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FM comments---------------- Stocks opened sharply higher Monday after re-assuring comments on the market situation by finance minister P Chidambaram on the health of
Indian economy.
He expressed confidence that India can weather the storm of financial crisis blowing across the world saying the country`s economic fundamentals and the banking system were strong.
National Stock Exchange`s benchmark Nifty climbed 88.75 points to 3368.70.
Bombay Stock Exchange`s 30-share Sensex surged 344 points to 10872 from Friday`s close.
Asian markets were on recovery path Monday after Australia guaranteed bank deposits and European leaders agreed to support lenders in a global effort to end the credit crisis.
Hang Seng rose 0.31 per cent, Straits Times added 0.52 per cent and S&P/ASX climbed 3.68 per cent. Japanese markets are closed for a national holiday.
Wall Street futures indicated a sharp rebound ahead of the opening bell on Monday. Dow Jones Industrial futures rose 235 points, or 2.8 per cent, to 8,605. Standard & Poor`s 500 futures jumped 19.25, or 1.50 per cent, at 1,309.00; and Nasdaq-100 futures added 22.10, or 2.48 per cent, at 913.10.
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Chidambaram: We Don\`t Take A View On Rupee, Rupee Will Find Its Own Level 
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Chidambaram: We Don\`t Take A View On Rupee, Rupee Will Find Its Own Level ...
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Financial crisis had triggered rumours about the fate of domestic banks, specifically ICICI Bank. However, global rating agency Moody's has given the bank's UK operations a good grading, declaring that the ICICI Bank UK has a robust asset quality, liquidity and a high level of capitalisation. ...
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This morning, I thought to put an effort to give mutation to some popular sayings. The entangled result :
1. Buy and nobody buys with you, sell and everybody sell with you.
2. A dollar in hand is worth two hundred in any of Bush`s banks.
3. Where there is a home, there is a dying mortgage house.
4. Index helps those, who help shorting selves.
5. Realty is the best cruelty.
True Companion...
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Cognitive Therapy :
Cognitive restructuring is a method for fundamentally undermining and altering the causes of your chronic negative moods and emotions. Practiced regularly and accurately, it enables people to experience their problem moods less frequently, and less intensely. The method is best suited for preventing negative moods from occurring in the first place, or preventing negative moods from getting worse, however. In order for it to work, you need to be capable of thinking logically and rationally. It is very difficult to do that when you are emotional. You must turn to other techniques for calming yourself down when you are feeling upset.
TC-021008-P-02
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We may see the levels of 0.5 to .25 rates in the USA, very bad days for them ahead...
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Dear sambala,
It is a great piece of writing. I don`t know how I missed it for a week. I just saw it.
If `Hinduism` is not mentioned anywhere in the vedas and sastras and if this identity has been created by muslims in the latter stages of history, before they captured power in India, it is a new piece of knowledge for those who speak about hindu and hinduism. Hindustan is not frequently used as a name for India by most of us but always mentioned by muslims. This leads to separatism.
As far as India is concerned, it cannot identify to a particular name for forming any kind of culture. We have vedas but difficult to know who created it and written it. So is Sastras. When we look into Gita, it is like a university, still finding meanings and explanations by different people. Then the Ramayanas. Several people created it at different times. Nobody can take credit for it.
But we have our own way of identification. The way of conflicting views and fighting for each of them. Emotional we all are and not intelligent people.
Patience is something which we have to find out where it comes from.
When we watch the tv channels, we feel that it is for a place to fight. And the fighters are called to be great intelligentia. They catch a word and fight for it till the end without reaching anywhere.
They are trying to teach us that we are really fools.
India is now not a united country. It is being tormented to be treated as states (powerful than the country itself) and regions within the states and zones again within the regions and so and so.
The it is devided into caste domination. Are we heading for total collapse?
I took birth in Kerala (and as called as a malayali). I married a girl from Karnataka (she is called as a kannadiga). We adopted Hindi and our children`s mother toungue is hindi. Where ever we go we cannot specifically identify as related to a particular region. That I treat it as a great value but we are not counted anywhere.
