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When it comes to the federal budget, how are kids faring? Join us at our annual Children's Budget Summit to find out!
First Focus is proud to announce the release of Children's Budget 2018, which captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs.
Please join us and experts in child policy as we will discuss this year's findings and the need for Congress to support a comprehensive approach to prioritizing children in federal budget decisions.
Featuring a keynote address by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City and director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health initiative, the 2018 Children's Budget Summit will remind us of the investments needed to paint a brighter future for our nation's children.
Remarks from Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Presentation: How the Federal Budget Shortchanges Children
Bruce Lesley, president, First Focus
Rev. Fr. Douglas A. G. Greenaway, president & CEO, National WIC Association
Lynn Karoly, Ph.D., senior economist at the RAND Corporation and professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School; co-author of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine February 2018 Consensus Study Report, "Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education"
Natasha Slesnick, Ph.D., professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University and Associate Dean for Research and Administration in the College of Education and Human Ecology
Michelle Dallafior, senior vice president for budget and tax, First Focus (moderator)
A reception with an open bar and heavy appetizers will immediately follow the Summit until 6:30 pm.


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We are experienced in creating corporate messaging to help roll out new initiatives or reinforce existing programs. Whether it's turnkey annual reports, creation of a user-friendly web presence or management of special customer events, Gotham offers a headache-free process.
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text: This season, Hender Scheme unveils a range of stylish and practical leather headwear. Crafted by hand from the finest pig suede or raw cowhide these unique hats contain a cotton twill sweatband, front inner panels and seam taping. This leather accessory is marked with a stamped raw leather patch around the sweatband and also features a fastening strap to match it with coated brass hardware. An integral part of the tanning process of the caps results in the treatment for wind and water resistance further making them useful but at the same time a stylish commodity.


text: division series Shed no tears, Reds fans - They'll be back By Howard Wilkinson • Oct 11, 2012 No crying in baseball. Not even now, when the disappointment in Reds Country is deep and profound; when the high hopes have blown away with the autumn leaves; when the over-sized World Series tickets thousands of Reds fan have stashed away at home are nothing but bittersweet souvenirs of a season that ended too soon. Yes, I'm disappointed as the rest of you are.


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Joe Simon and the folks at The Delivery Men are blowing our minds once again with their new short film "Budapest." We just found out that we're not the only ones now that Vimeo made this a Staff Pick!
From widespread panoramic views zooming into intimate shots of bustling streets, we get a breathtaking walkthrough of this beautiful and mysterious Hungarian city.
Through innovative methods of hyperlapse and unique camera angles, the film bends the laws of time to create a sense of breathe, inhaling and exhaling with every scene.
Our original composition "Dusk" follows the ethereal vibe of the film. At 1:47, the music builds into a crescendo revealing a jaw-dropping fly through of a city street. At 1:52, the soundtrack and imagery return to a reflective state reminding us to breathe again...


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Sacrament of The Eucharist
"For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks [Gr. eucharistesas], He broke it and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me' (1 Co 11:23-25).
"With these words- quoting the words of Christ in Luke 22:19, 20- St. Paul instructs the Corinthians concerning the Eucharist, the giving of thanks. Some two thousand years after Jesus gave Himself 'for the life of the world' (Jn 6:51), there are in Christendom at least three different interpretations of His words.
"For the first thousand years of Christian history, when the Church was visibly one and undivided, the holy gifts of the Body and Blood of Christ were received as just that: His Body and Blood. The Church confessed this was a mystery: The bread is truly His Body, that which is in the cup truly His Blood, but one cannot say how they become so.
"The eleventh and twelfth centuries brought on the scholastic era, the Age of Reason in the West. The Roman Church, which had become separated from the Orthodox Church in 1054, was pressed by the rationalists to define how the transformation occurs. They answered with the word transubstantiation, meaning a change in substance. The elements are no longer bread and wine; they are physically changed into flesh and blood. The sacrament, which only faith can comprehend, was subjected to a philosophical definition. This second view was unknown in the ancient Church.
"Not surprisingly, one of the points of disagreement between Rome and the sixteenth-century reformers was this issue of transubstantiation. Unable to accept this explanation of the sacrament, the radical reformers, who were rationalists themselves, took up the opposite point of view: the gifts are nothing but bread and wine, period. They only represent Christ's Body and Blood; they have no spiritual reality. This third, symbol-only view helps explain the infrequency with which some Protestants partake of the Eucharist.
"What do the Scriptures teach concerning the Eucharist?
"1. Jesus said, 'This is My body… this is My blood' (Lk 22:19,20). He never says these gifts merely symbolize His Body and Blood. Critics have charged that Jesus also said of Himself, 'I am the door' (Jn 10:7), and He certainly is not a seven-foot wooden plank. The flaw in that argument is obvious: at no time has the Church ever believed He was a literal door. But she has always believed the consecrated gifts of bread and wine are truly His Body and Blood.
"2. In the New Testament, those who receive Christ's Body and Blood unworthily are said to bring condemnation upon themselves. 'For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep' (literally, 'are dead'; 1Co 11:30). A mere symbol, a quarterly reminder, could hardly have the power to cause sickness and death!
"3. Historically, from the New Testament days on, the central act of worship, the very apex of spiritual sacrifice, took place 'on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread' (Acts 20:7). The Eucharist has always been that supreme act of thanksgiving and praise to God in His Church."
Quotation taken from The Orthodox Study Bible, p. 1564, St Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology, Elk Grove, California
Below are excerpts from Fr. Angelos Bishara's lectures on the Eucharist:
The Eucharist in the Holy Scriptures
John 6 – The Bread of Life
- The Miracle of Five Loaves and Two Fish. John 6:1-15
- The Crossing of the Lake, John 6:16-26
- The Discourse in Capernaum I, John 6:27-40
- The Discourse in Capernaum II, John: 43-71
The Synoptic Gospels
The Disciples of Emmaus
The Letters of St. Paul
- 1 Corinthians 10:14-22
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
- 1 Corinthians 27-34 – Examine Yourself
The Eucharist in the Book of Acts
The Book of Revelation
Old Testament
Writings of the Apostolic Fathers
Please enjoy this presentation explaining the Divine Liturgy:
Part 1: The Preparatory
Part 2: The Offertory
Part 3: Liturgy of the Word
Part 4: Liturgy of the Faithful


