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Quiet Desperation: Reality web comedy out of Allston may be the answer to Boston's reality show sorrow
Four years before "Southie Rules" and "Wicked Single" graced the nation's airwaves, casting what many consider to be a negative spotlight on the city, a self-proclaimed "artistic-type" started filming his own Boston-based reality sitcom, "Quiet Desperation."
Allston comedian Rob Potylo, 36, has been in the trenches of Boston's artistic scene for a decade, but since 2009 he's been the creative force behind "Quiet Desperation," a web series that he and his cohorts consider to be the answer to the rash of recent Boston-focused reality shows.
"It depicts some of the struggles that exist with being a creative type in an environment that caters to "Southie Rules," Aerosmith, Tom Brady and Dropkick Murphys," Potylo said of his series, which debuted its fourth season earlier this month.
"But there is a whole group of budding creative types, maybe not in the heart of Boston, but certainly in Brighton, Allston and Somerville… I think the larger corporate stations come up here and force these Southie Rules, Wicked Single-type shows down our throats, and think, 'It's Jersey Shore for Boston, that's what people want.'"
"Quiet Desperation" is riddled with banter, blazing bowls, and profanity, wrapped together with improvised comedy reminiscent of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
Although Boston's artistic community is at the heart of the show, the cast rarely misses a chance to poke fun at the plight of struggling artists.
"I just feel sometimes like Boston can be a very hostile environment for creative types trying to invent themselves… We use comedy and humor to show that," said Potylo, a self-described "bi-polar manic artist-type."
He's a hard one to miss, and it rarely seen without a bright, furry hat.
"God sort of jinxed me with the genes of my hairline – I don't want to go down looking like a metal singer, and the hats are an extension of my personality. I'm a colorful character. I don't want a chrome dome of emptiness top of my noggin."
The mockumentary-style series is shot inside his Everett Square apartment, which he shares with co-stars Christiana Celli, 29, her boyfriend Pete Jaquay, 32, and various other "squatters" who come and go.
"I'm playing myself, just different colors and spectrums of myself," said Celli, who, along with her Botticelli-esque curls, supplies some of Quiet Desperation's more dramatic scenes.
Celli is responsible for quotable gems like, "Don't go all epileptic Muppet on me, okay? It's time to discuss the gas bill," "This is not a squatter… This is Yan, and he has the eyes of a f—ing Indigo Child," and, "You look like you're wearing a f—ing dirty old sponge from the God damn bottom of the God damn f—ing Charles River."
"I might be tapping into an old feeling when we're shooting, but it's all real. It's all me, just a little bit exaggerated," she said.
As for the future of the series, Potylo said he wants more exposure.
"If AMC or IFC got behind a show like Quiet Desperation with as much enthusiasm as Southie Rules, you'd see some really unique things happening; a renaissance."
For Celli, it's about getting her hometown the recognition she feels it deserves: "My goal here is to put Boston on the map in the way they did in the 80′s in New York City, in the Lower East Side… but without the drugs."
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Source(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 475, § 410; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(1), (c),Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; renumbered § 480 and amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(d)(2), (e)(13), (f)(4)(A),Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460, 1462, 1465; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a)(9),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948.)
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Writers in Residence 2013-2014 Schedule
Resident nonfiction writer, Roxane Gay, will be on campus October 24th. She will give a free public reading in the Faculty Commons at 7:30pm that evening.
Resident fiction writer, Mark Brazaitis, will be on campus January 30th. He will give a free public reading in Walter Hall Rotunday at 7:30 that evening.
Resident poet, Joshua Mehigan, will be on campus February 20th, and he will read at Walter Hall Rotunda at, you guessed it, 7:30 that evening.
Writers in Residence
2013-2014 residents will be nonfiction writer Roxane Gay, fiction writer Mark Brazaitis, and poet Joshua Mehigan.
Mark Brazaitis's reading is scheduled for January 30th at 7:30 in Walter Hall Rotunda.
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, NOON, The New York Times Book Review, The Rumpus, Salon, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. Her debut novel, An Untamed State, will be published by Grove Atlantic and her essay collection, Bad Feminist, will be published by Harper Perennial, both in 2014.
Roxane Gay blogs at http://roxanegay.tumblr.com.
Mark Brazaitis
Mark Brazaitis is the author of five books of fiction: The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Award; Steal My Heart, winner of the 2001 Maria Thomas Fiction Award; An American Affair: Stories, winner of the 2008 George Garrett Fiction Prize; The Incurables: Stories, winner of the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize; and Julia & Rodrigo, winner of the 2012 Gival Press Novel Award. His book of poems, The Other Language, won the 2008 ABZ Poetry Prize.
