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socalboo wrote:Can't say I have ever heard someone say they wish they would have got a 210 instead of a 240. And I have heard more than few say the opposite, including myself. My wife still gravitates towards a 210, but if I took it out of the drawer and forced her to use the 240, she wouldn't complain. Just my $0.02.
desol wrote:Agreed about the 240, but when it comes to tackling small vegetables like garlic, shallots, green onions, etc - I still find that the Nakiri/Usuba dominates, and by quite a large margin.I still enjoy watching this old video that demonstrates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFbMpLmCGSoI tend to think of a 210 Gyuto as being a versatile meat/breakdown knife, or a nimbler large vegetable knife.As such, each to their own.
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First up – Chicken Chow Mein
The Cooking Channel show I've been looking forward to most is Ching-He Huang's Chinese Food Made Easy. I'll admit, I've always been a fan of classic, Westernized Chinese takeout dishes, like Almond Chicken and Sweet and Sour Pork, but fresh, homemade Chinese food always tastes amazing to me. In this episode, Ching makes takeout at home—the best of both worlds. If you missed this episode of Chinese Food Made Easy last weekend, tune in this week or just grab the recipe and jump in.
Chow Mein means "stir fried noodles"—a broad term that refers to different dishes, depending on where you are. Ching's version is full of veggies and makes a great one-dish dinner.
Ingredients: Of course I didn't plan ahead enough to get Ching's full Chinese Pantry together before the show aired, but I found everything I needed for this dish at Whole Foods, except the dark soy sauce. For that I had to swing by a Chinese market (check for an Asian market in your area here), but I think it would have been fine without.
While I was at the Chinese market, I took a stroll down the noodle section. Okay, I went a little crazy with the noodle shopping—I wasn't sure which ones would work best, although Ching does say almost any type, preferably thin, is fine. In the end I bought 4 different kinds of noodles, but decided to use these thin, long, Chinese wheat noodles for this dish. They were so long that I had to wrangle them with kitchen scissors once cooked!
Directions: In the show, Ching mixes the chicken with the spices first, and let's the flavors sink in while she cooks the noodles—I went ahead and did that. Also, she may talk and chop and cook gracefully, but stir-frying is so fast-paced I recommend having everything prepped and ready to toss into the pan before you even start heating the oil. I had noodles and bean sprouts and chicken flying everywhere once I started cooking, the stir-fry overflowing my cast iron skillet (no, I haven't found my perfect wok yet—but soon!).
It turned out great, and I'm looking forward to cooking more easy Chinese food! I'm going to start by using up the rest of my noodles.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said he doesn't care what Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns look like.
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Bank of America came under fire last week when it was revealed that the nation's largest lender "significantly hindered" a federal probe into its foreclosure practices on FHA loans.
The report, filed by a Department of Housing and Urban Development inspector general on June 1, was obtained by Bloomberg News when it was admitted into evidence as part of a lawsuit filed by the state of Arizona, which claims the bank misled homeowners who were seeking loan modifications. The HUD report has not been made public.
In the report, HUD assistant regional inspector general William Nixon is quoted as stating in a sworn declaration: "Our review was significantly hindered by Bank of America's reluctance to allow us to interview employees or provide data and information in a timely manner." Nixon said he prepared the report "in light of possible future litigation."
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"According to Nixon's declaration, when interviews with Bank of America employees were permitted, the presence or involvement of the bank's attorneys 'limited the effectiveness' of the interviews. Attorneys also refused to allow employees to answer questions 'on a number of occasions.'"
The bank's delay in providing "readily available information" also hurt the review of the bank's processes and controls, Nixon said. The information provided in response to two subpoenas wasn't complete, he said.
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Well, I thought the effort was OK last night, but the execution stunk, the D-zone coverage was awful again, the goalie — yeesh. Marian Gaborik was benched, Sean Avery joined Ryan Callahan and Brian Boyle on the lower-body injury list, Wade Redden continued to get a jersey while Matt Gilroy got a seat. Yada yada yada. And they're still very much alive as Philly nosedives.
So allow me to go off a bit about that baseball show that MSG is airing and promoting ad nauseum.
First of all, on one of the radio ads for the show, the guy said "Craig" Nettles, not Graig. That's an automatic tell right there.
Now, the premise and the idea are not bad — the best players in New York baseball history at every position. And the shows are OK, good stuff on the nominees.
But in reality, it's a joke, because in the end, pretty much every position is going to be filled by a Yankee, right? I mean, what's even the sense of debating catcher (Yogi), first base (Lou Gehrig), shortstop (Jeter), third base (A-Rod) and two of the outfield spots (Ruth and DiMaggio). The only non-Yank who will get a sure spot, I think, is Willie Mays, though there are plenty who will argue for Mickey Mantle (my idol, but Willie was better).
Jackie Robinson should be a slam-dunk at second base (this sentence was edited in, after the author realized his brain stopped working late last night and he somehow forgot to mention Robinson).
The Mets could get starting pitcher, I suppose, in Seaver, though there will be competition from Koufax and Whitey Ford. Otherwise, Willie Mays will be the only ex-Met on the team. If there's a reliever, that will be from the Yankees, too.
And the first episode: The five nominees at catcher were Yogi, Roy Campanella, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter and Jorge Posada. Jorge Posada!!!??
I think Posada is fabulous, underrated among his own teammates, a battler, etc. … but he doesn't belong in there ahead of Bill Dickey, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson. The first two are Hall of Famers and MVPs. Munson would have been a Hall of Famer if his life wasn't cut short. Posada never won an MVP, didn't bat higher than fifth or sixth most of the time. Please.
Yogi won, so sanity did too.
Not to push the topic, but do you think the Rangers could have done any worse in OT last night if they'd had three forwards and one defenseman on the ice? Do you think they could do any worse than 1-7 in OT this season with three forwards and one defenseman?
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The Skydiggers are ready to return to the scene of arguably their most infamous show.
The Toronto-based roots band will perform at the West End Cultural Centre on Saturday night at 8 p.m. as part of its 25th anniversary tour.
But back in 1995 – when the band had only been around for seven years – they nearly became a news story for a very different reason.
Andy Maize, the band's lead singer, said they were three or four songs into their first set when Cam Giroux, the drummer for Weeping Tile, which had opened the evening, was suddenly at his shoulder.
