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The easiest Dog Cancer to prevent in female dogs is mammary cancer. The risk is negligible in non-breeding females that have undergone Dog Sterilization, or spaying, before their first heat. This tumor can be large or small. It can appear as a simple nodule or as an aggressive growth. Most of the tumors can be treated successfully with an early diagnosis.
Most commonly, non-spayed middle-aged female dogs are the most afflicted. This would be between 5 and 10 years of age. It is extremely rare in dogs that have been spayed before their initial heat. As age increases before spaying, so too does the instance of the disease.
The percentage of dogs being spayed before and after first heat rises from .05% to 8%. This is a significant increase that can easily be prevented. Veterinary science feels that the reduction in production of certain hormones reduces the risk of mammary cancer in dogs that have been spayed.
The types of mammary cancers are numerous. Almost one half of all mammary tumors are benign. All should be identified through biopsy when it is first noticed. Do not adopt a 'wait and see' attitude. Noticing a new lump in the mammary area, is reason enough to check with your vet immediately. Male dogs can also get mammary cancer and it is more aggressive in the males, although not as common.
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Symptoms are easy to recognize. There will be either a single solid mass or several areas of swelling. A gentle touch in the area of the mammary glands will identify any new lumps. In the beginning it feels like little pieces of gravel. They will be right under the skin and will be easy to detect. You will also notice that they do not move very much and will grow quite rapidly.
Mammary cancer can, and does, spread to the rest of the dog's body via their lymphatic system. Once these axillary and inguinal lymph nodes are affected, the disease is much more difficult to treat. Early detection is therefore extremely important.
The most successful treatment of mammary cancer is surgical removal of the tumor and/or the associated mammary gland. In over half of the cases the cancer can be removed if detected and treated early. In very old female dogs it is more difficult for them to survive the surgery.
Chemotherapy and radiation are being studied by veterinary scientists and have been proven to be very effective at this time. This again is a reason for early detection and treatment.
The adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" fits very well in this instance. If you check your dog regularly and report any changes to your vet, chances are good that recovery will be successful.
This common cancer can often be treated very successfully. It can also be almost eliminated if every non-breeding dog was spayed before their first heat. It is unfortunate that veterinarians have to deal with this easily preventable disease on such a regular basis. If a growth of any kind is found in the mammary area, report it to your vet immediately. Have your non-breeding female spayed at a young age. These are simple tips to prevent a potentially tragic illness in the long run.


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Keycard is a Mac application that locks your computer when you walk away, and unlocks it again when you return, just by pairing with your iOS or Android device via Bluetooth.
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Whether you're using a Mac that never leaves the desk (iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro), or a MacBook that moves around, you've undoubtedly got up and walked away from it at some point, without putting it to sleep or waiting for your password-protected screen saver to activate. Whether you're in a crowded office environment, have guests over to your house, or you're in some other public place, you don't want anyone using your computer or having access to your files. Keycard locks your Mac when you walk away to prevent unauthorized use.
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The app, which runs on your Mac, pairs with your iOS or Android device via Bluetooth, and recognizes when you're not within range. When you walk away, the app locks your computer. When you return, it unlocks automatically. The simple and brilliant part is just that: set it up and forget about it.
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Keycard is available in the Mac App Store (link) for an introductory price of $6.99. It'll soon go to full price: $8.99. No app is required for your iOS or Android device.
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Kenmore 5.0 cu. ft. Freestanding Gas Range - Cooking Versatility
The Kenmore 5.0 cu. ft. freestanding gas range 7413 features five individually controlled, sealed, electronic-ignition gas burners. With the Turbo Boil burner, you can bring any amount of liquid to a boil in no time flat. Pots and pans slide easily over the continuous, dishwasher-safe grates, while baking and roasting is easy with the spacious, self-cleaning oven. The warming feature is perfect for keeping dishes at just the right temperature to serve. Every meal is a pleasure to cook with the Kenmore 7413.
- Delivering an outstanding 18,200 BTUs of heating power, Gas Turbo Boil™ brings pots, pans and kettles to a boil rapidly, saving time and getting meals made fast
- The 5,000 BTU Simmer Burner was designed to deliver reliable warming and ultra-low simmering with a consistent, precise flame, cutting down on scorched sauces and dried out dishes
- Warm & Hold keeps dishes at the perfect serving temperature for hours without overcooking and works with timed bake and delay cook settings, so meals are ready when you are
- Built to cut down on soaking and scrubbing, dishwasher safe grates deliver a stable surface for cooking, while cleaning up quickly alongside your pots and pans
- Easy Set™ electronic oven controls automate temperature, timer and other features so you can bake a pie, roast beef or cook a casserole with just the touch of a finger
- A convenient storage drawer underneath the oven provides valuable space for storing baking sheets, pans and pizza trays, so they're out of the way but still within reach
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Norco, CA
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It is a great Range.
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I've had the gas stove a week and so far am very pleased. Great improvement and much needed stove. Love the slide across top and large oven and window. Oven very fast to heat too.
Gansevoort, NY
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Florissant, CO
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Unbelievable. Easy to install and convert to propane. Love the way it cooks. When you live at 9000 + feet you never know for sure if the range will cook items like the package says. This range does it perfectly. Would recommend this range again and again.
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My boyfriend does ALL the cooking and his old range was REALLY bad. We saw a really nice range on line but when we got there they were out of stock. He was going to wait the short time for one to be delivered, but then he saw this one and it was Love at first sight. He LOVES the power burners and cant wait to brew beer in the house this winter.
Clementon, NJ
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The house we bought had a stove that only had three working burners and would shut off on its own and the timer did not work. I decided to replace that stove with this Kenmore stove and am very happy. I bake bread at high temperatures and the top of the unit does not get too hot. The oven temp also seems to be correctly calibrated and the bread turns out perfectly every time.
Waterloo, IL
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This unit expells a large amount of heat, oven door handle falls off repeatedly, burner knobs fall off . Preheat time of the oven take a large amount of gas & time. The only positive are the various burners to accomodate cooking. When shopping, keep walk past this one.
Leander, TX
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so easy to clean!
