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South Korea has dispatched 300 troops and a destroyer to secure the release of the Samho Jewelry tanker, which was hijacked recently by Somali pirates.
South Korea has dispatched 300 troops and a destroyer to secure the release of a Korean-operated tanker with 21 crew members that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea. The attack on the Samho Jewelry tanker follows the release of a hijacked ship owned by the same company only two months ago, and it ups the total of hostages held off the Somali coast to nearly 700.
South Korea's 4,500-ton destroyer is sailing toward the Arabian Sea and is expected to reach the troubled waters in about two days, a Korean foreign ministry official told the Yonhap news agency.
"The location of the ship was found and the 21 crew members, including eight South Koreans, were all confirmed to be safe through communications between Samho Shipping Co. and the ship," an unnamed government official said.
Top 5 high-profile captures by Somali pirates
The 19,000-ton Samho Jewelry is Maltese-flagged and Norwegian-owned, with a crew from Indonesia, Myanmar, and Korea, according to the European Union's Operation Atalanta, a naval force formed to combat Somali piracy.
The ship was carrying chemicals between the United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka. The hijacking is the second in just one week of a ship leaving UAE ports, the UAE-based National newspaper reports.
Last Samho tanker ransom was $9 million: report
Samho Shipping, which owns the hijacked ship, also had a 300,000-ton oil tanker with 24 crew members hijacked by Somali pirates last year. They were held for 217 days and released only two months ago for a ransom of about $9 million, according to the Korea Times.
Navies from diverse nations, including the US, European Union, India, China, Russia, and Japan, have intensified their patrols of the highly risky waters, Reuters notes. But piracy persists: Since the start of 2011, 14 incidents of hijackings or attempted attacks have occurred near Somalia, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Some 29 vessels are being held off the coast of Somali, according to the EU.
Some progress against Somali piracy
While piracy in the region seems an intractable issue, the Council on Foreign Relation's Michael L. Baker argues that much progress has been made.
International patrols have nearly eliminated piracy in the once-distressed Gulf of Aden, pushing pirates farther into the Indian Ocean where it is harder to act, he argues. The exceptional conviction of five Somali nationals for piracy in a Norfolk, Va. courtroom in November is also a sign of progress, the CFR's Mr. Baker adds.
But while increased patrols and pushing pirates into riskier waters will help, piracy will persist as long as the rewards are so great in a distressed Somalia, writes Baker.
While it is easy to conceive that one needs simply to increase risks and decrease rewards at sea, the reality is not so simple. Life expectancy for a Somali male is only forty-eight years, unemployment is chronically high, and gross domestic product per capita is $600 per year.
To make a dent in the risk-reward analysis that a young Somali man conducts when contemplating a piracy mission, the international community (to include Somalis) has to increase the rewards and decrease the risks ashore while simultaneously increasing the risks and decreasing the rewards at sea.
To do this effectively means not only focusing on the pirates operating at sea but also changing the risk-reward equation for the ringleaders sitting in plush villas in Nairobi, clans providing support to pirates in the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland, and agents providing intelligence from African ports.
It also means reducing the freedom of movement pirates currently enjoy in Puntland. Such an effort will take years, but we can realize incremental progress that builds toward a realistic end-state by combining important new developments.
Source: Reuters
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Season review: France
Tuesday 22 May 2012
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The 2011/12 French campaign was one for the romantics with Montpellier Hérault SC winning their first Ligue 1 title and amateur third-tier outfit US Quevilly reaching the cup final.
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For the first time in their history, Montpellier Hérault SC ended a season as Ligue 1 champions after a fantastic campaign. Their race for the title with Paris Saint-Germain FC ran up until the final weekend but René Girard's young team held their nerve and warrant great credit for a famous achievement.
Champions: Montpellier Hérault SC
With 82 points, Montpellier finished 2011/12 on top of the tree, three points ahead of big-spending PSG. A youthful Montpellier side had not won a major honour for 22 years and were rank outsiders but Girard's men proved solid in defence and lethal up front, with Olivier Giroud finishing as the league's 21-goal leading scorer alongside PSG's Nenê.
Cup final: Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 US Quevilly
Lisandro López hit the goal at the Stade de France on 28 April that ended Quevilly's dream of becoming the first amateur team to lift the French Cup since the introduction of professionalism in 1932. The Argentinian's conversion of Alexandre Lacazette's cross gave Lyon coach Rémi Garde something to cheer in his first full season in charge.
European places*
Montpellier Hérault SC – UEFA Champions League, group stage
Paris Saint-Germain FC – UEFA Champions League, group stage
LOSC Lille Métropole – UEFA Champions League, play-off
Olympique Lyonnais – UEFA Europa League, group stage
FC Girondins de Bordeaux – UEFA Europa League, play-off
Olympique de Marseille – UEFA Europa League, third qualifying round
*Subject to final confirmation from UEFA
Player of the Year: Eden Hazard (LOSC Lille Métropole)
On the back of inspiring Lille to a historic double in 2010/11, the 21-year-old Belgian forward remained on top of his game as Les Dogues ended the campaign third. Scoring 20 times – and creating more Ligue 1 goals than any other Lille player – he was named player of the season for the second year running.
One to watch: Younès Belhanda (Montpellier Hérault SC)
A symbol of the Montpellier success story this season, the French-born Morocco striker came of age in 2011/12. A product of Montpellier's youth system, Belhanda scored 12 league goals and his understanding with Giroud was a pivotal feature of their side's play. Voted young player of the year by his Ligue 1 peers, the 22-year-old also earned the goal of the season prize for his spectacular volley against Marseille on 11 April.
Surprise package: US Quevilly
The French Cup was made memorable by Quevilly and their extraordinary journey to the final, before Lisandro ended the fairy tale. The first amateur side since 2000 to make it so far, the Normandy outfit saw off Marseille (3-2) and Stade Rennais FC (2-1) to reach Paris. "The feeling I'll keep forever from the final will be the fans in this stadium," said Quevilly coach Régis Brouard. "It was magical."
Leading scorers: Olivier Giroud (Montpellier Hérault SC), Nenê (Paris Saint-Germain FC) 21
Relegated: AJ Auxerre, Dijon FCO, SM Caen
Promoted: SC Bastia, Stade de Reims, ES Troyes AC
Number: 50
The number of points earned by Montpellier at home from 19 games – the highest tally since AS Monaco FC in 1992/93.
This title gives colour to our football and shows that we must not fear anyone, that money is not everything. We are a club of friends with young players coming through our ranks. In the end, the mix wasn't bad. We have produced great football and there has been a good balance to the team. I'm a bit stunned. This is the best present I could think of for our president."
Montpellier coach Girard after the 2-1 win at Auxerre that sealed the title.

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The truth about bedsharing risks – and why it may not be what you think
December 15, 2011 at 6:45 am 11 comments
Welcome to the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival This post was written for inclusion in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival hosted by Monkey Butt Junction . Our bloggers have written on so many different aspects of cosleeping. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants. ***
This post is an overview of the existing research into the safety of taking your baby into bed with you to sleep. In it, I hope to explain why such different factions in the debate have reached such widely differing conclusions, and to clarify what the research actually shows.
A few quick notes, before starting:
1. It's possible that you're an exhausted new parent who stumbled on this when what you were actually Googling for was some easy-to-digest practical advice on how to bedshare as safely as possible, and that delving into the complications of the debate isn't really what you're after. If so, I recommend the UNICEF BabyFriendly leaflet as the best resource I know of on the subject.
2. It's also possible that you have personal reasons to find the topic of infant death particularly distressing. If so, this is what's generally known as a 'trigger warning', to tell you that this is a discussion of possible risk factors in infant smothering and SIDS deaths.
