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Babies are creatures of habit — and that's good. While predictability can be a death knell for some relationships (dinner and a movie again?), knowing what and when something will happen actually helps forge those priceless parent-child bonds while making life easier all around. "Babies develop a sense of safety and trust when they have good, solid routines," says Karen Ruskin, author of The 9 Key Techniques for Raising Respectful Children Who Make Responsible Choices. "It helps them thrive." Those feelings of love and security will stick with your child for years.
Even if you take a "go with the flow" approach to your day, establishing a rhythm to the daily activities of eating, sleeping and even bathing can go a long way toward creating a calmer household for everyone (even Fido!).
Satisfaction is Served
Your baby will be happier and more relaxed if he learns early on that when he's hungry, you feed him. And if you're breastfeeding, your milk supply will be more consistent if you stick to a regular routine. "It's supply and demand," says Colette M. Acker, executive director at the Breastfeeding Resource Center in Abington, Pennsylvania. "If the baby takes milk out, the body will replenish it."
When baby is ready for solids, include him in the family meal. A recent study in Pediatrics says kids who regularly sit down with their parents at mealtimes are less likely to be overweight and more likely to eat a diet rich in nutrients. There's no reason to wait, says child nutrition expert Jill Castle R.D., owner of Pediatric Nutrition of Green Hills in Nashville, Tennessee. "Pull up her highchair, and give her a spot at the table as soon as you begin spoon feeding," she says. "A lot of learning goes on at family meals."
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As soon as your baby shows signs of hunger (rooting, fussing), sit in a cozy spot with a nursing pillow (great for bottle feeding too) and soft music playing. "If your baby is easily distracted when nursing, you might try going into a quiet room with the lights low," says Jim Sears M.D., co-author of The Baby Book. "The baby can predict, 'Oh, we're moving to a dim room — it's time to eat now.'"
When nursing or bottle feeding, watch for baby's cues he's full, such as nibbling rather than long, drawn-out sucking or looking super relaxed, says Christine Wood M.D., a pediatrician in Encinitas, California. "Honor these cues during infancy to help baby learn self-regulation," Dr. Wood says. Down the road, "this could help prevent obesity."
Don't freak out if your baby doesn't eat every three hours. "A routine isn't the same as a schedule," says Dr. Sears. "You want to strive for consistency, for a pattern in what you do rather than stick to a rigid timetable." It's OK to free yourself from the rigidity of feedings every day at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., but follow the same patterns at each feeding so baby knows what comes next. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends breastfeeding on demand, especially during the first few weeks of baby's life when you're establishing your milk supply.
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Getting baby to bed is probably the most important routine of the day. You'll have a more consistent sleeper and happier household if you stick with the same routine night after night. Babies love predicability!
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Between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. tends to be a drowsy time for babies, when they're most likely to go down for a good night's sleep, says Dr. Sears, adding that if you let your baby become overtired, you may have a tougher time getting her to bed. Watch for signs she's getting sleepy, such as rubbing her eyes and becoming cranky. An hour or so before bedtime, start the routine — it could include a bath, a lullaby, dim lights, snuggling and reading. "Make sure you read something calm in a soothing voice," says Dr. Sears. "This isn't the time to do your wild and crazy Dr. Seuss reading." It doesn't matter what you do as long as you follow the same sleep-lulling steps most nights.
Don't freak out if your baby falls asleep nursing during the early months; it's common and there's no harm done. However, between 2 and 6 months old, he should no longer fall asleep with breast or bottle in his mouth. "This trains him to want stimulation to go back to sleep when he wakes during the night," says Dr. Wood, who stresses the importance of forming good sleep habits early. "I advise parents to put babies down when they are semi-awake so they can learn to fall asleep on their own."
Fun in the Tub
The bathtime routine can be a refreshing wake-up or a prelude to a good night's sleep, depending on if he finds a bath stimulating or relaxing. It's not just about how it makes him feel; it's also a great time to bond.
Your Best Bet
Baby's temperament and your schedule will determine the best time of day for a bath. Keep that time more or less consistent, and bathe your baby when you aren't rushed; handling a wet, wiggly infant can be stressful to new parents. Have tub, shampoo, body wash, lotion, towel and diaper arranged before you even undress him. "Don't just plop the baby in the water," says Ruskin. "Gently take off his clothes, and talk in a soothing voice while you're bathing him." And since eye contact and touch are key to bonding, bathing serves double duty — a great activity for dads.
Don't freak out if your baby doesn't love the bath right away. Getting undressed and wet can feel cold and uncomfortable to babies. If he really seems upset by the tub, stick with a warm sponge bath for a few weeks. Keep in mind that babies, and especially newborns, do not need to be bathed every day, says the AAP. Every other day is plenty.


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Senior Day carried extra meaning for Jessica Ras and her family.
Senior Day carried extra meaning for Jessica Ras and her family.
When the East Stroudsburg University softball team played a doubleheader with Clarion on April 13 the Warriors recognized their seniors, a tradition every school partakes in. It wasn't easy for Ras to make it to that day, but her journey was truly inspiring.
When Ras was a freshman at ESU in 2008 she developed a cold sore. Then there were a few more. She was tired and had trouble keeping up at softball practice even though she had worked out all summer and was in great shape. Finally, she went to the health center on campus who didn't like what they saw and immediately told her to go to the hospital.
After a gamut of blood tests the diagnosis was in — leukemia.
What followed next was 2� years of chemotherapy and a double hip replacement, the result of avascular necrosis caused by steroids that were part of the chemotherapy treatment.
So when she was recognized on Senior Day last month, with her parents Dave and Donna at her side, and started the game in the circle, it was just another in a long line of goals achieved by Ras in the fight for her life.
"It was really nice to be back out on the field after all that I've been through," said Ras, who is from Kingston which is near Wilkes-Barre. "That was always my goal: to get back and play softball. It was really nice for my parents to be able to see me get there because they knew that was my goal all throughout treatment and that's what drove me to get better was being able to play softball."
Softball has always been a big part of Ras' life.
She started playing when she was five years old for a minor league team back home. Ras was a standout pitcher at Wyoming Valley West, earning four letters and helping the Spartans win a pair of conference titles and the District 2 championship in 2007.
Ras came to ESU with high hopes and goals to continue her career and help the Warriors on the field. It took almost four years to do that.
It was around Halloween in 2008 when Ras wasn't feeling like herself. Besides the cold sores, she felt fatigued even though she was getting plenty of rest and wasn't able to perform on the field like she was accustomed to.
"I was really worn down and tired all the time even though I was sleeping at night," Ras said. "I would sleep all throughout the day. I wasn't able to perform at practice and I was getting really tired and I wasn't able to run. That wasn't like me at all."
Once she went to the hospital, the blood tests began.
Doctors tested her for 'every blood condition under the sun,' until her grandmother remembered that a great grandfather of Ras had leukemia and had similar symptoms. Doctors wanted her to come back to the hospital the next day because they planned to put her under anesthesia for a bone marrow aspiration, but since she was already there Ras asked to get the test done the same day.
The results were crushing.
"I had acute lymphoblastic leukemia which means that it comes on quick and spreads fast so once it's in your blood it's in your blood," Ras said. "It doesn't have different stages."
The treatments started almost immediately.
Ras' parents took her to Hershey Medical Center, which administered an adult regiment of chemotherapy at first before she switched to the child protocol because the adult dose was too strong. There were extended hospital stays — from Thanksgiving to just before Christmas and then from just after Christmas until right before New Years Day, 2009.
Right before Christmas 2008, Ras and her parents found an oncologist, Dr. David Greenwald of Medical Oncology Associates, close to Kingston who was willing to work with Hershey. That cut the trips she had to make to Hershey, although she would go once a week or once every two weeks for a spinal tap or chemotherapy the hospital wanted to administer itself.
Dealing with everything that was going on wasn't easy for an 18 year old, but Ras always had something on her mind.
"A lot of it was looking for something to get back to," Ras said. "A lot of it was softball. When I first went into the Hershey hospital I took a softball and wrote bible quotes all over it. And I looked at the ball all the time and looked at different quotes to help me get through it because in the end I really, truly wanted to get back to playing softball."
By the beginning of 2009 the leukemia was in remission.
After going nearly every day for chemotherapy for almost nine months, Ras' treatments dropped to twice a month. She still took chemotherapy pills every day, though. Then another curveball was thrown at her.
In November 2009, Ras started experiencing groin pain. She thought it was just a normal injury because since the chemotherapy was only twice a month she had more energy and had begun some light activities. By December, Ras told her mother she needed an MRI because something was really wrong with her hips.
"The MRI showed that I had the avascular necrosis from chemotherapy," Ras said. "It cut the blood supply to the hips. Because the hip bones weren't getting blood the tissue and ligaments around the hips died and it was just bone on bone and the bones were rubbing together and breaking each other. It is a side effect. It attacks any joint in the body."
In May 2011, a month after she finished chemotherapy, Ras got both hips replaced. She couldn't get it done sooner because her blood count was low and the doctors didn't want that complicating the surgery.
Ras spent three days in the hospital and 1� weeks at an inpatient rehabilitation center before beginning three months of twice-a-week physical therapy sessions.
By August 2011, with new hips and the leukemia beaten, Ras set her sights on returning to the field. She had been with the Warriors as a team manager since 2010, but Ras still hadn't met her goal of playing again.
"Knowing that I was going to be to come back and play was enough mentally," Ras said. "That was my goal. That was something I wanted to do as soon as I got sick. I was going to get through this and I was going to get back playing."
That came on April 20, 2012 when she pitched 2-3 of an inning against West Chester.
Ras saw more action this season, batting nine times and throwing an inning against Clarion last month.
"It was accomplishing my goal," Ras said. "I was so happy to be out on the field. It was like everything was over and I was back to where I wanted to be."
She still goes to Hershey Medical Center every six months to get her blood tested. There are visits every two weeks or once a month to her oncologist. Ras also goes every six months to make sure everything is right with her hips.
Her eligibility is used up. Ras' softball career was over when the Warriors' season ended on April 27. Ras, who will graduate in December with a degree in health and physical education, already has her next goals set.
"It was bittersweet (to end my playing career)," Ras said. "I'm really sad that it's over and that all those years of practicing and playing that I'm not going to play anymore, but it is a new chapter that I can go coach, teach and help other girls."

