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Well, getting Sideswipe back into alt mode wasn't too bad of a chore, it's not TOO locked into a specific order, but there's a lot of panel massaging at the end to get straight, and I don't remember so many seam lines when I started.
Well, getting Sideswipe back into alt mode wasn't too bad of a chore, it's not TOO locked into a specific order, but there's a lot of panel massaging at the end to get straight, and I don't remember so many seam lines when I started.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
JT out of all the galleries around the internet, yours is probably the clearest I've seen. Practically no lens flare! Good job!
Out of all this new stuff, they only things that really hold any interest for me are Sideswipe, the new leader Prime and some of the basics. I doubt I will even be getting any of those though.
... the deluxes motorcycles are hideous, combiners or not.
Thanks, I really appreciate it! I got a lot of lessons paying attention to Steve over the last few years, it helped a lot with reflections and pacing and camera focus (although focus is still an issue for me, hence today's reshoots). If you see anything you feel needs reshooting or more coverage, LMK before tomorrow morning and I'll see what I can do.
Sideswipe is cool, more good than bad. But the Voyager one looks to be super awesome.
The bikes, I do agree they are fugly. Hasbro says they do have a combination system worked out, but they believe the combiner aspect was removed from the film.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Sideswipe (dlx). First impressions. Alt mode. Great looking car, shiny silver is cool, but tons of seam lines on this one. Needs a lot of panel massaging after transforming back to alt mode. What's with the loose tailpipes? Seems like an abandoned gimmick. Overall, pretty good, some issues.
Transformation. Instructions are complex in a bad way, thoughtless at places. Step 6 is drawn from the least usable angle, totally incomprehensible. Hides the fact that it's a lot of panel moving to and then fro and then to again. Once you've done it and remember it, it feels more organic and goes quicker, really not that complicated after just moving all the movable panels. Tailpipes can fold in but no mention of this anywhere, again seems like an abandoned gimmick.
Bot mode. Seems a little shrimpy out of context, but haven't measured him. Significant back kibble kind of dwarfs him, as does large shoulder armor/collar area vs small face, makes him seem smaller than he is. Can stand a little taller due to creative jointing. Great color integrity, but sculpted details on the face get lost in single color plastic. Lots of sculpted details overall, but not in a noisy way, obvious choices to make more panels in key areas so he looks more TF. Love the multiple connective rods on the hips and how they are articulated, very clever. Wheel feet suck, cannot stand without a lot of work, if they had separately articulated the heel it'd be perfect, but they didn't go that route. Kibble that becomes scissor swords is kinda neat. Chest can de-peg pretty easily, but doesn't seem to be a big frustration when handling, only transforming.
Articulation. Ok, not great. Head turns, shoulders are ball-jointed with interior hinge, elbows double-hinged, limited ball wrists, limited ball hips with interior hinge, limited hinge knees, slightly rotational ankles.
Mech Alive. Pointless, when you move the knees panels slide out slightly. It seems to limit the range of motion and is visually boring. Not claimed as mech alive, scissor swords, they're geared so move one blade, the corresponding blade moves too. That's cool, if simple.
Overall. Likable, some frustration but more good than bad. Seems like a little more budget would have carried this to supremacy.
Rampage (dlx). First Impressions. Alt Mode. Very nice looking bulldozer, lots of detail, a tad small. Treads don't move, bottom is fixed plastic. Wheels keep treads about a quarter inch from the ground. Dozer blade seems way too big compared to the scale of this vehicle. Blade doesn't move up, only down, parts were hinged but looks like piston gimmick was dropped. Disappointing. Yellow plastics basically work, not as nice as painted prototype but ok; 2 different yellows, one warmer than the other. Part behind blade mistransformed in package, flops about when it actually goes in under the head and stays perfectly still. Various parts move too freely, but overall stable.
Transformation (to jackhammer mode). Are you ****ing kidding me? The instructions are nigh-incomprehensible, 18 steps for this mode alone, they actually had to cram words back into the instructions to explain concepts here and there, and then they do a cutaway to a section without making it clear that you're focusing in on that particular section. Parts don't always end up where they claim (blade is a big one, there are tabs which simply won't line quite up in the position of parts given). Arms and whips are left flopping about halfway through to get in the way of everything for no reason. Soft-sells a vital step clipping pistons into jackhammer, and moves the legs into that position before the piston section despite spring-loaded hips not allowing that without piston part. Smooth. All for... this??? Doesn't even mention WHY this is important to the design (I'll get to that in a moment).
Jackhammer mode. WTF? Giant backpack of kibble, arms flopping about, all so the legs can pogo on spring-loaded hips? There is as much backpack as robot it seems, it sticks WAAAAY out. Is this in the movie, giant hopping around unilegged "jackhammer" guy? I sure hope not, that'd be ridiculous AND stupid looking, based on this toy. Some sculpted detailing, but feels like token work. Needs more color here too, bland.
Tranformation (to robot mode). I read someone claim this was missing steps. Sadly, it's not, it just uses poor angles and inaccurate angles on legs which the toy can't replicate. But package picture is basically this, sad as that is.
Robot mode. Ugh, I want my money back, this sucks so bad. The torso comes apart too easily, it's gappy from the sides, there's still the big backpack but now it has halfassed legs coming out of it sticking out even farther, and the head always seems to end up looking skywards. But its true failure is the spring-loaded hips, which are LINKED so you can't move just one leg, they are stuck together forever, and they always head towards bias of straight upright which doesn't fit the design they were going for. Light-piped eyes don't work at all. Knees are weak and want to collapse all the time, the rubbery points pretending to be feet seem to agree and help toss him on his face (point feet look like an abandoned actual foot was designed there, then molded as one piece instead). The whole thing's a waste, it might have looked kinda cool if it didn't have that giant crappy backpack, wasn't so spindly from the side, and wasn't just all around mediocre. It's like someone took a half-baked Scout-class figure and tried to fudge it up to Deluxe with a silly gimmick and a big dozer blade. Lost ideas abound here.
