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From DAILYKOS
(States Continue to Feel Recession's Impact,
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, June 27, 2012)
In 2001, a gentleman by the name of Grover Norquist (the titular head of Americans for Tax Reform) once (in)famously quipped that his quarter-century goal, which he described as "reasonable," was to "get government down to the size where [conservatives could] drown it in the bathtub." In furtherance of that (ig)noble goal, ATF sponsors and, to date, nearly 500 legislators holding federal office in the United States, have signed the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge." This pledge commits them to refuse under all circumstances to vote for any tax increase of any kind unless it is offset by an equal tax cut. Ever.
Since Norquist let us all in on his destitute government wet dream in 2001, folks have at least tried to be vigilant in documenting the shrinking boundaries of the federal government's fisc. Unfortunately, by focusing on the feds, we missed the Norquist ball soaring over our heads into the net, scoring (if something dramatic does not change pretty damned soon) the game-winning goal of drowning "the government"—by destroying the ability of state and local governments to provide for their citizenry.
Few, however, have noticed.
Three years ago, when the first celebratory news about the "end of the recession" was being touted by pundit and blogger alike, this quiet little news from a quiet little Alabama county (actually, the state's largest county) called Jefferson might have caught your eye:
It is hardly unusual these days for a government building to forgo a fresh paint job or regular lawn care to cut costs. But last week, the director of the Jefferson County public nursing home was told that the county could no longer afford to bury indigent patients.Across town at the juvenile detention center, the man in charge was trying to figure out how to feed the 28 children in his custody when the entire cafeteria staff is let go. […]
In July, the county asked Gov. Bob Riley, a Republican, to declare a state of emergency. Mr. Riley declined, delicately explaining that his authority extended to tornadoes but not to tsunamis of red ink.
Fast forward three years—to find the name "Jefferson County, Alabama" on the short list of municipal bankrupts. And to find the name "The Honorable Governor Robert Bentley" of the great state of Alabama (the state that ranks dead lastin terms of state and local tax revenue collections) on the roster of those who signed ATF's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge." Don't let the media spin fool you: While pundits have been happy to chalk up Jefferson County's bankruptcy to malfeasance relating to public works, those who actually pay attention to what goes on in Alabama (Alabamians) are quite honest about the impact of basement level public (tax) revenues on the ability of Jefferson County to provide even basic services on an ongoing basis.
Basic services like burying our dead elders when there is no family who can afford to pay.
All Republican bleating about how much the federal government is supposedly paying for all our needs to the detriment of America aside, the vast majority of services to the American people are provided at the state and local level. And paid for with funds (fees and taxes) generated at the state and local level. Yet increasingly, cities, counties and states find themselves with no money to pay for those local and state services. This fiscal crisis is not just because federal money is drying up. It is because state and local money is drying up too. States facing increasing costs in the face of decreasing local revenue and decreasing federal assistance have been forced to balance their budgets (as is required by law in 49 states) by slashing the services they provide.
It's unclear whether this is an accident—or by design.
Recall the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" that I mentioned above? Did you know that more than 1,200 state officer holders have ALSO made the same promise?
It does make you wonder. Since the most recent recession began in 2007, the following US cities and counties have filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 9:
Gould, Arkansas (April 2008)
Vallejo, California (May 2008)
Westfall Township, Pennsylvania (April 2009)
Village of Washington Park, Illinois (July 2009)
Town of Moffett, Oklahoma (October 2009)
Prichard, Alabama (October 2009)
Boise County, Idaho (March 2011)
Central Falls, Rhode Island (August 2011)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (October 2011)
County of Jefferson, Alabama (November 2011)
Stockton, California (June 2012)
This is a depressingly impressive list. These 11 governments stand out because there have only been 33 municipal or county bankruptcies filed since 1988. Put another way: Within the past five years, there have been half of the number of municipal bankruptcy filings from the preceding 19 years.
Two of the last three of these have state and local governmental officials at least partially responsible for their fiscal health (Alabama's Gov. Robert Bentley and Pennsylvania's Gov. Tom Corbett) that are signatories of ATR's taxpayer protection pledge for fiscal year 2012.
Yet this list is also deceptively short. Perhaps this is because municipal bankruptcy is, by all accounts, a "last resort." Private businesses routinely seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, almost as a business strategy, given that it allows them to escape their debts while restructuring their business to account for their latest and greatest market strategies as "debtors in possession." In contrast, governmental bankruptcy is chosen only after all avenues of cost-cutting and revenue generation to stave off the reaper have been exhausted.
Certainly, that was the case for Jefferson County, Alabama, which was having trouble burying its indigent dead a full three years before it finally gave in to the inevitable.
And the case for Stockton, California, which had to engage in mandatory mediation with its public and private creditors as a precondition of having access to the bankruptcy courts.
Stockton's current title as the largest municipality to file for bankruptcy protections may not last long, however, given what is on the horizon: more and more cities being forced to take a similar route to save themselves, financially. For example, one of the nation's great metropolises, the City and County of Los Angeles, having staved off the wolf for years now, may be on its last finger hold before slipping over the precipice.
This is consistent with what is being reported nationwide. In a recent white paper,"States Continue to Feel the Recession's Impact", the Center for Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) noted that there is increasing financial distress in our nation's states even as the recession is officially over. With somewhat obvious consequences.
Largest State Budget Shortfalls on Record
(States Continue to Feel Recession's Impact,
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, June 27, 2012)
In states facing budget gaps, the consequences are severe in many cases — for residents as well as the economy. To date, budget difficulties have led at least 46 states to reduce services for their residents, including some of their most vulnerable families and individuals. More than 30 states have raised taxes to at least some degree, in some cases quite significantly.If revenues remain depressed, as is expected in many states, additional spending and service cuts are likely. . . While data are not yet available that would show the mix of state actions to resolve their budget gaps for 2013, the data through 2012 show that states have enacted more and more spending cuts every year since 2008. Federal aid and state tax increases have played diminishing roles in addressing the gaps, as the emergency federal aid ended and the elections of 2010 changed the political leadership in a number of states.
