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« Don't seem fair to keep you hangin' 'round.
I'm in the groove. »
I'm feeling more alone than I ever have before.
CONFESSIONS OF A '90s SURVIVOR
Ben Folds Five – Brick
From: Whatever and Ever Amen
Major labels have a funny way of annihilating a band's essence for the purpose of a hit single. I don't think this was more prevalent in the 1990s than it ever was or has been in the annals of music history, I just think that I tended to hear a lot more about it during that particular decade. Think of how many bands you remember hearing on the radio or MTV, thinking, "I kind of like that," and then talking one of the band's "real" fans who curtly informed you, "They're not really like that." And it's kind of a disappointing thing for a possible new fan to hear because, well, whatever the song in question was that the band may or may not really be prone to writing is the damn thing that got you interested in the first place.
Trust me, I've been on both sides of the fence, from wondering why the Cardigans couldn't write more "Lovefool"-type songs to bemoaning people who only knew Oasis for "Wonderwall."
But the case of Ben Folds and "Brick" has always kind of made me feel bad for the guy's introduction into the strongest current of the mainstream. Pretty much before and since, Folds had/has made a name for himself as a smartass singer songwriter with miles of talent and an ear for a hook, but never to take himself so seriously as not to, I don't know, do a Madman Across the Water-styled cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Sh*t."
But "Brick" never had a light hearted air about it. The chorus is vague enough to suggest to the listener in passing that this is just a pretty little song to cry over after meaningless break-up, but for anyone who actually dove into lyrics booklets in the 1990s (and come on, who among us didn't?), it didn't take long to suss out that this was about an abortion.
And maybe 1997 was the perfect year to have a hit song based on a topic that even four years earlier might have been considered a bit taboo. Not because 1997 was a record year for abortions (I have no way of knowing that, and I have no real desire whatsoever to check into such stats), but because by the second half of the decade, the general young American mindset had gone into an alarmingly apathetic field.
Sure, there were kids like me that got in tune with the Britpop movement, but you must remember America never really latched onto the bubbly sarcasm of "Parklife." America, frankly, didn't care about Blur until Damon started singing lyrics like "It wasn't easy, but nothing is — woo hoo." Was it to say we were totally devoid of happiness? Of course not. The Spice Girls were popular, as were songs like "Steal My Sunshine," but that was the kind of stuff you didn't really fess up to liking in a public high school if you wanted to get through the day without a beat down or some godawful form of public ridicule.
So… midtempo piano dirge about an abortion? Bring it on! It always was a beautiful song, and it still is of course, but it's the kind of track that poses a challenge to your loyal fanbase. Had Folds and Co. tucked this song away on a B-side or even as a deep cut on Whatever and Ever Amen (which, by the way, can non-fans remember any other songs from?), the band would've been revered as all-encompassing geniuses by their loyal minions. Instead, Epic's decision to make it a monster single (to say nothing of the accompanying video where it looks like every band member might break down in tears simply by playing the song) pushed the song into every Lite FM listener's consciousness, and gave the three in Ben Folds Five a spot on "Saturday Night Live" and more popularity than maybe they ever wanted.
Thankfully (for the fans), everyone lost interest by 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (which Old 97's guitarist Ken Bethea once described to me as "a songwriter performing at his absolute zenith"), and things returned to normal. Folds then deconstructed things further by breaking the band up and going the DIY route with Rockin' the Suburbs before essentially becoming a college tour mainstay and releasing a new song every other week on iTunes. In the time since, a lot of people have wondered aloud why Folds couldn't just write more songs like "Brick," and while I might point them in the direction of "Landed," you gotta figure it must be taxing to do just one song about a personal abortion experience.
And besides, in this kind of economy, who would listen to it? I mean in 1997, when things were going great, and the economy was as fat as your unmarried uncle after Thanksgiving dinner, it was cool to be engaged by such depressing subject matter. Look at the Top 10 right now. It's all optimistic, party music.
Maybe we all are drowning slowly. It's just… you don't need to remind us.
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Some excellent points here. Though I'd say that Folds has incorporated the confessional Brick thing to good effect on his two solo albums, apart from Landed. It's a side of him I generally prefer to the Ben Folds Five-era smartassery. Hence my ambivalence towards the last album, on which he seems to go back to the BFF vibe, with only Cologne as the "confessional" track. The Bitch Went Nuts, also about his divorce from the woman he write The Luckiest for, is the yang to Cologne's yin.
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This page is written by the game's inventor, Glenn Nicholls.
LancerChess
The game of LancerChess (one word) is a basic variant of Western chess and the object of this game is to provide a few simple changes to the standard game of Western chess such that provide additional scope and some new and interesting complexities to the game whilst retaining the overall feel of the standard game. Of note is the increased individuality of the minor pieces and particularly that of the movement of Queens' Lancers on opposite coloured diagonals giving an initial advantage for each side on one set of diagonals – advanced players may find this feature of interest. Also included is the Game variation of Clash and a beginner's Tour puzzle.
LancerChess and Clash form part of A Leap of Recreation™ and are all by and © Copyright Shaye-Alexander Ellis Nicholls 2018
The background of the game of LancerChess can be ignored by those who wish to play the game in the traditional way of Western chess whereby there is no background or settings etc. For those who would know what little background there is though, there is only the following: There are very brief details only of this battle that are known – it is known that the battle takes place in the Disputed Realm and that this is the now re-named Fractured Realm (see Touchstone in the page Stepping Stones of Chess ) at a time of probably several centuries after Touchstone, though this is still Long Long Long ago. Reasons and causes for the battle are not known and little else of these mysterious times in this Realm is known either.
The object of the Battle (game) is to Checkmate the opposing Queen and this wins the battle.
Board at commencement
Note that the above colours can be varied e.g. Dark orange and Cream white.
Initial deployment of the pieces is as shown on the board and together with their names and their moves as per Western chess comparisons (mostly) are as follows:
The roles and powers and vulnerabilities of the King and Queen and therefore Castling (called Protecting or Safeguarding the Queen) are reversed from Western chess as they are in Touchstone and others of my games.
The Knights on G1 & G8 are replaced with Kings' Lancers. These can move to any square either one or two squares away in a vertical or horizontal direction and can jump over any intervening piece if moving two squares. They can capture on any of these squares. For example, if a King's Lancer were situated on E4, he could move to or capture on E5, E6, E3, E2, C4, D4, F4 and G4. He must capture on the square he moves to and not any square he moves over when moving two squares.
The Knights on B1 & B8 are replaced with Queens' Lancers. These can move to any square either one or two squares away in a diagonal direction and can jump over any intervening piece if moving two squares. They can capture on any of these squares. For example, if a Queen's Lancer were situated on E4, he could move to or capture on D5, C6, F5, G6, D3, C2, F3, and G2. He must capture on the square he moves to and not any square he moves over when moving two squares.
A King – he is identical to the Queen
A Queen – she is identical to the King
A King's or Queen's tower - its powers are identical to Rooks
A Baron – he is identical to a Bishop
A Baroness – she is identical to a Bishop
A Pikeman – he is identical to a Pawn except for minor promotion changes that are:
Promotions of Pikemen on reaching their end rank are the choice of King, Siege-tower (that in promotion need not be distinguished between King's or Queen's - see note below on Siege-towers), Baron/Baroness or Lancer. If there is promotion to a Lancer then this must be to a King's Lancer if the colour of the promotion square is the same as the colour of the commencing square of the original King's Lancer or to a Queen's Lancer if the colour of the promotion square is the same as the colour of the commencing square of the original Queen's Lancer. If there is promotion to a Baron/Baroness there is no distinction in the name and the promoted Pikeman is simply called a Noble and he has the powers of a Western chess Bishop
Jumping involves linear movement such as the Lancers described above whereas leaping involves oblique movement such as with the Knights of Western chess.
