I'm 28 and i'm married for 3 years and have a daughter of 2-year-old.  I'm under great emotional distress because of this marriage and decided to get divorced.  I'm educated enough to know the consequences of a divorcee ( so pls, pls, please do not advice me regarding the consequences).  Anyways, this marriage is a failure to me, nothing can be done to mend it up.  No counselling will help us to save this marriage.  I cannot take it anymore.  I'm going mad as every day passes by and i'm starting to get suicidal ideation too.  I need help.  I need advice.
I no need a big scene. all i need is a quiet separation and my daughter. Pls tell me wat are the terms, conditions, quotes, fees, numbers, etc., whatever, regarding this divorce.
1. Since you have decided to legally end the marriage there are two ways under the legal framework to do it-Mutual Divorce or Filing for divorce unilaterally(Contested Divorce). You may file for mutual divorce only in the event that your spouse is in agreement with you to end the marital tie. If there is no agreement between you and your spouse with respect to dissolution of marriage then the only legal remedy available to you is to unilaterally file for divorce whereupon your spouse may oppose the grant of divorce to you. Mutual Divorce can materialise in 6 months whereas contested divorce may easily take more than a year.
2. You have not mentioned the reason why you want divorce. So I am unable to mention the basis on which you can seek divorce by moving to court.
3. Is your spouse ready to part with his/her daughter by giving her exclusive custody to you? If no, you will require court orders to retain her custody by filing a case for child custody.
1. Divorce (mutual or unilateral) can be filed by you any time in the court.
2. The legal fee of your lawyer can be disclosed by him alone.
3. Have a conference with a lawyer to know the grounds on which you can file for divorce.
1. Divorce if contested by another spouse is very acrimonious and time taking. You can speedy divorce which seems your priority right now only if your spouse laos wants that and in that even both of you can apply for mutual divorce which does not take more than six months.
2. Broach this topic t your husband and try to convince him/her for the same. Else divorce suit even if filed you may take years together to see concluding light of the day.
If there is any cruelty upon you then you may file a contested divorce before family court under section 13 ( 1 ) of Hindu Marriage Act. Fight the case on merit and try to prove your case and get divorce decree from court.
For child custody you have to file a civil suit for custody before the family court under section 25 of guardian and wards act.
2) in MCD consent terms are drawn at time of filing petition . in consent terms it can be mentioned that you will have custody of your daughter and your husband visitation rights .
3) consent terms can also provide for maintenance your husband will pay for your daughter for you .
4)if your husband is not agreeable for divorce then contested divorce can take 5 years to be disposed of . you have not mentioned the reasons why you want divorce . hence grounds for divorce can be suggested by your lawyer after detailed discussions .
5) as far as your depression is concerned consult a psychiatrist .
2) lawyer fees vary .
you may file for divorce either mutually cosent divorce if you husband agree for same or regular divorce on any of grounds mentionned in HMA. for custody of your child you have to file seperate suit under guardian & ward act. both cases will be filed in family court of your district.
You need not worry much about your marital life. You can approach family court by filing divorce petition under section13 (1) of Hindu Marriage Act, provided you have to establish cruelty against you by your husband. The family court will pass the divorce decree. You are further advised to make necessary efforts to convince your spouse through negotiations and bargain for Mutual Consent Divorce, which is best option available for the couple seeking divorce under section 13(B) of Hindu Marriage Act.
1. first is mutual consent divorce if ur spouse agree for it and it takes 6 months only.
2. second is contested divorce which you can file on ground of mental creulty of ur spouse in court but it takes 3-4 years in court.
3.legal fee of lawyers vary.
4.u can find local lawyer from google.
5.if ur wife then custody of kid will remain with you as ur her natural guardian.
6. if ur husband then u have to file petition for custody of kid in court.
If circumstances are as bad as you have stated then first take recourse to certain measure which facilitate the divorce by mutual consent. If there is harassment to you on account of dowry, file a complaint with the Police File case of domestic violence and maintenance. Your husband should also feel the same way as you do Before resorting to these measures talk to your husband to agree on MCD. Do seek help of a local lawyer.
You can obtain a divorce, either by filing a divorce petition unilaterally, or if your husband consents, by mutual consent. A contested divorce may take around 2/3 years for disposal, whereas, a mutual consent divorce may take about 6 months.
You may also file an application in the divorce petition for custody of your daughter; normally, courts do allow custody of a 2 year daughter to the mother.
As regards the fees and costs involved in the proceedings, that depends on where you are presently residing, or where was the marriage registered/solemnized and the relevant jurisdiction of the court.
There are two forms of Divorce application available to you.
a)Mutually consented Divorce-- It has to be filed either in the Family Court or the District Court as the cae may be.
It is filed when both the spouses agree to divorce having realised that the marriage can not continue.The order of divorce is obtained in 6 months.
b)Contested Divorce.--It is filed when you are aggrieved and the other spouse causes suffering or if there are valid grounds on which divorce can be filed.May take 3 to 5 years to obtain divorce and involves a number of appearances and prolonged litigation.
You need to search for a local lawyer and entrust him with your case so that he can guide you appropriately.
You can obtain a divorce, either by filing a contested divorce petition , or if your husband consents, by mutual consent. A contested divorce may take around 2/3 years for disposal, whereas, a mutual consent divorce may take about 6 month.
Furthermore, with respect to custody of your child, your child is minor and that you need to file a petition for the custody of the children. Section 6 of The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act states that the 'natural guardian of a Hindu minor, in respect of the minor's person as well as in respect of the minor's property in the case of a boy or unmarried girl is the father, and after him, the mother, provided that the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of five years shall ordinarily be with the mother.
So, normally, courts do allow custody of a 2 year daughter to the mother. However for appointment of declaration of any person as guardian, the court shall consider the welfare of minor. The welfare of the child is determined neither by the economic affluence nor a deep mental or emotional concern for the well being of the child.
The answer depends on the balancing of all these factors and determining what is best for the child's total well being and thus there are numerous occasion wherein Supreme Court has allowed father to retain the custody of child.
7. Engage a local lawyer for the said purpose.
Hi, if the both parties of the marriage are agreed then go for divorce by mutual consent that is the better.


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Ejectment
How to use Ejectment in a sentence
The law as to Ejectment is dealt with under that heading.
The conditions of Ejectment are stated under that heading.
From the ejectment of 1662 to the indulgence of 1687, Baxter's life was constantly disturbed by persecution of one kind or another.
During the long time of oppression and injury which followed the ejectment, Baxter was sadly afflicted in body.
On the other hand the doctrine became effective if the manors in question had been granted by later kings to subjects, because if they remained in the hand of the king the only remedy against ejectment and exaction lay in petitioning for redress without any definite right to the latter.
