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"Attachment Parenting" friend visiting for three days, how do I handle the constant drama?
My best friend/husband are into attachment parenting. Her baby requires every atom of attention in the room. When they stay here this fall, I'm afraid that they are going to pull various stunts, like, "We need to walk Sarah to sleep. Can you guys shut off all the lights and go in your room till we're done? It might take two hours." How do I say, "You can parent the way you want, but it's not okay to expect that everyone around you pay an annoyance tax on your ineffective decisions"? She knows that I don't approve of the night nursing (I do believe in extended nursing, just not through the night past infancy). But this is more about the fact that her parenting method DOES impact anyone who tries to spend time with her, and not just her private decision. Anybody who chooses to spoil a baby this badly is also choosing to punish any friends who stick around. Every conversation is subject to constant interruption because every thing the baby wants is a "need" they have to "meet". Thoughts?
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Wow, not only am I amazed at the number of people berating this woman asking for help in working with her friend that attachment parents, I kind of regret my decision to even come here. Everyone can sit around and say that you shouldn't judge a person for their parenting, but it is a completely normal, completely human thing to do, and I guarantee every one of you does it. I'd almost bet those of you that are so vicious towards this woman do it more often than the rest of us. It is really not reasonable to expect anyone to agree to go sit in a dark room for several hours while they walk their child to sleep. Especially not someone with kids of their own. If I took my son into a dark room and expected him to sit there for a few hours he would be screaming in about 10 minutes. While I don't attachment parent, I also don't let my son cry it out, and he doesn't take several hours of walking in the dark to fall asleep. She asked for help, if you can't help, don't berate.posted 05/28/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
Oh. This was posted 2 years ago. Soooooo... How did it go?posted 04/22/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
Simple. Ask your friend to stay at a hotel, if indeed she does expect you to inconvenience your entire household for her parenting style. It's nothing against attachment parenting; it's just that you simply cannot accommodate it in YOUR home. She can't afford to stay in a hotel? Then she can't afford to make demands in YOUR home. She can attachment parent all she wants - in her own place or on her own dime.posted 04/22/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
First, she is a guest in your home. If you feel you cannot accommodate her and her family because of her parenting style, then you shouldn't have offered up your home. Since you already have, I think it's up to you to pay for her hotel stay so she will actually be comfortable. Second, you sound incredibly ignorant and arrogant. Respect her right to parent as she chooses and stop being so judgmental. Maybe even do some research on AP. And then try to adapt to it if you decide to still have her stay with you. Third, you sound immature. She has a baby. Of course she's going to be responding to her baby's needs! What, do you expect her to ignore her baby so she can focus all her attention on you?posted 04/22/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
(continued)....that you have to get over – the fact that she wants to come and stay with you is proof that she still sees you as a close friend, but you have to accept that things will never be the same as they used to be. If you want to remain friends with this person, why not try educating yourself on what AP really is and talk to her about what she feels are the benefits of it for her baby and her family? You don't have to agree with it but you can learn to respect it.
(continued from other post)...provide any special food, you can go out in the evening with baby in the sling (rather than feeling trapped at home) etc etc. Personally, I wouldn't want a friend staying with their baby if I knew they were going to be leaving their baby to cry him/herself to sleep – that would be a terrible thing to allow in my home. I think that your problem with all this comes down to two things: either (a) the fact that a close friend of yours has made different parenting choices from yours leads you to question the correctness of your own parenting choices (perhaps you feel guilt because of some things you have done), and you also worry that this friend is secretly judging you; and/or (b) you miss spending one-to-one time with your friend, like you did before you each had kids, and you resent her wanting to spend all of her time with her baby because of this – you feel that it means she doesn't want to spend time with you. With the latter, this is just something....
Have you got kids yourself? Your post doesn't make it clear. And have you had this friend stay over before so are talking from experience, or are you just making assumptions? I follow the principles of attachment parenting with my 13 month old but don't recognise what you're saying at all. At home, I am free to feed and cuddle her to sleep in the dark if I want to (which usually takes 10-20 mins, not 2 hrs), but if we are out in the evening or staying at a friend's, then she just stays in her sling and goes to sleep without any fuss when she wants to - most people don't even notice that she has gone to sleep because she has been so calm and happy in the sling anyway! Also, it's much easier to put up a friend who follows AP because all you need to provide is a bed - they don't need extra space for a travel cot, you don't need to sterilise or warm bottles, they are usually happy for baby to eat on their lap if you don't have a highchair, if they are BLW then you don't need to.....
And I just realized that this is from forever ago... thanks Babycenter newsletter, lol...posted 02/12/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
While I understand that you don't feel AP is right for your family, and that your friend's choice to "spoil" (as you say) her child is inconvenient to you, I honestly think your being so judgmental is a pretty lousy and unfriendly thing to do. Nobody said babies were convenient, and pretty much everyone will admit that babies' temperaments vary greatly. Just because you were "efficient" at parenting your kids (or maybe your kids were so-called "easy" children, how about that?) doesn't mean your friend isn't trying very hard to do her best, and this lack of support from you totally stinks (and if I were her and I read this post I would be mortified and pretty angry). If you are a true friend you ought to be more self-sacrificing and understanding. If you think you might have something helpful to her to say about how to get her child to sleep better then say it in a loving way, but for goodness' sake don't whine that she's cramping your style with her demanding child. That's all.posted 02/12/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
Thoughts on the parenting style of thoughts on how to deal with the situation? If you mean parenting style I will say just NEVER judge anybody's parenting style as this is *so* disrespectful. If you mean the situation then I believe you could just tell her your boundaries and limitations and please have her understand them as they might be causing you interruptions. Let your friend decide if this is okay, or else make some adjustments. I beleive your friends will understand and try think of solutions to that. They are the parents, so let them decide what to do with their child. You are the owner of the house, so you are the one to decide how should be done with the staying over.posted 01/17/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
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Coworker insulted my straight hair today...
grrrrrrrr...I have gotten tired of waiting for my curly hair to dry and I needed to get to the office early this week so I blew my hair out straight.
