Do we need to change many Parents’ Day Quotes for Gay Parents?
June 30, 2011
There are a number of Parent’s day quotes for parents’ day that address mother and father at the same time. For example:
• “A mother and a father are the bones on which children cut their teeth.”
• “Definition of Father’s Day: Same as Mother’s Day but you don’t spend as much.”
• “No matter what, Dad was always there with solid words of advice . . . “Go ask your mother.”
• “There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible, her mother’s cookbook, and her father’s checkbook.”
• “My mother phones daily to ask, “Did you just try to reach me?” When I reply no, she adds, “So, if you’re not too busy, call me while I’m still alive,” . . . and hangs up.”
In all the above Parents’ day quotes you will find that mother and father both are addressed or talk about. But now that we have an increasing number of gay parents – who might also receive parents day greetings and parent’s day cards with Parents’ day quotation on them – do we need to change many of the parents’ day quotes for them? Do we need to look for new gay parents’ day quotes, as kids will find them wrong to state them in the cards or parents day presents.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Entertainment news
Is it gay parent’s day or biological parent’s day?
June 30, 2011
Soon it is going to be parent’s day. It seems there will be a bit of confusion this time on parents day because it is expected that kids in general and people in particular may ask, if it is biological parents day or gay parents day.
On mother’s day kids thank their mothers for giving them birth while on father’s day they thank the fathers for being part of their life and giving them all the comforts in life. And last but not the least on Parents day we celebrate the day as we want to thank our parents who lived together and sorted out their issues for us – their kids.
After the same sex marriages law passed in NY it is certain that the community will also celebrate parents day but will this work for them or not? The community has been adopting children in order to make a family complete. But will this question not rise that the children will look for their biological parents on parents’ day. So this does create confusion!
Secondly, parents’ day talks about union of a man who is father and a woman who plays the role of a mother in home. In Gay parents’ day, this notion cannot work. Moreover, we have been hearing examples of single parents too. But in those cases the facts are obvious where the single parent does not have a choice to do anything about it.
It is recommended by News World Wide to have two separate days for celebrating biological parents’ day and gay parents’ day.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Entertainment news
Casey Anthony trial: Father George tried to commit suicide after he came to know about Caylee’s remains
June 30, 2011
On Wednesday, George Anthony — Casey Anthony’s father – was in the witness stand. He told how frustrating it was for him when he came to know about Caylee’s death. He said he tried to commit suicide after he felt that he ‘failed Caylee’.
It was the same day when an angry exchange of words took place between George Anthony and Casey Anthony’s lawyer Jose Baez. It was when he made comments that recommended that George could be alleged for the death of 2 year old Caylee.
George stated that it was the most difficult thing for him to accept that he did not have a grand-daughter. “I just decided that was the time for me to get away from all this, to spend time with Caylee..I didn’t want to be in this world any more,’ he said recollecting how, one month after Caylee’s remains were found, he attempted to commit suicide.
Having decided to take his life, George went to a motel in Daytona Beach and consumed pills and alcohol before writing a suicide note and bidding goodbye to family and friends.
“I still have those feelings every once in a while, even today … If it wouldn’t have been for law enforcement, I wouldn’t be here today,” he said.
The defense tried to bring George’s suicide attempt as a proof to his involvement in Caylee’s death. Caylee died accidentally in the family pool, but George covered it up is defense stand in this case. His suicide attempt was triggered by the feeling of guilt, according to the defense.
George Anthony persuasively denied the statement and all such suggestions and tried hard to clear his name. “How dare you, sir, try to tell me I did something differently to what I did? … It had nothing to do with guilt or innocence or anything like that …” he said.
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Google + social network has improved privacy control options than Facebook
June 30, 2011
Google has been trying to break the monopoly of the king Facebook since sometimes. But certainly their strategies did not work in all these years. So, it was high time for Google to make another major, preplanned and attractive attempt. And it just introduced Google plus social network. 
So what is new in Google +? Google+ has advance option of “circles”. This allows users to create different groups or circles that will show the members of any particular circle that you are online while you will remain invisible to others. Is that not awesome. Now you may create family circle, friends circle of school or office and so on. This means you have more control. For now Google + is in its Beta Version. It will available for public in next coming month.
