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Expert Ecommerce Website Design Advice
- 04-May-12 |
Vangie Beal
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When it comes to ecommerce website design there are many options for getting a unique layout and feel that matches your small business brand and presence.
An ecommerce site design -- compared to other types of business sites -- has a very specific goal of converting a site visitor into a paying customer, and everything from writing an original product description to providing organized Ecommerce Website FAQs and custom shopping carts must focus on making that conversion happen.
If you don't have a good website design and you're looking at your options, our expert website designers offer tips on using ecommerce templates, how to find the right design firm and how to add curb appeal to an existing ecommerce website.
Ecommerce Website Design: Templates or Design Firm?
If cheap and easy is on your requirements list, an inexpensive ecommerce template design is something you'll consider. Template ecommerce sites are popular with the very small businesses (including SOHOs and entrepreneurial start-ups), because you can dip your toes in ecommerce website design without a big cash investment for an operational site.
A template is the fastest and easiest way to get a professional-looking ecommerce website, but the downside to using an ecommerce template site is that any business using the same service provider might have an ecommerce site that looks just like yours. You'll also have less control and fewer options for functionality.
John Miles, chief of What's Next and CEO at Integritive, a Web design and emarketing firm, recommends that you determine your business intent before opting into a template-based website.
"Templates generally do not set a business apart from their competitors but make them all blend into a homogenous, undifferentiated mess, making it more difficult for prospects to discern who to select," Miles said. "Ultimately, a well-designed site should leave the Web user with a positive feeling inside, and the innate sense of connection."
Tips for Finding the right Ecommerce Website Design Firm
If you lack in-house ecommerce website design expertise but want go beyond a basic template site, the next best-option is to hire a good website designer or firm. This route will cost you money, but the website is the backbone of any ecommerce business, so it's a worthwhile investment in the long run.
Know that finding the right designer will be challenging. Start the process internally and decide what type of website you need, set a project budget and do your research to make sure the design firm or freelancer you hire is good fit.
Jay Melone, CEO of DigitalXBridge offers these three tips to help business owners select the right digital vendor.
1. Find a good fit
You can choose from freelancers and design agencies with hundreds of people around the globe, and you want to find a match that's right for you. "If you're building a large-scale technology platform that will be the basis of your business, even the most talented solo freelancer probably won't be able to deliver all of the pieces in a reasonable amount of time," said Melone.
In addition, Melone continues, "if you're a startup, hiring an agency that has a tendency to work with Fortune 50 clients, is likely going to be out of your budget and won't get you the attention you deserve. Start your interviews by asking agencies to speak about their typical project budget."
2. Educate the design firm about your business
Melone says that the most important thing you can offer the design firm you hire is an education about your business. "Consider that many design agencies are serving dozens of clients across as many industries. You want to provide a background on your trade, and then guide them along your specific business concept so that they can provide you with an accurate estimate, and create what you asked for. But be prepared for things to shift," he explains.
3. Come with an open mind and be prepared to be flexible
"You may have spent years vetting out your business concept with industry experts. You prepared a business plan and then further refined the technical components into a requirements spec. You've done your homework. Now be prepared for some or all of that to bend and sway as your product is built and your customers begin using it," said Melone. "Just like Facebook, Groupon, Instagram, Flickr and many more, pay attention to what's working, refine and then be prepared to pivot."
Ecommerce Website Design Tips to Boost Curb Appeal and Conversions
If you have an ecommerce website design that you're mostly happy with, you can look at adding small features and ecommerce software to boost curb appeal -- and conversions. From basic tweaks to designing a smartphone-friendly version of your site, here's what industry experts recommend:
Include Mobile Website Design in Your Plans
For an ecommerce site owner, growing consumer adoption of mobile devices changes everything. Diane Buzzeo, CEO and founder of Ability Commerce, calls the mobile revolution a "culture shift," and it means you have to adjust your website for mobile to be successful.
"You need to supply your website in a smartphone-friendly version, display it a different way to customers on a tablet and, differently again on a computer," said Buzzeo. "And make sure that your ecommerce site can determine what device a site visitor is using, so that it can display the appropriate look."
Website Design Tweaks Anyone Can Do
While ecommerce website elements like products reviews and mobile versions of your site are extremely important, good website design doesn't always mean new software or a total overhaul -- but the basics must be present.
Bryan Boettger, chief creative officer of The Buddy Group, has helped build business websites for clients like Reebok and Old Navy, and he recommends the following website design tips for ecommerce business owners.
- Embrace open space: sitting in a field or looking out at the ocean relaxes us, thanks to the calming effect of the open space. The same goes for website design. You need to pack a lot of information in a tight space, but make sure to provide some breathing room between products and content blocks.
- Think like an onion: Not because you want to stink or make people cry, but because you want layers. Give the basics on the first layer, some details on the second layer, and in-depth specifications on the third layer.
- Make it Pinnable: more and more people are using Pinterest as a potential "wish list" when researching and browsing the Web. Make sure your product detail pages are easily Pinnable with a quality image of your product. Test it to make sure Pinterest reads your website code correctly.
More Ecommerce Website Design Tips
Are you looking to improve your ecommerce business? Try these website design tips and guides for small business ecommerce sites:
- Website Design: 5 Tips to Improve Customer Experience
- Ecommerce Website Design Tips: The Product Page
- 10 Tips for Writing an Ecommerce Website FAQ
- Ecommerce Content: Writing Product Descriptions
Based in Nova Scotia, Canada, Vangie Beal has spent the last decade contributing featured articles and reviews to more than 20 technology-focused publications, including Webopedia and Ecommerce-Guide. You can tweet with her online @AuroraGG.
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The organic industry has grown rapidly over the past few years. As a result, organic foods have now become a regular feature in the majority of grocery stores. Many stores even have their own organic aisles.
Along with the increase in organic food popularity, there has also been an increase in the common misconception that organic foods offer greater nutritional value than non-organic foods.