Articulation. Mediocre. Legs are essentially unposable, doesn't matter that they have hinge-n-rotation hips and knees (although the rotation on the knees is a disaster), nor that the ridiculous rear legs have a few hinges and sideways pivoting. Arms have oddly off-center rotation shoulders with sideways hinges. Ugly screw makes it look like elbow hinge, but no. Claws hinged on either side. Head kinda rotates on Z-axis (aka puppydog "huh?") and pivots upwards even more, but can't look straight ahead, thanks. Waist turns freely and OFTEN... OH MOTHER OF GOD, I JUST GOT IT!
... Ok, so let me take back the thing about the legs not being of any use. It's just that the packaging photo is wrong, the instructions are wrong, and the figure still sucks. If you want to use the hip articulation (remember, hips are permanently linked) you just rotate the waist around and then rotate the lower legs around, the hip spring doesn't work past 90 degrees and there's friction here, so it works when the bottom is backwards; the hips also have sideways hinging. The knees are movable from straight to about 30 degrees, any farther and their springs push them back.
Transformation (back to bulldozer mode). Not all that bad, tons of stuff moving around but you get to decide most of the when, which keeps it more stable. 1 transformation and several parts are already showing stress marks.
Overall. Crummy, terrible, avoid at all costs. Interesting ideas not fully developed lead to a frustrating experience and an underwhelming robot (and laughable jackhammer). Just too ambitious for final results. Oversized dozer blade dooms this guy in many ways. Deco is boring and lacks finesse. Instructions complex in an unfun, frustrating way. Disappointment at every turn.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
One thing in Rampage's favor, or disfavor depending on POV, it isn't content to merely fail, it dares to aim high, to dream big, and it fails spectacularly.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I picked up Sideswipe last night at Target. I have not opened any of my new TF figures yet...will probably do so tonight after I get back from the movies.
I am thinking that tomorrow I am going to pick up the Leader class Prime. It looks like a really cool toy.
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
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Leader Prime does look pretty impressive, and is a much better match to the design than the original.
I'll have to open SOMETHING tonight. My preference is for Sideways.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble comprehending Sideswipe's instructions. I just gave up on them and looked at the back of the card to see how it's supposed to look like and went from there.
JT, you have shots of TFA Rodimus, Arcee and Cybertron Ratchet, I hope?
I've seen some on another site but they're not the greatest shots. The toys on the other hand look outstanding!


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- Title:
- Tropical Underdevelopment
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- Date:
- 2000
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International and Public Affairs
Health Policy and Management
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- Abstract:
- Most recent cross-country analyses of economic growth have neglected physical geography as a determinant of economic growth. This paper reviews the distinctive development challenges faced by economies situated in tropical climates. Using geographic information system (GIS) mapping, the paper presents evidence that production technology in the tropics has lagged behind temperate zone technology in the two critical areas of agriculture and health, and this in turn opened a substantial income gap between climate zones. The difficulty of mobilizing energy resources in tropical economies is emphasized as another significant contributor to the income gap. These factors have been amplified by geopolitical power imbalances and by the difficulty of applying temperate-zone technological advances in the tropical setting. The income gap has also been amplified because poor public health and weak agricultural technology in the tropics have combined to slow the demographic transition from high fertility and mortality rates to low fertility and mortality rates. The analysis suggests that economic development in tropical ecozones would benefit from a concerted international effort to develop health and agricultural technologies specific to the needs of the tropical economies.
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I saw some new deluxe starscream figure from the beast thing today at Target.
They had all the combaticons except BlastOff, Who is the only 1i remotely interested in
I saw some new deluxe starscream figure from the beast thing today at Target.
They had all the combaticons except BlastOff, Who is the only 1i remotely interested in
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Got shipping notice from Amazon for Blitzwing + Springer and should receive them sometime this week.
Both are still in stock if any of you are still looking for them.
Rewards points from my bank can be used towards Amazon purchases now so I got both for free!!!
This is rather off-subject, but does anyone have any idea who (if anyone) owns the rights to the Convertors? I don't know what made me think of them. I had several back in the day, and used them (same as with Gobots or any other off-brand transforming robots) as "cannon fodder" Transformers... except for a few who were awesome, who became new super-soldiers, or those who looked like particular TF's, who were stand-ins for them.
That's my jacket!
By the time I arrive home, Amazon should have delivered my new triple changers.
Target's new Cartwheel coupon site has a coupon for 15% off TF toys. If only there were anything worth getting!
i got blast off at Target today
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
He Who is a vehicle that appears to be the perfect Bulkhead, Has been cast in Michael Bay's transformers 4 but as Hound(?)
Speculation abounds as to whether Michael Bay is just screwing with the fans.
He likes to do that. However he personally made the post and responded to some comments about it.
I don't really know Bulkhead but wouldn't be opposed to him. However I'd love to see Hound and have him be the nice Bumblebee type character.
That means he'd be smaller in the Jeep alt mode is perfect for that
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Slingshot's also a car, and Drift is reportedly a major character (inasmuch as any piece of set dressing can be a "character" in a Michael Bay movie). You don't need to ask if Bay's screwing with fans.
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Thanks to help from Bran, I was able to get Springer and Blitzwing off Amazon before my BBTS preorder came up, I tried to be patient but Hasbro delayed them over and over.
Instructions on both of them are not ideal, they do the job but don't cover vehicle to vehicle, or vehicle to robot; and have contradictory panels and mistakes from time to time.
Springer is really good, a lot of design and thought into each mode, very heroic robot, nice copter mode, car mode looks good even as tolerance issues affect panel alignment in some spots. Transformation clever, much more of a complex classic transformation than a modern "stuff explodes" one. Only thing negative about the robot mode is a lack of tilting feet, but the overall look is outstanding. A few pins not tapped in enough and some flash on the spoiler pieces, but otherwise quite decent. Big gun would be cool if the projectiles had sat in the barrels instead of dangling a millimeter in front of them, but the sword is nice and becomes a crazy huge bayonet on the gun.
