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Source: Nurse A Baby All Day Strong!
Month: September 2015
Nurse A Baby All Day Strong!
Nurse A Baby All Day Strong
"I'm not telling you its going to be easy
I'm telling you it's going to be worth it"
-Art Williams
"Breastfeeding is a Mother's gift to herself,
her baby and the earth."
-Pamela K. Wiggins
Hello Friends,
Happy fall! Today I am inspired to talk about my nearly six year journey with nursing. As for you who don't know me, I have three small children whom I have continuously nursed through infancy, to toddlerhood, through pregnancy and tandem nursed four of those years. If you are not familiar with the term Tandem nursing or breastfeeding (I perfer the term nursing, it is close to my heart) this is not an easy commitment in the slightest. A little information to share is, tandem nursing is when a mother is nursing an older child when her baby is born. She continues to nurse her older child and her newborn at the same time. Just think of a tandem bicycle, it is a two for one : ). Another interesting fact is this term tandem nursing is not used when a mother is nursing twins or higher multiple babies.
I can remember when nursing would engulf thirty to forty percent of my days. From one baby to the next, I am so luck I had and still have these amazing daily experiences. All of time has enabled me to create solid bonds with my babies. My five year old still likes to have her "bobo snuggles." It is her comfort, she falls fast and sound asleep as do I most nights.
Nursing is one of the most selfless tasks we can do for our children. It is also one of the most fulfilling memories and current everyday life event I have been so blessed to endure. I have always been so lucky. I have had from the start of my nursing career an over abuntant supply of breast milk.
There was one point in my life when my son James was ten months old and I was nursing him on demand on an average of four to six times a day. I had a distant friend, whom I heard had her twins premature at thirty three weeks. Her brother a client of mine, was sharing her story about the babies that they were in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). I felt the urge to help her. I was so saddened by the story. I have slightly been in her shoes with my first nephew being born at thirty five weeks, my mind and body was compelled to reach out to her.
So what did I do next? I was compelled to offer my breast milk to her, I am not sure how I even went about offering this to her. Hearing how tiny and sick her babies were in combination with her brother saying something about her using the hospital's donor milk until they were strong enough to go home. His sister a fellow mother and a distant friend was exhausted mentally and physically. I felt this deep need to help her and help her tiny babies. Her boys were home from the hospital, they were almost six weeks old, we got in contact. I started pumping for those babies two times a day, as well as nursing James on demand. My body knew it needed to help, my milk began flowing so healthily.
We would randomly text back and fourth, she would send me pictures of her tiny twin babies. I would look at the pictures and feel this maternal need to help them with the milk their mommy was struggling to produce. Here I was with this over abundant supply of breast milk, why wouldn't I help her? I progressed to pumping anywhere between three to five times a day for this sweet friend. On an average good day I would pump eight ounces and on an excellent day I would produce upwards to thirteen ounces. Her husband would come to my house and pick up the milk and give me little bits of info on his boy's health and growth, he would share more pictures of his sweet boys.
I proceeded to pump until I felt my friend was strong enough to go solo. I progressed to pump for their babies for three months. I also got slightly burnt out, knowing my friends babies were healthy enough put my mind at ease to stop.
I then continued to nurse James, until I was pregnant with my third child. I continued nursing through my entire pregnancy, I can remember times when it would hurt so bad. But I knew it was what was best for him and it felt natural and normal to keep nursing him. This is exactly as I had done with Violet when I was pregnant with James, it felt right for my body.
After Hugo was born I tandem nursed both of my boys, the strong bond and benefits of nursing them together was amazing and even more so beautiful. It brings a tear to my eyes just thinking about it. My two year old and my tiny baby, would gaze at each other as they held hands, while filling their tiny body's with my yummy milk. One of the sweetest, most genuine memories I have.
When Hugo was four months old my sister Amybeth had her first and only home birth, of little miss Isla Jane. What an amazing empowering birth experience I was so luck to be a part of. This sweet baby girl was born with a cleft palate soft palate. A cleft can form on any part of the pallet most commonly found palates are the orofacial palate and cleft lip palate located on the hard palate which indicators are found on the lip or the roof of a babies mouth. Isla Jane's specific form of cleft was formed on her small flap of tissue that hangs down in the back of her throat.
This condition most likely formed during the sixth week of my sisters pregnancy, there were no signs of a cleft on any ultrasound my sister had. This flap of skin you know of is most commonly called a uvula, or the hangy thing in the back of your mouth. Isla was born with hers being completely split down the middle. Leaving her with a gap or a hole that continued to proceed on down her throat. When Isla would try to nurse my sister it sounded like she was a little clucking chicken and she never fully formed a suction onto my sisters breast.
For you and I it would be equivalent to us drinking out of a straw with ridges that would have a giant hole in it. As you can imagine this sweet baby's frustrations with nursing. A day after my sister had experienced her empowering homebirth, her midwife discovered Islas cleft. My sister's family was rused to the NICU, where there were immediately shown a specific bottle with a nipple created for babies with this condition, this specific nipple is called the haberman nipple. Amybeth, her husband Matthew, one day old Isla Jane and their midwife showed up at the hospital with a frozen bag of my milk. She was then given donor milk, because of the hospital regulations on outside breast milk.
My sisters images of nursing her baby were thwarted, she now had this image imbedded in her mind of her baby only being able to drink out of this specific bottle. Her one day old daughter was now labeled with a special need. I immediately started pumping milk for her when she went at the hospital. I know how it is in there and I knew her milk supply was going to suffer for this traumatic shock. Again me having an ample supply of breast milk, my instincts flew in and that was the only way I knew I could help her and her family.
Being my sister and one of my best friends, I was once again compelled by my heart. I dedicated a huge chunk of my time to nursing and pumping. I was on demand nursing my four month old, along with nursing my two year approximately three to four time a day. I added into my daily routine, pumping for Isla any where from two to four times a day.
I nursed a baby and pumped all day strong! My milk was flowing, my sweet niece was home and growing healthily. My sisters milk finally came in full force. Isla was never able to form a suction to my sisters breast, despite of this my sister committed to pumping for Isla. As you may know most moms might have let this defeat them and that would have been the end of pumping. Amybeth was not one of them, she used it as more motivation, she knew in her daughters future she was going to have to endure surgery. She knew her milk was what was going to keep her baby strong and healthy.
All of this strength led Amybeths milk to be just as plentiful as mine. She pumped and pumped her days away. There were times I would go over to her house and she would be pumping while her baby was crying in her swing and she was so patient. She would have to finish up pumping and then proceed to have to prepare her bottle and feed her baby. With all of the added stressors my sister was a champion. She did not let any of that hinder her, I was and still am so proud of her. I can only imagine her everyday life of pumping and feeding. What an amazing woman she is.
I pumped almost two months for Isla, until my sister had a freezer full of milk. Her milk was flowing. She hadn't needed my help the last three weeks I pumped, I just wanted to ease her mind to know she had support and she was not having to jump into formula. My sister contunied to pump until isla had her cleft surgery when she was almost ten months old. Her surgery was rough but she got through it, my sister and her husband were strong mostly amazing. Islas surgery was an all around success her cleft palette soft palette was repaired in one surgery. Strong little girl, she is a trooper. My sister continued to pump until her daughter was one, I am so proud of her. What a committed, loving mother.
I stopped nursing James at the beginning of the summer, it was hard. He would still nurse today if I let him. I just felt he was ready as was I. I had this strange feeling when I stopped tandem nursing, I had so much more time to spare. That's why I started this blog! I continue to nurse Hugo on demand daily, he has increasingly slowed his milk intake. With his love for food : ) I will savor every nursing moment, as he is my last nurser.
Lots of love to all of my fellow nursing mommies, keep the love and the milk flowing! Help other mothers in need if you can, even if it is encouraging words or sharing your nursing ventures. We call all use inspiration from each other. Until next time friends!
Keeping True To Myself
Source: Keeping True To Myself
Keeping True To Myself
Keeping True To Myself
As long as you
are keeping true
To yourself, you
will always find
-Amber Riely
Be happy, be yourself
if others don't like it let them be.
Happiness is a choice.
Life isn't about pleasing everybody.
