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Stebel Nautilus Motorcycle Air Horn

2008-03-11T15:05:00.001-04:00

Guy's I got one of these, DAMN! Watch the video the Stebel Nautilus is one loud ass horn. Just thought I would share as I gear up for riding season 2008!

~Melanie

Holiday Feast for Sneaky Squirrels

2007-12-24T15:08:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays everyone, I hope you all have a great New Year as well.

I have a little funny for you, check out these 2 sneaky squirrels robbing my bird feeder on the back porch!

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Happy Holidays to you and yours,

Baby

Funnies for a Holiday Break

2007-11-26T20:48:00.000-05:00

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Funnies for a quick break from the holiday rush... I know what you all want to know. Where's the update. Well, keep your eyes peeled this week for brand new images, backgrounds, and some tourney page layouts.........Coming to BabysBacks.com!

My PC got sick, so if you had a special request for a trny page...Send it to me again please. I lost a great deal of data. Please remember to tell me what league, and maybe shout back to me if you like the page =-)

--Baby

Lauren has Arrived....Finally!

2007-08-14T15:54:00.000-04:00

Good afternoon everyone. I am very pleased to announce the long awaited birth of my granddaughter.........

Lauren Rae

Lauren entered the world at 12:29pm weighing in at 7lbs. 11oz, and a whopping 21 Inches long!

Mom and baby are doing very well after 26.5 hours of labor! Lauren is a hungry, happy little princess girl. Lauren's daddy is a very proud young man, and is holding up well with about 4 hours sleep in the last 48.

That's enough babble............

HERES LAUREN!

New Daddy looks pretty worn out.....

Thank you for all your well wishes.........
Melanie

We are still waiting for Lauren

2007-08-14T06:57:00.000-04:00

Well... Jack and I got some sleep, while we continue for princess Lauren to make her debut in to the world.

The doctor's efforts to coax this young lady in to the world thus far have failed. I suspect thats the Prough in her. Making us wait because she can! What a little pistol she is going to be.

Its currently 7am, I will call the hospital in a few minutes....I don't suspect they will allow this to go on much longer. In one hour it will have come full circle for a full 24 hours.....Poor Lindsey. I bet she is starving!

I am sure everyone else is getting impatient, as I am. Mom and dad to be are surely reaching the point of exhaustion. Little do they know that will now last for 4 years or so.....

More soon.....

Melanie

Baby Lauren Update

2007-08-13T21:06:00.000-04:00

Reporting the progress...

Mom's labor is progressing nicely. Jack and I just ran home to check on the brood and eat some pizza. So I thought I would update you.

Little Jack, was attempting to nap before his impending plunge in to parenthood. He worked last night over night and hasn't been to sleep yet...sounds like good practice to me!

I hope to have pictures of the beautiful little angel, to make her debut in my next post.....

Until then you can see her now....

Stay tuned...

Melanie

Grandma Anxiously Awaits Lauren

2007-08-13T16:45:00.000-04:00

Well guys, I am very not so patiently awaiting Jack to get home and drive us to the hospital. Little Jack called at 4pm or so to tell me that his girlfriend Lindsey was in labor and they had kicked him out to break her water.

I know full well it may be some time, but I am soooo worried I will miss it. We already know its a girl. Her name is Lauren Rae, and I think she is going to be a stringbean.

Anyhow, will keep you all informed as I can.....wish for the best and say a quick prayer for a safe delivery and healthy Lauren.

BTW...I very much wanted Lauren to be born on my birthday, August 31st...but the 13 is only the 31st backwards! Ha, grandma wins that one!

Later,
Melanie

FDA Food Recall | Castleberry's Food Co. Chilli Sauce and Canned Meat Products

2007-07-24T00:28:00.000-04:00

Yesterday 7/23/07 the FDA placed a recall for all Castleberry canned meat and dog food products from their Georgia canning facility. The call to action is due to a botulism contamination possibly contaminating millions of cans of food....thus creating a public health threat.

Consumers are instructed to dispose of any cans from the company's Georgia location they have on hand. Again, ANY canned Castleberry product should be disposed of immediately, no matter what the date is.

Botulism causes breathing difficulty, dizziness, fatigue, vision problems, and stomach cramps. The bacterial infection caused by the botulinum toxin can cause fatality if left untreated, or in cases of depressed immunity, illness, agedness, and the very young.

Questions can be directed to Castleberry Website, or by telephone 1-800-203-4412.

G'Nite
Baby

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Happy 4th of July Tournament Layout Page Update

2007-07-04T06:11:00.000-04:00

Good morning, I have good news .......I completed a pretty large tournament page layout update yesterday on BabysBacks.com. 23 brand new FREE layouts were added. Many are requests and venue themed, so this is the most specialized update yet.

BabysBacks is still looking for guest designers to make use of 3 months of FREE gallery space on BabysBacks.com. I have extended it to include league page and trny page layout design. The artist gets to use the gallery space for 3 months, and link to their site. Stop by and fill out the nomination form.

Peace and Fireworks!

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Got Fireworks? Northeast Ohio July 4Th Fireworks List

2007-06-29T18:47:00.000-04:00

Here are all the local fireworks for Northeast, Ohio I could find! If you have any to add, comment or contact me. Be safe and have fun.