And that is India we have today.
knair
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Hinduism and Vegetarianism
Having well considered the origin of flesh-foods, and the cruelty of fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let man entirely abstain from eating flesh. - Manusmriti 5.49
While most major world religions are traceable to one particular founder, Hinduism has its beginnings in such remote antiquity that it cannot be traced to any one individual. Its roots, however, are firmly planted in the ancient Vedic texts.
Interestingly enough, the word "Hindu" is not actually found anywhere in Vedic scriptures. The term "Hindu" is vague, and even a misnomer. The term was introduced by Muslims from neighboring countries who referred to people living across the River Sindhu, a people who actually held a vast array of religious beliefs. There is no one "Hindu religion."
The original Vedic system is actually quite different from contemporary Hinduism. Both the old and the new, however, converge harmoniously in regard to vegetarianism. Here are some quotes from the Vedas:
"You must not use your God-given body for killing God`s creatures, whether they are human, animal or whatever." (Yajur Veda, 12.32)
"By not killing any living being, one becomes fit for salvation." (Manusmriti, 6.60)
"The purchaser of flesh performs himsa (violence) by his wealth; he who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste; the killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal. Thus, there are three forms of killing. He who brings flesh or sends for it, he who cuts of the limbs of an animal, and he who purchases, sells, or cooks flesh and eats it-all of these are to be considered meat-eaters." (Mahabharata, Anu. 115:40)
Cow Protection
According to India`s traditional scriptural histories, the original cow Mother Surabhi, was one of the treasures churned from the cosmic ocean, and "the five products of the cow" (pancha-gavya)-milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung-were considered purifying. The cow is respected in her own right as one of the seven mothers because she offers her milk as does one`s natural mother. The cow plays a central role in the Vedic ideal for humanity: "simple living and high thinking," a life close to nature and God. Until recently in India`s history, most people lived on tracts of land suitable for complete self-sufficiency.
The cow thus has always played an important role in India`s economy. For example, cow dung serves as an inexpensive fertilizer. Stored in underground tanks, it also generates methane gas that is used for heating and cooking. Cow dung is also an effective disinfectant and is used both as a poultice and a cleansing agent.
The very name for the cows is aghnaya which means "not to be killed."
Vegetarianism and Nonviolence
In the Manusmriti, it is stated that one should refrain from eating all kinds of meat, for such eating involves killing and leads to karmic bondage (bandha).
Elsewhere in the Vedas, the last of the great Vedic Kings, Maharaja Pariksit, is quoted as saying that "only the animal killer cannot relish the message of the Absolute Truth." Therefore, the Vedas inform us to obtain spiritual knowledge, one must begin with being vegetarian.
The Lord`s Mercy
According to the Vedic scriptures, one should offer all foods as a sacrifice to God: "…all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me." (Bhagavad-gita 9.27)
The Gita also clarifies exactly what should be offered: "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bhagavad-gita. 9.26)
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When I was young and free and my imaginations had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world,
As I grew older and wiser I realised the world would not change.
And I decided to shorten my sights
somewhat and change only my country .
But it too seemed immovable.
As I entered my twilight years,in one last desperate attempt,I sought to change only my family,those closest to me, but alas they would have none of it.
And now here I lie on my death bed and
realise (Perhaps for the first time that if
only I`d changed myself first,then by example I may have influenced my family and with their encouragement and support I may have bettered my country and who knows I MAY HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD.
AN ANGLICAN BISHOP....
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There are also jokes online like "Black Mondays used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Now they are coming along more regularly than Delhi Metro trains."
Another SMS doing the rounds says: "Respected Sensex Sir passed away on October 10, 2008 after not keeping well for nine months. The last rituals would be conducted at Lehman Brothers` place."
Another talks about the companies` balance sheets:"Assets are written on the left and liabilities on the right side. But, there is nothing left on the right and nothing is right on the left."
