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I wanted to start this thread, because I have been searching for answers to my particular situation, to no avail. I have searched the LLL website up and down for help, and there doesn't seem to be one single article about working mothers and extended breastfeeding. I know I am not parting the waters here, and I know other mothers have walked down this road before me, so what gives? I would love to find something that might help me at this point in our nursing lives, and I see the articles from New Beginnings, but nothing of this kind. I thought maybe this would help others in that way, and hopefully a leader would stop by to help me out too!
As many of the mothers (and maybe even some leaders) here know, dd has never been much of a comfort nurser...maybe its her personality, maybe its because the nurse at the hospital told us a pacifier was better than a thumb and we succombed in our tired, post surgery state of mind. Either way, the only time she nurses for comfort is in the middle of the night, or when she is very sick. If fact, our nursing relationship has always been quite a struggle...she nurses for food...she drinks her bottle at the sitters for food. She never falls asleep doing either. So, we are a bit different than most nursing dyads in that respect. She was colicky, and has always been a high needs baby, but as Dr. Sears puts it, she also isn't a cuddler, so she was one of the more difficult high needs babies. She never melted in my arms, never wanted me to rock her to sleep, never wanted to sleep next to me.
I went back to work when she was 5 weeks old, part time, 20 hours a week. My husband kept her for a few hours and then our sitter kept her, at our house, for a few hours, 3 days a week. I went home to breastfeed her, on demand, whenever she was hungry. I started working 20 hours a week and gradually increased to 33 hours a week, and never went back "fulltime". We had some severe difficulties in the beginning...I became severely engorged, lived 80 miles from the nearest LLL leader, the nearest LC, the nearest hospital. I ended up with a severe case of mastitis, because the LC I talked to on the phone told me there was no way it was mastitis because it was too soon in our nursing journey for me to get it. Four days later I was so sick I could hardly walk to the car and dh was giving dd breastmilk in a bottle, milk that I had pumped, because not only could she not latch on to my rockhard torpedo breasts, but I could not tolerate the pain, and so I had begun pumping. We went to the OB and found out that it was, indeed, mastitis, I was prescribed antibiotics, and so began our journey of getting dd back to the breast. It was sleepless nights of withholding milk in the bottle, because we knew at this point the bottle was confusing her, until finally, she latched on with a nipple shield and we were breastfeeding again. It took me two months to get her to suck without the shield, but here we are at almost 13 months and have been shield free since that time.
Around 8 weeks we reintroduced the bottle and really haven't had any troubles with nipple confusion since that time (unless you count the fact that she sought her pacifier for comfort rather than the breast). But, we have had countless nursing strikes! One after another it seems. When Haylee strikes, its from the bottle as well...in the past its been more of an eating strike. She has never loved to nurse, like I expected a baby to love to nurse. It has always been challenging. I so wanted to have the kind of nursing relationship where we could both drift off to sleep, drousy from the warmth our two bodies created next to each other, and from the mother-baby bond that runs so deep, like a deep, deep fountain, pouring from one being into another. It never happened though. I loved nursing Haylee, but it was very rarely relaxing. I struggled with oald and oversupply, a waterfall of milk, if you will, and it often choked her, causing her to come off the nipple sputtering. It would take several minutes for her to have enough confidence to return to the breast. The only time that we enjoyed our nursing relationship like I had expected was when she woke up in the night, and my supply wasn't as abundant. Then I could (and still can) gaze down at my little nursling and wonder how on earth it was that I could nourish her exclusively in my womb for 9 months and continue to do so from my breast. These two body parts that had always been the epitome of sexuality and beauty were now the reason my little girl was thriving. When she latched on and her little mouthed closed around my aereola, I couldn't believe that it was even possible, to find my breasts not sexual at all. Sensual, yes, but not sexual, in any way. I assumed we would nurse for 6 months or so. Haylee started eating solids sometime around the 6 month mark. We started her with avocados and bananas, pureed with breastmilk, but soon after we found out about child led solids. We have pretty much followed that method since, but our sitter did feed Haylee homemade "baby food" that I made and pureed for her here at home. She has never been a picky eater...she eats everything, loves fruits, veggies, meats, and pasta.
So, here we are, just past the one year mark, the time when all the books say it would be okay to wean from the breast, that she gets enough nutrition from the food she is eating. I am not ready to wean, and I know that she isn't really ready yet either, but she I believe she is closer to it than am I. She rarely "asks" for it, but she does get crabby, and if I can persuade her to nurse, she will be happy again. But it takes a lot of persuading, at this point, at least for about 60% of her nursing sessions. At night, she nurses about 3-5 times, and really wants to nurse. I pump 3 times at work, 4 days a week, to provide her with breastmilk while I am away from her, which up until this point she has taken in a bottle. She has been refusing the breast more and more often, during the day. She is small for her age, under the 5th percentile for weight and height, and I know that breastmilk provides a supreme nutrition. So I know that she still needs breastmilk. I am just not clear on how much, when, and how often I should use a more forceful persuasion tactic. How long should I keep pumping breastmilk for her? Will my supply decrease to the point of nonexistence if I stop pumping? Should I stop pumping and give her cow's milk? I am truly tired of pumping and it would be so nice. We are giving up the bottle, we know that. I think that it will be one less source of sucking comfort, and that maybe she will want the breast more when we are together. But how much am I supposed to encourage her to nurse now? Everyone tells me I should wean her, that she doesn't even want it anymore, so why am I encouraging her to nurse when she doesn't even "want" it and, according to most of the texts, she doesn't really "need" it either?
Well, I have taken up enough of all of your time. I just really wish there was more information regarding working and extended breastfeeding.


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Phillies Phantasy Camp Reunion This Saturday
Now that the news of Mike Schmidt's future appearance at Phillies Phantasy Camp in January has overcome everyone, I'm very excited about the upcoming alumni reunion this Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. I'll be taking batting practice and shagging flies early in the morning, then watching the REAL players take their swings late in the day. Then before the Phillies take on the first place Washington Nationals…. *thud*…. I'll be introduced on to the filed with the rest of my fellow Campers.
Here was my experience from last year's reunion.
Check back for all the photographic and video evidence of me acting like an 8-year old… and hitting like one.

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Introduce cows' milk? Did you gradually increase the amount given per day, starting at a couple ounces and completing at several, some days/weeks later? Or did you just start giving it whenever/however much? Thanks
Introduce cows' milk? Did you gradually increase the amount given per day, starting at a couple ounces and completing at several, some days/weeks later? Or did you just start giving it whenever/however much? Thanks
My DS was already drinking well from a sippy cup. So one day at lunch I gave DS a couple oz cow milk in a sippy cup. I remember a tip form another mom here that her LO wouldn't drink cow milk until she started calling it "cow juice", so I used the term "cow juice" with my DS (we call breast milk "mommy milk").
Much to my surprise DS drank it right down (after an initial funny face that he gets with all new foods).
Unfortunately, DS also got a big rash on his face & neck where the cow milk dribbled and had a mucousy poop after. So we stopped all dairy and went to an allergist who confirmed that DS has an allergy to cow milk (as well as a couple other things).
DS1: bf 7/2006 -> 4/2009; multiple food allergies
DS2: bf 9/2009 -> ???; multiple food allergies
Breastmilk Donor - http://hmbana.org/index/donatemilk
Click HERE to learn about baby led solids (BLS) / baby led weaning (BLW)
We started at a couple ounces and just went with the flow after that. I couldn't ever tell you how many ounces she'd have in a given day (she wasn't taking a bottle anymore by that point though either-is Sophie?)
Loving mama to JP (DS, 1/03 ~ nursed 6 mos), EL (DD1, 9/05 ~ nursed 4 yrs), EJ (DD2, 3/08 ~ nursed 3 yrs 9 mos), and
JM (DD3, 6/12 ~ currently nursing), all born naturally
Devoted wife to SAHD P, my hero
A few of my favorite things that I've discovered on the forum: co-sleeping, baby-wearing, tandem nursing, baby-led solids, cloth diapering, APing, selective vaccination...the list goes on
Have not started it yet, but he has had yogurt over the past 4 days. So far no normal size poopies which makes me a little nervous since he's a once or twice a day kind of go-er. If all goes well with this, we will start mixing it with his oatmeal (right now we use mommy milk and rice milk) and then progress from there.
We started with about 2oz on the first day. I gave it a few days to know that it wasn't a problem before proceeding with more. Now he has milk with all of his meals. I have no idea how much he gets a day. I'd say I pour about 4 oz at a time but he never finishes it. So, he's getting about 6 oz a day... maybe?
Be prepared to see some funny faces.
Mom to 3 awesome kiddos...
C - 9yrs
O - 7yrs
A - 1yr old in Nov '15
DD had been eating cheese and yogurt for a few months so we just went for it. She was already using a sippy cup so we gave her a few ounces at lunch and she just drank it down. We gave it to her cold so that we wouldn't be stuck always warming it. We continued just giving it to her at lunch for about a week. Then we started giving it to her more often (with snacks and in the morning).
Mom to a beautiful little girl-born June 27th, 2006
We went REALLY slow with it. Started by mixing 2 ounces milk with 6 ounces breast milk in a sippy cup or bottle. Then once a week I would increase the cows milk by 2 ounces. So, four weeks later and he was having 100% cows milk. No fighting with him to take something new, I think it slowly introduced the new taste. And no worries about allergies or any reactions!


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History of the Peace Corps in Paraguay
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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The Peace Corps has been working in Paraguay since 1967, and the country is one of the oldest continuously operating posts in the Peace Corps. After the government of Paraguay and the Peace Corps signed a joint agreement on November 4, 1966, the first Volunteers arrived in 1967 to work in agricultural extension in rural areas. Before long, projects were also established in the health and education sectors. Nearly 3,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Paraguay since 1967, and more than 39 years later, an average of 90 Volunteers arrive each year. Today, approximately 200 Volunteers are working in the six major sectors of agriculture, education, environment, health, small business development, and urban youth development. Many former Paraguay Volunteers continue to stay informed about the country's affairs and assist in development efforts in the country—years after they completed their service. At the same time, returned Volunteers have contributed a great deal to increasing the knowledge and appreciation of Paraguay and its people by Americans.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Paraguay
Peace Corps/Paraguay works in the five major projects of agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, and health. The focus of the agriculture sector is to increase farm productivity and crop diversification of small-scale farmers while ensuring sustained food crop availability for families. Peace Corps/Paraguay's agriculture Volunteers work in two areas: crop extension and beekeeping extension. Crop extension Volunteers assist farmers in implementing new agricultural practices related to vegetable production, soil conservation, pest management, small animal husbandry, and the marketing of new products. Beekeeping extension Volunteers address crop diversification and promote beekeeping as a viable option for income generation. Beekeeping has proved to be a suitable project for any family member, including single mothers, who are often the poorest of the poor. Agriculture Volunteers work mainly with extension agents and representatives from different agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Paraguay suffers from an alarming rate of unemployment and underemployment. Peace Corps/Paraguay's community economic development project works to create jobs and increase incomes for low-income Paraguayans by providing technical training and assistance to small business owners, promoting entrepreneurship among urban and suburban youth, and helping families to better use their resources. The Volunteers work with committees, associations, youth groups, and cooperative education committees to strengthen local capacity in the areas of management, accounting, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship and educational programs. Volunteers in this sector also help community groups work well with their municipalities and work with civil society organizations, neighborhood commissions, associations, schools and high schools—whether they are connected with their local government or not. This helps to increase community members' organizational management and planning capacity, as Volunteers build leadership and use dynamic and participatory methodology of teaching in the classroom setting.
Peace Corps/Paraguay's environmental education and conservation sector has been encouraging environmental awareness in local communities throughout Paraguay for nearly 30 years. The overall vision of the sector is to raise awareness of environmental issues in Paraguay in the communities where we work and to provide practical solutions to local environmental problems at a local level, while also offering tools for sustainable development. Environmental themes addressed by the sector Volunteers are in the areas of deforestation/reforestation, soil conservation, diversification of farm use, garbage management, nature appreciation and home gardens, among others. Main community contacts are community leaders, agriculturalists, local teachers, school principals, youth groups, and women's groups. Volunteers work in schools, with farm families and, at the community level, through local groups and commissions. The environmental sector Volunteers' work complements the on-going efforts of the government of Paraguay (Ministries of Education, Environment, Tourism, and Forestry) and NGOs (e.g., Guyra, WWF, Procosara).
The goal of Peace Corps/Paraguay's rural health and sanitation project is to improve the infant, child, and maternal health of rural Paraguayans. Volunteers promote preventive health care and sponsor seminars on maternal and child care for village nurses, parents, and community members. Additionally, Volunteers work in schools to promote improved hygiene and dental health. Volunteers also work in select communities promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Finally, Volunteers work with the protection and decontamination of water sources, latrine construction, and the excavation of garbage pits. The Peace Corps' health project counterpart is the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Until 2010, the education sector consisted of two projects: early elementary education, which concentrated on formal education in rural areas, and urban youth development, which focused on nonformal education in urban areas. These sector projects are merging into one project in 2011, under the new name of education and youth development. The purpose of this project is to work with primary and secondary school principals, teachers, students, parents, and community leaders to strengthen basic reading and math, in addition to life skills and community service. The goal is to improve student performance and enable youth to become an active part of the community as empowered citizens. Besides working with early elementary education and the first cycle of primary school, this project will now reach second and third cycles, including secondary education teachers and students in school and community settings, to promote self-esteem building, leadership skills, and values for a healthy lifestyle. Skills that lead to a successful integration into the work world and active citizenship practices will be emphasized. Peace Corps' counterpart agencies for this project are the Ministry of Education, its dependent office for the Sub-Secretariat of Youth, and several NGOs.
In addition to the major projects mentioned above, Peace Corps/Paraguay has four initiatives that cut across project lines and provide secondary work opportunities for Volunteers in all project areas: information and communications technology (ICT), HIV/AIDS education and prevention, youth development, and gender and development.


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Wilson Ramos Kidnapped
Wilson Ramos–catcher for the Washington Nationals–was kidnapped from his home in Venezuela earlier today. Kidnappings are not all that uncommon in Venezuela. The main targets being the wealthy. Considering the fact that Ramos earned the league minimum of 414,000 dollars this season, he fits the kidnapping category perfectley. (At least in Venezuelan standards.)
Incidents like this have happened a lot over the past decade. Most were kidnappings that resulted in the return of the hostage unhurt without any ransom money collected. Some incidents, however, didn't turn out as good. Relatives of Melvin Mora and Omar Infante were murdered back in the early 2000's.
But hopefully, Wilson Ramos's story will have a happy ending.
Wilson Ramos was rescued yesterday by Venezuelan police. Here he is being reunited with his mom:
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Wow I didn't see that news ! Praying for him and his family and the Nationals for his safe return……….
Ramos, only 24 years old, off season home to visit family & play winter baseball & gets kidnapped? What a horrible experience for Ramos and his family. So sad this crazy world. Prayers for a safe & quick return…..


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Park City
+ Great family programs. Diverse terrain.
- Confusing mountain layout.
In this age of modern resorts, luxe comforts, though welcomed by many, can kill authenticity. PCMR has managed to strike the balance between modern and homey. The historic town at the base is connected by a ski bridge to the Town Lift. Within minutes, you're delivered to a state-of-the-art six-pack accessing 3,300 acres of high-speed groomers and aspen-dappled back bowls. In fact, PCMR has spent more than $10 million in the last two years upgrading lifts, terrain parks and snowmaking without bleaching out the local color. Ripping through ancient glades in Thaynes Canyon or dropping into powdery steeps in Jupiter Bowl, you'll speed by vestiges of the area's mining past. This blend of old and new has a comforting appeal. As a reader sums up, "great vibe on the mountain and a fabulous town." —Carrie Sheinberg
Don't Miss » Unless you ski in the East, chances are you haven't skied at night. Go ahead and postpone bedtime. Your kids will enjoy the nocturnal adventure.
