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Burr Morse: The personalities of stormsMarch 03,2014
Our sluggish winter ended on a recent morning with over a foot of snow, and one quick look outside made me know how hard my day ahead would be. After organizing my priorities over two cups of strong coffee, I donned my battle garb. I headed out into the depths toward the prize, our Kubota tractor in the barn a quarter-mile away. The hundred-foot wallow out to my trusty Honda reaffirmed the storms severity but did nothing for my intelligence. I cleaned the car off, started it, and backed it down the drive to a point where it was thoroughly grounded and completely in the way. It would be necessary to abandon the car and continue my wallow that quarter mile.
As I disgustedly slammed the car door, I noticed our 10-year-old black lab Averill down at the bottom of the long driveway. When she saw me, she rushed to say hi (no hard labor for dogs, just hard play and excitement). When we met, she did her best to bowl me over, but I, still disgusted about the stuck car, shooed her off toward the house. Averills tracks, though, did make me smile her uphill loping left six feet of air between landings. All dogs are Olympic material.
In direct contrast, my tracks could have been made by a tired, old hedgehog with a dragging tail, but I finally made it to County Road. The town crew had been out all night, but snow like this gets ahead fast. I waddled on the left side of the road, very defensively, and finally made it to the barn. The Kubota, a modern diesel, started like it was July, but during its warm-up period, sputtered and groaned almost as if anticipating the work ahead.
Our bucket loader has what is called a quick detach feature that enables us to switch between multiple implements such as a bucket, forklift, log grapple, and of prime interest that morning, a snow plow. I crept the tractor up to the snow plow and began the cold, arduous process of attaching it. Theres a reason why they call it the quick detach and not the quick attach. After a painstaking job of alignment, freeing the two stuck lock handles, and plugging in two frozen hydraulic quick couplers (another misnomer), I was ready to plow.
Plowings the fun part. To me, a non-skier, snow is a hindrance designed by angry weather to both curb human progress and stress roof systems. Its best dealt with swiftly by high horsepower machines and fine-tuned plows, but this I say with tongue partly in cherry-pink cheek. I know better. Snow creates fun for many folks, good economy, and habitat for wildlife. The latter brings to mind a plowing story.
Years ago, I was operating my uncle Bernards plow truck cleaning up from another one-foot snowstorm. One of the houses on my route was close to a brook and had a long driveway that required speed enough to shoot the snow to one side from the angled plow. I had made one successful pass, but on the second one, all of a sudden something foreign shot out in the wake of snow. I stopped and got out to see what it was and there, lying dark against the white snow, was a muskrat, thoroughly ruffled but not hurt. He shook himself off and briefly looked up at me. In the closest thing to a common muskrat to man language, he said, How dare you do this to me. I was here first! I watched him amble off toward the brook, not certain that he understood my one word, Sorry.
Yup, snowstorms have personalities of their own. To some, theyre pure agony; others, pure joy. One thing for sure though, theyre part of nature around here, angry or not. At my age, youll probably not be seeing me out downhill skiing or snowboarding. No, been there, done that. But will be out there cleanin up from the next storm. In the words of Edgar Allan Poe, Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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2/13/2014The Professional Development Center (UT PDC) is proud to offer a professional certificate program that provides comprehensive instruction in the emerging field of emotional intelligence (EI). The Emotional Intelligence Certificate Program (EICP) is designed to help professionals better understand and develop self-awareness, as well as self-management and relationship management skills in the workplace. Comprised of five one-day courses that run from February through late April, participants assess their emotional intelligence competencies, identify EI strengths and challenges and learn new strategies for increasing personal achievement and improving emotional competencies in their team.
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Even in a decade of film making known for rabid pursuit of naked revenue, where directors and producers like Roger Corman (The Day the World Ended), Richard Cunha (Frankenstein's Daughter), and Herman Cohen (I was a Teenage Werewolf) reigned like whirling monarchs virtually mugging an audience for ticket money, Gordon was a forced to be reckoned with.
The scene continues with the actors in Puppet having to fight for attention against the interspersed moments from Colossal, even having to speak their lines between the rantings of Lt. Col. Manning - the amazing colossal man. Eventually Bob does ask Sally to marry him, but even that is done in between moments of tension from Colossal as the actors in Puppet can't take their eyes of the screen for anything but brief moments. And, of course, any scrap of human drama or sentiment has been blissfully crushed in Gordon's shameless bid for ticket sales – the moment so crass and so self-referential as to produce a kind of vertigo; like watching a mirrored reflection of a mirrored reflection, telescoping into infinity.
They called Bert I. Gordon many things: Mr. B.I.G. (for both the monogram of initials and his affection for rear projection whereby men and insects could be economically made huge); Schlockmeister, Penny-Pincher, Money-Grubber, Director, Producer – but they never called him over budget, that's for goddamn sure; and they never called him an artist, either. Not that he would have cared a rat's ass at any rate about being called an artist (being called over budget would have driven him into a killing rage, though). Artist? Please. Fella, do you know what an "artist" pulls down a year? Shit. That's what they make per annum. Shit. Zip. Bupkis. They starve, most of them. You want art, go to a museum. I got a wife and a little girl to feed.
Bottom Line? As long as you bought a ticket, you could call Bert Gordon whatever the hell you liked because you'd already bought into his game, anyway. Gordon was all about ticket sales, and he specialized in broad strokes, big story concepts you could sketch out on a dinner napkin, and moving pictures projected on white walls as big as a two story house. Artist? I got your artist!
So, a serious, critical retrospective of Gordon's work playing at the art houses in New York is not something I would hold your breath for, and the sleek Criterion Collection treatment of War of the Colossal Beast may be a long time coming (God, for that I would pay $29.00). As of this writing, Gordon's work has been the basic diet for the vile Mystery Science Fiction Theater 3000. Gordon does have, however, a loyal fan base that love his movies without an over-cute, smarmy commentary track, regardless of their lack of critical recognition and obvious lack of scholarly attention. Why is that? Well, I'm one of those fans, and I can't think of a quick answer. Let's see if we can make sense of it - flesh this thing out a bit.
I have found Gordon highly watchable at his worst and best, for very different reasons. First, let's look at Mr. Gordon's output when time and money ruled the roost.