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LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested four people and searched properties across England in an investigation of suspected terrorism in Syria.
Two British men, ages 22 and 29, were arrested Monday as they arrived at the port of Dover from France, on suspicion of involvement in "the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." Police also seized ammunition.
London's Metropolitan Police said another man, 27, and a 26-year-old woman were arrested in Essex, east of London, on Wednesday as part of the same investigation.
All four were being held at a London police station Thursday.
Police say officers have searched addresses in Essex, London and northwest England as part of the investigation. They gave no other details.
The government has expressed concerns about Britons going to Syria to join anti-government rebels.


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Satellite navigation steers unmanned micro-planes
An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA's Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have already helped Spanish farmers in Andalusia to fight land erosion.
The German start-up company MAVinci has developed the new system that uses autonomous micro-air vehicles (MAVs) with a wingspan of less than two metres, to inspect land areas.
"At the moment, the remote-sensing market uses mainly manned aeroplanes," explains Johanna Born, CEO of MAVinci, "but they are expensive and not always available.
"Our MAVs are cost-efficient, available at short notice and easy to use for surveillance of development areas, construction sites, disaster zones and waste disposal sites, just to mention a few.
"They can carry visual and thermal cameras or other customer-specific measuring equipment."
Developed at ESA's Business Incubation Centre
MAVinci is hosted by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office at the Business Incubation Centre Darmstadt, Germany. Here, ESA engineers provide expertise on attitude-determination algorithms and exploiting satnav data.
ESA's optical lab at ESTEC in the Netherlands also helps MAVinci with the calibration of their optical camera.
"The principles for the attitude determination of satellites and for autonomous aircraft such as MAVincis are identical, only the scale is different," says ESA Flight Dynamics Engineer Michael Flegel.
"Where a satellite might use the measured direction of the Sun, Earth or of known star patterns, the MAV aircraft will use the local magnetic field direction, the direction of 'down' and similar local quantities.
"Obtaining meaningful information from the data is an art and the expertise can be applied to both satellites and spacecraft alike."
The autopilot controls the aircraft from takeoff to landing, and uses satnav to follow a planned track, triggering the camera to image the target area. From the ground, the plane is followed by radio by a safety pilot who can take over the controls at anytime.
Erosion is a severe problem for land use and water supply in wide areas of southern Europe and northern Africa. According to UNESCO, erosion in Andalusian olive tree plantations results in the loss of an estimated 80 tonnes of soil per hectare per year.
Last October, one of MAVinci's micro-aircraft imaged several of the many erosion canyons in Andalusia to improve understanding of the dynamics of erosion and to find solutions for local farmers.
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Tenn. cemetery accused of stacking remains
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Relatives of people buried at a Tennessee cemetery are suing its owner and funeral homes that sent bodies there, alleging the cemetery operated without a proper registration and stacked several caskets in one plot.
Meanwhile, a state agency says Galilee Memorial Gardens buried bodies for two years after its registration ran out, as it tried unsuccessfully to get a new one.
A complaint filed Sunday claims Galilee moved bodies without permission, misplaced or lost track of buried remains and stacked multiple caskets in single burial plots — sometimes by crushing caskets to make them fit.
The suit was filed by lawyers for relatives of two people buried at the cemetery in suburban Bartlett, outside Memphis. Two funeral homes that sent bodies to Galilee for burial also are being sued, with plaintiffs alleging they should have been informed that family members were being sent to an unlicensed cemetery.
Cemetery owner Jemar Lambert was arrested Jan. 24 on charges that three bodies were buried in the same grave without permission. He has a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday on charges of abuse of a corpse and theft.
In a separate case, Lambert was indicted last year on charges that he sold burial plots to families on adjacent land not owned by the cemetery.
The lawsuit seeks class-action status for relatives of people buried at the cemetery since Dec. 31, 2010, when the suit claims the cemetery's registration expired. The class could number into the hundreds.
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, which oversees the state's cemeteries, denied a registration attempt by Galilee in 2011 because of problems with their paperwork and other issues. The cemetery lost an appeal of that decision, department spokeswoman Kate Abernathy said.
In June 2012, the department ordered Galilee to cease operations until it filed a successful registration application, Abernathy said. After an early 2013 registration also was denied, the department authorized Galilee to keep maintaining the cemetery and fulfill obligations for "pre-need" burials, which are arranged in advance.
Abernathy said burials were taking place throughout the failed registration and appeal process, and after Lambert was hit with the first charge. She said the state only gave Lambert authority to maintain the grounds and fulfill its pre-need burial contracts while prohibiting him from soliciting future business.
"It appeared that he did not adhere to the directives," Abernathy said.
The cemetery was fully shut down when Lambert was arrested, roughly two years after its registration expired. A judge in Nashville said Monday that a receiver will be appointed to take control of the cemetery.
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Edgar Miller, chief of operations for N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home, declined comment. A message left seeking comment from M.J. Edwards Funeral Home was not immediately returned.
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"The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later" -- the stage sequel to the "The Laramie Project" -- will have its Los Angeles debut run in September at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood. The play revisits the citizens of Laramie, Wyo., where Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten to death in 1998.
The "Laramie" sequel debuted in 2009 and has since been performed throughout the country. (The play had its Orange County premiere run in April at the Chance Theatre in Anaheim Hills.) Like the first play, it was created by director Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, with a script derived from interviews conducted with people who live in Laramie.
The sequel features an interview with Aaron McKinney, one of the two men convicted of murdering Shepard. When the sequel premiered in 2009, theater companies in all 50 states came together to produce staged readings of the play on the same day.
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"The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later" is scheduled to run Sept. 13 to Nov. 15 at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center.
The original "Laramie Project" play debuted in 2000 and was later turned into an HBO movie, directed by Kaufman.
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My wife and I are both wanting to learn Latin (and later, Greek, but first things first).
I took a year of college Latin using Wheelock's 6th edition (I still have my copy). She has very little Latin experience (she knows some Latin prayers). We've been trying to start out with the Dowling method, but it can get quite tedious around the 4th declension.
We're also going to be starting our homeschooled 1st grader out with Prima Latina from Memoria Press this next fall. We are tentatively planning on keeping her with their texts (with supplements). Which means eventually buying Henle Latin when older.
So, after having lurked around on this site for years, I have registered and I'm asking for advice as to how to proceed to learn Latin
1. Follow Dowling + Lingua Latina, no matter how painful it seems now.
2. Get a normal textbook, and just do that (probably Wheelock or Henle)
3. Get a normal textbook, but work in Lingua Latina as a supplement.
If you suggest 2 or 3, what book would be best to use.
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The question "Are you getting any sleep?" comes up a lot when you have a new baby, and the answer—for most people (those of you with babies who slept through the night at six weeks and never slowed down, you are the lucky few) – is no. Eventually, however, families figure out their systems, with more or less success, depending on the kid. Sleep is a really personal, highly important but definitely NOT guaranteed element in the young family equation, and I've seen families make it work in many different ways. Some – especially those closer to the Attachment Parenting end of the spectrum – swear by co-sleeping. Others swear by "sleep training," a term I hate (and evocative of some approaches I could never, personally, handle), but one that I think actually offers a broad range of possibilities, many of them perfectly peaceful for parents and kiddos alike. While I don't think I'd attempt a true Cry It Out approach with a baby, I (believe me) understand the hell that is sleep deprivation, and I'd never dare get judgy on this front.
Our family has had a unique and extra challenging situation around sleep; Kaspar's food allergies manifested, symptomatically, as chronic, full-body eczema for just over the first year of his life. He barely slept. Which meant we barely slept. It was rough. Once we started to put the pieces together and address his allergy situation, we – after what felt like an interminable time of non-stop scratching on his part – found relief, both for the eczema, and for the incessant scratching. (More on how we did that here). While his skin—and sleep – definitely improved, he continued to scratch at night, sometimes more than others, but an actually good night's sleep was still the exception to the rule. It was definitely a mysterious, sometimes maddening problem, but since Kaspar was, after some help from Traditional Chinese Medicine, so much more comfortable than he had been, and since we were finally seeing clear progress, we rode it out. Co-sleeping seemed to work better for us than separate beds (Kaspar never used his crib) in a couple of ways; he'd sleep more soundly in our bed, and we could address his needs – when he did wake up – at 3 a.m. without having to stumble up and down the hallway. Often, a little bit of lotion on his legs was all he needed, and – with us beside him – he'd go back to sleep pretty quickly. During those nights, co-sleeping was cozy, and I liked having my little guy right next to me. It was a gift to be able to provide comfort to him in that way, given how much he'd been through. But sometimes, he was simply wakeful (not itchy), and he'd keep both of us up for hours by talking, fidgeting and generally preventing sleep for all involved. In these cases, offering him a bottle would often do the trick and settle him. We realized, vaguely, that we were creating a non-ideal habit, but we were so sleep-deprived that we did what it took to just get some shut-eye.
