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Baby shower gifts help prepare new parents to bring their little bundle of joy into the world. They are used throughout the phases of their child?s life, and some gifts stand the test of time, staying in the hearts and lives of families throughout their lives. When I shop for a baby shower gift, I try to find one-of-a-kind items or a gift that is personalized whenever I can. One of the hottest gift ideas for any mom who is having a daughter is a Disney couture Cinderella necklace. The mommy can enjoy wearing it for a few years and can pass it down to her daughter to wear on special occasions. Pulling the beautiful Disney couture Cinderella necklace out of your jewelry box, showing it to your toddler, and telling her that some day it will be hers is a very special way to teach your little girl about treasure and keepsake items.

I did this with my own daughter with a special Disney necklace that I received as a gift. We both enjoyed looking at the item in my jewelry box, and my Disney necklace was always the first thing that she wanted to see. I eventually let her wear it for special occasions when she was a little bit older, and I have now given it to her to keep in her own jewelry box.

Types of Jewelry that Make Great Shower Gifts

One time I was going to make a gift basket for my co-worker?s baby shower. I wanted to give her the beautiful Disney couture Cinderella necklace as a special gift, but I wanted to surprise her in a unique way. I decided to make a small basket a baby grooming basket. I filled it with baby grooming items that she would be able to use in the first few months of her baby?s life, as well as when the baby was older.

The Disney couture Cinderella necklace was a beautiful Cinderella platinum-plated pendant necklace shaped like a large key. It was embellished with rhinestones and had lots of bling! My friend could wear it for a while, and when her baby got to be a little bit older, she could pass it down to her. I also wanted a very special keepsake gift to give the baby to use now. I considered buying a pink plastic set that was very cute, and it had a little frog painted on the back that looked hand-painted. I decided to pass it up because although it was cute, a personalized set would likely become a keepsake in the future. The plastic set would likely break and be thrown out. I went online and ordered a sterling silver baby comb and brush that both had the baby?s name on them. I disguised the Disney couture Cinderella necklace and the comb and brush set by surrounding them with organic shampoo, baby wash, and baby shampoo. Then, I tucked two organic cotton bath mitts into the basket. My friend was really happy with the bath products for her baby, but when she saw the Cinderella necklace for her daughter, she was totally shocked and happy.

Choose a Gift that is Embroidered or Special in Some Way

The same goes for receiving blankets and other baby clothing that is often given for baby shower gifts. Why choose a plain receiving blanket when the mom will probably get some from the hospital, plus numerous others from friends? But this is still a great gift choice if it is unique and special. There are soft, Coyuchi organic cotton receiving blankets that have adorable embroidery on them that would make a really unique gift. These types of gifts are keepers and will probably be passed onto future generations.

I have come to the conclusion that if I am going to spend a certain amount of money on a gift, then I should spend that money wisely. Choosing something unique is worth the extra money because of its uniqueness. The mom and baby will probably use a unique gift more often, while plain and ordinary sheets, bedding, and grooming items are stuck away in a drawer or used all up and discarded. Instead of giving a plain gift, why not choose something soft, cozy, and extra special like Coyuchi organic cotton sheets for the newborn?s crib? As an added bonus, baby will not have any chemicals near their skin since organic cotton is raised without toxic chemicals.

Choose a Gift that Will Get Plenty of Use

Of course you will want to know that the gift you give to your friend for their baby shower will be used many times. To make sure of this, you can choose a practical gift for the new mom, like a video monitor system. She will surely get a lot of us out of it when she is in another in the house, and you?ll save her a lot of steps from needing to go into the nursery to check on the sleeping baby. I have always had audio monitors for my children, and these are also very good and cost much less than the video monitors. The monitors are small enough to stick in your pocket if you are carrying groceries into the house or are in the middle of an important task and you want to hear the baby if they wake up.

Another useful baby shower gift that is great for the new mom and baby is a baby sling. These are often made of organic cotton if you?re as concerned about the environment for your kids? futures as I am. Organic cotton is grown without the use of anything toxic or chemical, and they don?t have any hint of a ?chemical smell.? I was totally surprised to discover that all fabrics are coated with toxic substances to keep them crisp and looking good. This is, all fabrics except for organic cotton. Buying an organic cotton sling will really be appreciated because it will probably not be washed before use, so baby?s delicate new skin will only touch the pure softness of the fabric.

A baby bath tub filled with an organic bath sling is another great shower gift idea. If there are multiple givers of this gift, you may be able to fill it up with organic baby shampoo and baby wash, as well as an organic cotton bath towel set. Organic towels are also soft and cozy, so baby will love being cuddled in them after they get out of the water.

