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WHEN Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center lost Laurie Kastrup's lymph nodes, it took away her shot at beating cancer, she says.
"They took away my chance, my opportunity, to be treated according to what I had," said Kastrup, 44, who has been ravaged by advanced breast cancer.
Kastrup, of Upper Saddle River, N.J., has slapped Columbia-Presbyterian and the doctors who treated her with a $10 million-plus malpractice suit.
The suit accuses the hospital of negligence for losing the lymph nodes after Kastrup underwent a routine lumpectomy. It contends that the blunder led to the misdiagnosis and improper treatment of her cancer.
"Somebody took the specimen and didn't have the conscience to make sure that it got where it needed to go," said lawyer Rhona Silverman.
A hospital spokeswoman said she could not comment on ongoing litigation, but in court papers, lawyers representing Columbia-Presbyterian and the doctors dispute Kastrup's claim that her treatment was affected by the loss of the nodes.
Medical experts told The Post that lymph nodes are essential to doctors in determining whether or not breast cancer has spread – and in figuring out what "stage" the disease has reached.
If the cancer is found in the nodes, then the disease has progressed beyond the breast.
"The No. 1 prognostic indicator for breast cancer is nodal involvement," said Dr. Karen Karsif, director of the Breast Center at New York Hospital of Queens.
"The nodes are the most important indicator in terms of prognosis and staging. The staging is directly related to the patient's chances for survival. There is a survival difference depending on how many nodes are involved."
Some 2½ years after her lumpectomy, Laurie Kastrup's cancer spread to her bones, lungs and brain.
Treatments have put her cancer into technical remission, but they've also caused irreparable damage.
The only vestiges of Kastrup's former self are her wild, bushy brunette wig – a perfect replica of her lost hair – and her sense of humor.
"My memory is pretty shot. I used to be the idiot-savant of phone numbers," she joked, speaking in slow, measured tones. "Now I can't remember numbers for my closest friends. It's devastating to me."
As a result of cancer treatments and operations, her sight and balance are also permanently damaged. She cannot walk in a straight line, or drive a car, or work.
All of this, the suit alleges, may have been prevented if the hospital had not lost Kastrup's nodes.
KASTRUP was a 38-year-old salesperson at Moody's Investment Services in September 1994 when she found a lump in her right breast.
She went to her doctor immediately and was directed to Dr. Anne Krementz, a surgeon affiliated with Columbia-Presbyterian who specialized in breast-cancer operations.
Krementz could not be reached by The Post, but court documents indicate that she is no longer practicing medicine.
After a consultation, Krementz scheduled Kastrup for a lumpectomy three days later.
"I was scared," said Kastrup, whose mother had lived 30 years after a mastectomy, eventually succumbing to a secondary cancer.
But she also was confident that she'd get state-of-the-art treatment at Columbia-Presbyterian: "I had always heard that this was one of the best hospitals in Manhattan."
Because operating-room space at the hospital was "at a premium," according to the surgeon's deposition, Kastrup underwent surgery in the outpatient Eye Institute, across the street from the Milstein Pavilion.
After the lumpectomy, Krementz brought a frozen section of the tumor across the street to Milstein to confirm the diagnosis of cancer. She then performed a second procedure to examine the remaining breast tissue and extract the lymph nodes.
According to their depositions, both the surgeon and the circulating nurse confirmed that the lymph nodes were removed, placed in a specimen container and labeled.
In pre-trial hearings, those present during Kastrup's surgery engaged in a chain of finger-pointing, with each denying responsibility for the lost specimen.
The surgeon said she did her job, handing the sample off to the circulating nurse.
The circulating nurse said that she gave the lymph nodes to the resident physician.
The resident said he did not recall what his involvement was in this specific procedure.
Ten days after the surgery, Krementz confirmed that the nodes had never reached the lab.
"After they left my hand, I don't know what happened to them," Krementz said in her deposition. "I felt terrible . . . that we didn't have a specimen that I just did an operation for."
She called Kastrup and her husband into her office.
"She said there was bad news – that the hospital had lost the lymph nodes," Kastrup said. "She said she was the surgeon and she was responsible for me, and this was her fault."
"She looked very upset," Kastrup said. "I said, 'Don't worry, just take more lymph nodes.' I felt bad for her."
But Krementz explained that taking more lymph nodes wouldn't do any good – the nodes that had been removed contained the crucial information needed to treat the cancer.
"She said without the lymph nodes she had no idea how to proceed with the treatment," Kastrup said.
Kastrup was sent to an oncologist and a radiologist, and was treated with a standard course of radiation and chemotherapy.
Her suit alleges that the diagnoses were never definitive because without the nodes, the doctors had to rely on guess work.
FOR more than two years, Kastrup was cancer-free. She and her husband, Karl, were thinking about trying to start a family when her vision began to blur.
Her brain cancer was discovered in February 1997. Advanced metastatic breast cancer had also invaded her lungs and bones.
Four surgeries and a stem cell treatment left her a shadow of her former self, although she's technically cancer-free.
She's weak and skinny at 100 pounds, 30 pounds lighter than she was before the cancer spread. She suffers from frequent seizures.
Karl, 51, has left his contracting business to take care of her full time.
