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Intro Landing Page Content
Instapage is a software dedicated to helping you create better landing pages. Landing Page Content
The first thing you Want to know is that it is 100% Devoted to landing Pages and landing pages only.
Like the other great's out there, this program offers the Following:
A drag-and-drop editor
Integrations with important email and advertising tools like Marketo, MailChimp, etc..
Thorough landing page stats
Generation of mobile-responsive pages
Publish webpages fast
A clean user interface
Flexible templates
accessibility to professional stock images
Collaboration tools
But those are just a couple of the highlights. Let us dig into what constitutes Instapage so good at what it does.
Instapage Templates
As Soon as You've selected your template, then you'll be accepted to the Instapage Template editor.
This is one place where Instapage actually shines. Its editor is one of those Best around, and with it you can fix the fonts, colors, and designs to match your current site or marketing materials.
The editor Is Totally drag and drop, so you can set any element Exactly where you want it to be inside the webpage. With it, you can add:
Headlines & Paragraphs
Pictures and Videos
And it gets better.
Instapage's editor is Pixel Perfect, so Rather than having pre-defined Grids and placement options to haul your elements to, you can put them anywhere on the page you prefer.
As you drag your components to various areas, Instapage will display Guidelines to assist you distance and align all components so.
And, because using a mobile-friendly design is essential these days, Instapage lets you easily switch between mobile and desktop view to be certain everything is placed and optimized so across all of the devices.
If need be, you can also edit your page directly from the cell view.
The Way to Create A Landing Page
Since this is the epitome of that which Instapage does, I thought I'd take you Through the procedure of creating a landing page.
If you initially log in, you'll find a list of all the landing pages You've created. If this is your first, obviously, you won't have much to pull out of here.
Rather, select Create a Normal Page.
This will Provide you three options: create a page in the template, an AMP page, or upload an Instapage file.
Most often, you are going to go the template route.
Do note that AMP webpages are designed for mobile, and Might be a Good route to go if you are designing a page especially for mobile usage. All these are made to load incredibly fast, but you are going to get this option if you are signed up for the Enterprise program.
For our purposes, we are going with a template.
When You Decide to utilize an Instapage template, then you'll be presented with All available templates.
That's 194 choices, to be exact.
To make it easier, you can filter out the templates by specific types Depending upon the goal of your effort: Lead generation, lead gen (two-step), click-through, webinar pages, cellular app, and thank you page. Landing Page Content
Publish Your Landing Page
When you are ready to print your page, you have a couple options.
You can print it to:
A Customized domain
A demo page
A custom domain name is pretty self-explanatory. Simply enter in the domain You'd like to publish to. But beware, this one does require a little technical know-how. Luckily, Instapage comprises a video to help you through the process.
If you host a Website on WordPress and wish to publish your landing page There, Instapage includes a plugin devoted to doing exactly that.
This makes the process incredibly easy. Just log in your Instapage Account from your WordPress website and publish right there.
Publishing to Facebook is just as simple. Pick the option and your Facebook webpage, and it'll publish.
Or, if you want a full demo of your page before it goes live, print it To Instapage's demonstration domain review.
As a bonus, you can download your landing pages straight to your computer for future use.
Click here to sign up to Instapage.
Other Features
Now let's take a look at the bells and whistles.
Instapage Includes a few added features that assist separate from Another applications on the market.
Included in these are:
Instablocks — these are handy for times when you need to create multiple landing pages, but don't want to change the fashion of the webpage. As opposed to recreating your entire webpage, it is going to save your elements for you to be reused. You'll have access to blocks produced by Instapage or you may make your own.
Heatmaps — this is a really cool analytics feature that provides you insight into just how users are interacting with your webpage. It tracks mouse movement, clicks, how far visitors scroll, and in which they spend the most time on the page. Notice: heatmaps are only available with the Optimizer program
A/B testing — In case you want to examine different components of your page, it is possible to divide test utilizing Instapage. Just copy your primary copy and make another copy with any changes to the text, pictures, CTAs, etc.. When you publish your page, some will see the control version and others are going to observe the variant. Info about how each performs will be stored on your Instapage analytics section.
Analytics And Reporting
Obviously, no top Advertising software is complete without a committed analytics section.
Instapage is no exception, and this is actually one of its greatest Selling things.
The neat thing about Instapage Is It Permits You to install Conversion goals right in the editor, and then track progress over time.
From the Editor, you'll find segments called Conversion Goals and Analytics at the right-hand menu.
In the Conversion Goals section, you can set specific goals to track in Your analytics.
From the Analytics segment, you can add Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Tag manager, etc..
Then, when you check our Analytics section after you page is pushed Live, you'll find information about your page's conversion rate based on the targets you establish.
That is also where you'll find information Concerning the performance of Your split tests, and you may also tweak the visitors split between both test variations here.
You'll also find a section that collects information on the leads each Page has accumulated.
Obviously, Instapage isn't without its defects, and it falls somewhat short Of its competitors in these regions:
The large one: price. Instapage is significantly more expensive than many of its competitors
Advanced features only available with costlier plans
Could have additional information, such as high performing webpages
Here's a rundown of all Instapage's most remarkable features:
Pixel Perfect editor, and a drag-and-drop editor that's extremely Simple and intuitive to use
Mobile-responsive pages
Easy integration
Access to heatmaps
Collaboration features for teams
Great customer service and help attributes
Click here to sign up to Instapage.
Now for the part you have all been waiting for: the price.
Instapage comes with three pricing tiers.
The first, the Core plan, begins at $69.99/month and comprises most basic Features like the mobile-responsive builder and Instablocks.
The next degree, Optimizer, begins at $99/month and gives you access to Boundless A/B testing, heatmaps, and conversion goal monitoring.
And finally, that the Team & Agency plan begins at $179/month and Includes 15 private sub-accounts and branded lead notifications.
Instapage does come with a free 14-day trial, so you can test the waters To see if it is the match for you.
In general, most will benefit in the Optimizer plan.
While you can get away with the Fundamental Core plan for simply designing and Publishing (amazing ) landing pages, the Optimizer offers you access to useful tools like heatmaps and A/B testing, which may help your overall conversion rate later on.
Overall, Instapage is a Fantastic option for People Who need to put Jointly fast, professional landing pages.
It provides high-quality pages in a simple-to-use format, making ideal For beginners and more experienced page designers alike.
And though its extra features will cost more, they certainly add to the experience. The use of A/B testing and heatmaps can help direct your production and plan, and conversion target tracking will let you know whether you're on track.
Bottom line: If your Aim is better landing pages, you can not go wrong with Instapage. Landing Page Content
Click here to sign up to Instapage.


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Recently, rumors surrounding the upcoming Galaxy S5 Prime have been heating up, with possible leaked images and more specs than you can shake a stick at. While it seems pretty likely that Samsung is to introduce a more powerful version of the Galaxy S5, to compete with the G3, and to perhaps compensate for the underwhelming Snapdragon 801 that doesn't offer much more than the 800 found in the Galaxy Note 3. No matter the reasoning behind this "Prime" version of the Galaxy S5, it looks like this more advanced version of the Galaxy S5 is inching its way to release. Another interesting piece of the puzzle has surfaced today thanks to the Bluetooth SIG.
For a smartphone to launch into the world, it needs to be certified by a number of bodies to make sure the radios and such are all working as they should. A lot of the time, we see this with the FCC here in the States, and similar agencies all over the world. The Bluetooth SIG is another link in the long chain of certification smartphones have to go through and just today, a Samsung phone with the model number of SM-G906L has appeared in the Bluetooth SIG. Astute readers will remember the SM-G906 as the model number most talked about surrounding the Galaxy S5 Prime, with the last letter being a region specific suffix.
The Prime is pegged to launch with a QHD display at 2560 x 1440, with either a Snapdragon 805 or the latest Samsung Exynos under the hood. Right now though, the Prime is still something of a mystery, but as this latest piece of evidence suggests, Samsung is certainly working on something and that something might just be the version of the Galaxy S5 that a lot of people have been waiting, complete with the most dense display to ever appear on a Samsung smartphone.


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Source: Painting created by noted Dutch artist in 1710 clearly shows disc-shaped UFO hovering above Jesus – TopConspiracies
Aug 22, 2017
Source: Painting created by noted Dutch artist in 1710 clearly shows disc-shaped UFO hovering above Jesus – TopConspiracies
Aug 22, 2017
At least 100 civilians, including many women and children, have been killed in US airstrikes from Sunday to Tuesday.
Source: US Airstrikes Kill at Least 100 Syrian Civilians in 48 Hours
August 23, 2017
— Escalating US airstrikes are taking a growing toll on the population of the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS which is presently being invaded by US-backed forces. Reports out of the area are that at least 100 civilians have been killed in US-led airstrikes in a 48 hour span from Sunday to Tuesday.
