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The Hollywood Reporter has released the first trailer for Damien, the A&E series that ignores all the previous sequels to The Omen and imagines what the boy who was destined to become the Antichrist might be like now as an adult.
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Harmonization, redux. It's pretty much impossible to harmonize the empty-tomb accounts in the four canonical gospels, and A.D. The Bible Continues doesn't even try. It does, however, blend the various resurrection appearances that took place afterwards, as well as the final words of Jesus in Matthew and Acts.
The always brilliant Darren Franich had a new article up at Entertainment Weekly over the weekend, in which he took a look at the movies of 1999 — once dubbed "the year that changed movies" by his bosses — and asked how well those films have stood the test of time.
That was the year when everyone thought The Matrix would take the place of Star Wars as a sci-fi myth for our times. That was the year when The Blair Witch Project invented the found-footage horror subgenre and proved the value of viral marketing campaigns. That was the year when young, hip directors like David Fincher, David O. Russell and Spike Jonze produced instant cult hits like Fight Club, Three Kings and Being John Malkovich, all of which came out in October of that year. And so on.
But there was another game-changer released in October 1999 that Franich doesn't mention — a movie that may be pretty silly but still set a new precedent.
Rapture, Rapture everywhere! With The Leftovers almost finished its first season on HBO, it turns out we may have another Rapture story to tide us over until the Left Behind reboot comes out October 3. A couple of trailers for a movie called The Remaining, which opens September 5, have popped up on my radar, and you can see the newer, longer one at the top of this post.
The Remaining is produced by Affirm Films, the same "faith-based" branch of Sony Pictures that had a hand in Heaven Is for Real and Moms' Night Out. The only actor I recognize is Alexa Vega, who starred in all four Spy Kids films as well as the later Robert Rodriguez films Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame to Kill for.
The Leftovers — the HBO series about a community coping with the Rapture-like disappearance of many of its members — premieres this coming weekend, and while I haven't been scouring the internet for coverage of this series the way I sometimes do for films like Noah etc., a few things have popped up in my regular news feeds, including a new video, a new interview with the show's creators, and a handful of reviews.
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Tony McCoy said on Tuesday that he is leaning towards riding 25-1 chance Double Seven in Saturday's Crabbie's Grand National, although he fears that the ground may go against the horse.
"After thinking long and hard I am tending towards Double Seven. However, he is a very ground dependant horse and with the rain that is forecast for Aintree on Friday I just hope the going does not become too soft. I will not make a definite decision until Thursday morning, but he is my preference at the moment," said McCoy.
Trainer Martin Brassil, who sent out Numbersixvalverde to land the 2006 National, has conjured remarkable improvement from Double Seven, who has improved 35lb since last June according to the Handicapper, and the eight-year-old would have a fighting chance. If McCoy does choose him to attempt a second win in the race, Double Seven's odds will tumble.
The gamble on Monbeg Dude that started on Monday continued on Tuesday and he was cut again to 12-1 by William Hill, having started the week at 20-1 with most firms. Teaforthree, last year's third, remains the 8-1 favourite but Monbeg Dude could well challenge that position come Saturday.
Philip Hobbs reported that Richard Johnson will ride Balthazar King in the National and Tom O'Brien will be on Becher Chase winner Chance Du Roy. However, the trainer also stated that were the ground to be worse than good to soft, then Balthazar King would not take his chance.
Following 7.5 millimetres of overnight rain the going at Aintree was changed on Tuesday morning to "good to soft" on the Grand National Course from "good to soft, good in places".
Andrew Tulloch, Regional Head of Racing, North West & Clerk of the Course at Aintree, said yesterday afternoon: "I have just walked the courses again and left the going descriptions as they were this morning. There have been drying conditions after the welcome rain last night. The weather forecast remains unsettled at least until the start of the Crabbie's Grand National Festival on Thursday, with four millimetres of rain expected tomorrow [Wednesday].