Hello Friends,
I can't believe these summer mornings are turning into chilly fall mornings. I love fall it makes me feel so excited for what is to come! Here I stand at 5:40 AM in my slightly chilly, calm and oh so silent home. Soon to be filled with running feet and happy little faces well I can only hope for the happy and not fit throwing children or husband for that matter : ) I have my days too, today is on my side!Some of these mornings I battle myself on how I am going to pull all of this all off? But I am doing it day after day. I am here constantly changing my life each morning after the next. One year ago you would never in a million years have found me awake at this time. One year from today I can feel big change I can see happiness and success in my future. Some days I find myself unsure,but I am keeping momentum with my vision day after day. What is trying going to hurt? It can only be helpful at this point.
I still have my struggles, is any of this really making a difference? I believe it really is. Here is to a fall filled with amazing days, early dark nights, love, laughter, mind freeing stories, smiles, good sex, carefree editing, filling my mind with amazing books, inspiration, sisters, and all of the children in my life! I have never felt more like myself in my entire thirty two years, this is who I am. It is freeing to finally find me and I see so clear. Let us all be true to what makes us happy and not to everyone else. Make time for the things that make you feel good about your body, your mind and your soul every day!
All of this today, yesterday, tomorrow, even next week is bringing me closer to loving my life stories, all of the good, the bad, the laughter and even the fit throwing, chaotic children, messy home filled days. Let us all love each and every moment, we are in charge. Don't forget to smile when you are in the throws of your life stories! Until next time friends!
My Empowering Second Birth Experience: And Then There Was Two
My Empowering Second Birth Experience: And Then There Was Two
"I gave birth at home
Not brave…
Not crazy…
Just educated"
Hello Friends,
Here is the continuance to my soon to be life changing birth experience.
With the shocking news of my second pregnancy at hand and witnessing my sisters soulful home birth, I was forever changed and my perspective was on a whole new level. And yes, it was still childbirth. But the calmness the gentleness and, only the people you choose to be at your birth are present. There are no strangers dressed in blue, aimless wandering in and out of your " birthing room" scanning your bracelet, carelessly asking your name and birthday. No tubes, no iv's, no stiff hospital bed, no monitor strapped to you belly. We are not sick when we are giving birth, then why in the hospital are women treated as cancer patients? We are enduring one of life's most amazing experiences! We don't need to be strapped to a monitor laying flat on our back. If you have ever known a pregnant women or personally gone through the crazy, amazing life experience you will know she would never lay on her back.
We as Women need to wake up to change when it comes to our bodies and our births. There are more choices out there. The pressures of our loved ones and society, I know how hard it is. A home birth is a 180 to hospital birth, and it may seem with it's given name. Your imagination can only lead you there, but until you have been blessed to experience the entirety of a home birth, you will never know the magnitude, the empowerment and the peace that it brings a mother, her baby and her family it changed everything for me.
From my nephew Finny's homebirth, I was determined I was going to have a home birth. I would never subject myself or my new baby to what I had previously endured. And with the experience of Finny's birth, I was affirmed of my decision. Rex was not immediately onboard with my past C-section history. When it came down to it, I put it out there truthfully. "My body my choice." I was certain, I was 100% this was my birth path.
I was thirty-eight weeks and two-day pregnant, I had just had a fresh shower with my one and only sweet daughter, Violet June. She was two years and two months old. In my light pink, terry cloth, bathrobe, I snuggled with my one and only child for the last time, before she was soon to be my oldest. My sister Jenny called while we were snuggling,, I answered.
"Geez…I am so sick and tired of peeing myself." I told her on the phone. I had done it once in the shower, and once getting my bathrobe on and now while I was laying in bed with June. "Are you sure that's not you water?" Jenny responded to me.
"Of course it's not my water, I am only 38 weeks pregnant." I answered back to her, I have never experienced my water breaking with June and to add she was two weeks overdue. So mentally I had prepared myself to be long overdue. I mentally thought I had an entire month of pregnancy ahead of me. Little did I know! I hung the phone, snuggled my one and only sweet baby girl, soon to be one of only two. (Ps We had just had a close friend who is a custom worker build, June's very first big girl bedroom set, she was giving her crib to her new baby brother, what a good big sister she was going to make!)
I quietly heaved myself out of her bed, as quiet as a giant bellied, 38 week pregnant Mama could be. I stood up and in my pink terry cloth robe, a small gush, rushed down my legs. Thought's of what my sister had said on the phone, lingered in my mind. "Oh my, was that really my water or did I just pee again?" I questioned myself, I quietly stomped my swollen feet into my room and closed the door. I dialed my sister Jenny as fast as I could. "Ummm… Jenny… I think it is my water, but I am not sure?" I told her
I could hear the excitement in her voice, "Call Carol!" She urged me. My heart pounding, I called my midwife and gave her a run down, she said it sounds like I have a slow leaking water. If you think of a woman's water breaking you think of the gushing, river of water. A slow leak is exactly as it sounds. It is a tiny tear in the sac, the amniotic fluid or "the water," (breaking or rupturing) is coming out at its own pace. So in my case you may feel like you are slightly peeing yourself every five minutes. Which is hard to differentiate, with a baby smashing your insides and laying on your bladder. Any woman who has carried a baby can relate to the constant accidents and incessant peeing.
And so, I would off and on have this unfamiliar slow leak. Small gushes and giant gushes of warm clear fluid streamed down my legs.
With my water now ruptured, and I was Group B Strep positive. Group B Strep also known as GBS is a type bacteria or an infection found in a womans vaginna or rectum. The bacteria is normally found in 25% of all healthy adult women AKA 1 in 4 women carry this bacteria. In pregnancy, Women are tested for GBS, it can be known to pass to the baby during childbirth. GBS is a leading cause of life-threatening infections in newborns, including pneumonia (lung infection), sepsis (blood infection), meningitis (infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord), and other problems.
With my GBS and previous c-section the clock was ticking. Legally my midwife can only allow a birthing Mother 24 hours with this infection before complication such as the above listed may present worry.
At my home on my terms, my sister Jenny and her eight month old Finny arrived, her other two bigger boys were at home with their dad. My braxton hicks contractions that I had been enduring for the last few weeks were weakly and lazily, coming and going every thirty minutes ,if that. Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as prodromal labour or practice contractions, or incorrectly as false labour, are sporadic uterine contractions that sometimes start around six weeks into a pregnancy. However, they are not usually felt until the second trimester or third trimester of pregnancy.
My husband, Rex at work and could I reach him? Ummm… nope… Of all the panicked times he answered the phone, "Are you in labor? So, you need me to come home?" He asked me this question dozens upon dozens of times. When it was actually happening, his phone would ring and ring and ring. I could not get through, I finally called his supervisor and that's how i got a hold of him. I was slightly panicked he would not make it in time.
Rex finally was home, and a few hours later my midwife and her assistant arrived. We were at home and the afternoon ticked by, the evening came, we were all patiently waiting for my labor to start. It had almost ceased to exist. I somehow frightened it away. I kept thinking to myself, "maybe I really was peeing myself? " It was dark, my one and only daughter, June was nursed and sound asleep in her big girl bed. My midwife and her assistant retreated to the futon in the lower family room, we joked about them snuggling and spooning each other. My sister went to bed on my couch. With a rapid heart beat, I could feel in my arms, I nervously, tried falling asleep flopping and heaving from side to side. I kept perfectly arranging and rearranging my eclectic, array of my eight fluffy pillows. As Rex would referred to as my wall of pillows. I barely, nervously, anxiously, dozed off.
My sister Jenny woke me through my gasping, incessant drooling and snoring. She sweetly urged me to get up, that the clock was ticking and maybe a walk would help to get things moving along. My husband, daughter and midwives, were fast asleep. We went out the front door for a midnight walk, the time was moving fast my contractions were off and on, weakishly every thirty minutes still.
Jenny and I on our late night, ever so dark morning hour stroll, she was cracking me up. She was encouraging me to do lunges, and squats I kept gushing, there were even hilarious fart moments. I have amazing memories of that night with the two of us, lots of laughs and lots of gush farts. Hey I couldn't help it I had a giant belly, I gained 54 lbs after all, yikes!
We returned into the house, still the same, I walked up and down my three flights of stairs at least ten times. Still nothing but one giant tired, anxious, Mama. The early morning hours approached, Carol and Myrta submerged sleepy from the downstairs living room.
