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Make & mature Christmas cake
By James Martin
Cooking time
Prep: 25 mins Cook: 2 hrs, 10 mins Plus coolingSkill level
Cuts into 12-15 slicesPrepare this fruit cake in advance and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per slice (12)
- kcalories
- 678
- protein
- 9g
- carbs
- 88g
- fat
- 29g
- saturates
- 12g
- fibre
- 3g
- sugar
- 79g
- salt
- 0.6g
- 1kg mixed dried fruits (use a mix of raisins, sultanas, currants, cherries, cranberries, prunes or figs)
- zest and juice 1 orange
- zest and juice 1 lemon
- 150ml brandy, Sherry, whisky or rum, plus extra for feeding
- 250g pack butter, softened
- 200g light soft brown sugar
- 175g plain flour
- 100g ground almonds
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 100g flaked almonds
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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- Put the dried fruit, zests and juice, alcohol, butter and sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 5 mins. Tip the fruit mixture into a large bowl and leave to cool for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Line a deep 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment, then wrap a double layer of newspaper around the outside – tie with string to secure.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the fruit mixture and stir well, making sure there are no pockets of flour. Tip into your prepared tin, level the top with a spatula and bake in the centre of the oven for 2 hrs.
- Remove the cake from the oven, poke holes in it with a skewer and spoon over 2 tbsp of your chosen alcohol. Leave the cake to cool completely in the tin.
- To store, peel off the baking parchment, then wrap well in cling film. Feed the cake with 1-2 tbsp alcohol every fortnight, until you ice it. Don't feed the cake for the final week to give the surface a chance to dry before icing.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2012
Comments, questions and tips
Deemed by my family to be the best christmas cake they've ever eaten! This is perfect and really fruity, I used 200g each dried cherries, prunes, jumbo raisins, sultanas and cranberries, and ended up grinding my own almonds in the whizzer. I also used cointreau instead of any other alcohol with worked a dream! The last thing I changed was the tin size, as I didn't have a 20cm deep tin so I used a 10cm deep cake tin and put the remaining mixture in a loaf tin. This changed the cooking time to 1hr45mins. Oh, and I also double lined the base of the tins, but not the sides, and I didn't wrap it in newspaper but wrapped the outside of the cake tin in one layer of baking parchment tied with string, but didn't wrap the outside on the loaf tin. I will feed it now up until christmas, if it lasts that long!!! :) yum...
I'm making this cake for the second time this year, because it was so great last year. Everyone loved it! This year I'm using spiced rum, mmmm! http://riversidebaking.com/2012/12/22/christmas-cake-decorating/
I have made a christmas cake for the last 10 years and this recipe is the easiest yet, normally i would soak the fuit for a few days but this you just heat up the fruit and wet stuff and leave to cool. As mine cooled the fruit soaked up most of the rum and juices. I used a 23cm tin. The cake took more like 3-3 half hours though.
I've used various recipes over the years, used this one last year and will use it again this year! Love the '1kg of mixed dried fruit' instead of ?gms sultanas, ?gms raisins etc. I included roughly chopped prunes and glace cherries to help the moisture. Also, after heating the fruit I covered the bowl with clingfilm and left overnight to 'meld'. This did mean the cooking of the final mix took a little longer because everything was cold but it worked - the final result disappeared very quickly!!
This was my first ever effort at making a Christmas cake and it was brilliant! The recipe was easy to follow and it tasted great and was a nice, moist cake. I don't have a 20 cm deep tin so used a 23 cm one and it was just fine. Also, used homemade sweet white wine (almost a sherry/port) for the soaking and feeding. Had to put a little 'hat' over the top of the cake after a while in the oven as it was getting a bit brown, but just kept my eye on it and removed the hat towards the end of baking. Will definitely be making agin next Christmas.
