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Good News on Your CPA Career
The accounting profession is proving to be remarkably recession-resilient. Are CPAs ready for busy season? Join the survey; get the results.
October 22, 2009
The jobs picture is decidedly mixed these days for finance and accounting professionals, so when good news comes along it's worth noting.
Despite the bleak economy, accounting remains relatively recession-resilient as a profession, according to a number of fresh reports.
Money magazine, for instance, ranked CPA careers among the top 10 for "great pay and superior growth prospects." The magazine narrowed down its top 10 list after examining "more than 7,000 jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow 10 percent or more over the next decade and that require at least a bachelor's degree."
Are CPAs Ready for Busy Season?
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"Businesses began stocking payroll with CPAs after major accounting scandals earlier this decade, and a host of new corporate accounting rules going into effect soon should ratchet up demand further," Money says. "Government agencies are also hiring CPAs to monitor how well companies are complying with the new regs. Add inevitable changes to personal income tax rules and you have a pretty recession-proof profession."
The big drawback Money cited? As any CPA knows: "Deadlines are nonnegotiable; if you're in tax preparation, kiss your personal life goodbye between mid-February and April 15." Ouch. That's harsh, but true enough for many.
Separately, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), which tracks college recruiting, reported that accounting majors hold two of the top 10 spots for in-demand jobs, one listing each for public and private accountants. Add in "financial/treasury analysis" and the finance and accounting sector takes three of the top 10 in the NACE ranking.
The NACE report on accounting careers follows another from NACE showing that hiring may be down seven percent for the graduating class of 2010 and a third NACE report that shows starting salaries in decline.
But for accounting majors, it's a different story. Accounting salaries are actually up by about one percent, to $48,471, and up two percent, to $49,163, for finance majors.
"Conversely," NACE said, "business administration and management graduates saw their average offer fall 3.4 percent to $44,607." Further, the average offer to economics graduates declined 2.8 percent, to $49,628, and management information systems (MIS) grads saw their offers slump 1.8 percent, to $50,573.
Meanwhile, BusinessWeek released its "Best Places to Launch a Career" study, with accounting firms making a strong showing. Deloitte edged out Ernst & Young for the top spot. PricewaterhouseCoopers came in third, followed by KPMG on the entire list. Grant Thornton and RSM MCGladrey also made the list, along with accountant-heavy companies like Protiviti and Accenture.
To be sure, the picture isn't all pretty. The government reported that the accounting and bookkeeping sector lost about 6,000 jobs last month, erasing some gains in the preceding several months.
But the real test will come in the weeks ahead. Traditionally, accounting firms bring on new staff ahead of busy season. Considering that economists seem ready to pronounce the recession officially over, many accountants could be breathing a sigh of relief.
NEXT QUESTION: Are CPAs Ready for Busy Season? Join the survey; get the answers.
COMMENTS: Questions, ideas, rants or raves? Send an e-mail to Rick Telberg.
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What degree of lead hardness is equivalent to a No. 2 pencil?
The equivalence to a No.2 is a degree B.
Does the industry have a standard graphite/clay mixture to define what level of hardness is for each grade?
There is no international industry standard for the grade of hardness. This gives every pencil manufacturer the possibility to define the hardness of each grade rather individually.
How is lead hardness determined?
The lead's hardness is determined by the mixing ratio of graphite and clay. The greater the graphite content, the softer and blacker the lead. The greater the clay content, the harder and less black the lead. Castell 9000 Pencils are offered in 16 degrees of lead hardness. 6H to 8B. The higher the number in an H, the lighter the mark and the higher number in a B, the softer and darker it will be.
Can I use an electric sharpener when working with Faber-Castell pencils?
We do not recommend using an electric sharpener. We recommend using hand held sharpeners such as the GRIP Trio Sharpener or the Double Hole Metal Sharpener for best results. They contain both a sharp as well as blunt angled sharpening blade. The angle and sharpness of the blade is very important when sharpening a pencil.
What do the stars on my art supplies indicate?
Faber-Castell indicates lightfastness ratings on the majority of our pencils and pens. We use a star icon to indicate lightfastness. The lightfastness is indicated on each as follows: *** = Maximum light-fastness = 7 ,8 Blue Wool Scale; ** = Very good light-fastness = 5, 6 Blue Wool Scale; * = Good light-fastness = 3, 4 Blue Wool Scale
What does the lightfast rating mean?
The lightfast rating indicates the items resistance to fading. *** = Maximum fade resistance (100 + years) (Tested Under Museum Conditions); ** = Very Good fade resistance (25 + years); * = Good fade resistance (5 + years)
How many colors have the 100 + Years lightfast rating? (Tested Under Museum Conditions)
100 of 120 Polychromos Color Pencils and 64 of 120 Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils will last more than 100 years.
How does Faber-Castell evaluate lightfastness?
Faber-Castell uses the Blue Wool standard to evaluate lightfastness. This standard utilizes eight scales to evaluate lightfast colors and it has been used for Artist paints for many years. It is tested under museum conditions. The Blue Wool test standard is comparable to ASTM D 5383-02 and ASTM D5383-97. The Blue Wool standard relates to our star icons as follows: *** = 7, 8 Blue Wool Scale (Tested Under Museum Conditions); ** = 5, 6 Blue Wool Scale (Tested Under Museum Conditions); * = 3, 4 Blue Wool Scale (Tested Under Museum Conditions)
Do other brands utilize the same standard?