One possible reason organic is viewed as better for us is the increased price on many of the products. Often a higher price leads people to believe it must be a better product. The truth is, there is not enough evidence proving organic foods are more nutritious.
According to the USDA, "Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation."
People choose to buy organic for many different reasons. Some feel organic products are safer to consume because the food or animals have not been exposed to chemicals or hormones. Others say it tastes better. Many people believe that organic is more animal-friendly since the animals are not given antibiotics or growth hormones.
However, nutritional quality of produce varies whether organic or conventionally grown. Nutritional value can be affected by genetic makeup, when produce is picked and weather.
Whether you decide to go organic or stick with conventionally-grown foods, keep in mind the following safety tips:
When it comes to the foods we consume, "organic" does not necessarily mean it is more nutritious. It simply means that it is grown and processed differently than other foods. The next time you decide to purchase an organic product, stop and ask yourself why. If the reason is because you believe it is providing a greater amount of nutrients, choosing a more conventional alternative may provide you with the same level of nutrients and save you a few dollars.
Kelly Marsteller is a clinical outpatient dietitian at Memorial Hospital. Healthy Helpings is a column written by local nutritionists.

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Higher humidity and light rain over the weekend helped firefighters reach almost 20 percent containment on an enormous wildfire burning in southwest Colorado.
Known collectively as the West Fork Complex Fire, the fire actually consists of three separate wildfires burning near each other. Together, the fires have burned 110,405 acres as of Monday and are 19 percent contained. They each started in June and are lightning-caused.
Inciweb.org also shows the fires' growth potential as "medium," down from "high" as recently as last week.
The fire is threatening almost 450 structures, but to date has not damaged any.
A community meeting is planned for Wednesday evening in Creede to give a fire update and to address the concerns of those impacted by the fire.
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Entertainment News Pop: Britney Spears Says New Album Will Be Her Most Personal One Yet
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Britney Spears is really excited for you to give her new album a listen, y'all. The pop princess took to her Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to share her enthusiasm, and give us a little taste of what we can expect: Really excited 2 give u a taste of my new album? can't wait 2 share what I've been working on. Going to be my most personal album ever :) Ailing Motorhead rocker Lemmy has thanked fans for their outpouring of support after his health woes forced the band to axe the remainder of its European tour. Rapper Jay-Z has reportedly lost permission to stage a free roof-top concert in New York over security fears. Last week, the hip-hop star was allegedly awarded a permit from New York City officials to perform on top of the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan as part of his appearance on ?The Late Show With David Letterman.?


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The Bernard van Leer Foundation is a private grant-making foundation. Our mission is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances. We see this both as a valuable end in itself and as a long-term means to promote more cohesive, considerate and creative societies with equal opportunities and rights for all.
Latest news from the Bernard van Leer Foundation
By Lisa Jordan, Executive Director, 6 February 2013
Since we completed our programme strategies in 2010/2011 the issue of tracking our impact has been at the top of our minds at the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The program team has developed key impact indicators from over 80 baseline research studies. These key impact indicators will allow us to track our progress over the next few years. In conjunction with Bertelsmann Foundation, the European Foundation Center and others BvLF is designing a new capacity building workshop for the European foundation sector on moving from good to great philanthropic practice. The Good to Great workshop will take place in June in Copenhagen at the European Foundation Center's General Assembly meeting. The communications team is producing our annual report for 2012, the first since we adopted our new goals in which we can report preliminary results on creating greater opportunities for learning and growing in healthy and safe spaces. Read more
As a legacy to Pat Engle, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, along with her friends and colleagues, have established the Patrice L Engle Dissertation Award For Global Early Child Development to provide opportunities for junior scholars from or working in developing countries to conduct dissertation research in global early child development. The award includes US$5000 to support dissertation research and a 2-year student membership to the Society for Research in Child Development.
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DAVOS, Switzerland – Saturday, 26 January 2013 –– At an event organized by The Bernard van Leer Foundation, twenty global leaders including Geraldine Chin Moody, board member of UN Women Australia, Vidar Jorgensen, president of Grameen America, and Princess Mabel van Oranje, founding CEO of The Elders, gathered to demonstrate their resolve to end violence in the lives of young children.
The first meeting of the Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years will take place from 21-23 January 2013 in Ghent, Belgium. This invite only event is about Quality Early Childhood Services for All: Addressing Disparities in Access for Children from Migrant and Low-Income Families.
The Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years is an initiative of the King Baudouin Foundation together with nine different partner foundations from both Europe and the United States - amongst them the Bernard van Leer Foundation, de LEGO Foundation and the Migration Policy Institute - bringing together leading scientists, practitioners, civil society members, business leaders and political decision-makers.
Our Program Director Michael Feigelson responds to Obama's proposal today to curb violence.
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The Field Museum's Green Team
A Greener Field (the Museum's "green team") began as a grassroots recycling effort in 1989, and now has over 40 members representing every area of the Museum. Staff members who share the Museum's commitment to improving sustainability voluntarily attend monthly meetings which provide an outlet for them to share successes and challenges in terms of greening their departments, as well as a vehicle to initiate and help implement institution-wide programs. From bike sharing programs to recycling and composting endeavors, A Greener Field helps integrate the ethos of environmentalism, conservation and sustainability into the Museum's operations.
RU Sustainability Studies Major Laura Miller Hill describes the Field's sustainability efforts in her October 8, 2015 blog: Greening the Field Museum: SUST Major Laura Miller Hill Reports on Her Summer Sustainability Internship
Special Events: The Field Museum as a Green Venue
The Field Museum prides itself on being a green venue for hosting Special Events.
Edible Treasures Garden
Pictured below is the Edible Treasures Garden on the Museum's West Terrace. Over 130 Field Museum staff are on the volunteer garden team; the harvests are shared by volunteers and used for potluck learning activities.


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Averaging a thousand feet (300 meters) higher than the South Rim, the North Rim's alpine vegetation and more varied vistas appeal to many travelers. The North Rim is also home to several distinctive rock formations like the Esplanade, or Hermit Shale, pictured here.
Aerial View
Photograph by David Edwards
Every year, a staggering five million people flock to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon's sweeping views, hike its trails, and hop on a mule for a trip through the vast canyon. What looks timeless is constantly changing: The Grand Canyon's variegated layers encode two billion years of Earth's history.
Kayaker in Colorado River
Photograph by David Edwards
Adventure seekers often choose to kayak the Colorado River, the approximately 1,450-mile (2,330-kilometer) body of water that carved the magnificent walls of the Grand Canyon. Visitors with a limited amount of time often take one-day commercial trips that travel between the Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry.
Deer Creek Trail
Photograph by Corey Rich/Aurora Photos
Hikers looking for a strenuous overnight backpacking trip often take the Deer Creek Trail, one of the most popular routes in the Grand Canyon.
Havasu Falls
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The twin streams of Havasu Falls splash down into a turquoise pool. The falls are located on the Havasupai Indian Reservation, which lies just outside Grand Canyon National Park.
River Trip
Photograph by Corey Rich/Aurora Photos
The National Park Service offers visitors three different types of river trips in Grand Canyon National Park, ranging in length from several days to several weeks. Most of these trips are so popular that they must be reserved more than a year in advance.
Rafter on Colorado River
Photograph by Dawn Kish
Grand Canyon visitors who are ready to rough it on the Colorado River can sign up for guided whitewater-rafting trips. Experienced rafters can enter a weighted lottery for self-guided river trip permits.
Sunrise at the South Rim
Photograph by Kevin Byrne, submitted to My Shot
Early risers can catch the sunrise over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Of the five million people that travel to the Grand Canyon each year, 90 percent first see the canyon from the South Rim, with its dramatic views into the deep inner gorge of the Colorado River.
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High-octane adventure continues with the release of Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 on June 24, 2011. Lightning McQueen and Mater head to the World Grand Prix where they get caught up in international espionage. Fisher-Price brings the World Grand Prix to life for the youngest racing fans in the Cars 2 Shake 'n Go World Grand Prix playset.
The Shake 'n Go World Grand Prix playset comes with two cars: Lightning McQueen and Francesco. To get the cars to race, simply shake them. (This winds up the internal motor.)The more you shake them, the farther they go. (The cars can run up to 20 feet with some good shaking.) Once wound up, place the cars on the start line and press the button to lift the starting gate and watch the cars take off down the two-lane raceway. Kids can turn the bridge camera to knock cars off the track for more competitive action.
Other Cars 2 Shake 'n Go cars—Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell, Nigel Gearsley, Mater, Professor Z, and Jeff Corvette—are sold separately.
Why It's Fun
This is a great racing set for younger kids. It lets kids continue to experience the revved-up racing action from the new movie, whether through trying to reenact specific racing scenes or creating their own racing adventures. This is classic car play with favorite characters.
We've been big fans of the Shake 'n Go mechanism since it was first introduced because it lets kids power up the cars simply by shaking them, which is great for younger kids who may not have fully developed fine motor skills. Plus, it's silly fun for them to get them powered up by shaking.
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The Shake 'n Go World Grand Prix is for ages 3—7. It's great for kids who like Cars the movie or for kids who like to play with cars.
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In this issue's Inc. Life section, you'll notice an homage to the famous Maxell ad with the "blow-away guy," the brilliant print ad concocted in the late l970s by the old Scali, McCabe, Sloves agency and photographed by Steve Steigman.
The original ad pictured a hip-looking guy in sunglasses leaning back in a black leather chair, his hair and necktie flying behind him as the sound from a Maxell audiocassette "blows him away." The ad was an instant classic, a point of reference for edgy, cool, high-performance technology, and it's been riffed on numerous times (in our case, to introduce the latest in home entertainment). Maxell brought back the blow-away guy in 2005. He was plastered on billboards, slipped into magazines, and launched as the hero of a game on Maxell's website.
It's the last part of that sentence--the Web part--that sets the agenda for this month's cover story on marketing in the digital age. We report on all the latest and greatest tools--video, avatars, e-mail newsletters, mobile phone ads, podcasts, blogs, search engine optimization, social networking. We list service providers, give prices for their services, suggest when and where you can save money, and elaborate on successful strategies employed by your entrepreneurial colleagues, like the viral video campaign that has energized Ford Models. (Revenue is up; private equity has come in.)
In a quick survey of some of our readers, we discovered their three biggest goals for digital marketing: to generate buzz, to get more traffic to their websites, and to lure more qualified potential customers to their websites. Although almost 93 percent of these readers have company websites, dissatisfaction was apparent in some of their comments: "compared to our competitors, we look very bad online"; "the website design is amateur"; "still trying to find out how to convert those visiting my site into sales."
We hope these readers--and all the readers of Inc.--will find the information they need in our package of stories on digital marketing. And yes, like the blow-away guy, these articles will also be available online. That's Inc.com.


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A 23-year-old Sonoma County man died Wednesday from complications of the H1N1 flu, a strain similar to the virus that caused the swine flu pandemic in 2009, county health officials said.
Also, two H1N1-related deaths in Marin County and one in Mendocino County have been reported this week as public health officials urge the public to get vaccinated against the flu.
The Sonoma County resident who died is among nine local residents who have been diagnosed with severe cases of the flu, said Karen Holbrook, the county's interim public health officer. A severe flu case is one where a patient either is admitted to an intensive care unit or dies.
"Our deepest sympathies go out to the family," Holbrook said. "While the vast majority of cases of flu have mild or moderate illness. Sadly this tragic death reminds all of us that influenza is a very serious illness."
Holbrook would not release information about the patient out of respect for the privacy of the individual's family. She would only say that the individual was previously healthy. Other sources identified person as male.
The death occurs at a time when reports of H1N1 illness and death are on the rise in counties across the state, as well as in other states. The highest rates of flu illness have been documented in the South and Southeast.
"Overall surveillance says it's been H1N1," Holbrook said. "That's what's circulating this season."
Mendocino County health officials reported Thursday that an adult there died on Dec. 30 from chronic conditions complicated by H1N1 flu. Mendocino health officials also reported that eight patients have been admitted to local hospitals with confirmed H1N1 flu.
In Marin County, two people have died from complications of influenza, said Dr. Matt Willis, the county's public health officer.
Willis said the first case involved a 63-year-old man who died in late December. The man had contracted influenza A, of which H1N1 is a subtype. Willis said the determination of the precise virus type is still pending.


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Cowboys coach Paul Green's former Q-Cup halfback Matt Seamark urges North Queensland to maintain faith
- From: Townsville Bulletin
- April 15, 2014
PAUL Green's two-time Queensland Cup-winning halfback says the Cowboys must keep calm and carry on, believing their hard work will pay off after their slow start to the NRL.
Matt Seamark knows better than most what North Queensland are going through.
When Green arrived at the Wynnum Manly Seagulls for his first coaching gig in 2011, their start to the campaign gave little inkling of what drought-ending success was to come.
Like the Cowboys, Seamark said the Seagulls took time to adjust to Green's new structures.
But after Green guided them to the club's first title in 16 years in the same season, the Townsville-born playmaker said faith in his systems well and truly paid off.
"We actually lost our first six games," Seamark said. "But we had heaps of faith in what he was trying to do. We probably only just lost most of those six games, too, so we knew it was going to work.
"Greenie just said 'keep sticking to what we're doing' and that we weren't far away.
"He gave us that hope that what he put place was going to work, he had faith in it."
Compared to the Wynnum team of 2011, the Cowboys have got a head start, winning two of their opening six games.
Their losses have been by an average margin of just five points.
"If they keep doing what they're doing, they have got the players in their side to turn it around pretty quick, so it won't take long, I don't reckon, Seamark said.
Most of the Cowboys' frustration stems from their attack.
Despite an apparent plethora of offensive weapons, including the player rated by many as the world's best – Johnathan Thurston – only last-placed Cronulla have scored fewer tries.
Green maintained it will click.
"We're not far off; we're just not quite finishing it at the moment (and) that's what is killing us," he said. "We're getting good opportunities but we're not turning them into points.
"We're getting the hard stuff right.
"The defensive effort, our competing and our defence, is really good."
Green conceded that pressure to win mounted with every loss and it doesn't get any easier for North Queensland as they travel to Gosford to play Manly on Friday night.
"But I keep saying that we just need to build our game," he said. "It's not just about the wins and the losses. Yes, each loss builds more pressure and all that sort of stuff. But, for us, it's more about getting consistent with how we play."
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KEN4817 Posted at 2:46 PM April 16, 2014
I agree fs
Bart Colen of Florida Posted at 8:15 AM April 16, 2014
I can buy this, but I like to see some fire out of my guys, so I was pleased to see that Tamou was was so teed-off after the Tigers game. We need some fire and intensity from the lads. I want to see them play with a real EDGE.
Warren BUTTERWORTH of TOWNSVILLE Posted at 7:27 AM April 16, 2014
In response to "fs of Townsville" I have to disagree with you about the Cowboys defence. It is either the worst or second worst defence in the competition. They can't move forward in a straight defensive line and meet the attack at the advantage line. If you are standing still, you have less chance of stopping a strong runner. If it takes 3 or 4 players to stop an attacking player, that reduces the number of defenders in a quick play the ball. Look at the scores against the Cowboys. They are allowing the opposition to score too many tries. Don't use the excused that the other players are good, as any player is only as good as the opposition lets them be.


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April is a special month for the Make-A-Wish Foundation -- and it's taking to the air to celebrate.
The nonprofit organization grants wishes to children, age 21/2 to 18, with life-threatening medical conditions.
It has launched a month-long campaign for air miles in honor of World Wish Day, the anniversary of the wish that inspired the foundation's creation on April 29, 1980.
Donated miles will benefit the foundation's chapters and never expire.
There are about 40 York County children waiting to be granted wishes, said Ann Waltman, York regional office manager.
The office processes about 50 to 55 a year, and the pending wishes are all in different stages and not because the office doesn't have resources -- although it could use more, she said.
"We're just very grateful (for donations)," she said.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania & Southern West Virginia, one of 62 chapters in the country, has fulfilled more than 13,500 wishes and is one of the most active in the country, the foundation says.
Three-fourths of wishes involve travel, and the chapter says it has more than 525 travel wishes and a need of 124 million air miles. The most popular wish is a trip to Walt Disney World.
Frequent fliers with air miles from Delta Air Lines, US Airways or United Airlines may donate to the cause. For more information or to donate miles, call the York regional office at (717) 757-9474 or visit www.wishgreaterpa.org.


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TomTom bows XL 340S LIVE with mobile data
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TomTom XL 340S LIVE uses AT&T
TomTom added its first true mid-range GPS device with an Internet connection. The XL 340S LIVE updates the earlier 340S with live data pulled over AT&T's cellular network: like the more advanced models, it uses the link to get updated traffic information as well as Google Local Search and relevant data like gas prices and weather. The traffic data in particular helps with TomTom's IQ Routes to gauge the quickest routes based on historical traffic patterns.
Apart from the cellular service, the XL 340S LIVE is relatively simple with its 4.3-inch touchscreen and lane assist modes as its stand-out features. TomTom is selling the new GPS for $300; three free months of online access are included, but it costs $10 per month to continue a subscription.


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What is really frustrating is that there seems to be another tab completion that overrides and always writes "<var></var>"
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The final concrete beam-column joint in a series of eight, was tested at UC Berkeley on October 14th as a part of the PEER and NEES Grand Challenge project "Mitigation of Collapse Risk in Older Concrete Buildings." The testing was … Continue reading
Testing for the Nonductile Concrete Grand Challenge Project gets media attention
Successful NEES Grand Challenge Tests on Non-Ductile Beam-Column Joints Experiencing Axial Collapse under Simulated Seismic Loading
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KCET video report "Shake-Up Call" aired on November 13, 2008
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NEES-GC Researchers Receive 2007 SEAONC Award of Merit
BERKELEY, CA, May 2, 2007 — NEES-GC researchers have received a 2007 SEAONC Award of Merit for their work in developing revisions for the new ASCE/SEI 41 standard on seismic rehabilitation of buildings. Read the project summary (Word document – … Continue reading
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Receives $3.6 Million NSF NEES Grand Challenge Grant
BERKELEY, CA, December 8, 2006—The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) has been awarded a five-year, $3.6 million NEES Grand Challenge grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the collapse potential of older nonductile concrete buildings during earthquakes. … Continue reading
EERI Announces Concrete Coalition: Major Initiative Aims to Find and Fix Earthquake-Dangerous Buildings
OAKLAND, CA, April 17, 2006 — The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is sponsoring a major collaborative effort to address the high earthquake risk posed by older concrete buildings in the western US. The effort will help engineers quickly distinguish … Continue reading
Early Research on Nonductile Concrete by PEER
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Dear Writer,
Here in Iowa City, we are preparing for the 26th Iowa Summer Writing Festival. Since 1987, the Festival has welcomed to the campus of The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 94 years of age, from all 50 states and from every continent. Most of us come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives. These include law, journalism, parenthood, medicine, education, performance, diplomacy, social work, pastoral care, farming, and lollygagging. We come together across the genres and at every level of literary practice with a common purpose and in a common enterprise. We come as writers. This is the only assumption we make about you at the Festival, whether you arrive here with the third draft of your novel, a message in a bottle, or a line youve written to yourself on your hand.
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is proud to belong to Iowa Citya UNESCO City of Literature and the first American City of Literature in the Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has long been a haven for writers, and The University of Iowa our ancestral home. For eighty years, Iowa has taught the world to write. The gifts of this rich literary soil continue today in the Iowa Writers Workshop, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, the Playwrights Workshop, the Translation Program, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Iowa Young Writers Studio, The Iowa Review, the Iowa Center for the Book, The University of Iowa Press, The Examined Life, and Prairie Lights Books Live from Prairie Lights. In recent years, Iowa City dedicated the Iowa Avenue Literary Walk, which celebrates, in bronze relief, some of the singular voices that have come together here, from Flannery OConnor and Kurt Vonnegut to John Irving and James Tate. Everything here is closely observed?now, even the sidewalks.
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is an opportunity for you to share your work in a community that wishes it well. Its a long conversation weve been having in Iowa City. Its a rumba.
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It is a good-sized quarter pounder of pearly meat spiced and rolled in Japanese breadcrumbs, then pan-fried to a crisp.
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November 27, 2015
MIAMI - - NFL free agent Donte Stallworth is hospitalized with serious burns after the hot air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines in South Florida.
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Rosenhaus says one of the passengers was Stallworth's girlfriend, but he would not say whether she was hurt.
A Miami-Dade Police spokesman says two passengers were injured and transported to a trauma center. A third passenger in the basket was not injured.
Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season after a car he was driving struck and killed a pedestrian in South Florida that March. He spent 24 days in jail for a DUI manslaughter conviction.
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The Innovative North Pacific Experiment (INOPEX)
research cruise (SO-202) sailed in July-August 2009 around
the Pacific subarctic gyre sampling seawater and ocean sediments
Chief Scientist: Rainer Gersonde (Alfred Wegener Institute)
Boundary Scavenging: Measurements of dissolved 230Th and 231Pa, which
are insoluble products of natural uranium decay in the ocean, across the lateral productivity
gradients found along the INOPEX cruise track, test the hypothesis that insoluble elements are removed by scavenging
(adsorption onto sinking particles) preferentially at ocean margins. This study concludes that the contrast in scavenging
is much stronger across the subarctic-subtropical gyre boundary than within the subarctic itself, and has implications for the
biogeochemical cycles of other insoluble elements, such as micronutrient trace metals. [C. T. Hayes, R. F. Anderson,
S. L. Jaccard, R. François, M. Q. Fleisher, M. Soon, R. Gersonde; in press, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013]
Chemical Fractionation of 231Pa/230Th in the Pacific Ocean: The ratio of 231Pa/230Th in sediments has been used
as a proxy for a variety of ocean processes in paleoceanography based on relatively few observations in the modern
Ocean. In this study, measurements of excess 231Pa/230Th in surface sediments from the INOPEX cruise track in
direct comparison to the overlaying seawater, allow calculation of the degree to which the 231Pa/230Th ratio is influenced
by the chemical composition of the sediments. These measurements included in a basin-wide survey of available data
offer perspectives for interpreting sedimentary 231Pa/230Th records in the Pacific primarily in terms of the contrast in
biogeochemical provinces. [C. T. Hayes, R. F. Anderson, M. Q. Fleisher, R. Gersonde in prep.]
Quantifying lithogenic inputs to the Ocean using the long-lived thorium isotopes: Measurements of 230Th
combined with the major isotope of thorium (232Th), allow an accurate estimate of the supply of soluble trace elements due to
the dissolution of aerosol dust or other lithogenic sources. This method applied to INOPEX water column profiles produces estimates
of dust deposition which average over several years within the subarctic Pacific, a region in which biological productivity is debatably
limited by aerosol-derived Fe. The long-lived thorium isotopes offer new insights into lithogenic material transformations in the ocean
which complement more traditional tracer elements. [C. T. Hayes, R. F. Anderson, M. Q. Fleisher, R. Gersonde, in prep.]
Funding for this project from the National Science Foundation is acknowledged.
