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While talk about Mitt Romney and the presidential race continues to increase, the Republican nominee saw no significant post-GOP convention bump in positive talk about him, according to this week's Conversation Nation poll.
The findings mirror the results of Gallup and CNN polls released on Tuesday that found little or no increase in support for Romney among likely voters in the wake of the Republican National Convention.
An ABC News/Washington Post poll, however, found a different result: It said that Obama's popularity has dipped since the spring, while Romney gained 5 percentage points in favorability from the previous week.
According to Conversation Nation, talk about Romney hit its highest point of the campaign on Friday, Aug. 31, the day after he accepted his party's nomination, when 43 percent of Americans engaged in conversations about the Republican challenger.
But unplanned distractions might have hampered the efficacy of the GOP's messaging. Hurricane Isaac, a widely panned keynote address by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Clint Eastwood's surreal interrogation of a chair all provided topics of conversation that were off the GOP script.
Positive word of mouth about Romney increased only 3 points, to 35 percent, while negative word of mouth was up 2 points, to 38 percent of Americans.
Meanwhile, despite the pounding President Obama took from convention speakers, positive word of mouth about him increased 3 points to 40 percent and negative word of mouth fell a point to 38 percent, reversing a trend in which more Americans had been speaking negatively of Obama than had been speaking positively.
For both candidates, television continues to drive more word of mouth than any other medium, with 44 percent of Romney word of mouth and 38 percent of talk about Obama prompted by television. News programs, especially for Romney, were the most important word-of-mouth drivers on television.
At the halfway mark of convention season, the national elections continue to become an ever-hotter topic of conversation, with almost a third of Americans talking about them on Aug. 31, the highest level of the campaign. In late June, about 11 percent of Americans were talking about the elections.
It seems advertisers have picked up on the increasing resonance of the elections, with Tostitos recently joining Maker's Mark in the arena of election-themed ad campaigns.
National Journal and Keller Fay Group, a survey research firm, have partnered to track Americans' online and face-to-face conversations about the 2012 presidential race. Each week Keller Fay's TalkTrack® research service interviews a nationally representative online sample of approximately 615 Americans ages 18-69, to determine which candidates and issues people are talking about and the nature of those conversations. Ed Keller and Brad Fay are coauthors of The Face-to-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace.

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There's some new videos added to Globo Video, part of "Os Desafinados" promotion.
August 22 – Agenda Globo News
Here Rodrigo talks about the movie, and tells that he needs to learn piano for making the movie. Also he tells that he and Joaquin has the same way of searching their dreams and make it real. Click on the picture, to go to the video:
August 26 – Jornal da Globo
A brief Rodrigo interview talking that he needs piano and singing classes during two months, and some movie scenes and behind the scenes. See it:
August 25 – Programa do Jô
And here the interview at "Programa do Jô", a talk show very similar to Jay Leno, David Letterman, etc. It's a 15 minutes video where Rodrigo talks about her international career, Laura Linney (that she's adorable, talented and helped him a lot) Mr Bean and Jim Carrey (they're serious, too), her work on 300 and what did he feel about being waxed to make Xerxes. See it:
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Posted by Jimmski on 06/17/2007
I tried to get in here a year ago without a reservation and waited an hour before leaving disappointed. But this time I got a reservation. Great place, always busy (reservations a must!), great food. Good value for us Brits at the moment. So why not give it full marks? 1) Waiters kept hitting my chair as they went past. 2) The wine waiter got cork in the taster's glass and the table wine was nothing special (a Shiraz/Grenache blend). 3) They have a man in the toilets who you have to tip for passing you a towel! None of these spoiled the experience but no.3 particularly annoyed me. I can understand the present of a toilet attendant in a nightclub but they have no place in a restaurant! Its not necessary. I'm a big boy and I can pick up a paper towel myself. Having said that I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Not a place for an intimate meal though - its too busy and noisy for that. But the dishes are simple and exceedingly tasty. I had the (what I thought might be a bit boring) trout with asparagus, walnuts, spinach and puy lentils. But it was gorgeous (as was the goat's cheese tart and profiteroles). Top nosh.
Posted by CuisineCrazy on 06/12/2007
I have been dining here a few times a year since it opened. If a restaurant can feel like an old friend, Balthazar is one. The menu has never changed. The decor is the same. Much of the staff has been here for years. You always know what to expect and that is excellence. Yes, you can be wowed by the simplicity of the selections. Perfect steak frites. Loin of lamb. Any chicken dish. The fish. The raw shellfish selections. Balthazar has the feel of a neighborhood place, whether SoHo or the 6th arrondissement. Don't expect fireworks here; anticipate French bistro comfort-food and you'll be rewarded.
Posted by janwob on 05/05/2007
I've only been here once and I loved it. The dining room is visually impressive and the atmosphere is buzzing. A late supper here last week was really enjoyable. We started with a glass of champage and a blood-orange martini. The martini was the only low point - it was just way too strong and I couldn't drink it. When our wine arrived, I asked the waiter to take the glass away (I wasn't going to complain) and he noticed how little I'd drank, asked how it was and when I said that it was just a little too strong for my taste he took it off the bill, which I appreciated. It may seem like a little thing, but this was discretely done and demonstrates the quality of the service. Food was generally good - the Balthazar salad with truffle dressing was light and well balanced. A fois gras terrine was fine, if unexceptional. Main courses were much better: a steak au poivre was amazing and the skate wing was perfectly cooked and utterly delicious. We were too full to have anything else. Our bill was around $170 which is quite a bit, but we did have a relatively expensive bottle of wine. The experience was probably worth it though.
Posted by Upper Eazy Foodie on 04/30/2007
Everything that i've ever had here has been delicious, from their ceviche to the steak tartare to the steak frites and desserts and bread next door. The atmopshere is loud and fun and I had a great time drinking bellini's here on New Year's Eve. It's a New York institution and it's no wonder why, it's priced fairly, the food is amazing and it's a fun place. I really want to come here for breakfast as well in the near future.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/29/2007
My girl friends and I decided to celebrate our birthdays at Balthazar this evening. The beet salad and goat cheese appetizer was superb along w/ the desserts. The wine was a great value. The skate and stripe bass was nothing to brag about it. I nibbled on my friend's short rib special THAT WAS AMAZING! I also tried a bite of my friend's steak frittes which was...... average. I thought the atmosphere was cool and the service was outstanding. We ordered dessert and the waiters took it upon themselves to place candles in them. I'm glad I paid a visit to this Soho staple but not so sure if I would go back. I feel their sister place" Schiller's" is better and less expensive and a bit less touristy!
