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The Goddess of great things - Arundhati Roy
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Arundhati Roy is a woman who needs no introduction. Her voice has been heard, accepted, and amplified, and has been retaliated against. Regardless of how it has been perceived, she has continued to speak her mind with a firmness that makes one wonder where the strength for it comes from.
Last month she announced that her new novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, is ready for release in June 2017 – twenty years after her first, The God of Small Things. Today, on her birthday, let's trace the dauntless steps she has taken in all these years.
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Before there was a God of small things
Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, where she lived for a brief period before moving with her brother and divorced mother to Kerala. As a child, she felt more at home with the Dalits and other 'lower' castes than in the Christian community. She believes that she thinks the way she does because "Nobody paid enough attention to indoctrinate me." Even as a young girl, Roy was a "perfect and a tremendous debater," as her brother, Isaac, recalled. It seemed very much like Roy was already the woman she would become.
Roy spent a brief spell enchanted by the film industry. It was through the filmmaker Pradip Krishnan (whom she would later marry) that she was introduced to movies and television. She appeared in Massey Sahib, directed by Krishnan, and wrote screenplays for Electric Moon and In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones. She won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the latter.
Roy soon lost her enthusiasm for film, broke away from it and worked indiscriminately for some time. In 1992, she began writing The God of Small Things and completed it in 1996. It was a semi-autobiographical novel reflecting her childhood experiences in Aymanam, Kerala. The book received a tremendous international response from critics and readers alike. It placed fourth in The New York Times bestseller list and received the Man Booker Prize a year later in 1997. She did, however, face obscenity charges in India for the book's uninhibited voluptuous content.
When the storyteller took a break
After the success of her first novel (which many later thought would be her last), Roy took an unprecedented turn into political writing and activism, which she has done for the last 20 years. Bold and forthright, she found herself in the midst of many ugly political manoeuvres and court cases. In 1998, the BJP government carried out nuclear tests in Pokhran, Rajasthan, to which a majority of the middle-class population rejoiced. Roy, abhorred by this, wrote the essay The End of Imagination, critiquing the government's nuclear policies and the rising middle-class for their superfluous pride. This essay marked the beginning of many more to come that Roy flung courageously at the state its people.
2002 saw her joining Medha Patkar and the villagers of Gujarat in their protest against the Narmada dam project. Roy donated her Booker Prize money for the cause and wrote several essays on it, criticising the Supreme Court's approval for the project. When the court issued a notice of contempt against her, she retaliated in a statement accusing the court of silencing "dissent, to harass and intimidate those who disagree with it". The court, offended by her language, sentenced her to a day's imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2000.
Roy has voiced her distress at the Gujarat Muslim massacre, raised questions on the inadequate investigation of the Indian Parliament attack, protested mining operations, and visited affected tribal communities and written of their plight. The issue that she was consumed by, however, was that of Kashmir and India's military presence in it. She believed, and even out rightly said, "Kashmir was never an integral part of India." Roy faced immense outrage for her stance on this issue. Angry mobs assembled at her door step, and she was branded as "anti-national". Despite these responses, Roy continued her activism as she felt that her political writings were a social responsibility and that "not saying anything becomes as political as saying something."
After 20 years of political essays and books, Roy has clearly discerned her fiction and non-fiction style. "My fiction is never about an issue. I don't set myself some political task and weave a story around it. I might as well write a straightforward non-fiction piece if that is what I wanted to do… I think it is an irreducible thing, fiction. It's itself."
In 2007, she stated that she had begun writing her second novel, but without any idea about when she might finish it. Work on it was intermittent and when, in 2011, she attempted to continue it again, she was drawn to the issue of Maoists in Central India and headed there to investigate. Now, finally into 2016, she is "glad to report that the mad souls (even the wicked ones) in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness have found a way into the world."
While the country, and the world, awaits her new novel, Roy hasn't averted her eyes from social and environmental issues. As a voice that has not been silenced, Arundhati Roy surely has a lot more to say. The only question is, will her country listen?
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12 days of Stack: Vote for your favourite cover
Followers of the Stack Instagram will know that we post a magazine cover almost every day, from new discoveries sent to our desks to ones we've picked up at our local magazine stores. It's heartening to look back on 2017 and see the wide range of great titles that are being published, and the top five most liked covers, featured below, demonstrate this diversity.
But we'd love to hear what you think, so we're opening it up for you to vote on your favourite — every vote gets entered into a draw to win a year-long Stack subscription too. We're looking for the most heartfelt, weird or funny responses, and you can flex your fingers by commenting on Facebook, replying on Twitter, or commenting on Instagram. Voting closes at midnight GMT and the winner will be announced in tomorrow's blog post.
Until 21 December, we'll be giving away a 12-month Stack subscription every day, so keep posted on our blog and social channels to win it for yourself or a friend.
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Please note: the seed giveaway for 2020 is over... check back next March!
Seeds! I've Got Seeds! Want Some?
My seeds are organic, but not certified. Tested for germination, but not extensively. These are seeds from gourds that I've hand-pollinated and isolated to prevent cross-pollination. They should be "true."
Note: Smaller gourds are easier to grow. A good selection of seeds from gourds of all sizes can be found at some of my favorite seed sources:
If you've never grown gourds before, I highly recommend you read the growing tips here, before sending for seeds. Gourds require LOTS of space, good rich soil, and as much time on the vine as possible. Gourds look nasty and moldy when they're drying... DON'T THROW THEM AWAY!!!
Still want some? This is how it works: I don't sell them, I give them away.
