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Apple's got it wrapped up for Christmas! iPad Air is TWICE as fast, 20% thinner, weighs just 1lb and comes with a Retina display
- Apple launched iPad Air - thinner, lighter, more powerful than before
- Costs from $499 for 16GB in US and from £399 in UK from November
- New iPad Mini has high resolution 7.9inch Retina display and new A7
- Costs from $399 in US and £319 in UK and will be on sale 'later next month'
- Apple also revealed the latest version of its Mac OS X software
- Free to all Mac users and claims to give laptops extra hour of battery life
- Faster and more powerful cylindrical Mac Pro was unveiled for $2,299
- This will be the first Apple machine to be assembled in the US
- Nokia also launched first 10.1-inch Lumia 2025 tablet at event earlier today
- Launch comes the day Microsoft's Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro go on sale
- Tablets will compete against Amazon, Tesco and Argos in Christmas sales
Apple has barely had time to restock the shelves since its latest iPhone launch but that hasn't stopped the tech giant unveiling its latest iPad - renamed the iPad Air.
The announcement has added serious fuel to the fire in the battle of the tablets in the run up to Christmas and comes just hours after Nokia entered the tablet market with its Lumia 2520 and Microsoft started selling its new Surface devices.
The iPad Air is thinner, lighter, more powerful than ever before, Apple said.
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Launch: Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, unveiled the newly named iPad Air Tuesday. It features a new design that's reminiscent of the iPad mini released last year
Apple's tablet range received mixed scores. The 9.7-inch iPad Air, right, came second, while the iPad mini with Retina Display, left, came sixth with a score of 2512. The iPad 2 scored 502, yet it is a three-year-old model
Thinner: An Apple employee holds up the new iPad Air in San Francisco. Apple unveiled a new, lighter tablet called the iPad Air along with a slew of new Macs
It has 9.7-inch Retina display with a smaller bezel and is 43 per cent thinner than the previous model, making it more comfortable to hold. It also has a 5MP camera and dual microphones for the first time.
Apple announced that the device will become available in mid-December in four colours - silver, white, 'space grey' and black. Prices will start from $499 for a 16GB model with UK prices starting at £399.
The tablet is 7.5mm thick and weighs just 1lb, compared to the 1.4lb previous model, making it the 'lightest full size tablet in the world'.
The tablet also has Apple's A7 chip, that was just launched in the iPhone 5S and is twice as fast as before.The graphics are 72 per cent faster than the very first iPad.
It's almost a year to to the day since Apple's CEO Tim Cook unveiled Apple's first generation iPad mini.
A year on: Mr Schiller took the stage almost a year to to the day after Apple's CEO Tim Cook unveiled Apple's first generation iPad mini
Showing the specs: Mr Schiller stands in front of a graphic that shows the breakdown of the iPad Air. The screen is a 9.7-inch Retina Display with 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution
Latest model : A reporter holds the iPad Air at an Apple announcement in San Francisco. Apart from the obvious improvements the product also boasts longer battery life, improved Wi-Fi and better LTE support
Speaking to the crowd at San Francisco's Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts, he said: 'You're going to see some amazing products this morning.'
Apple also unveiled a new iPad Mini with a new high resolution 7.9inch Retina display, which also has the new A7 chip from the iPhone 5s.
It boasts 10 hours of battery life, improved wi-fi and better LTE support, and is available in silver, white, space grey and black, contrary to rumours that suggested it would come in a rainbow of colours like the iPhone C.
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Bigging it up: Ahead of the iPad Air's unveiling, reporters were told 'You're going to see some amazing products this morning'
Tim Cook, Apple CEO said: 'Regardless of what you might hear or read about how many other tablets are bought or sold or activated, iPad is used more... more than 4 times more than all the others put together'
Lighter: Apple CEO Tim Cook holds the new iPad Air during an Apple announcement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco
The new model will cost from $399 in
the U.S. and £319 in the UK, and will also become available in November,
although a precise date is yet to be announced.
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Both new products are a step forward, but certainly not the leap that Apple's CEO Tim Cook suggested in his keynote.
The new iPad mini has been marginally improved. Side-by-side, the first and second-generation 7.9-inch tablets look identical, and in fact the new model feels noticeably heavier than its predecessor.
This is undoubtedly because of the addition of the Retina Display and the new model does weigh 23g more as a result.
Retina Display is impressive across all of Apple's devices and the new iPad mini is no exception. On menus, text is sharp and clear but it's not until photos or graphics-heavy apps are opened does the screen really come into its own.
Because of this, the screen does add a little something to the device compared to its predecessor but not enough to warrant splashing out on a completely new model. And not enough to make it stand out next to Google's latest Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX range.
The iPad Air, on the other hand, is more impressive. It is remarkably light and thin. Mr Cook said during his keynote that the tablet has to be 'seen to be believed', which the cynic in me scoffed at, but he was spot on.
It is lighter than any other tablet I've used, including the 7-inch models from the likes of Google and Amazon. This is made all the more remarkable when you take in its size; Apple has stuck with its trademark 9.7-inch screen.
Mr Cook claimed the Air was twice as fast in processing power and graphics, which we couldn't fully qualify in our short time with the device, yet webpages loaded quick enough and switching apps was seamless.
As with all Apple products, the price is still the sticking point. Apple makes premium products extremely well, but with cheaper devices hitting the market in time for Christmas that have similar, and in some cases, better features, Apple may finally have some serious competition.
The original iPad mini, which previously cost $329, will now cost $299 - 'the lowest price for an iPad yet.'
However, neither new iPad comes with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
Tim Cook said the latest iPad is Apple's 'most advanced technology in a revolutionary and magical device.'The iPad is one of the most successful products in Apple's history and in the whole industry. Earlier this month Apple sold its 170 millionth iPad.
He said: 'Now everybody seems to be making a tablet, even some of the doubters iPad is used more than any of the rest. iPad is used over FOUR times more than all of those other tablets put together.'
