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How to wrap up packaging problems
Fabricators streamline historically laborious packing operations
A poorly packaged pallet of parts damaged in transit turns all that value-adding upstream activity--cutting, deburring, bending, welding, grinding, heat treating, plating, powder coating, hardware insertion, and assembly--into waste
A shipment arrived at your customer's facility, and the customer calls to complain. The parts apparently are dented, scratched, or otherwise unusable. How did it happen? Did someone at the customer's loading dock rub the sheet metal panels together as he was lifting them out of the box? Did the boxes fall as the truck driver made a hard stop in transit? Did people in your own assembly or shipping department pack the boxes or pallets incorrectly? Was a pallet's center of gravity off-kilter?
When you get right down to it, customers want good products delivered on time, every time, and this requires good packaging. Say a shop offers an innovative delivery: kitted parts packed so workers at the customer plant can lift them out in a certain order that will make their assembly process easier. Like good sheet metal design, packaging can directly affect a customer's manufacturing efficiency.
Assembly and packaging represent the final operation at most contract metal fabricators. Bottlenecks in packaging trickle upstream. A shop may have amazing lights-out automation, lightning-fast sheet metal cutting, advanced precision bending, and even automated welding. No matter how quickly fabrication occurs, though, products won't ship any faster unless packaging can keep up.
In one sense, a poorly packaged pallet of parts damaged in transit turns all that value-adding upstream activity—cutting, deburring, bending, welding, grinding, heat treating, plating, powder coating, hardware insertion, and assembly—into waste. All those processes just produced a batch of parts that couldn't be sold.
Quality packaging ensures parts arrive at a customer site unscathed. Efficiency ensures packaging doesn't hinder part flow, both at the contract fabricator and its customer. Like at the track-and-field relays at the summer Olympics, the race can be won or lost with the handoff.
Customer Collaboration
The longer the truck ride, the more risk there is that a pallet or box of parts could be damaged. Quick and reliable response, after all, is one of the key selling points for domestic manufacturing.
A fabricator's locale can be a competitive advantage, and it's also why some fabricators are opening satellite locations. For instance, EVS Metal of Riverdale, N.J., has opened locations in Strasburg, Pa., and elsewhere, simply to be close to customers. No matter how well a product is packaged and securely loaded onto a truck, a long truck ride still increases risk of part lateness or damage. Proximity mitigates that risk.
But it doesn't eliminate it entirely. Bad packaging can damage parts, no matter how short the truck route is. As EVS Vice President Joe Amico described, good packaging ensures certain part elements don't touch each other and scratch, a problem avoided by using foam, blocks of wood, or other items to separate parts (see Figure 1)—a particular challenge when assemblies have inserted hardware.
A good packaging strategy also considers weight. "Even simple flat panels can be difficult to package," said Amico. Such a panel may be a relative snap to fabricate: laser-cut, then form two short return flanges, and that's it. But stack those thin-gauge parts too high, and the weight of the top panels may bend panel flanges on the bottom. Even a slight bend may wreak havoc at a customer's assembly plant.
Fabricators have rethought the very notion of a packaging department. Instead, inline packaging—basically a "pack as you go" concept—has helped some fabricators relieve bottlenecks. If parts are ready to be packed, there's really no reason to wait. If finished parts are handled extensively before being packaged, they have a greater chance of becoming scratched or damaged. The sooner a certain piece part can be placed in a protective package, the better. The operators may collect parts after a powder coating operation or immediately after assembly and then pack them before taking them to a finished-goods warehouse or the shipping department.
Such practices don't make sense for every situation, of course. Requiring a skilled (and well-paid) welder working at a constraint operation to spend half his day packing may not be practical. But at nonbottleneck work centers, packaging could be seen very much as a value-adding activity. After all, a part doesn't make money until it leaves the loading dock, and it can't leave without being packed. And as sources explained, the last thing an operator wants is his handiwork ruined by careless packaging.
Such packaging strategy also must factor in how the customer will unpack and use the kit or batch of parts. What if a worker scraped the part because he or she had to disassemble or manipulate a box in an awkward way? What if sharp ends of box staples dug into the sheet as the person was opening the package? Seemingly low-tech problems can effectively ruin an expensive part produced with the latest manufacturing technology.
"There is a certain amount of cost that's added into pricing to cover packaging," Amico said. "And when you look at it in relation to overall costs, it's more expensive than you might think."
It can get really expensive if parts are damaged in transit. In these instances, controlling the shipping operation helps. Since EVS was launched in 1994, the fabricator has maintained its own trucking fleet (though the company does use common carriers for certain orders). According to Amico, the benefits of controlling the shipping operation have outweighed the costs. Not only does a fabricator-owned truck fleet give a contract manufacturer more control over transportation and logistics, it also means that the employee driving and unloading the truck witnesses a customer's operations frequently.
The delivery team can become an important communication link between the fabricator and its customer. After multiple deliveries, the truck driver can start to learn how parts are unloaded and, sometimes, even unpacked and assembled. "These people get feedback, and they take that back to our factory and help us improve," Amico said.
This intelligence spurs dialogue: Should parts be packaged or stacked differently? Are reusable boxes or containers an option? Are batches, kits, or subassemblies being delivered at the right time? The more frequently a driver visits the customer, the more insight a fabricator can gain. In fact, repeat orders are areas ripe for packaging improvements. Customers may be willing to invest in returnable boxes or containers, if it will make life easier for their end of production.
Automated Stretch Wrapping
Stretch wrapping has become pervasive in an industry that ships an incredible variety of parts, from batches or kits of parts that can be easily boxed to massive subassemblies that aren't practical for boxing. Stretch wrapping can't change the laws of gravity; a poorly loaded part still can tip in transit. Regardless, sources said that for the right application, stretch wrapping can hold some loads more securely than older methods.
Stretch wrapping can, however, be an ergonomic nightmare, if not outright unsafe. As workers apply stretch wrapping manually, they sometimes stick their head underneath a pallet lifted by a fork truck. Greg Engen pointed to a photo depicting just such a situation (see Figure 2). The plant manager at Micron Metalworks in Ham Lake, Minn., northwest of Minneapolis, showed how two workers wrapped a small batch of parts.
To remedy the unsafe practice, Micron invested in an automated stretch-wrapping machine from Louisville, Ky.-based Lantech. A fork truck driver places a pallet of parts on the system, which then wraps the pallet horizontally, unitizing the load. "We just set the pallet on there, hit the button, and walk away, and it wraps it for us," he said. This, he added, freed a packaging bottleneck.
Such automation not only has transformed shipping departments, but also the logistics industry overall, as Paul Stewart, director of marketing at Lantech, explained. "Forty years ago, most trucks used to be floor-loaded," as workers with hand trucks manually loaded box after box. Today, with loads unitized and stretch-wrapped on a 40- by 48-inch pallet (an industry standard), a fork truck driver loads a trailer in minutes.