Monday's airstrikes were the deadliest incident of that span, with 55 civilians killed in two of the city's eastern neighborhoods, including at least 19 children. The attacks, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, hit a particularly densely populated area.
"These are buildings full of civilians that are trying to get away from the front lines," the Observatory's director noted, adding that US-led coalition airstrikes seem to be targeting any building with any hint of ISIS activity in the city.
This appears to be a recurrence of the same problem that plagued the later months of the Iraqi invasion of Mosul, where US warplanes caused massive civilian tolls by attacking buildings they claimed ISIS was forcing civilians into, but which in practice were densely populated by locals because they were the only buildings still standing that were seemingly out of the direct line of fire.
Yet in the ever-escalating US war against ISIS, no building, no matter how civilian in nature, is ever really out of the direct line of fire. Such large civilian death tolls have severely harmed morale of forces on the ground, and fueled outcry from human rights groups. Officially, however, the Pentagon's figures on how many civilians they killed are rarely more than 10% of the actual toll documented by independent NGOs, which so far has allowed the Pentagon to dismiss calls to stop targeting civilians.
To be fair to Canada, I am Canadian, this vote was made by our ex-Prime Minister Harper's who was and is a repulsive right-wing dinosaur. He was a USA boot licker.
Source: The Nations that Accept Nazism Today
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On 21 November 2014, in a vote at the United Nations on a Resolution opposing a resurgence of the racist-fascist ideology (opposing the ideology that's commonly called «nazism») which Resolution was titled «Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-nazism and other practices that contribute to contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance», 115 nations voted «Yes» to pass the Resolution, 3 voted «No» to reject it, and 55 voted «Abstain», meaning they didn't want to express a view on the resolution. An additional 19 didn't vote at all on it (decided to absent themselves from that roll-call, for whatever reason — basically, not even saying whether they were neutral on it by voting «Abstain» — just said nothing at all on it).
The document that they were voting on had been posted complete on 17 November 2014, and is still posted in its entirety here. As can be seen there, it had been proposed by the following 29 nations: Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, the Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam.
Each of its component 48 paragraphs was entirely moderate, such as these paragraphs, this core passage, from it (and a «Yes» vote on the Resolution meant that the given nation agreed with all 48 of its paragraphs, and so the Resolution was drafted to be extremely non-extreme throughout):
7. Expresses concern about recurring attempts to desecrate or demolish monuments erected in remembrance of those who fought against Nazism during the Second World War, as well as to unlawfully exhume or remove the remains of such persons, and in this regard urges States to fully comply with their relevant obligations, inter alia, under article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949;[13]
8. Notes with concern the increase in the number of racist incidents worldwide, including the rise of skinhead groups, which have been responsible for many of these incidents, as well as the resurgence of racist and xenophobic violence targeting, inter alia, persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities;
9. Reaffirms that such acts may be qualified to fall within the scope of the Convention, that they may not be justified when they fall outside the scope of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association as well as the rights to freedom of expression and that they may fall within the scope of article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 and may be subject to certain restrictions, as set out in articles 19, 21 and 22 of the Covenant;
10. Condemns without reservation any denial or attempt to deny the Holocaust;
11. Welcomes the call of the Special Rapporteur for the active preservation of those Holocaust sites that served as Nazi death camps, concentration and forced labour camps and prisons, as well as his encouragement of States to take measures, including legislative, law enforcement and educational measures, to put an end to all forms of Holocaust denial;…
No nation was named — far less condemned or criticized at all — anywhere in the entire document. This was done so as to welcome support from each and every nation.
The roll-call on the vote, along with each nation's vote on it, is posted here.
These are the 55 nations that Abstained: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Chad, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yemen.
These are the 3 nations that voted «No»:
Canada, Ukraine, United States.
Among the 115 «Yes» votes on it, were: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Uganda, UAE, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and many others.
The reason there were 55 who voted «Abstain» is that the US was dead-set against this Resolution (for the reason explained here). Some allies of US, such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, had sufficient control over the US Government so that they were free to vote whatever way they wanted on this or on just about any other U.N. Resolution. (Those two nations, Israel and Saudi Arabia, are 'allies' of the US not in the sense that they're vassal-nations of the US Empire, but instead that the US is their vassal-nation — so, they were free to vote however they wished.) Furthermore, if Israel had voted not to condemn nazism and Holocaust-denial, then Israel's existing leader would have become replaced because of that scandal; and, so, Prime Minister Netanyahu, for domestic political reasons, had to vote (or to have his Government vote) «Yes» on it. The Sauds could vote any way they wanted, because that royal family own their country and because the only entity specifically condemned in the Resolution was «Nazism during the Second World War», meaning Germany's Nazi Party, which the Saud family (having been vassals of the US during WW II, not masters of the US Government like today) hadn't ever supported. The fact that Austria and Germany, now under US control, voted «Abstain» instead of «Yes» on condemning the Nazi Party, means that even the two Nazi-controlled nations that FDR's America had fought against in WW II are now on-the-fence as regards the Resolution that was presented to the U.N. General Assembly for a vote on 21 November 2014 to condemn the Nazi Party. The Obama Administration gave each of its vassals the option to «Abstain», but pressed to vote «No» any nation that it demanded to vote «No», which nations turned out to be only two: Ukraine and Canada.
The United States Government, under President Barack Obama, was actually leading the opposition against this Resolution.
Prior reporting, by me, about this matter, has included:
24 November 2014, «US Among Only 3 Countries at U.N. Officially Backing Nazism & Holocaust-Denial; Israel Parts Company from Them; Germany Abstains».
21 June 2015, «America's U.N. Ambassador Continues Standing Up for Nazis».
20 August 2017, «Trump's Fascism versus Obama's Fascism».
The only mainstream US newsmedium that covered this matter at all was CBS, which headlined, on 17 November 2014, four days prior to the vote on it, «US votes against anti-Nazi resolution at U.N.», and reported that:
The United States says it was one of three countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism over freedom of speech issues and concerns that Russia was using it to carry out political attacks against its neighbors.
The resolution entitled «Combating glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance», was approved by the U.N.'s human rights committee on Friday with 131 in favor, 3 against with 48 abstentions.
Ukraine and Palau were the other no votes.
That was reporting only a preliminary vote, even before the Resolution was presented for an actual floor-vote of the entire Assembly. (Obama lost Palau, which ended up reversing totally and voting «Yes» on it, but then he gained Canada as their replacement third «No» vote on it.) That news-report received little exposure at CBS or elsewhere. At CBS News online, there were only 25 reader-comments to it. Typical was: «So we voted against anti-Nazism because it would deprive the Nazis the freedom of expression to demand banning the freedom of expression.» Readers accepted at face-value what was being said. CBS issued no subsequent news-report on the matter, to correct nor even to clarify anything in their cryptic report. However, that reason which had been represented as having been given to CBS for America's intended vote against the Resolution was not the actual reason that America's U.N. Ambassador gave for it, as I reported, after the vote, on 24 November 2014:
Samantha Power, the US Representative at the U.N., gave as her reason for voting against the resolution, its unacceptability to the Government of Ukraine. «Her delegation was concerned about the overt political motives that had driven the main sponsor of the current resolution. That Government had employed those phrases in the current crisis in Ukraine. That was offensive and disrespectful to those who had suffered at the hands of Nazi regimes. Therefore, the United States would vote against the resolution.» In other words: the US opposed this resolution, supposedly, because it was offensive to Ukraine, even though the very term «Ukraine», and all other conceivable references to Ukraine, were and are entirely absent from it.
If Ukraine, whose government the US had installed during the US coup in February 2014, had been instructed by the US to vote in favor of the Resolution, they would have done so. The government that the US coup overthrew, would probably have abstained on a Resolution such as this (because it was trying to be accepted both by the United States and by their own neighbor, Russia, which the US Government is obsessed to conquer), but the newly installed Ukrainian Government was being ruled by members and supporters of Ukraine's traditional two nazi parties and thus would have voted for the Resolution only if the US Government had instructed them to do that. They might then have laughed in private about the matter, but they would nonetheless have done whatever they were instructed by Washington to do. After all, they had to — the US had placed them into power.
In fact, even prior to America's takeover of Ukraine, Obama's U.N. Ambassador had been one of only three nations voting «No» on a previous U.N. Resolution, titled «Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance», which had passed the General Assembly on 20 December 2012, little over a year after the secret planning for the Ukrainian coup had started at the US State Department, and little over a year prior to the coup itself. The other two pro-nazi nations, on that occasion (since Obama hadn't yet replaced Ukraine's government by nazis), were Canada, and the Marshall Islands. (America's U.N. Ambassador at that time was Susan Rice.) Ukraine, then under the President whom Obama was soon going to overthrow, was one of the 57 nations to vote «Abstain.» 120 nations voted «Yes», on that occasion.