When the lymph nodes were lost, he believes, he lost the strong and vibrant version of his wife.
"The hospital lost something irreplaceable," he said.


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It was a five cruise ship day in Ketchikan, and the irony was not lost on those paying attention and all the R2AK fans and families who gathered in the Alaska Fish House that, as the nearest supply of dry and warm, has become the official finish line waiting room for the expectant recipients of a newborn winner of the R2AK. One dock over, the floating buffet tables were starting to gather their 3,000 plus passengers into their 1,000+ feet of climate controlled consumption. But in the Fish House and down on the docks the faithful were waiting, checking the tracker, and finding fellowship in not knowing what would happen and when. Despite the sameness of the cruise ship passengers that more than tipped the scale towards fudge and jewelry consumption over celebrating the coming triumph of an unknown victor, the change in Ketchikan was palpable. From the Ketchikan Yacht Club faithful, to the waitresses in nearby cafes, to the slightly annoyed customs officials, the R2AKs uncertain finale was a disturbance in the force in and around Thomas Basin.
There have been four winners crowned in this races short history, but there has never been a day like this since we started this damned thing. Yes, weve had winners, and yes, while wed never admit it, we could have told you from the start the 2-5 teams that might take it, but there has never been a longer hang time of us sincerely answering, We dont know whos going to win. From the time Team Pear Shaped Racings tracker went dark-side-of-the-moon after clearing Bella Bella, until a sail was sighted 10 miles out and we scrambled a skiff ride to see who it was, no onenot even the teams at the frontknew how it would turn out.
As King 5s TV news crew filmed their approach from a skiff, Team Angry Beaver Skiff Sailing Foundation broke open their last five beers when their Whos winning? was answered with a jubilant You are! Whoops of well done followed as the two-boat flotilla whooped to their now known victory. For them and the rest of us, it was a shocker. Given the tracker issues and impaired visibility of the rain-obscured reality of the Alaskan summer, the Beavers didnt know they had won the hard fought victory until their final approach. After 700 miles, and with a whoop and two syllables, they learned they were 2 miles of clear sailing from victorious. It was a stunner. A team of mostly young and ubiquitously solid sailors had sailed the race of their life, and when they hit the dock and rang the bell became the fastest team on a single hull to earn the R2AK crown. That the traditional shotgun had to fight through a couple misfires before blasting them into the rare air of R2AK champions mattered as little as the rain to them and the hundred or so who Grundened up to be soggily dockside and cheer their triumph.
Beers were had, questions from cameras and microphones gave way to the hearty atta boys between crew and admirers. It was news: A young, fast, but not favored team had pulled ahead and held it to the end. After the media and NASCAR-style shaken-up beer showers, there was well earned and unabashed glory in the How did we do it? questions and answers that echoed around Thomas Basin. 4 days 3 hours and 56 minutesbeat the record for monohulls by over 8 hours.
Two and a half hours behind them was the body and soul, all-out but not quite enough effort of Team Pear Shaped Racing. Based on boat speed alone, from before the race started they were the ones to beat. A crew of elite sailors with R2AK experience who scoured the earth to find and field a Dragon, a Kiwi-built Cochrane foiling tri with speed on the brain and fragile on the lips. While Team Angry Beaver arrived in the Ketchikan rain with the smirk on a winner, Team Pear Shaped Racing hit the dock in Ketchikan with the gaunt, shivering, and weary gaze of humans who had given it their everything but came up short. Yes, they had won steak knives and added their names and spirit to the annals of R2AK, but the indelible almosts of the race since Victoria weighed heavy and rattled around just behind their eyes. They were as gracious in defeat as the Beavers were in victory, and both the teams offered the sincerest of congratulatory camaraderie. In the warm up session around the fire in the Fish House, both sides drew from the pool of disbelief with the other half of the same whole. The Beavers with the optional humility born of youth and victory; Pear Shapeds appreciation for their spirit washing away the flinty taste of disappointment one wave at a time. If cold beers and a warm fire were first, the cold comfort of what-ifs came right on their heels.
The obvious came in log formPear Shaped Racing hit four, not small and not slowly. The worst was on the last night and brought them from nine knots to instant full stop. I thought we went aground. It instantly shook everything loose in the cabin. More than the stowables, it made a boxers nose out of the bow of an ama and jarred loose what was left of their electronics, leaving them to fly their high twitch bird blind for the last 100 miles. The log was every bit of huge, spanning all three amas and lifting the boat high and dry before it chose to roll under. This was in Hecate Strait, luckily it wasnt on their gust-fueled night run that pegged their boat speed record at 27 knots. With the crew below, it was all Duncan could do to white knuckle iteven while the waves broke over the windward ama and lifted the hinged seat he was sitting in from the force of the waves. That was bad, but what will haunt their minds is the choice on Day 1 to chase a windline that didnt pan out. The 30 minutes it took them to recover was the 30 minutes they were late to Seymour Narrows and every one catching up for a restart. Who knows about the other million decisions that were the difference between steak knives and full throated glory, but at least by 9 pm, that one still stung a little.
