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Duncan Fletcher, the former Zimbabwean captain, was appointed as Team India's coach on 27th April, 2011 as a replacement to Gary Kirsten, India's World Cup winning coach. He was selected ahead of Stephen Fleming and Andy Flower.
His reputation as a coach flourished when he was the coach of England. He brought them from the bottom to the top of the test rankings between the years 2000 and 2007. He was the coach of England team when they won the Ashes after 18 long years. These might have been the reasons for choosing Fletcher as the coach of Team India.
The 62-year old Zimbabwean's first assignment was the England series. India went into that series as the World Champions and the reigning number 1 test team, but lost not only all four test matches but also lost their number one position in tests. Following this, they also lost the ODI series 3-0. No one could call it a perfect start for Fletcher.
Then came the all important Australian series in late December, 2011. However, that series brought no change in the fortunes of Fletcher either, as they again lost all their test matches to Aussies, making it an overall 0-8 overseas test record for the coach. Added to that their failure to qualify for the finals of CB series, and many started questioning the 62-year old Fletcher's capabilities as a coach.
The wound deepened further when defending Asia Cup champions India failed to even make it to the finals of Asia Cup 2012. However, a few victories came India's way when they defeated Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and whitewashed the Kiwis in the recently-concluded test matches in India. However, these could not hide his earlier failures as India coach.
He was hailed as the best man-manager, but seems to have failed in that department too, as dressing room conflicts are becoming commonplace in the Indian side these days. His two-year contract will end later this year when India will face England, and there is no point in keeping him the coach of Team India even if we whitewash the English.
It is high time for the BCCI to look for a new coach for the team, and on this occasion give the opportunity to an Indian. We have several legends like Saurav Ganguly and Kapil Dev with us, which leaves no reason for us to look outside.
Saurav Ganguly has even agreed to become the coach of Team India if asked to. In my opinion, the combination of Dada and Mahi will work work wonders for the team. We know that both of them were the best captains India has ever produced. Both know each other, as well as every player in dressing room, quite well and also have similar mind-sets. Both are aggressive at times, while calm and composed otherwise.
If the combination of Dada as coach and Mahi as captain works, then India will be on top of the table in every format.
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yes plus dravid n kumble as batting n bowling coach along with dada.
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As the Conservative budget results rolls across Canada, I can hear the echoes of a million jaws grinding in nervous fury. In bars. Bus-stops. Homes and apartments. Wherever they were at the time when Harper made the best on his majority mandate. Amidst this macabre chorus, my thoughts turned to fascism.
Here I'm talking about historical fascism – that of Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler. Their policies and practices have been outlined in detail. It is well-known that racial, political, sexual, and ability-based scapegoating lubricated the fascist machines that roared to life in the dawn of the 20th Century. However, often missed in these identity-based accounts of atrocity (which are indeed important) are other, more "mundane" economic functions of fascist policy.
Fascist regimes administered the privatization of state-owned enterprises, the reduction or annihilation of corporate taxes, massive corporate subsidies, destroying unions and labor laws, the widespread suspension of civil liberties, and the rending of the social safety net. It entailed an attempt to place the state more fully and irrevocably at the service of the capitalists, and to turn away from its liberal tale of a social contract whereby The People are granted protection and service in return for obedience. Fascism entailed a powerful state free from liberal obligations. Life was ground ever more desperately under the totalizing boot heel of a freed capitalist machine. "These policies are necessary," goes the logic, "to save and strengthen the economy and thus soothe the ills of the masses." The results of these policies are well-known. In a word, suffering. Catastrophic suffering, on multiple registers, and in complex ways. Particularly because it is precisely this saved, strengthened economy that tears bodies (human and ecological) apart by the thousands every day.
Before considering fascism as a name for his program, Mussolini originally considered 'corporatism'. I found that to be a compelling revelation, given our current late capitalist economy dominated by multinational corporations. According to my dictionary, corporatism (and its root word corporate) is derived from the 15th Century Latin word corporare, meaning "to form into a body". Fascism is also derived from the Italian word fascio, which is both "bundle" or "political group", also derived from Latin. Both of these words have connotations of togetherness. Unity, to soothe the ills of the masses.
Corporatism. Fascism. I am not so interested in the differences between these words, but how they are tangled together within contemporary democratic politics in Canada. Because Stephen Harper's majority government, and their recent budget, include the functions of fascism outlined above. I do not claim we live under fascism, but the state of things just changed - more and more social and ecological bodies were just forcibly opened up of all kinds to direct exploitation.
Does not a warlike economy help create a warlike nation? With this budget, has not the Harper Government won a significant victory in the war on all of us who are not wealthy? Tragically so, given that Canada's self-told lie of "peacekeeper" may finally be put to rest as we see this country with a stark, new clarity. What better to boost Canada's GDP than social war against its the people? The justification is quite simple, the logic near impenetrable.
In fact, Hermann Goering of Nazi Germany said it best: "the common people don't want war… after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship…voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the [dissidents] for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Cue the Refugee Exclusion Act (Bill C-31) and Jason Kenney's long track record of racist profiling of so-called illegal immigrants (and he is far from alone in this – racism amongst his fellow Conservative Party collaborators runs rampant). Or internally, even the most milquetoast of environmental NGOs are deemed terrorist threats. This is pre-criminalization. And anything can become a prison – a warehouse at the G20 or a bus en route to Quebec's uprisings. Indeed, cue new methods of criminalization as part of a burgeoning Canadian prison-industrial-security complex. Those of us who engage in whatever extra-parliamentary political defense of our lives, livelihoods, loves, and the land on which we stand can expect to be (pre)criminalized, or ever further, (pre)demonized as terrorists.