Prismacolor, Derwent and Van Gogh have embraced a new lightfastness standard developed in conjunction with The Color Pencil Society. This standard is called ASTM D 6901. This standard is not as precise as the Blue Wool method and only has two scales to evaluate lightfast colors. It relates to our star icons as follows: I = ***, II = ** and *.
What are the Polychromos Color Pencils made of?
The Polychromos Color Pencils are comprised of vegetable oil, wax and the highest quality pigments with superior lightfastness characteristics and brilliance. There are minimal amounts of wax used so that there is no waxy bloom produced.
In the description for the Faber-Castell pencils it says SV Bonded and my Faber-Castell pencil says SV on it. What does SV stand for?
SV stands for the German word "Sekuralverfahren" meaning "secural bonding" or secure-all bonding. SV Bonding is a process of gluing the full length of the lead to the wood casing of the pencil. This strengthens the lead and prevents breakage which allows for better sharpening, and produces a fine point. SV Bonding is a Faber-Castell trademark.
What are the Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils made of?
The Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils are comprised of the highest quality pigments with superior lightfastness characteristics and water-soluble binders.
Are the PITT artist pens refillable?
The Faber-Castell PITT artist pens are not refillable. They are disposable pens.
Can I use PITT artist pens with acrylic paints?
Yes they can be used with acrylic paints but acrylic backgrounds may alter the original pen color.
Can you achieve gradients with the PITT artist pens?
Yes the pigmented inks dry quickly and you can layer them to create gradients, even light colors on dark colors to some degree. Because we use the same color matching system throughout the product range you can also mix color pencils or soft pastels and create even more variations.
Is the ink in the PITT artist pen permanent?
Yes we use pigmented India Ink. The Faber-Castell PITT artist pens are extremely fade-resistant, smudge proof and waterproof when dry. They are also acid-free and archival.
Are there any harmful pigments used?
Faber-Castell does not use any harmful pigments. All products are certified non-toxic by a board certified toxicologist. For example: There is not actually "cadmium" in the cadmium colors such as cadmium yellow lemon.
Are all of the art products you offer suitable for children's use?
Although our products are non-toxic and safe to use, the Art & Graphic range of products are not tested for children's use. They are marketed to ages 12 and up. Our Premium Children's Art Products are designed, tested for, and marketed to parents of children ages 3 and up.
How should I store my PITT artist pens when they are not being used?
The pens should be stored horizontally when not in use. Be sure to close the cap securely. Do not store in direct heat or sunlight.
My writing instrument has a problem, but it is not a Faber-Castell product. Do you repair other brands?
We are able to assist you with Graf von Faber-Castell and Faber-Castell writing instruments only.
My writing instrument has a problem, where can I send it for repair?
Please visit our Repair Services page for this information.
I am interested in switching a part on my pen, do you sell spare parts?
Please visit our Nib Exchange page for this information.
Does the e-motion come with a smaller size lead?
The e-motion pencils are currently available in 1.4mm only. The pencil will not accept another size lead and is filled one lead at a time. Up to six spare leads may be stored in the side chambers of the mechanism which is located under the front piece. If you need assistance with refilling this pencil, please see our Refill Instructions page to download the instructions.
Can I use a converter in the BASIC and LOOM fountain pens?
Yes, the pens accept the Faber-Castell Design converter item #148785. If you find that this converter is not fitting into the BASIC pen you have there, it is due to a slight design change that took place some time ago. You have an older style that will need to be returned for conversion in order to accept the converter. Please see our Repair Services section for return details.
Will the BASIC Fountain Pens take other international size converters by other companies?
The pens will not allow all converters, we suggest for the correct size using the Design Fountain Pen Converter only.
I have a Faber-Castell ballpoint pen, can I convert it to make a pencil?
You are not able to convert them. The mechanics are different and this is not possible. If it were possible, it would also void any warranty for the product.
How can I identify the item number of the refill my pen came with?
On each pen refill you will find an item number that begins with the numbers 1487--. If you wish to purchase more refills, enter this item number in the search field to easily find the product on our site.
Can I use a rollerball refill in my ballpoint pen?
The refills are not interchangeable.
The cap will not stay fastened on my e-motion pen when I'm writing, what is the problem?
Due to the conical shape of the barrel, the e-motion Fountain and Rollerball pens are not designed to post and will not do so 100% of the time.
Do any of your erasers for children contain latex?
100% of all Faber-Castell Premium Children's Erasers are PVC and latex-free.
Are the Premium Children's Art Products acid-free?
Yes, all Faber-Castell Art Products are acid-free.
What percentage of beeswax is found in your Beeswax Crayons?
The information is proprietary and we are not able to provide this detail.

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Amid growing concerns about the vote count in its presidential caucuses, the Maine Republican Party says it is working to "reconfirm" the results.
Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the caucuses on Feb. 11, but some towns that voted before that date weren't included in the vote count announced last week.
At the time, there were only 194 votes that separated Romney and Ron Paul.
The Maine GOP also says it will include vote totals from Washington County, the easternmost in the United States, which will hold GOP presidential caucuses tomorrow.
"We have worked diligently to contact town chairmen throughout Maine to reconfirm the results of their individual caucuses. These totals once confirmed will be posted on the Maine Republican Party website," state party chairman Charlie Webster said in a statement.
Politico is reporting that Webster said there were "clerical errors" in counting the results, such as some votes weren't included because they were in e-mails that went to spam.
