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Escaped a bad environment but still have to deal with my son's dad, advice?
ugh. life is so crazy. i left my son's father about two months ago. he was verbally and emotionally abusive and when he got too drunk he was physically abusive to me as well. he's incredibly irresponsible. he sleeps on the couch in his mom's apartment.their family all smoke weed inside 24/7. he loves our son, but most of the time when we lived with him he would just sit in the other room and get high and watch youtube and smoke with his friends while i took care of our son. when i would leave our son with him, he could never go very long with him on his own. he has never ever had our son overnight without me. and once when i left my son under his watch while i went to the bathroom, i came back into the living room and the front door was wide open and my son was five steps out the door, they live in an upstairs apartment so had i not came into the room at that moment my son would have fallen down the stairs and died. this happened a second time under my exbf's mom's watch also. i feel they are too high to watch my son. i know they love him but they care more about getting high then they do about my son's best interests. ive asked them not to smoke in the apartment when my son is there but they refuse. they constantly have bongs and jars of weed sitting out everywhere. my ex's older brother lives with them and sells weed out of their apartment. we currently do not have any official custody orders in place. my ex's name is not on my son's birth certificate but he did sign a paper establishing parentage.
i brought my son over to let him see him a few times after we broke up and things were fine. but the last time i took my son over there, he snatched him up and said he was keeping him and id have to go to court to get him back he then told me to leave and when i refused to leave my son there he called the cops on me. i calmed him down and agreed to what my ex wanted in order for him to call the cops back and tell them not to come. bcuz there is no official custody and were in CA whoever has the baby in their arms can do whatever they want with him. he wanted us to spend the night so i said ok. we spent the day together at the river and he finally calmed down and told us we didnt have to stay the night. i left and have not seen him since. he has since learned that i am dating a man who is stationed at air force base in germany.
my ex and his family want to see my son. i do not trust them. nor do i feel safe with leaving my son with them. i do not know what to do. i feel bad keeping my son away from his dad and other side of the family. any advice would be much appreciated. i should also mention that earlier this year i had a domestic violence restraining order against my ex, but i dropped it bcuz i felt bad that he missed my son learning how to roll over and crawl so i dropped the restrain order and got back together with him. and after 6 months i left him. we are over for good now. but i still have to figure out how to deal with him as he is my son's father
um...I hate to sound bitchy here...but why haven't you called the cops on him? Why didn't you let him call the cops and request that the cops search the home to find the drugs? That's all it would have taken for them to remove him from your ex's custody. And gotten the whole household thrown in jail...and THAT would have taken care of your custody issue. Unless you have something to hide too that you aren't sharing...
If you haven't already done so, hire an attorney and get a temporary parenting plan in place for your sake and that of your child. That will prevent him from making demands or threats of keeping your son, and if he has a drinking problem, he will not be allowed to see your son when he's impaired - and that's an important safety issue! If there is a restraining order in place, he will not be able to come near you; there will have to be a "safe" pick up and drop off arrangement. And if you feel your child is at risk, there should be a supervised visitation only order, and a guardian at litem will be appointed, but he will have to pay for it!
well what i would say normally about this kind of situation i would take the father to court and and order a witness custody deal with him.... so anytime your son goes to his father's the father have to have witness custody or whatever it's called when you want your son's protection rights with him.... and the father would have to have someone watching over him to make sure he doesn't do anything bad or hurt him.... i can't remember the word i was looking for to say but yea that's the best advice i can give you for now....
okay now i know the word i was looking for it was supervision visitation rights.... sorry bout that i kind of had a brain fart.... my memory is going bad on me.... like i said before sorry for that....
You need to go down to the court house and file for emergency custody (a restraining order would not hurt if hes bothering you still, they can do both at once) ASAP. You do not need a lawyer to do so. Call legal aid and see if you qualify for their services. There are programs here that offer free lawyers who specialize in just domestic violence cases. You can call a local dv shelter and they should have a huge list of legal resources.
Do NOT let him take your son until there are legal documents set in place. If the judge says something about you doing so explain what happened when he took your child and would not give him back. Report every bit of legal activity that is going on there. Push for supervised visits also.
If you continue to let your child go into that unsafe environment then that could come back and bite you in the ass later. They can put you at fault for endangering your child.
If you want to talk more please feel free to message/friend me.
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I was in a similar situation. The best advice I can give is: toughen up and fight like hell to keep that poor baby from them. I know 9 out of 10 moms will think I'm wrong, but trust me, please. I can give you more info or you can just vent in a pm to me. I understand.
Brain check" i should also mention that earlier this year i had a domestic violence restraining order against my ex, but i dropped it bcuz i felt bad that he missed my son learning how to roll over and crawl so i dropped the restrain order and got back together with him. and after 6 months i left him. we are over for good now. but i still have to figure out how to deal with him as he is my son's father"
Did you lose your mind? When you did that? You need to get help for ourself your only going to get in the same type reationships oer anover again with different men. No sure there is much you can as of now seeing you dropped restraining order.


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Teton County Still Most Expensive Place to Live in Wyoming [AUDIO]
Wyoming regulators have fined a modular home construction company more than $15,000 for the death of a worker in Grand Teton National Park last year. Doug Randall has the details. Rich Denison reports that Teton County remains the most expensive place to live in the state. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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(I couldn't help but go with one more Springsteen song reference in the title...that's for you Sens Army!)
When's the last time you saw Ottawa play as good a game as the one they played against Buffalo tonight?
I'd have to go back to game 2 of the season in Stockholm, Sweden when the Senators dominated the Pittsburgh Penguins with precision and style.
The penalty kill was the story of the game as the Senators seemingly spent half of the 60 minutes in the box and only gave up one power play goal. Of course, much credit goes to Brian Elliott who played another great game.
More than anything, it was entertaining.
This year has been a bit of a bummer on the entertainment front but Cory Clouston's aggressive coaching style is making the games much easier on the eyes. Jason Spezza has suddenly come to life again and he nearly scored a mind blowing highlight reel goal after he beat the entire Sabres team in their own zone but was stopped by Ryan Miller when he quickly closed the five hole.
Spezza has looked ordinary at times this year but the new system suits his style and he looks less afraid to make mistakes. Those high risk passes are starting to work again but it was his determination to go to the net that got him his first goal when a pass went in off his skate.
This team isn't back to the "glory days" by a long shot, but at least the Senators are fun to watch again.
So it's off to Philly tomorrow night with a chance to make it 3 wins in a row.
No one will ever forget the disaster that was the Senators 8 game road trip over the Christmas season but so far, this mini 5 game trip has the potential to bring some pride back to this team.
The latest fiasco over what Dany Heatley did or did not say was absolutely ridiculous and completely blown out of proportion by certain writers and radio personalities who were just waiting to pounce on the young superstar for something. They found an angle and went to work, distorting what Heatley actually said.
The blog Blood Red Army does a good job of looking at the actual question which was asked of Heatley and how his response was distorted to make it seem as if he was at odds with Clouston.
"For starters, Clouston repeatedly said that Heatley is no different than anyone else on the team. "He's not where we want him to be and neither is the whole team in general. He's not different (...) Again, it's only been two or three practices. It's coming." But they weren't interested in exploring that avenue. As far as the radio boys were concerned, Heatley had been singled out, publicly embarrassed and taken to task by the new coach, resulting in his smug, arrogant rebuttal.
