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I suspect it has to do with a bronzed hook being less visible. Alec Jackson mentioned to me quite a few years ago that there had been a study done on hook color and underwater visibility. He told me that white colored hooks were found to be least visible, followed by stippled grey (like the grey shadow hooks of Partridge), then bronze. Black was the most visible hook color of all, with dark blue very close to black. Bright silver or nickel was also not very visible underwater unless the sun glinted off it.
There may be something to the electrolysis theory; but I honestly don't know.
|Don Johnson
hooks in the salt
Semantics I know but 3366s are bronzed carbon steel, not bronze, but you know that. The 3366s last just as long in the salt as the tinned hooks if the coating has been compromised. Once the coating on the hook has been degraded (such as by crimping the barb for example) the ensuing corrosion will eat them up in no time regardless of whether they are tinned or bronzed or japanned. I use the 3366s because I lose a lot of them in oyster beds, on rocks and to poor casting. Being the quintessential tightwad that I am I can't see punishing a Daiichi, high end Mustad or Tiemco like that.
Anyway, stainless seems to last longer because the entire hook is resistant, not just the outer coating.
Now, the more pertinent question is why does a bronzed hook work better? I haven't been able to do any studies on this but the theory some of us have is that the electrolysis occuring when a metal hook is in the water may be a turn-off. As it is with a bronzed hook (or japanned) the hook is actually "encapsulated" by the nonmetallic coating thus preventing electrolysis from occuring. Or maybe it is just a function of the bronzed hook being less visible to the fish. Who knows.
I think a fish can "feel" or sense something like electrolysis just like you or I can smell a hamburger and fries, but it's not a proven theory. Maybe we need a Federal Grant to study the phenomenon...or maybe it's already been done.
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If you buy them buy them in a box of 100, they only cost $.45 to .58 each. Frankly, I don't care that they cost what they do, they are an excellent hook and use them exclusively on spey flies. Be the way, the new Tiempco Spey Hook is pretty nearly the same cost as well.
Standard Daiichi salmon hooks aren't cheap either, nor are their low-water salmon irons, or for that matter their trout and bass hooks. However, I'd rather use high quality hooks, regardless of the cost. And I do so on flies for my own fishing and for those I tie commercially for shops.
If I were tying on bronze hooks for the salt, I'd use the Mustad 3366 too, even though they are not of very good quality. The salt eats up bronze hooks so fast, that I agree using cheap bronze hooks makes perfect sense. Same with the string leech or other trailing hook set-up. Use the high quality, expensive hook for the trailer and use a cheapo for the front one.
Salmon hooks
There are hooks, and there are hooks. But why does an Alec Jackson salmon hook have to cost $0.75 apiece? :eyecrazy:
An addendum
Don makes some good points. I've started tying experimental SRC patterns on bronze hooks for a couple of reasons, one of which is that I have a large supply, and I don't mind throwing them away after a couple of uses, especially if the pattern doesn't work out.
Late last week, I was talking with Jeff Pierce, who is the fly hook sales manager for Mustad. He said that the company is coming out with a new salmon iron this year, and a lot of the features he brought up as being incorporated are some of those mentioned in this thread.
The hook will be in the Signature series, the premium Mustad brand that has been excellent in my limited testing. He also mentioned that there will be a new version of the black nickel 80200 ringed-eye streamer hook that should be out this year, that being the style of hook that started this thread.
|Don Johnson
Like a lot of things with fly tying and fishing, there are personal opinions not to mention the fact that certain things have their respective place for reasons that may not be readily apparent. With that said, I will gladly admit to tying on Mustad hooks because in certain circumstances it is rediculous not to. Two examples off the top of my head are a couple patterns I have for searun cutthroat and holding salmon fishing in salt water and a pattern I tie for steelhead (a string leech variation.
In the former, at certain time of the year, the fish seem to have an aversion to nickel and/or stainless hooks and a bronzed hook seems to be the only thing that will work. Because the flies don't last long as they are lost to fish, oyster beds, snags or eventually rust, it doesn't make much sense to spend the dough on hooks that are top end when less expensive substitutes will work fine. This is why I use the Mustad 3366.
With the latter pattern, the Mustad salmon iron forms the lead hook in a tandem setup and has the bend cut from it. I would no more think of cutting up a Daiichi ior Tiemco iron than I would cross in front of a moving bus which is why the 36890 works well for that particular situation.
The last time I looked at the 36890 hook was 6 months ago, and they had all the problems I mentioned in my prior post. I have not bought nor tied on Mustad salmon or trout hooks for 16 years because I got tired of the problems with the hooks. I also quit tying on Partridge hooks 13 years ago because they had problems with the quality of the hook finish (many hooks even had surface rust on them) and poorly formed eye or bent shanks. To be fair, Partridge always put extra hooks in the package when there were hooks with the finish and shank problems in the same package; however, I don't think the poor hooks should have been in the package in the first place.
I gladly pay more for quality hooks that don't have these problems. And for those who may ask, yes, I only use Daichii hooks for commercial tying too.
The price difference between cheap and highest quality hooks is really not a very large portion of the cost of a fly. It amazes me the number of times I've seen people buy #1 Metz and Hoffman capes, and then go cheap for hooks. Also, very few tyers really need #1 or even #2 capes for tying dry flies. Unless you are going to be tying a lot of #20 and smaller flies, a #3 cape will provide all the hackle you need. In fact, the only time commercial tyers buy anything other than #3 capes is when they have orders for a lot of hackled flies #20 or smaller.
Once more to the Mustad well...
Now you've got me curious, Flytyer, as to when you evaluated the 36890s with the problems. The hooks I'm basing my comments on are 20-30 years old. I haven't picked up any since then, as I don't tie on them much. The boxes I looked at didn't have the problems you listed (with the exception of opening up on fish and that I haven't tested). Mostly I use these for trout flies, and that's an area where you won't see many problems with a 36890 opening up. On steelhead, stripers or salmon, that may be something else. There I tend to use the Partiridge Salar hook for many of the reasons you mentioned.
I have never had a box of 100 Mustad 36890 hooks that had zero defective hooks. However, with Daichii hooks (which is the only hook brand I tie on), you are lucky if you find a single hook defect in 1,000 hooks of the same size and style. To me, quality hooks do not have defective hooks in virtually every box of 100 hooks. I've seen hook eyes not closed, hoks bent, hooks broken at the bend, eye loops not tight against the shank, eye loop retruns bent away from the shank, points that were malformed, shanks that had kinks in them, and shanks that had forging nicks in them in boxes of Mustad hooks. These are quality problems.
