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The best thing on Twitter last year was Modern Seinfeld, a feed that gave 140-character episode outlines as though Seinfeld was still being made today. It was so damn good you could see each episode playing in your head as you read them.
Well, there's also one for video games. It's called Video Game Seinfeld. And it's amazing.
(it helps if you read them in the character's voices, on the off chance your brain hasn't watched enough episodes that it does this automatically)
Video Game Seinfeld [Twitter]


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1. I'm NEVER going to surf the internet during class.2. I'm going to brief EVERY case for class.3. I had to read a lot in my undergrad major, so I'm sure I can handle a little more in Law School. 4. I'm sure I'll go to every class in LAW SCHOOL.5. I'm going to hand-write all my notes because I did it undergrad and I can REMEMBER things better.
6. I got As throughout my education...law school should be no different.7. The LENGTHIER my briefs / outline the better.8. I'll have time to be an" officer" in all 7 campus organizations that interest me + law review9.(repeat) I will brief every case
1. I will not fall asleep in class2. I will read every supplement I have3. I will write my own outlines
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Among the slew of products unleashed during the Google I/O developer conference is one many users of Apple's iOS devices have wanted for some time: A version of Google's Chrome browser that runs on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.
Chrome for iOS became available in the iTunes App Store yesterday, which indicates Apple and Google can still collaborate despite ongoing rancor. If you're an iOS user who loves Chrome on your desktop or notebook computer, you'll want to download this ASAP. Of course, it's free.
More bad news: Apple doesn't allow other browsers to be the default, so tapping on links in email or other applications will only launch those Web pages in Safari.
In addition, there are some odd quirks. I've seen strange text displays on some sites, and one of my Twitter followers pointed out that Chrome doesn't use one of handiest features built into iOS: tapping on the status bar at the top to instantly move to the top of a page.
Despite these failings, Chrome for iOS has immediately replaced Safari as the go-to browser on my iPhone and iPad for one big reason: It syncs bookmarks, passwords and tabs with my desktop copies of Chrome. I now have the same Web environment everywhere, regardless of the platform. Since I work on Windows, Mac, iOS and yes, even Android devices, this is huge.
Chrome for iOS installs quickly and asks for your Google login. Once you've signed in, your desktop bookmarks and passwords are almost instantly available.
On the iPhone, tabs are displayed horizontally, and you can pull down on the front tab to reveal what's behind it. You can open tabs from bookmarks, manually typing or pasting in a URL or you can pull up new pages from tabs open on other devices, such as your desktop computer.
To get rid of a tab, you can either tap the X or slide the tab off to the side. It works the same as on Chrome for Android – which, by the way, came out of beta this week.
On the iPad, Chrome for iOS looks a lot more like Chrome for traditional computers, with tabs marching across the top of the page.
One of the best iPad features is the ability to pull in the desktop version of a site, rather than a crippled mobile version. For example, when you initially call up Twitter's page, you're shown the mobile site. Once you tell Chrome to give you the full version, that's what you'll get every time thereafter.
Chrome for iOS also offers Chrome's Incognito mode, which lets you surf without leaving a history of your activity on the device.
For me, Chrome for iOS's benefits far outweigh the drawbacks, and it'll be the browser I choose to open on my iDevices from here on out.


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My friend Christian Ristow was at Maker Faire with his giant pneumatically powered sculpture called Hand of Man. It's great. It's a highly interactive piece in which one puts on a glove with sensors and controls a multi-ton pneumatic hand capable of picking up and crushing a refrigerator.
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
I've known Ristow for years, ever since I interviewed him for a book and we stayed in touch. About a year or so ago, I worked on a TV pilot for Discovery Channel starring my friend Christian. He is perhaps the most gifted mechanical artist I've ever met.
Ristow designed a machine gun potato cannon which was a true machine gun spud gun. It had a gravity fed magazine that fed spuds into the firing chamber. There were four air tanks with solenoid valves that could shoot potatoes continually and at high velocity at a target until the magazine was emptied. I dubbed it "the Quadra-tator."
The airtanks were massive and could hold plenty of compressed air. I calculated the muzzle velocity was well in excess of 85 mph. The rate of fire depended on the speed with which you turned a crank. The crank controlled five pneumatic solenoid valves, one for the magazine loader and one for each of the air tanks.
It worked absolutely great. We could get 20 or potatoes in the magazine and could empty the thing in much less than a minute. For the finale, the Quadratator, along with the gatling gun that Dave Mathews built, destroyed a car with it.


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Anyone in Suffolk looking to play tennis - not crazy into games (keeping score)....just love hitting the ball
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Just recently interested in playing tennis again. Used to play in varsity high school team but have been away from the game for some time. Anyone interested in playing today?
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What's NEW in Children's Literature and Strategies for Using It in Your Program (Grades K-6) 2019
Presented by Judy Freeman
Totally NEW Seminar All NEW Titles for the Year 2019
- The best, new children's books published in the last year matched with a wealth of ready-to-use ideas and engaging activities for ALL areas of your program
- A stimulating, high-powered presentation to make you excited about this year's new books and eager to try them out with your own students
- Sample copies of the best, new books will be on display for you to preview
- Instantly usable activities, demonstrations, bibliographies, booktalks, and an ALL NEW resource handbook that you'll use year after year
Practical Ideas and Strategies
In this electrifying, ALL NEW seminar, Judy Freeman will share with you her treasure-trove of the best, NEW children's books from this past year. With more than 20,000 children's books published each year, teachers and librarians are keen to select only the best titles to use with their students.
Judy Freeman, internationally recognized expert on children's literature, can help you with this challenge. Going well beyond just familiarizing you with the best of the newly published titles, she will introduce you to scores of engaging strategies to integrate children's books across content areas for grades K-6.
Judy's high-powered presentation will model reading aloud, booktalking, storytelling, singing, and a host of other literature appreciation and curriculum-based techniques that will get you energized and ready to use these successful, easy-to-use strategies with your children.