Posted by Foodie Sisters on 04/26/2007
My sisters birthday dinner was superb. We arrived 20 min. early & were seated immediately. The food & service top notch (pate, beet salad, mussels, lamb, carafe of cote du Rhone, warm chocolate cake w/ice cream). Unfortunately, someone who arrived for dinner, already drunk, sat next to us and proceeded to knock over two full glasses of champagne & some water. The wait staff and hostess immediately came over to clean up, apologized and repeatedly asked if were okay and offered to pay our dry cleaning bills. We said not necessary, and we ordered one dessert to share. Well they sent over two desserts and comped both of them for our inconveniece without our even asking. And they cut off bar service to that table, so the party proceeded to leave. Now that's great service.
Posted by TT on 03/11/2007
after hearing so much about this place...we decided to give it a shot last nite. The 4 of us walked in with no reservation, and was told that the wait would prob be ~ 2 hours for a table, but we could check the bar area and see if we could be seated there. Within 15 minutes, we managed to snatch 4 seats at the bar. We ordered some drinks and appetizers, everything were great. The bartenders were so attentive and entertaining (they kept cracking sarcastic jokes). Tried the "Le Grand" seafood appetizers, if you're in a big group, you won't be dissappointed. The steak tartare was also great....we loved everything. And for a restaurant with that great of a level of food & service, we thought the bill was very reasonable as well. Would definitely come here again!


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The Falcon's beer garden is where the sun seekers of Clapham rest their perfectly chilled pints on bright, sunny days. We have an outdoor bar, a BBQ, space for up to 300 and everything you can think of to thrive in the fickle British climate, including plenty of heated, covered areas should the heavens open and threaten to mess up your meticulously coiffured 'do.
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A good coach helps to create positive sporting experiences for their athletes. As well as helping people to realise their athletic potential, coaches at all levels must ensure athletes enjoy themselves and continue participating in sport.
There's no doubt that coaching can be a tough job. Technical knowledge, people management, sports safety and coaching techniques are just a few of the areas coaches need to be "experts" in.
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Week-Long New Jersey Bear Hunt Heads Into Fifth Day
It looks like the Nor'easter didn't put a damper on the number of black bears killed during this week-long season.
New Jersey Black Bear Hunt To Begin On Monday
For the fourth year in a row, the New Jersey black bear hunt was set to get under way next week.
N.J. Sierra Club Alarmed By Drop In Pollution Violations
The New Jersey Sierra Club was disappointed this week following revelations that penalties against polluters dropped by 54 percent last budget year compared with four years earlier.
Protesters Rally As NJ's Annual Hunt Nets 55 Black Bears
The six-day hunt aims to control the state's black bear population, now estimated at about 2,900.
Federal Project Planned To Clean Up Lead-Contaminated Soil In Edison
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin digging up and replacing lead-tainted soil around 12 homes in the Edison area. The soil in that area was contaminated because of old lead smelting factories.
Tortoises Rescued From NJ Home Recovering At Zoo
Animal protection advocates said they're still seeking a permanent home in a warm climate for the reptiles, which for now will remain at Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township.
Officials Urge Residents In New Jersey's 'Bear Country' To Secure Trash
A shortage of acorns and nuts this year may force bears to find food in other places, such as your trash can.
Officials Seize 4 Huge Tortoises From Highlands Home
Authorities say Richard Hines Jr. is charged with possession of exotic species without a permit after they found Aldabra tortoises, ranging in weight between 25 and 600 pounds, in his backyard.
NJ DEP Gives OK To Baykeeper Oyster Project In Raritan Bay
State officials said Monday that the NY/NJ Baykeeper can go ahead with plans to establish an oyster colony at a protected pier at the Earle Naval Weapons Station in Monmouth County.
NJ Residents Heed Gov. Christie's Advice To Stock Up Ahead Of Irene
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Officials Euthanize Black Bear That Entered N.J. Campsite
Environmental officials say the black bear that wandered into a campsite in a northwestern New Jersey state forest this week has been captured and euthanized.
New Jersey Officials Say Black Bear Didn't Hurt 2 Boys At Campsite
Fish and Wildlife Division Assistant Director Larry Herrighty said Thursday that hospital officials concluded the abrasions found on the 11- and 12-year-old boys were not caused by a bear.
Raritan River In Central New Jersey Set To Become Hot Fishing Spot
Thanks to a pollution settlement from a lawsuit, the state now has money to rip out three dams in the Raritan River in Somerset County.
Man Killed After 75-Foot High Sycamore Tree Falls On Tent At N.J. Campsite
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Beenox's video game adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has had a rather odd development history for the Xbox One. While it's currently available for all home consoles and portables, the Xbox One version was "indefinitely delayed" by Activision. The game has now appeared on the Xbox Store for the console and seems to be an earlier version than initially thought.
This was indicated by some Twitch users as the game was streamed while NeoGAF user Wario64 posted images of the timed achievement challenges. Regardless, it's there and currently retails for $59.99. Whether it's any good or better than the movie remains to be seen.
Microsoft has yet to address the release – and the game has been out for a good several hours – but expect to hear some official announcement soon. Have you played the game yet? Is it worth all the fuss that was devoted to its numerous delays? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.


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Chagas Disease in Ecuador
From efforts by the Tropical Disease Institute, the Tropical Disease Research Program was created to combat Chagas disease in Ecuador. The program's field activities provide training on the many aspects related to multidisciplinary field research implementation within the Chagas disease research project.
Students will have the opportunity to participate in both course work and as volunteer research assistants. Their specific duties for the project will depend on the component they choose, but will support the main research activities of the overall project.
Visit the official Tropical Disease Research Program website for more information.
Program dates
June 6 - July 11, 2015 (programs of 2 – 6 weeks available within this timeframe)
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This program is open to undergraduate, graduate and medical students interested in international studies, health and medicine, the environment, international development, health education, international relief work, biology, engineering, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology or economics.
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I have a confession.
Oh, c'mon on. Not that kind of confession. No, nothing sordid. Nothing juicy. First, just an admission of laziness.
