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The abortions we don't talk about
Why is there so much implicit judgment about what is never a straightforward moral issue?
By Glosswitch Published 20 July 2012 8:33When I was pregnant with my children, I told people early on – way before the 12-week mark. It's a decision I don't regret, particularly when I recall the aftermath of an early miscarriage. Recently, though, I've started thinking that I wouldn't do the same again. It's not that I'm pregnant now, although you'll have to take my word for it. The fact is, if I were pregnant, I'm not sure I'd want anyone to know until after I'd had all "the tests".
I am on the wrong side of 35. The side upon which, apparently, everything goes horribly, horribly wrong, at least if you're female. Reproductively you're running out of time but as if that wasn't bad enough, like Jackie in Footballer's Wives, you start getting "rotten eggs". You might still have a baby, but it might not be as healthy as the babies you could have had earlier (we're assuming you've always had money and been in a stable relationship; if not, well, you just don't deserve a baby, ever). That said, it's probably best not to worry about it. After all, who do you think you are? You're not some Nazi eugenicist, you're a pregnant woman, and it's time to start acting like one. The trouble is, I'm not sure I'd be prepared to do that.
Every year, there are women who will have late abortions due to the discovery of some form of foetal impairment. In some cases the foetus or baby would die anyhow, so that's okay (unless we're in Ireland, in which case, tough; carry your baby to term and watch it die in the name of "life"). But in some cases the pregnancy would lead to a live birth with the baby going on to have a relatively normal life expectancy, yet requiring constant care. I am not sure, as a mother, that I could make that commitment. Neither am I sure that it would be fair to ask the children I already have to take over after I am gone. And as the sibling of someone who does require ongoing care, I'm under no illusions about what how hard it can be and what lies in wait for me. I wouldn't be able to face more than I already have to. Does that mean someone like me should just never get pregnant again? I think I am an okay mother; surely I am as deserving of this chance as anyone else?
I will be totally honest: when I read or hear potential parents saying that they "wouldn't care" whether or not their child was seriously disabled, I am just a little bit furious. Furious at the way in which they belittle the impact that serious disability can have on so many people's lives, and furious at the implicit judgement of those who do care, people who might have good reason not be so glib. Late-term abortions based on foetal impairment are difficult decisions. I don't know what the "right" decision for an individual should be but anyone, before they embark on such a challenging path, ought to really, really care.
This week the Telegraph is reporting on IVF pregnancies being terminated when women "learn the child is less than perfect":
Andrea Williams of the group Christian Concern said: "We have to question the values of a society which focuses so greatly on adult 'wants'.
"That a woman pursues a baby through fertility treatment and then aborts it because it is not perfect is selfish and harsh."
Do you know, if it wasn't for all the help my parents and I get from organisations such as Christian Concern and Life and SPUC, this sort of thing would really annoy me. Oh, hang on – we don't get any help from these self-satisfied, judgmental bullies. Just spite and meanness and pointless words. How dare anyone speak of someone else's suffering and loss in this way?
It is impossible to write honestly about how difficult being a carer can be because another person – the person you care for – is involved and their dignity has to be preserved. This is why women such as Andrea Williams can make heartless comments about "wants" and "perfection" without others being able to challenge her with the realities of their own lives. I am not suggesting that this type of abortion is a straightforward moral issue – it's the only instance where your choice is based on the specifics of the foetus, and not you – but I find the attitudes of groups such as Christian Concern hateful. It must be agonising for someone who wants a baby so badly and who has got so far to have to make this choice. I could never argue against it because it's a choice I'd probably make myself.
And what's more I think I could make it and still look the person I have to care for straight in the eye and admit to what I'd done. It's not that I would not want this person to exist. It's that I wouldn't want another person with the same wants and needs in our lives. And actually – I have no doubt of this – neither would he.
This post first appeared here on glosswatch.com. Glosswitch is a feminist mother of two who works in publishing.
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I for one am proud of our strict abortion laws in Ireland. Let me say that i am not religious in any real way but i believe that abortion especially late term ones are an outrage and an affront to humanity. In fact some 'modern' countrys are now permitting gender based abortions and this is a scandal and should be equated to a war crime as it is willful and deliberate destruction of life for self-motivated reasons. Yet we in Ireland are being labelled as being barbaric and living in the dark ages simply because we will never allow this outrage to occur in our land. Many Ulster protestants by the way fell exactly the same as i do so it not a catholic thing alone. No society anywhere should have the right to carry out abortion on demand as this is a slow return to the real dark ages . Whats next , getting rid of the elderly or sick . Abortion must be treated for what it is globally , an outrage .
"...in some cases the pregnancy would lead to a live birth with the baby going on to have a relatively normal life expectancy, yet requiring constant care. I am not sure, as a mother, that I could make that commitment."
So what would you, as a mother, be prepared to do exactly? Motherhood is fine for you when they're healthy, but when they're ill, you want out? As Paula pointed out, you never know what will happen to children during their lives. A severe disability does not make their lives any less worthwhile or them any less worthy of your love and devotion.
You say that you do not treat them like commodities. I think you do exactly that, but you prefer to package this desire as something which is reasonable and really quite civilised.
As a society, we have forgotten that the value of a human being does not lie in their physical or mental characteristics but in the fact that they are human! New life is a beautiful thing, why don't we treasure it?
I treasure cows and pigs (and so on) and their lives. They are mammals just as I am. I don't eat them, I don't kill them (ok, I also count birds as mammals and don't eat them). What about you?
Oh, I would have kept a cat without leg, just circumstances were less than perfect, and vet decided not to go with amputation, put the scared and suffering very young animal to sleep. Yeah, I chatted with some kids, who could hear what exactly was in the box (cat), but they couldn't smell the stench of rotting leg. Vet didn't want to pursue the idea of 'finding the home', concluding in front of children 'kitty is going to find great home'. You know, nobody wanted to take care of this animal after op and it would need a passport so I could take it myself. There were lots of people I had to ask opinions would they help in this and just nobody wanted. It was just a cat. I think I'm a bad spinner after all, couldn't convince anyone to help. Why nobody treasured life of this little kitten? All in all it was a life. Same story you will have with children, everybody is keen to advise how to do The Right Thing, but there's nobody to help out with for example constantly screaming child (and I know such family), where mother after several years of torment was forced to give up the kid.
You don't know how it is until you personally are in particular circumstances; there is life of more than one person at stake and mothers heve their own lives too. And they have right to have lives outside of motherhood and constant care of their children. I fully support such decissions.
'As a society, we have forgotten that the value of a human being does not lie in their physical or mental characteristics but in the fact that they are human! New life is a beautiful thing, why don't we treasure it?' - why don't you extend it personally and stop judge others what they should or shouldn't do, or how they should or shouldn't think?
This is why most of the time it has been recommended that one should avoid from getting child when this situation going to happen very soon. You have covered almost every thing and it is very great. I want that can you make the post on topic of how to get your ex back
Thank you for this beautiful article Glosswitch!
Thank you for your comments. Just to be clear: I don't wish to suggest parents should make one choice or another, or that one choice is naive or wrong - I'm sorry if it came across that way. What I wished to express is frustration at those who don't yet know the difference severe disability can make adopting a moral high ground, as though it's possible to rise above the whole debate. I think it's damaging to suggest that difference exists only in the eye of the beholder (it doesn't, not when you find yourself an ailing pensioner still caring for someone in their forties – and those of us who are lucky enough not to be in this position sometimes find it all too easy to say we wouldn't mind).
I really don't think this is an easy decision – I just know that, since I would like to have choices, it wouldn't be right for me to condemn the choices of others. I also accept that you can't predict the future and that you will love your child no matter what – I'm under no illusions that a nuchal fold scan at 13 weeks gestation means my sons are now immune from all the other things that can occur.