3. Terminology. The term most often used for taking your baby into bed with you is 'co-sleeping' (which, of course, is also the one used in the title of the Carnival). However, this technically covers any sleeping arrangement where your baby is within arm's reach of you, including the usually-recommended one of a cot by the side of the bed. Since the crux of the debate is how the safety of that arrangement compares to the safety of having your baby in the same bed as you, using a term that can refer to either arrangement does sometimes cause confusion; hence, I've gone for the term 'bedsharing' in this post.
4. Terminology, part 2: I'm from the UK, so I use the word 'cot' to refer to the kind of standard baby bed that goes by the name 'crib' in the US. I've used that throughout this post simply because it's the term that's familiar to me.
5, added on reflection: As you can see, this post was submitted to a blogging carnival. For anyone unfamiliar with how carnivals work, anyone who wants to submit a post on the topic can do so, taking whichever approach they wish, and everyone then links up to everyone else's post at the end of theirs. I've therefore included links to the posts of all other participants, but, of course, some of them will have different views from me on the subject. For that reason, please do not take the inclusion of the links to other posts as implying that I agree with/endorse all the information contained therein. Some of them I heartily do; some of them I emphatically don't.
Right – that's hopefully cleared all that up. On with the post.
The controversy
Standard advice in most of the Western world is that you should NOT take your baby into bed with you to sleep as it's much too dangerous. I was originally planning to write something more sardonic about that view, but the public health department from Milwaukee has recently surpassed anything I could possibly come up with in the way of satire by, and I swear I am not making this up, publicity posters showing photos of a baby lying next to a meat cleaver with the caption 'Sleeping with your baby can be just as dangerous'. I really hope someone reports them to whichever organisation it is that's supposed to ensure truth in advertising, because that would make a really interesting court case.
However, in recent decades, there has been an increasingly large pro-bedsharing contingent, chiefly the Attachment Parenting and Natural Parenting movements, claiming that the exact opposite is the case. Not only is bedsharing quite safe given a few simple precautions, they say, but, if properly done, it actually reduces the risk of infant death. And they will cite studies which they claim back up this viewpoint.
Caught in the middle of all this, as usual, are parents, and the amount of confusing and misleading information they're getting on the subject isn't helping anyone. What makes this worse is that neither of the above two groups is actually right.
So, where are they both coming from on this?
Anti-bedsharing concerns
The concern over bedsharing comes largely from concerns that a baby might smother in an adult bed. It's not an unfounded concern; there have been many such tragedies in the past (1), with babies slipping down between the mattress and the wall, or the mattress and the headboard, or even the mattress and a safety rail designed to keep the baby in bed, and getting their heads trapped in such a way that they were unable to breathe. Similar accidents can occur in cots too, of course – but cots are designed with infant occupants in mind, and manufacturers are held to safety standards which involve designing cots without any such gaps for a baby to get caught in. Adult beds aren't, and hence such deaths are considerably less rare in adult beds (2).
While it's possible to adapt an adult bed in such a way as to minimise the risk, doing so properly can be a difficult matter involving some careful thought about the less obvious hazards and pitfalls. For example, one of the ways often advocated is to push the bed flush against the wall so that the baby can't either fall out or get trapped between bed and wall. However, as one of the pro-bedsharing movement's leading experts, Dr James McKenna, points out, this carries the risk that the bed will move just far enough away over time to create a dangerous gap, without the parents noticing. What he suggests is to move the mattress off the bed frame altogether and putting it on the floor – a course of action which most people would probably find quite an extreme length to go to. And given the difficulties in making an adult bed safe, it's understandable that so many people take the attitude 'Why take the risk in the first place? Just put the baby in a cot.'
This approach to bedsharing risk has problems which I'll discuss towards the end of the post. First, there's the other side of the bedsharing debate to consider. In the face of possible smothering risks, why are so many people convinced that bedsharing actually reduces the risk to infants? The answer lies in some of the research done into another, and less rare, cause of infant death: SIDS.
The pro-bedsharing case
SIDS is often confused with smothering in bedsharing discussions, but it's important to understand that it is not the same thing. SIDS – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, also known as crib death or cot death – is the phenomenon of infant death for which no cause can be found. (Smothering deaths are therefore, by definition, not SIDS deaths.) SIDS, although every parents' nightmare, is mercifully uncommon; but it is still substantially less rare a cause of death than getting trapped down the side of an adult bed and smothering there. And research emerging in the 80s and 90s was raising a new and exciting possibility – that bedsharing might actually reduce the risk of dying of SIDS.
In 1990, James McKenna published the first of what would be several small studies looking at the physiology of infant sleep and how sleeping arrangements affect it. His technique, in brief, was to monitor mother-baby pairs overnight in his laboratory, in each of two different arrangments – sharing a bed, and putting the baby in a cot in an adjacent room. Each mother and baby would spend a night bedsharing and a night with the separate sleeping arrangements, and their measurements for the two nights would be compared.
Using this technique, McKenna was able to show some interesting differences in babies' sleep behaviour according to their sleep arrangement. On the nights that babies shared the bed with their mothers, they spent less time in deep sleep/surfaced from sleep more often (3), breastfed more often (4), and were more likely to have unexplained pauses in their breathing (5).
These results caused great excitement (the one about the increased risk of unexplained pauses in breathing was rather glossed over). One plausible theory about SIDS is that it's related to a baby slipping into too deep a sleep, with the normal arousal mechanisms not working properly. And, of course, breastfeeding is already known to be beneficial. Could these differences in sleep depth, arousal mechanisms, and breastfeeding frequency add up to a reduction in SIDS risk in babies who were bedsharing? And, if so – since SIDS is a more frequent cause of death among babies than smothering as a result of sleeping in an adult bed, and since there were precautions that can reduce the risk of smothering during bedsharing to an extremely low level, could it be that bedsharing would prevent more deaths than it caused, and thus prove beneficial overall?
If so, this would be fantastic news. Not only would any discovery of ways to reduce SIDS risk obviously be good news, but, as an extra bonus, this was the equivalent of someone coming up with a study that says that eating chocolate is really good for you. Getting up for night feeds is one of the most horrible parts of being a parent. Taking your baby into bed at night is one of the loveliest parts of being a parent. Generations of exhausted mothers had struggled to deal with the first or opted in desperation for the second, facing the censure of baby experts for so doing. You can imagine the enthusiasm with which they greeted the possibility that scientific evidence could now be vindicating them.
And other promising evidence was also emerging. Acceptability and prevalence of bedsharing varies hugely from country to country (6). When the rates of bedsharing in a number of different countries were compared with SIDS rates in those countries, an association showed up: not a cast-iron one, but there was certainly a tendency for cultures with higher rates of bedsharing to have lower SIDS rates. Could that be cause and effect?
And, in Western cultures, as researchers compared the sleeping environments of babies who'd died of SIDS to those of living babies, it became apparent that the advice previously popular in the US and UK of putting your baby to bed in a separate room was actually not a good idea at all. Sleeping in a different room from the parents showed up as a strong risk factor. If just having your baby in the same room as you could protect against SIDS, how much more effective might it be to have your baby in the same bed! The bedsharing case was looking better and better.
Unfortunately, this optimism would prove unfounded.
What further research has shown
Over the last two decades, a number of case-control studies have been done to look more directly at what risk factors might be involved in SIDS. (Case-control studies are the type I described in the second part of the last paragraph – researchers look at the backgrounds of a group of babies who died of SIDS and a similar group of babies who haven't, and compare the two to see whether any factors show up significantly more often in one group than the other. The reason for doing things in this somewhat back-to-front way, in case you were wondering, is that SIDS is so rare. As many people have pointed out, it would be better from the scientific point of view if we could start from the beginning and study groups of parents who do things in different ways, such as bedsharing vs. cot use, to compare the SIDS rates between the two – however, to get a large enough sample for there to be sufficient numbers of SIDS deaths in each group to compare and to look at different risk factors, you'd have to arrange for literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of families to be interviewed in detail to get all the information you needed, and that is just never going to be feasible. Case-control studies, by starting with babies who've died of SIDS and finding comparison groups, allow researchers to gain a good approximation of this information by interviewing a few hundred families, which is manageable.)
