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Bigler files for Blackfoot mayor
Rick Bigler has officially become the second candidate to announce his run for mayor of the city of Blackfoot.
Bigler filed his declaration of candidacy and petition with the city on Monday, the first official day of the two-week filing period for mayoral candidacy. He was the second person to file after economist Dan Cravens, who announced in April his intention to run for mayor in Blackfoot.
"In the spirit of public service, I announce my candidacy for Mayor of Blackfoot," Bigler stated in a press release. "It is my desire to help Blackfoot be an attractive place for businesses as well as citizens."
Bigler, who has lived in Blackfoot for 20 years, said he has always been interested in a life of public service. He has served in the U.S. Air Force and on the Blackfoot School Board. He was instrumental in starting the group "Concerned Citizens of School District 55" last winter and in educating the public about the district's supplemental levy.
"I feel it is important to participate in the community that you live in," he said. "As mayor, my focus will be threefold." As follows:
1-Promote fiscal responsibility for those areas for which city government is responsible, i.e, roads, sewers, parks and recreation, snow removal, beautification of public area, etc.
2-Promote personal responsibility for those areas for which the citizens of Blackfoot are responsible, i.e, beautification of neighborhoods and homes through awards and recognitions.
3-Promote the acquisition of higher education for high school students by establishing a mayor's scholarship through private donations.
Bigler said he is looking forward to the next few months of "getting to know the citizens of Blackfoot and hearing what they think the mayor of the City of Blackfoot should be doing."
"I seek input from all citizens on way to improve our city," he said. "I want to thank Mayor [Mike] Virtue for the leadership he has provided during his two terms of service.
The deadline to file for mayoral candidacy for the City of Blackfoot is at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6.


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The Bombardier MOVIA metro vehicles for the Singapore Downtown Line (DTL) are able to operate under a fully automated mode and have high capacity aluminium carbodies developed from a standardised platform, ensuring a high degree of reliability, safety and low life-cycle cost. The vehicles are environmentally-friendly through the use of the latest propulsion technology with low energy consumption, optimised performance and are also up to 90% recyclable. Integration of industry-leading BOMBARDIER ECO4 technologies, including regenerative braking and an intelligent air-conditioning system – contribute to energy savings.
The new fleet of 264 fully automated MOVIA metro cars will run underground on the world's longest driverless mass rapid transit line that is 42km long. The DTL is projected to see a daily ridership of 500,000, thus further enhancing commuter mobility, and also helping promote a greener mode of transportation for Singapore.
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Strange behaviour with CC and TO
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Posted: 15 September 2011 at 5:38am
Hi Roberto
Finally I have a little problem again with the current release of SF and have to bother you
We have the problem, that we often get a email, always from the same sender, who send these mails to one or two users addressed in the RCPT TO: field and one or two in the CC:
Strange behaviour is, the guys in the the CC: get the mail, one of the TO: also, but mostly one in the TO: not and it's allways the same user.
I'll try to explain with the Log's:
09.14.11 04:14:28:358 -- (1932) Detected TCP Connection: 18.104.22.168
09.14.11 04:14:28:358 -- (1932) Connection from: 184.108.40.206 - Originating country : United States
09.14.11 04:14:28:733 -- (1932) Received MAIL FROM: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
09.14.11 04:14:28:920 -- (1932) Received RCPT TO: email@example.com
09.14.11 04:14:28:920 -- (1932) Bypassed all rules for: firstname.lastname@example.com from email@example.com ( Whitelisted EMail Address From)
09.14.11 04:14:29:811 -- (1932) Starting queueing procedures
09.14.11 04:14:29:826 -- (1932) EMail from email@example.com to email@example.com was queued. Size: 18 KB, 18432 bytes
09.14.11 04:14:29:826 -- (888) Sending email from firstname.lastname@example.com to firstname.lastname@example.com --
09.14.11 04:14:34:967 -- (1932) Starting bayesian procedures
09.14.11 04:14:35:155 -- (1932) Disconnect
Looks everything just as usual, but if you have a look at the header of the email, you will recognize there is one recipient more, and the guy who get the mail is not in the TO: field how the SF log lies to me, he's in the CC
Received: from mail.mydomain.ch (172.17.36.2) by EXGEMA.myinternaldomain.ads
(172.17.36.75) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 220.127.116.11; Wed, 14 Sep 2011
04:14:33 +0200
Received: from 184.108.40.206 by mail.mydomain.ch (LogSat Software SMTP Server);
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:14:29 +0200
Received: from [126.96.36.199] by nm26.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13
Sep 2011 05:03:41 -0000
Received: from [18.104.22.168] by tm6.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13
Sep 2011 05:02:41 -0000
Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1053.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Sep
2011 05:02:41 -0000
X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: firstname.lastname@example.com
Received: (qmail 31463 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2011 05:02:41 -0000
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1315890161; bh=9ze7KKmKWTiItY8PlW1nXxjdbK+ymnmgtbzrgAMPrqs=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Return-Receipt-To:From:To:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:Importance:Thread-Index:Content-Language:Disposition-Notification-To; b=Tgd9HjZZ5h2CeJxXtd1k0Hd5Le6np/fTFD4KbuOrEbuIhNn7wMNL25v9Vsa11bexWDccK7IXiADPK9zysSs4rac1VU3T1UEw/fIMnvQGFFnTgzkANin+Cpy/Lu0wJjKyhsRWdUALMQzRdQtKNre5kgOUh2mH/anYS/FJCiAV5d8=
X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3
X-YMail-OSG: .t7FvOYVM1kNqXzIGYpRLGrrbszZ33UG4n0Z8Q5vOFFh5Yc
X-Yahoo-SMTP: jDvKeMqswBDGbotT02CRMr8zDHSm8fdgTRiOZjI2
Received: from DELLMARGE (email@example.com with login) by
smtp113.biz.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2011 22:02:36 -0700 PDT
Return-Receipt-To: "Marge" <email@example.com>
