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AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University will commemorate Sept. 11 with an Honor Walk for military veteran students Wednesday at 9 a.m. on Cater Lawn. The walk will be in the form of a labyrinth designed on the grass.
The event will include appearances from Johnny Green, director of Auburn University Veterans Resource Center; Timothy Ullman, retired air wing commander who served as an Air Force chaplain; the Auburn Police and Fire Divisions; retired Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Dyal, a Lila White Fellow at Auburn University; Rev. Kerry Holder-Joffrion from Turning Point Consultants LLC; and the ROTC color guard.
The Veterans Administration, CAVHCS, will have program subject experts available for health care and benefits. In addition, representatives will be available at tables to provide information from the Veterans Benefits Administration; information on post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide prevention, women's health care, chaplaincy, returning service members (OEF/OIF/OND) case management, substance abuse and the Montgomery Vet Center. Veterans Affairs will have a table at the event, along with ROTC recruitment, and there will be a Veterans tent and a charitable station benefiting first responder families from 9/11 and victims' families.
Green, the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care Services and Turning Point Consultants, LLC decided on the labyrinth layout to honor the people in Lower Manhattan who created a labyrinth pattern out of the dust and ashes and walked for the dead, the missing and the volunteers.
"Our hope for the 9/11 Honor Walk is to honor those who have served this country through their sacrifice," Green said. "That includes the active duty military, veterans and first responders. It is important not only for those who actively participated in some way, but also for family members and friends."
Labyrinths are not mazes that trap, but paths to the center with one path out. They are about a spiritual journey. Labyrinths have always been ancient symbols for healing and a path to renewal.
Green explained that the labyrinth provides an opportunity for participants to release their weightiness, represented by their burden of grief, memory, responsibility and pain. He said it allows them to receive openness, or some type of understanding, when they reach the center. It is a place of meditation and prayer to receive whatever there is for one to receive. Finally, participants reach the last stage, restore, where individuals become empowered, renewed and re-invigorated as they are able to get past the pain, hurt, loss and sadness that has haunted them for so long.
The walk acts as a three-step process to help the veterans and family members emotionally and physically. If done on a regular basis, it can reduce insomnia, chronic pain, blood pressure and helps increase concentration. It also benefits those with physical injuries such as traumatic brain injury and amputations, as well as those with psychological wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder, military sexual trauma and suicide prevention.
For more information please go to http://www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/undergrad_studies/veterans/.
(Written by Jourdan Cooper.)
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HARTFORD - Hulk is a 2-month-old Pomeranian mix.
He came in to the CT Humane Society with his mom and two other litter-mates with an upper respiratory infection weighing only 10 ounces!
He went to foster care for a few weeks after had some medical treatment. His mom is still in foster care and awaiting some lab results for more medical treatment. Hulk has been neutered.
All puppies require mandatory training upon adoption for obedience and socialization. Hulk basically loves to nap and lay on his back.
He is very calm, which could be because he's still so little.
Hulk is basically a great puppy!
For more information on Hulk or other pets that need homes, contact the CT Humane Society.

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GROWING up with 'Livingstone' as a surname, I was aware from an early age of the impact and legacy of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone, particularly in Malawi. During my recent visit to the country, I heard for myself the huge esteem in which he is still held nearly 150 years since his death.
Since then, the links between Malawi and Scotland have multiplied hugely with over a thousand connections between churches, schools and communities in the two countries. The Scottish Government's partnership agreement with the Government of Malawi is now more than a decade old.


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The quiet competence of Officer Darren Wilson remains in question but not his actions in the line of duty. Misdirecting the fuming anger towards the lone officer will not help to prosecute dishonest politicians, administrators, trustees, prosecutors and other officials who are the true masters of the corrupt system or provide any comfort to Michael Brown family. All of us have responsibilities to respect the laws of the land and continue to work harder to improve the judicial process at every level of our government. Citizens have even bigger responsibility to remain calm, peaceful and not to violate the trust of their own communities.
Michael Brown's death and or any other death of human being here at home or abroad are clear signals that we must change how our governments govern. Indeed, we need major reforms in policy making process and being creative when commissioning, appointing and electing leadership at local, city, county, state and federal levels.
In order to build better communities, elementary and high schools education should be expanded to teach the rules of laws of civilized communities and how all citizens can participate to help form a better government. Equal opportunities, justice and freedom should not be the words in the framed constitution on the wall but we must practice them on a daily basis.


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Attention lacrosse fans: We want you to join our team! In Lacrosse We Trust is expanding right along with the NLL and is looking to add volunteer writers and photographers in every lacrosse hotbed, covering every level of the game.
Writers and photographers are most needed in the following locations: Toronto (Hamilton area), Saskatoon, Vancouver, Connecticut (Uncasville), Atlanta, Denver, San Diego, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, Chesapeake, Ohio (Obetz), New York (Garden City, Rochester, Buffalo), Florida (Boca Raton) and Dallas.
But don't let that list stop you – those are just where the pro teams are located! There is lacrosse all over the world and we'd love to cover it! Think big (England, Australia, Israel, for example) or smaller (Victoria, BC, Halifax, NS, Six Nations, or Nashville, TN). Think anywhere!
We want you to write about the game you love, whether that is pro or junior, box or field, and every incarnation in between.
– You will work with an editor to help generate story ideas and strengthen your writing style.
– You'll get to attend as many games as you want – generally for free, if you're there to cover the game for us (all media credential requests must go through the editor-in-chief).
– You'll get to network with the stars of the game both on the field and behind the scenes.
– Working with ILWT can help launch your career in sports journalism. Former ILWT contributors have gone on to work for Inside Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League and ESPN.
If you know the game, and like to write, get in touch with us. Send your resume, a cover letter and two writing samples (unpublished or published) to email@example.com.
Don't stress about the cover letter. We just really want to get to know you and your writing style. Leave out the big words. Just tell us about your involvement in the game, why you love lacrosse and what you can bring to the ILWT team.
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Independent League: Nakada files injuction against Kobe 9 Cruise
by Gen on Sep.05, 2009 @ 1:52 pm, under Independent
Former Kobe 9 Cruise manager Yoshihiro Nakada apparently isn't happy with the way his former team is handling money owed to him.
Nakada was removed from the team on July 29th. After a number of meetings with the front office, it was agreed that the team would financially honor the remaining 6 months left on his contract and that it would be paid off in one lump sum.
But with the financial difficulties the team is currently experiencing, the front office apparently re-drafted a new proposal that not only cuts the number of months owed from 6 to 2, but also calls for split payments over an undisclosed amount of time.
Needlees to say, Nakada isn't happy with the recent developments and has filed a provisional order with the Kobe courts.