The pro-bedsharing case took an initial wobble when the first case-control study to look at bedsharing announced that it increased SIDS risk (7). However, things were still by no means that simple. Research was also showing that some factors could make bedsharing particularly risky. Bedsharing with a parent who smoked, for example, was associated with a far higher risk (smoking in a parent is associated with a major increase in SIDS risk anyway, but bedsharing with a smoker sent the risk up even further, possibly due to the higher rates of carbon monoxide and what-all else gunk that smokers normally have in their expired air compared to non-smokers). Falling asleep with a baby on an armchair or sofa was also associated with a drastic increase in risk (this, of course, isn't technically bedsharing, but it is a form of co-sleeping and thus gets categorised with bedsharing for research purposes.) Other factors, which were risky under any circumstances (pillows, duvets, excessively soft mattresses), were more likely to be present in bedsharing situations but could potentially be removed if they were the only factors standing in the way of safe bedsharing.
(The above is not, by the way, intended by any means to be an exclusive list of the factors that might make bedsharing risky. I'm just trying to mention some of the main ones to give a general idea. Please do not take it as the final word on how to bedshare safely. As I said above – if you want better advice, I think the UNICEF leaflet does the best job of covering different factors and giving realistic information.)
Analysing all bedsharing cases together without allowing for these factors could give an estimate of risk that wouldn't apply across the board, and could obscure any potential benefit from bedsharing done in optimised, low-risk circumstances. What would show up when further studies allowed for these excess risk factors in analysis?
Doing so did indeed eliminate the apparent extra SIDS risk that had initially showed up as associated with bedsharing (8). When that study and several others (9 – 12) were analysed in such a way as to allow for higher-risk cases, the figures didn't show any excess in SIDS risk for bedsharing with non-smoking parents who weren't under the influence of anything (either prescribed or recreational) that might be making them excessively drowsy. However… they didn't show any decreased risk, either.
No matter what other factors the studies controlled for that might be influencing risk, the best they showed was a similar risk for infants bedsharing in optimised conditions and infants cot-sleeping in optimised conditions. The best hopes of the pro-bedsharing contingent hadn't been borne out by the research. And, given the increased risk of an infant smothering in a bed, if the SIDS risk was the same in either a bed or a cot then that still left bedsharing coming out as at least a bit more risky overall – and much more risky in any situations where best guidelines weren't followed.
What was more, two more risk factors would emerge from further studies. In 2004, the Lancet published the largest case-control study of SIDS ever done, in which the authors had looked at another risk factor: infant age. Previous studies hadn't made any differentiation between the youngest and oldest babies in the SIDS cases looked at. However, when age was figured in as a factor, it turned out that bedsharing in the earliest months of a baby's life was associated with an increased SIDS risk (13). Several other studies have since confirmed this (14 – 16). Bedsharing in the first few months is more risky. The Lancet study showed that this age-associated risk is highest of all at birth, falling off steadily over subsequent months but taking a few months to drop to zero extra risk.
And in 2005, the CESDI SUDI research group did some further analysis on the figures from their 1999 study to look at how prematurity and low birth weight might affect bedsharing risk. They found that, in the group of infants who were either premature or weighed less than five and a half pounds (2.5 kg) at birth, bedsharing with even a non-smoking parent was associated with a whopping 15 times the increase in risk, even when other risk factors were controlled for (17). As far as I have been able to find, nobody else has looked into this particular risk factor, so I have no more information on this – however, it clearly bears taking into account.
Given all this evidence, is it possible still to believe in completely safe bedsharing? Well… maybe. There's always going to be some factor you can't control for in studies, some 'Yes, but what about if we…' suggestion. If, for example, you get rid of the bed altogether and just put a futon on the floor, find some bedding arrangement that eliminates the need for duvets, pillows, or anything that could go over the baby's face, don't smoke or drink, have a normal-weight full-term baby, don't start bedsharing until after the riskier period in the early months, and don't have any other factor I haven't mentioned that might make bedsharing more risky, then it's quite possible that your sleeping arrangement actually will be every bit as safe as having the baby in a cot by the side of your bed. There's still no evidence that it'll be any safer, but you may well have achieved the lesser Holy Grail of reducing the excess risk to zero. The thing is, there just aren't ever going to be very many parents who want to, or even can, go to these sorts of lengths.
So – where does this leave us?
Firstly, although I have not as yet seen any case-controlled or epidemiological studies comparing the risks of bedsharing to the risks of putting your baby to sleep in the same bed as a meat cleaver, I do feel confident in saying that that one's an exaggeration. However, on a more serious note – what do we do with the fact that the overall evidence does seem to point towards there being some risks, however small, associated with bedsharing in any sort of form in which most parents in the Western world are going to be able to practice it? Should we go with the 'Just say no' crowd on this subject?
I think there are two problems with that approach. Firstly, for some parents it isn't possible. Some babies just don't sleep in cots, and there are physical limits on how much sleep deprivation anyone can stand before their body will take a hand and fall asleep despite their best efforts. If we dole out blanket advice against all bedsharing [aaaarrrrggghhhh – would you believe I've only just noticed the entirely unintentional pun there? Sorry], we do run a very real risk that some parents will become so utterly exhausted in their struggle not to bedshare that they'll end up simply falling asleep with their baby under the duvet or, worse, on the sofa with them and putting the baby at far more risk than if they'd deliberately planned and created a minimal-risk bedsharing environment.
Secondly, we don't, in other circumstances, expect parents to provide a zero-risk environment for their babies. Nobody tells parents that because there is no such thing as risk-free driving, no matter how safely it's done, they should never never never take their babies for a car ride or cross a road. We accept other small risks as part of life. Barring extremes, we let people make their own choices as to what level of risk they feel comfortable accepting – for themselves or their children.
There are circumstances where the risk associated with bedsharing is considerably higher, to the point where you probably should indeed be avoiding it – if anyone in the bed is a smoker, if your baby is premature/very small, if you're taking anything (prescribed or recreational) that impairs your reactions to the point of putting you at potential risk of rolling over on your baby. And I do think it's worth doing whatever you can, within whatever sleep situation you feel it best for you and your family to try, to do whatever else you can to lower the risk of either SIDS or smothering. But I think that, when we're talking about a situation where the absolute risk is very low, it should ultimately be the job of parents to make their own informed decisions as to just what risk level they feel comfortable with.
However, to make informed decisions, people need accurate information. The problem with the pro-bedsharing contingent is that the message that they overwhelmingly put across – bedsharing protects your baby, everyone should do it, all it takes is a few simple precautions – isn't very accurate.
Some sources leave parents with the impression that as long as they haven't actually been drinking alcohol or taking drugs then there shouldn't be a problem. Most will give more detailed advice than this, but it's still astonishing how rarely this includes the advice that babies are at much higher risk if they bedshare with a smoker, or if they're premature and/or of low birth weight. Parents are also getting inaccurate and contradictory advice – for example, Dr Sears, a famous pro-bedsharing advocate, advises that beds should be pushed flush against the wall, but James McKenna points out that this may actually increase risk. The advice that babies should sleep between parents used to be popular, until the Chicago study showed that this, too, increased risk (11). And if all this is in the context of a background that bedsharing is quite all right, even protective, how seriously are parents going to take the need to be careful about the risks anyway? There's a real risk that it'll be seen as not that much of a big deal, since bedsharing's so safe/beneficial anyway….