When their stories joined the finish line echoes of Shut Up and Drive, First Federals Sail Like a Girl, and Educated Guess who crossed into Ketchikan some three to seven hours later. The fellowship of the similarities was palpable. The Hecate gale was real. Seas topped 15+ feet. All the teams boat speeds topped their best evers even as it strained every stitch of their sails. Sail Like a Girl hit 17 knots on their Melges 32. Team Educated Guesss 24 foot version: 15. Both of them surfed their boat the wrong kind of uncontrolled downwave sideways and broached so hard that their spreaders scraped the water. Team Sail Like a Girl broached at such a speed that it bent the spreader. The waters of Alaska was putting up a fight.
For each of the teams, the finish line was the oddly definitive way of being that had become their wet and cold normal. Tying up the lines was their exhausted goodbye to the singular existence of the sea where there is nothing to do but sleep, and what you are already doing. They expressed pride in their accomplishments, and the humility that no matter what their ranking, they still werent doing it in a rowboat. Yes we broached/came in first/survived a log strike at school zone speeds, but those guys in the rowboat are what makes this race special.
Before dawn five teams had rung the bell in Ketchikan, and Teams Trickster and Narwhal in the dim hours that followed. All with stories, all with life changing epiphanies of broad and subtle termsall happening under the liquid layer of at least our share of Ketchikans 13 feet of annual rainfall. Were all headed for a dryer for our clothes and a pillow for our heads before the next teams roll in. R2AKout.
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So first is final and second came in shortly after. The monohull Team Angry Beaver Sailing Skiff Foundation came roaring in at 14:56 Alaska Standard Time for an elapsed time of 4 days, 3 hours and 56 minutes. Team Pear Shaped Racing followed up crossing the line a short, but long feeling, 2 hour and 27 minutes later. It is the second year in a row that a monohull has taken line honors. Something almost everyone said was near impossible.
Heres the comparison:
2015 5 days 1 hour 55 min Elsie Piddock
2016 3 days 20 hour 13 minutes Mad Dog
2017 4 days 3 hour 5 minutes Freeburd
2018 6 days 13 hour 17 minutes First Federals Sail Like a Girl
2019 4 days 3 hours 56 minutes Angry Beaver Sailing Skiff Foundation
And while beers were passed around in Ketchikan a contender turned casualty, Team Givin the Horns, scrambled in Bella Bella to build a new rudder with found materials in hopes of making the racer party June 14th. And last years victors, First Federals Sail Like a Girl, battled and fell to another fantastic team, Shut Up and Drive. Okay, lets get to the standings.
In order of finish:
Angry Beaver Sailing Skiff Foundation
Pear Shaped Racing
Shut Up and Drive
First Federals Sail Like a Girl
Educated Guess
And heres the list of those who have stopped racing:
We are still looking for the winner of 20 and under, which for now, looks to be Yankee Peddlers on the slow approach to Bella Bella. 1st solo is also looking far away, but SoggyKru is crushing it. There are lots of people out there who are keeping their eyes on Team Three Legged Cat, the solo sailor from Bella Bella. Think about it. He will have to sail right past his home and find the determination to keep going. What would you do?
Whats fun? Teams Razzle Dazzle and WIP (Watertight Instant Paradise) came together to form the first ever R2AK Gam Jam; boats randomly rafting up to drift and play music. May it forever be a tradition. Heres a crappy video for proof.
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Hi Don i feel measuring astronomical ratios and planet diameters are subject to change in the future as more accuracy is achieved, thats why i feel a fixed number system that has its begining in the distant past and may come from an advanced race who relised that the Earth , Mars the moon and even the sun are the product of a race of beings so far evolved that we would say they are gods, they may even exist outside of this univers in a timeless univers and are watching every move we make as we play on the planet that they made for themselves , so" are we human , or are we dancers, " "The Killers", i belive that this lost civilisation had a measuring system based on number and earth commensurate measure , but with the belief that this planet is the property of a devine race of beings, and so they revered those numbers and one of those numbers could be a fraction of 315/8 = 39.375 inches , take 1152 x 39.375 = 4536 the half base side of G1s south side, so number must be a very important aspect of the system that would relate to the solar system , take that 1152 number for an example , The sun has a symbolic number of 8640/75 = 1152 , the Earths symbolic number is 7920/6.875 = 1152 , then the moon,s number is 2160/1.875 = 1152, finaly Mars has a symbolic number of 4224/11 x 3 = 1152 , and so if there is a solar system commensurate cubit it would only relate to these four bodies
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So if you are like me you have will have entered 2019 thinking wow where did 2018 go?
Also, I suspect you are now thinking about how technology will influence the year ahead.
What are the technologies that will develop in the next 12 months and when we look back in 2020 will you have been right, wrong or deeply disappointed.
So to get us started I will make 3 predictions.
1) AI will become more prevalent in three areas, health, fake news and cyber-attacks.
For health, it will be all about the data set from patient's records and the first steps taken to infuse these with data from smart wearables to deliver a personalised health monitoring service. Fake news is a scary thought. If you saw this video of Barak Obama released in 2017 without knowing it was fake, would you have known? With the technology widely available imagine how easy it would be for something more sinister to come out of fake news. Also with AI being used more in cybercrime and combating cybercrime, there is likely to be an AI vs AI situation in 2019.
