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The most serious threat to bipartisan immigration reform doesn't involve border security or guest workers or even the path to citizenship.
It's about gay rights.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has told advocates that he will offer an amendment during the bill markup next week allowing gay Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for green cards, just as heterosexual couples can. The measure is likely to pass because Democrats face pressure from gay rights advocates to deal with it in committee, rather than on the Senate floor, where the odds of passage are far less favorable.
(PHOTOS: 25 gay-rights milestones)
But by doing so, Republicans warn that Democrats will tank the whole bill.
"It will virtually guarantee that it won't pass," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Gang of Eight negotiating group, told POLITICO in a brief interview. "This issue is a difficult enough issue as it is. I respect everyone's views on it. But ultimately, if that issue is injected into this bill, the bill will fail and the coalition that helped put it together will fall apart."
As the legislation moves through the Judiciary Committee and on to the Senate floor, many people will make pronouncements about things that must be kept in or kept out of the bill -- but few issues worry the Gang of Eight as much as same sex partner rights.
The provision has the potential to immediately fracture the senators and a diverse alliance of backers that includes conservative evangelicals and liberal union chiefs. It's the focus of an intense lobbying push this week by the United States Conference of the Catholic Bishops, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Human Rights Campaign and others as senators map out strategy ahead of the markup.
(Also on POLITICO: Rubio: Bill can't pass House)
The amendment, known as the Uniting American Families Act, would address an inequity in immigration law by permitting "permanent" partners of U.S. citizens or legal residents to apply for a green card. The term "permanent partner" is defined as someone who older than 18 and involved in a financially-interdependent, committed relationship.
The legislation could help as many as 40,000 same-sex couples, including some who have left the country in order to stay with their partners who can no longer live here legally. But Republicans are skittish about dealing with too many controversial issues all at once.
Democrats, led by Leahy and the party's progressive allies, are expected to make the high-risk push because they aren't convinced that Republicans would ultimately abandon the measure if it includes protections for same sex couples. The GOP made similar threats about the Violence Against Women Act before Congress passed a version that covered victims of domestic violence in same sex relationships, advocates point out.
"It's not going to kill the bill," Leahy said tersely last week when asked about the impact.
A Leahy spokesman said the senator has not yet decided to offer the amendment in committee, where the threshold for passage is a simple majority, rather than the 60-vote threshold on the Senate floor. But officials with the Human Rights Campaign and Immigration Equality said Leahy has made clear in meetings with advocates and Vermont constituents that he will move ahead with it.
Democrats in the Gang of Eight had pledged to band together with Republicans and work to defeat amendments that could imperil the bill.
Except, it seems, on this issue.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) -- the only Democratic members of the negotiating group on the Judiciary Committee -- have signaled to gay rights advocates that they would support the amendment if it were offered.
Schumer is in a particularly tough spot. As a leader of the Gang of Eight, he's trying to maintain as broad of a bipartisan coalition as possible so the legislation becomes unstoppable. If the Republicans make good on their threats, then his hope of a bill that wins 70-plus votes in the Senate -- giving it more momentum going into the less friendly House -- likely vanishes.
But Democrats in the Gang of Eight have already twice angered gay rights activists: first when the group released its immigration reform principles in January that excluded the same-sex protections, and again when the actual bill came out last month.
"I've gotten two 'I'm sorry' phone calls from Senator Schumer. I don't want another one," said Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, which advocates for equal immigration and asylum rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals. "He has said it will happen in committee."
Schumer refused to address the issue when approached last week in the Capitol.
"No comment," he said, scolding a reporter for trying to get him to talk about it. "No comment. No comment."
Democrats hold a 10-8 majority on the Judiciary Committee, so losing even one vote means the amendment would die.
Gay rights advocates say they are confident Schumer is on board. It's actually Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) who is worrying them.
Although she has been strong on gay rights issues, Feinstein has not said whether she supports the measure. Given her lead role in negotiating a section of the immigration bill on agricultural worker visas, she could side with Republicans by claiming that the amendment jeopardizes the reform effort.
But Tiven and other advocates have been arguing to Democrats that Republicans, despite their warnings, won't oppose immigration reform over this single issue. If they did, the GOP would be staking out a position that runs counter to a re-branding effort aimed at broadening its appeal, particularly among constituencies with growing clout.
"Alienating the majority of the country that sees LGBT equality as a done deal is a losing issue for them," Tiven said.
But critics argue that it's more complicated than gay rights advocates make it seem.
The debate isn't settled in the Republican Party, according to polls, which show that a majority of its voters oppose gay marriage.
Immigration is more contentious and higher profile than the Violence Against Women Act, with the presidential ambitions of key supporters such as Rubio on the line. He could peel away from the bill, which means other conservatives would follow.
The bill could pass out of the Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote, but it would be hobbled by a lack of bipartisan support needed to propel it through Congress. The strategy for passing immigration reform rests largely on the theory that an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in the Senate would force the House to take it up.
Faith organizations, which have proven influential in convincing Republican lawmakers to support immigration reform, warn that they would have little choice but to back out.
"We strongly would oppose the provision and it could could force us to reconsider our support for the bill," said Kevin Appleby, director of the Catholic Bishops' Office of Migration Policy and Public Affairs. "It immediately makes the bill a partisan bill and the bipartisan effort could begin to unravel."
Some Democrats were hoping that gay rights advocates would agree to hold off until the bill hits the Senate floor. By then, the Supreme Court could have rendered the issue moot by issuing a decision on cases with the potential to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring the federal government to treat gay married couples that same as straight couples.
But advocates aren't willing to wait. They don't want to gamble on the Supreme Court ruling in their favor. And the chances of drumming up 60 votes to add it on the Senate floor are slim.
"Immigration reform is a once-in-a-generation event at this point," Tiven said. "If LGBT families are left out of this bill, there may be no way to hold their family together in the United States."


