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Covenco, the leading disaster recovery provider, has today announced the addition of a new Tier 3+ DR and workplace facility in Liverpool, which will provide customers with a range of additional services.
The new DR centre is a major departure for Covenco, with the provision of independent, linked buildings housing six data halls, specifically designed to Tier 3+ standard. The centre can house over 2,000 racks offering densities from 2kW to 20kW per rack.
Each building has dedicated infrastructure, including fully redundant and diverse power, cooling, and extensive security along with multiple workplace office facilities and meeting rooms. National Ethernet will enables users to securely extend the functionality of their LAN into the centre and throughout the UK, using point-to-point or point-to-multipoint connectivity at speeds ranging from 2 Mbps up to 10 Gbps, meaning there is no longer a concern as to the geographic location of a DR centre as the speed of communications ensures the highest performance levels.
Each data hall is also protected using advanced VESDA based fire monitoring and smoke detection systems to floor, room and in ceiling voids and Argonite based fire suppression. The facility is secured behind perimeter fencing and manned 24/7 by on-site security personnel and backed by a team of dedicated on-site engineers offering 24/7 support services. The Covenco DR centre operates in accordance with the highest levels and standards.
As a premier data centre, the DR centre also offers many benefits not normally available elsewhere including market leading colocation services, carrier class multiple tier 1 carrier network connectivity - both nationally and globally, all essential services generator backed and together with secured equipment and document storage.
Gurdip Sohal, Sales Director at Covenco Recovery Services said, "If a 'catastrophic' event should occur, you would want your data to be secure and your business to continue as near normal and as quickly as possible. We wanted the new DR centre to be able to make it as quick and easy as possible for a company to be up and running again. Whether you require a single rack or a complete dedicated suite, our new centre in Liverpool can offer flexible solutions to meet your DR or colocation needs. The comprehensive, flexible infrastructure allows us to offer tailored solutions to meet your exact requirements to ensure business operations can continue with minimum disruption".
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The Covenco DR centre operates in accordance with the highest levels and standards within the industry, being compliant to the following standards:
- ISO 27001:2005, - for information security management
- ISO 9001:2008 - for quality management systems
- ISO 14001 – for environmental management
- ISO 18001 – for health and safety management
- PCI-DSS - for payment card data security
IP Transit
The Covenco DR centre is a carrier neutral facility acting as a gateway for customers to purchase the best of breed IP transit from a number of Tier 1 Carriers, Telcos and IPS's who deliver high capacity services from their core networks directly to the Covenco site.
Carrier List:
- Level 3
- Cable & Wireless World-wide
- British Telecom
- Virgin Media
- Hibernia Atlantic
- EMNET Solutions
- Cogent
Infrastructure - Power
Power availability to the site is delivered into two internal 11kV ring circuits fed from an onsite 33kV primary substation. The buildings are connected to the ring circuits, each with its own dual power transformers and backed up with their own dedicated generators delivering independent resilient power to each building that is concurrently maintainable.
All critical power systems are connected to Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems in an N+1, N+2 or 2N configuration to ensure that critical power is available at all times backed up via 13 dedicated diesel generators which can support the total site for over 7 days of continual operation at full capacity without fuel delivery.
The centre can also offer its customers custom power configurations to suit, from dual 11kV power feeds to 600A dual UPS supplies.
- Diverse incoming power feeds
- Incoming 10MW supply
- AC power voltage 240v single phase or 415v 3 phase
- Dual path power distribution throughout to customer racks
- Dual PDU's 32A or 64A to each rack
- DC supply available on request
- N+N UPS configurations shared or dedicated
- Optional high power dual UPS supplies available on request
- Real time monitoring of power usage
- 13 onsite diesel generators delivering 17MVA
- Over 750,000 litres of onsite fuel storage
- Onsite fuel storage for over 7 days at full site load
- 24x7x365 fuel contracts in place
The Covenco DR centre is committed to ensuring the use of the latest cooling solutions to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.
At the Covenco DR centre we utilize Hot Aisle Containment and Cold Aisle Containment solutions. This ensures that we not only provide our clients with the cooling densities they require for their demanding IT equipment, we can also scale-up in a modular way to provide enhanced densities, whilst ensuring we control and deliver an efficient solution.