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Nanotechnology: Super Small Science
"Nanotechnology: Super Small Science" is a six-part series that shows viewers how atoms and molecules that are thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair can be used as building blocks to create future technology. The series features a dozen world class American researchers, including quantum physicist and National Medal of Science winner Paul Alivisatos.
Episode 1. Harnessing the Nanoscale
Why is something only billionths of a meter in size so important? Dawn Bonnell at the University of Pennsylvania shows how the ability to control and manipulate material at this extremely small scale is having a big impact around the world in medicine, energy, and electronics.
View video (5:33 min.)
Paul Alivisatos' team at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to develop a new type of solar cell using nano-sized crystals called quantum dots. Quantum dots are already helping to produce brighter, more vivid color in displays. The ability of solar cells to efficiently process energy in the form of light also makes them an ideal solution to our energy problems.
View video (5:48 min.)
You may have nanotechnology in your pocket and not even know it. Today's smartphones are much smaller than computers of the past, and yet significantly more powerful, thanks to nanotechnology. Tom Theis with the Semiconductor Research Corporation and IBM, and Ana Claudia Arias at the University of California, Berkeley, explain how nanotechnology has already changed our lives and the exciting possibilities for the future.
View video (6:02 min.)
Episode 4. Nanotech at the Surface
How could something only billionths of a meter thick defend against water, dirt, wear, and even bacteria? Working at the nanoscale, scientists and engineers, like Jay Guo of the University of Michigan, are creating protective nanoscale coatings and layers. These surfaces have applications in energy, electronics, medicine, and could even be used to make a plane invisible.
View video (5:13 min.)
Caltech's Julia Greer is proving that using big and heavy materials is not the only way to build strong, robust structures. Beginning at the nanoscale, her group is constructing materials that are more than 99 percent air yet strong and resilient. These new materials are breaking the rules by behaving in very unexpected ways.
View video (6:07 min.)
Some of the biggest advances in medical technology may soon come from devices built on the nanoscale. Donglei Fan with the University of Texas at Austin, and Paula Hammond with Massachusetts Institute of Technology discuss how their use of nanotechnology may one day sense, diagnose, and even treat cancer.
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4 Things to Do If Debt Collectors Come After You
You just hung up the phone in one of the worst conversations you've ever had. You're scared and angry and you don't know what to do. No, you didn't just have a fight with your parents, or even with one of your friends. You just got a call from a debt collector. What can you do? Should you never pick up your phone again if you don't recognize the number? Should you move out of your house? Should you panic? Here are four things to do when debt collectors start coming after you.
1. Is This Guy For Real?
It may sound silly, but the first thing to do if a debt collector starts calling you up is to figure out if they are for real. There are scam artists who pose as debt collectors, who target people they find out owe money to other people. Tell them to provide credentials or hang up the phone.
2. Know That You Have Rights
The debt collector on the other end of the phone will make a lot of threats just to scare you into paying. Not a lot of these threats are anything debt collectors can legally do to you, they're just empty threats. Debt collectors can't tell anyone you owe money, make violent threats, and can't call you at work after you tell them to stop.
3. Don't Give Them the Digits
If you're ready to pay your debt off, don't just give all of your bank information to the debt collector. With that kind of access they will clean you out. Pay the old fashioned ways like money order or cashier's check.
4. Get Your Hands On Some Cash
One way to make sure the debt collectors go away is to pay off the debt you owe. If you're looking to pay off your debt right away but don't have the money in your account, try taking out a pay day loan on GoLoansGo A short term loan like this can help you move funds around so you can pay off one debt without the lights getting cut off. It's not a complicated process. You get:
- An easy online application form that will only take minutes.
- No judgement about the current state of your credit
- The funds you need sent directly into your account.
If you're ready to get that debt collector off your back, visit GoLoansGo today and pay off those bills!


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Fashion Film: Victoria Beckham
If you have not seen these short videos Vogue has made featuring fashion figures and celebrities, you must head over to Vogue's Youtube channel! They are so clever and entertaining, and I love getting to see these people in a "real life" type setting. I particularly loved this one featuring Victoria Beckham. Enjoy!


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No Walk to School Day, Bobcat Trail Club, Talent Show Without Volunteers/
The start of the school year is right around the corner and we are still in desperate need of volunteers to lead the following committees for the 2016-17 school year. Without individuals or teams to run these committees, these events and activities won't be available to students:
- Earth Sustainability – this team coordinates the Bike/Walk to School Day, leads the 4th/5th Grade Green Team, and organizes events and activities during Earth Week
- Bobcat Trail Club – this team leads the running/walking program designed to encourage fitness. Kids run/walk laps on the school track before school and during recess and volunteers record laps completed. Rewards are given after designated milestones are reached.
- Talent Show – this is a new event tentatively set for early February and replaces the Bonny Slope Got Talent show that was previously held at the end of the school year.
If any of the events or activities within the committee interests you, please consider helping out. As a Committee Lead you can mold the program to your liking (do less or more than the year before). Please contact the BSCO Director of Committees, Holly VanderPloeg, if you are interested.


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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Colors do speak to us...and heal us. Blue is calming and soothing (but too much can be depressing). I could actually use some blue quickly followed by orange or yellow to give me some vitality.ReplyDelete
You write so well, Cindy....ReplyDelete
Hugs to you from Jackie
This was so beautiful! I could see your dads hands picking you out of the water!ReplyDelete
Hmmmm.. I think natural colors..like in nature speak to me. I love fresh greens and deep purples. Waving grain in fields and aspen leaves fluttering in the wind. I think the colors of Fall speak to me the loudest of all..they bring such wonderful memories of my childhood ...I love the Fall!! Wonderful post hon...ReplyDelete
Hugs and love, Sarah
Could I ask you a question hon...I used the designer to change my blog too and added the new "pages" gadget..how did you add more than one..I am stumped!!! Thanks hon:)
Sarah I sent you an email, you go into new post, then edit pages, then new page do what you need to and then publish, you can add up to ten different pages. good luck, I hope this helps. Be well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 16, 2010 at 10:37 PM
I love coming by your place Cinner. Always. :0)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful post, Cinner! What beautiful blue eyes he had. I can see the water running off of your face and hair. Wonderful imagery!!ReplyDelete
wonderful post...funny how the little things can bring back so much...he is there...smiles.ReplyDelete
so true I to feel this. I even can see the words yet fail to hear the voice I so desperately want to hear. The voice that would make me smile and feel safe.ReplyDelete
Beautiful writing Cinner!ReplyDelete
Love you, Cinner...ReplyDelete
For me, the blue eyes belonged to my granddaddy, and I miss him too.
It's Father's Day weekend, they are all with us.
This color surely speaks to me. It is a beautiful vibrant color. Wow.ReplyDelete
those words - of your dad reaching out to save you - gave me a shiver. You are meant to be here.ReplyDelete
such a lovely tribute to him
Shona , thank you. I sure do miss him this year, I do have lots of memories.thanks so much for commenting.ReplyDelete
TechnoBabe, today with a new perspective I think my favorite is yellow, more uplifting and positive. your a dear.
Cam, your granddaddy, the more I remember him the more I remember my father. You are right though they are all here with us. Memories can not be taken away.
Wanda, hope you are well, can't wait for the next walk through your property. take care.
Liss I so hear you, this must be a part of the grief process, but yes I understand that feeling of wanting to be safe. love to you my friend. we will get through this..hugs to you.
Brian, it really is, the smallest of things that I did not use to notice...maybe I took everything for granted. but he is there. smiles to you too.
SueAnn, I was just little and was floating in the water and then I panicked and thought I could not swim and he pulled me out. I still remember, he was my hero he had saved me.
Sarah I got your email this am, glad you got it. I can see that your a fall person, that is why your so ahead of the game I think. hugs to you. glad everything is going so well. take care.
Gayle, that was many years ago, funny what we remember. and I guess what we don't. I hope you are well and having a wonderful time. I do think of you often. hugs.
Jackie, every time you say I write well, I think of my high school English teacher, and how she would lecture me about run on sentences, I think this is another one. thanks for your kindness. take care, hope you are well. hugs.
ED, I am glad you like to come and visit, it means a lot that you take the time. I don't know how you keep up with all your followers. you must be a speed typist, or you have trained Max to do it. lol. be well.ReplyDelete
Caroline, oh yes give me some orange and yellow. The weather was nice, but cloudy all day...I just need the sun. I was very proud of you with your post today. take care.
your writing just drew us all in, today....ReplyDelete
memories are such a good thing, even if they make us a bit sad....it just means we lived....
Beth, yes and that sure beats the alternative. I loved your post today. very uplifting.ReplyDelete
He is whispering to you in the wind, through the sounds of raindrops and the warm beams of sunlight. Hugs sent your way.ReplyDelete
SE'LAH thank you for the beautiful comment. It made me tear up. your a love. Hugs.ReplyDelete