Send me a self-addressed stamped envelope with a note saying which seeds you'd like (see below). I'll send your envelope back with seeds! Just a few, because I want lots of people to get some. My address can be found here.
South Sea Island Dipper
My favorite dipper gourd! I like it for it's nice hard shell. It's not extra-long; most are less than a yard.
Chinese Bottle Gourd
It's not a mini Chinese Bottle, but it isn't full-sized either! It's not real thick, and it may not be true, either.... but isn't it sweet?
Big beautiful gourd with a nice shell, 1/4" thick or more. 14-18" diameter, 12" tall, with a knob at the top.
Small Unnamed Gourd C
Prolific plant, nice little gourd. 7-8" tall, pretty thick shell. I turn them into small fairy houses.
A lovely gourd, good size (10-12"), shell is dense, almost 1/4" thick.
This glorious gourd needs a better name. I'm thinking "Schnozzola", maybe. Or maybe "Umbilical Gourd."
These 2-3' long gourds are also called Italian Edible Gourds, best eaten when less than a foot long. But only a Barbarian would eat something you could turn into a lamp!
Small Thick Gourd
This one has a very thick shell, but it's hard to grow! Needs a long time on the vine, and prone to soft spots. Only ask for this one if you live in zone 7 or higher.


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Good news for web designers and our followers. It's time to grab some fabulous web design resources, such as free photos, free tutorials, free vectors etc.
These market places used to announce to download some free items for web designers every week or every month.
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This is the most fun and fabulous time of the year for me. It is the season for giving and reflection as a new year is upon us…….
Traveling to the "Big D" again for the Christmas holiday. So much to see and do around this time of the year…Holiday at the Dallas Arboretum; Lone Star Christmas at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine; Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot at Dallas City Hall; Holiday in the Park at the Six Flags over Texas amusement park; and so many other events. Will have all the details of my holiday travels after the Christmas holiday full of pictures and some video clips! So
Have a happy holiday season with family and friends!
Love and Happiness!
Val, living the FUN AND FAB LIFE!


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Water Stencil
Stencil Archive Update
RSA se imbogateste cu noi lucrari. Vara asta lumea a fost foarte activa la Sibiu si Bucuresti dar si in alte orase ale patriei.
Iata ultimele update-uri si situatia la zi:
New entry: Ploiesti cu 3 bucati
Still kicking: Ramnicu Valcea cu doua noi bucati.
Si big comeback: Bucuresti vezi 112-121
Oricum: toate orasele in caz ca nu v-ati mai uitat de mult pe http://2020.ro/RomanianStencilArchive/index.htm
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Mr. Anderson
Acum cateva zile, Bucuresti, cart. Floreasca. Inaltimea este de 1,96 (in teorie, pe perete… cu aproximatie)
HC ar fi crew-ul, dar pana la momentul asta nu am scos nici un logo care sa ne placa si asa ca am semnat cu un stencil mai vechi in care scrie HC cu nushtiu ce font. work in progress, work in progress…
Francisc Zinz Stencils
Errors Monument
Sometimes i get my act together and go out and do stenciling… I did this one the other nite (with a lil help from my friends Basti and Tudor – thanks for the pic too)…
The story of the 'heroes monument' in short…
former president of romania Ion Iliescu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Iliescu) is responsible for fucking up romania's recent history, stealing the 1989 'revolution' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Romanian_Revolution) included. This horrid monument (http://www.ghildush.com/Events/index_memorial.htm) was Iliescu's idea and thanks to the useless authorities, architects unions etc in romania the 'shit on the stick' has been errected recently. It is meant to be dedicated to the heroes of the 1989 'revolution'…
Our stencil reads "errors monument" (romanian word playing aroun 'heroes monument') and it's attacking the 'errors' in recent Romanian history culminating with this horrid phallic grotesque &*^&*%& thing…
I hope u understand where i come from.
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Streetclock by 3eyes, encourages people to consider the idea of time before digital technologies became pervasive.
My First Graffiti
Or, are the stylized smears, colored tags and toilet scribblings found nationwide a little of both? See what TIME has said about the graffiti phenomenon over the years.
Watch Cope2 work on an installation for TIME in Queens, New York. Painting took more than three days, using three different vinyls, and countless cans of spraypaint.
PixelRoller project is a collabortive investigation into a new creative tool between Stuart Wood MA (RCA) Interaction Design and Florian Ortkrass MA (RCA) Design Products.
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TE Connectivity introduces the new RZF series power relay. This compact relay offers through-hole technology (THT) printed circuit board (PCB) terminals plus top-mounted 0.187 x 0.020 in (4.8 x 0.5 mm) quick connect tab terminals for load connections. This allows utilization of a PCB mount relay while isolating the high load current from the PCB. Contacts rated 16 amps are offered in a 1 form A (SPST-NO) configuration.
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WOW! This is beautiful. Its hard to find anything negative about this photo. If I had to pick one thing, it'd be the two brighter lights behind her head and to the right (about one o'clock ish) They are just brighter than the others and I keep looking at them. But its obviously not a make or break factor for this gorgeous image! 9.5/10
( I hope my image is good enough quality? I have the hardest time resizing to fit into threads! )


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Finally! It's taken four months but my first microservice is now online. Although to be fair in those 4 months I went on two ski holidays, and had a couple of family events so for a spare time after work project it is pretty good. What I have is a multi tenant, SAAS security and login service, complete with administration ui. This is all deployed using a continuous deployment (CD) pipeline. This is a great platform to start testing out the ideas I put forward in this article. I will use the service in a lot of other projects and as I add new functionality and continually improve it I will start to experience the type of decision making that is required when maintaining a production service. I am looking forward to seeing if my major/minor versioning ideas pan out.