The cooling systems throughout the site may use the following :
- Redundant cooling ACU (N+1)
- Variable frequency drives
- Chilled water pumps
- Centrifugal chillers
- Condenser pumps
- External cooling towers
- Perimeter CRAC air-handling and in-row cooling units to shared and dedicated colocation areas
- Cold and hot air separated (hot & cold aisle containment)
- High-density cooling solutions
- Standard 4kW to 15kW high density (15+ kW available on request)
- Temperature 24 °C (± 5 °C)
- Relative humidity 50% (± 25%)
Fire Prevention
The Covenco DR centre has deployed comprehensive fire early detection and suppression systems to ensure that we are proactive in any event that may occur.
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus installed (VESDA / HSSD)
- Comprehensive smoke detection system
- Argonite fire suppression systems in all data halls and critical locations
- Detection to site, buildings, data halls, under floor and in containment
Coupled with the fact we have 24/7 real-time monitoring down to rack level, our systems are designed to ensure you get maximum protection and the assurance that your critical equipment and data is safe with us.
The ongoing evolution of the Information Age means that a company's information is its greatest asset. Its protection is increasingly more imperative and more difficult.
The Covenco DR centre was purpose built to house highly sensitive data and as such, it enjoys an extensive state-of-the-art security installation supplemented with 24/7 on-site guards operating out of dedicated security lodges.
There are seven levels of security:
- Perimeter fence with external moat and anti-ram bollards
- External security gates with turnstile entrance
- Bomb proofed Security Lodge with bullet proof glazing
- Internal controlled mantraps into all serviced areas and colocation halls
- Proximity card with pin based access systems
- Locked racks
- Full site surveillance and continual logging of CCTV and access
The Covenco DR centre is committed to ensuring that infrastructure deployed not only provides environmental benefits, but will also guarantee operational efficiency and maintainability.
We have implemented a design strategy that will allow modular infrastructure deployment and with the use of the latest available technology ensures the lowest PuE with overall operational efficiency based upon the best practices in the industry. The use of free cooling coupled with containment systems ensures every part of our facility is looking to meet our commitment to environmental sustainability.
We will always strive to ensure a significant reduction in CO2 emissions and our continual involvement in sustainable energy within the Group reflects that commitment.
Key points:
- Low PuE commitment
- Latest use of technology saving energy usage
- Containment to all Colocation
- Low energy lighting connected with movement sensors
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Lenders have a number of options when faced with a borrower in default. In Tennessee, one option to seriously consider is seeking appointment of a receiver. A receiver will step into the role of the borrower or management company and will operate the property until the lender makes a decision about foreclosure or sale. Appointment of a well-qualified receiver can result in stabilized operations at either a residential or retail property and make the property more attractive to potential purchasers.
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A receivership action is commenced in Chancery Court (Tennessee's court of equity). A defendant is entitled to notice and a hearing prior to appointment of a receiver (i.e. there are no ex parte appointment options). In an emergency situation, the hearing to appoint a receiver can be held on a "show cause" basis and the standard to obtain such a hearing is the same as obtaining injunctive relief.
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Does a recent trend in biofuels risk the ecosystem of host countries importing high-yield non-food crops?
The introduction of non-food crops to make use of low-yield landmass has recently been highlighted in an article by the New York Times. Overall, the consensus by several expert groups is that imported crops such as the giant reed are deemed invasive by Global Invasive Species Program, the Nature Conservancy and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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It's a very thirsty reed, sucking up 2,000 litres (500 gallons) of water for one metre (3.25 feet) of standing growth, which adds to stress in dry regions such as Florida where a company is proposing to generate energy by burning reeds (not exactly biofuel granted but usage of an invasive species for energy generating purposes).
Couple that with the recently passed, pork-heavy farm bill (link) that limits external sugarcane imports to 15%, i.e. n. American sugar producers are guaranteed 85% of the domestic sugar market, and you have a clear incentive for farmers introducing more and higher yield biofuel crops. In fact, the Bush administration is granting around $1 billion to companies to build cellulosic ethanol plants, which may use a range of feedstocks. Why the government is still subsidizing ethanol production is beyond me but the introduction of invasive species into the ecosystems at a scale large enough to support biofuel production would add to the amount spent on controlling invasive species : $120 billion for 800+ species.
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Does anyone here, preferably on OS X, have Avalaunch connected to the internet like this: A wireless router (mine's an airport express) connected to interne-> a laptop (powerbook) connected to the router wireless (thereby having access to the internet)-> Xbox wired to the laptop via a crossover cable. The laptop would have internet sharing enabled (very easy to do on OS X) allowing, theorectically, the xbox to access the internet with the powerbook acting as a bridge. I'm just wondering if I were to do this, what would be the network settings that Avalaunch uses, things like Gateway, whether or not Avalaunch should use DHCP, etc. Thanks for any assistance, as I realize this kind of setup must be quite rare.