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Who Wins: Manny Pacquiao vs. Saul Alvarez at 154 Lbs.
the fight can happen at 154 lbs if alvarez is not willing to go down to 150 though i'm not so sure it's a good idea for pacquiao to go beyond 150 lbs since he himself said that the worst punishment he's ever had to take was during the margarito fight which was at an agreed weight of 150 lbs. but what the heck, this is pacquiao were talking about, he's always had to fight significantly bigger opponents his entire boxing career and ultimately win in very convincing fashion.
i see the fight with alvarez to be a very thrilling and cagey fight, a chess match at first where they initially feel each other out but as the fight goes on, and if pacquiao is still able to throw an average of 100 punches per round just like he used to do, then alvarez has no chance but get bullied by pacquiao and might either end with a TKO in pacquiao's favor or in a form of a UD.
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Pacquiao ain't fighting at 154, but i do believe the pac that beat margarito at 150 can beat canelo pretty easily. Yes canelo can hurt pac since he's a solid 154 pounder, but I think pac's chin and speed will carry him. Canelo before has been hurt by the likes of Jose Cotto, He'll get lost against Pac. and fighters who wants to go for the kill are perfect for Pac. Movers and counter punchers are not.
at present time its 50/50 unless Pac shows he still has it next time.
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The size and strength differential would be ridiculous.
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Don't you think Pacquiao is a bit big for Canelo?
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Pac would probably batter Canelo with speed at least early. The danger part is Canelo is young and fresh and can crack to the body. Would be interesting. Canelo would do a better job getting to Pacs body than Margarito did. At what cost though.
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Pacquiao only really has difficulty with fighters going backwards, he would turn Saul's face an odd shade of orange & red.
Let's not forget, Jose Cotto had Canelo hurt.
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If pac could even get to 154 which he cant, Alvarez would destroy him. But knowing pac, he'll ask for a catch weight to fight for the title. That in My opinion is bull*****.
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Texas A&M University is stepping up and assisting with possible hurricane evacuations.
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What materials did you use? Fashion Fabric: Handwoven Raw Silk (Nepal) Underlining: Silk Organza (US) Lining: Silk crepe de chine (China)
What are you most proud of? Perservering with the fitting. Being patient and not rushing or taking short cuts. Matching stripes in the center mid-drift with a random stripy fabric.
I love this. I used some red crepe fabric that I had had for years. It is a good dress to sew with some special fabric! Thank you for sharing. I wil post pictures soon. I can't upload fom an iPad.
Beautiful fabric choice and so interesting the way you have chosen to use the grain of the silk to add even more interest. This muslin seems to fit you very well, but look forward to seeing your next photos when you post them.
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(In a man) the quality of having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive; manliness: aggression and virility were highly prized in soldiers
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The host of HGTV's Rehab Addict runs near the homes she restores.
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He was once a lawyer, then he turned his love of Lego art into a career.
The global economist and author was inspired to run her first marathon to help young girls in need.
The actor, 22, hones his running skills for his role as the iconic Jesse Owens.
The actor and comedian runs impromptu 5Ks with hundreds—sometimes thousands—of fans in the cities he travels to.
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Despite the high unemployment rate, many businesses have struggled to find qualified candidates for an abundance of high-skill jobs in technology, USA Today reports. Is it a skills gap — or a communications gap — that's contributing to sluggish job growth?
A salary is among the most compelling factors for individuals deciding on a career path, a degree or even where to live, since some areas pay higher salaries for the same position.
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What many business owners, analysts and experts say is that no matter what happens with the Supreme Court, some sort of closure is needed to the healthcare debate.
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It Seems that More and More Parents Are Using Drug Dogs to Sniff Out Teens' Weed Stash
There is, if news reports are to be believed, a new frontier in helicopter parenting. Suspicious moms and dads are hiring trained drug detection dogs to sniff out their kids' drug stash. The trend was first identified by the Today Show in December, which ran a story featuring a Houston mom who used a private K-9 service to discover that her teenage daughter was using marijuana.
CBS 11 was the latest outlet to sniff out the trend, reporting this weekend that North Texas parents, too, are afraid that their kids are using drugs, then hiding them in clever places a snooping parent might not even think to look.
