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What do I need to know about ovarian cancer?
- Category: Women's Health, Living Well, Cancer Care
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- Written By: Dr. Rachel Spears, OB/GYN
What do you know about ovarian cancer?
According to the American Cancer Society, only about 20% of ovarian cancers are found at an early stage. When ovarian cancer is found early, about 94% of patients live longer than 5 years after diagnosis.
So what can women do?
While a Pap test can be effective in the early detection of cervical cancer, it is not a test for ovarian cancer. On some occasions, ovarian cancer is found through a Pap test, however, it's usually because the cancer is in an advanced stage.
Can I get screened for ovarian cancer?
According to the American Cancer Society, there has been a lot of research to develop a screening test for ovarian cancer, but there hasn't been much success.
A pelvic exam is one way for a healthcare provider to feel the ovaries and uterus and check for size, shape and consistency. Ovarian tumors can be difficult to feel, but a pelvic exam can help uncover other cancers or female conditions. Women can discuss with their primary care or women's health doctor about having a pelvic exam should they display any symptoms of ovarian cancer.
To help figure out if you are at a higher risk for ovarian cancer, you can take our Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment. This assessment is not meant to provide medical advice or replace your doctor's expert opinion or care. If you have concerns, contact your doctor to schedule an appointment.
What are the symptoms of ovarian cancer?
In the early stages of ovarian cancer, the symptoms are often subtle and could be signs of other problems. Symptoms can include:
- Back pain
- Stomach discomfort, bloating or swelling
- Pelvic pain
- Loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, gas or fullness even after eating small meals
- Diarrhea, constipation or frequent urination
- Vaginal bleeding or irregular periods
"However, these symptoms may also be signs of other more common problems. It is important that you see your doctor if you have these symptoms so that you can be diagnosed accurately," says Dr. Pui "Joan" Cheng, Gynecologic Oncologist with LCMC Health.
What exactly is ovarian cancer?
Ovarian cancer starts in cells within the ovaries. Only women have ovaries, so only women get this kind of cancer. Cancer is when cells in the body change and grow out of control. Cancer is made up of abnormal cells that grow even though the body doesn't need them to grow.
"Newer theories suggest that some cases of ovarian cancer may start in cells from the fallopian tubes or from the peritoneal lining," says Dr. Cheng.
Ovarian cancer rates are highest in women aged 55-64 years. The median age at which women are diagnosed is 63, meaning that half of the women are younger than 63 and a half are older when diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Benign and malignant tumors can start growing in the ovaries. Benign means that they are not cancerous, so these tumors do not spread throughout the body. They can usually be treated by removing a part of or the entire ovary. Ovarian cancer is a cancerous, or malignant, tumor. If a cancerous tumor is not treated, it can grow and spread to other parts of the body. This progression is called metastasis.
Are there different types of ovarian cancer?
The ovary is made up of many layers of cells. Cancer can affect one, many or all of these layers. The main types of ovarian cancer are:
Epithelial ovarian cancer
This is by far the most common type of ovarian cancer or tumor. It starts in cells on the outer layer of the ovary or fallopian tube. It makes up about 85– 90 percent of ovarian cancer cases.
Germ cell ovarian cancer
This rare type of ovarian cancer starts in the cells that form eggs in the ovary. These tumors are most common in women in their teens and early twenties. It's highly-curable and can often be treated without affecting fertility.
Stromal cell cancer
This very rare ovarian cancer starts in the stromal cells that make certain female hormones and forms in connective tissue that holds the ovaries in place.
How is ovarian cancer diagnosed?
To begin, your healthcare provider will ask about your medical and family history to help uncover why you may be having symptoms associated with ovarian cancer.
Your doctor may also do a physical exam and pelvic exam. If the doctor feels something abnormal during the pelvic exam, they may then suggest additional tests, such as an ultrasound or blood test.
Don't see a gynecologist regularly? Review our gynecology services and find a provider that's right for you.
What tests might I have after being diagnosed?
If initial tests and exams strongly point to ovarian cancer, you'll likely receive a chest X-ray and CT-scan to help learn more about cancer and to see if it has spread to nearby areas in the body. This will also help your doctor determine the best course of treatment for you.
How is ovarian cancer treated?
"Treatments for ovarian cancer depend on the type of cancer and its stage," explains Dr. Cheng. "Surgery is used to treat all stages of ovarian cancer. In the early stages of ovarian cancer, before it has spread, surgery may be the only treatment you need."
For later stages, when cancer has spread, your doctor may prescribe chemotherapy (chemo) and surgery.
What are my options for treatment?
New Orleans patients have many available programs for cancer treatment, including the Cancer Center at West Jefferson Medical Center. Our comprehensive program includes Palliative Care, a Survivorship Clinic, Clinical Trials and the only Radiation Therapy Department on the West Bank of New Orleans.
West Jefferson Medical Center has devoted staff, a state-of-the-art facility, and cutting-edge technology that can help you fight cancer. For additional information about the Cancer Center, give us a call at 504.380.0876.
Dr. Rachel Spears attended Xavier University and received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. She completed her residency at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. After completion of residency, Dr. Spears practiced in Pennsylvania and joined the Medical Staff at West Jefferson Medical Center in 2015.
Dr. Spears is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecologist. She enjoys providing a continuum of care as women go through various stages of life. Her practice includes providing preventative care, performing minimally invasive procedures, treatment of female diseases and providing quality prenatal care.


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Anti-LGBTQ hate group is behind bid to reopen churches & endanger communities - Mat Staver and the Liberty Counsel. Of course.
Day of Silence 2020 will see thousands of LGBT+ students and allies gather virtually to protest homophobia and transphobia on Friday - If it weren't for the pandemic, this would be today's top news brief.
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package - module support (standard library)¶
The package library provides basic facilities for loading and building
modules in Lua. It exports two of its functions directly in the
global environment:
require() and
Everything else is exported in a table
module (name [, ...])