Spending cuts are problematic during an economic downturn because they reduce overall demand and can make the downturn deeper. When states cut spending, they lay off employees, cancel contracts with vendors, eliminate or lower payments to businesses and nonprofit organizations that provide direct services, and cut benefit payments to individuals. In all of these circumstances, the companies and organizations that would have received government payments have less money to spend on salaries and supplies, and individuals who would have received salaries or benefits have less money for consumption. This directly removes demand from the economy.
Tax increases also remove demand from the economy by reducing the amount of money people have to spend. However, to the extent these increases are on upper-income residents, that effect is minimized. This is because these residents tend to save a larger share of their income, and thus much of the money generated by a tax increase on upper income residents comes from savings and so does not diminish economic activity.
Things are so bad that we are at the point where it is surmised that even if nothing gets worse, it will be at least until the year 2019 before things will get better at the state level where their budgets for services are concerned.
Why haven't we noticed? Well, perhaps because most of us are not economists or economy wonks. Most do not follow stock and bond news with baited breath each day. So perhaps that is why we may never have heard of a woman named Meredith Whitney. Ms. Whitney is, to hear it told, one of the best financial analysts in the game. Now, Ms. Whitney doesn't usually write for the 99 percent—her raison d'etre always been providing investment analysis and advice for those who actually have disposable money to invest. Apparently, Ms. Whitney predicted a municipal bond crisis last year that never came to pass, so she has a bit of egg on her face these days where many of the movers and shakers of capital are concerned. Yet, it appears that Ms. Whitney may yet be vindicated—because she was in the vanguard when it came to raising (quiet) hell about the increasing weakness of state and local government budgets and a looming crisis. Today, more than three years after she first raised the alarm in 2009 about the long-term impact of the recession on state and local governments (and the fallout that would accrue to actual people were that to come to pass), folks who took a bit of a piss at Ms. Whitney's expense last year are nonetheless admitting as they watch the Jefferson County, Harrisburg and Stockton bankruptcies that the other shoe that Ms. Whitney said was going to crush state and local governments might till yet drop. "She got the analysis of the situation right, in terms of budgets and the fiscal stress on local governments."
A strong case could be made that this is all part of the plan, the true end game of Grover Norquist's fantasy. After all, the elimination of the ability of state and local government to provide services to a citizenry that cannot afford to pay for them means that only those who can afford to pay for them actually get served. That's just another step along the way of securing what appears to be a return to the age of peonage. But to get most of America there, it's not enough to take the jobs, take the housing, take the sense of security and prosperity. The movers and shakers must also make the inability to pay for anything meaningful enough to truly frighten the average person. Arguably, this is done by eliminating the government structures created in large measure to cushion the fall when individual lives fall victim to circumstance. Perhaps this is why, despite the obvious answer to our problems of "taxes are too low", the one percent have made sure that the American dog of public opinion is laser focused on only a few squirrels. Squirrels such as the remaining pensions of every American public worker, the 401K boondoggle having already left most American workers with any savings breathless on a regular basis watching the vagaries of the investor class playing with their money.
Public pension reform has thus now become the battle cry. As the media whose mission focus is on the financial health of the investor class have gleefully told us with increasing repetition this past six months, what really needs to go if local and state budgets have any hope at all is the last bastion of public worker security in retirement. After all, how can local government survive when it is on the hook for $2 trillion in unfunded liabilities?
The bondholders (aka the "investors in government") say this is so.
The really depressing part is that regular folk believe this: "Public pensions have become a flashpoint in elections around the country." Hell, even those supposedly on our side report the situation in terms that reinforce the narrative of "greedy rich public employees are killing our country," unquestioningly providing a platform of quotes for people who refer to things such as healthcare for retired firefighters (you know, those folks who go out and risk getting burned up to keep YOU from burning up in a wildfire or house fire) as a "Ponzi scheme."
And, just to make sure we can't figure out what is happening even if given enough time to think, those who set the narrative are now considering changing the definitions so that it is crystal clear precisely how much public pension funds owed to those who served the public are really the reason that local and state government is going broke (as opposed to all those crap investment strategies that were supposed to make everyone rich):
Moody's is seeking public comment through the end of August on four major changes it plans to make in how it treats pension liabilities. The negative impact of the modifications – which will start taking effect in the fall – will hit local governments such as counties, cities and towns, as well as school districts, most heavily– unless Moody's significantly alters them after reviewing the public comments."Moody's expects the proposed pension adjustments to result in rating actions for local governments where the effect is outsized relative to their rating category, but no state rating changes are expected solely as a result of pursuing the adjustments now under consideration," it said.
Cities and counties are likely to see downgrades, Blake said.
It seems that if things continue unabated, it will not be long before local and state governments—the ones closestto their citizenry and on the front lines of providing basic services such as fire, police, medical and housing services—will be unable to do what governments do: issue bonds to balance their own fiscal houses.
So, as goes Stockton so perhaps goes LA, and the rest of the nation, becoming the paradigm for our struggling cities, breaking the promises to its workers and its retirees so that it can satisfy the investor class, the "new normalcy," much the way that suddenly five percent unemployment became structural, instead of the really bad news it used to be back in the day when the promise of the American Dream, with an honest job at its core, actually still meant something.
With the result that Colorado is on fire, the appellate courthouses are shuttered unless you have money to pay for your own court reporters down below, and if you're a victim of domestic violence even in a state that gives a damn about you, good luck hiding out from your batterer on the run sleeping in your car because there is no shelter to take you and your kids to any more.
Oh, and there may not be any public library either.
If that happens? Just don't forget to turn off the (public street) lights to half the city, like they planned to do just a few weeks ago in Detroit, Michigan. Yes, that Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit, Michigan that was once the wealthiest city in America, the crown jewel in American manufacturing but today has only 60 percent of its fire trucks operational because it can't afford to fix them. That Detroit's local government is in such dire straits that its governing body was willing to plunge half the city into darkness to save money lends a frightening significance to the right-wing meme du jour that only 50 percent of Americans should be entitled to services because only 50 percent are really "taxpayers."
If the news is to be believed, places like Detroit and Stockton are just the beginning of the possible end—the drowning death—of many of America's cities.
