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Still in Love
Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 216
State or Province: California
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:26 am
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First take a deep breath and relax... first I hate to tell you this, but he has not left the child... since the child isn't born yet, the courts do not see it as a living child until it takes its first breath of air... so the father's responsibility doesn't begin till birth and he is entitled to his rights...
Secondly, he will not get full summers and once a month any time soon after the baby is born. Since he is in another state, your child will be a resident of Wissconsin when the child is born. The father is likely not going to be present and unable to sign the birth certificate or the affidavit of paternity...
What that means is that if he sues you for visitation, he will have to go through the whole process of proving paternity which can take months... not to mention that he will also have to start paying child support.
If you breast feed, he will not be able to take the child from you for any amount of time due to the fact that you are it's food source. But you can only logically do that for up to a year.
My son's father lives on the west coast and i am on the east coast, and my son had a relationship with his dad when I moved home... and his dad only got 4 visits per year for up to 10 days a visit... and he can come to the east coast once a month to see his son for a weekend.
You do however need to stop thinking about yourself... and start thinking about your child and what is in the best interest of the child... and not what you want or don't want. The reason courts are giving more rights to dads is cause of vengeful, bitter mothers that try to hurt the dads or keep the children from their dads...
It is in the best interest of the child that he have two parents that love him, and get along. They don't have to be inlove with eachother but just be able to co parent together.
Do not give your child to him until you have an actually custody order signed by a judge. Make sure you have an attorney with you that knows your state's and his state's family law guidelines, and make sure you are fair and compromising when the time comes.
But most of all... after the baby is born, contact an attorney.
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Joined: 30 Jul 2009
Posts: 5
State or Province: Washington
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:22 pm
Post subject: Father's Rights
I am in the same boat as a lot of you. My exes new wife controls everything. I have all of the children's vacations as my parenting time, yet me convicted felon ex-husband has them the rest of the time. I live in WA, he lives in OH and last week, when they visited family in WA I allowed him to have the children for a couple of hours. I give his parents here free access to the children when they are with me, but I am penalized my the court for being "controlling" and not allowing HER parents to have any time with them. I do not like her parents, plain and simple. Their daughter is a shrew and I choose not to have them in my life. But I am the bad guy. The new wife states the children are hers, has threatened to file for adoption, has threatened me with CPS on my other two children, is always asking for money, has stolen social security number, etc and I am the bad guy. My ex and I agreed for me to send the kids two days later this summer for financial reasons and I just got an email from her threatening legal action over TWO days. I am in the process of getting yet another attorney, but at the same time, i have been down this road before.
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Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 4
State or Province: North Carolina
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:28 pm
Post subject: Men have the advantage
Men have the advantage in everything...courts included. They don't have to be good people, fathers, or anything. If they want custody or regular visits, even half the time making children live half of their lives going between homes, then they get it. When are we going to get mad enough to end this madness?
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Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Posts: 1
State or Province: Washington
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:13 pm
Post subject: moms doing the work
Niki wrote:
It bothers me to hear that after we as single moms raise our child(ren) after so many years gone by..and then the man who was invoved in the birth process called dad wants to come into the picture. Why? Then for the courts to give the father rights to see the child is crazy. The father should have stepped up to the plate in the begining. Now - it should be his lost. But it's when he's ready moms are suppose to understand.
I am currently getting divorced and I raised the kids and did all the work and was paid no support for 4 years just to file for divorce after meeting a man who stepped up to raise my children and now the father ( deadbeat for 4 years ) gets custody because it is alienation to have my kids like the guy who cares for them and started supporting us all .... never did dad do anything and now he has them ... family law in this country is going to crap
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Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 4
State or Province: North Carolina
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:58 pm
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Still in Love wrote:
First take a deep breath and relax... first I hate to tell you this, but he has not left the child... since the child isn't born yet, the courts do not see it as a living child until it takes its first breath of air... so the father's responsibility doesn't begin till birth and he is entitled to his rights...
Secondly, he will not get full summers and once a month any time soon after the baby is born. Since he is in another state, your child will be a resident of Wissconsin when the child is born. The father is likely not going to be present and unable to sign the birth certificate or the affidavit of paternity...
What that means is that if he sues you for visitation, he will have to go through the whole process of proving paternity which can take months... not to mention that he will also have to start paying child support.
If you breast feed, he will not be able to take the child from you for any amount of time due to the fact that you are it's food source. But you can only logically do that for up to a year.
My son's father lives on the west coast and i am on the east coast, and my son had a relationship with his dad when I moved home... and his dad only got 4 visits per year for up to 10 days a visit... and he can come to the east coast once a month to see his son for a weekend.
You do however need to stop thinking about yourself... and start thinking about your child and what is in the best interest of the child... and not what you want or don't want. The reason courts are giving more rights to dads is cause of vengeful, bitter mothers that try to hurt the dads or keep the children from their dads...
It is in the best interest of the child that he have two parents that love him, and get along. They don't have to be inlove with eachother but just be able to co parent together.
Do not give your child to him until you have an actually custody order signed by a judge. Make sure you have an attorney with you that knows your state's and his state's family law guidelines, and make sure you are fair and compromising when the time comes.
But most of all... after the baby is born, contact an attorney.
Yeah, right. In wilmington, NC there was a recent case where a diaper wearing dad (fetish) got the newborn every other weekend. And yes she was breast feeding.
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Joined: 12 Oct 2009
Posts: 1
State or Province: Alabama
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:38 pm
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The courts have started to realize that there are simply times when the father is the better parent to handle the majority of the needs of the child. However, not all cases of the father winning custody involve a mother that is unfit, but it is common. But just as some cases find a mother who is better suited to custody, some cases find a father that is better suited as well.
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Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 4
State or Province: North Carolina
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:24 am
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In most cases, (volunteer child advocate for the courts here) mothers are better parents. Men and women are different. Women are nurturers and most often the ones at home raising the children. There is a reason for that. However, a growing trend is to split kids in half like pieces of property or give custody to the father with a perfectly fit mother. Is this more of the same old boys network now moving to custody issues or men having most of the money again?
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Joined: 11 Nov 2009
Posts: 1
State or Province: Minnesota
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:07 pm
Post subject: Fathers are getting the upper hand
Never married and filed a custody lawsuit the very day I notified him that I was filing a personal injury lawsuit against him for battery. First meeting with the judge, he knew the judge and didn't notify anyone beforehand. He just smiled as the judge excused himself from our case and said "I was afraid that was going to happen". We requested his financials 7 months ago and he still hasn't produced them, nor has the judge forced him to provide them. Given that he rarely saw our child for the first 1.5 years and only recently even bought a bed and toys for him, the parenting time consultant has agreed to every single request this man has made, despite several objections on my part. He is suing for Full legal and full physical but when asked when he wanted to see our son, he said 3 hours on Tuesday and every other weekend - that is when he is not traveling for leisure, which is at a minimum two weekends a month. I've told the consultant about his abuse against me and even gave her court records from his ex-wife during a previous custody case and she cited the exact same things and it still made no difference. His ex-wife told me to RUN and if I couldn't run to just give in because there was "no justice". She said she fought him for 3.5 years and he got everything he wanted and she got heartache and an empty bank account. 7 months into it, I should have taken her advice. There isn't any justice. We can hold our breath, wish for the best and be the best mothers we can be while our children in our care. Harsh reality to accept, but it's harsher to hope otherwise.
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Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 4
State or Province: North Carolina
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:00 pm
Post subject: Damn it.
I'm so sorry to hear your story. It infuriates me. When are we women going to form a union and give a one-two punch to this system? I'm in if anyone has any ideas. These are our children and we are the mothers. Let's fight!
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Joined: 30 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
State or Province: Not Applicable
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:30 am
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I have just joined this forum and have seen so many stories here and many other places where mothers, fathers, grandparents and many other family members have lost contact with children and of course, children have lost loving relationships.
In my experience, there can be no better parent, it is not a competition between a waring mother and father, but court systems all over the world make this happen.
I was a child of a bitter custody battle, 31 years ago, where my father gained custody, this was because my own mother was unfit to take care of me. Back then, in 1978, I had to go to court, be questioned and had to speak up as a 10 year old child that my mother could not take care of me.
I also am a mother who lost custody, and here are the operative words, 'won' and 'lost'
Why does there have to be a winner and a loser in these battles?
Why can a judge say that one parent is better equipped than the other?
Because they can. Courts have had to fight against for years, that they are accused of favouring the mother and that the mother is better able to take care of the child/children when that is simply not true. A father can also, my own father took better care of me than my own mother could ever possibly aspire to. I was lucky, my father had a partner who supported him and became a mother to me, a wonderful grandmother to my own children. That is not because she 'wanted me' it is because she could see that the man she loved was trying to do the best for his children.
That was because she was ill, yet my father had to make a choice, to care for us, he did that, not because he was against my mother, but because he could see that she was unable to care for me, only having contact with her at the weekends. That fizzled out as she sank deeper and deeper into her sad state of mind, but he has never once said a bad word about her, he could see his daughter not being cared for.
And there are lawyers, who can sniff out a battle from 100 miles, it is a money maker, and why do they make money? Because we, provide them with the bait.
I myself fought for custody of my own children for five years, it exhausted me, it traumatised me, it almost killed me, until I looked at myself one day, and thought 'No wonder my children do not want to be with me, I don't want to be with me'
That was the equilavent of someone snapping their fingers in front of my face, a wake up call.
I had fired three lawyers in anger, because they could not see what I could see, I launched major complaints to the Court welfare officer department about their standards, but I got nowhere.
In the end, I took a step back because I knew I was their mother and I could only be that. I did not see my children for five years. It is only in the last year, that I have been in contact with my daughter, slowly but surely, she is asking questions, I have given her the opportunity to get out what hurt and anguish she has felt as a little girl, but she loves her father, she loves me and wants us both, yet she was, by us, subjected to the most appalling battle between two parents who thought that was the best at the time. It clearly was not.
My ex husband has lots of guilt now, because of what he put me through and what she is feeling, even though he has had her with him for five years and his partner. I have never once slagged off her father to her, simply explaining that we both did not handle it well. But now it is time to rebuild and move forward.
He wanted money, when we split, he had me chased for child support and I refused to pay it, child support and child contact are two separate matters.
Yet many people believe that they are not, that one can have their child when they pay up.
We as parents give the courts the rights to execute these ridiculous contact orders, that are breached, yet they can do nothing about, we furnish the lawyers with the ability to make money, because we are emotionally fuelled because it is our children that we 'want to fight for'
I stopped fighting for my children, I knew their father loved them, despite his own behaviour towards me, he can care for them and has, but he also could not see further than the end of his nose. In his anger toward me he stopped hurting me and continued hurting them, he has to live with that I do not, yet I tell him it is okay.
I did not stop fighting because I did not want them, I stopped fighting because it was tearing them apart, and I proved to them with letters, over the years, so they could keep up with my life, even though I had no response, I continued.
We get wrapped up in blaming the system and it is appalling, but I snatched control back, I was not the better parent, I did not want to win, I wanted my children to have a healthy, balanced relationship with both parents, if not, how were they ever going to have balanced healthy relationships as adults themselves?
Fathers have not the upper hand, nor do mothers, it is damn unfair at times, but really? We are in control of our own children, courts cannot prevent us from writing to them, cannot prevent us from calling them, cannot prevent us from receiving reports from their schools and not prevent us from being parents.
It is us that allow them to, and the less people that walk up those court steps and rely on family law systems to sort it out, the less chance it has of working.
It took me five years to gain contact with my daughter, my son is still too traumatised to speak, but he knows I am there, my daughter is one who wants to talk, who wants to get it out of her system and will cry out, but the best thing after five years of hell are the words 'Mum, I love you'
No court can ever take that away from me, no bitter ex husband can ever take those words from me, no lawyer can ever charge me in six minute increments for his time, those words are what I needed to hear for five long hellish years.
It works, because we allow it to. Fathers, mothers, grandparents, who have lost contact go to the legal system for help, and here we have a forum of people who have lost contact because we have walked up those court steps, hoping to 'win' our children.
What wins through, is not a lawyer who has had his pocket filled and a happy parent walking down the court steps with a 'win' and their children, not the judge, but love, patience and a hell of a lot of love, no matter what an objectionable ex says about the other parent in a courtroom to an audience is of no matter, love of a parent, be it a mother, father will always end up being the person who wins. And more importantly the child or children will have the security of both parents.
My aim is to remove the 'custody' wins. It is to promote that whatever the pain, whatever has gone on, is it not about the children and them having a relationship with both parents?
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loving mom
Joined: 16 Dec 2009
Posts: 7
State or Province: Washington
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:24 pm
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There are recently lots of new movements like fatherhood movement or fathers right. They get a lots of help and interesting is that they get help even from moms, yes these sort of so called moms or women help the fathers to win the custody against helpless mother. Do everything to help these sorts of movements and bring lots of dirty accusations against moms to help fathers in custody battles.
My experience and 5 other of her current cases is about a parenting Evaluator, name Laurie Olson Gains. She is pro fathers and works for Fathers rights organization. So in a numb, overloaded corrupt system, where normally judges follow Gals Evaluations or recommendations you can see a lots of corruption or mentally sick Evaluators like Greenberg, who commits suicide at the end and the court system doesnt do anything to undo his unfair bias and dangerous evaluations. They knew that he was mentally sick but because they dont want to spend time for justice they let the cases be as before. Another case like Laurie Olson Gaines, where you cannot find any evaluation of her in moms favor and she is %100 pro fathers, the system rather to stay blind toward these sorts of actions in the name of justice!!!
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Joined: 01 Jan 2010
Posts: 2
State or Province: Ontario
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:33 pm
Post subject: Scary Stuff
I definitely see the trend shifting to pro-father's rights in the court system, to the point of taking away mother's rights, as well as children's rights.