In his worst films, often the raw pursuit of ticket sales caused a Gordon film to shame itself in an effort to please: witness the immortal moment in Earth Vs. the Spider (1958) when a dead, giant spider (killed by gallons and gallons of DDT sloshed around by sheriff deputies like kids at a pool party) is stored at the local high school gym; and subsequently revived by the decibel level of an impromptu jam session by the local garage band (Swing it, cats!). Or, similarly, in Attack of the Puppet People (1958) Laurie (Marlene Willis), shrunken victim of the insane doll maker, apropos of very little, decides to sing "You're My Living Doll" to her shrunken boyfriend, Stan (Ken Miller, the actor portraying Stan, is reduced to standing beside Marlene Wills, mugging and grinning like a pet puppy. Miller, while remembering Gordon fondly, has called this the most humiliating film experience of his career. "I wanted to crawl under the giant telephone," recalled Miller in a 1998 interview with Tom Weaver).
In treasured moments like these, dramatic tension, not to mention anything resembling plot integrity, is completely sacrificed for a single scene the kids at the drive-in would presumably go for. Gordon didn't understand teenagers well and badly underestimated their appreciation of a film. His own daughter, Susan, was around 7 or so when Gordon's most beloved and famous films were produced. This is interesting because the teenagers in a Gordon film rarely behave like teenagers; that is – as young people struggling with raging sexual desires, social displacement, and anger (so well portrayed in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause – 1955). No, in a Gordon film, the "teenagers" either behave like odd, delirious children (as in the scenes mentioned above), or odd, stuffy adults; like the teenage couple in Spider, Mike and Carol. Carol (June Kenney) begins the film concerned for her father, who "didn't return home last night" seeming more maternal than daughterly. As for Mike (Eugene Persson); when facing death and thinking about his father, remarks calmly "ah, he's a pretty good Joe. He'll be alright, I guess." (steady there, son. Try to get a grip on yourself). Gordon wasn't the only film-maker of the era hoping to cash in on the newly-burgeoning teenage drive-in market and managing only to misread an entire demographic. In The Blob, (Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.) which came out the same year as Earth Vs.The Spider (but had a much larger budget), such an obvious effort was made to kowtow to the teenagers in the audience the film turns young people into dull, dignified adults and somehow much better equipped emotionally to handle crises that the town's law enforcement officials, several of whom are Korean war veterans.
One of the things that shaped a Gordon production was the rip-snorting speed of the shooting schedule. According to wife, Flora (who assisted on many pictures), all of the films that make up the Gordon fifties oeuvre were done in ten days or so, fifteen tops. In addition, the budget for most of Gordon's output for this period was approximately $50,000 per. While these time and money constraints were not un-typical for several film-makers of the period (Roger Corman, in his autobiography, How I made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, boasts of shooting Little Shop of Horrors in two days), it did force a director/producer to establish priorities. In films like The Last Woman on Earth (1960) and The Day the World Ended (1955), Corman relied on a network of social tension and character conflict to propel his movies. For Corman, effects were of marginal importance and often look it. With Gordon, the concentration was on action, swift pace, and his beloved "special technical effects." Often (but not always as we will see in part II of this post) many of the elements of quality film-making were sacrificed in the rush; like character back story, plot development, or a good (or even coherent) script. This often had the unusual effect of a created world void of human resonance; a cold, bloody but bloodless universe lacking the emotional depth of a warm reality.
Take, for example, the vision of the city landscape in Earth Vs. The Spider after the attack, with damage hysterically out of proportion to anything any arachnid, regardless of size, would seem capable of. The city appears as though blighted by nuclear devastation; with burned out cars and blowing trash, buildings broken and gutted, and an orphaned, bloody baby crying among the debris of the abandoned streets. This baby simply appears screeching for a presumably dead mother, a horrible touch in a piece of stock footage from God knows what movie or (heaven forbid) real disaster. There is no effort in Spider to explain his abandonment or suggest any eventual safety. This wailing, blood-covered baby is left on its own, merely a detail of the holocaust. To actually make the baby safe or suggest some unique identity for the infant would have taken additional lines of dialogue or perhaps an extra shot or two. In other words, money and time, both in very short supply on a Gordon set. In scenes of rampage like this one, characters in a Gordon production never seem connected particularly to the actual carnage. Scenes of stock footage are interspersed between characters talking in a room, their clothes unwrinkled, as they discuss the tragedy in voices suggesting mild agitation. The effect is like watching an awful car wreck where no one seems particularly moved by the torn cars and bodies but yourself.
Or take the rather heartless treatment and startling lack of sympathy afforded the principal attractions in both The Cyclops (1957) and War of the Colossal Beast (1958). Both films borrow heavily from one of Gordon's best movies, the aforementioned The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) in which a man, exposed to enormous levels of radiation, grows to enormous size. Cyclops, which served as a kind of warm up to the huge, bald man in a diaper theme, has Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) forming an expedition to search the mountains of Mexico where her fiancé (Bruce Barton) has vanished in a plane crash. The mountainous area, however, is host to a massive uranium deposit, however, that has irradiated Susan's fiancé into a 50 foot, deformed creature with a partially-exposed face and one, single eye; and a ruined brain (he/it can barely remember her or his passed life, reduced to only growls and screams). Once discovering that her fiancé is a huge, mutated "monster," Susan doesn't explore the possibility of aiding her betrothed for more than a moment, and seems able to handle any grief very effeciently. Even though the admittedly no longer handsome giant never seems to do anything particularly threatening other that romp around and make loud cries of pain and anger, Susan becomes quickly resolved in destroying him and/or fleeing back to the expeditions' plane for a safe exit.
His need for extermination is self evident by the horrid spectacle he has become. Before the unfortunate Mr. Barton will be gratefully released from his torment by death, our expedition (which was organized to save him) will stab his single eye out, splattering blood and eye gore all over his massive face, sending him in heart-wrenching screeches of pain (heart wrenching for us viewers, that is. The characters on film are delighted with the monster's torture). The film ends with the male lead, Russ Bradford (James Craig), turning Susan's face from the spectacle of her dying fiancé, who has collapsed dead from exhaustion and blood lose, as their plane speeds back to a world of normal, handsome people (particularly gripping in these last scenes is the horrid spectacle of the monstrous, deformed, blind Barton, reaching at the plane as it speeds away over him, leaving him to die sightless and alone. The film is constructed in such a way that it is meant to look like the beast is clawing at the escaping plane, hoping for destruction, but considering the blind, near death condition of the creature, it looks for all the world like Barton is gesturing and crying out for help in his dying spasms). As is typical with a Gordon film of this vintage, spectacle and action trump character development and script. In the end, Susan is simply fleeing a monster with the rest of the mercenaries of the expedition; far too easily consoled by the new man in her life. Any other resolution would have required a different focus and a different set of priorities. Gordon clearly believed that brutal action sold more popcorn and soda than a complex love story, however, so Barton dies alone and blind, his massive body left to rot over the radiating bed of uranium in the mountains of Mexico.