Okay....cake almost finished! It turned out really well, and any worries I had about it being dry were thankfully unfounded. I did end up "marinading" the fruit overnight as visitors arrived and so baking was postponed. And I used Cointreau as the "basting" liqueur as had no brandy left after marinade! I let it sit for just over 4 weeks before icing with orange zesty marzipan, and then some royal icing, having allowed the marzipan layer air-dry for 24 hours first. Having made this cake for first time, I am only sorry that I didnt make it before this, as I [and everyone who got to taste it!] LOVED it!
I was very disappointed when I cut this cake. The cake texture was very wet (although it was fine when it cooled and came out of the baking tin) and the icing and marzipan was 'sweaty'. It was matured for several weeks before icing and was stored as per the instructions, but thinking back I was doubtful about using cling film rather than greaseproof paper. Sorry, James, but I will be going back to St Delia next year.

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Introduction to Enterprise Dashboards
Watch this video for a primer on Enterprise Dashboards from a leading authority on the subject. Shadan Malik of iDashboards is the author of the book, Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT.
Here is a snippet from the Enterprise Dashboards book:
From Shadan Malik:
The term dashboard has acquired an exciting new meaning for those in information technology management as top organizations throughout the world e embrace the idea of empowerment through improved real-time information systems. What does a "dashboard" mean in the business sense? A dashboard is a rich computer interface with charts, reports, visual indicators, and alert mechanisms that are consolidated into a dynamic and relevant information platform.
Information management is a field in our new information-saturated and fast-moving business culture. Corporate America is currently abuzz with talk about enterprise performance management, balanced scorecards, busi- ness activity monitoring, and regulatory compliance. The most exciting new development in these discussions is arguably how enterprise dashboards can serve as live consoles to manage such business initiatives. Currently, some good books and journal papers outline the concepts and value behind various new information management initiatives, but few resources are available that fully explore the issue of dashboard implementation. The only available insight into the world of dashboards at this time is confined to the manuals of the software, which facilitate dashboard implementation or spe- cialize in specific solutions with a dashboard interface. As of the writing of this book, I have found no book on the subject of enterprise dashboards. This book will shed light on the neglected subject of dashboard implementation, one that I have had the opportunity to explore, practice, and preach over the past few years.


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I am an assistant coach for a Featherweight team ranging in age from 9 to 11 (with some younger/heavier). We run the Single Wing offense and have spent much of our practice time in groups focusing on assignments. When we do get the offensive unit together, we run the plays on air or if we have a defense in place, the offensive player will find the defensive player to be blocked and form fit. My responsibility is the Offensive backs, so many of the blocks are down-field (Line Backers/Corners/lead blocks). In practice, obviously everything looks great because the O-backs have a specific location to run to and they form fit their block, however, in the games we look awful. Big surprise, in the game, the players down-field are pursuing the ball and there are typically more players in the vicinity of where the block was to take place
so the O-backs get somewhat confused and are not sure who to hit first. I think the breakout groups are good for a portion of the practice, but I do not feel we are preparing the boys for live or real situations.
Also, with the only real live contact occurring in the game, I made the observation that the O-backs are not prepared to elude tacklers, are having a little trouble hanging onto the ball in live traffic and the rookies are a little tentative about being hit. In practice (due to time) we have virtually spent little/no time on down-field blocking (total of 30 minutes for the year), hanging onto the ball in traffic (total of 20 minutes for the year) and cutting drills (0 time this year).
We only have practice 3 times a week for an hour and a half. We have been following Dave Cisars philosophy on practice, but I am not seeing the expected results. Are we doing something wrong?
Scrimmage During Practice?
Started by CoachAPK, Aug 30 2010 10:26 AM
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Posted 30 August 2010 - 10:26 AM
Posted 30 August 2010 - 07:56 PM
I think you should work on going against different kind of defense's in practice.different fronts you'll see so that they are ready.do some hitting/pop drills for the kids so that they are prepared for contact.


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Color scheme logo almost all the colors of the rainbow means diversity and breadth of choice.
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This logo is well suited for a company that organizes unique holiday elite class or exotic travel.
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- Full and exclusive rights. Logo sold only once.
- Various formats available: EPS, PNG, JPG and others on request.
- Designer contact information.
- Price includes text changes.
