actress award for "Amour." Now, call me crazy, but I have a sneaky feeling that Riva will win the Best Actress Oscar as well. She's beloved, a classic, an icon, a legend -- everything a Best Actress Oscar winner should be!
In the supporting acting categories, my favorite, Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her unstoppable Fantine performance in "Les Miserables," while Christoph Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained." Honestly, I'd rather see Waltz win the Oscar as well. Tommy Lee Jones, as much as I love the actor, did not create a memorable performance in "Lincoln." His acting was eclipsed by his much more memorable wig!
And for the British film of the year, the winner was..."Skyfall!" Her Majesty will be proud.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Best Film
WINNER: "Argo"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Leading Actor
Ben Affleck - "Argo"
Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman - "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
Leading Actress
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard - "Rust & Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Mirren - "Hitchcock"
WINNER: Emmanuelle Riva - "Amour"
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
WINNER: Ben Affleck - "Argo"
Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
Kathryn Bigelow - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Production Design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer - "Anna Karenina"
WINNER: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson - "Les Misérables"
David Gropman, Anna Pinnock - "Life of Pi"
Rick Carter, Jim Erickson - "Lincoln"
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock - "Skyfall"
"The Imposter"
WINNER: "Searching For Sugar Man"
"West of Memphis"
Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
WINNER: Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander
Film Not In The English Language
WINNER: "Amour"
"The Hunt"
"Rust & Bone"
"The Intouchables"
Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
WINNER: Tessa Ross
Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio - "Argo"
Benh Zeitlin & Lucy Alibar - "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
David Magee - "Life of Pi"
Tony Kushner - "Lincoln"
WINNER: David O. Russell - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - "The Master"
Judi Dench - "Skyfall"
Sally Field - "Lincoln"
Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
WINNER: Anne Hathaway - "Les Misérables"
Special Visual Effects
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
WINNER: "Life of Pi"
"Marvel Avengers Assemble"
Outstanding British Debut
WINNER: Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis - "The Imposter"
David Morris, Jacqui Morris - "McCullin"
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - "Wild Bill"
James Bobin - "The Muppets"
Tina Gharavi - "I Am Nasrine"
Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - "Argo"
WINNER: Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"
Javier Bardem - "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"
Original Screenplay
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
WINNER: Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Paul Thomas Anderson - "The Master"
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - "Moonrise Kingdom"
Mark Boal - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Original Music
Dario Marianelli - "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat - "Argo"
Mychael Danna - "Life of Pi"
John Williams - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Thomas Newman - "Skyfall"
Seamus McGarvey - "Anna Karenina"
Danny Cohen - "Les Misérables"
WINNER: Claudio Miranda - "Life of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski - "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins - "Skyfall"
WINNER: William Goldenberg - "Argo"
Fred Raskin - "Django Unchained"
Tim Squyres - "Life of Pi"
Stuart Baird -"Skyfall"
Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg - "Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
WINNER: "Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
Animated Film
WINNER: "Brave"
Make Up & Hair
Ivana Primorac - "Anna Karenina"
Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger - "Hitchcock"
Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rink Findlater - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
WINNER: Lisa Westcott - "Les Misérables"
Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou - "Lincoln"
Costume Design
WINNER: Jacqueline Durran - "Anna Karenina"
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - "Great Expectations"
Paco Delgado - "Les Misérables"
Joanna Johnston - "Lincoln"
Colleen Atwood - "Snow White and the Huntsman"
Short Animation
"Here To Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
WINNER: "The Making of Longbird"
Short Film
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
WINNER: "Swimmer"
"The Voorman Project"
Best British Film
"Anna Karenina"
"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Misérables"
"Seven Psychopaths"
WINNER: "Skyfall"
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The unstoppable "Argo" takes home another award! The Ben Affleck film won the 25th annual Scripter Award! Voted on by 41 critics, screenwriters, and film professionals, "Argo" beat "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," and "Silver Lining Playbook."
Yay, "Argo!" My No. 1 Favorite Film of 2012!
Here's the complete list of winner/nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
*** WINNER "Argo": Screenwriter Chris Terrio, Joshuah Bearman, author of the article "The Great Escape," and Antonio J. Mendez, author of "The Master of Disguise."
"Beasts of the Southern Wild": Screenwriters Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, based on Alibar's play "Juicy and Delicious."
"Life of Pi": Screenwriter David Magee and novelist Yann Martel.
