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She can take her daughter and he can't say she's kidnapped her. But he can also take their daughter.
What he can do if she goes on vacation out of state for a few weeks with their daughter: File for divorce & custody with an order to return the child to their home state. Change the locks on their house. File to keep her out of the house until divorce settlements are made. While he may not win anything, just filing for those things will make her jump through hoops unneccessarily. It might give him an upper hand on getting custody if he presents it as "she left, took our daughter, cut me out completely".
Like everyone else said, she needs to see a lawyer. She probably should not go anywhere until she has seen a lawyer. If she is in need of physical protection, she needs a lawyer ASAP, and then get to a safe spot.
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That organization has an agenda to protect organics as much as Monsanto has an agenda to protect use of chemicals.
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Oh, I assumed you had young children. Sorry, it sounds like you'll have to keep working at this.
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I'd bet your kids don't care what kind of cat you have, but it's your dream to have a Turkish Angora. What about putting your dream on hold and getting a local kitten from the pound? In 15-20 years the kids will be grown, the cat will have passed on, and you'll have more money to get the cat of your dreams.
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Do you think the original drafting of the constitution foresaw a President being involved in party politics?
No, but I had to google to find a better answer than I could give from memory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States
Original Constitution and reformUnder the original terms of the Constitution, the electors of the Electoral College voted only for office of President rather than for both President and Vice President. Each elector was allowed to vote for two people for the top office. The person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) would be president, while the individual who received the next largest number of votes became Vice President. If no one received a majority of votes, then the House of Representatives would choose among the five highest vote-getters, with each state getting one vote. In such a case, the person who received the highest number of votes but was not chosen president would become Vice President. In the case of a tie for second, then the Senate would choose the Vice president.[6]
The original plan, however, did not foresee the development of political parties and their adversarial role in the government. In the election of 1796, for instance, Federalist John Adams came in first, but because the Federalist electors split their second vote amongst several vice presidential candidates, Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson came second. Thus, the president and Vice President were from opposing parties. Predictably, Adams and Jefferson clashed over issues such as states' rights and foreign policy.[10]
A greater problem occurred in the election of 1800, in which the two participating parties each had a secondary candidate they intended to elect as Vice President, but the more popular Democratic-Republican party failed to execute that plan with their electoral votes. Under the system in place at the time (Article II, Section 1, Clause 3), the electors could not differentiate between their two candidates, so the plan had been for one elector to vote for Thomas Jefferson but not for Aaron Burr, thus putting Burr in second place. This plan broke down for reasons that are disputed, and both candidates received the same number of votes. After 35 deadlocked ballots in the House of Representatives, Jefferson finally won on the 36th ballot and Burr became Vice President.[11]
This tumultuous affair led to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804, which directed the electors to use separate ballots to vote for the president and Vice President.[5] While this solved the problem at hand, it ultimately had the effect of lowering the prestige of the Vice Presidency, as the office was no longer for the leading challenger for the presidency.
The separate ballots for President and Vice President became something of a moot issue later in the 19th century when it became the norm for popular elections to determine a state's Electoral College delegation. Electors chosen this way are pledged to vote for a particular presidential and vice presidential candidate (offered by the same political party). So, while the Constitution says that the president and Vice President are chosen separately, in practice they are chosen together.
If no vice presidential candidate receives an Electoral College majority, then the Senate selects the Vice President, in accordance with the United States Constitution. This could in theory lead to a situation in which the incumbent Vice President - in his role as President of the Senate - would be called upon to give his tie-breaking vote for himself or his successor. The election of 1836 is the only election so far where the office of the Vice President has been decided by the Senate. During the campaign, Martin Van Buren's running mate Richard Mentor Johnson was accused of having lived with a black woman. Virginia's 23 electors, who were pledged to Van Buren and Johnson, refused to vote for Johnson (but still voted for Van Buren). The election went to the Senate, where Johnson was elected 33-17.
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It's been a huge blessing for our grandson. I love to camp, husband can't anymore, so the cub scout den & pack camping trips have been great for me & GS10. It's given him a group of friends at school, and I know their parents due to den meetings.
The worst thing that happened at Adventure Camp: the WEBELOS II camped out under the stars, only it rained. They stayed outside in the rain. I picked him up later that day. He started telling me how awful it was, but in 15 minutes it had turned into a great adventure that he survived.