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England U19s 1-0 Finland International Match Tuesday 13 November 2012 New Bucks Head Stadium, AFC Telford United By Nicholas Veevers Noel Blake hailed his U19s for their sheer determination and spirit, after it took a last-gasp penalty from captain John Lundstram to see off stern opposition from Finland. It had looked as though the Young Lions would have to settle for a draw in their last match of 2012, but when Everton midfielder Lundstram stepped up to win the game, Blake felt it was fully deserved. And the Head Coach was pleased with the reaction of his squad, which featured a number of new faces at international level. He told FATV: "We left it late, but it's a game that I felt we dominated, particularly in the second half. "I always felt we were going to win the game and I said that to the staff on the bench, I could see a 1-0 here. "What pleased me though, with the squad we've put together, was the way they applied themselves and stuck to the task. "I said to them, especially the new lads, 'welcome to international football' because no side is going to lie down for you. "This was a game where we took the opportunity to look at a few fresh faces and they all acquitted themselves very well. "I saw some really pleasing things tonight, in a tight game." With the Elite Qualifying Round coming up next May and more games to be scheduled before then for Blake's side, he was pleased with the contribution of international newcomers such as Bradley Potts and Miles Storey who made their first appearances for England at any level. "Every English player in this year group has an opportunity, if they're doing the right thing with their clubs and performing well," he explained. "We watch the games and people will look at us tonight and wonder where Bradley Potts has appeared from, but I've seen him play for Carlisle United and I've seen Miles Storey play for Swindon. "So these boys haven't appeared from nowhere. We watch them and monitor them and when an opportunity comes along, as it did tonight, they have a chance to show what they're about. "Even if they have a bad performance, and I'm not saying they did, that's not the end of the world because we monitor them so we know what they're capable of. "I say to the lads, it's almost like going to the first day of senior school from a junior school. "It's a different kind of situation. League One football is a men's game, but international football is a different game and played in a different way. "So I have to be pleased with them, and I am pleased with them."
England U19s leave it late, but captain John Lundstram's penalty proves enough
England U19s Head Coach Noel Blake has picked his squad to face Finland
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A federal judge has ordered Canadian telemarketers running an illegal foreign lottery scam that targeted senior citizens in the United States to pay $19 million in consumer redress and has ordered a permanent halt to the scam.
On September 30, 2002, the FTC filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Chicago charging that a group of related companies operated by six Canadians was running telemarketing boiler rooms targeting seniors in an illegal foreign lottery scheme. The FTC alleged that the telemarketers told the consumers that by investing with them, the consumers had a very good chance of winning the Canadian lottery. According to the FTC, the telemarketers told many consumers that it is legal for U.S. consumers to buy Canadian lottery tickets. They told some consumers that they had already won a large prize and that consumers should send them money to redeem their winnings. The agency charged them with violating the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
On October 1, 2002, U. S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve issued a temporary restraining order. Eleven of the 14 defendants agreed to abide by the provisions of the temporary restraining order, pending trial. In December, the court granted a preliminary injunction halting the operation. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the court temporarily barred the defendants from selling tickets, chances, or any foreign lottery chances to residents of the United States; barred deceptive claims about the chances of winning the Canadian lottery; prohibited misrepresentations or omissions about material facts; and ordered an asset freeze to preserve funds for consumer redress, pending trial.
In the order announced today, Judge St. Eve wrote that the defendants made false or misleading statements to induce consumers to purchase shares or interests in lottery tickets, including that it is legal for them to sell foreign lottery tickets and for consumers to purchase them. She ordered defendants George Yemec, Anita Rapp and World Media Brokers, Express Marketing Services, and three other corporations they own and control to pay $19 million.
In pursuing cross border fraud, the FTC works with other U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies at the federal, provincial, state, and local level. The FTC brought the World Media Brokers matter with assistance from the members of the Toronto Strategic Partnership, a cross-border fraud law enforcement effort that includes the Ontario Provincial Police, the Toronto Police Service Fraud Squad, the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, Competition Bureau Canada, the York Regional Police, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Related proceedings in Canada were handled by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Foreign Litigation.