I fought in the court system in Florida for many years, and the judge was VERY biased for the father in my case. Like many others here, he was abusive, and only wanted the child in effort to hurt me. My situation got so bad I left the United States and now, I can not go home. I have written a book about my experience, the abuse, the court system. I hope that my book will help other women to be strong and fight- never give up!
Check out my website,
for more info on the book.
I am looking forward to being an active member of this site!
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loving mom
Joined: 16 Dec 2009
Posts: 7
State or Province: Washington
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:37 pm
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Doe's anyone know about pimpimng your way out by selling prfessional values done by Laurie Olson Gaines?
This woman seem to be a mentaly sick Gaurdian ad Litem. She uses lots of drugs even standing on the stand for her testemony!
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Joined: 07 Mar 2010
Posts: 2
State or Province: Arizona
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:40 pm
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I am currently going through an unbelievable child custody case and went up against the Fathers Rights Organization Friday (not knowingly) by showing up to a meeting of somesort I was told to attend. I am a single mother who has raised an almost 11 year old daughter on my own with NO support whatsoever from bio father and very little from others. Luckily I was self employed and managed to get this far well in my opinion.
My current nightmare began last March, 2009 when the bio father (not listed on birth certificate) sent me a letter from a prison cell stating we would be reunited wholly and completely as he had prayed for 680 days and God does nothing in half measures. I responded .... umm....no. He got a jail house lawyer to file paternity, custody, visitation and more. He wasn't even on the birth certificate. He was released 8/31/09. Our whole lives have fallen apart and we have been bullied by him and this evangelic extremist lawyer from some home based church who lies like a rug and gets off on making women seem unfit! She's a woman! I have done nothing wrong as a mother in any way and being faced with this person to be in our lives due to these insane equal rights laws.
I will be involved in any demonstration I can be to help stop this train wreck they claim to be in the best interests of the children. I drafted a letter which I plan on sending to TV stations in my area this coming week and to anyone influencial that will listen. I won't be afraid any longer. I will copy and paste it to this if I can figure it out.
March 6, 2010
Re: SB1314 = Senate Bill 1314 (this means it has already gone through the senate)
To Whom It May Concern:
Do you know the definition of a "FIT PARENT" by law in the state of Arizona? It was stated by a man at the committee meeting below, he was told "if his ex didn't have a needle hanging out of her neck in the courtroom, she would be deemed fit". This also goes for men. Did you know a parent could threaten to murder you and your child but as long as enough time goes by, they are deemed fit. Did you know an incarcerated prisoner is deemed fit as long as they are staying out of trouble in prison and the crime is non-repetitive, non-violent, no matter how many felonies they are found guilty of? Did you know 7+ felonies are considerred non-repetitive? Did you know a person who has never contributed to the life of a child but may have committed some domestic violence over an 11 year period, has been diagnosed with multiple serious mental illnesses but it was 11 years ago, is a fit parent? Did you know someone who admits to having a relationship with the devil since age 5 and the devil has been trying to take them down their whole life and they keep the devil at bay by saying "Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ" is a fit parent? Now put all those above issues together and consider the person is one and the same and still is considerred a fit parent!
Yesterday I spoke before the Domestic Relations Committee regarding this bill. This was personally humiliating to admit my family court dilemmas publicly yet somewhat empowering since I felt heard finally and possibly am able to help myself and others as has been my lifes passion. I have never in my life spoken before a committee like this but I found the Arizona Fathers Rights Forum stating the need for attendees at this meeting and I was compelled to be there. I had no idea where or what there was until I actually got there.
There were men present who told their stories of mothers receiving sole custody with visitation given to the fathers which left them feeling shorted from their childrens lives. Just like we cannot make everyone happy all the time, we need to accept until other protective measures are put into place this bill is presented with 'good intent' with an obvious outcome of potential destruction to the children involved to appease these fathers. In my situation the outcome would be destructive and not in the best interest of the child. We pass these bills stating 'in the best interest of the children' and vote on this as if society is all healthy, loving and caring without malicious intent. Yet there is no protection in the wording of this bill from what the news tells us daily. We lock the doors to our cars, to our homes and have protection on our computers from the vast random attacks of evil doers and these are just a few of the precautions we now take in the 21st century to protect ourselves from the abusers of our laws. These same abusers of our laws unfortunately can be part of the creation of a child. (note I chose those words carefully) WHY WOULD WE NOT PROTECT OUR CHILDREN IN MUCH THE SAME WAY? I use the analogy of locking our doors as this must be the starting point of our society unfortunately as this is our reality at this time. We must check the door prior to opening it with the children. We should not leave it wide open as this bill does for potential dangers or even strangers to come through until we have checked and verified their intention. This bill needs to be stopped immediately! Alternatives need to be presented. I am in agreement with the courts sanctioning the person to pay the attorneys fees of false accusations made by another of one parent being unfit as I believe we must start somewhere to deter the use of the courts to continue the lies against another party since perjury is widely known to be overlooked and this could be a step in the right direction on that subject.
We need public awareness of these issues that are affecting the lives of the children in our state and our country. Maybe you would receive more input regarding family court matters. Should we start by better defining "fit parent" or how about actually penalizing perjury on affidavits or sworn statements. Those are not gender based suggestions. Discomfort to some is not as bad as absolute destruction to others. I have no idea why my little family was made to suffer so severely when I needed my judicial system for the first time in my life. I also acted on the advice of my legal and medical authorities. It is true had I not done as they advised and any negative events had occurred, I would have been charged with negligence but later my legal system failed me and my child. I believed if you do your best with good intent, it would all work out. Are we just an exception or is this happening regularly?
The mother grows the child in her womb and gives birth if she so choses and has the first right of what to do with her body by federal law when pregnancy occurs. Thus controversial abortion topics. So I say start there and work our way out in these unfortunately high conflict cases as I believe this is 'in the best interest of all children'. I am attempting to be heard on behalf of all sufferers of abuse at the hands of the their spouse and or domestic partners. I am attempting to be heard on behalf of the children who do not know this so called fit other parent they are forced to suddenly jointly be with. I am writing on behalf of the children with special needs who do not know this other parent unequipped to care for them as they have no experience with their special needs. I am writing on behalf of the children who have been sexually, physically abused by any parent whom they fear and have no voice. I am writing on behalf of the mothers who made the decision not to have an abortion when the father wanted nothing to do with the child and the mother is being hushed from receiving child support for fear this person automatically gets to pay her back by taking her child half the time. Does a simple DNA test make a person act in the best interest of the child? Fathers Rights groups are all over this and mothers are no where to be found. This is truly not about man or woman but about safety and protection of the children. I would never have known about this bill had I not seen it on the "Fathers Rights" forum. There was one person of the public other than myself speaking on behalf of the potential dangers of the passing of this bill. Just because a mother carries and gives her body for the birth of her children doesn't mean she is fit but generally that is the case. We need to stop appeasing and start getting real. Protect the children first. Even if these people have the right, we must ask ourselves IS IT REALLY RIGHT? Unfortunately we must remember to be cautious when opening any door for the most part. As a parent, we must parent, as a guardian, we must guard, as a mother, we must mother, as a father, we must father. Those are all verbs to me. DNA is a noun.
Feel free to give me feedback as I have been working with half the brain cells I started out with due to stress.
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Joined: 08 May 2010
Posts: 3
State or Province: Oregon
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 3:11 am
Post subject: ugh
my ex recently took our daughter who i have raised on my own since before she was one well recently he got a new gf and took her from me, its been three weeks since i have seen her ive filed every paper possible with the court house and since theres no established custody its just who ever has her they wont give me any help even though he has two duiis his mom has no licence and his new gf does drugs, they just keep tellin me to get a lawyer. i dont have much money and lawyers dont help for free
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Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. It's free. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.
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Gastric banding is a restrictive surgical procedure. During this procedure, two medical devices are implanted in the patient: a silicone band and an injection port. The silicone band is placed around the upper part of the stomach and molds the stomach into two connected chambers. The injection port is attached to the abdominal wall, underneath the skin. The port is connected to the band with soft, thin tubing. The band is adjustable.
Gastric banding patients typically lost 47% of their excess weight. Benefits include improved or resolved co-morbid conditions, increased quality of life performed laparoscopically, no malabsorption, minimal time out of work and it can be removed if deemed necessary.
Our office offers both LAP-BAND® and Realize Band®. Both bands function is the same and both offer web-based support for patients.
Gastric Band Adjustments
Adjustments are made by your healthcare professional using a needle to inject saline solution into your band through the port. Adding saline increases the amount of restriction provided by the band, helping patients feel fuller sooner and with less food.
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Inside a cavernous warehouse 17 miles from Pasadena 2,000 plus volunteers have been working on Disneyland's entry into the 124th Rose Parade -- "Destination: Cars Land." Disney has a long tradition with the Tournament of Roses Parade. The first float was in 1938 featured characters from Snow White. This year the theme "Oh, the places you will go!" parlayed perfectly with the opening of Cars Land in Disney's California Adventure this past June.
Randy Wojcik, Senior Show Director with Creative Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, took blogger Lisa Robertson, me and our kids on a tour of the float.
"I'm just humbled by the amount of volunteers who come out, the details and effort they give to the float is amazing," Randy told us. All together it will have taken 25,000 man hours to make Destination Cars Land roll down the parade route on New Year's Day.
Once the float is in full-swing it will be there are over 45 moving parts including, tractors, Luigi, Guido, Sally and Lighting McQueen all constantly in motion, along with live working waterfalls and high-energy dancers grooving to the tune of Route 66 by the Cheetah Girls.
When we saw the float it was still in two pieces but once the last details are finished -- like adding the license plate to the back and the Cars Land postcard to the front -- the California-shaped float will be 125 feet and reach 35 feet at its highest point.
I've never seen a Rose Parade float up close before and didn't know what to expect on our tour. It was fascinating to see the detail and creativity involved in the smallest detail.
The Tournament of Roses Parade begins at 8 am. Disney's Destination: Cars Land float is expected to appear around 9 am and rumor has it, there will be some VERY special guests who will make an apperance on the float.
Look for our personal touch. The kids and I got to add our own roses to the side of the float, just below McQueen and Sally.
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The problems of the Co-op Bank have been well documented, but what impact have they had and is the co-operative movement in Britain still relevant today? Chris Bond reports.
THE origins of the co-operative movement in Britain are as northern as the Pennine hills and the former mill towns nestled around them.
They stretch back to the mid-19th Century when fledgling co-operative consumer societies first began to flourish. These groups were owned by their members, usually small retailers selling local goods and produce, who teamed up to combine their buying power.
From these humble beginnings the early co-operatives grew, developing into organisations like the Co-operative Wholesale Society, what's now called the Co-Operative Group, and by the 1930s they had become the biggest food retailers in Britain.
Today, the Co-Operative Group has its fingers in many pies. As well as being the largest "mutual" business in the UK, owned by its many members and customers, it's the biggest funeral provider and owns one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country. It's also a big player in the world of food, travel and insurance, among other things.
It's not just been a success on our shores having grown into a global phenomenon worth over a trillion dollars. There are now more than one billion members of co-operatives worldwide which between them employ over 100 million people producing everything from Champagne to Spanish olive oil. They also account for all the Fairtrade goods produced which means that around 887,000 smallholders in developing countries get a fair wage.
However, the Co-operative's image has been tarnished in recent times after former Co-op Bank chairman Paul Flowers, a Methodist minister from Bradford, hit the headlines when a newspaper alleged he had bought drugs including cannabis, crack cocaine and ketamine.
The bank itself has been struggling following a merger with the Britannia building society in 2009 and a £1.5bn rescue plan had to be approved in December handing 70 per cent ownership to private investors. Last month then brought further bad news after it emerged the bank needs to raise another £400m to cover past issues, with the business set to report losses of up to £1.3bn for 2013.
The bank's financial problems have certainly had a damaging effect on a brand which prides itself on its ethical values and principles. But despite all the negative headlines, co-operatives remain a major cog in Yorkshire's economic engine employing 18,000 people and generating a turnover of £2.2bn.
There are more than 200 co-operatives in the region from community groups involving a handful of people, to Suma Wholefoods, based in Elland, which is the UK's largest workers co-operative.
Sheffield has a proud tradition of supporting co-operatives and its here that a group of craft workers and artisans joined forces to help revive Portland Works, near Bramall Lane. Built in 1870 as the city's first forge, it provided a working home for successive generations of welders, engravers and metalworkers.
Over the decades the Grade II* listed building fell into disrepair until a campaign was started to revive it and today there are 30 tenants including a knife-maker, an engraver and a photographer.
Colin Havard, who manages Portland Works, says this sense of togetherness has created a thriving working environment. "Any new tenant has to buy a share and the aim in the long term is that tenants look after the building because that hasn't always been the case in the past."
He believes the success of Portland Works is down to the collaboration that goes on there. "If the engraver needs to use a blade he can go to the knife-maker and this creates a sense of sharing which is what we're all about. We don't just want to have office space, we want to have a space for making things."
Like Sheffield, Hebden Bridge has long-standing links with the Co-operative movement which proved helpful when Mike Barrett and five others bought Valley Organics, a local food shop, and turned it into a workers' co-op. "The previous owners were selling the shop and four of us who worked there, along with two others, decided to buy it because it was a way of saving the shop and people's jobs," says Barrett, who also works as a graphic designer.
"We're doing very well, takings are up 20 to 30 per cent and since we've taken over we've had a lot of goodwill from the community. It's a positive circle because it means we can bring in more fresh veg which attracts more people into the shop."
They're doing so well that they're already looking to take on two extra staff. "It was a big step in the dark because none of us had done anything like this before so it's worked out really well."
Valley Organics isn't the only co-operative that's thriving in the vicinity, there's also a pub, a bakery and a lighting business among others. But Barrett admits that what works in one place isn't guaranteed to work somewhere else. "The Co-op model still works very well in Hebden Bridge where there happens to be a long history of workers owning things, but that doesn't mean it will work everywhere."
Although the idea of co-operatives still appeals to many people, there's no escaping the fact that recent events have left a sour taste in the mouth and Labour MP Barry Sheerman admits the Co-op's image has taken a bit of a bashing. "We can't deny that it's had a terrible impact on our brand," he says.
The Huddersfield MP has been involved in the Co-operative movement since the 1970s, when he set up an employee co-operative as a university lecturer, and he wants to see the organisation return to what it's good at, which is serving its community. "It's a wonderful ideal but it needs to come to terms with what has happened and reinvigorate its democratic roots."
At the same time he feels it also needs modernising. "It needs re-energising along the lines of the John Lewis Partnership where employees are given a more hands on involvement," he says. "There's also new technologies like crowdfunding and other social media that offer great potential to the Co-op movement."
It's a movement he believes still has an important role to play. "We need credit unions to take on exorbitant payday lenders; we need cooperative grocery stores which source their food ethically to take on the big supermarkets; and we need a mortgage provider offering mortgages at reasonable rates."
He says at a time when the welfare state is being diminished we need the values of co-operation and compassion that the Co-operative movement embodies. "It's still a not-for-profit movement with any surplus reinvested in the community and the people who live there, and that's not a bad principle."


