This atmosphere close-up shows bright clouds in Saturn's northern hemisphere being sheared apart. The clouds at the bottom of the image are tilted and stretched because the wind at those lower latitudes is moving much faster to the east than the wind at the higher latitudes near the top of the image, hence the shear.
This appearance suggests that these bright eddies are passive tracers of the atmosphere's motion -- they appear, probably as a result of upwelling due to convection from below, and then they are sheared apart.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 16, 2006, at a distance of approximately 3.3 million kilometers (2 million miles) from Saturn. The image scale is 19 kilometers (12 miles) per pixel.


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Elle Fanning, in Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane, arrives with her sister Dakota at the Saint Laurent show at the Hollywood Palladium on February 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. More of 350 pictures have been added to the gallery. Enjoy!
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It's amusing in a cynical sort of way that everybody—well, at least Trump supporters and his loyal MAGA crowd—are outraged by Obama's spies in the Trump campaign and revelations of the administration's dirty tricks, including a sting of Trump aides by the Department of Justice and the FBI.
Establishment Democrats, once again showing the bitter fruit of petty spite that now brands their party, have filed a lawsuit because Donald Trump won the election.
It's the Russians, of course—and a lot of other people, including WikiLeaks and that guy with the Nixon tattoo, Roger Stone.


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GV Health's new rheumatologist Dr Winston Chang.
Welcome to Dr Winston Chang
Published at: 02 Aug 2018
With experience working in New Zealand and Singapore, GV Health's new rheumatologist Dr Winston Chang has seen a lot in his career as a medical professional.
While carrying out his medical training in NZ, Dr Chang found himself in the middle of a natural disaster in 2011.
"I was working as a medical registrar during the Christchurch earthquake," he said.
"I was actually on night shift during the first quake. I thought it was a big trolley coming down the hallway at first."
After working for 17 years all across NZ, he decided to relocate to Singapore to gain more experience.
"I really wanted to get some international experience under my belt," he said.
It was the quiet country life that Dr Chang yearned for while working in Singapore that brought him here to Shepparton just two weeks ago.
Dr Chang said he looked forward to settling into the Goulburn Valley with his wife, Nee Yi, and their two year old daughter, Scarlett, and exploring the local attractions.
"I'm a big fan of the movie "The Castle" and so I want to go and check out Bonnie Doon," he said.
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Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft: The Next Round in the Battle of the Ecosystems | It's my life, you're just along for the ride!
Mark your calendars. Today is a day where we have been treated to the revelation of what is really going on in the battle between the tech giants for market supremacy. To say the least, there is what those in the military call "a target rich environment." The Internet is abuzz.
Let's start with the statement by Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Speaking to the tech blog AllThingsDigital at the Nwork 92nd Street Y, Schmidt heated up the blogosphere by saying not only does he expect more than a billion devices around the world to be running his Android software within a year, but he called Google's battle with Apple a "defining fight." He went on to add that "We've not seen…competitive fights of this scale." This was short and sweet, but actually a mouthful.
You get the picture, as every few years in some market we see these struggles but we have never seen a battle of this scale. That is until we see another one. And, many of these have been about either some company getting control of the device market, the Internet or both.
With a much deserved tip of the hat to TMC CEO Rich Tehrani, if not for his blog I would have missed Microsoft CEO's recent shareholder letter which seems to have Apple on its mind and Google too. As Tehrani explains, Ballmer attempts to make a case as to why Microsoft is developing certain devices by basically sticking his thumb in the eye of other members of the ecosystem for not producing better products than Microsoft seems to want to run its software on.
My goodness! The arrogance given the Microsoft track record of developing devices from business telephones to set-tops for cable TV to mobile phones and "E"verything in between is (and I will be polite) problematic. Other than the successful Xbox, it is hard to point to a Microsoft hardware success. Indeed, they seem to be much better at extracting fees from Android manufactures like HTC then when literally left to their own devices.
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Rules update: The overwhelming consensus is for the rules changes, although a discernible number (5) are uncomfortable making the change after the season has started. Although I do appreciate that, since we're not to June yet it's hard to imagine that there is any overuse issue that can't be resolved by September, nor will continually over-using a player for the next 4 months likely produce a playoff strategy. There is certainly something to setting the precedent that we should NEVER change a rule after the season starts, but in this instance that seems to be outweighed by (a) the fact that the rule change is happening early enough that everyone has a fair and equal chance to adapt to it, and (b) the obviousness of the problem the rule will definitively fix. So, this should not set a precedent for allowing rules changes at any point where they will advantage some teams over others. We'll go for the rules change and make it for this year. I will clarify that playoff stats will NOT affect the over-use numbers; they will be frozen at whatever point they are on the last day of the season. Essentially, playoff AB and IP will NOT count toward over-use. The strategy issue will be to enter the playoffs without substantial player over-use.
COMMENTS: No NL division leader is up by more than 1.5 games…8 NL teams are within 2.5 games of first, and no AL 2nd-place team is closer than 4.5…The trade that made both teams better? The Mets and Giants swapped 10 players and had a combined record of 13-1…Houston is a ridiculous +10 WOR and making noise in the NL central after a 6-1 week…Baltimore and Boston made moves in the AL East…4 of the 5 NL West teams have positive WOR…Ramon Hernandez of Cincinnati had 5 HR but only 8 RBI last week, perhaps because teammate Scott Rolen knocked in 11, keeping the bases relatively clear…Cleveland leads the ASFBL with 77 HR, 11 more than the nearest competitor…St. Louis leads the ASFBL with a team BA of .292…Oakland has a fantasy team ERA of 3.02, which is very good and very close to the actual team ERA, but in the ASFBL the Angels are even better at 2.76…The fantasy Angels now have both players named Francisco Rodriguez…The San Diego bullpen has allowed a miniscule 5% of inherited runners to score.
COMMENTS: Nobody posted a perfect week, but Houston and San Francisco both went 5-1 in the NL to move back into contention…Cleveland went 5-1 in the AL to solidify their postion atop the central…The Twins had a tough 1-5 week but are still +1 WOR…Toronto is up 7 games in the AL East, and it's almost all due to Hugh Brown, who's +6.5 WOR…Jorge Posada did not bat this week for the fantasy Yanks; the fantasy club took 2 of 3 from Boston while the real team was swept…Martin Prado hit 5 HR for the Braves last week, although Jorge Cantu had more RBI (11 to 10)…Homer Bailey of Cincinnati struck out 29 in 17 innings last week…Vinnie Pestano, a former CSUF Titan acquired by the fantasy Mets, faced 6 batters last week and struck them all out…Atlanta and Florida rank 2 and 3 in the overall power ratings, making for an interesting divisional race…Anaheim and Texas are 4 and 5….Cleveland is #1….All fantasy teams are within 14 points of their actual team batting averages.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We'll keep the trade rules as they are; Leo has volunteered to track the waivers post the deadline. We WILL go with the 10-team playoff format; it seems inevitable in the bigs for next year, and it gets more fantasy owners into the post-season. MAJOR CHANGE: We will NOT reset the stats for the playoffs, and pitcher fatigue will follow a running schedule. So, if a guy is overused in the season, he's overused for the playoffs. We'll adjust the caps; details to follow in August.
TWO NO-HITTERS THIS WEEK! Tom Gorzelanny of the Nationals against Florida on the 8th, and Vance Worley of the Phils against Washington on the 5th…Two no-hitters in one week is, of course, a rarity…And surely the first time we've had the same team throw a no-hitter and be no-hit in the same week…Worley added 20 strikeouts for good measure…Who the crap is Vance Worley? He has a 1.20 ERA in 15 real innings, numbers eerily identical to his 2010 figures (1.38 ERA in 13 innings)…like the Phillies need more starting pitching…You can check out both games off the box scores link.
STANDINGS: The big news in the AL is that Toronto posted a perfect 6-0 record and, although it's early, has already posted a 6 and 1/2 game lead in the AL East…the surge was engineered with 2 trades that exchanged 18 players…surprisingly, one of the trades was with Houston, who has the worst real record in the NL…The trade may have made both teams better; Houston is +3 WOR…Boston went 6-1 and lost a half game in the standings…In the NL the Braves had the best week at 6-1 and are making it look like they aren't conceding anything to Philadelphia…No team in the NL East has a positive WOR…The Angels lead the AL West and are posting great numbers, but the footsteps pounding behind them belong to the Rangers (managed by Rick Wynne, who has never finished with a negative WOR and made the playoffs every year since 2001) and Mariners (managed by Adam Symonds, who has made the playoffs in 6 of 8 years and holds the all-time WOR record)…On the other hand, the Angels have the top power rating in the league…Cleveland is #2….Neither team has made a trade this year…You gotta know when to hold 'em…The Twins have robbed 63 hits this year, tops in the ASFBL.
29 of 30 owners submitted lineups this week, and for the first time I can remember not a single lineup required any adjustment…thanks to all of you for keeping this league so active!
The Phillies posted the best record in the NL this week and took first place in NL East…The Cubs had the second-best record at 5-2, making it clear that the NL Central is anybody's ballgame…No team leads their division by more than 3 games…Toronto also moved into first place this week…The Chisox crept a game closer in the AL Central…Sam Fuld and Jose Tabata lead the AFBL with 12 stolen bases…I'm not sure what it is about Chicago, but both the Cubs and the Sox are more than half a run higher in fantasy ERA than in real-life; look for them both to adjust down…Adjustments are unimportant to the Angels, who have real ERA of 2.45.
RULES ANNOUNCEMENT: We WILL go with the 2012 MLB playoff format in 2011. The trade rules remain unchanged.