But the smallest bit of common sense could lead a reasonable person to the following conclusion:
The last part of the question was "He thinks maybe you're pressing too much. Is that fair?" To which Heatley replies "No. I don't feel that way right now. I think I'm just trying to shoot the puck. I've had some good chances, like I said, last game, and it's kind of funny. The way I go, if a goal goes in and you play horribly, you guys all say everything is great and if you play well and the puck doesn't go in, you're playing bad, so... I'm just going to keep trying to shoot the puck and eventually they'll go in." ...
He's not saying anything about Clouston's assessment of his adjustment to the new system or anything like that at all... he's merely saying "No, the problem is not that I'm pressing too hard".
And this all comes after the Senators just got 3 out of a possible 4 points and Heatley led the team in shots with 8 against Buffalo on Saturday.
If you want to criticise Heatley for not playing well, that's fine. But don't take a harmless comment out of context as your means to do it. Just come right out and say he's been crap and list the reasons why.
To concoct a non-existant rift between a player and coach is beyond fair play.
What a joke.
This is good stuff. Over at Puck Daddy, they are running a "Create-A-Card" contest where readers can send in their photo shopped hockey cards taking some shots at Sid the Kid and other NHL personalities.
My personal favourite so far is this David Puddy (from Seinfeld) card. Be sure to also check out the Jonathan Toews "Super Skills" card which involves a beer bong.
Just before the start of the 2nd period, TSN showed a brief clip of a little tyke hockey player scoring an easy goal against the Sabres mascot during the intermission. James Duthie remarked that it reminded him of the Senators past goaltending....... Good move by the Sabres to use their original logo at centre ice this season instead of the Buffaslug. Those classic uniforms look amazing out there as well and someday when the Senators do the same thing, everybody will be wondering why it took them so long to do it....It must be tough for Craig Rivet to look at San Jose and see them building towards a championship run. Rivet came to Buffalo in the Brian Campbell trade and the Sabres look like they're first round fodder for a team like the Caps, Devils or the Bruins. Plus, the weather's not as nice....
Speaking of goaltenders past, Patty Lalime looked pretty sharp on the bench with a yellow toque on his head. That's a new style that I hope catches on. Just don't try to put one on Ray Emery's dome....Another thing I really like about Brian Elliott - he doesn't wear ridiculously oversized shoulder pads ala J.S. Giguere and Martin Gerber. He's trim and quick out there, the way goalies are supposed to be........ I hate to make another joke at Antoine Vermette's expense, but the guy couldn't even put one in an empty net at the end of the game with only one defenseman between him and cage. I've never seen such a skilled guy miss so many opportunities to score. He's one hell of a penalty killer though...


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A TOP-RANKING naval officer was having several love affairs while fraudulently claiming tens of thousands of dollars in entitlements for being stationed away from his wife, a military court was told on Wednesday.
Captain Stefan Michael King, former commanding officer of HMAS Albatross, at Nowra, and a key witness in the Children Overboard affair of 2001, faces court martial over accusations he received about $38,000 in living-away-from-home allowances to which he was not entitled because he was no longer in a proper relationship with his wife.
The prosecution says emails submitted as evidence show Captain King was having three affairs while claiming the allowances and that one of them, with married Sydney woman Robina Frew, was blossoming into a fully fledged relationship.
In the emails, read to the court by prosecutor Lyn McDade, Captain King repeatedly made disparaging remarks about his wife's physique, declaring that Mrs Frew was the only woman he loved.
They reveal the officer, who served in Iraq in 2007, wrote the woman poetry and links to songs on YouTube with notes saying, ''With this song, I pledge my life to you.''
The emails read out on the first day of the trial, covering June 2008 to October 2009, chart the ups and downs of the affair as Captain King and Mrs Frew wrestle with the financial and emotional implications of breaking up with their respective spouses.
Captain King repeatedly says he no longer enjoys sex with his wife but says of his lover ''all you need to do is wink''.
''I am not in tune with her emotionally, she's not in tune with me sexually,'' he wrote in October 2009.
At another point he wrote of a night with his wife: ''Last night was another bedroom diaster.''
At one point he wrote: ''I love you Robina: friend, lover, bride-to-be.''
In the course of the correspondence, Captain King increasingly says he is ready to leave his wife, while Mrs Frew continues to baulk on the grounds that she fears her husband ''will die an old man alone''.
The emails show Captain King also had an affair with a woman he met while he was stationed in Britain.
Captain King faces up to 19 charges, including one charge of dishonestly causing a risk of loss to the Commonwealth, six counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception, and 12 counts of obtaining financial advantage. He is accused of obtaining about $38,000 by deception.
Captain is a senior rank in the Royal Australian Navy, just three ranks below the Chief of Navy, Vice-Admiral Ray Griggs.
Captain King was also a key witness in the Children Overboard affair, in which the Howard government falsely claimed, shortly before a federal election, that photos showed asylum seekers had thrown their own children in the sea in 2001.
Captain King, then defence liaison to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, was the officer who relayed to the department that photographs used to back the government's claims were of a rescue from a sinking boat the day before.
He said that during the 2002 Senate inquiry into the affair he had felt ''uncomfortable'' on receiving a ''pretty heavy'' letter from his supervisor at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Brendon Hammer, the day before he gave evidence to the committee.


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Camara Picks Up Another Victory in Tennis Monarch's Loss to Yale
By ODU Athletics
New Haven, Conn. – The Old Dominion University team fell short (6-1) to the Bulldogs from Yale University (4-2) on Saturday afternoon at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
Old Dominion had just defeated the Hampton Pirates 7-0 on Friday in Norfolk, Va. and then made the hike to New Haven, Conn. for their Sunday showdown with Yale. The Bulldogs were fresh off a three-week period, in which they did not play any matches. This was also the fourth consecutive home match for Yale.
In the previous five ITA national team rankings, Yale had been ranked (as high as No. 58 in the country). Yale's only two losses came at the hands of two top programs in No. 44 Virginia Tech and No. 53 East Tennessee State.
Old Dominion's Abdoulaye Camara stepped up in a big way to claim a come from behind victory at the No. 6 single's spot, as he took down Yale's Alex Hagermoser in a three-set thriller 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
ODU's No. 56 nationally ranked Carlos Lopez Villa dropped his first match all season to Yale's fabulous freshman Tyler Lu (6-7, 6-7). The loss, snapped Lopez Villa's 18 match winning streak, which dated all the way back to March 11 of 2013. Lopez Villa is now 11-1 on the season.
The tandem of Lopez Villa and Jonas Kuwert were handling business (7-6) before their match was called off due to the clinch rule.
Next Up for the Tennis Monarchs
Old Dominion will return home for their next two matches, which will take place next weekend at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis center. On Saturday, March 8, ODU will take on the Bison from Bucknell at 10:00 a.m. On Sunday, March 9, the monarchs will square off with the Ivy League's Cornell University at 11:00 a.m.
Yale: 6 Old Dominion: 1
1. Tyler Lu (Yale) def. No. 56 Carlos Lopez Villa (ODU) 7-6, 7-6
2. Martin Svenning (Yale) def. Jonas Kuwert (ODU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Kyle Dawson (Yale) def. Dante Terenzio (ODU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Daniel Faierman (Yale) def. Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Photos Photiades (Yale) def. Darragh Glavin (ODU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Abdoulaye Camara (ODU) def. Alex Hagermoser (Yale) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
1. Carlos Lopez Villa/Jonas Kuwert (ODU) dnf. Tyler Lu/Martin Svenning (Yale) 7-6
2. Patrick Chase/Kyle Dawson (Yale) def. Dante Terenzio/Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) 8-4
3. Daniel Faierman/Alex Hagermoser (Yale) def. Koen Wiggemans/Darragh Glavin (ODU) 8-3
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news regarding ODU Men's Tennis on Facebook; as well as follow @ODUMensTennis on Twitter.