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The pressure on brands to deliver cutting-edge digital experiences increases with every new app, channel and device that hits the consumer market.
And that pressure may explain why 90 percent of companies turn to digital agencies, consultancies and technology implementers to design, build and manage their digital customer experiences.
Last week Forrester unveiled its "Vendor Landscape: Digital Experience Service Providers, 2017" (fee charged) to dive into this growing area. Authors Ted Schadler, Danielle Geoffroy, Brigitte Majewski, Anjali Yakkundi, Amy Horman and Kara Hartig parsed the differences between 57 providers in the area.
Where Digital Experience Service Providers Fit
Forrester defined digital experience service providers as:
"[A digital experience service provider is a company that] helps companies design, build and manage digital customer experiences in the context of their digital business transformation."
The report focuses only on digital experience service providers alone, leaving out the creative or media services of a marketing agency and the technology capabilities of a systems integrator.
The report outlined five core services offered by top digital experience service providers:
- Customer Experience Strategy Services: Journey mapping, ethnographic research and design thinking.
- Experience Design Services: This includes acquiring, developing, and retaining the best designers for products, interfaces and interactions.
- Data and Analytics services: Seen as an increasingly important cog in the experience delivery and personalization machine.
- Digital Experience Technology Services: Agencies seek to architect digital experience platforms using software from Adobe, Oracle, Sitecore and other vendors.
- Program management and global operations services: Many agencies consult brands on how to manage their digital strategies across multiple world regions.
Drowning in a Sea of Generic Language
Choosing a digital experience service provider is confusing, and that confusion has started to reach the providers themselves, according to Forrester's report:
"One prominent digital service provider told us: 'Whenever we go into an RFP, we're going up against a different group of providers. I don't even know who our competitors are anymore.'"
Because digital experience covers such a broad area, differentiating between provider's capabilities poses a challenge, especially in light of what the report's authors note is often generic and vague marketing language.
Forrester shed more light on this issue of obscurity:
"While these vendors might offer common capabilities such as customer strategy or website building, they are often fundamentally different at their core," the authors noted.
Assessing Digital Experience Service Provider's Priorities
Beyond outlining the five generic services of the average digital experience service provider, Forrester asked three questions related to: plan and design capabilities, build capabilities and software partnerships.
- What plan and design capabilities go into a typical digital experience engagement?
- What build capabilities go into a typical digital experience engagement?
- What are your top five strategic software partners?
The providers answers illustrate their priorities and the demands of the market.
For example, while many agencies confirmed they had built chatbots and voice applications within the last 12 months, only three out of 57 actually identified such services as "important."
Unsurprisingly, most providers listed helping clients undergo a digital transformation, helping develop a digital experience strategy and designing web experiences as high priorities.
Building digital platforms and architectures, websites and commerce experiences, also scored highly.
When it came to software partnerships, Adobe was way out in front, with 38 providers identifying them as a strategic partner. Sitecore was second with 27, while Salesforce and SAP Hybris had 17 and 16 votes each.
Mobify, Contentful, InRiver, Optimizely and Adam were least popular software vendors, with only two providers actively working with them.
While these insights are useful, the report, and in turn its readers, would have benefited from showcasing the answers of each digital experience service provider — as those answers would have provided more context for a brand trying to decide between a batch of providers.
'No One-Size-Fits-All'
The authors' key takeaway basically came down to this: do your homework.
"There is no one-size-fits-all service provider. You may wish to work with a boutique firm with deep expertise in your scenario that can devote senior leadership and expertise to your project ... or a global giant for the breadth and scale of its service lines," the authors wrote.
In other words, any brand out shopping for a DX service provider needs to dive deeply into the history and position of each potential provider to ascertain alignment with your mission, particularly with the narrow focus of many of the agencies. The authors also recommend a co-creation process, involving stakeholders on both sides, to help offset risk.