I wanted to write this because some parents or would-be parents go through an incredibly hard time when a severe disability is detected in a foetus. It's distressing enough even without them having to face public condemnation. To reduce such parents to consumers trying to pick and choose perfect babies (which is what I think the Telegraph article does) seems to me incredibly unfair and dismissive.
"I will be totally honest: when I read or hear potential parents saying that they "wouldn't care" whether or not their child was seriously disabled, I am just a little bit furious."
That seems very harsh of you, there are some parents who don't care whether their children are disabled or not, and they have just as much right to vent their opinion as you do. Clearly nobody should force you, or any other women to take on a severely disabled child if you feel that you can't cope with it, and nobody should make you feel guilty about that choice, but equally you shouldn't resent parents who do choose to make the choice to have such a child. Their choice is just as valid as yours.
I am pregnant, I am the wrong side of 35, I've told everyone that I was especting from the time the stick came positive and I have refused all testing that could lead doctor pressurizing me to have an abortion. - not that I would comtemplate one anyway. Let's be honest, we don't have control of what it happens to our lives or our children. One of my classmates had a healthy baby who unespectedly died within a week of being born. Others have had their 'healthy' babies diagnosed with autism at 3 years of age. What do you do? You can't kill the child or give up on them. He or she is your child after all in the good times or bad time and at any stage of life, these children / my child needs support to carry him/ her on to natural death, not to be given a push into it which is what abortion really does.
Lately there's been a lot of talk about euthanasia, but when it comes to any type of abortion, and as clearly can be seen in late terms abortions - these is really euthanasia for babies.
Autism is, at worst, a disorder - a collection of abnormal traits. It is not a disease, and in most cases the autistic is perfectly functional, just odd. Autism is genetic material that civilization needs, so don't hyperbolize this.
I am autistic, and no that isn't euthanasia, it's eugenics.
A brilliantly articulated post on an incredibly difficult and emotive issue.


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Ms Jacqueline McGladeExecutive DirectorEuropean Environment Agency (EEA)Kongens Nytorv,61050 COPENHAGENDANEMARK
Strasbourg, 3-10-2011
Visit to the European Environment AgencyOI/11/2011/PB
To the attention of Mr Søren Brostrup Nielsen and Ms Marie Henze
Dear Ms McGlade,
I write with regard to my visit at the EEA on 20 October 2011, which you kindly accepted in your letter of 27 July (reference 20906). I now write to inform you of additional formalities relating to this visit, as well as the themes that I would like to discuss.
I understand that your contact person for this visit is Mr Søren Brostrup Nielsen, Head of Budget, Finance, Resources Group. I confirm that my case handler in charge of the visit remains Mr Peter Bonnor, Head of Legal Unit B and Head of Registry.
In addition to myself and Mr Bonnor, João Sant'Anna, Director, will be present at the visit. The visit will take place from 14:30 to 16:30. I mentioned in my letter of 22 July 2011 that such visits are formally carried out on the basis of my competence to conduct inquiries on my own initiative. The correspondence relating to this visit therefore now carries a registration reference for such own-initiative inquiries (OI/11/2011/PB). I would be grateful if the EEA could quote this reference number in its own future correspondence too.
I would also like to inform you that my preparatory letters for this visit; that is, the first letter of 22 July 2011 and the present letter, will be published on the European Ombudsman's website on the following page:
If I decide to make suggestions to the EEA following my visit, the communication containing such suggestions will also be published on that page, as will the EEA's response, any further correspondence, and my final written conclusions.
I mentioned in my letter of 22 July 2011 that my office has seen a remarkably low level of complaint activity involving the EEA. Please find attached an annex with more detailed information about the EEA related complaints and inquiries.
With regard to the programme of my visit on 20 October 2011, I would like to discuss the following themes:
The specific issues that I would like to look at under each theme are the following.
One of the Ombudsman's fundamental tasks is to ensure that the EU administration is open, service-minded and efficient in handling contacts with citizens. The relevant basic principles are laid down in the European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour which the EEA adopted in 2004. The issue remains significant in our daily work, suggesting that the EU administration still faces some challenge in this area. When appropriate, the European Ombudsman tries to find a rapid solution to complaints that concern grievances about a citizen's first contacts with the administration. Usually this involves my services contacting the relevant person by telephone.
I am aware that the EEA has established an 'inquiry service' intended to ensure achievement of, among others, the principles laid down in the above-mentioned Code. I would be grateful for a presentation of this system. The presentation could include information about how the system helps the EEA's management to monitor the achievement of the objectives.
The European Ombudsman also has a particular concern to promote the transparency and increase the accountability of the EU administration. This is for instance reflected the EU's legislation on public access to documents, which expressly mentions the Ombudsman as a review body. It is also reflected in the Ombudsman's extensive powers of investigation, which enable us to thoroughly clarify the facts and issues raised in our inquiries.
I would be grateful to know more about the following issues:
(1) How does the EEA deal with requests for public access to documents in practice? What are the EEA's internal rules and guidelines for handling such requests? Please provide examples, such as the main correspondence in its handling of the last three requests for public access to documents dealt with under Regulation 1049/2001. (The substance of the EEA's decision in these examples will not be examined, as this is not the purpose of this visit.)
(2) The EEA handles a vast amount of information and data. Regulation 1049/2001 strictly speaking only applies to 'documents'. What is the EEA's approach to request for access to information as opposed to, or compared with, documents in the sense of Regulation 1049/2001?
(3) Does the EEA produce an annual report (internal or external) on its handling of public access to documents?
(4) Does the EEA operate, or intend to operate, a public register in the sense of Article 11 of Regulation 1049/2001?
(5) The European Ombudsman is increasingly called upon to examine the Commission's practices in the field of public consultations organised by the European Commission. I have noticed that the EEA appears to have an agenda of increasing the dialogue with citizens in addition to its current activities of gathering, processing and providing data[1]. I would be grateful to know more about this initiative, and about how the EEA implements this agenda in practice.
With regard to the substance of selection and recruitment decisions, the Ombudsman takes an approach similar to that of the EU Courts. This means, among others, that the Ombudsman recognises the very wide discretionary powers of the Administration in selecting its staff.
With regard to the procedural aspects of selection and recruitment, the Ombudsman has very actively worked to increase the transparency of EU recruitment. This has for instance led to transparency regarding the names of members of selection boards, and more elaborate evaluation sheets that provide candidates a better insight into how they were assessed.
The EEA's recruitment notices give indication of an informative approach to job candidates, for instance through the online publication of the names of selection board members. I would, in addition, be grateful to know more about the following issues:
(1) To what extent does the EEA provide job candidates access to the assessments of their applications?
(2) To what extent does the EEA seek quicker and less formal means to resolve disputes about selection and recruitment decisions than the procedure foreseen in Article 90 of the Staff Regulations?
(3) Does the EEA systematically inform candidates that they may complain to the Ombudsman (Article 19 of the above-mentioned Code)?
At the review level, disputes in relation to tender decisions and contractual relationships are most commonly dealt with by the courts. However, a significant proportion of the Ombudsman's cases has from early on concerned these areas. In relation to tenders, the Ombudsman draws inspiration from the Court's approach, which is to recognise the broad discretionary powers of the administration in assessing the substantive tender proposals, but carefully checking whether the administration gave valid and adequate reasons and whether the procedures and information rights have been respected. In relation to contractual disputes, the Ombudsman does not as such assess whether there is a breach of contract. We do, however, thoroughly examine whether the administration provided good reasons for its position, and we also look into the fairness of the administrative actions or omissions.
(1) How does the EEA handle disputes in relation to these areas?
(2) Are tenderers and contractors advised that they can complain to the Ombudsman?