I am testing out a whole host of ideas and concepts here but my major learning achievement was something I didn't expect. I took the development of a CD pipeline for granted but there was more to it then I thought and during the process I seem to have fallen in love with Codefresh.io because it became a major tool for achieving my CD ambitions! This is going to annoy the people I work with somewhat because I have spent years trying to get them to let me use Jenkins for automating development tasks. Six months ago they finally let me have access to a centrally managed Jenkins service. I have created a few pipelines using Jenkins and slapped build status icons in various points on our confluence documentation site; but now I am going to go back to the powers that be and tell them I want something else.
Codefresh wins in comparison with Jenkins because of simplicity. In Jenkins I spent ages fiddling with pipeline setup and finally got deployments working exactly how I want. The problem now is I am faced with the task of documenting this and training other teams in best practice. I already have a complicated set of instructions put together in confluence. It's important developers learn how to use the complicated Jenkins configuration in order to debug issues in the builds and make sure the correct notification emails are sent.
My experience with codefresh was much simpler. It's entirely based on docker containers and the build is described in a simple .yml file. This file lives in the git repository so is version controlled hence very maintainable. Also I have abstracted away all the complex logic of various steps into docker images further simplifying the entire process. This removes the need for training developers in Jenkins and with good practice in making a self documenting .yml file I believe it is going to be easier for developers to work with.
Codefresh is also simpler because there is no infrastructure for us to maintain. This is a great benefit as in Jenkins the builds stopped working a month ago due to the slave machine we use not working with the master. I know how to fix it but I don't have admin permission on the main server to reconnect them. It's taking me a while to persuade the right people with the right access to get it fixed. With Codefresh these headaches will be banished because everything is maintained for me.
Building up Microservice compatible infrastructure
So four months for one microservice? That doesn't seem right! These things are supposed to be small agile things you can throw together quickly, do I judge the four month build time for the first MVP a failure?
Well I don't think this represents a failure, although I could be wrong. One of the reasons it took so long was due to my after skiing coding sessions giving way to the lure of Apries-ski! The other reasons all this took so long are:
- I was learning a lot - falling in love with Codefresh and learning it by falling into it's pitfalls
- Spending a long time creating an infrastructure. (e.g. secure password storage methods etc.)
- I made robust features and included multiple levels of automatic testing
- I was doing this solo which meant I had to refactor my way out of a few non-optimum choices, it would be great if I had other developers to bounce ideas off.
- Repeated heavy refactoring to streamline the process
In fact I have a second microservice I threw together in about 4 hours by copying and pasting much of the deployment and python code from the first. I then evaluated all the stuff I was copying and pasting and embedded that into docker images and python libraries so next time it will be quicker still.
Right now I think I am at the beginning of putting together a microservice production line. I have the feeling that as I build more and more I will continually refine the process which will cut the development overhead considerably.
So what next?
Next is the exciting bit. I have to put together at least one MVP for a SAAS that uses this mircoservice for user authentication, this will inevitably lead to adding more features to this microservice. As the needs and requirements of the MVP's I put together I will find out if this whole host of development strategies can truly build a robust and rapidly changing platform. I am due to make many mistakes but I think I will enjoy the process!


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During the Summer I do lots of outdoor activities. My boyfriend and I are avid divers and just love the water in general as well as other outdoor events and activities. I am in Florida so the weather is usually sunny and hot! A daily part of my beauty routine everyday is an anti-perspirant. No one wants to be the stinky on in the group, RIGHT?! Especially living in Florida, this is one step of my routine I CAN NOT miss, forget, or skip!
A long-lasting deodorant I have used before and recently started using again is Tom's of Maine. I use this brand specifically when I will be in the ocean or any lakes. Since it has natural ingredients I know getting in the water with this deodorant will be OKAY!
I also love the ease of buying this. I am a Amazon Prime user and this item is listed as a Prime item so I can get a refill in 2 days without leaving my home. To be honest, I don't really want to leave my house JUST to pick up ONE item so Prime is awesome (definitely worth the price)!
When we go scuba diving we bring a big bag full of our scuba gear and some essentials. One of my essentials is deodorant. Since it is all natural I don't have to worry about it when I get in the water. I know that there's no harmful chemicals that will effect the water or sea life. I carry it in my bag for before and after dives since I don't usually know how long the boat ride is back to shore is or if we will be doing something else right after. I also like this particular one because its unscented and doesn't really have a girly scent so my boyfriend can use it too (one less thing to carry for him!).
A big part of my beauty essentials that I may not always mention is definitely deodorant! Don't forget yours!!
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Restaurant Style Breadsticks are easy and delicious. Perfect for serving with soup or your favorite Italian inspired main dish. I'm an absolute sucker for homemade bread. Especially if it's an … [Read more...]
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Slow Cooker Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls are definitely one of what I consider Best Thanksgiving Recipes. If you've never made yeast bread in your slow cooker, you are missing out. It's considerably … [Read more...]
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Buttermilk Cornbread is a simple and tasty accompaniment to your favorite soups, stews, and chilis. Cornbread is a touchy food in my family. There are some people who will only eat sweet cornbread, … [Read more...]
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With more than 100 different SUVs of various sizes and shapes on today's roads it is fair to say that the estate car, once affectionately known as a shooting brake, has gone forever.