The only international poll that has asked the question «Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?»found that by an overwhelming margin, the United States was mentioned by more people throughout the world than any other. But Americans chose Iran as being the most dangerous country. That was a scientifically sampled poll by WIN/Gallup, of 67,806 people in 65 countries, and was published on 30 December 2013.
Anyone who wants further, and up-to-date (as of August 18th), information on how nazism proceeds in our time, under US international leadership, will find that here.
By now, it seems clear that the leading feature of today's nazism is its hypocrisy. George Orwell already had that figured out, in his prophetically futuristic dystopian 1949 novel, 1984. But the real version, of nazism in our era, fascinates me even more than does the fictional one. Not even Orwell's genius could match it, in my book.
Yo Ukraine, guess who the real dumb ass is?
"Ukraine has proudly announced that it shall receive 700,000 tonnes of American coal this year.
At three times the price of Donbass coal, the hefty price of long-distance coal shipments is not just demonstrative of the Ukrainian regime's detachment from economic realities, but a wider lesson in how ideology can warp any sense of logic and pragmatism."
Source: Ukraine imports expensive US coal rather than accept the independence of Donbass
In the winter of 2017, the Ukrainian regime following the lead of neo-Nazi radicals, decided to ban all imports of coal from Donbass, one of the most abundantly coal rich places in the world. To add to the troubles, existing coal burning power stations in Ukraine had been designed specifically with Donbass coal in mind as Donbass coal has certain particles which make it unique to other varieties around the world.
The blockade of cheap local coal is said to have cost the regime $550, a figure which becomes all the more magnified when one considers that the regime is practically bankrupt.
The solution to the problem has been found and its an expensive one. Kiev has agreed to purchase large quantities of American coal, coal which has to be expensively shipped from Pennsylvania to the north-west Black Sea.
Ukraine has proudly announced that it shall receive 700,000 tonnes of American coal this year.
At three times the price of Donbass coal, the hefty price of long-distance coal shipments is not just demonstrative of the Ukrainian regime's detachment from economic realities, but a wider lesson in how ideology can warp any sense of logic and pragmatism.
If Ukraine accepted the peaceful, democratic self-determination of the Donbass republics and if indeed it accepted the will of other regions to do the same, Kiev could realistically save a great deal of money. There is no chance that the industrial parts of Donbass will ever return to Kiev's rule and the over all inefficiency of tax collection in Ukraine means that cutting costs is more important and more realistic than trying to find ways to increase revenue. According to many reports, one of the best options Kiev has come up with in order to raise revenue is by selling Soviet made rockets to North Korea.
In trying to save face by pretending that expensive American coal is somehow a better option than cheap coal from a nearby place, Ukraine is doing what all ideologues eventually do: they are putting fanaticism before common sense.
This is what led Hitler to invade Russia in the winter and it is also what has led Donald Trump to think it is possible to 'win' a war in Afghanistan.
The move also serves as a lesson to Europe that in paying for expensive imports of US natural gas as Lusitania just did and as Poland is set to do, they are not harming their former Russian suppliers, they are only harming themselves.
It's not the 'bad hombres' but the middle-class white guys who are the baddies of this US crime drama.
"Ozark is a shift in the representation of the drug trade and its attendant violence to a new realisation of the complex systems that keep it in place. The Mexican cartel's activities provide motivating action that impels the narrative forward – but it is the white characters' willingness to participate for personal gain that is fundamentally at question."
Source: Ozark, drug cartels and America's changing relationship with Mexico
Reader in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool
Aug 23, 2017
The recent violence in Charlottesville and the ever-shifting statements by Donald Trump about national identity bring to the fore the dangers of the recurrent narratives of "us" versus "them" and the threats posed to American values by the omnipresent other – such as Trump's "bad hombres" from Mexico.
This is a narrative that has become familiar fodder in popular US crime dramas, such as Breaking Bad and Sicario. But the recent Netflix series, Ozark, is a welcome shift from the dominant paradigm of the beleaguered and fundamentally decent white man struggling to survive in world full of threatening others.
Ozark has received mixed reviews. For some it falls short when compared to Breaking Bad, because rather than follow the protagonist's downward spiral, in this series not only is the protagonist a middle-class white man but he is crooked from the start.
What Ozark shares with both the Sopranos and Breaking Bad is the way it brings home the consequences of criminal activity and shines a spotlight on the practical – even mundane – difficulties involved in multi-million dollar crime. Ozark focuses on a white-collar bureaucrat operating on behalf of a cartel.
To understand the significance of Ozark it must be considered in the context of a proliferation of series about the cartels, which are indelibly tied to current US-Mexican border policy and attitudes to race in the US.
Ozark shares with Narcos the technique of having an opening voiceover which, in this case, establishes financial adviser Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) as the show's – flawed – hero. But the shift in protagonist from Narcos' heroic law enforcement officer, Steve (Boyd Holbrook), to a crooked money manager, reflects the key recognition that backroom people – bean counters even – are integral to the operation of criminal enterprises.
After it emerges that his business partner, Bruce Liddell (Josh Randall), has been siphoning off money from an unnamed Mexican cartel, Marty uproots his wife Wendy (Laura Linney) and children to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Marty knows nothing about the Ozarks beyond a page from a brochure – but the move is Marty's idea – a deal struck with the angry cartel bosses in exchange for his life.
Del (Esai Morales), the cartel leader, accepts the deal on condition that Marty retrieves and then launders the $US8m that his partner stole. So the family travels to Missouri. Marty and Wendy's relationship has broken down before we meet them, but they are now forced to cooperate for their own safety and that of their children. But they soon discover that the majority white town they move to is full of corruption and criminality – as evidenced in the sadistic and murderous local drug dealers.
Marty and his family are superficially ordinary and respectable – a point that the series frequently casts ironic shade on through dialogue. For example, in a typically barbed exchange, Wendy asks Marty what he has done for the family today. His response is that he has "bought a strip club", thus upending the heavily loaded righteousness of the premise of the question. In this way, the series presents the machinations of the drug war as something that permeates all aspects of society right down to family relations. Unlike Breaking Bad and The Sopranos, where family is only in danger when systems break down, in Ozark being involved in criminality is inherently a permanent state of crisis.
There is an irony in the presentation of the Ozarks as an ideal space for drug activity when its rural setting would normally bring with it a presumption of idyllic retreat and its location so far north should distance it from the trade to the south. This led to criticism by Missouri opinion writer, Kevin Horrigan, who objected to the portrayal of the Ozarks. Some of this is because the series was shot in Georgia, but there is also an awareness that the series' stories of corruption do not reflect local versions of white-collar crime, which tends more typically to consist of tax evasion and embezzlement.
The lake shore, an artificial construct in itself since the lake was created in 1931 by damming Missouri's Osage River stands as a clear signal of the impossibility of policing borders because its porous border makes it a perfect locale for dealers and other illegal activity. This internal frontier challenges the idea presented by Trump that building a wall between the US and Mexico will somehow ensure that those he calls "bad hombres" will be kept out. The Mexicans Trump is referring to are for the most part a distant shadow in Ozark. Instead, it is the well-established white majority residents, who prove to be the most dangerous criminals.
Ozark is a shift in the representation of the drug trade and its attendant violence to a new realisation of the complex systems that keep it in place. The Mexican cartel's activities provide motivating action that impels the narrative forward – but it is the white characters' willingness to participate for personal gain that is fundamentally at question.
As a result it is "us" who are suspect not "them" in this story – and hopefully that signals a shift in direction for popular long-form narrative.
"What makes the Pentagon's response to Swastika-flag-waving American Nazis rather bizarre is that this week the US Defense Secretary, General James Mattis, is reportedly traveling to Ukraine where he is to sign over shipments of lethal weapons to the armed forces of the Kiev regime. That regime openly glorifies Ukrainian regiments that collaborated with the Nazi Third Reich during the Second World War."
Source: Pentagon Denounces American Nazis While Arming Ukrainian Nazis
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Aug 22, 2017
In the wake of violent protests involving white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in the US, the Pentagon's top military brass issued unprecedented condemnations of «racists and extremists». One veterans spokesman said: «Anyone waving a Nazi flag must be rooted out of our society».
What makes the Pentagon's response to Swastika-flag-waving American Nazis rather bizarre is that this week the US Defense Secretary, General James Mattis, is reportedly traveling to Ukraine where he is to sign over shipments of lethal weapons to the armed forces of the Kiev regime. That regime openly glorifies Ukrainian regiments that collaborated with the Nazi Third Reich during the World War Two.
Mattis, the top Pentagon official, is due to authorize the transfer of $50 million-worth of military gear to the Kiev regime. This will mark the first official delivery of lethal equipment from the US. Previous military aid to Ukraine was reportedly «non-lethal». Among the inventory Mattis is signing over are Javelin anti-tank missiles.
