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Monday, March 29, 2010
is it because something ~i~ did?
I'm tired tonight and I'm laying in bed listening to my little boy sing to himself, play with the crib gym and aquarium. And I think about how I just put them down to sleep and they'd go to sleep after some time or immediately. Even allie would go right to sleep, her problem was staying asleep.
So I wonder, CAN babies who co sleep or who are rocked to sleep or nursed asleep fall asleep without those things? I definitely not starting anything here, as I'm really just asking a basic question. Is it simply impossible for a baby who has any sort of routine given to them to go to sleep fall asleep in any other way?
21 comments:
- Melis.sa said...
i co-slept with my daughter until she was 8 months old. Then we moved her to her crib. She cried for 10 minutes the first night, 5 minutes the second night and it hasn't been an issue since then and she'll be 3.
that's my experience with my daughter...
- March 29, 2010 at 8:47 PM
i used to rock, bounce, nurse, bottle-feed my son to sleep. now, at 16 months (and it has been this way for 6 months or so) he goes to bed awake and falls asleep himself. he does sometimes struggle to stay asleep, but that seems to coincide with sickness and/or teething.
- March 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- Mollie said...
My sister hates giving parenting advice, but the one thing she did tell me was to put the kid to bed awake, without rocking, etc. We've done this from pretty much the beginning (he's 10 months old), and I would say 99% of the time we do our nighttime routine of bath, lotion, jammies, book, nursing/bottle, hugs and kisses,and put him in the crib- he'll talk to himself for a few minutes and he's out for the night.
BUT - the child will not sleep anywhere else. I've tried taking a nap with him in our bed just because I wanted to cuddle and he wouldn't. He won't sleep in the same room with us. He will only sleep in his crib or pack n play. He falls asleep in the car, but only if he can't see us.
So, we're lucky that we don't have to do a big song and dance to get him to sleep under the normal circumstances, but I wonder if that's why he doesn't cuddle and refuses to sleep anywhere else. *shrugs*
- March 29, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- jenn said...
We definitely have a bedtime routine (bath, quiet playtime in her room, cuddle, story & bed.) but we have done it all, lol! We co-slept briefly, then moved her to her crib at 3.5 months (where she now sleeps better than ever!) We nursed before bed- which she has dropped herself. I have always put her to bed awake- especially since switching & she smiles right up at me before grabbing her blankie & settling down for the night.
We just last week had another huge breakthrough where I comforted her ~without~ nursing to go back to bed.
We are definitely in the whatever works category- but falling asleep has also never really been her problem- it's staying that way!
- March 30, 2010 at 5:09 AM
- Robin said...
I think its all in the routines that you start. Our neighbors kids, both of them, won't sleep without a parent in their bed (yes, very dysfunctional at 6(!!) and 2). The parents complain about it but in my opinion they could stop it if they really wanted to. It might be awful and hellacious for a few weeks but the kids would get over it eventually and they could have their lives back.
My Alli also usually goes to sleep great at night but at naptimes sometimes I go in there and lay with her for a while or else she won't settle down.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Jen said...
I rocked Jillian to sleep until she was one. Shortly afterward she started having some difficulty falling asleep that way, so I put her in her crib awake and guess what...she fell asleep. I missed rocking her but the freedom was nice.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Hollie said...
I believe that each child is different. We did put DS in his bed awake and he fell asleep on his own at times when he was 2-3 months old. He slept through the night for a while on his own in his bed. Then things started getting worse. I was so miserable for months avoiding putting him in our bed. He would scream, I got him, nursed him, back to bed for months. Then around 6-7 months we started cosleeping. DS goes through cycles, but normally he wakes up 100 times a night. I really don't think I have done anything wrong. I have accepted that this is the way it is. I refuse to let him scream in his bed. To me, it seems mean and lazy. It's not just whining, which I can stand, but full on stand up, screaming, crying after 10 seconds of waking up. People think I'm crazy for accepting this, but I don't care.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- dianam17 said...
dylan gets a bottle before bed, always has even 14 months later (I EBF & then did formula). up until about 10 months old he would fall asleep while drinking his bottle, and then we would put him right to bed and he would sleep (depending on age) anywhere from 8-12 hours straight. is that the same or equal to nursing to sleep, idk?
at about 8 weeks old, i had to go back to work. he was sleeping from about 8pm to 5/6am. definitely earlier than i had to get up for work. so for a few months, he was getting a bottle when he got up and then he would sleep with me for 2-3 hours in my bed (dh was gone to work at this point, so it was just the two of us). i was nervous bc he was rolling over by this point, so i would put him on his boppy pillow and he would always stay put- i know this wasnt the best scenerio, but having to function at work and drive 80 miles a day to get there & home, i was just trying to do the best i could with no help. as soon as he was old enough for more movement, and was sleeping longer, he would stay in his crib if he got up that early and would either play or babble himself back to sleep. it seemed like he never even knew of the weeks he spent sleeping in my bed... never seemed to make a difference to him, so luckily that wasnt a transition i had to worry about.
at about 10 months, we noticed that he would have his last bottle and then get up to play. we had a lot going on at the time (MIL died unexpectedly) and i guess we werent on top of our parenting game. we thought he would just magically fall asleep like always, and then i looked at the clock one night and i was like wth? its 10:00! so CIO began the next night. except, it only took him 5 mintues the first night to fall asleep and then 2 the next night and about 30 seconds by the 3rd night. like pp said, the only time he gets up in the middle of the night is if he is sick or teething and he wakes himself up with coughing, etc.
just as a side note, dylan is so laid back its almost scary. ive always been nervous when i have had to try something new with him- going from BM to formula, formula to milk, cereal to solids, sleeping in new places etc. and he never ever gives us an issue. so i dont know if that goes hand in hand with how well his sleeping habits are and how we can just change them if/when we see fit? im assuming so, but this is my first time doing this so im def not here to brag, boast, or give any kind of advice lol. and i know all this good baby stuff will come back to haunt me when he is a teenager and is a terror for the 2 of us!
- March 30, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Lauren said...
Here is what we did/do:
In the beginning the girls shared a pack-n-play in our room. They were constantly waking up. At 5 weeks old, we could no longer carry on with that. We were only sleeping 1-2 hours a night, so we pulled them in bed with us. They started sleeping all night immediately. We co-slept until they were 6 months old. Yes, 4 of us in a queen size bed lol!
At 6 months, we moved them into a crib in their room. We had 2 cribs but they shared one. This wasn't working very well b/c they kept waking each other up by rolling, tossing, ect.
At 9 months, we put them in seperate cribs and the VERY first night, they put theirselves to sleep and slept all night long. Since seperating them, we lay them down, they chit chat with each other for a little while and then they go to sleep.
I think it is different for each child in different situations but I think children can absolutely learn to put theirself to sleep even after co-sleeping, rocking, nursing for months.
- March 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Jenera said...
We didn't co-sleep with either boys in the traditional sense. Early on with both boys they slept with us off and on due to sickness or allergies. And even now they will crawl in bed with me when my husband is on the road.
With Aidan I had a hard time getting him to sleep on his lonesome. He always had the TV or me laying with him or a radio. The radio I didn't mind but eventually I knew he needed to be able to sleep on his own. After two terribly, mind exploding, full of tears weeks, he was able to be put into bed and go to sleep, eventually. That was at about 2 or so.