Experts had predicted that the iPad mini would be launched in a number of bright colours and would also feature a camera upgrade from 5MP to 8MP or even 12MP - to make it a market leader.
Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 model is the only tablet from a major retailer to currently feature a high-quality, 8MP camera.
Apple also revealed the latest version of its Mac OS X software, claiming it can give current laptops an extra hour of battery life, as well as boosting graphics performance.
The software, called Mavericks, includes Apple's controversial Maps app for the first time, and its iBooks electronic reading app.
Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice
president of Software Engineering, said: 'The team has been hard at work
on the latest release of OS X, and this one is a doozy'.
the West Coast, Cook also hit at out at Google and Microsoft, saying:
'Our competition is confused, they are trying to make tablets in PCs and
PCs into tablets. We have a very clear direction and am ambitious goal.
We still believe in the PC market.'
about the latest software launch, Federighi said: 'It's a fantastic
release, extends your battery life has great features from across the
'We're reinvented the way we distribute OS 10 now as easy as downloading an app.
'Today we're going to revolutionise
pricing. Today we announce a new era for the Mac. Today we're announcing
that Mavericks is free,' he said.
The free upgrade is available for all Apple Mac users from today, he said.
Reviewed: MailOnline's Victoria Woollaston looks at the iPad Mini during the Apple media launch in London
Certain parts of Apple's official iPad store were taken offline in the build up to the event. The error message, pictured, said the firm was 'busy updating the Apple Store.' This usually precedes any major product launch
Apple's launch event comes just hours after Nokia entered the tablet market with its 10.1-inch Lumia 2520, pictured, and Microsoft started selling its new Surface devices
The free software, shown off by Federighi, can give users alerts about changes on their favourite websites, give directions directly from someone's calender and send them directly to an iPhone.
Jason Jenkins, Editor of technology magazine CNET, said: 'What's wrong with the iPad?
'Absolutely nothing, so why change it? That's Apple's philosophy behind today's launch of its new iPads.
'There are some improvements, like making them thinner and lighter, adding better cameras and faster chips, and the smaller iPad now gets a much better 'retina' display.
'But there's nothing dramatically new here. And you know what? That's fine. If you haven't bought an iPad, now is a good time to do so, although if you already own one, there's no need at all to upgrade.'
David Phelan, Mobile Technology Advisor at Carphone Warehouse, said: 'It's been a big day for tech announcements and Nokia's come out all guns blazing with something for everyone.
'The real stand-out is the Windows 8.1 tablet which will shake up the tablet market in the run-up to Christmas.'
The 13inch Macbook Pro has been made lighter and thinner, and given a new low power Intel Haswell chip to improve its graphics and battery life, which Apple claims is now 9 hours.
The firm will sell the new machine from $1,299 in the U.S. and £1099 in the UK - roughly $200 cheaper than the previous version.
The radical tubular Mac Pro, designed for high-end users is the most powerful machine that Apple has even made with an Intel Xeon E5 processor, which is capable of driving three next-generation ultra HD monitors.
It also has a motion sensor to illuminate the machine's ports when it is moved.
Thinner, faster, cheaper and more powerful, it is available in December and will cost from $2,999 in the U.S. and £2,499 in the the UK.
Apple's marketing manager Phil Schiller, said: 'The Mac Pro is no louder than a Mac Mini. We're really proud it's designed by an incredible team. There have been 2000 people spread across 20 states and it will be made in the U.S.'
The all-American Macbook Pro is the first of Apple's machine to be assembled in the country and the firm said that 20 states will be involved in the process.
Apple has announced the latest version of OS X, 10.9 Mavericks, will be available as a free Mac App Store download today. Pictured is Apple senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi
Mr Schiller, the senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, unveiled the new Macbook Pro. It will feature nine hours of battery life, Iris graphics and will be up to 90 per cent faster. The Macbook Pro will start at $1,299 which is a $200 drop from the original price
Testing it out: Attendees look at the new iPad Air during an Apple announcement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California
In recent weeks, high-street retailers Tesco and Argos have both released tablet devices and just this morning Nokia announced its first tablet computer, the Lumia 2520.
Nokia's device starts at $499 in the U.S. and £309 in the UK, has a 10.1-inch screen and runs Windows RT. It comes in red, blue, white and black and its screen has a pixel density of 218.
The tablet contains a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 2GB Ram and a 800mAH battery.
Microsoft announced its Surface 2 tablets last month and they officially went on sale today.
Reports in July suggested Microsoft lost around
$900m due to poor sales of its original Surface devices.
Called the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, the latest tablets run the latest Windows 8.1 operating system.
Before the event, leaked images, pictured, purported to show the rear of a rumoured iPad 5, left, and iPad mini 2, right
Experts predicted Apple would launch a new range of iPads after leaked images from technology site Tactus, allegedly showed the rear shell of the iPad 5, pictured, with coloured cases
The Surface Pro 2 has the same ClearType HD display as its predecessor. It is said to be 20 per cent faster, and Microsoft has added 75 per cent to its battery life.
Surface 2 runs Windows 8.1 RT version - a scaled-down version of the
full operating system that has been designed specifically for mobile
devices which Microsoft was forced to pull from it store earlier this week after reports claimed it caused tablets to freeze.
Additionally, the Surface 2 comes with a 3.5MP front-facing camera, and a 5MP rear camera, while the Surface Pro has just a 1MP rear-facing and HD 720p front-facing camera.
Surface 2 is available in 32GB and 64GB models and starts at £359, while the Surface Pro 2 comes in 64GB and 128GB versions and starts at £719.
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There's a running conversation over at the Corner about the parallels between opposition to torture and pacifism, which is really just a thinly-veiled version of one of those tendentious hypotheticals about the nuclear bomb in Manhattan whose location (you know with apodictic certainty) can only be uncovered through the judicious application of thumbscrews. As such, the analogy suffers from the same two defects: One empirical, one conceptual.