From: Marge <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: 'Christensen Sandra' <firstname.lastname@example.com> <---- never received the mail
CC: 'Ahrendt Georg' <firstname.lastname@example.com> <---- he got the mail
References: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: RE: Inquiry for Discount-Powder Hoses
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:02:29 +0400
Message-ID: <!&!firstname.lastname@example.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
X-Priority: 1 (Highest)
X-MSMail-Priority: High
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0
Importance: High
Thread-Index: AcxQFA7Sxp3ibCibS0O+arh+hObWjQbtsCBAAAE64rAAAAeEAgAiVJSgADnlCkABJFGOkA==
Content-Language: en-us
Disposition-Notification-To: "Marge" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
X-Server: LogSat Software SMTP Server
X-SF-RX-Return-Path: <email@example.com>
X-SF-HELO-Domain: nm26.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com
X-SF-Originating-IP: 22.214.171.124
X-SF-WhiteListedReason: Whitelisted EMail Address From
Return-Path: email@example.com
Do you have any idea what happen here? It looks like this sender is always using Yahoo to forward the mail, but if one recipient is getting the mail, why the hell the second not? I have no f**king clue
Thx for any suggestions
Reagrds Wayne
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Hi Wayne,
Most of the headers in an email that is received (including the To: and the CC: ones) are inserted by the mail client. Those addresses in the headers are actually not related in any way to the addresses that the sender's mail server provides in the RCPT TO command. The emails specified in the RCPT TO command are the actual recipients of the email, not the ones specified in the TO: and CC: headers.
This said, in "normal" non-spam emails the addresses in the headers and the ones provided in the RCPT TO commands do match, but please do remember that I could for example send you an email in which the TO: headers shows "email@example.com" and the CC: header shows "email@example.com".
In this specific email, Yahoo did indeed sent to SpamFilter only one RCTP TO command, specifying the email address "email@example.com". As the email looks legitimate, non-spam, it's a bit unusual that the TO and CC headers do not match the RCPT TO, but the issue should be looked into by the sender, as ultimately it is the remote server that only asked for delivery to one user.
What's odd is that there appears to be a delay of about one hour and 11 minutes before the email is received by SpamFilter from Yahoo's servers. Are you using greylisting by any chance? Yahoo has known problems with greylisting - see this thread http://www.logsat.com/SpamFilter/Forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6942#14084 for a more detailed description (and solution). I would not see why greylisting could cause Yahoo to deliver emails to one user and not another, but if they violate RFCs in one way they could be doing it in others....
and they do not necessarily have to match
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Hi Roberto
Thx for your comments.
Of course I know that it's possible to fake the TO: headers, but in this case our customer is not doing that and is just using Outlook as mail client. So that means Yahoo is mixing up or deleting some header informations when they forward his mail and that's really strange for such a big internet company like Yahoo is. This is simply unbelievable.
The delay problem of Yahoo is beacuse we use the greylist feature. It's again just unbelievable that Yahoo is still having problems with such a old function like greylisting and still violates the RFCs.
So then we will advise our customers to not longer use yahoo anymore.
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Hi Wayne,
You could try manually adding the entries I mentioned in the other posts to the GreyListAllowed.txt file - they are the known outbound SMTP servers for Yahoo at the time. That may help alleviate the issue with Yahoo.
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I've checked your list with the IP's, but in all our examples the mails were sent from IP's from Yahoo server who are not in this list. So for me it's not worth to hunting always the IP's of their server.
But thx
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Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Sony and Panasonic bonds to "junk" status.
Let's not misinterpret this. Both companies are huge multinationals active in literally hundreds of different business. Both have suffered greatly in their TV business against the Koreans, but both have major operations that continue to be highly profitable.Overall though, they are both companies are bleeding money and need to restructure and rethink some of their activities. Sony started this last year, emphasizing areas where they would make new investments (imaging being one of the major ones) while Panasonic hasn't yet given signs of what's going to be pushed and what allowed to wither. BTW, Sony's semiconductor business (including sensors) is one of their growth segments. All this means is that for both companies the cost of money will go up for a while.Michael
Aye, I think far too much store is set upon the musings of ratings agencies and I wouldn't be the first to point out that they are not always just disinterested spectators.
I agree.These ratings mean absolutely nothing for the companies themselves. I am not interested enough to even go back and check what said agencies said on the brink of the GFC about the companies that ruined the entire world, but am sure it would make for an interesting read (from a research point of view relevant to how much one can trust these agencies).I think the only people interested in such dribble are money rich common sense poor playboys who don't know what to gamble their daddy's money next on.Anyone who would visit Japan would find Panasonic and Sony are omnipresent literally everywhere. From laptops and mobile phones (yep, everything in Japan is a branded item, no "no name" junk on the shelves) and elevators/lifts in the mall to power lines on the Shinkansen railway. Both are vertically integrated giants and if push comes to shove I am sure the japanese people will just work harder for less pay to save them. Such is the psyche of the japanese. Not understandable in the west where feelings of entitlement come first but that's the way it is. Visit Japan if you want to see for yourself.If my random choice of hobbies left me any cash sloshing about, I would buy Panasonic and Sony shares right now, thank you very much.
