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Nina Zumel
doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-97-13, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 1997
|Prehension may be defined as "The act of taking hold, seizing or grasping, as with the hand" (Webster's 3rd International Dictionary). Nonprehensile manipulation, then, can be defined as the manipulation of objects without grasping them. Manipulation without prehension is a natural way of handling objects for both humans and machines. The ability to manipulate objects which may not be graspable increases the flexibility of a robot interacting with its environment, without adding complexity to the mechanical design. This research analyses the mechanics of nonprehensile contact between a simple, two degree of freedom manipulator and a part. The intent is to develop reliable but sensorless manipulation routines for use in an automated assembly environment. While nonprehensile, sensorless devices are in common use in such environments, existing parts orienting devices, such as bowl feeders or the SONY Automatic Parts Orienting System, must be custom designed for each specific task. To decrease the setup or changeover time for an assembly line, what is needed is a simple but more general device, which can be easily modified or reprogrammed in response to a change in tasks. We present a planning algorithm for sensorless parts orienting in the plane with two one degree of freedome palms. Our method finds feasible paths through the space of equivalent state configurations of the object in the palms, without requiring that the palms maintain stable support of the object over the entire path. We show that such a device can reliably orient parts in the plane. Planning reorientations requires the geometric descriptions of the parts, the part's center of mass, and an upper bound on the coefficient of friction between the part and the palms. The plans produced by our algorithm are robust to uncertainties in the part's initial state and in the coefficient of friction, as well as to small inaccuracies in manipulator calibration.
Sponsor: NSF, NASA fellowship
Grant ID: IRI-9503648, IRI-9528176, IRI-9157643, IRI-9213993, NGT-51272
Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Center for the Foundations of Robotics
Associated Lab(s) / Group(s): Manipulation Lab
Number of pages: 121
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|Nina Zumel, "A Nonprehensile Method for Reliable Parts Orienting," doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-97-13, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 1997
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That is awesome. I've got one of those myself.
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There is great variance among the various Chinese sites. Some of them look awful, and some of them look pretty close to the real thing. I have a couple of knock-offs that I could probably fool the average fan into thinking they are authentic.
However, I much prefer to go the authentic route myself when I can find the right price (which is a challenge.....you have to be on eBay at the right time, or catch a great online sale, etc.). I got a Marino jersey for $100 a couple of years after he retired (got it customized off starstruck.com).....found a barely used Ricky jersey on eBay last year for about $75.....and shortly before the ring of honor ceremony this year I snagged a JT jersey, brand new with tags, for $50, also on eBay. Still can't believe my luck on that one.
even on ebay . there are a lot of knockoffs there . have you got any pics about your cutsom jersey . i'm interested in see that
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He is not able to walk at this time
He is not able to walk at this time
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I am very sorry to hear all of this. Dont wait to get the diagnosis before starting the treatment. GET HIM GOING NOW!! My dogs symptoms started with a limp and escalated from there. We thought the limp was just that nothing to be concerned about. It went away and about a week later he couldnt get up and he was crying in pain. IT totally ripped us a part seeing him like that. I hope and pray that if it is Blasto that they have caught it in time but you are in for a long road
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Have a friend who's Golden boy had Blasto not too long ago. Went to vet for what they thought was an eye infection. He lost his sight in that eye, but told that can happen with virus. Treated but decision made to leave eye as is.
Then, he started having an issue getting around, not eating, no energy.... Turns out, another vet found the Blasto, removed the eye as that was the source, a sort of breeding ground if you will.and it was spreading over his body. So, the first sign of an issue was the "eye infection".. There were ups and downs, but he was saved.
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East Dallas' Café Lago closes doors, owner Gabriela Kovacic retires
Neighborsgo's Ananda Boardman reports:
Gabriela Kovacic, owner of Café Lago, sent out an email over the weekend announcing her retirement, and the restaurant's closing. In the email, she thanked the Casa Linda, White Rock and East Dallas residents for their patronage.
The restaurant, which was located off Garland Road near Buckner Boulevard, opened in late 2000. Kovacic said running the café was a tough job, and she was looking forward to more time to read, rest and spend time with her family.
"I know in my heart that all the lovely people I've met here and served will understand my position, even though they may miss a tasty nibble," she said in the email.
Kovacic had tried to sell the restaurant last year, but the deal fell through. She said running the restaurant was exhausting and she plans to spend time with her sister, who is battling cancer.
"Somebody has to be there," for her, Kovacic said, when reached by phone.
Café Lago was Dallas' first legal puppy patio, and its location near the lake made it a favorite spot for locals. Kovacci said she had received hundreds of well wishes from members of the community.
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The Miseducation of Elaine Bartlett
By the time the sheriff's van lurched into the parking lot, she no longer cared if anyone noticed her wet cheeks and swollen eyes. Tears had been rolling down Elaine Bartlett's face for two hoursthe entire drive from Albany to Westchester Countyand she struggled to wipe them away with handcuffed hands. Locked up for the last four months in an Albany jail, Elaine had heard plenty of horror stories about her new home, ugly rumors that swirled through her head. The women at Bedford Hills will attack you, rape you, steal all your stuff.
Elaine stumbled out of the van, her leg irons scraping the pavement as she joined the line of new arrivals. The brick buildings of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility surrounded her, and its residents shouted their welcome:
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"I'm going to make you my woman!"
She shuffled into the building designated "Reception," slumped in a chair, and waited for her new life to begin. First on the authorities' to-do list was a shower with lice-killing disinfectant. Elaine surveyed the row of stalls with no curtains and the female guards milling around. "Get in the shower!" an officer shouted.
Elaine folded her arms across her chest and refused to move. Okay, she had posed for an ID photo and given them her fingerprints. But allow strangers to watch her strip down and shower naked? No way. "This isn't no fashion show," Elaine told the guard. "You're not going to be looking at my body. The judge sentenced me to 20 years. He didn't say I had to be subjected to all this."
"We've got a real live one over here," the officer announced, then turned to Elaine. "You're at Bedford Hills now. This is a maximum-security prison. You're going to do things the way we tell you to!" Elaine glared and didn't budge. She kept up her one-woman rebellion for hoursit felt like eight or ninebefore she finally uncrossed her arms and trudged to the shower.