"I thought, 'Hey Cam, what are you doing on stage?' And he told me, 'The floor is collapsing,'" he said.
Despite asking people to move back from the front of the stage and "dance sexy" instead of jumping up and down, the risk was too great and the show was cancelled a few minutes later.
"We've had our structural engineers in to check out the foundation and everything is fantastic," Maize said.
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HOUSTON - A new study shows that women who take birth control pills have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
Oral contraception is a popular way to prevent pregnancy. Of the women in the United Sates who practice contraception, almost a third use birth control pills.
In a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that otherwise young healthy women doubled their risk of heart attack and stroke if they use oral contraceptives that contain low dose estrogen and progestin.
"With the current pills that are out there now, it's pretty safe. But, as a doctor, I have to say there's going to be risk with whatever you do," said Dr. Saul Jeck, a gynecologist.
In general, the risk of a heart attack or a stroke in a healthy young woman is low. so the increase when taking these forms of birth control is still low.
"But if somebody were to take the pill and develop a complication and it's related to the pill, for them the risk is high," Jeck said.
The study found that the risks go up as the dose of estrogen increases and as a woman gets older.
Birth control patches and vaginal rings were also linked to an increase in blood clots.
Jeck said women shouldn't stop taking these forms of birth control
"If I see that the patient is apprehensive and scared, then we discuss other alternatives as well," he said.
Those alternatives include Progestin-only pills and injections.
There were no increased risks linked to these in the women who were followed.
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HOUSTON - The husband of a woman who was sexually assaulted before their home was set on fire said Wednesday he will do anything to catch the attacker.
The 34-year-old victim said a man knocked on her door in the 8000 block of Indian Desert Drive Tuesday at 2 p.m., sexually assaulted her, forced her to take a shower, then set her house on fire.
"It's obviously confusing," said the woman's husband. "So many things to deal with. First and foremost is making sure that my wife's OK. And we have a pretty much destroyed house to deal with."
The victim's husband said he returned from military service overseas just last week. He said he was driving home from work, from Ellington Field, when a neighbor called and told him his house was on fire and his wife was on the way to the hospital.
He said her hands, arm and part of her face burned in the fire. He said she is in stable condition and improving in the hospital. Her biggest injury, he said, was the damage from inhaling smoke.
He said, "Don't let anybody in your house that you don't know and you're not expecting. This is a quiet neighborhood. We've been here five years almost."
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Mean Betty on Housewives Getting Fired
Goodbye Kelly, Jill and Alex! Oh, yeah and Cindy too. Oops.
-Mean Betty
Well kittens, it's official! The bigwigs over at Bravo have given Kelly Bensimon, Jill Zarin and Alex McCord their walking papers.
Why they didn't fire Ramona "Crazy Eyes" Singer, too is a mystery to Meanie. Could it be they're scared of the white wine-swilling housewife? Meanie, who is afraid of very little, is slightly freaked out about the thought of being stuck in an elevator with Ramona. Lamb chops, what would the lush UESider do? Whip out a tray of jewelry and demand that Meanie buy something? Shove samples of her skin care line at her? Try to get Meanie to buy a case of her pinot grigio?
Oh kittens, why they couldn't have dumped Ramona in the East River is beyond us! We knew that Cindy Barshop wouldn't be returning to another season of Real Housewives of New York. She'd been making noises that she wasn't pleased and audiences were rather bored or grossed out by her antics. Walking around with teeth in her bag? While she's shopping? Eeeww.
Read Mean Betty: Who is the Mystery Buyer of Kim Kardashian's Sex Tape?
So, four three Real Housewives of New York are no more. Nope, Mean Betty is not counting Cindy, because, oh, let's face it, she's boring. Sadly, we will no longer watch Kelly Bensimon talk about the importance of gummy bears in a balanced diet. A BettyConfidential editor will have to retire her Jill Zarin imitation. And as for Alex McCord, the woman was so boring that watching paint dry was more exciting than looking at her on the small screen.
A Bravo spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter, "Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan and LuAnn DeLesseps will be returning for season five of The Real Housewives of New York City. We've had a fabulous run with all the ladies and appreciate them sharing their lives with our viewers. It is a friendly departure among the other ladies and we continue to have ongoing discussions with them."
While Meanie and the rest of the country have been watching RHONY for its many seasons, Meanie would like to point out that those ladies who claim to be "in society," really aren't. They, with the exception of the Countess and Sonja Morgan couldn't buy their way into the Blue Book. Lambies, the Blue Book is the nickname of The New York Social Register. It was called the Blue Book because the cover was blue. You had to have an impeccable (by certain standards) family background to get in. One whiff of scandal and you were dropped, never to return. It's online now. You can only get in if you have letters of recommendation from other members. Can you see Alex, Jill or Kelly successfully campaigning to get in? They'd need a personality transplant, lessons on etiquette and diction lessons. As Mean Betty's mother would say, "There's social and there's SOCIAL. Alex, Jill, Kelly, well darling, they're NQOK*."
Now don't weep for Kelly, Jill or Alex. Through the show, they've created businesses. Kelly is now writing for a variety of magazines about fashion and is "designing" jewelry. Jill Zarin has just launched Skweez Couture by Jill Zarin and she's working on a home décor collection . The shapewear line will debut in Lord & Taylor stores around the country. Alex and her hubby Simon created Aluxe Home, a home bedding collection. Oh yeah, and Cindy. She's the owner of Completely Bare. A nationwide waxing and laser spa. She's been doing well for, like forever.
One wonders who Bravo will next ensnare in their glittery broadcasting net? Who will they get to be the next victim star of RHONY? Lambkins, while you trade off any privacy or semblance of normalcy in your life, you can record (with a little help from Autotune) a hit single or two!
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Without making a tackle for the Chargers, Manti Te'o continues to bring them free glossy publicity.
Te'o is a "perfect fit" for the team and its 3-4 defense. That's what analyst Bucky Brooks writes for NFL.com. Brooks provides excellent detail; however, unless the Chargers' nose tackles and edge rushers show up, I don't see a perfect fit this year for Te'o.
Te'o, meantime, surfaced in Hollywood on Wednesday night. The 22-year-old attended Maxim's "Hot 100" party, apparently without Mike McCoy as chaperone.