The market value of all the listed companies in India has nearly halved to about Rs 36.5 trillion from the level seen about nine months ago on January 10, the date when Sensex had scaled its record high of 21,206.77 points.
Another joke doing the rounds says that Raj Thackeray is ready to allow non-Mumbaikars to stay in the city, but it would be mandatory for them to invest in the stock market.
There are also some other jokes with political flavour: "Bankrupt allowed to return to their native place without ticket, says railway minister Lalu Prasad; Bankrupt to be given imported wheat free on ration: agriculture minister Sharad Pawar; Stock market losses to be treated as tax deducted at source: finance minister P Chidambaram."
There are also SMSs like "blockbuster Saare Zameen Par (everyone bites dust) enters into 10th straight month at BSE and NSE multiplexes."
Another one says: "When the Sensex was at 21,000, the stock of a single real estate company was ruling close to Rs 1,500. Today, you can get entire sector for the same price and with Lehman Brothers having invested in the sector, further bargain is expected." About global developments also, humour abounds about the crisis and one such joke has gone to the extent of Iceland being auctioned on eBay at a starting price of 99 pence.Some British papers have reported even British Prime Minister Gordon Brown trying his hand at such humours. While giving a speech in London, he quipped on hearing a mobile phone ring,"I don`t know if another bank has fallen."
Taking a dig at government`s rescue packages, one says: "All sports stadiums in USA currently named for banks, insurance companies, or financial institutions will have to be renamed"Federal Reserve Park."
—PTI
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Google has come up with a way to stop people sending embarrassing e-mails when they are DRUNK - Mail Goggles.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow wanted to come up with a system to stop people sending messages they might regret in the morning when they have sobered up.
The Google Goggles make somebody solve some easy maths problems before allowing them to send a message.
If they cannot solve the problem, then they will not be allowed to send mail.
Mail Goggles, currently in a testing phase, can be activated by Gmail users clicking `Settings; at the top of a Gmail page and then going to the `Labs` section.
Writing on a Google blog, Mr Perlow said: "Sometimes I send messages I shouldn`t send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together.
"When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you`re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you`re in the right state of mind?"
The facility is only available late at night or at weekends - the time that Mr Perlow believes people are likely to want to use it.
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Breastfeeding may help reduce risk of aggressive cancer: study
Breastfeeding for at least six months may help reduce a woman`s risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer, according to a study that explored how reproductive factors influence different types of breast cancer.
In the aggressive "triple negative" breast cancer, tumours do not respond to a key regulatory protein called HER2 or to the hormones estrogen and progestin.
Because of that, hormone-based treatments are of little help for triple negative breast cancers, which is more common among younger women. Previous studies have found women with triple negative cancer are more likely to have a relapse.
The latest study looked for patterns among women with three types of breast cancer:
Estrogen-sensitive, also called luminal — the majority of breast cancers that tend to grow slowly.
HER-2 positive — cancers that grow rapidly and tend to have poor prognosis, but can often be treated successfully with Herceptin, according to the American Cancer Society.
Triple negatives.
In the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Cancer, Amanda Phipps, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and her colleagues found triple-negative breast cancer was half as common among women who said they breastfed for six months or more compared with women who hadn`t breastfed.
Estrogen-sensitive or luminal breast cancers were also 20 per cent less common among those who breast fed, the researchers said.
"Our data do support the premise that risk factor profiles vary by breast cancer subtype and that hormonal risk factors have a greater impact on luminal-type breast cancers than HER 2-overexpressing or triple-negative tumors," the researchers said.
Hormone exposure
Until recently, researchers have grouped breast cancer subtypes together when looking for risk factors, but that could miss those found in only certain types.
To help fill this gap, Phipps`s team looked at how reproductive factors such as breastfeeding and age of first menstruation and menopause influenced subtypes of breast cancer.
Starting to menstruate before age 13 was linked to a higher risk of HER2 breast cancer, the researchers found.