Creates a module. If there is a table in
this table is the module. Otherwise, if there is a global table
with the given name, this table is the module. Otherwise creates a
new table
t and sets it as the value of the global
name and the
value of
package.loaded[name]. This function also initializes
t._NAME with the given name,
t._M with the module (
t itself),
t._PACKAGE with the package name (the full module name minus
last component; see below). Finally,
module() sets
t as the new
environment of the current function and the new value of
package.loaded[name], so that
require() returns
name is a compound name (that is, one with components separated
by dots),
module() creates (or reuses, if they already exist) tables
for each component. For instance, if
name is
a.b.c, then
module() stores the module table in field
c of field
b of
This function can receive optional options after the module name, where each option is a function to be applied over the module.
require (modname)
Loads the given module. The function starts by looking into the
package.loaded table to determine whether
modname is already
loaded. If it is, then
require returns the value stored at
package.loaded[modname]. Otherwise, it tries to find a loader
for the module.
To find a loader,
require is guided by the
array. By changing this array, we can change how
require looks for
a module. The following explanation is based on the default
configuration for
require queries
package.preload[modname]. If it has a
value, this value (which should be a function) is the loader.
require searches for a Lua loader using the path stored
package.path. If that also fails, it searches for a C loader
using the path stored in
package.cpath. If that also fails, it
tries an all-in-one loader (see
Once a loader is found,
require calls the loader with a single
modname. If the loader returns any value,
assigns the returned value to
package.loaded[modname]. If the
loader returns no value and has not assigned any value to
package.loaded[modname], then
true to this entry. In any case,
require returns the
final value of
If there is any error loading or running the module, or if it cannot
find any loader for the module, then
require signals an error.
The path used by
require to search for a C loader.
Lua initializes the C path
package.cpath in the same way it
initializes the Lua path
package.path, using the environment
LUA_CPATH or a default path defined in
A table used by
require() to control which modules are already
loaded. When you require a module
modname and
package.loaded[modname] is not false,
require() simply returns the
value stored there.
A table used by
require() to control how to load modules.
Each entry in this table is a searcher function. When looking for
a module,
require() calls each of these searchers in ascending order,
with the module name (the argument given to
require()) as its sole
parameter. The function can return another function (the module
loader) or a string explaining why it did not find that module (or
nil if it has nothing to say). Lua initializes this table with
four functions.
The first searcher simply looks for a loader in the
package.preload table.
The second searcher looks for a loader as a Lua library, using the
path stored at
package.path. A path is a
sequence of templates separated by semicolons. For each
template, the searcher will change each interrogation mark in the
template by
filename, which is the module name with each
dot replaced by a "directory separator" (such as "
/" in
Unix); then it will try to open the resulting file name. So, for
instance, if the Lua path is the string
the search for a Lua file for module
foo will try to open
the files
./foo.lc, and
in that order.
The third searcher looks for a loader as a C library, using the
path given by the variable
package.cpath. For
instance, if the C path is the string
the searcher for module
foo will try to open the files
./foo.dll, and
/usr/local/foo/init.so, in that order. Once it
finds a C library, this searcher first uses a dynamic link facility to
link the application with the library. Then it tries to find a
C function inside the library to be used as the loader. The name
of this C function is the string
luaopen_ concatenated with a
copy of the module name where each dot is replaced by an underscore.
Moreover, if the module name has a hyphen, its prefix up to (and
including) the first hyphen is removed. For instance, if the module
name is
a.v1-b.c, the function name will be
The fourth searcher tries an all-in-one loader. It searches
the C path for a library for the root name of the given module. For
instance, when requiring
a.b.c, it will search for a C library for
a. If found, it looks into it for an open function for the
submodule; in our example, that would be
luaopen_a_b_c. With this
facility, a package can pack several C submodules into one single
library, with each submodule keeping its original open function.
package.loadlib (libname, funcname)
Dynamically links the host program with the C library
Inside this library, looks for a function
funcname and returns this
function as a C function. (So,
funcname must follow the
protocol (see
This is a low-level function. It completely bypasses the package and
module system. Unlike
require(), it does not perform any path
searching and does not automatically adds extensions.
libname must be the complete file name of the C library, including
if necessary a path and extension.
funcname must be the exact name
exported by the C library (which may depend on the C compiler and
linker used).
This function is not supported by ANSI C. As such, it is only
available on some platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD,
plus other Unix systems that support the
dlfcn standard).
The path used by
require() to search for a Lua loader.
At start-up, Lua initializes this variable with the value of the
environment variable
LUA_PATH or with a default path defined in
luaconf.h, if the environment variable is not defined. Any "
in the value of the environment variable is replaced by the default
A path is a sequence of templates separated by semicolons. For
each template,
require() will change each interrogation mark in the
template by
filename, which is
modname with each dot replaced by
a "directory separator" (such as "
/" in Unix); then it will try to
load the resulting file name. So, for instance, if the Lua path is
the search for a Lua loader for module
foo will try to load the
./foo.lc, and
/usr/local/foo/init.lua, in
that order.
A table to store loaders for specific modules (see
package.seeall (module)
Sets a metatable for
module with its
__index field referring to
the global environment, so that this module inherits values from the
global environment. To be used as an option to function
This document is from Lua version 5.1.5. Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Lua.org, PUC-Rio. Freely available under the terms of the Lua license.


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Chaco Canyon: Center of an Ancient Culture
Story and photos by Tom Uhlenbrock
Tom is an award-winning travel writer and journalist based in St. Louis.
Preserved ruins in New Mexico hint at what life was like hundreds of years ago.
Why did they leave? Where did they go?
Some 1,000 years ago, native peoples lived in communities in the area referred to today as the Four Corners because it is where Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico meet.
They were excellent masons who built pueblos, the Spanish word for "villages," of multistory adobe buildings, including cliff dwellings perched high up in the alcoves of the red-rock canyons. The ruins of those buildings are preserved in national parks and monuments like Mesa Verde and Canyon de Chelly.
Initially called the Anasazi, the builders now are referred to as the Ancestral Puebloan people. Their ceremonial, social, political and trading center for more than 300 years was in northwest New Mexico, where some 15 major complexes were built along 9 miles of a desert canyon. All are preserved today by the National Park Service as the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, which is a World Heritage Site.
The heart of the Chaco Canyon community, which thrived from A.D. 850 to 1150, is Pueblo Bonito, a great house where clans from throughout the Four Corners would stop and stay during their sacred migrations.