Despite the fierce efforts of Vavasor Powell and his brother itinerant preachers to thwart the reception of this South Wales petition at Westminster, Colonel Freeman was able to urge the claims of the petitioners, or " Anti-Propagators " as they were termed, at the bar of the House of Commons, openly declaring that by the late policy of ejectment and destruction " the light of the Gospel was almost extinguished in Wales."
The Compensation for Disturbance Bill, even where the ejectment was for non-payment of rent, passed the House of Commons, but the Lords threw it out, and this has often been represented as the great cause of future trouble.
This court has jurisdiction of appeals from equity courts in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $1000, except in cases involving the constitutionality of a Tennessee statute, contested election or state revenue, and ejectment suits; it has jurisdiction also of civil cases tried in the circuit and common law courts in which writs of error or appeals in the nature of writs of error are applied for.
He was ordained minister of New Luce in Galloway in 1660, but had to leave his parish under Middleton's Ejectment Act in 1663.
In the case of urban leases, however, ejectment (q.v.) - called in Scots Law " removing " - will not be authorized unless the tenant received 4 0 days' warning before the term of removal.
It was abolished in 1880 as regards all leases entered into after the 11th of November 1881, where the land demised exceeded two acres in extent, and the landlord was left to remedies akin to ejectment (Hypothec Abolition, Scotland, Act 1880).
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Corporate Fun Day Venues in Leeds
Getting away from the office for a corporate fun day in Leeds is a great way to thank, motivate and reward your team. Get great ideas for company family fun days whether a country pursuits day at a country estate, thrill seeking activities at a theme park or attraction, hospitality at a renowned sports stadium or team building at hotels and unique venues.
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Revolucion de Cuba Leeds
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Rothwell Lane, Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8HN
Cineworld Leeds - White Rose
White Rose Shopping Centre, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 8LU
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1150 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8ZB
PizzaExpress Leeds Corn Exchange
The White Cloth Hall, Crown Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7DA
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City Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 1PJ
King Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2HQ
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UB26, The Light, The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 8TL
PRYZM Leeds
16-18 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8LX
Goals (Function Room) Leeds
Redcote Lane, Off Kirkstall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2AW
Village The Hotel Club Leeds North
186 Otley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5PR
In the heart of Leeds city centre, Revolucion De Cuba has its very own slice of Havana to offer! Whether you are looking to hire a private space or the full venue for up to 700 guests, this is the ide...
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Menéstio, na mitologia grega, foi um dos comandantes do exército de Aquiles na Guerra de Troia.

Família
Menéstio era filho de Polidora com o deus-rio Esperqueu.

Segundo uma versão, Menéstio era sobrinho de Aquiles.  Peleu, após haver assassinado seu meio-irmão Foco com ajuda de Telamon, refugiou-se em Fítia, na corte do rei Euritião, filho de Actor, foi purificado pelo rei, casou-se com sua filha Antígona e recebeu um terço do reino. Polidora seria filha de Peleu e Antígona, e se casou com Boro, filho de Perieres. Polidora, apesar de casada com Boro, teve um filho, Menéstio, com Esperqueu, um deus-rio.

Em outra versão, Polidora era filha de Perieres, casou-se com Peleu, mas engravidou de Esperqueu, com quem teve Menéstio. J. G. Frazer, tradutor de Pseudo-Apolodoro para o inglês, propôs que Pseudo-Apolodoro teria errado e confundido suas fontes.

Guerra de Troia
Aquiles levou cinquenta navios para a Guerra de Troia, e cada navio levava cinquenta guerreiros. A frota de Aquiles tinha cinco comandantes, um dos quais era Menéstio.

Na ficção antiga
No livro Aethiopica, de Heliodoro de Emesa, o personagem Cáricles é descendente de Menéstio.

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President's / Jefford Track & Field Classic launched
May 09, 2012 Sports 0
-Marian Burnett arrives May 14
By Rawle Welch
One of the notable features of the Annual President's / Jefford Track & Field Classic is the fact that it has been able to maintain the support of some of the biggest corporate entities in Guyana.
It is because, the Organisers have been able to deliver on most if not all of the deliverables promised to the most important component of the product which is the business community and that has unquestionably been the core rationale behind their unremitting patronage.
Sitting at the Head Table from left are Wartsila's Safety & Environment Manager- Gary Hall, Co-organiser- Edison Jefford, Digicel's PR Manager- Shonnet Moore, AAG President- Colin Boyce and Digicel's Business Development / Sponsorship Manager- Gavin Hope, pose with athletes and Coaches.
Yesterday, during the launching of the Third Edition of the Classic at the main sponsor Digicel's Head Office in Kingston, the Company's Public Relations Manager, Shonnet Moore, after expressing on behalf of the entity its pleasure to be partnering with the Classic, once again pledged continued support for the event.
"We are pleased to be part of the Classic for the third straight year since we see it as important for the development of athletics in Guyana," Moore told the gathering of sponsors representatives, athletes and the media.
She then called on the general public to come out and support the event, which will also afford them the opportunity to see the next cadre of talent on show, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden.
President of the Athletic Association of Guyana, Colin Boyce in his remarks gave an outline of the list of events planned for the May 20 Classic, which includes 26 individual races in addition to 6 for teams, while there will be an international flavour that will see one of Guyana's most renowned middle distance athletes in Marian Burnett go up against the locals and those expected from abroad.
According to Boyce, they've written letters to the various Heads of Athletic Associations from Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Barbados and Grenada requesting a minimum of one athlete for the 800 and 1500 metres races in both the male and female categories and sometime this week he is expected to receive responses.
The AAG Boss revealed that the winning club is set to take home $500,000, runner-up $300,000 and 3rd place $100,000, while there will be gate prizes specifically intended to give back to the fans, especially those from the community.
Co-organiser Edison Jefford, whose brainchild it was to organise the Classic, extended gratitude to all the sponsors who've offered support, adding that without their assistance it would not be possible to stage the event.
"Most of the sponsors have been with us since the beginning and on behalf of the Organisers, I would like to extend thanks to all of them," Jefford said.
He mentioned Digicel, Ansa Mc al under their Smalta Brand, Wartsila, Johill Commercial, K&B Mining, Mark Interior Communications, E-Networks, Mohammed's Enterprise, Giftland OfficeMax, YK Investments, R&D Engineering among others.
Meanwhile, Boyce, when quizzed on whether any contingency arrangements have been put in place in the event of the inclement weather responded by saying that there are plans for such circumstances and is optimistic that should such a scenario develop, the personnel retained are more than equipped to handle the situation.
However, just to allay further fears, Boyce pointed out that the MSC Ground is being prepared with the assistance of the Town Council and they envisage it will be in decent shape to produce fast times and some exciting races.
Among the top locals expected to participate in the Classic are women's 100 metres champion Alisha Fortune, Chavez Ageday, Stephan James, Tevin Garraway, Kevin Bayley, Elton Bollers, Jevina Straker, Juanita Hooper, Neisa Allen, Tiffany Carto, Shauna Thornhill, Natasha Alder, Alita Moore, Alika Morgan, Janella Jonas, while the Mining Town will be represented by Winston Caesar, Nathaniel Giddings, Bevon Noble and Parish Cadogan.


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»1995 Wisconsin Act 27
27,2615m Section 2615m. 48.79 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2615p Section 2615p. 48.79 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2615r Section 2615r. 48.79 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2616 Section 2616 . 48.795 of the statutes is created to read:
48.795 Powers of the department of corrections. The department of corrections may do all of the following:
(1) Collect and collaborate with other agencies in collecting statistics and information useful in determining the cause and amount of delinquency and crime in this state or in carrying out the powers and duties of the department.
(2) Assist communities in their efforts to combat delinquency and social breakdown likely to cause delinquency and crime and assist them in setting up programs for coordinating the total community program, including the improvement of law enforcement.
(3) Assist schools in extending their particular contribution in locating and helping children vulnerable to delinquency and crime and in improving their services to all youth.
(4) Develop and maintain an enlightened public opinion in support of a program to control delinquency and crime.
27,2622 Section 2622 . 48.982 (2) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (2) (g) (intro.) In coordination with the departments of health and social services and public instruction education:
27,2623 Section 2623 . 48.982 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (c) (h), (i), (k) and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the plan developed under sub. (2) (a).
27,2623d Section 2623d. 48.982 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.982 (7) (b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to make a 20% 30% match to the grant, through either money or in-kind services.
27,2624 Section 2624 . 48.985 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
48.985 (1) Federal program operations. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (n), the department shall expend not more than $543,700 in fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $543,700 in fiscal year 1996-97 of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 for the department's expenses in connection with administering the expenditure of funds received under 42 USC 620 to 626, for child welfare projects and services provided or purchased by the department, for child abuse and neglect independent investigations and for providing child-at-risk field training to counties.
27,2625 Section 2625 . 48.985 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 48.985 (1) and amended to read:
48.985 (1) Federal program operations. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (n), the department shall expend not more than $543,700 in fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $543,700 in fiscal year 1996-97 of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 as follows: (a) For for the department's expenses in connection with administering the expenditure of funds received under 42 USC 620 to 626, not more than $273,700 in fiscal year 1993-94 and not more than $281,500 in fiscal year 1994-95 for child welfare projects and services provided or purchased by the department, for child abuse and neglect independent investigations and for providing child-at-risk field training to counties.
27,2626 Section 2626 . 48.985 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2627 Section 2627 . 48.985 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2628 Section 2628 . 48.985 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2629 Section 2629 . 48.985 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 48.985 (2) and amended to read:
48.985 (2) Community social and mental hygiene services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o), the department shall expend distribute not more than $3,919,800 in each fiscal year of the moneys received under 42 USC 620 to 626 as follows: 1. To to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23, for the provision or purchase of child welfare projects and services including child abuse and neglect investigation and treatment services, subject only to local, state and federal requirements specific to the types of projects or services, not more than $1,858,000 in each fiscal year and for the allocation, for services to children and families , not more than $567,300 in each fiscal year and for family-based child welfare services.
27,2630 Section 2630. 48.985 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
27,2631 Section 2631 . 48.985 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
27,2632 Section 2632 . 48.985 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
27,2632m Section 2632m. 48.985 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.985 (3) Community youth and family aids. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 20.410 (3) (oo), the department of corrections shall allocate, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 for the provision of services under s. 46.26 301.26, not more than $1,100,000 in each fiscal year.
27,2633 Section 2633 . 48.985 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.985 (4) Runaway services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (na) for runaway services, not more than $458,600 in each fiscal year.
27,2634m Section 2634m. 48.992 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.992 (1) (a) The "appropriate court" of this state to issue a requisition under s. 48.991 (4) is the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter for the county of the petitioner's residence, or, if the petitioner is a child welfare agency, the court so assigned for the county where the agency has its principal office, or, if the petitioner is the department of corrections, any court so assigned in the state.
27,2634p Section 2634p. 48.993 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.993 Juvenile compact administrator. (1) Under the interstate compact on juveniles, the governor may designate an officer or employe of the department of corrections to be the compact administrator, who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the governor. If there is a vacancy in the office of compact administrator or in the case of absence or disability, the functions shall be performed by the secretary of health and social services corrections, or other employe designated by the secretary. The compact administrator may cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its political subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement entered into by this state.
(2) The compact administrator shall determine for this state whether to receive juvenile probationers and parolees of other states under s. 48.991 (7) and shall arrange for the supervision of each such probationer or parolee received, either by the department of corrections or by a person appointed to perform supervision service for the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter for the county where the juvenile is to reside, whichever is more convenient. Those persons shall in all such cases make periodic reports to the compact administrator regarding the conduct and progress of the juveniles.
27,2634r Section 2634r. 48.994 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.994 Supplementary agreements. The department of corrections may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under s. 48.991 (10). If the supplementary agreement requires or contemplates the use of any institution or facility of this state or the provision of any service by this state, the supplementary agreement has no effect until approved by the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or which shall be charged with the rendering of the service.
27,2635g Section 2635g. 48.995 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.995 (2) In the case of an escapee or absconder under s. 48.991 (5) or (6), if the juvenile is in the legal custody or under the supervision of the department of corrections, it shall bear the expense of his or her return; otherwise the appropriate court shall, on petition of the person entitled to the juvenile's custody or charged with his or her supervision, arrange for the transportation at the expense of the county and order that the county reimburse the person, if any, who returns the juvenile, for the person's actual and necessary expenses. In this subsection "appropriate court" means the court which adjudged the juvenile to be delinquent or, if the juvenile is under supervision for another state under s. 48.991 (7), then the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter for the county of the juvenile's residence during the supervision.
27,2635m Section 2635m. 48.996 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.996 Compensation. Any judge of this state who appoints counsel or a guardian ad litem pursuant to the provisions of the interstate compact on juveniles may, in the judge's discretion, allow reasonable compensation in an amount not to exceed the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b), to be paid by the county on order of the court.
27,2636 Section 2636 . The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 49.001 of the statutes is repealed.