Ten Key Benefits of Attending
- Preview the Best, New Children's Books
See the BEST of the most recently published children's books – picture books, novels, informational nonfiction, poetry, folklore … Many of the books will be available for your personal review
- The Best, New Fiction Books
Get acquainted with realistic and fantasy fiction … Memorable titles you'll be inspired to read aloud and use for booktalks, read-alouds, guided reading, literature circles, and book clubs
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A rich resource of meaningful books for fact-loving learners … Explore specific techniques for presenting all types of riveting informational books to dovetail with your state standards
- The Best, New Picture Books
Discover some of the most arresting and inspiring picture books published in the last year and learn how to use them creatively throughout the curriculum with students of all ages
- Strengthening Read-Aloud Skills
Tips and techniques for getting your kids to hang onto every word you read – and to become fluent readers themselves … All modeled by one of the country's read-aloud experts
- Honing Your Book Selection Skills
As a reading role model for your students, you'll find Judy's many valuable book evaluation strategies essential for selecting new books you and your students will love to read
- Developing Reading and Writing Skills
Loads of innovative ideas for developing challenging reading and writing projects along with samples of children's work inspired by this year's most unforgettable children's books
- Tying New Books into the Classroom and Library Curriculum
Connect the best books of the year to your whole curriculum to enhance language arts, science, social studies, math, the arts, and more … Involve and excite your children with language through creative drama, Reader's Theater, booktalks, storytelling, poetry, wordplay, and songs
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Hear the latest news from the children's book publishing world … Connect with top-notch online resources, including websites, blogs and listservs
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- On-target, honest reviews and lively booktalks of scores of exemplary and engaging new children's books that teachers, librarians and children will find indispensable
- How to promote curiosity, knowledge and lifelong learning skills with the best of recently published nonfiction/informational children's books for STEM and across the curriculum
- Use current children's titles to strengthen reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills as set out in your state standards
- How to rejuvenate, expand and make new connections with your existing repertoire of great books, both literary and informational
- How to use music, creative drama, Reader's Theater, storytelling, reading aloud, booktalking, creative writing, poetry, and many other literature extension activities to get your students reading with comprehension, expression, fluency, and joy
- Practical, motivating and kid-tested reading, writing and illustrating prompts that extend children's response to literature and analytical skills
- Extensive and annotated lists of the best websites, blogs, listservs, and other online resources for getting to know children's book authors, illustrators and great books
- Easy-to-use strategies for fostering the Four Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity), building vocabulary, improving reading comprehension, and strengthening higher-level thinking skills
- Unlimited reasons to fall in love with children's literature all over again
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Dear Colleague:
We teachers and librarians are the gods and goddesses of great books. Our children look upon our wisdom and depth of book knowledge with awe. Our job to turn them into readers is never done.
I read thousands of new children's books each year. I'm always on the prowl for books that inspire, amaze, entertain, enlighten, and stimulate. Each year, I field-test my latest favorites at local schools with teachers, librarians and their enthusiastic students. My goal? To find out which books work best with their intended audience — actual children, grades K-6.
For each book I select to share with you in this year's ALL NEW BER seminar, I look for the Book Hook — that mysterious, magical lure that will pull you in and get your own creative juices flowing. We'll examine and evaluate the latest, best books to see what makes them so great. We'll get excited about connecting new books with old favorites and share ways to get our children reading, writing, learning, and responding to literature across the curriculum. I'll bring lots of amazing new examples of children's projects, writings and other creative responses to books.
During our book-packed "wow" of a day, we'll interact through hands-on writing activities, discussions, booktalking, reading aloud, storytelling, songs, and drama. With the year's latest and greatest children's books — picture books, fiction, poetry, folklore, biography, and nonfiction — I'll demonstrate lots of down-to-earth, easy-to-use ways to make books come alive.
I can't wait to meet you and share my favorite passion: children's books and the many creative ways to get kids reading and loving them.
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P.S. Wear comfortable clothes, don't forget your sweater in case it gets chilly, and maybe a bit of chocolate for inspiration and energy. Bring a smile, a sense of humor and a yen for adventure. Let's get together and have a terrific time learning about the best, new books of the year!
Who Should Attend
Grades K-6 Classroom and Special Area Teachers, Media Specialists, Librarians, Children's Librarians in Public Libraries, Library Aides and Clerks, Reading Specialists, Resource Teachers, Special Education Staff, Title I Staff, and Administrators
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Extensive Resource Handbook
You will receive Judy Freeman 's exciting, new resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. It includes:
- 100+ Best Children's Books: An extensive, annotated booklist of Judy's favorite children's books of the past year, with each entry incorporating a descriptive annotation, follow-up ideas, activities, and ways to use the book with children; a list of related titles; and a bibliography of related subjects
- Author, title and subject indexes for easy access to the booklists
- Practical suggestions, lesson plans, booklists, articles, and original teachers' guides to enhance your literature-based program
- Judy's latest Reader's Theater scripts, stories and songs to use with your children
- Surfing the Net: Judy's extensive, annotated Internet resource list of hundreds of the best, literature-based websites and blogs for children and educators to investigate children's books, authors, and illustrators
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Judy Freeman will be available at the seminar for consultation regarding the unique needs of your own program.
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Many newly published titles, children 's follow-up projects, puppets, props, education related articles, and other relevant materials will be on display for participants to examine.
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Up to four Graduate level professional development credit are available with an additional fee and completion of follow up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with Brandman University, part of the Chapman University system, will be available at this BER program.
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De Jure (Pretoria) vol.47 n.1 Pretoria Jan. 2014
Ex parte MS 2014 JDR 0102 Case No 48856/2010 (GNP): Surrogate motherhood agreements, condonation of non-compliance with confirmation requirements and the best interests of the child
A Louw
University of Pretoria
1 Introduction
The confirmation of surrogate motherhood agreements has become a focus point of attention since the reporting of the judgment in Ex parte WH (2011 6 SA 514 (GNP) (for which see, Carnelley "Ex parte WH 2011 6 SA 514 (GNP)" 2012 De Jure 179; Pillay & Zaal "Surrogate motherhood confirmation hearings: The advent of a fundamentally flawed process" 2013 THRHR 475; Bonthuys & Broeders "Guidelines for the approval of surrogate motherhood agreements: Ex parte WH" 2013 THRHR 485; Louw "Surrogacy in South Africa: Should we reconsider the current approach? 2013 THRHR 564; Nicholson C "Surrogate motherhood agreements and their confirmation: A new challenge for practitioners?" 2013 De Jure 510). There seems to be general consensus that the judgment has not provided the anticipated, much needed guidance. The discrepancy between what the court preached and what it practiced (as succinctly phrased by Pillay & Zaal 2013 THRHR 483) as far as the enforcement of the surrogacy provisions is concerned, forms a central theme throughout the published comments which, without exception, have been negative to varying degrees. The failure of the court to undertake a rigorous investigation into the court documents and the facts that underlie them, coupled with the inadequacy of the statutory provisions and the evident difficulty implementing them, have elicited a call for legislative amendment. However, none of the authors mentioned, anticipated the possibility of the factual scenario with which the court was faced in MS, the case under discussion. The lack of foresight is easy to explain. Since it was generally accepted that the Children's Act requires a surrogate motherhood agreement to be confirmed before the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother, the possibility of the court considering a request for confirmation after the surrogate had been fertilised, was simply never entertained.
2 The Judgment in Ex parte MS
In this case, the commissioning parents applied for the confirmation of a surrogate motherhood agreement which was entered into after the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother (par 4). In accordance with Practice Directive 5 of 2011, issued by the Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court (see In re Confirmation of Three Surrogate Motherhood Agreements 2011 6 SA 22 (GSJ) [27]), application was made ex parte and was heard in chambers by Keightley AJ. As in the case of Ex parte WH, a written judgment was handed down with the express aim of providing some guidance to future applicants faced with the same "novel" issue, which according to Keightley AJ, was "... not expressly dealt with in the [Children's] Act" (par 3).