Pueblo Bonito, which means "beautiful town" in Spanish, had about 650 rooms in four stories, two major plazas and several subterranean ceremonial chambers called kivas. Researchers estimate up to 100 people lived in the pueblo year-round, and up to 6,000 inhabited all the villages of Chaco Canyon.
The complexes were aligned to capture the solar and lunar cycles and were linked by an extensive system of roads 30-feet wide. The inhabitants dug irrigation canals and harvested trees from mountains 70 miles away.
Excavations unearthed turquoise beads and pendants, conch-shell trumpets, painted flutes, macaws and beautiful black-and-white pottery.
Visiting Chaco Canyon today requires a 20-mile drive through high desert backcountry. Despite its remote location, the park was busy on a recent weekday. The visitor center features exhibits that explain the canyon's ancient past and trail guides to explore Pueblo Bonito and the other sites.
The walls of Pueblo Bonito can be seen from the blacktop road that winds through the historical park. A gravel trail allows visitors to enter the pueblo and admire the distinctive masonry of quarried stones shaped and set in mortar. The wood ceilings are long gone, but the windows, doors, plazas and kivas give a feeling for what life there was like.
Chaco Canyon and communities throughout the Southwest were abandoned by A.D. 1300, perhaps because of drought, depleted natural resources or warfare. The people from Chaco are believed to have migrated to join the Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, Zia, Laguna and other pueblo peoples living along the Rio Grande.
Members of those tribes return to Chaco Canyon annually to honor their ancestors. As the trail guide advises visitors: "This is a sacred area. Enter with respect."
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Following the two well-attended and successful sessions at the 28th EGOS Colloquium in Helsinki on the work of the late Max Boisot, the EGOS Board decided to establish an annual award relating to his field of scholarship.
The "Annual Award in Honour of Max Boisot" and of his work is funded from the royalties accruing from the book
by John Child and Martin Ihrig: Knowledge, Organization, & Management (Oxford University Press, 2013), which will be both a memorial to Max's work and a means of bringing it to a wider readership.
Max was a regular participant at EGOS Colloquia, and EGOS is the ideal home for such an award.
The topic for this award is the knowledge-based study of complex organizations and systems. Contributions in any of the main
areas in which Max Boisot forged new understanding through a knowledge perspective are eligible for the award, in particular,
research on organizational complexity; the strategic management of knowledge; China's business system; and Big Science.
The award recognizes an outstanding paper and early career scholars (= less than 5 years since their PhD/doctorate) is given preference. While the honour and publicity of gaining the prize is the most important consideration, the recipients also receive EUR 250/award.
Winners of the Max Boisot Award 2014,
awarded at the 31st EGOS Colloquium in Athens:
Liselore A. Havermans, Deanne N. Den Hartog &
Anne Keegan (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Exploring the Role of Leadership in Enabling Contextual Ambidexterity
Winners of the Max Boisot Award 2015,
awarded at the 32nd EGOS Colloquium in Naples:
Goran Calic, Sebastien Hélie & Elaine Mosakowski
(Pardue University, West Lafayette, USA)
Managing Paradoxes for Creativity: A Psychologically Realistic Simulation of Embracing Organizational Tensions
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The Role of Hybrid Governing in Science: Fostering Research across Boundaries
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(VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Advanced Cell Technology Demonstrates Generation of Functional Hepatocytes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
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Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has reported for the first time a robust process for the generation of high-purity hepatocytes (liver cells). The research, described online (ahead of print) in the journal STEM CELLS, signifies a step towards the efficient generation of hepatocytes for use in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.
Moreover, the research represents another one of Advanced Cell Technology's efforts aimed at the large-scale differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into critical replacement cell types.
In addition to demonstrating the efficient generation of hepatocytes in research published, the company has made progress in the generation of retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells to treat retinal degenerative diseases and the generation of hemangioblasts to treat vascular disease as well as to create a large-scale and donorless source of red blood cells and platelets.
Two hallmarks of embryonic stem cells, their versatility and capacity for unlimited self renewal, suggest the cells could serve as a potentially inexhaustible source of cells for replacement therapy. As with other tissues, there is a scarcity of donor livers and hepatocytes, which is compounded by the low recovery and proliferative capacity of adult hepatocytes.
In addition to the cells' potential use for the treatment of liver disease, hESC-derived hepatocytes could also provide a valuable model for novel pharmaceutical drug discovery assays as well as new drug metabolism and cytotoxicity screens, particularly because the liver is a major site for detoxification.
"We have established a highly-efficient method for deriving hepatocytes from stem cells that mirrors events in embryonic development," said Robert Lanza, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. and senior author of the study. "Large scale production of hepatocytes using this method should greatly bolster their applications in basic research, clinical medicine and preclinical drug discovery."


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Howard Gordon is heading to the White House for Fox yet again.
Gordon and his "24" cohorts Manny Coto and Evan Katz are developing a presidential drama, "POTUS," for Fox, which has given a script order to the project.
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The project, produced by Teakwood Lane Production and Twentieth Century Fox Television, is described as a topical and high-intensity drama that follows an American President frustrated with politics as usual, who decides to play by his own rules. Part wish-fulfillment and part cautionary tale, the series tells the story of a man with good intentions who ultimately becomes corrupted by power.
Also read: 'Homeland,' '24' Producer Howard Gordon Renews Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV
Gordon is executive producing "POTUS," with Coto and Katz supervising/executive producing.
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This won't be the first time that Gordon, Coto and Katz have tackled the topic of a fictional president. Their previous Fox series, "24," which was revived earlier this year as "24: Live Another Day," featured Dennis Haysbert as President David Palmer in its original run and William Devane as President James Heller in its revival.


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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Mississippi man seeking to a new trial for an aggravated DUI conviction related to a 2012 accident that left a woman in a coma for weeks.
The court's decision was announced Monday.
Frank Gideon Whitaker IV, now 29, is serving a 15-year-sentence from Warren County.
Authorities say Whitaker's truck collided head-on with a vehicle driven by 54-year-old Cynthia M. Grantham.
Grantham remained in a coma for several weeks, according to court records. She suffered head injuries and a shattered leg.
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USATF Colorado State Cross Country Championships - 10/21/12
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|Justin showing some leg!
|Gute would have run at least a minute faster if he less midsole to his shoes!
USATF Colorado State Half Marathon Championships - 10/21/12
Peter Maksimow ran the Boulder Half Marathon serving as the USATF CO State Half Marathon Championships the next day at the Boulder Reservoir. The course consisted of mostly dirt roads, some pavement and, yes, that ringer again, Andy Wacker, who took the win in 1:11:37 for his second USATF CO State Championship of the weekend. Congrats Wacker!
Peter placed 8th OA in 1:17:47.
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The Fifteenth South Pacific Forum was held in Funafuti, Tuvalu from 27-28 August 1984. The meeting was attended by Heads of Government from Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (as an observer), Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa. Solomon Islands was represented by the Minister for National Planning and Development and Tonga by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence. The Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the Rt Honourable Dr Tomasi Puapua, chaired the meeting and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance assumed the Tuvalu seat.
The main issues discussed were:
The Forum reviewed developments since its last meeting in relation to New Caledonia and adopted the following decisions:
The Forum took note of the progress made since its last meeting in the process of decolonisation of New Caledonia. It expressed its disappointment that the French Government had not been able to respond to the proposal for a Forum mission but asked France to provide Forum countries with information on a continuing basis.
The Forum reaffirmed its support for the transition of New Caledonia to independence in accordance with the wishes of its people and in a manner which guarantees the innate and active rights of the Kanak people and the rights and interests and aspirations of all its inhabitants. It urged the French Government and all political and community groups, including the Independence Front, to keep talking to ensure that this transition to an independent multi-racial New Caledonia is achieved speedily and peacefully within a shorter time-scale than presently envisaged.
It was the Forum's view that the process of decolonisation would be advanced by a public statement by the French Government that independence was the desirable, logical and acknowledged outcome of the act of self-determination currently planned for 1989, and that this referendum should be brought forward by agreement between all the parties involved.
The Forum believed that France should transfer additional political and administrative powers to the territory to ensure that it is adequately prepared for independence and take the practical steps necessary to guarantee the full and active participation of the Melanesian community in the territory's educational, vocational and administrative institutions.
The Forum decided that the question of seeking reinscription of New Caledonia on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories should be kept under continuing review.
It was further agreed that Forum members might, individually, bring their concern with the situation in New Caledonia to the attention of the United Nations. In this context, a number of Forum Leaders indicated that their missions in New York would circulate this communiqué and that their General Debate statements would make appropriate mention of New Caledonia.
Forum Leaders agreed that a five-member group, at Ministerial level, should discuss these issues with the Independence Front and with the French authorities to ensure Forum views are fully understood.
Regional Nuclear Matters
Following the decision of the previous meeting, the Forum gave further consideration to the concept of a nuclear free zone in the region, and in particular a draft set of principles regarding its establishment submitted by Australia. It also had before it a proposal from Nauru regarding action to amend the London Dumping Convention to prohibit totally the dumping of nuclear waste.
The Forum noted the importance of the initiative for a nuclear free zone in the region in the context of the disappointing lack of progress in international disarmament negotiations. It was felt that efforts should be intensified to encourage the conclusion of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which would outlaw all forms of nuclear testing by all states in all environments. The Forum also noted that 1985 was a year of review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Progress towards a nuclear free zone in the region could make a useful contribution to maintaining the momentum of international debate on disarmament and arms control.
Forum members also considered the report of the joint New Zealand, Australian and Papua New Guinea scientific mission that visited the French nuclear testing site on Mururoa Atoll in October 1983 at the invitation of the French Government. They noted that, while the findings of the mission allayed to some degree the concern that had been expressed about the short-term effects of the French nuclear tests, they provided no reassurance about long-term consequences nor in any sense diminished Forum opposition to testing in any environment. They accordingly reiterated their strong opposition to continued nuclear testing in the South Pacific region by France or any other country.
After discussion of the various interrelated aspects of nuclear activity in the region, the Forum agreed on the desirability of establishing a Nuclear Free Zone in the region at the earliest possible opportunity in accordance with the principles set out in the Australian working papers. These principles were: that South Pacific countries should be free to live in peace and independence and to run their own affairs in accordance with the wishes and traditions of their people; South Pacific countries should enjoy peaceful social and economic development free from the threat of environmental pollution; South Pacific countries acknowledge existing international treaties, organisations and regional arrangements, such as the Charter of the United the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Law of the Sea Convention, which contribute to their objectives; there should he no use, testing or stationing of nuclear explosive devices in the South Pacific; no South Pacific country would develop or manufacture, or receive from others, or acquire or test any nuclear explosive device; nuclear activities of South Pacific countries should be in accordance with applicable international principles and treaties, notably the NPT and take into account regional arrangements; and that South Pacific countries retain their unqualified sovereign rights to decide for themselves, consistent with their support for these objectives, their security arrangements, and such questions as the access to their ports and airfields by vessels and aircraft of other countries.
Reference was made to the particular importance of the principle of freedom of navigation and overflight and the treaty obligations of Forum members.
A working group of officials was appointed to meet as often as may be required to undertake an examination of the substantive legal and other issues involved in establishing a nuclear free zone in the region with a view to preparing a draft of a treaty for consideration by the Forum Meeting in 1985. The working group is to be chaired by Australia and would be convened in consultation with the Director of SPEC. All members of the Forum would be entitled to attend.
The Forum agreed that the proposals by Nauru to strengthen the London Dumping Convention would also be examined by the group. The dumping and disposal of nuclear waste in the region was intolerable and unacceptable and Forum Governments were strongly committed to this aspect of the Convention and Protocols being negotiated under the auspices of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
The Forum also supported a suggestion that Governments continue to protest individually, as well as collectively, to France over its persistent nuclear testing and to Japan over proposals to dump nuclear waste in the Pacific.
The Forum also welcomed the declaration on French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll made by member states of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (PCSP) on 6 July 1984. They regarded the declaration as a further expression of the united opposition by countries of the Pacific to French nuclear tests in the South Pacific The Forum was also of the view that it would be useful for SPEC and the PCSP secretariat (representing Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) to maintain contact on the question of French nuclear testing.
Single Regional Organisation
The Forum received an Interim Report from the Committee of Foreign Ministers established by the Fourteenth Forum to examine the implications of establishing a single regional organisation.