Is this fascism? I don't know. But it approaches. Does it not? Remember how Harper cancelled parliament to avoid answering questions about Canada's role in torture abroad? How about the voter fraud? Robocalls? Again, I ask – is this fascism?
Here are some lowlights of the omnibus budget bill, Bill C-38.
1. Bill C-38 guts environmental legislation and 'streamlines' the environmental reviewprocess to pave the way for rapid approval of industrial mega-projects like the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline in northern B.C., the Alberta tar sands, and Quebec's Plan Nord.
2. Various aspects of Bill C-38, including changes to the environmental assessment review process, violate the federal government's obligation to consult with First Nations and accommodate First Nation Treaty and Aboriginal rights.
3. Bill C-38 amends the Coasting Trade Act to allow increased off-shore seismic testing and drilling. Less than two years after such drilling was put on hold due to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Conservative government announced 905,000 hectares of Arctic watersopen for bidding.
4. Bill C-38 implements new rules that will require most unemployed EI claimants to accept job offers at hourly wages significantly lower than their previous employment.
5. Bill C-38 will also make changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, Old Age Security, and will repeal of the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act - all of which are expected to depress wages, especially in already lower-paying jobs.
6. Bill C-38 makes changes to meat inspection regulations and cuts funding to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, weakening our protection from diseases like listeria, mad cow, rabies, and toxic poisoning.
7. Bill C-38 undermines food sovereignty by amending the Seeds Act and Plant Breeder Rights, eliminating enforcement of the Product of Canada label, and prioritizing trade deals that benefit multinational corporations instead of local farmers.
8. Bill C-38 officially withdraws Canada from the Kyoto Protocol reducing the federal government's obligations to report on climate change policies.
9. Bill C-38 dedicates millions of dollars to attack environmental groups and charities through audits on foreign funding. Environmental groups are being targeted, despite the fact that the Canada Revenue Agency records show environmental charities are not the biggest recipients of foreign funding.
10. Bill C-38 includes amendments to the Employment Equity Act which eliminate the requirement that federal contractors apply employment equity provisions put in place to protect groups that have experienced discrimination, including women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.
It should be noted that youth in France rioted over the increase in retirement age alone. Youth in Greece have been rioting over these kinds of policies since 2008.
Let me put this plainly. Bill C-38 is equivalent to being pissed on by the rich, and then being told to like it. Cuts make us bleed. Corporatism. Fascism. There are differences, of course, but the lines blur when the functions carried out by Harper's democratically-elected government are fascist in effect. Do they not boost corporate capitalist Power and as such add to the unbearable, threatening weight that hangs over so many lives? Suicide rates have soared in Greece since their (socialist) government caved to the EU's demands for an escalating democratic social war. It makes sense. And that is exaclty what this is - this is a democratic social war, not flawed policy. Cuts induce bleeding. Our self-told tales about the vigor of Democracy and sanctity of Law will never circumvent this fact: real blood flows just as easily from a democratic social war voted in by The People as it can from a fascist machine that drags The People into itself and uses their misery as fuel.
Many of the million grinding their jaws at the budget bill have bemoaned their disappointment with their fellow Canadians. I share in this utter disappointment to the point of vomiting. I have even now covered my computer with saran wrap because I nearly puke on it. Twice. With rage. But we must be clear – these policies are merely a continuation of a long historical process of democratic social war, not the sudden manifestation of fascism. Second, our neighbours, our family members, and millions of people across this country were not somehow deluded or "less intelligent than us" for voting in the Harper majority, or for not voting at all. They do not need to be educated about the world. They do not just need to "wake up", to "see the truth", to move beyond dogma. This critique is flawed because it erases the real possibility that these people wanted exactly this budget, that they wanted this world that has fallen on us with such breathtaking suddenness. It denies that this world is their truth.
We must realize that our enemy is fascist Power, which is inherent in this democratic social war. It stems from the political and economic systems that were imported onto Indigenous lands through a continuing program of military occupation, genocide and ecocide referred to as colonization, or also known by its sickening euphemism the founding of our great nation. As an intellectual wrote in the aftermath of a revolution in France that nearly brought the government to its knees, our enemy is not only historical fascism, however, the fascism of Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler - which was able to mobilize and use the desire of the masses so effectively. Our enemy is also the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behaviour, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. It is specifically this everyday fascism that has opened the floodgates for democratico-fascist policy on a national scale in this country. To love the Harper government, and love their budget.
Just as a fascist would laugh in response to an invitation to politely engage in conversation about differences in opinion, should we not also laugh at a strategy based on sober conversation with the Conservatives and their Minister Prime? This is social war. On all levels, human and ecological bodies are being pulverized every single day of their barely-living lives in complex and persistent ways. To paraphrase another apt writer, our responsibility is not to effectively navigate worlds of Power, (as many activists I know limit themselves to, though they probably claim otherwise) but to bring them to a clamorous, grinding end. If those of us in Canada realize that we are in a state of war the likes of which my young generation has never seen, then there is a chance that the lukewarm political strategies to which many people cling, along with the hope that the system can change from within, could be set ablaze. Hope in appealing to Power will be lost, and in this sense, the fascism in us all may evaporate as we turn diligently to the task before us: to begin a beautiful destruction of all the pain and alienation that lifetimes of colonization and capitalism has inflicted upon us and our allies, to vomit out this whole history of machinery within our very being, and to begin returning of our lives and bodies to ourselves and each other.