Whether they are little towns, like Port Townsend, Washington; mid-sized towns, like Scranton, Pennsylvania; or towns the size of small states, like Los Angeles, California.
Places like Detroit, Michigan (which has too many "we're fuckin' broke" problems to list; but it's just 1 of 100 cities in Michigan that are broke, and therefore subject to the Emergency Manager Law, which makes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge look like a walk in the park on a sunny day).
Not to mention entire states, like Michigan, Illinois, California and even Wisconsin (with no small assist from Gov. Scott Walker , another signer of the Taxpayer Protection Act), as Grover Norquist proudly announced after Wisconsin's failed recall election.
The list of struggling localities could go on, inclusive of names familiar and unfamiliar such as Camden, New Jersey (which dismissed half of its police force in 2010); San Diego, California; and Chicago, Illinois.
We are, frighteningly, seeing only the tip of the iceberg if the Meredith Whitneys of the world are to be believed.
Maybe the true end game of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and those who believe in such nonsense as gospel always was control of the distribution of services at the most grass roots levels of state and local government all along, with the resultant dependency on the largesse of those who believe in things like the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Maybe the fight for federal government control was just the distraction. Or the enabler. There's some evidence to support that theory, at least to hear it told by some.
It certainly seems that everything happening to our states and cities is all just as the signers of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge would have it. To hear them tell it, it's a principled thing, this drowning of government. Only then will we as Americans truly be "free." Only then.
But in their world, free appears to mean freedom to sleep hungry under the stars. With no government-of-last-resort blanket to shield from the cold. But don't worry—even when our cities are dead busted broke and we are truly on our own, the bondholders (aka the investors aka the one percent) will still get make sure those truly in charge of the public fisc, the bondholders aka investors in government, get paid. Even if it means that the few lawyers with the skill and knowledge to shepherd the government through the bankruptcy process that tens of thousands of for-profit businesses voluntarily choose as a business strategy (to the applause and increased shareholder returns) don't get paid and, therefore, don't help.
But that's what pro bono lawyers are for. After all, the charity services method works for poor people with legal problems, so it should be good enough for poor governments too, right?
Oh. Wait. It actually doesn't work all that well for poor people (only 20 percent of poor people can find a lawyer, pro bono or otherwise, when they really need one). Maybe it is because the elite law firms that do things like represent an entire city government pro bono (albeit providing quite thorough advice comparable to that provided to their paying clients—credit where credit is due, after all) are the same ones that represent the private investor class that allows those firms to do pro bono only when it doesn't conflict with the "mission" of its very corporate, very well-off, paying clients.
And here we all were just worrying about ALEC.
Now, there is some good news: It appears that, like a stopped watch, even a Republican may be right twice a day. If I believe the news, some Republicans seeking national office are actually refusing to sign the Starve the Beast aka the Government Drowning aka the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. And, however feeble rhetorical efforts have been, a couple of national Democratic folks have also tried to highlight the enslavement of all Republican rationality (an oxymoron, some might argue today) by the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
We even had one media person try to raise the alarm.
Yet comparatively few stories have raised the alarm to the shrillness that is required.
Certainly, none hae examined whether the end game of the right's normalization of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge as a condition of getting support for running for public office might be part of a larger strategy of starving not just the federal government, but state and local government too.
Certainly, this has not been a campaign theme that I have discerned coming from Democrats in this critical election year.
It may all be moot anyway at this point. The damage to the foundation of our union—the states and cities—may already be over the tipping point, since even without the Taxpayer Protection Pledge the mindset that it evinces is well entrenched. For example, bankrupt Stockton, California is represented partially by State Rep. Bill Berryhill—who isn't a signatory of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. But he doesn't need to be, since his rabid anti-tax bona fides were already well established, and Stockton was doomed anyway from the moment that Gov. Jerry Brown did the will of Republicans who conveniently managed to forget the benefits their wealthy cities had earned abusing redevelopment in the '70s and '80s when screaming for its elimination last year and killed the vehicle of redevelopment using local property tax increment funding (and the related local bond financing secured by them) for poor, largely minority, struggling towns like Stockton that had turned to them to, God forbid, actually try to do things like clean up toxic waste and build affordable housing. When a supposedly liberal governor takes a sledgehammer to the only meaningful vehicle available to poor cities to fix their problems (using those cities' own tax monies) in the name of trying to fix the state's economic crisis with NO mention to repealing the one thing that has bankrupted this state, the anti-tax mentality has truly taken hold. Pledge signing or no pledge.
All this is occurring largely without any meaningful discussion of the human cost of our cities and states falling further and further into the financial abyss. Charity is optional. Eating isn't.
So, the man who 11 years ago envisioned drowning government in a bathtub appears well on his way to accomplishing his end game. (This was really the end game of that great American Saint Ronald Wilson Reagan.) Unfortunately, most of us have been spending so much time obsessing about the least important part of government in Real People's™ lives—the federal government—that we overlooked the importance of holding the line closer to home. Home where, quietly, our towns and cities and states are being starved to death, with the acquiescence if not enthusiasm of many of those who took oaths to serve the public. It is undeniable that on their watch and largely while our backs were turned, more and more of our cities started drowning. Our states, theoretically charged with jumping in the water to save them, are being pulled below the surface slowly by the undertow themselves. But make no mistake: There is no longer any big rescue boat—no federal government—willing to save either any more. Not when it now costs a billion dollars just to do a decent campaign for president (which simply ain't going to be raised at local bake sales).
What's the solution? Who knows what the solution is? But here is an idea about what a solution might be:
Dedicate some of the energy we invest into worrying about whether national politicians (the folks who are the most removed from the day to day needs of Americans) get elected into making sure that representation at the local, regional and state governmental level is not grounded in folks beholden to the investor class, to the "freedom class" (freedom to make money class, that is), but grounded in people who will pay attention to what is being done to life in America for the average American because they themselves are average enough to suffer the consequences themselves. It seems clear that any strategy developed to try and hold the line on a decent standard of living in our American towns and cities is in for a fight of a lifetime if we don't increase our ground troops on the ground—locally and regionally, where it matters the most:
We're fighting a vast faction with a mighty war chest bent on taking over this country by making our own government work against us. The proof is out there, practically in neon lights that Republican governors of many of our states have signed up for the takeover.They follow an agenda set out for them by right-wing organizations fully capable of fighting the battle for the states all the way to the end, and they're determined not to stop there. They've forced nearly every single Republican politician to sign a pledge never to raise taxes or their funding will dry up as quick as dung in the desert sun. It's the Grover Norquist plan, and even though Grover Norquist has no real credentials, he is the front running Republican rule-maker and nobody in his party ever seems to wonder who died and made him king.
