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Last Monday I attended Africa Gathering London. The topic was "Social Media Revolutionizing Africa: How is new media changing Africa, giving voices to the voiceless, improving governance and transparency, and changing narratives?"
The event stimulated thinking and brought up some hot discussions around technology, traditional and social media, aid and development, participation, and governance. (Big congratulations to Marieme Jamme for curating a great line up that brought in an interesting and engaged group of participants and to William Perrin of Indigo Trust for keeping things on track and generating good debate!) See the program, the speaker bios and some short video interviews.
Some quotes, thoughts and debates from the day:
- If your purpose is to bring more people into discussions, remember that radio, Facebook, and Twitter audiences are distinct and be sure you are thinking differently about how to engage them all. Remember that many people in Africa prefer to talk, not write. (from BBC's Africa Have Your Say presentation)
- You can't resolve all of Africa's issues with one approach. The countries are very different and local context really matters. But you also can't design something for every tiny demographic. Where is the sweet spot between localized and scale? (discussion after the morning workshop)
- People should not sit in the United Kingdom deciding and developing things for Africans. Develop things with Africans, or support Africans to develop things themselves. This idea got retweeted a lot, with lots of agreement. But H Taylor (@HFTaylor88) also commented via Twitter that this rhetoric has been around for ages within NGOs… (discussion after morning workshop)
- It's great that the market has been able to bring mobile phones to so many people in Africa, but the market can't do it on its own as many are still left out. There needs to be more incentive to reach remote areas. There needs to be education, cash transfers, government regulation if we want to really realize the potential of mobiles. Mika Valitalo (@vatamik) commented that in many African countries, mobiles are still taxed as luxury items, making them more expensive than they should be. (Claire Melamed (@clairemelamed), "Is the Mobile Phone Revolution Really for Everyone?")
- Any big story today on CNN has a social media component, yet there is still the idea that social media only breaks news and "it won't make the history books until CNN or BBC report on it." If CNN is not planning to do a story but sees everyone is talking about it on Facebook and Twitter, they will cover it. CNN finds good opinions and stories on social media, but their primary news source will continue to be their correspondents. Emrys Schoemaker (@emrys_s), however, questioned whether mass media use of citizen journalism is a broadening of voices or if it's cheap content for big media – or both. (Faith Karami of CNN's [@faithCNN] presentation and resulting discussions)
- Social media gives African youth an uncensored worldwide platform, letting them feel included in shaping Africa's image, but the youth using social media in Africa are still the middle class and the rich. We need to find ways to include other youth. (Ms. Karami's presentation and resulting discussions)
- The Guardian's Global Development site and Poverty Matters blog are trying to get away from the vision of "poor Africa" and have only been accused of "poverty porn" once in 9 months (which Liz said irritated her to no end as they really try to avoid it). (I remember the case…) They stay away from the typical "flies in the eyes" photos, but sometimes there really is starvation in Africa, and in those cases, a photo of a starving child might actually represent reality (someone countered that African newspapers should use photos of drunk, vomiting Brits to illustrate stories about parliament). (Deputy Editor Liz Ford's talk and discussion)
- Is the Guardian's Global Development site one-sided, taking the view that aid is good rather than other ideas on how to best achieve development? Development is much larger than "aid" and when talking about development we need to remember the bigger picture and the alternative views that maybe aid is not the best (or only) way to "do development." The Guardian is quite open to new thoughts and ideas and invites anyone with ideas for blogs or stories to be in touch with them. They consider their site a "work in progress." Note: I like the Guardian's site very much as it is one of the few media sources that discusses and seems to really promote and engage in the "#smartaid/@smart_aid" discussion. (Liz Ford's talk and discussion)
- Many African leaders, not to mention the public and the media, will listen when high level people call their attention to something, but problems can't be solved by the same people who created them, especially if those people are considered morally bankrupt. Karen Attiah (@karennattiah) commented in from Twitter that a big part of development work should focus on rebuilding the broken social contract between governments and citizens in Africa. So how can we connect policy makers with ordinary Africans? How to bridge the gap between policy makers and grassroots approaches and implementation? (Panel with Alex Reid (@alreidy) and Carolina Rodriguez (@caro_silborn), media heads at Gates Foundation and at Africa Progress Panel)
- Not all sources are created equal – this is true for traditional and for social media. Social media is not about the technology, it's about the human need to communicate. You can make traditional media more social also. Even those without access to social media will get around harsh barriers to tell their stories because of the urge to communicate. So the best thing is to create a social experience, not to worry so much about getting 'jiggy' with the technology. (From Kevin Anderson's (@KevGlobal) presentation. See "Putting the social in media")
- New technologies can have an impact on public debate, people's political capabilities, citizen-state relations, and relationships with other government actors. Frontline SMS Radio, for example, could be a very useful tool for this because radio is still the main way to communicate with the majority of Africa. Using Frontline SMS Radio, stations can sort through messages they get, understand them better, and use the information to orient their radio programs as well as other things. Radio can play a very strong and useful role in governance. (From Sharath Srinivasan's [@sharath_sri] presentation. See FrontlineSMS at Africa Gathering.)
Julia Chandler (@juliac2) did a great round-up of the day's presentations and discussions on her blog: Part 1 and Part 2. The Guardian continues the discussion here and of course the Africa Gathering website is a great place for more information.
– Linda Raftree works at Plan International, studying how new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media can be used to improve community development programs. She blogs here.


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The surprising 9-0 vote to approve a replacement to the outdated 1975 Ocean Beach Community Plan — the oldest planning document in the city — capped an, at times, agonizing process that began in 2002.
After years of public meetings, consultant reports, studies and feedback, the only issue remaining that caused citizens to choose up sides was a staff recommendation to include tough-talking language designed to discourage variances to Ocean Beach's unusually strict land development code.
What makes Ocean Beach's code so restrictive is known as the .7 FAR rule, which limits the square footage of nearly all residential housing west of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard to 70 percent of lot size, or floor-area ratio, and further requires 25 percent of that amount to be set aside for enclosed parking. Except in Point Loma, the same zoning throughout the rest of San Diego allows 120 percent of FAR.
What was expected to be a Battle Royale ended up being a no-contest. After listening to just over an hour of public testimony — more than 80 citizens asked to address the council, though most ceded their time to other speakers — councilmembers deliberated for just 15 minutes before approving the plan and its anti-variance language.
In unanimously adopting the city staff's recommendation, councilmembers rejected language more sympathetic to variance-seekers that had been proposed unanimously two months earlier by the San Diego Planning Commission.
District 2 City Councilmember Ed Harris praised members of the Ocean Beach Planning Board's Update Committee, city planning staff and the City Attorney's Office that worked on the anti-variance language that the Planning Commission later rejected.
"It is my firm belief that the Planning Commission got it very wrong. So we need to right that today," Harris said.
After the vote, a sea of Ocean Beach citizens wearing blue T-shirts with the message "Keep the OBcean attitude" stood and applauded lustily, savoring the occasion for nearly 30 seconds.
The council was clearly influenced by the full-court-press effort of the plan proponents, who had gathered more than 3,500 signatures in favor of the anti-variance language. Proponents also did a better job of getting their side to the meeting. In terms of citizens who signed up to speak, they outnumbered opponents by a 3-to-1 ratio.
Gretchen Kinney Newsom, president of the Ocean Beach Town Council, underscored the point when she listed and described the eight community groups that had gone on record in support: the Planning Board, Town Council, Ocean Beach MainStreet Association, Ocean Beach Historical Society, Friends of the OB Library, Ocean Beach Community Foundation, Ocean Beach Community Development Corporation and Ocean Beach Women's Club.
"We are not a special-interest group. We are Ocean Beach," she said.
The plan won't be legally binding until approval by the California Coastal Commission at a future date. At least one opponent said delays could result from lawsuits and charged the plan denied the rights of property owners.
David Stebbins owns a three-story house in the 5100 block of West Point Loma Boulevard, a block that used to be dominated by a string of one-story, concrete duplexes built in the 1950s. Stebbins was the first of three property owners in the block to use the variance process to build a new house allotting the entire .7 FAR for living space and drop the garage requirement, substituting a carport instead.
Stebbins responded to criticism that the newer, three-story houses on the block obstructed ocean views and looked out of place.
"(People think) somehow Ocean Beach is going to be Mission Beach. I don't want it to be like Mission Beach. But we have property rights," he said.
Stebbins referenced the community plan in Barrio Logan, which was overturned in a citywide vote after City Council approval, and suggested a similar fate awaits the Ocean Beach plan.
"Whenever a community plan purports to change ownership rights, you've got legal problems ...This is going to get tied up like Barrio Logan. And we don't want that," he said.
Debbie Applebee, who described herself as a West Point Loma Boulevard resident who wants to improve her property, said she feared the plan would lessen her ability to do so.
She said she spent an hour interviewing people at Dog Beach asking what they thought of the houses on West Point Loma built through the variance process.
"Overwhelmingly, they said the new homes improved the neighborhood," she said.
Deterring the ability to make improvements carried negative consequences, she said.
"One person told me their family had renamed the OB community, 'Where the Debris Meets the Sea,' " she said.
But Peter Ruscitti, who chairs the Ocean Beach Planning Board, said the West Point Loma variances met opposition because the city granted them without following its own rules.
"Our desire is not to prevent new homes being built. Our desire is that they be built in accordance with the code," he said.
Giovanni Ingolia, who co-chairs the Update Committee, echoed the sentiment. He said variances require unique circumstances that deny reasonable use to a property owner, and said the same circumstances on West Point Loma could apply to hundreds of other parcels.
"We are concerned about the pattern of one-by-one variances," Ingolia said.
Mindy Pellisier, one of the leaders of the plan update effort since the beginning, said Ocean Beach has been resisting efforts to conform to the rest of the city and give up its zoning restrictions for more than three decades.
"The .7 FAR is different from the rest of the city," she said.."Yeah, we know. This has been and continues to be our intention," she said. "You know OB's unique. It's been planned that way ...Yes, we have small, unusual lots. They've been there for over 100 years."