Once a Tower has been or can no longer be used to Protect the Queen it becomes a King's or Queen's Siege-tower to reflect its greater freedom to attack and fittings should be added to the piece to show this - it is no different in effect from a Rook of Western chess though.
It can be seen that at the commencing position the Queens' Lancers guard the equivalent of the weakly protected (in Western chess) Kings' Bishop two squares.
And also with the Queen's Lancer players who are ambitious to win as north may find it a key piece for the reason mentioned in the introduction.
Also of note is that the King's Lancer can force Checkmate with only his Queen's help against a lone Queen within a reasonable number of moves and he attacks more squares than does the Western chess Knight on most of the board (48 of 64 squares) and he may give advantages when Protecting the Queen whereas "Long Castling" in Western chess is not considered preferable in most situations.
Of further note is that as well as the usual opening line transpositions there are also (part) game transpositions here where LancerChess can transpose to Western chess if all the Lancers are captured (discounting the slight differences in promotion choices). Transpositions from Clash of this sort are also possible - see next; also others - e.g. Capablanca chess and my variations of this - see the page Storm.
Western chess is often called International chess and this reflects the status this game has been accorded.
Individual pieces are usually referred to by Northern or Southern but Orange or White is allowed.
Players are usually referred to as the Northern Player, or simply North, and as the Southern Player, or simply South, but Orange Player or White Player is allowed as is simply Orange or White.
The board as shown is the Chess-valley board.
If one side plays with LancerChess pieces and the other side plays with Western chess pieces this is the game of Clash, with the player of the Western chess pieces described as having the Knights. There is little difference in the strength of the pieces of the two sides though the LancerChess pieces seem to have a small advantage and so the Southern player, who moves first, always plays with the Western chess pieces in any meaningful game or tournaments or matches or suchlike. The roles, powers and vulnerabilities of the Western chess King and Queen are reversed so as to match the LancerChess pieces as are all other aspects of the Western chess pieces matched to LancerChess such as piece names, piece style etc. Note that the Western chess pieces are still on their same squares at commencement e.g. the Western chess Queen is still on D1 or D8. The Background etc. is the same as for LancerChess.
Note: the advantage of LancerChess over Western chess is, I think, that the King's Lancer is a stronger piece in all phases of the game than the Western chess Knight - see notes to LancerChess above, though not greatly so and this may be somewhat counter-balanced by the Queen's Lancer being "colour bound", but on balance the Lancers seem to have a small advantage over the Knights.
The King's Lancer's tour
This is a basic tour puzzle suitable for beginners played on a 3x3 board where the King's Lancer of LancerChess commences from square A1 and he must land on every square of the board once and finish back on square A1. An example follows:
1. Commences from A1 to B1
2. from B1 to C1
3. from C1 to C2
5. from C3 to B3
6. from B3 to B2! - B3 to A3? and the tour fails.
7. from B2 to A2
8. from A2 to A3
9. Finishes with A3 to A1 - and the tour succeeds with a jump.
Prior to commencing the Tour the King's Lancer on A1 faces north-east, whereas when finishing the Tour he faces either south (as in the example above) or west depending on his last move.
Where a Tour finishes with the piece back on its starting square I call a Tour circuit whereas if all squares are landed on but the piece does not finish back on its starting square I call this a Tour journey.
This 'user submitted' page is a collaboration between the posting user and the Chess Variant Pages. Registered contributors to the Chess Variant Pages have the ability to post their own works, subject to review and editing by the Chess Variant Pages Editorial Staff.
By Glenn Nicholls.
Web page created: 2009-09-07. Web page last updated: 0000-00-00
LancerChess. a basic Western chess game, featuring Lancers in place of knights.
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Electronics spin-off stacks its chips to win 2007 EUREKA Lynx Award
French SME 3D Plus has received the 2007 EUREKA Lynx Award for outstanding technological and commercial achievement.
French SME 3D Plus has received the 2007 EUREKA Lynx Award for outstanding technological and commercial achievement. This microelectronics SME set up the highly successful EUREKA WALPACK project, which developed high-density, 3D chip-stacking technology for cost-effective system-in-package devices. The award was presented at EUREKA's High-Level Group gala dinner, in Rome. "Winning the EUREKA Lynx award is very important to us," says 3D Plus' CEO Christian Val. "It provides recognition of our success and will help in all our marketing, as well as in communications with the public authorities in France." The company established the project (under its PIDEA Cluster) with French and Polish processing- and test-equipment manufacturers, potential customers and research institutes. "EUREKA labelling enabled us to put together the consortium faster and with less effort than under the EU Framework Programme," explains Mr Val. Overall, the technological advances and industrial contacts made in the EUREKA project enabled 3D Plus to develop and market industrially relevant products quickly. This also helped raise the company's visibility to access the funding it needed. 3D interconnection technology for microelectronics was developed by the Thales defence electronics group in 1989 for aerospace applications. Two Thales engineers then set up 3D Plus in 1996 to exploit the technology more widely; it is the only company in Europe to specialise in this technology. Sustained R&D has made it possible to offer smaller, but higher performing devices for use in automotive electronics, mobile phones and high-capacity smart cards to biomedical devices that can be embedded in the human body. Growing pressure to reduce the size of microelectronics while improving performance and reliability has led to extensive use of system-in-package (SIP) devices. These combine a range of optimised integrated circuit (IC) and passive devices in a single module. Major chipmakers have attempted to make SIPs by stacking complete wafers on top of each other, interconnected through holes in the silicon substrate. However, this is limited to wafers from the same manufacturer with all IC dies having the same dimensions. It also requires modifications to the wafer and yield is poor as individual chips cannot be guaranteed. The resulting Walpack process assembles wafers from a mixture of fully tested chips of any size and stacks the rebuilt wafers on top of each other, inside a polymer package. A standard pick-and-place machine assembles the dies, with laser etching employed for interconnections. Advantages include use of standard chip dies with high yields as all chips are tested before assembly. Following the EUREKA project, 3D Plus signed an agreement with NXP – formerly Philips Semiconductors – to develop the process further. NXP now manufactures modules for 3D Plus as well as its own applications. Even before the end of the project, 3D Plus attracted interest from the USA for biomedical devices; in 2004, it received a 250,000 euro order for an implantable muscle micro stimulator. And it is developing high capacity smart cards for a market with major potential – consumption of 400 million cards a year is forecast by 2010. More information: Christian Val, 3D PLUS, 641 rue Hélène Boucher, F-78532 Buc, France. Tel.: +33 1 30 83 26 5, e-mail: cval@3d-plus.comNote to editors: The annual EUREKA Lynx Award highlights innovative small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) whose growth is linked to technological, financial and commercial achievements obtained through involvement in EUREKA projects. It was created by the Spanish EUREKA Chairmanship in 2001. Lynx Award winners receive the EUREKA 'EUSY' trophy, which symbolises the European character of the Initiative; its technological content is represented by the Archimedes' sphere and cylinder, and its bottom-up approach through the upwards pose of the statue. There is also a monetary prize of 10,000 euro. For more information on EUREKA visit: http://www.eureka.be
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It's feared more than 20 of the Queen's swans, from her Windsor flock, have died from bird flu.
