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the years to come?
I did not and could not ever vote for a candidate like Mr. Obama, who
espouses a vast and unaffordable entitlement society, and who has no
conception of the limits of government and its provision of cradle to
grave care. Sadly, I cannot in good conscience cast a ballot for the
Republican either, given that the GOP candidate is not competent to be
the leader of the free world.
I will cast a vote of conscience for Libertarian Party candidate and
former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson. I will sleep better for it
over the next four years.


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An essential and concise guide to understanding and implementing Compiere.
Products are an integral part of the ERP transactional process, and thus require a detailed explanation in the setup process, not only from the master data point of view but also for transactional processes.
We will therefore describe how Compiere handles Product. In this article by Andries L Pretorius, author of Compiere 3 Implementation Guide we shall learn:
- Give you an overview of the concept of a product
- Show you how to set up price lists and discount schemas
(For more resources on Compiere 3, see here.)
The product definition
The concept of a product in Compiere is that it is something that you buy or sell and has a price. It would include:
- Inventory items (items that you store and track)
- Non-stock items (still items, but you do not store or track them)
- Services
- Resources
- Expense types
In addition to a product, Compiere allows for charges (account aliases), as well as customer assets on transactional lines.
When to use a charge and not a product: It's logical to use charges where a mere account entry is required and the many descriptions that a product requires are not required for the transaction. An example would be marketing or an admin expense.
When to use a customer asset and not a product: Customer assets are extended instances of a Compiere product. An example would be where a Desktop PC is sold or purchased and becomes an asset or equipment type that need to be tracked.Customer assets are therefore used for asset or equipment related business process information.
Products allow for many descriptive attributes in its master setup.
Describing a product
Product information and features can be extended and described in Compiere in the following manner:
- Basic Product Information: Basic product information includes search key values, Descriptions, Unit of Measure, UPC, EAN. Critical for basic product information are Product categories, which group products into related products.
- Product BOM (Bill of Material): More advanced products would include BOM kits that are made up of other products (referred to as BOM components).
- Substitute / Related Products: This refers to products that may be related to the product being searched for.
- Product Replenishment: This describes the rules of how a product would be replenished. This would, for instance, include minimum and maximum quantities to hold in stock.
- Product Purchasing information: This refers to the set-up around how a product is purchased—for instance the default vendor and the vendor's product code.
- Product Locator: Where products are currently located in the warehouse.
- Product Business Partner: This describes additional information used when products are purchased.
- Product Price: A product may have multiple price lists attached to it, and depending on the Business Partner or transactional document this can be defaulted as required.
- Product Accounting: This describes which standard account elements are to be used for a transactional document. Usually, similar products have the same accounting rules and as such the accounting for Product Categories would be setup and maintained, rather than individual product categories.
- Product Unit of Measure conversions: Where applicable, products may have conversions applicable to them—for instance converting a 6-pack quantity sold to an, each, quantity during purchasing.
- Product Attributes: Attribute sets allow you to further extend the product information into, for example, instance sets such as lots and serial numbers.Non-instance sets are also catered for, such as colour or size sets that can be used for searching the products.
Setting up a Product
Prior to setting up a product, you should make sure that the following is set up:
- Warehouse and Locators: The system logic here is that a Product must be sold/delivered from somewhere within the organization. Make sure that you set up your warehouse and Locators first. Use virtual warehouse and locators where they are not physical.
- Units of Measure: Review the system standard units of measure and add your own units of measure if applicable.
- Product Categories: Define your groupings prior to setting up products since it will reduce data maintenance time.
- Tax Categories: Pre-define the applicable tax categories if they are product specific.
- Price lists: In order to use a product it must have a price which is set up through Price Lists (it includes sales and/or purchase price lists).
The above set-up is performed through the Product Setup menu items, which are grouped as follows in the main menu:
You start entering a product through the Product window:
The additional Product Descriptions (listed above) are added through the following tabs in the Product window:
Price Lists
In order for products to be used in the sales or purchasing cycle, they must have prices. A product can have the following three line prices set up:
- List Price: The list price before discounts of a product.
- Standard Price: The standard price of a product.
- Limit Price: The lowest price at which a product can be sold or purchased.Usually used by management as a pricing control limit for sales reps.
The product price information (in the context of the price list version) is accessed through the Product Price| window:
Pricing logic flow
Price lists determine the price to be used in the context of the transaction(sales / purchase) and the chosen Business Partner. The basic logic for determining the price is as follows:
- A price list has a version, and the latest version of a price list is used during sales or purchasing (or both).
- If a Business Partner (customer or vendor) is assigned a Price list, then this Price List is used to determine the price for the transaction.
- If a Business Partner is not assigned a price list, then the Business Partner Group's defined price lists is used.
- If the Business Partner Groups' price list is not defined, then the default sales or purchase price list is used (this is indicated throught the isDefault checkbox in the price list window header).
- If a product is not assigned the relevant price list, an error is given and the user cannot continue.
- The system also considers that a price list is Tenant and Organization specific.
In terms of price discounting, a product can be assigned to a Discount Schema. In such a case, the following discount schema options are available:
- Price lists: This is the normal type of discount calculation, and is based on the price list-that is—a discount off the list price based on a distributor or reseller price list.
- Flat Percentage: This refers to a flat percentage discount arrangement.
- Quantity Discount Breaks: This discount schema refers to quantity breaks, where items purchased at different quantity levels attract more discount-for example,—100/10% or 1000/20%.
Setting Up a Price List and version
As mentioned, a price list can have one or more versions, which are time based. This is set up as follows:
Enter a price list through the Price List window. Here, we enter a sales pricelist as follows:
Create one or many price list versions through the Price List | Version tab, with the following options:
- Dicscount Schema: This specifies the discount rules to be applied when creating or updating the price list.
- Base Price List: This indicates a price list upon which to base the discount schema rules.
- Valid from date: The price list will be used for new order or invoice transactions from this date. Transactions prior to this date will not be affected.
A price list may be set up to be inclusive of tax. In this case the accounts posting on the document is adjusted to reflect the inclusive tax accounting. Enforcing price limits ensures that the end-user cannot enter a price lower that the price lists, limit price for the product.
A price list is either imported, manually entered, or updated based on another price list, through the discount schema.
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(For more resources on Compiere 3, see here.)
Illustrating a price list increase
To illustrate the process of a applying a price list increase, we will create a new price list version with a 10 percent increase on the existing version.
One enters the discount schema detail through the Discount Schema window. We will select a PriceList discount type, as the calculation will be based on the price list values:
The next step is to create the Price List line calculation paramaters for the discount schema:
The pricing discount line for the increase is entered as follows:
- Select the Price Base: This defines which price base is affected (List, /Standard / Limit).