Entering menopause late, after age 55, and taking estrogen-plus-progesterone hormone therapy were linked to risk of estrogen-sensitive breast cancer.
The study involved women ages 55 to 79 and included 1,023 cases of luminal breast cancer, 39 cases of HER 2-overexpressing breast cancer, 78 cases of triple-negative disease, and 1,476 controls.
Such an observational study does not prove that breastfeeding helps prevent cancer or that not doing so increases the risk. The small number of triple-negative and HER-2 cases also limits the researchers` ability to draw conclusions, and it is possible that some subtypes were misclassified.
Researchers have speculated that since women don`t menstruate while breastfeeding, they are exposed to fewer hormones. Another possibility is that the structure of breast cells change during breastfeeding, making them less susceptible to mutate.
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Angelina`s boost to breastfeeding
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Lansinoh Laboratories Secures Number One Position in Breastfeeding Accessories
Already the Leader in Breast Creams, Company Makes Gains in Three Other Segments of Natural Feeding Category
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lansinoh Laboratories, a leading marketer of premium products for breastfeeding mothers and babies, has always been the number one manufacturer of breast cream with its high quality Lansinoh(R) HPA(R) Lanolin, the leading topical in its segment. This product has helped establish the "natural feeding" category, which has grown to a segment of interest at drug and mass retailers alike. Within this category, the Company is also the current segment leader in disposable nursing pads and breastmilk storage bags, positions formerly held by major baby product manufacturers.
Lansinoh`s dominance in the cream segment is well known; perhaps less known is that the Company secured the number one position in nursing pads from Johnson & Johnson approximately four years ago, and continues to grow steadily. More recently, Lansinoh surpassed Gerber to become the leading seller of breastmilk storage bags.
In addition to its dominance in key segments of the natural feeding category, Lansinoh`s innovative new product development is responsible for creation of new market segments as well. Its introduction of the popular, number-one selling Lansinoh Clean & Condition Cloths, for example, created the breastfed baby wipes segment, which has since attracted major baby product manufacturers, such as Playtex, to the category.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends women breastfeed exclusively for six months and for 12 months with complementary foods. More than 75 percent of women leave the hospital breastfeeding, however, even with the best intentions, many new mothers discontinue breastfeeding after the first few months. Lansinoh continues to innovate and provide products and resources that help moms continue breastfeeding for the recommended 12 months.
Adding to its line of breastfeeding accessories, the Company launched a line of breast pumps with its introduction of the Lansinoh Double Electric Breast Pump (2006) and the Lansinoh Manual Breast Pump (2007). The Company also introduced its Lansinoh Diaper Rash Ointment (2008) containing a unique blend of ingredients, including the Company`s proprietary HPA(R) Lanolin, offering triple protection for baby`s skin.
Lansinoh Laboratories is a leading international marketer of premium products that support breastfeeding mothers and their babies. The Company`s distribution strength brings its products to consumers around the world, including North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Western Europe. Founded in 1984 by a breastfeeding mother, Lansinoh is committed to developing new products that support mothers, babies and personal health, through internal new product development and selective acquisitions. Lansinoh`s line of breastfeeding accessories and baby products are sold through every major retailer throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
SOURCE: Lansinoh Laboratories
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Lansinoh Laboratories Secures Number One Position in Breastfeeding Accessories
Already the Leader in Breast Creams, Company Makes Gains in Three Other Segments of Natural Feeding Category
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lansinoh Laboratories, a leading marketer of premium products for breastfeeding mothers and babies, has always been the number one manufacturer of breast cream with its high quality Lansinoh(R) HPA(R) Lanolin, the leading topical in its segment. This product has helped establish the "natural feeding" category, which has grown to a segment of interest at drug and mass retailers alike. Within this category, the Company is also the current segment leader in disposable nursing pads and breastmilk storage bags, positions formerly held by major baby product manufacturers.