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Drug-free hopsital birth of Lydia (22 months later, lol) w/ pics
Thought I'd go ahead and copy Lydia's birth story here so that the link in my siggy doesn't go to a "competing board" anymore. Sorry it's so late.
A fun thing as you're reading along, click on the little highlighted words to see pictures related to the narration.
So I wasn't even due until Saturday December 9th. I was charting my cycles so I knew my ovulation date. Even so, I spent the whole pregnancy convinced that I would go late. My mom was late w/ her firstborn and both of my sisters were late with theirs too. The 5th or so was a full moon and I wondered briefly if the full moon would make me go into labor like old wives' tales sometimes say. With my family's history of lateness though I was so sure that it wouldn't happen.
When December got here and I could finally say "I am due THIS month", I woke up every morning wondering if today would be the day and went to bed each night wondering if contractions would wake me up sometime before morning. But, the days went on and nothing happened. I was enjoying my time off (my last day at work had been November 30), but since I was so sure I was going to be late, I spent that time catching up on naps instead of working on my "list of things to do before the baby comes." Luckily there were only a couple of items on the list that absolutely HAD to be done before the baby came. It took well over a month before I finally got around to starting the rest of the list.
So anyway. My pregnancy was going great. My last appointment was actually on November 21. I did not have an internal at the time but she did let me know that the baby was in a good position and "starting" to descend. My next weekly appointment would have been on Dec 1, but on Nov 30 we had a huge winter storm and most of the town closed early on Thursday (including my place of work, but it had already sleeted so much by the time I went home that my car was stuck so I waited for DH to come pick me up, then the next morning we walked up there -- WALKED up there 9 months pregnant in the dead of winter -- to retrieve it. Good thing it was only a 5 minute walk, lol) and remained closed on Friday, and the parts that were closed included my dr's office. I called them back on Monday the 4th and they rescheduled me for Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday morning came and DH and I still woke up at the time I used to get up for work... 6:45. We puttered around and had a leisurely breakfast and DH started to do a Tai Chi video that he had bought at a garage sale a few weeks before. I went about doing dishes and things, and felt two teensy pops accompanied by two small gushes around 8:30 am. I went and checked and the gushes were mostly a clear fluid w/ a little blood in it. I continued to have light bleeding right up until the birth, but I didn't worry about it because the baby kept moving throughout the day. So I called DH into the bathroom and told him that he probably needed to call work and tell them he wouldn't be in b/c my water broke (or so I thought at the time). I remained calm but he started to get excited and nervous. We still had not packed our hospital bag and he kept piling things together to take to the hospital, and being worried that I wasn't helping him pack. I instead went into the kitchen and made some almond bark covered Oreos to give to the nurses at the hospital. After a bit, I did help DH pack so he could relax... but he only "slightly" relaxed. Then I took a shower so we could go run some last minute errands, and also b/c I didn't know when my next shower would be. (Also at some point I called my doctor's office and asked them to give my dr the message that we probably wouldn't come in for our appointment but would instead go straight to L&D later. )
While the coated cookies cooled, DH and I stopped at the bank I had worked at to get a roll of quarters (since we didn't know the cell phone policies at the hospital and thought we might need to use pay phones). My old coworker asked if we were going to the hospital. We told her no, since our next destination was Toys'R'us. We went there and bought a few VERY last-minute things that we needed for the baby, and I popped them into the washer when we got home. At some point during all this we also called our doula and she was going to get to our place around 1:00 or so. We kept her updated until she was able to come. My first contractions came at about 10:30. Just in case it was the real thing, I made a strong brew of red raspberry leaf tea and drank it (I had also been drinking it throughout my pregnancy), but I was halfway done with it and threw it up in the kitchen trash can (the yogurt I'd had for breakfast also came up). DH held my hair out of the way. I "knew" while I was throwing up that "oh, this must really be labor... I'm cleaning myself out."
While the clothes were washing, I tried calling a friend of mine from LLL who wanted to do some maternity pictures for me. Her phone was turned off so she called me back, and I told her that we probably wouldn't be able to do the maternity portraits b/c I was in labor. She got VERY excited for us and asked if we were in the hospital. I told her no and she wanted us to come over and she'd do our pictures. We only lived a few blocks from her so DH and I got ready and went over to take what have to be the very latest pregnancy pictures EVER, seeing as how most people will get them around 37 weeks, etc., instead of while IN LABOR. She arranged us into different poses and for some of them, I had to wait to do the pose until a contraction ended. But the whole thing definitely took my mind off the contractions and passed some time.
We got back to our apartment and our doula (who met us at our friend's house and was in a couple of the pictures) had to run a quick errand, as well as DH. We had a lot of frozen juice boxes that we were going to take (and I was going to sip on them as they thawed), but we had no ice chest. DH tried going to three close places but it turns out that ice chests are a seasonal item, and nobody had any. I found a small one that I forgot we had borrowed so we were going to use that one. So DH came back and our doula came back, and by then I was laying in the bed relaxing with the contractions. By this time they would peak pretty early, and then stay at that same intensity for most of the duration, but they were still very easy to relax through. My two labor coaches said that I was doing very well. They kept feeding me juice and water and smoothies to keep me hydrated. They also gave me cheese cubes since that was the only protein that sounded appealing to me, but I was nervous eating even that since my stomach felt like it would reject things brought into it.
I moved over to the couch at some point and started having to concentrate more on breathing through the contractions. Our doula's DH called her to get an update and she stepped outside to take the call. My contractions by this point were about 75 seconds long and 3-4 minutes apart, but I still couldn't really believe that I was ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A MOM soon. I had to keep telling myself that, and even spoke a question out loud to my doula... I said in disbelief, "I'm really going to have a baby soon, aren't I?" She just smiled at me and said yes. :laugh Shortly after she got off the phone, I suggested that we go ahead and head towards the hospital (it was about 7:30 pm at this point). She said that she was going to suggest that as well. She and my DH grabbed our tons of hospital paraphernalia to load it up. I'm not sure why we packed so much stuff... we ended up only using a tiny fraction of it, and forgot something absolutely vital... a ponytail holder. My doula had a spare one of those though and put my hair up a little later when I was getting frustrated with the loose strands. (And she put it up in a hurry... I saw myself in a mirror in the postpartum room and definitely had an "interesting" hairstyle going on. )
Some women's contractions slow down or stop when they change environments like that... but not mine. I had one at the bottom of our steps before getting into the car, 3 on the road in the 10-minute trip, and another in the hospital parking lot. We made our way to L&D and I had a couple of contractions while they got all my info and had me sign some forms. The signing of the forms had to wait until I was in between contractions. They sent me over to triage so they could "make sure I was really in labor." :laugh They weighed me and had me change into my gown and do a urine sample. This would have been the first sample I'd given since about 20 weeks or so... my dr's office changed management and they decided to stop the standard urinalysis at each visit and only do them when necessary. My poor sample was only about 3 drops... I could not EVEN see my stream and didn't have to go very much anyway... hope they got what they needed. :laugh I had 4 contractions while trying to change, and after 3 of them DH knocked on the door and wanted to know if I was OK in there.
Finally I got changed and headed over to my little assessment area. They had me lay on my side and hooked me up to a monitor to see baby's heartbeat and my contractions. The machine measured the intensity of the contractions by a number, and I didn't watch it but DH says that most of them went over a hundred. Baby's heartbeat was fine and barely descended at all during contractions. At one point, the nurse doing my assessment started to tell me something, but then got called away. She came back and started to say "OK, we're going to send you home tonight and have you drink lots of water..." At first I thought she was talking to me, and I briefly thought "what do you MEAN you're sending me home w/ THESE contractions?" :laugh But it turns out she was talking to a different woman in another little curtained area. She came back to me and did my exam, and said I had a bulging bag of waters and that I was dilated to a 7/8. They left me hooked up to the monitor for a bit longer, and I asked DH to pass me the trash can that I saw by the wall. I held it up to the edge of the bed and got rid of my cheese and smoothies and fruit juice from earlier.
Then they sent me over to my LDR room and I got in the bed. The on-call resident came by and introduced herself and said that she'd called my doctor and she was on her way. My nurse also introduced herself. I could no longer lie on my side during contractions. Instead, I sortof was on my hands and knees with my face way down in the crack between the bed and the bed controls, and my butt in the air. I was still somewhat relaxed during a contraction in this position, but as they got stronger it got harder and harder to relax. I started to abandon the "silent" breathing that I had been doing through the contractions and began vocalizing with them instead. My doula said to vocalize at a lower pitch to help me relax, but it was too hard to do that. I was conscious of her saying that though and did at least try.
In between contractions the nurses did their things on me. One was putting in my heplock and another wanted to take my temperature but wanted to wait until the heplock was in. I said "No hurry up and take my temp while I'm in between contractions" and she did. I wouldn't have been able to handle even the most minor of procedures during a contraction... but in between? Bring 'em on. :laugh I told the heplocking nurse about my issues with needles, and she injected my wrist with lidocaine before she put the heplock in... which I thought was weird. I still felt it anyway but neither needle made me lightheaded or anything this time. Guess my body knew that it didn't have the luxury of going into shock this time b/c there were more important things going on. :laugh
After that, I went and sat on the toilet to try and pee in between contractions, while there was still time. My water REALLY broke while I was on the toilet, and this time there was absolutely NO mistaking what happened. You know how fast the bathtub water comes out if you turn the faucet on all the way? That is how forcefully my water broke. I had always thought it would be just like a drain instead of a forceful expulsion. I looked at the color, and it was brown. I thought it was b/c I was still bleeding, but found out later that there was meconium also. (I guess green + red = brown. :laugh)
Instantly after my water broke, I went into transition. The contractions started coming back to back, and I almost was not able to get off the toilet and back onto the bed. I could not find any position that would get me through the contractions at all. I thought briefly about asking for drugs. I found that if I held my bottom closed (similar to the feeling that you have the urge to go #2 but aren't next to a bathroom so you hold it in) was one of the only things that helped. At about 9:45 or 10:00 or so my contractions changed again, and I had to push with them. The medical team wasn't even fully in the room yet and I didn't even know if it was "ok" to push (fully dilated, etc.), I just HAD to do it. My DH and doula I don't think realized how far along I was because they still kept trying to tell me to relax. :laugh
Then my dr and the nurses came out and I got checked, and my dr said "oh, she's pushing... go ahead and let her do what she wants." I pushed when it felt good and stopped to take a new breath when I needed to. They put the monitor back on me but I was NOT thrilled with the idea. I remember making a little pouty cry when they said it had to go back on. I don't know how much use they got out of it anyway because they got my heartbeat at one point and no heartbeat much of the other time b/c the baby was down so far already. My first several pushes were also with me lying on my side. They kept trying to get me to turn over a little and put my feet in the footrests so they could take away the bottom edge of the bed. I wanted to flip over, too, b/c I felt like I couldn't see anything when I was on my side. I was finally able to flip but it was several contractions before I could.
Everyone kept telling me I was doing so good, and that's all they told me. Nobody said "ok hold your breath" or "now push to a count of 10" or anything. I continued pushing with my body's urges and the head started to crown. My dr invited me to reach down and feel the head and I did so. It was so cool. I've heard of women having a mirror so they could see what was going on, but in the state of mind I was in at the time I wouldn't have been interested in a mirror.
Crowning was interesting. I kept thinking "ok surely with this push the head will be out" because of the intense stretching, but the head just kept coming and coming. Finally the head was out! I got so excited since I knew I was almost done. I waited for the next contraction and popped out the shoulders. Then there was my (warning, bloody pic) baby, out! They put her on my tummy for drying off. I touched her and then one of the nurses said "Help me dry her off, mama." It was weird though because even though I remember all the physical sensations, I have no visual memory of pushing... maybe my eyes were closed? I can't remember. The staff remembered our wishes that we wanted DH to be the one to announce the gender, and kept telling each other "remember, Dad wants to say the gender!" So after a minute, DH quietly said "it's a girl!" He just had this tone of utter amazement in his voice. We didn't find out what it was beforehand. I had had feelings that it was a girl through the whole pregnancy, but still said "Really??" after DH let me know what "flavor" baby we had. They had to take her away briefly to suction her b/c there was meconium in the water, but everything was done right in the room. Our birth plan was followed as closely as possible.
While they were working on her, one of the nurses asked if she had a name. DH and I looked at each other. We picked out Celeste first, but moved it to the middle name position instead of the first name, b/c we couldn't really find a middle name that we liked with it. Then we kept debating on the first name. He liked Vivian but I was in love with Lydia. DH smiled at me with questioning eyes, I nodded at him, then he turned to the nurses and said "Lydia Celeste."
Lydia was born at 10:28 pm, almost 12 hours after my contractions began and only 3 hours after arriving to the hospital. Not too bad for a first-time mom. I think I might have pushed slightly too fast because I did end up with a second degree tear. I did not feel ANY of the numbing shots for the stitches. DH did get to cut the cord. He watched her coming out too and later said that it didn't look like it could be happening (like too big of an object coming out of too small a hole.. :laugh)
Right after the birth I was shaking for several minutes, like I was cold... but I wasn't cold. My friends who were already moms warned me that this would happen so I wasn't worried about it.
While still in the labor room, one of the first things they have me do is go to the restroom. A nurse helps me walk over there just in case I felt like passing out (I didn't). I sit down and am able to pee. But b/c I hadn't really kept anything down, I didn't have to go a lot. But they were happy with that little bit. They helped me back to the bed and then all of a sudden it seemed like everyone was gone. (Oh but before they left, they put a frozen pad on my girly bits... it felt very nice.) I had a blood pressure cuff on that automatically took my pressure every several minutes. It would keep doing that for over an hour while I recovered, before they could move me upstairs. DH and our doula and I spent the time talking and just looking at our wonderful little girl.
The first breastfeeding session was "weird" lol. I knew it's what I was supposed to do, nurse her as soon as possible, so I latched her on but then was thinking "ok, this works" and took her right back off again. I feel a little bad about it and think that if we ever have baby #2 that I'll let him/her stay on as long as they want for that first nursing session.
Finally the time came to move up to the postpartum room. Our hospital still has some semi-private rooms so I requested a private one so DH could stay with me. I got put in a wheelchair, DD got put in her plastic basinette, and DH and our doula walked with us to the elevators and we all went to our room. Our doula took a seat in the corner and I got helped into bed.
Two nurses came in. One of them brought stuff for DD's first bath. She bathed DD slowly while also explaining how to do a sponge bath to DH. The other nurse occupied me with lots of handouts and instructions and explanations. But I still kept stealing glances over to DH and DD. I wish I would have just told her to be quiet or come back later b/c I want to see the bath. I was just hoping that she'd be done w/ the papers soon and I could see SOME of the bath, but there were so... many... papers.
The rest of that first night, I had a nurse come in every hour to check my vitals. I would have been annoyed if I wasn't already so wide awake from the whole experience. Also for the first few times I had to go potty, I was supposed to call a nurse so they could measure my output. They weren't used to having women who did not have an IV (and therefore a ton of fluid to pee out). One of them even looked at my chart and said in a surprised tone, "Oh, you didn't have an IV." Oh and EVERYONE that came into the room asked me if I was passing gas OK.
Sometime during the day they gave me a nursing gown instead of the standard gown. That made it MUCH easier to breastfeed. During our LDR tour, the tour guide said that we could walk around the halls with our baby but they had to be in their little basinettes. Not b/c of fear that we'd drop them, but b/c the staff would then be alert to a baby just being carried in arms (for potential kidnapping). So on the second night when I was wide awake and bored, I took DD for a walk. I was still sore but walking felt fine and I could only pace back and forth in my room so much.
I was able to take a shower at some point, and also made use of the sitz bath a lot. It took me a while to get into the habit of using my peri bottle instead of toilet paper, though. I would get all the way into the bathroom and then realize that it was still outside by the sink and have to go get it.
For each noon meal, they also sent a menu so we could request what we wanted for the dinner that night and for lunch and breakfast the next day. The hospital food was actually pretty good. I had chicken tenders and pizza among other things that I can't remember.
Lydia stayed with us the whole time except for a few brief visits to the nursery. One was when we took a demonstration class on infant safety and CPR. The others were when the pedi was doing his evaluation. If it was OUR pedi then she could have done the eval right in the room, but it was a different pedi in her group who was doing the rounds that week and he preferred to stay in the nursery. But the evals only took a minute and DH or I would walk Lydia down and then bring her right back.