Modern-day regiments under the control of the Kiev regime, such as the Azov Battalion, publicly self-identify with Nazi-collaborating descendants and former pro-Nazi Ukrainian leaders like Stefan Bandera. This Neo-Nazi ideology of the Kiev-run military is a central impetus in why these forces have waged a three-year war on the ethnic Russian population of the breakaway Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine. The latter refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the Kiev regime which seized power in February 2014 in a coup d'état against an elected government. The American CIA backed that violent coup.
Political and financial support from Washington and the European Union has underpinned the Kiev regime led by the dubiously elected President Petro Poroshenko. This is in spite of the fact that the Kiev regime continues to wage a war on the people of Donbas in violation of a peace deal – the Minsk Accord – brokered by Russia and the EU in 2015. Western governments and media accuse Russia of sponsoring the breakaway Donbas republics and their militia, and of infiltrating its troops into the region. Russia denies direct military involvement, but is believed to be supporting the self-declared Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
The Pentagon's supply of weaponry to Kiev forces will no doubt embolden their regiments to step up violations of the truce which was supposed to be implemented under the Minsk Accord. Hundreds of breaches are reported on a weekly basis in which towns and villages in Donestk and Lugansk come under fire from heavy artillery. Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic, has recently remarked that his defense forces «are not fighting Ukrainians, but rather Banderites» – that is, Neo-Nazi militia who adulate their Third Reich hero Stefan Bandera for assisting the German SS exterminate thousands of fellow Ukrainians deemed to be «sub-human».
The American military support for the Kiev regime and its Neo-Nazi death squads attacking the people of Donbas is a monumental contradiction to what the US Joint Chiefs of Staff were declaring last week about extremists on American soil.
All five of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and National Guard – issued public condemnations of the violence perpetrated by assorted white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in the state of Virginia. The latter groups were protesting the proposed removal of American Civil War statues commemorating Confederate military leaders like Robert E Lee. Counter-demonstrators claim the statues are icons of racial prejudice and white supremacy. Many of the pro-Confederate protesters were carrying Nazi flags and other fascist icons. In a deadly incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, a suspected Neo-Nazi man rammed his car into a crowd killing a woman.
US President Donald Trump came under intense public criticism for being slow to condemn the violence and for appearing to lay blame on both sides, thereby equating Neo-Nazis with anti-fascist protesters.
Prominent news media organizations, like the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN, ran editorial comments lambasting Trump for his equivocal position, which allegedly afforded the Neo-Nazi groups a degree of legitimacy. CNN ran the headline: «Trump is who we feared he was».
A New York Times oped piece declared: «The Test of Nazism That Trump Failed». Adding: «There can be no 'two sides'. If the president is not against Hitlerism, he is for it».
The Washington Post editorial board said that Trump had «brought the international image of the US into disrepute».
Then there were numerous resignations by business CEOs from White House consultative panels, again in protest over Trump's alleged association with racists and bigots. Even though to be fair to the president he did explicitly condemn such groups.
The national controversy appeared to be catharsis for politicians, media, business leaders and public alike in which it was proclaimed that «America is not like that» – meaning, not a supporter of Nazis and fascsim. In almost ritualistic fashion, the evils of racism, fascism, white supremacy and Nazism were exorcised from the body politic – or at least supposedly exorcised.
Joining in the catharsis were the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The New York Times reported: «In an unusually public move, the nation's top military leaders, who typically try to steer clear of social controversy, have come out strongly against racism and extremism in the wake of violent protests over the weekend. Five of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, representing the Navy, the Marines, the Army, the Air Force and the National Guard, posted messages on social media condemning hatred and Neo-Nazis, saying that the extremist violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday went against the military's core values».
As the NY Times noted, the public condemnations by the Pentagon top brass were an extraordinary rebuke to President Trump who, as titular Commander-in-Chief, is their superior.
Its report also quoted Charles E Schmidt, the national commander of the American Legion, who said: «Americans fought fascism and crushed the Nazis in World War Two, and anyone who waves a Nazi flag on our soil is, by very definition, anti-American. The disgusting displays of hatred and bigotry on display in Charlottesville dishonor all veterans who fought and died to stamp out fascism».
The public outpouring is classic American cognitive dissonance. Condemning Nazis at home while at the same time arming Nazis abroad. How does Nazism at home offend «our core values» when «our core values» involve politically, financially and militarily supporting Nazis in Ukraine?
To be sure, there is a long history of such American support for Nazis in Ukraine going back to the end of World War Two, when the Pentagon and CIA covertly backed the Gehlen Organization of former Third Reich General Reinhard Gehlen and his Ukrainian Nazi partisans in their sabotage operations against the Soviet Union.
In explaining American cognitive dissonance there are at least two factors. One is the lack of US media reporting on what is actually going on in Ukraine. How can so many ordinary Americans be alarmed by Neo-Nazis at home while seemingly insouciant about the same kind of fascists in Ukraine? That disconnect is due to ignorance, owing to the lack of US media coverage about what is really happening in Ukraine. US media seem more concerned to report claims that Russia is the culprit for destabilizing Ukraine. Which is all part of the ongoing Russophobia in the US media distorting the reality of international relations.
A second factor for American cognitive dissonance is that the outpouring of condemnation of white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in the US by many public figures is simply a cynical PR exercise. Of course, the hate-filled mobs with Nazi regalia in Virginia and other US states are damaging the «American brand» of supposed liberal democracy in the eyes of the world. Therefore the imagery must be swiftly expunged from public view with vigorous condemnations. But the cynical disingenuousness is betrayed by the fact that the US is arming and bankrolling the same hate-filled Nazis in Ukraine.
The arms dealing trip by Pentagon boss James Mattis to the Neo-Nazis in Ukraine this week is the reality check on what the Washington establishment and the American military-industrial complex really think about Nazism and extremists.
We could also add to the list the American arms dealing to fundamentalist regimes like Saudi Arabia and the covert arming of head-chopping Wahhabi terrorists. All of them are welcome clients for American militarism, in the service of US hegemonic world dominance.
Official US condemnation of Nazis, fascists and extremists is just American public relations rhetoric. Evidently, the condemnation has no credibility in terms of objective reality.
Source: PressTV-Russia, China slam new US sanctions
The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on six Chinese-owned firms, and one Russian, one North Korean, and two Singapore-based entities as well as six individuals —four Russians, one Chinese and one North Korean — for facilitating trade ties with Pyongyang.
Russia and China have reacted strongly to new US sanctions targeting Chinese and Russian companies and individuals for allegedly "supporting" North Korea's weapons program by doing business with the country.
The targeted firms and figures are accused of working with blacklisted individuals, assisting the development of the North Korean energy sector, helping it place workers abroad, or move money from abroad. Their US assets were frozen and Americans were barred from conducting business with them.US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement that it was "unacceptable" for the designated entities to "enable North Korea to generate income used to develop weapons of mass destruction."
'Russia preparing response'
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov reacted to the new US sanctions by expressing disappointment and warning Washington that Moscow was preparing a response.
"The lip service from American representatives about the desire to stabilize bilateral relations [with Russia] is extremely unconvincing," Ryabkov said in a statement.
"In recent years, Washington in theory should have learned that for us, the language of sanctions is unacceptable, and the solutions to real problems are only hindered by such actions. So far, however, there doesn't seem to be an understanding of such obvious truths," he said.
"In the meantime," he added, "we are beginning to work out the inevitable response to this situation."
The Russian official also expressed hope that "our American colleagues will be aware of the futility and detrimental nature of further sliding down the spiral of sanctions."
Russian Senator Andrey Klimov also reacted to the unilateral US sanctions by calling them illegitimate and urging due counteraction.
Saying that the only sanctions recognized by international law are the ones approved by the UN Security Council, he said, "We must react in principle to this insane and confrontational policy. The toolbox is rich; let's hope that we will act consistently, reasonably, professionally and effectively."
China says bilateral cooperation at stake
China, for its part, said that Washington should "immediately correct its mistake" of imposing unilateral sanctions on Chinese firms and individuals to avoid denting bilateral cooperation.
Beijing "opposes unilateral sanctions out[side] of the UN Security Council framework," said a Chinese government spokesperson. "We strongly urge the US to immediately correct its mistake, so as not to impact bilateral cooperation on relevant issues."
The US is opposed to the North Korean missile and military nuclear programs. Pyongyang says it needs them to deter potential US aggression.
Earlier this month, China and Russia had voted in favor of a US-drafted sanctions resolution against North Korea in a rare move that signaled willingness to cooperate with Washington.
Among the Chinese names targeted with the new sanctions are three coal companies, including one of the country's largest importers, Dandong Zhicheng. The three firms are collectively responsible for having imported nearly half a billion dollars' worth of North Korean coal between 2013 and 2016, the US Treasury Department claimed.
Moscow-based company Gefest-M was among the Russian entities singled out by the Treasury Department.


