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Marvel's New Iron Man Is a Black Girl, and We Think It's Fantastic
The comic book world has seen a rise in diversity and we couldn't be more happy about it. From the Ta-Nehisi Coates-penned Black Panther, to the new Spider-Man being a Hispanic man and now Iron Man gets updated with a black girl taking over Tony Starks' role.
Marvel comics recently announced there will be a new leading lady donning the armored suit. A 15-year-old MIT genius named Riri Williams will take over and become Iron Man following the completion of the comic book series, Civil War II.
In a interview with Time, Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis explains how Starks met Williams.
"In the latest issue of Iron Man, Tony is in a lab talking to himself, and he's already aware that there's some student at M.I.T. that's reverse-engineered one of his old armors all by herself in her dorm room. He's aware of her immediately," he explains.
"One of the things Tony does to distract himself from all the things going on in his life is he goes to find this young woman (Riri Williams) who is flying around the middle of America in an armor that's not completely made to try to find out what her deal is."
Bendis also says he's not too concern about some of the racist comments by fans who are upset over the change.
"Some of the comments online, I don't think people even realize how racist they sound," he states. "I'm not saying if you criticize you're a racist, but if someone writes, 'Why do we need Riri Williams we already have Miles?' that's a weird thing to say. They're individuals just like Captain America and Cyclops are individuals. All I can do is state my case for the character, and maybe they'll realize over time that that's not the most progressive thinking."
We think Iron Man needs a little girl power. So it will be interesting to see how Marvel introduces Riri Williams as Iron Man to the world.
Look for The Invincible Iron Man #1, starring Riri Williams, arriving at comic book stores and digital services this fall.


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|Poinsettia House
stitched 1 over 1 on 25 count Vintage Country Mocha using called for Classic Colorworks Cottons
|"Poinsettia House Urn"
I stitched these on 32 ct. linen that I hand-dyed myself all I did was "pull out" the urn from the original design.
When I got these done...well they were just as I envisioned!
The next year....Diane released
"Holiday House"
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stitched over 2 on 25 ct. fabric to make the ornament larger
- The house with the trees on either side, the snow, fence and birds and a couple of those snowflakes
- The man and lady with the flower urn on her side and the ever green on his side...just move the trees closer and stitch a couple of small snowflakes falling around them
- The large urn with the red flowers
- The big tall tree
- The whole top half of the sampler: large trees on either side, house, man, woman, etc.
- The large snowflakes
- the house with a tree on either side
- the house with the tree on the left side, sheep, bitty tree and moon
- the house with tree on right side, sheep, star and bitty tree
- The alphabet alone with the evergreen boughs and berries at the bottom using the border to frame it
- the big tree with the bird house
- the big tree with the bird
- the whole darn pattern stitched over 1 on appropriate linen to make small enough for ornament

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KU News Release
April 20, 2011
Contact: Brendan M. Lynch, University Relations, 785-864-8855
Pioneering study will gauge lifespan of aquifer vital to High Plains agriculture
LAWRENCE — Marios Sophocleous' office is overstuffed with files, maps, articles and books that represent his more than 30 years of research into the hydrogeology of Kansas, including the Ogallala aquifer, the vast store of ground water that supports agriculture across the High Plains.
Now, thanks to a four-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the senior scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey is leading a definitive new study to clarify the future prospects of the Ogallala. Two other Kansas Geological Survey scientists, Jim Butler and Don Whittemore, also are involved in this study.
"People thought that this resource was infinite, because there was so much water," Sophocleous said. "With time, more and more wells were installed, more and more water was pumped. But of course the area is semiarid and doesn't get much recharge at all. The pumping from the aquifer is many times more than the recharge. It's as if they are mining that resource. If they keep expanding irrigation, eventually it's going to dry out."
Indeed, cropland across more than 174,000 square miles in eight U.S. states is irrigated with ground water from the Ogallala, also known as the High Plains Aquifer. The irrigation sustains one of the most abundant agricultural zones in the world, producing alfalfa, corn, sorghum, soybean and wheat, as well as supplying water to immense feedlots.
It is a complicated system that includes hydrologic, economic and environmental factors. Sophocleous said that predicting the rate of depletion from the Ogallala takes an all-around approach. The research team includes co-investigators from KU and Michigan State University who specialize in many disciplines. The latter institution received $1.2 million for the study.
"We'll evaluate a number of short and long-term scenarios from the hydrological and socioeconomic perspective," Sophocleous said. "We're planning to first compile all existing data and integrate them, and using innovative, state-of-the-art, holistic models of unprecedented spatial and temporal scale, we will answer questions about what the effect might be of climate change, of land-use changes and also incorporate how the irrigators and farmers may respond to changes in technology, economics and climate."
The stakes are high not just for agribusiness stretching from Texas to South Dakota, but also for the nation as a whole. According to Sophocleous, at least one-fifth of the total annual agricultural products in the United States directly depend upon water from the Ogallala and about half of the nation's grain-fed beef is produced in the Ogallala region.
"Everything you eat, a part of it comes from the Ogallala aquifer," said the KU researcher.
Without a more sustainable approach to using the Ogallala, Sophocleous said, the future of the aquifer, along with the agricultural communities and businesses that depend on it, appears bleak.
"It would be a major social problem for the region because so many people depend upon that water for their livelihood, for their farming and for their ranching," warned Sophocleous. "If they keep going the way they are going today, with the water levels continuously declining, eventually the irrigators won't be able to pump enough water to irrigate their land or support their lifestyle as they have it today."
On the High Plains of western Kansas, some areas already have depleted their ground water. Sophocleous said that according to current projections other areas have between less than 25 and more than 100 years remaining with irrigated agriculture, because the water-saturated aquifer thickness vary in different parts of the Ogallala.
However, with more prudent usage of the Ogallala, Sophocleous predicted that irrigated farming could have a lengthy future still. The results of the research under way will be given to policymakers, stakeholders and the public in order to help shape guiding principles and practices relating to irrigation from the Ogallala.
"There is no way to maintain this level of development indefinitely," Sophocleous said. "But with more wise management of the resource, we can extend it for many more generations than if we don't do anything about it."
The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence email@example.com | (785) 864-3256 | 1314 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045