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But I don't want to live in the sea!
The Esoteric Order of Dagon (or EOD) was the primary religion in Innsmouth after Captain Obed Marsh returned from the South Seas with the dark religion circa 1838.
It quickly took root due to its promises of expensive gold artifacts and fish from the sea, which were desired by the primarily-fishing town.
The central beings worshipped by the Order were the Deep Ones, Father Dagon, Mother Hydra, and, to a lesser extent, Cthulhu. The Deep Ones were seen largely as intermediaries between the various gods, rather than as gods themselves. Even so, the cultists sacrificed various locals to the Deep Ones at specific times in exchange for a limitless supply of gold and fish.
The Esoteric Order of Dagon (which masqueraded as the local Masonic movement) had three oaths which members had to take. The first was an oath of secrecy, the second, an oath of loyalty, and the third, an oath to marry a Deep One and bear or sire its child.


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Fiddling with investments
In 2011, the "Lady Blunt" Stradivarius sold for $16-million (U.S.) A Guarneri del Gesu went for $10-million in 2009.
While investors with a heavy stock portfolio may have spent the past six years on a rollercoaster, investors in the rare-instrument market have been enjoying unprecedented good fortune. Prices have risen well ahead of inflation since the 1980s and accelerated even more since the turn of the century.
Good returns aren't just for the top of the market and you needn't be super rich to have some skin in the game.
Ric Heinl, a fourth-generation fine instrument dealer based in Toronto, says, "With the right guidance, if you buy a $10,000 instrument today, in 20 years you will double your money or, at the very least, find the rate of return to be quite to your satisfaction."
A 2013 study by Brandeis University economists Kathryn Graddy and Philip Margolis found that from 2007 through 2012, rare violins outperformed fine art and the S&P 500 index.
One big advantage of the fine instrument market is its weak correlation to the stock market. Because prices remain unaffected by the bear-bull cycle or even global meltdowns, instruments make an ideal asset with which to balance a portfolio.
The insular nature of the market is partially because the supply is finite – it's not like Stradivarius and company can resurrect themselves and make more fiddles – and because buyers tend to invest long-term.
A disadvantage is that instrument ownership can be difficult to get into – New York public radio station WQXR's music business writer Brian Wise estimates only 10-20 per cent of instruments are sold on the open market.
It can also be difficult to get out of. "Unlike stocks, art is not fluid," Mr. Heinl says. "When you decide to sell, it might take two days, but it might also take two years."
There are also brokerage fees to buy or sell, and insurance (about half a cent on the dollar) as well as storage, appraisal and maintenance fees to consider. Commission is somewhere around 10-15 per cent of the instrument value, plus expenses. Auction house commissions can reach 35 per cent.
Most of the rare-instrument chatter is about violins, but there are also very fine violas and cellos available that achieve similar returns. Another alternative, especially if you don't have a large starting pool, is bows.
"Bows are just as fine an investment as instruments," Mr. Heinl says. "Each one has a different voice or personality. Top ones go for about $400,000, but bows that cost $2,000 a few years ago are now trading for $8,000."
It is possible to go in together with a group and buy shares in an instrument, but Mr. Heinl says the arrangement is "fraught with peril and rarely works." An alternative may be to hold a mortgage for a player (or parents) who can afford payments, but can't convince a bank that a piece of wood is worth the investment.
The major downside to this active market is that working musicians can no longer afford to buy the instruments they need. If you are thinking of buying an instrument and you don't play yourself, it is expected that you will loan it out to an appropriate player. "Instrument buying generally starts with a philanthropic notion," Mr. Heinl says. "Quite often, if you loan an instrument to an institution, like the Canada Council or a university, they will pick up the tab for the insurance, which is nice. The days of hiding instruments away are gone."
These intangible rewards – watching something you purchased help artists reach the next step in their career – are a big part of why investors choose instruments over stocks. "I've been deeply moved to hear these historically significant instruments come alive in the hands of such talented musicians," said a long-time anonymous donor to the Canada Council for the Arts musical instrument bank. "It gives me great pleasure to know that the instruments are helping musicians to reach their true potential and thrilling audiences in concert halls around the world."
DOs and DON'Ts
According to Toronto-based fine instrument dealer Ric Heinl, here are some dos and don'ts to consider when getting into the market.
– Buy the cleanest, healthiest instrument you can afford. A fine specimen of an instrument will increase in value more quickly than one in poor repair from a fashionable maker.
– Consider modern instruments. A 1900 Stefano Scarampella, for example, sold for $12,000 in the early 1980s. Now, you wouldn't get one for much less than $150,000.
– Get in touch with reputable dealers. Ask around. Meet them and have a long chat about what your goals are, financially and artistically. If you feel pressured, leave.
– Google elite violin makers and buy something online that seems like a good deal. If you pay $10,000 for an instrument and find out it's only worth $1,000 when it is appraised for insurance, you're out of luck.
– Don't get your heart set on a maker that is out of your price range. A Gagliano that should be worth $100,000 but is selling for $10,000 because it has been poorly repaired will freeze your money. It's a high price to pay for bragging rights.
– Buy an instrument if you are going to keep it under glass. Instruments need to be played. Otherwise, all you have is nicely carved box.
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I love weekends – first thing on Saturdays I go to the gym and do two hours of rigorous exercise – first an hour Body Fit with weights and then an hour Latin Mix with high puls – I feel almost high afterwards.
Normally I just go home and clean and chill out with my boys, but today Lukas and I went for a hot-dog and to buy him a new Nintendo game and it was lovely just being me and him. He has been at home for a week with the flu and has been taken care of by Matt so some Mummy and Lukas time was well needed. When we got home I did some cleaning and Lukas played his new game all day and I felt really rested and well in my skin!
Weekends are also the time when I get to do some cooking which takes a little longer, bake bread for the week and just chill out in the kitchen.
Today Matt requested pie – as I had already defrosted a pack of minced pork, I decided to make a pork, leek and mushroom pie with a parsley short crust pastry. But you can add any meat and vegetables you like.
For the first time I made the pastry in my food processor and it turned out really nice and crumbly.
Short Crust Pastry with parsley
- 200 g plain flour
- 100 g butter
- 1 small teaspoonful of salt
- enough spoonfuls of ice cold water to bind the pastry
- a handful of fresh parsley
Put all the ingredients into a food processor and puls till all the butter has been broken down to small pieces and it now resembles breadcrumbs. Now slowly add 3-4 or more tablespoonfuls of cold water and mix. When you can see that the pastry starts to gather a little bit more, pour out into the worktop, gather quickly into a firm ball, wrap in clingfilm and chill for at least an hour. You should have plenty of dough here to make a thin base and a lid – I made 4 smaller individual pies and there was more than enough dough.