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Although you recognize that foods your body handles and digests the simplest, a lean macromolecule is inspired to stay you feeling glad for your trip. therefore skip thereon massive meat pizza and resort to a lean salad or turkey wrap ready reception or usually found handily at the landing field. additionally ensure the body is hydrous before the flight by drinking a minimum of one glass of water and 64-ounces per day leading up to the trip.
Keep your abdomen healthy (and happy) once flying with these travel foods:
2. Water
Water, water, water. Did we have a tendency to mention water? associated with enlarged altitude and weakened humidness, water is considerably stressed to combat against not solely dehydration, however constipation and jetlag. And whereas it should cause revenant toilet breaks, moving and keeping active will cut back uncomfortable belly bloat. Drinking 8-ounces of water every hour every will reduce the danger of dehydration and its unpleasant symptoms of altered blood pressures, migraines, lethargy, confusion, nausea, and anxiety.
3. Water-Rich Foods
Keep hydrous and stuffed by enjoying some water-rich foods, together with cucumbers, watermelon, berries, pineapple, oranges, and celery. And to not mention, the vitamin C provided from most of the water-rich food choices will boost immunity to stay your whole body happy and healthy for your trip!
4. seasoning Teas
Skip the jitter-provoking caffeinated occasional and sip on herb tea, as they're naturally decaffeinated and might keep you hydrous on a extended trip. however together with soothing the abdomen, camomile and lavender teas cut back anxiety if experiencing those flight butterflies!
5. Greek yoghourt
Greek yoghourt is wealthy in macromolecule and provides gut-benefitting probiotics, having the power to stay hunger cornered whereas regulation bowels. therefore not solely can you be uptake healthy whereas traveling, however keep the gut happy!
6. packaged Snack Mixes
Rather than munching on those salty nut and cracker freebies on the plane, pack packaged snack mixes in individual packets. tasteless buggy and seeds, beef jerky, dried fruits, and cereals are safe choices whereas traveling.
And avoid these foods and drinks:
7. Sodium-Packed Snacks
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8. Beans
Coined the "musical fruit" for a lot of reason, leave the melodies to your headphones… nevertheless, the tight area enclosed by an outsized cluster of individuals might not be the foremost ideal space to expertise such unpleasant gas and bloat.
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10. Alcohol
Whether to begin the party or take the "edge off" of flying, ordering a brewage or glass of wine is common once flying. however avoiding alcohol could also be a decent plan throughout a flight to stop dehydration and unsightly consequences once landing. (A headache isn't the foremost unforgettable thanks to kickoff vacay…)
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I decided I needed to practice what I preach. Well- more. I have had my own photo shoots in the past with various local photographers, but it was definitely time to update the walls.
Last month, I asked my good friend Bronnie to capture my family in an outdoor setting. It's always odd for me being in front of the camera instead of behind it, but Bron made it so easy. We laughed, we played, we tickled and ran.
I wanted to share some of my favourite images from my session as well as offer some tips that helped me- from a client perspective.
A HUGGEEEE thank you to my beautiful girl Bronwyn for these priceless images! Go check out her website here
1. Don't prepare them to "smile". I can instantly tell the children who are told "make sure you smile at the camera" - And yes, it is beautiful when I capture an authentic smile but a clenched teeth grin isn't the same thing. Sure, absolutely prepare them- tell them your friend Lauren is going to take some photos whilst you play and tickle and run around together. Tell them she will likely dance, make silly faces and run along too. Then on the day, let me work my magic. I don't need you to tell them to look at me. If I want them, or you to look at me, I will tell you to.
2. Try their clothes on well before the shoot. Not only do you want to make sure the clothes do indeed fit, if you have a child like my middle one, you may find it a struggle to get him to wear anything new. I got the boys to try their 'special photo clothes' when they first arrived, then every week up until our session. I know for sure this helped on the day.
3. Ask for help. Getting 3 kids under 4 ready to go anywhere is fun enough, let alone to a photography session where you want everyone looking smart (& clean). If you have anyone that can offer a hand- even if it's just to watch the kids whilst you get ready, ask them beforehand to help.
4. Encourage the littles to have a sleep. If you're fortunate enough to be stuck in that in-between stage like I am- you know, where kids think they are fine without a day sleep but still actually needing it- try to encourage a little nap or at the very least, a relax/quiet time. I found it works best when they are active in the mornings and encouraged to sleep a bit later than usual. - But don't stress if they don't. We will make the session fun enough to keep them entertained the entire time.
5. Feed them babies! I always tell my clients to make sure their child is well fed before their session precedes and to bring non sticky/messy food along to the session. My middle child especially NEEDS food or else he turns into one 'Hangry' beast, so we ensured to stock him up on Low GI foods before our session started.
6. Bring spare clothes. Although we didn't need them last week, we brought along a spare outfit for my little girl as well as one set for my twins. You never know which kid will jump into the muddy puddle (first).
7. Bring wipes. Kids get dirty - they seem to magically collect dirt on their face every 10 minutes whilst outdoors & you will be surprised just how much the camera picks up.
8. Don't stress the small stuff. Choose your battles wisely. Our oldest can get a little carried away when he's excited & we would usually try to tone it down. During the session we had planned to just let it go & (just as it usually turns out,) it made for some great moments. - Discipline can (and did) commence again post session.
9. Please don't stand behind me to get their attention- not unless I ask. This happens so often. I get it- I do it too- you want to help. You want to make sure you get them looking at the camera. The problem is, they aren't looking at the camera when you're behind me. They are looking at you. Sometimes- very rarely, I may get you to stand behind me but try keep to the side otherwise.
10. Bring along some of their favourite toys. We brought along the boys' basketballs but you can bring anything you like. I know I will love looking back and seeing them playing with these balls, remembering how obsessed they are with them ever since they watched their cousin play at the stadium.
I love capturing this moment in your life, exactly how it is - they won't last forever.
Ok, I know I said 10, but i sometimes get carried away...
Above all else, you want to have fun. You want your children to look back on these images and remember what a great time you all had. You want to hear the giggles when you see that shot of dad throwing up your little one high into the sky. Don't focus on the session being about getting the right photo, but more about creating a memorable time for your kids & self.
Breastfeeding, expressed feeding, formula feeding, who cares??? | Mildura Newborn and family photographer
A few months ago I was on Facebook (What's new?) and I came across a beautiful image of a new mumma breastfeeding her baby. I started scrolling through the huge amount of comments and quite frankly was disgusted with the amount of negative words from the public.
I feel like these days you can't win. If you breastfeed your baby, you had better do it either in a grotty toilet cubical, under a very annoying cover (that will NOT stay on) or better yet, become a hermit and stay at home all day, every day for the entirety of your breastfeeding career. I knew mums who would carefully plan out their day so that they never had to breastfeed in public.
And don't even get me started on the topic of breastfeeding your baby past 6 months! "Are you going to stop feeding him?" "That's probably why she's so attached to you." "You'll be feeding him forever if you don't stop now." 'Shouldn't you just put her onto cow's milk?".
Yet, if you formula feed your baby there are looks and remarks from people too. "If you had just pushed through a few more weeks, you would have been fine." "You probably did have enough milk" "If it hurts you were doing it wrong" and then there's the common "breast is best." Ok, I want to explain that last one. Yes, breastmilk is best for baby – nature made it that way. But reminding someone of this fact AFTER they have stopped breastfeeding is in no way helpful to them and honestly, it's a bit mean.
Breast milk may be best for a baby but breastfeeding or expressing is not always best for babies and it may not be best for YOUR baby. When a mother is in pain emotionally or physically from breastfeeding or pumping, it HAS to affect the baby too!
The comments go on and on… and on! I know, I have personally been victim to the 'helpful' advice that is laced with judgment. Don't get me wrong, I believe in education from family and friends (how are young mums supposed to know how to breastfeed when they are not allowed to see a mum breastfeeding in public???) And advice is super important and helpful- WHEN it's done in a supporting manner.
Why does it matter to anyone else whether you breastfeed, express feed, formula feed, combination feed or SNS feed (a little tube that goes from a bottle to your nipple so baby thinks she's getting it from your breast) That's right it doesn't! It wont' change your life if your sister, cousin, friend formula feeds and you know what, when all you children are no longer toddlers and are getting into trouble with their group of friends, the formula fed babies will not smell, look, or act any different than the others. (let's face it, all kids smell).
I want to tell you a bit about my own journey, which is the reason I chose to do this little project of mine.
I have twin boys who are now 18 months old. When I was pregnant I was wanting to breastfeed but didn't want to put too much pressure on myself (like I usually do) so I went with "I will breastfeed if I can for as long as I can".
When my boys were born, I exclusively tandem breastfeed them for about 4 weeks. At this stage the pain had become so unbearable, I just couldn't continue. Although, being a stubborn girl I continued to provide them breast milk via expressing. I would cry for days just thinking about stopping. I don't remember how long I went, perhaps 2 or so weeks - It felt like forever... until I ended up back in hospital with mastitis & 'decided' to call it quits. I felt so guilty when I stopped breastfeeding. I would almost try to avoid bottle feeding them in public because of the guilt.