We have the power to adjust the flow of rage from lateral violence amongst ourselves and direct it outwards into fuel for a new world. To be clear – this loss of hope in Power includes rejecting saviours in the form of electoral solutions such as an NDP majority, which will only ever slightly lessen the intensity of democratic social war and risk simply channelling us back into effectively navigating systems of Power, and into the endless labyrinth of bureaucratic dialogue.
It was the NDP, after all, who arrested over 800 people who were defending the land in the disobedience in Clayquot Sound. It was the NDP who sent in "the army and 400 officers armed with dogteams, airplanes, helicopters, Armoured PersonnelCarriers, grenades, land mines, M16 and C7 assault rifles, hollow point ammuntion and fifty-calibre macine guns to besiege a handful of Secwempemc traditionalists and allies" in Gustafsen Lake in 1997, a force that fired over 77,000 bullets (from the zine The Gustafsen Lake Crisis: Statements from Ts'Peten Defenders). Or, just a few days ago, the NDP was enthused about a Shell Corporation contract on BC lands - saying that gas is 'greener' than oil. And finally, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair recently stated that the NDP is neutral on the Quebec student strike, stating that it is a provincial issue. The NDP machine calculation of the best way to sway public opinion led them to side with legal process points instead of siding with striking students. We should not be surprised.
Those who claim that this is not social war, this is simply flawed policy will also claim that once the NDP is in charge, everything will be better. Perhaps they will soothe the ills of the masses? Give them a chance, whydontcha? The NDP cannot be trusted with the task of decolonization, just as the socialist government in Greece cannot be trusted to be anything more than well-dressed stooges for European capital. The NDP gain their very legitimacy from the Powers of captialism and colonization itself. They are not worthy of trust.
The point is not to ask colonial bureaucrats to dull their deadly blades. The point is to tear the blades from their fucking hands and break them. It is in this loss of hope in Power where we can find our power, our courage, and our togetherness.
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Bruno Gualano1,2, Carlos Ugrinowitsch1, Manoel Neves Jr.2, Fernanda R. Lima2, Ana Lúcia S. Pinto2, Gilberto Laurentino1, Valmor A.A. Tricoli1, Antonio H. Lancha Jr.1, Hamilton Roschel1,2
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Postactivation potentiation (PAP) is defined as a short-term increase in voluntary muscle activation following a previous conditioning activity (CA). Controversy about PAP is mostly attributed to the characteristics of the CA and the training status of the subjects. While some studies have found that PAP can be induced by series of 5-10 second maximal voluntary isometric contractions or near maximal dynamic contractions (e.g., 3-5 repetition maximum), others have failed to do so. On the other hand, some studies suggest that intermittent contractions can also induce PAP. However, even though PAP was observed, its duration was not taken into account, leaving ground for further investigations. The purpose of this study was threefold: (a) to verify if PAP can progressively enhance performance of voluntary actions throughout a set of intermittent contractions; (b) to verify PAP duration when induced by an intermittent contractions protocol; and (c) to verify if PAP effects were reproducible in different sessions when induced by intermittent contractions. Ten physically active men, not engaged in strength training, underwent 5 randomized experimental sessions, during which they performed a set of 10 unilateral knee extensions (KE) (1 every 30 seconds) at 60 degrees x s(-1) in an isokinetic dynamometer. Peak torque was evaluated over the 10 unilateral KE and at the randomized intervals of 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 minutes post CA. Peak torque was potentiated 1.3 (+/-0.79) N x m per unilateral KE, and the potentiation effect persisted for 12 minutes after the last contraction. These findings were reproduced in all 5 experimental sessions. Thus, intermittent conditioning activities seem to be an effective way to produce PAP. However, these activities should be tested in a more real world situation to verify the applicability as a warm-up routine.


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The ISGS Coal Section is primarily concerned with the study of the coalbearing Pennsylvanian rocks in the Illinois coal field that underlie 37,000 square miles or 68% of the state. More than 211 billion tons of identified resources are currently estimated to lie beneath the state. Of this amount, the demonstrated reserve base is 112 billion tons, as defined in terms of minimum thickness and some geologic assurance of coal's presence. This demonstrated coal reserve base is the second largest in the United States and, for bituminous coal, is the largest in the nation.
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Any way you look at it, 2008 was a really bad year for auto sales. How bad? Well, in 2007, 16.1 million cars and light trucks were sold in the U.S., and even though it was less than the year before, times were still pretty good.
But in 2008, the bottom fell out of the car-buying market and only 10.4 million vehicles were sold. It was the heart of the Great Recession, and everybody in the automotive business was feeling the pain.
A lot has changed in the last few years, and sales have rebounded. Bloomberg reports that if sales continue at their current pace, 2012 will be the best year for the industry since 2007. Sales may reach 14.2 million units, thanks in large part to factors like a slowly improving economy and easier credit.
That's great news for a lot of people, including car buyers, dealers and manufacturers, not to mention all of the subsidiary industries and small businesses that feed into and off of the larger car manufacturers. But what if you've been turned down for a loan? What do you do now?
Auto lending is all about your credit history and score. If you've got a great FICO score, perhaps north of 780, then you'll qualify for one of those attractive offers you see on TV with really low teaser interest rates. A new car with a 60-month loan and a FICO Score in the range of 720 to 850 gets you an auto loan with a 3.5 percent APR. If you're in the 660 to 689 range, you're looking at a loan with a much-higher 6.75 percent APR. And if you're at the very bottom of the subprime lending range, with a FICO Score of 500 to 589, you'll pay nearly 15 percent interest on your car loan.