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Should be fine setting ava to use dhcp.
Posted 15 November 2004 - 03:38 AM
Ok, well where my IP should be listed it says "Err X." Any idea what this means?
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|Ok, well where my IP should be listed it says "Err X." Any idea what this means?
ErrX : http://forums.xbox-s...owtopic=303477#
Dunno how OS X handles Internet Sharing.. but maybe u have to provide a static IP to your Box and not use DHCP
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Stayed here with wife and kids for a week on a peewee hockey trip. I did not select the hotel and was skeptical. No need for that, this place is great. The pool, gardens, bay side is very tropical and much more than you would expect for the price. Don't hesitate to book here.
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Great Hotel and service. Staff some of the best I have seen. The grounds of this hotel is very tropical.
Good but not perfect
Just returned from a quick trip to St. Petersburg. We only spent 2 nights here as we split the trip up between 2 hotels in different areas. This hotel had good points and bad points but overall was a good choice. The directions given by the hotel website were very confusing-there is no street sign indicating the same name the hotel uses for it's address. We ended up driving around for 30 minutes and getting caught on the interstate over the 15 mile long bridge before we finally figured out where the hotel was. (I suggest maybe calling the hotel before hand to get directions once you get off the interstate).
Once we found the hotel, it was easy to get around and we were very close to grocery stores, Kmart and family friendly restaurants. The hotel is on a bay beach next to a marina with a beautiful view of the skyway bridge and nice sunrises, however on the other side is interstate I-275. The hotel was quiet, and the staff was extremely polite and helpful. (The jacuzzi needs better cleaning though.) We ate at the hotel restaurant one night (because it smelled so good from outside) , our waiter was polite but the wait for the food was so long.
Our appetitzers were delicious but the main course was bland. If you want a quiet beach experience, the hotel is a quick trip to Fort De Sota which is an undeveloped state park area named the #1 beach in continental US and if not, the hotel is also close to the more traditional beaches along the coast (where you fight for parking) and other tourist sites like the beautiful St. Petersburg Pier and Sunken Gardens. Overall, this hotel is a good choice for families, it is quiet, there is room to relax and play areas for the kids. If you are looking for a luxury spot on large beach with lots of excitement don't stay here.
Better than it looks, but...
at first appearance, it struck me as not so great. the buildings are old, but the insides of the rooms have obviously been remodeled. my room had a nice size fridge and a king size bed. pillows were better than some more expensive hotels i've been to. it was clean and nicely decorated with double glass to shield outside noises. my only complaint was the climate control. being used to central air conditioning with humidity control, the "window" a/c was noisy and hard to control the humidity level. it was plenty cold, though. the gym was very nice with plenty of cardio and a universal station. quite large considering.i would definately go there again if ever in the st. pete area.
The adverting brochures in my opinion are misleading...we booked a 4 night stay with this hotel 4 years ago for our long awaited vacation.
It was not a very nice spot. I wrote the hotel after we got back home and let them know i was upset and disappointed. 18 tropical acres...well it may be 18 acres but they are not tropical...its on a major highway....2 pools and jacuzzi - No one would ever want to swim in these pools of algae. The jacuzzi was green and slimy, not exactly a romantic time....and the list goes on and on....
Lovely bay view, nice playground and pools
Stayed over the 4/4 for an anniversay getaway in a bay view room. The room was clean, but, had some some maintanence problems such as a leaky air conditioner. Our view was wonderful of the bay and skyway bridge!
There were 2 nice pools, sand volleyball, and a nice playground. The restaurant had large portions and food equal to Olive Garden in price/taste. If staying with kids request a courtyard view room for easy access to the pool, grass, and play area. I wouldn't recommend bay or marina view with kids due to the fact the seawall and water are very close to the rooms and would be nervous of little ones. If you are looking to stay at the beach this is not the place for you because the "beach" is some sand along the bay where they rent jet skis. The "true beach" is about a 15 minute drive. If you just like to look at the water this is fine as it has easy access to I-295 to get to area attractions. Overall we were pleased as it suited our needs.
Great find!!