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From inside
My cuckoo
You go
Away forever
And forget me to hear
I shall be quiet
But make you let
That I am desperate
To relate
I am so deep
But keep
Calm posture
To make sure
Yet I long
Perform no wrong
But wish to inform
I need to be warm
I shall be silent
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If you neglect
And do not act
It is killing from inside
For me love is to confide
Express it in no uncertain terms
I say "I love you and turn"
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Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch
Microsoft will delay the release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 in order to have more time to address performance issues. The software giant said Friday it plans an additional test version — a release candidate — to launch in February while the tool set's engineering team focuses on improving performance. "As you …
Shock Horror
Wow. So MS have performance issues in Visual Studio - who knew.
After the pigs ear they made of the past two releases maybe they are taking it seriously now.
What I would like from ANY IDE vendor is a Pure Coding edition. The bare minimum needed to code, refactor, test, run/debug. None of the enterprise crap you get these days.
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> What I would like from ANY IDE vendor is a Pure Coding edition. The bare minimum needed to code, refactor, test, run/debug. None of the enterprise crap you get these days.
Its called VI. Although some prefer EMACS.
Everybody love comfort zone.
Even though I haven't used Eclipse that much but I can be pretty sure any tool Eclipse got is there in Visual Studio.
The main reason you went back to solve your problem in Java is due to your comfort zone. You (most people) like to do things in tools/languages they know the best. You tried to solve your problem the way you would solve in Java. If you had tried to solve your problem they way a C# developer would do I am sure you would have easier time and didn't have to go back to Java as you had.
I am telling this from my personal experience as I do 90% of my work in .net but occasionally use C++ and Java. On those 10% of times instead of finding the solution the way I would in .net I try to use processes and practices designed by the those languages and as result I don't have to curse those platforms.
That's my opinion which you can disagree.
I would love to agree but I don't because...
Dynamic assembly info, I agree with you on this.
Refactoring, I am sure it's your lack of understanding to Visual studio and not the lack of features. In case if really miss certain feature just search "CodeRush" or "Resharper" on google and you'll be amazed.
Operator overloading. Well It's like saying I don't want pointers in C++ because they are hard to understand. Well if you can't understand the simple concept of Operator overloading, you should stop developing-seriously.
Comparing Vs to notepad. Are you serous???
Since when did "performance" issues effect a MS softwae product from being released?
If they did, they would never have released anything. Ever!
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not news
There were (and still are) performance issues with all the earlier versions of Visual Studio, so it's hardly news.
If they ever release a version which performs properly, THAT would be news.
No kidding
You should try it from the wrong end of a slow network connection.
Nearly a minute from double click to responding to a menu command. Another half a minute to load almost any solution. Over a minute to close a solution!
We've done everything we can to avoid accessing files across the network (we have a local mirror for assemblies and resources) but /still/ VS itself seems to want to reach out and touch the world.
But the issues aren't just performance - it's often poor design. Why are .NET project options not occupying the entire screen width? Why do so many dialogs appear to have been designed to fit into 640x480? Why can't they at least remember when I resize them?
Visual Studio seems mostly designed to get on my tits and up my nose much like Office 2007.
I tried moving to the new beta of "Visual Web Developer" a few days ago but had to remove it immediately. The editor could handle no more than about one key a second (3GHz Pentium, 2Gb RAM).
It didn't take long to find that many had found the performance to be unusable and that Microsoft knew about it. What were they thinking?
Hint: Anything called "The best X in the world ever... Volume 4" isn't.
By the time we'd reached "The best album ever, Volume 4", I was starting to wonder if maybe that mean the first three weren't, after all, the best ever, as they had earlier been described to us when each one was launched.
Similarly, .NET was supposed to be The Best Windows Forms and Guis Framework in the World Ever. It was supposed to run everywhere, support all languages, and ground everything in one fundamental set of APIs and libraries that would serve all purposes.
So why do we now find ourselves in the position of having to install and maintain FOUR very similar yet incompatible huge bloated best-ever, be-all-and-end-all frameworks (six actually if you bear in mind that 1.1 and 3.5 both had backwardly-incompatible changes over 1.0 and 3.0 respectively)? Yeah, that's right. Because it's a humungous fuck up. A massive ongoing slow-motion train wreck of a bloated over-engineered heap of shovel. How mentally incompetent do you have to be to think that, after three disasters, the best plan is to do the same thing all over again? Please god, someone, put MS out of all our misery!
Re: The best X in the world ever
Sorry to tell you but you're quite inaccurate in your statements.
I've run .NET apps on Windows 2000, XP and Vista (haven't got around to trying 7 yet) without any changes - they do look slightly different on different platforms - such as the annoying progress bar differences between 2000 and XP, but .NET handles all that.
I developed an application about 4 years ago that ran on .NET 1.1 on Windows 2000 PCs. When 2.0 came out and I switched to VS 2005, I upgraded the application and people then started running it on XP. Then when 3.5 came out and I switched to VS 2008, I upgraded it again.
Those two upgrades took me from 1.1 to 3.5 without *any* code changes, therefore I hardly think you can call them backwards-incompatible. Of course you cannot develop an application on 3.5 and expect it to run on 1.1, that's the same with any language - PHP 4 and 5 for instance.
It just shows how little you actually know about .NET. 3.5 actually runs the same core engine as 2.0. Microsoft purposely developed 3.5 so that the core was untouched, meaning 2.0 apps could happily be upgraded to 3.5 with no changes.
All the extra bits that qualified 3.5 for a major release cycle (LINQ, Entity Framework, lambda functions etc) are part of newer versioned assemblies that run side-by-side with the 2.0 versions. You tell your apps which version you want them to run under and Visual Studio will see to it that they will.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a massive M$ fan, it just so happens I'm better trained with .NET than I am with FOSS stuff because more businesses prefer the "support" of M$. For instance I much prefer PHP over ASP.NET - that I will agree with you is hugely overcomplicated, but the MVC stuff in 3.5 looks like it may be a lot simpler, I haven't (and probably won't) develop any web stuff on Windows however.