Because Kaspar was still clearly experiencing some discomfort at night (itching sucks), I felt like we couldn't really "sleep train" him. I didn't want him to scratch his skin up, alone, in his room. Aaron and I were each running on far fewer cylinders than any adult should, though, so we created a pretty workable system wherein one of us would sleep with Kaspar in his bed, rather than letting him into ours; by trading off, at least (the other) one of us would be near-fully functional by day (the 'off-duty' parent was, as part of this trade, on duty for bedtime... A routine that involved the parent in question sitting on Kaspar's bed until he finally fell asleep... Also not ideal). Kaspar actually started sleeping soundly from 9 pm until 1 or 2, when he'd wake up. This, I discovered through a lot of research and reading, is a common pattern among people with inflammatory conditions, which allergies can create. But, with a bottle and some lotion –sometimes just the bottle – he'd pass out again… as long as one of us was beside him.
And this is where I left you last: hybrized, improvised co-sleeping. Not ideal, but doable.
Some recent developments over the last several months, however, have led me to the conclusion that the time has finally come to cut the co-sleeping cord. For one thing, Aaron, while an amazing (truly) father, is less able to hack the night shift than I am. As in, I'm just better at dragging myself out of bed and being semi-functional in the wee hours. Kaspar doesn't sleep as well next to Aaron, anyway. Thus, in the interest of all of us getting more (rather than less) sleep in this already-sleep-deprived tangle, I ended up doing far more than half of the co-sleeping in our trade arrangement. Which could have been fine, had there been more sleeping involved, but… I often work at night until the time Kaspar wakes up; being kept awake longer (or, even worse, awakened half an hour after finally hitting the sack), started to wear away on my daytime brain. (I function, as it turns out, surprisingly well on precious little sleep… but still, I am human). Kaspar's bed, additionally, is not the most comfortable for a grown up mom and a kid. I was waking up stiff and sore, having slept in bizarre contortions. Kaspar, meanwhile, became less and less itchy. In fact – and this is worth celebrating – his itching stopped entirely (more on how we did that here and here). The eczema, and the itching, are gone (knock on wood). Yet, he continued to wake up, want his bottle, want a story, whatever. I pushed back a bit ("No story, dude. It's time for sleep," times five thousand), but not purposefully or productively. Kaspar carried on, sleeping well for the first half of the night, and requiring company for the second, for many weeks. Then suddenly, last Friday, after I tried to sleep in our adult bed (my back hurt from his) and was awakened four times for no real reason other than that Kaspar is totally conditioned to wake up and want me, I decided we were done.
I didn't choose any one method in particular. I also didn't choose an ideal time for "sleep training" (ugh, shudder… Still don't like that term!), as I've been in the middle of a work crunch as we gear up for a vacation next week. But, I dunno, it was time, and I had a sort-of-plan. I definitely had a goal. During nap time the next day (Kas is home from his Montessori daycare, on summer break, at present), I introduced Kaspar to our new sleep routine. I read his books to him, snuggled him, told him I was going to leave the room and that I knew he could fall asleep by himself, and that I'd come back in five minutes to check on him. I turned on his music, and left.
He immediately got out of bed and opened his door. "Mommy, come back." I repeated what I'd told him, and added, "You're okay. You're safe. Listen to your music, and your breathing, and rest. I'll come check on you in five minutes. Do not get out of bed." I was sure to use a suuuuuper gentle, compassionate, tone while communicating, so that he wouldn't mistake the change as a punishment. But I was also firm. We repeated this process, um, maybe fifty (?) times as he grew progressively more upset. Then finally, he did what I'd told him to; he stayed in bed. And he wailed, "Mommy, come baaaaaaack."
I made it to four minutes. It was rough. Despite his itching and allergies and whatnot, he's always been a robust, uber-happy child. It's just the way he's wired. He's never really cried much. It was difficult for me to hear him calling for me, and not to go to him. (I cried, too.) At four minutes, I knocked on his door (all smiles, gentle voice), "Guess what? It's been five minutes, Kaspar. I'm checking on you, just like I said I would. You're okay! I'm so proud of you! Do you need a hug?" I sat with him on the bed for several minutes and held him, reminding him "Mommies always come back." He asked if nap time was over, and I said sure, why not.
Aaron and I got WAY clap-happy for Kaspar right after this "nap", kind of like potty training ("YAAAAY! You did it!"). I then busted out the crayons and made a "Sleep Chart" for Kaspar, drawing seven spaces on it, representing a week's worth of nights (I explained this), and then let him at the decorating. We told him that for every night he falls asleep in his bed by himself, and flies solo until morning, he gets a sticker. Seven stickers = one Hot Wheels (80 cents at the grocery store, and yes this was a bribe). He was into it.
We ran Kaspar like a wild thing in the afternoon; after dinner with some friends and their sixteen-month-old, we hit a neighborhood pool right up until bedtime (nothing like water play to wear a toddler out). Having had no real nap, and tons of fun, Kaspar was ready for bed when we got back. He had a short bath, and then I carried out bedtime exactly the way I had before his nap; two books, a quick lullaby, lights off, music on, see-you-in-five. He didn't cry. At five minutes, I kissed his head and said I'd be back in ten ("Okay, good-night Mama!"), and at ten minutes he was sound asleep. He slept (are you ready for this???) until 8 a.m. the next day.
The next morning, I was – aside from rested like I haven't been in years – ecstatic, and relieved. I'd expected the first night would be brutal, nut now thought we'd cleared the hurdle, piece o' cake (just five minutes of tears???), and would be sleeping like this until baby number two (no, I did not just announce a pregnancy… But we are starting to feel ready for the next round). Turns out I'm optimistic to a fault, as that night was brutal. Basically like the transitional nap, but from 3 until 6 am. I led Kaspar back to his room a zillion times, but I stuck to my guns. I figured if I gave in now, it would be all over and I wouldn't get to sleep until his adolescence.
The good news is, now several days in, Kaspar has as many stickers on his chart (he gets them for staying in his own bed, alone… we're not requiring he actually sleep through the night yet). And, last night was way easier. He woke up once at 1 a.m., fussed (for show… barely a whine) when led back to his bed, and then plopped over and went to sleep until 7. We may not have had the miraculous breakthrough I'd initially thought, but we are, for sure, making progress. I really do see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's close. Like, a few days away. And Kaspar is one happily rested 2.5-year-old, who's darn proud of his sticker chart, not to mentioned revved up for his Hot Wheels prize.
I honestly can't believe I've gone for two and a half years without anything near normal sleep. I know most of getting through that happened because it had to; we had a health issue on our hands. Kaspar had some night-time needs. I'm his mom. Of course I was going to meet them. But when he stopped itching, I realized we'd also created some night-time habits that, at this point, for the sake of my sanity, and for the sake of Kaspar learning to sleep, needed to be broken. As much as I enjoyed co-sleeping, while it worked for us, a good night's sleep is a worthy trade. And while I do dislike the term "sleep training," and didn't choose a patented method (or did I? Let me know if this is a real thing!), "sleep training" is definitely what this is. I know many "natural" minded parents are dead set against sleep training in the baby years, and many others are okay with gentle approaches that result in better sleep for the whole family. Although I don't see nearly as much debate over toddler sleep training—or discussion around toddler sleep issues – I know others share them. Perhaps the pieces are different, but the puzzle's still the same.
One thing that's quite different about sleep training now, rather than doing so with a baby, is that Kaspar can understand what's going on. He may not have a clear concept of what five minutes is, but when he hangs in his room for five minutes before I come to check on him, he realizes it isn't very long… and that he can handle it. He's also actively 'involved' in the process, as per the chart and a motivational prize. Last night I even told him I'd appreciate it if he'd go back to sleep as it would be helpful to me – I had my massage licensing test scheduled for today (I passed!) – and he felt proud to help me in that way (he talked about it this morning). A baby, on the other hand, has no way of understanding that he or she hasn't actually been abandoned. But, I've read about gradual approaches that ostensibly address that pretty well.
So tell me, would you sleep train a toddler? Have you? What sleep issues have you dealt with, and what were your solutions? (Let's keep this experience-sharing helpful and respectful, too, and remember that this part of parenting is hard, however you slice it.)
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My husband and I have been married for five years, and we're being driven crazy by friends and relatives asking if we're planning to have a baby. How can we get them to stop without being rude?
It might help to remind yourselves that these inquiries are surely well-intentioned. That doesn't mean it's okay to ask such questions -- it's not. But remember they're coming from people who do care about you. When handling their prying, be firm but tactful. One way to go: "This is a difficult question that you're asking, and I'd rather not talk about it. I'm sure you'll understand." Or you can try a humorous nonanswer: "Surely you don't mean to ask me for such intimate details."