"Air conditioning vents... Under the carpet, they'll peel back carpet and hide it under the carpet, under the linings of beds, behind bureaus in bedrooms," Richard Stannell, a private detective from Granbury's RK Agency Investigations, told the station.
Really, it's hard to tell how much of a trend home K-9 searches have become in North Texas. CBS 11 talks to no parents, experts, or other companies that provide the service, offering the RK Agency exclusive space to tout its $350 service, which is describes on its website:
When you need a confidential drug detection service for your home, our narcotic detecting dogs can discreetly perform a thorough inspection of your entire property. Our dogs are trained to locate the odor of drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine), so those with concerns about the presence of drugs can deal appropriately with the situation whatever the findings.
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Top-level exits at IT cos creating ripplesBy: Tech Editor , March 17, 2011
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Managing traffic through TechnologyBy: Jayadevan PK |March 17, 2011
His sun-burnt face lit up at the sight of visitors. "Please have a seat," he said before turning his attention to the array of computer screens in front of him. Basanna Bajanthri, a Bangal.. More
Indian vendors are maturing as buyersBy: Jayadevan PK & Shruti Sabharwal |March 16, 2011
Dutch electronics giant Philips has been a long-time IT outsourcer to India and now more than ever, the company is looking to source IT services from emerging markets. Last year, the company had over .. More
4 risks in cloud implementationBy: Tech Editor , March 16, 2011
Although cloud offerings are rapidly maturing, the immaturity of cloud service contracting means that many contracts have structural deficits, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner has identified four ris.. More
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Avitra Aggarwal, 41, has been a techie for more than a decade. He has seen and done it all?the Y2K opportunity, the rise of technology services, projects for global corporations and plenty o.. More
Switching PC? How to make data migration easierBy: Tech Editor , March 15, 2011
Every computer eventually reaches the point where it has to be replaced. When that happens, there's one primary question that needs to be answered: How do you get your data and programs onto the new c.. More
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The global economic meltdown taught the corporate world a big lesson: cash is king. When the global economy bled, businesses across the world realised the criticality of liquidity and how it helps wea.. More
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Almost all the portable gadgets we use today need to be connected to the internet. Instead of getting an individual internet connection for each of them, you can use one of them to create a personal, .. More
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hospital with serious injuries following a collision on the
Northern Motorway yesterday.
The man was the sole occupant of a station wagon which
collided with a rental van carrying six Chinese tourists,
including two children.
None of the tourists was seriously injured in the incident,
which occurred about 100m north of the Butlers overbridge on
State Highway 1, just before 1pm yesterday.
Police have yet to determine whether either driver was at
''We still haven't been able to speak properly with the
driver in hospital ... our inquiries are continuing,'' Acting
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The vehicles ended up in the southbound lane and the motorway
was closed.
Emergency services reopened the northbound lane about 1.15pm.
Acting Sgt Ramsay said the injured driver was trapped in the
station wagon for about 40 minutes, while fire crews worked
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He was taken by ambulance to Dunedin Hospital with ''moderate
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Anyone who witnessed the collision but had yet to speak to
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Stephen Korteweg estimates up to 10 sheds have been built in
South Otago in recent years as farmers get cows off paddocks
over winter.
While not comparing his farming system with those proposed
for the Omarama basin, Mr Korteweg said he had visited dairy
farms in the United States and Europe where cows were housed
most of the year, and the cows were happy, content and
"Animal welfare was not an issue. The cows are looked after,
they are well fed and looked content. It is people's
perception and emotion rather than the fact," he said.
He said cows ate 25% to 30% less feed when inside as opposed
to outside because the temperature inside the shed was 5degC
to 10degC warmer.
Also, less feed was wasted by being trampled into the ground.
"You walk up the middle [of the shed] and get a great feeling
of satisfaction seeing your animals being looked after," he
Cows which may be in light condition actually put on weight
when in the shed because they were warmer, better fed and not
battling the elements.
Controlling nutrients from effluent was difficult when the
soil was saturated over winter, but in the sheds this was
collected in bunkers underneath the slated floor, with liquid
stored in ponds.