Conflicts of interest arise when persons who work for the public administration may be seen as having an inappropriate personal interest in a matter with which they are dealing. Such conflicts need to be appropriately handled in order to ensure objective decision-making, and to enhance the public's trust in the administration. Recent events and cases show that the EU administration does not clearly enjoy the public's full confidence in relation to this issue.
What concrete measures does the EEA apply in order to avoid conflicts of interest in relation to the following areas?
(1) Recruitment of staff, including senior staff and scientific staff[2]
(2) Current and former staff members, notably regarding external activities during and after service at the EEA (see for instance articles 11, 11a, 12b, and 16 of the Staff Regulations)
I have consulted the EEA's relevant published information relating to tenders and contracts. On the basis of that information, I do not consider it relevant to ask for clarifications about those areas in relation to the issue of conflicts of interest.
I recall that any confidential information and documents that you share with us during the visit, and which you identify as confidential, will not be disclosed to anyone outside our institution[3].
I would like to thank you again for agreeing to organise this visit, and look forward to fruitful exchanges on the above-mentioned themes.
Please note that, following the meeting covering the above-mentioned points, I will also meet with the EEA Staff Committee. My decision to do so follows a request by the Assembly of Agency Staff Committees (AASC) to systematically meet with the staff committees of the agencies that are the objects of my own initiative visits.
I would like to thank the EEA management in advance for organising the practical aspects of my meeting with the EEA Staff Committee. The meeting should take place between 16:30 and 17:30.
Yours sincerely,
P. Nikiforos Diamandouros
● Annex containing information on complaints and inquiries relating to the EEA
[1] http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/speeches/global-citizen-observatory-the-role-of-individuals-in-observing-and-understanding-our-changing-world
[2] For instance the EEA's information requests in the following document, and the related procedures: http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/governance/scientific-committee/sc-rules-procedure.pdf
[3] Articles 5.1, 5.2 and 14.2 of the Ombudsman's Implementing Provisions, referred to in the Ombudsman's first letter of 27 July 2011.

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New visionary technology based company recognizes asteroid mining as key to continued planetary prosperity. "The company will overlay two critical sectors – space exploration and natural resources – to add trillions of dollars to the global GDP."
Following on the heels of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's announcement of the plan to build the worlds largest plane, capable of delivering a rocket into space, with the formation of Stratolaunch Systems in December of last year, enter PLANETARY RESOURCES INC. On Tuesday, April 24, plans for the newest commercial venture seeking to capitalize the exploration and development of outer space will be disclosed.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/21/billionaire-backed-space-venture-planetary-resources-to-be-unveiled-april-24/#ixzz1shL0izyr
In what Tariq Malik, writing forSpace.com terms audacious in this article, Quantum POP believes is not so much audacious as it is awe-dacious. It is the result of reaching the inevitable conclusion, that we are running out of the resources to remain in the lifestyle of prosperity for all, to which we would like to become accustomed too. And, since we have the technology, why not just put a bunch of the money that was going to be invested anyway, on finding and developing the dwindling resources of earth, and put that money where the mother lode of all resources are. I don't have to say it do I? You got it. That's Right!
This is where we want to be as a species the evidence would seem to indicate. On what do we base this? The world loves tech and the better standard of living it fosters and the fun it brings.. It is everywhere. all cultures and creeds.The more we make it, the more people want it and the more the world's standard of living increases as a direct or indirect result of this tech toy working model of wealth creation. And what are we making this wealth creation stuff out of? Things that are disappearing on earth but are in great abundance out there in the heavens.
It is instinctual, throughout all languages and cultures since the dawn of any historical record that when we seek God we look to the heavens. Are our very instincts so corrupted that even they are deceived? Then we should have never been. And if you believe that, then what are you doing here anyway. Go somewhere else and stop trying to slow down the fruits of evolution. Species evolve or die. It's the law. And those that break the law must go to the house of pain.
It is not that we all want to live in space or that even most of us do. It is that we can live anywhere.and we will improve the quality life on earth by doing so. If I were a person with skills, I wouldn't mind living out in space for 9 mo or so doing a job making a bunch of money and then coming back to earth and hanging out. Fisherman and other trades have been doing this for years.
Quantum POP believes that as a matter of survival, if we do not leave the nest, this latest earth product of dominant species will go the way of the dinosaur and will be replaced with a new species which fulfills the earth spirit, mother gya whatever's seeming desire to consciously connect in some way to the greater universe and embrace the creation from which it is made and from where we all come.
Space exploration and development is not arrogance. It is rather, an exercise in awe. The awe mankind inescapably feels when it comes face to face with the realization scientifically of its own puny tiny stature in a life of infinite proportions. Instead of fearing it, we must rejoice in the knowledge that in this universe, our creator has seen fit to give something as small as we, so much abundance. And all we have to do is what we love. This realization can only humble us and make us better able to accept it with gratitude. As we learn it, let us teach it and afford access to creation, to as many as possible, as soon as possible. To want more is to do more.
More awesome awedaciousness is certain to come.


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Location: Angell College Center (2nd floor Ballrooms) at SUNY Plattsburgh
Time: Employers - 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Students - 7 p.m to 9 p.m.
Open to all SUNY Plattsburgh students! Especially recommended for Juniors and Seniors.
Summer Employment, Internships, and Career Opportunities available!
The 37th Annual SUNY Plattsburgh Career Night will provide a unique opportunity for students to interact personally with a broad range of potential employers, while broadening their perspectives on career and employment options. These organizations will be available to interact with students regarding career and professional information, part-time and summer employment, internship opportunities, and full-time employment. Alumni are also welcome. See the employers who plan to attend in 2013.
Learn the basics about attending a career or job fair. This information will apply to any job fair but participants will learn more details of SUNY Plattsburgh's annual Career Night. Find out what to wear, what to bring, and what to say. Also, learn what types of organizations will be attending. Workshops are held in the Angell College Center.
Thursday, April 4 @ 2 p.m. ~ Kehoe 612
Monday, April 8 @ 11 a.m. ~ Kehoe 612
Students are also encouraged to review the Tips for Attending a Career Fair.
Why Attend a Career Fair?
1. Prospective employers are here – on campus!
2. This event is a great chance to explore possible internships as well as career opportunities.
3. This event gives you dozens of guests to practice your 30-second 'Elevator Pitch' with.
4. Some employers will be scheduling interviews.
Information for Employers
SCHEDULE: Need a schedule of events for Career Night? Click here (Career Night flyer here)
DIRECTIONS: Driving directions can be found on the About Plattsburgh section of our website. http://www.plattsburgh.edu/directions/
PARKING: Visitors are encouraged to park in the following lots: Kehoe, near Memorial Hall, or off of Draper Avenue. A complete guide to parking at SUNY Plattsburgh can be found at http://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/144/files/Parking-Regulations-Map2011-2012.pdf
LOCATION: All events will be held in the Angell College Center. http://www.plattsburgh.edu/maps/
To learn more about the Career Development Center at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
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Albritton named Miss 12 Hours of Sebring
By BARRY FOSTER
News-Sun correspondent
SEBRING - The 61st running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring will have a new race queen, but as many of her predecessors, this year's Miss 12 Hours of Sebring is no stranger to the race.
"I have been coming to the Race every year for the last 21 years," said Rickie Albritton from her cell phone on campus at the University of Florida.
In short, that means she has been at the races each year since she was born. Her father and mother, Scott and Diana Albritton, generally view the action from a motor home parked along the front straightaway at the Sebring International Raceway.
Albritton will receive the tiara and scepter from longtime friend and last year's queen, Hanna Shoop. When asked if Shoop had given her any advice, Albritton's answer was simple and direct.
"She told me I'm going to meet a lot of people and have a lot of opportunities to represent the track. She said it will be a lot of fun," Albritton said. "I told her 'I'm ready.' "
Because she is a Race fan, the Sebring native said she also has followed the sport. On track, it has been Audi that captured her heart as her favorite competitor.
