 blanket, what makes it special? We thought that the straps onto the bed were it but it really wasn’t. Especially since there are already so many blankets with the same purpose like the Swaddle Blanket.
We looked into heart rate monitors and found some that drew our attention like this Heart Rate Monitor except with our budget it would be too expensive. Plus we would also have to work with the alarm. So now we have decided that our devices purpose is to prevent suffocation, we will do so by attaching straps onto the blanket that will secure the baby in place and straps that will secure the blanket onto where it is placed, like a baby’s crib. Choosing the dimensions and creating it will consist of the engineering portion. And for the biomed we will look more into the head development and how our device can conquer that issue. Overall making a great device.
Remembering Sketchup and Inventor Skills- Jessica H.
BOTSWANA on Monday said it will lobby southern African leaders for an audit of Zimbabwe's disputed elections, calling into question the fairness of President Robert Mugabe's victory.
In a statement, Foreign affairs minister Phandu Skelemani said Botswana was concerned that Wednesday's vote had not measured up to Southern African Development Community (SADC) guidelines.
He said although the election day itself had been "free of overt intimidation and violence", there was evidence that the electoral process was undermined by a number of irregularities.
"Various incidents and circumstances were revealed that call into question whether the entire electoral process, and thus its final result, can be recognised as having been fair, transparent and credible," Skelemani said in rare African criticism of the vote.
The statement contrasted sharply with the unqualified endorsement given by South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma. The leaders of Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania have also congratulated Mugabe on his victory.
Gaborone's assessment appeared to suggest differing views within the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) grouping. Observers from Botswana were part of a SADC team which monitored the last week’s presidential and parliamentary polls.
Western nations have voiced serious doubts about Zimbabwe's election - slammed as "fraudulent" by the opposition - after it extended 89-year-old Mugabe's 33 years in power.
SADC said it was "free and peaceful" but stopped short at saying it was fair.
A dossier of irregularities witnessed by Botswana's 80 member observer team will be shared with SADC, the African Union and the international community.
The 15-member regional SADC will then be lobbied to approve an independent audit of the vote during its heads of state meeting later this month in Malawi.
"We need an audit to enable us to pronounce as to whether the elections meet the SADC guidelines," Skelemani told journalists.
Botswana's observers had spotted various incidents prior to the elections though the voting day was "free and peaceful", he said.
President Ian Khama is one of the few African leaders to openly criticise Mugabe.
In 2008, Harare's diamond rich neighbour refused to accept the veteran leader's re-election in chaotic polls.
I don't think that he can know the answer to any of them if he doesn't know how many fingers she is holding up. If the number is 2 then it could be yes or no depending on how many fingers she has up. Yes if she's holding up 4. No if it's anything else. If the number is 3 and she is holding up 4 fingers or less then the answer is no. But if she's holding up 5 fingers then it's yes. My ex was weighing me down for years. I trained and competed in jiu-jitsu which was constantly a struggle with her. Then I started CrossFit to improve my BJJ game and I was surprised by how nutrition and fitness was just a way of life for some people. That their value structures included self maintenance and improvement. That, plus years of differing values, quickly drove a wedge between us and we broke up. Not even a month later I changed my class time at the gym, started talking to the trainer for that time slot for real, and a relationship was born. 
I went on to get CrossFit certified, weightlifting certified, train classes, eat better, etc. And, that trainer and I married. :)

So, yeah, I'm just saying..similar values are important. And everyone should have "human body maintenance" as a value. 

Just keep embracing these new things you can do and imagine what you can do!

Best of luck..and keep us posted. :)

p.s. Wife and I will be meal prepping in about 2 hours. ;)Translate the following sentence to French:
In the absence of evidence of any direct effect of parasites, we conclude that an increase in the average parasite load is probably not the cause of the long-term decline in clutch size at La Pérouse Bay.
En l'absence de preuve, nous devons conclure qu'une augmentation du fardeau moyen de parasites n'est probablement pas la cause de la diminution à long terme du nombre d'oeufs par couvée à La Pérouse Bay.Snot It is the gross game of bogey fun! Put on the snot glasses and try to collect the right colour boogers from the spinning bowl. Beware of the purple boogers: if someone picks one up, everyone shouts "SNOT IT" as fast as they can. The last player to shout must put a booger back in the bowl. First person to collect 10 wins.Summer in Maine would not be summer in Maine without potlucks, picnics, and bean suppers. I am a sucker for all these get togethers and revel in the conversations, traditions, and food we share.
Last night was the Pemaquid Watershed Association Annual Meeting at the Willing Workers Hall (1897) in New Harbor. I made a large pasta salad, hey, not that original, but it is HOT here, and this seemed like the right thing. The bow tie veggie pasta in shades of orange, green, and ivory looked smashing in a wide glass bowl scalloped with a garland of garlic scapes.
I don't know about your luck with making this summer staple tasty, but I've always had a problem infusing it with flavor. This time I used my big marble mortar and crushed 2 cloves of garlic in a teaspoon of sea salt, then drizzled in about 3/4 of a cup of extra virgin olive oil, which I tossed with the hot pasta. Yum, very garlicky. Next, Jeff and I diced red onion, tomatoes, garlic scapes, red pepper, and cucumber, and tossed it with freshly snipped basil. Still a bit blah, so I mixed the zest of one lemon and about a tablespoon of seasoned rice vinegar. Not bad, but not the greatest. Any suggestions on how to make the pasta hold even more taste?
My caretaker at Sunflower House sent along a group of photos of my gardens as they look today. YIKES, I need to get in there with my shears and harvest that lavender. Oh, and I wouldn't mind a few nectarines, lemons, limes, figs, lettuce, herbs, and more.
The tall pots past my potting shed hold the strawberry popcorn, zinnias, coreopsis, and more. The corn is now about 5' tall!
The tin butterfly bucket is in full bloom.
The lavender beds in our front yard. Nectarine, pluots, plums and lemons.
The back 3-B garden for birds, bugs, and beneficials.
A Pismo concord seedless grape I planted from a whip three years ago.
Check out the bronze lettuce and chard in the potager.
Please visit my Lowe's Garden Grow Along post for some super container ideas.
Sharon ~ Your pasta salad looks and sounds yummy.
Your CA gardens are fabulous. Look at all those purples!!! Those pictures inspire me. You have really created lovely gardens and I'm sure they are a joy to walk and work in.
 Bonnie and I visited with Kathleen yesterday and had a fabulous time! Glad you are enjoying Maine!
Your California gardens are flourishing. No surprise there!  My dh is the one I turn to with seasoning tips and he is out riding his mountain bike. I use seasoned rice vinegar too and I am sure it tasted delish.
What a beautiful, comfortable garden! It must be a great joy to linger there.
I am by no means a pasta salad expert, but I do make a mean olive oil dipping sauce. My experience with that suggests you might be able to pull more flavor from the herbs and garlic by letting them steep in the oil for a while before combining the other ingredients.
I am with you - on the fact that my pasta salada usually taste bland. Your gardens look wonderful and I believer I will plant more in pots next Spring.
Aaaah, to be bug in your garden, drunk on pollen and nectar!!
I've missed you, Sharon, and think of you often.
To gussy up that pasta salad, and any potato salad, please try COOKING a dressing. Take those crushed garlic cloves, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper, maybe a bit of mustard and some thinly sliced shallots. When it's all hot and syrupy, pour it over the cooked pasta and toss. Then add olive oil and toss again. I've found that