"Lincoln": Screenwriter Tony Kushner and Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
"Perks of Being a Wallflower": Stephen Chbosky, who wrote both the novel and the screen adaptation.
"Silver Linings Playbook": Screenwriter David O. Russell and author Matthew Quick.
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Melissa McCarthy -- box-office queen!
The "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer adds a new title to her belt. Her comedy, "Identity Theft," co-starring Jason Bateman, debuted to No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening.
Despite Nemo, "Identity Theft" rose to the top beating previous weekend's box-office champ, "Warm Bodies," which fell to No. 2 with $11.5 million.
The zombie-romance starring Nicholas Hoult and Theresa Palmer has raised its domestic total to $36.7 million.
"Warm Bodies" Movie Review
Interview with Nicholas Hoult
Interview with Teresa Palmer
Interview with Rob Corddry
Interview with Dave Franco
Interview with Analeigh Tipton
Coming in at No. 3 was the weekend's other new wide release, Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects." Starring Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Side Effects" was billed to be Soderbergh's last theatrical film. So go watch it!
"Side Effects" Movie Review
Interview with Jude Law
Interview with Rooney Mara
Interview with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Interview with Vinessa Shaw
Interview with Dr. Sasha Bardey
And if you had the need for speed, Tom Cruise's "Top Gun" from director Tony Scott had a 3-D reissue at the box-office with a $1.9 million run in just 300 theaters. On Feb. 19th, you can buy the 3-D release on DVD and Blu-ray.
Here's the Top 10 box-office films for the weekend of Feb. 8th:
1. "Identity Thief," $36.6 million ($230,000 international).
2. "Warm Bodies," $11.5 million.
3. "Side Effects," $10 million.
4. "Silver Linings Playbook," $6.9 million.
5. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $5.8 million ($11.6 million international).
6. "Mama," $4.3 million ($6.1 million international).
7. "Zero Dark Thirty," $4 million.
8. "Argo," $2.5 million.
9. "Django Unchained," $2.3 million.
10. "Bullet to the Head," $2 million.
Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "Django Unchained," $18.7 million.
2. "Wreck-It Ralph," $11.7 million.
3. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $11.6 million.
4 (tie). "A Good Day to Die Hard," $10.1 million.
4 (tie). "Les Miserables," $10.1 million.
6. "Lincoln," $10 million.
7. "Miracle in Cell No. 7," $9.5 million.
8. "The Berlin File," $8.7 million.
9. "Flight," $8 million.
10. "Kokowaah 2," $7.3 million.
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Steven Soderberghs latest opus is supposedly his last theatrical film. Much like Contagion, or heck, even Magic Mike, the prolific director explored human frailties under the guise of a bigger picture. In Side Effects, its the pharmaceutical industry and our societys addiction to pill culture.
Side Effects opens February 8th and stars Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Rooney Mara.
So how many kisses does the movie get? Take a look:
Interview with Jude Law
Interview with Rooney Mara
Interview with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Interview with Vinessa Shaw
Interview with Dr. Sasha Bardey
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I love Jude Law! There I said it! Not only is he a brilliant actor, hes also always sweet and eloquent during interviews. Law stars in the new film Side Effects as Dr. Jonathan Banks, a psychiatrist who gets entangled in the lives of a young couple, Martin (Channing Tatum) and Emily (Rooney Mara). Emily becomes his patient and then he gives her the pill Ablixa. In this interview, we talked about:
*** Its unpredictability fooled me
*** It stars with blood and ends with tears
*** The films multi-twists
*** The films timeliness
*** It plays with your prescription
*** My favorite line in the movie in the U.K., when you go to a psychiatrist, it means youre not well, in America, it means youre getting better
*** Americas Pill Culture
*** What makes him happy?
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Senate Passes Measure Extending Bonding Provisions
Senator Kenneth P. LaValle today announced that the Senate has passed a measure he sponsored that would allow the Town of East Hampton to authorize an additional $15 million in serial bonds to address deficits which occurred in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 fiscal years.
According to Senator LaValle, this measure is necessary to allow the town to address a 2009 budget shortfall which was identified in an audit conducted by the State Comptroller. This legislation will help the town to bond the general fund deficits and, coupled with oversight measures going forward, allow the Town of East Hampton to return to fiscal stability.