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Published: 2012/11/30
Four Nights of Colorado Furthur in February
Furthur will return to Colorado in February. The Grateful Dead offshoot will perform at Denver's intimate Ogden Theater on February 21 and move to Broomfield, CO's more expansive First Bank Center from February 22-24.This is the first time Furthur has performed at the Ogden Theater, which has a capacity of only 1,700.
Pre-sales via mail order will run Monday, December 3 through Friday, January 18. Internet pre-sales will begin Monday, December 3 at noon EST and run to Thursday, December 6 at 6:00pm EST. Public on-sale is Friday, December 7 at 10:00am MST.
Furthur will return to the stage for shows at San Francisco, CA's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium from December 29-31. Lesh also hints that the band will play his Terrapin Crossroads space as well as Bob Weir's TRI Studios in January.


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A recent report done by labor and immigrant advocacy groups is showing that CVS, the largest source of prescription drugs in the United States, has fewer locations in minority neighborhoods.
Aside from having fewer pharmacies, research shows that in areas heavily populated by people of color, CVS stores have kept condoms and infant formula in locked cabinets. Yet for some reason these products are readily available on shelves in predominantly white suburban areas.
The report highlights the inequity with which CVS serves some of its customers. We urge CVS to address that," says Eva A. Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
Although the findings are being challenged by CVS, it is not difficult to see the injustice of this situation. For many low-income people of color, access to resources is already hard to obtain. So by discriminating against people who already know that they are at a disadvantage, we need to ask ourselves, why are we furthering the injustice?
If as a society we want to see the number of unplanned pregnancies decrease, then why would we make if harder for people to get condoms? For some, purchasing condoms may make them feel uncomfortable, so chances are that having to ask someone to grab the condoms out of a locked cabinet may cause men and women to not purchase them. Where's the benefit in that?
Michael DeAngelis, CVS's public spokesman indicated that the claims are inaccurate and based on outdated information saying:
CVS Caremark does not discriminate in our policies or store operations, or tolerate discrimination of any kind in our organization.
As advocacy groups plan to take action against CVS through protests, the organization is planning to release a report of its' own, refuting the claims.
Contributed by Angela Donadic, Policy and Advocacy Fellow


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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is ready to wield the axe on defender David Luiz, according to reports.
The Daily Mail claims the Portuguese tactician has finally lost patience with the Brazilian international, and is now 'ready to do business' for the 26-year-old.
Barcelona were heavily linked with a move for the centre back, who can also play in midfield, during the summer transfer window. Indeed, they turned down two bids for the player, with the second reported to be £35million.
However, the Catalan giants have retained an interest in the player, the paper claims, and will look to come back in for the player in January in an effort to bring him to the Nou Camp.
Gerardo Martino is relatively light of options at the back, with the La Liga champions forced to play Javier Mascherano in the position on occasion because of injury.
Luiz, unlike Carles Puyol, has plenty of years ahead of him, and Barcelona may look to capitalise on the uncertainty in west London.
Mourinho was eager to keep hold of the player when he first returned to Chelsea, with 'the special one' eager to assess his squad at Stamford Bridge.
The former Benfica star has failed to impress this season however, and found himself on the bench once again at the weekend as John Terry and Gary Cahill started at the back for the Blues.
Despite his popularity with the Chelsea fans, his time may have come on the King's Road, and the January transfer window is now looming large on Luiz.
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Family Friction
I am a new Baal Teshuvah and have been struggling with my family's acceptance of my new way of life. After the March of the Living, I realized that I wanted to take my interests in Judaism further than ever before and that I wanted to increase my level of observance. Over the past year, I have become kosher, completely Shabbos observant, attend Torah classes at the local yeshiva, have changed my wardrobe to one of modesty...
I am bursting with passion to know everything I never knew. I know this is how I want to live my life and I just wish my family could understand that this is not an adolescent phase. When I try to teach them things about Shabbos, they think they know it all and think I am crazy. How can I teach them that although there are many restrictions on Shabbos, it is a time of recuperation, rest, peace and happiness.
I need them to see that even though I've given up a lot, what I am receiving in return is far more important and wonderful. They make fun of my eating kosher by saying that treif is "real food." How can I open their eyes? How can I achieve my goal without completely separating myself from my family and loosing the closeness we once shared?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Sometimes the best way to impart a message is simply by setting a quiet example.
It does not seem at this point that anyone around you is interested in changing his or her life. It would therefore follow logically that anything you say will fall on deaf ears. A person needs to WANT to hear in order to really listen to what is being said.
Be patient, and the truth will prevail.
My sister became observant 10 years after I did. She says that the reason she became observant is because I never pushed it on her, and allowed her to just observe from afar. It seeped in.
It is very important that you discuss your challenges with a competent rabbi or mentor. That will help you process things and stay on the wonderful track you are now on.


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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), students on campuses and academics yesterday pledged their full support for the "Occupy Legislature" student movement after the protesters denounced President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) response to their demands in an international press conference.
"There was nothing but lies and sophistry in the press conference. That is not acceptable to the DPP. I believe the students and the people of Taiwan find it unacceptable as well," DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) told a press conference.
Su urged Ma to meet the students who have been occupying the legislative chamber and staging sit-ins around the Legislative Yuan's compound since Tuesday.
He also called for the Ma administration to void the controversial cross-strait service trade pact and re-negotiate the pact with China, and agree to a proposed bill — initiated by the DPP in 2008 and blocked by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) 108 times — on monitoring cross-strait negotiations.
DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) said Ma was "adding fuel to the fire" when he said that KMT Legislator Chang Ching-chung (張慶忠), convener of the March 17 meeting, had no choice but to send the agreement to the plenary session because DPP lawmakers boycotted the proceedings.
The DPP supported all four demands submitted by the students, including the organization of a "civic constitutional conference" on the current crisis, DPP spokesperson Xavier Chang (張惇涵) added.
Separately, a group of 15 academics, including the dean of National Taiwan University's (NTU) College of Social Sciences, Lin Hui-lin (林惠玲), and NTU economist Jang Shaw-ling (鄭秀玲), issued a joint statement accusing the KMT of the violation of democratic principles during the review process.
Jang echoed the demands made by the protesters, saying it would be important to legislate a monitoring mechanism on cross-strait deals before a substantial review of the service trade pact
Backing the student protesters in a statement, students of NTU's College of Law said that the students were forced to take alternative action, in the form of occupying the legislature, because they had exhausted all other avenues.
Meanwhile, sit-in protests outside KMT local offices nationwide against the cross-strait service trade agreement continued yesterday.
Dozens of students began their sit-ins in Greater Kaohsiung on Friday night and about 600 people had gathered as of noon yesterday in front of the KMT office, carrying sunflowers as the symbol of the student movement against the cross-strait service trade agreement.
Protestors who listened to President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) international press conference through a live broadcast all expressed their disappointment.
"I do not buy it," some members of the crowd commented, adding that Ma did not understand the public's concerns over the cross-strait service trade pact at all.
In related developments, DPP Legislator Chen Chi-mai's (陳其邁) decision to convene the third joint review committee meeting today could incite more controversy, as the DPP and the KMT refuse to recognize the legality of the previous two review meetings, the DPP not recognizing the KMT meeting and vice versa.