The diabolically clever part of the "never raise taxes" plan is that it can be used to effectively kill any program the Republicans are against. Any social program, any essential safety net, can die an unnatural death by defunding, underfunding or outright abolishing, thanks to the new rules set in place by the likes of Norquist, ALEC, the Koch cabal, the Supreme Court Citizens United decision, and various Tea Party newbies in the House who have promised to shed real red blood if necessary in order to honor the edicts of the monied right wing.
So we need to start talking about what to do—and how best to support those, like the fearless local advocates who have risen up and are rising up in Chicago, Detroit, Wisconsin and elsewhere against what they see on the ground every day, without regard to Washington politics. We need to do it now. Before it's too late. Because, in case you haven't noticed, those crazy kids (Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers or not) are coming to school boards, state boards of equalization, and other state-based folks who really control the flow of money for the local and county services that you, me and everyone (with the possible exception of Mitt Romney) needs to survive, near you. There is nothing sacred in the face of the absolutism shown by those who would even consider signing something like the Taxpayer Protection Pledge or joining onto its agenda even without signing. If we don't truly look at what needs to be done in a systematic, nationwide, grassroots effort to save our cities and states (and actually start doing it), the many stories that I could have quoted and linked here about dying cities and towns but didn't will simply continue, with real people in the end being those who suffer from the loss. And when that happens—whether or not their legislators have signed the Grover Norquist loyalty oath abandoning their sworn duty to legislate in the public interest—the investor class will be the last ones left to turn the lights out in our hometowns when they fold for good.


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How to make the Xterm font larger.
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Using the .inputrc file to control keybindings in xterm.
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alias ls='ls -hula --color=auto'
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Viewing files with the command-line.
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We have something very special to add to our 2017 show raffle. The voice of Skeletor, Mr. Alan Oppenheimer, was kind enough to get this MOTU Classics He-Man figure autographed by the voice of He-Man himself: Mr. John Erwin!!
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THIRD place: $50.00
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FIRST place: $75
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The Skelly Awards!
In addition to the cash prizes, winners of the costume contest will receive these specially painted Skelly awards: 1st place gold, 2nd place silver, and 3rd place bronze! The mini Skellies will go to the winners of the Kids costume contest.
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And as a special added treat, the voice of Skeletor himself, Mr. Alan Oppenheimer, has kindly agreed to give away the Skelly awards at the end of the costume contest on Saturday!!
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Some of the fantastic costumes from previous Retro Cons!
Alan Oppenheimer to Attend Retro Con 2016!
We are elated to announce our first guest for Retro Con 2016: Veteran voice and character actor Alan Oppenheimer!
Alan has been in the entertainment business for more than 50 years, with live-action parts in such hit movies and series as The Untouchables, I Spy, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, That Girl, Bewitched, Bonanza, The Six Million Dollar Man, Westworld, Happy Days, What's Happening!!, Trapper John M.D., Knight Rider, Night Court, Moving, Who's the Boss, Married With Children, and Star Trek Voyager.
But if you grew up in the 80's, you will most definitely recognize Alan as the voice of some of the decade's most iconic characters!
His most famous voice role is probably that of the poster child of evil: Skeletor! *wicked laughter*
Alan portrayed the sinister (yet lovable) villain in over 70 episodes of the He-man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon series by Filmation, and the character would go on to have appearances on the follow-up She-Ra: Princess of Power cartoon. Though surrounded by incompetent minions and thwarted time and again by He-man and friends, Skeletor would never stop trying to conquer Eternia and capture Castle Grayskull!
In addition to Skeletor, Alan also provided the voice for Prince Adam's mentor Man-At-Arms, Skeletor's gurgling henchman Mer-Man, as well as Prince Adam's "fearless friend" Cringer!
"Never give up, and good luck will find you."
And in a role completely opposite of Skeletor, Alan also voiced another favorite character from the 80's: The flying luck dragon Falkor!
A wise and benevolent being from the land of Fantasia, Falkor would give encouraging advice to those in need and could always be relied on in a crisis. This gentle giant is widely considered to be the most popular character from The NeverEnding Story, and is also one of Alan's personal favorite roles.
In addition to Falkor, Alan also gave voice to the gargantuan Rock Biter and the devious G'mork, and was also the lighthearted narrator of the film!
Mr. Oppenheimer also worked on Marvel Sunbow's Transformers cartoon, where he voiced three notable season 2 Autobots: The boisterous Warpath, the mellow pacifist Beachcomber, and the ocean-faring Seaspray!
Other characters Alan voiced include Prime Evil from Filmation's Ghostbusters, as well as Vanity on the wildly popular Smurfs cartoon series!
Skeletor may be irredeemable evil, but we can assure you Alan has a heart of gold! He wants to donate 100% of his autograph sales from the show directly to children's charities! So please come out to meet him at Retro Con! You'll not only be meeting an amazing talent, you'll also be helping some very worthy causes!!


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Abortion issue and biblical teachings
Donald Gale (Write Back, September 26) tries to justify an anti-abortion stance by quoting the Bible.
It seems that, on further reading, the God of the Bible is not averse to killing children, or their mothers, so it is hardly the reservoir of moral fortitude that Donald proposes. Not only does God punish women with abortion (the very act Donald seems to vilify through use of scripture) - "Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts" (Hosea 9:14) - but proposes the death of every Midianite woman who was no longer a virgin (Numbers 31:15-18): "They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open (causing abortion?)" (Hosea 13:16).
Indeed, God encourages women to be ripped open: "He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women" (2 Kings 15:16) (killing the unborn foetus) and commands the killing of infants and nursing mothers: "Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey" (1 Samuel 15:3).