- Enter the List price Discount: A discount is normally entered as a positive, but because we are performing a price increase we enter a negative amount.
- List Price Rounding option: Compiere allows different rounding methods, and as illustrated we selected the Rounding to the nearest Ten (10,20,30) option, for pricing policy reasons.
Finally, we run the increase for the Price List version illustrated as follows:
Discount Breaks
Discount breaks are trade discounts applied through different quantity or value breaks/levels. Setting up a Discount Schema for discounts break based on a quantity sliding scale is entered through the Discount Schema window, as follows:
In a sliding scale discount break, Compiere applies the first discount break that meets the discount criteria, therefore for the example above, an order of 1000 or above would have a 40% discount, 500-999 would have 20% discount, an order of between 10 to 499 would have 4% discount, and 0-9 would have 0% discount
Pricing Decimal Precisions
Compiere allows for different pricing decimal precisions, which may be a requirement in the enterprise during different transaction types:
- Unit of measure: You can define pricing decimal precisions for accounting and cost calculation separately
- Currency: You can define pricing decimal precisions for accounting and cost calculation separately
- Price List: You can define the price precision
Managing Products as Services
Service items are not treated as stock and are usually not purchased. Service items are managed as non-stocked items and have different accounting entry implications,by default. Service items are set up through the Product window as follows:
We covered the following in this article:
- The basic characteristics of a product, and how to set up a product item
- How to set up and use price lists and discount schemas
If you have read this article you may be interested to view:
Overview of the Compiere Application Dictionary and its Components [article]
Adding a Custom Field in Compiere 3 [article]
Setting Up a Basic Document Workflow in Compiere 3 [article]
Material management using Compiere 3[article]
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About the Author :
Andries L Pretorius
Andries L Pretorius, CA(SA) ACMA(UK), an accountant by training who understands programming, is founder of Astidian Systems a leading Compiere and professional open source applications development and consulting house, which is a pioneer in deploying Compiere within its market for more than the last seven years.
He has led many Compiere implementations as well as SAP R/3 and Great Plains (now MS Dynamics) implementations both from a consulting and business owner perspective. He has been the lead architect in many custom Compiere enhancements and has over 15 years of experience in ERP and CRM applications.
His experience includes CFO and COO of leading South African retail, wholesale, and distribution enterprises, financial manager at a telecoms provider in Singapore as well as being articled at Deloitte Johannesburg and New York offices.
You can reach him on his blog on www.astidian.com/blog.
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Support forums for all POD HD products
by fechart on 2012-09-15 23:17:47
Hello everybody,
I´m connecting my POD HD 500 and my Laney TT50C amp by the 4CM. I also use a Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe distortion pedal between the FX SEND of the POD and the INPUT of the amp. It all works perfectly but...
I´ve noticed that not only the POD causes a loss of signal level, there is also a tone sucking that I´ve mostly noticed when I turn on the Pinnacle pedal. This is of course comparing the Pinnacle connected straight to the amp´s clean channel and when inserted in the 4CM.
I´ve followed JIMSREYNOLDS steps for making the connections and level adjustments here: http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2522
Jim says that it is important to insert in the signal chain a Studio EQ set to + 12 dB, just before the FX LOOP block, to compensate the level drop between the HD Input and the HD FX Loop. That´s OK.
The thing is that a friend told me that I should use a DI box (or Direct Box), between the amp´s FX SEND and the POD´s FX RETURN. That would prevent tone sucking and signal loss at the same time...
Has anybody tried this??
Jim? Any words?
Here´s a diagram of the connections I'm explaining:
Thanks in advance and cheers!
by jimsreynolds on 2012-09-16 05:03:24
The DI Box can sometimes be used to convert between a consumer/amp/stompbox level and professional line level signal but I am not sure what is intended here. Does your friend say how he suggests the levels should be set to use this?
For clarity, is there a loss of 'signal level' - i.e. how much distortion you hear on a crunchy channel - or 'volume' - i.e. the amp is quieter?
The problem level is most likely to be the one between the HD Send and the Preamp input (including the Pinnacle).
The mission here is generally to make sure that the Pod Send level is pretty much identical to the signal sent by the guitar on it's own. This can be hard to compare but is made easier using a bypass box of some kind. Another way is to set the gain on the amp so that you can just hear distortion when you play really hard. Then you can compare levels between the Pod and guitar direct by listening to the comparative distortion levels and adjusting the Studio EQ level to make them the same.
I am assuming that the Pinnacle is True bypass. If things get quieter when you engage the Pinnacle then that would suggest that the signal between the Pod Send and Preamp input may be too high and you should back off the Studio EQ a little. Make sure that you have the Pinnacle set so that it has identical volumes between on and off (when guitar and Pinnacle are plugged direct into the amp) before you set the levels when in 4CM.
You can easily check for a level mismatch somewhere between the Pre-amp send and poweramp return by flipping the amp loop on and off (with a clean, uneffected patch) and comparing the volume levels. Use the Mixer level to get the levels balanced.
I am not dissing the DI Box idea, I just don't understand what it is trying to achieve.
by fechart on 2012-09-17 03:25:03
Thank you Jim, I will talk with my frien again, he is using this method with a TC Electronics MFX and a Carvin Legacy. He says he has no tone suck and volume loss this way...
by fechart on 2012-11-16 15:18:51
Hi Jim and everybody,
I talked to my friend again , and he uses a cheap Behringer DI Box, this is the link: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/DI100.aspx
Heinserts it in the 4CM as shown in the diagram, and he says the result is wonderful... no level drop, no tone suck...
He connects the FX Send of the amp to the input of the DI Box and the LINK output of the DI Box to the FX Return of the TC Electronics MFX.
According to him, the DI Box levels the impedance, and that´s the reason why there´s no level drop or tone suck...
I´m really curious about this issue.... I know I´ll end buying one of these!
by jimsreynolds on 2012-11-17 03:38:32
Well I guess depending on the amp that might be necessary or useful. On a well designed amp you expect the FX send to be low impedance and the HD FX Return should be high impedance (can't lay hands on a spec ... anyone). If this is not the case (for whatever reason) then yeah, maybe the DI Box will help.
The Behringer box is cheap enough. I see those units everywhere and they are useful in all kinds of roles so yeah there is certainly not much downside in trying.
If you wanted to spread the risk/functionality even further, you could consider going for the version with the built-in speaker sim http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/GI100.aspx).">http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/GI100.aspx">http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/GI100.aspx). Forum members (notably the late, great Nick Mattocks) used this version when connecting an HD500 simultaneously to a PA and real amp. It works round the limitation on the HD500 where you need a Speaker Sim for the Desk but not for the amp, e.g. http://line6.com/support/message/251797#251797.">http://line6.com/support/message/251797#251797">http://line6.com/support/message/251797#251797. Just thinking aloud.
by fechart on 2012-12-20 08:33:16
Hi Jim,
Finally I tried it myself... I bought a Behringer DI 600 P passive DI Box for U$S 53. And I have to tell you that throwing the money to the trash would have been better...