This certainly gives advance privacy options in comparison to Facebook. So let’s see how does this work for Google this time. Let us know how did you find Goggle + and do you think it will give Facebook any setback?
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Tech news
Avastin: a harmful drug for women
June 30, 2011
News Worldwide
Food and Drug Administration panel Wednesday took a major step towards ending the use of best-selling drug Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer in the United States, despite complaints from confused patients, and the company producing the drug.
Spiritual Six of the FDA advisory committee unanimously that the drug was damaging to women than it helps. The FDA Official Margaret A. Hamburg has made a final decision, but the agency commissioners usually follow the recommendations of the Advisory Group.
The fate of the drug for breast cancer has been closely monitored by patients, oncologists, advocates for the health of women, responsible for health policies, politicians and the pharmaceutical industry.
The case has provoked strong reactions from supporters of easier access to new treatments and critics fear that rationing of health care. It is also considered one of the most visible evidence of scientific medicine led public protests ring. Finally, clinical trials do not support pledged at the start of the drug for the treatment of breast cancer.
I think everyone wanted to succeed Avastin, but the reality is that these studies do not support that hope, said Natalie Compagni Portis representing patients in the panel.
If the FDA removes Avastin is approved to treat breast cancer, the agent will be available for other cancers, allowing doctors to prescribe it “off label” for patients with breast cancer. But the decision is likely to ask insurers to stop paying for the drug – which costs about $ 88 000 per year per patient – for the treatment of breast cancer.. The breast cancer patients also lose a program sponsored by the manufacturer of the drug , Genentech, which caps the annual cost of about $ 57,000 for women who earn less than $ 100,000 a year.
A terrible tragedy happened, said Frank Burroughs, Abigail, and the Alliance for better access to drug development, which is one of the groups that has pressed to maintain the FDA approval of Avastin, because it is beneficial for some patients.
But the decision was welcomed by others, including several large groups of breast cancer advocacy and experts said it was important for the Agency to base its decisions on scientific evidence, not emotional appeals, especially when lives are at stake and control of health spending is crucial if the country’s economy.
Now we need to focus and resources on drugs that will really make a difference for women with breast cancer. Avastin is not, said Fran Visco of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
I think it’s great that they are willing to make the call lasts, said H. Gilbert Welch is a Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
The FDA is not expected to recognize the costs of drug approval, and officials stressed that the price was irrelevant. But come amid an ongoing debate in National Review Obama’s health care, the struggle of Avastin has become entangled in the fight politically sensitive medical costs and effectiveness.
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Roger Federer failure at Wimbledon
June 30, 2011
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Initially, it was touching, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight deep into a corner early in the third that caused Roger Federer to furrow his brow.
It was like a brother to put his finger in the chest and a brother for the first time I realized that he could break down, 26-year-old Tsonga slowly gaining confidence against Federer at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
The forehand before an ace of 130 km / h, which was a break service, which turned into two, then three, until Federer was left behind, pushed around and eventually out of Wimbledon for the second consecutive year, a sore loser in the quarterfinals.
For the first time in 179 games in the tournament, Federer squandered a two sets and the third-seeded Wimbledon champion six times, was sent home by the 12th-seeded Tsonga 3-6, 6 -7 (3), 6 -4, 6-4, 6-4.
Tsonga celebrates his unexpected victory in the spins and spins triumphantly around the Centre Court. The French, who made the final of Australian Open 2008, said the win was his best ever.
For me, it’s more special because I won the semi-finals Roger Federer is a great of this court, Tsonga said. For me, it’s simply out of this world. For me, it’s certainly one of the best memories of my career.
Tsonga moved to a Friday semifinal against second-seeded Novak Djokovic, who survived a serious warning of 18 qualifier Bernard Tomic. Djokovic has played from behind in the third set before coming to win, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal, who needed an injury time victory in the fourth round and said he needed anesthesia to relieve pain in his left foot, seemed to move, thereby eliminating the last American singles chart, 10 ° head series Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Later, Nadal said, My foot is fine, but we are in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, is an emergency, so I had to play.