And what happens if you don't have any traditional credit history, or not enough to calculate a credit score (referred to in the biz as a "thin file")? Well, you're SOL at the typical auto dealer. You can't buy a car if you can't get a loan, which leaves you historically with only one choice: Stop by your neighborhood "Buy Here Pay Here" (BHPH) auto dealer, and one way or another, they'll probably get you into a car.
It won't be a new car, and it will have lots of miles on it, and it may need a new transmission the day after you drive it off the lot, but at least you'll get a car you desperately need to get you to and fro.
Consumers who purchase from BHPH auto dealers fall into that huge crevice between subprime auto lending and not getting any auto loan at all. The BHPH dealer won't want to talk to you about interest rates. What's to negotiate? The interest rates can legally go as high as 36 percent. (Where I live in Georgia, the maximum interest rate allowed is only 28 percent). Instead, your local BHPH will focus on your expected monthly payment and ask for a really big down payment. It's a terrible way to buy a car, but for millions of Americans, it is the only way they can make this significant a purchase. (Not that it will help their credit rating, since BHPH places rarely report positive news to credit reporting agencies, but they'll be quick to report a missed payment, default or repossession.)
There is another option, however -- one that fits nicely between the BHPH dealer and the subprime lending rate, but potentially offers an interest rate far better than the deep subprime lending rate.
If you can prove your creditworthiness by having your routine, everyday bills verified on your behalf, there are some companies that are working with alternative credit scoring companies to offer credit. The rates these sites offer are not typically as low as the lowest teaser rates you see from car dealers, but they do make credit available to traditionally underserved populations. (Full Disclosure: eCredable provides alternative credit reports to a site called RoadLoans.com, which provides auto loans carrying an interest rate between 11.99 and 17.99 percent.) Other companies are CoreLogic, Clarity Services, and PRBC. If you can earn the best alternative credit rating based on the way you pay your bills today, you get the better rate. If you don't have a top rate, you pay a higher interest rate, but you'll likely still be miles ahead versus going to a BHPH dealer.
You can go to any dealer and buy the car you really want instead of being stuck with the inventory on the BHPH lot. If you can afford the payments, you can buy a new car that's under warranty and has no mileage on the odometer. If you can continue to work on your credit and improve your credit score, you can even refinance your RoadLoan.com car loan down the road.
The potential savings is staggering. Imagine you purchased a $15,000 car with a five-year loan carrying a 28 percent interest rate. Your monthly payments would be $467.04 per month. But if you qualified for a loan at 17.99 percent, your monthly payments would be just $380.82, a savings of $86.22 per month, or $5,173.20 over five years. And if you qualified for a car loan at 11.99 percent, your monthly payments would drop to 333.59, a savings of $133.45 per month, or just over $8,000 in five years.
That kind of savings goes a long way on a typical family's $52,000 median income, and it opens up car buying opportunities across the spectrum -- which is good for millions of Americans and good for our economy as well. Use of alternative credit data by a large number of lenders is still in its infancy, but growing every day. As more and more lenders adopt the use of this information in their automated lending software platforms, more access will provided to the 25% of the adult population without a traditional credit history.
This story is an Op/Ed contribution to Credit.com and does not represent the views of the company or its affiliates.
Steve Ely is the CEO of eCredable, a Credit Reporting Agency based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Prior to that, he was President of Equifax Personal Information Solutions.


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CommentsOur 3 week old daughter, Liesl, was placed in our arms a year and one month after our domestic adoption journey began. We had just renewed our homestudy in April, and were unsure of "our wait time", as we had been considered in the past, only to be told that we were not chosen by that birthmother. In any case, I too have encountered strangers making comments about the "horror stories of domestic adoption", and I take it upon myself, (as most of us adoptive parents do!), to be an advocate for adoption, correct the stereotypes, misconceptions, and tell the success stories of domestic adoption, not what the media "plays up", due to one unfortunate instance. I also am floored by strangers who will blatently ask.."Did you carry that baby?!?!!!?".........Having an athletic build, surely I could not, right?........however, I have found the best way to handle these types of questions, is with the question "Why do you ask?"...Most times it turns the situation around, but at times, it does not. Until we start educating people on adoption who have not experienced it, we will still encounter the ignorant questions unfortunately! Posted by: Carla Feinman at 1:55pm Jul 12 We are just starting the process because we're encouraged by the fact that older parents are not excluded any more. I guess I am more afraid of the "how could anyone give a baby to such an OLD mother," than I am to ignorant questions about the child! Posted by: Karen at 10:17am Jul 13 When we told people that our daughter was adopted they assumed she was from China. When they looked at her and saw that she was not they could not believe it! We were only on the waiting list for two weeks when we got the call from our agency saying that we had been chosen. Posted by: Gina Osinski at 4:32am Jul 16 We had two weeks from the time we completed the initial paperwork until we got "the call" on our 2nd adoption. Our daughter had been born the previous night and could we get our "Dear Birthmom" letter to the hospital ASAP and travel the next day to meet the birthmom. Unfortunately, it was a federal holiday, 3-day weekend so we couldn't bring Baby home until she was 5 days old. There is an excellent book out for private adoptions called "Fast Track Adoption" or something like that. Didn't need it for this one :-) Posted by: Natalie at 4:41am Jul 26 Thank you for this article. My huband and I have been so confused as to adopt domestically or internationally and this article