The court thus had to determine whether it was competent to confirm a surrogate motherhood agreement where the written agreement was only entered into, and confirmation sought, after the artificial fertilisation and subsequent pregnancy of the surrogate mother (who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy at the time of the application) (par 4). Notwithstanding the fact that, by her own admission "... one of the central requirements running through this 'highly structured' scheme is that surrogate motherhood agreement must be ... confirmed by the High Court before any steps are taken that may result in the conception of a child" (own emphasis, par 8), the agreement was validated through confirmation by the court (par 75).
2 1 Legislative Framework
The true significance of the court's decision to confirm the agreement can only be appreciated with reference to the legislative context within which it was made. Only those provisions directly relevant to the questions addressed by the court will be canvassed (for a general discussion of all the provisions regulating the practise of surrogacy, see Louw A "Surrogate motherhood" in Davel & Skelton (eds) Commentary on Children's Act (2007) ch 19 last updated in 2012).
In this regard, section 296(1), read with sections 303 and 305 of the Children's Act, is perhaps the most important provision. In terms of this section, the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother may not take place before the agreement is confirmed. A person who renders assistance or artificially fertilises a woman without the court having authorised the artificial fertilisation, commits an offence and, if convicted, is punishable with a fine or imprisonment for a period of ten years or both (s305(6)).
Furthermore, the court may not confirm a surrogate motherhood agreement unless, inter alia, "the commissioning parent or parents are not able to give birth to a child" (s295(a)) and are in all respects suitable persons to accept the parenthood of the "child that is to be conceived" (s295(b)). The court may, in addition, not confirm the agreement unless it is satisfied "in general, having regard to the personal circumstances and family situations of all the parties concerned, but above all the interests of the child that is to be born, the agreement should be confirmed" (s295(e)). The provisions of section 297 are also important as they describe the effect of a surrogate motherhood agreement on the status of the child. Apart from the fact that the child born of a surrogate, in accordance with the agreement, is for all purposes deemed the child of the commissioning parent or parents from the moment of the child's birth (s297(1)(a)), the agreement may not be terminated after the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother has taken place (s297(1)(e)). Section 297(2) states unequivocally:
[a]ny surrogate motherhood agreement that does not comply with the provisions of this Act is invalid and any child born as a result of any action taken in execution of such an arrangement is for all purposes deemed to be the child of the woman that gave birth to that child.
2 2 Legal Questions to be Answered
The first question the court concerned itself with was whether it is possible for a court to confirm a surrogate motherhood agreement post-fertilisation. As already indicated, the question was entertained, in the first place, because Keightley AJ held that the Act does not provide a clear answer to this question (par 29). Although admitting that the Act prohibited the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother without prior authorisation of the court and that the general scheme of the Act is to require judicial confirmation before any steps are taken to give effect to the arrangement between the parties (par 29), Keightley AJ insisted that:
... the Act does not say what the consequences of non-compliance with these provisions will be on the validity of a written agreement subsequently entered into between the parties. The Act is also silent on the concomitant question whether the court has the power to validate such an agreement under section 292. (par 30).
In the opinion of the court, the lacuna thus created in the Act, provides scope for interpreting the relevant provisions.
The second issue the court deemed necessary to grapple with, was whether an unenforceable agreement to commit a lawful act (the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother without prior authorisation of the court), could be validated by retrospective confirmation of the agreement by the court (par 32). Once again, despite admitting to the existence of "... well-established principle[s] of our common law" in this regard (outlined in parr 31 & 33) which "cannot be ignored" (par 34), Keightley AJ found that "... they are not determinative of the issues that arise in this case" (par 34).
2 4 Ratio Decidendi
2 4 1 Competency of Court to Confirm Agreement Post-fertilisation
Having found the Children's Act wanting in this particular regard, the court based its departure from the applicable statutory provisions, firstly, on the sui generis nature of surrogate agreements (parr 7 & 34) and secondly, the Constitution.
The court first (par 36) referred to section 39(2) of the Constitution which enjoins the courts to promote the spirit, purport and objects of the Bill of Rights when interpreting legislation. Statutory interpretation should, therefore, in the opinion of the court (ibid), positively promote the rights entrenched in the Bill of Rights. However, the courts must ensure that the interpretation adopted is "reasonably possible" or plausible (as pointed out by Currie & De Waal The Bill of Rights Handbook 61 )(ibid). Reaching a plausible, constitutionally compliant interpretation entails reading legislation purposively and contextually (ibid). Referring to Currie and de Waal (60, citing as an example, De Beer NO v North-Central Local Council & South-Central Local Council 2002 1 SA 429 (CC)), the court found support for a generous interpretation of a statute in order to ensure it is constitutionally compliant (ibid). According to the court ( ibid), the absence of an express grant of a discretion could, for example, call for an interpretation conferring such a discretion.
Applying these considerations to the case at hand, the court held that the prohibition of the artificial fertilisation of the mother prior to the confirmation of the agreement "is aimed largely at ensuring that there is certainty in the legal relationship between the parties involved before the prospect of a child becomes a reality", that the prohibition serves the interests of all the parties involved and it also advances the best interests of the child (par 38). While considering it "ideal" that the legal and parental status of the child be settled before conception, the court is, however, paradoxically of the opinion that "this does not mean that the best interests of the child may not also be served by a subsequent confirmation of the surrogacy agreement" (par 39). Since the best interests of the intended child would thus be served either way, the answer had to be found elsewhere. Seemingly mindful of the example used by Currie and de Waal, the court then proceeded to determine whether "... the Act, properly interpreted, may be read as giving a court the discretion to grant such confirmation" (ibid). For this purpose, the court found "some ambiguity" in the wording of section 295. While section 295(b)(ii) requires the court to find the commissioning parents suitable to accept the rights of parenthood of "the child to be conceived", section 295(d) and (e) refer to the need for the court to make sure that provision has been made for the care, upbringing, welfare and interests of "the child to be born". Bolstered by this supposed inconsistency, and the fact that "neither section 292 nor section 295 require the court to be satisfied that the surrogate mother has not yet undergone the process of artificial fertilisation and that she is not already pregnant as a result", the court concluded that the provisions do not preclude the court from confirming the agreement post-fertilisation (par 43).