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Red Boiling Springs, TN
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I replaced my well-used, highly regarded gas range with this jewel just over a month ago and couldn't be happier. I self-installed, converting it from natural gas to LP, in just under two hours. The instructions were clear, the diagrams adequate, and the number of necessary tools limited. All of the orifices I needed to make the switch were included, and considering that I had never installed a gas range before, I was pretty impressed by the way Kenmore had everything clearly laid out for a novice like me. Since then, we have used the range every day, multiple times per day. I have cooked on a traditional gas range for years, but this one beats any other I have used. The turbo and power burners heat skillets and pots in a short time, so I don't have to waste that time preheating. Also, for wok cooking, the turbo burner keeps the wok smoking hot the entire time I cook, something no other gas range I have used has been able to do. Both large burners are great for keeping the temp up when adding cold food to your pans. I figure that having the two large burners, as well as the fifth burner, cuts my time by at least 10 percent. I already have many hours standing in front of this range, so I already appreciate those few minutes saved. Other than the fact that it heats more quickly, I can't tell much difference between this oven and any previous ovens I have used. It might cook a little bit hotter, but I have no complaints. This is not a convection oven, which suits my needs. A convection oven includes a fan in the back of the oven so that the temperature is even throughout the oven. I have used convection ovens in the past, but I cannot justify the extra 100 dollars to upgrade the oven to having a little fan. Besides, if you don't fan the oven door frequently, the oven will cook evenly without the fan. It's a 5.0cubic foot oven, not a blast furnace. I have baked cookies, cakes, cookies, casseroles, chicken, ham, roasts, etc. with good results. I actually ordered this range at the store before checking the ratings, something I never do, but the oven in my old range died two weeks before Christmas, and I needed something fast for the holidays because I host the extended family for Christmas--about twenty-five hungry people were coming to my house. The concerns expressed in other reviews are valid. Like most gas ranges I have used, the oven does vent out the top, behind the cooktop. I am tall, 6'3", so it doesn't affect me so much. Also, pot and skillet handles do get especially warm on the cooktop because of the arrangement of the burners. I have found that if I keep handles angled away from the large burners, it's not an issue, though I do frequently have to use pot holders to remove pans. The trade off of having that extra burner makes hot handles worth it for me. For the money, this range cannot be beat.
Union, IL
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We really like having the middle burner and having the stop top grates all even.
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The Visitor Pattern is one of those well-known but not often used patterns. I think this is strange, as it is really a nice thing.
The goal of the pattern is to separate an algorithm from an object structure. A practical result of this separation is the ability to add new operations to existing object structures without modifying those structures.
Simple Example
This example (inspired by this) considers how to calculate the bounds of shapes (or collections of shapes). Our first attempt uses the traditional visitor pattern. We will see a more Groovy way to do this shortly.
That took quite a bit of code.
We can improve the clarity of our code (and make it about half the size) by making use of Groovy Closures as follows:
Advanced Example
If we now use NodeType1Counter on a tree like this:
Then we have one NodeType1 object as root and one of the children is also a NodeType1 instance. The other child is a NodeType2 instance. That means using NodeType1Cpunter here should count 2 NodeType1 objects.
Why to use this
As you can see here very good we have a visitor that has a state while the tree of objects is not changed. That's pretty useful in different areas, for example you could have a visitor counting all node types, or how many different types are used, or you could use methods special to the node to gather information about the tree and much more.
What happens if we add a new type?
In this case we have to do much work.. we have to change Visitor to accept the new type, we have to write the new type itself of course and we have to change every Visitor we have already implemented. After very few changes you will modify all your Visitors to extend a default implementation of the visitor, so you don't need to change every Visitor each time you add a new type.
What if we want to have different iteration patterns?
Then you have a problem. since the node describes how to iterate, you have no influence and stop iteration at a point or change the order. so maybe we should change this a little to this:
Some small changes but with big effect... the visitor is now recursive and tells me how to iterate. The implementation in the Nodes is minimized to visitor.visit(this);, DefaultVisitor is now able to catch the new types, we can stop iteration by not delegating to super. Of course the big disadvantage now is that it is no longer iterative, but you can't get all the benefits.
Make it Groovy
The question now is how to make that a bit more Groovy. Didn't you find this visitor.visit(this); strange? Why is it there? The answer is to simulate double dispatch. In Java the compile time type is used, so when I visitor.visit(children[i]); then the compiler won't be able to find the correct method, because Visitor does not contain a method visit(Visitable). And even if it would, we would like to visit the more special methods with NodeType1 or NodeType2.
Now Groovy is not using the static type, Groovy uses the runtime type. This means I could do visitor.visit(children[i]) directly. Hmm.. since we minimized the accept method to just do the double dispatch part and since the runtime type system of Groovy will already cover that.. do we need the accept method? I think you can guess that I would answer no. But we can do more. We had the disadvantage of not knowing how to handle unknown tree elements. We had to extends the interface Visitor for that, resulting in changes to DefaultVisitor and then we have the task to provide a useful default like iterating the node or not doing anything at all. Now with Groovy we can catch that case by adding a visit(Visitable) method that does nothing. that would be the same in Java btw.
But don't let us stop here... do we need the Visitor interface? If we don't have the accept method, then we don't need the Visitor interface at all. So the new code would be:
Looks like we saved a few lines of code here. But we made more. The Visitable nodes now do not refer to any Visitor class or interface. For me this is the best level of separation you could get here. But do we really need to stop here? No. Let us change the Visitable interface a little and let it return the children we want to visit next. This allows us a general iteration method.
DefaultVisitor now looks a bit different. I added a doIteration method that will get the children it should iterate over and then call visit on each element. Per default this will call
visit(Visitable) which then iterates over the children of this child. I changed Visitable to ensure that any node will be able to return children (even if empty). I didn't have to change the NodeType1 and NodeType2 class, because the way the children filed was defined already made them a property, which means Groovy is so nice to generate a get method for us. No the really interesting part is NodeType1Counter, it is interesting because we have not changed it.
super.visit(n1) will now call
visit(Visitable) which will call doIterate which will start the next level of iteration. So no change. But visit(it) will call visit(NodeType1) if it is of type NodeType1. In fact we don't need the doIterate method, we could do that in
visit(Visitable) too, but I thought this variant is better, because it allows us to write a new Visitor that overwrites
visit(Visitable) for error cases which of course means we must not do
super.visit(n1) but
In the end we got ~40% less code, a robust and stable architecture and we completely removed the Visitor from the Visitable. I heard about visitor implementations based on Reflection to get a more generic version. Well, with this you see there is really no need to do such thing. If we add new types we don't need to change anything. It is said that the visitor pattern doesn't fit extreme programming techniques very well because you need to make changes to so many classes all the time. I think I proved that this is because of Java not because the pattern is bad or something.
There are variants of the Visitor pattern, like the acyclic visitor pattern, that tries to solve the problem of adding new node types with special visitors. I don't like that very much, it works with casts, catches the {{
}} and other nasty things. In the end it tries to solve something we don't even get with the Groovy version.
One more thing.
NodeType1Counter could be implemented in Java as well. Groovy will recognize the visit methods and call them as needed because
DefaultVisitor is still Groovy and does all the magic.


