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David Halliday
DAVID HALLIDAY, one of the most demanded musicians in the Mountain West, is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Saxophone and jazz combo coach at the University of Utah, and a private saxophone instructor, Survey of Jazz teacher, and the director of the Jazz Ensemble at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. He is the winner of the "Outstanding College Performer" award from the Reno Jazz Festival (1996), a four-time "Outstanding Tenor Sax Soloist" winner at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (1999-2002), and an IAJE "Special Citation For Outstanding Musicianship" recipient at the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. A California native who relocated to Utah in 1999 to attend Brigham Young University on a full music scholarship, David's musical travels include 45 United States and 8 European countries. Numerous television shows and commercials including Showtime's Inside The NFL, ABC's Touched By An Angel, and NFL Network's Top Ten series, have featured David's saxophone playing. David appeared on Josh Groban's AWAKE LIVE DVD, BET (Black Entertainment Television), and the WB's Everwood, and is routinely featured in Synthesis (BYU's top jazz ensemble) highlights on KBYU-TV. David's original compositions have aired on HBO, CBS, Speed TV, and numerous other networks worldwide. Some of the distinguished musicians with whom David has shared the stage include Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Folds, The Temptations, Wynton Marsalis, Josh Groban, The Four Tops, Kurt Elling, Linda Eder, and the Utah Symphony. David opened for multi-platinum jazz artist Diana Krall at Red Butte Gardens (Salt Lake City) in July of 2009. As a teen, David studied with Grammy-winning jazz sax legend Joe Henderson. He attended Loyola University in New Orleans, where he was a member of the now legendary funk band, Galactic. David founded his own record label, Lone Peak Sound, with his debut CD Flamingo in 2003 and has since produced several more records including Chase Baird's 2010 release Crosscurrent, which received 3-and-a-half stars in Down Beat magazine. David enjoys teaching all levels of saxophone and jazz improvisation (on all instruments) privately at his home studio in Salt Lake City and maintains a staff position at the Jackson Hole Music Experience's Rock 'N' Roll Camp in Jackson, Wyoming. He also leads and plays saxophone and keyboards in the pop group The Number Ones. For more, please visit David's website: www.davidhallidaymusic.com


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This is a discussion on Re: Compatibility of client PKCS#12 files - Openssl ; On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 12:03:15PM +1000, Paul Cuthbert wrote: > Subversion 1.5.0 (and probably earlier) is unable to handle client > PKCS#12 files that are generated using the Bouncy Castle cryptographic > toolkit (Java version 139, see > ...
On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 12:03:15PM +1000, Paul Cuthbert wrote:
> Subversion 1.5.0 (and probably earlier) is unable to handle client
> PKCS#12 files that are generated using the Bouncy Castle cryptographic
> toolkit (Java version 139, see
> http://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html). These P12 files can
> be handled fine by Microsoft CAPI, Firefox and OS-X Keychain.
> An example P12 file is attached, with certificate. The password is
> 'password'. To reproduce this issue, use this P12 to try and access any
> svn repository with client SSL enabled. You do not need to set up CA
> certificates, etc. because the issue occurs when svn tries to parse the
I think this is a bug in OpenSSL's PKCS12_parse(). Paul's cert is
attached and has a private key, a client cert, and a CA cert.
PKCS12_parse() is returning the private key and the CA cert as the
supposedly-matching client cert.
For the three times parse_bag is invoked, the parameters are set like
this on entry:
1. keymatch = 0, *keyid = NULL
2. keymatch = MATCH_KEY, *keyid = KeyID for keypair,
3. keymatch = MATCH_ALL, *keyid = KeyID for keypair
The third invocation is for the bag containing the CA cert; the real
keypair have already been found and set up as *pkey and *cert at this
point. The CA cert and has a different KeyID to the real keypair, as
you'd expect. The expression:
if (lkey && ((*keymatch & MATCH_ALL) != MATCH_ALL)) {
evaluates to false, so lkey stays non-NULL, and the code falls through
to then pass back the CA cert as *cert rather than pushing it onto the
*ca stack.
e.g. the patch below fixes it for me. I can't see how this code would
cope correctly with a PKCS#12 file if the bag order was, e.g.
CA cert
EE cert
EE key
even if the keyID's were set appropriately. I think a correct algorithm
would be to iterate through and find the pkey, then iterate again
looking for the matching cert and collecting any non-matching certs in
the CA stack.
--- p12_kiss.c~ 2005-05-11 04:45:31.000000000 +0100
+++ p12_kiss.c 2008-07-09 16:01:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
- if (lkey) {
+ if ((*keymatch & MATCH_CERT) == 0) {
*keymatch |= MATCH_CERT;
if (cert) *cert = x509;
else X509_free(x509);
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on November 19, 2012 - 6:56 AM
By Satish K. Tripathi
For nearly 60 years, federal funding of academic research has been the backbone of U.S. innovation.
This began post-World War II when Vannevar Bush, scientific adviser to President Harry Truman, submitted "Science, the Endless Frontier: A Report to the President on a Program for Postwar Scientific Research." The report concluded the federal government should fund basic academic research as vital to the nation's health, security and economic prosperity.
This model has played a fundamental role in the development of the American research university and has led to critical breakthroughs in medicine, security, communications and countless other areas to improve the well-being of countries around the world. The result: The United States has been the world's leading innovator for 60 years.
But our continued global leadership is not a foregone conclusion. To remain at the forefront of a crowded field – indeed, simply to remain competitive – the United States must continue to make robust investments in academic research, even during austere budget climates.
An across-the-board cut to federal agencies, like the sequester scheduled for January, would undermine the tremendous strides that U.S. researchers have made in driving the country's knowledge-based economy. I am hopeful that Congress will work together in the lame-duck session to reach a solution that preserves continued investment in university-led innovation.
The benefits of federally supported scientific research extend far beyond university laboratories. This research reaches directly into the private sector while advancing the public good, locally and globally. It is innovative research that is fueling a thriving knowledge economy in Western New York.
In the health care field alone, the spinoff companies and life-saving medicines resulting from medical innovation are transforming our region into a world leader in health care discovery and delivery.
The University at Buffalo's network of multidisciplinary research has translated into more than 165 patents and has launched more than 65 companies, from the life sciences sector to environmental engineering, information technology and advanced manufacturing.
And the discoveries stemming from UB research contribute to cures, inventions and technologies transforming daily life around the globe.
Without federal funding, UB and our fellow research universities would not be able to sustain this vital impact. Federal support remains by far the leading source of funding for university innovation, with approximately 60 percent of all U.S. university research expenditures funded by the federal government.
Our nation and our world need academic research to thrive. This is why it has been, and must remain, a federal investment priority.
Satish K. Tripathi is president of the University at Buffalo.


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Tim Ruskell, Hawks' old General Manager, was just hired by the Chicago Bears as the director of their personnel department. Ruskell and Bears G.M. Jerry Angelo are friends who previously worked together with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You can read the article here.
Good luck Chicago. Ruskell destroyed the Hawks in two years and I hope he doesn't do that to you!


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Before we get into the blog tour business, some housekeeping. First of all, a little reminder about blog comment etiquette. It seems a bit redundant to even be posting about this because the people who violate my comment policy tend to be one-off visitors who have never commented before and never return to comment again, but still, I'm sorry to say it annoys me so much that I feel I have to. Please do not put links to your own blog, site or book listing in your comments for no reason other than self-promotion, be it thinly-disguised, shamelessly blatant or otherwise. You don't need to because, if someone else wants to find out more about you after reading your comment, they can click on your name, which will take them to the link you entered in the "URL" box on the comment form. And anyway, I will remove the link as per my comment policy in the footer. As I said this only happens with one-time commentors (which makes it even more annoying) and as for you, my lovely loyal blog readers, you can just take this as an explanation for why some comments may have "[link removed]" in them.
Anyway, back to nice things. People have been asking about Backpacked's paperback edition. If you live in the UK or Ireland, the only way to get it at the moment is to order it from Amazon.com. I very much doubt it'll ever appear on Amazon.co.uk – Self-Printed never did. (Remember the paperback pre-ordering window? You can't say I didn't warn you…) Of course, you don't have to live in the States to order from Amazon.com, and right now they have 28% off Backpacked. That means that including standard shipping to Ireland or the UK, the total cost of a Backpacked paperback from Amazon.com is around €14.42, or £12.50. Alternatively you can download the free Kindle application to your PC or Mac, download the e-book edition for only $2.99 (ex. VAT) and read it on your computer. [UPDATE: IGNORE THIS COMPLETELY because look what I just found on Amazon.co.uk – I think Backpacked might be about to make a paperback appearance!]