2) Wider adoption of electric vehicles. With more cars becoming available in the £20-£30k range, for example, the e-Golf from Volkswagen the take-up rates will increase, let's hope they deploy more public charge points. During 2019 when people mention electric cars, Tesla may not be the automatically associated brand in most people's minds.
3) Will 5G come to prevalence in 2019? From what I have been reading recently, this is unlikely. Although there is wide interest and investment in 5G, 2019 is not the year for it to come of age. Let us look to 2020.
However there is still a lot to play for, some European networks are being bullish about 5G becoming a commercial reality sooner rather than later, whilst others are only committing to commercial 5G in 2020, so all rather confusing.
Incidentally, at the time of writing it's widely assumed that Apple has no plans to launch a 5G iPhone in 2019, this is against a forecasted sale of 60 million 5G enabled smartphones, this seems strange. Infrastructure costs will also need consideration and there will probably be a period of time where 3G, 4G and 5G services are available.
One thing that is agreed 5G will be the platform used to deliver the IoT age to its full extent, and it's a must if we want to continue using mobile broadband. The estimated forecast predicts 2.7 billion 5G connections by 2025.
Just to finish a few other things I'll be watching in 2019
The adoption of Blockchain for industrial use. RS DesignSpark showcased this at Electronica 2018.
ARM vs Intel
Wider use for edge computing, the benefits of localised computing to reduce latency.
Any advancements in Quantum computing.
So these are mine, please share your thoughts for 2019 in the comments below.


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As a result, Barclays had to increase the money it put aside for claims by £2 billion in 2015. It has now allocated a massive £7.2 billion to compensate customers for mis-selling the flawed insurance product.
Barclays says the extra money allocated for PPI provisions reflects a "slower than expected decline in claims volumes during 2015", as well as a potential 2018 deadline for PPI claims that's being considered by the financial regulator.
Do you have a PPI claim?
Barclays' accounts state that it has tried to proactively contact 680,000 customers regarding PPI policies, but only a quarter of customers (28%) have replied.
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What is a Grand Complication?
Complication is a term for watches that feature more than just a simple display of passing hours and minutes. A watch that only shows this much is referred to as a simple movement. Most of the common complications offered as commercial watches will utilise a day/date display, an alarm and a chronograph. This also presents the problem of having to apply years of expertise to the task of crafting complex complications. They are much more difficult to assemble and repair than your average simple movement. In most cases a complication with a date-display and chronograph will consist of 250 parts, whereas the more complex complications will be made up of thousands of parts. Often these grand complications will exhibit an array of functions, including intricate features dedicated to astronomy. Since the 16th century watchmakers have experimented with the creation of various complicated and cluttered watches. Yet over the centuries none have matched the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4, widely regard as the world's most complicated timepieces, fitted with a total of 36 complications, 25 of which are visible. has a staggering 1483 components and 1000-year calendar to boot.
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The 218-year-old Logan Act is receiving heightened attention lately as a possible club to use in bringing down the Trump administration.
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In a New York Times op-ed article by two University of Chicago Law School professors, Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner, entitled "Why the Trump Team Should Fear the Logan Act," the professors argue that Michael Flynn's communications in December 2016 with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the transition period leading up to the inauguration of President Trump violates the Logan Act.
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Mortgage Modification Options
Authored By: Iowa Legal Aid
I am having trouble paying my mortgage. Can I get the mortgage company to lower my payments?
Many mortgage companies have programs available to help you. These programs help homeowners who are having trouble making their mortgage payments. You can contact your mortgage company to discuss what options may be available.
Can I get help working with my mortgage company?
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Does the mortgage company have to modify my mortgage or consider other options?
Normally, a mortgage company does not have to change the terms of a home loan. However, there are a number of situations when a mortgage company must try to change the terms of your home loan to make it more affordable for you.
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My loan is not owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. How do I find out if my servicer participates in the Home Affordable Modification Program?
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- You may get a HAMP application at the Making Home Affordable website. The website includes details about program eligibility and about what information to include in your application.
- You may contact the Iowa Mortgage Help. IMH will help you apply for HAMP with your mortgage servicer.
Am I eligible for the Home Affordable Modification Program?
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How does a mortgage payment get lowered under the Home Affordable Modification Program?
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- You may not qualify for a loan modification if your income is too low when compared to the amount of principal that you owe on your house.
Would my loan be modified immediately?
You must make three trial payments before your modification becomes permanent under HAMP. You will not have to make a down payment or other lump sum payment. The trial payments are normally the same as your projected permanent payments. The trial payments are 31% of your gross income. After you make the trial payments, you should be given a permanent loan modification agreement to sign. After you sign the final HAMP modification agreement, your loan modification will be permanent.
Will my payment increase in the future under the Home Affordable Modification Program?
Your mortgage payment will increase if your taxes or insurance payments increase. However, the principal and interest portion of your payments will remain the same for the first five years after your modification. After five years, your interest rate may go up by as much as 1% per year. However, your interest rate will never be higher than the market rate at the time of your original modification agreement. Normally, your permanent HAMP modification agreement will tell you the timing and amount of any future interest rate increases.
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On bristol card stock, I stamped the Hydrangeas image with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, then I layered Polychromos colored pencil coloring on it. I added the panel to an eggplant panel, then onto a textured green panel, then onto a cream card front.