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SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't yet seen Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy…
…what the heck is the matter with you?!? It came out two weeks ago and is one of the year's best films!
But hopping off of my soapbox for a moment, there is one short sequence in particular from the Guardians credits that has been exploding on social media, so much so that Marvel Studios finally agreed on Thursday to officially release it online. That would be Baby Groot — or Tiny Groot (whichever you prefer) — getting his Groot on to The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," part of the flick's amazing soundtrack.
Director James Gunn had this to say about the adorable scene:
"It was initially written as a tag for the very end of the film. But after we shot it, it worked so well I wanted to put it at the actual end of the film so none of the audience would miss it."
Next came the biggest revelation of all: Baby Groot was not actually played by Vin Diesel (who portrayed Groot proper), but rather, it was the director himself!
"Baby Groot dancing is 100 percent me. I was too embarrassed for anyone to be there, so I made everyone leave the room, and I set up a camera and I videotaped myself dancing. Then I sent the video to the animators and had them animate over that. I begged them not to leak the video! Two of my closest friends came to an early screening and said 'Hey, I recognize those moves! That's you dancing isn't it?!'"
Well, Surgers, we all know how The Internets work, so now that the sequence has been made available on YouTube, I'm sure we'll be seeing Baby Groot dancing to every song imaginable before the weekend is over.
In the meantime, check out some of the unofficial Baby Groots that some rather artistic fans have built on their own:
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Bottle feeding
My little boy Ethan didn't want to breastfeed. I don't think I had much milk either, as every time I expressed I couldn't get more than 60ml, which was never enough for him, not even for one meal. He is 4months on Tuesday, the 11th March and he has been very healthy, putting on weight and very happy little man. I was judged as not trying hard enough to breastfeed, but I don't think it was worth letting my boy go hungry rather than giving him a bottle.
I met other moms who were in the same situation or they didn't have milk at all. So, anyway, I thought I'd start a support conversation for mother who don't breastfeed. We can maybe share tips and just chat
I live in Newbury Park in London
Hi congratulations on becoming a Mum.
I'm sure they'll be some FFing mums along soon.
I have to say although I'm going to try BFing, I do think there's a massive amount of pressure on mums to make BFing work. I thought maybe it was me that was touchy because there's was and still is a chance I may not be able to BF.
However whilst pregnant I led a discussion event on improving maternity care at a local hospital. The Public Health people were talking about needing to spend more on breast feeding support. The majority of Obstetric consultants and Midwifes were adamant this was a bad idea (I would go as far as to say all in attendance but some were quiet, although not one spoke up in disagreement) . The basic premise was they were sick of seeing women hysterical and even becoming depressed because BFing hadn't worked, and they felt a failure because of all the pressure that was put on them.
The comment from one MW was how come I have to run a weekly drop in club with free lunch provided to support BFing mothers even if they're doing fine, yet if a mother ends up FFing and has issues with reflux, colic, weaning etc..there's no support group for her, surely we should just have a support group for all new mothers no matter what their issue is and support them all equally. There were lots of nods of agreement.
It all got a bit heated, but one of the consultants also started ranting about how come legally shops can't put discounts on formula for under 6 months old, or even let mothers have points (Tesco, Boots etc..) when they buy formula, when even cigarettes get points and alcohol gets discounted. Surely nationally we were reinforcing the image that mothers who didn't BF were terrible.
I have to say I hadn't thought about it in so much depth before, but it does seem a massive amount of pressure at a time when women are vulnerable anyway. We all know te benefits of BFing but sometimes it just doesn't work.0
I feel horrible about the fact that T won't latch, I really did try my best but his little mouth just couldn't grasp my enormous and flat nipples. I was manhandled in hospital by a horrid midwife who really damaged my one nipple, and struggled on at home trying to get him on the boob. We ended up that every time he came near my boobs he would scream, not exactly ideal, in fact very, very upsetting. I feel like a complete failure even though T is 3 and a half weeks old and hasn't had any formula yet, because I am managing to express enough right now.
I'm terrified of my supply running out and tell myself off every time I'm late pumping or I don't manage 6 in one day. I hate feeling like this but just can't shake it off, there really is SO much pressure to bf.
All the support in the world won't help if your baby physically can't keep hold of the boob.
Sorry, that turned into a ranty moan!0
I went into the birth of my son thinking if bf works it works, if not I'll ff. That said, the amount of pressure heaped on us in hospital/by community mws meant when O was unable to latch meant yes, I did feel terrible and I'd go as far as to say in the early weeks in particular that it certainly didn't help my moods/made me mildly depressed. But it wasn't just medical professionals...we went to a group and all the Mum's were bf bar me, and one turned around and said to me "you could at least try"..erm, I did love!
This time we will be going to straight to ff (cue much disgust from many!) Because I cannot and will not go through the stress, discomfort and pressure again...I want to enjoy the newborn days, not stress over each feed.My mw has already started saying I should go ti a support group for bfing 2nd time round, but I really have no interest or inclination. I also know my little boy has been perfectly happy, healthy and had excellent growth from formula. Myself and my husband can't wait to do it again x0
I am now ff and it has completely saved my sanity. Yes I'd have loved breastfeeding to work out, mainly because it is convenient when our and about not to have to worry about bottles etc (lazy mummy here!) but for now I'm grateful to have access to a safe alternative that keeps S happy and healthy.
My experience of bfing...I did it exclusively til S was 3 months. We introduced a bottle of formula at night so H could put him to bed and I never got enough pumping. We gradually cut down until 4.5 months when we went completely ff.
I had a big pph and was severely anemic when I left hospital after having him so my milk never came in properly and my supply was never great. S had tongue tie so that also didn't help stimulate my supply in the early days. S developed silent reflux so screamed all day long. It only truly got better when we switched full time to formula. I've since wondered if in fact I had a severe foremilk issue as he had green nappies constantly from 8 weeks til we stopped BFing. There is no professional support for BFing locally and the group run by my hv is useless (she told me to jiggle my boobs to resolve the green nappy issue).
I found breastfeeding utterly overwhelming at times and I cried with every feed. Giving up was the best thing I did. My hv was so rude when I told her though. When she did my 12 week pn check up she was asking questions about pnd and I explained how stressful I'd found BFing and she very sniffily said "I'm not allowed to recommend anything except exclusively BFing". Er, I think you're supposed to support anything that safely keeps mum and baby happy! She has no idea whether I'm preparing bottles safely or what milk I'm giving S. This is a shocking oversight imo which is borne of the strict pressure for mums to exclusively bf.
If we have another baby I'll definitely try BFing again but will travel further to get professional support if I need it. I also won't beat myself up for not doing it if it doesn't work out. S will have formula for the first year of his life, as long as I don't give him McDonald's every day for the next 18 years, I'm sure he will be fine!
Phew! I feel better for that! Thanks for starting this thread, very cathartic!0
I think it's dreadful when mums are made to feel guilty for FF, as long as the baby is being fed then you're doing your job! Having a baby is hard, being a mum is hard, whether you're FF/BF co-sleeping/not co-sleeping, disposables/cloth, routine/no routine, blw/puree weaning. It's a shame that we can get divided so easily and I agree that support in general is needed for Mums regardless of their feeding/parenting style.
I just want to say though, there can be pressure the other way round. There shouldn't be judgement or criticism for either way of feeding. I'm BF and the 6 mums I know with babies are all FF and they completely don't understand. One never wanted to and never even attempted to latch for colostrum or anything, she just didn't want to and that's her choice to make and absolutely fine. One didn't think she had milk so didn't try, one switched for convenience (admitted by them as previously BF), one stopped at 6 days as her boobs were 'huge and uncomfortable', one tried but had latching problems and switched due to the stress, the last one is 'trying' but says she doesn't have enough milk so is topping up with formula, I saw her feed though and she only keeps baby on her for 5 mins so she's unlikely to ever get enough supply. I feel sorry for the one who had latching problems and anyone who is having struggles, I always said that I wouldn't allow myself to feel pressured. I've got absolutely no problem with those that just decided it wasn't for them. The others though, it's more due to a lack of understanding about what is normal for a BF baby, it really makes no odds to me how baby is fed but it is hard to have people say your baby is 'greedy' or that your milk isn't good enough, I've had several suggestions of switching to formula because of frequent feeding etc. The worst is when people say 'oh you're so LUCKY you can BF, I tried but stopped for xyz' and then give a reason which is something you went through and came out the other side. I just find it hard when people presume you've had it easy because you've managed to keep BF.
Sorry, don't want to hijack your thread but I just wanted to let you know that I feel we're all pressured/criticised for every choice we make, no matter how much we've struggled to get to where we are!
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Pretty much what bump envy said. None of us have it easy, whatever choices we have.0