Lansinoh`s dominance in the cream segment is well known; perhaps less known is that the Company secured the number one position in nursing pads from Johnson & Johnson approximately four years ago, and continues to grow steadily. More recently, Lansinoh surpassed Gerber to become the leading seller of breastmilk storage bags.
In addition to its dominance in key segments of the natural feeding category, Lansinoh`s innovative new product development is responsible for creation of new market segments as well. Its introduction of the popular, number-one selling Lansinoh Clean & Condition Cloths, for example, created the breastfed baby wipes segment, which has since attracted major baby product manufacturers, such as Playtex, to the category.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends women breastfeed exclusively for six months and for 12 months with complementary foods. More than 75 percent of women leave the hospital breastfeeding, however, even with the best intentions, many new mothers discontinue breastfeeding after the first few months. Lansinoh continues to innovate and provide products and resources that help moms continue breastfeeding for the recommended 12 months.
Adding to its line of breastfeeding accessories, the Company launched a line of breast pumps with its introduction of the Lansinoh Double Electric Breast Pump (2006) and the Lansinoh Manual Breast Pump (2007). The Company also introduced its Lansinoh Diaper Rash Ointment (2008) containing a unique blend of ingredients, including the Company`s proprietary HPA(R) Lanolin, offering triple protection for baby`s skin.
Lansinoh Laboratories is a leading international marketer of premium products that support breastfeeding mothers and their babies. The Company`s distribution strength brings its products to consumers around the world, including North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Western Europe. Founded in 1984 by a breastfeeding mother, Lansinoh is committed to developing new products that support mothers, babies and personal health, through internal new product development and selective acquisitions. Lansinoh`s line of breastfeeding accessories and baby products are sold through every major retailer throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
SOURCE: Lansinoh Laboratories
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H&M breastfeeding incident sparks human rights protest
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Jolie breast-feeding photo: triumph or trouble?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.
The photo, taken by Jolie`s partner Brad Pitt, will adorn the November issue of W magazine. Other family pictures taken by Pitt in the weeks after the birth in July of twins Vivienne Marcheline and Leon Knox will appear inside.
"I think it is fabulous. Seeing a celebrity like Angelina Jolie breast-feed can be a role model to encourage women to make a choice that is wonderful for their baby," said Andi Silverman, mom of two and author of "Mama Knows Breast."
"Breasts are used to sell all sorts of products, so to see them used the way nature intended can only be a great thing," Silverman told Reuters.
But while breast-feeding support groups and moms celebrated Jolie`s public statement, one expert said the picture felt like voyeurism, especially given Jolie`s xxx symbol status in movies like "Wanted" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider".
About 70 percent of American mothers breast-feed their newborns but the rate falls dramatically after six months, according to official figures.
Jolie, 33, is not the first celebrity to be photographed nursing her baby. Model Jerry Hall appeared on the pages of Vanity Fair in 1991 breast-feeding Gabriel, her son with Mick Jagger.
But that was a generation ago, and Jolie`s global influence as a style-setter and through her humanitarian travels and support of kids in third world countries, ensured the impact of the photo of her special moments with her baby.
"The response from moms we have seen is that if someone as popular, beautiful and together as Angelina is breast-feeding her children, it inspires other women to do so themselves," said Dr Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with the Momlogic . com website.
Little is seen in the picture of the act of breast-feeding. It shows Jolie smiling, while a tiny hand is just visible at bottom of the frame.
But Fox said the cover photo sends a second message.
"The problem is that she is also an international xxx symbol. So whether or not she says `This is a beautiful way of nurturing my baby`, every man who sees that photo will see those breasts as xxxual."
La Leche League International, the world`s oldest breast-feeding support organization, said the photo was particularly welcome as Jolie has twins.
"Mothers of twins report it takes a lot of time, effort and physical energy to breast-feed. I think the picture is beautiful," said La Leche League International spokeswoman Jane Krouse.
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Jolie breast-feeding photo: triumph or trouble?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.