There will always be parents who bedshare for practical reasons. But increasing numbers of parents are making the choice to bedshare because attachment parenting/natural parenting groups are selling it to them as a wonderful, harmless, beneficial thing. If these parents knew more about the risks, some would make the same choice. Others might well choose not to bedshare, while still others might be more careful about precautions. These families are being given incomplete and incorrect information, and hence are not being given the chance to make their own properly informed choices.
Simplistic anti-bedsharing campaigns are not the answer. They aren't providing parents with proper information either; they may increase the risk of very unsafe forms of bedsharing; and the more ridiculously over-the-top campaigns (coughMilwaukeemeatcleaveradscough) can backfire badly, by looking so ridiculous that it makes it easy for the pro-bedsharing campaign to step in with their much more plausible-sounding, attractive message of how safe and desirable bedsharing is. Somehow, we have to find a way simultaneously to let parents know how to reduce bedsharing risk as much as possible and to make it clear to them that there is a risk. I'm not under any illusions that it'll be easy to find a sensible middle ground in which parents can be given clear, easy-to-follow information based on evidence rather than agendas. But we have to try; because it's what parents, and babies, deserve.
(Links are to the full study where this is available on line for free, and otherwise to the abstract.)
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17. Blair PS et al. Sudden infant death syndrome and sleeping position in pre-term and low birth weight infants: an opportunity for targeted intervention. Arch Dis Child 2006; 91(2): 101 – 6.
Thanks for reading a post in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival. On Carnival day, please follow along on Twitter using the #CosleepCar hashtag.
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
Emotive Co-Sleeping Campaign – Miriam at Diary of an Unconscious Mother talks about her feelings on Milwaukee's anti-cosleeping crusade and its latest advertising campaign.
Why Cosleeping has Always been the Right Choice for My Family – Patti at Jazzy Mama shares how lucky she feels to have the privilege of sleeping with her four children.
Cosleeping is a safe, natural and healthy solution parents need to feel good about. – See how Tilly at Silly Blatherings set up a side-car crib configuration to meet her and her families' needs.
Black and White: Race and the Cosleeping Wars – Moorea at Mama Lady: Adventures in Queer Parenting points out the problem of race, class and health when addressing co-sleeping deaths and calls to action better sleep education and breastfeeding support in underprivileged communities.
Reflections on Cosleeping – Jenny at I'm a Full Time Mummy shares her thoughts on cosleeping and pictures of her cosleeping beauties.
Cosleeping and Transitioning to Own Bed – Isil at Smiling Like Sunshine shares her experiences in moving beyond the family bed.
What Works for One Family – Momma Jorje shares why cosleeping is for her and why she feels it is the natural way to go. She also discusses the actual dangers and explores why it may not be for everyone.
Really High Beds, Co-Sleeping Safely, and the Humanity Family Sleeper – Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama gives a quick view of Jennifer's bed-sharing journey and highlights the Humanity Family Sleeper, something Jennifer could not imagine bed-sharing without.
Crying in Our Family Bed – With such a sweet newborn, why has adding Ailia to the family bed made Dionna at Code Name: Mama cry?
Dear Mama: – Zoie at TouchstoneZ shares a letter from the viewpoint of her youngest son about cosleeping.
Cuddle up, Buttercup! – Nada of The MiniMOMist and her husband Michael have enjoyed cosleeping with their daughter Naomi almost since birth. Nada shares why the phrase "Cuddle up, Buttercup!" has such special significance to her.
Co-Sleeping With A Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler – Kerry at City Kids Homeschooling shares how co-sleeping calls us to trust our inner maternal wisdom and embrace the safety and comfort of the family bed.
Fear instead of Facts: An Opportunity Squandered in Milwaukee – Jenn at Monkey Butt Junction discusses Milwaukee's missed opportunity to educate on safe cosleeping
Cosleeping: A Mini-rant and a Lovely Picture – Siobhan at Res Ipsa Loquitor discusses her conversion to cosleeping and rants a little bit about the Milwaukee Health Department anti-cosleeping campaign.
Our Cosleeping Story – Adrienne at Mommying My Way shares her cosleeping story and the many bonus side effects of bedsharing.
Cosleeping can be safe and rewarding Christy at Mommy Outnumbered shares how her cosleeping experiences have been good for her family.
Adding one more to the family bed Lauren at Hobo Mama discusses the safety logistics of bed sharing with a new baby and a preschooler.
The Truth About Bedsharing – Dr. Sarah at Parenting Myths and Facts discusses the research into bedsharing and risk – and explains why it is so often misrepresented.
Cosleeping as a parenting survival tool – Melissa V. at Mothers of Change describes how she discovered cosleeping when her first baby was born. Melissa is the editor and a board member for the Canadian birth advocacy group, Mothers of Change.
Dear Delilah – Joella at Fine and Fair writes about her family bed and the process of finding the cosleeping arrangements that work best for her family.
CoSleeping ROCKS! – Melissa at White Noise talks about the evolution of cosleeping in her family.
Safe Sleep is a Choice – Tamara at Pea Wee Baby talks about safe sleep guidelines.
3 Babies Later: The Evolution of our Family Bed – Kat at Loving {Almost} Every Moment talks about how her family's cosleeping arrangements evolved as her family grew.
Tender Moments – The Accidental Natural Mama discusses tender cosleeping moments.
Cosleeping Experiences – Lindsey at An Unschooling Adventure describes how she ended up co-sleeping with her daughter through necessity, despite having no knowledge of the risks involved and how to minimise them, and wishes more information were made available to help parents co-sleep safely.
The early days of bedsharing – Luschka at Diary of a First Child shares her early memories of bedsharing with her then new born and gets excited as she plans including their new arrival into their sleeping arrangements.
The Joys of Cosleeping in Pictures – Charise of I Thought I Knew Mama shares pictures of some of her favorite cosleeping moments.
Symbiotic Sleep – Mandy at Living Peacefully With Children discusses how the symbiotic cosleeping relationship benefits not only children but also parents.
Co-sleeping Barriers: What's Stopping You? – Kelly at Becoming Crunchy shares how she was almost prevented from gaining the benefits of co-sleeping her family currently enjoys.
Co-Sleeping with the Family Humanity Sleeper – Erica at ChildOrganics shares a way to make co-sleeping safe, comfortable and more convenient. Check out her post featuring the Humanity Organic Family Sleeper.
Why We Cosleep – That Mama Gretchen's husband chimes in on why cosleeping is a benefit to their family.
Adding to the Family Bed – Darah at A Girl Named Gus writes about her co-sleeping journey and what happens when a second child comes along.
A big thank you to all of the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival participants!
Entry filed under: Bedsharing. Tags: bedsharing, co-sleeping, SIDS risk.
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This is by far the best article I have ever read on this topic!! Thank you for your obvious commitment to research and information sharing with a healthy dose of common sense. I second your sentiments exactly! There are problems with both camps; the anti co bedding camp and the pro co bedding camp, and elimination of risk is not realistic. I've often thought there is a parallel between bed sharing and driving in a vehicle~a risk with benefits it is reasonable to take, and for which it is beneficial to know how to do it more safely.
I like how you emphasized the need to room share, and how it is separate from bed sharing. I'm going to bookmark and share this post far and near.
Thanks also for the link to the UNICEF pamphlet~very good. Awesome post!! Thank you! =)
Excellent research, thank you for compiling it!
Awesome post! So informative, you did an amazing job researching it all.
Totally amazing post. Really the best thing I have read on the subject. Gosh, hardly know what to say.
great post! Well done!
[…] at Hobo Mama discusses the safety logistics of bed sharing with a new baby and a preschooler. The Truth About Bedsharing – Dr. Sarah at Parenting Myths and Facts discusses the research into bedsharing and risk […]
I'm late in seeing this, but I have to post and thank you for writing it. I looked for a year for a good summary of the available research on bedsharing before finally stumbling across your article. I think that your weighing up at the end is the smartest, most level-headed thing I've read on the subject. If only more parenting discussions were like this.