- 500 g minced pork
- 10 mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 leek, sliced
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- Roux:
- 3 dl milk
- (a carrot, 1/2 onion, 3 bay leaves, 1 stick of celery, 1/2 onion cut into pieces to boil with the milk to flavour the milk)
- 2 spoonfuls of flour
- 25 g of butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Simmer the milk on a low heat with the carrots, onions, celery and bay leaves for about 10 minutes. Sieve and set the milk aside for the roux.
Melt the butter in a pan, add the flour and mix well till it's become a shiny ball in the pan. Reduce the heat til 2/3 heat, Now add the milk little by little. Each time you add milk, the mixture will become lumpy, but as long as you continue stirring, the mixture will become smooth. Don't put to much milk in at a time – 1/2 cup at a time is the maximum.
When you have added all the milk you should have a white, thick sauce, but if it is too thick, add more milk from the fridge till you get the texture you want.
Now fry the onions, meat, mushrooms and leek on a pan. When it's cooked for about 10 minutes, add the white sauce and season with salt and pepper. You now have your filling.
Now take your pastry out of the fridge and divide it into 2 pieces. Roll them out on a floured tabletop with a rolling pin, also with flour on it. Make it nice and thin and lift it into your pie dish. Cut off excess pastry. Roll out the second ball of pastry and put on as a lid. Brush with beaten egg and bake for about 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
I served the pie with quick roast potatoes (boiled and then fried on a pan till crisp) and a winter coleslaw .
Examples of other filling:
- Chicken and asparagus
- Chicken, leek and mushroom
- Chicken and bacon
- Mixed vegetables of your choice
- Broccoli and bacon
- Chicken and spinach
- Minced beef and a brown gravy (add food colouring to the roux OR make a Bisto or Oxo gravy for ease)
- Salmon and prawns with peas


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The Edwardian era aliens are coming!
An upcoming BBC adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds will be the first version to reflect the book's period setting in England: though the English author wrote, and set, his science fiction novel about a Martian attack on England in the last years of the nineteenth century, previous screen and television adaptations have shifted the scene to contemporary America.
Here's what we know about the new series.
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The new three-part television mini-series will star Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall (Desperate Romantics), Robert Carlyle (Angela's Ashes) and Rupert Graves (The Forsyte Saga).
In what BBC commissioning editor Tommy Bulfin calls a "faithful adaptation of H.G. Wells' legendary story," Tomlinson plays Amy, a woman trying to start a life with George (Spall) despite societal prejudice against the bond. The War of the Worlds tells their story as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.
The new adaptation of The War of the Worlds is being directed by Craig Viveiros (And Then There Were None). Eleanor Tomlinson said she's long been a fan of his work, and because of that "creating this world with him at the helm is very exciting."
George's elder brother Frederick is played by Rupert Graves, and Carlyle is cast in the role of astronomer-scientist Ogilvy. In 2016, Graves starred as entomologist Dr. Hapley in The Moth, part of The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells, a collection of the lessor known short stories written by the sci-fi author.
Peter Harness (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Wallander) who wrote the screenplay said: "The version of 'The War of the Worlds' that I wanted to make is one that's faithful to the tone and the spirit of the book, but which also feels contemporary, surprising and full of shocks: a collision of sci-fi, period drama and horror. There is nothing cozy or predictable about Wells' novel, and that's what I want to capture in the show. We have an incredible cast, a brilliant director and a wonderful crew – and I can't wait for them to explode the terrifying story of the first alien invasion on to our screens." It's not clear why Harness chose to move the action from the Victorian era to the Edwardian.
Period drama fans can expect the highest production values from The War of the Worlds: the cinematographer is James Friend BSC (Victoria, Endeavour), and the award-winning design team includes production designer Pat Campbell (Rillington Place, The Living and the Dead, Wolf Hall, The Mill, The Making of a Lady and PBS Masterpiece's The Turn of the Screw). The costume designer is Howard Burden (Poldark, Home Fires, The War Bride) and the make-up designer is Vickie Lang (Lark Rise to Candleford). That's quite the team!
H.G. Wells is considered one of the greatest science fiction minds of modern literature, and his convincing story caused panic across America in 1938 when The Mercury Theater company updated The War of the Worlds for national radio, and it is estimated that millions of listeners thought an actual Martian invasion of Earth was underway (though those numbers have recently fallen into question).
Filming on the new period series has started in Liverpool, and it will air on BBC later in 2018. Mammoth Screen is producing. There's no word yet about a US release date, but ITV Studios Global Entertainment will be responsible for international distribution, and they have a good track record for bringing quality work to the US. You can sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date about the release.
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West Indian Medical Journal
Print version ISSN 0043-3144
West Indian med. j. vol.54 no.1 Mona Jan. 2005
Breastfeeding patterns among six-week-old term infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies
Patrones de lactancia materna entre los infantes de seis semanas en el Hospital Universitario de West Indies
K KurzewskiI; J Meeks GardnerII
IUniversity of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD Scotland
IIEpidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies
Eighty-nine mothers attending post-natal clinics at the University Hospital of the West Indies were interviewed at six weeks postpartum regarding their breast-feeding patterns and problems. Breastfeeding was practised by 97.8% of the mothers, with 29.9% practising exclusive breastfeeding and 70.1% partial breastfeeding. Only two women were solely bottle feeding. The pattern of breastfeeding was not significantly affected by maternal parity, age, education, employment or socioeconomic status. An intention to wean later (at six months) or when the mother felt the baby was 'ready,' was associated with increasing parity, age and further education. Babies who were exclusively breastfed achieved greater weight gain compared with those who partially breastfed but this difference did not achieve statistical significance. Breastfeeding trends appear to have remained stable over the last several years.
Ochenta y nueve madres que asistían a las clínicas de atención postnatal en el Hospital Universitario de West Indies fueron entrevistadas seis semanas después del parto, en relación con los problemas y patrones de lactancia al pecho. El amamantamiento era practicado por el 97.8% de las madres, un 29.9% de las cuales practicaba la lactancia materna exclusivamente, en tanto el 70.1% la practicaba de modo parcial. Sólo dos mujeres recurrían a la alimentación sólo por biberón. El patrón de lactancia materna no era afectado significativamente por paridad materna, edad, educación, empleo o estatus socio-económico. La intención de destetar más tarde (a los seis meses) o cuando la madre sentía que el bebé estaba "listo", se hallaba asociada con un grado creciente de paridad, edad y educación continuada. Los recién nacidos que recibieron exclusivamente lactancia materna alcanzaron un peso mayor en comparación con aquéllos que recibieron lactancia al pecho parcial, pero esta diferencia no llegó a tener significación estadística. Las tendencias a la lactancia materna parecen haber permanecido estables durante los últimos años.