The empirical problem is this popular but stunningly stupid version of cost-benefit analysis that fails to seriously consider costs. Which, I guess, makes it "benefit analysis." In other words, if it seems as though torture ever yields important and actionable intelligence more quickly than alternative methods, we're supposed to take it for granted that this completes the necessary utilitarian analysis. And this is just absurd. How does torture affect the willingness of enemy combatants to surrender? How much does it complicate our relations with allies? How many people does it help to radicalize against the United States? How many non-radicals does it leave sufficiently disgusted that they're less motivated to assist the U.S. in fighting radicalism in their communities? You'll notice that torture-fans never really attempt to deal remotely seriously with any of these questions; they just babble inanities about how Fanatics Will Hate Us No Matter What. Which, of course, some will—but that's hardly to the point, is it?
The conceptual mistake is to suppose that we're faced with a binary choice between a pure consequentialism that just mechanically adds up all the yums and ouches or a kind of absolutist deontology that hews to a principled rule, and damn the consequences. The point of invoking pacifism is to imply that if you want to consider any non-consequentialist moral properties of certain kinds of acts, you're compelled by relentless logic to the most extreme possible position. The thing is, pretty much nobody really thinks this way. Most people—the vast majority—will say it's immoral to secretly chop up a healthy vagrant for organs to save five other people. We're not just interchangeable tokens in some great social calculus, but individuals with individual rights that must be respected—rights that trump maximization of social welfare. Except that if suddenly we're sure we could save a thousand or ten thousand or ten million people by killing one innocent, most of us will at some point say, reluctantly, that it ought to be done after all.
This is supposed to be theoretically unsatisfying because it seems inconsistent—if the weight of the numbers can outweigh those supposed rights after all, what's so special about ten thousand or whatever other number? Why not five? But the demand for consistency here is misplaced. Our seemingly incoherent intuition here is grounded in the sense, which I think is correct, that consequentialist and deontic approaches both capture some sort of important moral truth, but that the two frameworks are (or have thus far seemed) incommensurable or incompatible in some deep way. The best we can do is to say that sometimes one will seem more appropriate, sometimes another. But it's pure question-begging to insist that the internal standards of one framework or the other be used to determine where that transition point between approaches lies. That's just tantamount to saying that the standard-setting framework is really paramount after all. I prefer the position that's less theoretically tidy if it has the advantage of not being obviously wrong: At some point the consequences are so extreme that you ditch rights talk and just count noses—but it's not a point we often encounter, even in counterterror policy.

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Noooo, I can't cross my fingers for snow! Bah humbug! As you can tell, I am the "shoveller" in my house - no snow blower and a large yard.ReplyDelete
When you do finally get some, could you send a little to Southern California? It's been so long since I've seen snow!ReplyDelete
Snow is a four letter word! I do not miss it! Like you our snow blower is lying in wait, the shovels, sand and salt are ready! And I'm thrilled it's going to be in the mid 40's tomorrow!ReplyDelete
We have been record low tmps here in north Florida. We wake up in the mornings to low 20's days in the upper 40's brrr for us. Nothing but blue skies and no chance of snow, just coldReplyDelete
Oh how pretty your house looks. You are all ready for snow. I feel certain it will come soon :)ReplyDelete
So funny, I feel the same as you! I'm waiting patiently for snow. And all we'll have is unseasonably warm over the weekend! Fingers crossed for you!ReplyDelete
Even we are getting snow (possibly) here in Hawaii -up on the mountain of course!ReplyDelete
Our snow is beginning to melt here :-(ReplyDelete
Ditto!... we had a winter sky last night, but there is barely a dusting out there this morning.. but oh, the bitter cold. Ugh.ReplyDelete
Our snow blew away then thawed! Maybe its on its way to you over the ocean? I hope so you sound ready for it!ReplyDelete
i'm with you...it's raining, which could turn into snow....or ICE any time...but a white Christmas is just enchanting. :)ReplyDelete
We got a dusting last night the ground is white and pretty with out being in the way.ReplyDelete
I do not want to shovel.
Not sure where you are I am in central NH
We had snow over here recently ... and the country came to a standstill. we don't cope with it well at all. Hope you get what you wish for!ReplyDelete
Love Kathy x
Girlfriend if I pray for snow it had better fall on your house for sure and not mine. I guess I need your addresss when I do this because the last thing I need right now is snow. I am like Kim it is just me and I have no help...hahaReplyDelete
Seriously I do pray you get some snow and when you do don't forget to do a snow angel too and put your picture on here
Crossing fingers for you...but if it doesn't work I can always bring you some of mine:)ReplyDelete
Sweet-ie is starting here in the Windy City later today. Then Ohio late Sunday....so I'm thinking it may be your way the first of the week. Do you really and truly want some? Aren't we just crazy to think like that?ReplyDelete
I'll push it east just for U!!!!!
Just a mere dusting in the Monadnock region last night, but today, as we drove toward Concord for our family Yankee Swap party, Mt Monadnock was white with snow. It can't be too far away! Take heart!ReplyDelete
We have just git rid of ours. It did look pretty but brought such chaos to the roads. I wasn't fond of the sub zero temperatures either. I don't know why we are getting such cold winters now. We usually have such mild ones. Jack frost was out last night so there may be more on the way. I'll send some to you xReplyDelete
o dear...could you blow some this way...you might not beleive this...cause i don't...but it is 80 degrees here today !!!!! i am sitting here with all the doors and windows open and i am not happy about it...ReplyDelete
you house looks beautiful :-)
sending love,
kary and teddy
We actually got about 2 inches here in middle Tennessee and we are thrilled. We never get snow this early in the winter and this is a bunch of snow for us. Hooray!!!ReplyDelete
Hope you get it soon. Stay warm.
so here's wishing you lots of snow pretty soon:) have a lovely day.ReplyDelete
This morning, a quick note to wish for you snow, snow, snow, glorious snow!!!! The kind in fairy tales. White and clean and full of mystery and joy and crunchy when you walk with Bella. Enjoy.ReplyDelete
Good luck! LOLReplyDelete
Well, I have no hope to snow in Brazil, it's Brazil, right? But I really enjoy pics that is totally white by snow!