Today stretch wrapping not only unitizes loads, but also helps secure loads to pallets. As Stewart explained, some stretch-wrap machines can make so-called "film cables," which are stretch film rolled up to form a cable that can secure a load to the sides of a pallet, while allowing space for a fork truck to lift the load.
Other machines apply stretch wrap vertically, over the parts and under the pallet. A part or pallet of parts is lifted on a fork truck and is driven into the wrapping machine (see Figure 3). As Mike Stell, product manager for Douglasville, Ga.-based Yellow Jacket/ITW-GaleWrap, explained, fabricators automate shrink wrapping for three
principal reasons. "One is the speed—the time it takes to package a shipment. Two is how well the load stays on the pallet itself. And three is employee safety."
No longer must employees break their backs or move their heads or hands near potential hazards—like under the forks of a truck—to manually wrap a batch of parts. The automated process also allows companies to ensure tight wrapping of parts and avoid less optimal packaging methods.
Certain stretch wrap is made of tough lattice material that doesn't tear linearly (or "zipper") when wrapped tightly over a sharp edge, Stell said. This means that a part that previously would have needed to be screwed down to a pallet or held in place with metal straps can now be stretch-wrapped with an automated system.
Stewart added that which wrapping material a shop chooses boils down to cost and reliability. Wrapping machine operators must find the optimal containment force for the load. Wrap too tightly, and the stretch film is more likely to tear. To compensate, the operator wraps less tightly but perhaps applies more film (more revolutions of the machine) to compensate for the reduced containment force.
Thinking Inside the Box
In the packaging arena, there's one overarching problem: the ever-shortening product life cycle. Why invest in returnable containers or other custom-built packaging if the product will become obsolete in a few months?
This is an obvious problem for discrete products—those ordered only on occasion, and often only once. Returnable racking or custom boxes just won't work. In fact, such low-volume work continues to make up a greater portion of U.S. manufacturing overall. Shops must inventory standard box sizes, which means packers often are stuffing relatively small parts in boxes that are too big, hence the need for inserts and filler.
"It's important for manufacturers in the U.S. to excel at custom, one-off, just-in-time delivery," said Brandon Bingham, vice president of global operations at Salt Lake City, Utah-based Packsize International. "But this creates a huge inventory of boxes [at the fabricator], or sometimes the inability to have the right box when it's needed."
He added that this creates a ripple effect upstream and downstream from packaging. Say a job is almost ready, but assemblers packaging parts discover they're short two boxes. At best, they may choose larger boxes but use excess filler. This means fewer parts fit on a truck, and the chances of parts being damaged in transit or at the customer's facility become greater. At worst, a fabricator may be forced to move the job off to the side, left to sit in the shipping area, taking up space and delaying the customer shipment. This in turn may trigger a change in the production schedule upstream or the shipping schedule downstream. "All this creates more and more inefficiencies and waste," Bingham said.
Some companies, though, actually have been fabricating boxes on-site. For instance, InterMetro Industries, an Emerson subsidiary that fabricates and assembles custom metal shelving, uses a machine that can make a box on demand. Its sheet metal shelving assembly plant in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., doesn't stock umpteen standard-sized boxes, ordered in bulk thanks to traditional economic-order-quantity pricing.
Instead, the company stocks a set amount of corrugated Z-fold cardboard (see Figures 4 and 5). As its name implies, the material looks like a Z as it unfolds and feeds into the system. That material is fed into a box-making machine, which creates a custom box. The stronger the exterior or the thicker the interior padding required, the more layers of corrugated cardboard the machine cuts and folds. (Packsize leases equipment to customers, but makes much of its revenue on the consumables it sells—that is, the Z-fold stock.)
Once InterMetro determines the part shape and size (in this case, custom metal shelves), an operator uses a unique CAD program to design a box to fit around the contents to be shipped, be it one part, a batch, or a kit of dissimilar components. The box design can be programmed at the machine or downloaded to the controller. The design leaves a bit of space between the box interior and the part exterior, but not too much. The part should be snug enough to withstand jostles during shipment, but loose enough for the customer to unpack parts easily. This eliminates excessive packing material, so more parts can be shipped in less space on a truck, and ship less "air"—that is, peanuts, foam, and other filler used when boxes are too big.
Boxes are made on demand and staged where needed. For instance, a worker might retrieve a batch of 20 cooled powder-coated shelves and pack them in 20 boxes, which are staged and at the ready. This in turn may trigger a subsequent lot of, say, five boxes to be made, which can be fabricated just-in-time and be staged for the next batch, which quite often is a completely different order.
Because custom boxes have little excess space for peanuts or other filler, more products can fit in less space on a truck. Moreover, customers or distributors may request that a certain product be packaged, say, three components to a box instead of four—and InterMetro can accommodate. The company also avoids hand stacking into the truck trailer, designing all packaging so it can fit on a pallet and be transported in and out on a fork truck.
As John Skuchas, director of operations at InterMetro Industries, explained, "We don't do physical [box] inventories, because we don't have a problem with our carton inventory. It's now six SKUs [of Z-fold stock]; it's not 500 SKUs [of different boxes]."
Packing for the Unknown
Fundamentally, good packaging deals well with the unexpected or uncontrollable: a tractor trailer making a hard stop and jostling the pallets or boxes in back; or running out of packaging material just before the end of a hot order. The uncertainties are everywhere.
The trick, sources said, is managing the risk. Fabricators are doing this with plants close to customers, new packaging technology, and, perhaps most important, good customer communication. As with so much in high-mix manufacturing, getting good information about a part—and how it is unpacked, handled, and assembled—wins half the battle.
Tim Heston
FMA Communications Inc.
Elgin, IL 60123
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Jack Balkin's Interaction Theory of 'Commerce'
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
April 5, 2011
University of Illinois Law Review, pp. 623-667, 2012
Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-37
In his book, Living Originalism, Jack Balkin proposes what he calls the "interaction theory" of the original semantic meaning of the word "commerce" in the Commerce Clause. He claims that "commerce" meant "social interaction." In this article I show why this theory is wrong due to errors of commission and omission. Balkin is wrong to reduce "commerce" to "intercourse," "intercourse" to "interaction," and "interaction" to "affecting." This triple reduction distorts rather than illuminates the original meaning of "commerce." And Balkin omits from his discussion the massive amounts of evidence of contemporary usage—along with dictionary definitions of "intercourse"—establishing that "commerce" referred to the trade or transportation of things or persons, and did not include such productive economic activity as manufacturing or agriculture, much less all social interaction. In this article, I also reply to Balkin's criticisms of my book, Restoring the Lost Constitution. I show how his heavy reliance on Gunning Bedford's resolution in the secret Philadelphia convention is misplaced in a discussion of the original meaning of the Commerce Clause.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 47
Keywords: constitutional law, interstate commerce, trade
JEL Classification: K00, K10, K30
Date posted: April 6, 2011 ; Last revised: September 25, 2012
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This outstanding pair of English brass candlesticks was crafted during the reign of William III, with elements of William and Mary period blended with the burgeoning delicacy of the Queen Anne style. Each stick bears a tapering hexagonal stem resting atop a square-form base terminating in delicately scrolling feet. Such a charming pair of candlesticks would have been used on the candle rests of secretaries and cabinets to provide a source of light. Such early brass candlesticks of this wonderful condition and design are truly rare finds of English decorative art.