Sam now sleeps in bed with Aidan and for the most part I can lay him down and he'll go to sleep with no problems.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Ella said...
I'm interested to hear other BTDT mommies experiences - I've only been at this for 4.5 months. After our bedtime routine of bath, singing and/or books, we nurse. She usually falls asleep (if she doesn't, DH rocks her to sleep) and then we put her in her co-sleeper where she sleeps until she wakes in the middle of the night for a feeding, at which point I bring her into bed with me and she sleeps in our bed the rest of the night. It works for us (i.e. we are able to SLEEP!), so we'll keep doing it until a) it doesn't work anymore b) we have baby #2, or c) until she wants to sleep in her own bed.
I do think that she will eventually learn to fall asleep and stay asleep, but I know it will definitely take longer than if we were to sleep train.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Lisa said...
I think it depends completely on the child. But, in teaching them at a young age how to self soothe and good sleeping habits, you are stacking the deck in your favor.
My observations of the outcome of children who co-slept were not positive so there was no way I was putting myself in that situation. I know of parents that always had to nap with the child and had to go to bed when their child did. And then once they finally got the child out of their beds, they were still not getting a full night's sleep... even with a 6 year old!
I think as parents we do what we think is best. In my case, having the boys sleep in their own beds in their own room is what worked for us. But every child and parent is different....
- March 30, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Christina said...
We have no set bedtime routine and never have. Starting at 8 weeks I lay Annika in her crib and she falls asleep, simple as that. She hates to be rocked when she cries and if we just put her down she'll go to sleep.
- March 30, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- MrsSpock said...
We rocked our son to sleep the first year, and then the Pedi said it was time to help him learn to sleep on his own. We had to comfort him every few minutes the first couple of weeks, but eventually were able to put him down awake, and he could fall asleep on his own. He does still wake up in the middle of the night a couple times a week, but is able to go back to sleep after a brief hug and pat.
- March 30, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- Kirsten said...
I am convinced that if we have any more children they will be absolutely horrible sleepers because of the luck we've had with our girls.
They have never slept with us; they shared a crib for the first 6 months of their lives. We would rock them to sleep every night until they were 1 and I was so afraid to break that habit but we had no problems...it was almost like they were happy to have that time to wind down on their own. We do still keep with a routine when we are home which is brushing teeth, reading 3-4 books and then lights out. But, even when we go out of town they have been good about putting themselves to sleep. I use to think they'd keep each other up all night being in the same room (and I am sure that is to come) but, for now, I think it's comforting to them to have each other so maybe that helps with sleeping. Now I just worry what they will do if they ever have to sleep alone!!
- March 30, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Calliope said...
I co slept with W until he was 6.5 months and then it became obvious that neither one of us was enjoying it anymore.
But getting to sleep?? oh man is it brutal.
He usually will go to sleep at night fairly easily (I have to stick to a routine tho) but he gives naps the finger daily.
Right now he will sleep for an hour and then wake up SCREAMING and need another 20 minutes or so of calming down.
We seem to cry it out all the damn time. Sucks
- March 31, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Wordgirl said...
This prompted me to write a blog post Nancy -- I've been thinking all these same things and just don't know the answer -- I've been reading and liking Weissbluth's book on sleeping and have been trying to have consistency in the WAY I put her down each time -- and for me that means nursing her to sleep -- initially she would only nap in the sling but I could nurse her to sleep laying in our bed and then I could get up and walk away and get things done until I went to bed -- and now I've transitioned her to the bed for naps too -- some days it's great, other days not so much so -- but she seems to really struggle falling asleep on her own without the nursing -- just today I tried to walk with her in the stroller and she would only sleep for a half an hour at the most -- and woke up inconsolably screaming -- she drifted back to sleep but not without alot of angry screeching -- and she's always been this way -- she simply doesn't feel secure enough on her own -- *sigh*
Love you girl, hope you're well...
- March 31, 2010 at 8:04 PM
I definitely agree that each kid is different! The laid back ones fall asleep easily, others are tougher. Mine was a toughie. The first 4 months she had severe reflux and at night she collapsed in exhaustion around 1 am after screaming for hours. Good times! By 4 months the reflux was under control but we were spending 1-hour plus rocking her to sleep. A friend recommended the Baby Whisperer which we really liked because we didn't want to do CIO. It was hard work, and every time our little one hit a milestone we had to start all over, but by a year we were in great shape. At that point I learned that if I stayed by her crib in the room for 5-10 minutes, and let her cry a little, she would calm down on her own. I gradually moved farther and farther from the crib and then out the door. Now she's 18 months, and for the past 4-6 months, we do the bedtime routine, I stick her in the crib and leave immediately, and she puts herself to sleep. It's wonderful!
I give Nancy all the credit for one tip: the Fisher Price ocean crib toy. I saw you recommend that and bought it for her when she was a newborn. She loves punching the music on that thing when she's putting herself to sleep - both at naps and bedtime. Thanks so much for that advice!!
- April 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Oh, and one more thing: we used to co-sleep sometimes (all the time when she was a newborn!) but at some point (9 months or so?) she started to refuse to sleep with us. We were kind of bummed actually. Goes back to the point of every kid being different: some kids "grow out of" things and others become dependent on them. I have a friend who can't get her kids out of her bed and they're 5 and 3!!!
- April 2, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I have, I suppose, 1 crappy sleeper, and 1 average sleeper.
TBB always went to sleep in my arms, and later with me laying next to him. Now, at almost 6, it's getting easier. He decided to start sleeping in his bed in his room (right next door) shortly after turning 5. Most nights he'll play quietly for a bit, then we'll lay in bed and read, then cuddle for a minute, then I'll go and tell him I'll be back to check on him in 5 minutes. Often he falls asleep in that time. Sometimes he needs me to lay with him until he falls asleep. Other times he chooses to join us in the big bed at the beginning of the night. Some nights he joins us part way through the night.
TTG (20 months) usually goes to sleep on the breast. It's easy, it works. I can put him down on the bed once he's asleep, no problems, I think he was a few months old before he was able to do that. He wakes a few times overnight but since he's right next to me it's easy for him to latch on and go back to sleep. Sometimes he'll fall asleep in the car if we're out during the day, or in a carrier if we're walking. He doesn't have many day naps these days though.
Both kids were able to sleep anywhere as babies as their main sleep association was/is me, rather than a crib or a certain room or whatever.
I think sleep is a developmental thing - no one can really claim that their child learned to walk at x age because of something they did, you know?
- April 3, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Rebeccah said...
We co-slept with our son for the first 3 months because it was the only way he would sleep. Can he put himself to sleep now? No, but he's very slowly getting there. Do I think our co-sleeping had anything to do with his sleep difficulties? Absolutely not.
Every child is different, and the parents who believe that CIO or some other sure-fire sleep method is The Only Secret Trick That All Parents Should Know are simply lucky to have kids who will sleep well with those methods. It's not the method alone that is magic -- it's how your child and your home environment mesh with the method (or not). Some kids just can't sleep without help. And it's not their parents' fault.