Now if M$ would put as much effort into making their MFC/C++ classes much easier to use I'd gladly switch - native apps provide so much better performance but take longer to develop. If I'm running code that depends on highly-customised memory management or need to run server-side, I'll go with C++ on *nix.
As for Windows development with a focus on speed-to-market, you can't beat .NET.
This is why...
...I still use VB6.
Better late than slow
Better to release a product late than buggy, really more people should do it.
Our team was really looking to switching over soon, to take advantage of some of the new features (parallel programming in particular). Plus, from what we've seen of beta 2, it's already way faster than 2008...
Never mind performance ...
I'll settle for one that doesn't crash every 5 minutesand lose all my bloody work!!!
Have to agree about the comment of 'pure coding' or at least being able to turn off memory sapping unwanted crap. Apparently they haven't made a 64 bit VS as apparently (and I paraphrase here) they 'dont think VS would benefit from the additional available memory'. Ahem.
Performance? Lets fix the crashes first!
I was forced to upgrade to VS2010 a couple of weeks ago... I hoped I would be able to open a XAML or XML file without crashing the whole thing. Sadly, if anything the latest VS2010 is even less stable than 2008. OK, so its a beta, but this is pretty bad. And, yes, it takes up to a minute before it crashes, so I guess there are 'performance' issues. And on top of all that I can't get rid of the tabs (I'm a developer for fucks sake, I don't need or want a telly-tuby UI, I want as many lines of code on my screen as possible!). The one useful new feature - multi-monitor support - is badly thought out: Ctrl+Tab becomes useless as the damn 'full screen code window' has an always on top flag! Fail, fail, fail.
is something that needs sorting out as well. I really do not want to see another "Visual Studio needs to close" or whatever. Plus some of their other weird & scary bugs that result in you having to wipe the dev machine & reinstall everything because VS not only no longer compiles anything, but is also uninstallable, even when you've followed all their dodgy registry hacks.
Its a real shame, because VS could be so much better if they addressed the real issues, rather than add new, probably unwanted, features
Meanwhile, the MS apologists repeat their mantra of FLOSS bashing.
O.T.comment - Some MS-worshipping wanker just convinced my elderly parents to buy another 2GB of memory for their XP machine that they use solely for Email & a little light web-surfing, because it was running slow and "Windows needs more memory after a year or two" (eh?) - The real reason - some adware style shit my sister had installed last time she visited. He only charged them £100+ for telling them about the memory they didn't need & jamming it in the slot(highly skilled job).
Stuck in time.
Well I'm still with MSVC++ 6 & .NET 2005 (well 2003 SP1) and that is the last one I'll ever use ... so M$ can issue any kind of sluggish MSVC++ they want ... the plank's been walked for us.
But here's a fix for you...
If your VS is unstable delete the .SUO files. These can get stupidly large and eventually VS will have memory issues.
I had stability issues last year but once I found out about this workaround they stopped. I now delete .SUO files as part of a monthly maintenance cycle. It's a minor inconvenience losing some settings but it's better than a crashing environment.
its about time
Micro$oft started to release quality rather than quantity - but after the fista cockup of the last couple of years, they cannot afford to repeat those mistakes.
It's going to be great
I might buy an MSDN subs this year. VS2010 is going to be a milestone version, like v6.
Lean and mean C++ IDE
Nokia's Qt Software built a complete IDE called Qt Creator in about a year. It's really fun to watch all 8 cores on an i7 run the command line cl and fly through builds. It isn't perfect and relies on a low level MS debugger, but otherwise is lean, mean and has plenty of useful features that can be easily configured to your liking. You can get it and the source code under LGPL.
The trouble with MS is that they have too many legacy APIs to support and with everything added into VS 2010 to support no wonder it's slow. Not to mention that .NET has memory problems because of the way it handles virtual memory.
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Human trafficking and the effectiveness of asylum policies
AbstractWe investigate the effects of restrictive asylum policies on the number and group composition of asylum seekers. We model the choices of refugees and traffickers about whether to migrate and to apply for asylum. Counter-intuitively, restrictive asylum policies do not lead to a reduction in the inflow of refugees or to a better selection of asylum seekers. Instead, we show that under conditions outside the control of policy makers these policies can increase the number of asylum claims and the number of refugees working in slave-like conditions and prevent some of those most in need of protection from accessing it.
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I'm working on some new features, this morning, and a customer comes in and wants the latest build of their app on their iPhone... ack, I have uncommitted changes on my branch, but I need to checkout their branch. No problem...
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(Bakugan Naruto Crossover) My Little Ninja Brawler (Spectra Love Story. Sasuke Sister): CH 2Again...DONT SCREAM AT ME!