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Nasamax Technical Insight
Renewables and Technical Consultant John McNeil
provides the answers - as we post this on the morning
of the car's debut race at the 51st Sebring 12 Hours.
What's BIO Ethanol?
The BIO indicates that the ethanol is produced from vegetation as opposed
to synthetically manufactured from petroleum products.
Ethanol is alcohol. In fact, it's 'the' alcohol in
alcoholic drinks. Beer would be 3% ethanol content, wine 13%, scotch
is 30%. The ethanol used in the race car is 205% proof, which is a bit
too strong to drink neat! In fact, the fuel used by law has to have a
very small percentage of other harmless bio-chemicals added to prevent
people making drinks from it.
Our technical
partner ASTEK specialises in advance technology for the manufacture
of bio-ethanol from materials such as wood, bio-wastes, and
other low-value agricultural produce. In the USA, for instance,
bio-ethanol is commonly manufactured from corn.
At the moment,
producing ethanol from corn is relatively expensive and ASTEK's
expertise is focused on economic production of ethanol from
low-value bio materials. Using this type of low cost material
does not use up valuable food crops for the production of fuel.
The idea of growing fuel is not new – before motor transport,
farmers used to grow hay and oats for the horses! And some
stiil do.
Ethanol is
going to be used in increasing quantities as an addition to
gasoline to improve combustion. Being a renewable fuel, it
also makes a 'green' contribution to the industry.
Environmental pressures are forcing this to happen. Its appearance
in motorsport is timely; ethanol could (and probably should)
become more widely used as a motorsport fuel in the near future.
do you need to use more fuel with ethanol than you would with
You cannot compare the two fuels, it's like apples and pears. The
critical thing is how efficiently you release the energy available in
the fuel. A teaspoon of sugar has a certain amount of energy. If you
dissolve it in a small amount of water and drink it, you've drunk
a teaspoonful of sugar. You could dissolve it in a larger amount of water
and drink it – and you've still consumed a teaspoonful of
sugar! The energy consumed is the same, but the volume is greater. If
we're talking efficiency, all that matters is the energy consumed
and not the volume.
Ethanol has
less energy per unit volume than gasoline. So, just like the
sugar in the water, to consume the same amount of energy as
gasoline you need more volume. The efficiency of combustion
in our engine is actually slightly better than gasoline engines,
in other words it uses the energy in the fuel more efficiently.
Different gasolines have different energy values, which is
why racing regulations strictly control the specification of
the gasolines used to ensure energy equivalence for each competitor.
would make a
BIO-Ethanol car equivalent to a gasoline car in the same championship?
It's not the volume of fuel that matters, it's the total
amount of energy you're allowed to carry. We have agreed to run
at a disadvantage for this season to show that this fuel is viable in
motorsport. For the future, there is an easy way to make the bio-ethanol
fuelled cars equivalent in performance to gasoline cars in the regulations.
Equivalence can be based on energy, not volume of fuel. To be equally
competitive, the bio-ethanol fuelled cars need to be able to run the
same stint times. Therefore, the easiest way is to simply change the
capacity of the fuel tank to equate the energy stored in the two different
fuels. The next thing to match is the time needed for the pit stops.
Bio ethanol cars will be putting in more fuel each time. So a change
to the flow rate of the fuel going in makes the pit stops the same time
as well.
difference does it make to the car?
Apart from the obvious fuel delivery rate changes, there are fuel system
modifications to cope with higher fuel flows, the materials selection
for fuel compatibility, inlet air management and delivery systems, turbo
charger and injection specifications, ignition timing,
The whole
way the fuel and air is delivered to the engine, and the engine
specification itself, differ substantially when using bio-ethanol.
the car different to drive?
The Nasamax prototype drives in the same way as other sports prototypes,
apart from smelling nicer and being considerably quieter.
it like working with BIO-Ethanol?
There are no negative sides to it. We're always surrounded by the
nice smell of alcohol!
Bio-ethanol is less flammable than gasoline, it is not toxic, which gasoline
is, and it's green. We like it!


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Ofcom Spectrum Usage Rights
Ofcom in the United Kingdom is committed to implementing a spectrum policy which is to the greatest possible extent technology- and service-neutral – i.e. a licensee can use it, spectrum for may purpose using any technology (subject to international agreements, etc.).
This approach imposes serious challenges to avoid interference as usage charges in various bands. In the consultation rfeerenced document, Ofcom considers how to deal with interference from adjoining geographies, interference from adjacent frequencies (out-of-band interference) and interference caused by in-band emissions from the licence holder.
It suggests a standard way of establishing so-called spectrum user rights (SUG). Parties would, however, be able to agree variations from these rights by commercial negotiation.


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Resonance is about our capacity for empathy and non-verbal connection and it forms the basis of all our social connections.
Our nervous systems are attuned to those around us with whom we share a close connection. When we experience resonance in our interactions, there is a feeling of warmth and understanding that flows between us and the person or people we are interacting with.
Resonance is a skill that can be learned and developed with training and practice. With resonant awareness, we can become kinder to ourselves and to each other and together make the world a kinder place.
I'm Filippa Araki and my vision is a Compassionate World.
My passion is supporting people to connect with their own inner wisdom and find more connection and meaning in their lives.
I've spent my adult life seeking to understand and find meaning and purpose in my life. I have spent years and years researching, studying and practising and now I love sharing what I have learnt with others in order to support them to grow and find deeper satisfaction and connection in their lives.
I have been teaching language and communication for nearly 30 years and I offer regular trainings and coaching (both in-person and online) in Compassionate Communication (NVC), Self Compassion and Empathy (Deep Listening).
A passionate researcher and educator as well as lifelong learner, I draw on lots of different modalities including:
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Self Compassion (Kristen Neff)
Shame & Empathy research (Brene Brown)
Focusing (whole body awareness)
Dan Siegel's work
The Gottman Institute
Mindfulness meditation
and more…
I am a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with the Centre for Nonviolent Communication.
If you are based locally, visit my facebook page to see what events are coming up. I can also travel to deliver workshops. If you are interested in one-to-one coaching, please contact me.


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Here it is! Brand new 2 Storey with basement 4 bedroom home in Auguston. Beautiful open concept great room floor plan with 3,900 square feet of well thought out living space. Upstairs you'll find your Master Bedroom retreat with it's spa-like 5 piece ensuite & large walk-in closet plus 3 generously sized bedrooms! Out back you'll be able to enjoy year round BBQ's on your 20×12 covered deck. Right in the neighbourhood you can grab a latte at the café, walk on the trails, or take the kids to one of the many playgrounds & parks. There's also a daycare & one of the best elementary schools in the area! Minutes to hiking & biking trails & golf at Ledgeview!