We got discharged early Thursday afternoon. A nurse came by with another big folder of discharge instructions and handouts and briefly explained them to me. DH and I cleaned out the bassinet of everything they said we could take. We got her situated in her carseat (and she promptly let out a huge yawn, and DH and his parents (who arrived sometime on Wednesday) started taking loads down to the car (remember all the stuff we packed for labor but didn't use? lol). Then they came with my wheelchair. I sat in it and had the carseat on my lap as instructed, and we walked down to the car and left.
Breastfeeding went beautifully from the very beginning. My nipples were slightly tender but her latch was good so I think it was just from all the sudden use they're getting after not having any at all over the past few months. I am still SO surprised that I went early. I hold Lydia and take care of her and nurse her, but even with all that... I still sometimes feel like I have to give her back to her mom. Then I say "Oh wait, I AM the mommy."
I am a mommy.
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this is the birth story of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich girl???? ;-))
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few of us are so brave and go without medication, is so hard when the nurses keep offering it.
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Thanks for sharing Its nice to hear about drug-free hospital births, that is what I am hoping to do for my next.
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What a sweet story. I adore that last picture of the two of you. You look so sublimely happy- like a mommy!
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That was great! You're lucky to have had such a nice delivery and hospital stay!
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What an amazing, beautiful story! Thanks so much for sharing! I so wished I would have had that great experience with Egan.
I love how you put in the pictures! Those were great and it made if feel like we were 'right there".
CONGRATULATIONS ANDREA!! It sounds like you had a dream experience!!
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Your story is similar to my first birth, including the bath in the room and the helpful nurses. Most importantly, it beautifully captures the novelty and excitement of being a first-time mom. I remember those feelings well. Print off a copy of this and keep it forever to remind you of those newbie days.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2005) - The East Tennessee State University men's basketball team led at halftime, but the hot 3-point shooting of the Furman Paladins proved to be the difference as they dropped the Bucs 76-68 in Southern Conference action Saturday afternoon at Memorial Center.
Trailing 32-30 at the intermission and by as many as five points in the second half, the Paladins used an 8-0 offensive spurt midway through the second half to secure the victory. For Furman, sophomore forward Moussa Diagne led the way with 17 points, while four other Paladin players reached double figures.
As has been the case most of the season, an injury-depleted Buccaneer squad left ETSU playing with just seven players throughout the game. Meanwhile, Furman went 8-of-14 from 3-point range after the intermission.
"Here we go again," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team dropped to 4-9 overall, 0-3 in SoCon play. "This is a tough loss. We could easily be 3-0 in our league right now, but like I've told our guys it's a game of inches, and right now we're not making the plays we need to make to win. I thought we fought, but we have to have six guys playing well in the first half and six guys playing well in the second half. If we don't we're going to lose."
The two teams traded the lead several times in the first half, but a 3-pointer by senior guard James Anthony (
In the second half, ETSU led by as many as five points at 45-40 when senior guard Sam Oatman (Neenah, Wis.) sank a 3-pointer from the corner with 13:22 left. However, a 3-pointer by Furman junior forward Ben Earle gave the Paladins back the lead at 52-51 with 9:14 remaining, and it also spurred an 8-0 run that was the primary difference in the game.
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To the anonymous user who keeps re-adding Grace's Villa. Wikitravel policy on long lists of accommodation is here, please read it. It is not me who decides if there are enough, rather policy. If you disagree with the policy, please take it up on that policy talk page. As for deciding which are included and which are not, the policy has some guidelines which you should read. There will also be a little subjective input also for an article like Seminyak. I use my own knowledge and judgement, public profile, recommendations from others and publicly available accommodation ratings, in addition to the policy guidelines. --Burmesedays 05:39, 9 January 2010 (EST)
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What We Really Want from Sex--and How to Get It
HarperOne, 9780062026071, 256pp.
Publication Date: February 5, 2013
"Marty Klein is the Steve Jobs of sex advice. . . . Sexual Intelligence is a work of enormous wisdom and expansiveness, and will inspire readers, regardless of age, to realize their full sexual potential." —Ian Kerner, best-selling author of She Comes First
About the Author
Marty Klein, Ph.D., has been a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist for thirty years. A former adjunct instructor at Stanford University Medical School, Marty is the award-winning author of seven books. Marty's humor, insights, and down-to-earth approach are regularly featured in the national media, such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, Nightline, NPR, and The Huffington Post.
Praise For Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex--and How to Get It…
— Ian Kerner, Ph.D., author of She Comes First
"Marty Klein's is a calm voice of reason at the center of the storm raging around sex in America. His tolerant, informed approach to the unavoidable sexual difficulties we all face is a welcome antidote to the panic and ignorance clouding public discussion and private understanding."
— Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., co-author of Sex at Dawn
"Sexual Intelligence will help you fire the sex cops who have set up roadblocks in your head, and replace them with some good ideas to ponder and put into action. Dr.Klein has truly given us a helpful guide to authentic sexual satisfaction."
— Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger and Marriage Rules
"If you read only one book on sex and relationships during your entire lifetime, this should be it. Dr. Klein confronts the problems that have plagued couples since the beginning of time with refreshingly simple and brilliant insight."
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"Instead of a manual of better tricks, this book is a practical plan to improve your relationship with your sexuality. Klein liberates and provokes--and illuminates the way to change your sexual experience for good."
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DeVos Overtakes To Lead Melges 32 Class In Key West
23 January 2014
Key West, Fla. - Yet another exciting day unfolded on the water for the Melges 32 Class at 2014 Quantum Key West Race Week (KWRW). The Race Committee fired off three more races bringing the total to nine completed in the ten race series. With only one heat left to take place on Friday — the final day of competition, Dalton DeVos aboard Delta showed that speed was everything, and they had it where and when it counted most. A 2-1-1 day scoreline, puts him now in the overall Melges 32 Class lead by one point.
All day, overnight leader Alec Cutler on hedgehog chased DeVos submitting a 3-2-2 dropping him back one spot to stand second overall. Thirteen points further back in the standings is Richard Goransson's Helly Hansen Inga From Sweden firm in third.
Brilliant conditions existed for the start of Race Seven. A simply gorgeous 15-18 knots of breeze, sunshine and some wave action set the stage for an all-day heated, yet hardcore battle specifically between Cutler and DeVos. It was Goransson however that jolted the fleet with the first win of the day. Right behind, DeVos and Cutler were consumed with a fierce fight to the line to finish second and third respectively.
From the get-go, DeVos commanded Race Eight leading start to finish establishing an impressive lead for the win. Cutler was next across the finish line for second, followed by Deneen Demourkas' Groovederci in third.
The last and final race of the day, a Course Five with an upwind finish featured a full-on, head-to-head match-up between twenty-three year old DeVos with Jonathan McKee on tactics, and highly experienced, life-long sailor Cutler with tactician Richard Clarke duking it out right up to the finish. A noteworthy and equally exciting point in the race, was when fleet newcomers Chris Wientjes and his newly formed Stormvogel team based out of New Orleans, La. rounded the first mark in charge. DeVos soon moved into the lead, again with Cutler trailing, but only up until the finish did it appear the Cutler had even the slightest chance of catching him. DeVos eventually took the win by less than a boat length, Cutler took second and Demourkas claimed third.
Friday, the final day of racing in Key West is calling for more of the same of Thursday's beautiful forecast.
Each day, the IM32CA will bring the the latest news, results, pictures and more from the course as the action is happening. Please visit the class Facebook page for constant updates.
FULL RESULTS (Preliminary - After Nine Races, One Discard)
1. Dalton DeVos/Jonathan McKee, Delta; 2-3-[5]-1-1-2-2-1-1 = 13
2. Alec Cutler/Richard Clarke, hedgehog; 1-1-[4]-2-2-1-3-2-2 = 14
3. Richard Goransson/Morgan Larson, Helly Hanson Inga From Sweden; [6]-2-3-5-3-3-1-6-4 = 27
4. Deneen Demourkas/Cameron Appleton, Groovederci; 3-4-1-[6]-5-4-6-3-3 = 29
5. Dieter Schoen/Markus Wiesser, Momo; 4-5-[6]-3-4-5-4-4-6 = 35
6. Eduardo Souza-Ramos/Andrea Fonseca, Phoenix; 5-[6]-2-4-6-6-5-5-5 = 38
7. Chris Wientjes/Benz Faget, Stormvogel; 7-7-8/DNS-7-7-7-8/DNF-7-7 = 57
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Spring Has Arrived! Deliciously Crisp Vinho Verde Wines
Finally there is a glimmer of spring in the air. Already my mind is shifting gear to lighter wines – perhaps a refreshing Vinho Verde? The quintessential, light-bodied, crisp white wine from northern Portugal.
For many years I had almost written off Vinho Verde wines, as memories of thin, tart and often unpleasantly off-dry wines lingered in my mind from the mid 1980's. Thankfully, so much has changed in the region, which I am now happily discovering. Today Vinho Verde wines seem to offer a wealth of diversity – still crisp, but lively and with character, whilst still retaining their signature charming spritz.
For those of you not familiar with the region or the wines, Vinho Verde is a wine from the Minho region in Northern Portugal. And no, Vinho Verde does not mean 'green' wine. Rather 'verde' refers to it being a young wine, and it can be red or white. They are best consumed within a year of harvest while they still retain their youthful exuberance.
The Minho region is quite beautiful, in a rugged, rural way. It hugs the Atlantic coast, and so can be quite cool, resulting in wines that are crisp, fairly light-bodied and low in alcohol. Hence the acidic, thin wines of yore. That said, modern viticulture has enabled the grapes to reach more consistent and better ripeness levels, whilst retaining youthful fresh fruit and crisp acidity.
Today, my focus is on the white wines of Vinho Verde, as they tend to be the most easily found internationally. I was particularly interested to find out that the United States is the region's most important export market. So, while we may like our oaky Chardonnay, we also seem to have quite a fondness for youthful, crisp wines.
The Vinho Verde DOC
The Vinho Verde wine region was legally demarcated as far back as 1908, and regulations regarding its production were set in place by 1929. However, `it was only in 1984 that it received the official DOC Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) designation and it is actually Portugal's largest winemaking region with over 33,000 hectares of vineyard.
The Grapes
While the DOC regulations do allow for quite a few different grape varieties, the predominant varieties used for white Vinho Verde are Alvarinho (same as Albariño across the Spanish border in Rias Baixas) Loureiro and Trajadura. The DOC allows for both varietal wines, which are typically made from Alvarinho and labeled 'Vinho Verde Alvarinho DOC' as well as blends, which are simply labeled Vinho Verde DOC.
The region is sub-divided into nine official sub-regions, which may be indicated on the bottle. Ones that I have come across are Amarante and Monção e Melgaço.
The Famous 'Spritz'
Vinho Verde wines are fresh, unoaked wines. They are typically recognized by a slight 'spritz' or tingle on the palate — just a nuance of sparkle to tease the palate. This 'spritz/ or sparkle is achieved either through the release of CO2 (a natural by-product of fermentation) during malolactic fermentation, or more commonly by suppressing malolactic fermentation and adding a little CO2 before bottling.
For those interested in the technical terms – 'malolactic fermentation' is a stage in winemaking. It occurs naturally, after the primary (alcoholic) fermentation whereby the more tart malic acid in the wine is converted to a softer lactic acid, resulting in a fuller and creamier mid-palate. While practically all red wines go through malolactic fermentation, it is suppressed in many white wines when the aim is to make a crisper, fruitier style.
The Taste and Versatility at the Table
I've typically considered Vinho Verde white wines as great apéritif wines, because of their crispness, light-body and spritz. They are also quite low in alcohol – ranging from 9% to about 12.5%. These wines are delicious with all sorts of nibbles – smoked almonds, roasted chickpeas and an array of chips and dips. Moving on, these are great wines with shellfish – clams, mussels, oysters or whatever takes your fancy. I've also noticed how well the acidity works with cured meats, cutting through the fat and richness. Some of the fuller, rounder styles can work throughout the meal. We recently enjoyed an Alvarinho/Loureiro blend with an Indian chicken and okra dish. So there are certainly plenty of options at the table.
My notes on a number of Vinho Verde wines recently tasted:
• 2009 Quinta de Azevedo Vinho Verde, 11%, $12 – Youthful and exuberant with a delicious tangy spritz. Crisp, with lots of citrus, peach, nectarine and mango flavors with an overlay of fresh flowers and a nice mineral backbone.
• 2009 Varanda do Conde, Alvarinho / Trajadura, Vinho Verde, 12%, $10 – Enticing layered nose of mineral, fresh flowers and citrus tang. Delightful tingle on the palate with ample youthful flavors of tangerine, apricot, passion fruit and grapefruit. Nice palate weight and good length.
• NV Broadbent Vinho Verde, DOC, 9%, $10 – A blend of Loureiro, Trajadura and Pedernã. Tangy, lively spritz, and very refreshing, this is definitely for lovers of high-acid wines. Nice medley of citrus and floral notes. Paired really well with some cured smoked ham.
• 2010 Aveleda Follies, Vinho Regional Minho, 50% Alvarinho, 50% Loureiro, 11.5%, $10 – Crisp and tangy with refreshing flavors of citrus, guava, apricot and a sutble floral note. Fairly light-bodied with a zesty lingering finish.
• 2009 Portal do Fidalgo, DOC Vinho Verde (sub-region of Moncão Y Meloaço), 12.5%, $16 – Strong mineral aromas layered with tropical fruit. Crisp, with a slight spritzy, creamy tang. Medium-bodied with good mid-palate weight. Packed with intense flavors (citrus, stone tropical) that linger, giving way to a lively, long finish.
I would love to hear from other fans of Vinho Verde wines – what have you been sipping?
Until next week enjoy!
Mary Gorman-McAdams, DWS, is a New York based wine educator, freelance writer and consultant. She holds the Diploma in Wine & Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and is a candidate in the Master of Wine Program.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Jhonattan Vegas has been relatively quiet in his second season on the PGA Tour.
No victories. Not even a top-10 finish. As many cuts missed as made.
So seeing the 27-year-old Venezuelan on the leaderboard at The Players Championship after the third round was nearly as surprising as his win at the Bob Hope Classic last year.
Vegas shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday, moved to 6-under 210 and put himself in the mix heading into the final round. He trailed leader Kevin Na by six strokes.
"I'm in a great place,'' Vegas said. "I feel like I'm in a good position because I don't feel like the leaders are going to go too far ahead. So within range, which is good, which is kind of what you want going into Sunday.''
Vegas hasn't been in this position all year. Not really close, either.
He has missed 13 cuts since winning the Bob Hope in January 2011. He missed the cut in half of his 12 tournaments this year, and before this week, had broken 70 only five times in 37 rounds. His best finish was 27th at the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, which only had 27 players in the field.
He's in position to better that Sunday.
"Just got to keep doing what I've been doing,'' he said. "Just go do a little bit of practice, just go to the hotel with a good feeling and just try to bring the same energy tomorrow.''
Vegas opened the third round birdie-eagle, exactly what he needed to gain some confidence on the always-challenging Stadium Course. He ended the day nearly as well, with birdies at Nos. 16 and 17.
It was a considerably better feeling than his first trip to The Players last year, when he shot 78-77 and missed the cut.
"Last year I tried to be a little too aggressive on the course, and the course kind of spanked me a little bit,'' he said. "This year we are trying to do things a little bit different with a 2-iron, trying to hit it more in play and give myself more chances. That's kind of what I've been doing so far.''
TIGER'S TALE: Tiger Woods shot even-par 72 in the third round, losing considerable ground to the leaders. But Woods was hardly discouraged with his play.
Coming off a 4-under 68 that was a putt or two away from being even better, Woods felt as if hit the ball as well Saturday as he has all year. He needed 33 putts, though, five more than he had in either of the first two rounds. He has made just two of 31 putts longer than 10 feet through three rounds.
"They are certainly not in the same category,'' he said of his latest rounds. "I played well today and didn't get anything out of that round. It was probably the most solid I've hit the golf ball all year actually. Even though I hit a couple off-line, but they were just hit dead-flush. I just got nothing out of the round.''
ENGLISH FADES: Harris English's first shot might have been his undoing.
English yanked his tee shot left on the par-4 first and struck a volunteer in the head. The volunteer, Denny Meredith of Jacksonville, fell to the ground and was later taken to a hospital for tests. Meredith had an open gash on the right side of his head when English arrived to apologize.
English gave Meredith an autographed glove and thanked him for volunteering. Playing partner Matt Kuchar also signed a glove and gave it to Meredith, who has volunteered at The Players each of the last 11 years.
The scary scene may have bothered English, who bogeyed the first hole and then hooked his next drive into a bush and ended up with a triple-bogey 8. He dropped from second to 26th in just holes and ended up shooting a 7-over 79.
GARCIA'S KNEE: Sergio Garcia birdied six of his final 10 holes Saturday, and then sought treatment for a sore left knee.
Garcia shot a 68 that left him at 4-under 212 for the tournament, eight strokes behind the leader. But he was more concerned with his knee than his chances of winning The Players again.
He said he tweaked his knee Saturday morning in his kitchen.
"I just put the knee down and it kind of missed, kind of failed me,'' he said. "It mostly does it when I'm walking down a hill. So it's just like a needle underneath the knee. I don't know what it is.''
MORE SHOE TALK: In case Tiger Woods' shoes didn't get enough attention Friday, there was more talk about his Nikes following the third round.
It became clear during the second round – Woods changed his right shoe on the sixth hole after he broke an eyelet – that he has returned to wearing metal spikes. He said he started wearing them last week at Quail Hollow.
Why the change?
"My knee is finally healthy enough to take the pounding,'' he said.
Woods has gone through four knee surgeries since his freshman year at Stanford. He tore knee ligaments while jogging in the summer of 2007, and finished the year winning five of six tournaments, including a major. He won the U.S. Open in 2008 for his 14th major on one good leg. And after injuring his right Achilles in December 2008, he won seven times the next season.
He missed three months last year after sustaining "minor injuries'' to his left knee and Achilles from an awkward stance in the pine straw at the Masters.