It remains unknown whether KMT lawmakers would attend today's meeting, but the KMT caucus previously said it would boycott further reviews because the pact is now in the plenary.
DPP Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) said the DPP caucus would not participate in inter-party negotiations convened by Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) if the KMT refused to declare the March 17 meeting convened by Chang Ching-chung invalid.
Despite Ma and the KMT having promised a clause-by-clause review and vote on the deal in the plenary session, the pledge was not possible according to the Legislative Yuan's regulations, DPP Legislator Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬) said.
If the trade agreement is regarded as an executive order, as the KMT had claimed, it cannot be screened clause-by-clause, according to regulations, Gao said.
He added that the only possible scenario for the agreement to be reviewed line-by-line in a plenary session is that it is regarded as a treaty.
"However, that means the KMT's claim that the agreement is an executive order cannot stand," he said.
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Isotretinoin - Accutane and generic isotretinoin - Aug 12, 2005
Audience: Dermatological, other healthcare professionals and patients[Posted 08/12/2005] FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of the approval of a strengthened risk management program, called iPLEDGE, for Accutane and generic isotretinoin. The strengthened program requires registration of wholesalers, prescribers, pharmacies and patients who agree to accept specific responsibilities designed to minimize pregnancy exposures in order to distribute, prescribe, dispense and use Accutane. In addition to approving the iPLEDGE program, FDA has approved changes to the existing warnings, patient information and informed consent document so that patients and prescribers can better identify and manage the risks of psychiatric symptoms and depression before and after prescribing isotretinoin.


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Chef Ashley Schaefer of the Roundabout Diner
Serves six to eight
On a baking sheet toast pecan halves in a 300 degree oven for 10 minutes or until browned and fragrant.
Raise the oven temperature to 325 degrees. Place bread cubes and toasted pecans in a 9 x 13 baking pan.
Beat eggs, egg yolks, brown sugar, salt and vanilla until well blended. Beat heavy cream, milk and butterscotch schnapps into the egg mixture just to combine ingredients.
Pour custard over bread cubes and pecans. Let mixture sit for 10 minutes to allow bread to soak up the custard.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned and center is set and no liquid custard remains. Immediately sprinkle the top of the pudding with chocolate chips. Allow to cool at least 20 minutes before serving. Serve with your favorite caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Refrigerate leftovers. Enjoy.
While most prefer this pudding warm with ice cream, some folks really enjoy this chilled with whipped cream, so to each his own!


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UH to Host 2003 Educational Technology Conference
1,500 Educational Technologists to Gather in HonoluluUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Director of Information Technology
The University of Hawaii will host the 2003 ED-MEDIA conference in Honolulu, June 23-28, 2003. ED-MEDIA spans all disciplines and levels of educational technology. On an annual basis, ED-MEDIA attracts more than 1,500 attendees from over 70 countries.
ED-MEDIA is organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia, and telecommunications/distance education.
UH Director of Information Technology David Lassner, who is serving as Program Co-Chair for ED-MEDIA, notes that "whenever we host a major international technical conference, not only does Hawaii enjoy the raw economic benefit of bringing conference delegates to Hawaii but we also expose many members of the international technical community to Hawaii and the opportunities for high tech business here."With ED-MEDIA we have huge additional benefits. ED-MEDIA 2003 gives our large local educational technology community the chance to attend a premiere technical conference and network with world leaders in the field without incurring the time or expense of travel to a major international destination. Also, the many exemplary educational technology projects within our state will have a great chance to show their work before a worldwide audience by proposing to present at the conference."
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. These include keynote and invited talks, full and short paper presentations, poster/demonstration sessions, tutorials, workshops, panels, and special interest group discussions. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications: Infrastructure; Tools & Content-Oriented Applications; New Roles of the Instructor & Learner; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI/CHI); Cases & Projects
Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings (book and CD-ROM formats) as well as in the AACE Digital Library. These proceedings serve as major sources in the multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of the art in the discipline. In addition, selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for publication in AACE's respected journals, such as the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), or Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).
Information about ED-MEDIA is available at http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia. The deadline for submitting proposals to present at the conference is December 19, 2002. The Call for Participation with full instructions is available at http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm.
For more information, visit: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia


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Thursday, February 2, 2012
What was I going to say?
Did I mention the beginnings of the lack of patience. Oh course I didn't I just forgot. I think I know the root cause of that. You see people who have been on this planet long enough have experienced just about everything there is to experience. So nine times out of ten they know exactly what's going to happen before it does. Not many surprises left for us old fogies. So as you fumble for your wallet at the store when we know you left it in the car don't blame us for being irritated. We've already been down that road before once too often so get over it. Now where the hell did I park the car?
8 comments:
- harry said...
Is this the end of Rico?
- February 2, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- BBC said...
I have one of those doo dads to thread needles with.
- February 2, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- BBC said...
I told you that what you posted isn't a gif file, at least it wasn't by the time it got posted on your blog.
And it wasn't too big, we post videos on Blogger all the time. If you want a gif file on your post do a drag/drop instead of uploading it to Blogger.
- February 2, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- Randal Graves said...
I care about shoes.
- February 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Tom Harper said...
When you started off talking about pink slime, I thought you were going to talk about McDonald's, and the pink slime that they aren't using on their burgers any more.
- February 2, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- BBC said...
When you started off talking about pink slime, I thought you were going to talk about McDonald's,
That does it, I'm not eating at McDonald's anymore if I can't get some pink slime.
- February 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- Mauigirl said...
Ah yes, the pleasures of age. You forgot to mention how when we squat down we can't stand up again without holding on to a nearby chair or table!
- February 2, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Snave said...
LOL! I resemble a lot of what you posted there, Demeur... ! 8-)
- February 2, 2012 at 11:49 PM


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I'm more afraid of the US government than I am of any terrorists.
The problem is the UK government.
Extradited for copyright infringement? Looks like both governments are "pwned". I know, lets make them bigger, that'll solve the problem.
>>>I can't throw my vote away on some guy who believes in what I believe because then the "other party" will get in, and they don't agree with some diversive issue!
I'm facing that now with the U.S. election. I've told people I refuse to vote for Romney, and getting a lot of flack for it "because we can't let the Democrat Obama back in". Really? But Romney is barely any different than Obama.
I'll vote for the best guy (Paul), and if he fails to get the R nomination, then I'll just stay home cause
Not voting is giving up. Vote for the guy who won't win. At least stir the waters and indicate to the analysts that someone out there isn't goose-stepping smoothly like the others.
"... so I can't throw my vote away on some guy who believes in what I believe because then the "other party" will get in, and they don't agree with some diversive issue!"
"There are two parties: the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. Once in a while, they get together and do something that is both Stupid and Evil. This is called 'bipartisanism'." -- Thomas E. Woods.
The problem is the UK government.
Extradited for copyright infringement? Looks like both governments are "pwned". I know, lets make them bigger, that'll solve the problem.
Who's gonna grab the power left behind by a shrinking government, though? The ones that all ready own the big government. That's who.
So making government bigger is worse if it isn't one of, for and by the people. But making it smaller won't help, either. Corporations will get even more direct power and corporations are not even the slightest bit democratic.
Government needs to be made better. More decentralized direct power to the people. In the short to medium turn that doesn't seem very plausible.
Maybe on
America cannot really call itself "The Land of the Free" anymore.
Damn right. "Land of the free" was released in 2012 and is copyrighted. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988690/ [imdb.com]
You will go to jail, pirate.
The more you outlaw, the less meaning your laws have. More laws never created more justice. Just more criminals.