The latest SUV to appear is the new SEAT Arona, a comparative small version, which has just been awarded the Best Product Design 2018 accolade by the Red Dot Award design competition.
Since 1954, the Red Dot Award has giving international recognition to quality and innovation and the Product Design award is among the most competitive.
The fresh, dynamic and robust style and ergonomics of the SEAT Arona got it the prize and it's easy to see why.
It looks good and of the small SUVs around it is probably the best with its handling, performance and fun driving.
The Red Dot jury was comprised of 40 experts from all over the world, who were not permitted to be part of any industrial manufacturing company nor could they participate in voting for products they have been involved in.
So it would be fair to say that this is a good car!
Apart from the design the Arona is great to drive, handles well and zooms around lanes or motorways, just take your pick.
You can tell the Arona is a SEAT with its special triangular shaped lights and it looks like a smaller version of the Ateca, which I suppose is its bigger brother or sister.
But as the blurb says it has its own personality and I would have to agree with that and probably more fun to drive than the larger Ateca.
A total 25,000 units were sold in the first three months of it arriving in dealerships and by the end of the year, SEAT will release the Arona TGI, which will be the first SUV with a compressed natural gas engine.
Now that will be interesting and I look forward to it.
The Arona is divided into two colours switching the lower body and the roof and as a result there are 68 possible colour combinations.
The range has five versions the SE, the sport version FR and FR Sport, and the more luxurious XCELLENCE and XCELLENCE Lux.
Most Aronas come with 17in alloy wheels as standard, although there are different designs to help you distinguish between SE, FR and EXCELLENCE. FR Sport and XCELLENCE Lux models get 18-inchers.
All Aronas have front-wheel drive and the engine line-up has petrol versions with a 1.0-litre three-cylinder unit producing either 94bhp or 114bhp, and a 148bhp 1.5-litre four-cylinder motor and two diesels which are both 1.6-litre with 110g/km of CO2 emissions.
The Arona gets plenty of equipment as standard so even the entry-level model in the range, the SE, gets a leather steering wheel, handbrake lever and gear knob.
The Arona has a boot of more than 800 litres when the back seats are put down and there is a reasonable space in the back so larger people shouldn't be badly affected. There is a double boot floor as standard across the range and there are two useful hooks at the sides of the boot for shopping bags.
In the cab there is a high console which affects the safety and ergonomics of the vehicle. Every element is positioned so that the driver barely has to look away from the road while driving. Particular attention has been paid to the driver's seat, and all of the instruments are orientated towards the driver.
Everything is within reach, allowing for easy adjustments and increased safety. The comfortable seats provide excellent back and lumbar support, with bolsters to ensure occupants are seated safely at all times.
The middle of the range Arona will set you back around £20,000, the combined mpg approaches almost 60 and the top speed is 113mph. 0-60mph is just under 10 seconds.
The SEAT Arona comes with a three-year/60,000-mile warranty and the company offers fixed-price servicing on all its models with a courtesy car, video reports and a two-year warranty on all parts.
SEAT designs, develops, manufactures and markets cars in Spain and is a member of the Volkswagen Group. But it appears to have got away with the emission row which is costing VW dearly.
Its headquarters is in Barcelona and it exports 80 per cent of its vehicles, to 80 countries through a network of 1,700 dealerships.
Last year the company achieved worldwide sales of 470,000 vehicles.
The SEAT Group employs around 15,000 people in Spain where it manufactures the Ibiza, Leon and Arona. Additionally, the company produces the Ateca and the Toledo in the Czech Republic, the Alhambra in Portugal and the Mii in Slovakia.


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I thought since I'd found a nearby internet cafe that I'd be providing more regular updates, but I've been too worn out. Between seemingly nonstop snowboarding and requisite apres-ski dinners and drinks, I haven't had time to put my butt in front of a computer and write...
I've been spending a lot of time riding the slopes, which has been a tiring, rewarding, and ultimately mixed experience. Having three weather zones on the mountain, conditions have been so variable it's nuts. I went from sunshine to white-out in minutes at the peak of Whistler Mountain, at one point being so blind that I couldn't tell which direction I was going. Never before in my life have I gotten motion sickness from snowboarding. After 10 minutes of riding nearly blind, I was ready to vomit all over the place. On the other hand, all the fresh snow and cold temperatures meant one thing: POWDER. Unfortunately, due to the weird geography and climate zones of Whistler, the powder is often mixed with ice and exposed bits of rock. My formerly pristine board now looks like a cat's scratching post, with a few deep cuts that'll have me up to the eyeballs in P-tex base repair crap for a while.
It's all been worth it, though. Today, up at the top of Blackcomb Mountain, I was blessed with a near perfect run of brilliant, knee-deep powder, just firm enough to be cruisable, soft enough to be forgiving on the turns. It was like snowboarding on a cloud. Sheer heaven. Perhaps that's why the lift that accesses that area is called 7th Heaven. No, not like that lame-ass show on the WB. More like actual heaven, without all the harps and pious people. I will definitely go home happy.
It's now New Year's eve and I have no solid plans. Eventually, I'm sure I'll get to dinner and then hit up one of the many parties clustered around the Village, but in the meantime, I'll have to rest up, soak these old bones, and just chill. I'm on vacation after all.
See you next year...
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9 Things That Actually Are Safe For Breastfeeding Moms, According to Experts
There are many old ideas about what breastfeeding women should and shouldn't do that still make the rounds today. Many are rooted in outdated studies or medical advice, but some are culturally driven and just plain wrong. All of this is the perfect recipe for confusion, which new moms have enough of on a daily basis. Luckily, there are many things that are actually safe for breastfeeding moms and their babies, despite what people may say.