The lack of a nice tapered hook return on them is a pain to deal with when tying because the hook return is not very long making it tough to tie a nice small unobtrusive head. The hook return also makes it difficult to tie the head of the fly back from the hook eye a 1/16" or so to facilitate the use of improved turle knots that seat on the eye wire and not the fly's head. The Daichii hooks have beautifully formed tapered loop eyes, even in #1/0 and #2/0 heavy wire standard salmon irons. The Daichii return wire is not only tapered right into the shank, they are much longer and it is easy to form the fly's head with the 1/16" gap behind the hook eye.
The 36890 hook temper has a lot to be desired as well. The temper of the 36890 is on the soft side and I've seen 36890 hooks open up the bend when fighting fish. The hook point on them also doesn't hold up very well when you hang a rock because of the temper either, which neccesitates the need to inspect the hook point any time you hang up no matter how little to be sure the point wasn't bent requiring resharpening. In contrast, Daichii tempering is excellent. I've never seen a Daichii hook bend totally straigthened. Yes, I've seen #5 or #7 Alec Jackson Spey Hooks (which are made by Daichii) bend to the left or right; but I've not seen them straighten the bend. And the Alec Jackson Spey hook in #5 and #7 is of much smaller diameter wire than the 36890 in #10.
The finish on the 36890 is also not very consistent. There will be runs or spots on the hook were too much finish was put on the hook during manufacturing on quite a few hooks in a box of 100. This is also a hook defect because if you tie a tinsel or floss body these defects will show through. Again I do not find these probelms with the Daichii's that I exclusively tie on.
If a person is looking only at price of the hook, Mustad has a place; however, there are other choices among the lower priced hooks that have better quality than Mustad. Dai Riki for instance is much better quality than Mustad standard hooks for about the same price.
Many of the things that I find unacceptable in Mustad hooks are of no consequence to many others. As a result, Mustad sells a lot of fly tying hooks in the U.S. They are an OK hook; but they are not a high quality hook. Sort of like the difference between a Chevy Corsica and a Mercedes Benze. Me? I'll take the Mercedes and pass up the Chevy when it comes to hooks.
Ken Baker hook
Flytyer-- I just looked in the latest Partridge catalog, and it features the Ken Baker streamer hook and shows it offered in sizes 4 and 6. I can't say if that's still the case, but I can find out if you're interested.
Also, for those looking for premium salmon hooks at less than premium prices, check out the Partridge Michael Frodin Salar Salmon hooks (CS14/1B) in black finish. The Salar hook series is one of the best I've fished. It's extremely sharp, nice diameter, and short barb.
As for the 36890 hooks, the box I just opened showed a tapered return-- it wasn't finely tapered, granted, like on the Partridge Salar, but if you're tying flies to fish with and not display, I wonder how much extra a couple thousandths matters. I can't speak for the temper or the poor quality control alluded to by Flytyer, but I haven't had any serious problems.
If it seems like I'm coming down strongly on the side of Mustad, it's not because I'm connected to Mustad in any way but because I've seen a lot of unjustified and somewhat fraudulent Mustad bashing on another board. It's one thing if the criticism is accurate and another if it's not.
I do know the guy who manages the fly tying hooks for the company in the U.S., and his concern for design and quality control are pretty strong.
My $.03,
I forgot to mention that you can always get some black "touch up paint" in a spray can from an autoparts store and paint any bronze hook black. This is best done by suspending the hooks from a wire that is strung through the eyes of at least a dozen hooks at a time. Just remember to keep a little bit of space between the hooks. Spray the paint on and let it dry. the remove the hooks from the wire suspending them and let them sit for another 3 days to a week before tying on them to let the paint "cure". This is a cheap and easy way to get black hooks with a tapered loop eyes that are 6X-8X long.
|John Desjardins
The black nickel finish is interesting. It has a shinier apearance than the traditional japaned black. If your interested this is what a mustad 80400bln hook looks like. http://www.flyfishingforum.com/flyta...&threadid=7492
Unfortunately, I haven't seen the black nickel in anything longer than 4XL.
Varivas makes some nice japanned hooks, and now Daiichi is stepping up with their own numbers. I've tied on both and I like them.
Check around...
The "NEW" finish that some hooks are offered in is "black nickel".
The "Japanned" hooks are the old traditional.
There are some brands that make 'em this way. You need some good hook catalogs of all of the brands.
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All in all a great day and an amazing place to see topped off with some sweet grub that night and some wine and beers. A place not to be missed. Next day we decided over a cup of coffee to head for the border of Brazil to get a bus to Florianapolis. The border was a simple in and out process and we got to the big city of Fos do Iguacu to get our bus to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. We�ll be back Argentina. There hasn�t been nearly enough steaks eaten yet...

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Cheevers is the Associate Director and Senior Curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, where he has been employed for the past 47 years. He is responsible for most of the objects in the museum collection including paintings, edged weapons, uniforms, medals, and manuscripts. He is also a renowned authority on the history of the Naval Academy and its graduates.
Cheevers graduated from The College of William and Mary in 1963 with a degree in history. He went on to a three-year service in the U.S. Army where he became the curator of the 2d Infantry Division Historical Center and later curator of U.S. Army Infantry Museum in Fort Benning, Ga. Upon leaving active service, he was hired as the first civilian curator of the Infantry Museum.
Cheevers transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy Museum as Curator of Collections in 1967 and was promoted to Senior Curator in 1971 and to Associate Director in 1982. He helps manage an extensive collection of art and artifacts related to the history of the U.S. Navy with focusing on the officer corps and the history of the Naval Academy. He has added thousands of items to the collection and developed numerous exhibitions over the past 47 years.
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That's not even a "someone had to say it" kind of comment. I hear it more often than I hear "Believe." Around here, that's saying a lot — and therein lies a big part of the problem. I once took a visiting friend out to see the bears at the Alley and had to give him a pathetic "don't look at me" look when an endless trance remix of "Enter Sandman" came on and stayed on. For me — as I'm sure for any gayses who only have their tolerance tested when awful records come on — I came to the city for a shame-free existence; this is deeply betrayed every time I hear Stevie Nicks's shawl getting caught and torn up in the gears of hi-energy house music.
Local queer DJ, deep-disco enthusiast, impresario, and chatterbox (at my prompting) Joseph Colbourne was presented with a similar rant last week over the phone, and responded with the kind of unwavering forward thinking that has recently re-energized local homosocializing: "There's an obvious divide in Boston," he says. "There are people who want to keep it safe, mainstream, and accessible, and there's another population that wants to create the culture all over again, from the ground up."