The photo, taken by Jolie`s partner Brad Pitt, will adorn the November issue of W magazine. Other family pictures taken by Pitt in the weeks after the birth in July of twins Vivienne Marcheline and Leon Knox will appear inside.
"I think it is fabulous. Seeing a celebrity like Angelina Jolie breast-feed can be a role model to encourage women to make a choice that is wonderful for their baby," said Andi Silverman, mom of two and author of "Mama Knows Breast."
"Breasts are used to sell all sorts of products, so to see them used the way nature intended can only be a great thing," Silverman told Reuters.
But while breast-feeding support groups and moms celebrated Jolie`s public statement, one expert said the picture felt like voyeurism, especially given Jolie`s xxx symbol status in movies like "Wanted" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider".
About 70 percent of American mothers breast-feed their newborns but the rate falls dramatically after six months, according to official figures.
Jolie, 33, is not the first celebrity to be photographed nursing her baby. Model Jerry Hall appeared on the pages of Vanity Fair in 1991 breast-feeding Gabriel, her son with Mick Jagger.
But that was a generation ago, and Jolie`s global influence as a style-setter and through her humanitarian travels and support of kids in third world countries, ensured the impact of the photo of her special moments with her baby.
"The response from moms we have seen is that if someone as popular, beautiful and together as Angelina is breast-feeding her children, it inspires other women to do so themselves," said Dr Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with the Momlogic . com website.
Little is seen in the picture of the act of breast-feeding. It shows Jolie smiling, while a tiny hand is just visible at bottom of the frame.
But Fox said the cover photo sends a second message.
"The problem is that she is also an international xxx symbol. So whether or not she says `This is a beautiful way of nurturing my baby`, every man who sees that photo will see those breasts as xxxual."
La Leche League International, the world`s oldest breast-feeding support organization, said the photo was particularly welcome as Jolie has twins.
"Mothers of twins report it takes a lot of time, effort and physical energy to breast-feed. I think the picture is beautiful," said La Leche League International spokeswoman Jane Krouse.
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Angelina`s boost to breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding `perfectly natural`
Yet some folks still find mothering too personal an act for public consumption
EDMONTON - Jennifer Hancock sees nothing wrong or shameful about breastfeeding in public. She remembers once sitting second row at a funeral when she had to discreetly slip out her breast and feed her baby.
"It never occurred to me that I shouldn`t do it," Hancock said matter-of-factly. "I think people would rather me breast-feed than have my baby kicking and screaming at a funeral." On Saturday, she and her six-month-old baby, Canaan, participated in the Global Breastfeeding Challenge 2008, a worldwide event designed to raise awareness of breastfeeding.
Now in its eighth year, the competition challenges mothers everywhere to gather and breastfeed simultaneously, competing to see which city can boast the most babies "latched on" at exactly 11 a.m. local time.
Participating women hail from countries as far away as Russia or Japan. Last year, more than 5,300 babies were counted from 35 different regions.
On Saturday, 27 Edmonton moms showed up at West Edmonton Mall to breastfeed their 30 babies and toddlers. Some mothers even fed two at a time. Hancock said she wanted to do the challenge to "show the normalcy of breastfeeding." She feels society has lost touch with the idea that breastfeeding is a perfectly natural and healthy thing to do. "I think in our society, people see breasts as selling cars," said the mother of two.
"You don`t see people breastfeeding often in mainstream culture." Public breastfeeding has a knack for stirring up controversy. This month`s cover of W Magazine is raising eyebrows with a photograph taken by Brad Pitt of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of their twins.
And in August, 60 women breastfed in a Vancouver H&M store to protest an incident in which staff asked a customer to breastfeed in a change room.
Lee-Ann Grenier arrived for the Edmonton challenge with her two children, 22-month-old Danica and her five-year-old boy, Zale.
Her son doesn`t breastfeed often anymore but on Saturday, Grenier fed both her children while sitting crosslegged on the floor in front of the HMV store.
