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by Alexandra Muto
The Final Historic Trinity Garden Tour took place Saturday, July 14. Garden Tour Committee President Martha Martin previously explained that this was because "the committee has gotten smaller, and members are unable to carry on with the project." Despite her humble statement, the committee went above and beyond to offer an exhibition of seven diverse local gardens and one business.
The tour's first garden in the home of Evelyn Garten on Baseline Road has taken years of diligent and intricate work. Garten explained that she began cultivating her quaint, peaceful garden the season following Christmas 1958, almost immediately after she moved into the home with her husband. Garten explained that, "each year I develop this garden a little more," brainstorming new ways to rejuvenate her garden. Important accomplishments include finding the rose hips she had loved in her garden from her native Germany, which are more rare locally. She creatively arranged these around the arbor in front of her house and found a multipurpose use for them, using them to make jams and tea. She also rounded the branches of a dying juniper tree to make it appear as a lively bonsai.
Linda and Frank Sandarelli of East River Road also developed a unique garden to emphasize the beauty of their majestic home. The tour booklet explained that the Sandarellis first built their home in 1999 and built their garden around it. They considered what plants and items would accentuate their home's beauty. They try to add a new item regularly, including new types of trees, like an apricot tree and a crab apple tree. One of the most intriguing pieces in their garden is a barn they placed in the center of the trees, which adds a rustic, peaceful feel to their modern home.
Jim and Linda Broman of Timberlink Drive built a spectacular perennial garden behind their home. Debbie, a greeter during the tour and a certified New York State Nature and Landscape Professional, explained that the garden, which was built by an English gardening professional and is in its third year, "has reached its peak - this is what you want with a perennial garden of its kind. At this point, the plants settle and start to adjust to the neighboring plants around them." The fully bloomed, stunning plants are complemented by a variety of decorative ornaments. The garden has many inhabited birdhouses and unique plants rarely found in other gardens. Some plants that were actually the same species even appeared completely different from each other. Debbie pointed to two seemingly different trees, one dark green shaded plant and one orange tree in the sun, which were both smoke bushes. She explained, "one strand of the tree flourishes in the shade, and the other does in the sunlight." The advice of such professionals has proven vital to the development of this stunning garden.
Joel and Linda Cohen of Park Place, who previously owned a partially pre-grown garden in a home in Kenmore, moved to the Island in 2006 and found that it took an enormous effort to create their completely original garden. Linda Cohen explained that when they constructed their current home, "building all of this garden was a humbling experience!" They managed to put together a garden with a beautiful arrangement of colorful, bright flowers surrounding a patio with an incredible view. The Cohens cordially invited visitors to view of these wonderful sights from their patio.
Carol and Chuck Horrigan of Calvano Drive cultivated a complex garden with a varied arrangement of flowers, plants, ornaments and center points. Carol Horrigan explained that before she and her husband began building their garden in 1998, "I had no (prior) experience with gardening!" Though their garden was nearly empty when they moved to Calvano Drive, the Horrigans worked with their son Adam to produce a fabulous garden. Horrigan explains that her key technique was planting and building around the many "focal points" already in her garden. One example is a bench she built a hosta garden around, and a bridge, which she planted a Rose of Sharon tree around.
Sonja Miller of West River Road also creatively utilized objects normally unrelated to gardens to build a beautiful garden. Miller has "fenced" in an arrangement of different type of unique flowers and plants - even cacti - with a fence made of stones she collected from a nearby quarry. She then used the help of some young landscapers to arrange the stones into a quasi-fence. Miller also had a wonderful solution to a majestic, yet dying elm tree in front of her home. She had local popular artist Rick Pratt carve the well-known elm from the historical Pierce Farm in the 1890s into the head of an eagle. She had many ideas—"I work with a canine rescue unit, so I thought about carving it into the head of a dog, but ultimately I decided on an eagle" due to the proximity of an eagle's nest on Navy Island just downriver from her home.
Finally, Stu and Donna Lavallee of West River Road concluded the home tour with a traditional backyard offset with stunning flowers and ornaments. The Lavallees added a splash of color to their home by growing popular kinds of flowers like peonies, yellow daylilies, and a rose bush around their home, as well as adding ornaments of playful animals like cats. They care for the plants, which the booklet describes as being near "40 or 50 years old" that came with their home. They have also planted many new flowerbeds in their garden to affect the beautiful appearance of their yard.
After the home tour was complete, visitors were redirected to a new business in Grand Island, Serene Gardens, to trade their tour booklets in for a complementary cup of tea. Serene Gardens owner Dr. Josh Smith explained that Serene Gardens is offering a variety of services - you can buy planting and gardening items, coffee, lunch, and even home landscaping services. The business has a cute garden where visitors can gather, enjoy tea and food, and admire the scenery. It was a perfect end to a tour dedicated to Grand Island's many beautiful gardens.
The tour proved to be a wonderful opportunity to explore the natural beauty of Grand Island and the artistry of its residents. It was a wonderful reminder of the beauty and creativity present in the region. Although unfortunately the Historic Trinity Committee has announced this is the last year of the event, visitors can hopefully anticipate the beginning of another annual garden tour on the Island.


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Today Samsung unveiled the final details for its newest tablet, the Galaxy Note 8.0. (Read the full review here).
The 8-inch Android tablet was designed to compete with Apple's iPad Mini. But at $399.99, the Galaxy Note 8.0 costs $70 more.
Samsung's argument is that hardware extras like the stylus and infrared blaster make it more expensive to make.