Girl ain't lying. In fact, that growing latter faction he speaks of is responsible for a serious boom in a wide variety of all-inclusive dance parties and club nights for gayses who, really, just want to go out, bump into each other, bat lashes, and hear some decent music for once. It's turned into something of a renaissance; thing is, none of it is happening in the gay bars.
"Twenty, 25 years ago, when people went to the bars and the clubs, it was about the music," Colbourne says, quick to patch an obvious hole in his claim, "I'm not saying there wasn't sex and drugs happening, but musical culture and gay culture were a lot more intertwined. I don't feel like that's been the case for at least 15 years. Some of the DJs in mainstream clubs don't even know what they're playing."
Colbourne — archival boogie's fiercest local advocate — has recently manned the decks for new parties like CONTACT (first Tuesdays at ZuZu) and GROUP HUG (last Sundays at Enormous Room) and, on September 30, will spin the inaugural installment of THEREALSIDE at the Milky Way. While he takes a firm, curatorial approach to his playlists (usually a mix of forgotten disco, early house, and a couple decades worth of rare R&B), and though he's not likely to honor requests (keep that Mariah kick you're on to yourself), Colbourne prides himself in dropping the oft-hazardous niche-iness of his tastes in favor of a more party-pampering M.O.
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14th April 2012 01:22 AM #1
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Not enough milk in the afternoon?
I am wondering if it's possible that I do not make enough milk in the afternoon for my son. I'm a new mum and this is my first time breastfeeding. My bub takes three naps in his cot each day. For the third nap around 3 in the afternoon, I don't seem to make enough milk for him. (I breastfeed him to sleep for his naps). He gets so frustrated and cries and fusses until I make a bottle for him. Then he he falls to sleep. Could there be another reason for the difficulty around the third nap? Is there anything I can do to increase my milk at a specific time of day? Thanks for your advice!
14th April 2012 02:40 PM #2
Hi JerBearMum,
Usually milk supplies are lowest in the evning. I'm a little concerned that giving him a bottle at 3PM is only going to reduce your milk supply even more because he will not be stimulating the breast well during that feed.
There definitely are things you can do to increase your milk supply. Here's a good thread that offers lots of ideas on increasing breast milk supply.
Working with a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner can also be helpful, but it will be an added expense so you may want to try just putting baby to the breast more, drinking fenugreek tea or taking fenugreek capsules along with the other things mentioned in the above thread.
My guess is that you've been trying to feed baby solids (as you mentioned in another post) and you've been transitioning him to taking naps in his cot more than in your bed - plus you've started giving him a bottle at 3PM and all of those things combined means baby is spending less time at the breast. Less time at the breast equals reduced milk production.
Maybe you could try taking a nap with him at 3PM and letting him suckle, rather than trying to breastfeed in a chair and then putting him down. Even if it's just a 30 minute power nap for you, letting him suckle for 30 minutes would be some good milk stimulation for you. Be sure you're drinking plenty of pure water and eating lots of fruits and vegetables. You mentioned in another post that you have foster children. This can put an added stress on you (i.e. children coming in and going out of care) and taking a magnesium supplement can help with relaxation. The more relaxed you are the more milk you should produce.
I hope this helps and please post back to keep us updated on how this is going for you.
Warm regards,
15th April 2012 04:22 AM #3
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Kate - this was an incredibly helpful response. Thank you so much. In the business of life, I didn't put it together that I had made so many changes to our breastfeeding/bonding routine - as you pointed out, "My guess is that you've been trying to feed baby solids (as you mentioned in another post) and you've been transitioning him to taking naps in his cot more than in your bed - plus you've started giving him a bottle at 3PM and all of those things combined means baby is spending less time at the breast. Less time at the breast equals reduced milk production".
As of right now, my husband and I do not have a placement from foster care making it possible for me to nap with my bub in the afternoon, so I am going to try that. Plus what mum doesn't love an opportunity to nap! I will also try the supplements you mentioned. I take B and D right now for energy, but it sounds like being so busy and on the go might be effecting my milk. I was worried my bub was weaning himself from the breast by dropping a feeding, but I'm pleased to hear that it might just be environmental. Thank you.
15th April 2012 06:27 PM #4
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Hi Kate,
My baby boy is one month old now and i still nurse him full breastfeeding, i wanted to know if giving him water to drink necessary or not?If necessary, what's the suggested dosage? Eager to hear your advise. Thank you.
16th April 2012 03:28 AM #5
Hi Mandee,
Congratulations on your little one!
It's not necessary to give your bub water. You want him to suckle at the breast as often as possible so that he will stimulate milk production and you'll have plenty of that good, nourishing milk to give him. Your milk has a lot of water in it, so he will not only be getting water, but he'll be getting a lot of nutrients and immune boosting properties which is far better than giving him plain water.
Please post back and let us know if your bub seems to be needing an added supplement like a bottle of water or formula, or if he's doing very well just with breast milk. If he needs to suckle, put him to the breast to suckle. That's the best thing you can do for your bub!
Warm Regards,
17th April 2012 02:06 AM #6
Hi Mandee - just wanted to second Kate's advice that the best nutrients for baby are achieved through exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life (the baby does not need any other food or liquids during this time). Breast milk is quite amazing as if it is a hotter day then you body will naturally make breast milk which is more 'watery' for the baby.
Hi JerBearMum - I also agree that if you give your baby a bottle your milk supply will begin to reduce. Breast milk supply is highest in the morning. You can always try pumping to increase your milk supply.
Well done to you both on giving you babies what they need through breastfeeding!
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Thank you Kate and ljmarsden for your response, it keeps my worries away.
By the way want to let you know that i started to add a bottle of formula for my bub just yesterday because it seems that my bub isn't satisfied with my milk. He keeps crying everytime of the day and could not get to sleep soundly compared to other babies. When i gave him the formula, he sleeps straight in 3 to 4 hours and i was thankful. I still let him suckle my breast from time to time in order not to stop breastfeeding because i believe that breastmilk is still the best.
Thank you guys for your helpful tips.
18th April 2012 12:19 AM #8
Hi Mandee,
I'm glad you found this helpful.
Babies who have formula milk sometimes sleep for longer periods of time because the formula is harder to digest than the breast milk and it takes longer (and feels heavier in the stomach) to digest, therefore, it may be longer before the baby wakes for their next feed. However, breast milk is the best source of nutrients for the baby and is delicate enough for their little stomachs.
Also, it's important to know that if you do give your baby formula milk then your milk supply will decrease and it will become more difficult for your body to make the milk your baby needs.
I'm just wondering if you have tried baby wearing to settle your baby to sleep?
I hope this is useful for you. Also wanted to say again well done for the way you are caring for your baby.