We had problems BFing right from the start. Numerous people at the hospital came to 'help' but they'd see how he wasn't latching and just say "we'll keep trying and we'll pop back later". It was a joke, everytime someone came round it was a different person to the last time so I'd have to explain it all again. In the end they basically thrust a leaflet on me saying that if he didn't soon start feeding his jaundice could make him seriously ill. Yet more pressure! It was at that point I had to make the decision to switch to formula - we were just going round in circles and no one seemed particularly bothered in actually helping us. The main BFing facilitator came round one afternoon but ended up getting a call to go upstairs. She said she'd come back afterwards but never did. She'd asked me to buzz for her when F showed signs of being hungry but when I did that she disappeared and never returned!
I've also found that there's a lot of support for BFing mums out in the community such as BFing cafés and groups but nothing similar for those who FF. I think a lot of people don't realise that FFing isn't necessarily always by choice and why should we be made to feel guilty about it? I completely disagree with the fact you can't get Boots points, for example, on formula. If a woman is unable to BF why the hell shouldn't she be able to benefit a little out of it. I appreciate that it might encourage some not to even try BFing but it did discriminates against those of us who didn't have the choice.
Like Coco, I'm pretty sure that I won't even attempt BFing this time. It was such a horrible experience last time that made me very stressed and upset that I think it might be the best decision all round to go straight for FF.0
BF is great if you can manage to do it, i also believe 'breast is best' but only if its best for mum and baby
i tried BF boy my boys but like some of the other mums i just couldn't get the latch right and wasn't producing enough milk, it got to the point i was dreading and crying though every feed. my boys needed a happy mum not one crying all over them
with my first i persevered for 4 weeks and i was so miserable and in so much pain, to this day i still believe that triggered my PND because i felt such a huge amount of pressure to BF
with my second i only tried for two weeks it wasn't working so stopped but most importantly i felt confident i was doing the best for both me and my baby.
i now have two very healthily boys who are no worse of for being formula feed, if people judge you for FF there not worth wasting your time on.0
I agree with BE. To each their own and it's wrong to marginalise from either side. As long as mum happy and baby thriving that's the most important thing!0
My sister has struggled with the twins and decided early on not to BF at all. She expresses about 6 times a day and the babies have mixed feeds. It just wasnt going to work any other way - for her and her family.
I enjoyed bf-ing my son but was advised to switch him to part FFing after about 4 weeks, felt dreadful about it at first, but it soon passed.
Because of my return to (part-time) work being so quick, and because I have 2 people here in the family dead keen to do the feeding, I'm starting to consider whether it would be best going straight to expressing also. I am so excited about baby arriving and the single only thing I feel any anxiety about is how we manage to establish bf-ing, and then move to part expressing, in 2-3 weeks. It seems unlikely that would happen successfully and I want to really enjoy every single day with baby, and not be focused elsewhere.
I have genuinely never met a parent who was blasé about feeding, or didnt care what their baby got and when. It's pretty much the biggest concern with a new baby. Makes me sad that parents are judged on something that can be really difficult, is very personal and every scenario has different considerations and factors. We all do the best we can!0
I think we feel pressure for every decision we make as parents, to how you are in pregnancy to how you give birth, feed and decide to return to work. As BE said the pressure is there for everyone BF or FF. I'm one if those people that didnt try to BF I made a decision very early on to FF from the start, a decision I didn't do lightly ( and although I knew I never wanted to BF I still read up on it to make an informed choice). I found myself treated badly in hospital due to my decision, so much so I feel that my babies safety was compromised, which is something I have struggled with since the birth. I feel every parent makes an individual choice and we should all respect people's choice they've made. I have many friends who have BF and I'm in awe of the determination and hard work they've put into it.
I agree with WG regarding advantage/clubcard points as I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to get something back from the vast amount of money I spend on formula. Also the baby cafe thing gets to me, when my son was first born and my H had gone back to work I wanted to get out to a group and meet new mums, due to an EMCS I needed something in walking distance (other groups were not age suitable) so I rang the baby cafe place to enquire about it and was told I couldn't attend as my bottles would offend the women trying to feed! I understand a lot of women are there for help with latch etc but a lot of people I met went there to meet other mums and I was 'banned' in effect. Speaking to people at groups now I've not come across anyone who said they would have been upset by someone there with a bottle.
I lived by my community midwifes motto who said 'I am not judging how you decide to feed, I'm here to support and help either way as long as you and your baby are healthy and happy that's all I care about'0
I've done both - my first was mix fed from 6 weeks and fully FF from 13 weeks, and my second and third have been BF, #2 until 2.5 years and #3 still BFing now.
I do believe that there is an issue with BF support - not with the amount spent on it but with the hit and miss quality. Too many healthcare professionals aren't well trained and give out poor advice which I believe reinforces the feelings that some women have of 'failing' when in fact it's the system which has failed them. One of the main reasons my second was BF for so long was my stubbornness about it as I definitely felt I gave in too easily with #1 and it made me determined to do my damnedest to 'succeed' with #2 - we were very lucky to have a very easy journey but being well informed made a huge difference to me, which was as a result of my own research rather than information from professionals.
I would like to see HVs and MWs support and guide all women with feeding their babies, regardless of how they choose to do it, but I would also like to see better training for all HCPs in BFing so they are able to give high quality advice allowing parents to make a fully informed decision about how to feed their babies at all stages along the way.0
Hi moms
So happy to see so many replies. Yes, it is very tough either way and I agree no one should be judged. I'm sure we all want and make the biggest effort to do the best for our kids.
Like I said before, I tried and tried and Ethan wouldn't latch and didn't have much milk either I think. For those who bottle feed (sorry I don't know all the shortcuts to the words :-)) I can offer the following tips and advice on products:
-buy yourself the Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep Machine. It saves your life especially night time. You basically put the button on how many ounces you need and then the machine gives you the water at the right temperature. So you don't need to keep using the kettle or prepare the bottles beforehand. The milk is just the right warmth for the little one to have
-the MAM self sterilizing bottles have also been life saving for us. We can take them anywhere and just sterilize them in a microwave. They can be undone into parts and it takes 3min for a bottle and an additional 1min for the extra one to sterilize in the microwave
-last, but not least, we have been using Cow & Gate formula and it has worked perfectly for E. We are now using the one for hungrier babies and he only wakes up one time during the night
I do believe there is not enough support either way. I mean all the BF cafes were during working hours and the only way I could've attended was to take holidays. Also, when I asked my Health Visitor for help (after she told me I am not trying hard enough) she said that's not her job and she doesn't have time to do it. I insisted and when she saw that Ethan didn't want to take my breast and how hard I was actually trying she said "I have to go, but there is a BF cafe taking place in 2 hours and that i should go"!!!!!!! I started laughing as it would take me a while to feed my baby get ourselves dressed and the journey time alone was about an hour, so there was no way we could've made it. But that was her reply and "help". I cried a lot and got very upset about it at the beginning, but now seeing Ethan being happy and healthy I am fine.0
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It was 29 years ago today - December 3, 1987 - that we met our first gaggle of Trans-Antarctica kids. We were at the Minnesota Science Museum to announce Will Steger and Jean-Louis Etienne's intention to cross Antarctica on a 3,500-mile journey slated to begin two years ahead. The two were surrounded by a classroom's worth of young faces recruited for the photo op. For those children and for me, the line drawn across Will's map was still pretty abstract. It would take another year and a half of planning before the expedition became real and before I personally comprehended the enormity of what we had undertaken. Abstract, too, was the claim that this expedition would be "educational," an opportunity to teach the children of the world the importance of environmental stewardship. Yet even that very first day, you could see in the kids' faces that the idea of an international polar expedition and the live presence of the two recent conquerors of the North Pole was inspiring in a way that eventually made the entire expedition a "teachable moment" (there probably was a dog there, too, that day - that always helps).
I look at our faces in this picture taken shortly thereafter, so full of confidence and delight. Each of us - Will, the reporter Jacqui Banaszynski, Jean-Louis and myself - would experience the next three years completely differently as we played out our respective roles. We look so very young to me now, but we had a very grown-up job to do... and the kids were already counting on us.
There are lots of anniversaries associated with the 1989-1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition - depending on what you want to celebrate. Some of them I'll chronicle here. This one is lost in obscurity compared to what was coming down the pike, but looking out my window today as the sun comes up on a snowy landscape, and as I sort through piles of unmarked (and unfortunately undated) snapshots on my floor, this one seems pretty special to me.