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In my new ASP.NET EF4 project, I find myself having to do a lot of maneuvering around null entities. For example, I may have a Project Entity with a related User Entity exposed through an Assignee property. If, for example, I need to send an email to someone indicating who the Assignee is, I need to say:
string x = "The Assignee is: " + TheProject.Assignee.Name;
but I'll get an exception if there is no Assignee as the property is null (I want nulls by design) and I can't fetch the .Name property on that null. So I have to do this:
string x = "The Assignee is: " + TheProject.Assignee == null ? "", TheProject.Assignee.Name
This is tedious and messy, at best, and I find myself having to do it all over the place in my code. Has anyone come up with an elegant solution for this?
I also realize I can build a helper method, or an extension method (loving these!) but I'd have to hard code for the .Name property, which isn't always what I want. I also want to avoid doing a whole bunch of reflection.
You could use the Null Coalescing Operator (??) like this:
string x = "The Assignee is: " + (TheProject.Assignee.Name ?? String.Empty);
Something like that.
That doesn't work because TheProject.Assignee is null and you can't call for it's .Name property to do the null-check.
Oh, I see. I missed that.
How about using the ?? in the method that fills the .Name property? Then it's handled all in one place.
It's machine-generated by the Entity Framework and I've yet to discover any hooks where I can "get in".
If you're using EF4 you have a few options.
A) Use the Designers "Code Generation Item" menu option to generate a template, which you can alter and will be used to generate your entities and your context.
B) Use the code-first option by turning off code generation altogether and just use POCO classes.
C) Upgrade to EF CTP5 (RTM very soon) and use a completely code based solution.
Better option: model it with a bit of code. For example, if you need an assignee name from your Project class, why not make a method (or read only property) that encapsulates it:
public string AssigneeName {get { if (Employee == null) { return "NONE"; } return Employee.Name; }
Yeah. That's what I was getting at. =) I think he's using the designer though. You know, the one that pre-generates the code. So he can't edit it and avoid having his changes overriden. That's why I posted those options above. They would let him model it the way you suggest. Sorry I didn't clarify.
Yup, well aware of that. There is a reason why there are partial classes in C# . . . .
lol...i've been working with NHibernate so long now, I'd forgotten about those. snicker
Well, I'd generally contend there are plenty of uses for partial classes beyond NH. We use them alot for big interface implementations and other things that would sully a class definition, for example.
Yeah, that's not bad, I may try that one on for size. It makes one work a bit outside the entity model by crossing properties (because I'm making a property from the child show up in the parent) but it's not too far out and about the same maintenance overhead as a helper method. I've frequently done that for things like concatenating Firstname and Lastname properties into a .Fullname property or making a password property writeonly and hashed.
On the contrary, this is quite typical of domain modelling.
Many proponents might even remove a public property for Assignee altogether. Making it a private member instead, and using a GetAssignee method that either returns the actual assignee or default(Assignee).
To further this, the Assignee class might not expose a Name property, using instead the same scenario as above to retrieve the Name, or some default value.
Assuming your Project class is the aggregate root, there would be the perfect place for this kind of domain method.


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I am attempting to get into programming in Python. I previously did a course on C and COBOL back in 1992 but nothing came of it. I have since found Pyton and want to get into learning it.
I have set myself a project of trying to create an address database but don't know where to start with creating string variables.
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Q&A: Vermont College Of Fine Arts
Earlier this year the Vermont College Of Fine Arts announced the appointment of a host of new faculty members to its new Masters In Film programme. The inaugural class at the school's Montpelier campus will take place this autumn. Tyler Pukatch pays attention.
How does the VCFA Film MFA programme differ from those of other film schools?
Laura Colella, chair of the Vermont College Of Fine Arts Film School: It's low residency, which seems like the right [idea]. When someone is working on a project, it's valuable to offer one-on-one mentorship and guidance through the process. What people crave the most is one-on-one instruction and to have a programme that's founded on that idea that's project-based learning and that has as a part of it screenings or readings that feed the particular project. That's really optimal. And it streamlines the process when a student is making something to have them focused really on that process.
Tom Greene, president of the Vermont College Of Fine Arts: Because full residency means people live on a college campus for two years, in film that generally means going to Los Angeles or New York. For lots of filmmakers that isn't an opportunity… but they can get to Vermont for 10 days every six months. And I think it's really a fabulous form of education, because you really get a lot more attention this way, paradoxically, and you get the opportunity to work one-on-one. So you're not in a class of 35 people, where someone comes in and gives a lecture. Instead, you are making a film, and you're working with someone who really knows how to make films. And you're working with them one-on-one, and every month you're sharing your work, and then you come back again to Vermont, and your work gets critiqued by other filmmakers, by your peers. And there are visiting filmmakers that come in to visit and lecture on different things. You get that compressed, intense experience with that one-on-one education, which in many ways is truer to the life of an artist than being on a college campus for two years and taking classes.
How did you go about picking staff?
TG: When we start a new programme we look to hire a leader who's respected in the field, whose work is kind of current and who's active in making a difference right now. So we really cast a wide net [and] it was a matter of getting out of the way and letting [Laura] decide who made the most sense. We had a sense of what we wanted to be able to teach. We wanted people who could work in narrative film, documentary, animation and screenwriting. With that kind of marching order, she went out and put together her dream team of people. [She] talked to a lot of different folks and just put together a group of people that she's going to feel really excited about working with but also who are going to represent to our students what is happening right now in independent film.
What brought you to the school?
Brandon Cole, faculty member, MFA in film: Well, to me it's a school that's trying to teach you different ways than the ones I've been associated with. I looked at what's coming out of [other film schools] and [they don't] seem to be doing what [they're] supposed to do. It looks to me like Vermont is trying to do something that's cost-efficient and a little more serious. It's about people who want to learn, and it's about people who want to be involved. Part of that is we all teach each other and learn when we work together.
Dan Schrecker, MFA in film: There is a sense that it's an online model in some ways. There'll be some stuff going on up in Vermont but students can be in different places and the professors are all over the place. It's also reflective of the industry and in some ways of filmmaking in general. It's also proactive and people are all over the place. Technology's enabling us to do [things] in a lot of different ways and it wasn't done like that before. I'm excited to see where it goes.
How do you expect the first year to go?