Since I moved in with my Grandmother and my Auntie, I have been too lazy to figure out where I can set up my studio lights to shoot my food photos both for this blog and the occasional freelance food shoot. The first couple of posts upon my return to blogging this year, I shot at the dining table that sits in front of three large windows. The light is good midday to early afternoon before the house next door hides the sun from me. And as it starts to make it's way past the 3pm hour, with some finagling I can still get the pictures I want. That is, until I realized that I was wasting perfectly good light upstairs.
Uh, in the upstairs bathroom to be exact.
So that's the confession: all my plated food shots that many of you have commented on have been shot with natural light in my bathroom.
The white walls. The frosted glass window with no house or tree to hide the sun as it makes it's passage across the sky. Gorgeous, heavenly light. A few bounce cards and my nifty 50/1.4 lens and I'm golden.
I still shoot the process photos downstairs since it's closer to the kitchen but I use my little Leica point and shoot for those. Low fuss. Love it. When I'm ready for the finished, plated food shot, I move upstairs and set up a folding table in the bathroom, near the small window. There is also a small skylight that light filters in from, bouncing around as it hits one white wall and then another. A makeshift background on my makeshift table and my Canon 5D and I'm set.
|My gorgeous baby patiently waiting for me to finish shooting so I can play ball with her. Love my Starbuck!!
If I am ever in a position to establish a formal studio, access to such beautiful natural daylight on a grander scale will be a must. Don't get me wrong, I love my studio lights. They are easy to use and I can usually do a pretty darn good job of simulating natural sun light with them which allows me to shoot at night allowed me to shoot at night when Starbuck and I lived alone.
But here's the secret to really gorgeous food photography: nothing beats the real thing. Softly filtered natural daylight makes the food shine.
Nothing beats the real thing. That can really be applied to so many things in life, don't you think?
Farro with Asparagus, Cannellini Beans
and Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette
Serves 4
To cook the farro:
1 can (14.5 ounces) chicken stock
1/2 cup water
1 cup pearled farro
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 pound asparagus (about one bundle), woody ends trimmed off then cut into 1 inch pieces
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can, (15 ounces) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
For the vinaigrette:
3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves (or 1 1/2 tablespoons dried)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (about 1 tablespoon dried)
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1 small shallot, minced
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Garnish: shaved parmesan
Add stock and water to a medium pot and bring to a boil. Add farro, salt, pepper and butter and return to boil then cover and turn down heat to it's lowest setting. Set timer for 15 minutes. Do not lift lid. When the timer goes off, turn off heat, leave lid on and allow to sit for five minutes. Strain off any leftover liquid and place farro into a large bowl (farro is best al denté allowing it to be a bit chewy).
Add 2 inches of water to a medium to large skillet. Bring water to a rolling boil. Add asparagus and salt. Blanch on medium heat for 3 minutes. Strain asparagus and rinse under running cold tap water. Set aside. In the same skillet, heat the olive oil. When it's shimmering, add the garlic and stir for 1 minute. Return the asparagus to the skillet and stir-fry for 3 to 5 minutes. Add asparagus to farro. Add the beans. Set aside.
Whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl. Pour it over the farro and stir to combine well. Divide between four bowls and top with freshly shaved parmesan (I use a vegetable peeler to shave mine).
So, this is my last formal Meatless Monday post now that Lent is nearly over (Easter is this Sunday, already!). I'll still occasionally post a Meatless Monday recipe but I'm very ready to return to breakfasts and desserts and MEAT dishes. It's been fun sharing my lenten journey with you! I hope you found a recipe or two that encouraged you to get into the kitchen and give 'em a whirl.
Until next time …
¡Buen Provecho!


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Miniature Tigers
Hometown: New Yorkizona, TX
Tags: rock, pop, indie, alternative, indie rock
The sound is important but nothing is more important than the feeling of the sound. When Charlie Brand (vocals, guitar) was writing the newest Miniature Tigers record, he looked to the sum of his musical influences for inspiration. "I wanted to make something like Weezer's Blue Album—not exactly the album, but the feeling of listening to that album at age whatever. Something with that feeling that could connect with people." That's how the band had started, after all: When he and founding member Rick Schaier (keys) connected over Myspace in the mid-'00s through their love of the same bands. After a few albums, they brought on Algernon Quashie (guitar) and Brandon Lee (bass) to complete the band.
The resulting record, Cruel Runnings, is something halfway between nostalgia and the ecstatic now, an album that yearns for the recent past while staring open-hearted at what the present dares to bring. Songs about swimming pools remembered on sticky summer nights, lovers meeting at discotheques, streets where you used to live. Let's just try to be as much of us as possible, Brand decided during the recording process. In that, Miniature Tigers have written a record that's eminently relatable, passionate but not without a healthy sense of perspective. Recorded in Jamaica with producer Chris Zane (The Walkmen, Passion Pit) the album sounds as freeing as the process felt. "There was just a different energy there, a different energy in such a relaxing environment," he says. "Everything came very naturally." That's fitting of a record where Brand wanted to capture the way a relationship—and through that, life—really felt. "Not necessarily something that was good and got bad," he says, "but the ups and downs of it."
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Louder Than That on Miniature Tigersalmost 2 years ago
-From Phoenix
-Rolling Stones said that they were one of the 26th best bands off Myspace in 2006
-Conclusion: Their first CD Tell it to the Volcanoes is a great fun Summer CD. If you haven't listened to it then it is definitely worth your time! I can't wait to see them at Lollapalooza and I realllllly hope they come to Toronto.
Sorry, but i thought this was really random of them and i have to post it... lolol Read more at LouderThanThat
Rolling Stone Reviews on Miniature Tigersabout 2 years ago
3.5 Stars
On their first two albums, this Brooklyn-via-Phoenix indie-pop crew chiefly trafficked in playful psychedelia. Album three opens with a pair of curveballs, the horndog electro-disco fantasies "Sex on the Regular" and "Female Doctor." The lyrics are pure R. more at rollingstone.com
TheOwlMag on Miniature Tigersover 2 years ago
Miniature Tigers Mia Pharaoh [Modern Art]
The first time I saw this band live a few months ago, a tall man sporting a David Niven mustache strolled over to his keyboard wearing a holiday cat sweater. I thought then that this was going to be the coolest opening band ever or I was headed back to the bar for another Fat Tire; that kind of sweater never belongs to mediocrity. Lured in by the catchy hooks and snarky lyrics sung in Charlie Brand's sweet adolescent voice, I never got that second Fat Tire. There were several songs off their third album Mia Pharaoh in the set and I resolved to look up everything I could find the next day via the power of Google.