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Best Kids' Parties: Godzilla
Name: Penny (1)
Location: Nashville, TN
Kevin and Mimi are big fans of vintage horror films, and they jokingly call their daughter Penny their "little monster," so they thought a Godzilla-themed party would be a fun, unique way to mark Penny's first birthday.
The invitation is reminiscent of a movie poster, with a toddler silhouette replacing the iconic Godzilla figure, and the Nashville skyline for a touch of personalization. We made a banner that gave a nod to the Japanese flag, with lettering in the "Godzilla" font spelling "Penzilla."
The food was loosely themed around Godzilla and his radioactivity/atomic fire breath. "Atomic Chicken" was really hot chicken, a Nashville specialty (we also had a non-spicy version for the kiddos). "Chopped sticks" were just crudite and ranch dip in individual cups. We also had peanut butter and jelly "sushi" (PB&J and bread rolled and sliced), Godzilla egg cake pops, and a watermelon carved into a Godzilla (or a dinosaur, depending on whom you ask) head and filled with cut fruit.
Thanks Emily! Readers, see more of the Penzilla party at Spaghetti Arms.
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Barrier: Just when did you become a director at Warners?The above quote comes from Mike Barrier's interview with Bob Clampett from Funnyworld #12. On Wednesday, April 2, at 7:15 a.m. Eastern time, Turner Classic Movies will be running When's Your Birthday? and I'm looking forward to seeing it for the first time.
Clampett: At the end of 1936. Leon gave me a color cartoon sequence in a Joe E. Brown feature picture called When's Your Birthday? It featured all the signs of the zodiac as cartoon characters.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Attention Bob Clampett Fans
3 comments:
- Thad said...
Thanks for the alert, Mark. I will definitely try and catch this!
- April 01, 2008 1:24 PM
- Joe Gannon said...
Did anyone notice that there was a line in the opening credits "Color sequences by Technicolor"? So maybe that cartoon sequence was originally in color, perhaps? Or did I miss the color sequence? Seems like a lousy restoration job if that couldn't restore the color. Or maybe a print or negative with the color in it doesn't exist any more.
- April 06, 2008 1:57 AM
- Mark Mayerson said...
To combine technicolor and black and white, the prints would have to be spliced together as they are developed using very different processes. My guess is that the initial run proved disappointing at the box office, so later releases of the film didn't bother with the expense of printing and splicing technicolor into the rest of the print and just printed the whole thing in black and white.
David L. Loew was an independent producer who initially released this film through RKO. Who knows if the original materials for this film still exist of if the copy screened on TCM was even restored from a 35mm print? Had Loew been a real studio or sold his holdings to a real studio, it's more likely that the technicolor elements would have survived.
Having seen the film for the first time, I'd have to say that the Clampett footage was somewhat disappointing. It really has the look of his Loony Tunes unit of the time, but the script, which probably originated elsewhere, is weak.
- April 06, 2008 8:30 AM