Breast milk, aka "liquid gold," has been long touted as the best food you could give an infant. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it's recommended that all new mothers exclusively breastfeed until the infant is at least 6 months old. After that, parents should incorporate other foods with the breast milk until the child is 2 years old. Undoubtedly the things you ingest and actions you take as a breastfeeding mother can impact your milk and your baby. But you have to consider if there is proof that whatever you're doing impacts things at all?
When it comes to decided what you choose to eat, do with your body, or do with your baby, knowledge is power. You can certainly listen to all of the suggestions for breastfeeding mothers, or sift through it and choose what's right for you. Ultimately, only you will know what is safest and healthiest for you and your baby's individual needs. To help you figure it out, here are nine things that are actually safe for your baby, according to experts.
1. Prescription Medications
Most medications pass through breast milk at very low levels and pose no real risk to most infants, according to the Mayo Clinic. There are exceptions to be mindful of, however, which is why every single medication needs to be evaluated separately.
For example, if a mother struggles with depression and needs a certain medication, she'll have to determine if the risks of taking the medication outweigh the benefits. Some mothers have chronic illnesses that are best managed with prescription medications. Consider talking through all of the information available with your doctor before making a decision.
2. Fish (Including Sushi)
Missing your beloved sushi or salmon? Go ahead and eat it. As it turns out, breastfeeding women are encouraged to increase their fish consumption instead of avoid it, according to Web MD, because the nutritional benefits exceed any possible mercury concerns.
3. Herbs And Spices
Missing that garlicky tomato sauce at your favorite Italian restaurant? Or that spicy chili recipe? Turns out that these herbs are hardly ever problematic for breastfeeding moms, according to What To Expect. If your baby seems gassy or fussy, you might want to check for another cause, as foods — even ones that are considered allergens — are not usually the issue.
That being said, certain herbs especially in large amounts can decrease milk supply or be harmful including ginseng, rhubarb, star anise, and many more according to Kelly Mom.
4. Coffee
Having your cup (or two) of coffee is not a big deal. Just don't overdo it. According to the Baby Center, you can have no more than 300 milligrams of caffeine per day — that amounts to about 16 ounces of brewed coffee. Any more than that can cause you or your baby (or both) to be jittery, irritable, and contribute to sleep problems.
5. Alcohol
According to Parents, breastfeeding moms can have an occasional glass of wine or beer one to two times a week. Women metabolize the booze at different rates, but most will be in the clear an hour or two after consumption. Additionally, pumping and dumping isn't always necessary especially if you feed before you drink and stick to just one libation. The best person to judge if dumping is necessary is you, so follow your instincts.
6. Nipple Creams
If you're dealing with some sore or cracked nipples, nipple cream can offer relief while breastfeeding. That being said, you want to keep an eye on the ingedients. There have been some concerns over the years regarding lanolin, a common ingredient in nipple creams. A 1989 report in The Los Angeles Times claimed that trace amounts of cancer-causing pesticides had been found in lanolin, but the ingredient hasn't been studied in depth since then. Given the resources available, it's hard to conclude if lanolin is problematic or not.
According to Drugs.com, lanolin is no more effective than safer ingredients like aloe vera and peppermint gel. So it may be best to use creams that utilize those ingredients instead.
7. Supplementing With Formula
As explained by Very Well, supplementing with formula is totally safe and should be done if it works for you and your baby. There are so many reasons to combination feed with breast milk and formula including low milk supply, medical issues with your baby, or you just want to. Ultimately, you have to do what's best for you.
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There are so many reasons a mom would choose to partially pump or exclusively pump, all of which are valid. Exclusively pumping is totally safe for your boobs, supply, and your baby. As long as you properly wash your pump parts you're good to go. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released new guidelines for cleaning breast pump parts to avoid infections which include washing your part pumps after every single use, using a separate wash basin and brush for pump parts, and air drying parts.
9. Quitting
It is safe to quit breastfeeding. Let me repeat, it is safe to quit breastfeeding. Moms have to do what is best for their babies and themselves, and if that involves formula feeding, then go for it. With formula feeding, moms just have to be aware of some safety guidelines as far as buying a product that doesn't look tampered with or expired and preparing and mixing in the recommended ways, as explained on What To Expect.
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Monday, 15 July 2013
CD Review: Arise, by Sepultura (1991)
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Max Cavalera - Vocals, Guitar
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3. Desperate Cry - 8
4. Murder - 7
5. Subtraction - 7
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The Terrible Twos
OH MY GOSH! Where are the aliens that snatched my daughter?!?! The past few weeks have been especially rough in our house. Hannah is fully ensconced in the terrible twos and I'm about ready for a nervous breakdown. To make matters worse, Kyle leaves for a week long business trip on Monday. Pray for me that the aliens will return my daughter quickly!
Toddlers are defiant. They are independent. They push the limits. They have tantrums. Hannah apparently knows what is expected of her because she has been displaying all of these behaviors in massive quantities the past few weeks. Yesterday and today were the worst. I have basically spent 48 hours of continuous tantrum/sensory meltdown. It has been absolutely insane. Hannah will be defiant and get in trouble. Then she'll have a tantrum because she is in trouble. Then the tantrum escalates and gets so out of hand that she basically throws herself into sensory overload. At this point the discipline has ceased to be effective AND it is no longer possible to reason with her or even bring her out of the meltdown. This morning, what started as basic toddler defiance-refusing to get dressed because she wanted to play instead- ended up in a 45 minute meltdown that seriously altered the fun outing we had planned for the day and eventually spawned several more tantrums turned meltdowns as the morning drew on.
