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Toddler Tips
Too Old to Nurse?
From: NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 12 No. 6, November-December 1995, pp. 183-85
We provide articles from our publications from previous years for reference for our Leaders and members. Readers are cautioned to remember that research and medical information change over time.
"Toddler Tips" is a regular feature of the magazine NEW BEGINNINGS, published bimonthly by La Leche League International. In this column, suggestions are offered by readers of NEW BEGINNINGS to help parents of toddlers. Various points of view are presented. Not all of the information may be pertinent to your family's lifestyle. This information is general in nature, and not intended to be advice, medical or otherwise.
My three-year-old daughter still loves to nurse. She is a very active, challenging child, and nursing seems to bring her such peace and makes her much easier to handle. My husband says she is much too old to nurse, and that I should wean her immediately: I am honestly concerned that she will become totally unmanageable. Can you help?
My Cheyenne loved to nurse morning, noon, and night. Like your daughter, she is very active. Her only time to slow down was when she would climb into the comforts of a great nursing session. I was worried that the time to stop nursing would never come, but it happened when Cheyenne was about three and a half years old. At this time, my milk supply decreased dramatically. Cheyenne was heartbroken, and so were my husband and I because we no longer had the calming tool that we had become so accustomed to. Instead we developed a special time of reading together. This allowed Cheyenne to have a quiet time in the comfort of her mother's arms. We also snuggled together and talked about the times when she used to nurse. At nearly four years old, Cheyenne understands that though the milk is no longer available, there will always be time for comforting in her mother's lap.
Janell Brink
Stanton, CA, USA
My daughter, Melissa, is two and a half years old, and also a "challenging child." She nurses frequently, sometimes for her sake and sometimes for mine. I understand perfectly your concern that without nursing to calm her, she may become hard to manage. For help with Melissa's behavior, I turned to Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's book, Raising Your Spirited Child. The first time I picked up this book, I felt as if somebody finally understood and could put a name on it—temperament. Although the book does not deal specifically with the issue of toddler nursing, it helped me figure out strategies that would make life easier.
As for the issue of nursing, I continually ask myself and my husband, "Would situation X be any easier if this child was weaned?" The answer is almost always "no." But it is important to acknowledge your husband's concern and to let him know that you recognize that he only wants what is best for your daughter. Try to discuss the situation calmly, even though you may be angry at him for what seems like a lack of support. It is likely that he is getting negative comments from others that are making him uncomfortable. It may help him to hear that his support and encouragement are crucial to you at this time. He may not realize how much nursing means to both you and your daughter.
Keep in mind (and remind your husband) that nursing does not go on forever. As soon as your child is capable of weaning, she will do so. You can actively encourage progress by setting limits (where and when), substituting other things (a cup of juice), and providing plenty of undivided attention (no folding laundry or taking phone calls). Ask your daughter what she would like to do today. You may be surprised by how creative her answers can be!
Sue Fuhriman
Concord CA, USA
When my daughter, Michelle, was almost three years old, I decided to wean her. It was by far the worst decision I ever made. Michelle, like your daughter, is also very challenging. But our nursing relationship would soothe her and seemed to keep her grounded. She was only nursing at night to go to sleep and once or twice in the middle of the night. I, too, felt that she was too old to nurse. I thought it was too much trouble to nurse her and that it would be easier if she weaned. I cut her off cold turkey. She screamed and cried for hours for several nights. After that, she would wake up every night several times crying. She would say things like, "I'm so sad that I can't nurse" and "My heart is broken because I can't have nummies." My heart was broken, too, but I continued with this program. Michelle had been entirely potty-trained, including nighttime, for three months; she immediately regressed when I weaned her. She began taking a bottle at night (so I was changing her diaper five to six times per night). She began having nightmares. This was definitely not easier than nursing!
It's been five months since that awful time that I weaned her so abruptly, and she is just now starting to potty train again; she still takes a bottle (just one in the middle of the night now); she still has nightmares.
The challenging child naturally demands more but also has a better chance of having needs met than a less challenging child might. Listen to your daughter and maybe give her a nudge toward weaning, but if she doesn't give in easily, she is not ready. You will resent your husband if you do something that your child is not ready for just to please him.
If she seems too old to nurse to your husband, then she will also seem too old to do the things that will take the place of nursing. So why not choose the comforting tool that has worked so well up to this point?
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I, too, have a three-year-old who needs to nurse, and from my observations and conversations with other mothers, it is not that uncommon for toddlers to continue to nurse when allowed to wean naturally.
I urge you to obtain the book BECOMING A FATHER by Dr. William Sears for your husband. Dr. Sears is a strong proponent for breastfeeding and discusses natural weaning in a way that fathers can understand.
Tammy Rousso
Tucson AZ USA
My son Jacob nursed until shortly before his fifth birthday. Towards the end it was only once a day (at night before he went to sleep), but even so, it was important to him, and I found it an invaluable tool for making mothering easier. The year Jacob was three was more challenging than when he was two—I can't imagine weaning him then! It would have been traumatic for both of us. My advice is to continue to nurse your daughter until she is fully ready to wean on her own. In other cultures, nursing is the norm. Your daughter is one of the lucky ones, to still be nursing! I see mothers trying to calm and comfort their children with bottles, blankets, stuffed animals, but for Jacob, nursing always worked like magic.
Gloria Finkel
Elkins Park PA USA
My son, Jackson, is three years, eight months old, and still enjoys "nursey," too. Although three years is not a common age for children in the United States to nurse, it has been the norm for you and your daughter, as it has been for us. Abruptly weaning her when she continues to love nursing (and you are reaping benefits as well!) could be a decision that does not serve either of you well.
This is a challenging stage of life for children. Their verbal skills are developing, but a child this age still cannot fully express his or her needs or feelings. With nursing, no words are necessary. Nursing allows both the child and mother to take some time-out to regroup and reconnect. I have found nursing to be an invaluable parenting tool, especially on those trying days when my patience is thin.
It may be hard for your husband to understand why a three-year-old needs to nurse or why a mother needs to use whatever is at her disposal to cope with a nonstop bundle of energy. Perhaps if you express to him that continuing to nurse is in the family's best interest (Happy child + happy mom + happy dad = happy family), he'll come around to accepting individual needs. Also, tell him that no child nurses forever and that soon your child will move away from nursing more and more. I can attest to that. You didn't mention if your husband is receiving outside pressure from family or friends about the fact that his three-year-old is still nursing. If so, you may want to consider sharing this information only with those who understand and are supportive.
You have come this far and a "mutual agreement" between you and your daughter would be a nice way to end your relationship as a nursing couple. I know it can be a challenge to nurse for an extended period of time, and I admire you for your efforts. This time with our little ones passes all too quickly and if you can provide peace and joy in your child's life today, she will benefit greatly for many years to come.