The thing is that the signal of the 1/4" OUT of a DI Box is the SAME as the 1/4" IN. No impedance change, nothing. That conclusion not only comes from my experience, it´s what the MANUAL says!!! The 1/4" OUT acts as a LINK, just to connect your instrument to an amp for example, WHILE you are connecting to a mixer through the XLR BALANCED OUTPUT of the DI Box.
So I still have the same problem of the tone suck and level drop produced by the POD HD 500...
I find that even when you add the Studio EQ in front of the FX Loop with +12db, the tone is not the same. Lacks of volume and gain, and the tone is a little muddier than the one achieved connecting the guitar straight into the amp.
So I guess my friend out there is having a placebo effect... But he still assures that it works!
I started thinking of buying a boost / buffer pedal such as WAMPLER DECIBEL +, but I don´t know... perhaps I´ll be wasting my money too... what do you think?
by jimsreynolds on 2012-12-20 11:05:11
I guess I am not that confident that a clean boost pedal will work if the EQ boost does not but I guess that if you are willing to take a chance then it is worth a go. I would buy and sell on ebay or something to minimise the cost/risk if it does not work.
I still think that you have a problem with the levels at your amp input but we need to break it down a bit more. A few random thoughts ...
- Are you on the latest firmware? You need to be.
- Do you have the mixer panned to centre? Should be.
- Is the pad switch turned off? Should be.
- What do you have Input 2 configured as .... 'Same' or 'Variax'
Does it make any difference to the volume level with the amp loop on or off?
by lukegeis on 2012-12-20 16:50:04
Here is the real inherent issue with the 4CM approach......... There becomes a mess of cables that are 20' in length ( usually ) and being used in a system that is likley designed for high impedance devices.
It's the high impedance design standard that causes the " tone suck " and it's the 40-60' of cable that makes it even worse. If you were to simply take a 20' cable and place it between the send and return of the POD's FX loop, does the sound change? Maybe, maybe not? Now lets add another 20' for a total of 40' and see if it changes things; My guess is that it does. Do the same thing to the guitar amp and I bet the results are similar. The FX loops in most guitar amps are usually designed for high impedance devises like your stomp boxes and some FX rack units. When you run any more than about 20' of cable between the send and return, tone suck becomes likley. This is likely why you notice " tone suck ". There is just too much cable between the two devices.
This is where the DI box comes in. It changes a high impedance signal into a low impedance one. The lower the impedance the longer the run of cable you can have before " tone suck " occurs. The typical guitar amp input is around 1meg while the typical guitar impedance is around 50K. Your standard issue sm58 microphones impedance is around 600 ohms, with most mic inputs being around 10K ohms. There is a HUGE difference between these two system types. This is why it doesnt usually work well to just take a guitar and plug it straight into the PA mixer. There are also two different operating levels. -10db is the standard for most guitar equipment and home theater products, while line level or +4db is the standard for pro audio and commercial level quipment. The two don't usually mix very well. The -10 db is usually designed to work with quarter inch and RCA type inputs and is not designed to run long distances before signal degradation can occur. The +4db equipment is designed for very low noise and to run signal over very long distances.
I just looked up what the specs are on a Peavey 6505+ head. It's FX loop is designed for -10db outputs and has a high impedance return. This HiZ return is going to " tone suck " if anything longer than 20' is in between it and the last device. This Is probably typical for most amps these days as most people will insert FX pedals into the loop and not rack gear. Rack gear will not always cure issues either, as most are designed to run at both -10db and +4db. If you run a Hi Z ouput into a low Z input you get noise, low makeup gain and signal quality will be low. If you place a low Z ouput into a Hi Z input you can get lots of noise and low volume range before clipping occurs. It's always best to run equipment at the same operating level from beggining to end. In the guitar amp case -10db is the most obvious choise. This still doesn't fix the cable length issue and " tone suck " though. A buffered signal that is ran at -10db, or +4db will run a longer length cable and maintain signal quality. The -10db/+4db is the reference level at which the signal is set at and does not refer to it's impedance. It's wether the signal sent is Lo Z, or Hi Z that makes the difference.
The DI box may work rather well if placed in the right spot in your signal chain. There are no specs that I have found on the POD HD and what it's FX loop is designed to work at? My guess is that it is a Hi Z return seeing as how tone suck was noticed. The send is likely -10db nominal, but not Lo Z enough to drive long cable lengths? The only way to get the benefits of a DI box though is to use the 1/4" input and then use an adaptor from its XLR output back to a 1/4" plug. However I don't think you will notice any difference even if you use the DI box. It may help enough at that point to be better, but you may need two or even three DI boxes to get the signal back to the way it was when it left each unit and be actually 100% again.
The 4CM is a clever way to get a very versital system, but I see no value in it. The set up time is increased and there is just that much more to go wrong. Not to mention the possibility of " TONE SUCK ".......... I am in the school of thought that you should get what you want without the help. May as well just run into the POD into the FX return of the guitar amp and just build a patch that has a similar sound to the amp on it's own. Forget having to buy twice as many cables and double the set up time. I just want to play and sound good; right now.......
by jimsreynolds on 2012-12-21 05:12:06
Long cables in an unbalanced setup are always going to be a problem but that aint just a 4CM issue - a pedal board front of stage would suffer the same thing. Wherever an individual cable run gets long it is advisable to put a buffer in. Does the HD500 buffer well? No idea, like you I have never found the stats to confirm one way or the other. It ain't clear that cable lengths are the issue here but they are certainly addressable using relatviely cheap buffer pedals if that is indeed the issue.
For a pro stage I would suggest that the the brain (HD500 or Pro) stay at the back with the amp and that front of stage should just be a Midi controller. That way all sound-carrying cables are kept short (with the exception of the guitar --> Pod cable which might be wireless) and just Midi and power runs need to be considered for long runs to front of stage.
Again, the straight Pod --> PA or Pod --> Amp is simpler and easier to manage but if you like the sound of your amp then 4CM is a win. It takes me no longer to plugin than a pedalboard and I can use Midi on the Pod and Amp to sync up the channels and patches.
by fechart on 2012-12-22 08:03:49
Hi Lukegeis and Jim,
Thank you for your answers.
Lukegeis: You´re right about the cables length, all my cables are 20' long, they are good quality Fender cables and I didn´t want to cut them... But I´ve seen many reviews about the cables length issue and the tone suckiing they produce...
Here you have a good analysis of this issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOWeoizp4y0
Youridea of using an XLR to 1/4" cable for the DI Box sounds interesting, I will try it...
