Kim Kardashian’s Leaving Her Family Behind -- What Does This Mean for Her Future?

dinsdag 17 september 2013

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by Rebecca Stokes 17 hours ago

The times they are a-changing! If you had told me in 2010 that in 2013 Kim Kardashian would be the blonde mother of Kanye West's baby and that she occasionally posed for high fashion magazines covered in jam, I would have hospitalized you for insanity. Then I would have stolen your time machine. HA! (In this scenario, I am, apparently, quite devious.)

But that's how things shook out! Every move Kim's made over the past 18 months looks like an effort to separate from the family that helped make her career. What she's done now only makes her intentions even clearer.

Kim's fired her publicist and signed with someone else. It doesn't sound like there was any falling out with her former long-time rep, Jill Fritzo. The only real reason for the shift seems to be Kim angling to get away from her family, who are currently still handled by Fritzo.

If Kim's doing all this on her own, that's one thing. But if the pressure to break ties with her famous family is coming from Kanye, that's less cool. Kanye's wanted to make over Kim since they began dating. Remember how he trashed her wardrobe and eventually all but refused to continue being featured on Keeping Up With the Kardashians? It's almost like he's embarrassed of Kim. Helping your lady out professionally is all well and good, but trying to make her into someone she's not is a giant red flag.

Do you think Kim is bowing to pressure from Kanye?

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Rebecca is a writer who lives in Brooklyn with her cats. She is probably even at this moment spilling food on herself.

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Dog Saves Family From House Fire Just in the Nick of Time

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by Julie Ryan Evans 11 hours ago

Talk about a dog who deserves a bone. Muggles the dog should get the biggest, juiciest one imaginable after alerting his owners to a dangerous house fire. As it was, the rapidly spreading fire destroyed all of the family's possessions, but thanks to Muggles they at least escaped with their lives.

According to 3 News, Tracy Baird was in her Auckland, New Zealand, home when Muggles got her attention with an unusual bark and then led her to the front of the home. Once there she saw the alarming sight.

She told the station:

I saw an unnatural light, like a flickering bright light, and went into the front bedroom and the corner of the curtain was alight. So I got my daughters out. One was upstairs and one in the lounge. And by the time I got them out, so it would have been seconds, maybe a minute, the house was unenterable. The front windows were smashing out and there was no way you could enter it again.

Baird says she wouldn't have noticed the fire for at least another couple of minutes, and by then it may have been too late. Thank goodness for Muggles and his strong instinct to protect his family.

It's certainly not the first heroic dog story we've seen either. Last week saw the amazing and heartbreaking story of a dog who alerted a 7-month-old baby's parents that he was being abused by a babysitter. We've seen dogs take bullets for their owners, and even save babies from kidnappers. In short, dogs are pretty amazing.  

In my family we debate all the time whether to get one or not. With our busy lives, we have always come down on the side that we just can't handle the extra work and commitment that owning a dog takes, but when I read stories like these I often wonder how we can not bring one into our family. I'm feeling major puppy pangs right now.

Has your dog ever done anything heroic?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Julie Ryan Evans

can be found writing from coffee houses wherever she may be. The quality of her days is largely influenced by the seat she nabs and whether a protein plate is available.

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Soldier Surprises Family at Birthday Dinner and Mom Has Weirdest Reaction Ever (VIDEO)

vrijdag 13 september 2013

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by Nicole Fabian-Weber 16 hours ago

Any reaction is always a great one when it comes to military homecoming videos, but the reaction of this mother innocently out for a birthday dinner has to take the cake. It takes her a good 12 seconds to realize that it's her son -- you know, the person she gave birth to -- standing right in front of her. Her other son immediately hops up out of his chair and embraces his long lost brother the moment he sees him. But Mom? Nope. No clue as to who the nice gentleman who just walked over to their table is.

You've gotta see this.

I love that she just sits there at first, staring at her own flesh and blood, completely oblivious to who the heck he is. She clearly was not expecting to see him any time soon. Surprise executed perfectly. Welcome home!

How awesome is this mom's delayed reaction?

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Family Dog Helps Parents Expose Their Child's Abusive Babysitter

woensdag 11 september 2013

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by Lisa Fogarty 2 hours ago

Shortly after relocating to Charleston last year, Benjamin and Hope Jordan searched high and low for a reliable babysitter for their then 7-month-old son Finn. Like many parents, they were probably filled with an anxiety that ceased slightly when the background check for their potential sitter, 22-year-old Alexis Khan, came out clean as a whistle. 

But Khan wasn't fooling their family dog.

"About five months into her being our babysitter, we started to notice that our dog was very defensive of our son when she would come in the door," said Benjamin Jordan. "He was very aggressive towards her and a few times we actually had to physically restrain our dog from going towards her." 

Suspicious, the Jordan's placed an iPhone under their couch to record the sitter with Finn while they were at work. What they heard later that day devastated them. 

Khan was caught on tape cussing at the baby. The curses soon turned to slapping noises and Finn's cries could be heard changing from distress to pain. 

Is your blood boiling yet? Can you even imagine how you would feel? 

"I just wanted to reach through the audio tape, go back in time, and just grab him up," Jordan said. "To know that five months I had handed my child to a monster, not knowing what was going on in my house for that day."

The good news -- the only good news to come from this sad story, other than the fact that the Jordans can take solace in the fact that they have one amazing pooch -- is that Khan was arrested, confessed to the abuse, and was sentenced this week to serve one to three years in prison. 

As part of her plea, Khan will be placed on a child abuse registry, which is the least that the courts could do after what this child and these poor parents went through. She actually qualifies for parole in one year -- which seems ludicrous to me.

I understand a punishment has to fit a crime and that I am especially sensitive to and passionate about this issue because I have a toddler, but is one year really enough time for this crazy woman to learn the lesson that she has no right to put her hands on someone else's child? She could have chosen any other part-time job -- why choose one that required her to be a loving caretaker? 

Do you think Khan's sentence is fair? 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lisa Fogarty

Lisa Fogarty is a former old-timey print journalist who lives in Brooklyn with her husband and toddler girl. She still carries a notebook everywhere and is always on the lookout for tasty vegan food and blouses with collars that will finally put the Peter Pan out on its (adorable) tush.

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Free Custom Map of Disney Theme Parks to Plan a Family Dream Trip!

zaterdag 7 september 2013

Free Custom Map of Disney Theme Parks to Plan a Family Dream Trip!

Free family fun! Create a free customized map of Disney World, highlighting favorite attractions and entertainment. The map is delivered to your door for free! Customized maps can be created for all 4 parks! No credit card is required.

Planning a trip to Disney World or Disneyland? This is a great way to map out your family dreams! Already visited Disney World? Highlight the attractions you visited and keep the free map as a keepsake!

Visit Disney World’s website by clicking on the picture above.Scroll down and click on “Select Attractions.”Sign in or create an account.Highlight attractions.Order the free map!

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