Family Activity » Sorry, hardcore ski parents, but the one thing your children will talk about after your vacation is the alpine coaster.
Best Family Trail » Crews groom a different Signature Run daily, allowing young skiers to earn bragging rights—and increased confidence—by conquering new terrain.


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my lo is 3 months & he wont sleep ALL day only cat naps, if im lucky (20-30 mins) & only on my chest. But later on in the day he gets super fussy & I can tell he is tired but the only way for him 2 nap is nursing, i dont know if he's hungry or just comfort. sometimes he will nurse pulls away opens his eyes & smiles then gets back on. is he hungry? i thought he was tired?
but he does sleep good at night only wakes up 2 times, 3 the most. so in the morning he nurses like crazy, so there i know he is hungry.
Is it bad for him to only fall alseep from nursing? & when i try to latch him off he somehow finds a way to latch back on QUICK!
im a 1st time mommy so im sorry if its a dumb question, but i take all of the info i get on here serious..u gals know ur stuff


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My breasts are sooo itchy. This has beem going on for the last few days. The nipple, areola, and skin feels like a bad rash, but the skin is clear. I could dig my nails into it though like a bad mosquito bite. Both breasts are this way too. Any ideas?
My baby is 5.5 weeks and they havent increased in size or anything either.


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text: I pump three times while at work for 15 to 20 minutes each time. I always wait to stop pump at least once I've hit the 15 minute mark and after all drops have stopped coming out. However, when I take off the pump flanges, I still fill full and will be able to squeeze (manually) more drops and a couple of sprays from both sides. Does this mean that my pump isn't emptying my breasts and if not, could this hurt my already low supply? I've been thinking of renting a hospital grade pump for a month to see if that would help. Should I go ahead and spend the money (it will be about $100 total since I have to "purchase" the tubing, etc.)? I've only been using the pump for less than 2 months.


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Halcyon days
By Richard A Ross
February 12, 2014 —
February 12, 2014 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—"Here, There and Everywhere," the title of one of countless Beatles hits, aptly describes this writer/photographer's sojourns documenting epic athletic milestones this past week. The winter season rushes headlong towards its stunning denouement just a few weeks hence. It all began with a trip to Belleayre Mountain on February 4 to photograph the skiers on the giant slalom course.


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Home List of Titles Formation and evolution of red Hdelta-strong galaxies in distant clusters: two different evolutionary paths to S0 galaxies?
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/55935
- Title
- Formation and evolution of red Hdelta-strong galaxies in distant clusters: two different evolutionary paths to S0 galaxies?
- Author(s)
- Shioya, Yasuhiro; Bekki, Kenji; Couch, Warrick J.
- Abstract
- We numerically investigate the spectrophotometric evolution of galaxies with a variety of different star formation histories and degrees of dust extinction in order to elucidate the origin of the 'red Hδ-strong' (RHDS) galaxies - characterized by strong [EW(Hδ) > 3 Å] Balmer line absorption but with colors as red as the dormant E/S0 systems - first observed in distant clusters of galaxies. Specifically, we investigate the evolution in the [(B-R), EW(Hδ)]-plane of two different galaxy models: a 'truncation' model in which a galaxy with a declining star formation rate (typical of a normal spiral) has its star formation abruptly truncated, and a 'starburst' model in which a galaxy undergoes a secondary burst of star formation that is abruptly halted. This leads to the following three main results: (1) Both models pass through the zone inhabited by the RHDS galaxies in this plane, but the 'truncation' models cannot explain the most extreme cases, which have EW(Hδ) > 6 Å. (2) The reddest RHDS galaxies can only be explained by 'truncation' or 'starburst' models that have very heavy dust extinction (Av > 0.5 mag). (3) Irrespective of whether dust effects are included, the 'truncation' models are incapable of reproducing the very blue (B-R < 1.6) analogs of the RHDS galaxies. By comparing these results with recent Hubble Space Telescope-based morphological and ground-based spectroscopic studies of distant cluster galaxies, we propose that there are two possible different evolutionary paths for the transformation of cluster spirals into S0 galaxies.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 601, no. 2 (Feb 2004), pp. 654-665
- Publication year
- 2004
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Clusters; Galaxy formation; H delta; HST; Hubble Space Telescope; Interactions; ISM; Structure; RHDS
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publisher URL
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- Copyright © 2004 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Publisher does not support archiving of either the postprint (final, revised accepted draft) or published version of full text in institutional repositories.
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Ohio Northern University pharmacy student awarded Good Neighbor Pharmacy Scholarship
Ohio Northern University student Nicholas Newman, a sixth-year pharmacy major from London, Ohio, has been awarded the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Scholarship.
In 2010, ONU partnered with AmerisourceBergen Corporation to create the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship Fund, which is available to ONU pharmacy students seeking careers in retail community pharmacy.
For scholarship consideration, pharmacy students must show an interest in practicing in a community retail setting and be an active member of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) student organization.
In addition to being a member of the ONU chapter of NCPA, Newman, a two-year letter-winner in football for ONU, is a member of the Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Personalized Medicine Coalition. As a member of NCPA, Newman helped coordinate outreach events for students with local independent pharmacies and was responsible for the training of all students who wished to participate in local outreach events.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a network of more than 3,100 independently owned and operated community pharmacies across the United States and Puerto Rico, administered by AmerisourceBergen. AmerisourceBergen is one of the largest global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution services companies, helping both healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers improve patient access to products and enhance patient care. With services ranging from drug distribution and niche premium logistics to reimbursement and pharmaceutical consulting services, AmerisourceBergen delivers innovative programs and solutions across the pharmaceutical supply channel. With over $100 billion in annualized revenue, AmerisourceBergen is headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, and employs approximately 13,000 people. AmerisourceBergen is ranked #28 on the Fortune 500 list. For more information, go to www.amerisourcebergen.com.


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5 Legal Ways to Cut the Cord on Sports
That's been the crux of the cable television debate for nearly two decades as the price of sports channels has risen and sports' overall share of the cable bill has increased. According to media research firm SNL Kagan, sports channels made up $947.6 million -- or roughly 17% -- of the $5.5 billion multichannel television industry in 1995. Just last year, sports channels took in $15.3 billion -- or a whopping 38% -- of the overall $40.3 billion multichannel take. The earning power of the only other category that even came close, general variety channels such as TBS and AMC
Meanwhile, sports now accounts for nearly two out of every five dollars spent on pay television. Its monthly cost has risen as well. In 1995, the average monthly cable bill was $6.83, $1.17 of which went to sports channels. That's still a hefty 16%, but it lagged behind the $2.82 movie channels charged at the time. Now that $1.17 spent on sports wouldn't even cover 20% of the $5.54-a-month cost of ESPN alone.
Of the average $34 spent each month on multichannel television, nearly $13 pays for sports channels. That's 38% of the average cable bill, though sports are on only 14 of the average 94 channels offered by multichannel providers. On top of that, Nielsen
Sports fans get a bunch of content they'll never watch. Everybody else watches providers including Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network and others squabble over growing network retransmission fees and subscription fees charged by Viacom, AMC Networks, Turner and others.
They don't need this. There are ways to watch most of your favorite sports without subscribing to a satellite or cable service. It isn't always cheap, but it can help overwhelmed multichannel customers cut the dead weight, if not cut the cord completely:


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We must invest in our childrenApril 25,2013
The Vermont Child Poverty Council was established by the Legislature in 2007 and charged with developing a plan to cut child poverty in half in 10 years. The Legislature recognized that the plan had to be long term. A problem as persistent as poverty cannot be solved overnight.
Voices for Vermonts Children has served on the council from the start, working with council members to collect information about the circumstances of Vermonts poor and low-income children and their families and to develop poverty-reduction recommendations that were published in our January 2009 report.
When we began our work, we knew some things about child poverty in Vermont, but one of the most important things we all came to understand was how poverty impacts a family, especially their ability to see past their current situation and have hope. We also learned that as a state we were making a difference for these families. We wrote in our 2009 report:
We have created public policies that make Vermont a better place for low-income children to grow, learn and live. It is not an accident that children are better off here it is because policymakers have made a commitment to improving the lives of children. This commitment can be seen in Vermonts low income tax credit for working families, our child care system, and other programs that support low income families. ... It is clear that both federal and state policies can make a difference when society makes a commitment to helping families. However, as well as we are doing, the current fragile situation of Vermonts kids suggests that we need to do more.
Now, only four years later, it seems we are ignoring some of the important lessons we learned from the councils work.
Perhaps most troubling is that we have forgotten that stigma hurts. We heard over and over that the stigma associated with being poor is a difficult obstacle to overcome. Yet, now our administration has stigmatized one of the most effective poverty-fighting policies we have the earned income tax credit (EITC).
The EITC by definition is available only for people who work who earn income. The majority are families with children. It is a tax policy designed to offset regressive taxes that unfairly affect the working poor. It makes our tax system fairer by allowing low-wage earners to keep more of what they earn. It rewards people who work.
The good news is that the governor has proposed a significant investment in child care, specifically to increase funding for Vermonts child care financial assistance program, an investment that would help many working families. Unfortunately, he has suggested that the state cut the EITC to pay for it. The governors proposal would move us a half step forward, but it would immediately move us three steps backward in our efforts to reduce child poverty.
We appreciate the work already completed in the Vermont House, which has rejected the governors EITC cut, proposed an alternative, and took an important first step in funding the child care financial assistance program. But as the end of the 2013 legislative session draws near, the House, Senate and administration will negotiate the final budget and revenue package for next year. As they complete their work I hope that our elected leaders will remember the lessons that came from the work of the Vermont Child Poverty Council. We wrote in 2009:
The council recognizes the challenges presented by the current economic crisis facing our nation and state. These challenges will make it more difficult and at the same time more urgent to meet our goals. Even with the budget difficulties we now face, the council is clear that we remain committed to pursuing aggressively our mission of reducing child poverty.
We cannot afford to move backward if we are going to succeed in reducing child poverty. Now more than ever is the time for our policymakers to think about the future and invest in all Vermonts children and families.
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I have yet another crack in my R nipple. It really hurts when ds feeds. He also loves to play with my breasts and climb all over me, even when he's not nursing. My L nipple has cracked only once, but this is the third time the R nipple has cracked.
I was just nursing him down for his nap and we were on R side 2nd. It was hurting some (after a very painful latch on), and he was obvioulsy just comfort sucking after a couple of mins and I was really getting antsy to get him off. So I slipped my little finger into the corner of his mouth, so that my finger actually was right against the part of my nipple with the crack. Well, I felt his little teeth rubbing against my finger as he sucked! How is this possible? Shoulnd't his tonge be in the way?
It is really hard (for me anyway) to work on the latch of a very active, distractable, teething 9 mo baby. It seems no matter how I try to latch him or re-latch him, it still hurts, often worse than it did the first time! I also have this huge fear of him biting me, especally on this side, because he'll sometimes come at the breast all "hungry" with his mouth wide open and his tongue over his teeth like he really wants to nurse and as soon as the nipple is in his mouth, he'll chomp down on me!
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Carrots may be around all year long, but spring is when you'll start seeing them in the farmer's markets. These root vegetables are sweet, delectable babies, a perfect symbol of the season's association with growth and rebirth. Not only do they taste great right now, but they're great for you, too. Here's why.
Carrots and Your Eyes
First, the bad news: if you're reading this with glasses on, eating more carrots isn't going to restore your vision to 20/20. But if your sight is good, the beta-carotene in this vegetable can help stave off a decline in vision, as well as many eye-related diseases. In fact, studies have shown that, due to the quantity of Vitamin A and lutein in carrots, those who consumed them regularly were 40-60 percent less likely to develop macular degeneration. Just one cup of carrots has more than 400 percent of your daily requirement of Vitamin A, a nutrient that, when lacking, is a leading cause of blindness around the world. See what I mean about carrots being healthy? (Bad pun, I know.)
Carrots and Your Heart
Beta-carotene is a powerful antioxidant, and eating it regularly protects your cardiovascular system from damage from free radicals. And that's not all -- carrots also contain several other heart-healthy nutrients, including Vitamin B6, Vitamin E and folate.
Carrots and Your Colon
The dietary fiber and potassium in carrots can help to keep your digestive tract healthy, but this vegetable could also protect you from colon cancer. A study done early this year showed that luteolin -- a flavanoid, or antioxidant, found in carrots -- can help slow down the growth of colon cancer.
How to Get More Carrots into Your Diet
The second best thing about carrots -- first being that they're delicious, of course -- is their versatility. You can enjoy them raw, cooked, juiced or pureed. It's so easy to make these guys a part of your diet! Here are a few ideas, perfect as part of an Easter or spring brunch spread.
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The Haslam College of Business Awards were announced on April 21 as part of an annual celebration honoring faculty and staff for their extraordinary achievements. The Department of Management had several award finalists and one winner at this years' reception Congratulations to all finalists and winners!
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Dr. Meisels served as president of Erikson Institute from 2002–13 and held the Irving and Neison Harris President's Chair. In June 2013, the Board of Trustees appointed him president emeritus. Erickson Institute is a graduate school in child development located in Chicago. Previously, he was a faculty member in the Department of Child Study and director of the Eliot-Pearson Children's School at Tufts University. A former preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teacher, he also served as senior advisor in early childhood development for the Developmental Evaluation Clinic of Boston's Children's Hospital. He holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
One of the nation's leading authorities on the assessment of young children, Dr. Meisels has published over 200 articles, books, and monographs, and is co-author of the Work Sampling System, the Early Screening Inventory Revised, The Ounce Scale and the Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention.
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While these factors are still as relevant today as they have ever been, the past few years have seen boundaries between different classes of camera erode. Small Compact System Cameras now belie their size with relatively large sensors, while pocket-friendly compacts can offer pixel counts beyond that on more expensive DSLRs. Together with the recent rush of enthusiast compacts with larger-than-average sensors, it can be difficult to know which camera has the most appropriate sensor for your requirements, a confusion compounded by non-standard terminology and the various methods used to state a sensor's physical size.
The following pages examine all the different options available and take a closer look at the technology which gives some sensors advantages over others. So, whether you're looking to buy into a completely new system or you're just curious as to what the jargon actually means, read on for our complete guide to sensors.
CCD and CMOS
Throughout digital imaging's brief history, sensors have largely been one of two varieties: charged-coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). Although both share many commonalities, the former used to be considered the superior format thanks to its better noise performance. As such, it was the first choice for many DSLRs and high-performance cameras designed for scientific applications, leaving CMOS sensors to be used for more lower-end consumer products.
As CMOS sensors attracted more development, and partly thanks to their adoption of technologies designed for CCDs, their advantages began to outweigh their issues. Today, CMOS sensors are the number one choice for the majority of commercially available stills and video cameras, with CCDs confined only to high-end applications and a handful of compact cameras.
One of the reasons for this is that CMOS sensors have far more technology incorporated onto them than CCDs. Initially this gave them a disadvantage as this took up more of a sensor's surface, which decreased the area sensitive to light. However, this system also meant that the charge accumulated at each photosite could be converted to voltage straight away, unlike CCDs which shift charge from pixel to pixel.This gave CMOS sensors a significant advantage with regards to power consumption.
Since then, thanks to improvements in sensor fabrication, and the incorporation of technologies to improve light capture, noise reduction and other image-processing tasks, CMOS sensors have become far more attractive to manufacturers who need to fit an awful lot of technology in as small a space as possible.