I added a 'hello' die, which I had cut from purple mirror card stock from my stash.
Inside: I colored and fussy-cut a portion of the Hydrangeas stamp, and added it to the bottom. I stamped the garden verse from the In Full Bloom Sentiments set.
CARD 2: Coral Saltwater Heals
Underwater Borders SS107
Saltwater Heals SD953
Whitecaps S832
How I made it:
On light blue card stock, I stamped one of the borders from the Underwater Borders set with VersaFine Claire Nocturne ink, then colored it with Polychromos colored pencils.
I inked the Whitecaps image with distress salty ocean ink, then stamped it off onto scrap paper, then onto the panel with the border image, masking out the image before stamping it.
I added colored pencil 'sand' around the coral border image for the ocean bottom. Then I distressed the edge with Vintage Photo distress ink, and added the panel to a light blue card front.
I stamped the Saltwater Heals verse onto a blue card stock scrap, distressed it with the same distress ink, and foam mounted it to the card front for added dimension.
INSIDE: I stamped a portion of another of the borders from the Underwater Borders set, colored and fussy-cut it, and added it to the inside. I left the sentiment area blank for a personal note.
CARD 3: Fishing Day
Born To Fish SS108
Saltwater Heals SD953
How I made it:
On bristol card stock, I created a background using various shades of distress inks and ink applicators. I layered these colors gradually, trying to create a sunset scene.
When it was dry, I stamped the Born To Fish image over the background. I used my Misti tool so that I could repeat the stamping if needed. I used VersaFine Clair nocturne ink, which stamps beautifully with one coat. I did stamp a couple of times, just for safe measure. I let that dry, then touched up the background stamping with a few more swipes of the distress inks.
I stamped the verse from the same Born To Fish set to finish off the front.
INSIDE: I stamped a portion of the Born To Fish set in the bottom left corner, and the Saltwater Heals verse. I lightly brushed some of the same colors of distress inks over the images inside.
I hope you are inspired by my cards today.
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I am adding Card 1 to these challenges:
Color Throwdown - CTD545
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Watercooler Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes
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Justin and Alison came by for some enagagement photos today! Their big day is in September. On a perfectly "photogenic" day... both the weather and the couple ... we got some great shots. Congratulations you two!
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Justin and Alison to-be-weds
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Beautiful Belly
Dan and Shannon came to visit us last week for pregnancy shots...what beautiful pictures...it was hard to choose so few to showcase. Congratulations! We can't wait to meet the little one in a few weeks!
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Wedding with the Cutest Ringbearer Ever! (No Bias:)
Mel and Chris win the award so far for the wedding that had the most rain...no torrential downpour! However, despite the miserable weather, the wedding party were in good spirits and we got some great shots! Congrats you two...it's been long awaited! (Brayden was the ringbearer ... hence the title... check out the family blog for more adorable shots!)
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Akeisha is Graduating!
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Monday, May 07, 2007
Ozzie is One
Oscar is one ... time does fly! He is such a hilarious boy...you will see his many sides (and he really is only a grouch when he's realllllly tired!)...takes after his Daddy...! Here are a few shots in the studio and chasing Brayden on our front porch! Happy Birthday Oscar! Check our family blog for birthday party festivities ...
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Sunday, May 06, 2007
The Long-Boarder and The Canoer
Doug and Elise tied the knot today in beautiful Hope. What a great day for lighting and what fun at your creative locations...Congrats you two!
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Friday, May 04, 2007
Urban Landscapes!
I have always wanted to take my camera to Vancouver to take photos along the way. Last week I finally got the chance as Clay drove and I got to take some shots. I also took some in the parking lot while Rylan and I were waiting for Brayden to finish his audition.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Musical Melodies!
We were honoured to take pictures for Teacher Joyce during our Music Pups class last Monday. She also had us photograph some of her instruments (very cool white grand piano!) so she could hang some photographs to decorate her studio. If you would like more information on music lessons, you can view her website http://www.joyfulmelodies.ca/ or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Beneficiary of Fake DMCA:
- DasCoin
Contact Info:
- Website: https://dascoin.com/
- Address: 14F, MANNING HOUSE, 38-48 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, CENTRAL, HONG KONG
Possible Infringements:
- Perjury, Impersonation, Identity-theft, Misrepresentation
DMCA Report:
Fake Link/Website Used:
Submitted by:
Date of Submission:
- October 04, 2018
** Investigation in progress **
Yes, that's right. Our team and friends are currently investigating this fake DMCA incident and analyzing all the public data we have with us. Right now we have the evidence captured and archived, we are still waiting for a response from DasCoin, Google and other related parties involved in this fake DMCA. This could take up to a couple of weeks.
However, make no mistake. This is indeed a case of copyright take-down fraud purported in order to hide online content. Once we compile all the facts of this case with due diligence, the final report will be published here.
We fight for the truth. If you have anything to contribute to this report or want to provide critical information against DasCoin, you can get in touch with us at [email protected] We're open for dialogue, unless your intention is to threaten us and waste your time.
In particular, a negative review/story against DasCoin which potentially hurt business and reputation. Here is an excerpt from that report –
Do not invest a single Satoshi into Dascoin!