What else could she do? She had been arrested for selling coke, gone to trial, and lost. Her punishment: a prison sentence of 20 years to life. For the moment, Elaine tried not to dwell on the fact that she was only 26 years old, that she had left behind four young kids, that she would be middle-aged by the time she walked out of here.
All she could think to do was keep an angry pout on her face, a mask to hide her fears. A guard handed Elaine her new state-issued wardrobe: one zipper-back green jumper dress, two pairs of green pants, two green shirts, three white cotton panties, three white cotton bras, a pair of white canvas tennis sneakers. No blue, black, gray, or orangethose colors belonged to the guards. Elaine slipped on her uniform shirt and noticed her new identity on the tag glued to her chest: #84G0068. As soon as she moved into her cell block, she found an iron and melted off her number.
November 8, 1983
An Easy $2500
She grabbed the package wrapped in brown paper, shoved it down the front of her jeans, and marched out of her East Harlem housing project. Elaine knew she was taking a huge riskafter all, the bulge in her pants hid four ounces of cocainebut she also knew she needed cash. Her welfare checks didn't cover her $127-a-month rent plus the costs of raising her four kidsApache, 9; Jamel, 6; Satara, 2; and Danae, 1. Elaine earned extra cash working as a beautician, braiding hair and manicuring nails at a salon on 125th Street. Her financial woes never seemed to ebb, though, and one day a customer promised a solution. If she carried just one package of cocaine to Albany, he would pay $2500.
His name was George Deets, but Elaine didn't know much more about him. He was a clean-cut white guy, maybe a numbers runner, she thought. She'd bumped into George at a few parties, seen him around the salon. For months, he'd pushed her to do this job for him. "It doesn't feel right," Nathan Brooks, Elaine's boyfriend, told her. Nate, 24, worked as a late-night custodian shampooing rugs in midtown offices, but he also knew something about the drug business. In recent years, he'd done two eight-month stints on Rikers Island for selling coke.
Elaine had snorted cocaine at parties, but she'd never sold drugs or worked as a mule. In fact, she'd never even been out of New York City. But, she figured, if she delivered drugs for George just once, well, how much trouble could she really get into? Outside the Wagner Houses, Elaine raised her arm to flag a cab and saw Nate come running down the street. Left behind in her fifth-floor apartment, Nate had decided he was too anxious to relax, too worried to let his girlfriend go to Albany alone.
George picked up Elaine and Nate at the train station in Albany and brought them to nearby Latham, where he had rented room 224 at the Monte Mario Motel. Elaine dropped the bag of cocaine in George's hands, then curled up with Nate to take a nap. George lay on the other bed, working the phone. Close to an hour later, strangers' voices woke Elaine, and she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes to see three people walking into the room. The only one she recognized was Richard Zagorski. A few days earlier, Richard and George had come to her home, freebased cocaine in her kitchen, and tried to talk her into making this trip. It was the only time she'd met Richard and the only time George had come into her apartment.
"Elaine, this is my friend Ken, and Sue," George said, gesturing to the two strangers. "And Ken and Sue, this is Elaine and Nathan." Elaine glanced around and realized she and Nate were the only African Americans in the room, a fact that did not make her comfortable. And she noticed that someone had placed the sack of cocaine on a scale, which she didn't remember seeing before she fell asleep.
Quickly, the conversation turned to the question of price. Ken and Sue, the buyers, were reluctant to pay more than $2000 an ounce, but finally compromised. They settled on $2200 an ounce for a total of $8800. Sue left the room, then returned with a stack of cash. Ten seconds later, a pack of shotgun-wielding state troopers burst in.
January 26, 1984
The First Lesson
Nate squeezed Elaine's hand as the judge's words rang through his chambers: "I now pronounce you man and wife." The phrase sounded familiar, but nothing else about this moment made it feel like a wedding. There was no elegant dress, no crisp corsage, no three-layer cake, no Electric Slide. Elaine wore her son Apache's jeansthe same ones she'd had on when she got arrested. They now hung low on her hips; the stress of 11 weeks in jail had proved to be the ultimate weight-loss program. Instead of a tux, Nate wore dungarees, too, with a sweatshirt.
Elaine and Nate had been dating for six years and had two daughters, but they'd had no wedding plans and certainly never imagined marrying in Albany. That was before the arrest, before everything changed and they realized they now had only each other.
The prosecutor had offered Nate and Elaine the same deal: Plead guilty, work as an informant, and your prison sentence will be five years to life. Joseph Teresi, Elaine's public defender, met with her once in jail. He advised her to cop a plea, warning her about the harsh sentence she'd get if she lost at trial. But Elaine couldn't imagine returning to her neighborhood wearing a wire and setting up people she knew. After all, New York City was her home. If she snitched on her friends and acquaintances, where would she go?
She decided to go to trial and persuaded Nate to take the same gamble. "Everything is going to be all right," she said. "They don't have anything on us." Elaine, like Nate, had never made it past the 10th grade. She didn't know much about the legal system, but she did know that she'd been set up. George had nagged her to come to Albany, arranged the cocaine drop-off at her apartment, rented the motel room, brought the scale, negotiated the price, and found the buyers. Surely, she figured, the jurors would see that George had entrapped her, that she hardly fit the profile of a drug kingpin. After all, when the cops arrested her, the only money in her pocket was a $5 bill.
Elaine got a crash course in how cops and prosecutors fight the drug war during her two-day trial. George turned out to be an informant, and so was Richard. The would-be buyers, Ken and Sue, were actually state police officers. George and Richard had been arrested on drug charges in the past, and they had a long history of helping cops arrest unsuspecting acquaintances. By working as snitches, they earned a little money and avoided prison.
The jury took only 40 minutes to decide Nate and Elaine were guilty of selling four ounces of cocaine. Because they were convicted under New York's Rockefeller drug laws, which are among the nation's strictest, Elaine and Nate faced a minimum prison sentence of 15 years.
Elaine had never heard of the Rockefeller drug laws before her arrest. She didn't know that New York governor Nelson Rockefeller had started the nation's War on Drugs with this 1973 legislation, which established the first mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes. She had no idea that these laws had led to an explosion in the state's inmate population and a prison-building boom. And Elaine had no way of knowing that African Americans and Latinos would eventually make up more than 94 percent of New York State's drug prisoners.