Donna Pennington
Austin, TX, USA
My daughter, Stephanie, turned three last September. I never imagined that she would nurse beyond the first year! I, too, have found that I do not receive much support from family and friends for my decision to allow Stephanie to wean herself. I also appreciate that nursing a toddler is quite different than nursing an infant. Stephanie asks for her "milkies" and often tries to nurse, even in public!
Breast milk contains high levels of the amino acid L-tryptophan, which has a calming or sedative effect on a child. Also, nursing stimulates the production of prolactin, which has a calming effect on the mother! Since I, too, have a "high spirited" child, I feel both mother and child benefit when a toddler nurses her way through the "tumultuous twos."
While I encourage Stephanie to drink juice, water, and other beverages, I respect her desire to continue breastfeeding. At two-and-a-half, I began to tell Stephanie that "milkies" are for naptime, or bedtime, if she wanted to nurse during the day. If she insisted, I let her nurse, but as time went on, she nursed less during the day. I have recently detected signs that Stephanie may be gradually weaning herself.
I found the recent article in NEW BEGINNINGS on the age of weaning in other mammals to be quite enlightening. The age of weaning should be determined by the needs of mother and child, and not imposed by others. I hope you find support in hearing from another mother who is nursing a three-year-old. I encourage you to work this through with your husband, so that you may be united in this and countless other decisions you will face together as your daughter matures.
Nina Bernard
Exeter, NH, USA
When my older son was three and still nursing, my husband, Lon, started to wonder just when this child would wean. He would tease Kris, not in a mean or judgmental way, but by saying things such as Kris was "too old for nummies." This didn't stop Kris from nursing, but he didn't know how to answer. So I taught him to say "Too old for rock n' roll." Lon, who was approaching his fortieth birthday, just about died laughing.
I think that some tension between mothers and fathers over weaning is natural. As Tine Thevenin points out in her book, Mothering and Fathering, fathers are more concerned with helping a child achieve independence, while mothers are more willing to nurture the baby still present inside a growing toddler or preschooler. Mothers and fathers are different, and both views can, and should, exist in the same family. After all, your three-year-old experiences the same conflict within herself—wanting at times to be grown up, to have the world (and herself) under control, and at other times needing the comfort of mother's arms and breast to feel safe and secure.
Perhaps your husband would feel more comfortable about your daughter's continued nursing if you helped him to see all the ways in which she is growing older and more mature, even as she continues to nurse. Focusing on the nursing, unusual for three-year-olds in this culture, may prevent him—and you, too—from seeing all the ways in which your little girl is growing up. It may also be time to start talking as a family about how someday your daughter will decide she's through nursing and to have some special "daddy-daughter" time away from mother. If your husband sees you on the road to weaning, he may be more accepting. Also give him lots of reassurance, support, and attention: inside every grown up man, there's a little boy that needs nurturing.
Gwen Gotsch
Oak Park, IL, USA


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Nobody needs a tablet, but many people still want a tablet. This is still the core differentiator between a 'real' computer and a tablet. At least in The Netherlands, you can't function in society without a desktop or laptop connected to the internet, so people need a computer. A tablet, though? Hence, the most common thing people have told me when they played with my iPad 2 is this: I'd love to have a tablet, but not for hundreds of euros. Enter Google's Nexus 7, the first 'cheap' tablet that doesn't just validate Android as a tablet platform, but also gives the iPad a run for its money.
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Just curious - but what would you want to store on the tablet? The reason I'm asking is my Internet options where I live are zilch - I'm stuck using a rural phone carrier and only get 1.5 Mbps. I use Google Music for storing my music (my music collection hasn't surpassed 20,000 songs) and I use Google Drive for storing everything else. I haven't really ran into any problems with needing additional storage on the device. To be honest, I rarely watch movies on it, and if I do, it's either using Netflix or my Amazon Prime Instant account. I fully realize my needs aren't the same as everyone elses. Just curious about the desire for additional storage.........
If you get 1.5Mbps on a 3G connection you have a really great connection. A great use of a tablet is watching movies and series away from home. If you don't want to load everything you might want to watch every day on your tablet 16GB is not enough. One season is already 8GB+. And I wish I could get netflix or amazon prime instant but most of the world doesn't have that.
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OCLC Global Council elects Loretta Parham and Jennifer Younger to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 20 April 2012—OCLC Global Council member delegates elected two librarians to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees: Loretta Parham, CEO and Director of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, and Jennifer Younger, Executive Director, Catholic Research Resources Alliance. Each will serve a four-year term beginning with the next OCLC Board meeting in November.
The two new Board members were elected by Global Council April 18 and will replace Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries, University of Wyoming, and Bruce Newell, Director (Retired), Montana Library Network, whose terms on the Board end in November.
Loretta Parham is CEO and Director of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, an independent academic library for the shared benefit of four HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities)—Morehouse College, Spelman College, the Interdenominational Theological Center and Clark Atlanta University. Prior positions include University Library Director at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, and Deputy Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was District Chief of 20 urban branch libraries for the Chicago Public Library (CPL), and held other administrative and public service positions at CPL and the City Colleges of Chicago. She was Vice President/President of OCLC Members Council from 2007–2009.
Ms. Parham currently holds a variety of leadership positions in professional organizations, including Director-At-Large on the Board of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and Vice Chair of the Board of Georgia Humanities Council. She is co-founder and past Chair of the HBCU Library Alliance. She is a member of the Wayne State University School of Library & Information Science Advisory Board, the Heritage Preservation/Saving Special Collections Advisory Committee, and the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum Task Force. Ms. Parham is also a faculty member for the EDUCAUSE Management Institute.
Ms. Parham earned a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor's degree in Communications from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale.
Jennifer Younger is Executive Director, Catholic Research Resources Alliance, and was the Edward H. Arnold Director of Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame, from 1997–2010. Prior to that, she was Assistant Director for Technical Services and Liaison for the Regional Campus Libraries, University Libraries, The Ohio State University, in Columbus. Dr. Younger was Vice President/President of OCLC Global Council from 2009–2011, Co-Chair of the OCLC Record Use Policy Council in 2009–2010, and Chair of the Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship in 2009.
Dr. Younger's distinguished record of service includes serving as Vice President, President and Past President for the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS); President and Board member, Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI); Secretary and Board member, Center for Research Libraries; and Board member, Association for Research Libraries. In 2010, she was named Alumnae of the Year, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies. Dr. Younger has been a member of Beta Phi Mu, International Honor Society in Library Science, since 1991.
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May 28, 2010 by Bob Ashley · 1 Comment
A federal court jury in New Orleans on Monday (May 24) found in favor of RV manufacturer Recreation by Design LLC, Elkhart, Ind., in the third "bellwether" lawsuit involving allegedly formaldehyde-laced trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as temporary housing for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The jury deliberated for about two hours after hearing eight days of testimony that alleged that Earlene Castanel's health had been damaged by a trailer laden with formaldehyde.
"There have been three trials and all of them have resulted in defense verdicts," said Andrew Weinstock, a partner in the Metairie, La., lawfirm of Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Pfister and Weinstock.
Recreation by Design and other RV manufacturers sold tens of thousands of emergency living units to FEMA following the 2005 hurricanes.
Two previous suits involving Gulf Stream Coach Inc., Nappanee, Ind. — in which Weinstock was lead attorney — and Forest River Inc., Elkhart, Ind., have resulted in favorable verdicts for RV manufacturers.
Another lawsuit again Gulf Stream is expected to go to trial in September with a others to follow, unless plaintiffs and defendants come to a settlement.
Weinstock estimated that 60,000 lawsuits have been filed against builders of the FEMA trailers.
"That's a guesstimate and I think it's a pretty good one," Weinstock said.
U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt earlier ruled that the lawsuits couldn't be combined as a class action, meaning that each lawsuit had to be tried individually.
The "bellwether" trials for a handful of claims chosen from among hundreds that had been filed are designed to help the New Orleans court test the cases' merits and possibly settle other claims over formaldehyde exposure in FEMA trailers.
Weinstock said that at some point, defendants are likely to find the lawsuits untenable if juries continue to deliver verdicts in favor of RV manufacturers.
"(Plaintiff attorneys) signed up a lot of people and at some point, we need to figure out which have cases and which don't," Weinstock said. "The challenge (for defense attorneys) is figuring out what makes on a case with merit and which ones don't.
"We've not done an inventory on who has filed suits. But obviously, we are not going to try 60,000 cases."
A main point that Recreation by Design lawyers made in defense of the company was that there is little evidence that formaldehyde levels in the trailers were out of the ordinary.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tested more than 500 trailers and found only six with formaldehyde levels in excess of levels established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for manufactured homes.


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Cora Louise Marron-Despres, 77, of Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly from a stroke on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Marron.
She is survived by her husband, Bernard Despres; daughters, Mary Ann (Larry) Mullen and Kathleen (Jose Ramon) Arroyave; step-children, Mannette (Michael) Minier, Richard (Nancy) Despres, Bernard (Janine) Despres, Gary (Cindy) Despres; brother Edward (Mona) Bennett; sisters, Anna Shindorf and Ada Johnson; brothers and sisters-in-law, Alfred Despres, Raymond Despres, Rosemary Stryz and Blanche (Jerry) Kranzeleski; grandchildren, Ryan Persha and Aurora Arroyave; eight step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Cora was a member of Unity of Grand Rapids and Eastern Star-Evergreen Chapter #334.
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I'm a fixer. Now when I say "fixer" I don't mean I'm handy with a wrench. I'm the kind of person who tries to fix the emotional problems of those around me to make the world (or a dinner party) a more harmonious place. But sometimes trying to help others can wear me out emotionally, especially when it appears that my advice wasn't what they wanted after all.
But there is something I can do about it—and so can you. According to therapist and author Ross Rosenberg, it might be helpful to set some emotional boundaries.
"I look at giving friends advice as giving nuggets of worth — or pieces of me that I give because I like to be generous to my friends," said Ross Rosenberg, author of "The Human Magnet Syndrome: Why We Love People Who Hurt Us" (Premier Publishing and Media). "But in healthy relationships, there needs to be give and take. When it gets lopsided and there isn't mutuality or reciprocity, we start to feel resentful and angry."
Rosenberg said we need to let people know when we don't feel heard or appreciated, which can be difficult for some personality types.
"If you are a co-dependent, setting boundaries can be excruciatingly difficult," he said. "You're struggling with this feeling of being rude, you're afraid someone will get mad, you're afraid of conflict because you don't have self esteem to hold your ground to not get pushed back. You can set a boundary but it's very unlikely that it will be respected."
Those with a strong sense of self have more success, Rosenberg said.
"Because when you are confident and your self-esteem directs you to set a boundary, it doesn't matter so much if someone says 'yes' or 'no'", he said. "You stick with it and you feel good about it and someone either follows it or they don't. You don't take it personally."
Here are Rosenberg's tips for establishing healthy emotional boundaries:
Look at your patterns.
"To set boundaries you need to first understand the part of you that gravitates toward relationships in which there's not a fair distribution of give and take," he said. "Do the work on yourself or talk to a therapist about these patterns. If you set boundaries without doing this work, it's like putting a band-aid on a wound that really needs medical attention."
Find out if there's a bigger issue.
"Some friends might be needy or not good listeners because they're down or going through a divorce or maybe someone dies and the fair distribution isn't there," he said. "But this could be a phase. If they're usually there for you but having a bad stretch, you can understand that this too shall pass, so try to be patient."
Stay neutral.
"Avoid negative, inflammatory words," he said. "You might unintentionally close a person down and you don't even know it. It's OK to have anger that someone is always complaining, but be aware of your resentment and position your feedback neutrally, both in your tone, your body posture and the words that you choose."
Repeat what they've just told you.
"If you want someone to listen to you but they won't stop talking, the best thing you can do is make them understand you've heard them and understand them," he said. "Say, 'What I'm hearing you say is you are really upset. That must be really tough,' so give them a concise re-statement of what you've heard with an empathic response, and then you can transition into what you want to talk about."
Use positive statements.
"If you use 'I' statements, the person will hear you and not get defensive," he said. "Put a positive spin on your interaction and then you can ask for what you need. 'I enjoy listening and I'm glad I can help you. I'm hoping that you can listen to me and help me too.'"
Know your audience.
"If you set a boundary with a narcissist and then get upset that they don't listen, it's like wrestling with a pig in white clothes and getting mad that you got dirty," he said. "Stay composed. Tell yourself, 'This is not about me.' Walk away and figure out how to limit your interactions with them."
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Apple has reinvented the MacBook Pro with a Retina display, as announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday.
The standout feature is the brand new high-density display. The new MacBook Pro has four times the number of pixels as the previous model at 220 pixels-per-inch or 5,184,000 pixels. It's 15.4 inches across, but its pixel density is 2880 by 1800.
Despite its glossy screen, it has a 178-degree wide viewing angle, has 75 percent less reflection, and 29 percent higher contrast than the previous generation, Apple says.
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The problem asks to find a value for $$n$$ for which $$\phi(n)$$ is a permutation of the digits of $$n$$, and for which $$n/\phi(n)$$ is at a minimum. A brief refresher of what the totient function is might be helpful here.