Not only is this atrocious behaviour condoned, it brings joy to the perpetrator: "Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us. He who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks" (Psalms 137:8-9).
And let's not forget the first-born of Egypt: "And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts" (Exodus 11:5).
It would seem there are more references in the Bible to God promoting abortion and the death of infants than actually forbidding it.
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Aid agency CAFOD fears for the survival of the Deni Indians in the Amazon after a company bought a stretch of jungle for logging last week. We cannot name the company for legal reasons. The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) who are CAFOD partners warn that, if the planned deforestation takes place, the environmental damage could threaten the very existence of the tribe. Programme officer for Brazil Jan Smith said: "The Deni are in a very vulnerable position. They live off the forest and, if the ecological balance is upset, this could have a devastating effect on the Deni way of life." Jan said the Amazon region is home to 60 per cent of Brazil's Indians, but is also rich in resources: "It is the exploitation of these resources by land speculators, forestry companies and mineral and land prospectors that threaten not only the delicate ecological balance of the rainforest but also the indigenous groups that live there." Environmental group Greenpeace says that this issue is particularly relevant to the UK, Britain being a major customer of timber from countries where the logging of ancient forests is currently the norm. Every month, up to 1,400 tons of wood from the Amazon is imported to the UK. Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised that the UK will tackle illegal logging domestically and will encourage other major industrial countries to do the same. Church groups working in Brazil have applauded this move and are urging the UK government to take a lead in international discussions on finding alternatives to the wholesale destruction of ancient forests for timber. Nearly 80 per cent of the world's ancient forest has already been destroyed. The remainder is disappearing at the rate of ten million hectares every year.


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Ride in a US$1.5 million dollar submarine
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Cost: Free for guests. Accommodation prices start from US$4800 (about A$6237) per night.
Owned by Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, the ultra-luxe Laucala Island Resort takes all-inclusive to a new level, offering guests complimentary use of its own private US$1.5 million dollar submarine. The Deep Flight Super Falcon takes one guest at a time on an ocean tour through coral filled reefs to view tropical fish, rays and turtles.
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Cost: From US$1,500 (about A$1,878) per hour.
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Cost: Free for guests staying in the Seven Stars Ottangono Presidential Suite, or guests can take the sheets home for €200,000 (about A$298,600).
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Cost: US$39,500 (about A$52,200) for up to four people.
During this 27-hour itinerary, guests are transported by private helicopter to the active volcano Kilauea where they can see the glowing lava flow up close, before retiring to bed in a secret rainforest cottage located in a 1,000 year old rainforest.
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Cost: On enquiry
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In our long history we have produced many new vessels, but none has challenged traditions or questioned the assumptions on which boats are generally built quite like our Sport Yacht series.This is especially true of the Riviera 4400, a boat rich in innovations – some quite radical.The story starts with the revolutionary Volvo Penta Inboard Performance System (IPS), a technology that features steerable drive units mounted under the hull with counter-rotating, forward-facing propellers. Rather than 'pushing' the boat along as with conventional propulsion, the boat is literally 'pulled' forward through the water.The result is superb handling, a remarkably tight turning circle and, thanks to an intuitive joystick, docking control and other close-quarters manoeuvres are delightfully easy. What's more, IPS uses up to 30% less fuel than conventional drive systems.4400 Sport Yacht SeriesSpecsLength Overall?(inc. swim platform & bow roller)15.12 metres49 7?Lh to ISO8666*13.91 metres45 8?Beam?(inc. gunwale)4.58 metres15?Maximum Draft?(inc. props)1.20 metres3 11?Dry Weight**?(approx., depends on engines & options)12,500 kgs27,600 lbs?Fuel Capacity***1,500 litres396 US gal.?Water Capacity***460 litres122 US gal.?Holding Tank Capacity***151 litres40 US gal.?Sleeping Capacity5 persons??Standard Engine X 2 Volvo (IPS 500)272 kw each370 hp each?Generator BrandOnan EQD??Generator Output11.0 kWAccommodations.??The 4400 boasts two large cabins. The queen-size master stateroom is in the bow and, thanks to the space savings of Volvo IPS, aft and under the cabin sole you will find a magnificent full-width stateroom with a queen and a single berth..??Spacious and light, this area is an entertainers delight ? electrically operated sunroof, leather lounge, adjustable-height table, good storage, liquor cabinet, 26 LCD TV. The piece-de-resistance is surely the unobtrusive helm..??Here, you will have all the equipment, cupboard and bench space here to cook up a veritable feast. Special features include the microwave oven, 2-burner stove, refrigerator and pull-out pantry..??Aside from the IPS, the next most dramatic feature is the huge, stainless steel framed window and pillar-less door between the cockpit and saloon - lift up and the two areas become one..??The cockpit boasts opulent features such as generous lounge and table, a full wet bar with sink, solid surface bench-top, stainless steel refrigerator, optional ice maker, enormous transom storage locker, and equally grandiose rise and fall (optional) swim platform..??Revolutionary?new technology, Volvo Inboard Performance System (IPS) steerable drive units are mounted aft under the hull, with counter rotating forward facing propellers that pull rather than push. The result is a remarkably tight turning circle and superb handling with docking and other delicate manoeuvres almost effortless thanks to an intuitive joystick..??The twin 370hp or optional 435hp diesels literally catapult the 4400 up onto the plane. Look forward to a thrilling ride - racy, responsive, yet smooth. Enjoy 30% less fuel usage than shaft drive..??Designed using the latest CAD software and constructed using the most up-to-date infusion moulding technology, the hull is divided into three sections, including a collision bulkhead forward.?Radical Thinking for Unrivalled Pleasure?In our long history we have produced many new vessels, but none has challenged traditions or questioned the assumptions on which boats are generally built quite like our Sport Yacht series.This is especially true of the Riviera 4400, a boat rich in innovations - some quite radical.The story starts with the revolutionary Volvo Penta Inboard Performance System (IPS), a technology that features steerable drive units mounted under the hull with counter-rotating, forward-facing propellers. Rather than pushing the boat along?as with conventional propulsion, the boat is literally