27,2637 Section 2637 . Subchapter I (title) of chapter 49 [precedes 49.001] of the statutes is created to read:
Subchapter I
27,2638 Section 2638 . 49.001 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.81 (intro.) and amended to read:
49.81 Public assistance recipients' bill of rights. (intro.) The department of health and social services, the department of industry, labor and human relations and all public assistance and relief-granting agencies shall respect rights for recipients of public assistance. The rights shall include all rights guaranteed by the U.S. constitution and the constitution of this state, and in addition shall include:
27,2639 Section 2639 . 49.001 (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
49.001 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter:
27,2640 Section 2640 . 49.001 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.81 (1).
27,2644 Section 2644 . 49.001 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
49.001 (5m) "Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 51.15, 51.20, 51.45 (11) (b) or 55.06 (11) (a) or ch. 980. "Prisoner" does not include any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c).
27,2645 Section 2645 . Subchapter II (title) of chapter 49 [precedes 49.002] of the statutes is created to read:
SUBCHAPTER II
RELIEF BLOCK GRANTS
27,2646b Section 2646b. 49.002 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.002 (1) It is declared to be legislative policy that, except in counties that make the election under s. 49.032 (2) (a), all recipients of general relief shall have maximum exposure to job training and job opportunities through the Wisconsin state employment service as well as other government agencies. Applicants and recipients of general relief shall comply with the established work-seeking rules of the general relief agency. Recipients of general relief shall also comply with the established work relief rules of the general relief agency. If a recipient of general relief refuses a bona fide offer of employment or training without good cause, or accepts a bona fide offer and subsequently performs inadequately through wilful neglect, or fails to comply with the work-seeking or work relief rules of the general relief agency, the general relief agency may discontinue general relief payments to the recipient for a period not to exceed 30 days for a first refusal, inadequate performance or failure to comply and for a period not to exceed 60 days for a 2nd or subsequent refusal, inadequate performance or failure to comply. The department shall promulgate rules to establish standards for determinations of benefit discontinuances under this subsection that exceed 30 days. Any Wisconsin taxpayer shall have standing in the circuit court for the purpose of obtaining an injunction to enforce this subsection.
27,2646c Section 2646c. 49.002 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
49.002 (2) It is the declared legislative policy that general relief is the payer of last resort in all cases, except those cases involving crime victim awards under s. 949.06, where a benefit is covered by general relief in a county and where a dispute may arise over payment for costs associated with maintaining the health and welfare of recipients providing that benefit to a recipient of general relief, including disputes concerning health care costs with private or public payees of health care costs, other governmental welfare programs, rehabilitation programs and programs requiring institutionalization or long-term medical and psychiatric treatment.
27,2647c Section 2647c. 49.002 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.002 and amended to read:
49.002 Legislative declaration. It is the declared legislative policy that general a county receiving a relief block grant is the payer of last resort in all cases, except those cases involving crime victim awards under s. 949.06, where a benefit is covered by general relief funded by a relief block grant in a county and where a dispute may arise over payment for costs associated with providing that benefit to a recipient of general relief, including disputes concerning health care costs with private or public payees of health care costs, other governmental welfare programs, rehabilitation programs and programs requiring institutionalization or long-term medical and psychiatric treatment providing health care services to recipients of relief funded by a relief block grant.
27,2648 Section 2648 . 49.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.01 Definitions. (intro.) As used in this chapter subchapter:
27,2649 Section 2649 . 49.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.43 (1e) and amended to read:
49.43 (1e) "Accommodated person" means any person in a hospital or in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, as defined in Title XIX of the social security act, who would have been eligible for benefits under s. 49.177 or 49.19 or 49.77 or federal Title XVI if the person were not in such a hospital or facility, and any person in such an institution who can be found eligible for Title XIX under the social security act.
27,2650 Section 2650 . 49.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
49.01 (1m) "Department" means the department of health and social services.
27,2651b Section 2651b. 49.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.01 (2) "Dependent person" or " dependent" means an individual without the presently available money, income, property or credit, or other means by which it can be presently obtained, excluding the exemptions set forth under s. 49.06, sufficient to provide the necessary commodities and services specified in sub. (5m) who is eligible for relief under s. 49.015.
27,2651d Section 2651d. 49.01 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
49.01 (2g) "Health care services" means such emergency and nonemergency medical, surgical, dental, hospital, nursing and optometric services as are reasonable and necessary under the circumstances, as determined by the county or tribal governing body. "Health care services" does not include services described under s. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4.
27,2652b Section 2652b. 49.01 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
49.01 (3) "Relief" means assistance that is provided to a dependent person and funded by a relief block grant.
27,2653 Section 2653 . 49.01 (3m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
49.01 (3m) (b) A tribal governing body or an agency under contract with the governing body to administer relief.
27,2654 Section 2654 . 49.01 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.001 (1m).
27,2655 Section 2655 . 49.01 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.001 (2).
27,2656 Section 2656 . 49.01 (5g) of the statutes is renumbered 49.001 (3).
27,2657b Section 2657b. 49.01 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.01 (5m) "General relief" means such services, commodities or money as are reasonable and necessary under the circumstances to provide food, housing, clothing, fuel, light, water, medicine, medical, dental, and surgical treatment (including hospital care), optometrical services, nursing, transportation, and funeral expenses, and include. Except in counties that make the election under s. 49.032 (2) (a), general relief also includes benefits under s. 49.032 and any wages for work relief. The food furnished shall be of a kind and quantity sufficient to provide a nourishing diet. The housing provided shall be adequate for health and decency. Where there are children of school age the general relief furnished shall include necessities for which no other provision is made by law. The general relief furnished, whether by money or otherwise, shall be at such times and in such amounts, as will in the discretion of the general relief official or agency meet the needs of the recipient and protect the public.
27,2657c Section 2657c. 49.01 (5m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
27,2658b Section 2658b. 49.01 (5r) of the statutes is renumbered 49.01 (3m) (intro.) and amended to read:
49.01 (3m) (intro.) "General relief Relief agency" means the following if a county or tribal governing body operates a relief program funded by a relief block grant:
(a) A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or an agency under contract with a county department to administer relief.
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Nikolái Alexándrovich Axiónov –en ruso, Николай Александрович Аксëнов– (Sortavala, URSS, 8 de junio de 1970) es un deportista ruso que compitió en remo.

Participó en dos Juegos Olímpicos de Verano, en los años 1966 y 2000, obteniendo una medalla de bronce en Atlanta 1996, en la prueba de ocho con timonel. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Remo de 1999, en la misma prueba.

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Remeros de Rusia
Remeros en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996
Remeros en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney 2000
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de remo
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Rusia
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Atlanta 1996
Deportistas de Rusia en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996
Deportistas de Rusia en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney 2000
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More threats from an unhinged Turkish politician.