In another case targeting cross border lottery scams by telemarketers, the FTC charged defendants in British Columbia who offered "British Bonds" and lottery winnings to mostly elderly consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom with violating federal law. In a complaint filed in May 2002, the agency alleged that the defendants told their victims they were likely to receive a large return on their bond investment. The agency alleged that consumers were unlikely to receive any return, let alone a large return, and that it is illegal to sell or buy foreign lotteries in the U.S. The defendants were charged with violating the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The defendants in the case are First British National Holdings Ltd, Omid Tahvili, and Reginald Pal.
A Stipulated Order filed in District Court for the Western District of Washington, in Seattle, bars the defendants from promoting or selling tickets, chances, interests, holdings, or shares in any foreign lottery or bond to any U.S. resident. It also bars them from making misleading or false statements to induce consumers to pay for goods and services and bars them from selling or sharing their customer lists. A judgment of $1.3 million is suspended on payment of approximately $400,000 for consumer redress. Reflecting the international nature of the scam, the Stipulated Order obtained by the FTC authorized consumer redress payments to victims in both the U.S. and the U.K.
Law enforcement action against First British National Holdings was coordinated through Project Emptor, a cooperative arrangement coordinated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that teams Canadian and U.S. law enforcers from the Los Angeles Office of the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, the FTC, the RCMP, the British Columbia Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority, and the Canadian Competition Bureau to target scams that emerge from Vancouver-area boiler rooms.
In May 2003, the FTC charged three individuals with using four corporations to engage in illegal telemarketing to U.S. consumers. The agency alleged that the defendants' telemarketers persuaded consumers that they would win the German, Spanish, or other foreign lotteries if they paid the defendants to play on their behalf. Consumers also were told they had won large sums of money but needed to pay a fee to collect their winnings. Defendants also ran a "recovery room" scheme, advising consumers that for a fee, the defendants would recover money the consumers had previously lost in the defendants' earlier scams. The FTC alleged that two other individuals had improperly taken possession of assets that were the proceeds of the fraudulent lottery operation.
Two defendants, Wilson Okike and Basil Steeves, were arrested in the United States, pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud charges, and were sentenced to serve time in U.S. prisons.
A settlement judgment filed in the District Court in Seattle provides for payment of $371,000 from assets frozen by Canadian authorities from Wilson Okike, Uchenna and Obiagele Okike, Royal Flush System Network, Inc., ECAPS Credit Solutions Network Inc., Globallot Services, Inc., and Flash Productions, Inc. When combined with funds forfeited in criminal proceedings, more than $500,000 will be available for consumer redress. A settlement with Natty Osemwengie bars him from engaging in lottery sales in the future and requires him to release his claims against the properties which will be used to provide part of the funds paid as redress. The FTC previously entered into a separate settlement with Basil Steeves in May 2002 in which Steeves agreed to pay $50,000 (CAD).
As with First British National Holdings, the FTC's law enforcement action involving Royal Flush was coordinated through Project Emptor.
The cooperation of federal, state, local and provincial agencies in all of these law enforcement initiatives has served as a model for a partnership established in Alberta in 2003, and for the recently-established Vancouver Strategic Alliance. The FTC is working with agencies in several other Canadian provinces to establish or join additional enforcement partnerships.
NOTE: Stipulated Final Judgments and Orders are for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendants of a law violation.
Copies of the stipulated final judgments and orders are available from the FTC's Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish (bilingual counselors are available to take complaints), or to get free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
(Civil Action No. C02-1085L - Royal Flush)
(Civil Action No. C02-1134P - First British National Holdings)
(Civil Action No. 02-C-6985 N. D. Illinois - Express Marketing)


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Buffaloes in the Tall Grass (Büffel Im Hohen Gras)
From the cover of the article "Buffaloes in the Tall Grass" published in the German magazine Jagdzeit International (www.jagdzeit.at), this hunting story, written in German, takes place in Tanzania with hunting outfitter Ryan Shallom from Wild Footprints.
