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The 72nd Street subway station is an express stop for the #1, #2, #3 and #9 trains, one of the busiest and best lines in the city. The station building is one of the few remaining above-ground stations in the city. It was part of the original Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway line that opened in 1904 as the first working subway system in New York and has been in continuous operation ever since. Most above-ground stations have been replaced by larger below ground stations.
This station has been woefully overcrowded since it"s opening, but because of the amount of usage and complexity of the area, plans for renovation had been postponed for years. Estimates of the costs of rerouting the utility lines and tracks to make the platform areas larger ranged well into the hundreds of millions of dollars. A more modest reconstruction of the station involving a second larger entrance in an renovated park north of the station began in 2000.
On October 29, 2002, the new 72nd Street IRT subway stationed opened and renovation work began on the older station across the street.
Reconstruction of the station included redesign of Verdi Square into a nice sitting area.
The lamppost near the corner of Amsterdam and 72nd St. is a luminaire, an ornate 5-lamp structure that was one of a pair built between 1913 and 1935 that originally flanked the staircase to the Fireman's Memorial on Riverside Drive at 100th Street. The poles were vandalized in the 1970s and the survivor was placed in storage. The lamp was restored and placed here in the fall of 2004. (reference)
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Enterprise Beans
Let's take a closer look at the access paths between the clients, enterprise beans, and database tables. The end-user clients (web and application clients) access only the session beans. Within the enterprise bean tier, the session beans use Java Persistence entities. On the back end of the application, the entities access the database tables that store the entity states.
Note - The source code for these enterprise beans is in the tut-install/javaeetutorial5/examples/dukesbank/src/com/sun/ebank/ejb/ directory.
Session Beans
The Duke's Bank application has three session beans: AccountControllerBean, CustomerControllerBean, and TxControllerBean. (Tx stands for a business transaction, such as transferring funds.) These session beans provide a client's view of the application's business logic. Hidden from the clients are the server-side routines that implement the business logic, access databases, manage relationships, and perform error checking.
The AccountControllerBean Session Bean
The business methods of the AccountControllerBean session bean perform tasks that fall into the following categories: creating and removing entities, managing the account-customer relationship, and getting the account information.
The following methods create and remove entities:
These methods of the AccountControllerBean session bean call the create and remove methods of the Account entity. The createAccount and removeAccount methods throw application exceptions to indicate invalid method arguments. The createAccount method throws an IllegalAccountTypeException if the type argument is neither Checking, Savings, Credit, nor Money Market. The createAccount method also looks up the specified customer exists by invoking the EntityManager.find method. If the result of this verification is null, the createAccount method throws a CustomerNotFoundException.
The following methods manage the account-customer relationship:
The Account and Customer entities have a many-to-many relationship. A bank account can be jointly held by more than one customer, and a customer can have multiple accounts.
In the Duke's Bank application, the addCustomerToAccount and removeCustomerFromAccount methods of the AccountControllerBean session bean manage the account-customer relationship. The addCustomerToAccount method, for example, starts by verifying that the customer exists. To create the relationship, the addCustomerToAccount method first looks up the Customer and Account entities using the EntityManager.find method, then it calls the Account.addCustomer method to associate the customer with the account.
The following methods get the account information:
The AccountControllerBean session bean has two get methods. The getAccountsOfCustomer method returns all of the accounts of a given customer by invoking the getAccounts method of the Account entity. Instead of implementing a get method for every instance variable, the AccountControllerBean has a getDetails method that returns an object (AccountDetails) that encapsulates the entire state of an Account entity. Because it can invoke a single method to retrieve the entire state, the client avoids the overhead associated with multiple remote calls.
The CustomerControllerBean Session Bean
A client creates a Customer entity by invoking the createCustomer method of the CustomerControllerBean session bean. To remove a customer, the client calls the removeCustomer method, which invokes the EntityManager.remove method on the Customer instance.
The CustomerControllerBean session bean has two methods that return multiple customers: getCustomersOfAccount and getCustomersOfLastName. getCustomersOfAccount calls the getCustomers method of the Account entity. getCustomersOfLastName uses the Customer.FindByLastName named query to search the database for customers with a matching last name, which is a named parameter to the query.
The TxControllerBean Session Bean
The TxControllerBean session bean handles bank transactions. In addition to its get methods, getTxsOfAccount and getDetails, the TxControllerBean bean has several methods that change the balances of the bank accounts:
These methods access an Account entity to verify the account type and to set the new balance. The withdraw and deposit methods are for standard accounts, whereas the makeCharge and makePayment methods are for accounts that include a line of credit. If the type method argument does not match the account, these methods throw an IllegalAccountTypeException. If a withdrawal were to result in a negative balance, the withdraw method throws an InsufficientFundsException. If a credit charge attempts to exceed the account's credit line, the makeCharge method throws an InsufficientCreditException.
The transferFunds method also checks the account type and new balance; if necessary, it throws the same exceptions as the withdraw and makeCharge methods. The transferFunds method subtracts from the balance of one Account instance and adds the same amount to another instance. Both of these steps must complete to ensure data integrity. If either step fails, the entire operation is rolled back and the balances remain unchanged. The transferFunds method, like all methods in session beans that use container-managed transaction demarcation, has an implicit Required transaction attribute. That is, you don't need to explicitly decorate the method with a @TransactionAttribute annotation.
Java Persistence Entities
For each business entity represented in our simple bank, the Duke's Bank application has a matching Java Persistence API entity:
The purpose of these entities is to provide an object view of these database tables: bank_account, bank_customer, and bank_tx. For each column in a table, the corresponding entity has an instance variable. Because they use the Java Persistence API, the entities contain no SQL statements that access the tables. The enterprise bean container manages all data in the underlying data source, including adding, updating, and deleting data from the database tables.
Unlike the session beans, the entities do not validate method parameters. The session beans check the parameters and throw the application exceptions, such as CustomerNotInAccountException and IllegalAccountTypeException. Consequently, if some other application were to include these entities, its session beans would also have to validate the method parameters. Validation code was not added to the entity's methods, in order to keep the business logic separate from the entity data.
Helper Classes
The EJB JAR files include several helper classes that are used by the enterprise beans. The source code for these classes is in the following directory:
Table 37-1 briefly describes the helper classes.
Class Name
Encapsulates the state of an Account instance. Returned by the getDetails method of AccountControllerBean.
Encapsulates the state of a Customer instance. Returned by the getDetails method of CustomerControllerBean.
Has simple methods for printing a debugging message from an enterprise bean. These messages appear on the standard output of the Application Server when it's run with the --verbose option and in the server log.
Contains validation methods: getAccountTypes, checkAccountType, and isCreditAccount.
Encapsulates the state of a Tx instance. Returned by the getDetails method of TxControllerBean.
Database Tables
A database table of the Duke's Bank application can be categorized by its purpose: representing business entities.