The benefits of breastfeeding are well documented and include adequate and appropriate nutrition, protection against infections, emotional well being, economic benefits, spacing of pregnancies and protection against breast cancer (1, 2). More recently, breastfeeding has also been associated with reduced incidence of later disease such as Type 1 diabetes mellitus (3). Recommendations by international organizations are for exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life (2).
Although the maxim 'Breast is Best' is well known in the Caribbean, rates of exclusive breastfeeding generally decline after the first few weeks (4-7). Early introduction of supplementary feeding usually has a negative effect on the return to exclusive breastfeeding (2). Supplements may not be given daily but they are unlikely to be withdrawn once they are introduced (8). Supplemental feeding exposes infants to foreign contaminants and infection at a very vulnerable stage of life (9) and may likely explain the higher infant mortality rate of partially bottle-fed infants compared with exclusively breastfed infants (10).
It is better to start breastfeeding early since lack of breastfeeding in the first week of life is an indicator of poor future feeding patterns (11). Adding bottle feeds in hospital has historically been an important factor associated with bottle-feeding at six weeks though this practice is now strongly discouraged (2).
Most women cite 'inadequate milk' as the reason for cessation of breastfeeding (9-11). In Bangladesh, Haider etal (12) elicited more detailed reasons such as lack of financial support, too much housework and domineering grandmothers. Studies from different places including the Caribbean have found other reasons, including: having to return to work, the baby rejecting the breast, the baby remaining hungry, the perception that breastfeeding is backward or for poor people, or to entice the father to bring money for formula feed. Recent work in Jamaica suggests that fewer mothers (<10%) used the reason that they were returning to work (7). Poor weight gain during the first three months of life and male gender are factors known to predispose to earlier change from breast- to bottle-feeding (8).
In some developing countries, higher socio-economic status and better education are associated with poorer rates of breast-feeding (7, 12). The converse is true in Jamaica and in developed countries (13). Living in rural rather than urban areas also increases the likelihood of breastfeeding (9). Mothers who breastfeed longer are usually older (6) and multiparous (6, 13) but younger women are more likely to initiate breastfeeding (14). In a review of studies from all over the world, Maitch and Sims (15) found that more women who were married or in a stable relationship intended to breastfeed. They also found that parity had little effect on initiating breastfeeding but women of lower parity had a greater intention to breastfeed. In contrast, Montserratian primiparous women were more likely to want to add bottle feeds eventually (16).
In Jamaica where breastfeeding rates were high, early introduction of infant formula and other foods have remained a problem (17, 18). Other Caribbean studies of infant nutrition over the last 30 years have generally found breastfeeding rates to be less than those desired (4-6, 11, 19, 16). Grantham-McGregor and Back (4) in their 1967 study of 300 infants delivered at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Jamaica observed a low frequency of breastfeeding and an association between breastfeeding and good weight gain. Following this study, changes were implemented at the UHWI including the banning of 'milknurses' who would promote formula feeds, and better antenatal education of mothers regarding feeding. A followup study by Landman and Shaw-Lyon (14) in 1973 was discouraging: 67% of mothers breastfed fully while in hospital but only 25% continued to do so at three weeks, and only 10% at six weeks. In the 1990s, the numbers had improved but only 50% of Jamaican women were breastfeeding at four months (20). As a result, in 1994, a project which included the extensive training of healthcare workers with emphasis on the commitment to the International Code for Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the Ten Steps of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was introduced. A subsequent study in 1996 (6) showed improved rates of breastfeeding with 99% of the mothers breastfeeding at six weeks but most of these mothers (61%) were supplementing their breastmilk. As in the 1967 study, the researchers found that exclusive breastfeeding was associated with increased weight gain among babies of normal birthweight. They did not find a significant relationship between union status nor employment status and breastfeeding patterns. Unlike previous Jamaican and Caribbean studies, they found that water was the most popular supplement given. In the Jamaican studies, the most common reason given for starting bottle feeding was 'insufficient breastmilk'.
This study sought to examine whether the level of exclusive breastfeeding at six weeks reported in 1996 had been sustained at the UHWI. Since 1995, the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was introduced at the UHWI with the expressed aim to promote breastfeeding at the institution. This study assessed whether there was any response to this promotion within a few years of implementing it. The specific aim of this study was to compare the current prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding with previous levels at the UHWI. Additional objectives were to investigate the reasons given for stopping or supplementing breastfeeding, to identify the substitutes given, to determine whether breastfeeding patterns were related to age, parity or socioeconomic factors and to assess weight gain between birth and six weeks post-partum.
An observational, cross-sectional study was carried out during January and February 1999. The study was approved by The University of the West Indies Ethics Committee. Mothers were recruited from the Postnatal Clinic (PNC) at the UHWI. Those asked to participate were mothers of infants who were six weeks old and were not multiple births nor premature (born at less than 37 weeks completed gestation). All the attendees at the UHWI antenatal clinic who fit the selection criteria and who were willing to participate were interviewed. The study was explained to mothers and written consent obtained. A questionnaire was pretested on mothers attending PNC and the Child Welfare Clinic at the UHWI before the study began and appropriately modified. We ensured that mothers who responded in the pretest were not involved in the final survey. The questions included items to assess maternal education, possessions 30 Breastfeeding Patterns in Jamaican Infants (presence in the home, of items including a stove, television, cable, radio, refrigerator, VCR and vehicles) and housing (level of sanitation and crowding in the home). Babies' weight gain since birth was assessed from clinic records.
Data were coded and entered using EpiInfo version 6 and data analysis was conducted using SPSS for Windows, version 6. Differences between the proportions were assessed using chi-square and differences between means using t-tests. Correlations were computed using Pearsons analysis.
During the interview period, 92 eligible women attended the PNC. Three mothers declined to participate citing illness or other obligations as their reasons. The sample therefore comprised 89 mothers (97%) with an age range from 16 to 41 years (mean 26.6, SD 6.0 years). Most (62%) were between the ages of 20 and 29 years.
Parity ranged from one to five children, 58% had one child, 38% had two to three children and 3% had four children or more. Sample characteristics are shown in Table 1. Most mothers (84%) started breastfeeding on the day they gave birth. Twelve (14%) introduced breastfeeding during the first week and two (2%) started later. The reasons given for not initiating breastfeeding on day one were illness of baby or mother, or having no milk. Ten babies were sick and admitted to the Special Care Nursery, three women said they had no milk and one was unwell following a Caesarian section delivery.