Sampling for dissolved (left) and surface sediment (right)
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2 stars (out of 4)
Strange that they would add an a "s" to the title of this mediocre big-snake thriller, a sequel to 1997's "Anaconda," because it feels like there's even less care and attention lavished on the snakes this time around.
The original "Anaconda" was an Amazonian body count in which Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Kari Wuhrer and a villainous, laughably-accented Jon Voight found themselves hunted by a big, shrieking snake as they cruised through the jungle on a documentary mission.
It was straight forward, campy stuff--Wilson had the memorable line: "Is it just me or does the jungle make you really, really horny?"--but the killings moved along at a brisk, creative pace and it was grounded by sweaty, tank-topped Lopez's admirable commitment to the shenanigans.
"Anacondas," on the other hand, boasts a much less familiar (and, perhaps, success-bound) cast of characters who seem to spend more time bickering with each other and slogging around than they do actually contending with the titular snakes. It's not that relationship dynamics aren't vital to building a good thriller. It's just that the more petty everyone gets, the more you find yourself rooting for their long, slimy opponents.
Our crew of eight doomed adventurers consists of entrepreneurs and researchers navigating the rivers of Borneo to find the blood orchid.
The tropical flower is apparently "the pharmaceutical equivalent to the fountain of youth," but it only blooms once every seven years, so handsome entrepreneurs Gordon Mitchell (Morris Chestnut) and Jack Byron (Matthew Marsden), along with fetching, naive researchers Gail Stern (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) and Samantha Rogers (KaDee Strickland) board a rusty vessel to bring the flower back to America, where it will be the scientific breakthrough that makes them rich and famous. Ha.
The boat--christened the Bloody Mary--is helmed by gorgeously grizzled, muscular vet Bill Johnson (Johnny Messner). Messner is the charismatic linchpin of the movie; he's eye-candy, he's heroic and he displays outright contempt for his passengers--so we relate to him the most. Also on board, as your standard eccentric geek, is gawky, Cole Burris (Eugene Byrd), who provides "comic relief" by saying stuff like, "What? Are you crazy????" a lot. Ice Cube served the same purpose, but did it all with a drawl.
For whatever reason, the snakes don't seem to have the same personal beef with the humans as they did the first time around. (Perhaps their migration to Borneo--where the film is set--has disoriented the South American species.) Instead, they seem like just another obstacle among many (paralytic spider, waterfall, gator, adorable pet monkey) that our very "Survivor"-like group must overcome on their journey.
In fact, the popularity of the reality-show "Survivor" seems to be the best explanation as to why we're getting a second helping of this khaki-clad, jungle endurance test. (At one point, someone even makes a joke about voting some one off the island.)
Despite the fact that I checked my watch during the screening, it's not that bad: the greenery looks beautiful, the waterfall sequence is well-done and there's a hint of flirtation between Messner and Strickland.
To be fair, it's little better or worse than the original. But, to be honest, the original--minus its nascent stars--wasn't very good.
"Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid"
Directed by Dwight H. Little; written by John Clafin, Daniel Zelman, Michael Miner, Ed Neumeier; photographed by Stephen F. Windon; production designed by Bryce Perrin; edited by Marcus D'Arcy and Marc Warner; music by Nerida Tyson-Chew; produced by Verna Harrah. A Screen Gems release; opens Friday. Running time: 1:33. MPAA rating: PG-13 (action violence, scary images and some language).
Bill Johnson - Johnny Messner
Samantha Rogers - KaDee Strickland
Dr. Jack Byron - Matthew Marsden
Gordon Mitchell - Morris Chestnut
Cole Burris - Eugene Byrd
Gail Stern - Salli Richardson-Whitfield


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The meteorological and aviation communities lost a dear friend this week.
Doug Armstrong, longtime meteorologist for the Reno National Weather Service, passed away unexpectedly after a brief hospital stay.
Doug was one of the lead forecasters in the Reno NWS office when I, as a very raw TV weatherman, came here in 1988. He spent countless hours teaching me the local weather ropes, always patient and never demeaning. Doug retired from the NWS in 1998 after a 40-year career. He spent his retirement serving the soaring community. His calm spirit and gentle voice will be missed.
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Hi Orana, thanks for your comment! I am so glad you're enjoying the blog and you found the post helpful. As I was reading, the first thing that struck me is that I think you need to understand the mechanism of 'eating'. You mention breastfeeding, so I'll ask you, next time your baby nurses, to observe her mouth. You'll see she 'sucks' in a chewing motion. If you have a look at the mechanism of breastfeeding, you'll see that it involves the same muscles as chewing. When you go from breastfeeding to a bottle or from breastfeeding to puree, babies have to change the way they 'suck' to actually becoming a suck. Think about when you eat soup from a spoon – you put the spoon to your mouth and inhale, almost, right? That's what babies do with puree. They lose that 'chewing' motion. If you then give your baby solids, i.e. rice crackers, they automatically SUCK, thereby choking. However, if they go from breast/bottle to baby led weaning, they just seem naturally to be less prone to choking. They take the food, play with it, gum it, maybe even swirl it around in their mouths, but they don't tend to try to 'suck' it down. My baby has raw apple, and everything else, like meat and so on too. HOWEVER – don't expect a BLW baby to sit down and eat a plate of food. We say 'food is fun till one'. Aviya turned one this week and IF she has two or three mouth fulls of food a day, that's a lot. She is still mainly breast fed, and I'm fine with that. Ameli didn't have a huge increase in food intake till almost 14 months.
Really hard foods like carrots I'd probably just steam for the same length of time as I'd steam it if I was eating it. Crunchy but soft. Obviously a raw carrot is going to be impossible to eat with no teeth – although those gums are pretty strong, but I've found my girls get bored of trying to eat if eating is too difficult – so things like that I'd probably steam til I could cut them with a fork alone.