Size and resolution
Initially, there was a great desire for a camera to offer a high number of megapixels in order to produce enlargements without image degradation. Compact cameras and DSLRs alike continued to offer a greater number of megapixels, and although this has slowed in recent years megapixel counts continue to rise. It is now common for entry-level DSLRs to offer 16MP and professional DSLRs to offer 21MP and above.
The difference in image quality between the two, however, is subject to more than pixel count alone. After all, even compact cameras are now offering 20MP sensors, yet many people will appreciate that a DSLR will be able to produce comparatively better image quality.
Aside from the optical differences between lenses used in compacts and those designed for DSLRs, the main reason for this is due to the size of each pixel. The sensors inside professional DSLRs are considerably larger than those inside compacts, which in turn allows for each pixel to be larger. For a given exposure, a larger pixel can accept more light than a smaller one. Being able to accept more light increases the signal to noise ratio, which in turn helps to produce less noise in images and increase dynamic range.
So, too few pixels on a sensor and resolution is compromised. Too many, however, and image noise and dynamic range suffer. Manufacturers have therefore tried to strike a balance between the two, with technological improvements allowing an increasing number of pixels to be incorporated onto a sensor while maintaining the same standard of image quality.
Some manufacturers have deviated from the norm by radically rethinking the designs of their sensors. Most sensors, for example, use a Bayer colour filter array (CFA) to determine colour information (right). Foveon, however, has shunned this and instead exploited the fact that light penetrates silicon to different depths, according to its wavelength. So, by using layers of silicon, its sensors are able to capture full colour information at each photosite, without the need for either a CFA or the subsequent demosaicing process (explained below).
Fujifilm's Super CCD technology, meanwhile, saw octagonal photodiodes arranged at a 45° angle to the sensor to increase its sensitivity, before Super CCD HR and Super CCD SR revised this for the respective benefits of resolution and sensitivity. Today, the company continues this with its EXR and X-Trans arrays, the latter boasting an unconventional colour filter array to minimise aliasing (below).
Increasing light
These developments were specific to Fujifilm and Sigma, although in recent years back-side illuminated (BSI) architectures have been adopted by many manufacturers. The idea behind this is simple: the wiring which usually sits in front of the light-sensitive photodiode are placed behind the silicon substrate, where they do not pose an obstruction for incoming light. By doing so, the sensor can capture light more effectively, which improves noise performance.
This system is particularly beneficial for compact cameras, whose small, saturated sensors traditionally struggle in low-light environments. Today, most compact cameras above a certain price have adopted this type of sensor, as have cameraphones such as the last few Apple iPhones.
Microlenses, which are used across cameraphones, compacts and DSLRs alike, are a more established sensor feature. These help to direct light which would otherwise hit non-sensitive parts of the sensor into each photosite, thereby increasing sensitivity (left).
Beyond image quality
Such changes presents clear benefits for image quality, although sensors have long been subject to revisions to benefit other aspects of their performance. In recent years, the most obvious change has concerned autofocus, which has gained significance thanks to the ever-increasing Compact System Cameras (CSC) market.
Unlike DSLRs, whose reflex construction permits a separate phase-detect AF module underneath the main mirror, CSCs have to perform autofocus on their main imaging sensor as standard by moving the lens elements back and forth until the position of highest contrast is achieved (in the same way as compact cameras). This system is considerably slower than the phase-detect AF system.
One of the ways this has been addressed is by incorporating pixels on the main imaging sensor whose purpose it is to detect autofocus in the same phase-detect manner as the AF systems on DSLRs, to create a "hybrid" contrast/phase-detect AF system. This brings with it an additional benefit of AF tracking during video recording, which explains why it has featured on both CSCs and DSLRs to date.
Anti-aliasing filters
The majority of digital cameras contain anti-aliasing (or "low-pass") filters, which blur the image slightly in order to avoid aliasing artefacts. The most notable exceptions to this are Sigma's cameras, which use Foveon's stacked-silicon principle for image acquisition, and Fujifilm's X-Trans technology which uses a non-standard colour filter array to avoid aliasing artefacts. Recently, however, Nikon and Pentax have each released a DSLR without an anti-aliasing filter, alongside an identical model with such a colour filter array in place. This may lead some to wonder whether such filters are necessary in the first place, to which the answer depends on the sort of photography you practice.
Pentax and Nikon have both stated that these models are particularly suitable for capturing landscapes, the reason being that such scenes rarely present the kinds of repetitive details that cause aliasing artefacts. This is in contrast to fashion photographers, who may be faced with the fine weave of a piece of clothing on a daily basis. As anti-aliasing filters work by cutting off the frequencies which pass through to the sensors – and thus blur the image slightly – photographers who know they won't encounter situations with such repetitive details may wish to use a camera without a filter for the benefit of detail retention. As most cameras do contain such a filter,
images are typically sharpened as part of in-camera processing to offset these effects.
Essential Guide to Sensors – Glossary
Glossary of terms…
Analogue-to-digital converter (ADC)
A device which converts a continuous signal into discrete digital data. The higher the bit depth of an ADC, the greater the number of possible values that may be assigned to the signal upon conversion, thus the smaller the chance of an error occurring. Many recent DSLRs have 14bit ADCs on board, which allow 16,384 tones per colour channel; since JPEGs are stored as 8bit files as standard, they cannot contain the full information from such converters. This level of information may be maintained in Raw images, or alternatively in uncompressed TIFF files with a high enough bit depth.
A sensor whose dimensions are roughly the same as the "Classic" format negatives from the APS film system (25.1×16.7mm). APS-C sensors are used in many DSLRs and Compact System Camera models, as well as in enthusiast compact cameras such as Fujifilm's X100s. Being physically smaller than full frame sensors, these apply a crop factor to mounted lenses, typically 1.5-1.6x.
Back-side illumination (BSI)
A back-side illuminated sensor features a different construction from standard types, where the wiring and other physical obstructions usually on the top of the sensor sit behind the substrate. As these are no longer in the path of incoming light, it helps a sensor to gather light more effectively, thus reducing image noise.
Bit depth
The number of possible tones that can be recorded in an image, with a higher bit depth signifying a greater range of tones available. With sensors, the bit depth refers to the analogue-to-digital converter.
Charged Coupled Device. A type of sensor which has long featured in compact cameras, DSLRs and scanners, as well as in high-end cameras developed for scientific purposes. These work by transferring charge via a bucket-brigade system down to the end of each column on the sensor, before they are read out and converted to a discrete digital value. In many consumer applications these have largely been replaced by CMOS alternatives.
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, the main type of sensors used in cameraphones, compacts, Compact System Cameras and DSLRs. These work in a similar manner to CCDs, although their construction sees more functionality integrated onto the sensor itself.
Colour Filter Array (CFA)
Sensors do not see colour as standard, so some way of determining colour information at each photosite is necessary. A CFA is the usual way this is achieved: this is an array of coloured filters which sit over the sensor, through which light passes before it enters each photosite. As only one colour sits over each pixel, other colours for that pixel are determined through demosaicing (right). Although a red-green-blue-green mosaic pattern is usually used, some sensors use a different colour combination, or work on a different principle entirely.
Crop Factor
For any lens, the smaller the sensor with which it is used, the more peripheral areas are cut away. As this restriction leads to a smaller angle of view, it replicates the effect of using a longer lens. APS-C DSLRs typically apply a 1.5-1.6x crop factor; Micro Four Thirds sensors – being roughly a quarter the size of full frame – apply 2x.
The process of interpolating colour information into an image so that each pixel contains complete colour data. Values are calculated by looking at the values of surrounding pixels of that colour, and this is required for sensors that use a standard colour filter array, as each pixel only receives colour information for one colour as standard. This is a process that can lead to false colour patterning and softness.
Fujifilm's proprietary sensor technology. This uses rotated photodiodes together with a non-standard colour filter array and back-side illumination, and adjusts its behaviour to best capture the scene.
Foveon X3
A sensor technology that is found in Sigma's DSLRs and compact cameras, where the standard colour filter array is replaced by layers of silicon. These are penetrated by different wavelengths of light to varying depths, which allows each pixel to receive full red, green and blue colour information without the need for demosaicing. Sigma claims that this system creates sharper images with more accurate colour.
Full Frame
A sensor whose dimensions roughly match those of a frame of 35mm (36x24mm). Because of this they apply no "crop factor" to mounted lenses. These are the largest sensors used in DSLRs and feature in the most expensive models, such as Nikon's D4 and Canon's EOS-1D X.
An array of very small lenses which sit over a camera's sensor. These help to funnel in as much light as possible into each photosite, although they can cause purple fringing too.
Pixel pitch
The distance between the centre of two pixels on a sensor, stated in micrometres (μm). As an example, a 20MP compact camera with a small sensor may feature a pixel pitch of around 1.2µm, while the same pixel count on a full frame sensor may be around 5.5µm.
Signal-to-noise ratio
The ratio of the light to unwanted noise. The higher this ratio is in favour of the signal, the less noise can be seen and thus the better the image quality.


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Another reason I don't like these hollywood types.
And why did they have to remove her camel toe?
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How they shopped her
Sil, they do that to all those bitches in hollywood. They make them look perfect and give lil girls complexes and body issues.
Another reason I don't like these hollywood types.
And why did they have to remove her camel toe?
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You're a true artist!
Nice and clean!
Photoshopped or not, I would still fuck that fat overrated whore!
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She looks much better naturally than shopped. I like my women thicker and more muscular anyway.
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Lol, better break out the neosporin tonight Jimmy, don't want an infected penis.
That isn't fat. That's called a proper woman. Nice and curvy. I'd fuck the living hell out of that. Or at least try to. I'd be like Jason Biggs in American Pie.
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Nice tits and enough hair to control her head with, but she needs to drop 20 lbs or so.
I prefer my chicks somewhere between fitness competitor and ms Olympia competitor.
she does have an odd body shape...but I like different....she is beautiful and I cant stand blondes....I like them wide hips on her
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Editor's note: In part one of this two-part series on sound editing under Linux, Dave Phillips shows how you can move over from Windows-based Cool Edit to Linux-based Snd. He compares the two software packages, then moves into the installation and configuration of Snd. In part two, Dave will walk you through a Snd tutorial and show you some advanced sound-editing techniques.
A sound file editor (also known as an audio editor) is one of the standard tools of the digital sound and music trades. Audio editors work on sound files in ways that are analogous to the actions of text and graphics editors upon their respective file types. Typically a modern sound file editor includes the common cut/copy/paste routines along with a complement of signal processing and mixing modules. A graphic interface and waveform display is usually encountered (though text-mode audio editors do exist for Unix/Linux), and point and click is the expected mode of user interaction.
As Linux grows in popularity among artists working in media such as audio/video and animation, we can expect to see more interest in the system's audio capabilities and its available sound and music software. Sound workers migrating from Windows or the Mac will look for tools similar to what they have enjoyed using on their previous platforms, and one of their most frequently asked questions is "What Linux audio editor will most completely take the place of Cool Edit?".
Cool Edit [Figure 1] is perhaps the most popular sound file editor available for the Windows OS family. It has been in continuous development for more than 10 years: Programmer David Johnston originally wrote Cool Edit as shareware for Windows 3.1, and in 1995 the Syntrillium corporation began managing the commercial development of the program (the company still maintains and distributes the shareware version available on the Internet).
Cool Edit is a wonderful program. Its interface is easy to navigate and invites experimentation with a powerful editing and processing toolkit. I used it extensively from its earliest versions through Cool Edit 96, and when I finally stopped using Windows, Cool Edit was one of the few programs I truly missed.
For various reasons, it has been rather difficult to advise Cool Edit users on a Linux equivalent. While there are many sound file editors available for Linux none are up to Cool Edit's standard, particularly with regards to transparency and ease of use. In response to this challenge, I decided to work on extending and enhancing Snd, a powerful audio editor for Linux and other Unix platforms (see Table 1 for a complete list).
Table 1: Supported platforms
Cool Edit
Windows 95/98/ME, NT/2000, or higher
DEC Alpha, SGI, HP-UX, mkLinux, Linux, PPC, SCO, Solaris
Like Cool Edit, Snd has been in lengthy development. Snd author Bill Schottstaedt has programmed Snd continuously since 1996, but his involvement with writing sound file editors dates back to the late 1970s when he wrote the Dpysnd audio editor for the PDP-10 minicomputer. However, Snd's user interface and other basic design differences are problematic for Cool Edit users, and it is easy to miss Snd's great power and utility. I decided to expose more of that power to the novice and to try to create a working environment similar to Cool Edit. This article will relate how that work has been accomplished so far and will indicate the work that remains.
The differences and similarities between Cool Edit and Snd led me to many considerations regarding interface design and its necessary tradeoffs. Cool Edit's interface is uniformly designed for editing and processing sound files. Almost every action and function in the program can be accessed and controlled by the mouse, and users can navigate their way through the entire program by pointing and clicking. Thanks to this uniform interface, a novice easily learns and remembers the program's behavior and more quickly moves into actually working with the program.
On the other hand, Snd has been designed to function within a rich sound processing and music composition software environment developed at CCRMA, Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. That environment includes the Common LISP Music (CLM) sound synthesis language, the Common Music (CM) scoring tools for CLM and other output formats (such as Csound and MIDI), and the Common Music Notation (CMN) package. Indeed, Snd could be considered as a graphic display front-end for CLM: The standard build incorporates CLM as a built-in module, Snd provides a window called the Listener for entering code to access the module's synthesis and processing functions, and the interface provides various ways to play and represent the newly synthesized sound.
In contrast to the uniformity of Cool Edit, Snd's user interface could be thought of as "multiform" by design. In the default GUI, the mouse is extensively employed, but far more program control is available through Snd's emacs-style keyboard commands. And while considerable processing power lurks under its surface, access to that power has been restricted to users willing to learn the necessary scripting language. Thus, in order to use Snd to its fullest potential, the user must learn to manage Snd's more complex control interface and acquire some proficiency in the Guile/Scheme language. With that proficiency, the developer can customize the program's appearance and behavior, warping it into quite a different Snd, something more like Cool Edit but definitely still Snd.
What installation and configuration tips do you have for new Snd users?
This article describes how such a warping can been achieved by a user with very little programming skill (I'm really a musician) and virtually no experience with LISP or Scheme. It is not a shoot-out between Cool Edit and Snd. It is actually a status report of an ongoing project to externalize Snd's great internal power, using Cool Edit as a model for developing Snd's user interface. I must also note that Cool Edit 2000 has been my measuring rod, not its bigger brother Cool Edit Pro: I have focused on Snd's utility as a sound file editor, and I consider Cool Edit Pro to be more of a multitrack hard-disk recording environment. So with this understanding, let's get into Snd...
To build the version of Snd presented in this article, you will need to install the following support software:
See the Resources section for the download locations for these packages. It is beyond the scope of this profile to give instructions on installing this software, but the documentation for each package will lead you through their respective build and install procedures. Any other requirements should be fulfilled by libraries and other software included in most mainstream Linux distributions.
The ALSA driver packages are not strictly required. You can build Snd perfectly well with either the kernel sound modules (aka OSS/Free) installed or with the excellent OSS/Linux commercial drivers from 4Front Technologies.
Prebuilt binaries for Linux i386, LinuxPPC, and Sun are available from the Snd home page. Source and binary RPMs have been prepared and are available for the i386 and PPC Linux versions. To install Snd from those packages simply follow the usual method of installing RPMs. For example, this command:
rpm -ivh snd-5-1.ppc.rpm
will install the LinuxPPC package (you will probably need root status to install the RPM file).
Note: The instructions and descriptions throughout this article refer to Snd built for the i386 architecture. I was unable to test my build configuration on any other system, but I would like to hear from anyone running Snd on other platforms, particularly LinuxPPC.
To build Snd yourself, first download the source package (currently
snd-5.tar.gz) from the CCRMA Snd Home Page to your home directory. Unpack it with
tar xzvf snd-n.tar.gz (where
n is the major version number), then enter your newly created
snd-n directory and read the
README.Snd file for the latest installation instructions and details. Run
./configure --help for a list of configuration options: This list includes options for your choice of user interface (Motif, GTK, none), sound card driver support (ALSA, OSS, Esound), the use of Ruby instead of Guile for Snd's extension language, and support for LADSPA plug-ins. I use the following command options to compile Snd:
./configure --with-motif --with-ladspa --with-static-xm
This configuration builds Snd with a Motif 2.1 GUI, support for the LADSPA audio plug-ins, and built-in support for the graphics routines within Snd's Motif module (
xm.so, if built separately). Default values are accepted for all other configuration options, including Snd's default support for the OSS/Free kernel sound API.
After configuring the build, run
make and wait for the compiler to finish building your new Snd. Become superuser (
su root) and run
make install. The binary will be installed in
/usr/local/bin and a manual page will be placed in
Snd is also available via CVS. Please see the Snd home page for the details of accessing and downloading using CVS.
My build configuration includes Snd's default support for the OSS/Free
kernel sound API. Including the
--with-alsa option will build Snd with
native ALSA support (either 0.5.x or the ALSA 0.9 beta6), but the
state of the ALSA API is rather mercurial at this time (though quickly
closing in on its long-anticipated 1.0 release). Depending on your
sound card, Snd's ALSA support may not be in synch with the most current
API. Running Snd with ALSA 0.5.11 native support for my SBLive Value
crashed the program when trying to record, but the same driver package
works perfectly (via ALSA's OSS/Free emulation mode) with Snd compiled
for OSS support. However, native ALSA support and OSS emulation both
worked fine for my SB PCI128. I also encountered no problems with
recording or playback using the OSS/Linux drivers.
Note: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano has recently hacked a workaround that allows recording in Snd under native ALSA with my SBLive. Preliminary tests indicate that the hack works well with mic, line, and CD input, but it is problematic recording from my mixer's master output channel. Hopefully a complete solution will be found soon, and I should emphasize that Snd's ALSA support is already quite functional.
Snd can be configured for a build using either Motif or the GTK graphics libraries or for a build with no GUI at all. Some users may wonder why I chose to build Snd with Motif instead of the more modern GTK. As a matter of fact, I did build Snd with GTK a few times, but I prefer the amenities of Motif, particularly the keyboard acceleration. More importantly, my interface enhancements depend on the
xm.so module. Work proceeds on bringing the GTK version to the same level of customization as the Motif build, but it's not there yet. A final consideration was the fact that Motif 2.1 is now freely available from the OpenMotif group, while the well-known LessTif (replaces Motif 1.2) is also available for free and is usually included with most mainstream Linux distributions. However, Snd may exhibit some odd behavior with LessTif, and author Bill Schottstaedt has indicated that he would rather not bother with Snd + LessTif problems, so I recommend the OpenMotif package.
Here are the hardware specifications of the system used throughout this article:
System software includes Linux kernel 2.4.5 patched for low-latency (for more information please see my article about setting up the Linux kernel for low-latency published by the O'Reilly Network) and the sound card drivers from ALSA 0.5.11. I built the ALSA package with the OSS emulation enabled and Snd is quite content with that arrangement.
The reader might notice that the test machine is rather "loaded". Processing digital audio consumes system resources, so for best results you'll want a fast CPU, lots of RAM, a large fast hard-disk, and a good video system, preferably with at least a 17" monitor (multichannel displays quickly eat up viewing area, even on a 19" monitor in high-resolution modes). You can work with Snd with less powerful resources, but your mileage will certainly vary from the test system.
Start Snd by entering
snd at an
xterm prompt. With no command-line options or flags, you will see Snd's default opening display [Figure 2]. Cool Edit users will immediately wonder what's going on here. They are accustomed to seeing a complete display when Cool Edit starts, not this rather stark and uninformative box. Expanding the window only opens up a blank grey canvas, nothing like the visual array of icons, meters, and timers in Cool Edit.
Snd has evolved within the Unix domain, and more pointedly, it has evolved in the world of computer music and sound synthesis programming languages running on Unix machines. Unlike Cool Edit, Snd expects the user to learn and understand how to use an underlying programming language to tap the full extent of Snd's capabilities, and this factor often proves to be the major stumbling point for migrating Cool Edit users. Despite the relative ease of learning the Scheme or Ruby scripting language, users coming from Windows or the Mac simply do not expect to meet with such a requirement for the full use of the software. When a user is already proficient at the task, learning a programming language in order to use an audio editor seems not only a daunting endeavor but a pointless one as well.
The next formidable block for Cool Edit users is the management of a combined keyboard/mouse interface. As I mentioned earlier, Cool Edit is almost entirely mouse-operated. Text entry is supported, but at almost every point, the mouse is the designated input device for selecting files and other data, choosing processing options and other menu items, and even setting data values (with spinboxes, sliders, and other data entry widgets).
By comparison, the default Snd is far more keyboard-intensive. Emacs users will be pleased to find that Snd's keyboard control is based on the emacs keyboard layout, but that will be little comfort to Cool Edit users (or to vi adherents like myself). Control and Alt key combinations are normally used to operate the default Snd, and I advise new users to learn at least the following keystroke commands:
Press the spacebar to pause playback; press it again to continue playback from the pause point.
The following key combinations provide more precise cursor movement:
These particular movements are especially valuable when zoomed into a file to single-sample resolution.
There are many other keyboard controls for cursor movement. Fortunately, most of the other basic operations of the program (opening and closing files, starting and stopping playback, accessing menus and menu items, navigating the display, exiting the program) can be controlled by mouse actions. The new user should have no trouble learning a dozen key combinations, but for the seriously keystroke-challenged, I do plan to provide graphic controls for positioning the cursor.
Both Cool Edit and Snd can be customized, but in Cool Edit's case, the extent is limited to interface cosmetics, audio system configuration settings, and support for plug-in architectures (though this support is very powerful). Snd is vastly more extensible, and it is by means of that extensibility that we will find a gentler and perhaps more familiar way into the depths of Snd. And yes, Snd also supports a plug-in architecture (LADSPA). Let's take a closer look at how we can customize Snd to make it friendlier to Cool Edit users.
Snd's functions can be customized and extended by means of three files: the
.snd initialization file, the
Snd.ad X resource file, and Scheme code (files with the
.scm extension) loaded at runtime or dynamically loaded during program operation (via the Listener window). Some customization options are also available at the command-line when launching Snd. The resource and initialization files can both contain Scheme code, but I suggest placing lengthy code within its own file or files.
I use my
$HOME/.snd initialization file (included in the
dp_scm tarball listed in the Resources for this article) to define the cursor shape, set display colors, restrict file listings to sound file types only, and set some audio parameters. This file also stores the information generated from selecting Save Options from the Options menu.
An X/Motif program such as Snd may utilize a resource file that defines various aspects of the Motif graphic interface such as color sets and font lists. The Snd distribution contains a resource file named
Snd.ad (the extension stands for "application defaults") that should be copied simply as
Snd to your
$HOME directory. There isn't much to edit in
Snd.ad, and you can safely leave it as it's found in the source package.
The source distribution includes a large collection of
.scm files. These Scheme code files are the keys to accessing Snd's full range of capabilities, including routines for signal processing and other special effects and for adding new features to the graphic interface (such as menus and graphics control widgets). We will return to these files throughout this article, and we will investigate some of them in detail, but for now let's continue with our introduction to the basics of Snd.
Here's how I typically open Snd:
snd -geometry 900x800 -l /home/dlphilp/my_scm/misc.scm foo.snd foo.wav foo.au foo.sf2 foo.mp3 foo.W01
The format extensions to those
foo files should be familiar to most audio people (the last one is a file format for the Yamaha TX16W sampler) and Snd will dutifully load them all. The MP3 and sampler files are converted to the RAW and Snd formats respectively, but the conversions work only for importing sounds: Snd does not encode MP3 files nor can it directly write files in the TX16W format (see Table 2 for a full list of Snd's accepted file types).