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I saw this quote on Pinterest & fell in love with it. How true is this statement--
'Nothing compares to the stomach ache you get from laughing with your best friends'.
I loved it, and I know my friend did as well.
It is fitting for the group of friends I have gained here.
I love them all dearly.
I printed the words on card-stock, cut out 2 hearts from book pages, then glued them on, creating a 3D effect. Very simple.
I also decided to bring a few cupcakes to dinner that night. And after seeing these adorable toppers, I knew I had to make some myself. I simply cut small circles, folded them in half & glued them, then folded them again & glued. Apply all your little poofs to a small Styrofoam ball with more hot glue. Each topper took one felt sheet to make.
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Miami at Buffalo Game Notes
Nov. 3, 2012 · UB Stadium · Buffalo, N.Y.
General Notes
- Defensive lineman Jason Semmes joined season-long captains Zac Dysert, Jaytee Swanson and Andy Cruse for the coin toss.
- Buffalo won the toss and took the ball to start the game, marking the first time this season (nine games) that Miami started on defense. When it took possession, Miami was forced to punt, snapping a four-game streak of scoring on the opening possession (two touchdowns, then two field goals).
- Buffalo won for just the second time in 15 meetings with Miami, snapping a two-game losing streak in the series. The Bulls' other wins came in 2008 (Oxford) and 2009 (Buffalo). The RedHawks are now 5-2 at UB Stadium.
Team Notes
- A scoreless first quarter marked just the second time this season that neither Miami nor the opponent scored in ANY 15-minute period. The RedHawks and UMass were also tied at 0 following the first quarter.
- The 199 yards gained by UB running back Branden Oliver is the highest total by an opponent running back since Morgan Williams of Toledo tallied 330 on Nov. 21, 2008. The season-high was 188 by Michael Cox of Massachusetts on Sept. 22.
- The six points scored by both teams combined marked the lowest scoring half in a Miami game since Kent State held a 3-0 lead over the RedHawks last Oct. 15.
Individual Notes
- Zac Dysert became Miami's career passing leader with a 13-yard completion to Nick Harwell at the 5:34 mark of the third quarter. He passed Ben Roethlisberger, who tallied 10,829 yards from 2001-03. "Big Ben" played in 38 career games for the RedHawks, while Saturday marked Dysert's 43rd appearance over the last four years.
- With 242 passing yards, Zac Dysert moved up 11 spots to 41st on the NCAA's FBS career passing chart. In addition to Roethlisberger, he climbed ahead of Brian Brohm (Louisville/2004-07), Danny Wueffel (Florida/1993-96) and Drew Brees (Purdue/1997-2000) among others. Dysert's current total of 10,997 ranks sixth in MAC history.
- Nick Harwell added 62 yards to his career receiving total, giving him 2,794. During the contest, he moved ahead of Michael Larkin (2,772 from 2001-04) for third place on Miami's career list. With three touchdown grabs, he now has 21 in his career, moving him ahead of Trevor Gaylor (1996-99) for fourth in Miami history.
- Zac Murphy's first punt of the day covered a wind-aided 74 yards. It was a career-long and the tied for the third-longest in school history. Gary Layton had kicks of 78 (at Bowling Green, 1994) and 74 yards (at Toledo, 1993) during his career. Three others have also had 74-yard kicks. Murphy's previous best was at Buffalo in 2010.
- Harwell's three touchdown receptions equaled a career high. He also had three vs. Western Michigan in 2011.
- True freshman Kaleb Patterson converted his eighth straight field-goal attempt in the second quarter, a 29-yarder that gave Miami at 3-0 lead. He is now 12 of 14 this season, including three of four in the 20- to 29-yard range.
- Junior linebacker Chris Wade tallied 13 tackles on Saturday, the eighth straight game he has topped double figures in stops. He also had 13 at Boise State and at Akron. He entered the year with 12 cazreer stops.
- Sophomore Brison Burris made his second career interception during the second quarter. He also picked off a pass at Akron earlier this year. Burris also recovered a fumble late in the period, the first of his career.


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Do surge protectors merely give us a false sense of security?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 6/29/12 4:39 PM
Do surge protectors merely give us a false sense of security?
Here's why I ask this question. I live in upstate South Carolina, a
region prone to severe thunderstorms in the spring and summer. So
naturally I purchased and faithfully use surge protectors for all of
my sensitive electronic equipment. Several weeks ago we had a doozy of
a thunderstorm with multiple nearby lightning strikes and power
surges. I sat confidently at my computer and continued to work,
basking in the false security of a UPS and multiple surge protectors.
Zap-crackle, zap-crackle, Zap! "Wow, that was close" I thought. I even
thought I heard the surge protector "kick in." What I heard was my
cable modem arcing to ground! Yep. Fried it. And the phone modem. But
the big loss was my multi-function printer/scanner/copier/fax system.
D-E-A-D dead.
But wait! Don't these surge protectors come with a "connected
equipment protection policy?" I was shocked to discover (pardon the
pun) that I had actually kept the warranty information for the surge
protector in question. Indeed yes, it has such as policy. So I
contacted Schneider Electric, the manufacturer of the APC brand. They
confirmed the product's warranty and took me through their product
return process. Their letter arrived today. "The APC product we tested
showed no indication of malfunction," they wrote. "Your equipment
damage is therefore unfortunately not covered under APC's Equipment
Protection Policy."
So what I have is a perfectly "good" $20 surge protector that failed
to protect a device worth hundreds of dollars. It seems to me this is
$20 wasted. What do your readers think?
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Poor Free Throw Shooting Dooms Men's Basketball in 78-64 Loss at Mount Olive
February 8, 2012
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - Backed by a game-high 23 points from Mahamed Ibrahim and double-double by Craig Hayes with 22 and 10, host Mount Olive College registered a 78-64 victory over Pfeiffer University in a Conference Carolinas men's basketball tilt on Wednesday night. The win pushes the red-hot Trojans to 15-7 overall, 8-4 in league play while the Falcons drop down to 11-10, 5-6.
Reggie Hollinger would put Pfeiffer up a half dozen just 3:11 in after his first converted triple of the night. 90 seconds later, Mount Olive had erased the deficit and took the lead on a layup from Hayes. The Trojans would have control of the first half from their going up as much as 11 with 4:09 remaining before Tayron Gibson and KC Anuna helped cut it down to seven at the half.
Within the first two minutes of the second, Anuna would get the Mount Olive down to just four as would Hollinger at the 17:27 mark trailing 43-39. After a triple by Hayes, technical foul on the Falcons and two converted free throws by Ibrahim, the Trojans would take full control once again busting out on a 16-0 to go up 20, 59-39, with 11:01 remaining. The Falcons would only get as close as 12 after a layup by Hollinger with 2:27 remaining but would run out of time as Mount Olive claimed the double-digit win.