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Safe Room Rebate Program Update
Many of you know that the State has selected their first round of safe room rebate program participants last week. This has prompted many queries about the status of our Moore program.
While we here in Moore used the State's registration process, these are two completely separate programs.
The City of Moore's program is only in the "gathering interest" stages (as are the "programs" of some other area cities and counties). The short version is that we haven't even applied for consideration of a grant, let alone be approved and funded. This is necessary due to the rules governing the grant application process, which are that we must identify and completely process each individual location as part of the initial application. Therefore, we could possibly have sparked the interest of many persons in our community only to never receive grant funding.
It is our opinion that this process is backwards, that we should be able to apply for an amount of funds and submit a set of rules as to how we would utilize those funds, and then once we were approved and funded THEN gather addresses and do the vetting process. However, we are required to abide by the procedures, processes and rules that FEMA has established for their grant funding programs.
The State is in a little different position; since they control the funding approval process in Oklahoma they are assured of funds for their program. In fairness to them, they are also using a little different source of funding and their program won't directly compete for funding against ours.
We anticipate selecting the addresses that we will use in our application sometime within the next couple of weeks. There isn't an urgent need to select the addresses as we have to wait until one more paperwork hurdle is cleared before we are allowed to submit an application – this is in progress but we don't expect clearance for about another month. We here at the City intend to have our application written and prepared so that once we are advised that we may proceed that we will ready to submit our application that same day.
Cleveland County and the City of Norman are in the same stage as we are…addresses have been gathered and processed, currently writing the application, and waiting for the final clearance to proceed. The City of Oklahoma City has just announced their program, which means they are just now gathering addresses.
We have a few over 1100 Moore residents who expressed interest in the program by registering during October. We intend to randomly select 800 as our "primary" locations, and also submit about 20% additional addresses as alternates should primary locations choose not to participate. Should we be approved and fully funded, we should be able to provide rebates for the majority of residents who applied.
Thank you for your interest in the program. We are excited that so many in our community are interested in building safe places to shelter during threatening weather!
We will try to keep our applicants updated on our progress and will certainly be talking with you if/when we are approved for funding.
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Wyoming odyssey: Grizzly country
"Their population and territory is expanding in western Wyoming."
These, the words of a Wyoming Division of Wildlife staff person when describing the presence of grizzly bears.
Despite having called Colorado "home" for four decades, I had spent less time exploring Wyoming than any of Colorado's neighboring states. Finally, in late summer, 2013, Kathy and I rectified that situation with an 18-day Wyoming hiking-camping trip, including a week of backcountry exploration of the Cowboy State's grizzly inhabited mountains.
Decades ago, we backpacked in the Canadian Rockies, hiked extensively in Alaska, Montana and northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; all prime grizzly habitats.
Years later and presently in my mid-60s, I felt more anxiety when entering grizzly country than in my youth.
Fortunately, we're well-versed in the major differences between grizzly and black bear etiquettes, knowing how to respond if a grizzly is encountered. So, despite our anxiety, we still intended to climb, by ourselves, several mountains of interest, including those with grizzlies.
Frequently, people in Colorado ask us if we carry firearms when hiking in black bear country. The answer is a resounding, "No," for I'm uncomfortable with firearms. This was true in past years when hiking in grizzly country and we did not intend to start carrying firearms in summer 2013.
Complicating the issue was our desire to have Lucy Chocolate Lab accompany us on this trip. Normally, dogs in grizzly country are not a good mix, but Lucy is an exceptional animal, the most mountain-wise and obedient outdoors dog we've ever owned.
Throughout our Wyoming journey, she understood what was expected and always stayed close when requested to do so.
While the campground and trailhead for climbing west-central Wyoming's 11,378-foot Wyoming Peak had signs mandating safe food storage practices in bear country, there were no specific postings cautioning people about grizzly presence.
This perplexed me for the wild terrain, with abundant fresh bear droppings, seemed ideal for grizzlies as well as black bears.
Only after our grueling, but uneventful ascent of Wyoming Peak, did a state wildlife official admit to me that grizzlies do roam the Wyoming Range, but not in significant numbers.
Three days later, in what appeared to be an unlikely grizzly environment; there was no doubt about their presence in the Red Hills-Lavender Hills east of Grand Teton National Park.
What a surprise to find a sign with bold red lettering reading, "Warning! Grizzly Bears Frequent this Area," illustrated with a snarling grizzly photo.
I thought, "Grizzlies aren't supposed to be in an environment described by Bill Hunger, author of Hiking Wyoming, thusly, "Some of the oddest and most striking land formations in Wyoming; a colorful, but desolate and barren landscape" whose "quirky badlands make for hot and hard hiking."
Stunned, we began hiking through a high desert corridor between sharply peaked, fiery red hills.
Barely noticing the chilly mid-morning temperatures, I scoured the shadowy slopes, imagining a brown giant lurking in the shrubs.
Our senses were hypervigilant as Lucy walked obediently between us.
The footpath eventually proceeded through a lush woodland, an out-of-place micro environment amidst the desert.
The terrain steepened and upon reaching an open ridge, we beheld the pale gray, striated Lavender Hills.
How odd to see two geologically different badlands, one above the other.
Wearing only T-shirts in the hot, dry weather, we relaxed for there were no signs of grizzly activity.
Climbing an even steeper second ridge on our horseshoe shaped route, we arrived at a modest 9,150 foot summit which Bill Hunger described as, "the earth's most secluded and glorious view of the Tetons."
After looking down upon the Red Hills badlands, we scanned the Gros Ventre Range to the south before taking in the jaw dropping splendor of the Tetons.
Bill Hunger had not exaggerated.
Several of our trip's destinations were not found in guidebooks, but discovered by studying maps.
Mount Leidy at 10,326 feet fit in this category and we had second thoughts about climbing the mountain after turning onto its access forest service road and finding this posted warning, "Bear Attack! Are You Prepared to Avoid One? Bear Activity Increasing in this Area!"
Did we still want to camp in this remote country after a 20-mile backcountry drive and climb Mount. Leidy the following day?
Cautiously, we located a campsite and after a night of grizzly dreams, wakened to a grim, gray morning.
Somber Lake Leidy reflected the lowering heaven's dark mood.
This was legitimate grizzly country; a long meadow bordered by a thickly forested ridge.
Were grizzlies near?
Walking on a muddy track, we remembered the essentials; don't surprise a bear, don't appear aggressive, never run.
From a distance, the mountain looked deceptively easy.
It wasn't.
Luckily, we found a primitive footpath threading a twisting, occasionally steep route up a narrowing ridge.
Unexpectedly, we met another couple who assured us that the grizzly warnings were not exaggerated.
Showing us their ultimate defense, a potent pepper spray aerosol, they said, "You should have one."
We didn't.
Avoiding slippery roots while clambering over windblown obstacles, we struggled steeply upward to an open summit offering misty views of lonely meadows, narrow ridges, forested mountaintops, and an approaching storm.
Our hurried descent in a bone-chilling rain had one unanticipated positive; the weather was too nasty for grizzlies to be out and about.
After Mount Leidy, we needed a shorter, less intense hike in better weather. The following day gave us better weather and a shorter hike. I found Pilot Knob, southeast of Togwotee Pass, on a map giving us the impression that the Continental Divide Trail crossed its summit.
However, instead of a trail stroll, the CD Trail was poorly marked and useless, meaning our hike involved confused, off trail route finding in another prime grizzly habitat.


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In the recent wake of Instagram's policy changes, many iPhone and iPad users are left with the decision of keeping their accounts or deleting them and migrating to something else. As long as you do so before January 16th, Instagram can't use or sell any of your information.
If you decide you want to delete your Instagram profile, you'll probably want all of your photos in a safe place before doing so. Not sure how to do that? Follow along and we'll walk you through saving all your Instagram photos and finally, deleting your account.
- How to download and save all your photos from your Instagram account
- How to delete your Instagram account
How to download and save all your photos from your Instagram account
For this, we are using a service called Instaport. You may, of course, utilize one of the other services available that do the same kind of thing. We've just had good experiences with Instaport in the past.
- Open a browser from your computer and go to instaport.me.
- Under the Connect your account section, click on the button that says Sign in with Instagram.
- Enter your Instagram credentials and then click on the Log In button.
- Next you'll be asked to authorize Instaport to access your Instagram data. Click on the Authorize button.
- You'll be redirected back to the Instaport site. Here you can see your username and what kind of export service you'd like. For now, you can only choose a .zip file.
- Under the Advanced Options menu you can specify more detailed options if you'd like.
- Now click on the Start Export button.
- It may take a while but Instaport will start exporting your images.
- Once it's done you'll see the message above with a link to download your photos.
- Click on the Download your photos link at the top and a zip file will be downloaded to your computer.
- Once it's complete, find it on your computer and double click it to unzip it or use a zip program of your choice.
- Double click on the folder and all your Instagram images should be safe and sound!
Instaport has plans to allow you to automatically upload to services such as Facebook, Flickr, and RSS but that service isn't available just yet. At least for now, you've got all your Instagram images ready to go for upload or just for safe-keeping.
How to delete your Instagram account
Instagram allows you to quickly delete your account but be advised that your photos and all your content will be gone and will not be accessible anymore. So make sure you've backed up anything you need to before continuing on. You also won't be able to use the same username if you ever decide you'd like to sign up for Instagram again in the future.
- Open a browser window on your computer and go to instagram.com.
- Towards the bottom of the page, click on the Your Account link.
- Enter your Instagram username and password and then click Log In.
- If Instagram doesn't automatically take you to the edit profile screen, click on your name in the upper right hand corner and choose the Edit Profile option.
- In the bottom right hand corner, there is an option to delete your account. Click on I'd like to delete my account.
- Instagram will now ask you why you'd like to delete your account. Fill out the information you'd like to.
- Once you're done, click on Permanently deactivate my account.
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Although every baby develops
differently, the following articles concerning fetal development will give
you an idea of how your baby is growing and developing throughout your pregnancy.
Dopplers, like any ultrasound exam, look in on your baby to make sure that he or
she is healthy and thriving. Read
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Due Date
Your due date is one of those highly-anticipated pieces of pregnancy information
– right up there with your baby's sex.
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Fetal Development by Month
Although every baby develops differently, this guide will give you an idea of how
your baby is growing and developing throughout your pregnancy.
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Fetal Doppler Rental
If so, you may be unaware that FDA regulation requires you to acquire physician
approval in the form of a prescription to legally rent or purchase a fetal doppler.
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Fetal Monitor
An electronic fetal monitor measures the response of the baby's heartbeat to the
contractions of the uterus.
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Height of Fundus
Doctors and midwives use this measurement to make sure that your baby's growth is
on target for your estimated due date.
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My Baby - Week by Week
Track your baby's development week-by-week with this play-by-play of all the milestones
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My Pregnant Body - Week by Week
Find out what amazing changes your pregnant body's undergoing week-by-week and what
you can expect in the weeks to come as your pregnancy progresses.
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Next OB Appointment
Prepare for your next appointment with your obstetrician by learning informative
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OB Visit Glossary
Having a hard time keeping all the OB lingo straight? Check out this helpful glossary
of terms. Read the article
Ossification is the gradual transition of your baby's skeletal bones from a fibrous
or cartilage template to hard bone.
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One of the most magical and memorable moments of a woman's pregnancy is feeling
the baby move for the first time, an event referred to as quickening.
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Stem Cells
Stem cells are the "mother cells" that lead to the production of all the various
types of cells in the blood.
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Congratulations! In this, your first trimester, your body is very busy preparing
itself for the rest of your pregnancy.
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Ultrasound 3D Images
3D Ultrasound Images are newer three-dimensional pictures of the fetus taken during
pregnancy. Read
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San Clemente surfers top Newport in rematch of title contest
The last time the surfing teams of San Clemente and Newport Harbor high schools met, they were battling in June for the National Scholastic Surfing Association's national high school title, with San Clemente coming out on top.
On Tuesday, San Clemente again was the winner, 100-68, in a South Coast League match in crunchy shore pound during extreme high tide at Newport's 54th Street.
The circumstances were a little different this time. Both schools had already lost in this young season to Dana Hills High in South Coast League matches at Dana Point's Salt Creek Beach. Newport Harbor now finds itself in a rare circumstance with a 1-2 record.
"We've had a few ups and downs," said Newport's coach, Matt Burns. "We're a pretty young team."
On Tuesday, San Clemente (2-1) pulled a 1-2-3 sweep in three of the contest's eight heats – bodyboarding, women's longboarding and women's shortboarding. The rest of the way, it was close, with San Clemente eking out an 11-10 decision in men's longboarding and prevailing 44-40 in men's shortboarding.
"The kids were putting their lives on the line in that shorebreak this morning," San Clemente coach John Dowell said with a grin. "They were going for it. Coming to Newport is always hard. These guys have this place so dialed. Our guys came out and they did well. It was close in men's shortboard, but we pulled it off in that last heat.