I had this article in a pdf format sent to me by Bernd Kamphuis the writer, I thought that I would share it with you since Ryan Shallom is a popular member of AH. The article is in German however I thought that you could still enjoy the pictures
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Thanks for sharing fine pictures of Ryans buff hunt and trophy , no doubt he is a great hunter with years of experience in the wild, the puku too is a remarkable trophy. Wish could read the write up !!
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While checking my Nuffnang account one day, my attention was diverted to an advertisement of their current launch, i.e. Project Trafford, which they classified as "Top Secret Project". Nothing much was revealed at that time, just some basic requirements that we must work in team and be able to response promptly to the team leader.
I was really curious. What is so secretive about this project? What could it be? What turned out to be an innocent (ok, I was being busybody) email requesting for more information on the Project Trafford ended up with a reply from Nuffnang a week later saying that I have been short-listed as one of the 40 chosen participants! Cool!
So what is this Project Trafford all about? Well, here goes:
Project Trafford is aimed to promote Mister Potato's contest which enable the winners who collects the most football points (a total of 30 tickets to be won) a free trip to Old Trafford, home of the Red Devils Manchester United. All you need to do is to collect as many red canister paper seals from the 160g (3 points) limited edition canister and/or empty packs of any 85g (2 points) or 55g (1 point) limited edition pack. For more details on the contest, please drop by at Mr Potato's website.
I have been assigned to Group F led by Shaolin Tiger.
I am happy to know Shaolin Tiger will be leading my group since I am a fan of his yummy food blog. Now I can even get some beauty tips from him!
As for my fellow team members, they are really cool people whom I have started chatting online with and they are.... *drums rolling*
Porcinus May - A cute gal from Malaysia who finished her studies and currently working in Perth.
Queer Ranter - Check out his photos in facebook..almost made me faint! Seems like he also like his food, let me see if I could convert him into a food blogger.
Roe Seann - a pretty and sweet-looking gal from PJ. From her blog, I see that she occasionally blogs on food too!
Yee Ming - a future doctor who is in 3rd year of his medical course, don't play play!
So what do we have to do? Our task is to come up with a game plan or strategy to win the tickets for free trip to Old Trafford by collecting the most football points. Want to know our sure-win strategy? Well, you got to stay tuned till my next post! In the meantime, Happy Munching!!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Posted by Precious Pea at 3:13 AM
Labels: Project Trafford
18 comments:
- sc said...
would be waiting patiently for you to share your strategy!
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Lyrical Lemongrass said...
Old Trafford? Noooooooooo.....that's like sleeping with the Devil!! :-P
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- ling239 said...
all the best ya ~ ^_^
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Jason said...
Wooo.. Shaolin Tiger! I lurve his food pics!
So this project is to... collect Mr Potato's canister? - Wednesday, June 04, 2008
I think I will participate and try to win the grand prize. So wifey, be prepared to be stuff with Mister Potato... how about for breafast, lunch and dinner?
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Queer Ranter said...
Don't need to convert me to a flogger. I am one at heart. :)
Lets go makan makan~~~ - Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Shirley Khor said...
Congrats, Ivy! I wish u guys success :) May the best team win! Good luck!
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- "Joe" who is constantly craving said...
you never review the potato chips as a food blogger meh?
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Nic (KHKL) said...
ohh, sounds like the apprentice+survivor+amazing race all wrapped in one show..hehe...
good luck, precious pea! oh, and long live Man U! - Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
sc: It certainly will be food related! ;)
luscious sista: Hubby is hoping to win the tickets!
ling239: Thank you thank you!
jason: Yes, the seal actually worth 3 points each. If you don't want, give me yah?
Hubby: OK..we shall have Mr Potato sandwich for breakfast, Noodle tossed with mashed Mr Potato chips for lunch and Mr Potato chips on white rice for dinner. If you want...we can have honey drizzled on Mr Potato chips for dessert?
queer ranter: Ok ok...in August when we get the $$$ we go for makan makan?
shirley: Thanks girl! :)
NJoe: Wait la ...come up soon ma.