Was very worried when I first pulled into the parking lot. From the parking lot it appears to be a cheap motel off the highway. Its not until you go in the back that you see the beauty of this place. The pool is beautiful with a great view of the water and swaying palm trees. The gardens are nice and very well maintained. The rooms are sufficient. nothing more than the basic. Its basically budget motel accomadations combined with resort like amenities. nice staff, friendly. Recommended!! Also the beach bar is very cool. entertainment on some days.
Had a great time
What a great Resort we found. It is off a Interstate but the Gardens of the property were far beyond what we have seen at other properties. The rooms are maybe a little smaller than average but we did not care. We went to Florida to see things and enjoy the Sun. The Resort has two nice pools and is located on Tampa Bay. Not the Gulf of Mexico but the prices were allot more reasonable. They have Tennis and a very nice Beach Bar to relax in.The rooms were clean and the staff was extreamly friendly. We will go back and tell all our friends about this place.
Nice location, but...
I recently stayed there for a week and found the hotel somewhat disappointing. The room was not cleaned prior to check in. It was also not very well maintained. There were stains on the carpet, gouges in the wall, inconsistent water temperatures in the shower. House keeping never really cleaned the room completely. The bathroom was always dirty. The food in the restaurant was just OK. Nice view and the service was good.The heated pool looked like it was green from algae (it may have been clean but it didn't look all that appealing to swim in). However, the non-heated pool was nice. Given a choice, I would likely never stay there again.
Holiday Inn Marina Cove was sufficient
I was in St. Petersburg a couple of weeks ago for a business trip. This hotel was nice. The only thing I was wary about was that the rooms were accessed from the parking lot, and that there were no elevators to get luggage up to the 2nd floor rooms. Once we arrived, we saw that there was security on duty 24 hours. The room was sufficient - mine had 2 double beds, small fridge, coffee maker, and a hair dryer. Nothing fancy, but housekeeping was great. After eating breakfast at the restaurant one morning - we didn't go back, but found other places to eat on the way in to work. Since it was a business trip, we didn't spend a lot of time hanging out poolside so I can't speak to that.
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With 522 points scored during the regular season, the Colts came into Foxboro Stadium as heavy favorites to dethrone the Super Bowl Champion Patriots, who were missing Richard Seymour, Ty Law and Tyrone Pool. However, the Patriots controlled the ball for more than 38 minutes with Corey Dillon rushing for 144 yards. Brady was steady with only 144 yards passing and a touchdown. Brady also rushed for a touchdown. Manning was held to no touchdowns and threw an interception to Rodney Harrison with 10 seconds left in the game.
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Also in the first half, Tedy Bruschi made the statement play of the game when he ripped the ball directly from Dominic Rhodes arms at 3:09 left in the half. Bruschi was shown holding the ball up to the crowd saying this is what the Colts want, but "they don't got it! They don't got it!"
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Politicians in Bosnia have been trying to stir up bad memories of the 1990s conflict in a bid to undermine and discredit the nationwide protests against economic hardship and corruption.
"Armed paramilitaries will lead protests into Republika Srpska", "Tanks seen on border", "Protests aimed at hiding truth about Bosniak war crimes": these are just a few of the sensational headlines seen in Bosnian media over the past few weeks.
Since the protests began on February 6, some politicians and NGO representatives have been making provocative allegations about the arming of protesters and raising fears of a return to war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The protests started in the town of Tuzla when people took the streets to show their discontent about corrupt privatisations of formerly state-owned companies. Over the days that followed, they grew bigger and turned into a more widespread expression of public anger about economic hardship, culminating in the burning of several local government buildings in Sarajevo, Tuzla, Mostar and Zenica.
But Milorad Dodik, the leader of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, has alleged that the protests were actually intended to destabilise his territory – a view echoed by Bosnian Serb Veterans' Union official Pantelija Curguz.
"Whoever planned this is not happy because the protests have not been massive in Republika Srpska. Now they are planning to include some extreme organisations – paramilitary formations like the Sunni Legion and the Green Berets, who we know from the war," Curguz told a press conference in Banja Luka.
Leading Bosnian Croat politician Dragan Covic also made similar claims, calling the protests "an attempt to focus attention away from war crimes committed by Bosniak forces" during the 1992-95 war, because their start coincided with news that Serbia was investigating former Bosnian Army commander Naser Oric.
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One of the participants in the protests in Sarajevo, Hana Obradovic, said that such statements were attempts to control the media agenda by using nationalist rhetoric ahead of elections in the country later this year.
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She said that it was to be expected that politicians would try and twist the narrative of a popular uprising into a story about violent hooligans threatening fragile ethnic peace in Bosnia's much-divided society.