~No one's POV~
The next morning everyone woke up with questioning looks as they saw the room they were in but then the events from yesterday hit them like a bomb. All of them did their usual routines, getting ready for what the day awaits them. Crystal got started with breakfast as soon as she was done drying her hair from her shower. "I still can't believe I'm home in a way." She smiled softly, looking out the window, watching some birds fly by. "I don't understand how you gained two more bakugans." Leonidas said, looking at the two bakugans that stood behind him. "All we know is that the ground under us collapse and the next thing we know we ended up with her." Lumagrowl said, turning back to Dharak. "Alright so Dharak is the dragon like creature and you are Lumagrowl, right?" She questioned, pointing to each one as she guessed their names. "Yes." Lumagrowl answered, floating behind Crystal along with the others as she went to the kitchen. "Morning Keith." She greeted, entering the kitchen. Keith looked up from the stove to her and returned her greeting with a 'morning' before turning back to the bacon on the pan. "So this is where you ended up?" She asked, starting to make some toast. "Yeah, I was just taking a walk, the ground opened and swallowed me up, when I woke up I was in a forest with two more bakugans along with Helios. I have been living in the caves in the monuments for the past 2 and a half weeks actually. I only came to that field when I saw a bright light and to my surprise it was you guys that I saw." He told her. 'And I was more than happy to see you.' He added silently, still not wanting to reveal his true feelings, yet. Keith placed the bacon on a big plate, setting it in the middle of the table along with Luna's plate of buttered toast. "Hm...I actually miss your bacon." Ace smiled, sitting down at the table waiting for the others to come. "I just hope Mira doesn't take our disappearances to hard." Crystal sighed, sitting down in between Ace and Keith. "So what's the plan of the day?" Ace asked, leaning back in his chair. "Well first we have to have a brawl. 'Cause someone agreed to a certain blonde!" Crystal said, shouting the last part so that Shun would hear. "Hehe, just trying to get it over with." Shun smirked, walking into the kitchen. "So which two are going to brawl?" Shun asked, sitting in the chair. "I was thinking about a tag team brawl. Me and Keith against you and Ace." She told them, watching them think about it. "Alright, since that evens the playing field a bit since we have to ventus a pyrus and a darkus." Shun said, earning nods of agreement from everyone.
"You guys do know that you have to explain the whole thing about Bakugan all over again to everyone." Sasuke said, walking into the kitchen. "Everyone?" Crystal face fell, not liking the thought of it. "Yes, knowing that idiot he's going to invite all his friends." Sasuke said, picking a slice of toast. "Remind to kill that baka." I sneered, placing a slice of bacon in my mouth. Shun started eating some toast with Keith while Ace went straight for the bacon like a hungry lion that hasn't eaten for days. "Trust me, we all do." Sasuke swallowed his piece of food. "So how does this brawl work?" Sasuke questioned, grabbing two slices of toast, and 5 slices of bacon. "Well usually you would battle til your life gauge is out which is usually two to three battles but today it's going to be what ever team wins three battles wins the brawl." Crystal explained, eating another strip of bacon. "Hm..." Sasuke nodded his head, swallowing the last of his food.
After they were all done eating they set out for the training field, well more of ran there since they decided to make it a race. "No ninja skills Shun." Ace chuckled, running to try and catch up with Sasuke who was in the lead with Keith not far behind, and Crystal who followed maybe a feet or two behind him. Shun just smirked and passed him without any trouble, the two kept on passing and getting even with each other throughout the whole race to the field. In the end Sasuke ended up in first, Keith was second, Shun was third, Ace in forth, and fifth was Crystal. "There you are! We were going to come to your house and drag you here!" Naruto grinned, pointing at them. "Uh no. You were going to drag them here." Neji corrected him, looking at each one of the brawlers. "Oh shut up." Naruto stuck his tongue out at him, turning back to the others. "Either way! This is Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Hinata, Kiba and Akamaru, Shino, Tenten, Lee, and Neji. The old-ish looking people are Kakashi-sensei, Kurenai-sensei, Asuma-sensei, and Gai-sensei." Naruto introduced, pointing at each person as he said their name. "Old?!?" Gai shouted, being held back by the scruff of his neck by Kakashi who just sighed. "Now, now, now, I wouldn't say old." Crystal chuckled, standing on one side of the field with Keith. Shun and Ace stood about 10-14 yards away from them one the other side, facing them. "What are they doing?" Tenten asked, tilting her head to the side. "Hn. Brawling." Sasuke answered her question. "Huh? They're going to fight? What?" Ino asked in her annoying high pitch fan girl voice. "Alright! First one team to win three battles wins!" Ace shouted, putting his gauntlet on along with the other three brawlers. Keith placed his mask on after his gauntlet, indicating that he was ready. "Gauntlet power strike!"
"Gate card set! Bakugan brawl! Ventus Dharak stand!" Crystal threw the gate down, watching a green light spread throughout the field as the card disappeared. The green ball with white designs flew into the field from Crystal throwing it. The ball glowed and grew into a dragon lie creature. "Grawwwww!" It roared, swinging it's tail back and forth, awaiting orders. "Bakugan brawl! Ventus Storm Skyress stand!" Shun shouted, throwing Skyress. "Finally!" She shouted, as she came down from the thunder clouds that gathered. "Bakugan brawl! Pyrus Serpenoid stand!" Spectra announced, throwing his bakugan in. "Heh my turn! Bakugan brawl! Darkus Percival stand!" Ace smirked, tossing his in. All the bakugans took their true forms, Serpenoid being a snake like creature, Percival being a mix between a knight with a dragon, and Skyress being a bird with beautiful long tails.
Bakugan Gauntlet: Storm Skyress 600 G (I'm making them a bit higher/lower than usual so that it's kinda even). Percival 650 G. Serpenoid 500 G. Dharak 650 (The normal G is 900 and if you ask me that is really unfair).
"WOW! I WANT ONE!" Naruto shouted, waving his arms around like a mad man. "So those little tiny ball like things that follow you are those creatures?!?" Gai shouted, eyes wide and mouth dropping to the ground. "Yep." I answered the question as if it was nothing. "Ability activate! Lightning Talons!" Shun raised his gauntlet up as the blue ball on the ability card glowed a greenish color. Skyress spread her wings out wide, flying around above all the other bakugans, making thunder clouds gather and lightning shooting down at the two opposing bakugans.
Gauntlet: Skyress increase to 1000 Gs. Serpenoid and Dharak decrease to 300 Gs and 450 Gs.
"That's not fair! They're going to lose! And they already had a disadvantage in the beginning!" Ino shouted, making Crystal roll her eyes. (Alright I'm going to make up some cards since the wiki says the card's name but not what it does ^_^') "Not so fast! Ability activate! Violent Wind!" Crystal countered, holding up her gauntlet, activating the card.