"The girls stepped up huge today. Bodyboard stepped up huge today."
That was the Tritons' downfall vs. Dana Hills, when the Dolphins shut out San Clemente in the bodyboard and women's longboard heats.
Heat winners for San Clemente at Newport were Rachael Tilly, Tommy Dolkas, Tia Blanco, Dylan Cox and Colton Overin. Newport Harbor surfers won three of the contest's four men's shortboard heats – Will Laidlaw, Justin Croteau and Preston Dexter. But San Clemente surfers took second in all four of those heats to hold off the Sailors.
Contributing second-place points were San Clemente's Kevin Schulz, Jonah Carter, Trevor Thornton, Tai Stratton, Karina Rozunko, Armando Perez and Kirra Connolly. Newport Harbor's Luke Rockwell placed second in his six-man longboard heat.
San Clemente tries to even things up with Dana Hills at San Clemente's T-Street Beach. Newport Harbor faces Laguna Beach High at Salt Creek. The contests start at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Just when things were winding down for Bob Johnson, a group of 90-something veterans turned his life around. Johnson's "second life" began in 1990 at his Air Force retirement ceremony capping a 21-year career.
Johnson invited his longtime neighbor, Jack, to the ceremony. Jack was a World War I veteran, but Johnson really didn't know much about his service. It was a subject that just never came up.
A couple of weeks after that ceremony, Jack invited Johnson to a quarterly district meeting of Veterans of WWI of the USA. Johnson didn't even realize that World War I veterans had their own organization. But he went, and was amazed at what he found.
"There were 10 to 15 men attending at that time and they were all in their mid-90s," Johnson recalled. "They were struggling to keep the minutes of the meeting and do the bookwork, and asked if I would like to help. How could I say no?"
That was the beginning. Soon the group made him an honorary member, and it was only a matter of time before Johnson had a new voluntary career.
"I realized these were our most senior veterans in need of help and assistance. That started me on a mission to help them in whatever way I could," Johnson explained. He went to many of the California World War I veterans' annual conventions, but by the mid-1990s the number of active members had diminished significantly.
As a result, the conventions ended because there were not enough of the old guys left and those who were left were too frail to travel. By 1996, his neighbor Jack ended up being the "last man standing" of his barracks (a term used by WWI veterans groups in the same way that "post" or "chapter" is used by more recent groups) before he died at age 100.
Johnson learned the French government wanted to award the Legion of Honor medal, their highest honor, to American World War I veterans who served in France. Knowing that there must be more World War I veterans out there, Johnson went to the French Consulate in Los Angeles and offered to help them find as many as he could in California.
On Nov. 11, 1998 (the 80th anniversary of the World War I Armistice), the French government, through their consulates, started awarding the medals. Approximately 25 were awarded around the country on that day.
The activity received a lot of publicity, prompting people to call the consulates asking about their own grandfathers, fathers or uncles who had also served in World War I. By this time, the consulate in Los Angeles knew Johnson well enough that they would call him when a new inquiry came in.
His role was to visit the family, assist them with the application forms for the medal, and help coordinate a ceremony. Since 1998, with Johnson's tireless assistance, the French government has awarded 55 of these medals to California veterans.
It was during that first busy year of award presentations that Johnson began working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Los Angeles Regional Office of Public Affairs in coordinating media releases for the ceremonies.
Word of Johnson's good work spread and he began helping the French consulate in San Francisco, as well. He traveled back and forth helping to locate World War I veterans and arrange medal presentation ceremonies. There was no pay or reimbursement.
"It's a labor of love," he explained. "No one was doing this and I had the flexibility and time to do it. We needed to find them and give them their deserved recognition." It became his passion.
Having spent so much time with these veterans and being a part of their lives, Johnson is a valuable conduit in keeping the stories of these brave men alive. He's learned a lot from these "living histories."
Many of the stories make interesting historical footnotes. One combat veteran, Lucius Perkins, who died at age 105, told Johnson such a story. Perkins worked in communications in the Army. He was on a break from his duties one day when an Army captain came by and asked if he was familiar with communications. When Perkins said yes, the captain told him he needed a communications man in his outfit. Perkins ended up moving over to support the captain's outfit (an artillery unit) and got a promotion out of it. The captain turned out to be Harry S. Truman.
Another veteran Johnson found was still living in the log cabin he built in the 1930s near Sacramento. He also found that many veterans had lied about their age to get into the war.
"It was pretty common," Johnson said. "I ran into many veterans who were actually underage when they went into the Army. [The war] was looked at as an opportunity. Their spirit of patriotism was extraordinary."
Johnson became very close to a Canadian veteran named Clifford Holliday who lived nearby.
"He enlisted when he was just 16 as a bugle boy but ended up in the battle trenches in France before he turned 17," explained Johnson. "This was in 1914 before the U.S. got involved in the war. The trench war early on was horrible, with millions of soldiers killed on each side. Clifford served in the trenches for almost two years in some very difficult times. He was wounded twice. In one particular engagement, his battalion strength started at 1,200 as they tried to take a hill. Only 300 came back."
Holliday, who had become a kind of surrogate grandfather to Johnson, passed away about a year ago at the age of 105.
"It was fascinating to talk with someone who had seen so much in the development of this country," recalled Johnson. "Through Clifford, I learned a lot. It made me more compassionate realizing what these people went through and the difficult times they had compared to what we have today."
The most recent addition to Johnson's repertoire of good deeds for World War I veterans happened earlier this year. News from Puerto Rico about a 113-year-old veteran reached Johnson through family members living there. He knew he had to go there and meet the veteran, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, in person.
"I was trying to find him and was having trouble. A few days before I was scheduled to go back to California, we found him. I called, visited him and his family." Johnson can't help smiling as he recalls the meeting. "It was pretty amazing to meet someone that old � the oldest living man � and veteran."
Within three days back in L.A., Johnson was in touch with the Guinness Book of World Records and started the application process for Mercado del Toro. It took a series of documents to prove he was who he said he was � Guinness has a rigorous standard for accurate verification. One of the documents was a letter from VA verifying his birth date. The process took two months, with Johnson working as liaison between the family and Guinness.
On Jan. 17, Guinness certified Emiliano Mercado del Toro as the world's oldest man and announced it to the world. Johnson went back to Puerto Rico to present the certificate on Jan. 28 with much media attention.
"It was probably the highlight of my life," said Johnson, "to be able to personally present a Guinness world record certificate to the oldest documented living man and to have been involved in getting him certified. The family was very grateful."
It's hard to know exactly how many World War I veterans are left, but Johnson estimates there are about 30. The numbers are dwindling so fast that in another two years, there may be none.