"I feel it`s really important to support breastfeeding and its visibility in our community," she said. "It`s the one way that I know I`m meeting my children`s needs for security, as well as for food." Grenier remembers once breastfeeding Zale at a swimming pool when he was nine months old and being asked to leave. A woman told Grenier she was being indecent.
"I felt really stigmatized," she said. "I didn`t feel like I was feeding my baby. I felt like I was doing something slutty." But for shopper and passerby Nicole Vander Lugt, 25, the idea of public breastfeeding makes her uncomfortable. She has no children of her own yet but said that "for the sake of modesty," she would never consider breastfeeding in a public space.
"That bothers me," she said. "Not when you`re in the food court. Go find a corner or something and do it there." Her friend Paul McBeth added that although breastfeeding is a natural and often necessary act, some things in life are just meant to be private.
"If you had to administer medication, like stick a needle in your a, you wouldn`t do that in a food court," he said.
This year`s challenge in Edmonton was sponsored by a local breastfeeding group called BLISS. Founder Karen Speed said she hopes to dismantle attitudes that breastfeeding is taboo in public places.
"It`s kind of hard to even make breastfeeding normal in a society that sees breasts as xxxual," said Speed, who participated in the event with her four-month-old daughter, Briar. "When you`re using your breasts for breastfeeding, you`re feeding your babies. That`s what they`re made for."
The Edmonton Journal 2008
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Breastfeeding `perfectly natural`
Yet some folks still find mothering too personal an act for public consumption
EDMONTON - Jennifer Hancock sees nothing wrong or shameful about breastfeeding in public. She remembers once sitting second row at a funeral when she had to discreetly slip out her breast and feed her baby.
"It never occurred to me that I shouldn`t do it," Hancock said matter-of-factly. "I think people would rather me breast-feed than have my baby kicking and screaming at a funeral." On Saturday, she and her six-month-old baby, Canaan, participated in the Global Breastfeeding Challenge 2008, a worldwide event designed to raise awareness of breastfeeding.
Now in its eighth year, the competition challenges mothers everywhere to gather and breastfeed simultaneously, competing to see which city can boast the most babies "latched on" at exactly 11 a.m. local time.
Participating women hail from countries as far away as Russia or Japan. Last year, more than 5,300 babies were counted from 35 different regions.
On Saturday, 27 Edmonton moms showed up at West Edmonton Mall to breastfeed their 30 babies and toddlers. Some mothers even fed two at a time. Hancock said she wanted to do the challenge to "show the normalcy of breastfeeding." She feels society has lost touch with the idea that breastfeeding is a perfectly natural and healthy thing to do. "I think in our society, people see breasts as selling cars," said the mother of two.
"You don`t see people breastfeeding often in mainstream culture." Public breastfeeding has a knack for stirring up controversy. This month`s cover of W Magazine is raising eyebrows with a photograph taken by Brad Pitt of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of their twins.
And in August, 60 women breastfed in a Vancouver H&M store to protest an incident in which staff asked a customer to breastfeed in a change room.
Lee-Ann Grenier arrived for the Edmonton challenge with her two children, 22-month-old Danica and her five-year-old boy, Zale.
Her son doesn`t breastfeed often anymore but on Saturday, Grenier fed both her children while sitting crosslegged on the floor in front of the HMV store.
"I feel it`s really important to support breastfeeding and its visibility in our community," she said. "It`s the one way that I know I`m meeting my children`s needs for security, as well as for food." Grenier remembers once breastfeeding Zale at a swimming pool when he was nine months old and being asked to leave. A woman told Grenier she was being indecent.
"I felt really stigmatized," she said. "I didn`t feel like I was feeding my baby. I felt like I was doing something slutty." But for shopper and passerby Nicole Vander Lugt, 25, the idea of public breastfeeding makes her uncomfortable. She has no children of her own yet but said that "for the sake of modesty," she would never consider breastfeeding in a public space.
"That bothers me," she said. "Not when you`re in the food court. Go find a corner or something and do it there." Her friend Paul McBeth added that although breastfeeding is a natural and often necessary act, some things in life are just meant to be private.