Webster has said he does not believe the results will change, and that Romney will remain the winner of the Maine caucuses followed by Paul.
Paul's campaign told USA TODAY earlier this week that it would not ask for a recount, saying it is confident that the Texas congressman would ultimately win a majority of convention delegates to be elected later. The caucuses are only the first step in the delegate selection process.
Still, the Maine vote count is the latest in a string of controversies surrounding caucuses.
Iowa, the first in the nation to hold votes in the presidential nominating process, reversed course two weeks after its event when certified results showed Rick Santorum -- and not Romney -- had more votes. Votes from eight Iowa precincts went missing.
The vote counting in Nevada, meanwhile, continued for two days after Romney was declared the winner there. The hitch was in Clark County, the state's largest that includes Las Vegas.
The Maine GOP executive committee says it will meet March 10 to review the Washington County results.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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How to draw a car, Mustang GT500 Hot Rod 2012
Please find some progress drawings of the car below, showing stages of the drawing.
How to draw a car in stages with grid reference using squares or rectangles.
The fist image to the right is the outline construction drawing of the car it is what you might consider to be the plan drawing.
If you click on the images you should see them a little bit bigger which will give you a little bit more to see.
The second image shows where the rear wheel and rear end of the car has been drawn showing the initial stages of how to draw a car using the grid reference method of drawing. With this method you only draw one square at a time until you complete the whole drawing. Using this method of how to draw a car makes it much easier because each square is is only a small area to draw.
The grid enables you to identify where all the marks go more easily because you can line them up with the edges of the grid and each grid is the same as the one in the image you are copying from. If the grid squares on the image you are copying from are in proportion and the same as the grid square on your drawing are there should be no difference between your drawing subject and the drawing area you are working into.
More information about drawing cars.
This car has been drastically altered from the original Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby, the roof has been lowered, along with sides of the body and the front end making it into a concept, custom hot rod, unique to me and my design. This is something that can be done to any car that you draw, with some careful redesign, remember this does not have to work in real life, it only has to look good as nobody is going to drive it unless, they actually build there own in real life, which they might well do if it looks good. If you want to find out more about drawing cars then you can by following the links below.
How to draw a car 1960's Corvette Sports Car.
That was the coolest video I have seen in a long time my friend, well done! Thank you for the awesome guide. With the lowered roof, wide front end, and RamAir-type hood scoop it takes on the spirit of the new Camaro. Voted up for sure.
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Arvel Bird's Titanic CD is Now Available
Arvel Bird's 20th album is now available! Arvel is from Nashville, TN and is very passionate about his style of music.
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Stories have been told by many of the survivors, and others by silent discovery at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. These original compositions and arrangements bring to life stories of Father Browne, Captain Smith, bandleader Wallace Hartley and others, in a powerful, cinematic sound-scape that will whisk you away to the North Atlantic on that cold dark night - April 15, 1912.
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Andrew George prompted a small ripple nine days ago when he put forward an amendment to part of the finance bill demanding that ministers assess the social impact of the VAT rise. Meanwhile two other Lib Dem MPs made a symbolic vote about an element of the bill that night.
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A non-recourse loan is a loan in which you, as the IRA holder, are not personally liable for repaying the loan. Once you locate a lender/bank, the lender will lend to your IRA, not to you as an individual. The lender will have no recourse against you or the balance of your IRA funds in the event of a default. The lender will only be able to recover the property and your equity. In a non-recourse loan, you may not use your personal credit to facilitate the loan.
Unrelated Debt Financed Income (UDFI) is covered in IRC 514. If you are using your IRA and a non-recourse loan to purchase property, the debt financing transaction will subject the IRA to UDFI. In this case, taxes are based on the highest amount of leverage the self-directed IRA carried in the past 12 months. UDFI must be paid by the IRA and does not apply if the debt had been paid off for 12 months or more.
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|Linux Is Free And Full Of Love ~ Many visitors to my site won't understand this video. After all, you increasingly use Apple derivatives and haven't totally embraced the flexibility of Windows yet, nor the learning curve implied. So consider Linux, one step further in the freedom and complexity stakes. It promotes idealistic principles, that in practice don't always go entirely to plan.
|Lunar Phases Applet ~ This free Java applet features all over the Web. You can edit the parameters displayed yourself, and can have live lunar data on your own website with just one short line of HTML code. Not surprisingly, there seem to be a few versions of this applet around, but this one looks original and also credits the author, which is only fair.
|Lynx ~ Your web browser is a software application that retrieves and interprets data from the World Wide Web. The first was developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN and introduced to his colleagues in 1991. Lynx made its debut the following year and unlike several early browsers, it remains under development and true to the principles of text-based browsing.
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|Open Office ~ Unrelated to astrology, but very much connected with what you're sitting in front of right now. Open Office is a free suite of programs that will enable you to work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files for instance, without having to go out and buy Microsoft Office for yourself. It'll run on several different operating systems too…
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This winter has been abuzz with 100 layers and 6 coats, and we literally just can't even (thank you, SNL, for giving us the best dialogue of the season). In the latest addition to our series "Things We Love," we showcase shades of blues and whites to keep things fresh as spring paves its way through the snow. We're calling it Cloud Nine and that is helping us turn our can't's into can's.
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Transforming community services: learning from previous mistakes
Community services make up a large part of NHS activity, from chronic disease management and intensive rehabilitation to health visiting and school nursing. Yet years of initiatives, policy ideas and fads have left a legacy of highly complex, narrowly focused and often poorly co-ordinated services, making the system difficult to understand and navigate, even for professionals. So, with an ongoing ambition to shift care out of hospitals and closer to people's homes, what is needed to transform community services?