And if there's no way to avoid being a criminal... well, why bother trying?
The more you outlaw, the less meaning your laws have.
Nice. That's sig-worthy. Bumper sticker even.
The more you outlaw, the more incestuous you become.
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which has accused O'Dwyer of aiding copyright infringement by publishing links to pirated content hosted on external sites."
Kind of like me pointing to a naked woman in the street and saying "look". She gets arrested for indecent exposure and I get arrested for pointing to it.
I'm more afraid of the US government than I am of any terrorists.
As a U.S. citizen, I no longer see a distinction between the two.
Makes sense.
Compare the amount of lives destroyed by terrorists in, say, the last two decades and compare it to the amount of lives destroyed by the US government and realize what's the bigger threat you're facing.
Way to go big boys! Extradite a harmless college kid who might be doing something moderately illegal but who's transgressions don't amount for a hill of beans, all things considered.
Leave those nice bankers and upstanding Wall Street financiers to ruin the economy with nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
Yep, leaders of the free world we are.
The rich rule. The rich have always ruled, and always will rule.
When some non-rich punk does something that pisses the rulers off, expect punishment.
"Justice" is just a fancy word the rich use to get the poor to buy in to their rulership. There is no reason to be surprised when any real sort of justice is sacrificed for the sake of enforcement of the Highest Law (the rich are entitled to wealth).
Something that is important to point out: competence and popular approval have *no bearing whatsoever* on actua
Way to go big boys! Extradite a harmless college kid who might be doing something moderately illegal but who's transgressions don't amount for a hill of beans, all things considered.
Leave those nice bankers and upstanding Wall Street financiers to ruin the economy with nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
Yep, leaders of the free world we are.
You dirty, diseased hippie! Do you not understand the ineffable majesty of the free market? Behold! Mammon hath spoken and lo, the government has acceded to its demand. In my father's house there are many rooms but you have to pay your way if you want to stay. The bankstas have bought their way into heaven, as hath been shewn to be just in the Gospel of Wealth.
Blessed are the rich: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who own: for to those who hath much, more shall be given.
Fuck the meek: for they shall inherit shit.
Fuck those who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be mulch in the flowerbeds of the wealthy.
Blessed are the powerful: for they shall gain more power.
Blessed are the pure of avarice: for they shall take more than they are owed.
Blessed are the warmakers: for they shall make bank on both sides of the conflict.
Blessed are those who persecute: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
>>>Do you not understand the ineffable majesty of the free market?
Funny. But not true. Private profits and socialized losses (taxpayer bailouts of failing companies) is NOT in any way a free market. In fact it's a centralized economy with the private cartel known as the Federal Reserve Banks pulling the strings for the corporations it serves (not the american people). And Presidents Bush/Obama/Romney and the Secretary of Treasury were/are/will be happily cooperating with the transfer of wealth
Prior to the Fed there were 50 State banks. The spreading of the power made it very difficult for corporations to bribe and control. More importantly: These banks did not have the power to print money (and thereby destroy our savings). There's a reason why the dollar lost 97% of its value since the Fed's creation, but lost none prior to its existence. We were better-off before the Fed existed with its loose and irresponsible fiscal policies.
There was far worse corruption and corporate control in the late 1800s than today. JP Morgan personally did the job of the Fed (with his personal fortune) for a while before it was established - hard to get more corporate control than that. I'm not sure the establishment of the Fed helped any, but the raw data does the opposite of making your point.
Maybe, maybe not. The point still stands that government meddling in the economy is precisely the opposite of the definition of a free market.
A free market may, or may not, be better than the current system, but you can't call the current system a free market.
Free markets never have government bailouts, regardless of the reason.
A truly free market would not have the concept of copyright, patents, or trademarks.
People frequently blame our current situation on the free market, but that's not what we have righ
That is a pretty good description of the policies the religious right have hitched their wagons to for some reason.
Hmm... guess we have a first amendment issue at hand. The US government created a state religion.
Ah, you must be a follower of Supply Side Jesus! [youtube.com]
>>>nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
And a nice mortgage bailout for those fatcats too. (Yes it's a bad thing. It did almost nothing for mortgage customers, and was a giant gift for Bank of America and other major lenders.) Ignore the article and watch all the embedded links/videos. http://www.infowars.com/mortgage-settlement-is-just-another-stealth-bank-bailout/ [infowars.com]
Leave those nice bankers and upstanding Wall Street financiers to ruin the economy with nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
Time to get your optics checked? Most heavily regulated industries in the world and they're the cause of all that's wrong. Oookay then.
And all was sorta OK until the regulations were relaxed. NOT a coincidence.
This. Wishing I had mod points.
The only "regulations that were relaxed" were the firewall between investment banking and real banking - which sucked but wasn't the biggest problem.
The biggest problem was that the various silly mortgage derivitave securities weren't standardized and traded openly. The CBOT went to the government and said "we need to create a formal market for this stuff, for the exact same reason we have markets for corn and index futures derivitaves and so on", but the government said no (no doubt with GS calling the sh
The problem is that the sale of the derivatives was permitted at all. Take two piles of radioactive dioxin. Divide each into 100 smaller piles. Combine each pile from mound A with a pile from mound B. Sell as the new superfood.
Australia weathered the financial crisis with hardly a blip due to our strong regulatory regime. Free marketers are deluded if they think deregulation does any good other than to allow more corruption.
It does seem odd I agree.
The UK a year or so back signed a bizarre extradition treaty with the US a year or two back that allowed exactly this kind of thing.
US really does want to police the world... and tax the world too- and the two things (tax, extradition) and probably linked. US expects citizens to pay taxes to the US government... even if they don't live there. If you live in Denmark, for example, but are a US citizen- the US expects you to pay income taxes to them as well as Denmark. (they have treaties with many countries which mean lower-paid paid people don't get double-taxed- it's mainly the rich they're trying to get).
And... get this... if you renounce your citizenship- you can still be extradited for tax evasion because they can change you with renouncing your citizenship to avoid paying taxes.
The next step of course is the US will start granting citizenship to random rich foreigners (who didn't ask for it) to get income tax from them.
The next step of course is the US will start granting citizenship to random rich foreigners (who didn't ask for it) to get income tax from them.
We are the USA, resistance is futile, you will be naturalized.
My understanding is that what he did was legal in his own country. It was only illegal in the US. Therefore, he gets extradited to a foreign country.
That's just it. My understanding is that it is NOT illegal in the US to link to copyright-infringing websites. Can someone who RTFA'd provide some clarity?
My understanding is that what he did was legal in his own country. It was only illegal in the US. Therefore, he gets extradited to a foreign country.
You understand incorrectly. The extradition requires dual criminality: by allowing the extradition the judge is implicitly saying that is illegal in the UK. However, other people have been acquitted in the UK for similar actions, so it's a bit of a gray area.
Why isn't the U.S. on the Enemies of the Internet 'under surveillance' list? Russia and Australia and the UK are there, but the U.S. isn't? It makes no logical sense.
Thanks to the wonders of outsourcing they don't torture people directly anymore and the guards in Gitmo need something to do anyway.
This will teach you to launch a suicide attack on our entertainment industry, you monster!
and jobs as lobbyists after office with seven digit figure salaries...
So, what this guy did is not a crime in the UK, but because it is in the US he is being sent to stand trial there. Basically, UK citizens are subject to US law (albeit it can only be selectively applied).
Something to worry about for everyone in a country that has an extradition treaty with US.