Jim: I agree with you about the 4CM. I think it is a fantastic and very versatile method, allowing you to use your amp´s preamp. You know I´m an "amp guy"!!! There´s something about guitar amps that fascinates me, I feel they are "the real thing", despite there are many people out there using FRFR monitors and PA systems.
Thanks for all your help and interest on this issue!
by vidaljuanes on 2012-12-22 10:04:02
Gracias por tan interesantes comentarios.
Thank you for such interesting comments
by jimsreynolds on 2012-12-22 12:09:19
I agree. I don't always reach the same conclusions as Luke but he always lays out great facts and arguments in his posts and that sets me thinking ....
by fechart on 2013-01-04 12:33:08
Hi guys,
Finally i bought a n XLR to 1/4" cable and tried the DI BOX, connecting it as shown in the diagram below:
The results were two:
1 - There´s much less "tone sucking". I recovered the brightness of the original tone, that is to say, connecting the guitar (and the Pinnacle pedal) straight to my amp.
2 - There´s a big volume decrease when I connect the DI BOX. But somehow this seems to be desirable. Before using the DI BOX, I had to set down the mixer´s level on the POD, to compensate my amp´s preamp volume and the POD volume (my amp´s preamp volume is much higher). I don´t know the explanation for this, or whether is it normal or not... But when I set the mixer levels to zero in a patch that uses my amp´s preamp, while the DI BOX is connected, the output volume gets leveled with the volume of those patches that use the POD modelling...
I would appreciate any comments on this, specially by Jim and Lukegeis.
Thanks and cheers!
by fechart on 2013-01-05 05:33:17
Hi guys,
Finally i bought a n XLR to 1/4" cable and tried the DI BOX, connecting it as shown in the diagram below:
The results were two:
1 -There´s much less "tone sucking"!!!!! I recovered the brightness of the original tone, that is to say, connecting the guitar (and the Pinnacle pedal) straight to my amp.
2 - There´s a big volume decrease when I connect the DI BOX. But somehow this seems to be desirable. Before using the DI BOX, I had to set down the mixer´s level on the POD, to compensate my amp´s preamp volume and the POD volume (my amp´s preamp volume is much higher). I don´t know the explanation for this, or whether is it normal or not... But when I set the mixer levels to zero in a patch that uses my amp´s preamp, while the DI BOX is connected, the output volume gets leveled with the volume of those patches that use the POD modelling...
I would appreciate any comments on this, specially by Jim and Lukegeis.
Thanks and cheers!
by CairnsFella on 2013-01-05 17:43:54
Is this what people usually do with the 4CM
I mean, am I missing something, or is this set up more suited to a multi fx pedal (or even just a few required stomps). I mean the external pre-amp, power amp, and external distortion are being used (as well as the DI box now). Thats as much stuff going on outside the HD as I use inside it for many patches.
I have glanced through a lot of 4CM posts, but as it isnt something I have used (No guitar amp anyway (other than a little cube)) I havent really taken too much on board. But Im thinking about trying it out with my bass rig just for a try out, so I thought I had best read some of the posts in more detail. I guess I should go back and re-read the posts I have skimmed, as I cant really grasp the point from this thread (especially of there is tone suck issues on top).
by jimsreynolds on 2013-01-06 04:08:02
Luke may have a better grip on what is happening here than I am. It sounds like the DI may be doing a better job of impedance matching betwen the Pod and the pinnacle than the cable alone was - which is interesting.
If I understand what is happening: the DI box has an internal transformer that is doing the impedance match or impedance bridge for you. I remember using a hum-killer transformer with my rig once (Behringer HD400) and I had a level drop then so i guess there may be a degree of power loss with the transformer in-line which are then compensating for on the pod. No basic problem with that if you are not losing any frequencies.
by jimsreynolds on 2013-01-06 04:09:18
CairnsFella .. the doc here explains why people would want to do 4CM and what it does for you. May be helpful. ==> http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2523">http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2523">http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2523


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Foods You Enjoy for Breakfast that are non-typical
yes, prompted by that other breakfast thread.... i do like many 'typical' breakfast foods, but i also like some non traditional ones, especially leftovers.
top on my list would be cold leftover pizza. on a warm summer morning (or almost any morning in Honolulu) it really hits the spot. just love it for breakfast. i go out of my way to make sure at least a slice or two is leftover after having pizza the night before.
pie - my favorite is apple, and most of the time pecan is too sweet, but in a pinch it will do. If i liked pumpkin i am sure it would be on my list.
stew - one of the best reasons for owning a microwave is heating up things like beef stew for breakfast.
spaghetti - or other similar pasta dish. again the microwave is a hero.
oddly enough sandwiches are not on my list, although there should be a law that leftover turkey, ham, or roast beef must be reserved for the making of sandwiches, but for me thats snack, lunch, or even dinner food, not breakfast.
I haven't done it in years, but when we were kids, a big piece of cake from last night's dessert in a bowl with milk. (yes, I hear the collective gasp. We lived.)
If you define 'breakfast' as the day's first meal, but not necessarily early in the morning.....well - then I guess I'm pretty flexible as to what goes in my mouth.
I tend to just have coffee before I wake up '-), but a couple hours later, the sky's the limit. While I often will make such typical things as scrambled eggs and a grapefruit on the side with a glass of milk, my "breakfasts" these last days ranged from
whole grilled trout/mackerel
spicy Thai dim sum & larb
fried fish with potato salad.
Again, my 'breakfast' is everyone else's lunch probably (time & meal-wise), but it's MY breakfast.
KaimukiMan, I am with you on the leftovers. Most anything will do as I am not a huge fan of traditional breakfast foods. If I go out I always look for a place that will serve from the lunch menu at breakfast. Sometimes this puts a damper on getting the meal out as quickly, but hey I am worth the wait right? A favorite was a chicken Buffalo sandwhich with onion rings.
I've never eaten "breakfast food" for breakfast. Today I'm going to have chili. I'm not eating cake or ice cream these days, but if I were, I find both perfectly acceptable first meals in the morning. I'm eating eggs again (scrambled or omelets only) after being sick of them for about three years, but I don't necessarily eat them for breakfast.
Left over fried Catfish from the night before...warmed a bit on a griddle....Hot Coffee!
This time of year, when HG tomatoes are rolling in the back door...Biscuits & Tomatoes...Cut open the biscuit...add a little butter and a honkin slice of fresh tomato, S&P and eat like a sandwich....I also like lots of sliced tomatoes with Grits, eggs, bacon, etc...Yum Yum!
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I eat just about anything for breakfast, be it savory or not.
About the only savory item that I do not typically eat for breakfast is soup.
But everything else is probably fair game, from leftovers, to desserts (like cold pie), to ice cream, to fruit, pastas, steak, seafood, etc.