I found that Charlie Brand, Rick Schier, and Algernon Quashie were the guys making this whimsical bubblegum music happiness. I was saddened to learn that somehow I missed them a couple of years ago at the (now defunct and ahead of its time) Monolith Festival, but saw that a new album was to be released soon! It would be mine, I vowed, and soon it was. In the biography information that came with the music, I learned that the song "Afternoons With David Hockney†was inspired by that David Hockney, the pop art pioneer known for his post-Cubist photo collages and striking paintings of the mundane. This explains why saxophones can be heard sneaking in the background of an otherwise guitar-centric island pop gem, advising us to "not let the money make you lazy/as lazy is just not you.â€
The whole album (10 new tunes) is comprised of odd bits and pieces, harmonized into one smooth amalgamation. "Boomerang†sounds like a lost B-side to Pet Sounds, until you get a good listen to the snappy lyrics, a stalker song for the Nick and Norah generation. This album is certainly more cohesive in its mighty pop art than the previous two; the reason being, as Brand explains: "Halfway through making Mia Pharaoh, I fell in love with pop all over again and was strictly listening to Top 40 music. Instead of studying Simon & Garfunkel drum tones, I was figuring out what samples The Dream and Kanye used, or trying to write a song that Katy Perry or Rihanna could sing; a real outsider pop record.â€
Well, I for one can totally see Katy Perry singing "Sex on the Regular,†an '80s vibe fest in her latest latex costume crooning, "come over if you want it and jump me again.†And we can all hear Kanye pumping out "she don't believe in god, only believes in me†from "Female Doctor.†On "Easy As All That,†it is refreshing to hear a guy start a love song with "sometimes you act like a fool, yeah you do†and then have the angsty thoughts we have all had: "should I tell her that I love her, though I'm not supposed to/should I tell her everything and lay it all out?†Refreshing, open, and, yes damn it, way cute, Mia Pharaoh proves for Miniature Tigers that third time is most definitively the charm.more at theowlmag.com
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Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, the now Los Angeles-based Miniature Tigers play pop music with that earnest emotion (my heart is srsly broken and it's all your fault!) that Margot brings and blends it with the more upbeat poppy good time sound and solid melodies that Spinto Band always comes with. So as you can guess, the dance-around sound is generally just a mask over some darker lyrical fare. more at myoldkyhome.blogspot.com
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photo would be helpful.
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also cancelled this year (so far): SHOVELING. Hurray!
in real life grand theft auto has harsh consequences :(
this is a L I E
uhhhh....hate to tell you groundhogs, but spring is already here.
how is it jb's responsibility to monitor coach perv's sleezy wife's repulsive sexual activities? what protocol/standard exists for these matters and how is it enforced? consensual sex between adults is still legal whether it meets with public approval or not.
no need for demolition; it will fall down spontaneously sooner rather than later.
jd has at least a few high salary earners with kids in the district (someone with the initials JB, for example)what about asking them to get in on fundraising ideas/tax-free donations to the program?
"muslims" who celebrate christmas usually dont have aproblem with "non muslims"
she must love her some stanley.
rest in peace miss hayes. no one deserves this.
its all lies;propaganda to trick people into spending money that they don't have.
hurray for princess! hopefully she, and other dogs like her, will find loving, responsible forever homes!
sounds like a great place to send politicians and sex offenders
benny mardones : class act! thanks for coming back to syracuse,hope you will continue to do so!
this is not the first time this low-life-dirt-bag-POS has done this.put this piece of crap in jail once and for all. i don't understand why the judge has been so lenient with him in the past, he is a MENACE to the dewitt community!
There is nothing wrong, politically incorrect or sinister about showing support of a lifelong friend and colleague. However, publically declaring his unwavering support for Fine with the knowledge that Fine is guilty would be wrong, and warrant a review of his character and possibly employment status. I feel sorry for JB: he got played BIG TIME by someone he considered a close friend. He must feel like he had to be blind to not see the truth .
"accuser's biggest 'fan' " ? not "friend' "supporter" "advocate" ....what is the post standard trying to say about the way view advocates for (possible) sex abuse victims?


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Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
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I have an Instant reputation with male teens
As a Dad of a teen daughter I have developed a pheromone that lets them Know, What I could do with my bare hands a shotgun would only be an escape.
Plus I wouldnt wanna kill em, Id enjoy watching them run/limp away as we see each other years later in walmart.
Just knowing they would whimper and pee them selves a little when they hear my daughters name would give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
"I get the boy interested in my daughter alone, I look him in the eye & tell him; now son, that is my little girl, the love of my life, If you plan on; touchin or kissin or huggin her, just remember that: I have NO problem going BACK to jail!"
OR, as a friend of mine did: Show new boyfriend his gun collection.
When you have a backpack on, no matter where you are, youre home.
PAIN is INEVITABLE. MISERY is OPTIONAL.
I think your problem isn't relegated only to the BB, all hammocks seem to be magnents & prone to "theft" by our loved ones.
AND, I don't have a BB, but still am always trying to get another hammock put into the budget:
"After all dear, I only have 3 full set ups, & I hate odd numbers."
"But what if someone wants to borrow one?"
"The next one is for you!"
"But my newest one already has over 100 nights in it! What if it's worn out???"
In case you are wondering, she didn't buy any of those reasons.
After over 30 years of marrage, she is mostly immune to me & my obsessions.
When you have a backpack on, no matter where you are, youre home.
PAIN is INEVITABLE. MISERY is OPTIONAL.
My favorite line:
Don't do anything to her that you don't Want me to do to You!
Shotgun check, XD45 check, Armalite M4 check, I think my gun collection is scary, but a big cold steel Tanto blade seemed to work best on my 3 little sisters boyfriends back in highschool. Well that and the fact that I work for my families funeral home and well Its my job to bury people.
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ Socrates
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Oklahoma softball: Sooners add new talent to already loaded lineup
Ricketts was the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year after posting a 37-9 record in the circle, and a .395 average at the plate.
Shults also brought home a major award last season, as she was named Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year.
Then there's Chamberlain, who set the Big 12 single-season home run record with 30 during her freshman season.