Yesterday I attended a small meeting regarding cryptocurrency investments and somebody decided to try and pitch Dascoin, I was IMMEDIATELY sceptical at what I was hearing. Let me first be clear, DAS and Dascoin are not the same thing. DAS is a dash fork masternode coin and as far as I know is all legit. Dascoin, on the other hand, is a very shady project which I hope you stay away from once you have finished reading this post.
Dascoin is a classic ponzi scheme and was created by a team which is fully comprised of people who are not in any way cryptocurrency experts or advocates. Several of them have come directly from promoting Onecoin, which was another ponzi that ended with people being arrested. In fact, Dascoin is a Onecoin clone, the business model is very much similar and I suspect the end will be somewhat similar too. If this isn't enough evidence for you to stay away, which it should be, I will now focus on the issues I see with the actual project itself. I will be using the Dascoin whitepaper as a reference, and I recommend you read through it. There is more fiction in the Dascoin whitepaper than there is in the Lord of the Rings books. I found myself both shocked and amused as I was going through it.
You cannot actually buy dascoin, you have to buy a licence which allows you to choose a package (with various escalating prices) which earns dascoin over time. It is like having a timeshare of a masternode, only you don't have any control of it. Of course, the licence and it's packages can only be purchased by the Dascoin team and OF COURSE there is a heavy emphasis on referring people, which upgrades the amount of Dascoin you receive.
Read the full article at – https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptoviking/beware-dascoin-scam
Soon after we published the first set of our investigation reports on fake DMCAs, we managed to generate interest from online media such as Techdirt, Adweek and Huffington Post. Some of the key stories included our revelations on Roosh V, Idea Buyer, Qnet , Tai Lopez ,Amira Nature Food, Grant Cardone and more. We also shared unpublished data and information with 3 different law agencies who looked into this scam.
And we got results. We dented this fake DMCA industry and made sure we act as deterrent to the rogue reputation firms indulged in these criminal practices. Here are some of the outcomes and changes we made possible with the help of several other citizen lawyers and agencies –
- Ripoff Report wipes out Google (fake) Removals with a stroke of genius ! Thank you Ed – at webactivism.com
- Court finds evidence of 'fraud on the Court' in one of the missing-defendant libel takedown cases – at washingtonpost.com
- Default judgment aimed at deindexing apparently accurate information about person convicted of sex offense – at washingtonpost.com
- Panic and desperation getting the better of rogue reputation services – at webactivism.com
- Google still deindexing some material found by courts to be defamatory — but it's being more skeptical – at washingtonpost.com
- Google Apparently No Longer Humoring Court Orders To Delist Defamatory Content – at techdirt.com
- Paul Levy Discovers Head Of Reputation Management Company Signed Off On Forged/Fraudulent Court Docs – at techdirt.com
- Filing Bogus Lawsuits As Part Of A 'Reputation Management' Strategy Costs Firm $71,000 – at techdirt.com
- Richart Ruddie Settles anti-SLAPP Claims, Makes Restitution; but the Guilty Companies Remain Unpunished – at typepad.com
- Who Filed Fake Copyright Infringement Complaints Against AgencySpy? – at adweek.com
- The Dark Art of Fake DMCA Takedown Requests – at huffingtonpost.com
Fake Fraudulent DMCA might seem inconspicuous, until it's you at the receiving end of this crime. This is not a prank. This is not an inconvenience. This is not random. These fake DMCA cases are calculated criminal schemes targeting very specific and rather important information/content. These hitjobs are usually against media, in order to help their client hide important information from public's eye, all in the name of Reputation Management. Millions of dollars are spent doing this, and if no one wants to bring this topic to the fore, we will.
Our team will not constantly monitor and publish these reports on a DAILY basis without fail. And we do not plan to publish and forget. We will take constructive steps in order to expose the faces behind this scam, and to try and undo the damages. AND IF YOU INDEED PART OF THIS SCAM, WE WILL ENSURE THAT YOU GET WHAT'S COMING YOUR WAY.


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OTTAWA — In the small town of Arnprior, nestled into the Ottawa Valley, at least five suspected opioid overdoses in the span of week prompted police to issue a public warning.
Access to extremely dangerous opioids is not limited to larger cities, said the Renfrew detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, and the drugs have "infiltrated every corner of our province in some form or another."
"When you are purchasing drugs illegally, you actually don't know exactly what is in those drugs," said OPP Const. Tina Hunt, a community safety officer with the detachment. "Even though you think you're buying one drug, it could be laced with another type of drug."
The problem plaguing Arnprior — a town of 9,000 — is shared by small communities across Canada, according to 2017 data presented late last year by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), indicating they in fact have hospitalization rates for opioid poisonings more than double those in Canada's largest cities.
In its public release, Renfrew OPP also warned of something known as "purp" or purple heroin, typically a combination of heroin and its more-potent cousins fentanyl or carfentanil.
Fentanyl is 40 times more powerful than heroin and carfentanil (which was developed as a veterinary painkiller for very large animals) is 100 times stronger than fentanyl, figures that illuminate the challenges of tackling what experts say is increasingly a toxic drug supply.
The synthetic opioids are comparatively easy to manufacture and transport. They can be cut with fillers and sold as heroin or pressed into pills that can be indistinguishable from pharmaceuticals that come from legitimate manufacturers. But a tiny excess in the dose can be deadly.
The data from CIHI indicated that although hospitalization rates for overdoses varied across the provinces and territories, communities of 50,000 to 100,000 people saw some of the highest rates of opioid poisonings.
Brantford, Ont., had an opioid-poisoning hospitalization rate more than 3.5 times the Ontario average. Kelowna, B.C. had one of the highest rates of opioid-poisoning hospitalizations in Canada in 2017. Each has about 100,000 people.
Helen Jennens, who lives in Kelowna and lost both her sons, Rian and Tyler, to opioids, said Monday that resources in her community have been improving but said appropriate supports were not in place in her family's darkest hours.
Larger communities offer more places for people to go to find help, she said. "There's more outreach centres; the access to help is just better."
Both Rian and Tyler had become addicted to opioids after being prescribed painkillers for injuries.
Donald MacPherson, the director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, said Monday that smaller communities are "incredibly underserved" by some basic types of programs such as harm-reduction services, adding that reduced capacity, funding issues and higher costs create challenges outside urban centres. The group promotes more liberal drug policies, arguing that the war on drugs does more harm than good.
There has been an effort in British Columbia to create community action teams to try to address the need for more on-the-ground services, MacPherson said, noting an enormous problem remains "because the drug market doesn't discriminate."
"It exists everywhere, from the smallest places to the largest places," he said. "I think in many places they are left behind ... The rural-urban divide when it comes to the basics of life-saving services is immense."
Canada's Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan has witnessed some of the impacts in her own community.
Jordan, who represents the Nova Scotia riding of South Shore-St. Margaret's, said anyone who think the opioid crisis is an urban issue is wrong.
"We are seeing it right across the country, in small communities, in rural communities," she said in a recent roundtable interview with The Canadian Press. "It is a huge, huge challenge; there is no question."
She said she has discussed the issue with the health minister.
"This isn't just happening in Vancouver, in Toronto, in Montreal," she said. This is happening right across the country."
In a statement, a spokesperson for Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor pointed to commitments the Liberals made in their most recent budget.
It proposed additional funding of $30.5 million over 5 years, beginning in 2019-20, with $1 million a year committed after that, for targeted measures to address persistent gaps in harm reduction and treatment.
"We will continue to do all we can to save lives, because this crisis continues to be one of the most serious public-health issues in Canada's recent history," said Petitpas Taylor's press secretary Thierry Belair.
MacPerson said the federal government could accelerate rural innovation in overdose prevention and harm-reduction.
"I think there should be a rural strategy developed that the federal government could fund and co-fund maybe with the provinces," he said.
"This epidemic is presenting a huge challenge and if one good thing comes out of this disaster, is that we begin to do things differently. So the opportunity is to seize that moment and really be serious about changing the way we operate."


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I'm reading Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother. I can't put it down. It probably says something grim about my personality that I find her way-over-the-top strictness with her two daughters completely hilarious.
At the same time, I just read the NYTimes article on character and success in, and after, school, called "What If the Secret to Success is Failure?" Now I have a 24 point questionnaire for Lucy and Emile to evaluate my success as a parent.
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Juniper Networks has introduced a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GE) router interface card to be delivered on the T1600 Core Router.
It claimed that it will enable service providers and data centres to reduce the number of interfaces required in their networks, yielding significant gains in simplified topologies and enhanced operational efficiencies.
According to Juniper the 100 GE will help wireless and wireline service providers, cloud builders and data centres to consolidate resources, improve efficiency and drive down costs.
Opher Kahane, senior vice president and general manager of the high-end systems business unit at Juniper Networks, said: "100 GE has always been inevitable, it has just been a question of when - now trends such as cloud computing, data centre consolidation and virtualisation are making the need for 100 GE more acute and urgent than ever before.
"Building on over a decade of groundbreaking achievements in the core, such as the industry's first 100 gigabit-per-slot routers, Juniper is again leading the industry with 100 GE interfaces."


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Everybody has their own idea of what counts as an essential app when travelling, I'm not talking about general apps, like Whatsapp, Gmail, online banking, or your favourite weather application here, I'm talking about apps that are dedicated to the traveller. The one exception is probably Google Maps, I use this almost daily, but as a travel companion it's unbeatable, and is most likely at the top of most travelling folk's list of must haves. These are the apps that I find the most useful, your list is probably different, and I've very likely left out some, this is purely my subjective list.
Hit me with your own favourites in the comments at the end, I'm always learning and always looking for useful new products. Without further ado then, my list of 12 travel apps that I never hit the road without.
1. Google Maps
If I was only permitted to have one app on my phone when travelling, this would be it. You can download Google Maps to your mobile device which allows you to navigate offline, without requiring data, so no roaming fees are incurred, which is a huge saving when it comes to international bandwidth costs. It also means that navigation is available even when there is no internet connection. I usually download maps of the areas that I'll be visiting before leaving home, but it can also be done on the road, in your hotel for example.
2. Airbnb
Airbnb has changed the way that we travel, and it's never been easier than it is now to live the local lifestyle while on the road. The app has massively reduced the cost of accommodation while travelling, and with over 150 million people using it, and more than 4 million accommodation listings, you are sure to find the ideal place to start, wherever your travels may take you. The app now offers a feature called Trips, which are curated experiences that you can book with local guides. I predict that eventually Airbnb will become an all in one travel resource, where you can book not only accommodation and trips, but flights and car rental as well.
3. Booking.com
Booking.com is one of those booking engines that you either love or hate, and it gets it's share of bad reviews, as any Google search will reveal. For me though it's an app that I use pretty much every time I travel. With a reported, over 5 million listings worldwide, you are certain to find a place to lay your head down when on the go. In the past couple of years the app has added self catering properties to their armoury, I guess in response to Airbnb, it's also possible to rent a car, book flights, restaurants and rail travel. Their "Genius" loyalty program really does work, with some great perks and discounts available to regular users. It's a must have app, for me a plus is that once you have finished your booking, you will receive instant confirmation.
4. Rentalcars.com
Part of the same stable as Booking.com, Rentalcars.com is my goto resource for car hire, whether it's when travelling for work or leisure. Comparing prices from 900 car hire companies, at over 53,000 locations worldwide at last count, I always find a great deal, and they cover all the top brands. One thing I don't recommend is accepting all the "add ons" that they throw at you when booking, the insurance waiver options especially are way more expensive than your will get at the car hire company when collecting your vehicle. It's very irritating, but I guess they have to make their money as well, and the generally excellent prices outweigh the annoying pop-ups urging you to take this "unbeatable product".
5. Native Airline Apps
Yes, I know that there are some great apps that can do most of your flight bookings and itinerary management, but for me the native airline apps have advantages. My own travel style is to make the most loyalty programs, with a view to getting upgraded and using air-miles to get reduced prices, so I mostly keep my long distance flights at least, to a handful of airlines that I use the most often. Online check-in, notifications and last minute bookings are just that much easier on the airline's own app. This might not be everybody's preference but it does work for us.
6. TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor is a must have app when it comes to travel, not only when getting real feedback from past guests, but also when trying to decide on a place to have dinner in the next suburb. There are millions of reviews, opinions, videos, and photos on just about every possible type of business — bars, restaurants, hotels, airlines, airports for example. TripAdvisor has a "Near Me" function, will helps find places close by, great when looking for a place to eat in a strange city, but perhaps the best aspect is that it's pretty much everywhere, making it a really handy guide for every traveller.
7. Uber
Uber is the original ride sharing app, which can be particularly useful for travellers. In over 800 cities, in 84 countries worldwide at last count, you can quickly request a car, after checking the availability of different vehicles, rates and fares nearby. You can connect with the driver, track the car's location as it approaches you, and securely pay your fare using your credit card. Rather than trying to find a taxi and dealing with unscrupulous operators, just bring your ride straight to you. Uber drivers are carefully vetted and pricing is set by the company, not by drivers, so there is no room for scamming unsuspecting travellers.
8. Google Translate
If you haven't used Google Translate before, prepare to be amazed. There are a few different methods of translation offered by the app. Plain old text translation: where you type a word or phrase, and it's translated into whichever language you choose, and you can choose between text or a spoken translation. Conversation mode: is where you can actually talk to someone in a different language with the app translating as you speak. There's also camera translation: where you point your camera at something, like a road sign for example, and the translation appears on your screen. Or hand writing mode: where you can write the word that you want translated on the screen. You'll wonder how you ever managed without it.
9. Express VPN
Certain countries block selected websites, like Facebook and Google. Or perhaps you want to watch some Netflix from back home. My preferred way to get around these problems when on the road is to use a VPN, (virtual private network). The added benefit of using a VPN when connecting to public or hotel Wi-Fi networks, which are notoriously insecure, is to protect your privacy from potential hackers or identity theft. There are plenty of providers with great deals, I use Express VPN, which has secure servers in 148 cities and 94 countries, and it will work on your IOS or Android phone or tablet, also on your Windows, Mac or Linux laptop. There is a cost, around US$8 per month last time I checked, but there is a 30 day free trial period.
10. Google Trips
Trips is a fairly new app from Google, which can pull reservations from your email, including hotel bookings, car rental details, flights and plenty more. The app is different to other travel planners in that it doesn't actually book anything, it's more of a place to curate your trip, and of course being Google, it offers plenty of suggestions of what to see and where to go when you get there. I haven't used it that much, but it is pretty handy and I'm certain that Google will be adding more functionality all the time.
11. GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide is a one stop approach for finding and booking activities while on holiday, and it's actually really, really useful. It's another app that I've only recently started using, and am finding it handy for finding and booking tickets for day trips and entry to local attractions. The app has over 30,000 tours and activities in over 2,500 destinations, across more than 110 countries. Viator has more total activities available to book, but I just find the interface with GetYourGuide more friendly, and most importantly I'm always ready to back the little guy. So far I haven't been disappointed.
12. Flight Radar
This one is more cool than anything, but by showing pretty much every aeroplane that's in the sky at any point in time, on more than one occasion it's alerted me to a late or delayed flight before the airline's native app. Flightradar24 was started in 2006 by 2 Swedish aviation geeks, which has grown into a global flight tracking service that provides real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. It's really cool, the basic app is free to download, to get rid of the adverts carries a nominal cost, but it's not necessary, unless you find the ads really annoying.