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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
While still having hip issues, I decided to try taking Chloe for a walk anyway, using lessons from last night's class. We first stepped outside and she did a weird pull to get out of the collar and continued to pull and back out. I've never seen her do this before, so I calmly got her back inside, removed the leash, went about my business, then tried again. Thinking back, I probably should have kept her on the leash. Anyway, she did well, we did right turns and left turns along the way. Then we were approaching a construction area with a guy getting out of his truck to open a gate. She became very focused on him, we did a right turn, walked, left turn approached the truck a little closer, she was still very focused on him so we repeated this about 4 times getting closer each time until we passed him with no barking/lunging. I think I'm getting it, slowly, very slowly!!
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A Kinky Friedman talking action figure stars in the independent gubernatorial hopeful's first round of campaign T-V ads.
Those ads began airing today in Texas.
The musician and writer plans to run spots in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso markets.
The ads feature a 13-inch figure at a podium -- answering questions from reporters.
"Can you get the Republicans and Democrats to work together," one reporter asks.
The doll responds: "I'm running for governor, not God."
Supporters can buy the talking action figure online or at Friedman's Austin headquarters for about 30 bucks.
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09/29 Hurricane Relief for Puerto Rico: Astorino Announces Westchester County Drive 12 PM
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- Responding to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, County Executive Robert P. Astorino on Friday, September 29, will announce that he is launching a "Hurricane Relief for Puerto Rico" drive across Westchester County.
"Westchester County is home to more than 44,000 Americans of Puerto Rican heritage," Astorino said. "The devastation of Hurricane Maria has been unprecedented, and on a personal level, the worst fears of families and loved ones have come true. We are all one community here in Westchester, and my hope and prayer is that we can make a meaningful contribution to the people most in need."
Friday, September 29 – 12 noon
Casa de Dios de Yonkers
206 New Main Street
Yonkers, New York 10701
Robert P. Astorino, Westchester County Executive
Rev. Sen. Ruben Díaz, State Senator, Bronx
Rev. Abbelane Rivera, President, Westchester County Hispanic Clergy Association
Kevin M. McGuire, Commissioner, Westchester DSS
Javier Vincens, a Yonkers resident and DSS employee who lost his aunt and uncle when a roof collapsed on their home in Puerto Rico
Dozens of Volunteers – including pledge of 10,000 diapers from the Junior League of Central Westchester
Diana Costello, (914) 995-2932; Maricelly Velez, (914) 995-2903
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Graeme Souness fears Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge will never fulfil his potential.
And the former Scotland captain believes Sturridge's lack of 'work ethic' explains why he failed to establish himself at Manchester City and Chelsea.The real reason Denis Suarez was left out of Barcelona's Copa del Rey squad
Sturridge graduated through Man City's youth system and was handed his Premier League debut in 2006.
The England forward spent three seasons with City, scoring six goals, but was sold to Chelsea in 2009, where he played 63 league games in four years.
Daniel Sturridge: Premier League STATS
Appearances: 173
Goals: 69
Assists: 19
Wins: 84
This season Sturridge has struggled to force his way into Jurgen Klopp's starting XI and is yet to score a league goal for the Reds.
Souness says the 27-year-old has quality but has serious doubts whether Sturridge will ever realise his full potential.
'Sturridge has that quality, but what he does not have, and which all successful teams want, is a work ethic,' Souness, 63, said in the Sunday Times.
'That explains why two big clubs, Manchester City and Chelsea, have let him go and why he is now not in the starting team at a third big club, Liverpool. There have been some good judges who have doubts about him.
'Sturridge is 27 now and I would suggest he's not going to fulfil his potential. He either cannot maintain physically, because of his well-documented injuries, or does not want to mentally put in the shift as a team player that Jurgen Klopp demands.'
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No Days Off is a call for consistency, moderation and patience: the full-time, year-round commitment to the process. Two athletes put the 2019 No Days Off Collection, featuring winter performance apparel made from Australian Merino wool, through its paces over a cold-weather training camp in Craftsbury, Vermont. Film directed by Emily Maye and produced with support from The Woolmark Company.