Basically (lifted right from Wikipedia):
In number theory, Euler's totient or phi function, $$\phi(n)$$ is an arithmetic function that counts the number of positive integers less than or equal to n that are relatively prime to n. That is, if n is a positive integer, then $$\phi(n)$$ is the number of integers k in the range 1 ≤ k ≤ n for which $$gcd(n, k) = 1$$.
Notably, $$\phi(p) = p - 1$$ if $$p$$ is prime. This is because $$p$$ has no other divisors besides itself and 1, so all positive integers less than $$p$$ are relatively prime to it.
This gives a little insight on how to solve the problem: if $$n$$ happens to be prime, then $$n/\phi(n)$$ = $$n/(n - 1)$$, which is basically the smallest you can get that ratio to be. If it so happened that $$n$$'s digits are a permutation of $$\phi(n)$$ in that case, I'd have the winning number. With this strategy, all I would have to do is find a bunch of primes around the vicinity of $$10^8$$ and check the permutation constraint.
Unfortunately, since $$\phi(p) = p - 1$$, $$p$$ and $$\phi(p)$$ must differ by at least one digit, so that idea is out the window.
However, the ratio $$n/\phi(n)$$ also happens to be small if $$n$$ is a semi-prime (that is, if $$n$$ is the product of two primes). In this case, $$n$$ will have one or two other divisors besides $$n$$ itself (one in the case that the two primes are not distinct), so looking for semi-primes is the next best thing after looking for primes.
Having no idea where to start looking for these primes, I just started by poking around primes near $$\sqrt{10^8}$$, and testing if they had the two properties I was looking for. The following Clojure program eventually happens upon the result in less than a minute's time:
; lib/core.clj contains some general functions for calculating the integer
; square root, and for loading in a big list of pre-calculated primes.
(load-file "lib/core.clj")
'[lib.core :only (isqrt load-primes)])
(def primes
(load-primes "../data/primes.txt"))
(def limit (int 1e7))
; Search around the radius of (sqrt 1e7)
(def ps
(take-while #(<= % (* 2 (inc (isqrt limit)))) primes))
; Create pairs for semi-primes
(def pairs
(combinations ps 2))
(defn permutation?
"Returns true if a's digits are a permutation of b's."
[a b]
(let [digits #(sort (into [] (str %)))]
(= (digits a) (digits b))))
(defn phi
"Calculates the totient of a semi-prime created from p and q."
[p q]
(* (dec p) (dec q)))
(defn f
"Creates a map entry of n/phi(n) -> [p q]."
(let [p (first pair)
q (second pair)
n (* p q)]
[(/ n (phi p q)) [p q]]))
(defn g
"Returns true if the totient of the semi-prime generated from [p q] is a
permutation of that semi-prime."
(let [p (first pair)
q (second pair)
n (* p q)]
(permutation? n (phi p q))))
; Create a map of n/phi(n) -> [p q], filtering out semi-primes who are
; larger than 1e7
(def h
(filter #(<= (apply * (second %)) 10000000)
(apply merge (cons {} (map f pairs)))))
(let [entry (first (drop-while #(not (g (second %))) (sort h)))
pair (second entry)
p (first pair)
q (second pair)]
(println (* p q)))
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The Oregon Enduro Series stops in Hood River this weekend for the third race of its 2012 tour. The two-day, six-stage event is a mix of cross country and downhill mountain biking on the forested single-track trails of Hood River's west side.
Formerly the Hood River Super D, this year's event is presented by Santa Cruz and Shimano and is part of a statewide points series that stops in Bend, Ashland, Hood River and Sisters before the season finale finals on the southern slopes of Mount Hood in early September
Upwards of 250 entrants are already preregistered for the event, including many of the top riders from across the west and around the world.
"We are the premiere enduro series in North America, and the Hood River stop is definitely one of the best courses of the year," said Jeremy Tufts, Oregon Enduro Series marketing and PR manager. "The majority of racers are from the West Coast, but people are coming literally from all over the world to race in the series."
The event is broken into six stages over two days; starting Saturday at Kingsley Reservoir and finishing Sunday near the bottom of Post Canyon Road. Each section includes a timed downhill run and an untimed uphill transition to the next stage. Riders' times will be added together at the end for an overall result.
For the professional category, racers will be pushing the limits of the trails, their bikes and their guts on the steep, rocky, tight-cornering trails that have become widely popular for the sport over the last several years. For others, amateur categories and well-spaced starts give less-serious riders the opportunity to participate in a structured race without fear of being overrun from behind by a trailblazing madman on a $5,000 bike.
"The race is absolutely open to everyday riders," Tufts said. "It is a great excuse for everyday riders to race on their everyday trails. That said, there are a lot of very fast riders coming out of Hood River and we're expecting to see some up on the podium Sunday afternoon."
Saturday's four stages bring riders from Kingsley to the bottom of Post Canyon. For those familiar with the area, the course starts on the 170 trail, follows the old Super D course, passes by FMX, down Blue Car, up to Mitchell Ridge and down to the power lines. For those unfamiliar, it's about 6 miles of white-knuckle downhill and 3.5 miles of non-timed transition riding.
Sunday's final two stages feature about 5 miles of downhill and 2.6 miles of climbing that starts at the Binns Hill Staging Area and again ends at the bottom of Post Canyon.
The Hood River race was originally scheduled for early June as the first stop on the tour. Organizers had to scramble to restructure the series due to severe damage to trails and trees caused by a January ice storm.
"We didn't have access to some of the course until just a few weeks ago," Tufts said. "The damage up there was crazy, but the course is in great shape now."
Tufts said the storm gave Oregon Enduro Series organizers and volunteers the opportunity to help support the trail system by volunteering in cleanup efforts.
"In helping with cleanup from the ice storm, it allowed us to show the Hood River community that we're not trying to just put on a race, tear up the trails and leave. We want to show that we are ready and willing to help better the trail systems where we hold the races."
For info or to pre-register see www.oregonenduro.com. Registration fee is $90 for both days and includes food and shuttles to starting areas both days.
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PARIS (AP) � Lesbian and gay cake toppers, his-and-his wedding bands, flower-themed tuxedo bow ties: Marketing whizzes have held France's first gay-marriage fair � four days after parliament legalized same-sex wedlock.
Wedding planners, photographers and high-end tailors pitched their services at the Paris fair yesterday. Police stood guard outside � a precautionary measure after recent bouts of anti-gay violence by foes of same-sex marriage. The legislation sparked huge protests across France.
Fair organizer Claire Jollain says she senses pent-up demand among many same-sex couples who have long sought to tie the knot, and now can.