Gauntlet: Skyress decrease to 600 Gs. Serpenoid and Dharak increase to 500 Gs and 650 Gs.
"Darkness burst cancels your abilities and restores all bakugans G-power to its' base G-power." Crystal smirked, watching Shun sneer at her. "Well try this! Double ability activate! Tri-Gunner plus Night Explorer!" Ace sneered, holding up his gauntlet. Percival's head on its shoulder opened its mouth and gathered energy that formed into a purple like substance along with Percival's main head. "Fire!" Ace commanded, pointing at the two bakugans.
Gauntlet: Percival increase to 950 Gs. Serpenoid and Dharak decrease to 200 Gs and 350 Gs. Serpenoid and Dharak defeated.
"But that's not fair!" Ino shrilled. "Yes it is." Crystal sighed, picking up the fallen bakugan that rolled to her feet in it's ball form. The other two caught theirs since it flew into their open palms. "You just got lucky." Crystal sneered, placing Dharak in her shoulder. "You did your best, rest a bit." She told it, petting it's head with her finger. "So that's 0-1, two more and we win." Ace high fived Shun who just smirked. "Don't get cocky." Spectra scowled, pulling out another bakugan. "Bakugan brawl! Pyrus Griffon stand!" He growled, tossing the bakugan in. The bakugan was a lion with a red mane and red horn coming out from the middle of its head along with red bat like wings from it's back. "RARRGH!" It roared, glaring down it's opponents brawlers. "Lumagrowl lets go!" Crystal shouted, chucking the bakugan in. "I won't let you down mistress!" It snarled, snapping its teeth. "Storm Skyress descend!" Shun shouted, watching as she descended from some thunder clouds. "Go Percival!" Ace smirked, watching his stand.
Gauntlet: Lumagrowl 700 Gs. Skyress 600 Gs. Percival 650 Gs. Griffon 550 Gs.
"No holding back! Gate card open!" She commanded, making a slashing like motion with her hand. The ground glowed green as the area around the bakugan turned black with weird symbols in them. "Wind Shackles! This gate card prevents the opponent from using any abilities." She smirked, holding up two ability cards, watching the two enemy bakugan struggle to get free from the chains that erupted from the gate card, wrapping themselves around them. "I told you I wasn't going to hold back! Double ability activate! Lightning Chains plus Thunder Zapper!" She grinned, watching Lumagrowl hold its tail up high, chains coming out form them, wrapping themselves around the two struggling bakugans that were already wrapped in chains. Electricity like substances ran down the chains, zapping the enemy bakugan.
Gauntlet: Lumagrowl increase to 900 Gs. Skyress decrease to 300 Gs and Skyress defeated. Percival decrease to 350 Gs and Percival defeated.
"I'm sorry Shun." She apologized, turning back into a ball, landing at Shun's feet. "It's alright, you did your best." He told her, placing her on his shoulder. "Grr, you're going to pay for that. Gate card set. Bakugan brawl! Hydranoid Stand!" Ace growled, rolling the bakugan in. "You're all going down." He snarled, waiting for the others. "He's scary." Naruto whimpered, hiding behind Kakashi. Crystal just scowled and tossed in Dharak once more followed by Spectra who tossed in Serpenoid and Shun who tossed in Ingram.
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As the Christmas season comes to an end, let's take a trip down to memory lane and enjoy what has been shown to us at the Ateneo de Manila University. The parols in the Bellarmine field, the highlight of it all, have become an attraction this season of Christ's coming. It's been a wonderful adventure walking around the Bellarmine field as the sparkle of these magnificent decorations twinkle in my eyes. The mere appearance of it gives hope and happiness to all the people that have seen it. It adds to that warm December feeling when you see it, especially with your loved ones. Despite all the tragedies that have happened in the year of 2013, seeing these parols have helped a lot of people feel that Christmas vibe and have given them hope and a light to follow. This light has been a source of inspiration and even a tourist attraction. It has been one of the most amazing decorations I have seen in my entire life—parols made out of scratch. It has proven to us that beauty is developed from the heart and from the minds of hopeful people. People that have yearned to inspire and give hope to everyone—just like the Ateneo community.
It was really the season to not only be jolly, but also to be hopeful.
Here is a collage that I made to show the beautiful parols of the Bellarmine field.
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J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) captivated the hearts of American consumers during the recent Oscars through its "Yours Truly" advertising campaign. Alas, its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 were more of a flop than an award-winning smash.
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J.C. Penney incurred a net loss of $552 million or $2.51 per share during the fourth quarter. Excluding restructuring, management, and other one-time charges, it lost $427 million, or $1.95 per share. Its total revenue declined by 28.4% to $3.88 billion. Its comparable store sales declined by 31.7%, while sales through its website jcp.com also fell by 34.4% year over year.
J.C. Penney's net loss for fiscal 2012 was $985 million, or $4.49 per share. Excluding charges related to the implementation of the company's new strategy and non-cash pension plans, its adjusted net loss was $766 million, or $3.49 per share.
The financial performance of the century-old retailer proved weaker than expected. CEO Ron Johnson admitted his mistakes last year, having failed to understand that customers need a reference price, and love sales and coupons. According to him, J.C. Penney will offer sales and coupons this year. In addition, the company is selling new products from leading designers and brands.
According to Johnson, since the debut of its advertisement during the Oscars telecast, visitors to Joe Fresh on J.C. Penney's online shop are seven times more than those visiting previous site leader Liz Claiborne. Johnson is confident that the company's new strategy will deliver long-term growth and profitability.
Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management stated during the Harbor Investment Conference that Johnson accomplished a lot over past 14 months. He is confident that J.C. Penney's sales will stabilize. He emphasized that Johnson did a very good job in restructuring costs and renovating stores, although he made a mistake in completely withdrawing its promotions.