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So captivating! The stunning royal beauty of lush white gardenias in full bloom.
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Peach, Berry, Clove
Mid: Gardenia, Jasmine, Lily, Freesia
Base: Musk, Woody Notes
Top note is the initial impression of the fragrance, middle note is the main body of the scent and base is its final impression.


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Working on a medium to large scale JavaScript project was always a challenge. Just picture yourself editing a few thousands lines of code in a single source file! Fortunately, the next version of the JavaScript standard, ECMAscript 6, is going to give us modules. Personally, I think that the golden standard for JavaScript modules is the Node.js model, what could be more elegant than to write:
1 require('foo');
and instantly have access to everything was exported in the required module ?
1 require(["foo"], function(foo) {
2 //This is called when foo.js is loaded.
3 }
this gives us a callback function that will fire once the required module is loaded. But, what if you want something even simpler, something that looks more like the Node.js syntax, or Lua's require, or other languages ? Enter Browserify!
1 browserify input_1.js input_2.js -o bundle.js
1 watchify input_1.js input_2.js -o bundle.js
Now, every change in one of the input JavaScript files will trigger a rebuild of the output, bundle.js file.
You can install browserify and watchify with the NodeJS manager npm. Assuming you have installed NodeJS on your computer, open a Terminal (for Windows you could use a Command Prompt, just remove the sudo from both lines) and write:
1 sudo npm install -g browserify
2 sudo npm install -g watchify
1 function Person(first_name, last_name, age) {
2 this.first_name = first_name;
3 this.last_name = last_name;
4 this.age = age;
5 }
7 Person.prototype.getName = function() {
8 return this.first_name + " " + this.last_name;
9 }
11 Person.prototype.getAge = function() {
12 return this.age;
13 }
15 module.exports = Person;
Please note the highlighted line from above, this will let us use the object Person in a different file. Save the above file as person.js.
Now, we could use the above code in a separate JavaScript file:
1 (function() {
2 var Person = require('./person.js');
4 // create and use two persons
5 var person_1 = new Person("William", "Adama", 65);
6 var person_2 = new Person("Lee", "Adama", 30);
8 console.log(person_1.getName());
9 console.log(person_2.getName());
10 })();
save the above as main.js. We can compile the above two files using browserify through watchify:
1 watchify person.js main.js -o bundle.js
Let's include bundle.js in a dummy html file:
1 <!DCCTYPE html>
2 <html>
3 <head>
4 <title>Using Browserify</title>
5 </head>
7 <body>
8 <script src = "bundle.js"></script>
9 </body>
10 </html>
Now, add an extra line to main.js and save the file:
1 (function() {
2 var Person = require('./person.js');
4 // create and use two persons
5 var person_1 = new Person("William", "Adama", 65);
6 var person_2 = new Person("Lee", "Adama", 30);
8 console.log(person_1.getName());
9 console.log(person_1.getAge());
10 console.log(person_2.getName());
11 })();
the output file, bundle.js, will be generated for you, if you refresh the test.html in your browser, you should see:
1 (function() {
2 ...
3 console.log(person_2.getName());
4 console.log(person_2.getAge());
5 })();
and the result, assuming LivePage was enabled:
If you want to be able to read bundle.js or to see where an error has occurred in the original JavaScript files, use the –debug flag:
1 watchify --debug person.js main.js -o bundle.js
The above will enable source maps for your input files.
If you want to learn more about JavaScript, I would recommend reading Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by J. Resig and B. Bibeault:
If you are interested in Node.js, this is a good book Node.js the Right Way by J. R. Wilson:


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Dana Boente's Wikipedia Article Calls Him Trump's Sock Puppet
Celebrate every small victory! Shortly after Trump announced Dana Boente as the new attorney general, the wikipedia article was adjusted by someone to say:
"Dana James Boente is the newest sock puppet for the Trump administration."
Well-played, and hilarious! I am sure it has already been changed, so I snatched this picture.


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Hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope - and how to find them.
Turn Left at Orion is a unique guidebook to the night sky, providing all the information you need to observe a whole host of celestial objects.
Turn Left at Orion is a unique guidebook to the night sky, providing all the information you need to observe a whole host of celestial objects. With spiral binding, this edition is easy to use outdoors at the telescope and is the ideal beginner's book. With its distinct one-object-per-spread format, this edition is designed for Dobsonian telescopes, as well as for smaller reflectors and refractors, and covers Southern hemisphere objects in more detail. Large-format eyepiece views, positioned side-by-side, show objects exactly as they are seen through a telescope, and with detailed directions, tables of astronomical information and an expansive night-by-night Moon section, it has never been easier to explore the night sky on your own.
Spiral Bound
Published by Cambridge University Press, December 2011
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Seasonal skies: January–March
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Seasonal skies: October–December
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Where do you go from here?
Beyond the eyepiece
What, where, and when to observe
Finding geostationary satellites
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text: I recently put together a NAS for my wife and I to use. The 100Mbit that the network is capable of now is frustratingly slow. I've got a WRT54G hooked up to my Cable Modem and the NAS and my desktop (and my printer). My wife connects to the NAS and printer via WiFi. I would like to put a switch in there so that I can connect to the NAS via Gigabit, but I'm new to this part of networking. If I get a switch, say This one (unless you've got a better recommendation. I'd actually like a linksys that is the same form factor as the WRT54G I've already got so I can stack them), how do I set it up? Would I connect the printer to the router and my desktop and NAS to the switch? Will everything see each other properly? Is there any setup I need to do that's special? One of the other reasons I'd like to get a gigabit switch is that when I saturate the connection between my desktop and the NAS (up & down), the router overeheats and locks up. I'd assume that by running a Gigabit that I couldn't saturate, I shouldn't have that problem. If anyone has links to articles or some general advice, it'd be appreciated. I just don't know where to start with this. I'm fairly new to networking (well, more than just an access point or router)


