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As Detroit has made a game of comparing ourselves to other cities, we've too often overlooked what makes us special and unique on our own terms. Park Avenue is a good example.
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Detroit suffers from both over-hype and public derision over the role of artists in the city's future.
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Anyhow, if anyone can still find one, check it out, definitely will make the year much cooler.


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This stretch of devastated land is in an area north of Pittsburgh, known as the North Hills. This strip of land, particularly, is at the beginning of what is Mcknight Road. A commercially, and residentially developed road. However, there was once an area that still held its own to the development that the rest of the ...


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Woman V is one of a series of six paintings made by de Kooning between 1950 and 1953 that depict a three-quarter-length female figure. He began the first of these paintings, Woman I (The Museum of Modern Art, New York), in June 1950, repeatedly changing and painting out the image until January or February 1952, when the painting was abandoned unfinished. The art historian Meyer Schapiro saw the painting in de Kooning's studio soon afterwards and encouraged the artist to persist. De Kooning's response was to begin three other paintings on the same theme; Woman II (The Museum of Modern Art, New York), Woman III (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art), Woman IV (Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City). During the summer of 1952, spent at East Hampton, de Kooning further explored the theme through drawings and pastels. He may have finished work on Woman I by the end of June, or possibly as late as November 1952, and probably the other three women pictures were concluded at much the same time.
With this group of four paintings near completion, de Kooning began painting Woman V in the autumn of 1952. It was finished in time to be exhibited at the Sidney Janis Gallery in March 1953. The autumn starting date forWoman V is supported by E.A. Carmean Jr, 'because like the winter Woman Vl [Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh] the palette of the picture is a shade darker than the previous works, and for both of them, none of the summer pastels seem directly related to their particular composition'.1
When the six paintings on the theme of woman were exhibited together for the first time at the Sidney Janis Gallery in March 1953 they caused consternation among many artists and critics who felt that de Kooning had betrayed the ideals of abstraction. But de Kooning's use of the image of woman was more than just a rejection of the radical prohibition on depictions of the figure; it linked and contrasted his work with an established tradition: 'The Women had to do with the female painted through all the ages, all those idols …'.2
De Kooning indicated that the Mesopotamian figurines on display at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, very much influenced him. The wide eyes, smiles, prominent breasts and tapering arms of these figures are echoed in the features of the women.3 At the other end of the time spectrum the grinning mouths displayed by all the women in this series seem to derive from de Kooning's habit of cutting out the mouths of magazine pin-ups and attaching them to his work:
I cut out a lot of mouths. First of all I thought everything ought to have a mouth. Maybe it was like a pun. Maybe it's sexual. But whatever it is, I used to cut out a lot of mouths and then I painted those figures and then I put the mouth more or less in the place where it was supposed to be. It always fumed out to be very beautiful and it helped me immensely to have this real thing.4
Unlike Woman I and II, which depict a seated figure, the other paintings in this series show the figure in a standing pose. Woman V is also related to Woman IV and Woman Vl in that the figure is standing in what appears to be water. A blue field surrounds the legs of Woman IV and Woman Vl, and a transparent blue-green glaze covers the legs of Woman V. As Woman V is not informed by the summer pastels of Woman IV, another source has been suggested by Thomas B. Hess in Rembrandt's painting A woman bathing in a stream (The National Gallery, London) of 1655.5 Although the hands of Woman V are now clasped together at the waist, they were once arranged at each side in a gesture similar to that of the figure in Rembrandt's painting, who holds up her skirt to clear the water as she wades. De Kooning had not seen the picture himself, but it had been widely reproduced, appearing in an article published in Artnews in February 1952 about the cleaning of Old Master paintings at the National Gallery, London. At the time de Kooning was painting the Woman series he stated that they 'reminded me very much of my childhood being in Holland, near all that water. Nobody saw that particularly, except Joop Sanders. He started singing a little Dutch song. I said "Why do you sing that song?" Then he said: "Well it looks like she is sitting there." The song had to do with a brook'.6
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Among the hundreds of breeds of sheep (Ovis aries) in the world, those weighing less than 35 kg when mature have been largely ignored. Although these are common, the impression lingers that they are too small to be useful. Yet this virtually untapped gene pool is esnecially well adapted to traditional Third World animal husbandry. Given attention, these "microsheep" could boost meat, milk, skin, wool, and pelt production in many villages and small farms of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Many microsheep thrive in environments that tax the ability of larger breeds to survive. They are adapted to poor feeds and can be grazed in uncultivated wastelands unsuited to any other livestock except goats or camels. Because of their size, microsheep can fatten in areas where forage is so scattered and sparse that larger animals cannot cover enough ground to fill their bellies each day. In addition, their foraging complements that of other livestock. For example, sheep can graze rough grasses and weeds that cattle find unpalatable. Some survive even the stress of extreme aridity and for this reason are the predominant livestock in North Africa and the Middle East.
Many small breeds can be disease resistant. Some, for example, are widespread in the zones of Africa where trypanosomiasis is prevalent. They are generally less adversely affected by foot-and-mouth disease than are cattle, and some small native sheep seem to have fewer problems with insects and parasites than do most other livestock, including temperate-area sheep.
Giving more attention to the management and improvement of microsheep could pay back abundantly in the form of food, income, and improved land utilization in many parts of the developing world.
Worldwide, but notably in drier regions of the tropics.
An average weight for temperate sheep breeds is about 70 kg,' but the smallest microsheep weigh less than 20 kg fully grown. Many tropical microsheep are "hairless," and have little or no wool. These are often difficult to distinguish from goats, but (like all sheep) they generally have blunter snouts, more fat, and hanging tails. Some have greatly enlarged rumps or tails that store fat. Unlike goats, sheep have no odor-producing glands.
Some representative microsheep are described at the end of this chapter.
More than one billion sheep occur worldwide, and they occupy every climatic zone in which people live. At least half are in developing countries.
Although more than 1,000 breeds are recognized, only a handful dominate the world's sheep industries. Lesser-known breeds are rapidly becoming extinct (especially in developed countries, although scattered efforts are being made to preserve them). Elsewhere, genetic resources have not been properly evaluated, and potentially valuable stock is being lost before it is even understood.