"It is so exciting that they are going to be here with two of their new cars," she said.
Audi has been successful in 10 of the last 12 years at the endurance classic and will bring a pair of their e-Quatro machines for the last appearance of Le Mans Prototype cars in competition here.
Last year Albritton worked with Fast Lane Promotions, which manages the activites for the raceway's "greet girls." That gave her the opportunity to meet driver, team owner and actor Patrick Dempsey.
"That was really cool," she said. "I met him in one of the suites and had my picture taken with him."
Also like many of her predecessors, Albritton said serving as an ambassador as the Race Queen has been a lifetime ambition.
A local girl, Rickie Albritton is no stranger to local radio listeners - under the name Rickie Vann, she ran the popular Saturday Night Party program on 99.1 FM WWOJ playing requests and doing dedications.
"I still consider that the highlight of my career," she said.
Albritton was a "most valuable player" and captain of the volleyball team during her years at then-South Florida Community College. Since that time she has moved on to UF where her career in broadcasting has taken off, working both the campus television station WUST-TV as an entertainment reporter as well as sports radio WRUF in Gainesville.
The Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring will run March 13-16; the American Le Mans Series cars will be here Feb 5-8 for its annual winter test. This year's race will be the last run under the ALMS banner.
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I am so sick of the Audi bandwagon. the only reason they have been so successful over the years is because they were running against private underfunded teams with fewer resources. The only competition Audi ever had was Peugeot from 2007-2011 and now Toyota. Thank God this is their last year at Sebring.
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How Climate Change Affects the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough looks at how our scientists are studying our changing climate
- By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian magazine, February 2013, Subscribe
Watching Hurricane Sandy destroy parts of New York City and New Jersey last fall, I was transported back to those painful days spent witnessing Katrina pound the Gulf Coast in 2005. After Katrina killed more than 1,800 people in New Orleans and left the Ninth Ward submerged, I served on the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council's Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. That gave me a firsthand view of the storm's cost, both literal and psychological. Still, because of New Orleans' uniqueness, lying under sea level, many Americans were able to distance themselves from the tragedy.
With Sandy, no such distancing was possible. Once again, the costs will be extraordinary. And as policy makers consider measures like surge-protection systems that must last 100 years or more, there will be no escaping a discussion about global warming and rising seas.
Climate scientists debate whether global warming leads to more and stronger hurricanes—many do think that warmer seas feed energy to storms—but when the oceans are rising, any given storm more gravely threatens coastal areas.
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Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
Israel's big 65th Birthday bash was this past Sunday and Israeli blue and white flags fluttered in the breeze on a beautiful day in Rancho Park. The park was transformed into Israel as the smell of Israeli food wafted through the air as Israeli music blared and Hebrew was everywhere. Except, it felt like a small Israeli village instead of Tel Aviv because the park was nearly empty.
Before I criticize the fact that only 10,000 people attended (I am being generous) I need to congratulate the festival organizers the Israeli American Council (IAC) and festival producer Adee Drory because it was a first rate festival on production values alone. From very easy parking and fast shuttle buses ( not even waiting a minute) to the beautiful decorations,stages, entertainment and the first ever outdoor bar, it was first class production all the way and for that I say "Kol Hakavod" (all the power).
HOWEVER...... the festival lacked people and this is what I need to talk about. The attendance was way down from last year's 15,000+ in a city that boasts over 550,000 Jews and tens of thousands of Israelis (both legal and illegal ok I'll be pc and say undocumented) happy? Now first off, the festival had the misfortune of being of falling on the same week as the tragic terrorist attack in Boston. And despite being a hardy bunch many Israelis and Americans stayed home letting their fears get the best of them. Many families didn't want to take a chance with their kids and refused to go. Who can blame them? I am single and I am only responsible for myself. I don't have kids, so I can't criticize.
Now the biggest reason families didn't show up was the cost. The IAC took control over the festival two years ago and moved it to Rancho Park. The festival which was for many years in the Valley, used to be only a few shekels for admission and families came en masse with grills, picnic baskets and it was a "hafla" in the park.
No mas! The new festival does not allow anything to be brought into the park. Nada, Klum, Zilch, so families are forced to buy all their food and drink in the park. At $20 per person cover and $10 per child it can get very expensive. Yes they do have family of 4 discounts of $43 but I digress.
Now add $10 for parking, another $20 for rides for each kid, and another $15 per person for food and drink and it can get very expensive.
And this is where the IAC has lost touch with the average Shlomo. Many Israeli as well as many American families are struggling to make ends meet. Many families do not have $200 to spend the day in "little Tel Aviv". The festival organizers need to reduce the cover and I promise double or triple the crowd will show up. Celebrating Israel shouldn't be just for the rich. Remember most of us here are the "amcha" (the simple people). Moreover, the Israeli community is taken for granted. They should be invited not just placing colorful ads up with the festival info expecting people to show up but inviting them to feel apart of something special.
Next, more effort must be made to attract American Jews. The Westside, which is about 80% Jewish (okay, I exaggerate, but there's A LOT) should attract tens of thousands to a fun Jewish day in the park if they felt included and there was something in it for them. There are thousands of Russian Jews in LA who were not present . Why? They are huge supporters of Israel and many have relatives there. Russians have transformed Israel into a first class country. Why not have a Russian stage and Russian community things to do at the festival to attract the regular Vadim's and Marina's of the community. More effort must be made to attract this community.
Equally, the Persian Jewish community numbering at least 20,000 people should show up en masse as well. So too the Evangical Christians. They love Israel and the Jewish people. This is a win- win situation for all involved.
In the weeks before the Festival the organizers did exhaustive outreach to many parts of the community. They generated buzz and excitement. But at the end of the day, what matters is who actually walks through the gates.
There should be no reason why the festival can't attract 50,000 people or more. It's in the realm of possibility. Now having organized and produced Israel's 50th anniversary festival in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley for the Jewish Federatiion there, I know how much hard work and effort was made to produce this festival. I can tell you that I collapsed on stage during that festival and was in bed for 5 days afterwards because of exhaustion.
The only "fedechas" ( f...up) of this near perfect production was an Israeli singer who shall remain nameless, who sang the National Anthem in such poor English the crowd was roaring with laughter. They should have a big American celebrity to sing this not an Israeli. Remember be more inclusive. Moreover, they should have a red carpet full of American celebrities to attend this community event like we did when created " Live for Sderot" when I worked at the Israeli Consulate. We had over 60 celebrities walk the red carpet. They can have a VIP tent and charge money to drink with the celebrities. And lastly, limit the speeches on stage to no more than 2 minutes. Less is better. I get it -- Jews like to talk -- but enough.
I hope the IAC listens and hears what I am telling them, so that next year the festival will draw tens of thousands of people and the community will have a beautiful festival for the people to enjoy it.
This blog has been edited from the original version to reflect factual changes. For more on the Journal's coverage of the Celebrate Israel Festival, click here.
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April 10, 2013 | 6:25 pm
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
Jewish tradition gives us specific instructions to have respect for the dead to watch over and clean their bodies, to sit shiva, say Kaddish and to remember the departed. In Los Angeles however, our rabbis and community leaders obviously missed that lesson in the Talmud because they are out partying and vacationing on their huge salaries while hundreds of gravestones of Jews from our community are broken and in ruins.
At the Mt. Zion Cemetery in East Los Angeles, hundreds of graves are broken split in pieces either by vandals or time. After the LA Times' Hector Becerra, wrote an article about it last week, I met the only person in LA who deserves the title of Rabbi and the only Rabbi that gives a Shit! Rabbi Moshe Greenwald of Chabad of Downtown LA and I walked together in shock as we surveyed the damage to our brothers and sisters buried in this sacred ground. There are no words to describe headstones that are pushed over on their side and smashed in pieces. Hundreds of them! Other graves completely missing their headstones. Where is the outrage? Shame? Disgust? Outcry?