[…] The Truth About Bedsharing Risks – And Why It May Not Be What You Think on Parenting Myths, Parenting Facts (bottom of post has both both academic references and personal blog posts on bed sharing) […]
[…] The Truth About Bedsharing Risks – And Why It May Not Be What You Think on Parenting Myths, Parenting Facts (bottom of post has both both academic references and personal blog posts on bed sharing) […]
Wish I'd seen this when i first sartd cosleeping. Baby wouldn't sleep any other way – a frank discussin with honesty about the risks would have been lovely.
[…] and it seems like a good time to get round to writing the follow-up I've long had in mind to my previous post on bedsharing and SIDS. For anyone who hasn't read that post yet, do start out by reading it – it explains why […]
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The frequent travelers among us know that Chinese restaurants are everywhere. Once upon a time you could have visited Dublin or Dubai without seeing an Empress Garden Panda Palace or some variation, but those days are long gone. Like when writer Daisann McLane stumbled upon the Hong Kong Café in icebergian Greenland. A recent commenter on this blog put it best: "It's weird, but I always try to find the 'Chinatown' when I'm international too. I feel comfortable and at home there."
I'm a huge fan of using Flickr for research, and months ago became addicted to this fascinating Flickr pool of Chinese restaurants around the world. Here are 7 favorites:
1. "Wokmania", old church in Derby, England. The decor sure beats that of any Chinese buffet I've been to.
2. Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Enormous barge, and very "sheik"!
3. "World's First Elvis Chinese Restaurant", London, England. It's a real Chinese restaurant, with a real Chinese man impersonating Elvis every night.
4. Outside San Pedro de la Paz, Chile. This is the best use for an abandoned railroad car.
5. Baghdad, Iraq. The lone lantern on the barbed wire says it all.
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About Togashi
No, I've never had beautiful water from the tap for free. I have had beautiful water from the tap, though. And, spoiler alert, a lot of bottled water is tap water. They just bottled it up for you.
"Some people, for example, believe probably incorrectly that we are on a path to interplanetary teleportation. Should we include the estimated bandwidth for that as well?"When interplanetary teleportation exists and is mere years away from being widely adopted, yes we most definitely should. We have the capability for 4k streaming right now, we should allow for it in our numbers now. Next question?
Since I'm using LastPass, even a keylogger wouldn't get my passwords. I don't even know any of them, I just let LastPass generate as long a password as they'll let me with as many character classes as possible, then I move on with my life knowing I won't have to remember it.
Bad that the two names he recognized didn't include those two. Not the list itself.
If you check the user icon, you'll see that he and all-caps guy are in fact one and the same. Apparently two comments ranting about the same thing weren't enough.
Now let's have some fun with a 1920x1080 photograph in 24-bit color. That's actually a fraction of the resolution modern cameras can record, but let's go with it. At that resolution and color depth, the number of possible images (with 14981180 digits) is so large that it would be half again as long as the Guinness World Record holder for longest novel, at a mere 9.6 million characters spanning 3031 pages.
Well, I hoped he'd at least rock me like a hurricane...
Since 2014, Scorpion's team of brilliant investors has mitigated the risk of over $2,733,492,382,014.30 of potential tiger attacks. His expert distribution of the tiger-repellant rock has optimized the application of graph theory by solving both the traveling salesman and Chinese postman problems in constant logarithmic time on a TI-89 calculator.
The corporate advertisements, no, but I did make us of the classified ads a decent bit.
Just to make sure I've got this straight, you're saying we should never support the little guy because some day the little guy might become a big guy?
If you did everything Aereo does yourself, it would be legal. You can set up your own antenna and DVR, you can configure your computer to stream it over the internet to your devices. They are charging a fee to rent you equipment and perform the setup for you.
Can you think of any other areas where it is illegal to pay someone to do something for you that you could legally do yourself?
Oh, that's all it takes? An official statement? In that case...
Individuals in Massachusetts orchestrated a mass uploading of hundreds of songs to Youtube this week. A Pirate Party official said yesterday that this does not constitute copyright infringement.
Weird Al Yankovic didn't write the original of a lot of his music. He directly profits off sales of his parodies. He doesn't pay a dime to any of the original artists. He gets their permission because he's a good guy, but legally he does not have to. His parodies don't even typically make any sort of point. Please explain what you think makes his and Goldieblox's legal sitations different.
So, if a "function" performs the task of calculating the square root of a given number, copyright law will not protect that task. Someone else can write their own "function" that performs the same task. However, copyright law may protect the literal letters, symbols, and numbers that constitute that "function."This is you explicitly stating that an API is not protected.
Let's say I'm handing out free cups of lemonade on the sidewalk. I have so much lemonade that I will give you as many cups of lemonade as you want. Someone comes up with a wagon and asks for 30 cups, which I gladly give them. They then wheel their wagon a couple blocks down, where they set up a lemonade stand selling it for 25 cents a cup.
Where have they broken the law? They have taken something that is freely available in one location and charged to provide it in a different location. Nothing more.
Except that their prices are always "as low as" $49. So while they give an upper limit on the speeds you'll get, they also give you a lower limit on the amount you'll pay.
But see, if he leaves Russia that's proof he's a Russian spy! It's an obvious ploy to throw us off his tracks, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me. But if he stays in Russia that's proof he's a Russian spy, too. Why else would he stay there? So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Oh English, you and your lack of a gender neutral third person pronoun.
Directly from the paper you linked...
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...No adjustment was made for national vaccine coverage rates�a percentage of the target population that received the recommended vaccines. However, most of the nations in this study had coverage rates in the 90%�99% range for the most commonly recommended vaccines...
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Awesome, I'm in the clear! My TV gets one channel very spottily. I only know this because it insisted on searching for channels when I first turned it on. And I can honestly tell you that I've bought every product that I've seen in a commercial on Netflix.


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Launched by GloFX LED & Glow Products, GloFXGlasses.com has been designed to become the largest online selection of diffraction glasses in the United States, including over 100 popular frames and styles and over 100,000 unique options of specialized eyewear. This introduction will mark the largest product line created by GloFX specific to the growing market of the electronic dance movement, or "EDM."
GloFX LED & Glow Products is known nationwide as the original manufacturer of Light Diffraction Glasses. With entrepreneurial spirits and a passion for design, GloFX was founded in 2009 to build and expand on the future of products based on customer needs with niche-specific solutions in the EDM marketplace.
Since then, innovation and ingenuity have paved the way for the development and release of the new company branch, GloFX Glasses. Dozens of exclusive GloFX Glasses and other products have since been released, and in 2013, GloFX was awarded the 'Best of Tallahassee Manufacturers' for outstanding design and sales of the original Light Diffraction Glasses. GloFXGlasses.com marks the new era of development in epic light-altering eyeware from GloFX.
For those unfamiliar, diffraction glasses feature a special lens that diffracts light into a gradient spectrum of colors. There are different types of diffraction effects, such as spiral diffraction, heart diffraction, star diffraction, and cross-hatched line diffraction. These glasses are primarily used for looking at visual displays, 3D projections, moving light shows, fireworks, and lasers most commonly found at EDM shows, events, and music festivals.
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Following last year's PBA50 Tarheel Lanes South Open at Tarheel Lanes, PBA South Region Manager Sam Zurich said, "The pros really, really found a home here."
He was right.
The tour is returning to Tarheel Lanes Oct. 4-6 for this year's PBA50 Tarheel Lanes South Open, and it is once again bringing some big guns: PBA Hall of Famers Tom Baker and Guppy Troup and also Mr. 900 himself, Joe Scarborough.
Formerly from Western North Carolina, Scarborough, who now lives in Charlotte, bowled the PBA's first 900 series ever on April 21. The 1981 Pisgah High graduate was competing in his second event in the renamed PBA Senior Tour and said his previous high three-game series was an 838. He had also bowled 14 prior 300 games.