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The mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, may well be the next senator from New Jersey, after Frank Lautenberg announced he won't run for re-election.
The 89-year-old, like Booker a Democrat, had been resisting pressure to step down and has expressed annoyance at Booker's public plans to capture his seat. And he didn't exactly sound a swan song.
"I am not announcing the end of anything. I am announcing the beginning of a two-year mission to pass new gun safety laws, protect children from toxic chemicals and create more opportunities for working families in New Jersey," Lautenberg told the Newark Star-Ledger.
The newspaper reported that several polls showed Lautenberg trailing Booker in the primary. Booker may well face other contenders, such as Rep. Frank Pallone, to get the Democratic nomination. There isn't a Republican of the stature of Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor, at this point in the race.
— Steve Goldstein
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Hot on the heels of Talisker Storm comes another no age statement whisky from the very same distillery: Talisker Port Ruighe.
So, what's the story with Port Ruighe? Wouldn't you like to know? Well, it's pronounced Portree, as in the largest town on the Isle of Skye, with 'Port Ruighe' being an old Gaelic spelling. The town is based around a large natural harbour, which has been key for business and trade for centuries and latterly has featured some of them there brightly coloured buildings made infamous by a certain children's television programme. The other thing you need to know is that they have their own top flight (see what I did there) Quidditch team, the Prides, that compete in the British and Irish Quidditch League.