Ricketts and Shults have both recognized what the new talent can do for their team.
"We have a lot of freshman coming in, and they're stepping up," Ricketts said. "That makes practice very competitive and that should carry over into an advantage in the games as well."
"This whole freshman class is a great group of girls. They have speed, they have power, and all of them are pushing for a spot in the lineup. It's awesome at practice to see that competition," Shults said.
For Shults, the newcomers represent a fresh start with an improved team. After falling one win short of a national title eight months ago, Shults insists the Sooners are ready to put that in the past and focus on what they can accomplish this season.
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Bump gets acquired by Google
Popular file transfer application Bump has been acquired by Google. Bump allows two users to transfer contacts, photos, and other files between phones by physically bumping the two devices together. Bump CEO David Lieb announced the acquisition in a post on the company blog:
Our mission at Bump has always been to build the simplest tools for sharing the information you care about with other people and devices. We strive to create experiences that feel like magic, enabled behind the scene with innovations in math, data processing, and algorithms. So we couldn't be more thrilled to join Google, a company that shares our belief that the application of computing to difficult problems can fundamentally change the way that we interact with one another and the world.
Lieb stated that Bump, as well as the company's photo-sharing app Flock, will continue to work for the time being.
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Bump gets acquired by Google
Ame, Google will do what it always does, expect everything to quit working before the year is out.
To be honest, I hate to see Google acquire a company because I know that that company will shortly be shut down.
It'll probably mean that flock migrates to a part of Google Plus. Not sure about Bump. They could add it to Android I suppose to augment beam and NFC-less devices. Really not much of a loss there since there's a multitude of ways to share photos and contact info from one device to another. And Bump never used full resolution photos which was a non-starter for me.
Dumb talk, Google has the BEST apps and they are free. Just look at your iPhone, mine has just about every app that Google has. Try getting along without Gmail, YouTube, Search, Maps, Google + and the last keeps going. You may dislike Google because of immature fanboy crap but IMO no other supplies such Very high quality apps that are free. If you want to complain about Google's track record than I just can't agree. I use both OS and enjoy them. I don't allow childish crap turn my feelings. Without Google, the Internet experience would suck. Just My Opinion.
Are you from Mars? Very nice to find a fellow iphone user who is not blind. I completely endorse your point and prefer to be a user than a follower.
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I think you're correct. It will be rolled into Android OS so all Android devices including NFC-less devices have the same action to share the info that you want to transfer without making people jump through a bunch of settings.. Flock can be add to the OS as well. It would be smart to add the features into an app for iOS and take this team and have them work on improving this system with the resources that Google has so there are no size restrictions with the transfer of files. This is a great pickup for Google.
This to me would have been a no brainer to Apple to buy. I know you guys have airdrop but you have to be connected over wifi to the same network I think mean you have to know how to connect to someones network which I'm sure some users don't know how to do.
You don't have to be on the same wifi. The devices that will be compatible with airdrop will create their own network. You don't have to be connected to an existing wifi network for airdrop to work. Basically an iPhone will be able to airdrop a picture to an iPod touch even when the iPod touch isn't connected to an existing wifi connection.
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I love this App ... but google...???
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Wow comments like this really make me think less of Apple fans.
It seems to me to many iSheep around will hate what ever apple complains against. Honestly I had seen bump kind of falling apart. It used to be good but alternatives came about and it was to much of a nitch. Now their IP and their personal on the other hand is good. getting those group of good devs on board is a good thing.
I almost always don't give a rat's bottom to respond to google workers but this iSheep comment just turns my temp ON!
No Sir ... we are not iSheep. Google and Samsung and each and every Android device maker are well-deserved to be called iSheep though as they were and are always the first (and ONLY) to COPY whatever Apple does .... truly and sincerely with no shame and then sell products which have no value and no culture to those who don't know how to even spell smartphone or understand what it really means.
Even Microsoft doesn't copy as much as Google (and its gang) does.
For argument's sake, what the hell a lousy search engine who does nothing but indexing the web and sell some Ads (to make a living and waste it all on motorola!) has any business with smart phones, smart cars and or anything smart related?!!!
Thanks ... feeling better now.
You know you are just proving my point. The fact that you some how believe that iOS is all intivating and you will defend that is what is really the sad part.
I could start listing the features iOS has been ripping off android. Lets cut to the chase iOS 5-7 has all been catch up to everyone. Nothing new. iOS entire notifications system is a bad copy of android. iMessage is a BBM rip off and so on. Apple has not brought anything new for a long time.
It is not the coping part that is sad. It is the shear hypocrisy of Apple and its blind followers. They will blindly defend Apple on everything, turn a blind eye when Apple copies but rip into anyone who does a REMOTE copy who cares about the facts.
Hate anything that goes against Apple or who Apple hates. It the simple fact is they lack a brain to think for themselves.
But you know you kind of are proving my point on why Apple fans are thought so little of. Thank you for making me look worse because I do like Apple stuff. I just am not a blind follower.


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Try this fun twist on a traditional sand castle. Fill a bucket with half sand and half water. Pour wet sand through a plastic funnel to build an abstract beach structure. Don't have a funnel? Cut the bottom off an empty two-liter bottle to make your own.
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Historic Fort Frederick State Park Hosts To Garrison the Fort
Big Pool, Md. (May 4, 2012) Historic Fort Frederick will take visitors on a journey back in time to the French and Indian War with Joshua Bealls Company of the Maryland Forces and the forts volunteer cannon crew. The living historians will garrison the fort and demonstrate the life of the Maryland Forces from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 12 and 13.
The To Garrison the Fort program combines two old favorite events, Garrison Weekend and Artillery Weekend, said Bob Study, Park Ranger at Fort Frederick State Park. The demonstration is our attempt to recreate the life and times at Fort Frederick during the French and Indian War.
Highlights of the event include:
- Flag raising ceremony at 10 a.m.
- Flag lowering ceremony at 4 p.m.
- Musket firing presentations at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.
- Military drills (children may participate) at 1 and 4 p.m.
- Presentation on uniforms worn by Maryland Troops (inside the fort) at 12 p.m.
Visitors can also accompany the Maryland Forces as they leave the fort for a short ranging or scouting party from the forts front gate at 2 p.m. Throughout the weekend, laundry and hearth cooking demonstrations will take place in the barracks.