Sat. June 30Th

Aurora, Ohio - Festival at Sunny Lake Park 9:45PM

Sun July 1st

Fairlawn, Ohio - Bicentennial Park on South Smith Road 10 PM
Portage Lakes, Ohio - Mason's Point - Turkeyfoot Lake (DUSK)

Tues. July 3rd

Hiram, Ohio - Hiram College Football Stadium 9:30 PM
Brunswick, Ohio - Brunswick Rec Center (following 7:30 concert)
Wadsworth, Ohio - Memorial Park (DUSK)
Medina, Ohio - Medina High School (DUSK)
Wooster, Ohio - Kinney Field 9:45PM

Wed. July 4Th

Cleveland, Ohio - Settlers Landing (DUSK)
Alliance, Ohio - Silver Park 10PM
Akron, Ohio - Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway @ the Cascade Plaza exit 9:45PM
Massillon, Ohio - Downtown 10PM
North Canton, Ohio - Dogwood Park (DUSK)
Spencer, Ohio - Firestone Park 10PM

Q: How did the 4Th of July officially become a US Holiday?

A: The very first official state observance of the Fourth under control of a legislative order was in Massachusetts in 1781. Boston was the municipality who officially designated the 4Th of July as a holiday, back in 1783. Governor Alexander Martin of North Carolina was the first to set forth a state mandated order to observe Independence Day on the 4Th of July in 1783.

Peace and Firecrackers

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Yahoo Photos Dies After Many Long Years of Service

2007-06-29T11:25:00.000-04:00

Yahoo Photos was a pioneer launching its services in March of 2000, with unlimited space and easy upload features connecting users profiles and photos...it was an instant hit. On March 29th, 2005 the Yahoo Photo presence grew even stronger with the purchase of flickr photo community. In May of 2007, Yahoo began to hint that they were abandoning the project for a bigger venue. In the beginning of June current users became unable to upload new photos, and new members could not sign up. Yahoo sent out notices 6/16/2007 that it is killing the Yahoo Photos portion of your Yahoo user account.

> You have 3 options with your pictures.

Not to worry, you can easily move your pics to either flickr; shutterfly; Kodak Gallery; photobucket; or snapfish. I suggest if this is stuff you want searched that you move it to flickr, this article here describes the new process Yahoo is using to index 300 million flickr photos.
Download them from your Yahoo Favorites Folder.
Order your pictures on a CD from englaze 700mb for 6.95 USD this is hundreds of pictures depending on the size of the files. (1.99 S&H USA /Int. 4.99 and up). You can even create a custom CD label for it!

Ok so you have until September 20Th, 2007 to figure it out. There was no information readily available, but I suspect for continued Yahoo features to share photos the natural move choice would be flickr.

Peace

Baby

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LeBron James Putting Akron, Ohio on the Map Olympic Style

2007-06-27T11:00:00.000-04:00

Young LeBron James NBA rookie record setter and local hero, is going for the gold again in by playing with the U.S. national team in next month's FIBA America's Tournament, to attempt to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. If successful this will be the second trip to the Olympics for this young superstar, he participated in the 2004 games and sports a Bronze Medal already.

LeBron a local Akron, Ohio player has what it takes! King James has a professional rap sheet that rates up there with Jordan's.

He was the number 1 overall draft pick in the 2003 NBA draft, straight out of high school.
He set a record by being one of only 3 rookies ever in the NBA to average a minimum of 20 pts., five rebounds, and five assists in one season. Rubbing shoulders with 2 other great NBA stars Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan, previous record setters.
He was the youngest player ever to compete for the US men's basketball team in the Olympics.
LeBron was the youngest NBA player to score over 1000 pts. a single season, and most points scored in the NBA by a teenager with 2,362 points.
He was the youngest player in the history of the NBA to be chosen Rookie of the Year in 2004, and to date the only Cleveland Cavalier to ever achieve the title.

LeBron and his community pride, and involvement. This young man has respect and dedication to care and provide for the needs of the people around him.

12/2003 LeBron dropped in at Ed Davis Community Center in Cleveland, sweatshirts along and $50 gift cards for K B Toys to more than 100 kids who play basketball in the Tiny Tots league at the center.
9/2005 LeBron donated 1,000 backpacks full of school supplies to area youngsters in Akron and Cleveland through his non-profit James Family Foundation and in partnership with Target. LeBron personally distributed the supplies at two locations on September 2nd.
Perhaps his most well know community event is the LeBron James’ Bikeathon. Schwinn Bicycles co-sponsors the LeBron James "King for Kids" Bikeathon in Akron, Ohio. The event benefits the James Family Foundation, the proceeds also benefit the YMCA and the Urban League. Celebrities & donors will ride with LeBron in an 8 mile bike ride through downtown Akron.

“LeBron has always had a special connection with kids, and he will continue
to support and encourage them to succeed”

So, " King" LeBron continues to make Akron proud!