Unfortunately, not everyone knows the sacrifices these men made, and Johnson dedicated much of his life to bringing their stories to the public. Asked what he's going to do once all the World War I veterans are gone, Johnson didn't miss a beat.
"I am beginning to get involved with World War II veterans," he said with a laugh. "I just started a project over the last six to eight months to identify any World War II veterans who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in France and were not nominated to receive the French Legion of Honor. I found six so far and most are already in process."
Had it not been for his old neighbor Jack opening his eyes, he probably would never have gotten involved with these veterans.
"It really was a bit of fate," Johnson said. "It was an extraordinary opportunity to share their lives and it's a very important legacy we can't let our younger generations forget."


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i was thinking they would pick up a 30 + year old mermaid while at fishman island
Since we all keep repeating the same old song, I want a spear user on the crew.. that would be bum.
It would be cool if he smoked though Sanji with cigarettes and Smoker with cigars I doubt he would. Spears are cool because they can be used as rods or piercing weapons, I think it would add a cool dimension to the crew, and spears are easy to write as being strong so the crew would gain another powerful member.
I know this is Finale Fantasy and its not the same as One Piece art, however this is around my ideal crew member.
Just a hypothetical which new rookie in Shabody would you want. Ild say Albion, considering they all are swordsman Ild have to pick the coolest and calmest of them.
Boa and the amazons are out of the question we may not see Bon Clay if he is alive for a while. Perona doesnt seem to be available, that leaves us with Jimbei and Hachi. I still think Jimbei is training Hachi on fishman Island. 6 handed fishman karate sounds cool, plus he makes an excellent chore boy and I wouldnt question him as a helmsman either. Plus, just because Hachi joins doesnt mean Nami does and his dream is to make up for his past.
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and the guy is all wrapped up could the guy be a fish man or other race? wrapped up so not to make a fuss on the island ???
but again i would not hate the idea just no proof for it but if it happens great catch (if it happens)
and i just dont like the idea of hachi unless he learns how to use water attacks with his swords then that would be cool
It would be cool if rather then a Giant and a fishman the SH get a Wotan, cant imagine the true potential of someone like Big Pan who as you said is probably an outcast by the fishman
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Canada advances to fifth place match at Pan Am CupLIMA, Peru (September 7, 2012) – The Trinity Western women's volleyball team, representing
Canada, scored a 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) victory over Colombia in the
consolation semifinals of the U-23 Women's Pan American Cup on Friday.
The Spartans, based in Langley, B.C., were led by Amy Ott (Leschied) (East
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Trinity Western will now play for fifth place against Cuba. The game, which
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The rock next to my cabin in the mountains which is 60 miles from the nearest wireless transmission tower.
The rock next to my cabin in the mountains which is 60 miles from the nearest wireless transmission tower.
Didn't people make the same argument against Jews, Blacks, and physically disabled people? I seem to remember them as Nazis. Sunstein is merely a Nazi in sheep clothing.
It's like a precursor to Sharkando.....
How long before the Federal Government mandates such granular tracking on vehicles, guns, kitchen knives, and people?
Since you want to be extremely precise:
1st degree murder
Aggravated rape. This doesn't exist as a crime in all states, but it would essentially entail any forcible sexual contact where the victim was not just sexually assaulted, but physically assaulted. There is a extensive, complicated legal definition which sets a very high standard for this crime to occur. So think of it like attempted murder + rape.
Being an accessory to any of the above.
My problem is with the flawed "scientific method" used by environmentalists to justify their actions. They can't get their agenda by popular vote, so they file lawsuits and make an unelected government official enact legislation through judicial diktat. Meanwhile, these same environmentalists have 10,000 square foot mansions, fly in private planes, drive armored Hummers, etc.
My issue here is that environmentalists are more concerned with their so-called "proven science" than they are with the impact on people's lives and the actual effects of their "solutions".
I am from the Central Valley in California, where the Delta Smelt has reduced the available water supply to farmers by 90%. The entire region is in the middle of a drought and bordering on dust bowl. Hundreds of thousands of acres sit unused, covered in tumbleweeds, with the families in poverty because there is no water for them to plant anything and make a living. 5,000 lost jobs seems like a small number, until you consider the agricultural area impacted by these insane policies only has a population of ~250,000.
Then to add insult to injuries, the residents of Los Angeles still have water for their finely manicured lawns.
Show me one piece of legislation introduced by any government which seeks to regulate methane emissions.
I didn't know all of those sheep were so interesting that they warranted expanded surveillance.
Did you notice the "=>" sign? That means greater than or equal too. You have proven my point, by saying that water vapor can double the climate warming caused by CO2. Water vapor is a catalyst to global warming. But I do not see the AGW crowd trying to prevent ocean waves from crashing into the coast, releasing water vapor into the atmosphere.
Methane is not discussed because it is not politically convenient. It is easier to demonize some power company burning coal making EVIL profits than it is to demonize some rancher in New Mexico whose family has been raising cattle on that land for 150 years and 100% depend on raising cattle to support themselves and their families. Now, if the same man-made global warming crowd had stock or patents in the fields of lab-grown beef or genetically modified cows with reduced methane emissions, they would be clamoring for the end of cattle farming.
NASA does not agree with you. They seem to believe that water vapor is a "major player in climate change".
Water vapor and methane are both greenhouse gases. Both have a => effect on the greenhouse effect when compared to CO2. But the Global Warming crowd only focuses on CO2 because it is politically convenient for them. Meaning they own solar/wind companies and want to profit greatly from government subsidies.
not a prime tornado target
Until Sharknado hits New York and magically travels 800 miles inland.
Since when did government care about the right to privacy?
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Skip to comments.Sen. Intel Chief Calls on Kerry to Release Records
Posted on 08/15/2004 11:39:56 AM PDT by NavySEAL F-16
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 12:32 a.m. EDT
Sen. Intel Chief Calls on Kerry to Release Records
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John Kerry to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show during important hearings.
"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request [Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press." Roberts urged that any Kerry record release should cover "not only of the public hearings, which they have rebutted, but the closed hearings," adding, "It is important, because you have to be in attendance to learn the job."
The Kerry campaign has acknowledged that the Massachusetts Democrat missed scores of public hearings, but insisted he attended "private" sessions and is a "hard-working" member of the Intelligence Committee.
Asked if the "hard-working" description was accurate, Sen. Roberts declined to back Kerry up.
"Well, 'hard-working member' is in the eyes of the beholder," he told "Meet the Press."
A Bush Cheney campaign commercial set to debut on Monday accuses Kerry of being absent for 76 percent of the Intelligence Committee's hearings, noting that he was completely AWOL for the entire year after the 9/11 attacks.
"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Jane Harman, who appeared on "Meet the Press" with Roberts, said she couldn't defend Kerry's Intelligence Committee attendance record.