I agree ...... These ratings mean absolutely nothing for the companies themselves ...If my random choice of hobbies left me any cash sloshing about, I would buy Panasonic and Sony shares right now, thank you very much.
About ratings ... You guys are a bit out of your depth on this.
As are most politicians I would safely guess, but the currency traders also jump up and down at their whistle so do we assume that they to haven't a grasp on what the ratings mean either?
... companies with poor stock valuations ...
Currency traders? Now you would appear to be talking about sovereign ratings?Here, the ratings agencies are truly irrelevant.
Oh if only that were the case. Over here in Europeland it is the downgrading of countries economy's that have pushed up interest rates that states can borrow at and jiggled the value of the Euro around causing great misery in many countries. Greece is the prime example but Ireland is is also corkscrewing down into oblivion. True, we don't hear quite so much about the reptiles as we did a year or so back hopefully because various governing bodies have got wise to their game and now pretty much ignore their entrails and beads.
... if you think the problems faced by Greece and Ireland and other European nations were in any way shape or form caused by anything that a ratings agency said ... then you are smoking crack.You can't really seem to stay on topic. We were talking about corporations and corporate ratings ... specifically Asian consumer electronics conglomerates ... not really sure what that has to do with Europe.
Justin ... you really don't know what you are talking about ... you just make shit up.Let's look at Ireland's ratings from S&P and the rates they can borrow at.Ireland was rated AA- in 1989. It was bumped up to AA in 1995, AA+ in 1998 and AAA in 2001. Were you praising S&P during this time?On March 24th, 2009 the auction yield on 10 Year Irish Debt was 5.8%On March 30th, 2009 Ireland was downgraded to AA+. On April 24th, 2009 the auction yield on 10 Year Irish Debt was 5.1% ... yields fell after the downgrade ... huh ...On June 8th, 2009 Ireland was downgraded to AA.On August 18th, 2009 the auction yield on 10 Year Irish Debt was 4.55% ... yields fell after the downgrade ... huh ... On August 24th, 2010 Ireland was downgraded to AA-.On August 17th, 2012 the auction yield on on Irish Debt was 5.4% ... rising ... but still 40bp lower than when they were AAA rated.What was that you were saying again about ratings and borrowing costs?
Sigh.Meanwhile the 10 year German bond yield is 1.38% and the Euro central bank rate is 0.75%. Ireland is paying nearly four times as much as Germany to borrow money.


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pictures by me, stefanie, tasha and janne
In order to do the impossible of summing up a year so full of great memories, I gathered this little album of some unposted 2011 holiday photos!
may the pictures say it better, but to keep it nice and short..
Chilled life in Finland, new puppies and mushroom finds. Travelling around Morocco and getting a glimpse of the local life. Too much fun in Carcassonne with my lovely Tash. More Finland and food, sister Steffi and field posing. Hanging out with Aurora and Teemu, Helsinki vs. country life. Road tripping around Europe with neon nails. Cousins hillbilly themed hen do and in the spirit of my sisters tattoo, can't wait to do it all again.
Thank you for making 2011 the best year of my life so far, love you all.


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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Genea-Quilters, founded by Pat Richley-Erickson, Gena Philibert-Ortega and Tami Osmer-Glatz, have created a one of a kind War of 1812 commemorative quilt in support of the Preserve the Pensions project. In order to maintain the old timey feel, the quilt was pieced together using patterns of the time period of 1812-1900, when most of the War of 1812 pensioners' wives and mothers would have been making quilts.
Genea-Quilters have kindly donated this unique quilt to be given away as the grand prize in our drawing. For every $ 1 donated to Preserve the Pensions an entry is made into the drawing. The winner will be announced at the 2013 FGS Conference being held at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, August 21-24, 2013.
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The Genea-Quilters have out done themselves as you can see from the pictures of this amazing Bi-Centennial Commemorative Quilt! This Carpenter's Star quilt was created by over a dozen Genea-Quilters to support the fundraising efforts to Preserve the Pensions for the soldiers of the War of 1812. Yes, you have the opportunity to own this quilt – here's how!
Make a donation to the Preserve the Pensions project by visiting www.preservethepensions.org . Click on the Donate button and make your donation. Be sure to check the box "Please enter this donation into the War of 1812 Quilt Drawing." Each dollar donated increases your chances of this quilt being awarded to you.
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Thomas, can a Society donate to the campaign and be eligible to win the quilt? If so, are there any restrictions on what the Society can do with the quilt, e.g., have a member raffle? Thanks, Denise RichmondReplyDelete
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Ahead of the release of PS Vita Pets for the PlayStation Vita, a new mobile app, Puppy Parlour, lets players run their own puppy-pampering parlor. Each day brings a new dog, and players will be tasked with meeting their specific needs through a range of activities such as taking them for a walk, showering and feeding them, and playing games.
The games include Dream Chase, which is a race to collect golden bones, and Snack Balance, in which players tilt their device to keep the dog steady as it balances a tasty treat on its nose. Completing these games and looking after the dogs earns points that can be used to upgrade the parlor, as well as unlock new items and clothes.