Blitzwing is a mixed bag. Too ambitious of a design for this budget leads to a lot of floppy, confusing parts and elements that don't look their best (the arms just sitting on top of jet mode is a lazy design), stuff that doesn't align or hold together as well as it should, and stuff that wasted budget like the opening canopy or the spring-loaded head. At the same time, there's something charming and fun about the jet mode and the tank isn't bad (although locking the barrel from elevating is odd when the design clearly would otherwise have allowed it), and both modes get better the more you transform them and get pieces tabbed into place properly so it holds together better. The tank's rear end can essentially be covered over by the robot feet with minimal gaps which leaves it feeling less of an H tank. Robot mode looks decent, takes a lot of cues from the G1 version without forgetting the Animated version, it towers over FOC Starscream, and articulation is decent; unfortunately, the infamous shoulders damn it, they simply don't lock in (as everybody warned me), and it's entirely the design's fault, could have worked. Weapons are nice enough. Rotating faces had to be unscrewed to work at all, their design hangs and is trouble but is worth it. I like this figure more than I should, it's got a lot of charm and a few huge frustrations.
They're called Legends but are larger than the previous "Legends" figures, closer to the "Commander" figures of today, and they come with a buddycon.
Killer get on the shirt, that's a darn good price.
The Legends do share SKU with the cassettes.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Didn't realize the manufacturer had such a generic name. That would explain why your post had more info than an hour of the Googler.
I also didn't realize Botcon was this month in San Diego. That's far more possible, though the weekend appears to be bad. (June is turning into something of an unreal month when it comes to the weekends.) They also didn't clearly post how much it is.
Can't speak for figgy, but Chase offers an Amazon Rewards credit card that's about as decent as any of their credit cards. (Not the biggest Chase fan in the world, but they're as good or bad as most banks.) I think American Express might allow you to use points now, too. Also, not a bank, but I get Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks, which I thought was a total scam until I realized my wife was basically getting most of her paperbacks free; I'm sure there are other sites along the same lines but I don't have time to bother with more than one.
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I have seen Norm use his vise many times. I have also seen Alec Jackson (whom I know pretty well) use it many time. Alec uses no other vise, in fact, he has not used another vise since Norm began making it some 20 years ago. Also keep in mind that neither Alec nor Norm tie anything other than fairly simple flies. In fact, both have told me that they are surprised that others consider them to be good tyers because they cannot tie speys, G.P's, spun deer hair flies, New England streamers,or full dressed feather wings.
I have tied on it and do not like it for several reason: 1) it is a pain to get working room under the hook when you turn the fly over; 2) the vise shank gets in your way when doing some tying operations like tying in body veilings and tags; 3) it is are too easy to push the free-wheel rotary lock back off its stop when needing it to be stationary; 4) you cannot stop the fly at any point in the rotation and lock it there like you can with Renzetti, DynaKing, and other quality rotary vises; 5) hooks larger than #2 standard wire salmon irons can't be inserted in the jaws without springing the jaws; and 6) hooks smaller than #14 trout hooks are not held very well by the jaws.
The advantages: 1) if you tie flies that do not have body vielings or tags, you can simply sipn the vise jaws and watch the material magically wrap onto the hook; 2) the flick of the fingers jaw spin makes tying wool, dubbed, or herl bodies a snap; 3) wrapping hackles takes the same simple flick of the fingers (you have to be careful and stop the rotation before you get to the end of the hackle); 4) wrapping lead on a hook is very fast; and 5) wrapping underbodies is also very fast.
For me, the advantages do not outweight the disadvantages. It is a very nicely made vise though.
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I posted this on the striper archive, but since they are made in the PNW I will post it here too
We have all seen Norm work his magic at the shows. Anyone out there buy one? How do you like it? What's good/bad? I have always wondered how it would work for someone else.
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SpoilerI thought that **** was obvious. I dont think Deb blacked out. I think she took just enough of that **** for it to look like an abnormal amount. I think the water bottle she put **** in it but, never drank from it. Deb ****ing sucks.
I also was like WTF is Dexter thinking about. 1) He shouldve realized what Deb was up to. and 2) He cant just turn Hannah in. She knows all about him. He has to kill her if he wanted to move on. What a moron. Also, how can he just turn over evidence that he had been sitting on for a while like that. That looks odd. He has to know that is going to lead to people looking at him more.
I also dont understand how Dexter dosent see that set up with dude getting out of prison a mile away. How obvious was that. **** Laguerta.
Next season is supposed to be the last........
If Dexter goes to prison, Im hoping next season is him breaking out and going to all kinds of different places being all out Dexter. That could be what goes on. It seems like they are almost closing the book on some of the other characters. Batista is going to run his restaurant. Quinn is a douche and will probably go to Vegas to chase that hot stripper. A lot of things they can do with that last season.
I dont watch Homeland....... Am I missing out?
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Just ordered Lego Lord of the Rings.
the main board is killing me.
so many fools who can not admit that tannehill has played like **** since the 2nd half of the indy game. again, many of the defenders of tannehill were the same ppl who would be on these boards last year bashing and nit picking every single little thing matt moore did poorly, and even in wins, always crediting everyone else but moore.
i want tannehill to do well, as does every dolphin fan, in the end he is the qb of this team, but right now he is regressing, not progressing and that is a major problem.
he also is not exactly playing the 85 bears, and 2000 ravens defenses in these games.
the man has got to improve big time.


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Who Watches the Watchmen?
Every city administration tiptoes on a precarious thin line, balancing public safety against the civil rights of its citizens.
There have been 11 officer-involved shootings this year. Seven of those people have died, and one 19-year-old is at University of New Mexico Hospital in stable condition. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, Chandler Todd Barr tried to get a bus ticket to Oklahoma, according to Police Chief Ray Schultz. Barr grew frustrated, left, and returned with a knife and his wrists covered in blood, the chief says. Two officers confronted him, told him to drop the knife, and when Barr advanced, an officer shot him twice in the chest, according to Schultz. (The Alibi spoke with the director of training at the police academy. Read that story here.)