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There aren't many beekeepers who will get them out of a house like you have them. Keep trying to find one, but you will probably have to tear out a bit of the siding to remove everything, and as a result they'll die. Be sure everything is sealed up good when you are done replacing the window, the smell of honey will probably remain and draw more.
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Are they inside the siding? Is it a really recent swarm that landed?
Yes, you can harvest the honey if you cut into their nest during the winter but you will kill them by trying to get rid of them in the winter.
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You can always look for other breeders. Other than that, I guess you don't have a lot of options. We like our barn cats, but I understand you wanting a particular breed. If you're so set on that breed that you've waited 9 months, you might not be happy if you just get any cat. Have you thought about getting a kitten close by, then getting the special kitty when it's available? 2 cats are more fun than 1.
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Were you set on a particular breed?
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Our daughter is 31 weeks pregnant. She and her 6 & 8 year old daughters moved in with us this summer as she sorts out some issues with the father of her baby. We already had permanent custody of our sons 10 year old boy. I've afterschooled him for a couple years, but he and the 2 granddaughters will be going to the same public school in 4 weeks.
My husband is on a lot of drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, our daughter is supposed to be on bedrest as of last week, and they both have mild asthma. Since I work off the farm, I'm thinking I might get my first flu vaccine this year, and have the 6, 8, & 10 year old vaccinated, too. If I could work from home, I'd keep those 3 home in a heartbeat. It's an awful balancing act, which has the most risk, which will keep the most healthy?
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What do you have growing?
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Our board microbiologist was skeptical of the claims for raw milk. [Gosh, what was his name?] He said the only difference in nutrition was that pasturized milk wouldn't give you brucellosis or some of the other nasty diseases that are possible. I don't understand how conventional dairy farmers just squirting that blue stuff onto the cow's teats before attaching the milking machines makes the manure clinging to them just *poof* disappear.
I'm personally askeerd of brucellosis, but if I had a family that I trusted raising and milking a cow, I might be willing to try raw.
Squirting the 'blue stuff' on the cows teats doesn't make the manure disappear any more than people squirting anti-bacterial waterless hand gel on their hands make them clean. It kills the bacteria, although soap & water do better.
I grew up drinking raw milk, so did my husband. My dad vaccinated against brucellosis, my fil did not. None of my family was ever sick from drinking milk, my husband and one of his siblings contracted undulant fever from brucellosis infected cows. With the eradication & testing programs in the last 40 years, brucellosis is not a big concern now (in the USA).
Raw, unpasteurized milk is no guarantee against lactose intolerance, I developed that as a teen, or became aware of it then. :(
The main thing I'd ask the farmer is if he & his family drinks their own milk. If not, why not?
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I'd let it lay and pull dirt up to cover some of the stems. Tomato plants will root on the stems. If the tomato plant split when falling the extra dirt on the stems will let it root above any stem splits.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090729/hl_nm/us_food_organic
I've never been convinced organic is healthier than non-organic, so I don't buy organic unless I see something on sale for the same price as non-organic. When I have bought organic, I haven't noticed any difference in the taste.
I like to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables in the summer, though. They cost the same as produce in the grocery stores but taste way better. I also just found out about a farm that has decent prices for bulk purchases of hormone and additive free beef, so I think we'll try that out. It's over an hour away, but the closer farms are way too expensive.
There's a Trader Joe's being built 2 minutes from where I work. I'm anxious to try it out since so many people here love it.
Yes, I saw that too.
The biggest problem I have with the whole organic movement is how close it is to a religion for many. If one person says, "I buy locally", the next says, "I buy locally & no hormones", next ups the ante to "I buy organic", next says, "I buy organic and grass fed -- no grains to my animal!".
It's a vicious, nonsensical, cycle of "My product is better because ....", and the studies don't show any benefit!
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Yikes, do you have a back-up system to get water to the cattle? Our back-up is 1,000 gal tanks & pump from our pond. That's do-able for beef, not so good for dairy.
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"Discreet" is too vague and subjective. Honestly, some women thing discreet is covering up with something every time and some think that it's discreet as long as you don't see a nake breast and nipple for more than 10 seconds or so. Some think it's not their job to be discreet and that it's up to the men and teenage boys of other families to "just get over it" and look away.
I chose the first option in the poll, but I don't think the baby has to be smothered or totally covered the whole time.