The logic of the argument used by the court is unconvincing, if not outright misguided. Firstly, if the provisions in this regard are in general, as admitted by the court (par 38), constitutionally compliant (because they protect the parties and are in the best interests of the child), what justification is there for the court to interpret the provisions in the first place? The De Beer case (op cit) used by the court (par 36) as an example of a case where a generous interpretation was justified, would also seem to be inapplicable in the present case. The De Beer case (at par 24) merely sanctions a "constitutional construction in cases where a statutory provision is capable of more than one reasonable construction, one which would lead to constitutional invalidity and the other not". Clearly not the case in casu. Secondly, the supposed ambiguity in the wording of section 295 is intentional and accords with the context in which the impugned phrases are used. Section 295 outlines the requirements which must be satisfied before the court may confirm the agreement. As far as the commissioning parents (addressed in s295(b)) are concerned, the court must be satisfied as to their suitability at the time of the confirmation proceedings, that is, before the child has been conceived. It is for this reason that section 295(b)(ii) uses the phrase "child that is to be conceived" (own emphasis). Section 295(d) deals with the agreement itself. In terms of this section the agreement must make provision for the care and welfare of the child "that is to be born" simply because the agreement cannot make provision for the care of the child before it is born! The care and welfare of a child before its birth is exclusively in the hands of the surrogate mother. In the same way, section 295(e) confers a discretion on the court to confirm the agreement if, in general, having regard to the considerations mentioned in the section, the court is satisfied that the agreement should be confirmed. These considerations refer to anticipated circumstances and family situations of all the parties concerned and the best interests of the child, specifically after the child is born. The fact that sections 292 and 295 do not require the court to be satisfied that the surrogate has not yet been artificially fertilised, in no way lends credence to the court's argument. The artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother is dealt with in a separate section (s296) wherein the Act prohibits the fertilisation of the surrogate mother before confirmation. Why then, should any other section deal with the issue? The selective reading of only two provisions of the Act contradicts every rule of statutory interpretation and is therefore inexcusable (see discussion of interpretation ex visceribus actus in Du Plessis Re-interpretation of Statutes (2002) 112 and observation by the same author (at 115) that "[p]urposiveness nowadays seems to be becoming the substitute for clear language as the key to constitutional interpretation"). Lastly, but by no means least of all, the court's assumption at the outset, that the Act does not provide a clear answer to the issues under discussion is simply untrue. Section 297(2) clearly states that a surrogate motherhood agreement that does not comply with the Act (in its entirety) is invalid and a child born of such an agreement is deemed to be the child of the surrogate mother. The court should consequently have refused confirmation unless it could prove the possession of a residuary discretion to confirm the agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the agreement did not comply with the requirements in terms of the Act (in terms of s295(e), as argued below).
2 4 2 Effect of Post-fertilisation Agreement and the Possibility of Ratification
Despite the prohibition against the artificial fertilisation (not "insemination" as used by the court in par 45) of the surrogate mother without a pre-existing authorised surrogate agreement (referred to in par 45), the court concluded that the Act does not make it unlawful for the parties involved in the prohibited act to subsequently enter into a valid surrogacy agreement with the sanction of the court (par 46). The court found support for this conclusion in the fact that the Act does not expressly state that an agreement based on the prohibited act (the unlawful fertilisation) is unlawful (par 46). Had the legislature wanted to rule out such a possibility, in the court's opinion "... it would have made it clear, in section 292 or 295, that a court is precluded from confirming a post-fertilisation surrogacy agreement in those circumstances" (par 46). The court seems to hold the view that since section 295, which lists the requirements for confirmation, does not specifically require the court to be satisfied that the surrogate mother has not yet undergone the process of artificial fertilisation, a court may also confirm the agreement afterwards (pars 42 and 47). The Act thus ". prescribes an express criminal penalty for the commission of a prohibited act it does not provide for the invalidity of the surrogacy agreement as a penalty" (par 48).
The court (par 49) held that interpreting the Act in this way was consistent with the constitutional injunction on courts to positively promote constitutional rights in their interpretation of statutes. Despite the fact that, by the court's own admission (ibid), the Act requires a judicially sanctioned surrogacy agreement "as a first step in the process" to ensure sufficient protection of the parties' constitutional rights, the court must retain a discretion to confirm a surrogacy agreement even in circumstances where the parties have "missed out on this first step". Any other interpretation would render the agreement invalid, vest legal parentage in the surrogate mother and thus undermine the constitutional rights of the parties, contrary to the broad objective of the Act (par 50). The lack of parental status would impinge, firstly, on the dignity of the commissioning parents, who would be denied the opportunity to experience family life of their own and, secondly, on their right to make reproductive choices (par 51). The constitutional right of the surrogate mother to make her own decisions regarding reproduction would also be infringed if full parental responsibilities and rights are imposed on her (par 52). Most importantly however, in the court's opinion, would be the violation of the child's constitutional rights (parr 53 & 54). The child would have to rely on the parental care of the surrogate mother who had deliberately chosen not to take responsibility for the child (par 54). As such, it would violate the child's constitutional right to family and parental care (in terms of s28(1)(b) of the Constitution) and would be contrary to the best interests of the child (s28(2) of the Constitution) to be denied ". the family life that was planned for him or her" (parr 54 & 55). Ultimately therefore, the court came to the conclusion "... that the Act does not preclude a court from confirming a surrogacy agreement subsequent to the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother, and in circumstances where she is already pregnant with the child to be born under the agreement" (par 56).
The generalised nature of the conclusion reached by the court is a cause for serious concern. Once again, it effectively sanctions, on constitutional grounds, a departure from statutory provisions which are, by the court's own admission, constitutionally compliant. While admitting that the broad objective of the Act is to ensure sufficient protection for the rights and interests of all the parties (par 49), the court nonetheless concluded that the enforcement of the provisions would infringe on the constitutional rights of the parties, especially those of the intended child (parr 51-54). What the court was thus in fact saying, was that the provisions of the Children's Act are unconstitutional in this regard and can, as such, be ignored. The admonition by the court (in par 57) that ". this does not mean that parties are free to ignore the general requirement that surrogacy agreements must be confirmed by a court before the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mother takes place" and that the discretion of the court is "not open-ended", "can only be exercised in exceptional circumstances", "when it is in the best interests of the child" does little to assuage the effect of its judgment on the enforcement of the Act. The immediate question that arises is when would it not be in the best interests of a child to confirm a surrogacy agreement once the child has been conceived? Given the negative effect of imposing legal parenthood on the surrogate mother, indicated by the court, it is difficult to conceive of circumstances that would convince a court to deny confirmation under such circumstances. In terms of the enacted legislation, the way in which the best interests of the intended child can best be protected is by assessing the suitability of the commissioning parents and surrogate mother before the child in question is conceived. If the judiciary finds the approach adopted in the Children's Act to be in conflict with the Constitution, the necessary steps should be taken to invalidate the provisions. The solution is not to introduce a loophole which, in effect, makes a mockery of the requirement and prohibition of pre-confirmation artificial fertilisation (see Louw 2013 THRHR 583 for a discussion of a similar situation in the UK with regard to the ban on commercial surrogacy). That health professionals, acting in contravention of the prohibition (to fertilise a surrogate mother without an agreement authorising the procedure), remain open to criminal prosecution (par 58) provides no assurance of future compliance with the requirement. It is important to note in this regard, that neither the National Health Act (61 of 2003, in accordance with s296(2) of which the fertilisation must have been done), nor the Regulations in terms of the National Health Act specifically address the artificial fertilisation of a surrogate mother in the execution of a surrogate motherhood agreement. The health professional can therefore simply deny any knowledge of the surrogacy arrangement at the time of performing the procedure, thereby escaping prosecution.