When I was a kid, my mom would make My-T-Fine chocolate pudding and serve it hot for breakfast on a cold morning...she would call it "chocolate soup"...haven't had it in years but boy was that good!!
re: Cakegirl
Fried rice. At my husband's request, I now make way too much steamed rice for dinners with the intention of keeping the leftovers for frying the next day with an egg. It can be simple, just a lot of black pepper, some salt and sesame oil, or more elaborate, with green onions, a leftover meat, mushrooms, whatever veggies we have hanging around, etc. I've also turned leftover steamed rice into congee the next day, which is a great blank canvas to take other leftover proteins.
I'm not that keen to eat leftover dinner for a second dinner, but I'll happily down them as breakfast the next day. My husband will stop eating a pizza when there are a few slices left, just to guarantee cold pizza for breakfast the next day, much like a poster above said.
A cheeseburger with a hot cup of coffee makes a remarkably good breakfast--especially at a dive diner.
re: Leper
re: Leper
I remember doing the exact same thing for one full year in college for breakfast every morning, and even infrequently thereafter. Great ratio of protein to carbs to start the day. Never could find someone to make mine for me at 8am, though.
Edit: Suppose you'd call what I did a patty melt actually. I used potato bread pan fried in extra virgin on one side.
I think my very favorite non-standard breakfast has eggs in it, but its best version is fried cakes of leftover mashed potato, with the eggs on top, and over that some of the leftover meat heated up in brown gravy. OR leftover chicken (if that's what we had) in chicken gravy. And then everything gets chopped up, whereupon Mrs. O averts her eyes and shudders (or did, back when I was still eating that kind of thing). Biscuits on the side.
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re: Will Owen
My mom used to make the best potato cakes- mix leftover mashed potatoes with a lot of flour and a couple of eggs, add salt, pepper, and a healthy sprinkling of chives, slap by big spoonfuls into a buttered hot skillet, turn when browned on the bottom. Oh my gosh they were good. I may have to break my own rule and make mashed potatoes this weekend in the middle of a 107-degree heat wave just so I can make some potato cakes.
I've been experimenting with different foods for breakfast. I am liking salmon burgers (Pacific) for breakfast with toast. I also like those small sweet peppers and or cherry tomatoes with breakfast. And I like a BLT when we finally get local tomatoes available. I also like a grilled cheese or grilled peanut butter sandwich for breakfast.
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re: sueatmo
re: Will Owen
I admit that Trident makes the salmon burgers I eat for breakfast--or lunch. Both Mr. Sueatmo and I like them for other meals too. Your way of eating them sounds wonderful. I'll have to try wasabi mayo. Never had that. And there is no reason why I can't take my low carb toast and make a sandwich out of the salmon burger.
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Yes from Costco and from my regular grocer. The brand is Trident. The Costco ones are really big. The ones from the grocer are smaller. I grill them on my handy dandy cast iron grill pan. They are pretty natural, but they do have salt. I love having them in my freezer ready to be pulled out and grilled.
some interesting replies when the topic came up last year:
I've been hooked on the spicy noodle bowls for breakfast recently. I blame Bourdain.
Quick, easy, cheap, and a huge variety has become available in the area in recent years. I'll sometimes substitute a healthy dollop of sambal and a dash of soy sauce for the heavily sodium laden seasoning packets included.
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Lately I like the rice-noodle based ones more than the ramen-based ones. The rice noodle hot soups seem like a natural for breakfast because they are light, not heavy at all. In either, I'll poach an egg and/or some tofu. You can always add in cold pieces of any protein or veg left over from the nught before, like steak sllces & a few green beans.
Brown rice with cubed mozzarella, let it melt a bit before eating. I don't think rice for breakfast is unusual. Sometimes we have congee with dried fruit and nuts.
Agree with pickled and smoked fish for breakfast. Good stuff but have some mints handy.
If I happen to be in a diner then a cheese burger and fries is good choice
We usually have a Norwegian frukost bord on Sunday's, open face sandwiches w/ herring, sardines, salami,cheeses. thin slices of tomato, peppers and cuke. We generally begin w/ Norwegian gjeitost ( a sweet brown goat cheese) on a buttered Wasa flat bread and topped w/ slice of hot boiled egg. and end w/ jam, and butter on a Wasa.
( just made for a Chow buddy, Dogracs, an old Dumkeg family favorite, French toast topped w/ liverwurst and real maple syrup. Don't knock it 'till you try it. Sweet and savory.
Tamales w/ poached eggs
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As it is in southern AZ. I like the white, DH vacillates between white and red. I really get cravings for menudo if I haven't had it in a while.
Is NM menudo different from Tucson menudo? I would have said Arizona menudo but i don't think i"ve even heard the word spoken in the Phoenix area.
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I can't eat first thing in the moring and I don't do regular breakfast food except for maybe ham biscuits or sausage gravy and biscuits. I just finished a bowl of half runner beans and new potatoes along with a tomato for my breakfast this morning. I also like a bowl of leftover cornbread and buttermilk for breakfast
Ah, but now's the time to let go of the family secret:
Well not exactly the BBurns variety, but something I find quite close:
steel-cut oat meal cooked slowly until there is barely any water left--gloppy/soupy--into which is added ANY savory leftover from the night, or week, before.
Meat, fowl, seafood, lumpy gravy, veggies, Asian, whatever you have on hand, coarsely chopped into bite-sized pieces stirred in, till warmed through.
A tablespoon or two of congealed fat from a roast, even bacon, gives added flavor.
If you want to get fancy, add a gently poached egg to the top of each serving.
This is my idea of a great breakfast.
Serve with salt, pepper, and low sodium soy sauce.
Breakfast today:
Steamed (boiled) rice with liver and pork lap cheong steamed in the rice,
Sour mustard and pork spare ribs soup.
I love to have Natto (fermented soybeans) for breakfast, which is not at all typical in the U.S.
However, Natto for breakfast is quite typical in Japan.
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I retain a firm image of mornings at McDonald's in Japan,
where the bins were stuffed full of Filet-o-Fish.
I far preferred natto and miso and dried fish and a ration of fiddleheads,
but for them, I had to go elsewhere.
But still, those McD's mornings were not wasted, were fun,
fish and potatoes fried and cheese and steamed buns.
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Most commercial natto comes with a liquid seasoning packet that is based on soy sauce and bonito stock. I mix it in, stir up the natto to make it creamy then put it on top of hot rice. I suppose I have become used to the flavor, and the smell, because I don't find it off-putting at all. I might add that it took several times of eating natto to become used to it, but like blue cheese, once you come to like it you find you really love it. Good luck. Is it available where you live?
A breakfast burger. Take one left-over, cooked, hamburger patty, two slices of buttered, white bread toast, strawberry jam and ketchup. Warm hamburger patty in microwave and assemble into a breakfast burger. I'll have one a couple of times a year. It's a comfort food from childhood.