The effluent was spread on pasture when ground conditions
were dry and grass was growing and would not filter into
Such was the success of his first wintering shed, Mr
Kor-teweg has built a second at a cost of over $270,000 and
now winters all but 180 of his cows indoors.
The judges of the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards
commented the sheds were a contributing factor in Mr Korteweg
and his wife, Rhonda, winning the supreme prize this year.
South Canterbury dairy farmer Aad van Leeuwen recently spent
$2 million on a 224m by 32m wintering shed at Waianakarua to
house 1000 cows which were milked over winter.
On fine days the cows were put outdoors.
An automated scraper system, which did not require water,
scrapped effluent from a central lane into a bunker at one
end of shed.
This was stored and applied to paddocks when conditions
Mr van Leeuwen estimated earlier this year it had saved him
$50,000 in fertiliser costs.
He has built a second shed for the cows at his Glenavy farm
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"Markel brilliantly describes the paradox of [Halsted's and Freud's] lives".
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"Markel creates rich portraits of men who shared, as he writes of Freud, a 'particular constellation of bold risk taking, emotional scar tissue, and psychic turmoil.'"
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"Terrific . . . This rich, engrossing book reminds us of the strangeness of even heroic destinies."
—Richard Rayner, Los Angeles Times
"[A] rich, revelatory new book . . . . [Markel is] a careful writer and a tireless researcher, and as a trained physician himself, Markel is able to pronounce on medical matters with firmness and authority."
—Lev Grossman, TIME
"[An] incisive—and often damning—story of the "miracle drug cocaine.". . . Elegantly subversive . . . . The author's insights and analytical skills make An Anatomy of Addiction an irresistible cautionary tale"
—Deborah Blum, The Wall Street Journal
"A splendid history. . . [Markel is a] fluent, incisive and often subtly funny writer."
—Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun
"Absorbing and thoroughly documented. . . a vivid narrative of two of the most remarkable of the many contributors to our understanding of human biology and function . . . A tour de force of scientific and social history, one that helps illuminate a unique period in the long story of medical discovery."
—Sherwin Nuland, on the cover of The New York Times Book Review
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—Laura Miller, Salon.com
"Compelling and compassionate. . . a book that profoundly demonstrates the complexity and breadth of their genius. . . a richly woven analysis complete with anecdotes, historical research, photos and present-day knowledge about the character of the addictive personality."
"Howard Markel eloquently tells the parallel stories of these two pathbreaking physicians and how their stories intersect in remarkable and sometimes tragic ways . . . Markel's extraordinary achievement combines first-rate history of medicine and outstanding cultural history."
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"From the dramatic opening scene on the first page to the epilogue, An Anatomy of Addiction is a hugely satisfying read. Howard Markel is physician, historian and wonderful storyteller, and since his tale involves two of the most compelling characters in medicine, I could not put it down—addictive is the word for this terrific book."
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Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. His books include Quarantine! and When Germs Travel. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and The New England Journal of Medicine, and he is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio. Markel is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


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Gently wean your baby off being rocked to sleep
Rocking or using movement is one of the most common ways to get newborn babies to sleep. We naturally cuddle and rock babies when they are upset, plus babies are used to constant movement when inside the womb.
Plus The Happiest Baby techniques of swinging and jiggling can calm even the fussiest, colicky newborn, so it's no wonder many parents love to settle their baby in this way.
Parents may use the buggy, hammock or even car-rides to get their baby to sleep, particularly when it seems like nothing else will settle them.
Parents often continue to use movement as a settling technique with older babies, but it does get increasingly difficult as your baby gets bigger and heavier! Also it generally starts to take longer and longer, making the whole process of rocking your baby to sleep quite an ordeal. We often hear of babies who need 1-2 hours to rocking to get to sleep and our arms and back ache just at the mere thought of it!!!
Rocking quickly become a firm habit, as baby learns they need this movement to get to sleep. Over time this means they will not only want to be rocked at bedtime, they will also want to be rocked back to sleep every time they wake in the night......which is on average 4-6 times for babies over 5 months.
