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Concerts are so dark that you pretty much need to constantly adjust and play with lights and stuff.
There's all sorts of crazy lighting schemes going on and often the band can be drenched in red light or in almost total darkness.
What comes out in pictures is more emotive and artsy stuff than clear crisp pictures.
Almost every picture I like had some kind of colored light shinning in the background, or colored light covering from head to toe.
But concerts are nice because even though you might take 700 shots you don't have to edit nearly that many because half of them are complete crap and you end up with a mear 300-400 that are bareable and in the end push out 200 that could be likeable because you realize fans really are fanatic and will love almost anything and everything. And that's mostly who they're for anyway.
Who knows what other concert photographers are doing, I've never looked at another concert photographers pictures a day in my life… but it could be fun do it more often.
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- Have a nice fast camera with great ISO (less grain)
- Get close… preferable front row next to the stage. (Many reasons why most other places aren't nearly as good… including backstage)
- After you take all your front row pictures try a few other spots towards the end of the show.
- Have a press pass because most places won't let you take pictures with a nice camera unless you do.
- Edit them to be interesting or artsy. (Like a concert photographer not a photojournalist.)
- Ear plugs… you'll probably be right next to really big speakers. Besides it's not like they'll block the music… just dampen.
- Get close and zoom in.
- Fast Lenses. (1.8 or 2.8 is pretty good)
- Use a flash and set it to low output. (you want the flash to freeze their actions but you want the background colors to come out well.)
- Sometimes don't use flash and set the shutter speed high.
- If you want good pictures get their early because you really do need to be front row(unless you spent thousands on fast telephoto lenses)
- Get a fast prime lens. (i had a 28mm f/2.8 and a 50mm f/1.8 a 80mm 1.8 would be great and obviously the faster the better)
- Take a ton and then delete a ton. (You're experimenting at first and you'll delete a lot of them)
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It's gotten heated new fallout now at a -- case that's rocking a small town in Ohio attorneys for the players.
-- the potential witnesses have been threatened and pressured not to testify.
And they want the trial moved in close to the public this is public interest grows following the online circulation of a video.
That shows a young man joking about the accuser.
After the alleged attack took place last August here's the State's attorney general Mike the one talking about the video.
First of all that video is just disgusting.
I think what's really sad all rape cases are sad.
Or horrible.
But what the victim have to go through not only had to go through the incident.
That tragedy.
But now she and her family continue to be victimized frankly by the social media that's out there.
And such things is that just horrible despicable.
Twelve minutes.
Comments by this this -- That is video from over the weekend that -- protesters converged on the town claiming the county sheriff is protecting the football team.
And that more people should be charges sheriff says that's not the case.
Camera holders of Fox News legal analyst Brian please.
-- criminal defense attorney good morning to both the view.
I spoke to the share of yesterday afternoon I talked to the police chief earlier today before we get to the latest with them.
Camera the allegations that there's a cover up here is there evidence of that.
No absolutely not -- -- -- this is actually a case where dead the two boys were taken into custody.
They -- sixteen years old they're juvenile they're taken into custody within a matter of -- And there is a full fledged investigation which also involved not only the local authorities that -- state authorities so over there to be any allegation of a cover up.
I think is wrong and what I also think is wrong is for the State's attorney to come out and make a comment that this video is disgusting.
And yet say that it's only disgusting for the victim and -- too many here who are facing a trial not in the court of public opinion but behind.
-- -- serious serious charges in February now the sheriff said he was satisfied with the investigation.
It -- -- is happy with the work they've done so far.
The police -- this morning says he did his last media interview on Saturday.
He's not gonna talk again and the case has really been turned over to the man you just heard from Mike to wind the attorney general there and Ohio.
58 people have been interviewed.
Now if anyone -- charge that's up to the AG -- why Brian is there a cover up here and if so where's the evidence.
Why don't no I -- leaves a cover up I think.
I think what's going on -- student though is is is you have almost it's almost like a three -- circus.
-- -- Brothers some real competition down it's -- real.
Look at what you have you got to judge already recuse himself they're bringing in a another judge from Cincinnati.