At six weeks of age, the prevalence of breastfeeding (exclusive or partial) had increased to 98% with only two women not breastfeeding. Thirty per cent (n = 26) of babies were exclusively breastfed while 70% (n = 61) of mothers were supplementing their breastmilk with alternative feeds.The two mothers who were solely bottle-feeding at six weeks were aged 28 and 32 years respectively, both were primiparous, single and employed. They ceased breastfeeding in the first month following delivery because of no breastmilk and baby rejected the breast respectively. These cases were excluded from further analysis of breastfeeding patterns.
The majority of mothers (82%) fed their babies when they were hungry and/ or crying, while 19% fed according to routine or schedule. Most babies (51%) were breastfed on three to six occasions per day. However, seven mothers (8%) fed more than 11 times per day. Overnight, 68% of babies were fed less than four times, 25% breastfed five to six times and a few, 5%, fed more than seven times. The duration of suckling was mostly 16 - 20 minutes (30%), with 17 (19%) reporting less than 10 minutes, 26% reporting 11 to 15 minutes and 22% more than 21 minutes. The proportion of mothers who offered both breasts at each feed was 89%. Seventeen women (20%) complained of having experienced problems breastfeeding. The list of problems is shown in Table 2.
Parity was not related to breastfeeding at six weeks nor to the frequency of exclusive vs partial breastfeeding or duration of suckling. More mothers who were 30 years or over (49%) fully breastfed compared with mothers under 30 years-of-age (32%) but this difference was not significant (chi-square). Duration of suckling was also not statistically related to maternal age (Pearsons correlation). Employment status, socio-economic status and maternal education were not significantly related to breastfeeding patterns (chi-square and t-tests).
Both groups of babies had similar mean birthweights: exclusively breastfed 3.23 kg (SD 0.48 kg) and partially breastfed 3.22 (SD. 0.50 kg). The mean weight gain of the exclusively breastfed babies over the first six weeks after birth was 1.70 ± 0.47 kg and that of the partially breastfed babies was 1.50 ± 0.5 kg. Number of possessions, housing rating, maternal age, education and parity were not significantly related to weight gain (Pearsons correlations).
Most of the babies (70%) were having items additional to breastmilk at six weeks. The most popular item was water which was being given to 52 babies (58%). Commercial formulas were being given to 32% and bush teas or juice to 14%. A few babies were given glucose water (4%). Most mothers (69%) introduced the supplemental feeding during the first month of life (usually between weeks two to four postpartum). Five per cent introduced supplementary feeding on the day the babies were born. Thirteen per cent during the first week and 13% during the second month.
The reasons given for introducing supplements are shown in Table 3. The most common reason was that water was given as it was felt the babies were too hot. Other reasons were: to wash the babys tongue, because it felt right, to settle the baby, because the baby was constipated or gripy, supplements were started in the hospital nursery or when mother was ill, to prevent the baby getting gas from the breastmilk, or on doctor's orders.
About half of the mothers (54%) expected to stop breastfeeding when the child was between four months and one year. Ten per cent reported that they would stop before the child was three months and 36% were unsure when they would stop or said they would stop when the baby no longer wanted the breast.
One mother (41 years-old, parity five and unemployed) had introduced her child to weaning foods (cereals, porridges, strained fruit). Most of the mothers (77%) said they intended to wean their babies before age six months and the rest were unsure when they would start or said they would when the child was 'ready'.
Almost all of the women (99%) had been encouraged to breastfeed antenatally mostly by clinicians or midwives (92%), family (24%) or friends (12%). This included the two women who subsequently solely bottlefed. Only one mother (1%) had been advised to bottlefeed by family and friends. The reasons given for breastfeeding were simply 'breast is best' (92%), convenience (10%) and necessity (8%).
This study aimed to survey a sample of mothers, at six weeks postpartum, to determine their current breastfeeding patterns and to compare these with previously reported findings. It found an almost universal prevalence of breastfeeding among the mothers surveyed but this was largely accompanied by additional bottle feeds of commercial infant formulae and other items.
Breastfeeding, at birth, was found to be 84%, similar to the 1996 study (6) which found an initiation rate of 75%, but lower than the 92% rate found by Landman and Shaw-Lyons in 1973 (14). The primary reason given for the relatively low initiation in both the 1996 study and the present one was infant illness. The prevalence among this small sample was 98%, very similar to the 99% prevalence found three years before (6), and an improvement on the 90% rate found 26 years previously (4). Fewer women (70%) were supplementing their breastmilk in the present study compared with the 1976 study (80%). Overall, more women were exclusively breastfeeding now (30%) compared with 10% in 1936 and only 2% were bottle-feeding compared with 10% then. These figures were similar to those of Scarlett et al (6) in 1996. Both the Scarlett study and the present study used a small sample size of fewer than 100 mothers.
It is likely that the various programmes introduced in Jamaica over the past 20 years including the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative which were aimed at increasing maternal education regarding the benefits of breastfeeding are at least partly responsible for the improved rates in breastfeeding. The high cost of formula may also discourage many families from using it. This survey, like the 1996 and 1973 studies, was carried out at the UHWI and found that women fed their babies on average every three hours. This compared with Montserratian women who breastfed every two hours at this age (17). The finding that parity bore no relation to frequency of feeding was also found by Scarlett et al (6) and the Montserrat study. In keeping with Grantham-McGregor and Back (4) in 1970, parity and maternal age had no effect on the likelihood of breastfeeding. However, the mean age of partially breastfeeding mothers was less than those of exclusive breastfeeders, consistent with the 1996 study (6).
Employment status had no effect on the prevalence of breastfeeding. However, most of the mothers had not yet returned to work and this likely explains why only few women gave this as the reason for starting the bottle. The association between breastfeeding and employment is of greater significance at six months postpartum (4, 14, 15). The same is also true for socio-economic status which was not related to any of the breastfeeding variables investigated in this study. Grantham-McGregor and Back (4) found that a higher proportion of mothers in lower socio-economic groups were breastfeeding at six months postpartum compared with mothers in higher socio-economic groups. The fact that breastfeeding favours good weight gain has been a common finding of the more recent studies at the UHWI (4, 14, 15) and was found here also. This agrees with information from international agencies such as the World Health Organization which states that breastfeeding, especially exclusive breastfeeding, favours the best weight gain.
In the Caribbean, a high proportion of women have always provided their infants with additional food items along with breastmilk (4, 6, 11, 14, 16) though we found a decline from previous reports. The items have changed from primarily bush teas' and orange juice to water and commercial formulae. This may reflect the greater urbanization of the population and greater access to tinned formula feeds.
Complementary items were most commonly introduced in the first month of the infants life, especially two to four weeks postpartum. The primary reasons given to start additional foods have remained consistent: to give water and inadequate breastmilk (4, 11, 1416).