Best wishes,
19th April 2012 10:10 AM #9
I second what Laura Jane said. Formula is harder for bub to digest so they don't need to eat as often.
Your son should have one 4 hour stretch of sleep per day on breast milk alone. But other than that, breastfed babies will stimulate your milk supply by breastfeeding every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If you haven't been picking your baby up to breastfeed this often, this could be a cause for why your milk supply has dropped off and baby seems to need a supplement bottle of formula.
Your baby is only one month old and this is the most critical time for establishing your milk supply and his desire to take milk from the breast. Giving a bottle can and often does cause nipple confusion at this young age. The milk starts flowing immediately from a bottle nipple, and babies like this because they don't have to "work" for the milk.
With the breast, baby has to work for the milk. You latch baby on, they suck, suck, suck, suck for a few seconds, and this stimulates the let-down response. THEN the milk flows into baby's mouth. If you start to introduce a bottle now he may start to prefer the bottle because he doesn't have to work for the milk, and he may refuse the breast. At that point, it becomes a lot harder to continue with breastfeeding simply because baby is not happy to be at the breast.
If you want to preserve the breastfeeding relationship, I'd encourage you to just commit yourself to putting baby to the breast for the next 24 hours, anytime he shows any signs of hunger (sucking on his fist) or anytime he start to fuss/cry. Just pop the breast in his mouth. This may mean that you feel like all you do is sit on the couch and breastfeed all day, and it may mean that you don't get much sleep at night, but if baby will suckle at the breast, this is what's needed to increase your milk supply.
And your milk supply will increase within 24 hours. Babies usually have a growth spurt around 6 weeks of age, and this is one of those times when you feel like you're just sitting and nursing all day long. But it usually only lasts for 24 hours and then the milk supply increases due to demand.
Another thing I'd encourage you to do is to drink Fenugreek tea. This increases milk supply. We have something called "Mother's Milk Tea" here, and it has fenugreek in it. Until you can get some of that tea, be sure you are drinking plenty of water. This is really important because, as mentioned before, breastmilk has a lot of water in it, so if you're not getting enough, your milk supply will go down.
Rest is also important, so rest/sleep when baby sleeps. Take at least one nap every day, when baby is napping. If baby goes to sleep at 7PM, you should try to go to sleep at 7PM, simply because baby may wake up at 11PM and then every 2 hours after that, to breastfeed at night. Again, he should go one 4 hours stretch per day, but if not, then it's every 2 hours or so between feeds for a fully breastfed baby.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all, or if you need any other suggestions. I think we've caught this early enough that we can turn your milk supply around within 24-48 hours (possibly 48 hours if you've started giving him a bottle each day).
Warm Regards,
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Oh this is just so good to know. My not regularly picking up my son every 2hours to fed might be the reason of my milk reduction especially during night when i can fall asleep. I just felt so bad with this. Now i am trying to regain my breastmilk by letting him suckle my nipple every now and then. Lately i just observed that he sometimes rejects the bottle and prefer breastmilk, why is this so? I can even feel i don't have enough milk for him anymore. Fenugreek tea might be of great help, it's my first time to know from here. What's this made from? Is it herbal?
By the way, i'm getting back to work on May 7 after the two months maternity leave. And it makes me sad because i won't be able to take care of my baby 24 hrs. However i will try my best to still give my bub the breastmilk as soon as i can. I might try milk pumping and freeze it. I want to know if how many hours my milk can be kept and refrigerated before it expires?
Thanks as always to you,
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Hi LJ,
I haven't tried baby wearing yet with my 2 months old bub i wonder if he is already good at it? He can't hardly held his neck straight yet, i am afraid if baby wearing might not be of great help until the right age.
4th May 2012 01:31 PM #12
Hi Mandee,
Fenugreek is an herb and I would definitely encourage you to try to find some fenugreek tea.
I would encourage you to be putting baby to the breast as often as possible right now to get him to suckle and stimulate milk production. If he is preferring your breast instead of the bottle it is most likely because he likes the soft, suppleness of your skin in his mouth, as compared to the rubber or silicone nipple (it's not the same at all). You can try pumping in between feeds to stimulate milk production too, though baby's suckling will be much better.
I woudn't worry about baby not taking a bottle right now, even if you're going back to work on the 7th. Baby will probably take the bottle from his caregiver better than he does from you. It's most important that you keep that breastmilk supply up and putting him to the breast as often as possible for the next few days is going to be very important. I would give him (and yourself) one 4 hour stretch of sleeping at night, and other than that wake him up every 2 hours to breastfeed.
Here's a good article that talks about how co-sleeping can help you get a good night's sleep. It will also help you keep your milk supply up so you can have enough for bub when you are with him, AND have some extra to pump and freeze.
Regarding your question about how long breastmilk can be kept, current guidelines are:
-At room temperature for 4 hours (ideal) to 6 hours (acceptable), some sources state up to 8 hours is acceptable.
-In the fridge for 3 days (ideal) to 8 days (acceptable).
-In the freezer for 6 months (ideal) up to 12 months (acceptable).
These are based on the advice from La Leche League International. When freezing your milk, the 6-12 month rule applies to freezers that are separate from refrigerators (not a freezer area within the refrigerator).
Here's a good thread on storing breastmilk that you may want to take a look at.
And as for the baby wearing concern. There are some baby carriers that come with an integrated size-reducing newborn insert.
There are also slings that can be worn where baby is actually in a reclined/laying down position. If your carrier does not support baby's head well (back and sides) then I would not wear it until baby is about 6 months of age and sitting up on his own. Slings are wonderful, though, and you can actually breastfeed your baby while he is in the sling so you may want to look into that.
Hope you find this helpful. Please post any other questions you may have.
Warm regards,
4th May 2012 01:43 PM #13
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Im glad to hear all these helpful infos especially the guidelines of breastmilk storing. And I also read from this site about the indications of spoiling milk which could be helpful then. I knew from there that milk separation does not mean spoiling, great!
Regarding baby carriers, just yesterday i saw one mum carrying her bub with a sling and yes i agree with you it seems comfy for both the bub and mum. I might give it a try myself.
Thanks for giving me the link "Have you got enough breast milk?", i found it very helpful.
I wonder if you could help me figure out why my 2months old bub got saliva out on his mouth? Not that often though but its coming out everyday 3days straight now.
Thank you in advance.
5th May 2012 07:42 AM #15
Hi Mandee,
My guess is that the saliva that is dribbling out of your bub's mouth means that he is drooling. Sometimes a baby will do this if he's cutting teeth and thought 2 months seems young, it's not unheard of. If he's cutting teeth you may find him gnawing on his fists. It might be awhile before you see any teeth or they just might pop out sooner than anticipated.