The court's conclusion that the Act empowers a court to confirm an agreement post-fertilisation (par 46) is also at odds with its indication that the Act requires the confirmation of the agreement to be ". the first step in the process" (par 49). If the court requires confirmation prior to fertilisation then it cannot also allow the court to confirm the agreement post-fertilisation. The better approach would have been to acknowledge the fact that the Act does not sanction post-fertilisation confirmation. Once that is accepted as the point of departure, it is no longer a question of deciding whether the Act allows for post-fertilisation confirmation of the agreement, but rather, whether the court should be able to override such a requirement should the Act not allow for such a possibility. The extent to which the Act confers such a residuary discretion on a court during confirmation proceedings has been the subject of some speculation on a previous occasion (see Louw 2013 THRHR 573 n96). As indicated in that discussion, section 295(e) could be used to prove the existence of such a residuary discretion. In terms of this subsection the court has the power to confirm a surrogate agreement if ". in general, having regard to the personal circumstances and family situations of all the parties concerned, but above all the interests of the child that is to be born" it is satisfied that the agreement should be confirmed. The personal circumstances and family situation in this case could easily have justified a post-fertilisation confirmation of the agreement, including not one, but two previously failed surrogacy agreements which were confirmed prior to the artificial fertilisation of the surrogate mothers in question (parr 11-17 & 74). As such, the judgment of the court could have been justified based on the exceptional circumstances in this particular case and not, as indicated earlier, on the implied unconstitutionality of the requirement as a whole.
2 5 The Way Forward?
The multifaceted nature of surrogacy arrangements, coupled with the potentially dire legal consequences which may ensue in the absence of clear regulation, initially prompted the enactment of Chapter 19 of the Children's Act. The provisions regulating surrogacy were introduced only after extensive research and careful consideration of its effects (See Louw in Commentary on the Children's Act 6 as confirmed in Ex parte WH and Others 2011 6 SA 514 (GNP) par 31 and Ex parte MS 2014 JDR 0102 (GNP) par 7). Apart from protecting the rights of all parties concerned, the objective was to create certainty in a context in which uncertainty abounds. Of course, that does not by any means make the provisions inviolate to judicial scrutiny based on the Constitution. However, the ease with which the court justified its departure from the "carefully" and "highly" structured scheme (par 8) is troubling to say the least. Using the best interest criterion as a deus ex machina only reinforces claims of its manipulative character (See e.g., Bonthuys "Of biological bonds, new fathers and the best interests of children" 1997 SAJHR 622 637 and Heaton "An individualised, contextualised and child-centred determination of the child's best interests, and the implications of such an approach in the South African context" 2009 Journal for Juridical Science 8). The best interests of the child may be of paramount importance but is not the only consideration (S v M (Centre for Child Law as Amicus Curiae) 2007 2 SACR 539 (CC) (also reported as 2008 3 SA 232 (CC) [26])). Moreover, as indicated before (Louw 2013 THRHR 573) its application in the context of surrogacy should be considered with caution. Rather than serving as a guideline for future applicants, the judgment should be used as another example of hard cases making bad law. While the applicants in this case may have been accommodated not entirely without good cause, the arguments justifying the intervention of the court have undermined the value of the legislation in question and created uncertainty in the fragile context of surrogacy where it can be ill afforded. The courts should definitely do better.


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I love this wonderful old photograph of the family, and am so glad that someone snapped a photo of their get-together.
And like many photographs, I wonder, was this just an ordinary family gathering? A funeral? Someone's wedding?
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Press Release: Statement of Sayeh Hassan , the New Chairwoman of the MPG Resistance Movementpublished on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Date: November 17th 2016
Statement of Sayeh Hassan , the New Chairwoman of the MPG Resistance Movement
It is with great pleasure that I announce my election as the Chairwoman of the Marzepogohar Resistance Movement of Iran (MPG).
When I decided to become a political activist and fight against the Islamic dictatorship some 15 years ago, I was quite inexperienced; however, there were certain principles that were engrained in me and I knew I would never compromise.
I believed and still do, that Iran needs to become a Secular Republic, that the Islamic Regime in Iran must be overthrown by the people of Iran without any foreign military interference, and that the Iranian people must be able to choose their own path. Lastly, I have always been proud of our history and our ancient Lion and Sun flag which I have named my blog after.
Having armed myself with these principles I started searching for people or organizations that had similar beliefs, hopes and dreams for Iran, and that's when I discovered and joined the Marzeporgohar Movement (formerly, MPG Party) in 2003. After a few years I was promoted to the Head of the Human Rights Committee where I focused on bringing awareness about the human rights situation in Iran.
Over the past 15 years of my activism, I have never come across a political party, movement or organization whose ideals, goals and dreams align with mine the way it has with Marzeporgohar and the wonderful, smart and hard working people who have made this organization what it has become.
That is why I feel privileged to have been elected as the Chairwoman of the Marzepogohar Movement, and I look forward to following in the steps of Roozbeh Farahanipour, the founder and the outgoing Marzeporgohar Chairman, who with his hard work, dedication and the love he has for Iran and Iranians, has been able to make the Marzeporgohar Movement a real threat to the Theocratic dictatorship in Iran.
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Service Tuesday for Park family member
A memorial service is 11 a.m. Tuesday in Reno for Michael Brooks Seeliger, 46, who was killed in a flying accident on April 13.
Seeliger is a sixth-generation Nevadan and the grandson of Carson Valley rancher Brooks Park. A member of the board of directors of Edgewood Co., he is the son of Kay and Tom Seeliger. The Park family has owned land in Carson Valley since 1872 and at Lake Tahoe in 1898.
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The Padres find themselves victims of an assault on their battery.
The baseball team's pitchers and catchers report to spring training camp today in Peoria, Ariz., and this is the area in which their obvious problems lie, their battery, or potential batteries, meaning pitchers and catchers.
In that, other than re-signing a bunch of their own people, they did nothing during the offseason, these are the dicey positions. With potential starters Cory Luebke and Joe Wieland rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and not due back until summer, there is no true No. 1 (Clayton Richard and Edinson Volquez being the closest things), and the top five is far from set.
But doing most of the damage is Yasmani Grandal, who after coming on strong at the end of the year seemed set to be the team's starting catcher for years. But he got himself busted for taking PEDs and will miss the first 50 games of the season, and that's if the organization takes him back at all, which it shouldn't because he absolutely screwed this team. He leaves many questions unanswered.
Right now, it doesn't matter, because he's not going to be playing. So it's up to former starter Nick Hundley and backup John Baker to share catching duties. That would be fine, except Hundley, one of the good guys who had shown so much promise, fell way off his game in 2012, was sent to the minors and eventually had knee surgery. It was just an awful year for him.