Nic: Thank you. Need your support also. - Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Tell me the strategy and we split the reward 50:50.
- Wednesday, June 04, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
anonymous: Deal *handshake* so wait for my next post ok?
- Thursday, June 05, 2008
- wmw said...
Waiting to read about the stragtegy! and to see what sort of creative dish you come out with, cooking with Mr Potato chips! Heehee
- Thursday, June 05, 2008
- Henry Yeo said...
Jeez...are you people the reason behind the recent hike in food prices :P
- Friday, June 06, 2008
Good Luck... fren...sorry really been busy, no time to read your blog earlier...
- Friday, June 06, 2008
- Paprika said...
er, just for you I will start eating mr potato chips ya? Good luck and can't wait to hear your strategy!
- Friday, June 06, 2008
- daphne said...
oooo... cant wait!
- Saturday, June 07, 2008
- CUMI & CIKI said...
i am soooooo lazy with contests.. but good luck! hope u win! lol
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If the difficulty level of a downloaded saved game is not what the player desires, Flash's Difficulty Potions Mod enables players to change the game's difficulty level. And if players need to reallocate the new game's talents to match their lost or glitched save, the Saved Game Editor can do that. It can also add or remove items from inventory if the lost saved game had something special that the downloaded game lacks.
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28/01/12after months of dealing with a fussy sleeper(only sleeps in car seat if you bounce it on your knee) i read the "sleep sence" book.
i found everything in it to be so true and make so much sence. pretty much everything we do to get our babies to sleep is detramental to them learning to do it themselves. it says its totally ok to do at 4 months of age, i just wanted to know if any body has tried and had any success?
and yes ive read all about how you should wait till 6 months...
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BabyJMom sayshmmmm this interests me, where did you get this book, how much, can you tell me what it suggests?
swilli saysI don't know where you heard this 6 month rule. As far as I know the only thing I heard about was that you can't spoil your little ones/ your little ones can't manipulate you until they are 3 months old. Nevertheless, I think you can pretty much start sleep training from day 1. I've read the baby whisperer and she talks a lot about the right sleep associations (crib, swaddling, soother, dark and quite room: good; feeding, rocking, bouncer, car seat: bad). So basically from day 1 you want to make sure that baby doesn't learn to associate the bad things with sleep which means you feed your baby after it wakes up and (during the day) let it stay up afterwards. When he shows sign of fatigue (usually fussyness) you swaddle and put baby to bed right away (baby should still be somewhat awake). This way, baby learns to fall asleep by himself. I think the earlier you start with this the easier it is to implement. So far, knock on wood, my two months old is really good with falling asleep this way during the day. When he wakes up at night I try not to feed him right away but rather try to give him the soother, and shush to try and extend his sleep before the next feed. It's not perfect and he doesn't sleep through the night but he tends to give me about 4 to 5 hour stretches which is pretty good.
Good luck with your efforts and perhaps try to borrow the sleep whisperer from the library. I think there is quite a lot about her method online as well (it's called the EASY method). |
420cheryl69 saysso we tried it last night and ta da! he slept in his crib for the 1st time(without having to sneak him in while he was already sleeping) he cried for an hour and only got up ONCE to eat yay!!!! 11 hours total sleep napping today hasnt been so lucky tho, guess we just have to stick with it:) @ babyjmom, i had a friend email it to me i can probably just just forward it to you if youd like...just leave your email |
twix1 saysIs Sleep Sense the one you get the free assessment then they send you a ton of emails after that trying to get you to buy it for $45 on-line? I was interested as well but $45 seemed like a lot if it didn't work. We already have to spend so much on other baby paraphenalia that I didn't feel like taking the chance.
Curious if anyone has tried it though. |
420cheryl69 says@twix1 i have it and i can email it to you. weve been doing it for 3 days now and it totally is working for us, were still having a tough time with naps but hes been sleeping soooo good at night. |
twix1 saysI messaged you with my email address! Thanks!
muskoka_mummy saysI'd love to take a look at that Cheryl, if you don't mind emailing me as well??