Sheep are among the most adaptable animals. Various types are kept in areas of extreme heat, cold, altitude, aridity, humidity, and rainfall. They are especially widespread in hot, dry climates, but some breeds also thrive in humid areas.
Sheep make efficient use of a wide variety of fodder: tree leaves, fortes, grasses, crop residues, and agricultural by-products, for instance. They often survive privation by calling on their reserves of body fat.
In the tropics, sheep reach sexual maturity in about a year. Many breeds lamb year-round, which allows for a continuous production of premium meat. Gestation takes about five months, and lambing is usually timed to occur when feed is most abundant and nutritious. Microsheep often bear two or more young and, under good management, may produce lambs annually for more than five years.
These shy animals flock together and, in general, are managed with little effort. They are easily panicked, however, and rams can become aggressive during rutting or when threatened.
Dozens of the world's neglected breeds of tiny sheep should be preserved from extinction, for many will undoubtedely prove to have outstanding qualities. Current efforts to save the Navajo sheep in the United States exemplify what can be achieved
The Navajo is a microsheep, and is perhaps the oldest breed of sheep in the United States. It may have been introduced to North America in 1540 by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, who was seeking the mythical Seven Golden Cities of Cibola in the region that is now Arizona and New Mexico. Smaller than many dogs, a full-grown Navajo sheep may weigh only 30 kg, but it became a big part of the culture of the Southwest. Although the Navajos and other local Indians had never seen sheep before the 1500s, they soon became shepherds and weavers, and their rugs made from the unique wool of this wiry little animal remain famous even today.
Navajo sheep have white or brown wool hanging in ringlets around their bodies. The fleece is a double coat: long, coarse guard hairs on the outside and short wool on the inside. It yields warm, waterproof, and long-lasting products. Many of the sheep have four horns because the Indians believed that this trait was sacred, and they favored four-horned rams for breeding purposes.
The number of Navajo sheep was reduced sharply between 1950 and 1950 because of severe overgrazing and replacement by improved wool breeds. In recent times there has been so little commercial and scientific interest in this microsheep that by the 1970s only a handful of purebred specimens survived. Since the late 1970s, however, Lyle McNeal, a Utah State University professor, has been working to save it from extinction. By 1988 he had a burgeoning flock at the university and was learning that this supposedly obsolete dwarf is amazingly useful.
The breed originated in the arid south of Spain (where it is called the "churro"), and it thrives in the hot, dry climate. Unlike normal breeds, it can exist in the desert without supplementary food and with little water. As McNeal has pointed out, any sheep that can survive and raise a lamb in the aridity and searing heat of the American Southwest has to be superior. He has found that the ewes have a strong maternal instinct, which is vital for protecting lambs against the coyotes that are common in the region.
Thanks to the efforts of McNeal and his colleagues, Indians are beginning to use Navajo sheep again; by 1988 there were more than 400 on the Navajo reservation, with their wool fetching premium prices. This tough little sheep could prove valuable not only for American Indians but for poor people in many other dry regions as well.
Microsheep are mainly kept for meat production, but - especially in arid regions - for milk as well. Their meat is usually lean with little "muttony" taste.
Wool or hair is taken from many breeds, although the yield is often small. Skins from hair sheep' thinner than cowhide, are widely used and are in international demand. In some places, manure is considered an important product. In Nepal, thousands of small sheep are used as pack animals, especially to carry salt into mountain valleys.
Most sheep are maintained in free-ranging flocks. Many are grazed (often tethered) over a small area during the day and confined in a "fold" at night. Others are penned or kept as village scavengers. These are usually fed supplements of household scraps.
Sheep form an integral part of a mixed farming economy; for example, they may graze pastures during the wet season, and survive on crop residues and field weeds during the dry season. They have excellent foraging capabilities and are often kept alongside goats. This broadens the variety of forages utilized and often increases total production from a single piece of land, for sheep and goats have complementary feeding habits and male goats help protect the sheep from some predators.
In spite of the heavy toll that predators (such as feral dogs) can take on lambs and ewes, the largest proportion of sheep in the tropics are lost through lack of basic care. Modest supplemental feeding of lambs and inexpensive preventive medicines can do much to lower mortality and boost production.
Sheep are multipurpose animals, and almost everywhere they produce several products. The rich milk is often preferred to that of cows or goats, especially for making cheese and yogurt.
Lambs form an important part of the household economy for much of the rural world, and only rarely is social or religious stigma attached to keeping or eating them. Indeed, sheep are the traditional feast animals of several religions, and in some places sheep meat is preferred to beef and sells at a premium.
By and large, all sheep products can be processed, utilized, or marketed by the producer. In addition, sheep marketing and transportation systems exist in most countries, at least to some degree.
Sheep are efficient producers and can provide a quick turnover for food and cash. On the brush and coarse grasses of marginal lands, they may be more productive than cattle, and on grass they may outproduce goats. As long as they are not overstocked, sheep do not degrade vegetation; unless starving they will not debark trees. Small breeds cause little erosion, even on steep slopes, heavily traveled paths, or near water holes.2 In South Asia, they have been continuously stocked on the same ground for thousands of years without causing apparent harm.
Because sheep have a natural tendency to accumulate fat, they "finish" well on grazing and usually do not require a high-energy finishing diet.
Despite their general healthiness, sheep are affected by many internal parasites and diseases, a few of which are communicable to man. They are especially susceptible to infectious conjunctivitis (pinkeye).
Predators and thieves can be greater threats than sickness. Labor inputs can be high because of the almost continual protection sheep need.
Some mutton has a strong taste that many find unappealing. However, the taste is carried mainly by the fat, and the generally lean microsheep are often commended for their fine-textured, sweet meat.
The numerous breeds of small sheep should be investigated. Assessments should be made for the animals' ability to thrive under adverse conditions and for resistance to particular diseases and parasites.
As noted, even minimal extension services and veterinary support for sheep could greatly decrease mortality, especially among lambs.
Improving microbreeds without increasing their size is one of the most interesting challenges facing sheep scientists today. While efforts should be made to conserve and select within types, research should also be conducted on hybrid vigor. Efforts to improve the pelt and fleece of microsheep should also be encouraged.