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Health and Fitness|A Simple Dream | A Journal Sentinel Special Report
Surrogate looks to provide gift of life
Jenny Boyd, 5½ weeks pregnant, glances at her daughter Macie, 3 (not shown), as technician Holly Vandehei performs an ultrasound. Boyd is serving as a surrogate for a Connecticut couple. Credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Simple Dream
Part 1: A couple's journey
After losing twins, Dawn and Mike Kornstein turn to surrogacy.
Part 2: Feeling the call to help
The Kornsteins' quest leads to a new, complicated path.
Part 3: Dream gains life
A second surrogate, Jennifer B. from Wisconsin, faces complications.
Part 4: Dream delivered
The long road leads the Kornsteins to an Oshkosh hospital.
Chart: Surrogacy costs and compensation
Chart: U.S. pregnancy rates by age
Diagram: Surrogacy using a gestational carrier
Illustration: A rare complication: Twin-to-twin transfusion
Bar chart: Estimated success rates for in vitro fertilization
Surrogacy laws by state
Interactive Document
Surrogacy application
Careful screening seen as best way to prevent conflicts
Paid surrogacy raises legal, moral questions
Surrogacy laws vary by state
Wisconsin ruling prevents most insurers from denying benefits to surrogates
How we reported this series
By Gina Barton of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 08, 2012 0
Jenny Boyd lay on an examining table in Connecticut, a sheet draped over her.
Dawn and Mike Kornstein, in surgical
gowns, caps and shoe covers, stood beside her.
All three watched on a large monitor as a scientist extracted the two chosen embryos - one boy, one girl - from a petri dish in the room next door. Carefully, she delivered them to the doctor, Joshua Hurwitz.
"We're going to put them right there," he said, pointing to the image of Jenny's womb on the ultrasound screen.
Tears came to Jenny's eyes. He was putting life inside her.
It was May 2011. This new chapter in Dawn and Mike's quest for a family had begun four months earlier. That's when Jenny, an Oshkosh woman who felt called by God to carry a baby for an infertile couple, applied online with a surrogacy agency, Reproductive Possibilities. Dawn and Mike had registered there, too, seeking a woman to help them realize their dream.
To have a baby.
The day after Jenny filled out the online question naire, the agency called to interview her. About a week after that, Jenny talked with Dawn and Mike for the first time.
To help her prepare for the call, the agency sent Jenny a letter Dawn and Mike had written and a picture of the Connecticut couple, who looked as if they had stepped out of a J.Crew catalog.
Dawn and Mike knew Jenny as "Jennifer B. from Wisconsin," and Jenny knew only their first names. A woman from the agency was on the line, too, helping the three of them get to know each other.
Dawn and Mike told Jenny their story. They had lost premature twin sons at 5½ months gestation. Dawn was unable to get pregnant again. Surgery to repair her damaged uterus had failed, as had fertility treatments. A previous surrogate miscarried at nine weeks and gave up.
Dawn and Jenny learned they had a lot in common. Both had business degrees - Dawn in finance and Jenny in marketing. Both had lived abroad - Dawn in Paris while working for IBM and Jenny all over the place, growing up an Air Force brat. Dawn's birthday is Sept. 29 and Jenny's is Sept. 30, although Jenny was a year older at 41.
After the 45-minute conversation, Dawn and Mike decided Jenny was the one. She had given all the answers they hoped to hear. She promised to try four rounds of in vitro fertilization. She planned to tell everyone she was not the baby's mother, and she and her husband, Tommy, weren't planning to have any more children.
"It will be great to give birth, and go home and go to sleep," Jenny wisecracked.
She was willing to allow both of them in the room for the transfer of the embryos and the delivery of the baby - or babies, if she became pregnant with twins.
The next day, Jenny called the agency to say she, too, was all in. She figured Dawn and Mike would speak to several women and then choose among them. But that's not the way it worked.
Tommy was at the office when Jenny called to tell him the news: "We're it."
"What?" he asked.
"We're it," Jenny repeated. "We have to decide whether we want to proceed or not."
Tommy wasn't about to tell her "no." He didn't think carrying Dawn and Mike's baby would compromise Jenny's health, so he agreed.
Jenny's choice required sacrifices for both of them. They couldn't have sex for two weeks before the embryos were transferred or six weeks afterward. Both of them had to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Serving as a surrogate did have financial benefits. If things went well, Jenny could earn close to $20,000. She and Tommy could pay off some bills and take their family on a Caribbean cruise.
Before Jenny and Tommy had too much time to think about all the other implications, they were on their way to Connecticut for medical and psychological tests. If they passed, she would return in a few months to have Dawn and Mike's embryos transferred into her.
Jenny felt the first hint of nervousness as they waited in Detroit for their connecting flight from Appleton to the East Coast.
"You don't think they're flying us out there to kill us, do you?" she asked Tommy.
"That would be kind of expensive," he deadpanned. "Wouldn't it?"
As they prepared to get off the plane, Jenny worried that meeting Dawn in person could be awkward. Should she shake hands? Hug her? What should she say?
Dawn hugged her immediately.
"Thank you for doing this," Dawn said. "Thank you."
Back in Wisconsin with a clean bill of health, Jenny prepared to carry Dawn and Mike's baby.
Advances in procedure
When in vitro fertilization was first used in surrogacy in the mid-1980s, the eggs were removed from the genetic mother, fertilized in a petri dish and transferred into the surrogate five to seven days later. The genetic mother and the surrogate would have to coordinate their menstrual cycles with medication for the procedure to work. That's because a five-day-old embryo, for example, can only thrive in a uterus five days into the carrier's cycle.
Due to advances in cryopreservation, or freezing of embryos, Dawn and Jenny wouldn't have to do that.
When in vitro fertilization began, embryos had to be frozen slowly, making them only about half as likely to successfully implant. Today, flash-freezing is the norm, and the success rates are neck-and-neck with embryos that have never been frozen, according to Hurwitz, the infertility specialist.
As a result, doctors could harvest Dawn's eggs, fertilize them with Mike's sperm, let the embryos grow for a few days and then freeze them until Jenny arrived at the clinic.
To get ready, Jenny needed medication to stop her from ovulating. Then, she had to fool her body into sustaining a pregnancy even though she had not provided the egg.
That meant lots of shots.
If she became pregnant, she would need daily shots of estrogen and progesterone. These would keep the baby stable until the placenta fully formed at around 10 weeks gestation. Women who get pregnant on their own automatically produce these hormones, but Jenny would not.
By May, everything was ready and she headed back to Connecticut.
A week after Hurwitz placed the embryos in her womb, Jenny took a home pregnancy test. The resulting line was very faint, but looked positive. She asked Tommy to check it. Looked positive to him, too.