I don't believe anyone should have to feel that.
The guilt slowly went away but it was always in the back of my mind. Until, that is, the day I decided to re-lactate. My boys were about 4 months old & my milk had all but dried up. After 2 months of pumping & feeding I successfully re-lactated with one twin (the other wasn't interested).
So here I was, holding one baby to the breast whilst holding a bottle for the other who lay sprawled out on my lap. It was a pretty funny scene and those who saw me do it knew it wasn't always easy but it was my choice to make.
I got to the point where I just didn't care about anyone's judgements anymore. In fact, I almost wished that lady (among many) in the shop giving me the stink eye said something!! I was going to feed my babies any where, any time and ANY WAY I wanted! If you don't like to see me bottle feeding my baby = DON'T WATCH. If you don't like to see me breastfeeding my baby, it's pretty simple= DON'T WATCH. Really, you don't need to watch that closely anyway.
My twins are now 18 months old. I am still breastfeeding one twin & now the other thinks he's missing out so at times asks for and takes to the breast. I'm cool with it, they're cool with it, as is my awesome husband. No one else's opinion matters.
So..next time you see a formula feeding mumma, instead of passing judgement, how about smiling at them, how about encouraging them or asking if they want you to hold the screaming baby whilst they get the bottle ready. Tell her she's doing a great job. Just remember you have no idea what journey she has been on.
So. next time you see a mumma breastfeeding in public, instead of passing judgment, how about smiling at her, how about talking to her about… anything. Ask her if she wants you to pass her water to her that is just out of reach. Tell her she's doing a great job. Just remember you have no idea what journey she has been on.
I decided I wanted to do something. But what's a new mum of twins going to do to change the world?? HAHA
Well, I can shoot. (Photos that is not a gun, I'm a really bad aim).
My message to you mummas. You know what is best for your baby! Do it and do it proudly! You are awesome no matter how you feed them!
What best way to do this than a shoot, or as it turned out, a few shoots! :) These gorgeous mummas have all had a journey of their own with breastfeeding. Some have been smoother than others, but it is theirs, no one else's.
I want to thank the girls who came along to the sessions to help me with my project!
I hope you enjoy my project.
If you want to read more about my re-lactation journey, here's a little blog I made.
Have you been paying attention? There's a hidden message in this blog!!!
Here are their stories....
Sarah H
Breastfeeding is something that you will never understand until you experience it. I had never thought much about breastfeeding, and had the simplistic view that it was as easy as putting a boob to a baby's mouth – how wrong was I?! It wasn't until I fell pregnant that I educated myself more and more about breastfeeding. After everything I had read, I was concerned I may not be able to do it, and my little baby would go hungry. I brought some bottles and some sachets of formula just in case. I had 'A' via scheduled caesarean. I was in hospital for 3 nights, which was good as I had around the clock support with latching and positioning etc. I still left hospital unsure of what to expect – like most first time mothers! I had great support at home, with a lovely partner, a mother who is a retired midwife and visits from Sharon the lactation consultant.
Early on, it felt like 'A' was feeding for hours on end with only tiny breaks in between. How was I ever going to leave the house? The day after getting home from hospital, off I went for lunch in town! Of course, my precious little bundle of joy needed a feed while out in public. My partner was great and sat with me while I awkwardly managed to get little 'A' to latch onto my big boobs. First feed in public done! Yay! Since then, I have fed in public hundreds, if not thousands of times! I have read about so many mothers who have received negative comments whilst feeding out in public. I am happy to say that I have not had one negative comment ever (I did, however, have some young boys do a double take when they saw some boobs!). Please do not let public feeding discourage you from feeding your baby, be confident! Babies have to eat when out and about too! For me, breast feeding has been a relatively easy journey. I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I have at times, however, felt restrained by breastfeeding. Abby has been exclusively breastfed. Because of this, it was always me who had the responsibility for her. It was always me who was responsible if she was fussy, windy, fat, skinny, constipated or had the runs – everything! It wasn't comments about feeding in public that was my problem; it was comments about what I couldn't or shouldn't eat so baby wouldn't be gassy/constipated/wouldn't sleep/fussy/ do everything babies do.
The days and nights were broken up into 2-3 hour sections (sometimes less!) which was hard. I felt stressed that I needed to get everything done as soon as she finished feeding because it wasn't far away until she would need me again. I hated the feeling of resenting others because they were able to just hand over the crying baby and say "here, 'A' is crying, I think she needs a feed". I was the solution, the solution every day and every night, with no break. This stress was and still is hard to describe to anyone who has not experienced it. If I want to leave 'A' and have a break, I have to pump which takes precious time in between frequent feeds. And while I'm gone, I have to deal with bulging boobs from missing a feed! I missed nights out with friends, because I didn't have any breastmilk stored for 'A' to have a sleep over at Nan and Pas. It was hard to see life go on while I felt held back from doing things I could have done if I wasn't breastfeeding.
BUT, while I do say it is hard and there are challenges, I am the person to calm her and take away her tears. I am the one she wants to go to, because Mummy makes her feel better. I am the one who gets to cuddle her every night before bed, look into her eyes as she drifts off to sleep. The feeling of satisfaction knowing that my baby feels safest and happiest in my arms makes all those little stresses and frustrations worth it. Nearly 10 months on, I am proud to say my baby girl never had that formula I brought! We have come so far, from the baby who was so tiny compared to my big boobs, to the baby who now pokes my eyes, picks my nose and tries to put her fingers in my mouth while she has a feed. We are now coming to her first birthday and I am looking at the topic of weaning. After all the ups and downs, I am now at a point where I feel I will be the one who struggles to let go of our breast feeding bond, and it may well go beyond her first birthday.
As a new mother, I always assumed that breastfeeding was just how it was supposed to be done when it came to feeding your newborn baby.
Immediately after childbirth I started to learn how to breastfeed and continued to do so until 'S' was about two months old. It was at this time that it became obvious that my milk was not sustaining 'S' and he wasn't sleeping or feeding how I felt he should have been and I reluctantly gave into advice to start bottle feeding him formula. I didn't want to and I still expressed milk for a month simply to pour it down the sink because I had hoped that one day I could return to breastfeeding.
It was only once I let go of what I feel was my ego and thinking that I wasn't providing the best start for my son if I wasn't breastfeeding him and accepted the fact that it doesn't matter how my son gets fed whether or not it was from a formula bottle or from my breast milk, the important thing was that he was fed and happy. At the end of the day it doesn't matter to anyone as long as my son's needs were provided for.
Motherhood has completely changed my whole outlook on life. I have realised to be fully present in every single moment. Breastfeeding 'E' was hard for me emotionally at the start, 'E' wouldn't latch but I was determined to breastfeed. Breastfeeding then became so natural to me that I quickly learnt to trust my own motherly instinct.
I believe that a child weans themselves. This is why I still allow 'E' to be breastfed at 2.5 years of age. Some would say that is too long, but I want to encourage mothers to do what feels good for them, and to not be influenced by others judgements.
On December 20th, 2012 my beautiful early Christmas gift was born. My daughter 'S' entered the world under traumatic stressful circumstances. What followed was 12 months of hell, sickness, no sleep, depression and a breast feeding journey that ended before 6 months of age. I was devastated, I felt like a failure so many times because I struggled with one of life's 'basics'. My issues were put down to a combination of stress, traumatic birth, the exceptionally hot weather when she was born (40+) for weeks, amongst other things. When I found out I was pregnant again with my second, I was determined to make breast feeding work for us.
On October 14th, 2014 my beautiful second daughter 'G' came into the world in a hurry. She was a pure text book labour weighing in at a healthy 10lb 2oz. From day one we started to have issues, she didn't latch properly so my poor nipples were so cracked I cried every time I fed her. The day after I came home from the hospital I made the decision to pump and bottle feed, it allowed my body to heal. That night I started feeling a bit off, like I had the flu, my whole body hurt. I got up at 2am to pump only to look down at the bottle I was pumping into, it had turned a lovely shade of pinky/red. A quick trip to the doctor the next day revealed I had mastitis and an abscess on my right breast that had ruptured.
I continued to pump and bottle feed for around 10 days until my breast was completely healed. When I finally latched her back on to properly breast feed, I was so happy, the whole time I was pumping I had seen my breast feeding journey coming to an end way to soon. Over the next 10 months I dealt with another 2 lots of mastitis, breast refusal, blocked ducts, 2 months of me having tonsillitis, 6 teeth, biting and not being able to eat dairy because it upset her reflux.
At around 9 months with a heavy heart I made the decision to wean her during the day, this was a decision I didn't make lightly but one I had to make. I was returning to work and I don't work in a job that it's practical for me to pump during the day. I continued to feed her first thing in the morning, before bed and during the night if she needed it. After a couple of weeks I realised this wasn't working, my milk was starting to dry up, I was devastated, I had planned to get to 12 months but alas it wasn't going to happen.
I wanted to make my last breast feed something to remember, I made the decision to do it during the beautiful photo shoot that Lauren Southwell was doing to mark breast feeding week. Arriving was an emotional experience for me, the epic journey we had been on to get this far and knowing this would be the last time I would feel that closeness and bond of breast feeding my baby. Lauren made me feel at ease and the setting was beautiful. My last breast feed was peaceful, calm and amongst beautiful almond trees in full blossom bloom, it was the perfect way to close that chapter of my journey with my second baby.
I can't thank Lauren enough for the opportunity to capture such a precious time in our lives.
'A' was a premmie baby who we just couldn't get to latch onto the boob. It was a tough long journey to get him to feed. His journey started with a feeding tube and a syringe (used to feed him 5mls of milk). He became very attached to his bottles as that's all he could have being on prescription formula so I couldn't even express for him. We didn't find he couldn't have my milk until he was a month old. He used to scream from really bad reflux so when we used the Dr brown bottles with the right formula, it was amazing.He absolutely loves his bottles and I wouldn't change the process in a heart beat as I know the long journey found what was best for him in the end.
As a mum of an extreme prem baby (born at 24.5weeks), breastfeeding was always going to be a challenge for us but like with everything 'S' wasn't going to give in easily. We had our first breast contact feed when she was only 33 weeks gestation and still on CPAP oxygen support. We continued for a few weeks but it was extremely frustrating for 'S' with the nasal prongs in her way of getting full contact with the breast and I had an extremely slow let down so that didn't help the situation either. After coming off oxygen support we found 'S' took to the bottle like a gun and stacked on the weight! We choose to continue with this method as all we wanted was our baby girl to be home. I expressed for 7 months until my supply just couldn't keep up. We are now full formula feeds now and I wouldn't change a thing.
Sarah B
My first was breastfed for only 8 weeks, mostly due to inexperience. I was determined to succeed with breastfeeding my second, bottles are hard work! I had the usual mastitis and biting stages, but feeding was much easier overall and she self weaned at 22months. With 'A' I've not had mastitis once and she's still feeding several times a day at 22 months.
I think it's easier to feed now I have an understanding of what normal can look like for me. By that I mean sometimes 4 hourly feeds were normal when she was tiny, but other times I could feed for an hour straight and 'A' would still want more 20 minutes later. Both are normal feeding and once I learned to accept it, I could relax and enjoy the journey instead of stressing.
when I was pregnant with my first I went into breastfeeding with an open mind, if I could I would, in not then I would bottle feed, no stress either way. I was successful breastfeeding my first two for 11 months and am still feeding my third child at 14 months. Iv had a couple of serious bouts of mastitis and A lot of my friends around me were bottle feeding but have all been very supportive of me each other which has helped. All in all I have loved my breastfeeding journey. I can only imagine the emotions I'm going to feel when it comes to an end for good. Bitter sweet.
Breast feeding came easy in the beginning and everything was going swimmingly. There was a little bit of discomfort with one breast until I discovered kenacomb (prescription medication). At about five weeks my little girl wasn't putting on enough weight and I was encouraged to go on Motilium as my supply was down. It was disheartening but with the support of the lactation consultant we got through it. I also had to express milk to increase my supply. I remember one weekend when my daughter did not feed well and we were worried she was dehydrated. This was quite stressful.
My daughter was then diagnosed with reflux and was also identified with having a tongue tie. We saw an oral surgeon for the tongue tie and the GP so she could prescribe medication. It was a tough few weeks but by about eight or nine weeks we started to settle into a routine that was working. At times my husband and I had to give our daughter a bottle of expressed milk, especially the feed before putting her to bed at night. Interestingly night time feeds from day one have ALWAYS gone well as bub and I are always relaxed and I am not anxious.
My daughter is now 20 weeks and I am glad that I persevered with breast feeding as I love the special bond we share. It wasn't like that initially as it was really hard work, especially when my daughter would cry in pain. The support of my husband, the lactation consultants and the maternal & child health nurses have been invaluable and I don't think I have got through it without them. I love breast feeding as everything is working beautifully now (despite a few very hard weeks) as my daughter is gaining weight and is a happy, healthy little girl. I'm glad that I persevered but I can see how easy it is to just give up. Thank goodness for my husband who has been by my side.
I have three beautiful children. My first i had at only 18 and tried to breastfeed her but with so much pain and no sleep stopped after 6 weeks. I was under the impression i had no milk but now i can clearly see we both had thrush and a terrible latch. She thrived off formula and was happy!
Number 2 i was determined to breastfeed her, and from the get go everything was perfect. Great latch, liquid gold was flowing. I continued to feed her until 13 months, i stopped because she would not be apart from me, the boob was her comforter.
Number 3, he had a great latch from the start but oh the after birth pain when feeding was worse than labour, but i pushed through a week of that and continued to feed this booby baby until he was 17 months.
This photo is actually his last breastfeed ever!!!! He was ready but i was devastated, this is my last child, this is last time i will ever have this closeness. It was made easier by knowing i had a wonderful, talented photographer capturing this moment. I will cherish this for ever!
I was a very lucky mumma, I was fortunate enough to be able to do both from the start. I expressed alot of milk as my milk came in very heavy so my husband gave her a bottle of breast milk once a day from the get go so transitioning her from breast to formula was so easy she wasn't fazed at all. I did absolutely love the connection we had when I was breast feeding but seeing my husband hold her in his arms feeding her melted me just as much. Having to return back to work so soon though made the decision to go to formula an easy and stress free thing and having such a happy go lucky baby makes all changes less stressful.
I never felt guilty for stopping because for me once she started getting the fidgets and bigger I wanted to know she was getting proper feeds not just top ups and I started to feel awkward. Plus we always gave her the bottle (breastmilk) before bed and she slept all the way through so I knew she would be happier on the bottle as she got a lot more milk alot quicker. I may have felt differently if she was a clingy or needy baby but she is very independent and has been since birth -something I am so very grateful for.
People ask me all the time why did I stop if there wasn't a problem and I simply tell them its my life my daughter my choice and I know its for the better for myself my daughter and makes a beautiful bond with my husband and daughter.
I never had an issue with breastfeeding 'N', that is if you don't count cracked & bleeding nipples, painful breasts, having those tiny hairs on the back of my neck being ripped out etc. etc. My breastfeeding journey this time has been so different to my first. I was like a Jersey Cow last time! If I wasn't feeding, I was expressing! This time I wasn't able to express. I set my goal for 6 months & surpassed that over 16 months ago & I feel so blessed & lucky that I have been on this journey with my little man for so long. I have tried to stop, but 'N' won't let me & it was only half hearted from me anyway! I love the closeness we share during feeds, it's our time, & this bond & closeness has helped reduce my PND symptoms & calmed me down & just let me be, if only for 15 minutes at a time
When pregnant I always said "I'll give it a go!" When asked if I'd breast feed but for some reason I always just imagined that I'd take the "easy option" and bottle feed!
After R was born my milk was delayed due to a large blood loss so after she lost a significant amount of weight I decided to give her formula, all the while expressing in hope that my supply would increase.
After a week, with my supply increasing I attempted to put her back to the breast and to my surprise, she nailed it and we've never looked back! I've now learnt that breast feeding is the "easy option" for me and I'm so glad I gave it a go!
Breastfeeding for me has been a very relaxed journey. Both my children were born at home, fed at the breast instantly and were good feeders ever since.
I think being 100% relaxed and committed to breastfeeding has helped make it an easy experience. I wouldn't change it for the world. It's such a nurturing, natural and healthy thing that I have been able to do for my girls.
My BF journey began almost 21 years ago, with the birth of our first child. Since then I have had the privilege of nursing each of our eight children, including our 2/12 year old twin boys (who are still breastfed).
It has definitely been challenging at times, especially meeting the needs of a large family whilst investing the necessary time to exclusively breastfeed.
Having a supportive family has been very important, and the confidence in my body to nourish our precious babies.
Throughout my entire pregnancy I had anxiety that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed, this is still a touchy subject for me. I constantly compared my pregnancy towards others and sillily judged my ability to breastfeed based on the size of my breasts. Whilst they had grown, I just felt as though they weren't big enough to feed. 'A' was born 4 weeks early via induction due to the placenta not working, I feared that her early arrival also meant that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed her.
When 'A' was born she did have trouble latching and I had a nurse literally milk me, to just get the colostrum out. I had the "two day blues (seemed to last for a few weeks)". Two days after birth my milk came in, the nurses referred to me as a 'jersey cow', despite having the milk I couldn't feed 'A' easily. I was determined to give her breast milk and I started to express.