To make sure that there is no bias in this case.
You got witnesses that are being allegedly intimidated.
You have a video that's been released on on YouTube they can possibly poison the public but the bottom line here -- -- you have a judge.
-- is going to hear this case this does not involve a jury.
So any attempt here to say that that that there is on fairness and bias I think is going to be flushed out and -- By this judge I think what the lawyers for the accused.
Need to do here is they need to make sure that any witnesses who -- being intimidated or threatened -- protection.
There -- and some individual have said that they've been threatened already and because of that there have been other cautious and apprehensive to take the stand.
-- sheriff says outside groups are defaming innocent people in this town.
Trying to draw attention to the wrong citizens.
In that town and Tamil what you have here is you have social media.
Helping to drive -- investigations.
I -- what was the last time we've seen something -- Well welcome -- the age of social media and this is where I tried to which Brian -- he brings up that the judge is going to hear the case.
But the judge has control.
Over the case from the moment he gets the case until there is a verdict and what he or his ruling.
And so what he needs to do is say if there are any witnesses who worked and ten or any witnesses -- are intimidated.
We're going to charge that and we're going to throw him in jail if there's anybody that's posting anything online -- threatening whatever we're going to investigate you.
-- -- take control of this three ring circus.
And make sure that there is parents for everybody for all sides in this case.
Right trial is February 13 -- I wanna -- the last word because from what I understand there's no further action planned.
As of now which mean the trial happens in mid February you have these two defendants both -- exchange.
Well right -- though I think I think even a bigger issue here that nobody is talking about which I hope your audience is aware of is or where what are the parents and all this to.
And you've got all these miners these sixteen year old kids there they're there inebriated or a private home and and it grows allegedly raped me at some point I think this case is still -- bill.
Will will yield a discussion about.
What's the liability responsibility of parents when.
When crimes are committed at their home understood but again just emphasized -- these are allegations and no one has been found guilty yet.
-- play -- thank you and attorney out of LA camera holder with us here in New York thanks to both -- these eleven minutes now before.
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Red Bull fans can breathe easy again as Sebastian Vettel has assured the team that he has not signed an agreement with Ferrari.
Rumours were doing the rounds a few months ago that the two-time World Champion had a pre-contract for 2014 with the Italian squad.
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali then added fuel to the flames by claiming Vettel and Fernando Alonso "easily co-exist together", but the German was quick to confirm his commitment to Red Bull by saying that although he was flattered by the praise from Ferrari he is "very happy" at Milton Keynes.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has now dismissed the speculation.
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A while ago I came across a story about Amazons from Greek mythology. It seems that in ancient times, Amazons were one-breasted women warriors. The right breast was removed to facilitate their prowess as archers.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 20, 2013
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According to historian Will Durant, civilization is the unnoticed history on the banks of the stream. In the past year, I have been overwhelmed by history. Not the history of civilization but rather my family's history on the banks of the stream.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 05, 2013
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We are eating more vegetarian meals at our house. But that doesn't mean I'm going to give up fish, fowl or steak tartare.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 01, 2013
Andrea Hunter Halgrimson: Great-grandmother's recipe leads to perfect pie
Recently, I received an email from my old friend, Jim Teigen, who now lives in California.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 13, 2013
As I recall: The 'Flower Woman of North Dakota'
We planted our first raspberry canes this year, so we've been checking out all kinds of reference books and websites to find out how to tend them.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 11, 2013
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As a child, I remember picking chokecherries with Gram near our cottage on Pelican Lake. We'd fill several pails. Back in the kitchen, she'd wash the berries and pick them over and put them in a big pot to cook covered with water.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , July 30, 2013
As I Recall: Nothing lasts forever, not even stone
The Renaissance-style structure was designed by Hancock Bros., a Fargo architectural firm. The local contractor was J.H. Bowers.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , July 28, 2013
Halgrimson: Memories of merry-go-rounds are gleeful
In the meeting minutes index for the Fargo City Council at the institute for Regional Studies at NDSU, there is the following entry:By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , June 22, 2013
Ingredients can give foods an ethnic twist
Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. – Alice May Brock of Alice's Restaurant fame)By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , June 04, 2013
Halgrimson: Earth-friendly clotheslines becoming thing of the past
Are clotheslines part of history? Judging from the response to my completely unscientific survey, the answer is yes because they are more a part of the past than of the present.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 25, 2013
Make Greek ravioli using won ton wrappers
The kitchen of my youth was often filled with the heady aromas of Italian cooking, which my father preferred and my mother obliged him by preparing.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 14, 2013
Halgrimson: Barn is all that remains of ND's first county hospital
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A trade publication described chef Tim Rosendahl as "one of the top culinary educators in the industry" when he left his job in 1996 as executive chef instructor and administrator of culinary development at Walt Disney World to join Red Lobster as vice president of food and beverages.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , April 08, 2013
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While going through one of the many boxes of memorabilia in our house, I came across the following poem, written to my mother on her birthday.By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 02, 2013
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Tantalizing aromas have been wafting over the clean & hygienic sitting area. The Exotic atmosphere is spacious, clean and hospitable and has been strategically built keeping in mind all details for the convenience for students as many of them come from far off places to make them feel back home. The interior is carpeted with grass & wooden furniture which imparts a warm and cozy atmosphere. The staff is solicitous & the servers are uniformed & trained to be attentive and friendly. Caterer offers an extensive selection of classic Indian food along with Chinese & south Indian flavor combining traditional vegetarian & non- vegetarian cuisines.
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Well designed, fully equipped, modern and spacious class rooms mark NDIM's contemporary culture. The Institute's Class Room Complex has large Lecture Halls and Multimedia Halls. There are 15 air-conditioned / classrooms, with different seating capacity. Each classroom is equipped with Over-Head Projectors, LCD Projectors, Laptops and Personal Address System with Collar Mike etc. for effective use of faculty and the students. Two separate computer class rooms are available with multi-media facilities for presentations and hi-tech classes. To enhance and energize the quality of lectures, tutorials, seminars and other academic exercises and to break the monotony of class room sessions, the Centre has a comprehensive audio-visual set up complete with LCD Projector, OHP, Slide Projectors, Movie Projectors, along with a vast collection of video cassettes, CDs and DVDs for use of students and faculty members.
NDIM hostel is located half-a-km from the Institute. Fully furnished rooms are provided on twin-sharing basis to the students. The rooms are well ventilated & air-conditioned with attached bathrooms. Essential facilities like Fully enabled WiFi & indoor games are provided. Transportation facility is also available back and forth between the campus and the hostel.
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NDIM has a fully air-conditioned, State-of-the-Art Information Technology Centre spread over a sprawling 6000 sq.ft. of area. The IT Centre has 24 hr internet connectivity. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. The infrastructure consists of over 240 computers networked all over the institution in interconnected Local Area Networks (LAN) having three servers operating on Windows 2000 Advanced Server, UNIX & LINUX. Computer Centre is equipped with useful software; SPSS and CMIE Prowess database contribute to research efforts.
Laptops with latest configuration and loaded with all the relevant software are provided to each student right in the beginning at the time of their admission to NDIM. Laptops have become necessary to cope up with the rapid growth of knowledge in the area of management sciences. They not only provide a means to access information on latest developments in the field but also provide important instruments in the hands of our students to help them in meeting the stringent requirements of timely preparation of project reports, presentations, use of decision making tools and databases to support their class room studies. Coupled with the Wi-Fi connectivity available on the campus, the students find it convenient to transact with Internet from any where on the campus to send and receive their mails, access learning material hosted on the institute website as also keep themselves up to date with the latest news and events of the institute.
For the knowledge thirsty minds, NDIM has air-conditioned and fully computerized Library. Our widely stocked library has collection of latest books, journals, periodicals and a host of reading materials including industry studies, annual reports of various companies, company profiles, project reports and reference materials received from industry and international agencies. The Library with its modern collection of information resources and innovative information services plays a vital role in the intellectual pursuits of NDIM's academic community.
Apart from books on management and non- management related areas, the various sections in library also cover the following: General readings, In-house journals, Past Examination Papers, Suggested Readings and the Online Library Section.