A few days earlier on Friday, Sept. 10, for the first time in his career, the police chief fired an officer for killing a suspect. Schultz said the shooting, which happened at the scene of a burglary in 2009, wasn't justified. This kind of firing doesn't happen very often. In fact, T.J. Wilham, APD's public safety spokesperson, says no officer has been terminated because of an unjustified killing in recent memory.
The 2010 spate of officer-involved shootings is on Burqueños' minds. But what about the situations that don't make headlines, excessive use of force that doesn't result in death? Andres Valdez, executive director of human rights organization Vecinos United, says that's not so rare. "Many times we don't hear about it or know about it."
That's why citizens are forming a local copwatch, a group that intends to observe and record police activity.
The Catalyst
Liza and Derek Minno Bloom moved to Albuquerque a year ago from New York City. A couple of months after they got here, APD gave the Minno Blooms a shocking welcome to their new home.
The recent Albuquerque transplant says she didn't understand why the woman wasn't just loaded into a police car, show over. Liza and partner Derek were involved in protests and community activism in New York City, she says, "so we knew our rights. We knew that we were able to go and observe peacefully from a safe distance."
They went outside and announced their intent to watch the arrest, Liza says. "They kept asking us, Why are you here? Why do you want to watch us?" Liza replied that there are fewer instances of police brutality when people are observing. "We just wanted to be there until she got into the car. I'm sure they were arresting her rightfully or whatever. That wasn't our bone to pick."
Liza and Derek returned to the micro bar—until the woman being arrested was hog-tied, says Liza. "I've never seen that before," she says. "They tied her wrists together and her ankles together and then tied those two together. Everyone in the bar was noticing."
So Liza and Derek headed back out of the taproom. They told the officer he was using excessive force and then were ordered to cross the street, Liza says. She and Derek refused, replying that they were at a safe distance. Patrons came out of the bar to see what was going on. Other officers were called for backup.
"Everyone is treated with suspicion. Everyone is a potential enemy."
Civil rights attorney Joe Kennedy
Finally, the woman was loaded into the car. As Liza and Derek turned to leave, Liza says the officers shouted at them insultingly. "I told them that was really unprofessional," Derek says. He says he was pushed up against a wall and then thrown to the ground. "The crowd was like, Let him go!" Derek says. "The cops were stressed, but it wasn't really a riot situation. They just lost all skills of de-escalation and threw me into the middle of the street."
Derek was arrested and charged with blocking traffic, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to court records.
The Arrest
Officer Christopher Maes wrote in his police report that the woman being arrested outside the taproom that night was disorderly. When she was seated in the police car, she kicked Maes with her high-heeled boot, he says, so he pulled her out and put her into what's known as a Passive Restraint System. This system is used to control someone who is noncompliant and a threat to herself or others, explains public safety spokesperson Wilham.
He told Derek Minno Bloom to get out of the street about five times, according to the report. "He continued to ignore my commands, and at one time told me, 'I'm peaceful.' " Maes says he grabbed Derek's arm and told him to turn around and put his hands behind his back, but Derek tried to pull away. Another officer came to assist, and "after several commands, and after Derek trying to pull away several times, we were able to forcefully get Derek to his knees and were able to handcuff him without his cooperation." Maes notes that Derek got a cut on his lip and a scrape on his knee.
About 30 people "that were known to Derek" crowded around, according to the report. "While we were trying to take him into custody, they continued to close distance with us."
The Belt Tape
Joe Kennedy is the civil rights attorney who represented Derek Minno Bloom. He says Derek's situation was pretty typical of Albuquerque police, especially those Downtown. "Everyone is treated with suspicion," Kennedy says. "Everyone is a potential enemy."
Derek's court case came down to a device called a "belt tape," which officers are supposed to use to record certain interactions. "They claimed to have tape-recorded the interaction between Derek and the officers and were unable to produce it in court," Kennedy says. "That was a big issue in his case, whether he was complying with the officers or not."
Officer Maes writes at the end of his report that his belt tape was tagged into evidence. APD's evidence center sent a letter to the Kennedy Law Firm on Feb. 18 saying the tape was blank. Derek's charges were dropped and not refiled.
Kennedy says officers consistently fail to comply with the APD's belt-tape rules. The department demands officers turn on their belt tapes for domestic violence situations, during searches, when a person is resisting arrest and when someone announces they're going to file a complaint. The recordings are often lost, or the recorders fail or officers forget to turn them on, he says, and "unless they get some serious discipline for that issue, they're not going to do it."
In 2009's annual report from the Police Oversight Commission, Chairman Steve Smothermon recommends that the penalty be more severe for not using belt tapes. He says it would help the commission determine what happened during an incident. This has been an ongoing problem for APD, Smothermon adds, citing a 17-year-old Independent Council report that asked that police be required turn on recorders for all calls. "It is amazing, but since 1993, some things have not changed," writes Smothermon.
In July, APD announced it would switch to mini digital cameras by the end of fall and may include more circumstances on the list of calls that must be recorded.
After their experience, the Minno Blooms decided Albuquerque needed a grassroots organization to observe police interactions with civilians.
Groups like this exist around the country, with the original copwatch forming in Berkeley, Calif., in 1990. Albuquerque even had one from about 2005 to 2009.
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In mid-August, locals gathered to discuss forming another copwatch. People shared stories and concerns about APD. The goals of the group include reducing police violence by directly observing officers; documenting incidents and keeping police accountable; conducting "Know Your Rights" trainings; and encouraging people to solve problems without calling the police.
CJ Levine, who helped form Albuquerque's previous copwatch, says the tasks stack up. "Dealing with police brutality, it's work that literally never ends, and it goes in so many different directions."
There will be a Copwatch training on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the offices of Young Women United (120 Morningside NE). For more info, contact Derek Minno Bloom at firstname.lastname@example.com.
After years of patrolling, primarily Downtown, and doing outreach with young people and community groups, members scattered and the original copwatch fizzled out. "It's a lot to keep up with," Levine says.