'Rocking to sleep' in this article is a general term we use to cover all forms of movement to settle your baby to sleep. So this means this information covers the following settling techniques:
- Rocking
- Patting or cuddling
- Walking around with baby
- using the buggy to settle baby
- Jiggling or swaying
- Bouncing on a swiss ball
- Bouncing baby in a hammock
- Bouncing baby in a bouncinette
- Using an electric baby swing
- Car-rides or rocking the capsule
- Any other way you move your baby to get them to sleep.....
So should you rock your baby to sleep?
When your baby is newborn, using movement is natural and highly effective for settling your baby. We definitely think this is a good idea and is an essential part of what we recommend with newborns.
However by the time your baby is over 2 months old, we strongly encourage you to reduce your reliance on using movement to settle your baby. Your baby is now used to being outside the womb, where constant movement kept her calm. You can gradaully help her learn to fall asleep or stop crying using other techniques.
While it may seem like a quick and easy settling solution now, the majority of longer term night waking that we deal with is caused by either feeding or rocking to sleep......
So if your baby is over a couple of months of age, now is the perfect time to teach your baby she can settle without needing movement.
For babies under 3 months:
When babies are newborn, how they fall asleep often doesn't have too much impact on their sleep. You may be rocking to sleep and your baby is sleeping through the night, or having good day sleeps. This is because newborns drift in and out of sleep cycles, and haven't yet learned habits of how they get to sleep.
One impact of rocking a newborn to sleep can be catnapping. This is particularly true if you rock a baby to sleep, then transfer them to their bassinet. They may sense you are not there when they wake or miss the sound of your heart-beat, and will wake up shortly after being put down.
Particularly sensitive newborns want constant subtle movement in order to stay asleep, so using a hammock, swing or baby-wearing can help with longer sleeps.
Plus you may also feel that you are rocking all the time or sand it is taking longer and longer to get your baby to sleep. This can be exhausting, particularly if your baby sleeps for only a short time and then needs resettling again with more rocking!
Be aware that babies sleep changes significantly at about 5 months. A baby who is rocked to sleep and has been sleeping all night will likely start waking again after 5 months. If the rocking to sleep continues at bedtime, many babies go back to waking 4-6 times or more every night, wanting to be rocked back to sleep every 2 hours.
The sooner you start to teach your baby to fall asleep without rocking, the easier it is likely to be!
Weaning newborns off being rocked to sleep:
- For babies under 4 months, start by reviewing The Happiest Baby techniques of Swaddling, White Noise and Side/Stomach position etc. Often using these settling techniques will make enough difference that you can reduce the rocking needed.
- Use the feed/play/sleep routine during the day, so you are settling baby when she is tired....and feeding baby when she wakes up. The quicker you spot the tired signs and avoid an over-tired baby, the easier it will be to settle her.
- Gradually reduce the amount of movement you use with your baby. For example, if you currently rock your baby to sleep, change to rocking until she is drowsy and put her into bed partially awake.
- Over time, put your baby into bed awake and let her get drowsy and fall asleep in bed rather than on you.
- if your baby is a cat-napper, try to only use rocking to resettle, rather than at the start of a sleep.
- Try going in 5 minutes before your baby normally wakes, and try gently disturbing her so she stirs slightly. This can help your baby fall back into another sleep cycle and avoid the need to rock her back to sleep.
- Gradually change to using baby-wearing when your baby is awake, rather than as a tool to get your baby to sleep. it's lovely carrying a baby in a sling when they can sit up and see the world, while being close to mum.
Babies over 5 months - continued night waking:
If you are wanting to encourage your baby to sleep through the night and be able to settle without your help, then weaning your baby off being rocked to sleep is essential.
This is because all babies over 5 months wake FULLY between sleep cycles (usually 4-6 times a night minimum) and to 'sleep through the night' they need to be able to resettle them self after each sleep cycle. If they are rocking to sleep at bedtime, they will likely expect to be rocked back to sleep at each night-waking too.