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Hi guys 😀
I know it's still September, but I got these in the mail about 10 days ago and wanted to get it up ASAP – it's the OPI Holiday collection for this year, the Starlight Collection! I saw promo shots for this over the summer and knew I was going to pick some up. To my surprise, Diane from BtySales.com called me up and said she'd like to send me the collection to review – so I said "YES!" and here the are.
I found BtySales.com when I was searching for the Venice Collection which was OPI's Fall collection this year. Diane was the only one that had OPI's FULL fall collection up for order. She's so far the only one I know that has any of the holiday colors up, so check out BtySales so you can pick up your colors! There's a $30 minimum for purchase, but that should be easy to fulfill because there are 18 colors in the collection 🙂 I also happen to have a coupon code for you – if you use YUKI10 at checkout on a minimum $60 purchase, you'll get 10% off 🙂
Anyways, the review is all in the video above, and here are the swatches! Enjoy!
By the Light of the Moon
Ce-less-tial is More
Center of the You-niverse
Comet Closer
Guys & Galaxies
I Drive a SuperNova
I'm in the Moon for Love
Infrared-y to Glow
Is this Star Taken?
Let Your Love Shine
Love is in My Cards
No More Mr. Night Sky
Press * for Silver
Super Star Status
Ro-Mance-ce on the Moon
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Meteorite
Cosmo with a Twist
Give Me Space


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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
"Obvious Child" is 84 minutes long, and I was either laughing or nodding along in agreement for about 82 of them.
My rapture with otherwise impeccable dialogue was broken only once -- for two minutes -- by one brief scene that made me lean over to my friend and whisper, "Why isn't she taking the abortion pill if she's that early along?" My friend shrugged. Days later, it's still bothering me.
In the scene, our heroine Donna has her unwanted pregnancy confirmed by a friendly doctor at a Planned Parenthood clinic. "You're about three weeks along," the doctor says, before explaining that Donna is actually too early in her pregnancy to have an in-clinic procedure and needs to schedule her abortion for two weeks from then—Valentine's Day. So begins the rising action of the movie, which culminates on the ironic day of the appointment with the abortion itself and the characters' romantic resolution.
The movie gets the emotional part of Donna's unwanted pregnancy so right -- nobody vilifies her for choosing it, and nobody is shamed for causing it. In one scene, Donna's best friend Nellie reassures her by sharing her own abortion story: "I get really sad for my little teenage self. But I never regret it." Exactly -- it's just a crappy thing that she has to go through rather than the end of her life as she knows it.
Unfortunately, the factual representation of the experience is a lot more flawed.
In a recent Elle interview, Jenny Slate talks about why the Planned Parenthood scene stood out to her: "It's her just being like, 'I can't have it right away? And it costs like, what?' All of these things that are just sort of normal that you don't think of and are so important." That's so true -- these questions are important and are rarely depicted in media. But the film doesn't answer them.
After she hears the cost of the abortion, Donna breaks down crying and comments that it's nearly a whole month's rent. And then the $500 is never mentioned again. Poof, problem solved. The second big question, "I can't have it right away?" is also left completely unexplained, which pretty seriously misrepresents the abortion experience. I have never been to an abortion clinic -- I've never even taken a pregnancy test -- but I know that this is not the full conversation.
There are two ways to have an abortion: an in-clinic abortion procedure, and a medication abortion, in which you take mifepristone -- "the abortion pill."
According to Planned Parenthood's website, the abortion pill is used up to 63 days, or 9 weeks, into a woman's pregnancy. And it's often preferable to in-clinic procedures because "it can be done early -- women can begin treatment as soon as they know they are pregnant." While not every Planned Parenthood clinic offers medication abortions, all three of New York City's centers started providing medication abortions in 2000, when the FDA approved mifepristone.
It's really tough to believe that Donna, a 28-year-old liberal, educated, born-and-raised New Yorker, wouldn't know that abortions aren't limited to invasive procedures anymore. I went to a public high school in Texas where our health teacher wasn't allowed to say "contraception" (much less abortion), and I eventually learned about the abortion pill through hearing about friends' experiences and self-education -- definitely not through what I saw in movies.
According to other major recent movies featuring an unwanted pregnancy, abortion clinics are horrible and will deter you from having one ("Juno") and "shmasmortion" is such a non-option that you can't even say the real word ("Knocked Up"). For the first time ever, our generation has a movie where a woman decides to have an abortion, goes through with it, and suffers no adverse physical or emotional consequences. This is a big deal and represents a huge step towards de-stigmatizing something one in every three women experience in their lifetime.
And it's a lot of responsibility.
Jenny Slate has often emphasized in interviews that the movie isn't an "abortion comedy." The abortion is just a means to an end, the end being a relatable depiction of when you're 28 years old and you don't have your life even slightly together… and then problems really hit the fan. I know that Donna having to come back in for an in-clinic procedure is clearly just a plot device. Had she terminated the pregnancy then and there, the movie would be a third as long. I understand why the filmmakers did it; I just wish they had made it make more sense.
There are plenty of reasons Donna could have chosen to have an in-clinic abortion versus a medication abortion. Maybe she wanted the two weeks to come up with the $500 (See? Two plot problems solved.) Maybe she felt more comfortable with doing it at the clinic instead of at home with her parents. But the explanation presented in the film of "You're too early along and you need to wait" isn't a real reason, and it presents a dangerous misconception of what the abortion experience is like.