pulled forward through the water.The result is superb handling, a remarkably tight turning circle and, thanks to an intuitive joystick, docking control and other close-quarters manoeuvres are delightfully easy. Whats more, IPS uses up to 30% less fuel than conventional drive?systems.With the standard diesel horsepower ratings available, you can also look forward to a thrilling ride racy, responsive, yet soft and dry.The hull is equally noteworthy. Not only is it designed using the latest CAD software, which contributes to the outstanding hydrodynamics of the hull, it has been constructed using the most up-to-date infusion-moulding technology.Compared with traditional open lay-up of fibreglass and resin, this infusion system produces more uniform thickness, reduced weight and greater strength. The hull is also divided into three sections, including a collision bulkhead forward.Given the contemporary styling, sumptuous comfort and long list of luxuries that are to be found on board the 4400, you will no doubt be tempted to cruise far from the madding crowd - and with a 1,500 litre fuel tank, it is certainly equipped to help you do just that. However, it is knowing that this a vessel with impeccable structural integrity, a vessel that can handle the vicissitudes of life at sea, that makes it possible to sit back and truly relax.And relax you will, because at Riviera we are passionate about putting more pleasure into your pleasure boating. As you are about to discover, that commitment is expressed in a myriad of ingenious ways.?Bold Designs and Impressive DetailsClear skies, blue water, fine food, family and friends gathered together. its an idyllic scenario. But the picture looks even better if you are aboard the Riviera 4400 because of the way we anticipate your needs and cater to your comfort.The most dramatic and pleasing feature is the huge, stainless-steel framed window and pillarless door between the cockpit and saloon. Once open, the easy flow between the two areas not only creates?a refreshing, relaxed ambience, but is also immensely practical.?In the cockpit you can stretch out on a generous lounge and take advantage of a table that adjusts (gas assisted) to serve as a dining table, coffee table or day bed. For your refreshment, theres a full wet bar with sink, solid-surface benchtop, stainless-steel refrigerator and optional ice maker.Fenders or other bulky equipment can be neatly stowed away in the enormous storage locker in the rear of the transom. The swim platform has also been thoughtfully designed with its concealed swim ladder and, if you have a tender, can be fitted with an optional hydraulic lift.Even access to the engines has been carefully considered. Theres a small opening in the forward area of the cockpit for general inspections and a large section of the cockpit floor can be raised - using a remote-activated electric control - for full engine-room access.For our designers, details make all the difference and they are forever asking how they can make life on board as smooth and pleasurable as possible. Take the sun pad on the foredeck it has safety rails and drink holders, it comes with a cover, is self-draining and has a wind deflector incorporated at the front edge to prevent lifting in a breeze or when cruising at speed. Access to the foredeck is also that much safer and easier by virtue of wide walk-around side decks with courtesy lights on the steps either side of the cockpit.This is just one example of an approach often commented upon, and that is a lot goes into a little on a Riviera.?Easy Living, Riviera StyleIn the saloon, the sense of space and light created by opening the cockpit door and window is enhanced by a huge, electrically operated sunroof and large, tinted, side sliding windows. Combined with contemporary fittings and finishes - such as Amtico flooring and high-gloss American Cherry timberwork - you have a stylish, ultra-modern interior.A well-equipped interior it is too. Theres a deep leather lounge, adjustable high/low table, plenty of storage, a liquor cabinet, a first class entertainment centre including a 26 LCD TV. and a galley with all the equipment, cupboard and bench space you need to cook up a veritable feast.The layout of the helm, the visibility of the instrumentation and the view afforded by the massive windscreen (complete with freshwater washers and pantograph wipers) inspires confidence. And all from the comfort of a high-backed, electrically adjustable, leather-upholstered helm?chair.Below decks you will find a companionway with a full-height pantry or linen cupboard and room for optional appliances. Then theres the full-width aft stateroom due to the space savings of the IPS drive system, this is a surprisingly large guest cabin that easily accommodates a single berth and queen bed together with ample wardrobe space.With dual entry, the bathroom serves as both an en suite and for general day use. Like the en suite off the master stateroom, this is a thoroughly modern space with frameless shower-stall door, glass basin and high-quality tapware.The master stateroom itself is most luxurious. From the comfort of the queen island bed with its inner-spring mattress to the cedar-lined lockers and large deck hatch, this is a cabin that caters to the most discriminating boat owner.??Riviera owners are typically experienced boat owners with high expectations with this Sport Yacht we believe we have never gone further in exceeding those expectations. and we look forward to your inspection.DisclaimerThe Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Several of the more set up online florists allow you to not only order in one country and have the flowers delivered within. For instance if you have a loved in Europe and you stay in the UK, you can making a purchase online and send moonpig flowers the same day!
With online florists, no time and car energy is wasted by physically visiting a number of florists to identify who provides the best flowers and the best delivery service. You don't have to worry about waiting on a long queue just to get your consider order especially during the high demand months like Valentine's Day. You can also get a number of associated products that online florists incorporate to be sure that you do not have in order to send flowers alone – you can include fruit, chocolates, teddy bears or surprise baskets with the shipping and delivery.
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Lazy Thanksgiving 2014 | Techno, Tech House, Deep House
All the turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing that you can handle is only four days away! I wanted to wish each and every one of you a very Happy Thanksgiving, so get lazy before the feast makes you lazy with Lazy Thanksgiving 2014! Music from Eric Prydz, Nicole Moudaber, Cristian Varela, and other hand-picked techno, tech house, and deep house favorites. Dig in!
Nathan Barato & Room 303 – Everytime I See You (Nicole Moudaber Remix) [Hot Creations]
I have been waiting months for this remix to drop, as I missed its release date back on November 3rd. I first heard this remix in Moudaber's Music On Preparty set back in July. It was the bomb….and I'm glad it's out for everyone to enjoy now.
Chambray – Ease [Ultramajic]
What is there to say about Chambray? His sound is filled with sharp claps and interweaving layers of percussion…making you go HAM whenever you put his material on full blast. His 'Rub EP' dropped on Ultramajic back in June, and the EP easily puts Chambray into the conversation of "Ones to Watch in 2015."