opposing the Japan-India Nuclear Agreement.
The petitions were endorsed by 209 groups and 985 individuals and delivered to the respective Prime Ministers. Thank you.
On the 14th, the day before the Prime Ministers were to meet, it was announced that Prime Minister Singh's visit had been cancelled. However through actions on the 15th and 16th we were able to clearly communicate citizens' strong opposition to nuclear cooperation between Japan and India..
Many people attended an urgently called public meeting on the 15th and a demonstration in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's residence on the 16th.
Prime Ministers Noda and Singh held discussions for 20 minutes during the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia on the 20th. I doubt if progress was made towards a nuclear agreement, but it is important to continue monitoring the situation in order to prevent Japan from exporting nuclear power plants to India.
Find out the reality of the Fukushima accident, stop oppressing your own people, and abandon nukes!
Hearing that you would be visiting Japan from November 15 to 18, we are extremely worried that discussions are going to be held on developments in a Japan-India nuclear power cooperation agreement. We are strongly opposed to such an agreement.
Many people expressed their concern about a Japan-India nuclear power cooperation agreement at the time of your visit to Japan in 2010 as well. The reasons so many people opposed an agreement between our two countries at that time are as follows.
India, although it is a nuclear power, has joined neither the NPT nor the CTBT. Furthermore, in the amendment of the guidelines worked out in the Nuclear Suppliers Group permitting special measures for India, it did not commit itself to not carrying out nuclear testing in the future. It also has only allowed limited inspections by the IAEA to verify that it is not converting nuclear material produced in India for manufacture of nuclear weapons.
We protest in the strongest terms that now, two years later and with nothing done to address the above concerns, Japan and India are pushing ahead on a nuclear power agreement. We have experienced the Fukushima nuclear accident and are vividly confronted every day with the reality of what a catastrophic accident does to human life and to nature.
If you have come to Japan to promote a nuclear power agreement, don't confine your discussions to the high and mighty in Tokyo, go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and visit the peace museums there. Listen to the experiences of the hibakusha. And by all means go to Fukushima. Find out how people are trying to live with the 4 reactors emitting radioactive material around them; find out the horrendous conditions of radiation exposure that the thousands of workers trying to contain the accident must endure, and learn what has happened to the seas, the forests and the farm land. If you do that, we think that you will change your mind.
It is inexcusable for the Indian government, which has closed its eyes to the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and nuclear power, to crack down as it is on the people in various parts of India who are opposed to nuclear power. The massive repression of people opposing the Koodankulam nuclear power plants on September 9 was reported throughout the world. Ignoring the concerns of the people, concealing information, circumventing democratic procedures, and collusion between pro-nuclear organizations and nuclear oversight organizations are factors that contribute to nuclear accidents.
Nuclear power is clearly an industry in decline and it is incompatible with democracy. Japanese people who have experienced the Fukushima accident are strongly opposed to the export of nuclear power plants to other countries. We demand the following.
Do not engage in any talks whatsoever aimed at a Japan-India nuclear power cooperation agreement.
Immediately stop repressing people in India who are opposed to nuclear power plants.
Abandon operation of the Koodankulam nuclear power plants and immediately start decommissioning it.
Stop the import of nuclear plants from abroad and the construction of new facilities.
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh will be in Japan from November 15 to 18 and will hold talks with you. We strongly demand that you engage in no talks of any sort directed toward a Japan-India nuclear power cooperation agreement.
India is a nuclear power that used heavy water reactors from Canada to manufacture nuclear weapons and which conducted nuclear tests. But it has joined neither the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty nor the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Furthermore, India has almost everything in the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mines to reprocessing facilities, but there are already numerous reports of damage to health and human rights violations in the areas around its uranium mines, nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities.
No information whatsoever has been made public regarding construction of new nuclear power plants and the claims of the local residents have been totally ignored. As the tragedy that occurred in September at the Koodankulam nuclear power plants in the south coast, the situation is such that construction can go ahead only with the Indian government violently cracking down on residents opposed to the plant.
Furthermore, when India was made to agree to specific measures by the Nuclear Suppliers Group, India did not promise not to conduct nuclear weapons testing in the future, and it only agreed to limited International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards for preventing the conversion of nuclear material for use in weapons productions.
And now, in the midst of the ongoing catastrophe of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, we are calling on you in even stronger terms.
A nuclear power agreement with India means throwing to the winds our responsibilities as a country that has been the victim of atomic bombings. In no way can we permit moves to export nuclear power while radioactive material is even now still being emitted from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers at the plant are still being exposed to radiation, and countless other people are suffering from the accident. We demand that the Japanese government cease all efforts to pursue a nuclear power agreement with India and engage in no negotiations to that end.


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The HP Police Application Form 2019 of HPP Constable GD Driver Recruitment are invited Online Mode that to be released on 30th March 2019. When the Online Form will be begun Candidates will have to Visit the citizenportal.hppolice.gov.in Website and apply through the given link Apply Online for HP Police Constable GD Driver 2019. Fill carefully the Application form and submit. After Submission of HP Police Constable Online Form 2019 must take a print out for further use.


Narrative voice is another name for a person telling a story. The narrative voice adds clarification and can better explain what is going on in a scene -- it's even an insight into a character's thoughts. Take, for example, this spider who couldn't hide!
Narrative Voice is another name for a person telling a story. The Narrative voice adds clarification and can better explain what is going on in a scene and even an insight into a character's thoughts.
First Person Point of View: Narrator is also a character. It is used as a way to directly convey the deeply internal thoughts that allow insight into what is happening in the mind of a charater. Uses words like "I" and "we."
Second Person Point of View: The least commonly used POV in litterature. The narrator refers to the reader as "you", therefore making the audience member feel as if he or she is a character within the story. Refers to audience/readers as "you."
Third Person Point of View: This is the most commonly used POV because it provides the greatest flexibility to the author. Each and every character is referred to by the narrator as "he", "she", "it", or "they."
Click here for a deeper definition and explanation of points of view and narrative voice.
The spider in this video seems to be ferocious by its scientific description. "Sicarius is a genus of spider, the best known being the six-eyed sand spider of southern Africa. It is also commonly known as assassin spiders for the relatively quick catching and killing of their prey" (from Wikipedia). Adding a narrative voice may confirm your assumptions or change your perceptions. Consider this rhetorical question, "How can our internal narrative voice confirm our assumptions or change our perceptions of the people and circumstances around us?"
Create a video on any subject and narrate the scene.
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package org.kie.workbench.common.screens.projecteditor.client.forms.dependencies;

import java.util.Set;
import javax.enterprise.context.Dependent;
import javax.inject.Inject;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
import org.guvnor.common.services.project.model.Dependency;
import org.guvnor.common.services.project.model.GAV;
import org.guvnor.common.services.project.model.POM;
import org.kie.workbench.common.screens.projecteditor.client.forms.GAVSelectionHandler;
import org.kie.workbench.common.services.shared.dependencies.EnhancedDependencies;
import org.kie.workbench.common.services.shared.dependencies.EnhancedDependency;
import org.kie.workbench.common.services.shared.whitelist.WhiteList;
import org.uberfire.client.callbacks.Callback;

@Dependent
public class DependencyGrid
        implements IsWidget {

    private final DependencyGridView          view;
    private final DependencySelectorPopup     dependencySelectorPopup;
    private final NewDependencyPopup          newDependencyPopup;
    private final EnhancedDependenciesManager enhancedDependenciesManager;

    private WhiteList whiteList;

    @Inject
    public DependencyGrid( final DependencySelectorPopup dependencySelectorPopup,
                           final NewDependencyPopup newDependencyPopup,
                           final EnhancedDependenciesManager enhancedDependenciesManager,
                           final DependencyGridView view ) {
        this.dependencySelectorPopup = dependencySelectorPopup;
        this.newDependencyPopup = newDependencyPopup;
        this.enhancedDependenciesManager = enhancedDependenciesManager;

        dependencySelectorPopup.addSelectionHandler( new GAVSelectionHandler() {
            @Override
            public void onSelection( GAV gav ) {
                onAddDependencyFromRepository( gav );
            }
        } );

        this.view = view;
        view.setPresenter( this );
    }

    private void onAddDependencyFromRepository( final GAV gav ) {
        final Dependency dependency = new Dependency( gav );
        dependency.setScope( "compile" );

        enhancedDependenciesManager.addNew( dependency );
    }

    public void setDependencies( final POM pom,
                                 final WhiteList whiteList ) {
        this.whiteList = whiteList;

        enhancedDependenciesManager.init( pom,
                                          new Callback<EnhancedDependencies>() {

                                              @Override
                                              public void callback( final EnhancedDependencies enhancedDependencies ) {
                                                  view.hideBusyIndicator();
                                                  view.show( enhancedDependencies );
                                              }
                                          } );

        view.setWhiteList( whiteList );
    }

    @Override
    public Widget asWidget() {
        return view.asWidget();
    }

    public void onAddDependency() {
        this.newDependencyPopup.show( new Callback<Dependency>() {
            @Override
            public void callback( final Dependency result ) {
                enhancedDependenciesManager.addNew( result );
            }
        } );

    }

    public void onAddDependencyFromRepository() {
        dependencySelectorPopup.show();
    }

    public void onRemoveDependency( final EnhancedDependency dependency ) {
        enhancedDependenciesManager.delete( dependency );
    }

    public void setReadOnly() {
        view.setReadOnly();
    }

    public void show() {
        enhancedDependenciesManager.update();
    }

    public void onAddAll( final Set<String> packages ) {

        whiteList.addAll( packages );
        view.redraw();
    }

    public void onRemoveAll( final Set<String> packages ) {

        whiteList.removeAll( packages );
        view.redraw();
    }
}

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Design agency Ideas that Kick recently redesigned packaging for Blackwood Pet Food's full line of superpremium cat foods.
The new cat food packaging design highlights key nutritional information for each cat food recipe in the front and slightly off-center on each bag, making it easier for pet owners to notice on first glance.
The packaging design concept was applied to Blackwood's dog food recipes earlier in the year. "Blackwood really stands out on store shelves. Our packaging really is a rock-star touchpoint for our brand," says Matt Golladay, Blackwood Pet Food, vice president.


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A discomfiting feeling crept over me as I watched the fellow remove his head.
Well, not his head – though that would have been discomfiting too, even more so. This was just a costume head, that of the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster. The scene: a small island of concrete in the middle of lower Broadway in Manhattan, where a moment before, Mr. Monster had been happily (at least his expression seemed to say so) posing with a pair of happy children (their expressions left no doubt), the latter's parents pointing their phones at the photogenic performer and progeny.
My discomfiture arose from discordance, the jarring contrast between the friendly furry face, now dangling from a hand, and the entertainer's actual own face, heavily stubbled and sneering. Grumbling and angry, he was clearly not enjoying his job.
It might be a professional hazard. A year or so later, an Elmo in Times Square began shouting anti-Semitic rants (with his head on, so to speak) and blocking traffic before being arrested. Another Cookie Monster in the same area stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old when he deemed his mother's tip insufficient for his services. ("He was using words that were really bad," she related.)
It's not easy being cooped up in a hot full-body costume. I know that from personal experience as a Purim gorilla several decades ago. But I'm pretty sure I emerged smiling if sweaty, and while I may have frightened some small children, I didn't mistreat any.
The disconnect between appearances and what lies beneath can sometimes come crashing down on heads, as it did on mine in lower Manhattan and on that of the mother in Times Square. Similarly, a blast of puzzlement and pain hit many of late when a respected academic and rabbi was accused of assuming internet and e-mail aliases for purposes both perplexing (to tout his intellect and accomplishments) and unethical (allegedly providing anecdotal misinformation about a halachic matter).
The electronic masquerading, though, like the fur and plastic sort, might lead the thoughtful to think about how most of us wear masks too. No, we aren't (hopefully) rude malcontents trying to make a quick buck off of toddlers' parents. And we also (again hopefully) don't utilize aliases to self-aggrandize or mislead others (though some sympathy is due an accomplished scholar who must have faced forces we cannot fathom to have so risked – and now lost – respect and credibility amassed over years).
But still, are we always in fact the "we" we project to others? Are we, even the observant Orthodox Jews among us, not – at least on occasion – somewhat inconsistent with our appearances? I once heard a well-known rabbi pose the funny (yet serious) question: "How is it that people sometimes forget to recite a bracha achrona (the blessing after eating) but somehow never forget to eat?" His point was that if all halacha-committed Jews were truly as observant as they appear, they could no more forget to discharge a religious obligation than they could to attend to the demands of their stomachs.
Do those of us whose dress and demeanor bespeak "fervent" Jewish observance not sometimes lapse into questionable speech or thought, or halachic "corner-cutting"? Does that not make some black hats and beards the Jewish equivalent of Elmo costumes?
My rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, once (it may even have been in response to the question above) helped me see something I had missed in a familiar Talmudic statement. "Any talmid chochom [religious scholar] whose inside does not reflect his outside," Rava states, "is no talmid chochom."
Rabbi Weinberg called attention to the fact that Rava doesn't simply say that a scholar (or any religious Jew) needs to be the same inside and out, but rather implies that there is a process here: first the outside has to be established; then, to become truly accomplished, the inside must be brought into line with the outward appearance.
In other words, there is nothing wrong with presenting an image of ourselves as we wish to be, even if we haven't yet merited to fulfill that wish. If we have no such wish, our appearance is a meaningless costume, or worse. But if one's dress and demeanor are adopted along with a concomitant determination to work toward reflecting inwardly what one projects to the world, well, that's what yeshiva circles call "working on oneself," and it's, in fact, what living a Jewish life is all about.
© 2013 Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Will someone please help me! I hate to admit it but my son is still breastfeeding at age 2! I he only breastfeeds at night and one during the middle of the night. I have tried to stop but he gets very hurt. I stayed home with him for the first year and he is still very attached to me. We do not have any family here and I think that might be part of the problem. My husband is upset and embarrased with the situation. Does anyone have any advice? I would like to have my breast back to myself.
Why are you ashamed? Seriously it's not like you are doing something bad. And shame on all the mamas that posted flaming you for still breastfeeding. OMG. I'm horrified at some of the responses.
The time to wean is when it's not working for everyone involved. Not by how old the child is!
Personally, I think nursing at age two is great. My daughter nursed until she was 2.5 years old. The world health organization recommends nursing for at least two years. Just mentioning all of this because I wanted to let you know that there are many of us out here who think it's a great thing you're doing and nothing to be embarrassed about, especially since it's at night and it sounds like it's a reassuring thing for him since he probably doesn't see you all day. I know SO many women who have nursed as long as you (point being it's becoming more and more common in the USA). So, anyway, awesome job so far and definitely don't be embarrassed about it. Though I totally understand not wanting to tell everyone you know that you are still nursing! Some people think it's so strange.
That all being said, it is VERY important to include your feelings in all of this. It's not just your baby's emotions - it's a nursing relationship and needs to work out for the both of you. When I weaned my daughter, she had stopped nursing for any real nutrition at about 2 years - so it was six months of just comfort nursing and it was driving me crazy. It was the way she was sucking that I couldn't stand. So, I cut down the nursing to shorter and shorter sessions. She didn't really nurse all that often anyway. She seemed fine with daytime nursing going away. I focused on slowly shortening the time until nursing was done. It got to where if she wanted to nurse, and if I wasn't interested, she ended up being fine with it and it just sort of ended.
For us, the nursing relationship had gone from being a good thing to being incredibly frustrating to me (again, it was the way she was sucking that was driving me crazy). So, it is very important consider how you're feeling. If you're wanting to stop because your husband wants you to, you might want to see how you are personally feeling about it. If you agree and are really super sick of it, maybe trying something like I mentioned above (shortening the nursing time slowly so over time it's gone) would work for you? I would be really caring towards your son about it. It's something he's used as part of his security for two years, so I definitely wouldn't recommend cold turkey weaning, unless you are going to loose your mind and need to!
Whatever you decide, I have to congratulate you on doing such an awesome job. Two years! I know for me it was obvious when it was time to stop...and it sounds like you might be at that point too. I hope someone else has a better suggestion for you as to how to stop.
Well, if it makes you feel any better my first son nursed till he was over 2 and my second until he was over 3. I'm very sorry your husband is embarassed. He should actually be very pleased that you're doing the best you can to meet your son's emotional needs at this age. And, I can absolutely guarantee you that no one will know that you did this when your son is 12 or 15, like my two are now. I know at this point it's difficult to see what life will be like later, but I have zero regrets about letting my boys wean at their own pace and indeed, it's one parenting decision that I have no doubt was absolutely the right one. If the nursing continues to give your son comfort, then I would continue. So, personally, I don't think you have a problem at all - you likely just have a very happy and healthy baby. You might also tell your husband that you're also providing yourself the added benefit of a reduced risk of breast cancer later in life and you likely have far fewer doctor bills than do parents of kids that were bottlefed or weaned early. Biologically, nursing at this age is ENTIRELY NORMAL! If you want to cut out the nite time nursing you could get your husband to get up with him and give him water. That worked with my oldest. Also, your son is also old enough to understand if you tell him ahead of time that it's okay to nurse at bedtime, but you want to be able to sleep all nite, so he can't nurse at nite anymore, but tell him he could nurse in the morning if he feels the need. Also, you might try reading before bedtime instead of nursing. I found with my second child when he was about 2 1/2 that he still wanted to read after nursing, so we just started reading first and he had no interest in nursing. After that point, my son only nursed when he was upset or injured and as time went by there was a month gap and then a two month gap and then he was done and I was actually kinda sad, as that is the most unique of mother-child relationships, so your husband may actually be more jealous than upset or embarassed. What you might do is to start encouraging him to do things one on one with your son and develop his own unique relationship with him.
Why are you ashamed or embarrassed??? You should be proud of yourself. I read an article that nursing toddlers is become more accepted (Gwen Stefani is even doing it). I nursed my ds until he was about 2 1/2 but my dh was pretty accepting since it took a lot of pressure off of him. I beleive the world average age for weaning is about 4. Why people (Drs included) think your milk suddenly goes bad or non-nutritious at 12 months is beyond me. The health benefits for both of you are great too btw; however, I totally understand the wanting your body back. I got to that point myself.
If you do decide to wean, do it because you are ready and whatever you do, do not go cold turkey if you can avoid it. It would be too hard on your body and would probably stress your ds out. Has he finished teething? You might want to keep that in mind. I noticed my ds could finally sleep through the night once the last molars came in. Take it slow and gradual otherwise it can be painful. Have your dh step in at night. There's a good night weaning article by Jay Gordon (google night weaning and Jay Gordon) that might help you. LLL has good resources as well.
Your dh is going to have to step in I think to help you through this transition so don't be afraid to call upon him. This may make him change his mind about your weaning btw. I think there's no reason to introduce a bottle at this point. Then you'd have to get them off the bottle. kwim? So don't go there if you can avoid it.
I say, admit it proudly. Wow you are doing a great job! I nursed my children into toddlerhood. I have many, many friends who did the same, and based on the positive response here it looks like there are many, many more out there too!! Please don't feel like you are alone.
I nursed my first child until 24 months and the second until 27 mo. They both stopped when they were ready and luckily, I didn't have to go through a tough weaning process. I am very proud to say I have two happy, healthy, INDEPENDENT boys.
My husband understood that it was best for me and the baby. He was very supportive of my decision to let them nurse until they were ready to wean. I had an OB and pedi that were also extremely supportive. Thankfully, I never experienced any negative feedback from anyone...ever! The only negative comments I have heard were posted here today. I suppose everyone is entitled to their own opinion though, we don't all have to agree.
With all that said, your husband's feelings matter! You need to communicate your feelings to your husband. Let him know how you would like to handle things and ask if he has any suggestions, let him be a part of the process. If you do indeed want to wean at this time, tell him your plans and have him help. If your son is getting up in the middle of the night, it's going to have to be your husband to get up with him instead of a M. that is trying to wean. Tough love is tough for everyone. Believe me I know. I may have nursed my children for 2+ years but there are other things that I believe called for a little tough love. I just didn't think nursing was one of those things.
I am also still breastfeeding my 2.5 year old (will be 3 in May) along with our 7 month old. Extended breastfeeding has WONDERFUL benefits for both you and your child. There is no need for embarassment... there are many of us out there! In biblical times, children were weaned around 3 or so.
All that said, if you are ready to move on to a new stage of "freedom" (I know that feeling well!), start by setting limits. At this age they understand that you have to wait until "bedtime" or whatever. I have my son "weaned" to one feeding a day, the bedtime feeding. When he asks to nurse, I tell him that it "isn't dark outside yet". They can be surprisingly patient if you keep consistant. The moment that it gets dark, he is the one begging to go to bed. Having it be just once a day (as opposed to all day long), makes it more enjoyable for me and I feel like I have myself back more (as much as I can, anyway, with a nursing baby too). Sooner or later, maybe after a few bedtimes with a babysitter or grandparents, I imagine that he will wean himself. If you try to force him to stop early, he can get more insecure. If you give him that special time of day to look forward to, it is much easier for them to decide to be done.
Also... with my other two older children, when they weaned, I noticed that they still needed "snuggle" time. Just a bit more snuggling throughout the day helps replace the lost nursing closeness. I hope that is helpful!
I hope I don't sound mean, but having a two year old wake up in the middle of the night for a feeding(breast or bottle) is a little crazy. By the age of three months(of course some take longer) a child with a normal daily eating schedule is more than capable of lasting ten to twelve hours at night with no feeding. You sound like a very loving mother, but, to me, it sounds like your little one is taking advantage of you(and your breasts!). I know some won't agree with my advice, but some really tough love is in order. I am a firm believer that the bottle needs to be gone by no later than 14 months(my kids went to sippy cups at 12 months). I think toddler hood is a time for teaching independence and allowing your child to experience their feelings(whether mad, sad, lonely, etc) and learn how to cope with them. I feel it is important to allow them to have those emotional feelings and not always come to the "rescue", so to speak, by breastfeeding, or giving the bottle, pacifier, etc. My son has a special blanket that he gets only at nap time and bedtime and we have a routine of reading a book and rocking for ten minutes or so before bed, but he handles the rest on his own. I feel he has a great sense of independence from this and bedtime is a breeze. Good luck to you and your son and I hope I didn't sound too rude with my advice. I really hope the best for you both.
Please stop beating yourself up. We all have parenting things we could have done differently. Some people breastfeed far later than that. It isn't my preference, but you shouldn't judge yourself so harshly, AND NEITHER SHOULD YOUR HUSBAND! But if you want to stop, you will end up having to let him cry it out. It's a comfort thing and you both should be sleeping through the night. Have a little ceremony... Nurse him one last time... tell him it is the LAST TIME. Tell him how much you love him and that you dont' want to hurt him, but there will be NO MORE! Then, that night... Make sure he is fed well and comfy before you put him down. If he cries in the night, the first time you go in, say "mommy loves you, but we are not nursing any more... it's sleeptime, go back to sleep!" Whatever you do, DO NOT PICK HIM UP! If you do... it's over. lol COmfort him and leave the room. He may cry and scream for 30+ minutes... LET HIM! He will go to sleep!
Edited to add: My response seems harsh in comparison to the others... I was sort of taking inspiration from SuperNanny or that sort of approach. I say, start with the more experienced advice. If it doesn't work... try a more stern approach.
I am not going to be popular at all but you should ween him asap. He is old enough to sleep through the night without food and doesnt need it for health reasons meaning he is eating solid food and getting proper nutrition I am sure. It sounds like a dependency and a comfort just like a pacifier would be. He will not be scared for life if you are firm with him and let him know he is a big boy now you can make it an exciting thing for him. do not tell him apoligetically be excited and firm set a date and reaffirm it several times. I t will be hard for about 3-4 days just like weening off of a pacifier or a bottle. I am not against nursing at all I nursed both of my childeren and loved every minute but when they had most of their teeth then we stopped. This age is always attached to mommy and it has nothing to do with nursing or family being near by. Its natural they would want mommy. Most importantly your husband needs to have a say in when to stop or he will start to resent you and your parenting because you are making a choice that he doesnt agree with or feel comfortable with. My husband and I talked about and consulted with our pediatricain what would be appropriate for the health both physically and emotionally for the children.
First of all congratulations for sticking with it. So many well intentioned moms for numerous reasons don't make it to the 6 month and one year mark. Secondly, if you are ready for nursing to be over, then it is time. I just hate that you feel ashamed about it just because of your son's age.
I wish people were more open minded about these things...so neither you nor your husband would feel ashamed. My oldest child also nursed till about 2, but the difference was he also had a little brother who was also nursing. I understand the stigma that you feel and then some.
I became pregnant with our second child when Jacob was one year. He was still breastfeeding and I was not ready to end that. I looked it up online and found that many people chose to continue to nurse throughout pregnancy and even after the new baby was born. I talked with my doctor about it and she agreed that if I ate healthy and continued to do well throughout the pregnancy that she was fine with it. My milk supply did diminish b/c of the pregnancy, but never to the point that Jacob self weaned. Once the new baby came, I was careful to make sure Christopher got all the nursing time he needed. At times, I would have Jacob and the baby nursing. The result for us was that there was absolutely no jealousy b/w them and Jacob is very attentive of his little brother.
We Americans seem to be the most uptight group when it comes to breastfeeding issues. It is perfectly acceptable in other areas to continue to breastfeed until a child is 3.
he will probably want both at first, but be firm that he gets to choose one or the other. He may go back and forth, but I imagine that he will eventually stop asking to nurse especially if he gets plenty of cuddle time with you. If you want it to be over with sooner, I suggest that you set a date and give him a visual reminder (sticker count down) about the big day that he becomes a big boy and no longer needs to nurse. It may be hard on him those first several nights, especially if he was accustomed to nursing to sleep, but kids are resilient.
That is awesome and you should not worry what anyone thinks! Enjoy and embrace that special time with your son. My girls both just suddenly stopped at around 18 mos. just on their own. People just don't understand. Just listen to your intuition.
I was lucky enough to have a son who weaned himself off at 13months, and I dreadfully and not 100% sure as to what to say in regards to weaning, but there is a bottle called the adiri natural nurser that he might like as a subsitute at night instead, i know of a place where you can get one if you cant find it, but that may work out to change over from the breast to that. Otherwise, dilligance and remianing strict on the topic is all that will work out for you. I wish you luck and do not be too hard on yourself or your husband if it does not go well or quickly at first.
regardless of what other women have chosen to do, you want YOUR breasts back so take them back! be the adult and wean him. he won't be permanently scarred, i promise. i weaned at 5 months and 1 year for each boy. the year mark was as high as i was going to go. after that, i didn't see the point nutritionally and i wanted MY breasts back. once it happens, i think that you'll have alot less mental stress.
I breastfed my son until he was right at 2 years old. By that time it was only at naptime, bedtime or when he was sick or otherwise wanted that extra comfort.
Now, about YOU wanting your breasts back, it will take some time. At night, you might try to engage him in a book or give him your gown from the previous night or something else that carries your scent and rock him and sing to him or tell him a story rather than nurse him. Or you could allow him to nurse for just a bit (maybe half as long as normal and then engage him in something else that is relaxing (baby massages are GREAT). I would hold off on the eliminating the middle of the night feeding until the bedtime feeding has been eliminated for about a week or so. Also, I disagree that a two year old waking up at night is "crazy" especially when he is probably waking up and wanting some comfort and right now he only gets the comfort he is looking for from nursing. Both of my son, when he was a toddler and young child, and my 2 year old daughter now, "wake up" with night terrors (they are not really awake, just have their eyes open). My son (10 years old) has taken up sleep walking. He even went outside in the wee hours of the morning and let the chickens out (talk about scary). My daughter also wakes up sometimes for other reasons and wants some comfort to be able to get her back to sleep. It happens. They learn to comfort themselves at different ages and I find nothing wrong with them waking up and needing the comfort of a feeding (whether nursing or a bottle or a cup) while their favorite person holds them. There will soon come a time when he will rebel at your "intrusion" into their lives.
If your husband is embarassed, that is really his problem. With you only nursing at night and in the middle of the night, I feel safe in assuming that you do this in the privacy of your own home. Is he going around telling everyone what goes on at home? Why? He needs to just understand that you are working on weaning him, but that your son loves and needs you for his comfort until he can learn to comfort and sooth himself. Tell him not to tell anyone you are still nursing and he will have no reason to be embarassed.
I hope some of this may have been helpful.
I'm still nursing my youngest daughter, who will be two in just a couple of weeks. I have no plans for immediate attempts at weaning. Meara nurses before naptime, at bedtime and once during the night (we also cosleep).
Good luck getting your breasts back without stress on you & your boy.
Here's a thought...Be the parent!!! Unfortunately you're probably going to hurt his feelings more then once in his lifetime. Hurting his feelings in this case (as I'm sure will be most cases down the line as well) is for HIS own good. Not to mention yours and your husband! I breastfed also so I know how hard it is to stop. It almost sounds like it might be harder on you then him. Why else would you get up in the middle of the night o do that? Maybe some counseling would help. I would do something before it comes between you and your husband, especially is he already tells you he is embarrassed! Good Luck!


Some adults never mature through the adolescent problem of dread, so they adopt a view of cynicism as a coping mechanism against their inability to see the world as redeemable, which view they convince themselves and others is a more elevated and intellectual view of life. It's my argument that this bullying of hope is simply selfishness and weakness and is only overcome by humility and the Gospel.
Call me Icarus. My God-given name is Adam, and what's unfortunate is I've always lived up to that name. The miracle came when God broke my rebellion and named me Christian, but when I began to suffer, the miracle seemed like wishful thinking.
Hugh Whelchel's book How Then Should We Work? just keeps on giving. I was reviewing my notes and came across quotes that seemed to answer the very same questions I'd been asking recently. It was uncanny.
Teaching the mind the way to go, and making sure that path is absolutely correct—overemphasizing nothing, leaving nothing out—is a task only accomplished by Christian creeds. It's time to make your own personal creed.
The mind is a power for great good and great evil, and it is our obligation to master it, to teach it the way it should go, otherwise it will lead us astray; and the main way to train and lead the mind is through developing and memorizing creeds.
It's a little hard to believe that life is really just about a single choice. Actually, sometimes it's impossible to believe—because often there is a third way. But what the Christian Gospel claims is that there is no third way, that among the millions of layers of complexity in life, there really are only two paths you can take. This, to the secularist, is illogical—the perfect example of the black and white logical fallacy.
We Bible readers often like to make fun of Israel because they are so pathetic. They're easy to make fun of. But sometimes it hits a little too close to home.
For me, being a Christian, one of the hardest questions to answer is also the most important question people can ask me: What does it mean to be a Christian? It's like asking a hippopotamus what it's like to be a hippo.
A while back I wrote on the Sullenness of the In-Between, exploring the emotional angst of the crossroads in life, and I naïvely thought that was that. But life continues to frustrate me: my dreams get dashed, my hope wavers, my faith flames out, and I often wonder how to go on—specifically, how I'm supposed to keep dreaming.
I just had to look at the ground. The lady in front of me was wearing knee-high black leather boots that had a little metal tag on the back with fine print that read "The Frye Company" and I thought how nice they were, and then I thought how Haddie will never wear those.
I've been having this debate with myself for a while about skeptics. If you spend any time at all reading and listening to skeptics, you've probably asked yourself the same question I keep asking myself. What makes them so desperate and earnest and, I guess, alive?
There's this big, old oak tree on the outside of the long corner of North Oak Street Extension that has a big scar on it from where this guy my dad went to high school with crashed his car into it over 30 years ago.
Our culture is on a rampage to promote sin and destroy goodness—the great irony is it doesn't realize it's hacking off the very branch its ladder is leaning on.
I can count on one hand the amount of times this has happened to me. I'm just sitting there minding my own business when suddenly I feel as if I'm watching myself, as if the rubber band of my imagination breaks and my consciousness is left spread out in space....And it's in those rare moments that I glimpse the truth about my life, about my existence.
The sun rises, the sun falls: waves roll in and out with the tide. Heat comes in Summer and cold in Winter, the wind chilling the earth. We know the patterns of life, and we even expect them to flow, but sometimes they don't—sometimes they get stuck.
2015 was the first year for AdamSetser.com and my push to publish something regularly. I've had a hard time figuring out what writing means and how I am to go about doing it, and that has led me into some really dark places. But before we get there, let's recap.
Some of my most thoughtful reflections from 2015 on life and the human condition in this Fallen World in a broken set of mental pictures.
Who is the Jesus of our Christmas?
The older I get, the more consumed I become with this person, Jesus. The smarter I get, the more confused and awestruck I become with the incarnation. So let me share a few things in answer to the most important question we can ask: Who is Jesus?
When I was young I used to pray for God to rescue me from the boredom of doing my devotions. All those Thees and Thous and henceforths (I grew up on the KJV) was like pouring water on the tiny flame of my faith. So I lowered my shouldered and repeated the words fake it 'till you make it, fake it 'till you make it.


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Last time I looked the Giants were in the west and the reds were in the central division. They play each other twice, once at each other's home venue. Perhaps you meant the National League.
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6 foot tank is great but I already wish I had done 8 ft.
I am running the SYNA-G-g app and have the lunar tidal cycle running. Have the low flow set at 20% and high flow at 60%. As I have some nice open brains and acans and blastos I need to watch how hard that flow gets for a while and tune the percentages as needed. I am still trying to learn the ins and outs of the app. I know when I had the controller for the pumps set at 70 and higher it was too much. My corals( sps which are starting to stn) are small yet so more flow would be required and amply available with these pumps later as they , hopefully, grow to colonies. The pumps are on the ends at the top as high as they can go. I love the gyre concept and have run the icecap 3 K since it came out with great success. Little louder but tolerable. One keeps my 70 rumbling at 50% quite well. I have a small powerhead at the opposite end to give more turbulence in the tank. Higher then 50 and things get pretty vigorous for the soft corals. I have two mp40's in my 180 and they are quite strong with flow at 80% and reach across the tank easily. The mp10's I added to the 120 first are not near enough pump even at 100%. The gyre is the ticket. The icecaps I own will eventually end up on the back wall of my 180 to keep things stirred up. One last thing, all tanks are bare bottom!
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You're gonna need a bigger tank!!
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The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) suggests that the Malaysian government should grant visa-free travel for tourists from Chinese and Indian in order to boost Malaysia's tourism, reported the national news agency, Bernama, today.
Matta president Tan Kok Liang said: "the Malaysian tourism industry is trailing behind neighbouring countries such as Thailand which has recorded a growth of 7.8 percent, Singapore (6.2 percent) and Philippines (11 percent)," he said in a statement today.
Tan said Malaysia could climb up and become a tourist powerhouse holiday destination if the government grants visa-free travel for tourists, particularly from China and India.
"According to Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia recorded a 34.2 percent increase in Chinese tourists and 10.4 percent growth in Indian tourists from Jan to Sept 2018 compared with the same period in 2017.
"With the growth of Chinese and Indian tourists, the government should take the opportunity to entice these two top markets for inbound tourism with convenient and hassle-free entry into Malaysia," he said.
"Neighbouring countries such as Thailand are offering visa facilitation to lure foreign tourists especially to welcome Chinese and Indian tourists, while Indonesia has granted visa-free travel to citizens of 169 countries including Chinese and Indian nationals to their country," he added.
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Asylum seekers lodge complaint with ombudsman over 'catastrophic' coronavirus concerns
Asylum seekers and human rights demonstrators rally to protest against detention of refugees amid the coronavirus. Source: Sipa USA Florent Rols / SOPA Images/Sipa
The 13 asylum seekers behind the complaint say social distancing is impossible inside the immigration facilities, where five men are being forced to share a room.
By Claudia Farhart
Asylum seekers being held in Australian immigration facilities have lodged an official complaint with the Commonwealth Ombudsman, saying the conditions in which they are being held could lead to a "catastrophic" coronavirus outbreak among detainees.
The complaint has been filed by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre on behalf of 13 men currently being detained in government facilities, where they say up to five men are being forced to share one room and twelve men are sharing one shower and toilet.
BREAKING: We are filing a group complaint with the Cth Ombudsman for 13 men in Aust immigration facilities who fear that a COVID-19 outbreak could be catastrophic for detainees, staff & the community https://t.co/xpkc6qn44e @NJP_Au @WeFightForFair @RACSaustralia #auslaw #auspol
— PIAC (@PIACnews) May 6, 2020
Public Interest Advocacy Centre chief executive Jonathon Hunyor told SBS News an urgent inspection of the facilities is needed.
"We've had concerns for some time about conditions in immigration detention which we know are overcrowded and are a real hotspot potentially for the spread of COVID 19," he said.
"The concerns have been raised by leading infectious diseases and disease infection prevention and control experts and yet the government hasn't moved to try and reduce the numbers in those centres."
Spot on. And failing to act to reduce the risk from our overcrowded detention centres threatens to undo the progress we've made in the community. @PIACnews https://t.co/mVra6qgQQR
— Jonathon Hunyor (@JonathonHunyor) May 6, 2020
The 13 asylum seekers come from a number of countries including Bangladesh, Egypt and Iraq and are based in detention facilities across Australia, including at Villawood in Sydney.
The Department of Health has previously acknowledged that detention facilities pose an increased risk of extensive COVID-19 transmission.
The complaint said many of the men were suffering from pre-existing medical conditions that put them at greater risk of contracting a severe case of the virus, including diabetes, heart disease, lung disease and cancer.
National Justice Project chief executive George Newhouse said other countries had already started releasing detainees to slow the spread of COVID-19 and urged Australia to follow their lead.
"Even countries like Iran are releasing tens of thousands of prisoners and detainees as a result of this crisis," he told SBS News.
"Indonesia has released 30,000, and you're seeing the opposite in the United States where no action is being taken and prisons are now rife with the virus."
A protester holds a placard saying 'welcome refugees - people just like us' during a demonstration in Brisbane.
Supporting the complaint was Jennifer Kanis, social justice principal at Maurice Blackburn, who called on home affairs minister Peter Dutton to do everything in his power to stop a coronavirus outbreak inside immigration facilities.
"Peter Dutton has complete power to move these people into community housing, where they will be safer," she said.
"He should be taking proactive steps to protect vulnerable individuals and, in turn, protect all Australians. Delay and inaction does not promote or protect the safety of these vulnerable individuals."
Scott Morrison urged to extend coronavirus assistance to one million 'vulnerable' temporary visa holders
Both the Australian College of Infection Prevention and Control and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists have also called for the number of detainees in immigration detention to be reduced urgently.
A Department of Home Affairs spokesperson told SBS News it was continually reviewing health, hygiene and cleaning measures to manage to risk of a COVID-19 outbreak.
"Anyone who presents with flu-like or potential COVID-19 symptoms is being tested and quarantined, and receives appropriate medical care," the spokesperson said.
With additional reporting from Cassandra Bain.
People in Australia must stay at least 1.5 metres away from others. Check your state's restrictions on gathering limits.
Testing for coronavirus is now widely available across Australia. If you are experiencing cold or flu symptoms, arrange a test by calling your doctor or contact the Coronavirus Health Information Hotline on 1800 020 080.
The federal government's coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe is available for download from your phone's app store.
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I have a question about some guy who has a camera module inside his finger.
Recently there was an event called campus party in Berlin and there was a cyborg who is colorblind and has a camera attached to his head that he uses to translates color into sound. Soon this camera, or at least the base of it, will be attached to his skull-bone.
In the english version I attended he showed a picture of someone having a camera in his finger and distinguishing him from being a cyborg since there was no "implant - brain interaction". Since that, I've been looking for more information about that camera, but couldn't find anything, so I'm asking you guys: Does anyone know anything about this?
For what it's worth, yes; that talk's definitely in Spanish. I can understand it well enough, so I'll watch it later, and see if the camera guy is mentioned on there.
I didn't see the camera guy mentioned anywhere in the Spanish talk.


The demand for car-free streets in San Francisco is easy to see at the Sunday Streets events around the city. If there's no Sunday Street in your neighborhood, though, not to worry: You can bring a car-free event right to your doorstep.
With a little outreach to your neighbors, a permit application, and a fee, it may be easier than you think.
My block in the Inner Sunset did it this Sunday for the tenth year in a row for its annual block party, bringing neighbors together for a potluck, games, and conversation.
Organizer Walter Van Riel said once he put the vehicle barriers in place, the street was transformed in an instant. "Not more than five minutes later, I heard the sound of kids playing in the street," he said.
Going car-free relieves streets of the noise and danger normally present, which can prevent kids from playing outside and inhibit relationships between neighbors. Mary Deely, who has lived on the block since 1970, said without the block party, she wouldn't know her neighbors as well. "I wave to people, but I don't really talk to them until the block party," she said.
Neighbors from each side of the street compete for the trophy in the "pass the bucket" competition.
Mary Deely (right) enjoys the street with friends and family.
The neighbors on this block, as well as the SFMTA staff who issue the permits, have come to expect the party on the last Sunday before Halloween, making it easier to get everyone together each year and obtain a permit.
Cindy Shamban of the SFMTA Sustainable Streets Division, who oversees the permit program, said 91 block party permits have been issued this year.
The fee for the permit is as low as $150 for applications more than 60 days in advance [PDF], and permits can be obtained within a few days at the maximum rate of $450. Van Riel said the individual cost can be kept to a minimum by pooling contributions between neighbors.
The process requires approval from a committee and posted notification to all neighbors, which isn't a major impediment to doing something once a year, but what if you want your street to function as a community space every day?
Neighborhood streets can be designed in ways that enable more social activity all year round. Examples can be found in other cities around the world. In the Netherlands, shared streets called "woonerfs" use traffic-calming features to tame motor vehicles and elevate human movement and interaction, allowing children room to play. Just across the border in Van Riel's hometown of Antwerp, Belgium, he says common gathering spaces are taken for granted.
Walter Van Riel (in green) passes the water bucket.
Street hockey strikes a nostalgic chord for my days growing up on a cul-de-sac.
Debi raises the trophy for the champions-to-be in the bucket competition.
A great way to build community. Kudos to the organizers! Ten years running is very impressive.
"…streets that prioritize social life over traffic bring real benefits to a city." This makes sense.
ok, so fair enough. block parties can be cool. so, if they spread everywhere, all the time, how is the city going to function with vehicles? answer me that.
@feefbdf37653f0bdc7a056fc49367712:disqus Here's more on what woonerfs look like, and also check out London's Twenty's Plenty campaign.
We just had our first annual Beaver St. Block party today with 70 neighbors braving a chilly November afternoon! What a success taking overt our street for real community building. I highly recommend other streets and neighborhoods doing the same for an hour heraing and $150.
Ours was only 3 hours this afternoon. All of the closures would have to be at the same time on the same day to have any measurable impact on street service levels.


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Celebrate the returning warmth and sunshine with a fabulously simple tea!
Now that we are distancing ourselves from winter, and spring can be more fully felt; it is time to get outside!
It's time to mix things up a bit! Ostara is more than eggs, baby chicks, and fluffy bunnies.
For many years now I have hosted a Magickal Tea Party to celebrate and welcome back the warmth of spring. To be honest I really love tea parties and find every opportunity to have them. Really, I will make an excuse!
Hosting a simple tea adds variety to gathering with friends. Most people will not expect it and that is how I like things.
I am so excited to break out my tea sets… yes, that is plural. I collect teapots, cups, and the like. This year will be a little different compared to most. We are in the process of moving and most of my tea sets are packed away. Although I like to make things simple from the start, this year will be even simpler than usual.
What? A tea party? Is this chick serious? Yes, I am totally serious. This is not your grandmother's tea party.
I never throw a stuffy tea party. They are very relaxed. This gathering is meant for spending some fun quality time with your friends. It is time to get to know one another better, and if we get a little rowdy, all the better. It is, after all; springtime. Let's break out of our winter cocoon and live a little.
BUT…. we are not here to discuss my shenanigans. We are here for the food.
I like to set up my tea outside where my guests and I are comfortable. Making the event simple is the best way to enjoy the occasion. Limit the fuss and stick to the basics: some good quality tea, good food that is easy to prepare & serve, and good company.
The idea is to enjoy the sun whenever possible. It is also about celebrating the season and meaning behind the celebration. This year the spring equinox, aka Ostara is on March 20, 2015. Incidentally, there will be a unique event where we are graced with a New Supermoon and Solar Eclipse. As I see it, this gives us more reason to celebrate as we will be given some very strong energy to work with.
The tea you serve will be up to you. I like a good quality loose leaf black tea, like Assam, Darjeeling, or Ceylon. It depends on what is available and what seems most tasty. Visit your local tea shop to see what they have in stock. You may have a chance to sample some of their own unique tea blends, which always makes my visit to my local tea shop worth my time.
Once you have your tea we need food. Here is the menu I plan to serve, I hope you will enjoy it with me! CHEERS and Happy Ostara!
Simple and delicious is the theme here.
Arrange remaining ingredients on individual plates in layers to resemble a flower or sun pattern, placing the egg in the middle.
Ostara would not be Ostara without the eggs. This is a simple and delicious recipe you can make for any occasion.
In a large bowl, mash yolks. Stir in the mayonnaise, vinegar, shallot, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, dill, salt and pepper. Pipe yolk mixture into egg whites.
I have never been to a tea that didn't have cute little finger sandwiches. This sandwich is one of my very favorite traditions for Ostara. It is also great for summer gatherings since they are light and refreshing.
In a stand-up mixer, combine 6 ingredients until smooth.
Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture on one side of each slice of bread.
Create 6 sandwiches with 2 slices of bread, cucumber, and sprouts. If you like, you can cut the crusts off the bread once each sandwich is assembled.
Hands down a good fruit tart is my favorite dessert. They are so fresh and delicious. I love to have them for just about every special occasion. You will want to make this recipe ahead of time so it has time to chill.
In a food processor, mix flour, 2 tbsp. sugar, cornstarch, and salt until combined. Add butter and 1/2 tsp. vanilla then pulse until a fine crumbs form and the dough just begins to come together.
Press the dough evenly into bottom and sides of a 9-in. round tart pan with a removable rim.
Bake until the edges are golden, about 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool on a rack. Once cooled gently push tart crust away from the pan's rim; set on a plate.
In a stand-up mixer on high speed, beat sour cream, cream, remaining 2 tbsp. sugar, and remaining 1/2 tsp. vanilla until thick. Spread in cooled crust. Arrange strawberries in circles on top, alternating cut sides down and up.
Chill, loosely covered, for about 4 hours.
I think the concept of a Magickal Tea Party is simply Magickal !!! But something vegan would be nice.