Brazaitis' short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in The Sun, Ploughshares, Witness, Confrontation, Notre Dame Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Poetry International, Poetry East, and other magazines, and his journalism in The Washington Post and elsewhere. He is the screenwriter of the Cine Golden Eagle Award-winning Peace Corps video "How Far Are You Willing to Go to Make a Difference?"
His writing has been featured on "The Diane Rehm Show" as well as on public radio in Cleveland, Iowa City, New York City, and Pittsburgh. A former Peace Corps Volunteer and technical trainer, he is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Brazaitis is also the director of the West Virginia Writers' Workshop, the fundraising committee chair of the Appalachian Prison Book Project, and the advisor to the WVU Figure Skating Club.
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Joshua Mehigan's first book, The Optimist (Ohio UP, 2004), was a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry and winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. His second book, Accepting the Disaster, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Born in upstate New York in 1969, he has lived for the past twenty years in New York City, where he is currently a writing fellow at Queens College.
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Wolff's anthology brings together an illustrious gathering of thirty writers with something to say about the times when growing or cooking or eating became an unforgettable experience. Its stories are as diverse, moving, hilarious, and uplifting as the meals they describe. Publishers Weekly has called Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie, "a brilliant collection of Heartland food stories."
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A new partnership will give members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia another option for care, especially for cancer patients.
BCBS of Georgia and Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center have established an agreement at the hospital in Newnan, which opened about six months ago. Patients visit the facility from all over the state, according to a news release.
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Activities of high school students by age
January 02, 2009
Fifty-one percent of high school students ages 17 to 19 drove on an average day in 2003-07, compared with 25 percent of students ages 15 to 16.
Older high school students were more likely to work, shop, and do volunteer activities on an average day than were younger high school students.
Regardless of age, high school students who volunteered spent slightly more than 2 hours doing so, and those who shopped did so for about 1 hour.
These data are from the American Time Use Survey. Estimates are for September through May, 2003–07. Estimates are averages of all days of the week for high school students ages 15 to 19. To learn more, see How high school students use time: a visual essay, by Mary Dorinda Allard, Monthly Labor Review, November 2008.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Activities of high school students by age on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/dec/wk5/art04.htm (visited September 21, 2014).
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Left: Queen Victoria's daughters in mourning for their father, Prince Albert probably in early 1862. From left: Alice, Louise, Beatrice, Victoria, and Helena.
Right: Princess Alice's daughters in mourning for their mother, 1878. From left: Victoria, Irene, Alix, and Ella.
Although Queen Victoria was especially protective of her Hesse grandchildren after their mother's death, I have always felt that she did an especial disservice to Alix and her siblings by her morbid focus on death and the dead. Being the youngest child, Alix was especially affected by her mother's death. She rarely smiled after the terrible events of 1878. However, I believe that her grandmother encouraged her in her excessive grief and helped to cause the nervous disorders that ultimately brought about the downfall of the Romanov dynasty. Queen Victoria herself never recovered from the loss of Prince Albert and wallowed in her grief for such an extended period that the monarchy became extremely unpopular. Luckily for her, the charm and popularity of the Prince of Wales saved the day. In the same way, Alix alienated the Russian people, especially the nobility, by her refusal to appear in public and at social functions. Her daughters often took her place, but not having the political significance of the Prince of Wales, this was a largely empty gesture.
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A Florida prosecutor painted George Zimmerman as an angry vigilante who "tracked" Trayvon Martin through a gated community and provoked the confrontation that claimed the teenager's life in a scorching summation Thursday.
"A teenager is dead," said prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda in his closing argument. "He's dead not just because the man made those assumptions, but because he acted on those assumptions and unfortunately, because his assumptions were wrong, Trayvon Benjamin Martin no longer walks on this Earth."
The closing prosecution arguments brought the case one step closer to the jury. On Friday morning, defense lawyers were scheduled to present their closing arguments, followed by a prosecution rebuttal. Then the case will move to the all-female, six-member jury.
De la Rionda told the jury Thursday that Zimmerman wanted to be a police officer and that's why he followed Martin through his neighborhood even though the teen wasn't doing anything wrong.
"He assumed Trayvon Martin was a criminal. That is why we are here," de la Rionda said.