Launched by the government in 2008, the grandiosely named Transforming community services programme very noticeably did no such thing. Mostly concerned with structural changes rather than with service improvement, the programme led to some community services being privatised – and often set up to fail against hugely onerous procurement processes – with others transferred to whichever acute or mental health provider was available. Officials gave the strong impression that they would be happy to see the entire community service workforce moved off the NHS payroll, and policy changes were put in place to assist this.
Since then, community services have remained neglected and poorly understood, and the commissioning of these services has also been poor, hampered by their complex and diverse nature. In the services themselves there has been a loss of direction and, more worryingly, a loss of staff from what is already an ageing workforce. Mergers and reorganisations have left hospitals and GPs confused about who to refer to, while community services often do not respond quickly enough when patients are discharged.
Transforming community services is not the only policy failure in this area. The equally grandiose Our health, our care, our say, which promised a once-in-a-generation chance to change the NHS, was also a damp squib. It lacked the machinery for implementation and was not actively followed up by later Secretaries of State.
And yet these are the services that are going to be asked to bear the burden of dealing with a growing and ageing population that, without other measures, will require an additional 13,500 hospital beds to soak up additional demand. The ambition to move care closer to home is not new – it has been the agreed direction for years – but further significant changes are needed in the way care is delivered to achieve it. So it's interesting to reflect on why community services have received more rhetorical support than actual support, which is what we explore in our new paper on transforming community services, published today.
First, they have lacked a story about what they can do – their complexity and the diversity of the services they run has not helped.
Second, these services do not control many of the key points on the patient pathway, including referrals, admissions, discharges and other important transitions that they need to influence if they are going to reshape care effectively.
Third, quite a lot of community services are provided direct to patients; important though these services are, other providers may not be aware of them, which means that they have few advocates in other parts of the system. Crucially, they do not often employ any of the key influencers in the NHS: consultant medical staff.
Fourth, the blanket application of cost improvements to services in which a very high proportion of costs are spent on staff has often reduced quality. This is because basic management practices, for example mobile working, work flow management and record keeping, have been adopted slowly and so efficiencies have been found by cutting staff.
Finally, quite a lot of the enthusiasm for community services seems to be because they are believed to be cheaper than hospital care. This is true only in particular circumstances. The funding model is based on a myth – that money can be easily taken out of the acute sector, that we know how to do this and that the mechanisms are in place to do so. Most of the growth in community services has been from increases in funding rather than a shift of resources.
This area represents multiple failures of policy and process: failure to develop good metrics and effective commissioning; underinvestment in good management; ineffective implementation of policy – and general neglect.
Some providers are delivering fantastic and innovative care against the odds and new thinking and models are emerging. It will now be important that the mistakes of the past are not repeated and the opportunity to transform community services is seized.
This blog also features on the Health Service Journal website
- Read the paper: Community services: How they can transform care
- Catch up with our Time to Think Differently work
- See the press release for this report: Change needed to realise the potential of community services, says new report by The King's Fund
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Excellent paper and particularly value the focus on a) the steps (p2) b) breadth - as e.g. Housing and Justice (p7) inclusion and the recognition that 'hot spots' need inclusive solutions. Surprised that there was no mention of culture (agency/organisational) and potential barriers to effective integration e.g. vested interests, protectionism and ownership - which are a real challenge in the transformation process.
Transferring Community Services (which is all it was) was mostly a disaster, often transferring these services to organisations with little interest in and no experience of running them. The real opportunity that was lost three years ago was the opportunity of integrating services at the primary care level - general practice, community services, social care, and non traditional services (third sector etc). A number of areas are trying to deliver this level of joined up service despite the numerous obstacles now in place.
Here in Cumbria we are creating Primary Care Communities, based on natural communities, bringing together these community based services with the GP lists as the building blocks. This encourages a population approach to health and wellbeing as well as delivering family and individual centred care. To my mind this is the integrated platform we need to create, upon which the rest of the health and social care system builds.
This is not just a structural strange - it requires a major transformation in culture across all professional groups involved, it requires new business models, it requires joined up clinical information. It requires clinicians to lead not from self interest but from the interests of local people and populations.
Do we really believe this at least as important as sorting out local hospitals than are in crisis - time will tell.
Interesting paper. as with many such proposals it needs permission to innovate and top class leadership without which it will grind to a halt.
There was some stunning cutting edge work being undertaken with the elderly in a central London trust not so long ago. It came a grinding halt because the employer refused to reflect on its treatment of the black nurse manager leading it.
Tragedy for the work, for the patients, for the local GPs and, of course, for the nurse. That scheme had innovation and leadership, but the leadership was black. How many times has this happened?
To add to the problems you describe, we know very little about patients' experience of community services, at the same time as also knowing that patients who receive care at home are amongst the most vulnerable. We should have exactly the same expectations of services in the community as we have for services in hospital - that is, that they should be safe, clinically effective and should meet patients' needs and preferences. We'd like to see investment in research into patients' experience and into quality improvement in community health services.