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Paper by Robert Strandh, September 2003.
It explains how to install and run the Gsharp musical score editor and perform basic operations. It also includes a reference manual, and discusses the program internals and main algorithms.
Document location: http://common-lisp.net/project/gsharp/gsharp.ps.gz
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So there I was.
To catch you up briefly, Msaker, by Orc Warrior, used up a lot of good crafting mats to equip my Human Paladin in some decent (non-raider, non-instancing) gear. Tempered Saronite Helm and Boots for tanking, and Spiked Saronite Helm and Boots for DPSing. (I.e. the iLevel 200 stuff.) My hunter used up the last 4 Arctic Furs in all of existence (Dear World, Please forgive me.) to make the Nerubhide and Icestriker cloaks for him. And the Orc also made the Human his Titansteel Destroyer and Titansteel Shieldwall. And working on the tournament I picked up the Teldrassil Defender. (Spiffy graphics, and even though the moon already glowed, it was enhanced with a quick and cheap Crusader enchant.) So Honorus has been the greatest benefactor of a huge portion of my hardwork in materials gathering. (That and the wife and I have 9 characters between us with Artisan Flying. The tournament has been beddy beddy good to us. It's not "casual" gameplay at all!!!)
Anyway, so I'm interested in getting a Horseman's Helm. (And just getting the achievement to kill him.) Msaker has the old (level 70) one and loves it. I wanted to get an updated version for my Paladin.
I spec Retribution and travel to the Scarlet Monastery. There's a crowd, but not a lot of talk. Then folks start talking. Deathknight /s "DPS lfg." Warlock "DPS lfg." Umm. I see where this is going. DPS folks all gathered around waiting for 1) someone to tank for them, and 2) someone else to heal for them. (Then off they go to their happy DPS lives while the healer and tank respec to DPS as well and carry on with their lives.)
Well, hell. I appeared to be part of the problem. There I was. Ret Pally, LFG. Good grief. (See, tanking is a responsibility. Healing is a responsibility. DPS fails to kill a boss? "Tank better" or "Your healing sucks." Hey, sign me up for the acid eye wash. Bring it!)
Well, the Deathknight says "I'll start a group." Warlock says "Invite me." Deathknight says "LFM."
Well, heck with it. I've actually spent more than a couple Titansteel bars to let them sit unused in my bags. "Invite me."
Invited I linger a bit in Ret spec. "So, what are you? Tank, healer, or DPS." The Warlock lol's "I'm DPS." I tell them I'm Ret. But: I can spec Prot, if your good DPS can make up for my bad tanking. (I haven't tanked an instance, for reals, in … forever. Not on a Paladin.) I respec, equip my tanking stuff and we wait. Two more Paladins join the party. The first is actually geared with a Titansteel Shieldwall as well. And he's got 27k health to my 22k. I guess he'll be tanking. Except all of a sudden his health drops to 12k. Huh?? I hover over him and it says he's Holy now. Okay, so we've got a healer. The other Paladin stays Retribution. (He's wearing an Explorer's tabard. I don't even care what his gear is. Later, after a fight, while we waited for his mana to recover on his own … That takes FOREVER by the way, I offer him some mana replenshing tea. "No, thanks. I have potions for that." And so we wait a while longer. And we wait. DIVINE PLEA YOU MORON! (I quietly say inside. Having only discovered this wonderful ability a short hour earlier myself while perusing Paladin Tanking over on ElitistJerks or Maintankidin website.)
Anyway, long story short, I tank five summons of the Horseman. No deaths. And none of us were geared in anything exceptional. Horseman ain't so tough. Or my tanking wasn't so terrible. (And no helm, or mount, either. Sigh.)
Then it was back to the Tournament as Retribution. (The best 2,000 gold (after cold weather flying) that I've spent was to dual spec my Warrior Arms/Prot and my Paladin Prot/Ret.)
I am loving the flexibility of the Paladin.
And, yes, I have LOTS to learn yet to play him effectively in any role beyond smashing weak non-raid single targets.


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Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Born in 1960, he studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. After working in London from 1987-1990, he joined the Paris office in 1990 and worked as lead architect on the Potsdamer Platz project in Berlin. In 1997 he became a partner in the Buiding Workshop.
He was partner in charge of the new masterplan of Columbia University in New York, for The Modern Wing of the Art Institute in Chicago and Central St. Giles project in London. He is now in charge of the Shard and London Bridge Quarter in London.


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Rockwell is selling his brand of photography; you're selling yours.
I've never read anything or got advice that would have done anything bad like what you suggested.
Only ever using sRGB is pretty poor advice by itself. The same goes for only shooting JPGs.Much of KR's 'advice' might be useful for complete novices trying to make a start in photography, but there's precious little good advice for anyone with aspirations towards excellence.
If I continue this discussion further I will say what I really think of him and his apologists and end up banned from this forum.
Alan, I agree with Schewe on this one.It's not just that Rockwell has so much mis-information on his site, but also that it is evangelised by his followers.I have seen several cases of entire photographic collections rendered useless by people following his advice. One was a chap transferring his film collection to digital for archiving purposes: at his age and as a novice in the digital world it was not his fault that he didn't have the experience to tell fraud from fact.
I've read Rockwell for a couple of years.
I've read Rockwell for a couple of years. I've never read anything or got advice that would have done anything bad like what you suggested. Can you provide a link to his blog and show me where he said such things?
I think that KR is about entertainment. Just like "top gear" is not really about which car to purchase, or how to drive a car, but about making an entertaining package with cars that you will never afford doing things that are illegal in many countries interspersed with witty comments.
So we're to take Ken as entertainment, digital imaging and photography science fiction?
Alan, you have heard of the adage about...when in a hole then stop digging. Do you honestly think you are correct when the overwhelming opinion is against you?
After all, without the overwhelming opinion in his favor, KR wouldn't be able to survive and thrive for so many years.
Actually, Ken is selling his brand of bullshyte...I don't actually sell bullshyte.


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SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) - A search warrant filed in the case of a missing teenager, who was reported missing nearly two years after she was last seen, is revealing new details about the case.
Two different search warrants were filed in the case, one by the Rowan County Sheriff's Office and another by the State Bureau of Investigations.
Investigators executed a search warrant around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning at a home along the 200-block of Miller Chapel Road in connection to the disappearance of 15-year-old Erica Parsons.
Parsons was reported missing on July 30 to investigators in Rowan County by her step-brother, James Parsons. James told investigators that he hadn't seen Erica in nearly two years, since November 2011.
During that search, investigators logged information about 68 items that they removed from the house.
That list includes a "plastic bag with JonBenet Ramsey magazines" and a "JonBenet book with notes inside about remodeling house."
The warrant says there was drywall cut and removed from a closet area with red stains. The section was tested for blood, the warrant states. Investigators also took baseboards from the closet with red stains.
According to the warrant filed by state investigators, James told investigators that his parents told him Erica had gone to live with her grandmother in Asheville.
James Parsons reportedly told deputies that Erica had been adopted by the Parsons at birth.
"James told investigators that Sandy and Casey Parsons routinely abused Erica both mentally and physically," the warrant states. "James also reported that Sandy and Casey Parsons continued to receive checks for Erica from the State of North Carolina after she was last seen in 2011."
The warrants state the investigators began looking into the disappearance after James came to deputies.
During an interview with the Parsons, investigators were told that they took Erica to Asheville to live with her biological grandmother, Irene Goodman - aka Nan Goodman - in 2011. They told investigators that their biological daughter, Brook, went with them to Asheville.
When she was interviewed, according to the warrants, Brook told investigators that she had not gone to Asheville with her parents to take Erica to live there.
The Parsons could not give investigators contact information for Goodman, according to the warrants, but Casey Parsons told them she'd contacted her via Facebook. She was not able to show them Goodman's Facebook page.
According to the warrant, the Parsons also could not tell investigators a location of the home where they claimed to have taken Erica to live.
When questioned, the Parsons reportedly admitted to investigators that they had been receiving financial aid for Erica and continued to receive the money after she was no longer living at the home.
Rowan County investigators noted that the Parsons held interviews with the media where they appeared to refer to Erica in the past tense.
"Casey Parsons stated 'She was a teenager' and 'She was with her grandmother'," investigators noted in the warrant. "I found these statements to be inconsistent since the Parsons claim to have left Erica alive, well and happy with her biological grandmother."
VIDEO WEB EXTRA: Video of the Parsons' interview with Coleen Harry
But investigators point out that in an interview that aired on WBTV on August 5, Erica's biological mother, Carolyn Parsons, refers to Erica in the present tense, saying "She is my biological daughter. I want her to know that I do still love her."
VIDEO WEB EXTRA: Video of Carolyn Parsons' interview with David Spunt
"During the course of the questioning of Casey and Sandy Parsons about the whereabouts of Erica, Casey and Sandy became upset with the questioning and retained the services of an attorney," a warrant filed by the Rowan County Sheriff's Office stated.
For several days, investigators questioned more than five family members and extended family members about Erica, the warrant states. They told investigators that Erica was small for her age and rarely interacted with family or extended family.
"Some witnesses said that Erica consistently had bruises and bumps on her arms and legs that Casey blamed on another child in the family," the warrant states. "Several witnesses described Casey Parsons [Erica's adoptive mothers] as abusive and said negative things about Erica."
Investigators say witnesses say "Erica seemed to be 'grounded' and never allowed to interact with the family."
A child that lived in the Parsons home told investigators that "Casey Parsons took a toy gun and broke it while hitting Erica with the toy," according to the warrant.
According to the warrant, at one point a witness told investigators that when Erica was 6-years-old she lived with them for nearly eight-months after Casey Parsons called them and said "she could not stand to look at Erica and said that she reminds her of Carolyn [Erica's biological mother] and she hates Carolyn."
Casey also reportedly told a family member that she did not claim Erica as a daughter.
Investigators were told that "when Casey brought Erica to their house she had bruises on her bottom and Casey Parsons said she had lost control and beat Erica," according to the warrant.
After eight months, Casey reportedly asked to have Erica come back because she was afraid that the Department of Social Services would find out that she did not have her and she was still getting money for her.
While executing the search warrant on Wednesday, investigators say they found a pair of Arizona jeans with red stains. They also took swabs and samples from sections of the home and removed sections of carpeting and drywall.
They also seized lots of paperwork, electronics and mobile devices from the home.
Investigators worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to track down bank accounts in that Parsons' name at SunTrust Bank, Wachovia (now Wells Fargo) and Bank of America.
"It is believed that the continued desire to utilize the funds, proceeds, or financial assistance intended for the care of benefit of Erica Lynn Parsons resulted in the delay or outright denial to report Erica Lynn Parsons missing in a timely or reasonable time frame."
Copyright 2013 WBTV. All rights reserved.