Twenty more are seriously ill and also expected to die.
The monarch, who technically owns all unmarked mute swans in open water in Britain, is being kept informed.
More than 20 swans have died now and there's a lot which are seriously ill which will die - well over 20 more. We are deeply saddened by the loss of these swans."
"We're waiting to hear from Defra, but yes it is bird flu. I'm sure the Queen would be concerned. You cannot do anything about it. It will burn itself out. They're wild birds and it is spread by wild birds and we've been very unlucky."
Defra confirmed that seven of the swans that died were being tested for bird flu.
An annual stock-take, known as Swan Upping, takes place each summer on the River Thames.
The ceremony dates back to the 12th century when the ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water in Britain was claimed by the Crown in order to ensure a supply for feasts.
Today, the Queen exercises this right only on certain stretches of the river and surrounding tributaries.
As of the 30th January, there have been six findings of bird flu in wild birds in England.
But none in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.


On my Google+ and Twitter profiles I usually post stuff about computer programming and computer games.
I publish the source code of most of my projects on GitHub and BitBucket.
An advanced clone of the classic board game MasterMind.
A simple snake / nibbler game written with the Allegro game engine.
A new take on the classic falling bricks gameplay.
Not NES-inspired— actual NES games, playable through emulator or via flashcart on actual hardware.


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Great coaches from Kansas
By Berry Tramel, btramel@opubco.com
→Arthur Lonborg, Horton: Played at KU in the '10s, then coached 23 years at Northwestern, where he helped organize the first NCAA Tournament.
→Adolph Rupp, Halstead: Played for Allen at KU in the early '20s and went on to build Kentucky into a national power, winning 876 games in 41 years.
→John McClendon, Kansas City: KU's first black graduate (1936), he went on to a Basketball Hall of Fame career with historically black schools North Carolina College, Hampton, Tennessee A&I and Kentucky State.
→Dean Smith, Emporia: Played for Allen at KU in the early '50s and became a legendary coach at North Carolina, where he racked up an NCAA record 879 wins.
→Ralph Miller, Chanute: Coached 14 years at Wichita State, six years at Iowa and 18 years at Oregon State, winning 674 games.
→Eddie Sutton, Bucklin: Rebuilt Oklahoma State to national status and retired with 804 victories.
→Bill Guthridge, Parson: Kansas State grad was Dean Smith's long-time assistant at Carolina and coached UNC to two Final Fours in his three seasons as head coach.
→Gene Keady, Larned: Sutton's assistant at Arkansas became a 27-year head coach at Western Kentucky and Purdue, winning 550 games.
→Lon Kruger, Silver Lake: Star player at Kansas State coached the Wildcats to the 1988 regional final, Florida to the 1994 Final Four, Illinois to three NCAA second rounds and now is at UNLV, where he coached the Rebels to the 2007 Sweet 16.
→Mark Turgeon, Topeka Hayden: Has Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament for third straight year, after coaching Wichita State to the 2006 Sweet 16.
→Mark Fox, Garden City: First-year Georgia coach took Nevada to three NCAA Tournaments.


As ministers and elders of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church can attest, it is all too easy to become so engaged in ministry to our local congregations that we fail to appreciate the work our denomination, as a whole, does in its service to Christ and his kingdom. We miss the proverbial forest for the trees.
When members of Omega OPC in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, go door-to-door to meet neighbors in the surrounding community, they often discoverCoverwhelming needs. "Nearly everyone we come into contact with is poor," says deacon Michael Harer.


Anastacia has revealed she's put off having heart surgery for a cardiac condition.
The singer has supraventricular tachycardia, which causes varied and rapid heartbeats.
But the 40-year-old, who had a breast cancer op in 2003, is treating it with drugs for now.
'The doctors say it's a weakness triggered by stress,' she tells Hello!
'I'll be sitting chatting and suddenly my heart will beat like I'm running a marathon. I've fainted backstage because I can't get rid of the palpitations.
Anastacia's new album Heavy Rotation is out now.


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King: We At Least Deserved A Point
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Jack King was named man of the match as PNE fell to a 1-0 defeat against promotion rivals Sheffield United.
"Luckily for us we have got a game so soon after today, on Tuesday, to go and put what we have learnt from today into that game and implement it."
"We felt today that after not scoring, the worst result we should have got was a 0-0. We have let in a sloppy goal and that is something we need to eradicate from our matches.
"We know we need to be better in front of goal and we know we need to stop conceding sloppy goals. We got the clean sheet last Sunday, which was nice.
"We have more than matched them today so we will take away the positives from today and the negatives.
"We are capable of beating any team," said Preston's number 22. "It is just a case of needing to put the ball in the back of the net. We feel that we can beat anyone in this league. Sheffield United are undoubtedly going to be up near the top of the table at the end of the season.
King believes that, despite result, PNE's performance against last season's beaten Play-Off finalists shows that North End are still firmly in the hunt for promotion, and it is only a matter of time before the goals start to come, starting with Tuesday's visit to Scunthorpe.
"That's probably the reason why they have been up near the top of the league the last few years. We need to get that into our game. We had enough chances in front of goal today to win the game, but ultimately we have not taken any of them, and we need to work on that."
"They were clinical. They had the chance early on and from our point of view it was a sloppy goal. It was a straight ball and Kitson's finished it but sometimes you need that in a game. Especially away from home, if you get a chance you've got to finish it.
The ex-Woking midfielder said North End can learn a lot from Danny Wilson's side as they look to regain their Championship status at the second time of asking.
North End dominated possession for the majority of the second half but failed to find the breakthrough against a stubborn Sheffield United defence.
"Hunty [Paul Huntington] nearly nicked us a well-deserved point at the end but the keeper has pulled off a great save. Things like that happen. The keeper has pulled off a worldy there which could have nicked us a point, but I think we had enough chances before that to score and to win."
"We controlled it for large periods, although we possibly played our football a little too deep. We at least deserved a point, if not the win.
"It is always disappointing when you lose, especially at home. Our home form has been good so far this season and I did not really think we were ever in danger of losing today's game.
King struggled to hide his disappointment about the result after the game, as he revealed he believed that t Lilywhites had at least deserved a draw.
Graham Westley's side controlled the game for the majority of the 90 minutes, but failed to convert their chances, as Dave Kitson's solitary strike just before half-time ensured the Blades travelled back home with all three points.


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Zombies are coming to Settlers' Green Outlet Village on Saturday, October 26, with a night full of Halloween activities from 5-9 p.m. Dress in your best zombie getup and enter our Zombie Competition in the categories of Zombie King and Zombie Queen as well as Best Prom Zombie, Best Zombie Family and Best Professional Zombie. It is $3 to enter the contest, with proceeds benefiting Arts In Motion, the community theater education and production company. The first 100 zombies that enter the Zombie Competition will get a goodie bag.
The evening begins with the Zombie Walk at approximately 5 p.m. from New Balance Factory to the courtyard of the shopping center. From there, zombies can disperse to an assortment of on-going entertainment including Zombie Laser Tag, Green Screen Special Effects with 4x4 Studios, a Zombie Dance Floor with Zombie Musical Chairs hosted by DJ Kristen Corrigan, a Zombie Treasure Hunt, and Zombie Trivia.
The Kennett High School Dance Team will perform a series of choreographed dances including Michael Jackson's "Thriller." It all leads up to the final judgment of zombies at 8:45 p.m. The Zombie King and Zombie Queen will win a $100 Settlers' Green Shopping Spree and each winner of the Best Prom Zombie, Best Zombie Family and Best Professional Zombie categories will get a $50 Settlers' Green Shopping Spree.
