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Bouncers For Your Baby: What Should You Buy?
There is a moment when your newborn seems to outgrow the sleepy stage and suddenly demands to be held. All the time. My baby son Cash no longer wants to be put down ever so I knew I needed to find the perfect bouncy seat. At least perfect enough so I could buy enough time to pee and maybe make myself a sandwich.
I tried out five best-selling and popular bouncers/rockers on the market, and this is how they stacked up:
BABYBJORN BabySitter Balance Bouncy Seat
I am a HUGE fan of the Baby Bjorn carrier (like I would marry that thing) so I had a lot of hope for this bouncy seat. It requires no batteries and babies can hopefully happily bounce away in this super sleek seat while you take a shower. It folds up very easily which is great for travel. It has three positions: play (up to 29 lbs), rest (up to 22 lbs) and sleep (up to 15 lbs). And it comes in three kinds of fabrics: cotton mix, mesh and organic cotton.
But with no bells and whistles (I mean NONE) in this eco-friendly seat, my baby didn't really go for it. Every time I put him in it, he cried. There was just nothing to distract him. Plus, the cost is steep. It's currently selling for $130 on Amazon. Ouch. I need some bells and whistles for that kind of money. Like it should come with a baby whisperer.
Strengths: Folds up easily and only weighs 6.8 lbs, No batteries required, Sleek design.
Weaknesses: More expensive than other options, No Entertainment, Does not covert into rocker or napper.
Final Word on BABYBJORN BabySitter Balance bouncy seat: Skip it. Not worth the money.
Fisher-Price Deluxe Bouncer (My Little Snugabunny)
This affordable bouncy seat (goes up to 25 lbs) is the most registered for and top-selling baby bouncer on Amazon where it currently sells for $45. Basically, this is the Lazy Boy of the baby bouncers. It is super plush. I would totally curl up in this thing if I could, but there is a weight limit. It is also very zen with calming songs, nature sounds and vibrations. None of the sounds will make you crazy. Just the opposite in fact. You'll feel like you just walked into some spa except that there will be no one there to give you a foot massage.
My baby, Cash, loves sleeping in this cozy baby seat. But when he's awake, he seems to get restless staring at the sweet birds. I feel like some bouncers might have a bit more shelf life as your baby gets more alert and active. But boy did I love this thing for the first several months. It's pretty wide, weighs 8.3 lbs and doesn't fold up but has nice neutral colors. As far as bouncers go, this one is beautifully designed. If you are going to own two bouncers, definitely make this one of them.
Strengths: Very comfy and plush (you'll want to take a nap in it), Affordable, Calming sounds, Looks good in your home.
Weaknesses: A bit limited entertainment wise as your baby gets older and more active, Does not covert into rocker or napper, Needs batteries, Not easily portable.
The Final Word on the Fisher-Price Deluxe Bouncer (My Little Snugabunny) : Even though the shelf life is a little short, I really fell in love with this baby bouncer. This is perfect for the parent who wants a really comfy, supportive spot to put down their newborn.
Fisher-Price Newborn-to-Toddler Portable Rocker
We wanted to review this baby bouncer because it converts to a toddler rocker (goes up to 40 lbs) and it's also a Top 100 Amazon baby gear seller where it currently sells for $44. I did not have high hopes for this bouncer because it wasn't super deluxe and seemed sort of boring. But obviously I'm not a baby. And my baby loved it! He just smiled away at those hanging baby toys (a dinosaur and a bee) and eventually learned how to reach out and grab them. Thanks to this rocker, I've been able to jump in the shower many times without having to endure a lot of crying.
I love that it converts to a rocking seat for toddlers. In fact, my 3-year-old daughter has already plopped herself down in it from time-to-time. The window for bouncers feels so short and it's nice to get more use out of baby gear. I don't love the colors (mostly bright green and orange). It has a recline position and an upright position. It also has a vibrating option. It folds easily and has a built-in handle, which is a nice feature.
Strengths: Converts to a toddler rocker, Affordable, Entertaining, Two positions (recline and upright), Folds easily and only weights 7.5 lbs.
Weaknesses: Not super plush, No music (just vibrations) although I'm not sure babies care, Needs batteries.
The Final Word on the Fisher-Price Newborn-to-Toddler Portable Rocker: Great bouncer/rocker for the money. This is perfect if you want something simple and affordable that will entertain your baby.
MamaRoo Baby Bouncer
This is kind of like your baby's first Mercedes. It currently sells for $200 on Amazon. Yes, the price is very steep and it looks like something Mork from Mork and Mindy might live in. (For you young moms, that was a TV show.) The mamaRoo (up to 25 lbs) is modern, stylish and very unique. It bounces up and down and sways from side to side, trying to replicate the motions a parent makes when soothing a child. The different motions (with 5 speeds!) are called car ride, kangaroo, tree swing, rock a bye and ocean. The seat reclines and there are three reversible toy balls. It has built in nature sounds and connects to any mp3 player. And you get to choose your fabric colors from six options.
You can't really deny it. It's a sweet ride. But I'm not convinced it entertains or soothes a baby better than a more affordable bouncer. I love that you can plug it in because I'm the reigning queen of forgetting to turn off vibrating seats, causing the batteries to die. But it's big, definitely doesn't fold up and I guess I just don't have a great need for my baby to be on a kangaroo ride. At least not at that price.
Strengths: Looks very cool in your home, plugs in, innovative technique to calm your baby. Bouncer and a swing in one.
Weaknesses: Big, Not easily portable and weighs 14 pounds, More expensive than a typical bouncy seat.
Final Word on the the MamaRoo Baby Bouncer: Unless you're a Kardashian, you might consider skipping it. If money isn't an issue, it's kind of cool to put your kid on "tree swing" while you load the dishwasher. Plus some babies love this thing and if that happens to be your baby, it's worth it.
Also, you might be able to get away with just the MamaRoo, instead of getting a bouncer and a swing. In that case, this might actually be an affordable option.
Tiny Love 3-in-1 Rocker Napper
This is another Top 100 Amazon baby gear seller (currently sells for about $68) and has the versatility of converting from a flat napper to a reclined rocker. I never quite understood how it's a "3-in-1" but it does have some nice features.
It has three reclining positions and a mobile with baby-activated lights and sounds. A rattling snail and smiling sunshine dangle from the mobile and you can actually adjust how far they hang down which I really liked. It comes with nine different tunes which are a little grating, but tolerable. The seat vibrates but the on/off button is on the side and I challenge you to remember to shut it off. It's a miracle my batteries haven't gone dead. It does not rock itself which is not entirely clear from the product description. The rocking movement is also a little uneven. The seat weighs 11.5 lbs.
It does go up to 40 lbs but I can't really envision a toddler hanging out in this chair. It just seems really geared for the first six months. Because you can stabilize the rocker, it would be a nice option for feeding before a child can sit up properly or if they have reflux issues.
Strengths: Good for napping, playing and feeding, Fun lights and sounds, Adjustable mobile, Versatility, Reasonable price.
Weaknesses: Needs batteries, rocking movement is do-it-yourself and not entirely smooth, Does not fold up.
Final Word on the Tiny Love 3-in-1 Rocker Napper: Don't buy this for the rocking. Buy it because you want a napper and reclined play seat in one piece of equipment. If you are having sleep issues, I could imagine this being a real life saver.
So Which Baby Bouncer/ Rocker Do I Love the Most and Recommend?