A coworker first accused me of having gotten a hair cut because it looked shorter today and then she said she "you know I prefer your hair curly."
The other day a guy said he preferred my hair straight.
You just can't please everyone but why must these people voice their opinions when they were not requsted?? By the way the woman who didn't like my straight hair walks around with extentions and wigs all the time! I wish I weren't so sensitive.
aw don't worry about it, i know its hard not to though cause im the same way...you just have to remember its your hair and you should wear it the way you want! :)
Don't worry about it, i wear my hair back in a bun for work, i tie it back when it's wet and it appears straight, one day they called me for some over time and because i hadn't been at work i had my hair out and curly i was greeted by "oh my god what have you done to your hair?" and " i don't like it like this i prefer it the other way" or "where did you get your hair done" and looks of disbelief when i say i didn't get it "done" anywhere, it's my natural hair.
I don't care if people like my hair or not, it's thick and healthy and i'm beginning to love it now i know what to use, most of the people who made comments had matted weaves or short thin hair anyway. just ignore them
I would love it if people insulted my straight hair :( I do not straighten my hair much, but when I do, everyone says that I look so much better, that they prefer straight hair, etc. Oh well, its been about eight months since I straightened my hair and I have no plans to do it anytime soon.
You're right, you can't please everyone and you shouldn't try to either. I've noticed that most curlies get offended when someone says they should STRAIGHTEN their natural curls. At least she likes your curls. But it shouldn't even matter. It's YOUR CURLS, YOUR HAIR, and You can wear it however YOU want. :D You are the most important person! Its all about you! Please yourself, not them.
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Is a full wardrobe of nursing attire really necessary?
I have some nursing sleep bras, some camis, and some PJ's that open up, but seriously...what do I really NEED in terms of nursing clothes? They're so expensive and, quite frankly, I hate the way most of them look. I know I need a couple nursing bras once I figure out what size I am, but...what's the minimum I can do and still be able to nurse on demand?
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this is what i found nursing 4 children: if i a wear a dress, i did need to make sure its able to open at the top. other than that my regular loose fitting clothes work fine. i use reciving blankets to cover my boob. PS a secret that expensive nursing bra makers dont want u to know: sports bras make the best comfortable nursing bras ever! i had one nursing bra in all my nursing years (im at 5.5+ years) n after my first sports bra, thats all i get for nursingposted 10/13/2011 by bintmont2
I bought a couple of bras and a nursing cape - that's it. I've never felt like I needed any more than that, but I don't have a problem with lifting my shirt up or pulling the collar down. If you think you might feel self-conscious maybe get a few tops, but otherwise you'd probably be ok with what you've got.posted 10/12/2011 by MeTalkinPretty
NOOOOOOO! Bras and get a nursing shawl for loved' baby.com It triples as a cover up, a shawl, a car seat cover etc. and looks great too!posted 10/11/2011 by Aavielle my Angel
I guess I'm kinda prude, but I do prefer the nursing tops (mainly to cover my now disformed belly :) i got a bunch on sale at motherwear.com - I like that the t-shirts were not expensive & decent quality - they have an underlayer so you pull up the top to let the baby nurse, but the bottom layer still covers my belly. Hope this helped!posted 10/11/2011 by LittleMacsMommy
Nope, only nursing attire I own are my nursing bras and a cover up.posted 10/07/2011 by kjmama06
Button up shirts can help. Easy to get undone, not so expensive, but normally I just bought loose T-shirts, tank tops, blouses, and they looked better than the nursing attire. I just always went in the dressing room, pulled down a top as I would trying to breastfeed and got the feel for it. I wouldn't waste my money on the other stuff.posted 10/07/2011 by Gina112
i tried on every nursing bra and tank i could get my hands on - with no budget constraints - and the only ones i wear are the bravado original nursing bra. super comfy, super easy, and nothing compares in my book. i do wear sleeping nursing bras from target at night (gilligan and o'malley) just to have something a little more relaxed and less supportive while i sleep. i have not needed any other additional nursing clothing whatsoever besides 3 nursing bras. they also do really well in the dryer! i live in oregon where public nursing is very common, accepted, and well, public, but i use a nursing cover (bebe au lait) to cover up NOT my breasts, but my belly, which is exposed when you nurse in your regular clothes with just a nursing bra...food for thought!posted 10/06/2011 by kerrykins
I have been nursing 3 children for almost 8 years straight, and I have never bought any nursing tops. I bought a couple of nursing bras, that lasted for years, but once they were no longer wearable, I didn't replace them. I found it just as easy to nurse with a regular soft cup bra, just pull the cup down and under your breast. I just wore shirts I could lift up. I did buy one nursing gown and it is threadbare right now. I also never used any sort of nursing cover. it is fairly easy, with a bit of practise, to nurse a baby discretely with just a regular top.posted 10/06/2011 by momsangel03
NOOO! don't buy those tacky shirts! I wore wrap tops, stretchy low v-neck shirts, loose sweaters, and used scarfs when it was cold to cover baby's head. Summer was easy with current fashions- loose tanks with wide bottoms. Though I didn't, you can always use those funny 'nursing tents' and pretty much just wear your nursing bra under regular clothes. I must say, though, Target has some of the cutest, cheap maternity/nursing stuff around. Don't bother with those 'maternity stores'. Expensive and useless later! Have fun; the time will go quickly! and I've been nursing mine for 21 months!:)posted 10/05/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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Clapham Junction railway station is open again this morning after a power cut forced it to close last night.
Passengers were unable to board or leave trains at the south London station after the electricity failure.
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Dear Dara,
I would love to see an article about fine family dining: upscale(-ish) restaurants that are good places to take kids, provided they are well-behaved. My girls are four and seven and have pretty adventurous taste in food. We live in south Minneapolis and took them to Craftsman last spring. Craftsman turns out to have an actual children's menu, which is a bonus because it makes it cheaper to feed them. Last night we took them to Café Levain, which has no children's menu, but they will bring a mug full of crayons and let your kid color on the paper tablecloth.
I would love to know about other interesting restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul that are kid-friendly to some degree. I'm particularly interested in places willing to serve a half-size (and presumably half-price) regular entree, since my kids would honestly prefer the adult items but can't eat anywhere near a whole order (and yet aren't cooperative enough to want the same thing, which would make it easy).
Also, both my girls love sushi and would eat it daily if I were willing to finance it. However, sushi restaurants are hard because it takes so long for everything to come. I have thought about Ichiban's all-you-can-eat sushi buffet, but Kiera (the four-year-old) is much more into sashimi than sushi, and I've heard that Ichiban gets really cranky if you disassemble your nigiri and only eat the fish part.
I've seen other pint-size sushi fanatics, and there was another family with young kids in Levain last night. So clearly I'm not the only parent in town with adventurous (and well-behaved) young eaters.
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Dear Naomi,
This is a hot issue among today's parents: How can adults who spent their 20s enjoying a life of exciting dining keep it up once they've welcomed heirs into their lives? Most of the letters I get along these lines hit on three basic points: One, parents want to respect the basic kidness of their kids and not expect unreasonable things from them. Two, they don't want to eat dreck. Three, they don't want to go bankrupt.
Last week I heard from Steve in Northfield who needed a fine-dining destination for a group that included three boys, ages three to seven. I probably direct at least one set of parents with an infant to the Minneapolis Fuji-Ya every month, because the little rice-paper-screened tatami rooms where you sit on the floor are perfect places for nursing privacy, for keeping a sleeping baby in a car seat out of traffic, and for little crawlers to be happily contained in a clean place. (There are only two tatami rooms, so you must reserve them, especially on weekend nights. Fuji-Ya: 600 W. Lake St., Minneapolis, 612.871.4055; www.fujiyasushi.com.)
However, while I've given private answers to this question fairly often, I've been reluctant to go into it too much in print. After all, children are individuals: Some seven-year-old girls have better restaurant manners than some 22-year-old men, and some little boys find that a moment without running, jumping, or climbing is a moment to be repented of, immediately, with vengeance. That said, here's a quick list of a dozen good options when you've got both high standards and the ability to recite Goodnight Moon backward.
Oddly enough, I was just at Ichiban last week, checking out the biggest sushi bargain in the Twin Cities. For $29, or $12 for kids 10 and under, you can sit at Ichiban's sushi bar and pluck all the sushi you want from little boats that float by on a little rushing river. (It's even more of a bargain between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m., when adults eat at the early-bird-special price of $25.) I went, half-expecting some limit on all this—a timer, some kind of scale and ejector seat strategically placed under your chair—but no, it really is an all-you-can-eat sushi bonanza.
It's even more of a wear-elastic-slacks dinner because each diner is also entitled to a bowl of miso soup and a big, hot tray of vegetable, chicken, or shrimp tempura, and gyoza dumplings, and chicken wings. The little boats also boast all-you-can-eat edamame, seaweed salad, octopus salad, marinated tofu or pickled squash salad, and other Japanese treats.
As for the sushi? It wasn't the best I've ever had, but it was far from the worst. I can't vouch for every night, but the night I was there I saw lots of California rolls, a few other tuna rolls, and some tuna nigiri. There were three varieties of salmon: smoked, fresh, and a salty lox-cure, all of which appeared as nigiri (those fingers of fish on pads of rice), with the smoked salmon also appearing in a cream-cheese roll.
Other abundant choices: tamago (sweet rice-wine omelet), ebi (big cooked shrimp), and octopus, squid, and unagi (grilled eel in a sweet sauce). A few items made brief appearances and were pounced on immediately by connoisseurs: one delicious slice of white tuna and a few rolls topped with ikura, those big globes of salty orange salmon roe.
Rumors you've heard notwithstanding, I found the service at Ichiban to be absurdly generous and accommodating. My two servers just kept bringing and bringing food. The tempura was hot and light, the gyoza hot and meaty, the beer cold.
I got the idea that they were being so nice to me because I was being nice to them—there were two groups of men being completely rude to the women waiting on them when I was there. Servers may put up with a lot at Ichiban, which could lead to bouts of crankiness. I don't know. I do know that this spot won't be for everyone. Delicacy and rarity aren't words I'd use to describe this sushi, but your kids won't have to wait one nanosecond for food. If you've got sushi-loving tots, you should check it out.
Ichiban Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar1333 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
612.339.0540, www.ichiban.ca
Mysore Café
Speaking of buffets, the newish vegetarian Indian spot in Uptown is now doing both a Friday and Saturday night dinner buffet, which costs $11.99 for adults and $4.99 for kids.
I've been on the fence about this place since it opened, because I find some of the dishes thrilling, like the pungent, winy, hot-and-sour rasam soup, while others seem greasy, reheated, and elderly. That said, the dinner buffet is a great choice when you're trying to feed yourself and your kids on a budget in south Minneapolis.
I love the masala dosa that comes complimentary with every meal. This thin, crisp crepe, wrapped around a filling of savory, lightly spiced mashed potatoes, is delightful comfort food. The restaurant's cashew-flecked lemon basmati rice is light and graceful. The dal makheni, a buttery black lentil stew, is earthy and substantial, and two amply spiced South Indian specialties with a texture somewhere between polenta and porridge, here called pongal and avail, were delicious. Sometimes there's something with chickpeas that looks like it was left over from the Clinton administration—so leave that sitting there, okay?
You'll also find fruit, salad, raita, four sorts of chutney, rice pudding, and a whole host of pappadum, breads like fresh fry-bread poori, and pancake-like fresh iddly available on the buffet as well. Put a Kingfisher lager on the table for Mom, and a Taj Mahal for Dad, and rejoice in the fact that if the kids reject any of the dozen healthy dishes of grains or veggies that fill out this buffet, well, they weren't slaved over by you.
Mysore Café2819 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, 612.871.1110
The fine-dining splurge I finally directed Steven in Northfield to, with his three boys under seven, was the opulent Sunday brunch buffet at Wolfgang Puck's 20.21 at the Walker Art Center. Reservations are a must for this luxurious event ($28 for adults, $14 for kids 12 and under.) What's so great about it? Everything. Fine china, complimentary Champagne or Bellinis for the adults, countless plush, chef-driven brunch treats for sophisticates (ricotta-stuffed brioche French toast, fluffy mascarpone and chive scrambled eggs, exquisite fresh-baked breakfast pastries), and things that are not scary for the easily frightened (bacon, eggs, potatoes). If that's not enough, the Walker's sculpture garden is a short hop away, perfect for running, jumping, climbing, and burning off steam, or for photo opportunities before or after the event.
20.21 Restaurant & BarWalker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis,
612.253.3410, www.wolfgangpuck.com
Big Bowl
Alas, Naomi, one of the things you seek, namely adult entrees in smaller, less expensive portions, doesn't much exist in the Twin Cities—though it does at the three Big Bowl locations. This is a fairly new development, and a laudable one.
"We used to have a mac-and-cheese and chicken nugget menu," Derek Gato, Big Bowl's local supervisor, told me, "but we've evolved to a more adult, healthier version. We find that nowadays parents are trying to open kids' eyes to different ways of eating, so we went with that."
That means that the dozen-item kids' menu offers a kid-size chicken pad thai ($5.95), a kid-size beef and broccoli ($5.95), and a special kids-only meal fashioned from some of the greatest hits off the regular appetizer menu, like the platter of chicken satays with spicy peanut dipping sauce, and chicken pot stickers ($4.95). All the Big Bowl kids' meals come with a complimentary beverage, which can be the house-made, fresh-squeezed lemonade. They put crayons on the table and hand out kid chopsticks, too.
I visited the Galleria Big Bowl one recent Saturday night (call ahead to put your name on the list, unless you're insane), and service was quick as lightning and all-out friendly. I was delighted to find that they're using local Minnesota pork in all their pork dishes. The barbecue pork fried rice, a huge portion of sweet lacquered pork tenderloin served on an admirably greaseless but savory fried rice ($12.95) was really good, and the spicy sesame peanut noodles ($3.95) were excellent, too, with weighty wheat noodles amply spiced with a clingy, savory sauce.
Big Bowl
In the Galleria, 3669 Galleria, Edina, 952.928.7888; at Rosedal, 1705 Highway 36 West, Rosevill, 651.636.7173; and at Ridgedale, 952.797.9888, www.bigbowl.com
California Café and Napa Valley Grille
I raved about the new chef, Matthew Fogarty, who took over these sister restaurants at the Mall of America recently. It turns out that the excitement at these places isn't restricted to the food for adults. The Napa Valley Grille offers various three-course meals for kids priced at $6 or $8.
They start out with a little espresso cup of peanut butter with celery sticks and carrot sticks. Hot entrees can be as simple as a quesadilla with fries ($6) or as complex as pasta Alfredo with chicken or a grilled chicken breast with mashed potatoes and green beans ($8). Dessert is a special, house-made ice-cream-cookie sandwich. The Napa Valley Grille even has Etch-a-Sketches and one DVD player they lend out to tables.
Meanwhile, one floor up, the California Café puts together kids'-meal bento boxes for $6.95, which include the kid's choice of three courses (salad or veggie snack; an entree such as angel hair pasta, grilled cheese, cheeseburger, chicken fingers, or baby back ribs; fresh fruit; and a fresh lemonade, milk, or juice). Of course, you can have that bento box out on the California Café patio, which overlooks the MOA roller coasters. If that isn't enough, right now the California Café is even running a Toddler Tuesday promotion, during which toddlers eat free.
Napa Valley GrilleMall of America, 2nd Floor, Bloomington, 952.858.9934, www.napavalleygrille.com; California Café, Mall of America, 3rd Floor, Bloomington, 612.854.2233, www.californiacafe.com
Well, Naomi, Steven, everybody, we've run out of room. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention high-living dining-with-kids hall-of-famers like Punch Pizza; the sister upscale diners of the Highland Grill, Edina Grill, and Longfellow Grill; and Broders' Pasta Bar (where 10-and-unders eat free on Mondays before 6:30 p.m. and can always have a child-size portion of their exquisite pasta Bolognese for $5.95).
Ooh, but don't forget St. Paul's opulent though budget-friendly Mai Village, with its ornate interior pagoda and adorable bridge over a koi-filled pond. At Edina's Salut Bar Americain there's a limited but very inexpensive $2.95 entree-and-beverage menu that encourages parents to spend even more on cocktails and oysters. And at Solera, the downtown Minneapolis Spanish tapas bar, a gourmet-minded family could have a world-class meal by, say, the two adults opting for the $29 eight-course tasting menu, and adding a few kid-friendly tapas to the spread, like ham and cheese croquettas or fried potatoes. I did this tasting menu a few months ago, and found the service to be fast-food fast, but the food itself to still be as good as anything you'd find in Barcelona.
Oh well, there are probably some I've left out, too, but this should give you something to do this winter. Drop me a line when it's time for a roundup of the best restaurants with large, empty parking lots in which to practice for a driver's license.
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I asked several friends, both FaceBook and non-FaceBookers, if they use electronic banking, bill pay, &/or electronic bank statements. Many of the FaceBookers do not surprising. Some of my other friends dont, and a few suggested they worry about having identity stolen or a lack of trust for the internet.
Is the security of hard copy checks, in-store credit or debit purchases, and mail better? I wonder if my friends use their debit/credit cards in stores, where others have access to them. The only times I have had anything manipulated or stolen, was in a restaurant where a shady waitress evidently swiped my credit card twice, and had a nice meal. The credit card company took that charge off when I called them they were accommodating. The second time, someone may have looked over my shoulder while I was shopping in Chicago. The bank evidently electronically noticed that my card number was trying to be used in a fraudulent manner, called me (I had just walked in the door from the Chicago trip), and together we blocked the charge, and the bank closed down that credit card, and reissued me a new number. That was a really proactive, positive example of my community bank in action.
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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Review
Reviewed by: ccokeman
Reviewed on: June 30, 2013
Price: $98
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Introduction:
Overclocking your CPU is going to require a robust cooling solution to keep up with the Joneses, especially with the latest processors from Intel and AMD that have made warm the operative word. You can always choose from a good, solid air cooled solution or one of the myriad self contained liquid coolers on the market. If sticking with air cooling, more than likely you will end up with a cooler that is louder than a liquid solution just due to the fact that the larger volume of air needed to deliver excellent thermals is going to be higher. We have looked at low noise solutions from Noctua and Phanteks, and have been duly impressed by both companies' offerings. As a low noise cooling solution the bq quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 should compare well against its competitors.
Be quiet! is a company well known outside the US but are pushing into the US market with its full line of power supplies and high end air cooling solutions, including the Dark Rock and Shadow Rock product lines. The German engineered Dark Rock Pro 2 is be quiet!'s halo cooling solution, featuring a dark nickel coating and 220 watts of thermal capacity; well above the stock TDP of the latest chips. However stock is not where we like to play at so we will have to see just how well it handles an overclocked load. Using a dual tower, dual cooling fan combination, the Dark Rock Pro 2 should provide excellent thermal characteristic without a noise penalty. Be quiet!, as the name suggests, is going to be a low/no noise cooling solution, so let's see how well it can handle the load.
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Closer Look:
The packaging for the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 fits the name of the cooler, with a black background showing the cooler front and center on the front panel. At the top left we see that it supports Intel socket 2011 systems and includes fans using be quiet!'s SilentWings technology. Under the image is the name of cooler "Dark Rock Pro 2" and that this cooler can manage a 220W thermal load. The back side of the package has a technical drawing of the cooler, the specifications, and descriptions of the pertinent features, such as the aluminum top plate and SilentWing fans. Inside the box the cooler is secured in open cell foam blocks to prevent damage to the large dual fin arrays.
Once everything is laid out you can see how expansive the accessory bundle is. To start with you get the cooler that presents a stunning image. Then the bundle follows offering support for the latest CPU sockets from Intel and AMD. A large black back plate is used to support the weight of the Dark Rock Pro 2.
The first look is intriguing so let's dig a little deeper into what be quiet! has put together.
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Closer Look:
The Dark Rock Pro 2 is a dual tower design cooler built as much for functions as it is looks. A pair of Silent Wings PWM fans are used to provide the airflow for this high end cooler, one 120mm on the outside and one 135mm riding in between the towers. Socket compatibility includes all of the most recent sockets from AMD: 754 / 939 / 940 / AM2(+) / AM3 (+) / FM1 / FM2, and Intel: LGA 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011, to ensure the largest possible audience for this design. The Dark Rock Pro 2 gets the "Dark" part of its name from the dark nickel finish that covers all of the exposed surfaces. Measuring 147 x 138 x 166mm in size, it is in no way a small or average sized cooling solution but still should fit into a mid tower chassis. At 2.75 pounds the Dark Rock Pro 2 is no light weight and most likely will not make it into your LAN rig. On the positive side it should have the mass to deliver on that 220W rating.
Stripping out the SilentWIngs PWM fans fans you get to the bare essentials of the Dark Rock Pro 2. It is a large tower-style cooler that uses two equal sized towers connected to seven 6mm heat pipes that pass through the contact plate of the copper base and up through the 44 nickel plated aluminum fins of each tower. Stripping the fans off shrinks the dimensions to 133 x 124 x 166mm and, depending on your processor, running passively might be a reality with the lower TDP parts.
The top plate on the cooler is decorative but functions to contain the airflow in the fin array as well as cover up the tops of what unquestionably is the worst looking part of any tower design, the tips of the heat pipes. The CNC machined nickel plated base comes covered from the factory with a vinyl warning decal that protects the surface during shipping. Removing this cover before installation is necessary for optimal contact and thermal transfer. Light machining marks are evident on the base but after seeing little to no impact with other competing solutions the base shape is more important than the surface prep. Cramming seven heat pipes into the copper base seems to create a tight fit but be quiet! manages to make it work with what looks like some solder coming out of the junction of the block and pipe interface.
Something not evident in the earlier pictures of the tower is the configuration of the fin array. Each intake side of the fins is sloped inwards with small notches cut into the face of each fin to add surface area for improved cooling. The output side of the array is smooth to keep airflow moving. When you look at the fit and finish, be quiet!'s process to cover the Dark Rock Pro 2 in a dark nickel coating seems to work well with even coverage over the entire heat sink. On each side of the towers are directional notches that run the full height of the cooler to mount the SilentWIngs PWM fans.
Managing the noise level and airflow through the Dark Rock Pro 2 are a pair of SilentWings PWM fans from be quiet!. Unequal sized fans are used to get the best fit and airflow performance through the fin array. Using a smaller 120mm fan on the intake increases the ability of the end user to use taller memory modules and regain the ability to use all of the DIMM slots. The 120mm fan is part number BQT B12025-MF-PWM and is rated up to 1700RPM using 12v. The 135mm fan used in between the towers carries part number BQT B13525-MF-PWM and is rated up to 1500RPM using 12v. The pressure rating on each of the fans is rated at 0.81mm H2O with each pushing in the neighborhood of 60 CFM. A fluid dynamic bearing assembly is used to help provide stability and improved airflow while keeping the noise levels to a dead silent 15.8 dBA. What you will notice right away is that the fan blades use an airflow optimized design to reduce air turbulence and improve noise characteristics. Around the rim of each fan is a rubber isolator used to reduce noise since quiet cooling is essential for the branding. A built in jumper is used to connect the two fans together for use with one PWM fan header on the installed motherboard.
Putting this beast of a cooler into a chassis and onto a motherboard is much simpler than it looks due to the fixed mounting brackets and interesting mounting system that uses a very robust backing plate using a plastic e-clip to hold the screws onto the mounting screws that slip through the backing plate and motherboard PCB. Once tightened up by bottoming the screws out until they seat fully, it is going nowhere. Here is where a large cooling solution can get interesting. Memory compatibility is going to be tight any way you look at it so modules such as my Mushkin Redline equiped with Ridgeback heat spreaders would not fit but the same modules with Frostbyte heat shield allow all four DIMM slots to be populated. After the testing was completed I wanted to see the contact pattern of the TIM interface and was quite surprised at how well the TIM spread and the contact pattern it delivered.
The Dark Rock Pro 2 is well put together and delivers excellent thermal capacity. Again let's see just how well it handles a load.
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Specifications:
Overall dimensions without mounting material (L x W x H), (mm)
147 x 138 x 166
Total weight (kg)
LGA1150 ready
Socket compatibility
Intel: LGA 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011
Backplate Mounting
Fan model, number
1 x SilentWings PWM 120mm, 1 x SilentWings PWM 135mm
Anti vibration fan fixing
Overall noise level (dB(A)) @ 900/1250/100% (rpm)
13.50 / 19.80 / 26.40
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Features:
- No Compromise Silence and Performance: The virtually silent Dark RockTM Pro 2 CPU Cooler puts our famous anti-noise technology where it counts: at the heart of your system. Its double tower, double fan design is perfect for overclocked systems and the most demanding multi-graphics platforms. Twin quiet-optimized SilentWings® fans with PWM function and seven ultra-high performance heatpipes generate massive 220W TDP cooling capacity and strikes the perfect balance between intense cooling and deep serenity. Special wave-contoured heatsink fins further minimize noise-inducing turbulence while maximizing heat transfer. Dark Rock Pro 2: offering the greatest performance-to-noise ratio and highest reliability available.
- Very quiet operation: 135mm inner and 120mm front SilentWings® fan with PWM function for optimized fan speed throughout the entire working range provides the perfect balance between superior cooling and quiet. The specially developed wave shaped contour of the heatsink fins optimizes airflow and avoids noise generating turbulence.