He will be joined at Tarheel Lanes by Hall of Famer Baker, who made the stop in Hendersonville last year, and also Troup, who won eight PBA national titles in the 1970s and 80s and was widely known for his flamboyant style and his colorful pants.
Baker was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1999. The first of his 10 titles on the PBA Tour came in 1980 when he won the Northern California Open in Freemont. His best year came in 1981 when he captured three titles and broke the $100,000 mark in single-season earnings.
Ellis DeSimon of Tarheel Lanes said what's different about this year's tournament is the public will be given the opportunity to bowl with the pros.
"The public, not just the league bowlers, will be able to enter and bowl with the Pros in a tournament to win cash prizes," DeSimon said.
The three-day event begins on Friday, Oct. 4, when the PBA's senior pros will have a practice session beginning at 3 p.m. The Pro-Am tournament will follow later that night at 7 p.m. with check-in at 6. Saturday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m. will be the beginning of the PBA50 tournament with eight games, and the final brackets will face off beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 6.
"We invite the city of Hendersonville to come out all three days (free admission) to watch the best in the sport compete," DeSimon said.
The Senior (55 and up) and Youth (ages 3-18) Division Pro-Am has an entry fee of $30, and the Adult Division Pro-Am, for adults ages 19-54, has an entry fee of $40. More information is available at Tarheel Lanes, 3275 Asheville Highway, and also by calling 692-5039.
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COMMERCE CITY Colo. (Thursday February 4 2010) – The Colorado Rapids have announced their full itinerary for the club's 2010 preseason training schedule which includes trips to Phoenix Arizona and London England.
The club's players reported to Dick's Sporting Goods Park on January 25 and will continue the first stage of their Spring training at the complex through February 21.
After four weeks of training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park the team will get their first taste of training outside of Colorado when they travel to the Casa Grande Performance Institute just south of Phoenix from February 21-27.
The club's Arizona excursion will be highlighted by several exhibition matches against other Major League Soccer clubs. The details of those matches will be announced at a later date.
The Rapids will then conduct one week of practice sessions at Dick's Sporting Goods Park upon returning from Arizona before heading back on the road for another eight days.
For the third time in the last four years the Rapids' preseason plans will include a trip over 4600 miles away to London England. The team will be hosted by their partner club and perennial English Premier League contender Arsenal FC. The partnership between the Rapids and Arsenal which was formed in 2007 allows the Rapids to practice at Arsenal's facilities.
The team's England trip will be from March 7-14 and will also include several matches against English opponents whom will be announced at a later time.
(Want to see some photos from the Rapids' last trip to London when they faced off in a match vs. Arsenal? Visit the Rapids' TwitPic page).
The trip to England will be followed by four days of training back at Dick's Sporting Goods Park after which the team will host fellow Western Conference side Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer's first-ever Charity Shield match on Friday March 19 at 7 p.m. MT. Proceeds from this match will be donated to UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) to aid relief efforts in Haiti.
Colorado conclude their preseason training with a solid week of work before they kick off the 2010 regular season on Friday March 26 as they travel to face Chivas USA at The Home Deport Center at 8:30 p.m. MT.
January 25 – February 20
Training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
February 21 – 27
Training at Casa Grande Performance Institute in Arizona
February 28 – March 6
Training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
March 7 – March 14
Training at Arsenal Training Centre in England
March 15 – 18
Training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
March 19
Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
7:00 p.m. MT
March 20 – 25
Training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
March 26
Rapids at Chivas USA
The Home Depot Center
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Rapids at Chivas USA
The Home Depot Center
8:30 p.m. MT
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Rapids vs. Chicago Fire
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Inspired by Red, White & Stars from designers Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith of Homestead Hearth
Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke
In this quilt there are two different blocks, each composed of 36 triangle-squares that require specific fabric placement. To keep track of where pieces go, label fabrics with their letter designations and keep pieces organized in resealable plastic bags as you cut them out.
Assorted orange prints (blocks):
1⁄8 yard for fabric A
1⁄4 yard for fabric D
1⁄4 yard for fabric E
1⁄8 yard for fabric L
Assorted green prints (blocks):
1⁄3 yard for fabric C
1⁄4 yard for fabric F
1⁄4 yard for fabric G
1⁄4 yard for fabric K
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1⁄4 yard for fabric I
1⁄4 yard for fabric J
1⁄2 yard solid white for fabric B
1⁄4 yard each of dark orange print and dark green print (inner border)
1⁄2 yard each of orange floral and green floral (outer border)
1⁄3 yard each of orange print and green print (binding)
3 yards backing fabric
52" square batting
Finished quilt: 44" square
Finished blocks: 15-3⁄4" square
Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width.
Measurements include 1⁄4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.


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Meet at Wendy's parking lot Baymeadows and 9A 5:30pm Friday.
Scouts should already have eaten - so we should be on the road by 5:45.
Camp at Oleno State Park (1/2 hr. south of Lake City) Friday and Sat night
Saturday we will tube Itchetucknee all day, have lunch in the parking lot
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Having not played John Isner in two years, it took Juan Martin del Potro a while to adjust to the hair-raising speed and peculiar trajectory of the 6-foot-10 American's serve.
But once del Potro figured it out, abandoning his initial strategy of fielding the blasts from the baseline and retreating to nearly the spectator seats at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, the Argentine steamrolled to his third Citi Open championship, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Washington's hard-court classic was del Potro's first tournament since a gutting five-set semifinal defeat at Wimbledon last month. After seeing the caliber of the players in the Citi Open's 48-player draw, del Potro dismissed any thought of winning the title in his first test after the extended break.
But he improved with each round. And by Sunday, despite getting to bed at 3 a.m. following a Saturday semifinal that stretched past midnight, del Potro manhandled Isner, who ran out of energy and tactics roughly 30 minutes into the match. It was his ninth match in the past 11 days.
"I wish I felt a little bit better out there," said Isner, 28, now a two-time runner-up in Washington. "At the same time, I could have been 100 percent and clicking on all cylinders and still not have won that match.
"That just speaks to how good a player he is."
In the women's final, Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova rode consistent composure to a second straight Citi Open title with a 6-4, 7-6 (6-2) victory over Andrea Petkovic. Rybarikova has never lost a Citi Open match.
"It's a great city, and I love to play here — I would like to play all of them here," said Rybarikova, who has four WTA titles. "I feel so good here. I like playing here in the stadium in front of this crowd."
NOTE: Earlier Sunday, the unseeded tandem of Julien Benneteau of France and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic won the men's doubles title, 7-6 (5), 7-5, over American Mardy Fish and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic. Benneteau-Zimonjic won all four of their matches en route to the title in straight sets.


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RICHMOND, Ky. -- The road to the top seed in Ohio Valley Conference East Division got a little rockier for the Tennessee Tech women's basketball team Monday night, but Coach Jim Davis' squad still has a clear road map in front of them and a full tank of gas.
The Golden Eagles lost its hold on first place with a 61-55 loss at Eastern Kentucky, slipping one game back into a tie for second place with Belmont behind the Lady Colonels. But with three games remaining, including two at home Tech can still arrive at the top seed if it can navigate the remainder of the season in the win column.
Eastern Kentucky (16-8, 10-3 OVC) was led by Marie Carpenter with 18 points and Brittany Coles with 15 points and 8 rebounds and won the game outside the three-point arc. The Lady Colonel defense held the Golden Eagles to just 3-of-14 three pointer while five Lady Colonels combined to go 9-for-20, making seven threes in the first half.
Tech (15-11, 9-4 OVC) had the edge in the paint in a physical game, outscoring Eastern Kentucky 30-22 in the paint and outrebounded the Lady Colonels 41-34, but couldn't overcome the 18 point difference from long range.