Sure, "Obvious Child" isn't a documentary, but it's a huge opportunity for honesty and clarity about every aspect about abortion, not just the emotional one. And I'm disappointed that it didn't try harder.


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Terminating parental rights and adoption can be a difficult decision and a daunting legal process.
Adopting a child happens in two steps: terminating parental rights of the biological parents and then the actual adoption.
To adopt a child, you must first terminate the parental rights of the biological parents. Terminating the parental rights can be done one of two ways: Voluntarily or involuntarily. A biological parent can voluntarily terminate his or her rights by signing an affidavit of relinquishment. While both voluntarily and involuntarily terminating parental rights involve a trial, voluntary termination is just a matter of presenting the affidavit to the court and asking a few questions, whereas involuntary termination requires a full-trial whereby you must prove at least one of the statutory reasons for terminating parental rights with the appropriate evidence. The parental rights termination is the difficult part of adoption.
The second step, adoption, requires specific activities to occur. In some cases, you have to check the adoption registry to assure no father is out there trying to find the child in question. You also must gain an order from the Court to get a social study completed on the adoptive parents home. The social study has to be completed before the adoption occurs. Depending on the situation and the jurisdiction, the judge may appoint an amicus who will report to the court what he or she believes to be in the child's best interest.
Pursuant to the Texas Family Code, you can either complete the termination and adoption at the same time in one trial or you can terminate the rights to the parents in one trial and complete the adoption at a later date, not too far down the road from the termination. Most jurisdictions have a preferred method. Many jurisdictions like to do both at the same time to avoid a situation where a child is legally parentless for any long period of time.
Terminating parental rights is a very serious action that should not be taken lightly and which the courts certainly take seriously. As a result judges are extremely careful to assure everything is done by the book - no holes in the process. If you show up for a final trial and something in the process is missing, the judge will send you back and not allow the termination or termination and adoption trial to happen.
Termination/Adoptions have many technical pitfalls in that if you do not dot all your "i"s and cross all your "t"s, a judge will not allow you to complete the adoption. It is a daunting process that must be done in a very specific way. An experienced Texas family law attorney can help you successfully navigate the waters of a termination and adoption.
A Decker Law Firm experienced family law lawyer is ready to represent you in a termination and/or adoption whether it is a step-parent adoption, the result of the death of both parents, a decision to terminate parental rights, or incarceration of one or both parents.
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I recently had cause to migrate a Sharepoint Moss 2007 site to a new host. I had tried Backup and Restore, but ran into various issues. These are the steps I took to resolve them.
On your new server, install Moss 2007. Remember that to get it to run on 2008 R2, you need to slipstream in the (sp2 update, I think) latest updates.
I setup a new server on the same domain, so my service logins and farm credentials all stayed the same.
Steps to save a site as a template, but it was too big (about 8gb).
Luckily, a followup article showed how to export and import the site. I found this to be a very painless way of migrating the site.
I ftp'ed over the site to the new server (faster then a network copy for some reason, my vpn speed is not the best, but ftp to the public ip worked well. I setup Filezilla temporarily for this.
If you have any custom site templates, they will need to be loaded to your new sharepoint site before the import or else it will fail.
That's it!


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Crochet coasters..September 19, 2014
So as my first project from my break, I whipped up some super easy crochet coasters which I've been wanting to do for a while..
Now gonna check out what my fellow blogging friends are upto...Have a fantastic day!
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I always love popping by your blog for a smile! Your colors and projects are always inspiring! These coasters are fantastic! Wishing you a wonderful weekend friend! Nicole xoxoReplyDelete
The coasters are delightful, I love the bright colour combinations.ReplyDelete
Pretty coasters Anitha. Whenever I open my dashboard i will be looking for the post from u. Happy to see the coasters. Bookmarked the link and I will also be making a set soon.ReplyDelete
Lovely and colorful coasters!!:)ReplyDelete
Beautiful!!! they are so colourful and bright!! I like the white border you have added. Guess its a slip stitch. :-) They will also make a perfect gift for anyone!! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
They're lovely! I love the bright colours :) have a great weekend!!ReplyDelete
How cute! Love the dark purple one! : )ReplyDelete
They are lovely. Quick, easy, colorful projects are my favorite. Have a great day. TammyReplyDelete
Lovely coasters,very nice colors!!!ReplyDelete
Have a great sunday.
Lovely! I have to buy some cotton to start to do coasters for sure!ReplyDelete
The coasters look lovely.ReplyDelete
Hi, just stopping by Vicki's Grow Your Blog friends with less than 50 followers. I am blogging but do not have many followers. Since my interests are similar to yours, Please stop by and visit me. Knitting is first, but crochet is second. Hope to see you visit. I also have a Etsy shop as I think I read you do too. JanReplyDelete


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Green Arrow #4
- Story by
- J.T. Krul
- Art by
- Diogenes Neves and Vicente Cifuentes
- Colors by
- Ulises Arreola
- Letters by
- Rob Leigh
- Cover by
- Mauro Cascioli and Philip Tan
- Publisher
- DC Comics
"Green Arrow" #4 is made up of two halves that seemingly have nothing to do with one another besides location and the title character appearing in both. More than that, it's like two different stories were crammed together with all of the meaningful and interesting parts left out. Context and content? Who needs those! Certainly not this comic where events happen without any reason that's apparent. It's a perfect example of the "Yeah. And. So. What?" comic where that's the response you have after reading it. Yes, I read "Green Arrow" #4, but so what? Where was the reason why anyone should?
The first half of the comic has the Martian Manhunter arrive in the Star City forest for some nonsensical reason that's never properly explained, lose control of himself, attach himself to a tree with a White Lantern symbol on it, and proceed to kill the forest somehow. Green Arrow stops him, takes him out of the forest, they both go, "Wow, that was really weird!" and J'onn flies away. What we're supposed to take out of this is that the White Lantern tree is special, because a tree with a glowing White Lantern symbol on it doesn't scream 'future plot point' on its own, it needs build up that tells us nothing except that, yes, this tree is special and what it means will be demonstrated at some unspecified point in the future.