I hope that helps? Please feel free to ask if it's not clear yet – and never leave your baby eating on her own
Thank you for sharing this very useful article. It was totally amazing. Spices are really good and add taste for every recipe cooked. Its a great idea, i don't have further questions about it.
i read this post few days back.I have given the above listed food items to my child. He seems happy. Thanks for this post
Thanks for this awesome article. Just one question, what do you do about breakfast? Do you give cereal, or do you only do the BLW at lunch / dinner? How would you start? Im breastfeding on demand, Do you just let baby "help themselves" whenever you are eating to whatever
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For breakfast, you can do baby cereal bars (I usually break it into four even pieces for easier handling), fruit, cherrios (original not honey nut) or baby finger cereal from the baby section. On Sunday mornings, we have pancakes or waffle which are fun.
Thanks so much for this post My bubba is just 9 mths and I have found I've been doing BLW without even realising that's what I've been doing But at the same time, I've been so nervous of him choking, that I end up swiping my finger thru his mouth every time I think he's bitten off too big a piece. I felt I was worrying without good reason, which is why I began googling, which led me here! SO interesting about the whole gagging reflex. My daughter (who is now 8 ) used to gag a LOT, and I always thought she was choking, which freaked me out, and meant that I did not experiment much with her food. I have been absolutely loving watching my little boy now just be so INTO food, & I am excited about feeling more confident to let him try things he so wants to get his little hands on Thanks again
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A final note: WHEAT: I don't agree with you on this topic either (sorry). Both my children have had wheat products as babies with no reaction. see: http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/wheatforbaby.htm
excerpt: In 2006, a study published in the journal Pediatrics, there was a conclusion that the "Timing of cereal-grain exposure was associated with wheat-allergy development. Delaying exposure until after 6 months was associated with an increase risk of wheat allergy, not a protective effect. In addition, these findings confirm the role of family history of allergy as a predictor of food allergy outcomes in children. Our results support continuing the current recommendations of first introducing cereal products between 4 and 6 months of age".
There are differing opinions. Grains are hard to digest, but if your child has plenty of raw fruit and veg, she/he will get the enzymes in his/her diet to break down hard to digest proteins such as gluten (wheat) and casein (milk). Grains should probably not form a main part of your childs diet – so a pasta dish should contain far more sauce than pasta, but a bit of pasta should not harm unless there are allergies in the family. An intolerence may be cured by an increase in raw vegetables taken daily (a cold-press juicer is a good way to do this) – my oldest daughter was cured of her intolerences in this way (she drinks 100ml of fresh carrot juice every morning and is otherwise back on a normal diet). My youngest daughter (9mo) eats everything happily and has showed no intolerences, but has had a high proportion of raw food in her diet from day 1 (of weaning obviously).
I personally avoid sugar, but if they have something sweetish I go to lengths to avoid anything that says "low sugar" as these products are normally riddled with artifical sweetners; the worst of them being Aspartame (E951)which is in products aimed at children -such as Fruit Shoots and even some child medications. (Aspartame, by the way, is NOT ok. Especially so for very young children and pregnant women.) Make sure your kids eat anything sweet as part of a meal rather than as a snack to avoid tooth decay. While Xylitol (E967) is regarded as safe at low levels, large doses can cause diarrhoea and have caused tumers in rats. When you are talking about a very small person a large dose is really quite a small dose. Xylitol is generally used as a humectant/ stabiliser and is made from the waste products of the pulp industry. It is found in ice cream, chocolate, jams, confectionery, chewing gum, toffee, mints etc. While it is not one of the E numbers you should avoid, I personally believe that as long as your child follows a good diet and you follow mesures for good oral health, there is nothing safer than a bit of cane sugar or honey (if over 1). They are natural, have not been modified or messed with, just use them in moderation. On a side note the ingredients of "low fat"/ "diet" products (which are not suitable for young children anyway) are also pretty suspect. Eat normal food, just eat less of it and stay clear of nasty E numbers as much as possible. If you are unsure you can buy "What's Really in Your Basket?" by Bill Statham. There are even iPhone apps that will allow you to scan in lables and it will tell you what the product contains. Also eat as much raw food as possible. Cooking destroys enzymes – enzymes help your body to digest the food and extract nutrient – ergo cooked food is harder to digest and less nourishing. Lastly, I am not sure why you recommend to avoid goats cheese before 1. Cows milk is highly indigestable and many children struggle with it. Goats milk products can provide a wonderful alternative and will often get rid of eczema (note, it's the removal of the cows milk not the goats milk itself that does this). The recommendation is generally to give young children pasturised cheese but whether it comes from a goat or cow makes little difference except to say that goats cheese may have more salt, so you will need to watch the amount your little one eats. Same rules apply to all soft cheeses regardles of milk source but you can buy hard cheddar like goats cheeses.
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November 7th, 2011 at 1:33 am
Hi Justine, Thanks for your comments. You've not said anything I disagree with actually. We avoid Aspartame too – I've read that it's one of the highest carcinogenic products in our foods today, and we don't use any 'low fat' products for that reason – especially when it comes to children's foods. By 'low sugar' bars, I simply mean bars that are made of i.e. dates, honey etc, rather than sugar, I don't mean a sugar replacement. We use xylitol instead of sugar for teas and coffees, so the doses are low, and we've seen definite improvement in my dental problems since doing so. We don't use the xylitol to replace sugar, as much as to actually have xylitol – the drinks are a vehicle, if that makes sense.
As for goat's cheese, again, I agree and there's nothing, including honey, that we avoided during the first year – however, the 'guidelines' say that soft cheeses shouldn't be given to children under one, and while I might not personally agree with it (as I said in the introduction – guidelines vary by country and year) I can't tell people to go against 'recommendations' either. The NHS guidelines say not to use goat's milk under one year of age as it doesn't contain the right balance of nutrients. I assume they say that to prevent people from using goats milk instead of breastfeeding or formula. Cow's milk is also not recommended before one. The NHS website does, however, say that it can be given as a cooked cheese sauce or custard after six months. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/milk-dairy-foods.aspx
Obviously I am not a scientist or a health care professional, so I can't 'advise' or 'recommend' that people go against the guidelines despite the fact that we did, and have no regrets about it.