Putting a drool bib on your baby can help to keep his clothing dry, and they are easy to change when they get wet. Drool bibs are just soft, 100% cotton bibs and they're usually fairly small.
Be sure to wipe under your baby's chin and in all the folds of his neck each day with a warm wash cloth to keep the saliva from pooling and irritating his skin.
Here's a good little video that shows a 3 month old who was crying until they got the teething ring out of the freezer - you'll see the drool all down her chin, but she loves the feel of the col on her gums and it soothes her.
Anyone else have any suggestions on what this could be, or any experience with a bub who started teething early?
Warm regards,
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I disagree. The most important resource on Mars will be water, and you don't have to be a
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doesn't mean we have to. It's the 21th century. We don't have to live like rats anymore.
While it is a very important resource, other materials are equally important if you plan to build colonies. And nothing says the whole thing has to be within a small area. There will be a primary colony, where the bulk of people make their permanent home, and then feeder sites where resources are collected and shipped back to the main site.
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So will invoking "junc-like" turn into the FH equivalent of invoking "like the Nazis" on many political forums? LOL
Unlike Junc who either saw nothing wrong with, condoned or rationalized all the ongoing misogyny under the Jest Big Top from Rex pimping his wife, to sexual harassment of reporters, to front office pimping their employees for dick-texting diva QBs to trading for Santonio Holmes after he threw a glass, not its contents at a woman, if any or all of those things happened to a Fin, I'd be condemning it unequivocally. But like junc, it seems to be you who is intent on the last word... so please go ahead after this. And unlike junc, I never changed the line in the sand: it was and is basically the same: if the league is making certain Fins pass psychological evals as a precondition for league reentry, then it would be hypocritical and merely a PC gesture unless more of the same ends up being done for more players demonstrating more egregious, dangerous violations on and off the field cuz surely a lack of control when it comes to rage has gotta be worrisome to their co-workers. Please show me where I ever ventured off course in espousing that premise.
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From a post over at Lord of the Rings Guide.com. This is from a newsletter sent to MR's Authorized Retailers and Distributor Partner:
Dear Authorized Retailers & Distributor Partners,
We are disappointed to announce that we will not be able to fulfill orders on the following products because they are not scheduled for production:
LOTR Gandalf the White Staff (LR-102)
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Star Wars FX Jacket (SW-400 series)
We apologize for the change in the 2004 production schedule.
Many collectors are now wondering if MR will face the same fate as ICONS, and that it could possibly mean the beggining of the end for MR. Personally I think it is a smart move for MR to not produce these now considering how poorly they have presold. This way there is still hope these may happen sometime in the future. Well, except for the FX Jacket.


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The Pentagon's long-awaited strategic review marks a significant reevaluation of national security priorities and sets the stage for a new age of restraint in U.S. military spending. After a decade of large-scale, expensive ground wars, the review calls for a "smaller and leaner" fighting force that will employ "innovative, low-cost and small-footprint approaches." Most notably, the new strategy highlights the emergence of China as a regional power, and emphasizes the need to shift the balance of U.S. forces toward the Asia-Pacific theater.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, outlined the strategic importance of the Asia-Pacific region, and said that demographic, geopolitical, economic and military trends "are shifting toward the Pacific." The military's announcement follows a major diplomatic push by the Obama administration to expand security partnerships with allies in the region. China has unsettled its neighbors (Reuters) over the past several years with the expansion of its navy and improvements in missile and surveillance capabilities.
But it remains to be seen how the Pentagon's broad new vision will be articulated in the specifics of its February budget request. The Department is planning for more than $450 billion in cuts over the next ten years, but could face roughly twice that number unless Congress acts to avert automatic spending reductions currently scheduled for January 2013. A greater U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region, that places a premium on air and sea power, would likely come at the expense of the Army and Marine Corps (WashPost), which are expected to see troop reductions for the first time since the 1990s.
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Many observers see the shift toward the Asia-Pacific region as a natural, if long overdue, transition for the United States as it draws down in Iraq and Afghanistan. CFR President Richard N. Haass says the U.S. "rediscovery" of East Asia and the Pacific is a welcome development after Washington's long preoccupation with the Middle East. On ForeignPolicy.com, Patrick M. Cronin says, thus far, China has taken advantage of a light U.S. military footprint in the region. A failure to address the imbalance directly, coupled with U.S. military cuts exceeding Pentagon recommendations, "will accelerate China's relative rise," he cautions.
But critics suggest the U.S. move toward Asia could reinforce China's fear of encirclement and prompt further militarization of an already unstable region. Writing in The Hill, Gen. Stephen A. Cheney and Joshua Foust of the American Security Project say the "the prospect of a major conflict with China is remote, and assuming one is inevitable poses the danger of becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy."
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Cronin suggests the U.S. Navy pursue a 346-ship fleet per the recommendations of the Quadrennial Defense Review. Otherwise, he writes, the United States will lack the capacity to control access to the lines of communication around the South China Sea.
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In Foreign Affairs, two authors debate the nature of China emergence: Derek Scissors says the rise is overrated and the country's financial problems are massive; while Arvind Subramanian disagrees, claiming that Beijing already calls the shots in the global economy.
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I haven't been liking how slow Fallout 4 is on the Xbox One due to massive loading times, and figured I would do something about it. Rather than running Fallout 4 from the internal 5400RPM Xbox One hard drive, or even my external 7200RPM drive, I decided it was time to hook up a solid state SSD to my Xbox One in order to take advantage of the much faster speeds that the technology has to offer.
The problem with SSDs? External SSD drives are expensive. So instead, I made my own. In this video I show you how to make your own external SSD, and in the process, vastly speed up your Xbox One loading times!
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Unboxing Live 184: 12TB Western Digital My Book Pro
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Western Digital's My Book Pro Professional RAID line offers super-fast external storage at really high capacities. The unit itself is a two-drive enclosure and ships with two WD Black hard drives with up to 350MB/s transfer rate. The best part is that it's packing Thunderbolt 2.0 - these two ports allow for 20 Gb/s high-speed workflow. Additionally, you can connect it to your computer with USB 3.0 instead, and it also has a pair of USB 3.0 ports on front for charging and syncing devices!
The WD My Book Pro is RAID-optimized, allowing you to choose between RAID 1, RAID 1, or JBOD, and ships pre-formatted for Mac OS X in RAID 0 config, but can easily be reformatted for PC.