Maybe if there was any follow-up, the first half of the comic wouldn't come off so poorly, but there's not. The comic shifts gears to Green Arrow getting involved in a scene out of 1968 Chicago with a demonstration/protest getting busted up, leading Ollie to helping out Mary, the main agitator and fighting the Man. Again, what's missing here is context and follow-through. This scene doesn't flow from what came before at all. It's like Ollie is just wandering around Star City, getting involved in whatever is going down and moving on without much thought. There is, at least, the laughable idea that Oliver Queen's main bad guy is a woman called the Queen.
Diogenes Neves' art veers wildly between cluttered, overcomplicated panel compositions and finely detailed figures that look nice but are incredibly static. Worse than that, much of the time, figures are completely divorced from their backgrounds, looking placed onto the art without any thought of how they actually fit into their surroundings. When Neves is on and Ulises Arreola's colors work, the pages look quite stunning. The use of green as the centerpiece of the comic is effective and Neves is good at putting Ollie in the right spot in his compositions so that the art revolves around him. Green Arrow often looks very good, but other characters look oddly formed or less polished at times.
Given the proper focus or time, the plots in "Green Arrow" #4 could possibly be engaging and interesting, but neither are given the chance. They're fragments of nonsense where even the characters shrug and wonder what just happened before walking away, content that the mystery will solve itself some day. Not the best way to create interest or interesting, good comics.


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NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower back in the last-lap crash in Fontana, his team said Monday.
Hamlin, who has a history of back problems, damaged his L1 vertebra after his car slammed head-on into the inside wall at Auto Club Speedway during Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Hamlin, 32, hoped to be released from a nearby hospital Monday to fly home to North Carolina, his team Joe Gibbs Racing said.
The Cup series doesn't race again until April 7, at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. But it wasn't immediately known whether Hamlin would be able to drive by then or might require surgery.
Hamlin was battling former teammate Joey Logano for the win on the final lap of the Auto Club 400 when they collided, sending both cars spinning and into the wall. Hamlin initially climbed out of his No. 11 Toyota but quickly slumped to the ground, where medical workers treated him and placed him in an ambulance.


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Paul Pirie
The first ever Aberdeen Comedy Festival will run from 14th October – 5th November 2016. Presented by Aberdeen Inspired, the event will feature over 250 comedians across 60+ shows, performing in a wide variety of city centre venues. Further detail can be found at www.aberdeencomedyfestival.com
Access: please note this venue is wheelchair accessible.
Show line-ups are subject to last minute change.
Tickets are not allocated and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Some seats in some venues may have restricted viewing, so early arrival is recommended to avoid disappointment.
Advance booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment, however any remaining tickets will be available to purchase on the door, 30 minutes before show start time.
We have made effort to appropriately warn audiences when content may be offensive to some people. However, Aberdeen Inspired cannot take any responsibility for the content of performances and as comedy is subjective, some viewers may be offended.
Please bring ID for all over 18 venues, as without this, entry may be refused without refund.
Audiences are expected to behave appropriately – drinking too much or behaving in an abusive manner may result in removal from the show without refund.


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Garden City, NY - The Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department at Nassau Community College is pleased to announce a new two-year social work oriented degree program in Human Services. The degree, the full name of which is Human Services: Community Service and Social Welfare, is intended for those who wish to ultimately obtain a four-year degree in social work or social policy.According to Dr. Pat Halcrow, L.C.S.W., of the NCC Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department and Coordinator of the program, Human Service majors take social work oriented classes and a course on alcoholism and addictions in addition to their general coursework. They also have one semester of field placement in a social work internship. While some social work courses were available in past semesters, until now, Nassau did not have a social work oriented degree program. "We have wonderful students who are committed to helping others," says Dr. Halcrow. "This program has every piece in place for success in transferring to a four-year social work program." Nassau's first Human Service majors will graduate in the spring of 2010.
The NCC Human Services program has transfer agreements with Adelphi University, C.W. Post and Molloy. That means that upon completing their Associate of Arts degree in Human Services at Nassau, students can seamlessly transfer to the four-year social work bachelor's degree program at one of these schools, provided they meet the particular school's requirements.
For more information about NCC's new two-year degree program in Human Services, call Dr. Halcrow at 516.572.7452.
About Nassau Community College
Nassau Community College, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where over 21,000 full- and part-time students and 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 65 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.


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The Amazing Race Australia – Chris and Anastasia Splitsville
In non-surprising news dating Amazing Race Australia couple Chris Pselletes and Anastasia Drimousis have split. The couple have been seen fighting on screen. Well actually Chris has been seen yelling at Anastasia in a rather sexist way.
The Daily Telegraph reports they split two weeks ago.
The articles says:
Yesterday Drimousis denied reports they had gone their separate ways before the Seven series started, insisting they had called it quits just two weeks ago. It had been claimed Seven had tried to keep the lid on their relationship status in a bid to boost ratings.
"We decided to not continue," Drimousis said. "It has nothing to do with the show, we just decided to sort of not be together."
She said the pair, both from Sydney, met at university three years ago and had always had a tumultuous relationship – which hit boiling point on the adventure reality series.
Drimousis said she felt sorry for her former man, who became the show's villain for his aggressive outbursts. "In a way the show pulled us closer together as we had to go through all the public scrutiny.
"I felt like I needed to defend him and stick up for him."
People were quick to chastise Pselletes for his comments toward his long-suffering girlfriend which included: "Daddy never spanked you when he should have".
"We have all been laughing at that one because it is kind of true. Chris and Dad have a good relationship and my dad has never hit me, not even a smack on the bum," Drimousis said.