"Bosnia is a fertile ground for wartime propaganda, which is connected to the early 1990s conflict. We have 'seen' fake 'tanks' on the border, we have heard about the [false rumours about the] Green Berets," she explained.
"This is all media spinning the story, and they are instructed to do so by certain [political] centres which will reveal their true goals in October, when the elections come," she said.
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Security expert Vahid Karavelic, a former Bosnian Army general, also insisted that there was nothing in the protests which could in any way suggest that a renewed outbreak of conflict was imminent in Bosnia.
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"What is happening is politicians blowing everything out of proportion and this means the pre-election campaign has started. Politicians should stabilise and calm down the difficult situation which has created the protests, but over the past 20 years we have seen that politicians here do not have the honour required to do this," he said.
At the last general elections, the predominant narrative from Republika Srpska politicians was about the need to hold a referendum aimed at seceding from Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Bosniak leaders spoke of the need to abolish the Serb-led entity and form a centralised government.
Over the past few months, as election year approached, the media was again filled with stories about unpunished war crimes and threats of constitutional changes which would be harmful to one or another ethnic group.
The situation as regards media ownership in the country – with leading media outlets either directly owned or heavily financed by political parties – enables these stories to be blown out of proportion in order to disguise pressing economic problems, such as the official unemployment rate which is currently almost 30 per cent.
Bosnian sociologist Esad Bajtal believes that politicians in the country have also been using scare stories about the possibility of armed conflict in an attempt to frighten people away from protesting, in a bid to maintain the status quo.
"The media is being used as a transmitter. They are using the war story to calm people down, so they are submissive and easier to rule. But that won't happen now," Bajtal predicted.
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Well I did it lol this was supposed to be just a control check and a little hovering.
Took it up in the air on normal flight mode, had it hovering for like 30 seconds.
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Then this is where I messed up.
I wanted to check the idle up button - pitch knob was centered.
I hit the throttle up button and the heli snapped to life and began pushing itself down into the ground and stripped a gear.... opps - no crashing but i broke a part already.
Why would it do this on idle up?
Is the pitch off or something?
noob to CP here lol
Apparently my ESC is not set to soft start - oopps
I was doing do well too
Time to get some new gears I guess.
Thanks I didn't know
It's a learning experience
BUT I can say it was fairly stable for me to, first time CP flyer, to maneuver in a 10 foot circle or so no problem.
I want more lol
I was also using stock TX which is mode 2 and I fly mode 1 lol
It doesn't surprise me because Raz is da man!
Hey Raz! So you got your bird in the air. Great. I take it you were flying tail-in in that 10 foot circle. Tail-in is the only way for noobs at first. Yup, you got to watch your blade pitch with throttle up and throttle hold. As a matter of fact, right now you may be better off to forget those controls exist. If you kept your bird inside of 10 feet, you did good according to the RADD'S method. Now it is just a matter of grabbing a spare gear out of your parts inventory and getting your bird back in the air. You do have a spare parts inventory don't you according to the Stumblebee method? Regarding stick length, I was told the training rods should be 1.5 inches longer than the bird. You want the rods to help prevent blade strikes on the ground. If you look at your pic, you will notice the blades appear just a bit longer than the training gear rods.
What is this thing about you and Mode 1 / Mode 2 transmitters? Isn't this the second time those wires have been crossed with you?
Raz, this is just some general stuff for you and your 450. First and foremost, unlike a co-ax, the 450 is not designed to default to level flight. Yours is a 3D bird and that means it can twist and turn all over the place in ways that a co-ax or even a SR-120 can't.
Remember the tips of your blades are traveling close to 200 mph. This bird DEMANDS respect. You should keep both eyes on it constantly, no distractions. Even looking away for a half a second can get you into trouble. You don't even think about talking while flying. When I started out in the gym, I was the only one in there and that was a GOOD thing. You will remember in the early days with the smaller birds, you went through the "magnetic" phase where your bird was attracted to and ran into everything. The same thing can happen with a 450. The 450 seems to have a preference for running into noob pilots, especially their faces and especially at full throttle.
You may have a natural tendancy to try to fly the 450 close to ground at first to prevent crash damage. Not a good idea. You want this bird about three feet in the air in the beginning. As a noob, your take offs are going to be your most dangerous time. If something is going to go wrong (AND IT WILL), it will go wrong in that first 12 inches. You want to learn to get your bird in the air as quickly as possible to level flight. At the same time, you don't want to go too fast or you will go higher than the three feet.