Our son has always had a horrible relationship with sleep. We've learned to work around it, and slooooowwwly he's beginning to get the idea. But it's nothing we've done -- he is growing up and learning to sleep is part of that. I read the books, I tried the tricks, and nothing worked. He still likes to be rocked to sleep, but he's getting too big for that to be comfortable for any of us, so he's beginning to learn other methods. It takes forever and sometimes we have to go back to rocking. And yes, sometimes we still co-sleep for a few hours after dawn, because it's the only way that the whole family is able to get another few hours of sleep. Two steps forward and one step back. Time and patience are my survival tools.
Whenever I hear some mom talking about putting her kid in the crib and 5 minutes of crying doing the trick and suggesting I try that for a few nights, I laugh and laugh and laugh, while inviting her to come show our kid how that works : )
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Eric Baker, Steve McKinstry/The Oregonian
By DON COLBURN
Surgeons plan to drill eight titanium dental implants into Chrissy Steltz's disfigured face next month – none of them in her mouth.
They will be sunk half an inch into her eye sockets and cheekbones as "footings" for a prosthesis that Steltz hopes will allow her to face the world again without a black nylon mask.
It's the second major step in a year-long effort to rebuild Steltz's face, much of which was destroyed by an accidental shotgun blast nearly 11 years ago. She was 16 at the time, partying with other unsupervised teenagers at her boyfriend's apartment in Southeast Portland.
The blast blinded her and blew away her nose and cheeks from her forehead to her upper jaw. "Most of face gone," is the short answer under "reason for admission" on her voluminous medical chart, starting when she was rushed to
on March 21, 1999.
Step 1 in the new effort to restore Steltz's face was a three-and-a-half hour surgery on Sept. 30. A team led by
, a Portland head-and-neck surgeon, cut a large nasal opening in the "paddle" of grafted skin covering the middle of her face.
Step 2, scheduled Feb. 9 at Legacy Emanuel, involves setting the eight screw-like implants, two around each eye socket and two along each cheekbone. Eventually, a silicone prosthesis designed to match Steltz's original face and skin tone, with hand-painted plastic eyeballs and an artificial nose, will snap onto the implants, held in place by magnets.
That final step won't happen until summer. The implants take four to six months to fuse solidly with the bone.
"What we want is like rebar and concrete," said Larry Over, a Eugene dentist and
who will design and build the new face mask.
He saw Steltz first in 1999, months after the shooting, but she was not medically or emotionally ready for such an elaborate reconstruction. A decade later, Over says she has grown up impressively.
"I saw a big change," he said. "She's much more mature, much more responsible."
Steltz lives in Milwaukie with her boyfriend of seven years, Geoffrey Dilger, who also is blind, and their 6-month-old son, Geoffrey Jr.
Dierks and Over have collaborated on other complex facial reconstructions – usually in cases of trauma or cancer of the mouth, jaw or eye. But Steltz's is their biggest. The sideways shotgun blast entered just below her right eye and exited her left temple – only grazing her brain even as it ruined her eyes and mid-face.
Her prosthesis must cover both eyes, as well as the nose and both cheeks.
"The size is what makes it a huge challenge," Over said. "So much of her face is missing.
"We can't give Chrissy her sight back," he said. "But we can help get enough of her face back so that she can go out in public without people, you know, staring at her."
Designing and sculpting a facial prosthesis is dicey. It must be lightweight (about 4 ounces), snug and aesthetic, matching the original as closely as possible. It has to be sturdy enough to last for years. It must be easy to take off and clean – and yet secure enough to stay on even if, say, Steltz sneezes violently or stumbles.
To help make the prosthesis as realistic as possible, Over will study photos of Steltz taken before the accident.
It is not clear how much of the cost will be covered by insurance. Most insurers, including the
, cover reconstructive surgery for functional purposes, but not cosmetic. In a case such as Steltz's, the distinction blurs. Her doctors say they will absorb the cost of what is not covered by insurance, and the manufacturer is donating the dental implants, which cost about $2,100 each.
During the September surgery, before cutting a new nasal opening where Steltz's nose used to be, Dierks removed the remains of her right eye and trimmed scar tissue and bone. He also took out some "hardware," metal plates and bits of wire left over from her original trauma operations. Surgeons had used a section of fibula, the slender shin bone, and metal plates to replace her shattered cheekbones and upper jaw.
Steltz still lacks a nose and sense of smell, but she can breathe nasally for the first time in more than 10 years. She also sleeps more soundly and speaks without a nasal tone.
"We're just exactly where I hoped we would be," Dierks said after examining Steltz last month. "I'm very pleased. The next big thing will be to go in and place the dental implants."
But to do that, he needs to know exactly where they should go.
In the center of a brightly lit examining room with three Norman Rockwell paintings on the walls, Steltz sits in a gray dental recliner, her cane folded on her lap. Her boyfriend sits by the window.
They've come to Eugene so that Over can check Steltz's facial scars and contours and make a plaster impression of her face. The "map" will guide Dierks in targeting the implants, and Over in sculpting her prosthesis.
Over repositions Steltz so that she is seated directly across from him at a small table. She removes her black sleep shade, revealing her scarred face, with its vacant eye sockets and the surgically cut nose hole. He asks her to lean forward into the light she can't see.
"Let's take a look here," Over says, holding her face in his hands, a thumb on each cheekbone. "Smile for me real big."
She smiles, her intact mouth and lips doing most of the work.
"Relax. Smile again."
He marvels at the improved symmetry of her face since her September surgery.
"OK, give me a big squint."
Because she can't see the wooden stylus tipped in indelible ink in his hand, he warns Steltz that he is about to draw dotted lines in ink on her cheeks, outlining where the edge of the prosthesis will meet her own skin, from just above the eyes to her upper lip.
He studies her again, then marks eight spots, in purple, on her eye sockets and cheeks. The ink will stain the plaster impression.
As Steltz leans back in the recliner, Over dabs wet gauze into her eye sockets and nose hole and fits a wall of red tape around her face to contain the impression. Twelve scoops of goopy plaster cover her face like a scuba mask. It hardens in a few minutes, and Over taps it and gently wiggles it off.
The plaster mold shows eight purple marks for the implants –a surgical map for Dierks.
Steltz puts her black sleep shade back on and rejoins her family in the waiting room, where baby Geoffrey is asleep in Dilger's father's arms. Everyone is upbeat.
"One more step," she says, "toward all this being done."


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I just returned from an incredible 3 days in Amsterdam where I was asked to speak at the 5th annual Mobile Convention Amsterdam on mobile payments. Here are my quick observations.
First off, the topic of my presentation was "Mobile payments finish last" with the entire point being that we should stop thinking about mobile payments as the destination and more the outcome of the other things we should be focusing on. Put plainly, consumers don't focus on paying so neither should the retailer. The experience should be seamless, painless and available – the way the consumer wants to pay.
We need to think about mobile payments completely differently than we are today. This is no longer about taking credit cards and just "putting" them on a smartphone, this is about facilitating a means to finish a transaction – when and how the consumer wants to. Most of what is out there today is an extension to the way we pay in the physical world and this won't work in mobile. Replacing physical credit cards with digital credit cards is not mobile payments – it is credit card payments on a mobile device. There is no innovation here, just a less-effective and more cumbersome continuum. Most of today's mobile payment technology masks the symptoms of a greater challenge. Much like aspirin or Chapstick or gum or even the Square reader, today's mobile payments don't address the root of the problem.