We're going through the 4month sleep regression right now and I'm her human pacifier (she won't take a soother, I've tried several kinds). She was sleeping ok, but now she's awake every couple hours at night and I have a toddler as well -- feeling a bit like a zombie these days! |
420cheryl69 saysya for sure, just sent me a private message with your email and i'll send it rightoff:)
nm924 saysladies.I have seem to have the exact same issue! He's up every 1-2 hours at night and I too am a human pacifier, eventhough he sucks his thumb he can't seem to self soothe to go to sleep.
@ 420cheryl69, would you also mind sending me the email please? I'd really appreciate it. |
jessiejoy1 saysI had a really hard time getting my daughter to sleep on her own. I tried reading the Baby Whisperer and took some aspects from it when she was first born...the E.A.S.Y method. I was unable to get her to the S part! Then I was given the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Marc Weissenbuth. I has honestly changed the way my daughter sleeps. She will now go down for naps without crying and sleeps for longer periods at night. I don't agree with everything the book says but try to incorporate what works for my family and what I know will work for my daughter. You can look his techniques online but I definitely encourage you to purchase the book as I read it at least once a week just to keep familiarizing myself and encouraging myself. |


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If you want to experience a true Tallahassee summer, the city is overflowing with aquatic facilities to take the edge off the most scathing day. Local lifeguard Anna Hughes has a few tips to make the most out of your swimming adventures.
My favorite pools are the Killearn Lakes Racquet and Swim Club and Trousdell, said Hughes. I like to get some laps in and just hang out and talk with whoever Im withlay out in the sun.
The Trousdell Aquatics Center, on John Knox Road, offers guests a 50-meter Olympic-sized lap pool and a tower-slide wave pool. Native Tallahasseean, Emily Wilgenbush, has enjoyed many occasions at Trousdell. She also recommends spending a day at the pool in the Southwood neighborhood.
I like Trousdell and the pool in Southwood, said Wilgenbush. In Southwood they have this cup that fills with water and every three minutes it tips. You dont know when its going to happen and if youre under it, you get soaked.
Another popular swim spot, the Wade Wehunt Pool at Myers Park, is covered and heated in the winter.
Myers Park has a great pool, Tallahassee native Xixi Cao said. Its a great way to beat the heat.
Although a more diverse age range visits city pools than university swim centers, dont be too quick to write them off. Locals recommend going to the pools in the morning to escape the crowds and a midday burn.
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A friend may be essential to bring, but other tools (goggles, water bottles) keep swimmers prepared. Even if you dont have a float of your own, city pools are often stocked with gear visitors can borrow.
From the south side of town at the Jack McLean Aquatics Center to Levy Pool in midtown, aquatic destinations are never far. When you dont have time for a full-blown beach day, Tallahassee boasts plenty of relaxing waters to help you unwind after a long day of classes.
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U.S. officials have said for months that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's days in power are numbered.
A fight to the death might seem a more plausible outcome as the carnage of the Syrian civil war approaches its second year.
But the idea of asylum in a third country is an option that is also emerging in questions over Assad's fate.
The complexities of a successful flight from Syria, however, could complicate any hope that Assad harbors for a clean get away.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Wednesday that Faisal al-Miqdad, the Syrian deputy foreign minister, recently traveled to Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador with personal letters from Assad looking at the possibility of political asylum for himself and his family if he were forced to leave Damascus.
But there is no indication that Assad is ready to abandon his powers yet, according to multiple sources in the United States, Europe and the Arab world. U.S. officials have made it clear that Assad's decision is in his own hands.
"That will require the Assad regime making the decision to participate in a political transition, ending the violence against his own people," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters while traveling to NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.
"And we hope they do so because we believe, as you know, that their fall is inevitable," she said.
And the question of whether Assad seeks an offer of asylum is not as important for the United States, as are the responsibilities of the government that ultimately accepts him to make certain he is held accountable for the actions of his regime.