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|Oracle® Java Micro Edition Software Development Kit Developer's Guide
Release 3.2 for Eclipse on Windows
The JSR 256 Mobile Sensor API allows Java ME application developers to fetch data from sensors. A sensor is any measurement data source. Sensors can vary from physical sensors such as magnetometers and accelerometers to virtual sensors that combine and manipulate the data they have received from various kinds of physical sensors. An example of a virtual sensor might be a level sensor indicating the remaining charge in a battery or a field intensity sensor that measures the reception level of the mobile network signal in a mobile phone.
JSR 256 supports many different types of sensor connection (wired, wireless, embedded and more) but this SDK release only provides preconfigured support for sensors embedded in the device.
The SDK GUI provides sensor simulation. The emulator's External Events Generator Sensors tab enables you to run a script that simulates sensor data.
You can use the API available with the SDK to create a custom sensor implementation with additional capabilities and support for different connection types.
The Sensors demonstration has two MIDlets, SensorBrowser and Marbles that demonstrate the SDK's implementation of the Mobile Sensor API.
Follow these steps to create a mobile sensor project:
Select File > New > MIDlet Project and fill in the information in the Create a MIDlet Project dialog box. Click Next.
On the MIDlet Project Content page, change the Microedition Configuration version to 1.1. Ensure that the MIDP version is 2.1. Click Finish
Expand the finished project in the Package pane and double-click Application Descriptor to open the Overview pane.
Click the Application Descriptor tab at the bottom of the Overview pane and add configuration values for the embedded sensors shipped with the ME SDK as described below.
A sensor project freely detects sensors, but this does not imply you can get data from the sensors you find. You might need to explicitly set permissions in your project so you can interact with certain sensors. To see an example, open the Sensors sample project. Right-click on Samples and select Properties, choose the Application Descriptor category, and select the API Permissions tab.
The following permissions work with the preconfigured embedded sensors shipped with the SDK:
Required to open a sensor connection and start measuring data.
Required to access a protected sensor.
Required to access a private sensor.
A sensor is private or protected if the sensor's security property has the value private or protected. The security property is an example of a sensor property you might create for yourself in your own sensor configuration. You can create your own optional properties using
.proplist and
.prop.any_name, where N is the sensor number and any_name is the name of your property. The security sensor property was created as follows:
# add security into proplist com.sun.javame.sensor<N>.proplist: security # add security property value com.sun.javame.sensor<N>.prop.security: private
The sample Sensor project can be installed over the air. To install the application into the emulator right-click on Samples and select Properties, choose the Running category, select Execute through OTA, and click OK.
In the emulator window, select Device>Sensors. In this tabbed pane, you can view all sensors that are currently available in the emulator (sensor ID, name, and availability are listed). If the sensor supports change to availability you can click on the check box to change it. As mentioned earlier, the provided implementation does not support availability change, but a custom implementation you create might do so.
When you select a sensor row, the bottom of the dialog displays any custom sensor controls. For example, the acceleration sensor, has three channels: axis_x, axis_y, and axis_z. Each channel has a slider that changes the current channel value, and an edit box you can use to input a value. The channel unit label is displayed on the far right.
Under the channels there is a script player control that enables you to play sensor value events from a script file of the format discussed in Section 24.3, "Creating a Sensor Script File." See Section 24.4, "SensorBrowser" for a description of how to use the Sensors demo.
To simulate sensor inputs, provide a sensor script. The file format is as follows:
<sensors> <value time="0"> <channel id="0" value="0" /> <channel id="1" value="0" /> </value> <value time="100"> <sensor active="false"/> </value> <value time="100"> <channel id="0" value="-50" /> <channel id="1" value="10" /> <sensor active="true"/> </value> </sensors>
marbles.xml in the Sensors project directory is an example of a sensor script file. The attributes are as follows:
The attribute time in the value tag is the delay from the previous command in milliseconds.
channel tag sets the value of the channel with the specified id value, to value. The channel ignores the id if the value of id is not specified or if the value is out of the channel range.
sensor tag is a true or false value that makes the sensor available or unavailable. The preconfigured sensors provided with this release are embedded, so they cannot be deactivated. If you configure your own sensor that is not embedded, it is possible to deactivate it.
The SensorBrowser application displays the sensor detail information for reach channel defined for the demo.
In the emulator select SensorBrowser and use the soft key to select Launch the application.
Depending on your security settings you might see the warning: "Sensors" wants to connect to sensor <#>. Is it OK to use sensor? For test purposes, select "Ask once per application use" and choose the Yes soft button.
The emulator displays a list of sensors.
Use the navigation keys to highlight a sensor, then use the soft key to select Detail.
For example, the following screen shows the details for the acceleration sensor.
Click Back, then click Exit to return to the application menu.
This demonstration uses the Marbles game to provide visual feedback for sensor inputs provided in a script.
From the application menu select Marbles and use the soft key to launch the application.
In the emulator, select Device > Sensors to open the external events generator.
The emulator displays a list of the sensors in this application.
Select the Acceleration Sensor row (ID 3).
Click the Browse button, and in the Sensors project directory choose marbles.xml.
Observe the movement of the marbles on the emulator screen. On the external events screen you can see the sliders move as the script runs. You can use the familiar controls to play, pause, and stop the script.