So basically it's like the 1760s (Americans were taxed and arrested by laws of a UK parliament they never elected), except now it's operating in reverse.
At 5 o'clock?
OMG I LOVE TEA PARTIES! Ponies too, can't forget about those. I'll wear my best sun-dress and bring the illegal music!
His extradition is definitely a crock. If what he did is not a crime under UK law, then it shouldn't matter if it is under US law. I'm sure many things I do are crimes in other countries, but if they asked the US to extradite me they would be laughed at. The internet is an international entity (will more specifically, it is non-national). If someone does something on the internet that is legal in their country, then that is all that matters. If someone from your country accesses it and they shouldn't, deal with the people who fall under your laws.
As for what he actually did, I am torn on it. He obviously did not actively violate copyright since he just linked. But I think he definitely wasn't in the right either, as he was actively making money off of piracy. To take a real world example, if I set up a business that tracked drug dealers and you could pay me 5 dollars to tell you exactly where the drug dealer was that had what you were looking for, I would definitely be prosecuted for aiding and abetting or conspiracy or something. I am not doing anything illegal, as I am not selling drugs, but I am certainly helping the people who are doing something illegal.
Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, Mr O'Dwyer said: "I've done nothing wrong under UK law, and, it's pretty ridiculous isn't it?
He didn't break any UK laws. But he can get extradited. That makes no sense. Never mind the fact that he never actually provided any copyrighted information, just links to it.
This is so horribly flawed, it isn't funny. Welcome to a world in which extraterritorial laws can be applied whenever someone wishes -- or, more accurately, when the government in question can exert enough pressure on your own. Which basically is the US.
Can't wait for Americans to be extradited to Iran or somewhere else for violating their laws
After all, if you can ask for the extradition of someone who didn't break any laws in their country, you can't deny to extradite your own people who broke the laws of another country. But, we won't see that.
Someone jumped the shark here, not sure if it was the UK or the US to be honest. I think both have set a horrible precedent.
Can't wait for Americans to be extradited to Iran or somewhere else for violating their laws
Compare this case with that of the American soldier, a sergeant I believe, who while serving in Afghanistan decided to go on a shooting spree in a village close to his camp. He broke into several civilian dwellings, and killed 16 people, including many children. The Afghanis are understandably furious, and are demanding that this soldier be handed over to them, to be tried and sentenced in an Afghan court. So far the Americans have refused, and it is likely that they will continue to do so. Now, irrespective of what excuses they might come up with (and I'm struggling to think of any that might be termed reasonable), what does this say about America's attitude to other nations, and their rule of law? Again, compare the extradition to America of a citizen of another country, for doing something which was not illegal in the country in which he did it, to the murder of 16 people in a country by a citizen of the US, and not allowing that country to even try the man.
Hypocritical doesn't even begin to say it!
The message is, "Fear the Corporations, and their subsidiary, the US Government."
Someone needs to start a petition [direct.gov.uk] for the UK to get it over with and become the 53rd state of the US, in order to make it clear whose laws you are living under.
I don't understand why ANY government would want to take down these sites - even if they are in the pocket of Big Media.
Websites which simply link to content point you to the people providing the content, making it much easier to find the people committing the actual crime.
Why not let these sites stay up, let people run them, and just mine them for data?
Once all the providers of infringing content have been sued / arrested / whatever, the linking sites have nothing to link to, and they die out too.
Is my reasoning incorrect, or is it just too high a level of thinking for the government to handle?
On Tuesday his mother said: "Today, yet another British citizen is being sold down the river by the British Government.
Dear British government: Please grow a pair and tell the US to fuck off.
Dear America
I am appalled that America would request to extradite someone like this, but please don't forget the part UK is playing in this. If I ask you to hit someone in the face and you do it, who's more at fault here?
UK should not be handing over their citizens over such minor infraction. In fact, I thought that it was official that only significant crimes allow for extradition request to be initiated.
PS. Please do not start your post from the subject... It's irritating.
He will be charged with everything they can think of. Made up stuff, real stuff from jaywalking to treason.
He will be facing 300 years possible sentence if convicted of even half of it.
He will be facing a 5 years incarceration just waiting for a trial.
They will offer a plea deal: plead to being a bad boy and you can go home tomorrow, wear a radio on your ankle for a year and that's it.
He will do the deal.
The US will get a conviction, which they will trumpet from the rooftops. They will have a precedent that they covet, and anyone running any similar operation will pretty well have to stop it, lest they meet with a much worse fate.
The American's, no doubt, believe they are doing this fella a favour, since their first instinct was to scoop him up into a black helicopter, or even just nuke him remotely while he rides his bike to school.
If you're a God-loving, honest, and straight down to earth, hard-working, non-gay and non-commie/non-socialist man (a real man, not one of those metrosexual pervs) who likes to buy products very much, then you probably have nothing to fear. I guess.
Can I now be extradited to Saudi Arabia for violating Sharia Law?
Yes, but only IF United States would agree to hand you over to them. Maybe Saudi Arabia already asked for you and the request was denied
The only reason this particular piece of news is getting traction, is because UK is apparently planning to hand this guy over to US! If US asked for him and was denied, you wouldn't hear much about it.
Seriously, where're the tabloids that are usually latching on "scandalous" stories before they even hit the ground? Where's Sun's outcry about the scandalous hijacking of one of their finest young by a terror regime abroad?
"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message". - The Joker.
The solider who killed the 16 people in Afghanistan is said to be tried by US court because they know he'll be stoned to death. Since he did leave the military base he should be tired as a US citizen who committed a crime in Afghanistan.
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 07:15 PM
I'm just a bit stumped on this.If it makes any difference It was one of the rear brakes that didn't work.
also my car originally came with a 13/16 MC and rear drums.My front brakes were leaking from the handbrake assembly so I replaced those and did the rear disk conversion at the same.It is worth noting that I have EA82 front suspension/brakes on my 81.My question is the replacement MC is 3/4" bore with the bleed screws on opposite sides as the old one.No big deal.I am just wondering how that smaller MC will affect braking.I know that smaller MC's increase line pressure at the expense of needing more travel to displace a similar amount of fluid, so how will that work with the EA82 vented rotors up front and disks in the back.
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not sure why rock auto sent a 3/4" instead of 13/16"..
Posted 09 January 2013 - 02:44 AM
After getting everything bled I think I need to get a new MC with at least 13/16 or better.The 3/4" seems to bottom when I get about 5/8 braking effort.A full on "panic stop" stops the car like I am just using the handbrake.Which is less than stellar with 4 wheel disk brakes.
not sure why rock auto sent a 3/4" instead of 13/16"..
You got a 3/4 one for an 81 brat,not a 13/16 one for an 81 hatch.
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Salem's Doyle sent from PawSox to Sea Dogs
July 05. 2013 8:44PM
Salem native Terry Doyle, a right-handed pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization, has been sent to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs from the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.
Doyle's move to Portland makes way for left-handed pitcher Drake Britton to make the jump up to Pawtucket.
Doyle made 18 appearances (11 starts) with Pawtucket this season. The 2004 Salem High School graduate was 5-6 with a 5.60 ERA with the PawSox. He signed as a minor league free agent last year after being released by the White Sox during the 2012 season.
The Boston College graduate was 6-3 with a 2.83 ERA with Charlotte, Chicago's Triple-A affiliate, a year ago.
The Sea Dogs will face the Fisher Cats in New Hampshire for a three-game series July 15-17.
Britton (Waco, Texas), was 7-6 with a 3.51 ERA in 17 appearances (16 stars) with the Sea Dogs this season.