The Committee had not been able to complete its consultations with metropolitan countries and their Pacific territories or completely assess all the implications of an SRO. A number of members of the Forum expressed the view that while an SRO may be a desirable goal in principle in the longer-term, the benefits received from the existing regional institutional arrangements should be safeguarded. The consensus reached was that the Committee should complete its work and report back so that the matter could then be properly considered.
Regional Cooperation as it Affects Smaller Forum Members
The Forum discussed a proposal from the Government of Kiribati that special attention be accorded the problems faced by smaller Forum members. The Forum recognised the seriousness of the issue raised and the need to identity practical solutions to problems in the areas of transportation, trade, food and water supply communications and energy among others. The Forum decided to set up a committee of officials to examine the problems, recommend solutions and report to the Sixteenth Forum. The Governments of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Tuvalu and Western Samoa would be represented on the committee.
Regional Trade
The Forum received the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Committee on Trade, held in Kiribati in July 1984. It noted that while total trade under the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA) had increased during its three years of operation, exports from most of the larger island countries bed grown while exports from some smaller island countries had actually decreased. The Forum noted the relevance of this situation to its decision on the question of regional co-operation as it affects smaller Forum members. It also welcomed moves initiated by the Regional Committee on Trade with regard to modifying the Rules of Origin and increasing Forum Island Countries' apparel exports to Australia. The Forum noted the relevance of discussions at the political level to solving difficult trade problems which might arise between its members.
The Forum agreed in principle to promoting duty free and unrestricted access for handcrafts traded between Forum Island Countries, to be implemented on a bilateral basis.
Pacific Forum Line
The Forum received a progress report on the Pacific Forum Line and noted with satisfaction the continuing improvement in its trading and financial situation. The Forum reaffirmed its strong support for the regionally-owned shipping line as a key vehicle for providing regular reliable and economic shipping services to its shareholders. Appreciation was expressed for the services rendered by the retiring Chairman of the Line, Mr H L Julian.
The Forum received a report presenting in broad terms potential options for improvement in the terms of petroleum pricing and supply arrangements to Pacific island countries. It agreed that exploration of the options be continued and the results presented for consideration at its next meeting.
Trade Embargoes in Fisheries Products
The Forum noted a paper presented by Solomon Islands regarding events arising from the arrest of the purse seiner, "Jeanette Diana" which was fishing illegally in Solomon Islands' EEZ. The Forum expressed its continuing concern at the failure of the United States to recognise the applicability of 200-mile EEZ to tuna and at the fact that that country endeavoured to enforce its position on this issue through embargo legislation.
The Forum considered that the satisfactory long-term solution to this problem lay in the conclusion of a multilateral agreement with the United States, and called for a prompt and successful outcome to negotiation to that end scheduled to begin in Suva next month.
Law of the Sea
The Forum reaffirmed the importance of the Law of the Sea Convention for the orderly and rational use of the world's oceans and their resources and its significance to the countries of the South Pacific. Note was taken of the fact that the Convention remains open for signature until 9 December 1984. The Forum urged all countries to sign the Convention and take active steps towards its ratification.
The Forum accepted the reports of the pre-Forum SPEC Committee, the Director of SPEC's Annual Report for 1983/84, the Report of the Director of the Forum Fisheries Agency and the Report of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific.
Federated States of Micronesia
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia reported to the Forum on progress in negotiations with the United States on a Compact of Free Association. Negotiations, which had extended over fourteen years, had been pursued in a spirit of cooperation. Following the establishment of a Compact, which is expected to take place early next year, his country would enjoy sovereignty ever its foreign policy, internal matters and rights ever its 200-mile economic zone. The President observed that the principle of the proposed nuclear free zone (NFZ) concept were consistent with the provisions of the Compact.
Next Forum Session
The Sixteenth Forum will be hosted by the Government of the Cook Islands from 4-6 August 1985.


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MYTH: The Polish residents of Jedwabne murdered the 1,600 Jews of the town.
Photo with caption that falsely claims the picture depicts Poles outside a burning barn with Jews inside in Jedwabne, Poland. Photo is in fact of British soldiers burning structures at Bergen-Belsen camp upon liberation.
Jedwabne is a town in eastern Poland that became known worldwide due to a book titled "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland" published in 2001. In the book, the author, Jan Gross, claimed that 1,600 Jews were killed, with most burned inside a barn, in Jedwabne on July 10, 1941 by Polish neighbors, three weeks after German invasion ended two years of brutal Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland. Naturally, all of Poland was stunned by the accusations. Gross publicly claimed that he had reached his conclusions thanks to numerous eyewitness accounts he had found in the archives of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. Incredulous Polish historians were not able to immediately check the information claimed by Gross, as they were not given access to the pertinent files.
The Polish government, run by former Communists, in reaction to the accusations by Gross, hastily conducted a criminal investigation that was then prematurely closed. This investigation was, for the most part, a review of a 1949 Communist court case, as well as a review of the investigation by the Communist secret police and prosecutor's office that preceded this court case. The findings of the incomplete investigation stated that an estimated 40 Poles had likely been inspired by the Germans to participate in the events in varying degree, and that all potentially guilty parties had either died or were sentenced by a court in Communist Poland after the war. It was also made clear that the Germans bore responsibility for the crime. The Polish President, a former Communist, then apologized for the involvement of Poles at the incident.
Unlike the 1949 investigation, this new investigation included an exhumation of the bodies that was abruptly stopped due to religious concerns raised by an American Rabbi who was on scene to ensure the exhumation was conducted in accordance with religious sensitivities. Other Rabbis have since claimed that the exhumation could have continued in accordance with Jewish religious law, which has lead to accusations that the Rabbi stopped the exhumation because he feared that it would undermine the narrative of the incident given by Gross. Coincidentally, the exhumation was called off when German bullets were found amongst the bodies. Based on the initial forensic investigation, as well as demographic and documentary evidence, it was officially determined that the number of victims was no more than 400 victims, although on site investigators suggested a much lower number. Either way, it was not 1,600 as Gross continues to claim in spite of the forensic evidence.