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I just recently installed WinXP SP3 on my Dell Dimension 4400, which I intend on using as a WinXP gaming computer for games of the appropriate era. I want to put Warzone 2100 2.3.9 on it sometime soon. I was wondering if there exists any 1280x1024 wallpapers of Pumpkin Studios' Warzone 2100 art renders.
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Tom Farkas planned to mark the presence of the Stanley Cup in the Buffalo, N.Y., area by putting a big mural of Patrick Kane in the window of his hockey equipment store, Great Skate, in suburban Amherst on Friday morning.
But when reports of a law enforcement investigation into an incident at Kane's house in Hamburg became public Thursday, Farkas began to have reservations about the timing of displaying the mural created by Bauer Hockey, one of Kane's sponsors.
"Patrick Kane is an important part of my business," Farkas said. "He's an icon. I'd rather have him on the window than somebody else."
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Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center
Rome, GA 30161
The Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center showcases the diversity of the Etowah, Coosa and Oostanaula rivers that converge in the center of Historic Downtown Rome. Exhibits feature live aquatic life and wildlife from Coosa River watershed. Large tanks showcase native fish species, including the highly endangered sturgeon. In operation as the E.C.O. Center since 2011, the LEED Gold-certified building opened in 1893 as a freshwater pumping station for the City of Rome. The original brick structure in Ridge Ferry Park transported water from the Oostanaula River to the filtration complex atop Jackson Hill.
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Hours of Operation
Tuesday: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
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Free Parking
Guided Tours / Guide Available
Maps & Brochures Available
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Picnic Area
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Handicapped Accessible
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Near Interstate Highway
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When my husband and I walked out of the maternity ward after our daughter was born, we didn't look like new parents. Other couples carefully carried swaddled bundles to their cars and nervously strapped them into their safety seats, while we held only our overnight bags—and a breast pump. My perfect pregnancy had ended five weeks early, and our 2-day-old daughter was in a neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU). She was breathing through a tube, surrounded by other premature or sick newborns and the beeps of the highly calibrated machines that kept them all alive. It would be three weeks before we'd be able to bring little Abigail home from the hospital.
We were completely unprepared for the weeks that followed her birth: getting used to the sight of her tiny body hooked up to IV lines; watching nurses weigh each soiled diaper; finding terms like "oxygen sats" (the saturation level of oxygen in the blood) and "RDS" (respiratory-distress syndrome) lodged in our conversation; scrubbing our hands and forearms for a full three minutes, five or so times a day, before being allowed to touch our new baby.
Today Abigail is perfectly happy and healthy, and though the traumas of the NICU are long behind her, we, her parents, still remember them well. And we're not alone: Each year, nearly 13 percent of newborns in the U.S.—some half a million babies—are premature (born at less than 37 weeks), and most will spend some time in an NICU due to complications. The numbers of preterm births are rising, up 36 percent since the early 1980s. Fortunately, with advances in neonatal care and technology, the chances that these babies will survive and thrive are rising too. While some parents are warned that premature birth and a NICU stay is a possibility due to multiple births or a pregnancy condition, many don't know what's ahead until they're in the delivery room. In either case, it's impossible to really prepare for what's behind the doors of an NICU—except to know that, as trying as it may be, miracles happen there every day.
In the beginning, one of the most difficult tasks for parents is redefining what's normal, says Mara Tesler Stein, a Chicago clinical psychologist, whose premature twin girls spent the first eight and a half weeks of their lives in an NICU. "When you give birth to a premature baby, you're dealing with a tiny infant who's fighting for her life," she says.
And though you may feel you're facing this trial alone, you're not. Here, veterans of NICUs, both parents and medical experts, share their advice and experiences.
Learn About Risks For Preterm Labor
While I was in early labor, walking the halls of the hospital, my husband and I strolled right past the NICU but paused to watch the newborns in the well-baby nursery, even though I was only 35 weeks pregnant and it was highly likely that our baby would spend some time in the NICU. Indeed, hours later she was there.
If there's a chance you may deliver preterm—if you're on bed rest or carrying more than one baby, for instance—ask to meet the neonatologist and, above all, get a tour of the NICU. "You can begin building a rapport with the staff before the birth and learn a little about what to expect," says Terri Slagle, M.D., the Director of California Pacific's Neonatal Outreach Program, in San Francisco.
Karen Cork, of Calgary, Canada, knew she was at risk of preterm delivery, and says that getting a sneak peak of the neonatal intensive-care unit was a real plus: "I remember seeing a beautiful twenty-four-and-a-half-weeker in her parents' arms and thinking, If she can make it, so could our thirty-two-weeker."
Expect To Feel Scared At First
Even with preparation, the first few days following the birth are terribly difficult. "When I saw our son after he was born, I was scared to death," says Marybeth Roberts, a Philadelphia mother whose son, Connor, was born at 27 weeks and spent two months in the hospital. "The NICU felt cold, my hormones were high, and it was the least rational hour of my life. I didn't know how I was going to love this tiny infant with a head the size of a tangerine." Roberts's feelings weren't unusual. In fact, some parents of extremely early preemies find it difficult even to name their infant, fearing the baby will die.
No doubt when you imagined getting to know your newborn, you didn't picture a two-to three-pound infant behind a tangle of tubes and wires. "But keep in mind that you are the baby's parent. Even though she's in the hospital, trust in your ability to begin parenting," says Jeanette Zaichkin, a clinical nurse specialist at Providence St. Peter Hospital, in Olympia, Washington, and the author of Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know.
Many parents soon realize, as Roberts eventually did, that their baby is theirs to love and care for. No matter how small he is, he needs your love and touch—something technology can't provide.