If you look online, you will be able to find some good buys on organic towels and baby bedding that is not only functional, but also super cute. It?s great to be able to look at websites to see what they offer while sitting in a comfortable chair at home rather than running all over town looking and price-checking. I love that I can be assured that my purchase is secure and I know that whatever I order will be at my doorstep in only a few days.

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60-Second Earth | Energy & Sustainability

A new analysis shows how the summer Olympics helped clear the air in Beijing--and combat climate change. David Biello reports

July 30, 2012

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Bejing often suffers choking air. But there's now one more thing proven to dissipate it: an Olympics.

The 2008 summer games impelled those in charge of the Chinese capital to clear the air. Not only did they banish smog and smoke, they also inadvertently cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 96,000 metric tons during the games. That's according to a new analysis published in Geophysical Research Letters on July 20th. [Helen M. Worden et al., Satellite-based estimates of reduced CO and CO2 emissions due to traffic restrictions during the 2008 Beijing Olympics]

The key was banning half of all the private cars in the city from driving on any particular day during the event. The finding suggests that individual choices like whether to drive or take public transit to work have major cumulative effects.

London's so-called congestion charge for driving in town likewise cuts traffic and pollution. This year, London is bidding to have the most environmentally friendly Olympics ever.

That includes building new stadiums atop former industrial sites and urging fans to choose public transit, walking or cycling. But the British may not match the Chinese achievement, or even attempt to make the London games carbon neutral. The Olympics that finally achieves zero carbon would really merit a gold, for green.

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The late Stone Age may have had an earlier start in Africa than previously thought ? by some 20,000 years.

A new analysis of artifacts from a cave in South Africa reveals that the residents were carving bone tools, using pigments, making beads and even using poison 44,000 years ago. These sorts of artifacts had previously been linked to the San culture, which was thought to have emerged around 20,000 years ago.

"Our research proves that the Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa far earlier than has been believed and occurred at about the same time as the arrival of modern humans in Europe," study researcher Paola Villa, a curator at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, said in a statement.

The Later Stone Age in Africa occurred at the same time as Europe's Upper Paleolithic Period, when modern humans moved into Europe from Africa and met the Neanderthals about 45,000 years ago.

"(T)he differences in technology and culture between the two areas are very strong, showing the people of the two regions chose very different paths to the evolution of technology and society," Villa said. [ 10 Mysteries of the First Humans ]

Hints of culture
Traces of civilization have been found going back nearly 80,000 years in Africa, but these fragments ? bone tools, carved beads ? vanish from the archaeological record by about 60,000 years ago.

In fact, almost nothing is known about what happened in Southern Africa between 40,000 and 20,000 years ago, Villa and his colleagues wrote online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This gap makes it hard to link middle-Stone Age societies to the ones that came later.

The researchers brought the latest in dating technology to bear on a site on the border of South Africa and Swaziland called Border Cave. They found that a number of the artifacts in the cave were much older than expected. [ See Amazing Cave Photos ]

Ostrich eggshell beads, sharp bone points likely used for arrowheads, and notched bones were among the fragments of life dating back thousands of years before the San were thought to have emerged. One long-bone tool is decorated with a spiral incision that was then filled with red-clay pigment. A set of warthog or pig tusks shows signs of grinding and scraping. Other bones are marked with notches, as if they were used to keep a tally of something.

The researchers also found beads, several apparently deliberately blackened by fire, one dating back more than 38,000 years. A piece of wood associated with a stone with a hole through it was dated to about 35,000 years ago. The tool appears to be an early digging stick of the sort used by the later San people to unearth roots and termite larvae.

Oldest poison
The researchers also dated a lump of beeswax mixed with toxic resin that was likely used to haft, or attach, stone points to the shafts of arrows or spears. The beeswax dates to about 35,000 years ago, making it the oldest known example of beeswax being used as a tool.

Finally, researchers dated a thin wooden stick scarred with perpendicular scratches. A chemical analysis revealed traces of ricinoleic acid, a natural poison found in castor beans. It's likely that the stick was an applicator used to put poison on an arrow or spearheads, the archaeologists reported. At about 20,000 years old, the applicator marks the first use of poison ever discovered.

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"The very thin bone points from the Later Stone Age at Border Cave are good evidence for bow and arrow use," Villa said. "The work by d'Errico and colleagues (published alongside Villa's group's report in the same journal) shows that the points are very similar in width and thickness to the bone points produced by San culture that occupied the region in prehistoric times, whose people were known to use bows and arrows with poison-tipped bone points as a way to bring down medium and large-sized herbivores."