Most of the women in this study indicated that they would wean their children before six months of age but increasing maternal age, parity and education were associated with an intention to wean later, at six months, or when the baby was ready. This may reflect improved knowledge and experience of child weaning or more confidence in their own parenting.
Almost all the mothers quoted the slogan 'Breast is Best' as the reason for breastfeeding their babies, a figure higher than most recent Caribbean studies (4, 11, 14, 16). It was also encouraging to find that almost all the women were encouraged antenatally to breastfeed.
The population of mothers served by UHWI is not typical of the general population of Jamaican mothers. The Perinatal Survey which interviewed all Jamaican women who delivered in Jamaica in a two-month period in 1986 (21) indicated that the UHWI catered to women who were older, more likely both to be employed and to be in stable relationships. This suggests that the women in this study may have been more motivated to breastfeed than the general population. Also, there were fewer low birthweight babies (6%) compared with the national average of 10% (22) and this may have biased our findings. Although the numbers of women breastfeeding was high, a high proportion was also supplementing babys diet. More effort must therefore be exerted to persuade mothers to continue exclusive breastfeeding for the recommended six months (2).
Subsequent to this study, an evaluation of the Breastfeeding Programme and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was carried out by surveying attendees at several urban and rural antenatal and post-natal clinics (excluding UHWI) (7). Those data were not presented dissagregated by clinic or area. Several findings were different compared with our study. For example, only 82% of the postnatal mothers were breastfeeding compared with 98% of our mothers, and less than 42% were nursing on demand compared with 82% of ours. The differences may be explained by the age range of the babies in that study (from less than four weeks to over 40 weeks), the inclusion of rural mothers, the higher parity of those mothers or other factors. It would be interesting to compare these findings when more details from that study become available.
The present study had a number of limitations. The sample size was small, the population studied was not representative of Jamaica as a whole and attendees at the clinic may further skew the results. Birthweights and babies' weights at six weeks were both taken from records and there was no control over their reliability. There were too few low birthweight infants to separately analyze these and compare the finding with that of Scarlett et al (6) that low birthweight babies benefitted from supplemental feeds. It would be useful to investigate these findings using a larger, more representative sample in order to further study the associations between patterns of breastfeeding and mothers education, age and parity. However, we confirmed the earlier findings by Scarlett et al that rates of breastfeeding at six weeks remain higher than two decades ago. There is still need to promote exclusive breastfeeding and early initiation of breastfeeding.
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The wedding space in India is a multi billion dollar industry. Popular wedding portals Shaadi.com and BharatMatrimony started way back in 1997, this is when the Internet users consisted of under 0.1% of the total population. And now when the technology, Internet and smartphones have brought so many cultural changes in both rural and urban India, new startups are rising up to match the tastes and demands of the connected generation. Here are 5 such rising businesses trying to bring about a change.
Started in August 2015 by 3 alumni from IIT Kanpur – Sourabh Varma, Ajay Pandey, Harsh Vardhan, Mumbai-based Marrily is a matchmaking app that believes in "connecting, then committing". It is a mobile only startup which uses Facebook for registration and requires a selfie for verification to ensure only real people sign up.
"When I was looking to get married, I found the entire process sort of painful and often awkward and frustrating. I'm sure many are facing that" said Sourabh, Founder at Marrily.
Marrily uses an algorithm to suggest matches and learns partner preferences with time. It connects mutually interested people over in-app chat for 30 days to discover mutual compatibility. Only when both are sure of taking it ahead, it further helps by notifying family members about the matches. It suggests profiles after carefully considering qualities important in match-finding. One can like or reject profiles without notifying the other person.
The app has built a base of 500 users. About 15% users visit the app everyday. The startup is reaching out to investors for raising the funds.
Marrily is competing with matrimonial sites like shaadi.com, and bharatmatrimony.com among others. The startup has planned a freemium model, i.e., free for certain functionalities and paid for upgrades.
Online matchmaking in India itself is about Rs.1,000 crore. The company believes that the true potential hasn't been realized because of various issues and the industry is significantly under-monetized. So opportunity pie is multiple times that of current size.
The app is available for free on Android. The iOS app is under development and will be launched soon.
WeddingPlz is a wedding vendor search portal that helps people find every wedding product and service such as catering, flower decoration, wedding jewellery, music services, parlour services and so on, all in one place.
Started in January 2014 by Manas Wadhwa, the startup has launched in 3 more cities now, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ludhiana and plan to launch in Bangalore by the end of this year. It lists more than 20,000 vendors specializing in wedding services with their detailed information and reviews. Besides vendor listing, some of the core features include wedding planning tools like wedding checklist, budget, guest list, e-invites and wedding website where in user can create and share his own personal website with out any cost.
From vendor details to planning tools, from wedding website to wedding blogs & events, WeddingPlz helps the to-be-wed couples and their family and friends to manage and organize everything for their special day. It lists more than 37,500 vendors across 41 categories.
In terms of product expansion the startup plan to launch Weddingplz mobile App by the end of this year and would be coming up with its own wedding directory of wedding vendors. It plans to launch in 12 more cities by the end of 2016.
At present, the company has over 3 lakh visits every month, have generated 35000+ leads till date and have 105 paying customers as part of its early revenue stage.
Gurgaon-based WedMeGood was founded by a husband – wife duo, Anand Shahani and Mehak Shahani, which assists the Indian couples who are planing their wedding, right from idea to execution stage. The startup features a curated guide of wedding professionals – photographers, makeup artists, decor, jewellery brands, designer wear and catering firms- all in one place, with detailed information, pricing and reviews.
Apart from this, it boasts of over 70,000 images uploaded by its vendors and users that provide inspiration for recently engaged couples. Around 200,000 unique visitors accessed the portal in the past month, contacting more than 3500 vendors listed across 18 categories related to Indian and International weddings.
This month, the company raised Rs.2.7 crores funding in the seed round which is led by Indian Angel Network (IAN) with participation from angels like Rishi Parti, Anupam Mittal, Sachin Bhatia and Kashyap Deorah. The funding will be used majorly to improve the product and scale-up business by increasing the vendors base across major metro cities. The firm is also in the process of launching both the iOS and Android mobile app in the coming couple of months.
In this space, the startup is competing with companies like Shaadisaga.com and Indear.in.
Started in January 2013 by Co-Founders Bhraman Rattan (CEO) and Suraj Dubey (COO), Marryinaweek is a matrimony portal which features every profile that is listed on the platform for a week in rotation every month. It allows each featured profile to become visible to all their potential matches and cause some of them to express interest.
Each interest generated expires in 7 days. Every featured profile which receive interests, must either accept or decline them before expiry. "This way we are able to connect both sides within a week. This is the most efficient match making process that is possible. On an average each featured profile receives about 50 interests every time we feature them," said Bhraman,
The startup had raised Rs.1.5 crore of seed funding and is in talks to raise more funds to scale up the wedding marketplace app. It needs funds for marketing, to acquire tech, sales, marketing and content talent and to beef up its sales and vendor teams across top 10 metro cities.
Its app is available for Android users which was launched in April 2015 and has received 8000 organic downloads so far. The firm is soon going to launch its wedding marketplace app which will be one stop wedding resource for all the wedding related services like venue, caterers, bridal/ groom wear, make up artists, photographers, DJs, Invitation cards, Band baja, Wedding planners,Decor etc. It is targeting to bring 10,000 curated wedding vendors in next 6 months. The startup has recently acquired a wedding services marketplace app from Parikshalabs which will be rolled out soon under its new brand.
PlanningWale was founded in April 2015 by Latika Malhotra, Kanishk Pandey and Sameer. It is a wedding & event search directory with listing of over 6000 matrimonial vendors like jewellers, venues, caterers and bakers, photographers, bandwalas, florist, astrologers, designers, make-up artists, mehendiwalas, car rentals, invitation cards, decorations, choreographers, fitness, wedding planners and many more.
User can search, compare & book vendors from over 25 categories and can directly call via app, rate & review, bookmark for future reference, search "near-by" vendors and also locate the vendor on the go through maps. Its app is available for Android users.
"We plan to revolutionize the industry and we know that it won't happen in one day so we've panned out a 5 year plan which we have broken further and are working on quarterly basis. Our plan for next quarter would be to go live Pan India with our services. We have already started the process of gathering Data and are working on the feedback from the Delhi based users," said Latika.
The startup launched its app a few days back only and has close to 500 downloads. The iOS version of the app will launched in next 15 days. The company has also started reaching out the international markets where it plan to launch themselves by the end of the second quarter.


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7 Money Hacks for Young People
Save money. Keep a budget. Stay out of debt. Don't drink too much (it's hard on your gut and your wallet).
We've heard all of that before. Seems simple, but how do you actually do it? A lot of the time, the key is in psychology and how you approach your finances. Here are your 7 money hacks to make sure that your cash doesn't slip through the cracks.
1. Don't be an ostrich.
In other words, don't stick your head in the sand and ignore facing the facts aka your bank account. 'Not being good with numbers' is absolutely no excuse to slack off; it's basic addition and subtraction, and there are calculators you can use. In fact, there are a plethora of apps out there that do all the maths for you. All you need to do is make sure that you don't spend more than you earn. The concept is simple enough, but obviously harder to implement. Constantly checking your finances might seem depressing and tiresome, but it keeps you on track. If you see that you've spent a lot of money in one week, you can even it out by not eating out the next week. But if you check back in two months and see that your bank balance is in bad shape, you might have to make drastic changes. Ignorance doesn't make the problem go away, and it's easier to make small adjustments over time rather than have a crisis every quarter.
2. A pound saved isn't a pound earned.
It's the classic case of using an extra gallon of gas to go to a gas station that's a few pence cheaper. Consider what you're sacrificing to save some money, and whether it's worth it. Did you download an online textbook instead of buying it, but find it very inefficient or uncomfortable to study from? Or did you waste hours standing in a queue for free food that's just mediocre? It all depends on your preferences, but keep in mind that time is not free, and just because something doesn't have a price doesn't mean that it's not valuable.
3. Make lists.
Vouchers in the mail. Pop up sales. All the marketing tools that trick your brain into spending too much money. A way to combat this is to keep a running list of things to buy; the Reminders app on the iPhone is quite useful for this and I always keep two lists. On my "Need to buy" list, I note down things like water filters, rain boots, medicine, notebooks, or birthday presents. In my "Wish List" I include anything else that pops into my mind, ranging from clothes to event tickets. This method is great for two reasons. First, you'll know exactly what you need to buy when a surprise sale pops up. You can take advantage of the discounts by buying things that you were going to buy anyway, and if you see something that's not on the list, it makes you evaluate if you really need the item. Second, it curbs impulse purchases. For example, for a period of time, I was consumed with the desire to buy a fancy new phone case. I put it on my Wish List to purchase when I had time, but after some time, I lost interest in the phone case and deleted it from the list. This way, you don't actively have to exercise willpower by telling yourself 'no,' but you still restrict impulse buys.
4. You become broke £10 at a time.
It's easy to justify spending £10 on a nice shirt that you saw whilst strolling down Oxford Street, or on a gourmet hamburger during lunch. £10 won't make much difference, right? Wrong. A molehill will become a mountain and you'll soon wonder where all of your money has gone. You don't remember splashing out on anything really extravagant like designer shoes, but somehow, your bank balance is looking quite pathetic. Don't make the mistake of being careless with small amounts – money is money, even if you spend it in small increments.
5. Don't buy for the joy of buying.
What does this mean? We all indulge in retail therapy at times, but you should be spending your money because you want or need the product you're actually buying, not just for the experience of shopping. This is linked to the previous point; if you buy a cheap dress from Primark, you might feel good in the moment, but I can assure you that you won't feel the same about the tacky frayed polyester in two month's time.
6. Quality over quantity.
It's hard to remember this golden rule when you're actually in the shop; swiping your card to pay hundreds of pounds on a nice coat seems sacrilegious when there are more affordable options that look the same. But if you continuously chose the low quality items that don't last, you'll end up with £500 of junk that you want to throw out. In retrospect, it's easy to see that maybe a £300 coat that would have lasted several years would have been the better choice. That being said, not everything you buy has to be the most expensive to be useful in your life. Through trial and error, you must figure out where to spend your money to lead a satisfied life. There's nothing worse than simultaneously feeling like you don't have enough money but disliking everything that you own.
7. Saving isn't the entire story.
Yes, saving money is important and that's what the last 7 tips have been about. But there's another side to the coin: earning more. Sometimes, not being wasteful isn't quite enough to build up your personal wealth; there's a limit to how much saving can do. At some point, if you want to have a higher quality life, you just need to earn more money. Consider side jobs, or even switching jobs altogether so that you get paid more for your efforts. There are hundreds of jobs on the Rise To site, so build up your profile to get matched to great opportunities. Finally, don't forget to invest in your personal development and education; much like the quality over quantity argument, it will definitely pay off in the long run. Money is a means to an end, not the end itself.


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MIT opens App Inventor Beta Preview to the public
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has opened its web-based App Inventor service for testing by the general public. MIT originally acquired the App Inventor source code from Google when the company terminated the project in December 2011.