Prepare For Ups And Downs—For Both Of You
Overwhelming love, fear, anger, detachment, and helplessness are just some of the emotions you'll probably feel feel, warns Tesler Stein, co-author of Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey. "But perhaps the most basic feeling is powerlessness," she says. "You couldn't stop this from happening and you can't make it better. I would look at my girls on the ventilators and think, Oh, if only I could breathe for you."
It's important to avoid blaming yourself. "I spend a lot of time telling new mothers that they didn't cause this," says Ellen Bifano, M.D., a clinical professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York at Syracuse and an attending neonatologist at Crouse Hospital, also in Syracuse.
Although most parents will face long days when their baby is rarely alert (preemies in the NICU spend lots of time sleeping) and days when they may receive news of medical setbacks, there will likely be better times, too, and those are the ones to savor. "Think about your baby's homecoming," Dr. Slagle advises.
Take Care Of Yourself—And Each Other
You'll weather the days in the neonatal nursery a lot better if you spend some time away from it. "A nonstop bedside vigil is exhausting," says Dr. Slagle. "At home, you wouldn't sit at a newborn's bassinet 24 hours a day. Every new parent needs downtime."
Good advice, but it can be hard to follow. Three days before my daughter came home, I was en route to my hair salon and feeling like a terrible mother, an imposter: How could I be so vain while my newborn was still in the hospital? But that haircut was one of the best things I could have done for myself. "Look to your nurse to give you cues about the ideal times for you and your spouse to take a break," says Zaichkin. "It's okay to enjoy yourselves by taking a walk or going to a movie or dinner."
Getting enough rest will help keep your spirits up too. "The more tired I became, the more depressed I felt," says Cork. Unlike most parents of newborns, you can actually look forward to uninterrupted sleep while your baby is in the NICU. It's a thin silver lining, but you may as well take advantage of this small gift.
Get Ready To Pump
During my pregnancy, I assumed I'd breastfeed my baby. But I was speechless when, the day after I gave birth, the nurses brought me a breast pump and milk bags. Many preemies aren't yet strong enough to nurse on their own. So there I sat, listening to the whomp-whomp sound the contraption made as it sucked milk from my breasts, feeling more like a cow than an enraptured new mom. But I stuck it out, as many mothers who have sick or premature babies in the NICU are encouraged to do.
Pumping may be unromantic, but your breast milk can do wonders for your baby's well-being. In fact, it's higher in certain proteins and amino acids than that of mothers of full-term babies. Plus, pumping allows you to do something for your baby that no one else can.
Be patient while pumping, advise mothers who've been there—and be proud of what you're able to produce. Relax, drink lots of water, and try to think about how your milk is helping your baby grow and thrive. "For the first two days, I pumped and pumped and thought, nothing was coming," recalls Karen Cork. But the nurses took those first drops and fed them to her son. What Cork had considered "nothing" was colostrum, the fluid rich in antibodies and nutrients that all breast-feeding women produce before their milk comes in.
Expect To Take On Different Roles
How you and your partner respond to the crisis, and to each other, will greatly affect this experience. If one of you sits a cribside vigil while the other hates to visit the NICU, it can be a tough go. You may wonder, "Why is he so angry when I'm so sad?" or "Why is she accepting this when I can't?"
"You need to acknowledge that you have separate needs and may each take on different roles during this time," says Tesler Stein. My husband recalls wondering why he wasn't as worried about our tiny daughter as I was. "I'd be at work and get calls from the NICU and think, Why am I okay being here? I guess I didn't feel like our baby was ours yet. But these days if she scrapes a knee while playing it almost breaks my heart."
Get Involved In Your Baby's Care
It's easy to feel like a useless outsider while the competent medical staff cares for your newborn. But your presence is terribly important. "I firmly believe that babies know the difference between a nurse's therapeutic touch and a parent's loving one," says Zaichkin. Perhaps most gratifying for parents is practicing "kangaroo care," a therapeutic-touch technique offered in some NICUs and practiced under the supervision of a nurse or doctor: The baby is carefully undressed and brought up underneath the parent's shirt, where she's held against Mom's or Dad's warm chest. "Research suggests that when an infant has skin-to-skin contact, specifically kangaroo care, he often has a more stable breathing rate and sleeps better," explains Zaichkin. One look shows how good it is for parents. As high-tech as the NICU is, a baby's success doesn't rely totally on technology.
While it'll be some time before you can bathe or diaper your baby, the valuable lessons of touch can still be learned, often with the guidance of a skilled nurse who specializes in newborns like yours. "From the beginning, the nurses encouraged us to touch Connor, and they showed us how to make skin-to-skin contact without overstimulating him," says Marybeth Roberts. Your deep involvement and contact will greatly benefit your baby.
Take Time To Know Your Baby
One of your major tasks is to start to make your baby truly your own, even when it feels like she belongs to the hospital. Although most parents become experts at reading the monitors attached to their baby, the staff urge parents to focus on the baby instead.
Watching your newborn is not only rewarding, it helps make you feel like a parent. "We made Connor ours by watching him and learning his little habits during his NICU stay," says Roberts. "We noticed how much food he could take at a time and how he liked having his diaper changed."
Just because your baby is in an incubator doesn't mean you can't both feel more at home. "Many parents find that when they begin dressing their child in something other than hospital T-shirts, it's a real emotional transition for them," says Tesler Stein. (Preemie-size clothes are sold at Babies "R" Us, BabyGap and JCPenney; or by mail through the preemiewear catalog at 800-992-8469; and on the Preemie Store Web site at preemiestore.com.)