Not only am I having a rough time of all of this, but Hannah is suffering too. She's so anxiety stricken that she's gnawed her thumbs and sides of her hands raw. I had just got the bad spots on her thumbs cleared up and now in the space of only 2 days one of them is bleeding again and she has teeth marks all over the other hand. I've been redirecting her as much as possible, but they are her hands and I'm not with her every single minute. Usually this chewing is reserved for socially stressful situations, but lately we've been seeing it at home too. This worries me.
I took Hannah to the doctor on Wednesday for a check on how she's doing with therapy and to take a look at her feet. His response to her feet was, "Holy Cow! She over pronates like crazy." He agreed with us that she runs funny-that's a technical term by the way :) He said it's possible that she "could" grow out of it since she's still developing, but that it's unlikely. He said he recommended that we take her to a pediatric orthopedic specialist to determine if it's severe enough to need treatment with orthotics or braces at her age to prevent future problems as she grows and matures or if we can just wait and see what happens. He didn't feel he was qualified to make that call. He was also concerned about some of her anxiety and her lack of progress in dealing with others emotions. He's referring us to a developmental pediatrician at the Riley Developmental Clinic (for those of you out of state, it's the state's premier children's hospital) for a consultation and some testing. Apparently it takes FOREVER to get an appointment. We don't have our date yet, but I'm sure it will be at least several months before we get in. If they can help then it'll be worth the wait though.
Posted by Mama at 9:57 PM
Labels: 2 years old, anxiety, defiance, sensory processing disorder, tantrums
2 comments:
- Lanny said...
Hannah is sooooo cute!
I hope you get your appointment in a reasonable amount of time!
When she gets older, if she still over pronates, be sure to check out the websites for tennis shoes. Many will tell which shoes work best with under or over pronating. :)
- Jaimie said...
I seek oral-motor input like crazy - I actually bought some chewelry for myself. I would recommend getting her chewelry :) I bite the skin on my cuticles and my nails a lot and constantly want something in my mouth, this has been quite helpful.
here are some links:
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This specimen was lot 30059 in Heritage sale 3040 (Chicago, April 2015), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "George V Florin 1932 MS65 PCGS, Royal mint. Micro-satin textured with a delicate overlay of attractive multihued tone and very clean surfaces. World-class for this key date with no comparable certified coins at PCGS." This type was struck 1927-36 in substantial numbers; this date is the key. It superseded a type struck 1911-26 with a different reverse (KM 817a).
Recorded mintage: 717,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, .500 fine silver, .181 troy oz ASW, 28.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 834.
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The Internet of Things is a notion of a new age of internet connected devices. It stands to be a great time in technological advancement. You, as our customer, are in a position to get into it from the beginning.
The Internet of Things is a notion of a new age of Internet connected devices. It stands to be a great time in technological advancement. You, as our customer, are in a position to get into it from the beginning.
Okay, so that title is a little over the top, but it's part of the point I'm trying to make. To preface; I've got two talks on IoT topics coming up; I'll be at IoT Summit at the end of this month and IoT World in the middle of May. So my mind has been on the Internet of Things recently. There's a lot of ways this new industry is going to benefit us in the maker/hobbyist/prototyping community (electronics civilians). Data only cellular services seem to be getting more accessible. There will hopefully be a push for cheaper, lower power microcontrollers and radios. Along with this, battery technology will hopefully get a bump. Talking to people within the electronics community, it won't be outlandish to have sensors which can be completely isolated with no maintenance in their lifespan (think of moisture sensors that can be drywall-ed over in a house).
But the IoT community stands to benefit a lot from us as well. IoT encompasses so many sub-topics; Wearables, Smart Grids, home automation, and wireless beacons to name a few. Most of which, I have seen projects relating to on Hackaday and similar blogs. The things companies are looking to accomplish with IoT, our customers have been doing for years. Connected devices are nothing new to the hobbyist world, now there's just a name and an industry push behind it. Technology will improve, but the concepts will remain the same. If there's one resource on this planet that IoT could benefit from, it's the hobbyist/maker community. While the big tech companies were doing their best to keep up with mobile phone technology, we've been working on ways to interface with them. We have the experience with microcontrollers needed to make devices that can have their firmware updated on the go. We've had to troubleshoot devices that rely on GPS. We have skill sets that put us in a great position to do well in the world of IoT.
So that's why I am writing this article, to ask you, the reader to use these skills for good. Boulder, Colorado is teeming with startups at the moment, we're even rivaling San Jose. A friend of mine has a startup currently focused on an emerging industry here in Colorado (yes, that one). I was talking with him the other night about it and he had expressed some grief relating to the people he's encountering in that line of work. He feels that most of which are in it for the wrong reasons. They're the people looking to get in on explosive growth and bow out when the market stabilizes. While they're completely different situations, I fear the same of IoT. I hold concern that it has the potential to be the sum of everyone's fears regarding a fully connected home (insert T-1000 reference here). Around the office, I talk about how great IoT has the potential to be. People get upset at the idea of it. They see it as an invasion of privacy and it's met with resistance.
So what I am asking is to use these skills as more than a hobby. Yes, a good sample of you already do have careers or plan to have a career in the electronics industry. IoT is a great opportunity. The next time you solve a problem that you've encountered using the power of electronics, consider if it could be a product that solves that same problem for others. Make your projects products. Keep an open mind about ideas in the IoT field. You may feel it's a silly concept, but you have the power to change that. To use these new and existing resources to solve problems through connected devices.