The library has fully integrated library management system LsEase which is an off shoot of Libsys, the most popular and widely used library software in the country, with the help of which the students & faculty can search the books, journals etc. by the Author name, title of the books etc. thereby easing the search in the library. All the library staff is trained to use the software package.
Library has subscribed an online database "EMERALD" for the use of students and faculty. It consists of 150 full text journals along with case study collection, interview collection, book review collection & literature review collection.
The library has subscribed 129 magazines/ journals and 14 newspapers; in addition library gets 101 journals on exchange from other management institutions. The Library has 73 online journals which help the students & faculty to use journals from its inception and is connected with LAN & WAN.
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The in-house medical facility comprises of basic amenities providing treatment by specialized medical staff within the campus. Highly qualified senior Physician & Cardiologist Dr. Shashi Mohan, MRCP (U.K) who is our full time medical consultant is also available 24/7 on call. In course of one year at least 4 health camps are organized at the Institute. In these health camps specialists like Dentists, Ophthalmologist, Dietician etc. participate to recommend necessary medical advice to our Students and Staff Members. Tie-up arrangements with Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre ensure prompt and full range of medical services. Administration of insecticides is done to ensure clean & hygienic ambience avoiding several health hazards.
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When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins smashing protons together this fall inside its 17-mile- (27-kilometer-) circumference underground particle racetrack near Geneva, Switzerland, it will usher in a new era not only of physics but also of computing.
Before the year is out, the LHC is projected to begin pumping out a tsunami of raw data equivalent to one DVD (five gigabytes) every five seconds. Its annual output of 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes) will soon dwarf that of any other scientific experiment in history.
The challenge is making that data accessible to a scientist anywhere in the world at the execution of a few commands on her laptop. The solution is a global computer network called the LHC Computing Grid, and with any luck, it may be giving us a glimpse of the Internet of the future.
Once the LHC reaches full capacity sometime next year, it will be churning out snapshots of particle collisions by the hundreds every second, captured in four subterranean detectors standing from one and a half to eight stories tall.* It is the grid's job to find the extremely rare events—a bit of missing energy here, a pattern of particles there—that could solve lingering mysteries such as the origin of mass or the nature of dark matter.
A generation earlier, research fellow Tim Berners-Lee of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) set out to create a global "pool of information" to meet a similar challenge. Then, as now, hundreds of collaborators across the planet were all trying to stay on top of rapidly evolving data from CERN experiments. Berners-Lee's solution became the World Wide Web.
But the fire hose of data that is the LHC requires special treatment. "If I look at the LHC and what it's doing for the future," said David Bader, executive director of high performance computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, "the one thing that the Web hasn't been able to do is manage a phenomenal wealth of data." Bandwidth alone is a major bottleneck. Bader said that for researchers running supercomputer simulations, it's cheaper to write the data to terabyte hard drives and ship them from one supercomputer center to another via FedEx than it is to transfer the gigantic data sets over the net.
The LHC Computing Grid handles data in stages, referred to as tiers. "Tier 0," located at CERN, is a massively parallel computer network composed of 100,000 of today's fastest CPUs that stores and manages the raw data (1s and 0s) from the experiments. It ships portions of data over dedicated 10-gigabit-per-second fiber-optic lines to 11 "Tier 1" sites across North America, Asia and Europe. Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., for example, receives data from the ALICE experiment, which collides lead ions.
From those sites the data is parceled out for easier access among 140 Tier 2 computer networks based at universities, government labs and even private companies around the globe. Tier 2 is where scientists will actually access data and perform the kinds of hands-on numerical analysis needed to translate the raw 1s and 0s into energies and trajectories of particles.
The crucial element that will make the data accessible, said project leader Ian Bird of CERN's information technology (IT) department in Geneva, is a type of software known as "middleware". The information a user wants may be spread among petabytes of data on different servers and stored in different formats. An open-source middleware platform called Globus is designed to gather that information seamlessly as though it's sitting in a folder on one's own desktop PC.