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Marchers demand end to Gaza bombing
Thousands of demonstrators descended on the streets of London to protest at the bombing of Gaza, branding the Israeli offensive a "massacre"
But there are concerns that members of the Jewish community who had joined the march felt intimidated while others had stayed at home because they were too afraid to attend today's protest.
Dan Rosenberg, 43, a Jewish stay-at-home father-of-two, said he is appalled at the "horrific" images of dead bodies and bombed-out homes being beamed out of Gaza.
Protesters against military action in Gaza gather in central London
But he said that while many of his Jewish friends felt the same, the "hatred" and extreme attitudes which has coloured much of the discussion about the conflict had left them too afraid to join the throng of protesters.
Mr Rosenberg, from Finchley in north London, said: "It is horrific what is going on in Gaza. It is collective punishment. I don't know how any human being can stand back while this is happening.
"But it is difficult being here. We have seen the anti-Semitic attitudes and you feel very threatened and scared, but we feel we have to stand up and represent.
"Even standing here we feel quite uncomfortable. You hear people say they think the Jews run the media. Those beliefs are unpleasant, ignorant and racist.
"I have Jewish friends who wanted to come but they felt uncomfortable being here."
Thousands of demonstrators, many waving placards and the black, white, green and red flag of Palestine, converged on the BBC's Broadcasting House near Oxford Circus this afternoon.
Chants of "Free, Free, Palestine" were shouted across London's busy West End as marchers made their way to Hyde Park for a rally.
Accompanied by a samba band - a familiar feature at protest rallies - families, students and others from across Britain marched to call for an immediate halt to the killing in Gaza.
Pupils from Ed Miliband's old school, Haverstock, in Chalk Farm, north London, joined the march.
Yasmin Rackal, 17, said: "People shouldn't stand by and watch an injustice. I have little brothers and sisters and if I was in that situation I would want people globally to fight for me."
Sanum Ghafoor, 22, had travelled from Luton to take part. She said: "It is a massacre of the Palestinians, and the world is staying quiet. The British Government keeps supporting the Israeli establishment.
"We want them to impose an arms embargo and put pressure on the Americans to stop supporting the Israeli government."
Philip McCowen, 59, a driver from Bristol, said: "The massacre of children is outrageous. The bombing of hospitals is outrageous. Collective punishment is a crime against humanity."
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Not at all. At no point has science demonstrated one iota of evidence for the notion that god created the universe.
Your entire argument presumes that the universe can't be eternal and that it needed to be caused in the first place. Reread what I said on the topic, if the universe needn't have a cause then your entire argument is shot. Even if it did all it proves is an uncaused cause...god's still not in the picture.
Half of the argument is about what attributes something would need to cause the universe. As I've pointed out before, the attributes needed to cause our universe are all attributes of God, meaning God is a possible cause.
Argument from ignorance. We don't know how the universe came to be with the big bang so god must have done it.
Reasonable conclusions drawn from the available evidence. Nowhere do I say, "we don't know, so it must be God." I say, "To do this sort of thing, you would need something very similar to God."
Unrelated note, are you a Juggalo by chance?
Probably not, since I don't know what that is. All Google gives me is stuff about fans of the Insane Clown Posse.
Nope, wrong again. There's no mind behind evolution and it works fine...tromping your theory of an ephemeral mind guiding the process.
I explicitly said evolution is mindless. I mentioned directed evolution as the only way it could be considered a "designer", since design implies intelligence. I didn't mean to imply that believe in directed evolution.
Well creationists claim that god designed humans as well, so it's not an unrelated topic.
Here's your argument in a nutshell:
1) The universe is fine tuned to support life, therefore
2) God must have designed the universe to be this way.
Now here's my question: what have you read, specifically, to support this position?
Actually, no. The fine-tuning was just a passing mention to support one of the attributes I claim can be attributed to the first cause. You've made a big deal out of it. However, that's not really even a good summary of the fine-tuning argument. It would be better summarized like this:
1) The universe is fine tuned to support life
2) This fine-tuning is improbable by random chance
3) Therefore, an intelligent being must have been involved in creating (or at least ordering) the universe.
I've heard famous biologists like Richard Dawkins (and, I think, someone in this thread) agree that life here on Earth could have been seeded or started by intelligent alien beings (Directed Panspermia). But if you try to posit that our universe as a whole could have been started or even organized by an intelligent being, even in a purely deistic sense, these same people will lash out with derision and counter-arguments to make the idea of universal intelligent design look ridiculous. You said earlier that I was arguing from ignorance because we don't know what happened before the Big Bang. But isn't it also arguing from ignorance to declare with absolute certainty that there is no deity because there is no evidence?
My point was that humans could have been designed much better. God apparently can design things but he's sort of thickheaded in the process, and as a result, he created us, with the obvious and easily addressable aforementioned weaknesses.
Yes, I get your point. My point was that God was not trying to make the best possible body for us.
Also, another point. Does your computer have sixteen terabytes of memory? No? Why not? Sixteen terabyte would be an awesome computer! Whoever designed that thing must be thick-headed to put in less!
The point here is that even when things aren't the best that they could be, there might be a good reason for them to be that way. In the case of your computer, it's probably because of cost, and maybe space limitation. Not being a biologist I can't comment in depth on the human body, but I know I've heard this argument put forth before by people who were educated enough to support it.
Good question, so why are there millions of planets to begin with? Why not just six and a sun or something?
Well, as a Christian, I believe that the heavens declare the glory of God. Hundreds of trillions of stars... pretty freaking glorious! When I was a deist I didn't think about it much, but it made me very sure that aliens lived out there somewhere. Or that the deist god really liked stars.
It'd be interesting to see if another life-bearing planet had heard of Jesus. Lol.
Doubtful. At least, He wouldn't be called Jesus, since that was an entirely human name (about as popular then as John is now). The real interesting thing would be alien psychology, since I take "made in the image of God" to be a mental similarity, not a physical one.
Like a said, your god's a shitty designer.
Why's that? Maybe Andromeda will bring us much needed resources right when we've depleted what we've got here in the Milky Way. Maybe by that time our technology will have advanced far enough the the problems associated with galactic collision will be little more than minor annoyances to us. Unless you can see the future and know that this collision turns out totally bad, you don't really have grounds to call it shitty design.
Nope, as I said before, all your argument shows (assuming it's sound even, which I doubt) is that there needs to be an uncaused cause. No god in the equation at all.
An uncaused cause would be a god by any definition we have. Unless you redefine "god" to mean "being who totally did not create the universe". The only real escape from this is a multiverse spawning off countless universes. Since we don't have direct evidence at all, and the indirect evidence seems to point to a deity (in addition to the many other arguments for God's existence), I see no reason good to believe in the multiverse hypothesis.
This'll be my last response to you, I have other things to do and I think there's enough here for people reading this to see what's going on. You'll live for a while, die, and rot in the ground; my only hope is that you didn't waste too much of your one and only life on your knees, worshipping a lie.
I'm sorry to hear you're done with this discussion. I'm just one of those people who really loves a good argument, and you've been one of the more intelligent people I've argued with. I hate to see it end, but I understand that you just don't feel like going over and over these same points, which you've probably heard from others before, yet again.