In an interview with CNBC, Ackman indicated that Johnson has three years to turnaround J.C. Penney. If the company is still struggling after three years, "he's probably the wrong guy," said Ackman. Pershing Square Capital owns a 17.8% stake in JC Penney.
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During the Oscars, JC Penney's "Yours Truly" ad definitely grabbed the attention of consumers and stirred their curiosity about its new line of signature brands & pricing. As a result, many immediately checked out its online store.
With its newly renovated stores featuring leading designers, brands, sales promotions, and coupons, JC Penney is ready to compete against Macy's (NYSE: M) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS).
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"They've left the logs all over the place in the ditches, which means there's going to be floods," Blake Road resident Isobel Parke complained to the planning board last week.
Selectman Karen Falcone, a resident of Prescott Road, said she arrived home after being away recently and found debris on her property and her fence damaged.
Falcone said the tree crews made a "terrible, terrible mess."
"I don't mind the public safety aspect of it. I mind the way they left the property," Falcone said.
The complaints were aired when the planning board held a public hearing last week on a plan by Public Service of New Hampshire to trim and/or remove trees and brush on several scenic roads.
While the hearing focused on PSNH's tree maintenance work, which the planning board approved, residents complained about the trimming and tree removal done recently by crews contracted by New Hampshire Electric Co-op, which also serves customers in Epping.
In response to the complaints, Seth Wheeler, spokesman for New Hampshire Electric Co-op, said the company has scheduled a meeting with selectmen April 1 to address any concerns and explain their practices.
"We're trying to be responsive to the town and the members," Wheeler said Thursday.
Wheeler said the company has received complaints from customers in the area of Blake and Prescott roads.
When it comes to cleaning up the leftover brush, Wheeler said crews usually pile it up to be chipped at a later time.
"This could be a situation where the cutter is a day or two ahead of the chipper, but they will come back," Wheeler said.
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The Yoga Show in London4,243 Views / EMail This Post / Print This Post / Home » The Yoga Show in London
By Tattvavit Dasa
In London, the weekend of Nov. 23rd-25th, the second or third annual Yoga Show took place: exhibits by many yoga groups and enterprises catering to today's yogis. Held in Olympia, an auditorium in Kensington, it offered Adi Guru Dasa and other householders the opportunity to arrange a Bhakti Yoga booth. These devotees have an incense/clothing business (Ashram Emporium), and all passers-by received a sample of incense in a package printed with the Hare Krishna mantra. The London Radha-Krishna temple provided already sponsored books, which were resold at The Yoga Show to defray the costs of the Bhakti Yoga booth.
A devotee in the booth taught Mantra Meditation: chanting Hare Krishna on beads. Sincere participants in these short, interactive sessions appreciated them. They seriously felt they needed relief from mental distress, for example, or were curious. An airline stewardess who is vegetarian, an Australian girl working in London, a Swiss mother with a baby daughter (her third child), a Russian mother with a baby boy, a male teenager mixed-up by drugs, a couple of Indian ladies and a couple of curious English ladies were among the people who took home beads to chant on.
A few people with other yoga groups, who must write about bhakti-yoga as part of their teacher training in yoga, stopped at the Bhakti Yoga booth to get books. Children's books were also on sale and found an audience. All weekend, a new lifesize poster of Krishna stood in front of the Bhakti Yoga booth. On it was printed the question, Who Is Krishna? along with short answers from Bhagavad-gita: I am the light of the sun, I am the taste of water, and so on.
Perhaps the best book customer was a middle-aged lady from South Africa. She had just been in Vrindavana, India, and had wandered into ISKCON's Krishna-Balarama Mandir. The kirtanas there unexpectedly attracted her. Till then, she had chanted some mantras in a parrot fashion in yoga classes, but the heartfelt chanting in the temple really drew her in. It stayed in her mind for two weeks, and every morning she woke up with the chanting of Hare Krishna in her mind. She was also impressed by the many Indians worshiping Krishna at the temple in Vrindavana and felt ISKCON's authenticity. ISKCON also stood out at The Yoga Show as having a lot of substance behind what it offers, compared with many new yoga clubs (an official body that yoga groups in the U. K. can work under is called The Governing Body for Yoga in the U. K.).
Devotees had some opportunities to chant Hare Krishna on a stage (with audiences of up to fifty people clapping or singing), to do a Bharatnatyam dance, and to offer a talk on bhakti-yoga in a quiet room, all advertised in The Yoga Show program.
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Two of the nation's biggest makers of jerky treats blamed for deaths and illnesses of thousands of pets have agreed to create a $6.5 million fund to compensate dog owners who believe their animals were harmed, according to terms of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit announced Friday. Nestle Purina PetCare Co.
- Petitioning Bonita Tillman, Manager, Corporate Communications
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Nestle Purina: Recall Chicken Jerky Treats Made in China
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Brooklyn Hts., OH
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I lost my best friend Sampson on Friday, January 13, 2012. He died 9 days after ingesting the last food he ever ate: Waggin' Train "Wholesome" Chicken Jerky.
I've since learned that we were part of a known epidemic. To date more than 2,200 cases of illness and death are attributed to chicken jerky treats made in China. Waggin' Train and Canyon Creek Ranch -- both Nestle Purina brands -- are the lead offenders in the continued sale of chicken jerky dog treats.
The most shocking part is that the FDA has known about this for years, and has even increased their warnings as recently as November, 2011. They have researched thousands of cases, and the cases are mounting. Mine is now one of those that they are investigating. Although the FDA cannot FORCE a recall except in cases involving drugs or infant foods, the companies responsible should protect their customers and voluntarily recall the products in question until a definitive cause is found.
I need you to help me convince Nestle Purina PetCare Company to take chicken jerky treats made in China off the shelves until they can be proven safe.