"The Town of East Hampton has found itself in a situation that is worse than originally anticipated," said Senator LaValle. "This measure will provide for sufficient funds necessary to cover the deficit and extend the time to issue the bonds until December 31, 2011. Its sole purpose is to allow the town to recover from these operating fund deficits and chart a course back to financial solvency."
This measure recently passed in the Assembly and now awaits delivery to the Governor.


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For years now, the Ford Mustang has been the number one muscle car in America. Since it was originally manufactured by Ford Motor Company in 1964, this vehicle has caught the eye of car enthusiasts from all around the United States. The Mustang was produced throughout five generations of body styles and eventually resorted back to the original retro body style from the 70s. The retro body style of the Mustang proved to be a huge success. In fact, the Mustang's rival, the Chevy Camaro, made a similar move just a few years ago. Throughout the years, Ford has successfully marketed and sold millions of these vehicles. Today the Mustang remains the most popular sports car in the United States and continues to dominate over the Camaro. If you are looking for a great-looking sports car that performs well, Craigslist Ford Mustangs are a great buy. The Mustang is a classic that catches the eye of anyone who is nearby when it passes. The sound of a Ford Mustang 5.0 engine is unmistakable and can be heard over a mile away. The sound of these engines is unique to this particular car. No other vehicle has come close to replicating the sound of a Mustang.
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UNWTO and WTTC condemn terrorist attacks
- Published by Ozgur Tore
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) issued two separate statements that condemn terrorist attack in Tunisia. "Today our societies were attacked in three different continents showing that we face a truly global threat" said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai. David Scowsill, President & CEO, WTTC, said, "I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the families of all the victims of this brutal attack. Our thoughts are with them at this terrible time."
"It is it with deep regret that the world again has its eyes on Tunisia. This attack strikes at the heart of the country's tourism industry, only three months after the callous attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis in March 2015.
Tunisia is a beautiful destination. Travel & Tourism plays a pivotal role in the country's economy, generating over 15% of the country's GDP at around US$7.4 billion, and supporting nearly 14% of total employment in 2014.
Tourism is a force for good in the world with its great economic and social benefits. It is important that travel organisations and travellers continue to support Tunisia, whilst the government takes appropriate measures on security" added David Scowsill.
Taleb Rifai strongly condemned the attacks in the Tunisian city of Sousse, in Lyon, France and in Kuwait city. "These attacks are direct attacks to the livelihood of the Tunisian people. Tourism is a lifeline for the economy of the country and we stand by the Government and the people of Tunisia in continuing to support the recovery of this vital sector to the future and wellbeing of Tunisians", he added.
On the behalf of the global tourism community, UNWTO conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims and reiterates its full support, particularly to the people and the Government of Tunisia, who have been long fighting strongly against these forces and restore confidence in its important tourism sector.


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wodow says:
Given that a task with no due date is labelled 'due: never', shouldn't typing 'never' into a due date box be understood?
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
It should work now :)
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Just thought I'd post that, thanks to an idea over on the Ideas forum, you can now type 'whenever' into the due date box too :)
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Thank you, Emily! Great stuff.


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Our little Kristen is all grown up *tear* can you believe it?!
Not only did she turn 18 during the original Twilight filming, but Kristen is now turning 21 towards the end of Breaking Dawn production :)
Other than the Covenant House Project (please see the widget in the side bar --->) I thought we could celebrate with a little trip down memory lane to the photo that took "that girl I've seen in stuff who doesn't have brown eyes" to... "Bella Swan"!
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Kristen! 21's a good year - make it count ;)
- Lorabell x
Update: A staggering total of $16.491.37 was raised by the Covenant House project we hosted on behalf of Twilightish! Congrats, everyone and super sparkly thanks to you all *puffy hearts*


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I appreciate that Aftermath tries to do something a little different, at least. Rather than sticking to the straightahead structure of Downfall, this followup opens with Aegis-7 a smoldering memory. Only four survivors remain from the crew of the USG O'Bannon (O'Bannon! Get it?), and some sinister, shadowy government organization or...something is questioning them one by one to find out what the hell happened. Each interrogation begins with a computer simulation of the subject's most intense fear, because...???...and then a fragment of the story is revealed in flashback. It pretty much boils down to:
The first two-thirds of Aftermath don't amount to much more than endless wheel-spinning. The first Dead Space animated flick dove into the outbreak and started sloshing around the red stuff remarkably quickly. Aftermath, meanwhile, is a slow, tedious slog. For most of the movie, the body count is anemic, there's very little blood, and the spurts of action are short and sparse. I honestly thought after a while that there weren't going to be any necromorphs or unhinged alien monsters at all. It's just a parade of boring characters standing around and doing boring things. I don't care about the rock that was salvaged from Aegis-7. I don't care about the ex-marine who's so delusional after the death of his little girl that he sees her ghostly image everywhere, is convinced she's still with him, and won't shut up about it. I don't care about the one-armed guy whose brother or cousin or whatever was bludgeoned to death. I don't care about the dweeby scientist guy's family issues or the affair he's carrying on with that foxy Korean chick in the lab coat. I don't care about the nefarious investigator types that are torturing their way towards a connection to the alien fragment. Dead Space: Aftermath goes out of its way to be as aggressively dull as possible. How can a flick where an entire planet explodes and a sprawling ship teeming with innocent people are brutally slaughtered be this boring? Can't you flashback to something happening instead? There's no sign of anything all that necromorphic until right at two-thirds of the way in. Things get more lively from there -- acid spit, dismemberment, and a whole helluva lot more blood -- but it's far too little, far too late. It doesn't help that the creatures really aren't that menacing, and the tension's deflated since we already know who waltzed out of there in one piece. (or if you want to be nitpicky, the future and the even-more-future, but whatever). The flashbacks are animated in an anime-influenced style, while the wraparounds are tackled with CG. The thing is that the computer animation looks like I'm playing a PC game circa 1995 or something. It's stiff, almost completely devoid of detail, and stacked against largely empty backgrounds. Watch these awkwardly animated characters run and try not to laugh. That's a dare! A challenge! Or better yet, just stay away altogether. Skip It.
Dead Space: Aftermath is in the running as the single worst looking animated title on Blu-ray. Maybe it's unfair to ding down the overall score because of the embarrassingly shoddy computer-animated wraparounds -- there's not a format past, present, or future that could salvage that -- but I don't care. The CG animation is inept on every conceivable level, and it's dragged down further by some aliasing and shimmering in the linework. The shadowing is so clumsy that it's tough to tell where that ends and the unintended posterization begins. Heavy banding definitely plagues flares, fades, and the excruciatingly bland backgrounds, though. On the upside, at least you can tell that these CG sequences were rendered in high-def. The traditional animation...? Not so much. The linework is so soft that it's just about indistinguishable from an upconverted DVD. But hey...! Don't take my word for it. ™ on display here tends to distract me from that sort of thing.
At least it sounds
There aren't any dubs or downmixes this time around. Dead Space: Aftermath does feature optional subtitles in English (SDH) and Spanish, though.
Nothing, really. There's a trailer for the Dead Space 2 game along with a couple plugs for other Anchor Bay releases, but that's it. I guess I could mention that Dead Space: Aftermath comes packaged with an embossed, glossy slipcover.
The Final Word
A lazy cash-in on a successful video game franchise, Dead Space: Aftermath fails spectacularly on just about every front. To really rub salt into the wound, it's obscenely overpriced, packing a $34.98 sticker price for some of the worst animation on Blu-ray and essentially no extras whatsoever. Skip It.


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VIDEO: Ex-Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura hits the greatest free-kick you will ever see
ALL sorts of amusing things happen at weddings but surely this takes the cake.
Former Celtic star and Japan international Shunsuke Nakamura was famous for his dead-ball skills during his time in Scotland and as our top video shows - his skills have not diminished.
Nakamura, who currently plays for the Yokohama F. Marinos, sends a perfect curling free-kick around a balloon in the direction of a magnificent wedding cake.
"This is not the first time Nakamura has put his set-piece expertise to use in unusual circumstances"
You expect to see the ball splatter the cake in all directions but instead it just clips the very top, blasting the bride and groom figurines off the top while leaving the cake itself unharmed.
While Celtic fans will probably chose to remember the 35-year-old's wonder goal against Manchester United (below) in the Champions League in 2006 more fondly, we're big fans of this strike.
This is not the first time Nakamura has put his set-piece expertise to use in unusual circumstances.
In 2012 the Japanese, who made 98 appearances for his country, struck a football through a moving bus window.
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A collection of more than 60 different Japanese water iris, or Iris ensarta, are flowering two weeks early this year, coinciding with tennis at Queens rather than at Wimbledon as they usually do.
The early spring has continued into an early summer this year at Kew's country garden.
Wakehurst's garden manager, Dr Chris Clennett said: "These dramatic flowers are a national treasure in Japan, where entire gardens are devoted to growing them, artificially raising and lowering water levels to bring the blooms to their peak"
Raised walkways and bridges allow the flowers to be appreciated from above, which visitors to Wakehurst can also do by looking down into the Iris Dell.
The plants are labour intensive, requiring careful cultivation and dividing every three years, but the effort is worth it when their flamboyant flowers appear," Dr Clennett added.
On the scene as the dramatic flowering began were garden design students Puck Milder and Yanou Hipp from Hymegen in The Netherlands.
The garden manager continued: "They are here to learn our techniques and standards as well as gaining a knowledge of an enormous range of plants while at Kew's country garden."


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I just heard this weekend from Patrick Schmid that he is an MVP for OneNote! Congratulations Patrick, I know you have done a great job contributing to the OneNote Newsgroups and submitting bugs for us.
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We are going to be headed to WDW in November for the end of Food and Wine. We've been to the event many times, but we're making the trip this time to take Sally to Party For The Senses for her birthday.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - The Miami Dolphins will not get public funding to renovate Sun Life Stadium, but a committee is still hoping to be chosen to host Super Bowl 50 or 51.
On Thursday morning, the South Florida Super Bowl Bid Committee will announce details of the final package that it will submit to the NFL.
A release from the committee ahead of the announcement said that the package "gives Miami-Dade its best shot at winning one of the Super Bowls." It added that being selected to host the game would "generate hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity for the County and South Florida."
Super Bowls 50 and 51 are scheduled to be played in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The locations of the next two Super Bowls have already been decided. The 2014 game will be played in the New York area, followed by the Phoenix area.
The Florida legislature's decision not to approve a resolution that would have provided public funding to the team could hurt South Florida's chances. The Dolphins were hoping to complete $400 million dollars worth of renovations to try to sway the NFL to choose the Miami Gardens stadium for one of the games.
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Down on the Corner ... with Margie Mack at Alexandra Headland
Sunshine Coast local Margie Mack is no stranger to solo adventures. She's spent more than a year camping and travelling around Queensland and three months ago decided to head out through the Northern Territory bound for Kununurra in Western Australia. She has just returned from that trip.
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The prime minister has survived the trust vote on Tuesday but the Indo-US nuclear deal devoured an unlikely victim on Wednesday. The axe fell on Speaker Somnath Chatterjee [Images] with the Communist Party of India-Marxist expelling him for his failure to step down and follow its diktat to vote against the government on the nuclear deal.
The decision was on the anvil since the meeting of the party's Central Committee last week. It had been kept in reserve till the trust vote was over. All through the trust vote discussion, there was palpable tension between Chatterjee and members from the Left parties.
The Central Committee, the CPI-M's highest decision-making body, had decided last week that disciplinary action should be taken against Chatterjee for going against the party's declared position. No one came to his rescue at the CC, sources said. This included Jyoti Basu, Chatterjee's mentor who could not attend the meet but is believed to have participated via teleconferencing.
Basu is learnt to have advised Chatterjee to step down, when he had gone to Kolkata a week ago to consult with the former West Bengal chief minister. The party also sent CPI-M West Bengal Secretary Biman Bose to Delhi last week and he tried to persuade him to quit the Speaker's post following the withdrawal of the Left's support.
Somnath left us no choice, says Karat
The deal has led to churning inside every party, including the Communists.
A member of the CPI-M for four decades and a ten times MP, it is now end of the parliamentary road for Chatterjee. He had declared some time ago that he is not going to contest elections again. The delimitation exercise has converted Bolpur, which he represented many times, into a reserved constituency.
There are two options before him. One, to continue as Lok Speaker as an "unattached" member till the general elections. Two, to quit as Speaker and also resign from the Lok Sabha. One thing that Chatterjee has made clear in the last few days is that he, and not the party, will decide the course of action he takes and its timing.
Chatterjee had no backers in CPM
There are many who believe that he will opt for the second course since he was elected to the Lok Sabha on the CPI-M ticket. The Speaker is scheduled to lead a delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Malaysia from August 1-10.