This thought provoking paper quite rightly calls for the development of the capability to harness the power of the wider community. Perhaps there is no greater single resource within communities than unpaid family Carers. In all local communities they act as the first line of prevention and frequently delay, minimise or even remove the need for high cost hospital or social care. However, as we all live longer Carers are ageing too, yet despite their own frailities they continue to provide more and more unpaid care at increasing cost to themselves. If Carers, particularly ageing Carers, are to continue to deliver care and support at home, if they are to continue to underpin our health and social care services, if they are to continue to save local authorities and the NHS money, then their own needs must be recognised and more support provided for them. Invest to Save - Keep Carers Caring


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7 month old losing interest in daytime feeds(16 Posts)
Dd2 is nearly 7 months, & doing really well with her solids. She feeds really well morning and evening, but when I try to bf her mid morning & mid afternoon, she doesn't seem interested, & hardly takes any. I'm not sure whether I should continue to offer these feeds, or offer her something else, such as a solid snack, instead. Our day at the moment looks something like this:
Bf on waking - this varies in time, but typically around 7.30am
8.30/9am - cereal such as Oatibix with whole milk, with a cube of fruit mixed in (different fruit each day)
Around 10am - nap
11/11.30 - offer bf - usually not very interested
12/12.30 - lunch - some sort of protein & veg purée (homemade) - has so far tried chicken, lentils, lamb, cod & salmon. Small yoghurt afterwards
Sometimes nap afterwards.
Around 3pm - offer bf - again, not very interested, will take a few sucks, but then nosying at what's going on!
4.30/5pm - dinner - usually single veg purée followed by single fruit purée/mash
Bf before bed - usually 7pm
Also at least one feed in the night, may be 2am or as late as 5am.
I always offer water with meals, which she takes well (not large amounts, but a good few sips).
So any thoughts on this? She's gaining weight well, & tracking her centile, but I don't want to cut down her milk too quickly. But I assume they take what they need, do they?! I can't say she's ever been a huge milk fan!
Myy DD is (was) FF. At 7 months her diet looked v similar to your Dd2, except she would have a bottle 7am, 1pm (before nap) and 6.30pm (before bed, then slept through with no feeds). Like your's she's never been a milk fan and we had real poblems at first.
Now she is nearly one and has no milk at all! We were advised by the CNN to see milk as a drink from c.11 months and not worry if she wasn't fussed. She is on vitamin drops and has plentyl of dairy in her diet; also lots of water.
I know your Dd is a bit smaller but Basically, I wouldn't worry. If she's having two decent BFs a day she's getting all she needs from those and obviously she is having alot of nutrition otherwise. I am anything but an expert but my ethos has been scratch the guides and listen to your baby (with common sense as a background)!
Have you tried giving her a different drink like juce or try her with a little snack like a biscuit or bread stick with a little drink after maybe she has decided to stop bottle feeds during the day due to the purees shes having if she does drop bottle feeds dont wprry and just offer something else xx
Thanks for the replies. That's reassuring that your dd was the same Weightless. Can I ask when you gave lunch, if you gave a milk feed at 1pm? I'm trying to ensure she has a good intake of dairy, so the milk on her cereal, a yoghurt at lunch, & sometimes cheese and/or milk in her purees. I assume she'll just take more at the morning & evening feeds if she needs it, do you think?
Thanks SamandKat, I haven't tried offering a drink & snack at those times, but I think that's where we're heading. I intend to stick to water, as dd1 was always happy with that. Perhaps I wasn't clear, but I'm breastfeeding, which I think is part of the issue actually, as she's constantly trying to turn her head round from me to see what's going on! I bf dd1 until she was 14 months, so hope to do the same this time. I'm not sure she's ready for breadsticks just yet, but she'll certainly have a good suck on a rice cake if I hold it for her, so perhaps we'll start with that!
Also, does anyone know, if I offer her a snack & water, & she actually wants milk, will she cry?
Nuzzle, from around 7mo DD has always had lunch at around 11.30-12p.m, then she'll have have a play for around half an hour before milk and afternoon nap. (she's nearly 1 now and we still do this)
In terms of dairy our DD has (whole) milk on her cereal, cheese, yoghurts, and anything in our food (we blend and freeze leftovers) Have you introduced your DD to finger foods? Our DD loves munching on bits of cheeses for eg (despite having only 2 teeth) and my mushroom risotto has also proved a hit - she scoops it up and shoves it in!
Not an expert in BF (sadly) but after obsessively measuring intake of formula for 11 months with a very non milk centric baby I would say they know when they've had enough
Thanks Weightless, that's helpful. I actually did her an early lunch then 1pm feed just now, & she's now asleep, as she got woken from her morning nap, then was too tired to eat a proper lunch, but she took her milk well at 1, so that system might work well for us!
I'd like to start introducing finger foods now, she seems keen, as she sometimes tries to grab the spoon or bowl when I'm feeding her. However, if I give her something like a rice cake to hold, she can't get it to her mouth! If I hold it for her though, she sucks it with enthusiasm, & chews the little bits that come off.
Mushroom risotto sounds yummy, could you give me the recipe?
I started a thread on something similar my DD is becoming the same, except she is doing blw and not eating very much. But when I feed her she is distracted and wants to look all over the place ! I'm worried my milk will dry up and Ashe still feeds 3 times in the night, I'm so tired lol
My DD was just the same with finger foods at first. We had to hold things up to her mouth and she's chew away but didn't seem able to make the connectionas to how to do it herself at first. It didn't take long for her to get the idea though- I think the best thing is to view food as fun playtim at this age, even if it does result in huge amounts of mess!