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The two fellows at left were American airmen stationed
at Old Buckenham Airfield, near Attleborough, Norfolk.
Second from left is my cousin who doesn't recall the exact
location, only that it was an estate or manor house that before
the war was owned by a German who made a fortune in apple cider.
During the war, American soldiers were sent there for R&R.
Do you recognize this place??
(Click on photo for larger version.)
Happy Wordless Wednesday!
but the main site for WW entries is here.


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Promise of profits, productivity to expand adoption by European packaging industry
Electric drives are reportedly expected to experience widespread acceptance in the European packaging industry due to the attractive profit margins associated with their implementation. Economic recovery and increasing investments in packaging infrastructure, coupled with government regulations, will boost the adoption of electric drives by the packaging industry, according to reports.
New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Electric Drives Market in the European Packaging Industry, finds that the market earned revenues of $266.4 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $393.8 million in 2017.
Surging energy costs have negatively impacted the profit margins of packaging manufacturers, according to the company.
New developments in drives technology will reportedly expand their role in packaging. At the same time the demand for packaged goods and growth in packaging applications will attract newer investments in packaging industry and thereby fuel the sales of drives in the industry. The rise in automation activities across Eastern Europe in countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland will heighten demand for drives in packaging applications.
Creating awareness about the benefits of electric drives in the packaging industry has been a challenge. Against a climate of continued austerity, convincing end-users to implement drives in their production line has been a challenge for drives manufacturers.
In addition to benefits related to energy conservation, end users need to be made aware of other advantages, such as reduced downtime and enhanced productivity.
Frost and Sullivan
– Edited by Amanda McLeman, Plant Engineering, www.plantengineering.com


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Hello there:
I am thinking about gui programming for XFCE using python. My questions are:
1- All the GTK Reference manual applies to XFCE?
2- For Python, what is the easiest ide to start gui programming?
3- Is there a good howto for start gui programming for XFCE? Which one?
4- Programming for XFCE is the same as for Gnome?
5- For creating XFCE themes is there also a good howto?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Best Regards
There is already pyxfce (python bindings for Xfce).
You can donwload it from svn:
svn co http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/pyxfce/trunk pyxfce
But since I'm not a developper, I can't help you more.
You will have more information by asking on the developers mailing list of Xfce.
thanks for the info. I wonder why there is no "developer" forum in here.
I will do as you suggest and join developer-mailing list.
thanks again
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To be honest, I rarely think about the cartographer of the maps I use in my games. Partially because the publishers rarely promote the individual cartographer, instead relying more so on branding their name.
However, Jonathan Roberts, is one of those artists that should get billing above the publisher's name. Roberts is the artist of the Fantastic Maps series, a series of maps that have rejuvenated the 2-d map PDF market.
Ever since 0ones stopped publishing realistic battlemaps, the market has been skim on quality detail maps. Roberts Fantastic Maps were introduced in early 2009, and despite the inexpensive price, are some of the most intricately detailed maps to be released in some time.
Because of the similar high quality of each of the map products, this review will cover the entire series released so far.
The Fantastic Maps series is reminiscent of well made fantasy anime. With thick layers of color displayed in a somewhat whimsical quality. The pixels jump off the page, looking sometimes like hills and layers are actually there. Each PDF contains a color and black and white version of the map, and the map broken down into separate pieces that can be reassembled later on. The full scale of each map is roughly 20' by 30'. As of this review, there have been six maps released so far, each as diverse as the previous:
The Glass Balcony is a map of a shear balcony overlooking a body of water with islands dancing around it. The refreshing blues used to create the water make this an ideal map for an interesting aqua encounter.
The Lone Island in the Sky has a massive tree holding up a patch of grassing land. However, it seems to work better as an open tree trunk that descends into a pit of unknown. The smoky texture that surrounds the tree is distracting, however, the crisp lines in the bark add to the character of the map.
The Leafless Wood is one of those maps that should be a staple in your map collection. Used for wilderness encounters, it's a lot darker than the Glass Balcony and has a more serious tone. It is a very versatile map. You can use it for a track through a forest, or use it for river encounters.
The Mire of Lost souls is another possible staple for parties that travel through swamp lands a lot. Roberts tends to do water very well, as yet another version of water shows a series of murky greens and thick oil like blues. This map can feel quite dull when compared to the others.
Getting away from the generic maps, Black Sky Butte presents a massive alter that raises 100s of feat into the air. The surface of the alter is nicely done with cryptic writing and stars about, though it is uneven in places. The most permissive thing about this map is the impression of height.
The latest Map is the Ice temple and my favorite. A dragon frozen in ice over a large chasm embanked by snow. The layers of whites and blues to distinguish snow and ice bring out all the detail in this map.
For the Digital DM
Each map contains a black and white and a color version, which makes it slightly more difficult than other products when mass extracting the images. The large image included in the PDF is not scale, so you will have to place each individual piece. It would be nice if a high resolution single map was included.
For the Standard DM
Rich colors don't come cheap and if you want to catch the detail you're going to be pouring some extra funds into ink.
The Iron Word
For less than a buck, you can not beat adding one of these maps to any order you make. I am not going to tell Mr. Roberts that we are in a recession nor that his maps are of equal quality to high end-map products at only a fraction of the cost. Instead, I recommend purchasing these great steals and giving your player an engrossing game play experience.


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Advance Directives
An Advance Directive is a legal document that states your personal wishes regarding your health care should you suddenly become unable to make decisions for yourself. This documentation can take the form of a Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, Health Care Agent, or Organ Donation.
It is very important that your family, physician, and the Hospital be made aware of your desires for health care. After considering your values, religious beliefs, and the quality of life you wish to maintain, you may decide to make an Advance Directive such as a Living Will. This can be done at little or no cost and can give you peace of mind.
You will be asked for a copy of your Advance Directives upon admission to the hospital.
If you would like more information about Advance Directives, a brochure, or just would like to speak privately with a health care professional about any of these matters, you may contact the Social Work Office at Middlesex Hospital at 860-358-6162.


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United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says a deployment of Australian special forces to assist in maintaining security in Afghanistan after 2014 is worth considering.
Mr Panetta, who visited the barracks of the Special Air Service Regiment in Perth to meet some of those who had fought in Afghanistan, said Defence Minister Stephen Smith had expressed an interest in an Australian special forces presence in Afghanistan in the post-2014 period.
"I believe that is worth considering," he told the media conference at the conclusion of the annual Australia-US Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations in Perth.
Under current transition plans, Afghan National Security Forces are progressively taking the lead in security, with that process to be fully completed by the end of 2014.
Australia is now considering what assistance it can provide after that period. Among the possibilities is ongoing help with training and deployment of special forces, subject to a suitable mandate and legal framework.
Mr Panetta said one of the missions in Afghanistan after 2014 would be counter-terrorism and continuing to target al-Qaeda and other groups.
"As we design that post-2014 presence, we want to consider the role not only of Australia but other countries can provide in special forces that I think would be very important in the future security of Afghanistan," he said.
In the communique released at the close of AUSMIN, Australia and the US reiterated the continued commitment to a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan that is not a safe haven for international terrorists.
Australia and the US reiterated their commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) transition strategy and to a post-2014 mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces.
Much pre-AUSMIN discussion centred on alleged US concerns at the level of Australian defence spending but the topic was only mentioned briefly in the media conference after a specific question to Mr Panetta.
He said both the US and Australia were facing budget constrictions which had to be taken into consideration.
"But I remain fully confident that in light of what we are confronting that we have the capability to maintain a strong national defence for both of our countries," he said.
"We will be able to meet the threats that confront us, not only in this part of the world but elsewhere as well."