App Inventor allows users with minimal programming knowledge to create Android applications through a drag-and-drop interface. The MIT Center for Mobile Learning, which was created to develop the application and educational materials around it, says that App Inventor is now "suitable for any use, including running classes" but that users should be aware of the fact that it has not been tested on its servers under production load yet. Users are advised to maintain backup copies of applications developed with the service at all times.
According to the release announcement, a first stable release of the software should be expected within the first quarter of this year. The Center is currently working on improving the general performance of the service and has said it will also concentrate on developing resources to make the programme more useful as a learning tool.
The App Inventor source code is available from the project's Google Code site and is published under the Apache Licence 2.0. Ready compiled versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux can also be downloaded from the site.
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- Google donates App Inventor to MIT's new Center for Mobile Learning, a report from The H.


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RE-SIGNING superstar Marcus Bontempelli is clearly the biggest list management priority for the Western Bulldogs, but locking away fellow young gun Toby McLean should be a close second in the club's player-retention strategy.
Both will fall out of contract at the end of 2019, and while the 'Bont' duly deserves the multi-season, multi-million dollar deal he is reportedly negotiating, McLean can expect to sign a much longer and more lucrative extension than the two-year contract he is on.
McLean's growing importance to the Dogs was no more evident than when Bontempelli was a late withdrawal from last weekend's win over Gold Coast. The 22-year-old picked up the midfield slack and delivered arguably his best performance of his 45 games in the red, white and blue.
"I thought I contributed a bit more than I have done in the past few weeks, which is good," McLean told AFL.com.au.
"I thought Mitch Wallis, Jack Macrae and myself worked really well in there together with 'Bonti' out, so we knew we had to step up.
"It was statistically my best game of my career, but I'm just trying to improve every week."
In that productive afternoon in Ballarat, the midfielder collected a career-high 33 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency and laid a team-high 13 tackles. The performance is a great reflection of a player who is finding the right balance between attack and defence.
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge forecast such an evolution in McLean's game and believes he has the tools to join Bontempelli as one of the AFL's elite playmakers.
"The A-graders of the competition have a great combination of speed and endurance and they're finishers or direct-assist players, and Toby can be one of those players," Beveridge told AFL.com.au in March.
"He's also got some aggression in his game and we covet that, so he could be considered externally as one of the better midfielders in the competition if he keeps on this journey."
While flattered by his Beveridge's lavish praise, a modest McLean isn't buying into the hype around his progress, despite his stats supporting his coach's bold prediction.
The premiership Bulldog is 10th in the AFL for handballs, equal 17th for tackles, 18th for clearances, score involvements and running bounces and 20th for effective disposals.
"I think being becoming an A-grader is a bit of stretch because I'm just trying to play consistently every week," he said.
"I've been working on the balance in my game because last year I was playing better on the inside, so I'm working on my outside game more this season.
"I'm looking to beat my opponent on the inside and then spread from the contest a lot better.
"I tend to handball a bit more, but I think I have improved my field kicking because I've made it a priority."
While Bontempelli is expected to pen to paper sooner than later, the Bulldog faithful can rest easy that McLean is almost certain to do likewise.
"The Dogs have looked after me and I definitely can't see myself at any other club," he said.
"The more games you play, the more comfortable you are around the place, so I feel like I belong here.
"This is where I definitely want to be."


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The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy edited by Leah Wilson
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"Attack on Titan" and More "Psycho-Pass" Perfumes on the Way
No, they don't smell like 3D maneuver gear oil and titan saliva
Attack on Titan isn't the first anime you'd pick to inspire perfumes, but Cafe' Reo is offering Eren, Mikasa and Levi Eu de Toilette never the less.
No, they don't smell like 3D maneuver gear oil and titan saliva.
Eren's scent is an aggressive mint, lemon, lime and bergamot above cardamom, nutmeg and anise, with a base of cedar wood, sandalwood and musk.
Mikasa is a calm rose hip, raspberry and cassia above plum, muguet llily of the valley and rose, then cedar wood and musk.
Levi and a straight and clean soap above Rose, Lotus and Iris to balance out that soapy top fragrance and its bottom smell has cedar wood and musk.
Each perfume bottle costs 5,500 yen and will be released on late October 2013.
Oh, and it's probably best not to expect Hanji perfume any time soon. According to design notes, her hair is supposed to look like she hasn't washed in days.
Meanwhile, noitaminA Apparel is getting ready to offer a third Psycho-Pass perfume. As with the now sold out Shinya Kōgami and Shōgo Makishima, fans are being asked to vote for the composition of the Nobuchika Ginoza fragrance.
You can vote on whether you want the scent to reflect his secretly conflicted heart orange and bergamot above cocoa or the tension to keep his cool with bergamot, lemon and lavender with iris or the appearance of calm intelligence with bergamot and peach above jasmine tea here.
The earlier perfumes went to 6,800yen a bottle.
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South High School Families,
Administrators and Staff would like to say "Thank You" for making this transition of the new, School Arrival and Dismissal Procedure go smoothly. The feedback that we are getting from parents is very positive. We would also like to give a "Big Thank You" to Mr. Sirovy's Engineering Design and Development class for designing the plan.
Just a reminder: For car drop offs there are important changes. Families will be asked to enter the school property using the east parking lot north entrance. A special lane has beeen created for cars to pull forward and line up to drop students off. Cars will exit the lot using a right turn onto 21st Avenue. No cars will be allowed to enter the South parking lot entrance during pick up or dismissal times.
Thank you,
Ray Aponte, Dagny Waldeland, Stephen Simondet, Jean Webb-Bradford
South High Administrative Team
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The Maidan kids took it upon themselves to rename Moskovsky St to Heroes of Kruty St. in honor of the the young students who, without support, defended the city of Kyiv from the Russian onslaught in 1918. The Maidanivtsi, as they call themselves, pasted the following over Moscowski St. signs on buildings:
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Good for them! Even if the street was historically named Moskovski because it led out from the city to Moscow, there is no reason for it to continue to carry the name.
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Please disregard the message of this post, as I am back to spilling my ramblings in electronic form.
I'm still in Thailand.
I'm still a resident of northern Virginia.
The work of my former roommate, David G., that I helped to type up is still available out in the e-wild.
I still have a job, a family, and the stress of living in a foreign country, but I do honestly believe that I can lessen that stress by using this space as an outlet. I may be wrong, but it's worth a try.
Also, I am still hopelessly addicted to the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I am currently playing as a Bosmer rogue (thief/fighter) character.


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Actively involved in the Irish wind energy sector and plans to be a major player in a small but rapidly growing market.