Table 2: Supported file formats
Cool Edit
MPEG 3 (MP3), ACM waveform (WAV), Apple AIFF format (PCM encoded data only) (AIF), CCITT mu-Law and A-Law waveforms (WAV), Dialogic ADPCM (VOX), IMA/DVI ADPCM waveform (WAV), Microsoft ADPCM waveform (WAV), Next/Sun CCITT mu-Law, A-Law and PCM format (AU), Raw PCM Data, Sound Blaster voice file format (VOC), TrueSpeech (WAV), ASCII Text Data (.TXT), Amiga IFF-8SVX (.IFF, .SVX)
RealMedia G2 (export only)
read/write (many data formats):
NeXT/Sun/DEC/AFsp, AIFF/AIFC, RIFF (Microsoft WAV), IRCAM (old style), NIST-sphere, no header (RAW)
read-only (in selected data formats):
8SVX (IFF), EBICSF, INRS, ESPS, SPPACK, ADC (OGI), AVR, VOC, PVF, Sound Tools, Turtle Beach SMP, SoundFont 2.0, Sound Designer I and II, PSION, MAUD, Kurzweil 2000, Tandy DeskMate, Gravis Ultrasound, ASF, PAF, CSL, Comdisco SPW, Goldwave sample, omf, quicktime Sonic Foundry, SBStudio II, Delusion digital, Digiplayer ST3, Farandole Composer WaveSample, Ultratracker WaveSample, Sample Dump exchange, Yamaha SY85, SY99, and TX16, Covox v8, SPL, AVI
automatically translated to Sun 16-bit, then read/write:
IEEE text, Mus10 SAM 16-bit (modes 1 and 4), IBM CVSD, AVI, NIST shortpack, HCOM, Intel and Oki (Dialogic) ADPCM, MIDI sample dump, G721, G723_24, G723_40, IFF Fibonacci and Exponential
automatically translated (with appropriate Scheme module) to 16-bit 44.1 kHz stereo RAW, then read-only:
-l flag informs Snd that a Scheme file is to be loaded along with the rest of the program's normal functions. I utilize several Scheme files from the Snd source package to customize the program with such amenities as an effects menu, various time-domain and frequency-domain editing routines, and other significant interface extensions and enhancements.
Multiple instances of this flag may be entered at the command line, but one Scheme file can
#include other Scheme files by using the
load command. For example, my
misc.scm file begins by including some of the distribution Scheme files as well as some custom code for my own extensions:
(load "/home/dlphilp/snd-5/snd-motif.scm")
(load "/home/dlphilp/snd-5/examp.scm")
(load "/home/dlphilp/snd-5/dsp.scm")
(load "/home/dlphilp/my_scm/special-menu.scm")
(load "/home/dlphilp/my_scm/new-effects.scm")
Other lines in this file will turn on a "hidden controls" dialog, check for unsaved edits before exiting Snd, summon a panel for listing and editing marks, and add many other features available from the Scheme files loaded above. We'll look more closely into
misc.scm later, but for now it is important to note that before using my
misc.scm to customize Snd you must edit the load path to indicate where you have unpacked the Snd sources.
-geometry flag is an X Windows option to set the size of any X-aware application and is not unique to Snd.
Snd's graphic display can also be configured using the
-separate, and
-horizontal flags. The notebook flag will present your sound files as though they were on pages in a tabbed spiral-bound notebook [Figure 3], while the
-separate flag will open the files in separate windows [Figure 4]. Snd's normal graph view stacks multiple sound files in a vertical fashion, but the
-horizontal flag will place them side by side [Figure 5].
Finally, opening Snd with the
--help flag will result in this display of information:
[dlphilp@localhost dlphilp]$ snd --help
Snd is a sound editor. Peruse the 'help' menu or try the
snd-help function for help.
This is Snd version 5.2 of 30-Aug-01:
Xen: 1.0, Guile: 1.5.0
Sndlib 13.7 (29-Aug-01, int24 samples)
CLM 1.51 (6-July-01)
gsl: 0.9.1
Motif 2.1.30 X11R6
Xpm 3.4.11
with LADSPA
Compiled Aug 30 2001 09:40:29
C: egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
Libc: 2.1.3.s
Figure 6 shows how my customized Snd appears with one sound file loaded and its time-domain and frequency displays both opened. The marks panel and edit history list are active, and I have also opened the Listener and the Control Panel. Note that you can open or close any sashed panel by grabbing and moving the sash key. Note also the menus added to the main menu bar: the Special, Marks, and Panic Control menus are not standard with Snd, I have added them via my customization files.
Scheme is a LISP-like programming language and Guile is its interpreter. Files written in Scheme are processed by Guile and the results returned to Snd. We have seen what such files can add to Snd, so now let's take a look inside a Scheme module to see how it works. We'll use excerpts from my
misc.scm file for our example: The file is too long to quote entirely, but I have placed the complete text of
misc.scm online for interested readers. It is also included in my Snd customization package listed in the Resources at the end of this article.
We know already that
misc.scm starts by loading a variety of other Scheme files. Immediately after those files are loaded, I make the following calls to them from within
;;; puts the filename and date in the xterm titlebar,
;;; from examp.scm
;;; keeps the file dialog open after clicking on OK,
;;; helpful when loading many files, from snd-motif.scm
;;; places the Open Hidden Controls entry in the
;;; Options menu, from snd-motif.scm
(check-for-unsaved-edits #t)
;;; checks for unsaved edits before closing,
;;; from extensions.scm
(add-hook! after-open-hook show-disk-space)
;;; reports available disk space to the minibuffer,
;;; from snd-motif.scm
;;; adds the mark panel automatically after the
;;; first mark is created, from snd-motif.scm
(add-sound-file-extension "W01")
;;; adds the sound file extension W01 (for
;;; Yamaha TX16W sampler files) to Snd's internal list
;;; of recognized file formats, from extensions.scm
These lines demonstrate how to customize Snd using Scheme modules from the source distribution. The actual functions are defined in other pre-loaded Scheme files but are called from
misc.scm. Many of Snd's most interesting features are defined throughout the source package's various Scheme files but they are not activated by default. Much of my preparatory work involved studying the various Scheme modules to find what treasures they contained.
This code actually adds a new function to Snd and a new entry to an existing menu:
;;; -------- Cut selection -> new file
(define (cut-selection->new) ;;; give the function a name
(if (selection?) ;;; if there is a selection
(let ((new-file-name (format #f "sel-~D.snd" selctr)))
;;; make a new filename numbered by selctr
(set! selctr (+ selctr 1)) ;;; increment selctr
(save-selection new-file-name)
;;; save the selection with the new filename
(delete-selection) ;;; cut out the selection
(open-sound new-file-name)))) ;;; open the new file
(add-to-menu 1 "Cut Selection -> New" cut-selection->new)
;;; add "Cut Selection -> New" to menu number 1
;;; (the Edit menu)
Misc.scm can itself act as a holder for Scheme code activated elsewhere. I added this brief block in order to add an
Unselect function to Snd:
;;; -------- Deselect function
(define (deselect-all) ;;; name the new function
(if (selection?) ;;; if there is a selection
(set! (selection-member? #t) #f)))
;;; negate its existence (reset its state
;;; from true to false)
However, I placed the call in Snd's
popup.scm for placement in the channel graph display pop-up menu.
These examples indicate how I have gone about customizing Snd. I began by making sure that the baseline features as enumerated by Curtis Roads (and listed in the next section of this article) were present and easily accessible, then I added functions and operations suggested by the responses to my query to Cool Edit users. I must emphasize that I myself wrote virtually no code (well, maybe a wee tiny bit): as stated earlier, my objective has been to make more of Snd's inherent processing and editing power more visible and accessible to users, and thanks especially to the routines in
snd-motif.scm I believe I'm well on the way to meeting that objective.
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