Parents can post photos of themselves and the baby's siblings outside the incubator. "The nurses said it would help our son know who we were," says Mayora Hiney, of Los Angeles, whose son Ciaran was born at 30 weeks and weighed only 1 pound, 14 ounces at his lowest weight. "The snapshot helped us feel okay about leaving him."
Record Your Baby's Milestones
During my daughter's NICU stay, I couldn't relate to certain infant-care and baby memory books. My daughter was invisible in them: I couldn't find her story in the chapters on the first month of a baby's life, and I couldn't write in her baby book because the second page was "Baby's Homecoming." Rather than mourn this loss, many parents find great solace in creating their own daily journals. "It's hard to see notable changes at first because so many days feel like two steps forward and one step back," says Roberts, "but when I leafed through my journal and read things like his previous weights, I could see the huge progress he was making." Other parents fill the pages with their questions, fears, and hopes.
Believe it or not, you will want to remember this time. Once you bring your baby home, you'll probably feel tremendously proud and awestruck at what you've all accomplished. Stephanie Lerner-Ernsteen, a social worker and president of the NICU parent-support group at Evanston Hospital, where her own premature twin girls stayed, still can't believe that her twins' arms were once the size of her own little finger.
Make The Nurses and Staff Part Of Your Team
My husband and I felt like we had two important jobs while our daughter was in the NICU: Take care of her as well as we could, and befriend the nurses, who were at her side whenever we weren't. The latter part was easy. The NICU nurses were extraordinarily caring, devoted and skilled caretakers of both the babies and their parents.
But the nurses are just one part of the medical team, which includes neonatologists, social workers, and respiratory therapists. "We got close to the staff because ultimately the only thing you have is your trust in them," says Roberts, who asked the same questions over and over again. "It helped us build a relationship and learn what was going on with our son."
Talk To Other Parents of Preemies
Though the NICU will be bustling with people and activity, it can still feel very lonely at times. But hospital support groups, some facilitated by a medical social worker, can be immensely helpful. Meeting survivors of the NICU may be the most inspiring and powerful boost for parents whose babies are facing a long stay. And something about the NICU experience draws parents back—it's not unusual to see a parent visit with a beautiful healthy toddler. "On our third day, a mother brought in her baby who had spent time here. I asked her, 'How did you get through months? I can't even get through this day.' It helped so much to talk to her," recalls Roberts.
Believe In Miracles
Although my husband and I are sorry that we ever had to discover the NICU, we'll always be grateful for the medical miracles that saved our daughter's life. And even with all the latest high-tech equipment, new drugs, and sensitive monitors, there is room for the wonder and awe that accompany the birth of any baby. Cork feels inspired every time she looks at her son. She says, "I am still so proud of what he did. He was four pounds, four ounces at his lowest weight, and he had trouble breathing. Now he's sitting here smiling and eating his socks!" Lerner-Ernsteen still draws strength from the thought of her twins' struggle for survival. "They were barely a pound and they were fighting for their lives. How could I give up?" she says. "They're still my heroes."
Sharon Epel is a freelance writer.


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We Went Back: Photographs from Europe 1933-1956 by Chim
Jan 10, 2013, 05:22 EST
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
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We Went Back: Photographs from Europe 1933–1956 by Chim, a new exhibition tracing the life and work of one of the most respected photojournalists of 20th-century Europe, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) January 18–May 5, 2013.
This retrospective exhibition follows the development of Chim's career as an intellectually engaged photojournalist, placing his life and work in the broader context of 1930s–50s photography and European politics. Born Dawid Szymin in 1911 in Warsaw, Chim, who after World War II published under the name David Seymour, began his career in 1933 photographing regularly for leftist magazines in Paris, even before his close friends and collaborators Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. His most celebrated reportages include the rise of the Popular Front in prewar France; the Spanish Civil War, which he covered alongside Capa and Gerda Taro; the postwar reconstruction of Europe; and the birth of Israel. In each of his images, he combined rare intellectual acumen and emotional intelligence.
"Chim was a keen observer of European political affairs, from the beginnings of the antifascist struggle to the rebuilding of countries ravaged by World War II," said ICP Curator Cynthia Young, who organized the exhibition. "Although war formed the backdrop to much of his reportage, Chim was not known primarily for his war photography. Through his images of this period of radical upheaval, he emerges as a thoughtful reporter and a creator of elegant compositions of startling grace and beauty."
Some of his photographs are well known—a woman nursing a child during a political meeting in Spain, a Polish girl in front of a drawing of her "home" after World War II, Picasso in front of his painting Guernica, a wedding in the new state of Israel—but other lesser known images are just as striking—workers at the Vatican waiting for lunch, a tomato garden in the postwar ruins of Frankfurt, children playing on Omaha Beach in front of a half-sunk military boat. These images delineate a sophisticated documentary practice in which Chim infused the informative detail with metaphor.
We Went Back encompasses more than 150 mainly vintage black-and-white prints, previously unseen color prints—including a newly discovered box of transparencies from 1947—and personal ephemera. All of the material in the show is from the collections of ICP and Chim's nephew Ben Shneiderman, niece Helen Sarid, and extended family.