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The Musical World of
Adolphus Hailstork
Adolphus Hailstork received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed. He had previously studied at Manhattan School of Music under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, at the American Institute at Fountainebleau with Nadia Boulanger, and at Howard University with Mark Fax. Dr. Hailstork has written numerous works for chorus, solo voice, various chamber ensembles, band, and orchestra. Among his compositions are: "Celebration" which, in 1976, was recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; "Out of the Depths", which won the 1977 Belwin-Mills Max Winkler Award presented by the Band Directors National Association; "American Guernica", awarded first prize in a national contest sponsored by the Virginia College Band Directors in 1983; and "Mourn Not the Dead" which received the 1971 Ernest Bloch Award for choral composition. In 1995 the chamber work "Consort Piece" was awarded First Prize by the University of Delaware Festival of Contemporary Music.
During the 1980s Hailstork created three of his largest and most frequently performed choral works: the triptych "Songs of Isaiah", the oratorio "Done Made My Vow", and the cantata "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes". In 1990 a consortium of five orchestras commissioned a piano concerto which was premiered by Leon Bates in 1992. In addition, Dr. Hailstork was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music to write "Festival Music" for the Baltimore Symphony. Other significant performances by major orchestras (Philadelphia, Chicago and New York) have been led by leading conductors such as James de Priest, Daniel Barenboim and Kurt Masur. In 1999, the composer's second symphony (commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and his second opera, "Joshua's Boots" (commissioned by the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Kansas City Lyric Opera), were premiered.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. announced its shipbuilding spinoff plan was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
That's the final regulatory hurdle needed to make the plan a reality. The new company, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., will include the Newport News shipyard as well as some other properties.
With roughly $6.7 billion in annual revenues, Huntingon will become a publicly traded, stand-alone firm and the only Fortune 500 company headquartered on the Peninsula.
Northop announced plans last July to spin off or sell its shipbuilding unit, saying it had little to do with the company's core businesses: electronics, aerospace and information systems.
Huntington's holdings will include the 19,000-employee Newport News shipyard, the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two U.S. shipbuilding facilities to build submarines.
It also includes two Gulf Coast shipyards: the 11,000-worker Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and a 4,800-worker shipyard in Avondale, La., that's expected to close in early 2013. They build amphibious ships, surface combatants and destroyers for the Navy and vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Virginia Beach-based AMSEC LLC, a marine engineering, design and consulting firm that employs about 2,000; and Continental Maritime of San Diego Inc., a ship repair company with about 400 employees, also will be part of Huntington.
An information statement will be mailed to Northrop Grumman stockholders prior to the anticipated March 31 distribution date for the spinoff and can found on the investor relations page of Northrop Grumman's website at http://www.northropgrumman.com.
Northrop Grumman said its stockholders of record at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange March 30 will receive one share of HII common stock for every six shares of Northrop Grumman common stock held. Stockholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of HII. The next day, shares of Huntington stock will begin trading under the symbol HII.
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How fighting cancer led to volunteerism and philanthropic support
Fay Cloy first got to know East Jefferson General Hospital when she was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer in 2010 and received her chemotherapy treatment in the Infusion Center. While she noted that the space was cramped and crowded, what really stayed with her was how kind the nurses and staff were to her, bringing food such as fresh fruit, snacks and even lunch for both the patients and their family members so no one would have to leave her side.
In the spring of 2012, Fay, who was in remission, and her daughter Nadine LaGrange decided to become more involved with EJGH and volunteer. Both had voids in their life since Fay had recently retired and Nadine's children had left for college. Both wanted to be a part of helping other patients, and Fay's cousin (the late Paul Grenier) had volunteered at EJGH for years and always spoke about how much he loved it.
The more time spent at EJGH, the more they fell in love with it. Fay remarks, "My volunteer group has become like family. And, the people here are wonderful. I've never met a single person who wasn't nice."
Nadine drives over an hour just to get to EJGH, but she says that it is worth it. She believes she has a special connection with the patients and their families that she cares for, and that connection "makes me want to take them under my arm and make them better." Unfortunately, Nadine had to miss a couple months due to her own surgery. During those months away, she "felt like a part of me was missing."
In the summer of 2012, Fay found out that her cancer had returned. With treatments of radiation and chemotherapy under the expert care of radiation oncologist Dr. Paul Monsour and hematologist oncologist Dr. Lesley Meng, she is now thrilled to be in remission.
Throughout her treatments, Nadine noticed that the hospital was planning for an expanded Infusion Center. She felt compelled to make a donation to help fund the project. "I hope mom never has to use the new infusion center. But I felt like I needed to give. I wanted to honor my mom and her battle against cancer and help future patients."


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If you find it difficult to cope with your fatigue, or you feel anxious or depressed, you may find counselling helpful. Counsellors are trained to listen, and can help you talk through your feelings and find ways of dealing with them. They won't give advice or answers, but will help you find your own answers. You may find counselling particularly helpful if you aren't able to discuss your feelings and emotions with people close to you.
Many hospitals have counsellors or staff who are specially trained to provide emotional support and counselling. You can ask your hospital doctor or nurse what services are available and ask them to refer you. Some GPs have counsellors in their practice, or they can refer you to one.
If you would like to find out more about counselling, our cancer support specialists can tell you more and let you know about services in your area.Not all counselling services are available on the NHS, so you may need to pay for them.


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Earlier in the week, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said officers may soon scale back the search for 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo.
The boy was last seen leaving his school in Long Island City on October 4.
The search now spreads through New York City and into Westchester County.
The reward for his safe return is nearly $90,000.
Kelly says the NYPD is still devoting a lot of resources to the search, but changes may be coming he is not found soon.
The search for Oquendo, who is autistic and non-verbal, enters its 20th day Thursday.
Kelly says adjustments to lower the number of officers involved could be made this week.
"We will have to make adjustments as far as the deployment of amount of resources we have, we will do that during the week if we are unsuccessful," Kelly said Monday.
Searchers are being reminded that Avonte may be in a place they'd never think to look, hiding out somewhere to avoid crowds and people.
For more than two weeks, Daniel Oquendo and Vanessa Fontaine have been waiting for the call that their son has been found, but so far the phone has been silent.
They are now hoping that Rev. Sharpton and his National Action Network will raise the profile of their son's case and get more volunteers involved.
Family members of Avonte joined Sharpton at his Harlem headquarters, thanking New Yorkers for their support but saying more needs to be done.
"This young boy could not have left the school and disappeared in thin air," Rev. Sharpton said. "Somebody saw something, somebody knows something."
There aren't many clues in this mystery. Surveillance video shows the severely autistic 14-year-old running from his school the day he disappeared.
"This is terrible, it's like a nightmare I can't wake up from, every day I'm waiting to see my son come home," Vanessa Fontaine said.
Avonte's father adds that they are just trying to focus on bringing people out and making them aware, so they can have a large search team.
Police say Avonte was fascinated with trains and had previously turned up at subway stations after wandering off from home, so that is where investigators are focusing their energy.
Most recently, in August after he wandered away from home, family members ran to the 67th Avenue Station in Forest Hills where they found him.
Five years ago, he took the subway from Jamaica to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike Station. Transit police found him that time. And seven years ago, he was found at the Fresh Pond Road Station in Ridgewood after wandering from home.
"Six hundred people have signed up to volunteer, and that's truly wonderful," said the Oquendo family lawyer, David Perecman. "I thank every one of them, but based on the population of the city of New York, we're missing about 8 million."
Perecman says the school district and the NYPD are refusing to turn over files that include interviews with the principal, the school's safety officer who last saw Avonte, and others. He says the family deserves answers as to what led to the teen's disappearance.
The NYPD's Marine Harbor Unit continues to search along the East River. They are searching from above, they are walking the rail yards in Sunnyside, and Auxiliary cops are walking the streets of Long Island City.
"Please bring him back, don't keep him if you have him," said grandmother Doris McCoy, who is convinced someone has her grandson and that he is still alive. "Be good to him. Don't abuse him. Don't hurt him."
Avonte was last seen wearing a gray striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers. Authorities say that if you do see him, call authorities first and then follow the boy, because he may run if you approach him too quickly.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.


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January 2, 1929 - October 21, 2013
Goshen, NY (formerly of Highland Mills, NY)
Joan Tangemann of Goshen and a former longtime resident of Highland Mills, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Glen Arden, Goshen, NY. She was 84 years old. Daughter of the late George and Juliet Schaefer Tangemann, she was born January 2, 1929 in Queens, NY. Joan was a Loan Teller with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., Monroe, NY, and retired after 21 years in 1986.
Survivors include her nephew, Donald C. Smith and his wife, Jane of Smithtown, LI; her great nephew, Ronnie Smith; her niece, Valerie J. McMahon and her husband, Richard of Commack, LI; her great niece and nephew, Ian & Jocelyn McMahon; and her loving and special friends, Kevin and Connie Campion of Monroe, NY and children, Stephanie, Cynthia and Victoria. Joan was predeceased by her sisters: Florence T. Smith and Juliet T. Wood.
There will be no visitation. A Graveside service officiated by Rev. Betty McWhorter, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 25, 2013 in Cemetery of The Highlands, 634-640 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY.
Memorial donations may be made to Monroe Volunteer Ambulance Corps., PO Box 841, Monroe, NY 10949.
Funeral arrangements made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com


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"The thing about this job is people go to psychiatrists and pay them $60, $70 an hour to tell them all their screwed-up fantasies, and I write mine down and people pay me," Stephen King told a capacity crowd at Boulder's Chautauqua Auditorium on Wednesday night. "That's how I roll."
The prolific author's wit and humor were on full display throughout the appearance, which drew nearly 1,300 to the historic auditorium.
The 115-year-old barn-like structure was an ideal place for King to deliver his talk. It previously served as the setting for a scene in his popular novel "The Stand," the author said.
King hand-picked Boulder as one of the places to launch his most recent novel "Doctor Sleep," released Tuesday, because it is the sequel to "The Shining," which he wrote while living in Boulder in the mid-1970s. Each attendee Wednesday left Chautauqua with a copy of "Doctor Sleep."
King said he and his family lived in a house on 42nd Street.
"We came very close to living here the rest of our lives rather than going back to Maine," he said. "We kind of fell between the shoes here. It seemed like there were a lot of people from IBM and we didn't fit with them, a lot of people from CU and we didn't fit with them. And a lot of Republicans and we didn't fit with them ... ."
King told the audience about how when he was beginning work on "The Shining" in Boulder, his then-young son, Joe, squiggled his own story on some of the manuscript pages, an experience that influenced a scene in the novel.
The famous book tells the story of struggling writer Jack Torrance's tenure as winter caretaker of the haunted Overlook Hotel in the mountains northwest of Boulder. It describes the terrifying ordeal he, his wife, Wendy, and young son, Danny, go through there. The fictional Overlook is based on the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, which was featured in a 1997 TV miniseries adaptation of "The Shining" that King co-wrote.
"Doctor Sleep" focuses on Danny, whose precognitive powers were the basis for the name "The Shining." In the new book, "Dan" Torrance is in his 40s, working at a hospice in New Hampshire, dealing with alcoholism like his abusive father before him and still haunted by the ghosts and experiences from the Overlook. In the novel, Dan meets a young girl who shares his ability to "shine," and engages in a new conflict between good and evil.
King said he had been repeatedly asked what happened to Danny after "The Shining" and became curious himself.
He said part of his motivation for writing the sequel was to focus on the "cyclic quality of dysfunction," using Dan's alcoholism to highlight the point.
"I knew it would have to come back to Colorado eventually and that it would have to come back to Boulder eventually," King said.
In the first of two "Doctor Sleep" excerpts he read, King detailed Dan Torrance's return to Boulder, where he tracked down the dilapidated but still-standing house he lived in on Arapahoe "Street" before his family moved to the Overlook.
"He had doubted this place would still be here and believed that Arapahoe would now be a street of condos populated by well-to-do slackers who drank latte from Starbucks," King read before pausing as laughter rose up from the crowd. "Oh, you know these people? I think some of you might be these people."