In War of the Colossal Beast (1958), Gordon was propelled by the success of Amazing Colossal Man the previous year to bring poor Lt. Col. Manning back to life after his horrible execution and fall into the rocky gorge at Hoover Dam. The fall has crushed Manning's face, though, turning it into a horrible jigsaw of mashed bone, exposed teeth and skull, and gaping eye socket. It also has left him with some sort of wretched brain damage as well, and the unfortunate beast spends most of the movie strapped down in the hangar of a military base, wailing pitifully, while his sister and officials try to figure out what the hell to do with him. In the original Colossal Man, the fiancé was played with great passion and force by Cathy Downs. For the second film, Manning's sister is the voice of concern, played by Sally Frazer, who is given several thankless lines of token sympathetic dialogue but doesn't even begin to breath any real life into the part. She simply wants to go on record, it seems, to suggest officially that something should be done to help her husband. She seems as relieved as anyone when Manning meets his final end.
In these films, which are not Gordon's best by any means, we still find something that makes them watchable, and that is pace. If Gordon did anything consistently right, it was film editing and story pace. A Gordon picture, regardless of dotty science, erratic moments, or shameful self-promotion, never ever dragged. In this he was the cinematic equivalent of another 1950's pop culture artist, Mickey Spillane. Spillane was not a great writer, and many would argue he wasn't even a good writer – but no one ever left a Mike Hammer adventure feeling cheated, and damn few could resist the urge to turn the pages (myself included). Spillane, like Gordon, enjoyed action and the raw spectacle of violence. And a final and very important trait the two Atomic Age personalities had in common – they both made their living at what they did. They loved it, sure, but it was primarily their meal ticket, and neither man liked living cheap or hungry.
The absolute worst of Gordon is surely King Dinosaur (1955), which is the best example of the kind of twisted, soulless spectacle a film can become when all is surrendered to the need to make a fast, cheap film that sells tickets and popcorn. It is not possible to discuss Gordon and his faults and glories without discussing his one complete and utter misfire.
I despise the "so bad it's good" school of film appreciation (or depreciation), but in the case of Dinosaur it is hard to argue for a different approach. It is not possible to watch this film without repressing a groan or even – yes, it must be said – a laugh. If any film in the history of cinema was comprised of more stock footage, I would like to know about it. At least the first 4 or 5 minutes of the film is pure stock, and much of the dinosaur and wooly mammoth footage throughout comes from One Million BC (has there ever been a film more tapped for footage that BC?).
In the case of Dinosaur, a plot summary tells every nuance of the tale: Astronomers have discovered another planet in our solar system – Planet Nova. A team of four scientists (Team Nova!) are assembled to investigate. They discover a prehistoric planet on which there is an island inhabited by dinosaurs (extremely unlucky iguanas and monitor lizards with horns and fins attached). Our scientists decide to blow up the island with a nuclear device just to be on the safe side; walking casually back to their space ship as a mushroom cloud towers over the island. Both the unfortunate reptiles as well as the unfortunate female stars take a terrible beating in this film as overenthusiastic actor Douglas Henderson, playing Zoologist Richard Gordon, is terrifyingly physical in his performance; knocking his female co-stars around like helpless sparring partners – all under the guise of "moving them out of harm's way." In one particularly startling scene, Henderson pushes actress Patti Gallagher back (so that he can get a clean shot with his rifle) with such force she gives her head a crack against a piece of overhanging rock wall (you can see the actress say "ouch" and clutch instinctively at her head as her hair flies around). Along with his pushing and shoving, Henderson barks orders at the ladies with an odd irritation in his voice throughout the picture - a grating, acidic tone certainly not required for the part; all of which leads a viewer to the sad conclusion that either Henderson was not pleased with his casting or was simply a misogynistic prick behind the cameras as well as in front of them.
In this post we have examined how Gordon's love of speed, action, and self promotion could result in some very brisk, surreal viewing. At his very worst, nearly everything was sacrificed for cheap, quick spectacle. There was a skilled film-maker there, however, lurking under (or perhaps watching over) the ticket hawker; an artist that knew his craft.
Oops. Did I call Mr. B.I.G an "artist?" Well, yes. I did. In my next post, The Cheap, Fast World of Mr. B.I.G. Pt. II, we will discuss his finest film: The Beginning of the End (1957), and I will explain further. – Radiation Cinema!


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Reading First Technical Assistance Center Supports States, Districts
Bridging the Gap
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Reading First Technical Assistance Center Supports States, Districts
To help improve students' reading achievement, the U.S. Department of Education recently introduced the National Center for Reading First Technical Assistance, a new initiative that will offer free training and support to states and districts that have received Reading First grants. Reading First is a key component of the No Child Left Behind Act and was designed to improve children's reading skills through scientifically based methods of instruction.
"This new national center," said U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, "... will help ensure that every child learns to read at grade level so none will have to play catch-up later, which is much more difficult."
The national center will include three regional centers that will be operated by Florida State University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oregon. The regional centers will provide expertise on improving reading programs using teaching methods proven to be effective.
Administrators and teachers will receive training in scientifically based reading research and instruction; assistance in reviewing reading programs and assessments; critiques of Reading First sub-grant applications and methods of scoring them; and training in using assessment data to improve student reading performance.
Technical assistance will be provided through a range of learning opportunities, including: national and regional conferences, institutes and seminars; training and professional development; on-site, telephone and e-mail consultations; and links to national reading experts.
Bridging the Gap
By Lynda Gilkeson, Dunbar, W.Va.
I am proud to say that our school has met the adequate yearly progress standards for No Child Left Behind. Located 20 minutes outside Charleston, W. Va., Dunbar Middle School has approximately 450 students from highly diverse backgrounds. More than 25 percent are special education students; ethnic minorities represent 32 percent; and 60 percent of the student population receives free or reduced-price meals. Yet, our standardized scores show more than 60 percent of our students above the 50th percentile, with significant increases in the achievement of minority and special education students.
After decades as a traditional junior high, Dunbar recently transitioned to a middle school as part of a countywide restructuring effort. As Dunbar's principal for more than a dozen years, I confess that this total reorganization of program and staff was the most challenging time in my careerand probably in my staff's. We had been a successful school, earning the state's School of Excellence award, with the customary organization of English, mathematics and other departments, with which we were all familiar. Needless to say, reorganizing the existing staff and assimilating new teachers into cohesive interdisciplinary teams was difficult.