The Szymin family ran a publishing house in Warsaw that specialized in Hebrew and Yiddish translations of European and American classic novels as well as contemporary Yiddish writers. To prepare for entry into the family business, Chim studied first in Leipzig, then at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he moved in 1932. His career path was diverted when, to cover living expenses, he picked up a camera and began photographing Popular Front events for the major French picture magazine Regards. Because "Szymin" was too complicated to pronounce or spell, he proposed "Chim" as a byline and the name stuck. In the spring of 1936, he was sent to Spain to report on the mood of the country following the recent elections. Within months his work was widely published in the international picture press, and he became, along with Capa and Taro, one of the most important photographers of the conflict in Spain.
Back in Paris in 1939, Chim faced terrible prospects as a Jew, a foreigner, and a leftist. In May, he escaped France in a boat with Spanish refugees sailing to Mexico. Later that year, he arrived in New York, where he reconnected with Capa, his sister Eileen Shneiderman, and other friends. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1942, under the name David Seymour. When World War II broke out, Chim enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to aerial photo reconnaissance at Medmenham, England. He arrived in Paris days after the liberation in 1944. In 1947, he founded the collective Magnum Photos with Capa, Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger. That same year, he photographed daily life in Allied and Axis territories two years after the war ended for a story titled "We Went Back," which effectively relaunched his career as a photojournalist. Chim traveled incessantly for the next nine years on assignment for international magazines and special projects, publishing under the byline David Seymour. In 1948, he documented the impact of the war on children across Europe for a UNESCO commission and spent several years observing postwar Italy and its transition to democracy. Beginning in 1951, he traveled regularly to Israel to document the new country and life of the settlers. He was killed while photographing the Suez Crisis in November 1956.
We Went Back is a long overdue reevaluation of Chim's career, made possible by new scholarship on recently discovered negatives from the so-called Mexican Suitcase and newly catalogued vintage prints. The accompanying exhibition catalogue, published by DelMonico Books/Prestel in association with ICP, contains essays by Roger Cohen, Carole Naggar, and Cynthia Young; more than 150 plates; and an illustrated publication history. Cohen is a columnist for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times and has worked as a foreign correspondent in fifteen different countries. Naggar is the author of the Photo Poche David Seymour (Actes Sud, 2011). Young most recently organized the exhibition The Mexican Suitcase: The Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives of Capa, Chim, and Taro and edited its award-winning catalogue (2010).
This exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation, Inc., by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and with the support of the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
About ICP
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world's leading institution dedicated to the practice and understanding of photography and the reproduced image in all its forms. Through our exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach, we offer an open forum for dialogue about the role images play in our culture. Since our founding, we have presented more than 500 exhibitions and offered thousands of classes, providing instruction at every level. ICP is a center where photographers and artists, students and scholars can create and interpret the world of the image within our comprehensive educational facilities and archive. Visit www.icp.org for more information.
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(Alexandria, VA) – This afternoon, in a win for the nation's taxpayers, the near trillion-dollar "Farm Bill" failed to pass the House of Representatives by a vote of 195-234. National Taxpayers Union (NTU), the nation's oldest and largest taxpayer advocacy group, vociferously cheered the Farm Bill's failure after so much tireless work to defeat the measure over the past year.
"The saying goes: you reap what you sow – and opportunistic politicians found out the hard way that the massively expensive, subsidy-stuffed, Farm Bill was not a viable crop," said NTU Federal Affairs Manager Nan Swift. "Taxpayers, as well as fans of open, accountable government, will be glad to see this command-and-control boondoggle wilt."
NTU staunchly opposed the Farm Bill that failed to make it to the floor last year, and continued to rally opposition after leadership in both the Senate and House pushed for votes on a more expensive version this session.
In addition to opposing the basic premise of the Soviet-style Farm Bill, NTU backed reform efforts to split the food stamp and farm management portions of the legislation, delete wasteful programs like the Sheep Industry Improvement Center (taxpayer loans for sheep farming), and reduce and means-test crop insurance windfalls.
NTU also spearheaded a campaign to counter the Farm Bill's new Dairy Market Stabilization Program with YourMilkMoney.org. This radical regulatory scheme would have driven up consumer prices for dairy products. The House bill's demise, along with the passage of an amendment to curtail this dairy scheme, is therefore an even more significant victory for NTU and America's taxpayers.
"NTU thanks the 62 Republicans who broke ranks with leadership to oppose heavy-handed, and costly, management of our nation's farms," Swift concluded. "This result should demonstrate the time of big government farm policy is over – and the time to craft more fiscally responsible legislation is now."
The 362,000-member NTU is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels. More information on NTU's work is available at www.ntu.org.


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Mahāvīra: His Life and Teachings
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Ludlowe baseball advances past St. Joseph in FCIAC quarters
TRUMBULL-- Kevin Hickey would be the first to admit that he had been struggling.
But from Fairfield Ludlowe's perspective, its tall first baseman picked an exemplary time to break out of his prolonged hitting slump.
Hickey drove in four runs, and Andrew Salveson scattered nine hits over five innings, as sixth-seeded Ludlowe beat No. 3 St. Joseph 10-2 in Monday's FCIAC quarterfinals at St. Joseph High School.
Right fielder Tommy Howell was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, and Charlie Meder had two hits and scored three runs, guiding the Falcons (14-7) to their 11th straight win and 13th in their last 14 games.
"I came in very confident today," Ludlowe coach Keith O'Rourke said. "I just told the kids to enjoy it ¦ and go out win the game."