Observing police works best with a group of people in specialized roles, he says. "People have a chance for planning and practice. We want to keep our cool. We don't want to be going to jail ourselves. We want to be a calming force in these situations, a de-escalating force." He adds that it's best to patrol in large groups wearing clearly marked shirts—the old copwatch's were bright orange.
Derek Minno Bloom says he returned to the micro bar a couple of days after his incident in October. He ran into some people who had been there that night, and the message they seemed to come away with was that civilians shouldn't mix with the police. He says he hopes the copwatch will help shift Albuquerque's consciousness.
Civil rights attorney Kennedy agrees, saying a local copwatch is not only helpful, it's necessary. "We need people to educate folks about what their rights are and how to preserve their rights."
APD: Go Ahead and Look
APD welcomes people to watch arrests, says spokesperson Wilham. "They have a First Amendment right to watch us, and we welcome that." If someone spots a problem, the department prefers that you don't contact the officer at the scene, though APD's policy is that bystanders are allowed to make short, direct inquiries. "We ask that they act as observers and stay out of the process," Wilham says. Instead, the observer should contact the Independent Review Office of the Police Oversight Commission and file a complaint.
Independent Review
Andres Valdez is the executive director of New Mexico Vecinos United, a nonprofit that formed in the early '90s when it organized the families of people who'd been shot by police. Along with the families, Vecinos called for a citizens' review board to look into complaints against APD. They asked that the board have the power to fire officers who used excessive force. The group wanted it to be staffed by citizens, "independent from all the political corruption and cronyism that goes on in city politics," Valdez says.
The City Council eventually agreed to have a task force study APD's oversight structure, he says. But the resulting change wasn't quite what Vecinos and the families were looking for.
The Police Oversight Commission is a city agency established by the City Council in 2000. Commissioners are volunteers. City councilors submit the names of two potential commissioners to the mayor. The mayor chooses one name from each district and sends all of them back to the Council for approval.
"City Council tried to pass it off as if they'd done this great reform," Valdez says. "We said, Well, it's better than what we had before, and at least there's some attention given to the things that are going on." Still, he says, there's no consistency in the oversight commission's decisions. "It all appears to be very arbitrary. They leave everything up in the air and don't make decisions. When they do, they exonerate the officer. Plus, they can still only make recommendations to the chief [of police]."
In 2009, about one-fifth of complaints were found to be violations of APD's standard operating procedures.
Complaints come in and they're examined by William Deaton, the independent review officer for the commission, who is on the city's payroll. He assigns them to either an in-house investigator with the Independent Review Office or to Internal Affairs at APD. Results of the investigation come back to Deaton, who writes a public record letter that outlines which of APD's own rules may have been violated, if any. Occasionally, there are non-concurrences, Deaton explains, which means the Independent Review Office and APD don't agree on the findings. Those cases are decided by the Police Oversight Commission.
The police chief has the sole authority for disciplining officers.
"We are at a time when it's meaningful to start the reform process again in a serious way," Valdez says.
Contact the Independent Review Office by calling 924-3770, or go to cabq.gov/iro
Rights of Onlookers
From the Albuquerque Police Department's general orders
Witnessing stops, detentions, arrests
A. When the safety of the officer or the suspect is jeopardized
B. When persons interfere or violate law
C. When persons threaten by words or actions, or attempt to incite others to violate the law
Overhearing conversation
If the conditions at the scene are peaceful and sufficiently quiet, and the officer has stabilized the situation, persons shall be allowed to approach close enough to overhear the conversation between the suspect and the officer, except when:
A. The suspect objects to persons overhearing the conversation
B. There is a specific and articulable need for confidential conversation for the purpose of police interrogation
A. Persons shall be permitted to make a short, direct inquiry as to to the suspect's name and whether the officer or the suspect wishes a witness. The suspect shall be allowed to respond to the inquiry.
B. If a citizen is a witness to the activity for which the suspect was detained or arrested, the officer may request his/her name; however, the citizen is not compelled to disclose such information.
Bystander filming of officer-suspect contacts
It is increasingly common for bystanders, who are not involved in any criminal activity, to record contacts between officers and citizens, during which officers are detaining, citing or arresting a suspect or engaging in crowd control at a demonstration. Bystanders have the right to record police officer enforcement activities by camera, video recorder or other means (except under certain narrow circumstances as set in section "Witnessing stops, detentions, arrests" and "Overhearing conversation.")
A. An officer shall not seize, compel or otherwise coerce production of these bystander recordings by any means without first obtaining a warrant. Without a warrant, an officer may only request, in a non-coercive manner, that a bystander voluntarily provide the film or other recording.
B. These requests should be made only if the officer has probable cause to believe that a recording has captured evidence of a crime and that the evidence will be important to prosecution of that crime.
C. If a bystander refuses to voluntarily provide the recording, an officer may request the person's identity as provided in "Inquiries," segment B.
D. If a bystander voluntarily provides his or her recording and/or equipment, the officer shall provide the bystander with a receipt. The receipt shall contain a written statement verifying that the recording and/or equipment has been voluntarily provided to the department and shall be signed by the bystander.
As an alternative to arresting an onlooker who is resisting, obstructing or refusing to obey, officers may order onlookers to "move on"; however, the person shall not be ordered to move any father distance than is necessary to end a violation. Persons who believe that an officer did not comply with the provisions of this order shall be referred to an appropriate supervisor.
(This has been modified slightly for clarity.)
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Calling all doodlers! Google needs your help. The Internet giant kicked off its fourth annual Doodle 4 Google competition this week. The company wants kids in grades K-12 to use their artistic talent to create a new look for the familiar Google logo. The top doodle will be spotlighted on the search site's homepage on May 20.
This year's theme is "What I'd like to do someday. . ." To start, students should think about what they would do if anything were possible. Would they be President of the United States? Would they find a way to end world hunger? Would they invent a flying bicycle? They can then use the ideas as inspiration for their doodles.