Chatterjee chose to give primacy to his constitutional role as Speaker over his role as a member of the party and presided over the special session of the Lok Sabha July 21-22. He was not unaware of what lay in store for him. He also wrote to CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat [Images] expressing unhappiness with the party position and voting alongside the BJP on the issue.
CPI-M sources, on the other hand, justified the party action by saying that every member of the party has to fill a form stating that he will submit to the discipline of the party. "Somnath Chatterjee became Speaker as part of a special political arrangement when we decided to support a minority government in 2004 and we lent our person for the post of the Speaker. Once that arrangement disappeared, he should have quit."
With Chatterjee openly taking a position against the party line, the party had no option but to take action against him," said a senior leader. "Now that he has become an unattached member, he can do what he thinks best as an individual -- resign or continue."
Somnath was CPI-M's most articulate and liberal face
The issue came to a head when Karat included his name in the list of CPI-M MPs who were withdrawing support to the government. He neither consulted Chatterjee nor included an explanation in the list that Chatterjee had been elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Chatterjee is believed to have felt that this lent credence to the criticism that he was first a party man and then the Speaker. Once an MP becomes the Speaker, he is expected to be above party.
Chatterjee was a serious name for presidential elections last year and might have had Congress support but his party did not favour his candidature.
Since he has been expelled from the party, he now becomes an "unattached" member in the House. He can continue as the Speaker unless someone chooses to bring a vote of no-confidence against him. This is not something that the CPI-M is planning to do.
This is not the first time that the party has chosen to take action against a senior leader. It had not spared its own general secretary and icon B T Ranadive for "leading the party towards a sectarian line" over the Telengana agitation in the fifties. Though it did not expel him, it removed him from party's elected positions and he spent two years acting as a typist as punishment after "self criticism".
The party had expelled several others at various times like Nripen Chakravarty, who was the chief minister of Tripura and member of the Politburo, K R Gouriamma, who had been a minister in the Kerala [Images] government, and Saifuddin Chowdhury, CPI-M MP who had advocated a pro-Congress line before the party came to adopt it.
Expulsion from the party often entails a social boycott of the person by the members of the political family, say insiders, and this is not going to be easy for Somnath Chatterjee who has spent the best part of his life in the CPI-M.
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Another special session for me.... this one features my beautiful first cousin and her handsome husband-to-be. Ruthie and Eric are darling together. They have great senses of humor, an endearing eagerness to enjoy life and both are clearly so smitten for one another. Ruthie describes Eric as her "Real-Life Prince Charming." And Eric says of Ruthie that he would be lost without her.
Ruthie's dad is my dad's brother. (I shot her brother's wedding in 2009) And Ruthie lucked out and got the "Gibson blues" for eyes...She is such a beautiful person, and because I know Eric treats her incredibly well, I am so excited to shoot their wedding next September in Fremont, Nebraska.
And when it came to their session, they won extra points because they gave me guidelines as far as the mood they wanted in their photos (romantic and fun) and from there, they let me take the reins. So we ended up just exploring a bit of downtown Kansas City, starting with the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. And we ended up on a rooftop park.
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I'm trying to find the code to remove the small picture and date next to the News. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In the future, where is the code for the widgets located?
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You can find the widget code on framework > php > class-framework-widgets.php.
Thats perfect thank you.
Second question to ask; If I put this widget in a footer slot the text is black and I can't really see it. If I change the color to white, it will affect how it looks in the sidebar in the blog. How can I make it white in the footer and black in the blog sidebar?
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wow that's easy enough. That did the trick.
Sometimes i noticed you guys first type #top… what does that mean/do?
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Well basic as it is, that's good info to know. I thought #body was the tag, so I'll remember that for the future.
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SANFORD, Fla. - Attorneys for the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the death of an unarmed Miami Gardens teen say they'll seek a "stand your ground" hearing that could lead to criminal charges being dismissed.
A statement posted Thursday on the website for George Zimmerman's legal team says evidence released by prosecutors shows "clear support for a strong claim of self-defense."
Zimmerman says he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February in self-defense under Florida's so-called "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force, instead of retreating, if they believe their lives are in danger.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. If a judge rules the evidence fits the conditions of "stand your ground," the criminal charges would be dismissed and Zimmerman would be immune from civil action in the shooting.
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Women Of The Wall Attacked By Ultra-Orthodox Haredim While Praying at Western Wall
Women Of The Wall Attacked By Ultra-Orthodox Haredim While Praying at Western Wall
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox jeered, spit and threw rocks at the 400 'Women of the Wall' who prayed at the Western Wall today, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The women were protected by the police following a recent court order in favor of the Women of the Wall's right to pray at the sacred site.
The Women of the Wall praised the police and condemned the action by the ultra-Orthodox in a statement released to The Huffington Post:
For the first time in 24 years, Israel Police protected nearly 400 Women of the Wall today as they gathered at the Western Wall (Kotel). The women and the police were confronted by thousands of ultra-Orthodox (haredi), both young girls watching from the side and haredi men of all ages, acting out violently towards the group of women.
Women of the Wall is proud to have gotten to this historic point, in which women are praying freely, defended by the police. Likewise, the group is greatly saddened by the use of violence by haredi men. Women of the Wall calls on ultra-Orthodox leadership to denounce all forms of violence against women.
Rabbi Susan Silverman was present and told the Jerusalem Post that the ultra-Orthodox represent "A fundamentalism and a belief in a single and very narrow view of god that I believe is idolatrous."
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Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-conservative Jews who tried to drive liberal women worshippers from Judaism's sacred Western Wall on Friday, marking a shift in the authorities' handling of a long-running religious schism.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters dressed in traditional dark clothing threw chairs and water at the women, then later stoned their buses. Two policemen were hurt.
Previously police detained members of Women of the Wall, a group challenging the Orthodox monopoly over rites at Jerusalem's Western Wall, for wearing prayer shawls in violation of Orthodox tradition.
This time police arrested five religious protesters instead.
The police response followed a court ruling last month that found that the group was not in violation of the law.
The issue is at the heart of a long struggle between a secular majority and an ultra-Orthodox minority over lifestyle in a country where institutions such as marriage, divorce and burial are controlled by religious authorities.
Dozens of border policemen formed a cordon to keep the protesters at the site - revered as part of the Biblical Jewish Temple compound - from charging at the approximately 100 women and some male supporters as they prayed.
"They're desecrating the site of our holy temple," shouted one of the hundreds of Orthodox women who also came to protest against Women of the Wall.
Yocheved Malachi called it shocking that women would wear prayer shawls or other religious gear, which Orthodox tradition reserves solely for men.
Friday's prayers were the first in weeks in which police avoided any showdown with Women of the Wall, whose members have been detained in the past and charged with disruption for violating Orthodox traditions at a holysite. They are seeking a greater role in prayer ritual.
"I'm seeing signs of progress," one woman worshipper, Lisa Kainan, said about the police presence at the site.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked former cabinet minister and Jewish leader Natan Sharansky to seek a compromise to permit the Women of the Wall to hold prayers without exacerbating tensions with the ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Sharansky has since proposed a formula to widen a separate zone at the Western Wall once designated for egalitarian prayer, a suggestion neither side nor the government has yet embraced.
Also spurring Israel's drive to resolve the dispute is the growing support for the Women of the Wall movement among Jews in the United States, Israel's main ally.
They should be ashamed of themselves. They are no better than the Taliban.
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Why is it that ultra religious men always hate women?
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When will people quit their gods...effing praying at a wall...yes. Religion with all its rituals and accoutrements is the most embarrassing aspect of humanity. It makes us less than the animals...this need to worshp. Gross! Shame on ALL these people and their conflicts over the imaginary. Let them tear each other to ribbons if they like. Somewhere that day, someone may have needed police help for real reasons. But the police were instead protecting one class of idiots from another class of idiots in the name of a supposed omnipotent diety. How is this supported by ANYONE?
Why did it take so long?
"For the first time in 24 years, Israel Police protected..."
Many societies have had underlying or blatant aggression towards woman, as society has evolved (not quickly enough) some of that has dissipated.
In religion, many of the same traditions are kept as part of the religion itself. (man after all created religion).
While I think the 'ultra' religious are the worst offenders, many religions still choose to demean and belittle woman as not equal, less than men...
It's really sad that thinking persists still
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A 12-year-old boy was set upon by two teenagers as he played in an Aylesbury park.
The youngster was playing in the multi-use games area in Dunsham Park – known as Cleveland Park – on Cleveland Road, when he was attacked by two teenage boys.
Both were in their early teens and Asian. The first boy is around 5ft 7ins tall, of a thin build with black hair. He was wearing a red t-shirt over a red jumper and had black earphones in.
The second offender is of a medium build and was wearing a flat cap.
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