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@Luschka, You can buy goat milk based formula called Nanny Care. I wish I had known about it when my LO was under 1 as, no, the NHS don't recommend it or tell you about it, but switching to regular goats milk at 16 months eventually got rid of bad reflux, diarreah, eczema and behavioural/developmental problems. All I was told was to burp her better and use E45. The NHS are pretty sh*t. They don't tell you how common cows milk intolerences are and they may be out of their comfort zone recommending goats milk, but they don't even tell breasfeeding mothers to try to cut out dairy to see if it solves the problem. The English are a bit stuck on their cows milk, other countries are far more used to using goats and sheeps milk. If you go to Spain you will find it much easier to buy mixed milk cheeses and sheeps cheese than cows milk cheese… I personally think a bit of research will get you far better answers than a GP – but no, I know what your response to that is, I agree you can't tell people that. On which note, you should probably have a disclaimer on this site stating that it is opinion only (maybe you do).
Hi there,
I have just found this post also and wanted to say a huge thank you! I'm getting nothing but grief from my mother, mother in law, and other parent friends when I told them I wanted to try BLW and reading your post has not only reinforced my desire to wean my little one this way but has also given me some facts to show them I'm not condemning my boy to death via choking as they're convinced. Mind you they've been trying to convince me to put him on baby rice since he was eight weeks old because he's "such a big boy, you can't possibly give him all he needs" I just politely smile and nod but was not looking forward to having to hide how I was weaning him and now I don't have to! I can throw some info at them from one successful BLW mumma! One question I do have is regarding age. My little boy is 24 weeks so just over 2 weeks to go till he is six months but is really showing an interest in food when we are eating and gets quite upset when we won't let him have any as he reaches for it, he has also suddenly started feeding alot more and waking in the night to feed (all signs Im told show readiness for weaning if using purees) I was wondering if I should try and hold out for another fortnight or whether there would be any harm in starting him slowly now with a few soft foods. Would he be able to digest them or will I be causing him problems? Any help would be greatly appreciated and again thank you again for such an informative post
Katie x
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October 25th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
@Katie, Hi Katie, I'm really happy to be able to help you Well done to you for sticking to what you believe in.
While I would say wait for six months, we did actually start a week before my daughter was six months and I would do the same again. I wouldn't want to discourage that interest in food, myself. I don't think 10 or so days is going to make a massive difference, but that's just my opinion – I can't say for certain. The main thing to remember is that they actually consume so little of the food initially as they gum it, play with it, smell it, squish it and so on that really, I would't worry about it. In my experience, BLW babies eat a lot less solids than puree fed babies up to probably about a year and then they suddenly 'switch on' to the actual consumption of food and everything changes.
Perhaps start with courgette, banana and so on, things that are easy to hold and easy to digest. This is just my opinion, but I'd say just give him some food – chances are very little of it will actually go down his throat, and most of it will just be about discovering the texture, taste, smell and so on.
I hope that helps
So I just found your post and I want to thank you so much for writing it! I just found out about BLW as I was trying to find something to make homemade baby food lol Then I couldn't find a list of recommended first foods! This has helped tremendously! My baby girl will be 6 months in December and I can't wait to watch her try her first foods! Thanks so much and you have gained a new follower!
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October 20th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
@Sarah @ A Runner's Heart, Thank you Sarah! I'm so glad you found it useful – and I hope you find more around here that will help you and do feel free to ask!
Mmm interesting list for fruits :)_
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Thanks for this post! We have started BLW too and it is so much fun!
I am a little confused about goat's milk: I thought one should avoid cow's milk before one, but goat's milk is better. It was even given to babies whose mothers couldn't breastfeed some time ago.
I haven't figured out a strategy on salt yet, at the moment I end up cooking everything without salt and my husband would just add some to his food later while baby and me eat from one plate. But I guess a little salt is no problem at all.
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One word on the spices — be careful with a baby who likes to smear food on his face. I put some cinnamon on my 11-month-old's carrots, and he rubbed it in his eyes! Not sure what the solution is for this one, except to be very sparing with spices that could be irritating. I don't know if cinnamon is very irritating or if he had an allergy issue, but everywhere he'd gotten it on his face, his skin turned red and puffy for about an hour. Scared me, but he had no other reaction. It just didn't go as well on his skin as it did in his tummy.
Great introductory post … not sure why you steam fruits though – even early on BiP would enjoy practicing biting chunks off and then spitting them out as they were too big for her to manage … I think it helped her work out how to make she didn't bite off more than she could chew, well, gum!
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March 12th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
@MummyinProvence, We've never steamed fruits, but a lot of people do – because they're scared of hard fruits being a choking hazard. It's really just an idea, but we also didn't give hard fruits – i.e. apples until my daughter had a good few teeth.
Good point though. Thanks for commenting.
Thanks so much for these ideas! I am pregnant with my first right now, and my mother-in-law wants to buy me a food mill just like the one she used to puree food for my husband when he was a baby. This made me wonder, why would I need to puree food for my baby if I am going to provide the main source of his/her nutrition until a time that the kid can eat on his/her own? Oh well, I'll probably just graciously accept the mill and make some awesome tomato sauce with it, while still doing baby led weaning with the kid!
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March 12th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
@Tina, Hi Tina. Your comment made me smile. It's so hard doing things different to the way everyone around us is doing it, isn't it! Tomato sauce sounds like a great idea to me! You can pour it over the pasta that your little one feeds him/her self! Best of luck with the rest of the pregnancy and everything else, and fire away if you have any further questions!
We love BLW! Today Sebastian tasted some broccoli stems and pork tenderloin! Nothing cuter. Great guidelines and interesting about the gag reflex being located at a different spot – That makes total sense.


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