Jenny called Dawn around 8 a.m. New York time. No answer.
Jenny tried an instant message.
"I'm in a meeting," Dawn typed back.
"Well," Jenny responded, "congratulations."
"OMG! OMG!" Dawn replied.
Jenny would take two more home pregnancy tests. On each one, the "positive" line grew darker. A blood test confirmed it: Jenny was pregnant.
It was time to start her hormone shots. Jenny could not inject them herself.
Tommy refused to do it. He absolutely could not poke his wife in the rear end with a needle an inch and a half long. He didn't want to hurt her, and he didn't want to faint. Jenny's aunt, Ginger Heckel, lived next door. Ginger was a nurse, and she was willing to give Jenny the injections before work. Every weekday, Jenny rose at 5:20 a.m. and walked out her back door and up her aunt's driveway with a syringe. On weekends, she recruited different friends or neighbors for the job.
Everyone Jenny told about serving as a surrogate was either impressed or intrigued. Her mother, especially, was proud that Jenny was willing to give such a gift to a couple she had just met. To her mother, it seemed a natural progression from signing up for the bone marrow registry and giving blood, which Jenny did regularly.
When Jenny went for an ultrasound at 5½ weeks, Dawn and Mike didn't fly to Wisconsin, and they didn't listen via conference call - they couldn't bear to hear bad news that way again.
Instead, they asked Jenny to call them afterward.
Miscarriage wasn't on Jenny's mind as she arrived at the doctor's office that day. She was more concerned with whether she was carrying twins.
It seemed all the signs were there. Jenny's levels of HCG, the pregnancy hormone, had skyrocketed. It was normal for them to double every 48 hours early in a pregnancy. Jenny's had quadrupled.
One of Jenny's best friends, Linda Frazier, put even more faith in Jenny's right eye. When Jenny looked up, two distinct red veins stood out. Two veins, Linda said, meant two babies.
The ultrasound technician quickly located one baby and measured it at 2 millimeters.
Jenny and Linda waited for news of the second. But the veins had lied. There was just one baby.
"This little flicker there, that's a heartbeat. That's baby right there," the tech said, pointing it out on the screen.
Jenny sucked in her breath.
"We've got a heartbeat," she sighed. "That's so amazing."
A complication develops
Nine days later, Jenny felt a bit lightheaded as she headed to her Aunt Ginger's house to get her shot. Jenny sat on her back steps and put her head between her knees until the feeling passed, then stood up again.
A few minutes later, her aunt and uncle wondered why they had not yet heard the familiar knock at the door. Her uncle glanced out the window.
Jenny was lying facedown in the driveway, as still as a corpse.
Her aunt and uncle rushed outside. Jenny was just beginning to regain consciousness. Blood poured from her nose, eye, forehead and upper lip, covering her face. Her glasses were broken. She couldn't see. As her aunt and uncle helped her into their house, Ginger suggested that Jenny go to the hospital, just in case.
Jenny refused.
"No," she said, still a little foggy. "I want to go home."
Then she started throwing up blood.
Friday: The Kornsteins hope for good news.
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...wishing that I could relax and just dissertate. :) Actually, I feel pretty good today, but I am giving myself a few minutes to just surf the free internet connection here and add another lovely post to my oh so fascinating blog. I think that it is important to give myself some fun things to do...at least until Weeds starts up again in August (which means that the free time will be totally devoted to Nancy's craziness). By the way, I am totally addicted to the song in the season 6 teaser ("Terrible Things" by April Smith and the Great Picture Show). There is going to be some fun in August! Love the teaser trailer...but it really isn't enough to hold me over until August.
Meanwhile, what else is going on...just working hard and trying to convince myself that because I am so far behind in my dissertation work that I am not a total slacker. Poor Elizabeth had to listen to all of my woes this week. She made me feel so much better about it all. By the way: all of you out there who will be writing dissertations or a thesis, make sure you have people around that are at your same point in the process and some people who are ahead of you. That way, when things feel totally out of control, you won't feel so bad. I don't know what I would do without Elizabeth.
You know, coffee shops are weird places...there are all kinds of conversations going on...all kinds of comfort levels being violated...all kinds of body language being expressed. It isn't incredibly crowded around here this morning, but there are several people here for very serious conversations and some of them don't appear to be going so well. Ahh...people watching.
In the words of Nancy Botwin: "What the F?"
Newest photos with the cousins!


Some job interviewers (including CEOs) take a fairly unusual approach to interview questions, and most job interviews involve the most common questions and answers. Yet most job interviews also include at least a few questions designed to reveal not just what a candidate thinks, but what he or she has actually done: Goals achieved, skills attained, situations encountered, actions taken.
1. "Tell me about a goal you recently achieved. What did your initial plan look like? What worked particularly well?"
This is a great icebreaker question. Any candidate who can't talk in detail about a goal achieved is likely to be a terrible candidate.
Most candidates will describe a goal that was set for them, a plan that they were in large part given, and then the steps they took to achieve the goal. And that's fine, but what you're really looking for are candidates who set their own goals, created their own plans, and then not only followed those plans but adapted to circumstances and changing conditions along the way.
After all, the best employees are able not just to plan well, but also to react and adjust well.
2. "Tell me about a goal you didn't manage to achieve. What happened? What did you do as a result?"
Most candidates will take responsibility for failing. (The ones who don't you definitely don't want to hire.) Good candidates don't place the blame on other people, or outside factors. They realize that stuff happens, and a key element of success is having the ability to adjust.
Great candidates take responsibility but also learn key lessons from the experience, especially about themselves. They see failure as training, and can describe in detail what perspectives, skills, and expertise they gained from that training.
3. "Tell me about a time you initiated an uncomfortable conversation with a co-worker. What did you say? How did it turn out?"
When there's a problem, many people hesitate to be candid and open. It's a lot easier to stay silent and hope someone else steps up.
But any candidate who has never started an uncomfortable conversation is a candidate you probably don't want to hire. Great teams possess an element of self-policing. They're willing not only to praise one another, but also to provide constructive criticism.
And, of course, you want to build a great team.
The best candidates show they have a feel for team dynamics, interpersonal issues, etc., and are willing to step up and raise issues when other employees hesitate.
4. "Tell me about the last time someone got upset with you. What did you do in response? How did it turn out?"
Conflict is also a fact of professional life. Every job at some point requires dealing with conflict. (Possibly the last time someone got upset is the time the candidate raised an uncomfortable issue.) The candidates you definitely don't want to hire place the blame on other people -- and place the responsibility for making the situation better on the other person, too.