LC: I'm imagining diverse students who are driven by particular projects that they want to achieve and I'm really looking forward to the residencies [the twice-a-year on-campus sessions that help fine tune student goals and encourage students to meet one another and the teachers.] I just imagine a lot of connections potentially being made between students and faculty, and between students and other students. So students might actually be able to get close to each other and work on each other's projects, either physically or remotely or that faculty could also work together on things. If they have a short story they might want someone to adapt and write into a film [or] someone might have a film that needs scoring and someone from the music department might meet up with them [or] the art department might want to do production design or character design for animation. There's a lot of potential.
What is your favorite part of the job?
Terence Nance, MFA in film: I was just very privileged [as an undergrad student at Northeastern University and a graduate at New York University] to have people in an academic environment but also outside of it, who I respected, who took the time to help me out and […] always took time to make sure that I was moving forward. I had the privilege of having those people, so it's always exciting to have the opportunity to be that for somebody else, to give back what was given to me.
My approach to filmmaking is 'all options on the table,' to use a completely inappropriate phrase. So hopefully I can be the voice for avant-garde or experimentalism or the 'no rules' school of image-making, of filmmaking. Hopefully I can bring that ideological perspective. No rules and little structure.
It allows for a more individualised relationship with the students. I think especially in art-making there's no 'this is the way you do this.' It's more like psychotherapy; it's creating an environment where someone can find their own way. That's important.
DS: I love working with students. We've got a lot of young people coming into our shop now, so over the years I've become some sort of boss or senior guy here, but it's a weird position to find myself in… but it's fun, so I'm going to be able to mentor, stuff like that. I'm not a professor, but I do [get that warm and fuzzy feeling] when I go to a class and I just speak. It definitely feels good to tell them what I've been through and see them appreciate it and feel that they might be able to put it to use someday.
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Study patients with HIV–hepatitis C coinfection progressed to successive degrees of severity of liver fibrosis 9 years sooner than those infected with HCV alone. Further findings from the study suggest that suppressing HIV with antiretroviral medications may slow HCV-related liver fibrosis.
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Dr. Kharasch is a NIDA-funded researcher known for a broad range of research into how drugs are metabolized in the body.
A trial of buprenorphine/naloxone (Bup/Nx) showed no evidence that the medicine was associated with liver damage. The drug gave results similar to those of methadone. The study data indicate that although most patients can be treated safely with either methadone or Bup/Nx without major concern for liver injury, clinicians are advised to continue to monitor the liver health of their patients who are on methadone or Bup/Nx therapy.
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A meta-analysis of 13 genome-wide association studies of African Americans' smoking patterns confirms the significance of genetic variation in region 15q25.1. The analysis also tentatively implicates several genome locations that have not previously been associated with smoking behaviors.
More than half of heroin-addicted patients treated with naltrexone via an implanted delivery device maintained abstinence throughout a 6-month clinical trial in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The implant device, which releases a steady dose of naltrexone continuously for 2 months, averted relapse to heroin use three times as effectively as daily oral doses of the medication.
Women who reached their majority in states with policies that restricted teens' access to tobacco products were less likely to smoke from ages 18-34 than women in states without those policies. The research did not demonstrate that the policies had a comparable impact on men's smoking.
NIDA plans to provide $750 travel awards to 27 junior investigators to present their research on women or sex/gender differences in any area of drug abuse at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14‒19, 2014. Deadline to apply is December 2, 2013.
October 2013
People with cannabis use disorder (CUD) are likely also to have social anxiety disorder (SAD), and comorbid SAD is associated with greater severity of cannabis-related problems. These findings highlight the importance of assessing CUD patients for SAD, as that disorder can be both a contributing cause and a consequence of CUD. Treating both disorders may be a key to helping patients recover from each.


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The scenic, riverfront green space of Sacramento's Miller Park is the setting for the 12th annual West Coast Brew Fest, which takes place during this year's American Craft Beer Week. Brews from California, Oregon, and Washington are the main attraction, though breweries from other states will contribute to the more-than-120 taps that will be flowing. Better hope that Alaskan Brewing Co. returns this year with its world-class Smoked Porter, a perennial favorite among beer judges. Other beers to look for: Bear Republic Ryevalry and Firestone Walker Double Jack.
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This weekend will be Boston vs. D.C. as the two pre-eminent East Coast beer festivals — American Craft Beer Fest and Savor (see next slide) — compete for beer enthusiasts' attention. Beantown's ACBF certainly has the edge in number of breweries represented (more than 100) and types of beers poured (more than 400). Try as many two-ounce samples as your liver will allow. Still want more? There's always the great local brews: Mayflower Porter and Cambridge Arquebus.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The tragedy of a Clay County deputy killed in a meth lab raid Thursday serves as a reminder that law enforcement is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country.
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 173 officers nationwide were killed in the line of duty in 2011. In 2010, 153 officers were killed. That's an increase of 13 percent in one year.
For 13 years in a row, the majority of officers who died on the job died in traffic accidents. But that changed last year.
In 2011, the primary cause of death for police officers was gunfire. There were 68 officers in the U.S. who died from gunshots. That's a near-record high for the decade.
In Florida, seven officers died after being shot last year.
Before Detective David White was killed Thursday, the last law enforcement officer shot and killed in the line of duty in Florida was Lakeland police Officer Arnulfo Crispin, who died in December. He was shot by a suspect while frisking another suspect in a park.
Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson, a veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, said nearly every call can turn dangerous. He said officers steel themselves for the particular dangers involved with raiding a meth lab, like White did.
"You always expect it to be bad and you prepare for that," Jefferson said.
He said sometimes nothing can stop someone intent on killing, which is what he believes the suspect in White's death did.
"At the point they tried to talk to the guy and he slammed the door on him, by virtue of them forcing their way in and he started shooting, he knew he was committing murder," Jefferson said.
So why are there more gun-related killings of officers?
Linda Moon Gregory, the national president of Concerns Of Police Survivors, said she's worried budget constraints are to blame.
"At a time when criminals have the latest technology and weapons, we must ensure that our peace officers are adequately equipped and protected," Gregory said.
It's no secret law enforcement officers consider each other family, and even though White worked in Clay County, officers across the area and state are sharing in his family's grief.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – It was approaching 10:30 p.m. last Saturday night and there was a palpable buzz around the Saint Leo University campus. The 11th-ranked Saint Leo men's basketball team had long since arrived back home from its 76-60 victory over Rollins that afternoon, the Lions' men's lacrosse team had just defeated Tampa in an overtime thriller and the softball team held off Columbus State to rack up another win.
Despite all the wins, nearly everyone was glued to their computers and phones watching, with muted excitement, as another basketball game in Lakeland wound down to the final seconds. It was when that game went final, an 83-78 Florida Tech victory over Florida Southern, that Lions' fans realized it – the Saint Leo University Lions were Sunshine State Conference Champions.
It was a feeling never experienced before at the campus as it was the Lions' first-ever title, but it was something that exploded over social media moments after the conference title was guaranteed.
Tied with Florida Southern heading into Saturday, the Lions held the tiebreaker over the Mocs courtesy of a season sweep, but both teams needed to win their final games to remain knotted atop the conference. The Lions did their part in Winter Park, but it was the Mocs' stumble at home against Florida Tech that solidified the Lions' name atop the regular season standings.
The celebration on Saturday started back in late October when the Lions were picked to finish first in the Sunshine State Conference Preseason Poll. While preseason prognostication is accepted in most circles based on those returning from a previous season's team, it wasn't until the Lions' first exhibition game that everyone took notice.
November 2 in Coral Gables saw the Lions put together an exhibition stunner that reverberated across the college basketball landscape when the Lions upended the Miami Hurricanes, 69-67 in a loss that forced Miami Head Coach Jim Larranaga to reexamine his team's direction. Since losing to the Lions, the Hurricanes have stormed through the Atlantic Coast Conference, jumped to as high as No. 2 in the AP Top-25, defeated historical powerhouses Duke and North Carolina, and have not lost a single regular-season home game at the BankUnited Center.
Already getting mentioned in national coverage as the buildup towards March Madness is in full swing, that exhibition game, along with the direction the Hurricanes have taken, will certainly be covered in-depth as Miami advances in the tournament.
The Lions started the season ranked 14th in the nation and jumped to as high as 10th after convincing wins over Shorter, Tuskegee and Lincoln (Pa.). It was back-to-back losses to Winston-Salem State and Armstrong, only one of two total losses at home this season, saw the Green and Gold slip out of the rankings.
It didn't take very long for Saint Leo to regain the momentum as the Lions rattled off eight consecutive victories, including a gutsy double overtime road win over Barry. The Barry game started a streak of four-straight overtime contests that saw the Lions go 2-2 during the toughest stretch of the season with the setbacks coming in road games against Tampa and Eckerd.
Getting back on the winning side of the scoreboard with a dominating 79-54 win at home against Rollins, the Lions have gone 8-2 over their last ten regular season games and are seeded atop two important lists that many fans will show interest in over the coming weeks. The Lions hold the top seed in the upcoming Sunshine State Conference Tournament that will be held at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, and they are also at the top of the NCAA's South Region in rankings released on February 27. If the Lions can maintain that top regional spot after the conclusion of the SSC Tournament, then the path to the NCAA Elite Eight may just go through the Bowman Center.
Individually it has already been an amazing year for the Lions, even though all-conference teams have yet to be announced. Senior Marcus Ruh headlined the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II men's basketball team as the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year. Holding a perfect 4.0 GPA, Ruh is the Lions' leading scorer and was last year's Saint Leo Scholar Athlete of the Year.
So what needs to happen in today's regular season finales across the Sunshine State Conference landscape?
The one thing that is for sure is the Lions are the Sunshine State Conference Regular Season Champions. The only question is whether Saint Leo will have to share the title with Florida Southern, which faces Rollins in Lakeland at 7:30 p.m. If the Mocs win over the slumping Tars, losers of two-straight and four of their last six, then the title will be shared, but the Green and Gold will still claim the top seed.
Heading to the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee for their quarterfinal round game, the Lions will only need to bring their white jerseys for the tournament and will face the winner of the No. 8-9 seed game on Wednesday night. While both teams still have a game to play, it is guaranteed that Wednesday's game will feature Lynn and Tampa, both with identical 3-12 conference records heading into today.
Second place in the conference could also finish in a tie if Southern loses to Rollins and Eckerd beats Lynn in St. Petersburg. Both teams would finish the regular season 11-5 and because they split the season series the tiebreaker would give Eckerd the No. 2 seed as they swept Saint Leo in the regular season while the Mocs did not win a game against the similar opponent.
If Southern beats Rollins and Florida Tech trumps Tampa, then the Tars and Panthers finish tied in the middle of the conference standings, but if Rollins wins and Eckerd loses, those two teams could be tied for third.
Barry and Nova Southeastern are the only two teams that have direct control over their regular season finish as they are both tied for sixth in the SSC. Later today the Buccaneers and Sharks will square off in Miami Shores to break the 6-9 SSC record.
Once the day's games have concluded, with the Florida Southern – Rollins game being the latest on the docket at 7:30 p.m., the SSC will release the official tournament standings.
Once those standings have been released, the slate will be wiped clean and the quest for the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will begin.
The excitement at SLU right now is insane. Lax is going into OT and a hugeinning from softball has this stadium going crazy! #lionspride— Andrea Lott (@andrealott16) February 24, 2013
With Florida Southern losing, Saint Leo men's basketball is GUARANTEED a share of the @d2ssc title.— Saint Leo Athletics (@SaintLeoLions) February 24, 2013
Saint Leo University just clinched our first ever conference championship and a #1 seed in the conference tournament!!!— Lance Randall (@CoachRandallSLU) February 24, 2013
@slu_sid UPSET CITY BABY— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) November 3, 2012
Can anyone name the only team in college basketball to beat @caneshoops in Coral Gables this year??— Saint Leo Athletics (@SaintLeoLions) February 25, 2013
Marcus Ruh named Division II Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year bit.ly/ZrHqDd— Saint Leo Athletics (@SaintLeoLions) February 20, 2013
Lions Earn Top-Spot in NCAA South Region Rankings bit.ly/YKHMlU— Saint Leo Athletics (@SaintLeoLions) February 28, 2013
"...then we shuffle down I-4 where the Lions MBB only need their white jerseys bc they are #1 seed in the @d2ssc" @rocketsportsent #cool— Saint Leo Athletics (@SaintLeoLions) February 25, 2013
Lots of seeding for the bkb tourney still to be decided by today's final games around the league.— Sunshine State Conf. (@D2SSC) March 2, 2013


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Startup Virsto (named for "virtual storage") Software burst on the virtualization scene with new software designed to dramatically improve the storage performance for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments. The company's new Virsto One software tackles common problems found with enterprise data storage management in a server virtualization environment.