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I thought not all states had Real ID?...just checked, 19 states are compliant Kudos to those states fighting against it.
Could this be Ron Paul trying to block the backdoor in this new reform in immigration in that all new immigrants will get a nation bio ID card, that would eventually spread to all citizens in the states that already oppose Real ID?
Originally posted by DiscreteParticle
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You are killing me with this RealID compliance map because my state fought it for awhile and now I see it's in the GREEN Zone of Death!
Hey what is Texas doing in the GREEN? I thought it was a secession state.
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I dont find your premise to be valid.
Ron Paul has been fighting against these intrusions on our personal liberties from the day he entered office. From CISPA to the unPatriot Act to the REAL ID, hes against all of it.
It has nothing to do with "$$$".
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The various IDs that record your whereabouts when you shop or bank are also easily defeated... pay cash. Thats going to change.
that the new Drivers Licenses use Biometric Facial Recognition that is utilized for tracking them in real time. Various states, including mine, have installed these FR tracking cameras all over the place.
So, it is possible to get the government out of your personal finances completely, if you have sufficient wealth saved up, and a willingness to travel.


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There's something so quietly profound about the quote I pulled out of Sarah's story. "I wasn't going to stop myself from being able to look after him in every other way in order to give him (breastmilk)," she says. That's really the crux of our argument, isn't it? That sometimes, you have to choose something that seems less than ideal in order to have what is truly ideal: a bond with your child, a healthy body, a functioning mind.
When you make those kinds of choices, you thank whatever deity you believe – God, Jehovha, Allah, Buddha, Science- for the invention of viable substitutes, that can fill in when the ideal is not ideal. And you know what? I thank him/her/it every time I look at my children's ideal faces, marvel at their ideal minds, and treasure our ideal bond.
Happy Friday, fearless ones,
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Sarah's Story
When I fell pregnant for the second time (first pregnancy was a miscarriage), I was asked by every health professional whether I planned to breastfeed. I was all for it, it was everything I wanted to do. I thought it would just happen naturally so I didn't go to any classes and didn't do much research on it at all.
My son measured big throughout my whole pregnancy and at 38 weeks he was estimated to be about 4.5kg. The doctor decided It was best to be induced which I really didn't want but I agreed anyway. We had a date within the week and I went into hospital at 39 weeks and 1 day to be induced. Things did not progress overnight with a catheter inserted so I was put on the drip the following morning. I did not cope very well with the pain and I had an epidural which I was adamant I wasn't getting before labour started! Baby was sitting funny so the pain of the contractions was gone, but I had back pain which lasted the entire time I was in labour. I was so exhausted I spent he whole day drifting in and out of consciousness. By 10pm the midwife told me I had fully dilated but baby's head wasn't descending as he was very big. I was terrified of the idea of a cesarian but I agreed. I was taken to theatre at around 12am I believe, I don't have much memory of the day at all. I was hysterical with fear and exhaustion.
Finally at 1:30am my son was born. He was weighed at 4.9kg and wrapped in a towel and my partner held him on my chest for a few minutes. Suddenly I was passing out again, my baby was taken to nursery and my fiance kicked out of the OR. I don't remember much except the anesthetist telling me I may need to be put to sleep. I came in and out of consciousness and at one point I was in recovery with nurses all around doing things. I was taken to the adult special care unit and I could barely move my limbs. I had oxygen tubes in my nose, three different canulas with lines going into my arms and i was so tired. My baby was no where to be seen but my fiance assured me he was okay, but hypoglycemic. He had already given him his first bottle in the nursery and while i was disappointed it wasn't me, I understood why and I wasn't upset. I was glad it was him that fed him.
The next day I found out I had lost 4 litres of blood when my tired uterus didn't contract after my son was born. I was very anaemic and that was why I was so tired. It had also tore bigger than the incision site and I wasn't allowed to try for more babies for well over a year. I was encouraged to attempt breastfeeding with the help of the nurses. I felt so overwhelmed with random people touching my breasts, telling me what to do and it was so painful. We didn't have much success feeding and it was always painful despite being told it would get better it never did. We gave him formula bottles in the hospital after attempting to feed and he took to them very well. They told me because of the large blood loss my body was focusing on producing blood rather than milk. I was sent home on the 5th day after my son was born, still barely able to walk from cesarian pain. It took a week for my milk to come in and it was a very small amount, I tried pumping and I got less than 40ml from both breasts. I discovered I have flat nipples and it was very hard for my son to latch on and the whole experience was very frustrating leaving us both in tears. I began to resent my baby for the way I felt when feeding him. I then got an infection in my wound site and had to take pain medication which was unsafe for breastfeeding. I pumped the whole time I was taking them with the intention of trying again after I was off them.
Afterwards I sought out the help of a lactation consultant at the hospital where I gave birth. I went in for weekly appointments and we discovered he was getting less than 30ml from each breast. He also had a terrible latch but we had most of this corrected. I tried nipple shields, I even borrowed a hospital grade pump from them and I was about to start taking drugs to increase my supply. I tried a SNS which was too fiddly for me and I couldn't see myself using it in public. We were giving him bottles this whole time after every feed and I wish i had just stuck with them earlier.
The final stroke happened when my son was just under five weeks old. I was taken to hospital in an ambulance with severe abdominal pain. It was diagnosed as pancreatitis caused by gallstones blocking a duct. It was the worst pain I have ever experienced and I spent a whole night hooked up to morphine just to make it through. I was away from my baby for a week in hospital waiting for surgery to have my gallbladder removed. I missed him so much. By the time I got home my milk was completely gone and I was barely able to pick him up without pain, let alone feed him. I made the call to switch him to full formula feeds.
I struggled for many weeks with the guilt. I cried and cried about my traumatic labour experience, my inability to breastfeed, everything. I still don't know what it took to realize that I had done nothing wrong. That I'd done my best for him and done the best thing for both of our health and sanity. My partners mother told me that she had formula fed all four of her children from birth, by choice. I don't feel now that I was unable to breastfeed and was forced into formula feeding. I made a choice and it was the right choice. A stressful breastfeeding relationship was damaging my ability to bond with my baby, and health concerns meant I'd have to put my own health second, keep myself in pain just to give him breastmilk. I wasn't going to stop myself from being able to look after him in every other way because I was sick, to give him that when it wasn't benefiting either of us.
I wish there was more information and support out there for mothers who choose to formula feed. Bottle safety, how to prepare a bottle, etc. I have been lucky to not receive judgement from anyone except myself. Even the LC was very supportive with bottle feeding. Mothers, please start supporting each other and your choices. It doesn't matter whether your baby is formula fed, breast fed or fed with expressed milk, as long as it's done with love and care. My son is now a happy and healthy 4.5 month old who benefits from having a mum who isn't stressed to the max while trying to feed him, and we have a beautiful relationship.