Here's Samsung's Philip Berne responding to the Galaxy Note 8.0 pricing criticism on Twitter:
@rogerwcheng HD display. Wacom digitizer. IR blaster. Hardware costs money, y'know. You get more with the Note 8.0.— Philip Berne (@philipberne) April 9, 2013
It's a decent point, but there's another piece to the puzzle.
Samsung makes a lot of different tablets. The Galaxy Note 8.0 and its big brother the Galaxy Note 10.1 just happen to be the company's top-tier devices. There's also Samsung's Galaxy Tab line of tablets. The Galaxy Tabs have weaker hardware specs and fewer software features than the Note tablets.
But those are the tablets that Samsung prices to compete with the iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7 tablet. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 starts at $199.99 and the 10-inch model starts at $349.99 (those are the suggested retail prices). It's also been reported that the Galaxy Tab line will get an update later this year.
So there are really two tiers for Samsung's tablets: the top-of-the-line Notes and the budget-friendly Galaxy Tabs.
However, that's part of Samsung's tablet problem. It's confusing to offer so many similar-but-different devices at a bunch of price points, especially now that the company is trying to create a worthwhile competitor to the iPad Mini. It's also a tough sell to convince people a pen and an infrared blaster are worth that extra $70 (if you're considering the iPad Mini) or $200 (if you're considering the Google Nexus 7). Pricing is just as important as a bunch of extra hardware features and doodads.
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A 36,000-square-foot North Texas mansion featuring dozens of rooms — including nearly seven bathrooms and a two-story woman's closet — is back on the market for $35 million.
Champ d'Or Mansion in the small Denton County town of Hickory Creek most recently sold in March 2012 after 433 auction inquiries and over 500 showings. At the time, the real estate management company did not release the purchasing price nor the name of the buyer because of a contractual agreement.
But now it's back on the market for a cool $35 million and includes almost 40 acres of property, a media room, exercise room, bowling alley, wine cellar, multiple kitchens, a sauna and steam room, a tennis court, game room, indoor AND outdoor pools, plus a tea room modeled after New York's Tavern on the Green.
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The French-inspired château was modeled after one built by the finance minister under Louis XIV. Even the name is opulent — Champ d'Or means "field of gold" in French.


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The Massachusetts State Police is a habitual offender — verging on a career criminal — when it comes to breaking a state law intended to ensure government is accountable to the people it serves.
The agency often fails to respond to public records requests within 10 days as required by law and sometimes takes months to respond, and then only after repeated prodding by state regulators, according to a Telegram & Gazette review of appeals cases against state police handled by Secretary of State William F. Galvin's office.
The appeals files, which number more than 1,000 pages over the last three years, show an ongoing pattern of Public Records Law violations by state police.
State Supervisor of Records Shawn A. Williams and his predecessor, Alan N. Cote, have officially reprimanded or informally chided the state police for failing to comply with the law dozens of times to little effect.
In some cases, state police lawyers simply blew off inquiries from the supervisor of records just as they had those from the person requesting the records, the files show.
Several people who complained to the supervisor of records about such conduct couldn't help but note the obvious irony.
"Legally, you have ten days to respond, so the largest law enforcement outfit in the state is breaking the law," wrote Joseph Brennan of Plymouth.
David J. Thompson of Woburn, himself a former state police employee, wrote that he was "disheartened" to see that the chief legal counsel of the state's top law enforcement agency could "disregard statutes with impunity."
And West Boylston private investigator John M. Lajoie, who recently took the unusual step of filing a misconduct complaint against current state police Chief Legal Counsel Michael B. Halpin over the issue, said in an interview: "What really frosts me the most is when the people who are supposed to enforce the law violate the law."
The agency's superintendent, Col. Timothy Alben, said in an interview this past week that his legal department simply doesn't have enough staff to keep up with the between 900 and 1,100 public records requests per year, some of which he characterized as "nuisance" requests.
"There are things in this business that, you know, don't always strictly comply with what the law requires, unfortunately," Col. Alben said, later adding, "Our ability to comply with the law is certainly handcuffed somewhat by the resources that are available to me here."
With fewer employees and less funding in recent years, the agency has been forced to make tough decisions about its priorities, he said.
"The law is the law," responded Robert J. Ambrogi, a First Amendment lawyer and executive director of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association.
"The law sets time periods and other requirements for a specific reason, and no government official is exempt from that," Mr. Ambrogi said. "I'm sympathetic to the budget realities a lot of government entities face, but the public's right of access to public information should be pre-eminent. It's a key part of our system of government."
While that may be so, Mr. Lajoie just wants the police report he paid $100 for last fall, after state police broke the law by taking more than a month to respond to his initial request.
Mr. Lajoie, owner of Lajoie Investigations Inc. in West Boylston, and his staff have tried appealing to the supervisor of records, calling state police lawyers several times even though they don't call back, hand delivering a letter of complaint to Col. Alben and, recently, filing a formal citizen complaint of misconduct against Mr. Halpin, the agency's chief legal counsel.
"It's been six months. Where's our report? Where's our money? I'm sick of this," said Mr. Lajoie, who originally requested the two-page report in August.
Similarly, the Telegram & Gazette hand-delivered an $850 check to state police headquarters in Framingham on Nov. 28, after the agency failed to reply to the initial request within the period required by law. More than three months later, the newspaper has yet to receive the records it paid for.
"I know a lot of state troopers who are friends of mine," Mr. Lajoie said. "I have a lot of respect for the job they do. But these people up in legal, it's like a circus up there. It's ridiculous."
Col. Alben said the citizen complaint filed by Mr. Lajoie was not serious enough to warrant an internal affairs investigation into Mr. Halpin's conduct.
Most of the public records appeals against the state police over the last three years were filed by media companies, defense lawyers, civil rights organizations, people disputing speeding tickets and inmates of state prisons.
State law requires custodians of public records to respond to a written request for documents within 10 days. The response must be either an offer to provide the records with a good-faith estimate of the cost or a denial citing specific statutory exemptions to the law. All state government documents are presumed to be public, although subject to narrow redactions where appropriate, according to the supervisor of records.
That's how it's supposed to work, anyway.
Joseph Brennan of Plymouth appealed to the supervisor of records last summer, claiming state police failed to properly respond to his request for an internal affairs complaint against a trooper. His frustrating experience is typical of the kinds of cases in the appeals files.
"I think there's a reasonable amount of time it could go on past the 10 days that most people wouldn't be that upset, but five months is not reasonable," Mr. Brennan said in an interview. "The attorneys who work for the state police are not bad people. They're understaffed, but it took me six months to get a price quote that they're supposed to provide in 10 days, and it took the secretary of state's office getting involved to even get it then."
The supervisor of records can order the release of documents, but the office has no power under the law to enforce its orders. State Attorney General Martha Coakley's office has the authority to enforce the supervisor's orders but rarely does. In the appeals files reviewed by the Telegram & Gazette, the supervisor referred only one case against the state police to the AG's office for enforcement, and the state's top prosecutor declined to take any action.
Mr. Williams, the supervisor of records, did not respond to requests for comment.
Maggie Mulvihill of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University has filed public records appeals against the state police in recent years in her current position and in her previous job as an investigative producer at WBZ-TV, Channel 4, the CBS affiliate in Boston.
Ms. Mulvihill said the lack of enforcement power on behalf of the supervisor of public records, and scant enforcement by the AG's office, have engendered a culture of public records stonewalling and foot-dragging among many state agencies.
"Instead of the law being used to contribute to civic health and openness, it just becomes a game to them, to see if they can run out the clock," she said. "These are government lawyers who take an oath to uphold the law and then they just play games with the public records law."
A state police spokesman noted that the kinds of records that law enforcement agencies accumulate often contain information exempt from public disclosure and, thus, take longer for lawyers to review and redact before release.
For his part, Col. Alben said a new lawyer recently started in the legal section and another new hire would be starting work this week, bringing the section's staff of lawyers back up to four after some recent turnover. The legal staff also includes a paralegal and a trooper assigned to the office, he said.
"I think it would make any chief executive of any organization in America uncomfortable if they can't comply with the law," Col. Alben said. "But, again, there are limited ways we have to prioritize what we do here."
Contact reporter Thomas Caywood at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @CaywoodTG.


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#medieval – Two medieval carvings that mysteriously went missing from Scattery Island in the Shannon Estuary more than 150 years ago have been located and are to be returned to the island as part of a Gathering event next month.
According to the Scattery Island Heritage & Tourism Group the stone artefacts were removed from the former monastic settlement in County Clare by a sea captain during the mid-19th century.
Their location was only identified earlier this year when the Group was contacted by a local family who had the artefacts for safekeeping (*see Notes to Editor) having discovered them more than 50 years ago.
The artefacts have been verified professionally and dated to the 12th and early 15th centuries by medieval stone carvings expert Jim Higgins (Heritage Officer for Galway City Council) and Dr Catherine Swift, Director of Irish Studies at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.
Rita McCarthy of the Scattery Island Heritage & Tourism Group said the carvings will be returned to the island on July 7th as part of the Scattery Island Gathering.
She explained: "We are very grateful to local man Padraig de Barra, who for many years has held the artefacts for safekeeping and is keen to see them returned to Scattery Island. We understand that the Captain of the 'Erin Go Bragh' passenger ship, Francis Kennedy removed the artefacts from the island and used them as garden ornaments at his home in Cunningham Terrace in Kilkee. Sometime after his death in 1865 the artefacts were brought to St Senan's Well in Kilfeeragh where they remained until the 1960s whence they were discovered by Padraig. However, the stone carvings were never returned to the island due to concerns for their security."
Scattery Island, which has been uninhabited since 1979, is located approximately one mile from Kilrush in the Shannon Estuary and is home to a monastery founded in the early 6th century by St. Senan. The island features the ruins of six churches and one of the highest Round Towers in Ireland at 120 ft. high. The Vikings invaded Scattery during the early 9th century but Brian Boru later recaptured the island, which is also known as Inis Cathaigh. Scattery also served as a place of safe harbour for the Spanish Armada and as a defence outpost for the English Government.
Commenting in the upcoming Gathering event and imminent return of the carvings to the island, Ms. McCarthy stated: "The unveiling of these artefacts will be the focal point of the weekend which will feature a range of events promoting one of Ireland's least known monastic settlements. We are inviting former island inhabitants and anyone with a connection with Scattery or indeed, its rich history to join us on the weekend of July 5-7th."
The Scattery Island Gathering begins on Friday 5th July with the opening of a photographic exhibition by Dr Bernadette Whelan of the University of Limerick's History Department, which is sponsoring the event. The exhibition will run for one week at Quay Mills in Kilrush.
The Gathering at Scattery will be officially launched on Saturday 6th July. The day also will feature a Historical Re-enactment by Crack'd Spoon Theatre, Guided Island Tours and a Kids Treasure Hunt. The day concludes with a lecture on Brian Boru and Scattery's Viking settlers by Dr. Cathy Swift of Mary Immaculate College and Leonore Fisher, who specialises in Irish medieval history.
On Sunday 7th July, there will be a welcome ceremony for 'old and new friends to Scattery' followed by the unveiling of the artefacts. Sunday will also feature a number of events showcasing Scattery's rich maritime history including Curragh racing and a Water Cannons display.
Monica Meehan, Gathering Clare coordinator congratulated Scattery Island Heritage & Tourism Group for their efforts in promoting "one of County Clare's most important heritage sites".
She continued: "This Gathering event will help to promote the island as a visitor destination in West Clare and will help to inform locals and visitors to the County of its rich and varied history. We are delighted to be able to support this Festival and we would urge anyone with an interest in or connection with the island to attend some of the events taking place next month."
The Scattery Island Gathering is one of almost 170 events and festivals coordinated by the County Clare Gathering Steering Committee during 2013. Other events scheduled to take place during the coming weeks include Welcoming Claire to Claire (23 June), The Online Academy of Irish Music Gathering (1 July), Beal Boru Ringfort Gathering (4 July) and the Kilkee Playwright Festival (12 July).


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I get a lot of comments about how I "do it all" - and each time I read one of those, I feel a little guilty. I never want this blog to make anyone feel like I'm some wonder woman that sleeps 2 hours a night and still has time to make fresh pancakes every morning and decorates cookies in the afternoon. The truth is that the store has been a great new inspiration for me professionally - and a lot more work than I expected.
I started the store last summer - after blogging for 5 years, I needed a little something different to concentrate on and motivate me on a daily basis. It was way, way, way more work than I thought it would be. In a good way - and in an overwhelming way. I've forged new relationships with my readers, opened new avenues of creativity for me and turned my brain on in a major way. However, it took a major toll on my time.
|The new note that goes out with each package - printed on my favorite really heavy textured cardstock. It is the same paper and colors we used for our wedding invitations.
After the holidays, I was exhausted... but already thinking about fun Valentine's products. I knew I couldn't keep up at the rate I was going - burnout was just around the corner.
So, after a little encouragement from Mike, I set out looking for help in the form of a crew.
For the past two months, I've been transitioning and training the new crew. It feels like a huge step - the first time I've taken one of my ideas to the real next level. Typically, the week after a new product launch, I spend days/weeks knee deep in krinkle wrap and packing tape.
This new found freedom allows me to be able to respond to your questions more quickly, keep tabs on fleeting inventory, fix dinner for my family, and write blog posts, without feeling like I'm underwater for two weeks straight.
On their first big packing day I made a big basket of Egg Cookies (made from my Copper Cookie Cutters) and Lemon Butter Cakes (baked in Kraft Loaf Pans) for the crew. I wanted to treat them to something special - and, I wanted them to feel and experience my brand on a first hand level. I told them that these are the sort of things that these fabulous customers are planning to make. I want them to understand how important presentation is - and that every package that goes out should feel like a gift.
Of course, Mike thought I was insane when I got up early to package them and tie the ribbons... isn't this why you've hired help? As I explained to him, this is the fun stuff. The reason I started everything in the first place. And I'm so glad I have the time and energy to do the fun stuff and to do all of those little things that make life special.
Last night, we had our first Spring storm that brought in drizzling rain and a 55 degree morning today. The sun might not be shining, but the birds are chirping, my doors are wide open and I can smell that lovely damp scent of Spring. I'm so glad I have the time and energy to enjoy it! Oh - and thanks for all of the compliments on my new photo! However, I assure you that I look nothing like this today in my comfy clothes while I work with my feet up and latte in my hand - of course.
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I am offering a seminar/reading class this semester. Below is the list of papers
I plan to discuss. If you have some suggestions on other good/recent papers to
cover, please let me know in the comments.
CRDT related papers:
1. Conflict-free replicated data types
2. Key-CRDT Stores
3. Abstract unordered and ordered trees CRDT
4. CAP 12 years later
5. A Stabilizing Search Tree with Availability Properties
6. Stabilizing Replicated Search Trees
WAN replication related papers:
7. Paxos made moderately complex
8. MDCC Multi-Data Center Consistency
9. Mencius: building efficient replicated state machines for Wide-Area-Networks (WANs)
10. Egalitarian Paxos
11. Transactional storage for geo-replicated systems
12. Surviving congestion in geo-distributed storage systems
Filesystem papers:
13. Distributed file systems survey
14. File system on CRDT
15. GlusterFS
Distributed graph processing papers:
16. Distributed GraphLab: A Framework for Machine Learning and Data Mining in the Cloud
17. PowerGraph: Distributed Graph-Parallel Computation on Natural Graphs
Miscellenous papers:
18. Idempotence is not a medical condition
19. Fault Tolerance via Idempotence
20. Engagements: Building Eventually ACiD Business Transactions
21. Consistency Tradeoffs in Modern Distributed Database System Design: CAP is Only Part of the Story
22. The seven deadly sins of cloud computing research


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Many mothers start out with the best of intentions when it comes to breastfeeding. Health experts agree that "breast is best" and the benefits of breastfeeding for both the baby and the mother are numerous. Yet while a lot of people give lip service to the importance of breastfeeding, there isn't a lot of support for women once they make the decision to breastfeed. In fact, our society offers very little support to breastfeeding moms and often sabotages breastfeeding altogether.
How many times have you heard about a mom being told to cover up her nursing child on an airplane or at an amusement park or at a store or at a restaurant or even asked to leave or had the police called on her? How many times have you seen formula ads in parenting magazines and on television? How many times have you read a magazine article giving incorrect breastfeeding advice (or should I say formula advice) or heard of a well-intentioned pediatrician giving parenting advice that compromises the breastfeeding relationship? Has a can of unwanted infant formula ever mysteriously appeared at your doorstep?
The examples above all have one thing in common – they are Breastfeeding Booby Traps. Best For Babes (a non-profit that believes "ALL moms deserve to make an informed feeding decision and to be cheered on, coached and celebrated without pressure, judgment or guilt, whether they breastfeed for 2 days, 2 months 2 years, or not at all") describes Breastfeeding Booby Traps as "the cultural and institutional barriers that prevent moms from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals."
Some Booby Traps include:
- sending moms home from the hospital with a "gift bag" of formula,
- having family and/or friends who are uncomfortable with you nursing and ask when you are going to give the baby a bottle,
- or having a pediatrician who is unable to answer your questions about breastfeeding.
This post is not to debate breastfeeding vs. formula-feeding. Parents have the right to decide how to feed their baby. But they also have the right to be presented with factual information and the right to not have their feeding decisions undermined. Best For Babes is working to help accomplish that.
Here are some more Booby Traps that have set the blogosphere abuzz.
Amber from Speak Her Truth wrote Marketing and Breastfeeding, Who Hasn't Been Duped? and said she is not going "to join in on this back and forth bashing of breastfeeding vs formula feeding mothers."
As long as we fight amongst ourselves on this one symptom we cannot unite against the disease. The disease of markets that profit solely on the belief that our bodies are not good enough, not good enough to be sexually attractive, not good enough to give birth and not good enough to nourish our babies afterwards. A simple statement that could bring down this entire empire of insecurity: "Not only are we good enough, we are better just the way we are."
Maya from Musings of a Marfan Mom wrote about Babble's partnership with Similac – in which Similac sponsors Babble's Breastfeeding Guide – after first reading about it on PhD in Parenting. Maya said:
You might ask why I care whether a formula company sponsors a breastfeeding portion of a website. I care, because I want women to have a choice in how they feed their children. I care, because women aren't being given proper information on nursing, which sabotages the attempts of women who want to breastfeed. I care because, believe it or not, formula advertising has been shown over and over again to have a negative effect on breastfeeding relationships. Formula advertising not only affects women's choices in how to feed their children, whether they are conscious of it or not, but it results in drastically higher costs for families who choose to feed their children formula (who do you think ends up paying for the "free" samples given at the hospital and sent in the mail, as well as all those commercials and Internet ads?). That affects their choice as well.
Tumbling Boobs pointed out its not just parenting websites promoting Similac's latest marketing ploy and included screen captures of a few medical providers that are actively promoting Similac's feeding hotline to moms seeking breastfeeding help.
Annie from PhD in Parenting also pointed out that even WebMD's breastfeeding guide is sponsored by Gerber (which is owned by Nestle). There are six Gerber ads on the page that is supposed to help mothers with breastfeeding! Annie, who said, "There has to be a way to stop this incredibly unethical and predatory infant formula marketing on websites pretending to offer breastfeeding support," urges her readers to take action and lists a few ways to get involved.
Jem wrote a review of the book The Politics of Breastfeeding (which I will be adding to my must read list). She believes the book should be read not only by nursing moms, but by all women.
Reading the book frustrated me on so many levels. I've talked before about Nestle's marketing practices before, but it goes beyond that. The origins of formula; unnecessary death of babies in both developed and 'third world' countries; the undermining of women because we're "not good enough"/"not reliable enough" to maintain life; the supplementing with formula without permission from mums; the strange habit of separating babies from their mums in hospital, etc.
This book has changed the way I look at so many aspects of birth and infant care.
Taking a more light-hearted approach to the subject is Dou-la-la who's humorous, but also disturbing post Breast is Best, Sponsored by Simfamil: Don Draper Explains It All For Us is sure to be enjoyed by many a Mad Men fan. Heck, I thought it was awesome and I've only watched about 15 minutes of Mad Men.
What is the solution? How do we stop undermining breastfeeding moms?
I think the best start is if formula companies would start following the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing Breast-Milk Substitutes. We all know formula exists. We all know where we can get some (even for free), if we so desire. The marketing and the deceit need to stop. If you are upset about the Babble/Similac partnership or the WebMD/Gerber/Nestle partnership, follow Annie's lead and take action. Let the companies know you disagree with their choices and why and then spread the word.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead
More Breastfeeding Booby Trap Posts:
- By Mama Eve – Cultural Breastfeeding Boobytraps
- By Connected Mom – What You Need to Know If You're Going to Breastfeed
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Sydneysiders should brace themselves for a very wet weekend and the rain will set in for days.
While no warnings for the five-day rain event have been released yet, thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected throughout eastern NSW.
The storm will reach Sydney by Saturday evening.
It will be the second spurt of heavy rain the city has experienced this week after a cold, wet start to the week with a top rainfall of 28mm.
"For inland parts today we're expecting to see the higher rainfall totals and tomorrow along the coastal areas and particularly in between the Illawara and south coast northern parts," said a a spokeswoman at the Bureau of Metereology.
"We're expecting a bit more rain and wind than thunderstorms to begin with," she said.
"We could see rainfall totals around 30-60mm more widespread but a little bit higher in localised areas in those parts."
Helen Kirkup, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the rain event began on the western side of the Great Dividing Range on Friday afternoon.
"There's a massive cloud out there that's heading this way. We've already had solid rains of more than 35mm out west," Ms Kirkup said.
A deepening trough will cause constant rain throughout the weekend and into early next week.
The first downpour should narrowly miss the game between the Swans and St Kilda on Saturday afternoon but could arrive just in time to drench the first match of the Bledisloe Cup in the night.
The focus of the storm is likely to be along the NSW south coast.
"Exactly where and how intense it'll be is still too early to forecast but these storms often build up a focal point of up to 200mm of rain," Ms Kirkup said.
Temperatures in Sydney are expected to reach a maximum of 18 on Saturday and 17 on Sunday, dipping to 14 overnight.
Despite relatively light rainfall across the state, the bureau would not rule out the possibility of minor flooding.
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15 charged in Yadkin Co. drug roundup
Fifteen people face more than 100 charges following a year-long drug investigation in Yadkin County.
The initial arrests were made Thursday as part of Operation Community Impact. The investigation included alleged cocaine and opiate trafficking.
Four more arrests were announced Wednesday.
Yadkin County deputies searched several vehicles and a motel room after getting warrants. Hundreds of prescription pills, 220 grams of crack cocaine, 3 marijuana plants, 6 firearms, $515 in cash and two vehicles were among the items seized, Yadkin County deputies said.
The arrested range in age from 19 to 75. All but one are from Yadkin County, while the other is from Winston-Salem.
If you're on the website, see all the arrested below, along with their charges. If you're on a mobile device, touch here.


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VOX Lil' Night Train Amplifier
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ZBoost-METRO Cell Phone Signal Booster For Home Of Office
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Sonos PLAY:3 All-in-one Wireless Home Music System
Description: The Sonos PLAY:3 is a versatile, all-in-one wireless home music system with big sound in a compact size. With three integrated speakers and three digital amps, the PLAY:3 streams all the music on earth wirelessly in any room of the house, for wall-to-wall sound. Go vertical or horizontal with it and choose black or white for the color. Control the music in each room using a free app for your iPad, iPhone or Android smartphone. Add on additional PLAY:3s throughout the house at any time to play different music in different rooms at the same time, or the same song throughout on party mode. The PLAY:3 retails for $299 and is now available at all Target stores and Target.com.
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VOX Valvetronix VT+ Guitar Amps
Description: Back in the day, guitar amplifiers had one or two sounds, and if a guitarist wanted more than one sound, they'd have to carry two, three or more big, heavy amps onstage, along with road cases full of pedals and effects processors. This holiday season, the new VOX Valvetronix VT+ amplifiers make life easy for guitarists seeking a diverse sonic palette – they offer 33 different amplifier sounds and 25 effects in a single amplifier. Four models are available from 30 to 150 watts, to handle every musical situation from apartment practicing and home recording studios where space is at a premium, to loud rock gigs. The Valvetronix VT+ amplifiers combine the best of old school and cutting-edge technology. Guitarists prize the warmth and richness of vacuum tubes – and every Valvetronix VT+ incorporates a vacuum tube along with state-of-the-art digital modeling, to deliver the sounds of classic VOX amps like the AC30 that powered the British Invasion, plus coveted historic amp sounds and today's latest amp models. The amps' 25 diverse effects include distortion, reverb, wah, chorus, flanger, tape echo and more – and 99 onboard presets deliver the signature sounds that famous guitarists used to record their classic tracks. Adding to their versatility, every VOX Valvetronix VT+ amp has a headphone jack, a portable music player input for jamming along with favorite songs, and many additional performance and convenience features.
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Samsung MV800- The Camera Every Narcissist Should Have!
Description: Samsung has a unique digital camera, the MV800, that enables individuals to take personal photos of them and a loved one with ease with its flip-LCD viewing screen. With the LCD-flip screen, the MV800 can take low- and high-angle shots while still being able to control how it turns out. Use it to take a photo of yourself to update your social profile or of you and a loved one, even if there is nobody around to help you aim the camera; The screen allows you to see how the photo will come out regardless of where you are. Perfect for getting a photo over a crowd or on the ground of your precious puppy! The Samsung MV800 Features: - Adjustable LCD screen- 0-180 degrees of viewing & a Panorama view-setting - 16.1 Megapixel resolution and 5X optical zoom, images and videos are rich and brilliant from any angle, even at long distances. - Filters, Magic Frame and Smart Touch 3.0 to enhance and add a personal touch to each picture - Resize, Rotate, Trimming, Photo Editor 2.0 - Rotate, Trimming, Effect, Storyboard Maker
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Description: Ooma allows consumers to kiss their expensive phone bills goodbye and say hello to free home phone service. With Ooma, customers leverage the power of their high-speed Internet to make free phone calls to anyone in the U.S. and international calls at less than a penny per minute. Consumers can also expect all the typical features of a home phone service like voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and 911 services at no extra charge. In addition, Ooma offers innovative features like PureVoiceTM High Definition (HD) voice technology, Ooma Bluetooth Adapter, Google Voice Extensions, and Voicemail transcription. With Ooma the savings follow you everywhere you go, and customers with Android, iPhones, iPad or iPod Touch devices can make domestic or international calls on-the-go using the Ooma Mobile HD App, allowing them to save on precious mobile minutes and up to 90% on international calls. By making a one-time purchase of the Ooma Telo (MSRP $249.99), a typical household saves an average of $300 within the first year, and $950 after the second year, offering a convenient and affordable lifestyle for consumers who want the most advanced smart home phone experience at home or on-the-go.
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The ViraShield UV Sanitizer Makes Your High Tech Lifestyle A Healthier Lifestyle
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Westinghouse 24" LD-2480
Description: The brand new 24" LD-2480 LED HDTV is the ideal space-saving all-in-one TV/computer monitor. The set is only 1" thick at its visible edge and weighs an ultra-light 6 lbs with stand. The display features 1920 x 1080 resolution, 16x9 aspect ratio and has 2 HDMI, 1 Component and 1 VGA input. The 24" LD-2480 uses 10% less energy than a 60 watt light bulb and has earned the Energy Star. The LD-2480 is available now at Target for $249.99.
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Plantronics CS55H Wireless Headset For Home
Description: The Plantronics CS55H Home Edition wireless headset makes for a great gift. It is perfect for around the house or small office. The Plantronics CS55H features a roaming distance of up to 300 feet and Advanced Noise Canceling Technology. Installation is easy as it plugs directly into a Analog telephone line making this item Plug and Play. Quality is far superior and is virtually like talking on a LAN line.
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EmWave2 Mobile Stress Relief Technology
Description: The emWave2 is a handheld interactive device that provides a discreet and effective solution for reducing stress anytime, anywhere. It's small enough to fit in a purse or pocket and conveniently helps the user balance emotions and increase performance. A new feature with the newly released emWave2 is the ability interface the device with a Mac or PC and see detailed tracking and feedback through a software application. Using the emWave2 is easy: the operator simply holds it in their hand with their thumb placed on the sensor button. The emWave2 then takes a pulse reading and instantly develops a breathing sequence based on heart rhythms and emotions. The emWave technology converts the pulse reading into real-time displays of coherence levels through colorful lights and/or audio cues. The emWave2 helps the operator align breathing and heart rhythms and, through changing one's emotional focus, it shows the user how to change their physiology. HeartMath's stress relieving products help people to not only identify stress triggers, but more importantly they help consumers learn how to deploy highly focused, specialized techniques designed to release stress and anxiety.
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Seagate's GoFlex Satellite Wireless Hard Drive
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Forget London, Manchester, Glasgow or Oxford; Leeds has arguably been responsible for the UK's most vibrant, innovative and creative music scene in recent years. Not that it all started with Dance To The Radio, the Kaiser Chiefs getting signed or the Brudenell Social Club opening its doors to live bands. A flick through the back pages of independent music's past 35 years will throw up a host of names ranging from the polemic post-punk of the Au Pairs and Gang Of Four, gothic new wave orchestrated by The Sisters Of Mercy and numerous bands that followed in their wake like Rose Of Avalanche and The March Violets, through to the vibrant C86-inspired indiepop delivered so charismatically by The Wedding Present and so on.
Indeed, the late Eighties was a pivotal era for the British independent music scene, largely inspired by happenings over the other said of the Pennines. However, West Yorkshire was going through a bit of an upheaval itself. Although mainly considered a home counties phenomenon, the Pale Saints were putting a Leeds slant on the then-to-be-christened shoegaze genre, while spin-off outfit The Edsel Auctioneer gave J Mascis and Thurston Moore an (albeit brief) run for their money in the slacker stakes. Then there was the melancholic chamber pop of The Parachute Men, The Bridewell Taxis' awkward post-rave punk-funk, not to mention the acid house scene dominated by artists like LFO and many others around the same time. And then there was Cud. Thrown in with the student indie crowd, largely due to having met while studying fine art at Leeds Polytechnic in 1984, but difficult to categorise musically. Influenced by anyone and everyone from punk to new wave to disco and even Monty Python, they remain one of the most unique bands to have emerged from the buoyant indie scene of the day.
Despite undergoing several line-up changes in the early days, the classic four-piece of Carl Puttnam (vocals), William Potter (bass), Mike Dunphy (guitars) and Steve Goodwin (drums) remained intact for the majority of Cud's recording career. Having put out their first EP Mind The Gap on Reception Records - the label initially set up by The Wedding Present - in September 1987, they went on to release a further 15 singles and four studio albums before eventually calling it a day in the early part of 1995, seemingly swept away by the rising tide of Britpop. Building up a fanbase mainly through word of mouth via their impressive, and often memorable live performances, the band found themselves signing to a major label (A&M) in the summer of 1991, culminating in a couple of top 30 singles over the next twelve months. Even towards the end of their lifespan they'd apparently demoed a total of 80 songs for what would have been the fifth studio album - all of which were rejected by A&M. However, it's their appearances on radio shows commissioned by the likes of John Peel, Mark Goodier and Mark Radcliffe that many devotees outside of their hometown will best remember them for. Not least due to that being the first time many will have heard the delectable tones of Puttnam and co.
