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Today is Mothers Day and since I am the only "kid" in the house, the duty of getting something for mom fell upon my shoulders. I saw some flowers in our local florist that I thought mom would like, so I tried to buy them but they wouldn't accept payment in the form of bully sticks or tennis balls.
Sheeesh! Any of my dogster pals would have accepted either of those in a split second, but no, not the lady at the flower shop. She insisted upon funny little slips of paper, of which I had none. (I recall having chewed up some of these previous slips of paper in my puppy days, but it never occured to me to save them because they'd be worth something.) I had to hit my dad up for a loan....thanks dad.
Mom really liked the flowers, however I must inform the dogster world that buying flowers for mom does not entitle you to a "Get out of Jail Free" type of card like you'd find in the Monopoly game. I discovered this after dinner time, when I tried to sneak the leftover piece of bread from mom's plate while it was still in front of her.
Perhaps I should have just skipped the flowers and bought myself some tennis balls instead......
I am not my parents first lab. Mom grew up with labs, and my Dad had a yellow lab, Buddy, when he and mom first met. And pretty much anyone and everyone knows the obvious - that labs are hunting dogs and as such we have extremely good noses that allow us to excel at sniffing out the scent of birds or whatever our prey at the moment might be. It could be a piece of peanut butter toast on the counter, a squirrel on the deck, one of mom's expensive new leather pumps, you name it. If it smells, and it doesn't matter if the humans think it smells "good" or "bad", we want to find it and most likely eat it. That having been established, you'd think that my mom would know that when I smell something really, really good my instincts are going to kick in and I am going to follow that scent....
For the past week, there has been a strong aroma lingering outside our house and even in the garage. I didn't know what it was and it seemed to be coming from just up the hill from our house. I heard mom tell dad that she was worried that a skunk had taken up residence nearby, perhaps under our deck. Skunk?? I didn't know what that is, but if it was the source of that exquisite (so I thought) smell that was wafting around, I had to find it. I convinced mom that I had to go outside to do my bidness and once outside, that smell was just too much for me to take. I took off up the hill, and when mom yelled at me to return (COOPER! HERE!) - well, lets just say years of breeding and instinct overruled common sense and I looked at her once....and continued up the hill. At a very fast pace. I was determined to find that smell once and for all. Mom caught up a moment or two later and just as I discovered the source of the smell, she jerked me up by the collar so hard that she nearly pulled all 85lbs of me off the ground. I thought that black and white thing on the ground smelled so good that I wanted to roll on it to embed that lovely aroma on my fur as much as possible. Mom, however, being human and having a lesser developed sense of smell than mine, thought differently.
Turns out the black and white thing was indeed a skunk that had fallen prey to a coyote or perhaps a hawk. And now I look at mom and dad with pity because they have NO idea of what truly smells good....
There is a new game on Dogster...I am scratching my head wondering who comes up with all of this stuff! But my sweet 'lil friend Taffie sent it my way and I'll play and send it to some pals but pawlease don't feel obligated to continue it.....
Here are the rules:
Give 4 answers for each category.
Name Four Jobs You Have
1. Retrieving tennis balls. I love this job!
2. Greeting customers at dad's tire shop.
3. Helping to keep the house clean by eating any sort of food that might be found on the floor.....or counter tops, BOL!
4. Keeping an eye on mom and dad and our house (and keeping the yard clean and free of deer nuggets, BOL!)
Name Four Places You Have Lived
1. Our first house in Truckee
2. Our current house in Whitehawk Ranch
Name Four Places You Have Been
1. Hiking in Tahoe with mom
2. Palm Springs
3. Sophie's house
4. Alice's house
Name Four Places You Would Rather Be:
1. Where ever my mom is at the moment
2. Sitting in front of a full food dish!
3. Playing ball with mom or dad
4. Playing ball with mom or dad..... have I mentioned that I like to play ball?
Now I'll ask four friends to do the same.
1. My "brother from another mother" Sammy
2. My girl Dazee, she's sooo purdy
3. MacT aka SALBD...hehehe
4.Loki~Doo, a way cool dawg
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Tommy Lee to Play Drums on New Smashing Pumpkins Album
The Smashing Pumpkins enlisted a very famous drummer for their new album, Monument to an Elegy.
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee will play on all nine tracks for the upcoming album, according to the Smashing Pumpkins website.
Monument to an Elegy will be the first of two albums the band intends to release in 2015. The first single from the album is expected by the end of 2014.
Lee has contributed drums to various projects outside of Motley Crue over the years. He was featured on a recent release from Courtney Love.

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...you gave up too early!
I know you were thinking "this kid is an idiot" when my detour around the traffic just found more traffic. But when you took that left to get back on 50, I found some sweet back roads and was across the bay bridge 10-15 min later!
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Will take a stab at the answers... 1) No, all updates to the same key are consider the same row. 2) Use the get_count Thrift API function, or 'count; in the cassandra-cli. The counts is *not* accurate, as that would require locking the db to prevent updates while the pixies counted the rows. 3) Yes, see http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_ghosts When using get_range_slices check the number of columns returned for each key against what you expected. It's getting the keys first, then for those returning the non-deleted columns that match your request. 4) Just use get_count. Hope that helps Aaron On 20 Sep, 2010,at 05:21 AM, kannan chandrasekaran <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: Thanks again for the replies Jonathan.... Couple more clarifications.... 1) Since the sstables are write-once only (append only), does cassandra count the updates to the same key as a separate row ...i.e does the row count include even the old/deleted data ? 2) If I need the count of the rows in a columnfamily whats the best way to get that information... Is it OK to use the capacity field in the MBean interface to get the rowcount for a given columnfamily assuming its exposed as a public API and keycache is set to "100%" or is this approach a bit too hacky ? 3) I read about get_range_slices...but it says "Unlike get_key_range, this applies the given predicate to all keys in the range, not just those with undeleted matching data. ".... Does that mean the api returns even obsolete data ? Please help me understand this. 4) If you were to use get_range_slices for the row count then the idea is to: * Use the get_range_slices to fetch all data * Count the rows at the client side Correct me if I am wrong .. Thanks Kannan From: Jonathan Ellis <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: user <email@example.com> Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 2:42:28 AM Subject: Re: Cassandra Cache Mbean values; bytes or number of elements ? elements. it gets the capacity from your configuration setting. cassandra knows how many rows you have, and you told it to cache all of them, so that's what it set capacity to. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:58 PM, kannan chandrasekaran <email@example.com> wrote: > I am using 0.6.5 and my keycache for the CF is set as "100%" ... What do the > values in the Mbean interfaces indicate ? bytes or number of elements ? > > Specifically, these are the numbers that I observe for one of the column > family... > > capacity = 36826888 (if this is number of elements, how does cassandra come > up with this number ?) > Size = 148834 > > Please let me know. > Thanks > Kannan > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptanocom
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One Direction Takes Over "Saturday Night Live" Watch Here!