"Any changes, Shelly?" Carol sweetly asked. I responded, nothing new to report except more gushes of fluid. She had me lay on my couch and double checked with a lithium paper that it in fact was my water and not pee as I kept suspecting. We were all half and half, hoping it wasn't a ruptured membrane and just an end of a third trimester, giant bellied Mama, peeing herself. Carol checked my babies heart beat and he was perfect in there, he was head down, positioning was ideal for birth. We were just lacking the labor pains that I was hoping would have come and gone by this point.
Carol spoke to me about my fears, about my body, she suggested we light a candle and sit in a circle and say a prayer, she spoke to me about releasing any worry from my mind and any doubts I was holding onto. With the sun slightly rising, a tall flickering candle, we circled on my living room floor. I was surrounded by My sister Jenny and two loving midwife's, Rex and June were still asleep and I was ok with that.
Gazing into the flickering light, I released my fears of pushing out my baby. I had a worry that when it came time to pushing I was not going to know how to get my baby out of my body. I released tears of joy and tears of fears of having another c-section, my pains of my first birth, each woman said encouraging words to me. We release thoughts of positivity and healthy birth into to universe. My lips quivered of course I cried, my sister cried. I felt so much love and warmth.
Morning approached, my dear friend Shay entered my home with her eight month old baby girl Arden, and her amazing positive presence. "What a beautiful day to have a baby Shelly." She genuinely smiled to me with her sweet southern accent. He face made me tear up.
My progress, still the same. I tried disgusting tasting tinctures, I choked down the dreadful castro oil and orange juice with vodka. Yes vodka, it relaxes a laboring mother. I was determined to try anything, I was not going to the hospital! I started get contractions or intestinal cramping, my breathing started to get heavy. It was not the contractions I wanted, I had sever stomach pains I was sweaty, queasy, I was going to puke, but I didn't. Those waves left me and I was now left with no contractions.
My midwife asked to speak to my husband and I, she sat on the floor up against my bookshelf. I bounced on my birthing ball with my hair braided to my left side, in my emerald-green nightgown. Rex sat in a chair to my right. I embraced my giant belly as I bounced up and down on the ball. She gently told us, everything I knew she was about to say. I was GBS positive and with my history of c-section we were approaching 22 hours of a ruptured sack. The dreadful words came out of her mouth.
"Shelly, we are going to have to move you to the Hospital." I lost it, I had no emotional filter or control. I tightly held my belly and sobbed and sobbed, myself into heuristics. I couldn't stop.
"It's not fair!" My lips quivered with tears streamed down my cheeks unto my green nightgown. "It's not fair!" I repeated time and again. "I worked so hard for this." I spoke trembled under my tears.
Rex held me, I lost it I couldn't keep it together. Luckily June was at a close Friend's house and she did not have to see her Mommy like this. Jenny and Shay held me and comforted me in a small circle. They both affirmed to me this is what I needed to do to meet my son and have a healthy son, it was going to be ok. And everyone was going to be there every step of the way.
PS I never knew while this was happening. I kept asking for my other sister Amybeth, I had no clue where she was, I kept getting angry at her for not being there. And little did I know she was plagued with a horrific case of, influenza B. I was so sad, but out of our hands, I couldn't have influenza B much less my newborn baby with it. I missed every moment without her.
Rex was frantically gathering all of our things for the hospital. With my birth pool set up in my kitchen, and longing for my home birth. Rex sweetly told me to get in and relax before we headed to the hospital. I resisted him at first, how could I relax? Relaxation was a distant island to my soon to be drifting away future. I finally gave in, I got in the pool I floated in the warm birthing water, I accepted what was to come. I gave into the thoughts of a C-section. I actually thought of how much easier it would be than having to endure the pains of birth.
Carol my midwife gently put her hand on my shoulder and said to me, "Shelly, it is time." She held out a towel and helped me out of the pool. I dripped water on my way up the stairs to my bedroom, half way up I stopped and gazed down onto my living room floor at the hospital bag and the car seat I hadn't intended on using for at least another month. I looked around at my home and how ready it was for me to have my son in.
I got to my room in my soaking wet sports bra, I made it to the foot of my bed and then, my breath was stolen from me. I had the most intense cramping, these unfamiliar feelings had not dawned on me at the moment that I might be in labor. I held my body up at the foot of my bed and held onto my hard as a rock belly, I swayed back and forth, taking deep breaths blowing out my breaths. The cramping paused and then I tried for a second time to pull off my wet bra, but I atlas I couldn't. I was stopped in my tracks by another intense, breath-taking, hard as a rock feeling over my body. "Are these contractions?" I asked myself. It stopped again, I made myself move confusingly to my bathroom with my wet bra still in tacked, I made it to my bathroom sink. I strongly put my hand on the counter with my head down swaying back and forth. I was breathing deep again, my thoughts were how I couldn't imagine riding in the car feeling like this.
My dear, sweet friend, Shay, slowly entered my bathroom. "Is everything ok, Shelly? Do you need some help?" She calmly asked me with her baby in her arms. It was happening again and again. Shay stayed with me for my next couple of contractions, she happily watched. She was as confused as I was to what was happening. I told her "I do not want to ride in the car, this is going to suck so bad." My breath was stolen away by another rock hard contraction.
My sister, Jenny stood at the door way. Shay whispered to her, sharing her last moments spent with me. I heard her feet scurry off and up came my midwife, Carol. Yet another wave overtook me, I had to stop, I couldn't walk, I couldn't talk, all I had was my breath, my labors sounds started to chime in. Carol flooded me with questions, I answered in my blurry, painful confusion. She told me we were going to just wait and see what happened. We still had two hours and if I were to go into active labor in that time, we might just be able to stay at home. She raised her hand above her head, praying for a miracle. Not sure of what she was saying. My longing labor pains that I so desperately wanted were here, and WOW! Did I ever forget their intensity. My friend, Shay packed her eight month old baby girl, Arden on her back. Arden was calmed by her Mommy and the ever so familiar sounds of birth. Shay rubbed me in my dark, calm and fluffy bed. I labored a while longer, it was at least forty-five minutes. Carol insisted in checking my cervix. Something she usually does not do, but this was a completely different circumstance. Carol did not speak the number to be directly but I was dilated to a five and a half. One being as big as one fingertip and ten being as big as ten fingertips and ready for baby to come out.
I asked if I could return to the pool, Carol told me not to get too comfortable in there. But she agreed to let me try, I waddled my way down the stairs as fast as my body would allow. A contraction once again stole my breath and I had to stop, I began swaying my hips back and forth and laboring moans filling the air. I almost ran into the pool at the pause of my contractions, at the rate I was going it was only a matter of minutes I had before another one over come my body. I am pretty sure as I leaped into the water I made a giant splash, no one said a word. I got into my the comfortable position that I could at the time. I was on my knees, they were spread as wide open as possible. I had my arms crossed over the side of the pool, I would cradle my head with each contraction. I am not sure where Rex was at this point, I think he was sitting on the sidelines in fears of what was happening. I could hear one of the baby's making sweet coos. I felt safe, I felt so much love, it felt right and it was happening for real this time.
Jenny got in the pool with me, she was prepared with a swim suit. There was a point I felt she was actually laboring with me. She rubbed my back. My soothing music played in the background, I looked up and saw a flickering candle. Shay stood on the outside with Rex while Shay was holding Arden checking the temperature of the pool. With my eyes closed I could hear Jenny and Shay both affirming to me," Shelly your body is doing exactly what is it supposed to be doing, accept these contractions, you are strong. You are capable." She reassured me. With a momentary break in my contractions, I gazed up at my sweetest, seven month old nephew Finny, calmly and happily playing on the floor mimicking my laboring sounds.
In this pause Carol leaned down and whispered the best words I have ever heard, "Shelly we are going to set up for a home birth, you are going to have your baby at home." I will forever remember that moment, tears of joy filled my eyes I hugged her I could not believe her words. Shay and Jenny both cried, it was really happening. Rex was still confused, but ready to do whatever he needed to do to help out. I was having my son at home, in my kitchen. In my most amazing birthing pool surrounded by only loving, supportive people. My birth I had always imagined and dreamt of night after night. Only the people I wanted to share this amazing experience with, were with me and I was safe and in my own home.