Zimmerman showed ill will and hatred when he whispered profanities to a police dispatcher over his cell phone while following Martin, said de la Rionda as he urged jurors to hold Zimmerman accountable for his actions. In order to get a second-degree conviction, prosecutors must show Zimmerman showed ill will, hatred or spite.
"The law doesn't allow people to take the law into their own hands," de la Rionda said.
De la Rionda dismissed defense claims that Zimmerman acted in self-defense, accusing the neighborhood watch volunteer of lying about what happened. The prosecutor also showed jurors a headshot photo of Martin taken from his autopsy. Jurors trained their eyes on de la Rionda, barely taking notes.
"The truth does not lie," De la Rionda said.
The prosecutor's closing arguments came after Judge Debra Nelson ruled jurors can consider manslaughter in addition to the second-degree murder charge -- but stopped short at granting the prosecution's bid to include felony murder -- based on child abuse -- in the jury instructions.
Nelson ruled against the prosecution's request that jurors be able to consider a third-degree felony murder charge based on child abuse. Under felony murder statutes, a defendant can be charged with murder if he or she causes someone's death while committing a felony, in this case, according to the prosecution, child abuse. At 17, Trayvon Martin was a minor when he was killed.
"I just don't think that the evidence supports that," Nelson said of the felony murder charge. "And if I'm not sure about that, I'm not going to charge the jury on that."
Earlier, defense attorney Don West bristled when the prosecution first proposed the third-degree felony murder charge, alleging it was a "trick" by the state.
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Gustav Stickley: the American Arts & Crafts Movement
The progenitor of Craftsman Style, Gustav Stickley was largely responsible for spreading the ideas and aesthetics espoused by British design reformers and craftsmen around the turn of the 20th century, and his designs are still in production today. Let's take a look at this visionary designer, the characteristics of the Stickley style, and the Craftsman legacy.
Gustav Stickley was born in Wisconsin in 1858, the eldest of 11 children born to German immigrants named Stoeckel. He began making wood furniture at his uncle's chair factory in Pennsylvania, where Stickley's work initially fit into the industrially produced Victorian style, with lots of historicizing ornament and shimmery veneers.
In the late 19th century, the first design journals were printed, facilitating the transmission of ideas and aesthetics. Periodicals like The Studio and Pan disseminated the work of the British Arts & Crafts movement and other design reformers. Once Stickley became acquainted with the philosophy of John Ruskin and William Morris, his own practice changed dramatically. He believed that Industrialization had led to poorly designed products made using shoddy mechanical production. Instead, he advocated a return to a simple, vernacular aesthetic that exploited the natural beauty of pure materials, and that depended on the skill and acuity of the craftsman.
In 1898 Stickley traveled to Britain, visiting Arts & Crafts practitioners. In 1900, he founded the Craftsman Workshops in upstate New York, and the following year began publishing The Craftsman, a journal whose first two issues were devoted to the ideas of Ruskin and Morris (image 3). Subsequently, Stickley used the journal as a platform for his own philosophies about design as well as examples of his work, including his now-famous Craftsman houses.
Stickley's style clearly shows the impact of William Morris and the British design reformers, who embraced a simple, "honest" and modest style. Stickley's pieces were made of unvarnished wood — mostly local oak, which was considered a sturdy and "honest" wood by the Arts & Crafts movement. There was typically no applied decoration other than hammered copper hinges and hardware, the form of the piece relating directly to its function. The construction of each piece was clearly articulated — joinery and fittings were always revealed, which the design reformers saw as an important part of honesty and soundness of design.
Stickley often lightened the blocky masses of his furniture by using repeated vertical slats (images 5 & 13) that were usually the only ornamentation. This construction reveals his debt to the designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow, and the Wiener Werkstätte (including Josef Hoffmann) in Vienna, whose styles were also dependent on attenuated verticals for drama. Other characteristics of Stickley furniture include nailhead upholstery trim (again, combining form with function), the use of copper, leather and ceramic tile in addition to solid wood, and earthy colors like moss green, reddish-brown and mustard.
Stickley strayed a bit from the Arts & Crafts orthodoxy, producing his designs in commercially competitive factories with the help of machines. But his commitment to modest, honest wood furniture with a crafts-based approach, combined with his belief (to some extent) in the rights and education of his workers, still allow him to be part of the club. At the dawn of World War I, with a slicker, more modern style just around the corner, Stickley's Craftsman aesthetic was outdated enough that he had to declare bankruptcy. But the style never really went away, visible in the bungalow aesthetic of the '30s and the post-war cottages of the '50s. Today, Craftsman houses are as popular as ever.