Tables Representing Business Entities
Figure 37-2 shows the relationships between the database tables. The bank_customer and bank_account tables have a many-to-many relationship: A customer can have several bank accounts, and each account can be owned by more than one customer. This many-to-many relationship is implemented by the cross–reference table named bank_customer_account_xref. The tables named bank_account and bank_tx have a one-to-many relationship: A bank account can have many transactions, but each transaction refers to a single account.
Figure 37-2 uses several abbreviations. PK stands for primary key, the value that uniquely identifies a row in a table. FK is an abbreviation for foreign key, which is the primary key of the related table. Tx is short for transaction, such as a deposit or withdrawal.
Protecting the Enterprise Beans
In the Java EE platform, you protect an enterprise bean by specifying the security roles that can access its methods. In the Duke's Bank application, you define two roles, bankCustomer and bankAdmin, because two categories of operations are defined by the enterprise beans.
A user in the bankAdmin role will be allowed to perform administrative functions: creating or removing an account, adding a customer to or removing a customer from an account, setting a credit line, and setting an initial balance. A user in the bankCustomer role will be allowed to deposit, withdraw, and transfer funds, make charges and payments, and list the account's transactions. Notice that there is no overlap in functions that users in either role can perform.
The system restricts access to these functions to the appropriate role by setting method permissions on selected methods of the CustomerControllerBean, AccountControllerBean, and TxControllerBean enterprise beans. For example, by allowing only users in the bankAdmin role to access the createAccount method in the AccountControllerBean enterprise bean, you deny users in the bankCustomer role (or any other role) permission to create bank accounts.


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Heading in to the final week of this year's city elections, it has become an instance of all spin all the time.
Did Controller Wendy Greuel's campaign make a mistake in figuring out its funding? Or was it a smart strategic move to appeal to those who vote by mail and rely on the independent expenditure committees to keep her on television?
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Vote-by-mail ballots accounted for 45.6 percent of the total vote in the primary election and are expected to play a major role in the runoff.
As of Friday, the returns of the VBM ballots have been running ahead of the primary – nearly 15 percent have been returned to the City Clerk's Office compared with 11.4 percent during the primary election for the same period. Overall turnout for the primary turned out to be 20.8 percent. If the trend continues, turnout for the general election could be in the 25-26 percent range…
The Kevin and Jan show had its radio debut last week on KABC (790 AM) and it could be just the start of a new career for the both of them.
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Perry, a 12-year council member and a Democrat, and James, with extensive radio talk show experience and a Republican, used their hour-long tryout to discuss the races to be decided next week, with only slight talk on the mayor's race. Both have endorsed Garcetti.
James did try to press Perry to endorse Carmen Trutanich for re-election as city attorney – a difficult stretch for Perry because of her past disputes with Trutanich over the L.A. Live project. But on Saturday, Perry joined with Councilman Bernard Parks in supporting Trutanich's election.
She did demur on making an endorsement in the race for controller, saying Councilman Dennis Zine "was a racehorse," and businessman Ron Galperin had "tremendous technical grasp" of the city's issues.
What is most important to her, she said, is that the next controller agree to serve his or her full two terms…
There is life after City Hall, although it isn't always easy to leave it behind.
Just ask Chris Essel, whose job was terminated after the state abolished the Community Redevelopment Agency.
Essel, a former Paramount Pictures executive who ran for the City Council, is now president of Southern California Grantmakers, an organization that works with foundations on how to use their donations to affect public policy.
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Essel said it was the first time that 32 nonprofit and philanthropic groups joined forces to stress what they could bring to city public policy.
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And with a new mayor coming in and seven new City Council members, Essel said she was looking for ways the philanthropic community can improve its relations with the public sector.
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World Extreme Cagefighting recently confirmed the remaining bouts for WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki, live from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill., on Sunday, April 5. WEC 40 will be televised live nationally on VERSUS beginning at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT.
In addition to the electric main event between WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres (35-1) and Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki (11-2-2), and the 135-pound co-feature clash between Joseph Benavidez (9-0) and Jeff Curran (31-10-1), nine more exciting bouts fill out WEC's inaugural trip to the Windy City.
Before the co-main events get underway, lightweights Ben Henderson (fighting out of Glendale, AZ) and Shane Roller (fighting out of Las Vegas, NV) lock horns in a battle between two accomplished wrestlers. After making his WEC debut in January with a submission win over Anthony Njokuani, Henderson looks to continue his rise in the 155-pound division by defeating Roller. Defeating Roller will be no easy task though. The Tulsa, OK native is a three-time Division I All-American wrestler and currently riding a five-fight winning streak. Roller, undefeated in the WEC with wins over Todd Moore and Mike Budnik, is rapidly climbing the lightweight ladder and looks to get one step closer to the title with a win over Henderson.
Brazilian Raphael Assuncao (fighting out of Marietta, GA) makes his long-awaited WEC debut when he tackles the well-rounded Jameel Massouh (fighting out of Milwaukee, WI). Touting a 12-1 record, Assuncao is a feared 145-pound competitor whose arrival spells trouble for the featherweight elite. Known for his slick groundwork, Assuncao will have his hands full with former Pancrase star Massouh. A winner of 21 of 25 bouts since launching his professional career in 2005, Massouh is a well-rounded fighter with a unique blend of knockout power and submissions.
Undefeated lightweight Anthony Pettis (fighting out of Milwaukee, WI) makes his WEC debut against Nigerian-born striker Anthony Njokuani (fighting out of Las Vegas, NV). Pettis, 6-0 in his two-year professional career, will face a stern test in the Muay Thai savvy Njokuani. With a record of 22-0 as a professional kickboxer, the 6'0″ Njokuani is in search of his first WEC win and hopes to use his potent leg kicks to derail Pettis.
With three straight victories since losing to then-featherweight champion Urijah Faber in 2007, the supremely-conditioned Dominick Cruz (fighting out of San Diego, CA) hopes to entrench himself in the bantamweight division with a win over newcomer Ivan Lopez (fighting out of San Diego, CA). Since moving to the 135-pound weight class in 2008, Cruz has pounded out unanimous decision wins over Charlie Valencia and Ian McCall. Undefeated at 9-0, Lopez has taken the bantamweight scene by storm with superior kickboxing and submission skills. Born in Tijuana, Mexico and now fighting out of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, CA, Lopez is looking to make a name for himself in the WEC with a win over Cruz.
Cub Swanson (fighting out of Orange County, CA) has stopped 10 opponents in 15 professional fights with an array of knockouts and submissions. The 25-year-old looks to continue that impressive streak when he takes on the precision-punching Diego Nunes (fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Nunes, a former professional soccer player and Brazilian Muay Thai champion, looks to extend a streak of his own, as the 26-year-old seeks score his second consecutive WEC win in Chicago. Nunes earned a unanimous decision victory over Cole Province in December.