OK, I was reading your post and thinking, yeah, what she said! (although I picked number 2, I think they're pretty interchangeable.) Then I looked up to see who wrote it and saw your icon of a lego person on a toilet, that cracked me up so much! I bet some who think nothing of baring both breasts while nursing would be offended by that picture! Maybe not on this board, but someone, somewhere, doesn't think it's appropriate to show toilet activity, haha.
To all:
I don't think anyone on this board would go up to a nursing mom and tell her to cover up. But don't try to shame us who use (or used) a cover or privacy in the name of modesty. To each his own, and try to be respectful of others.
One other comment, am I the only one who had noisy sucklers? There was no question they were nursing. My second was really noisy and when she learned she could make noise at will, she was doing it almost constantly! I guess it didn't help that I laughed the first few times she figured out she could make a really loud noise!
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I always gushed out of the unused one, so I would have baby on one side and a bath towel stuffed over the other side (other moms had burb rags, I had to bring bath towels and grocery bags to stuff them in once I was done and they were soaked).
I could not imagine just letting fly like that.
Shortly before I had my first, I was in a meeting with mostly ladies and we were sitting in a circle. One lady nursed her baby, the baby choked and came up for air. Milk squirted all over the vinyl floor. That convinced me a lightweight blanket or diaper would have been real handy!
I usually used the thin, unfolded diapers. They were thin enough they were not hot, could be used as a sun screen if we were outside, absorbant enough that it'd help catch overflow from me or baby, it helped keep the baby from being distracted by other things, etc. A loose T-shirt also made it easy to discreetly feed the baby. In more formal settings, like church, I felt more comfortable finding a more private place.
Oh, I feel sympathy for anyone who thinks nursing will tie you down. I found it to be very freeing. Where ever I went, baby went; always a fresh supply of milk no matter what, always the correct temperature, ready when baby was hungry, and *no bottles to wash*!
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Yes, that's important to meet the kid where he is.
I'll be getting that book because the major thing that concerns me is a lack of honesty in our grandson. I don't mean outright lying, though we have dealt with that some, but saying whatever will elicit a desired response. I want to hear from him what he thinks and feels, not what he thinks I want to hear.
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This is a delicate question, and I apologize in advance if I offend anyone; but with a group of adoptive moms here that are concerned about their child's mental well-being, this seems like the right people to ask.
I consider myself an adoptive mom because we have full custody of our grandson. His mother basically abandoned him at 19 months but pops up ocassionally. His dad, our son, has been in the military until recently and could not take care of him, so GS10 has been with us off and on from 19 months until permanently 4.5 years ago. Many of the behavior problems you've all mentioned, we've also worked, or are working, through. We know GS's mother has some mental health issues that contributed to her leaving our GS, and some younger half siblings. We know some mental health issues have a genetic component, so we won't hesitate to get medical help if needed.
Do any of you watch for signs of a biological component of behavior issues? I don't want to sound negative about it, but I'd rather be proactive rather than reactive.
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A hint about browsing a book: look it up on amazon.com. If you can browse the table of contents, etc, then you can read quite a bit of a chapter. Search for the chapter title and page through the results.
This book looks like it might be useful for us as we raise our grandson.
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Ask your hubby to define the goals for the class. Review them with hubby to see if you both think it's reasonable for your sons age & ability. Give credit when he attains the goals.
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There are enough studies showing Omega 3 oils are effective for depression, both unipolar & bipolar. If you see a response, keep it up. I'd also get with a counselor, preferably one who can refer you to a child psychiatrist if that is ever needed.
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My husband shocked me the other day with his announcement that he would like to have one more. I thought tearfully that the baby days were over especially since I am 42. I would love to have one more as well but am very concerned with the risks associated with my age. What do you guys think?
Your doctor would be the best to talk over health concerns with your age. But I will say, I was #6, born when mom had just turned 40. She had 2 more after me, one at 41y5m, the last just short of her 45th birthday. All of us were healthy, mom was healthy.
Frustrating how people misread your intentions
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Since you said how much you love her, and what a wonderful person she is, and you've spoken to her... I doubt there's much you can do to change her without ruining what is basically a good relationship. Remember, this stage of your children's lives will pass, but mil will still be there(probably). Given enough time she'll see you letting go appropriately, see your children grow and learn, and see you've done a great job.
I'd try to disengage somewhat at this point so you're not overloaded with negative comments. Come up with a couple canned responses, "They'll grow up soon enough, is that what you found?" Remember she is 'a very nice person', and this will pass.