Veerus & Maxie Devine – That Bongo [Suara]
Veerus & Maxie Devine just keep banging out the beats, left and right. "That Bongo" is a part of their 'Be Sure EP' that dropped on Suara on November 17th. I am still a huge fan of "My Beat," and "That Bongo" is just another go-to for the tool belt.
Filthy Rich – Rendezvous (Nathan Barato Remix) [Incorrect Music]
Nathan Barato served up the perfect remix for Filthy Rich's "Rendezvous," which dropped on October 6th on Incorrect Music. This particular remix is worked into a handful of tech house podcasts and live sets I've listened to over the past month. It's not going anywhere for a while….so get your ears in on the action while it's hot.
Old School Fire: Cristian Varela – Live @ Shockers [04-26-2003]
Brute, ruthless aggression. Hard techno at its absolute finest. Pair this set with a cup of coffee or energy drink for maximum results.
Ross Evans – Let It Go [Saved Records]
One of the heavy hitters in tech house this past summer, Ross Evans's "Let It Go" put Evans on the map. I am not up to speed on the London-based producer, so if you're interested in checking out more of his sound, hit up his SoundCloud page here.
Jey Kurmis – LA Shazz [Hot Creations]
Jey Kurmis is a name on the rise after he dropped the 'Lil' Nic French EP' on Hot Creations back in July. This artist defining EP has been championed by some of the biggest names in tech house including Heidi, Jamie Jones, Richy Ahmed and wAFF. "LA Shazz" specializes in a chunky percussive groove and heavy low-end. I am also a huge fan of another track off the EP, "Lover."
Audiofly — Fela (Davide Squillace Simple Chaos Remix) [Get Physical Music]
Released back in January 2011, Davide Squillace propelled the original to further levels with his ingenious mixing skills…so much so that this remix is still being used in podcasts and live sets in 2014.
Mayer Hawthorne – The Stars Are Ours (Detroit Swindle's Big Dipper Mix) [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Detroit Swindle gave away their Big Dipper Mix of Mayer Hawthorne's "The Stars Are Ours" for free back in July. The funky piano riff is on point….and this is just one of those deep house tunes that will set you free.
What I'm Thankful For: Eric Prydz – Every Day [Pryda Recordings]
What am I thankful for this Thanksgiving? I'm still thankful for Eric Prydz's "Every Day," which was released back in October 2012. No other track has compared to the effect "Every Day" has had on my life for the past two years. "If every day goes like this, how will we survive?" Magic is in the air as 2014 comes to a close…and "Every Day" will still be at the forefront when 2015 strikes.
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DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire club golf team won the second Northern New England Regional on April 12-13 at the Merrimack Valley Golf Club in Methuen, Mass. Under the best 5-scores-of-8 format, UNH shot 373-358=731 in the 2-day, 36-hole tournament. Northeastern was 2nd and Bentley 3rd out of the 10 participating colleges.
Leading UNH was team captain and medalist, CJ Konkowski, with an outstanding 72-69—141 score. Other top UNH scores were Dan Lawson 76-69—145, Danny Kish 74-72—146, Ben Whitaker 76-71—147 and Brian Colbert 76-77—153. Completing the eight player team were Chris Melanson, Clay Cowart and Russell Caruana.
PGA Professional and UNH golf coach Rick Wolchko said, "The team has built some nice momentum going into nationals in two weeks. The 358 score the team shot on Sunday was the lowest score we've had in the four years I've been coach. Two 69s, a 71, 72, and 77 were great playing. Everyone knows what a cold month March was and we play both spring regionals and nationals in the month of April. The team was hitting balls throughout the month of March at Fore on 4 even when it was in the 20s. They're a talented group with a good work ethic so its nice to see the hard work pay off."
The NCCGA National Championship is on April 26-27 at the Ballyowen Golf Club in Sussex County, N.J. Ballyowen is the No. 1 ranked public golf course in New Jersey.
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Brendan Eich's resignation from Mozilla is quickly becoming a Duck Dynasty-stylized talking point for conservative politicians prone to decrying the choice of political correctness over freedom of speech.
As during the scandal late last year that enveloped Phil Robertson, the A&E reality-television star whose infamously crude, homophobic remarks left his show briefly suspended, some politicians are attempting to leverage Eich's departure, claiming it represents an ironic kind of intolerance from the growing gay-rights movement.
On Monday, Rep. Frank Wolf took to the House floor to air his grievances over Eich's resignation.
"Regardless of your views on marriage, any American who values the First Amendment should be deeply troubled that this man was essentially driven from his job because of his personal beliefs," the Virginia Republican said. "By all accounts, he's a fair and honorable employer, yet because of his private beliefs about traditional marriage, which I share, he has been demonized and his livelihood has been compromised."
Wolf continued: "Public opinion on gay marriage has shifted since 2008, when both then-presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain supported defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman — but America has never been defined by mob rule."
Eich chose to step down as CEO last Thursday following protests against him for his $1,000 donation to a 2008 anti-gay-marriage measure in California. Mozilla had appointed Eich, who cofounded the company, to the executive position just a week earlier before its sudden about-face, which Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker described as the best thing "for Mozilla and our community."
Wolf went on to say that the the furor last week, which included a de facto ban of Mozilla's Firefox web browser on the online-dating site OkCupid, violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech and "was stifling of debate, a silencing of dissent."
Wolf isn't the only politician sounding the free-speech alarms so far. Over the weekend, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Eich was forced to leave Mozilla due to a "new fascism" taking over parts of corporate America that means "[if] you have the wrong views, meaning conservative, you have no career."
The Duck Dynasty controversy grew so large last December that it evoked responses from possible Republican candidates for the presidency, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, as well as onetime vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and, eventually, even President Obama.