Fighters who have had the misfortune of going to the ground with decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist Wagnney Fabiano (fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) have had a difficult time avoiding the black belt's submission attempts. The grappler has won six of his last seven bouts by submission, including a victory over Akitoshi Tamura in December. The 33-year-old featherweight contender will look to earn his eighth straight victory when he battles similarly gifted grappler Fredson Paixao (fighting out of Las Vegas, NV). A fellow Brazilian, Paixao is dangerous on the ground and has won eight of 10 professional bouts.
An intriguing bantamweight bout pits local product Eddie Wineland (fighting out of Highland, IN) against submission ace Rani Yahya (fighting out of San Diego, CA). The 24-year-old Wineland is a former WEC bantamweight titleholder who boasts competent wrestling and striking. Those skills will be put on display against Yahya, who is coming off an impressive first round submission victory over Yoshiro Maeda last November.
Rugged 135-pound contender Manny Tapia (fighting out of Chino, CA) looks to rebound from a December loss to champion Miguel Torres when he takes on Osaka, Japan's Akitoshi Tamura. Tamura, who is coming off a hard-fought three rounder with Wagnney Fabiano, is hungry to gain his first WEC win and will look to use his submissions and kickboxing to stymie Tapia.
An intelligent ground and pound specialist, featherweight Cole Province (fighting out of Edmond, OK) hopes that his collegiate wrestling background will allow him to outmuscle American Top Team product Rafael Dias (fighting out of Coconut Creek, FL). Dias, a former law student who trains at one of the top gyms in the country, will almost certainly match Province's ground attack with a solid grappling game of his own. With both fighters searching for their first WEC wins, the Province-Dias clash has the potential to be a war.


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A man named as a person of interest in the case of Skip, a 9-year-old Dachshund believed to have been skinned alive, has been placed in protective custody while in jail on charges unrelated to the animal cruelty investigation, Sheriff Todd Entrekin said.
A man named as a person of interest in the case of Skip, a 9-year-old Dachshund believed to have been skinned alive, has been placed in protective custody while in jail on charges unrelated to the animal cruelty investigation, Sheriff Todd Entrekin said.
John Michael Smith, 33, was named as a person of interest by Gadsden police detectives in the investigation of the death of the Dachshund, which was found Dec. 10 in an alley behind a home on West Tuscaloosa Avenue in Alabama City.
The Etowah County Sheriff's Office had warrants for Smith for a writ of arrest for non-payment of child support. Sheriff's office investigators on Thursday received information that Smith was at a home on West Tuscaloosa Avenue and went to the house to make the arrest, Entrekin said.
Sheriff's office Capt. Bob Vosbury said he and Deputy Kenneth Reagan went with investigators Jason Argo and Ben Greene to the residence, and could hear people running inside.
Vosbury said when they knocked on the door, the people inside said Smith was not there. However, investigators had information he might be hiding in the attic. After receiving permission to search, Argo and Greene found him hiding there, Vosbury said.
Once Smith was placed in the Etowah County Detention Center, Entrekin said word spread quickly that he was a person of interest in the dog investigation and threats were made against him.
The decision was made to place him in protective custody for his own safety, Entrekin said.
The Dachshund had been tied in the backyard of a residence and was there about 3 a.m. on Dec. 10, Gadsden Police Sgt. Mike Hooks said. It was found in the alley after daybreak.
Its remains were taken to a veterinarian, who determined the injuries were not done by animals and believed the dog to have been skinned alive, Hooks said.
Police detectives wanted to talk to Smith, who lives in the same neighborhood, and identified him as a person of interest. He is not named as a suspect, Gadsden Police Capt. Regina May said.
"He is someone we have wanted to talk to from the beginning," she said. "With his cooperation, hopefully we can clear him. If he wasn't involved in it, we want to eliminate him."
May said that's why they still are seeking information in the case, and a cash reward for information leading to an arrest continues to grow.
The police department had several requests from people wishing to contribute to the reward, May said, which was at $900 on Friday.
The interest in the animal cruelty case has prompted one woman to offer a reward for information leading to an arrest in an unrelated case of a dog burned alive in Gadsden this summer.
Officers were called about 5:53 p.m. July 28 to a residence on Abercrombie Street on a report someone had set a dog on fire. When officers arrived, they found a small garbage bag still smoldering, and the body of a small dog inside the bag.
May at the time said police believed the dog was alive when it was set on fire.
Anyone who has any information about either case is asked to contact the Gadsden Police detectives division at 256-549-4630, May at 256-549-4616 or police dispatch at 256-549-4500. For information about making a donation toward the reward, contact the records division at 256-549-4500.


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Dr. Mark Noll of the University of Notre Dame, will present the address "The Future of World Christianity" at Hope College on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2006. His research focuses on the history of Christianity in the United States and Canada from the Great Awakening to the Civil War.
Noll has published 25 books with Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, University of North Carolina University Press, Blackwell's and HarperCollins among others; he is the co-author or editor of an additional 25 books, and is also a published poet. Recent books include "Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind," "The New Shape of World Christianity," "God and Race in American Politics," "The Civil War as a Theological Crisis" and "America's God, from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln." He is perhaps best known for "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind," a book about anti-intellectual tendencies within the American evangelical movement.
In 1994, Noll co-signed "Evangelicals and Catholics Together," an ecumenical document that expressed the need for greater cooperation between Evangelical and Catholic leaders. In 2005, "Time Magazine" named him as one of the twenty-five most influential evangelicals in America; in 2006 President George W. Bush awarded him the National Endowment for the Humanities medal at a White House ceremony.
Noll is a graduate of Wheaton College (B.A., English), the University of Iowa (M.A., English), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A., Church History and Theology) and Vanderbilt University (Ph.D., History of Christianity). He taught at Wheaton College prior to joining the Notre Dame faculty, and has also taught at Harvard Divinity School, the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and Regent College, Vancouver.
Noll and 1998 Hope graduate Matthew J. Kuiper, who is a Ph.D. candidate at Notre Dame, will also be speaking during the college's Chapel service on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street. Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.


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Thirty years ago a friend from Communist Romania spoke very prophetic words. He said Americans were unaware of what was coming. Growing up under Communism, he knew that societal control required media manipulation, weapons confiscation, religious castigation, and destruction of the family unit and child/parent relationship. That relationship bears scrutiny.
Raising children is arduous enough without constant governmental intervention. Roe v. Wade resulted in abortion for minors without parental knowledge. Condoms in schools replaced sex education. Universities ignored parent's concerns. Today, Liberal mantras are "it takes a village to raise a child" and "children don't belong to parents, but to a collective community." Hogwash. It takes two parents to raise a child with the community's cooperation. The Progressive message is responsibility be damned and if it feels good do it. We'll take care of you.