And so finally, it's blog tour time! It seems to be the season for it, doesn't it? To celebrate the release of my I-said-I'd-never-self-publish-a-novel-self-published novel, Results Not Typical (and by "celebrate" I of course mean "infest the vast internets with mentions of it so that it creeps into people's brains and forces them to go and buy it"), I am embarking on my first ever blog tour.
Check out my fancy blog tour badge. Oooh! Aaah!
The idea is that every weekday between tomorrow and October 21st, I stop by a different blog, where I'll either have answered some probing questions, written a guest post about self-publishing books or shared with you why I am in love with flip-flops. (Well, that's just on one blog in particular.) This is an opportunity for me to spread the word about Results Not Typical to new readers, it's an opportunity for you to discover some of the great blogs that are on my Google Reader subscription list and it's an opportunity for everyone to potentially win some books – some of the blog stops will be holding e-book giveaways and from tomorrow on you'll be able to enter a paperback giveaway on Goodreads.
(If you already read all these blogs, I do apologize for the heavy dose of ME you're going to be getting for the next three weeks.)
Below is a list of all the stops. I have another list that I'll update with the direct link as soon as they come up which you'll be able to access from tomorrow by clicking on the blog tour poster in my sidebar (over this way –> and then up a bit) and, from next week, I'll post a blog tour digest each Friday throughout the month, so you can see if there's anything you'd like to peruse from the previous week's stops. Do check them out – sending hits and comments their way is all part of being a good visitor!
Here's what the schedule looks like:
Kickoff: Friday 30th September
Blog: Tweet Treats (Jane Obsessed with Jane)
Hostess: @janetravers
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Week 1: 3rd – 7th October
Blog: Write Now Mom
Hostess: @mduffywriter
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Ladies Who Critique
Hostess: @LauraPepWu
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Blog: Help! I Need a Publisher
Hostess: @nicolamorgan
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Blog: Head Above Water
Hostess: @alisonwells
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Post-Apocalyptic Publishing
Hostess: @emapocalyptic
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Week 2: 10th – 14th October
Blog: Love and Chocolate
Hostess: @sallywriter
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Lindsay Edmund's Blog, Writer's Rest
Hostess: @edmundsle
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Blog: High Heels and Book Deals
Hostess: @writermels
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post (about shoes!)
Blog: Pink Tea and Paper
Hostess: @ellenbrickley
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Keris Stainton's Blog
Hostess: @keris
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Week 3: 17th – 21st October
Blog: Duolit Self-Publishing Team
Hostesses: @duolit (Shannon & Toni)
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Skinny Minnie
Hostess: @mrswhiffin
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post
Blog: Ramblings of a Rusty Writer
Hostess: @rebeccaemin
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Blog: My Little Notepad
Hostess: @rebeccaebrown
If you stop by you'll find: An interview
Blog: Talli Roland's Blog
Hostess: @talliroland
If you stop by you'll find: A guest post.
(If the thought "Why are they all hostesses? Why no hosts?" has crossed your mind, it's because the book is women's fiction. And lady blogs tend to be better color co-ordinated, which as you know is very important to me.)
Blogging will continue here as usual so rest assured it won't be incessant chatter about Results Not Typical for the next three weeks – just, um, lots of it…
So that's it. Do stick around for at least a bit of it.
Results Not Typical is available now in paperback ($16.95) and e-book ($2.99). Find out more about it here.


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Thank goodness it is Friday!
Although this week has absolutely flown by, it's also been an insanely busy one that I'm really happy to say goodbye too. We've been up late nearly every night, haven't really had any time to relax, and I have an entire collection of shows to watch on my DVR from the week. #firstworldproblems
But seriously, this has been a doozy of a week and after a giant work event tomorrow (that has me getting up at 4:45am on a Saturday… ouch), I will finally be able to relax! And we have some possibly really exciting news coming on Sunday if everything works out right, so I'm really just waiting for that. Just gotta make it to Sunday!
(And no, I'm not pregnant. Since it seems to be going around the blog world like there is something in the water.)
Anyway, even though it's been a crazy one, there have been some good moments that I wanted to share!
If you're not familiar with Five Favorites Friday, it's basically where I share 5 totally random things that I've been loving this week! I'm also linking up with Clare for Five on Friday and Katie for Friday Favorites!
Favorite New Product: IN Refresh from Ignite Naturals
I was sent a multipack of the IN Refresh drink from Ignite Naturals to try out, and let me tell you – it was love at first taste. This hydration and electrolyte-balancing drink (just a powder you mix with water) not only tastes awesome, but it's made from completely natural ingredients. They sent me several flavors to try, and I can already tell you that I love them all: Blueberry, Tangerine Passion Fruit, and Dragonfruit Lemon Lime.
(While I received this product for free, I was not asked for my review. I'm honestly sharing this product because I thought it was delicious and was a great, natural alternative to many of the post-workout hydration drinks on the market!)
Favorite New Food Item: Green Curry Paste
I've had this recipe pinned on my "Food I must make" board forever, but for some reason this week when I was meal planning, it just called me name. I had most of the ingredients on hand (I subbed kale for collard greens and onion for shallots), except for the green curry paste, so I picked some up from Wegmans on Sunday.
I've never cooked with green curry paste before, so I wasn't quite sure what to do with it or how it would turn out. But let me tell you, it was AMAZING! It was the perfect amount of spicy and curry-y (yes, that's a word), without being overwhelming. Plus it was a nice way to add some kale into a recipe! We served it over brown basmati rice, and it was perfection.
Favorite Fitness Item (Again!): Polar Fitness Watch
Any of you who have been around here for awhile are probably thinking "um, what? You've had this watch since September, how is this a new favorite?" Well unfortunately my polar watch and I had a little falling out when its battery died and became a slight pain in the rear to replace.
But I FINALLY got a new battery in it last week, and I am realizing just how much I missed it! It's so nice to be able to track your progress, especially if you are a type-A organizer like me. I know that these things aren't 100% accurate, but I love being able to use it to help me determine how hard I'm working and where I need to push myself. I'm so happy to have this little purple guy back in my life!
Favorite Thing about Spring: Running Outside
I can seriously not say enough how much I am absolutely loving this warmer weather. I know it's not 100% spring yet (at least according to mother nature) and some places are still getting blasted with snow, but even just being above 40 degrees seems like a miracle!
This weather also means that I'm finally able to get outside for my half marathon training runs, which is a MILLION times more enjoyable than running on a treadmill. All this week I've been getting in some easy short runs outside and loving every second of it!
Favorite New Podcast
Speaking of running outside – while I'm running I've been loving listening to podcasts to keep my mind distracted. This past week I discovered the High Impact Blogging podcast from Laura Williams at Girls Gone Sporty, and I've been absolutely loving it!
In each episode she talks to different big-name bloggers, youtubers or Fitness names. You hear about their background and their stories, but also about their advice for blogging, the tools they can't live without, and tips for newer bloggers. I've loved getting to actually hear from some of the bloggers that I look up to, and it's been a wealth of information!
So tell me: What are you loving this week? Anyone else tried any good new products or fitness tools lately? Any good suggestions for podcasts?


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EAST LANSING -- Michigan State as of Tuesday morning was set to receive another unofficial visit from consensus top-five recruit Cliff Alexander.
By the early afternoon, Alexander had tweeted, "I wish ppl would stop it with all the lies" and told a reporter from Illini Playbook that he "hasn't made up his mind" on the visit.
Shortly thereafter, the Spartans and Alexander abruptly parted ways after a lengthy courtship, with the recruit telling the same reporter in a video interview that there was "no relationship" between the two parties. Illini Playbook even released a separate 13-second video showing just the part where Alexander cut Michigan State from his list.
The disintegration of the Alexander recruitment was the latest setback a recruiting season for Michigan State that began with high hopes of the formation of a star-studded class to help replace the loss of Adreian Payne and Keith Appling along with possible NBA departures in Gary Harris and Branden Dawson.
No. 1 recruit Jahlil Okafor cut Michigan State from his list while the Spartans and point guard Tyus Jones drifted apart. Michigan State went down to the final week with Top-50 recruits Kevon Looney, Devin Booker, James Blackmon Jr., Tyler Ulis, Quentin Snider and Trevon Bluiett, with each of them deciding to go elsewhere.
But in advance of the early signing period beginning next week, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has continued to be unwavering about an important quality he's seeking in recruits besides talent, character and resilience.
"Coach puts a lot of value on this... how bad do these guys want to be Michigan State Spartans?" assistant coach Dane Fife told The Drive with Jack Ebling last month. "One, it's our job to sell that part of it, but I think it's also their job to at least acknowledge that Michigan State's a program that these recruits in particular can identify with, and it's a place that they want to be.
