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We need some help/advice. My daughter is just over a year old, and it takes forever to get her to sleep. She has always been a poor sleeper, and we are reaching the end of our rope. It is taking up to two hours to get her to sleep. She sleeps with us and is BF.
She used to nurse to sleep, but that no longer is enough. I will lay down with her and nurse her, but she will get off the bed and walk off!! So, then we go back out to the living room and have quite time (read, play with blocks, etc). When she starts getting cranky, I will try again. Or, my husband will try rocking her with soft music. She will look like she is just about to fall asleep, then she will wake herself up! We will do this until she falls asleep. Or, until we admit defeat, and get into the car. It is so frustrating. I don't know what we are doing wrong. I know she is teething, and she just got her first molar. When she goes to bed, sometimes she sleeps until we go to bed, and sometimes she is up every hour. I make sure not to have any caffeine after noon. I don't know what else to do. Any suggestions???
ETA: She just transitioned to one nap a day, which is usually about two hours long around noon.
First off my sympathy, we have been going through much of the same at our house.
Have you read the no cry sleep solution? She has a lot of ideas for establishing a routine- ways to cue your daughter that it is bedtime.
Do you have a night time routine? This is something we struggle with too because for so long she would easily nurse down and now it's no so simple!
Sometimes I know she is dead tired, but because the mobility thing is so new she will schooch away and off the bed, looking back the whole time. I'm confident this is the beginnings of testing out boundaries and learning the rules. I ask her to come back and if she doesn't, I lay her down next to me. When she is tired she will protest briefly then nurse to sleep. When I have totally misread her cues she gets mad and lets me know. When that happens we stop trying to go to bed and go play for awhile.
I am also struggling with accepting the reality that she is staying up much later. She used to go to bed quite early but now in the long days of summer her bedtime has crepted later with the light. She goes to sleep between 9-9.30 now. I really struggle with that. Around 7, I start having the itch to put her to bed, the anxiety of doing all the things I used to do after she went to bed starts whispering to me. But I have tried and failed at adjusting her bedtime. It doesn't matter if we start the routine at 7, 8 or 9. She still goes to sleep at 9. So thats a possibility too- that maybe you are starting too early?
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I read NCSS when my daughter was little, but I need to brush up on it again. It's so hard to read with a little one!!
Our routine before was to nurse and sing to sleep, but a few weeks ago she just seemed to grow out of that. She will still do that for naps though. We don't have much of a routine at night, especially since she sort of goes to sleep when she is ready. She usually seems to get tired, and then is immediately ready for bed. Then, she just refuses to go to bed . Maybe I am just missing her sleepy cues.
Teething has really complicated things lately too. Her first molar just broke through, and I am confident there are some more on the way. I know she is uncomfortable.
I think some of it is also our frustration from being so exhausted . What does a normal routine look like? Should I set a bedtime?
I don't have many more suggestions...
Maybe instead of a set bedtime, you could pick a time that you isolate yourselves after- like typically if it is after 8 PM we stay upstairs. Maybe we stay in bed or go fold laundry in the guestroom or take a bath, but we don't go down to where all the toys are.
idk what a good routine looks like either!
mommy to Claire 4.21.10 and surprise! expecting someone new January 2013
I could have written your post word for word. I find that just as I feel like I reach the end of my rope though, she goes back to being easy to put to bed. All of last week, we did the nurse, walk, nurse, walk - STILL AWAKE WTF!!! - thing every single night. For the last two nights, she was asleep within 10 minutes of me nursing her.
I don't know why exactly, but my theory is that when she has a lot of developmental progress going on, as well as teeth pushing through, she just doesn't want to go to sleep and her body will fight it really hard. What we do when it's REALLY bad, is DH will take DD downstairs and give her more food and let her play. When she gets cranky, he brings her back up and usually DD nurses down really fast. This works because it lets me have a chance to get some uninterrupted rest and lets me reset my frustration meter by getting a break. The other thing is just to wait it out. Everything seems to get better with a toddler if you just wait for the phase to pass.
We have thought about doing CIO and always think better of it, but when it's midnight and we have been trying to get DD down for 3 hours, the thought that I can always just do CIO if I can't take it anymore will sometimes get me through I never do CIO though, and I totally don't support it while I am in my right mind. It feels like a punishment for her and me, and I can't really see it solving anything.
Good luck, you are not alone.
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I, too, feel ur pain. We are also going thru this. My son is 15.5 mo old, and I have a friend who's son is 2 weeks younger than mine who is also going thru the same thing. Maybe its developmental. It makes us crazy, though. If it is developmental, hopefully he'll grow out of it, soon. :)
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My son is almost 15 months old, crappy sleeper but getting better. I never full time co-slept but I had more and more trouble getting my son to get to sleep and stay asleep starting at about 12 months old. He stopped nursing to sleep around that time and I would nurse him, the bounce or rock him to sleep which could take up to an hour. He usually woke often in the early evening. i was at the end of my rope too. Now we do our bedtime routine and I put him into bed awake (he used to scream bloody murder but it only took one or two nights for him to be okay with being in his crib by himself) I stay with him and pretty much ignore him unless he cries. He usually rolls around alot, throws out his soothers, plays... for about an hour or an hour and 15 minutes. We have tried a later bedtime, an earlier bedtime, more time outside, a big dinner, bath, no bath... and it still takes him about an hour to fall asleep!! Yesterday I had to use the washroom so I left the room and left the door open. He didn't cry so I stayed out and he fell asleep on his own after a total of almost an hour and a half in his crib. I feel bad that he's in there for so long but I don't see another choice. He's not crying, and he takes that long no matter what time he goes down. I am hoping that it takes longer as he gets older. At the very least, he can now fall asleep on his own. I hope you have some success tonight!
ETA - He sleeps longer in the evening now which has been a bonus of him falling asleep on his own. He usually sleeps for 3.5 -5 hours after he first falls asleep and then in 2-4 hour chunks after that. I haven't nightweaned but I try to only nurse him close to midnight and then again 5-6 when he wakes up for the day.
LeaPea, I sympathize! Here's my experience.
My son (now 12 months) is also a "poor" sleeper, waking up every 1-5 hours. It's so variable, but he is getting several new teeth and that must be why he's been waking up VERY frequently lately, particularly from 3-5am when I am having my deep sleep! We co-sleep and BF.
He is a very active boy. Starting at around 7-8 months, right before he learned to crawl, he would no longer lie down and nurse to sleep. So I nurse him in the rocking chair. Every night. We usually do bath, dinner, then play until he looks tired. And we know he's tired when he starts walking aimlessly around the house like a drunken sailor, he starts chewing things a lot, and/or he gets quiet and gets this dull look in his eyes. He's usually asleep within 15 minutes but I can't put him down until about 30-40 minutes later. So total time of trying to put him to sleep is about an hour. Always has been.
Sometimes he'll twist out of my lap while nursing, and I noticed that he did that when he wasn't ready yet or he had to go poo. Really!
And once he stopped nursing and told me he was hungry, using the sign for "more" (which he associates w/ food).
When my son is VERY active but obviously tired, my husband holds him and takes him outside to look at plants, the traffic, whatever. That let's me eat dinner, or finish making dinner. Just holding him and being outside always seems to send him into sleepy mode if he really is tired. We hold him in the baby carrier before naps too, so maybe consistency is key??