The French and Indian War, which was fought between 1756 and 1763, changed the landscape and fabric of the North American continent forever. The war, which pitched the French and their Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies, brought destruction to the Maryland frontier. As a result, the colony of Maryland constructed Fort Frederick in 1756 as its main line of security for the frontier. At the same time, Maryland raised five companies of troops to garrison the fort and patrol the frontier. One of these companies was commanded by Joshua Beall. Due to Fort Fredericks unusually strong defenses and the efforts of these soldiers, the French and Indian raiding parties were successfully deterred and stability was restored to the frontier.
There is a service charge for this event. Disabled access is available; however, most of the event activities are situated on grassy areas that may present difficult rolls or walks. Food, gift, and souvenir items will be available for sale at Captain Wort's Sutler Shop.
Fort Frederick is located off of Rt 70 exit 12 at State Route 56 in Big Pool, Md. For more information about the Garrison Weekend or other Fort Frederick activities, please call the park at 301-842-2155 during the office hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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William Strickland was waiting to be picked up for kidney dialysis treatment around 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the Roseland neighborhood.
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text: More than 200 Rochester families have benefitted from new Early Learning Scholarships funded by Governor Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature. Governor Dayton visited an early learning program at Northrup Elementary School in Rochester Thursday morning to meet with some of the students benefitting from this new initiative, and to highlight the impact these scholarships are making in preparing Minnesota's youngest learners for success in school and life. Thanks to nearly $49 million in new funding provided by the Governor and Minnesota Legislature during the last two legislative sessions, over 9,000 young learners across Minnesota will receive scholarships to attend high-quality early learning programs this year alone. Families interested in Early Learning Scholarships can apply by contacting their regional administrator through Child Care Resource and Referral at 1-888-450-2773.


text: This reader for upper elementary students explores current issues through informational texts, questions that promote critical thinking, photography from the field, and data analysis exercises involving maps, charts, and graphs. It was developed in conjunction with the Syria Lesson Plan (grades 3-5), but it may be used independent of the lesson as well. Find the lesson under the "Plan" tab in the Armed Conflict topic.


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By Kristen NoelSpecial to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2008 Despite transitioning Anbar province to Iraqi control last month, it's still too soon for U.S. troops to withdraw from the region, the commander of Multinational Force West said.
"We certainly do provide a sense of security for the locals here in Anbar, as they work things out amongst themselves in the province," U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly said in an Oct. 10 teleconference with bloggers and online journalists.
More than 25,000 U.S. Marines remain in the province, Kelly said, with additional support from the other services bringing the total up to 27,000 U.S. troops in Anbar. They are providing overwatch to the Iraqi security forces, he said, who assumed prime responsibility for the security of the province in last month's turnover.
"We support [the Iraqis] when they need help," Kelly said, "but they've pretty much got it and are running with the ball."
The reason U.S. troops cannot withdraw outright, Kelly said, is a lingering threat from al-Qaeda. "Anbar province…used to be the most dangerous province in the country, primarily because of al-Qaeda."
The terrorist organization still exists in the province as "very loosely organized" individual cells, he said, but they're no longer considered an insurgency because they've lost the support of the local people.
"So the insurgency is dead," Kelly said, "but al-Qaeda still has – like a snake when you cut its head off – has got a little bit of bite and a little bit of venom."
Another concern, he pointed out, is al-Qaeda is still an insurgency in other parts of the country including Mosul and Baghdad.
"So, it's not quite time to withdraw," he said, "particularly since…Anbar province is part of a country that…has still got quite an insurgency on its hands being pushed back every day."
U.S. forces need to continue providing a stability presence in the province, Kelly said, to support the security forces until the underlying threats diminish and to help the civil authorities who are still learning their jobs.
"If we were to pull those props out too early," Kelly said, "that would, I think, be problematic."
(Kristen Noel works for the New Media branch of the Defense Media Activity.)
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After Three Decades, John Strangfeld is Perched Atop the Rock
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In the end, Strangfeld's experience at Darden was pretty much what he expected it would be. He did very well on the tests and relatively poorly on assignments that required good written and oral skills. The silver lining was that the experience forced him to improve where he felt he was weakest. And that was exactly why he said he chose to enroll at Darden.
His next move was again somewhat counterintuitive. While most of his classmates majoring in finance went off to brokerage firms and banks, Strangfeld accepted an offer from Prudential, which at the time was known mostly as an insurance company, not an investment powerhouse. Choosing Prudential was like choosing the road less traveled, but in hindsight, it was a clever tack. It would allow him to excel and position himself to begin scaling the Rock.
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL was founded in 1875 as the Prudential Friendly Society. It manages about $648 billion in assets, as of year-end 2007, and has offices throughout the country and in Asia, Latin America and Europe. Through its subsidiaries, it provides insurance, investment management and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers. It is one of the nation's most enduring and powerful financial icons. In the 1950s, its Rock of Gibraltar logo became synonymous with one of America's most popular television news magazine shows—The Twentieth Century—hosted by a young broadcaster named Walter Cronkite. Over the years, the company has become a symbol of America's financial strength and dominance—so much so that in August 2004, the U.S. Office of Homeland Security revealed that terrorists were planning to strike its Newark headquarters.
Strangfeld, who is 54, joined Prudential in 1977. Over the next three decades, he took postings in Minneapolis, San Francisco, London and New York City. Largely through his leadership, Prudential transformed its investment management business into an operation with $439 billion in assets under management at year-end 2007. He helped engineer a critical joint venture with Wachovia and the acquisition of CIGNA Corporation's retirement lines of business. In November, while serving as vice chairman, Prudential's board announced his appointment as the company's new chairman and CEO. Then-Chairman and CEO Arthur Ryan said of the board's decision, "The board's decision to name John as the company's new CEO and chairman-elect represents the culmination of a thoughtful succession process that began nearly two years ago. He is an outstanding leader who has the qualities and skills necessary to ensure Prudential's growth and success."
Change, Strangfeld says, is what keeps the job fresh for him. "If you look at Prudential, we are a 132-year-old company that has had more change in the last decade than we probably have had in the previous century. To me, you have to keep evolving to maintain your relevance and to earn the right to grow." To that end, over the last five years Strangfeld has been focusing the company on new markets. He follows demographic trends closely and knows that as Baby Boomers come of age, they are more concerned about outliving their financial resources than they are about their premature demise. That suggests a growing footprint in retirement products, which is a departure from Prudential's traditional strength in insurance products.