I know I say this every Enginursday post, but one of these days I'll have a cool project to share.
I can certainly see, and mostly agree, with Pete. It behooves us to be VERY careful about what data our IoT actually exchange with the outside world. Take the fridge: I can see some usefulness to having it be able to send a text message to my cell phone (or maybe an e-mail to my office computer, or both) if the temperature goes above some value, prior to the food spoiling, so I can head home and (try to) correct the situation. Controlling the temperature in the fridge? Don't be ridiculous -- that gets set when the fridge is first installed, and never needs to be changed, and should only be changeable by turning a physical knob. On the other hand, maybe being able to get a current picture of the interior, so I can check the level in the milk bottle while I'm walking through the grocery store might be useful.
We also need to be very careful about how we present data that is (or could be) publicly visible. As an example, I have a system that logs hourly interior temperatures to a website (to be able to detect problems with heating systems in an area subject to freezing). If you look at the numbers, it's pretty clear when the house is unoccupied for weeks. However, I'm very careful to make it very difficult to find the exact address of said home -- the report is just titled by the state where the home is located. (I could have been stupid and put the address into the report, but I'm more security conscious than that.)
Like just about everything, or at least every new technology, it can be used for good or for evil. (Example: Back in the 1920s, it became obvious that automobiles could be used to commit crimes. Should they have been banned?) It is imperative that we, who are "bleeding edge" users, take some care to do what we can to limit the "dark side".
I think a big part of security with these types of devices will be setting things up so they are only available through VPNs or other traffic encapsulating techniques. Once IoT devices move to IoT (Intranet of Things) where there is a single, highly-secured point of access with the outside world then security will become a lot easier to maintain. Both because it's far easier to secure a single point of entry, and because the burden is (largely) removed from the 'Things' and instead rests on what can be a much more powerful piece of equipment.
Trouble is most solutions still involve fairly weak wireless communications inside the home. It seems that we'll need a good solution that handles pairing, key generation, and traffic encryption before wireless 'Things' can ever really be considered secure. Personally: I'm a fan of hard-wiring everything when possible. Security concerns aside, it's nice to have no concerns about battery life or reliability in communications. Plus it's a lot cheaper to prototype. :-)
I see great utility is some of the things that can be done with networked devices. I can monitor power usage in my house. I can control individual vents in my HVAC system, not only to make sure I'm not heating and cooling rooms needlessly, but that I am also getting enough volume through the system for it to be working efficiently. All that kind of stuff is great. What is not great is that I have to open the whole thing up to the outside world to use the products. Somewhere along the way, products stopped being an end unto themselves and started being a vehicle for mining data about users that could be further monetized. Having to sign up with some random company storing data in "the cloud" just so I can set my thermostat is a non starter.
The, we get to the command and control part. If you put something on the internet, it will be hacked. Just a matter of time. Someone will break in and make it do something unintended, just because they can. I'm not talking about malicious actors. There are over 7 billion people in the world. The combination of brilliant, bored, internet connected, and curious factors out a lot of folks, but even one hundredth of 1% is still a lot of people poking around just to see what they can do. Unfortunately, the side effect is not to make products more secure and tamper proof, or only connected to the outside world if absolutely necessary. The side effect is knee jerk laws and regulations that make doing the same things on stuff you own illegal.
In short, I see a number of positives from connected devices and a tsunami of negatives. Now, get off my lawn!
While the IoT privacy concerns are bad enough, they're not what's keeping me awake at night. After all, we are almost fully transitioned into a post-privacy society. A few more years of being trained to overshare on facebook and it won't make any difference. My fears are for when IoT is used to control things instead of just monitoring them. The possibilities for disaster go up exponentially.
We don't even have to invoke terrorists. Buggy code and poor hardware design will do it for us, especially when ComCast is the main data and control channel. And when the system is working, that just means that anyone who can connect to our hardware can run our lives.
Then, in addition to that, hobbyists are great folks and have some really neat ideas, but they are not necessarily good control engineers, systems designers, testers, documenters, etc. and most have no notion of information assurance and anti-tamper. At least not without some kind of professional training.
So that's my reaction to an IoT put together by hobbyists. Sorry Pearce.
I do want to make a point that IoT is not just limited to a Fitbit type device, or a smart watch. It's really anything that will utilize the Internet. It encompasses ALL semiconductors that can be used for communication (GPU, CPU, MCU, FPGA, SoCs, etc).
When you think of IoT, don't just think of Arduino, but think of anything that can be tied to the Internet for a purpose.
There are quality assurance, web design & back office services in Boulder. In exchange for mountains, most of us would have very boring jobs in Boulder, compared to what we can do in Calif* with a lot less qualifications. The Bluetooth IOT spec is a complex beast. With every new standard exponentially more complex than the last one, it's amazing new standards can succeed at all, but they do.
Yeah, Boulder's great. If it was warmer and closer to the ocean it'd be perfect. :-)
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The Witcher will be the first in a series of movies based on The Witcher book series.
The Witcher, once an obscure series of Polish dark fantasy books, has been propelled into global popularity thanks to CD Projekt Red's incredible video game series. As seems to slowly be becoming the norm with big video game franchises, The Witcher is getting its own movie and TV series, which will kick off in 2017 with a flick based on two Witcher short stories.
Reportedly, The Witcher video game developer CD Projekt Red will have nothing to do with the movie, which is being produced by Platige Film - the folks behind The Mummy film franchise. Platige Image - Platige Film's parent company - is also responsible for all of the incredible cinematics from all three Witcher games, and the film's director - Tomek Baginski - directed the intro cinematic for The Witcher 2.