put some important points in perspective. Thanks! Posted by: Kathy at 12:08pm Aug 6 To Karen: My husband is 47 and I am 45 - we just adopted our second son this summer. Their birthmother (yes, she placed both boys with us, but that's another story...) told us she felt at our age we were more "settled" and financially secure and could provide all the love and support the boys would need. Don't worry about your age - your children will keep you young. I found myself diving on the Slip-n-slide with our three year old last week! Posted by: Eva at 8:43am Sep 12 To Eva! Thanks for a chuckle and a tear to my eye this morning after reading your comment about the slip n slide...My husband is also 47 and I am 44, so I can clearly see that act in my future with our daughter. No walkers or canes needed yet! LOL Posted by: Carla at 4:39am Sep 13 This was a great read. MY husband and I are struggling between domestic and international. I am 40 and he just turned 48 and we do not want a two year wait. WE prefer an infant. We would like two children and may go with domestic and then international. We live in FL and any guidance would be great. Our home study is complete. Posted by: Tricia kurty at 9:19am Oct 23 I am so happy things have changed and work out for some, and maybe it truly works out for most. My husband and I are now 45 & 47 respectively. Our son is 5 and we are in process for another--age 2. We chose international adoption for several reasons. 1) We were told we would be too old by the time our minimum 2-year wait would be up. I don't know when that all changed, but I'm glad it has. I believe we were 36 and 38 at the time. Our first international adoption only took 7 months! He was not an infant, but I'm more comfortable with communicators -- so this was perfect for me. However, we have two sets of friends who went through the agony--twice each--of being rejected by birth mothers, after having paid all expenses. Two of the children were actually in the home for 60 days or more when "mom" changed her mind. Both couples eventually succeeded, but to say it is rare for the birthmother to change her mind, when I know of 4 instances personally--makes it hard for me to fully trust. Posted by: Caroline at 2:45pm Dec 27 My husband and I struggled with our age should we adopt again or not? He is 52 and I am 44. we went for it and 9 months later we have a beautiful newborn baby girl! We have adult biological children, and two adopted sons 14 & 7, they were both a little older when we were blessed with them. Posted by: Cindy at 2:55pm Dec 27 I'm glad to hear that things are starting to change in domestic adoptions but the article made it seem easier than I think it actually is (according to others we personally know who have been through the process.) We chose international adoption because I, after years of infertility, could not take ANY chance of rejection or of a mother changing her mind. I know of others with the same issue. Honestly, it is the one thing that stops some people cold - even a 1% chance is way too much for some. We encountered a couple in our international group in 2006 who had been primary parents for 2 girls since the age of 3 months. The parents, after 8 years, still refused to give up custody, even though they had never actually parented the children. This couple was devasted and turned to international adoption out of desperation after so many broken promises. Two other couples we know had several rejections and also were asked at the last minute to pay thousands of dollars for medical care (one bill was for $15,000) before they could pick up their child. Maybe we were just unlucky enough to have sad stories from 3 of the couples we spoke to (the only ones we know of who have had domestic adoptions). Posted by: Angela at 7:15pm Dec 27 When I saw the headline I thought, there will be something about the kind of domestic adoption we are doing! However, like a lot of the press I read, this article never mentions adopting out of foster care. I work with a lot of wonderful foster kids as a nurse practitioner and I cannot wait to start my family this way! There are so many benefits, including the fact that you can chose to have infants or kids placed that are legally free from their parents from the moment they are in your arms. The cost for this kind of adoption - free! We chose to pay $3000 to work with a local agency very experienced in these adoption so we can have more individual attention. These children have faced neglect or abuse, but this is often the case in international adoptions, unfortunately. We live in OR which is a full disclosure state, so we are eligible to receive all documentation on the child, speak to the foster parents, therapist (if there is one), MD, etc to help us find a child that matches our ability as parents. It looks like we will have kids placed within 6 months, and we just handed in our homestudy questionnaire. Posted by: Valerie Tobin at 9:38am Dec 28 We adopted our second son as a newborn from the US less than 1 month after our homestudy was complete. I had been treated for cancer, was 44 and did not think that anyone would pick our profile. My medical information was reviewed by the agency doctor and we were encouraged by our agency. Our little miracle just turned 7 years old. Posted by: Amber Fehr at 7:51pm Jan 4 This article helped me out to know "various perceptions with regd. to adoption" i.e., my project report. i m a law student. Posted by: VIKRAM SINGH at 11:32pm Jan 15 I,too, am always disappointed that domestic adoption stories never mention adoption through foster care. After running up monumental debt adopting our first child from Russia 10 years ago, we decided to try to adopt a 2nd child through our local public children's service agency. We didn't hold out much hope. But nine months after our paperwork, homestudy and a 30-hour training session were completed, we got a call to meet a healthy, feisty 20-month-old boy who'd been in foster care since birth. (He's white, as we are. My devasted infertile psyche still could not bear to have our adoptive status be so obvious.) After a 6-week transition period, we brought him home to permanently join our family. We had to jump through the usual adoption hoops, but overall the process went smoothly and was free. In addition, our son, now 8 and doing well in school and sports, receives a monthly stipend from the state of Ohio until he's 18 because he was considered special needs -- only because he'd been several foster homes. I know our situation is unusual, but I'm sure we're not the only ones to pursue adoption through a public agency. Posted by: Colleen Russell at 1:04pm Jan 17 We adopted our son, Jesse, at birth