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Philips 9000 series LED TV with Ambilight Spectra 3 and Perfect Pixel HD Engine
81 cm (32")
Full HD 1080p digital TV
Award winning performance
with Ambilight and the best picture quality
Be enthralled by the immersive power of Ambilight on a 81cm/32" flat screen TV. The Philips 9000 series 32PFL9705 LED TV features the stunning Perfect Pixel HD engine and LED Pro, movies really come to life in your living room.
Enlarge your viewing experience Ambilight Spectra 3 intensifies the viewing experience Award winning TV pictures Full HD with Perfect Pixel HD Engine for unrivalled clarity LED Pro for extreme contrast and brilliance 200 Hz Clear LCD*, 1 ms performance: superb motion sharpness Perfect Natural Motion for ultra smooth Full HD movies
Be surrounded by powerful sound Feel the power of 20W RMS and Incredible Surround In-built internet TV Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi for online services on your TV Online Premium videostores and TV shows on Demand Wi-Fi MediaConnect to project your PC media files on TV
LED TV with Ambilight Spectra 3 and Perfect Pixel HD Engine
81 cm (32") Full HD 1080p digital TV
Ambilight Spectra 3 LED Pro network through the ethernet connection, and navigate and select what you want to watch with the remote control. The Philips menu gives you access to popular Net TV services fitted for your TV screen. Additionally, with the DLNA certified PC network you can watch videos or access pictures stored on your computer using your remote control.
Add a new dimension to your viewing experience with Ambilight Spectra 3. This patented Philips technology enlarges the screen by projecting a glow of light, on the 3 sides of the TV, from the back of the screen onto the surrounding wall. Ambilight adjusts automatically the colour and brightness of the light to match the picture, creating an immersive viewing experience. The wall adaptive function ensures that the color of the light always matches the picture, no matter what the color of your wall is. Get the bigger picture with Ambilight. Perfect Pixel HD Engine Experience unrivalled sharpness and clarity with Perfect Pixel HD Engine. Each pixel of the picture is enhanced to better match the surrounding pixels, for a more natural picture. The result is a unique combination of sharpness, natural detail, vivid colors, superior contrast and smooth natural motion whatever you are watching. Clean and razor sharp images result from artifact and noise detection and reduction in all content sources - from multimedia to standard TV. The Full HD screen with 1920 x 1080p pixels produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness.
Enjoy breathtaking pictures and use up to 50% less energy with Philips award winning LED Pro! Over 1000 LED's are operated selectively in a grid as a backlight for the display. They generate brilliant light in bright image areas, and are dimmed completely in dark areas, saving energy. Combined with the powerful Perfect Pixel HD Engine, the result is a stunning picture with extreme contrast, sharpness and vibrant color. With LED Pro black is black and white is bright. 200Hz Clear LCD* (1ms) Enjoy extreme motion sharpness. The Philips 200Hz Clear LCD brings the response time of LCD TV to an incredible 1ms, so even with the fastest car chase scene you will be enthralled by the action, and not following the stretched car across the screen. Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi
Energy Class B EU Energy Label EU Energy Label. For many years Philips has pro-actively been working on the reduction of both on-mode and standby power consumption of its televisions. As a result most Philips televisions have achieved green EU energy labels in 2010/ 2011. The greener the label, the lower the on-mode power consumption the lower your energy bill and friendlier to the environment.
Experience a rich selection of online services with Net TV. Enjoy movies, pictures, infotainment and other online content directly on your TV whenever you like. Simply connect your home theater directly to your home
Matching home theatre experience Intensify your cinematic viewing experience further with the matching and unique Philips Home Cinema system with Blu-Ray (HTS9520). The powerful performance lets you experience sound like in the cinema and embraces you completely with the unique Philips 360 sound performance. You now only need one remote control to operate both devices. Enquire more about this unique combination today!
Aspect ratio: Widescreen Brightness: 500 cd/m Dynamic screen contrast: 5.000.000:1 Response time (typical): 1 (BEW equiv.) ms Viewing angle: 176 (H) / 176 (V) Diagonal screen size: 32 inch / 80 cm Display: LCD Full HD, 2D segmented LED backlight Panel resolution: 1920x1080p Picture enhancement: Perfect Pixel HD Engine, Perfect Natural Motion, Perfect Contrast, Perfect Colors, Wide Color Gamut display, Active Control + Light sensor, 2D/3D noise reduction, 200Hz Clear LCD*, Scanning backlight, Local dimming LED backlight, Segmented LED backlight, LED Pro, Super Resolution Screen enhancement: Anti-Reflection coated screen Peak Luminance ratio: 65 % Color processing: 2250 trillion colors 17bit RGB Color cabinet: Onyx Black Brushed aluminium
Philips devices, 2-in-1 Wallmount Stand Ease of Use: Onscreen Usermanual, Touch control buttons, Favorite program selection, Mozac channel grid, One-stop experience button, One-stop Home button Electronic Program Guide: Now + Next EPG, 8day Electronic Program Guide* Screen Format Adjustments: Autofill (no black bars), Autozoom (original format), (includes 4:3, 14:9, 21:9), Super Zoom, Movie expand 16:9, Widescreen, unscaled (1080p dot by dot) Teletext: 1200 page Hypertext Firmware upgradeable: Firmware auto upgrade wizard, Firmware upgradeable via USB, Online firmware upgrade Multimedia: DLNA media Browser, Net TV services, USB media browser, Wi-Fi MediaConnect*
Other connections: Ethernet, Headphone out, S/ PDIF out (coaxial), built in WiFi 802.11b/g/n-spec, Ethernet-LAN RJ-45 HDMI features: Audio Return Channel, Instaport fast HDMI switching EasyLink (HDMI-CEC): One touch play, EasyLink, Pixel Plus link (Philips), Remote control passthrough, System audio control, System standby PC network link: DLNA 1.5 certified Summary: 4x HDMI, 1x USB, 2x SCART, 1x Ethernet, Integrated Wi-Fi
Multimedia Applications
Ambilight Version: 3 sided Ambilight Features: Ambilight Spectra 3, Lounge light mode in stand-by, 'Sunset' soft switch off, Wall colour adaptive Dimming Function: Manual and via Light Sensor Ambilight light system: LED wide color
Picture Playback Formats: JPEG Music Playback Formats: MP3, WMA (v2 up to v9.2), AAC Video Playback Formats: Codec support:, H264/ MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9/ VC1, Containers: AVI, MKV Net TV: Included
Green label: ECO label certified Ambient temperature: 5 C to 35 C Mains power: AC 220 - 240 V 50/60Hz Power consumption (typical): 75.0 W Standby power consumption: <0.15 W Off mode power consumption: < 0.01 W Annual energy consumption: 109 kWh Presence of lead: Yes* Power Saving Features: 0 Watt Power-off switch, Light sensor, Eco mode, Picture mute (for radio), Auto switch-off timer, Eco settings menu
Supported Display Resolution
Computer inputs: up to 1920x1080 @ 60Hz Video inputs: up to 1920x1080p, 24, 25, 30, 50, 60 Hz
Aerial Input: 75 ohm coaxial (IEC75) Video Playback: NTSC, SECAM, PAL Digital TV: DVB Terrestrial *, DVB-T MPEG4*, DVB-C MPEG4*, MHEG Tuner bands: Hyperband, S-Channel, UHF, VHF
Set dimensions (W x H x D): 767 x 490 x 66 mm Set dimensions with stand (H x D): 526 x 220 mm Product weight: 9,7 kg Product weight (+stand): 11,2 kg Box dimensions (W x H x D): 993 x 605 x 200 mm VESA wall mount compatible: 100 x 100 mm
Output power (RMS): 2 x 10W, Powerful Sound Sound Enhancement: Auto Volume Leveller, Dynamic Bass Enhancement, Incredible Surround, Treble and Bass Control, Clear Sound Loudspeaker types: 2 dome tweeters, 2 woofers
Ease of Installation: Channel installation wizard, Network installation wizard, Settings assistant wizard, Device connection wizard, Auto detect
Ext 1 Scart: Audio L/R, CVBS in, RGB Ext 2 Scart: Audio L/R, CVBS in, RGB Ext 3: YPbPr, Audio L/R in VGA-in: PC input, D-sub 15 HDMI 1: HDMI v1.4 (Audio Return Ch.) HDMI 2: HDMI v1.3 HDMI 3: HDMI v1.3 HDMI Side: HDMI v1.3 Front / Side connections: 2x USB, Common Interface Slot (CI-CI+), SD-card (Videostore)
Issue date 2011-06-07 Version: 9.2.9
2011 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. All Rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners. www.philips.com
* 200Hz Clear LCD displays 200 scenes per second by combining advanced 100Hz technology with scanning backlight @ 50% dutycycle. * 8 days EPG, service not available in all countries * Net TV: Visit www.philips.com/tv to discover the services offering in your country. * The TV supports DVB reception for 'Free to air' broadcast. Specific DVB operators may not be supported. An up to date list can be found in the FAQ section of the Philips support website. For some operators Conditional Access and subscripction are required. Contact your operator for more information. * Wi-Fi Media connect: The playback of video can be affected by your PC speed and Wi-Fi bandwidth. For minimum and recommended system requirements go to www.philips.com/wifimediaconnect. Displays content with a delay of some seconds. Small differences of image and sound can occur. * Typical on-mode power consumption measured according to IEC62087 Ed 2. * Annual energy consumption is calculated using the typical power consumption 4 hours per day, 365 days per year. * This television contains lead only in certain parts or components where no technology alternatives exist in accordance with existing exemption clauses under the RoHS Directive.
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Dialogue is the Only Way
An interview - in German - on the subject of Christian persecution with Francesca Restifo, International Advocacy Director, Budi Tjahjono, Asia-Pacific Advocacy Officer, and Fr. Markus Heinze OFM ,Regional Director for Africa and Europe.
Appeal to Indonesian President for Human Rights and Democracy
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In the Amazons, individuals and organisations are seeking economic gain at all costs—human and environmental—with no regard for the region's biological and human diversity and climate change. FI staff recently attended a Franciscan conference in ...[more]
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Franciscans International and the Franciscan Family in Uganda organised an in-country workshop on the UN Human Rights Mechanisms to follow-up on the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Twenty-five participants representing seven Franciscan ...[more]

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Topic: General Gaming / Lead for Dead: Call of the Dead
hey ehaugw…..you should expand the maps. Estate you should make it so where the mounted gun there is a tunnel that cost 2500 points to uncover. The walls on the cavern/tunnel have boards and zombies come from there. At the end there could be a generator and when you hit wave 20 lightning hits it, but only if your there and when that happens lights go off but after a while they go back on. When they go on there will be a ray gun that you can buy for 10,000 in-game points. Also a hole in the wall appears that, after you go through it, it closes. When you go in there, there is an entrance on three sides. on the wall right in front of you, there is a flamethrower for 20,000 points. Please do this. You have to pay another 5000 in game points to get out of the room. Please put this in.


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having just gotten back into biking after a 10 year lay off I need help in finding a light (front & back) to use on my ride to work. I see so many kinds in the shops and all sound the best. Maybe someone in the real world can help me.
having just gotten back into biking after a 10 year lay off I need help in finding a light (front & back) to use on my ride to work. I see so many kinds in the shops and all sound the best. Maybe someone in the real world can help me.
I just went through the same selection. Seems that two beams are better than one, which adds to the cost nicely. But let me back up. Are you lighting your way or just trying to be seen?
If you want people to see you, than a simple handlebar mount one beam works well. I found that the Cateye model I had didn't help me see much.
So I went to the family of higher wattage. These are made by folks like Niterider and VistaLite. More watts=brighter. And the two beams is a nice add on. That way, you can mount one on the handlebar and one on the helmet. When you look into a turn or at a car, there goes the beam.
The last group is more costly and usually involved a separate, rechargeable batter pack. But it is well worth it.
On the back-one of those strobing, red lights works well. And think reflective everything-what if your light dies on the way home?
Hope this helps-happy riding.
Thanks for your advice. I have strobe lights front and rear but want to see the junk on the road before I hit it. Good idea on the helmet light. Never thought of that. With all the people asleep at the wheel the more lights the better. I'll be on the only bike that looks like a semi.
It is now winter here in Wisconsin. Today it was -5 F on the thermometer and -20 F with wind chill.
As I hopped on my wheel to go home in total winter darkness, "CLICK", "CLICK"... "Oh, no my light battery is dead again".
Riding home in pure darkness is a scary thing. My biggest concern is that motorists cannot see me despite the many reflectors on my bike.
Well, my winter bikes are not made for speed, but for safety so they have a lot of junk on them despite the weight. I had almost forgotten about the old generator light that I had intended to remove about a month ago.
With a push of the spring button and just a little extra pedaling effort, I was "with torch" so to speak and riding home with good light.
If you are a committed bicycle commuter who rides in the dark often AND has to deal with battery killing cold temperatures, it sure is good to have a generator back-up. It will add to the weight of your bike slightly, but empty the change from your pocket before your rides and you have lightened your load by about an equal amount.
[Edited by mike on 12-06-2000 at 04:02 AM]
Keep in mind that reflectors are your best chance of being seen at night by motorists. Reflectors are brighter than just about any bicycle light available.
Have you ever noticed as a motorist that you will usually see a bicyclist's reflectors long before you see his lights?
Moving reflectors are much more effective than stationary, so make sure you have reflector bands on your ankles and reflectors on your pedals if possible. Of course, you need reflectors front and rear as well as on your wheels. Have you ever been driving at night and see what appear to be two light fairies dancing up ahead? "What the heck..." then you find it is the reflectors from a jogger's or bicyclist's tennis shoes. The people and machinery the reflectors are attached to are still invisible in your high beams long after you see the reflectors.
The bigger reflectors, the better. To save cost and to be fashionable, most bikes are provided with the smallest of reflectors. Don't trust your life and safety to these. Replace them with the biggest reflectors you can mount on your bike.
Good points on reflectors. My ride to work in the morning is it darkness. I can usually get home before dark, but have switched the lights on a couple of times. I strap my blinking red light to my left ankle and a reflective strip on the right. I am thinking about getting another blinking light for the right or back of helmet. I also got an orange mesh vest with big reflective strips front and back. Since it is mesh it does does not add heat in warm weather, and it fits over anything. I wear the vest night or day.
I originally bought a Cateye headlight that uses 4 AAs. It is ok, but I had to recharge every evening and even then, a set of batteries won't go round trip, about 2 hrs total. As luck would have it, there is an optional 4 D battery pack that fits a bottle cage. When I went to the shop to get one, they had kits that included the light as well. It wasn't much more so I went ahead and got a whole new set. Cost about $37 bucks and a set of D's will last a week or so. I carry the original as a back up. Comes in handy as a flashlight, too.
I may go a little overboard with safety stuff - lights, reflectors, orange vest, rearview mirrors, but I figure overkill is better than roadkill!
I may eventually get one of the high watt setups, but this seems fine for now. I look at the generator sets from time to time. I had one on my old Huffy 3-speed as a kid.
Rainman's post gives some good safety points that you can easily buy rather than points you have to learn. If you are a commuter and ride in darkness, look Rainman's post over when you make your Christmas wish list.
I agree 100% about the 4 AA batteries not lasting as long as bigger batteries. I also use C and D batteries. At least with the Rayovac rechargeables that I use, I don't think even the D batteries would last for a two-hour commute. My commutes are always less than 45 minutes - unless the snow is really deep.
What I usually do is have several lights all with the same mounting. I keep whole spare lights (with fresh batteries already installed) in my warm pocket so I can just un-snap the one with the dead batteries and snap on the new one with the fresh batteries. Sometimes when it is really cold like below 0 F, battery life is shorter. In this case, the batteries will sometimes come back to life after they warm up in my pocket for a while.
I just bought myself a SigmaSport Mirage X. It's a 2-beam headlight (1-20 watt, 1-5 watt). The system cost $80.00 at a pretty LBS. The Sigma Mirage has only the 5-watt and I'm sure it's probably significantly cheaper.
I've found that the 5 watts is more than enough for the darkest roads. The 20 is definitely nice for 30+ mph descents (48 kph+/- i think)but there is no reason anyone has to feel like they need to break any speed records, especially at night.
Furthermore, the sigma has treated me well so far and is attainable at a very good price, for a serious lighting system. Did I mention--3.5 hours run time on the 5 watt alone? Great little light folks!
As for tail lights; I think it's Trek that markets the "DISCO INFERNO". Although most flashers work like a charm, this one blew my mind. You'd have to see it to believe it. Any description I could give would not do it justice.
--good hunting
For what it's worth, here is how I cope with tenebrous treks to the office:
My commute runs about 17 miles, and begins at 06:15 or so, which is well before sunrise this time of year. I see the sunrise about 45 minutes into my ride, so it's not so bad.
The darkest portion of my commute is the outset, nine miles or so of suburban two lane roads. There are some streetlamps and building lights, so my main concern isn't seeing... it is being seen.
Lights: I use two Cateye Halogen 500 lamps, running on C batteries. One is aimed at the road three meters or so ahead of me, and I use it to spot glass and other hazards.
It is also very good at lighting the white stripe at the shoulder of the roadway, which keeps me out of the weeds.
The other lamp is aimed at the windshield of oncoming cars, and serves to announce my presence. It will also illuminate street signs a long way off... These lamps have a usable run time of about six hours, and will weakly mark the way for another two. (The C cells will work well at extremely low temperatures, that would have a AA cell straining to excrete electrons.) I have a spare set of these lamps on my rainbike, they use the same mounts. Plus, I've a stash of spare halogen bulbs.