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- CPU Cooling: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
- Memory: Mushkin 993997 9-11-10-28 1866Mhz
- Video Card: XFX HD 7970 Black Edition
- Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
- Hard Drive: Corsair Force GT 240GB
- Optical Drive: Lite-On Blu-Ray
- Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
- OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- Temperature: 24 °C
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- Noctua NH-U12P SE
- Phanteks PH-TC14PE
- Sapphire Vapor-X CPU COoler
- Corsair Hydro Series H80
- Corsair Hydro Series H60
- Phanteks TC90LS
- Noctua NH-L9i
- Phanteks PH-TC12DX
- Corsair Hydro Series H90
- Corsair Hydro Series H100
- Corsair Hydro Series H110
- Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo
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Possible interview questions
Hope this is helpful. However, don't get too carried away with learning off reams of interview question answers; see also Interview Tips for advice on tackling interview preparation. The Interview Tips also has possible questions for different types of post: Headteacher, Deputy Head, Assistant Head and Teaching Assistant.
On another Forum, Joe Blair said the following:
We got an expert to put together some interview questions for a teacher position. They are aimed at primary schools, but might still be useful if you are at a secondary.
Suitability to the role
Why did you apply for this particular role?
Why did you choose to teach this particular age range?
What are your core strengths?
What are your weaknesses?
What can you bring to the role that other candidates may not bring?
The school and staff
What makes a successful school?
What importance do you attach to co-operation with colleagues, such as those who are teaching parallel classes?
How would you cope with a lack of enthusiasm from colleagues?
What is your impression of the school/organisation?
How do you feel about parent helpers in the classroom?
How would you work with a teaching assistant in your classroom?
Do you find it difficult working alongside older, more experienced staff?
What is the most difficult piece of feedback you have ever had to give, and why?
How would you react if a senior member of staff queried or criticised some aspect of your teaching?
Teaching and learning
What is your understanding of high-quality teaching and learning?
Describe a good lesson
Describe a lesson that did not go well. What were the reasons for this?
If I came into your classroom, what would I see?
Describe the teaching method you find most effective
How would you organise teaching and learning for a mixed-age group?
Do you differentiate between outcome or task?
What are the important things to consider when setting up a classroom?
Ensuring progress
What assessment strategies would you use?
How do you ensure all children are involved?
How do you assess and record your children's progress?
How would you motivate a reluctant child?
How would you meet the needs of gifted and talented children in the class?
Have you had experience of a very high attaining and very low attaining child in your class?
Tell us about your experience of assessment for learning and assessment of learning
If a child doesn't show signs of improvement after all your planning, monitoring, assessing etc, what do you do next?
What strategies do you use to manage children with special educational needs?
Behaviour management
What behaviour management policies have you experienced, and what do you consider as having been effective?
How would you deal with a pupil who is not co-operating?
How would you deal with a disruptive child?
What do you think is the best way to motivate pupils?
Some people say you should demand respect from children. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
What do you understand by the term 'providing support' for the pupil?
Bullying is often a serious issue that has to be dealt with in all areas of work with children. In your experience, what is the best way to deal with it?
Child protection issues
Have you ever felt uncomfortable about a colleague's behaviour towards children in a previous job?
What were your concerns, what did you do, and how was the issue resolved?
Safeguarding children is an important part of our work. Can you give me same examples of how you would contribute to making the organisation a safer environment for children?
Tell me about a time when a child or young person behaved in a way that caused you concern. How did you deal with that? Who else did you involve?
Why do you want to work with children? What do you think you have to offer? Give an example of how children have benefited from contact with you.
How did your previous organisation tackle child protection?
Career development
How will you develop yourself as a professional teacher?
What is your understanding of effective performance management?
What are your plans for the future?
How would you like to see your career develop?
Are you prepared to go on courses?
How long do you expect to stay here?
Would you aim to widen your experience by seeking posts in other schools after a reasonable period here?
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Would be great to have some model answers for some of these questions...anybody know where I can find answers too?
Yeah anyone got any model answers? The sorts of things schools will be looking for?
very helpful, thanks
"Yeah anyone got any model answers? The sorts of things schools will be looking for?
Don't be so daft!
How would the interviewing panel judge you if half-a-dozen candidates came in all giving identical model answers?
Think of your own answers!
I've been looking for model answers (after all we're supposed to 'model' good essays, etc, for the pupils). I wouldn't dream of repeating them verbatim but just an idea of the length and structure would be really useful. I've been told around 4 minutes for each answer but that seems quite a long time so I'd love to see how someone else manages to talk for that long on one answer without waffling.
Anyone looking for a job in Birmingham? How are you finding it?
Excellent material really helped me focus my experience in topic areas rather than answers to question i may not get asked. Now all i need is the job!!!!
Just be yourself and talk about what you know- then you can't go wrong!!
I can tell you how NOT to do it. (all genuine answers)
Question (English teaching job) : What are you readng at the minute?
Answer: I haven't time to read really with having a young family.
Question: If you had a free choice, what novel would you teach at GCSE?
Answer: I think the ones you teach now are fine. I wouldn't change it.
Question: What would you bring to the department?
Answer:Chocolate biscuits. (Genuine!!)
Eeek. 3 different candidates. Didn't employ any of the them.
I beg to differ with the comment-maker who advised that the candidate who offered the "chocolate biscuits" reply shoudl be immediately thrown on the scrap heap. It demonstrates to me, as a former SMT member, that the candidate is at ease adn confident enough in a tense interview situation to show he/she has a sense of humour, provided that was merely a lead-in to a more expansive and sensible set of suggestions as to what would be brought to the department.