The new software aims to reduce storage sprawl, simplify storage management, increase storage performance, and eliminate excessive storage costs -- a major undertaking.
[ Microsoft Hyper-V gets its first security patch after a DoS vulnerability was found | Make sure to keep up with the latest virtualization news with InfoWorld's virtualization newsletter ]
Virsto One is delivered as a simple plug-in and installs into the parent partition of the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor. From an architecture view, it consists of a filter driver and a system service that talks directly to standard windows management interface (WMI). Because it is accessible by any compatible WMI service, it offers users a seamless interface with PowerShell integration and Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
The filter driver resides above the raw volume layer and presents a virtual disk as a virtual hard drive (VHD) object to the parent partition. Hyper-V manager then attaches these VHD objects to guest virtual machines. According to the company, Virsto One VHDs are high-performing, thin-provisioned dynamic storage objects that conform to Microsoft-fixed VHD specifications; therefore, they are automatically compatible with all Microsoft system storage functionality.
To find out more, I spoke with Mark Davis, the CEO of Virsto Software.
InfoWorld: What are some of the core issues that your company has found when looking at virtualization and storage?
Davis: Almost all storage technologies used today are based on techniques designed for physical servers. Unfortunately, virtual servers invalidate key assumptions built into such products. Because of this, storage for virtual environments is far from optimal.
Users of virtual servers have four complaints. First, virtual servers consume up to 30 percent more disk space than physical servers, caused by the well-known "VM sprawl" problem. Because a VM is really just a big file that looks like a disk, VM sprawl is storage sprawl.
Second, virtual servers have unique I/O performance characteristics. One big problem is the "VM I/O blender," in which disk I/O performance drops precipitously as VMs are added to a box and I/O-intensive applications are virtualized.
Third, virtual server storage management is more complex than for physical servers. Currently, it takes too much administrative time and is fraught with opportunities for mistakes. Storage management is integral with VM management, so the hypervisor needs a certain amount of integrated storage management.
Finally, a consistent complaint is the total cost of VM storage. Organizations go virtual to save money, but often, all the money saved on servers gets spent on extra storage, which is crazy.
InfoWorld: What are some of the challenges that Virsto is aiming to solve for Microsoft Hyper-V customers?
Davis: Our goal is to make virtual storage as empowering as virtual servers. That means making it easy to optimally provision VM storage without leaving the Hyper-V Manager console, enabling simpler backup, dramatically reducing the amount of disk space consumed by VM images, and improving the storage I/O throughput of Hyper-V servers. And we aim to do this with a small, simple piece of software that has no guest VM footprint and works with any storage hardware.
InfoWorld: What are some of the options we have had for solving these challenges?
Davis: Two choices. First, be less aggressive in adopting virtualization. That is, leave more applications on physical servers, and accept reduced consolidation benefits by running fewer VMs per box.
The second option is to overprovision storage. Buy more terabytes, spindles, I/O hardware, higher-end storage arrays, cache, and expensive software licenses. Ironically, virtualization helps us not overprovision servers, yet to achieve it we have to overprovision storage!
InfoWorld: Why start with Microsoft Hyper-V? Why not launch with VMware since it has the majority of the market?
Davis: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 is rapidly gaining adoption. There are several compelling aspects to Hyper-V, yet there are opportunities for Microsoft partners like Virsto Software to add significant capability. The Microsoft platform is relatively easy to integrate with, Microsoft's organization has been a pleasure to work with, and customers adopting Hyper-V are looking for simple, low-cost storage solutions that unleash the full power of virtualization. That made it easy to choose Hyper-V as our launch platform.
InfoWorld: In that case, how long before your solution starts to support other hypervisor platforms, like VMware vSphere or Citrix XenServer?
Davis: Over 95 percent of our software code is independent of a particular hypervisor, and we run on multiple platforms in our lab. We intend to deliver exciting new storage solutions for all virtualization users.
The speed with which we release versions of our Virsto One software on other hypervisors will be a function of market demand and hypervisor platform vendor support. With help from other virtualization platform vendors, we could deliver new versions within a couple of quarters.
InfoWorld: With other storage virtualization solutions already out there, what do you consider your biggest differentiator?
Davis: The greatest flaw of alternatives is that they are built on foundations that aren't specific to virtualization. We are the only product that is built from the ground up specifically for virtual servers.
Thanks again to Mark Davis for speaking with me. Virsto One will be generally available by the end of February and pricing will be per server socket. The company is also offering a free 30-day trial to Microsoft Hyper-V users.
This story, "Virsto Software tackles storage virtualization for Hyper-V," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in virtualization at InfoWorld.com.


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Australia can switch its focus to the upcoming tour of India after sealing the limited overs series with the West Indies in Canberra on Wednesday night.
Shane Watson's century as a specialist batsman laid the platform for Australia's 39-run victory to secure an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best of five series.
While it makes for a promoter's nightmare for the final two games in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia can take plenty of confidence knowing their key all-rounder is another step back to his blistering best.
Watson looked in sublime touch opening the batting, making a sterling 122 from just 111 balls and showing no sign of the calf injury sustained in the Boxing Day Test.
"The last couple of weeks with my comeback in grade cricket and NSW didn't work out to plan, so to be able to bat out there on a beautiful wicket helped my confidence once I got a few out of the middle,'' Watson said.
"Getting out last Sunday, I was starting to worry a little bit that I might not have enough form going into the Indian series, but it was nice to spend some time in the middle.
"You don't bat for a while and you feel like you've lost it, so it's nice to feel like you've got it still.''
Another half-century from the in-form Phil Hughes (86) and a quick-fire 44 from 22 balls from George Bailey helped Australia reach 7-329, an imposing total on most grounds but not far above par on the flat Manuka Oval surface.
That proved the case as the sell-out crowd of 11,548 were treated to a cracker of a game fitting of it being the inaugural visit of the Australian team.
Tasmanian all-rounder James Faulkner was the standout with the ball with 4-48 as the West Indies were bowled out for 290 in the 48th over.
Bailey is out for the rest of the series with a hamstring strain, with Western Australia's Adam Voges taking his place in the squad.
The Windies showed fight sadly lacking in the opening two games of the series in Perth as they endeavoured to make a contest of the historic match, organised as part of Canberra's Centenary celebrations.