Over a two-year period of attending classes together for restructuring the school, we slowly committed to a school-within-a-school structure. We revised every element of our programfrom mission statement to daily proceduresand physically moved every classroom into grade-level clusters. Our new middle school emerged in 2001 as three self-contained grade-level "schools." Each has its own area of the building and a distinctly separate daily schedule. This school-within-a-school structure is critical to Dunbar's success, providing small, close-knit learning communities and personal working relationships among students, parents and staff.
Each grade-level team is given a certain level of autonomy in developing and implementing its own procedures. Teachers elect their team leaders, who serve as part of the administrative team. With the exception of designated times for meals and arts instruction, they can adjust their daily schedules as needed. Giving up total control was my hardestbut bestdecision: shared decision-making has led to a shared vision. It also has developed a new generation of leaders and allowed me to focus more on curriculum.
The academic success of the teams lies within their interdisciplinary focus in which learning is guided by a common theme as opposed to a sequence of seemingly unrelated subjects. The teams meet daily to plan instruction according to the state's standards, address discipline and confer with parents and students.
Our special education students are also included in the grade-level teams, receiving the same curriculum as their peers. Students are involved, not artificially included, in the total school program, developing lifelong bonds with their classmates. For example, regular education students are involved daily with special needs students as peer tutors and lunch buddies. They often return during their high school years to work as volunteers with the special education students; one high school junior recently took her profoundly disabled friend as her prom date.
For our African American students, achievement is boosted by uniform and high expectations and by a school climate that celebrates diversity and stresses zero tolerance for inequality. At Dunbar, our minority students are well represented on honor roll and VIP rosters, and in extracurricular activities and student government. Another indicator of success is the ACT scores of African American females, which for one year were higher than for any other group.
Additional factors in narrowing the gap and raising the achievement of all students are good nutrition and a pleasant learning environment. Our fifty-year-old former high school building defies its age and is generally recognized as the cleanest in our county. Our cafeteria serves an average of 360 breakfasts and 440 lunches daily, which represent the highest participation in the county.
Overall, Dunbar has been successful in raising the achievement of all students by focusing on essential skills within a highly structured school-within-a-school environment. We are narrowing the achievement gap by eliminating the "expectation" gap and maintaining unwaveringly high standards for all of our students.
Lynda Gilkeson has been the principal of Dunbar Middle School for 15 years. A former coordinator of community education and teacher of English and art, Gilkeson holds masters of arts degrees in administration and in special education.
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindStandards and Assessments
|"Educational choice is important for two reasons. First, it extends civil rights and social justice. Second, it enhances school effectiveness. ... Opportunity scholarships help remove the chains of bureaucracy. They free low-income students to obtain a better education in a school of their choosing."
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, in his remarks on the recently funded D.C. School Choice Program, Jan. 28, 2004.
Under No Child Left Behind, by the 2005-06 school year, states must develop and implement annual assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in grades 10-12. These assessments must be aligned with the states' academic content and student achievement standards in reading and mathematics. States must also develop science standards by 2005-06, and by 2007-08 develop and administer annual science assessments at least once in grades 3-5, grades 6-9, and grades 10-12. These achievement standards and assessments vary from state to state.
At the high school level, for example, some statesincluding Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Virginiahave designed their standards and assessment systems around particular courses that all students must take (e.g., course-by-course standards for algebra and biology and end-of-course assessments).
Additionally, states have the flexibility to add student "stakes" to their standards and assessment systems. Massachusetts requires students to pass the high school assessments as a condition of receiving a diploma. Colorado requires students to achieve at certain levels to be promoted to subsequent grades. Student stakes, however, are not a requirement of the law.
Finally, states have the flexibility in the naming of their achievement levels (e.g., basic, proficient, advanced) and the number of these levels. For example, Kentucky likely has the most achievement levels, with four general categoriesNovice, Apprentice, Proficient and Distinguishedand additional levels within the Novice and Apprentice rankings for a total of eight achievement levels.
Celebrating Science, Math
The Education Department is partnering with the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies and scientific societies to sponsor activities for this year's Excellence in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (ESTME) Week, March 15-20. The week's celebration is designed to ignite student interest in mathematics and science. Participants are encouraged to partner with local businesses and libraries, for example, or sponsor contests and career programs that draw community attention toward the critical need of improving student performance in these subjects.
The Web site www.ESTME.org includes a variety of promotional materials and ideas for celebrating ESTME week. It also offers an online chat forum, called "Ask a Scientist," in which students can submit questions and receive answers from a host of scientists and engineers.
On March 16, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige will host a Science Summit for mathematics and science educators throughout the country in Washington, D.C. The summit will feature Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman and an exposition of teaching and learning tools.
On the Horizon
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Since the 1980s, when states began to make the requirements for a diploma more demanding, the percentage of high school graduates completing some advanced coursework in science and mathematics has increased. From 1982 to 1998, high school graduates who had completed advanced science coursework increased from 35 percent to 62 percent, and those who had completed advanced mathematics courses increased from 26 percent to 41 percent.
Source: The Condition of Education, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002.
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In the quest to find information about the performance of their child's school and district, parents oftentimes have to search multiple Web sites, read numerous written reports and research scattered assessments. The new Web site www.SchoolMatters.org eliminates such multi-tasking demands. Launched by the School Information Partnership, a public-private collaborative, this online resource is a one-stop shop of timely and comparable education data on schools, school districts and states nationwide.
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Home List of Titles Study of thin films of kraft lignin and two DHPs by means of single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS)
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/240003
- Title
- Study of thin films of kraft lignin and two DHPs by means of single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS)
- Author(s)
- Notley, Shannon M.; Norgren, Magnus
- Abstract
- The adhesion of single and associated lignin chains to a substrate has been studied by means of single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). Softwood kraft lignin (KL) and two lignin polymer models (dehydrogenation polymers, DHPs) based on coniferyl alcohol (DHPc.alc.) and coniferaldehyde (DHPc.ald.) were in focus. The desorption force from the "silicon nitride SMFS tip" for the KL was significantly greater than that of the DHPs. The higher desorption force was interpreted as being due to the interaction of carboxyl groups through hydrogen bonding with the tip as well as to the less compact polymeric layer at the interface. The distribution of the extended chain lengths was determined, and self-association of lignin chains was observed. For both KL and the DHPc.ald., chains were extended significantly beyond the limit that would be expected for polymers with the corresponding degree of polymerization. The α-carbon on the DHPc.alc.has a strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding interaction with the adjacent aryl ether, which inhibits the possibility of the ether to participate in intermolecular hydrogen bonding with nearby lignin chains. Thus, the self-association for KL and DHPc.ald.was found to be dominated by intermolecular hydrogen bonding with carboxylic groups and aryl ether functionalities.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences.
- Source
- Holzforschung, Vol. 66, no. 5 (Jul 2012), pp. 615-622
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0705 Forestry Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Adhesion; AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Dehydrogenation polymer; DHP; Kraft lignin; Lignin; Polymer association; Poor solvent; Surface forces
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- 0018-3830
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © by Walter de Gruyter.
- Peer reviewed


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WHAT IS IT?At first, the Pit Posse Spout Extender doesn't look like much, but look again. It is a detachable spout that fits on five-gallon, metal, VP-style gas cans that facilitates pouring.
CONTACT? www.pitposse.com or (866) 447-6773.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with Pit Posse's Spout Extender.
(1) Problems. When you tip a full can of gasoline up to the tank of a dirt bike, fuel starts pouring before the spout reaches the filler hole. To make matters worse, the fuel will not flow smoothly because it creates a suction force behind the flow. When you tip an unvented gas can vertically, it tries to gulp air back through its spout (against the flow of traffic). Pit Posse's Spout Extender has a clever venting system built into its hose. Running an air-vent hose down the length of the spout until it reaches the bottom of the gas can allows the fuel to be vented from below. When fuel pours out of the spout, it creates a vacuum at the other end of the can that sucks air through Pit Posse's vent hose to replace the volume of fuel that comes out.
(2) Attachment. Most five-gallon metal fuel cans have a collapsible plastic pouring spout built into the can's opening. It pulls out after you peel back the lead seal. The retractable plastic spout is messy to pour through because it is very short. The Pit Posse Spout Extender threads onto the end of the retractable spout to not only extend the pouring capabilities, but to allow the fuel to vent better. Care must be taken because the flimsy plastic of the metal can's retractable spout has very limited threads (one big thread as opposed to a series of threads). This means that if you tug on the Pit Posse Spout Extender, it could pop off.
(3) Seal. This type of threaded connector is common on gas jugs and pressure washers. The seal is created when the male end is pressed into a rubber washer at the opening. The threads keep the pressure against the seal, but aren't responsible for blocking fluid directly. The thin edge of the VP can's retractable plastic spout wasn't designed to mate with a rubber seal, and the minimal amount of threading can't create an abundance of clamping pressure. The result is that when the Spout Extender is capped off and the fuel can is tipped over, the weight of the fuel can weakens the seal between the Pit Posse connector and the metal can's plastic spout. But, when the fuel is flowing, the seal holds up and allows you to pour fuel without spilling.
(4) Spout vs. funnel. Most racers use a funnel with metal VP-style fuel cans to get the fuel transferred to the bike's gas tank or a conventional plastic gas can. Pit Posse's Spout Extender has some advantages over a funnel. First, a funnel blocks your vision into the filler hole. You have to stop pouring to check the fuel level. Second, a funnel splashes fuel. The Spout Extender doesn't splash gas. Third, funnels take up space because of their shape. The Pit Posse Spout Extender is a rubber tube. Finally, to the funnel's credit, it offers a universal fit, has multiple uses and can have the added function of a built-in filter.
(5) Fitment. The Spout Extender is available in two sizes: one for a five-gallon, VP-style, metal fuel can and one for larger openings.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? Ideally, the Spout Extender would have a larger-diameter vent hose and spout. The fuel would flow quicker if both were upsized.
The Pit Posse Spout Extender is a handy gadget for pouring race gas directly out of an unvented metal gas can.


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What is in this article?:
- Crop insurance and the next farm bill
- Workloads, banking, awareness
- With crop insurance destined to be a key component of the next farm bill, what are insurance agents keeping a close eye on as the legislation takes shape?
- Insurance agency president discusses industry concerns/kudos with new farm bill.
With crop insurance destined to be a key component of the next farm bill, what are insurance agents keeping a close eye on as the legislation takes shape?
On May 17, Ruth Gerdes, President of Nebraska-based Auburn Agency Crop Insurance Inc., testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on industry concerns and kudos for the developing farm bill. Shortly after, Gerdes, who also farms, spoke with Farm Press. Among her comments:
On how her testimony was received…
"I think the testimony as well-received. Probably the most interesting part of it – as an agent who's been in this work for a long time – was the fact that Congress had no idea the (latest) SRA (Standard Reinsurance Agreement) negotiated had such a strong overreach into the agents' world."
For more, see here.
"That was pretty shocking to the members. You certainly don't often see (California Rep. Jim) Costa – who isn't a member of the subcommittee – come to the hearing to specifically talk about that. Having testified many times over 27 years, I thought that was unusual. You don't see that happen very often."
More on the Standard Reinsurance Agreement…
"The SRA is the agreement between the USDA that is negotiated by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the AIPs (Approved Insurance Providers).
"It's a five-year agreement and was last renegotiated in 2010 to begin in 2011. As part of that negotiation they put a cap on agents' commissions. That devastated, particularly, the specialty crops and was a tremendous overreach.
"I found that the congressmen were most incensed about the fact that they made this rule part of the SRA without any agent participation, any agent input. We don't have a seat at the table because we don't sign (the SRA). So, as agents that deliver this product, we had a real whammy handed to us in that SRA."
Can that be rectified through the next farm bill? Will you have to wait for the next SRA negotiation for that to occur?
"Congress could certainly rectify it. The question is, this far in, how do you rectify something and not create unintended consequences? There is a lot of discussion about that.
"A simple thing to do that would be budget neutral would be for Congress to simply say 'take the cap off agents and go back to the way it used to be.' That was where companies and agents would negotiate based on what I perceive as the way insurance should work: the ability of the agent to work hard.
"As it stands now, we're really quasi-employees of the companies even though we must pay our own health insurance, our own pensions, all our office staffs, all of that. It doesn't matter whether you do a good job or bad job for your farmers -- you'll get paid the same.
"That's why it's so offensive to agents like me who have worked for 27 years to build a book of business based on service."
On crop insurance becoming the cornerstone of the next farm bill…
"It doesn't surprise me. My farmers have been telling me for years that is their preference.