Cold pizza and root beer is the breakfast of champions!
One of my favorites from high school was the morning after a fried chicken dinner. I would take a couple pieces of chicken and pull off the meat, mix it with some of the gravy (we're southern we always make gravy) and heat it up. Mix with a couple of biscuits or pieces of toast and you've got a FANTASTIC breakfast!
We have a Christmas morning tradition where I bake spareribs (oven baking is not BBQ but will do in a pinch) so they are done around 9:00 a.m. Then served traditionally with white bread and a Blood Mary.
re: Leper
re: huiray
re: sunshine842
I wouldn't have thought the egg noodles/leeks/fennel I suggested would be "uptown". ??
((shrug)) I myself don't like white bread, and was thinking aloud about other things to use besides the bread.
Sorry if you consider it hoity-toity to think about pairing oven-baked ribs with something other than white bread and 'wrecking it' that way.
@Leper, just ignore this exchange. I trust you enjoy your nice meal every Christmas.
re: huiray
Personally, I'd leave out the spare ribs *and* the white bread, and let you make egg noodles/leeks/fennel with something completely different. But it's Leper's tradition, so for the purposes of this thread, I'd leave it as it is.
And no, I don't think you were being "hoity-toity." Maybe a little "uptown," but that's not a bad thing.
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re: sunshine842
It ought to have been clear (in context) that I was thinking about Leper's breakfast as adapted for myself. Leper is perfectly free to do as he wishes. I was commenting on his breakfast, just as you commented on my latest posted breakfast earlier in this thread - as something you would not do and can't understand - which I accepted as your opinion. I'm puzzled why you jumped down my throat in this case and accused me of wrong-doing.
re: Leper
Soup -- maybe my favorite. Split pea, chicken noodle, beef barley, French onion (made at home.)
Savory, easy to eat/heat and not sweet in the a.m. - can't do sweet so early any more. My own McMuffin with veggie sausage patty, English muffin and sometimes cheese. Leftover spaghetti's always great, pizza is a given. Leftover dressing from Thanksgiving w/ gravy....awesomely awesome.
About the only thing I haven't had for breakfast might be a tossed salad.
My favorite winter breakfast is canned pumpkin, sprinkled with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. I stir in a tablespoon of cream if I have any, and top with crushed nuts or dried fruit.
My partner particularly enjoys sweet and spicy dried anchovies tossed with ramen and Sriracha.
Our usual breakfast is scrambled eggs mixed with whatever leftovers we have on hand- bits of onion and mushroom, meat, fennel, leeks, even leftover hot wings shredded.
Grilled conch with garlic, 2 over easy, fresh habanero salsa on the side, and a breakfast beer.
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re: sunshine842
"make mine cracked and fried, and you drink my beer, and you're on.
Or grits n grunts."
Interesting, I didn't get the impression you fancied savory breakfasts apart from British-type stuff like sauteed tomatoes, mushrooms, etc. I guess you also don't mind adaptations/substitutions for the poster's b'fast here... ;-)
(Heh, 'grunts' are not conch pieces, grits is not salsa. Just sayin'.)
Sounds like a nice b'fast anyway, whichever variation.
It's interesting that the two foods you mention together and select [and as named] have cultural associations with Bahamian folks or Key West Conches.
re: huiray
I don't, in general -- but yes, grits 'n' grunts is a traditional Bahamian breakfast, as is cracked conch. I lived in the Bahamas for a while a long, long time ago...but frankly haven't had either of them before lunchtime since then.
And cracked conch is typically breaded with crushed saltines...I'm not substituting as much as just choosing another variation on the same theme, and if I left most of the salsa (which I would) it's still not exactly a substitution.
Still can't drink beer before noon, though. Just can't. (Bloody Mary or a Mimosa? I'm all over it, but no beer)
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When I was a kid, we used to get cinnamon peanut butter toast with tea on special occasions. You have to make it just right, though. Toast the bread just good and toasty, slather it with butter, spread it thickly with crunchy peanut butter, and sprinkle it all over with cinnamon and sugar.
My current favorite non-typical American breakfast is an Indian dish called Sabudana Khichdi. I was first served this dish when I stayed at the home of a Hindu friend. Tapioca pearls are soaked and prepared with black mustard seed, turmeric, cumin, cilantro, lemon juice, peas, and freshly roasted peanuts. Mmm mmmm!
Veggo, you are not playing fair with the grilled conch mention! At least not to those of us nowhere near an ocean. I always have grilled conch with garlic over grits with over medium eggs and salsa when we visit Grandma's each summer. My mouth will be watering for a taste of that breakfast for days now.
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A common breakfast when I was growing up spending summers in Atlanta included the previous day's catch of fried bass and bluegill, with us kids fighting over the crunchy tails and fins. Another breakfast fave was fried chicken livers and gizzards- my Atlanta- born and raised dad is still making them at almost 80, along with pecan waffles.
Macaroni and cheese
Soup- usually potato or broccoli
Leftover pizza, warmed up.
Birthday cake.
Pumpkin pie from thanks giving
cold pizza of course
cold leftover meatloaf
cold chicken dipped in cold bbq sauce (I prefer KC Masterpiece)
leftover spaghetti (two ways); mixed w/sauce and eaten cold, or mixed w/sauce and fried in butter then sprinkled w/parmesan
cold chicken or turkey salad made with cranberry mayo
leftover cold cheeseburger patty dipped in cold ketchup
cottage cheese topped with thousand island dressing and sprinkled w/sunflower seeds
polenta is one of my faves for breakfast, cake or creamy style
also love meatball sandwiches
anything spicy works for breakfast for me! stuffed peppers and chili are definitely a favorite as well!
or bbq.... mmmm
finally, if i can add either: peanut butter, chocolate, or cinnamon to it, it is fair game for breakfast for me
Matzo ball soup. Matzo balls have chives added to the batter and are stuffed with a spiced
ground veal. Add home made chicken broth with thin slices of carrot and celery. Savory soup; savory heaven. Also love soft scrambled eggs covered with Wolf Brand canned chili and chopped scalliions. Melt grated cheese over all and enjoy.
Can't do sweet in the a.m..
im guilty of this constantly. It grosses people out, but i fail to understand how sliced tomato on toast is a perfectly acceptable breakfast while spaghetti (essentially the same concept-- tomato + starch) is "disgusting".
Just finished a delicious breakfast of beer-battered fried fish.
I'm allergic to eggs, most fruits, and on steroids. Therefore, I'm allowed to have whatever I want for breakfast. In fact, I think that I might have some nachos for a snack after I manage to choke down the nutritional shake that helps with the bone pain side effects.