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The best way to enjoy back-to-school season could be visiting a campus entirely for fun—no syllabus in sight. Here, what to do in three of America's loveliest college towns.
Southern Comfort in Savannah, Georgia
The home of SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) is among the chicest cities south of the Mason-Dixon Line, combining Spanish moss and cobblestoned streets with a top-notch food-and-drink scene. Savannah restaurateur-of-note Anthony Debreceny recently launched Australia-inspired pub The Fitzroy (9 Drayton St.; 912-210-5980; brunch for two, $20*), where your brunch might include a brioche-crusted chicken schnitzel or a mascarpone-and-ricotta hotcake served with microflowers. Another stop to indulge in: the just-opened Savannah Spirits (120 Whitaker St.; 912-349-7251; drinks for two, $24) distillery, partially housed in an 1870 coffee-roasting factory, where the rum is a nod to Savannah's original rumrunners.
Mountain Marvels in Missoula, Montana
The town that writer Norman Maclean (and later, Brad Pitt) made famous with A River Runs Through It makes the list because of its charming leafy streets and the cinematic University of Montana, whose campus sits in the foothills of the Bitterroot Mountains. You can kick things off with a huckleberry danish at Bernice's Bakery (190 S. Third St.; 406-728-1358; breakfast for two, $20) before putting on your hiking boots. The switchback-laden three-quarter-mile hike up Mount Sentinel to the giant M overlooking Missoula has been a student favorite since 1908.
Get Literary in Oxford, Mississippi
The University of Mississippi—more often called Ole Miss—is set in a tiny town full of centuries-old buildings. Bibliophiles have plenty of reasons to visit, starting with Rowan Oak (916 Old Taylor Rd., 622-234-3284; admission, $5 a person, cash only), William Faulkner's home. The writer lived here for more than four decades, and you can still see the plots to some of his novels handwritten on the walls. Square Books (160 Courthouse Sq.; 662-236-2262), a trio of indie bookshops on Oxford's circa-1837 main square, has been an institution since 1979 and hosts more than 150 author readings a year. You may want to consider joining its first-edition book club to receive a monthly new release signed by the author. Early adopters have signed first editions of John Grisham's The Client, Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, and Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses, to name just a few.
- *Estimated meal prices do not include drinks, tax, or tip.
- NOTE: Information may have changed since publication. Please confirm key details before planning your trip.
- Published: September 2018


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Topeka Truck Accident Attorney / Lawyer
Personal injuries can be suffered in accidents that involve tractor trailers, semi-trucks or other large trucks. Trucking accidents can be caused by dump trucks, trash trucks, construction trucks or other large vehicles. These can cause serious injuries and even death. If you have suffered a personal injury in an accident like this, contact attorney Brad Pistotnik of Truck Accident Lawyer Group. The attorneys in Truck Accident Lawyer Group specialize in all types of truck related accidents resulting in personal injury and are ready to assist you in fighting for your rights.
Topeka, Kansas is the state capital filled with several historic sites and museums. It is also home to Washburn University. There are several major highways that run through and around Topeka, making traffic congested at times. Negligence on the part of a semi-truck or construction vehicle driver can yield serious dangers for residents using the road. Accidents involving such large vehicles usually result in personal injuries.
Major highways in the Topeka, Kansas area:
- Interstate 70
- Interstate 470
- Interstate 335
- Hwy 4
- Hwy 75
- Hwy 24
- Hwy 40
Trucking companies that operate in the Topeka, Kansas area:
- FedEx Freight
- Beaver Express Services LLC
- Southern Cal Transport
- ABF Freight System Inc
- Randy Long Trucking LLC
- Old Dominion Freight Line Inc
- Ralph Frakes Trucking
- Munoz Trucking
You can contact attorney Brad Pistotnik with Truck Accident Lawyer Group to get a free evaluation to explore your legal rights if you have sustained a personal injury from an accident involving a large DOT licensed truck. Lawyers and attorneys who possess knowledge and experience in retaining experts regarding safety, driving fatigue and other specialized areas of trucking law are vital in accident cases involving large trucks.
The Truck Accident Lawyer Group is there for persons in the Topeka area who need help with their trucking accident case. If you have suffered a personal injury from a large truck accident, let the Truck Accident Lawyer Group help you fight for your rights and win your case with the maximum amount of compensation.


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In light of new Russian sanctions, Russia is warming up to digital cryptocurrencies. Recent events have meant that Russia is changing its view of cryptocurrencies. With the signing of Russian sanctions into law on August 2nd, Russians are looking for ways to avoid the effects of the sanctions with the help of cryptocurrencies.
As little as a year ago, Russia was prepared to jail those who used foreign cryptocurrencies. They were pushing their digital Ruble, but it wasn't finding wide adoption. Efforts to increase digital Ruble adoption have failed. In the view of many, it was just another government fiat currency and went against the principles of digital cryptocurrency.
Things have changed rather rapidly over the last year as Russian authorities have seen the value of a currency that is not subject to the whims of international financial circles. In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin quietly announced a turnaround in how Russia would treat digital currencies. Furthermore, it was announced that the Russian Duma would be passing new legislation surrounding digital currencies.
The first major bank in Russia announced on August 3rd that they would start using Ethereum to track their contract. Ethereum is the cryptocurrency of choice for Russia. Its unique contract ledger system means that contracts can be issued and stored in the blockchain. These smart contracts can operate as autonomous agents.
Ethereum, Bitcoin, and other digital currencies provide an easy way to handle international money transfers without leaving a paper trail. Once a transaction enters the system, it's difficult to tell who owns the coin or not. It's difficult, if not impossible, to put limits on the how the currency is used and who uses it.
It's theorized in an August 5th Daily Beast article that the Russians have rapidly turned to cryptocurrencies as a way to get around the sanctions. There is some evidence of this as we can see that as sanctions have increased, the value of Ethereum has increased from about $7 at the time of the original sanctions under Obama to $195 just a week before the sanctions law was signed. It's now sitting at $254 just 2 days after the sanctions law was signed into law.
The Russian sanctions are having an effect on Ethereum exchange as Russians increasing turn to the cryptocurrency as a way around the sanctions imposed by the US government. The sanctions are here to stay and the only question is how many more sanctions will be applied against Russia for the election hacking accusations.