After the release of the book by Gross, all of a sudden articles and reviews appeared around the world blaming the Poles for the murders of the Jews at Jedwabne and for the Holocaust, in general. Plays and movies appeared that were based on the book by Gross. A group of Polish researchers and journalists from former Communist circles began spreading the same narrative in symposiums and lectures on well organized tours all over Europe and the US, claiming they were coming to terms with, and exposing the alleged dark sides of World War II Polish history. Coincidentaly, a photo credited to the European Jewish Congress circulated in social media with the caption Poles watching barn burning in Jedwabne, Poland, on July 10, 1941, into which they'd herded hundreds of their Jewish neighbors. According to the Bergen-Belsen Memorial, however, the photo was from their collection, available for viewing online under BU 6675. It was taken by a Sergeant Hardy on May 21, 1945 and depicts the burning of structures at Bergen-Belsen by British soldiers.
Polish and other historians immediately started to cast serious doubt on the research by Gross, with some eventually calling his work on Jedwabne fraudulent. While the arguments these critics give are certainly compelling and deserving of consideration, they are thoroughly unknown in the United States or outside of Poland, leading to the misconception that the findings of Gross are indisputable.
It was soon pointed out that the claims by Gross were based loosely on the abovementioned investigation that was conducted by the Communist Prosecutors office in 1949 during the height of Stalinism in Soviet occupied Poland, when independent minded non-Communist Polish citizens were being arrested en masse, and charged falsely in mock trials, sentenced to the gulag or prison, or even executed, simply because they were considered threats to the implementation of Soviet imposed Communism. Communists were notorious at this time for forcing people to sign confessions, or statements implicating others, for crimes that never happened, or were not committed by those that confessed nor by those that were implicated by others.
The investigation by the prosecutor's office in 1949 was prompted by a report after the war by an alleged eyewitness to the murders at Jedwabne who turned out to be an officer in the Communist Secret Police at the time, and a Soviet collaborator prior to the event at Jedwabne. The Communist Secret Police then arrested and interviewed inhabitants of the town and obtained signatures to prepared statements describing different levels of involvement by Poles in the crime. The statements, however, still clearly pointed to a strong and active German military presence in Jedwabne during the murders. The statements also indicated that most of the Poles were forced at gunpoint to obey orders, such as gathering at, or accompanying others to, the town square, or to stand in certain locations, or walk in formation, mostly in the presence of German uniformed functionaries who also photographed or filmed the occurrences they were staging. The statements also described abandonment by Poles of assigned tasks once the uniformed Germans, or the civilians helping them, had moved further away. In interviews with the Prosecutors office, and then in court under oath, those interogated denied making incriminating statements to the Secret Police, claiming they were not allowed to read the statements they were forced to sign, with some claiming illiteracy. In court, most cited torture against themselves and others by the Secret Police, which was believable considering the common practice at the time, and due to the visible wounds on those that testified in court.
Included in the court deliberations were accounts by several persons who alleged that they observed active or sole participation in the crime by Poles. Three, however, never testified in court, two of them simply not appearing after having given false addresses. These eyewitnesses, interestingly, were found even by the Communist court not to be credible. One was determined to have been in Soviet custody in the gulag when the murders occurred. Another had already testified under oath in several civil court cases that the Germans had murdered the Jews of Jedwabne. Still another claimed to have seen the events from a particular location from which it was proven impossible to see the events. Another false witness was found to be in hiding away from the scene, as he had collaborated with the Soviets in the persecution of Poles in Jedwabne, and feared retribution. Still another was found to have left Jedwabne substantially prior to the event, and returned to Jedwabne several years after the event, as a ranking Soviet Officer with the Red army, and also could not have been an eyewitness to the crime. Nonetheless, the Communist court found twelve of the accused guilty of obeying German orders to briefly walk or stand by the victims, even though the court found that the defendants had been terrorized and forced to obey those orders by the large amount of heavily armed Germans who arrived in Jedwabne on the day of the murders. The convictions were based solely on the Secret Police prepared statements contradicted under oath in court, and in spite of the allegations of torture in obtaining signatures to those prepared statements.
Historians found various issues with the findings of Gross. First of all, Gross treats the statements signed under torture, and then contradicted under oath, as unquestionably true. On the other hand, Gross simply dismissed, or ignored, all evidence of German culpability, present in the many testimonials, Polish and Jewish, not only from the trial, which described the intimidating uniformed German presence and the active German engagement in the crime. Gross also supported his accusations of Polish culpability with the claim that German death squads, assigned to kill Jews, were not operating around Jedwabne at the time of the incident. Gross himself relates that he believed this claim purely because he had asked a few German researchers if they were aware of any German death squads in the vicinity of Jedwabne at the time of the Jedwabne crime, and they were not aware. Meanwhile German records, discovered prior and after the publication of his book, show otherwise. There was a German unit active in the area, commanded by a Herman Schaper, who had been identified and convicted for similar crimes against Jews as was committed in Jedwabne, but in other towns in the near vicinity of jedwabne, within days of the crime in Jedwabne. Gross also glossed over the ethnicity of the most active civilians in the crime mentioned by practically all, namely the Mayor and his assistant, who were actually German, and were never selected by the Polish population to those positions. Meanwhile Gross insinuates they represented the Polish population during an alleged signing of a contract between the town board and the Germans, in which it was agreed that all the Jews would be murdered. Besides the fact that Gross presented no proof that there was such a contractual agreement, this suggestion is ludicrous to those who have the most basic grasp of the circumstances of Poles under the German occupation of Poland during World War II.
Another flaw in the book is that Gross did not tie in the brutal treatment accorded the Poles by the Germans, which included burning structures with Poles of all ages inside of them. There were over 800 documented incidents in which the Polish residents of villages and small towns were burned alive by the German occupiers. Gross then ignored texts that reveal the horror of the Polish population at what had happened to the Jews in Jedwabne, and the sense of doom the Poles experienced as they considered the very real possibility that they and their families could be next.
Gross also ignored, or minimized, the wider contexts surrounding the crime of Jedwabne. He failed to compare and acknowledge the similarity of the event at Jedwabne with other events that played out all over German occupied Europe in furtherance of the German, not Polish, policy of total annihilation of the Jews. Gross failed to note that Polish retribution for collaboration with the Soviets was targeted at individuals, not at whole groups, and targeted also Poles. It mostly consisted of beatings, although it did include executions, or handing persons over to the Germans, which did happen in the area of Jedwabne.