I labored in the pool, my sister in the pool with me. At one point she was holding up my body as I rested back on her. And then in a moment's time I began getting nauseous and dry heaving, I threw up. It was calm, my body was doing what it was made for. My midwife was trusting of me and I was of her. And then my loud laboring roars, turned into the deepest grunting sounds. My whole pregnancy I was terrified I was not going to know what to do when it came time to push my son out. And lo and behold my body took over, I was involuntarily bearing down. Deep grunting sounds filled the air. I was comfortably resting back in the pool, Rex on the outside of the pool holding my hand. Jenny was still in the pool and squashed over to one side.
She later told me at one point she had to pee so bad, but didn't want to leave me. Carol told her it was ok to go in the pool, Jenny was surrounded in my bodily fluids as I was of hers. When I was in this state, I only wanted darkness. My sister and Shay had made me cold wash cloth, upon cold wash cloth with a lovely lavender scent. I kept demanding of a colder wetter rag. I could feel my son in my birth canal, that little stinker kept coming down and going right back up. There was one point when I just wanted to push with ever being in myself to get him out. At that point Carol raised her voice to me," If it is burning and stretching back off, let your body do the work." I heard someone's voice say, "Surrender to the pain Shelly." With a the ring of fire slowly approaching, I remembered I let go of everything in my mind and body. I let my body float in the water, I let my body do what it was made for. It hurt like Hell, it was the most intense, real feelings I had ever experienced in my life at that point.
All I remember is grunting and thinking I ripped my critters open and then I reached down and submerged my baby boy out of the water. Jenny was directly behind me at this point. I pulled my son on my chest, I held his tiny bottom in my hand I kissed his head. I cried, "I did it babe, where is he where is Rex?" I cried tears of joy, I looked around and he reached his hand down. "I did it Carol, I did it." I cried more and more tears of joy. I held him on my chest and someone wrapped a towel around us in the water. I felt euphoric, I was holding my baby I was at home just as I had dreamt of doing.
Moments later, Carol asked if I could get out of the pool and make it to the couch to deliver my placenta. With helping hands in every direction I was hoisted out of the pool with warm towels and blankets wrapped around me and my newborn baby. I shivered on my way to the couch. I laid there trying to process what had just happened. I nursed my nameless son, I instantly was in love with him. I often wondered during my pregnancy how I would love another baby as much as I loved June. But It was automatic. Carol asked if I could push to help my placenta be born. I took a deep breath and blew it out of my mouth, I did this several times. Carol instructed me to breath in and hold my breath and push, when I was pushing my son I involuntarily pushed. I never had to think about it, I was focused. A few good pushes and I pretty sure I said "F*c* yes, that felt so good!" And then my ultra shivering, overcame me, I was losing mass amounts of blood. Carol quickly and confidently administered a shot of Pitocin into my upper thigh (these times are what Pitocin was created for), and I was quickly given a tincture. Carol said," Shelly you need to tell your uterus to clamp down and shut off!" Demanding like, my ears and body were open. I loudly stated. "Uterus clamp down and shut of!" With every being I shouted those words, I was in charge of my body and it was going to obey. And moments later, my body listened and my shivering dissipated. I was laying on my couch with my nameless son, snuggling and nursing. We chose to burn his cord, it was another amazing experience on its own. It was lovely and in walked our oldest daughter, June. She was confused I held her and tandem nursed my two babies, they gazed in each other's eyes and nursed together. It was amazing I did! And that night my family got to sleep soundly and comfortably in our own beds. It was a breath of fresh air compared to my five night stay at the hospital first birth experience.
I want to tell other Mama's you can do it to. It is our bodies and our choices. I can never describe the empowerment that day gave me. I carry that experience along everywhere I go. I finally was able to forgive myself and know that I held the power the entire time. Know that you have a voice and mostly it is your body and your body, so make the best choice for you and not for anyone else.
Until next time friends!
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Happy Summer! Here are a few reminders for our students to help prepare for the 2019-2020 school year.
Report Cards: Report cards can be picked up on May 31st. If your student turned in a self-addressed, stamped envelope, their report card will be mailed. If you come by the school to pick up your student's report card or handle other business at school over the summer, our office hours are Monday-Thursday 7:30-4:30. We suggest calling ahead just to make sure the person you need to see is available before making a special trip to school. We do have workshops and such scheduled during the summer, so some summer employees may be out of the building, depending on what is scheduled for that day.
Summer Reading: All upcoming 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th grade students are required to read a book over the summer. During the first few weeks of school, students will be doing activities with these books so it is important that students read them in order to be prepared for English class in August. They are as follows:
Upcoming 7th graders: Call of the Wild by Jack London
Upcoming 8th graders: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Upcoming 9th graders: The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Upcoming 10th graders: Check out the "latest news" section of our website to see the attachments for regular English classes and AP English classes for HHS
Supply Lists:
Please click on the "School Counselors" section of our website under "forms" to view school supply lists for each grade level and Mrs. Welch's class. They have been posted on that section.
OPEN HOUSE 2019-2020 School Year:
6th & 7th Grade Open House will be held on Monday, August 5th, 2019 from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
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We are downsizing. After loading up many boxes of old Bridge Worlds (some since the 60's, most or all continuous since the 70's) plus ACBL Bulletins (early 70's and onward) and miscellaneous British, Australian, and New Zealand magazines, I fear there is not sufficient space at the new place to store it all.
I will give away to a good home. I will want to keep a few (like the ones that feature articles I have contributed). If you are local - Toronto - you only have to drive up to get them.
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As our society continues to evolve, so does the way we manage finances. No longer are the days of wire transfers, all money can be sent within seconds due to fintech software. With fintech software, we find easier solutions to financial problems that plagued us in the past.
And this guide will give you insights on how fintech has evolved. As it continues to grow, we'll start to see more development teams operating with banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. Scroll down to find out how fintech software can bring a positive change to your business.
What is Fintech?
Previously, fintech software used to be back-end technology used to run financial organizations but has grown to a term used to describe disruptive technologies.
Fintech investment increased from $1.89 billion (2010) to $27 billion (2017). The growth of fintech is expected to continue, with African and Asia/Pacific markets making a large share of market growth.
Fintech's growth is due to the internet and the rise of mobile technology. Even highly cautious, highly regulated industries (i.e. insurance) have embraced innovative opportunities for more effectiveness offered by fintech solutions.
Financial institutions used to keep fintech companies at length, seeing them as potential competitors and industry disruptors. Self-interest and wisdom have surpassed user's cautions. It seems that financial companies have started to invest in fintech software to keep their organizations relevant.
This newfound promotion and acceptance of fintech innovation, proven by the large investment made by the fintech industry, will increase the implementation and development of fintech within the financial industry.
Also read, Facebook Is Collecting App Users' Data Without Consent, Wall Street Journal Finds
Benefits of Fintech
Fintech applications offer B2B spaces a multitude of potential benefits. While some applications are customer specific, or directly benefit customers, the majority of solutions within this space are B2B focused.
Lower Costs
Businesses can benefit from more automated technology. In the technology industry, banks can save billions of dollars a year implementing reg tech solutions.
In addition to cutting down the number of employees by creating automated tasks, the insights created by fintech applications can improve operating efficiency and streamline business operations.
Increased Transparency
One of the biggest benefits of fintech, specifically in regards to AI-powered reg tech and blockchain based fintech for the finance industry, is the creation of transparency. Fintech projects can identify fraudulent activity faster than the human mind.
The transparency that's introduced by these projects will start the know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) portions of the finance industry.
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What is the Future For Fintech?
The following years are expected to be bright for the fintech industry. We expect to see advancements in analytics, data handling, and artificial intelligence. This will result in more innovation within this sector.
An increase in financial data APIs and open banking practices will lead to more fintech application development. Blockchain technology has the potential to catalyze a revolution in the finance, banking, and insurance industries and beyond.
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Capital works as a bulwark against losses and provides protection for members when a credit union is struggling financially. It follows then that when it comes to measuring an a credit union's financial fortitude, capital is important. When looking at safety and soundness, more capital is preferred.
On our test to measure the adequacy of a credit union's capital, ENERGY ONE received a score of 8 out of a possible 30 points, lower than the national average of 15.65.
ENERGY ONE had a capitalization ratio of 8.00 percent in our test, lower than the average for all credit unions, a sign that it's weaker than its peers.
In this test, Bankrate tries to estimate the impact of troubled assets, such as unpaid mortgages, on the credit union's reserves set aside to cover loan losses, as well as overall capitalization.
Having extensive holdings of these types of assets means a credit union may eventually have to use capital to absorb losses, shrinking its equity buffer. It also means that there are likely to be many assets that are in non-accrual status and thus aren't earning money, resulting in lower earnings and potentially more risk of a future failure.