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text: Obituaries May 9, 2012 Obituaries Published 6 years ago - BethanyMDunbar - 6y ago 1 Wayne Linwood Barney Wayne Linwood Barney, 56, of Ferdinand died on May 1, 2012, at his home. He was born on December 24, 1955, in Island Pond, a son of Linwood and Beulah (Darnell) Barney. Mr. Barney formerly was employed by Ethan Allen Manufacturing in Island Pond. He was a member of Brighton Baptist Church in Island Pond. He loved reading his bible, going to church and singing in the choir. He enjoyed helping people in need. He is survived by his brother, the Reverend Roland "Butch" Barney and his wife, Jocelyne, of Island Pond; by his two sisters: Wanda Ovitt and her husband, Alan, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, and Goldie Buffi of Brownington; by his nieces and nephews: Bernard Barney of Hartford, Connecticut, Cynthia Bowen of Dalton, Georgia, Terrie Ann Walker of Simi Valley, California, Robert Leigh of Carrolton, Georgia, Shawnda O'Keefe and her husband, Roger, of Ferdinand, Frankie Lee Buffi of Brownington, and Lance Buffi of Brownington; by a great-nephew, Jacob O'Keefe, of Ferdinand; and by five other great-nieces and -nephews. He was predeceased by his brother Leon Barney, and his brother-in-law Frank Buffi. Funeral services were held on May 5 in Island Pond. Interment will be held at the Lakeside Cemetery in Island Pond at a later date. Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Ron Holland M.D. Community Dialysis Center, in care of North Country Hospital, 189 Prouty Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Lucille A. (Dawson) Cloutier Lucille A. (Dawson) Cloutier, 76, died on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from a stroke while awaiting a brain operation at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Ms. Cloutier was born on February 11, 1936, in Barton, and was raised in Orleans County where she attended grade school and high school, after which she commuted by train to Massachusetts for tech school to become a secretary. By the late 1950s, she was married and living in the Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, area as a new mother. In 1961, the family relocated to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Ms. Cloutier lived in Wolfeboro until a job change in the mid 1980s had her moving into the Merrimack, New Hampshire, region. After 20 years, her retirement in the early 2000s had her moving back home. She loved being near the city but always claimed that Wolfeboro was "home," no matter where else she hung her hat. She is survived by a daughter, Juliann Cloutier Jacobs; a son, Joseph V. Cloutier Jr.; and by two granddaughters: Mikayla B. Jacobs and Calysta T. Jacobs. There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church, 258 South Main Street, in Wolfeboro, on Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m. To express condolences or order flowers, please visit www.lordfuneralhome.com. Thomas Joseph Dowd Thomas Joseph Dowd, 76, of Binghamton, New York, died on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in the company of loving family members after waging a quiet and courageous struggle with kidney cancer. Born October 15, 1935, the son of Irish immigrants James and Catherine Dowd, he was the oldest of three children and he remained proud of his Boston roots and Irish heritage. Mr. Dowd was predeceased by his wife Nancy Whitcomb Dowd in 2007. They centered their life around raising their four adoring children; sons Michael, Christopher and Patrick, and daughter Maura. He was the loving brother of James and Mary who reside in the Boston area. Mr. Dowd served as a MP in the Air Force from 1954 until 1957. Upon his discharge he entered the health care industry and rapidly rose within the field to serve as CEO of numerous hospitals in Vermont and New York, including North Country Hospital in Newport. Among his professional activities, he was a past president of the Vermont Hospital Association, board chairman of the Northeastern New York Hospital Council, a director of Fulton County National Bank, preceptor of Union College Graduate Program of Healthcare, and diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executives. A charismatic leader, he greatly enhanced the quality and depth of health care service. In their later years, Mr. and Mrs. Dowd found great joy in spending time with their children and their families, especially as the blessing of grandchildren came into their lives. Mr. Dowd was a proud man, at times an irascible and always opinionated man, who loved to engage in a good debate around the kitchen table. He will be greatly missed, and his friends and family take comfort in knowing that he is reunited with his wife. Those who gather to mourn his loss should remember him as his family will; a strong man with such an underlying tender soul whose deep voice and personality brought life to every room he entered. Surviving Mr. Dowd are Michael and his wife, Elicia; Christopher and his wife, Tricia; Maura and her husband, David; and Patrick and his wife, Aimee; his siblings: James and Mary Dowd; and his grandchildren: Chrystal, Courtney, Andrew, Gabrielle, Sadie, Max, Oliver, Jake, Harry, Alexa and Elijah. A funeral Mass was held in Saratoga, New York, on May 5. Should friends desire, donations may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice, Gloversville New York, in Mr. Dowd's memory. Sharon Ann Hunt Sharon Ann Hunt, 58, of St. Johnsbury died on April 30, 2012, in St. Johnsbury. She was born on December 13, 1953, in Newport, a daughter of Ellis and Marion (Midge) Orne Hunt. She graduated from Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, and the College of St. Joseph the Provider in Rutland in the Class of 1976. She taught for two years at the Green Mountain Union High School and for two years in Hardwick as a special educator. She was currently teaching at Gilman-Lunenburg School District until her illness. She taught in special education for over 35 years and she loved all the children and enjoyed working with them. She also taught chorus and music to various groups, and loved traveling to Maine and Florida. She was a fan of auto racing and football, especially the New England Patriots. In 1990, she became a member of the Emerald Rebekah Lodge #33 of Waterbury Center. In 1994, she became an associate member of the Olive Branch #4 of St. Johnsbury and the Noble Grand Olive Branch from 1995 to 1996. She also joined the Rebekah Assembly of Vermont in 1997 and was district deputy president from 1998 to 1999. She served as an assembly president during the 2001 to 2002 term, and in 2002 she attended the pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C., and presented the wreath for the state of Vermont. She was also the Vermont representative of the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies in 2002 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a member of the International Choir at several other assemblies and was also a state soloist. She was a trustee at Gill Odd Fellows in Ludlow for several years. She is survived by her mother Midge Hunt of Barton; by her brother Dennis Hunt and his wife, Lorraine, of Westford, Massachusetts; and by numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles. She is also survived by very close friends Joan and Bobby Ballou of Cocoa, Florida, and by Glenda Ramey of Montpelier. Funeral services were held on May 5 in Newport. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Bradley Scott Luther Bradley Scott Luther, 89, died on Friday, May 4, 2012, at home. He was born on May 15, 1922, in Canaan, to Ruby Almeda (Haynes) and George Newton Luther. He lived his earliest years in Beecher Falls, moving to East Hardwick as a young boy. Mr. Luther was proud of his World War II service in the Army Air Force as an aerial engineer from 1942 to 1945, where he served as an airplane and engine mechanic. He obtained the rank of sergeant and was honored with the American Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. On February 8, 1945, he married Ardys Janet LaMonda in Woodsville, New Hampshire. They lived their entire married life in East Hardwick where they raised four children. On returning from the service, he partnered with his father to run the East Hardwick Hardware Store. Later he ran Luther's Plumbing and Heating where he was joined by his son, Edward. Mr. Luther served his community as a 60-year member of the Caledonia Grange #9 in East Hardwick, with the East Hardwick Water and Fire District, and as a trustee of the Sanborn Cemetery. He is survived by his wife; his four children and their spouses: Cheryl Ann (Luther) and Gary Michaels of Salem, Massachusetts, Edward Dale and Pamela (Adams) Luther of East Hardwick, Gail (Luther) and David O'Brien of Shaftsbury, and Douglas Scott and Elaine (Guth) Luther of Walden; and by two sisters: Gleigh Richardson of Erie, Colorado, and Calista Lawson of Sebring, Florida. He lived to know eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren: Pinon Jonesku of Salem, Massachusetts, Justin David and Julie (Huckins) O'Brien and Addison of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Master Gunnery Sergeant Nathan George and Melissa (Montgomery) Luther, Tessa Louise and Ella Ardys of Terawa Terrace, North Carolina, Erin O'Brien Wilson and Adam Wilson and Keva of Storrs, Connecticut, Nicole Adams and Brett Hodgdon, Grace and Gavin of Jericho, Nathan Bradley and Jennifer (Kelleher) Michaels of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Meghan and Emily Luther of Walden. He was predeceased by his brother Burleigh. Graveside services were held on May 7 in East Hardwick. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Caledonia Grange #9 Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 147, East Hardwick, Vermont 05836. Arrangements are in the care of Des Groseilliers Funeral Homes of Hardwick. Joan Hemingway MacDonald Joan Hemingway MacDonald, 90, died on Thursday, May 3, 2012, in North Hatley, Quebec. She was born to the Honorable George and Mary (Walker) Hemingway on January 9, 1922, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Educated in England, she was an active member of her political family. Joining the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II, she worked in telecommunications and was stationed at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in England. It was there that she met and married her beloved husband of 65 years, Flight Lieutenant Malcolm (Mac) W. MacDonald, DFC, a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946, as a war bride, Mrs. MacDonald traveled to Canada on the post-war Queen Mary with her infant son, John. Published in numerous magazines and newspapers, she was an accomplished freelance writer. She authored and published three books: The Stanstead College Story, The Owls Cry, and most recently, in 2002, Our Mornings May Never Be. After raising her three children, she entered a career as development officer for Stanstead College, a position she held and enjoyed until her retirement. Eternally creative, she was a voracious reader, and she loved working in her English garden, oil painting, music, the theater and travel. She enjoyed wonderful friendships and was a great friend to all who knew her. She was exceptional in giving to her community. She served with the Stanstead Historical Society, as president of the North Country Hospital Women's Auxiliary, Border Curling Club and Rotary International where she worked and traveled along side her husband when he was District Governor. Closest to her heart was her family. As a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and aunt, she gave of herself lovingly and tirelessly. She is survived by her children: John MacDonald and his wife, Lise, of Swanton, Heather MacDonald Greene and her husband, Douglas, of Rancho Mirage, California, and Keith MacDonald of Phoenix, Arizona; her grandchildren: Katie MacDonald and Derek MacDonald, both of South Burlington; as well as by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Malcolm (Mac) W. MacDonald; her infant son Donald; and by her brother John Hemingway and his wife, Mary, and their son, Martin. Services will be held on Wednesday, May 16, at 2 p.m. at Christ Church, 550 Rue Dufferin, in Stanstead, Quebec. The family will be present at Christ Church at 1 p.m. to receive condolences. A reception will immediately follow at The Colby-Curtis Museum. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made in her memory to The Connaught Christian Home, 77 Main Street, North Hatley, Quebec, J0B2C0. George N. Testut George Nelson Testut, 79, of Island Pond died on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in his winter home in Brooksville, Florida, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with kidney disease. He was born on July 12, 1932, in Somerville, New Jersey, to Gustave Testut and Mary Korona Testut. He came to Island Pond as an infant and attended St. Mary's School. As a young adult he worked in the Roxie Theater in town and was fond of reminiscing about his adventures running the film projectors and growing up in Island Pond. He played basketball at St. Mary's High School, enjoyed tennis, golf, shuffle board, and was known to shoot a good game of pool. He spent the majority of his working life as a conductor and brakeman for the Canadian National Railroad until his retirement in 1989. Mr. Testut loved being surrounded by his family and looked forward to having family and friends in his home. He enjoyed good food, sitting in the sun, and visiting with friends and family. He loved playing cards, cribbage, canasta, and gin rummy, and looked forward to his next competitor. During his last year of life, he was happy to escape the long Island Pond winter and become a "snow bird" in Florida. He loved the Florida winter weather and spent many of his days in leisure on his porch, visiting with his friends and neighbors. Despite his progressively worsening health, he looked forward to trips to the ocean and riding his golf cart around his new neighborhood. He will be remembered for his wit and humor, for always being in for a good laugh, and enjoying the simple pleasures of life. He is survived by his wife Barbara Coppola Testut; his brother Gilbert Testut and his partner, Joan Lozier, of Branford, Connecticut; his step-children: Kenneth Carlisle of Alexandria, Virginia, Michael Carlisle and his wife, Peggy, of Danville, Suzanne Carlisle Stebenne and her husband, Donald, of Hartland, Patrick Carlisle of Quechee, and Peter Carlisle and his wife, Lisa, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts; his children: Lorraine Savoy and her husband, Ron, of Ridgecrest, California, Michael Testut and his wife, Lois, of Island Pond, Connie Walker of Underhill, Gayle Reynolds and her husband, Dennis, of Virginia, and Lori Testut of Lyndonville; his nephews: Jeff Testut and his wife, Tammy of Branford, Gary Testut and his wife, Sandi, of Gainesville, Virginia, and Brian Testut and his wife, Socorro, of Norwich, Connecticut; and by many grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents; a daughter, Doreen Testut; a son, Larry Testut; his sister-in-law Monica Testut; and by his son-in-law Robert Walker. A Catholic graveside ceremony and interment will be held at Lakeview Cemetery in Island Pond at a later date. Committal services Mary Morse Committal services for Mary Morse will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 11, at the North Troy Village Cemetery. Milton Hammond Committal services for Milton Hammond will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at the Lake Road Cemetery in Newport Center. Pauline Caputo Committal services for Pauline Caputo will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at the Derby Line Cemetery. Winston Warner Committal services for Winston Warner will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 11, at the Brownington Center Cemetery. Claudette Chaput Committal services for Claudette Chaput will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at St. Mary's Cemetery in Newport. Clifton Kennison Jr. Committal services for Clifton Kennison Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Westfield Cemetery. Marjorie Burdick Committal services for Marjorie Burdick will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Pleasantview Cemetery in Orleans. Bonnie Ladd Committal services for Bonnie Ladd will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Derby Center Cemetery. Lucille St. Onge Committal services for Lucille St. Onge will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 14, at the Newport Center Cemetery. Lida Darby Committal services for Lida Darby will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, at St. Ignatius Cemetery in Lowell. Iva Labounty Committal services for Iva Labounty will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, at St. Mary's Cemetery in Newport. Robert M. Cady Committal services for Robert M. Cady will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 18, at Taylor Cemetery in Wolcott. 0 shares ShareTweetSharePin it