"The 2000 Agriculture Risk Protection Act (ARPA) bill incentivized farmers to do the right thing and purchase up (with crop insurance) and they've responded in droves. I believe the participation is something like 83 percent nationwide. That's phenomenal."
On the issues involving crop insurance and rice and peanuts…
"I've been around the rice issue on the periphery. I don't sell rice (insurance).
"When you deal with a program as large as crop insurance, there's a tendency to make a policy for corn, wheat, soybeans and grain sorghum and try to make the same thing work for rice and peanuts.
"The reason I've been around the periphery of rice is for four years we've been trying to get RMA to (produce) a rice policy. The policy has been held up for four years in their 508(h) process.
"I thought it be approved in April. Last week, I was told it had been sent out for another expert review. After four years I would have thought they could have come up with a policy that meets the needs of rice producers. And I'm very supportive of that – we have to have something actuarially sound that meets (rice producers') needs."
What in the Senate farm bill might be a problem from your perspective?
"Certainly what (Illinois Sen. Dick) Durbin and (Oklahoma Sen. Tom) Coburn did to limit the subsidy to $40,000 per producer would decimate the crop insurance industry. The question they asked the GAO (General Accounting Office) was 'can you save money if you limit the subsidy.' The obvious answer is 'yes, you can save money.' But what harm do you do in the meantime?
"There have been many people who have looked at that on the average. However, they didn't consider high-dollar value, specialty crops.
"They also didn't take into account high-risk ground. Where I live (in Nebraska) – and certainly in the South – there is plenty of high-risk ground. If they limit the subsidy to $40,000, then crop insurance will no longer be the cornerstone of farm policy."


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The Positive Living Centre utilises two employment agencies for members who wish to look for work. Both WISE Employment and WorkingOUT are services that can assist you if you are interested in employment or training. Information on both services are below.
SensWide Employment's WorkingOUT is the first Australian Government endorsed employment program supporting the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex communities. The project was designed to support the specific needs of GLBTI-identified people with disabilities, mental health conditions and disadvantages; however our experienced consultants are happy to provide employment/education/training advice to anyone from these communities.
The team will aim to provide a tailored program to meet your individual needs and will look at areas such as:
- Career counselling
- Training options to fill skill gaps
- Job search techniques and preparation for interviews
- Preparing a professional resume
- Direct marketing where we will introduce you to potential employers
What defines WorkingOUT from other employment services is that we can provide a safe space for you to come in and talk about issues that may be holding you back in your current job or finding a new job.
These may include;
- Coming out in the workplace
- Bullying /Harassment in the workplace
- Disability and /or sexuality awareness training for colleagues in the workplace
- Understanding your rights / advocacy /mediation.
We are also a referral organisation that has an extensive knowledge of other GLBTI services around Melbourne.
One of the SensWide WorkingOUT team will be at the Positive Living Centre every first Tuesday of every month between 10.30am -1.30pm. You don't need an appointment, just come along for chat.
Alternatively, call Paul at SensWide on 8620 7155 for an obligation free chat. There is no cost for these employment services.
Potential clients must meet Centrelink requirements.
WISE Employment
WISE's Disability Employment Services assist people with a disability to obtain and maintain award wage employment within the open labour market. WISE believes people with a disability can successfully work for full award wages if they are given appropriate job matching and support.
- To assist HIV positive clients receiving a Centrelink benefit back into the work force in a supportive and client focus way.
- To facilitate the relationship between the client and Centrelink during any workplace transition thereby reducing anxiety and concern
- To excite the client to the possibility of discovering enjoyable, and validating employment to supplement, or to become independent of Centrelink benefits.
- That this process fosters support and encouragement in pace with the client capacity and desires.
A WISE Employment consultant will be visiting the Positive Living Centre monthly during the Wednesdays pantry service between 3-5pm providing an opportunity to talk with a consultant to assess your situation.
For more information please contact Deirdre Byrne at the Positive Living Centre, or WISE Employment directly on 9529 3688 and ask to speak to Paul.


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Resting expectantly on the roughly cushioned seat of his motorbike, Jim Naughten was entranced by his first glimpse at the lunar landscape of Namibia.
"I felt as though I had been transported to a different planet," he writes in the introduction to his forthcoming book, Conflict and Costume. The landscape was scorching and inhospitable, and for the recent college graduate, as foreign a world as he could have found.
On this land — marked by the remnants of the world's oldest known cave paintings and still trodden by today's remaining nomadic tribes — Naughten found a world of crises and celebrations — the twisted braids of culture and colony that have given birth to modern Namibia.
"Namibia was a country of contrasts and paradoxes," Naughten writes. "I was hooked."
Specifically, it was the Herero tribe that would bring Naughten back, some 15 years after watching his first sunrise over Namibia's eastern expanse. This time, with digital camera in hand, Naughten set out across the desert by car, camping each night, and photographing throughout each day — from weddings to funerals and all ceremonies in-between.
"For me the Herero story, illustrated by the amazing costumes and uniforms, is one of survival, pride and defiance," Naughten told TIME. The process of photographing his subjects on a landscape silently marked by the fingerprints of history, gave the Conflict and Costume gravity — the images tugged at something deeper.
In part, that "something deeper" is the colonial experience — a force communicated through the Herero's adoption of Germanic-style military or dress attire. Namibia, is bordered by Angola to the north, Zambia to the east, South Africa to the south and the Atlantic ocean to the west, and came under German rule in 1884 – a political decision thought to forestall British Colonial expansion from South Africa up the western coast.
"The project led me to read a great deal of colonial history," said Naughten, noting that the story of the German Herero war is not widely known at all.
German occupation led to decades of indigenous struggle, which almost led to the extinction of the Herero people. Specifically, the German-Herero war between 1904-1907 resulted in the loss of nearly 85 percent of the Herero population.
"Namibia's colonial history is extremely complex and fascinating," said Naughten. "But amidst twists and turns are stories of the most unbelievable inhumanity."
But from those struggles have grown an obsession with dress — or costume — amongst the Herero.
Naughten told TIME that, according to custom, whenever a Herero warrior would kill a German soldier they would take his uniform, considered to be a badge of honor and an act that would symbolically "take their power."
Today, many of the uniforms are merely bartered, bought or sold, but the influence of the early German colonial wares has led the Herero to adopt other more European elements of fashion. In this remote corner of the Namib, European style of dress has become a celebrated aspect of the modern Herero's identity.
Interestingly, despite a fervor for military marches and battle dress, the Herero people no longer have a traditional standing army. The parading men are mere community groups, who march for display, accruing respect and rank by virtue of their frequency of attendance, as well as the appearance and quality of their uniform.