(Risotto is a sort of adapted version of the Jamie Oliver one where you make the base version first then add what you want later-have actually just made a version this evening that was eaten and approved by PILs! Let me know if you want further details and shall msg them!)
Thanks LonelyBunny, seems like your dd is catching up with her milk at night then! That is tiring!
Thanks WeightlessBaby, I wasn't actually sure if I should hold finger foods for her, but I'll continue doing so if you found it worked. Sadly dd2 was hospitalised yesterday with a chest infection, & we're now waiting for test results, so we've put the solids on hold, as it's just easier to breastfeed while she's in hosp.
Which Jamie Oliver book is the risotto in? I've got quite a few of his. If I don't find it, I'll let you know. Thanks again for your replies! Really hoping we can get home soon, then hopefully get the eating back on track when she's feeling better.
Oh goodness, that sounds terrifying - puts niggly feeding concerns into perspective I suppose. Really hope the test results are good and your DD2 is back home where she belongs soon x
My daughter was similar to yours in that she wasn't really interested in bf during the day. She was getting bored and was distracted, rather than not hungry so I did a few things that seem to help. I offer her the breast before her nap and when she wakes up so the schedule looks like this wake-up, bf, breakfast, bf, nap, bf, lunch, bf, nap, bf, dinner, bottle, sleep. I also let her breastfeed on and off for a few minutes if she asks for it. The other thing is I use a breastfeeding necklace so she can play with that which helps her to breastfeed for longer and hold her attention.
I hope your daughter comes home safe and sound soon.
Thanks, we came home this afternoon, which was a relief. She tested positive for RSV, which is the bronchiolitis virus, as well as a likely chest infection too, so we have antibiotics, & she just needs to recover at home. She's very tired, bless her, as she hasn't had much chance to sleep, what with inhalers & tests in hosp. Glad to be back in our own beds tonight!
Thanks SamraLee. That's an unusual schedule, but might be worth a try, think a feed before nap might help to settle her, as I have had trouble getting her to admit it's nap time.
I also like the idea of a breastfeeding necklace, she does like to twiddle! (often with my hair, ouch!). Is there one you recommend? I suppose anything long & beady would work.
On eBay there is a seller called breastbuddies, I really like that one. They personalised it for free too if you like that. I also got one off Etsy from Freja's Toys and it's a lovely crotched and wood bead necklace which she really loves too. I orginally got the necklace because she was pulling her own hair, which she hardly does anymore.
I'm glad to hear your daughter is home, I hope the antibiotics start working soon and your daughter soon feels better.
Thanks, hopefully she'll feel better soon.
Thanks for the info on the necklaces, I'll check those out! Very interesting about the hair pulling!
Just had a look at the Freja's toys ones, they're gorgeous! To be honest, I wasn't sure when you said crochet & wood, but they're just lovely!
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Monday, September 9, 2013
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Saturday, September 7, 2013
So This Is The Beginning
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Now that the dust has settled on another great year of Splendour in the Grass, I'd like share with you the top 10 performances I experienced over the course of the weekend.
These are listed in order of greatness:
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3. James Blake
4. The Presets
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6. Empire of the Sun
7. Darwin Deez
8. Mitzi
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10. Passion Pit
Aside from the horrible transport issues on the first day, the new Splendour in the Grass site was an excellent host. Special mention goes to the bizarre Thai karaoke bar that almost made me miss the last shuttle bus back to Byron Bay. A fun time was had by all, well done Splendour in the Grass.
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"The International Committee's decision to approve the continuation of our games in Toronto is a crucial step in our ongoing efforts to regionalize our franchise," Bills CEO Russ Brandon said in a statement.
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Though the Bills are 1-3 in "home" games at Toronto's Rogers Centre (formerly the SkyDome) and bloated ticket prices have occasionally stunted sales, the franchise believes its presence in Canada is a key to its long-term survival in small-market Buffalo.
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In most vehicles, the glove compartment closes with a latch, with the option of being locked with a key (often desirable when using valet service, or when parking while the convertible top is down). Gloves were originally worn to keep the hands clean. Driving gloves were considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from numbing drivers' hands.
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BenOni the White
The first rays of the sun found the young priest in patient meditation, his hands clasped in his lap as he quietly prayed for guidance. The gentle touch of dawn's illuminating fingers grazed his skin, mottled from a life of tribulation, iron hard muscles crisscrossed with scars created by a slaver's whip. His ruby hair was uncut and unkempt, cascading over his face in waves of red that seethed like flames in the sun. This morning he wore only the barest pieces of clothing he would allow himself; soft white muslin pants that hung loosely around his legs, the belt and cuffs stitched with the familiar sunburst red patterns that marked him by his trade, a healer, a mage of the white magicks. The winter morning's sun gave no comfort, the icy wind biting his flesh with frozen fangs, but if he knew any sense of discomfort he gave no sign, his every aspect of attention focused on his prayer . . .
I give thanks to thee, my father, he who has no name. I have followed your teachings my entire life, though now I finally understand them, and they have given me the wisdom to set myself free. It has been a year now since I have slipped the bonds of slavery and you blessed me with the strength to persevere, and it has been my honor that I would carry your voice amidst the people. Your love lies warmly in my breast, your strength burns like a dragon's fire in my veins; I am made greater, in your love, than I could have ever been as a slave. Today, I go to fight for the teachings you have given me, and should I fall, I do not fear; for if I do so, I will have given all that I am into my fight, and I find there is no shame in that.