She also didn't know that law enforcement officials routinely lured people from New York City to Albany because of the capital's reputation for tough-on-drugs judges. She didn't realize that the local district attorney considered her a big catch, though four ounces of cocaine might not seem like that much to a Manhattan prosecutor. If she had been arrested in New York City, she likely would have received a plea offer of three or four years in prison without having to snitch.
Standing next to the judge at Elaine and Nate's wedding was Thomas Neidl, the chief drug prosecutor for Albany County, who had convinced a jury to convict the couple. Neidl saw a beautiful, statuesque woman whom he knew would not hug her husband again until she was past 40. What a shame, he thought. He wished Elaine had accepted his plea offer and spared him from trying her case. The evidence was so strongtwo police officers had testified that she'd helped negotiate the salethat Neidl figured even his eight-year-old son could have prosecuted this case and gotten a conviction.
Judge John Clyne asked the bride and groom if they had any last-minute words before he sentenced them. "I still say that I'm not guilty and I did not make a first-degree sale, a felony," Elaine told the judge. "I feel that I am being railroaded and doing someone else's time. . . . George Deets . . . [is] the one that should have sat in this court and been tried for this matter, not me or Nathan Brooks."
Inside the Albany County courthouse, Elaine's judge was known as "Maximum" John Clyne, and today he lived up to his nickname. The Rockefeller drug laws required Judge Clyne to send the newlyweds to prison for at least 15 years. For reasons he did not bother to explain, the judge tacked an extra five years onto Elaine's sentence. He hit Nate even harder, handing him a prison sentence of 25 years to life. For their honeymoon, Nate and Elaine went to the visiting room of the Albany County jail, where they spent an hour talking on a phone, separated by a thick pane of glass.
September 16, 1995
The Only Hope
Elaine tried to hide her shock when she walked into the visiting room at Bedford Hills and saw her mother. Diabetes had long afflicted her mother, Yvonne. In recent years, Yvonne's kidneys started failing, she became wheelchair-bound, and doctors amputated half her foot. Yvonne had always been a big woman, six feet three inches and 450 pounds. Now she was only 78 pounds.
Like her daughter, Yvonne was fiercely proud. She didn't let people see her cry, and she never talked about her problems. "It's going to be all right," she'd say. "Don't worry. Keep your head up." But today, Elaine could see tears in her mother's eyes. Yvonne rolled up her sleeve and showed Elaine the scars her dialysis treatments had left.
"You still look pretty," Elaine told her. "You still look good to me."
"Stop lying," Yvonne said. "I look like shit. I wish somebody would take care of me. I wish you were home to take care of me."
Yvonne had always taken care of everybody. When Elaine went to prison, her four children moved in with their grandmother. For nearly 10 years, Yvonne had brought the kids to prison every weekend to see Elaine. And when she became too sick to ride the train, Yvonne would pay a friend with a livery cab $70 to drive to Bedford Hills and wait while she and the children visited.
Of Yvonne's seven children, Elaine was the eldest daughter. Elaine had been only eight years old when her father died, and she became a sort of second mom in the house. She would take her younger siblings to school and to the doctor's office, and also to Coney Island and the Bronx Zoo. Elaine tried to keep playing this role even after she went to prison. When her mother's health began deteriorating, Elaine researched medications in the prison library, phoned Yvonne's doctors, and berated her sisters for not taking better care of their mother.
Despite Elaine's efforts, her family was falling apart. All four of her brothers were now dead or caught up in the prison system. Ronnie, 34, died of AIDS in 1992. A few months later, Frankie, 36, was fatally stabbed on his way home from delivering pianos. Kenneth joined a Boston drug gang as an enforcer and got sent to prison for murder. And Don Juan had recently finished a 10-year prison term for robbery. Elaine's sister Sabrina had begun smoking crack after she lost a baby to crib death. And now Michelle, the youngest sister, was raising her five children as well as Sabrina's four kids.
As the years rolled by, there always seemed to be more bad news. The number of secrets everybody was keeping grew, creating walls so high that sometimes Elaine felt as though she didn't even know her own family. At times, she thought, all their relationships seemed to be built entirely on a single, reassuring phrase: "Everything's all right." Things would go awryher mother would go to the hospital, a brother would get arrested againand nobody wanted to tell Elaine. She already felt completely helpless, they thought, why make her feel any worse?
Elaine, too, had a stash of secrets she couldn't share. She no longer ironed off her inmate number, but she never got used to the fights, the frisking, the way officers spoke down to her. She never got used to the the ritual that followed every trip to the visiting room, when she would have to strip off her clothes, press her palms against the wall, and spread her legs. And depending on the guard's mood, Elaine might also have to cough and squat, to prove that she wasn't hiding drugs.
Every morning, Elaine stared in her cell mirror and wondered, "Is it me that's going crazy, or is it everyone else around me?" She heard about other women swallowing safety pins, eating glass, dragging razor blades across their wrists. One day, she watched an inmate climb onto the hospital roof. A guard grabbed her foot, but she unlaced her shoe and jumped, landing on a mattress and barely surviving.
Sometimes, Elaine felt as though she was surrounded by zombies, women taking Thorazine who seemed only half alive. She knew inmates who lied about hearing voices to get drugs, but she didn't want to do her time in a haze. She wanted to go home. In the recreation yard, she would watch cars whiz along the highway nearby and fantasize about scaling the fence.
Nights were the hardest. As she lay on her prison cot in the dark, the demons she struggled to silence all day would take over. Guilt consumed her as she thought about how Nate was doing 25 to life because of her, how her mother had 15 kids living in her three-bedroom apartment, how her children were raising themselves, how Danae kept begging her to come to her school graduation, how Satara talked about running away from home, how Apache had given up a basketball scholarship to college to care for his sisters.
Elaine watched herself grow more bitter and more defeated, and she worried she was becoming somebody she no longer recognized, somebody she did not want to be. Surviving inside Bedford Hills required so much energybiting her tongue, hiding her fears, watching her backthat she felt she might never relax again, might never be able to peel off all the masks she now wore.