Despite warnings from the FDA and the leading veterinary associations in the U.S. and Canada, Nestle Purina has refused all accountability, instead placing blame on people like me who have lost their companions. If their treats were safe, as they repeatedly claim, death and illness would never have been the end result for so many.
I have joined a wonderful Facebook group called "ANIMAL PARENTS AGAINST PET TREATS MADE IN CHINA!" When I joined in January, there were a dozen members. Two months later there are over 6,000. The awareness of this horror is growing because so many have or know of a horror story involving CHICKEN JERKY TREATS.
No animal should ever have to die due to "treats." How many thousands of grieving pet owners still have no idea what sickened or killed their pet? As long as these products are still on the shelves, the suffering will continue.
Please go to the Petition Updates Tab for important links to our Facebook, to the current FDA warning, and other informational links.
Bonita Tillman, Manager, Corporate Communications, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Keith Schopp, Vice President, Public Relations, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Waggin' Train, Customer Advocacy
Christopher Cowell, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Kelvin Hawkins, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Kristine Stein, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Bill Salzman, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Ms. Jorje Quinn (Vice president Veterinary/Natural Foods Businesses; Nestle Purina PetCare Company), Vice president Veterinary/Natural Foods Businesses; Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Jill Wente, Director of Public Relations, Nestle Purina (Nestlé Purina PetCare Company), Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
As you are aware, the FDA has been investigating and cautioning customers for years about the potential...
As you are aware, the FDA has been investigating and cautioning customers for years about the potential dangers of chicken jerky treats made in China, and has increased the warning the past few months. On March 9, the American Veterinary Medical Association alerted its members to the health risks associated with your treats.
Although you cannot be forced to issue a recall until a specific contaminant is found, that does not mitigate your responsibility to those who use your product and expect their companions to remain alive. No animal should ever have to die due to treats.
Your motto is "Good Food, Good Life" and you call yourself the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. I urge you to be a shining example to all pet food companies by issuing a voluntary recall of all chicken jerky treats made in China until they can be proven safe.
Please use your status as an industry leader to lead the industry back to path of caring for innocent pets over corporate profits. Please recall all chicken jerky treats made in China now.
Taking them off the market will show your compassion for your concerned customers and the hundreds who have experienced tragic losses, and that you don't treat animal health risks as acceptable. Please do not let one more pet suffer for the sake of profit.
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WE WON! TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, please join Animal Parents Against Pet Treats Made In China for details and all of the latest news!
There are other brands of jerky treats still in stores, such as Dogswell and AKC who continue to source their chicken from the exact same Chinese facilities as Waggin' Train. And there's no way for shoppers to know these treats could be deadly. That's why I'm asking you to sign this petition asking the FDA to post consumer warnings on store shelves. They have the ability to force retail stores to post warnings about products that are under investigation for being potentially harmful, but they do not enforce it. Right now, warnings for ANY products that have been reported to be linked to illnesses and deaths are only listed on the Reportable Food Registry on the FDA website. We need the FDA to do more: To require a simple letter posted on shelves, near the product, so that we can make educated choices while shopping. I sincerely thank you for sticking with me as we move forward together to make a difference. Please sign and share! It's so important.
Reached 75,000 signatures
It happened. Nestle Purina DID Recall Chicken Jerky Treats Made in China!
On the exact anniversary of the day that I learned why my buddy was dying, Nestle Purina issued a voluntary recall of all chicken jerky treats made in China, and Del Monte did also. RIP Sampson. I can just imagine your happy dance at the rainbow bridge.
Please check out these links:
Firms withdraw chicken jerky pet treats over antibiotics
By JoNel Aleccia, Staff Writer, NBC News
Check out Terry and Sampson's story in this video:
LOST DOGS, a video short
Please watch and share this video that includes my story - let's make it go viral to spread awareness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
FDA Allows Pet Deaths to Mount While Awaiting Scientific Certainty
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to adequately protect domestic pets.
"As the FDA waits, it has to decide who pays the cost of the uncertainty. Will it be the dog treat manufacturers, who refuse to issue a recall on their own and make even more money in doing so? Or will it be beloved dogs and cats who pay with their health and their lives and whose owners receive no real warning about the danger posed by dog treats?
"By allowing the treats to stay on the market as the years-long investigation drags on, the FDA is guaranteeing more pets will die. Why?" said Kucinich.
FDA Update August 7, 2012
THIS time they have released some of the testing data - but only a small sample.
FDA Update July, 18, 2012
They all know. Nestle-Purina, Del Monte, the FDA. They all know.
FDA data dump shows few toxins in jerky treats; complaints rise to 1,800
The tragedies just keep on coming. One Thousand Eight Hundred. Every single one a devastating horror. When, oh when, will this stop?
Chinese Pet Treats Linked to 900 Dog Deaths, Illnesses
The number of tragedies keeps on climbing: Nestle Purina, do you care?
Nearly 1000 dogs now sick from jerky treats, FDA reports say
FDA Investigates Safety of Chicken Jerky Treats Made in China
Terry is interviewed by CBS Denver.
Life-threatening dog illness linked to imported treats
In a statement from the FDA: "Currently, the FDA continues to urge pet owners to use caution with regard to chicken jerky products."
"There is nothing preventing a company from conducting a voluntary recall," adds the FDA.
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio has been fighting for our cause!
This is super cool! It's the video of Sherrod Brown (from the hearing posted below) reaming FDA Commish Margaret Hamburg regarding the safety of food from China, specifically these "treats" . Go to about 50:00 minutes in, and watch his whole 5 - 10 minutes. Or the whole thing!
Nestle Sued by Dog Owner Claiming Treats Killed Pet
Dennis Adkins's 9-year-old Pomeranian, Cleo, became sick and died of kidney failure last month after eating Waggin' Train's "Yam Good" chicken-wrapped treats, according to the complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Chicago.
"Waggin' Train has spent millions of dollars in promoting trust and confidence among consumers in its pet food products," Adkins said in the complaint. "The product was not wholesome, was not nutritious and was unhealthy."
Nestle-Purina, Waggin' Train, Canyon Creek Ranch: Can you hear us now?
Thank you, from the very bottom of my heart. This is an incredible milestone is our fight to give voice to the voiceless. I'm in awe.
Reached 50,000 signatures
On Easter Day ...... I can hear barking from Heaven..
40,000 Strong! (woof, woof) Through the tears, thank you.
Reached 40,000 signatures
Dog Jerky Deaths With No FDA Recall Prompt Campaign Against Nestle Purina
Wow, this is from the HUFFINGTON POST! I am so proud and humbled by all of this response. Animal lovers are THE best people in the world.
Reached 9,000 signatures
This is a great development! Senator Sherrod Brown's and Congressman Dennis Kucinich's offices confirm that our FDA is actually investigating in China to find the toxic contaminants. It is more important than ever to keep up the pressure on Nestle Purina!
Reached 3,000 signatures
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Vicky Brown LEVITTOWN, PA
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My dogs are my children-I would never want anything to happen to them. I am appalled at Nestle for not recalling this product. I bought a big bag a Sam Club and thank God my dogs only had a few before I found out AND THREW THEM IN THE TRASH!REPORT THIS COMMENT:
tracey bagatta CENTER MORICHES, NY
- over 2 years ago
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I have 3 dogs. Of those 3, 2 dogs ingested Waggin' Train Chicken Jerky Tenders from the Mixed Grill Bag - NOT labeled Made In China, but containing the imported jerky and I have 2 sick dogs. Your product has caused permanent organ damage to both dogs and nearly killed one. I will not rest until this product is removed from the market. Nestle Purina has saturated the market with this product. When I contacted your CSR, I was told your product was safe AND that is was *I* who was at fault because I MUST have not followed the feeding guidelines. You're correct. I fed my LARGE dogs 1 treat per day - you reccomend 4-5 per day; I can only assume had I followed your guideline they would both be DEAD. Either way, overeating of a FOOD product should never cause death. It's well past time for Nestle Purina to step up and take responsibility. Your products shall never darken this home again.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Alexis Dobson GREENVILLE, SC
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To bring justice for those that cannot speak.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Robin Pierre PINE BUSH, NY
- over 2 years ago
- Liked 36
You murdered my girl, then denied all accountability blaming me. How dare you! A healthy 2 year old, vet confirmed dog does not develop kidney failure and die within a week from nothing! It was your "treats" that poisoned her to death! If they were safe it would not have mattered if any of the victims were fed the whole bag or stayed within the guidelines DEATH sould have never been the end result! No animal should ever have to die due to Corporate Greed!REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Melanie Downs HARRISBURG, NC
- over 2 years ago
- Liked 32
I expect my pet's treats to be safe to eat and healthy for them ! Definitely not cause health problems !!! It should be just as safe as my food. If the Pet Food industry cannot produce safe healthy treats then I will stop purchasing them. I consider my dogs family. They should shut anyone down that produces products like these !!!REPORT THIS COMMENT:
madison carreiro MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD
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the dog I grew up with, Boldamar died after eating these treats. the was like a brother to me. He suffered from internal bleeding caused by these treats. he could hardly walk because it hurt him... he was only 9... he was a beautiful rottwiler. he had never hurt anyone. he would have protected us with his life. we now have another rottwiler and we only feed him usa made, organic treats.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Denise DePalma UNION CITY, NJ
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If it's going to make my pets sick and cause their death, I DO NOT want any of this stuff on the shelves!REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Tom Dysart PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA
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This is really important. Please help.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Jennifer Carreiro GAITHERSBURG, MD
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I lost our beloved Rottweiler to the same Treats Made in ChinaREPORT THIS COMMENT:
John Duczek KAPUNDA, AUSTRALIA
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too much contaminated food coming from chinaREPORT THIS COMMENT:


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Like Spicy, so kicked it up adding a little more Crushed Pepper and about a half teaspoon Chipolte Chile powder. Also doubled garlic. After on plate topped with half spoonful Capers and juice of one quarter Lemon. Brought the dish to life. Not suggested unless; A) you like spicy, and B) you like complex bold flavors.
Angel Hair with Spicy Shrimp
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Yield: Makes 4 servings
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- Calories: 540
- Calories from fat: 21%
- Protein: 34g
- Carbohydrate: 67g
- Sugars: 3g
- Fiber: 2g
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated fat: 4g
- Sodium: 456mg
- Cholesterol: 187mg
- 3/4 pound angel hair pasta or spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 pound frozen peeled and deveined medium shrimp, thawed
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions. Drain the pasta and return it to the pot.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute (do not let it brown). Add the shrimp, wine, red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Simmer until the shrimp are opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the butter until melted.
Toss the pasta with the shrimp mixture.
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hi ladies
my baby is coming up to 6 months old and when i was in boots the other day there were cups from 3 months should i be tryin to use a cup instead of a bottle for his drinks?
Hi Vicky,
My daughter is almost 1 and we've used a beaker with her from about 4 months, she now feeds herself with the trainer cups (well, apart from her last bottle before bed at 5pm but she still feeds herself with that!) From about 6 months-recommended that they dont have juice out of bottles (as they hold too much sugar/sucrose solution around their gums/teeth) so now would be a great time to start as his hand eye coordination will start to improve.
Good luck!
hi vicky
i breastfed my little girl and gave her all juice out of a beaker ( she would never drink out of a bottle )she started having juice at around 6 months when i weaned her they do cups for newborn's as the lady i was in hospital with had one they do say its better for teeth to have a beaker not a bottle.
you can only try your son and see if he will drink from a cup dont worry if he wont it might take time for him to get use to it.
good luck. xx
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