Stickley's legacy is evident in the continuing popularity of the Craftsman style of furniture and homes. His journal, The Craftsman, published until 1916, is considered the main source for Arts & Crafts style in America during the first part of the 20th century, and it popularized the Stickley style and Craftsman aesthetic. Today, his pieces are appealing in their solidity, their reference to traditional form and craft, and their simple union of form and function.
If you want to know more about Gustav Stickley, the place to go is New Jersey, where you can visit the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, and see a Stickley exhibition at the Newark Museum between September 15, 2010 to January 2, 2011. For more information about Craftsman homes, check out Geoff's piece from a few months ago. You can shop for Stickley furniture today at Stickley.com.
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4 Sotheby's; 5 Museum of Modern Art; 6 V & A Prints; 7 V & A Prints; 8 Sotheby's;
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I love Craftsman - it's so earthy and warm. :-)
Reminds me of me and hubs going to Fedde's to be amongst the beautiful arts & crafts pieces and dream....now we live too far. Still, pictures are enough to make me drool.
Yay!!! I have long been frustrated by everyone talking about how freakin' great Frank Lloyd Wright was when Gustav Stickley is the real McCoy! Charles Rennie Mackintosh is also great! Uhg, sorry to bitch but I live in the midwest and nobody ever shuts up about their home boy Frank Lloyd Wright.
I'm in love the the Craftsman style. It's beautiful yet comfortable at the same time!
Lisa Hunter, what part of the country are you in... any recommendations? I own a craftsman home and would love some complimentary furnishings.
I only recently saw some thirtysomethings and was ALL OVER the interiors hah.
If you're in NYC metro area, you can visit Craftsman Farms, the house Stickley designed and lived in. It's a treasure!
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
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Dahlia I live in Buffalo, NY and we had a Morris-style commune sort of place just south of the city. It was founded by a guy named Roycroft who mostly did printing, the community is still in operation with a large collection of artisans. Anyways you can't throw a rock without hitting some amazing arts and crafts style furniture here. I keep ending up with freebies when I help clear out relative's houses. I actually garbage picked an amazing rocking chair! Anyways here's a link to the roycroft
You should troll the Buffalo craigslist
You know what? In my opinion most of modern furniture is seriously influenced by Stickley's vision. Especially his chairs--what I would give for an authentic 1901 lounge chair.


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Shares of Vivus (NASDAQ: VVUS) climbed on Monday after the company announced that prescriptions for its anti-obesity pill Qsymia had risen significantly in late November and December 2012.
Vivus revealed that it shipped around 13,000 orders for Qsymia over the four week period ended Dec. 21, marking a 68% jump from the preceding four-week period. Prescriptions had grown 44% over the previous four week period. Vivus said a total of 14,500 patients had been treated with Qsymia at the end of the four week period. Vivus commenced selling Qsymia in September. Qsymia is only the second long-term weight loss drug approved by the FDA in the U.S. since 1999.
The market expectation is that sales of Qsymia will eventually grow into the billions of dollars, but early sales were comparatively disappointing. In November 2012, Vivus disclosed that sales were being hurt by high co-pays and limited insurance coverage, and, as a result of these costs, a lot of prescriptions were not being filled. On Dec. 20, 2012, the company announced that pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) had added Qsymia as a standard benefit option to its national formulary.
Michael Tong, an analyst at Wells Fargo, said that the totals were better than expected and that prescriptions increased when Vivus began offering a two-week supply of the pill to patients free of charge though the offer could hurt the company's revenue. Owen & Company analyst Simos Simeonidis said the figure was an improvement but that total prescriptions for Qsymia remain "very low." He is of the opinion that Vivus should partner with a larger drug company for Qsymia to become a top-seller.
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There are several reasons behind the increase in Qsymia sales. Health insurer Aetna previously did not cover Qsymia, but revised the guidelines it uses to determine whether weight reduction medications are "medically necessary" for the treatment of obesity in late November 2012. Now, it is covered by the United States' third largest health insurance company. In addition, Express Scripts, the nation's largest benefits manager for prescriptions, added Qsymia as a standard benefit option to its national formulary. One reason for sluggish Qsymia sales in the past was the drug's cost and the reluctance of many insurers to cover prescriptions. Without insurance coverage, the drug costs $160 for a 30-day supply. This is now expected to drop to a far more affordable $50 to $60.