"I don't know what the facts are and I really can't speak to that," she explained.
just the fact that Kerry won't release the records speaks for itself, and that includes his military records as well
Amen to that. Release your military records, Kerry!
The road is getting bumpy.
So true. In the eyes of the average voter I think this is far more important than the Swift Boat charges (which I also strongly support). Only because it is here and now ... and speaks to Kerry's being AWOL in the Senate.
LOL! Looks like Kerry's getting some of his own mud thrown right back at him.
Aren't senate records public? Why does Kerry have to release them?
This article is wrong in one area.
The Bush/Cheney ad referenced talks about the year after the FIRST WTC attack in 1993. Kerry's bill which would have gutted national intelligence was in 1995.
Maybe so. But from Kerry's emphasis on his military service and "hero" status, we can justifiably infer that the average undecided voter considers the Swift Boat charges a matter of some importance. We can further infer this from Kerry's unwillingness to release his records. If he did that and the records supported his account, the whole embarassing issue would be laid to rest.
He will, silly....AFTER he's elected! Just like he'll tell us his plan for Iraq...AFTER he's elected. You guys need to learn some patience. </sarc
I agree. Aren't these people held to any standards?
Is there even a door left in the room that Kerry can now escape from...John Edwards must be scratching his head!
LOL! Great 'sensitive Kerry' image!
--The Kerry campaign has acknowledged that the Massachusetts Democrat missed scores of public hearings, but insisted he attended "private" sessions and is a "hard-working" member of the Intelligence Committee.---
Here a lie, there a lie. Here a flop, there a flip. Has the Kerry campaign any credibility left at all?
....lawyers protecting lawyers...
A value added Point!
Let's keep a running total here.
1. Release your tax records, and your wife's.
2. Sign the SF-180 to release your military records.
3. Instruct the Senate to release you intelligence committee attendance records.
Did I miss any?
Looks like Senator gigolo is a well, you know, a gigolo ... never did much of anything but grow old.
dam straight.....Kerry hasnt got the cajones to release those records unless he could somehow doctor them...
I dont see the bubbanator or the hildabeast with their SS minons coming to rescue him either...
No one wants to be in the zone when Bush clobbers Kerry and any Dimocrat with Kerry's stink on them also gets flushed...
I keep thinking that the politicians are going to stonewall information once too often and we are going to be their worst nightmare come alive.
---No one wants to be in the zone when Bush clobbers Kerry and any Dimocrat with Kerry's stink on them also gets flushed...---
McCain is practically the only one that's come out to defend Kerry, and he's campaigning for Bush!
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The truth is, that describes his whole approach to life and politics
The man personifies the word "liar"
I didn't think I would ever discover someone who did that better than the 'Toon, but I was wrong.
Release ALL your records, Mr.Kerry!
"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."
A Solid Body Blow!
"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."
A Solid Body Blow!
Actually, I think Newsmax is reporting it wrong. He missed all meetings after the first attack on the world trade center in the early 90s. That's when he wanted to gut the intelligence budget.
This will be a great ad since two of you have miinterpreted the ad already.He was absent in the year after the first trade center attacks is what the ad says not after 9/11.
It's good to have multiple bites at him. One on top of another to paint the entire picture of who Kerry isn't.
I dont trust McCain as far as I could throw him. any man who spent time in a Viet Cong prison camp while Kerry was working with Jane Fonda , then comes out and gets in the Senate and goes with Kerry to Hanoi to look for POW's and MIA's then comes home with Kerry after doing nothing but finfing lucrative contracts for Kerrys cousin, Then this phony Campaign Finance reform that plays into the hands of George Soros and company. No I dont know what McCain is up to but it isnt good for Republicans and it isnt good for the country.
An unnamed offical said that Kerry missed some of those meetings because he was in Cambodia meeting with certain world leaders who told him that they would vote for him as President if they could.
and have you caught that little Budhist salute with the hands together....My cousin is in to that and I knew what he was doing the second I saw it....Most Americans would be upset if they realized Kerry is giving an Islamic salute
Kerry is fine specimen with his sharp tongue, throwing barbs at President GWBush. John Kerry was one of the laziest, most self indulgent Senators. He had no record of leadership there yet he wants to lead the United States.
Lord keep him from the Presidency.
Pardon my confusion, thats not what the article stated.
Budhist and Islamist are 2 different world religions.
News Max is wrong.
Can someone explain why Kerry has to release his Intel Commitee records? Isn't that already public record? I would hate to think that what our congressmen and senators do is not public record. However, I kinda like the idea that Kerry needs to release his records. He can be pounded on that for a while, and then if he does release them, he can be pounded on for a while longer.
"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."
FYI ping
The spin from the Kerry campaign out to be interesting in trying to explain this. How they reconcile this with the "hard work" he says he will do for us on his "sensitive" war.It's almost as if his campaign workers are in a parallel universe from Kerry's reality.
They have misquoted the ad.
Not to mention his wife's tax records. The double standard is stunning.
"Here a lie, there a lie. Here a flop, there a flip. Has the Kerry campaign any credibility left at all?"
When Kerry comes to a fork in the road, he will always..............take the fork!
Release all your records, military and attendance, Sen Kerry - what are you hiding?........
We pay these bums' salaries, and as such, we oughta be able to look at their time sheets. We have an out-of-control government (just take a look at what's going on here in New Jersey).
We had a sermon about Saul today, one who blew the annointing with lies, pride, etc. (1 Samuel, 2 Samuel)
I couldn't help but think of John Kerry...what a mess that man is.
This is a very good ad. This will do what the Dems accused the swiftvets of doing.They keep saying the swiftvets are lying by saying the served with Kerry. 75 % of the people who view this ad will think 9/11 not 1992 when they see it.Even News max got it wrong.We should get it right so we can't be accused of lying.
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
I'm a lay-dee with a plan
My ongoing sleepless nights have me sitting in the sofa "watching" pre-recorded TV shows during morning naptime instead of blogging (I'd admit to being slumped over, snoring, and drooling out of the side of my face if I wasn't a lay-dee). And then there's my frigging diet, which is making the kilos melt away (slowly, slowly, eaty monkey) but it's making me feel rather empty-headed and lethaaargic.
But all this crap has a bright side as well, of course: while I have absolutely no inspiration when I'm faced with the dreaded and seemingly endless white space of the "New post" page, I have now gone a whole six weeks without being asked when my baby is due. I have also, in the last nine months, had only one bout of self-induced insomnia. A record, surely. But it does rather limit the idle blog time.
Nevermind, dearest people. All this is a thing of the past. I have decided that as soon as Charlie's fourth tooth breaks through fully, he will be the best sleeper we've ever had. Also, I am taking a daily vitamin supplement to increase my energy levels (with ginseng, people, this is foolproof) so I will no longer need my morning naps. Now all I need to do is sabotage my offline social life, and I'll be back to blogging away my new-found sleepless nights.