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...It seems that Russell Neff did something very odd, by breaking into a home, only in his boxers, cooking a chicken pot pie, and was seen by the homeowner, allegedly licking his remote control!!
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ACTION JACKSON: Vols DE eyes mobile quarterback
There's no perfect way to bring down an elusive quarterback.
Malik Jackson has one method in mind that can be pretty effective against LSU's Jordan Jefferson though.
"I mean, hopefully he doesn't see me coming," the Tennessee defensive end said. "That'd be nice.
"If he does, you just have to do a little bit more to tackle him. If you miss him the first time, just learn from that and if it happens again, try to get him down."
The No. 12 Tigers have given up just five sacks through four games with the versatile Jefferson leading the offense, and his ability to use his feet and become a moving target can make life difficult for a defensive line.
Jefferson has a carry of at least eight yards in each game so far this season for LSU, and though he's not exactly looking to take off on every snap, his mobility could pose problems for a UT defensive line that's struggled to generate pressure.
"They're ranked, so they have to be good," Jackson said. "But I think we can (get a better rush).
"They showed a lot of tendencies, so once we go into the game and do what the coaches told us, we'll be fine. We should get a lot of sacks this week, we've just got to do what coach Chuck (Smith) and coach (Derek) Dooley and (Justin) Wilcox tell us."
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — Everyone keeps asking me: "Why?" They want to know why would I want to serve on the Niagara County Legislature. That question can be answered with many reasons, but I can offer to you an example of my frustration with county government.
On May 21, I had the unfortunate experience of witnessing what they call a Niagara County legislative meeting. This meeting was nothing more than a petty political show led by the legislative majority leader Rick Updegrove. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the behavior of this political majority given the fact that over the last ten years, this same group has caused Niagara County to be the highest taxed County in the entire United States.
But the May 21 meeting was an extra special type of "meeting" for the majority attack dogs. In that meeting, a member of the Legislative Minority proposed a resolution offering the Buffalo Bills to make Niagara County their home if, and only if, they decided to move out of Erie County. The resolution's sponsor stated that he only wanted to offer the Buffalo Bills a reminder that Niagara County is open for business and we will make a good home to them. In fact, this resolution was made in response to a report that came out in March on WGRZ which reported that Niagara Falls was one of the long term future options of the team when their current lease expires.
Given the fact that the resolution offered no promises of county money, land or resources, you would think that every member would jump on board and vote a resounding "YES!" But if that is what you thought, then you, like me, were wrong. This majority group took the opportunity to politicize this non-political issue. My opponent this year, Rick Updegrove argued that this resolution will be an insult to those that sit on the Erie County Legislature. Who does he represent?


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Cleft lip and/or palate - feeding your baby
Disclaimer: This fact sheet is for education purposes only. Please consult with your doctor or other health professional to make sure this information is right for your child.PDF Version available
Sucking is an important skill babies need to feed well. When a baby is born with a cleft lip and/or palate it is often difficult for the baby to suck milk from the breast or bottle. With some adjustments to feeding methods and positioning, your baby should be able to get all the benefits of the feeding experience, e.g. enough nutrition for growth and development, bonding with carer and use of the muscles of the mouth.
Babies with a cleft lip
Babies born with a cleft lip don't usually experience feeding difficulties. In most cases, your baby will still be able to breastfeed. See the section on breast milk and breast feeding for more information.
Babies with a cleft of the soft palate only
If your baby's cleft is narrow and limited to the soft palate, he or she may be able to feed from the breast. In some cases they may need supplementary feeds from a bottle with either expressed breast milk or formula.
Babies with a cleft of the lip and the soft and hard palate
In most cases, these babies are unable to breastfeed. This is because they do not have an adequate palate that separates the nose from the mouth, making it difficult to create enough pressure in the mouth to draw milk from the breast. These babies usually feed successfully with bottles and teats specifically designed for babies with clefts.
You can always try to breastfeed, but remember that the important issues are that your baby has adequate nutrition, gains weight and is content. If breast-feeding is not achieving these outcomes, then it may be necessary to bottle feed as well. Your baby may start their feed at the breast, and complete the feed using a bottle of formula or expressed milk. This combination of feeding methods often provides the best nutrition.
Babies with a Cleft palate:
- May have nasal regurgitation (milk coming out through the nose) during feeding. Gently wipe the milk away.
- May need a longer time to finish a feed (active feeding time may be up to 45 minutes in the first month (active feeding time refers to actual feeding time as distinct from burping, nappy changes etc).
- May need to be burped more often (at least 2-3 times during a feed).
Feeding methods
As discussed above, breastfeeding, bottle-feeding or a combination of the two may be chosen, depending on your baby's cleft condition.
Breast milk and breastfeeding
Current research findings indicate that breast milk is best for babies.
Even though breastfeeding may be difficult for a baby with a cleft palate, there is the option of the mother expressing her milk and giving it to her baby via the bottle. Many mothers of babies who have cleft palates and have not been able to breastfeed opt for this method.
A baby with a cleft of the lip only might successfully breastfeed with some modification in positioning. If the cleft is on one side, positioning your baby with the cleft towards the breast may be helpful. This allows for the cleft to be tucked into the breast tissue and makes it easier for your baby to attach, reducing the amount of air sucked in whilst feeding.
Use of the "football" breastfeeding position can be helpful in positioning the cleft lip toward the breast (see photograph below).
Keeping your baby as upright as possible during feeding will allow the milk to flow down into your baby's stomach easily and help prevent choking. It may also stop milk from going into the nose and the ear canals.
Breastfeeding will be more difficult for babies who have a cleft on both sides of the lip. This is because they may have more difficulty forming an airtight seal around the nipple.
For most babies with a cleft palate, breastfeeding as the only feeding method is not successful in providing enough nutrition for growth. This is because of the cleft and difficulties drawing milk from the breast.
If breastfeeding is chosen, here are some things to consider:
- When breastfeeding an infant with a complete cleft lip/palate, extra effort is needed to maintain milk supply because these babies tend to have weak sucking skills and difficulty emptying the breasts. Ideally mothers should express every 3 hours after feeds in order to establish and maintain their milk supply
- Most of these babies will require supplementary feeds via a squeeze bottle, so it is important to express milk immediately after each feed, to maintain an adequate milk supply and to ensure milk is available for the bottle feed. This can be done by hand or with a manual or electric breast pump.
- At the beginning of the feed, latch your baby onto the breast and "milk" the breast surrounding the areola area by applying gentle pressure with the fingers and squeezing toward the areola. This may help compensate for the lack of suction.
- Breastfeeding can be time-consuming, especially when the time taken to express milk between feeds is factored in. For some mothers, it may be impractical; especially when there are other children to care for.
There is a choice of bottles and teats available for babies with cleft conditions. The bottles are made of soft, squeezable plastic. The teats are specially designed to help your baby draw milk from the bottle even with very little pressure from the tongue against the teat.