Prudential is not the only company that has come to this conclusion, but it may be one of the best positioned. "In the retirement space, we are among the top five players in the annuity market, the top 10 players in the retirement services market—meaning 401-Ks and those products — and a top-10 player in managing defined benefit assets for pension plans," he says. "There are not many companies — in fact, I can't think of any — that are strong in each of those areas. The fact that we do all of them and do them as effectively as we do is very distinctive."
Strangfeld says he is honored to have the opportunity to take Prudential to the next level and is excited by the prospects. "I believe that if you do a really good job of serving your customers, you can also handsomely reward your employees and produce an attractive return for the shareholders. And figuring out how to raise our game, to earn our right to grow more rapidly and in the process create better results for our customers…to me that's a very motivating concept."


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great and versatile bag
this bag is great for carrying your dslr camera and all the 'junk' that goes with it. i currently have our Canon xsi, 18-55 lens, 50 lens, 75-300 lens, two boxes of filters, lens hoods, fish-eye adapter, remote shutter release, plus all the accessories that come with the camera. and i still have room.
we first took this bag with us to the beach. it was perfect because we had our bikes and we were able to get to remote areas of the beach and still comfortable take our camera. so were able to easily get some shots that otherwise wouldn't have happened. plus with the interior bag, i wasn't worried about sand. and sure enough, we had no problems. the strap on the back was perfect for the tripod and the rain cover gives you that extra feeling of safety. i also the water bottle pocket to be very convenient. the extra pockets for perfect for packing stuff for the trip and also for putting extra stuff you might need for a photo-shoot.
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Definition of spawn in English:
- Goldburg says cod and other fish may spawn inside cages.
- The fish were spawning so the rivers were well stocked.
- The female salmon spawns and then dies.
- Encounters are triggered by locating magic portals, which spawn monsters and an occasional treasure chest.
- This time around you'll be fighting several variations of soldiers, including one that shoots lightning bolts all over the battlefield that somehow spawns new enemies.
- This provides the recently spawned player with a brief respite to get orientated with his or her surroundings.
- They asked me to leave and notified the Child Welfare department that if I should ever spawn a child, it should be taken from my custody right away.
- A human half my age has spawned ten children who all have four or more of their own.
- Nowlan's comic strip was widely popular, running for decades and spawning a host of imitators.
- Kitchen restorations are a boom industry, and are spawning a new breed of specialists.
- The only negative thing I can say about this song is that it might have the unfortunate side effect of spawning a league of yelling-guy-with-drums imitators.
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- There was a flash of color in the demon spawn's cheeks.
- She was like the wild, caffeinated, blonde spawn of Satan.
- He was, without a doubt, the devil's evil spawn, sent down to earth to mess up the lives of innocent and simple girls.
- They also sell organically certified shiitake mushroom spawn.
Late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre 'to shed roe', variant of Old French espandre 'pour out', from Latin expandere 'expand'.
pace from Middle English:
The word pace comes via Old French pas from Latin passus 'stretch (of the leg)'. As well as stepping, it also meant 'journey, route' in early examples. To be put through your paces arose in the mid 18th century from horse-riding. The notion of 'tempo' as in change of pace is from the 1950s while pace yourself is only found from the 1970s. Other words from the same root are pass in the sense to go by, passage (Middle English); passenger (Middle English) the 'n' added to conform with words like 'messenger'; and expand, literally to stretch out. The Old French form of expand, espandre, has the special sense of 'to shed, spill, pour out' and is the origin of to spawn (Late Middle English).
Words that rhyme with spawnadorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been talking a lot in recent months about the findings of its most recent breastfeeding report card. The report card shows breastfeeding rates are now higher than they have ever been. In the 1930s–the previous high point for breastfeeding–70 percent of mothers started out breastfeeding and 40 percent were still breastfeeding when their babies were 6 months old. Today, more than 76 percent of mothers start out breastfeeding, and 47.2 percent are still breastfeeding at six months of age. In 1950, when commercial formulas were just becoming readily available, about 50 percent of mothers started out breastfeeding and 20 percent were still at it by six months. By 1971, breastfeeding rates hit their all-time low , with fewer than 25 percent of U.S. babies being breastfed in the hospital and less than 6 percent breastfed at six months of age.
For the first several years that the CDC, the World Health Organization, and the American Academy of Pediatrics were working to support breastfeeding over formula feeding, the needle barely budged. Most of the increase has taken place in the last two decades, thanks in part to greater government support, research supporting the health benefits of breastfeeding, a move to get free formula out of hospitals, and a push to make hospitals "baby friendly"–an official designation that denotes a hospital's support of breastfeeding, allowing babies to remain in the rooms with their mothers, and encouraging immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and mothers.
Some of the increase can also be attributed not to medical research or practice so much as to word-of-mouth marketing, particularly some of the more extreme messages surrounding breastfeeding. Over the past decade, particularly in white, middle-to-upper class communities, feeding your baby formula has become a sin on the level of feeding a toddler Chicken McNuggets. Nine times out of ten, new mothers listen more to the media and to their peers than to their doctors or to any official health organization, and with the advent of attachment parenting and the rise of the all-powerful mom's group, the pressure to breast feed has intensified, as has some of the rhetoric around formula feeding.
The problem is that message doesn't work for everyone, and it runs the risk of inciting backlash. "It's been borne out of a frustration that we hadn't made much headway on breastfeeding rates in 20 years," says Scott Krugman, MD, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, and President of the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "So from a marketing standpoint it's not a bad idea. But if you're equating formula with cigarette smoke, you're on shaky ground."
"Yes, breast is best, and we need to promote it, but to tell moms they're giving their kids a toxic substance by feeding them formula is not a great message," Krugman adds. "There are babies that have to be formula fed and they're not dying. It's okay. There are kids with milk protein allergy and it can be very hard for a mom to do a casein and whey-free diet and still breast feed. That's a big issue and it's really tough."
What's happening now is that the more militant some advocates are about breastfeeding, the more turned off some mothers are, particularly those who are struggling with breastfeeding for one reason or another. Low-income women and African American women are also posting low breastfeeding numbers, a statistic that is concerning to public health advocates.