Picturing Tomorrow
Google believes that "dreaming about future possibilities leads to tomorrow's leaders and inventors." A panel of expert jurors will help judge the doodles. They include talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg, Garfield creator Jim Davis, Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek and Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney. Several well-known cartoonists, animators and illustrators will also help choose the winning doodle.
The grand-prize winner will receive a $15,000 college scholarship, a laptop computer, a digital design tablet and a trip to the Google office in New York City. A $25,000 technology grant will be awarded to the winner's school. The top 40 regional doodles will also be shown in a special exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
This year, in addition to teachers, parents and after-school programs can register students for the competition too. Registration ends on March 2. Doodles are due on March 16. For official contest rules, visit google.com/doodle4google.
Doodle Beginnings
The first-ever Google doodle appeared on the company's homepage in 1998. It was created by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They were attending a festival in Nevada and wanted to tell the website's users where they were. The doodles have been a hit ever since.
Over the years, the Google team has designed more than 300 doodles for the Google homepage in the United States, and more than 700 for the international sites. The doodles mark everything from holidays and anniversaries to important world events. Google's original doodler is webmaster Dennis Hwang. He has been creating logo designs since his days as an intern in 2000. How does he do it? Watch the video to find out.


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Right to work does not take away the right to organize. Why do we assume that the employee has to pay the union for this? Maybe the employees could bid out collective bargaining services and hire a firm to negotiate a contract for them. Not sure how this is freeriding when they only have one choice. Maybe they are protesting instead of freeriding?So as to not suggest that the almighty $$$ is the only thing a union is concerned with, I remind you there are literally hundreds of working conditions spelled out in a labor agreement. And remember, a contract of any kind WORKS BOTH WAYS. It's an agreement negotiated by 2 parties that defines the rights AND the responsibilities of EACH. Both the company AND the workers. And in the case of labor contracts, it is always the practice that all rights and decisions that are not stipulated in the agreement are the discretion of management.
Without exception, all those "work rules" contained in union contracts, have come about as the result of a past disregard for the working conditions of the workers. If workers are satisfied with the terms of their employment and believe it is equitable, there is no need to write language addressing it.
As an example off the top of my head; we once had a common practice of notifying employees on very short notice, that we would be working on Saturday. Because of some 'unforeseen circumstance" the supervisor could come to you at 2 PM on Friday afternoon and inform you the line would be running tomorrow and you WILL be here. No concern that you may have planned to take the kids camping for the weekend or that one of them had a Saturday morning football game. This was never an everyweek occurrence but it happened way too often. Furthermore, when you got there on Saturday morning, you would often find there was only enough material available to work a couple hours and were then sent home! Made the employees really happy and willing to go the extra mile for the company!
We raised the issue in negotiations (that's referred to as a "union demand" ). Long story short, the company insisted they needed the flexibility to respond to "short-notice production needs". We dropped it.
For the next three years (3-year contract) the practice continued and the next negotiations it was a higher priority issue. Again, the company dug in their heels on the right to schedule production as they saw fit, but at the eleventh hour, we did get a letter of agreement pledging that they would "endeavor" to plan further ahead and minimize these last minute notifications. (I have not forgotten that ratification meeting! Not popular with the rank & file! )
The situation did improve a little but was still an issue. We processed a number of grievances during the contract period ... basically just to document the problem, as the "pledge" letter was weak and not binding. At the NEXT negotiations, we were successful in getting resolution that notification of weekend overtime must be given by the preceding Wednesday and that the overtime would first be offered as voluntary to the most senior qualified employee and go down the list until they filled the need. If they got to the bottom of the seniority list and still needed more people, they could start back up the list and assign it as mandatory.
There were further restrictions on mandatory weekend overtime but, guess what??? Once the language was in the contract, the issue went away! Supervisors discovered they could easily avoid the problem by doing their job and properly planning ahead. Rarely was there any Saturday production after that ... (wonder how much that saved the company in overtime pay because the managers involved, had to start doing their job). And when there WAS an unforeseen need, there was never any problem getting enough qualified workers to volunteer. It has never been a hindrance to the company and employees can plan a family weekend just like anyone else.
And this is one single, simple benefit that the freerider gets right along with the rest of the members. There are hundreds.


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Wisconsin's 3rd straight Rose Bowl comes up thorns
Alvarez's return couldn't reverse slide
PASADENA, Calif. - The way Wisconsin's season played out, a third consecutive Rose Bowl loss fit right in.
The unranked Badgers were beaten 20-14 by No. 8 Stanford on Tuesday, another thorn in a season full of them. Three overtime losses. Coach Bret Bielema quitting to go to Arkansas. Star running back Montee Ball attacked and left with a concussion in August.
Even the one-game return of Barry Alvarez, who won three Rose Bowls while reviving Wisconsin's program, couldn't turn things around.
New coach Gary Andersen got a close-up view of what needs fixing from his position on the sideline.
The Badgers (8-6) failed to avenge tight losses the last two years in Pasadena.
This time, they got shut out in the second half as the first five-loss team to reach the Rose Bowl


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What is it?
Audi's RS4 Avant, featuring a 4.2-litre V8 engine with 331kW at 8250rpm and 430Nm from 4000 to 6000rpm, four wheel drive and a sports diff.
You'll look like a Remuera worthy until you put your foot down to access neck-wrenching acceleration and a riotous soundtrack that only improves when you lift off to hear the feral cough on the overrun.
We like
Optional adaptive sports suspension's ability; individually adjusted engine, suspension, steering and stability to comfort, normal or sport. We also like the way the outside wheels get more torque to literally drive you round bends.
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The $154,000 price - plus the test car's $14,900 of extras. It feels pricey, but still...


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The United States invaded Afghanistan a few months after the 9/11 attacks in order to quash the threat of al-Qaeda and overthrow the ruling Taliban regime, which had harbored the terror network. As of August 2012, the conflict has killed more than two thousand U.S. troops and cost more than $440 billion (through 2011), according to congressional estimates. In the coming months, the United States will be pulling back its troops, transitioning from a combat to a training role by mid-2013, and then relinquishing overall security responsibility to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. In May 2012, the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement providing a framework for post-conflict relations.