The priest lifted his head, catching the dawn's pastel glow with a face that was sculpted by the angels. His eyes were concentric circles of color, first silver, then blue, then green, and they shone in the light without shame. He was a free man, and he greeted the painted sky like a brother. He turned and quietly walked into the room he occupied at the temple, the stones chilled from the long winter's night, and stoked the hearth's blaze in quiet reverence. The flame was free, it was strong, it was uncompromising; he had always envied it for its unabashed nature, and now he was a flame of his own, and that excited him. He strode across the room to the stand beside his bed, staring at the ancient suit of armor that greeted him; the immaculately polished silver plate showed where it had been repaired from many wounds; sword marks, axe cuts, even the fangs of a few particularly unpleasant daemons marred its otherwise perfect surface. The suit had served him since the beginning, back when he had been sold to his queen as a slave, and now it served to cleanse his soul of that stigma.
Slipping on a muslin shirt, its waistline decorated by a row of starburst markings that lined up with those of his breeches, he began the process of donning the antediluvian suit of gothic plate armour. As he threaded the leather straps of each metal segment, his mind roamed through the mechanical motions, as he had done a thousand times before. Each strap and buckle was tightened not unlike a cilice, so that it would bite him and cause pain, paying penance for the many lives he took as a slave to the queen. But now, in the presence of his new life, he could not tighten the straps enough to cause discomfort; perhaps he had merely grown so accustomed to the feeling of the metal cutting into him that any sting was negligible, or perhaps it cut him no more, and his soul was finally clean, his penance paid in full.
It took hours to perform the ritual, strapping each interlocking plate into its proper alignment, maximizing movement while eliminating chinks for fighters skilled with a stiletto or cinquedea to monopolize. The maximilienne was three suits of armor in one; a suit of padded leather, upon which was riveted reams of chain mail to prevent piercing blades, upon which was fastened layered bands and plates. With the assistance of a ward or squire, the suit could be donned in minutes, but the priest would always perform the rite in solitude; it was his meditation, a way to unify mind, body, and soul for the tribulations ahead. Finally, with the attaching of the last two clasps on either side of his breastplate, the ritual was complete. Lastly, he donned the holocaust robe, its yards and yards of white cloth marked by the healer's sunburst pattern. Already a broad shouldered, mountain of a man, the armor only made his frame more imposing; secreted beneath the cloth, none of his armor showed, leaving no sign of the metal case that preserved his flesh from harm.
With his mythril skin in place, he turned to the display rack where the hammers lay. Goratrix, whose flame scorched finish called to him, was a part of the past that haunted him. The demon for which the weapon was named lay trapped within the enchanted ore, screaming for carnage and death. Goratrix the Earth Shaker could rend the great continents asunder, so great was his power and hunger for destruction, and in the hands of the queen's assassin he was a daemon with a full belly. Even now, the dark power of the hammer called to him, its spikes still colored by ancient blood that could never come clean. Choose me, priest, and I will make the masses bow before you in fear of your wrath!
He reached out, accepting the other hammer, whose silver body glowed with its own inner radiance. Mithras, named for the sun god, was the start of his new path. Its shining skin was free of shadow or blood; there was no dark reminder of death, only the promise of strength, the oath to defend, and that was why the priest chose it. Mithras was as clean as he wanted his soul to be, and the hammer felt . . . right, as he closed his fingers about it; this was the weapon of the courageous and just, a tool of the righteous. Goratrix fumed in its dark impotent rage, but Mithras, it smiled approvingly in his hand. It was now, with hammer tightly gripped in his fist, that he started down the corridor to the fight that awaited him.
How far have I come? He silently mused, the quiet brush of his robe on the stone ground the only sound to disturb the deafening silence as he walked the corridor. Ever since my parents sold me at thirteen, I have known only the queen's command. I fought, and killed, and destroyed for years, praying that she might look upon me as she did the others of her guard. I was the Executioner, most feared of her arms, and all I wanted was for her to use me as she did the others of her 'consort army'. All I knew in those days was a desperate need to be wanted, to be called beautiful, to be touched and to be desired as the others were. But I was the ugly one, forever to wear the iron mask, forever to be wrapped in that grave shawl of black cloth that stained my soul. But it was the only path I knew, the only path for one such as I.
He stood before the massive wooden double doors, his palm flat against them. This path, this new path, is unknown and terrifying. I walk through this modest portal as a new man, one who is not known or feared as the Executioner. Now, I am just a man, and the benefits of my dark deeds will not serve me. Am I truly ready to shed all I have known, just to look at my reflection again?
He pushed the doors wide, and the silence gave way to the deafening roar of the masses. The coliseum's seats were full; spectators stood shoulder to shoulder at the rail, pressed tightly together as they jockeyed for the best view, determined not to miss anything of the fight that would soon begin. Their voices merged into a thunderous clarion call; screams of his name, and the name of the foe that had summoned him became a cacophony of disorienting sound. Here, he was not the feared executioner; here he was the same as any other man. And he was welcome. He slipped the mask over his face, the cool silver pressing against his flesh as he tied the band back. Then he pulled his hair back into a ponytail, and lastly, drew the sunburst marked white hood over his head.
I have lived in darkness too long, craven and afraid that I would never be good enough to be anything but a coward and a killer. He tightened his grip on the hammer, staring across the battlefield at his adversary, who stood in patient wait. The cries and accolades of the people coursed around both of their shoulders like a sash of sunlight. I am not the ugly beast that Queen Ancilla made me out to be. Scion of Equinox, Hand of Judgment, Ancilla's Hand of Doom; the titles she heaped upon me no longer apply. He walked out into the sunlight, the massive double doors closing behind him with an ominous 'boom'. He approached, clasping the hammer in both hands as he bowed before her.