"Nothing's given to you," Hundley says. "I'm healthy; I feel great. A lot of things went down last year. I've broken down my swing. Physically, I know the knee had something to do with it. Mechanically, things did not go well. But I've changed a lot of things in my preparation. I'm not lifting as much. I was trying to be a weight lifter instead of a baseball player."
It's basically on Hundley's shoulders, if not for the first few months, possibly for the entire season. He is the kind of guy you root for.
"There is no pressure," he says. "I have one day to worry about, and that's today. All I care about is today."
We're going to know right away, because the obvious key to the Padres season is on the mound and 60 feet, 6 inches away, behind the plate. If Hundley can't rebound and the rotation can't hang on early, this season could be longer than Yao Ming's inseam.
Talking to General Manager Josh Byrnes last October, he predicted he wasn't going to do much during the offseason regarding position players, and he was right. He liked the ones he had. There was a chance he would go after starting pitching, but there was no guarantee, and he's still looking.
He wasn't helped when potential starter/reliever Andrew Cashner was stabbed in his pitching hand during a hunting accident. Jason Marquis is back and looked at as a starter, but is he fully recovered from the non-throwing-hand injury he suffered on a comebacker last year that shortened his season?
` "Cashner probably won't be back until mid-March and we brought back Tim Stauffer, who's going to be out the first month,"' Byrnes says. "Some guys just aren't going to be ready. We're looking for upgrades, and if we find upgrades, great. It can be done. Oakland traded its three best pitchers last year. There are different ways to do it.
"We're happy with our everyday players. We really wanted to keep that group together. This is a pretty good position-player group that has gotten better. People aren't going to pick us to win it in February. We've got to get off to a good start, though, because we're built to get better as the season goes along."
And Grandal? How long had he been on the juice? Are there any guarantees he's going to be the same player if he comes back? There seems to be a feeling within the organization that Grandal hasn't come clean on this drug thing, especially now that his name allegedly has surfaced in the Miami anti-aging clinic scandal.
The justice department probably is going to get involved now. Do the Padres want to be a part of this? Byrnes seems OK with Grandal returning.
"It's disappointing; the rules are very easy to follow,' Byrnes says. "He should (be back). He's not the first guy to test positive. I'm not making light of it. It's a fair question. He was a pedigree prospect for a long time. Are we prepared to say it's an illusion? I don't know."
In any event, it would be nice to see some consistency to this franchise, now that it is under new ownership.
"I love this team," Hundley says. "I love that we're committed to sign guys long-term, to see continuity, to have great character guys. You know, I was looking at our 2008 team picture the other day. The only guys from it left on this team are me and Chase Headley."
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Preview: MLS Cup 2010 antagonists square off in Dallas
FC DALLAS vs COLORADO RAPIDS
FC DALLAS STADIUM, Frisco, Texas
May 6, 2012 (WEEK 9, MLS Game #85)
7 p.m. ET (Galavision; FS-SW; Altitude)
Western Conference rivals looking for a win to jumpstart a move up the table, FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids meet Sunday evening in Frisco. FC Dallas are coming off back-to-back 1-1 draws against Western foes, last hauled into a late draw at the LA Galaxy. The Rapids are on the second game of a three-game road swing, starting it off in a 2-1 loss at New England at midweek.
REFEREE: Mark Geiger. SAR (bench): Steven Taylor; JAR (opposite): James Conlee; 4th: Armando Villarreal
MLS Career: 93 games; FC/gm: 26.4; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 18; pens: 31
- FC DALLAS - OUT: MF David Ferreira (R foot surgery); MF Ricardo Villar (R foot strain); MF Andrew Wiedeman (sports hernia repair); MF Carlos Rodriguez (L elbow dislocation); MF Bobby Warshaw (R foot fracture); PROBABLE: GK Kevin Hartman (lower back spasms)
- COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: DF Anthony Wallace (L Achilles tear); MF Pablo Mastroeni (headaches); MF Ross LaBauex (sports hernia); DF Marvell Wynne (R hamstring strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Jamie Smith (R knee ACL tear); PROBABLE: FW Conor Casey (L Achilles tear)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Jair Benitez ... COL: Jeff Larentowicz
ALL-TIME (53 meetings): FC Dallas 25 wins (2 shootout), 87 goals ... Rapids 18 wins (1 shootout), 64 goals ... Ties 10
AT DALLAS (27 meetings): FC Dallas 18 wins (2 shootout), 52 goals ... Rapids 5 wins (1 shootout), 26 goals ... Ties 4
RETURN MATCHES: 7/14: Colorado Rapids vs. FC Dallas, 7 p.m. MT; 8/11: FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids, 8 p.m. CT
4/8: DAL 3, COL 0 (Ihemelu 26; Ferreira 40, 46)
10/1: COL 1, DAL 0 (Moor 26)
- Each team won at home in their two meetings last year, the first two after Colorado's extra-time triumph in MLS Cup 2010 in Toronto.
- The last win for Colorado at Dallas came in 2008, while the last win for Dallas at Colorado came in 2007. But both teams won on the road in a fractious Western Conference Semifinal Series in 2006.
- Coaches record: Schellas Hyndman vs. COL: P9 W2 L3 D4 ... Oscar Pareja vs. DAL: first game
FC Dallas played to a second draw in a row, another 1-1 result, this time with the LA Galaxy on Saturday evening at The Home Depot Center. . FCD is tied for fifth place in the Western Conference with 12 points from 9 matches.
HIGHLIGHTS: Galaxy play to a draw with FC Dallas
- The Galaxy had a glorious opportunity to take the lead four minutes into the second half when Jair Ben"tez hauled Landon Donovan down from behind inside the penalty area. Robbie Keane stepped up to take the penalty kick, but the Republic of Ireland captain sent his attempt wide.
- FC Dallas then took the lead on the hour after being awarded a spot kick of their own. Goalkeeper Bill Gaudette took down Blas PÈrez inside the box, and Brek Shea stepped up and buried his second penalty in as many matches as Gaudette barely moved.
- The Galaxy finally hit an equalizer in second-half stoppage time. Chad Barrett collected the ball tackled away from an FCD defender, laid it back to Pat Noonan at the edge of the area, and Noonan placed the ball into the left corner of the goal.
- FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman made three changes to the team that played to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake at home. Jackson and Andrew Jacobson came into the midfield for Carlos Rodriguez and Bobby Warshaw, and Blas Perez returned from suspension for Scott Sealy.
- FC DALLAS (4-4-2): Chris Seitz - Zach Loyd, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Jair Benitez - Jackson, Andrew Jacobson (Matt Hedges 82), Daniel Hernandez, Brek Shea (Hernan Pertuz 76) - Blas Perez, Fabian Castillo (Scott Sealy 90).