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Tezos (XTZ) Review – True Decentralized Governance for Blockchain
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Thanks to a revolutionary model that allows for more decentralized and democratic governance, Tezos offers a system that facilitates verification and can simultaneously amend itself while operating. With more secure smart contracts alongside an emphasis on flexibility and scalability, Tezos could be a worthy rival to Ethereum.
Table of Contents
The Idea Behind Tezos
Tezos is a distributed ledger built on blockchain that is designed to facilitate the building of smart contracts while allowing for the evolution of the platform in an organic manner. The Tezos blockchain is meant to be self-evolving and capable of amending functions based on the community's determination thanks to the company's on-chain governance process.
The goal is to build a platform that facilitates formal verification—a mathematical method to examine and confirm the code behind digital agreements—to create better and more secure smart contracts, as well as provide a truly decentralized model that avoids manipulation by centralized actors. On a more practical level, Tezos enables the construction of decentralized applications similarly to Ethereum, although with more robust underlying security. With an incentive system in place that rewards network members for suggesting upgrades and implementing approved improvements, the Tezos team hopes to build an ever-evolving and upgrading blockchain.
Tezos was conceived by Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, who also established the Tezos Foundation. After a highly publicized power struggle with a board member, the Breitmans retained control of the project through their company Dynamic Ledger Solutions and added Ryan Jespersen to the leadership group of the Tezos Foundation. The whole Tezos development and managerial team benefit from extensive experience working at some of the largest and most innovative tech firms in the world as well as the field of blockchain. The company also counts with high profile investors including both Tim Draper and Winklevoss Capital.
Tezos Partnerships
The Tezos Foundation has been actively forming partnerships that enhance its ecosystem, providing funding and support to several companies in both research and commercial fields.
In March 2018, the Tezos Foundation announced a partnership with Obsidian Systems to build security measures and tools for the Tezos platform.
A few months later, in May 2018, the foundation partnered with the IMDEA Software Institute, which will oversee the establishment of a research project to support Tezos development. Additionally, the company formally announced a partnership with OCaml Labs, with Tezos providing resources to OCaml to improve their existing programming language.
Shortly after that announcement, Tezos also revealed partnerships with two other companies: Inria—the French National Institute for Computer Science and Mathematics—and French development firm Tarides. The former will see Tezos supply resources and support for Inria's research, while the latter will involve Tarides delivering additional development and support for the Tezos platform.
More recently, Tezos announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) would be acting as the official external auditor for the company's finances and operations. In early August, the foundation announced that it was issuing four separate grants to research groups across the world. These included Emin Gün Sirer of Cornell University, The University of Beira Interior in Portugal, Decentralized Et Consulting (Decet), and France-IOI.
XTZ Token Price History
Tezos successfully completed an ICO between July 1st and July 17th, 2017, raising a then-record $232 million. The XTZ token was initially priced at $0.4700 and reached a peak of $11.2100 before settling lower in the $1.3000 to 1.3500 range. The high in prices coincided with news of turning public opinion against former Foundation head Johann Gevers and the spike in major coin prices including bitcoin's historic climb. XTZ is currently slightly higher than $1.4100.
The Tezos Technology
Much like Ethereum, Tezos at its core serves as a platform for building and executing smart contracts. However, Tezos takes the concept further by adding a variety of built-in features that make the blockchain more secure, adaptable, and scalable. Developers can build applications directly on the Tezos chain, and the network has a direct way of voting on and implementing real-time changes to the blockchain.
Self-Amending Blockchain
One of the unique aspects of the Tezos blockchain is that it has a built-in system for governance that allows the community to make decisions about upgrades in real-time in a decentralized manner. Instead of the disruptive hard fork method chains like Ethereum and bitcoin employ, this self-amending blockchain is built to integrate changes seamlessly without requiring major events. To implement a change, a developer must submit a proposal for an upgrade to the Tezos protocol, which includes a request for compensation. Instead of requiring a core team to propose these changes, it decentralizes control and supports a more organic path towards continued evolution.
Formal Verification in Smart Contracts:
Another key aspect of Tezos' vision is its integration of formal verification for smart contracts. The project uses Michelson, a domain-specific language built exclusively to write smart contracts on the platform. Michelson allows for developers to include code that can essentially verify the smart contract's correctness. While this is not a 100% guarantee, it does significantly decrease the likelihood of a faulty contract, something vital for industries and sectors where the margin for error is much narrower.
Digital Commonwealth:
Tezos places a great emphasis on decentralization and allowing stakeholders to make real decisions. This creates a digital commonwealth that provides a more majoritarian approach to blockchain governance. New changes are voted on by stakeholders, removing the need for forks and other extreme measures. Instead, approved proposals are deployed on the testnet for trial, and if successful, they are voted on again and upgraded into the mainnet. The payment incentives for successful proposals also means that true change will be driven by the community and not a central core team.
Delegated Proof of Stake:
Tezos replaces the Proof of Work and Proof of Stake consensus models with its own version of delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) which the project calls Liquid PoS. In this model, akin to traditional dPoS, Tezos allows users to "delegate" the staking process required to mine new coins to specific nodes, which the network calls "bakers". Unlike traditional dPoS, however, these "bakers"—who are the ones staking, signing, and verifying new blocks—must commit their own funds "baked in" to a deposit.
Bakers are an integral part of the Tezos consensus mechanism as they are the ones who sign and publish blocks to the chain. If they act in bad faith, the deposit they make is lost, and they are banned from participating in the network. There is a maximum number of bakers allowed, but they receive rewards for successfully verifying transactions, and the process is handled much like standard PoS.
Tezos Advantages vs. Ethereum
Tezos represents another major rival and threat for Ethereum, which was the first, but not necessarily best, smart contract platform. For one, although Ethereum is making a switch to PoS, their consensus is still expensive and has required several patches and upgrades. Additionally, the network is not capable of handling high numbers of transactions per second (15), while Tezos is capable of up to 40 TPS. More importantly, its self-amending nature makes it a more agile solution than Ethereum, as it allows for real-time changes that don't fragment the community. The delegation process and the change proposals also provide strong incentives for positive and productive participation within the network.
How to Purchase XTZ
Currently, the most popular exchange by for trading XTZ is Gate.io. The token is also listed on CoinOne, Gatecoin, and HitBTC. XTZ can be traded for bitcoin, Tether, Ethereum, US Dollars, and Korean Won. The 24-hour volume of XTZ traded on Gate.io is $491,414.
XTZ is available on the following exchanges, among others:
- HitBTC (Trade XTZ for USDT on HitBTC)
- Gate.io (Trade XTZ for BTC on Gate.io)
- Gate.io (Trade XTZ for USDT on Gate.io)
- HitBTC (Trade XTZ for BTC on HitBTC)
- CoinOne (Trade XTZ for KRW on CoinOne)
How to Store XTZ
Currently, Tezos does not offer an official wallet to store XTZ, although the token can be stored in a variety of other hardware and software wallets. Even so, the community has produced two wallets specific to Tezos, including the Tezbox wallet and the Galleon Tezos Wallet (both of which are web wallets).
Tezos Class Action Suit
After its successful and record-breaking ICO in July 2017, Tezos was set to move forward with its development plans. However, an internal power struggle between the Breitmans and Gevers resulted in delays which fomented discontent among investors. Additionally, the company's terms—which noted that funds received were considered non-refundable donations and not investments—rankled many participants. Even token delivery was delayed, with investors complaining about not receiving their allocations until October 2017.
As a result of the delays and perceived transparency problems, several groups filed class action lawsuits against Tezos and DLS. One of the more concerning proceedings is a suit that claimed the ICO was an unregulated securities sale. While the company has since launched its betanet and is already active, the lawsuits are still pending.
Road Map and Future Plans
Tezos launched its betanet after several delays and issues during the second quarter of 2018, and the project is finally operational. While the mainnet has not been launched, the company noted in April that they expected it to be fully ready in the third quarter of 2018. For now, the project is slowly onboarding more bakers and working to finalize many of the rules that will regulate the platform at least for the first few months.
The company's legal problems will also likely continue for some time after a judge in the United States recently ruled that the lawsuit against the company can proceed.