So what does? Take a look at Amazon. Their singular focus isn't to make you pay – they don't focus on the transaction. Instead, they have invented ways to get you, the consumer, to add the products you really want to buy to their basket. This might seem antiquated but their approach is not. They realize that no one is interested in going to their site to pay. No one likes paying for stuff – especially a lot of stuff. So they look at innovative ways to bring product in front of the consumer – away from the core Amazon services – and then make it very easy to add them to your basket for later purchase. Initiatives like #AmazonCart and the Amazon Dash are perfect examples. The focus is about getting product into the cart. Payment is not the focus, it comes later. It is the outcome, not the destination.
The mobile wallet was an area of contention at the convention. My belief is that no one wants one. The only people thinking about mobile wallets are the companies that are creating them. The value they provide today is not enough to put my personal practices aside and adopt a completely new approach that does the same thing. Sure, studies have shown that people would go home to pick up a forgotten phone and not a wallet but that does not mean they want the two together…yet. The concept of a mobile wallet is itself a half step forward. Credit and debit cards are fast and accepted everywhere these days. Mobile wallets? Not so much. One study found that more people are interested in a digital version of their drivers licence than are interested in making a mobile payment. Perhaps the first step is to give the consumer what they want to get them comfortable with the concepts and THEN move into payments and the like. Comfort and reason. Speed and security. Convenience and value. These are the hallmarks of our current payment systems that are not yet reflected in the mobile wallet offerings. Plus, if a consumer can't use it to buy something in Albuquerque, New Mexico or Amsterdam without blinking, the system is flawed.
We are a long way off from the ubiquitous payment system we all want for mobile that is one thing that everyone seems to agree on. The problem is that we will never get there if we continue along this same path. We should not be governed by the current way of doing things. Keeping the solutions constrained by that kind of thinking means we will never move beyond credit cards, pin numbers, swipes and paper bills. Somewhere out there is the next generation Dee Hock thinking up the radical replacement for the traditional payment systems. If not, we are destined to wait until the next next paradigm emerges before we truly make payments mobile. Until then, we still have the US dollar I guess.


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Facebook quietly launched a sneaky feature known as Scrapbooks a few months ago.
What exactly does Scrapbook do?
The elevator pitch might be something like this: organise and tag photographs of your kids and pets without creating Facebook accounts for them.
Here's an introduction to how scrapbooks work in Facebook:
The Scrapbook is basically a photo collection, similar to how Facebook albums look like.
What is different about it, is that the scrapbook is exclusively linked to your child (or pet). You can add an avatar on a scrapbook, and tag your child as usual in other photographs. As far as tagging is concerned, it behaves exactly like another Facebook account.
The concept is elegant, from a photo management perspective. It eliminates the need for a child's Facebook account to be created for the sake of tagging photos.
One little wrinkle I really like: Facebook automatically creates a shortcut on your Facebook account's left sidebar, so that you can access the scrapbook easily without wading through an ocean of mouse clicks.
The interface deserves credit too. It's built in an intuitive manner, designed to ease the initial pain out of scrapbook creation. A nifty point-and-tag system with photo thumbnails (newest uploads first) are shown after the scrapbook is created, allowing you to go wild and tag all your recent photos without clicking through multiple albums.
Tiny little pain points
You might get tired of scrolling after a while though; the scrolling does not load enough new photographs to make it a five-star experience. I managed to tag all the photographs of my daughter taken this year, before the scrolling got a little too arduous. After that, it was back to sifting through the albums I'd created for the kids, tagging them one photo at a time.
Scrapbook obviously has its limitations. For example, only your partner and yourself can upload photos to the scrapbook. That means photos taken by my brother for example, can't be uploaded directly. Ideally, co-owners should be managed by the parents.
Right now, there are a couple of workarounds:
- he has to share the originals through another medium (which I then upload – tedious), or
- I have to tag my kid from his upload on a shared album that I am an owner of (also tedious).
It seems like I can't add tags on an album I do not own, which makes the situation a little messier. Why shouldn't the tags be allowed on every photograph?
Another sore point for me –not a fault of the scrapbook specifically– is the way videos cannot be organised into the same album/scrapbook as photographs. Logically, these moments should be grouped into the same container. (I'll write more about this in another article.)
How do I start a scrapbook?
Quoted from product manager Dan Barak's release on Facebook newsroom:
To start a scrapbook for your child, go to your profile, click on About and click on Family and Relationships. There, you'll see an invitation to create a scrapbook; just click Get Started. If you've already added a child to your profile, you can click Add Scrapbook next to his or her name.
For more details, check out our Help Center.
Have fun trying the scrapbook feature out! It's definitely making the process of photo management a smoother experience for parents, and I'm sure the kinks will be worked out as this pilot feature progresses.


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For the Holidays: Laura Mercier Nail Lacquer in Angel Wings
Nails are a huge trend in the beauty world for the last few years. Even the most mild-mannered women are busting out the polish.
Think of the nail-lovers on your list. One of them might like the limited edition Laura Mercier Nail Lacquer in Angel Wings. This nail polish has a frosty finish that's straight out of a winter wonderland, and it's from the holiday White Magic Collection.
As you can see from the bottle Angel Wings is shimmery and off-white. But what does it look like on the nails? Let's see!
Here's Laura Mercier Nail Lacquer's Angel Wings in action.
I used two coats here, though I could have easily added more. The color builds nicely, so you can choose something sheer, opaque, or anything in between just by the number of coats.
In the end, I thought the color made my nails look like pearls. I can't complain! It was beautiful and subtle.
Pro-tip: Because of the sheerness of Angel Wings, it would also work great over other nail polish. You could use it to add a pearlescent sheen over a red polish or use it just at the tips to add French flair to a regular manicure.
It's gift time!
Ready to see if this nail polish is right for someone on your shopping list?
Angel Wings from Laura Mercier Nail Lacquer is perfect for…
- nail polish-lovers
- fans of Laura Mercier
- gals who love subtle and luxurious polish shades
- women who want to try out nail art with a pearlescent shade
- stocking stuffers
- gifts under $25
You can pick this up for a limited time at the Laura Mercier website for $18.
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I'm usually not a fan of white nail polish, but this one looks very pretty!
This polish looks so pretty! Especially for winter, I love it. It almost looks like a funky french manicure on your beautiful nails.


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Talk all you want about The Voice here.
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'The Voice' airs 2-part finale this week
Posted at 12/17/2012 3:50 PM | Updated as of 12/17/2012 3:52 PM
MANILA, Philippines -- After the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockout rounds and the live shows, the hit U.S. talent search "The Voice" will finally name its Season 3 winner this Thursday night on AXN.
But before finalists Nicholas David, Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott take the stage on the last performance show, the producers have lined up several superstar guest performances.
Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars and The Killers will all hit "The Voice" stage during the live two-hour finale.
"The Voice" Top 3 were revealed last week as McDermott and Pope of judge-mentor Blake Shelton's team were selected by fan votes to move along with David, who is mentored by Cee Lo Green.
Another member of Team Cee Lo, Trevin Hunte, was eliminated.
McDermott and Pope kicked off the performances of the night with a duet of the Of Monsters and Men hit "Little Talks," while Hunte and David performed the last song of the night. The final two members of Team Cee Lo sang Mariah Carey's classic ballad "Hero" just before Hunte was eliminated.
Three "Voice" alumni also took the stage last week: Former Team Cee Lo member Juliet Simms performed her single "Wild Child," looking more like Ashlee Simpson than ever and seemingly inspired by Miley Cyrus' "Can't Be Tamed" music video.
Country singer RaeLynn, a former member of Team Blake, also performed her new single "Boyfriend," with her signature flower in her hair.
Christina Aguilera's Season 2 finalist Chris Mann sang his song "Roads" and Adam Levine revealed that Aguilera's least favorite "Voice" contestant ever and his Season 2 finalist Tony Lucca is on his record label now.
The season's final two episodes -- the one-and-a-half hour final performance show and two-hour season finale -- of "The Voice"on AXN within 48 hours of US telecast on Dec. 19 and 20 at 8.10 p.m.
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Congrats to Cassadee Pope!
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'The Voice' finale: Girl power prevails
Cassadee Pope takes the Season 3 title, Blake Shelton repeats as winning coach
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It's been a long road on Season 3 of "The Voice," from the blind auditions to tonight's finale. The very first singer we met was Scottish rocker Terry McDermott, and he's made it all the way to the end. We've seen a pink cockatoo replace a cat, steals, implosions, stellar performances, Christina Aguilera performing half her new album, a shirtless Adam Levine in a wig and one contestant daring to sing the theme song from "Titanic."
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This was a fun ride, but Season 3 is over after a two-hour results show where (most likely) Cassadee Pope will be crowned the winner. Come on, we all know that's what's gonna happen. So I'm treating this finale like a Harlem Globetrotters game: Sure, we know the outcome, but let's still enjoy ourselves.
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The finale will include performances by Rihanna, Bruno Mars, the Killers and Kelly Clarkson, plus special all-star duets for the final 3. Terry McDermott will team up with Peter Frampton; Nicholas David will go soul to soul with the legendary Smokey Robinson; and Cassadee Pope will duet with one of her favorites, Avril Lavigne. Cassadee has already performed two Avril songs this season, and my fingers are crossed that they'll duet on "Sk8er Boi," though I acknowledge that is highly unlikely. "Complicated" is a close second.
One last time, sing it with me: This is "The Voice"!
Wardrobe Watch: Cee Lo Green is wearing giant white football shoulder pads with spikes and chains on them. Is he a member of the Legion of Doom? It makes Adam Levine's ridiculous, white bow tie seem reasonable. Also, it's Christina Aguilera's birthday. Will Adam Levine jump out of a cake?
"Diamonds" by Rihanna
Rihanna's awesomeness reminds me of Amanda Brown. This is the kind of artist Amanda would/will be. I promise I'll try to limit the number of bitter "Amanda Brown should've been in the finale" comments to under a dozen tonight. Back to the song, I think "Glee" should do a mashup of it with the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." It would make as much sense as Nicholas David's "Great Balls of Fire" and "Fire" medley.
Coach Chat: Adam liked that Nicholas David didn't really care about the competition last night and instead just let loose and had fun. Blake had a hangover this morning. Good to know.
Terry McDermott and Friends: "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss
Terry's bringing back an all-star group of rocker contestants with Rudy Parris, Amanda Brown, Bryan Keith and Michaela Paige. In case you don't remember Rudy, he's the Fat Criss Angel whom Terry beat in the Knockout Rounds. This is just plain awesome. Rudy gives it his all, and Michaela's mohawk is always welcome. As expected, Amanda positively steals the spotlight when it's her chance to sing. She really should be in the finale. That's bitter comment No. 2.
"Cruisin'" by Smokey Robinson with Nicholas David
It's great to see Nicholas with this Motown legend, especially because it makes complete sense given Nicholas' voice. All too often, reality singing competitions bring in legends for the finale to duet with contestants, but they're just absurd pairings. Nicholas feels like he time traveled here from the heyday of Motown.
Adam Levine: Not just another pretty face
There's a filler segment in which all the coaches talk about how Adam Levine can play every single instrument ever invented. And he can whistle. Carson Daly reminds us that last night Adam played guitar without wearing a shirt. Don't worry, Carson, we haven't forgotten about that.
"Here With Me" by the Killers with Cassadee Pope
This is way too mellow for my taste. It's hard enough to stay awake for two straight hours recapping this show without this type of song. Luckily, Cassadee shows up to make it a little interesting.
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Heartbreakers: "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne
For some reason Mackenzie Bourg, Diego Val, Julio Cesar Castillo, Cody Belew and Dez Duron are teamed up to make the ladies swoon. Um, is Julio really a heartbreaker? Same question for Diego "Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from 'The Fifth Element,'" Val and Mackenzie. Don't get me wrong, I love the Bourg, but he's a total nerd. The song is a bit of a mess, but Dez and Cody kick butt. Oh, Dez Duron, how I love you.
Blake Shelton: The flirt
The next coach filler segment is all about how Blake Shelton is attracted to everyone: man, woman or Cee Lo. Cassadee Pope thinks there might be a mutual attraction between Blake and Michael Bublé.
"The Voice" Season 4 preview
We get a special commercial for the next season. Blake and Adam pick up new coaches Shakira and Usher in Blake's truck to drive to the auditions, and they bicker over the radio before all singing along to "Total Eclipse of the Heart." I'm definitely excited to see what Usher has in store. After all, he did discover Justin Bieber.
Christina Milian and the final 3
Cassadee says she loves how weird the other two guys are. Terry wins an award for best quote by responding, "I'm not weird, I'm foreign." Then Nicholas gives us one last '"Holy buckets!" and Cassadee says happy birthday to her boyfriend Ryan.
"The Voice" confessional
What would the finalists and coaches do if they were to win? Terry would signal his homeland that stage 1 of the Scottish invasion of America is complete. Cee Lo Green would do a cartwheel and quit his second career as a male exotic dancer.
"Catch My Breath" by Kelly Clarkson with Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott
Man, Cassadee is showing up everywhere tonight. First with the Killers, now with Kelly Clarkson. I find it amusing that Kelly Clarkson -- the first "American Idol" winner, who started this reality singing show boom -- is such a huge superstar. Her success really gave credibility to this entire genre of reality TV.
Cassadee Pope and friends: "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons
She's bringing back Melanie Martinez, Liz Davis and De'borah. De'borah! I'm totally down with this performance and this impressive group of ladies. I also appreciate that there are no Mini Xtinas in the mix, like an Adrianna Louise.
"Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton with Terry McDermott
This is some easy-listening nonsense that isn't what I want from Terry at all. I want him to go full-on '80s rocker, fronting a classic band.
Christina Aguilera: The birthday girl
Her filler segment is all about how everyone loves her, and how she loves to sing. It also humanizes her when she talks about her favorite cartoon character being "Scoobs," and then follows with a dead-on Scooby-Doo impression.
The mini Xtinas: "Best of My Love" by the Emotions
Joselyn Rivera, Loren Allred, Sylvia Yacoub, Devyn DeLoera and Adrianna Louise team up for this disco song. I call them the mini Xtinas, because they all do the growls and the runs that Xtina does so well. Loren is the only one who doesn't quite fit, but the rest of them are completely and totally indistinguishable from one another. I'm not sure I could differentiate Adrianna from Devyn if my life depended on it.
Everybody gets a car!
St. Cee Lo Green shows up on a sleigh. He then sends it to Christina Milian, dressed in a sexy Christmas outfit, to announce that Nicholas, Terry and Cassadee all get free cars! Oprah kind of ruined giving cars to people. Nothing will ever match that moment.
"When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars
So, are we all agreed that Bruno Mars is the new Lenny Kravitz? He's just 12 kinds of awesome. Also, I like to imagine that he's Veronica's cousin. The song is beautiful, obviously.
Christina Milian and Kelly Clarkson
Christina calls Kelly "the biggest artist on the planet." Even Kelly Clarkson is like, "Are you trippin'?" It's awesome. They also talk about "American Idol" without actually mentioning the show by name.
Nicholas David and Friends: "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
Nicholas brings back Trevin Hunte, Dez Duron and Amanda Brown. Wow, this is the best group of super friends yet. It's pretty awesome, though I'd like to point out Terry and Cassadee both got to sing three times already tonight (with one more number yet to come for Cassadee), but this is only the second time for Nicholas, meaning he's sung as many times in the finale as Amanda Brown and Dez Duron.
"I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne with Cassadee Pope
Seriously, how can you not love that Cassadee gets to sing with her heroine, even if you find it kind of odd that her musical idol is a 28-year-old Canadian? As I previously stated, I wish they were singing "Sk8er Boi" or "Complicated." Oh well, I guess I'll go listen to those on my own after the finale.
Cee Lo Green: The weirdo
Adam Levine describes Cee Lo as "Buddha meets Isaac Hayes" and "an alien preacher." Cee Lo claims he's a genie in a bottle ... a 3-liter bottle. This filler segment gives us one last chance to see Lady the pink cockatoo.
The coaches: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day
Like at a high school graduation, the best way to say goodbye to the season (and to Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera for Season 4) is with this incredibly cliched song. Seriously, we need to permanently retire this song's use in farewell montages and the like.
The results
Finally, after two hours, 13 musical performances, four filler segments about the coaches and more, it's time for the results.
Before the results are read, Carson talks to the finalists and coaches. Nicholas uses the word "dream" about 30 times. Adam Levine speaks for the coaches by saying the contestants are all winners, and this result is just a technicality. Dude, I know you're trying to be nice, but don't negate the entire competition.
The singer in third place is ... Nicholas David!
So Team Blake claims the top two spots. Congrats to Blake Shelton on being a repeat winning coach.
The winner of "The Voice" Season 3 is ... Cassadee Pope!
Hooray! Sure, we all knew it would happen, but it's nice that it actually did.
That does it for Season 3 of "The Voice." Blake Shelton wins again, a female singer finally shatters the glass ceiling and Cee Lo and Xtina are out to make room for Usher and Shakira. I kind of wish Season 4 was starting next week and not in three months.
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Unanimous Senate confirms Locke as U.S. envoy to China
WASHINGTON — There never was any suspense, but it's now official: Former Washington state Democratic Gov. Gary Locke is the new U.S. ambassador to China.
With no debate, the Senate gave its unanimous consent Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama's choice to fill the post, which was vacated in April by Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman.
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, Washington state's senior senator, lauded Locke's confirmation. She said his job of making sure the U.S.-China partnership works "is absolutely critical to ensuring our ability to compete and succeed in the 21st century global economy."
Locke, 61, intends to move his wife, Mona, a former television reporter from Seattle, and the couple's three children to Beijing. He has served as U.S. commerce secretary for the past two years.
In 1997, Locke became the first Chinese American to serve as a U.S. governor. He was elected to two terms and focused heavily on boosting foreign trade to his home state.
As the new ambassador, Locke is promising to work to open up more Chinese markets for American businesses.
When Obama nominated him in March, the president said that Locke would help him manage "one of America's most critical and complex diplomatic and economic and strategic relationships."
Locke's nomination cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in June, with no opposition.
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|Lulu is a curious, "independent calf with a lot of spirit," according to lead keeper, Katie Ahl. Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo.
Today is Lulu's half birthday! In honor of the special day, we asked lead keeper Katie Ahl for an update on Seattle's tallest baby.
Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ): How is Lulu doing?
Katie Ahl (KA): Lulu is doing great. She was introduced as part of the herd from very early on and has positive relationships with each herd member, but in general she is a very independent calf with a lot of spirit.
WPZ: Can you describe Lulu's relationship with the rest of the herd?
KA: It looks a little different with each member. Her mom, Tufani, is her home base when something startles her. But I often see Lulu hanging out with Olivia, who is just as great of an aunt as she was a mother. Lulu also has a lot of contact and check-ins with dad, Dave. They are both very cute together; she spends more time with him out on the savanna than in the corrals
WPZ: Speaking of the herd, how are they doing?
KA: They're doing well. We just received our new breeding recommendations through the giraffe Species Survival Plan (SSP) and we will be allowing Dave and Olivia to breed this winter!
WPZ: How has Lulu changed over the past 6 months?
KA: When Lulu was born, she weighed in at 149 pounds and was 5 feet 9 inches tall. When we weighed her earlier this month, she was up to 566 pounds and now stands between 8 ½ and 9 feet tall.
While she's continuing to grow, one thing that hasn't changed since she was born is her independent personality and her curiosity. She's very curious about everything; food, rakes, keepers (you name it), and we're using that to our advantage to get her exposed and used to as much as possible so that she will be better prepared for life at another zoo one day.
Lulu is still nursing, but also eats all the same items as the other giraffe; she even gets her own portion of grain and beet pulp, and as she grows and weans we will increase that amount. She also has access to the whole barn and corrals daily and, when the weather is good, she and the rest of the giraffe go to the savanna for a few hours. They spend less time on the savanna in the winter, but they are often viewable at the barn.
|May you never outgrow your curiosity, Lulu. You either, Dave. Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo.
WPZ: Training is a great way to get animals to actively participate in their own care. Is Lulu doing any sort of training with her keepers yet?
KA: She's undergoing a lot of training right now. The main things we're working on with her include:
- Shift training: getting Lulu to move voluntarily to where we need her is a foundation to other training. She is also learning to be away from the rest of the herd (but can still see them) for short periods of time. We use that time to feed her and do training sessions with her.
- Tactile/touch desensitization: being able to touch her neck back and legs are helpful for exams and hoof trimming.
- Scale training: getting Lulu to step up and stand on the scale on cue. That way we can track her weight and growth. She's a pro at this.
- Target training: Asking the animal to touch part of its body to an item so that we can direct them to certain parts of the barn or direct certain parts of their body to a certain location. For giraffe the target is a large red pool float on a stick and we ask them to touch their nose to the target. One use of this would be to hold the target close to the scale so as she moves to the target she steps on the scale. This helps us build other behaviors.
- Chute training: getting her comfortable with staying in an enclosed area for physical exams is very helpful for her health and well-being. Training her to do this voluntarily as part of her regular routine lessens the stress of those exams by making them feel normal and every day.
|Inside the barn, Lulu touches her nose (and tongue!) to a target as part of her training. Photo: Katie Ahl/Woodland Park Zoo.
WPZ: Thanks so much for taking the time to chat with us, Katie!
And thanks to our readers for joining us for the update. Lulu and family are often out daily, either on the savanna or in the corral. Be sure to visit!


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Avid have announced the new VENUE | S6L control surface described by them as:
a modular system designed to take on the world's most demanding tours and events with ease.
The current Avid Venue console is hugely popular in the live mixing market and is indeed a hard act to follow. Avid hope this will be something to build on that success.
Key highlights:
- Meet the most demanding live sound challenges with the industry's most powerful processing engine
- Deliver the best sound quality possible with high-performance preamps running at high sample rates
- Experience unmatched sound processing and tactile control through fully integrated, on-board plug-ins from Avid and our development partners
- Get unprecedented Pro Tools capabilities, including Virtual Soundcheck, over Ethernet AVB and Thunderbolt*—no interface required
- Share I/O across multiple networked systems with advanced gain tracking
- Gain unmatched visual feedback and instant access to your most important functions through high-resolution touchscreens and OLED displays
- Freely configure the modular system components and I/O to meet the demands of any live production
- Interface with a range of network and I/O formats—including Ethernet AVB, Dante, MADI, Thunderbolt, and more*—for total connectivity freedom
- Enjoy the familiar VENUE workflows and interface you know and love, with total show file compatibility
There's an excellent video including some top mix professionals and of course Robert Scovill, a hugely respected live mixer for bands like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Rush.
Robert also works as a specialist for Avid and it shows. Their live products in particular seemed to be informed by the expertise of practitioners like Robert... now if Avid could just clone him a few times!
Anyway, there's no official date for shipping, but more information can be found on here.


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Pick new name for Glades hospital
When it opens north of Belle Glades late next year it will be the first new acute-care hospital in Palm Beach County in two decades.
The 70-bed, $73 million facility will replace the aging Glades General Hospital.
Now for the hard part: Choosing a name.
Here's the list of finalists being considered by the Health Care District of Palm Beach County:
– Lakeside Medical Center
– Lakeview Medical Center
– Lakeside General Hospital
– Glades Regional Medical Center
– Lake Communities Medical Center
I like the first one.
Lakeview is good, but Lake Okeechobee is not really in view of the hospital. Rather, a retention pond is on site. Lakeside General Hospital evokes too many memories of the famed soap opera with Luke and Laura. Glades Regional is too much like the existing name. And Lake Communities is just too long.
What's your pick? Or do you have a write-in candidate?
The health district is seeking community input in the next few weeks to help decide.


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Kenya is considered food-insecure, with a general deficit in production, particularly of staple foods; maize, wheat, beans, rice and sugar, and this is supplemented by imported food commodities. Postharvest losses, especially of perishable produce are high, while poor postharvest handling of cereal maize and related products compromises food safety because of aflatoxin contamination putting farm families, livestock and consumers at risk, further exacerbating the food insecurity situation.Kenya's Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (ASDS) contributed to a restructuring of the agricultural sector and encompasses cross-cutting issues of climate change, youth and gender engagement as well as industrialisation and finance. However, the sector continues to be negatively impacted by several binding constraints.
Agricultural extension systems everywhere are experiencing unprecedented changes and transformations, accompanied with tremendous challenges for all involved. Historically conceived as a public service targeting farming populations with agricultural information and technologies, the private sector and civil society are increasingly playing a role. There are new clients (including the diverse actors in entire agricultural value chains located in urban areas versus the traditional focus on rural farmers; large-scale commercial farmers as opposed to subsistence small-scale farmers, youth, women); and new messages. Despite the problems with public-sector extension systems, private-sector provision will not resolve all of them. Evidence supports pluralistic systems with both public and private actors performing different roles and targeting different extension needs in a coordinated manner. The transition to private sector provision needs careful planning.
Agricultural production is being impacted by changes in climate, ecology and the environment. At the same time, agricultural intensification, population growth, urbanisation and industrialisation also impact upon the ecology and environment. In this context, achieving ecological sustainability is often seen as a desirable goal. But what is ecological sustainability? The meaning appears to be different when viewed through the lenses of various experts e.g. environmentalists, sociologists or economists. Nevertheless it is essential to have a clear understanding of what is meant in a specific situation or context. This goal may be as elusive as the goal of "sustainable development" for which several, sometimes contradicting definitions exist, and for which consensus on how to attain it, still has not been reached.
CTA hosted a team of experts on extension and advisory services from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries as well as Europe and the United States in August 2013.The purpose was to review the results of six CTA commissioned case studies as well as case studies commissioned by the 'Africa Extension Reform Group' (AERG), entitled 'Transforming Agricultural Extension in Africa: A Continent-Wide Study of Agricultural Extension Workers at the Grassroots', to derive lessons for policy and practice.This CTA policy learning workshop served as a platform for knowledge exchange on extension and advisory services and charting new areas for further exploration. The presentations and key messages from the workshop are provided. Case study templates for commissioning new studies were reviewed and updated. The synthesis report and policy brief will soon be available. --Click to read the key messages by Judith Francis.
Tuesday 20 August 2013 - Friday 23 August 2013
Sustainable improvement of human well-being depends crucially on knowledge, its production, organisation, distribution, appropriation and wise use. Access to information, the capacity to generate and use scientific and technological knowledge and human innovation give institutions and countries an edge. For ACP countries, past development efforts that ignored local circumstances, technologies and systems of knowledge wasted enormous amounts of time and resources and have failed to achieve the desired result: "sustainable development".
Mr Othieno lives in Busia District in Kenya. He used to grow maize to feed his family of six. Every season, he could only harvest 2 bags of maize from his acre of land. This was not enough to feed his family and send his children to school. In 2007, he participated in an on-farm evaluation of new varieties of sweet potato (orange-fleshed sweet potato). He learned that he can plant and sell seedlings of these new varieties. He became a member of an innovation platform where farmers interact with extension, researchers and agribusiness discussing farmers' challenges and the potential for improving their livelihoods. He volunteered to be trained as a seed multiplier of the promising and proven varieties of sweet potato and, became known within his village and surrounding villages as a good source of planting materials. In 2009, he earned around US$1,000 by selling his cuttings to fellow farmers within one season. In 2010, he received new cuttings of tested varieties and earned US$1,600 within the season. With his new earnings, he is able to feed his family, send his children to school, build a new house, expand his farm and has bought 3 cows. An average African farmer earns less than a dollar a day.
Joshua Ariga is an economist with the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), P.O Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 35662. USA. Tel: +1 (256) 381 6600. Email: jariga[at]ifdc.org . Web: www.ifdc.org_____The focus for many developing countries is on increasing both public and private investments for improving the performance of the agricultural sector; an issue that is being pursued at national, regional and international levels. Identifying the right technologies, developing output and input markets, prioritizing agriculture in national development strategies, and private-public partnerships are important aspects for a successful research and development (R&D) and technology adoption framework. Agricultural R&D has the potential to reduce costs and/or raise output and therefore to shift the supply curve to the right. The InterAcademy Council and other public and private agencies have recognized the critical role of S&T in economic and social development and have recommended a doubling of public agricultural R&D funding by 2015.
Science is a critical instrument for growth and development. Such is the policy rhetoric of many ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) nations and their counterparts in the European Union (EU). The Heads of State of the African Union, for example, dedicated their 2007 Summit to the theme of science and technology (S&T) and its contribution to Africa's development (African Union, 2007), and have subsequently (at regular intervals) endorsed efforts to implement "Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action" (New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), 2005). Science and innovation is also at the heart of the EU's "Europe 2020" strategy for sustainable growth (European Commission, 2010). In recent years, for example, emphasis has been given to ensuring a greater focus on research and innovation as part of the spending priorities of the EU's structural and regional funds, instruments targeted at boosting economic growth in the EU's less-developed regions.
This article is part of the Journal Development's issue on the future of agriculture (http://goo.gl/JjAr4). This article proposes African alternatives that honour farmers' rights and agricultural biodiversity and still permit sustainable food production.Andrew Mushita and Carol Thompson argue that while the 'green revolution for Africa' promotes private foreign ownership of genetically modified seeds and focuses on increased yields of a few crops, African alternatives honour farmers' rights and agricultural biodiversity, through innovative legislation and protocols, in order to increase sustainable food production.The authors explain how the global agricultural crises have affected the African continent. Starting with exploring the dud that are agrofuels and the profound multi-faceted market failures of agricultural corporate policy, the authors then move to examine impacts of the piracy of African biodiversity wealth. At a later point, they carry their analysis to the African alternatives "that are working on the ground", and focus on the Farmers' rights international principle and the African Union Model Law for the protection of rights of local communities, farmers and breeders.Pambazuka republished recently the article at http://goo.gl/SZPPd.(Source: Pambazuka, 24 Mar. 2011; Photo credit: Neil Palmer CIAT)
Since 2004, CTA has contributed to building ACP capacity on understanding, analyzing and strengthening agricultural, science, technology and innovation (ASTI) systems. CTA has supported the conduct of numerous ASTI case studies focusing on various agricultural commodities of importance to ACP countries using the innovation system approach.
The African Union's Science and Technology consolidated Plan of Action' responds to the inadequate attention that has been given to these topics. It seeks to address the low and declining public expenditure on research and development (R&D) in most African countries, and the weak links between industry and science and technology institutions. The Plan of Action notes that in Africa the bond between science and society is still weak, and that there are serious 'disconnects' between what researchers are doing and the development aspirations of communities. Often the public does not have ownership of, or direct infl uence on scientific and technological developments, and researchers are also not well connected with policy makers. The results have been a weak scientific culture, and constituencies that neither demand nor promote scientific and technological development. Read further in: Knowledge for Development, November 2006 / Vol. III
Foresight activities can be useful tools in public decision-making processes, and in particular for agricultural science and technology priority setting. Foresight complements more traditional ways of looking at the future, such as projections and models. Foresight uses a systems approach that is appropriate for agriculture and can be embedded in research organizations. This chapter describes three foresight exercises. The exploration of possible futures for a commodity (cocoa) has helped defining new research priorities, partnerships and networks. The Dutch exploration of the challenges facing agribusiness, rural areas and fisheries, and the contribution of S&T to meeting these challenges, created new networks and led to actions. IFPRI's '2020 Vision' for food, agriculture and the environment led to interesting data and reached many researchers, but did not manage to generate consensus about research priorities. Finally, the chapter discusses the prospects for the use of foresight in developing countries, especially in Africa.
Regional integration offers new and increasing prospects for Africa's scientific and technological development. If well organized and used, integration could provide the basis for developing and sharing infrastructure for research and development, and for mobilizing and using scarce expertise and financial resources. This article examines how science and technology considerations are being handled in the renewed efforts to promote regional economic and trade integration in Africa, and discusses new and emerging regional science and technology programmes.
Agriculture plays a central role in the economies of most ACP countries. Although agricultural innovations are likely to increase agricultural productivity, ACP governments have given low priority to investing in Science and Technology (S&T) for agriculture. In fact, investment in agricultural research and technology development appears to have steadily declined over the 1980s and 1990s, reflecting decreasing donor interest. One may therefore wonder to what extent investment in agricultural science and technology development is surviving as a global public good.
National development is driven by a multiplicity of factors, ranging from the natural and human resource base to macroeconomic policies and trade. These factors are in turn sensitive to many other externalities, including social or political conditions at regional and international levels. In short, national development is directed by and yet extremely vulnerable to the vagaries of the world. At the international level, many economic and geographical alliances are emerging, all of which are linked by a common language, S&T. Can S&T positively influence national development in ACP countries? The answer is a resounding YES.
This article reviews the major investment and institutional trends in agricultural research in sub-Saharan African (SSA) since the early1970s, drawing directly on a new set of data for the 1990s developed through a comprehensive survey conducted in 27 countries by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), and many local partners during the period 2000-03. (1) It shows that public investments have declined and funding has become more donor dependent. Although private sector investment in research has increased, their role is still small and limited to the provision of technological services. How then can countries meet the increasing call for more focused and demand driven research given that the science and technology policy infrastructure is also inadequate?
African policy-makers are increasingly confronted with a growing range of complex scientific, and ethical issues associated with the development and use of genetically modified products from modern biotechnology. They are under increasing pressure to pronounce policies and enact legislation that either promote or hinder the technology?s development and adoption. This is happening at a time when there is growing food insecurity and HIV/AIDS epidemic in such countries as Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It also coincides with rapid advances in life sciences and related technological opportunities. The advances are increasing life expectancy and household wealth in the industrialized world and some of the developing countries. They offer new opportunities to remove barriers to food production and improve human health conditions in Africa.


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Unbelievable facts about your favorite authors
Before becoming wildly successful with The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum wrote another book about ... chickens. The book of the Hamburgs detailed how to raise hamburgs, a prized breed of chicken. We much prefer his other work.
Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper, is a wonderful writer. So wonderful that in 2007, she wrote a series of Wonder Woman comics.
Carolyn Keene is the author of Nancy Drew ... but if you want to meet her, you'll have to wait an awfully long time. "Carolyn Keene" is a pseudonym used by the many writers of Nancy Drew. Mystery solved!
J.M. Barrie is known for creating Peter Pan, but did you know he also impersonated his dead brother? J.M. pretended to be his late brother for his aging mother, because he was her favorite.
Dan Brown penned The Da Vinci Code & Angels and Demons, but before that he was a singer. His discography includes children's music and religious songs. Sing it Danny!


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Listeria outbreak linked to Dole plant kills one
Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the number of people affected by the listeria outbreak.
A listeria outbreak that has claimed one life and sickened 11 others has been linked to a Dole processing plant in Springfield, Ohio.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that those affected by the outbreak, which began in July and spanned six states, had all eaten packaged salad, and some specifically recalled eating Dole brand. The CDC said that salads produced at the Dole Springfield facility "are the likely source" of the illness.
Dole is pulling all packaged salad on the market produced at the Springfield facility and has temporarily stopped all production there, according to a statement from the company. Dole said that the "suspension and withdrawal is being performed voluntarily by Dole out of an abundance of caution." No other Dole facilities are affected.
The salads were sold under several brand names, including Dole, Fresh Selections, Simple Truth and Marketside. The CDC's investigation began in September.