Why Poison Oak Is the F&%*ing Worst [Giz Explains]

My mortal enemy is not a man. Nor is it a beast, a virus, an addiction, or a female secret agent. It's a plant. A stupid, fucking, plant. Poison oak, poison ivy, and/or poison sumac (depending on where you live) is pure, insidious evil. Oh, and it's going to be extra bad this year. More »


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Vancouver and Calgary High Conflict Child Parenting Lawyers and ...

Vancouver and Calgary?Child Guardianship Parenting Coordinators, Kelowna ?Fort St John Parenting Coordination under the new British Columbia?Family Law Act ? and Alberta?s Family Law Act.

Highly rated Lorne MacLean, QC is often retained in very high conflict custody cases to bring an objective, fair and child focused strategy in contested child custody, guardianship and parenting responsibility cases but more recently?there is also a growing participation of Calgary and Vancouver parenting coordinators to try to reduce court applications and help parents in toxic child custody battles to redirect their energy to more positive goals for their children and themselves.

Parenting coordination is a?child-focused dispute resolution process?for separated families. Parenting coordinators are experienced family law lawyers, counselors, social workers and psychologists who have training in mediating and arbitrating parenting disputes, and infacilitating communication between parents and assisting with implementation of post separation parenting agreements and orders.

Calgary Parenting Coordinators and Vancouver Family Mediation

Shelagh Kinney of the MacLean Family Law Group is a member of the BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society, and a family law lawyer with over 22 years of experience in family law matters. The BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society is a group of British Columbia family law lawyers and mental health professionals who have established a program to train and organize parenting coordinators in BC. She can be reached directly at shelagh@bcfamilylaw.ca or toll free in BC and Alberta at 1-877-602-9900.

Following a separation, some parents find themselves in constant conflict, which may include numerous court interventions and applications even after an agreement or order that was intended to be a conclusive determination of parenting issues.? Parenting coordination is a process that gives such parents access to a method of neutral dispute resolution out of court. The parenting coordinator is a neutral, trained decision-maker who can resolve day-to-day parenting conflicts as they arise, with the goal of minimizing further conflict and additional appearances in court. Parents in conflict can retain a parenting coordinator on their own initiative or be referred to a parenting coordinator by the court. Since its? introduction to this province,? the use of parenting coordinators in British Columbia is increasing, both by agreement between separated parents and in certain ?high conflict? cases, through court appointment.

The provisions of the new British Columbia?Family Law Act?which are expected to come into effect over the next year include sections which are aimed to encourage resolutions of family matters out of court through alternative dispute resolution processes such as parenting coordination.? A ?family dispute professional? is defined in the new Act as including a family justice counsellor, a parenting coordinator, a lawyer advising a party in relation to a family law dispute, a mediator, or an arbitrator.? Pursuant to Division 3 of the?Family Law Act, a parenting coordinator may assist the parties if there is an agreement or order in place providing for the use of the parenting coordinator. The authority of the coordinator to act for the parties ends after 2 years unless specified to end earlier, and can be extended for further periods of no more than 2 years.? To be a parenting coordinator under the new?Family Law Act,? a person must meet the requirements which will be set down by regulation to the new Act.

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Once appointed by agreement or order, the?Family Law Act?provides for the parenting coordinator to assist in building consensus between the parties including by creating guidelines respecting implementations of orders or agreements and for communication and resolution of conflicts, and to make decisions on specified matters including parenting arrangements and contact with a child. The Act specifies that the parenting coordinator will not make a decision that affects the division or possession property and division of family debt.? If a party does not agree with the decision made and applies to court to change or set it aside, the court may do so if satisfied that the parenting coordinator acted outside his or her authority or made an error of law or of mixed fact and law.

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Highly Rated Calgary Family and Child Custody and Guardianship Lawyers

If you have any questions regarding parenting coordination or other parenting issues,? please contact Shelagh Kinney of the Maclean Family Law Group at any of our four offices in British Columbia, in downtown Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna, and Fort St. John. We are pleased to assist clients throughout BC as well as Alberta, including Calgary and Edmonton.

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Dow's winning streak hits seven months - barely

By msnbc.com staff and wire reports

The Dow?s winning streak still alive -- just barely.