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- FC Dallas took their first point on the road at LA, though they nearly pulled off a road victory. They have back-to-back games at FC Dallas Stadium before going on the road for four of the next five.
- "Your whole mentality is to get points. For us we were talking about, we have yet to win on the road and we have yet to get a point on the road," said Hyndman. "We were two minutes away from getting that first win, but I'm proud that we come away with not only a point but, I think, one of our better performances to date."
- Brek Shea has scored in each of the last two games - both goals coming on penalty kicks. He has scored the last three goals for FC Dallas.
- "PKs kind of fall on my shoulders," Shea said. "I think with David [Ferreira] still out, he was our PK taker and I think we only had one PK last year, I'll take them if need be."
- Shea took the penalty despite noticeably limping. He was taken off after 76 minutes in favor of Hernan Pertuz.
- "I've been fighting turf toe since last Saturday," Shea said. "I guess I'm running around kind of awkward so it's spreading throughout my whole foot. We've had the traveling and three games in a week so it finally caught up to me." Said Hyndman: "Brek stepped up today and took it. He's in a little bit of pain. So I questioned if he should have taken it."
- Chris Seitz has started three consecutive games in goal in place of Kevin Hartman - the league's all-time career goalkeeping win leader - who has been sidelined with back spasms. FCD has allowed one goal in each of the three games.
- "I don't know how many guys they had forward at the end, but they definitely didn't make it easy," Seitz said. "They had great services coming into the box and they had big guys in there trying to win first and second balls. For a good 10-15 minutes we won the majority of the second balls, one squirted out and a guy was in the right place at the right time. It's unlucky; we put in a heck of an effort."
- After missing back-to-back matches, Andrew Jacobson was able to return to the first XI, starting and playing 82 minutes. But during the week, FC Dallas lost Bobby Warshaw when he suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in a reserve match.
- "This is our ninth game and we've had nine different lineups," said Hyndman. "We've yet to get any consistency, because people are getting call-ups or injuries or suspensions from the disciplinary committee, so for us to come out (against LA) and fight as long as we did against a very good team ... I'm not worried about us."
The Colorado Rapids started their road swing with a loss, going down to a 2-1 defeat by the New England Revolution on Wednesday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Rapids are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 12 points from 9 games.
HIGHLIGHTS: Revs notch big home win over Rapids
- The game's goals came in an 18-minute span before halftime. The Rapids captured the lead in the 21st minute when Jaime Castrillon shook off his marker at the near post and thumped home Mart"n Rivero's inviting corner.
- The Revs drew level just six minutes later through Saer Sene. Following a half-cleared corner kick, Clyde Simms hit a diagonal ball for Stephen McCarthy to flick on at the back stick. He nodded the ball back to the spot where Sene swept home with a left-footed side volley.
- Fernando Cardenas sent the Revs into the break with the lead with an alert finish in the 39th minute. Sene latched onto the ball and found Cardenas on the right side of the penalty area. The Colombian midfielder cut inside and floated his effort over the adrift Matt Pickens.
- Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja made two changes to the side that rolled to a 4-0 win against Chivas USA at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Hunter Freeman and Tyrone Marshall came into the back four for Kosuke Kimura and Marvell Wynne.
- COLORADO RAPIDS (4-4-2): Matt Pickens - Hunter Freeman (Kamani Hill 75), Drew Moor, Tyrone Marshall, Luis Zapata - Brian Mullan, Martin Rivero (Andre Akpan 84), Jeff Larentowicz, Jaime Castrillon - Omar Cummings, Tony Cascio.
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- The Rapids have lost four of their last five games - three of those on the road - and have allowed two goals in three of them as well.
- "Unfortunately, we failed again and had some mistakes, especially on set pieces. That is costing us a lot early in the season so far. That has been one of our big concerns and then today was no different," said Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja. "After that, we had the initiative and tried to tie the game, and I thought it was our players on the field who looked more for the game, but we couldn't get the equalizer and we get out of game that we should have gotten more out of."
- The Rapids uncorked a season-high 19 attempts at goal, putting seven on target.
- "We had options (in the second half), but we were not accurate in our finishing and that final pass. That last 30 minutes was not quite sharp and the way we wanted," said Pareja. "We took a lot of shots and shot well, but we just couldn't get it. Just one of those days and we came out of game were we were very effective and today we couldn't find the net."
- Jaime Castillon scored his second goal in MLS - his first came in the Rapids' second game, the 2-1 win at Philadelphia.
- Martin Rivero collected an assist for a second consecutive game, and now has three assists in five appearances since coming to Colorado.
- "I think the first half of it was not too bad. We got some chances but also gave up some chances. I think that hurt us in the long run," said Omar Cummings, who again paired with Tony Cascio in a two-man strike partnership. "We tried to get back in the game second half but I don't think we produced enough chances where we could get back into the game successfully in the second half."
- The Rapids were forced into one change in their back four the day before the match when center back Marvell Wynne suffered a hamstring strain in a training session at Gillette Stadium.
- Hunter Freeman made his first start for the Rapids since his first stint with the club ended in 2006, coming in for Kosuke Kimura at right back, who had started the first eight games.
- Conor Casey did not make the trip to New England, remaining behind to continue his comeback from injury.
- "He's still in preseason mode," Pareja said. "It was great to have Conor coming from the bench in the last game at home, but the plan this week is to keep him, first, off of the turf here in New England. Second, just getting him ready for the weekend in Dallas. And, from then on hopefully he can be with the team on a consistent basis."


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Hey Roman, though I havent read any of those authors or books except some myths of sisyphus and the Great Gatsby I have my own beliefs that align with what you have said here. Ill start at the denial, which lives in apathy. A lack of care for others is a reflection of the denial of self. You can see it out of your eyes if you accept the invitation. Empathy is a good intention and is good, the reflection would then be someone who loves others, though in drastic ways sometimes, but until they can truly love, accept and forgive themselves then they will never understand how to give love. This is my belief as I went through it and that there is a path, it is not my own it is every human being who has contributed to the word and meaning of any associated words. Their lives have given meaning and this meaning can be found, to have a true purpose and get down to what we truly want we must rid ourselves of fear through the most fundamental route. We say apathy we say selfish we say empathy we say selflessness. This relationship is in our evolution, the subconscious, and as we plunge into the chaos from our mother and father we nevertheless lose ourselves in others, trying to compensate for the chaotic, frustrating as hell world.
When we lose our fear we can only be free, until we can be free with others me must be free with ourselves. Anything other than freedom is a betrayal of self because we can be jesus christ or the antichrist. To wrap up what I am saying is that until everyone connects the dots and traces the pattern of our most revered and unrevered stories then faith in themselves will be the only true, honest way to have faith in others and to be considered moral, a good anything any religion. This pursuit of happyness is freeing the sun from the dark, nighttime moon.