The ancient dates help fill in a continuity gap of human civilization, said study researcher Lucinda Backwell, a researcher in palaeoanthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

"The dating and analysis of archaeological material discovered at Border Cave in South Africa has allowed us to demonstrate that many elements of material culture that characterize the lifestyle of San hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were part of the culture and technology of the inhabitants of this site 44,000 years ago," Backwell said.

It seems plausible that these technologies arose 50,000 to 60,000 years ago in Africa and later spread to Europe, Villa said.

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For the last year, we've been following the story of a little boy named Cash Hyde from Missoula. The world has been following, too. Cashy is believed to be the youngest cancer patient in the country whose treatment was being supplemented by cannabis oil. That fact has made his story travel around the world. But, it's Cashy's smile that stays with me. That's why it's heartbreaking to share the news that Cashy's brain tumor has returned.

"Everyone hold your babies close tonight," Cashy's mom Kalli posted on Facebook Friday. "We found out a hour ago that our baby boy cashy is now battling brain cancer again for the third time. Life is so unfair. I'm mad, sad, angry, confused, enraged, and scared to death. Keep him in your prayers please."

Cashy's family has been very forthcoming about his battle. They've risked judgement and even legal prosecution for sharing what they've done for their son. As they told kxly in a special report last year, they made the decision to give Cashy cannabis oil because the cancer drugs were wreaking havoc on his little body. He hadn't eaten in weeks. They gave Cashy the oil without his doctors' knowledge - and, almost immediately, he started to eat and feel better. They believe the oil saved his life and brought back their little boy. They wanted the world to know - and, wanted other patients to have access to cannabis oil. They've taken their message to national media and have received their share of criticism. But, they've always been clear about one thing: they'll do anything to save their little boy's life. Now, sadly, they're facing that battle again.

Cashy's dad Mike posted this on Facebook Sunday night:

Relapsed PNET is almost always fatal and there are no good chemotherapy or other curative therapies available. There are trials looking at bone marrow transplantation with aggressive chemotherapy and use of novel biologic agents, but most of these are currently experimental. This is why we must demand for safe access to cannabis, it may be Cashy's only hope!!

I don't know what's next for Cashy. I just know no 4-year old child should have to face this. No parent should have to put on a brave face while their little boy faces needles and treatment and months-long hospital stay. No big brother should have to cry himself to sleep because he's worried about his little buddy. And, no little sister should have to grow up without knowing the big brother that came before her.

I'll do my best to keep you updated about Cashy's condition. In the meantime, there are a couple of ways you can help. You can visit the Cash Hyde Foundation and see what Cashy's family has done for other children facing this horrible monster. And, you can pray for and think of this brave little boy. That's what I'll be doing for this little boy whose smile I'll never forget.

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Bryant McKinnie?s back in Baltimore, with an apparently bad back.

McKinnie told Aaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times he?s been missing from Ravens camp because he slipped and fell outside his South Florida home and twisted his lower back.

?I had an accident. I?m over it. I?m here to play football,? McKinnie said.

McKinnie?s been MIA since camp opened and was placed on the reserve/did not report list, incurring fines of $30,000 per day.

?Of course, I?m glad to be back,? McKinnie said. ?I?m kind of disappointed, though. ?I?ve been training hard, I?ve been boxing and doing all this stuff. To have a setback like this is disappointing.

?Why isn?t anybody saying I got hurt? I don?t know what people thought was going on. How I got hurt is running out of the house. It was slippery and I fell and hurt my lower back. You can?t be playing football when your back is hurting. When I fell, I said, ?I know I ain?t going out like this.??

McKinnie?s bewilderment at anyone wondering where he was ignores one significant point: With him, it?s always something.

The Vikings ran him off for being overweight, and he?s worked to get that under control with the Ravens. But they?ve moved Michael Oher to left tackle for the moment, and may be inclined to leave him there, if McKinnie can?t get on the field and do something.

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BEIRUT (AP) ? The Syrian government launched an offensive Saturday to retake rebel-held neighborhoods in the nation's commercial hub of Aleppo, unleashing artillery, tanks and helicopter gunships against poorly armed opposition fighters.

Yet after a day of fighting, the rag-tag rebel forces remained in control of their neighborhoods in Syria's largest city, said activists, suggesting they had successfully fought off the government's initial assault.