"There are clearly higher breastfeeding rates in higher socioeconomic groups, which is ironic given the cost of formula," Krugman says. "If there was more of a push to encourage breastfeeding in lower socioeconomic areas, it would probably be helpful. WIC has done a better job to provide nutrition for breastfeeding moms as opposed to just covering the cost of formula – that way you get some incentive to breastfeed."
Inclusion of breastfeeding support services in the Affordable Care Act should help to bolster rates in low-income communities, Krugman says. However, what's happening with breastfeeding in these communities is not dissimilar to what has happened with food and non-toxic products. Somewhere along the way things like fresh produce, organic food, and non-toxic products became synonymous with the white upperclass. In some cases it makes sense–organic produce is typically more expensive than conventional, as is the non-toxic version of virtually any product. In the case of breastfeeding, however, the healthier practice is actually less expensive, if somewhat more problematic at times, but nonetheless breastfeeding rates seem to be falling along familiar race and class lines. Ironically, it was once the exact opposite, with well-to-do moms not wanting to bother with breastfeeding and seeing it as something of a peasant practice.
The work to change that perception has been wildly successful, but now the messaging around breastfeeding tends to be rooted in a middle-to-upper class mindset that fails to relate to low-income communities. In one pamphlet aimed at promoting breastfeeding, for example, the CDC encourages women to talk to their employers and demand breastfeeding support (time and a place to pump, for example, or hours that enable the woman to return home to breastfeed). If you're the VP of marketing at a tech company, that's probably feasible, but realistically it's going to be tougher for an unskilled, minimum wage service worker to request a pumping room and a half-hour break every three hours.
"Despite all the report cards, and even though the national push is to promote breastfeeding, geographic differences still persist," says Dr. Jatinder Bhatia, Chief of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Georgia and Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Ga., and the current chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition. "Rates in the southeast are still low, and those in the northwest are still high. There's now an imperative that every baby is offered breastfeeding in the hospital, but it's offered inconsistently and by the second or third day it's common to see supplementation."
"Even amongst hospital staff there are mixed feelings," Bhatia continues. "There's a lack of education among the older cohort of nurses who did not promote breastfeeding in the first ten to twenty years of their careers. New mothers need a lot of support to convince them that the small amount of milk they're producing in the first few days is enough and that it will get better."
Doctors tend to give new mothers more leeway than official institutions, encouraging them to breastfeed as much as possible and supplement with formula if they need to.
Bhatia echoes Krugman's distaste for guilting mothers into breastfeeding. "I've been pushing breastfeeding for a long time, but I never say 'You must' or 'You will,'" he says. "It's inappropriate."
Like Bhatia, Krugman says that in his practice, and in those of most pediatricians he knows, he avoids any extreme messages around feeding. "'It's okay, do what you can,' is the message a lot of us give a lot of the time," Krugman says. "The scenario of moms returning to work and struggling with pumping and keeping up with breastfeeding, and so opting to formula feed during the day and breastfeed in the mornings and evenings comes up frequently, and I say if you can breast feed twice a day and keep that going for an additional month then that's great, that's more than they would have had. That's the reality and it's practical."
Nonetheless, the push for breastfeeding remains something of a top-down strategy, which can make it difficult for women to continue once they've gone home from the hospital, and especially if and when they return to work. That's driven primarily by a desire to not sacrifice infant health on the alter of worker productivity, but it can feel unyielding and impractical to a new mom with no choice but to return to work.
The CDC, for example, says it would rather see companies giving women more maternity leave and better support around breastfeeding than see feeding recommendations change. "We know that returning to work is often a challenge for mothers to continue breastfeeding," says Cria Perrine, PhD, epidemiologist and Lieutenant Commander of the United States Public Health Service, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the CDC. "But encouraging supplementation with formula for working women amounts to changing current infant feeding recommendations, which have known health benefits, to help women meet recommendations. The issue here isn't that we need to change recommendations, rather that we need to do more to accommodate women in the workplace so that they can meet existing infant feeding recommendations."
Krugman says that while it is known that exclusive breastfeeding provides infants with optimal nutrition, some of the messaging around the dangers of formula goes too far. "If you have a mother who is depressed and frustrated with breastfeeding, but happy and healthy with formula, then that's better," he says. "It's not about just the nutritional content of what you're feeding a baby, it's the whole environment the child's in."
"The extremes are probably not where the reality is," Krugman adds. "You're not poisoning your baby by giving her formula. And you've got to have a sane mother or you'll have an anxious, colicky baby which we know is not healthy either."
Ultimately, while a more extreme message may have been necessary to remove some of the stigma from breastfeeding and to make formula feeding less desirable, in order to achieve optimal infant nutrition across various demographics, it might be time to adjust the strategy. Supporting mothers with a "do as much as you can" message, encouraging companies and governments to improve infrastructure for new mothers, and facilitating a more inclusive dialogue around breastfeeding could go a long way toward winning over more mothers and removing the elitist tinge the practice has recently taken on.


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Monday, July 18
9:59 a.m., suspicious vehicle, Milton area
2:35 p.m., domestic abuse, 100 block Morton Ridge Rd
3:11 p.m., traffic hazard, New Hope Rd
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Occasionally I run into a man I'll call Bob. I'm not sure how old he is or what he does for a living, only that he has a steady job — with insurance and benefits. He has all his own teeth, doesn't live in his parents' basement, has a reliable vehicle and a good sense of humor.
30 Years Ago (July 30, 1981)
Recently, I traveled from a flower garden in Milton to a ballgame in Carrollton then to a nursing home in Cincinnati where four lively ladies were celebrating over 400 years of living. From there I went to see the Brooklyn Bridge and then to Tokyo Towers in Japan.
I did all of this at the Trimble County Public Library through photographs taken by Phyllis Codling McLaughlin, former editor of The Trimble Banner and The News-Democrat.
Saturday, July 30
Antioch Baptist Church will hold a one-day Vacation Bible School from 2-6 p.m. and a fellowship time with refreshments for children and parents following the program.
The Trimble County High School Class of 1983 will have a get together at 5-7 p.m. at 208 Liberty Road in Milton. For more information call Kara Poynter Turner at 502-268-3453.
Wednesday, Aug. 3
Milton Elementary is hosting its open house at 5:30 p.m.; 15-minute grade-level presentations begin with first grade at 6 p.m.
The second installment of the 2011 Kentucky Grazing School will be held Aug. 15-16 at the Woodford County office of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and the C. Oran Little Research Center in Versailles.
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