More studies on the interactions between sheep and cropping systems are needed. Sheep (and the manure they produce) could become important components of forestry (see sidebar), crop rotation, alley cropping, and other forms of sustainable agriculture. For instance, sheep are especially effective for weed control in plantation crops such as oil palm and rubber as well as in forests.
Even in countries with long traditions of raising large sheep, there are opportunities for using small, agile, hardy breeds. The following is an example.
Seeking safer methods for stopping brush from smothering newly planted trees, U.S. government foresters have turned from chemical defoliants to flocks of sheep. Court decisions in 1983 and 1984 barred the use of herbicides along Oregon's Pacific Coast. Various alternatives were tried, and the animals proved the most successful. Sheep are now the favored method for controlling unwanted vegetation. Indeed, they have changed the foresters' whore approach to managing reforestation.
Formerly, the U.S. Forest Service allowed the brush to grow on logged-over sites and then sprayed it down before planting tree seedlings. Now it plants grass to suppress brush and reduce erosion. The sites are later fertilized, tree seedlings are planted, and within a year sheep are brought in to graze.
Today, in the district around Alsea, Oregon sheep nimbly skirt old stumps to graze on the lush vegetation. Three times each summer since 1984, about 2,000 sheep have been guided across the replanted areas by a herder and a range conservationist. The sheep eat both the grass and the new buds on brush, but they leave most fir-tree seedlings untouched. The key, according to Rick Breckle, a forester, is to have enough sheep to graze an area evenly and to keep them moving so they don't resort to nibbling the young trees.
Previously, chemical brush treatments had annually cost $135-$353 per hectare. Now, sowing grass and grazing sheep costs about $300 per hectare. And there is a product to sell: the adult sheep don't fatten well, but the lambs bring a useful income at the end of the summer. What is more, Breckle reports that the trees seem to be growing faster - probably because of the manurings they receive.
This method seems likely to be effective elsewhere - at least with trees that are unpalatable or too tall for their growing points to be nibbled. Malaysia, for instance, doubled its sheep population between 1986 and 1989, in part because it has begun raising sheep between the trees in rubber plantations. With the use of agroforestry increasing worldwide, small sheep could find a whole new application.
West African Dwarf
Senegal to Nigeria, and south to Angola. Female 25 kg; male 35 kg. Well adapted to warm, humid conditions. Prolific, and good disease resistance. Major meat producer in West Africa. Fast growing: by six months of age they approach adult weight.
Landim (Small East African)
East and Central Africa. 23-40 kg. Prolific, adaptable, long fat-tailed type. Large litter size for a sheep. In one recent test, ewes averaged more than 1.4 lambs.3
Atlas Mountains. 25-41 kg. Needing little feed and remaining constantly outdoors, these extremely hardy sheep are exploited for meat and their coarse, hairy wool. They fatten easily when well fed.
North Africa. 40-50 kg. This thin-tailed sheep is exceptionally robust, and is resistant to extremes of temperature, drought, and poor nutrition. Primarily a meat producer, its wool is used for coarse cloths and carpets.
Southern Sudan Dwarf
One of the many small breeds of eastern and southern Africa, its weight ranges from 15 to 25 kg, but it may weigh as little as 11 kg. Yielding a fine, short fleece, this hardy, frugal sheep is often run with cattle to maximize grazing.
Deserts of Arabia. 32 kg. A popular and ancient fat-tailed meat producer that is highly acclimatized to drought and privation.
Zel (Iranian Thin-Tailed)
Caspian region of northern Iran. Female 30-32 kg. Well adapted to subtropical regions, they produce coarse wool, milk, and excellent meat that lacks the "mutton taste" and odor of some sheep meats.
Greek Zackel
Mountain and island types. Female 30 kg; male 40 kg. These common sheep are active, hardy, and resistant to extremes of climate and disease. Primarily a milking sheep, their wool is used locally and lambs are slaughtered for special occasions.
Crete. Female 25 kg; male 30 kg. Another of the hardy, screwhorned "zackel" sheep common to the Balkans, they are adapted to poor pasturage and extensive herding. Quick maturing and highly fertile, they can be exploited for milk as well as for meat and coarse wool.
Common Albanian
Female 25 kg; male 35 kg. Similar to the Greek Zackel, they are used as triple-purpose animals: meat, milk, and wool. They survive in low, marshy areas where parasites are common.
Zeta Yellow
Yugoslavia. Female 25 kg; male 35 kg. A small, hardy sheep used for milk and some meat, its primary product is wool. Often unshorn for several years, the long fibers are woven into expensive carpets.
Yugoslavia. Female 20-30 kg; male 25-35 kg. These wool, milk, and meat sheep are frugal and well adapted to scant vegetation and rocky terrain. Although they have a low birth rate and carcass yield, their milk and wool are commercially exploitable.
Roccia (Steinschaf)
Northern Italy, Austria. Female 30 kg; Male 30-35 kg. These "stone sheep" resemble a goat in their ability to exploit the poor pastures of high, steep, rocky mountains. Although not highly productive, they are hardy and frugal and commonly produce twins.
Corsica (France). 25-30 kg. A hardy native breed that is well adapted to rather sparse feed conditions. Coarse wool, both white and black, is well suited for hand processing.
Entre Douro e Minho
Portugal. Female 15-18 kg; Male 20-25 kg. These independent sheep yield a good wool in mountainous terrain that would otherwise be nonproductive.
Churra do Campo
Portugal. Female 20 kg; male 30 kg. A coarse-woofed sheep extensively kept in Portugal's dry interior for milk and wool.
Spain. Female 18 kg; male 25 kg. A milking breed that survives on poor pasture, it also produces a marketable wool.
Scotland. Female 25 kg; male 30 kg. Adapted to wide temperature variations. Possibly the most primitive domesticated sheep of Europe, probably unchanged from Viking times. Immune to foot rot. A wool sheep with short brown fleece that is shed annually.
North Ronaldsay (Orkney)
Northern Scotland. 27-32 kg. Surviving year-round on seaweed, this rare breed is adapted to high salt intake and the associated digestive problems. Yield 1-2 kg medium-coarse wool.
Latin America. Derived from ''native'' Spanish Churro and Merino sheep. Many are small and very hardy.
Navajo-Churro Southwestern United States. Female 45 kg; male 70 kg. Maternal, and very resistant to internal parasites and hoof rot. Although the Navajo subsists and reproduces on little feed and scarce water in desert regions, it was widely replaced by improved breeds earlier in this century. Because of its hardiness, however, and the use of its wool in traditional weaving, its numbers are rebounding (see sidebar, page 50).
Florida Native Southeastern United States. Females 35-45 kg; males 45-6O kg. This long-isolated and highly variable sheep is adapted to harsh subtropical climates and is known for its ability to forage. A medium-wool breed, it is very resistant to intestinal parasites. Verging on extinction due to neglect and uncontrolled crossbreeding.
Virgin Islands White Hair (St. Croix)
Caribbean. Female 35-45 kg; male 45-55 kg. Hair sheep with some wool in young animals. Well adapted to warm humid conditions, it has fairly good disease and parasite resistance and produces good meat. Prolific, it breeds most of the year and commonly has twins.
Magra (Chokhla)
Northwest India, Pakistan.4 20-25 kg. Adapted to hot, dry areas, the extremely white and shiny fleece is valued for carpet wool. Slowmaturing and low fertility (lambing at 45 percent) plus extensive crossbreeding have led to serious declines in population.
Northwest India. 25-30 kg. A widespread, white-fleeced sheep that has a high resistance to disease and worms, good fertility, and low mortality. They do well in large flocks.
Mandya (Bandur)
Southwest India. Female 25 kg; male 35 kg. An outstanding meat breed with good mutton quality, it adapts well to mixed farming and has unusually low lamb mortality.
Hu (Huyang, Lake Sheep)
China. Female 35 kg; male 45 kg. These fat-tailed sheep have a six month lambing interval and are very prolific. They are used under intensive management to produce meat, wool, and a valuable lambskin.
Javanese Thin-Tail
Indonesia. 25-40 kg. Widely held as a "bank account," these meat, manure, and skin sheep are well known for being prolific. Although single lambs are not uncommon, litters of six have also been recorded.
Considering that dozens of countries depend on the productivity of more than a billion domesticated sheep, it is remarkable that their wild ancestor is accorded no attention. This fast-declining animal is now little more than a trophy for hunters, a fact that should be of vital intemational concern.
Sheep were domesticated in the Middle East and Central Asia in the Stone Age era between 8,000 and 11,000 years ago.* Their wild ancestor was almost certainly the mouflon (Outs orientalis). However, domestication may have occurred in more than one place, and two other wild creatures, the urial (Outs vignei) and the argali (Outs ammon), also possibly provided genes to some sheep breeds.
The mouflon, urial, and argali still exist in the mountains of Central Asia, and a European subspecies of mouflon is also found in the Mediterranean, but only on Corsica, Cyprus, and Sardinia.** Because they live in remote, rugged, upland areas, these wild sheep are usually undisturbed, but the numbers are decreasing everywhere.
This may be a serious loss because these animals could be extremely valuable. They are capable of crossing with domestic sheep, and the offspring are viable and fully fertile.*** For developing new meat-producing breeds, their potential seems almost limitless.
During the thousands of years that sheep have been protected by humans, their wild ancestors have continued to face predators, parasites, disease, extreme cold and seasonal starvation. Their genetic endowment, forged and tempered in unforgiving harshness, could be a benefit for all future sheep generations. These animals appear to resist various diseases. Their meat is reported to be of excellent quality, notably lacking the strong mutton flavor that many people find objectionable. They have relatively short, thin tails - a feature that might eliminate the need for docking (tail removal) in the domestic flock. Some (for instance, the Asian mouflon and the urial) have rates of effective reproduction up to 1.6 lambs per ewe, more than twice the average of most domestic types, especially under the conditions where these wild creatures live.
That mouflon and other wild sheep could have practical utility is suggested by research at Utah State University. Scientists there have mated mouflon with farm sheep to create sheep better able to defend themselves against coyotes and other natural dangers. Half-wild, half-tame sheep hybrids have existed on a ranch in southern Utah for the past decade. Also, in Cyprus similar mouflon x sheep hybrids have shown considerable promise.
At the very least, this wiry little mountain sheep could be a model for educating students and the public. It is a living reminder of the fantastic changes that can be induced in animals by selection for various traits. Also, it is a "map" to the history of sheep domestication. Studies of mouflon genes, blood immunology, morphology, physiology, horn structure, skeleton, fleece, temperament, and a host of other features would help unravel the ancestry. These studies and various biochemical analyses would be a fascinating contribution to agriculture, science, history, and the public perception of the origins of our natural resources.
Genes from wild sheep are not likely to quickly benefit wool production. Lack of fleece is one reason why these creatures have been neglected but throughout most of Asia and in North Africa, sheep are bred primarily for meat and milk, and there is a growing worldwide interest in the use of hair sheep. All of this brings new possibilities for the use of this old resource.


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Hello. I will be going back to work in a few weeks now since I just gave birth last June. I was wonder if I can ask about any suggestion on how to manage and balance my time as I will be on night shift and breastfeeding my little one.
15th August 2012 03:49 AM #2
Going back to work on night shift may prove to be a bit of a challenge if the person caring for your baby will want him to sleep during the night.
So a schedule might look like this (with a 2 month old baby):
Let's say you work from 11pm-8am.
You would get home at 8:30 and feed your baby. Then stay up with baby and run your errands, do housework, etc. until lunch time. Have lunch, and then you can lay down with him for nap time. You will probably sleep for a good 8 hours, but baby will sleep on and off and will also need some "play time".
When you wake up at 9PM, breastfeed your baby again, and try to "top him off" before you leave for work.
You will need to pump while you are at work, so having a high quality breast pump that you can use in the car (if needed) will be important. Pumping during break, during "lunch" and during the 2nd break should be sufficient, but you may find that you need more than 10 minutes to pump.
It's definitely going to be a challenge, but your milk supply will adjust, even if you only pump once while you are at work (on your lunch).
I think it will be important that your son as a few hours of you when you get home from work. He will want to see you and it will be a good bonding time for you.
I'm guessing that it won't be too hard to adjust initially, because he will be sleeping quite a bit, but as he grows, he will sleep less, and his/your schedule may change.
Anyone else have any insight? I'm not too familiar with a working mum's breastfeeding schedule when she works nights.
Warm regards,
15th August 2012 07:11 AM #3
I have a friend who continued breastfeeding whilst working a night shift part time. She expressed milk every 3 hours at work and found this worked for her to both stock up on enough milk and to maintain her supply. Your work place legally have to provide somewhere for you to express and somewhere suitable to store the milk.
I think it will be important for you to establish a routine for when you are working nights so that you are able to get enough sleep. This is important for your body so that you can continue to produce enough milk. My friend said it is difficult to adjust at first but manageable once you have established a system.
How many night shifts/hours will you be working a week?
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Hi. I used to be a kindergarten teacher but I stopped working four years ago ever since I gave birth to my second child. Now that my daughter is 4 years old, I would like to go back to work. Do I still have a chance at work? I've been a stay-at-home mum since giving birth to my second child and I'm not getting any younger. Will someone still hire me?
4th November 2012 02:59 AM #6
Most employers don't mind hiring people under the age of 50, so you're skills are still very marketable at your age (in your 30's).
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Thanks Kate
18th November 2012 04:39 AM #8
Hi Patty,
I was the Office Manager for a Christian Preschool for about 6 years. We always needed good teachers and used substitutes often.
I think that a great way to get your foot back in the door would be to substitute for preschool and elementary school. This often leads to a more permanent position.
Warm Regards,
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Hi Kate,
I'd love to try that so I can go back to work again. That's a great idea. Thanks
18th November 2012 04:48 PM #10
I am a former teacher as well Patty. It has been three years since I left the job and I am hoping to get back in by next school year. Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.


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I know the area of Pennsylvania you are from very well. I grew up 20 miles southwest of Hazleton and fished many of the streams in central PA that you have either fished or will fish. Since there is such very good trout fishing (especially Penn's Creek, which is parctically in your backyard) and smallmouth bass fishing (the Susquahanna and its two branches are terrific smallmouth fisheries, which are in your front yard), I recommend you look at a 6 wt rod of between 9'-10' long. Personally, I'd get a 10' 6 wt because the Susquahanna is huge water and lower Penn's Creek is not exactly small either.
The 10' 6 wt would allow you to fish for trout in all but small streams and it would have the length for better line control needed on large water like the Susquahanna. The 10' rod is not too much for even creeks the size of Deer Creek. A 6 wt is a far better choice for fishing for smallmouth and trout with streamers than a 5 wt because is better suited to casting them than a 5 wt.
The 6 wt is not overly large, in fact up until about 12 or so years ago, it was considered the best all-around choice for trout or smallmouth. A 6 wt can also easily handle pickerel, another fairly abundant fish in the Susquahanna and some of the other rivers near Lewistown. Another plus for the 6 wt, it can handle mid-sized bass bugs for the largemouth bass available in the Lewistown area.
If you decide you wish to fish for stripers or to try for nothern pike or the monstrous muskies found in the Susquahanna, you will need to get a second rod of 8 wt. or even better 9 wt. That second rod can wait for a later time though.
There are quite a few good 9'-10' 6 wt rods on the market these days with prices under $300.00. In fact, there aqre some very nice casting rods of this size selling for under $200.00.
The best way to get some decent equipment with the proper line and a decent reel is by visiting a local fly shop. There used to be a very good shop in Lewistown; however, I don't know if it is still there because I left Pennsylvania nearly 26 years ago and live in Washington state now. At any rate, you live in a part of the country with a long-standing fly fishing tradition that has a plethora of quality fly shops scattered around all parts of the state. E. Hille up the road in Williamsport or the several shops down the road in Carlisle would be able to help you tremendously.
The shop owner or employees will help you get decent equipment and will also help you get started with fly casting if you get the rod, etc. from them. And since they will want repeat business from you, they will treat you fairly and provide far more service than any large mail order house like Cabella's or buying from Ebay will ever make up. My point is the local shop will be able to do things for you to get started correctly that cannot be matched.
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|Welcme to the forum. For what your describing I'd say a 8 1/2 to 9 foot 5 or 6 weight would be a good start. Especially, if your sticking to the trout, panfish & bass. If you add pike or the stripers that are in the CT river at times into the mix you would be undergunned with the 6 wt.
DH's is going down the right path ...
But for starters ... I'd recommend against a 3wt - 6-7 foot rod. We'll continue this discussion when I get a step ladder.
Well, I'll be going to school up in Massachusettes, like around the Connecticut River, and I'll probably be fishing around Central PA, i think I'll be fishing for mostly trout and freshwater fish
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And I thought that I was tall at 6' 6".....
First question: what do you want to fish for? This will help determine the relative caliber of equipment to get.
And welcome to the forum.
New Fisherman Needs Help Bad
I'm new to the forum, so hello to all of you. I'm just beginnin to get into fishing, and i have decided to take on fly fishing, for a relaxing hobby. I've looked at all types of fly fishing things, rods and the like. But here's the problem, I'm 6'10" (and yes i do play basketball) and I have no idea what type of rod to get, or the length of the rod, or the type of line, or the type of reel. ANY help anyone could give me would be great. Money is not really a problem, but i don't really want to spend more than i have to for a good rod, but i don't want cheap. Again, Please help.
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Annie Murphey with the STOP Rehab Center in Spokane agrees with parts of the message, but worries the bill could do more bad than good.
"I would hope the goal is to help people. So if this is a way we can get more people into services they need, then it's probably a good thing," Murphey said. "But if the goal is to just prevent people from getting help, getting services? Then, no."
"When I see people that don't work, won't work, do drugs, and have a nicer place or nicer stuff than we do, that makes me mad," Darin Vierth, who receives state assistance, said of other people who get TANF.
Vierth hopes the bill passes so people will stop abusing the system and themselves.
"Should we set up some sort of a program to help them get into rehab, absolutely. I'm willing, as a taxpayer, to pay extra taxes for something like that," he said.
Florida passed a similar bill two years ago, but now faces lawsuits for civil liberties violations. The bill in Washington more closely resembles Utah's law.
Angel also said, under the bill, newly legalized marijuana would still be considered an illegal drug, since possessing any amount of marijuana is against federal law. She said that's important because TANF funds come from the federal government.
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Restaurant quality meal. Definitely increase the curry paste to at least 2 TB and allow at least 1hr to reduce the curry sauce to 1 C. Skipped the step to brown salmon before baking -- what's the point? Also skipped the step to par-boil bok choy -- again what's the point? Served with brown rice w/red bell pepper and gr oinions and also roasted carrots. Definitely a fantastic meal for family or guests.
This is a keeper! In increased the red curry paste to at least 2 or 3 TB. Also no need to pre-boil the bok choy. Yum, yum and yum!
My review is for the very balanced flavor of the sauce with the fish - I substituted out the bok choy for Spicy Stir-Fried Chinese Long Beans with Peanuts. Lovely dish with items you can keep around all the time - not too hot or sweet as coconut sauces can sometimes be - just lovely and easy. It did take a lot longer than 5 minutes to reduce to "about one cup".
Easy to make and tasty. Not quite spicy enough for me. I added siracchi sauce, but next time will add some crushed peppers. Very good. Will make again.
Too sweet-- next time I'd leave the brown sugar out and increase the curry paste. Otherwise, tasty and easy.
I, like others, had to totally change this recipe. So much so, that it was a whole new one. My stupid grocery store in Vermont, had no bok choy, no lemongrass. I changed the curry paste to about 1 tablespoon maybe more. Didn't measure. I bumped up the lime juice to about double. I added 1 T of grated ginger, 1 T of grated lemon zest. Instead of bok choy, I did napa cabbage. Chopped it into 1" squares and just sautéed it. Go easy on the oil and fish sauce. I did sear the salmon, makes a nice crust. But since my salmon was so thick ( 2+"), it took 15 minutes.
Made this for dinner. Definite Thai influence/flavour. As others recommended, I upped the curry paste. I actually quadrupled it to 2 tsp and it was perfect. I also added two cloves of chopped garlic, 2 tsp of grated ginger and Thai basil to the sauce. Overall, we liked the flavour. I don't know if we will make it again, though. If so, I will definitely cut the sugar and fish sauce a bit. The sugar was too much! I used light coconut milk, but would probably use regular next time. Served with jasmine rice with salt, cilantro and scallions.
We loved this - but with several changes that required me to leave off a fork in my ratings. Following the suggestions of other reviewers I used about 3 times the red curry paste called for in the recipe and added ginger and garlic to the ingredients for the sauce. It was perfect with the roasted salmon (which I didn't bother to brown in the pan first). I sauteed the bok choy with more garlic, onion, mushrooms and a little chili paste and added brown rice for a more filling side dish. It was terrific.
Without a moment's hesitation, I increased the red curry paste to 2T, and might use a bit more next time. I just roasted the salmon, foregoing the skillet step. After the bok choy was nicely sauteed, I removed it from the pan and sauteed a sweet red pepper, an onion, 2 or 3 cloves of garlic and some fresh ginger root, all thinly sliced. I added these vegetables to the curry sauce, and reheated it a bit. I arranged the salmon on a platter atop the bok choy, poured the embelished curry sauce over the top and garnished the dish with fresh cilantro. (I think basil would work too.) Served with brown rice, this was a colorful and fragrant presentation that pleased our palates as well.
I used 2TB of curry paste which was about right for us (we like it hot). I panfried and then roasted a thick salmon fillet as indicated, and it was perfect. Bok choy was sauteed with garlic in a wok without parboiling. Very good and quite straightforward.


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Four undergraduates who are completing certificates in dance will
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The show represents a culmination of the seniors' dance studies and choreographic explorations at Princeton. Kristen Arnold, Lara Ionescu, Silas Riener and Mariah Steele will perform with other students in dances they choreographed.
The concert will feature 13 students in nine dances, ranging from a love affair with a computer to a Victorian picnic. The show will close with the four seniors performing in "Falling Awake," a work by faculty member Rebecca Lazier.
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for students and senior citizens. They are available by calling the McCarter box office at (609) 258-2787 or the Frist Campus Center box office at (609) 258-1742, or online through University Ticketing.
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Eclectic Amateur is not entirely fallow, but posting is infrequent (weekly, when I'm lucky), and less Eclectic than I'd hoped -- it's been too much on the current SNAFUs of the Episcopal Church and less on everything else.
... is good. Work is busy, which in the current economy is A Good Thing™.
MichaelCrawford, while I do think there are some very troubling problems in the USA that the "War on Terror" has exacerbated, here are some points to consider:
Suppose George Bush loses the upcoming election. Do you think he will cede power?
Oh boy. Not to rehash 2000 in great detail, but (1) the local officials on the ground in Florida, plus most of the Florida Supreme Court were Democrats, and (2) the SCOTUS ruling was not "for" Geo. W., it was against the Florida SC making up election rules not addressed by the legislature ex post facto. This was not a defeat for the rule of law.
So yes, if George Bush loses the 2004 election, I fully anticipate that we will see a new President. You may not believe he won, but I think he does. And we are not so far gone in this country that a President can simply refuse to step down.
I am very fortunate to have married a citizen of another country so that I can be sponsored as an immigrant in a safe haven. I've been in what I hope to be my new permanent home of Canada for a couple of months now ... Even though I have fled to another country where the rule of law still applies...
No offense (and I know that you have some very good personal reasons to emmigrate to Canada, so I don't begrudge you that), but have you considered that Canada may not be a "safe haven"? And not because of the big bad neighbor to the south, either. From my observations, Canada is further along to a soft totalitarianism which abandons the rule of law than the USA is. Don't let your anger at GWB blind you to the possibility that you're moving from the frying pan into the fire.


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Città alta
The upper city, surrounded by Venetian walls built in the 17th century, forms the historic centre of Bergamo.
A view of the Venetian Walls near Valverde .
Città Alta is an extremely expensive place to live in, with properties being sold for a minimum of 2,000,000 euro.[citation needed]
This has numerous places of interest including:
Cittadella (Citadel), built by the Visconti in the mid 14th century.
Piazza Vecchia (old square)
Palazzo della Ragione. This was the seat of the administration of the city in the age of the communes. Currently it houses a selection of paintings from the Accademia Carrara. Erected in the 12th century, it was rebuilt in the late 16th century by Pietro Isabello. The façade has the lion of St. Mark over a mullioned window, testifying to the long period of Venetian dominance. The atrium has a well-preserved 18th century sundial.
Palazzo Nuovo (Biblioteca Angelo Mai). It was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi in the early 17th century but only completed in 1928.
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major). It was built from 1137 on the site of a previous religious edifice of the 7th century. Construction continued until the 15th century. Of this first building the external Romanesque structure and the Greek cross plan remain. The interior was extensively modified in the 16th and 17th centuries. The dome has frescoes by Giovanbattista Tiepolo. Noteworthy are the great Crucifix and the tomb of Gaetano Donizetti.
Cappella Colleoni (Colleoni chapel), annexed to Santa Maria Maggiore, is a masterwork of Renaissance architecture and decorative art. It contains the tomb of the condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni.
The Battistero (Baptistry), an elegant octagonal building dating from 1340.
Bergamo Cathedral (Duomo). This was built in the late 17th century with later modifications.
Rocca (Castle). It was begun in 1331 on the hill of Sant'Eufemia by William of Castelbarco, vicar of John of Bohemia, and later completed by Azzone Visconti. A wider citadel was added, but is now partly lost. The Venetians built a large tower in the Rocca, as well as a line of walls (Mura Veneziane) 6,200 metres long.
San Michele al Pozzo Bianco. Built in the 12th century, this church contains a wealth of frescos from the 12th to the 16th centuries, including paintings by Lorenzo Lotto.
Museo Civico Archeologico (Archaeological Civic Museum) This is housed in the Cittadella.
Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi (Caffi Natural Science Museum) This is also housed in the Cittadella.
Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota" (botanical garden).
Città Alta and its surroundings are part of the Parco dei Colli di Bergamo
[edit]Early years
Bergamo occupies the site of the ancient town of Bergomum, founded as a settlement of the Celtic tribe of Cenomani. In 49 BC it became a Roman municipality, containing circa 10,000 inhabitants at its peak. An important hub on the military road between Friuli and Raetia, it was destroyed by Attila in the 5th century.
[edit]Middle Ages
Bergamo in the year 1450.
From the 6th century Bergamo was the seat of one of the most important Lombard duchies of northern Italy, together with Brescia, Trento and Cividale del Friuli: its first Lombard duke was Wallaris. After the conquest of the Lombard Kingdom by Charlemagne, it became the seat of a county under one Auteramus (died 816).
From the 11th century onwards Bergamo was an independent commune, taking part in the Lombard League which defeated Frederick I Barbarossa in 1165. Caught in the bitter fights between Guelphs and Ghibellines, led in the city by the Colleoni and the Suardi respectively, from 1264 Bergamo was intermittently under the rule of Milan. In 1331 it gave itself to John of Bohemia, but later the Visconti of Milan reconquered it.
[edit]Renaissance and modern era
After a short conquest by the Malatesta in 1407, in 1428 it fell under the control of the Venetian Republic, remaining part of it until 1797. Between 1797 and 1815, Bergamo and its territory were included in the political entities born in North Italy during the French and Napoleonic dominion. Notably, the Venetians fortified the higher portion of the town (see Main sights section).
[edit]19th and 20th century
In 1815, it was assigned to the Austrian Empire. Giuseppe Garibaldi freed it in 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, when Bergamo became part of the Kingdom of Italy. For its contribute to the "Il Risorgimento" the city is also known as "Città dei Mille" ("City of the Thousand"). During the 20th century Bergamo become one of Italy's most industrialized cities. It is also one of the few Italian cities that did not suffer major destruction during World War II.


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Like its predecessor, the Nikon D4 looks as if it's going to be an incredibly impressive camera. Nikon has looked to its professional user-base and tried to work out what it needed to add or adjust on a camera that just a couple of years ago represented the best they were capable of. The result is a camera with few big changes but a extensive series of small improvements.
The biggest change is, of course, the improvement in video capabilities. Given the increasing demand for video footage from professional photographers, and the incredible success of Canon's 5D Mark II in the professional video market, it was inevitable that Nikon's pro flagship would need to offer a more compelling feature set than the existing models.
Beyond this, the changes to the stills-shooting specifications are relatively modest – there's a higher-resolution, 16.2MP, full-frame CMOS sensor and the ability to shoot at 10 frames per second with autofocus, but that's about it. The new chip's capability has prompted Nikon to offer an ISO range from 100-12,800 that can then be extended to 50 – 204,800 (Hi4). The significant changes, beyond video, are a profusion of smaller tweaks, additions and improvements to what was already a well worked-out camera. These include a carbon fiber shutter rated to 400,000 actuations that can fire at up to 1/8000th of a second.
The biggest technical changes are the addition of a 91,000 pixel 'metering' sensor, replacing the 1005 pixel example used up until now. This sensor is used for much more than just metering, playing a key role in subject tracking, white balance and 'Active D-lighting' (a trick Canon seems impressed with, given the appearance of a similar system in the 1DX). The higher-resolution sensor allows the camera to offer face detection when shooting through the optical viewfinder.
Then there are the ergonomic changes to the camera's body. Again like Canon's 1DX, moves have been made to make the ergonomics of portrait-orientation shooting more closely resemble those of shooting in landscape format. The camera no longer features a dedicated AFL button, instead gaining push-button joysticks for both the vertical and landscape shooting orientations. An additional rubberized lump has also been added to provide a better grip in the vertical orientation and an additional function button added next to the vertical shutter button.
Key Specifications:
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- ISO Range 100-12,800 (extendable from 50 – 204,800)
- MultiCAM 3500FX Autofocus sensor works in lower light and with smaller apertures
- Two sub-selector joystick/buttons for shooting orientation
- 1080p30 HD video at up to 24Mbps with uncompressed video output
- New EN-EL18 battery (21.6Wh capacity, CIPA-rated at 2600 shots)
- Twin card slots - one Compact Flash and one XQD
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This is the first exhibition to survey the history of photography of our region – from India and Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to the west coast of North America. It features pioneer local photographers as well as Europeans working in the region. The exhibition reveals the rich heritage and the many outstanding achievements of the first century of photography in the Asia–Pacific region.
This significant gathering of over four hundred original photographs and albums includes gem-like daguerreotype portraits, mass-produced views and portraits on paper made possible by the revolutionary wet-plate and dry-plate glass negative-positive process, and prints from the modern era of small format film cameras and photojournalism.
Picture Paradise presents works from seventeen public and private collections in Australia, Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America, many never previously loaned or exhibited. The majority of these works are from the National Gallery of Australia's extensive photography collection and include the rarely seen nearly ten-metre-long Holtermann panorama of Sydney Harbour from 1875.
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Shares of online gaming impresarios Zynga (ZNGA) are up 32 cents, or almost 12%, at $3.10, after AllThingsD's Kara Swisher this morning reported that Don Mattrick, 49, the video game wunderkind running Microsoft's (MSFT) interactive business, including Xbox, may be leaving Redmond to run Zynga, citing multiple unnamed sources.
"If it happens, the hire would be a massive one for Zynga, which has been hit by a series of problems since its IPO," writes Swisher.
"[founder and CEO Mark] Pincus has been struggling to move the company into mobile quickly, as its once strong Web and Facebook consumer business has waned," she adds.
"That has included a major layoff recently, as well as closures of a number of offices outside of its San Francisco HQ."
Before ending up at Microsoft, Mattrick for a long time was the guru of game development at Electronic Arts (EA), after selling his video game company to that firm when he was just 17.
Update: Zynga stock is up 9 cents, another 3%, at $3.17 in late trading after the company this afternoon confirmed it has named Mattrick CEO and board member. Pincus will become chief product officer.
Pincus made the following statement regarding Mattrick:
Don is unique in the game business. He can execute in multiple domains – hardware, software and network, and he's been the person responsible for game franchises like 'Need for Speed,' 'FIFA' and 'The Sims.' He's one of the top executives in the overall entertainment business and he's a great coach who has inspired people to do their best work and build strong, productive teams. He deeply understands the value of a network and the importance of creating lifelong consumer relationships. He turned Xbox into the world's largest console-gaming network, growing its installed base from 10 to 80 million and transformed that business from deep losses to substantial profits. And he has grown the Xbox Live player network from 6 to 50 million active members in 41 countries. Going forward, I'll continue in my role as Chairman and Chief Product Officer. I'm excited to partner with Don and the rest of our team to return Zynga to its leadership role in inventing and growing Play as a core human experience.
Zynga said it will host its Q2 conference call on Thursday, July 25th, after market close.


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The next day, microwave the leftover potato insides and top with sour cream and chopped fresh chives or green onions for a quick side dish.
To "bake" potatoes in the microwave, pierce potatoes with a fork, and arrange potatoes about 1 inch apart in circle on microwavable paper towel. Microwave uncovered on High 15 to 20 minutes or until tender.
Turn this appetizer into a meal by making Cheesy Ranch Potato Skins. After brushing the potato shells with butter, sprinkle with garlic powder and broil about 5 minutes as directed. Top with finely chopped cooked chicken and the cheese, and broil about 30 seconds until the cheese is melted. Sprinkle with Betty Crocker® Bac~Os® bacon flavor bits, and serve with ranch dressing instead of the sour cream. Omit the green onions.
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Linux Find Out Last System Reboot Time and Date CommandPosted on in Categories Howto, Linux, Sys admin, UNIX last updated December 27, 2015
[icon type="linux"]So, how do you find out my Linux or UNIX-like system was last rebooted or display shutdown date and time? The last utility will either list the sessions of specified users, ttys, and hosts, in reverse time order, or list the users logged in at a specified date and time. Each line of output contains the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration of the session. To view Linux or Unix system reboot and shutdown date and time stamp use the following commands:
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TUPELO – Charlise Latour was working a high-stress, corporate job in North Carolina when she suffered a stroke that took one-quarter of the vision in her right eye.
Instead of going to the hospital, though, Latour kept working. She was an operations analyst for American Express, clocking 60-70 hour weeks while going to school and raising kids.
"It was pretty intense," Latour admits of that time in her life.
She eventually called her doctor, who referred her to an ophthalmologist. The ophthalmologist told her to drop everything and come in right away. That's when Latour found out she'd had a stroke.
It was a clear sign she needed rest, but Latour said she didn't know how to slow down.
"It was scary and shocking and I didn't know how to stop," she said. "It wasn't until I went for a normal checkup with a psychologist and he helped me stop that I realized there was a whole bunch of my life that I didn't like."
Latour took a hiatus from work and focused on herself, but when she returned to American Express three months later, she fell into the same harried routine. So she quit.
"It took me a while to decide what I wanted to do," she said. "Eventually I went back to school and became a transpersonal psychologist – it's about helping normal people become even better."
Latour now operates a small practice at the Holistic Center in Tupelo, helping people face changes in their lives and reaching their maximum potential. She uses techniques like counseling, hypnotherapy, meditation and Reiki.
She tailors her approach to the individual depending on their circumstances and personality.
This is Latour's 12th year in business. She ran her practice for a decade in North Carolina before moving to Tupelo two years ago to be near her then-husband's family.
"It's a great place to be," she said of her new community.
Most of Latour's clients come to her because of problems in their relationships, with their jobs or with stress. These core issues can produce a host of symptoms – smoking, overeating, depression – that prevent people from achieving fulfillment.
Everyone must face change in their lives, Latour said. It's a natural fact of the human existence. But deep-set patterns and subconscious fears can hinder that process, she said. Her job is to help people identify those underlying issues and free them to make the transition.
"A lot of my clients wake up one day and look around and say, 'How did I get here? I'm not really happy,'" Latour said. "The choice is to stay where you are and ignore what's going on or to choose a different path."