The cemetery which closed some years ago was apparently abandoned by the owner. Since then the Jewish Federation has had some responsibility over it giving a few shekels a year to clear the brush. I guess the Federation really doesn't care about the final resting place of the former members of the Jewish Community of Los Angeles some resting there for over 90 years, cause they be dead. Are you listening Jay Sanderson, so called Head of the Jewish Federation who makes over $600,000 a year plus benefits? And the other so called big shot Jews that work there? Can you spare a few shekels to fix this SHANDA? Where is Rabbi Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center? It's only a Shanda if he can make some money of it huh?
Last week a Jewish cemetery in Moldavia was vandalized and a few gravestones destroyed by anti-semites. I'm sure that Rabbi Hier is on the case, with cameras rolling. He never misses an opportunity to be in front of a camera. Expect an envelope to arrive in the mail requesting money from him shortly in the guise of Anti- Semitism.
My Yiddles and Yiddletes this is in our community. All ya'll pay big bucks to be buried. "I want to be buried where the sun hits me under the tree" and pay thousands of dollars for that privilege. But what happens in 80 years from now when none of your relatives are around to visit or care for your upkeep? It's up to the community to take care of its dead when all the surviving relatives are long gone.
The good Rabbi and I and a group of other outraged Jews decided we will do something about this SHANDA because our conscience dictates that we must. We are doing what must be done and we will need help. Lots of help! Just to fix the tombstones will be tens of thousands of dollars. In addition, most of the approximately 7,000 other tombstones that are still standing need to be cemented to their base.
The heads of the Federation have known about this problem for sometime now and chose to do nothing. Out of sight out of mind in East LA. They can't spend their precious funds on dead people when their top execs need a raise. C'mon now those folks are dead.
This is Shameful! Therefore, it is up to us the good people of our community to do the right thing and show respect for the dead. Let's not piss of G-d any further!
PS- A core group of concerned individuals including Rabbi Greenwald and myself with the support of Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry and Speaker of the California Assembly John Perez will be getting together on Sunday April 28thto discuss what we will do to fix this deplorable situation.If you are interested in helping please contact myself or the Rabbi. Rabbi email@example.com or LiAmi – firstname.lastname@example.com
March 15, 2013 | 10:57 am
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
A new Israeli Government has now been formed and this will be the first time that the religious Haredi parties will be sitting out on the sidelines and not in the Government. No more fat men in their black coats - there are no fat lady Knesset Members in their parties because they are not allowed -chas v chilila- will sit inside the government and write out blank checks for their rabbis and yeshivas. No more exempting yeshiva students from joining the army while they sit back and pretend to study in a yeshiva and make babies. No more blackmailing and shoving down religious laws and decrees down the throats of the Israeli public.
Maybe now 300,000 mostly Russian Israelis who do serve in the army, who pay taxes, hmmm -that's an interesting concept- and are proud to be Israeli won't have to fly to Cypress to get married because in Israel the Rabbis don't deem them Jewish enough and forbid them from getting married in any type of ceremony. Just maybe we can have Civil Weddings in Israel to save them the indignation and expense of flying abroad just to put a ring on it.
Maybe for once the honor of serving in the IDF will be evenly divided between all Israelis. Maybe now the the Haredim will actually have to get off their butts and get a job and not have the Israeli public pay for their 10th child. Maybe now women in Jerusalem won't be forced to the back of the bus in Haredi neighborhoods. Maybe now Israeli hotels and restaurants can be free to celebrate the New Year January 1, like the rest of the world and not be afraid of losing their kosher licenses. Maybe now we won't have so many jail cells filled with members of the Shas Party's inner circle. (at least a minyan)
Maybe if the Haredim are forced to sit on the sidelines women won't be arrested for praying at the Kotel. (G-d doesn't hear the prayers of women in Kippot- I'm just sayin!) Just maybe they will have time to look inside of themselves and reflect why the Israeli public has such disdain for them and how they represent themselves. And how their behavior of schnorring, lying and cheating has turned of thousands from the beauty of our religion. Nahhh, they really don't care. It's a good thing that I am not in the government and in charge of peace negotiations with the Palestinians because if I was, Bnei Brak, Bet Shemesh and Meah Shearim would become part of Palestine. Na na na na hey hey hey goodbye. End of Story.
For the first time two parties - Yesh Atid and Jewish Home- with opposite beliefs tied their fates together by negotiating as one and not leaving the other one behind. Finally some integrity comes to the Knesset in the likes of Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. And that gives me hope for Israel's future.
July 24, 2012 | 7:48 pm
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
Forty years after the Munich Olympic massacre in which 11 Israeli Olympians were killed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) still has not honored the Israeli victims of a so-called peaceful Olympics. In 1972, not only did the German Government ignore warnings three weeks before the Olympics of an impending terrorist plot against the Israelis, after the massacre the games went on -business as usual. Of course there were pictures of a few people crying- but recently released pictures of the Olympic village after the massacre show athletes lounging in the sun as the party went on cause they were only Jews-only 11 of them-after all Germany killed six million 30 years before -so what's another 11?
But the show must go on - and on the Olympics went. Let's cut the BS- If Russian athletes were murdered, would the show go on? Nyet- Cuban athletes? No way Jose! But Israelis, who cares? Jewish life is cheap. The US should have pulled out of the Olympics immediately but didn't. And the world quickly forgot.
For forty years Israel has asked for a moment of silence for the athletes and forty years it was rejected.
"It's a downer." "The Jews should get over it" "Let's party!" The head of the IOC, Jaques Rogge, (himself an athlete at the 1972 Olympics) is an anti-semitic piece of shit-yes I said it—doesn't believe in a moment of silence at the opening ceremonies Friday night in London. Instead, to deflect criticism, he held his own moment of silence with a few of his friends earlier this week in a private ceremony. How lovely! He is saying to himself "Why won't these g-d damn Jews stop whining already?"
What these damn Jews want is a moment of silence. The whole Olympic village is a sham. The IOC is a sham. Peace, love and brotherhood is a sham. How nice that the team from Iran has graciously consented not to run off the field this Olympics, if they face Israeli opponents unlike years past. After all, we Jews should be grateful that Israel is even invited to participate at all. How many countries don't even recognize our right to exist?
The real hero is Ankie Spitzer, widow of murdered Israeli fencing coach Andrei Spitzer, who has been trying to get the IOC to honor these victims. Her pleas have fallen on deaf ears. If the Olympics won't pay tribute to our fallen heroes then we need to do it ourselves. The 2012 Israeli Olympic team needs to march into the Stadium Friday night wearing black armbands and pictures of our murdered athletes. F it, and I don't give a damn, we need to have some respect for ourselves and march in with our heads held up high to remind the world that our athletes were murdered during this so-called peaceful event and if the world community won't do the right thing and honor them-we will!
June 25, 2012 | 9:04 pm
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
As a left of center liberal who proudly stands up for most Jewish and Israeli causes, I was disgusted and ashamed when I heard from my friend Orit Arfa, Executive Director of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) Western Region, that the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, canceled the planned event of the ZOA at Federation headquarters, 3 hours before it was supposed to start.
The ZOA a right wing organization if you will, scheduled an event on Sunday with controversial Jewish blogger Pamela Geller on the subject of "Islamic Jew Hatred as the Root Cause of Failure to Achieve Peace in the Middle East." Sunday's event, was planned a month in advance and was even posted on the Federation website. At 7:30am Steve Goldberg (National VP of ZOA) was notified by the leaders of the Federation including Federation head Jay Sanderson , that the event was cancelled. According to Goldberg, "the Federation cancelled the event because they were afraid of Muslim protesters".