In addition, Gross dismissed testimonials that contradicted his theme of Polish responsibility for the Jedwabne crime. He never mentioned depictions of Poles accused in the Jedwabne crime as having actually saved Jews. Gross also gave a much smaller number of Jews that had survived the event and failed to mention that those that survived did so due to Polish assistance. Also absent in the book were documented instances of Polish families killed in the area by the Germans for sheltering Jews. Gross relayed one incident, as described by one of the discredited accusers that was found not to be at the scene, where a despondent Jewish woman tried to drown herself, and characterized the behaviour of Poles as encouraging her to accomplish her goal. Meanwhile, critics of Gross allege that a Jewish eye witness to that incident wrote that the Poles were trying to save the woman from drowning. They further allege that Gross quotes this same witness in regards to another issue, but omits the depiction of the incident involving the drowning woman, which was in the same text as the other issue that he quoted.
Critics of Gross also point to factual errors, besides overall neglect in confirming alleged facts. For example, the book described a person as having confessed to participation in the crime, which critics determined to be wrong upon fact checking. The statements given by this individual to the Secret Police, and confirmed in the signed statements of others, was that this individual had returned from Soviet custody prior to the crime, and due to the brutal treatment meted out to him during such custody, was unable to even walk on the date of the crime, much less take part in it, or even witness any part of it. The barn in which Gross claims 1600 people had been forced to enter, was clearly too small to have fit such a large number of persons. A Bishop accused by Gross for supposedly accepting gifts by Jews to secure safety from attack, but did nothing to help them, was still in hiding from the Soviets at the time and could not have been visited for this purpose. In addition, Polish priests had no authority or influence with the German occupiers, with 2,000 Polish priests killed by Nazi Germany. Gross also suggests that the appearance in town of numerous outsiders from the area indicates they knew of the pending murders, and came for the spoils. Meanwhile, it was market day, which customarily attracted large crowds.
Added to the list of misrepresentations by Gross should be his downplaying of tensions between Poles and Jews due to the open collaboration of some Jews of Jedwabne with the Soviets during the 1939 to 1941 Soviet occupation of Jedwabne. Most importantly, he omits the fact that two of the main accusers of the Jedwabne Poles, had joined the Soviets before the murder of the Jedwabne Jews, and assisted, just prior to the massacre, in Soviet crimes against Polish families. One was Jewish, but the other was a Polish Communist, and his brother, who also collaborated with the Soviets, was killed in retaliation for this collaboration, which clearly suggests a motive of revenge this accuser may have had to falsely implicate non-Communist Poles in the massacre of the Jedwabne Jews. Gross fails to note that Jedwabne was extremely defiant to Communist rule after World War II, which could suggest that the arrests and trial may have been a tool to subordinate the area, and diminish support for the local non-Communist leadership. The reason this area was so defiant when the Soviet backed Communists took over Poland after 1945 was because they had experienced Soviet atrocities during the 1939 to 1941 Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland, that Communists and others of various ethnic groups took part in.
Upon reviewing the criticisms of Gross, it becomes clear that the claims by Gross regarding Jedwabne are far from proven. While the book by Gross is credited with causing an emotional public debate within Poland in regards to the alleged role of Poles at Jedwabne, this debate also contributed to his book being seriously challenged. No similar debate has taken place in the US or other countries, whereby many prominent individuals, often representing prestigious institutions, seem to have blindly, or naively, accepted the version of events given by Gross. What is extremely disturbing is that criticism of Gross and his work on Jedwabne are suppressed and attacked. Scholars critical of Gross are not invited to speak at US institutions. A Polish Minister of Education, in a television interview, voiced the skepticism held by many towards the book by Gross, and a media firestorm erupted around the world with demands she apologize, or be fired, under the false pretense that she is denying a well founded truth.
For those who never experienced Soviet Communist propaganda in Poland up close, it was unequivocally filled with deceit. First of all, as elections were falsified, it tried to portray Communist rule as supported by the majority of the population, as opposed to just the Soviet military. It brazenly treated with disdain religious and patriotic sensitivities, while pretending to be tolerant of the beliefs of others. It presented Communist rule as friendly to minorities and the downtrodden, as basic rights and freedoms of all were blatantly violated, and people were being murdered by the regime. It also accused innocent people of crimes they never committed, and used all sorts of half -truths and falsities to discredit independent minded Poles. Non-Communist Polish heroes, who fought German Nazism, including those that risked their lives to save Jews, were called Nazis and anti-Semites, and cynically placed in the same cells as German war criminals, with many executed.
Many Poles, for good reason, treat information pushed by former Communists with the utmost skepticism, and the narrative pushed by Gross does overlap with the vicious anti-Polish propaganda pushed by the Soviet backed Communists that was part of a wider misinformation campaign spread around the world. It is also a narrative pushed by current post Communist circles that retained positions of influence after the peaceful collapse of Communism in Poland. For example, a follow up book to the one by Gross was written by a woman whose mother was a diehard, top level propagandist of the official Communist party newspaper during Stalinist times. A major supporter of the book by Gross is a current newspaper owned by a former Communist whose brother was a Communist judge who sentenced innocent people to death, for which he was never brought to justice, and for which neither brother ever expressed remorse.
While a horrible crime against the Jewish population occurred in the town of Jedwabne on July 10, 1941, skepticism is advisable when faced with the accusations against Poles in "Neighbors" by Gross, or in any text on the topic, such as the one by Princeton University Press, that claims "One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half, 1,600 men, women, and children, all but seven of the town's Jews." This narrative is not supported by available evidence. For a better idea on what may have happened at Jedwabne, you should read the works by Tomasz Strzembosz, Piotr Gontarczyk, Marek Chodakiewicz, Bogdan Musial and others.


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An amazing thing happened to me today. I walked into the KB Toys I worked in and bought a brand new copy of Excitebike. Not for GCN, not for N64, but for NES. Brand new.
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I'm refering to E-cards. A great thing wich allows you to swipe a card or many cards through an E-card reader attached to your GBA. These E-cards (which go for about $3) can do many things, but most importanly, it will let you play NES games on your GBA. But that's not all. If you have a copy of Animal Crossing, you can play these NES games on your GameCube as well. The game it self comes with 2 for free!
It's not a perfect return, only a few games are available so far, but it's happened... and it's a good start.
I honestly don't know if the WWNBF had anything to do with it, but the 8-bit wonder has returned. We wanted it back, and we got it back. So, today the WWNBF is closing it's doors. It was a great 2 years, but the petition has served it's purpose.
I'd just like to thank Kindar Spirit, The Mad Spin, and every one else who helped the WWNBF to make it what it was. We had a great time. I'd also like to thank all of the 2600 peaple who signed the petition. Nintendo would probably never have brought the NES back if there weren't so many peaple who wanted it.
Farewell, and may the Force be with you.
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So I was scrolling thru Twitter a few minutes ago, fascinated by the reaction to the decision in Minnesota, when I noticed that ROT IN HELL is trending. In case you think I'm making such a thing up …
And I get it. I 100% get it. Derek Chauvin snuffed out another man's life. For no good reason. George Floyd no longer walks the earth, and that's 100-percent because a cop who should never have been a cop thought it his duty to remove a person's final breath. Chauvin will spent his remaining days behind bars, and I am grateful for that. It's the only reasonable decision.
However, whenever stuff like this happens, a small (actually not so small) part of me feels sympathy. It's hard to explain, but I felt the same thing when O.J. Simpson was arrested, when that Washington sniper was caught, when … eh, countless times. I guess it's not sympathy, so much as sadness. At some point in his life, Derek Chauvin was a blank slate. A kid, probably playing in a street. I actually found the above obituary of his grandmother, and I'm sure Berenice considered Derek her darling. Polite. Warm. Always kissed her on the cheek. That sorta thing.
He could have wound up anywhere, doing anything. His life could have turned left, could have turned right. He didn't have to be a cop. He didn't have to be a murderer. But whatever led him there led him there.
It's sad.
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There are some big changes surrounding child support in Massachusetts and it may impact people in a variety of ways. It does make sense to re-calculate child support now versus at the time of any order. The new calculations can be used to change or modify by agreement or contested.
The updates impact new cases. It is always hard to determine how individual judges will address the changes and how it will be applied. A few of the highlights include:
1. Parenting time calculation.
A controversial part of the new rules eliminates the "parenting time to reduce child support" calculation. The 33% to 50% parenting time has been removed to reduce litigation. The "hybrid" order is no longer presumed but parties may still argue the need to deviate from the guidelines. Shared physical custody still is used and the appeals courts in the past have allowed as little as 43% of overnight parenting time to count as shared physical custody.
2. Minimum weekly support.
The minimum weekly child support order is now $25 a week, up from $18.46 a week. Although still very low, it does gesture that the minimum should keep up with inflation, at least.
3. Health and child care costs.
The new guidelines attempt to more fairly factor in significant out of pocket child care and health insurance costs using a capped adjustment of 15% of the total order. However, this appears to be case specific in terms of how much a change it will be as there are caps that do not allow a dollar for dollar change.
4. Reduced support for children between 18-23.
This 25% reduction in support still depends on circumstances. Exceptions include whether the child is still in high school and whether the child lives at home full time and commutes to college. This reduction is only for a child between 18-23. For example, if one child is 18 and and another is 12 then a full 25% reduction does not apply, but the there still is a reduction. This provision may lead to significant new complaints for modification.
5. Presumptive cap on College Expense Contribution.
There is now a guideline but it is not an automatic and unclear how Court will use it but there is language stating that contributions could be capped at 50% of in-state resident costs of UMASS Amherst including living on campus. For some families, this may be unrealistic as too expensive and other families much lower than might be ordered depending on their financial situation. Further, if college contribution is ordered in addition to child support the combined amount will be considered by the court but no formula is provided.
6. Imputed Income.
There are also ways to impute "unreported" income of the parties. The court may reasonably impute unreported or undocumented income and also factor in benefits such as personal expenses paid by the employer such as housing or transportation costs subsidized by the employer.
7. Unallocated family support.
More of an emphasis on using "unallocated family support "in child support/alimony cases. This allows the interplay with alimony and taxes to be factored in. The parties need to provide the court the tax consequences of any proposed order.
There are additional changes and it may impact people in a variety of ways. It does make sense to re-calculate child support now versus at the time of any order. I am going to break down several of the areas in subsequent blogs with more details if you wish to subscribe or visit my website.


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"I feel like I had that [Oscar worthy role] in El Cantante, but I don't even think the academy members saw it. I feel like it's their responsibility to do that, to see everything that's out there, everything that could be great." "Well, it is a little bit frustrating. It was funny; when the Oscars were on, I had just given birth on the 22nd, and the Oscars, I think, were a day or two later. I was sitting there with my twins—I couldn't have been happier—but I was like, 'How dope would it have been if I would've won the Oscar and been here in my hospital bed accepting the award?' 'Thank you so much! I just want to thank the academy!' But we joked about it. It's all good. Things will happen when they're supposed to happen. I have the utmost faith and no doubt that it will one day, when and if it's supposed to. You can't get all crazy twisted over it."


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Michigan Passes Law Limiting Asset Forfeiture
Article from michiganradio.org by Chatherine Schaffer.
In Michigan, police can seize your property if they believe it's involved in a crime. And they can auction it off before you're convicted of anything. Actually, before you're even charged with a crime.
Senator Peter Lucido (R-8) has been a vocal critic of civil asset forfeiture ever since he was a public defender thirty years ago. His bill that would make police wait until they get a conviction to begin the forfeiture process. That's where seized property is legally transferred into police ownership. "Basically it's to go ahead and level the playing field and make it fair again. No property right should be diminished as a result of police officers taking. And no one should lose their property until convicted beyond a reasonable doubt," says Lucido.
The new law would apply to assets worth less than fifty thousand dollars.
Senate and House versions of civil forfeiture reform have enjoyed strong bipartisan support. And a timely US Supreme Court decision is stirring up enthusiasm. The court ruled that large civil forfeitures may violate the constitution.
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This law is an unjust law, It just gives the criminals in law enforcement to legally steal YOUR PROPERTY. without ever charging you with a crime. All they have to say is i believe this property is the outcome of a crime and can then take it. The Supreme court needs to change this as to where they have to charge you with a crime and prove it in court.