There's little or no political motivation behind the work, Naughten said. His process, and his approach to photography, is based on a basic method: find a story, explore with the camera, and make pictures of where the story takes him.
Unlike his first trip to Namibia, however, digital photography has limited Naughten's ability to share his work with his subjects.
"It was much easier when I was able to give Polaroids to the people I photographed." he said. "Now with the digital technology it's not possible, and very few people I worked with had access to email."
When asked about the value that Conflict and Costume might provide, Naughten refers to the curiosity that kept him engaged with Namibia throughout the years.
"I would like people to become more interested in Namibia and aware of the history, and just maybe pick up some further reading." Naughten said.
Jim Naughten is a photographer based in London. His book, Conflict and Costume, will be released March 1, 2013 by Merrell. This work will also be shown from March 5th – April 13th at the Margaret Street Gallery in London, and from March 14th – May 4th at Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y.. Last summer, TIME commissioned Naughten to photograph the athletes of the 1948 London Olympics.


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Celebrities with November birthdays
Published On: Oct 26 2011 03:19:45 AM CDT Updated On: Nov 01 2016 01:00:00 AM CDT
If you're celebrating your birthday in November, click on to see which celebrities share your big day.
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As the state's flagship nursing program, the University of South Carolina College of Nursing is leading the way to meet the critical need for registered nurses in the 21st century by using the most innovative teaching techniques and tools available, including our most advanced teaching instrument – the patient simulator. Patient simulators are full-body working manikins that are programmed to deliver critical vital sign and physiologic information that a nurse needs to determine the best care for their patient.
Every nursing student experiences a variety of situational scenarios that are common in the field of nursing as well as scenarios that involve high-risk situations they would most likely never witness in their hospital clinical. In the lab, our students perform duties that only licensed registered nurses can do in the real world. Students get to experience assessing patients, examining lab results, calling health care providers, drawing up and administering medications and making critical decisions. The simulators respond to the care like real patients.
"We want our students' preparation to be the best it can be. Education through simulation plays a critical role in preparing students to have the confidence and skills they need, particularly when it comes to acting fast in a low-incidence, high-risk situation." – Erin McKinney, Director, Clinical Simulation Lab


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Closed gates and signs are not what Hawaii visitors expected Tuesday.
"It's frustrating and annoying," said Mike Sehr, a visitor from Germany.
"This is the main thing for Hawaii. Can't come here and not see it," said Aimee Wex, a visitor from Australia. "Guess we'll go to the North Shore and see some good waves. That's the next thing I think."
Some national park rangers kept visitors at bay and told us off camera they're simply keeping track of how many hours they're working with no guarantees they'll be compensated.
Tour buses continued to drop off visitors, including a Chinese company called Dragon Tours.
"Have you told them it's closed," asked KITV anchor and reporter Kenny Choi. "Yeah they want to try to take a look," said Edwin Chen of Dragon Tours.
One "open" sign also caused some confusion among visitors.
"There's a sign that says we're open to show you Pearl Harbor, but unfortunately nothing is open," said Katie Moriarty from Australia.
But, there are still some options for people who want to visit museums, including the Pacific Aviation Museum.
Click here to see photos from the first day of the shutdown at the USS Arizona Memorial.
"Pearl Harbor Historic Sites is more than just the USS Arizona and national park. They can come to Ford Island and show them the USS Oklahoma Memorial, USS Missouri Memorial, and the Pacific Aviation Museum," said Pacific Aviation Museum Director Kenneth DeHoff. "We're not government entities so we are open during the shutdown."
"Normally we have a booth at the visitor center, but since it's closed today we have some signage up to guide people to this location," said Kodey Gratz of the Pacific Aviation Museum.
Visitors can also still visit the USS Bowfin. The Pacific Aviation Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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The National Weather Service says the twister began on the water, and made its way on land after 7 a.m. Friday traveling a mile and a half inland.
Sara Mai Kui recalled how powerful the waterspout looked as she watched it from the Kailua boat ramp.
She described the water coming off the shore creating what looked like a bowl of water.
But not long after, it made landfall, and she thought, "Oh, no! There's going to be another tornado, and it?s going to take somebody's house," Mai Kui said.
The twister came up on Mokulua Drive, destroying a vacation rental.
The winds pulled off up part of the roof and blew it into a neighbor?s yard, where it landed in an ironwood tree.
A friend of the property owner said a couple with an infant was vacationing at the home at the time. The couple had plans to fly to the neighboring islands, but changed their minds and extended their stay on Oahu.
"They left to go to Kauai, and because of the bad weather, they cancelled and came back here," said Darren DeMello.
The National Weather Service was on scene within hours.
"Based on what we saw on radar, it was enough for our office to send me out to take a look at what actually caused this wind-related damage," said meteorologist Mike Cantin.
"All the furniture and front lawn furniture is all over the place, and the twister came back here and collapsed an area which was an open covered patio," DeMello said.
Down the street, on Kuailima Drive residents were trying to clean up what the tornado left behind.
"The wind was kind of blowing, and it got intense and then it was over. There was this intense whoosh sound, and it lasted like ten seconds," said resident Wayne Giesbrecht.
Someone's camping equipment was lodged in his tree. Giesbrecht?s neighbor's lanai was damaged and two other trees in the area were also twisted away.
"I have seen poles pulled up off the ground and landing on cars. There is quite a bit of damage like we are seeing, roofs pulled back, kind of all the way up to Enchanted Lakes, ? Cantin said.
Cantin put it this way: ?All week Oahu has been dodging a bullet.? Friday morning it found a target.


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I am at my wits end... Its 4:40pm...he has eaten maybe 10 sips all day!! He is frutrated, I am frustrated. We tried uphill nursing, football hold leaning way back on the couch, side lying, i squirted a bunch out...I have been trying to block feed...but now 4 hours have gone by for him to eat on the left and he didn't...do I switch to the right now?? SHould I just pump and give him a bottle?? waaaahhh...thats me crying and wyatt crying. I had to put him in the swing he doesn't want me to hold him He seems just resigned to not eating...and not cuddling. I tried in the rocker, my bed, the spare bed, the couch, standing...
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It sounds like you have tried everything!! I really dont think I have anything to offer??? Maybe just some support and to say take a breath...I know how frustrating this can be. Hang in there!!!!
Have you tried getting him very sleepy or asleep and trying again? That is the number one method that worked for us and still does. Or try taking a warm bath with him and offer ... lots of skin to skin contact if he'll allow it. I'm so sorry! Please PM if you need to talk. I'll be back later when I can type freely!