ENERGY ONE fell below the national average of 38.09 on Bankrate's test of asset quality, racking up 28 out of a possible 40 points .
A lower-than-average ratio of problem assets of 0.00 percent in our test was potentially indicative of greater financial strength than other credit unions.
How successful a credit union is at making money has an effect on its safety and soundness. A credit union can retain its earnings, increasing its capital cushion, or use them to address problematic loans, likely making the credit union better able to withstand financial shocks. Losses, on the other hand, reduce a credit union's ability to do those things.
ENERGY ONE received above-average marks on Bankrate's earnings test, achieving a score of 14 out of a possible 30.
The credit union had an earnings ratio of 0.00 percent in our test, better than the average for all credit unions, suggesting that it's outperforming its peers in this area.
Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound Ratings provide a star rating system to evaluate the current financial status of financial institutions. The information gathered about banks, credit unions and thrifts is updated as set forth in the Terms of Use of Safe & Sound Ratings and Reports. The Safe & Sound Ratings information is grouped by categories of banks, thrifts and credit unions.
Bankrate.com evaluates the financial condition of institutions and assigns a one- to five-star rating for each with five stars representing the highest rating. Institutions with satisfactory performance will generally receive a rating of three or more stars. The majority of institutions fall into the three- to four-star range. An institution with an "NR" rating may be too new to rate or may have limited the publicly available information in their regulatory filings. The "NR" is not an indication of financial strength or weakness. The Safe & Sound rating is believed to be reliable, but the information is not guaranteed. In addition, events since the information was collected may have altered the institution's financial condition.


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While we were in the States, just so happened, it was voting time! How perfectly providential! We filled out our absentee ballots that had been previously mailed to us while sipping hot chocolate and other yumminess at Starbucks.
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2010, we picked her up. We thought at once that she was a stunning
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text: This book is about how Chinese views of natural resource management underwent a major change as a result of the late Qing engagement with imperialism and science and argues that modern Chinese views of strategic mineral reserves and natural resources developed in the last decades of the Qing dynasty In the West and in China coal had long been mined and used. What changed in the nineteenth century was the crafting of a global discourse of energy and industrialization, which prominently featured coal. For Qing officials and writers from the late nineteenth century coal became an essential fuel of imperialism and the foundation of a new industrial economy. Each chapter addresses a different facet of this change in worldview and as a whole demonstrate that by the end of the nineteenth century China and the West had converged in a crucial measure of modern, industrialized states: the theory and exploitation of natural resources, particularly fossil fuels.


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For decades, saturated fat and cholesterol have been dubbed the forbidden fruit of any healthy diet. Fat clogs your arteries, cholesterol causes heart attacks, and fat makes you fat – or so we were told.
Recommendations to avoid saturated fat and cholesterol consumption were first issued by the US government in the 1970's when research seemed to suggest their linking with heart related diseases. However, despite swift adoption, the evidence was criticized as inconclusive. Even today, research has been done which now discredits the studies that led to this shift in dietary theory (read more about this here). In fact, new studies are beginning to argue that there is actually no correlation between saturated fat consumption and disease.
Ironically, both saturated fat and cholesterol are critical for many of the body's normal functions.
Fats make up nearly 60% of our brain and are crucial in determining brain performance and integrity.
Our bodies utilize cholesterol to make hormones, generate vitamin D from sun exposure and to produce bile acids for digestion. Fats are also the most important building block for our cellular membranes- the walls that surround our cells. Fats are very important.
Thanks to this debunked dietary myth, many people are keeping an open mind when it comes to previously black listed foods. This is one reason why butter is back as one of the trendiest ingredients in the wellness world today. Butter coffee, butter bombs, fat balls and more…
But can butter really be good for you?
The answer is YES. But like most things, this depends on the quality and the source. Do not mistake this to mean that a tablespoon of margarine or Land O Lakes is going to work any miracles for you. Trans fats or ingredients commonly made with GMOs like canola oil should still be avoided with a ten-foot pole. However, high quality, grass-fed REAL butter or ghee does have major benefits! Here are a few highlights-
Increased energy & appetite regulation
Butyrate, a primary fatty acid found in butter, has been shown to enhance energy levels through mitochondrial function, regulate appetite and thus promote weight loss. YES, butter can contribute to weight loss (whatt)! This is one benefit I can speak to from experience. I started drinking butter coffee every morning about a year ago and I will say that I definitely feel both of these benefits every time. This is why I love butter coffee as a pre-workout drink or to sip on during intermittent fasting.
Fights digestive disorders and promotes a healthy gut
Butyrate is also known for its ability to fight a multitude of digestive disorders like leaky gut syndrome, Crohn's disease and IBS. Butyrate fights inflammation and helps to maintain the integrity of our intestinal lining.
Butter is rich in fat-soluble vitamins
- Vitamin A- a potent antioxidant that helps to neutralize toxins in the body
- Vitamin K- critical for ensuring strong bones and promotes a healthy heart
- Vitamin D- critical for ensuring strong bones, helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels, enhances immunity, and much more
- Vitamin E- another potent antioxidant that slows aging and helps to maintain healthy cholesterol levels
So, what type of butter should you buy? When selecting butter, organic, grass-fed ghee is always best.
Think of ghee as a more "filtered" version of butter. It's also known as "clarified butter." Ghee is more nutrient dense than butter and lactose and casein free. This makes ghee a great choice for anyone sensitive to dairy. Another benefit of ghee over butter is its higher smoke point. This means you can cook with ghee at higher temperatures without burning it (burned oils are toxic for you- only cook with oils or fats with a high smoke point). Purchase my favorite ghee here.
Organic, grass-fed butter is also a great option if dairy is not a concern for you. Kerrygold and Vital Farms are both trusted brands to look out for.
Not only does butter pack a powerful punch of nutrients, but it tastes great too. Like many, my favorite way to enjoy butter is in coffee.
Listen to your body
Before making butter coffee your new daily, be sure to try it a time or two and see how it makes you feel. Regardless of the supporting science and nutrition profile, everyone is different. First and foremost, listen to your body!
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- Chang, C.-Y., Ke, D.-S., & Chen, J.-Y. (2009). Essential fatty acids and human brain. Acta Neurologica Taiwanica, 18(4), 231–241.
- Siri-Tarino, P. W., Sun, Q., Hu, F. B., & Krauss, R. M. (2010). Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, ajcn.27725. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2009.27725
- Gao, Z., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Ward, R. E., Martin, R. J., Lefevre, M., … Ye, J. (2009). Butyrate improves insulin sensitivity and increases energy expenditure in mice. Diabetes, 58(7), 1509–1517. https://doi.org/10.2337/db08-1637
- Byrne, C. S., Chambers, E. S., Morrison, D. J., & Frost, G. (2015). The role of short chain fatty acids in appetite regulation and energy homeostasis. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 39(9), 1331–1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2015.84


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Seriously! You are here sifting through this list because you are obsessed about world's slowest! Not? Well, let's say it does take some dandy skills to make it to the top spot in the world's slowest. In case you are wondering if that meant anything to you unless you care caught up behind one of these cars playing thug life on their stereo. Shame on you twice, for secretly checking out this list and then again for failing to overhaul these suckers on the motorway because you adore their cuteness incessantly! Well, just in case you made it here after all the efforts of foraging through the internet, fret not! Thou will not be disappointed.
Here is the one stop answer to what is the slowest car in the world.
(P.S. We slip the countdown in a backward chronology just to keep the matters interesting)
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10. Mitsubishi i-Miev
Not tad fast as the Tesla Model S, but this car can do 0-60 if you are willing to wait a long time (13.4 seconds to be exact). If you happen to be stuck behind one of these cars, well… just sit back and enjoy the scenery. Because, there isn't pretty much anything that you can do. Hey! At least the car looks cute and chubby. What it can't do with performance, it does with looks.
9. Fiat Qubo natural power 1.4
Italian? Yes! Then it should be exciting. Not exactly! This car does 0-60 in 17.7 seconds. That's longer than you getting off your favorite couch to make popcorns. And ugh what is that? A double chin? It sure is the slowest car in the Europe. The chances are you will probably miss noticing them if owned a fast car, well… unless maybe if you own one of these models and pass by another Qubo to say "Hey neighbor!".