Rubbing lotion on her mother's skinny arms, Elaine decided she had to do something or her worst nightmare would come true: Her mother would die while she was stuck in prison. She didn't think she could survive losing her mother. She didn't think she could stay sane inside Bedford Hills without her greatest source of strength. If only she could get home, Elaine thought, she could prolong her 64-year-old mother's life. She wanted to put some joy in Yvonne's final months, to begin to pay her back for raising Apache, Danae, Satara, and Jamel all these years. She would do whatever she had to do. She knew New York's governor traditionally commutes a few prison sentences every Christmas, and so she decided to send a letter.
December 24, 1997
Mom Behind Bars
Apache, Satara, and Danae came to Bedford Hills to spend Christmas Eve with their mother, but nobody was in a festive mood. They had already celebrated too many holidays in this dingy, fluorescent-lit room with pale pink pillars, nine vending machines, and the lingering smell of microwave popcorn. By now, Elaine was supposed to be home.
Elaine had applied for clemency in 1995. Months passed before she learned that she would get an audience with a special parole board. When the clemency bureau rejected Elaine in 1996, her children were stunned. They thought she was coming home soon because state investigators had come to their apartment and interviewed them about their mother. As for Elaine, the memory of her parole meeting haunted her. What had she done wrong? Did she not answer the questions the way the parole board wanted? Was she too straightforward? Should she have lied?
Suddenly, a prisoner's cheers echoed through the visiting room. Elaine Lord, the superintendent of Bedford Hills, had just delivered some good news. Governor George Pataki had commuted the sentence of Angela Thompson, 27, a first-time offender who had served eight years for selling two ounces of coke to an undercover cop. A retired judge had spearheaded Angela's clemency campaign and convinced a New York Times columnist to champion her cause.
Apache, Danae, and Satara knew Angela and her son. The children had watched each other grow up in the visiting room at Bedford Hills. For one week each summer, Elaine's children came to see her during the day and stayed nights with a host family nearby. When they were younger, Elaine's kids had been content to show her the latest dance moves, splash in the plastic pool on the prison patio, pose for Polaroids. Apache would perform raps he had written, while Satara would beg her mother to give her braids. Elaine tried to keep these prison visits happy, but it wasn't easy. When visiting hours ended, Jamel cried and clung so tightly to her leg that the guards would have to pull him off.
As the children grew older, these visits became less frequent and less fun. Jamel stopped coming altogether, and Elaine could feel she was losing him to the streets of the Lower East Side, where Yvonne and the kids lived in a 13th-floor apartment inside the Lillian Wald Houses. Elaine would hear Jamel was hanging on the corner outside, getting into trouble for stealing cars and selling drugs. When she used her phone privileges to track him down at his girlfriend's house, he would promise to come see her, but she knew he wouldn't. Now he was 20 years old and in prison, too, serving a two-to-four-year sentence at Attica Correctional Facility for peddling drugs.
Elaine, Satara, Danae, and Apache listened to the whooping across the visiting room and watched as officers and prisoners congratulated Angela. Suddenly, Danae, 15, jumped up and began to rage at her mother. "Why did she get clemency and you didn't?" Danae shouted. "What makes her need to go home any more than you? What are you really here for? Don't lie to us! You couldn't be in here for what you say you're in here for. Who did you kill? You've been in here my whole life! When are you coming home?"
March 12, 1998
The Longest Walk
As the van barreled through Manhattan, Elaine closed her eyes and leaned back against her seat. The guards up front tried to chat, but she didn't respond. She didn't even want to look out the window. The van stopped on the Upper East Side, and the guards escorted Elaine into the lobby of Beth Israel Medical Center. Everyone stared. Who was this woman wearing shackles, handcuffs, and a chain around her waist?
Mothers pulled their children closer, as if she were Charles Manson or some other vicious criminal. But today, Elaine didn't care what people thought. She had too much else to worry about. Her walk through the hospital corridors seemed to take forever; the chain between her legs permitted only baby steps. Elaine's mother was dying, and she was afraid she wouldn't reach her bedside in time to say goodbye.
What would happen to Apache, Danae, Satara, Jameland everybody elsewhen her mother, the family matriarch, was gone? Elaine didn't even want to think about it. She hovered over her mother's bed, trying to figure out how to hug with her wrists cuffed together. She rubbed her cheeks against her mother's face and caressed her shrunken body. The two officers stood watching Elaine. They had refused to remove her chains.
After an hour, a guard said, "It's time to go." Elaine began interrogating the doctor, hoping to squeeze in a few extra minutes with her mother. Two days later, she learned that her mother had passed away.
December 19, 1999
Thirty-Eight Minute Grilling
Elaine decided to dress like she was going to a job interview. She picked out a silk shirt with gold buttons up the front, a state-issued green skirt, and magenta lipstick. At noon, Elaine strode into the conference room near the prison's front entrance. A U.S. flag hung from a pole in one corner, and through the windows she could see a landscape of brick buildings and razor wire. Across the room sat her interrogators, the two parole commissioners who would decide her fate. Three years and two months had passed since her last trip before the parole board, and now Elaine was getting a second chance.
Elaine had not planned to apply for clemency again. In prison, the only thing worse than having no hope, Elaine had discovered, is to believe you are going home soon and then find out you are not. But Elaine's children had convinced her to try again. Apache, Satara, and Danae had sent letters to Pataki begging him to release their mother. "My family is falling apart and times are hard," Satara, 18, wrote. "Sometimes I feel like killing myself because my mother lefted me and know my grandmother is gone. She should of took me with her."
Elaine watched as her interrogators flipped through her file, and she braced herself.
Do you really expect us to believe this was the first time you ever sold drugs?
Sometimes they like to play devil's advocate, Elaine thought, to provoke prisoners into revealing how angry or unremorseful they are. Last time around, Elaine had launched into a bitter diatribe about being entrapped by George Deets. But today Elaine wasn't going to take the bait. She wasn't going to let any hostility creep into her voice.
"I don't really expect you to believe anything," she said. "But it's the truth."
When you reached the Albany train station, why didn't you give him the package at that point?
Don't get angry or annoyed, Elaine told herself. Stay cool. "I've asked myself that question every day for 16 years," she said. "I don't have an answer for you."
Over the years, Elaine had become an expert on the Rockefeller drug laws, spending hours reading cases in the law library. She knew it cost taxpayers $32,000 a year to house one prisoner. If you multiplied that figure by the number of years she'd been in Bedford Hills, the bill for her prison stay exceeded $500,000. And she knew that Pataki had promised to reform the drug laws when he got elected, and then done next to nothing.
