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"I light my level by dropping a sun in."
That statement from Epic Games' Senior Technical Artist and Level Designer Alan Willard doesn't seem like such a big deal on the surface. To a non-programmer, it probably sounds like the blindingly simple and obvious way to add light to a three-dimensional environment ("Computer, drop in a sun, please. And make me some tea, Earl Grey, hot.") But to anyone who has worked with an existing game engine, including Epic's incredibly popular but six-year-old Unreal Engine 3, the ability to simply "drop in a sun" using the upcoming Unreal Engine 4 is a major improvement over the current status quo.
"I don't have to go through and place a ton of lights and process those down into light maps, so just from an iteration standpoint, the engine is able to be worked with at a much higher speed," Willard continues. "I can just begin placing things and they look like I spent three days tweaking the lighting to make it look like that."
Everything in Unreal Engine 4 is driven, at its core, by this new lighting system, as Willard showed off during a pre-E3 demo of the new technology. Scenes in Unreal Engine 4 show the effects of direct light from ambient sources, like that sun, but also the indirect light that is reflected off the objects in that scene, using a fancy-sounding term called "glossy specular reflection." So in the demo, the shiny metal globes sitting in the middle of the castle atrium are being lit by the sunbeams streaming through an opening in the columns, but also by light being refracted off the dull stone walls and the colored carpet. And if the carpet changes color, so does the reflected light, in real time.
It's the kind of effect you take for granted when you look at a real-world scene, but one that takes a lot of nitty-gritty programming work to get looking right under current game engines. With Unreal Engine 4, the engine handles all of this stuff automatically and dynamically, without any programming tricks.
That means you can drop in a rotating, spherical flashlight and trust that the beam it produces will immediately look natural as it rolls around the room. It means a river of flowing lava can cast an intrinsic light that gets brighter as the lava gets hotter, without the need for a programmer to hack together a hidden light source inside of it. It means you can actually see the warped reflection of a snowy mountain in the shiny armor of a stoic knight. It means a ball of water can wet the ground underneath it, and the engine will make that bit of wet stone look slick without any extra effort.
Basically, it just means that everything looks better with less work from the programmer and more work from the engine.
"Lighting will inform everything [in Unreal Engine 4]," Willard says. "You can have 20 different objects that all have different material properties: stone, concrete, plastic, ice, water. The lighting is how all of them are defined by your eye, so it informs not only what something looks like on an individual basis, but how it looks when it's in a realistic environment," Willard says.
While the dynamic, ambient lighting system is the core of the new engine's graphical improvements, UE4 can also handle up to roughly a million, GPU-powered particles in a scene at once, up from mere hundreds under Unreal Engine 3. Willard notes that this not only allows for incredible spark effects that dance and flow through vector displacement fields, but also for volumetric particle effects, which allow for clouds of smoke that realistically block incoming light as they shift and move.
In another neat trick, the new engine also provides built-in support for "full eye adaptation," mimicking the effect of going from a bright room to a dark one (or vice versa). By temporarily changing the exposure range in the scene, the engine makes it seem like your eyes are actually adjusting to the new level of illumination.
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"We've actually been in the editor the entire time."
This is meant to be the real "wow" moment of the demo, from a programming standpoint: Willard brings down the full-screen view and shows that all those fancy graphical effects we've been watching for the last 15 minutes or so have actually just been a component window of a full-featured live programming environment. But the really impressive moment came a few minutes later, when he began tinkering with the actual nature of that live demo without having to wait for a new build, stop the program from running, or even touch a line of actual code.
The key to these programming abilities is a new version of Kismet, the pseudo-programming environment that has been brought along and fully revamped from Unreal Engine 3. Kismet uses connected puzzle pieces to represent attributes and relationships in and between in-game objects, so designers with minimal programming experience can control everything from the weight of an object to the way it bounces, what should happen when it comes close to another object, and how many hits from a hammer it should take to shatter—all without having to edit a single line of code directly.
"I did all the Kismet for that [room], and I can not program anything," Willard admits. "I'm a complete moron when it comes to actually writing C++, but I sit there and use the scripting tool all day long and write complex scripting behavior, because that's how it's designed to be used, by someone who doesn't necessarily have to know how a programming language works."
Not only that, but by breaking the game code into discrete modules that can be edited independently of one another, Unreal Engine 4 lets designers see the results of their tinkering quickly and directly, without having to worry about rebuilding the game's entire code base from scratch. What's more, the compilation process doesn't even require the designer to stop the live code that is actually running on their machine (unless they want to stop and see how a certain variable is working in real time, of course).
In one example we were shown, the designer changed the value of a "jump height" variable, clicked the compile button, and then continued to play around in the live demo as the machine worked in the background. As soon as the "compile complete" message appeared a few seconds later, the in-game character started immediately jumping about twice as high. Under Unreal Engine 3, such a change would likely require the help of a programmer, as well as a completely rebuilt version of the game that could take hours to make, given the size and scope of today's blockbusters.
"With this kind of direct editing, we get a massive productivity bonus," Willard says, "because it lets [designers] figure out how they want something to work exactly. We're not going to have this iterative process where I spend all night writing the code, you get to see it the next time there's a build and go 'No, that's not right at all,' so it really cuts down on that kind of loop. By making our tools as intuitive and user-friendly as possible, we cut down on a lot of the development iteration loss that goes into having people who don't know how something works but have to explain it to people who want to write it."
Not only will the new Kismet environment save time, but Willard says he can also see it improving game makers' creativity by letting them tinker with their ideas much more quickly and directly. "The ability to whimsically expand the capabilities of any object in the world is going to go a long way to making worlds that do interesting stuff all over the place," he said. "We don't have to be rigidly looked at and go, 'OK, we need to spend time to make this door have some interesting stuff happen when it opens.' We'll just tie that into the surrounding stuff, and later on we can expand that."
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A select number of studios have been working with a preview version of Unreal Engine 4 for the last few months, and we can expect the first games using the engine to appear "within the year," Willard said. There's no timetable yet for when amateur programmers and smaller developers will get access to the technology through an Unreal Development Kit-style version of the new engine, however.
You're going to need the latest hardware to get access to all that graphical power, though. The demo we saw was running on a top-of-the-line NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, and we were told explicitly that the engine was currently being targeted for the next generation of console hardware rather than the Xbox 360 and PS3 (the Wii U also seems unlikely to support the engine out of the gate).
That said, once the top-of-the-line version of UE4 is out in the wild, Epic Game spokesperson Dana Cowley said scaled-down versions would eventually be available "on all major platforms, including mobile."


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A recent report from IHS Screen Digest, a company that analyzes trends in digital media, says that movie studios will cease producing 35mm film prints for major markets by the end of 2013 (the US, France, the UK, Japan, and Australia are considered "major markets"). IHS predicts studios will stop producing film for the rest of the world by 2015.
The death of traditional film—outside of art house films and the occasional film student project—has been a long time coming. Film reels are more expensive than digital storage, degrade faster, and are physically much heavier to ship and carry around. Ars noted in 2006 that Canon and Nikon were taking losses on film cameras. We reported a few months later that some filmmakers felt that digital film produced better movies, as it allowed them to keep the camera running while actors performed, rather than spending money on long rehearsals, only shooting when necessary.
According to the IHS study, another factor is pushing studios to make the change from film to digital: the price of silver shot up. What was once $5 is now about $28 an ounce. Silver crystals coat traditional film and help create the filmed image after exposure.
While economics may be spurring directors toward digital movies, theaters aren't following quite so quickly. "51.5 percent of worldwide screens had digital projectors at the end of 2011," said Deadline. While that's an 82 percent increase from the year before, the move from film to digital will almost certainly create a burden on theaters to invest money they may not have on new projection technology. Digital projection systems can cost between $70,000 to $100,000 and small town movie houses will have trouble coming up with that cash.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that as many as 10 percent of US theaters could shut down over the cost.
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In a move that should surprise approximately no one, Cisco has decided to end development on the Cisco Cius tablet. Actually, the move may be surprising to those of you who never realized that Cisco built a tablet at all.
Trying to ride the wave of tablet popularity, Cisco released the Cius a year ago with a heavily customized version of Android, focusing on the security, collaboration, and videoconferencing needs of businesses. A business-focused app store, AppHQ, was unveiled along with the option for businesses to host their own private app stores. But it's all pretty much over now, as Cisco said yesterday that it will "no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor," continuing to offer the device only "in a limited fashion to customers with specific needs or use cases."
Cius wasn't killed by the market-leading iPad and Kindle Fire; it was killed by consumers. While work laptops and desktops are still primarily provisioned to employees by corporate IT shops, mobile devices follow the opposite path, being brought into work environments by employees. Smartphones shifted from a business-driven model dependent on the BlackBerry to a consumer-driven one focused on the iPhone and Android devices, but tablets have never been a business-first device (with the exception of some Windows tablets deployed for industry-specific use cases).
Cisco tried to force its own model onto the tablet market, but Senior Vice President OJ Winge wrote in the Cisco blog that it ultimately became clear that "employees are bringing their preferences to work and BYOD ('Bring Your Own Device' to work) is the new norm." Instead of developing its own walled garden, Cisco will focus on building its collaboration products like Jabber and WebEx for a wide variety of operating systems and devices.
You can't really blame Cisco for failing in the tablet market, since pretty much everyone else has, too. Cius had a lower profile than the HP TouchPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, and thus its failure is less embarrassing and damaging to the overall health of the company. Moreover, Cisco does have successful collaboration products for businesses, and they're already available on the major mobile platforms. Cisco may have a bright future in developing business services for tablet users—it just won't be the one making the hardware.


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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has found author and infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau in contempt of court for failing to pay a more than $37 million fine imposed over misleading ads for one of his wildly popular weight-loss books.
Friday's ruling was the latest round in more than a decade of legal battles that began with a suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission. The regulatory agency alleged some of Trudeau's informercials included false and misleading statements about his books.
A federal judge in Chicago agreed and ordered him to stop. Then in 2007, Judge Robert Gettleman fined Trudeau $37.6 million for violating the order.
On Friday, Gettleman said Trudeau failed to pay and ordered him to transfer ownership of companies and financial accounts to a court-appointed receiver. Gettleman found him in contempt, opting not to give him jail time out of concern that those hurt by his actions would never get compensated.
He likened Trudeau to a puppet master in control of a vast network being used to keep his assets hidden and suggested that without his cooperation there would be no way to get at that money.
"Mr. Trudeau is a puppet master who has a lot of strings out there and I'm not sure he can pull those strings from jail," Gettleman said, according to WMAQ-TV.
Despite no formal medical training and several criminal convictions, Trudeau has sold millions of books offering cures for dozens of ailments, from faltering memory to hair loss. They have titles such as "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About," the book at the center of his latest legal trouble.
The FTC first sued Trudeau in 1998, charging that he made false and unsubstantiated claims in infomercials for hair growth, memory and weight-loss products. In 2003, the agency sued Trudeau for deceptively marketing a calcium product as a cancer cure and a product called Biotape as a pain reliever.
Trudeau paid $2 million in 2004 to settle the FTC's charges and agreed to comply with a court order banning him from infomercials except those that accurately promote books.
Three years later, the judge held Trudeau in civil contempt for misrepresenting some of the facts in an ad for his best-selling weight-loss book, namely that the diet plan was easy and allowed adherents to eat anything they wanted.
After purchasing the book, however, the FTC alleged that consumers discover it "requires severe dieting," daily injections of a prescription drug not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for weight loss and "lifelong dietary restrictions."
Trudeau's attorney, Kimball Anderson, said Friday his client wants to cooperate but does not own the companies and does not have the money.
It is not the first time Gettleman has declared Trudeau in contempt.
The judge in 2010 sentenced Trudeau to 30 days in jail and fined him $5,000 for criminal contempt after the pitchman urged his supporters to contact the judge and vouch for the benefits of his books.
Gettleman was teaching a course at Northwestern University law school in February 2010 when his BlackBerry suddenly started buzzing furiously with one e-mail after another.
His court e-mail locked up, requiring a technician to fix the problem, and the U.S. Marshal's Service had to produce a threat assessment because a few e-mails sounded threatening.
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Swift, 22, came in a close second with a haul of $57 million. In addition to grossing more than $1 million per night on the road, Swift earned a pretty penny from her Sony and CoverGirl endorsements. The country-pop rocker had the highest album debut of the year when Red sold 1.2 million copies in its first week.
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Want to know the best-kept secret to successful restaurants? Portion control. When it comes to saving money and delivering on consistent dishes, look no further than a food scale. It may not seem much when you inadvertently add a little extra to a dish here or there, but those small additions add up quickly to something much larger quicker than you think. Chefs use scales to keep their recipes on track—both by taste and cost. Chances are you're ready to add a kitchen scale to your operation, and we're here to help. At Tundra Restaurant Supply, we feature a variety of food scales for the commercial kitchen such as bench scales, pizza scales, receiving scales and many more from the industry's leading manufacturers like Escali, Edlund, Taylor and Globe. For more about food scales, check out our Commercial Scale Buying Guide.
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There are some traditionalists out there who love the feel and style of a mechanical scale. As a kitchen tool that's stood the test of time, a mechanical scale can get the job done without worrying about a power source. The biggest challenge that faces mechanical scales is cleanliness; if you're portioning out floured dough, it's near to impossible to keep food particles out of the scale mechanisms. Plus that daily wear and tear will take a toll on the springs of your scale, so you might find yourself needing to replace certain parts more quickly than others.
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Oops! Her argument against raising the minimum wage misses the mark by several dollars
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Blackburn, a Republican member of Congress from Tennessee, says raising the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $9 would deprive some teenagers of learning the valuable lessons she learned as a kid when she made only $2.15 an hour working in a store.
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(I wrote this when as soon as I finished this book yesterday night, but didn't get a chance to post it until now.)
Stars: More than 5
I JUST finished this book, and I couldn't wait to write about it, and oh my god, it was so beautiful I don't even have words to express just how beautiful it was, and I'm actually having trouble forming coherent thoughts. Thank god for autocorrect, because otherwise you would have been staring at a mass of words that would have made no sense whatsoever.
Okay, deep breaths. Calm yourself down.
I think this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read, and believe me, I've read a lot. Like, A LOT. I love CoHo, and I couldn't wait to start reading this book, but as soon as I finished reading the first half of the first chapter, I knew this was going to be my absolute favourite.
This book made me laugh, and it made me cry. I finished reading this in about 5 hours (with a lot of protests from my mother about how I was always reading). This was one book that I couldn't wait to finish reading because I wanted to know what happens, but I also didn't want it to finish at all.
How can somebody write something so beautiful? I just wanted to climb inside this book and live there. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! And, I know, I'm repeating myself, but I DON'T CARE! I can't help it. I actually am at a loss of words to describe what I'm feeling right now.
I think I'm getting excited again. *chuckles* Sorry if I'm making no sense. But, after reading this, if you don't grab that book and dive right into it, I just.. I can't even. *shakes head*
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Utilities Unplug Efficiency Programs
The federal 1992 Energy Policy Act set the stage for the deregulation of the electric utility industry. That year, the utilities surveyed in the report projected a savings of 19 billion kWh from their efficiency programs for 1997. Thanks to the cuts in those programs, actual savings in 1997 amounted to only 4.5 billion kWh. The higher energy use lead to power shortages during peak demand periods for customers of certain utilities. This past June, two utilities that had slashed their efficiency spending, Commonwealth Edison of Chicago and American Electric Power, had to ask their customers to cut daytime power use during the height of a heat wave. Public Service of Colorado, which in 1997 spent just 0.2% of its total revenues on efficiency programs, had to institute rolling blackouts to cope with summer energy use.
Unfortunately, Public Service of Colorado is not alone in allocating such a tiny percentage of revenues to efficiency programs. Fifty-two utilities, each of which had revenues of over $1 billion, spent less than 0.5% of their revenues on efficiency programs in 1997. Thirty-eight other large utilities slashed their energy efficiency budgets by from 98 to 50 percent. Even leaders in implementing outstanding energy efficiency programs, such as the Sacramento Municipal Utiltity District (SMUD), are cutting efficiency funding. In 1997 SMUD spent $17 million, or 2.4 percent of its revenues, on energy efficiency. Two years earlier SMUD had allocated $38 million for efficiency programs.
While cuts in energy efficiency programs are driving utilities to buy or produce additional power, deregulation is prompting utilities to search out cheaper and cheaper sources of electricity--and cheaper power often equals dirtier power. According to the report, Detroit Edison, which entirely eliminated its efficiency program in 1997, is petitioning to start up the Conners Creek power plant without installing modern pollution control equipment. Illinois Power, which killed its efficiency program in 1994, recently announced plans to reopen five oil-burning units that had been closed since 1996.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
When breastmilk isn't best
I always considered myself to have a very healthy attitude about breastfeeding. I set a goal for myself to do it for a year, but was willing to occasionally supplement with formula. And when women tell me they want to breastfeed, I try to offer practical tips, including telling them not to stress if it doesn't work out.
But recently, I've realized that my attitude about breastfeeding is far from healthy.
Ways you know you have an unhealthy breastmilk obsession:
--You have passed up a chance to do something actually enjoyable in order to pump
--Your baby is 6+ months and you are still pumping
--...even though it means you leave work later and see your baby less
--Your freezer contains more milk than food
--You have fed your baby breastmilk that might have been going stale instead of fresh formula
--You make breastmilk bottles with less milk than you think your baby will drink so none of it will get "wasted"
--You feel sad/angry when the baby doesn't drink all the milk in a bottle because it is "wasted"
--You have given up sleep to pump
--You have given up sleep to keep your baby from getting a single bottle of formula
--You think formula smells bad
--When your baby does get formula, you feel guilty
--Even though you pretend not to, you secretly judge other women who don't breastfeed for at least a full year
Is this healthy? Is it necessarily in my baby's best interests? I'd say it's often very clearly against my baby's interests, actually.
The way I finally realized this might be a problem was that recently I had an issue with my pump equipment. I found some old crud on the... yellow thing the milk filters through (OK, I don't know what any of the equipment is called). I washed it daily but apparently didn't completely dismantle it properly. I worried that all the milk I had pumped was tainted. Two months worth, about 300 ounces. And I started to panic.
I started to plan: No more skipping pumping sessions. Maybe start pumping again on weekends. Somehow I had to replenish all that lost milk.
That's when I realized that I was being completely ridiculous. My baby is almost a year old and the winter is over... so what if she got a couple of months of formula? Would that really be so harmful? Would it be harmful AT ALL? In fact, might it even be better to give fresh pumped milk and formula, rather than all frozen milk?
(By the way, the above is a great reason never to use donated breast milk that isn't well screened.)
Anyway, I emailed my pediatrician's office and they said I didn't have to throw out all that milk. But part of me still thinks I should, just to cut the chains (and be safe). I haven't decided yet, but I've decided I'll be okay with it either way.
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Yes yes yes! Read this while pumping and had to add my own crazy to the mix:ReplyDelete
-You pop herbs meant to "increase your milk supply" round-the-clock---going well above the "recommended dosage"
-You save HALF AN OUNCE of unused fresh milk because OH MY GOD, that's a fifth of my afternoon pumping session!
-You are ecstatic when your baby has a poor appetite one day and doesn't take his last (fresh, so still good for the next day) pumped bottle...even though he is underweight.
-You freak out when your baby throws up after a bottle. Not because he is sick...but because...ugh the wasted milk!
The breastmilk hoarding phenomenon. Its bizarre. I feel real anxiety now that my freezer stash is dwindling...why???
I strongly feel that this whole "exclusive breastfeeding" recommendation has led to a lot of neuroses in mothers. The whole formula=failure thing. Why "exclusive" anyways? Does a bottle or two of formula a day NEGATE the super-magical effects of breastmilk????
I have no judgement with others using formula, I did it myself with my last kid...but this time I was determined to BF and 6 months in I just can't cut myself any slack.
You could totally make this into a validated questionnaire. Just saying. I do at least 1/2 of these things, and the other things I can't do yet because my daughter is only 2 months.ReplyDelete
I sort of feel like, in this day and age, there is NO REASON for moms to freak about about feeding their babies, because so many good, healthy options exist. Of course this doesn't stop it from happening anyway. Perhaps there is an evolutionary advantage to being OCD about it....
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Yeah, and for a bunch of doctor-types, if you (I) read the literature carefully, the "super magical" effects of breast milk are more like "maybe, possibly" magical. ... Pop literature way exaggerates benefits. (And now the WHO is thinking about amending the 6-months exclusive to only be for developing countries where GI issues are more prevalent and more serious when they occur. )ReplyDelete
Anyway, I went through some of these same neuorses myself. But my milk supply isn't stellar and my baby is underweight so I started adding a bottle a day at about five months. I found it made me much less neurotic and much more laid back. My baby is still underweight (and thriving and perfectly happy), but now I don't worry about it as much because I know I can meet her milk demands with extra formula, so I am certain she gets all she wants.
Also, conventional formula does smell bad. I use "Baby's Only." ... I like the ingredients list and they use a safer method for deriving the DHA/ARA in the milk. ... Speaking of which, I also like with the formula that I know my baby is getting some vitamins and things.
People have gone nuts about breastfeeding. ... It's ridiculous. (And I don't mean to be criticizing you. I am just as susceptible to all that thinking ... But I think it's best for us and our babies if we fight it!)
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 12:00 PM
People have only gone nuts about breastfeeding because its a battle for women in this country. In other countries (my original one including) women stay home for first year and get paid, then have option to stay home longer (paid less but still all preserved benefits, including these years count as working years for social security). So, women who comfortably stay home can make it work without pumping, hurrying and worrying. Here working women are made to compete with women who can afford to stay at home.ReplyDelete
Anon #2 -- I would be even more nuts if I had to stay home for a year. I hate being a SAHM. Just saying. While I agree that it would be nice to have the choice in this country, implying that being a SAHM would alleviate all/many important difficulties of being a new mom is probably inaccurate. At least it is for me.ReplyDelete
Hey Fizzy, I had the same gunk near the yellow part issue. That part doesn't come into contact with the milk and I asked around A LOT/OBSESSIVELY and finally concluded that the milk I pumped pre realization of the gunk was actually ok!ReplyDelete
and I did SO MANY of these things! I can say that now I am delightfully nursing my 16 month old in a stress free fashion (I don't pump anymore, and she drinks cows milk as needed during school). She still nurses three times a day and it is So much more enjoyable minus the neurosis and stress of exclusivity - this is what nursing should be like!
Hmm, I expected more advice on whether I should keep/dump the milk, considering how much advice I always get when I don't ask for it :)ReplyDelete
Cutter: Are you sure we're talking about the same yellow part? Did you have a Medela pump in style? I'm talking about the part that attaches to the bottom of the breast shield. I mean, the milk definitely goes through it. I can see it now, covered in milk. The gunk was on that and on that little flimsy white sheet that attaches to the yellow thing. (I hate that little white sheet.) I probably should have been detaching the white sheet to clean it separately, but I wasn't.
There's no question that the gunk must have been in contact with the milk. The question is: does it matter, considering my kid puts her mouth on much worse things.
I live by the saying, "when in doubt, throw it out".ReplyDelete
And... formula's not the devil. I had to make the switch after 6 weeks and she's healthy, a fantastic student, level headed, and an overall great kid. I don't think any permanent damage was done by putting my boobies back in their cups. ;)
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 3:41 PM
I had the same gunk on mine, Fizzy, and totally didn't even flinch about feeding my son the milk I pumped that definitely touched it... He got probably hundreds of ounces of "gunky" milk and is fine! I agree with whoever said that the baby is most likely putting more disgusting things in their mouth... My son certainly was and is! Like, the dog licks his face after he eats, which is just gross.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh my gosh you guys have put me at ease! THANK YOU!! I'm over here freaking out because I found black gunk in my pump parts too. My babe is 8 months old and mostly gets milk straight from the breast but occasionally will get thawed pumped milk.Delete
And duh... he's starting to crawl. He licks his Daddy's shoes. Gross stuff.
1) Isn't the reason you are breast feeding partly because of the (way over-hyped) immune benefits? Then think of the frozen breast milk as having a built in immunity to whatever it got frozen with. Pretty sure that gunk isn't harmful/infectious anyway.ReplyDelete
2) We had a fabulous pediatrician who encouraged us to start giving our daughter 4 oz of formula every day when she was a month old. Because:
a) what happens on the day supply does not meet demand and she won't touch formula?
b) gives an opportunity for pumping and storing while Dad has a chance to bond with baby over something other than diapers
c) our child was an ounce over her birth weight at 6 days. She clearly was getting way more than the average kid in terms of immune components of breast milk anyway, and there is no good data on adequate dosing, but not very much appears to be plenty.
Worked great, and it was so nice to have a pediatrician who didn't add to the crazy.
My addition to the crazy list: when she started eating cereal at 3 months and 3 weeks (gasp, and yet she is healthy as a horse and remarkably allergy free given she is my offspring), I used breast milk to make it. Then felt horrible when she sometimes didn't eat it all, because that is pumped milk you CAN'T save. So I started making it in formula and saving the pumped milk for drinking.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 3:56 PM
ewww, seriously, THROW IT OUT! That gunk could be mold, bacteria, etc... How can you feed it to your child not knowing that it's safe? Would you drink it yourself?ReplyDelete
A fabulous article anyways :)
Well, I wouldn't put the remote control in my mouth either or lick the coffee table, but my kid does that all the time. And I don't even want to think about all the stuff she licks in daycare.ReplyDelete
It's easy to follow the "when in doubt, throw it out" rule when you're talking about last night's Chinese food. I'm talking about 300 ounces of milk that probably took me 60+ hours to pump, a huge sacrifice. It's not so easy to just toss that out, especially when the pediatrician says the milk is okay. Not to say that I wouldn't if I had to, but it's not a decision I take lightly.
I'm just wondering if anyone has any *evidence* the milk is tainted or not tainted, beyond just "ew! gross!"
Peds says it's ok? I'd totally keep it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 5:49 PM
The arguments here seem to boil down to (1) "EW GRODY" vs (2) "Eh, why not? Kids are gross anyway."ReplyDelete
To me, it seems like the fundamental question here is: what is the gunk? My guess is that it's a mineral precipitate left over from being bathed in milk without regular vigorous scrubbing (does anybody do that anyway?).
But, really, who knows?
Since the major concern is that it's an infectious contaminant (either bacterial or fungal), why not test it? You work in a hospital / rehab facility, right? Do they do cultures? Get 4 plates, 2 bacterial agar, 2 fungal. Swab the concerning milk on two, and a fresh milk control on the other two. Leave on top of the refrigerator for two days, then compare. My guess? They'll all look the same (slightly spotty). We're humans, not autoclaves. Covered in gunk even at our freshest.
There's also the reasonable possibility that the act of freezing the milk actually makes it less contaminated. Of course, the immunologic properties (antibodies, live cells, cytokines, etc) also take a hit with freezing/reheating, as well. Such is life.
Anyway, that was a rather long-winded way of saying that I'd probably use it... but I never produced enough to make a freezer stash in the first place. Bias noted.
Most recent Anon: Very clever :) We send our cultures out, but even if we didn't, I already scrubbed away all the offending crud. Somehow it didn't occur to me to save and culture it :)ReplyDelete
I've decided that I'm probably going to keep the milk, but use less of it. At this point, all my frozen stash is from February or later and I'm going to switch to cow's milk at the end of May (when I really will toss it all), so there's no worry of expiration. So I'm going to mostly use fresh milk and the frozen stuff will just be a supplement.
Fizzy, I was actually talking about a different part in the tubing. Honestly, I'd probably throw it out with the part you're talking about. I actually threw out some milk once when I realized that there was some dishwasher crap in one of them, but I also only lost a bottle, and not a bunch of milk, and I KNOW how its painful to throw out even a half ounce (I have saved so many half ounce bottles of pumped milk its ridiculous!). However, you'd prob have the most peace of mind if you threw it out, because now you know if she gets the slightest little sniffle, you will totally blame it on the gunk and just add more to the breasfeeding psychosis!ReplyDelete
Had the gunk. Assumed similar quantities affected - used anyway. Baby is now happy, strong almost-7-year-old.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Had the gunk too. I still used the milk to feed my baby and my baby is fine. Still prefer to give breast milk over formula though my 1-year-old is getting about 1 bottle of formula a day because of my dwindling supply. I'm a pumping nazi, haha!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Even if the gunk is infectious...antibodies in the milk would likely cancel it out! I'm for keeping it...just builds your kid's immune system (like the remote and the dog!). I don't think I am neurotic, though I meet a lot of the criteria on your list. My neurosis is part "breast-is-best" fanaticism and part "I work so much, this is one thing that I know I am providing for my kid that no one else can do, so I am still the Mama" neurosis. I am comfortable with it...by the way, have you tasted formula? It is gross, in my opinion, while breastmilk is delicious (oh, yeah, I have tasted it).ReplyDelete
Also had the gunk with my son -- didn't realize that the yellow thing came off at all (let alone the white membrane)! You can only imagine how much gunk there was when I realized I could clean there separately after about 6 months of continuous use. My son was fine.ReplyDelete
Doing better this time around with my daughter. The one time I threw out milk out of contamination fears was when I found black mold (with hyphae and everything) growing in the clear part next to the yellow thing - seriously horrifying.
Do you do the microwave sterilization thing? If you do, the gunk is really almost certainly just precipitated minerals, etc, anyway.
P.S. It's 11:15 and I'm pumping while reading this instead of sleeping. This with grand rounds at 8 and a baby who has started waking every hour. I see your point.
This blog has really been taking a turn for the sad lately. So many discouraging and unhappy mothers posting disdainful things about other mothers who find happiness in different choices. I hope that you find peace and make decisions that don't require so many sour grapes. In the meantime, i'm unsubscribing.ReplyDelete
I had the gunk too... And fed the baby all the milk - it is bacteriostatic! And I agree we are way to crazy about breastfeeding. Both my kids got some formula, but I pumped for 12 mo with each and I'm proud of it! My best realization with the second was I didnt wash / rinse the parts each pumping session - just put them in the fridge or with the ice pack... Then rinsed them at night and it them in the dishwasher. I had enough parts to get through 3 days. Today I actually put away all the bottles - I gave the pump away a month ago. We are moving into new stages in our house. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Well ,a good piece of information shared .These are essential things which every mother has to remember,after all breastfeeding is best for child.You may have heard that breastfeeding is natural and easy but there is one more option of breast pumps which is very useful for some mothers.ReplyDelete
Christie: Sour grapes means criticizing something you can't have. Like if I wasn't able to pump, then saying pumping was stupid and harmful. If you're going to call us names, at least do it correctly :)ReplyDelete
@ Christie - are you referring to the posts or comments? The last ten or so posts have been about, balancing medical motherhood and successfully loosing post baby weight, successfully standing up for yourself and pumping at work, encouraging residents who choose to have children during residency, a post for encouragement after not matching, a post on a currently huge social issue (Trayvon), a wonderful commentary on lifetime learning, anger against pink eye, and a tribute to my grandmother! What exactly is sour? Just wondering.ReplyDelete
- mommabeeApril 5, 2012 at 11:57 AM
1. I say keep the milk! There was a day where I gave my Little One thawed milk that was right at the 3-4mth freezer expiration mark, he refused to eat it. He had a happy day with my aunt in spite of refusing the milk and when I came home he made up for it by nursing around the clock until bedtime. I checked the milk when I got home and he knew it wasn't quite right, I smelled it and it had a weird smell :-( I was sad, but he was fine. I think these Little Ones will let us know when their milk isn't quite right. KEEP THE MILK!!! JUST MAKE SURE TO MARK IT WITH A * or something and have back-up.ReplyDelete
2. Part of the reason many of us are crazy with the "breast is best" is because the formula industry has been inundating our society with "formula is equivalent" messages since the early 1900s. Remember the days when Docs were being paid by formula companies to advertise (this while advertising cigarettes for everyone and Pepsi Cola even for babies, uggghh). I think we are morally obligated to tout the goodness in breast milk. Yes, sometimes it can be horrible, but it's the best thing for babies. I like the folks who commented on how pumping sucks and this should engage us all in advocating for more family-friendly laws such as mandatory 12month maternity leave so that those of us who would choose to be at home can. Breastfeeding saves lives and lots of money. Check out the ingredients in formula, you KNOW you wouldn't eat that stuff yourself.
all I have to say is this: keep it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I am all for sanity, but honestly this question of breastfeeding with pumping vs formula is really one for the priveleged. That is perfectly fine for this forum but please do not down play the benefits of breastfeeding on a blog with a focus of medicine. When we talk about the global benefits of breastfeeding, most have been in countries with bad water supplies and limited resources that can be spent on formula. I hope you would not advocate that a mother with limited resources spend on formula instead of food for herself that would become breast milk.ReplyDelete
Brilliant post!!ReplyDelete
Anon@4/9: Do I honestly have to preface this post by saying that it does not apply to women living in third world countries? Do you think there's a real danger that some impoverished woman living in a hut will run across this post and feel pressured to buy formula? Is this an actual concern you have or is this another case of someone always needing to make a patronizing statement about our problems being "problems of the privileged"?ReplyDelete
In case anyone is interested in an update, I decided to dump the milk. I was planning to keep it, but then the baby got sent home from daycare with diarrhea. Related or not, I just couldn't willingly feed her mold-contaminated milk anymore and the pediatrician agreed.
- AnonymousApril 10, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Whatever Fizzy. I do not think it is being holier than thou to comment on your post being for a particular slice of humanity. No, you are right, the woman in the hut will not be reading your post.ReplyDelete
I don't know what you're talking about, Anon. I don't have the ability to delete comments.ReplyDelete
Anon@3:08: I do think it's irritating when someone seems to feel compelled to say something like that so often. Do we need to put a disclaimer at the bottom of each post? I really think these things go without saying, and most of the women reading these posts do really relate to them.ReplyDelete
- OBMomof3April 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM
I am on call to to tonight and prepped with the obligatory breast pump for my 8 month old. I LOVE the thread and appreciate that other physician moms like me have "breastmilk" psychosis also. Keep the thread going!!!ReplyDelete
- Tammy S.April 12, 2012 at 9:08 PM
So because I hate the smell of formula, and think its gross I'm unhealthy? Oh I pump for my 8 month old so he can have a bottle when I'm not around rather than have him have formula that could contain crushed up bug parts I'm 'obsessed'?ReplyDelete
I think your projecting your short comings and mental blocks to justify your own feelings of inadequateness and I'm offended by it. Enjoying breast feeding is not unhealthy. Staying up to pump a few ounces for 10 extra minutes before bed so my husband can do a 2am feeding isnt abnormal, and wasn't when my son was 10 weeks old. Its not necessary now, but there was a time I'd gladly haven given ten minutes to empty my breasts before bed so my dh could feed our son in a few hours for me.
I find your post offensive. I have never said anything to someone who chose formula, it's their choice as a parent on how to feed their child. Just like its a breatfeeding mother's choice on how to feed hers. Just because you had issues doesn't mean those of us who nurse have a problem. Seriously, If you are so deeply troubled by having breastfed or pumped that you feel the need to put down others who had similar actions(even if they weren't bothered or scared by them as you seem to be) I suggest you get professional help. Don't bother responding. I'll never read another thing you write. Good luck to you, I hope you don't resent having to cook good foods for your child one day and Just drive through for them daily so you don't develop a psychosis again.
Why so angry, Tammy? If breastfeeding is easy for you, you should feel happy and grateful. This post is for women who have struggling and persisted in their quest to provide breastmilk, even to the point where it's ironically gone against the baby's best interests. From the comments, it sounds like a LOT of women can relate. Don't throw stones at those of us who aren't as fortunate as you.ReplyDelete
And regarding formula smelling bad, that was a bit facetious, but most women I've talked to think it smells bad until the baby starts drinking it. Then you get to really like the smell b/c it smells like your baby.
- AnonymousApril 15, 2012 at 4:41 AM
Great post fizzy and great responses to the crazy! I love it:) just proves that the who bf msg gets taken too literally. With my first bub I took it too far: pumped bilaterally what felt like all the time, due to recurrent mastitis fed for 12months on just one breast!!! In retrospect it was a whole bucketload of crazy. I felt isolated and depressed attached to a pump /sterilizing bottles, add that to paranoia about bugs/gastro and trying to balance sleep deprived internship- the bf mantra of "breast is best" and the bf assoc nipple nazi advice to continue made my life ridiculous. I shouldn't have felt the pressure I did as a first time mum and don't really blame anyone but myself, but I just wanted to do "right thing" or the "best" thing for my baby. Baby 2 = much more relaxed bit of breast bit of formula as required and no pumping at all= much happier mum and =happy chubby bub. As drs the Msg for crazy developed nnationwide st time mums should be supportive to tailor bf or formula to their and their babys needs. Hopefully I can convince my hubby to have baby 3 while Im training in emergency :) and I'll bf again when I can!ReplyDelete
I was recently reading a blog post from a woman who was plotting to keep her baby from getting formula from 6 months to a year... solutions included giving whole milk early and feeding the baby *expired* breast milk. And I was contemplating feeding my baby mold. I really think this is a little out of control. There aren't really any studies showing breastmilk has benefits in the 6 month to one year period.ReplyDelete
My neurosis was that I breastfed my son until 19 months and then felt horribly guilty weaning my daughter at 15 months because I was going to Africa for 2 weeks...but I didn't want mastitis in Africa and I'd had trouble pumping on a plane before. I didn't want to go through that again.ReplyDelete
Fizzy, I looked up the benefits of breastfeeding after a year. Here's what Dr. Jack Newman has to say:
"'But it is said that breastmilk has no value after six months.'
Perhaps this is said, but it is patently wrong. That anyone (including paediatricians) can say such a thing only shows how ill-informed so many people in our society are about breastfeeding. Breastmilk is, after all, milk. Even after six months, it still contains protein, fat, and other nutritionally important and appropriate elements which babies and children need. Breastmilk still contains immunologic factors that help protect the child even if he is 2 or older. In fact, some immune factors in breastmilk that protect the baby against infection are present in greater amounts in the second year of life than in the first. This is, of course as it should be, since children older than a year are generally exposed to more infections than young babies. Breastmilk still contains special growth factors that help the immune system to mature, and which help the brain, gut, and other organs to develop and mature.
It has been well shown that children in daycare who are still breastfeeding have far fewer and less severe infections than the children who are not breastfeeding. The mother thus loses less work time if she continues breastfeeding her baby once she is back at her paid work.
It is interesting that formula company marketing pushes the use of formula (a very poor copy of breastmilk) for a year, yet implies that breastmilk (which formula tries unsuccessfully to copy) is only worthwhile for 6 months or even less ("the best nutrition for newborns"). Too many health professionals have taken up the refrain."
Obviously, I support breastfeeding and think it is the best for at least one year. So I am leery of any BF bashing. But I could see that, for me, focusing on what was wrong (stopping earlier than I had for my son) was detrimental. As my pediatrician said, "You shouldn't feel guilty. You should feel proud."
Ah, the overachieving doctor syndrome.
Well, if a random doctor who cites no references says so, it must be true! I breastfed my daycare baby all winter and I can't imagine her having been sick more often than she was.ReplyDelete
This post isn't about bashing breastfeeding though. It's about the times when women breastfeed to the detriment of their babies and their selves, which I think is a little silly. Right now, every minute I spend pumping at work is one less minute I get to spend with my baby. What is more important? Is an ounce of formula more important than ten minutes of mama cuddles?
- AnonymousApril 28, 2012 at 12:11 AM
As a male who occasionally peruses this site, I would like to leave a somewhat controversial remark.ReplyDelete
Breast-feeding has been damaging to our sexual life. There, I said it. I am not a monster that would deprive his child of this vital nutrient. I supported my wife breast feeding, almost exclusively for a year. However, it was a downer on our love life. Her breasts were no longer to be seen as sexual, instead they were utilitarian devices used only for feeding. I could no longer touch them. Foreplay involving them was forbidden. She complained about the sensation. To hear her complain turned me off. It was tough. Furthermore, I think the expression of prolactin that breast feeding stimulates diminished her libido.
I realize this may sound incredibly selfish, but having a baby destroys marital physical intimacy. Breast feeding contributes to this state of affairs. Again, I firmly state breast is best and I support giving our child the best, but there comes a time when you should consider the state of your marriage also.
oh boy
I don't think it's selfish to want to have sex with your wife. Although I suspect there are men who appreciate that breastfeeding enlarges the breasts and suppresses menstruation.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Oy. Here's what I tell my patients. Breastfeeding actually is best for your baby ( I usually try to suggest that it will help them lose baby weight, especially the younger ones) however I also tell them that only they can make the the best decision regard g what is the best form of nutrition for their child that will also e nance their relationship with the child. A bad mother is one that does not feed her baby at all. I breastfed my first child for 3.5 months and my second for seven months. Both times exhaustion a nd call schedule won out against milk supply and it dwindled. Boy was I glad for formula especially since I couldn't do as evolution intended a d walk arou d with a child o. The breast the entire day to stimulate milk supply. And yes I got totally neurotic about how much I was pumping,how much I sassy ring blah blah blah. Never did store that much cause they ate it all! At any rate when I got up set or obsessive. I tried to remi d myself. Bad moms are ones that do t feed their babies period. Breastfeeding is HARD. Add a full time time job where your first confer is supposed to be other people's wellbeing and not your family's and it's a super human feat.-- :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM
Thank you for first stating that breastmilk is best and then stating your accepting nature for mothers! :] I was disappointed in the title and words used in this blog which could relay a very wrong message to a pumping mother. Your comment is very clear and encouraging, either way, Bravo.Delete
wow just wanted to say that i enjoyed this post. I am a first time mom and my baby girl is only just 10 days old and i am trying to breast feed... we have problems with latching there for i am pumping everyday at every feeding. She seems to be gearing up for her 2 week growth spurt because she will easily drink 4oz in one feeding and yet i can only pump 2oz each time so i have to supplement with 2oz at each feeding. Pumping exclusively is hard work, you cant really go anywhere (i have a portable battery operated pump but its extremely loud and awkward..) When i was pregnant i was 100% on the absolutely no formula front, and when my little girl went 7-8 hours our second night home without eating because she wouldnt latch, i didnt have a pump and didnt have fromula on hand, i was happy when she did get her formula because i knew she now had food in her system and wasnt starving. It broke my heart, i was crying while she was crying. I still am nervous to feed her formula (not sure why...breast is best has gotten the best of me) but if she is hungry and i cant produce the amount she needs then i am more then happy to give her formula to nourish her! I applaud the women who have no issues with BF and i envy you, i thought it was going to be so easy and i was so wrong, i never would have thought we would have latching issues and now that she takes a bottle so often she flips out when i try to feed her on the breast, she just wont take it. I'm glad to read your post, it makes me feel even better about what i am doing for my baby. (oh also, she wasnt gaining weight yet at her 1 week appt so feeding her what she needs to be healthy is what makes us both happy.)ReplyDelete
My doctor also gave me a good little talk the other day at our 1 weeks checkup: \
1: dont ever beat yourself up or feel guilty for feeding her formula or not being able to have her straight on the breast, if she is nourished and happy, you should be happy.
2: Use a plan A,B & C guide if you can...
Plan A: Perfect latch, baby feeds well
Plan B: Pump
Plan C: If she is not getting enough, supplement with formula
When he said that i truly cried (hormones and emotions still a bit off the wall) but it seriously was such an eye opener, you cant always have things go perfectly the way you want them too and ive realized that :)
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM
While this is a fun list that helps to ease the stress mothers feel of pumping and breastfeeding, I think the title and word "unhealthy" are really misleading. Your first bullet is that, if you missed something enjoyable, then pumping or breastfeeding may be unhealthy in your family. I would like to know what mother (breastfeeding OR formula feeding) DOESN'T miss LOTS OF enjoyable somethings in the best interest of her child. There are many different opinions on the amount of stress a mother should endure in order to choose the best for her child(ren), surrounding breastfeeding and sleep, etc. My personal opinion is that the decision I make will always be out of what is best for my son and not at all related to what is convenient for me. This is just my opinion and I don't expect everyone to agree, but I think it would be a really sad scenario if a mother believed she was unhealthy for doing what she believed was best for her child. Again, I understand this post was meant to air some of your own stresses related to pumping and I can definitely relate, but I think it's important to be careful with what your spreading into this world. You have a powerful voice and you should exercise it with caution.ReplyDelete


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ZAATRI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan
I ask a Syrian refugee named Isra why her 8-year-old boy isn't attending the camp school. "He doesn't like school," she explains. At home in Daraa, an agent of the regime came into his second-grade classroom, forced her son to hold a grenade against his chest and told him, "Go home to your father. Tell him if he doesn't stop fighting for the Free Syrian Army, I will come back next week and pull the pin."
It is a hint of the brutality just across the border, largely hidden from view. When the terror and killing finally calm, one suspects we will find a nation of Srebrenicas.
Aid workers dealing with children in the camp report they are both traumatized and politicized. The FSA actively recruits within Zaatri. A young humanitarian worker running a sports program for restless young men in the camp was recently confronted by a religious leader. "They are having too much fun," he told her. "They won't go back to fight."
The Syrian civil war initially had more to do with tribe, family and power. But the regime and other actors in the regional proxy war have cynically encouraged religious and ethnic divisions. Sectarianism -- carefully planted and cultivated -- has taken root.
Jordan, the region's buffer zone, fears that the economic strain caused by massive refugee flows could someday become a security crisis. The government's royal nightmare: Jordanian Salafists going across the border into Syria, getting weapons and experience, and coming back home.
This may help explain why the flow of refugees from Syria to Jordan -- 4,000 to 5,000 a day earlier in the year -- has slowed to a trickle during the last two months. It is not because conditions across the border have improved (at night, the residents of Zaatri can hear the shelling taking place in Syria). It is because the pipeline has been effectively plugged. At the height of the migration, the Free Syrian Army acted as the facilitators of safe passage, moving groups at night (and sometimes giving children sleeping tablets so they would not cry and attract enemy fire).
The FSA is no longer playing such a role. Humanitarian and refugee officials generally believe this is the result of an agreement between the Jordanian government and the FSA. "The Jordanians are still letting people in," one told me, "but not at uncontrolled rates." As a result, there may be thousands or tens of thousands (estimates differ wildly) of refugees waiting on the Syrian side of the border.
American policy is making difficult adjustments as well. Since the worst elements in Syria have grown stronger over time, delay has complicated every course. At first, the Obama administration hoped that Bashar al-Assad would fall without being pushed. Then it adopted a policy of wait-and-see as the tide of battle turned in Assad's favor, with help from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. Then a policy of arming selected rebels that doesn't seem to have armed any rebels.
President Obama may finally be provoked beyond endurance by another Baathist regime prone to brutish miscalculation. But a cruise missile campaign to protest and deter the use of chemical weapons would do little to change the situation on the ground.
And Obama will need to decide if this is his goal.
Not everyone shares it. One European aid worker in Jordan told me the U.S. should stop meddling and "let Darwinism prevail."
Yet an Assad victory in much of the country would fill prisons and mass graves, and cause new waves of refugees. And the establishment of al-Qaida safe havens within Syria would be a direct threat to American interests and allies. Some Darwinian mutations are not acceptable.
The best-case scenario is probably this: A negotiated outcome in which Assad departs and other regime elements agree to form an interim government with the non-extremist members of the opposition. The new government would then need to engage in a multi-year power struggle (aided by the U.S.) with the jihadists. But this approach would require convincing the regime it can't win militarily. Which would probably only happen after a Kosovo-style, Western air campaign. And all would depend on making the (relatively) secular opposition a more credible force in the conflict. (The jihadist opposition to Assad, with support from the Gulf states, currently possesses better weapons, cohesion, commitment and leadership than does the FSA.)
Pursuing the best-case scenario is exceedingly difficult, messy and thankless. And it would require exertions of leadership and will the president has not yet shown.
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