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Thirty-eighth Parliament, 30 April 1996: speech at the opening.
Honourable Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia:
On 2 March the Australian people entrusted to a new government the responsibility of managing the nation's affairs.
In doing so they endorsed decisively a comprehensive programme of practical reform. The Liberal and National Parties will keep faith with the people and implement that programme. Today I outline some aspects of the Government's legislative programme as well as its approach to governing the country in the years ahead
At the request of the Prime Minister, I depart from the prepared text of this speech by making specific mention both of the sadness which envelopes the opening of this thirty- eighth Parliament and of the profound sympathy which all associated with the Parliament feel for those affected by the Tasmanian tragedy.
The members of the Government have believed for some time that action needs to be taken:
to boost the competitiveness and productivity of the Australian economy and thereby deliver higher economic growth and higher living standards,
to raise national savings;
to lift burdens from the small business sector so that it can generate new jobs, and
to tackle the longer term environmental challenges such as soil degradation, salinity and the protection of our coastline and waterways.
Australia is a society rich in resources of all kinds. We should not have to settle for a lower level of economic performance than other countries with fewer advantages. The Government's policies aim to fulfil people's aspirations by rewarding hard work and initiative, achieving rising living standards, affordable home ownership, and a more positive future for our children. The needs of Australian families will be placed at the centre of the national policy agenda. Small business will be promoted as the dynamic engine of our economy which can offer new jobs and opportunities for many Australians In particular, more young Australians will have the opportunity to fulfil their talents through rewarding jobs.
The Government set out the framework of its plans prior to the election, and it intends to implement them. This task has been made more difficult by the fact that it is inheriting a prospective Budget deficit of $8 billion. That added burden, however, will be tackled in a balanced and sensible fashion through prudent and responsible management of the national Budget.
Jobs growth, opportunities and living standards
Reform of the labour market is essential to creating jobs and raising living standards. Higher efficiency and productivity will raise our international competitiveness and open up new export opportunities.
The Government is determined to introduce its promised practical reforms in this area.
These reforms will give Australian employees the prospect of higher wages based on higher productivity within a framework of guaranteed minimum standards. They will also make it easier for employees to blend their family and workplace responsibilities.
The industrial relations legislation, to be introduced early in the life of the Parliament will promote genuine co-operation between employers and employees, provide greater scope for workplace agreements and give all Australians greater choice and more incentive.
Compulsory unionism will be abolished. Genuine freedom of association will be guaranteed. The unfair dismissal provisions of the current legislation will be replaced with a system that is fair to employers and employees.
Effective sanctions against secondary boycotts will be restored.
The Government's Plan of Action for Small Business will, in its turn, enhance job growth and economic opportunities.
The Government will reduce red tape, unnecessary paperwork and regulation identified by a new Small Business Deregulation Task Force
It will also take steps to reduce the complexities and compliance costs imposed by the taxation system (particularly the Capital Gains Tax and the Fringe Benefits Tax) which have a disproportionate impact on small business.
A more competitive economy is crucial if we are to overcome Australia's still severe current account deficit problem and therefore over time reduce our foreign debt.
The Government's agenda for microeconomic reform, especially in the telecommunications and transport sectors, will have a significant role in improving competitiveness:
the Government will work with the States and Territories to ensure that the momentum of competition reform is further developed and duplication is reduced;
the Government will also introduce legislation to facilitate the sale of one third of Telstra. Telstra will become a more competitive company in the global telecommunications market and Australian consumers will benefit through a more efficient communications sector; and
waterfront reform, greater airport efficiency, improved roads and better gas and electricity operations will all lift productivity and, as the reforms take effect, there will be greater demand for skilled labour.
To assist in meeting this demand, employment programmes will be more effectively linked with the mainstream training system. Apprenticeships and other work-based training opportunities for young people will be strengthen through the Modern Apprenticeship and Traineeship System. Older unemployed people will have access to labour market programme assistance and support services. Pilot Regional and Community Employment Councils will bring together business leaders, education and training providers and representatives of the wider community to more effectively link training of unemployed people with real jobs and with regional development plans.
While employment prospects are enhanced for people seeking jobs, activity tests for unemployment assistance will be stringently applied.
Families, the community and the elderly
Reducing the economic pressure on families, especially those with dependent children, is one of the Government's most important and pressing tasks.
The Government believes that strong family life offers the best support and welfare system yet devised. The new family tax initiative will reduce the tax burden on low and middle income families with children by ensuring that more of their income is tax-free. It will particularly assist one income families, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet.
The Government's plans to make private health insurance more affordable will ease pressures on Medicare, improve access to health care and help reduce waiting lists for public hospitals.
The Government remains strongly committed to the maintenance of Medicare, bulk billing and community rating.
The States, Territories, service providers, carers and volunteers are essential to the delivery of effective health and community services. The Government will work co-operatively with them to ensure the coherent and efficient promotion of better health throughout life, to improve childhood immunisation rates, to develop strategies further to combat domestic violence and to expand the availability of marriage preparation and ongoing relationship programmes.
A comprehensive retirement incomes policy will ensure that older people have financial security in retirement. For people who elect to work longer than the normal retirement age, there will be provision for deferred pension entitlements.
The Government will also act to ensure that self-funded retirees will receive the same tax treatment as pensioners on identical incomes.
Young Australians
The policies and measures mentioned earlier will do much to ensure that young Australians have greater cause for hope and confidence in their future and that of their country.
The issues of youth unemployment and youth alienation will be at the forefront of the Government's priorities.
Further support for the concerns and difficulties of youth, particularly homelessness and youth suicide, will be an important priority.
The Government believes it is vital to ensure that young Australians have access to a world class education and training system that will give them the capacity to secure jobs and to maximise their creativity and productivity.
Promoting excellence in educational standards, fostering greater diversity of choice, a strong commitment to equality of opportunity for all students, a greater focus on literacy and numeracy skills in primary schooling and the availability of school English language programmes for newly arrived migrant children are all important and practical elements of the Government's approach to education.
A coherent, nationally agreed framework for vocational education and training will meet the needs of industry and business enterprises. TAFE will be supported as the key public provider of vocational education and training and industry' s involvement in the training system will be strengthened.
Regional Australia
Our nation continues to depend on the natural and human resources of rural and regional Australia for a major proportion of its wealth. There is a responsibility in the interests of all Australians to develop those resources in a sustainable and environmentally sensible way. The Government will meet that responsibility.
The Government will help to restore the nation's land and water resources infrastructure and enhance our primary industries by removing impediments to international competitiveness and by working in partnership with industry to maximise export opportunities.
It will remove export controls on all mineral commodities except for uranium and nuclear materials. New uranium mines and exports will be approved subject to strict environmental, heritage and nuclear safeguards.
Implementation of the National Forest Policy Statement will ensure a scientifically based, comprehensive and representative forest reserve system and an ecologically sustainable forest industry.
An historic and comprehensive environment and sustainable agriculture programme will have as its centrepiece the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia. It will be a Trust in perpetuity to be funded by the partial sale of Telstra. It will constitute an unprecedented national commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of Australia's unique natural environment.
Defence international relations and trade
There is no higher responsibility for the Government than effective action to ensure the security of the Australian people and the protection of their interests. It will do so through a realistic defence policy, a constructive foreign policy and an active trade policy.
Defence policies will be based on self-reliance, strong alliances and close ties with our friends. The Government is committed to enhancing the mobility and operational capabilities of the Australian Defence Force.
The promotion of a strong defence industry base and an effective capacity for defence research and development will be essential elements of the Government's approach.
Foreign and trade policies will focus on improving national prosperity and security in a practical, focused and co-operative way.
The Government's perspectives will be global and its focus will be regional. While further developing relations with Australia's traditional partners, there will be no higher priority for the Government than advancing relations with countries in Asia, with particular emphasis on Indonesia and other members of ASEAN, Japan, Korea, China and India.