A final vote in France's National Assembly on Tuesday made France the 14th nation to legalize gay marriage. President Francois Hollande is expected to sign it into law soon. Same-sex weddings could begin as soon as June.


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However, this proved true to the theory that things often occur for the best. They were led to northeast Texas, to the Piney Woods, where they ended up with 80 acres they now call Crooked Pine Ranch. Helen discovered the power of the word as early as the second grade when a class assignment to write a poem triggered her imagination. To her chagrin, her poem was not displayed for the all-important parent-teacher night; nevertheless, it triggered a "fire in the belly" that has kept her writing, eventually gaining her an honorable mention in Writer's Digest's 1981 national poetry contest.
Then, on Halloween five years later, while elbow deep in paint, she received that all-important phone call from Isabel Swift, then Silhouette's editorial coordinator, who said that Silhouette wanted Partners for Life for its Desire line. Partners would go on to earn Helen her first Golden Medallion (now known as the RITA) nomination. She would receive two more RITA Award nominations, winning in 1993 for another Silhouette Desire novel, Navarrone.
Today, Helen credits her training in Silhouette's various series for honing her skills and teaching her discipline. "There's nothing quite like having to finish a book at 4 a.m. Christmas Day before heading out of town, and keeping the momentum of your writing career going while you adjust to eight different editors to teach you flexibility and perseverance."
And her track record is impressive. "My interests are varied," she acknowledges, "and writing for the different lines allowed me to get some things out of my system and to discover what suited me best, even though it could have cost me readers." On the contrary, Helen, whose books can be found in over 25 countries, has been regularly on the Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and USA Today bestseller lists.
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12 Things That Prove Cauliflower Is the Most Magical Food on the Planet
Oh, did you think you were about to bite into a delicious BBQ chicken wing? THINK AGAIN. Cauliflower has been rising into vegetable stardom the last couple years, and these 12 insane dishes are definitive proof that it has magical powers. What other veggie can morph into sushi rice, tater tots, and tortillas? That's right – none of them. Prepare to be amazed.
All these recipes sneakily feature cauliflower. While a lot of them do it for health reasons – weight loss, celiac, or otherwise — that's not the only reason you should be eating these things. Cauliflower can taste awesome when done right.
I'm particularly curious about the cauliflower jerky (#6) – how genius is that?
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Johnny Carino's has shut down its Longmont restaurant at 2033 Ken Pratt Blvd.
A sign on the restaurant's door Monday stated, "We wish to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for your loyalty over the last 15 years." The restaurant, the chain's second location in Colorado, opened on Nov. 8, 1999.
A spokesman for Austin, Texas-based Fired Up Restaurant Concepts, the chain's owner, said the decision was a difficult one but the Longmont location was not performing up to company standards.
Johnny Carino's owns the 63,000-square-foot building and the lot it sits on.
There are more than 130 Johnny Carino's in the U.S. and another 10 in the Middle East.


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Spreading the word on butter in baking
In many recipes for cakes and baking the advice is to cream butter and sugar before adding other ingredients. Softening the butter makes the process easier, but how soft can the butter be? If the butter is melted would it make any difference to the outcome of the recipe - or should one just stick to what the recipe states?
Russell Finnemore
Cake baking is one branch of cooking that you truly do need to follow the instructions carefully - because if you don't you may end up with something resembling a tin of damp porridge or dry cement rather than a light and fluffy sponge cake. So, please do stick to what the recipe states.
Once you've mastered the art of the recipe, and in many ways it is an art, then you can with confidence begin to tweak and adjust a little here and there.
The reason melted butter and softened butter behave differently is that you can beat an awful lot of air into softened butter that you can't into melted butter. Softened butter is simply butter at room temperature (think of a room in late spring, not in a snow-covered winter).
Imagine putting a block of softened butter and a cup of sugar into a food mixer and beating it - you'll end up with something resembling golden meringue. Do the same with a block of melted butter and it resembles yellow whipped fat.
Melting butter, then cooling it and trying to whip it again never gives the same good result that softened butter gives, so make sure if you soften your butter in a microwave, or on top of the stove that you don't melt it too much. Slowly and gently is the key to success. Beating a lot of air into the "batter" allows the mixture to rise up when baked, as the tiny air bubbles in the batter expand with heat and cause the mixture to grow in size.
As the heat increases, the eggs in the batter (if it contains them) begin to set and therefore the mixture doesn't collapse once it cools. The combination of fat and flour also sets the batter (if used in the correct proportion) and again this prevents the mixture from collapsing once it cools.
For this same reason, it's impossible to substitute oils for softened butter in many recipes. Oils can be used successfully in some cakes and muffins, as explained in this column some weeks back now, but it will be impossible to get a light fluffy cake from an oil-based batter.
Oils are best used in dense cakes like carrot cake as their purpose is to provide moisture to the cake which means it will keep well without drying out too much. Another area where the butter's consistency is important is in the making of pastry. There are myriad recipes out there.
In some, butter is rubbed into the dry ingredients and in others, admittedly fewer, it's melted and stirred in. In puff pastry butter is used in two different ways. The first amount of butter, icy cold, is rubbed into the dry ingredients and used to form a dough. Then a second amount of butter, slightly cooler than at room temperature, is formed into a book-shaped block which is wrapped in the dough.
It's rolled out and folded into three, again and again with resting in between. What this means is that eventually, once the process is finished, you have many layers of very thin dough separated by very thin layers of butter. When the pastry is baked the layers of butter expand but are kept separate by the dough - which causes the pastry to rise.
The French created a puff pastry dessert called millefeuille (found in many good cake shops) which translates to "a thousand leaves" (or sheets) which is very apt.
So, to reiterate, if the recipe says softened butter then it needs to be of the consistency of margarine rather than oil. It needs to have body and be "spreadable" with a knife. If you think it's a little too soft, place in the fridge for 10 minutes or so to firm it up a little. But first and foremost, make sure you follow the instructions to the dot because they've been written for a reason.
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Sweden is known for its passion for equality. This applies as much to class distinctions as it does to gender roles. Standing out from the crowd or boasting about one's wealth is frowned upon. You should want to be a harmonious part of a whole. So it's no wonder that an architecture project was started which identified the average dream home in Sweden in an especially democratic way: by the average number of clicks on property offers online.
The "House of Clicks" Experiment
The so-called "House of Clicks" experiment arose because Swedish architects and real estate agents both wanted to know what the dream home of the majority of the Swedish people looked like exactly. So they arranged a unique kind of experiment: 200 million user clicks on 89,000 properties were analysed over a period of 10 months at a Swedish real estate portal. Typical factors such as size, price, number of rooms and bathrooms were investigated, as were "soft features", i.e. for example, the colours of the walls, flooring and kitchen equipment. The result of this astonishingly uncomplicated new statistical method was a democratic house, "chosen by the people", which is typically Swedish in many respects.
Traditional and purist exterior
When designing an exterior façade, Swedes typically focus on traditional values, but also place value upon purist design: The "House of Clicks" is a modern, simple wooden cube which calls to mind a shipping container from the outside. But the wooden façade, painted Falu red, underlines the Swedes' awareness of tradition: Falu red, which comes from the now closed copper mine in Falun, was used as early as the 16th century as the preferred colour for typical Swedish wooden houses.
Modern and practical interiors
Swedes prefer simple functionality for the interiors of their "House of Clicks". On the ground floor of the on average 100 square metre large dream house in Sweden, higher than average roofs make for an open and spacious eating area. There are further clever architecture trends on the upper floor: The large upper window lets plenty of daylight into the bathroom, a spacious loggia borders on the bedroom.
One of the best results of the unusual survey: The "House of Clicks" is actually being built and should even go into production with sufficient demand. The price for the dream house in Sweden comes to 300,000 euros – this was determined statistically too.
Architecture trend of the future?
The "House of Clicks", designed by a fifth of the population, or two million Swedes, is without a doubt an unprecedented design experiment, allowing us to understand more precisely the taste of the average person seeking a property in one country. Some see this as a new creative impulse for architects and real estate agents. Others believe that in the future architects will be less creative, but will instead bend to the will of the masses with projects like the "House of Clicks". It's still exciting to see whether the new architecture trend surrounding the Swedish dream home will also take in other countries.
Find more current architecture trends at Engel & Völkers. We have many years of experience on the international property markets and are represented in more than 32 countries worldwide. Visit our website and find your personal dream house among our current properties.


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Kristie's Thirties-Style Vintage Home
Name: Kristie
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Kristie sent us photos of her lovely vintage home in Nashville. She writes: My style is a kind of Enchanted Vintage. Our home is a 1939 stone cape cod surrounded by ...
...1960's ranch homes. We have restored a good deal of this home and do pretty much everything ourselves. Inspired by old homes, early 1920's and 30's architecture, estate sale finds, and kitschy nostalgia. Challenges have included lack of closet space (!) and reworking things without messing up original details.
Thanks, Kristie!
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- Personal planes that can take off and land in water are almost ready to ship to their first 35 customers. Prototypes of these electric planes have been flown in successful test runs, and FlyNano expects to start production in the next year. [url]
- A personal helicopter is becoming a bit cheaper and more practical -- just imagine 4 or 5 toy quadcopters linked together with a chair in the middle. The volocopter VC1 is the first all-electric manned helicopter, and all those redundant rotors allow for a few to fail without causing too much trouble. [url]
- Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) tells everyone how to build their own hovercraft using a leaf blower, some duct tape and a 4 foot diameter circle of plywood. Warning: make sure you have enough gas in the leaf blower so you don't sink in the middle of a lake.... [url]


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Wins haven't been easy to come by in the early going for the Pilgrim girls' basketball team, but they picked up a big one on Tuesday night.
Going up against defending Division II runner-up Classical, the Pats got 11 points from Katelyn Reph, 10 from Maddy Craik, eight from Betsy Heidel and six from Megan St. Jacques to down the Purple 39-34. Pilgrim built up an eight-point lead at the half and never looked back.
The victory was Pilgrim's first of the season, league or non-league. The Pats are now 1-2 in D-II-Central, while Classical dropped to 1-3.
Pilgrim will be back in action on Friday at 0-3 Mt. Pleasant at 7 p.m.


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I personally believe that Amiga OS 4.0 are unable to do so because, uh, some Amiga's out there in our nation don't have USB ports and, uh, I believe that our, uh, operating systems like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our USB 2.0 over here in the U.S. should help Microsoft., uh, or, uh, should help Hyperion and should help the Amiga's and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.
Erm, have I been working too hard this afternoon because I didn't follow that at all? I guess you were talking about equality of technological opportunity towards the ends which is important, but this has very little to do with the Amiga. Could you clarify please?
My A1200 had USB support before the subway controller met an untimely end so back to old school methods of transferring data; anyone tried to buy 720kb floppies these days? Even when you do get some Windows XP no longer allows you to format the damn things.


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I just did a light hoppy sort of summer ale with IIRC 30% munich 10L to 78% 2 row and 2% crystal 45 it turned out well. still malty but just enough to balance the hops. og was 1.040 pitched wlp001 in 5 gallons and wlp545 in the other 5001 Fg 1.008 545 fg 1.004
You are not going to notice 5% of munich. Not really. Munich is a base malt, not really a specialty malt. I mean, it is a specialty malt in some regards (you can't make a bock or doppelbock without it), but you need to use at least 10%, and really upwards of 20% to get a real contribution. I often use if as 80+ % of my basemalt for some of my recipes.
Breiss makes both.
Quote from: mpietropaoli on May 02, 2013, 02:08:43 AM Breiss makes both.i would stay away from Briess Munich. Plenty of good maltsters out there.I agree with making it at least upwards of 20%.
looks good. Think about mashing fairly high (158ish) so it doesn't attenuate too much. I think that's a big key for session beers.


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Dr. Morgan grew up in California and enlisted in the Navy in 1975. He attended Hospital Corps School and Field Medical Service School before being stationed at the First Marine Brigade, Third Marine Division. He served as a special operations corpsman/combat swimmer, and was deployed to the Arctic, the Pacific, and in South East Asia.
From 1982-1990, Morgan served as the primary corpsman for a reserve platoon of Navy Frogmen from in Vallejo, CA. After being discharged from active duty, he completed a Bachelor of Science Degree from The University of New York (now Excelsior College) and earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic-West. In 1985, he served as a healthcare worker for three months in the jungles of Liberia in West Africa with the Christian relief agency, Partners International.
Dr. Morgan began practicing as a chiropractor in 1986. He was credentialed in two civilian hospitals in central California. For the five years preceding his 1998 appointment to NNMC, Bethesda, he spent two mornings each week in a rural medical clinic working with medical doctors, physician's assistants, and nurse practitioners. This rural health clinic provided care for poor and underprivileged people as well as residents of a local Indian reservation.
Dr. Morgan was the American Chiropractic Association's Chiropractor of the Year in 2003.
He has remained athletically active throughout his life, competing in triathlons, weight lifting and karate tournaments, marathons, and open water swim races. He has swum from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco five times, and has also swum the seven miles from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oakland Bay Bridge. He has completed a technical climb of half-dome in Yosemite. He is a third-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate/Aki-Jujitsu and teaches martial arts at Chieftain Martial Arts Academy in Derwood, Maryland.
Dr. Morgan is married to fellow chiropractor, Dr. Clare Morgan, and they have four children.
I joined the Navy at age 17 and became a hospital corpsman. During my time in the Navy I served as a corpsman for Marine Recon, where I was trained in special warfare techniques including combat diving, anti-terrorist tactics, parachuting, mountaineering, arctic survival, and underwater swimmer insertions from submarines. While I deployed overseas, our unit rescued a ship full of Vietnamese refugees who had been attacked by modern-day pirates and left sinking. I was able to provide humanitarian medical care to those who had been injured.
After my discharge from active duty, I served in a reserve Harbor Clearance Unit as a diver. I was briefly recalled to help salvage and raise the floating museum USS Potomac when it sank in San Francisco Bay. The USS Potomac was President Roosevelt's presidential yacht during WWII. Soon I transferred to Naval Special Warfare Unit 1 to serve as the corpsman (medic) for a platoon of frogmen. I was in this reserve unit for eight years. We primarily trained for commando-type missions: parachuting into the ocean, swimming with special SCUBA equipment that left no bubbles, performing our operation and then traveling back to sea to rendezvous with a submarine.


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I didnt know birth control negatively impacts your supply. My little one is only 4 weeks old so I have not started birth control yet but plan to. Is it better not to take birth control? Thanks for all the advice..I appreciate it!
I didnt know birth control negatively impacts your supply. My little one is only 4 weeks old so I have not started birth control yet but plan to. Is it better not to take birth control? Thanks for all the advice..I appreciate it!
All hormonal contraception has the potential to negatively impact supply. Some forms more than others! You want to absolutely avoid combination estrogen-progestin methods (Ortho-Tricyclen and its generic competitors, the birth control patch, and NuvaRing), the Depo-Provera shot, and Implanon. There are 2 hormonal methods which are somewhat more breastfeeding-friendly: the progestin-only mini-pill and the Mirena IUD. If you want a hormonal method, I strongly suggest choosing the mini-pill over Mirena because if you find that you have a supply problem after starting the mini-pill, you can just stop taking it and your supply will rebound. But if you have a problem with Mirena, you're stuck with it until you can get an appointment to get it removed.
All barrier methods (condoms, diaphragm, sponge, cervical cap) are safe for breastfeeding, so you do have quite a wide range of choices even if you decide not to use hormonal birth control.
For what it's worth, I pumped about the same amounts when I started pumping at home in addition to nursing. I'd get a little more in the morning, so eventually I actually stopped pumping throughout the day and only pumped about a half hour after his first morning feeding, when I'd get a little more than usual (maybe a total of 3 oz). I started back to work this week without a significant reserve in the freezer - there's really only enough in there for about two days. But I'm finding I haven't had to touch it. I pump at 1 AM while he's sleeping, then right before I leave for work, then three times at work (pretty short sessions) and am getting enough for him to have for the next day (with a standing "reserve" of extra milk - basically this is working out so there is usually some extra milk in the fridge at the end of the day). It was a HUGE leap of faith - but I'm thinking you'll find you do better than you think when you're not nursing through the day as well.
(And do whatever you can to have good expectations - hypnosis, bringing something he's worn with you so you can smell it, pictures, relaxation techniques, etc - that stuff really does help. The days I've been anxious about producing enough and worried about it, I've actually produced less).
I realize this is anecdotal and I'm totally inexperienced compared to some of the ladies here, but chances are it will go fine
Exactly what pp said. Breast will always make milk. Sometimes you just gotta switch LO 100 times before he's full lol


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Kings hope to pull even with Blues in Game 2by Brian Hunter
KINGS at BLUES
(St. Louis leads best-of-7 series, 1-0)
Big story: If the Los Angeles Kings needed any reminder that it's not 2012 anymore, the St. Louis Blues served it to them with Tuesday's 2-1 overtime win to open their Western Conference quarterfinal. Alex Steen's second goal of the game, which came shorthanded at 13:26 of the first extra period, was the end result of a puck-handling mistake by goalie Jonathan Quick and marked the Blues' first win against the Kings in nine games, dating to the 2011-12 regular season. The Kings swept the Blues in the second round of last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Team Scope:
Kings: The defending Stanley Cup champions now encounter a scenario the 2012 team never had to face: a series deficit. Los Angeles led each of the four rounds 3-0 last spring en route to winning the title. The Kings did show some of last year's pluck in Game 1 when Justin Williams scored with 31.6 seconds left in regulation and Quick pulled for an extra attacker to tie the score.
They seemed to continue that momentum into overtime and had a golden opportunity when Dustin Penner drew a double high-sticking minor, but Quick gave the puck away behind his own net to undo what to that point had been a brilliant 40-save performance.
"He was outstanding," coach Darryl Sutter said of Quick. "I thought he played a great game. Kind of ironic the two best players on the ice were in on the goal."
Blues: The calendar has flipped to the month of May and St. Louis can only hope Brian Elliott continues to be close to as good as he was in April. Elliott carried his sparkling play from the end of the regular season into the series opener for the Blues, making 28 saves and just missing the first shutout of his playoff career.
Steen, who had one goal in 13 career postseason games prior to Tuesday, was a star on special teams. He opened the scoring 9:05 into the first period with a power-play goal, capitalizing on the rebound of a Kevin Shattenkirk shot. Several hours later, he was in the right place at the right time when he stole the puck from Quick behind the net and wrapped it around into an empty cage to send Scottrade Center into bedlam.
"It's a big start," Steen said. "I thought we came out with a lot of jump and played a solid three periods. Unfortunate goal to send it into overtime. I think we did a good job of regrouping in here because both teams kind of sat back a little bit in OT. It's a big win for us. Now we regroup [Wednesday] and go back at them in Game 2."
Who's hot: Kings defenseman Drew Doughty assisted on the tying goal with a great pass to set up Williams, skated a game-high 31:38 in Game 1 and dished out four hits. … Steen's two goals Tuesday were a quarter of what he scored in 40 regular season games for the Blues. Elliott allowed one goal or fewer in 10 of his 13 April starts. Jaden Schwartz, who scored twice in the regular season finale, had a game-high six shots in his postseason debut.
Injury report: Los Angeles defenseman Matt Greene (undisclosed) missed Game 1 and is day-to-day. … St. Louis forward T.J. Oshie (ankle) returned to the lineup for the series opener and saw 18:01 of ice time.


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At least Jets fans now have a number to help get them through the rest of the season.
At least Jets fans now have a number to help get them through the rest of the season.
Two percent is the figure offered by Rex Ryan on the team's playoff chances, though that seems a bit optimistic. The team is such a mess that even the thought of putting Tim Tebow in to run its abysmal offense isn't enough to excite fans.
Not that Tebow is going to get a chance. Not with Ryan lined up squarely behind center with Mark Sanchez, who on Sunday somehow managed to throw one less touchdown pass than Seattle receiver Golden Tate.
If 2 percent is the chance of making the playoffs, the chances of Tebow getting meaningful playing time seems even less after Ryan rose to the defense of Sanchez after a beatdown by a Seahawks team that the Jets had two full weeks to prepare for.
"Well, that's what I believe. I believe it to be true," Ryan said Sunday. "Why do I believe it? Because I believe it. I don't care about anybody else. I believe it. In my heart I believe it. I don't know how many years it's been I've been coaching football, and I put my trust in him."
Say what you will about Ryan and his 3-6 team — and right now a lot of Jets fans are saying some very nasty things — he's right about the quarterback situation. Throwing Tebow into an offensive scheme not designed for him may perk some interest for a few games, but it's not a path to long-term success.
Tebow was never a good fit for the Jets, no matter how Ryan and the team's brain trust tried to spin it when they took him off of Denver's hands. Unfortunately, it's becoming pretty clear he's not a good fit anywhere around the NFL, where running QBs with ungainly throwing motions are not a prized commodity.
Even guys on the other side seem to agree. Consider this response from Seattle WR Sidney Rice after Tate threw him a touchdown pass on a trick play in Seattle's 28-7 rout.
"His throwing motion was the worst," Rice said. "I thought we traded for Tebow for a second."
Bringing Tebow to the Big Apple to back up Sanchez made no sense, other than to take some of the spotlight away from the team they share the same stadium with — a team that attracts attention by winning Super Bowls, not just promising them.
Ryan didn't promise one this year, even after the Jets signed Tebow and brought in a new offensive coordinator who was supposed to reduce the size of the playbook and make it easier for players to understand. Good thing, because season-ending injuries to cornerback Darrelle Revis and top receiver Santonio Holmes exposed the Jets as a team badly lacking in depth of talent.
Playing Tebow for more than a few plays here and there isn't going to change that. There are too many things wrong with the Jets, from a porous run defense to poor special teams play, that can't be solved by a quarterback change.
That doesn't mean Sanchez doesn't deserve his share of blame. He turns over the ball in the red zone, makes poor decisions at the line of scrimmage and has thrown almost as many interceptions as touchdowns. His passer rating is the lowest since his rookie season, and 30th out of 33 qualifying quarterbacks.
It's his fourth season in the league, yet he's playing like it's his first. Ryan sticks with him because he really has no choice. The temptation might be to do something dramatic to salvage the season. But surrendering to that temptation would be wrong.
Ryan seems to understand now what took Denver fans a whole season to figure out — that Tebow is not a starting quarterback in the NFL.


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If you think that this is a kind of contemporary oven that usually placed in your kitchen? You are wrog guys! If you are take a look at this pictures gallery display below, this is unique lounge furniture design is one of creative idea by students from the University of Cincinnati's DAAP design school. Nice and comfortable lounge design which is can be transformable to suit with your room. It accommodates a one person and is perfect to watch TV in your living room otherwise read the book in your library room. When closed the side drawer hides custom made cushions with cinnamon swirl pattern. Unluckily the only obtainable handmade oven lounge furniture was sold from Etsy lately, but who stops you to get this idea and make your own unique lounge chair?
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Adele named her sophomore album "21" after her age at the time she was recording it. This week, the title takes on new significance, as "21" becomes the 21st album in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to sell 10 million copies.
Last week the set -- which hasn't left the Billboard 200 since its debut at No. 1 in February 2011 -- sold 28,000 copies, bringing its total to a whopping 10,020,000. And that's before holiday shopping ramps up.
In a detailed analysis, Billboard's Keith Caulfield notes that "21" is one of eight albums to move 10 million copies in their first two years of release. The others include Santana's "Supernatural," the "Bodyguard" soundtrack and "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette. N Sync's "No Strings Attached" and the Backstreet Boys' "Millennium" got there even faster, hitting the 10-million mark in less than 11 months.
Early congratulations to the English singer appeared Tuesday in the form of tweets from Jermaine Dupri and OneRepublic, whose Ryan Tedder co-wrote and produced "21's" final single, "Rumour Has It." "Insane in the membrane!" the band wrote.
Two other discs have been certified this year for sales of 10 million (Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" and Usher's "Confessions") while at least one more seems likely before New Year's Eve. "Ten," the 1991 debut by Pearl Jam, is currently at 9.98 million sold.
The take-away here? Numerology works.
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Winemakers "Marketing and Label Design" The four remaining contestants are getting close to the final round. In this challenge they must establish a wine style and also come up with a label design, branding image and business plan for that wine. They will be given access to a team of marketing experts, label designers and advertising agencies to help them, but they have only one week to get it done. D
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Clodagh's Irish Food Trails "The Midlands - Athlone and Mullingar" NULL
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The Woodwright's Shop "The Till in the Tool Chest" We'll delve into the drawers in search of the secret of an old tool chest. The quality of the tools shows that it belonged to a first-class joiner back in the early 1800s, but the dovetail joints break all the rules. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "The Alps of France and Switzerland" Rick begins in Chamonix, France's original alpine resort town. He conquers Mont Blanc with a lift ticket and travels the Glacier Express.G
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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "Chicago, Illinois" Chicago is famous for many things including talented chefs, specialty bakers and authentic ethnic foods. Burt untangles the history of Chicago, laughs at Second City's food joke, and visits the House of Blues. D
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Essential Pepin "Fine Finishes" Cheesecake With Apricot-Blueberry Sauce; Flan A La Vanille With Caramel-Cognac Sauce; Chocolate Mousse; Bread And Butter Pudding. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Pasta, Please" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make foolproof Spaghetti and Meatballs. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews sous-vide machines in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison updates a recipe for the perfect Spring Vegetable Pasta. D
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Burt Wolf: What We Eat "Here's Looking at You Kid: The Story of Wine In The Americas" Burt looks at the history, folklore and culture of winemaking in America from the earliest plantings by Spaniards, through prohibition to today's prized vintages.G
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Swimming Upstream" Most people, including Joanne, absolutely adore salmon. She begins by nestling salmon rillete in endive, and then, with her student Jerry, bakes salmon in the ultimate symbol of love, a paper heart. Recipes: Smoked Salmon Rillete/Endive, Salmon and Spring Vegetables Baked in Paper, and Lemon Tarragon Rice. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "The Alps of France and Switzerland" Rick begins in Chamonix, France's original alpine resort town. He conquers Mont Blanc with a lift ticket and travels the Glacier Express.G