With the U.S. presidential campaign's overwhelming focus on economics, some analysts have decried the paucity of debate over the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's primary criticism of President Obama's policies in Afghanistan have centered on the pace of the troop drawdown. The Romney campaign denounced the White House for putting forth a timetable for withdrawal and for its decision to remove the so-called "surge troops" by September 2012--a "political" move that Romney says "disregarded the counsel of his top military commanders."
Editor's Note: Click here for more CFR Issue Trackers and other 2012 campaign resources, which examine the foreign policy and national security dimensions of the presidential race.


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Gallbladder radionuclide scan is a test that uses radioactive material to check gallbladder function or to look for signs of an infection or bile duct obstruction.
Radionuclide - gallbladder; Gallbladder scan; Biliary scan; Cholescintigraphy
The health care provider will inject a radioactive chemical called a gamma emitting tracer into a vein. This material will collect primarily in the liver and then flow with bile into the gallbladder.
You lie face up on a table under a scanner called a gamma camera. The scanner detects the rays being emitted from the tracer. A computer displays images of where the tracer is found in the organs.
Images will be taken every 5 - 15 minutes. The entire test takes about 1 hour.
If, after a certain amount of time, the gallbladder can't be seen, the doctor may give you a small injection of morphine, which can help to move the radionuclide into the gallbladder. The morphine may cause you to feel tired after the exam.
Sometimes during this test, you will be given a medication to help the health care provider see how well your gallbladder squeezes.
You need to eat something within a day of the test. However, you must stop eating or drinking 4 hours before the test starts.
When the tracer is injected into the vein, there will be a sharp prick from the needle. After the injection, the puncture site may be sore. There is normally no pain during the scan.
This test is very good for detecting acute infection of the gallbladder or blockage of a bile duct. It is also helpful in determining whether there is rejection of a transplanted liver.
It can also be used to detect long-term gallbladder problems and to see how well the gallbladder squeezes (contracts).
There is a small risk to pregnant or nursing mothers, because the fetus or small child has a greater sensitivity to radioactive chemicals. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the scan will be delayed.
The amount of radiation is small (less than that of a conventional x-ray) and is virtually gone from the body within 1 or 2 days. With an increased number of scans, there is some radiation risk.
Because this test is usually not performed unless there is acute pain, suspected gallbladder disease, or gallstones, many patients require urgent attention after the results of the test are known. Sometimes this test is combined with other imaging (such as CT or ultrasound). After the gallbladder scan the patient may be prepared for surgery, if it is necessary.
Afdahl NH. Diseases of the gall bladder and bile ducts. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 159.
Wang DQH, Afdahl NH. Gallstone disease. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 65.
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Roman Mailov replaces Houcine Bennoui, faces Yuta Kubo at Krush GP 2013
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Krush.26 features an eight man, one night tournament in Krush's debuting 67kg division. Originally there were two foreign fighters, Houcine Bennoui and Abdallah Ezbiri, included in the tournament. As of now, there's been a change in one of the non-Japanese fighters participating in the tournament.
Roman Mailov, who just won on December 23 and signed to GLORY this month, will replace Houcine Bennoui and face the tall task of fighting Yuta Kubo at Krush.26 on January 14.
This of course is Mailov's toughest test to date, even though he is coming down in weight from 70kg. Mailov made the move to 70kg this year but judging from his physical appearance it looks like 67kg shouldn't be a problem. It also won't be Mailov's first venture internationally, as he travelled to Germany in September and beat Leo Zulic, just one week after fighting and winning in Russia.
The addition of Mailov reinforces how stacked the card is, as along with the 67kg tournament, there are also a number of other good fights. Full fight card here.


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19th July 2013 03:44 PM #1
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Breastfeeding issues....Please help.
I have been breast feeding my one- year old baby till now. The elders say that I should continue it for some months but I don't think, it would be good. As this is my first child I am not very experienced about parenting. What is the correct time to stop breastfeeding a child?Can I continue for some more months?If I continue, will it have any bad effect on my health or the health of my child? Friends please come up with good suggestions. I really need help.
Thanks and regards,
Vineeta Sinha
19th July 2013 05:17 PM #2
Hi Vineeta
It's wonderful to hear that you have breastfed your baby for twelve months. I have a two and a half year old daughter who still breastfeeds, mostly in the morning and evening.
Breastfeeding offers many health benefits to both babies and mothers. Adults who have never been breastfed are 6 times more likely to be obese than those who were breastfed for more than 12 months. If you child is a girl she is significantly less likely to develop breast, ovarian and uterine cancer if breastfed for more than 12 months. And it isn't just your child who benefits. For every 6 months that you breastfeed you reduce your own risk of breast cancer by 25%, and lower your chance of developing osteoporosis (thinning bones) in older age.
There is a great article on this site you might like to read: The Pleasure of Extended Breastfeeding
The World Health Organisation (WHO) currently recommends exclusive breastfeeding (i.e. no other fluids or solids) for six months and then continued breastfeeding combined with solid foods for 12-24 months or as long as mother and baby desire. This is a view supported by Breastfeeding Australia in the following article which you might like to read: How Long Should I Breastfeed My Baby?
Extended breastfed is a wonderful gift for your child, supporting their physical and emotional wellbeing. I sound like an add for breastfeeding here, but as a mother of two breastfed babies and after reading extensively on the topic, I can't say enough how great the benefits are!
19th July 2013 08:52 PM #3
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Thanks for such a detailed solution to my problem. I went through both the links provided by you an they have been very useful to me. I am now going to continue breastfeeding my child.
20th July 2013 01:13 AM #4
Dear Vinni,
That is great news that you are going to continue breastfeeding! What wonderful benefits you will be giving your child and yourself. You can rest assured that you are providing your baby with the best source of nutrients and a bond which can be matched by no other type of feeding.