8. Daimler Smart CDI
Curtains up on the next contender and wait! What is that? A car? A tuk- tuk? Wherever this car came from, it sure must be from a world of small people. Fast? Maybe, if you consider it breathtaking going 0-60 miles an hour in 19.5 seconds. You can't make a slow-mo ad with one of these cars, as it would be too slow that you probably wouldn't need to slow your video anymore.
7. Chevrolet CMV
Let's dig some features. This car has 0.8 liters, three-cylinder engine churning 37 horses with a max payload rated at 992 pounds. Thrilling? Not exactly, unless you find 27 seconds of counting to reach 0-60 too fast to handle (P.S. on dry weight). So, off goes your pet cat Buster, and your pretty wife Betty, if you want to race lighter with one of these street crawlers.
6. Hindustan Ambassador 1.5 DSZ
Staying slick and slow at the 6th spot is the car from the South Asia (India to be precise). This car is nothing, but for its looks. It is originally a classic Morris Oxford with a little cosmetic job on it. The performance figures aren't precisely listed, probably not to flaunt the embarrassment. But we, believe it is 27 seconds to reach 0-60 miles on a 35.5 HP, 1.5-liter engine. Now that needs a pat on the back for the slowest car.
5. Tata Nano
She is slow. She is small. She is Tata Nano! Seems like the speed doesn't thrill the Indians. This car looks like it certainly needs a nose job. Every inch of it looks define the word "slow". If this car were to race, it would probably do with another Nano maybe. It was originally sold as the cheapest car in the world. That's right! Own a ride with nickels and dimes. The chances are, you will not regret buying unless you aren't in a rush because the car takes 29.4 seconds to reach 60 miles an hour. If that doesn't impress you, nothing else will.
4. MIA Electric Car
OK, for starters this car looks sporty. Trust me! It does. If seating three persons and having nine cubic inches of boot space may sound fancy though. If that weren't enough reason to make the car look sporty (seriously, the LOOK alone), it has a central driving seat. Yes! Just like the McLaren that Rowan Atkinson owned. Its performance may not be as funny as the actor, but if you were to reach the top speed of this car that is 60 miles dot, you would have to wait half a minute. Seriously! If you are impatient, do not drive this! Do not!
3. Renault Twizy
Spelled just like "fuzzy", chances are you will be over-expecting if you thought you could reach anywhere close to 60 miles in this Renault-made automobile. This 17 Horse powered machine is not your best friend if patience isn't your thing. Unfortunately, as jokingly as it may seem, this car looks spunky.
2. Aixam Coupe
Speed is out of the question for this extremely sporty looking car. Regrettably as it may seem, all the slowest cars appear sporty on their looks. Totally misguides noobs unless they happen to take expert advice from articles like the one you are reading now. What you are gazing at here is a machine that makes 5.6 horses with a 400cc, two-cylinder diesel engine. Meh! 60 miles? Like I mentioned don't even think. Not even slightly. But hey, all isn't terrible if you owned an Aixam. The authorities thought maybe you needn't have skills driving one, so you need not have a license to drive one of these cars.
1. Peel
This car is either an awful joke or a pun extremely intended. It's a car! Trust me, it is. Of course without the fourth wheel. Safety is extremely questionable when you are driving one of these tin cans. With the size of this car, it makes even the Dwarfs from LOTR looks like behemoths if they ever squeezed into these box graves. This car is priced so ridiculously; you will rub your eyes twice to believe. You can own the world's slowest car for $16,000. Yep! That's the price you need to pay to own this slow moving swagger.


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Scholastic chess season has begun, with the Mass. Chess Association conducting the Fall Foliage Festival tourney beginning at 9:30 a.m. today at Sage School, 171 Mechanic St. in Foxboro. Spectators, and those wishing to start a school chess club, may come to observe and ask questions.
Locally, the ninth scholastic tourney will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Greater Worcester Chess Club, at the Hibernian Cultural Center, 19 Temple St. in Worcester. It will be followed by round one at 7:30 p.m. of the club�s Obviously October Open, according to director Donna Alarie. Be sure to arrive a half-hour early if you wish to register and bring chess equipment.
There is a club for students age 8 and up at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Northboro Public Library, 71 Lyman St., Northboro. More details are available by calling the library at (508) 393-5025.
School officials and teachers wishing to start a club in grades K-12 in Central Mass. qualify for an equipment grant from the Mass. Chess Association. Details are available on www.masschess.org, or contact Brian Lafferty, coordinator of the Living Memorial Chess Fund at email@example.com.
The Boston Blitz lost their Sept. 17 match to the New Jersey Knockouts, 3-1. They will meet the Philadelphia Inventors at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, with spectators welcome. With an even match score of 2-2, the Blitz hopes to move back up in the standings.
Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia did, indeed, win the Women�s World Championship in Nalchik, Russia. The Anand-Kramnick men�s title match will begin Oct. 14 in Bonn, Germany, and has a number of promotions on-line at www.uep-worldchess.com. This includes the release of a DVD video, �Fighting for the Crown,� that highlights the careers of both players.
Speaking of world championships, the quarterly rating list of the World Chess Federation will be available Wednesday at www.fide.com. This is not to be confused with blitz or on-line play ratings. Commentators are discussing how close in rating the top six players are these days, with no one way out front, the way Garry Kasparov was for so many years. Women and student ratings are also given.
You can see a survey of the longest combinations in master games in the Chess Notes historical feature by Edward Winter, on www.chessbase.com. The documentation of Winter�s sources makes his scholarly work among the most trusted of any researchers on the Internet.
Answer to quiz: White mates with 1. Qc1. Composed problems are rarely �easy,� but solvers back many years ago would call themes of varying difficulty, but many times they knew what to look for at a glance.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Technology stocks mostly rose Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced a program to buy $600 billion in Treasurys to support the economy.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.89% rose 6.8 points to close at 2,540, and the Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index MSH, +1.99% edged higher. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -3.91% also rose.
Decliners included Seagate Technology STX, -4.05%, Oracle Corp. ORCL, -2.55% , and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.67%.
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Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS shares fell 70 cents, or more than 4%, to close at $15.50 after the video-game publisher trimmed its second-quarter loss to $201 million, or 61 cents a share, on revenue of $884 million. Excluding one-time items, EA would have earned $32 million, or 10 cents a share, while analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast EA to lose 10 cents a share on $812.7 million in sales.
However, EA's third-quarter forecast failed to live up to Wall Street's expectations. The company said it expects to post a profit of 50 cents to 60 cents a share, on sales ranging from $1.38 billion to $1.5 billion. Analysts previously estimated EA would earn 71 cents a share on $1.43 billion in sales.
The revenue forecast stood out as the quarter includes "Medal of Honor," one of EA's biggest releases of the year.
AOL Inc. shares AOL, +6.82% climbed 81 cents, or 3.2%, to $26.10 after the company reported third-quarter results that topped analysts' forecasts. Still, AOL's sales fell 26% from the year-ago quarter, as revenue from all its major business areas declined.
GPS-device developer Garmin Ltd. GRMN, -1.16% shares gave up $1.75, or more than 5%, to close at $31.26. Before the market opened, Garmin reported a third-quarter profit of $279.5 million, or $1.43 a share, up from $215.1 million, or $1.07 a share, in the year-ago period. Sales, however, fell to $692.3 million from $781.3 million.
Garmin said it was winding down its efforts to get into the smart-phone market and would focus on selling products to airplane and boat makers.


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8 Things to Know about Grass Carp for Aquatic Weed Control
Posted by Daniel Lawrence on April, 2016
In Florida, the climate definitely has its perks, but if you own or live on a pond, you know that the heat can also produce many unwanted aquatic plants. If you are worried about the seemingly uncontrollable weeds and algae that are invading your pond and is looking for the best aquatic weed control Tampa has to offer, check out grass carp.
Triploid grass carp is the most common herbivorous fish used for biological control of aquatic weed. If you're curious about this type of solution, here are 8 things you should know:
1) Origin: The grass carp is a native to China. The Chinese have been using this for controlling weeds in rice fields for over 2,000 years.
2) Global weed control solution: Grass carp have been used in various countries. They were responsible for cleaning up the Nile River in Egypt.
3) U.S. Introduction: While the grass carp was introduced in the early 60s as an aquatic weed control solution, many states have banned the vegetarian fish in fear of reproducing beyond control and destroying aquatic ecosystems all over the country. The ban still holds until today.