"A number of countries have offered" asylum to Assad, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said last month while declining to name specific countries. "We want to get him out of there so we can move on. That said, we also support accountability for him and for everybody else with blood on their hands."
And that certainly could be why Assad might find the three Latin American countries as an appealing destination.
While Cuba and Venezuela have made no secret of their anti-U.S. and western views over the years, Ecuador's leftist government has shown its resistance to U.S. policies as well, and could be hesitant to hand Assad over for prosecution.
Ecuador is currently offering WikiLeak's founder Julian Assange asylum in its British Embassy, as he resists extradition to Sweden.
But questions over the ultimate longevity of those governments might give Assad pause, some analysts say.
"Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba are countries where he could feel safe for the time being but he has to be concerned about a shift in the winds in any of those governments as well," Scott Horton, an international law expert at Columbia University, told CNN. "And certainly no one expects the regimes in those three states to continue indefinitely."
Saudi Arabia, which has a history of accepting repressive dictators like Uganda's Idi Amin and Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali into exile, is not likely to figure in Assad's calculus with the government in Riyadh currently assisting and arming the rebel groups that seek his overthrow.
For many analysts who follow the situation, they say Iran has gone to great lengths to keep the Assad government in power and likely would be the most hospitable to Assad's situation should he choose to leave Syria.
"President Assad could go multiple places throughout the world," Andrew Tabler, a long-time Syria watcher who spent years living in the country, told CNN. "The question is how long can he survive there, how long can he really live in security before someone goes after him and his family, and Tehran is safer."
With Assad's Syria seen as Iran's principal ally in the Arab world and a conduit to its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran likely would not have much interest in Assad leaving while still holding significant portions of Syria within his grip.
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There's nothing quite like an illness to wreak havoc on your financial plan. And that's especially the case when it comes to advanced cancer. "I unfortunately see the great amount of financial stress this disease can cause," said FPA member, Rick Fingerman, CFP®, founder and president of Financial Planning Solutions, Inc.
According to Fingerman, who also serves as the liaison between the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts chapter, "the financial planning issues are many and overwhelming when it comes to advanced cancer." Indeed, there are issues of work, life insurance, health insurance and debt and credit just to name a few. To be sure, you, your loved ones and support system need to focus on many issues at once. Here's a glimpse of some issues you must address:
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"Long before becoming ill with advanced cancer, you should work on your financial plan," according to Fingerman. "You need to have a good plan in place before you get sick," he said. "You should plan for the worst and hope for the best."
Make sure, for instance, that you have the appropriate amount of money in an emergency fund, the appropriate amount of life insurance and an adequate long-term disability insurance plan. In addition, review your estate plan, your will, health care proxy, durable powers of attorney and living trust. "Many people approach life as if cancer or illness won't happen to them, that it only happens to someone else," he said. "But it can happen to anyone and your financial plan needs to address the possibility that it could happen to you."
Cancer and Work
If you have advanced cancer and you're able to keep working, take advantage of this time to put your financial house in order. There may come a time when you can't work and you'll find it difficult to think about money while tending to your illness. "Many people become so depressed at some point they don't open their mail and the bills start to pile up," Fingerman said.
During this time (or tomorrow if you are well), check your employee benefits, including your short-term and long-term disability plans and your medical insurance, including whether you'll need to purchase health insurance under COBRA. It's probably a good idea to become familiar with federal laws that might apply to your situation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Social Security disability income insurance program. According to Fingerman, it can take up to nine months for Social Security to approve your application for disability benefits. Learn more about applying for disability benefits from Social Security.
Managing the Money You Have
Part of what you need to sort out, at some point, is how you will pay for your expenses. If you're income is insufficient, you might consider tapping various assets and resources including your retirement plan, life insurance, credit cards, entitlements from the government and home equity loans. Depending on your life insurance policy, you might be able to take out a loan, get an accelerated death benefit or a viatical settlement.
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It's quite possible that you have or will have a good deal of debt. "Many people with cancer ultimately have a great deal of debt and in some cases have to declare bankruptcy," Fingerman said.
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