The Dow Jones industrial average, which had not recorded a losing month since September, dipped about 14 points on Monday, finishing the month up about 1 point.

The S&P 500 slid about 5 points, recording its first monthly retreat since November. The Nasdaq dipped about 22 points.

The markets fell after data hinted the U.S. economy may be slowing and Spain's fall into recession underscored nagging stresses in the euro zone.

But despite Monday's declines the picture was not overwhelmingly negative. Last week saw four days of back-to-back gains that helped the index erase steeper losses for the month. The S&P closed above 1,400 for the first time in three weeks on Friday, largely helped by better-than-expected corporate earnings.

Still, a string of economic data is starting to suggest the economy may slow in the summer months and is causing the market to stall just shy of four-year highs. A gauge showing a much sharper-than-expected decline in Midwestern business activity in April was the latest such measure to point to a slowdown.

"On the trading front, in equities, we stepped back to neutral several weeks ago," said Goldman Sachs in a research note. "Our general view is that the U.S. seems to be slowing -- though how much and for how long is an open question -- while equity market domestic growth views remain elevated."

Spain's economy sank into recession in the first quarter as deep government spending cuts to reduce a massive deficit and troubles in the banking sector likely delayed any return to growth. Though expected the news highlighted the serious headwinds the world economy faces.

Banks were among the top decliners on Wall Street after Standard & Poor's cut the credit ratings of 11 Spanish banks on Monday, following its downgrade of Spain last week.?

The S&P 500 financial sector index fell 0.7 percent while Bank of America Corp dropped 1.2 percent to $8.15. Shares of Spanish bank Santander traded in New York fell 3.1 percent to $6.27 and are down 17 percent this year.?

The S&P 500?was down about 1?percent in April. Early in the month, worries over Europe and the U.S. economy sent the index down over 4 percent for the month.?

In earnings news, Humana Inc declined 9 percent to $79.98 after the company, one of the largest providers of Medicare insurance for the elderly, posted a 21 percent drop in profit. The Morgan Stanley healthcare payor index declined 2.1 percent.?

Exchange operator NYSE Euronext reported its quarterly profit fell by almost one-third due to a difficult trading environment and costs from its failed merger with Deutsche Boerse. Its shares were off 6.2 percent to $25.39.?

According to Thomson Reuters data through Monday morning, of the 297 S&P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results so far, 72 percent topped estimates. A strong earnings season helped lift the benchmark S&P index to its best week since mid-March on Friday.?

On the positive side, shares of Sunoco Inc jumped 19.7 percent to $48.95 after pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners LP said it would buy the company for $5.35 billion in stock and cash.?

Barnes & Noble Inc surged about 62 percent to $22.16 after Microsoft Corp agreed to invest $300 million in the bookseller's digital and college operations. The deal values the Nook and textbook businesses at $1.7 billion.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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ASUS Transformer Prime and Acer Iconia Tab A510 winners

Contest winners

The random number generator has spoken, and it's time to announce the winners of the Tegra 3 tablets from NVIDIA and Phosphor Games. The contest was a great way to kick off the launch of Dark Meadow: The Pact, which is one of the most stunning mobile games we've ever played thanks to the 4-PLUS-1 science of the Tegra 3, and the genius developers at Phosphor games. Without further ado, here's your winners.

I'll be contacting each of you via the e-mail you used to register for the site to get the shipping information. Enjoy those killer tablets, and be sure to check out Dark Meadow: The Pact and the rest of the games and apps in the TergaZone.

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Android Central Editors' App Picks for April 28, 2012

Angry Birds Space

Jared's off with something called "family" this week, (seriously, who has ever heard of that?), so I'm filling in for him. Anyway, every week the folks at Android Central like to share with y'all, the best darn Android community on the internet, what it is we fancy, app-wise. Jump after the break to see what our selections are, and let us know what you're digging in the comments!

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Solidoodle 3D Printer ? Under $500

Come on admit it, you really want one! Well I do anyway, and the field of 3D printers is getting better and cheaper. ?We reported on the Makerbot Thing-o-matic in August last year, a “consumer” 3D printer for $1299 at the time. Well former Makerbot COO Samuel Cervantes now heads up ?Solidoodle?and they’ve just released [...]

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