"I am BenOni the White . . . and I am not afraid, not anymore."


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Clarke, the former top White House counterterrorism official, says President Bush and his advisers ignored his warnings in 2001 that an al-Qaeda attack was imminent and were fixated on going to war in Iraq.
His charges have preoccupied the White House for a week. The controversy dominated Sunday's TV talk shows and does not seem destined to fade soon from the headlines.
Web sites that are selling Clarke's book indicate that there's lots of interest — and heated opinions. The book is the No. 1 non-fiction best seller on both Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. On Amazon, more than 200 people have submitted reviews.
A few passages have gotten most of the attention, but the book that has stirred such passion is more than an indictment of Bush's policies. It's a sometimes pedantic chronology of Clarke's 30 years in the federal government and a sincere examination of what he admits is an obsession with the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
When Clarke asked national security adviser Condoleezza Rice in 2002 to be reassigned to a new job overseeing cybersecurity, he writes, he told her he had become "too close to the terrorism issue." He described himself as "like Captain Ahab with (Osama) bin Laden as the white whale."
In his book's 291 pages, Clarke comes across as impatient and sometimes angry with everyone who disagrees with him, including the CIA (except for Director George Tenet) and the FBI (particularly former director Louis Freeh). His frustration with Bush and Rice, who demoted him, permeates the book. But his respect for President Clinton is clear. Clinton, Clarke writes, had "seen earlier than anyone" that terrorism would become a major threat.
Robert Rubin, Clinton's Treasury secretary from 1995 to 1999, is singled out for criticism. Clarke says Rubin was "less than enthusiastic" about strengthening money-laundering rules. After Rubin resigned, Clarke writes, "It was easier to get cooperation" from the Treasury Department.
Web sites that sell the book are filled with readers' reviews. Some are deeply critical of Clarke's motives. Others applaud him and bash President Bush.
On Amazon.com, a reader from California called Clarke "a stand-up guy and a real hero, to oppose the bullies in the White House like you've done. Your book is a brilliant read and confirms ALL of my suspicions about 9/11 and the Iraq war that followed."
A reader from Nebraska wrote: "If you think the Bush administration is 'tough on terror,' think again. This book blows the lid off that claim � and then some."
But a reader from Massachusetts said Clarke sold his soul "for a cheap political maneuver." And a review posted by a reader in Colorado said, "While it is undoubtedly true that our government could have done more, and that 9/11 was probably preventable, it is also true that Clarke is an imbittered, biased, totally dishonest and failed bureaucrat."
By Judy Keen
Clarke says his goal was to provide factual descriptions of important events, not to attack anyone. But he says Bush and his team "had no real interest in complicated analyses; on the issues that they cared about, they already knew the answers." If Bush is re-elected, he says, "One shudders to think what additional errors he will make in the next four years."
Vice President Cheney, he writes, thought that seeking allies' support for U.S. actions was "more trouble" than it was worth. Describing Lynne Cheney, Clarke writes, "Like her husband, she was a right-wing ideologue." While in the White House bunker on Sept. 11, he says, she "was offering her advice and opinions."
Clarke believes the war with Iraq was unnecessary and based on flawed intelligence. He also says he was "furious" when the first President Bush, whom he served in the State Department and on the National Security Council staff, ended the first war with Iraq too soon. That war should have continued until the Iraqi military was destroyed, he says.
Other anecdotes in the book that have been overlooked:
• Clarke says he could never disprove a conspiracy theory linking Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al-Qaeda operatives who helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and Terry Nichols, one of the organizers of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Yousef and Nichols were in Cebu, Philippines, on the same days, he writes. Nichols' bombs did not work before he went there and "were deadly when he returned." A few years earlier, al-Qaeda operatives had attended a radical Islamic conference in Oklahoma City.
• He repeats as fact a disputed assertion by the administration that the White House was the target of the hijacked jet that crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11.
"We in the West Wing had almost been among" the victims, he writes. Passengers who fought the hijackers on that flight "probably saved our lives."


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Gutwrenching and emotional with a traditional bluegrass/rock vibe, the Andrew Luttrell Band impress with the very atmospheric and foreboding "Landscape Plains", a cut taken from the new release "Paint by Numbers". Andrew Luttrell's voice is reminiscent of seasoned artists like Blue Rodeo, Neil Young and Tom Petty, and the music fits in with the same aesthetic. Throughout the album, there is plenty of quirkiness in tracks such as "You're Stealing My Car", although the snappy lyrics could have benefited from a mean rock n' roll groove here. "Sara Sota" shows some serious rock range with it's heavy licks and greasy, low down delivery that would impress anyone holding a bourbon on the rocks.
"Draggin' That Line" is another modern rocker with guitars similar to the White Stripes and the Black Keys. The band is gelling and the whole production is strong. "Blink" is a solid folk outing that shines the light of hope on the proceedings, while "Making Senses" is a fitting, although non-climactic closer. All in all, Andrew Luttrell and his band display good musicianship and a strong sense of groove, if not a whole whack of originality on this outing. Luttrell shows potential as a strong storyteller, most evident in the emotionally charged lead track "Landscape Plains", which is recommended listening.
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