"In other words, we don't want to have to beg you. We don't mind recruiting you, but it's not a one-way street. It's a two-way street. And then the other part of it is, we don't want to have to beg you, you know? We want you to want to come visit. Answer your dang phone when we call you. Call us back if you miss us. Text us back. Tweet us back. Whatever. But it's a two-street, so you're also recruiting us a little bit because sometimes I've got to remind people of this: We are Michigan State. And that's something to be pretty dang proud of."
Michigan State received mutual interest from point guard Lourawls Nairn Jr. and swingman Javon Bess, who have committed the program. Nairn, for one, leaped at the opportunity to travel from Kansas and take an official visit to campus on short notice after the Spartans renewed interest with the understanding that Ulis would be committing elsewhere.
The Spartans are expected to continue being picky about bringing in players who fit into the program.
"It's great because you can spot kids, but it's difficult because Coach Izzo has such a high standard," Fife said. "And I really appreciate it, and I think it's the reason why we've been able to sustain what Michigan State has for such a long period of time on a consistent level."
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- What brought you to our website? A member suggested you after playing with me. Just came back after 3 years off from game.
- We have found that guild members have a better gaming experience if they use the forums and the events calender. This allows you to get game information and join guildies in quests as your RL time permits. Do you intend on being active on our website forums and Events Calendar? YES
- Once you learn how, we would like you to create events or RSVP for other scheduled events as your RL schedule permits. What are your thoughts on this? have to check it out
- Most of our regular calendar events are high level raids and epics. Do you plan to participate in such events once you reach the appropriate level? YES daily
- Are you willing to give priority to guild-sponsored events?YES
- Nearly all of our events are scheduled in the afternoon or evening EST/CST/PST. Events done outside of this time frame will require initiative on the parts of interested members in organizing them. Are you okay with this?
- Have you been playing MMO's for a while or are you just getting started? YEARS
- We expect all players to submit and update their characters in our website ROSTER. Are you ok with this? After reading the above content, why do you think it might be important?
im okay with it . Im sure it helps others get together to help at the same lvl
- What kind of character do you typically play? Tell us about your main character: HEALER
- If you violate ANY rules defined within the gaming EULA you will be removed from this community. You ok with this? YEP
- What time of day do you typically play? How often? on and off daily
- Are you affiliated with any other guilds? warhammer have a few friends that play randomly
- How do you think you can best help this community? How can this community best help you? healer love to raid do anything as long as im healing
/ help me raid
- Which of the characters listed in your forum signature (see STEP 3) do you play the most? What level is your main character? 15 after 2 weeks
- We are an Argonnessen Server guild within Dungeons and Dragons Online. Do you play on this server? YES


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5 Tips for Taking Baby to a Baseball GameLauren Jimeson
Baseball is one of me and my husbands favorite sports. We are very lucky to live in a city with two baseball teams and stadiums nearby. We wanted to introduce our girls to baseball early on, so we started taking them to baseball games at a young age. Many people thought we were crazy for bringing a baby to a baseball game, but little did they know it's actually a lot of fun.
We've made it to several games this season and have brought Avery to every single one of them. The best part is that we've been able to stay the entire game without even as much as a whimper from Avery. Baseball games are very kid and baby friendly and I recommend taking your little one as soon as you can. But before you head out to the stadium, check out these tips for taking your little one to a baseball game.
Take Baby Out to the Ball Game! 1 of 6
Check out these tips for taking baby to a baseball game.
Bring Your Carrier 2 of 6
This has been a lifesaver on our trips to the stadium. Since we don't have a car, we have to take the train into the stadium. Taking the train requires a lot of walking and holding Avery. The carrier makes everything so much easier. It also makes it a breeze to get through the stadium. I can easily go get food and still have both hands while still carrying Avery. We love to walk around the stadium and just look around at things and it still leaves my hands free to do other things.
Make use of the space between the seats. 3 of 6
A lot of times there is space between the seats leaving room for Avery to walk around. There is no way that she will sit in our laps the entire game so we just let her walk back and forth between the seats. My husband and I sit on opposite ends to block her from escaping. She loves standing and "talking" with the other fans around her.
Souvenir Cups Are Your Friend 4 of 6
I've never seen a baby be so intrigued by a souvenir cup. As soon as we were finished I washed it out and she played with it throughout the game. She loved when I put some of her snacks in the cup for her to reach in and get herself.
Bring Baby a Hat 5 of 6
Baseball games are smack dab in the middle of the hottest months of the year. Chances are you are sitting out in the middle of the sun beating down on you and your little one. Bring a hat for them to wear to keep the sun out of baby's face. It's also a great way to show off their team spirit.
Bring a Snack 6 of 6
While baseball games have a ton of delicious snacks for us to enjoy, they don't really have a lot of baby friendly items. Games can last up to four hours and that can leave your baby very hungry. Try to bring a lot of snacks for baby. Not only will it leave their stomach full but they are great distracters to keep them busy during the game.
More from Lauren on Baby's First Year:
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Read more from Lauren at her personal blog, A Mommy in the City, where she chronicles her life living in New York City with a suburban mentality. For more updates, follow Lauren on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram! Check out more of Lauren's Babble posts at Babble Baby.


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Reuters Expose: Japan's 'throwaway' nuclear workers, including NJ "temporary temps"
Posted by Dr. ARUDOU, Debito on 29th June 2011
Here is a deep article from Reuters this month on how deep the rot goes in Japan's labor market and safety practices regarding nuclear power. It's germane to Debito.org because even NJ workers have been hired and exposed to radiation in Japan — without proper recordkeeping. Guess that's one of the advantages of utilizing NJ laborers — they are the "temp temps" (my term) that escape any official scrutiny because imported labor "sent home" after use is somebody else's problem.
Reuters: [I]n 1997, the effort to save the 21-year-old [Fukushima] reactor from being scrapped at a large loss to its operator, Tokyo Electric, also included a quiet effort to skirt Japan's safety rules: foreign workers were brought in for the most dangerous jobs, a manager of the project said.
"It's not well known, but I know what happened," Kazunori Fujii, who managed part of the shroud replacement in 1997, told Reuters. "What we did would not have been allowed under Japanese safety standards."
The previously undisclosed hiring of welders from the United States and Southeast Asia underscores the way Tokyo Electric, a powerful monopoly with deep political connections in Japan, outsourced its riskiest work and developed a lax safety culture in the years leading to the Fukushima disaster, experts say…
At Fukushima in 1997, Japanese safety rules were applied in a way that set very low radiation exposure limits on a daily basis, Fujii said. That was a prudent step, safety experts say, but it severely limited what Japanese workers could do on a single shift and increased costs.
The workaround was to bring in foreign workers who would absorb a full-year's allowable dose of radiation of between 20 millisieverts and 25 millisieverts in just a few days…
It is not clear if the radiation doses for the foreign workers were recorded on an individual basis or if they have faced any heath problems. Tepco said it had no access to the worker records kept by its subcontractors. IHI said it had no record of the hiring of the foreign workers. Toshiba, another major contractor, also said it could not confirm that foreign workers were hired.
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Have you ever submit or need doctor excuse notes for your school or work? Or probably you have submitted this kind of note for your school but a free one? How is that turning out? A person never comes to me claiming that a free note works well. How about you? Usually doctor's excuse for your school would be a template that filled out by a physician at clinic or hospital stating that you are not fit to perform any activities and this form can be submitted to your school or work to get you excused. You should never use a free generator because its quality is terrible.
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So, that is how generally a doctors excuses for work template being used when you want to submit it to your company and I want to remind you again that never try to use a free one because that kind of dr excuse note will makes you end up losing job and get humiliated. Please do remember that an excuse note for college is absolutely important when you can't go to classes, lecture or attending an exam. This is including for those who want to get this for school activates too. As I said before, a sample can be viewed at the site that I've give before.
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An excuse note for school for the reason that you're sick is among of regular reason student going to give when unable to attending class. And this is very well matched with that template I've explained before. Actually, this is not just for this purpose but also can perfectly for your work excuse too. Just do not overuse this excuse note template or submit the same note with exact illness and reason on it once you get these notes because your teacher or boss might be able to find out if it is repeated too frequently. Even if this is for your school most busy instructor, but don not simply take it for granted.
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Mar 28 2007, 07:05 PM
sweet dreams, mox. sweet, care-free dreams.
Mar 28 2007, 10:23 PM
Sorry Mox--I don't have the time stamp set correctly on this and it throws me sometimes. (I was thinking it was tomorrow, but I checked the time of your post, and, well, I should have known better.)
Anyway, I hope she feels well enough so everyone has a great day.
Oh, and I got the job. Now I just have to go through return to work panics. If I have to return to work at least this is a good employer, though. And I get the higher end of the starting pay scale--first time that's ever happened to me.
Notbob just had a laughing session with his dad--well, not "just" but a bit ago, and now he's asleep. For now. He was having such a good time, but wasn't hysterical. I love it when that happens.
Mar 29 2007, 03:39 AM
Annoush, its cool. Thanks for thinking of us! And....CONGRATS!!! YEAH NEW JOB!! The first few weeks will be rough, but you can totally do it!!
I had a relatively panic free night, even at 2am when the birthday girl was fussy...i resisted the "ok, well you're sick and need mama" impulse and let her work it out, which she did brilliantly. Now we just have to ready ourselves for the onslaught of "when will you have another" that is bound to come our way and not be particularly inappropriate (well any more so...) in the upcoming months.
Gren, how y'a feeling?
Tart...CLOSiNG TOMORROW!!!! WHOOOOOOOOT! Besides the move, any big plans for my SIL's 1st?
OK, off to worky work. Long day ahead. its ok, I'm playing hookey tomorrow. Despite the 2 sick days. I need to bake for the party on saturday.
And spend a lovely day with my sister and my bebe.
Mar 29 2007, 06:16 AM
Happy Birthday, Moxette!!
Wow! A whole year old! I can only imagine how you must be feeling, Mox... proud, nostalgic, etc etc. The lil guy's only 3 1/2 months and I'm already feeling nostalgic and sad about his newborn days. Hubby and I were looking at pictures the other night and (cod help me) I was thinking "I miss being preggers. We should have another soon." Then, I sobered up. I think I'll wait a little while longer before adding a sibling. I have my hands full enough now! My sis-in-law has 2 lil ones and one on the way. In August she'll have 3 under 3 yo! I don't know how she does it!
And Congrats Anoushh!!! Yay, new, good-paying job!!
Mar 29 2007, 06:30 AM
3 under 3? Oh goodness...my stomach turned. We're waiting another year before trying again...2-3 years apart seems just right to us. Maybe January, as it took us 6 months to get preggers with moxette. Anyway, thanks for the well wishes. I am feeling all sentimental and nostalgic and such, but not enough to want to do this first year again yet! When I asked my own momma how she did it with 3 kids just 5 years apart (5 yrs between me the oldest and my youngest sibling), she says "I don't know, I guess I just don't remember the 80s!" Achk.
Anhoush, how's the No Cry Sleep Solution? What are some suggestions? New ideas are always welcome here...its bustieland!
Mar 29 2007, 06:55 AM
woohoo! *flings confetti* HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOXETTE!! and GOOD JOB TO YOU, MOXIE! you're a great momma!!
WOOHOO! congrats on the new job, anoushh!!
Mar 29 2007, 06:59 AM
HI FJ!!! Can't wait until jackaroo is here and you can come play full time!
Thanks for the b-day wishes. I'll shower moxette with extra kisses!
Mar 29 2007, 07:32 AM
glad you got a good night's sleep (with some interruption), mox. my mom also had three kids in five years and not only doesn't remember the eighties, but doesn't remember my toddlerhood at all as my sis came along before i was two. as i'm the middle child, this is a caution to me not to have one myself.
i'm okay. tired. in a hormonal, dragging way. but not getting enough sleep doesn't help either...the bean likes to wake up at five and the mister likes to be surly about it *yawn*
...you could always answer the "when are you having another" question with "well, the adoption list for cambodia is long...we want to have a boy and name him "maddox." don't you think that's a nice name? or maybe a little sister...something exotic...like "zahara'? what do YOU think?"
congratulations, anoushh! of course, none of us are surprised.
and congratulations to tart on home ownership...as a resident of the expensive west, i'm mortally jealous (i was looking at pics of that house thinking, in SF that would go for 2-3 million...).
Mar 29 2007, 07:36 AM
Wheeeeee! *~*~*~*~*~*~
throws glittery streamers all 'round the thread
Anoushh, congratulations! I'm so proud of you - I know there will be tough times, getting readjusted, but I think getting some balance in your life is just the ticket... It sounds like Dad's on board & getting some quality NotBob time, which is teh awesome.
Speaking of teh awesome, happy birthday snorgles for Moxette! (and one for Mama, too!) Good on you for getting sappy, Mox - it's our right as mothers to well up at the though of our wee ones growing up so fast... I think we're going to keep it low-key for now & do a mini party for Tartlet once we're home - though I'm going to send treats to school on his actual birthday. What's fun but safe for everyone (ages 9 months - 2.5 years) to eat? Maybe just a big vat of Mixed Booty... (OK, that sounded wrong. You know what I mean.)
FJ!!! I respectfully request to violate your personal space and zerbert your belly...
So Tartman flies out today for the closing, leaving me with 3 days of Mama Solo... He's so charmingly panicky for me, trying to get everything set up for me before he goes, fretting that I won't have any time to myself, feeling really horrible that I have to do this all by myself... silly Daddy. Doesn't he know I've got the Boobie Magic?
In 30 hours, we will be bonafide homeowners... holy hell.
Mar 29 2007, 07:42 AM
Thanks. how about zuchinni bread muffins?
Solo mamahood? Gasp. That scares me a little. I know, I know. Be a grown up already! Now that she's sleeping at night, I think business trips will be much easier to handle solo.
ok, my stupid printer is malfunctioning. gtg try and fix it. grrr....
Mar 30 2007, 12:32 PM
It's ours! Wooo!
Mar 30 2007, 02:17 PM
Woooo indeed!!!
I'm so pleased for you.
Apr 1 2007, 04:21 AM
HI! WHOOOOTTTT!!! Home ownership!!!
We've had a rather eventful weekend already, and its only sunday morning! I played hookey on friday, and spent the day with my sister and my daughter...we played, we went for a crazy long walk and we caught up alot. Went to dinner friday night at a normally VERY kid friendly local joint, where they proceeded to wait 20 min just to get our appetizer order...gah! moxiefam ended up leaving before dinner was done (leaving a somewhat miffed rest-of-fam) bc poor moxette just couldn't behave any longer...over 90 min! We were pretty darned proud of her for lasting that long. Then yesterday, the big party...a total success. Despite poor naps and a big crowd, moxette was a total rock star. I was totally proud of how well adjusted and socially confident she was. She even took a couple of independent steps...she's at the stage where she CAN walk, but is choosing not to. Just like rolling and crawling before.
Anyway, now, I have requested a day "off", since I was the at-home parent all week with the sick bebe, and still got a party off (well, my mom and my sister did ALOT too!). I'm debating a pedicure...hmmm...its raining outside all day, so gardening is out. I feel like I SHOULD do housework...maybe a little of both.
anyway, Annoush- when do you start the new jobby job?
Gren- how ya feeling?
Tart- HOUSE!!!AHHHHHH!
Apr 1 2007, 01:00 PM
I might want to leave too, even without the kid, after that. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
I start Monday!
And I really need a new haircut to cover my increasing baldness.
The place I go is near my new job--maybe I can schedule something on my way home.
I'll report back later on the "no cry sleep solution" book--thanks for reminding me. I wanted to get some feedback from people here on a few things. Overall it's nothing new, but reassuring, I guess. Notbob just isn't much a sleeper, and I think I just need to be patient with him as he grows up. It would be great if I had one of those easy sleeping babies, but he's not, and I suppose he's pretty normal for his age. Someday. He is learning to settle himself back down on occasion, which is good.
And another WOOOO!! for the house.
Apr 1 2007, 03:41 PM
hope your first day on the job is great, anoushh. maybe you can convince the mister to be a househusband while you're the career woman...
mox, are you a gardener? i'm seriously thinking of trying to grow vegetables this year...i have to get on it, though, if i want them to grow! i'm feeling ok. slightly queasy still, but ok. i'm starting to get the paranoia about people being overly familiar/invasive due to my pregnant state, tho. i can tell i AM going to start showing more and sooner this time, and i'm not enthused about having strangers in my space. currently i'm plotting how i can dress to hide it for the rest of spring term, which ends june 15 (and i'll be six months by then, so....uh...yeah).
i have never been to the hairdresser's. i've cut my own hair since i was 13. i have also never had a pedicure...all of these things seem so mysterious.
and mox, i totally know that "can but doesn't feel like it" stage. the bean walked across a room last summer around his first birthday. then he decided crawling was way more fun until he was 13 months (i think the daycare kids shamed him into it).
tart, congratulations!
Apr 2 2007, 06:43 AM
Oh, no, not a gardener...just thinking that my poor front yard could have used some weeding, and raking. BUT, I cleaned the hosue and took a nap and had lunch all.by.myself. It was a lovely day off. ALL mom's should take day's off from time to time. Annoush- you hear that? Take a day off of being mommy...esp. now that your're "out" in the working-outside-home world again! Yeah for your own income! Yeah! for your own sanity! Extra HUGS and KISSES for annoush and not-bob this morning!
So, we're full-into teething...every night...in the last week, 2 new teeth. And, I think, another one shortly. Poor kiddo. Motrin to the rescue! Or, target/walgreens/rite-aid brand ibuprofin to the rescue!
OK, work calls.
Apr 2 2007, 07:09 AM
Thanks, everyone - now that Tartman's back home, keys in hand, it all feels much more real, you know? Of course, there were the usual last minute shenanigans - they were still moving out when Tartman & Realtorguy went to do the walk-through, so the place is filthy. And they took the stove. Um,
? They tried to pull the "well, we gave them so much already ($ towards closing & repairs, a bunch of furniture), we're taking the stove" but Realtorguy got all "nuhuh, I don't think so, snapsnap", and they brought it back that afternoon
Pays to have a really nice realtor who can also be an incredible dick... We got a shitload of money back after closing, thanks to overestimating just about every cost, so we're having the place professionally cleaned, top to bottom. My folks are drumsanding the crappy paint off the bedroom floors, and painting the walls for us. Tartmans' dad is rewiring & adding a bunch of outlets for us, so we can have the computers & the microwave running at the same time. And Tartlet's new daycare is literally across the alley & down one. And it has a big fat yard. Woo!
SoloMama weekend went really well, surprisingly so. I think I was largely because the phone died, so there were no interruptions, and that there was only one person making parenting decisions. Having two on hand is great, but I think sometimes Tartman & I are going different directions & unnecessarily complicating Tartlet's day.
Count us in on teething woes, though - an impressive fever started yesterday afternoon, and Tartlet could not get to sleep. He just nursednursednursed & stared off into space, obviously exhausted but unable to completely shut down. We spent half the night cosleeping, the other half on the couch, and I think we both got maybe 3 hours' sleep. Ugh. He's at school & I'm at work, for the moment - DCP said she'd give me a call if the ibuprofen wasn't cutting it anymore. I think Tartlet's inheriting my enormous teeth - the top two are
coming in, & look huge compared to other kids' teeth...
Sorry for the mememe post - Anoushh, congratulations again! And glad to hear you're feeling a little better, Gren. You could always pull the "No, I"m just fat (insert look of daggers here)" routine with perfect strangers, if you don't want everyone up in your business... I find it odd how oblivious people are to personal space when you're preggers, or when you have a tiny baby. There's an older guy we run into on the way home who I have to physically block from the stroller - he just dives right in there & "tickles" Tartlet, much to the latter's indignation. Hope everyone gets some sleep soon, Mox - at least we know it can't last forever... They won't be 17 with wisdom teeth coming in & up all night whimpering... right?
Apr 2 2007, 07:32 AM
you know, the wisdom teeth is actually one of my saving graces. I got my last one in (i have all 4!) while I was pregnant with moxette, and I can still remember the toothache. I just imagine that down to a bebe...and momma is all about whatever she needs. I'm a biug believer in fussy-to-sleep, but teething is SUCH another story all together.
So, house...YEAH! Closeby daycare...YEAH! Tart...you haven't told us what you're out-of-house job will be in PA. What's next for you?
Annoush- job report, please? Hope the first day was awesome and not too tiring!
Apr 2 2007, 07:54 AM
Mwahhaha - there IS no out-of-house work, Mox - both Tartman & I will be telecommuting from the comfort of home! Major coup on our part - the CEO has never, ever allowed anyone to work from home on a regular basis, but the prospect of losing both of us, the lynchpins of our respective departments that we are, put the fear of somethin' into him... We're opting for FT daycare for Tartlet because, let's face it, no one would get anything done, and I'm on the phone with clients all day...
That said, I'm looking at it as a means to an end - I so badly want to get back into food & teaching, but right now the house takes priority. We'll assess in a year & see what opportunities come up...
ETA: Nearly forgot weekend milestones - more walking (prompted no doubt by friend's 1.5-year-old over for a visit) & eggs! Well, just the yolks, but still. 2 yolks scrambled with a bit of dill were snarfed up right quick...
Apr 2 2007, 09:11 AM
ha ha ha, tart...i had one of those stroller-divers in my old neighbourhood. unfortunately she was also a wandering crack whore (literally), so i felt obligated to take some pretty drastic measures.
i've been thinking of snappy replies to get people out of my biz. unfortunately i don't think the "fat" excuse would fly as i'm a skinny punk and if i show, it's gonna be all right there. on the other hand, some men have beer bellies that put a pregnant woman to shame...maybe i should chortle and say, "heh heh, too much milwaukie's best!". i was kind of thinking of going the "i think it's a CYST" route...
food and teaching? teaching about food? huh?
it's the first day of term here and i'm at school supposedly doing syllabi but really thinking of entering my manuscript in a book competition. postmarked by today. hmm..
i don't even have envelopes.
anoushh, we wait with bated breath. hope it was rad.
Apr 2 2007, 09:36 AM
Oh! The eggs made me think of moxette's new food for the weekend: cheese and chicken quesadilla. She GOBBLED that shite up. We really don't restrict any food now, except seafood and nuts. My goal is to have her just eat whatever we eat. Not a huge fan of eggs, though...a little envious here of tartlette's great fun with them. She did also take a couple of very consternated steps (MOM...WHY isn't the chair right where I can reach it...Step, Step). Right now, her absolute favorites are: hummus (sun dried tomato), sliced tomaters and blueberries. Not bad, eh? I don't even like sliced tomaters.
Apr 2 2007, 02:55 PM
This job will be great.
Labs (yes, the dog) everywhere. Very flexible. Nice people. Nice office (my very own!--in my last job, in spite of my "Senior Therapist in Social Work" title I didn't have even a desk. That was crap.)
Lots to read, and lots to do, so forgive me for only saying this right now, but thought you'd all like to know.
I owe some of it to you, for encouraging me. Thanks everyone!!!!!!
Apr 2 2007, 03:07 PM
Apr 2 2007, 05:52 PM
omg! It sounds like we've all had major milestones in the past few weeks! Hello mamas!
I had a baby, then monkey toasted our computer so there's been no posting anywhere lately. My mom just left today, so we've survived 7 hours without her...
It's so interesting - Monkey was 1 month early, so Nora is already doing things that it took Cboy forever to accomplish! And in the 2 weeks since we got her home, cboy has decided to start climbing everything in sight and challenging every rule we've set for him. Generally, he's been very good with her, although he's not sure why he's allowed to pat the top of her head but not pat her face!
MrChani has decided to take a temporary job working long hours in a city 1.5 hours away, so I'm going to be single parenting during the weeks and 2 weekends a month for the rest of the year. I understand why he's made that decision, but it still sucks bigtime. However, Monkey has parttime daycare at our nextdoor neighbour's starting tomorrow - thank goddess, because he's getting really bored at home. He keeps trying to go play at the daycare and throws fits when we try to take him back home.
The biggest problem will be trying to get everybody fed during arsenic hour. I bought a small tv/dvd for the kitchen and Monkey will get 30 minutes of TV time while I get dinner I think.
And, if I think I'm going to kill someone, I can always throw them into the car and drive 3 hours to my parent's house!
Anyways, last night wasn't great for sleeping, so I'm going to try to hit the sack early, since Nora decided to skip her usual colicky evening routine.
I'm glad everyone has had good news lately! I've been thinking of you.
Apr 3 2007, 06:41 AM
chani! Welcome back! Welcome Nora! MONKEY...your aunties miss you! Chani, you're a better woman than I for supporting your husband's away-work. When moxieman was up for his recent promotion, I flat out told him weekly travel was not an option, as I "did not sign up for single parenting." Gratefully, neither did he sign up for absentee parenting, and he flatly told the HR folks and his new boss that he isn't interested in criss-crossing the country on new business pitches. Anyway, we had a foodie milestone last night. Moxette had her first cup of chicken noodle soup...at a real diner (not campbells water with noodles). She LOVED it. I don't know why I never thought of it before. Broth, flavor, chicken, carbs and well cooked veggies. What's not to love?
Chani, you keep us up to date on Nora and monkey. Hmmm...we have to think of a name for Nora, although her IRL name is so darn pretty, it seems like a waste not to use it.
Apr 3 2007, 08:16 AM
Chani! Welcome back, indeed! Nora is one of my most favorite names... I second Moxie - there's no way in H-E-double hockeysticks I'd let Tartman take that kind of workload, and you're a mama of two! I think it's a great idea to get Monkey out of the house to bang around with other kids & blow off some steam. Hopefully it'll be enough to help him be a nice, gentle, thoughtful big brother... Is your mum still close enough to give you a break every once in a while?
OMG, Anoushh - dogs in the office?! I have no desire for pets of my own, but when the guy next cube brings in his big fluffy Akita, I am alllllll over her... I think animals in the workplace are awesome. Unless they pee on your laptop. True story from my workstudy days...
Looks like we're over the worst of the teething woes - he slept much better last night, all of it in his crib, with only 2 wakeups to nurse. His fever's still lurking, so I'm letting him nurse all he wants to keep up his fluids. We tried a new sippy this morning (a really basic, handle-less Nuby), and he lovedlovedloved it. Well, he loved chewing on it, anyway. He still hasn't figured out the sucking business on anything other than a nipple... I may have to resign us to going valve-free & wearing a raincoat at the dinner table
Apr 3 2007, 08:36 AM
tart- the valves blow. That being said, the cheap-ass First Kids pack of 5 sippys for like 2 bucks work GREAT. Little to no spill factor, small enough holes that real sucking is needed and small enough for little hands to grasp. For extra fluids at daycare, try a tiny bit of juice (like a splash) with water...goes down like butta for us.
So, we had our 1 year old visit with the doc yesterday. miss moxette is a giant. That's all there is to it...100% for height, and 95 for weight. The kid s almost ready for 18 mos pants. Shirts and onsies, still 9-12 mos...she, like her momma is very long legged and short waisted. With funny feet that will need shoes with straps her whole life. Anyway, we got the go-ahead for all foods except seafood and nuts. Do away with the formula and move towards all milk. Sounds good and cheap to me! After feeding 20+ oz of formula a day for (over!) a year now, the 3.99/gallon of organic milk sounds like a right bargain! He also rearrured me that a stubborn streak about walking is fine, so long as she's showing the skills needed (which she has for months). He also treats my 2 nieces, and its a very small practice, so he remembers that part. And made mention that all of us girls seem a bit stubborn and willful. Hit the nail on the head with that one!
Anyway, slept all night like an angel last night. Hopefully, the teeth are done for a few nights. We could all use the rest!
Apr 3 2007, 09:35 AM
Whoa! Monster Moxette! Tartlet seems downright dainty in comparison... We should do a clothing swap - you can have all the 12-month pants that are draggin' on the ground over here... Seriously, we have him in some 3-6 month pants still! Tartman's college nickname was Stumpy, so no guesses where the short legs are coming from... Tell me about the funny feet, Mox - what's up?
Apr 3 2007, 11:41 AM
ok, so most feet are more or less oval shaped, right? Slightly larger at the ball, but more or less. This is how shoes are designed. My feet, are an isosceles triangle. VERY narrow at the heal, and almost wide at the ball. I have to wear either flip-flops or shoes with straps...loafers are a total no-go.
Apr 4 2007, 07:27 AM
Ok, so I'm eating my words about how great a sleeper the lil guy is. This past week has been difficult. He's been taking about 1-2 hours to get down for the night. He'll fall asleep nursing and wake up when I move. Usually he'll just self-soothe and fall back asleep but lately he's been screaming bloody murder until hubby or I pick him up and rock him some more. It's partly our fault I guess 'cuz the last 2 nights we haven't been home exactly at 7pm when he usually gets tired and we start the routine. We really didn't want to become slaves to the schedule and were hoping for a flexible boy but I guess he's running the show, not us.
It's also really bad for naps during the day. He won't nap for longer than 30 mins in his crib or Pack'n'Play but will nap for an hour or more in my arms or in bed with me. While I love taking naps with him, some days it's just not feasible and I don't want him to become dependent on me being there with him to nap. Any suggestions? Anyone else have this problem or success with napping? BTW lil man is about 15 weeks now.
Apr 4 2007, 08:02 AM
jas- he's so wee...this is totally completely normal. Months 3-5 were very rough for sleeping and naps. Baby is going through growth spurts, learning routine, dependence/independnce, etc. Just stick to developing a routine, and if all else fails, nap together. Make that less and less "normal" as you move forward, and he'll learn. He's just starting to be able to self sooth, and its a skill that takes months at best to really get down pat. You're doing fine! At 4 mos, it took me a good 30-40 min of post-bottle rocking to get moxette to sleep...by 6 mos it was about 10 min, and now about 30 seconds. It does get better, I swear!
Apr 4 2007, 08:35 AM
mox is right - it's early days. you'll work things out.
if you think about the fact that a fifteen-week-old's "day" is about three hours long (until he needs to nap), then it becomes more understandable why delaying the usual bedtime could have catastrophic results. we chose to run our lives around bedtime in the early days, and i got heaps of flack about it from just about everyone i knew, but we also had a reliably sleeping boy (which doesn't mean he never woke up crying...). something to think about...at least if you're going to be late, be prepared for a rough haul
poor mox! i feel your pain as i have a similar (but sounds like less annoying) problem (i just have really narrow feet and can't wear ANY clogs, mules, backless, or chunky shoes or shoes that run wide, like danskos, birkenstocks, earth, pretty much all the comfortable shoes, doc martens, etc).
chani, good luck with the semi-single parenting.
anoushh, does it continue to rock?
the bean says "The moo-moo buys balloons and balloons go up!" (the moo-moo=grandma)
Apr 4 2007, 08:54 AM
Thanks ladies!
I'm totally fine with going with the wee man's schedule but I don't want to become a schedule Nazi. My sis-in-law is like that with her lil ones and it gets frustrating (ie never can see her past 7:30- 8pm or around 1-4pm during day). Usually it's not a big deal and we're home for bedtime but Monday & yesterday were Passover seders so we had to be at family's for dinner time. I'll make more of an effort to be home around 7pm with the lil one.
As far as naps go, I figured it would take some more time. The thing that gets me is that he naps so well if I lie down with him and so crappy without me. I worry that we'll be 3 years from now with another bebe and I'll still be laying in bed with the babes. Actually, doesn't sound so bad after all!
Maybe we'll hit the lotto and can hire a maid and chef. <wakes up from dreamland>
Apr 4 2007, 09:18 AM
yeah, so moxette's first holiday was easter, at 3 weeks old. We left early. We left Christmas early. We leave any family gathering that creeps into bedtime early. There's only so much a routine-driven baby can handle. Nazi or not. Does the Passover seder have a ritual start time? We've started planning events to start earlier, so that we all can have fun. And/or, we put moxette down wherever we are. Bring the pack and play with you! Do bath, snuggles, etc at gramma's house?
Apr 4 2007, 09:40 AM
ya know, i really think the easiest thing to lose sight of as a new mama is time...as in the fact that time passes and things change. not that one can't choose to be more or less flexible about routine - but you can also 'be a nazi' about schedules for the time when it really matters (the first 6 mo-year) and then relax when the kid can handle it. we took the bean out to dinner in january until 11 pm and he was great. part of the reason, i'm convinced, was that his schedule IS so predictable that he can occasionally roll with a change. but when a child is so little that you're still establishing routine, it's a lot harder. and i think it's really important to remember that prioritizing schedule when the baby is young doesn't make you a nazi any more than prioritizing feeding the baby age-appropriate foods would.
just my $.02. but then i'm neither a laissez-faire parent nor a particularly spontaneous person....
ETA: right on, mox. we just arrange with my mom to have holiday dinners at one-ish rather than evening - and he does nap at her house. pushing it is so not worth it.
Apr 4 2007, 01:18 PM
Such good advice as always. I've been thinking a lot about sleep stuff lately. (Well, ok, I've been thinking about sleep stuff for the last six months. Big surprise.) And time, like gren says. It's hard to keep a perspective sometimes when your tired, overwhelmed, etc. It really is a short time, but it can feel very long in certain moments.
One of the things I think that makes it harder is that without realizing we've all been given so many images of how a baby "should" sleep, and they are totally unrealistic. Either television or movies (I might have thrown a brick at the tv if there'd been one handy a couple of months ago when I was watching a dvd of Gilmore Girls and Sookie was all bright and cheery a week after the baby was born, he's sleeping peacefully, blah, blah. Yeah, right. Plus, they had a nasty and stupid portrayal of midwives. But I digress.)
Anyway, I feel I constantly struggle with the expectations set by society, myself, and others (including our ped, I fear--really got to see about changing) that the baby do what we want it to do--sleep, by himself, for a long time--before he's ready. I mean, at our four month appointment he was lecturing me (well, it felt like lecturing) about how if I held the baby to get him to sleep every time, he'd never learn to fall asleep on his own. I mean, he had no idea about what kind of sleep he did, what his patterns were, etc. He just knew, b/c he asked, that I typically held him till he fell asleep.
As mox has just said, the time needed to do that has naturally decreased, and I can often now put him down when he's almost asleep and have him fall asleep on his own, esp if my hand is on him. What did he want me to do--lay him down and let him scream till he wore himself out? Not the kind of relationship I want with my child, and it's what he would have done then.
(HE didn't come off as this kind of doctor when I first met him, but things feel like they've really changed. I can't help but be suspicious that he has something against me b/c I'm fat. I mean, his big campaign in life is preventing childhood obesity--volunteer work, column in the paper--all good work, very reasonable, important stuff, but I wonder if he gets into being one of those "all fat people are lazy" kind of mentalities and is expecting that I'll be giving the kid kool-aid and pop-tarts for breakfast. In reality i'm a vegetarian who has very strong opinions about not giving kids junk, not sitting in front of the tv, etc. )
Anyway, I think I just have to be more patient with him--notbob, I mean, not the doctor. Last night he was fed at midnight, then woke up at 3:45 and I tried to help him get back to sleep and I just kept having to get up and put the pacifier back in his mouth, put my hand on him, etc. I knew he couldn't be that hungry in just that amount of time. I was so tired I just put him in bed with me finally and he basically slept until 6:30 or so. Pretty darn good. So why was I in such a hurry to make sure he sleeps in his crib all the time? So what if he sleeps with me now and then. We make sure it's all safe, etc. He'll grow up soon enough. (He's almost 6 months now--I mean,how did that happen?)
I think a lot of this mental battle is also about my coming to terms with the lack of independence a child creates in your life. You are, of course, at their beck and call at this age. It's normal, it's what needs to be, but that doesn't make it easy.
Speaking of which, he needs me, so I'm off. There's more I was going to say, but it'll have to wait.
PS--job is going to be very good, yes. Downside is that it is in a building that has a couple of restaurants and I hear "thump, thump, thump" all day of music through the wall. But I stream Radio 4 BBC and all is well.
Apr 4 2007, 01:33 PM
As always, You ladies rock my world.
I guess my fear in being strict with schedules is that I'd ALWAYS have to be strict. I have no problems with being militant in the routine for the first year or so. (As a matter of fact, one of hubby and my first fights post-baby was that hubby wasn't following the bedtime ritual exactly to my liking. seems silly now but it was life or death at the time!
) I find myself falling into the habit of thinking that however things are today that's how they'll always be. I need to keep reminding myself that babies are exceptionally changable and that tomorrow may be a whole new ballgame. Hubby and I are very laidback people and I hope the lil one will eventually be easygoing as well. I need to just be a little more structured for now, for the bebe's well-being I guess.
My other worry is that Friday is my bday and we'll be having a sitter for the 1st time. I'm hoping that the babe will go to bed without too many problems and stay asleep for the sitter. Hubby and I will be catching a movie after 7pm, so we'll put the lil man to bed before sitter gets here. Still, feeling freaked out about a complete stranger alone in my house with my baby. And no nanny cam!!
Oh and Mox, Passover is supposed to start at sundown and it's this huge, looooong ceremony with dinner. We actually skipped thru most of the ceremony part and got down to dinner pretty quickly. We also skipped dessert the 2nd night after we had so much drama the 1st night we missed bedtime. 2nd night went much better with bedtime, we got him down after about 30 mins or so. Yeah, from now on dinner early or at our house so we can get lil man down on time!
Apr 4 2007, 02:04 PM
I also have to keep reminding myself that babies have no internal sense of limits--to them whatever is now is all-consuming and will be forever. So it makes sense that externally imposed structure would be extra important right now, until they can start to do it themselves. And of course so they can learn by example.
Apr 4 2007, 02:32 PM
jas, have you considered having the sitter come for an hour or two in the afternoon before friday, so you can see how it goes/be in and out? new babysitters are always nerve-wracking, and you might feel more comfortable this way. it might also help the baby get at least a tiny bit familiar with this person.
maybe you do always have to be strict with schedules, but i think what you can get away with changes. when kids are bigger, they can totally handle going somewhere for dinner and passing out on the couch or whatever. but i see families who expect babies to just roll with anything and then wonder why the baby is cranky/fussy/unpredictable and i just have to roll my eyes (i see these families close up as my cousin and a friend in town have babies just a bit older than mine and are both doing the Chaos Theory version of parenting, both complain about it all the time, both think i'm a nazi, etc., but i'm starting to think they just kind of suck. on this point).
anoushh, maybe the fact that babies are so in the now is what makes us so worried that This Will Last Forever -- we're empathizing too much. the more i think about the amount of time i spent worrying about sleep the first year, the more i'm sure i'm never going to do that again. #2 is going to get the regular bedtime WITHOUT the fretting on my part.
Apr 4 2007, 02:59 PM
QUOTE(grenadine @ Apr 4 2007, 08:49 PM)
anoushh, maybe the fact that babies are so in the now is what makes us so worried that This Will Last Forever -- we're empathizing too much. the more i think about the amount of time i spent worrying about sleep the first year, the more i'm sure i'm never going to do that again. #2 is going to get the regular bedtime WITHOUT the fretting on my part.
That's a good point--makes a lot of sense.
I meant to say that also family, friends, and complete strangers telll us things to expect about baby sleeping and behaviour that are also totally unrealistic. I think they forget, never knew, or don't account for individual babies differences (not to mention the disconnect b/c what they are doing and the problems baby is having, like being cranky when he doesn't get to sleep at a decent time, etc.)
Chaos Theory of parenting--I like that. (Or, I hate it, but I like the descriptive term.)
Apr 4 2007, 03:41 PM
gren- I really wish I could have the sitter over before Friday night. She's a med student and busy on rotations during the day plus I work Friday afternoons. Yeah, I'm a bit nervous all around. It doesn't help that the hubby just told me
that he set up a sitter for us. I'm pretty sure he hasn't even met her. His theory is that she's a med student so she must be a good person. I keep thinking Hannibal Lecter was a doctor. So was Dr. Jekyll, and wasn't there a theory that Jack the Ripper was medical too?!?!?!
Apr 4 2007, 03:55 PM
anoushh...well, of course! and it's important to be able to be in the now (not something that comes naturally to me) with a baby. back to your earlier point about being "profiled" by different health people, etc. - it sucks. i get it all the time because i'm suzie wong and the bean is a gerber baby. it's annoying. the worst is moms at the playground who've obviously adopted their daughters from china. once i got really fed up and just said, "He adopted ME from china, okay?"
jas, it doesn't sound to me like you're comfortable with this. you might want to think of other things you could do, like have a relative stop by, etc. personally, i wouldn't do it - i felt it was prudent to meet the babysitter for an interview, check references, and have the babysitter come when i was there (or my mom was there 'training' her) before leaving her alone with my kid. and she turned out to be fine...but the training did help!
a lot of people are more laissez-faire than i, tho. my personal point of view is "it's so important that this not get fucked up that it's worth taking a few simple precautions that seem over-conscientious to some." we all know bad things do happen - but they often don't have to. maybe you need to figure out what sits right with you.
"Anyway, I feel I constantly struggle with the expectations set by society, myself, and others..."
anoushh, i know how you feel. i feel i constantly tell others to step off my parenting. this caused a rift between me and Chaos Theory friend for a while - she wouldn't give my 12 week old back to me when he was crying and i asked because she thought i was "overprotective" - but i can't find it in me to regret it.
Apr 4 2007, 04:46 PM
I think you are being beyond reasonable to say that you need to have met her first, jas. If something happened, how would you feel telling other people "well, we'd never actually met her before, but we thought it would be ok....."
I don't think anything will happen, but I'm with gren on the better safe than sorry parenting.
Apr 4 2007, 05:21 PM
Yeah, jas...i'd try for a gramma or auntie or cousin as a first sitter. To this date, the only person who hasn't been biologically related to moxette to babysit is my brother's fiancee. I would be terribly skeeved out by it.
Apr 4 2007, 06:08 PM
I just can't do it!
I don't feel right about not having met this person that I'm supposed to entrust the most valuable and important (not to mention irreplaceable) being in my life. I talked with hubby and he's going to call her and cancel. He thinks I'm being irrational in wanting to meet her first and thinks that no babysitter would agree to meet first before babysitting. I honestly don't care though. I'm going with my gut. I wish I had a relative nearby to help out in times like this. My parents and brothers are all out of state. The only relatives nearby have a bunch of kids of their own so we don't feel right asking them to leave their kids to watch ours. Anyways, the safety and health of my babe is more important than some stupid movie.
Apr 4 2007, 06:34 PM
as a full-time babysitter for four years and part-time for six, i can tell you that your husband is completely wrong. the standard practice (at least in new york and california) is to meet the babysitter once for an interview (with child AND parent), check refs, and then do a sitting date. about half the parents i sat for had me come for a paid time when they were there the first time (they would be working in the next room, getting things done, etc.) as a parent, my experience confirms this. i interviewed several babysitters when we were looking and none of them begrudged the interview time. any good babysitter will EXPECT to be interviewed and not bat an eyelash at the "trial" paid time afterwards, if you do that.
i actually think your husband is the one being irrational. you are acting based on logic and common sense. he is acting based on the irrational desire that "it'll all be ok" with no reasonable basis for that assumption. sure, things would probably be fine. but what kind of parents have never even met their babysitter? that's just weird.
and yeah, mox, that's why i lean so heavily on my mom...i know she loves him, and i know her well enough to know what to expect from her.
Apr 4 2007, 06:38 PM
So, lets say you came home and the sitter was gone with the baby. (Not trying to freak you out, I swear.) He wouldn't feel the least bit weird or stupid or horrified to say to the police "no, we'd never, ever met her before we left the baby with her...."
Um, no way.
I think he's out of his mind, to be honest. The baby comes first. That means other things will have to give. I don't expect to see a movie for the next, well, looonnnng while. Of course we all need to have a bit of a life outside the baby, but that means within reason and good judgment, of course.
Of course wanting to meet the person you leave your child with first is reasonable. As is getting references, etc. I'd do that for my dog, let alone my child.
Oh, and you can remind him that
Harold Shipman
was a respected and some say beloved family practitioner. I'd be furious with him for this attitude if it was me, Jas. I think you are being totally, totally, totally reasonable.
ETA--I agree w/ gren that your husband is being irrational. I agree with everything that she and mox have said, in fact.
Notbob has a rash. We just got back from the doctor and he said "nonspecific viral rash." Ok, that at least means nothing more serious. He doesn't seem too bad in how he feels, but it doesn't look very comfortable, poor guy.
He cried when he saw the ped, too. First time he's done that. But overall not too bad for him. He seemed to enjoy the car ride.
Apr 5 2007, 05:26 AM
you know what jas...I remember when I was growing up in the next town immediately west of you (yeah the D!) when we didn't even have to lock our doors at night. My mom STILL interviewed and "mom's helper" styled a babysitter before leaving us alone with her. And it was the teenager next door neighbor. Make sure your husband understands that its not "leaving" the baby that you're uncomfortable with, but rather leaving the bebe with a stranger. They call it "stranger danger" for a reason. Would he put the bebe in a daycare sight unseen? Probably not. Same thing applies here.
Yowza, we had a rough night last night. No signs of a tooth in the evening, but come the normal midnight sleep cycle "waking" (which usually entails about 2 minutes of babble to Bunny), CRAZY owie crying. Motrin, baba, cuddles, the works. We knew it was a tooth (as opposed to a nightmare or slight manipulation of momma) when I picked her up and she started gnawing on my shoulder. This will make 3 teeth in as many weeks. Ouch.
SO, today, is like a Friday. Jas- more passover celebrations this week? Anyone here christian enough to do Easter for real? We're having ham and cheesy taters at the MIL's, where Auntie has promised to hide eggs for the moxette.
Apr 5 2007, 06:24 AM
The sad thing is, Mox, that I think he would have left the lil guy at daycare without checking it out first. I, and the daycare, insisted that we come in to look around first then fill out paperwork. This whole situation is actually really making me question his parenting, which is very unfortunate. He's a great Daddy but I'm now nervous about some of his judgment calls. I know that it all stems from his own parenting. He's told me stories that are shocking (ie. sending the kids to school in dirty/ill-fitting clothes/shoes, waiting to call a doctor when a sibling had a broken limb or was visibly dehydrated, leaving a 12 year old home alone while going
out of the country
!!). By the way hubby and his brothers tell it, it's somewhat of a miracle that all 7 of them survived to adulthood relatively unscathed.
Anyways, enough of that. No more Passover celebrations. Tomorrow's my bday, kind of a milestone one too. I'm a bit miffed that hubby didn't take the initiative to plan something well in advance and instead scrambled in this boneheaded way to try to celebrate. He's working all weekend too. Guess I'll be home alone with the bebe. Not sure what we'll do yet. Maybe I'll get some Cadbury Creme Eggs and have a party for one. I love those darn things!!
Apr 5 2007, 07:15 AM
jas- it sounds like maybe we have all been a bit too hard on your mister. His learning curve seems to be steeper, but he has good intentions, which is better than alot of folks can say. Just cause we're the mama's doesn't automatically mean the papa's are bad or stupid or whatever. Sorry for that. On the good side, he wants to spend QT with his wife on her birthday; he remembers that you two are a couple in need of each other and time away from the bebe. Those are both very admirable qualities. Now, time to find a good, reliable sitter. Maybe the JCC has a good list?
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Syria Strikes Militants as US Targets Them in Iraq
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BEIRUT: As the US military strikes the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces have significantly stepped up their own campaign against militant strongholds in Syria, carrying out dozens of airstrikes against the group's headquarters in the past two days.
While the government in Damascus has long turned a blind eye to the Islamic State's expansion in Syria in some cases even facilitating its offensive against mainstream rebels the group's rapid march on towns and villages in northern and eastern Syria is now threatening to overturn recent gains by government forces.
While Islamic State militants have so far concentrated their attacks against the Western-backed fighters seeking to topple Assad, they have in the past month carried out a major onslaught against Syrian army facilities in northeastern Syria, capturing and slaughtering hundreds of Syrian soldiers and pro-government militiamen in the process.
Yesterday, Islamic State fighters were closing in on the last government-held army base in the northeastern Raqqa province, the Tabqa air base, prompting at least 16 Syrian government airstrikes in the area in an attempt to halt their advance.
In the northern city of Aleppo, there is a sense of impending defeat among mainstream rebels as Islamic militants systematically routed them last week in towns and villages only a few kilometers (miles) north of the city.
An Islamic State takeover of rebel-held parts of Aleppo also would be disastrous for Syrian government troops who have been gaining ground in the city in past months. "I think they (Syrian government) are finally realizing that their Machiavellian strategy of working with the Islamic State group against the moderates did not work so well, and so they have started to fight it," said Andrew Tabler, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
But in hitting hard against the Islamic State group, Assad has another motive. His aerial bombardment of militant strongholds in Syria in a way mirrors that of the US military's airstrikes against extremists across the border in Iraq.
Analysts say Assad's strikes aim at sending a message that he is on the same side as the Americans, reinforcing the Syrian government's longstanding claim that it is a partner in the fight against terrorism and a counterbalance to extremists.
That comes after the US itself nearly bombed Syria after it blamed Assad's forces for a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas near Damascus last August.
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The key to cloning a woolly mammoth may be locked into the Siberian permafrost.
At least, that's what scientists in the blustery Russian tundra are hoping. An international team from Russia's North-Eastern Federal University recently found well-preserved remains, including some fur and bone marrow, during a paleontological research trip in the northeastern province of Yakutia.
(READ: The Woolly Mammoth's Return? Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Creature)
Russian newspaper Vzglyad talked to expedition leader Semyon Grigoriev, a North-Eastern Federal University professor, who said that the remains may still contain living cells, which would be vital to any cloning attempt. Previously-found clumps of woolly mammoth hair have allowed scientists to determine much of the extinct species' genetic code, but have fielded no living cells.
Living cells are necessary for the Frankenstein-esque procedure that would produce a baby mammoth, according to Chris Norris, senior collection manager for vertebrate paleontology at Yale's Peabody Museum. Only living cells contain an intact nucleus, complete with woolly mammoth DNA. Such a nucleus can be inserted into a elephant embryo — a technique pioneered by a group of Japanese researchers last year — and then coaxed into becoming a real, live mammoth clone.
While Gregoriev's Korean colleagues are eager to clone a mammoth, he said they are willing to try cloning any fossil animals that they discover the right genetic material for.
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In addition to an officer-involved shooting, Milwaukee police are also investigating two other shootings.
The first happened around midnight on Sunday near 48th and Center streets.
Police said a 26-year-old woman was injured when someone fired shots into a home. Her injuries are not life-threatening.
Then around 2:45 a.m., a man was shot near River Trail Drive and Lynx Avenue. There's no word yet on his condition.
At last check, no arrests had been made in either shooting.