As mumof2IVFmiracles says above - the WHO recommend you breastfeed to two years and beyond. Please see the below statistics on the nutritional benefits breastfeeding provides for older babies:
448 mL of breastmilk provides a 12-23 month old baby with:
94% of vitamin B12 requirements
29% of energy requirements
60% of vitamin C requirements
43% of protein requirements
36% of calcium requirements
75% of vitamin A requirements
76% of folate requirements
– Dewey 2001
I wish you many more happy months/ years of breastfeeding.
With best wishes,
21st July 2013 03:56 PM #5
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Hi ljmarsden,
Thanks for these statistics. It has surely encouraged me even more to continue breastfeeding.
21st July 2013 08:52 PM #6
You are welcome Vinni. I'm glad you feel encouraged. Breastfeeding a toddler is a wonderful thing and please do let us know if you need any support with this in the future. I always find that mums who have been there before help me to get through the tougher parenting times.
Best wishes,
25th July 2013 07:33 PM #7
Hi Vinni
So please to hear you have decided to continue breastfeeding your baby. Just today an article has been released on this site which provides yet another reason to continue breastfeeding.
Researchers have found that breast milk contains stem cells which might greatly assist the development of breast fed babies. This might be the reason why babies who are breastfed have higher IQs and brains that develop faster. It's a great article. You can read it here: Stem Cells in Breastmilk - A New Discovery
25th July 2013 09:36 PM #8
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Hi Mumof2IVFmiracles,
Went through this article. I guess this is the best time this article got released at least for me because I really needed knowledge on this issue. I had already decided to continue and now this article has given more strength to my decision. I have also discussed the benefits with some more of my friends and they all are going to continue breastfeeding their child. I am thankful to this site who has brought an end to my doubt about breastfeeding older babies.
26th July 2013 01:59 AM #9
Hi Vinni,
This is fabulous that you are able to support your friends to breastfeed their children. I find breastfeeding knowledge is contagious - you can't help but share it! Here is my favourite breastfeeding quote, I hope it inspires you and your friends:
'A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food, from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.' (Grantly Dick-Read)
The beautiful comfort and security of breastfeeding extends into the toddler years and beyond.
Warm wishes,
28th July 2013 05:58 PM #10
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Hey ljmarsden,
What a beautiful inspiring quote. Really, nothing can attach you more to your baby more than breastfeeding. Lucky are those who get a chance because there are many who are unable to breastfeed their child because of complications and health problems. I wish every baby in this world gets the three things mentioned in your quote.
Warm regards,
Vineeta Sinha
1st August 2013 01:59 AM #11
Yes - until I became a mum I had no idea of how beautiful it is to bond with your baby/toddler through breastfeeding.
I believe the latest research shows only 5% of mums are unable to produce enough breastmilk for their baby. This is far less than the percentage of mums who choose not breastfeed/believe that they are not able to breastfeed. In my opinion, the current breastfeeding statistics are a tragedy. My hope is for excellent breastfeeding education and support for all mums - so that they are able to breastfeed their babies on demand and give them nature's perfect milk.
Warm wishes,
1st August 2013 06:05 PM #12
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Hi ljmarsden,
Yes, you are right in saying that most of the mums consciously decide not to breastfeed their child for various reasons. I am sure those who go through this thread will get enough information to encourage them breastfeed their child. There can be no precious gift a mother can give to her child than the milk that is provided by Nature.
2nd August 2013 01:52 AM #13
Here here Vinni! You are certainly doing your bit to spread good breastfeeding knowledge
2nd August 2013 09:26 PM #14
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Yes, I am trying hard to spread this among my friends, relatives and neighbors too and also through this great website. As I have come to know about so many good reasons for continuing breastfeeding, I wan't others to follow the same for the benefit of their child.
23rd August 2013 01:11 PM #15
Hi Vinni
The importance and benedits of breastfeeding for both mothers and babies/toddlers is such a valuable message. Well done for your commitment to 'banging the breastfeeding drum' as I like to call it. Often times it is more a lack of information and support I believe that results in early weening. Anything a breastfeeding mother can do to inform and/or support other mothers to breastfeed can only do good. Well done!


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— Photo by Dan MacEachern/The Telegram
Provincial Airlines hopes the newest addition to its fleet gives it a big advantage over its competitors.
In May, the St. John's-based airline added a Cessna Citation X to its fleet, a US$23-million jet that is the fastest civil jet in the world, capable of flying up to eight passengers at speeds of more than 1,100 kilometres an hour.
"This thing's a rocket," said Stephen Dinn, vice-president of corporate development, on Monday. He said since the introduction of the plane it's been out on several flights — not just for business customers who want to take advantage of the speed, but also, in one case, for transporting an organ requested by another province for transplant. The range of the plane (5,600
kilometres) is a factor, too — clients can fly to Calgary in just over
4 1/2 hours non-stop.
"So you're doing Calgary in a business day," said Dinn, who added the real time advantages in chartering a jet result in the lack of stopovers and other time spent waiting in airports.
"You don't have to stop in Toronto or anywhere else to get a connector. International destinations, that's a huge component. You can get to Aberdeen in four hours. What's the alternative for Aberdeen? St. John's to Heathrow, eight months of the year. Wait around, you've got to be at the airport an hour and a half or two hours in advance. You've got to go through the security lineup once you do that."
Dinn won't say just how much it costs to charter the jet, beyond the ballpark of tens of thousands of dollars — rates vary by client depending on agreements reached with the airline, on a per-mile basis. But the response from the airline's customers has shown there's a ready market for it in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Its schedule for the next week includes trips today, Sunday, Monday and next Tuesday.
"The pace of business in this province has accelerated dramatically in recent years, and there's a core group of people and/or companies who have been discussing and wanting the idea of having a personalized charter service to meet all their travel requirements," he said. "These people are very busy. Sometimes they go on a moment's notice, and any time in an airport lineup is lost time."
The swiveling chairs enabling meetings in the cabin — and a satellite phone — allow productivity at 51,000 feet in the air, making it appealing for business customers too, said Dinn. "This is an office in the sky. You can't have a private business discussion on a commercial air carrier. You don't know who's sitting behind you or sitting next to you," he said.