The event was quickly moved to a different location and over 40 people still attended. However many more people who planned to go weren't notified of the last minute change missed Geller's speech. Now, the Federation , which I stopped supporting long ago (think highly inflated salaries of the execs, not servicing the poor or the Israeli or Russian communities with anything but lip service, blah , blah, blah,) belongs to the whole Jewish community both left and right and center and every Jew in between.
Does the Federation have the right to censor different Jewish groups that are part of the mainstream? Will they cancel a speaker from Peace Now or Democrats for Israel? Who decides? Should I give Jay Sanderson a copy of my blogs beforehand so he can censor them too? Who appointed him the King? Oh ya, he gets over $500,000 a year to be king of the Jews, I digress.
Do I support the goals of ZOA? No
Do I support the views of Pamela Geller? No
Do the Muslims or Arabs cancel speeches because they may upset Jews? No
These people have a right to be heard, no matter how much we may or may not disagree with it. The people in our community need to hear all opinions and to draw their own conclusions.
The Federation said they were concerned for public safety. The Federation building is well protected with armed guards, cameras, metal detectors as well as the LAPD. When I worked at the Israeli Consulate a threat to my life was faxed in to the Consulate during the Gaza War. Was I scared? Did I shake in my boots? Did I stop working? No!!! Because if we give in to threats, then the terrorists will have won. Period!! That's why life goes on in Israel -we don't give into terror.
Will the Federation start evicting different groups from 6505, because certain people may not like their viewpoints on certain issues. Maybe we should send a list of these organizations to the Islamic Council on Public Affairs to see if they meet their approval.
When I had my radio show last year we had such anti-Israeli guests like Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, Greta Berlin and others who the Jewish Community finds offensive. Did I or the station censor my show or my guests? No! Why because we are all intelligent enough to make up our own minds, and everyone deserves to be heard. I value everyone's opinion, even if I may disagree with it. Although I disagree with her and the ZOA on some issues, Orit Arfa is a friend of mine just as Greta Berlin and Knesset Member Tibi are facebook friends of mine. We agree to disagree. Period!
Jay Sanderson and the Jewish Federation owe the entire Jewish community an apology for quivering and shaking in their boots to threats, for censoring an interesting speaker and for underestimating the intelligence of the Jewish community.
April 27, 2012 | 9:20 am
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
She may be getting old but at 64 she is still young. She may have some wrinkles and some faults but she still is beautiful. Our little Israel is one year away from her social security check. Get the Geritol, Viagra and Depends and let's get this party started! This small tiny miracle of a country has now over 7.881 million people (5.9 million Jews plus 300,000 people who lost their Jewish identity when immigrating to Israel you see because only their father was Jewish. Imagine immigrating from Russia where you were called "dirty Jew " all your life and you move to Israel and you find out that your not really Jewish after all. Huh?- But I digress) Remember the days when we barely had a minyon? Although, the land of Israel always had a continuous Jewish presence the country was founded in 1948 with only 650,000 Jews. Well through all the yelling, screaming, wars and protests -we be having babies-alot-of them- we have one of the highest birthrates in the Western world. Israel is becoming one of the most densest population centers in the world. We are paving over the entire Holy Land with cement. Pretty soon the only green left in Israel will be the money changers standing on Rehov Rothschild. It's Jew on top of Jew.
Despite sitting in a bad neighborhood, ok a really bad neighborhood, think Martin Luther King Blvd bad- lol Israel is flourishing. It has become a world leader in hi-tech, technology, science and culture. No longer does Israel need pity "oh that poor country, those poor people". Nor does Israel need the little pishke box of spare change that people used to donate "to help those poor Israelis" . Damn, I'm sorry to the Israeli Government but I just let the cat out of the bag. I just can't keep the secret anymore. It's okay we can save our pennies now for some other cause like disabled sea lions who are starving and need clean water.
Israel has also become a world leader in corrupt and horny politicians but we won''t go there. Instead we will focus on the positive, like um… oh ya parties. Tel Aviv has become one of the biggest party cities in the world. In Los Angeles, last call for alcohol is 1:30AM, in Tel Aviv that is when you first go out. And ain't no one parties like Israelis party, which is the reason for the population explosion in the first place.
Despite all the war, terrorism and all our differences between Arabs vs Jews, leftists vs rightists, religious vs seculars, rich vs poor we are thriving amidst the chaos.. Nobody thought in 1948 when we were declared a nation we would survive a year, let alone 64. Israel is ours. It's not perfect, far from it, but it is up to us to fix it and make it that way. So to Israel, "Yom Huledet Samach", may you thrive forever, but maybe its time for a some botox, maybe just a little to smoothe out the wrinkles.
January 17, 2012 | 2:09 pm
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
"Kol ha olam kulo -gesher tzar meod"- "All the world is a narrow bridge"
Usually I write sarcastic and controversial blogs, today however I will write my first blog of the New Year on a beautiful thing that the Jewish/Israeli community did for the mostly Latino and African American kids of East Los Angeles and Watts. This story deserves to be told and unfortunately because of a serious car accident and resulting injury I couldn't write about it until now. This is the story of the beautiful Jewish/Israeli Community in Los Angeles that I am proud to be a part of and a story rarely told.
I am the Public Relations Director of Circle of Help Foundation, a non-profit that works with at risk needy teenagers in high schools in some of the poorest neighborhoods of LA. Many of the teenagers we work with come from broken families and have had trouble with drugs, gangs, pregnancy, etc. and our amazing counselors try to turn the lives around by showing them that there is another way.
I know it is hard to believe but many of these teenagers come from such poverty that they go without eating, don't have enough clothes, or even a dollar in their pocket. Yes, right here in Los Angeles, we have such dire poverty and most of us have no idea.
When I heard from the counselors that these kids will probably not receive anything for Christmas from their families I decided to step in and make Christmas happen.
I organized 3 parties for about 200 teenagers, the first one at the Dorothy Johnson High School in Watts. With the blessings of the Principal Kenyatta Stiger Jr, a caring, fearless man from the neighborhood we gave these kids a party they will never forget.
I started putting out the word via Facebook and calling Israeli friends who have clothing companies for donations. One by one, Israeli friends stepped up to the plate donating thousands of dollars in clothing and merchandise for my teenagers. The Consulate General of Israel-my former employer- donated 200 backpacks that say "You have a friend in Israel" to the cause with Deputy Consul Gil Artzyeli coming to Watts to speak to these teenagers about Israel. The backpacks which were stuffed with new clothes, jewelry, CD's, notebooks etc were given to these kids who's happy faces said everything.
This was one a the most beautiful things that I have ever been a part of. The generosity of our community that gave thousands of dollars in merchandise to make Christmas happen for teenagers another world away in East LA and Watts will never be forgotten. In today's society when most people care only for themselves, "our community" needs to be commended for proving the world is just a narrow bridge.
LiAmi with kids
Principal Stiger with kids
Deputy Consul General Gil Artzyeli talking to the school
December 4, 2011 | 3:10 pm
Posted by LiAmi Lawrence
Earlier this week the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Absorption Ministry pulled the plug on an arrogant, ill –conceived, disgusting and demeaning billboard campaign to bring the estimated 750,000 Israelis living in America home. The campaign was heavily criticized by American Jewish groups as well as American government officials in Washington. First off, I am in totally agreement that Israel needs to reach out to their expatriates to get them to return. However, insulting Americans and American Jews was not the way to do it.
The campaign using billboards in heavily Israeli neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Miami and New York as well as magazine advertisements and YouTube videos in Hebrew, implored Israelis to return to Israel before "aba becomes daddy" and "Chanukah becomes Christmas". The arrogance of the Absorption Ministry to put billboards up in a foreign country America, telling Israelis to basically "keep away from American Jews and Americans because your children will assimilate". Imagine the State Department putting up billboards in China, Mexico or Nigeria and telling the Americans there not to associate with the people of those countries. The YouTube video of Israeli grandparents rolling their eyes at the thought of Christmas was downright insulting to every American.