Ya struggle, no its all all right they are not bad, just confused with who they are. Ya im bad with person sorry, the venture of empathy or friendliness achieves the through others idea, the intentions, and until people are ok with who they are they cannot fully understand empathy as there is a direct relation between empathy and force and how those two fight one another in determining the outcome of our actions in the universe. does this make sense? and to you Roman Candles, whats the most simple lesson to be learned in your opinion
Absolutely Roman Candles glad you posted this, enjoy ur day
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Welcome to RC Bali Nusa Dua
Greetings from Bali, Morning of the World, and welcome to the website of the Rotary Club Bali Nusa Dua (RCBND).
Chartered 30 June, 1992 as Bali's first English speaking Rotary Club, we meet on Thursdays at 12.30PM at Bali National Golf Resort, Kawasan Wisata, Nusa Dua Bali.
Since Rotary Year 1994-1995 RC Bali Nusa Dua has provided over 1,640 cleft lip and/or palate operations on some 1,500 underprivileged children on Bali and surrounding islands.
In May 2018 RCBND together with Rotary Clubs Carnegie-Collier and District 7300 (USA); Kaufbeuren-Ostallgäu, Köln-Kapitol and Mülheim-Ruhr-Uhlenhost (Germany) received approval for a second Global Grant, No. 1864795, to continue this vital work. This grant will allow RCBND to perform another 180 operations by June 2020. To learn more or become involved please join us for lunch.
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The Giant Planet Jupiter
An image of Jupiter taken on May 18, 1994, by the Wide Field & Planetary Camera-2 (WFPC-2) in wide field mode aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, when the giant planet was at a distance of 420 million miles (670 million km) from Earth. This "true-color" picture was assembled from separate HST exposures in red, blue, and green light. Jupiter's rotation between exposures creates the blue and red fringe on either side of the disk. HST can resolve details in Jupiter's magnificent cloud belts and zones as small as 200 miles (320 km) across (wide field mode). This detailed view is only surpassed by images from spacecraft that have traveled to Jupiter.
The dark spot on the disk of Jupiter is the shadow of the inner moon Io. This volcanic moon appears as an orange and yellow disk just to the upper right of the shadow. Though Io is approximately the size of Earth's Moon (but 2,000 times further away), HST can resolve surface details.
Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver and E. Smith (STScI) and J. Trauger and R. Evans (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)


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Other Names: Cross Lanes
Location: Nicholas County
Campaign: Operations in Western Virginia (June-December 1861)
Date(s): August 26, 1861
Principal Commanders:Col. Erastus Tyler [US]; Brig. Gen. John Floyd [CS]
Forces Engaged: Brigades
Estimated Casualties: 285 total (US 245; CS 40)
Description: On August 26, Brig. Gen. John Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to attack Col. Erastus Tyler's 7th Ohio Regiment encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes. The Union forces were surprised and routed. Floyd then withdrew to the river and took up a defensive position at Carnifex Ferry. During the month, Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived in western Virginia and attempted to coordinate the forces of Brig. Gens. Floyd, Henry Wise, and William W. Loring.
Result(s): Confederate victory
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LONDON (Reuters) - An amnesty should be offered to all those involved in 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland, a former British government minister said, ahead of a state visit by the Irish president that will highlight improved ties between London and Dublin.
More than 3,600 people were killed in the Northern Irish "troubles" from the 1960s onward before a 1998 peace deal largely ended the conflict between Catholic groups wanting the province to become part of the Irish Republic and Protestant groups determined to keep it within the United Kingdom.
Peter Hain, a former Northern Ireland Secretary and a member of Britain's opposition Labour Party, told the Times an amnesty should be offered to those responsible for killing, bombing and maiming during three decades of conflict in the province.
"There should be an end to all conflict-related prosecutions," Hain said in the interview published on Monday.
The amnesty should apply to all cases pre-dating the 1998 peace deal and soldiers should be treated in the same way as former loyalists or republican paramilitaries responsible for atrocities, he said.
Victims and survivors of the conflict may respond angrily to the proposal but it is vital if Northern Ireland is to stop being "stalked" by its past, Hain added.
"You can keep going back all the time and you can keep looking over your shoulder ... but what that does is take you away from addressing the issues of now and the issues of the future," he said.
Some commentators have suggested the work of the Historical Enquiries Team, set up by the police to investigate paramilitary atrocities during the conflict, helped to fuel an upsurge in street violence in Northern Ireland last year.
Hain, who served as Northern Ireland secretary in 2005-07, also called last month for a halt to a criminal investigation into 'Bloody Sunday', the killing by British soldiers of 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in one of the most notorious episodes of the conflict.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he did not support the idea of an amnesty.
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Sinn Fein said McGuiness, who shook the queen's hand in Belfast in 2012 in a milestone which helped draw a line under the conflict, would attend events during Higgins' state visit.
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Higgins, whose office is largely ceremonial, will also address both houses of Britain's parliament, a privilege only extended to a few foreign leaders including Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama.
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Now that everything Filmation is possible, I just want it known how bad I have always wanted The Collector, Skeletor's flying fortress of fear, as a vehicle.
Now that everything Filmation is possible, I just want it known how bad I have always wanted The Collector, Skeletor's flying fortress of fear, as a vehicle.
Oh I would definitely buy that - have always wanted it also!!
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I want that BAD! But probably not before the Battle Ram!
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I hope the next vehicle released is Land Shark, but I'd love to see The Collector!!
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I'd love to have a Collector but if they're going to make something that big, they might as well make Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain based upon their Filmation counterparts.
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A barbaric world without slave girls? That's truly barbaric!
now The Collector is what I'd love to see! as well as The Basher!
For me, it's all about the Talon Fighter.
YES! The Collector would be incredible. It was my most wanted vehicle as a kid. I never understood why it wasn't made.
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Wouldn't the Collector (along with the Filmation Attak-Trak) basically be a playset rather than a vehicle? It was a mobile base for Skeletor, not just a seat with some stuff attached like the toy vehicles...
Even if it was considered a playset, it would be achievable. But big ($100 rather than the $300 of Grayskull?)
I definitely want a Collector vehicle. Don't care what the scale is, even if it only fits one warrior. But it would be cool if the claws could extend to grab a warrior.
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It'd be great to see the Collector, it's one of my all time favourite vehicles. The other being Attack-Trak.
It'd be great to see the Collector…but I'd like to see Talon Fighter, Battle Ram and Roton first. Talon Fighter would be great because they could eventually do a Point Dread to go with it! An easy play set!
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The next vehicle will be Roton for sure
Look at the design art of the windraider box!
You can see Rotons on it. Isn't it a clue?
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I'm not big on vehicles, but that one I'd most likely want to get. why they never made it, I'll never know, since it was quite prominent in the old series.
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The Collector would be great, but Im fine getting the Wind Raider as my first vehicle.
Dude I didn't know I wanted this til now. Didn't know it was named that, I am currently working on an motuc giant called Collector that will be shown at Power Con.
Love this vehicle.
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