In the other semifinal Friday, Nadal will play fourth-seeded Andy Murray, Britain’s great hope. Murray delighted the Centre Court spectators jampacked blows seeded Feliciano Lopez, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. It was a British winner at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.
But now there was no performance so dazzling that Tsonga against Federer.
I think the game was very well enough this year to win the tournament, Federer said, but unfortunately there is only one that can win, and I stay at home empty-handed.
Federer had intended to tie Pete Sampras in men with the most singles titles at Wimbledon in September, and the 29-year-old Swiss appeared to reset in the first two sets.
The first hole game Federer has appeared in the third game of the third set, when Tsonga took his first service break with a backhand winner percussion. Tsonga has survived three deuces in the final game in the third set, holding his service and took the set. It is with a massive forehand winner Tsonga got the break in service only in the fourth set.
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Federal Reserve doubles the fees
June 30, 2011
News Worldwide
The Federal Reserve delivered a joke punchline on Wednesday, a year of lobbying blitz that has raged on ATM fees.
In the midst of a heavy pressure on Wall Street, the Fed has almost doubled the amount that gives banks the opportunity to charge for retailers and consumers with a new regulation in effect at the same time to release the whole class card transactions debt, the rule altogether.
Payment by sliding a debate dominated the Senate for months, with almost all U.S. retail banks backs fought on Capitol Hill. In recent years Wall Street Reform Bill requires the Fed to write a rule that limits magnetic cards for payment, that banks charge retailers a privilege to accept plastic.
The central bank had originally proposed 12-cent limit such charges in December after the Fed survey of banks found that the average cost of processing debit transactions was 7 cents, with a stroke average of 4 cents. 12-cent cap would leave the banks’ profit margin is about 70 percent of debit cards is based on median costs, but there was a reduction of almost 75 percent from the average current fees to grab more than 44 cents for each transaction.
Wall Street has been pressure on the Fed throughout the year to review the rule, and on Wednesday the pressure paid off: The central bank raised the ceiling on the fees proposed to slip to 21 cents, plus 0, 05 percent of the amount of the transaction, and 1 cent to cover the cost of protection against fraud. All told, the Fed said it will allow banks to charge a maximum of 24 cents per transaction on average.
It is actually higher than the average amount that dealers pay for the current sweep that require customers to enter the personal identification number – PIN sweeps the importance of effectively exempt from new legislation. According to the Fed study, in December the banks are charging an average of 56 cents for debit card transactions, which require a customer to sign the consent, compared with 23 cents in taxes PIN safer.
While the cost per acquisition seems low, representing billions of dollars each month. According to The Nilson Report, an industry publication, the banks had 16 billion in 2009 on charges of magnetic card, debit card, with half of the total circulating only 10 banking giants.
Fed also said the state will not take effect until 1 October instead of July 21, when the regulation was originally scheduled to be completed. The extra month of higher slip fees would be much better for the benefit of bank shareholders 2011: Wall Street scores $ 1.35 billion for each month that the rules are delayed, the Nilson Report found. Since the new rules almost drag reducing costs by half, overtime is a gift of about $ 1.5 billion for the banks.
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Master plan for Navy Pier to be revealed
June 30, 2011
News Worldwide
A key project for Navy Pier is to be unveiled Thursday morning, predicted children’s museum in Chicago is not only remain as an anchor, but also to expand there, according to sources familiar with the planning process.
The museum was in talks with management the Navy Pier opportunity to stay at tourist spot Lake since the beginning of this year, and its inclusion in the plan seems farther away from the establishment of a previous plan to move Grant Park.
A final agreement was not reached earlier this week, sources said.
A museum spokeswoman declined to comment Wednesday afternoon, but according to a statement Thursday it would, after the dock master plan was officially presented.
The plan also includes a significant expansion of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where the construction of a building typically form new, more green space and to update the scenery, restaurants and more retail to improve the supply, the sources said.
The expansion of the theater could include the addition of a facility of 950 seats to its current 500-seat theater and 200 seats, which could have the space occupied by neighboring underutilized step Wharf Skyline Cirque Shanghai at home in the summer months.