4) Misunderstood fish: Contrary to popular belief, grass carp DO NOT muddy pond water, prey on eggs and small fish or pull out aquatic plants.
5) Permission required: In states where the ban on grass carp is still upheld, owners of ponds who wish to use this solution should communicate with their local Division of Wildlife for pond assessment and procedures.
6) Limited fish per pond: Once you've followed all procedures, don't assume you can stock up your pond with hundreds of grass carp immediately. The Division of Wildlife follows a guideline, which would allow you to obtain about 3-10 grass carp per acre of water.
7) Cheapest weed control option: Although the process of obtaining the carp can seem daunting, this is the cheapest option for controlling unruly weeds and has been proven as a long-term solution.
8) Longer results: Compared to chemical-based weed control, letting grass carp control the weeds can take time but the results are stable and lasting.
If you wish to use grass carp to solve your aquatic weed problem, but don't know where to start, find a pond maintenance service like Charles Aquatics and let them handle it for you.
Charles Aquatics is the most qualified provide of aquatic weed control Tampa has. The company helps with obtaining triploid grass carp for biological control solutions. They also offer chemical and mechanical weed control solutions.


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Today, we want to talk to you about another great woman behind a great business: Rio Brown and her Literary Emporium. Rio started her bookish company in 2012 as a creative outlet for her love of English literature. Her products are aimed to book lovers like her, looking for memorabilia of their favourite writers.
Literary Emporium's pieces are all unique and personally developed by Rio. They range from clothing items to jewellery, stationery and prints. Rio's success has also taken over different stockists in London: you can find her products sold in The National Portrait Gallery and Keats' House, other than Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries.
Rio agreed to take part in our series 'Women Entrepreneurs' and has answered for us a few questions about being a woman in business in this day and age. Here's what she had to say:
Did you have any knowledge of how to run a business before starting one? Being it from school, personal acquaintances or work.
I had absolutely no idea how to run a business, but I knew that it was what I wanted to do so I was happy to learn as I went along. Six years on, I'm still learning new things every day – no day is the same when you run your own business!
When you decided to start your business, what was it that made you say 'yes, the world needs this right now'? Especially as the entrepreneurship world can seem quite overwhelming and overwhelmed at the moment.
The business started more as a creative outlet for me rather than identifying a gap in the market. I was just lucky that when I tentatively started selling a few items, they were well received, and it just grew from there.
There's obviously been a lot of talks lately around sexism in the workplace, gender pay gap and issues that generally affects women in business. What was the difference between the expectations you had and what you actually found as a woman creating her own business?
I went into business having no particular expectations about being a woman-led business, but I have experienced 'micro-sexism' such as questions in meetings being directed to my boyfriend rather than to me. Thankfully this doesn't happen often, but I have found that sometimes people take the business less seriously because I'm a woman.
Do you feel the pressure to present in a certain way, or act in a certain way of being a woman in business?
I haven't personally experienced any pressure, but I can relate to that fact that women seem to be shoehorned into certain roles in business such as a 'mumpreneur' or 'girl boss.' I choose not to be involved in anything that could pressure me to present in a certain way.
Was it hard to get people invested in your vision and how did you go on about it (from actual investors to the people working around you, to your customers)?
Luckily the book community on social media is very strong and full of people who are passionate for all thing's literature, so it didn't take long for my customers to get my vision and be part of my business journey. It's so useful to be able to share ideas on Instagram etc and get direct feedback from customers.
Thank you so much to Rio for taking the time to be part of our series. We encourage and support every woman to follow their entrepreneur dreams and hope these interviews will give you the confidence to do so.
If you liked this post, make sure to read beauty brand Lamazuna's interview as well.


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In the no news is good news category, my dear wife Juanita is holding at full remission after the six month long chemo series and subsequent bi-monthly maintenance treatments. She is healthy, happy and probably much wiser than I.
Both of us began much needed diets in early February with terrific results. I have lost well over 50# and Juanita nearly 40, allowing me to take the name "Port Orford Slim" in the blog title.


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National Feb 7, 2018
Massive snow strands 800 cars in Fukui for second day
Some 800 cars remain stranded for a second day Wednesday in Fukui Prefecture as heavy snows continue to blanket a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast.
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Amid signs of a gradual thaw in inter-Korean relations, Prime Minister Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Pence reaffirm the policy of maintaining "maximum pressure" on North Korea.
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King Me
As we all know, one of the privileges of being a king is that you receive regular and expensive gifts meant to encourage good will and international discourse. If one of those gifts happens to be a two-handed salmon rod, all the better. Hardys' involvement with the royalty goes way back to 1890, when they made a custom rod for the Emperor of Germany, who had just returned from salmon fishing in Norway. According to the press release we received yesterday, Hardy still believes in the royal treatment: they just gave a newly designed Double?Handed Salmon Fly rod, the Hardy Angel2, to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.
Read the extended entry for the full press release.
A Hardy rod fit for a King.
Hardy and Greys Ltd were pleased to support Newcastle City Council with their presentation of a uniquely inscribed, new design Double?Handed Salmon Fly rod, the Hardy Angel2, to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway as a civic gift on the day the Council bestowed the Honorary Freedom of Newcastle Upon Tyne, the highest honour the city council can offer an individual.
This rod was specially commissioned by Newcastle City Council and underlines the very special relationship the Council has with business in the North East region, and, the relationship Hardy & Greys Ltd have with Norway.
Andrew Sowerby, International Sales & Events Manager for Hardy & Greys Ltd also made the gift of a new Hardy Angel reel to His Majesty King Harald V on behalf of the company as a gesture of appreciation for the support his country has given to the firm over the years.
Fishing rods made in the North East of England by Hardys in Alnwick have been used to fish for the legendary Norwegian salmon for over 100 years, and, specialist fishing tackle for Norway was first produced in 1905 when Hardy produced a bespoke salmon fishing rod, the 'Hardy Norwegian' in 10′ to 14′ for angling in Norway. This rod was supported by the 'Hardy Norwegian Salmon' a 3 piece 17′ rod that was produced in 1910. The 'Hardy Norwegian Salmon' will have superseded a similar type of salmon fly rod that the German Emperor borrowed when he was invited to fish in Norway in 1879 and subsequently requested Hardy to make a special one for himself in 1890.
Today, the Hardy Angel2 is the latest fishing rod made at the Alnwick, Northumberland and becomes available in 2009, it marks the pinnacle of Hardy rod design and development using the latest in carbon composite technology. The Hardy Angel Reel utilises materials and functionality that compliment this new rod and together are fine examples of North East innovation and design at a World Class level.
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In addition to being an integral part of Glass Bridge, the symphonic fantasy Celtic metal duo, Brynna is an accomplished writer.
Brynna is working currently on the Glass Bridge series of fantasy books. Her story line is the inspiration for the music and lyrics of "Glass Bridge", their self-titled CD in progress. The books and the CD will be promoted together.
Born into royalty, Brynna ran away from the castle to escape a future marriage she didn't want. Creatively talented in many ways, she made her living as a minstrel, traveling from town to town and playing her music to the delight of listeners everywhere.


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My favorite swimwear this summer was this gorgeous color block bikini from Zaful, it's an orange/green/purple color palette, zipper design, and strapless bra make it perfect for a beautiful tan and good mood! And look at the price – only $12, so if you are planning to go on a vacation this autumn you can still order it. There are also a lot of other swimsuits on their site, check it here if you are interested. By the way, this was in Maui. My friend suggests having my vacation here because the place has many beautiful beaches and views. You can rent a car here to visit their amazing places. I rented a car in luxury car rental Maui.
I'm wearing :
color block swimsuit – Zaful
silk robe duster coat (option here and here)
high heels – Blink(also love these ones)
straw fedora hat – Asos
body chain – DIY (tutorial here)


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August 20, 2018--The Nicaraguan Chamber of Tobacco has announced today that the 2019 Puro Sabor Nicaraguan Cigar Festival has been canceled. While they did not state a specific reason for the cancellation, it is likely due to the continued unrest, which started in April of 2018.
The Nicaraguan Chamber of Tobacco released the following statement in regards to the events cancellation.