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The Technics 1200 Turntable Returns
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: CES, CES 2016, Music, Videos
If you talk to DJs both old and new about the Technics 1200 turntable, you'll quickly realize just how legendary the deck truly was. Last year, Panasonic revived the Technics brand, and customers the world over had one question: "Where's the 1200?" Passionate fans even went to far as to sign petitions to let Panasonic know that they wanted to see the iconic record player make a triumphant return. At CES 2016, they got their wish, as the Technics SL-1200G and SL-1200GAE were announced, and they've been improved over all of the previous models.
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Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-ray player plays 4K discs
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: CES, CES 2016, HDTV, Home Entertainment
4K television sets have been available for sale for a couple of years now, but there hasn't been a lot of content available in the native 2160p resolution for owners of the pixel-dense displays. That's about to change, as 4K UHD discs are set to debut in late February. To view the discs, you'll need an updated disc player, and Panasonic has announced the UB900 Ultra HD Blu-ray player which will be available soon in both Europe and the US. It'll support 1,000-10,000 nits output, BT.2020 color gamut, 60fps high frame-rate support, and will even sport twin HDMI output, allowing you to separate where you send the video signal from where you send the audio. Studios like Sony, Warner Bros., and Fox are readying the releases of their UHD Blu-ray discs, many of which also support HDR. 2016 is setting up to be a big year for 4K technology.
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Technics EAH-T700 headphones have jaw-dropping sound
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Wearables, Portable Audio / Video, Videos
As many folks know, we're big fans of headphones here at Gear Live. We live in a portable world, with portable entertainment available at our fingertips, and we wanna make sure we have great sound when we are on the go. At CES 2016, Panasonic's Technics brand showcased a pair of headphones that may have been the best I've ever heard - the Technics EAH-T700.
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Panasonic Ora brings together the smart home of the future
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: CES, CES 2016, Household, Videos, Wireless / WiFi
If you've been an early adopter of smart home technology, you've probably recognized just how cumbersome it all can be. As cool and futuristic as the devices themselves are, it gets old having to jump in and out of multiple apps in order to turn on your smart lights, lock your smart lock-equipped door, set your security system, manage your thermostat, etc. In fact, the average home has over 100 devices that can potentially connect to the Internet, as I learned when Panasonic told me about its Ora technology that looks to power the smart home of the future.
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Top 10 Gear Live Videos of 2015
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Features, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Microsoft, Video Games, Videos
The sun will set on 2015 in just a few hours, and we are just in time with our annual top 10 list of the most-watched Gear Live video episodes. Over the past year, as expected, there was a bunch of Apple gear that made the list, with the release of the 4th generation Apple TV and Apple Watch. The launch of the Seagate Game Drive for Xbox was big with our viewers as well, appearing in our top 10 twice! Other items, like the New Nintendo 3DS XL, Alienware Steam Machine, and Toyota Entune platform also proved popular as well.
Oh, and if you wanna be sure to get our new video episodes as they come out in 2015, be sure to subscribe to us (free!) on YouTube, or in iTunes.
Also, you can check out the top ten videos from 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 - and when you're done, be sure to check out the top 10 most popular Gear Live stories of 2013 as well!
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Top 10 Gear Live tech stories of 2015
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Wearables, Editorial, Features, Handhelds, Mods / Hacks, Movies, Software, Transportation, Videos
We've come to the end of another year, and as we wave goodbye to 2013, we figured it was only fitting that we share the most popular stories published on Gear Live this year, as determined by our readers (we've also got the top ten most read stories regardless of publish date, as well as the ten most popular Gear Live videos of 2013!) These are the ten stories that were read the most, and when you consider that fact, it's pretty surprising to see what made the list. Let's kick it off with our most read story of the year:
OS X El Capitan will be released on September 30:
Anticipation for Apple's newest desktop operating system, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, trumped all other news here on Gear Live in 2015!
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Thank You, and Happy New Year!
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I wanted to take a moment to thank you, our readers and viewers, for making 2015 another great year here at Gear Live.
Gear Live isn't just a job for me--it's not just a means to earn a living. This is my place where I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts on the world of technology, give my opinion, answer your questions, and most importantly, be a part of the community that has grown around the content I produce, both in written word and in video. As such, Gear Live means a lot to me, and it's an honor that it means enough to you that you take some time out of your week to spend it here on this website, over on our YouTube channel, and/or in your social media feeds.
If you are a Gear Live Patron, paying $1 per month or more, I want to thank you a little more. It may seem like a trivial amount of money, but I mean it whole-heartedly when I say that it helps keep the servers running, and the content flowing. You help make what I do here possible.
If you've been a sponsor of Gear Live during 2015, just know that your help is important and highly appreciated as well.
Gear Live is bigger than just me, and the help could not have done it without you year this year.
Thanks everyone. I hope you had a great Christmas, are enjoying the holiday season, and have a very happy and joyous New Year!
Unboxing Live 183: Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller
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Star Wars Battlefront PS4 Limited Edition console unboxing! This isn't our typical unboxing where I explain the product in detail, unfortunately, as we had a mishap early on in the video that I needed to take care of, as you'll see. Still, Darth Vader shines here in all his glory, emblazoned across the box of the limited edition Playstation 4, as well as right on the PS4 console itself. The bundle also includes a custom Star Wars PS4 controller which you won't find anywhere else, as well as a hard copy of Star Wars: Battlefront.
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Wikipedia is Deleting BBS Game HistoryDecember 8th, 2012 by Benj Edwards
As we speak, certain vigilante Wikipedia users are hard at work erasing whatever scraps of little-known BBS door game history that resides in Wikipedia's databases. The first casualty in this war was the entry for Space Empire Elite, which was deleted early this morning.
(For those of you unfamiliar with BBS door games, here's a brief definition: BBS door games are computer games, usually text-only, that were traditionally played over modems and accessed through dial-up BBSes. They are called "door games" because users pass through a figurative "doorway" from the BBS software into another program (the game program) to play them. One of the most notable examples is TradeWars 2002.)
The problem, it seems, is that the games aren't "notable" enough and lack the sources for a Wikipedia article.
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Dimebag Darrell: Home of Deranged
From the heartland of Texas comes Pantera guitar dude Diamond Darrell, a heavy thrasher born in the bosom of the blues.
It isn't that Diamond Darrell, Pantera's ace guitarist, is a reclusive guy. He's just a little hard to find sometimes.
Follow these instructions: First, get yourself to Dallas, Texas. Don't linger—there are lots of handguns in Dallas. Travel 20- odd miles south on the toll road, and make a right on a narrow strip that passes through what used to be a huge plantation. Climb a small rise crested by Luby's Cafeteria, and head into a maze of truck paths in the lonesomest, most godforsaken industrial park you are ever likely to see.
Welcome to Pantego, Texas.