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Colin Farrell's new film "Total Recall" features "action sequences so spectacular that it'll be worth your two hours and ten dollars - or your ten euros!" the Irish star told Total Film.
The magazine described Farrell as a "charisma-oozing Irishman."
He's also an Irishman adamant to be seen without 3D glasses.
Although Farrell did not make the decision to release the film only in 2D, he said he supported the choice.
"I've seen some things that were great in 3D but personally, I just don't need it- if the story's good enough," he said.
In fact, if the film had been in 3D, Farrell said he didn't know whether he would have signed on to the project.
"I just don't need the picture to come out," he said.
But "Total Recall" isn't just flashy action, whatever the number of dimensions; Farrell said he found the acting "continuously challenging, not just in a physical way, but in an emotional way and in an intellectual way."
The film's premise- the protagonist, played by Farrell, discovers that his entire life and identity aren't real- provoked "plenty of existential questions" for Farrell, he said.
"The whole film then is a journey from this man awakening to the ideas of identity and past and being robbed of everything you were and everything you believed, without even knowing what these things are," he told Total Film.
"Total Recall" is a remake of a 1990 film of the same title, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger played Farrell's role.
To bulk up for the movie, Farrell said he ate 150 grams of protein a day, but "couldn't quite reach the Olympian levels of a certain predecessor of mine."
With a remake in the bag, a "Total Recall" sequel wouldn't be a complete surprise.
If a sequel's on the table, Farrell said, "I'd be mad not to do it."
Preview Farrell's movie here:


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A good comedy rule of thumb is that passive aggressive behavior is usually funnier than confrontation. Admittedly, Garfield frequently disproves or at least flaunts its disregard for this rule. Today we see it fully embraced, however. At first a normal person would wonder why a man would avoid direct confrontation with his own cat. The stakes are low. The offense of having eaten the last cookie is petty, and probably not even punishable. There is no mystery about the offender: Jon knows perfectly well that Garfield is guilty.
The lengths Jon goes to in forcing Garfield's confession may not seem as excessive as Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2, but relative to the crime, maybe they are. And Garfield reacts with glaring rage, but doesn't apologize. What else could Jon have expected or wanted? And yes, that last poster likely says "REWARD," and Jon is taping it up in his own home, as if anyone were there to see it and collect such a reward besides Garfield or possibly Liz. Well, sometimes our desire for small, meaningless vindication is enough motivation.
Q: It is impossible to tell in the context of Garfield artwork, but has Jon done an artist's rendering of the lost cookie? ... Or had he for some reason taken a photograph of the cookie before its disappearance, in anticipation of just this situation? One hopes for the latter, as it indicates a sad acceptance by Jon of Garfield's ability to shape his life.


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|Home >> Ask Olympus: Do you have any tips for shooting sports photos at night
Do you have any tips for shooting high school football night games and basketball games? I have tried the Sports shooting mode and I'm still getting blurred action.
The Sports shooting mode does a good job shooting sports in the daytime when there is plenty of light, but shooting night games and indoor sports require different settings. Professional sports venues have very high light levels to support television broadcasts. Photographers who photograph indoor sports such as basketball may also have powerful flash systems setup in the rafters of an arena to stop action. Light levels at high school sports venues aren't nearly as high as venues for pro sports, so your camera must be set up to stop the action using high shutter speeds.
The first step is to select a high ISO-800 or higher. This will allow you to use higher shutter speeds to stop the action. Instead of the Sports mode, use the A (Aperture Priority) mode so that you can select the brightest aperture. Select the brightest aperture your lens will allow, example: f2.8 or f3.5. In the A mode, the camera will select the Shutter Speed once the Aperture is fixed. If your shutter speed is not at least 1/500th of a second, you will need to raise your ISO higher than 800. Using a high ISO may elevate the digital noise in images, so set the Noise Filter in the menu to Normal or High. Tracking or panning with the players as you shoot will add a bit more sharpness to the subject and blur the background giving the effect of movement. If your camera has Image Stabilization, using the I.S. 2 setting is the best for tracking football or basketball players. I.S.3 will allow you to track the subject while holding the camera in the vertical position. C-AF (Continuous Autofocus) can refresh the autofocus as you shoot. It is more suited to moving subjects that move in the same direction—it cannot follow-focus zigzagging runners because it cannot predict the focus point if the direction and velocity of the subject changes. One technique to speed up autofocus is to constantly half-tap the shutter button to refresh the autofocus point. This is called "feathering" the shutter button. Using the HI Sequential Shooting mode will increase the number of "keepers" from your shoot.
Lighting in school gymnasiums might not fall into any of the White Balance presets and may not be completely compensated for using the AUTO White Balance setting. The camera can create a unique white balance using the One-Touch White Balance technique. The camera captures and registers a unique white balance setting by taking a shot of a white piece of paper that fills the frame. Your camera may have a One-Touch White Balance button, or the function may have to be set into the camera's Function (Fn) button. Refer to the manual for your camera for details on using One-Touch White Balance. Remember to set the White balance back to AUTO after the game.
Archive - E-System:
- Advantages of digital lenses
- Transferring your photos to a CD
- Printing the date on your photos
- Best image sizes for emailing
- Lens connections and F-stop
- Indoor sports photos
- AF illuminator and camera flashes
- Camera locks up while shooting closeups
- Taking photos of the Northern Lights
- Shooting in cold weather
- Pixel Mapping
- Waterfall and Stream Effects
- Camera unable to secure autofocus
- Night sports photos
- Can I use a teleconverter with my kit lens?
- What is MY MODE?
- Saving Your Camera Settings
- What does the Fn button do?
- Tips for shooting holiday lights outdoors
- Tips about memory card usage
- The purpose of IMAGE ASPECT when shooting?
- Tips for digitizing 35mm color slides
- Double exposures and xD card questions
- Taking better indoor photos
- Shooting in RAW
- Battery charging guidelines
- E-System Compatibility
- Cleaning your mirror box
- Studio Lighting
- Tricks for manually focusing
- Focusing E-System cameras in low light
- P, A, S and M modes
- Keeping a zoom lens steady
- What lenses can I use with my DSLR?
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography
- Post-processing color controls in OLYMPUS Master
- How do I use bracketing modes?
- Save a zoomed playback image
- How can CONTRAST, SHARPNESS and
SATURATION be applied creatively?
- Shooting indoors in the winter
- What does the GRADATION feature in the menu do?
- Using OM-System lenses and accessories


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As I previously stated, I have been power leveling my sister on her Barbarian, and we got her from 38 to 45 last night. In the meantime, there are plenty of decent drops to sell!
I find it amazing what people will pay for low level gear....especially jewelry.
I have sold a couple of socketed weapons for 250-500k and I sold a ring last night for 1 million gold. It is really quite ridiculous that I am making a lot more in sales while power leveling a lowby than I do farming Inferno.
Speaking of farming Inferno, I got to Paragon 44 last night and had a 1 day record of 5 legendaries drop including two in one run. Unfortunately, all of them were quite bad.
Overall, the power leveling has gone pretty quickly, and despite getting very little paragon xp, I still make a decent amount of gold (piles drop up to the low 1000 range as far as gold goes).
I figure my sister will be 60 in no time and we will be running around in Inferno.


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Eva Braun Levine
Born: July 6, 1916
Lodz, Poland
Eva was the second daughter of five children born to Jewish parents. Her father dealt in real estate, and the family owned the apartment building in which they lived. The building had an elevator, a luxury for that time. Eva finished high school, and she began working for her father and studying history at a small local university.
1933-39: Nightlife for young people was lively in Lodz, and I often went dancing with my boyfriend, Herman. In 1939 we married. Then the Germans invaded. One day, the Gestapo banged at our door. They slapped my father-in-law, demanding we hand over our valuable rugs. "The maid already took them," I protested. When they yelled back, I grabbed one man by the lapels: "Why don't you believe us? We're leaving! Here, see our suitcases?" They left.
1940-44: Herman and I were caught in the ghetto of Piotrkow Trybunalski after we arrived there in May 1941 looking for food. My family was deported there as well. For three years I worked with my mother and sisters in the ghetto; in November 1944 all the women were deported to the Ravensbrueck concentration camp in Germany. When we got off the train Nazis "examined" our crotches for hidden valuables. The work I did in the camp was so backbreaking that I lost tissue in my spine.
As the Allies advanced, the camp prisoners were evacuated to the Bergen-Belsen camp. There, Eva was liberated by the British in April 1945. She moved to the United States in 1950.


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Mr. Speaker, suicide prevention should be a national priority. Tragically, Canada's aboriginal youth suicide rate is five to six times higher than the Canadian average.
We know that providing healthy alternatives is the key: investments in education, recreation centres and the necessary programming. Prevention requires investment and does not mean waiting for the suicide rate to go up in communities.
When will the Conservatives work with aboriginal communities, listen to the needs of aboriginal young people and stand up to build hope for so many of these people across our country?


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