For weeks, every 3 hours I attempted to feed 'A' with a nipple shield, afterwards I would give her a top up with EBM and then I would express each side for 10 minutes. A week after 'A' was born, I woke up to find that my breasts had literally just disappeared and I rang the hospital lactation consultant in tears. After a visit from Bree, I continued to express and gradually built up my supply again. Unfortunately my anxiety was working against me and the more upset I got, the harder it was to feed.
Around when 'A' turned 6 weeks old she knocked the nipple shield off and refused to feed with it. From that moment I have exclusively breastfed. Sometimes it hurts and I still panic whether I am providing her with everything she needs, I find that I fixate on the numbers - especially how much weight she puts on between visits.
I am getting better at just enjoying the feeding and the bond that I have with 'A'. I love the way that she looks up at me and smiles when she is feeding, it reminds me that everything is okay and I can do it.
'F' started off amazingly at breastfeeding but she got very sick at six weeks old and had to be fed though an NG tube while in hospital, after two surgeries and almost 2 months of expressing we tried to get her to re-latch but by that stage she had breast refusal.
She had expressed breast milk the whole time she was in hospital but when we tried to get her to re latch she would only take a bottle so I started feeding her expressed milk, after another hard two months felicity re latched.
It was one of the best moments I wanted to breast feed her so badly to help fix her the residual hole in her heart, just after her first birthday we found out the hole had completely closed.
Felicity started to self wean just after 12 months, but she still occasionally breastfeeds. I'm so proud that we have made it this far, after all the challenges we have faced
I felt like an absolute failure when breastfeeding didn't work for me. My son 'R' is donor egg conceived and when he was born I was already thinking that my body failed me because I couldn't produce children without assistance. Being unsuccessful at breastfeeding compounded these feelings and I felt that I was a complete failure as a woman. I also thought that I wasn't going to be able to bond with my son because I had always been told about the incredible bonding experience that breastfeeding gives mothers.
'R' spent a week in the special care nursery due to jaundice which made him too tired to latch for feeding. Added to this was a low supply of milk which medication didn't assist. I believe there is an incredible amount of pressure placed on mothers to breastfeed. We struggled for 5 weeks to make breastfeeding work and it became an emotional experience for the both of us. Too often we were both in tears during a time that was supposed to be 'beautiful' and 'bonding' for the both of us. Switching to bottlefeeding was all about accepting the fact that I was doing the best for 'R' and I was still meeting his needs in a caring and loving way. We were both happier when we changed to bottle. My MCHN explained it best to me when she said "when he is the Prime Minister of Australia, no one is going to ask if he was breast or bottle fed".
I have attempted to breastfeed all of my children. Whilst pregnant with my first, I knew I wanted to breastfeed because it was natural and what the doctors and nurses say is best. I thought if you wanted to , you just did- it would be easy. I was quickly proven wrong. Struggling with latch problems and a lack of knowledge, we switched to formula after a only a few weeks. After the birth of each one of my children it became a little easier and I learned more, resulting in each one being fed a little longer yet we faced a different set of challenges along the way. I have seven happy healthy children who have either been breast, bottle fed or both.
'E' completes our family so I can't thank Lauren enough for capturing these moments as it represent so much more. Breast feeding verses bottle feeding really is the first of a long line of struggles you will face as a mother. As long as your doing what is right for both you an your child, it doesn't matter.
Whilst pregnant I had attended a seminar held by lactation consultant/midwife /Sue Cox which was amazing and highly recommended (Her books are great). She taught us about the baby knowing its mothers smell-how straight after birth lay baby on your chest and he actually finds his way to the breast. Skin to skin, latching on etc.
But nurses at hospital pushed my bed into recovery, left me there an hour without him and that started me off feeling really down and because I was upset, I think that contributed to the poor latching. So I didn't get skin to skin or even to feed him immediately like I wanted to. Then the nurse grabbed my boob and pushed 'M' to it and squeezed me without warning or asking me. Felt like I was a cow being milked! 'M' had jaundice when he was born and then awful refluxxxxxxx and took a bit of time to start feeding well.
He's now 17 months old and very happily still breast feeding. One of my favourite moments is when I look down at him and he stops drinking for a second to give me a big smile.
Did any of these stories sound familiar? Would you love a breastfeeding or bottle feeding photoshoot?
Little Miss Ruby is actually my newest little niece. Ruby, her mum & sisters travelled to Mildura within her first 2 weeks of life so I was lucky enough to have a newborn session with her! She was a great little sleeper for us so we got through a few setups and got some gorgeous shots of Ruby with her two sisters!
My husband & I went to visit family for a few days recently. One afternoon the sky was looking
gorgeous so I asked my little neice, Lucy, if she wanted to go outside with me & my camera.
She was up for it, so we trotted along together & while she played I snapped away.
Lucy loves necklaces, handbags & Icypoles (among many things) & looking back,
I really wish I had thought to bring some of her favourite things down with us for these photos. - Next time perhaps :)
I absolutely love this age for photo-shoots. You really get to capture their little personalities! :0)
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Sometimes when you're on holiday the time slips away from you & you don't end up doing half the things you set out to do. It seems when I visit my sister & her family in Brisbane I always run out of time to have a photo-shoot session.
That's why I am so happy that on the last day of my recent visit, we all went down to a park to have a proper session.
Ollie will be 3 in November & already he is full of mischief! He is one of the cheekiest & funniest boys I know and I just adore the time we spend together.
I can't wait for my future trips to Brisbane to take progressive photos of Ollie getting older (and cheekier)
with his growing family.
If anyone has any friends or family that don't live in Mildura and are interested in a photo-shoot,
feel free to pass on my details as I am willing to travel.
My husband's Pa, Ted, turned 90 years old a couple of weeks ago and celebrated the monumental occasion with family and friends gathered around him.
I think Pa is one of the most proud men I know, he adores his family so much and we all love and adore him right back!
Here are a few snaps I took throughout the day; it was a fantastic turn out with people traveling from all across the state to wish Ted well on his birthday.
Pa's gift from his family was a Joy ride in a helicopter.
His flight was last weekend. I'm sure there were a few nerves to start off with
but as soon as the helicopter took to the air Pa was all smiles.
The highlight of his trip was flying over the Murray River Salt Interception Plant & over his house.
The owners were so friendly and lovely - I wonder if they get a lot of 90 year olds flying with them..
Ramair Flying Services operate these flights from the Mildura airport.
(See link below for their information)
Last weekend I got to share in the celebration of my little niece's baptism. It was a lovely ceremony with close friends and family, followed by a yummy dinner. I have added some images from the evening. :)
I noticed recently when I was taking photos of a sunset, just how many people stop what they are doing to watch it. It happens every day, yet it seems so beautifully rare, you just have to stop and admire it.
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Last weekend my dear friend Cat came around with her 5 month old boy. We had a great time catching up and I was happy to be able to photograph little Parker. As tired as the poor little fella was, he was still such a good boy and we managed to capture some great moments.
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I am very lucky to have two beautiful furry children!
- You will probably see more of them in my blogs to come.
Muppet is the leader of them both, bossing Carni around, stealing his food & telling him off. They are both very special to me and oh-so cute! Do you have a beloved pet? And if so, have you thought of having a photo-shoot? I have a few different packages available for furry friends!
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Clarkston News Staff Writer
Kids were busy at work figuring what adjustments they had to do to their robots during RUSH Robotics Camp last week.
They learned about NXT robots, built a robot and then learned how to move it a little bit at a time.
"Then, we have them start working with the program and on the field," said Sydney Havens, member of the Team RUSH Robotics team. "They can look at the challenges they want to do. Then, start working as a group to figure out what they want to do and how they are going to do it."
After programming the robot, they put it onto the field, lined it up properly and let it go to see if the robot could do the challenge.
Havens added if the robot is off even by a little bit it will mess up the program and the robot won't be able to completely do the challenge.
"Then, they make adjustments like if it need to move forward more to hit something," she said.
The groups had a total of two minutes and 30 seconds on the last day to score as many points as possible like demolish a building for 85 points or put a yellow bin on a truck for 50 points in Trash Trek.
and the challenges were different between the beginner and advanced camps.
Havens said the difference between the two camps are the challenges and also the experience.
"The advanced camp they are in a group of people who have done it before and they can work on more challenges together," she said. "It also gives them something different to work with. If they are in beginner one week, they can go to advanced the next week for a different game. There are some kids who have been doing this for years and they come back every year. There are some kids who have never done it before so it doesn't make sense to have them in the same group."
The camp gives the kids a taste of what they could do during the FIRST LEGO League.
On the last day of camp, the kids saw Team RUSH's 2018 World Champion robot in action as the team demonstrated the game they had during their robotics season.
The camp was offered through Clarkston Community Education and Independence Township Parks, Recreation and Seniors. For more information and more camps, visit www.itpr.org.


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