I've never been a big fan of rechargeable lamps. They are never fully charged when I need them, they can die suddenly, and the expensive batteries wear out rather quickly. I buy good quality C cells and recharge them several times. (Of course, it helps that I can buy them in bulk for my business.)
Out back, I have three 5-LED flash units... one mounted on the rear rack, one clipped to the underseat bag, and a third sewn to my backpack. The two soft-mounted lamps swing and bob as I ride.
Reflectors: Loaded. I've a set of four DOT grade reflectors from a motorcycle I used to own, mounted on the rear rack and the fork's pannier bolt holes. I sewed two more big oval reflectors to my backpack as well. I found these at a local auto parts store. I have reflective tape, from the same store, running the length of the seatstays, and on the rear stays of the rack. I trimmed some of that tape into a thin band, and ran it around the lip of my helmet, which, being red, doesn't look so very bad with the tape.
I also found two useful items in Performance Bike's catalog: A rack trunk and a windbreaker, both covered with Performance's "Illuminite" retro-reflective material. In the summer, I wear a roadworker's reflective vest. (I stopped one day where some electric company workers were set up, asked about the vests they wore... and one of them gave me a vest. If you want one, it is certainly worth a try.)
The ultimate compliment came one drizzly predawn morning when a police car pulled alongside me at a traffic light. The deputy put down his window and said to me: "Jeez, you look like a two-wheeled Winnebago with all them lights and stuff."
At least he saw me.


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First Images From XSi
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First Images From XSi
Here are a few of my first images from the camera as rendered by the XSi internal jpeg engine. No other processing, apart from a couple of crops. Sigma 18-200 OS lens.
You get the feeling the camera really wants to take a good shot....
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Hi guys now I know Skeelz almost always takes a dump over the SOB/SOA clans but for all you Skeelz users out there which of the 4 clans do you find to be the hardest match up?
For instance I always find it challenging to face Roots simply because of their DR/attk manip combo that really hurts my cards individually
I also find the easiest clan to take out is GHEIST, simply because they just really suck vs Skeelz...especially with Draheera gone
So what do you think? Is one of the clans complete Lols for you when another is slightly tricky to face???


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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Heinrich Camendonk and Steve Martin ...From Paris
• Steve Martin was one of the collectors conned in a massive German art-forgery swindle, Der Spiegel reported Tuesday. The actor-comedian bought a painting called "Landscape with Horses" — certified at the time as a 1915 work by German-Dutch modernist Heinrich Campendonk — from a Paris gallery in 2004 for about $850K. German police now believe it's a product of a prolific forgery ring busted last year. Martin — who sold the painting at a loss in 2006 — told the New York Times he had no idea until much later it was a fake. He's mistakenly bought forgeries "once or twice in my life," he said, "and each time you become more and more cautious."
This story is wildly similar to Steve's great romp-read novel "An Object Of Beauty". This story should be filed under "Art imitates life, imitating a novel."
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Vivian Schiller, the former National Public Radio president and CEO who resigned in February in the wake of a hidden-camera scandal at the organization, has joined NBC News in the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer
The Left's war on Christianity has a major success.
Judge Bans Religious Words from Graduation Ceremony
A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony. Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order against the Medina Valley Independent School District also forbids students from using specific religious words including "prayer" and "amen."
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/06/02/judge-bans-religious-words-graduation-ceremony#ixzz1O9cQu2Wy
Celebrating the British pub. (Love the tie.)
The Obama Economy
DEBT FEARS: US Rating Could Be Placed Under Review, warns MOODY'S...
Gives lawmakers until mid-July to show progress in talks...
Reich: America dithering as double-dip looms...
More job seekers give up...
The Road to hell is paved with good intent…
Biodegradable Products May Be Bad for the Environment
ScienceDaily (June 1, 2011) — Research from North Carolina State University shows that so-called biodegradable products are likely doing more harm than good in landfills, because they are releasing a powerful greenhouse gas as they break down.
Obama administration suddenly likes Palin wildlife management strategy
Remember when the Left erupted in Outrageous Outrage over Alaska's attempts to cull the troublesome wolf population by shooting them from aircraft? Do you recall when animal-rights groups painted Sarah Palin as a "brutal" and "unethical" sadist for sanctioning this strategy? Good times, good times (emphasis mine):
When it comes to controlling the spread of feral pigs in San Diego County, the public hunting effort isn't doing the job.
That has led federal agencies to launch an ambitious program that will use cage traps, corral traps, federal hunters with guns and dogs and even shooting from helicopters to exterminate the area's population of wild swine. Officials see the pigs as a threat .
Another Muslim cleric advocating death and slavery.
Egyptian Cleric: Poverty Can be Solved by Selling Humans 'Like Groceries' World
"Conduct one, two, or three jihadist operations every year"
Over the past week, a video has surfaced featuring prominent Egyptian cleric Salafi Shaykh Abi-Ishaq al-Huwayni. In a translation posted by Al Mutarjim on his blog Translating Jihad, al-Huwayni is quoted as advocating jihad (he says it's "a real pleasure") and encouraging listeners to ease financial problems through the capture and sale of human beings (he says they can be sold "like groceries").
Obama's Buddies attacking America
Obama Buddy Fareed Zakaria Bemoans Parochial Americans Love of the Founders & Constitution as the Reason We Can't Learn to Be Better Like Other Countries
Van Jones Says Politics of Hope & Patriotism Means GOP Is a Red White and Blue Wrecking Ball & Paul Ryan's Budget Does More Damage Than Al Qaeda
Surprising List of Top Ten Bottled Beers from London. (Beer is expensive in England, most of these are above $2.50 a bottle)
1. Modelo Especial
Unlike many other Mexican beers, you don't need a chunk of lime to enjoy this light and frothy lager. Perfect for those sunny afternoons spent soaking up the rays.
£1.58 per bottle.
2. Meantime London Pale Ale
Voted one of the world's 50 best beers, this robust and full-flavoured ale offers a slight grapefruit aroma and a level of hop fruitiness to reckon with.
£1.79 per bottle
3. Anchor Steam Beer
Deep, amber-coloured beer, which hails from San Francisco. A hybrid brew, it is fermented warm, like ale, but with a lager yeast. Crisp and clean, it has cracking caramel notes and a creamy head.
£1.87 per bottle
4. Quilmes Cristal
5. Fuller's Discovery
Fannie and Freddie get to waste a bunch of money again
Three years after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were saved from bankruptcy by taxpayers at a cost of more than $160 billion, the government-run enterprises have captured more than $400 million in contracts from the same department that bailed them out.
The Royal Navy is an empty shell
The Royal Navy Saves Knowledge With F-18EsJune 1, 2011: Britain will have four of its naval aviators serve on American aircraft carriers over the next decade, to maintain Royal Navy knowledge of how pilots operate jet aircraft off carriers. The British naval officers will learn to fly F-18s in order to do this. While Britain and the U.S. regularly exchange fighter pilots, this is a special case.
That's because, earlier this year, the Royal Navy retired all its Harrier aircraft and the last aircraft carrier that the Harriers operated from. That presented a problem, as the first of two new carriers won't enter service for a decade. The admirals knew that once the new carrier (Queen Elizabeth) entered service, a new generation of pilots would have to be trained to take off and land on a carrier. While the Harriers could land and take off like a helicopter, they often took off (via a "ski jump" flight deck) so they could carry more weight (especially bombs) into action. The new carriers were originally going to have the F-35B which, like the Harrier, can take off like a helicopter, or by rolling down a carrier flight deck. But that has been changed, for economic reasons, to the F-35C, which operates like the F-18E (no helicopter type operations). The Queen Elizabeths will have a catapult, like current American carriers do (and pre "ski jump" British carriers did as well).
GM Dealerships (Not Chevy Volt Buyers) Are Taking $7,500 Tax Credit
Law school costs
Wiener Fun
The economy
U.S. economy: Manufacturing slowdown the latest sign the recovery is faltering.
Related: 'Sugar High That Has Buoyed US Economy Is Wearing Out.'
Also: Obama has only himself to blame for economic doldrums. "This week's anemic economic reports provide the latest in a steadily lengthening parade of news that demonstrates Obama's policies not only have not produced the promised recovery, but very likely have retarded it. As the maxim goes, insanity consists of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result."
World Wars Camouflage Technique Could Have Benefits in Modern Warfare
Examples of dazzle camouflage used in the First and Second World Wars. From top left: HMS Argus, SS Empress of Russia, Mauretania (World War One); USS Inaugural, HMAS Yarra (World War Two). (Credit: Images from Wikimedia Commons via Wikipedia article on Dazzle camouflage, all in the public domain except SS Empress, which is Copyright: National Museums Liverpool
ScienceDaily (June 1, 2011) — Painting army vehicles with high contrast geometric patterns -- 'dazzle camouflage' -- affects the perception of their speed and thus could make them less susceptible to rocket propelled grenade attacks, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
The Bristol study, published in the online journal PLoS ONE by an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Schools of Experimental Psychology and Biological Sciences, led by Dr Nick Scott-Samuel, is the first to find evidence that dazzle camouflage can affect perception of speed -- but only if the camouflaged object is moving quickly.
Low-Carb, Higher-Fat Diets Add No Arterial Health Risks to Obese People Seeking to Lose Weight
ScienceDaily (June 2, 2011) — Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies by heart and vascular researchers at Johns Hopkins.
Not in the real world
Poor Paris
Hilton: 'Everything bad that can happen to a person has happened to me'
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/#ixzz1O8BPaOSo
"Your the the only Weiner I need"
Weiner's Porn Star
This porn star is a really big fan of Weiner.
A sultry adult-film actress who got a private Twitter message from New York's randy representative happily returned the favor -- openly gushing over her "Mr. Sexy Congressman" in a slew of blog posts.
"I want to have sexual relations with Anthony Weiner," Ginger Lee wrote in a March 1 post.
On March 13, after Weiner sent her a private message, Lee wrote: "you know it's a good day when you wake up to a [direct message] from @RepWeiner."
By May, Lee posted that she had "Weinermania!" and uploaded a picture of the lawmaker -- with a crayon heart framing his face -- and the words: "You're the only Weiner I need."
More evidence California is a failed state.
Democrats in Congress recently went all-out to try to pass the Dream Act, an amnesty for illegal-alien students willing to enroll — and stay — in college. Most of those who opposed it were derided as heartless at best, racist at worse. An insolvent California — still struggling with its $15 billion budget shortfall — is trying to advance its own version of the bill that would contravene federal immigration law and cost millions of dollars.
At around the same time, the state has announced plans to release about 40,000 prison inmates due to a shortage of funds needed to address overcrowding. Highly taxed Californians can borrow money to send illegal aliens to school, but not to keep felons in prison.
The Rich
How a billionaire resolves a fight with his neighbours… buys the house next door for $40m
Billionaire Larry Ellison has finally settled a long-running dispute with his neighbours about overgrown trees – by buying the house next door for $40 million.
The Oracle founder had been battling with his neighbours on his street known as 'Billionaire's Row' in a wealthy San Francisco neighbourhood for years over trees that he claims block his view of the bay.
The billionaire, who is reportedly the fifth richest person in the world, complained that two giant redwood trees down the hill from his 10,000 square foot house with five bedrooms in Pacific Heights blocked his panoramic view.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393347/How-billionaire-resolves-fight-neighbours-buys-house-door-40m.html#ixzz1O82xydns
Bacteria afflicting Europeans is a new strain
The E. coli bacteria responsible for a deadly outbreak that has left 18 dead and sickened hundreds in Europe is a new strain that has never been seen before, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests the strain is a mutant form of two different E. coli bacteria, with aggressive genes that could explain why the Europe-wide outbreak appears to be so massive and dangerous, the agency said.
Obama administration loves limos, sales slide, and Ford pickups are less manly
3rd Gear: The number of limousines owned by the U.S. government increased by 73% during the first two years of the Obama administration, according to a new report by iWatch news. An analysis of General Services Administration data reveals the federal fleet has increased from 238 limos in 2008 — the last year of the Bush Administration — to 412 limos in 2010.
2nd Gear: Speaking of sales — May auto sales slid 4% on rising fuel prices and tighter vehicle supplies. Also, Automakers reduced spending on incentives for U.S. customers in May by 19% to an average $2,303 per vehicle, the lowest in more than half a decade, according to Autodata Corp. Ford average spending on discounts and promotions declined 20% from a year earlier to $2,432, the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based researcher said yesterday. General Motors Co. reduced incentives by $648, or 17% from a year earlier, to an estimated $3,085 per vehicle. Chrysler Group LLC lowered spending 18% to $3,002.
1st Gear: In the month of May, Ford sold more V6 F-150 pickups than they sold V8-engined trucks — to the tune of 55% to 45%. Mike Levine of PickupTrucks.com breaks it down even further, letting us know that 41% of the automaker's retail sales were of EcoBoost engines.
Denver Airport
Proof that Denver Airport is one of the most evil places on Earth
Having recently been stranded in Denver Airport for 24 hours, I can tell you anecdotally that the place is hellish. Exit arrows point at each other instead of outside; corridors lead to nowhere; and security checkpoints seem to disappear mysteriously as you approach them. As you drive into the airport, you're greeted by a giant horse with glowing red eyes, and one of the terminals is decorated with a massive statue of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death.
O's Chief Technology Officer. We are in the best of hands.
Obama's New Chief Technology Officer Is an Ex-Threadless T-Shirt Dude
Described as having a "hipster look" with hair that swivels between a mohawk and a "flipped-up front like Jim Carrey's in Ace Ventura," 33-year-old Harper Reed is the ex-CTO of t-shirt company Threadless, and will "make sure technology is a successful force multiplier within the [2012] campaign." Great hair.
Weiner's Ginger Lee
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS: Who is Ginger Lee, Rep. Anthony Weiner's favorite porn star? "What is it about Ginger Lee that is so interesting that might compel a married congressman to be so interested in her activities? Well, let's just get this one right out of the way: After some research on my part (ahem), I have found that, like any porn star worth her thick slabs of black eyeshadow, Ginger Lee does everything!" I can see how that would be especially appealing to a man married to Hillary Clinton's protege.
Dems running from O
Hands Reach Across The Aisle, Then Turn Thumbs Down:
In the past two weeks, President Obama has managed to produce something woefully elusive in Washington: bipartisanship. Unfortunately for him, it's been bipartisan opposition to his agenda.
This Tuesday, the House voted overwhelmingly against the "clean" debt limit increase Obama had been advocating for months.
In addition to every House Republican, 82 Democrats voted against the bill. That means, despite White House insistence that "the debt limit should be passed as a standalone bill," any increase in the current $14.3 trillion debt ceiling will now require a package of spending cuts to get approved in the House.
That comes on top of last week's embarrassment, in which the Senate unanimously voted against the president's 2012 budget. The opposition party routinely declares White House budgets dead on arrival, but it's remarkable that not one Democrat in the Senate was willing to show support for Obama's plan.
And Obama's mid-May speech, in which he called for Israel to accept a Palestinian state based on "the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps," raised a chorus of bipartisan attacks.
WashPost is hard on Wiener's defense
HOWARD KURTZ ON WEINERGATE: "It has come to this."
"Is this you?" CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked, brandishing said photo.
"You would know if this was your underpants."
"Have you ever taken a picture like this of yourself?"
Fox's Bret Baier: "Is this Twitter picture in question a picture of you?"
"Is there a picture out there of you in your drawers that you are worried about?"
ABC's Jonathan Karl: "You can't tell me definitively that is a photo of you or not a photo of you?"
It's the oldest story in Washington: the cover-up—even of a crotch shot—is what trips you up in the end.
CBS's Nancy Cordes: "I think any normal person could say with certainty whether a picture was a photo of them or not, whether they had taken a photo of them or not."
The truth is, they had no choice. The New York congressman's shifting explanations—his refusal to say whether the bulge seen round the world is in fact his—have stretched this Twitter tale into a weeklong soap opera.
Meanwhile, on Facebook, Don Surber writes: "Enough with Weiner's wiener already. When will the press cover that 97-0 shellacking that O's budget got in the Senate?"
BMW Returns to Its Roots With the 1 Series M Coupe
Since it first hit American roads in the late 1980's, BMW's mighty-mite M3 has gained nearly half a ton, growing from a light-footed 2,800-pound four-cylinder into a 3,700-pound V8 monster that is still at the top of its game as far as performance is concerned, but a little bulky and a pricey proposition at $61,000.
The 335 hp on tap is quite a bit less than the 414 hp you get in an M3, but with an overboost function that kicks in during hard acceleration, the 3.0-liter pumps out 369 lb-ft of torque in short bursts. That's 74 lb-ft more than the V8 in the 342-pound heavier M3 can deliver, and you get it at lower revs, so the 1M is just as quick as the M3 to 60 mph, getting there in 4.7 seconds, according to BMW.
All told, the 1M is tuner's dream come true, something you might see cobbled together by one of your track day buddies with as much time on his hands as money to burn, but with the full faith and credit of BMW behind it. Priced at $47,560
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/06/02/bmw-returns-roots-1-series-m-coupe/#ixzz1O7gihZKl
Obama's GM Bailout Costs Taxpayers $14 Billion


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Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Okay. So. My son is almost 4 months old and he can't fall asleep unless he's eating (he'll take a bottle, luckily, but he falls asleep much faster if he's nursing.) And? On top of that? He's a super light sleeper. So if anybody's holding him and tries to put him down in his crib/bassinet/swing/carseat/floor/packnplay/anywhere he wakes up. Screaming.
The other day he didn't get much of a nap. I finally got him to fall asleep around 8:30. At 9:00…he woke up. Screaming. It was 11:00 before I finally got him to fall asleep. (What finally worked? Lights off, my bed, dad out of the room, laying completely still holding him to the boob for 15 minutes until he could calm down enough to eat.) When he was younger we could just pop him in the car and he'd be out before I'd pulled out of the driveway. But now he'll spend the entire 40 minute drive home from his grandparents' house crying.
We've tried a bedtime routine — Dim the lights, put on a Chopin CD, feed, change diaper, lotion, change clothes, bed — but that hasn't worked..
So…any suggestions on how to get him to fall asleep on his own? He's definitely an escalator, not a cry-it-out baby.
One big thought, right off the bat: Colic? I know we all think of colic as starting at just a few weeks old, but some babies don't develop the symptoms until later. If the inconsolable crying jags have been going on for more than a month, you might actually be looking at a slight case of colic or some digestive woes here.
Or not. There are also plenty of babies who just plain fight going to sleep. And babies who have gotten into the habit of falling asleep on the boob or bottle tend to fight it tooth and nail. Since your son's tension escalates when he cries, I'd recommend checking out The No-Cry Sleep Solution, if you haven't already. WITH the caveat that I personally have never found any parenting book — be it about sleep or eating or potty training or discipline — to actually apply to my child cover-to-cover. So don't approach it as, "This Shall Be Our Solution Which We Shall Implement Exactly To Unprecedented Success." Read it more as a grab bag of ideas to try out here and there.
And speaking of grab bag, here's my own random dartboard of things that you may or may not have already tried:
1) Swaddling. A lot of parents stop swaddling once their infant gets too big for those square receiving blankets, but for a fussy, restless sleeper I swear to God, there is nothing better. Usually I recommend the Miracle Blanket, but at almost four months old, your son would likely outgrow it too quickly. At that age I like the extra-large muslin blankets from Aden + Anais, done in the "Aussie Swaddle" style demonstrated on their website. (It includes an extra tuck of baby's hands to prevent escape and flailing.) (And don't even talk to me about those velcro SwaddleMe things. Both of my babies could Houdini their way out of that thing in under two minutes.)
Eventually we left one arm free so Ezra could self-soothe with a thumbsuck, and only after he learned to roll over consistently did we stop swaddling. (But by that point sleep wasn't a problem, because Ezra simply flipped himself over on his tummy and was all, "THIS. THIS IS HOW I LIKE IT.")
2) White Noise Machine. We had one and never had a lick of luck with it, but believe me, I know it's been a lifesaver for sooooo many parents with babies that sound a lot like yours. A light sleeper who jerks awake at every sound or creaky floorboard? Yep. Try filling his room with constant low soothing sounds — it might help him become less sensitive to outside noises.
3) Kill the Milk Habit. I know, I know. You hit a wall and just want him to SLEEP, so you cave and give him the boob until he settles and sleeps. But you also cave and kill the routine, making it…not so much of a routine anymore. Even for a "good" sleeper, the bedtime routine is only powerful if you elevate it to sacred-like status. NOTHING EFFS WITH THE ROUTINE. His routine is milk = sleep, and clearly you know what happens when you guys try to eff with that. But this isn't a routine you want in place long-term, especially since — duh — it's CLEARLY not really helping him fall asleep and stay asleep. (A baby! Wanting something that isn't necessarily in his best interest! Imagine that!)
Our routine with Ezra was bath, change, swaddle, boob, lullaby (sung OFF the boob), in the crib while still awake. That's the huge kicker — they MUST learn to fall asleep on their own from the get-go. No falling asleep in your arms and then transferring. Of course they'll protest, you're MESSING WITH THEM. This takes practice. This takes patience. And it can take a LOT of nights.
And sometimes they'll still wake up. Scratch that. They WILL still wake up. And when it happens, there's another bad habit to kill. But it's likely your bad habit. It sounds like your son didn't really NEED milk at 11 pm (the lack of nap tells me he was just overtired and OMG, that's the hardest baby to put to sleep, I know); you just didn't know how else to calm him down. But…you need to stop that, because all you're doing is helping him associate wakings with…milk. Therefore milk = sleep, and the cycle starts all over at bedtime the next night. He NEEDS to learn how to calm himself down. Yes, even though he's a tension-escalator. The No-Cry Sleep Solution should help you find ways to calm him down OTHER than a) turning the lights on (no), b) picking him up (also no), or c) milking him back into a sleepy stupor (NO!).
All that said, your son is RIGHT in the middle of that weird transition age — 0-3 months, we generally don't expect babies to have bedtimes and sleep through the night or really do anything other than be cranky, tempestuous little dictators. At 4-6 months, all we hear about is Other Babies who sleep through the night and sleep in their cribs and are just the valedictorians of sleep. Not every baby achieves this right at four months, though the "experts" agree it DOES seem to be the "ideal" age to at least start trying. (And lo, we ended co-sleeping at four months and did seem to have an easier time with the transition than friends who put it off and tried to do it with older babies.) If your son is experiencing a touch of colic or reflux, that throws a huge wild card into the mix.
So…you should definitely keep trying from this point on, but cut yourself some slack over it not exactly going perfectly so far. He's young. He WILL learn to fall asleep on his own, I PROMISE. I can't promise it will happen this week or anything, but…at least by kindergarten, I'm sure.
38 Responses to "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"
Have you checked that he doesn't have reflux? My son had silent reflux. Drinking helped keep the acid down so and he could only really sleep comfortably on an incline. If he spits up a lot or if you notice him swallowing a lot consider trying an incline to sleep…it might help him get deeper to sleep at least. They have meds that can help the acid too if necessary
Not sure it helps you get him to fall asleep but it might be a reason he has trouble staying asleep and wants to eat himself to sleep.
camille Apr 07 at 1:11 pm Reply
There's a sleep regression at 4 months, so anything you try now might FAIL. Not sure if you're familiar with the "Wonder Weeks", but this research saved me in that it made me a more patient mama (i.e. convinced me that my baby didn't hate me and wasn't trying to kill me…and slowly gaining the upper hand). Basically, all their research shows that babies can become crabby (crabbier?) and their sleep goes to hell around the same time, and its related to major brain development. Our daughter followed them pretty closely.
That said, at 13 months we're still figuring out the sleep thing. I tell myself its because she's really really smart.
Crabby Apple Seed Apr 07 at 1:20 pm Reply
Sounds just like my daughter when she was a seriously colicky, pissed off, hating-the-world newborn. Randomly, my husband found that using both hands to bounce the crib mattress helped her calm down enough to fall asleep. We slowly cut back on that and then cut it out completely, and it worked. We did, however, use this as a complement to CIO. By itself, CIO did not work for her, she also escalated, but with a nudge in the right direction, it was a different story.
She didn't sleep thru the night until she was almost a year old, and then, "sleeping thru the night" involved a 4:30 wake up time for quite some time, a habit which took SERIOUS effort to break (….involving CIO, I'm sorry to say), so there is also the caveat that some babies are just truly terrible sleepers. And I don't say that to be discouraging, I say that to reassure you that this isn't your fault. The moms whose babies are sleep valedictorians aren't better moms than you, they're lucky. Not saying they don't work hard at it, but that their hard work actually pays off. Soo, if this takes longer than you'd like, please don't beat yourself up over it.
Cobblestone Apr 07 at 1:30 pm Reply
In the immortal words of Moxie – by whatever means necessary.
One thing I didn't see you specifically mention was the timing of trying to move him. For Shortstack, he has to be past clinging to whatever he is clinging on plus a couple of minutes before I can move him – anything sooner than that and all bets are off for the rest of the night.
Good luck.
Stefanie Apr 07 at 1:36 pm Reply
My daughter is 4 months old and also had the boob=sleep problem and also wanted to be held 24 hours a day. We finally (mostly) cured her of it using both The No-Cry Sleep Solution and Good Night Sleep Tight. She's an escalator too, but some of the stuff in the No-Cry was too stimulating for her.
Here is what we did: first, I stopped nursing her at night. Bottles only with expressed milk. And she wasn't allowed to fall asleep with the bottle in her mouth. We instituted a strict bedtime routine that ended with a short snuggle and putting her in the crib awake and soothing her without picking her up. Consistency is the key! Resist all urges to pick that child up. We endured a full week of her sleeping in 30 minute chunks 24 hours a day. We took turns sleeping on her nursery floor (hardwood floors have never been so comfortable). Then one day I put her down fussing and she slept for 9.5 hours. Kid was exhausted. She did fairly well for about a week, then had some tummy issues and went back to the ole 30 minutes at a time. But, we stuck to our guns, and now we're at a point where we can put her down awake and leave the room with her awake and she'll go to sleep. Most nights she sleeps pretty well. I would also ask your pediatrician about a lovey. Ours ok'd it and it's helped a lot. Good luck! Stay strong! Sleep training was absolute and total hell, but you can do it and everyone in your house will sleep better.
Lisa M Apr 07 at 1:38 pm Reply
Try getting him to sleep earlier than you think he should (if possible). He might be having a growth spurt, and need more sleep. Especially if he has a bad nap.
I know it seems counter intuitive to put him to sleep earlier if he's having sleep problems, but one possible answer might (emphasize might) be that he's already overtired and irritated by the time you try nursing him to sleep.
Sorry…sleep problems suck the life out of you. Good luck!
Amy Apr 07 at 1:55 pm Reply
I just want to offer my sympathy to the author of the letter. I had a TERRIBLE sleeper by nature and we tried millions of things until finally doing the cry-it-out method from Ferber's book, which took just a couple of nights at 6 mos old to create a FANTASTIC night time sleeper. It didn't work at all for napping though because of that escalation issue, which we had too. (DD could cry for the AM nap until lunchtime and the PM nap until dinner time and after 3 weeks of 3 hours 2x/day of crying, I wasn't sane anymore, so I just held her for nap time…until she was OVER A YEAR OLD!) I then found the "Sleep Lady Shuffle" book and it fixed our nap problem in just a couple days. Lastly, my bad-sleeper-by-nature is now over 2 and because of the stringent routines we put in place, and the lessons we learned about not bothering her if she wakes up unless its a true emergency (believe me, you can tell the difference between fussing half-awake and screaming because they're sick), I now have a better sleeper than any one of those people I know that bragged about their 4 mo. old miraculously sleeping all night w/o being forced too. She has a well defined routine & can be put to bed in any place from Grandma's house to a strange hotel, without any struggle at all. Along the way we put in room darkening curtain liners and a white noise machine, and whether or not they worked, we've stuck with them because it does make for a very nice place to sleep.
Good luck!
Olivia Apr 07 at 2:59 pm Reply
Okay, I know I'm going to sound like a screechy breastfeeder, but wow! Cut the breastfeeding out?! I don't know how this mother feels, but nursing isn't just about food and there is nothing WRONG with nursing a baby to sleep as mother is okay with it.
There is also no reason to think a 4 month old will sleep thru the night (defined by doctors as 5 hrs straight). There are many reasons why an infant or toddler will continue to need comfort during the night. Teething, illness, growth spurts, etc continue for years.
Consider co-sleeping or bedsharing. Baby will sleep more soundly and you will get the rest you need. Plus, when he wakes up it's less work for you.
Susan Apr 07 at 2:59 pm Reply
I concur. As a first-time mommy to an almost-one-year-old, I just want to tell you that I have been there — exactly there — and it will get better. Four months is such a hard time. Just google "four month sleep regression," and you'll find lots of info and angst from other moms who are/have been right where you are.
Here's my advice, and like Amy said, it may not work for you, because babies are all unique little flowers.
1. White noise, yes!
2. Don't do bedtime alone. Let your partner help you. I made this mistake, and my baby gave my husband HELL when he tried to put him to bed so that I could have a little extra sleep. So, take turns being tortured.
3. Give yourself a break and try to ignore those terrible people with babies who sleep through the night. When they ask you how your baby is sleeping, go ahead and lie. Don't give them a chance to make you feel worse. Seriously. Also know that if the person whose babies "slept through the night at 6 weeks" is now a grandparent, she's a LYING, LIAR who LIES and also maybe does not remember what her children were like 30 years ago. I'm just saying.
AG Apr 07 at 3:01 pm Reply
Several things that I think contributed from my baby going from only-falls-asleep-on-the-boob to a relatively happy crib napper around 4 months:
(1) Disassociate sleep from the boob. For us, that meant all naps were taken in a stroller or the carseat for a week. If there is ANY other way to get your baby to fall asleep, go with that. Have you tried a sling?
(2) Musical seahorse–it's some Fisher Price thing that looks silly but works wonders. We played it near her while nursing for awhile so that she had positive (sleepy) associations with it. When we finally made the transition to crib, that helped a lot.
(3) Tummy. I know, I know, but if your baby is even close to turning over and doesn't mind being on their stomach, I think that's what finally did the trick for us.
Also, don't let your efforts get in the way of what should be your main goal–making sure the baby gets enough sleep. If he or she is overtired, that's only going to make it harder to fall asleep. So unless you have a foolproof way to get the baby to sleep other than eating (see #1, above) don't quit it cold turkey.
Britt Apr 07 at 3:03 pm Reply
You want advice and you've gotten a lot. And I'm hopeful that something will work.
If something doesn't work YOU DIDN'T DO IT WRONG.
Decide the difference between what you want to happen and what you can live with. I ended up with a co-sleeper starting at 6 months (when I couldn't safely swaddle her anymore) because I am a very un-nice person with no sleep – and a sick person.
At her 12-month appointment, our told us that if we didn't have her out of our bed by 18 months, we'd be stuck with her till she was 3 and bribeable. That wasn't a solution for us.
I bought a twin-sized mattress and put it on the floor where the never-used crib had been. I'd lay down with her and then run away once she was well and truly asleep (no transfer to wake her up).
She didn't have the regression when moving from crib to toddler bed like many of her friends. If she woke up before about 4am, I'd bring her to bed with me. If it was before then, I'd lay with her.
She's still a very stubborn go-to-sleep kid, but she and I both get the sleep we need.
I hope something works that keeps you sane soon!
Susan Apr 07 at 3:25 pm Reply
Snackbox has a NOISY humidifier (or fan during the summer) as well as an iPod playing "Ocean Waves" on loop during naps and at bedtime, which seems to help immensely (particularly when all of our neighbors seemed to be getting new roofs installed on the same day – the incessant hammering 'bout drove me over the edge, but he napped solidly throughout).
We also sleep with a noisy humidifier in our room, which helps us ignore the minor grunts, farts and hiccups that babies make in the night – if he really needs us, we'll hear him.
Good luck – you WILL find a solution that works for you IF you stick with it – I have friends who just threw up their hands and now their toddlers have terrible sleep habits that they just accept as unchangeable, since they haven't slept well themselves in 2 years and don't have the brainpower to try anything new.
JCF Apr 07 at 3:52 pm Reply
I'll agree with the previous posters who mention the four month sleep regression. Four months is a beast of a time, as far as sleep goes. Neither of my kids was sleeping through the night by any means before then, but they could sleep for longer stretches. Suddenly, around four months, NOTHING seemed to work and they were constantly waking and having trouble going back to sleep. I think your best bet at this point is to know that you're not doing anything wrong, you likely can't fix the problem quite yet, and just wait it out. Keep up your good habits (bedtime routine, etc.) and I'll bet within a few weeks to a month, things will greatly improve. Good luck! I know it is so hard!
It all started sucking for me when my son could roll over to sitting.. and then standing, cause who can fall asleep standing in a crib? I had one of those awesome babies that would just fall asleep. .. Here we are at 11 months, still waking up to nurse in the middle of the night.
Thank goodness for pacifiers. That wasn't mentioned, but maybe the baby just needs to suck?
Definitely check out Ask Moxie – lots there about the 4 month sleep regression. Also, keeping the room pitch black worked wonders for our daughter – we have heavy dark towels hanging over the blinds in her room, and wherever we travel, we just make the room as dark as possible. She's two now and sleeps 12 hours a night, but has always been a poor napper, and often these days will just refuse to nap. Fine by me – earlier bedtimes follow no-nap days!
bethany actually Apr 07 at 4:23 pm Reply
My sympathies! My daughter was the same way as a baby. I found some of the ideas in the No-Cry Sleep Solution to be very helpful and reassuring, and when she was older (about 8-9 mos) I modified the ideas in this article (http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html) and that was HUGELY helpful. I started out by nursing her till she was almost asleep, then put her down and stayed by her side, singing and patting her till she went to sleep. She was MAD and it took a couple of hours, but she did go to sleep and I didn't feel bad because I was right there with her, comforting her. The next night I did the same thing, and it only took an hour. The next night, she rolled over and went to sleep in about two minutes flat while I patted her and sang softly. I thought it would take three weeks, not three days, to get her to that point! There were hiccups after that but overall it got MUCH better.
Finally I want to say, remember your baby won't be a baby forever. If it works out that the best way is for you to nurse him or rock him to sleep and you don't mind doing it, don't let anyone make you feel guilty for that! He WILL learn to put himself to sleep eventually, and you will never get these baby days back. If, however, you're resenting the situation, then it is time to make a change so you enjoy your baby again.
Good luck!
My son actually needed medicine for GERD until he was about 8 months old, he would scream all night long without it and only sleep if we were holding him. We also swaddled him until about 6 months when he started to wiggle out of it, we used the miracle blanket (when he got too big only swaddled his top and didn't put his feet in the pocket) and also let him have a paci at night, as well as put an ipod in his room with a white noise track on repeat on at night and for naps. He would sleep for four hours at a time once we figured all THAT out. But it was rough until he hit about a year old. Until then he ate every 4 hours no matter what. Now he's 18 months and he's a good sleeper, but we did end up letting him cry it out (within reason) when he was about 8 months old.
And as for the routine, I'd keep it really really simple. Like, bath, PJ'S, song, bed. Nothing too involved that will take you forever, because then you have to DO THAT EVERY NIGHT. And the younger the baby the shorter it can be. We use the same routine now that he's over a year old and 99% of nights he goes down in about 10 minutes, which the changing into PJ's and story and everything.
Just my two cents. 😉
Our first was a wonderful sleeper which completely left us unprepared for our second, who slept ONLY in the swing, ONLY after being nursed.
What turned the corner for us was on the advice of a friend (long time daycare provider) we borrowed the happiest baby on the block dvd from the library.
I proceeded to viciously make fun of it.
Then we actually tried the swaddling and the shushing and the jiggling and she freaking passed out. In minutes.
I actually bought fabric to continue swaddling her when she got too big for the baby blankets we had. I know it doesn't work with every baby but it was a LIFE saver for us. I know it doesn't work for everyone but it definitely helped us.
Now she's a year old and a great sleeper. You turn on the noise machine, plop her in bed and she just curls up and goes to sleep.
Good luck!!!
kakaty Apr 07 at 4:33 pm Reply
As for the white noise – it might need to be louder then you think. We were swaddling and she had a sweet little baby-store white noise machine but nothing seemed to work. During the 3-4 month sleep desperation we read Happiest Baby on the Block and it suggested a hair dryer or vacuum. I didn't believe it – thought it would be too loud – until we turned on my hair dryer about 2 feet away and like a damn switch was flipped she got quiet and fell asleep in seconds flat. Keeping a hair dryer on all night isn't a solution so my geek husband ran to the computer, found an audio file of hair dryer noise, loaded it on an ipod MacGyver'd some old computer speakers to plug it into, and played it on repeat all night. It had to be loud but it worked. Now, at 3 ½ she still sleeps with her hair dryer noise on every night (although we've upgraded to a cheap iPod dock and it doesn't have to be very loud anymore).
Also – she liked to be swaddled super TIGHT. SwaddleMe's were the only ones that worked – she could bust out of the MB and AA's in no time. But I did have to reinforce the Velcro on the SwaddleMe's for extra strength. Like Moxie says – any means necessary!
Marnie Apr 07 at 5:32 pm Reply
Maybe I just got lucky, but I completely ignored the "they have to learn to fall asleep by themselves" advice until my daughter was a little older. We had a routine that included a warm bath, snuggling/nursing (or bottle) while I (or whoever) read a book, falling asleep while eating, and then I'd put her in bed and swaddle her fast. It didn't mean she didn't wake up a couple hours later, but it meant she went to sleep easily.
When she was a little older – I don't remember exactly, maybe around 6 months? maybe 7? I just remember feeling like she was ready – we had the same routine, but we would stop feeding, then finish the book, then put her in the crib and cover her up.
Essentially what I'm saying is I did what worked for us at the time and she grew out of the needing the boob/bottle to fall asleep all by herself. Again, maybe I was just lucky, but I just didn't feel at 3 and 4 months old she was ready to "learn" to fall asleep on her own. If he's not ready to make that jump now, try again in a month. Or two months. I can almost guarantee he will not go off to college needing a bottle of milk to go to sleep.
Amy M Apr 07 at 7:29 pm Reply
Amalah: When you say that they need to learn to fall asleep on their own from the get go – do you really mean from birth? I have a 5 week old and we let her fall asleep and then transfer her. But I certainly don't want to create a problem later on so please tell me!!!
Editor: Thanks for bringing this up. Up until a baby is three months old, the rule of thumb is that because the baby is SO YOUNG you need do whatever is necessary (safely, obviously) to comfort your baby. Once you pass the three month mark, in general, you can help your baby establish healthy sleep habits.
I noticed your post said "didn't get a good nap" (singular). At this age your baby should be getting probably 3 naps a day (depending on how long they are), and/or going down for a nap after he's been awake for 2 hours max.
Also, to ditto a previous post, I learned the hard way that you have to wait a while after they fall asleep before you put them down. Rock/jiggle/soothe until he's asleep, then hold him for another 10 minutes or so until he's really zonked and then put him down. (This will get shorter as he gets older.)
To learn more about disassociating the boob from sleep, try googling the E.A.S.Y. schedule for babies. It helped us a lot.
Jaymee Apr 07 at 9:45 pm Reply
I am totally not understanding all this, "My baby is an escalate baby, not a cry it out baby." Just because a baby escalates, doesn't mean they can't cry it out. My son would escalate and guess what? He was just left alone to cry that much longer. He screamed at the top of his lungs for upwards of 30 minutes every night for 2 weeks straight before he would fall asleep. After those two weeks though I would put him to bed like normal and he would fall asleep because he knew that it was bedtime and crying was not going to do him any good because nobody would come get him. My son is an very, very happy baby and I think a big part of that is because he sleeps on a strict schedule so he doesn't get overly tired.
You should also try putting him to sleep on his tummy. Sleeping on your back is just uncomfortable, especially for a baby that is use to being snuggled. Besides in a few years it will be recommended to put your baby to sleep on his tummy anyways. It goes in cycles, when my oldest brother was a baby he was suppose to sleep on his back. When my youngest older brother was a baby he was suppose to sleep on his side. When I was a baby, I was suppose to sleep on my tummy. Now it's back to sleeping on the back. It will change again.
Jackie Apr 07 at 11:24 pm Reply
My daughter slept 9 hours by 8 weeks old and I thought "I have a miracle baby!" By 4 months, we were lucky if she would do 2 hours straight.
From 4-6 months, we tried to deal with her sleep issues. She wouldn't nap for more than 30 minutes and it took me about 90 minutes to get her to fall asleep. I would do lunges across the room while she wailed in my ear to get her to fall asleep. (It did have the benefit of helping me lose some weight.) I was opposed to letting her cry, but she just wouldn't fall asleep without wailing – except when I let her nurse to sleep. She woke up all night long and we would take turns rocking her back to sleep because she certainly didn't need to eat every two hours (I was nursing every 2.5-3 hours during the day and she was gaining amazing amounts of weight). We tried everything aside from letting her cry but absolutely nothing got her to sleep without screaming
I'm rambling, but it turns out that she needed to cry herself to sleep. I went through one absolutely awful morning where I put her down for a nap and just let her wail it out without the lunges or rocking or anything. She cried for a full 90 minutes. And from that nap onward she has fallen asleep on her own within about 15 minutes. Of course she wakes up periodically during the night (like last night… with a fever… so we slept three in a bed with the little one's knee in my husband's face and arms draped across my chest), but it is nothing like it was in the beginning. Thank God for sleep! I'm sure you'll get there soon!
(One other thing – I really think her change in sleep habits was due to teething. Unusual, but my daughter got her first teeth right at the 4 month mark. Any popping up?)
Caitlyn Apr 07 at 11:32 pm Reply
a good carrier can work wonders. a lot of slings are uncomfortable after a few months, but I found wrapping surprisingly easy (start with this: http://parentsvillage.blogspot.com/2009/09/perfect-every-time-cross-carry.html in any soft, non-stretchy fabric) or a good mei tai is easier still (I have one from babyhawk.com)
Jackie Apr 07 at 11:33 pm Reply
Just remembered one more thing – a hairdryer worked wonders for us when all else failed. I would lay it on the bathroom floor while I rocked her and she would stop crying immediately. Ended up buying hairdryer sounds on amazon and playing them on a loop all night long. It did help quite a bit.
sls Apr 08 at 2:51 am Reply
we did something similar — we burnt a CD of "white noise" downloaded from the internet, and we put it on repeat on a CD player in her bedroom. Like you and other people — I don't know WTF people in my building start doing right at naptime and bedtime, but it is LOUD and that white noise can cover everything!! We are even traveling with it when we go on vacation!!
I think you have to go for whatever works and just tackle the issues once she's over the sleep regression. We co-slept until 4 months, and then I slept on a guest bed in her bedroom for another month so that I could get up with her in the night. Naps were a whole 15 minutes. We did a numer of environmentally unfriendly car trips just so she could nap. I ate drive-thru meals just so I didn't wake her up. Not fantastic, but it worked — she slept, and that was what I needed. At 6 months we tackled the night feeds. Again, not terribly fun.
The key is nerves of steel and perseverence (sp?). Once you have decided on a routine that you feel comfortable with, then just stick to it.
We did the every-5-minutes method of controlled crying/comforting and back out of the room. It worked for us, but it might not for you.
Go with your gut! And TRADE-OFF WITH YOUR PARTNER. Don't let this become the "only Mommy can do it" show!!!!
Sarah Apr 08 at 9:43 am Reply
First off – my sympathies. Being a new mom is tough. Especially if your baby is colicky, teething or needs more physical contact than other babies. Secondly – it makes my heart shrink up a little when I hear people talk about "stringent schedules" and "crying it out". Babies are not adults. They do not eat, sleep, or poop like adults. They won't do those things until they are…well…adults! As a new parent I found that I had a lot of adjustments to make – I could not expect my little one to accommodate my, or my husband's, schedule. He is almost one now and our lives have not returned to "normal". We complained for a little while and then just sucked it up – we added a new person to our family, not a hamster. It is hard to do but try to put this in perspective. Your son will grow out of this after a little while and will stop needing to comfort nurse. While part of you will say "Hurray!" another part will probably cry a little because that stage is gone and you'll never have it back. Having children is so awesome but it is SUCH a physical and emotional roller-coaster. And there are no seatbelts.
P.S. If someone can point me at some research that shows that comfort nursing your baby after 3 months is detrimental, please do.
Olivia Apr 08 at 12:59 pm Reply
Sarah, just want to say I'm right there with you. And, no comfort nursing is not detrimental to a baby after 3 months. We have never tried to put our baby on a strict schedule especially with sleep. The only thing we do routinely is that I take her to bed around 9-9:30 every night. She tends to get most of her sleep at night by sleeping until late morning and then just one or two short naps. But, sometimes she wakes early and takes longer naps. Bottom line is she sleeps when she needs it for however long she needs, and putting her in a schedule would probably mess her up.
Emily Apr 08 at 1:18 pm Reply
It is sooo hard to go through this, but I agree with other posters that this too, shall pass! We promise!
Until then, though, I definitely agree with checking out the possibility of reflux…my daughter has it and she had to sleep inclined until about 7 months. Also, although I know going to music seems like a natural soother, I have to say that, while my daughter LOVES music during the day, she's very auditory, and any music while she is trying to sleep or is upset actually stimulates her MORE, and prevents her from calming down. White noise in the form of a humidifier or sound machine didn't seem to bother her, though, so defnitely give that a shot. One caveat about white noise though!! While it can be loud initially, you should NOT leave it at that volume for a sustained amount of time…prolonged exposure to even loud white noise can damage hearing. (from my mom, who is a professional in the hearing field) Gradually turn it down after your little one is alseep to a level more consistent with background noise.
Good luck!
Butterfly Apr 08 at 3:22 pm Reply
Go to bed earlier, go to bed earlier, go to bed earlier! I agree with commenters who say that by the time the baby is rubbing their eyes and crying, it's already too late. They are overtired and won't be able to self-soothe, no matter how old or young they are. Put that child down for a nap as soon as you see those eyelids get the least bit heavy, even if they seem "awake". It's not any strict sleep training technique, it's just being more attuned to their natural signals and body rhythms!
We started doing this at 2 months, and by 4 she was a champion sleeper, and a nap schedule kind of emerged naturally on its own. And we got *really* good at spotting sleepy signs.
Melissa Apr 08 at 4:42 pm Reply
This is just to reiterate as others have said that it will get better and you will figure it out. Of course then something else will happen like teething or another growth spurt or moving to a real bed and the process will need tweaking / starting over again. Even now as our little man gets ready to turn three, we just hit a phase where naps come only every third day (other days he has to stay in his room at least an hour for "quiet time") and bedtimes are closer to 930pm than the 8pm when we do our routine and put him to bed. He wants to leave his room or 5 more minutes of rocking or what's Dadda doing now? This too will pass as we learn what tweak our routine needs and then incorporate that. This is basically a long way of saying you will figure it out just like the rest of parenting and eventually get the sleep you need. Good luck!
agirlandaboy Apr 08 at 5:53 pm Reply
We had the exact same problem until our son was seven months old, and the thing that eventually solved it was using old Dr. Ferber. For the first few nights he definitely "escalated," and for a good long time, but it was seriously a matter of DAYS before the method started working, and after two weeks he was consistent about going to sleep on his own.
If you haven't actually read Ferber, just heard the horror stories from some uninformed opposers, I urge you to at least give it a look. The advice is NOT about abandoning your child to just cry and cry and cry; it's about structured soothing that eventually leads to sleep. The best part is that it works! It's not a fun time every step of the way (what part of parenting is), but for us it was definitely a sanity-saving solution.
professormama Apr 08 at 9:30 pm Reply
We have two, and our son (who is now 5) was a MAGIC baby, magic, I won't go into the details.
Our little girl is nearly a year, and she was more difficult.
I don't believe in cry it out.
I can think of any baby animal that is expected to go to sleep alone and be left alone all night.
We co-slept with both kids- it works and if they need to nurse to go to sleep do it, they grow out of it. Simple as that.
All babies learn to sleep on their own when they are ready, just don't lose track of what they are capable of and avoid treating them like babies as they age.
(A two year old does not need to nurse to fall asleep like a baby and can sleep in their own bed in the same room or in a room of their own.)
Relax about it, and do whatever works so that you both get a good night's sleep , and take lots of naps, together!
Be reasonable, remember it's a little baby, they need all the snuggling they can get, it makes them grow.
Spicy Sister Apr 09 at 12:27 am Reply
Oh dear. You have my heartfelt sympathies.
We went through a similar struggle when our son was six months. From six months-11 months was hell as far as sleep was concerned. And most of it was because we had never taught him how to sleep without nursing to sleep. At the worst period he was waking 4-6 times a night and needing to be nursed each time, but like your son, would wake up if I tried to move him once he had fallen asleep. And I wasn't one of the lucky women who can sleep through nursing/co-sleeping.
There are all sorts of intermediate steps we took to create a stable bedtime routine, move his bed time earlier, change the association between nursing and sleep, create an attachment to a "lovey" etc…
What I can say is that each of those helped, but the book : Good Night, Sleep Tight (The Sleep Lady) – SAVED OUR LIVES!!! And if not our lives, then certainly our sanity and our marriage.
And honestly, it took a week.
And now our son happily goes to sleep, wide awake, in his crib. He actually asks to go to bed. And he sleeps 11 hours a night. And it is a miracle every single time to me.
I hope this helps. You can check the book out from the library to get a feel for it. I thought it was a great balance between The No-Cry Sleep Solution and most other methods out there and I felt like my husband, son, and I were all working together to teach him this new and valuable skill he would need for the rest of his life.
Regardless of what works, or doesn't, for you – I hope you get some good sleep soon!!!!
Amy Apr 09 at 5:22 pm Reply
I know a lot of people insist that falling asleep nursing all the time is a Terrible Thing, but you know what? Sometimes that's the path of least resistance and there's nothing wrong with that. My daughter was like Stacey's. At 4 months everything went to shit sleep-wise and stayed that way for a LONG time. We tried everything except CIO and got nowhere but increasingly frustrated. When I look back at the sleep logs I kept for months I laugh at myself–it really got ridiculous how hard we tried to change things. The ONLY thing that improved the situation was acceptance. The day I finally said "to hell with it–if this is the only way she'll sleep, fine," it was like a huge weight was lifted. I kept nursing to sleep every night. I kept being stuck under a post-milk sleeping baby (and eventually toddler) during naptime. I figured out ways to take care of my body's needs throughout all this so I wouldn't feel drained by it. I was happier, my husband was happier, and my daughter slept as well as she was able for that stage in her life. It's OK for a baby to need you. Make the most of it, even if it wears you out. They can't feed themselves or clean themselves or do anything else for themselves–why do expect them to be able to manage sleeping themselves?
Now my daughter is almost 4. She is an awesome sleeper. It took a long time for her to figure it out–by herself, on her own time–but here we are and it is wonderful. Being patient paid off. She's in the middle of her 3 hour nap right now, after just laying down on her own and going to sleep.
Kim Apr 09 at 10:25 pm Reply
I just submitted this question and then I read this. How did I miss it? I am having the same problem with my 3-month old. It began a month ago. We're now co-sleeping, which truthfully I love. I just want my son to sleep. I want him to have restful naps and nighttime sleep so he's a happy baby. I am torn about him crying even a little.
Good luck to everyone in the same ship as us. It's tricky to know what's best sometimes.
ksmaybe Apr 12 at 8:51 am Reply
Just to throw a slightly different opinion out there…I don't think nursing to sleep is a big deal. My son did it, for months on end, and then just didn't. We had some issues around 6 months old to resolve with waking up and not being able to be laid back down (would fall asleep, but wake when we transferred to crib, involved 15 minutes or less of crying, 3 nights). but we never messed with the nursing to sleep plan when it worked. Eventually he stopped falling asleep at the breast and started falling asleep in the crib. He had at that point (somewhere between 9 and 12 months?) long since learned to fall back asleep during the night and simply fell asleep on his own.
My point is, as Amalah said, grab bag of tricks, not everything works for everybody. I personally couldn't handle much crying, I just couldn't take it. My son fell asleep nursing and I just never saw the point in waking him up for a lullaby or book so that I could put him down awake. He was asleep…wasn't that the point? I'm just at the 4 month mark with DD and who knows what will work with her. I think we're starting to surface from a regression, so who knows. She nurses to sleep, whatever. Both of mine have figured out how to deal with sitters. No boob, they figure something else out


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This regulator offers a solution for high voltage power systems to use up to two standard voltage servos on regulated power
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