This is considered a PG-13 event. The mall will host a child-appropriate event prior to the Zombie Walk, with Haunted Happenings from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participating stores as well as the Mall Management Office will offer candies/treats to trick-or-treaters dressed up for Halloween. This is a great opportunity for youngsters Age 11 and under to go trick-or-treating in a safe, easily accessible place.
For more information about both Halloween events on October 26 at Settlers' Green, visit settlersgreen.com.


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Citizens deserve to know when a crime is committed in their community, at the time it is committed.
Why did Martin Sheriff's Office wait to disclose carjacking? | Thumb down Citizens deserve to know when a crime is committed in their community, at the time it is committed. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/editorials/2019/10/03/violent-carjacking-not-disclosed-martin-sheriff-until-24-hours-later/3833049002/
Treasure Coast Newspapers Editorial Board Published 6:00 p.m. ET Oct. 3, 2019
A 21-year-old man was arrested in connection with what Martin County sheriff's investigators said was a Sunday carjacking in Palm City. Video provided Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo: VIDEO CONTRIBUTED BY MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
First, the kudos: The Martin County Sheriff's Office got its suspect.
Jaquay Marlon Jean, 21, was arrested Monday and charged in relation to the Sunday carjacking in Palm City of a family on their way home from Walt Disney World. Surveillance video shows the suspect throwing a woman from the car, then driving away with a small child and elderly woman in the back seat.
Jean was tracked to a home in North Miami, where he was arrested with the help of law enforcement in Miami-Dade.
Yet the fact the incident wasn't disclosed until nearly 24 hours after it occurred is troubling. Typically, when a violent crime occurs, law enforcement discloses it as soon as possible. Doing so can help protect the community; residents can be on the lookout and take precautions.
Here, though, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said officials waited because they knew the stolen vehicle was in Dade County, and "didn't want to spook the suspect."
We're concerned that this same rationale could be applied to every violent crime.
Citizens deserve to know when a crime is committed in their community, at the time it is committed. As such, we urge local law enforcement to err on the side of disclosure, always.
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THREE weeks is more than ample time for a political party to mourn its losses, although regaining its footing on the slippery slopes of the political landscape that is Trinidad and Tobago may take forever. In fact, for the UNC, any chance of recouping its number one position in local politics seems to be as slim as its leader, Basdeo Panday, once was when he entered the arena back in 1976. What is disturbing is that UNC misleaders still see themselves as government-except that they are sitting on the wrong side in the parliamentary chamber. And they have managed to convince a significant number of their supporters that the party will be back in office "shortly".
If anything convinced me that the UNC is finished as a political force, it was Panday's pathetic performance during the Budget debate. The man was not merely "out of sorts", but he appeared to have given up both the post (as the one-time strong leader of his party) and the ghost. He was a shadow of himself, something I had noted during the campaign. In fact, when I wrote then that having monitored several meetings of both the PNM and UNC, I sensed a tide of change, I did not spell out that that tide was against the UNC. But trapped as they were in a make-believe world where cow dung is king, Panday and his mindless minions really believed they were on the road to victory. Worse, they kept their "secret shame", the signs that they had lost it, from their loyal supporters-which is why so many who did not see the sun rise on October 8th wept bitterly.
Of course, in any properly structured party, the loss of an election, or even five elections (as in Panday's case), does not necessarily signal the demise of the party. But when that party revolves solely around the maximum leader, when he is elevated to the status of a god, and then his feet of clay are exposed, all comes crashing down. Which is precisely the predicament in which the UNC finds itself today. Really, if Panday were forthright with his loyal supporters, he would tell them that he had had his day, he has enjoyed a great run both in opposition and government, and now he must ride off into the sunset-leaving the sun to rise on someone else's political career.
However, he created the elements of his own destruction and that of his party by establishing the "sole ownership" principle. And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs. Remember in the run-up to the last elections how his minions responded to the ticklish question of the return to the fold of Ramesh Maharaj? The NACTA poll suggested that the combination of Ramesh and Bas could possibly beat the PNM. By then, slavishly following their leader-which is why I dub them "eunuchs"-they had all lambasted Ramesh in the vilest manner. They chanted, ad nauseam, the mantra: "Never forget, is Ramesh, Trevor and Ralph dat have we in dis position!"
Later, when the spectre of possible defeat at the polls stared them in the face, and when Panday met with Ramesh and rumours of a rapprochement were rife, what were the eunuchs' answers to questions about Ramesh's return? In fact, it was not a case of "answers" as much as there was a stock response: whatever is the will of the leader, we'll go along. I mean, here was a group of supposedly big men and women who had cursed Ramesh in every form, in Hindi and English, but yet they were about to re-embrace him because of the "will of the leader". I suppose for the Muslim sycophants in the party, that was equivalent to "the will of Allah".
Which really is where the demise of the UNC lay. From the time Panday engineered the split in the ULF back in 1978, when he had to deal with "real men" like George Weekes, Joe Young, Showkat Enatally, George Sammy, Boodram Jattan, Allan Alexander, Lennox Pierre and your not-so-humble servant, he unwittingly wrote his epitaph. He decided never again to have real men around him. Mice were preferable. Interestingly, most historians and political analysts did not see in that split the beginning of the end of Bas.
True, he went on to survive via a string of alliances, firstly with Ray Robinson's DAC and Lloyd Best's Tapia (The Allaince of 1981), and later added Karl Hudson-Phillips's ONR to bring about the NAR and that massive victory over the PNM in 1986. He used and abused a whole lot of people en route to power. Robinson was used (in 1986), abused (in 1988), used again (in 1995) and abused again (in 2001). He first embraced Winston Dookeran, then spat him out like a dry plum seed after the split in the NAR. Then when he saw trouble staring him in the face a few months ago, he once more latched on to Winston. Kelvin Ramnath's is a special case: he is like the proverbial woman whose man must beat her to show his love. In other words, Ramnath is impervious to abuse.
So while most UNC diehards saw power everlasting in the silver crown of their guru, with his Muslim supporters going down on their foreheads before this incarnation of the prophet Muhammad, anyone with a modicum of sense and sobriety could have sensed that the emperor was almost naked. What were his great achievements-besides gaining power, which, by itself, was nothing unique?
Like the pig-in-the-fable, he built a house of straw! The UNC and its predecessor party, the ULF, have been around for 25-plus years. During that time, the party claimed to have had tens-of-millions of dollars in its accounts. We know for sure when it controlled government for six years, massive sums of money passed through the hands or bank accounts of many of its frontline members. Yet, the party has failed to build even a modest headquarters. Hey, humble Tapia has had a "home" for decades. The DAC still owns a building-and that party tasted power only fleetingly. Even NJAC operates out of rented offices. The mighty UNC has squatted in Rienzi Complex, which is owned by the All Trinidad union, from its birth. And I dare say its funeral rites will be conducted from the said "squat".
So Panday was always a failure-in-disguise. His sole success was to have fooled a whole lot of people for a long, long time. That is quite an achievement, since it says a whole lot about a lot of people!


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This one caught our eye immediately, one reason being its shape; in nearly 40s years working with antique trunks we've never seen one exactly this shape before. The top is a true arch, not domed, not rounded. The arch is flat from front to back and only bends from side to side. The shape is very eye-pleasing. It's an elegant trunk too with narrow staves and two sizes of real brass buttons, all original. In fact, only the lining, leather handles and straps are new. When we're shopping for trunks we try to always check the bottom because that's the most vulnerable part as to damage. We did so with this one but did not see what was written on the bottom until we arrived home with it. A name and possibly historical address are still quite legible. After quite a bit of research we think this trunk might have been associated with the Underground Railroad! It definitely goes back to the 1860s. The address is Indiana Station, Burnside, #3 Clearfield Co, PA. To protect the privacy of the the original owner's family, we'll only reveal the name to the buyer. This is a very sturdy medium size trunk but still has lots of storage space. It will fit into just about any decor; at the foot of a bed, in a foyer or anywhere you choose. It'll display beautifully whether you leave it closed or open and you'll have a precious part of history.
Dimensions: 31″ wide x 18″ deep (front to back) x 18″ tall. 22 lbs.
History: This trunk dates back to the 1860s. We found it in Stuart, VA on one of our trunk-hunting expeditions.


TFRO members joined the Kubosh Brothers and Michael Kubosh for City Council At-Large Position 3 at Minute Maid Park Suite 2. The event was a Pre-Celebration for the 4th of July. The Astros won against the Tampa Bay Rays.


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1910 Rutgers Queensmen football team
1910 Rutgers Queensmen football
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The 1910 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1910 college football season. In their first season under head coach Howard Gargan, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2–3 record and outscored their opponents, 59 to 33.[1][2] The team captain was Howard A. Smith.[3]
↑ "1910 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
↑ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1910–1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
↑ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
College Field (1869–1890)
Neilson Field (1891–1938)
Rutgers Stadium (1938–1992)
Giants Stadium (1993)
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I am a huge believer that Mom's intuition does exist.
I also feel that as moms (myself very much included) we do very much have to go with our gut instinct where our own kids are concerned.
Six years in as a mom and countless times, I have been proven right, especially where most if not all comes up with both my girls, especially where doctors seem to have to be consulted.
I never even had to pay the hefty medical school bills for this gift that was bestowed upon me after giving birth to not one, but two kids.
From those first days of being a new mom to now, I can honestly say when I thought something was amiss and had an idea of what the cause might actually be usually I was dead on balls right!
Here is the thing, I have grown to learn and trust my instincts. Although I am not a board certified doctor, this Dr. Mom does know best where her children are concerned.
In the early days, I was naive especially with my recent admittance of my miserable fail to breastfeed Emma, when it turned out that she was allergic to both milk and soy proteins, but still wanting desperately to believe the doctors when they would tell me that all babies cry that isn't wasn't indeed more.
But once I stopped to actually listen to the mother's voice inside of my head that my baby was indeed screaming in agony and pain by taking the bull by the horns to fight for my daughter's basic needs to be met with food that wouldn't hurt her with each feeding, a miracle happened and she was actually content at feedings.
Score one for Dr. Mom!
Same child, at almost 2 years old, had met and exceeded most of the normal milestones, but my mother's gut was now churning to tell me that even though she was speaking that something wasn't quite right. That voice kept haunting me and when pressed was told as long as she is saying words not to worry, but by the way she has some ear wax in both ears.
We were then casually told at this same appointment to use over the counter ear drops that required our 2 year old to keep her head tilted for 5 minutes after using these drops on her ears.
If you have a two year old, good luck trying to keep them still for 2 minutes, let alone having them stay with their head tilted in a weird position for 30 seconds let alone 5 minutes! Once again, my inner mom voice told me to me to research local ENT doctors (Ear, Nose and Throat) to make an appointment to have her ears cleaned and checked.
The ENT was able to remove the ear wax in one appointment, pointing out that the amount of ear wax she had was hindering her hearing. Thus within less then a week not only was my 2 year old ear wax free, but began speaking in phrases, too. Coincidence, I think NOT!
A year passed, when my now 3 year old came down with what the same doctor told me was just a very bad cold after having awoken during the night with a bad cough and low grade fever.
Sent home with the pat response of to keep her hydrated, switch every 4 hours between Motrin and Tylenol and that it just needs to run its course.
Three visits later of advocating for my child's health, who now by the way so much sicker then I had ever seen her to be, was finally diagnosed with RSV pneumonia mildly escaping hospitalization for poor oxygen levels due to what was in the end not a bad cold.
Thank god for Dr. Mom here!
This past November, when my girl was now a 5 years old kindergartner. From the moment, this mom heard a cough similar to the previous RSV sounding cough, was not only instantly transported back, but filled with concern that this was indeed pneumonia again. I was filled with enough worry to make me fight tooth and nail to get my sick child fit in for a sick visit with her over-booked doctor.
Upon finally laying eyes on my child, the doctor took one listen to her lungs, told us they were clear, that it couldn't possibly be pneumonia, but it was all in her nose (upper respiratory), sent me on my way to CVS drugstore to get nasal drops even after clearly stating the last time I heard this cough, she had pneumonia.
A week of missed school and two more doctor visits (one to urgent care after hours) only to be blown off until it was finally deemed, I might not be so crazy and she may indeed be more sick then they originally thought. A blood draw, a passed out child, chest x-ray later and what do you know? The kid actually didn't just have an upper respiratory cold, but pneumonia once again.
Fast forward to last month, when I stirred out of a deep sleep to sounds of retching in our bathroom. My almost 6 year old was crying and complaining that her throat and tummy hurt. Upon taking her temperature, I found that she a low grade fever. I feared strep throat, as a note went home days earlier that a classmate had it and know the symptoms from her younger sister having had strep a few months back.
Long story short, she had strep, was given an antibiotic and sent on our way.
A day into taking the antibiotic, the strep symptoms of sore throat and fever subsided, but she began to complain about her tummy more and more and we began to see a lovely side effect from the antibiotic in the form of diarrhea.
A few phone calls later to the doctor and even the pharmacist at our local drug store to fill the prescription, where I was given conflicting information on how to handle this from changing the prescription (which we did in the end) to making sure she was getting a probiotic with each dose (she was from the start) to making her take the new antibiotic longer the the first (not even sure how this would help her tummy issues) to plain lack of any real answers for me.
As I looked at the directions upon further inspection, it dawned on me that she was never given as large of a dose when she was sick even 2 months earlier with pneumonia with a much stronger antibiotic given.
I opted to stop giving her the antibiotic all together for her evening dose as she had already had more then double her normal daily dosage from past illnesses as I began to believe and surmise that the doctor overdosed her prescription.
By the next day and days to follow, she no longer had any issue with her tummy at all from me instinctively adjusting the dosage.
Final Score: Dr. Mom 5, Doctors 0!
My final assessment is that although, parents are not licensed MD's (myself included), I think we can confidently say that we know our kids better then any doctor that might see them once every so often for a sick or well visit.
We are the ones that live with our kids day in and day out; not the doctors.
Are you a Dr. Mom who knows best with your kids?
So, my final parting advice here for all reading this is to trust your instincts where your kids are concerned and never just assume a doctor knows just because they are a licensed professional. We have the right to question the care our kids are given by any doctor in health or sickness as we are our kids' best and sole advocates.
All joking aside though, parents do 9 time out of 10 know their kids instinctively better then anyone else could.
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I have upmost respect for medical professionals, but they are human and they do sometimes miss things or misdiagnose. When I had mono in college I went to the health center and told the doctor I thought I had it. She didn't think I did but decided to test me for it anyway, and sure enough, mono! Sometimes are instincts are telling us something, and I'm sure it's even more true with our children. I'm glad your daughters have you to advocate for them!
Bev, I truly agree with you, do know doctors can indeed make mistakes where my kids have been concerned and have learned to be their advocates and to simply go with my gut on this.
I have certainly learned to follow my mom gut! Usually when something feels off we need to do whatever it takes to make sure our babies are okay. You did good mama! I don't think it's a coincidence that she started talking phrases right after!
Thank you Nellie and I agree I never believed it was a coincidence that Emma started to speak more after that either!
I think doctors definitely make mistakes. They are always in such a rush that they miss things sometimes. Mom ALWAYS know best.
Robin, I agree fully and do think we truly do know best, especially in times like these.
Moms definitely understanding their kids' needs relative to normal behavior. Spending 24/7 with them gives us that intuition. 🙂 I'm thankful that so far (knocking on wood) we've always been on the same page as the doctors.
Glad you have, too, but we haven't in the times described here and for those moments I am glad I listened to my own intuition and didn't back down.
It's always good to trust your instincts and not be afraid to speak up if something doesn't feel right!
Thanks Lisa and couldn't agree more!!
Have you looked for a new pediatrician? When I wasn't happy with our first doctor, I switched and have been very happy with our pediatrician ever since.
I have switched twice already and thinking about switching back to our original, who we had to leave when our insurance changed, because he was amazing. Trust me, I have thought about this and just also an insurance issue sadly.
We have had to deal with insurance issues and doctors, too. That's too bad! We should be able to pick the doctor we want regardless of the insurance company our employers choose for us!
I truly and totally agree with you, Christa and do wish we could indeed just pick our own doctors to be honest after all we have gone through the last few years.
I have to definitely agree and just like our women's intuition it has never steered me wrong. I have 4 kids and have been a mom for practically 19 years, and every time I take my kids to the doctor I knew what was wrong before the doctor did. Always trust your mom instinct, it has never led me wrong yet.
I cannot tell you how many times this has happened to me too. I thought it was with only specialist like Neurosurgeons who do not listen to me. I have told them many times what was the matter before they did all their CT's etc. Moms know their kids and their behaviors.
Did I miss how Emma is doing after throwing up this weekend?
Diane, it seems that it is most doctors I have had the pleasure in the last few years to deal with both the girls. So, you truly aren't alone and agree moms do know best. As for this weekend, it was Lily not Emma believe it or not. I had drafted last week and then of course Lily was throwing up this weekend. Never dull around here that is for sure!
Amen! mommy intuition trumps everything else in my book…which is why we always need to go with our guts!
I'm with you on this one, Janine. I love my physicians, but I have to say that no one knows her own child like a Mom. I just "know" when things are different than normal. Especially as a new Mom, I often felt patronized, as if I were just a young mommy who didn't know better. I have had health issues with both girls, and I know best when we've crossed the line from a URI to pneumonia or a sinus infection. We've gotta be our children's advocate.
Seana, again totally agree with you, especially when a simple cold does indeed take that turn for pneumonia or a sinus infection, as we have had this happen to us, too here.
Agreed 100%. There's just something about having been with a child day in and day out that helps you know a child in a way their doctor cannot. I like to ask for advice from the doctor and will accept the medication they prescribe, but once back home I always do my own research before giving it to the kids. Many parents out there are looking for a "quick fix" and doctors know this so they will prescribe medication that may not be absolutely necessary. 9 times out of 10 I end up not using the medication. (I'm talking here about your average tummy bugs, flues, etc. With something serious or life threatening, I wouldn't dismiss a doctor's advice as easily). Often I have used natural remedies instead, or decided that I wasn't comfortable with the side effects and would wait to see if it would just run it's course.
A similar scenario with Kiddo1 who'd developed a terrible rash on her neck and the doctor was at a loss to figure out what was causing it. He was a fantastic doctor, though, who liked to prescribe natural healing as much as possible. He told me that it was likely a food allergy and that as the mother I'm the best qualified to figure out what she was reacting to. I realized it was chocolate that was causing this allergy. We took her off chocolate for a couple years and now she's able to eat it again without any problem.
Like you said, trust your gut. No one knows your babies like you do!
Marianne, I agree 110% with you and does sound like from all you described and shared that you have had your fair share, as well with both your kids. Can't thank you enough for sharing with me today and again you said a mouthful that no one knows our babies like we do!
Well I think you know this about me, but I am the biggest believer in mom's intuition. We do really know our kids best and if we think there is something wrong, there usually is. So glad you were able to trust your instincts and get your adorable babies the help they needed!!! I love the pictures of your girls, they are so, so, cute!!
Oh, I think we can extend this lesson to all human beings and not just moms. Trust your instincts. Regarding health, I know my body, much better than a doctor. I know when it is a muscle hurting and when it is something serious. Perhaps that explains why I haven't needed a doctor in over ten years…..I believe in you, Janine, and your kids are in good hands.
AHHHH!!! LOVE IT!!!! I absolutely LOVE all your examples of your gut leading the way!! We are ALL Doctor Moms INDEED. What a great post, Janine!!!
While doctors do have the training, moms almost always know when something is wrong with their children. We know our kids inside and out better than anyone.
Agreed, so much Echo and we do just know are kids through and through for the most part!
You know I love and agree with this post! Thank you for sharing it at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!
I cannot even tell you how many times I had this happen, too. My son ended up having surgery (ear tubes/adenoids removed) because of my own Dr. Mom moment when all the other doctors weren't helping him. Such a believer!
Kim, I am so sorry you did go through that with your son, but sounds like you are a wonderful mom (knew this already though) and definitely love though that you are a believer, too!
As a first time mom, I am taking away a lot from this article. Although we've been quite lucky that our daughter has been healthy thus far, once kids start school I imagine that changes. Thank you for this bit of mom-knowledge passed down!
I could not agree more with you! I have picked up every one of my kids issues, we moms are on the front lines and we just know when something is wrong. Great post!
Thank you Kathy and I know you are an amazing mom, so don't doubt you that you have either!
You really do have to trust your gut instinct, don't you! We have a great pediatrician, but there are still times I choose not to go or to not fill a prescription. Mother knows best!
Totally agree and Mother indeed does know best!!
It wasn't until I had my second (who was at the doctor's office all the time) that I realized that even doctors have differing views about things and aren't always right. I trust their advice, but it was nice (and scary at the same time) to know that they're just human like the rest of us and sometimes we have to trust ourselves to know what's going on with our kids.
Lauren, you said this perfectly. And while I know the doctors do have a wide knowledge base and not discounting their training. I have most certainly found that different doctors do have varying views and not always do they get the diagnosis right for my kids on the first try either. So, I do thank god that I have learned to trust my gut and fight harder when I don't agree for them to take another look at my sick kid.
I always go with my gut, even when everyone questions me. Great post!
My Dr has always said that he trusts a mom's instinct.
I switched to him when no one belived me that Isaiah had started a very bad tick disorder. I took videon and his pediatrician wouldn't even look!!!
I found this new doctor right away, there was no way I was going to let that doc brush me off!
Our new ped is amazing! He's old school, but he listens. When Isaiah was in the hospital last week he called 3 times in one day. Love him. Sometimes people are so afraid to say they don't agree with a doctor, ridiculous, they are people and people make mistakes.
Jen, I know isn't it crazy how people are afraid to challenge a doctor. They are seriously just human and sometimes do make mistakes. Couldn't agree more!
Couldn't agree more with this, Janine!! I think as moms we somehow just know when it is more than what a DR who is trying to squeeze too many people into too short a time tries to say just to get us to move on. Glad that you are so in tune and fight for your girls best interests medically!
Kim, I also agree about these doctors fitting us in and not really wanting to take the time to make the proper diagnosis at times, too. So, you said a mouthful there!
My family calls me a neurosurgeon. I know they are giving me a hard time but I know my son.
Diane, I know you truly do know your son, so definitely can so relate.
This is such smart advice, Janine! And you have done such a great job with your beautiful girls, Dr. Mom!
Thank you so much again, Meredith and honestly just glad I could share a bit of my experiences and advice here.
Absolutely. My experience has taught me not to ignore that feeling. Great post!
Thanks Erin and I know I have also truly learned to follow my feelings on this, too.
My intuition saved my son's life back in 2006. We have a mommy gut for a reason. Great post, Janine!
So, thankful and happy to here that and thank you, Crystal for sharing that with me today.
Ha! I am usually wrong when it comes to this stuff.
Lyz, I truly am right more times then not sadly!
There is no beating Dr. Mom. She is always on call and no one knows her children better than her. I always laugh when a doctor tells me after checking my child that yes MY original diagnosis of the ailment was right!
Jen, I love that, really I do! But seriously, just glad I do know my kids better then I ever could have imagined and that I can always try my best to do do what is right for them.
Yes! Moms really DO know their kids and often are right when it comes to sneaking suspicions of ailments.
When my oldest daughter was born I was super worried about trying her with dairy products. I had no reason to be concerned… there were no dairy allergies in our family. However, the doctor pressed me to try her with yogurt. I couple days later when I did try her with a small spoon of yogurt she had a full-on anaphylactic reaction. It was the scariest experience ever. However, my mommy reaction was calm and collected because I swear I anticipated it.
PS – that toddler picture of Emma is the absolute SWEETEST!
Jennifer, I totally believe you knew that your daughter was indeed allergic and just so glad you knew what to do what the inevitable happened. And thank you so much no only for sharing, but also your sweet comment about Emma, too!! 🙂 xoxo!!
Mom instincts rule, that is for sure. I think it depends on the doctor though. I've moved a few times and experienced several different ones – some good, some not. Luckily the one we have now is overly cautious and will test for anything just to be sure. I would shop for another doctor if I were you.
Debbie, thanks for the advice, I did twice already and am slowly losing my patience and my faith in doctors in general at this point sadly.
Good for you for trusting your instincts! When it comes to our kids, we definitely know best. Though I'm not that good in predicting illnesses. I'm better in the developmental stuff. Like not being too concerned when my kids aren't talking or walking at a certain age.
Lisa, I definitely hear you on the developmental stuff, too, as well!
I agree! We moms aren't always right, but most of the time our instincts are pointing us in the right direction!
So true, Lisa and usually does point us in the right direction!
I keep hearing stories where this point is proven time and again! You have to trust yourself!
Oh I think I need you to come over, too! My partner is a Physician so you know our kids are just screwed. Doctors never know how to help their own family members, ha ha. And it's true, you always have to be the biggest advocate for your child's health … and for your own health too.
Jen, I have slowly become one, too from all of this!
I've always believed this… We KNOW when something is wrong. We just know.
Totally agree Crystal! We just know.
Dr. Mom? My mom was an expert at diagnosing. She really should have been a medical pro. Me, not as much but I always knew when my son was developing an ear infection or strep throat. Showing up at the doctor's office in the morning and being turned away with "it is a virus" …returning agiain that afternoon or the next morning with a miserably sick child and then "oh, NOW it's an ear infection." Would have been so much easier if they trusted my instincts!
Sinea, I know exactly what you mean and have most definitely been exactly where you described on those repeat visits.
YES YES YES score for Doctor Mom! I think I've told you before that Tucker's doctor told us to not worry when he was two and not speaking much and I knew knew knew something more was up. Thank goodness for Dr. Mom!!
You did tell me now that you mention it and I agree thank goodness indeed for Dr. Mom, Kristi!!!
Mom knows best! While it can be hard to go against what a doctor says, I think our motherly instinct kicks in and tells us to dig deeper. Thank God for that!
Totally agreed, Jennifer and do very much thank god for it, too!!
Too true! Mom knows best!
I completely agree! I wish I would've trusted my instinct earlier with Bee and not have gone through with our little drama. I trusted them with Butterfly and was immediately given a prescription and made better. They were surprised I came in so early.
April, I totally have questioned my instincts in the past, too, but when I have followed them as shared here, I have rarely been wrong.
I agree to a point but that line gets blurry. Doctors are human and they do make mistakes and they don't know our kids as well as we do.
But if you are going to a good one they have training, knowledge and experience we don't have so you have to balance that against what you see, hear and feel.
Jack, I agree to a point, as well, but sadly haven't probably found that perfect doctor yet unfortunately.
When the best-trained doctor sees a child and has the absolute best interest at heart, it still pales in comparison to what a mom feels about her baby. she not only cares for that child more than anything, she knows her better than anyone. A doctor ought to always at least consider what a mama says!
Eli, said beautifully and perfectly and would only add that many dads (yourself included) should also be considered seriously with their kids, too in moments such as these.
I couldn't agree with you more on this topic! We know our children – what is normal and what isn't – and God gave us that intuition for a reason! Great post!
You have done very well diagnosing! Christopher used to have ear infections a lot – not to the point of needing tubes thank goodness but I think that is because a lot of them we caught before they got really bad. I would take him to the doctor and say, "I think he has an ear infection." One doctor told me that if I hadn't said that he wouldn't have seen it. But I told him he had all the starting symptoms and he looked a little longer (past the wax buildup) to see inflammation. I never got a doctor to say Christopher was allergic to milk but I did get one to write an allergy note for me because I didn't want it to be given to Christopher at school. I don't know why things have to be so difficult. I didn't need him to take a bunch of test, I just needed to the daycare not to give him milk and use the soy that I brought instead. And for what wasn't costing them a thing, they wanted a doctor note. Good grief.
Kenya, it truly does boggle my mind and I can totally see your point on this. As for the ear infections, Lily was my child who had them and kept this post to just Emma, but if I added Lily, I could probably write a book, as she had about 6 months off and on for one fall into winter with ear infections and like you it got to the point, I just knew even before it really was full blown. Thankfully after that winter she never really got them again and we didn't need tubes either.
Dr. Mom to the rescue! It all boggles the mind. I can generally tell when my kids are sick, like a day before anything shows up! It's all in the way their skin feels or how it looks. I swear photography helps me understand what their skin tones SHOULD be.
And please, please spring – hurry over here and clear our classrooms and our kids of so many viruses!
Tamara, I think your theory totally holds water and love that because of it you can totally see it coming. And as for spring it needs to get here like yesterday now!!
Yup, we definitely do know our children better than anyone!
Yep. I brought Boo in to our (then) family Dr, and said he had ear infections. Dr looked at my happy burbling baby, side eyed me, and said, "I've learned to never ignore a Mom." and checked his ears.
Sure enough, severe double ear infections.
Good job DR. JANINE! :)) We once went to a doctor to have Reiko checked for extreme cough and colds and after that, they sold us medicines. Some doctors are really just out to make money. So sad. Mothers may not be right all the time but I sure believe in a mother's instinct when the situation calls for it.
I love this. This is fantastic. Mom knows best for sure. It looks like your instincts are right on. Keep up the great work mama.
I was JUST having a heated debate with a facebook friend about this very thing. He is a very smart guy, with no kids. I tried to tell him in the least condescending way possible, that until he became a mother he didn't have a leg to stand on. Maternal instinct is a very real thing that we should always stay in touch with. When my daughter was in the NICU I found that the doctors and nurses there had the utmost respect for mom-tuition and would always try a feeding if I said she was hungry, etc. I think you have more than enough proof here for anyone who needs it!
Jen, I think you answered perfectly and very much agree that until someone does become a mother, they just can't understand mother's intuition. Thank you so much for sharing and commenting.
i'm so glad you wrote this post. i feel like i'm not the professional so i wouldn't know anything. but there's something to be said for a mother's instinct. you are so right. we want and know what's best for our babies!
Catherine, seriously couldn't agree more with you if I tried!


6.Explosion - Site de thelastchallenge !
From the monk of the event or the ferryman, one can understand very well, with the reasoning brain, that one causes a fantastic commotion to the interior of the grid, that one moves things, that one stirs up references, coding, that one bursts open many alienating processes. This is the very external appearance of the explosion.
But ultimately, this is a perception of the analytical brain still integrated into the grid. In reality, on the internal level, this explosion is made in the sense of the Emptiness and not in the sense of what is built.
For that it is quite necessary to perceive what the grid is. I gave it this name, because it really functions like this on the mechanical level. There are threads, like netting. It is enough to put electricity on any part of the netting and it will be transmitted in its totality and will electrocute all those who are close by.
But in the netting, between the threads, there is emptiness. This emptiness is the carrier of this Force of the absolute.
In other words, it is the Emptiness which provides for and determines the netting. It is the emptiness which determines the fullness. In fact, it is the silence which determines the word and not the word, the silence. Whoever knows how to handle words perfectly, who understands the richness of the word, knows very well that it is the silence, in the word and between the words, which gives rise to the richness of the word. I could almost say that the dancer knows that what makes the richness of his dance is the absence of the step, the absence of the movement, which sets up the visualization of the real movement.
It is the silence of the movement which sets up the movement itself.
When I speak of a "state of being", it is the same thing as an energetic fabric. However, the term "energetic fabric" is understood better than "state of being", because a fabric has a framework, a set of threads which constitutes it. But it is the gaps between the threads which induce a nourishing space to the fabric and a possible space of life. The difficulty and the stupidity of the grid is that it ended up believing that it was its threads which were determining, whereas it is the spaces between its threads which carry the energy, which permit the existence of the grid, which permit the existence of the fabric. And the grid is so stupid that it increases its threads continuously and decreases the space between them. By this, it is in the process of suffocating itself, believing that it is still increasing its ground of adventure. It is only in the process of strangling itself.
Silence is the carrier space of the energy that permits the entire system to work, this including the grid. It is in this dimension, this comprehension that one has to understand what an explosion in Creation is.
It is to continuously enlarge the spaces between threads of the grid for there to be much more light, much more Force, which nourishes the beings who are in prison inside it.
Therefore, one must not at all believe that it is a combat against the grid, because this would be to remain in the space of the grid. One is continuously on the outside of the threads of the grid, one is in the space of this Absolute which the grid does not master, this space of the Absolute which one continuously enlarges.
When this has been understood, one has ceased waging war against what is useless, with this grid, this reptilian, because in the end it returns to its games and balances itself on its threads. In any case, in this small game, one will one day be electrocuted or wounded very seriously. On the other hand, when one has understood and perceived what the entire power of silence is, what the magnitude of silence is, one will be able to work directly in it. One works only in this space.
It is the space itself which enlarges itself and which pushes back the walls and the limitations that are made around it, without there being a need to occupy oneself with these walls and these limitations.
This is why the Direct Way is also subtitled the "Way of no effort". Not in the contrary sense, which would mean the way against the effort or the laxist, but in the sense of absence of effort. There are no efforts to be made in here. It is not a combat, it is not destruction, it is not a "self-willed" transformation.
It is quite simply the love for that which is beautiful.
And this love develops and causes what is beautiful to radiate, because what one looks at radiates! Quite simply. It is thus here one has to understand that an explosion in Creation is quite simply an explosion of Love. It is nothing else.
The absolute and the relative are mixed. This should be observed with extraordinary precision to see how it functions. It is this precision of working, this very precise knowledge which permits the real liberating step, because one notices that one is not working on what one calls formal, real, but that one is working on the informal, on the unreal, on the emptiness and not the fullness.
Ultimately the flow of emptiness is the full one and this is the whole art of the grid: to always invert the data, to make believe that the fullness is empty and that the emptiness is full.
This Emptiness is full of all this Absolute and it is quite simply Love, the loving commitment for it, for all that it carries, which makes it radiate, like when one says to someone: I love you.
But there are not so many people capable, from the heart, of saying to this Dimension "I love you", because they perceive that there will be a vibratory transfer which will make them leave their system and which they will no longer control.
Therefore there are very few people who have this capacity, this commitment, this vibratory state where they can really say to this dimension of creation: I love you. This is why it is so difficult to make this space between the meshes of the grid vibrate, because there are not many who love it.
When there is not enough love to make this space explode, there are the practices, the techniques that I have installed. I have already spoken of this. The practice is not the Love itself, even if it has ensued from it. The practice is there to develop the love for this space, because by working with it, it gives more breathing and air to whoever is on the threads… and through better living, this person will perhaps become in love with this space, instead of only benefiting from it.
It is this sincere love, which is no longer a love in search of results, which is not an "I love you and thus you owe me something", which is not an "I love you, so love me"; it is a very sudden "I love you" that alone has the capacity to make this space explode. Creation explodes and the grid cannot resist this explosion.
Yet one has not attacked the grid.
It is a waste of time. It is a loss of vitality.
And it is moreover a total idiotic action, because whoever thus attacks the grid is therefore on its threads. If this person electrocutes the grid, he also electrocutes himself.
So, it is another Dimension. It is another intention with the vibration of the universe, which always comes down to the same data: it is a loving act; it is a loving commitment. It is a loving gift, it is to really say "I love you" to the one whom one loves. In this "I love you", there is no intention of a return. One quite simply loves and one loves so strongly that it is a suffering; it is almost sad, painful. It is a gentle pain.
So, either one loves spontaneously, or one can, perhaps, end up loving through the practices that I have shown and installed. Perhaps!
In any case, one always returns from there to the only possibility of an explosion in creation: it is an absolutely loving act. If this does not occur, there is no explosion in Creation and the grid will install complementary threads on the energetic fabric of the being and everything will suffocate itself. It is a suicide. Except that whoever is in this circuit does not have any perception of it… not that this person is idiotic in the sense that he decided to commit suicide, but he does not have the capacity, the vibratory system, allowing him to perceive that this Emptiness, this space here, is the space which allows him to exist, which provides him with energy, that this Emptiness is the very matter which makes him be Him. When he completely cancels out this Emptiness, he does not exist any more, there is no more breathing.
When one is stabilized in Creation, one is stabilized in space and one will no longer let oneself be electrocuted by the threads of the grid… one does not even occupy the grid any more! One has the capacity to continuously enlarge this space which radiates and will touch all those who are balancing on the threads of the grid and who have enough of this entire game and of jumping like small puppets each time the grid sends out a small electric impulse.
Here is the purpose of our movement, of our action: to be in this space of Emptiness, in this Silence. And like I often said, only Silence loves and Action ensues from it and there is no trace. It is as if Love had come into being out of this Silence. But this Silence, therefore, came into being out of Love.