I really tried to pick my favorite one of these five. But in the end, I really liked two the best: the My Little Snugabunny Fisher-Price Deluxe Bouncer because it's so comfy, zen and affordable. And I also liked the Fisher-Price Newborn-to-Toddler Portable Rocker because it's also well-priced, a snap to move around the house, and my son was actually entertained. But with the exception of the The BABYBJORN BabySitter Balance Bouncy Seat, I thought all of these are strong contenders depending on the needs of the parents and baby.
Happy bouncing!
Note: Alpha Mom paid for all the bouncers/rockers reviewed in this post.
8 Responses to "Bouncers For Your Baby: What Should You Buy?"
Autumn Sep 13 at 5:49 pm Reply
I'm going to have to counter on the Baby Bjorn bouncer. We used it daily (DAILY!) until at 12 1i/2 months she figured out how to climb out of it mid shower, when naked soapy mommy jumped out of the shower it scared her back in. We bought the optional wooden toy accessory which kept her mildly entertained most of the time. It also has an 8 pound "starting" weight so my daughter was a month old when we started with it
I loved that it folded flat so it traveled with us to grandma's for thanksgiving and Christmas, and it's stored under our guest bed awaiting use by hypothetical future child. We have the khaki colored one, and I loved that it wasn't plastic and has no hard edges for the kid to bump up on. You should see the gash my friend's kid got from his fisher price one. . .not pretty
Anyways,. my 2 cents.
Julie w Sep 13 at 9:26 pm Reply
Loved the Bjorn once the kids were beyond the first few months. They arent for sleeping or for entertaining with gizmos but for our twins they were just right. . Our guys had reflux and the Bjorn is definitely the most upright of the bunch. With the variable height adjustment we could do stadium seating in the bathroom while I showered :). And we were able to resell them on eBay after we were done with them for 2/3rds of their original price.
Kelcey Sep 14 at 1:08 am Reply
So great to get other perspectives on the Bjorn!
I bought the Bjorn bouncer while pregnant with my second child, partially because of the good reviews and the mod design, and mostly because I gave away all my old gear (stupid! stupid!) weeks before I was surprise-pregnant again! and I found the Bjorn bouncer for $30 in a consignment shop. I was so excited! But… I had a pretty similar experience to Kelcey. My baby was not really into it, and even the optional wooden toy bar didn't do much for him. My big baby, on the other hand, reaaaally wanted to sit in it. I did like that it folded completely flat, so I could store it behind the couch until I gave it way, LOL
Minka Kelly Sep 15 at 11:23 pm Reply
I was pleased with the information about the best-selling and popular bouncers / rockers for the baby. I have not the baby now, but I'm glad to read your article about the best rocker for baby care. If I have a baby, I want to purchase a Fisher-Price Deluxe Bouncer. This chair seems fun, comfortable and not expensive. Thank for your information.
allisonjayne Sep 16 at 4:01 pm Reply
We got a Fisher Price one from Craigslist for $25. It had a rainforest theme, played some music, had some flashy lights and stuff, and some monkeys hanging from it or something. It was butt ugly compared to the bjorn one, but it absolutely kept the kid entertained from the newborn – 4 months period on those occasions where we'd need to like, put the kid down to make food or whatever. And it came apart easily and was small so we even took it with us on vacation once.
Joanna Feb 15 at 4:11 pm Reply
We got the babybjorn bouncer as a hand me down and it has been dubbed "the poop chair" because any time our five month old takes a few days off from pooping this chair gets his guts moving again every time. I guess it's the perfect angle. The easy portability is really nice too. Not sure I would spend that much money on one but I'm glad we have it.
On the opposite end of the overpriced baby stuff, a mamaroo has been making the rounds in our group of friends and there has yet to be a baby that likes it even a little bit.


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Heart disease is the number one cause of death and disability in California and in the United States. Especially devastating is Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited form of heart disease associated with a high frequency of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in young people, including young athletes, who despite their appearance of health are struck down by this type of heart disease. Even though it is inherited, early detection is hindered because people carrying the genetic code have highly variable clinical symptoms, making ARVC and catastrophic cardiac events very hard to predict and avoid. Evidence suggests that this heart disease is caused by mistakes in the genetic code essential for holding the mechanical integrity of heart muscle cells together or cell junctions. What is missing is an understanding of the basic biology of these heart muscle cell junctions in humans and appropriate human model systems to study their dynamics in heart disease, which is important since other heart diseases also share some of these same heart cell defects. Our goal is to understand the basic biology of how human heart muscle cell junctions mature and what happens in disease, by studying ARVC. Human iPS cells are a unique population of stem cells from our own tissues, such as skin, that have the same genetic information as the rest of our bodies. Thus, hiPS from people who carry the ARVC heart disease mistakes can be used in our laboratory to provide a true human model of that disease. We will generate heart muscle cells from hiPS from normal and ARVC donors that carry mistakes in the genetic code for cell junction components. We have identified new pathways that may be important causes of ARVC, thus we will also use our hiPS lines, to confirm whether these new pathways are truly important in human ARVC disease progression and if our approaches reverse disease progression. Characterization of our hiPS derived heart cells can also be exploited for translational medicine to predict an individual's heart cell response to drug treatment and provides a promising platform to identify new drugs for heart diseases, such as ARVC, which are currently lacking in the field. Recent advances in stem cell biology have highlighted the unique potential of hiPS to be used in the future as a source of cells for cell-based therapies for heart disease. However, prior to clinical application, a detailed understanding of the basic biology and maturation of these hiPS into heart muscle cells is required. Our studies seek to advance our understanding of how cell-cell junctions mature in hiPS and highlight tools that influence the microenvironment of the hiPS in a dish, to accelerate this process. This knowledge can also be exploited in regenerative medicine to achieve proper electromechanical integration of cardiac stem cells when using stem cells for heart repair, to improve longterm successful clinical outcomes of cardiac stem cell therapies.
Heart disease is the number one cause of death and disability within the United States and the rates are calculated to be even higher for citizens of the State of California when compared to the rest of the nation. These diseases place tremendous financial burdens on the people and communities of California, which highlights an urgency to understand the underlying molecular basis of heart diseases as well as find more effective therapies to alleviate these growing burdens. Our goal is to improve heart health and quality of life of Californians by generating human stem cell models from people with an especially devastating form of genetic heart disease that affects young people and results in sudden cardiac death, to improve our molecular and medical understanding of how cardiac cells go wrong in the early stages of heart disease in humans. We will also test current drugs used to treat heart disease and new candidate pathways, that we have uncovered, to determine if and how they reverse and intervene with these defects. We believe that our model systems have tremendous potential in being used to diagnose, test an individual's heart cell's response to drug treatment, as well as predict severity of symptoms in heart diseases at an early stage, to monitor drug treatment strategies for the heart. We believe our studies also have a direct impact on regenerative medicine as a therapy for Californians suffering from heart disease, since data from our studies can identify ways to improve cardiac stem cell integration into the diseased heart when used for repair, as a way to improve long-term successful clinical outcomes of cardiac stem cell therapies. We also believe that our development of multiple human heart disease stem cells lines with unique genetic characteristics could be of tremendous value to biotechnology companies and academic researchers interested in large scale drug screening strategies to identify more effective compounds to rescue defects and treat Californians with heart disease, as well as provide important economic revenue and resources to California, which is stimulated by the development of businesses interested in developing these therapies further.
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This proposal aims to better understand arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a potentially fatal genetic heart disease frequently associated with mutations in cardiac cell junction proteins, through an in vitro disease model. The principal investigator (PI) plans to derive induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from ARVC patients and age/gender matched healthy controls or unaffected family members and differentiate them to cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM). Using a biomimetic matrix, the applicant will study inter-cardiomyocyte junction formation, maturation and function by electrophysiology, calcium mapping and microscopy techniques. In addition, drugs currently used to treat ARVC will be explored for their impact on patient iPSC-CM cell-cell junctions. Finally, the applicant will determine the role of a protein recently found to interact with cardiac cell junctions in both junction maturation and ARVC.
Significance and Innovation:
- Reviewers were unanimously enthusiastic regarding the need for human model of ARVC. The clinical course of this disease is unpredictable, with sudden cardiac death often the first manifestation.
- The proposed approach is logical and could add to the understanding of disease. These studies may help identify those patients at highest risk for adverse events and lead to successful intervention. These findings may also extend to other diseases.
- The focus on desmosomes in heart disease is imaginative and novel.
Feasibility and Experimental Design:
- The applicant provides robust and compelling preliminary data supporting the feasibility of the project, including the team's ability to generate iPSC-CM and improve junctional maturity using the biomimetic matrix.
- The proposed work has a high chance of success based on the supporting preliminary data and inclusion of appropriate alternative plans.
- The lengthy culture times required for maturation (112 days) prolong the timelines necessary for conducting and analyzing experiments. It may be wise to include some experiments towards increasing the kinetics of junction maturation (e.g. physical or chemical methods, oxygen levels).
- The combination of small patient sample size, variability in iPSC lines and variable disease expression might lead to signal-to-noise issues that could hinder detection of defects, especially for patients with ARVC of unknown cause.
- The proposed knockdown of cell junction-associated proteins in mixed culture could be incomplete and not myocyte specific.
Principal Investigator and Research Team:
- The PI, while relatively junior, was noted as competent, enthusiastic and possessing a relevant publication record.
- The PI has assembled a strong team with all the necessary expertise for success including collaborations with experts in cardiac myocyte differentiation and extracellular matrices.
Responsiveness to RFA:
- The proposal exploits a human pluripotent cell derived population to understand disease mechanism and is highly responsive to the RFA.
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How Joan Sutherland ruined it for everybody, and how we loved every minute of it.
Joan Sutherland died. =…(
I'm so sad! I just knew this would happen soon. Ever since I was informed of her gardening accident during my run of Daughter of the Regiment, I just knew it didn't look good. I really, really wanted to interview her for Classical Singer, but didn't know how to get ahold of her or anyone who worked for her. I asked a conductor I'd worked with who knew her- actually I think I asked him twice, if he had any leads, any idea who to ask, and he never got back to me. I mean, since she wasn't singing anymore, she didn't have a whole team of agents and managers and PR people that I could go through. I'm not saying I exhausted my resources- I probably could have called the press office at the Met and asked them what I should do, but I've had bad luck with them in the past, when I had legitimate reasons for them to call me back- I didn't imagine I would have better luck asking them to help out just as a favor. (That said, I did once call Opera News with a random question and they were awesome about it and helped me out.)
It was just- I knew the end was approaching, and she was really, really, truly, one of the greats. Of ALL TIME. Like, top 5 on probably any list. And I just wanted to get her words for young singers. I knew she would have amazing things to say. But, no contacts were forthcoming in my initial inquiries, so I put it on the back burner until something seemed to come up, which it never did, and now it's too late.
Joan Sutherland- she was a problem. A big problem for people like me- for sopranos everywhere, really.
It's not just in a generic way, like "she was so good no one could live up to her." I mean, there are plenty of other singers you could ostensibly say that about, but no, they didn't ruin soprano's lives the way Dame Joan did.
See, we opera singers, and ESPECIALLY we sopranos, are divided up into different "Fachs" or categories of voice types, which correspond to the roles we sing. You can have a big loud voice, or you can have a luscious pretty voice, or, if you're like me, you can have a really high voice that does stunts.
The casting directors used to have to choose.
Then Sutherland happened. She had all of those things. She had a big, loud, luscious, pretty, high voice that did stunts.
And then the maestri, the artistic directors, the public- they didn't have to choose anymore. Now the sound they heard in their minds' ears when they pictured a coloratura was larger, richer- and still with extreme high notes and flawless coloratura. Why should they settle for a cute little voice, when there were people like Joan out there?
Of course, she was the only Sutherland, but I've always felt that there was a shift there. That she single-handedly ended the era that featured Lily Pons and Amelita Galli-Curci. Of course I'm over-simplifying and scape-goating, but that was how it was explained to me as a music student, and it stayed with me. It was the "reason people don't want to hire you to sing bel canto." And it's pretty much held true- to this date I have starred in only one bel canto opera, La Fille du Régiment- and that's sort of an exception, it is more traditionally associated with sprightly coloraturas than, say, Sonnambula or Puritani. Plus, it's in French, for which I have a leg up over other American sopranos.
She screwed things up for larger voices too- the bar had been raised. Sutherland can sing insanely fast and flawless coloratura, why can't YOU?
So I hated Joan Sutherland. Except you can't. She's too awesome.
On the surface, she never made my short list of favorite singers. Besides having a bone to pick with her about my career (being a small-voiced coloratura), I tend to gravitate towards singers I can relate to on a musical level- people with voices more akin to my own. My CD players during my musical formative years were stocked with Lily Pons, Amelita Galli-Curci, Beverly Sills, Sumi Jo- people who were not mistaken for Wagner singers early in their careers. But the truth is, I never sang one of Sutherland's roles without consulting her recording. OK, without buying her recording and listening to it over and over and over again because it's so great you can't tear yourself away.
To me and to probably more sopranos than anyone else, Sutherland represented the unattainable ideal. And she maintained this position with distinct imperfections. Most obviously, her diction. One – two?- of my voice teachers, trying to kick my legato in the ass, used to say, "You don't have to get that hung up on pronunciation. Look at Sutherland- nobody ever understood a word she sang, and it didn't stop her!" She was not commended for her acting abilities- and is one of the singers you know are being referred to whenever someone complains about how "opera singers of yesterday couldn't act." And her looks- being tall is great for models but bad for sopranos, as it leaves you towering over your often-shorter tenor. Plus she had a huge, wide jaw that made her a bit odd-looking. Of course many who fell in love with her voice fell in love with her face as well.
So, Dame Joan in Heaven (you get to keep your titles when you get your harp and wings, right?) a sarcastic "thank you" for making my career more difficult than it already is, and a heartfelt "thank you" for being the greatest soprano of our lifetime.
Now's the part where I obligatorily paste a YouTube video. There are a couple going around today, her Lucia, her Norma- I'm more of a Lucia-lover, and since so many of my readers are not opera people, this clip shows everything that's amazing about her.


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This is a column about a column. Put another way, this is a eulogy for a column that is dying after 82 years. It is the Sports of the Times column of The New York Times. The Times seems intent on killing the column before the newspaper itself dies. It's like parents, knowing they are going to die, killing their children because they won't be able to live on without them.
The problem with this warped thinking in the case of the newspaper is the demise of the column and the thinking behind the act will help hasten the newspaper's demise.
The New York Observer signaled the Times' misbegotten plan in an article last week. The Times has said nothing about such a plan, but then the sports department of the Times rarely informs readers of developments with its section.
John Koblin of the Observer reported that a Sports of the Times columnist, Harvey Araton, had left the sports department and moved to a new features department, and "a once proud species ambled closer to extinction."
The species had reason to be proud. It has produced three Pulitzer Prize winners – Arthur Daley, Red Smith (below) and Dave Anderson – and was considered a jewel of the Times. Newspapers are changing in the age of the Internet, but why would the Times want to hasten its demise by eliminating a staple that attracts readers and prompts them to buy the paper? You don't see the Times killing off Tom Friedman and Maureen Dowd.
Two years ago, the Observer noted, the Times had five sports columnists. "Six," Araton corrected in a telephone interview, amending the number. "I always looked at it as six until Dave Anderson retired to emeritus status, Selena Roberts left and you left."
For those who don't know, I should acknowledge here that from January 2004 through May 2008 I was a baseball columnist for the Times, not a Sports of the Times columnist, which I never wanted to be, but Araton included me in his count because, he said, "You wrote more than any of us. Football technically may be the No. 1 sport, but baseball is the No. 1 writing sport."
However the baseball columnist is counted, when Anderson retired after writing columns for 36 years (he writes 18 columns a year on a contract basis), Roberts went to Sports Illustrated and I accepted a buyout from the Times, three columnists remained – Araton, George Vecsey and Bill Rhoden. Now Araton reluctantly is out of sports, and Vecsey told the Observer that at age 70, "he's about ready to retire."
Which is why, at least for now, he is still writing sports columns and not working from a desk in the features or fashions department. But none of his departed colleagues have been replaced and none apparently will be.
"There will be no replacements," the Observer reported.
The general sports columnist "is part of a bygone era," the Observer quoted the Times sports editor, Tom Jolly, as saying. Jolly is big on using bygone eras as an excuse for his highly questionable changes.
"The Sports of the Times is a great brand, and I hate to see that brand disappear, but it clearly is changing," Jolly told the Observer. But the change is only in Jolly's mind.
His comment about columns being part of a bygone era was familiar to me because I had heard it before. Jolly tried that approach with me when he told me in March 2008 (along with the news that my assignment would be changing) that the Sunday baseball notebook I had written for 23 ½ years was being eliminated.
He explained in an e-mail that "it no longer makes sense to run a weekly notebook. the notebook concept was born at a time when the sunday paper was the place to catch people up on what was going on around the nation, especially on news and events people may have missed. but at a time when the paper is shrinking – literally – and the internet is growing, a weekly notebook has become an anachronism."
Jolly (at right), however, did not know what he was talking about. He was not present when I began writing the notebook in August 1984 and had no idea why it began. The Olympics were on at the time, and the sports editor, Joe Vecchione, wanted something besides the Olympics in the Sunday paper and asked me to write a baseball notebook. It had nothing to do with readers catching up with anything. It never has in 25 years.
Jolly also said readers didn't want to read 1,400-word notebooks anymore. But as soon as I left the Times, he replaced the live, original notebook with 1,400 used words that were regurgitated from Web site blogs. As for no one wanting to read the notebook, readers of this Web site have proved differently.
According to the Observer, Jolly's idea to replace the Sports of the Times columns runs along similar lines.
The Times sports section will have fewer general sports writers writing columns, the Observer said, and instead will have beat writers "provide expertise." And this: "He wants them to blog, he wants them to use Twitter and he wants them to write analysis pieces."
One of those analysis pieces on the Yankees gave the Yankees beat writer, Tyler Kepner, license to use the word "I." To see the word "I" in any kind of piece written by a reporter is about as shocking a development as a reader can read in the Times. Suddenly Times reporters are writing in the first person. The next thing you know Times beat writers will be cheering in the press box.
Jolly, the Observer said, has based his thinking on blogs, talk radio and cable programs, saying "there does seem to be a pretty good craving for expert analysis – the real insight of someone who is there."
Is he saying that because the Sports of the Times columnists are not "there," where beat writers are, that they can't provide analysis? On the contrary, they are in a more advantageous position because they are not buried in the trenches and can see matters more objectively.
A good columnist does his homework. When Anderson (at left) was a columnist and I covered the Yankees, he would always talk to me before writing a column about the Yankees. If he needed to know something, I would fill him in.
The Times would be better off and their readers better served if the beat writers worked harder at developing news stories that other papers don't have. The Times' beat writers seldom, if ever, seem to unearth exclusive news, which newspapers strive for. The exclusives are usually found in the Daily News or the Post.
But Jolly, working for a newspaper desperately trying to stay alive, has heavily bought into gimmicks and is abandoning sound newspaper practices.
"Tom was the Sunday editor for maybe three years in the 90s," said a person who worked for the Times in the '90s. "I never thought of him as a journalist."
Araton said that Jolly has "made it clear that he would like writers of specific sports to write analysis pieces," adding, "I think that would be a mistake to do away with general sports columns entirely. You need the wall between reporting and opinion. It's clearly a quandary for reporters who have to maintain a relationship with the people they cover."
Araton (at right), a Times columnist for 14 years, said Jolly approached him in May about a change in assignments.
"It was put to me that given the fluid nature of the industry and the newspaper that there were some opportunities and Tom asked me if I would consider doing anything different at the paper," Araton related. "Initially I was taken aback, but when I met with one of the managing editors, they explained to me what it was. I wasn't envisioning leaving sports at that point, but in the last couple years I did consider leaving sports. It was presented to me as a six-month posting and I thought it might actually be interesting."
Araton, 57, said he didn't know what would happen after his six-month stay with the feature group, either for him or for the columnists generally. "Tom has said however many times there are clearly going to be fewer than before," Araton said.
The Times is not the only New York newspaper shedding columnists. Earlier this year Newsday, the Long Island paper, lopped off Johnette Howard and Shaun Powell.
The Times could have more sports changes coming. An employee in the sports department said there are rumblings that the newspaper in the future will not cover all of the Mets and Yankees games. That indeed would be a shocking and sad development.


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Nothing new, but yet another article outlining the attack on smokers
Nothing new, but yet another article outlining the attack on smokers
I see my state isn't among the ones with smokers protection (GA) I hope we can change that. All I can say is if my employer goes that route, and it looks like they're headed in that direction, I'll have to find another job. I'll not let my employer dictate to me what legal activities I can or cannot do in my off time, unless they're willing to have me on the clock 24/7.
My wife pays an extra 30$ a month on insurance because she smokes. it is crazy
I just don't like it.
There's some employer in the comments section professing since "she signs the paychecks" she should be able to hire whoever she wants. to that
$130 a month extra
My two cents... since I'm dealing with HR all the time....
What about obesity ? I'm a lean guy, work out regularly, take the stairs all the time, usually running up two at a time and found out I'm often in better shape than a lot of people around me. But yes, I smoke. I'm predicting the day where we will have "body fat measurements" to set your health insurance premiums. Give it 5 years. tops.
You can already get denied health insurance based on obesity.
"she signs the paychecks" she should be able to hire whoever she wants.
Yeah, let's see if that saying applies to the disabled, minorities, woman et. al. (wow, hope this doesn't open up a can of worms).
I personally do not mind if an employer says you can't smoke on the property. Fine, your building, your rules. But...BUT, since when can they dictate what I do on my private time, in my home, in my car, off their grounds.