"Since 2008, we've come together at the Nicaraguan Cigar Festival 'Puro Sabor' to
celebrate the success of our tobacco and cigars, and to pay tribute to our workers and
the land that has given us so many blessings: Nicaragua. In the past seven editions of
'Puro Sabor', many of you have enjoyed the richness of our culture and heritage, and
have deeply connected with our people. Our intention has always been to make sure
that you keep coming back for more!
With a heavy heart, we announce that the 8th Edition of 'Puro Sabor', originally set for
January 2019, is postponed for reasons beyond our control. New dates for the festival
will be announced in due time. In turn, we will continue to celebrate our industry in a
special event to be held on January 26th 2019, in Miami, Florida, with all our members
and partners. The specific details surrounding this event will be published soon.
In the meantime, our companies continue to honor the strong commitment of
producing the best quality cigars in the world, and delivering a unique smoking
experience, while contributing to the wellbeing of Nicaragua and its people."
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Appeals court keeps the line open on single-call class actions
What's the 411?
One call was all it took.
New Jersey resident Noreen Sussino received a call on her mobile phone on July 28, 2015, from Work Out World (WOW), an Ocean Township, NJ-based business. She did not answer the call, but when she checked her messages, she discovered a one-minute voicemail from WOW regarding a promotional offer.
Within days, Ms. Sussino filed a class action complaint against WOW under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). She claimed a passel of wrongs by WOW, including intrusion on her seclusion, wasting her time, and depleting her cell phone battery.
Nonetheless, a little over a year later, the putative class action was dismissed with prejudice by the District Court of New Jersey. The district court claimed that Ms. Sussino's allegations were not "the type of case that Congress was trying to protect people against," and that the phone call had caused no concrete injury, so she had no standing to sue.
Still Standing
The Third Circuit reversed the district court's decision in an opinion that not only kept the class action alive, but kept the door wide open for future TCPA cases.
The appellate decision tackled and undercut both of the District Court's arguments against the action. First, the court maintained that Ms. Sussino's receipt of an unwanted call was precisely what Congress intended to address. WOW had based its defense on the notion that because Ms. Sussino had not paid for the call, the TCPA did not apply. The court maintained that WOW was arguing from a strained grammatical interpretation of the relevant passage, and, moreover, that the TCPA elsewhere granted discretion to the FCC to exempt such calls from the law—an exemption that wouldn't be necessary if the law didn't apply.
On the question of whether or not the harm toward Ms. Sussino was sufficiently concrete to give her standing to sue, the court held first that Congress had openly identified precisely this injury – invasion of privacy and nuisance – in the body of the TCPA. Second, the court agreed that although the harm to Ms. Sussino was intangible, nonetheless such claims can grant standing to sue—provided that the "injury has been made legally cognizable through the democratic process, and the injury closely relates to a cause of action traditionally recognized in English and American courts…"
The Takeaway
The Circuit Court's opinion allows plaintiffs to cast a very wide net when they go fishing for TCPA suits. Every company that markets via mobile phone should remain wary of potential class action claims.


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Irish Water said this week that it was "delighted" with the pace of work on the €9 million Belmullet Sewerage Scheme contract. The project, which commenced on the ground in June of this year, is ahead of schedule and when completed will remove Belmullet from the list of 44 towns nationally where wastewater is discharged untreated.
The organisation said this week that the progress on the scheme was great news for residents who use the local beaches and for local business, especially tourism. Broadhaven and Blacksod Bays are both Special Areas of Conservation and designated shellfish waters and this project will bring to an end the practice of discharging untreated wastewater into one of the most scenic places on the Wild Atlantic Way.
Fifty per cent of the pipeline construction works are completed and preparatory work has also been completed on the wastewater treatment plant site to allow for the first concrete pour to take place this week.
The project is on target to be completed inside the 18 month timeline that was originally outlined.
"Irish Water expects pipeline construction work to be completed in April 2017 and acknowledges the co-operation of local residents and business owners while works are being carried out," said Colm Claffey, wastewater programme regional lead. "We are especially pleased that Broadhaven and Blacksod Bays which are both Special Areas of Conservation and designated shellfish waters will now be protected from untreated sewerage and their scenic landscape will be preserved."
Erris Chamber of Commerce president Damien Langan added: "The local business community are delighted with the progress the contractors are making. We have been kept fully informed of how the project is progressing and we are looking forward to reaping all of the benefits that this new wastewater treatment plant will bring to Belmullet and the wider region."
The benefits include the development of a robust wastewater treatment plant in Belmullet, the capacity to cater for future population and economic growth in what is a thriving market town, compliance with national wastewater legislation, health and environmental benefits, and improved water quality for everyone in the area.
Roadbridge and EPS are carrying out the works on behalf of Irish Water and in partnership with Mayo County Council.
This project forms part of Irish Water's investment plan which will see €530 million invested in upgrading services in 2016 to improve the country's water and wastewater infrastructure. The Irish Water Business Plan has earmarked almost €2 billion in improving wastewater quality and capacity up to 2021.


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As you kick back during these last days of summer, check out one or more of our August Book Picks, offering a little something for everyone.
From guides on how to successfully create and leverage video—one of the hottest trends among publishers today—to insider looks at Silicon Valley "chaos monkeys" and the rise of Hollywood power players, our selections are sure to both educate and entertain.
Book Picks: Video Marketing, Plus Some Steamy Media-Related Summer Reads
Visual Content Marketing: Leveraging Infographics, Video, and Interactive Media to Attract and Engage Customers by
Written for business people dealing with complex offerings, this is a hands-on, in-the-trenches guide to leveraging this emerging medium to reach bottom-line business goals. Uniquely, this book addresses the full range of visual solutions, with an emphasis on using these products to create real business value. You'll learn the ins and outs of infographics, interactive pictograms, video, animations, data-driven visualizations, and other conversion-generating graphical content. Get inspired by the groundbreaking examples showcased, and learn how to manage every aspect of visual content, from sourcing suppliers to leveraging content on the appropriate media platforms.
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by
Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a data center powering everything from Google to Facebook. Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this "chaos monkey" to test online services' robustness—their ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Tech entrepreneurs are society's chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and lodging (Airbnb) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder). Weighing in on everything from startups and credit derivatives to Big Brother and data tracking, social media monetization and digital "privacy," author Antonio García Martínez shares his scathing observations and outrageous antics, taking us on a humorous, subversive tour of the fascinatingly insular tech industry. Chaos Monkeys lays bare the hijinks, trade secrets, and power plays of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists, accidental tourists, and money cowboys who are revolutionizing our world. The question is, will we survive?
Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency by
From the bestselling co-author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Fun, this pick is an astonishing—and astonishingly entertaining—history of Hollywood's transformation over the past five decades as seen through Creative Artists Agency, the agency at the heart of it all. Drawing on unprecedented and exclusive access to the men and women who built and battled with CAA, as well as financial information never before made public, author James Andrew Miller spins a tale of boundless ambition, ruthless egomania, ceaseless empire building, greed, and personal betrayal. It is also a story of prophetic brilliance, magnificent artistry, singular genius, entrepreneurial courage, strategic daring, foxhole brotherhood, and how one firm utterly transformed the entertainment business.
The Video Marketers Cookbook: Video Marketing Explained: 4 Ingredients that Turn Views into Brand Awareness, Leads and Sales by
The Video Marketers Cookbook is a compilation of tutorials, systems, and tactics to help small business owners use the author's "recipes" to create awesome videos. Cooking and creating video is actually quite similar. Once you have a good base of tools and knowledge you can create your own recipes for your own needs. This guide teaches you the basics of why video is one of the best marketing tools at your disposal. Many of the commonly asked questions about video are answered, and the questions that people should be asking are answered as well. Focusing on four major "ingredients"—entertainment, engagement, elimination, and repurposing—this book is also for business people who want to elevate their brand exposure, create a real connection with their audience and build evergreen marketing material that can drive sales.
Video Marketing: How To Produce Viral Films And Leverage Facebook, YouTube, Instagram And Twitter To Build A Massive Audience by
If you are looking for new ways to drive traffic to your business, this is the book for you. It covers how the video marketplace works and how to incorporate video into your current business processes. Along with a working vocabulary of the industry, this guide lays out eight simple steps to creating dynamic video content, the five best topics to drive traffic, the keys to camera work and cinematography for video, the real secret of viral videos, low-cost special effects, the power of product placement, and much more. These powerful tools, tips and techniques can help make your traffic flow better and boost your site's popularity.
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