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Yara Greyjoy
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Theon's older sister, she is the only child of Balon Greyjoy remaining on the Iron Islands.
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One cannot ignore Polish collaboration with the Nazis during the Holocaust, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told his Polish counterpart, Andzrej Duda, in a meeting on Thursday, right before the annual March of the Living at the former death and concentration camp of Auschwitz.
A few weeks earlier the Polish authorities passed a controversial law, which stipulates that allegations of Polish complicity in the Shoah, as the Holocaust is referred to, are ungrounded and illegal. The bill is still to be approved by Poland's Constitutional Court.
"Not for nothing we describe the death camps as the camps of Nazis and their helpers," Rivlin said. "There is no doubt that many Poles fought against the Nazi regime, but we cannot deny the fact that Poland and Poles lent a hand to the annihilation" of Jews during the Holocaust, Rivlin said.
He went on to acknowledge that there needs to be a full-fledged study of the events and trends during the Holocaust.
"Statesmen must shape the future, and the historians have the duty to describe the past. One must not stray into the other's field," he said.
In response, Duda admitted to an air of controversy around the new law, but he reiterated that the Polish government is not aiming to prevent survivors from giving their testimony.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, which lies in southern Poland, was the biggest death camp set up by Nazi Germans during World War II to eliminate European Jews. Thousands of people gathered at the location today, on April 12, to take part in a solemn march in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by German Nazis during World War II.
READ MORE: Austria's Holocaust Denier Hailing Jewish Killings as 'Fabrication' Dead at 76
The March of the Living, this year led by the presidents of Poland and Israel, is an annual educational event marking Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. The countries' leaders lit candles, bowed their heads and pressed their hands on the Death Wall before taking their place in the march, which united young Israelis and other Jews wishing to learn about their nation's tragedy.
The solemn march began near Auschwitz' main gate and the city's watchtowers and covered 2 miles to Birkenau, where Jews from all over Europe were brought to be murdered in gas chambers. According to official data, 1 million Jews were killed in Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945, including 232,000 children.
According to the most restrictive data on the Holocaust, provided by Adolf Eichmann, one of the Holocaust's architects, the overall death toll stands at 6 million Jews. Meanwhile, a research project started in 2000 by investigators with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, found in 2013 that from 15 to 20 million people had died or been imprisoned at a range of Holocaust-related sites.


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The following op-ed was published today, May 10, in the Star Tribune. It is written by MCCL Communications Director Bill Poehler.
Abortions are being done on your dime
By Bill Poehler
Last week's announcement that Planned Parenthood will build a large new abortion center in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood brings to light the contentious issue of government funding of elective abortions. While it is true that Planned Parenthood will use private donations of approximately $18 million to construct its new complex, its day-to-day operations will continue to rely heavily on taxpayer funds.
Many Minnesotans still do not realize that they fund abortions every day simply by paying state taxes -- sales tax, income tax and other taxes. This is the result of the Minnesota Supreme Court's 1995 Doe vs. Gomez decision, in which the court "found" a right to taxpayer-funded abortion in the state Constitution. Since the ruling, abortion centers have been reimbursed with $15.6 million for 50,000 abortions, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. In 2008, the most recent figures available, taxpayers paid $1.5 million for 3,754 abortions. Roughly 99 percent of these abortions are elective, meaning they are performed for reasons other than to save the mother's life, or in cases of reported rape or incest.
In addition to direct abortion funding, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's largest abortion business, received a staggering $349 million in taxpayer dollars in the form of federal and state government grants and contracts in 2007 (latest figures). Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota received $5.26 million from federal, state and local governments in 2008.
Abortion providers are poised to receive even more federal funds under President Obama's new health care overhaul, which PPFA hailed as "a huge victory." Not only does the law subsidize health plans that cover abortion, it also opens the door to direct federal funding of abortions at community health centers, or CHCs. The law appropriates $11 billion over five years to approximately 1,250 different CHCs; on its website, Planned Parenthood says that 850 CHCs are run by Planned Parenthood affiliates.
There are no restrictions to prevent that money from paying for abortions, according to legal experts, including Columbus School of Law Prof. Robert A. Destro, who is an authority on abortion funding, who helped to write the amicus brief filed by 218 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Harris vs. McRae (1980), and who has written: "The history of abortion funding litigation since Roe v. Wade in 1973 demonstrates conclusively that the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] will be forced by the courts to pay for abortions with the CHC money appropriated by the Senate health care bill."
This is true, primarily because the CHC funds are a direct appropriation in the health care bill itself and will not flow through the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. These funds would not be covered by the Hyde Amendment, which only prohibits use of annual HHS appropriations to fund abortions.
Indeed, the Reproductive Health Access Project and the Abortion Access Project have produced an "administrative billing guide" to help CHCs integrate abortion into their practices within the confines of federal and state restrictions.
The sad truth is that this will lead to more abortions performed on low-income and vulnerable women. Statistics show that when public funding of abortion is instituted or expanded, the numbers of abortions increase very significantly. A study by the Guttmacher Institute, a prochoice research organization, found that the abortion rate among Medicaid recipients was more than twice as high in those states that publicly funded abortion through Medicaid.
The bottom line is that abortion is about money. Abortion, which ends the life of a developing human being, is now the most common surgical procedure in the United States. It has become an enormously profitable enterprise, marketed to ethnic and immigrant populations in their native-language newspapers; to students and young people as the solution to the "problem" of pregnancy, and to women everywhere as their absolute "right" without regard for the life that is destroyed.