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There's nothing like the taste of a fresh tomato or a juicy peach to bring out the flavor of summer. From May to November, Fairfax County's 11 farmers markets come to life with a feast for the senses. The vibrant colors of freshly picked fruits and vegetables contrast with the fragrant perfume of cut flowers. The aroma of freshly baked bread and pastries floats across the market while patrons savor samples of creamy artisan cheese. You will also find fresh eggs, meats and other edible delights along with gardening plants of all sizes.
All products sold are produced by vendors within 125 miles of Fairfax County, and brokers or resellers are strictly prohibited. So you can be assured that the produce you purchase at Park Authority Farmers Markets is fresh, locally-grown and consistently good. Stop by and shop at your local Farmers Market today!
The Farmers Markets are supervised by the Fairfax County Park Authority through the Community Horticulture office based at Green Spring Gardens. The daily operations of the markets are managed by volunteer Market Masters.
Fairfax County Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners offer Plant Clinics at most markets. Citizens can bring plant or insect samples for pest identification or disease diagnosis. Master Gardeners also help citizens by having informational displays on topics such as Container Gardening or EcoSavvy Gardening.
Fairfax County Farmers Markets are local, producer only markets**.
**FCPA defines a producer-only market as a market whose vendors grow, raise or produce the products they sell at market. FCPA recognizes a number of foods at the market require on or off-farm processing. We give priority to vendors whose final processed products are made from the products they raise or where raw ingredients are purchased from local producers. In making a decision about these farmers/growers, producers and their products, Fairfax County Farmers Market staff will use a balance of factors: quality of products, scarcity of products in the markets, diversity of product mix in the markets and traceability of the farmers/growers and producers.
Fairfax County Farmers Markets will hosts its annual Prospective Vendor Meeting in January 2014 at Green Spring Gardens.
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Directions to the Markets are listed below. For other information about the Markets, call 703-642-0128, TTY 703-803-3354.
Frying Pan Farm: May 1-October 30; 8:00 a.m.-12:30
p.m. Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 West Ox Road, in front of Frying Pan
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*McCutcheon/Mt. Vernon: May 1-November 27; 8:00
Sherwood Library, 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane
*Oak Marr: May 1-November 13; 8:00 a.m.-Noon
Oak Marr Recreation Center, 3200 Jermantown Road
*Wakefield: May 1-October 30; 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Wakefield Park, 8100 Braddock Road
*Annandale: May 2-November 7; 8 a.m.-Noon
Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike
*Herndon: May 2-October 31; 8 a.m.-Noon
Old Town Herndon, 700 Block of Lynn St., By the Red Caboose
*McLean: May 3-November 22; 8:00 a.m.-Noon
Market closed for McLean
Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road
*Kingstowne: May 3 -October 25; 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
In the Giant parking lot, 5935 Kingstowne Towne Center
*Burke: May 4-November 23; 8 a.m.-Noon
VRE parking Lot, 5671 Roberts Parkway
*Reston: May 4-November 2; 8 a.m.-Noon
Market closed for Multicultural Festival, Sept. 28,
Lake Anne Village Center, 11401 North Shore Drive
Lorton: May 5-November 3; 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
VRE parking lot, 8990 Lorton Station Blvd.
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Evaluating a Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention (COSI)
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The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention with first time parents on exclusive breastfeeding rates at 12 weeks postpartum. Partner support and the coparenting relationship will also be evaluated.
Condition | Intervention |
Parenting Breastfeeding |
Behavioral: Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention on Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates at 12 Weeks Postpartum |
- Exclusive Breastfeeding rate at 12 weeks postpartum [ Time Frame: 12 weeks postpartum ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Exclusive breastfeeding will be determined by asking the mother what she has fed her baby in the last 24 hrs. This is consistent with the World Health Organizations definition of exclusive breastfeeding and full breastfeeding described by Labbok and Krasovec (1990). This is defined as no food or liquid other than breast milk given to the infant; however, undiluted drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, minerals supplements or medicines are included (Breastfeeding Committee for Canada, 2006; WHO, 2010).
- Coparenting Relationship [ Time Frame: 6 & 12 weeks postpartum ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Coparenting is the degree to which parents work together to achieve parenting goals. This will be measured using Feinberg, Brown and Kan (2010) Coparenting Relationship Scale (CRS). There are 35 items in total in this tool.
- Breastfeeding Support [ Time Frame: 6 & 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Breastfeeding support is defined as the appraisal, emotional, informational and instrumental support the mother recieves from her partner. This component of coparenting will be measured using the Postpartum Partner Support Scale (PPSS), which is a 24-item self-report instrument.
- Breastfeeding Duration [ Time Frame: 6 & 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Breastfeeding duration is defined as the length of time in which the infant receives breast milk. The degree of breastfeeding will be measured using the schema and framework developed by Labbock and Krasovec (1990) for defining breastfeeding.
Estimated Enrollment: | 204 |
Study Start Date: | February 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention
The intervention group will receive a in-hospital discussion, a video, workbook, breastfeeding booklet, access to a secure study website and two follow-up phone calls
Behavioral: Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention
The intervention group will receive standard care offered to breastfeeding women in the hospital and community with the addition of a multifaceted coparenting breastfeeding support intervention, which will include an in hospital discussion, a video, workbook, breastfeeding booklet, and access to a secure website. Additionally, two follow-up phone calls will be made at 1 and 4 weeks postpartum. This intervention has been designed with coparenting elements and contains extensive breastfeeding information.
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No Intervention: Usual Care Group
The usual care group will receive standard postpartum care in the hospital and in the community
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Breastfeeding is the recommended infant feeding method by leading health authorities. This recommendation is based on the many health benefits breastfeeding provides to both women and their infants. Breastfeeding rates in Canada, however, are suboptimal, with nearly half of mothers discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding in the first three months and less than twenty-five percent of mothers meeting the recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding to six months.
There are many factors associated with the premature cessation of exclusive breastfeeding. They include demographic, biological, psychosocial, and social factors. Some of these factors are not modifiable, such as age, social status, and education level, as they are not amenable to an intervention. One possible modifiable factor, which may assist women in overcoming breastfeeding difficulties, is fathers' support with breastfeeding. Fathers' favourable attitude and support of breastfeeding positively impacts breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity. Research on ways to assist fathers in providing support for breastfeeding is needed. The ways in which fathers can provide effective support can best be determined through intervention studies designed to increase fathers' supportive behaviour towards breastfeeding. Specifically, a coparenting framework to guide such interventions would be optimal as coparenting teaches parents to work in partnership towards positive child health outcomes. The purpose of this proposed randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of a coparenting breastfeeding support intervention, delivered to primiparous breastfeeding mothers and the infants' fathers (the breastfeeding woman's male partner, who is jointly responsible for the child). It is hypothesized that this intervention will increase exclusive breastfeeding at 12 weeks postpartum. The secondary outcomes will be breastfeeding duration, perceived breastfeeding support, and coparenting at 6 and 12 weeks.
Participants will include first-time breastfeeding women and the infants' fathers who have singleton births and full term healthy infants. Eligible parents who consent to participate will be randomized into either the intervention group or the control group. The control group will receive standard postpartum care, which is routine care in the hospital and community related to breastfeeding. The intervention group will receive standard postpartum care, plus a multifaceted support intervention that includes: (1) a professional-based in-hospital visit in the first two days postpartum that uses a take-home workbook and video, (2) one or two follow-up phone calls in the first and fourth week postpartum, and (3) access to a secure study website for a three month period. All of the components in this intervention will contain extensive information on coparenting and breastfeeding. Follow-up data will be collected by the method chosen by participants, either by web-based survey or telephone interview. This data will be collected by a research assistant blinded to group allocation and data collection points will be at 6 and 12 week postpartum.
The results of this study will be of interest to health care professionals who work with breastfeeding women and their families, as well as policy makers designing programs to meet the needs of childbearing families.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
The target population for the study will be all primiparous breastfeeding women on the postpartum unit who meet the following inclusion criteria:
- singleton birth (vaginal and cesarean births)
- term infant (37-42 weeks gestation)
- speaks and reads English
- 18 years of age or older
- parents living in the same home, father (the breastfeeding woman's male partner) jointly responsible for the infant.
Exclusion Criteria:
The exclusion criteria will include:
- sharing a hospital room with a study participant
- infants or maternal medical problems that interfere with breastfeeding (eg. infant with cleft palate or maternal previous breast surgery)
- midwifery patient
- infant not discharged home with mother
- mother is pumping milk but not breastfeeding
- mother does not have access to the internet
- mother does not have a telephone.
Contact: Jennifer M Abbass Dick, PhD (C) | email@example.com | |
Contact: Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD | 416-946-8608 | email@example.com |
Canada, Ontario | |
North York General Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
North York, Ontario, Canada, M2K 1E1 |
Principal Investigator: | Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD | University of Toronto |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | University of Toronto |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01536119 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 27286 |
Study First Received: | February 15, 2012 |
Last Updated: | February 17, 2012 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Ethics Review Committee |
Keywords provided by University of Toronto:
Breastfeeding Coparenting Infant feeding Fathers' support |
Breastfeeding support Breastfeeding support intervention clinical trial |
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Brew delicious organic kombucha tea at home!
- Make delicious probiotic-rich kombucha tea
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- Reusable culture; transfer the culture from batch to batch
- With proper care, the culture can be used indefinitely to create delicious fermented tea
- Easy to make; can be flavored a variety of ways
A kombucha starter culture (a.k.a. kombucha scoby, mushroom, mother) consists of yeast and bacteria existing in a symbiotic relationship. When combined with brewed tea, sugar, and water and allowed to ferment for 5 to 30 days, the resulting kombucha tea beverage has a slightly carbonated zing and is packed full of B vitamins.
Save money! Commercially available kombucha tea generally sells for $3+ for a 16-ounce bottle. Using our kombucha starter culture, you can brew kombucha tea for $2 a gallon or less! With proper care, the kombucha scoby can be used over and over to brew a refreshing, vitamin-filled kombucha tea.
Ingredients: Organic sugar, organic black tea.
Kombucha scobys are manufactured in a facility that also processes dairy, soy, wheat, nut, and fish products. Kombucha scobys are culture (no animal products).
Shipping Information: Kombucha tea starter cultures are shipped in a dehydrated state and must be rehydrated. Rehydration requires vinegar (or plain raw kombucha), sugar, tea and a 10- to 30-day rehydration period. Full rehydration and brewing instructions accompany each order and are available here. A video detailing the rehydration process can also be found here.
Questions on Kombucha Tea Starter Culture
- From Ashley at 1/2/11 2:00 PM
- I know brewing Kombucha requires a starter liquid, is this included in the culture or available?
- We have you use vinegar and sugared tea to rehydrate the culture. Once it rehydrates, you can use the rehydration liquid as the starter liquid for your first batch of Kombucha. If it helps, we have a video on activating (rehydrating) the culture and a video on making kombucha here: http://www.culturesforhealth.com/how-to-videos#kombucha_videos.
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- From Tom at 2/26/11 8:42 PM
- I was wondering if the fermenting process reduces or eliminates the caffeine that is naturally in black and green tea?
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Tom N. - The amount of caffeine in kombucha is up for debate. Some sources claim that the caffeine is reduced by as much as 60% from what is in the tea originally; other sources say that there is no change in the tea. In any case, tea is usually on the low range for caffeine-containing beverages, although the caffeine content will vary with the type of tea used. Here is a website that has quite a bit of research on the subject: http://www.happyherbalist.com/analysis_of_kombucha.htm
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- I was wondering if the fermenting process reduces or eliminates the caffeine that is naturally in black and green tea?
- From Verna at 4/15/11 1:59 PM
- I am wondering if it will be safe to make kombucha in my house if it has kind of a musky smell? Will it create mold in my kombucha? We are wanting to take care of the musky smell but at this point we don't have the finances.
- Hello Verna,
If your house has a musky smell, it may not be good for culturing. However, if you keep the area around the Kombucha very clean and follow the directions, you will most likely have no problems. It really depends on how musky your house is.