The brunette said she was still on speaking terms with Pselletes and admitted she was as fiery as him.
"My mum told me not to embarrass her on TV so I never said anything back to him because I was afraid I was going to swear.
"The more silent I got the angrier Chris would be. All my friends were quite shocked I wasn't fighting back as they know what I am like in normal life."
Unfortunately she doesn't reveal who dumped who. I wonder after his time on the show whether Chris will have trouble finding another girl. I suspect not, as girls love dickheads.
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- 1 Peter G @ Souvlaki For The Soul { 07.04.11 at 10:11 am }
"…as girls love dickheads." LOL! The line of the day!
- 2 TMC the 35yo virgin touched for the very first time { 07.04.11 at 11:33 am }
I too think the line "…as girls love dickheads." is fantastic
- 3 ExEssex { 07.04.11 at 12:56 pm }
"as girls like dickheads", too funny


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Cooperstown is all about the true America, in my book. Forget the corporate side of Baseball. The real hymn of spring fever and the American Dream will always live in Cooperstown, even if nowadays Reggie Jackson can get flamed in corporate media channels for disputing the merits of steroid abusers. On a side note, I recently argued with a friend who said plenty of great athletes abused booze or cocaine in Baseball history, so what is the difference. My friend needs to realize the latter don't enhance performance-they probably make it harder, hahaha.
Anyhow, Cooperstown as a location remains picturesque and kind of small scale, antiquated and rural when it could be way more commercialized. Likewise, the subjects of today's article (Brewery Ommegang, Wilco and Lee Ranaldo) remain largely "true" and "pure" despite massive success. This isn't unheard of. A song as unorthodox as "Mother" was written by John Lennon, after all.
There is a romance to the indie rock dream of achieving pseudo "rock stardom" despite the improbability of following your own musical path in a mainstream pop dominated world. There is also romance to the tale of a humble brewery founded by aficionados of Belgian Ales starting up in a gorgeous setting going on to distribute quality product to most of America and beyond. There is a romance to the story of real ball players who come up from scratch and make the big time. "If you build it, they will come". "If you make an amazing beer like Three Philosophers, people will be psyched as hell". "Been through a million kix, looking for the one that sticks". There's a thread here. An undercurrent. It's…risk and honesty.
Dream big and dare to fail. That should be the motto of every athlete, musician and, yes…beer buff. Even better…dream big and start daring/edgy bands with friends and go on to become major, influential touring rock acts, win the World Series, or create a near perfect beer with "Rare Vos". Hey, no one would have watched "Major League" so many times if Wesley, Tom and Charlie hadn't beaten the odds, but yes…"A for effort" effort counts as well. The point is…go for it! All of your heroes did.
Anyhow, I am gonna sip some overly dark coffee at 1 a.m. and try to distill the awesomeness of the Brewery Ommegang 2012 Wilco / Lee Ranaldo Band pow wow. It's a few days later and I am still processing the positives of that show (hence the above few introductory paragraphs). It is just so awesome to think of all the history of the performers, people and the location behind what was a truly great concert. Additionally, I just found out Lee Ranaldo's former Sonic Youth buddy Thurston Moore is now playing with my buddy Stavros of The Atlas Moth and Blake from Nachtmystium in the experimental "black metal" band Twilight. Since I write a lot about extreme metal AND indie/hipster/whatever the fuck music, this news kind of unites the thought waves that dance in my brain and makes the world a bit more sensible to me (though probably not for others). Haters, get lost. Can you dig it? Harmony/disharmony.
Dan Smalls Presents has been bringing major talent to Ommegang this year, and it couldn't be better. With on site camping, bands like Death Cab and Bon Iver playing fan/family friendly events in a stunning farmland location, these Ommegang shows are an amazing experience not to be missed (I can only imagine how perfect Bon Iver's "Holocene" is sure to sound in this live setting). The Wilco audience was just as great as the music and numerous people I asked spoke with high praise of how it was a welcome turn of events for better music events to hit the region. I even saw a guy in a Wesley Willis t-shirt and we actually head butted in memory of Wesley!
Lee Ranaldo took the stage to rowdy cheers, his signature guitar sound climbing up the valley. The stage was facing a steep heel ringed by trees to form a natural amphitheater, and the sound quality was fantastic. It was odd to see Lee performing without Kim and Thurston of Sonic Youth, though I was really happy to discover Steve Shelley was playing drums with his usual dignified beastliness. The "sidemen" Lee has enlisted, however, are really capable and served as great support as the backbone for Lee's poetic lyrics and inspiring, dreamy yet melancholic riffs.
Supporting the recent Between The Times & The Tides, Ranaldo's set didn't dissappoint.
"Off The Wall" features Lee's best lyrics since "Wish Fulfillment" and it almost feels like Lee's version of a kind of wistful pop song. The line, "These days it's all a question of what matters to you and me" is so simple yet resonant and cuts to the chase. That takes skill. It was also great to witness Ranaldo get out in front and fully captain a group. The marching beat and tidal guitar swells of "Fire Island (Phases)" also thrilled, with unexpected Van Halen (joking) leads melting into country twang meets Velvet Underground drone. The only downer was "Xtina As I Knew Her" which has a cool dissonance but weak lyrics.
Years ago I briefly saw Wilco open for Sonic Youth before I knew much about them, and so scarcely have much of an impression of the first time. Jack Dejohnette was also involved somehow. I think it was Central Park. This Cooperstown show was like an inversion of that minus the jazz and some crucial personnel.
Wilco had the crowd in the palm of their collective hand from the start with bright lights, good vibes and a reservoir of great material to draw from. Jeff Tweedy's knack for understated delivery only enhances the pay off of their equal ability to masterfully execute dynamic shifting bombast. The matter of fact delivery also Being from Woodstock, NY, it is easy for me to be reminded of The Band when I hear the melodic yet rough grace and camaraderie that lives in the Wilco song catalogue. I also think they are kind of the modern Neil Young (sans politics). Wilco are one of the first "alt country/rock" bands (of recent years) to break so big with a rustic yet forward thinking adventurousness. You can hear a similar sense of COHERENT eclecticism in bands ranging from Dirty Projectors to The National, these days.
It was exciting to see guitarist Nels Cline live (with Lee and Wilco!). As a Banyan fan and well, just because, I was really psyched to see Nels tear it up. Nels really had command and control, complimenting Tweedy and the rest of the band to a shocking degree. He is such a versatile player and anchors the band in such a complimentary fashion. I have always liked Wilco to some degree, but live they are so much better. Harmonies that sound great on record soar or carry real immediacy. "I'm Always In Love" has bittersweet and stressed out lyrics that still come off as endearing and hopeful, and this translated live.
Tweedy talked with and playfully baited the crowd, keeping it cheery and light on stage. Other highlights included the always funny "Heavy Metal Drummer", the loose and popular in the jam circuit "Handshake Drugs" and the exciting and experimental new "Art Of Almost"
I wish they played "Was I In Your Dreams". It would have been entrancing and complementary in this setting. Still, there was such camaraderie and attentive interaction on stage and between band and crowd that you can hardly voice any complaints.
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I've been working with Traditional Arts Indiana for many, many years–performing, running workshops and demonstrating. This Thursday I will be joining my daughter, Hannah Davis and Traditional Arts Indiana intern, to talk about social networking.
My initial reaction, when approached to do this, is that I'm no expert in social media. Upon reflection I do have something to talk about. I've been networking with traditional artists since I began writing letters to wooden boatbuilders in the late 1970s. The internet has made these kinds of interactions cheap and immediate. I'm no expert, but I do have something to share.
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Social Networking for Artists and Performers: Developing and Maintaining an Online PresencePosted on March 26, 2012 by Hannah Davis
Want to use social media — sign up for a Facebook page, begin to tweet, start a blog — to promote your work, but don't quite know how? Feel like what you're already doing isn't quite enough? Join TAI and Hamilton County artist and social networking afficionado Geoff Davis online on April 5 at 4:30 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) for our next webinar.
Davis, a woodcarver, musician, and educator, will introduce sites and explain how to use them, describe the best methods for attracting more fans and followers, and explain new opportunities to sell work online. In addition to covering the basics, Davis will also introduce new tools to improve what artists are already doing.


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Effie Fokas is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), host institution to the Grassrootsmobilise project. She is also Research Associate of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics, where she was founding Director of the LSE Forum on Religion (2008-2012), A. C. Laskaridis Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory (2007-8), and co-taught on the MSc in Theories of Nationalism in the Government Department (2005-7). Prior to the Grassrootsmobilise project, Effie carried out a Marie Curie Fellowship studying 'Pluralism and Religious Freedom in Orthodox Countries in Europe' (PLUREL), also at ELIAMEP. And previous to this she participated in a number of international research consortia, including the Europe, Religion and Multiple Modernities project (EUROMM, based at the Univ. of Gottingen); the Welfare and Values in Europe project (WaVE, based at Uppsala Univ.); and the Welfare and Religion in a European Perspective project (WREP, based at the Centre for Religion and Society, Uppsala).
Her background is in political science (BA, Furman University, USA; MSc European Politics, LSE) and she holds a PhD in political sociology from the London School of Economics. Her research interests include religion and politics in the European and specifically European Union setting; the relationship between religion, national identity and nationalism; the sociology of religion in a European perspective, with a special focus on Islam and on Christian Orthodoxy; and, more recently, law and religious freedom in national and European institutional contexts.
Her publications include Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence, co-edited with Aziz Al-Azmeh (Cambridge Univ Press, 2007), Religious America, Secular Europe? A Theme and Variations, co-authored with Peter Berger and Grace Davie (Ashgate Press, 2008), 'Religion: towards a post-secular Europe?', in ed. Chris Rumford Sage Handbook of European Studies (2009); 'Religion in the Greek Public Sphere: Nuancing the Account', Journal of Modern Greek Studies (2009); 'Islam in Europe: the unexceptional case', Nordic Journal of Religion and Society (2011), 'Eastern" Orthodoxy and "Western" Secularisation in Contemporary Europe' Religion, State and Society (2012), 'Religion in the Greek public sphere: Debating Europe's Influence', in eds. George Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou Orthodox Constructions of the West (2013), 'Immigrant welfare in Greece: portrait of a town', Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (2013), 'Religious Nationalism', in eds. Xiaoshuo Hou et al., The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (2014), and 'Greek identity and Europe: Entanglement and tensions' (with Evangelos Karagiannis), in eds. Wolfgang Knöbl, Matthias Koenig and Willfried Spohn, Religion and Nationhood in an Enlarged Europe (forthcoming).


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Fox Considering an X-Men TV Show
Finally, a chance to see comic books brought to life!
Fox Entertainment chair Gary Newman says he's "cautiously optimistic" about the possibility of an X-Men TV show, according to TV Insider (née TV Guide). While 20th Century Fox owns the film rights, X-Men is still a Marvel property, and Marvel is owned by the Walt Disney company, which also owns ABC, so this is far from a sure thing, but in the meantime, Star Trek 3 screenwriters Patrick McKay and JD Payne are reportedly writing the show, with 24's Evan Katz and Manny Coto producing, according to THR. Fox is already in the comics-adaptation game with Gotham; plus, there's ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter; the CW's reliable Arrow and The Flash, and the upcoming iZombie; and CBS has Supergirl in development. (Sorry, NBC's Constantine.) Plus, there's a bunch more Marvel shows at Netflix, not to mention The Walking Dead and its spinoffs. Pretty soon, all that's going to be left are comic-book shows and miniseries about the Bible. Pick your passion now!