Fine, I wont smoke, I'll just starting drinking a 5th of Jack every day...
Hopefully one of these days my business will take off to the point I can expand and hire staff, and by God, I'm hiring smokers only!
I know it's hard not to start a political argument when things look unjust.
But I will not do that, as I can hear a moderator coming with the Forum Rules heh.
i worked in a processing plant for years,as smoking rules became more aggressive we first lost our right to smoke in the lunchroom, so an indoor smoking room was added for us. Next we lost right to smoke indoors so a smoke shack was built for us outdoors. Next we lost right to have an enclosure around us so we lost our shack and had to stand in snow and rain. And finally we lost the right to smoke on company property!!! so we had to go to the road.
Would it be better to be hired with the condition of no smoke breaks?
Would it be better to be hired with the condition of no smoke breaks?
I could live with that.
Before striking out on my own last year, I previously worked for a phara company for 6 years. When I got hired they made it clear there was no smoking on the premises. The knew I was smoker, they didn't treat me like I had a third eye, just simply, you can't smoke on the grounds.
Ironically, before that job, I worked for a local tobacco company and I got to smoke while I worked.
Would it be better to be hired with the condition of no smoke breaks?
Hell yes ... this isn't so much about not being able to get your nic-fix in the middle of the day (at least not to me). It's about dictating what people do in their own lives away from work. They're not just saying you can't smoke during work hours, they're just refusing to hire people who smoke at all.
This policy really is a joke, when you get right down to it. Their employees will still smoke if they want to, they will just have to be a little clever about hiding it.
The principle though, is the policy so highly un-American.
Cool. I was just curious. I would see not hiring a smoker as more of a "I don't like what you do at work" thing more than a "I don't like what you do on your own time/home" thing. Just curious if that's how this was being taken or not. I guess since you're self employed now you can smoke on the job too eh?
I guess since you're self employed now you can smoke on the job too eh?
No, damn smokers, so unproductive!
But seriously, I do actually have one client who smokes a pipe and when I'm done with the photo shoot will come out and smoke a one with me before I depart.
Wow... I believe here in NY it may be illegal to smoke in a company owned vehicle as others may have to drive or ride in it later. There was talk of making it illegal to smoke in your personal vehicle if you had a child in the car with you!
We live in a crazy time... ABC did a story tonight on DWAC. Driving With A Cold! seriously! They (insurance companies and govt agencies)are doing studies that show driving while sick with a cold is as dangerous as driving drunk!
Hopefully one of these days my business will take off to the point I can expand and hire staff, and by God, I'm hiring smokers only!
ABC did a story tonight on DWAC. Driving With A Cold! seriously! They (insurance companies and govt agencies)are doing studies that show driving while sick with a cold is as dangerous as driving drunk!
Based on this absurdity, I propose the following.
I think it is a fair assumption, with all the cars on the road, world wide, that there is at least 1 automobile accident that occurs with in mere moments of me stepping foot outside of my home.
Based on this, the government shall ban me from stepping foot outside, naturally this will require me to be put on a nice gov't assistance program.
After several years and auto accidents have not declined, the gov't will decide that it is because, even though I have not stepped foot outside, I am still physically close to the front door, in which case the gov't will expand my house by some 10,000 sq ft at least.
After several more years of no declining automobile accidents, internal gov't documents will state banning me was an abject failure, while maintaining to the public that I will indeed require a larger house, in the woods, to prevent me from being close to the front door, after all, when I step foot outside, an auto accident occurs, so therefore it must be me causing said accidents.
The gov't, some years since my death, will eventually acknowledge banning me was a failure, while still continuing to pay my estate handsomely.
Okay, think the pain meds kicked it...but hell, this is just as absurd a theory as the smoking crap is... !
illegal to smoke in a car in nova scotia canada with a child under 16 yrs of age.
The gov't, some years since my death, will eventually acknowledge banning me was a failure, while still continuing to pay my estate handsomely.
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everyone stay home, in bed, with a mosquito net, applying antibacterial wash. Insurance company profit margins depend on you!
This is colossally obnoxious and absurd.
Here at PipesMagazine.com, we prefer staff that smokes a pipe!
Not to highjack, but I was extremely pleased to here from Carter, the guy that writes the legislation column, that he has quit cigarettes and is now smoking a pipe.
I guess that George Orwell was right....just wrong about the date.
Paul, when I opened my first business in 1995 I put up "smoking required" signs.
I had no trouble finding good techs.
That makes me feel quite good about my workplace. Even though there are rather strict legal regulations about indoor smoking here in Zurich, my employer allows me to smoke my pipe in my office, as long as noone complains about it.
Therefore, only Dunhill Royal Yacht has been banned from the premises
Lucky Dog.
I can't see how an employer can justify refusing to employ someone based on what they do in their spare time, as long as it does not effect their work life. Should people who take part in "extreme sports" be refused employment on the grounds they might be injured and not available for work? I hope those behind these policies will "smoke in the here-after" if you catch my drift!
It's more nanny state nonsense. Of all the places I've worked, smoking has never been an issue, even the time I worked in a grocery store. My current employer is a smoker, my previous employer was a smoker. I apparently have a knack for finding jobs where smoking is not an issue.
The thing that really concerns me is that it's smoking now. Some one mentioned obesity, next they will get on to what we eat. But hey, lets not stop there, lets find out if you drink a couple of beers on the weekend. And they can add more and more to the list.
They will start with unpopular things like smoking first and just escalate it from there. I mean how to you stop something like this?
Yup that slippery slope is definitely slippery. Today it's pipes and cigarettes and cigars. Tomorrow it's fags and queers. After all, you're allowed to hire whoever you want right? Bunch of hippie idiots...
I'm glad I live in Montreal. In Canada we do have a lot of anti tobacco laws and taxes but in Montreal, which has a strong French heritage, there is much less social stigma towards smoking.
Sometimes being a tenured full professor has its advantages. While I can't smoke inside academic buildings, what I do outside is completely up to me.
Sometimes being a tenured full professor has its advantages. While I can't smoke inside academic buildings, what I do outside is completely up to me.
At the mortuary we all smoke together in our own little lounge. We compare pipes and cigars and stuff. At the hospital, only a few people even know I smoke and I keep it that way because they are way too nosey.
Maybe employers should read this....http://dengulenegl.dk/English/Nicotine.html
It may have been posted before but I couldn't resist. It was 7 months ago.http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/science-is-conclusive-tobacco-increases-work-capacity#post-81096
living in the uk my job was with the government revenue and customs when the smoking rules came in we were given a smoking room then that was taken off us and we where outside in the street.They built a hotel near our building and we where told the hotel was complaining so we where moved further down the street.It didnot matter that we where there years and the hotel was just built.Anyway they moved us that far away.It was probebly costing more in staff time the distance we where all going around the building.Then we where hit with the pubs clubs resteraunts.A few weeks ago i went with my son to watch the football and have a coffee with a sheesha Anything to smoke a pipe :lol:But when i was there i was talking to the owner and telling him about the smoking bans ect.And i said to him but i know sheesha houses are different because the laws for sheesha are different then i got a shock he told me.Well you can light your own pipe and also have cigerettes we are never bothered by anyone.So i was sat down watching football with a drink and my pipe.Relaxing and wonderful will i go again i already have.But it seems rules for one and rules for others.Ive since left my tax office job and im always over the limit at customs on holiday
I believe I would support that business!
I hope that one of these days my photo biz will take off so that I can hire a staff...only if it's one or two people, and dammit, I'm hiring smokers only!
The very company that I work for was founded with Tobacco money, And Im not talking a little bit either, It also started a University. That being said.... The same company busts my chops and everyone else who uses Tobacco with Insurance penalties and the like. When we have our live well meetings...Tobacco is the root of all evil and misfortune. Its a shame I dont pay attention to them...
I was asked whether I "smoked at work" when filling out a job application form yesterday.
I honestly answered "no", because I know smoking is banned in offices.
I dont have insurance thru my job, but they charge more if you smoke, even a pipe. However, and this is silly odd, if you chew or dip, that is not considered tobacco usage?!?
Is this nazi Germany? I belong to a certain anonymous organization that has meeting regularly. One of the spots we meet is an old bar (i know. Go figure) but anyway there used to be smoking aloud in there. Then Columbus started a smoking ban on any business. We thought we were exempt from this since it was a non profit, privately owned facility. Well smoking continued till one day the facility was slapped with a hefty fine for allowing smoking indoors. So the meeting houses "group conscience"(the group that takes votes on issues, and manages the donated moneys) had to put a stop to smoking in the place. Kind of sad that a group of people that are meeting to help themselves have a better life, can't even have a smoke, or puff on a bowl while they get the verbal medicine they need to lead a more productive life. What happened to a "free country"??? maybe im over reacting. It's not about going an hour without any nicotine, its about principals. I'm done rambling. Sorry!!!
We smokers need to look at how the NRA has handled business. The NRA vocally opposes most, if not all, gun control legislation. Because of this, they have not lost on the core issue of personal fire arms. They have had setbacks, but have never lost their right to keep and bear arms.
We, meaning smokers, on the other hand have sat quietly by and only complained to each other about our overstrict society. Each step we have complied with. Could you smoke in another room, yes; could you go outside, yes; etc. We need to start being more vocal about our rights, and start saying no when asked to make another concession.
I will end by saying this, I am not raising my kids to be smokers; however, I want them to have the right to smoke if they so choose (just please let it be cigars or pipes and not cigarettes.)
How about smokers just boycotting places that dont hire smokers.
The statistics are just crap numbers pulled out of their ass. Health care costs for smoker are about 3 to 4 thousand dollars more a year? My yearly health care costs are only about 3 or 4 hundred a year. Were did they get these numbers? And what about the number of people who die from second hand smoke? Is there anyone who, the cause of death is listed as second hand smoke inhalation?
I don't do business with bars or pubs that don't allow smoking inside.
There is a bar in the town near my motorcycle shop that dont allow smoking. Yet I see people there sitting out side smoking. Why do they do that? There are places that allow it inside.
The city ordinance prohibits smoking in any business open to the public with the exception of bars and pubs. So why patron a bar that don't allow smoking?
I guess I should add this. I dont eat in restaurants either, only bars that allow smoking, and offer dining.
Join in I alone don't much matter, but if smokers united we could prick up some ears. We need to support those who support us and oppose those that don't.
Locopony, I agree about the statistics. Below are a couple of examples.
My family does not spend more than a couple thousand a year on medical expenses, and there are six of us. The statistics in our case just do not hold up to logic.
My grandfather and his brother who both died at 92 are tobacco statistics according to the CDC because both where avid users. One was a pipe smoker, died of a stroke, and the other a dipper, died of a heart attack. When people asked what my granddad died from I say old age because that was the leading cause of death.
I forgot to add that apparently since I am a smoker my health care cost would be about negative 2500 dollars a year if I did not smoke.
It's unfortunate, we should be allowed to smoke whatever we want wherever we want. It's called liberty and i want it NOW!
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Our company is getting bigger. To realize our ambitious goals we need clear focus in the strategy, more transparency and an effective structure. The language used around this, is often dominated by language coming from the Machine and Army metaphors of the organization. "Smooth running", "Alignment", "The right to win", "Avoiding redundancy", "Informing the troops", "Putting oil in the machine", "Clear marching orders for everyone" and so on. Last weekend, via @davidhain, I came across a short speech of Sumantra Ghoshal at the World Economic Forum on YouTube, "The Smell of the Place". The video is at least 10 years old. I experienced it as a very stimulating lecture. The theme is change management. How can you change your organization by changing the context you create around your people? What is "the smell of your place"? Ghoshal describes how he feels and behaves differently when he is in Calcutta in the summer (very hot and humid), and when he is in the forrest of Fontainebleau in the spring. His question: how can you create the forest of Fontainebleau in your organization? He describes the smell in larger organizations that talk about constraints, compliance, control and contracts. He makes a plea for a shift.
- No constraints, but stretch
- Not compliance but self-discipline
- No control but support
- No contracts, but trust
I mailed the link to the video around to several people, and got very positive responses, which was encouraging. People like the message of Ghoshal. Again, a dilemma to reconcile. Can you create a clear focus in your strategy, more transparency and an effective strategy and make your organization smell like the Forest of Fontainebleau in spring? Can we shift the metaphors from machine and army to forest?
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Venus Williams' new book 'Come to Win' gets STRONG assist from travel writer and former black Italy expatriate Kelly E. Carter
July 5, 2010
I'm TOTALLY proud of my good friend, Delta Sigma Theta sorority sister, and former fellow Italy expatriate Kelly Carter, for co-authoring Venus Williams' FABULOUS brand-new tome, Come To Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession (Amistad, $25.99). This incredible new hardback features Venus talking to some of the world's most impressive folks—from former President Bill Clinton to Four Seasons Hotels founder Isadore Sharp, from Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson to global chef extraordinaire Marcus Samuelsson—about how taking part in sports helped drive their success in a host of other fields.
And Kelly should know. A former sportswriter for some of America's top newspapers, she covered national and international sports for USA Today, the Dallas Morning News, the Orange County Register, and many others. And she's no stranger to the famous folks' beat, either, having covered celebrities for People Magazine, USA Today, and other global publications.
A travel writer who's literally circled the globe (I've lost count of how many countries she's visited), Kelly and I met during our days as fellow sistergirl expats in bella Italia. And after she and Venus wrapped up Come To Win this spring, this first-class Italophile took herself for several weeks to the south of France and Italy (where she stayed in the gorgeous southern Italian resort town of Tropea) for some maxing and relaxing. As I always tell Kelly, I want to be like HER when I finally grow up!
So check out Come To Win and Venus Williams during her nationwide book tour (Chicago folks, she'll be at the Borders Store @ Randolph and State on July 9!)–and while you're at it, check out "Kelly's Corner," a blog which features Ms. Carter's musings on travel, life, men, you name it. You'll find yourself alternately inspired and laughing out loud!
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1. Kelly | July 5, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Ciao Marine!
Thanks for making me sound so fabulous. I'm like, "Who is this woman? I want to meet her." And thanks for giving the book pub. Venus starts her book tour tomorrow. I'll catch up with her in D.C., where she speaks to the National Press Club on Wednesday.
You know Venus is one of us and loves Italy too. Not sure she would ever become an ex-pat but when she was in Rome recently she Tweeted about an apartment there. Hmmm, now if I could only get her to buy one that I would maintain for her until she was ready to visit. And then I would head to the seaside.
Ah, life would be grand.
Un abbraccio,
2. urbantravelgirl | July 6, 2010 at 5:44 am
How COOL to know that Venus also is an Italophile!!! A woman after our own hearts, for sure.
And SI — encourage her to pick up that flat in Rome. SURELY you'd take great care of it for her… and then you could be her Italian translator when she's able to visit. PERFETTO, I must say!
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4. Sandy | July 20, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Thanks for putting us all on to Venus book w/Kellys. It's good to see the sistas progressing so beautifully! Check out another sista who is travelling the country & Caribbean reporting on ALL things Caribbean and entertainment:
http://www.RedCarpetShelley.com. She is also launching the 2nd season of her show "Lyme Tyme w/Red Carpet Shelley". Let's talk…Sandy
5. urbantravelgirl | July 22, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Hola, Sandy — and thanks for visiting! Will happily check out the RedCarpetShelley website… always cool to see sisters doing cool and amazing things around the globe!
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Every time Sarah (42) sees signs of rain, she normally thinks of her almost dying sweet potatoes in her garden. She planted the sweet potatoes in April and every time she visits the garden, it makes her sad to see how deteriorating they get by the day.
"Five months have passed and I should be eating potatoes by now but I keep postponing hoping it would rain. I need the sweet potatoes nourished abit before I harvest them. But I'm slowly giving up and this week, if all goes according to plan, I shall go get myself some potatoes," says the mother of four.
This is the first time Sarah is farming in many years and so she was not aware when the rains would stop when she started working in her garden. She wasn't sure whether it was the right time to plant given the erratic rainfalls. This and the fact that her farm is kilometers away in Bagamoyo led to the delay in planting. She only has Saturdays to work in her garden given that she is an employee.
"I must admit I planted in the middle of the rain season. But I was not worried since the rains were expected to end in early June according to weather forecasts. To me it was okay planting the sweet potatoes in April as I thought a whole month of rain would have been okay," says Sarah. But given the current climatic changes, the rains stopped earlier than anticipated.
Apart from the sweet potatoes, Sarah had planted maize, beans and cassava. To her surprise, she was able to harvest enough maize for roasting, boiling and for milling. She had not expected to get any maize.
Only her cassavas look stunted because of the scorching sun. She hopes they will improve with the coming rains expected in October.
Although the sweet potatoes don't look that healthy either, Sarah is sure of getting a fairly good harvest.
"At some point, I contemplated watering them but that meant I needed to do so every day which I could not afford given the distance to my farm and the fact that I work. Neither could I hire someone to do the work." This would also have meant digging further into her pockets to buy the water.
A jerry can of water sells at 500/- which would be expensive to water the whole sweet potatoes area of about 12 long terraces. Sarah would need a car to get the water from the tap herself or pay 20,000/- for a twenty litre tanker.
"One day, way back in May, it rained while I weeded maize and as I sheltered at a neighbour's unfinished house, I wished I had equipment to harvest the rain water that got wasted right there before my eyes," recalls Sarah.
It did not rain for a long time, but Sarah could not believe all the water that came from the neighbour's roof got wasted while her garden needed it so badly.
"That's when the idea of harvesting rain water came to my mind. Since I have decided to engage in agriculture, I will never let water go to waste like this again while I can harvest it for irrigation," says Sarah.
She plans to put in place two 10,000 litres underground storage tanks to start with.
"I plan to invest in drip irrigation for the method saves a lot of water. With this, I am sure I will have enough water for a long time. I could even buy more storage pumps since we expect to have El Nino rains this time," says Sarah.
Sarah does not see why there should be famine in Africa while we can save water from even the little rain available.
Engineer Pantaleo Tumbo, a tutor at the Water Development Management Institute concurs. He also sees no reason for people to use Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (DAWASCO) water for irrigation.
"We need to harvest rain water. Using Dawasco water for irrigation is very wrong. People wash cars and water their gardens with Dawasco water. Dawasco water should be left for domestic use only," he says.
Engineer Tumbo who himself harvests rainwater for both domestic use and gardening says farmers need not be complaining of poor yields resulting from poor rainfall. They could instead use drip irrigation which saves a lot of water for a long time. "With drip irrigation, the water goes directly to the plant and not otherwise. We need to start thinking drip irrigation and the time for harvesting rainwater is now," says the engineer.
Apart from harvesting rain water, farmers can make good use of the vast water bodies the country is endowed with for irrigation.
Although Tanzania is blessed with many rivers and lakes, water shortage continues to be a problem due to climate variability and poor distribution of the resource. And agriculture continues to largely be rain fed and therefore affected by weather vagaries resulting from climate change.
Engineer Tumbo believes we can make good use of the rains no matter how erratic they get if we invest in rain water harvesting and drip irrigation.
The harvested water can be used both for domestic use and irrigation. "We need to use rain water carefully. Our neighbours in Kenya are using this and are doing very well. They are a good example to follow," says Engineer Tumbo.
Very few people in Tanzania harvest rain water. And many who do don't have gutters in their homes. They therefore only harvest little water that lasts for only a short time.
While rainwater harvesting is mandatory in the construction of new buildings in some developed countries, it is not the case in Tanzania.
During the 2010 water week exhibitions in Kibaha, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, after learning the importance of harvesting rain water directed the then water minister, Prof. Mark Mwandosya to sit with the lands minister to work on this. He wanted the ministers to put by-laws in place to make rain water harvesting mandatory in the construction of new buildings. Unfortunately, this is yet to be effected.
Engineer Tumbo calls upon Tanzanians to take advantage of the forecasted El Nino rains in October to harvest as much water as possible. He advises Tanzanians to install gutters in their homes to avoid water problems.
Investing in gutters doesn't necessarily have to be costly. Even wooden gutters can do. Given the water problems we face during the dry seasons, installing gutters in our homes can only be a worthwhile investment.
As for Sarah, she even thinks of employing herself in the agriculture sector since she sees a bright future there. She only needs to devote her time, invest some money in rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation and she will be good to go.


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Health Minister Edwin Poots addresses Unscheduled and Emergency Care Summit
Health Minster Edwin Poots will address Northern Irelands most senior health professionals today at the College of Emergency Medicines Unscheduled and Emergency Care Summit.
~ Wednesday, 9 April 2014
The summit, organised by the College of Emergency Medicine, with members from across the UK, will bring together Northern Ireland's most senior representatives of hospital medicine, general practice, nursing, social work, allied health professionals, as well as managers and representatives of Trade Unions.
Minister Poots will tell delegates that no suggestion is off the table when it comes to finding solutions to improve the quality of unscheduled and emergency care in Northern Ireland.
The Minister said: "This Unscheduled and Emergency Care Summit is about whole system solutions. I have said before that many of the solutions to the challenges in Emergency Departments (ED) will be found outside the door of the ED. That is why I have asked the College to ensure this summit brings together some of the most senior health professionals across Northern Ireland and charge them with looking at these UK-wide issues systemically.
"Since becoming Minister I have been struck by the fact that wherever one looks at the health sector across the UK, one finds a great deal of commonality in the challenges faced. An ageing population together with the increasingly complex nature of healthcare interventions, is challenging health systems everywhere.
"These challenges are by no means unique to Northern Ireland, nor to the UK for that matter. We are in many ways victims of our own success. People, especially elderly people, are living longer fuller lives. Conditions which in the past would have been fatal are now able to be managed appropriately with ongoing support. This is to be greatly welcomed. However it does present the health and social care system with significant challenges as to how we work."
The summit aims to find out how best to maximise the effectiveness of urgent and unscheduled care services in Northern Ireland, examine the issues and challenges facing services both regionally and nationally and identify best practice and successful strategies on which to build greater capacity and resilience across unscheduled care.
The Minister continued: "I expect that the summit will not only share vital learning, but will also produce definitive proposals for my consideration in June of this year alongside and complementary to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority's report. We are here to learn from each other, to discuss best practice and share innovative solutions, to compare and contrast alternative models from across the UK. Summits such as this do not come along often and it is vitally important that we take the opportunity we have available to us today.
"However we must recognise our own limitations. I am under no illusion that we will solve all of the challenges facing us in any one day, or in any one summit. That is why I have asked the College to work with my Department and the wider health sector to ensure that the outputs of the workstreams are captured and that learning and recommendations are developed which can be shared in a 60 day follow-up event to be held on 9 June 2014."
President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Clifford Mann said: "The College of Emergency Medicine has recognised that there are major challenges facing the delivery of Emergency Medicine in Northern Ireland. In other parts of the UK the College have convened summits to bring together stakeholders to discuss these priorities and their implementation.
"The College of Emergency Medicine welcomes this opportunity to bring together Northern Ireland's most senior representatives of emergency medicine and allied health professionals to discuss the action required to address the issues at the heart of the current situation affecting all emergency departments in Northern Ireland.
"We hope as a result of working collaboratively to develop common solutions based on reliable data, informed analysis and best practice the Summit will be a catalyst for change and ensure the winter of 2014/15 is less challenging than 2013/14."
Notes to editors:
- The College of Emergency Medicine (CEM) was established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care, and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
- The College issued a call for action in the form of 10 Priorities for resolving the crisis in Emergency Departments Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.
- For further information please contact the DHSSPS Press Office on 028 9052 0575 or out of office hours contact the Duty Press Officer via pager number 076 9971 5440 and your call will be returned.


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March 30, 2011
By Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson, 41st Fires Brigade, PAO
FORT HOOD, Texas-The Fort Hood Culinary Arts team battled it out in the kitchen, armed with their sharpest knives and their best meals, while facing some of the toughest culinary arts teams across the U.S. and Europe during the 36th Annual U.S. Army Culinary Arts Tournament held at Fort Lee, Va. Feb. 26-11 March.
Facing-off against 105 other military culinary arts teams, the Soldiers on the Fort Hood's team worked hard for a top-five finish. Several Fort Hood Soldiers earned gold medals during their individual events.
Spc. Alexandrea Long however, brought the gold home to the 41st Fires Brigade in the Junior Chef of the Year category as she competed against Soldiers new to the Army and other military branches.
Long who was previously assigned to the 575th Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment and new to the Fort Hood Culinary Arts team, quickly realized the differences in culinary arts.
"Culinary arts is what the title suggests, 'art,'" said Long, a Houston native. "Culinary arts take cooking to another level. The meals I prepare now are nothing like the ones I used to prepare for my family."
Long prepared a rich lamb smothered in a pomegranate sauce during the competition. She was six-tenths of a point away from earning the overall Junior Chef of the Year.
"She's only been in the Army for a year and she's learned a lot since she's been training with us," said Sgt. 1st Class Zamain Brown, team supervisor, Fort Hood Culinary Arts Team. "The competition was real close, we couldn't be more proud of her performance and display of professionalism."
The Fort Hood Culinary Arts team won more than 40 medals throughout the tournament. Long said she was excited and happy but remained modest about her accomplishments as she walked away with a gold and silver medal during her first Army competition.
"I was a little nervous but we practiced and trained enough so I was confident in myself and what my NCOs have taught me," said Long. "I didn't think about the competition so much, I was just glad that I was able to help the team out."


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Regressive Bill Would Drop Ban on Incandescent Lightbulbs
Posted By Philip Proefrock On September 21, 2010 @ 5:30 pm In Design,Green Lighting,News,Policy | 17 Comments
Hot on the heels of his infamous apology to BP [2] earlier this summer during the congressional hearings into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico [3], Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) has just offered a new environmental bombshell bill in the House. The Better Use of Light Bulb Act (HR 6144) would repeal parts of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) — the act that currently stands to phase out the use of most inefficient incandescent light bulbs in the United States by 2014.
Even groups like the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) have spoken out in opposition [5] to this new bill, noting that, "The reality is that consumer preference already has been shifting away from incandescent products, with the market for standard household incandescent bulbs declining by 50 percent over the last five or so years. With lighting consuming approximately 22 percent of all electricity in the U.S., the potential for energy savings and energy conservation that the country — and the world — can realize with this change to higher-technology light sources is immense."
EISA 2007 provisions do not mandate the use of only compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), nor do they "ban" incandescent products. LED lights, advanced incandescents, such as halogen bulbs, and other options are all available choices. But it's time to get rid of incandescents. As architect Michael Klement recently observed [6], "Real name for incandescent light bulb? Mini heaters with a trace light byproduct."
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Posted by Ken Pimentel, 6 April 2011 8:00 pm
Start your downloads, the release is now available to Subscription customers. If you don't know where to start, try to figure out who your subscription administrator is as you'll need to know this to login. Physical copies will start shipping April 8th to those that are getting boxes.
Every release we ask our beta users what they think of the release. Here's what 180 of them told us:
We fixed about 400 legacy bugs (bugs that existed in 2011 or before). This was higher than we've done in previous releases. 92% of people felt the stability was average or above. 41% thought the stability was better or much better than other releases. Only 6% thought it was worse than prior releases.
If you look at the community survey we did, this was the number one feature people wanted to see improvements. Luckily, the release delivers for most people. 87% felt it was average or above and 62% felt it was better than prior releases. 12% felt it was worse – which is interesting because this feature had the most positives and the most negatives. There are situations where Nitrous shows some issues on some hardware – we're aware of these and we are very busy with continuing to fix issues as we discover them. Nitrous is getting a lot of attention from us and we know how important it is to get everything to work as expected.
With the new Nitrous multi-threading architecture, various things are now feeling a little more "snappy" and this shows in the survey results where 93% thought it was average or above and 59% thought it was better than previous releases.
We scored 87% average or above, and 41% felt it was better than prior releases. I think we have a lot more to do here, and the new Community feedback site is going to help us a lot here. http://autodesk.uservoice.com/forums/76763-publicsmallannoyingthings
88% felt it was average or better and we scored 41% better than prior releases. This is another area we identified in our XBR roadmap that needs attention. If you missed it, here it is again: http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/xbr_webinar_results
86% said it was average or above, 30% said it was better than prior releases. This scored the lowest improvement, which is a little odd in that we did a bunch of new "one step" workflows with Mudbox and MotionBuilder – but it just means that those weren't the apps where customers wanted better interop. Our community survey suggests that it should be Adobe AE, Photoshop and Maya – which were generally the top responses.
So this was a big release for us in that we had to introduce a totally new viewport system, Nitrous or XBR:Graphics. This was one of the "untouchable" cores of 3ds Max and we've hopefully addressed a lot of performance issues while not breaking too much. Given the scale of what we did, it will be very promising if we emerge from this without and deep scratches. With this release, one of our biggest efforts is now mostly behind us, we've still got some big boulders to lift, but you should be able to see some direction what with MassFX and mRigids now in place too. We're not done by any means, but we might be able to say we're about half-way there. Maybe.
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