The brothers Bravo, Darren and Dwayne, combined for a 114-run partnership for the third wicket to give the Windies hope of chasing down the target.
Dwayne Bravo had his stumps shattered by Mitchell Starc for 51, bringing Chris Gayle to the wicket after being forced to bat down the order after missing 73 minutes in the field with a side strain.
Yet the change didn't halt the master blaster's form slump, his dismissal for two making it a paltry 10 runs for the series.
Faulkner continued his impressive introduction to the Australian one-day team, knocking over Gayle and giving him a passionate send-off, then Darren Bravo (86 off 96 balls) in the same over to swing the momentum firmly in the home team's favour.
One of the highlights for the Windies was an amazing one-handed catch from Kieron Pollard which will be a massive hit on You Tube.
Pollard used his entire 1.96m frame to leap high in the outfield and snatch the ball with one hand before keeping himself from touching the rope, to the dismay of Glenn Maxwell (4).
Darren Bravo said the game was one that got away.
"I thought we had a decent partnership, but I thought the guys showed great character,"' he said.
"I believe we gave a great account of ourselves and we should keep our heads high."


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Knit this striped accessory messenger bag from Bespoke. A design by Jo Spreckley using our popular yarn Big Wool (wool), this bag is a super-simple knit, in bold stripes, that is felted to give it a great structure.
Knit these accessory cosy felted slippers, available as a free pattern to download. Designed by Sarah Hatton using one of our most popular chunky yarns Rowan Big Wool (wool), this is the basic slipper pattern and can be customised to your hearts content. Why not try adding creative embroidery or crochet trims or even pom poms, buttons or bells, the opportunities are endless!!
Knit these accessory bow slippers, with cosy lining, available as a free pattern to download. Designed by Jem Weston originally featured in Cute Little Knits using Felted Tweed DK and Creative Focus Worsted (wool and alpaca), a beautiful blend of merino wool, alpaca and viscose for the uppers and bows and Fur (wool), a lightweight textured yarn for the lining. This pattern is suitable for the intermediate knitter.


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Every person spends one third of his or her life by sleeping. Sleep, which is a great miracle that we experience every single day, is not simply a resting period for all systems of the body going into a passive state. This is because the body enters into an active renewal process during sleep. Now let's see how the human body renews itself in sleep.
Sleep is among the critical necessities of human life. Our body needs sleep as much as it needs water, oxygen and food. Since one third of our life passes in sleep, a refreshing sleep is of vital importance in order to maintain a balanced life. Sleep is not a state of passive resting. During sleep, activities that occupy one's mind; stress and information in one's memory are cleaned out as if formatting computer memory. Hormone levels are stabilized, the digestive system works, the immune system steps in and the skin is reconfigured in sleep. Cell division continues intensively in sleep.
What is renews in sleep
Our skin can only stay smooth by discarding 10 grams of dead skin cells every day. In order for this to happen, the cells in the top layer of our skin begin to divide every evening. During sleep, this reaction quickens with the growth hormone increasing. The silence of the night is the perfect environment for this. Because at night neither the Sun nor the wind or movement can disrupt cell division. During these renewal hours, the skin requires a series of nutrients, particularly oxygen. With each breath taken, the skin stores the oxygen it needs. Therefore, specialists advise the bedroom to be thoroughly vented before going to bed at nights. When sleeping especially in the hours we dream, the organism begins to produce large amounts of water as the body temperature increases by 2 degrees. Therefore, when we wake up in the mornings, our hair is moistened and misshaped. Because sebaceous glands are renewed at nights, sebiparous is low during sleep. Therefore, those with dry skin wake up to an even drier skin in the mornings. Sleep specialists have found that the level of growth hormones in our sleep show a sudden increase as soon as we fall into sleep. Thus, we wake up with a refreshed body after every sufficient sleep we have.
When and How Much to Sleep?
Daily sleeping time differs depending on the individual and age. Generally, sleep time decreases with age. But 6-8 hours of sleep as an average per day is sufficient for an adult. People who cannot sleep deeply often are more indurable against diseases. In such situations, the rhythm of the body gets out of control. This instability reflects on the skin: the skin dries, gets flaky, cracks and gets thinner since cell division cannot happen regularly. Dry skin gets even drier and rough skin gets more spoiled.
Specialists state that the most ideal time for sleep is at night. They do not advise day sleep not even for sleep disorders and emphasize the importance of sleeping at nights. However, since cell renewal and hormonal reactions only happen at nights, contrary to what is commonly known after-dinner nap has no big contribution. Because the melatonin hormone secreted by our brain begins production after dark. The renewal process of the skin is initiated by this hormone. Our Lord, Almighty Allah revealed this in the Qur'an:
It is He Who made the night a cloak for you and sleep a rest, and He made the day a time for rising. (Surat al-Furqan, 47)
There is a mechanism that controls the daily sleeping cycle of our body. This mechanism called the circadian rhythm is controlled by a biological clock adjusted according to a 24-hour time zone approximately. As a result of outside and inside factors this rhythm gets disordered and sleeplessness appears. In addition, irregular sleeping habits, psychological reasons, neurological diseases, hormonal disorders, physiological and hereditary factors can also lead to sleeplessness. Sleeplessness, namely "insomnia" is the second most common complaint in society after ache. This disease causes a loss of approximately 100 million dollars resulting as medical expenditure, loss of accident, absenteeism and decrease in production.
Sleeplessness is defined not as total sleeping hours, but as not being able to wake up rested and not getting enough sleep. For example, someone who needs 5 hours of sleep and who wakes up rested after 5 hours of sleep is not suffering from sleeplessness.
Different Sleeping Disorder
When it comes to sleeping disorder, the most common situations can be summarized as not being able to sleep, not falling into sleep, disrupting sleep or waking up early in the morning and not being able to fall into sleep again. However, sleeping too much or falling into sleep as soon as one sees the pillow are also types of sleeping disorders. The most common form of sleeplessness is psychophysiologic. This can happen as a symptom of all sleeping diseases. In addition, it can be a condition that is internal, psychiatric or related to drugs. Psychophysiologic sleeplessness occurs typically when factors such as stress are available. In psychophysiologic sleeplessness, all attention is focused on not sleeping. The condition called idiopathic sleeplessness is chronic and serious state of not being able to sleep and to resume sleeping. The time spent for falling into sleep can be very long and sleep is fragmentized with waking up. The neurological disorder that causes this can be in slight and severe degrees and not being able to sleep can also be slight, severe and even insufferable. In this kind of sleeplessness, psychological functions are notably normal. In severe cases, patients become incapacitated. In addition to this, sleeping disorders such as night walking, getting scared in sleep is commonly seen.