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What I don't like about having a puppy!
August 26, 2010
Betty is 4 months old now, I don't remember how many weeks she is any more so time to promote her to months old rather than weeks 🙂
I do love having a puppy in the house, there is one thing I don't love about having a puppy, it is the mess they make! I am not a lover of house work, but I do like the house to be clean and tidy, a bit of a conflict for me :)! Betty is now at the age and height when she can reach the table, which means that when I leave things out she gets them off and chews them up, mostly magazines and paper, not a big problem, but when I have just cleaned up and 5 minutes later I have to clear it all up again:(, plus she brings in twigs and plants and scatters them on the floor! It drives me nuts!! I foolishly left my paper diary on the table (my back up to my electronic diary) and she ate most of August and September! I know I will learn to put my stuff out of reach!
What irritates you most about puppies?
Other than this issue I do love her, she is so funny, her sense of humour is infectious! She seems to be permanently laughing at me or life or both! I only have to look at her little hairy face and she makes me smile! If I look at her for more than a few seconds she starts trying out her tricks in case I want more, throwing herself to the ground or bringing me a toy or flying to my side to show off her new going to heel trick, how sweet is that? !
With the change in the weather the back door is shut more often and I have been good in checking if she needs the toilet, she has been brilliant and apart from one occasion when she bopped to wee in front of me and immediately realised I was not smiling any more, she ran outside to finish, she is a good girl really!
Comment from Teresa!
July 8, 2010
Hi Avril,
I just had to let you know how much I have been enjoying the progress of Betty, she is adorable, the daily updates you are giving are brilliant, if I did at sometime in the future be fortunate enough to have a puppy I would feel much more prepared and able to cope from some of the knowledge you have given.
These daily blog's have made compelling reading and I am alway's looking in my inbox for the next one to come in, it's almost like reading a very good book and not being able to put it down so thank you Avril.
I have tried to submit a comment but I keep getting a response which says YOU DID NOT SUCCEED PLEASE TRY AGAIN WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS despite using my email address which is valid, I have to say I am not very good when it comes to IT so it could me doing something silly.
Thanks once again for all the Blog's keep them coming Avril and well done With best regards Teresa
Thank you for your kind comments Teresa, it is great to get feedback, it encourages me:) I am not sure why you can't post, but you are not the first one to say this, anyone else having problems? I will get on to WordPress and see if I can find out why and get back to you! I do know that commenting direct from the mail isn't working, can you try logging on the site and trying again Teresa?
What Betty taught the dog trainer!
July 6, 2010
Well this blog is really an exciting one for me to write, I am so excited by Betty and her training at just 11 weeks old!!!! As you won't be able to guess what she did before I finish writing 🙂 I will just have to tell you :).
Betty went "down" on a word command only when she was 10 feet from me!!! yes she did! If you are not as amazed as me I want to know how come you are so clever:) ? And I will come to you for training!
It was just last Wednesday that she went down in front of me for the first time without my usual hand signal, and I think it only took that long because I have been teaching her sit, down and high-five! Normally I stick to 2 positions until a puppy gets them before introducing more, so she was slower than my other puppies have been to go down without a signal close by, but I think it has paid off! I obviously still have a lot to learn about dog training!
I haven't ever asked a puppy of this age to go down at a distance from me before but 2 things happened earlier in the day that told me that Betty was cleverer than I was letting her be!
firstly the stuff we were doing in the kitchen and garden were so easy for her, I see it as easy for a puppy when they do the exercise really fast, and she was jet propelled!
But secondly it was when I was play retrieving with her in the garden. We had got into the habit when I threw a toy of her coming and lying behind me when I was sat on the grass, today I thought that is weird how I have let her do that, but like every dog owner I want success for her and I had continued to accept this as good enough, mmmm I thought, she is a Collie and I know her training genes, and she is well-bred for training, I wonder? The next time she laid behind me with the toy, I didn't look round, I stayed looking forward and said, daftly I know:) "Where's Betty, oh Betty puppy, Betty Boop" and she came to the front of me! Well that was it now I knew she was being a Collie!!!! Collies will always try to control the game, herd the person and toy together, and that is what she was doing, albeit in a small way, she was turning me, just as Collies turn sheep! So no more turning from me, I threw the toy a couple more times, both times she went behind and both times I said "where's Betty" and she came back round even faster, the third time I threw the toy she came straight to me in front! What is great is that not only have I made a big step in her retrieve I know more about Betty now too a lot more!
I must add when I say throwing the toy, I do only throw the toy a few feet from us, it is hot and she is young, I don't want her exhausted:)
Anyway that is why I was thinking I have to push this little girl a bit more, not in a pressured way but simply ask and see what happens, I did just that. Which is why we came to be walking around the paddock, me with Betty's dinner in my pocket and having done a few of the normal sits and downs and comes and high fives all as we walked around the paddock, I waited for her to wander away from me a little and said "Betty down" and she did, so having given her 5 bits of food in my excitement:) I continued to wait for her to go a bit further and try again! And, as I said before, she did it!!
No holding us back now, I am going to have to rack my brains for this little one to see what more we can do, while of course keeping these bits going!! 🙂
I must add too that since that first time Betty went down without the hand signal I sense her listening to me more, I could a bit before, but it is like now she has one word she wants to understand more! She is certainly responding appropriately when I say things like "where is it" when playing and similar. She may not know the words completely yet, but she is trying too and the best dog to train is the willing one:)!
I look forward to hearing about the words and signals your dogs understand and/or how they have surprised you:)?


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Recently while spooning sugar into my husband's morning tea, I realised that he consumes at least 30 teaspoons of sugar a week; the kids' drink at least 10 glasses of juice, soft drinks and flavoured milk per week and while I take my tea without sugar, I certainly enjoy my mithais, chocolates and colas.
Recent research tells me that white sugar is bad news so what makes it so irresistible? I decided to dig deeper, and found some not-so-sweet facts.
According to research conducted in France (Bordeaux, 2007) sugar-rich diets are addictive and generate a 'supra-normal' reward signal in the brain that can override self control signals and lead to over indulgence. So when a person 'craves' a sweet treat, his/her behaviour is similar to an addict's – a sugar addict.
Loading up on sugar in the form of liquids is even worse because it takes a larger quantity to satisfy the craving, inducing over eating, eventually leading to obesity – the mother of all ailments. Children's 'treats' (jellies, snack bars, etc.) – mainly made up of sugar with a dash of colour and flavour – are equally bad.
John Yudkin's book, Pure, White and Deadly, published almost four decades ago linked consumption of sugar and refined sweeteners to long term diseases of the liver, pancreas, kidneys and ultimately the heart. Now, recent research links even moderate consumption of sugary treats to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity in children.
Since sugar is such a bad news, how can you omit it from your diet? The first step is to limit the intake of obviously sugary foods and drinks. You should also be aware of that fact that refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup lurk in most ready-made foods (yoghurts, sauces, cereals, etc.) so becoming a 'label detective' is a good idea; scrutinise nutrition labels carefully, avoid processed foods and of course, exercise moderation in everything you consume.
– Dr Summaiya Syed Tariq
The writer is a senior forensic practitioner at the Police Surgeon Office, Karachi.
First published in the Health Advertiser Section of The DAWN National Weekend Advertiser on September 8, 2013.


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In this regular feature we invite CCR members to open up about their journey as a content creator; from how it all started, to what sparks their creativity, to what makes them tick… or even ticked off. This is an honest forum with unique insights into the ever evolving world that content creators navigate.
This month we speak to John, owner of Dad Blog UK. John has been a keen voice in the conversation on influencer fraud and the need for better disclosure.
Dad Blog UK is a fatherhood, parenting and lifestyle blog. I started it back in 2012 shortly after the birth of Izzy, my second daughter. I am the main carer for my daughters while my wife works full-time and is the family's main financial provider. The blog tells my story as a man who does the majority of the childcare and domestic 'stuff'. Over time it has grown to become a commercial venture and I now run the blog as a business during school hours and fit it around my family commitments.
Oh my word, I'm really not sure how to answer this. Well, I will happily reveal the one thing blogging has taught me. It's taught me that I must be tidier. You should see my desk 90% of the time. Well, actually, no, don't visit my house to look at my desk. You'd struggle to see the desk because of the amount of stuff piled up on top of it!
I always had a desire to run my own business. I am now doing it and I think much more like a businessperson. From that perspective, yes, blogging has changed me. It's also made me keep up with emerging trends much more. I know I am not the youngest blogger and I have to be relevant to younger audiences. I need to be aware of how 25 year olds speak to each other; what apps they use and how they spend their time. It's interesting because when I speak to peers who are the same age as me, I often seem to know more about what millennials are up to than my friends.
I've seen huge change. It used to be that you wrote a blog post and did a few tweets and a Facebook post to promote it. These days you must have a nice picture for Instagram, maybe a few seconds of video for an Instagram Story or something longer for IGTV and a nice Pinterest cover in addition to writing your tweets and Facebook post. You have to produce much more social content and use it strategically. Video is still popular, but short-form video on IGTV and TikTok seems to be the way forward.
Content creators of all sizes have responsibility for their own actions. A content creator should refuse to do anything that goes against the Advertising Standards Authority or Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regulations. I think the PR industry and SEO industry both have a role to play in encouraging content creators to adhere to these rules.
When the CMA's new rules came into force regarding disclosure of commercial relationships, there was widespread speculation among bloggers that it would lead to the end of the world. That didn't happen. In fact, many in the PR industry seemed to be very supportive of the guidance the CMA issued because it created a level playing field. That said, I don't think the CMA got the balance right with the disclosure rules. A celebrity could be gifted a honeymoon in the Seychelles and do a feature for a print publication without declaring the holiday was gifted. A blogger, however, would need to disclose that relationship.
I totally see why the CMA produced the guidelines it did. The internet was like the Wild West and poor practice was widespread. It needed to be stamped out. I have no issue with the ASA and CMA's rules, but for me it's a sore point that some of them aren't applied to print publications.
When it comes to buying followers, that's an absolute no no. A huge amount of PR spend goes into online campaigns these days as the market is more mature. Content creators must be able to provide an honest service to clients. On this front, the various social media channels could do more to eradicate or reduce bots and fake followers from their channels.
After banging on about the need for a content creator trade body for ages, I am delighted to see the CCR is now up and running. It's early days, but I think it could have a very important role to play.
The one thing I do like to stress is that I am, genuinely, the main carer for my kids. With the two of them now at school, I am more of a work from home dad as opposed to a stay at home dad, but play dates, packed lunches, dentist appointments, visits to the library and so on are all handled by me while my wife commutes and works 12 hours a day.
I think there are various reasons for this. Firstly, everyone can create their own blog / podcast / videos. What people create, they are passionate about so it's natural that people would be passionate about the work they do.
Secondly, the Internet has democratised the media. This presents many different ways for people to be creative and earn money doing so. For our partners in the PR world, this also makes it much easier for them to hit their target audiences. It works well for everyone so I can see exactly why everyone is so passionate!
The first piece of advice I would give is to decide whether you are blogging for fun or as a career choice. If you're doing it for fun, just go ahead and have fun. If you're doing it as a career choice, I would advise you to sit down and think long and hard about whether this is the right thing for you to do. I wouldn't want to put people off, but it is a crowded world and I think few people appreciate the amount of work that must go into producing a blog and updating social media channels. It requires immense effort and several times a month I rise at 5am so I can work on various projects.
Second bit of advice: blogging is very heavily regulated these days, more so than journalism. You need to know about your obligations to the Information Commissioner's Office, ASA, CMA plus libel law and have a good knowledge of GDPR, so get reading!
Third: do not get into social media spats. It looks awful and no good comes of them.
At the beginning of the year I decided to get a lot more serious about Pinterest. That's exactly what I've done and while my following is still small, it is growing. I also want to do more on TikTok. It's a growing channel and I can see it will get increasingly popular over the next year or so.
I have other aspirations and plans, but I am keeping them close to my chest for now.
Let's just say there are commercial reasons I can't talk about them!
To follow and keep in touch with Dad Blog UK


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Out now on Russian label Haarbn Productions, today we have Narjahanam and their sophomore release "Wa Ma Khufiya Kana A'atham". This two man beast of a band hails from Baharain and crafts some seriously atmospheric Middle-Eastern themed Black/Death Metal, rivaling acts like Melechesh and AlNamrood. We are quite impressed with the quality behind this this release and how it engages the listener with its lush atmospheric undertones.
Building a very dramatic momentum with the opener album titled track, they set a very mysterious shroud around this whole release thanks to their atmospheric arrangements. Quickly establishing their band's power, Mardus and Busca, craft very melodic tracks like "Kahf Al Khulood" and "Qudoom Al Sultan" keeping the listener engaged while still processing their unique sound.
Things continue to get interesting with the mystical "Rimal Al Zaman" and its interesting tempo changes. It is relevant to know that the drums are programmed, but this is quite hard to tell without paying clinical attention to them. As one of our biggest pet-peeves when they are bad, the band nicely structures their music on top of very solid and diverse drum structures like on "Symphonyat Al Mowt" and the hypnotic "Ma Baina Al Thulumat".
As the album keeps getting better and better with each song, our personal favorite is the super catchy "Sulaiman" and its very cool atmospheric elements. Closing with the lush 9-minute "Kitab Al Tuqoos", this release really demonstrates the brilliant ideas and hard-work of Narjahanam. The expertly crafted 11-tracks presented in this album will greatly impress any fan of Middle-Eastern inspired music and the hordes of Black/Death Metal maniacs in the world.
|Band: Narjahanam
|Album: Wa Ma Khufiya Kana A'atham
Label: Haarbn Productions
Release: 2013
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Genre: Black/Death Metal
Country: Baharain
|Rating: 86/100


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While desiring to fully unveil the beauty of this place, we designed a unique facility, which in its final stage will become a theater named the "Castle Mount". The facility will have an entertainment complex and a restaurant with capacity to seat around 300 persons (depending on the season). There will be a dance floor covered with a glass roof to protect our guests from the weather and allow them to have a great time and enjoy themselves.
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It's hard not to be worried when you touch your child's forehead and she's burning up. Fevers are very common in childhood, but they need to be monitored closely.
A fever itself is not an illness, but rather a symptom of an illness as the body tries to fight off infection. The source of the infection may be a virus or bacteria.
If you think your baby may have a fever, check her temperature by placing the end of a mercury or digital thermometer in her armpit. Bring her arm close to her body, covering the end of the thermometer, and hold it there for the required time:
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Ear thermometers are not recommended for children under the age of 2 years. Pacifier thermometers are not as accurate as digital or glass thermometers. By the time your child is 4 or 5 years old, you'll be able to take his temperature by mouth.
Normal body temperature ranges from 36.5°C (98.6°F) to 37.5°C (99.5°F). Fever is when body temperature is elevated above 37.5°C (99.5°F).
Babies can "spike" a fever relatively quickly. This means it may go quite high very suddenly. So, if you think your baby is running a fever, check it often. Babies also respond to fevers differently. Some babies hardly ever have fevers. Other babies seem as uncomfortable with a low fever as those with a very high fever.
The goals of treatment are to lower the fever and to make your baby comfortable.
Go to the hospital if the following occurs:
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- Your baby or child is older than 3 months with a fever of 39°C (101°F).
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- NEVER give your baby aspirin or acetlysalicylic acid for fever or pain. Aspirin has been linked with Reye's syndrome, which can affect your baby's neurological development and liver. Ask your baby's doctor whether you can give acetaminophen or ibuprofen. At an appropriate dosage, it can make your baby more comfortable.
- Give plenty of fluids. If you are breastfeeding, feed your baby frequently. It not only provides fluids, but gives your baby the anti-infective properties to help her recover.
- Remove blankets and clothing that may be keeping body heat in.
- Try not to make your baby so cold that she shivers. This will produce more body heat and raise her temperature.
- Do not give your baby sponge baths or rub your baby down with alcohol. These can actually lower the temperature too quickly, causing your baby to shiver and spike the fever again.
A fever is a symptom—not an illness—that is part of the body's fight against infection. The best way to prevent fever is to prevent infection, which is covered under the following topics.
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Good Night Habits: During the Night – 6 to 12 Months
Once your baby is asleep, you still need a routine in place to help you deal with wake-ups, feedings and other disruptions.
Your baby's sleep habits are very different than what you're used to! If your baby isn't sleeping or is sleeping poorly, we encourage you to check out our articles on those areas, but if you're wondering what you can do to encourage good going-to-sleep habits (and hopefully more regular sleep), read on to see what our experts suggest.
"Everyone wakes up several times each night for brief periods of time," says Karon Foster, a Registered Nurse and Parenting Expert. "As adults, we put ourselves back to sleep most of the time. We often do it so quickly that we don't even remember the next morning. If your baby hasn't learned to put himself back to sleep, he may wake up crying in the night, even if he's not hungry, teething or lonely."
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Once your baby is asleep, you still need a routine in place to help you deal with wake-ups, feedings and other disruptions.
Don't respond to every noise that your child makes.
Learn to distinguish a real cry from a sleepy whimper. If you're not sure, it's okay to wait for a minute to find out. If your baby is sleeping in your room and his noises are keeping you awake, now might be the time to move your baby to his own room to sleep.
Use the words and sounds that signal to your baby that it's time for sleep if he seems really awake.
Repeatedly whisper something like "night, night" or "sh-sh-sh" as you gently place your baby on his back and start massaging his temples or patting his tummy. Linking the words with your soothing touch will help your baby link the phrases with going to sleep.
Move to holding and rocking your baby if she's still crying.
When your baby cries, one of the most effective responses is to provide comfort.
Offer your baby the breast or bottle, ONLY if other soothing attempts have not helped your baby fall back to sleep.
In general, the experts advise against creating a routine that attaches feeding to waking up in the night. However, if other strategies don't work, then feeding your baby might just do the trick.
Try to put your baby back in bed before she is fully asleep.
When you put your baby to bed while she's still a little bit awake, she can learn how to fall asleep on her own.
Remember, even if your baby was sleeping through the night, she may start waking again if she's been through an illness, is going through a growth spurt or is experiencing other changes. These changes may include such things as Mom returning to work, a vacation or a move to a new home. Some changes are longer or more significant than others. If you're vacationing in a motel or with relatives, you may use a feeding to help your baby fall asleep, rather than disturb others. If your baby is sick for 3 days, you may decide to rock him to sleep every time he wakes. But afterward, it may be like starting over to get back to what used to be normal.
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When the crying makes you crazy
New parents are often at their wit's end dealing with a baby's crying. Sometimes it feels like the baby will never stop crying and nothing you do seems to soothe her. So what do you do when you feel like you just can't handle one more minute of your baby's cries?
"It can be hard to walk away from a crying baby, but if you're starting to feel especially stressed out or frustrated, the best thing to do is put the baby down in a safe place – usually her crib – and remove yourself for a few minutes until you're calm enough to be safely with her," says Karon Foster, a Registered Nurse and Parenting Expert. "Remember that it's normal for babies to have these crying spells when nothing seems to work and, while it's important to try to comfort and soothe her, it's equally important to know when you've reached the limits of your patience."
Foster suggests that new parents have a back-up plan, someone who they can call to come help, or who can talk it out with you until you feel calmer. Unfortunately, sometimes a parent will get so frustrated that they will shake their baby to stop the crying. This is very dangerous and can lead to injury or even death. No one means to hurt their baby, but it does happen. That's why it's so important to put your baby in a safe place when you're at the end of your rope.
When these moments hit, try turning on your favourite music, or running the dishwasher or washing machine. Sometimes white noise will help to muffle the sound a bit and it can give you a short break to calm down and a different noise to focus on. This white noise may even be soothing for your baby and help her to settle.
It's also important to remember that your babysitter or other caretakers for your child may have the same frustrations. Babies are even more likely to have a crying spell when someone else is caring for them, so talk to your sitter about ways to cope if she feels like she's losing her patience.
Never be afraid to call your doctor or go to the emergency room if you are concerned about your baby's cries. You are the best person to judge the condition of your baby.
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Your 3-month-old
As your infant grows a little older, here are some things to add to your daily routine.
It's a good idea, whenever you're with your baby, to just carry on a running conversation about what you're doing. This is an important way of preparing him to speak for himself later on.
Realize that since crying is still your baby's main way of communicating with you, it helps to learn to be more aware of what many of your child's cries mean, such as "I'm hungry," or "I need changing," or "I'm tired or bored," or "I want attention."
And, as your baby becomes more interested in exploring her world with you, and shows interest in colours, music and touching things, it's best not to over-stimulate your child. For example, there's no need to buy all sorts of toys at this age, although your child will enjoy toys such as rattles to grasp and bright objects to look at. Ordinary household objects and regular routines like feeding, bathing and dressing usually provide enough stimulation.
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30 Sep Colombian Girls Documentary
My name is Lorena Cervera and I am the director of this documentary.
Recently I spent three months in Colombia, filming the daily life of 74 girls who attend the school funded by the Santa Maria Foundation near Bogota, which teaches Classical Music, Fine Arts, and English in order to equip them with skills that will hopefully help to improve their future. These young girls come from very unprivileged backgrounds but they have dreams and ambitions. They are the reason why we believe so strongly in this film, and want to share their strengths and courage with you.
Colombian Girls is a short documentary about the personal experiences and ambitions of some of those 74 Colombian girls whose life has changed thanks to the school. It witnesses the power of education to change the world. It aims to raise awareness about 59 million children worldwide who cannot go to school.
For me, portraying the lives of these girls is not only a matter of making a documentary, it is a long-term commitment to them. The Santa Maria Foundation is helping them by teaching them. I want to help them by making their story visible, by raising awareness about their situation, and hopefully contributing to improving their life the best way I can. The long-term project will involve going back and filming again every 24 months in order to follow the girls as they grew up and seeing the impact that the school has in their lives.
Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren't in school.
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