text: Not sure about those schools in particular, but I also had an upward trend in my grades, and I got in places where my GPA shouldn't have been good enough. (I just checked the admissions statistics for the school I attend, and my UGPA was well below the 25th percentile for admitted students.) I think admissions offices will look at trends in your grades.Also, make sure everything else in your application (LSAT but also recommendations, personal statement, resume) is as good as it can be. People will tell you that these things don't matter, but they are really important, especially for people who are trying to outperform their GPAs.Good luck!


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Discussion in 'Proxy Service' started by Naz, Oct 8, 2012.
hello it's been a few days this is down, any clue when it will be back on?
I want to try it too, please, open the page. It has been closed for months!!
No ETA for reopen at this point.
ETA? What does it mean?
When will be it available again?
ETA = Estimated Time for Accomplishment
It means we do not know when the service can be reopen to public.
Will you send mails when you reopen the service?
sure thing. will let everyone know.
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I got back early this morning from a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), in northern Minnesota. This was my 3rd trip up to the BWCA this year . The first trip was in early June, I was so sore and wet from sleeping on the ground that I had to try something different. That's how I found this site and hammocking. My next trip was in mid July and I did it comfortably in a WBBB hammock and a Claytor Diamond Fly(CDF). But last weeks trip was the best of the year and actually the best in recent memory.
My cousin and I drove up and stayed in a hotel south of Lutsen on Sunday night. We then got an early start up the Caribuo Trail to the Homer Lake entery point. After a 3 hour paddle and some short portages we were on Pipe Lake. It is a pretty lake with high piney ridges to the south and filled with a very active and large population of good sized small-mouthed bass. We caught atleast 14 bass 3lbs. or better and a few lunkers too between us as well as a good eating sized northern, that I caught, that we had for a dinner.
We had the nicest spot on the lake and we had the whole lake to ourselves from Monday until we came out on Thursday. It was the warmest and fairest weather of all of our trips this year. I slept with the bug net on my WBBB pulled back and my CDF only half way deployed, because there were NO BUGS or rain . It was a new moon on Saturday so it was very dark and it was lovely to go to sleep in the pitch black looking at stars that seemed close enough to touch. It is nice waking up in the morning and already being outside, I love hanging! Because of the clear nights we had a low in the high 30'sF but, I stayed warm in my WBBB with a thermarest pad in my pad pocket and a JRB Shenandoah quilt as a top quilt. I was also wearing wool socks, poly pro long johns, fleece shirt, fleece hat and fleece gloves, but I took my hat and gloves off each night because I got too warm.
Reluctantly, we had to come home yesterday but that was a trip I will remember always, for all the right reasons! I will poist some pics as soon as I get them out of my cousin's camera.
P.S. The colors are already turning so if you go up there for them you may want to go early this year because of it. The leaves are very colorful this year because of the dry weather.


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