The campaign was lambasted by the ADL and other Jewish leaders and caught the attention of some members of Congress and was featured on CNN. The $650,000 campaign was the epitome of Israeli arrogance and chutzpah. The government of Israel quickly disassociated itself from it and blamed the absorption ministry. It is hard to believe that the Foreign Ministry had no knowledge of this campaign. More of the blame game.
The $650,000 could have been better spent on Israeli education, affordable housing for young Israeli families and newly released soldiers than on this fiasco. Why is everything the Israeli Foreign Ministry touches a PR nightmare? How incompetent are they? Having been the Director of Media at the Consulate in Los Angeles I will give no comment, suffice to say that when they are ready to call me to come back to work my agent will tell them "that they can't afford me".
Neither myself, or any of my friends after seeing these ads are packing our bags because of these ads so if there is an El Al jet waiting for us, it needs to keep its engines running a bit longer because we won't be coming home for Christmas.
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The recomended servings say to take Cell-Tech twice a day during the loading stage (morning and post workout) for 5 days. Then after the loading stage just once a day in the morning.
I was wondering if you guys think this is a good amount to take or should I play around with when I take a serving and how much to put in a serving. And also how long I should stay on it? Take it on an empty stomach?
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15 Must-Read Gown Shopping Tips
Calculating costs, shopping around, and opening your mind. Just some of the 15 tips you should bookmark and save.
by Hollee Actman Becker
Calculate Costs
When calculating your wedding dress budget, don't forget to factor in the cost of your veil and headpiece — which can run from $50 to $500 — as well as your shoes, lingerie and wedding jewellery. Also, keep in mind that almost all gowns need alterations, which will add to the bottom line.
Dress Codes
Many houses of worship consider bare shoulders disrespectful. Ask your celebrant about specific body-coverage requirements before you start wedding dress shopping. Or look into a wrap or shawl for the ceremony.
Play Hooky
We know you're busy, but if at all possible take time off during the week to begin your hunt — you'll get more of the salesperson's time and attention than you would on a busy Saturday.
Ways to Save
Avoid ornate, hand-done beading or lacework. Shop sample sales for floor models sold at discounts. Consider a bridesmaids dress in white. Wear your Mum's dress. Choose a simple headpiece and veil. Or try browsing through a consignment shop (for "pre-loved" gowns).
Open Your Mind
When you're in the bridal boutique, don't eliminate anything at first glance. Even though certain styles work best on certain body types, don't let the "rules" narrow your search too much. It helps to try on all different kinds of dresses and then to decide which shape and style you look and feel best in. So if the salesperson brings you something she says you must try — try it, even if you detest the way it looks on the hanger. Many a bride has ended up in love with a wedding gown the salesperson had to persuade her to try on.
Shop Around
You didn't get engaged on your first date so, likewise, you shouldn't buy the first dress you try on. Give yourself all the options and the time to think by shopping more — and elsewhere — before you buy.
Sleep On It
Even after you think you've found your wedding gown, take a day to be absolutely sure it's the one for you. Since bridal gowns are custom-made, most salons put a no-return policy in their contracts; if you can get any money back, it probably won't be any more than 50 per cent of the cost.
Trust Your Instincts
If you have to be reassured that the dress looks great on you, it's probably not the one. Is this how you pictured yourself looking as a bride? Can you really see yourself walking down the aisle swathed in this gown? If not, take it off and move on.
Take Proper Measures
When you're ready to order your wedding dress, the store will take your measurements: bust, waist, and hips. Each manufacturer has its own measurement chart and this is what the store will use to determine your size. A knowledgeable store will know how a particular designer's gowns are supposed to fit. Ask to see the sizing chart so you can have a better understanding of the way it works. And make sure the correct size gets ordered, using your largest measurement as a guide. One thing to remember: wedding gowns run small, so don't be alarmed should your final size jump up a number or two.
Focus on the Fit
Know, too, that every wedding dress needs alterations to fit precisely to your frame. When your gown is altered correctly, you should be able to move comfortably with everything staying in place. Alterations can be as simple as taking in the waist and shortening the hem; in more complex alterations, the sleeves may be abbreviated, the bodice taken in and lace or beads added.
Go Undercover
Bridal designers advise wearing undergarments in a tone close to your skin colour. The more similar they are to your colouring, the less likely you'll see them through your dress.
Fit In Fittings
You'll probably have at least two or three dress fittings, which you'll schedule with the store when you purchase your wedding dress; more may be necessary, so leave ample time before the wedding. You should also ask for a written alterations estimate at the time of purchase, since this service is not always included in the cost of your wedding gown. If the store doesn't do its own alterations, ask the salesperson you've been working with to recommend a trusted tailor or dressmaker.
Pre-wedding Poses
If you're planning to sit for a bridal portrait, you'll also want to find out if the store will let you borrow your gown for pictures, then return it to them so they can press your wedding dress so it will look fresh for the big day.
Cover the Bases
Find out exactly how long it will take for your wedding dress to come in and be sure to pay with a credit card. For such a big purchase, you'll want to be able to dispute a payment just in case something goes wrong.
Test Your Dressmaker
Think you've found someone to create your wedding gown? Have her make you another dress — a frock for work, perhaps — so you can see her work and how you liaise together before you entrust your wedding dress to her.
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26-04-2012 11:19 AM - edited 26-04-2012 11:28 AM
Freezes for me too every time I press START. I have tried everything including re-installing and deleting all PS HOME data and files.
Patch required i think
Bozza (UK User)
on 26-04-2012 03:33 PM
on 29-04-2012 12:17 PM
Why does this thread have a green tick? IT AINT FIXED !!!!!!!!!
05-05-2012 10:42 AM - edited 05-05-2012 10:43 AM
Unfortunately delete the HOME app and or settings did not solve my problem.
Is the HOME team aware of this issue?
In fact, after I deleted the settings and recreated the character I had a few messages which required start to respond and then I was offered the option to open the group page and it froze.
I am not going to touch home until someone has fixed the issue but it would be nice if we know that someone is working on it.
My languange is set to English as I am in UK
on 20-05-2012 07:42 PM
Guess what folks!... Its not just Scandanavians!, its every user on Play Station Home Network. And a correction there's nothing wrong with the PS3 game console, its PS Home Network's server system where the problem is apparently. I guess whoever actually owns these servers,(whether it is actually Sony itself - or a sub contractor of theirs that provides the service) that is where the snafu seems to be so..whats the answer to it u ask ?.... probably like everyone else theres a "budget" they work under, and the answer is to throw more money at it. Ever wonder why these Virtual clothing items cost so much?....yep thats right!...the money grossed from these "sales" is what is running these puky servers. We can all only hope that some day, perhaps in another life time we can have a system that no longer freezes and prevents users from enjoying what they have purchased.
I have discovered simply by going to your Harbor Studio Apartment and then go from there to other locations seems to work best. Of course this circumvents the whole idea of ease of access which is what your XMB menu is suppose to give you. I have deleted and re-installed Home Network now at least 6 times in the past 2 years, that comparable to deleting everything on ur expensive personal computer and then reloading all its programs over and over. We shouldn't have to keep doing that!
I've said it before... "I love Home Network, and what it allows me to do- I just wish whoever is controlling this thing could do a better job of serving the millions of "user folks" who by now are getting very very frustrated.
on 21-05-2012 05:36 PM
Given the amount of money I spent on HOME stuff it would be nice if someone from the HOME team would official comment on this freezing issues which are affecting everyone and are not country based.