"If you had to administer medication, like stick a needle in your a, you wouldn`t do that in a food court," he said.
This year`s challenge in Edmonton was sponsored by a local breastfeeding group called BLISS. Founder Karen Speed said she hopes to dismantle attitudes that breastfeeding is taboo in public places.
"It`s kind of hard to even make breastfeeding normal in a society that sees breasts as xxxual," said Speed, who participated in the event with her four-month-old daughter, Briar. "When you`re using your breasts for breastfeeding, you`re feeding your babies. That`s what they`re made for."
The Edmonton Journal 2008
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Angelina`s boost to breastfeeding
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SINGLE-HANDEDLY, Angelina Jolie has made motherhood very desirable.
A photo taken by partner Brad Pitt of the stunning mother of twins Vivienne and Knox has made the cover of a magazine and it will do for breastfeeding what Michael Jackson did for soft drink maker PEPSI.
Everyone will want to do it.
Apart from the fact breastfeeding is best, women will appreciate that while they may not be as beautiful as Jolie or live with a bloke like Pitt, breastfeeding is something they could have in common.
I never thought I would say this, but Jolie, 33, should be a spokesperson for motherhood.
She sensibly took a reasonable amount of time - in Hollywood terms at least - to shed her pregnancy kilos.
And, if it is true she suffered post-natal depression after the birth of her children three months ago and has the courage to talk publicly about it, she will become the pin-up of every woman struggling to cope after childbirth.
Despite myself, I like Jolie. I don`t want to because she has so much - the looks, the career, the fame, the bloke and I did worry she was adopting babies willy-nilly in the past.
But that photo of her breastfeeding her baby was genuine and warm. Then she tops if off by crediting her family for her happiness and it doesn`t read like some sort of celebrity fairy-floss.
In an interview with W magazine, Jolie reveals she never wanted to give birth or have biological children until she met Pitt. She says it was his love and acceptance of her adopted children that made her change her mind.
"I`m with a man who`s evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful because of the journey it has taken and what it has created," she says.
It takes a mature woman to reveal that about her partner and to boast she is happiest just being a mum.
"I`m very grounded by my family. I`m very happy and I`m so lucky," she says.
Jolie has grown up.
By Bobyn Riley
October 12, 2008
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SINGLE-HANDEDLY, Angelina Jolie has made motherhood very desirable.
A photo taken by partner Brad Pitt of the stunning mother of twins Vivienne and Knox has made the cover of a magazine and it will do for breastfeeding what Michael Jackson did for soft drink maker PEPSI.
Everyone will want to do it.
Apart from the fact breastfeeding is best, women will appreciate that while they may not be as beautiful as Jolie or live with a bloke like Pitt, breastfeeding is something they could have in common.
I never thought I would say this, but Jolie, 33, should be a spokesperson for motherhood.
She sensibly took a reasonable amount of time - in Hollywood terms at least - to shed her pregnancy kilos.
And, if it is true she suffered post-natal depression after the birth of her children three months ago and has the courage to talk publicly about it, she will become the pin-up of every woman struggling to cope after childbirth.
Despite myself, I like Jolie. I don`t want to because she has so much - the looks, the career, the fame, the bloke and I did worry she was adopting babies willy-nilly in the past.
But that photo of her breastfeeding her baby was genuine and warm. Then she tops if off by crediting her family for her happiness and it doesn`t read like some sort of celebrity fairy-floss.
In an interview with W magazine, Jolie reveals she never wanted to give birth or have biological children until she met Pitt. She says it was his love and acceptance of her adopted children that made her change her mind.
"I`m with a man who`s evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful because of the journey it has taken and what it has created," she says.
It takes a mature woman to reveal that about her partner and to boast she is happiest just being a mum.
"I`m very grounded by my family. I`m very happy and I`m so lucky," she says.
Jolie has grown up.
By Bobyn Riley
October 12, 2008
news. com...