The Speech Pathologist or Clinical Nurse Consultant at your Cleft Palate Clinic will be able to advise you on the most suitable type of bottle and teat to use for your baby. They can also provide you with information about where you can purchase these products.
Alternatively, information about purchasing bottles and teats can be found on the fact sheet: "Cleft palate feeding bottles and teats."
If your baby is able to feed effectively with a standard teat and bottle available from supermarkets or chemists, there is no need to use any special equipment.
Feeding Techniques using a squeeze bottle:
When you first get a squeeze bottle, it is a good idea to practise squeezing a water-filled bottle over a sink before feeding. This will give you some idea about how firmly and frequently the bottle needs to be squeezed to get a steady flow of milk.
Establish a rhythm of squeezing the bottle just after your baby suckles. Allow your baby to swallow the milk before squeezing again.
Some further information
- There is no particular formula designed for babies with cleft conditions. If in doubt about the most suitable one, consult a child and family health nurse, GP or paediatrician.
- Clean the area around the cleft thoroughly after each feed with a cotton bud and sterile water.
- Sterilise the squeeze bottles and teats in solution for no longer than one hour. Remove and store in a sterile container between use. Prolonged sterilisation causes the bottles to perish more quickly.
- If your baby is fitted with a plate and there are concerns about feeding, talk to the Orthodontist and Speech Pathologist on the Cleft Palate team.
- Babies with cleft conditions :
- Develop their feeding skills in the same way and at the same times as other babies. For example, solids are introduced at the same age i.e. from around 6 months of age.
- Should gain weight at similar rates to other babies without cleft conditions.
- Should not cough and choke at every feed. If this happens, please consult the Speech Pathologist at your Cleft Palate Clinic.
Breastfeeding after your baby has had surgery
If your baby has had some success breastfeeding up until the time of surgery, he or she is likely to be able to breastfeed following surgery.
Breastfeeding immediately following surgery should be discussed with the managing surgeon.
If your baby has not been breastfed prior to surgery, breast-feeding may be difficult to establish following surgery. Ways to maximise the chance of your baby successfully breast-feeding following surgery can be discussed with the child and family health nurse, Speech Pathologist and Lactation Consultant.
Babies with a cleft take longer to feed, especially in the first month.
Get familiar with using a squeeze bottle before starting to feed your baby.
Keep your baby in an upright position during feeds.
Babies with cleft conditions develop their feeding skills in the same way and at the same times as other babies.
Babies with cleft conditions should gain weight at a similar rate to other babies
Babies with cleft conditions should not cough and choke during feeding.
If you have concerns about feeding, contact the Speech Pathologist at your Cleft Palate Clinic for advice.
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Justin Parker's body told him that enough was enough.
So on Monday, the Tigers' junior linebacker informed head coach Dabo Swinney of his decision: he's going to call it quits on his football career.
Parker, a highly-touted linebacker from Beaufort, S.C., saw spot action and special teams duty for the Tigers during his first two seasons. Then he took a redshirt year last fall as he recovered from groin surgery.
Parker was working his way back into the Tigers' linebacker mix this spring, but has continued to struggle with issues with his left knee that date back to high school.
Swinney said that Parker's decision came as a surprise to him - "literally out of left field."
"He said that he just can't do it anymore with his left knee," Swinney said. "He's kept a lot to himself. He's been playing with pain. He said he wakes up with pain every day.
"He's been playing a long time. It's something he's dealt with since high school, with his left knee. He's just got bone on bone. He's just been doing a lot of thinking. He said he can't do it anymore. The last thing I want is a guy taking Advil every day, just to get through the day."
Swinney described Parker as "one of the most respected guys on this team."
"There has never been one issue with him, has handled himself the right way," he said. "I hate it for him. He's a very mature young man, and I appreciate his efforts and all that he's done. I hate to see his career cut short."
Parker will stay on with the team as a student coach and his scholarship will be honored, but will not count toward Clemson's NCAA limit of 85.


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Thinner Sony Camera Sensor a Perfect Match For Thinner iPhone 5
A thinner iPhone 5 will need thinner components as well. A new, thinner 8MP camera sensor from Sony might be the perfect match for this year's thinner iPhone iteration.
Over the weekend, we talked about a new report that outlines an Apple patent for a thinner, shapeable rechargeable battery that could empower a thinner yet more powerful iPhone 5 form factor. Today, a new report highlighting Sony's new, thinner 8MP camera sensor is yet another piece of evidence that Apple may have the hardware necessary to overhaul the iPhone form factor and make the iPhone 5 thinner.
According to 9to5Mac, Sony's new CMOS image sensor is remarkably thinner than its predecessor: "the new design and manufacturing process behind Sony's image sensor should help engineer a thinner iPhone due to less space used by the Sony chip. Additionally, the Japanese giant's new manufacturing process is cheaper and image quality is better, which are both important feats from Apple's standpoint. The camera module is said to be faster, consume less power and sport higher pixel numbers."
The 9to5Mac article makes a good point: in order for smartphone designers to continue to make thinner form factors, camera modules need to get thinner as well. This new sensor from Sony would seem to be a perfect fit for a thinner iPhone 5. And considering that this story comes right on the heels of the thinner battery patent report. It will be interesting to see if more reports like these surface in the lead-up to the iPhone 5′s release, as reports of thinner hardware components will serve as reasonably corroborative pieces of evidence of a thinner form factor.
Another interesting tidbit regarding the new Sony camera sensor: not only is it thinner and more power efficient, but it may turn out to be a more powerful 8MP camera than what is currently featured on the iPhone 4S. 9to5Mac points out that: "In theory, the imaging circuitry being separate of the sensors could give Apple greater control over the camera system and help increase its functionality by leveraging the company's in-house designed A-series chip. The dual-core A5 chip found inside iPhone 4S is already responsible for some image post-processing, such as video stabilization. Therefore, the design of the new Sony chip would let Apple's silicon take over control of the camera and its performance in ways that were not possible before."
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I'm happy to announce that the brand new design for FantasyFootballFools.com debuted this weekend. It's minicamp time at Fantasy Football Fools, and we put on a few pounds of muscle this offseason. Now we're back in the mix to lock up our starting position — unlike Jeremy Shockey. Yes, we have a new color...Read more →


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VANCOUVER -- Poodle skirts. Ducktails. Pipes!
Get ready to "Cruise the Gut" Saturday evening.
About 5,000 people went back and forth last year along Main and Broadway, with turnarounds at 15th and 28th.
As many as 10,000 were expected Saturday, as the event has gained more sponsorship and greater notoriety.
Bring three cans of food for non-profit Share Vancouver and get a free dash plaque.
Cruising starts at 5 p.m.