I have attempted everything. I deleted all the HOME related stuff in both the saved folder and the game data folder. I deleted the application, redownloaded everything and as soon as I press the START button the system freezes which forces me to force a hard reset, resulting in an email sent to Sony stating the system has crashed and the PS3 OS doing a file check.
HOME is completely and totally useless now as you can't do much without the navigator.
Can someone at least offer some word of reassurance that the issue is been checked?
on 05-06-2012 09:54 PM
Why no one is doing anything about this issue? Where are the HOME developers or the people that should be supporting with this issue? At least in the US you can have a debate with them to help troubleshoot the issue but over here in UK the only thing you get is a wall of silence.
This stupid HOME is still freezing as soon as I press the START button and nothing seems to solve the issue.
I tried deleting the app, the settings ,the script and everything that has HOME in any PS3 folder and re-installed everything without luck.
THis is still an issue and I find it an absolute disgrace that no one from Sony care about this. When it was time to take my money for the content purchase they were happy to do it but now that I need to access the content I paid for and I cannot no one seems to care or be seen.
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See how to use the network and parameter interface.
The network editor lets you see and edit the nodes in a folder in the scene hierarchy, and the connections between the nodes.
Usually you will have a network editor alongside a linked parameter editor , which lets you view and edit the parameters of the nodes you select in the network editor. You can also press P in the network editor to split it into a network view and a mini parameter editor.
Changes the display of the network editor to a list. | |
Displays a small network overview box in the bottom left corner of the network editor pane. | |
Displays a small color palette in the bottom left corner of the network editor pane. You an change the color of selected nodes by clicking a color on this palette. | |
Creates a network box around selected nodes so you can group nodes visually. | |
Creates a yellow text box where you can comment on nodes or networks. | |
Creates a subnet which lets you encapsulate multiple nodes inside a single node. | |
Lines up the horizontal edges of the selected nodes. | |
Lines up the vertical edges of the selected nodes. | |
Moves the selected nodes so they have an equal amount of horizontal space between them. | |
Moves the selected nodes so they have an equal amount of vertical space between them. | |
Snaps nodes to the closest grid position. | |
Displays the network editor grid. When this button is on, snapping is enabled. | |
Opens a dialog that allows you to search for a node in your network. You can also open this dialog by pressing Ctrl + F in the network editor. | |
Opens the display options dialog for the network editor. |
Network view
The layout area shows a graphical representation of the nodes in the network and connections between them.
Nodes are represented in the layout area by a box, with an icon showing the node type, flags, and inputs and outputs.
If the node is drawn with red stripes, it means the node did not cook properly. If the tile is drawn with a yellow and black border, it means the node only partially cooked, and may be producing bad data. In either case, press on the tile to see the error or warning message.
Inputs | Connect to the outputs of other nodes. Many SOPs take geometry as input from "upstream" nodes, modify it, and output the modified geometry, to be used as input to other nodes. |
Outputs | Connect to the inputs of other nodes. Many SOPs take geometry as input from "upstream" nodes, modify it, and output the modified geometry, to be used as input to other nodes. |
Flags | Most node tiles have areas on the tile that you can click to turn certain flags on or off for that node. Some flags toggle on and off when you click the flag area, but some flags can only be on for one node at a time. |
Press on the icon to show a context menu for the node.
Node context menu
Toggle flag name | Use these menu items to switch the display flag, render flag, template flag, or lock flag on and off. They are the same as clicking the colored flags on the tile. |
Take Toggle Display flag name | Add the state of the flag to the current take. |
Preview Window | (SOPs only) Opens a new viewport in which you can view and edit the SOP's geometry. This lets you see the effects of work in other panes, or higher up in the chain, on that sop. |
Spreadsheet | (SOPs only) Opens a geometry spreadsheet for the SOP in a new floating window. |
Extended information | Opens an Extended Operator Info/ref/windows/extendedoperator window for the node. |
Save Geometry | (SOPs only) Lets you save the SOP's geometry as a
You can read the geometry back into Houdini use the File SOP. |
Save Texture UV to Image | (SOPs only) Lets you render out a UV image from the SOP. |
Parameters | Opens a parameter editor for the node in a new floating window. |
Animatable Parameters | Opens an Animatable Parameters/ref/windows/animatableparameters window for the node. |
Scope Channels Dialog | Opens a Scope Channels Dialog/ref/windows/scopechannels for the node. |
Create Nested Channel Groups | Creates a hierarchy of channels in the channel editor corresponding to this character asset's parameters. |
View Dependencies | Opens a View dependencies window for the node. |
Edit Comment | Opens a window where you can view and edit the node's comment field. This is the same as clicking the comment icon in the parameter editor. |
Edit Parameter Interface | Opens the Edit Parameter Interface window for the node. |
Align Vertical Edges | Lines up the vertical edges of the selected nodes. |
Align Horizontal Edges | Lines up the horizontal edges of the selected nodes. |
Distribute Selected Horizontally | Moves the selected nodes so there is an equal amount of horizontal space between them. |
Distribute Selected Vertically | Moves the selected nodes so there is an equal amount of vertical space between them. |
Create Digital Asset | (Subnets only) Creates a new scripted
subnet from the node and saves it to a
You can script this using optyperead, optypewrite, optypeinstall, and optypeuninstall. |
Hide/Expose Inputs/Outputs | Hides or displays the node's inputs/outputs. |
Select Inputs/Outputs | Selects all nodes that connect into/out of the node. |
Save to Gallery | Opens the Edit Node Gallery Entry window for the node. |
Change Type | This lets you change the node to a different node type, while optionally keeping its name, parameters, and network contents. |
Select | Selects the node. |
Reference Copy | Creates a copy of this node that gets all its values from the original. |
Delete | Deletes the node. The network does its best to reconnect the remaining nodes. |
Help | Opens the help for the node. |
Operator Type Manager | Opens the Operator Type Manager window. |
Type Properties | Opens the Operator Type Properties window. |
Background context menu
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Add | Allows you to add a file operator, bundle, group, new network, network box from selected nodes, or a sticky note. | ||||||||||||||||||
View Nodes as a List | Changes the display of the network editor to a list. You can also press T to toggle between the regular view and Tree list view. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Delete/Rename/Collapse | Deletes, renames, and collapses selected nodes. | ||||||||||||||||||
Select All | Selects all nodes in the network editor. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Find Node | Opens a dialog that allows you to search for a node in your network. You can also open this dialog by clicking in the toolbar or pressing Ctrl + F in the network editor. | ||||||||||||||||||
Scope/Delete Channels | Scopes or deletes animated parameters on the selected node. | ||||||||||||||||||
Run Script | Opens a dialog which you can use to run Houdini scripts with user interfaces. | ||||||||||||||||||
Show Network Editor Toolbar | Allows you to toggle the toolbar display on and off. Note The toolbar preferences are saved as part of the Desktop. | ||||||||||||||||||
Enable Drop-on-Wire | When this checkbox is turned on, you are able to drag and drop nodes onto wires to connect them to the network. You can also toggle this option on and off by pressing E in the network editor. |
[Icon:BUTTONS/gear] Gear menu
For the contents of this menu see Background context menu above.
List view
List view shows all nodes in the current network and their flags and attributes in a tabular format. Right click in the network editor and choose View nodes as a list.
Right click in list view and open the List Order submenu to set the order in which nodes appear in the list.
User Defined | Lets you manually set the order of nodes by dragging them. |
Alphabetical | Sorts the nodes by name. |
Operator Type | Sorts the nodes by type. |
Hierarchical | In Object networks (OBJ), this sorts the nodes into a tree
according to parent-child relationships. Child objects are
indented under parent objects. If the indenting would push
the node off the edge of the pane, |
Node icon gets yellow and black outline or red stripes | A yellow-and-black outline means the node only partially cooked, possibly because of bad input data. Red stripes over the icon mean the node had an error. Press on the node's icon to see the warning or error message. |


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