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Totalitarianism. Totalitarian States = 1 . Nazi Germany 2 . Stalinist Russia . Aspects of Totalitarian regimes. Extended the functions and power of the state Active loyalty and commitment of the citizens Modern mass propaganda and modern communications - conquer hearts and minds
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Totalitarian States =
1. Nazi Germany
2. Stalinist Russia
1. Poor performance in WW I
2. Felt they were cheated at the Paris Peace Conference
3. Inflation and unemployment
4. Discontented veterans
5. Weak and ineffective government
6. Fear of communism and Bolshevik style revolution
1. Growing political power of the socialists
2. Fear that Italy might have a communist revolution
3. Strikes, class conflict and violence rip through Italy
4. Business and middle class begin supporting Mussolini - protection from revolution
5. Mussolini's beliefs = anti-communism/anti-strike activity/nationalism
6. Fascists form armed groups called the SQUADRISTI- attack socialist offices and newspaper
7. Alliance between the liberals and the Fascists
8. The March on Rome - Oct. 1922 = Mussolini plans to march to Rome and seize power
9. The government caves in before the march takes place and the King names Mussolini as Prime Minister
Mussolini's followers
1. Abolished freedom of the press
2. Rigged elections
3. Government ruled by decree
4. Political opponents were arrested
5. Labor unions disbanded
6. Schools were controlled by the fascists
7. Italy had become a one-party dictatorship
"Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state!"
Mussolini = he and his party were the state


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Bonding with Your Newborn
Bonding is that super-special, intense feeling that you get when you have a strong connection with someone. This connection often gives you the strength to endure hardships, to be patient in challenging moments, and to be fiercely brave in the face of danger. Presiding over everything is the strong feeling of love and 'connection' that we feel for that person.For some mommies bonding with their newborn happens the moment they lay eyes on their babies. For the rest of us, it's a slightly longer process.
I'm here to tell you my story, and hopefully, give you some useful tips that will reinforce the bonding with your newborn.
The Bonding Process
Bonding with animals is quite simple: It happens the moment the mommy animal sees the baby animal, and vice versa. In some cases, if the baby animal sees another animal other than its mommy, it will immediately bond with that animal instead of its mommy. Which could be a problem!
Thankfully humans are way more complex than that (phew!) and bonding takes place over many years, and not just at birth.
This was the case with me. I was not overwhelmed with powerful feelings of love the moment my girls were born. On the contrary, giving birth to twins has its own challenges (please tell me what birthing was like for you). Plus, there's the pressure of immediately 'falling in love' with your child, which doesn't help an overwhelmed first-time mommy! So for me, it took a little while.
I found, around the six week mark once my girls started smiling at me, that strong reciprocal feelings of love and emotional connection started welling up. But even then, that really 'connected' feeling, that feeling of 'you belong to me and I will lay down my life to protect yours' was formed over months of the 'ordinary' day-to-day care, affection, tasks and down-time that I shared with the girls.
To be honest, we were so completely exhausted most of the time with the twins that I only really felt completely connected with my girls close to a year along the way.
Tips for Bonding With Your Newborn
- Eye contact.
You've heard of what they call 'flirting with your baby'. That simply means smiling and making loving eye contact with your newborn. Initially this will be thoroughly one-sided as your newborn stares, without much emotion, into your face. Trust me, every bit of 'eye time' with your baby is helping to reinforce the emotional connection between child and parent. Of course, once they start reciprocating, it becomes that much easier.
- Transacting with your baby
These are the day-to-day 'chores' that we do with our newborns: bathing, changing nappies, changing clothes, etc. The non-emotional stuff. Make sure that when you transact you deliberately use a loving hand, and a kind tone. Once again, initially this will all come from you, which can be emotionally exhausting, but you will reap the benefits with smiles and giggles and little hands that reach out for you.
- Mommy rest
This point might seem out of place, but it is fundamental in the bonding process. It seems that mommies are taking attachment parenting to the extreme nowadays: always carrying their babies with them, sleeping with them, doing everything with them – not out of response or out of the baby's need, but out of fear that they might somehow damage their child if they do it another way, or that they may miss out on a cue from their babies. Whatever the case, the end result is always an emotionally and physically drained mother, who is absolutely no good to her child or her spouse. She has poured out all of her love, energy and resources and has nothing left to give, and never takes a moment to replenish. My husband would often say "go rest… for our sakes." A happy, rested mother is a better, more patient and loving mother. So please, let your baby take a nap in her cot or hand over your baby to daddy or granny an hour or two, and replenish. Take a long bath. Sleep. Rest. Fill up. A happy mother is a better mother.
What If I Cannot Touch My Child?
So, although I strongly advocate immediate skin-on-skin cuddles with your baby as soon as they are out of the womb, this is not always possible (in cases of medical emergencies or complications). Our babies are whisked away before we get a chance to hold them or 'birth bond' with them. "Will my child still bond with me? Will they feel alone / rejected / unloved / isolated / unwanted?" we worry. I assure you that as long as you care for your child and offer consistent love and cuddles (as much as they will permit in hospital, and lots at home) your child and you will bond beautifully.
What If I Don't Want To Touch My Child?
Sometimes, through no fault of our own, or our baby, there are no loving feelings after birth, especially if it has been a particularly difficult birth, or if there are other extenuating circumstances around the birth. Some moms just need a bit of a chance to recover after they have given birth. Give yourself a break and find your feet, without the pressure of instant bonding!
My one good friend gave me great advice: Just keep it alive for the first six weeks, and after that you can worry about bonding!
In my foggy, exhausted, hormonal brain it was exactly what I desperately needed to hear. No pressure to be Mary Poppins just yet. Just do what you can do, keep the baby alive, and worry about being the perfect parent later. True as bob, after that six week marker, something just clicked and it started becoming slightly more doable.
For some of us moms, however, that feeling of disconnect doesn't seem to lift. Many, many new moms suffer from post natal depression (PND), which is very real and is not a thing of shame or any indication of what kind of mother they are. It is just what it is, and thankfully, it is very treatable.
So if you feel antagonistic or even aggressive towards your child, please talk to someone about it. Once you've chatted to your doctor and start treatment, it will make bonding and the initial baby-stage so much more bearable. You'll feel like your old self again and feel more able to deal with bonding with your newborn and everything else.
So there you have it moms.
Even at this stage, with my girls being three years old and long past the newborn stage, that each phase of development opens different avenues for bonding. It is something that takes place over years, and I am so looking forward to a lifetime of bonding opportunities and memories ahead.
Happy parenting,
Love, Gaya


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