Bringing their British beat across the pond, the boys of One Direction took to the stage as the musical guests on the December 7 episode of "Saturday Night Live."
The fab five belted out their hits "Through the Dark" and "Story of My Life" from their latest album Midnight Memories.
Eager to get in on the action, the boys also took part in one of the evenings skits, titled, One Direction Concert Line.
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Resonance conveyors are dual-mass vibration systems that use a small transmitted vibration to achieve a large oscillation of the conveyor trough (the resonator). Linked, dynamic thrust springs are used to create direct vibrations. Variable conveyor outputs can be adjusted for the relevant applications using a frequency convertor.
The vibrations produced in the base frame are increased considerably in the conveyor trough by dynamic thrust springs,, and the "micro-throw principle" is used for improved transportion that protects the product.
The resonance conveyor can be designed closed or open, surface treated or equipped with additional components.
The operation frequency is near to the resonant frequency. This results in significantly less energy consumption compared to traditional vibratory conveyors.
For energy-saving conveying of piece goods and bulk materials over long distances up to 25,000 mm
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HBO is set to air "Love Crimes of Kabul" at 9pm tonight as part of their documentary films summer series. This intimate documentary goes inside Badam Bagh, a women's prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, to tell the stories of three women who are being accused of committing "love crimes" or more commonly termed, "moral crimes".Among the prison's 125 female prisoners, those who are there for "moral crimes," are accused of things that, in most societies, would be termed rebellious at worst. These women, … [Read more...]
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Brain Resource Launches MyBrainSolutions for Parents, A New Online Tool to Empower Families faced with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
New product includes personalized assessment to help parents identify child's specific needs; companion site PoweringUp provides personalized skill building games that enable parent and child to work together
HEALTH 2.0/SAN FRANCISCO – (Oct. 9, 2012) –Brain Resource, Inc., a developer of innovative tools to improve brain health, announced today at Health 2.0 the launch of MyBrainSolutions for Parents and its companion site for children, PoweringUp –an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) management tool for the home.
MyBrainSolutions for Parents empowers families to work together to improve skills needed for the classroom, the playground, at home and in life. A key feature of the site is a scientifically validated assessment and report that provides a better understanding of their child's unique pattern of strengths and relative limitations.
"As both a clinician and a parent, I know firsthand the challenges that come with ADHD and understand how many feel powerless in the face of this condition. Like many parents, I often wished there was more I could do to help my child," said Gregory A. Bayer, Ph.D., CEO of Brain Resource, Inc. "Our approach is unlike any other as we recognize that the one who knows the child best is already in the home. By helping parents better understand their child's specific needs, we can provide a clear pathway to tackle the areas that require attention from the comfort of their own home. This site empowers both parent and child to work together in a goal-oriented, fun and rewarding way."
Based on the assessment report, parents can develop a tailored brain training plan on the companion site, PoweringUp, which includes skill building brain games to enhance attention, concentration and memory. Together, the assessment and brain training program provides a strong foundation for both parent and child to work together in a uniquely collaborative approach to ADHD and other conditions.
How does MyBrainSolutions for Parents work?
Research and the company's own analysis suggest that regular use of computer-based skill building programs can improve attention and crucial reasoning skills in children. MyBrainSolutions for Parents uses a validated online personal assessment which measures a child's performance in thinking, emotion, feeling and self-regulation.
This approach uses the assessment to recommend a personalized set of skill building games and exercises on the child companion site, PoweringUp, which are designed to reinforce the child's strengths, and improve other skills important for everyday activities such as increased focus, attention, memory and stronger social skills.
Parents use MyBrainSolutions.com/Parents to monitor their child's training as well as providing support and encouragement for each achievement. The assessment test can also be taken repeatedly so parents can track progress over time and save and share results with their physicians.
"I often see parents who are overwhelmed with the amount of information on ADHD and frustrated with the limited treatment options," said Dr. David Whitehouse, M.D., an expert in childhood ADHD and an early evaluator of MyBrainSolutions.com/Parents and PoweringUp. "This online tool is an innovative solution that provides a comprehensive support for both parent and child."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in 10 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with ADHD, with an estimated 10.4 million children and teens under age 18 diagnosed with the condition as of 2010.
Brain Resource is located at booth #9 at Health 2.0 and will provide demonstrations of MyBrainSolutions.com/Parent and PoweringUp.com.
To get started, please visit www.mybrainsolutions.com/parents.
About Brain Resource, Inc.
Brain Resource, Inc (BRRZY: OTC US, BRC: ASX) translates new findings about the brain into engaging products for consumers, employers and clinicians to improve cognition and brain function. With offices in San Francisco and Australia, and agents in Europe and Israel, the company is underpinned by an international consortium of scientists and clinicians that bring together all aspects about the brain that are usually assessed independently. For more information, follow Brain Resource on Twitter @MyBrainSolution or visit www.brainresource.com.
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Take me there: Rota Vicentina, Portugal
With its vast, empty beaches washed by Atlantic breakers, sun-bleached villages and forests of cork and eucalyptus, the Alentejo offers a glimpse of what the Algarve looked like before mass tourism. A new 340km walking route, the Rota Vicentina (rotavicentina.com/en), is opening up this overlooked corner of south-west Portugal. Hotel packages from tour operator Sunvil (sunvil.co.uk) will allow walkers to take on bite-sized chunks of the route with taxi transfers to return them to their hotel. A week's B&B at the Herdade do Touril, a manor house with pool in the Costa Vicentina National Park, costs from £522pp including flights and car hire.
It's a good time to… get kids into the kitchen
With the horse-meat scandal still galloping along, there's surely never been a better time to teach our children about good food and its provenance. Take your little Nigels and Nigellas along to Brighton's Children's Food Festival this Easter for blindfolded tastings, free hands-on cookery classes and a noodle workshop with Wagamama (29-30 March, brightonfoodfestival.com.)
Farm visits and kitchen garden tours are included in Augill Castle's popular cookery courses for children, as well as the chance to learn to cook in a castle in the Lake District (£65 for a half-day, stayinacastle.com). This year the hotel is offering family cookery days giving parents and children the chance to plan, prepare and cook a three-course meal before sitting down to eat it together.
Food Safari, which specialises in behind-the-scenes tours of artisan producers in Suffolk, will be targeting young foodies with sausage-making workshops at Ipswich's Rose House Butchery. Children can create their own sausage filling, mixing meat, rusk and flavourings, before learning to link sausages to take home. The courses will run in the school holidays for children aged between six and 12. The next dates are 11 April and 30 May (£35, foodsafari.co.uk).
Give me a break: the week's best deals
Easter in the Lakes Children under 15 stay free at the Castle Inn Hotel near Keswick this Easter. Family rooms start at £220 per night, based on two adults and one child sharing. Additional children in the room stay for free and pay for breakfast. The hotel, which has a pool, gym and tennis court, will be laying on activities such as crafts and Easter egg hunts over the four-day period (castleinncumbria.co.uk)
Continental camping The camping and mobile-home operator Venue Holidays is offering savings of 25% on peak- season holidays to the Vendée and Côte d'Azur in France, and the Venetian Riviera in Italy. A seven-night holiday in a three-bedroom mobile home at St Hilaire with return ferry crossings from Dover to Calais costs from £703 for a family of up to six, departing on 26 July (venueholidays.co.uk)


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Machine Software Speeds 3D Contouring
Makino introduces SGI.5, the latest version of its Super Geometric Intelligence software for high-feed-rate, tight-tolerance machining of complex, three-dimensional contoured shapes.
Part-Probing Possibilities for EDM
Probing options for electrical discharge machining equipment range from simple to sophisticated. Here are options for wire, sinker and hole-drilling EDM.
Massive Machining Center Features Fast Rapids
Makino's a120nx is designed to machine oversized structural components for industrial equipment, diesel engines and semiconductor manufacturing.
Makino Acquires EDM Consumables Supplier
Global EDM Supplies will be integrated into Makino's SST consumables business.
VMC Outfitted for Various Automation Options
Makino offers the L2 vertical machining center designed for high-volume, small-part manufacturing.
What a Machining Center Really Costs: Total Lifecycle ROI
A white paper explains why it's important to look at the entire lifecycle of a machine to determine its true costs and benefits.
What It Takes to Connect
Development of the IIoT brings with it new requirements to control, monitor and analyze these massive amounts of data, and convert them into actionable business intelligence in real time.
Makino Releases Schedule of Online Seminars for First Quarter of 2017
The seminars cover five-axis machining, customer service tools and CNC interface.
A Case for Trade Show "Extras"
While it is important to just walk the show floor to see what new technology is available, make sure you are checking the show for lunches, knowledge bars and other opportunities to learn.
Automation Increases Production, Employee Retention
Employee fatigue at SEW Eurodrive was limiting productivity when production demands increased. Automation from Makino helped to increase machine utilization as well as worker satisfaction.
Video: Conventional Thinking on Laser Cutting Is All Wet
With a jet of water serving as a guide, a cooling medium and a cleaning agent, this laser cutting technology for small features like turbine blade cooling holes suffers none of the traditional process drawbacks.
Five-Axis VMC Processes Complex Parts in Aluminum, Die-Cast, Titanium
Makino's DA300 full five-axis vertical machining center is said to provide the speed, precision and flexibility necessary for complex part applications.
Slideshow: Trends and Technology at IMTS 2016
The size and scope of a show like IMTS makes it impossible to cover everything of interest, but here's a taste of the technology and trends we were taking note of this year.
Integrated Waterjet Expands Laser Cutting Potential
Designed for small, intricate features like turbine blade cooling holes, technology that fuses water and light virtually eliminates the traditional drawbacks of laser cutting without compromising the benefits.
Machine Control Emphasizes Conformity to Operator Workflow
Makino introduces the Professional 6 (Pro6) control designed to move operators fluidly through machine setup and protect them with enhanced safety.
Local, Cloud-Based Machine Data Monitoring, Collection
Makino's ProNetConnex provides the data and connectivity necessary for intelligent factories to rapidly respond to fluctuating market demands.
HMCs Feature Advanced Control Capabilities
Makino's new versions of the a51nx and a61nx horizontal machining centers are designed to provide expanded machining capability through vision broken tool detection, enhanced levels of inertia active control and Geometric Intelligence technologies.
On Display at Amerimold 2016
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June 2016 Product Spotlight Slideshow: EDM
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About the Cover
Our cover design by Nanette
Black features Torii, Takaishima, Honshu, Japan (2002),
a photograph by Michael Kenna. Kenna, who grew up in England and
now lives on the West Coast, is "a diurnal and nocturnal photographer,
fascinated by times of day when light is at its most pliant."
More than twenty books and catalogs have been published on Kenna's
work, including Michael Kenna: A Twenty-Year Retrospective
(Treville, 1994), Impossible to Forget (Nazraeli Press,
2001), and Japan (Nazraeli Press, 2004). Represented
by dozens of galleries across the globe, his photographs are included
in the permanent museum collections of the National Gallery in Washington,
D.C., the Patrimoine Photographique in Paris, and London's
Victoria and Albert Museum, among others. In 2001, Kenna was made
a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of
Culture in France. His work can be viewed online at
Editor's Notes
Another door closes. . . . As I write these comments,
the New York Times carries the announcement that the Atlantic
Monthly will no longer be publishing fiction in its print magazine.
Should we be surprised? Probably not. Most of the commercial outlets
for literary short fiction have disappeared entirely in recent years.
The New Yorker still carries a story most every week, but
that's down from the two or even three in the olden days.
Still, the news is shocking. And sad. The Atlantic, after
all, has published premier fiction for nearly 150 years. The editors
claim the change will allow them to offer more space for "long-form
narrative reporting." I suppose that ungainly descriptor covers
the niche they're trying to carve out for themselves in these
increasingly competitive times. But is that all there is to it?
Did their polling of readers suggest a dying of interest in short
Our polls (we sent out a reader survey with the last issue) suggest
surely not. People, millions of them I suspect, still care passionately
about stories (and poems). They plumb, as nothing else can do, what
Peter Taylor calls in one of his great stories the "complications
of feeling" that haunt and fascinate and move us.
But I guess that's simply not enough when all that matters
is squeezing into that particular niche or wangling as many readers
as possible. Commercial publishing seems no longer interested in
meeting a need or producing something of lasting power and beauty.
Bottom lines, and that's what we're really talking about,
embrace a different measure of value altogether.
I'm glad to say that the true—perhaps exceptional—influence
of a literary magazine does occasionally catch someone's eye.
A recent issue of New York Press sports a column headed
"The Broken Curse: A Literary Theory." Spike Vrusho
belatedly came across one of our back issues. You may remember the
handsome cover photo of a bus (in Cuba by chance), its riders framed
in a window. One is wearing a certain baseball jersey. "The
Red Sox won the World Series last year," claims Vrusho, "because
their home jersey was inadvertently featured on the cover of the
Spring 2004 issue of The Kenyon Review."
Not even I suspected such chthonic powers. It turns out that the
pen, or at least the literary magazine, may indeed be mightier than
the bat as well as the sword. Spike Vrusho ends by offering a moral:
"The best advice is to not pick up literary journals at the
onset of a baseball season. It only leads to trouble."
Hhmmm. I'm a lifelong Tiger fan. That would explain it.
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If by "collier" you mean a coal ship, I have heard that Schipperkes were originally barge dogs, so they might be a good choice for voyages on a ship.
If by "collier" you mean a coal miner, then I would imagine any dog that doesn't need a lot of exercise or activity, is fine staying home alone for long shifts, and is willing to do just whatever when the owner is able to be home with them, be it a rest on the couch or a romp at the park. Something laid back and calm, maybe a greyhound?
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There's little mystique to Royal St. George's, and even less love for the English venue. It's not the birthplace of golf like St. Andrew's or an impossibly difficult test like Carnoustie. When a course crowns so unheralded a champ as 2003's Open winner Ben Curtis, somehow the host bears the brunt of the criticism.
Ask Ian Poulter about the track at Sandwich, and he'll say "it's an average course at best." The 18 holes that sit as far south as any in The Open rota are wildly considered the most quirky, fluky among the bunch.
But isn't that exactly what's so loved about link golf? The creativity, the nuance, the ability to define a champion who does more than lasers his seven iron more precisely than anyone else that week. It's got humps and bumps and wacky lies and oddball stances and nothing's a given. But when in golf is anything a given.
Who will emerge? Who will surprise? There's a strangely common theme among The Sand Trap staff. Read on to see what we think.
Who will win the 2011 British Open? Score?
Ron Varrial: Graeme McDowell, -4. The gutty Northern Irishman proved his mettle in 2010, as both a major champion and on the grand stage of the Ryder Cup. He's been off his game in 2011 but has shown flashes of hitting his stride. Last week he played well until carding a nine late on Sunday. Long putts fall at the British Open, and I can't think of a single golf who's dropped more crucial putts in the past 12 months than McDowell. His Open record is solid, but not dazzling. He has the look of a multiple major winner to me, and the tougher Royal St. George's plays, the better his odds of emerging.
Justin L. Pucheu: Luke Donald, and let's say -4.
Alan Olson: Hard not to pick the boy-wonder right now. Rory gets it done at -9 (271).
Danny Ottmann: The British Open is like no other major, the best player, or even the player playing the best, does not always take home the Claret Jug. With that being said, I am going with Steve Stricker and a total of 279 (-1). He is playing some very good golf lately and I know it's a long shot but I tend to pull for the older guys.
Jamieson Weiss: I'm going out on a limb and taking 17th-ranked Adam Scott at -5. His Open Championship record, though it includes a T8, isn't great, but his I can't get his solid finish in the Masters out of my head. When he's on he has as much game as anyone in golf, and I think he's got a pretty good chance to go low.
George Promenschenkel: More than any other major, the Open Championship seems ruled by weather, blind luck, and (perhaps) even the supernatural. It has given us champions like Ben Curtis and Louis Oosthuizen, as well as Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. St. Georges is a course of random bounces where good shots are not necessarily rewarded. Suffice it to say, just about anyone could win.
That said, there's no reason not to assume Rory McIlroy will not win. After his showing at the U.S. Open, it's hard not to think that he could do the same thing at Royal St. Georges. I wouldn't normally pick a high ball hitter like Rory in Scotland, but he seems to be able to adjust his game. Rain should soften the links a bit (though not as much as Castle Stuart was for the Scottish Open). But it should let the pros play an aerial game. Rory McIlroy at 267.
Erik J. Barzeski: I think Ryan Moore takes it at -7. He's gotten to play at Chambers Bay and might have learned some of these shots, and his lower ball flight will help as well.
Who places more players in the Top 10? USA or Europe?
Ron Varrial: This is the week that the U.S. struggles really hits home. I have to go 10-12 players deep in my "favorites" list before I find an American I think has a legit shot here. I'm going to say Europe places seven in the top 10, America places one, and the rest of the world has two.
Justin L. Pucheu: Likely the Europeans, I'd say there will be 5 Europeans, 3 Americans, and 2 others.
Alan Olson: Europe. U.S. players don't play this style of golf often so I expect them to have a tough time. Europe 8, USA 2.
Danny Ottmann: Europe. This is not the kind of golf that Americans tend to play. If the course softens up and the wind doesn't blow 50 mph, the Americans could have a better shot.
Jamieson Weiss: I think the U.S. and Europe will tie, but the internationals will beat both of them. I've got four for the internationals, three for the Americans, and three for the Euros.
George Promenschenkel: Europe. They play the courses like this far more often, and they've been playing better golf lately than the U.S. players.
Erik J. Barzeski: The United States. Europe isn't as big as some people seem to think. 🙂 South Africa isn't in Europe, for example. That said, it'll be very close, and I'm probably wrong. 😉
Name one Top 10 player to miss the cut and one sub-50 player who contends.
Ron Varrial: Tough one here. Mickelson seems the obvious choice, but something just ain't right with Martin Kaymer. I'll say he struggles and misses the weekend. Angel Cabrera, ranked 75th in the world, has been hit and miss at the Open, but he'll be right there on Sunday. One other name to keep in mind: Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed.
Justin L. Pucheu: Top 10 player that will MC: Kaymer. Sub-50 player that will contend: Going out on a limb and saying Fowler, but it's really hard to not say Sergio Garcia. I've been very happy seeing him seemingly turn things around.
Alan Olson: It's been feast or famine for Phil this year and with that, the Open will be his famine. As for the over 50 player, Angel Cabrera (75) ends up with a top five finish.
Danny Ottmann: Sub-50, I am going with Sergio Garcia. I picked him in the U.S. Open and he did me proud, I am going with him again. Top 10 to miss the cut, well I guess I will go with Martin Kaymer. Personally I think the entire top 10 have a good chance at playing well, but he is just my least favorite of the bunch to watch.
Jamieson Weiss: If anyone inside the top 10 in the world is going to miss the cut, it'll be Phil Mickelson. Only one top 10 in the Open, three missed cuts, and a smattering of near-missed cuts doesn't bode well. Sergio Garcia is the obvious choice as a player outside the top 50 to contend, and I think for good reason. Six top 10s in the Open Championship, solid week at this year's U.S. Open, and a second-place finish at the BMW International Open a few weeks ago have Sergio on the right foot
George Promenschenkel: Sergio! Sergio! I think he might, maybe, quite possibly, be almost back. I see a top 20 coming in his future. If the course doesn't get into his head, this might be the last time I can pick him in this category, at least for a while. Top 10er missing the cut? I'll go back to my standby, Martin Kaymer. He seems prone to getting beaten up mentally by a course like St. Georges.
Erik J. Barzeski: Watney misses the cut. My winner is Ryan Moore so do I get to pick him again? It's my site, so I say yes. 🙂
Head to head: Westwood vs. McIlroy? Donald vs. McDowell? Quiros vs. Dustin Johnson? Top American? Top European?
Ron Varrial: Westwood is always right there and McIlroy has barely touched his clubs since Congressional. Lee takes him, but both play well, Top 15. McDowell's my pick to win, but I'd be shocked if Donald doesn't finish top 5. In long ball battle, give me the dim-witted Johnson, who won't let the funky course infect his psyche. Jeff Overton will be top American (finished 13th and 11th past two Opens) and McDowell is top Euro.
Justin L. Pucheu: I'm not jumping on the bandwagon, but McIlroy tops Westwood. Luke Donald, plain and simple, he's hot right now, everything has come together for him and he has a superior short game. Seems like Quiros has been just outside of really breaking out, I think he finishes above DJ, but both finish inside top 25. Top American: I can't decide between Watney and Stricker here. One of those two. I'd love to see Stewart Cink take that honor though. Top European: Again, Luke Donald.
Alan Olson: McIIroy, Donald, Quiros. Top American; Matt Kuchar. Top European: See #1.
Danny Ottmann: McIlroy over Westwood, Donald over McDowell, DJ over Quiros. Top American will be Stricker since I am picking him to win, but look for Nick Watney to play well too. Top European will be McIlroy, I mean how can you bet against him?
Jamieson Weiss: McIlroy beats Westwood, Donald beats McDowell, and Johnson beats Quiros. Westwood is having a pretty good year, pretty much what you would expect from him, but McIlroy is on another level right now. I won't get ahead of myself and say he's the next legend of golf, but he's certainly on the right track. McDowell is pretty much in the same shoes as Westwood; having a decent year but not lighting the world on fire. Donald, on the other hand, is having a great year, so he's my pick. Although I like Quiros, I have to take Dustin Johnson head to head. At this point, Johnson just has the more complete and polished game. Not to say Quiros won't have a nice career, but right now DJ has a leg up. For top American I am going back to my standby, Matt Kuchar, and Rory McIlroy gets my pick for top European. Again though, don't overlook the internationals. They might not play well as a team, but they've been doing well in the majors lately.
George Promenschenkel: McIlroy - talent over experience. Donald - consistency over slightly less consistency. DJ - he's been closer. Top American: Nick Watney, he's playing great golf. Top Euro: Rory McIlroy. But what about… Top African: Ernie Els. Top Australian: Jason Day. Top Asian: KJ Choi. Top South American: Angel Cabrera.
Erik J. Barzeski: McIlroy, Donald, both stink, Moore, and Jimenez.
Does the British Open venue affect your interest in the tournament? What are your feelings about Royal St. George's?
Ron Varrial: The Open rota is full of historic spots. Part of my enjoyment this week is learning a lot more about the venue, so I'm taking an open mind into Royal St. George's. I know it's got a reputation as quirky, but I love that and think the most creative golfer will hoist the jug on Sunday.
Justin L. Pucheu: Yeah, the venue matters a little bit, but doesn't totally make it or break it for me. I prefer St. Andrew;s and Carnoustie, but there's nothing wrong with Royal St. George's. I think the best way to describe it is "quirky."
Alan Olson: Not really. While some are better than others, the overall experience of the Open is fun to watch, regardless of the venue. Never played there so my only experience is seeing it on TV. Not sure it ranks at the top of the rotation of Open courses but it's no slouch either.
Danny Ottmann: Royal St. George's is one of my least favorite venues for the Open Championship, but then again I just don't see the beauty in most of those courses. I like St. Andrews, it just is the British Open kind of like how I love U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach. I will still watch regardless, I already have the DVR ready to go.
Jamieson Weiss: Royal St. George's isn't going to make me watch the Open all by itself, but it certainly doesn't make me want to watch it less. It doesn't have the reputation of St. Andrew's, Carnoustie, or Turnberry, but it's a nice golf course and it should hold its own as long as the wind stays up.
George Promenschenkel:If they played every other Open Championship on the Old Course, that would be fine with me. That would leave room for Carnoustie and the other primo links courses. I'm not sure Royal St. George's is on par with the top tier. Sandwich is a really quirky course. The eventual winner will have to play well, but the best player may not be the eventual winner. But I will definitely watch. It's the Open Championship, after all.
Erik J. Barzeski: I didn't watch much of 2003, so I'm looking forward to it. Maybe that's silly of me, but I like quirks. You've still gotta hit the ball.
Where do you stand on links golf? It's golf as it should be? Or it's golf where lucky/unlucky bounces play too big a role?
Ron Varrial: I experienced true links golf for the first time this spring at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, and it completely changed my appreciation for this style of golf, and for the game as a whole. Hitting a 350-yard five wood, a 225-yard nine iron and a 120-yard driver and 60 yard putt all in the same round really opened my eyes to all the different ways to play golf. It's not all about point and shoot that we know so well in America and the creativity of links golf turns it into as much an art form as a sport.
Justin L. Pucheu: I think links golf is great, it's always insanely challenging. As far as being "golf as it should be", well, I don't think that should be defined in some sort of concrete mold. I understand why people might think that it's golf as it should be, but like everything else, the game has evolved. There's nothing wrong with courses that aren't as challenging and offer up easy scoring. A good shootout is fun to watch. The unlucky bounces can play a role, but a true champion will overcome that. In my opinion, the players draw (as in when they tee off in the first two rounds) has had a much bigger role, and even though there's nothing you can really do about that, it's frustrating.
Alan Olson: Love it! Quirky bounces, deep bunkers, and a different strategy of golf compared to what is mostly played in the United States. As for getting unlucky bounces, etc. that's part of the game. Sometimes you get the luck and sometimes you don't. Either way, it's fun to watch.
Danny Ottmann: Links golf is alright. I have friends that dream about going to Europe to play those courses and I am not interested at all. The weather is often terrible and those courses are just not pleasing to my eye. But it's the British Open and those very factors make it enjoyable to watch.
Jamieson Weiss: I'm a big fan of links golf, though I don't consider myself a purist. I enjoy the challenge that the wind and water brings, and I like seeing the pros play on links courses a few times a year. I wouldn't necessary call it golf as it should be, but it certainly is a welcome and enjoyable change of pace. As with the U.S. Open, I don't mind lucky bounces playing a part.
George Promenschenkel: I dig the links! Love the long wispy borders, the ground game, the bumps and burns, the ridiculous bunkers… it's all good. I'd hate for all golf to be links golf, however, because it is the variety of climates, terrain, and vegetation that make golf so great. Rub of the green comes into play on every golf course. Good shots should be rewarded, and generally are. But how about the approach shot that is so perfect that it hits the flagstick and bounds into a hazard instead of nestling close to the hole? It's part of the game. It shouldn't rule the game, but it makes things interesting… especially for those of us watching.
Erik J. Barzeski: I wish we had more of it. I'm looking forward to the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. Unfortunately we simply don't have the soil for it anywhere, and the "links courses" we have in the U.S. are a joke.


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EUGENE, Ore. - A federal judge has sentenced a 27-year-old Madras man to 15 years in prison for stealing shotguns and rifles during a home burglary, federal prosecutors said.
Daniel Chase Kennedy appeared Wednesday before U. S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene for sentencing.
Kennedy pleaded guilty on July 10 to being an armed career criminal and admitted possessing shotguns and rifles he and two accomplices stole while burglarizing a Jefferson County home, they said.
Aiken sentenced Kennedy as an armed career criminal because he possessed the firearms after being previously convicted in Oregon courts of 12 felonies, including robbery, coercion and deliveries of methamphetamine.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Kennedy and two accomplices used meth before breaking into the unoccupied home and stealing the guns and jewelry.
Oregon State Police troopers recovered four of the stolen guns, stolen property and methamphetamine at Kennedy's Madras home. Kennedy was on Oregon post-prison supervision for four felonies when arrested by OSP and Jefferson County sheriff's deputies.
Kennedy's guilty plea, admissions and sentence of 180 months in prison were part of his plea agreement with the U. S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon, Jefferson County District Attorney's Office and Deschutes County District Attorney's Office.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Oregon State Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank R. Papagni, Jr., with the assistance of Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney Laura Moszer and Deschutes County Deputy District Attorney Brigid Turner, prosecuted the case.


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So, maybe this is icky... what are your thoughts?
We had 2 new kidos move in; a 5 year old girl and 3 year old boy - siblings. (We have one 3 year old boy of our own, so we are very new to having multiple kids in the house.)
On bath night, I asked the 5 year old how they 'normally' do baths; I want to keep what they are used to as much as possible, and she said they always took baths together. During their bath, it is obvious that the 5 year old is ready to have her own bath; she wants to stretch and play and that leaves no room for 3 year old. I also have a 3 year old son. So, our routine the first bath night was to run 2 baths; one for the siblings and one for DS.
So, 5 year old wants to have her own bath; which I think is totally acceptable, but I am not that keen on the idea of running 3 baths, both for the time it adds, and for the water and heat it uses.
SO; here's the question; is it acceptable for the 5 year old to bath, then for her to jump out and let little brother in? I mean, they were sharing bath water when taking a bath together, so theoretically, this isn't all that different. I wouldn't question it, but for some reason I get an icky feeling about having my son share the same water and would want to run fresh water for him, so I worry that either the idea is icky, or I am setting separate standards for my FC than my son, which I don't want to do, either. How do houses with multiple kids handle baths????
Now, my son does have a immunity disorder which we just discovered, and I'd like to say that my icky feeling has to do with protecting him from germs... but...
what do you think?????
Before I got done reading the whole post I was thinking to myself "would you let your ds bathe in the same water one of the other kids bathed in?" and then you answered it. So, I think you have your answer. If you wouldn't do it for your son, don't do it for the other kids either. While they are *just* 3 right now I think at some point the other boy would question why he gets "dirty" bath water every time but your son gets clean bath water.
I say suck it up and run a 3rd bath so all the kids get their own. The tub doesn't have to be full for kids that young, ya know?
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I would run three separate baths.
Honestly, though, I do not think most kids need a bath nightly, so I would just alternate nights so it cut down on water usage and was not an overwhelming amount of work for you.
Don't know why I didn't think of alternating bath nights - we only do baths 2 days a week... though our evenings get busy toward the end of the week...
Think I'll just do 3 fresh baths; the new little guy doesn't seem to relish his bath the way his sister and my son do, so he doesn't need a deep/long bath.
At the moment, I can't say I am a big fan of the idea of an hour and a half of baths (between getting in, out, draining, filling, etc.) but I am sure we'll get used to it. Its not like the extra drain/fill adds that much; the bulk is just the extra time of the extra bath.
DS needs a very set routine, so we are pretty ridged; I guess I am just as bad as he is about changing my routine!
I know some people do baths as part of their nightly bedtime routine; I wouldn't be able to stand that with just my one (hence our twice a week schedule).
How do really large families do baths??? I guess as first kids get older they can handle themselves even with other little ones...
Yea, funny you said that, because I just sat down and signed on again to add that I would not let my son share a bath with FCs, or have FC's who weren't siblings bath together, and would not consider this at all in that situation either. I don't think I would feel as icky if my son were bathing or sharing bath water with his sibling, so it is more a question of siblings sharing baths/bath water, than a biological/foster kid issue.
If little FC doesn't care about the baths, why can't he shower? So on One day FC#1 bathes and FC#2 showers. The next night (on his usual night so it doesn't change his routine) ds#1 bathes. Then the same thing happens on the other 2 nights. My middle guy always took a shower to get clean. the only time he took a bath was for fun.
My kids love bubble baths and like to play with fun soaps, so our habit is to rinse them quickly in the shower at the end of most baths, to rinse the soap away. I think it would be reasonable for any or all of the kids to share bath water if you quickly soaped and rinsed them with the shower at the end.
My kids share bath water and I have 4 kids. Baths are staggered over days. It is rare that everyone needs a bath on the same day because I work hard to avoid that! We do every other day baths or showers for the big kids and the ones 3 and under get baths about twice a week. There is no way I'd run 3 baths in the same night. I will pop a kid in the shower though, run one bath for 2 kids and then run another shower for another older kid later on. When we do nights like that is feels like I spend an hour bathing kids so I try to get it so 1-2 get a bath every night, spread it out a little.
Just out of curiousity, do those who wouldn't allow non-siblings to share a bath allow their children to swim with other children in little splash pools? This is the same as sharing a bath IMO and not something I'd have a problem with. Is it the nudity that is icky (which I think depends on age) or is it the sharing the water? I let DS bath with his cousin and I he had a bath with a friend's boy of the same age (19mos) last time we were visiting (because it was fun for them and convenient for us). It isn't icky, IMO, it's just water and soap.
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Pools are pretty large and chlorinated Bathtubs are small and the child is grungy. To me there is a difference - the dirt to water ratio.
I see what you're getting at. I meant those little splash pools that you can pick up at Toys R Us or Canadian Tire and that you fill with a garden hose. Country girl here, so maybe that's partly why it doesn't bug me. I've swam in dug outs and bathed in the lake with all the fish poo, etc. so 2 (likely relatively "clean") children just doesn't seem "dirty" to me. Open cuts or sores, or if there is an issue with the immune system as in OPs DC case would be different, mind you.
N, wife to my goofball K and mamma to my EC grad D (July 2010) and my new little love S (May 2013). Exploring the uncharted territory of tandem nursing with my two boys.
Hm, I'll be the voice of dissent and say I'd bathe the two little boys togther and probably not think twice. But I let my kids bathe with their cousins and wouldn't have an issue with him bathing with a close friend either. Of course there are no health issues so that might change my opinion.
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both my kids share the same tub water every night. We have a 2 year old boy and an almost 6 month old girl. Once our daughter is old enough to sit up on her own Id like to get both kids done at the same time... BUT once my son gets a bit older I do NOT want them sharing a tub. I dont need the kids to be checking each others parts out... it creeps me out. lol
I say let the older girl have her tub time alone (15 mins) Then have both boys of the same age have their bath together.. All the kids are now on your hygiene schedule, so no kid is dirtier then the other. Besides back in the day entire families shared the same bath water, they just kept adding more hot water from the stove to keep it warm.
Regardless of immune issues, soap in the tub kills germs, and if kids get sick in the house most of the time regardless how much you try ALL the kids are going to be sick lol.
So theres my thought. you could even just re heat up the bath water for all... OR just empty half and refill with fresh for the boys.... who needs a killer water/heater bill anyways lol the kids dont care. i figure if they can share a back yard kiddie pool, whats the issue? :P
best of luck!
Thanks for all the replies!
Practically, for now, this ends up being a mute point; the siblings are on their way to their auntie's house tomorrow!
I have lost that 'icky' feeling... I mean, having them share the water is the same as bathing together. Probably, I would switch them around, having had more time to know them; the 3 year old doesn't really do much to get dirty, whereas the 5 year old and my son played in dirt pile for a half hour yesterday, so it would probably be more practical to let the 3 year old bath, then add hot water and let his sister go to town.
On the pool note; this is EXACTLY why I don't do hot tubs with friends. It feels way to much like taking a bath with a bunch of other, sweaty adults. There is a natural hot springs about 60 miles away from our house where people camp, then go to the hot springs. It isn't like a spring where the water is flowing, but a pool where the hot spring has been diverted. To me, it is just taking a bath with 30 other adults who have been camping for who-knows-how-long and I have no idea if they have used the pay showers... ewe.
Yes. TOtally fine. When I slept over at one friend's house, us (the girls) would get dibs on the bath first, then her little brothers would get their turn. You don't need to change water unless there is mud, or somebody pees. :)
My kids use the same bath water all the time, unless they're really dirty!
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Release date: February 17, 2010
Juliette Wells, Goucher College's Burke Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence for 2009-2010, will give a lecture titled "For the Love of Jane Austen" on Wednesday, February 17, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room of the Athenaeum. Wells will discuss why present-day Austen fans so often choose to feature the author in their fiction and nonfiction writing.
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Peter McCarthy, assistant to the college librarian, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wells is a prominent Jane Austen scholar and associate professor of English literature at Manhattanville College. She has written many scholarly articles about Austen, which have been published in The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on Oprah's Book Club, A Breath of Fresh Eyre: Intertextual and Intermedial Reworkings of Jane Eyre, Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction, and other books.
She has received numerous grants, fellowships, and academic honors from institutions such as New York University, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale Center for British Art, and Manhattanville College. Last summer Wells completed a fellowship with the Jane Austen Society of North America's International Visitor Program, which supports research at Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, U.K.
Wells is a member of the Modern Language Associate, Northeast Modern Language Association, North American British Music Studies Association, British Women Writers Association, Jane Austen Society of North America, and the Brontë Society. In addition, she is working on a book titled Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination.
As Goucher College's Burke Scholar-in-Residence, Wells has been awarded a weeklong research residency in February 2010 that will allow her to use the college's library's extensive Jane Austen collection, which includes translations, critical studies, audiovisual materials, and literature about Austen's life and times, as well as first and early editions of the author's novels.
Goucher established the biennial Burke Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence program in 2000 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the collection's donation by Alberta Hirshheimer Burke, a Goucher alumna of the Class of 1928. A special feature in the collection is Alberta Burke's own notebooks of Austen-related memorabilia and correspondence with Austen collectors and scholars.


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To not take antidepressants for postnatal depression?(42 Posts)
I have been diagnosed with PND (have two children, 6 months and 3 yrs old) and have been prescribed anti depressants (Sertraline). I am breastfeeding and the doctor couldn't assure me the drugs would be absolutely safe - only that the 'benefits outweigh the risks'. She also told me to watch out for any strange behaviour in my baby
I am trying to get better without them but am finding it a struggle. I often think I am a terrible mother and that my children might even be better off without me, although most of the time I know this isn't true. I get by day to day but find socialising difficult - even though I know this is what I need!
AIBU to not take the drugs?
Thank you so much to each and every person who has taken the time to reply. All the posts have given me lots of food for thought.
I still haven't made my mind up, but I do feel reassured knowing others have taken the medication and BF. I have just started counselling, and am trying everything I can to feel better. Sometimes it seems to be working, other times I feel I need more help.
Thank you all again, it really means a lot to me to read what you've written.
Another here who has PND and is breastfeeding.
My GP liased with a paediatric specialist to put my mind at ease about taking Sertraline. My DD is 11 months, I have been on Sertraline 100mg for over 6 months now and exclusively BF. My daughter is tremendously healthy and (if I say so myself ) super bright and thriving. Maintaining the breastfeeding relationship has, in conjunction with careful medication, really helped me over the worst of postnatal depression.
It is an awful illness. I urge you to reconsider using medication; before I sought out treatment, I thought I would never 'properly' love my baby or find anything to enjoy about parenthood. Now my DD is approaching her first birthday and I couldn't feel more differently. Good luck and I hope you find your way to feeling better soon.
Another one here taking setraline and still bf. I researched it and spoke to others in my situation before I made the decision. Ds is fine ( he's 15m now). I knew that I needed the AD's, but for me I also would have felt terribly guilty if I'd stopped bf ( that is a very personal issue of mine).
You need to do what's right for you. But setraline is seen as safe, be assured.
Op, by the way, there is also a book called ''Medication and Mothers's Milk'' which is all about the levels of all different medications within breast milk. Your doctor should have one, and you are allowed to ask to have a look at it if it would reassure you. Do contact the drugs line I posted above though as well, just thought that maybe seeing it in black and white in a book might set your mind at rest a little.
I agree with reallytired the things she named are proven to help depression ob they are not as good as meds but if op wont take medication they are better than nothing.
The OP does not want to take anti depressants. Unless she is sectioned then no one can force her to take medication. We have no way of knowing how ill the OP is, only her GP knows. If the OP does not feel confident in her GP's judgement then she can ask a different GP for a second opinon.
If the OP is really admant that she doesn't want medication, then I was only trying to suggest other possible ideas. Certainly for mild depression self help books, websites, exercise, diet can help up to a point. If the OP has mild depression then its possible to stop in its tracks without medication. What is vital is to prevent mild depression developing into something really nasty.
Medication literally can be a livesaver, but people get better quicker if they have a combination of medication and pychological intervention. If someone is severely ill then medication is essential.
I would suggest the OP contacts her local mind network as they often run useful courses to help people with mental illness.
I had to take ads whilst breastfeeding, the percentage that passes through milk is tiny, we looked into it. It did not effect my ds in any way. Obviously its your choice but from my experience I would say it does help. Pm me if you want too x
Hi OP, I haven't read all other posters but I know exactly how you feel, I didn't want to take sertraline either when BF, because i thought it might harm DD, I have 2 children and with my first I tried every other option first - acupuncture, counselling ... I ended up in a situation where I was even more depressed. So I went onto the sertraline having spoken to a special Drugs in BF helpline (don't know the no now sorry) who said would be fine, and my Dd was fine, I bf DD until she was 18 months. I realised at 6 weeks post DS birth that I had it again and went straight onto sertraline, went up to max dose 200mg and had no effect on DS. I'm still feeding DS now at 22 months and am weaning myself off the sertraline.
It is entirely up to you of course but FWIW I don't think you should stop BF. Your baby is 6 months now which will mean you are feeding far less and they are that bit more strong and more able to take the minuscule amount of sertraline should it get through - better 6 months than 6 weeks eh?
I hope you get through it anyway, huge sympathy because its a hellish time. Please PM me if you want to talk further xx
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Another anecdotal but I take sertraline and have done (in varying doses) while bfing all three DC. The only time I have stopped is while pregnant.
The only effect I noticed is when I upped a dosage they seemed sleepy when I did.
With my first I was very nervousand not sure about taking it, the consultant who turned up at my house didn't give me a lot of options. I did phone NCT and looked at the Kellymom website and looked at studies, it gave me a lot of reassurance.
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Why are some posters recommending op who has pnd to simply take supplements and exercise???
There are many cases where people NEED prescribed medication because they are ILL!
It is not just in their heads where a little sunlight can cure it.
Op please ignore such ignorance.
Like others, I can only tell you my experience. I went quite quite bonkers with PND after DD1, and my HV and GP both wanted me to take ADs but I refused because I was bf.
In hindsight, I was not in a good position to make a clear judgement. I weighed up the benefits of bf versus the benefits of my own mental health, and decided bf was more important. TBH I had zero perspective or insight into the situation, I was just concentrating hard on getting through each hour. I thought I was putting my baby first, when now I would say that it is putting baby first to give her a mother who- not to put too fine a point on it- can function. Can smile. Can laugh. Can meet her friends. Can exercise. Can cook proper meals. Can interact with baby in a natural and enjoyable way. I couldn't do any of these things very well. What a waste of two years. It is only now I have DD2 and no PND (thank god!) that I can see this.
It is not an easy decision, but there's my anecdote for you.
Obviously as MsVestibule said up thread, I can only tell you my experience. I was diagnosed with PND when my DS was 8 weeks old. I was quite anxious about taking ADs but was feeling extremely low and was very worried about the fact that I really wasn't bonding with DS. I was also breast feeding. I was prescribed Citalopram which made a massive difference to me and my relationship with DS.
I breastfed until he was 6 months old and had to stop because I went on some medication for sciatica which could not be taken while BFing. I had struggled hugely to breast feed and was heart broken to give it up, as I'm sure you can appreciate. However I decided that as DS had had 6 months of breast milk and was thriving, it was more important that I wasn't crying in pain everyday and weened him off the boob so I could start the meds.
It wasn't an easy decision and I don't think yours is either. I do think it is important for children to have a mentally well mother who is able I function and if the best way to achieve this is ADs then I would do it. Difficult to know though without knowing more about your situation. Do you have a partner? What do they think?
I would advise take AD as prescribed,
Dont go down the st johns wort route
Too complicated re drug dose etc...
Have your ADs and mood response properly monitored by gp,
There is a lot of evidence that depressed parents affect development of children,
IM not saying that is / will be the case with your kids,
More that it is something to consider if you decide to leave depression untreated,
Most people feel pretty yuck when they first start ADs but this usually quickly subsides within a week, ten days, so definately worth sticking with it, and people generally start to feel more like their usual pre depressed self after 2 weeks, if not, may be that a higher dose is required,
Best wishes op
Has your GP checked your thyroid? I thought PND had struck when my DS was nine months, but turns out I had undiagnosed postpartum thyroiditis. Fatigue, depression and irritability are just some of the symptoms. I now take replacement thyroid and feel like my old self again.
Thanks valiumredhead I take it but my pyschiatrist seems to think I will always take it but I may get to come off so thank you.
OP, lots of sympathy. PND is vile. I wished I was dead every minute of every day for several months after births of DCs 1 & 2. Finally a health visitor persuaded me I did need antidepressants (which I had rejected for ages because of the breastfeeding situation). I took sertraline and it has turned my life around, honestly. It has made me feel rational and calm and able to cope. When DC3 was born last year I went back in sertraline very soon after the birth and I am exclusively BF. I know this isn't scientific but all my kids seem like fine, happy, normally developed kids. No weird behaviour!
Good luck with whatever you choose to do.
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I was prescribed Lofepramine when I was BF. The doc assured me it was safe.
Really tired, its an figure of speech not a insult. I also said nothing about giving up breast feeding.
For a medication that has been in use for over 20 years and has been decreed as ok to prescribe to breast feeding mums with no need to stop bf due to it not being detected in the baby's platelets,stopping if you did not want to would not be needed.
Its normally used for sever depression, one would think if the prescribing docter has assessed the suituation correctly that treatment is needed,in a ideal world that would be a combo of supportive therapy as well as medication when warrented.
Sorry you have PND OP, have you been offered counselling?
crawling I came off it by talikg a liquid form and cutting back a tiny amount every month or so - took about 8 months or so to get off it completely.
There are lots of safe anti depressants you can take whilst breastfeeding, of which Sertraline is one. Contact the breastfeeding network drugs line, they're superb.
Many many mothers breastfeeding and take various medications, so although your anxiety is understandable, I think your doctor went a bit OTT with his warning!
Hi - I'm so sorry you are struggling with PND. I ahd it after all of mine and it was particularly bad after my 3rd. I had been on Prozac, but was taken off it towards the end of my pregnancy because it is known to have effects on breast fed babies. I then nosed dived when DS was 6 weeks old, and was started on sertraline, which is considered safer for breast feeding. I carried on feeding him till he was over a year old, and didn't have any problems with it at all. I just realised that if I didn't take the medication I couldn't function, and couldn't care for my children properly (and had suicidal thoughts) so for me, medication was the best thing. I hope this helps, and I hope you feel better soon.
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