Mama to Adeline Brett, breastfed for 4.5 years (12/14/05) and little Eliza June, new tiny sprite in my arms and still learning the ropes (7/18/10)
Family Blog • If I'm here I'm nursing and typing one handed ... forgive the typos!
And I'm not a newbie at all ... I'm trying to get my old user ID working from back in the day ... paint-the-moon
NAKing as well...
Wyatt's mom~ (((HUGS))) to you! I so remember those days with my little boy! I had never even heard of oversupply ("What? I thought I was supposed to worry about not having enough!")
Definitely try what Annie said about nursing when Wyatt is sleepy. This was our routine for several weeks before the block-feeding took effect:
-dance around with Asher in the sling while he "sang" along until he got *really sleepy*,
-go lay down in bed, with the lights off and everything perfectly still and quiet,
-then latch him on and hope for the best...if he pulled off because of the spray, I'd allow myself to leak into a diaper/nursing pad, and repeat "the dance" until he calmed down again
Boy, was it a lot of work for a while there, but it eventually did pay off. His appetite and ability to cope with the OALD increased as my supply decreased.
Well, ds in question is up, so gotta run. HTH.
Thanks for all the support ladies!! Wyatt finally ate last night at 8:30pm!! Then he played went to sleep and I fed him in his sleep at 10:30 and YES he eats so well when he is sleeping!! He ate 4 more times through the night...YAH!! I am so relieved he is not starving anymore!
Now this morning he ate at 7:30 then 9:30 then went until 1:30 then just ate again at 2:30 but not that much...my main concern is the 4 hours this morning, but there is just no feeding him when he doesn't want to eat.
My question is, is it possible that he can go longer stretches (ie. 4 hours...not 7or 8 like yesterday) but 4 hours now?? I am used to him eating every 2-3 hours like clockwork.
My second question is, how long should I do the block feeding for if he does go 4 hours in between feeds???? Its not ideal to leave the other side filling up and up for that long...but of course I will if I have to.
Thanks again...yesterday was a REALLY hard day!!
Woo-Hoo! That is such great news! Way to go mama !
It certainly is possible that, given your abundant milk supply, Wyatt would be perfectly content going 4 hours between nursing sessions during the day. My boy preferred to nurse frequently during the night and then not eat so much during the day. Thank God for co-sleeping!
How long are you staying on one side with the block-feeding? Am I understanding you that you are switching after four hours? It is important to keep tabs on how full you are feeling when you are block-feeding in order to prevent plugged ducts and breast infections. If the side you aren't currently using starts to feel full, you might try hand expressing just until you are comfortable. Many mamas lean over the sink or hop in the shower. Or, you could hold a cloth diaper over the opposite breast and gently massage it while Wyatt nurses on the other side.
HTH. Sooo happy that things are better today!
It really can be depressing when it feels like breastfeeding is hurting your LO which it can seem that way with OALD. Though I could imagine it would also be depressing if you didn't have enough milk to feed your LO too.
Wyatt'smom - I'm glad your DS is back to eating - that is so sad and frustrating - we have times when my DS won't eat even when he seems hungry, but he'll usually catch back up at the next feeding - I only had one day like the one you described (which was about when I started realizing I had OALD) and it was so heartbreaking - I definitely cried that day along with my baby.
With blockfeeding and positioning things are generally better now. I'm still on 4 hour blocks, and things seem to be going well, so I'm going to stick with it for awhile. My DS generally eats every 2 hr, so that's 2 feeds per block on 1 breast...if he goes longer or shorter, I actually adjust the block time a bit so it is 2 feedings on 1 side before switching. I'm not sure if it's the correct way to do it, but that works for me.
Mama to Jacob , born 6/11/06
And his NEW baby brother , born 8/14/08
, , , cloth diapering
I just wanted to add to the mothers w/ young babies w/ OALD....there CAN be light at the end of the tunnel! I'm cow and always have been. When DJ was little he had to "fight the monster" to eat everyday. He choked, he sputtered and sometimes milk would come out of his nose. But you know what? He learned to deal w/ it. If you have an OALD chance are your going to be prone to it while your BFing. It was part of getting our nursing relationship established. He had to figure out how to get the food w/out choking to death or drowning. They are so smart our LO!!! The 1st sign that he was learning to "deal w/ it" was the "pop off". He would suck a few times and then pop off and stare at my breast and then go back and suck a few more time and pop back off. He did this in ANTICIPATION of a very strong let down and didn't want to get caught in a wave. The next thing he did was start to click. He's a clicker He uses his tongue to control the milk flow so that it doesn't overwhelm him. He's 10months old and sometimes he still chokes and sometimes he still pops off only to get it in the eye Because that 's the kind of milk supply I have.
ANd I have to agree w/ Mummy. No matter what, I'd always rather have too much milk than not enough. I'd cetainly rather be in a position to help someone else's baby than not be able to take care of my own. And to those of you who have been in both positions....weren't you more scared of the prospect of losing your supply? I mean if all else fails w/ OALD you can pump and feed your baby. If you lost your supply.....I shudder to think.
Anyways my point is for the most part I think you can expect you an dyour baby to work it out. The popping off and the clicking are two signs I know of that you can look for that can mean your baby already has started to! Good luck everyone!
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- Title
- Estimation of strengths in large annealed glass panels
- Author(s)
- Nurhuda, I.; Lam, N. T. K.; Gad, E. F.; Calderone, I.
- Abstract
- A new model of the Log-Normal form for predicting the cumulative probabilistic distribution of strength in annealed glass panels is presented in this paper. The proposed model, which is supported by experimental evidences, shares certain features that are common with predictions by the Weibull's model. However, as the dimension of the panel is above a certain limit, the strength of glass as predicted by the new model is much less sensitive to any further increase in the panel dimension than strength predicted by the Weibull's model. This has important implications to the engineering design and risk assessments of glass facades in the future. The proposed alternative model was derived from results obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of non-interacting Griffith flaws based on principles of fracture mechanics. As interactions between flaws have been neglected in the analyses presented in the paper, the proposed model is intended to be applicable to glazing panels which contain widely spaced flaws. Results from physical experimentation in support of the simulation model have been presented in the paper.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 47, no. 18-19 (Sep 2010), pp. 2591-2599
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 0905 Civil Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Flaw size distribution; Glass strength; Monte Carlo; Weibull distribution
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- 0020-7683
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Peer reviewed