Right now since you are outside, Mother Nature and the 450 are NOT your friends. It will take nothing to have that 450 coming right at you real fast. Your first task as you know, is to learn to hover that beast. Coming from the smaller birds, this means you will have to learn all over again. Hovering means side-in, tail-in and nose in. Nose-in may be the hardest one. I am still working on that one.
30 second flights are GOOD right now. You don't want to try going the eight minutes to exhaust a lipo at first. Fly short, land safely, THINK long. The 450 will teach you something with every flight. If your radio has a timer, USE IT.
Thanks John
All I really intend to do is practice hovering in the gym this winter. The flights yesterday were beginners luck I know lol.
It was more or less just to test if it worked - I get antsy ya know lol.
No it all seriousness I am waiting for new rx to arrive to bind to my DX6i radio and then the training begins.
Anyone have any tips on how to set up my radio (dx6i) to this bird to make it more docile and in training terms.
Hey Raz,
Woke up this morning to the news of the weather in Ontario. Record breaking snow, winds and freezing cold in southern Ontario. Sounds pretty grim from what we are hearing out here in the Tropic of Vancouver. The CBC is saying that even the equipment of the military is having problems moving the snow. Apparently a lot of folks on the 402 around Sarnia spent the night in their cars last night because they couldn't move down the road. Does this mean that those who live in the centre of the Canadian universe, Toronto, will not be able to get their morning coffee at Tim Horton's or Starbucks? If Toronto is affected, that will make it a national emergency. Heaven forbid that life be anything other than absolutely perfect for the folks living in Toronto.
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This post is sponsored by Disney's Find Your Voice contest. Visit the official contest site to see how you can use your voice to win a trip to LA for a VIP experience and other great prizes!
When I found out that I was pregnant with Harlan, one of the first things I did was rush to the book store to purchase every single parenting book I could get my hands on. We weren't expecting to get pregnant, so the idea of being a parent kind of snuck up on me… and it snuck up on me fast.
For the next nine months, I ditched my issues of InStyle magazine for any text related to parenting and pregnancy. I wanted everything to be perfect for my little girl when she entered this world, so I sought out as much advice as I could get. Even if that advice came from a stranger in a parenting book.
Those first few weeks after we brought Harlan home from the hospital were brutal. Everyone tells you it's tough, but no one told me it was this tough. Harlan had horrible reflux and colic, which made it nearly impossible for her to sleep for more than a couple hours at a time, even in the middle of the night. My husband and I would take turns rocking her up and down our hallway in the early hours of the morning trying desperately not to go crazy from the lack of sleep.
Rather than listening to my instinct and letting her sleep in the swing where she was upright and comfortable, I followed the advice from those lovely sleep books that told me to only let her sleep in her crib, otherwise she would get used to sleeping in everything else and Harlan's sleep would forever be tarnished.
We went the next nine months with a baby who slept in her own bed, but got up every two hours. It was the hardest nine months that I have ever gone through. I was a working mom running on little to no rest, with a baby that refused to sleep and a husband that was working in a completely different state.
I was miserable. I tried to do it all, just as all of those parenting books told me to do, but I just wasn't happy. And more importantly, my baby wasn't happy either. I wanted our life to be perfect and it was far from it.
Two years later, I found out that I was pregnant with Avery. Being pregnant with a toddler running around is completely different than being pregnant with your first. You really don't have time to focus on yourself; you have to put most of your attention on your little one. I did not read any parenting books during my pregnancy with Avery. Not because I didn't intend to, but because I simply didn't have the time.
When she was born, I immediately felt a sense of calmness wash over me. Everything was going to be okay, no matter what I decided to do. After we took her home, I wanted to start to picking up those parenting books so that I could remember how to do the newborn stage all over again. After a couple of days of putting it off, things around the house were going well. Avery was sleeping, Harlan was adjusting to being a big sister, and life was good as a family of four. All without reading one piece of parenting literature. It was then that I realized that I don't need those books to tell me how to parent — I need me to tell me how to parent.
For the next four months, Avery slept in her swing every single night. It was the only way that she would sleep through the night. Now, nearly a year and a half later, she sleeps better than anyone in our family and loves sleeping in her own bed. I don't think any parenting book would have told you that.
My motherly instincts are nearly always right and I know how to be the best mother to my kids, because they are mine. I had finally found the voice within myself and it felt so good to let it out.
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