Hope that helps,
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- From Adrienne at 6/8/11 6:29 PM
- hi - is there any way to use decaffeinated tea to make the kombucha? thank you.
- Yes, you can use decaffeinated tea to make kombucha - but make sure it is naturally decaffeinated, not chemically processed, as the processed teas may contain chemicals that can harm the kombucha culture.
You can get rid of caffeine yourself by pre-steeping the tea. About 80% of the tea's caffeine content is released from the leaf within the first 20 to 30 seconds of steeping. You can have virtually caffeine-free tea, without sacrificing much flavour, by discarding the water after the first 30 to 60 seconds of steeping and adding fresh hot water to the now-decaffeinated leaf. Let the second bath steep for at least 5 or 10 minutes to release the flavenoids and flavors in the tea. - Do you find this question helpful? Yes No
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- From Val at 8/31/11 10:40 AM
- I have followed the instructions for hydrating my mushroom. And it has been almost five weeks and nothing has happened, except that it swelled a little and only half of it. what should I do now?
- Take a look at our Scoby Activation Troubleshooting Checklist: http://www.culturesforhealth.com/kombucha-scoby-activation-troubleshooting-faq for tips on what might be wrong and how to correct it. If that doesn't help, email us at email@example.com for individual troubleshooting.
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- From Philip at 10/10/11 1:29 AM
- What are the strains of yeast and bacteria found in your Kombucha tea starter SCOBYs. I understand how important and intricate the relationship is between the yeast and bacteria; and I am particularly excited about the potential benefits of the S. Boulardii strain of yeast. Many of the Kombucha products sold in stores involve this yeast. My hope is that your product (which I am currently brewing) involves the same strain of yeast. Thank you in advance for any information you might be able to provide. Philip.
- Following is a link to our page describing what is in Kombucha http://www.culturesforhealth.com/kombucha-yeast-bacteria The Saccharomyces boulardi is not always present in komucha and we don't have an analysis of our particular scobys however all kombucha including ours has various Saccharomyces strains. The scoby you are currently using will produce Kombucha comparable to what is found in stores.
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- From Kathy at 10/27/11 1:27 PM
- I bought your tea, and your kombucha starter. My first batch smells like rotten eggs. I made a second batch, it too smells like rotten eggs. Both times I used filtered water, natural sugar and Braggs ACV.
I am now making a 3rd batch with the same scoby using filtered water and Heinz ACV.
Thinking maybe I might be having contamination going on and wondering where its coming from. I'm using very clean gallon jars. What do you think?
Am I using the wrong vinegar? Is the scoby bad? - Hi Kathy,
Sorry you're having trouble with your scoby. A rotten egg smell does not sound good. I believe Braggs ACV is raw, and contains bacteria that may compete with the kombucha bacteria strains. If so, try a pasteurized ACV or white vinegar. Let me know how it turns out. - Do you find this question helpful? Yes No
- I bought your tea, and your kombucha starter. My first batch smells like rotten eggs. I made a second batch, it too smells like rotten eggs. Both times I used filtered water, natural sugar and Braggs ACV.
- From Dallen100 at 12/28/11 8:21 PM
- I have flip top bottles. How full do I fill them? I've heard some say to the very top to keep air out, but your picture shows bottles filled just to the neck.
Thanks! - We at CFH have much better luck getting a carbonated beverage when there is a little headspace. There is probably a scientific explanation for that :) A bottle filled to the very top probably won't end up carbonated and nicely.
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- I have flip top bottles. How full do I fill them? I've heard some say to the very top to keep air out, but your picture shows bottles filled just to the neck.
- From Kelly at 2/15/12 1:27 PM
- Does it matter what size glass jar is used to rehydrate the scoby? I understood from the directions that it did not necessarily matter. I had a 1 gallon glass jar that I bought to make the kombucha, and that is what I have my rehydrating scoby in. I just watched the Kombucha videos and am concerned I should have just used a quart size jar. My scoby has been in the rehydrating process for 20 days at this point, and I don't think much is happening.
- The size of the glass jar does not make a difference in rehydrating your scoby or in brewing kombucha tea. If you need assistance with rehydrating your culture, please contact customer support directly.
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