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Instagram is a simple way to capture and share the world's moments. Follow your friends and family to see what they're up to, and discover accounts from all over the world that are sharing things you love. Join the community of over 1 billion people and express yourself by sharing all the moments of your day — the highlights and everything in between, too.
Use Instagram to:
* Post photos and videos you want to keep on your profile grid. Edit them with filters and creative tools and combine multiple clips into one video.
* Browse photos and videos from people you follow in your feed. Interact with posts you care about with likes and comments.
* Share multiple photos and videos (as many as you want!) to your story. Bring them to life with text, drawing tools and other creative effects. . They disappear after 24 hours and won't appear on your profile grid or in feed.
* Go live to connect with your friends in the moment. Try going live with a friend and sharing a replay to your story when you're done.
* Message your friends privately in Direct. Send them photos and videos that disappear and share content you see on Instagram.
* Watch stories and live videos from the people you follow in a bar at the top of your feed.
* Discover photos, videos and stories you might like and follow new accounts on the Explore tab.
What's New
Version 76.0
We have new features and improvements!
Introducing Voice Messaging
In any message thread, tap and hold the microphone icon to start recording a voice message. Release your finger to send.
Close Friends List: Now, you can make a close friends list and share stories with just those people. To add friends to your list, go to your profile and tap on "Close Friends" in the side menu.
Accessibility Improvements: We're improving Instagram for people with visual impairments. We are automatically adding alternative text to photos on Feed, Explore and Profile so people who use screen readers can hear what's in the photo. We're also letting you add custom alternative text to these photos.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors' Notes
In the great big crowd of social media apps, Instagram continues to stand out for a reason: it makes sharing moments with everyone in your world easy, speedy, and fun. Whether you're posting breathtaking vacation photos tweaked with one of dozens of cool image filters or a video clip of an insane concert, Instagram's uncluttered accessibility has kept it at the top of the social-sharing heap.
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- Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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- Age Rating
- Rated 12+ for the following:
- Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
- Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
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Have you been looking forward to the 2015 Argonauta Tournament as much as we have?
Have you been harassing your teammates so they keep the date (September 19th) reserved already?
Despite the theme not being released yet, have you come up with at least a dozen costume ideas?
COOL! And we have good news; by the end of this week registration for the 2015 Argonauta Tournament will be opened. So ensure you have all the players you need, cars, hotels and costumes ready and register end of the week for the 2015 edition!
PS; we are looking for sponsors too; in case you know someone or are someone who wants to promo something, please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Comfort Suites Pelham
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Piper Selects Aviall For Worldwide Parts Network
Piper Aircraft announced on Monday that Aviall Services, a subsidiary of Boeing, will become Piper's sole global parts distributor, providing supply-chain support for Piper dealers and customers around the world. Piper CEO Kevin Gould said customers will benefit from Aviall's experience as a parts supplier. �Aviall�s extensive experience and excellent reputation in parts management and distribution will give our customers world-class service that is fundamental to the total Piper experience,� he said. The change will mean a "quantum leap" in the ability of customers to get the parts they need, when they need them, at excellent price and quality, said Derek Zimmerman, Piper's vice president of supply chain and aftermarket development. "Aviall's strategically placed distribution centers worldwide, coupled with its ability to stock sufficient inventory to meet customer needs in a timely fashion, make it the logical choice for Piper," he said.�Aviall Services, based in Dallas, is one of the world's largest providers of new aviation parts and related services, with more than 2 million catalog items available through 39 customer service centers in North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific region. Boeing acquired the company in 2006 for $1.7 billion.
"Piper Aircraft has placed its trust and confidence in Aviall Services to fulfill this important role in its business," said Paul Fulchino, chairman, president and CEO of Aviall Inc.�"With certainty, we at Aviall can say we will provide to Piper customers, dealers and service centers a level of service that is unmatched in our industry.�We look forward to this association with such an exceptional company as Piper Aircraft." In its 72-year history, Piper has brought to market about 144,000 aircraft with more than 160 models certified. About 90,000 Piper aircraft are still flying and are serviced and supported on every continent by Piper's 65 service centers, 40 dealers and 2,500 field personnel. Aviall will provide supply chain support for Piper dealers and service centers and also market and sell Piper parts to the company's individual customers worldwide.


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Wind turbine on Samsø crumbled into the sea
Credit: By Lucie Rychla | Copenhagen Post | December 1st, 2015 | cphpost.dk ~~
A large turbine at a Samsø offshore windfarm was wrecked on Saturday, bringing electricity production at the site to a halt.
For unknown reasons, the 100-metre-high turbine lost its top part and all of its wings, which then fell into the sea.
The turbine is one of ten that are part of the island's Paludan Flak wind project, which has been in service for over ten years.
Søren Hermansen, a shareholder in the project, has called the incident "a disaster".
The entire wind farm was brought to an abrupt halt and it will take a long time before the damaged turbine is repaired.
Mysterious incident
"Just ten minutes before the turbine snapped, it was operating normally," Hermansen told DR.
"It's not until we take a look at the black box that we will be able to analyse what exactly happened."
The wind turbines were built by Siemens, which is also responsible for maintenance.
The company has not been able to explain what could have caused the damage.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
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No I don't believe in "New Year's Resolutions" because if I want to change something about myself I should do it RIGHT THEN! However, NYR's (that's going to be my easy abbreviation) do make a lot of press headlines, and give me a wakeup call every year. So below I will write up some things I wish to do, or not do from now on. Feel free to comment and add your own. Maybe check this note often and see if I'm behaving. I assure you, when I slip up I'll come right back here and tell y'all.
I will not use https://twitter.com/#!/Reneezelle to "tweet" famous people things that I do not like about them. Like this chick Julia Samersova who is on a show called "Scouted." The randomly choose teenage girls in small towns to become NYC models. They make them gorgeous and feel good about themself and then pick apart any quality that may not be perfect modeling code. I cried when they told the pretty red headed curly hair girl she had ugly hair. So Julia Samersova had some good advice for her. "If you want to make a million dollars you have to look like a million dollars." Well Julia Samersova looks like a pretty young version of Cruella DeVille. I screamed at the tv, "OPEN YOUR EYES CHICK AND YOU WONT HAVE TO KEEP LIFTING YOUR CHIN UP TO SEE PEOPLE! YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE ON DRUGS OR HAVE A MAJOR SLIPPED DISK IN YOUR NECK AND SOMEONE SUPER GLUED YOUR FALSE EYELASHES ON TO YOUR CORNEA'S!!!!!!"
See?!!!?!?!!?!!! I even googled it and there's many things about her. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111226200423AArELtD
*SO I WILL NOT USE TWITTER TO BE MEAN TO CELEBRITIES. Past that I'd never be mean to someone I know personally.
*I will eat less butter. I will realize that I dont need to make rice, and add so much butter it turns into soup. Oh and then add Tony Cachere's. That is so bad. Butter and Salt. So bad. So good.......
*I will stick up for Kim Kardashian. I don't care who you are reading this. I like the Kardashian's. I am not sorry.
More to come later. Just had to really get that Cruella Deville thing off my chest and since Im not tweeting people about their issues, I thought it was only fair to put it on Facebook. ***** Now keep in mind this is a GOOD picture, not her in moving action.*****
AND FOR THE RECORD I AM NOT MEAN, *this* Julia chick is mean. She deserves what I have to say because she can fix the way she looks and she is so mean to young teenage girls, and this is what ruins our girls these days!!!!


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Planet Calypso — the free-to-play MMORPG/FPS where players who know what they're doing can make money — is celebrating Halloween with Mayhem.
In this year's Mayhem event, players will fight their way through masses of the undead. The event is centered around a graveyard complete with creepy creatures and two scary bosses. Players will want to kill all the creatures they can on the way to those bosses as they will drop a variety of pumpkins that can be applied toward prizes.
In addition to the prizes players can earn with pumpkins, MindArk has also added a few Halloween-specific items to the Webshop. Players can purchase Limited Edition Halloween Strongboxes filled with Halloween clothing, a special Halloween Ring, and more.
More information on the event can be found at PlanetCalypso.com.
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I loved Entropia Universe (the actual name of "Planet Calypso"), but it's just so expensive to be effective in. For $20 you get 200 PED, which will buy you a good low rank weapon that you can't repair, a set of cheap armor, and enough ammo to go hunting for a few hours. If you don't at least break even on that hunting trip, you're screwed. 200 PED might also be enough for a cheap vehicle and some fuel, depending on prices. The point is, the game can be played 1 of 2 ways. Either like a business, or like a casino. You have to risk money to get money, and that doesn't always work out well. There's only 1 way to get "free" money in the game, and that is to pull sweat from creatures, and sell 1,000 sweat for around 2 PED (1/5 American Dollar). To get 1,000 sweat takes about 4 hours. Other than the cash sink, it is an extremely fun game.


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It's Dirty, Loud, and Dangerous... and I Love It!
I 'm visiting New Orleans for the third time in my speaking career. It's great to keep coming back and rekindling the wonderful friendships I've made. And they keep challenging me to come up with new material.
Another cool part about visiting this city is seeing the French Quarter. It almost has a Jekyll-Hyde quality about it. During the day it's quiet and charming and historically seductive (I'll let you interpret what I mean by that). By night, it's boisterous and raucous and raunchy and obnoxious. And really, no two excursions to the French Quarter, by day or by night, are the same.
So why is this relatively unassuming small-town Iowa boy constantly drawn to the modern equivalent of Sodom and Gomorrah? That's easy. Mystery. I just don't know which French Quarter is going to show up. She keeps me guessing all the time, and there's a part of this overly-structured type A hard-driver that likes to be kept guessing. It keeps me humble and reminds me I don't have all the answers and don't always know what to expect. In a way, the French Quarter forces me to be off-balance when I'm in her territory.
So what about you? Are you allowing yourself to be off-balance? To be kept guessing? Who are those people in your life who throw you curve balls? Who keep you out of control? Do you embrace them or run from them? Granted, life is not meant to be a constant surfing contest, but the occasion experience outside your normal comfort zone is healthy. What can you do to expand yourself into unknown territory?


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Craft Animations Offers Defense Edition Upgrade for Sample Tools Included in 2011 Versions of Autodesk 3ds Max and Softimage
Craft Animations Offers Defense Edition Upgrade for Sample Tools Included in 2011 Versions of Autodesk 3ds Max and Softimage
Provides Customized Tools to Create Realistic 3D Animations Ideal for Defense Training, Simulation and Visualization; Over 35 Percent Discount Offered to Autodesk Users
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - June 29, 2010 - Following the integration of a select sample of Craft Director Studio (CDS) tools within the 2011 versions of Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk 3ds Max Design and Autodesk Softimage software; Craft Animations announces the availability of the CDS Defense Edition customized with specific CDS tools that allow quick and easy creation of premium 3D visualizations and designs for tanks or aircraft. Users of 3ds Max 2011 and Softimage 2011 are encouraged to enhance their existing CDS tool library by upgrading to the CDS Defense Edition at over a 35 percent discount until Sept. 30, 2010.
"The promotional tools included on the Autodesk 2011 Installation DVDs are simply a taste of what may be experienced through the utilization of the specialty CDS Defense Edition," explains Craft Animations Founder and CEO Deborah Lygonis. "Upgrading to this customized collection of unique vehicle tools allows anyone to utilize convenient drag-and-drop modeling features to create high quality simulations for use in training and design programs in a matter of minutes."
Used by internationally recognized agencies including Lockheed Martin, NASA and Camber, the CDS Defense Edition includes the complete CDS suite of tools as well as four high-end Pre-rigged Models: Black Hawk, F18, HMMV, M1 A Abrams. Together, this toolkit increases interactive control and simulation, allowing the ability to enhance cinematics through a modular, configurable system that replicates a specific rig's animation. The tools' accessibility and ease of use allow anyone to literally "drive" a vehicle, or "direct" a camera within the creative environment, garnering a more realistic effect in less time. Additional CDS Pre-rigged Models are available for individual purchase.
The promotional CDS tools included on the Installation DVDs shipped with 3ds Max 2011, 3ds Max Design 2011 and Softimage 2011 software contains the Craft SoftMotionCam, Craft ObserverCam, Craft MultiStateCam, Craft HumanizerCam, as well as four Craft Pre-rigged Models. For further information regarding Autodesk software applications, please visit www.autodesk.com.
Additional information regarding Craft Director Studio, and other specialty CDS Editions, is available at www.craftanimations.com.
Pricing and Availability
Regularly priced at $4,995 USD, the CDS Defense Edition is now available to users of 2011 versions of 3ds Max and Softimage for $3,025 USD through Sept. 30, 2010. To obtain this discount, users must contact Craft Animations via email@example.com or +46 31 352 29 80, or outreach to their local reseller to provide proof of Autodesk 2011 purchase.
For additional information regarding CDS Specialty Editions, please click here, or visit www.craftanimations.com.
About Craft Animations
Founded in 2006 and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Craft Animations™ AB is a leading developer of a new era of professional real-time 3D animation technology, Craft Director Studio™. Based on cutting-edge research in autonomous control systems, Craft Director Studio and its add-ons simulate the complex physical behavior of cameras and 3D vehicles such as helicopters, cars, airplanes, boats and motorcycles. Utilized by high-profile companies worldwide such as Disney, Pixar, Namco Bandai, Lockheed Martin, Ford and Toyota; Craft Director Studio streamlines production, enhances realism and increases creativity for users in the visual effects, game development, forensic reconstruction, military and defense, and architectural design industries.
For more information, please visit www.craftanimations.com.
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We had the most wonderful field trip the other day, visiting one of the hottest pizza places in Minneapolis - and after one bite, I understood why - Punch makes the best pizza I've ever had. Their wood-fired pizza oven maintains a temperature of 800 degrees , so your order is done in minutes. Unlike my homemade pizza, their pies are very light and thin, with a few delicious charred bubbles of cheese and dough.
After lunch, we meandered to Nicollet Island - a tiny island in the middle of the Mississippi river, with a charming Inn and lots of parkland to wander through . We met up with a family friend, who was fishing there (below) - he didn't catch anything, but the fish were leaping and splashing just a few feet away from us. What an amazing place!
And here is Frankie at one of the farmers' markets - wearing his butterfly wings:
Have a great weekend!


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Designer Sunglasses and other Sunglasses topics.
Christian Dior sunglasses are the essence of beauty and style. To make those fabulous sunglasses look even better you need to be sure the color of your frames suits your personal coloring. Everyone is either classified as a "cool" or "warm" toned person. Here are some tips for figuring out which one you are and which sunglasses will suit your coloring best.
Cool toned people can be identified by having blue or pink undertones in their skin coloring. They also tend to have icy blue or blue violet eye coloring. Hair color that looks best on a cool toned person can be strawberry blonde, platinum blonde, blue-black, violet based red such as burgundy or a drab brown. If this sounds like you then you're one of the "cool" ones. When it comes to choosing your Christian Dior sunglasses opt for ones with frames that are black, blue-gray or blue. Pink, silver or dark turquoise also works perfectly with this coloring.
For those "warmer" people your skin will have yellow under tones or a "peaches and cream" type of complexion. Your eyes will likely be a gray-blue, brown or green. If your hair color is a golden blonde, golden brown, flat black, auburn red or carrot red you are most likely a warm tone. You will want to choose Christina Dior sunglasses with frames that are golden, copper, off white, fire-engine red or a light warm brown such as camel.
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In class, we've been reading a novel called Touching Spirit Bear. It's about Cole, a boy with a past of lies, violence, and anger. When he severely and violently beats up a kid at his school, Peter Driscal, it's the final straw. He is offered a chance at a system called Circle Justice: "a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal offender, the victim and the, community" (Goodreads). If he doesn't go to Circle Justice, he goes to jail.
This post is all about how this book is much like reality (specifically Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act), and considering Cole's circumstances.
If I were a part of Cole's "Justice Circle," there would be many factors to take into account when giving his a consequence. First of all, his past. Cole had been basically beat up and yelled at his entire life. He was raised in anger: the source of his own anger. Cole began to blame everyone else for his own actions, just as his father did. For example, Cole's father hit him because he was angry at his own life. And who does he blame? Cole. Cole was pretty much taught to be angry and blame everyone else…technically it wasn't his fault. No matter what, Cole is still a minor and still has difficulty seeing long term consequences, as all young teens do. That is another factor that may affect what kind of consequence he faces, and a factor that the Youth Justice Committees in Canada emphasize the importance of.
Another factor to consider is Cole's history with the law. It's obvious that Cole's gotten in trouble with the law before, but he keeps doing it again. While this may be Cole's own fault for not taking responsibility and making positive choices, the fault also lays within the court system. The court system is simply meant to address justice in a way that is the same and "fair" for everyone. It does not consider individual circumstances (like we are now!) and how that may have affected the offender in the crime. This is a reason why things like Justice Circles are more effective! To me, Cole's crimes are basically a cry for help. However, the law just isn't doing it. In order to really help Cole, I feel that he needs a consequence that will help him to understand himself and others in the world.


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England will look at us differently now, says Ponting
Captain Ricky Ponting celebrated his 36th birthday with a crushing win over England on Sunday and said Australia's stunning turnaround in form in Perth would force England to regard them in a different light for the rest of the series.cricket Updated: Dec 19, 2010 12:51 IST
Captain Ricky Ponting celebrated his 36th birthday with a crushing win over England on Sunday and said Australia's stunning turnaround in form in Perth would force England to regard them in a different light for the rest of the series.
After being routed by an innings and 71-runs in the second test in Adelaide, Ponting's team thrashed England by 267 runs early on the fourth day to level the five-test series 1-1 and swing the momentum firmly back to the hosts.
"We got a nice old hiding in Adelaide last week and to be able to bounce back as dramatically and drastically here says a lot about us and where were at right at this moment in the series. It's really pleasing," Ponting told reporters.
"There's some great lessons for us to learn out of this game, the way that we've played our cricket.
"I think now England might just start to have a bit of a look at one -- their team make-up for Melbourne and two -- the sort of cricket they play to have to beat us."
Having been spanked in Adelaide after losing their first three wickets for two runs, Australia appeared set for another calamitous defeat when their batsman slumped to 36-4 on day one.
Cue Mitchell Johnson who scored a 62 in a rearguard fightback then helped Australia crash through England's batting lineup for 187 with a searing six-wicket spell to set up the victory.
"Mitchell's spell was unbelievable, probably one of the odds-on great Ashes spells," Ponting said of the mercurial pace bowler who was dropped after a wayward, wicketless spell in the drawn first test in Brisbane.
"It's transformed him and it's transformed the way that everybody talks about him and thinks about him as a bowler, whether that's in this room or in the English dressing room, most importantly in the English dressing room.
"Some of the deliveries that got their batsmen out will now have them thinking seriously about the way that they play him.
"I heard some rumours coming in, whispers coming in to the game that they had Mitch's type of bowling worked out and knew how to play him. I'm not sure that they're saying that now."
Ponting said his belief in his team had never wavered amid scathing criticism from former players and local pundits.
"I've just been waiting for it all to click together like it all has this week.
"It's an amazing thing what a bit of confidence does and just having that winning feeling around the team."
"We've got that now, we need to be aware of that and we need to be aware of what we've done so well this week that's made us win this game and make sure we continue to do that for the next couple of weeks."
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Europcar continues to expand UK branch network
Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, continues to develop its network, with the launch of a new branch in the South of Bristol just five minutes' walk from Bristol Temple Meads train station.
The new central location gives business and leisure traveller's access to flexible car and van hire, including the Prestige from Europcar range.
Bristol is conveniently located for access to popular tourist attractions in Wales and the South West.
The city is also an important business hub, with new enterprises opening up all the time, so the location offers a vital service for the south of the city.
The new Europcar Bristol South branch provides an ideal location for travellers to get on the road quickly and cost-effectively, open from 08:00-18:00, Monday to Friday and 08:00-13:00 on Saturdays.
The opening of the branch will initially create roles in customer service, fleet management and driver representatives, and will be the sixth Europcar rental location in Bristol.
"Bristol is a thriving business centre, as well as a great starting point for holidaymakers heading to Wales and the South West," said Ken McCall, managing director, Europcar UK Group.
"It therefore made sense for us to expand our branch network to include a location in the South of Bristol.
"With free drop-off and collection, Europcar customers can step off the train at Bristol South and get straight into their hire vehicle, with the minimum of delays.
"This new branch is another example of our focus on keeping our customers on the move, with greater vehicle choice and more locations than ever."
More on Europcar
Europcar is one of the leading mobility players in Europe.
Present in over 140 countries, the group provides customers with one of the largest vehicle rental networks through its own operators, franchisees and partnerships.
Europcar Group operates worldwide its own brands Europcar and InterRent, which is its low cost brand.
The group puts customers at the heart of its mission whether it is innovation or service.
Europcar is considered World's Leading Green Transport Solutions Company by the World Travel Awards.


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Boston in Bloom
Boston retained its gold status in the East Midlands in Bloom competition for the second year running. In his report the judge said "the tour of the town demonstrated the growing strength and community commitment to Bloom and the positive impacts that it is having."
At the regional awards event at Mansfield, the town also scooped the judges' Award 2016 for the transformation of the B & M open space by a range of partners. Landscaping improvements and public art featured prominently, including a community mosaic created by Memory Lane to raise awareness of dementia.
Other new projects featured in the 2016 entry included a pollinator-friendly corridor at Doughty Quay, an 'American' themed flower bed at St. Botolph's Church and new octagonal planters outside Boots based around permanent planting.
To round the day off perfectly, Boston West Academy was announced overall winner in the East Midlands Best School Garden 2016, scoring an amazing mark of 97 out of 100.
Alison Fairman, chairman of the Boston in Bloom Partnership, said "Everyone involved in this year's campaign has worked so hard. Many volunteers give freely of their time, effort and expertise only because they love this town and want to make it even better. They have been ably supported by staff from the borough council, especially the parks and grounds team and all those who help keep the town looking clean and tidy".
Councillor Claire Rylott, portfolio holder for grounds and open spaces said "This is fantastic, a big thank you to everyone who helped make this happen this year. Boston has much going for it if you look beyond the negativity."
Plans are now underway for 2017 with attention focused on The Stump grounds, Central Park, the B & M area and Haven Bridge. The East Midlands in Bloom judge will also be returning to Witham Way Country Park for the first time since 2012.
The In-Bloom campaign which involves over 1,000 communities across the UK is not only about flowers.
Areas we are judged on include:-
- Horticultural Impact and Practice
- Local Heritage
- Conservation and Biodiversity
- Local Environmental Quality
- Community Involvement
- Business Areas and Premises
- Funding and Support
For more information about the 2017 Boston in Bloom Campaign please click on the Bloom logo to the left of this page.


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Photos by Dan Phelps for SpinSheet.
Photographer Dan Phelps was on the water early, catching us all at our finest.
What a great party! Thanks to Dick Franyo at Boatyard Bar & Grill and Eastport Yacht Club... this was a party for the books!
It's more than just an excuse to drink beer in the morning on a holiday weekend...
Tuesday nights are for Baltimore, that's for sure.


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Check out our new Tote design on Etsy. The cover is reversible and the tote has a cuff that hides the buttons. There are photos on Etsy showing in detail the new design. And of course check out our clutch purses while your visiting our shop. We are having great fun in coming up designs. We are repurposing many of our fabrics that we had in stock.
Our purses and clutches can now be found in the Pittsburgh Area. They can be found at "The Wild Card" in Lawrenceville, Pa. (The Cookie Tour is going on December 3 to December 6) and also at "The White Olive" in Butler, Pa.
Have fun visiting our shop and let us know what you think. If you leave a comment or join our blog we will give you a big discount on a tote or clutch. Send us an email for special pricing.
Friday, December 4, 2009
New Tote Design and a great new Clutch purse
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homeworld remastered collection experimental mod
Since the launch of Homeworld Remastered Collection I've been working on moving most of the features of our old Homeworld Remastered collection Mod to the new engine, for the moment it has worked pretty well, and I have ended up expanding it to allow some important rebalancing options. The balance has been entirely redone derived from the Classic HW1 stats, especially in the mode to match the HW2 ship stats and weapons.
Since our Remastered Mod was mainly about trying to mimic as close as we could the stats and behavior of the ships in HW2 with improved graphics, I also did the same in this one, but allowing the player which type of balance he wanted to use in a match for the HW1 races in multiplayer, you can choose between HW1 Classic stats, Classic stats but with upgrades enabled like in HW2, HW2 ship stats and weapons but without upgrades, and the full HW2 package balance, also he can choose if he wants HW1 races to build ships in squadrons just like in HW2.
In the Campaign all ships have the Classic HW1 stats and weapons, there are still some issues to solve, also in multiplayer and skirmish all races have been enabled but some of them are still not functional but they will be eventually.
The big file is on Google drive and you can take a look if you are interested:
working for homeworld remastered
Right now I'm working in a team for the first time, I've been working with them for almost a month already, and we have done a lot of work, like 35% of the mod is done but there is a lot of modeling and scripting ahead and I can't help them there.
I'm started working in the mod mainly making effects, but then started doing a lot of unrelated things like AI (which is still unfinished, and is still not working), weapons, ships stats, hods, and many other things, just to polish every single error I found.
The mod looks gorgeous and I love it, and I will put all the effort I can in it.
homeworld adv 1.55 unnofficial release
Recently a lot of people have asked me to release my ADV Mod so I've started to fix some little bugs and still crashes sometimes, but it can be played most of the times without problems, Still WIP because need a complete tear down and build up that will need a lot of time, also the progenitor race must be completely changed.
This is the last version available, only data folder and no installation instructions:
I couldn't upload it to moddb due to System and Internet service problems.
Any suggestions very appreciated, and you could contact me here on my email or in youtube:
These are some vids from a mod I've created like two years ago.
NFS HP2 Exotic Race
NFS Circut Race Murcielago
NFS Hot Pursuit 2 Race Z8
NFS Circut Race VX220 2
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