Diamond Henderson led the Purple and Gold with 17 points and T'Keyah Williams finished just shy of her fourth double-double with 14 points and seven rebounds. Jala Harris led the Golden Eagles with five assists and nine points. Molly Heady and Kylie Cook each chipped in with six points.
Tech's largest lead of the game was four points, 7-3 in the opening minutes. While Eastern Kentucky came back to lead for the final 8:27 minutes of the first half, with their largest lead only grossing to six and Tech came within three at the half, 30-27.
Eastern Kentucky went on an early 9-2 run on its way to the largest lead of the game as Tech trailed by twelve, 41-29. The Golden Eagles battled back within two points at the mid-way point thanks to Williams eight points in five possessions. The Lady Colonels went on a late a 7-0 run, extending their lead to 56-46 with 3:57 to play. Tech fought hard to make it a two-possession game, but came up short losing by a final score of 61-55.
The Golden Eagles return to action in one week in their final road game of the season. Tech travels to Southeast Missouri to take on the Redhawks for a 6:30 p.m. CT tip-off.


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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 18, 2014) - Brookfield Soundvest Funds today announced distributions for the following funds:
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The monthly distribution on the Brookfield Soundvest Equity Fund continues to be paid at the rate declared for 2014 as noted in the above table.
The quarterly distribution on the Capital Units of the Brookfield Soundvest Split Trust (the "Trust") continues to be suspended for the current quarter. In accordance with the Declaration of Trust, the Trust is not permitted to make or cause to be made any cash distributions on the Capital Units if, immediately after giving effect to the proposed distribution, the Combined Value determined as of the date such distribution is declared would be less than 1.4 times the Repayment Price determined as of the same date (the "Coverage Ratio"). In addition, and as previously disclosed, the annual redemption rights attributable to the Capital Units and the Preferred Securities of the Trust have been temporarily suspended until such time that the Trust is able to maintain a 1.4 times asset coverage ratio. The Trust will continue to monitor its net asset value to determine if and when it will be able to make future distributions on its Capital Units. This announcement does not affect the quarterly distributions payable on the Preferred Securities of the Brookfield Soundvest Split Trust.
The manager and investment advisor and portfolio manager for the Funds is Brookfield Soundvest Capital Management Ltd. (the "Manager"), an established investment advisor, providing investment management services to trusts, foundations, corporations and high net worth individuals.
Note: This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian provincial securities laws. The words "may", "will", "continue", "resume" and other expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events, trends or prospects and which do not relate to historical matters identify the above mentioned and other forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding resumption of the temporarily suspended annual redemption privilege in respect of the Trust and payment of future distributions in respect of Capital Units of the Trust. Although the Manager believes that these forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not place undue reliance on them, or any other forward looking statements or information in this news release. The future performance and prospects of the Trust are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results of the Trust to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the statements in this news release include general economic conditions in Canada and elsewhere, changes in legislation including tax laws and regulations and other risks and factors described in the documents filed by the Manager with the securities regulators in Canada including under "Risk Factors" and other risks and factors described in the Trust's prospectus and the Trust's most recently filed Management Report of Fund Performance, Annual Information Form and other continuous disclosure documents available at www.sedar.com or www.brookfieldsoundvest.com. Except as required by law, the Manager undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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I am currently a math major in college and my main problem is that it feels directionless. My college offers little in term of variety in undergraduate math so I moved on into taking graduate courses and I am actually loving it. But at this point I am just randomly taking courses that looks interesting and was wondering if there was specific directions to take within math. And even past that where will it lead.
After reading the comments I decided to add extra info. On the courses that I like, I have taken Abstract Algebra and Linear Algebra and really enjoyed them and also Number theory. I have also taken the typical three semester Calculus courses, Differential Equations, Discrete Math, Probability, Numerical Analysis and Real Analysis. On these courses I like them though I am not as enthusiastic about them as I am for the other courses I have mentioned. Though I find their applications very interesting.
And more specifically on the question it is on what paths are there to take in school and also what paths are there to take after graduation.


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Studio On Fire Ink Knife Promo
When you have a pressroom full of gadgets (and more importantly, people who know how to use them) the possibilities for self promotion pieces are endless. Recently we decided to make an oversized business card based on one of our most used pressroom tools, the palette knife. Orange ink was laid down first, followed by an overprinting of blue ink on the handle to make the brown woodgrain handle, in addition to giving it a dirty ink spattered quality. French PopTone Sweet Tooth 100# Cover was used on the outside, with a 100# Tangy Orange triplexed down the center, ending with a total thickness of 400# cover. A custom die cut finished the piece off nicely.
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Review and Giveaway: Qwizzy's World
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Qwizzy's World, an online study site for students, is now offering schools an innovative way to raise funds!
QW (www.QwizzysWorld.com) is a unique study site for students, parents, teachers, and tutors, designed as a self-quizzing tool that focuses on improving study habits, while developing long term critical thinking skills! In QW, current classroom study materials are used to personally craft quizzes in any of five different question formats. The quizzes are then stored for repeated/randomized taking, and scored instantly for immediate feedback! Unique features on the site include "Buddysharing," where created quizzes are shared with select others and "Ultimate Quiz," where quizzes can be combined for comprehensive studying (great for midterms and finals). QW supports all subjects including foreign language. Have fun studying, while building your self confidence and relieving test taking anxiety!
Students can now join the site for use at home and in the classroom for one year at a 20% discount, with their investment funding their school (the school receives $18.00 of the $40.00 membership fee from each student who joins!) All teachers in participating schools are awarded free lifetime memberships to QW and a free one-year membership for their classroom.
Julie, who had been a stay-at-home mom for 13 years, created this site for her son when she couldn't find anything suitable to help her son bring his grades up. With the help of a programmer friend, Julie slowly began to piece Qwizzy's World together, and her sole intent was to help her kids study for tests – in a fun, non-intimidating way.
After months of using this tool with her kids -- and watching their grades improve -- she realized she was onto something. At the encouragement of her husband, Denny, her parents and her grandmother, Julie decided to launch Qwizzy's World as a business in June 2008. She realized this was the perfect job, as family is number-one with her (she had left the workforce 13 years prior, specifically to be with her children). The site is a smorgasbord of cool stuff for kids, parents and teachers. When you visit the home page, you will find informative articles, whimsical characters, surveys and other items of interest to parents and their kids.
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v3 v4 1 '''Question.''' Does django help developers by writing some of the AJAX code, as it helps them with HTML and SQL? If not, is there sample code to suggest a path? AJAX may not be needed for newspaper-type sites, but quite a few potential django sites need the snappy and small-grained interface that AJAX provides. Write me down as someone who would like to see AJAX support ... and, of course, feel free to delete this comment if it's ill-placed or irrelevant. -- Dan Kelley 2 3 In case you're watching this page, I suggest taking this to the mailing list, as the Wiki isn't exactly a discussion venue. It's available on Google Groups: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/django-users/ -- there are already a few good threads on AJAX support. Django already provides serializers to JSON and XML; Django allows you to easily pick your own JS toolkit.


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We appreciate your interest in the Empress Elizabeth Museum. It is the only one of its kind in Germany. The young Empress used to spend her summer holidays in Possenhofen with her parents, brothers and sisters.
She and members of her family as well as Kings, the Emperor and the nobility spent some time in the magnificent stateroom, now used by the museum. At that time this room served as an arrival and departure hall of the station.
You will be impressed by the valuable exhibits, presented in 4 rooms.. Individual guided tours, approx. 1 hour, are offered. Even children will be delighted to learn more about Empress Elizabeth and Queen of Hungary, known as "Sisi".


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Captain's Report
By Captain Dan Armitage--
The Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT is built to accommodate anglers and their families who need to remain comfortable when boating in snotty weather and choppy, cold water conditions while employing a variety of fishing tactics. The boat also must be rugged, economical to operate, and affordable to buy.