Good candidates worked to address and resolve the problem; they didn't shy away from conflict but dealt with it in a professional (and hopefully emotionally intelligent) manner. The best candidates do that, but are able to admit as well that they played a part in starting the conflict, whether by words or actions or by noticing too late that a simmering issue was about to boil over.
5. "Tell me about the first three months at your last job. What did you do? What did you accomplish?"
The best employees don't want to spend their first few weeks just learning about the organization, getting their feet wet, and finding their way. They want to hit the ground running.
how they identified practical changes -- for greater efficiency, or quality, or customer satisfaction, etc. -- and then found ways to implement those changes.
The best candidates are self-starters. They don't wait to be given tasks, duties, responsibilities, etc. -- they dive in.
After all, every employee is an investment, so don't you want to start seeing a return on that investment as soon as possible?
Ask the above questions, but don't stop there. Turn each initial question a conversation. Dig deeper. Ask follow-up questions. Ask what the candidates said, what they did, what they did next. Go past the initial responses.
That way you'll not only get a better feel for the candidate's skills, experience, qualifications, etc., but you'll also give the candidate every opportunity to fully describe his or her skills, experience, and qualifications.
See every interview as a conversation. After all, a great interview is really just a great conversation.
Especially when you're talking with a great candidate.


If you've ever been a fan of giant monster movies, then you owe it to yourself to pick up Pacific Rim. I'd imagine that most of you have already seen the film when it released theatrically, but I found the film just as entertaining on a second or third watch as it was on the first. Pacific Rim is essentially a huge love letter to the giant monster sci-fi films of the past, and the only modern Hollywood film that's managed to capitalize on the epic scope of the creatures involved. While something like Cloverfield did a solid job on showcasing the personal impact of a monster disaster, Pacific Rim takes that level of destruction and cranks it up to 11.
In Pacific Rim, set against the backdrop of Earth's immediate future, otherworldly monsters dubbed Kaiju have invaded and set their sights on the destruction of humanity. These creatures are spawning from beneath the Pacific Ocean, emerging from an aquatic rift, with appearances escalating in frequency and size. Earth's first line of defense—and only line really—are the Jaegers, giant robots piloted by two individuals that share a mental connection in order to sustain the mental strain of using the Jaeger for combat. While this isn't what I'd label a plot dependent film, I'm not a huge fan of spoilers, so I'll avoid going into additional detail. But that promise given of epic robot vs. monster action shown in various trailers is absolutely delivered here.
And thankfully that transitions from the big screen to your home T.V. pretty well. The 3D effect looks fantastic for something post-converted, and the 1080p image is clear of needless filtering and processing. Lots of elements pop to the foreground in 3D—especially during battle—providing a sizeable amount of depth on screen. And the audio is absolutely fantastic. If you're looking to give your subwoofer a run for its money, feel free to pop this in and annoy the hell out of the neighbors on your block.
Of course the film is pretty great too. It's the very definition of a summer blockbuster, easily accessible for all ages despite that PG-13 rating. During one of the small interviews with director Guillermo Del Toro in the special features, he makes mention of trying to make the film capture even the short attention span of a 12 year old, which I'd imagine Pacific Rim certainly does. Of course it also appeals towards adults, it just simplifies character traits into recognizable attitudes culled from other popular sci-fi films, avoiding tedious monologues, angst-ridden intolerable leads, and other pratfalls commonly seen in the genre. The characters can be a bit paper-thin, but that seems to be a conscious decision in an effort to push the giant robot vs. giant monster element to the forefront of the film.
And that's a choice I can get behind, because the robot on monster action in Pacific Rim is really entertaining. Action sequences are well-shot—with some solid CGI—and things are easy enough to follow despite the gargantuan scale of the combatants. And there's plenty of action on display too–from the beginning to the end of Pacific Rim there's hardly a dull moment. Again, not a lot of time is spent on character set-up, Del Toro and company are painting in pretty broad strokes there, but we get enough emotional investment to care about how things shake out.
A lot of my love for the move is probably influenced by my appreciation of Godzilla, Gamera, King Kong, and all the giant monsters that have come before Pacific Rim. Del Toro is clearly a fan, something likeminded fans will see in the monster designs, and further pronounced by the film's dedication to Ray Harryhausen and Ishirō Honda. I don't think that your appreciation of Pacific Rim hinges on whether you're fan of similar films, but it certainly enhances it.
As mentioned above, the 3D Blu-ray set I'm reviewing here is packed with special features. There's an informative director's commentary from Guillermo Del Toro that is definitely worth a listen. There are also a fair number of deleted scenes and a blooper reel as well. The 2D Blu-ray disc contains a number of these features, with cast and crew interviews and a lot of emphasis on design work and the various sets featured throughout the film. There's a lot of informative material here for special FX fans that I found really interesting to watch. Most of these features are relatively short, about 4 to 6 minutes apiece, but there's another disc devoted to additional features.
This second disc contains a longer piece called The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim, which focuses a lot on Guillermo Del Toro's hands-on approach to VFX, and his partnership with ILM for the film. You typically don't see special features that focus on some of the directing work that goes into shooting digital effects, and it's nice to see a glimpse of that work here. Other features worth noting are the Director's Notebook, an interactive glimpse at notes from Del Toro, along with some short video packages with the director that go into his thoughts on color design and color emphasis throughout the movie.
There's also a lot of concept art packed in, featuring all Kaiju and Jaeger designs from the film, along with pilots and locations. There are even some neat glimpses at the maquettes for the Kaiju, which really makes me lament the lack of a toy line for Pacific Rim. Rounding out the features on the second disc is a detailed look at some of the "Drift" sequences from the film, with background information and biographies for some characters. And then there are four deleted scenes and a blooper reel that clocks in at around five minutes.
I'm really happy to see Pacific Rim get a great treatment for its initial Blu-ray release, and with absolutely no hesitation I'll say this is well worth picking up. If you missed the film in theaters, here's a great chance to rectify that and show Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures that this is a film that deserves to be a franchise. And if you already did your part in the box office, then you'll enjoy revisiting the film and checking out all the bonus content this release has to offer.


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Posted by progressiveideas in Clean Elections, Occupy Wall Street on 02/28/2012
Corporatism.
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is the merger of corporate and state power." ~ Benito Mussolini
There are only two real parties in American politics, but perhaps not the ones you think. Our system promotes a two party state because of the mechanics of our elections. The winner take all system that we employ causes any major third party challenge to split votes off from the dominant party who's views most closely match their own, thus throwing victory to the party most opposed to their views. This is why it is extremely unlikely, and exceedingly rare, to have a third party candidate win. I'm all for making changes to the winner take all system, but while we have this method, we need to figure out how to deal with the reality of how it works in order to elect more progressives.
Simply put, our issue is that we have one party that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporations and another is a partially owned subsidiary of corporations. It's not so much the Republicans and the Democrats as it is the Corporatists and the Progressive-Populists. Or as Alan Grayson put it in reference to Occupy Wall Street on Real Time with Bill Maher:
…they're complaining about the fact that wall street wrecked the economy 3 years ago and nobody's held responsible for that. Not a single person has been indicted or convicted for destroying 20%, 20% of our national net worth accumulated over the course of two centuries. They're upset about the fact that wall street has iron control over the economic policies of this country, and that one party is a wholly owned subsidiary of wall street, and the other party caters to them as well. That's the real truth of the matter…
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Bill Maher on WhoSay
This is why even when we get reform, it's usually watered down and full of corporate welfare (wealthfare). The much hyped and touted Affordable Care Act with its individual mandate is a huge giveaway to the health insurance corporations that are the problem in the first place. Yes, there are some good parts of the law and in the long run it may help move us toward a Medicare for All type solution, but with 60 Senators, a solid 257 seat majority in the House, and the Presidency, why couldn't Democrats pass something better? Likewise, why was there such a struggle against creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Why were the Dem's so vexingly ineffective at creating real, lasting, and substantive change as a majority party? And why was 2010 such a bad year for D's at the ballot box?
The simple answer is because the Corporatist still outnumbered the Progressive-Populists. Corporate Democrats like Max Baucus and the thankfully retiring Joe Lieberman (who was so Corporatist that the party activists kicked him out of the party in 2006) join with Corporatist Republicans (is there any other type?) to prevent progress. Progressive legislation is not only good policy, but good politics. When you pass popular legislation, people vote for you. I specifically refer to Progressive-Populists as such because it is the combination of popular ideas (ie. Populism) and ones that contribute toward social and economic justice, or progress, for the large majority (99%?) of regular people (ie. Progressivism) While this is a fairly simple idea, many Democrats either don't get it, or are so busy collecting campaign donations from their corporate backers that they just don't care.
This gets at one of the root causes of the problem. That we have a system that requires candidates to raise obscene amounts of cash in order to be heard allows those with obscene amounts of cash to simply buy the candidates. Generally speaking, the group of those with obscene amounts of cash include those in the top 1% and corporations. Corporations are mechanisms to aggregate wealth and therefore, the largest corporations usually have huge treasuries. With Citizens United v. FEC (pdf) giving corporations the ability to spend unlimited sums from their corporate treasury, the Corporatists will only become harder to beat. This is why we not only need a constitutional amendment making it clear that corporations are not people and overturning this atrocious ruling, but one that also allows for the creation of a publicly funded election system with matching funds, like Arizona's original system before it was struck down by the Supreme Court.
This would not completely solve the problem, but it would go a long way toward that solution. One of the consequences of the publicly financed system in Arizona was that because it opened the doors to just about anyone to run for public office, it allowed a lot of extreme right wingers to take control of the state. There are three reasons for this, the first is that the right was/is more organized than the left in Arizona, the second being that legislators are paid a paltry $24K salary making it hard to recruit quality candidates, and the third is that most of the legislative districts are drawn in a way that whomever wins the primary in one party or the other will prevail in the general. This combination of factors allowed the right wing of the Republican party to take over that party and the state government because they found extremists who would be happy to make $24,000 that they could run and get elected in the primary and subsequently the heavily partisan general. The left has not been so organized as to take advantage of the system in a way that pushes their partisans to take more progressive stances. They have also had a hard time recruiting candidates in many areas that are winnable. Arizona has a system whereby each Legislative District elects 1 Senator and 2 Representatives. While doing some elections research, I came across many examples of elections when the Democratic party won a State Senate seat, but did not even contest the corresponding House seats. This has lead to occasional control of the Senate, but decades in the minority in the House. In fact, because online records only go back as far as the 1974 election, I can't tell you when the Democrats last controlled the House.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, however, represents a new hope for Progressive-Populism. Many people have cautioned about outside forces, such as labor unions or Democrats, co-opting the movement, but why shouldn't the movement co-opt the Democratic party?
It should. The party is ripe for a takeover. In poll after poll, large majorities agree with the policies advocated by OWS, yet many occupiers shun traditional politics, opting only to protest rather than protest and vote. Many believe it is time for a complete revolution, but the public is not ready for this and pursuing this path would be deleterious, leading to a 70's style fizzle out. As Daniel Quinn put it in Ishmael in reference to the movement of the 60's and 70's:
"The revolt hadn't been put down, it had just dwindled away into a fashion statement."
OWS should still rally and protest in the streets, but in order to stay relevant and powerful, it must transition into the political arena. If the OWS movement funnels its energies into taking over the Democratic Party at the precinct committee person level and running its own candidates on the Progressive-Populist platform it espouses, it can take real political power to make the country over as it sees fit. Alternatively, OWS could endorse candidates and hold them accountable to their values. This will require taking on (and taking down) incumbent Corporatist Democrats who stand in the way of progressive reform and winning in places that are not currently thought of as winnable for Progressive-Populist Democrats. With the right candidate and the Progressive-Populist message, Democrats can win in every district in the country. While there aren't many who've tried, I can point to bold progressives like Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson as examples of Progressive-Populist Democrats winning in heavily Republican territory. It may not be as dramatic as occupying Times Square, but occupying the chambers, halls, and offices of congress carries much more power to fulfill our common values of Justice, Liberty, and Equality.
Cross posted at Daily Kos
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The Baird Government has failed to deliver a plan in the budget for NSW to reach its renewable energy targets as the state falls well short of its target of 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020.
NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley's budget reply speech highlighted the draft regulation for wind farms is now five years overdue with NSW missing out on billions of potential investment while the Government sits on its hands.
NSW has been consistently ranked as the worst performing state or territory for renewable energy output.
The Government's Clean Energy Action Plan Annual Report 2015 has shown that the share of energy coming from renewable sources has fallen from 12.9 per cent in 2014 to just 11.8 per cent in 2015.
Similarly, the Clean Energy Council listed NSW at the bottom of the States for renewable energy production in its 2014 report with only six per cent of its electricity coming from wind, solar and water.
The Climate Council's report Renewables Race also found NSW had not increased its proportion of renewable energy in its electricity supply in two years.
New South Wales received the worst renewable report grade due to the lowest and falling percentage of renewable electricity, low large-scale renewable capacity per person, no renewable energy target and low levels of rooftop solar.
"The Baird Government has dropped the ball on renewable energy for NSW. Despite big claims made in the Budget papers, there is no money for new investment in renewable energy projects.
"The Liberal and National Parties claim to support getting 20 per cent of our energy coming from renewables by 2020, but on their watch NSW is slipping behind.