Just outside of town, squatting in a sea of scrub weed and rain-faded Coors Light bottles, is a brown block house. Tacked on the door is a single sheet of spoiled notepaper bearing a faded, penciled message: "Pantego Studios, closed session." Some low rumblings reverberate ominously behind the door.
"This is home, I pretty much grew up here," says Diamond Darrell, pushing aside a stack of fan mail and girlie mags to clear a place for himself and his beer bottle. The studio is part-owned by Darrell's father, Jerry Abbott, an independent country and western producer. Darrell, his big brother Vinnie Paul, Pantera's drummer, and bassist Rex spent most of their childhood jamming here in Jerry's place. The walls are festooned with relics of two divergent musical careers: A Gold record which Abbott received for his contribution to a Jimmy Buffett album hangs side-by-side with a Xeroxed snapshot of Darrell's buddy, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, flexing his biceps in front of a cactus, somewhere in the Arizona desert.
It was in these homey environs that in 1990 the band cut Cowboys from Hell, a killer 140,000-seller that put Pantera—and their namesake town—on the map. After eight years of thankless road work and four so-so independent releases, Pantera finally put it together with a sound that fused the rawest elements of thrash, hardcore, metal and Texas blues. The addition of New Orleans–bred singer Phil Anselmo—a hyperactive skinhead with a roller-derby approach to performance—has the band's stage-diving cadre of supporters arguing with ever-increasing vehemence that Pantera is the world's most raucous live act. For their part, Darrell and company have the Band-Aids, busted gear and bruises to prove it.
But the heart of the band has always been Darrell's tight disciplined playing. Since he first picked up his dad's guitar at the age of 13, Darrell has been perfecting his sound—the product of a bottomless bottom combined with a clarion-like lead tone and a blues man's attention to the sound of each single note. On the road, Darrell's presence transcends his role as guitarist. He's a certified Lone Star Wildman, with burning-coal eyes and a crimson- stained fu-manchu moustache and beard. As one nervous management-type associated with the band apprehensively admits, "It's a little scary sometimes. You never know what the hell this guy's going to do next." Which is to say that he likes partying hard and getting in people's faces—especially mugs belonging to metal's most self-important superstars.


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Why would I want to use Conditional Forwarding?
In my case, my local dns server has entries for local hostnames such as m2n.ion.lan, mongo.ion.lan, and tux.ion.lan. If I am using the vpn dns, then these address lookups would fail. By using Conditional Forwarding I can do all lookups locally, except for ones that match the remote top level domain (example.local). Anything that matches example.local would be forwarded to the remote dns server.
- Connect to remote vpn server and use local DNS server
- Ping server.remote.local (remote FQDN) – fail
- Ping server.ion.lan (local FQDN) – success
Of course the remote ping fails because the local DNS server knows nothing about the remote domain. If I was to configure my machine to use the remote DNS server the opposite would happen. I would be able to ping server.remote.local, but a ping to server.ion.lan would fail.
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# Tells dnsmasq to forward anything with the domain of remote.local to dns server 10.25.11.2 server=/remote.local/10.25.11.2 # Listen to requests only coming from the local machine listen-address=127.0.0.1 # Do not cache anything # A decent dns server will already cache for your local network cache-size=0
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# Local LAN Domain domain ion.lan # local dnsmasq server nameserver 127.0.0.1 # Your main dns server (dnsmasq will forward all requests to this server) nameserver 10.20.1.1
4. Start dnsmasq
5. Test – ping a local server and remote server using the FQDN
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Award committees take notice of Pitt's DonaldNovember 20, 2013 11:12 PM
Every day, when Aaron Donald comes to the Pitt practice facility on the South Side, he sees a replica of the Outland Trophy that Mark May won in 1980.
By the end of the season, Donald might have one to match it.
Donald is a semifinalist for the award, given annually to the best offensive or defensive interior lineman. It adds to the list of honors and awards that Donald is in the running for this year.
He's also up for the Bednarik Award (best defensive player), the Rotary Lombardi Award (best defensive lineman or linebacker), the Lott IMPACT Trophy (best defensive player) and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player).
"He's one of those guys that brings his hard hat and lunch pail every day and puts time in on the field," Pitt defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield said. "He's a real cerebral player. He comes in every day for two or three hours a day and watches film, kind of try to pick guys apart."
Donald figured to be an integral part of the defense heading into this season, but it would have been difficult to predict this level of productivity through 10 games. He leads Division I-A in tackles for losses with 2.3 per game. He also ranks sixth in sacks (1.0 per game) and eighth in forced fumbles (0.4 per game).
Donald credited the increased performance to a tougher summer workout regimen.
"There were weeks in the summer where the only day I had off was on Sunday," Donald said. "I was always doing something extra. Speed training, just working out, just trying to get myself better. It's paying off, I guess."
The award committees haven't been the only ones noticing Donald, either. He said after a 35-24 victory Oct. 19 against Old Dominion that he has been seeing a more regular diet of double- and triple-teams.
Against Notre Dame, he had only one assisted tackle, but a closer look at the film showed that even with two or three guys trying to block him, he was still able to get in the backfield and disrupt the Irish offense.
"The guys who aren't looking for it won't see it, but the coaches will see what he does and I think he's done a good job the last couple of weeks just being disruptive up front," Breckterfield said.
The constant attention can get to him at times, but if it frees up his teammates to make the tackles, that's OK with Donald.
"It gets frustrating because I like to make plays," he said. "But at the end of the day, we won that [Notre Dame] game. I was truly excited. That was a big-time win for us."
The biggest question facing Donald down the road is how he projects on an NFL roster. Some experts have him pegged as a first-round pick, but at 6 feet, he's a bit undersized for a prototypical NFL defensive lineman.
Donald said he tries to model his game after Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Geno Atkins, a two-time Pro Bowler who is 6-1.
Donald isn't worried about the NFL now. He has two — maybe three — college games left and, potentially, a boatload of awards to take home.
"Honestly this has passed my expectations," he said. "I never thought I'd be up for the Outland Trophy or anything like this. I'm truly honored. I can't say it enough and explain it enough. I've just got to keep working. We've got more football to play."
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Nebraska (8-4) did not score until 13:31 into the first half. The Huskers then began to chip away at the lead when UTEP went cold for a 4-minute stretch but closed out the half going on a 16-5 run.
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Well, last night the decision was finally final, made and agreed to by QuakeForge's core members. Palisade has been removed from the project as a result of his actions last weekend. It's a long story, but the end result is that I'll have to do most of the work involved with project leadership for awhile, at least until people begin to get comfortable with the whole group consensus idea. (I must admit I am amazed how many people have a hard time accepting that sort of decision-making model for a free software project..)