For babies over the age of 5 months, rocking to sleep is one of the most common reasons that babies wake in the night. This is true for babies who were sleeping through and start waking again, and is the reason why many babies have never slept through. The same applies to babies who are fed to sleep - these are the two most common reasons for continued night waking.
Generally the longer a baby has been rocked to sleep, the more often a baby will wake in the night...rather than less.
Read our info on Sleep Associations for more info on this.
Deciding to wean your baby off being rocked to sleep:
Regardless of the age of your baby, you can wean your baby off being rocked to sleep relatively quickly and easily - when you are ready to do it!
Rocking to sleep becomes a very strong habit, with both parents and baby relying on it as the one way they get baby to sleep. So absolute commitment from both parents to teaching baby a new settling technique is essential if you are going to be successful.
While you have an end goal of teaching your baby to self settle, it's worth noting that this doesn't mean using 'cry it out'.....there are lots of options for teaching babies to settle without rocking to sleep. Choose one that you as a family are comfortable with. Different techniques work for different families, depending on the age of the baby, how quickly you need it to work, what you are prepared to try etc.
Also remember your consistency and commitment to your sleep plan will be the main thing which determines if your baby learns to settle without rocking to sleep, so only start when YOU are ready.
Recognise that teaching your baby a new settling technique takes days or weeks...do not expect your baby to like the change immediately or instantly sleep through the night after 1 day!
But you should start to see improvements after 4-5 days if you are being consistent with always using the new technique and not confusing your baby by rocking her back to sleep in the night.
What about night feeds?
Babies over 4-5 months generally not need any feeds in the night if they are having a dreamfeed at about 10pm. Doing a feed with your baby ASLEEP means you fill her tummy without her knowing, and you go to bed knowing she is not hungry in the night.
If you are not sure if your baby can last without any additional feeds, you won't know till you try it! It is worth trying to settle your baby without a feed and see if she can go back to sleep with a some additional warm bedding (often babies wake COLD rather than hungry), cuddle, patting, dummy or another settling technique. Generally we offer a feed as the first option, rather than try some other things first and see if she will go back to sleep.
You can also check with your Plunket nurse if she is happy with your baby's weight gain...ie if your baby is not putting on enough weight, then you will need to continue with at least one night feed.
However you will find that the quicker you drop all feeds other than a Dreamfeed, the quicker your baby will sleep independently through the night. Babies often do not drop night feeds without some gentle encouragement from mum!
How to gently wean your baby from being rocked to sleep:
- Babies over 5 months generally do really well with a structured routine for daytime and bedtime, such as day sleeps at 9am, 1pm, 4.30pm and bedtime at 7pm. This also means you will feed your baby when she wakes during the day, rather than before sleep times.
- Introduce some additional positive sleep associations and allow several days for your baby to become attached to them before you start teaching self settling. For example, start putting your baby into a sleeping bag before you rock her, give her a comforter to cuddle while you rock her and play white noise as she falls asleep.. These associations are going to replace YOU as her main sleep association (ie what she needs to fall asleep).
- Using a Safe T Sleep can give your baby a lovely feeling of pressure around her tummy, the same way your hand can or being cuddled. This is worth looking at as another tool and sleep association in this weaning process.
- Your first step is to teach your baby she can actually fall asleep in bed, rather than on YOU - this is the most significant aspect of the weaning process.
- So if you currently rock your baby until she is asleep, change to only rocking baby until she is drowsy. Then put her into bed and then pat/sssh/put firm pressure on her tummy etc until she falls asleep IN BED.
- Once your baby can fall asleep in bed OK, change to rocking until calm and use your patting to get baby get drowsy in bed.
- Then you can work on increasing the awake time between the end of the feed and when you put your baby into bed awake.
- Finally you will need to gradually reduce the amount of patting you do to help your baby get drowsy or fall asleep. As above, the Safe T Sleep can help with this too.
- CONSISTENCY - Make sure you do the same for any night-waking! So if you are up to putting baby into bed drowsy but awake at bedtime, then do the same during the night....if you rock your baby completely asleep in the night, you are confusing your baby and the weaning process will take longer.