In addition to the efforts of Ibrahim and Hayes, Jordan McCain also finished in double-figures scoring 12. Hollinger was one of three Falcons reaching double-digits dropping in 22. Pfeiffer outshot Mount Olive 47% to 41% but the Trojans held the crucial advantage at the charity stripe shooting 78%.
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Top 10 best alternative Twitter apps for iPhone and iPad
Breaking down the best, most must-have alternatives to the official Twitter for iPhone and iPad app
The official Twitter 4.0 for iPhone has a radically overhauled user interface which, while it might potentially make tweeting more discoverable and approachable to new, mainstream users, could also annoy and alienate long time, power users. Luckily, if you're one of he annoyed, the alienated, there are a variety of alternative Twitter apps in the App Store for you to choose from. These are some of our favorites, the ones we consider the very best, most must-have third party Twitter clients for iPhone and iPad.
Note: This has been updated and expanded from our previous, post #dickbar list of recommended Twitter app alternatives and includes several new picks.
Tweetbot by Tapbots is it a beauty. A text review can hardly do this app justice because it is impossible to put into words how beautifully Tweetbot is made. Sure, I can describe how, at your touch, a tweet slides up revealing a navigation bar while simultaneous emitting the perfect sound. I can explain that swiping a tweet to right reveals the conversation and swiping to left displays related tweets. I can tell you about smart gestures, multiple timelines, and customizable navigation. I can even spew out a concrete list of every feature that Tweetbot includes. What I can't provide you, however, is the experience.
Tweetbot is different. It's innovative and refreshing. Tweetbot isn't an app you use, it's one you interact with. Everything has an animation, a sound, a beautiful interface. And true to Tapbots' style, the sounds are subtle and pleasant – enriching the experience. For those who are suckers for design, innovation, and dare I say, personality, Tweetbot will rock your world.
Includes support for iOS 5 Twitter integration, Push Notification, and TweekMarker sync. Does not have an iPad-specific version or a PC version.
- $2.99 - App Store link
Twitterrific by the Iconfactory was the very first Twitter application for the iPhone, even predating Apple's official App Store. It is full-featured, award-winning client with a beautiful and intuitive UI. Twitterrific supports link shortening and tweet translation in addition to the ability to filter your timeline for specific tweet types and trends. It's clean and elegant and color-codes your timeline so you can see tweets, @mentions, and DMs all in the same stream.
Twitterrific supports Tweetmarker and includes both iPhone and iPad optimized version in a single universal app, as well as a Mac app. It does not support iOS 5 Twitter integration or Push Notifications.
Available as an in-app purchase for $4.99, you can upgrade to Twitterrific Premium which will remove ads and enable multiple accounts.
- Free - App Store link
TweetDeck, now owned by Twitter, is a desktop powerhouse that tries to bring the same multi-column, quick filtering functionality to the iPhone. Favored by social media marketing, analyst, and engagement types because of the ability to sort, organize, manage, and push out tons of Twitter material, the approach translates down to the much smaller screen with okay but not great results.
Still, for people who live and swear by TweetDeck on Windows or Mac, especially those with a TweetDeck account allowing for fast and easy setup, you might want to check this version out.
TweetDeck does not support iOS 5 Twitter integration, Push Notifications or Tweetmarker.
- Free - App Store link
Echofon is a full-featured twitter client with a very clean interface and welcome features like a mute option to squelch users, clients and hashtags. Additionally, Echofon previews media directly in your stream which helps you decide if it's something you're interested in. If so, a quick tap of the thumbnail will open the photo or video.
Echofon supports Push Notification, had both iPad and iPhone versions in a single universal app, and will sync with Echofon on the desktop (their own service, not Tweetmarker). Echofon does not support iOS 5 Twitter integration (and actually has a slightly more complex, but secure web + pin authorization scheme in place.)
There are both regular and pro versions of Echofon in the App Store. The regular version is free, the pro version is $4.99, and you can update from regular to pro via a $4.99 in-app purchase as well.
As an in-app purchase for $4.99, you can remove the ads and upgrade to Echofon Pro.
- Free - iTunes link
Osfoora is a lot like the official Twitter for iPhone app was before the recent changes in version 4.0. That is to say, anyone who liked the original Tweetie will be immediately familiar with most of Osfoora. But Osfoora doesn't just stick to conventions, it jams a lot more features in as well. There's everything from a "home screen" with big icons for major functions to unread badges on the major sections.
If Tweetie/Twitter for iPhone pre-4.0 "just worked" for you and fit the way you used Twitter, and you don't want to change, give Osfoora a try.
There are both iPhone and iPad versions of Osfoora but they're not universal -- you need to buy both separately. While Osfoora supports a ton of features, iOS 5 integration, Push Notifications, and Tweetmarker aren't among them.
- $2.99/$3.99 - App Store link
Tweetings is an excellent Twitter app with a clutter-free UI. It let's you search who's nearby and find out what's trending at the moment or see who's around you with Augmented Reality. Tweetings also allows selective or automatic updates to Facebook as well as support for TwitLonger, Twtmore, and URL shortening.
Many of the big features, like push notifications, are stripped from the free version of Tweetings, but you can individually choose which features are important to you and purchase them for $0.99 or upgrade to the full version for $2.99.
- Free - App Store link
Tweetlist offers an excellent way to view lists and quickly switch between them. The Tweetlists tab is quick to access and you simply swipe left and right to view different lists. This client is very snappy and has excellent Voice Over accessibility support. Tweetlists also offers support for Twitlonger, Instapaper, and Read it Later. Another fantastic feature of Tweetlist is that conversations open automatically - if a tweet is part of a conversation, the entire conversation will be displayed upon tapping on the tweet.
- $2.99 - App Store link
Twittelator Neue - @reneritchie
Twittelator Neue is pure eye candy. There's a new wave of apps that are trying out new layering effects and physics, new animations and interactions. Twittelator Neue is one of those leading the way. This is not Apple's Twitter client. It's not flat and utilitarian like Mail or overly skeumorphic like Find my Friends. It's glossy, it's polished, it's fresh, and it's refreshing.
It doesn't have the functionality of some other clients. It picks and chooses its battles carefully. More functionality will likely follow in future updates but I hope they keep curating it, keep it simple.
iPhone only, no push notification support.
- $1.99 - App Store link
Tweetlogix offers tons of functionality, including support for themes and a bevy of additional services, all wrapped up in an elegant, easy to navigate interface. Inline images, active links, and more make it a good choice for power readers.
iPhone only, no push notification support.
$1.99 - App Store link
Hootsuite is another one of those Twitter -- and Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare -- apps that seems aimed more squarely at social network and social media marketing types rather than average users, but if you have a brand to push and love you some stats, especially if you're already all in with Hootsuite on the app, the app is a great companion.
Supports both iPad and iPhone in the same universal app. Requires a Hootsuite account.
- Free - App Store link
Your top apps?
So there you have them, our top 5 best alternative Twitter apps for iPhone and iPad. Be sure to check out our other Top 5 picks, our Picks of the Week, and iPhone App and Games Forum for more recommendations, and if we missed any of your favorites leave them in the comments below!
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Top 10 best alternative Twitter apps for iPhone and iPad
Tweetings is my favorite, has all the features you need in an social media app.
Love tweetbot! Good reviews!
Tweetcaster should definitely be a top app. Any app that doesn't support URL shortening shouldn't even be considered.
Sorry but IceBird was great in its day, sadly development stopped.
TweetList, TweetLogix, Tweetings, Tweetbot and Twittelator Neue are the cream of the crop, all actively developed and support the latest features and great shortcuts
Tweetings is the best app that works for me.
I agree with Tweetbot. And one of the reasons is... When I open the twitter app after like 8 hours and there is this space-gap, between the point I opened the app last time and the present... And when I tap this gap, I want the bottom part to stay still and load earlier and earlier messages at the top, so I can just continue reading all the tweets I missed on it's timeline. Most of the twitter apps just move THIS GAP somewhere down and I have to scroll a lot to find it and repeat this step few times, which is really annoying. But Tweetbot does it BOTH WAYS! Depend if you have that GAP in upper side of the screen or lower part... So it suits everyone! Tweetbot just rocks!
I agree with not fighting about these things Rene, but osfoora doesn't deserve to be on the list. It not fair to recommend an app based on how similar it feels to another app that is extinct. Look at its user reviews and compare that to tweetings and you will see who the poeple feel is better. Tweetings is nicer looking simple yet packed with many features. That rare. I would stack it up to tweetbot. That's my opinion. :)
As long as Osfoora never changes, I won't ever switch. I love Osfoora
Twittelator Neue has an amazing interface. Much better than tweetbot
i actually use 2 twitter apps. 1 for reading, because it keeps a numerical count of unread tweets: twittelator pro. and 1 for everything else (reply, see who is following me, general stuff) tweetbot.
I stick with those two because of the unique counting that twittelator does and the awesome tap features that tweetbot has.
I like Twittelator Neue and the regular Twittelator. But Neue takes the twitter app to a new lever. I really like the inline picture viewing, easy posting to facebook, the UI/look/layout and this cool thing they have called follow cost.
Twitbird is great. Personally I'd never use, or especially pay, for anything from the developers of Twitteriffic after the way they screwed over so many of their loyal customers. If you don't remember what happened, basically they disabled the old app which thousands of us payed for and they created a whole new version forcing everyone to pay for the same app twice. No refunds were given. To top it off the second version had less features.
I use tweetcaster because it offers Facebook integration. Some accounts post exclusively to twitter and I would like to be able to share the information with friends in Facebook. I know twitbird offers facebook integration but it was glitchy the last time I used it do I moved on. Hootsuite and Tweetdeck are okay; Tweetdeck works really well with Google Chrome.
No TwitBird? TwitBird rocks!
I still use TwitBird though it seems like it isn't being actively worked on anymore.
Ubersocial for iPhone is easily the best
Echofon. It's not the prettiest app but it has a ton of functionality!
Echofon's push has never worked. I don't know why they've never been able to get push right. It doesn't bother me since I use Boxcar. I'm still disappointed with Tapbots. I'm sorry, but how are you gonna release a new Twitter client for iOS and not make it either Universal or make a separate iPad version? That, to me, was an epic fail.
Sorry, but I was using Osfoora for a long time and, if I have reached this post was looking for an alternative to Osfoora or any application that look better than Osfoora. So, please be moderate in your answers, because all opinions are wright... Are only that, opinions.
I've tried many applications: Twitter, Tweetdeck, Echofon, Seesmic, Hootsuite, Twittelator... and I prefer Osfoora over all these, but I will try Tweetlogix this time.
Used Echofon, took few days for push to start to work. Tweetloglix is nice but has no push notifications which us a downside.. Tweetbot is great fast clean but push notifications sounds are boring.. Twittelator Neue is nice, I am using this at the mo... Can purchase push notifications which I did and I am pleased with it... I love twitter and spend alot of time on it... I downloaded pink tweetcaster as it supports breast cancer but it doesn't have push notifications... Everyone has own opinions about apps!! So many to choose from..
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NORFOLK -- The Sea Level Singer/Songwriter Festival returns for a sixth straight year April 4-6, 2013, featuring a showcase concert on Saturday April 6 and a Singer/Songwriter contest to choose this year's Emerging Artist.
The headliner of the traditional kick-off concert at the Naro Expanded Cinema on Thursday, April 4, will be Glen Phillips, lead singer of Toad the Wet Sprocket.
The Sea Level/Songwriter Festival will also feature Live Performance Showcases by local musicians, an outdoor open stage, street musicians, a custom Merrill Guitar raffle, and the Instruments of Art silent auction.
On April 6th the Emerging Artist Contest will be held featuring 10 locally selected semifinalists to perform one song each at the Attucks Theater. That evening, a panel of judges will choose three finalists to perform a second song and then select the winner.
Festival sponsor Seven Venues will invite the winner of the Emerging Artist Contest to headline a show in the Attucks Theater 2014 Discovery Series. The winner also will be a guest on Hunter at Sunrise (WHRV HD3), The Hampton Roads Show on WAVY TV and Out of the Box (WHRV FM 89.5), and will receive studio time and photography services.


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Practical advice about raising children
Getting kids outdoors can sometimes prove challenging. Kathryn Bluher emphasized in her Seattle Children's article, "8 Activities to Get Kids Outdoors in Cold Weather," nearly half of American preschoolers haven't experienced parent-supervised outdoor play each day. This data was obtained from a study conducted by Pooja Tandon, a pediatritician and childhood-health researcher, which also found that 15 percent of mothers and 30 of percent fathers in the U.S. don't take their children outside to walk or play even a few times per week.
Tandon also stated that outdoor activities provide children the physical and motor development they need. Additionally, these activities improve kids' vitamin D levels and mental health.
How do you get your kids to appreciate nature? How do you convince them that outdoor play can be fun and enjoyable while ensuring their safety? Help your kids live a healthier life while keeping them happy. Entice them with these innovative outdoor activities for kids—they won't be able to resist!
Photo courtesy Andrea Macken, via Pinterest
Tweak the classic hide-and-seek by playing a game called sardines. Here's how to play sardines: In this game, only one child hides, while the other kids wait for 25 minutes before searching for the hider. As each searcher finds the hider, he crawls quietly to the hider's hiding place. Searchers need to be careful not to let other searchers find their hiding spot. The searchers and the hider eventually cramp together in the tiny hiding space, like "sardines." At some point in time, the players won't be able to contain their giggles, while they crowd a restricted space for hiding. This is what makes the game fun for your children!
Ensure kids safety by playing the game in a wide outdoor space, like a local park or your backyard. A wide space will give your kids more place to move about, and play the hide-and-seek counterpart. Plus, playing this game will let your kids appreciate the creative purpose of nature. But don't forget to supervise your kids while playing to enhance their security outdoors.
Photo courtesy Lalita Krish, via Pinterest
According to PlaygroundEquipment.com, kids who play both cautiously and creatively are those that have clean and lasting fun. Don't hesitate to take play ideas for kids to the next level. Play with your children in the rain outside. Have fun gathering rain in an empty ice cream tub.
Expand your kids' storehouse of knowledge. Weigh the tub with them after it has collected rain in your backyard for an hour. The additional knowledge kids will gain from this activity will help them complete schoolwork better or finish a life task in general.
Train your little ones to achieve stronger body stamina. Guide them to rake up a big leaf pile, then let them demolish it afterward. Raking leaves will give kids the physical exercise their body needs. Heavy stuff may overwhelm your little ones, so be sure to assist your kids in using the rake to avoid injuries and accidents. Allow children to get carried away with their imagination. Let them ingeniously reconstruct the leaf pile into something their hearts desire.
Photo courtesy Debbie Fischer, via Pinterest
Secure your children's playground safety by letting them observe their outdoor surroundings closely. Take a break from playing in seesaws and swings with your kids. Lie down on the grass with them on your tummies. You may observe the playground environment, review safety play measures together, or use your imagination and come up with stories while lying down comfortably.
Make sure to keep your playground safe by letting your young ones demonstrate their learning gained from Tummy Time moments before they resume playing in your backyard.
Photo courtesy Cynthia Ramirez, via Pinterest
A backyard carnival compliments your kids' fun outdoor activities. Use cardboard, poster board, construction paper and bean bags to build your own carnival. Construct a ticket booth, balloon dart board and photo booth backdrop in your playground. Make believe you're in a miniature carnival. Give yourself a pat on the back for making it look realistic.
Photo courtesy Suchil Coffman-Guerra, via Pinterest
Think about helpful activities to get your kids to play outside. Sharpen your children's attention and memory by going on an outdoor tracking activity. Wild animals, such as cottontail rabbits, white-tailed deer, red fox and fox squirrel, may be hard to spot, but the footprint marks they leave in the mud can guide you to the direction they pass through. Ask your children informational questions afterward, such as what was the animal doing? Why did it stop at a particular area? And where has the animal gone now?
Exert additional efforts in supervising your children during the trip. Getting too close to wild animals poses enormous threats to your kids' safety.
Explain the benefits of outdoor activities to your kids in detail. Let them experience extraordinary moments outdoors to help them become physically fit and active.
Aby League is a medical practitioner and an Elite Daily writer. She also writes about business and other topics of great interest. Follow her @abyleague and circle her on Google+.
With summer vacation right around the corner, long, sun-filled days are fast-approaching. What better way to spend them than at the beach? Whether you live near the coast, or are planning a seaside family getaway, a trip to the beach with kids is a lot more fun when you're prepared. Yes, sand toys and sunscreen are a must. And be sure to tote plenty of snacks and drinks too. But as a seasoned beach mama, take my word for it that having a couple of planned activities—beyond the basic wave-riding and sand sculpting—is a good idea. When your little ones get too sandy, too hot, or generally disagreeable for whatever reason, pull out one of these creative ideas to reset the mood!
For many summers now, my girls have enjoyed weekly visits to a small strip of shore we call Shell Beach. We gather with friends and the kids spread out, spending the day shaping the powder fine sand, riding the Gulf waves, scaling snail-covered rocks, and climbing low-hanging sea grape trees. The one activity they all adore, however, is creating "touch tanks"—portable containers filled with sea water and found sea creatures. Armed with nets, shovels, buckets, and curiosity, the kids seek and discover all variety of sea life: crabs, non-stinging jellyfish, small fish, sea urchins, sea snails, coquinas, sand fleas, whelks, and more! Once captured, the critters are corralled into buckets and bowls where they can be touched, examined, and observed. The touch tanks are added to all-day long, and then the creatures are gently returned to their habitats, unharmed.
Try It!
• Bring along a few buckets and portable containers, and some nets and beach shovels, when you visit the shore.
• Help your kids to search the different natural habitats of your beach to discover the varying sea life they house. Look in the water, around rocks, along the shoreline, and in the sand. Take a walk and see what you can discover in different areas. (Consider visiting the beach at different times of the day to see what different critters can be found.)
• Gently place found critters into buckets or containers filled with water or sand, depending on the creature. Now is your chance to examine them up-close. If it's safe, encourage kids to carefully touch and explore!
• If you like, bring along field guides to help you identify the species you collect.
• Keep adding, or cycling, finds to the touch tanks all day long. Remember to always return your critters to where they came from.
Sometimes an entire day (or weekend, or week) of sun, sea, and sand can be overwhelming for kids. I've found we can extend the length of our beach trips if I plan a quiet activity that can be done on a blanket, in the shade of a tree or beach umbrella. In comes beach art en plein air—a French expression which means "in the open air." Typically used to describe painting outdoors, plein air art for us includes various types of mixed media, including crayons, markers, colored pencils, and tape/glue, as well as paint. No worries if the kids get messy—they can wash up in the ocean!
Try It!
• Pack a tote bag of art supplies. Include simple, portable materials such as sketchpads, watercolor paint trays, a few paintbrushes, markers, crayons, tape and glue, colored pencils, and a cup for water.
• Try landscape pictures: Suggest kids paint, or draw, the landscape as they see it. Have them first divide their paper into thirds with one-part sky, one-part water, and one-part shore (they don't need to be equal parts). Next, encourage them to add details they observe, such as clouds, birds, boats, people, palm trees, rocks, and so on.
• Get creative: There are many creative ideas you can do for on-location art at the beach. Try making a leaf rubbing of a seaside plant or tree (place the leaf vein-side up under a sheet of paper, then rub over the paper with the side of a crayon and watch the image appear). Or try taping or gluing found objects (feathers, shells, seaweed, sand) onto paper to create a mixed media collage.
• Create sea-watercolor paintings: Bring along a squirt bottle and a couple of plastic straws (never leave these behind as they could harm wildlife). Fill your squirt bottle and a small container with sea water. Use the collected water when painting to create sea-watercolor paintings. Use the spray bottle to spritz paintings—watch how the colors bleed together and create new designs. Use the straws to pick up drops of sea water and drip them onto paper saturated with color. What happens if you sprinkle the pictures with sand? What happens when the paintings dry—does the salty water create any special effects?
Photos by Elizabeth Sniegocki
For more creative ideas to keep kids active and engaged in the natural world this summer, check out the 8-week, At-Home Summer Nature Camp eGuide at A Natural Nester. It's packed with a summer-full of kid-friendly lessons, outdoor activities, indoor projects, arts & crafts, recipes, field trip ideas, book & media suggestions, and more.
Elizabeth Sniegocki is a writer, naturalist, suburban homesteader and mother in Sarasota, Florida. She writes on seasonal and sustainable living, wholesome cooking, community building, conscious parenting and more for various print and online publications. Elizabeth also offers self-paced eCourses and family eGuides to help others create a natural and mindful environment around them, and within. Learn more about her work at Natural Nester.
Now that spring has sprung you may find yourself spending more and more time outdoors—and why not? If the weather feels wonderful and the fresh air feels amazing, stop feeling cooped up and go play outside with your kids. You can keep them busy outdoors with these fun and innovative crafts found on Pinterest. Be sure to follow us on Pinterest for even more inspiration.
Pasta Crafts: Butterfly Decorations
Pull out your garden containers and leftover bow tie pasta to create these adorable spring-themed decorations. Although this isn't necessarily an activity that will take your kids outdoors, it certainly evokes spring and can be stored outside. Via How Does She.
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Fun Messy Games: Rainbow Bubble Snakes
Be prepared to get messy with this fun outdoor activity. These Rainbow Bubble Snakes are easy to make and transform waste around the house into a toy for the kids. To keep things eco-friendly, use dish soap recommended by the Environmental Working Group and natural dyes such as turmeric powder (yellow), chopped beets (pink) or frozen blueberries (purple). Via Housing a Forest.
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Sensory Play: 1-Ingredient Slime
As gross as you may think it is, making slime for kids has its rewards. They can't enough of this flubbery substance, which is—for some reason—irresistible. What's great about this homemade batch is that it's nontoxic, edible and borax-free, and only takes five minutes to make. Mix it up then go outdoors with your kid to throw it around and play with it. Via Blog Me Mom.
Bird Crafts for Kids: Citrus Cup Bird Feeder
Fill empty citrus rinds with bird seed and a little bit of peanut butter. Your kids will enjoy putting together this nifty little project, but even more they will love watching their feathered friends visit time and time again to feast from their creation. Via Mama.Papa.Bubba.
Outdoor Oasis: Backyard Teepee
Whatever the reason may be, everything is more fun when done inside a hand-built teepee or fort. Make your kids' dreams come true by building them an outdoor oasis—a backyard teepee. A basic teepee is not difficult to make, but it does require time and effort. What's best about this project is that your kids can color the inside or outside of the teepee, truly making it their own creation. Via Ziggity Zoom.
Photo by Kristy Severin
Encouraging children to help prepare meals in the kitchen is a wonderful way to introduce the simple pleasures of life. By taking the time to prepare meals with children, they are learning to work with their hands, about food preparation and planning, working with others, as well as developing an appreciation for the food we eat every day. To help encourage your child or a child you know, start by having children help out with the meal planning—from deciding what to eat, making a grocery list, helping out at the grocery store and unpacking the groceries at home. Children may gain a sense of pride and independence if asked to help with these practical tasks that could help guide their future in a positive manner.
Most kitchen tools are kid friendly, such as mixing spoons, measuring cups, and bowls. For the not-so-kid-friendly kitchen tools, try these suggestions.
Kid-friendly cutting knives such as a Joie wavy slicer
A safe kitchen stool such as the Guidecraft kitchen helper stool
Kid-Friendly peeler such as the one from "How We Montessori"
To encourage even more independence, you may want to have an area in the kitchen designated solely for the child that contains items within reach such as plates, cups, silverware, snacks, napkins, and other practical, safe kitchenware.
Photo courtesy Three Oaks Blog
The idea of allowing children to serve themselves and/or help out with practical every day activities may seem overwhelming at first but children are generally intrigued by practical life skills and activities, and you may find them not only interested in helping, but that they will love helping and the chance to be independent. You may also enjoy having the extra helper and the time to bond with your child.
Kristy Severin is a mother of two, a certified art instructor, photographer, painter, writer and cook. She earned her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda, East Africa. Inspired daily by her children and love of the earth, Kristy's fine art and writings are at The Art of Green Living.
I loved being outdoors when I was a kid and was fortunate to have parents who encouraged me to be outside. We moved around a lot, and it was always fun to explore new places. Sometime in high school however, I lost touch with that part of myself and became much more of an indoors person throughout my young adulthood. Now, I have a two-year-old son who loves to be outside and am learning once again the value of getting kids (and myself) to play outside.
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Our family faces a challenge I'm sure some of you can relate to living in a small apartment with only a balcony to call entirely ours. It's easy in that situation to give in and blame accessibility, the weather, and a number of other factors for staying inside. Thing is, getting your kids outside doesn't have to mean letting them loose in some 1/2-acre fenced backyard or waiting for perfect weather at the park. It might take a bit more effort on your part as a parent, but it's well worth it.
Are there any other 'outdoors' areas nearby? We are fortunate enough to have some semi-wooded public areas in our apartments where I can take my son. Is there a park nearby? Even if it's just a small neighborhood park, it can offer more excitement than you might think. Do you have time to go somewhere like a nature preserve, county park, or greenway even if only on the weekends? Take advantage of those precious opportunities. What if the weather isn't cooperating? You might be able to work with the weather for an outdoor activity (as long as you're not dealing with severe weather).
Playgrounds are great and sports are certainly a great reason to get outside, but for some kids neither of those will be much of an enticement. In fact, my son has little interest in playground equipment. If your child is 'outdoor activity averse,' try coming at it from a different angle. One of the most valuable effects of getting kids outside in my opinion is exposing them to the way nature works. I also love to start explaining to my son how human activity impacts nature and how we can protect nature. For the kid who is more bookish or interested in science than traditional play, recommend they take their interests outside. Could they pick up a book at the library about birds and then put that knowledge to use by bird watching at the park? Or perhaps your young scientist could count birds and then compare their totals to migrating bird counts to see how your local population compares? Or maybe they could observe and diagram the parts of a habitat? Not all kids want to run, jump, or climb when they're outside and suggesting alternative activities can inspire a child to get outside when they might not otherwise.
Of course, one of the most important parts of getting kids outside is you. Kids obviously need supervision but also encouragement and sometimes someone to learn with them. Make what time you can to be part of getting your kids outside and you might even find yourself rediscovering your own inner child with dirt on your hands and fresh air in your lungs.
Elyse Black is a wife and mother to one (soon to be two), educator, avid home cook/baker, and pragmatic environmentalist. You can find her kid-tested, kosher-friendly recipes on her blog, "What's Cookin,' Mamele?"
If you've ever tried gardening with a young child, you understand why it may not always be described as "enjoyable." I can't imagine what must go through their little heads when they see all that dirt to play with! We see hard work and beauty to behold; they see their next trail of destruction!
Gardening with your kid(s) doesn't have to be stressful though. Following these five steps may just put you both in the right frame of mind to garden peacefully together.
Make gardening a personal experience for your child by providing them with their own space. Photo By Jamie Lamb.
1. Start with a Book. Part of the process of having your child garden with you is getting them excited about it and understanding why we do it. You can easily explain all this through reading to them. When your child begins to see the connection between their books and the green things sprouting outside, it makes more sense to them. "Up, Down and Around" by Katherine Ayers and "Jo MacDonald Had a Garden" by Mary Quatellbaum were two books that my child enjoyed and helped her connect the dots between gardening and her food supply. If you need more examples, head over to my blog for a listing on gardening books for kids.
Start by reading a book about gardening. Photo By Jamie Lamb.
2. Parents Prepare. I can't emphasize this one enough. If you're trying to figure out a task and then try gathering tools, pots, soil and seeds all while wrangling your tot and trying to keep his/her hands out of everything before starting, you're bound to get frustrated quickly. Plan out specific projects or tasks you'll be doing ahead of time. Have a lot to do? Consider mapping out a plot of land just for your child. Having his/her own large pot or plot of earth will give them the independence to explore, create and maybe even destroy. But it's theirs so it won't matter what happens to it!
3. Purchase Kid-Friendly Tools. Your plants will not survive with a kid wielding an adult-sized hoe. That giant "sword" is just waiting to puncture the heart of your zucchini plant! Invest in equipment that your kids can easily use and you'll save your plants from an early death. Kid gardening gloves, miniature shovels and spades, as well as a squirt bottle for watering are all good ideas to get you started.
Provide your child with child-sized garden tools. Photo By Jamie Lamb.
4. Lay Out the Expectations First. Explaining the process of your tasks up front and setting clear expectations of what is allowed—and not allowed—is a sure-fire way to set things off on the right foot. If you just tell a child you'll be planting seeds today, you're bound to suddenly see shovels full of dirt and seeds being strewn all over the yard and in the air. If you can simply instruct step by step and explain that ripping out carrot tops is not acceptable, you've set the boundaries that kids ultimately want and need.
5. Chill Out. No not your kid—I'm talking to you. This is a hard one for me personally to remember sometimes. We put so much effort into our gardens that sometimes we forget how much fun it can really be. Take the time to see it through your kid's eyes and don't forget a garden isn't complete without a few mud pies. Remember that not every cherry tomato would have survived anyways. So if they become victims to a child gardening, leave it be. Each year will get easier and your child will learn to love what you love.
Jamie Lamb resides in beautiful Central Pennsylvania. An avid gardener for the past five years, she's passionate about our food supply and believes anyone can garden. To follow her quirky take on expanding her families gardening footprint all with a toddler in tow, visit her blog, They Call Me A Hippie.
Every year you'll find it on your child's school supply list: hand sanitizer. You'll find the words "antibacterial" plastered on every home-care and personal-care product across the board. Our culture is obsessed with this idea of killing bacteria yet most of us have no idea what we are really doing.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are nothing new to some of us. With the onslaught of MRSA, mainstream news outlets have covered the story from time to time, but we continue to use products like hand sanitizers, unknowingly turning our children's hands into little Petri dishes. Doctors are taking steps to curb the problem, such as testing for bacterial infections before simply handing out prescriptions for antibiotics to every child with a runny nose, but the school system seems to have ignored the warnings and, in fact, studies claim the use of hand sanitizers has had a positive effect in the classroom, resulting in less absenteeism. On the other hand, numerous studies show, "these antibacterial hand washes and disinfectants are also contributing to the rapid growth of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that pose a serious risk to human health." Let's not forget that using these products also kills off the beneficial bacteria in the environment, just as antibiotics kill off healthy gut bacteria.
Photo By SonnyandSandy/Flickr
So what could be worse?
Triclosan: the most popular ingredient in antibacterial products and a heavy endocrine-disrupting substance. Triclosan can be found in everything from clothing to kitchenware, furniture, toys and, of course, in antibacterial soaps, toothpastes and cosmetics. If you don't know much about endocrine disruptors, go check out Mrs. Green's explanation or at least throw "endocrine disruptors" into your search bar. Basically, triclosan has the ability to alter your body's hormones in a negative way. Recent studies have also found triclosan to weaken muscles and hinder the heart's ability to circulate blood. In layman's terms, this chemical can stop your heart. Bacteria don't sound so scary now, do they?
"But these products are regulated by the FDA," you say.
Well, let me remind you that Michael R. Taylor, the deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration, worked for Monsanto and wrote the rBGH labeling guidelines. Turns out, rBGH is so bad even Wal-Mart banned it from its milk. I don't think two million people marching in opposition to GMOs can all be wrong either, and I'm a firm believer in independent studies so research it for yourself to make your own decision. The FDA is looking into triclosan and you can wait for their determination—or you can simply stop using hand sanitizers and the like and turn to a natural alternative. In my opinion, it's better to be on the safe side.
Naturally antibacterial essential oils:
• Basil
• Orange
• Chamomile
• Patchouli
• Peppermint
• Coriander
• Cypress
• Eucalyptus
• Rosemary
• Geranium
• Rosewood
• Grapefruit
• Sage
• Lemon
• Sandalwood
• Lime
• Spearmint
• Also spicier oils like thyme, oregano, and clove.
Any of the above essential oils can be added to your cleaning products and will make them antibacterial without the harmful chemicals. As for hand sanitizer? Try making your own with this easy recipe.
Kate Hunter enjoys organic gardening, whole food cooking, crafting, making natural products, and following up on politics and the latest health food news. After changing her major from art to biology to English, she finally obtained a B.A. in English with an emphasis on writing from Southern Oregon University and has been writing about nutrition, healthy living, cooking, and gardening for over nine years. Kate is a published author both online and in print and has owned, operated, and published a literary journal. She is a mother of three, speaks sarcasm, some Spanish, but mostly English and spends her time baking, taking pictures, canning, growing and drying herbs, reading, selling natural products and homemade crafts in her Etsy store HomemadeByKate, and checking food labels of course.
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