I really don't know why they haven't put me in charge of the UN yet. I'm such a planner.
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I thought you were in charge of the UN! This is a fine how-do-you-do!ReplyDelete
I can't win! Offline social life sabbotaged, or less Mwa posts. Can't you sabbotage your sex life, or your family's home-cooked dinners instead? ;)ReplyDelete
Pah on the diet - I think you deserve a piece of chocolate cake - chocolate has many redeeming and energizing qualities :)ReplyDelete
Oh honey. We love you no matter what. Gotta take care of what's important.ReplyDelete
I am thinking your food should be giving you energy. So, it sounds like you need to rethink what you're eating. Too little of the right things, maybe? Essential fatty acids etc? Energy food doesn't have to be sugary or carby, I guess.ReplyDelete
What Jo says, or, if you're stuck, food to make you fart.ReplyDelete
Believe me, we will read it.
@Marinka - I was for a bit, but I kept falling asleep.ReplyDelete
@Rhi - You're right. If I stop having sex and home-cooked dinners, I would probably gain a whole hour a week for blogging. Thanks! :-)
@Tanya - You are now my guru.
@Ms. Moon - Yeah. It's a bummer, though, because I miss you interwebs a lot.
@Jo - I'm thinking you are right. I'm just so so desperate to get into my clothes at last I'm starving myself too much. Must, must, must come up with a better plan.
@tinman18 - If you're stuck. *giggles*
I hate being exhausted, it ruins everything. You don't feel inspired for much when you're exhausted, let alone blogging! Don't sweat it and for god's sake don;t put any more pressure on yourself! And Im with Tanya. More chocolate can only be a good thing. xReplyDelete
Starving yourself will result in blood sugar dips and putting more of the energy into fat the next time you eat. Experts recommend you don't do that. Serious face*ReplyDelete
Way to go you! Congratulations Lay-dee! Baby Wise book-saved my life. Finn was sleeping like a champ. If you don't want to pay for it, I can send you an email I send my friends as soon as they pop out a kid. It is the only thing that saved my life that first year. Just email me if you want me to send it to you!ReplyDelete
Just thank you for this post. xoReplyDelete
wait...why...no sleepp....still....omg....i'm so tired.ReplyDelete
Darling, with three babies in the house , filling the page with xoxoxos would be fabulous.ReplyDelete
So come and give me the third degree on mycomparison between a business and a baby.
Sounds like a plan to me. I need a plan, too. Ginseng you said? xxReplyDelete
Eh, I know the lack of energy having been sick this last week, crappity crap.ReplyDelete
You got a plan though, thats good.
'She's a laydee, oh, oh, oh, she's a laydee' Tom Jones - are you singing it now??
x Sandi
there's nothing worse than feeling starved and low on energy, especially with kids around! jo is totally right, listen to her! And listen to your body... a friend of mine lost loads of weight AND got lots more energy by cutting out dairy. He had lots of little health problems and low energy, so he went and got a blood test done, which revealed he was sensitive to dairy protein, amongst another few things. He cut it out, but didn't starve himself at all, and lost 1.5 stone! And he eats (dark) chocolate almost every day!!ReplyDelete
(what i mean is, if you feel there might be certain foods that aren't agreeing with you, you could try to cut them out. it's important to still get all the nutrients though so you might have to eat more other foods or you'll still be starving and tired...)ReplyDelete
oh, pffft. Do you have anyone in your offline social life who hangs on your every word as we do? Really? Fuck, I don't. Now I'm jealous. I should probably also get off my ass and get back on my diet. Just as soon as I finish this cookie, I promise.ReplyDelete
So I bet you are all ready to hire me as your assistant when you start working a the UN.
Teeth. Why.ReplyDelete


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Excellent: 18% Good: 6% Bad: 69% Undcided: 8%
Poll is HERE a little more than half way down on the right.
They misspelled Undecided. There will be a noticeable (and pitiable, but not by me) percentage of respondents that will have no idea what button to push. LOL!
On a scale from 0 to 100, it was beaten out by the high temperature in Minneapolis.
There was an Inauguration?
Weird that 0bama 'won' re-election but just about every E-poll I've seen says HE SUCKS.
Did anyone actually watch it?
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More like a coming out party ~ he talked about something only gays talk about ~ the Stonewall Riots
We always watch the parade. Knowing obama there was not going to be anything worth listening to. Guy is stupid.
How would you rate President Obama's Inauguration speech?
Excellent: 26%
Good: 5%
Bad: 67%
Undcided: 3%
The inauguration was the vehicle to continue the racism of black.
collectivism, the government is the only answer.
AND the high temp at the south pole of Pluto.
AND the high temp at the south pole of Pluto.
Why watch it? I can catch him repeating the sonofabitch for the NEXT 4 YEARS.
I have another name for it but I want to retain my posting priviliges here so I won't spell it out.
You probably know what I'd say anyway.
Semper Fi, FRiend
I agree, he does suck!
Hmm. May they all choke on their mother of pearl spoons.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Any more info who was inaugurated? Did you get an invitation?
I certaily didn't.
Wait. What?:
Obama gave a speech? Did anyone listen?
Excellent: 24%
Good: 3%
Bad: 70%
Undcided: 2%
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Nope, no more info! We still don't know who it is! His beard has a new wig though.
I thought it was one of the more thoughtful and temperate things Ted Kaczynski ever wrote.
I did not hear it with my ears.
I can not bear it when he sneers.
It was not easy on my eyes.
I closed them both to all his lies,
I do not like him. He's a scam.
I cannot stand him, Sam I Am.
Algore probably edited it.
"won" is the correct way to put it. Fraud pure and simple. That's ok for him because after the coronation magic has worn off people will start to wonder how he won. It would be quite admirable for Hillary to tell the truth about BO during the hearings tomorrow. Probably be good for her politically, but she won't.
Again with the "undecided" - why respond do the poll if your brain is empty?
The poll poster cannot even spell undecided.
That misspelling probably threw off enough low information voters to drop the respondent total by 5%,
Excellent: 21%
Good: 3%
Bad: 74%
Undcided: 2%
I take points off for dishonesty and complete lack of integrity.
Very clever! And I totally agree.
Didn't watch anything on TV that day and haven't watched any news at all today. Did listen to Ronald Reagan's speech tonight on Mark Levin's show though. BO not even on the same planet.
Did he lip sync the speech?
As run of the mill commie bs.
Yep! Right from his teleprompter.
"Did anyone actually watch it?"
No. - People I know whose lips are moving and I already know what that means; I don't listen to them any more.
"bad" now up to 78%. What's wrong with the other 22%?
New tag line says it all
Bet the 21% "Excellent" were the same ones who were interviewed the day BEFORE the speech, and just LOVED it! (I've seen the video)
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Excellent: 21%
Good: 3%
Bad: 74%
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