Ludlowe advances to play seventh-seeded Danbury in Wednesday's conference semis at Bridgeport's Ballpark at Harbor Yard at 5 p.m.
Ryan Moran led St. Joseph with two hits, including a home run. The Cadets fell to 15-6, leaving 10 on base.
"Credit to them, they hit with guys in scoring position, that was the big difference," St. Joseph coach Jim Chaves said. "We couldn't get a hit with guys on base."
Hickey, who batted .237 and had driven in only two runs in 15 games this season, contributed key hits in Ludlowe's two big innings. With the score tied at 2 and the bases loaded with no outs in the fourth, the lefty scalded a ground ball inside the third-base bag, driving home Meder and Salveson.
"I'll take them as I get them," Hickey said. "I've been struggling lately, so I know this is going to help me boost into the semifinals."
Mike Poudrier followed with a two-RBI single that made it 6-2. Howell's RBI single followed, netting the Falcons a five-run fourth.
"It was a combination of getting the hits ¦ and doing the small things that have led to our success," O'Rourke said. "You put pressure on the other team and eventually you get those hits."
Hickey's fifth-inning, two-out bloop single scored Meder and Mikey Arman, making it 9-2.
Salveson handled the rest. Though he allowed two or more baserunners in each of the first four innings, he only allowed two runs over his five innings.
"What he did is what we expect out of him," O'Rourke said.
Trailing 1-0, the Cadets loaded the bases with one out in the first, but Salveson induced Brett Olayos to ground into a fielders' choice, then struck out Ishmael Herrera.
"I wasn't hitting spots as well," Salveson said. "I was confident, came back and threw strikes."
After Ludlowe added a run in the top of the third, St. Joseph scored its runs in the bottom half. Moran led off with a line drive over the fence in left-centerfield, cutting the Falcons' lead to 2-1.
Olayos singled and scored on Jake Amoroso's RBI single, one of five Cadets hits in the frame. They only managed two runs, as Mike Pulaski was cut down trying to score on Nick Williams' single by Mikey Arman's accurate throw home, ending the inning.
"We're not really a team with blazing speed," Chaves said. "Unfortunately, we weren't able to take advantage of our five hits in that inning."
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Records: Fairfield Ludlowe 14-7, St. Joseph 15-6. Batteries: FL--Andrew Salveson (W), Peter Cross (6) and Mike Poudrier; SJ--Stanley Wolpiuk (L), Jake Amoroso and Ismael Herrera.


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This pattern is the Lydia t-shirt, widened and extended at the waist down 60cm or so, making sure the width at my hip was enough to cover it with a bit of ease. This is my first time sewing stripes, so I was pretty happy with how they turned out. It's not perfect, but you stare at small stripes long enough and they turn into an optical illusion!
The armholes were changed a bit from the last time I sewed Lydia to sit better on the shoulder, but they are incredibly tight, despite being taken down significantly from the pattern. They could come down at least an inch, but I'm not sure of how to match the sleeve to this alteration – any thoughts?
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TARRYOWN, N.Y. – The final phases of the I-287 reconstruction project have been completed, nine months ahead of schedule, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.
Improvements at the last phase, Interchange 8 in White Plains, were finished in December and included constructing a new bridge and exit ramps to improve access to downtown White Plains and Harrison.
"The I-287 reconstruction project was a prime example for drivers in Westchester of the dysfunction in state government, but in the last two years we reformed the process, reduced the cost to taxpayers and finished the job ahead of schedule," Cuomo said in a statement.
Contractors will finalize paving and striping, along with installing street lighs and wetlands mitigation, in early spring.
Work on the reconstruction project began 15 years ago. The project saw more than a decade of delays and $78 million in cost overruns. Cuomo ordered an independent review of the project in 2011, which sped up construction.
"This project began over a decade ago and resulted in tens of millions in cost overruns and years of delay – time and money that New York taxpayers could not afford to waste," Cuomo said. "Last year, I ordered a full review of the project to get the job done. And as a result of the reforms we put into place, today, traffic is flowing smoothly on this new stretch of highway. State government is changing the way it does business, ensuring that New Yorkers get the work they paid for and the results they deserve."
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I enjoy Thanksgiving, and I'm thankful that I have family to celebrate it with. But, last Thanksgiving, I let both of my bachelor brothers know that Thanksgiving 2013 I was not going to be cooking or baking. I just need a break from slaving away in the kitchen for two days. Standing for hours at a time took it's toll on my arthritic knee. Now that I have a brand new one, I'm still in the process of healing-- and my knee isn't as painful as it once was. Whew! Since I'm, pretty much, the sole cook and baker I've found ways to make a few of our favorite Thanksgiving dishes ahead of time.
...or this "Sweet Potato Casserole". This has a layer of marshmallow creme and a pecan streusel. Dessert or side dish? You decide.


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Triumph for some time now has had these glaring holes in its model line-up, which it has only begun to address with the launching of bikes like the 2011 Triumph Tiger 800 and 2011 Triumph Tiger 800 XC.
One hole that still remains in this Swiss cheese product offering is a liter class sportbike. Up until the recent release of the 2011 Triumph Daytona 675R, the Daytona 675 has been single-handedly holding down Triumph's sportbike offering; while the British company's naked plus-sized Speed Triple has nearly become the Branch Davidian of the street biking cult status, giving Triumph fans plenty of ammo to speculate upon when Triumph would release a fully-faired 1050cc three-cylinder machine that came from the best of these two bikes.


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