Peace,

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Homeland Security Grants Opportunity for Missing Soldier's Wife to Remain in The US

2007-06-22T11:26:00.000-04:00

It isn't everyday you hear about the good things the US government may do. Today however I can report one good thing the Department of Homeland Security has done for one young military wife whose husband is MIA.

Yaderlin Hiraldo met Ramon "Andy" Jimenez in the Dominican Republic, where they were high-school sweethearts. Jimenez later moved to Lawrence, MA., where his father lives. Yaderlin visited Andy several times there.

In 2001, Hiraldo entered the country illegally. She paid to get into Mexico, then walked over 4 days to the US border.

On June 14, 2004, Hiraldo and Andy married in Fort Drum, NY., before he left for his tour in Iraq. Hiraldo was caught in Homeland Security's radar when the tried to take their honeymoon in Canada.

In 2006 Andy petitioned the court on behalf of Hiraldo. He hoped she could acquire a green card and permanent resident status. He even went to court with her in his full dress uniform. This was shortly after Andy was awarded a Purple Heart for an injury while serving in Iraq.

The judge has delayed the proceedings until Andy returns from his second tour in Iraq. The inherent problem being, Andy and another soldier Byron Fouty are MIA believed to have been captured by a group connected to the al-Qaida, which claimed, via the Internet, that they had killed both soldiers. They have been missing since the 10Th Mountain Division unit was ambushed just south of the city of Baghdad on 5/12/07. Additionally supporting evidence is that their ID cards were found last week in an al-Qaida safe house just north of the city of Baghdad. Matthew Kolken, Hiraldo's lawyer is concerned about Hiraldo's fate should Andy not return.

MA Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to stop the deportation Hiraldo while her husband is still missing. Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security supplied this response to Kerry in a letter.

"The sacrifices made by our soldiers and their families deserve our
greatest respect, and we will ensure that Ms. Hiraldo's immigration case is
given every possible consideration."

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is going to allow Yaderlin to apply for legal, permanent resident status without first being forced to return to the Dominican Republic. If she had been deported, she would have to wait 10 years to apply for residency in the US.

So honoring our soldiers is even practiced by Homeland Security...Bravo!

Peace
Baby

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Automated Detection and Ticketing of Cell Phone Users while Driving

2007-06-19T00:10:00.000-04:00

An Akron, Ohio company called HST or Highway Safety and Technology has developed the technology to detect and (get this) cite drivers using cellular phones while driving! I don't think talking on the phone while driving is exactly appropriate, but if I am using my Blue Tooth I shouldn't get a ticket for it.

"Automated detection of drivers using cell phones is a reality today," says
Michael Rosen, President and CEO of Highway Safety & Technology (HST). "Our
automated detection system will assist communities in enforcing laws which ban
cell phone use while driving and aid in reducing traffic accidents," Rosen adds.
"The safety of drivers, passengers and other motorists is far more important
than the perceived loss of personal privacy and convenience."

Even in municipalities where talking and driving are illegal, you can still make use of your headset legally. Until this fall when they plan to launch this system. Where do you think they will start this program...this company is 10 minutes from my home. So now the state tells me I HAVE TO wear a seat belt or get a ticket, now I won't be able to talk on my phone with my headset without getting an AUTOMATED TICKET, but its still okay to ride motorcycles in Ohio without helmets. OHIO needs to get a grip! I am disgusted. Ugh!
Peace and Oppression
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Texas Protects is Children from Sex Offenders on MySpace

2007-06-18T10:36:00.000-04:00

HOUSTON — Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country's first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site.

Let me start by saying I am all for this! I see little difference between visiting MySpace or a skating rink. Check out some helpful sexual offender facts here. Basically, they get to know their victims, they usually get away with their crimes, they are resistant to treatment, they re offend, and sex crimes are on the rise. Most sex offenders have to be subjected to these types of post judgement restrictions and reporting:

They usually have to register their home address, works address, and sometimes even an address of significant other. Additionally they will be required to update it regularly.
Keep any and all counseling, probation, and community service appointments.
Continue physician ordered medication.
Be available: self, home, automobile, and any other personal property for search at any time, with or without a warrant.
Not allowed to posses illegal drugs or paraphernalia.
Not allowed to partake in alcoholic beverages especially if it was a factor in the crime committed.
Cannot live within certain distance of parks, school, playgrounds, etc.
Cannot visit parks, playgrounds, or any other establishment "known" to cater to young children. For example a McDonalds with a playground could be deemed inappropriate.
Many communities have their registries online with pictures and addresses.
They are usually required to notify police of travel plans.

So as you can see, the Attorney General Greg Abbott of Texas is dead.....just without precedent. This is no different that a sex offender visiting a park or a library. I applaud Texas for their ingenuity and backbone in their quest to protect our children. Bravo!

Peace

Baby

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Video, Working for Google and Loving it

2007-06-16T00:32:00.000-04:00

Wow, I thought I liked my job. These folks are hooked up! Seems to me the"Wal Mart" of the Internet treats its employees better than the real Wal Mart, but not its suppliers. Google claims about 55% of your searches already, and they have been slowing on the rise. My concern is Google always seems to "have their hand in the cookie jar". They bought YouTube, and overnight sites with video shot up in rank. They bought FeedBurner, same thing. Even this Blog is a perfect example, its a Google Blog and it gets linked no problem while other Blogs do not. They have that "do as I say not as I do" attitude.