It occurs to me that in teaching, or in any profession for that matter, having a sense of humour serves to humanise us all and often diffuses the ense situations that inevitably arise from time to time. Remember, as desperate as we all are to find permanent teaching posts, the job is a two-way street: it has to serve you as well as the other way around. Do not forget that or you could, as I did, find myself in a school that was completely wrong for me, and ultimately, I for them.
Forgive my faulty keyboard and its many sticky, erratic keys!
I was asked what I could bring to help the ethos of the department and answered 'cake'. I then expanded and talked about a positive working environment, creating good working relationships and leading by example, but I did start with cake.
I got offered the job.
I prepared by researching interview questions, possible answers etc then was asked by Head
"Did you prepare a list of questions?"
"Throw it away! Don't do that talk more, we talk for a living as teachers so just talk!"
Great questions. Worked on them at home - got the job next day!
At an interview on Friday I started to giggle all thanks to this list and your comments. We were about 4 or 5 questions in, when I realised that they were all taken word for word on from this list. It was the question about a child showing no sign of improvement, the deputy head read it word for word and even said etc! That's when I suddenly started thinking about chocolate biscuits. I haven't heard back from the school, they probably think I'm a nutter now, hey ho, 3 more next week, I must study harder!!!!
I have an I interview later today and this has helped me prepare and be focused. I will probably also mention cake or biscuits at some point - I agree it does break the ice a little and as long as you go on to explain why you think it's positive then I think you'll be ok!
I had an interview on Friday. Was asked about how is fit into a small team. I talked about getting to know everyone, building positive relationships, being myself etc. I then finished with 'and I find cake always helps.' I got the job, so don't worry about mentioning cake or biscuits!
Very useful, thank you. I had an interview recently and they asked me ten questions, they were all on the list above. Because I had gone through all of these questions, I felt I was well prepared and gave a good account of myself.
Good luck.
I got the job!


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Ya, I'm guessing they can differentiate from winking and blinking.
Google Glass app takes photos with a wink
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Winking can be creepy. Wearing a camera on your face is kind of creepy. Winking while wearing a camera on your face just might bring creepy to a whole new level via an app for Google Glass.
While it may not be available to the public for a while, Google Glass is currently being use by a hand-selected group of "Glass Explorers." Developer Mike DiGiovanni was one of the lucky few who received a beta version of the device.
By rearranging the priority of the wink gesture control, DiGiovanni was able to create an app that will take photos when the user winks — no voice command necessary. Called Winky, the app was created with the intent of lifelogging, but it's easy to imagine a situation when an app that so subtly sneaks a capture could make Google Glass seem even more potentially invasive.
From DiGiovanni's Google Plus page:
I just released Winky, a way to take pictures with a wink on Google glass. This was a fun project that involved a bit of decompiling of Glass Home to see what was going on. I discovered a few other interesting tidbits that I'll be looking into as I get time.


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ELKHART — Suggestions of a possible lawsuit against the city of Elkhart concerning the sewer dispute were crystallized into a formal threat conveyed to Mayor Dick Moore.
Steve Schemenauer, a spokesman for the business coalition made up of companies outside of the city, told Moore in an email sent Friday, Sept. 6, that plans for a lawsuit against the city are progressing.
The letter comes at a time when Moore is preparing yet another compromise proposal for consideration by city council in the standoff over how the city should charge sewer customers outside of the city.
Moore said this week he will have a new proposal by Sept. 23, but declined to give any hints about what it might contain.
Schemenauer reasserted the business coalition's opposition to the use of assessed property value as a way to calculate sewer charges for commercial customers outside of the city.
Moore has sought to stick with the traditional compact fee formula that relies on assessed value, but has agreed more than once to reduce the rate.
The businesses have said they understand some kind of surcharge is appropriate, "but (assessed value) is our 'Red Line in the Sand,'" Schemenauer told Moore.
"As you formulate your proposal, we hope the city is wise enough not to base it on AV. You have the ability to continue this battle. We have the financial might to fight back, but you also have the ability to form a compromise that is acceptable to the business community, and end this battle. The ball is in your court, but the time for decision is quickly running out," Schemenauer's letter read.
Moore, asked for comment, suggested Friday that Schemenauer's attorney should contact the city's legal office and lay out their complaint. He also down played the threat.
"A threat of a lawsuit against the city and its utility should not dictate local public policy. What is in the best interest of the city will drive our policy decisions," Moore said via email.
Schemenauer said they are in the midst of raising upward of $100,000 they believe might be necessary for a lengthy court battle, but already have enough to file a complaint and seek a summary judgment against the city.
He said they've been told by a law firm that they have a "high confidence" of winning a legal battle against the city in their attempts to prevent the city from continuing to use assessed value in the calculation.
Businesses contend the assessed value method of charging for sewer doesn't make much sense and unfairly penalizes companies for having nice facilities.
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Those 75 companies had been on a service agreement that charged a 300 percent surcharge, which is generally believed to be less expensive than what many pay under the compact policy.
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Those planning to take a trek to gaze at the fashion will certainly need to dress the part. For this exhibit, the bolder the better in terms of fabulous outfits and striking cosmetics. Choosing to stand out through makeup is much more cost effective than purchasing designer duds - without skimping on fashion. Wear clothes that are neutral and pair it with a great set of heels or a fabulous scarf. Create the "it" factor with eyeshadow that complements your complexion - use blues and browns for blue eyes and greens and purples to accent green or hazel eyes. A bright red lip will push the look over the edge with drama while in the presence of greatness.


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