Elaine saw clemency as part of this political dance, a way for the governor to show concern about the injustices of these laws without actually changing them. She kept these thoughts to herself, though. She figured these weren't the sorts of statements that would help her win over her audience.
Since your last appearance here, what program has changed you dramatically?
Elaine was confident she knew what the parole board wanted to hear. She also knew the truth. She figured they wanted her to say that Bedford Hillsand its many inmate programshad reformed her. But Elaine had never thought she needed much rehabilitation in the first place. She hadn't been an experienced drug dealer or an addict in need of rescuing. Maybe she deserved a few years in prison for working as a cocaine courier, but 16 years? That was way too much time.
Since she had come to Bedford Hills, Elaine had kept busy. She finished high school and two years of college. And she had participated in dozens of programs, from training seeing-eye dogs to working in the children's center to teaching other inmates to read. By the time she met with the parole board in 1996, she already possessed a thick stack of certificates, diplomas, and glowing letters of recommendation. All that had changed over the last three years was that she'd figured out how to play the clemency game.
In 1997, after her first clemency rejection and before her mother died, Elaine walked into a coping-skills workshop and asked Lora Tucker, the teacher, for help. Lora saw a woman devoid of all hope, who had resigned herself to staying in prison until she was eligible for parole in 2004. She looks like she needs somebody on her side, Lora thought. She also looks like she could be my sister.
Lora had recently switched careers, quiting her job as an interior designer to work on criminal justice issues. Now she launched her first fight on behalf of a prisoner. Lora tracked down Governor Pataki at a political fundraiser and handed him a letter from Elaine. She persuaded more than 200 peopleincluding critics of the Rockefeller drug laws and members of her churchto write letters on Elaine's behalf. And she became a regular at the anti-Rockefeller drug law rallies sponsored by the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice. Holding a placard with a photo, Lora would tell Elaine's story to every stranger who stopped.
Together, Lora and Elaine figured out how to work the media. Elaine got talk-show host Charles Grodin on her visiting list. She showed up in columns in the Daily News and The New York Times. Geraldo Rivera came to interview her. For these moments in the spotlight, Elaine purposely did not wear makeup so she wouldn't look any better than she felt. And she didn't mention Nate to reporters. Over the years, Elaine and Nate had traded letters, and they were permitted one phone call every six months. Since Elaine was a first-time offender, they knew she had a better shot at clemency. Nate was afraid his rap sheet would jeopardize her chances, so he told Elaine to push her case in the media and leave him in the background.
Elaine did not explain any of her strategies to the parole commissioners. Instead, she served up a few calm words. "Education and the death of my mother," she said, when they asked what had changed her in the last few years. After her 38-minute interrogation ended, Elaine thanked the commissioners, smiled sweetly, and walked over to shake their hands.
January 26, 2000
Taste of Freedom
Elaine woke at 4 a.m. on her last morning in Bedford Hills. Exactly 16 years had passed since the day Judge Clyne had sentenced her to 20 years to life. Now she was 42 years old and had three grandchildren. (Jamel, Satara, and Apache each have one child.) George Deets was dead. Her former lawyer, Joseph Teresi, had the most high-profile judge's job in the state, overseeing the Amadou Diallo trial. And her former prosecutor, Thomas Neidl, had become a critic of the Rockefeller drug laws.
Elaine flipped on 98.7 KISS-FM and began singing along. She had been in a great mood ever since December 23, 1999, when the governor granted her request for clemency. Pataki had commuted the sentences of three women, all of whom had spent at least a decade in Bedford Hills thanks to the Rockefeller drug laws.
For weeks, Elaine had been planning her exit. She gave away her hair dryer, lamp, rollers, sheets, and pajamas. She practiced what she'd say to the television cameras awaiting her release. She colored her hair at the prison beauty salon. And in her mind, she created a to-do list:
Spend time with Apache, Satara, and Danae
Visit Jamel on Rikers Island
Visit Nate at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Quit smoking
See parole officer
Go for seafood dinner with Lora
Buy gum
See The Hurricane
Find job
Stop cursing
Go back to college
Lobby for repeal of Rockefeller drug laws
The masks she had been wearing for years began crashing to the ground. When guards told Elaine to hurry in the hallways, she would just laugh. "Have your fun now," she said. "I'm going home soon. Just try to tell me what to do on the other side of the fence."
A few hours later, Elaine entered the building marked "Reception" and changed into civilian clothes. "I'm not stepping out in my greens," she had said, and so Lora had bought her a new outfit. Elaine pulled on a black Victoria's Secret bra, black panties, an electric purple pantsuit, and suede high-heel boots. Earlier, she'd painted her nails with purple glitter to match. Pinned to her new raincoat was a photo of her mother with a message: "Yvonne, I Carry You in My Soul."
Elaine had waited for this day ever since she arrived at Bedford Hills. In the fantasy scene she liked to replay in her mind, three white doves flew up in the air at the moment of her release while Diana Ross sang, "I'm Coming Out." At 9:54 a.m., Elaine heard a different sort of music. "We love you, Elaine!" shouted her fellow inmates. They filled the windows of the prison's school building, waving hats, mittens, and scarves. "You go, girl!" Along the asphalt path to the front gate, Elaine stopped, spun around, and waved goodbye.
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We decided to do a bit of laundry before repacking our gear and heading down for breakfast. Yet another cooked breakfast to help contribute to the expanding waistline.
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As we were staying here a while, we were going to be in need of some supplies so we decided to walk down to the local shopping mall and grab some essentials from Walmart, namely beer, milk, a 24 pack of bottled water, beer, some snacks, a bottle of Baileys, some beer, tea bags and beer
We lugged our shopping back to the hotel. Being the strong Herculean type, I was the lucky one to be carrying the 24 pack of water and some of the beer. I was pretty buggered by the time I got back to the hotel, not to mention baking hot.
By this time it was late afternoon and we had dinner and a tournament booked at Medieval Times which was pretty much next door to our hotel. Medieval Times is a family dinner theatre which features staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting and jousting performed by a large cast of actors and a heap of horses. It is housed in a replica 11th-century castle.