The 24-year-old was selected to the Eastern League All-Star Game and has recorded 80 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings pitched in Portland.
Britton was a 23rd round selection by the Red Sox in the 2007 draft.


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Although 20% larger than typical super midsize (SMS) business jets, the new Falcon 2000S is designed and priced to compete in that market. It can fly six passengers 3,350 nm at Mach 0.80, or 8-10 people on transcontinental U.S. trips.
Dassault believes those interested in an SMS would prefer its larger aircraft—if economically competitive. Accordingly, it has priced the S-model at $27.1 million, or $1.3 million above the Bombardier Challenger 350 and about $2 million above a typically equipped Gulfstream G280. And since the 2000S has an impressively low empty weight for its size, Dassault says its fuel consumption and direct operating costs are nearly the same as those two SMS competitors.
The new model thus puts to rest speculation as to when the French manufacturer will launch its clean-sheet SMS since the 2000S will be the smallest, lightest, most economical Falcon for the foreseeable future.
The 2000 Classic's partial-span leading-edge slats provided less than optimal runway performance. So Dassault fitted the 2000S with the Falcon 900LX's full-span slats and high-lift trailing-edge flaps, plus blended winglets from Aviation Partners Inc. In addition, the new model has an EASy II cockpit and a BMW Group DesignworksUSA interior.
Constructed mainly with high-strength aluminum alloys, the aircraft has a 20,000-cycle/30,000-hr. basic design life, but service can be extended almost indefinitely with stepped-up maintenance. With its supercritical airfoil sporting drag-reducing winglets, the 2000S can climb higher and cruise at Mach 0.789 with virtually no loss in fuel efficiency.
Total fuel capacity is 14,600 lb. and upgraded Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C engines supply the power.
Two 3,000-psi hydraulic systems power the flight-control actuators, leading-edge slats, trailing-edge flaps and wheel brakes, along with the nosewheel steering, landing gear, airbrakes and thrust reversers. The four main wheel brakes are fitted with carbon heat packs. An autobrake system was deemed unnecessary.
The primary flight controls are fully hydraulically powered and a speed-proportionate artificial control feel system handles roll. Position of the horizontal stab varies the amount of control feel force in pitch. The result is a nearly constant stick force per G of vertical acceleration. The rudder has a simple spring box for artificial feel.
The slats and three-position flaps work together as high-lift devices, with the former providing most of the slow-speed lift augmentation. When compared to older Falcon 2000 models with partial-span slats, the full-span design increases stalling angle of attack (AOA) by as much as 4 deg., thereby cutting stall speed by as much as 8 kt.
The slats extend before and retract after the flaps. The outboard slats also extend automatically below 265 kt. indicated airspeed (KIAS) at high AOA to enhance handling characteristics at stall. Conversely, when all the slats are extended for takeoff or landing, the inboard slats automatically retract at high AOA to assure benign stall characteristics. With the slats extended, aerodynamic stall behavior and recovery characteristics are arguably the best of any business jet.
The winglets, high-lift system and more standard equipment add empty weight to the airframe, but a typically equipped aircraft still has a 1,600-lb. payload with full fuel tanks.
Falcon's 1,024-cu.-ft. cabin is longer, wider and higher than typical SMS cabins. The standardized, 10-seat interior on the first 20 production units features a four-seat club section up front and six chairs in the aft cabin, arranged as a four-chair conference grouping on the left with two facing chairs on the right. For 2014, two additional, eight-passenger seating configurations will be offered.
The forward vestibule has a 15-in.-long galley annex and a 46-in.-long main galley on the right side with a tap and sink, ice drawers, coffee maker and storage areas. A closet/entertainment cabinet is on the left side, aft of the airstair entry door.
Aft of the main seating section, is a full-width lavatory. A rear door provides inflight access to the 131-cu.-ft. baggage compartment, which also has an external airstair door.
The Rockwell Collins Falcon HD cabin management system supports a media center with a 19-in. high-definition monitor on the forward cabin bulkhead, along with individual LED monitors, an AirCell Axxess II Iridium satellite phone and eight power outlets. Internet connectivity will be available via an optional AirCell air-to-ground high-speed data link or medium-speed Inmarsat system.
As to putting the aircraft through its paces,in late June we climbed into the left seat of S/N 702 at Vancouver International Airport. Dassault Falcon Jet Chief Pilot Franco "Valentino" Nese belted into the right seat as our instructor and demonstration pilot, Peder Sarsten, rode on the jump seat.
The aircraft was loaded with optional equipment including the Rockwell Collins HGS head-up display and CMC Electronics EVS infrared camera, raising the basic operating weight to 25,280 lb. Thus, the aircraft had a 1,320-lb. tanks-full payload. With a 600-lb. payload and 8,440 lb. of fuel, our ramp weight was 34,500 lb. and computed takeoff weight was 34,000 lb.
Why the 500-lb. difference? We needed time and instruction to reacquaint ourselves with Dassault's EASy II cockpit. Although not intuitive for pilots accustomed to more traditional cockpits—including me—EASy II is the most capable avionics system to be installed in a Falcon.
Vancouver International, elevation 14 ft., was reporting winds 080 at 7 kt., temperature 15C and altimeter 29.70 in. Based on SF2 [slats plus flaps 20 deg.], the V1 takeoff decision speed was 107 KIAS, rotation was 112 KIAS, the V2 one-engine-inoperative takeoff safety speed was 116 KIAS and "clean the wing" slat/flap retraction speed was 141 KIAS. Computed takeoff field length was 3,427 ft.
To start, we turned on all boost pumps, advanced the right power lever to idle and twisted the engine start switch. In 35 sec., the first engine stabilized at idle and we repeated the process for the next. Total fuel burn at idle was 720 lb./hr.
It took little more than idle thrust to start rolling. Braking action was very smooth. Nosewheel steering is controlled only by the tiller, not the rudder pedals.
Cleared for takeoff, we advanced the thrust levers and at the 2000S's relatively light 17 tons, it accelerated like a light jet. Ground roll was about 1,500 ft.
Vancouver Departure Control quickly cleared us to climb directly to 16,000 ft., our final requested altitude, and vectored us to intercept V317 to the northwest. Nese says normal climb is 300 KIAS/Mach 0.80. We used a 260-KIAS climb to conserve fuel.
After level off at 16,000 ft., we used the autothrottle to maintain 300 KIAS until we neared Vancouver Island. In ISA+3C conditions at 33,500 lb., the aircraft cruised at 379 kt. true airspeed (KTAS) on 2,650 lb/hr. In contrast, had we been up at FL 450, the aircraft would have cruised at 456 KTAS on 800 lb./hr. total fuel flow, assuming the same weight and ISA deviation.
Once in clear air, we flew a couple of 360-deg. steep turns. Pitch-control force was comparatively light for a large-cabin aircraft. The HUD's flightpath marker and thrust director took the work out of maintaining a 45-deg. bank angle and 300 KIAS.
Next, we slowed the aircraft at idle in the clean configuration with the autopilot engaged to sample the Falcon's automatic speed protection. The stall-warning system generated a sideways magenta tear-drop at 135 kt., or 5 kt. above the yellow low-speed-cue tape as we maintained 1g flight.
At 135 KIAS, the autothrottles engaged and advanced the thrust levers to prevent it from slowing further and the aircraft flew itself out of the high AOA state.