As far as setting a bedtime ... I usually go by behavior and how long it's been since his last nap. Since he's only doing 1 nap/day, sometimes 2, he'll start acting sleepy about 5 hours after bedtime. But that's how my son is and it may be different for your LO.
I hope you can find the way that works for you!
My son is almost one, and I've also been noticing that he won't always nurse to sleep anymore. Sometimes, he will nurse for a few minutes and then want to play. I no longer keep trying to lay him down next to me to nurse, because he will bite to let me know he isn't interested. We essentially do what another previous poster mentioned - we isolate ourselves in the bedroom where DS and I sleep. If he nurses to sleep, great. If he wants to play, the room is fully baby-proofed so I just let him go off and play on his own. Because it is *supposed* to be bedtime, I try not to engage with him - very little talking, and definitely no playing with him. After awhile, he either comes back to nurse (and falls asleep) or gets tired and comes back in bed and falls asleep on his own (with a paci). This usually takes 30-60 minutes, as opposed to nursing to sleep, which would like take just 5-15 minutes. But DH and I have structured our evenings so it doesn't matter either way.
For those of you whose kids are going to bed later, how many hours of sleep are they getting? DS is a poor sleeper, and it is rare that he will sleep 12 hours. Usually it is 10-11. I know that conventional wisdom says that he should get more, but this is just how he is.
Another weird thing I have started to notice is that when I nurse DS to sleep nowadays, he will inevitably wake up within an hour or less. But if he falls asleep on his own, he might sleep 3 hours before he wakes. I wish I could figure out a good way to take advantage of that!
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Evaluation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-associated proteome at baseline and following nicotine exposure in human and mouse cortext
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Multiple nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in the mouse amygdala regulate affective behaviors and response to social stress
Mineur, Y.S., Fote, G.M., Blakeman, S., Cahuzac, E.L.M., Newbold, S.A. and Picciotto, M.R. (2016) Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(6):1579-87
Acetylcholine acts through nicotinic receptors to enhance the firing rate of a subset of hypocretin neurons in the mouse hypothalamus through distinct presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms
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I installed XBMC 10.0 from the live CD. I have a 720p TV and am using the VGA port on the TV (D-SUB output from video card). I set my resolution to 1360x768 x 60hz and said "yes" to keeping that resolution. I rebooted the computer and it came up in the correct resolution, yay!
However, if i put the computer to sleep and then wake it, the resolution is back to 1080p. The crazy thing is if I go into settings it still shows it's set to 1360x768, but it's definitely back to 1080p as my monitor is crazy from it. If i change the resolution to something else and back, everything is happy again, or if i simply reboot the computer it comes back up int he right resolution. Obviously I don't want to reboot everytime though as going to sleep is much faster and things pick up where I left off.
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I have the same problem. sometimes after suspend, my xbmc switches to 50Hz... before suspend: 60Hz
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I have a similar issue here. I can set the resolution to 1280x720 60Hz (which persists on reboot), but after waking from suspend, it goes right back to 1360x768 60Hz instead. (My setup is XBMC 10.00 Live on an ION-based Zotac Zbox.)
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Anyone get an answer here? I'm having a similar issue when resuming from sleep in Windows 7.
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Hi all. I don't know if this will help at all but it did for me a month or 5 ago.
Are you familiar with modelines and/or the xorg.conf file? If so, take a look at this file. It's in /etc/X11/
If your xorg.conf contains modelines it's likely you have multiple modelines in one "row". It probably looks something like this:
Section "Screen"
If so, the first modeline (the "1920x1080_50" in my example) will be considered to be the primary modeline. So while you set XBMC to run at 60 Hz, it's possible that after a reboot it automatically picks the first (default) modeline (i.e. the wrong one in this case).
Just make sure you have the correct modeline as first modeline in this row and see if it works.
BTW: I'm afraid this is for XBMCbuntu/XBMC Live only...
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@ devaron will give this a try later and report back. This has been bugging me for nearly a year but never just quiet got round to chase a fix for it until today. Will report back.
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The classic on British politics in the mid-Victorian period, originally published in 1867 on the eve of the Great Reform Act, and re-issued five years later with an introductory essay speculating about the consequences of enfranchising working-class men — "We have in a great community like England crowds of people scarcely more civilised than the majority of two thousand years ago..." (He goes on to encourage any reader who doubts his view of the lower classes to go down to the kitchen and try out a few abstract ideas on the housemaid and footman.)
Apart from Bagehot's touching — and almost certainly misplaced — faith in the deference and ignorance of the lower orders, this is a fascinating and very convincing analysis of what made the British constitution work, enlivened by constant sniping at the failings of the American and French systems and the frailties of monarchs. At the core of his argument is the strength of the cabinet system, in which the executive is appointed — and dismissed — by the legislature from among its own members. A lot of what he says looks remarkably prescient: in his discussion of the House of Lords and the power to create new peers, he certainly anticipated the budget crisis of 1909-1911 and the Parliament Act. He's also a strong supporter of life peerages (not to be realised until 1958) and a firm critic of the hereditary principle: he even hints, thirty years before Queen Victoria died, that the then Prince of Wales (Edward VII) is already doomed to be a useless king. (Plus ça change....)
This is clearly the Liberal side of Victorian Britain: Bagehot came from a banking and shipping family, and was a graduate of the determinedly secular UCL, a fan of people like John Stuart Mill and Charles Darwin. An entertaining read, and interesting background to Trollope's Palliser novels, which also span the 1867 watershed.
"…Of course, it is a bit quaint now from the title on: if you talked of the English constitution in Glasgow or Cardiff you would be strung from a lamp-post. But, though the subject has moved on, some of Walter's concepts are eternally useful. The 'dignified' bit of the constitution then referred to the monarchy and the 'efficient' bit to parliament. Today it is parliament that is largely dignified, the efficient bit being the leader columns of The Sun and the Daily Mail. What, however, has not dated at all is the style and the verve: a great journalist in action as well as a great brain and today insufficiently read. …"-reviewed by Lord David Lipsey in FiveBooks.
Full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/david-lipsey-on-british-politics
This is really an excellent book for anyone who is interested in different forms of government. Bagehot is wholeheartedly in favor of the English parliamentary system. He admits it's not perfect, but he thinks it's better than anything else out there. He examines each institution (House of Commons, monarch, etc.) and explains why he thinks that institution plays an important role in the system. While the book has some dry sections, it is very well-written overall, and occasionally pretty funny. Some choice tidbits:
"As it is, Mr Mill was returned by the electors of Westminster; and they have never, since they had members, done themselves so great an honour. But what did the electors of Westminster know of Mr Mill? . . . They meant to do homage to mental ability, but it was the worship of an unknown God -- if ever there was such a thing in this world."
"When you establish a predominant Parliament, you give over rule of the country to a despot who has unlimited time -- who has unlimited vanity -- who has, or believes he has, unlimited comprehension, whose pleasure is in action, whose life is work. There is no limit to the curiosity of Parliament."
"But there is a still worse case, a case which the life of George III--which is a sort of museum of the defects of a constitutional king--suggests at once."