The Government will work closely with Australian exporters and industry groups to develop market opportunities for Australian exports and to overcome specific barriers to trade or investment in overseas markets. It will do so through bilateral, regional and global negotiations It attaches particular importance to APEC as a forum for trade and investment liberalisation in the region that will also act as a catalyst for further global trade liberalisation.
A cohesive society
The Government's commitment to govern in the national interest, and not for vested interests, will build community confidence and respect for the rights of all Australians.
All the measures and policies so far described are aimed at promoting the interests of the Australian community as a whole. As they are implemented, they will add to national prosperity, mutual trust and shared achievement to which the Government believes all Australians are entitled to aspire.
In addition, the Government will promote other measures which will encourage cohesiveness, rather than division in Australian society.
The Government will work to give Australian women greater equality of opportunity to succeed and genuine choice in their lifestyle, their aspirations and how they share family responsibilities. It will be advancing these goals in all policy areas and particularly in industrial relations, health care, superannuation, taxation and education.
As we gather in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, we acknowledge the continuing culture and unique role of Australia's indigenous people in the life of this nation.
The Government will continue to promote the processes of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and will act to improve the well-being of indigenous communities in the areas of health, housing, education and employment
Amendments will be made to the Native Title legislation to ensure its workability. These amendments will honour the basic principles of the Native Title Act.
The Government will continue to develop the great strengths which are derived from cultural diversity in the Australian society while reaffirming the unifying values we all share.
The Government also considers that the arts and culture should be accessible to all Australians, and not be the preserve of a privileged few. Its regional arts initiative and its emphasis on young and developing artists will be important elements of this approach.
It is also determined that the community should have a greater say in the design of constitutional reform proposals. By the end of 1997, the Government will give the people a new opportunity to have their say about their Constitution and their system of government.
As well, the Government will introduce legislation early in the new Parliament to protect Australia's flag and to ensure it cannot be altered without the people's approval.
Finally, it is particularly appropriate at this time and in this place to mention the Government's intention to improve the standing of the national Parliament.
It is a regrettable fact that, for various reasons, increasing numbers in the community have lost respect for the Parliament and its members.
The Government will take steps to restore that respect. It will do so without in any way reducing the scope for robust debate which is one of the most valued features of our democratic tradition.
The Government is confident that its programme of practical reform, some of which I have outlined, will vindicate the confidence and support shown by the Australian people at the recent election.
These policies, and the many detailed aspects of the programme not mentioned in this address, are designed to unite and harness the capabilities of the Australian people.
The Government is deeply conscious of the great responsibilities it has been given. It is determined to address the national challenges we face. And it is unequivocally committed to good government for the benefit of all Australians.


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May 13, 2002
Cedarcrest High School student earns Wohelo award
|Rachel Scott of Cedarcrest High School received her Wohelo award at a Camp Fire USA Central Puget Sound Council ceremony on May 13. To earn this award, nominees have to perform extraordinary advocacy and community service.
Morgan Luce wins scholarship
|Cedarcrest High School senior Morgan Luce was one of three winners of the WAVE Scholarship (Washington Award for Vocational Excellence) from this Legislative District.
Poets get creative in Carnation
|Poets in Carnation had an opportunity to get creative last month and rose to the challenge.
Carnation promotes the safe use of fireworks on the 4th
|The Carnation Police Department has announced the kickoff of a fireworks education campaign in the city for this coming Independence Day.
Women worm their way into composting
|Kathy Pouncy of Duvall and Adhani‡ Olson of Lake Joy recently completed Master Recycler Composter training provided by the King County Department of Solid Waste.


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Next to the Bible, Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care is the Western World's all-time best-seller. First published in 1946, when babies had just begun booming, it has since been translated into 38 languages, with some 30 million copies printed in the U.S. alone. Some of the children raised on that first edition are grandparents now, and Spock, at 82, has taken on a collaborator, Dr. Michael Rothenberg, who is the presumptive heir to his wisdom in print. The book itself, of course, remains evergreen. Its recently published fifth edition (E.P. Dutton, $17.50 in hardcover; Pocket Books, $4.95) contains plainspoken advice on topics from nutrition to children's fear of nuclear war. Yet the volume is not overwhelming. "We can't ever let the book get so unwieldy, "says Spock, "that a mother can't hold it in one hand while she's got a screaming baby in the other."
The father of two sons—Michael, 52, director of the Boston Children's Museum, and John, 41, an architect—Spock was divorced from his first wife, Jane, in 1976, and remarried the same year to Mary Morgan, a businesswoman some 40 years his junior. They divide their time between their ultramodern home in Rogers, Ark. and their 35-foot sloop, Carapace, which moors at Camden, Maine in the summer and Tortola in the British Virgin Islands in the winter. On a visit to New York the doctor spoke with writer Joyce Maynard. "Little about him suggests a man who's in the process of winding down his life," says Maynard, "and, at over six feet tall, there remains something almost boyishly gangly about him. With small children, who like to touch his mostly bald head and who appear on instantly familiar terms with him, he doesn't coo or make noises or get down on the floor. But reading aloud from a book about insects, with a 3 year old on either side of him and a baby on his knee, he is respectful, courteous and faintly formal, as he is with adults. When, as we were leaving, my 3-year-old son, Charlie, presented his outstretched palm and said, 'Give me five, Ben,' Spock looked interested but puzzled."
At one point, as Spock was having his picture taken with the baby, he said he wished he could take her home with him. A common enough pleasantry, but this was Dr. Spock, after all. At this point in his life, how does he really feel about kids, Maynard asked him.
Tell the truth. If you found a baby on your doorstep with a note that said, "Please take this child," would you really be up for the job?
Oh, I'd be thrilled. I'd have to consult my wife, of course, but for my part I wouldn't hesitate. I love babies. I really love them. Even when they're homely as mud.
Why is that?
I was the oldest of six children of a tyrannical, oppressive, opinionated, moralistic mother who made life miserable for her children. But she loved babies, and she passed along that feeling to me. I think the reason my mother felt as she did came from her intense morality and a desire to dominate. Of course, with a baby who just squirms and smiles, it's possible to dominate. I look at pictures of me at one year of age, and I was the happiest, most self-confident person you could imagine. The world was my oyster. But once I tried out my independence, the way all children do, everything changed. Pictures of me at 2, 3 and 4 show a rather wispy, slightly worried-looking child. It was obvious my mother gave me the feeling there were dangers all around and dangers within myself. In the years that followed I'd come home from school every afternoon and think "What have I done now?"
And out of that experience came a desire to formulate a different philosophy of child-raising?
As an undergraduate at Yale I worked one summer as a counselor at a crippled children's home, and I saw an orthopedic surgeon perform an operation on a child's foot. I got the idea, hey, it might be a good idea to be a children's doctor. Then, somewhere during my internship, it came to me that a pediatrician should have some training on the psychological and developmental side. Perhaps partly because I thought there must be pleasanter ways to raise children than with the anguish the six Spock children had known.
What happened then?
Everyone in pediatrics told me there was no such training. So I took a residency in psychiatry, which was mostly a waste of time. Later, in my practice, I tried to relate abstract psychoanalytic concepts to what mothers were telling me about their babies. It was a very slow, painful process. Rules for adult behavior don't hold true for children. I was in practice 10 years before I felt I understood enough to write my book.
Aren't a lot of new parents intimidated by very small babies?
There's this idea in our society that you don't know anything until you take a course in it. Partly I blame professional people like myself who muscled into child care as if they invented it. It's very easy for doctors to be condescending to parents—and, of course, that leaves parents feeling they don't know anything and are sure to make mistakes. It really interferes with the joy of taking care of children, and it's worrisome to the child too. Children recognize that they themselves are immature. They like parents who are self-assured and in control.
How does a mother know if her child is all right? How do you know if you're doing a good job?