Construction Features
The Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT's hull is built with two pieces of .100 marine-grade 5052 aluminum alloy, each forming half of the hull and welded together along the centerline of the boat. The hull is braced by a longitudinal stringer system that is welded into position to support the full length of the boat's running surface from the bow to the boat's extruded aluminum, corner-braced, box-beam transom.
A deep-V hull such as that found on the 16' (4.87 m) Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT contributes to a boat's more comfortable ride in a chop. The exaggerated V forward helps part waves for a smoother ride while at the same time offering a deeper, roomier cockpit.
The cockpit sole of the Tracker are built of pressure-treated marine-grade plywood and carry a limited lifetime warranty. They support six bases for three standard, adjustable pedestal seats with all-composite frames for added resistance to the elements. The lids on all compartments are flush-mounted, made of reinforced aluminum and wrapped in carpet with a tight fit.
Fishing Features
Anglers who rate fishing boats by the quality of their livewell systems will give high marks to the hybrid found on the Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT. The tank is a one-piece, molded well with rounded corners to protect its occupants. The bait and the fish they catch are accommodated in water that is pumped, aerated, recirculated and drained with two 500 gph pumps with separate timers.
Comfort Features
The helm console offers legroom limited by the compartment that extends forward from the aft fishing deck. The basic dash has a tachometer, speedometer and a fuel gauge with toggle switch controls for lights, pumps and accessories.
Trolling, whether with downriggers, planer boards, flat lining or even back-trolling, is a popular tactic for taking fish from northern waters. That's why many of the most popular fishing boats – such as Tracker's Pro Guide models, offer so much space aft of the consoles to make room for rigging, angling, fighting and landing fish.
Power Options
Although rated to handle up to 90-hp, Tracker offers the 1,210-lb. (550 kg.) Pro Guide V-16 WT hull with a 50 ELPT 4-stroke Mercury outboard as an option. With this engine a Tracker spokesman told me that the boat will reach a top speed of between 26 to 28 mph. We have not tested the boat with this configuration, so we can not vouch for that speed range. But we did test it with the standard 60-hp Mercury 4-stroke engine and on test day we reached an average top speed of 30.1 mph. At the other end of the speed spectrum, a 25-hp 4-stroke Mercury is also an option.
Weight Considerations
At the aluminum boat's relatively light weight and with the reverse-chine hull, I think the boat should perform well with the optional 50 horses, if reasonably loaded. The issue is that the walleye, muskie, pike, and salmon anglers who will be interested in the model often take along a lot of extra gear to employ the varied techniques that are popular for tempting those gamefish. Boats loaded with bottom bouncers, downrigger balls, lead core rigs, drift socks, planer boards and huskie-sized fishing partners might require horsepower on the upper end of the scale to gain the desired performance. Please note that while the boat is rated for 5 persons, it's maximum people weight capacity is 620 lbs. (218.8 kgs). That makes the boat ideal for most couples with kids, but more likely to be limited to two or three fishing buddies.
The following items are part of the Tracker Warranty --
The MSRP of the Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT with 60-hp ELPT Mercury 4-stroke and a single axle trailer is $19,595 plus freight, prep and taxes.If one agrees with the angling masses that aluminum is the way to go when boating on rock-and-obstruction-ridden fishing waters, and wants a fishing-friendly model that will protect them from the elements and is reasonably priced to purchase, tow and operate, the Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT may be the way to go.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT (2014-) is 30.1 mph (48.4 kph), burning 4.5 gallons per hour (gph) or 17.03 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Tracker Pro Guide V-16 WT (2014-) is 18.7 mph (30.1 kph), and the boat gets 7.63 miles per gallon (mpg) or 3.24 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 103 miles (165.76 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 60-hp Mercury EFI.
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stephenNUTS needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 83 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
I will be building another website using my nickname/screename that will include investing,finance,...and even POKER related themes.This LOGO should be eye catching in my opinion
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A First Passage
By Dave Bello
Day One — Our trip starts as we meet in St Thomas. For many, this is a return visit to Island Retreat and we recollect on our last class, the places we visited and things we learned. For others, this is the first voyage with Fair Wind and its time to get started. We begin with meal planning, provisioning and a boat safety check. When our days work is complete, its off to dinner in Red Hook to get acquainted and enjoy some island fun before we set sail.
Day Two — We start with a weather briefing, then, its on to trip planning. We check the tide tables, cruising guides and charts. Next, we choose our destination, plot our course and determine our ETA. Finally, we fill the tanks and set sail around mid-day. Our first leg is a short hop over to the BVI. Along the way, we all take turns at the wheel and get back in the swing of Caribbean sailing. After clearing customs on Jost Van Dyke we have time to enjoy the entertainment at Foxy's before resting up for our journey down island.
Day Three — Its early to rise as we weigh anchor and head out for St. Martin. Jack lines are secured, harnessed donned and tethers connected as we head north and away from the familiar protection of the Drake Channel. The swells are bigger than we saw on our last trip as we round the far side of Guana Island and Virgin Gorda. With 100 nm dead upwind and into the current, our progress is slow but steady. We get a quick peak at the luxury on Necker Island before we head off into open water.
As both daylight and the BVI fade off into the western horizon, our first night at sea begins. The watch schedule is reviewed, the sea berths rigged and dinner is complet, time for our shifts to begin. The Caribbean night sky is gorgeous with too many stars to count! But attention must be kept at the horizon anyway as our evening is also lit by the cruise ships passing. We progress toward the middle of the Sombrero Passage, and are rewarded by the glow from St Croix to the South. Its hard work sailing this far upwind, but it sure is fun!
Day Four — Land Ho!! Sunrise at sea and we see our destination, St Martin. While still hours away and while tired form our first night as sea, we are encouraged by the island rising out of the water, growing larger by the minute. After what seems like all day, we finally make the approach into Marigot Harbor, the adrenaline is flowing now — we've done it! We drop anchor, raise our Q Flag and head to shore to clear customs. We're rewarded on island with a wonderful French meal and some great wine. We'll all sleep well tonight.
Day Five — We stay on the hook today and tonight in Marigot. As we rest up from our all night sail, we realize we have work to do. The day is spent completing the lessons for our navigation class and we all happily pass our ASA 105 Navigation exam. Time to celebrate with another delicious meal on St Martin, some island exploration and a restful night at anchor.
Day Six — One last site-seeing trip ashore on this beautiful island before clearing out of customs. We plot our trip back to the USVI and after a nice lunch weigh anchor for home. Soon, we realize how much easier it is sailing downwind and with the current. The wind builds from behind as we clear the lee of the island and we make great time heading back to St Thomas. We've grown accustomed to the rhythmical rocking of the downwind sail and already feel much more comfortable then we did just a few days ago. As the sun sets and we prepare for our second night at sea, it is relaxing and we're having fun.
Day Seven — A little before dawn we awake to the cries of Man Over Board! Its time for the last of our practical tests – the night time man over board drill. As the boat circles around to get our MOB pole, we realize why this is the advanced class much tougher to spot the pole and strobe at night then it was during the daytime.
After completing are MOB drills, we rest and discuss the experience in the cockpit. The sun begins rising over Norman Island, we are back in the friendly and comfortable confines of the Drake Channel. There's time for a new pot of coffee and fresh baked pound cake for breakfast before we clear back into customs on St Johns. Welcome Home!
Our journey sadly ends as we tie up to the dock in Red Hook. We complete our final review and then our Advanced Sailing exam. More success! We depart having made new friends, further developed our sailing skills and expanded our horizons to new lands. We leave confidently knowing we're sailors!!
Capt Dave Bello is President of Fair Wind Sailing School, an ASA affiliate sailing school offering monohull and catamaran sailing charters and sailing lessons, in the Virgin Islands Chesapeake Bay and on Lake Erie.
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