"Now a competent legislature is very rare."
"Great communities have scarcely ever--never save for transient moments--been ruled by their highest thought. And if we can get them ruled by a decent capable thought, we may be well enough contented with our work."
Walter Bagehot was editor of the Economist and his name is still on the weekly page about England. This book describes the English Constitution and compares it favorably with the United States Constitution.
The English constitution has, in fact, never been written down.... "We have no constitution," the English say. "We have Bagehot."...Bagehot employes scientific observation, couched in a lively, conservational style, to describe how within the cabinet system the executive and the legislature form a highly effective nexus of power. -- Classics of Liberty
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0192839756, Paperback)Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and workings of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the "dignified" and "efficient" elements which made the English system the envy of the world. His analysis of the monarchy, the role of the prime minister and cabinet, and comparisons with the American presidential system are astute and timeless, pertinent to current discussions surrounding devolution and electoral reform. Combining the wit and panache of a journalist with the wisdom of a man of letters steeped in evolutionary ideas and historical knowledge, Bagehot produced a book which is always thoughtful, often funny, and surprisingly entertaining.This edition reproduces Bagehot's original 1867 work in full, and introduces the reader to the dramatic political events that surrounded its publication.
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Evan Ruggiero Makes New Jersey Proud On American Idol
When Old Bridge's 21 year old Evan Ruggiero was 19, and a dancer, he was diagnosed with cancer. Eventually doctors told him the only way to save his life was to amputate his leg...
When Old Bridge's 21 year old Evan Ruggiero was 19, and a dancer, he was diagnosed with cancer. Eventually doctors told him the only way to save his life was to amputate his leg...
Its another season of American Idol, and there's lots of new stuff, namely Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, but some things were the same, namely two judges who just can't seem to get along...
An American Idol Winner has been hospitalized following a nasty car accident...and makes a surprising announcement!
American Idol is about to go undergo a major change.
Ok, it wasn't exactly a prediction, but back in March I wrote about this guy on American Idol who I really liked. (Click here to check it out). He was one of the only performers on the show who seemed really unique. He set himself apart from the rest of the contestants. He was trying to sing like himself, while most of the other contestants were trying to sound like someone else. It was Phillip Phillips.
This is the time of the season on American Idol when I start remembering names, so now may be the time to pick a favorite, before I forget the names again. I think there are some unbelievable singers this season delivering 'crazy vocals' as the judges like to say. The contestant I like the most, though is not one of those pure vocalists, but I think he's a pure musician.
At this point in the competition, you wouldn't think an elimination on American Idol would be such a big deal, but it is and it's especially tough to get knocked out this week, since the person eliminated, Shannon Magrane, does not get to be part of the Idol tour. She sang well in her attempt to get saved by the judges, but they chose to pass.
Just when I was starting to get bored with the American Idol judges saying basically the same thing to each contestant, along comes Jimmy Iovine to tell it like it is. At the peak of Idol's success, I think the charm of the show was hearing from a judge who wasn't afraid to say exactly what was on his (and our) mind. And that's why the show hasn't been the same since Simon left.
Lou & Liz interview Adam Lambert on the 94.3 The Point Sound Stage.
Adam Lambert performs "Whataya Want From Me" on the 94.3 The Point Sound Stage.
I sat down to watch American Idol last night and was already questioning why the contestants were being asked to be in groups again. Most, if not all, are solo artists, so I wonder why Idol asks them to perform in groups. I imagine it might have something to do with the sheer number of contestants they have to get through in a limited time, but I still think it makes no sense. Then I find out they are singing 50's and 60's music.
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It's always fascinating to observe how the enterprise community, non-profit industry, and governmental agencies deploy the iPad in new and innovative ways. Just this week, the city of Vancouver, Washington is being praised for finding a way to reduce paper printing by 50,000 pages annually.
"If you attend a Vancouver City Council or a City manager meeting," the City says on its website, "you are likely to see iPads at the desk in lieu of stacks of papers (multi-page handouts and agendas.) It is now common to see Council and City leaders working from iPads at the dais during meetings as the City moves from a print-and hand-out culture towards a paperless one."
Incredibly, however, the transition from paper to iPad comes not as a first step in a major, long-term paper-preserving effort by the city but as a result of a smart and humble suggestion from City Council member Jack Burkman.
Burkman is a a former high tech executive who "pushed the City to move away from printing large stacks of paper for Vancouver City Council meetings each week." Fortunately, City Hall listened and a good number of trees can thank the iPad for saving their lives this year.
If we kept pace with a 40 percent page reduction, we would print 75,646 pages this year, saving more than 50,000 sheets of paper, additional hours of staff time spent printing and collating, city spokeswoman Barbara Ayers tells The Columbian. If we projected these kinds of savings to more departments, we think we can make an incredible impact, demonstrating good stewardship of resources.
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(I don't know about you, but I smell a Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch EXCLUSIVE!!!)
Did you ever wonder if bagels could talk, what would they say?
Wonder no more!!! Follow @briarbagels on Twitter!
(I don't know about you, but I smell a Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch EXCLUSIVE!!!)
Hey kids! Bieber Loves Bagels!
@iBiebersGang: Bagels = ♥
@briarbagels: It's like I always said: #BieberLovesBagels
Love Connection!
@kylieee_x: i met my soulmate today. he likes bagels.
@briarbagels: Who said all the good one's are taken? All the best!
Don't be shy...
@mazzletofff: Bagels cannot be discreetly eaten.
@briarbagels: Why be discreet? Let's give them something to talk about!!
Things change for the BETTER!
@juliemgrover: We're eating bagels tomorrow in class. So I'm happy.
@briarbagels: School's a lot different these days, all we had were Sloppy Joe's.
Hey! Bagels can tweet!
@GinaHarrison_: if i stump my toe, ima still make that bagel know what im sayin
@briarbagels I hear ya... No man can come between us. Not even Clooney!
@GinaHarrison_: Some bagel just retweeted me, I don't know why or what this means but I feel accomplished & triumphant @briarbagels Mazel tov!
Whats the newest in new?
"@AR_Clip: Someone just dropped 8 dozen bagels on my porch... Hahahahahaha"
Haven't you heard? Bagels are the new roses.
This is the official blog for Westchester's best bagels,
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Grab your waffle maker and add an easy homemade batter for a delicious all-in-one meal at home.
Chocolate Buckwheat Waffles with Juicy Berries
I've remade the typical syrup-doused waffle breakfast into a lower-sugar, fruit-forward, gluten-free, whole-grain plate with 273 fewer calories. In place of refined all-purpose flour, I go with gluten-free buckwheat flour, which adds 2.4g filling fiber per serving; strawberries add another 2.4g. Barely sweetened berries and yogurt replace maple syrup, slashing 18g added sugar per serving.
Savory Chickpea Waffles
We swap sugary pancake syrup for a poached egg and use chickpea flour in place of refined for an extra punch of protein. Enjoy for a quick breakfast or dinner.
Fluffy Buttermilk WafflesThe perfect waffle recipe looks a lot like this. This fluffy breakfast is fit for royalty and ready to help you start your day.
Hot Chicken-and-Waffle Sandwiches with Chive Cream
We did a taste test and loved the just-fried tenders from the Publix grocery store deli.