I'd say you should assume you're on the right track unless there's concrete evidence you're not. Even with a child who wakes up screaming at night, before I'd pack her off to a psychiatrist I'd ask the simple question, "How is she during the day?" With any kind of psychological phenomenon in a child, it's always a good idea to begin by considering how the child is getting along in other aspects of her life. If the answers are positive in those, then I'd say, "Well, children's behavior is filled with variation, and we don't understand it all, but obviously it's not connected with anything very important."
What do you think of the superkid phenomenon—parents who teach babies to do multiplication and speak French?
It never occurs to people to question whether this is a desirable goal. Our society is so competitive—everybody looking over his shoulder, trying to get ahead. I won't say all this early prodding ruins children, but it certainly makes the task of raising children awfully complicated. Moreover, learning to read at 3 doesn't make a child a better reader at 9 or 12.
You have grown sons. How do you feel now about the kind of father you were to them when they were small?
You know, there's a difference between raising your own child and advising someone on how to raise his. With your own child, you're swayed heavily by anxieties and by your own upbringing. Two examples: When my sons were small, I thought of course all children should be put to bed at an early hour. That's the way I was brought up. At 5 o'clock my mother would serve us our supper at a nursery table, and we had to be in bed and quiet by a quarter to seven so my parents could have their quiet, dignified meal. So that's how my wife and I did it too.
And then there was this business about fresh air. Every day, no matter the weather, you'd take the baby out in the carriage, just as the English did. Two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, with the nursery windows open at night. I did that with my children until I moved to Rochester, Minnesota and found that no children were being taken out for fresh air in sub-zero weather. Gradually I modified my attitudes.
Emotionally, were you the father then that you would be today?
Not at all. I have many regrets. My own father never kissed me, and I was a very formal, reserved parent myself. Much as I loved babies, I believed you musn't pick them up when they were crying, because it would spoil them. Keep in mind, my sons were born before the publication of Baby and Child Care. My thinking hadn't taken shape yet. And really, it's only much more recently that I've been able to relax and let go of formality.
I've heard you say you feel younger and freer now. What changed you?
Let me tell you a story. During World War I, we were all supposed to conserve wool, and my parents had the idea that I would wear one of my father's cast-off suits. Of course, this was the very opposite of what teenage boys were wearing then. I said, "I can't wear that. Everybody will laugh at me." But my mother said, "Don't you know that it doesn't make the slightest difference what people think of you? All you have to know is that you are right."
Well, you can't expect a 15-year-old to believe that the opinion of his peers isn't the most important thing in the world. But in the '60s, as I began to see the young people I had helped to raise going off to be killed in a totally immoral, senseless war, I had to speak out about it. I found myself indicted by the federal government for inciting draft evasion, but I knew it didn't matter what Lyndon Johnson believed about me, as long as I knew I was right. That period when I had to defy authority had a profound influence. It was a delayed adolescent rebellion in some ways, and I became a much warmer, more outgoing person.
A lot of people got angry with you then. Norman Vincent Peale blamed you for "the most undisciplined age in history." What do you say to that accusation?
I've always been a staunch advocate of respect—parents' respect for their children, but also children's respect for their parents. I believe in discipline and order in the family. The people who called me permissive could not have read my book.
As for my becoming a political figure, though, it's no coincidence that my passions are pediatrics and politics. Pediatrics is about the health and well-being of a generation in society, and in my view that means a pediatrician has to be political.
As a political pediatrician, then, what do you see as the most serious problems confronting our society?
Health care, for one. Here we are, the richest nation in the world, and we still can't manage to give decent care to all our children. I have no patience with everybody getting so excited about this man with the mechanical heart. These bold experimenters, the surgeons, they'd chop a bird's head off and stick it on a fish if they thought there might be some excitement or fame derived. All these fantastic things like old people getting their third heart, and bypass surgery at $25,000 a shot, while children aren't getting adequate nutrition and we still don't have a national health insurance. I'd say there's something wrong with our values.
What do you think about day-care?
I used to say that if parents realized how important they are to their children, especially during the first two or three years, maybe they'd revise their economic goals, so one of them could stay home with the child.
A lot of women would regard that as a denial of a woman's right to a career.
Fair enough. I'm all for women's equality. I just think it's too bad, when the women's liberation movement surfaced about 1970, that so many women had to define equality in terms of pay and jobs. What these women were saying, in effect, is, "We want to get into the American rat race on an equal basis." God help 'em.
But the vast majority of women working outside the home do so because they have to.
That's true. I don't ever want to make those mothers—any mothers—feel guilty. Now, in our book, we're telling parents that the success of substitute care depends on the quality of the care. Unfortunately, the number of good day-care facilities in this country is grossly insufficient. But I have to remind myself, too, that a lot of parental care is no damn good either.
You're not particularly optimistic.
This is a violent society and getting more violent all the time. Teenage suicide has almost tripled in the last 30 years. Divorce has doubled in the last 20 years. Those are shocking figures.
Why do you think there is so much divorce?
It seems to me that many people expect something unrealistic out of marriage. There's the attitude, "I'm entitled to happiness, and if my spouse doesn't give it to me, I've been stung."
Where did that attitude come from?
Well, I never lived on the farm, so what do I know? But it seems to me that when people did live there, they all knew what their job was, and everyone worked like a dog, including the children. If anyone slacked off, the whole system collapsed, and I think that had a stabilizing influence. Now money comes more easily, and we've lost that sense of purpose.
How has this affected the children?
Parents in this country, out of the best intentions, perhaps, put all their energies into making sure their children have it easier and better than they did. But it hasn't worked that way. Our young people are lost because they don't have anything to believe in. Even the belief in a rich future is doubtful to them. They're all scared they might be killed in a nuclear war before they have a chance to marry and have children.
What can parents do to avoid this sense of purposelessness in their children?
I'm not a churchgoer myself, and we will not persuade society to get back to the kind of religion that has been somewhat outlived. I don't think we can get back to the idea that the extended family is everything, either. But I think we must give our children the feeling that they are in the world to help solve the world's problems. To me, that's a religion.
How do parents get that message across?
By being models of social responsibility themselves, and gradually guiding their child to do the same. Of course, a very young child has no understanding of society as a whole. His world is the family, so kindness and consideration have to start there.
Do you think kindness and generosity are natural impulses in children?
Children are naturally eager to serve, not in an altruistic sense, but because they want to behave like grownups and feel useful. It's terribly important to support this feeling of making a contribution by giving a child real tasks to perform around the house.
Do you mean "chores"?
Helping another person shouldn't be an unpleasant thing. Don't give your child the idea, "Now you have to stop having fun and do something for somebody else." Too often adults get this strained facial expression when they talk about helping the unfortunate, and all they teach then is an obnoxious form of self-righteousness. The notion that helping others might be joy-giving is totally absent. Parents keep using guilt as the motivation.
You mean that line mothers give their kids when they don't finish their vegetables, that there are children starving in Africa?
Yup. Of course you have to direct their attention to the terrible problems of the community and the nation and the world, but don't overwhelm them. Parents should encourage their children's ability to love, rather than the heavy sense of guilt and responsibility I was brought up with. Really, the most important thing is simply to bring up your child lovingly. The rest follows.
You've Come a Long Way, Babies, Since Dr. Spock Wrote His Book—and So, for That Matter, Has He
updated 05/13/1985 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 05/13/1985 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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CE Pro Announces Winners of 2012 CE Pro BEST Awards
Winners chosen based upon innovation, functionality, competitive advantage, and benefits to the installer
FRAMINGHAM, MA – September 6, 2012 – CE Pro is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th annual CE Pro BEST (Best Electronic Systems Technologies) Awards, recognizing the most noteworthy new products and technologies for 2012.
"It was very tough for the judging panel this year, as evidenced by the several 'ties' in certain categories. In the end, 37 winning products will be receiving a BEST Award for 2012," says Jason Knott, editor-in-chief.
The winners of the CE Pro BEST Awards were chosen by a panel of credible industry leaders along with the editors of CE Pro, to join an exclusive group of products deemed the most noteworthy for 2012. Criteria included innovation, functionality, competitive advantages and benefits to the installer.
All entrants and BEST winners will be highlighted in the November issue of CE Pro and can be viewed online at www.cepro.com/best.
Awards will be presented today (September 6) at the CE Pro Headquarters Booth #3645 at CEDIA Expo at 4:00 p.m. Winners will have the opportunity for a photo with CE Pro editors.
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- In-Ceiling/In-Wall Loudspeakers (TIE) – Phase Technology – an MSE Audio Company, HS26 Pendant Speaker
- In-Ceiling/In-Wall Loudspeakers (TIE) – Sonance, Invisible Series
- Floor Standing/Shelf Loudspeaker - PSB, Imagine T2
- On-Wall/Single Chassis Surround Loudspeaker – GoldenEar Technology, SuperCinema 3D Array
- Subwoofer - Sunfire, HRSIW8
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- A/V Preamplifier/Processor/Switcher – Crestron, DM-MD6X6 6x6 DigitalMedia™ Distribution Center
- Flat Panel TV - LG Electronics, CINEMA 3D OLED TV with Smart TV (EM9600)
- Projector – Sony Electronics, 4K Home Theater Front Projector; VPL VW1000ES
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- Mount/Lift/Rack/Media Concealment - SANUS, VisionMount® VLF320 Super Slim Full-Motion Mount
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- Outdoor A/V (TIE) – Leon Speakers, Boundary Series B404 Outdoor Speaker
- Outdoor A/V (TIE) - Séura, Storm Outdoor Television
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Bedford/St. Martin's has an immediate opening for a marketing manager for history and music.Requirements Responsibilities include* Create and execute internal and external strategic marketing plans, in coordination with the Bedford/St. Martin's marketing and editorial team, to promote titles for the history and music lists to achieve sales forecasts.* Create and drive national individual choice campaigns in history to increase individual choice sales and create systems and tools that help train reps to work their IC departments more effectively.* Travel with sales representatives in the U.S. and Canada to close sales, provide training on the discipline, and gather market feedback. This would amount to an extensive travel schedule during peak selling periods.* Communicate regularly with the sales force regarding the list, competition, important adoptions, and sales strategies.* Help to manage key adoptions of Bedford/St. Martin's textbooks, as well as to devise and implement short and long-term strategies for key competitive adoptions.* Help to coordinate, develop, and communicate essential product information working with editors, authors, the advertising group, and market development to develop accurate and current data that will serve as the basis for catalogs, brochures, space advertising and training materials.* Plan and conduct product training sessions at national sales meetings. This includes helping to set the agenda, directing and rehearsing presenters, coordinating collateral materials, and running the sessions.* Organize and attend national and regional conferences.Qualifications* Bachelor's degree.* Two or more years of successful sales or marketing management experience in college textbook publishing.* Excellently demonstrated product knowledge and sales history in the humanities.* Excellent verbal and written communication skills; specifically, writing skills will be evaluated during the selection process.* Strong demonstrated ability to close adoptions.* Strong demonstrated track record in providing timely and relevant market feedback.* Willingness to travel.* This position is preferably based in our Boston office.


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Date: Wednesday 14 November – 10.30am-5.30pm
Venue: National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, BD1 1NQ
Animation remains a key creative medium for the film and television industry. With the ever increasing diversification and expansion of multimedia platforms and global markets animation has been a key medium in particular in relation to television channels such as Cartoon Network. The global appeal for animation has opened larger markets beyond the domestic front, leading to broader international appeal for animated content and secondary merchandising. The success of British studios such as Cosgrove Hall, Hot Entertainment and Aardman are examples of the creative dynamism of British animation studios. Aardman also present another particular example of animation studios in relation to the conservation and archiving of non-filmic material. In 2005 the release of the first Wallace and Gromit feature film was overshadowed by a fire at the studios archive which led to the loss of a significant amount of original puppets, sets and artwork. The loss of these artefacts has been seen by many as not just a loss for the studio but also for the cultural and social history of animation. Within the United Kingdom alone significant examples of animation heritage has been lost and continues to decay. The symposium offers the opportunity for those involved and connected with animation directly or indirectly to establish a platform in which to discuss and to drawn together examples of best practice for the conservation and archiving of animation.
The symposium aims to bring together representatives from the creative industries (particularly animation and game design studios), museums, archives, academia, conservation to discuss the future of conserving and archiving animation. The event offers the opportunity to debate the need to conservative animation in relation to wider cultural heritage, historical and academic interest and how this can be balanced in relation to the commercial reality of the animation studio.
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Professor Paul Wells is a leading researcher and writer on the history, theory and creative practice relating to animation. He is currently the Director of Animation in the Animation Academy at Loughborough University School of Art & Design. Mette Peters (Netherlands Institute for Animation Film) will discuss the findings of their research for their forth coming book "Animation Archives"
Tom Vincent is the Archivist at Aardman Animations. He is the first archivist to be employed by Aardman, where he is currently developing archive strategies and procedures.
Andy Wyatt is a practising animator working as creative director of Fictitious Egg (which he established in 1997) in Bristol and a series director at Aardman Animations. He is currently course leader for Digital Animation at Falmouth.
Vivien Halas is a practising graphic designer and manages the Halas & Batchelor Collection which represents over fifty years of her parents, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, creative output.
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I have always prewashed all my fabric due to the shrinkage factor. I highly suggest you prewash the ribbed
a broader waistband from double fabric and then a bit less wide than the skirt will do. You can wear it up or down
love, love the stripes...looks great! did u meet the stripes on the sides? just bought the course and haven't looke at it yet:-)
I did meet the stripes on the sides. They match up way better than factory made but are still not perfect.
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Thank you!! I am wearing it all the time again now that it is warmer. Summer skirt rewind :)
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Alchemist Theatre's 'King Lear' reigns as family drama
Early in Friday's opening-night performance of Alchemist Theatre's "King Lear," Bo Johnson's aged king called for the map demonstrating his intended division of Britain among his three daughters. Lear's attendants dutifully unfurled it — with the bottom at the top and the top at the bottom. When they tried to hang the map up, it kept falling down.
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L'évolution de l'univers
How to Transform A CUBE VOLUME.
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The dakhiometry, text DK001EN (sep 2001) The Simultaneity and the Conservation are notions of the Permanence of the universe.
The dakhiometry, text DK002EN (oct 2001) The memory-universe built in respect of rigorous conditions, but with simplicity.
The fundamental concepts in the Dakhiometry (nov 2001) In dakhiometry, universal laws and phenomena show surprising wealthy relationships. The future physical Laws are not yet established in the universe of nowadays.
The Accuracy, the Certainty and the Doubt (nov 2001) Mathematical accuracy is a mechanical process while Certainty and Doubt are the engine of the evolving Self. Some analysis of the Non Euclidean contradictions.
Proof of the Fermet's theorem (mars 2002) Equation xn+yn=zn, has no solution....
Cyclone formations (mai 2002) Cyclones are phenomena attached to the band structure of the atmosphere winds....
The First action of the beginning of the universe (sept 2002) How to square a circle. This surface transformation is the first natural operation at the beginning of the universe....
The Proof of the universe Evolution Process (oct, 2002) The beginning of the universe construction used the squaring a circle to allows the central symmetry to establish the left-right symmetry for the alive.
The Proof of the squaring a circle (oct, 2002) Proof of the surface equality after the squaring a circle.
The basics of Matter. The proof of Thales' theorem. The proof of the Pythagoras' theorem. (oct, 2002) Properties of Matter allows to state some foundations on the knowledge. From these bases, simple proof can be done one the Thales' and the Pythagoras' theorems.
The Archimedes' Property (jan, 2003) The Archimedes' property was used by the resolution of the circle perimeter that was attributed to Archimedes. Analysis are done on this resolution. This axiom is very used in modern mathematics and some confusion are commented.
New Proof of Light Refraction and Reflection Laws (dec, 2004) New Proof according to the Dakhiometry method that shows that light is not a particle and a wawe that may have a trip of 13 billion of celerity distance...
New Proof of Light Refraction and Reflection Laws (dec, 2004) New Proof according to the Dakhiometry method that shows that light is not a particle and a wawe that may have a trip of 13 billion of celerity distance...
Properties of circular structures and their consequences. (jul, 2005) This page introduces the contents of a work that constitutes the foundation of the Dakhiometry...
Liquid Archimedes' property an the Potential as gravity. (jul, 2005) Statement on Liquid proerties and object Potential energy as the consequences of the condensed matter process localisations...
Archimedes' gravity center volume measurement method. (dec, 2006) Proofs of solid aeras and volumes measurements, was all unsuccessfully done and quite erroneous works...
Unbounded Energy Source Engine (In French)
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(Aug, 2006) An application of the liquid law new understanding to build a machine producing energy of high capacity. A reality for the near futur.
Succession allows Quantities. Basic of Counting. (august 2007) Unity Succession Principle is the foundation of the universe Fullness. fullness is necessarry to allow Quantity. Quantity is Reality of the World existence.
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Hog hunting in PA
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> Hog hunting in PA
October 31, 2012, 12:45 PM
Anybody know of a good place to go feral hog hunting in PA?
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November 1, 2012, 10:52 PM
didn't know we had feral hogs in PA?
November 1, 2012, 10:59 PM
The Nation Feral Swine Mapping system doesn't show any in PA.
November 2, 2012, 06:33 AM
Bedford County has many feral hogs. I suggest you contact the Regional Wildlife Biologist through the Game Commission for location details and names of irate farmers. The hogs are unwelcome.
November 2, 2012, 07:17 AM
There aren't any recognized populations and you can bet the PAGC wants to keep it that way. I believe you are allowed to shoot them on site if you see one. There is a small part about it in the hunting digest.
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November 2, 2012, 08:03 AM
Hogs in Pa? Maybe some penned ones.
November 2, 2012, 08:31 AM
I wonder if there are hogs here. Would love to know because im looking at hunts down south for hogs. If we have them here, than i wouldnt need to speed all that extra money on travel.
November 2, 2012, 11:22 PM
If hogs are plentiful in Tennessee and North Carolina, i have no doubt it can reach PA as well.
November 3, 2012, 08:07 AM
I don't doubt it either. But you can bet that if it happens the hunting will be unrestricted just like it is for coyotes. We've seen what hogs have done to other states and we don't want that here.
I also have no doubt that some idiot is going to release a few hogs specifically to start a population to hunt. If it hasn't happened already.
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November 6, 2012, 08:28 AM
On the PGC website it shows some pictures of damage feral hogs have done. They are here just not in very large numbers.
Thanks T.R. for info. I live about an hour eaast of Bedford.
November 6, 2012, 01:04 PM
Yes sir. PGC reported the beginnings feral hog populations in south PA earlier this year.
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The problem with these hogs is bound to increase over time, unfortunately, despite any effort we make.
To my knowledge, it is now illegal for game farms to raise and keep hogs for hunting purposes. I believe hogs escaping from these game farms has been identified as one of the causes of the rise of feral hogs in the state.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) announced today a new member of its board of trustees.
Governor Brad Henry appointed Kent Buchanan, professor of biology at Oklahoma City University, to the board.
Buchanan is also the Biology Department chairman at OCU. He earned his doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
"Dr. Buchanan's work of promoting science is evident in his dedication to helping future scientists," said Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry. "He joins a board that shares his passion of encouraging young scientists and mathematicians from across our state, a mission that is important in maintaining and improving the quality of life for everyone here and beyond our state borders."
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University Hospital develops pandemic flu plan
To Anne Ryan, it's not a matter of if, but when, which is why she is leading University Hospital's effort to develop a comprehensive pandemic flu plan that will address every imaginable issue from patient care to employee and public safeguards.
"One of the essentials in emergency planning is being prepared," said Ryan, who serves as an emergency preparedness coordinator for University Hospital. "It's having a plan of action in place for everything that might occur, from hurricanes, to chemical weapons to a flu pandemic."
A flu pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears in the human population and spreads easily from person to person. The Hong Kong flu pandemic in 1968-69 caused 34,000 deaths in the United States and some health experts believe the time is right for another pandemic to stretch across the globe. Of most concern is the possibility of a widespread outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian H5N1 virus, also referred to as avian or bird flu. Since 2003, health organizations have been tracking human cases of the H5N1 virus. Most of these cases are believed to have been caused by exposure to infected poultry. There have been no sustained cases of human-to-human transmission, but there is great concern that this will occur, especially if the virus mutates to a form more easily transmissible. There is currently no vaccine available for the avian flu.
"We need to be ready with a healthcare strategy when the first report of such a human case hits close to home," Ryan said. To that end, Ryan convened a 24-member Pandemic Flu Planning Committee that represents nearly every facet of hospital operations. The group began meeting in late spring to develop a specific plan detailing how University Hospital would operate during a pandemic. All hospitals across the state must have a pandemic flu plan filed with the state Department of Health by the end of September. Planning on the campus side of operations is under way and will incorporate many of the hospital's employee health screening protocols.
The committee has produced a 35-page Pandemic Flu Response Plan, currently in draft form, that outlines the hospital's response to a various levels of pandemic flu activity, as determined by the state health department. The implementation of various aspects of the plan will be determined by the hospital's incident command team.
Phases one through three of the plan outline hospital responses in the "inter-pandemic period," where no new influenza virus subtypes have been detected in humans. Phases four and five refer to reports of human-to-human contact, but no reports of the virus in North America. Phase six contains various levels, starting with level one in which increased and sustained transmission in the general population is documented, but still no reported cases in North America. Levels two through six detail various levels of the flu outbreak in North America and its movement to Onondaga County. Phase seven refers to the postpandemic period.
Currently the hospital is operating under the plans it has established the inter-pandemic period. During this phase, the hospital is assessing the availability of equipment and supplies, educating staff and revising plans on medical care for patients with infectious diseases. A key aspect of the plan is to increase the number of SUNY Upstate employees who are vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Vaccinations for members of the SUNY Upstate community are expected to be available in October.
"Flu vaccine is very important for those at greatest risk and for those that care for these persons, especially health care providers, and this year it may be of greater importance " said K. Bruce Simmons, M.D., director of Student/Employee Health, who expects the supply of seasonal flu vaccine to meet the anticipated increased demand. "Although the available flu vaccine will not protect against avian influenza, it will protect against the seasonal flu and therefore, avoid the possibility of severe illness from two different types of flu at the same time in the event of an avian flu pandemic."
The health of employees during a pandemic will be key to the hospital's ability to provide all its services. Experts say that the percentage of employees who could be absent from work because of illness or are needed at home to care for a sick family member during a pandemic could reach 40 percent.
"How affected the workforce will be as a result of a flu pandemic is a significant concern for all hospitals and healthcare organizations," said Wendy Merritt, RN, nursing director for emergency services, who serves as co-chair with Ryan of the hospital's Pandemic Flu Planning Committee. "The plan we developed places the utmost importance on protecting our staff members and patients from the flu pandemic."
Under the plan, Student/Employee Health will screen employees, students and volunteers who develop a new cough as well those who report pneumonia or respiratory infection. Those who exhibit symptoms or influenza will be asked to report to Employee/Student Health for a health assessment. Employees, students or volunteers who travel to geographic areas where pandemic influenza has occurred must register with Employee/Student Health upon and report any symptoms of fever and cough.
As the flu activity is identified in Onondaga County, the hospital will increase precautions such as placing health screening stations at hospital entrances to review symptoms and check temperatures of staff members and others entering the hospital and limiting the number of visitors to patients.
Increased communications with staff members regarding the flu pandemic planning and status is also part of the plan. E-mail reports and a special website are being developed to keep staff members updated on the situation.
Throughout all phases of the plan and even today, the hospital monitors the flu pandemic through contacts with the state and local health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.
Ryan said the hospital's Pandemic Flu Response Plan will be submitted to the state for review and approval.
Members of the Pandemic Flu Planning Committee are, in addition to co-chairs Anne Ryan and Wendy Merritt, Rob Andrus (Environmental Health and Safety); Darryl Geddes (Public and Media Relations), Jennifer Gilhooley (Human Resources); Sue Hockenberry (Nursing); John Keller, (University Police); Richard Kilburg (Ambulatory Services); Sharon Kitchie (Nursing); Karla Lauenstein (Clinical Pathology); Sandra Lazzaro (Employee/Student Health); Ray Long (Infection Control); Joyce Mackessy (Patient Support); Regina McGraw (Legal Counsel); Sondra Mott (Ambulatory Services); Melanie Rich (Marketing and University Communications); Scott Riddell (Clinical Pathology); Barb Riggall (Human Resources); Fred Rose, M.D., (Infection Control); Kathy Same (Emergency Preparedness) K. Bruce Simmons, M.D., (Employee/Student Health); Frank Tees (University Police); Gary Kittell (Physical Plant); Shelley White (Healthcare Teleservices); Terry Woodfork (Materials Management); and Russ Yandon (Pharmacy).
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A tasty combination of chocolate and peanut butter complement these cheesecake bars.
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Nursing Is Not NaturalMari Hernandez-Tuten
I'm sitting here in the dark listening to the raindrops falling ever so steadily and the echoes of my sweet neighbors newborn bebé wailing. It takes me back to not only a sweet time in my life when I first became a mom, but also to a challenging part of my life when I realized that my maternal instincts don't always kick in.
A seed of insecurity was planted in my heart the day I held my precious baby in my arms for the very first time.
Don't get me wrong, there was unexplainable joy and deep seeded love the moment our eyes met, but with it also came dark feelings that I didn't invite into my heart or home.
I watered and nurtured my seed of insecurity every time I compared myself to other moms. Their nursing successes, their rapid weight loss, their baby gadgets and the list goes on and on… With every unsolicited advice from family, friends and complete strangers, the seed grew.
Then one day this seed of insecurity took flight and bloomed. It started as a routine check up for my one month old. The cold room was filled with tired moms with fake smiles holding their babies. I walked in feeling confident not knowing what was awaiting behind those double doors. Our pediatrician began examining our son. His facial expressions showed concern as he questioned me about my babies bowel movements, eating habits, etc…. He left the room.
Though this was my first visit with this doctor, I immediately knew something was wrong. He came back with a nurse and they both examined him quietly and they left the room again.
He walked back in with a serious look on his face and he said, "You can't go home with your son." Time froze. His words and condescending voice just became one long sentence, spoken in slow motion.
Finally, I tuned back in and I heard him ask, "When was the last time you fed him?" He was now speaking to me as if I was a reckless, careless 15-year-old mom. It didn't help that I looked young, even though I was 28 years old.
He said in his most professional, cold and emotionless voice, "Mrs. Tuten, he is alarmingly under weight. He was born at 6.5 lbs and he has now lost more than a pound. I am afraid that he won't make it through the weekend if I let you go home." He walked out.
I sat there in the cold, sterile room holding my baby and crying. I now not only resembled a helpless 15-year-old but I felt like one, as I cried.
My crying quickly turned into sobbing. The nurse walked back in to clean up the doctors lack of tact and she began to reassure me that this was not my fault and this could've happened to anyone . . . but the damage was done.
I didn't need anyone else to help me feel guilty, but now I had a professional confirm that I really didn't know what I was doing and, for that matter, that everything I had done up to this point: the sleepless nights, the bleeding nipples, the constant feeding was NOT good enough.
I felt shame, embarrassment, confusion and frustration but all I could do was sob as I held my sweet boy.
Surely, this was just a dream. I must have slept through my appointment and I am just having an awful nightmare. I will wake up and this will all be over.
Unfortunately, it was really happening.
My husband left work and rushed over, we spent 2 nights in the hospital, what seemed like an eternity. I watched my sweet baby boy scream in anguish as the nurses poked and bruised his little arms in an attempt to put an IV in him. I will forever have etched in my mind his tiny little 5 lb. body laying there with tubes running through him attached to a monitor.
His diagnosis: "failure to thrive" or, as I interpreted it, careless mom who was unable to provide and feed her child.
What the doctor didn't know was:
I nursed him every three hours.
I spent an hour each feeding trying to wake him, stimulate him, play with him in order to get him to nurse.
I had bleeding nipples because I cared about my baby.
I didn't get much sleep because every little coo and sound he made woke me up in panic.
I may not have been the perfect new mom but by golly this baby boy is loved. He is cared for and he is a happy and content baby. That's why there were no signs of "failure to thrive."
He didn't know me. He didn't know that I wasn't a careless 15-year-old mom. Those days in the hospital changed me. My spirit for mothering was crushed and I left the hospital with an insurmountable amount of baggage:
Guilt — I should have known he was near death?
Shame — I'm a woman, I should be able to feed my baby but I can't even nurse him properly. What kind of mother am I?
Jealously — I couldn't watch, much less hear, another mom gloat about their amazing nursing experiences.
All of those feelings soon turned into resentment. From that day forward our nursing sessions looked like this: nursing for an hour, supplementing with a bottle, and then pumping. This all took about two and a half hours, leaving only 30- 45 minutes of "free" time to get things done around the house before I had to breastfeed again. I did this for six long and hard months.
Everyone cheered me on in my decision to breastfeed because after all, this was the best thing for my sweet baby boy. Little did we know that it was the worst thing I could do for my son, myself and our family. Those six months were filled with exhaustion, bitterness, jealousy, and resentment leaving me drained. Though this was a dark time in my life only by the grace of God can I look back now and still say that I couldn't get enough kisses from him, he was loved.
My husband encouraged me to let go of nursing, but I didn't listen. I became a determined, crazy nursing mom – reading anything I could get my hands on about how to make this work, trying all sorts of crazy recipes to make my milk supply increase . Alas, none of it worked.
Now an explanation to what probably got you reading this far, my title for this article. In light of my negative experience I would still choose nursing, if that's a possibility. My hope is to encourage women to realize that it does take time and effort to learn how to breastfeed. And to share that we don't all have a choice in the matter of nursing. Though lactating is a natural process we still have to learn to breastfeed. And it doesn't always work for everyone.
Some of us do have to reluctantly go and stand in front of the formula aisle for hours trying to decipher between the endless supply of formula choices. Forcing ourselves to buy it because the endless hours of "professionals" grabbing our breast to get our baby to latch on just didn't work.
I quickly realized that nursing my baby and having my baby latch on does not come natural. You do have to learn how to breastfeed your baby and for some the learning process is harder than for others.
I wish people would share this more with moms.
I equate "natural" to something that does not need my active participation, it just happens. Most babies don't naturally latch on correctly (this is important) they need to be taught and once they learn, some catch on right away and suck to their heart's content.
I couldn't agree more with how Catherine from LearnerMom put its, "Falling in-love. Making poo. Producing tears. Tummy flutters. Goosebumps. Cold shivers. Muscle cramps. Any of these fall neatly into the category of "natural". Breastfeeding isn't like that. At all. At best one could describe the production of colostrum as natural. I didn't give a moments thought to its production, but there it was…ready and waiting when my babies were born. Breastfeeding, like so much of parenting, is learned. And like most things that are worth learning, it hurts. And takes time. And patience. And it almost always helps to have some kind of teacher (even if that teacher is a book)."
If I could go back and tell my new mom self something I would have said, "Mari, Just let it go. When you look at your children out on the playground playing with other kids you can't pick out the ones who were breastfed and the ones who weren't. So, let it go."
On a side note, we did discover later in life that I produce skim milk, this was after having similar newborn weight loss issues with my second baby.
In other words, my milk doesn't have the fat that is needed for my babies to gain weight and grow.
In spite of all our issues, I am glad to report that I have 3 healthy, handsome and growing boys. I've learned after the first child well maybe it took the second one to accept that nursing wasn't going to work for us and that's is completely okay.
Reblogged from the Be. You. Tiful Mom Series, for the complete article and all the comments from readers go to Inspired by Familia.


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eptember 22, 1997
Northshore Senior Activities
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10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell
Enjoy a hearty breakfast of ham or sausage, eggs and pancakes on Oct. 4 from 8-11:30 a.m. Cost is $2.50.
Learn how Native Americans used herbs for medicinal purposes and discover simple home remedies for common complaints on Oct. 7 from 1-2 p.m.
Explore four spiritual traditions, "The Assemblies of God," "Theosophy," "The Mennonite Church, " and "Humanism" from Oct. 7-28 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Learn about weather in Washington State, including a general climate and weather introduction from Oct. 6-27 from 1-2:30 p.m. $12 members, $17 non-members.
Learn the basics of piano playing from Oct. 7-Nov. 25 from 1-3 p.m. $25 members, $31 non-members.
Join an arthritis group and share information and coping strategies on Oct. 7 at 10:30-noon.
Take a fun-filled frolic through the life and works of Neil Simon with "Simon Says," on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m., Oct. 19 at 3 p.m., and Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. $10 members/$12 non-members.
An opportunity to share experiences, information, resources and support for individuals with low or impaired vision on Oct. 3 from 1-2:30 p.m.
A free presentation focused on the causes of prejudice and the rationalizations used to defend these attitudes and will discuss specific strategies for teaching respect of racial, ethnic, gender and religious diversity within our community on Sept. 29 from 10-11:30 a.m.
All seniors in the greater Mill Creek area are invited to attend a meeting to celebrate the beginning of classes and the opening of the new Computer Learning Center in Mill Creek on Sept. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the Mill Creek City Hall Chambers.
Northshore Senior Center is sponsoring classes for the new Computer Center. Register for classes on Oct. 1, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.
Come and learn a paper filigree craft dating back to the 15th Century in a six week series on Sept. 29 through Nov. 3 from 10 a.m.-noon Cost is $30 member/$36 nonmember.
The Providence Comprehensive Breast Center and Friends for Life at Evergreen Hospital will be doing mammogram screenings on Sept. 30 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Payment will be discussed at time of registration.
Stroke survivors share experiences, information, and friendship on Sept. 29 from 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Meet with a certified financial planner to discuss investment selection, tax, estate, and retirement planning, budgeting and analysis on Sept. 24 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Volunteer receptionists are needed at the Northshore Adult Day Center. Call 488-4821.
A Washington State Bar Association attorney will discuss living trusts, when to establish one, tax related questions and more at a free class on Sept. 24 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Attend a free presentation and learn some eye-opening tax secrets for seniors on Sept. 22 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Attend a free morning of education about healthy breast habits with a physician on Sept. 23 from 9:30 a.m.-noon.
A free prostate cancer screening will be offered on Sept. 24 from 12:30-2 p.m. Registration is required due to limited space.
The Computer Learning Center at the Northshore Senior Center is a place where seniors can learn the basics of computers inexpensively and at their own pace. Volunteers are needed to teach word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and modems 1/2 day per week. Call 488-2060 for information.
Learn about operas and opera singing, including diction, pronunciation and voice quality on through Sept. 30 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost is $10/members, $15 non-members.
Attend a free introduction to Mandarin Chinese from the point of view of a long-time non-Chinese student through Oct. 30 from 11 a.m.-noon.
Enjoy a fantastic evening of dining and casino style games on Sept. 26 from 5-9:30 p.m. Halibut dinner at 5:30, 6:30, or 7:30 p.m. Play craps, roulette, blackjack with your fake "bankroll". Tickets are $25.
A program for individuals experiencing mild memory loss or in the early stage of Alzheimer's Disease are invited to join a club on Fri. mornings from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $20 per day, call 727-6214.
Join an informal group for reading and writing poetry on Fri. from 1:30-3 p.m.
Senior Checkup, Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Physical exam by a geriatric nurse-practitioner, including simple blood and stool tests, pap smear or prostate exams, followed with appropriate referrals. Call 486-4564 for appointment.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Wednesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. AA meeting for those who think they may have a problem with drinking.


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SPRING MILLS - Tyrone has depended a lot on junior tailback James Oliver, and that has paid off with Oliver leading the area in rushing for much of the season.
The problem is that opposing defenses have crowding the line of scrimmage to stop the run, making it harder for Oliver to find open spaces. Tyrone quarterback Erik Wagner, however, might have just given opposing defensive coordinators something more to think about as the District 6 playoffs approach.
Wagner completed 9-of-12 passes for 142 yards and three touchdowns to three different teammates, including a 65-yard gem to Charles Wilson-Adams with 12 seconds left in the first half, and ran for 51 yards to lead the Golden Eagles to a 42-14 romp over the Rams Friday night at Penns Valley Athletic Field.
"We planned on spreading the field with passing," Wagner said. "We knew what we wanted to do, and we did it."
"Erik played well," Tyrone coach Steve Guthoff said. "The best part of what Erik does is he's not making mistakes that cost us. He's not throwing picks. If he's feeling pressure, he's pulling it down and running. Don't try to be a gunslinger and put us in a difficult position. I'm real happy with the decisions Erik's making."
Wagner might have benefitted from a controversial visitor to this week's practice. Former Penn State receivers coach and quarterback Mike McQueary, who was involved in the Jerry Sandusky firestorm, met with the Eagles one day - although it's unclear how much Guthoff's former student at State College High School contributed to the offense.
"I brought him in just to take a look at what we were doing," Guthoff said. "Then, after watching what we were doing on the field, he went in with the coaches. It was more like a big-time college guy watching us at practice, so we've got to all step it up. I joked with him that it was more quality control."
"He was helping me with drops and reading defenses," Wagner said.
The Eagles (6-3), who snapped the four-game winning streak by PV (4-5), sputtered on offense in the first quarter as their first two drives ended in a punt and a Wagner fumble. But Tyrone got it going with a 10-yard run by Oliver, who finished with 60 yards on 11 carries and a 16-yard pass from Wagner to Hayden Zook, and the Eagles finished it off with an Oliver 9-yard TD run.
Tyrone went on a 10-play, 84-yard drive in the second quarter, with big runs by Wagner and Corey Snyder, who led the Eagles in rushing with 62 yards on eight carries, and Wagner finished it off with an 8-yard TD pass to Lucas Woomer. The snap was bad, but holder Zook hit Joshua Fetters for the two-point conversion.
Guthoff called a timeout after PV's third down, and the TO proved big. On the first play following the punt, Wagner threw a beauty of a bomb to Wilson-Adams in-stride for a touchdown. Seth Umholtz's PAT made the score 22-0 at the half.
"That was a really nice ball," Guthoff said. "Erik put it out there, and the offensive line did an outstanding job with the protection because he had all day to throw that.
"We just wanted to punch it in right before the half," Wagner said, "and get us up by a little more."
A Snyder 21-yard TD run and Wagner's 21-yard scoring strike to Zook in the third put the mercy rule in effect. Tyrone's second team entered in the fourth, and PV scored twice. Joe Gearhart's 82-yard kickoff return to the end zone was Tyrone's final score.
The Eagles will finish up the regular season next week against Johnstown, and then it's time for the playoffs. So, there's still a lot of time to expand on the passing game.
"It has to be there," Guthoff said. "You just can't go into the playoffs with some of the teams we're going to see and expect to put the load on James. Erik's ready to take on that responsibility."
Tyrone0 22 14 6 -42
Penns Valley0 0 0 14 -14
Second quarter
T-Oliver 9 run (Umholtz kick), 8:41
T-Woomer 8 pass from Wagner (Fetters pass from Zook), :51
T-Wilson-Adams 65 pass from Wagner (Umholtz kick), :12
Third quarter
T-Snyder 21 run (Umholtz kick), 9:04
T-Zook 21 pass from Wagner (Umholtz kick), 5:44
Fourth quarter
PV-Tobias 5 run (Deardorff kick), 11:18
PV-Collison 1 run (Deardorff kick), 7:24
T-Gearhart 82 kickoff return (kick failed), 7:11
RUSHING: Tyrone-Snyder 8-62, Oliver 11-60, Wagner 7-51, A. Hunter 3-45, TEAM 1-(-2), G. Hunter 2-(-23). Penns Valley-Tobias 5-48, Fegley 4-23, Collison 7-18, Hook 6-12, Weaver 1(-1), TEAM 1-(-2), Confer 3-(-3), Johnson 1-(-10).
PASSING: Tyrone-Wagner 9-12-0-142. Penns Valley-Tobias 11-22-1-89, Weaver 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Tyrone-Wilson-Adams 4-81, Zook 2-38, Woomer 2-21, Oliver 1-3. Penns Valley-Collison 5-39, Weaver 3-27, Koser 2-15, Lush 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS: Tyrone-Sleeth. Penns Valley-none.
First downs1910
Yards rushing32-19328-85
Passing (cmp.-att.-int)9-12-0 11-23-1
Passing yards14289
Total yards335174
Fumbles lost2-21-0


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Nothing Fancy: Beans, Greens and Grains Stew
by IsaChandra
This is one of my winter staples, especially if I'm having a busy week, have no one to impress and don't want to use a million dishes (big ups to the disherwasherless!) You get your beans, greens and grains all in one pot; in this case I used white beans, kale and quinoa. You also get about 10 servings out of it so you can either freeze it or keep it in the fridge for 4 days or so, having it for lunch or dinner. Um, or breakfast, like I did today. Another bonus is that it's really low fat and high fiber, so if you're doing any of that Weight Watchers, Eat To Live, McDougall stuff I think it'd be right up your alley.
I'm posting the recipe, but it's really versatile so make up your own spice blend, use different beans and grains (although cooking time may vary for the grain) and, you know, just do whatever you want. Sometimes I make it with black beans and millet and use chili spices instead. That kind of thing. Recipe below.
Quinoa, White Bean and Kale Stew
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups leeks, thinly sliced (white and green parts)
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 large carrot, peeled, diced medium
1 large parsnip, peeled, diced medium
8 cups vegetable broth (use boullion since no one has 8 cups of veggie broth hanging around)
2 large thin skinned potatoes (like yukon gold), diced medium
1 cup dry quinoa
1 15 oz can white beans, drained and rinsed
1 bunch kale, torn into bite sized pieces (I tear the leaves off the stem, but do whatever you want)
Herb blend:
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
1 teaspoon dried majoram
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
Fresh black pepper, to taste
In a large soup pot over medium heat, saute leeks and garlic in oil for about 3 minutes, or however long it takes you to prep your carrot and parsnip. Add carrot and parsnip, along with your spice blend, turn heat up to high and saute 3 minutes more.
Add vegetable broth, potatoes and quinoa. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, turn heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes, until potatoes and quinoa are tender. Add kale and beans, and stir frequently until kale is wilted. Salt to taste. Cover and simmer on low for 5 more minutes.
When you serve you may want to add a little lemon juice or a splash of balsamic vinegar or hot sauce – whatever your thing is. Or you may not. I don't know. It thickens quite a bit as it cool, so add a little water next time you heat it up.


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A hybrid word coined together by the words YUCK and PUKE.
An expression of ultimate disgust.
An expression of ultimate disgust.
"Yuke! What an ugly sight!"
"Yuke i can't believe what i just saw."
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to puke
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penis, wiener, dick..etc
Mason went out last night and got his yuke boomed by michael.
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To masturbate for an uncommonly long time. Common in the Canadian Territory of the Yukon to fight off the cold and boredom.
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between different peoples, cultures, and continents took many forms
and played a formative role in world history. They occurred as a
result of invasions and conquest, when new commercial connections
were formed, or as part of a larger history of migration. Encounters
between indigenous peoples and expanding empires often became wars
of conquest, or led to conflicts between colonists and native peoples
over land and resources, but they also frequently led to intermarriage,
the development of trade, the exchange of diseases, plants, and
animals, the reshaping of sacred cosmologies, and ultimately to
the emergence of new languages, ways of life, and religions. Encounters
could lead to devastating epidemics and brutal wars of conquest,
but encounters were also dialogues with multiple participants, where
exchanges of goods and services and translation and negotiation
were paramount. Encounters created specialists and brokers who dealt
with merchants and sailors, especially in world wide networks of
maritime commerce.
as diverse as Rome, China, or Russia produced ethnographies as they
catalogued and classified the "barbarians" and "primitives"
on their frontiers. Describing the "other" was central
to defining the imperial self. When Muslim and Christian scholars
wrote ethnographies they added new concerns with classifying infidel
followers of false religions and pagan idolaters deemed to have
no religion at all. The encounters between cultures and continents
after 1400 produced a profusion of new ethnographies, long before
ethnography became a field of study and research. By the mid-nineteenth
century professional ethnographers were mapping the imperial nation
from within and without, comparing women, children, and minorities
to "primitives" and cataloguing subject peoples abroad.
Ethnography still shapes thinking about the clash of civilizations.
Ethnography is also a powerful tool for the recovery of the hidden
transcripts of peoples without history, the oral traditions and
indigenous faiths of decentralized and small scale societies too
often seen simply as victims of history. The cacophonous dialogue
of ethnographies from above and below is crucial to understanding
the myriad new cultural forms that emerge from the history of encounters.
played a crucial role in the history of encounters and ethnographies
and in the creation and propagation of new cultural identities.
Long vanished empires have left their cultural footprint on much
of the world, as Rome did in Europe and as Islamic Caliphates did
in territories across North Africa and much of Asia. Dynastic Empires
that survived into the modern era, as in Russia, the Ottoman Empire
or China, shaped the cultural identity of much of Eurasia. European
overseas empires, in a first wave of expansion, gave birth to new
societies in the Americas, tapestries woven with threads of American,
European, and African origins, and in a second wave, colonized Africa
and much of Asia. Imperial rule was never uniform and was always
contested, but Empires ruled over most of humanity until the middle
decades of the 20th century. Their imprints and legacies are still
with us today.
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Elkins Suzuki has been named a Suzuki Super Service Award winner for 2012.
This prestigious award recognizes only those Suzuki dealers that have consistently achieved the highest level of customer satisfaction, and dealers that have done the best job of meeting customer needs and enhancing the overall Suzuki ownership experience throughout the year.
Earning a Suzuki Super Service Award requires a commitment to service excellence from the entire dealership staff. It means this dealership has been able to take care of its customers quickly, correctly and with a minimum amount of inconvenience. A Super Service dealer is dedicated to quality and professionalism, and has demonstrated the skills and capabilities to earn one of the top scores among Suzuki's entire dealer network.
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COMSTOCK PARK, MI – A 19-year-old Comstock Park man was hospitalized Saturday evening after being hit by two vehicles on Alpine Avenue.
Kent County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle around 10:30 p.m. on Alpine Avenue near York Creek Drive.
Police believe Joseph Edwards was crossing Alpine when he was hit by a GMC Jimmy traveling northbound. He was thrown into the air, police said, and was hit by a Buick traveling in the same direction when he landed on the pavement.
Joseph was transported to Spectrum Health by ambulance with a broken leg, pelvis and abrasions. None of the drivers or passengers in either vehicle reported any injuries.
Police do not believe alcohol or speed were factors in the incident. They did not say whether any citations were issued.