New government nutritional regulations have led to school confiscation of lunches from home and replacement with "appropriate" foods like fried chicken nuggets. Now the morning after pill is being made available to 15-year-old girls without parental consent. Obama says women should have control over their bodies, but 15-year-old girls are not women and what will keep girls from giving the pill to their younger friends? This outrage disregards the dangers of unsafe sex and STDs. The recurring Progressive theme has been "without parental consent." The most primitive societies value a strong family unit with direct influence over their children. I wonder what my Romanian friend would say today.
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Each month, the StarNews editors recognize employees for their stellar performance during the previous month. We use the "newsroom awards" as a way to celebrate the great work our employees are doing. Nominations are made by individual editors and then the editors vote by secret ballot. The winners for June were: Tammy Miller: Tammy took a proactive approach to a hole on the Universal Desk created when freelancer Tracy Chamberlin moved out west. She took JJ Knight and Jaima Russell… Read More »


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Ann Coulter Continues To Use Offensive Term "Retard" Despite Backlash
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Conservative commentator and frequent Fox News guest Ann Coulter defended her repeated use of the derogatory term "retard" on Thursday, saying the word is simply a synonym for words like idiot and moron. In fact, the word is widely considered a slur and disability advocates argue it is hate speech.
Appearing as a guest on Alan Colmes' Fox News Radio show, Coulter stated she did not regret her use of the word, saying that "no one would refer to a down syndrome child, someone with an actual medical handicap, by saying retard." She added: "Where do you think the words idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, come from? These were all technical terms at one time. Retard has been used colloquially to just mean 'loser' for 30 years."
In an October 22 post on her Twitter feed following the presidential debate, Coulter wrote: "I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard," presumably a reference to President Obama. The next day she again tweeted that if Obama is "'the smartest guy in the room' it must be one retarded room." In an email to Politiker defending her remarks, she wrote: "The only people who will be offended are too retarded to understand it."
But many agree that the word is meant only to demean and should be considered hateful speech.
Huffington Post blogger Ellen Seidman, who has a son with special needs, says that while it's not true that "anyone who uses the word flippantly has something against people with special needs," the word is demeaning "even if it's meant as a joke, because it spreads the idea that people who are cognitively impaired are either stupid or losers."
Analyzing the fact that the word is now being increasingly avoided, NPR reported that disability advocates have continually campaigned against the word, arguing that "it's not a hilarious put-down; it's hate speech."
Organizations like the American Psychiatric Association still use the medical phrase "mental retardation," so the term "retard" is culturally understood to be associated with mental disability, regardless of context. What distinguishes the term from the other words Coulter cited, such as idiot and cretin, is that unlike "retard," they do not necessarily denote mental disability.
However, CNN reports that even the APA "plans to replace the term 'mental retardation' with 'intellectual development disorder'" in the 2013 edition of their manual.
There have been efforts to remove the term "retard" from discourse for decades, but CNN notes that the movement picked up speed in 2009 after college students across the country pledged to stop using the word. One online pledge currently has more than 300,000 signatures.
The stigma attached to the word prompted Congress to pass 'Rosa's Law' in 2010, banning the use of the words "retarded" and "retardation" in all health, education and labor laws, and replacing the terms with "intellectual disability."
Coulter's use of the word has sparked considerable backlash.
John Franklin Stephens, a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics who has Down Syndrome, wrote Coulter a letter explaining why the term "retard" is offensive to him:
After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.
I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.
Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.
A Special Olympics representative also stated: "We are disappointed in [Ann's] regular use of the word despite our constituents regular appeals to her for compassion," and "[We] welcome an open invitation for her to be involved in an educational meeting with our athletes to understand the demeaning use of the R-word in everyday speech."
Parents of children with special needs reportedly demanded an apology from Coulter.
Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin also criticized Coulter, tweeting: "What a stupid, shallow thing to say, Ann."
This is not the first time Coulter has used the term "retard" as an insult. In an August tweet, she referred to MSNBC host Chris Matthews as "retard."
In September, Coulter tweeted "I had no idea how crucial the retarded vote is in this election," after dismissing Obama's accurate comments on the anti-Muslim video that sparked global riots.
When challenged for her use of the term then, Coulter responded in the same way as she did on Colmes' show, writing, "where do you think cretin, idiot and moron come from? I say O.K. if not literal."
Coulter is a regular guest on national news shows, including on ABC, CNN, and Fox, despite her history of controversial and offensive comments, which she has said she doesn't regret. Just last month, she was a panelist on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She has appeared on the program four times since April 1. She was on CNN's Showbiz Tonight in February and a guest on CNN's Starting Point in March.
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Fronting a too-talented band led by the inimitable Benjamin Ickies, Kim Smith performs his own electropop originals alongside peculiar period treasures, incorporating works by Friedrich Hollaender, Kylie Minogue, Kurt Weill, Madonna, The Supremes, Mischa Spoliansky, and myriad others.
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Tips to Stay Safe in your Yard or Garden
Spring is the season to start sprucing up your yard or garden. This is also the time of the year when injuries can happen if lifting is not done properly. It is important to keep in mind proper body mechanics while working with a shovel, wheelbarrow, rake, etc.
Here are a few helpful tips to keep you safe while working in your yard or garden:
- Plan ahead. Determine what you need (tools, gloves, wheelbarrow, etc.), and decide if you need help. Is the job too big for one person?
- Check the weather. Try to work during the coolest part of the day to prevent dehydration. Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated, and take short breaks.
- Wear sunscreen – even if it is a cloudy day! Also, wear protective clothing (long pants or sleeves may be necessary if you are working near poisonous plants).
- Keep your back straight, and bend your knees when you are lifting, carrying or using a rake or shovel.
- Pick objects off the ground by bending with your legs, not your waist. When lifting objects, try to keep the object as close to your body as possible to avoid back pain and injuries. The closer to your body, the more stable and easier it is to control the object.
- Avoid twisting your trunk when lifting or carrying. Keep your nose over your toes!
- Ask for help or try to downsize heavy objects.
If you find yourself sore for a few days after yard work, ask your primary care provider for a physical therapy evaluation. A physical therapist will do an assessment and teach you exercises to keep your core strong, as well as the proper body mechanics of lifting to prevent any injuries.
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Dennys Food and Recipes: Summer Food: Raspberry Almond Cheesecake Tartlets: From Denny: Do you enjoy cheesecake but want an easier way to make it? Then this recipe is for you. I like cheesecake too but find it too large for just two of us to eat and too time consuming to make unless I plan on entertaining a hungry crowd.
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A WOMAN was killed after her bike was in a collision with a car in Abingdon yesterday.
The 68-year-old was named locally as life-long Abingdon resident Janet Hagerty, of Stonehill Walk.
The accident happened between 9.30am and 10am on the junction of Preston Road and Kensington Close.
Neighbours said that Mrs Hagerty, a mother of two sons and a grandmother, may have been cycling to her tai-chi class.
Police and paramedics attended the scene, and an air ambulance landed in the field of nearby Thameside School, but the woman was driven to hospital by ambulance.
She died of her injuries at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
Christine Janson, who lives opposite the scene of the accident on Preston Road, said: "I just heard this bang. I looked out of the window and she was on the floor, the bike was all buckled, people were gathered around her."
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said she had been a friend of Mrs Hagerty all her life and she would be greatly missed.
The woman said Mrs Hagerty went to Larkmead School in Abingdon and later worked at the Pavlova leatherworks and Medisense in Abingdon.
She said: "Janet was a lovely lady. She was always helpful, kind and caring. We are all going to miss her."
She also said that she thought the junction of Preston Road and Kensington Close was notoriously dangerous.
There was also a collision involving a motorcyclist in his 30s and three other vehicles at about 5.15pm yesterday on the A4095 in Bicester between Skimmingdish Lane and Banbury Road. His condition was not known at the time of going to press.


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Orthostatic hypotension is a condition of abnormal blood pressure regulation upon standing. The blood pressure quickly decreases, more than 20/10 mm Hg, when rising from a lying down or sitting position to a standing position.
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As you stand, blood falls toward your lower body in response to gravity. To help keep blood in the upper body:
Blood pressure is also affected by the amount of blood in the blood vessels. Low levels of blood will decrease the blood pressure and make it harder for the body to compensate when you stand. Low blood volume called, hypovolemia, is the most common cause of orthostatic hypotension. It may be due to:
Orthostatic hypotension will occur when one or more of these factors does not work as expected. It may be associated with:
Factors that increase your chance of orthostatic hypotension include:
Orthostatic hypotension may cause:
Exercise or having eaten a heavy meal may worsen symptoms.
Orthostatic hypotension is diagnosed when symptoms are present and there is a measured reduction in blood pressure while standing, which is relieved by lying down.
When possible treatment will focus on resolving the orthostatic hypotension completely. If a complete resolution is not possible, treatment will focus on managing symptoms.
Treatment will depend on the cause. Examples include:
Common approaches include:
The doctor may recommend prescription medications to increase blood pressure.
Dietary changes may also help increase blood pressure or prevent very low blood pressure. A dietitian may help create a diet plan. Steps may include:
Behavioral changes that may help include:
There is no way to prevent orthostatic hypotension if it is a result of other diseases or conditions. However, if your orthostatic hypotension relates to medications, dehydration, or bedrest, you should talk with your healthcare provider about treatment options.
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Library Director Right At Home In SocorroSOCORRO, N.M. June 29, 2011 – New Mexico Tech Skeen Library Director Dr. Lisa Beinhoff is celebrating her first year on campus in typical university fashion – she is putting more student computers in the basement of the library, has plans for creating more student study space, and is already hiring more work-study students for the Fall.
| New Mexico Tech Librarian Lisa Beinhoff
She moved to Socorro with four chatty companions – four parrots that provide a cacophony of sound similar to "four more of me talking at once!" she said. Beinhoff also has taken yoga classes, and has her eye on a metal arts class offered by the Community Education Outreach Program, formerly known as the Community College.
"The community college classes here are really wonderful – we have a really great community college with so many offerings and such nice small classes," she said. "New Mexico Tech is just the right size."
Beinhoff knows of what she speaks, having come here from Dixon, Ill., where she was director of the Learning Resources Center for Sauk Valley Community College.
While at Penn State, she dealt with a library which supported the hard sciences; and Sauk Valley had a medical collection. Beinhoff even taught at a library school, Emporia State in Kansas, after receiving her Ph.D. in Communications from Syracuse. "I would love to teach communications courses here at Tech," she said.
But first things first: The library is understaffed, with the retirements of Thomas McCord in April and Tony Telles last summer. Like other departments across campus, "Everyone here is buckling down and working hard until the hiring freeze is lifted," she said.
She also has a master of science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and a bachelor of fine arts in Theatrical Design. Even work in her baccalaureate field has been useful at Skeen Library, she said, in redesigning rooms for more efficient usage.
Her first position in library sciences was as part of a team working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research Laboratory in Urbana-Champaign. It was a desk job, she said, with much of the team's time being spent writing bids for the Pentagon. "I started out dealing with military material and military reports, so I'm used to them," she said.
"There were books I could move around, but because their contents were classified, I couldn't open them. That was fine with me," she said.
"I keep up on technology – I read a lot," Beinhoff said. Her favorite genre is science fiction, which is a nice fit among Techies. Beinhoff also reads at least part of every book she orders, because, "If you do not read it, you do not know if the book was what you thought you ordered."
Since taking over the reins from Owen Ellard, Beinhoff has acquired a subscription to Ebrary, making available to the campus community 51,000 electronic books, which she plans to boost to 70,000 electronic book titles next year. Ebrary offerings are not compatible with the proprietary formats used by the Kindle and the Nook readers, but can be accessed using any Internet browser, such as Safari on the iPad.
"We're currently in the process of adding all our digital theses and Tech-produced publications to the Ebrary collection," said Beinhoff, who encourages faculty to purchase eBooks instead of print books because eBooks can not be lost, and can be used by more than one student at a time. "Ebrary is available to the campus," Beinhoff said, "and putting it behind our firewall allows us to comply with copyright laws."
"The library experienced some hiccups with its databases when it switched from the Serials Solutions journal locator software to EBSCO's A-Z list last spring; however, these problems will be corrected by next fall with the full implementation of EBSCO's Discovery Service, which searches all the Library's database content with a single meta-search. The new system will help to reduce the confusion of following a series of steps and flipping between different databases," she said.
The "President's wish list" gives every department on campus an opportunity to dream big; and, for Beinhoff, that means acquiring an additional nine, new, high-speed, Tech Computer Center-grade computers to augment the 16 non-classroom based computers already available for student use. Her designing eye envisions a home for them in the middle of the Library's basement, where students could work as teams at large tables with plenty of work space.
"It would be a nice use for what we call 'our bowling alley,'" Beinhoff said. "We have computers in the Library classroom, but when a class meets in the classroom, whoever was working in there has to leave," she said.
The nine new computers would increase the number of computers which you can not get bumped off of to 25, and the total number of computers available for student use to 44, she said. "So, if I'm a student, I have a much better chance of finding an open computer when I need one – especially during finals week."
Beinhoff also wants to consolidate the bound volumes in the basement to provide more elbow room for students to work together in groups, an important concept by current business and industry standards.
The Dark Matter Café is a popular student hangout; and, as such, is in need of refurbishing, she said. Repainting the café's walls and installing a new counter is her goal for the summer.
"It's really nice here – this is a really wonderful library facility," Beinhoff said. "And I have an opening for a person at the circulation desk, working evenings."
In addition to the parrots, Beinhoff brought with her to Socorro an enjoyment of attending auctions and antiquing. She has visited Santa Fe, and would like to explore the ghost towns scattered across the state.
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AVG Internet Security 2013 costs £40 for a one-year single PC or laptop licence, and offers all the usual internet security suites aspects - antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and so on.
AVG has given its internet security suite a makeover for the new year. AVG Internet Security 2013 now has a pretty, Windows 8-style tiled interface, complete with large, colourful buttons that are optimised for a touchscreen. That said, it seems as if AVG has put most of its effort into improving its program's looks, as the suite managed a respectable, but below-average, showing in our tests.
Test scores
In our real-world attack test, AVG completely blocked 94.4% of attacks and partially blocked 5.6% of attacks. This indicates how well the program will block new malware attacks when it encounters them in the wild, and this is a good score, actually. However, since five of the nine security suites we tested completely blocked 100% of attacks, this score still puts AVG in the bottom half of the list.
AVG's ability to detect 97.8% of known malware samples seems respectable at first glance, but it's actually the worst detection rate of all the suites we tested. All of the other security suites were able to detect at least 98.8% of malware samples, while the top contender in this category, Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2013, was able to detect 100% of samples. AVG also flagged five safe files (out of a pool of over 250,000) as being dangerous; while this isn't a bad false-positive rate, almost all of our other tested suites posted lower rates.
In our system cleanup test, AVG detected 100% of infections, but only disabled 90%, and only managed to completely clean up 60%. This isn't a great rate - F-Secure Internet Security 2013 managed to completely clean up 90% of malicious files - but it's also not the worst of the suites we tested.
AVG Internet Security 2013 is quick and fairly painless to install. It has just five screens to click through, and the program does not require you to reboot your computer. You do have to opt-out, rather than opt-in, of the company's browser toolbar and SafeSearch. If you choose just to install the browser toolbar, AVG will still change your default search bar in Firefox to its SafeSearch bar.
AVG's new interface is very nice - simple, clean, and totally in line with the look of Windows 8. The main window features large, brightly-coloured tile-like buttons arranged in an easy-to-understand layout. At the top of the window is a protection status notification, which lets you know whether you're protected (green) or in danger (red). Below this status lie five large green tiles.
These tiles are buttons that represent the suite's main security components: Computer, Web Browsing, Identity, E-mails, and Firewall. On each button there's a little status notification that lets you know if that particular area is currently protected. Below these five green tiles are five smaller teal tiles that link to other security options and services from AVG: Fix Performance (installs AVG's PC Tuneup program), Mobile protection (links to AVG's free AV program for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone), Speedtest (links to Speedtest.net), TechBuddy (links to AVG's remote tech-support program), and More from AVG (links to other
available AVG apps).
Finally, there are two turquoise buttons near the bottom of the screen: Scan now and Update now. The scan button lets you scan your computer or manage your scanning options, while the update button checks AVG's website for updates to the program.
When you roll over any of the tiles or buttons, you're presented with further information about that feature. This information pops up in the lower half of the window, underneath the rows of tiles. While this new tile look makes AVG's software seem more user-friendly, the settings (in the Advanced Settings or Firewall Settings menus) are still a bit intimidating for non-advanced users.
The program itself is lightweight overall, but its scanners aren't the quickest. It adds about 1.5 seconds to startup time (as compared with a test PC that has no antivirus installed), and its overall impact on PC performance was low. The program completed our on-demand scan test in a mediocre 1 minute, 38 seconds (the sixth-best of the group), but its with on-access scan time of 6 minutes, 31 seconds was the worst of the suites we tested.
AVG Internet Security 2013 is a perfectly respectable antivirus program with a great new top-level user interface. But that's the problem - in these malware tests, perfectly respectable doesn't quite cut it, and we saw several programs that outdid AVG at nearly every turn.


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SÃO PAULO - Friday, December 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
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Cinterion, Gemalto's (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) machine-to-machine (M2M) business segment and the global leader in cellular M2M communication technology, announces that its TC65i quad-band wireless module has been fully integrated in the AirGate-GPRS system for remote monitoring and site automation. Developed by Novus Automation, a leading manufacturer of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), the system links industrial equipment to backend computer systems providing 24/7 remote supervision.
The Cinterion high-performance plug-in and play module provides secure wireless connectivity for remote monitoring and management of industrial processes in manufacturing and building automation environments.
With a powerful embedded Java™ engine, the Cinterion solution runs AirGate software directly on the module freeing up valuable computing power for innovative automation tasks such as controlling robots and improving energy efficiency in manufacturing. The AirGate features multiple industrial interfaces for flexibility and easy integration with any automation system.
JMD Automação, a Brazilian solution provider recently implemented the new Novus device at several manufacturing facilities in Brazil and reported immediate improved performance and efficiency.
"Novus AirGate is the most flexible solution to implement remote access to an existing Modbus communication network, with minor or no changes to the infrastructure,"said José Manoel Reis de Oliveira, Applications Engineer at JMD Automação. "As system integrators, we are running extensive tests in actual applications and based on the first excellent results, we are confident in the successful deployment of monitoring and alarm applications in industrial facilities, water distribution management, among others."
"Cinterion's design consulting and powerful Java-embedded solution simplified design and integration, and eliminated the expense of additional processors and memory,"said Marcos Dillenburg, Technology Director, Novus Automation. "Cinterion's industry-leading wireless communication tools allow secure access into manufacturing from virtually any place, any time for a more streamlined workforce."
IMS Research estimates the global industrial automation market will reach $159 billion by year-end and top $200 billion by 2015, with as much as 65 percent of that growth in the Americas and Asia-Pacific.1
"The vibrant manufacturing sector in Brazil is driving strong growth in the region's industrial automation market," said Ramzi Abdine, General Manager of Cinterion M2M at Gemalto Latin America. "Combining Cinterion's leadership in reliable M2M technology with Novus's expertise in automation and SCADA systems provides customers with leading-edge technology that optimizes operations and strengthens competitive advantage."
1 IMS Research, Global Industrial Automation Market to Surpass $200 billion by 2015, May, 30, 2012, Sarah Sultan, Analyst
About Cinterion, a Gemalto Company Cinterion, the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) segment of Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), is the industry pioneer for wireless M2M communication and market leader for more than 15 years. Cinterion enables businesses to succeed in a complex M2M ecosystem by offering expertise, security, simplicity and partnership. Cinterion's award-winning products and services connect people, machines, equipment and vehicles over wireless networks, helping enterprises simplify operations, increase efficiency and establish new business models. Equipment makers, integrators, MNOs, and end-users rely on Cinterion for leading-edge wireless M2M communication modules, Machine Identification Modules (MIMs), MIM personalization capabilities plus a trusted and secure, cloud-based Service Delivery Platform for any M2M application. Cinterion powers cellular communications for: telematics and automotive applications, tracking and tracing, industrial mobile computing, metering and smart grid, payment systems, healthcare, security systems, routers and gateways, remote maintenance and control and more.
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http://www.thejournal.ie/domestic-violence-tv-morocco-3105301-Nov2016/A PROGRAMME BROADCAST on Moroccan state television advised women on how to cover up bruising and other evidence of domestic violence using makeup.
The feature was shown during a daily programme called Sabahiyat on the television station 2M, broadcast on 23 November.
It shows a cosmetic artist demonstrating how to cover up the signs of violence on a woman sitting in her makeup chair.
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
So I spent a while trying to figure out how to do this, and once I did, I was disappoint.So lets start by saying, once you know how to do this, it is really easy. Let's start by saying I am working on my server as a test before I finish my house. I have a 2.2ghz opteron proc with a biostart mobo as the server. Running 1.5g of ram. It is running a gigabit networking card and has a 16 port smc gigabit switch. My media director is a amd athlon xp 2000+, on an abit at7 max2 board with 756mb ram and no hdd. With ease i got it setup, but the remote (a xp-mce remote) needed a little work to get up and running.Now, I started to play a cd on my media director and wanted to test it so both played it because eventually I want to be able to have 3-5 rooms playing the same item. It is an mp3 rip of the cd at 128kbps. When I set it so my server was playing the file also, it immediately jumped 1.5mins into the track. I felt, wow, kinda odd. So I selected another track, which did not start at the beginning, but instead started 2 mins into the track. Same if I started a new cd and did it again. Now, if you try to switch cds while in multiple room configuration, it overrides it until you stop the music and start something new. At which point you have to resync the media directors.So on to the next problem with this. The media directors can be anywhere from 2 seconds apart to about 30 seconds apart in the same song. If you are throwing a party, this wouldn't really work. Unfortionately, this was one of the main reasons for my wanting Linuxmce. Have a media director in the basement, one in the living room, and one outside and have the server control the hallways and have them all playing the same music. Doesn't seem like it will work. Any ideas, or is this out of the realm of LinuxMCE.


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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Senior captain Jenny Li became just the 10th player in MIT women's volleyball history to record 1,000 career kills on Tuesday night, as she guided the visiting Engineers to a 25-19, 25-13, 25-14 victory over host Babson College in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match at Staake Gymnasium. With the win, MIT improved to 13-9 overall and 3-2 in the conference, while the Beavers fell to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in the league.
Li finished with 12 kills in the win for MIT, with her ninth of the night marking the 1000th of her outstanding career. She was the third player in two years to reach this milestone as Barden Cleeland '10 and Alex May '10 accomplished this feat last season. Sharon Hao added a match-high 26 assists in the win, while Trinity Leonard added 10 digs on defense. Kristine Bunker tallied nine kills, a .438 hitting percentage, five aces, and four blocks as Katie Spielbauer posted eight digs. Emma Gargus registered four blocks followed by three from Kelly Schulte.
For Babson, Nina Milovanovic continued her magnificent season by registering 10 kills to go with four digs and three block assists. Kathleen Lynch added 20 assists, Meg Flaherty chipped in with seven kills, and Ashley Strangio finished with four block assists. Jess Millman was also outstanding on defense for the Beavers, finishing with a team-best 10 digs.
Babson resumes play with a non-conference tri-match at UMass-Boston this Saturday, while MIT will return to action next Tuesday with a home match against NEWMAC foe Smith College.


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Justin Bieber's Monkey Is Fine, But He Isn't. And It's All Selena Gomez's Fault.
Justin Bieber has been spiraling pretty publicly lately, but it's totally not his fault. In fact, the only person to blame for his actions is ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez. Because obviously.
TMZ reports that Bieber's been behaving badly because he's miserable about his split from the 'Spring Breakers' starlet -- and that she's "torturing" him.
Gomez has been reportedly calling, texting and sending mixed messages to the troubled Canuck instead of making a clean break. (His broken heart and false hope may explain why he was spotted at her house recently -- and also why he's refused to badmouth her in the press, despite her numerous digs at him.)
Someone faring well in all this? Bieber's quarantined monkey, Mally.
E! Online reports that the white-faced capuchin, who was placed in a quarantine in Germany when Bieber failed to present proper documentation, is doing just fine in a shelter.
PETA said that Mally is in "excellent hands and in a safe place, and will be integrated with other monkeys so that he can receive the social interaction vital to his well-being and psychological growth." The animal rights group also said in a statement:
"Young people often acquire animals without considering the impact or consequences, and Justin Bieber likely had no idea that Mally was a baby, taken away from [his] mother at way too young an age. We trust that he'll do the right thing and pay for Mally to stay in Europe with people who are sensitive to, and familiar with, [his] unique needs."
Bieber's got four weeks to fill out paperwork to get the monkey off his back and get the monkey back.
When asked for comment, Mally rolled his eyes and muttered, "This s--- is bananas."


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Breastfeeding 101
Breast milk is the ideal human milk for babies. The first food or milk a mother makes is called colostrum. Colostrum is rich in the right amount of nutrients to nourish a newborn. Full of mothers antibodies, it jump starts the infant's immune system and offers lifelong protection from many diseases. Babies who receive formula are more likely to suffer from ear infections, food allergies, respiratory and GI illnesses, Sudden Infant Death (SIDS), obesity and diabetes.
Mothers benefit as well. Mothers get back to pre-pregnancy weight faster, have less blood loss after delivery, have less problems with postpartum depression and are less likely to have premenopausal breast cancer and osteoporosis later in life. Families benefit when mothers and infants are healthier. Parents will miss less work days due to a sick child especially if a mother can breastfeed and continue to pump her milk at work. Parents will also spend less money on doctor visits.
The community benefits since moms and babies are healthier. We would save over $3 billion a year in health costs if every mother breastfed, if she could. Plus, breast milk is the original organic and green food!
What Do I Need to Know about Breastfeeding?
- Breast milk is called liquid gold for all its important health benefits.
- Breastfeeding is not an all or nothing proposition. Very few women make no breast milk. Define your own success. Any breast milk is wonderful and increases your baby's health.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, with solids being introduced then and breastfeeding continuing through to one year old. Breastfeeding continues until the mother and child decide to stop, which could be through the toddler and preschool years.
- The Affordable Care Act mandated breast pump coverage. However, this is for a personal electric pump and does not usually cover rental grade (once called hospital grade) breast pumps. Check with your insurance company regarding your specific plan.
- Your workplace may be required by law to provide you with a comfortable and private place to express your milk for your breastfeeding infant. Learn more from the United States Department of Labor.
When Do I Need to See a Lactation Consultant?
An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) can help anybody with any breastfeeding question. Before or after delivery, An IBCLC can provide support and offer evidenced-based information.
Sore nipples are not normal.
There is an old wives' tale that says breastfeeding is supposed to hurt when a woman is learning to breastfeed. That is not so.
Breastfeeding is a learned and practiced art. Babies are born with an instinct and reflex to suck. However, the baby has to learn the mother and the mother, the baby. It is like learning to ride a bicycle. Training wheels at first and then someone holding on to the back of the seat before letting go. Think of an IBCLC as your training wheels and the person holding on to the back of the seat. Sometimes, a ride may wobble and fall. The same may apply to breastfeeding. Sometimes, mother and baby don't have a good latch. The result is pain. Tug and pull is normal, "Ouch!" is not.
Are my nipples flat?
Babies do not need to have a mother's nipple be erect or standing out to be able to breastfeed.
However, a flat or inverted nipple can present some challenges for a breastfeeding mother. Prenatally, an IBCLC can talk with a mother about her nipples and breastfeeding concerns.
Is my baby getting enough? Am I making enough milk?
An IBCLC can work with a breastfeeding family to help with breastfeeding success. An IBCLC will watch a breastfeeding session and look at the latch, check baby's weight and talk about infant's behaviors before making any recommendation. Remember, an IBCLC cannot diagnose or prescribe but can assess and make recommendations for the parents to discuss with baby's doctor or pediatrician.
Can I breastfeed on medication?
An IBCLC has resources to research medications and breastfeeding. Most medications are compatible with breastfeeding. But if you or your doctor are unsure, consider calling an IBCLC to answer your question.
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Sentara offers many breastfeeding support services. Before a mother delivers, she and a support person can take a prenatal breastfeeding class. The class reviews the benefits of breastfeeding and what to expect in the first few days after delivery. How to latch the baby, how to tell if the baby is getting enough and what to anticipate after going home is discussed.
In the hospital, the maternity staff is well educated in breastfeeding. After delivery, anticipate uninterrupted skin to skin time with your newborn. The nurse in your delivery room will assist with the baby's first breastfeeding. Throughout your hospital stay, the nursing staff and the IBCLCs will continue to help with breastfeeding and answer any questions.


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The contentious question of how many littoral combat ships to build has been batted back and forth this year between the US Navy's top leadership and senior Pentagon leaders. By the end of the day on Jan. 17, a certain kind of standoff appears to have been reached, foregoing — for the moment — a final decision.
The result could be a compromise. Reportedly, LCS is being put on something of a probation: The buy would be limited to 26 or 28 ships — the exact number couldn't be confirmed by press time — but the ship will need to pass evaluation by the Pentagon's Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) before further ship buys can proceed, according to multiple Pentagon sources, who stressed that no final decisions have been reached.
Navy officials have strenuously defended the service's plan to build a total of 52 of the small, fast and adaptable ships. Three are in service, with a fourth set to join the fleet in April. Another 20 ships are under construction or on order.
Navy leaders fought back almost immediately. Service staff members argued with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to keep the status quo of 52 ships.
Fox is one of the key people within OSD urging a severe cutback of the LCS program, if not outright cancellation. She often questioned the combat effectiveness of the program in her previous position as director of the Pentagon's Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.
A Jan. 15 Defense News web story detailing the decision to cap the ships at 32 set off a renewed round of events inside the Pentagon last week. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus personally argued his case before Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Fox that evening, urging the program's continuation, Pentagon sources confirmed.
A similar probation was issued in January 2011 by then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates regarding the F-35B version of the joint strike fighter. The probation was lifted in January 2012 — short of the two years Gates initially declared — after program performance improved.
Neither the Navy nor OSD would confirm an agreement by close of business on Jan. 17.
DOT&E routinely criticizes the LCS program, irked in particular by the Navy's 2010 decision to take the first ship out of the normal testing cycle and instead send it to sea. As the first of a new ship class, the service was anxious to get underway time rather than keep it in a rigorous testing cycle.
The 2012 DOT&E report noted concerns about the ship's survivability, writing that "it is not expected to maintain mission capability after taking a significant hit in a hostile combat environment." There was no discussion of a comparable 3,200-ton ship that could meet that requirement, and DOT&E did not differentiate between the two LCS designs, which are considerably different.
Neither LCS design has undergone Navy survivability tests, which are performed on all new ship classes.
A New Approach?If the LCS fails the tests, it is not clear what the next step would be. But whether the LCS is cut short or built out to 52 ships, the service already has been thinking about what a follow-on small combatant would look like.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, routinely champions LCS, but already has directed the surface warfare community to begin thinking about a follow-on.
"We need to look and think about what the next small combatant is," said Capt. Danny Hernandez, the CNO's spokesman. "Regardless of what the number is going to be, there's going to be something after LCS, and we need to look at our options. It's also the prudent and responsible thing to do."
One concept being thought about as an LCS alternative or follow-on has been a small frigate, able to defend several ships and provide escort services for merchant convoys, amphibious ships or support ships.
A capability gap already has been identified for an escort ship, said Bryan Clark, a naval analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. Until last year, Clark also was a special assistant to Greenert, where he led the development of Navy strategy.
"The real need is for an escort to accompany convoys, logistic ships, even parts of the battle fleet. Analysis shows that as a gap. But LCS cannot provide air defense to ships it's escorting — it only has self-defense," Clark said.
"The Aegis destroyer is more than what is necessary for this mission. So this escort mission is one that cries out for a solution. That's what a frigate can do," he noted.
A frigate of about 4,100 tons, he said, would be a ship less capable than a 9,200-ton Aegis destroyer, but larger than the LCS.
"A frigate study would need to focus on designs that currently exist, that could be rapidly implemented at a US yard. And they'd probably include designs based on the LCS as well," he said. "The study could include existing designs as well as starting from scratch. Foreign designs would be part of the mix — just as LCS is a derivative of foreign designs."
Both LCS design teams, led by Lockheed Martin and Austal USA, have produced versions of their ships aimed at foreign sales, heavily loaded with permanently installed combat systems. Lockheed in particular is offering larger versions of its Freedom-class LCS, as well as smaller models.
"The Navy doesn't really have an escort vessel that can do this mission. If you get into a large conflict you need to protect ships," Clark said.
Key to that is effective anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-air combat systems. The ASW mission package under development for LCS is getting early rave reviews from surface warfare officers, but the ships are too small to install Mark 41 vertical missile launchers needed for Standard anti-air missiles. An effective anti-air system also needs search and fire control radars, along with an expanded combat system.
"That'll be the toughest part of the frigate study, trying to figure how to handle the air defense mission in a way that doesn't involve the start of a new design," Clark said.
Work on a new frigate is not being driven by OSD's current efforts to cut back the LCS, Clark said, although it would provide a basis for a new ship should the LCS fail.
Work on future surface combat ships already is underway at the Pentagon by the director of surface warfare, and under the direction of the surface warfare commander in San Diego, but neither of those efforts is focused on a frigate. A new study, Clark said, would be aimed at a ship that could be developed within only a few years.
Regardless of the LCS debate, "this need was starting to emerge anyway," he said. (Defensenews)


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