Google has been SLAMMING web sites for duplicate content, even some cases where the site has been scraped/stolen and penalized them (Including me)..while they maintain their own duplicate content in order to Spam the Open Directory. Google has also been in trouble at least twice publicly for misusing users information, but they are in development of the TrustRank Program. The TrustRank Program is not a bad idea, I'm just not sure Google is qualified to administer it with business trust factor. But no matter I am sure Google, it's Partners, and subsidiaries will be exempt from TrustRank!

Peace

Baby

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Kentucky on Religion; Answers in Genesis?

2007-06-15T06:54:00.000-04:00

It isn't every day you see something so incredibly stupid that you are just taken back by it. I got up this morning, secured my coffee and visited my favorite SEO forum. There in the break room was this as reported by the New York Times. Apparently some group called Answers in Genesis, and its president Ken Ham decided to hell with the rest of the Bible and the have interpreted Genesis to mean that evolution kinda occurred, but after creation the dinosaurs were there at the same time as Adam and Eve strolling in the garden. I don't mind a little intelligent debate on debatable issues, this one is lacking both intelligent and debatable in my opinion. I am Catholic, so my views are clearly religiously fairly structured. My grandmother is Apostolic and extremist, she does not even support this crazy notion, although she has some crazy ones of her own. I am not saying people cannot express their own thoughts on religion, but you cannot in good conscience profit from it, and call it a damn museum.

mu·se·um (myōō-zē'əm) Pronunciation
Key n. A building, place, or institution devoted to the
acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of
objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

Peace

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Man Trapped Under Fallen Tree Amputates Own Leg

2007-06-13T15:22:00.000-04:00

OK, now I have give this guy a lot of credit. Al Hill (66) an experienced California logger was cutting down trees near Big Dipper Mine, when one of the trees fell on him trapping him. He had his cell phone but it had no signal to make a call for help. He had no choice but to cut off his left leg (just below the knee), with...(not going to believe this) his pocket knife to free himself. That evening about 11hrs. after he became trapped he made it to the hospital. Hill was rescued by Eric Bookey who heard his cries for help, loaded Hill in his pick up truck, and made for the emergency area. Hill will remain in the hospital for a while. The good news is, his home town of Iowa Hill has plans to help him for as long as necessary through recovery.
Could you cut off your leg to free yourself? I'm not sure I'm that strong.

Peace
Baby

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For my Husband......The Fart King - Funny Video

2007-06-11T07:59:00.000-04:00

Enjoy this tribute to my husband. I'm sure he will.

Peace
Baby

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Funny YouTube Video Cool Cats

2007-06-10T10:51:00.000-04:00

What can I say, you looked like you need a laugh! Get this video for yourself here. The weekend is rolling along, kids are gone! I have work to be done, but I took a break to watch videos! I will have the information on the Guest Author's Galleries for you by Thursday 6/14/07, I am almost done.

Peace

Baby

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New Evolved Non Bill of Rights

2007-06-09T15:56:00.000-04:00

A New Preamble for the Constitution

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work....don't expect everyone else to take care of you!)

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN!)

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (Lastly....)

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!

This has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Kaye from Georgia. This guy should run for President one day...

How about that, have you ever thought about what you would write? Is it like this?

Mine would be very similar I suspect!

Peace

Baby

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Akron Beacon Journal Appoints Female Publisher

2007-06-08T07:47:00.000-04:00

The Akron Beacon Journal has appointed Andrea Mathewson a 29 year ABJ employee to the publisher position. She will serve as the FIRST female publisher ever in the paper's 168 years of operation. She graduated high school 5 minutes from me at Springfield High School and joined the ABJ right after graduation. Apparently she is REALLY a minority....

Few female publishers
Mathewson is joining a rare sorority, as publisher
of a newspaper with a circulation greater than 85,000 daily.
Of 137 such
newspapers in the United States, 25 had women publishers in 2006, up from 11 in
2000, according to ``Women in Media,'' a study by the Media Management Center at
Northwestern University in Illinois.

In 2006 she was named one of the Nation's Top Production Executives by a Editor and Publisher Magazine which is an trade journal for the industry. That's high honors to be credited publicly by your peers.

Mathewson says she will focus on gross revenue growth but plans to respect the ABJ's role in the community. She plans to provide solid leadership to the Beacon in her new position. I wish her luck in her new endeavor.

Update 6/6/2007

2007-06-07T17:59:00.000-04:00

June 6, 2007 Keeping you informed as we add new content.

Added Today:
6 New images/backgrounds in "Backgrounds" Pgs. 136 & 137
6 New MySpace Backgrounds (Two in Orange, 1 in Black, 2 in Multicolored and 1 in Pink)
8 New Program Icons/Graphics in Utility Graphics

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Statutory Rape Question

2007-06-06T07:47:00.000-04:00

This is kind of a sickening "Actual" news article. My issue is the prisoner 42 arrested for statutory rape as a man, later found to be a woman had sexual relations on several occasions with a 15 year old and was only charged with statutory rape. Then after I think clearly under charging her, they made her/him a deal! NO JAIL TIME! Yes she must register as sex offender, stay out of trouble for 6 years, and change her drivers license to reflect that she is a woman. Seriously she had sex with a 15 year old on SEVERAL occasions, and Tennessee the high and mighty proponents of Megan's Law let her off, even after she lied and made fools of them lying about her gender. Even to the of point residing in the male section of County Jail awaiting trial! At what point do deals become tom foolery? She slapped Tennessee in the face! Staying out of trouble for 6 years, we all know most sex offenders are very capable controllers, just like other types of abusers. Who is to say she will not just find another child to trick and abuse, who will be to afraid, charmed or embarrassed to tell. That is how they operate. Yes eventually they would probably get her and lock her up, but they already should have once!

'Male' Inmate Found to Be a Woman

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March
30) - An inmate was jailed as a man for more than a week on a statutory rape
charge before a shower revealed the prisoner was a woman.

Alexander David Cross, also known as Elaine Ann Cross, had been in
the Hamilton County Jail awaiting a court appearance Wednesday. Cross pleaded
guilty to the charge in a deal with prosecutors.

The charge stems
from an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Prosecutors allege
Cross, 42, and the teenager had sexual contact at least three times during June
and July 2006.

Officials said Cross' gender was revealed when jail
authorities forced the inmate to take a shower.

"After about 10
days in jail, they figure out Alex Cross is a female," prosecutor Boyd Patterson
said in court.

The plea means no jail time will be required if
Cross stays out of trouble for six years. Cross must register as a convicted sex
offender and have no contact with the teen. The gender designation also must be
changed to female on Cross' driver's license.

Cross couldn't
immediately be located for comment.

This is really a shame...........................

Peace

Baby

A Sick One Today

2007-06-04T07:35:00.000-04:00

This guy should be "Cooked" himself! I couldn't believe this when I read it...and the site is for "Funny News"----Not exactly what I had in mind!

Father of the Week

Police: Dad Burns Baby In Microwave

Officials Say Man Confessed

POSTED: 1:42 pm EDT May 16, 2007

GALVESTON, Texas -- A 19-year-old has been charged with injury to a child after police said his 2-month-old daughter was burned when he placed her in a microwave.

Joshua Mauldin, of Arkansas, has been charged with injury to a child causing serious harm. He is in the Galveston County jail with bond set at $250,000.

At Shriners Burns Hospital on Tuesday, doctors treated internal injuries and third-degree burns the infant suffered to the left side of her face and left hand. She is listed in critical condition.

Maudlin arrived at a Galveston hotel last week along with the baby, his wife and mother. He called 911 on Thursday, saying that his baby had been burned in the hotel room when he tripped while carrying a pot of hot water to make coffee.

But police Sgt. Annie Almendarez said investigators later decided the child's injuries were not consistent with that story. She said investigators believe the child was in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds.

"I've been doing this for a lot of years and it actually brought tears to my eyes," Almendarez said. "I'm sitting there looking at the pictures and I'm sitting there looking at him and there's nothing I could really do about it but just keep my composure and go on."

Detectives said Mauldin later confessed to putting his daughter in the microwave and said he was frustrated by the demands of caring for her.

At the time the child was injured, her mother and Mauldin's mother were picking up dinner at a nearby restaurant.

According to police reports, Mauldin told investigators God ordered him to go to Galveston to look for work as a minister.

If convicted, Mauldin could receive a prison term of five to 99 years, as well as a fine of up to $10,000.

On a lighter note, Google did it again! They aquired Feedburner, so if you do not have a Feedburner feed for your Blog....get one. History tells us Google will now give priority to those feeds. You can read about it here.

Google News Credibility Foiled By 15-Year Old

2007-06-02T20:28:00.000-04:00

Hello, I have brought you a GIGGLE this evening.

Aparently a 15 year old boy really put the uhoh on Google. You can read the whole article here.

Reading through SEO focused blog entries, Vandetta found an article that
explained how to fool Google's news system by writing fake press releases.
Sensing an opportunity to experiment and play a joke on his friends, the
self-described "Google fanboy" decided to see what would happen if he submitted
a fake Google press release claiming the 15-year old New Jersey student was
Google's youngest employee.

I have to admit I really like that Google aparently took this in good fun and even told the young man he may still have a future at Google like he had hoped to some day! Here is the young mans apology post. He seems like a smart kid to me! LOL

Until tomorrow .... and I haven't forgoten your update, tomorrow you will have new content!

Peace
Baby

Are you getting credit for your blog links?

2007-06-02T00:51:00.000-04:00

Many Blog companies are installing shiney nofollow tags in your Blogs. What that means is by adding rel="nofollow" to a hyperlink, your Blog is saying to the spider do not look there. Additionally no credit will be given for the backlink. If you have done this in a reciprocol deal and the pull a C Class report and see you have a nofollow tag on their link, they are going to drop your like like a hot potato.The Blogs I use are Blogspot, I went into the page code and on all 3 of the blogs I care for I found 2 nofollow tags. The article I read said just to clear the tag, empty the quotes... But I decided to take it a step furthur. So I replaced them with the new rel="follow" tags! The word is this doubles the weight of the link, according to this report. So check your Blogs.... Fight back, blogs are daily work and we deserve the links. This was posted in SEOCog.com News Blog.

Kudos to New Hampshire >>>Right to Choose<<<

2007-06-01T10:30:00.000-04:00

I have been so hard against this since it started. The "CLICK IT OR TICKET" law, is in my opinion unconstitutional. I am not a lawyer, but when the government begins tell you what you have to do in your own car I don't think it is right. I agree and support whole heart that minors should wear seatbelts, and under 12 in the backseat, and I am a strong proponent of child safety seats.....but these are MINORS. I am an adult and if I choose to not wear my seatbelt it endangers no one but myself and it is not a govenrment cancern. A real thorn in my side is that I live in Ohio, so I have to wear my seatbelt or get a ticket...it is to protect me Right? However when I ride a motorcycle after having a license for more than one year I an not required to wear a helmet! Get that? Which do you think is more dangerous, and I have been driving for 21 years, way longer than motorcyclists allowed to ride without helmets. Now I am not disputing the helmet law in Ohio, I believe is is correct. I just muse to point out that there is no structure for the claims Ohio has made to bring forth and continue the seatbelt law. They can even pull you over in Ohio JUST because you are not wearing your seatbelt and for no other reason! Well check this news article printed 6/1/2007 and see how the New Hampshire Senate voted their's down! Nice job New Hampshire!
Peace
Baby

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This is really cute

2007-05-31T07:56:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Everyone!

I like that video it's a riot!

How about rousing up a little temperature... In Australia a Hotel which caters exclusively to homosexuals fought and now has won a case BANNING heterosexuals from the establishment!!! If if was vice versa, by gosh it would certainly be a civil rights violation on the part of the heterosexuals. This double standard in the world, has now moved into homosexuality. Read it here on Yahoo news.

Content update tomorrow will be MySpace backgrounds, misc. graphics, and bars/dividers. I have been working on the guest artists gallery program- expect details, pages, and signups in a few days.

Peace and SEO

Baby

GrandBaby

2007-05-30T06:43:00.000-04:00

Good morning. Take a look at my grandbaby's page, her name is Lauren and she will get here in late August...my birthday is on the 31st, I would love to share it with her!

I will have some MySpace backgrounds and other misc. stuff to update just a quickly as I can get to it. The navigation bars at the bottom of each page are installed on the MySpace Backgrounds gallery pages, the others a forthcoming. Expect the rest of the information for the guest League & Trny page designer's galleries in the next couple of days. Be ready to get your requests in. This should be quite an exciting endeavor!

Peace
Baby

Digg us?

2007-05-29T08:16:00.000-04:00

Well here we are a new day. I have written some blurbs for http://digg.com/ about our new stuff/pages. Digg is neat, and a great way to find pages and infomation on the net...try it out. Anyways while you are there if you could vote or as they call it "DIGG" our submissions...I would be grateful.
http://digg.com/design/Baby_s_Backs_has_a_new_server_and_many_new_images_over_10_000_in_all
http://digg.com/design/Is_this_the_BIGGEST_Backgrounds_Gallery_Collection_You_Have_Ever_Seen
http://digg.com/design/Baby_s_Backs_Designs_MySpace_Backgrounds
http://digg.com/playable_web_games/MyLeague_Tournament_Page_Layouts_From_BabysBacks_com
http://digg.com/design/BabysBacks_com_contemplating_honoring_graphics_artists_with_own_galleries
http://digg.com/programming/80_NO_Reciprocal_FREE_submission_links_for_your_website
http://digg.com/tech_news/4_21_2007_Sitemap_auto_discovery_via_the_robots_txt_protocol
http://digg.com/design/Federation_of_Webmasters_A_collaboration_of_great_minds

Only takes a minute and helps us out a great deal...if you did respond...I will Digg you if its clean!
Peace
Baby

Well its almost done!

2007-05-28T19:11:00.000-04:00

Check out the new design, all the landing catagory pages are complete, and the main page. The gallery pages still need to be linked back to the individual landing pages, but I am out of time today. Here they are: MySpace Backgrounds; MyLeague Tournament Layouts; Backgrounds; Avatars; Bars/Dividers; Headers; Utility Graphics; and Buttons. I'd like to draw your attention to the 2 news blurbs on the main page now. The first is most of the remaining deatails about the gallery opportunity for Cases Layouts Artists. The second is something I have wanted to do for some time, give credit to a designer or other contributer to the MyLeague framework of designers. This month (June) I am honoring An of An's Template Pages. Make sure to drop by, check out her work and give her a shout from BabysBacks.
Enjoy the rest of your dwindling weekend
Baby

Got Tournament Layouts?

2007-05-27T16:43:00.000-04:00

Well check in on the new main page HERE it's going pretty good, I'm impressed. However in a few moments of frustration and weakness I did bust away to bring you the BETA tourney pages. I hope you like them. My trny layout pages read like a book, they start out ok and are improving with ever batch. This batch you will see a lot of color and flair, bold and strong scenes. So without furthur boring you here they are. The bottom 8 are new and the one noted was updated, details are on that page.
Peace and hotdogs
Baby

CSS

2007-05-27T07:52:00.000-04:00

Gooooood Morning!! I am up early ready to attack a new day. I spent several hours yesterday toying with this CSS/XHTML template for the main page (Link Removed 6/8/07) , feel free to watch my progress and make suggestions. I am just learning CSS, so it's really hard for me. I mostly understand the style commands, but have problems locating things and with those div tags. However, I am a trooper.....do not fear! Most of you know I started using CSS in the trny page layouts an while ago, so at least I wasn't completely in the dark going in to this. In the new format each item catagory (heading) will have its own landing page...so it might be a bit, have to make those too. There will not be any interuptions, and your file links will all be fine I assure you. Tournament page layouts as promised will happen at the first CSS frustration break today.....LOL. Have a happy and safe weekend if I don't make it back in here.....Happy Memorial Day USA folks.
Peace
Baby

Are you ready?

2007-05-25T11:48:00.000-04:00

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend here in the USA. This was posted in the Head Admin forum of the gaming site I belong to, I think it is appropriate. Please indulge me.....

Had to send this on. Whoever may disagree about the war, we cannot and should not disagree about the problems our troops face. God bless them all and pray for their safe return.
It may take you two minutes to read this, but if you do not take the time to read this you are one of the people this post is talking about.
You stay up for 16 hours
He stays up for days on end. ____________________________________________________
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water. ____________________________________________________
You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward. ____________________________________________________
You put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.
He still fights for your right to wear that shirt. ____________________________________________________
You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags. ____________________________________________________
You talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again. ____________________________________________________
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He patrols the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists. ____________________________________________________
You complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow. ____________________________________________________
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today. ____________________________________________________
Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean. ____________________________________________________
You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today. ____________________________________________________
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months. ____________________________________________________
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home. ____________________________________________________
You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume. ____________________________________________________
You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet. ____________________________________________________
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting. ____________________________________________________
You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded. ____________________________________________________
You see only what the media wants you to see.
He sees the broken bodies lying around him. ____________________________________________________
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He does exactly what he is told even if it puts his life in danger. ____________________________________________________
You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat. ____________________________________________________
You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He tries to sleep but gets woken by mortars and helicopters all night long. ____________________________________________________
If you support your troops, re-post this with "WE MISS YOU"
If you don't support your troops well, then don't re-post.

God Bless them all everywhere, and you all everywhere...may we all be safe and happy this weekend.
Peace
Baby

I'm late

2007-05-24T23:48:00.000-04:00

Hi all,
Wow tough day.....sorry for being late. The site is 98% SEO ready! I have worked very hard on this. The SEO constrictions for load time are so ancient. The percentage of poulation left on a 28.8 has got to be nearly nil, but we have to build out pages to load in under 30 seconds on a 28.8...or possibly be penalized! When are ALL of the engines going to get on the same page and move in to this century? We cannot build a page for each engine, or we would just be blacklisted for spamming submissions of duplicate content! Seriously....I removed most
of what I had on the http://www.BabysBacks.com main page. I should be allowed to build pages suited to the power and capability of the majority of users, without being penalized. If one customer says your coffee is too weak you do not brew it double strong going forward...it was just one customer....RIGHT? Look and see what I mean

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0604/connect_wk_0603.gif

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0604/broadband_hm_0603.gif

And here is the Nielsen Netratings Stats article http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0604/%3CBr

In March '06 69.39% of internet users were on Broadband... So we'll say for argument that leaves 31% to Satellite, 28.8 and 56k to share. How many do we really expect are on the slowest allowable speed on the internet when 69% are on broadband? Maybe 10% ? The engines however in all thier wisdom, have us building pages for the maximum 31%, but probably closer to 10% of our users. Meanwhile, users with up to date connections cannot enjoy the AJAX, images, and programming we have to offer because every webmaster has to pay the piper when it comes to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or never be sucessful. Paradox.
Peace
Baby

Boom and we have Avatars!

2007-05-23T07:11:00.000-04:00

Good Morning,
I had a few more avatars than I realized... took a while. Yesterday I added 399 size 100x100 or smaller avatars. These avatars can be used for nearly any purpose, including that they fit the specs for almost all forums because of thier size. Avatars Check them out. You might have noticed the blog got some attention also. A cool fast feed from Feed Burner, choose a bookmark venue to save it also. I joined some of the less intrusive directories also, so if you guys used them you could bookmark us. There are a couple more to do, but I was very late last night when I finished.
I am considering taking on custom graphics work in personalized artist galleries, any thoughts?
Peace
Baby
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible."George Burns.

Get those Graphics!

2007-05-22T07:33:00.000-04:00

Good morning! This afternoon when I get home from work I will be adding Avatars, and some stuff for my blog here that folks say I need. LOL I did all my research yesterday, I am ready to go.
If any of you are in need of help on the coding/webmaster end I have a site can help http://www.WebChronic.com it has an article every week, an open forum with classified section, add-a-link, site of the month, and lots of neat stuff. There are some cool code snipets in the forum, check it out.
I have several new tournament pages ready to be transformed, I will try to get to those tonite also! Like this one for example http://cgi5.igl.net/tourney/newleague/1957290/

So some cool stuff tonite...barring a drama of course....LOL

Peace
Baby

Back to work!