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Saturday, February 21, 2009
I actually managed to sleep in a bit later today, then I got up, turned on the computer, got the coffee going, did some blog reading while the coffee perked, then went to wash my hair.
I sipped my coffee while reading some more blogs and while letting my hair dry, then stripped the bed, put the sheets in the washing machine , and finally started on the layout for Pastor Larry's digging journal.
After that, I went off shopping, then fixed my lunch, then went and put fresh sheets on the bed. I then read today's newspaper and did some surfing on the internet.
It's carnival season in German, well all over the world actually, and tomorrow there will be a parade passing below my window. I may write a long entry all about carnival over here. I've written about it in past years on our dear JS, but I'm sure most of you don't remember.
I'm going to call my son now and see about stopping over for a visit.
See ya all later!
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Thank you Westy you are the best :-)ReplyDelete
Sounds like a good day so far!ReplyDelete
Sounds very good so far. *smiling*ReplyDelete
ttfn- Gina
A parade right below your window? How lucky can you get! NICE! Sounds like your day is going well so far. To top it off, you may get to play the doting grandma, too. lol. I almost forgot...Ash Wednesday is next week, isn't it? Have a great weekend. HUGS!ReplyDelete
Wow you have been busy! Enjoy your visit if it can be arranged.ReplyDelete
Nice layout you did for Pastor Larry. Very fitting. I want little suitcases as my background!ReplyDelete
Can I do a weekend in Germany with you someday?
Don't forget to snap your camera for us and share the pics of the carnival.
thank you all! and yes, I visisted my babies and then went furniture shopping with my son.ReplyDelete
Gosh, blogger is slooooooow today...
Hey thanks for stopping by. I hope all is going well with you and your family.ReplyDelete
I multitasking, I walked and chewed gum at the same timeReplyDelete
Look fwd to the carnival entry - I haven't been blogging for a year yet - so it'll be new to me!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I look forward to seeing digging. Enjoy your day!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a productive/busy day!ReplyDelete


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So, we talked about ways to manage the behavior. But eventually, we want our dogs to feel better about happenings outside of their own home. We can do that through counter conditioning and desensitization.
We need to start working below threshold and set our dogs for success. Remember my squirrel posting about Puddin? I had to start at a place that was easy for her. The same with window barking. We can't start at 3:00 PM when there are 15 yelling and running kids getting of school buses and such.
Pick a time of day that is the least busy but light enough outside to see well. Get some very tasty treats that the dog doesn't get often (dried wheat biscuits won't do – use something like boiled chicken..if your vet approves). Sit several feet back from the window. Work with someone whom your dog already knows and likes (maybe a family member). Have that person calmly walk by the window. As soon as the person is in view, give the dog a treat. Do this a few times until you can tell that the dog is looking forward to the person walking by.
Try this with different people that the dog knows. The move on to a well-coached stranger. Start with the stranger walking calmly by the window as you give treats. Stop treats when the stranger is out of site. Once the dog is happy about the stranger, you can raise the criteria. Have the stranger walk by briskly. Later have the stranger run by. Later have the stranger talk and walk. Then try more well coached strangers. Try to get people who look different – older/younger; taller/shorter, different races, etc..
Remember that while you are training your dog to feel better about what's outside, you must still continue to keep him/her away from the window when you are not training. If your dog has a reaction at the window, you might set back your progress.
Eventually you won't need controlled setups anymore, but you should still be ready with treats when strangers walk by or other things are happening outside.
Straight counter conditioning and desensitization is just one way to help a dog feel better about what is happening outside.
Grisha Stewart's Behavior Adjustment Training can also help
And Leslie McDevitt's Control Unleahsed games can also be quite useful.
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Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
Don Coscarelli doesn't need Phantasm anymore, and Phantasm sure as hell doesn't need him. In the nearly two decades between Part 3 (Oblivion) and Part 4 (Ravager), the writer/director brought other authors' work to kooky, inventive, cinematic life with Bubba Ho-Tep and John Dies at the End. Returning to his own franchise, Coscarelli has outsourced directing to animation supervisor David Hartman, and all but abandoned the series' horror roots--further removing himself (and us) from the spirit with which he blossomed as an indie genre pioneer. The resulting no-budget fan film once again sees former ice cream man Reggie (Reggie Bannister) playing guitar, jumping dimensions, and fighting the evil Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) for our reality's very soul. Sadly, no amount of call-backs, cameos, and tricked-out CGI spheres can atone for Ravager's utter lack of brains, heart, and, well… balls. Here's to more adaptations and less recycling.
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A few years ago, I volunteered at a convention of college band directors. On the next to the last day of the convention, high school students are invited to come and audition with band directors for a chance at receiving a band scholarship. The auditions weren't formal. It was more of a free-for-all. Find a director, pull them to the side and hope they aren't too busy to audition you. As I was leaving one of the large ensemble rehearsals, I saw a girl and her mother. I could tell that she was in high school and she looked a little distressed. I asked her if she needed some help. She turned to me, said, "Yes, I do!", and explained that she was there to "meet every band director" she could find. She was intent on getting a scholarship for college because she knew that her mother would not be able to afford it on her own. I immediately went and introduced her to the first band director I could find. While she talked with the band director, I spoke with her mother. Her mother told me that she was so thankful that her daughter had taken the initiative to meet and audition with the different college band directors on her own. What she told me next really left an impression on me. Her daughter had made the GA All State band for the first time that year. She had auditioned for the All State band every year, but had never made it. I asked her what the difference was this year. Her mother said, "She had a private lesson before the audition. It helped her so much. If it wasn't for that one lesson, she wouldn't have made it and she wouldn't have the confidence that she has now to come here and look for these band directors!" We shared a laugh and I marveled at how much impact that ONE lesson had on her daughter. I knew then that I had to be a part of the that! Right then, the idea for the jsquared music performance center was born.
The jsquared music performance center* was created to help spread our passion for music to the youth. We want to give them the same opportunities that were given to us by our band directors and the many other musicians who taught and inspired us to become the best musicians that we could be.
With 30 years of experience playing and teaching musicians of all age levels ranging from elementary school students to college students, I know that each individual student learns in their own way. It is important to interact and listen to the student so that I know the best way to approach our learning sessions to get the desired result.
Our focus on music fundamentals such as theory, ear training, sight reading and performance fundamentals help to ensure that our students can continue to excel even after they leave our tutelage.
The jsquared performance center lays the foundation that builds better musicians, better performers and better leaders.
*The jsquared performance center is always written in lowercase because the emphasis in on our students, not the instructors. (Except for on Facebook where they wouldn't allows us to put the name in all lowercase letters.)