Sleeplessness is a frequent and curable disease. When not cured, it can lead to serious diseases and even death, it can also be a risk factor for depression to develop.
Narcolepsy and Community Health Care
Narcolepsy is a disease that recurs as sudden falling asleep attacks during the day. Among the results of this over sleeping condition are accidents, economic losses, endangerment of community health, inefficiency in school or at work and psychosocial function disorders. To give an example; big industrial accidents such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Bhopal, and serious accidents such as Challenger, Exxon Valdez are reported as disasters occurred as a result of inconsistencies of sleepy people at work. In the U.S.A. 100.000 traffic accidents occur as a result of falling asleep on the road every year and 1500 people lose their lives in these accidents.
Allah reveals in the Qur'an that He takes people's souls in their sleeps, but then He restores them until the time of their deaths:
Allah takes back people's selves when their death arrives and those who have not yet died, while they are asleep. He keeps hold of those whose death has been decreed and sends the others back for a specified term. There are certainly Signs in that for people who reflect. (Surat az-Zumar, 42)
Apnea State and Soul Being Taken In Sleep
Apnea, which is explained as suspension of external breathing during sleep, leads to long-term and serious health problems that can be life threatening. Apnea, diagnosed first in 1965, means 'breathing wish' in Greek. There are two forms of sleep apnea; in the first, the brain cannot send the right signals to breathing muscles that initiate breathing, in the other air is stuck in respiratory tract. Because a serious effort is made to breath during apnea, the veins and the heart work against a resistance. The density of oxygen in blood decreases at that point. Some rhythm disorders appear in the heart. At first sudden death in sleep, and in the long term hypertension, heart diseases, infarction and paralysis are the diseases it can cause.
As it is seen, human life is under many threats during sleep. Then waking up healthily every morning is a miraculous situation to be thankful for. The person partly loses his or her consciousness and ability to sense the outside world during the time of sleep. Waking up from a sleep knows as "death-like" in a conscious way and like the one yesterday, being able to see perfectly, hearing and feeling are miraculous events that need to be thought about. A person who goes to bed to sleep at night cannot be sure that these unique blessings will be given to him or her in the morning. In addition, a person can never know that he or she will wake up without facing a disaster or a health problem. (Harun Yahya, The Other Name For Illusion: Matter)


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Are anyone of you still breastfeeding when your kids are past 3 years of age? Please share your thoughts on this.
How do you cope when people are surprised upon knowing this, well in fact it's normal.
Are anyone of you still breastfeeding when your kids are past 3 years of age? Please share your thoughts on this.
How do you cope when people are surprised upon knowing this, well in fact it's normal.
Hello RachelleMarie,
I didn't breastfeed any of my children past 3 years of age, but I gladly would have had they shown an interest. Most of them weaned themselves between 2 1/2 and 3 years.
You are correct in saying that it is absolutely "normal" for a child to breastfeed longer. In many cultures children breastfeed much longer than they do in some other countries.
I'd like to share a precious video with you of a mum who is still breastfeeding her 3 1/2 year old daughter. She believes in child led weaning (as I do) and so she continues to offer the breast, and comfort and a little nutrition when her daughter wants it. Below the video I will share some insights on how to deal with the element of surprise when others find out you've chosen extended breastfeeding for your children.
Wasn't that a wonderfully sweet video? I noticed that it said that her daughter hadn't been sick for the first 2 years of her life while breastfeeding. I had a similar experience with my children. In fact I have 2 children that have never been on an antibiotic, and never had an ear infection. They are ages 11 and 8 now. My 14 year old has never had an ear infection either, and the only time he had an antibiotic was when he was 3 months old and they had to give it to him in the hospital during his recovery from Open Heart Surgery, as preventative measures.
Mothers who choose extended breastfeeding can make discreet choices about when and where they breastfeed. When I worked at a preschool, there was a teacher there who had a 5 year old that she was still breastfeeding. I was not aware of this (again, it was done very discreetly) because she would take her daughter to the car at nap time, and breastfeed there.
My guess is that her daughter probably breastfed mostly before nap, bed and when waking up in the morning, and during all of those times, she would have been able to be in a private place (room) where others were not around.
You don't have to share with others that you have chosen to breastfeed longer than the norm. But if it comes up, it can be a wonderful opportunity to share why you have chosen to do this, and the benefits it provides. I do a lot of things differently from "the norm" and when I share these things with others, I am very positive and confident in what I am saying and why I've made the choices that I have. If you act almost apologetic, then that transfers to the person receiving the information. But if you act confident and share good, positive reasons for making the choices you do, the information is almost always received positively. At least that's the experience I have had when sharing that I home birth, water birth, and home school, all of which are not mainstream, but ARE best for my children and my family.
What did you think of the video?
Warm Regards,
You know that especially us in the medical field we know the benefits of breastfeeding. It's just that people respond in shock when they know that I am still breastfeeding. It really helped me that you spoke about that the reaction will depends on what I say, like being apologetic or positive. I guess I have to stand for what is led weaning and be grateful and positive of that besides social norms.
I've seen the video, very touching, very relating.
Many thanks Kate.
Hi Rachelle,
You may be totally surprised at how others respond when you are sharing about the extended breastfeeding with a huge smile on your face, and you're whole body is animated and you share about the unbelievable benefits to both your child and to you (lowers risk of breast cancer). Once you really study up on the benefits to both mum and child, you'll feel so very confident that you'll be able to share the benefits with others and they will actually pick up on your positive feelings. My guess is that the negative responses will be few and far between... and even if you get a negative response you'll just pass it off as them being "foolish" because you know far better about the benefits for you and your daughter.
Warm Regards,
Many thanks Kate!
Not breastfeeding a three-year-old but I am breastfeeding a two-year-old with no signs of letting up, so we will see.
I do have many friends who have breastfed until the age of three or well beyond. As Kate pointed out, extended breastfeeding is very much the biological norm. Many women who breastfeed past two or three never talk about it out of fear of social rejection. However, I suspect a healthy number of mums who make it to a year are still nursing at three, just not talking about it.