Neapolitan WafflesAfter you "Neapolitan" your waffles, use the leftover icings for dipping store-bought baked goods like brownies or doughnuts.
Power WaffleFor a healthy breakfast go-to, try a Power Waffle. Spread with almond butter, top with sliced strawberries and banana, and drizzle with agave nectar for a satisfying treat packed with protein and carbs to keep you going.
Berry-Bacon Waffle MinisBreakfast may never be the same again! This concoction of berries, bacon and waffles will have everyone at the table asking for more.
Ham and Gruyère Belgian Waffles with Sautéed Pears
While traditional Belgian waffles are made with yeast, we use beaten egg whites to give these salty-sweet waffles their light, airy texture and crispy exterior. For freezing and heating instructions, see below.
Buckwheat Belgian WafflesThe buckwheat flour adds an earthy, nutty flavor to these waffles, but it's also a flour that's heavy and dense. Here, it's blended with lighter tapioca flour and white rice flour to balance it. Beating the egg whites and folding them into the batter is also key to keeping the texture light. Top the waffles with slightly warm maple syrup and fresh fruit. They're so dreamy you could serve them for breakfast or dessert.
Ricotta Lemon-Blueberry Waffles
A sweet berry mixture tops these ricotta cheese-flavored waffles.
Yeasty WafflesJeff Potter offers a waffle recipe made with yeast instead of baking powder. A yeast enzyme called zymase helps make the waffles rich and sweet.
Maple-Bacon WafflesYou're going to love these fluffy, golden waffles loaded with bacon bits and drizzled with sweet maple syrup.
Poached Fruit over WafflesFeel free to substitute 2-3 pounds of any fruit you like. Instead of waffles, you can serve with angel food cake or anything that captures the tasty juice--you'll want every drop.
Coffee WafflesThese waffles are packed with coffee flavor! Serve with syrup for breakfast, or add a scoop of ice cream and caramel sauce for a fun dessert.
Cream Cheese Waffle SandwichesMake the filling the night before and in the morning toast waffles and assemble the sandwiches.
Berry and Browned Butter WaffleThe freezer aisle of your grocery store is stocked with a hearty selection of whole-grain toaster waffles that have less than 100 calories per serving. That's a low-calorie, grain-rich base for tasty combos that go way beyond butter and syrup. The fruity options are great, but we love savory ones, too.
Chocolate Chip WafflesChocolate Chip Waffles are kid-friendly and quick to make. Sarah Roe's sweet waffles will have everyone at the breakfast table asking for more!
Lemon-Poppy Seed Belgian Waffles with Blackberry Maple SyrupSprinkle these fluffy waffles with tangy and sweet fresh blackberries and your tastebuds with definitely thank you.
Waffles BenedictTop Parmesan-infused waffles with eggs, prosciutto, and a luscious hollandaise drizzle. This waffle is more savory than sweet, giving your taste buds a break from the traditional sweet-style waffle breakfast.
Strawberry Waffle SundaesPerfect for a brunch dessert, this sundae recipe calls for frozen strawberries and frozen waffles. It comes together in minutes and offers a fun end-of-meal flourish for your final course.
Spiced Waffles with Sauteed PearsWith flavors like cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, these waffles prove that spices can be so, so sweet.
Yogurt and Berries with Whole-Grain WafflesThis top-rated breakfast dish has the added bonus of being packed with antioxidants, fiber, and vitamin C from the berries and protein and calcium, from the yogurt topping. Online reviewers rave, waffles are a must make!
French Toast WafflesCook milk-and-sugar coated French bread slices on a waffle iron to add a crispy bite to the traditionally smooth French toast breakfast. Serve with fresh berries, powdered sugar, or maple syrup.
Chocolate Waffles with Poached CherriesPerfect as an end to a festive brunch or a new twist on an old classic, these waffles get their color and flavor from cocoa powder. The poached cherry drizzle, featuring lemon juice, orange juice, and vanilla bean, brings out the richness of the cocoa.
Blue Corn Waffles with Lavender Cream and Fresh BlueberriesServe a main dish that's a treat to look at and to taste. The contrast of the crunchy cornmeal, tart berries, and smooth lavender cream makes this waffle recipe a must-make for your next weekend at home.
Corn and Cheddar WafflesEnjoy these waffles with maple syrup, or go Southwestern and try them with tomato salsa. Melon or another fresh fruit rounds out the meal.
Bacon Maple WafflesCombine salty and sweet flavors for an over-the-top breakfast. Crumbled bacon cooks into the syrup-infused batter to create a delicious, salty-sweet morning meal.
Lemon Cornmeal Waffles with Raspberry-Rhubarb CompoteThis compote uses frozen fruit, which is as nutritious as fresh and readily available in winter. The honeyed yogurt offers a sweet balance for the tangy compote, which can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to one week. While Greek yogurt offers a thicker base for the topping, plain low-fat yogurt can be substituted, if desired.
Buttermilk Pumpkin Waffles with ApplesEnjoy these waffles during harvest time when the autumn flavors are at their best. Fresh apples, canned pumpkin, and a host of fragrant spices make this dish a guaranteed family favorite.
Whole-Wheat Waffles with Spiced Fall FruitYou can use a wide range of whole-wheat flours for these tender waffles, from milder and softer to heartier. We adapted a recipe created for Community Grains, in Oakland, and added a topping that's fruit and syrup all in one.


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Got my six back from the dealer this afternoon, and here's the report on my baby at 79k miles:
- Oil leak was coming from the brake vacuum pump - dealer replaced entire pump and seals under CPO.
- checked shifting hesitation and discovered tranny leaking fluid - replaced Mechatronic sealing sleeve for gearbox casing, tranny pan gasket/seal, drain plug and added fluid under CPO.
- brake fluid flush, and replaced rear brakes, sensors and rotors (covered by extended service/maintenance).
- microfilters replaced.
Total cost - $50 CPO deductible plus SA tip
Hard to measure the happiness factor over my decision to buy a CPO with extended service included by BMW NA under sales incentive program, but my SA estimated that the dealer cost of these repairs would have been around $3,200.
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Turkey will hold its parliamentary election in July, four months earlier than scheduled, thereby narrowly avoiding a constitutional crisis over the choice of the country's next president. Nonetheless, Turkey's bout with political instability has damaged its foreign policy and international standing.
At the center of the storm are Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the moderately Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Yasar Buyukanit, Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish military, which regards itself as the guardian of the secular republican tradition established by Kemal Ataturk. When Erdogan contemplated moving from the prime minister's job to the presidency earlier this spring, the military and secular political parties indicated profound dissatisfaction. General Buyukanit said in April that the country's new president must be secular "not just in words, but in essence."
Having met and conversed with Erdogan on more than one occasion, I found him a moderate and reasonable man. Moreover, the AKP has broad support among Turkish voters and an admirable record of economic growth, human rights legislation, and improvement in the treatment of Turkey's Kurdish minority. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a close associate of Erdogan in the AKP, pressed Turkey's application to join the European Union. So when Erdogan decided to nominate Gul as the AKP candidate for the presidency, I was surprised by the strength of the secularist opposition.
The secular establishment argues that the AKP's moderation thus far reflects the checks and balances implied by secularist control of the presidency. They argue that if the AKP comes to control the presidency, it may no longer pursue moderate policies. Secularists point with concern to other AKP, such as Speaker of the Parliament Bulent Arinc, who are noted for their pronounced religious and social conservatism.


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The Round to Formula DRIFT Amateur Photography Contest – 2013
We're proud to announce the Formula DRIFT Amateur Photographer contest has returned for its second year! Last year, we had over 50 entries through 4 intense rounds of very creative and thoughtful photos to pick one winner to join us track side at Formula DRIFT Seattle! This time, we're doing it again, but making it much harder!
Want to feel the rush of the best drift cars in the world passing you by? Or maybe take the next best photo and get yourself recognized? Starting now and for the first 4 rounds of Formula DRIFT, NWMotiv.com will give an amateur photographer the chance to shoot with us, trackside, at Formula Drift Round 5 – Seattle on July 19-20, 2013.
Compete head-to-head versus other photographers in our four shooting challenges, and the photographer with the most points after round four will be invited by us, NWMotiv.com, to shoot Formula DRIFT Round 5. It's no secret that approved photographers for the drift series are being cut, so be among the best and learn firsthand what it takes!
Review the THEME & TECHNIQUE for the round and submit your photo before the deadline shown, one entry per person. Your submitted photo should follow the theme and demonstrate the technique provided in order to achieve the highest score possible. NWMotiv Editorial Staff, Josh Mackey and Armin Ausejo, will judge each photo on a points scale. Additionally, these photos will be posted to Facebook for additional public votes. For every 10 likes a photo receives on our gallery, an extra point is added to the total. MOST IMPORTANT RULE: DO NOT SUBMIT DRIFT PHOTOS.
An Amateur Photographer as defined by this contest is a photographer that has not shot a Formula DRIFT/D1 event EVER. You MUST own a digital SLR camera. Each shot you submit must be your own; you must own the legal rights to it. All photos submitted should be original photos, not old, previous shot images or new edits. You are not required to be from the Northwest, but you must provide your own transportation and/or lodging if you are traveling. Points are cumulative and you must enter all 4 rounds to win. You agree to allow NWMotiv and Formula DRIFT to promote your photos online through their website and/or social media outlets. Last, but most important, this is an invite, we reserve the right to revoke it. The final contest winner will be held to the highest standards of professionalism and any acts that tarnish the image of either brand will be met with swift punishment.
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The Year in Review...2013 Edition
Thursday, January 2, 2014Filed under: all about me
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Wow what an amazing year you've all had!! Don't you just love looking back on all the wonderful moments that happened throughout the year? Make you really very thankful for sure :)ReplyDelete
HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A BAD PICTURE A DAY IN YOUR LIFE!? You and your family are absolutely beautiful! What an awesome year ya'll had! Hope 2014 is just as exciting if not more!ReplyDeleteReplies
oh trust me...i have TONS of bad pictures of myself, most days actually, as i only wear makeup maybe 2 days a week--haha. you are WAY too sweet to say thatDelete
LOVED recapping your past year! So many blessings!! Can't wait to see what 2014 has in store for you!! xoReplyDeleteReplies
thanks friend..i certainly appreciate it!!Delete
WOWZA! Y'all really have had quite a year!! I always tell my husband though that I love that we're always so busy! If we weren't that would mean we don't have much of a life or friends or family! HAHA! Can't wait to see what 2014 brings y'all! Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
I'm with Summer you always look great in pictures, even right after child birth, what's the secret!!! What a year!!! Happy New Year!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
coffee and under eye concealer ;) thanks ladyDelete
Your girls are absolutely beautiful! My daughter is also a CC! Congrats on such an exciting year!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, Rendezvous! Their ribs are SO good! Looks like you had a fabulous year with your adorable girls and hubby. Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Hi Natasha! Happy New Year! What kind of kitchen is that?? Trying to decide what kind to get my kids.ReplyDeleteReplies
it's the kid kraft one...LOVE IT!! a pain to put together, but finished product is awesome and the right $$ too :)Delete
This is so cute! You are the most adorable pregnant woman :)ReplyDelete
Mary Hayes looks SO little in that group pic! Carson's pic from the hospital looks identical to big sister CC. and the snarl face in the pic where Caroline is in the wagon thing behind the car....classic.ReplyDelete
Awe such a sweet year in rewind. 2013 was good to you and your girls are precious.ReplyDelete
thank you Amber!!!!Delete
Loved this yearly review!! You are truly blessed with the most beautiful little girls and I am always in awe of their cute outfits. I hope 2014 brings you and your family many great memories!ReplyDelete
Melt my heart, you have the cutest little girls ever! Absolutely love the 'kisses for sister' picture - SO sweet!!!ReplyDelete
You have such a beautiful family! Looks like you all had a wonderful year and I hope 2014 is even better! :)ReplyDelete
You had a very busy and fulfilling year... And looked great the whole time! Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
What beautiful photos!! I'm amazed at how you're adorable to get two girls in such cute, matching outfits, with ribbons and all! Happy New Year!ReplyDeleteReplies
hahaha...it takes an army and i am usually prepping the night beforeDelete
Ah! I have so many things I want to comment on but I could make a whole other blog post! lol You are so gorgeous and your girls are just adorable! I completely expected a pregnancy announcement at the end of this post LOL Thanks for sharing 2013 with us! I can't wait to see what 2014 brings y'all! xoReplyDelete
Aww loved it! CC is so sweet to Miss Carson, and I love that pink play kitchen she got for Christmas! :)ReplyDelete
Awwww what I wonderful, happy year for you!!!! I hope 2014 brings lots more happiness!!ReplyDelete
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Loved your recap! You all had quite a year- can't wait to see what 2014 holds for you!ReplyDelete
Wow, so many blessings! : )ReplyDelete
What a sweet post! I loved reliving the year with you friend!! Hopefully 2014 will include a trip to Tennessee for us!! =) xoxo!ReplyDelete
Your family is just so precious! Loved seeing all your blessings in review, and I hope 2014 is just as good to you :)ReplyDelete
well, i've just come back to the blog world and caught up on your DARLING family! congrats lady, looks like you had a PRECIOUS 2013, here's to an amazing 2014!!!ReplyDelete
What an amazing year and the sweetest little girls! Happy New year!!ReplyDelete
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What a wonderful year you had! You have a beautiful family too! Where did you get your cute teal/blue pjs in your Christmas pictures?ReplyDelete
What an amazing year with your beautiful family! I love looking back on our year too. :) Here's to a very happy 2014!ReplyDelete
you girls are so adorable!! i have to ask where did you get the monthly stickers for your daughter!? they are SO cute. i recently just ordered some and they looked nothing like the ones on her site ! ugh.ReplyDelete


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Social Media
Agency documents can now be annotated and explained by the crowd.
Rap lyricism and governmentese aren't close relatives. Some might argue that they are polar opposites. But the General Services Administration recently approved terms of service with the social media annotation platform Rap Genius -- a site originally dedicated to explaining rap lyrics -- to break down both the jargon and allusions in official government documents, speeches and reports.
A Stanford intellectual property law professor was interested in annotating Salt-N-Pepa lyrics on Rap Genius, then decided to upload and open the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to annotation.
So while Rap Genius was launched to illuminate the often-overlooked significance of certain song lines, its aperture has grown wider and wider to include different types of music, famous poetry, classical literature and now government-speak.
Federal documents like GSA Mentor-Protégé Program will most often be found on sister site News Genius. Readers are able to click different highlighted terms for context and read general questions and answers about the document in a sidebar.
Rap Genius marries the main concepts of Wikipedia and Sparknotes in that anybody can contribute to annotations, although the site is monitored for accuracy, and it breaks down dense language into more-comprehensible prose, whether it is Shakespeare's Hamlet or Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's latest economic report.
"I think this is a great way for us to really start engaging and telling people what our programs actually do, how to find everything in one place," Stephanie Rivera, chief of staff for GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, said at a recent #SocialGov summit.
IIan Zechory, founder of Rap Genius, said the site can increase citizen accessibility to government resources.
Zechory said that the service is not just a tool for government employees, but also for citizens to better understand policy so they can scrutinize it.
"It's not just so that experts within the government agencies can elucidate and make more clear what's going on," he said. "It's also … that people who are confused can say, 'hey this makes no sense.'"
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I would like to insulate my garage
And it is a stand-alone bare-stud garage. I was thinking of Sandals post of brightening up the interior to help with seeing better, as the lighting sucks. I have yet to install some flourescent lights...
So I though of adding styrofoam insulation, and killing 2 birds with one stone. But code requires that stuff to be covered with drywall to help fire-proof it. I don't plan on getting a building permit but I am concerned in case a firey accident occurs, so I want to keep the risk/danger low.
I thought of batting insulation, like rolls of Owens-Corning. If I do this, can I buy 24-inch rolls and not cut it? (studding is 16" on-center) and just over-lap it using my staple gun?
Another thing I thought of is OSB or peg-board and using blown insulation.
I have yet to compare numbers of pricing and R-Values, but what are some ideas?
What sort of problems have you run into?
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Do bad insulation couldn't be painted on... Maybe I'll buy a pallet of spray-foam insulation...
And also, is there a cheap kit thats effective for insulating a non-insulated garage door? or a cheap work-around?
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you can get 16 inch bast insulation. i used the new staple less r15 and it was very easy and simple to use.
i did the blown in in the attic space to r30 and with my little wood burner i can keep the garage over 70-75 very easily and keep it around 50 over night.
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I ended up with R13 in the walls and R38 in the ceiling with osb. It works great for keeping the heat in, not the brightest on its own but a lot of lights help. I did see a possible cheap option what was bright but not great looking. This guy spray foamed his walls. I am sure it must have been cheap, it did stay bright because it was white. I am not sure if that was OK with code. Another option for the ceiling is to use white steel roofing sheets. A guy I worked with did his with osb on the walls and used the white steel on the ceiling. I liked it because it brightened it up a lot and it worked well with the osb walls.
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I would look into spray foam. I think no matter what insulation you used though you would still need to dry wall it for fire protection if you plan on heating it. IMO it would just be the smart thing to do.
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You might be able to use some kind of adhesive to attach styrofoam onto your garage door panels to insulate those. The insulated garage door panels that you can buy are just regular garage doors with styrofoam in them.
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my garage has OSB walls with blown in insulation behind it. idk the R value but after i stuffed the eves with insulation my garage stays a comfortable 65 with the heat on in the winter. i just wish i had heated floors.
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We've got a combination of most of the things mentioned here.
We used the 16" R13 and stapled them to the studs, overlapping the paper backing of each one, then using 3M tape to seal the seams. Covered that with drywall and painted it white. On the ceiling, we used the same insulation on the lower level, and R30-something upstairs on the trusses. Covered that with pegboard, painted white.
On the door, I've had people take that pink insulator board (the kind you'd put up on your house while doing siding), cut it to fit the panels of their garage door, and liquid nails it in place. Apparently that works fine. Just make sure your door seal on the bottom doesn't have any daylight showing, or it's pretty much a waste.
With all our crap done, we're able to run a 140k auto-thermostat propane heater, and it'll run for about 10 minutes every hour or so to keep the garage at 75 degrees. Even if we're not running the heater, keeping the door closed will usually keep it around 45-50 throughout the winter.
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If you really want a bright garage try the foil faced insulation. If you have overhangs and the insulation touches the roof don't forget to use styrofoam vents to allow the air to circulate.
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For something that size I would look into the spray in cellulose. It will adhere to the walls and be trimmed flat. I don't know about painting it but really don't see that as possible. I think spray foam would be too costly, to do 3" for r-21 I would usually charge 2$ a square foot.
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We had our polebarn / garage spray foamed by a guy who does really good work he did the ceiling as well.
Keeps our garage super super warm in the winter and nice and cool in the summer and we just put up plywood over it for walls
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Canberra has for the first time got two contestants on the next series of My Kitchen Rules, one of the highest-rating reality television shows on the box.
This year's series regularly topped the ratings in Canberra and a massive almost 3 million viewers tuned into the finale to watch Queensland husband and wife team Dan and Steph take out the title in April.
The ACT's contestants in the 2014 series are Emelia Vimalasiri, business development manager for the Canberra Convention Bureau, and graphic designer Andrew Hinge.
A Channel Seven promo for the new series portrays them as the slightly wacky couple, the pair describing themselves as ''awesome''.
Livewire Andrew is shown knocking a glass off a table, flapping his arms like a bird during his instant restaurant and singing the Devo hit Whip It as he whips some cream in the kitchen. One of the competitors labels him ''awkward''.
''Andrew seems a little crazy,'' one of the other contestants says.
They are up against a couple who make cheese in NSW, two female ''gourmet travellers'' from Western Australia, a Queensland couple, two mates from Victoria and two mums from South Australia.
The producers of My Kitchen Rules are otherwise keeping their stars under wraps until at least January.
They made it clear earlier in the year they were keen for a couple from the ACT to be on the show.
One of the series producers, Matt Apps, said at the time ''we are making a concerted effort to look in the ACT for this upcoming season. There should be some great talent down there."
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The conflict in Syria "has reached a tipping point threatening the entire region," the panel, the United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria, told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Attacks in northern Iraq by forces affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the militant group leading the offensive, are likely to cause greater regional involvement in the Syrian conflict, including an influx of more foreign fighters, the panel said.Sponsored Ads
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Princeton researchers devote years of meticulous work to producing scientific and engineering discoveries, but those eureka moments are just the beginning for technologies destined for the marketplace. To help University researchers and entrepreneurs navigate the process of turning discoveries into products, the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education hosted a panel discussion on Nov. 19 titled Commercialization of University Technology: Perspectives of Princeton Participants.
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I am always quiet EXCEPT when I first wake up alone on my bed on the bookcase and I cry in a panic! Meowmy says I am like a baby- she and daddy hear me sqealing and sqeaking away until they call me and I come running to them frantically and then I calm down!
2. Litterbox! Cover your business or let some other kitty cover?
Did you say litterbox? Because sometimes I like to sneak into the bathtub in mommy and daddy's bathroom at night... But that's another story... I leave my business for everyone to see. And smell. Mommy does not appreciate this.
3. Happy! Favorite Daily Routine?
Eating and snacking and nip toys! Pettings, following daddy around, knocking his papers everywhere, jumping out from anywhere and scaring Zack (our dog brofur).
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Zack chasing me because I scared him again!
5. Ding-Dong! What do you think about visitors to your house?
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first meet of the New Year, four UMBC track and field athletes have earned Performer of the Week honors. For the men, Trae Proctor and Shioma Obemeata have earned Track Performer of the Week and Field Performer of the Week honors, respectively. Meanwhile, Mercedes Jackson earned her second Track Performer of the Week honor while teammate Amanda Deller gets the nod as Field Performer of the Week.
Competing at the Penn State Relays, Proctor (Brandywine, Md.) had a record-setting day. The senior matched his personal-record of 8.02 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles in the preliminary round and advanced to the finals. There, Proctor raced past the field with a time of 8.00 seconds which was not only a new personal-record, but it broke a school-record that was set in 2000 as well. Proctor's time in the 60 meter hurdles is the best in the conference this year and tied for ninth-best in the country.
Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y.) set the current America East standard in the triple jump with a jump of 47'7" (14.5 meters). That distance also currently stands 25th in the nation and it qualified Obemeata for the IC4A Championships. The senior also competed in the high jump, clearing a height of 5'10.75" (1.8 meters).
Jackson (Huntingtown, Md.) had a record-setting day of her own at the Penn State Relays. The sophomore broke the school-record for the second time this season in the 60 meter dash and also came away victorious in the 200 meter dash. After qualifying for the finals with a time of 7.48 in the 60, Jackson cruised to a victory in 7.42 seconds to break a record she had set previously. She followed that up with a time of 24.35 seconds to win the 200 meter dash. Jackson's 60 meter time is the best in the conference by over three-tenths of a second and is tied for seventh-best nationally.
Last year's Most Outstanding Field Athlete, Deller (Aberdeen, Md.) set season-bests in both throwing events over the weekend. The senior finished fifth in both the shot put (45'0.25"/13.72 meters), and the weight throw (51'4.25"/15.65 meters). Deller owns the top America East mark in the shot put and ranks third in the conference for the weight throw.
Albany was the other school in action this weekend, as it made the trip to West Point, N.Y. for the Carlton Crowell Open. Sean Cooper (Montgomery, N.Y.) was the highlight for the men, as he won the heptathlon with 4,720 points. Additionally, Paige Vadnais (Merrick, N.Y.) turned in a second-place showing in the pentathlon.
Four schools will compete this coming weekend as the 2013 portion of the schedule continues to get underway. Albany will head to the Nittany Lion Challenge, Binghamton will make the trek to the West Point Invitational, and UMBC and Stony Brook will both take part in the Gotham Cup held in New York City.
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Dec. 4 – Men's Track Performer of the Week: James Anderson (New Hampshire); Men's Field Performer of the Week: Colby Cunningham (Vermont); Women's Track Performer of the Week: Mercedes Jackson (UMBC); Women's Field Performer of the Week: Brittany St. Clair (Vermont)
Dec. 11 – Men's Track Performer of the Week: Jake Leithiser (Maine); Men's Field Performer of the Week: Justin Gagne (Maine); Women's Track Performer of the Week: Tiffany Harrison (Hartford); Women's Field Performer of the Week: Rosemary Read (New Hampshire)
Jan. 8 – Men's Track Performer of the Week: Trae Proctor (UMBC); Men's Field Performer of the Week: Shioma Obemeata (UMBC); Women's Track Performer of the Week: Mercedes Jackson (UMBC); Women's Field Performer of the Week: Amanda Deller (UMBC)


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One of the greatest athletes of all time, Jesse Owens was born almost a century ago, and the pictures that have been passed down to us are, appropriately, in black and white.
That sums up the story of Jesse Owens — discrimination against black people and the theory of white supremacy. One young athlete from Cleveland, Alabama, the grandson of slaves, the youngest of 10, upstaged and subverted the entire Nazi propaganda machine by winning four gold medals to establish one simple fact. He was faster, stronger, better than anyone else in the field.
Hitler's twisted philosophy was exposed in the time it took for Owens to win the 100-yard dash, 10.3 seconds. He went on to win the 200 metres, the 4 x 100 relay and the long jump, and it is the long-jump competition that I find so interesting.
Intriguingly, perhaps even dangerously, he struck up a friendship with his German rival, Luz Long. Here they are, right, a moment captured at the Berlin Olympics, and the body language suggests a genuine closeness. What Hitler made of this unlikely event you can only imagine, but it cannot have been good for Luz's long-term health. But even without that extra political dimension, friendships between rivals are rare enough.
I can't remember ever having sat down with an opponent in such a friendly way during an Olympics, or during my life, for that matter. Basically, I have never made a friend of a rival.
I wouldn't ignore them. But as for chatting to them, getting on with them, sharing tactical thoughts, the whole thing is unimaginable.
Owens and Long, black and white, American and German, direct opponents, one scorned in his own country, the other revered — the fact that they warmed to each other was extraordinary, to say the least. They can scarcely have known each other for more than a few days but the impression on the American was profound. He wrote later: "What I remember most was the friendship I struck up with Luz Long, the German long jumper. He was my strongest rival, yet it was he who advised me to adjust my run-up in the qualifying round and thereby helped me to win. Our friendship was important to me. We corresponded regularly until Hitler invaded Poland and then the letters stopped."
If the story is exactly as Owens reported, you've got to say that for Long to advise his most dangerous opponent to move back his run-up a yard to help ensure qualification for the final is a heart-warming tale of human decency.
But since when was sport about human decency? I can only imagine that Long believed he could win the gold medal and wanted to do so against the best possible opposition. I understand that. To win is good but to win against minor opposition saps the full satisfaction of the moment. Would I have done it? Modern professionalism would probably have prevented me, just as cricketers don't walk when they're out, footballers dive, and every cheap little advantage is sought in the quest for victory. In contrast, the tradition of fair play is still upheld in some sports. Golfers and snooker players will call strokes and penalties on themselves.
Owens promptly outjumped Long to the gold medal but Long's advice had been a fine and generous act on a human level, one that defied the twisted code of Nazi supremacy. It cannot have been easy, nor entirely safe, to deny the prejudice that Hitler held so dear. Long was a decent and, beyond that, a brave Olympian. So much was recognised many years later when he was posthumously awarded the Baron de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship.
As Owens said, they corresponded following Berlin, but the letters from Long suddenly stopped. He was called up to fight and was killed by Allied action in Italy in 1943. He was only 30 years old. But Owens persisted with the connection and continued a correspondence with his friend's son until his own death in 1980.
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Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today pledged to hand over all his private texts and emails to his special adviser, to the Leveson Inquiry.
Mr Hunt said he believed that his contacts with Adam Smith would show that he handled the BSkyB takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire with "total integrity".
"I will be handing over all my private texts and emails to my special adviser to the Leveson Inquiry and I am confident that they will vindicate the position that I handled the BSkyB merger process with total integrity," he told reporters outside his London home.
Mr Smith was forced to resign on Wednesday after details of his contacts with a News Corp executive were released by the Leveson Inquiry, prompting accusations of a secret "back channel" between Mr Hunt's office and News Corp.
Mr Hunt's commitment to pass material to the Leveson Inquiry is unlikely to ease pressure on David Cameron to order his own investigation into whether he breached the ministerial code of conduct.
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes last night became the first senior figure in his party to call for the matter to be referred to the Prime Minister's independent adviser on ministerial interests, Sir Alex Allan.
"What I cannot understand is why the matter of the ministerial code of conduct, which is to do with do you take responsibility for your special adviser, is not something the Prime Minister should immediately refer to the person who has been given the job of doing that, Sir Alex Allan," he told BBC1's Question Time.
Mr Cameron was already facing calls for Sir Alex to investigate from the Labour Party and from the senior Conservative backbencher Bernard Jenkin who chairs the Commons Public Administration Committee.
Mr Jenkin said it was "extraordinary" that a special adviser like Mr Smith had any involvement with a takeover bid in which Mr Hunt was supposed to be acting in an impartial, quasi-judicial capacity.
Mr Hunt insisted that he acted with "scrupulous fairness" in his handling of the BSkyB bid and was not in any way influenced by Mr Smith's contacts with News Corp executive Frederic Michel.
Labour, however, say that under the code of conduct, he must take responsibility for his special adviser's actions.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Cameron's refusal to order an inquiry suggested he was trying to protect his own position.
"Every day David Cameron looks more like a Prime Minister organising a cover-up rather than standing up for the public," he said.
"First he refuses to sack Jeremy Hunt despite the weight of evidence against him. Now despite all-party calls to do so, he refuses even to ask the independent adviser on ministerial interests to examine whether Mr Hunt broke the ministerial code.
"People watching this Prime Minister's actions will conclude he has a great deal to hide and that his real fear is that Jeremy Hunt's resignation will put his own actions and behaviour centre-stage."
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman said that Mr Hunt should release the texts and emails to Parliament and not just the Leveson Inquiry.
"Effectively what we have got here, which is very disappointing, is the Government using Lord Leveson's inquiry as a big carpet under which they can sweep everything," she told BBC News.
"Lord Leveson's inquiry is enormously important but it doesn't relieve the Prime Minister of his duties as prime minister. It doesn't relieve secretaries of state of their obligations to live up to the ministerial code."
Asked whether Mr Cameron agreed with Mr Hughes that an inquiry into potential breaches of the ministerial code was needed, the Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "No. The Prime Minister made very clear on Wednesday that he has full confidence in the way Jeremy Hunt handled the BSkyB bid.
"Jeremy Hunt made clear in his statement to the House of Commons that at all times he took the advice of independent regulators and the permanent secretary.
"Clearly, matters relating to the code are matters for the Prime Minister. However, there is a public inquiry under way and we believe it is right to allow that inquiry to run its course."
Responding to the announcement that Mr Hunt plans to hand over emails and text messages relating to the BSkyB bid to Lord Justice Leveson, the spokesman said it was for the Culture Secretary to prepare and present his own submission. There was no "central clearance process" for ministers to clear their evidence to the inquiry with Number 10.
Asked about Mr Miliband's claim of a cover-up, the spokesman said: "There is a public inquiry. That public inquiry is looking at issues relating to the BSkyB bid. That public inquiry has the full force of the law as set out by the 2005 Public Inquiries Act and is being held in public.
"I am not sure that is consistent with what you say."
Conservative Party deputy chairman Michael Fallon took to the airwaves to defend Mr Hunt, saying it was "absurd" for Ms Harman to suggest the Culture Secretary was guilty before he had even given evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
Responding to Mr Hughes's call for the case to be referred to the independent adviser on the ministerial code, Mr Fallon told Sky News: "He's entitled to his views, but the point really here is that the person heading the inquiry - Lord Justice Leveson - has himself said that the better course is to allow his inquiry to proceed.
"Jeremy Hunt will appear in front of it. It won't be months away - he has asked for his appearance to be brought forward. He has said today he's going to publish all the texts and emails for the inquiry. He will be tested on that evidence.
"During that time, he remains accountable to Parliament and Harriet Harman can ask him any question she likes. But the better course is to allow this proper judicial inquiry that is under way to proceed."
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Boy stop, you ain't no DJ
[Verse 1: Big Boi]
I double dare, matter of fact nigga, I double dog dare
Any rapper to take it there with this player here
Let's be clear, I'm a leader, not your peer
Valedictorian of this rap shit every year
Like beer and pretzels with the game I go good
I'm the Hansel to your Gretel
You'se a dame, understood
Overstand ho ass nigga from my hood
I'm embarrassed by the lack of class
Sat in the back of class
But passed with flying colors with yo backwards ass
You're like the caboose
And I'm the engine locomotive to let loose steam in the booth, scream
Dream Team, nigga fuck that pillow talk, keep sleeping
While beating down yo street up in that green thing
Greetings, Earthlings I've been lurking deep in the shadows
Gathering artillery for the battle
Now on the front line I stand
Microphone in my right hand, left foot on the gas
Don't make me put my foot in yo ass
[Hook: Big Boi]
Yo DJ ain't no DJ, he just make them fucking mixtapes
Where they at?
Yo DJ ain't no DJ, he just hit that instant replay
There they go
[Verse 2: Yelawolf]
My momma gave birth to a 10-pound, 6-ounce dream
And God said look for the burning bush
Now I turned to weed
So I jumped in my shell when I saw my momma burning trees
Hard white, I trickle nickel bags
Ice cold true shit, in the booth with blue lips
On your grave like a tulip
In the bar like a pool stick
808 Toomp shit, Magic Mike, poof bitch
Ain't nowhere to rest, nowhere for you to sit
I stole your couch and I took your truck to move it with
Sofa any one of you wanna get to' up
I'mma tattoo
Kodak you, close up
Ain't no UFO, no Yela's a supernova
Dogs are barking as soon as that trooper roll up
30 aught 6
Momma, don't gotta load up
Cause I'm from The Varsity, it may be hard to get RC Cola, hold up
[Verse 3: Yelawolf]
Yeah and I
Party in poverty with people like
Yeah you're famous so what
I bet you can't hitch that semi up to this tow truck
Rich with a hundred dollars
Soul like a batch of collards
Yeah, I'm pale but I'll impale you with an Impala
Roll with pimp scholars, ATLiens
A-L-A-B-A-M-A agains
Come and check my weight again
Baby I know I ain't that crazy
The scale says heavy
Must be my dick the way bitches been hanging on it lately
[Verse 4: Big Boi]
Yeah, we stay banging on the daily, soul funk crusader maybe
Tailored alligator soufflé
Escalade all in yo' ladies
Space invader, I'm the lyrical Darth Vader
Give thanks, pussy nigga
I don't expose you as a hater
Got Decatur, East Point, College Park and the SWATs
Campbellton Road closed, road block, watch out for the cops
Gotta think outside the box, know how to connect the dots
Fore somebody hit the jackpot playing in your slot, boy stop
Big Boi enlists fellow southern rapper Yelawolf to spit fire over an André 3000 produced track in a subtle diss towards radio and wannabe DJs. From Big Boi's debut Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty.