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Рокитнівська районна бібліотека для дітей

Історія та сучасний стан

Перші кроки свого існування Рокитнівська районна бібліотека для дітей розпочала у 1946 році з дитячого відділу при районній масовій бібліотеці. Як окремий підрозділ районна бібліотека для дітей була створена в 1955 році. Не маючи свого приміщення, вона вимушено змінювала свою адресу і лише у 1959 році отримала нове приміщення площею 130 кв. м. по вул. Незалежності, де і знаходиться по даний час.

Першою завідувачкою районної бібліотеки для дітей була Лінкевич К.І. Понад 40 років пропрацювала завідувачкою  Ядута Н.Н.
Вагомий внесок в бібліотечну справу внесли Марія Іванівна Корженко,  Ірина Петрівна Степанець, Валентина Євгенівна Лінкевич, Любов Адамівна Лозян, Віра Миколаївна Мельник. Кожен період відзначався відповідними зрушеннями та змінами.

З 1 березня 1976 року почала діяти централізована бібліотечна система, яка забезпечила розширення змісту, форм та методів роботи з юними читачами.

Пріоритетними напрямками діяльності Рокитнівської бібліотеки для дітей є:

   - виховувати особистість, гармонійно розвинену, високоосвічену, високо ерудовану, соціально активну, національно свідому, наділену високою громадською відповідальністю, духовними якостями, родинними та патріотичними почуттями;
   - навчити дітей насолоджуватися читанням, зробити його привабливим і улюбленим заняттям;
   - виховувати інформаційну культуру, культуру читання, формувати вміння користуватися бібліотекою, її послугами, довідковим апаратом, розвивати творчу думку, пізнавальні здібності та інтереси дітей;
   - ефективна організація дозвілля, використання інноваційних форм роботи, де діти без навчання, а за власним бажанням будуть прагнути до самоствердження, самопізнання, самостійності

Бібліотека складається з двох абонементів та читальної зали.

Абонементи бібліотеки   мають широкий вибір  галузевої та художньої  літератури. Книги видаються додому терміном на 15 днів. Обслуговуються читачі віком до 15 років та керівники дитячого читання. До послуг користувачів великий вибір новинок сучасної дитячої прози, а також національна і зарубіжна класика, твори місцевих авторів. Для відвідувачів постійно оновлюються книжкові виставки, тематичні полички.

Читальна зала приваблює своїх читачів теплом і затишком.
Для послуг користувачів:
-	універсальний  книжковий фонд (довідково – енциклопедичних видань, література з питань історії, філософії, права, екології, техніки, релігії.);
-	періодичні видання;
-	вільний доступ до мережі Інтернет;
-	інформаційна підтримка навчально – виховного процесу;
-	надання додаткових сервісних послуг: копіювання, сканування, друк матеріалів.

На сьогодні штат Рокитнівської бібліотеки для дітей складається з трьох творчих працівників.

Заступником директора по роботі з дітьми та завідувачкою районної бібліотеки для дітей  з 1995 року працює Мельник Віра Миколаївна по даний час.

Це люди, які виявляють стійкий інтерес до професії, мають організаторські, творчі здібності, відзначаються активною життєвою позицією.

Рокитнівська районна бібліотека для дітей є методичним центром для сільських та міських бібліотек по роботі з дітьми. Бере участь у підготовці і проведенні семінарів, ділиться досвідом роботи з дітьми з молодими бібліотекарями району.

Районна бібліотека для дітей є скарбницею знань, світлим теремом дитячої книги, дозвілевим  інформаційним центром.
Бібліотека впевнено посіла вагоме місце в соціально – культурній сфері району, стала центром духовного та естетичного розвитку дітей та молоді.

Сучасну дитину сьогодні ми бачимо з планшетом або ноутбуком. Для неї комп'ютер – цілий світ, світ захоплюючих пригод і пізнання невідомого, де можна  навчитись і відпочити.

Зрозуміло, що і роль бібліотеки у вихованні підростаючого покоління підвищилась в багато разів. Необхідно передати дітям знання набуті раніше і готувати їх до життя в майбутньому, адже накопичення інформаційних засобів йде швидкими темпами. Успішно впоратись з цією роллю можна лише за умови активного використання і впровадження комп'ютерних технологій.

Змістом інноваційної діяльності районної бібліотеки для дітей є використання комп'ютерних технологій, а саме: навчання користувачів – дітей орієнтуватися в світі інформації, користуватися джерелами інформації, знати як і де підібрати необхідну літературу з певної теми тощо.

З 2006 року районна бібліотека для дітей бере участь у Всеукраїнському конкурсі «Найкращий читач року», в  конкурсі «Дитячі історії про найголовніше», «Старі книжки на новий лад», у конкурсі творчих робіт «Золоті зернята дитячої творчості», «Палітра Шевченкового слова».

З 2009 року районна бібліотека для дітей  надає читачам вільний доступ до мережі Інтернет.

В 2010 році  була створена веб - сторінка Рокитнівська районна бібліотека для дітей   (http://rokrdb.at.ua/), створений власний вебсайт, який є не лише  віртуальною візитівкою, а однією з форм популяризації книги та читання. У меню вебсайту бібліотеки  є «довідкове бюро»; «творча лабораторія»; «правова сторінка»; «віртуальне читання». В 2013 році створений новий розділ «аудіопоткасти» який цікавий для незрячих та слабозорих, а також для тих користувачів, хто надає перевагу звуковому сприйняттю інформації.

В 2012 році створена сторінка районна бібліотека для дітей в соціальних мережах «В Контакті» (http://vk.com/id227503935), постійно поповнюється.

В бібліотеці завдяки доступу до Інтернету  користувачі – діти здійснюють віртуальні мандрівки на сайти діда Мороза і Санта Клауса, Гаррі Поттера, улюблених письменників казкових героїв. Ця форма поєднує можливість Інтернету і книги, адже віртуальні екскурсії проводяться в поєднанні з традиційним методом бібліотеки оглядом, вікториною, літературною грою.

Захоплюючою інноваційною формою роботи з дітьми є створення електронних презентацій. Користуватись при цьому потрібно безліччю різноманітних бібліотечних документів, а не лише інформацією з Інтернету. У бібліотеці електронні презентації є популярними серед користувачів всіх вікових категорій і такі заходи виконують роль презентацій  не як таких, а набувають бібліотечної форми.

З 2012 року в світі розвитку сучасних технологій проводиться формування електронних ресурсів з автоматизації бібліотечних процесів. За допомогою програми АІБС ІРБІС ведеться розпис статей  періодичних видань, створена база навчальна література 1 – 4 класів та навчальна література 5 – 9 класів, а  також створена електронна база даних «читачі». Ведеться облік електронних ресурсів згідно «Інструкції з обліку електронних видань локального доступу».

В 2014 році з метою організації змістовного, цікавого і комфортного дозвілля дітей під час літніх канікул, з метою  підтримки нових, унікальних, непересічних ідей у бібліотечній роботі по даній темі районна бібліотека для дітей  узяла участь в четвертому обласному фестивалі _ конкурсі інноваційного досвіду «Бібліофест». Номінація – Літні читання, «Літо, Книга, Я - друзі», який виявив позитивну динаміку, а саме – сприяв активному, емоційному відпочинку дітей у літній період, збільшенню відвідувачів бібліотеки, запис нових читачів до бібліотеки, підвищений попит на літературу та періодичні видання.

Районна бібліотека для дітей проводить як інноваційні форми роботи так і традиційні, намагається щоб праця приносила добрі плоди, щоб юні читачі бібліотеки, відвідувачі бібліотеки, вчителі шкіл, вихователі дитячих садків знаходили в бібліотеці не тільки потрібну інформацію, потрібну книгу, а й проводили своє дозвілля, відчували затишок і комфорт в бібліотеці, духовний спокій. Привертають увагу маленьких читачів стенди та книжково – ілюстровані виставки «Хай завжди буде сонце! Хай завжди буде небо! Хай завжди буде мама! Хай завжди буду я!» «У світі казки чарівної», «Сузір'я вічного й святого - дитяча книжка на землі», «України рідної окраса – чарівна Поліська сторона» та на абонементі середнього та старшого віку стенди «Державні символи України», «Бібліотека – сходинка до інформаційного суспільства ХХІ століття», «Завжди було і буде вічне – дитина з книгою в руці» тощо.

Кожен рік планета відзначає свято радості й дитинства – Міжнародний  День захисту «Свято радості та одвічної надії». Цікаво та піднесено було проведено дане свято з користувачами – дітьми. В програму входили конкурси малюнків на асфальті, творчих дитячих робіт, голосні читання, вікторини, флешмоб. Діти протягом дня переглядали мультфільми цікавих казок, випускали в небо кольорові кульки в надії, що сонечко над ними буде яскравим, навколишній світ кольоровим, а мрії обов'язково здійсняться.

З дошкільнятами дитячих садочків селища були проведені екскурсії до бібліотеки «Книга мудру дасть пораду, книга розуму навчить».
Бібліотека не стоїть на місці. Ми розвиваємось, удосконалюємось, впроваджуємо інноваційні проекти, використовуємо нові форми роботи з читачами, розширюємо можливості бібліотеки.

Структура бібліотеки

1.	Адміністрація

2. Відділ обслуговування дошкільників та учнів 1 – 4 класів.

3.	Відділ обслуговування учнів 5 – 9 класів та керівників дитячого читання.

4.	Читальна зала.

Фонди бібліотеки

Загальний книжковий фонд бібліотеки на 1 січня 2015 року складає 13608 тисяч примірників видань. З них 12684 тисяч примірників книг, 888 примірників періодичних видань, аудіо та електронних видань 36. Щорічно бібліотека передплачує в середньому 35 назв газет та журналів.

Режим роботи

Ми працюємо: з 9 .00 до 18.00 щодня
Вихідний день: субота.
Останній день місяця – санітарний

Джерела

Рокитнівська районна бібліотека для дітей - http://rokrdb.at.ua

Сторінка бібліотеки в соцмережі  ВКонтакті - http://vk.com/feed

Кириловець В.
Найкращий читач України / В. Кириловець // Новини Рокитнівщини: Громадсько – політична газета .- Рокитне, 2011.- № 18 -19 / 10 бер./.- с.2

Мельник В.
Про чарівні слова з друкованих книг / В.Мельник // Новини Рокитнівщини:  Громадсько – політична газета .- Рокитне, 2013.- № 23 -24 / 21 бер./.- с.10

Мельник В.
Через книгу – до дитячих сердець / В.Мельник // Новини Рокитнівщини: Громадсько – політична газета .- Рокитне, 2015.- № 29 – 30 / 16 квіт/ .- с.6

Мельник В.
Найкращий читач/ В.Мельник // Новини Рокитнівщини: Громадсько – політична газета .- Рокитне, 2015 .- № 31 -32 \ 23 квіт\ .- с.6

Бібліотеки Рівненської області
Публічні бібліотеки Рівненської області
Бібліотеки України для дітей
Бібліотеки, засновані 1946
Засновані в Україні 1946


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Announcer: From the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, this is All About Grants.
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Megan Columbus: Hello and welcome to another edition of All About Grants. I'm your host Megan Columbus, Acting Director of Communications and Outreach in NIH's Office of Extramural Research. Today we will be discussing NIH's New and Early Stage Investigator Policies. I have with me Dr. Wally Schaffer, who I'd like to welcome to the show today. Hello.
Wally Schaffer: Hi Megan. Thanks for inviting me.
Megan: Dr. Wally Schaffer is Senior Scientific Advisor for Extramural Research for NIH. He has also been associated with NIH career development and training for many years. Wally, I know that NIH has had a long-standing interest in new investigators. Can you tell us a little bit about historical policies around them and our support of them?
Wally: Sure, I'll give it a shot. I've been at the NIH for a long time but these policies really pre-date me. The first new investigator award was started in 1977 for the same reason that we have new investigator policies right now. There was concern about the declining entry of new investigators into the NIH portfolio of principal investigators. And so the NIH in 1977, started this new investigator research award commonly referred to as the NIRA, and it was a 3-year award, for $35,000 per year. And by 1988, the NIH figured out that that wasn't enough for people to get started. A lot of the folks that were getting those awards weren't going on to subsequent research. In other words, they weren't staying in our system. So in 1988, the NIH abandoned the NIRA award and started the FIRST award — F-I-R-S-T. And the FIRST award was much larger. It was $250,000 a year for five years, and the NIH stuck with that. They seemed to be working until 10 years later when in 1998 they again looked at it and felt that it wasn't enough money and it wasn't launching careers. And some of those investigators weren't proceeding on to the traditional NIH research grant, an R01.
Megan: And so they did away with the FIRST award as well?
Wally: They did away with the FIRST award, that's right. And they replaced it with a check box on the face page of our grant applications — you may remember that. So new investigators would identify themselves when they came in, and we actually gave them certain incentives. In other words, we looked at them very carefully in the review process and also at the time of funding. But there were some problems with that particular policy, and one of them was that investigators frequently misidentified themselves as new investigators. There were type 1 and type 2 errors. In other words, people got it wrong in both directions, and, in about 2004, it was decided that we would start indentifying new investigators based on whether they have appeared as a recipient of a substantial, competing research grant in our system. And so we used software — a software approach — and we also stopped, narrowed the kinds of research grants where we would offer those types of advantages to make sure that people had a long enough period of support initially, as well as enough money in order to get their careers going and come back with something after their initial award. And so we limited it to R01s, and then we noticed that the age of investigators and period of training was increasing, so we started this new policy called ESIs, which I will talk about in a few minutes.
Megan: And so the ESI policy – that early stage investigator policy you referred to as ESI — you are saying that new investigators are becoming new investigators later and later in life?
Wally: Yes, so what we found out was that age at which someone got their first award was gradually increasing, and it was increasing at about 0.2 years per year. For a long period of time, the whole population of new investigators was becoming older and older, and there was concern about that. You know, people have frequently pointed to greater rates of innovation at younger ages and so forth. And there was concern that the advancement to independence, being delayed as it was, might inhibit some of that. So we developed the Early Stage Investigator policy that would allow us to recognize people that were a little bit younger. And it's really not about age per se, but it's about the duration of training leading up to independence. What we found was that the age at which people received their terminal research degree had been fairly stable for maybe a decade at about 32 years of age, or about seven years after the baccalaureate people would receive their Ph.D.s. So what we determined was that most of the increase in average age was due to longer periods of postdoctoral training. And so the Early Stage Investigator policy is really directed at trying to reduce that period of postdoctoral training. To put incentives in so that principal investigators will move along and institutions will find them a little more attractive and will hire them into faculty positions at an earlier rate.
Megan: So the ESI policy, how does that relate to the New Investigator policy? Does the New Investigator policy still stand?
Wally: ESIs are a particular type of new investigator. In other words, we look at early stage investigators — people that haven't — it's part of the new investigator pool — in other words they haven't had a substantial grant from the NIH previously and they are also within 10 years of their terminal research degree or within 10 years of finishing their medical residency.
Megan: But we still have a new investigator pool that doesn't fit the ESIs.
Wally: That's correct.
Megan: And do they still get special consideration?
Wally: We still include those in some of our targets, and we provide special considerations. So, in other words, yeah, the incentives apply to new investigators and the incentives are as follows. Right now, we identify applications from new investigators at the time they come in the door. And then we tend to cluster them at the review meeting so that reviewers can determine which applications from new investigators are most meritorious – oftentimes new investigators will have — an application — has less preliminary data than somebody who has been experienced and has been working in the field and has been awarded grant support in the past.
Megan: And the reviewers are given instructions in terms of what they should expect from the new investigators?
Wally: That's correct. They would expect less preliminary data. They would be able to look more carefully at the training and their productivity during their training period of their careers, which may be in different projects that may not be as closely related to the project that is proposed in their application. So they judge them accordingly. And it allows us and it allows the reviewers to pick those applications that are the most promising from those new investigators and then they score them. And then the second part of that has to do with incentives that the Institutes and Centers provide at the time of selecting applications for funding. In other words, they will look at the scores but right now our policy is such that the — NIH or the — Office of the Director directs each of the Institutes and Centers to try to equalize the success rate for new investigators — the pool of applications from new investigators — with the pool of applications from experienced investigators submitting new proposals, in other words, type 1 applications. And so by equilibrating that success rate, we've determined that we can approximate certain numerical targets that provide a flux rate of new investigators into the pool of funded principal investigators that is just about appropriate.
Megan: And that ensures the pipeline continues?
Wally: Right. In terms of setting some numerical targets — success rate targets — we started that I think in 2004. If you look at the data that's displayed on our Web site, you can see that the number and proportion of new investigators has gone up. In 2009, we had the highest rate of new investigators entering our system as a recipient of R01s and the highest proportion that we have had in more than 20 years.
Megan: So the difference, in terms of the benefits, that a new investigator versus a new investigator who is also an early stage investigator, are the targets different?
Wally: Well, the targets are the same. In other words, we have targets, numerical targets, for new investigators, and then we specify that at least half of that new investigator pool needs to be within the early stage of their career, so within 10 years of their terminal research degree or 10 years of finishing their medical residency. And I should point out, I know you haven't asked this, but I should point out that we make allowances for lapses in peoples careers in terms of the early stage policy. In other words, if people have had to take time off from research for family care, or they have been ill, or they have a disability, or they've had extended periods of clinical training like a specialty or subspecialty fellowship, or they've been in the military and had a military obligation, we will extend that 10-year period to accommodate those kinds of things.
Megan: Great.
Announcer: For more information on how to request an extension, visit grants.nih.gov and search "ESI extension."
Megan: So we are back with Dr. Wally Schaffer talking about early stage investigator policies. Wally, you've certainly talked a lot about the policy, and the history of the policy, how would someone identify themselves as a new investigator?
Wally: They do this when they create their Commons profile. In other words, in order to be a principal investigator, on any grant at the NIH, you have to create a Commons profile.
Megan: And so the Commons is NIH's electronic interface with our applicant community.
Wally: That's right. And the signing official or some other official at the institution will set up an account to allow people to register in the Commons.
Megan: Okay, and the Commons I believe can be found at eRA.nih.gov for those who aren't familiar with it.
Wally: Okay, I'll take your word for that.
Wally: Within the Commons pages, there are — there is a place for — there is a page on which you can enter the date of your last terminal degree. And also on that page there is software that calculates and goes back and determines whether or not you've had a substantive NIH grant in the past and will display on that page whether you are a new investigator or not.
Megan: And so that is within the personal profile of the investigator?
Wally: That's exactly right. So on that page, almost in real time, you can determine whether or not you're a new investigator. It will be displayed there. And once you enter the date it will calculate a window for your eligibility as an early stage investigator, and it's usually 10 years from the completion of your terminal research degree or 10 years from the completion of your medical residency.
Megan: So what should someone do if they put in their information and the system does not correctly identify them?
Wally: They should get in touch with the helpdesk
Megan: Okay, that would be the eRA Commons helpdesk?
Megan: And we'll provide some contact information for that at the end of the show.
Wally: That's right. And most of the time that works. Occasionally it doesn't work or if people have questions, the helpdesk will be able to help them with that.
Megan: You had said in the earlier segment that we have provisions that allow for extensions for people who have had to take time off for various reasons. How would somebody go about requesting one of those extensions?
Wally: Okay, so if there is the need for an extension, you can go on to the New and Early Stage Investigator Web site, and it's clearly marked, there is a little box on that page that indicates how you would request an extension. It creates an e-mail to the NIH and allows you to indicate the parameters that a small committee will need to look at in order to grant that extension. And it allows you to describe the situations that may have resulted in a lapse in your research training or a lapse in your research career, you know, associated with family care responsibilities, illness, disability and other factors.
Megan: And I understand that many of those are approved.
Wally: Many are approved. I think about three-quarters of them are approved.
Megan: That's good news. Are there special opportunities for new investigators that you might recommend that people look at?
Wally: Well in addition to being identified as a new investigator and getting the incentives for the receipt of an R01 grant that new investigators and early stage investigators enjoy, there are also some other programs that new investigators might want to look at. For example, there is the new Director's New Innovator Award, which is a special award that only new investigators can apply for. And there is also the Pathway to Independence Award, which is a combined career award/research grant. So in other words, somebody who is in the terminal stages of their postdoc career can apply for a K99/R00. And the K99 part will support the final years of their postdoctoral experience, and the R00 part will be a transition — help with the transition — to an independent position.
Megan: So it sounds like there lots to explore for new investigators
Wally: That's right. And most of the stuff, as I have indicated before, is on the New and Early Stage Investigators Web site.
Megan: Great, well thank you very much for coming with us today. That wraps up today's edition of All About Grants. I'd like to thank Dr. Wally Schaffer for joining us today. Tune in next time. For NIH and OER, I'm Megan Columbus.
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Local Marin Draft Counselors Advise Students
By Carol Sterritt
"In the largest sense, Marin's at-risk high school students are being drafted. They are being drafted, not through any mandatory requirement, but through the old military principle, that if you grab someone where they are most vulnerable, their hearts and minds will follow." -Marin County High School teacher
It has been a long gray winter. We Americans have lived through an election whose questionable result still tweak our brains, a war machine fighting in three countries, a deficit spinning out of control, a president chalking up negative approval ratings (so who is it that re-elected him?) and a mainstream press that is more flacks and hacks than journalists.
Let's turn from that saga of blight and deprivation to a lighter reality-we now live in a world without a draft. Our eighteen and nineteen year olds can bask in the splendors of youth in a way that other generations only dreamed of. The "ghetto eyes" of the young men who had served thirty-five years ago in Vietnam are a distant memory. The majority of young people see war only in the ads for "An Army of One" on TV and also in video games. These are dangerous views of war. After all, no young person ever dies inside a video game; they just hit "reset." That fact alone strengthens the idea of youthful immortality.
But on high school campuses across Marin County, long shadows fall as Army Recruiters patrol the school grounds. These people are armed with school directories containing names, addresses and other personal information of every junior and senior on campus, due to legislation included in the "No Child Left Behind" Act. These recruiters have one purpose: to entice and seduce the students into joining a "brotherhood" both patriotic and inspired. The reality of current military service, that is, traveling to exotic foreign lands, meeting the natives, and killing them is not emphasized. Nor does the alternate reality of going over to Iraq, Afghanistan, or (if you are chosen for "Special Ops") perhaps Colombia and getting killed by those "insurgents" receive much mention. For some of our young people, the ideas that fill their heads after a brief talk with a recruiter sparkle with motivation.
Recruiters often choose to paint a rosier picture than what the average Army or Navy experience might be. "What do you like to do?" they ask. And they tailor their sales pitch to the high schooler's answer. "You play in a band? Why, the Army/Navy/Marines has a band too, and it would not be much trouble to make sure you play your way through the service." Same rap goes down for sports. In a way it's true. There are bands and sports teams in every branch of the service. But any one youngster's chance of being in that elite mix is as great as winning the lottery.
The poor, the scholastically challenged, and the late bloomers are there as easy pickings for the savvy recruiting team. "So you don't know what you want to do?" the recruiter will offer, compassionately. They know exactly how to give their voice a sympathetic tone that contrasts with a frustrated parent's bellowing, "Well, of course you are going to college. You have to!" Lower middle class students, who lack the exposure to data bases of scholarships and the means to figure out exactly what one does to get free money, tend to view their college funding options as limited. Overcoming these obstacles would seem overwhelming to anyone, let alone someone still in their teens.
And, indeed, the process is an overwhelming one. Most American young adults need at least partial parental support to get them through the first four years of college. They jump endless hurdles of applications for grants, loans and work/study positions. For almost all middle and upper middle class families, this aspect of college funding, the who, what and how it will be paid for, is one of absolute frustration and craziness. Multiply that a hundredfold, and you realize what a low income family experiences.
Like a Fairy Godparent appearing when you need them most, the military simplifies this whole process. "Go ahead-sign on the dotted line, so the Army/Navy/Marines can take care of your college tuition for you," goes the dialogue. "It happens to be a pretty good deal, wouldn't you say?"
Many details are never discussed. For example, only 5% of all service personnel ever go on to receive the full $20,000 to $50,000 that is suggested on sign-up day. According to research done by the Center for Conscientious Objectors, 65% of those recruits who do sign up do not receive a dime for schooling, even though they have been required to pay a $ 1,200 non-refundable enrollment fee for that program. Remember, tuition fulfillment comes only at the end of a minimal five year service agreement, an honorable discharge, and also after taking a very extensive and difficult test. Half of all service personnel taking this test do NOT qualify for the tuition reimbursement, as they fail to meet the expected test grade requirements. The recruiters on campus somehow neglect to address these issues. Nor do they address the issue that with 1500 dead in Iraq, and ten times that many wounded, recruits need a good deal of luck in order to ever utilize the promised bennies.
Local Group Counters Recruiters' Propaganda
Fortunately for the Marin high school crowd, a group of four older adults wage a full scale defense to counter the recruiter's sales pitch. Under the auspices of "Marin County H.O.P.E. Inc.", these individuals have formed a collective that counsels those considering the military. Together, Denise Beck, Barbara Sykes, Gary Nelson, and Jim Brammell bring their knowledge of military recruitment laws to these young, often na•ve students. They lay out the truth behind the recruiters' hype.
They help would-be soldiers examine the questions that should be asked before they sign their life away. Just how many soldiers, once out of service, do get college funding? Just how valuable is the GI bill, when that funding is barely enough to let a veteran attend even a community college, let alone a name university? They can explain what you must do after you sign up, should you regret doing so. Their information helps a high schooler obtain a fully paid-for college experience, without the student joining the military.
Although the nation has not yet reinstated the draft, the team from H.O.P.E. consider themselves to be draft counselors. Those who know their work agree. As one teacher explained, "In the largest sense, the at-risk high school students in Marin are being drafted. They are drafted not through any mandatory requirement, but through the old military principle, that if you get someone where they are vulnerable, their hearts and minds will follow."
So what do the Project Hope counselors specifically do to handle this population's needs and questions? All four counselors have an easy way with the younger crowd. Devotedly, they table high schools across Marin and participate in discussions that allow anywhere from twenty-five to fifty students to learn from them.
Denise Beck relates an incident at Terra Linda High when a campus recruiter was attempting to persuade an African American female student to join up. The student told Beck that this recruiter made an appointment with her to discuss "financial aid" and "career options" in the military. Beck offered the student information dispelling many of the military myths and offering the student real college funding options and service learning opportunities.
All the counselors come well prepared with written handouts that detail essential facts. What personal qualities allow an individual to obtain conscientious objector status? Many young people mistakenly believe that to be declared a conscientious objector, one must be a total pacifist. But that is not true. You must indeed be opposed to all wars, but still you can acknowledge that should an intruder set foot in your house, you hold the basic right to self-defense.
Part of the counselor's task is to instruct juniors and seniors on how to most safely register for Selective Service. Although every male must register by or shortly after his eighteenth birthday for elective Service, one way to indicate that you are not military material is to inscribe your registration card with these words written in boldface: "I AM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR OPPOSED TO WAR IN ANY FORM" printed in between the lines. Then the student must send a copy of this registration card to himself, registered and certified, keeping it on file so that he can authenticate the time period when he first became aware of his opposition to war.
Currently only males are required to register with the SS. However it is likely that over the next few years this will change. Should an eligible individual NOT register, they can face imprisonment and fines. Since the 1980's, millions of young men have violated this law by not registering and only twenty of these resisters have been prosecuted. Also, since 1985, no one has been convicted of this. More likely, a failure to register will make that person ineligible for Federal student loans, Federal mortgage programs, and ineligible for government jobs.
The counselors also explain that most students in high school are having their privacy rights violated. Since the passing of "No Child Left Behind" the Federal Government will not offer Federal Moines to any school districts that do not hand over their student directories containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of their juniors and seniors. Parents are legally entitled to "Opt Out" forms that will allow their family to keep their children's names off such lists. So the counselors always keep those forms on the ready.
Delayed Enlistment Hides Its Short Comings
Sometimes students are approached by the recruiters and offered the "delayed enlistment program." This program offers them the chance to sign up for the military but not have to go until they graduate from high school. The downside to this is that the junior is making a decision while not yet eighteen. The upside is, well, I can't think of one except that for the military, it is a very good deal. The student is convinced that they have entered into a binding agreement. Since they are not of legal age, they haven't. However, the mountains of correspondence mailed to their homes, and the occasional phone call, keeps them in the loop. Again, members of Marin County H.O.P.E. offer any student thus set upon a way to sort out this situation. Should the student change their mind, they can and must avoid taking the final oath, and avoid signing the final paperwork.
It is also mandatory that they write a letter to the commanding officer of the recruiting station, explaining the reason that they no longer wish to join the military. This letter should be sent to the commanding officer, as recruiters themselves receive bonuses for each enlistee and have been known to throw the letter into the trash
How is the "H.O.P.E." program received by local high school administrations? The team has visited every single high school in Marin County. They have had had eight teach-ins besides their normal presentations. According to Denise Beck, "The vast majority of administrators and teachers realize the value of our giving a balanced view and having dialogue among the students on such a controversial issue as the recruitment for the military on campus."
Beck also commented on the news that Charles Rangle's bill before Congress (HR 163) had fared miserably in Congress. This bill proposed a draft requiring service of all individuals eighteen and nineteen years of age. The bill had prohibited college deferments. But the defeat of Rangle's bill does not mean that there will be no draft. Such a measure could come about by Executive Order. Already there have been top-level meetings between executive level personnel and the Selective Service regarding a "Skills" draft. This "Skills" draft might be tailored for conscripting those deemed most needed in modern day types of war: linguists, computer experts, and engineers. Such personnel might find themselves draft-eligible until the age of thirty-nine. Certain reports indicate that this, or other just as serious conscription orders could come about as soon as June 15th of this year.
On the other hand, recruiters for the military do not hang out only in high schools here in the US They are now known to frequent villages and cities in Mexico and Central America, persuading the youth there to sign up for three years of service in exchange for a green card and possible US citizenship. Or perhaps the future of the military might expand to include an army of drones as the first wave of attack. Already there are reports that drones have flown across Iran in an effort to scope out the nuclear facilities of that country. Thus, future wars might be fought mostly from the skies, utilizing such drone-style devices. The drones will map out enemy territory, and shortly after, the Air Force and Navy bombers will follow with bombing raids, utilizing very few personnel on the ground.
Readers can check out the following Marin County H.O.P.E. Inc. recommendations on the web: Conscientious Objectors Site: www.nisbco.org (includes funding for college) Marin County H.O.P.E. Inc www.mpjc.shorturl.org and www.objector.org or phone 415 924 2347


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I'm just wanting to do some simple 2D transformations on matrices, e.g. using mat2d.  I want to do something like this:

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I know I have posted a few articles with some inspiring seniors, but senior athletes are absolutely awesome and inspiring... and this article about Charles Eugester is no different!
Dr Charles Eugster, a 96-year old retired dentist with dual British/Swiss nationality, is a changed man.
Nine years ago, his body was deteriorating badly, he was overweight and short of breath – to put it another way, his body was winding down. But Eugster fought back and now, almost a decade on, he is leading a pensioner revolution with a new lease of life.
Born in London in 1919, Eugster was educated at St Paul's School for Boys and discovered early on that he had an aptitude for sport over studies. "I did my best to excel at sports because I knew that I could not excel academically," Eugster tells me. "My teacher once said, 'Eugster, if your brain were to be put into the skull of a sparrow it would rattle'."
Despite wanting to pursue a career as a physician, Eugster was advised to settle for something a little less educationally rigorous. He decided on dentistry, which whilst still demanding, was considered an easier choice. As the 96-year old says, "it is easier; after all, there are only so many teeth".
After amassing four degrees from four universities, the young Eugster opened a dental practice in Switzerland, married, had children and settled down. Other than the odd swim or ski, his life considerably slowed down. "While I wasn't exactly a couch potato, I just became an average person with regards to exercising."
During his time studying in London, Eugster had often rowed at the Thames Rowing Club. So when, at 63, he discovered an over-60s category for rowers, his past interest in the sport was rekindled. "I began competing in the World Masters Rowing Regattas and I was able to accumulate, I think, around 40 gold medals".
But then the trouble began. "I had the unpleasant experience of, how should I put it, 'losing my breath' in a rowing race in Poland – something which I discovered later didn't have anything to do with my breathing – but had to do with heart arrhythmia."
Over the next decade or so, Eugster's body became less robust, weakened by age, but this was a fight he was determined not to lose. The man who had beaten tuberculosis and a considerable lung cavity in earlier life was not about to let his slower lifestyle pull the rug out from under him. So he came up with a plan – one he recounts to me in the coolest of voices, as if it was the most natural solution in the world. "Being extremely vain, I wanted to rebuild my body. So, at the age of 87, I joined a bodybuilding club and hired a former Mr Universe as my coach – who rather frightened me, actually."
Eugster became Britain's oldest bodybuilder, but the risks remained. Training in your advanced years, he tells me, is a meticulous science.
"What people do not realise is that if you do endurance training such as walking or cycling – which is often recommended for older people – that does not combat sarcopenia, which is a loss of muscle mass, loss of power, loss of strength. So as my rowing was just an endurance sport, despite the fact that I was training six days a week, my body deteriorated. And now we know that in order to be physically active in old age, you must do muscle training – and I don't just mean resistance training, I mean hypertrophy training – which means training the muscles to exhaustion or failure."
The nonagenarian informs me of the importance of protein supplements and a growth-stimulating amino acid called leucine. He explains how little muscle older people possess, and that ingesting supplements is the only way to regain the mass you have lost. "Now," begins Eugster, "did you know that from the age of about 50, everybody loses around one to two per cent of muscle mass every year? So that by the time you're 85 or so, you might have lost up to 50 per cent of your muscles."
With weightlifting and intensive interval training now part of Eugster's daily routine, his muscles have returned in force. His newest passion however, is running.
"It was last year, in August that – for the very first time in my life – I decided to do some sprinting. Now, you must realise, that at school I was a hopeless runner. In cricket, for example, I was always the wicket keeper because I was so slow and in rugby I was always the full-back so I didn't have to run so much and, of course, rowing was ideal because I didn't have to run at all.
"But I decided that I should start something completely new, because I wanted to show that it is possible in old age to start something new – even if you've never displayed a talent for it before."
Over the past two years, Eugster has burst onto the over-95s sprinting scene on the Masters Athletics circuit, breathing new life into the class and his competition. His heart has settled down, and some of his grey hairs, he says, are even growing out brown again. Today will see the 96-year old try to secure one more record for his collection at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Lyon.
"It's the indoor 100m and I'm in the 95+ age group," he enthuses, "and I'm running against the holder of the world record – and in my mind I'm expecting to be thrashed. But I'm certainly going to do everything I can to give him a run for his money."
Charles Eugster's optimism and tenacity truly shines through. His drive and ambition for someone of his age is outstanding: he tells me that "in the future, I think I'd like to try the 400m" – a statement of complete sincerity from the near-centenarian.
"The point is that what most people of 70, 80 or even 90 don't seem to realise that you can completely rebuild your body at any age and you can start a new life at any age. The only problem is that at the current time nobody seems to offer retraining for older people. You see, what is happening now is people believe you can expect so many healthy years, and so many dependency years – which most people think start around 60 or 65. So what's happening is as we get older and older and older, we are not adding healthy years, but rather dependency years. And that is killing us, both physically and financially."
Eugster has no time for those who lie down and accept the ageing process without a fight. He is constantly seeking new ways to stay healthy, both physically and mentally, and his views on the matter almost amount to a manifesto. "From my point of view," he almost bellows, "retirement is a financial disaster and health catastrophe. We must get rid of retirement, we must re-educate older people so they can get new jobs and rebuild their bodies so they can start new lives. And it is possible!"
It's hard to argue with that, when the man himself is living proof.


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Marketing materials for the new iPad Air hit retail stores ahead of launch
Christian Zibreg on October 1, 2020
The new iPad Air is listed on Apple's website and in the press release as coming later this month, but Apple has yet to give us an exact launch date. According to a well-connected Bloomberg reporter, the launch could be imminent because marketing materials for the unreleased product are beginning to trickle down to retail stores.
"Apple marketing materials for the new iPad Air are starting to land at retail stores, suggesting a launch sooner rather than later," Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted yesterday. "Apple said October, which is tomorrow—so not a surprise," he added.
Apple marketing materials for the new iPad Air are starting to land at retail stores, suggesting a launch sooner rather than later. Apple said October, which is tomorrow — so not a surprise.
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) September 30, 2020
The new iPad Air packs in some of the technologies that used to be reserved for the iPad Pro, like fullscreen design with slider bezels (it lacks Face ID because there's Touch ID built into the Power button), four stereo speakers, True Tone, P3 wide color support and more.
It's got a fully laminated 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display and debuted Apple's latest chip, the five-nanometer A14, which has yet to appear in the iPhone. The tablet is available to pre-order through Apple's website, the Apple Store app and authorized resellers in 30 countries around the world. The Wi-Fi-only model starts at $599 and its Wi-Fi + Cellular counterpart is $729. The device is available in Silver, Space Gray, Sky Blue, Rose Gold and Green.
Apple drops restrictions on iPhone, iPad and Mac online purchases made outside of China
Apple closes all UK stores amid new lockdowns
iPhone Upgrade Program temporarily unavailable in England due to COVID restrictions


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Universities employ webcams to proctor online exams - Secure Testing. Anytime. Anywhere.
The number of college students taking courses online is surging, creating a tough dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.
Do you trust students to take an exam on their own computer from home or work, even though it may be easy to sneak a peek at the textbook? Or do you force them to trek to a proctored test center, detracting from the convenience that drew them to online classes in the first place?
The dilemma is one reason many online programs do little testing at all. But some new technology that places a camera inside students' homes may be the way of the future — as long as students don't find it too creepy.
This fall, Troy University in Alabama will begin rolling out the new camera technology for many of its approximately 11,000 online students, about a third of whom are at U.S. military installations around the world.
The device, made by Software Secure, is similar in many respects to other test-taking software. It locks down a computer while the test is being taken, preventing students from searching files or the Internet. The latest version also includes fingerprint authentication, to help ensure the person taking the test isn't a ringer.
sudden surge in performance afterward.
The inventors admit it's far from a perfect defense against a determined cheater. But a human test proctor isn't necessarily better. And the camera at least "ensures that those people that are taking classes at a distance are on a level playing field," said Douglas Winneg, Software Secure's president and CEO.
remote locations. The new technology is designed to prevent online university students from cheating on their exams.
But many distance learning providers do very little testing, including some of the largest, for-profit ones such as the University of Phoenix, Capella University and Walden University. Officials at all three schools said they rely mostly on student writing assignments. They say that's the best method to assess their students, most of whom are working adults.
happy, as well as Congress, so that the programs can continue to receive federal financial aid dollars.
At Troy, like at many distance learning programs, past testing options have been less than ideal. One was to line up a proctor from a list of acceptable exam monitors such as clergy or commanding officers.
The other was to arrange proctoring with a testing company and travel to one of their centers. But that was inconvenient for many students — and, of course, impossible for soldiers in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
The device will cost Troy students $125, White said.
"The great unknown is, 'Will it be seen as too invasive?"' he said.
White predicts some students will find it odd and even threatening, and may decide to drop out. "I think there will be some people who won't take any more courses with us because they feel like during the test they're being watched," he said.
But he insists that's OK because it will improve the credibility of a Troy degree.
For Sandra Kinney, a state employee from Stockbridge, Ga., pursuing a master's in public administration and one of the students on Troy's trial run, having a camera in her home was no big deal. It was worth it not to have to drive to an exam center.


I've noticed this principle so many times in my own leadership and in working with other leaders. The more prepared I am to face a situation, the less stress I have in the situation.
Take a Sunday sermon, for example. On the weeks I'm able to spend my whole Wednesday and Thursday preparing, I'm far less stressed when I enter my weekend about the message I'll be delivering. And, because of that, I discipline myself as much as possible to set these days aside for study.
Of course, that's not possible every week. There are natural interruptions in life that I can't and shouldn't avoid. It's understanding the principle that is important. Because when I realize the principle I am more likely to work toward seeing it become a reality.
I'm intentional with my schedule and my life mostly because I've learned—the hard way—about this important principle.


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Catherine Salgado
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer/Researcher
Colombian Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Popular YouTuber's Free Speech
A win for free speech! The Colombian Supreme Court just ruled in favor of popular YouTuber Erika "Kika" Nieto, who came under fire after defending traditional marriage in a video online.
Nieto, who has over 7 million YouTube followers, had been taken to court twice and previously ordered by a lower court to remove a controversial 2018 video for so-called "hate speech," The Christian Post reported.
Alliance Defending Freedom International said in a statement that Nieto simply answered a follower's question in the video, defending her belief in traditional marriage between one man and one woman. The Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that Nieto should not have been ordered to remove the YouTube video.
"By speaking out I hope to inspire more tolerance of different opinions," Nieto reportedly said, leading up to the court's pro-free-speech decision. The YouTuber had already won a previous case concerning the same video. Nieto briefly explained her belief in traditional marriage in the video, which the activist who took her to court called "offensive and discriminatory," according to The Christian Post.
The language Nieto used hardly seems discriminatory. "I really hope that everyone who is watching this video knows that not all people have the same opinion and that's OK," Nieto reportedly said in the video. "I think that God made us all and created man and created woman for man to be with woman and woman to be with man and that's it. Whatever we have done after that as man with man and woman with woman, I think it's not right." Nieto added.
"However, I do have friends who are gay, I have friends who are lesbian, I love them with all my heart. And if I know one thing and I am completely sure of it, it is that God is love. And He calls me to love people. Without judging them." The Colombian Supreme Court overruled a lower court that had deemed Nieto's commentary to be "hate speech," according to The Christian Post.
Nieto's legal supporters presented the ruling as a victory for free speech. "Together with Kika, we are overjoyed that the court has overturned this censorship ruling. Kika stood strong throughout this ordeal to make the case for everyone's freedom to share their beliefs," Nueva Democracia counsel Santiago Guevara reportedly commented. Nueva Democracia is a NGO that represented Nieto with the support of conservative law firm Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF).
Nieto is not the only public figure who has recently faced censorship pushes. Former member of the Parliament of Finland Päivi Räsänen is currently facing criminal investigations for sharing disapproval of the Lutheran Church's participation in a 2019 LGBTQ+ pride event, The Christian Post reported. YouTube also recently removed a video of a panel on vaccine mandates and injuries hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI).
Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack's contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.


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When Walking Was a Big-Money Sport
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Because "walk until you drop" is surprisingly good advice.
By Nick Fouriezos
The Daily Dose OCT 13 2016
It was an age of wonder, from sleek automobiles to newly invented airplanes. The turn of the 20th century had been kind, and the future seemed bright (the clouds of war had not yet settled over Europe). Yet as history's machines roared, whizzed and churned, a 70-year-old man set out on a journey to wrest back some vestige of the past.
On March 15, 1909, Edward Payson Weston walked out of a post office on a chilly Manhattan afternoon. His destination? San Francisco.
I would have made this walk on scheduled time … but for the fact that I had to go through the state of Wyoming.
Edward Payson Weston
A 10,000-strong crowd turned out to cheer Weston as he set off to walk 4,000 miles in 100 days. "For a moment, it seemed that the police guard would be swept away," The New York Times reported. The hubbub, according to journalist Wayne Curtis in his book The Last Great Walk, was over the athletic wanderings of a 5-foot-8, 125-pound hobbit of a man with a handlebar mustache, blue frock coat and white sombrero. Weston's trek would cap an era of sport walking with a record-breaking distance, but philosophers and the public had already started to declare a new king: speed.
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Like many things American, the athletic endeavor of putting one foot in front of the other began as an English pastime. In the 16th century, wealthy aristocracy would place wagers on their footmen. Before baseball or boxing, it was competitive footraces that sparked the imagination. At sold-out arenas, dirt tracks and skating rinks, competitors would walk for six days straight (napping three hours a day) while onlookers bet the farm and paid to watch. At its height, the sport attracted the who's who of the 1870s and '80s, including future president Chester Arthur and General Tom Thumb, as Matthew Algeo, author of Pedestrianism, told NPR in 2014. "Walking and horse racing were on par, for a short time period," says Dave McGovern, who has written extensively on the sport and remains the only eight-time Olympic Trials finalist in racewalking in U.S. history.
But by the time Weston aimed West, the future was already looking less pedestrian. A year earlier, racewalking had made its Summer Olympics debut with a men's 10-mile event, but three weeks before Weston's departure, a front-page essay appeared in French newspaper Le Figaro with the headline "The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism." In it, the author saw "in speed not just dispatch and expediency and inevitability but also an aesthetic and moral good," Curtis notes. To hold on to the past, in other words, was not simply harmless nostalgia, but a road bump to progress. The day Weston set off, a pedestrian in downtown Chicago was run over not once, not twice, but three times, miraculously escaping serious injury.
But Weston didn't see walking as a dusty relic, so much as a life-changing balm. As a child, he was considered to be in poor health; when he was a teenager, his mother recruited a friend to help. The coach banned coffee and insisted that Weston bulk up on milk and vegetables and walk every day. Later, Weston tried his hand at writing, but like his walking, his stories were hard to follow. Stints as a circus worker, book salesman and merchant's clerk also fell by the wayside. Around the time of the Civil War, his exploits as a walker took root, and he became known as "the father of the long walk," "the Walking Man" and "the Wily Wobbler," for his peculiar gait. In 1868, Weston became the first American to walk 100 miles in less than 24 hours; in 1875, he set a 550-mile record in six days.
Weston's 1909 journey, though, would prove his most difficult. To reach his goal, he would have to walk more than 80,000 steps a day — a distance that would make your Fitbit cry today. The roads were poor, the conditions harsh. While the Times proclaimed it to be "the first bona fide walk across the country," Weston was less sure, qualifying it as the first "under surveillance" walk, and indeed, his valet followed, bringing eggs, tea, ginger ale and clothes — all packed, ironically, in a car.
Ecuador's Jefferson Pérez competes in the men's 20km racewalk at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
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On July 9, 100 days (minus Sundays) after departing, Weston found himself in California, but 170 miles short of the City by the Bay. He called it "a wretched failure" and threw some serious shade toward one state in particular. "I would have made this walk on scheduled time," he said, "but for the fact that I had to go through the state of Wyoming," where water and milk were scarce. When he did arrive in San Francisco, it was to adoring crowds, only this time he had no police escort and had to bat his fans away by "swinging about him vigorously with his stick," according to Curtis.
While pedestrianism has faded in popularity in the United States, rambling and walking sports remain popular around the globe. Ecuador has a statue and sports complex honoring its famed racewalker Jefferson Pérez, who won the only two Olympic medals in the country's history. Weston's art, then, persists for some, even if he himself lost the ability to enjoy it late in life — in 1927, the 88-year-old strider was struck down by a taxicab, never to walk again. Two years later, he passed away in his sleep.
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I have a week from tomarrow to find out if my third IUI try worked. I know a lot of us know how long 2 weeks is. It feels like a life time. Here are some things I learned through my journey playing the waiting game.
:) Pray everyday: I learned that if I tried to deal with this all on my own I would have gave up on our first try.
:)Don't be afraid to live your day to day life: I know after my first IUI procedure it was hard to do daily things. It was always in my mind "If I go for a walk it may reduce my chances of this working" I know it may sound silly, but I did that with everything. It really made it that much harder to face the facts after that two week waiting period. Sometimes (I know it's hard) you just have to tell yourself not to think about it.
:)Talk to someone: I am so greatful that I have a wonderful husband as a sounding board. Also I am so glad that I found this website. Talking about my feelings, my fears, and my sometimes my sadness really helps get that 10 ton elephant of my shoulders.
I hope it helps knowing that you are not alone in the waiting game. Keep praying and stay strong.
Good luck! Let me know, Keep us posted. I am praying for you.
This 2 week waiting is really hard!
Your tips are good. I am about to start my 4th round of IUI. It will be the last one before try IVF. I hope I dont have any surprises on the ultrasound and that I can start.
Iprimm - good luck for you! post the news later.
I wish you the best with your journey. You are in my prayers.
I understand my first iui I didnt know what to expect so to me everything was a "sign" as well.
U r also in my prayers.
take care and stay poositive and keep me posted.
How did your IUI go? How are you feeling? My 2 weeks of waiting is over, and it appears I will have to do another round. I wish you the best.
how are you doing? when do u start another round?
I am on my 2ww. My 1st on failed but all my symptoms were right on..lol. But i learned that those are just the effects of the trigger shot and clomid.
this time 2nd iui , I dont have those symptoms at all. Im sure I will be doing another round(pouts) I test in a few days I think , lol. I have been so discouraged i dont even know when I am suppose to test..lol.
I am on cd 23 and I "ussually get af at cd 27. so we will see, *HUG* missed ya. keep in touch. I am sorry to hear urs didnt work.I will keep praying for you. Baby Dust to you.
I had the exact same symptoms my first go around. But your right it is your body getting used to the drugs. I asked my Dr. on my second go around why I didn't have those symptoms anymore. She said your body is used to the hormones now. I guess that makes sense. I started clomid on Monday, and then on Saturday I will take Menophur. After that they will start doin ultrasounds to see when to do the IUI.
hi how are you doing? how are those side affect? getting any? I am on cd 25 today. I hope u r doing well.


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