The platform will be launched plans for a day before the complex movements of private management of public entertainment. Pier 3000 feet will be leased at no cost to the Navy Pier, Inc., a nonprofit organization to govern and manage new installation. The plans are intended as a guide to the new address.
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the state agency in the city, which owns and operates the platform, hopes to channel some $ 50 million to nonprofit organizations to help with capital improvements.
Authority officials declined to comment before the presentation, which must occur in a joint meeting of the authority and the new nonprofit. However, an advisory committee meeting said the plan is designed to increase attendance throughout the year and at night and create more imaginative public spaces.
It seems that the framework plan to use a number of ideas last year in Washington, DC, Urban Land Institute, a group mainly for developers.
One possibility discussed later, a giant Ferris wheel, it seems unlikely due to cost and how much space it would take, according to sources.
The spring, reborn in 1995 after a $ 200 million renovation, is the first most visited tourist destination in the central region, which offers rides, restaurants, shops and lake cruises.
On Friday, the authority, known as the MCPI, it also changes the management of McCormick Place, a private operator.
SMG, which manages stadiums, arenas and convention centers, will run daily operations at the exhibition complex in a five-year contract requires an annual fee of $ 450 000 with the possibility of a another $ 450,000 if it meets the objective of creating revenue, reduce costs and satisfy customers.
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Princess Diana 50th birthday and a computer generated image with Kate Middleton
June 29, 2011
Soon is Princess Diana’s 50th birthday. No doubt her being is always missed when there is an occasion in the royal family. This time a magazine has used the opportunity of her birthday to tribute the awesome lady in its own way. Newsweek has used digital technology to create an image of her. The image is about how she would have looked at 50. The image shows how she would have appeared in 2011.
This picture is used on the cover of the magazine where Diana 50 is with her daughter in law Duchess Catherine.
The cover story is made by Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of Newsweek and Diana biographer. They have predicted in their story that Diana would have moved to New York and would have engaged herself in social network Twitter.
“Diana would have been 50 this month,” Brown wrote. “What would she have been like? Still great-looking: that’s a given.”
Princess Diana was killed in an auto accident on August 31, 1997.
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Amber Rose Nude Photos leak — Did she really send them to Minaj’s BF?
June 29, 2011
Amber Rose just came in to the scene in order to talk about the leaked graphic photos of her. She also addressed about the talk that stated that they were also sent to Nicki Minaj’s boyfriend.
Today Amber Rose used twitter to stop this gossip. Her status said that the blogs are not upto anything except for destroying people lives. She added that that she did not sent any pics to any ones boyfriend. She also said to stop the lies and it was so ridiculous.
She added Yall is doing this to her since 3 years now and it should be declared illegal as people are up to putting fake stories about others and it seems that the media does not want anyone to live happily.
For now it has been said that Rose did send them to Minaj’s boyfriend. There are reports that say that Amber Rose had some inappropriate kind of relation with Nicki Minaj’s Boyfriend Safaree. And for some reason she sent some nekkid pictures of herself to Minaj.
It was Nicki’s birthday in Vegas when she caught her boyfriend in Amber’s room. She did guess that they were up to something. Later she discovered through Safaree’s cell phone that Amber was sending him naked photos of herself.
It was in February when more of nude photos of Amber Rose came online. It was previous December when Minaj was glad to see Amber with Kanye West.
“Well I was great friends with Amber Rose when they were dating and she had recommended me to him for his album and finally I guess he relented [laughs],” Minaj said of meeting West. “One day I got a call from her and she said Kanye wanted me to come down to Hawaii and record for the album. He told me I could pick what I wanted to be on. I heard the beat for ‘Monster.’ I fell in love with it and that’s how the ‘Monster’ verse happened…When it came to me putting my album out, I was like ‘I can’t have an album without Kanye. He has to be a part of it.’ He’s become my mentor, he gives me advice, he hits me, takes random pictures off-line and says ‘Oh this is a good picture of you.’ He’s really into fashion so he’s a good person to have a well-rounded conversation with.”
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