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The FDA compelled Vivus to file a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, or REMS, for Qysmia. This means that doctors had to warn women patients about possible birth defects when taking the drug. Women were advised to take a pregnancy test before starting medication, and then monthly while on the regimen.
Other major side-effects include an increase in heart rate and metabolic acidosis. The REMS also restricted Qsymia's sales to mail-order pharmacies. This restriction, added to Vivus' lack of a big pharma partner for marketing, was an early warning sign of low initial prescription rates. The flow of patients toward Qsymia was restricted, and 30% of the prescriptions remained unfilled. A key challenge for Vivus remains the retail distribution of Qsymia. The company is not allowed to distribute through retail pharmacies. Distribution is restricted to mail order because of stricter safety guidance on Qsymia. Moreover, the problems associated with side effects persist.
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Qsymia may have been first to get approval and first in the market, but its most formidable competitor, Belviq, which is manufactured by Arena (NASDAQ: ARNA), will be launched in the market in 2013 and will receive the same insurance coverage benefits. Qsymia proved more effective in trials, but the lack of REMS restrictions on Belviq may prove to be more attractive to female patients, despite the fact the drug is also contraindicated for pregnant women. Arena's drug will be the first in the European market if approval is received. Arena also has the benefit of having a large company as a partner in Eisai.
Orexigen (NASDAQ: OREX) is even further behind, but still needs to be considered as a future competitor. The FDA has forced its drug Contrave to go back to the lab for cardiovascular safety trials. The company is moving as quickly as it can, and Contrave could be in the market within the next few years. Given the size of the anti-obesity market and the different prescribing conditions, being first in the market does not necessarily provide a first mover advantage.
Though Vivus had a slow start in terms of sales, the increase in sales is encouraging and, combined with the other efforts that the company is making, shows signs of being sustainable. Vivus is currently trading around $14, and the mean analyst target price of $23.89 suggests that considerable upside is expected. However, only fourth quarter 2012 results will show whether Qsymia's sales growth has been sustained and provide a basis to estimate future growth. For now, I am placing a "Hold" rating on the stock.
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Is there any way to prevent religious debates from turning into a big fight?
People discuss lots of things, politics, sports, anything
But when they discuss religious opinions, most of the time, they get all angry and try to win even with fight.
why is that? why that can't be a normal subject?
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Tnx everyone for their replies. I enjoyed learning from different aspect for this problem.
I can only conclude this : Don't argue with someone unless they are open minded and ready to be changed and challenged.
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Feb 12 2013: Basically it is the underlining fear of one's faith being shaken by the opponents reasoning and arguments. Those who have superficial or surface knowledge of their particular faith , are the ones who get more angry and agitated, and they are the ones more vulnerable to the machinations of unscrupulous religious so called leaders.
However, it is very different with those who are learned in the truest of sense in their particular faith. Knowledge is power. They do not easily fall prey and are very steadfast in their own Faith and such people also respect the belief system of other religions.
So I think true knowledge dispensed by the rightly guided leaders of each religion will go a long way in preventing animosity and hatred. Each to his own way in peace.
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PERRYSBURG, OH (WTOL) – Fire dispatchers said the steeple at St. Rose Catholic Church in Perrysburg caught fire around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday. According to the Toledo Catholic Diocese, lightning struck the 170-foot-tall steeple, sparking the fire.
Firefighters said the fire, and most of the damage, was contained to the steeple. There was minor damage to the sanctuary near the church's entrance. Total damage is estimated at $200,000.
"Right now it doesn't look like there's a lot of damage on the inside. We've had people in several times, and they've reported zero smoke, zero damage and it doesn't even sound like the water is getting down into the sanctuary," said Perrysburg Fire Chief Jeff Klein.
No one appeared to be inside the church at the time of the incident and no one was injured in the fire.
"Due to the location of the fire, we can't get people inside the steeple because of the shape of the bells," said Klein. "If there were to be a problem, we wouldn't be able to get them out in time. So right now what our goal is, is to try and get the fire knocked down from the outside."
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To an infant, few things are more important than food. And starting when a baby is only a few months old, he or she goes from consuming exclusively liquid breast milk or formula to eating some solid foods. Making the change involves a process called weaning.
"Weaning involves gradually decreasing a typical food in favor of a different food," says Cheryl Hardin, MD, a pediatrician at Texas Children's Pediatrics in Houston. Weaning a baby is going from liquid breast milk or formula to solid food
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