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Before the little man arrived I wasn't sure whether I would be able to breastfeed and even if we could I always knew I wanted to be able to give bottles as and when required. So when a sale came on the newborn Avent bottle starter set the Mr grabbed it straight away.
You can get 2 sizes of bottle; 4oz (125ml) and 9oz (260ml) with the idea being that when they are little you use the smaller bottles as feeds tend to be between 1-3oz migrating up to the larger bottles as they get bigger and their feeds need to be larger.
For those that don't know, as a baby gets bigger it requires a larger amount of formula as formula composition is the same from birth, however a breastfed baby will need a lower volume of breast milk as the breast milk composition changes to meet your child's needs. Either way once you hit 2-3 months you are generally up to the bigger bottle!
Both bottles are straight up and down and have clear markings down the side in ml, UK oz and US oz. ours have now been through the dishwasher numerous times and the markings are still in tact on all our bottles. The shape makes them ok for an adult to hold but its tougher for little hands and there are definitely easier bottles out there.
A lot of reviews have said they see no point in the smaller bottle. To this day I still use the smaller bottle we received in our set namely for making up formula to go on his breakfast cereal. I find that the smaller bottle is easier for making smaller volumes of formula and I only use 3oz on cereal.
If you wanted to measure out just 1oz of formula (or 30ml) I find this nigh on impossible to do accurately in the larger bottle. Even though my little man is now 9 months old I do find that I still make up these small amounts of formula to "hide" in his food when I think he needs an extra boost of formula.
The bottles come in 5 parts:
- the actual bottle
- the teat (more on these later)
- an "anti-colic" ring
- the screw top which holds the teat
- the lid
Very simple to put together, you pull the teat through the screw top. You place the anti-colic ring on top of the bottle, you screw the teat on and the push the lid on. Easy peasy. The good thing about this is that as every piece comes apart you can clean each piece separately and thoroughly.
TIP; don't forget to use the anti-colic ring. If you forget to put this on then the bottle leaks everywhere, cue the sour spilt milk smell radiating from all surfaces.
There are a variety of teats you can buy which fit all the bottles. Bonus as it means that as your baby gets bigger you don't need to replace the whole bottle!
Size 1 - new born
Size 2 - 1m
Size 3 - 3m
Size 4 - 6m
Each teat comes with the size number on, useful as they all look the same if you have forgotten to get rid of your old ones. We found that as the little man was predominantly breastfed we used the teats for a lot longer than normal, he didn't move up to size 3 teats until he was 4.5 months old as he was used to working harder for the milk and could still down a bottle in 5 minutes!
We have never suffered from nipple confusion using Avent bottle and teats and I'd hope that continues because if my nipples ever looked like these teats, well, it wouldn't be pretty! The teats are large and elongated. The perfect size for little mouths to latch onto.
The whole Avent range; sterilisers, breast pumps (handy as milk is decanted straight into the bottle) bottle warmer s, you name it there is sure to be an Avent version.
I'd recommend these bottles, they work well for us, they are easy to clean, my son took to them well and they are inexpensive in comparison to ther bottles out there.
Avent seems to have been around forever, my mum used to use these bottles for my younger brothers and sisters (now 12-17 years old), and I used them many times while working in the baby room in a nursery. So when a friend offered me her unused avent bottles for my 2nd baby I gladly accepted. She'd mastered breastfeeding so never needed to use these, and I hoped to do the same. My daughter had other ideas and refused breastfeeding, so I got these out and sterilised them. I wish I hadn't!!!
The bottles....
The bottles are a clear plastic, this can come in blue or pink transparent plastic but we had the clear ones. The bottles also come in 4 parts. The bottle, white ring, teat and a lid. The teats are quite square in shape, nothing like a nipple; but I found this to be a good thing as my daughter refused nipple and clearly felt the difference between nipple/avent teat and happily drank from these teats.
The bottles come in 2 sizes: 125ml (around 4oz) and 260ml (9oz) and in various pack sizes.
1 single 125ml bottle costs... £6
1 single 260ml bottle costs....£6
2 pack of 125ml bottles costs...£8
2 pack of 260ml bottles costs...£12
3 pack of 260ml bottles costs...£14.50
They also come in newborn starter sets and complete feeding sets.
The bottles come with newborn teats (0m+), extra teats can be bough in sizes slow flow (1m+), medium flow (3m+), fast flow (6m+) and variable flow (3m+) these cost £4.69 for a pack of 2.
****(prices taken from boots website on 01.07.2013) ****
Our experiences.
I personally find the small bottles a waste of time, My daughter was 7pounds 4 oz at birth and still small to this day and even she managed to drink over 4oz at a few weeks old. I think buying the smaller bottles for such a short amount of time is a waste of money. Especially as according to the boots website a single 125ml bottle costs the same as a single 260ml bottle.
As I was given these bottles I didn't have a choice but luckily they were all the larger 260ml bottles.
At first I thought these were ok, they're a regular bottle with a square teat. This doesn't seem great for a woman wanting to combine breast and bottle feeding, but as my daughter seemed to hate the shape of a nipple she took to these teats really well.
The shape of the bottle makes them easy to clean, there's no odd lumps and bumps to try and clean milk out of. even though we have a dishwasher I insisted on cleaning our bottles in warm soapy water, rinsing and then sterilising....nothing unusual there then????
SO WHY???? after about 2 weeks one bottle started leaking. They had never been in the dishwasher, all bottles were washed the same, yet one white ring would leak every feed time. It didn't matter which bottle or teat was matched with it, it leaked!!! After my daughter getting wet through (even through bibs!!!) we threw that bottle away and happily used them for another week or so....when another bottle started leaking!!!
Around this time I ended up in hospital and daddy had to do all the feeds, these drove him mad. if it wasn't hard enough to go from doing odd little bits to having to do EVERYTHING, he had to contend with un-necessary clothes changes because my daughter was wet all the time. I got out of hospital to find he'd thrown another two bottles away and we were left with 3 bottles.
Luckily around this time our local children's centre came visiting and offered me a tommee tippee bottle...I must have looked so grateful and ended up telling them all about our avent bottles leaking all the time, so they kindly returned later in the day with a box full of free tommee tippee bottles and I happily threw the avent bottles away.
I have no idea why my bottles started leaking, they came out of 2 separate boxes, washed by hand, sterilised in an avent steriliser, bottles of milk made by instruction.....and they all leaked.
I don't plan on any more children, but IF I ever came to have another baby I would definitely without a doubt NOT be using avent bottles again. I also wont be recommending them to anyone. Which is a shame for such a well known, well established brand which work well for so many people, but I have to go on my own experiences.
I'm torn as to what rating to give these.... they are a good shape and easy to clean, and my daughter liked the teats at a time when she refused to drink anything, yet the leaking is a BIG downside, they were meant to help and make feeding easy and instead they did the opposite. I think 2/5 stars is more than generous.
Being pregnant with my second baby earlier this year, obviously I had a lot of thing to buy, one being bottles. With my first daughter I used Tommy Tippee bottles, which I thought were fine. However, this time around my mum turned up with an Avent Sterilizer, so, I decided to try the Avent bottles for a change and see what they were like.
Philips Avent
For those of you who don't know, Avent is the leading brand in babies' feeding and health products, and are classed as this due to the fact that they were the first company to produce teats with tasteless and odourless silicone. They are now owned by Philips and have been producing baby products for nearly 30 years, so they are a very reliable and trustworthy brand.
The bottles themselves come in 5 parts, which include the bottle, the teat, teat holder, adapter ring and lid. They are quite square in shape and have the measurements written on each side in blue. There is ml on one side and oz on the other side. The thing with these bottles, which isn't on other bottles I've had is that there is UK Oz and US Oz measurements on these, which is a tiny bit different to each other, which I didn't now!
They come in 2 sizes, the usual small bottles of 125ml or 4oz and the large bottle of 260ml or 9oz. You can buy them in clear, pink or blue.
Before first use, just like every other time with babies' bottles, you need to wash all pieces individually in warm soapy water, and then sterilize them as per directions of your chosen sterilization choice.
The pieces are very easy and quick to assemble. You basically place the adapter ring on top of the bottle, pull the teat inside the teat holder, then screw it onto the bottle and pop on the lid!
On feeding baby, he seemed to latch onto the teat perfectly fine. The teat is similar to other classic teats, being quite thin and long. The teat I have used so far with this bottle is the newborn teat, which is the one that comes with the bottle. This is a slow flow teat, which means milk won't come out too fast for your baby to handle. This teat was fine for baby as even though the slow flow teat was on it didn't take too much sucking and effort for him to get an adequate mouthful of milk.
If you find your baby gets tired easy from sucking, then you can try the next teat which will let milk out a little bit faster. Avent do a new born slow flow teat, a 1 month plus teat, 3 month plus teat and 6 month plus teat, which all have a different flow as older babies need a faster flow of milk, therefore, instead of buying new bottles, you just buy new teats adequate to baby's preferred flow.
Cleaning is very easy, as mentioned earlier, you have to take the bottles apart first then wash in warm soapy water. There are no hard bits to reach to clean in the bottle, and if you have a bottle brush, then these fit into the bottle perfectly and reach all inside to give it a good scrub. The teats are just as easy to clean, especially if you use the teat end of a bottle brush, again no awkward bits to get inside of. Once rinsed off, the bottles should go into your sterilized depending upon which method you decide to use.
I have 6 bottles and when washed together it takes me around 5 minutes!
Use and cleaning, look and everything is fine for these bottles and I would recommend them, but...
Apparantly, they are clinically proven that at 2 weeks of age babies fed with an AVENT Bottle showed less fussing compared to babies fed with another leading bottle. Also, at 2 weeks of age babies fed with an AVENT Bottle showed less colic compared to babies fed with a conventional bottle.
In my experience, this is not true. My baby is not colicy, but he does suffer with bad wind and finds it hard to let go. He is now 4 weeks old and has fussed during the night since around 10 days old. My daughter was like this, and she was on Tommy Tippee bottles with the airhole in the teat to allow air to escape when sucking, which after around 4 weeks old, seemed to help.
Luckily, Avent have brought out a new range of bottle, which is the Avent Natural range, which are more like the Tommy Tippee bottles with the air holes in the teat, so when they suck and push in the teat, air escapes through the holes. These have 2 holes compares to Tippees one hole. These seem to be better, as I do not see how the classic teat on these bottles are anti-colic. Apparantly, it is down to the adapter on the bottles as it puts space between the teat holder and the bottle allowing air to escape, yet I do not see how this is effective. Obviously it must be for some babies as they would have tested it, but I much prefer the teat air holes in the new range.
Therefore, I have spent a further £30, and it was only £30 because boots had 3 for 2 offers on the new bottles, if not it would have been £50 on new bottles and if this range hadn't just come out, I would have had to buy a new sterilizer too.
I am in 2 minds on recommending these bottles...of course this is my experience, and they must work on some babies with the wind and fussing issue, but didn't on mine. If you do have a colicy baby and consider switching to these from another bottle due to their anti-colic system, then I wouldn't recommend them for this, but as a simple, classic bottle, then yes they are ok. So all in all they are great for their size, cleaning and are affordable, but as for what they claim to do, didn't work for me.
BPA free
Dishwasher safe
Price varies depending upon where you shop, but the average price is £10 for 2 9oz bottles.
- Why I Bought -
I had always planned to breast feed my son but as I wanted the option to express milk I did also stock up on bottles, milk storage pots, steriliser and bottle brushes. In fact I was so well prepared that from looking at the huge selection of feeding equipment we had you could easily have thought we were intending to bottle feed formula. I was keen to purchase most of the feeding equipment from the Philips Avent brand as I knew it was popular and widely available. With our Avent microwave steriliser we received a free 125ml Avent bottle. I thought it looked good so I purchased a twin pack of the same bottles. As we found these worked well we went on to purchase a triple pack of the 260ml bottles.
- The Bottles -
Each classic bottle is made from clear plastic (BPA free) and displays the Avent logo and a measuring chart in mls and fluid ounces. Each bottle can hold either 125ml/just over 4 fl oz or 260ml/just over 9 fl oz. This is all very clearly marked in bright blue so that it is easy to see how much is in the bottle. There is a white plastic ring top which screws easily onto the bottle and doesn't come loose. Through this the teat can be attached. The 125ml bottles each come with a silicone newborn flow teat (stage 1). These are extra soft and have one hole so that a newborn baby gets just the right amount of milk at the right speed. The 260ml bottles each come with a silicone slow flow teat (stage 2). These are also extra soft but have two holes so that a baby age one month or older gets just the right amount of milk at the right speed. At the neck of the bottle there is an anti-colic ring this works with the silicone teat to reduce colic. Finally there is a clear plastic lid which slots onto the bottle top to stop any liquid leaking out. The bottles are quite simple in design but they look nice and practical at the same time.
- Different Sizes and Stages -
The 125ml bottles can be bought singularly, in two packs, three packs, or in sets such as the newborn starter set. The 260ml bottles can be bought in two packs, three packs, four packs or in sets such as the newborn starter set. As I have mentioned the 125ml bottles come with the newborn flow (stage 1) teats and the 260ml bottles come with the slow flow (stage 2) teats. More of these teats can also be purchased separately as well as a few other stages: medium flow with three holes (stage 3) for 3 months plus, fast flow with four holes (stage 4) for six months plus and a variable flow for thicker liquids for 3 months plus. It is also possible to buy a 330ml bottle with a variable flow teat, although I'm not sure I have ever known a baby drink that much!
- Milk O'clock -
I first used the 125ml bottles when my son was only a week old. I wanted to increase my milk supply and try out my breast pump so I had expressed some breast milk. I was able to attach these bottles directly onto my Spectra breast pump which is really handy. I believe you can do this with any of the Avent breast pumps too. My son had had to have a bottle of formula in hospital as his blood sugar levels had been low. I think this helped him take to the Avent bottle very quickly. We made sure there was milk on the teat so that he knew what it was and he started sucking straight away. He seemed to be getting the perfect amount of milk through the newborn teat. It was great that my husband was able to feed the baby. I expressed a bottle for our first lunch out too as I didn't feel relaxed enough to breast feed in public straight away as we were still getting the hang of it. From then on we mostly used the bottles for expressed milk when I was away from the baby. We never experienced any colic, just a small amount of wind. We used these until 125mls wasn't enough and we moved onto the 260ml Avent bottles. Again the bottles fit directly onto the breast pump. The stage two teats seemed perfect for my son at this stage. We mostly used the bottles for expressed milk when I was having a night out away from the baby. When my son was around six months old he was able to hold the bottle himself while drinking. We used these with breast milk until my son was six months old when he started to have formula if I wasn't there to breast feed him. The bottles worked well with both breast milk and formula. When my son was 12 months old he moved onto a beaker. Overall I found the bottles easy to assemble and use. My son took to them easily and we never experienced any negative effects from using them. Also they never leaked which is a big positive.
- Storing Milk -
It is very simple to convert these bottles into milk storage pots simply by removing the teat and adding a sealing disc, sold separately. These can then be stored in the freezer until the milk is needed.
- Cleaning -
These bottles are dishwasher and microwave steriliser safe. It is important to completely take the bottle apart before cleaning it to ensure that all milk residue is thoroughly removed. This is very easy to do and I usually washed them by hand with a bottle brush. I sterilised them before use and they fit perfectly in our Avent steriliser. Our bottles still looked good after between three and nine months of use, however this was occasional use compared to someone who is bottle feeding formula several times a day.
- Price and Availability -
With the two sizes of bottles there are a variety of different size packs so to make it simple I will give the prices for all of these from Amazon as they are fairly competitive. However, they are also available from other shops such as Boots and John Lewis. I think these prices are reasonable, not the cheapest available but then you are paying for quality and a trusted brand.
125ml single £5.38
125ml two pack £8.11
125ml three pack £10.99
260 ml single £5.50
260 ml two pack £6.66
260 ml three pack £9.25
260 ml four pack £16.13
- Would I Recommend? -
I would definitely recommend these bottles as we found them to be easy to use and clean, long lasting, high quality and most importantly my son took to them straight away. I would certainly buy these again in the future.
We have been using the Avent bottles for my little girl for about 6 months, we find them better than other brands we have tries.
We started with the small 4oz bottle, which is a good size when the baby is little and doesnt drink that much, and the are compact so easy to carry 3-4 bottles around in the changing bag if we are going out for the day. Now we have moved onto the larger 9oz bottle as she drinks more at each feed, but less frequent so dont need to take as many bottles out if we are going out for the day.
The teats are long and thin rather than the wider rounder teats on the tommy tippie bottles, which my baby seems to get on better, as she dribbled a lot of the milk with the tommy tippie, wasting milk and making a mess.
The bottle has an "anti collic" ring which is mean to release the air pressure inside the bottle so the baby doesnt drink in air, causing uncomfortable wind. This seems to work as she has never really had a problem with painful wind. However, it is easy to forget to put this ring in when setting up the bottles, and if you forget the bottle leaks terribly around the neck, causing a few instances of scolded hands (of myself) when shaking a recently made up bottle.
I had already decided to bottle feed before I even had my baby and so before my daughter was born I decided to stock up on bottles but with several brands on the market as usual I was unsure which was best. What made my decision was the fact that my sister had used this Philips avent range for all of her children and gave me a couple of unused new bottles from the range.
These Philip Avent bottles are widely available in supermarkets but they are costly and like a lot of things it is probably better to buy in bulk. There are three main sizes of these bottles suiting various developmental stages of your baby. The smallest of these bottles is the 125ml, followed by the 260ml bottle and finally the 330ml bottle. There are 2 options for each size of bottle - the classic and the advanced feeding bottles. The difference is that the latter of these is made from extra strong PES, which is BPA free and supposed to offer extra durability. It also gives the bottle an orange tint. I currently have a mix of both the classic and the advanced and to be truthful I cannot see any difference between the two, although I haven't dropped any of them to test for durability,
Avent also promote their bottles as being anti colic and claim to have been clinically proven to reduce fussing behaviour and colic, helping to give baby (and you!) a good night's sleep. It does this by letting air into the bottle, reducing the amount of air that a baby swallows when they are trying to suck, and also reduces the vacuum build up. This anti colic system is part of the bottle and according to the manufacturer's you should hear a gentle whistling noise when your baby is feeding which reflects the air getting in. To be truthful it all sounds a bit complicated to me, and since my baby daughter is very prone to trapped wind I;m not sure it does as good a job as it maintains in terms of reducing colic, but then again I have no other bottle to compare these to.
One of the best things, in my opinion, about the Philips range of bottles is they are all interchangeable. Teats, rings, lids, bottles and toddles cups etc can all be intermixed with each other, meaning nothing really is ever wasted - they are also interchangeable with avent breast pumps as well. So despite the bottles themselves not being cheap at least you should gt could use of them into the toddler years as well.
All in all, although I have not used any other bottle for my baby I am very happy with these bottles and my little girl drinks her bottle well and so I can only presume she likes them as well. I find them easy to use, easy to clean and easy to sterilise, and so I will happily continue using these.
The Avent range of feeding bottles are a one of the best baby and toddler feeding bottles that we have tried. The design of the bottles is really good as they are wide necked, chunky and easy to clean. They look and feel well made and are very easy to use. They are long lasting and we would recommend them.
The Avent bottles come in either a large 9oz or a smaller and more compact 5oz size. Both sizes work well and the variety of sizes is something that we found we liked, as sometimes you don't need to use a full sized 9oz bottle. Prices for the bottles can be anything from around £5.99 for one bottle up to £24.99 for a multi pack set, which offers best value in the long run.
The larger 9oz sized bottles are suitable for full feeds. They are also suitable to use with older babies who want non milk based drinks. We often used a water based fennel drink or rosehip drink, as a thirst quenching and soothing anti colic drink within the Avent bottles. Our child found the drinks easy to take from these bottles.
The smaller Avent bottles are great for short feeds and can be used with expressed milk as you don't often end up with enough in one sitting to fill a full 9oz sized bottle. The smaller 5oz bottle may also be used for the soothing rosehip or fennel water based drinks which we found our child enjoyed.
We found that when cleaning the bottles out, the simple shape and width of the bottles meant that we never ended up with areas we couldn't reach. We really liked this as it made for quicker, easier and better cleaning. We could always get a bottle brush into all the corners and crevices of the bottles to clean them.
Part of what we liked most about the Avent bottles and teats was that they did help with cutting down on wind problems associated with our child drinking too much fluid too quickly. We found they helped ensure our baby didn't consume too much milk/ fennel/ rosehip too quickly. We have used other bottles for both milk feeds and water based drinks but they have not been anywhere near as good as the Avent bottles.
The bottle teats that come with the Avent bottles are long lasting and easy to clean. They are are a good shape for baby to feed from and have an airflex valve built in, which mean they work towards your baby having less wind related problems. The Avent teats come in a range of teat hole sizes, which you can alter to suit your babys needs.
Whilst we did find that the Avent bottles worked very well and seemed to be able to reduce windy incidents, they couldn't and didn't stop that completely. We found the shape of the teat was something our child latched on to easily. I would say that the Avent teats are something that make the bottles suitable to use with a baby you also breast feed and sometimes top up with formula feeds due to the familer shape .
To rate these Avent 9oz and 5oz bottles, I have to give them a full 5 stars. We thought that they offered good value, were very durable and also easy to use. The only real negative point we found was that the inner surface of the Avent bottles can get scratched from regular brush cleaning, although this is only really an issue over many months.
This can them give a slightly misted appearance, which is not all that attractive when they become severely scratched. We found that the bottles remained in good condition other than that, so were happy with the longevity of the bottles. Avent feeding bottles really are something I would recommend as a good quality and well thought out product.
I can highly recommend these Avent bottles. I do believe that with all of Avent's collic reducing methods that they do help to reduce the amount of a baby's wind.
Something to look out for is, inside the white bottle rim is a screw cap system with gaps so that the air bubbles have a chance to escape. Unfortunately because of the gaps in the screw cap, it is possible to screw the lid bottle rim (with teat attached) incorrectly and then when you go to shake and mix the powder and water you can become covered in it as the liquid escapes through the gap.
I have several versions of this Avent bottle including the gold versions which are made of a gold tinted plastic which annoyingly has American measures on the side next to the British measures so you can end up becoming a little confused as to which measurement is the correct on to fill to.
I also have the latest version with a removeable ring like collar which is further meant to reduce collic. These versions with the collar are also made of a more flexable plastic, designed (I believe) to be less likely to crack if they are filled with boiling water. I have put boiling water into all of my different sorts of Avent bottles but I have never had one crack so far and I prefer the older type plastic as I prefer the feel and the weight over the lighter newer ones.
I also haven't noticed a difference between this type with the collar and those without, when it comes to reducing baby's wind.
Regardless of which type you end up with, these are a great baby basic if you're not breastfeeding.
Avent all the way!
I started my baby on breast milk, but due to having a casaerean I struggled, and soon went onto bottle feeding by week 4.
At first i used Tommie Tippie bottle's they were ok to start with but Olivia suffered from extremely bad colic and the Tommie Tippie bottle's didn't seem to help. After a few cycles in the steriliser, the measurment markings had warn away.
My partner then came home one day when our daughter was about 6 weeks with a pack of two Avent bottles.
*They were extra durable 250mls (9oz) Bottles, and had a special system to assist babies natural feeding, and reduce colic for more comfort.
*BPA free
*Highly durable and easy to clean.
From my experience the pack containing two of the bottle's is around £11.00RRP, and my local boots store currently have them on offer to this date, at the exceptionally good price of £7.00.
I am aware that you can also get the identical bottle in a 125ml (4oz) two bottle pack and they are £7.00 when their not on offer.
If you have a Boots Advantage card you can also collect points for you purchase which soon tot up as you get 4 for every pound.. and for every 100 points you collect you can spend a pound.
Anyways back to the bottles.
Avent is a well known make which is why i find their products reliable.
I would recommend them for any parents who have decided to bottle feed, and i think they are also good for woman who are expressing breast milk.
My daughter has been sleeping full nights since using them as she is no longer wriggled with wind due to the anti colic system, and it is more pleasurable feeding her.
10/10 from me.
I had some of these bottles in the small and the large size, I also had some of the Tomme Tippee bottles which came free with my steriliser. After trying both styles, each very different, I found that my daughter couldn't get away with the latter and we had to stick with the Avent ones.
When she was really tiny and her feeds were in smaller quantities the little bottles were great, although I found that we quickly moved onto the larger size.
The bottles are fantastic and are now being made by Phillips, which in my opinion gives the brand a bit more clout as I respect Phillips for their quality.
In essence I found the bottles really easy to use, they only have four parts to them, including the lids. The teat pushes easily out of the white ring and there aren't too many nooks and crannies making them very easy to clean. I also found that even though I used a different brand of steriliser the bottles and their parts fitted in just fine and there was no problem at all.
Now onto the teats. They come in a range of flow rates and I got the lightest flow with my bottles and had to buy new every time my daughter became better at drinking the milk. The teats were quite expensive, even though you got two in a pack. Also the manufacturer and other guidelines state that you should buy new teats every month as they wear away and become brittle. I found this happened with my teats, but certainly not after just a month. So I waited and vigilantly checked the teats every time I washed them, then just bought new when I thought we needed them.
The bottles are clearly marked with fl.oz and ml although I found it easier to measure in ounces, as it is one scoop of formula to one ounce of water. They look very good quality and the plastic is very thick. The only issue I had was the bottom of the bottle inside became worn from the metal part of the bottle brush, but we did use the bottles solidly for a year before this happened.
The other great thing about these bottles is you can add an extra part to it. My Mum bought us and Avent magicup to try and in the instructions it said you could put the handle onto the Avent bottle. This was great as it halped my daughter get to "grips" with holding the cup before she had to drink out of it aswell!
A fantastic bottle and I wold reccommend them to any new mum.
I breast fed both my sons for their first years. When my eldest son was 11 months old and I wanted to switch to bottle feed I was really confused. I was told by many mothers the risk of developing colic conditions with bottle feeds. It was then that my husband bought Avent feeding bottles from Mothercare. The thing which attracted us both was the unique shape of the bottle and the assurance that our baby is getting the next best thing to the breast and that it reduces the risk of colic. I started using it and thus became the biggest fan of Avent bottles. Both my sons have been using Avent to date and I have never ever had any problems with that. Now I cannot even imagine any other brand for my kids.
We all believe that breast milk is the best nutrition for our baby and that as long as he or she is breast feeding our baby is in healthy and safe hands. But it is not always possible to breast feed, sometimes either the mothers are not too well or too busy to follow this God gifted procedure. What ever the reason we Mums always want the very best for our babies and I believe that every mother has a right to make her own personal decision as to how to feed her baby.
This is where Avent come in. AVENT radically redesigned the baby bottle to closely resemble the natural feeding process and give mothers the freedom to combine breast and bottle-feeding with ease. They can be used conveniently to give expressed breast milk as well as formula. Avent teat is designed in such a way so as to reduce any risk of air swallowing because it allows your baby to suckle continuously, hence copying the function of breast. Air swallowing leads to painful colic.
When my younger one was born my friend brought a set of feeding bottles as a gift , they were nice feeding bottles of regular shape and size of some other good brand and I must say that I did used them once in a while. But to tell you the truth I have always preferred Avent bottles over those specifically because Avent bottles are easy to clean and to fill in as well because of its very wide neck.
Being little short and stout these bottles sometimes do not fit easily in nappy bag pockets and sterilizers.
The bottle is clearly marked with accurate measurements.
Separate sealing discs do not come with Avent bottles because you do not need them. To guarantee leek proof mixing the dome cap seals the teats securely.
They are available in 3 sizes. i-e; 125ml, 260 ml and 330 ml. And all sizes are available in twin and triple packs.
These bottles are easily available at Asda and Tesco.
They do not come cheap but they are worth it.
A single 260ml bottle is worth £2.78.
A twin pack of 125ml Avent bottle is around £4 and a triple pack of 260ml bottle is around £7.80 at Asda.
All AVENT products are designed to work with each other and it is the only brand to offer a complete range of interchangeable products. These bottles are made in England.
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(It was an easy one! Grin! Its all true, even the wisteria! Under 200 words, subject - bottle, words to be used - kettle, wisteria, misogamist). Conor was born in the June of 1995, a bakingly hot summer. The wisteria growing up the wall outside the ward window was doing so well its perfume overpowered that horrible hospital smell. Mmm. But Conor was a very hungry baby, I was mix-feeding, and that hot, hot weather meant that good hygiene was even more important than ever. I think a misogamist designed the traditional tall, thin baby's bottle. They're almost impossible to clean well, even with those specially designed brushes, I rejected them out of hand. Instead, I bought wide-necked Avent bottles. They make mixing formula milk - counted in scoopsful - with freshly-boiled water from the kettle much easier, and they're a breeze to clean, and clean properly, leaving no traces of milk to be seen. A complete range of flow-size teats are available and they're all in nice, clear silicone - none of that ugly, brown rubber rubbish. My only mistake was to have previously bought a steam steriliser designed for those misogamist skinny bottles. Bah. I got around that with a large Tupperware box and a bottle of Milton though, so no real damage done. Avent bottles are highly recommended by me.
Avent seem to have cornered the market in bottles, sterilizers, soothers for babies. As a new mum you can go a bit mad and buy out the whole range before you have tried and tested it with you baby. A word of warning: My breastfed baby was introduced to bottles at 3 weeks of age, and the Avent system was a complete disaster. She would "chew" on the Avent teats but not be able to get any milk from them. Consequently she swallowed air and was colicy. After trying other brands and consulting friends and books (the excellent "What to expect whin you're breastfeeding", Claire Byam-Smith), this is a frequent phenomenon. I have hafd much more succes with the Playtex system which uses disposable bags but the teat is much more acceptable to my baby.
I started using Avent bottles with my son, George, he was breastfed but I used the Avent breast pump (which you can attached directly to the feeding bottle) to express off some milk. I started him getting used to a bottle early (2 weeks old) he took to the bottle straight away. These bottles are apparently like sucking from the breast for a baby and George certainly had no problems. You can buy all sorts of accessories to use with the bottles, i.e. different flow rates of teat, from slow flow suitable for breastfed babies (as breastfed babies can get addicted to bottles and go off the breast as the bottle is easier to get the milk from!) training spouts and also the new magic cup which the lid will fit directly onto the bottle (like the anyway up cup, with no spills, except you can actually get the liquid out without sucking excessively!). You can also buy handles to encourage your baby to drink from it themselves. The accessories are widely available from many chemists and are fairly cheap from about £2 and the bottles cost about £3 each. George is now 2 years old and still using the bottles so they seem to last a long time! I also have a daughter now, Angel - 3 months, who is also drinking expressed milk from the bottles. They also say that they reduce colic in babies and both of mine haven't suffered from this. I have also used the Maws bottles with George and he would quite often refuse these as he didn't seem to like the teats, which are softer and have a cross in the top of them for the milk to flow from (variflow teats) I also find that with the Maws the teats wore out a lot quicker. I have never had any leakage from these bottles and find them extremely easy to clean as they have nice wide necks so you can really give them a good clean! I also express my milk directly into the bottles and freeze them, needing only to insert a teat and warm them when needed. They come in two sizes,
4oz and 9oz but to be honest with you, the 4oz bottles are a waste, as the baby will soon grow out of them - it is better to use the 9oz bottles with only 4oz of milk in for the short time that they only feed in small amounts. I also find them easy to read as the measurements are large and clear on the sides.
Quick and easy! This popular bottle has a wide neck for easy pouring and a clearly marked scale. Easy to prepare and easy to clean.


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" Brand: Ella Doran / Type: Chopping Board "
This is a review of the Ella Doran Chopping Board or 'Worktop Saver' at it is more poshly titled. I picked up this board from the Cook 'n' Dine shop at my local outlet shopping centre because the pattern spoke to me and I wanted to brighten up the kitchen with some accessories.
I have lots of these!
I have had several other similar boards, in the nineties I went for a text based one (chop, slice etc) that went with our dinner plates! In the noughties I chose a serene board with pebbles on it that was very calming. In the meantime I was bought one for a house move with cats on that I use for a feeding station so what for the decade of 2010?
The Ella Doran board features a theme that comes in a range of kitchen accessories, I have seen it in TK Maxx also. It looks really pretty and has what look like smarties lined up in vertical rows with a heart pattern in between.
The colours are great and his is what attracted me to the product. It may not be for everyone but I love the pinks and blues and smartie type colours.
In Use
We use this on the surface next to the kitchen back door as somewhere to hold our recycling before it goes outside. Things don't stay here long but it's a good holding zone that can be easily cleaned.
Technical bit
The board states that it is heat resistant up to 90 degrees. It advises not to immerse in water (I have had the backing come off earlier models due this mistake) so to clean you just wipe with a damp cloth and I use an anti bacterial spray. It is not suitable for use in the dishwasher.
I paid £5.95 for this in the Cook 'n' Dine shop and the RRP should have been £10. It will last decades so I think this is a fair price paid.
My thoughts
I like these worktop savers as they brighten up the kitchen and provide a clean surface to prepare food on. I use it every day and enjoy the colours. Every kitchen should have a worktop saver and the better the design, the nicer it is to use!


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UPDATE 1-Nortel's legal mess pits bondholders against retirees
* Creditors seeking $20 bln square off over $9 bln in cash
* No agreement on which laws to apply
* Bondholders cite legal rights, pensioners cite hardship
By Tom Hals
Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nortel Networks was once the largest telecommunication equipment company in North America, but since it filed for bankruptcy in 2009 it has earned a new label: one of the world's most complicated legal proceedings.
Bondholders, suppliers, governments and former employees from around the globe hold $20 billion in claims based on different insolvency laws and are competing for Nortel's last remaining asset - $9 billion in cash.
On Monday, Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler, who has spent the past few months analyzing proposals, begins a week of talks in a Toronto hotel intended to find common ground.
Winkler has called the case "one of the most complex transnational legal proceedings in history." Failure of the mediation would mean years of litigation, with the possibility that parallel legal fights in different countries could reach inconsistent outcomes, according to Winkler, who was appointed to mediate by the U.S. and Canadian courts.
John Penn, a bankruptcy attorney who is not involved in the case, said the mediation is comparable to a football playoff between the New England Patriots, the Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats, Manchester United and Australia's Sydney Swans. Continued...


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Osteolaemus tetraspis COPE, 1861
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Osteolaemus tetraspis?
Osteolaemus tetraspis
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|Higher Taxa
|Crocodylidae (Crocodylia, crocodiles)
|Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis COPE 1861
Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni SCHMIDT 1919
|Common Names
|E: Dwarf crocodile, West African dwarf crocodile, Broad-nosed crocodile
G: Stumpfkrokodil
|Osteolaemus tetraspis COPE 1861: 550
Crocodilus frontatus MURRAY 1862: 222
Crocodilus frontatus — MURRAY 1862: 213
Crocodilus frontatus — BOCAGE 1866: 41
Halcrosia afzelii LILLJEBORG 1867: 715
Halcrosia nigra GRAY 1867
Halcrosia nigra — GRAY 1870: 428
Osteolaemus tetraspis – BOULENGER 1889
Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis WERMUTH & MERTENS 1961
Osteolaemus tetraspis — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Osteolaemus tetraspis — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012
Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni SCHMIDT 1919
Osteoblepharon osborni SCHMIDT 1919: 421
Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni — WERMUTH 1953
Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977
Osteolaemus osborni — EATON et al. 2009
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Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic,
Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda,
osborni: Congo Basin
tetraspis: greater Ogooué Basin, incl. Gabon, portions of Cameroon and SW Congo.
Type locality: Ogowe River, Gabon Map legend:
- Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.
NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
|Holotype: not located (KING& BURKE 1989: 14)
|Brochu (2007) recognized O. osborni as a distinct taxonomic unit based on variations in four cranial characters that appear to be fixed between western Africa and the Congo Basin.
Conservation: Crocodylus robustus Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872 is more closely related to the living African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus) than to living Crocodylus. C. robustus has been renamed to Voay robustus by Brochu et al. 2007. Voay persisted into the Holocene and may have been extant when humans first settled Madagascar 2000 years ago, when it may have been a casualty of a megafaunal extinction event on the island.
Type species: Osteolaemus tetraspis COPE 1861: 550 is the type species of the genus Osteolaemus COPE 1861: 549.
Holotype: AMNH R10082: Osteoblepharon osborni Schmidt, 1919
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Ron's Blog- One Toke Over The Line
I wasn't exactly shocked when I heard Governor Linc Chafee was open to exploring the legalization of pot for recreational use. After all, he's a lame duck not seeking re-election in a state with a stagnant economy and the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Sound like the perfect scenario to pick the low hanging fruit to me. And when I say low hanging fruit, I'm talking about the apple almost touching the ground.
At this weekend's National Governor's Association's winter meeting in DC, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper talked about the legalization of marijuana in his state that's expected to crank out more than $100 million in taxes and regulatory fees this year. Chafee says Hickenlooper "opened a lot of eyes" with that number. I'd guess Chafee's were was as wide as a pair of fine dinner plates.
Colorado and Washington are the only two states that have legalized and regulated marijuana sales for recreational use while Rhode Island is one of 20 states with medical marijuana laws permitting use of the drug by patients suffering from chronic pain and other ailments. Hey, if we've cleared THAT hurdle, is there still a stigma surrounding marijuana? Hasn't the drug become far less controversial?
Legislation to legalize marijuana is currently making its way through the General Assembly. Chafee says if it were to reach his desk, he'd evaluate it at that time. If it does make it that far, I'd sign it and run if I were Chafee. Gambling and lottery dough is already the third highest source of state revenue in Rhode Island. Why not toss another vice into the mix? Have you heard any better ideas on revenue sources from the candidates for Governor?


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Italian Herb Bread (Bread Machine)
READY IN: 4hrs 10mins
Recipe by janem123
This recipe came with my Black and Decker bread machine.
Top Review by Marg CaymanDesigns
Excellent bread!! The texture was *perfect*! I didn't have the individual spices, so I used 2 tsp of Italian Seasoning. I was afraid that 4 1/2 tsp would be too overpowering, but we all agreed the herb flavor was very mild. I'll use the full amount next time. And trust me, there will be a next time. This is one of the best breads I've ever tried!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons powdered milk
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 4 cups bread flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried marjoram
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons yeast
Directions See How It's Made
- Follow instructions for your bread machine.
- My machine instructs to measure ingredients in the order listed into the baking pan. (I mix the water and powdered milk and microwave for about 30 seconds on high before putting in pan.).
- Insert baking pan into oven chamber and secure pan.
- Select basic bread setting and 2 pound loaf.
- When cycle ends, I put the loaf into a large zip lock bag, seal, and place on wire rack to cool completely before slicing.


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How Future Generations Will Remember Us
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Something to think about–not just the next time we make an entry on facebook, but for all the trails we leave behind. Our generation may be "me" focused, but we are not the end of the line. Genealogy has certainly opened my eyes to thinking of the future in respect to the past.
It certainly does make one think about what we'll leave behind. On the other hand, wouldn't you like to know your great-grandfather hated Mondays and was sometimes bored? It will put some flesh on the bones for future genealogists:-)
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Not the craziest thing I've ever done. But getting up there.
Jan and Diane are BFFs who have awesome lives and are basically perfect. Yet even for them, finding their Mr. Rights wasn't easy. Busy professionals making oodles of money don't have time to meet guys! So Jan and Diane turned to modern technology to help them out. Yes, they used... the Internet!
Jan: Online dating is perfectly fine nowadays.
Diane: Everyone's doing it.
So Jan and Diane posted a personal ad (together, like they do everything else!).
Diane: At e"CharmMoney".com!
Jan: Oh, you! [giggles]
At first, the results were disappointing.
Jan: I mean, the guys were cute.
Both: Of course!
Diane: But they had issues. Like, you absolutely could not touch Giorgio's hair, or he would freak.
Jan: And why was Carl always looking for phone booths, anyway?
Diane: Then there were those two guys who said they were in LXD.
Jan: As if!
Diane: Although they were very limber.
[Both giggle]
Jan: And Rico?
Diane: Ugh! He was so not a Rico. More of a Little Richard, if you know what I mean.
Jan [gasps]: Oh, naughty!
Diane: I'm kidding!
Diane: And Rico's friend, Wally?
Jan: Oh, yeah, "Wacky" Wally.
Diane: Remember? 'Heeeerrrre's Wally!'
Jan [shudders]
Our stalwart pair were beginning to get a bit discouraged. Would Jan and Diane ever find true love?
Diane: There was that one week in Barbados.
Jan: Oooo, Paoloooo.
Diane: And Ferrrrrnando.
Jan: The ones you don't take home to Mother.
Both: Mmm-mmm-mmm.
Still searching for true love, they rewrote their personal ad and tried again.
And by an amazing coincidence--or was it fate?--that very day looking at the online dating site for the very first time were a pair of successful young businessmen named Ken and Donny.
Just like Jan and Diane, Ken and Donny were busy professionals making oodles of money. Just like Jan and Diane, Ken and Donny didn't have time to meet girls. Just like Jan and Diane, Ken and Donny did everything together. Even "surfing" the "Web"!
Imagine their reaction when they saw Jan and Diane's personal ad. They had so much in common! It was a perfect match.
Even though they were handsome, successful young businessmen, they were still a teensy bit nervous the first time they called Jan and Diane.
But soon they realized it was true love!
Diane: Donny's so much fun. He's got his own sense of style, as you can see! And he's in great shape. He loves soccer.
Jan: Really loves soccer. Really.
Diane: In fact, his goal is to start his own sporting goods company some day.
Jan: I hope he has better luck with that "goal" than he does on the soccer field.
Diane: ...What?
Jan: Ken's more serious. He's focused on keeping up with emerging business trends and all the latest financials.
Diane: Very focused.
Jan: And, no, he is not a Web addict!
Diane: Just don't try to come between him and his laptop.
After a whirlwind courtship, and with the blessing of their families, Ken and Jan and Donny and Diane got married in a lavish yet tasteful ceremony.
Ahem. A tasteful ceremony.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Diane: No more Fernandos.
Both: [sigh]
Jan: On the other hand, no more Wallies.
Diane: True dat.
Jan: ...What?
Both: [sigh]
Jan: On the other hand, no more Wallies.
Diane: True dat.
Jan: ...What?
With apologies to Jen and Diana of Disgrasian.com, and to all the photographers and models seen in this post--especially Rico and Wally (I'm sure you're really very nice people).


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No More Gimmicks: Axe the Corporate Income Tax!
posted at 10:34 pm on June 22, 2012 by Mike Rathbone
The following is a post from my work blog, but I think it is appropriate for here. This is an issue that not only affects Missouri, but the entire country as well.
It seems that the Show-Me Institute is not alone in its desire to eliminate the corporate income tax. James Pethokoukis, a columnist at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), lists several reasons eliminating the corporate income tax would be a good thing. Here are a few:
* The corporate income tax hurts workers. AEI economists Kevin Hassett and Aparna Mathur have found that "corporate tax rates affect wage levels across countries. Higher corporate taxes lead to lower wages. A 1 percent increase in corporate tax rates is associated with nearly a 1 percent drop in wage rates."
* As (Bloomberg View) points out, "The current system often amounts to double taxation, since income earned by a business is subjected to the 35 percent corporate rate, then taxed again when it's paid out as a dividend."
* "Corporate income taxes have a highly significant and negative effect on long-term growth," according to the Tax Foundation.
My colleague Patrick Ishmael and I have proposed eliminating the corporate income tax and making up any lost revenue with the elimination of economic development tax credits, which cost the state about as much as the corporate income tax generates. Not only would this have the positive impact of getting rid of an economically harmful tax, but it would reduce the government's ability to pick winners and losers, distorting investment decisions and imperiling overall growth. Now is the right time to make this change.
Not only does the above make sense for Missouri. It makes sense for the entire country. The corporate income tax needs to be abolished and the sooner the policy makers in Washington do this (I'm not holding my breath), the better off we'll be.


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UT man arrested in infant son's shooting death
AMERICAN FORK, Utah - An American Fork man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his infant son in what police call a murder-suicide attempt.
Joshua Petersen was booked Friday night into the Utah County Jail on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated murder. He's being held without bail.
The 21-year-old Petersen is accused of shooting his 5-month-old son Ryker in the head with a rifle. The baby was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say Petersen sought to turn the gun on himself after killing his son, but was stopped by a family member. Investigators were unsure of the motive for the Friday afternoon slaying.
Neighbors say an older couple lived in the home, along with adult children and grandchildren.


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Murdoch Inquiry Broadens To Cellphone Theft And Payoffs To Public Officials
Investigator: News Corp Phone Hacking May Have Just Been "Tip Of The Iceberg"
Last week, Rupert Murdoch resigned [1] from a number of British newspaper boards that oversee The Sun, The Times, and The Sunday Times. Today, the senior police officer overseeing the investigation told the Leveson committee that the investigation spawned by phone hacking at News of the World is now investigating information obtained from stolen cellphones and significant payoffs to public officials.
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The phone hacking investigation of Rupert Murdoch [3]'s tabloid newspapers in Britain has broadened to include allegations that information was obtained from stolen cellphones, significant payoffs were made to public officials, and "medical, banking and other personal records" were illegally accessed, the senior police officer in charge of the operations told a judicial inquiry Monday.
The officer, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers of Scotland Yard, gave the most detailed assessment yet of the three investigations prompted by allegations in 2009 that The News of the World tabloid had illegally intercepted voice mail messages on an industrial scale.
The newspaper was closed last summer under the weight of public outrage. But detectives now suspect a swath of related illegal activities, Ms. Akers told the panel headed by Lord Justice Sir Brian Leveson.
The police are aware of information that Mr. Murdoch's papers obtained from two stolen cellphones, she said. One was in Manchester, in northern England, and the other in southwest London. She said that it seemed that one of thee phones had "been examined with a view to breaking its security code," in order to gain access to its contents. The authorities are trying to establish whether the thefts were isolated incidents, or "the tip of the iceberg," she said.
Allegations like these are why Murdoch faces a shareholder revolt [4] over the "lax ethical culture and lack of effective board oversight" at News Corp.
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Clean Up Your Diet and Lose Weight (Page 3)
Out with you... refined grains.
Why? The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that we get at least half of our grains from whole grains. Processed grains are stripped of many key nutrients, including fiber. Plus, upping your whole-grains intake could lengthen your life by reducing your risk of cardiovascular, infectious and respiratory diseases, suggests an Archives of Internal Medicine study published earlier this year. Sounds good to me.
How? I'll make simple swaps, like opting for whole-wheat pasta instead of regular, whole-grain bread instead of white and brown rice instead of white rice. I'll cook more grains like quinoa, wheat berries and barley.
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Duncan Brattel has worked with a wide range of media. His foundation was art college in the UK where he studied art and design through a variety of traditional and digital media including photography, illustration and printing to interaction and interfaces. Studying in London he was exposed to the explosive growth in digital media culminating in an interactive installation that was nominated for the New Designers Award. Duncan's focus carried on in digital working for a range of production houses in London designing platforms and projects for many global companies. His current position is creative manager for digital design for a company specializing in 'media at scale' with clients across the United States.
While the digital industry focuses on time and flexibility, there is a certain lack of permanence that renewed his interest in the traditional fields of painting sculpture and landscaping. These more enduring projects feature here.
Being born in the seventies in England exposed Duncan to the decline of British manufacturing and large scale industry. Emigrating to the United States generated an interest in the industrial scale of the military, the might of the cold war effort and civil engineering. A great deal of time was spent mapping the Minuteman silos of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming for a photo shoot in 2009 which sparked an interest in working with concrete. 2010 provided an opportunity to see the B-1b fly at home in Abilene, Texas. While citing military engineering as an influence, the decline of manufacturing was also evident in the United States where a trip to Detroit reminded Duncan of his roots in the UK.
Visiting these installations and locations has helped sculpt a direction for Duncan's work with elements of military design, engineering, architecture, landscaping and iconography all playing a role in his projects.


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Bobby is Unfortunately carrying an injury from ON TOP which hasn't shifted.
SFC Wish him a speedy recovery
Still a stacked card though, I'm sure you will all agree
7 Pro fights in one night, plus a test of the proposed new amatuer rules AND a full undercard
all for £30
get your tickets now on www.fightchallenge.net
gutted im gonna miss this, Tito and Mowgli fighting in edinburgh same day
On what event James???
Pro Fight added to the card:
Alan McCauley ( DNFT) v Phil Flynn ( Predators) - Catchweight 75kg.
Both experienced and exciting fighters - should be a cracking fight!
Also Change to the undercard:
Andy Burns ( Griphouse) will now take on Darren Kinloch (Shooters Dundee) – 68kg
David Macdonald (Scottish Hit Squad) is unfortunately had to pull out due to injury - we wish his a speedy recovery.


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" Type: Childrens Indoor Play Centres / Address: 3 Kempson Close / Gatehouse Way / Aylesbury / Bucks HP19 8UQ / United Kingdom / Tel: 01296 481555 "
The Animals are on the Run
As we all know, England is not well known for its long hot summers. No, summers here seem to be more a two week affair with the rest of the season being invited to sing and dance in the rain.
So, you are stuck in the summer holidays with bored children running around your feet, whines of 'Im bored' flowing through your ears like a pneumatic drill and as you glance outside the window all you can see are grey skies, black clouds and heavy raindrops flooding the roads before you.
So, what can you do?
Take the little animals to the zoo - the indoor Zoomania, a fun indoor play center for children between the ages of 0-11.
As far as I know there are two Zoomania play centers, one at Herne Bay in Kent and the other in Aylesbury Bucks. There may be more though these are the only two on their website. This review covers the one at Aylesbury. Unfortunately I can not comment on the other one as I have never been there.
The first thing I noticed when going for the first time to this particular Zoomania is that there are no directions on the site which was slightly annoying (though this isn't a review on their poor website!). Their address is below under 'Other Info' and I have uploaded a map image from google maps to hopefully help you if you wish to go here (marked as A) as if you are not from Aylesbury and do not go there often it can be quite confusing to find (I got lost the first time!). There are brown Zoomania signs though not many and it is easy to miss on and take completely the wrong turn!
From the main railway station in Aylesbury (as that is well signposted) continue left up Friarage Road and onto Gatehouse Road. Take a left turn into gatehouse way and follw road around to the right. You will see Zoomania on a left turning near the other end of the road (about two turnings down). Don't look out for the sign post as we never see one!
There are about five warehouses around the Zoomania warehouse and each have parking so there is plenty of parking as long as it isn't busy, though if there are no spaces there is more spaces by other warehouses down the road though check to make sure you are allowed to park there first!
Zoomania is open Tuesday to Sunday in school term and seven days a week during the holidays between 9.30 and 6.30 and cost of entrance is £4.25 for ages 1-3 years and and extra pound for 4-11 years. Adults, for once (as you nearly always have to pay for adults in child places which Ive always thought was bad) are free. Don't worry, though, you will pay enough in food and drink! (See more about that below). For groups of five or more there are up to 20% discounts.
You do get one free juice per child for the above prices.
Now I have given you the formalities let us step inside...
On first impression I was impressed with the large multi-story play area and separate baby area available and my daughters eyes lit up with excitement. She was off before we had even got through the doors.
The baby area is set aside from the main play area and all soft play with a small ball pit which my daughter really enjoyed when she was a crawler. Now she prefers the main play area which is signposted for older children though they don't seem to mind younger children going on there as long as they are supervised.
The bigger 'Jungle Gym' is as said above a large multi-story play area, all enclosed and completely safe with ball pits, climbing frames, obsticals of many kinds, slides and many more aspects - all of which the children love and you can sit back and relaz knowing they are safe. Of course, if you are going on with a younger one, there is no relaxing for you as you will soon get very hot (as the heating seems at full blast even in the height of summer) and you will find yourself bombarded by other excited children, squeezing through small areas designed for children and trapped in the ball pits whilst your child and other random children throw balls at you!
A short distance away from the main jungle gym area is a small sports court with footballs, goal posts, basketballs, netballs etc where children can work on their sporting skills (or just run up and down randomly!). This part is also on the ground floor and completely enclosed with netting. At certain times (none of which we have been there for) there are 30 minutes of story time in this area where the children can come and sit quietly (doubtful about that!) and listen to a story. A good idea though I cant see many children wanting to come away from the play area to sit still for half an hour listening to a story - can you??!!
A 30 minute music session also occurs though check times for this also as we have never been there for this time. Probably in the afternoons as we have mainly been in the mornings. Both story time and music time have no extra costs.
Whilst your children are having the time of their lives in the play area you can sit down and enjoy a coffee in the Zebra café which is right next to the play area so you can keep an eye on your children. There are plenty of tables and chairs though in busy times do grab them quickly!
Just inside the entrance to Zoomania is a small café (in the main ground floor hall with the play area). It has recently installed a pizza oven to add to the range of food they serve which includes both meals and snacks and a range of both cold and hot drinks but it is VERY expensive and to make it even worse you are not allowed to bring anything of your own into the center. When my daughter was only a baby when we went with some others we took her baby food into the center and one very rude staff member started having a go at my sister for what we were feeding our daughter (when we were not even around and it was obvious it was not her food!). I calmly went over to the staff member on hearing this and said that I felt they were a little out of order as firstly they should have come to me and secondly asking them if they expected my baby to eat pizza. They did serve one jar food (only one!) and after saying that the particular jar food does not cater for food allergies which at the time we were having to watch with our daughter as I have food allergies, the staff member did backtrack and say baby food was allowed though no apology was received which did put a downer on our day and made the whole group of us feel that we did not wish to go back there again though you can not judge a whole place by one rude staff member. We chose not to put in a complaint and just left it at that and did eventually go back there when my daughter was older. But back to the prices for a moment - it is ridiculous prices! We went to get the children a chocolate biscuit, a small average chocolate wrapper biscuit which in shops is 15p - they tried to charge us £1.40 for one of these! We had to say no to the children as we were not prepared to pay this amount and paid extortionate amounts for juice only. We dared not to ask how much meals were! I think it is terrible that they refuse to allow you to bring your own food and drink in yet charge you silly amounts instead! We also had a coffee each as by this time we were thirsty (and yes again extortion!) and not only were they small - they were cold!
So as far as the café is concerned and the food policy I rate this very very low which is a shame as the place itself is great.
Zoomania offer a wide range of parties which include playing in the ground floor play area and then going up a flight of stairs into one of a few small rooms to eat. We have attended a birthday party here so I can for once comment properly on the party section!
After play, the children of the specific party are called together and led upstairs in one of a few very small rooms so you cant have a huge amount of people at the party. Included in the party price is some picking food (mainly cold food) though you have to supply your own birthday cakes. All chairs in the party rooms are child sized so its standing room only for adults unless you are lucky to have some benches in there or want to try your luck with a small chair. Before the children eat they go into another small room and participate in a choice of things from disco to craft (these choices have to be made when booking so the room can be prepared beforehand). At the party we went to there was a disco with a pass the parcel though the 'disco' was on a small stereo with average music which didn't really appeal to a lot of the children and the stereo itself kept breaking down!
The party packages are £8.95 per child with a minimum of 10 children and with this you get;
Entry to Zoomania with 60 minutes playtime
Your own very small party room
A party throne for the child to sit on (glorified chair)
Unlimited sugar-free squash
Party meal - choice of hot/cold food
Party games* or 30 mins extra frame time
Invitations & thank you cards
Your own party host
Gift for birthday child
Party bag for every child
Total party time 2 hours overall
* Party games option only available Monday - Friday
I am not sure if it is worth the money to have a party here - yes the children did enjoy it, though I have known better party service in other places.
Private room hire is available at Zoomania at a cost of £75 per hour. All food and drink consumed must be purchased from Zoomania.
The play area of Zoomania is fantastic. It is safe and quite large allowing the children lots of space to explore and tire themselves out, with great separate baby areas. The café is the big let down here with the high prices and silly policies and that one staff member we came across put a downside on the staff though as said above, I know you can not judge the whole staff by only one member and the party staff seemed nice enough. The other café members seemed a little bored though so not high points for this aspect.
Did the children love it? Everytime!
Do I recommend it? Yes, I do recommend it for the play area and the fact the children love it though it is certainly not the best place I have taken my child. Perhaps a bad day for the staff on the couple of times we have seen staff members bored or rude though perhaps it would be better to say go judge for yourself. It is not a total waste of time by any means as the play area as I stress repeatedly is great for the children.
Zoomania Aylesbury
3 Kempson Close
Gatehouse Way
Zoomania is the trading name and registered trademark of Barlesia Play Centres Ltd


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School Improvement Fall Tour - Twin Falls
Idaho Building Capacity (IBC)
Monday, September 9, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Event Details
The State Department of Education will be hosting training sessions in September for schools and districts identified for improvement planning for the 2013-2014 school year. Whether districts and schools are just getting started or updating existing improvement plans, the School Improvement Fall Tour will provide a full day "hands-on" work session moving leadership teams from compliance to quality for all plan types (Continuous Improvement, Rapid Improvement, and School Turnaround Planning).
Objectives of Fall Tour:
- Participants will write one high quality SMART Goal.
- Participants will have assessed and created a plan for one indicator in a way that is aligned with the SMART Goal.
- Participants will understand how to monitor planned indicators.
- Participants will understand the characteristics of a high quality peer review process based on the state's compliance checklist and rubric.
Suggested attendees:
The School Improvement Fall Tour is designed to assist leadership teams. We encourage district leadership teams to attend, as well as 2-4 members from school leadership teams for those required to submit continuous, rapid or turnaround plans. Please note at least one district level decision maker must be present with school teams. We ask that you assign one person from your district as a contact person for this event, and that they handle registration for the entire team.
An event agenda will be sent to registered participants closer to the event date.
When & Where
Herrett Center - College of Southern Idaho
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls,
Monday, September 9, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1 p.m. EST -- The National Association of Home Builders surveys its members for information on buyer traffic through model homes, current sales, and expected sales. The results are compiled into the Housing Market Index. For January, the index probably slipped to 75% from 78% in December. The record-high reading in December was helped by unseasonably warm weather.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8:30 a.m. EST -- Housing starts likely remained at an annual rate of 1.65 million in December, says the median forecast of economists surveyed by Standard & Poor's MMS, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. That's suggested by both the high level of the Housing Market Index and a rise in construction employment for December.
Wednesday, Jan. 20 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify on the state of the economy before the House of Representatives' Ways & Means Committee. The appearance is tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m. EST -- The Fed's Beige Book will describe regional economic activity as reported by the district banks. Fed watchers will be interested in any anecdotal evidence of price increases and whether last year's credit squeeze continued into 1999. The book is being prepared in advance of the policy meeting scheduled for Feb. 2 and 3.
Thursday, Jan. 21, 8:30 a.m. EST -- The S&P MMS forecast calls for the trade deficit in goods and services to have widened to $15 billion in November, from $14.2 billion in October. Exports, which had increased strongly for two months in a row, likely fell in November. Imports, up 2.2% in October, were probably little changed.


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Lawmakers to consider anti-fur farming citizens' initiative
Left Alliance MP Aino-Kaisa Pekonen speculated that anti-fur farming sentiment has now taken root in Finland. Christian Democrat parliamentarian Peter Östman countered that support for the movement is merely transient.
On Tuesday NGOs will hand over to Parliament a citizens' initiative calling for an end to commercial fur farming. The petition was signed by nearly 70,000 supporters.
The initiative is the first proposal to reach the legislature based on a law that took effect last spring, under which any initiative that gathers a minimum of 50,000 signatures must be considered by Parliament. However the support must be gathered in a six-month period.
"There's been talk about fur farming for a long time and of course, different campaigns and video material about fur farms have helped with the petition. I think that people are more aware of how the animals are really treated, and look at them in a different way than they did before," said Left Alliance Member of Parliament Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, who supports the initiative.
Anti-fur wave reaches Finland
"I think that the anti-fur wave has now spread around Europe. Maybe it has now beached in Finland as well," Pekonen speculated.
For his part Christian Democratic parliamentarian Peter Östman supports the fur industry. He took a dim view of the significance of the initiative now going before lawmakers.
"Waves come and waves go," Östman quipped, pointing out that 70,000 signatories represent just one percent of the population.
"Of course initially these citizens' initiatives will come as though from a conveyor belt," he added.
Pekonen, however, countered that the anti-fur lobby did have some weight.
"Indeed this movement has resonated with people in a different way than any other citizens' initiative. There are currently about forty different initiatives and twelve of them have died due to lack of support," she pointed out.


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a bracelet made of rubber or fabric which has a slogan written on it, sold to raise awareness of particular charitable causes
'Eighth grade students in a California school district's health class were recently awarded top honors for raising awareness about the importance of hand hygiene with their new W.A.S.H. (Water and Soap Help) program. … They also are distributing silicone awareness bands that have been branded with proper hand washing messages.'Newswise 25th April 2005
'The white anti-poverty wristbands, with their Make Poverty History message subtly indented into the silicon, are not the first of the so-called awareness bracelets to generate a frenzy so great that would-be wearers are prepared to pay inflated prices to get their hands on – and in – one.'The Guardian 11th February 2005
Who would have thought that a mass-produced silicone rubber wristband would become one of the must-have fashion accessories of 2005? Worn by celebrities of sport, politics and entertainment, such as David Beckham, Nelson Mandela and Bono, the awareness band has recently emerged as a fashionable mechanism for promoting worthwhile causes, and the subject of some controversy.
bands which are more difficult to obtain are being auctioned on the Internet at inflated prices, and the manufacturing of counterfeit bands has emerged as big business …
Awareness bands come in a range of bright colours, each bearing an individual slogan intended to raise money for and general awareness of a particular charity. Among the most popular is a white band with the slogan 'Make Poverty History', distributed by organizations such as Christian Aid and Oxfam on behalf of charities campaigning for trade justice and better aid for the world's poorest countries. The white band is just one in a rainbow of coloured bands circulating Britain and the US, each representing a medical or social issue such as cancer, HIV, racism, etc.
The popularity of the bands has been phenomenal, substantially enhanced by high-profile wearers in politics and entertainment. The overwhelming demand for this unexpected fashion craze has however had some rather controversial consequences. Bands which are more difficult to obtain are being auctioned on the Internet at inflated prices, and the manufacturing of counterfeit bands has emerged as big business, with no benefit to the bona fide charities.
In autumn of 2004, the UK government Department for Education and Skills sponsored a bright blue band promoting an anti-bullying campaign. In a bizarre twist, schoolchildren wearing the band inadvertently became the target of bullies, simply because the limited edition band had become a highly sought after fashion item. The 'beat bullying' wristbands were being auctioned on websites such as eBay™ for as much as £21.
The awareness band concept began with Lance Armstrong, an American cyclist who was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, and only given a 50% chance of survival. Armstrong created the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer patients, and designed a yellow Livestrong wristband, the yellow for the Tour de France and 'live strong', his motto. Five million bands were initially made, to be sold at one dollar each with all proceeds going to the foundation. When Armstrong subsequently won his sixth Tour de France, the bands sold out within days. Millions more were manufactured, but new orders continued to flood in at a rate of 400,000 a day from the charity website. With demand far outstripping supply, a black market grew on the Internet, second-hand bands being sold at many times their cost and none of the profit going to charity.
This article was first published on 6th June 2005.
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