- If you have a really sucky baby, consider using a dummy for bedtime and during the night settling. Once babies are over about 5 months they can learn to put a dummy back in for themself, which means you don't need to feed them back to sleep!
Moving from a hammock to cot:
Often parents assume that this will be a really difficult move, and expect baby's sleep will be much worse. However often babies who sleep in a hammock for an extended period are not great sleepers, as their parents constantly jiggle the hammock to get their baby to resettle during the night.
So all the information above applies to the transition to a cot as well - at some stage your baby must learn they don't need to be jiggled to get to sleep.
You may choose to make the move into the cot and then stop rocking, or you could stop jiggling the hammock first. Then once your baby can fall asleep in the hammock and resettle them self in the hammock during the night, they have the skills to fall asleep in the cot at bedtime and during the night.
Many parents also make the move to the cot gradually. So perhaps do your day sleeps in the cot for a week or two, then once your baby is settling in the cot OK, change your night sleeps to the cot as well.
Also keep as many sleep associations the same when you make the move - so use the same sleeping bag, introduce a comforter before making the move and continue to use your white noise or sleepy music once your baby moves.
Often too hammocks are in the parents room, so parents respond at every little squeak or movement. It is a good idea to gradually increase the time it takes you to respond to your baby, giving them an opportunity to get back to sleep without you leaping up and jiggling the hammock. Babies must learn they can get them self back to sleep, whether they are in the same room or elsewhere, in a hammock or cot.
It won't be as hard as you expect!!!
At this point you should reassure yourself that you can teach your baby to fall asleep without rocking, and it will not be nearly as hard as you imagine it will be.
This is absolutely the message we get from many mums every week - just decide on a plan and you will soon have a baby who loves to cuddle, but doesn't rely on it to get to sleep at bedtime and through the night.
If you are suffering post-natal depression or are shattered...
Over 50% of post-natal depression can be resolved in a few days when the baby learns to sleep through the night, ie the link between maternal sleep deprivation and depression is very strong.
So if you are depressed or just feeling right at the end of your tether, you might want to consider a faster approach to ending rocking to sleep - there are no prizes for being a martyr, particularly if your own health and well-being is at stake!!
The verbal reassurance method will generally teach a baby to sleep independently in 3-4 nights - see our facebook discussion page for feedback from other mums on this technique or see the Sleepeasy Solution DVD.
More information:
- Click here to read our detailed article on Teaching your Baby to Self Settle.
- Read about Sleep Associations & Self Settling
- Buy the No Cry Sleep Solution
- Read Introducing & using a Comforter
- Read about Safe T Sleep.


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BOARDMAN — An employee of a township pizza business was threatened by angry customers because of slow delivery.
Police arrived at Italian Village, 440 Boardman-Poland Road, at 7:20 p.m. Thursday. According to a report, the delivery driver was diverted because of a traffic accident on U.S. Route 224.
After the delivery on West Boulevard, the business received the first of three harassing phone calls, including one from a man who reportedly said, "I'm going to come down there and kill you."
All three calls came from the same number. Police are investigating.
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In Poll, Americans Reject Means But Not Ends of Racial Diversity
By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK
Published: December 14, 1997
As the national debate over affirmative action intensifies, most Americans today endorse the goal of racial diversity in schools and offices, but reject some of the main methods used so far to achieve it, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll.
In a survey marked by ambivalence and tangled views, a majority of Americans did not want to end affirmative action immediately, as many politicians have proposed, but did oppose the idea of making hiring and admissions decisions based on race.
Even as they criticized preferences based on race and gender, however, Americans seemed eager to support affirmative action based on economic class. Majorities of both blacks and whites said they favored policies that give specific preferential treatment in college admissions and employment to people from poor families over those from middle-class or rich families.
The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll is consistent with a decade of previous polling on this issue. When the Times/CBS survey first began asking about racial preferences in 1985, Americans were evenly divided. But opinion turned overwhelmingly against racial preferences in the late 1980's, was particularly hostile toward them in the recessionary years of the early 1990's and has remained negative ever since.
The new poll also highlights the political land mines around this issue. Opponents of affirmative action are aggressively promoting measures in state legislatures and in referendum efforts that would ban the practice. But in general, the survey suggests that Americans are not so much inclined to abolish affirmative action as to search for a new but elusive middle ground.
Many people of both races said they were uncomfortable with the ways that affirmative action had been made into such a divisive matter, and they often tended to fault politicians for drumming the issue. Black respondents, however, were more likely to say that affirmative action was needed to redress bias in society, while whites were more likely to say that banning it was a positive step toward eliminating that bias.
''The whole issue is just another wedge tool used by the politicians,'' said Sylvester Haywood, 43, an insurance broker in Gary, Ind., who is black. ''If everything was truly equal, if people could deal with each other on a rational level rather than on whims and emotions, of course, we wouldn't need affirmative action. But it's not.''
But Barbara Elias-Baker, 51, a retired research chemist in San Francisco, who is white, said that while she supports ''an extra effort in providing training programs for minorities,'' she believes that preferences based on race are divisive and unfair. ''Quotas are not the way to deal with the problem of unemployment in minority neighborhoods,'' Ms. Elias-Baker said. ''I've seen several cases where promotions were given to a Hispanic or a black and the candidates were on equal footing.''
Both black and white Americans say that diversity is important in the nation's universities and workplaces and that they favor ''special efforts'' to help racial minorities compete. But asked if they supported policies that offer specific preference to qualified applicants based on skin color, strong majorities of whites said no, while the opinions of blacks varied significantly depending on how the question was phrased.
Reflecting the modern politics of race, the survey did not find wide differences in attitudes toward ending affirmative action based on what region people lived in. But it did find differences based on education and income. For instance, whites with a college degree were more likely to favor abolishing affirmative action (by a margin of 57 percent to 34 percent) than those with a high school degree or less (31 percent favor abolishing, 51 percent oppose). Similarly, those with annual incomes above $50,000 were much more likely to favor abolishing affirmative action than those who make $30,000 a year or less.
The Times/CBS poll, a nationwide telephone survey of 1,258 adults, was conducted Dec. 6 to 9. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The poll results also indicate that the issue of affirmative action, much like abortion, is particularly sensitive to semantics.
Black and white respondents tended to give similar answers to a hypothetical question about college admissions, in which a school can choose only one candidate between white and black applicants who are equally qualified. Asked whether the black applicant should be admitted to help achieve more racial balance in the college, clear majorities of both races -- 69 percent of whites and 63 percent of blacks -- said no, that race should not be a factor in the decision.
But there was a wide disparity between the races on a related question: ''Do you believe that where there has been job discrimination against blacks in the past, preference in hiring or promotion should be given to blacks today?'' Whites still said no to this question, by a margin of 57 percent to 31 percent. But 62 percent of blacks answered yes, while 23 percent said no.
On the other hand, strong majorities of both races said they would favor ''special educational programs to assist minorities in competing for college admissions.''


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Did you paint that? It looks good!
PS. I love Deadpool
Deadpool just saw something awesome
He's only imitating the same expression he provokes in so many people...
Don't look so surprised Deadpool, have a taco!
Amazing did you use chartpack? Despite of what you used, you created an amazing effect man, this is really amazing!
chartpack?what is?
Chartpack are these amazing markers that do magical stuff (they're kind of expensive too, and I'm from mexico, so they probably have a different name somewhere else?) Anyways, they kind of work like water colors but give a better high quality painting. I've got some pictures in my profile, it kind of makes the drawing look clean and coloured. You should try using those, since this Deadpool drawing you made gives me the sensation you enjoy that kind of colouring.
"Dude, seriously stop looking at me like that and just stick me in your favourites already!"
Love it!
Love it!
He just saw Cthulu and is thinking "That's fucked up... even for me."
He's like, "Oh shit....."
Gorgeous colors!
would you say that is a 'I just had an idea' face or an "Oh f*ck that's a missile headed for my face' face?
Very cool.
HAhahaah! Cute! x3
love the expression you have given him XD


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