almost four years ago. He was born in Las Vegas. My husband and I have 3 biological children, who at the time were 11, 9, and 6 years old. Jesse is African-American, and he is the smartest, cutest, and most loving child you can imagine. Everyone always assumes that he is adopted from Africa. I just wanted to put in a plug for domestic adoptions. We met Jesse's birthmom in the hospital, and we connected with her from the start. She was both smart and loving, and I honestly believe that she was doing all she could to ensure that her son would grow up in a stable home. There are lots of children in the U.S. that need homes, even healthy infants. It is sad, but true that many African-American children in the U.S. are adopted by families in Canada and Europe. Jesse has brightened the lives of my husband and I, but also of his siblings. Posted by: Liz at 2:15pm Jan 22 We had a wonderful experience adopting domestically. After years of infertility I didnt want the chance of a birth parent changing their mind months after placement so I checked each states laws very carefully and selected a state that 1. allowed the birthparents to terminate 48hrs after birth, and 2. that the termination was 100% irrevocable. We paid only a small administrative fee when we applied to the agency and then paid the adoption fee when our beautiful perfect newborn boy was legally placed with us. We met our birthmother and father via the agency and had calls and webcam chats. The situation just felt right and they are amazing people who made us feel like parents even in the hospital! We know people from our adoption classes that had bad experiences (fake pregnancies, gave money to the girls and then ended up with no baby etc) A lot of that I chalk up to 1. poor agency assistance (some agencies just give the adoptive couples contact info and leave the chatting up to them!) 2. State laws (some states actually allow for the birth parents to come back after months and have a strong legal case to take back custody) 3. Sometimes birth parents change their minds..... It is their legal right untill they sign the termination papers, so as long as you pick a state that has a short wait perior to sign, and an agency that doesnt require money upfront or that will reimburse you if the adoption fails due to the birth parents changing their minds prior to signing termination papers then you are pretty safe in those terms. It was a wonderful time for us and we are forever grateful that we have our son, now almost 1yr! I wouldnt have changed anything and we will probably go the domestic route again when we are ready for him to become a big brother. Good luck! Posted by: Chris at 1:35pm Feb 28 I am just starting to consider domestic adoption for our second child. I have to say I am a little shocked at the attitude of the above poster who was searching for the state which would most quickly terminate the rights of the birth parents. 48 hours seems to be an awfully short period. Of course, as an adoptive parent it would be devatating to have your hopes set on an adoption to then have it taken away, but how much more devastating to give birth to a child and then be unable to decide to parent a mere 3 days after giving birth. I know I would feel terrible if I knew that the mother of the child I was being allowed to adopt had changed her mind a mere 3 days after birth. I would never want to keep the child in those circumstances, no matter how difficult it would me for me. Posted by: stephanie at 8:37am Mar 12 I think my comments were misinterpeted. Yes in some states the termination can be signed that early, the key is it CAN be signed not HAS to be signed. Ours wasnt due to court availability etc it was more like 10 days. We needed that stability, some states allow birth parents to come back months after and have a very good chance of regaining custady, which would be heart breaking for us and you do need to know where your comfort level is and what your heart can bear. We had gone though years of waiting and misscarriages before. So while I can completely understand the above poster being concerned for the birth parents pain if they changed their mind early. On the flip side, does that mean our pain is non exisistant if our new child is removed from our home months after we have become a family. Nothing is ever perfect, but I think most people try. We have a great relationship with our childs birth parents and everyone felt good and happy about the process from the start. I will just say, when its right for everyone, you just know in your heart. Posted by: chris at 7:47am Mar 14 We are currently in the "waiting" stage with our domestic adoption. It has become very surprising to me that, when I mention to someone that we are adopting domestically, the vast majority of folks out there don't really understand how it works nowadays; many are floored when I tell them that the birth mother chooses the adoptive parents. I think people have the "Hollywood" notion about domestic adoption - you know, the scene in about a dozen movies where the adoptive parents walk into a nursery of infants and pick one. I have a question for those of you in the same boat as I am - what can adoptive parents do during the wait for "the call"? My emotions lately are so up and down - I've all but finished the nursery, have read alot of books, watched baby shows on TV until I'm blue in the face. What else can I do while I wait? Posted by: elisha at 8:28am Jun 27 I appreciate the comments from everyone as much as the article itself. My husband and I are still determining which route to take with adoption. I have the stereotypical fears of domestic adoption (as I find out more information, many of those fears are going away); and international adoption is out of our financial reach (and the wait times are longer than I could have imagined). Thank goodness for the internet... it helps me to know we are not alone. :) Posted by: ann g at 7:14pm Jul 5 I really enjoyed your comments about adoption. They really helped with any confusion that I might have had. I'm going through myadoptionforms.com to get my adoption paperwork, and this just adds to the information that I've gotten from them. Posted by: mistyeyed at 12:34pm Aug 13 This article was chock full of very important information about the domestic adoption process and how it works. I am currently writing a paper about the choice between domestically adopting and internationally adopting. I am pro domestically adopting mainly because I was adopted twice in my life time by wonderful families both times. To all prospective adoptive parents please not only consider adopting domestically but also look into choosing to adopt an older child. Posted by: Denise Pender at 3:24pm Sep 17 You help debunk some pervasive myths, but I would also have liked some info on the issue of disrupted adoptions, those occurring prior to the termination of birthparent rights, such as when a birth mother simply changes her mind after the process has begun. I believe I read an informal poll from this very magazine that showed 40% of the respondents who pursued domestic adoption had experienced at least one disruption. That may be another important thing to consider. Posted by: Todd at 8:30am Nov 5 My husband and I adopted domestically. This is actually our one year anniversary of meeting the kids for the first time. We adopted our son at the time was 6 and our daughter who at the time was 3. Our kids adapted quickly to being part of our family and it took only 1 month before they were calling us Mom and Dad. I could not imagine my life without them. When we were mwking our decision, We were thinking about a baby, but we started looking at the website like nwae.org and adoptohio.org and the heart galleries with the kids that were waiting for a home. And we were decided ...There are so many kids out there looking for good homes and parents and just needing love. Our kids have minimal issues ... nothing outside of what a child that was not in Fostercare would have. Some people say we are just lucky, because they are young and that most foster kids have severe issues. But I have talked with many people who adopted older children and they have simular stories. I am so happy I went in that direction and We are so blessed to have such wonderful kids. Posted by: Patty at 8:33am Nov 5 My husband and I (43 & 44) were just placed with a baby through the Foster Care system as pre-adoptive parents. We were just approved at the end of May and our child joined us on August 7th. Our state has full disclosure so we knew all the facts. The court date for his mother's rights isnt' 'till December but we're confident all will go well. The cost to adopt - not a dime! In our state, not only is it free but he gets WIC for formula & food, is on state health insurance until he is 18 (even after the adoption is final) and we can sign him up for free state college tuition. We surely didn't expect all of that but the cost factor for adoption was what got us looking into social services. That, and giving a child who truly needed a good home a chance. Our son, who is bi-racial (Af. Am & Hispanic) (we are white) is beautiful and perfect - he is 11 mos old and I constantly get comments on how handsome he is! Truthfully, we weren't sure at first about raising a bi-racial child or a child of another race because we werent' sure we had a diverse enough base of friends and family to make him feel comfortable but I can not imagine anything else now! He is Mommy and Daddy's little love! Posted by: Karen B at 8:38am Nov 5 Thanks so much for the information in this article, as well as all of your comments. My husband and I are considering adoption as we have struggled with infertility. We are just beginning to research domestic vs. international. This information is very helpful. Posted by: Jen S at 7:50pm Mar 11 I liked the comment by the older mom. I too am an older adoptive mom (50). I didn't think a birthmom would choose me due to mine and my husbands older age. But, they did. We have two beautiful daughters that we adopted from birth and they are one year apart. Age is only a number as long as you have youthful energy and a positive attitude. Posted by: Paula at 2:11pm May 5 My husband and I adopted our 3 children domestically, from birth. For our first adoption, we were matched with a couple but before the baby was born they decided to marry and parent their child. We were disappointed in the loss of a chance for a baby, but were happy for them. We still keep in touch by facebook! Soon after, we were matched with our son's birthmother. When he was 15 months we started the adoption process again, thinking it would take at least a year, but 3 months later our daughter was born. When she was 15 months, our son's birthmother asked us to parent her 2nd baby. So we ended up with 3 kids under the age of 3, despite the fact that the average wait is 1 1/2 years -- know that it can go much faster than that! In our state (CA) and with our agency (Bethany Christian Services), the relinquishment period took about 10 days. Our children's birthmothers signed the relinquishment the day they left the hospital, it was sent the next day at 5:00, and then took 3-10 days for it to be filed. This short time period was very reassuring for us. We were also very glad that our agency provides counseling for all birthparents, so that they are sure of their decision. I would never want a birthmother to make a quick decision that she wasn't sure was right and then have no time to change her mind. From what we could see, our children's birthmothers were for the most part unwavering in their decision because they had thought it through very well and knew this was what they wanted for their child. We enjoy great relationships with our children's birthmothers and their families. They are very respectful and let us initiate contact, although sometimes I wish they felt more comfortable initiating it! We get together every 3 or 4 months and stay in touch by email or facebook. They've come to our kid's birthday parties and have even babysat our children! In front of our kids they refer to me as "mom." They're great girls and we're so lucky to have them as part of our family! Posted by: Krista at 2:37pm May 6 HI, I ADOPTED A CHILD FROM OVERSEAS. IN A PRIVATE ADOPTION. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF A WONDERFUL 10 MONTH BOY. HIS MOM SPOKE ENGLISH TO HIM. DIDN'T SPOIL HIM AT ALL.SHE HAD HIM BECAUSE OF A SITUTION, NO WOMAN, WANTS TO GO THROUGH(GANG RAPE). SO SHE WANTED HIM TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. SHE WENT TO A LAWYER, IN HER COUNTRY, AFTER SHE TALKED WITH ME. HE MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS, BC, VISA, AND SOMEONE TO TRAVEL WITH HIM IN FLIGHT. SHE SIGNED PAPERS FOR ME TO HAVE HIM. AND I PICKED HIM UP AT THE AIRPORT. AND HE HAD FIXED PAPERS WHERE SHE WANTED ME TO ADOPT HIM. SHE AND I PAID THE LAWYER AAND HE'S GREAT AND ADOPTED TO HERE IN USA. COST ABOUT $3000 FEES AND AIRFLIGHT. I SEND HER PICS AND CONVERSE WITH HER ABOUT EVERYDAY. SHE'S HAPPY, SHE CAN GET ON WITH HER LIFE. NO SCAM. I WAS SO VERY HAPPY. HE'S A GREAT BABY AND LOVES IT HERE. AND HIS NEW ROOM. BUT NO TV, IN ROOM. SLEEPS LIKE A BABY. Posted by: EMMA at 8:47pm Dec 18 When my husband and I decided to adopt, I sent off for informational packets from several adoption agencies. The first round of pamphlets that came in happened to be from international adoption agencies, which I brought to work. A co-worker of mine saw my literature, and asked me if I was open to a domestic adoption. I informed her that, in addition to a few local agencies I was waiting to get packets from, I had made several calls to our local Department Of Health and Human Services, and had received no call back. She then asked me about adopting "older" kids, or sibling groups. She asked if my husband and I had a preference of boys or girls. I told her that older kids were fine, we did not care if we got boys or girls, and that if we could get children that were biological siblings, that would be great! I did not know that she was a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and that she had a particular couple of siblings in mind. I called my husband to make sure that he was on board with meeting the kids, which we did the following week. 11 months and 14 days after that first meeting, we were standing in a court room finalizing the adoption of our 6 year old and 2 year old. Three years later, and I cannot imagine how we lived without them. :-) As crazy as it sounds, our adoption wound up costing us no money at all. When you take into consideration the fact that we received the customary board payment during our months of fostering, I think we actually came out ahead when all was said and done. The state required us to foster our children for 6 months before they would allow the adoption (in order to assure a "good fit") and the transition from fostering to adoption was paid for by our state (Arkansas); since our adoption was considered a "hard placement" (sibling group AND older child). We have several friends that have also gone the adoption route, and have referred a few of them to DHHS. One couple wound up meeting a child that had been fostered with our kids, and they wound up adopting him! Adopting through DHHS is not for everyone. The chances of getting an infant are slim, and many of the children come from pasts of abuse. In many cases, they will require intensive attention and work. It became abundantly clear shortly after the kids came to live with us that either my husband or I needed to stay home to address certain issues and to make our oldest feel more secure. I have been blessed in my ability to stay home and watch our kids grow, and especially to see my oldest gain confidence from the love drawn from our family. Like I said earlier, three years down the road, and I cannot imagine how we lived without them. :-) Posted by: TLSF at 6:58am Mar 11 This article is so full of it! We have lost over $40,000 in four failed adoption attempts and we have been trying for more than five years. The adoption industry has serious issues with fraud and corruption. They are making zero efforts to fix these problems. Tell me again, how you can complete an adoption in a month? Posted by: Shane at 12:51pm Jul 9 I have to admit- I had a lot of these myths in mind when we were approached about adopting our son. My husband and I had gone through 9 years of infertility treatments with plans to do yet another cycle when a friend of a friend asked if we'd be willing to adopt her baby. It was really random how it all came about - we weren't even LOOKING to adopt! From the time we started the process to the day we saw our sons birth (yes we got to be in the delivery room) it was only 10 days . . . Our lawyer was frantic, but it all worked out. Our birth mother is amazing! We love her :-) In our case I really hope she doesn't "move on" like the article says many do. I think it would truly be a loss for us and for our son. Shane -- I am so sorry for what you have gone through in your adoption process. My husband and I have friends who've been in similar circumstances :-( The truth is that the vast majority of adoptions are fine . . but there are those that, for whatever reason, are really put through the wringer. I don't know why and my heart aches for you and those like you. Posted by: Nicole at 9:39pm Jul 19 I love this article. We had a fast adoption. 8 months from the day we first met with our agency to the time our daughter was placed in our arms. Everything went smoothly and the total cost was $10K, which I do believe is low. I do not think the wait time is unusual though. Posted by: Genevieve's Mom at 5:12pm Nov 6 My husband and I are in Arizona and want to adopt domestically. I just don't know where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions for AZ adoptions? Posted by: Christina at 10:52am Mar 10 Hi Christina, I would recommend that you visit The Adoption Guide at http://theadoptionguide.com/options/domestic-adoption, which offers comprehensive information for pre-adoptive parents on how to adopt. In addition, we have a list of adoption professionals that work in Arizona, as well as adoption resources specific to Arizona here: http://arizona-adoptions.adoptivefamilies.com/. I hope this is helpful! Good luck. -Kate, Adoptive Families Posted by: Kate at 8:32am Mar 12 My husband and I are in New Jersey and want to adopt domestically. I just don't know where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions for NJ adoptions Posted by: Melissa at 9:58am Apr 3 If the agency were to tell you that aioptdon is a $6 Billion business, then you maybe wouldn't have put your child into the aioptdon machine. If everyone stops putting their child in the machine, then no more money they aren't about to lose that! It's imperative to keep pregnant mothers in the dark and make them think that what they are doing is noble and right. A straight-from-the-womb baby is tens of thousands of dollars currently. And the demand keeps growing. Foreign countries are putting bigger restrictions on their children being adopted out. So, the people who want babies are going to keep demanding and keeping opening up their wallets wider and wider. When you have that kind of money involved, it's impossible to keep corruption and greed out of the picture.Most adoptees that I know weren't put in better situations, only different situations. And most are not grateful that they aren't with their original families. But, we adapt. We pretend. We try and be like the people we are placed with most of us falling short because we really aren't anything like them. Posted by: Yesira at 1:28pm Aug 28 Hello I must say, Ie2?���m impressed with your site. 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While Kim, understandably, is keeping quiet about it, her sisters are proving they have a good sense of humor.
"Ha! I just saw the SNL skit they did and I could not stop laughing.... LOL," Khloé Kardashian Odom tweeted on Sunday.
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