2007-05-21T07:40:00.000-04:00

Good Mornin',
We celebrated our grandsons 3 birthday yesterday....spiderman & bicycles with training wheels. Jack really wanted to get him one of those web throwers thats shoots the canned string. LOL The kids all went in the creek, turned out to be a nice day.
I was reading this earlier. http://www.news-medical.net/?id=25367 So there is mad cow disease, chicken/bird flu, spinach Ecloi, and general fear for the handling of the food in our society. One thing I always thought was that if the water was clean you could catch a fish and eat it! Aparently not..... Lake Winnebago, Missouri the fish have a deadly virus. This is one of the regions cleanest, and most popular fishing locations. They say right now that it is no danger to humans, but I am guessing the shores at Lake Winnebago are empty this morning. The restrictions in the article on the fisherman alone are enough to keep them away!
I read this on a sign "Forbidden fruits produce many jams!", I thought it was cute.
Until tomorrow Peace
Baby

Wow what a day!

2007-05-20T08:17:00.000-04:00

Well to start I found how to fix the time in the blog. Yeahh!

Yesterday was a very stressful day. I was awakened at 5am by a nasty little bugger called PAIN. So in the afternoon Jack took me to the urgicare facility. Wasn't bad, they weren't busy. I told the nurse, then the doctor....blah blah blah. They sent to to xray made me remove ALL of my clothes....gezzz. A few minutes later back to the room, and I have a kidney stone. The doctor proceeds to tell me how he wants me to urinate through a strainer for a few days...UHUH. Goodbye!

So, my knight in shining armor Jack took me to eat. Was extra nice of him because he took me mexican, and he is not fond of it. It was a new place in Akron, he heard about from a guy at work, dinner was excellent! Here's your chuckle for the day....

Instead of the 3 or 4 dollar parts to fix the toilet this restaurant has invested in professionally engraved signs and bolted them to the wall..................In both restrooms! LOL There was another sign I didn't take a picture because it was in the middle of the dining room. "We accept all competitors coupons from other restaurants" LOL There is your moring giggle!
Peace
Baby

Good Morning

2007-05-19T07:43:00.000-04:00

I'm very excited because http://www.BabysBacks.com now has a RSS content feed. The significance of this is now you can get the updates without the newsletter.....and you get then in real time. Content Feed It works on all browsers, they just have to be up to date, and if you are using Internet Explorer and you turned RSS off in internet options tab 2, you will have to turn it back on. A few of the pages still need better headers to display better, but i'll get on that this weekend. If you don't like the RSS Feed, there is still the newsletter...when I update I cover every image added and where with links......So you can find the new stuff easily. Also at the very bottom of the main page is a scrolling box will all of the update information in it from the very beginning with links, so you can always just stop by. I update frequently, you can see it the top left corner of the main page the date when it was updates last...it is a script it changes the date when I save the file.

So this weekend I play to fix the headers on those few mages displaying funny. Add some new Trny layouts I have ready, and add avatars for blogging and forum use.

Peace Baby

Am I crazy?

2007-05-18T13:32:00.000-04:00

You know I try to be understanding and accepting. But............our school district mooched tons of dollars in levy from the community to build a new highschool WITH a lunchroom. It's not done yet but, we have a gorgeous gym with overhead track and 3 courts, aparently they say...there is not enough money for a lunch room. So these kids have a "community room" they can eat in.....I don't know how many it seats but it is clearly not enough because many kids have to eat on the floor in the hallways. The food is another issue all together, there is only vending machines. The 7th and 8th graders have to bring a sack or eat fom vending machine and probably sit on the floor! At 9th grade and up they usually go to McDonalds! Thats healthy!!! So I was learning to accept all this when my 10 year old brought home a letter from the lunch lady at the elementary school......please sit down if you are not. They started BIOMETRICS today instead of lunch tickets! So I send the money and they give a fingerprint, its logged, then at lunch, the give fingerprint again and they get lunch!!!!! I am speechless!

Great Morning!

2007-05-17T08:04:00.000-04:00

Well I got up at 7am...to find all of my sites down! So got my coffee and I was on the phone. Aparently the server lost a line in from a host/carrier and they were fixing it. What burns me up is, they never email me! I have great service from these folks, that is my only complaint, but you would think they could do that , HUH? So it was down 22 min...no biggie.
Today I will add the rest of the images I have stored up and send a update letter so if you are not signed up for the news/update emails yet http://www.babysbacks.com/ it is right under backgrounds on the main page. I only send letters for updates...and in the letter I tell you what type of images, how many, and a link to where they are! Cool huh?
Peace until tomorrow,
Baby

Welcome to BabysBacks!

2007-05-16T16:13:00.000-04:00

I am the Webmaster & Designer of http://www.BabysBacks.com I try to keep the content huge and the BS low! We have MyLeague Trny pages now and MySpace backgrounds too..I see Avatars in the future and many other things. If you have any suggestions..........by all means let me know I am usually game!