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Let's talk touch buttons at this point. I am not a fan, which makes using the SGH-i640V challenging since all the front buttons, Call, End, two softmenus, Windows Mobile Home and Back, are touch buttons. If one thing puts me off this smartphone, it is these buttons.
I really like the way Samsung has made the navigation button a wheel which you can swivel as well as nudge in up, down, left and right configuration. I've seen this before on Samsung devices, and it works well for me. The QWERTY keypad is not too bad either. Its keys are tall and thin, and angled out slightly from an imaginary central vertical line. I found them quite comfortable and easy to use at a fair old lick.
The SGH-i640V runs Windows Mobile but it doesn't look like it at first glance. If you remember my review of the Palm Treo 500v (on Vodafone) back in the latter part of last year you'll recall that it sported a fancy new interface.
The SGH-i640V does it again, and while I rather like the different look it gives to things it can take a little getting used to. When you hit the Start button you are taken to a screen that offers a horizontally scrolling set of application and information groups. Highlight one and you can scroll vertically through the options it offers.
The groupings are not all going to be familiar to Windows Mobile users. Music and Video, Recent Photos, Message Centre, Favourite Contacts, Upcoming Events and My settings, are complemented by groups for Windows Live services, Recent Programs and Live! which provides access to Vodafone Live!, Google Maps and Mobile TV.
As you scroll through the list the softkey buttons change their functions. In theory this allows you quick access to features, and it does in practice too, but you may need to spend some time familiarising yourself with everything if you are migrating from Windows Mobile on a more standard-looking device.
You can get to the Windows Mobile main menu from all this, though, and if it really proves alien there are some other user interface choices including a few Samsung specific ones and some that are much more standard Windows Mobile fare. Between the many on offer you should find something you can work with.
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Last week we started potty-training Lara and after the first few days she's done a phenomenal job! I'm so proud of her but that's not the real reason I'm blogging tonight.
There are a few weird things that I've thought about during this whole process and I've decided to share them. Lucky!
1. Who decided to potty-train children and when did that happen? Were kids potty-trained in ancient Greece? I know that every culture has their own version of where and how to go to the bathroom but did everyone systematically teach their kids that version? Just wondering.
2. Is there anything else in the world that can get grown human beings get so excited about seeing poop and pee in a little potty?
3. Did you know that the bladder is a smooth muscle and it's not supposed to be voluntary? Human beings are cool creatures though and we adapted!
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Omaha, Nebraska - NP Dodge conducted an Open House Extravaganza yesterday, June 3, to boost listing sales and educate buyers on what's available out there in the market. Over 85 homes were open to view and purchase in Omaha, Council Bluffs, Blair, Valley, Fremont, Elkhorn, Ashland, Plattsmouth, Papillion, Bellevue and other parts of Iowa such as Glenwood and Oakland.
NP Dodge advertised the big event by placing a full page ad in the Omaha World-Herald Sunday Home Section and Friday Home Guide, other area newspapers, online through Omaha.com, Momaha.com and Facebook. Hundreds of consumers took advantage of the Sunday extravaganza. NP Dodge agents talked of good open house traffic, new homeowners and interested buyers.
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The festival season is right around the corner, so it's time to make all your wildest makeup dreams come true! Get your brightest colors in action and express your fabulous self through creative looks. Here are the most innovative makeup ideas to finish off your festival look on a high note.
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Bashar al-Assad has denied reports of a chemical attack carried out by Syrian government forces last week, saying the they were "fabricated" and accusing the USA of working "hand in glove" with al-Qaeda to create a pretext for air strikes.
Speaking to French news agency Agence France-Presse, the Syrian president said the government no longer has any chemical weapons, and "even if we had them we wouldn't use them, we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history".
Monitoring groups and international aid agencies reported as many as 100 people were killed an many more injured in a poison gas attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun last Tuesday.
The attack prompted US president Donald Trump to order the first major military action of his presidency, launching dozens of missiles at the airfield from where the chemical attack was believed to have been launched.
Mr Assad described reports of the gas attack as "propaganda", saying:
Our impression that the west is hand in glove with the terrorists, they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack.
Mr Assad said Khan Sheikhoun, in northern Syria, is controlled by "a branch of al-Qaeda, so the only information the world has had til this moment is published by al-Qaeda".
He admitted government forces carried out an attack in the area, but said it took place "around noon", in contrast to reports that said a gas attack took place early in the morning.
There was "no concrete evidence about anything, the only thing were allegations and propaganda and then strike", he said.
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The AR-2000 radio-TLC Imaging Scanner has become the industry 'Gold Standard' in the detection of radiolabeled compounds in TLC plates…and also in the purity analysis of [18F] FDG
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From time to time qualified heritage consultants are engaged to survey an area. Heritage surveys can be of a local council area, of a region or can survey the whole state for places that fit a particular theme eg 20th century heritage. These surveys identify potential places of state and local heritage significance and potential historic conservation areas.
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We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.
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Experiencing and dealing with pain in the back, hips, knees, neck, and shoulders during seated postures is exhausting, painful and ultimately takes you away from your practice. In this workshop we will explore gentle body movement, optimizing alignment to create more space and ease in the body. Attending to the body with kindness, we will learn to release patterns of holding through mindful breathing and posture practices.
Benefits from this workshop may include:
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The teacher: Kokai Nadine Apicello is a long-time yoga and Zen practitioner and has been teaching yoga for more than twenty years. She received lay ordination in 2011. She has been certified in different yoga traditions and her teaching is an eclectic blend of styles she has studied such as Integral, Iyengar, Tantra, Restorative, Taoist Yin/Yang Yoga, Vinyasa. Her classes incorporate movement modalities such as Qi Gong, body/ball rolling, Kum Nye Tibetan Relaxation with emphasis on breath work and mindfulness. She focuses on alignment and the attunement of the whole body, exploring through movement and stillness.
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Matter Waves
This article is about matter waves and it contain brief introduction of the topic followed by few questions. Photoelectric effect and Compton scattering are evidences of the corpuscular nature of light. Interference , diffraction and polarisation reveal the wave nature of light. Louis de Brogli was the first one to suggest that matter may have wave like properties. He proposed that if light (which consists … Continue reading Matter Waves


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The Disputed Value of Customer Engagement and Feedback
At the heart of everything I talk about here is 1) increased engagement in production and consumption by consumers and 2) increased market awareness and customer feedback for business.
At the heart of everything I talk about here is 1) increased engagement in production and consumption by consumers and 2) increased market awareness and customer feedback for business.
CloudFab now in Open Beta CloudFab recently launched into open beta, so you can now access their network of 3D printers. Just upload an STL file (a standard CAD file type) with a few instructions and specifications as to the printing process you are looking for and you will quickly get back quotes from shops […]
Openbusiness.cc is running a competition to find the top 100 best open innovators in the world, highlighting achievements in open innovation, crowdsourcing, co-creation, open source software, and open business.
Every day hundreds of millions of people type their thoughts, needs, and desires into Google's search box. Aggregate those and track them over time and you can begin to see patterns, in flu epidemics, the economy, products, candidates — just about anything really.
Chris Anderson (of the Long Tail) recently articulated an interesting metaphor regarding social media and driving a project/organization forward. In his post Open source is a company; social media is a country I would call particular attention to his take on successful open source projects: Many people mistakenly think that open source projects are emergent, […]
Some of you might wonder why anyone would participate in many of the activities discussed here or whether it is all sustainable given that they result in little to – more commonly – no money, should ponder what Clay Shirky has to say about what he calls Cognitive Surplus, a concept I just can't get enough of.
Crowdsourcing or collaboratively creating content of any kind becomes dicey very quickly and the odds of creating something greater than the sum of its parts are low. In fact, creating by committee generally leads to utter crap. (When was the last time you read and enjoyed a story written line by line by contributors?) But with collaborative sites and, in my view, a talented orchestrator, it might be possible to create something of quality or, at least, facilitate an interesting experience, regardless of the end product.


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Santa Barbara Winter Wedding // California Wedding Photographer
Last month while most of the country seemed to be under snow I flew to Santa Barbara where the weather was just perfect. The skies were blue and there was just the tiniest nip in the air. Everything about this quant little town is beautiful. We all stayed at the Kimpton Canary Hotel which is literally in the heart of the city and just a stones throw away from amazing restaurants, cafés and boutiques. It's only two blocks away from City Hall where my fabulous bride and groom were married. Courtney and Jason were joined by their family and closest friends for their very intimate wedding. One thing I love the most about my job is getting to go to new places and explore different parts of the world. But my most favorite thing is when clients become friends. I am so happy for my new friends! Looking forward to seeing them soon, hopefully here in Hawaii!