We then disengaged both the autopilot and autothrottles, again slowing the aircraft at idle. Nese selected SF2 and the stall-warning teardrop went to 111 KIAS, again 5 kt. above the yellow low-speed-warning tape. Aircraft weight was 32,700 lb. We slowed to less than 106 KIAS, 5-plus kt. below the 111-KIAS tear drop and then flew a series of shallow turns in the yellow band, occasionally allowing the aircraft to slow to the red tape signifying approach to stall. The Falcon remained completely docile. Our only clear indication of the excessive AOA was a constant "Stall! Stall! Stall" synthetic voice alert as we flew at 100 KIAS.
As we have experienced on other Falcon Jet demo flights, full-span leading-edge slats make these among the most gentle-handling business jets.
We accelerated, cleaned the wing and headed southeast to Abbotsford [elev. 194 ft.] for pattern work, setting up for the instrument landing-system Runway 7 approach. Using EASy II's graphic user interface, Nese rolled the cursor to the appropriate icons and items in the flight-planning window on the multi-function display, rapidly loading the approach procedure.
With slats and flaps 3 [40 deg.] for a 31,200-lb. landing weight, Vref was 113 KIAS, approach speed 118 KIAS and computed landing distance 2,450 ft.
We flew touch-and-goes, then set up for a maximum effort, full-stop landing. Runway 7 was wet and not grooved. After a normal flare and touchdown, the ground spoilers automatically deployed and we applied maximum brakes. Judging from our windshield cam video, the aircraft came to a stop 1,810 ft. after touchdown.
Our flight back and landing at Vancouver were uneventful.
Conclusions? The Falcon 2000S is so nice to hand-fly, it is difficult to cede control to the autopilot. EASy II provides a wealth of information to the flight crew, particularly with the optional synthetic vision package, but requires a considerable investment in time and training to make full use of it all.
Large-cabin aircraft orders are resurging and with the 2000S, Dassault is betting it can attract customers lusting for a large cabin, but shopping with super-midsize-type budgets. Now, it is up to the market to decide.
Fly along with Fred George as he evaluates the Falcon 2000S at AviationWeek.com/video
|Wing Loading
|77.7 lb./sq. ft.
|Power Loading
|2.93 lb. A/C mass per lbf. of thrust
|Noise (EPNdB)
|Internal Dimensions (ft./meters)
|Width (maximum)
|Width (floor)
|Output/Flat Rating OATC
|6,998 lb. thrust ea./ISA+15C
|7,000 hr.
|Weights (lb./kg)
|Max Ramp
|Max Takeoff
|Max Landing
|Zero Fuel
|Max Payload
|Useful Load
|Executive Payload
|Max Fuel
|Payload With Max Fuel
|Fuel With Max Payload
|Fuel With Executive Payload
|Mach 0.862
|Time to FL 370
|14 min.
|FAR Part 25 OEI Rate (ft./meters per min.)
|FAR Part 25 OEI Gradient (ft./nm)
|Ceilings (ft./meters)
|All-Engine Service
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One of the most popular lamps from Poul Hennigsen is the PH 5 pendant lamp. Because of the 50th birthday of the PH5, Louis Poulsen brought the lamp to the market in five new colours as PH 50, as birthday edition in the year 2008. She sets new accents without changing Henningsens light concept. The important change (besides the colour): with a matt surface of the PH 5, the PH 50 models are manufactured with high gloss colours.
The PH 50 pendant lamp is a member of the PH3-shade-products family. The PH3-shades-system was a pendant lamp solution in its beginnings, but did fast develop to other lamp-sorts for tables, floors, walls and a wide number of chandeliers. The result of the different sizes, materials, surfaces and light sources, several thousands of models developed along the years.
The HP 5 and her younger siblings can be suspended low over the table. They are composed by three white shades and a cone on three purple frame members. Two smaller, coloured shades improve the spectrum part of the light which is hardly perceptible. The red lacquered cone interior which also survived in the PH 50 edition, creates a warm light tone. The design of the viewable reflector ensures vertical as well as horizontal light. The light is diffuse by a sandblasted glass in the lower shade.
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Submission + - IBM: Graphene won't replace silicon in CPUs (bit-tech.net)
arcticstoat writes: IBM has revealed that graphene can't fully replace silicon inside CPUs, as a graphene transistor can't actually be completely switched off. In an interview, Yu-Ming Lin from IBM Research — Nanometer Scale Science and Technology explained that that "graphene as it is will not replace the role of silicon in the digital computing regime." Last year, IBM demonstrated a graphene transistor running at 100GHz, while researchers at the UCLU produced a graphene transistor with a cut-off frequency of 300GHz, prompting predictions of silicon marching towards its demise, making way for a graphene-based future with 1THz CPUs. However, Lin says that 'there is an important distinction between the graphene transistors that we demonstrated, and the transistors used in a CPU. Unlike silicon, graphene does not have an energy gap, and therefore, graphene cannot be "switched off," resulting in a small on/off ratio.' That said, Lin also pointed out that graphene 'may complement silicon in the form of a hybrid circuit to enrich the functionality of computer chips.' He gives the example of RF circuits, which aren't dependent on a large on/off ratio.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Jul 2013 15:44 UTC
In its struggle to find willing customers, Nokia just announced yet another flagship phone - the Nokia Lumia 1020. It's essentially a Lumia 920/925, but with the Nokia 808's PureView camera bolted on. Also, it's exclusive to AT&T in the US, for $299 with a two year contract, which is a steep price. So, who gets the honour to be the first to claim that this, yes this Lumia will turn Nokia around?
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RE[4]: Not for all-day camera use
by slashdev on Fri 12th Jul 2013 00:57 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Not for all-day camera use"
Honestly, how much continuous battery life do you need?
This is an interesting question. Being an early android supporter/adopter (G1 and on) i'd always said the same thing to people coming from feature phones. Just plug the thing in! But after owning the Maxx for a year I have completely changed my mind about that. For years, my smartphone battery gauge basically ruled my life; wake up "did i plug in my smart phone? No? doh!", get to work "Did i plug in my smart phone while driving?" No? doh!, At work "I need to find an outlet! do i take my phone to a meeting to snap a pic of the whiteboard, but if i do, its not charging...Oh, we're are going on site, should I bring my phone, leave it charging? etc.." and on and on. (It didnt help that my pre-Maxx phone, the G2x was so power hungry that using the GPS while being plugged in to a car charger would only keep the phone at its current charge level...something that needs to be experienced to believe)
I had no idea I was basically tethered to a wall socket, until the Maxx. After a few weeks i felt liberated. I'd get home, and the smart phone battery wasnt a priority (i'd be on calls, reading books, listening to podcasts while going to the grocery...) , go to work, who cares if its charged? I'll charge it when i get back home...maybe. I'd take it to meetings for snapping pictures, taking notes, use the GPS and not even have it in the car charger. No thoughts about plugging in the phone. (just a note, I am one of the early early cord cutters, I have not had a home phone/land line for 8 years)
I was finally untethered from the wall socket. I now am sold. A person should not have to compromise good battery life over other features in their phone. The Maxx proved that. Super thin, small profile (4.3" screen), kevlar back. The Galaxy note 2 isnt half bad either, but boy is it big.
So to answer your question (after pontificating all over the place, sorry!), The question shouldnt even be asked, its a false choice. The answer is your mobile phone, should be as MOBILE as possible, the lower the amount of time you are tethered to a wall socket, the better your experience with being MOBILE will be. (Just wait till we get reusable fuel cells that last weeks)
RE[5]: Not for all-day camera use
by Nelson on Fri 12th Jul 2013 01:09 in reply to "RE[4]: Not for all-day camera use"