The international community has raised an outcry about a possible massacre in this city of 3 million but acknowledged there was little they could do to stop the bloodshed. The foreign minister of Russia, a powerful ally of Syria, said it was "simply unrealistic" for the Syrian regime to cede control.

The state-controlled al-Watan newspaper celebrated the assault with a banner headline proclaiming the fight for Aleppo "the mother of all battles."

The rebels are estimated to control between a third and a half of the neighborhoods in this sprawling city, especially a cluster in the northeast around Sakhour neighborhood and in the southwest.

They began their attempt to wrest this key city from the government's control a week ago. About 162 people have been killed, mostly civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which does not include soldiers in its toll. Some 19,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011, estimated the group.

For Saturday, activists estimate that at least two dozen have died so far in the day's fighting.

Local activist Mohammed Saeed said the rebels have managed to keep the regime's tanks at bay so far with rocket-propelled grenades.

"The army hasn't been able to take any neighborhoods yet, there are too many from the Free Syrian Army," Saeed said, referring to the rebels.

He estimated that about 1,000 fighters had poured into the city in the past few days to take on the Syrian army, which had been massing forces around the city ahead of its attack.

By the end of Saturday, according to the Observatory, the government appeared to have pulled back from its ground offensive and was resuming its bombardment of various neighborhoods with artillery. Attack helicopters pounded rebel positions.

There were few details about the attack in the state press, although it issued a long list of victories across the country against the "terrorists," as the rebels are referred to, a sign of widespread fighting.

The international community has expressed growing concern that there could be major bloodshed if Syrian troops retake Aleppo. But Western nations and their allies have found themselves powerless to prevent the situation from deteriorating despite a series of diplomatic efforts, including a cease-fire agreement that never took effect.

Kofi Annan, who brokered the agreement, expressed concern Saturday about the weapons buildup in Aleppo. "I remind the parties to the conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law, and urge them to exercise restraint and avoid any further bloodshed."

In a statement, the Arab League expressed "deep dissatisfaction for the Syrian regime's acts of oppression," particularly the use of heavy weapons against its own people. It urged Syria "to stop the cycle of killing and violence and lift the siege off the Syrian neighborhoods under attack."

The group's deputy chief, Ahmed Ben Hali added that the Arab states were preparing a resolution in front of the United Nations General Assembly calling for the creation of safe havens to protect civilians and to apply further sanctions on the regime.

Measures passed in the General Assembly are largely symbolic and not binding. The West and its Arab allies have been unable to pass effective resolutions in the more powerful Security Council. China, and especially Syria's close ally, Russia, have vetoed any attempt to sanction Bashar Assad's regime.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday called the bloodshed in Aleppo a tragedy, but asked what else could the government do against the rebellion.

"Now the city of Aleppo is occupied by the armed opposition; another tragedy is imminent there," he said. "How can it be hoped that in such a situation the government will simply give in, say 'Okay, I wasn't right, overthrow me, change the regime ? it's simply unrealistic."

Russia has been a key source of support for Syria, although Moscow officials in recent months have said they are simply taking a more even-handed approach while the West offers support to the rebels.

French President Francois Hollande even chided Russia and China on Saturday, asking them to "take into consideration ... that it will be chaos and civil war if at some moment Assad isn't stopped."

It's been a difficult two weeks for the Syrian government, with assaults on its two main cities, a bomb that killed four top security officials and a string of high-profile defections.

The country's military apparatus, though, has remained intact and continues to crush the opposition's remnants in Damascus and its outskirts.

If they really try to make a stand in Aleppo, the rebels risk being annihilated by superior firepower, and may instead withdraw to preserve their forces as they did in Damascus last week.

Italy welcomed Friday's release of two Italian electrical engineers, who had been captured eight days ago by militants.

Domenico Tedeschi and Oriano Cantani, who worked on power plants, told reporters in Damascus that they had been kidnapped by five or six masked men who intercepted their car as they drove to the airport. They were later rescued by the Syrian army.

Amid the fighting, three Syrian athletes took part in the first day of competition in London's Olympic games in swimming, shooting and boxing.

All were defeated, including Wessam Slama, a bantam weight boxer who was one of Syria's better medal hopes.

The team's leader, Maher Khayata, whose family is currently trapped by the fighting in Aleppo, said their thoughts were always on the situation at home.

"We would like to return with an Olympic medal," he told The Associated Press, "but what we want more is to return to our homeland with the news that fighting has stopped and nobody is being killed anymore."

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Associated Press writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Colleen Barry in Rome, Barbara Surk in London and Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.

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