The two stories the first movie will be based on are The Witcher (1986) and The Lesser Evil. The Witcher (1986) was the very first story written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, and follows Geralt as he takes on a contract to confront a monster risen from the double-coffin of a mother and daughter who died in childbirth several years before. The Lesser Evil concerns Renfri, a cursed daughter of nobility described as a brutal Snow White.
Veteran writer Thania St. John, who recently wrote for TV series Grimm, will work on the script as well as the TV and film follow-ups.
Usually, video game-to-movie efforts are... well, not great, but this time it looks like they are looking at the source material and building the film's base on that. The Witcher video games had incredible cutscenes, so I've no doubt that Baginski can put together an awesome film. If nothing else, it will have plenty of blood, gore, and nudity.
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The July conference on audit policy organised by FEE, the European accounting federation, gave the profession the first chance to hear from EC Financial Services Commissioner Michel Barnier since his 'the status quo is not an option' speech in February.
Surely, we thought, things must have moved on in the intervening five months?
After all, since Barnier's tough talking in February, European parliamentarians have put forward a series of amendments which we at ACCA largely welcomes. The European Parliament's legal affairs committee issued a report which included:
- Calling for an extension of the scope of audit, namely to risk, which ACCA has argued for over the past three years.
- Clear demarcation of audit and non-audit services provided to the same client rather than a ban on the latter.
- Strengthening the role of the audit committee, which would be responsible for permitting the provision of those non-audit services, and have a crucial role to play in the tendering process
- No compulsory rotation of external auditors
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But observers could have been forgiven for thinking that none of this had happened. Barnier confirmed that the European Commission would be putting out legislation in November, despite rumours that it would be delayed. To remove any doubts, the Commissioner spelled it out: "You might think I'm being too severe – but as I said in February, the status quo is not an option."
Barnier said "the key word for the profession is independence." Shareholders and others have lost confidence in corporate reports because they doubt the independence of auditors. "We see auditors who are too closely linked to clients." So, contrary to the legal affairs committee report, the Commissioner went back to firm rotation and non-audit services.
On rotation of firms, he said there needed to be "a balance between too much, which would damage quality, and too little, which would harm independence."
On non-audit services: "Too many are given to audit clients. They will often be higher fee than the audit."
And then the big one: "How can you be wholly independent? We have to limit or even prohibit non-audit services for audit clients."
The Commissioner went on to float the idea that "strictly auditing firms" would open up the market to smaller competitors, though he later backtracked on that option – viewed by ACCA as extremely damaging to the profession – in the Q&A session.
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On competition or diversity of audit firms, he insisted that he was "not crusading against Big Four" although he added: "We do not believe we should have only four."
So what was an answer? Another standby from February: "We are considering joint audits and regular tendering." At the February event, joint audits clearly divided the delegates along national lines – the French profession was largely in favour while the other states saw them as costly and ineffective. Little had changed except, it seemed, a hardening of the EC's position.
Stephen Haddrill, CEO of UK regulator Financial Reporting Council (FRC), had earlier criticised joint audits as being "an iconic issue within the EU – but not a good issue." And a UK accounting academic questioned why such ideas from the past were being wheeled out again as an answer to the crisis now.
Nathalie de Basaldua, the European Commission's head of audit unit, insisted that in France, joint audits "have been a way of showing that there are other important players in the market." So it seems pretty clear that joint audits are still the way the European Commission is determined to go.
The most persuasive argument was put forward by Wouter Bos, now KPMG partner but formerly Finance Minister of the Netherlands, who said the profession must not react defensively to proposed changes and hide behind standards, but must engage with the wider debate and accept that its response to date had been inadequate.
In the age of reduced deference to professions, there is no future in just dismissing criticisms as ill-informed, he argued. The audit role must evolve to meet public expectations and even if proposals ultimately come up which we disagree with, this may be the cost we have to bear as a way of rebuilding trust among wider society.
In our recent paper 'Audit under fire: a review of the post financial crisis inquiries', we've also argued that constructive proposals for audit reform should be welcomed.
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To end the day on a wider global perspective, James Doty, Chairman of US regulator Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), went through the options laid out in its recent 'concept release.'
One of the interesting possibilities floated in that paper is for an Auditors Discussion and Analysis (AD+A), a freeform report which gives the auditors the opportunity to go into greater detail on their findings, mirroring the Management Discussion and Analysis narrative report by the company.
This is also one of the suggestions put forward by an ACCA-commissioned paper on extending audit reports, which will be out very soon.
A less welcome area of interest from PCAOB has been on mandatory rotation of firms, which Doty argued might be more effective than lead partner rotation within the same firm. The US audit debate has been slower to get going but PCAOB has been undertaking extensive outreach among investors and other stakeholders during 2011.
Doty is clearly determined to make his mark. ACCA has been active in that debate and will continue to keep you informed.
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So, I do love my new gadgets, although they aren't getting as much use as they would if I was feeling better. The iPhone 11 camera is pretty good even in low light and surprisingly, I don't miss the home button at all. I like swiping up to leave an app, which I just found out my iPad does too even though it has a home button. As far as the new computer is concerned, I got an SSD drive which makes bootup soooo much faster than my old computer. Even Chrome loads quickly with my pinned tabs so it takes the frustration out of having to turn on the computer to do certain things which is nice. I just can't spend time on either the phone or computer because every damn thing aggravates my muscles. It's like I'm literally falling apart.
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