It's perhaps fitting then that this mammoth 69-song compilation spread across four CDs focuses wholly on their recordings at the BBC. From the band's very first Peel Session, recorded in the summer of 1987, through to their greatest hits set - encore and all - taken from their show at Sheffield's Hallam University in April 1993 as part of Radio One's Sound City festival, its a must-have collection that almost doubles up as an anthology for one of the UK's most overlooked bands. First long player When In Rome, Kill Me, released in June 1989 to an unsuspecting, flares and floppy hat wearing public is ably represented throughout. Breakthrough single 'Only (A Prawn In Whitby)' pops up three times, from its initial airing on John Peel's show in 1989 through to the Gideon Coe session recorded in 2006 to coincide with the band's first reformation. Quirky, eccentric and instantly adorable, its place as Cud's signature tune is still assured today. Likewise the incendiary post-punk, krautrock inspired 'Vocally Speaking' and laconic lament 'I've Had It With Blondes', Puttnam's classic opening line "I was a teenage stamp collector, I'd lay on my back and you'd stamp on my face" still raising a wry smile after all these years.
They weren't averse to recording the odd 'ironic' cover version; no fewer than six unlikely remakes appear here, including a 60-second charge through the Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band's '(I'm The) Urban Spaceman' and an acoustic reworking of Madonna's 'Like A Virgin'. It's in a live setting though where Cud really do come into their own, and aside from the Sheffield show the six live tracks recorded for BBC Leeds 'On The Rocks' show in July 1987 showcase what a fine outfit they could be. In fact there's little here that isn't worth the admission price, from the 1991 Mark Goodier session recording of 'Purple Love Balloon', a bonafide chart smash that reached the dizzy heights of number 27 in August 1992, to their final session for Collins and Maconie in 1994, where a poignant reading of 'One Giant Love' possibly pre-empted their demise.
Of course The Complete BBC Sessions doesn't tell the whole story of Cud; we'd recommend picking up a copy of the aforementioned When In Rome... along with 1992's critically acclaimed third long player Asquarius to fill in the gaps; but as an introduction to one of the most unique bands to grace these shores since punk's self-implosion, it's an essential purchase.
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TechCrunch was the first to notice the change and AllThingsD confirmed it with Facebook. (Facebook owns Instagram.)
A quick glance at our own feed shows that links to Instagram photos in Twitter now send you to Instagram's website. Before, you could just view the photo in your Twitter stream.
During a talk at Le Web last week, Instagram founder Kevin Systrom hinted that his app would eventually stop showing photos within the Twitter stream in favor of directing users to Instagram's website.
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"Diagnosing lymphoma is challenging because the tumors often resemble a normal immune-system reaction to an infection or other illness," explains hematopathologist Ahmet Dogan. Dr. Dogan recently participated in a CancerSmart lecture on lymphoma. The program also included Anas Younes, Chief of the Lymphoma Service, and radiation oncologist Joachim Yahalom.
But the outlook for people with lymphoma is also changing. "Now we can perform over 50 different specialized tests to reach an accurate diagnosis," Dr. Dogan explains.
Throughout the CancerSmart program, the panelists describe the impact of molecular and genetic tumor testing on the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma, a cancer that begins in the immune system's white blood cells.
Lymphoma is typically classified as either Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin, but approximately 60 biologically distinct subtypes have been identified. "Subtyping is critical to determining a patient's risk for aggressive disease and to predicting which treatment may be most effective," says Dr. Dogan. "Thanks to the development of new genetic technologies, we are seeing a completely different picture regarding the molecular makeup of these tumors."
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Insights into the biology of lymphomas have also transformed treatment approaches. For example, doctors have learned that lymphomas are highly responsive to much lower doses of radiation than were typically given in years past. Today our doctors also use sophisticated technologies such as IMRT (intensity-modulated radiation therapy) to deliver radiation directly to tumors with pinpoint precision. Another approach, called radioimmunotherapy, combines a radioactive substance with an antibody to target tumor cells throughout the body.
Increasingly, chemotherapy is used to enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy, or when lymphoma has spread. Researchers are also working to develop more-targeted therapies. "Our approach to treating lymphoma is rapidly changing as we discover more molecular targets that can be treated with drugs," says Dr. Younes. "More than 600 new lymphoma drugs are in the pipeline, including targeted therapies that are more convenient and cause fewer side effects than chemotherapy."
Patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering who qualify for a clinical trial may have access to some of these new lymphoma therapies before they are widely available.
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Watch the discussion, or explore specific videos on lymphoma-related topics.
Angela Bentley
Jan 22, 2014 • 12:27 PM
I just battled NHL last year. The chemotherapy treatment and Prednisone were brutal to my body. It's good to hear that there could be alternatives coming soon. But one thing we need to focus on is education. I had no idea what lymphoma was; although I knew I was sick, the doctors kept treating me for depression and adult attention deficit disorder. It wasn't until I fell and fractured my back that I was finally diagnosed. An orthopedic doctor saved my life. Why didn't the internal medicine doctor look at my symptoms and suspect something was wrong? I had lost 50 pounds. I was extremely tired. I had black circles under my eyes. I had a rash on my face. I was in constant pain. Yet, when I began crying in his office because I felt that he wasn't listening to me, he prescribed an anti-depressant and gave me a lecture on the stresses of being a mother, wife, and teacher. I was so angry when I was finally diagnosed because I was dying. If I had not broken my back, I would have died. I was months away from death.
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Jan 22, 2014 • 12:41 PM
In reply to I just battled NHL last year. by Angela Bentley
Shawn Bransford
Jan 23, 2014 • 3:19 AM
Hi - I was happy to hear of advances in genetics in the treatment of lymphoma as I have had both non-Hodgekin's and Hodgekin's lymphoma now. My father died of lymphoma and his father also had lymphoma when he died. I am hoping some treatments for lymphomas with a genetic component will be available soon.
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