We prettied ourselves up and headed next door for pre-dinner drinks. Upon arrival we were each issued with a 'red' crown which we had to wear as we would be supporting the 'red knight'. There were 5 other knights also which would have support from there own loyal subjects. The tournament arena where the show takes place is set in the middle of the restaurant and the diners have ringside seats around the outside
Prior to being seated, Wendy and I ordered a couple of alcoholic slushies which turned out to be way too bloody sweet, not to mention feckin expensive. We had a look around the area where everyone meets and checked out some of the souvenirs. Danielle bought herself a veil (like those worn by princesses) which she wore instead of the dorky red crown. I thought about buying a suit of armour but was deterred by the fact it would possibly put me over my baggage weight allowance. Oh, and it cost $5,800.
We were eventually called up and shown to our seats. Wendy, Danielle and I were lucky enough to get seats in the first row, ringside. As we were served our meals, we were entertained by horseman and knights, all of which were pretty skillful. The horses were pretty awesome also.
Unfortunately at this point, my camera, the same one I had purchased in Miami, had a terminal failure (or to put it another way, it shit itself) when I ripped the button that takes the photos off it while trying to free up the zoom. I was less than happy and to make matters worse, Wendy was having trouble working her camera. Hence the average photos uploaded
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Kelly's Brewpub fully supports all the efforts, participants and spectators of the Albuquerque Pride Parade. There has been some misinformation to the contrary. I have met with board members of the Albuquerque Pride Parade and members of the community to personally express our support and regret any misunderstanding.
For as long as there has been Kelly's in Nob Hill, and as long as there has been a Pride Parade on Central, there has been a mutual admiration, respect and good time by all. We appreciate the hard work and dedication of those who work so hard to bring this first-class attraction to our front door. We can only strive to duplicate that hard work in superior food and service to make everyone's parade experience a pleasure.
Kelly's and the Pride Board will be working together to make this event even more productive and enjoyable in the future.
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Dear Alibi,
As a small business owner, one of my top concerns is health insurance. Right now, I simply can't afford it. That leaves my employees unable to get medical care if they get sick. Unable to get back to work right away, people are forced to take time off, and small business owners like me are left scrambling to cover their shifts, which is sometimes impossible to do. So we end up working twice as hard. I don't have insurance for myself, either. I have some health issues that need to be taken care of, but no way of getting it done because of the cost, and the longer I wait the greater the risk of a big doctor's bill.
Small businesses need to stand together to make health care work for us—this year. We need more affordable costs, and we need real choices. I support the idea of giving everyone a choice between private insurance and a public health insurance plan. With the economy the way it is, we need to fix health care to allow small businesses to create more jobs and hasten the recovery.
Our members of Congress need to hear from us. They're beginning to debate health care reform in Washington, D.C., so now is the time to make our voices heard. So, pick up the phone and call Congress. We've all got to do our part to make health care work.
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[Re: Feature, "What's a Feminist Like You Doing in a Place Like This?" May 21-27] Your story was fantastic. I have never written in before and am an avid Alibi fan since 2002. The writing was great; not just the facts you gave. I truly enjoyed your explanation of your relationship with the small town as I feel the same way (different town). Thank you!
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Right now, new renewable energy is just as cost-effective as new coal plants, and every time you fill your car up, you support oil. If renewable energy can create jobs in New Mexico, why would anyone be against it? That's not even considering that investing in renewable energies creates at least 1.5 times as many jobs as investing in the same amount of coal.
There is absolutely no reason every person in America shouldn't be for clean, renewable energy. Let's create new jobs and cut pollution.
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The history of the camellias at Middleton Place, situated along the picturesque Ashley River, begins in 1788 when French botanist Andre Michaux brought four of the plants to the family's plantation. Today, the original plants bloom in magnificent hues of white, pink, and red alongside the flowers of the newer camellia garden of the 1950s. Throughout the month, Middleton offers special guided tours with a focus on specimens from both eras, including the Reine de Fleurs, a descendant of one of Michaux's original plants. Guided tours begin at the Garden Market & Nursery and last an hour and a half. Reservations are required. Middleton Place Plantation, 4300 Ashley River Rd. Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday, 11am. $25; $5 ages seven-15; free for child under seven. (843)556-6020, www.middletonplace.org
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The Recording Academy Texas Chapter played host for GRAMMYs On The Road At Austin City Limits Music Festival during the festival's 10th anniversary from Sept. 16–18 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The Chapter conducted exclusive backstage interviews with artists including guitarist Tyler Bryant and Latin pop/rock outfit Mariachi El Bronx.
Bryant discussed the influence of social media and songwriting.
"I love it and I hate it," said Bryant of social media. "Part of me wishes that the only way you could hear artists was to go out to their shows. The upside to [social media] is you can really stay in touch with your fans and give them something they normally wouldn't get."
In March 2011 Bryant released an EP, My Radio, followed by From The Sandcastle in June. Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown are currently on tour with Jeff Beck with several dates scheduled throughout the United States and Canada through the beginning of November.
Mariachi El Bronx guitarist Joby J. Ford and trumpeter Brad Magers discussed musical influences, the response of the Latin community to their music, and songwriting.
"One of the hardest things to learn is to differentiate [between] Spanish [and] Mexican music," said Ford regarding songwriting. "You can't do both. You're either on one side or the other."
"People were surprised that our embrace of mariachi wasn't a joke," Ford has said. "Instead, being able to bounce back and forth between two musical styles we love and respect has proven the key to our longevity."
Mariachi El Bronx includes Matt Caughthran (vocals), Ford, Vince Hidalgo (guitarron), Ken Mochikoshi-Horne (jarana/guitar), Magers, Alfredo Ortiz (percussion), Ray Suen (violin), Karla Tovar (guitarron), and Jorma Vik (drums). The band has tour dates scheduled in the United States and overseas through December.
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HOLLAND -- The Flying Dutchmen have captured their fourth consecutive Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) men's golf championship. By winning the season-ending tournament on Monday (Oct. 16), coach Bob Ebels' Dutchmen set an MIAA record for margin of victory in the seasonal standings. Hope ended 70 strokes ahead of runnerup Olivet (2,351/2,421) by winning six of the league's eight tournaments this fall.
As league champions Hope has earned a berth in the NCAA Division III championships to be held next spring. It is the first year that Division III conference champions are being awarded automatic berths in the national tournament.
Junior Matt Lapham (Brighton, Mich.) captured the MIAA medalist honor by averaging 71.8 strokes over the season's eight tournaments. His average was the second best in league history. Lapham and teammate Tommy Yamoaka (Zeeland, Mich.) achieved All-MIAA first team honors for the third year in-a-row. Team captain Nate Golomb (Schoolcraft, Mich.) also achieved All-MIAA first team recognition. Juniors Ryan Sheets (Saline, Mich.) and Steve Martindale of Midland (H.H. Dow HS) each received All-MIAA second team recognition.
All-MIAA honors are awarded on the basis of seasonal averages. Lapham average 71.8 strokes followed by Golomb 73.1, Yamaoka 73.6, Sheets 77.0 and Martindale 77.6. Golomb, Lapham and Yamaoka were each medalist at least once of a tournament during the season. This year the Dutchmen set course records in four tournaments. The team's average of 293.9 strokes per tournament was a conference record.
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Other members of the squad included freshman Josh Jelenek of Laingsburg (Laingsburg HS), sophomore Donald Kring of Williamsburg (St. Francis HS), junior Steve Martindale of Midland (H.H. Dow HS), sophomore Dan Oumedian of Jenison (Jenison HS), sophomore Donald Scholten of Grand Rapids (GR Christian HS), and freshman Steven Strock of Grandville (Grandville HS).


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The StruggleTenth Avenue North
After two highly acclaimed albums, Tenth Avenue North takes a bold creative leap forward on its new album, The Struggle. Inviting fans all over the country to lend their voices to the process as they recorded this album in cities along its tour route, the songs explore them... Read More
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"We really fostered the dance of both the music and they lyric while thematically unpacking the idea of what it means to struggle," says lead vocalist Mike Donehey. "We are free to struggle, but don't need to struggle to be free. It's about the permission to struggle but also a challenge not to stay there." With The Struggle the band offers up lyrically substantive songs people have come to expect from Tenth Avenue North.
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Where Life Will Never Die
Strangers Here
All the Same
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You Do All Things Well
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- LOVE this Album! by Leigh Leigh on 10/18/2014
The title of this album is so relevant to our everyday lives! If you follow social media outlets #struggle, #thestruggle, and #thestruggleisreal are very popularly used tags that our society as a whole are using in their posts of their daily lives! I too am one that is guilty of using these hashtags myself! I remember my initial reaction to the song Losing. My heart was heavily convicted by the lyrics, "Father give me grace to forgive them cause I feel like the one losing." Such a powerful, convicting song as I was dealing with a personal struggle of learning to continue to extend grace to a person who just kept dishing out hurtful things about me. Tenth Avenue North has a way of reaching their audience who are experiencing real life struggles and how they can over come them through the truth of the word and the love of Christ! Then I heard Worn on the radio and I again made a connection with the lyrics flowing out of my car speakers. I knew that This band had a calling on their lives to fill their listeners up with truth, conviction, love, encouragement, compassion, grace, redemption, that only comes from the Love of Christ! I had to hear the whole album! My personal favorites on this album are Losing, Worn, and The Struggle. I HIGHLY recommend this album to everyone! It's upbeat tempo will encourage you to sing along with the lyrics.
- Great for everyone by Erica Sandwall ~ A Disabled Mom's Life on 10/9/2014
I really enjoy this cd as all the songs reach out to me as I am struggle with life right now. This the first time for me to hear this band and I really like them. Will buy more cd's to listen to them. The songs are very uplifting and draw you to Jesus especially if you are struggling over something in your life. I am choosing 2 of 12 songs to talk about. The 5th song "Don't Stop the Madness" is a really good perspective on pain. The 7th song "Strangers Here" talks about how this earth is not our home, and this earthly plan is just temporary. Lyrically the entire album is very encouraging and as the title suggests the album is just about dealing with life struggles. I recommend this cd for all ages.
- AWESOME! by Monica on 1/18/2013
I LOVEEEE THIS CD!! It has so much truth in the words. I was going through a lot in my life & I found it very comforting.
- AWESOME! by Monica on 1/18/2013
I LOVEEEE THIS CD! It's so good. There's so much truth in the words. It was very comforting to me when I was going through a lot.
- The Best Christan band by Madi on 11/2/2012
I bought this album on my iphone... I could listen to this album day and night and my favorite song is losing :)


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Fred Williams and his family moved to the Upwey region in 1963. Their home was located on a hill and looked up to the horizon. A characteristic feature of the Upwey paintings is the definite balancing horizon; a precise division between heavily worked grounds and clear, luminous skies inflected with lively little plant-like notations.
Upwey Landscape 1965 is one of his strongest paintings in the series that reveals his distinctive way of engaging with place as well as the inspiration of the French painter Gustave Courbet. The dark tonal range and bold painterly approach invest the work with gravitas. This work has become well known over the years as a 'classic' example of Fred Williams's works of the 1960s.


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By Ben Levisohn
Last week, shares of MannKind (MNKD) surged 42% after an FDA panel recommended approving its inhaled diabetes drug, Afrezza. The good feelings didn't last too long, as the FDA has extended its review period by three months.
Cowen's Simos Simeonidis and Yatin Suneja call the decision "not a real surprise." They explain why:
The decision to extend the Afrezza PDUFA date is not a major surprise, given all the information and feedback FDA has to incorporate into an approval decision, including the debate on the product's efficacy and safety, its potential label and the postmarketing surveillance program.
We expect that despite the serious concerns raised by the panel, including about Afrezza's safety and efficacy, the agency is highly likely to approve it. After attending the panel last week, we came out with the view that the agency wants to make Afrezza available to patients, in great part because of what is viewed as a "real need" for specific patient groups that may not be good candidates for injectable insulins, like patients not willing or able to use injectable insulins due to poor eyesight, lack of manual dexterity, being alone in their homes without a caregiver, needle-phobia etc…
We remain on the sidelines on MNKD given current valuation, small but not insignificant risks around, approval and partnership and most importantly, the launch.
The FDA's decision can't feel to good to MannKind bears who exited en masse, which is exactly what happened last Wednesday. Andrew Wilkinson explains what happened last week:
The welcome news forced abandonment of bearish bets and demand for upside calls. Heavy selling of put options and a general reduction in downside fears for its stock allowed the uncertainty measured by implied volatility to fall. Implied volatility fell by almost half, yet still stands at a lofty 177%, maintaining fat premiums within option prices. We should note that despite the apparent victory, the FDA does not have to follow the panel's recommendation. One of the heaviest traded put series was at the 3.0 strike price in the April 17th expiry where bears had built up nearly 40,000 positions set to gain should shares in MannKind continue to slide. So far on Wednesday some 32,500 of those put options appear to have been sold, most at a premium of just 7-cents.
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OK, not being an EU guy, I really didn't have much interest in the TRU EU wave that came out... last year, was it? But I could appreciate that people were sorta panicked over getting this wave. Well, cut to this year's ComicCon news about Walmart* getting an exclusive wave of figures that includes all-new sculpts of Ric Ollie, a Naboo pilot and Aurra Sing. It also includes a Gungan warrior with a staff, G8-R3 from the Royal Starship and Mawhonic. Despite the fact that Hasbro promises better distribution, I am really quite certain that most of these will be near impossible to find and getting them online won't be an option this time around.
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12th August 2012 08:50 PM #1
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leave for work overseas after months after giving birth
I have to leave for work in a cruise ship maybe months after giving birth. Im a first time mom and I dont know when the best time is to stop breastfeeding . what can I do to prepare my child for bottle-feeding? I fear that my baby would have a weak immune system if I depend on feeding bottles. Help!
13th August 2012 02:38 AM #2
Oh boy, that is a tough one. How long will you be away from the baby per time out? Could you pump breast milk a few times a day while you working and store it until you return? Even though it will not be easy, being away from the baby for long stretches of work does not necessarily mean you have to give up breastfeeding.
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unfortunately, i have to be away for 6 months or so but i plan to leave when my baby reaches 6 months and let my mother take care of the baby while im away. uhhh, i feel like a bad mom...but what can i do?...im a single mom and i have to work :((
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Hi iyah80,
Congratulations in advance for becoming a soon-to-be-mum. mom2many is right about having such a tough question. Single moms also deserve the credit of being called a super mum. In your case, I believe that before you get back to regular work, whether it is near or far from home, you will be given some couple of months and in most countries, this is even mandatory. You would need to have time to rest after giving birth during this time.
Why not make the most out of it. What I mean is that you would want to breastfeed your child within those months at full rate. As long as your baby's feeding (the first 2 to 6 months) is more on breast milk. Whether you feed your baby directly or through a feeding bottle, as long as it is mostly on breast milk, everything will be better..hopefully.
I may not be an expert on giving breastfeeding tips but based on my own experience, it works.
Hope your baby is fine and best wishes on you next journey to mommy hood.Hidden Content MumO'ThreeHidden Content
18th August 2012 11:14 AM #5
As Mum of three stated, I would just breastfeed, either expressed or straight from the breast, until you get ready to go. Some time on the breast is better than none. If possible, you could also express and store breast milk during the morning and afternoon and keep it in the freezer, so your baby will have milk for sometime after you are gone.
You are not a bad mother. You are wonderful, strong woman who is doing what you have to do to for your baby and yourself to survive.
19th August 2012 03:51 PM #6
Hello iyah80,
I want to commend you on your choice to give life to your child because being a single mum has it's challenges. I'm so happy that your mum is willing to help you by caring for your child when you are working.
If you breastfeed those first 6 months you will be giving your child a wonderful start on life.
I agree with mom2many - you will be able to pump to save up milk for when you're away. If you stay with your bub almost all the time during those 6 months before you have to leave, you're baby will stimulate your milk supply a lot so that you should have plenty to pump and feed.
The best time to pump is morning and afternoon because this is typically when your milk supply will be at it's highest. Most women find that their milk supply drops in the evening.
I'd encourage you to get a high quality breast pump to make your pumping experience as easy as possible.
Please post any breast pumping questions you may have here.
Warm regards,
25th August 2012 01:13 AM #7
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thanks to all the responses i've got. at least now i have an idea what to do. for sure i'll be able to breastfeed my child for 3 months straight, but then again, i really feel bad about it
25th August 2012 03:13 PM #8
You will be giving your baby the best start ever by breastfeeding as long as you can. It's important that you watch some breastfeeding videos or attend a breastfeeding class before you have your baby so you'll know how to best position the baby at the breast to avoid discomfort and to help ensure that you have an enjoyable and successful breastfeeding experience.
You're going to be a great mum! Please post back anytime you have questions.
Warm regards,
27th August 2012 11:21 PM #9
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thanks for the advice kate. ill watch those breastfeeding videos online so i can get tips about breastfeeding.
3rd September 2012 06:37 AM #10
Hi iyah80,
You also asked how to prepare your baby to take a bottle for when you need to leave.
I would encourage you to have your mum care for your child for a 3 or 4 hour stretch a few days a week before you leave. This will mean that she will offer the baby a bottle of breastmilk without you being present. It will also help bub to become more comfortable with your mum, but I'm guessing you may be living at home with your mum, so that won't be an issue.
Looking forward to following you through your pregnancy and offering support as needed. When is your baby due again?
Kind Regards,
12th September 2012 10:51 AM #11
Hi iyah80,
I was just watching a breastfeeding video on youtube, and I wanted to post it here for you because you were concerned that you wouldn't be able to breastfeed for as long as you like, but you were hoping to breastfeed for 6 months.
Take a look at what they say about mums who breastfeed for at least 6 months and post back with what you learn, and what you think about this video.


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Pros: FLat response for the price, lightweight, affordable
Cons: Ear cups little hard. Can get uncomfortable after long use.
These are a nice pair to own if you crave for natural sound on a budget. They belong to the Sennheiser Professional lineup after all. Don't get me wrong these are not going to come close to the $1500 HD800 but for the price can't go wrong. Just wish the ear pads were a little softer and while they can still double as over the ear for people with small to medium ears, larger pads would be welcome personally. These are advertised by Sennheiser as On Ear cans. Those looking for pumping bass look elsewhere. These are the closest thing you can come to the venerable Sennheiser HD497; now out of production. Response is significantly flatter compared to the HD 497.