Bad news is that some of the Debian stuff I was planning to do this weekend won't get done till sometime next week. QuakeForge is going to require more and more of my time as we seriously do something cool with it, so I'm tentatively offering any of my packages that people want (save epic4 and the quake stuff) to ... well, anyone who wants them. I can't give up epic4, it was my first package and has sentimental browser. That and I know NOBODY who tests it as much as I do. Three networks on average, often several windows and channels per network.
Drop me an email if you want any of the others. I know logrotate (outdated, many wishlist bugs against it) and libpopt (probably also outdated, took it because logrotate needed a new version) could use a good home at least. I've never really been able to give these packages the attention they deserve. They're Red Hat creations written by ewt, who probably doesn't personally maintain them anymore but is very responsive to email (especially with patches) for them.
Other packages include alsaplayer (I use XMMS these days and for awhile I couldn't build alsaplayer - that's resolved now), mikmod/libmikmod (Culus?), mp3blaster (console fullscreen mp3 player, nice interface), xfonts-jmk (which has the only charcell font big enough for me to read!) and a few others.
In the meantime, I need to get to work on the next "big thing" QF is planning (shh!) and I <U>MAY</U> open a textbook this weekend since I have a final exam to take on Tuesday. I doubt it though since the final in question is for programming. *yawn* There's no point in even taking/grading the thing. Brian might as well just give me an A now and be done with it. =D He can't do that of course, but c'mon, this is lower division programming! The hardest assignment we had was to build a very simplistic open-hashing ADT (yes, C++) and rewrite half of an earlier lab project to make it work. I was hoping to learn cool stuff like binary tree balancing algorithms and that sort of thing. Barely even touched on the concepts of binary trees. =p I think I'll go put a few books on reserve at the library so I can actually learn useful stuff this summer.


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Stocks of some of the biggest homebuilders had a bumper day yesterday, rising more than 5%. Today, the stocks are continuing to see gains, with PulteGroup (PHM) and M.D.C. Holdings (MDC) up about 2.5%, and Lennar Corp. (LEN) and D.R. Horton (DHI) both up 2%.
Homebuilders are one of the big successes of this year's stock market — PulteGroup is up 190% in 2012 while Lennar's shares have doubled. Much of that is rebounding off post-crisis and housing bubble lows, but it's noteworthy that the SPDR S&P Homebuilder ETF (XHB), up nearly 60% in 2012, is now at multi-year highs:
(If we take the chart back another six months, we'd see levels above today's prices.)


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Raymond Florian Hroscikoski, 93 years old, formerly of LaValle, WI, died at home Monday, April 1, 2013 of age-related frailties and heartache at the loss of his wife, Marcella, 2 weeks earlier.
He was born August 9, 1919 in Ashland, WI to Polish immigrants Alex and Mary (Burkhart) Chroscikowski. Before his childhood move to Racine, WI, where some family names were made simpler and less ethnic sounding, he was baptized Roman Hippolit Chroscikowski. The youngest of eleven surviving children, he loved to tell stories of the simple means and close-knit, if sometimes contentious, family life of laborers in a large Polish neighborhood. He did not learn English until he started school. Ray was proud to have served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946 as a 1st Lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the China-Burma-India Theater. After the war he resumed and completed his college studies in business and commerce at Whitewater State College. He loved his first teaching job in Cazenovia, WI, then joined several family members in the post-war migration to southern California seeking jobs and better pay. He became the business teacher at Colton High School, Colton, CA, and there met the home economics teacher, Marcella Lindeman, who soon became the love of his life. Ray and Marcy married June 14, 1952.
They soon settled in Sunland, CA, and from 1952-1961 Ray was the business teacher at Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA. The quick arrival of four children, and his and Marcy's desire to better provide for their future, brought him from the classroom into administration. Beginning in 1961 until his retirement in 1981, he served as coordinator of adult education for the Burbank School District. Ray enjoyed supporting the adult education teachers and adult learners, but he forever missed being a classroom teacher himself, interacting with students and helping them learn. Education, formal and informal, was important to him, as family, friends, and even strangers who received his educational ministrations well know!
Besides teaching and learning, Ray enjoyed outdoor activities, especially gardening, camping, and traveling. Over many luxurious summers, he and Marcy traveled over every continental U.S. state in a truck and camper with their children. The family toured historical places, factories, and major cities, visited national and state parks and other scenic sites, and relished the diverse beauty of nature and people. After Ray and Marcy retired, they enjoyed traveling to many countries in Europe and Asia. He was full of folk sayings, aphorisms, corny jokes and stories, and often had written puzzles, optical illusions, and stories to share.
The deaths of Ray's elder siblings and arrival of grandchildren brought them in 1994 from forty one years in Sunland, CA to fifteen years in their dream home on Lake Redstone in LaValle, WI. Ray always enjoyed hosting family holiday gatherings with Marcy there, just as they had with extended family in southern California for so long. From 2009-2012, they lived together at Terrace Heights Apartments in Mauston, WI until illness took Marcy to live at Cottage Care Circle. Ray faithfully visited her there every day the Terrace Heights bus ran until the day before she died on March 16th. Grief and other pain put him to bed a few days later for the next two weeks until he died peacefully at home as he long wished to do. His family is most grateful for the tremendously caring staff at Terrace Heights for several years and recent care assistance from Lorraine Schwab, Jeanne Walsh, and Hospice Touch.
Through his long life, Ray had also been active and a leader in a variety of civic and church organizations, including the Burbank Optimist Club, the Boy Scouts, and the Knights of Columbus. Among many volunteer activities, he prepared tax returns with seniors in Sunland and worked in Public Relations at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston.
Ray was preceded in death by his wife, Marcella, his parents, and all his siblings: Julius, Florian, Frank, Marcel, Feliks, Julia, Frances, Joseph, Clara, Rose, and Sophie.
He is survived by his children: Sr. Mary Hroscikoski, OSF (Little Falls, MN), John (Davenport, IA), Drs. Ann (David) Hoffmann (Mauston), and Amy (Drew) Mitchell (Buckingham, IA); grandchildren: Vincent, Amanda, and Emily Hoffmann, and Joel Mitchell and Claire (Mitchell) Hroscikoski; four nephews and three nieces.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, April 5, 2013 at Holy Family Catholic Church in LaValle, WI, at 2:00 pm, with a visitation beginning at 12:30 pm. After the post-funeral meal, his body and Marcy's cremains will be buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Mauston, WI.
Memorials are preferred to Holy Family Church, LaValle, WI, or Hospice Touch at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston.