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Project Car Update: The V8 Edition
By Colin Holte
A quick glance at the project car column should tell you that MotoIQ has a large (and ever expanding) roster of project vehicles. With all these vehicles it can sometimes be tough to keep the updates flowing for each. In some cases vehicles may have even been sold but we still keep them on the project roll for posterity. These articles are intended to share a little bit of the details with you of where some of the project vehicles that haven't seen the spotlight in a while are at in their evolution. In this installment we check in with the V8s: Project Mustang V8 5.0, Project Tundra, Project V8 RX-7, and Project Lexus IS F.
Project V8 RX-7: Goin' Legit (Project RX-7 vs the State of California)
by Jeff Naeyaert
Now that it doesn't look like the world is gonna end we need to get our RX-7 smog legal and on the road! Since the car has been down for surgery with the heart transplant the registration has long since expired. It's only a matter of time before we get busted by the fuzz for old tags and excessive hooning around.
Project Miatabusa part 16: What's That Noise?
by Dave Coleman
There's a complicated string of excuses explaining why you haven't heard from this project in a while. They involve lots of things that have nothing to do with Miatabusas, like buying 90-year old homes, filming zombie movies and machining medical devices, but there was one car-related issue that contributed to this big delay: a horrible, horrible noise.
Project Frankenmiata - The Ultimate Coolant Re-Route
Our Frankenmiata makes almost double the stock power output, and can endurance race in 100+ degree weather with the coolant temp staying under 200 degrees. In more civilized weather, it often stays below 180. There's some magic in our cooling system that I'm going to reveal now for the first time. Of course, this is the first time because I've been too lazy to do it before, not because it's some big secret. Still, it sounds more impactful when I use that "first time" line, doesn't it?
Project V8 RX-7: Part 12 - The Intake & Moment of Truth! (VIDEO INSIDE)
Welp, the last day of Project V8 RX-7 Week is upon us! If you're a rotary zealot or Vh8er and we've been pissing you off all week, your suffering is almost over my friends! All we've got left is the intake and this son of a bitch should be ready to roll!
Project V8 RX-7: Part 11 - Finishing the Driveline
The end is in sight! Only a couple of things left on the TO DO list and the most glaring is our driveshaft and rear end. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a really big deal; you just get up under the car, take a few measurements and head to your local driveline shop where they can either modify your old driveshaft or build a whole new one. But we've got a few other things in mind!
Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 - Power Steering
We want power steering! Even though our RX-7 is pretty light at 2,843 pounds with 3/4 of a tank of gas (to be exact), doing 3 point turns in the neighborhood or negotiating parking lots sucks. That suckness is compounded by the smaller 330mm Sparco steering wheel we're using. Some argue you get better steering feel at higher speeds without power steering, but the best argument for NOT having power steering in your V8 converted RX-7 is that it's a buttload easier to just plumb a bypass line on your power steering rack and ditch the power steering altogether.
The title picture already gave it away, so I'll save the prose, it's time to build an exhaust! This isn't going to be a sissy grandma exhaust either like on Project G35 whose owner couldn't stand how loud the Berk exhaust they originally installed was… in fact, it's the same folks at Berk that are gonna kick it up a notch and help us make a super bitchin' set of pipes that'll make children cry and leave no question in any Rotard's mind that our dead Wankel was replaced with a big ol' hunk of American Iron aluminum!
Project V8 RX-7: Part 8 - The Shifter & Some Engine Dress Up
Hey guys! Long time, no write.. I'm sorry. We've had a lot going on and recalling the last episode of Project V8 RX-7 I hastily titled it "Bringing the E-ROD LS3 to Life (Almost)," which unless we were going to do a lame "(REALLY Close Now)" followup article, committed us to have a running engine by the end of the story. Unfortunately, there turned out to be a lot of things we still needed to cover before turning the key—so much so that our article woulda turned into a novella and lost the attention of even our most devout reader by page 12! Thus, Project V8 RX-7 Week was born!
Project Miatabusa Part 15: AEM Datalogging (& Some RC Plane Parts)
As we inch ever closer to getting Project Miatabusa on a dyno, more and more unfinished business keeps revealing itself. Ok, the car starts and runs now, but it still has lots of disconnected hoses, gauges not working, and untested changes waiting to blow things up.
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The United States men's national team slumped to the occasion in their 2-0 loss to Ukraine in a friendly marred by circumstances on Wednesday. Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Marko Devic dealt Jurgen Klinsmann's squad a harsh blow in a wholly deserved loss. It was the final game in which Klinsmann had his European-based players at his disposal before convening his World Cup camp in mid-May, and he cannot have been pleased with what he saw.
"This game helped us a lot to see where individual players are, collectively where we stand with this group of players," Klinsmann said on ESPN after the match. "Obviously we had to form a couple of new things there, starting from the back line — and you could see that, that they never played together that much."
His motley USA side, comprised of a few regulars and a slew of players on the bubble, were outsmarted by a cunning Ukrainian side. Knowing full-well where the Americans were weak, Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka tore their flanks to shreds while the high defensive line was pelted with through balls.
The tentative American defense let the Ukrainians stroll through its line several times early on. In the 12th minute, a simple ball over the top caught the central defensive pairing of Oguchi Onyewu and John Brooks well out of position. That put Denys Harmash through on Tim Howard's goal by himself. The American goalkeeper made a fine stop on his attempt, but Harmash coolly collected the rebound and laid it wide for Yarmolenko for him to pass the ball into the net.
Just a few minutes later, the Americans were caught out again on a clever play off a Ukrainian corner, but they were saved by a possibly erroneous offside call that time – Alejandro Bedoya actually appeared to keep the play onside. Sloppy and unimaginative in possession, the Yanks produced just two attacks of note in the entire first half. On the first, goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov alertly picked off the cross; on the second, Edgar Castillo's cross wasn't quite right and cleared. And they would give away several more fat chances, which a more incisive opponent might have punished, before the halftime whistle brought a respite.


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Published: December 5, 2012
Annual Open House/Holiday Sale. Shop for gifts made by local woodworkers, jewelry artists, painters, photographers, and other crafters, and take a look at the offerings of the Howard County Center for the Arts. 5:30-8 p.m., Dec. 7, Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, (410) 313-2787, hocoarts.org, free.
Carroll County Christmas Farmers Market. Vendors will be at the Carroll County Farmers Market to help you find gifts for the holiday season. Through Dec. 15, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Carroll County Agriculture Center, 706 Agriculture Center, Westminster, carrollcountyfarmersmarket.com, free.
Downtown Holiday Craft Market. 35 craft and food vendors will sell fine art, handmade crafts, and gifts. Also enjoy lunch and live entertainment. Dec. 11-12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Center Plaza, Charles and Fayette streets, godowntownbaltimore.com, free.
First Annual Craft Extravaganza. Come to the First Annual Craft Extravaganza and get to know some locals who have started up their own businesses. There will also be lots of affordable holiday gifts for sale. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Dec. 8, Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, (410) 727-4808, thebmi.org, $1.
Last-Chance Holiday Craft Show. Charm City Craftivists have got your shopping list covered. Come to this show to pick up gifts and enjoy music, activities for kids, and more. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 8, Faith Community United Methodist Church of Hamilton, 5315 Harford Road, free.
Last Dash Sidewalk Sale. Get your last-minute shopping done at stores on Waverly's Main Street. Dec. 22, Waverly Main Street, 32nd Street and Greenmount Avenue, waverlymainstreet.net, free.
MICA Art Market. A sale featuring original work by over 300 MICA students, alumni, faculty, and staff, including one-of-a-kind gifts from jewelry to ceramics. Through Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave., free.
Winterfest 2012 and Annual Holiday Sale. Cross some of the names off your gift list at this sale of ceramics by emerging and established area artists. Through Jan. 5, Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Ave., (410) 578-1919, baltimoreclayworks.org, free.
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If you had just tried to shake hands with an opponent and congratulate him on a hard fought game and he responded by pushing you by the face and essentially telling you to go to h3ll, you would have been upset too!
The cameras caught him right after the incident. Reporters aren't supposed to catch athletes right after games like that. Ask any pro athlete, coach or executive.
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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (July 17, 2000) - The public is invited to a "Serenade in Blue," the forty-fifth anniversary celebration of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Friday, August 4, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. According to tradition, the "sapphire" anniversary event will take place in front of the Clark's 1955 white marble building, with distinctive desserts, a champagne toast, and dancing to the music of Steve Murray's Berkshire Big Band. Tickets are $45. Reservations are required by July 29. To reserve, call 413-458, 2303, extension 327.
The event is organized by a volunteer committee: Barbara Lesser and Betsy Taylor (co-chairs), Licia Conforti, Linda Conway, Pauline Dion, Susan Gold, Joan Hunter, Alix Labatut, Sonia Massery, Jennifer Trainer Thompson, Rita Watson, and Suki Wilkins. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute opened its doors in 1955, welcoming the public to a collection of art and books that Robert Sterling Clark and his wife Francine had assembled over the course of five decades. The collection continues to grow through purchase and gift. It is best known for an extraordinary group of French Impressionist paintings, which take their place within a wider ensemble of masterworks that range from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. Among the highlights are works by Ugolino di Nerio, Piero della Francesca, Fragonard, Corot, Bouguereau, Turner, and an especially strong representation of American artists, including Homer, Cassatt, and Sargent. The Clark is also noted for its fine holdings of decorative arts and Old Master and nineteenth-century drawings and prints. Its library has grown to become one of the nation's premier resources for the study of European and American art, containing more than 200,000 printed books, bound periodicals, and auction sales catalogues.
The Clark is one of a handful of institutions in the United States that combines a public art museum with a separate series of research and academic programs. As such, the Institute functions as an international center for research and discussion on art as well as its history, criticism, and the institutions that shape and support the field. The Clark Fellows Program brings leading scholars from universities and museums around the world to Williamstown for up to a year to research and develop ideas focused on art and related critical and historical issues. Its conference and symposium program presents one major Clark Conference a year on an issue of importance to the field, as well as symposia, colloquia, seminars, and lectures on a variety of topics. In addition, the Clark houses a master's program in the history of art, the country's foremost program of its kind, which is administered jointly with nearby Williams College.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free through May. For more information call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.


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What Causes Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)?
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is indicated by many small cysts in the ovaries. Health care professionals may also call it polycystic ovary disease, polycystic ovaries, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, or polyfollicular ovarian disease.
PCOS affects about 5 percent to 10 percent of women of childbearing age and occurs among all races and nationalities. It is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age and is a leading cause of infertility. It is estimated that as many as 30% of women have some characteristics of the syndrome.
The ovaries of women with PCOS produce higher than normal amounts of androgens (male hormones) which can interfere with the development and release of eggs. Normally when an egg matures, the follicle (sac within the ovary that contains eggs) releases the egg so it can travel to the uterus for fertilization. With PCOS, the eggs in these follicles may not mature or in some case egg maturation is altered. Instead of being released during the menstrual cycle, the follicles build up in the ovaries and form cysts. Because they are not ovulating and releasing an egg each month it is common for women with PCOS to have irregular or missed periods.
What Causes PCOS?
The exact cause of PCOS is unknown. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is called a syndrome rather than a disease because it has many possible causes or characteristics, rather than one known cause. Although the ovaries of women with this syndrome contain a number of small cysts, women without PCOS may also have a similar number of cysts. For this reason, researchers believe the cysts themselves may not be causing the problem.
It is believed the leading cause of PCOS could be insulin resistance. Women with PCOS are often found to have a malfunction of insulin production, formation, or action. Too much insulin signals the ovaries to release higher-than-normal levels of androgens. Elevated insulin levels are unhealthy and may eventually increase your risk not only for infertility but also for diabetes, certain cancers, and heart disease.
PCOS may also have a genetic predisposition and run in families. However, there is not yet enough scientific evidence to prove the condition is inherited.
If you have PCOS-related infertility it is probably due to the inability of the ovaries to release an egg, or the ovaries are releasing eggs that are not fully developed. However, not all women with PCOS have difficulty becoming pregnant. To learn more about PCOS, visit Fertility Authority's PCOS Channel.
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To connect with other women with PCOS, please join our PCOS Support Group.
My daughter has been trying
My daughter has been trying to get pregnant for awhile now. She is now
going to a specialist and having tests done to see if her uterus or ovaries
are whats causing the problems. She is somewhat overweight which is one thing that is against her. I just learned about this syndrome on Dr. Phil's on T.V. This is going to be something I will talk to her about. Maybe this is something she might have also. Thank You for all the advice.
hi i m 24 when i was 18 i
hi i m 24 when i was 18 i was told that i had poc well all i had was no peiod every thing down there was fine the docs told me all i need to do was lose some weight well i lost 100lbs this year and everything came back no i every m P every 28 day i have never been on time like that i had gasBypass in this year in july so it been like 8 mos do you think that i sitll have it and is do you think it will happen now
I have been told that I
I have been told that I have PCOS. Although my OBGYN never did an ultrasound. He put me on the nuvaring for a year and not much has changed. I have gained even more wait as I told him I would. I have now started seeing a chirporactor for a more holistic approach. She told me that I had a tipped uterus which was news to me. This month was the first time that my cramps were tolerable, I was not an emotional rollercoaster and even intercourse does not hurt like it always has. I will keep trying this approach and see what happens. There is a lot of information about the connection between chirpractic and fertility out there. I am not saying this will work for everyone, but for me it is a better approach than a bunch of medication and hormomes. FIngers crossed!
hello everyone my name is
hello everyone my name is emily and i am 34 years old. i have suffered with irregular periods since i was 16. i have gone 3-5 months wihtout one and then have one that would last 3 weeks. at the time i was on welfare insurance and the clinic told me that i had fibroid tumors like my mom. i was put on the pill until i was no longer covered by welfare insurance. everything was fine for about 6 months then it started all over again. i learned to live with it because i could't afford care. at the age of 24 i was able to find a clinic wiht a family planning program for little to no cost. they put me on pill agian. i had to keep switching the brand of pill i was on for the next 7 years because they would work fine for a while and then i would stop having periods or get severe mood swings. thats when they put me on yasmine. it worked great besides the headaches but i would still miss periods every so many months. two years ago my older sister was diagnosed with pcos and had to go through invitro to have her daughter. the doctors told her that it was very likely that her sisters would have it too. at this point i had finally meet the man of my dreams so we decided that i should stop taking my birth control pill and let nature take its course. that was in may of 09. i haven't had a menstrul cycle since july so i started doing research on my sisters condition to see if i might have it as well. i have had all of these symptoms since i was 16. i have no health insurance so no one will help me. i am so scared that because doctors never looked for this when i did have insurance that i will never be able to have a child with the man i love. i am afraid that it is to late. if any one out there has any advice please help!
im so glad to find out im
im so glad to find out im not alone with this struggle! it all started when i started at age 10. my periods have always been messed up, few and far between, cysts that would rupture and drop me to my knees, cramps so bad i couldnt stand up. bleeding for 3 months straight,skipping for months at a time and huge bloodclots, flooding so much i couldnt go to work. also sex would make me bleed talk about embarrassing! now im lucky if i have 2 periods a year. now im scared cuz im 32 and ready to try for a baby. my boyfriend and i have been ttc since january cuz i actually had a normal period and im actually having one right now. thats a good sign right? the thing that gives me hope is that my sister also has pcos and she did clomid for 6 months then along came my neice emma! so lets keep our chins up and good luck to us all!
when i was a little girl,
when i was a little girl, all I ever thought about was when I grew up I wanted to be a mother. After I got married, we started planning having a family. Well, after years of not having a period, I knew I was going to be challenged. After all the tests, I was told that I had polycystic ovarian disease. I went into depression, for I had 4 sisters who all had children, one who had twins boys. I took the clomid thinking that I might have a chance, but not. After all the surgeries, tests and all the negative pregnancy tests, the doctor knew all along that I could not have children. My husband told him not to tell me in fear that I might hurt myself for I wanted children more than life. I ended up having a hysterectomy at 28. To this day, to which I am now fighting Multiple Sclerosis, diag. in 1999, I still wish that it had been possible for me to have children. It saddens me when we all get together and everybody has their families there, I feel lonely and left out so I stopped going to baby showers, and anything to do with babies. My husband is now in the final stage of heart disease, so if anything were to happen to him, I would be alone to fight my MS alone. My husband had 2 children from a previous marriage, but their mother is alive and I don't get the same respect that she does. I feel for those that get this disease and I am glad to know that there is a support group for this for no one who has children doesn't understand how one feels to someone that can't. God Bless all those out there fighting this disease and good luck.
I to have polystic ovarion
I to have polystic ovarion syndrom, It's crazy to see that so many other women have this problem also,so has anyone else found it hard to loose weight, i hear if you try and loose some weight it mite help you with trying to get pregnant.
4 kids later
In my teens i got really bad period pains, i use to have long soaks in the bath at 2am because of the pain, I'm now 32 years old, Happily married with 4 children, of my own. In my early 20s I was told I have pcos after trying to get pregnant for a year, I was given clomid for 2 cycles and metformin, I had my son now aged 5yrs, i decided not to go on birth control, because we wanted another child and what's the chance of getting pregnant naturally, I went to the doctor to refer me for fertility treatment and he put me on metformin while I was waiting, 2 months later I got pregnant with triplets now aged 2 1/2, I'm taking no more chances, it's the implant for me, I still have to shave and suffer with acne but I haven't had a period/ period pains since the triplets were born. You can get pregnant on pcos losing weight does help , my problem now is what next, I remember the doc saying my cyst were large and a lot when I was in the operating room have the triplets delivered, but that's it no other advise should I be concerned with the cysts, should I have them removed.
i was diagnosed with with
i was diagnosed with with pcos just this month...i have always had irrregular periods and i have had 3 miscarriages in the past few years i am only 21..me and my dr talked and he put me on the implanon to help with the pcos and to also help with my high chlorestorol and elevated sugars, but he also put me on the metformin to help me lose weight. i have been on it for 11 days and have already lost 9 pounds. im so worried about not being able to carry on full preganancy, me and my husband want kids so bad. im only 21 thats why i agreed to the implanon(since it lasts three years) so that gives me time to get my weight under control and my dr says he is going to help me with the right meds to hopefully have a baby...reading this page really helped me, gave me siome different insights from all of you..thanks it helped! wish u all good luck incuding myself :)...Emily
hello im 27 now years old I
hello im 27 now years old I have been diagnosed with pcos around 2004 its been 6yrs now i havent concieved yet!.......... I Been trying too... no..... success i went to the the Dr. a couple of months ago he prescribed me some metformin and some clomid 50mg. I have taken them all..... he told me to come back to his office in 30 days but i went a month after.... and he prescribed me some clomid only this time and he told me to come in 30 more days to check my insulan and blood level to make sure eveything is on track...... i PRAY to GOD it is.........and it will determan if im able to bear kids or not or i might have to travel to a fetility specialist....if the pills dont work........WHICH ME BLESSING AND I WILL TRULY appriciate IT
Hi...im 22 years old and i
Hi...im 22 years old and i found out that i had pcos at age 13 so 9 years ago. My mother insisted on getting me into the doctor after i had not yet started my period. They did many tests on me and even sent me to a speciaist. It was confirmed that i had pcos. In the past 9 years i have had many symptoms. At a very young age i was tired alot and severly overweight. The doctors gave me a script to a medicine called provera to jumpstart my period. Ever since my first period i have had to take provera for every period i have ever had. My body does not produce one of its own without the medicine. When i do have one it is extremely painful sometimes puttin me on the couch in a fetal position for days. I have had horrible migrane headaches that the doctors relate to my hormone levels being so out of whack which they believe is caused by the pcos. In the past few years my hair has thinned out very bad. No bald spots yet but i am definately in fear of that happening in the next several years. I also at about age 16 began to grow facial hair on my chin, upper lip, underneath my chin on my neck, and sideburns which for me is extremely embarrassing and i do have to take care of this problem daily. And above all i have never been able to concieve a baby. I am about to get married in a few months and we so desperately want to have a baby but we have tried for 2 yrs and no luck yet not even a pregnancy scare. So my question is has anyone had similar symptoms and what have any of you done to help your symptoms? Has doctors given and good advice?
ok im twenty years old and
ok im twenty years old and my dr suggested that i might have pcos but told me that there was no test to actually diagnose it. iv been trying for two years to have a baby but with no luck at all. i have all the symptoms no periods very hairy and im always tired i live in jersey and i need a better dr. i cry alot because my only sister and most of my friends have children and i feel that it will never happen for me. but a month ago my moms best friend that has the same problem suggested that i start takin the herb dong qua. so i did and ever since i would bleed clot and then stop the same day and its been doing this for the last month everyday and it gives my constent headaches but deep in my heart i feel like its jump startin my period wat do u thiink? and thanks for the story cause its really giving me hope i just want to be a mom so bad thats wat ive been born to do someone please HELP
hi im sarah and about 6
hi im sarah and about 6 months ago i found out i have pcos me and my husband have been tryin to have a baby for 4 yrs with no luck.. we couldnt figure out why we wasnt havin any luck i was so depressed over the fact that i may never have children... i was taking clomid and when it didnt work i never went back to get it filled again because i was so depressed i never have periods maybe once a year. Im trying to find some comfort somewere some happy stories of women in my condition having children.. i want to have the faith and drive but nobody in my famly has this condition that i know of so i cant go to them nobody understands. I need some incourgement i hope there is someone out there that feels the pain i feel and has had success.
hey girls im 21 now but was
hey girls im 21 now but was told i have pcos when i was 16 I hated the weight gain and all the crap that made growing up even harder any ways my major problem is that i dont have medical ive been trying to get pregnent for about 2years now and have had 2 losses I was just wondering if any one knows if there is any groups that help with the costs or if there is a cheep way to get a handle on this the weight alone just kills me i live a really active life and just cant seem to get the weight off and just end up giving up with no results
hey everyone I'm a 24 year
hey everyone I'm a 24 year old I was told by ny doctor 4yrs ago that i have pcos when she told me i din't take her serious in really didn't care due to i didn't want kids but when i met the love of my life i changed my mind i started take the medicine that she gave me but i couldn't handle it it felt like it was making me sickly then last year as i was useing the bath room days later i found out i was losing a baby it hurted me so bad i have been depress since i never know so many people in the owwrld are like me and reading all the stories really make me wanna try again i wanna thank all of you guys for given me hope n faith ok i have to end this because the tears start to make my eyes burn
Last year (a few months shy
Last year (a few months shy of my 27th birthday), I had an abdominal CT scan done for a diagnosis of appendicitis, and the NP (who specialized in OBGYN) said it appeared I had cysts on my ovaries and fibroids. She recommended that once I recovered from my appendectimy, I should talk to my GYNO about PCOS. Later that year I found a GYNO I was comfortable with and told him what she said. He asked some questions and made a CLINICAL diagnosis of PCOS. Obviously I was not convinced. Yes, I would skip a period here and there, but my periods where never overly heavy nor extremely light. They lasted 4 to 6 days depending if I skipped a period the month before. He put me on the BC pill Mononessa. For the first 5 cycles, my period was terribly heavy--I had to leave work or call in sick around day 2 or 3 because I had to sit on the toilet pretty much the whole day. He did blood tests for anemia and always said this was normal since my PCOS kept me from properly shedding my uterine lining--essentially my heavy bleeding on BC was due to a buildup of lining. Finally I was frustrated and asked him to refer me for ultrasounds. I had a pelvic utlrasound AND a trans-vaginal ultrasound. Everything came back negative....no cysts on my ovaries, no fibroids in my uterus, no fluid or any thing else that would have kept me from getting pregnant. I'm beginning to wonder if it's just my weight keeping me from properly ovulating. Obviously on BC I don't feel ovulation. I haven't gone off BC to try to concieve because I'm afraid that I may fall back into that previous pattern mentioned and develop a thickening of lining that could turn into fibroids. Should I go to a different GYNO or is this a normal pattern of thought for a doctor to have??? I need some thoughts on this. Please reply!
I forgot to mention that I
I forgot to mention that I have been cleared of any insulin issues by my general doctor. I also had bloodwork done prior to starting BC to look for hormone levels--the report came back as NORMAL. So, Insulin is NORMAL, BP is NORMAL, Hormone levels prior to starting BC were NORMAL. My fiance refuses to see a specialist to check sperm modality and vitality. He has a child from a previous marriage (and yes it is his), so I know he could father a child at some point in his life. We've tried for 2 years to concieve prior to my appendicitis last year.
i'm 17 and i have pcos. it
i'm 17 and i have pcos. it scares me because ive never wanted anything more than to be a mom. ive always talked about names and how exciting it would be. then i went the gyno and she told me i have pcos and didnt tell me the risk of infertility and when i read on the computer that its the leading cause i cried. i know im not alone and i have pleanty of time to think about a family but i've always known thats what i wanted. im on sugar pills but thats all and my eriods still only come about twice a year and then they are very heavy! its miserable because i have to live in tampons and pads because i never know when its about to start. i just want answers from my doctor that i never got. but more than that i want a baby someday!
I was just diagnosed today.
I was just diagnosed today. I am so upset at the thought that I may now have difficulty getting pregnant. Is there any success stories of women who gotten pregnant without fertility drugs and it just got corrected on its own and the woman was able to get pregnant. I am only 20 but me and my fiance are just getting ready to try and I just hope it could just go right away naturally. Someone please help me give me advice what to do.
I was told I had PCOS when
I was told I had PCOS when I was 16 and I am now 28 most of my day is spent in pain. I have yet to find a doc that will even try to help me with pain or other wise. Birthcontrol only makes my pain worse and my cycle will go more out of wack then it already is.... the 3 weeks I take the active pills I have a cycle and the week I am soppose to have my cycle I don't. I have been trying to lose weight because I was told that would help with the pain, but that has been unsuccesful as well. I too am wanting to have a baby but I can't get the symptoms under control so I have just givin up. I stay tired all the time and seems like I can not get enough sleep,have dizzy spells as well as nauesa and no energy. I am at wits end and don't know what to do anymore...
I was diagnosed with PCOS
I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2003 when I had my daughter. She was 10 days late and they ended up doing a planned/emergency c-section when I couldn't dialate past 2 cm. When they were delivering her I was informed that my ovaries were supposed to be the size of walnuts, but that my right ovary was the size of a baseball. They tried to just remove the cyst, but that didn't work, so they just removed my ovary. I have gotten pregnant once since then in April 2006 and miscarried at 5 weeks due to too much stress. I found out in November 2006 that I had cysts forming on my left ovary. However, at the time, I didn't have insurance. I finally had the cysts removed June 2009. I've been trying to get pregnant, but with no luck. If I'm lucky, my period will start on the same day 2 months in a row, but usually, it's just a hit and miss as to when it's gonna start, if it does. Just this year I've been having serious issues with my period. I went from February to this month without a period, and the dr can't tell me why. I found out last month that I have a noncancerous brain tumor that has been causing me to produce breast milk, and I thought at first that the meds the dr put me on was working on stopping that and decreasing the tumor, but have realized within the past cpl of days that the milk is coming just as much as before, which depresses me because my next option is brain surgery, which I'm not looking forward to. All I want is to have one more baby, then I wouldn't care if they took everything out, but I'm learning that with the PCOS, getting pregnant is hard. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can increase my chances of getting pregnant again, please let me know My e-mail address is:firstname.lastname@example.com. Just put in the subject that it's about PCOS. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Hello all I am 25 and
Hello all I am 25 and married I was told about one year ago that i have PCOS and i have been on everything to get prago but nothing is working, I have given up on haven a baby and my husband has no clue on how pcos has driven me into a deep depression when it comes to kids. He keeps telling me that we dont need kids to be happy and we just need to give up. So i gave up and it kills me to know that i cant have a baby something that i have wanted my hole life i just dont know what to do. Can any one help me out on any advise on talking to the hubbie about this i am just at a loss!!!
Wow!!! To hear all of these
Wow!!! To hear all of these stories really breaks my heart, I too am diagnosed with this as well.I try hard not to think about it because it upsets me soo much. I have been trying for about four years now to have another child. I have a nine year old son who ask me every other day for a brother or sister. Please pray for me!
I have yet to try any of
I have yet to try any of the pills, I am too afraid I guess. I came very close to giving up on this because I have been trying for too long to fight this, but God blessed me with a wonderful fiancee who is not giving up on me. It's actually because of him why I actually joined this website and now I'm feeling a whole lot better. Next month I have an appointment to see my doctor to find out what will work for me. I pray that everything goes well.
Hello my name is Tiffany, I
Hello my name is Tiffany, I am 19yrs old;
When I was about 13 year old a doctor told me I had Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (pcos). I followed up with a obgyn at that time and was told because i had heavy periods I did not have pcos. Between that time and now I would have pains all the time in my stomach so finally I went to the urgent care their they did some test and said that it looks as if i had pcos.
Last week i went to a new obgyn and had a ultra sound...he said i had pcos; BUT because I was having regular heavy menstruals he did not think he needed to take action.
I also explained to him that I've been gaining weigh and it's very hard for me to lose the weigh. And that my insulin levels are high. and I alsop have high blood pruessure. All he could tell me is that there are "8 forms of pcos and mine is not important untill I miss my Periods." and if I were to loss weigh I'll be ok. He did not listen to what i had to say about the trouble i have losing weigh.
My question is does anyone think I should see a new doctor and talk about insulin ioptions or do you think that docrot was correct, and i should not worry untill I miss periods? Remember I've had these problems going on since I was 13 Years old...maybe younger.
Thank you
Hi, i am 25 years old. i
i am 25 years old. i have had pcos since i was in my mid teens. I go years between periods and i am always tired and have no ambition in life. I tried for years to have a baby while taking metformin and the clomid for a few months. it never worked. I want so badly to have a baby but im so scared that i have lost my chances. me and my spouse do not use protection just in case a miracle happens. But it doesnt seem to. Just the last week i have been having pain and discomfort in my pelvic area. It hurts worse during intercourse and while using the bathroom. I have never had this feeling before in all the years of me having this syndrome. Does anyone maybe know what this could be?
Hi, I am 23 and was
Hi, I am 23 and was diagnosed with PCOS when i was 20. My husband and I have been trying for 5 yrs now and sill nothing. I want a baby so bad and am so scared it will never happen. My doc put me on metformin in 07. I took it for bout 1 1/2 yrs didn't do anything so I got upset and quit taking it. I went to a different doctor in March 2010 had to start all over with the metformin still nothing so far. I have had irregular periods since I was a teenager. They had me on birth control at first to help get them regulated and that didnt help much. I usually have a period every 5 to 6 months and they last about 4 days. When I do have a period, I'm in severve pain, major cramps, heavy clotting and bad headaches. My family keeps telling me to stay positive and not to give up, but it is so hard to be positive. They all have kids and just don't understand what I'm going through. Lindsay
I have many of the symptoms
I have many of the symptoms most of you talk about. I have the extremely irregular and at times heavy periods. When it first started I didn't have a period for over seven months and all the doctor did was give me pills to make me have my period. I get dizzy a lot, always tired, alway moody and I am very tender around my lower abdomen. I am currently working with my doctor to see if this is what I have. If it is, I pray I am still able to have a child with my fiancé. Any advice to a scared woman?
I got dignosed with pcos
I got dignosed with pcos when i was 15 and at the same time with tyoe 2 daitbetes.. I know how it feels it. I want to have a baby but having a problem with it because my health issues. I trying my best to lose weight and be healthy but its hard with this disease
I'm 25 Years old and in
I'm 25 Years old and in 2009 I was diagnosed with PCOS. I totally freak out, reading about it hearing others stories just depressed me. Why be born in a womens body if I can't have children. I have been trying since Jan 2010 to get pregnant and still nothing. I too am on Glumetza. I'm not one to take medication I hardly take a Advil for a headache, so getting put on a daily pill was not a plus in my eyes. So i tried it for a month then got off of it and tried it again and decided i didn't want to take the medication... I recently went to my endoc and told her that i'm trying to have a baby, so she told me to really try Glumetza and stick with it this time... So again i'm back on it and on a higher dose... Lately i've been feeling stomach sick but I know it's the medication my doc told me i'll feel like that for a few weeks or so... I feel for everyone who is going through this, I mean it sucks it really does, in a way I feel like a, a broken toy... It's not fair, no one in my family that I know of has this... My sisters have beautiful babies I feel in my heart that one day I will too but in some case it just might not happen... I wanted to post my story because I have been feeling like no one understands... Yes it's always good to be positive but everyone's body is different no matter how similar our stories might be it might be a yes for you and a no for me or vice versus... In the end we have to be strong for ourselves and one another... I wish you all the best in conceiving and i truly hope we have a chance to experience pregnancy... Thanks for listening and good luck to all of you... :)
I was the one who posted
I was the one who posted the paragragh above and i wanted to let all of you know that there is hope... I am very happy to say that after being on glumetza i was about to conceive and now I have a beautiful baby girl who recently turn 2 months old.... i truly thought i wasn't going to be able to have children but my wish came true... So keep thinking positive and i wish the best of luck to each and every one of you... Yes i still have PCOS and i'm sure when I try again it might be hard but keep trying don;t give up, it will happen... :)
I am 29 years old and just
I am 29 years old and just have been diagnosed with PCOS. I already have two daughters which are 13 and almost 11. Me and my husband had gotten pregnant in 2008 but I had a miscarriage at 10 1/2 weeks. Then in April my periods starting acting funny, so after much convincing from him I went to the doctor, and she gave me an ultrasound which confirmed my worst fears. I want a baby so bad. I go back to the doctor on the 14th to discuss options. I have started changing what I eat and me and my husband go for walks everyday. I am going to suggest the Metformin and Clomid to her and see what she thinks. I feel as if I am losing hope of ever getting pregnant. I know that I am depressed a baby is all I think about day and night. My husband doesn't have any children as my daughters were from another relationship. Does anyone have any advice for me...
hello ladies. i feel your
hello ladies. i feel your pain. i am 22 years old. over weight. and i have pcos. i am recentily divorsed. i guess my x husband just couldnt be with a woman that could not father his children. well who needs to be with someone that doesnt support you anyways. its not like woman just wake up one day and decide to be infertile. i tried birth control a few years ago, i was taking it for almost a year. then. i stopped thought i found "the one". well no babies. i was told by my dr. to take birth control to regulate my time of the month. so i did for about 6 months, i had to stop taking it. beacuse no matter what kind i took, it just made me sick. i know am in a relationship and my new man is supportie. (to a point).. he REALLY wants kids. so i am again trying but not with much hope. i have been taking fertil aid.. for a few weeks... no baby yet..but that stuff really makes you in the mood...lol.. at least their is something positive coming out of it. i have been on a pretty stricy diet for a month. no soda, chips, candy, fast food, or really much of anything. im trying diet drinks. zantrex 3.. isnt too bad.. just tastes like..sh*t.. so i told him i will try to lose some weight. take this fertil aid stuff, and be open minded.. unfortunitly i couldnt tell him, my heart is closed. with so many disapointing times. i just ant take anymore disapontment. it kills me to feel like the man i love will Never be a father as long as he is with me. email me if you have ever felt the way i do.. email@example.com...p.s. baby dust for all those who need it.
hello ladies. i feel your
hello ladies. i feel your pain. i am 22 years old. over weight. and i have pcos. i am recentily divorsed. i guess my x husband just couldnt be with a woman that could not father his children. well who needs to be with someone that doesnt support you anyways. its not like woman just wake up one day and decide to be infertile. i tried birth control a few years ago, i was taking it for almost a year. then. i stopped thought i found "the one". well no babies. i was told by my dr. to take birth control to regulate my time of the month. so i did for about 6 months, i had to stop taking it. beacuse no matter what kind i took, it just made me sick. i know am in a relationship and my new man is supportie. (to a point).. he REALLY wants kids. so i am again trying but not with much hope. i have been taking fertil aid.. for a few weeks... no baby yet..but that stuff really makes you in the mood...lol.. at least their is something positive coming out of it. i have been on a pretty stricy diet for a month. no soda, chips, candy, fast food, or really much of anything. im trying diet drinks. zantrex 3.. isnt too bad.. just tastes like..sh*t.. so i told him i will try to lose some weight. take this fertil aid stuff, and be open minded.. unfortunitly i couldnt tell him, my heart is closed. with so many disapointing times. i just ant take anymore disapontment. it kills me to feel like the man i love will Never be a father as long as he is with me. email me if you have ever felt the way i do.. firstname.lastname@example.com...p.s. baby dust for all those who need it.
hello ladies. i feel your
hello ladies. i feel your pain. i am 22 years old. over weight. and i have pcos. i am recentily divorsed. i guess my x husband just couldnt be with a woman that could not father his children. well who needs to be with someone that doesnt support you anyways. its not like woman just wake up one day and decide to be infertile. i tried birth control a few years ago, i was taking it for almost a year. then. i stopped thought i found "the one". well no babies. i was told by my dr. to take birth control to regulate my time of the month. so i did for about 6 months, i had to stop taking it. beacuse no matter what kind i took, it just made me sick. i know am in a relationship and my new man is supportie. (to a point).. he REALLY wants kids. so i am again trying but not with much hope. i have been taking fertil aid.. for a few weeks... no baby yet..but that stuff really makes you in the mood...lol.. at least their is something positive coming out of it. i have been on a pretty stricy diet for a month. no soda, chips, candy, fast food, or really much of anything. im trying diet drinks. zantrex 3.. isnt too bad.. just tastes like..sh*t.. so i told him i will try to lose some weight. take this fertil aid stuff, and be open minded.. unfortunitly i couldnt tell him, my heart is closed. with so many disapointing times. i just ant take anymore disapontment. it kills me to feel like the man i love will Never be a father as long as he is with me. email me if you have ever felt the way i do.. email@example.com...p.s. baby dust for all those who need it.
I was told I had POS a
I was told I had POS a little over a year ago after finally getting my doctor to do tests since I had not had a period in 3years. I still went throug the emotions just no period. It is a very hard thing to deal with because when ur young you never think(wow I could not be able to do my god givin right to have a baby) and it is upsetting at times and try to stay positive. I am on metphormine and a pill I take every month to have a period to help me get all the old blood out and to ovulate. One my husband is checked to make sure everything is okay we are startin the clomid. A lot of people have told me to get a D&C to clean my self out so we could get all the old blood and stuff out so we could have a better chance of getting pregnate. So I guess my question is should I do the D&C or let nature take its course.
I was 28 and just got
I was 28 and just got married for the first time. I already had 2 kids and had my tubes tied. My husband and i decided that we would love to have a child together, so i went to see a specialist and had my tubes reversed. I am now 36 and still have not had a child. I did however have a miscarriage. when i had my miscarriage had very normal 28 day periods, shortly after that my periods started coming irregular i could not figure out why. i keep gaining weight and i always used to be slim and kinda attrative but now i can't seem to get rid of the weight. I went to see the doctor and she put me on birth control and was on them for about 6 months and hope that helps with keeping them normal again, but i would like to have a child really bad and now i am going to try to go back on metformin and hope it will work for me. I tried it for a while and seemed to make me sick but i want to give it another chance. Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
Hi, I am 14 my doctor
Hi, I am 14 my doctor has just diagnosed me with pcos I have been on my period nonstop for the past 4 months! After they did the ultra sounds the said that it was pcos! I have gotten dizzie and nausious and really sick just from this! So I no wat u all or going through! Though I am not trying to have kids yet I pretty much have to already try to cope with the fact that I will probably not be able to concieve a child! :( just hang in there guys and pray good things will happen!!!!! Shelby
Trying to conceive for 4
Trying to conceive for 4 years; i have irregular periods and few weeks before my periods start i always have breast tenderness along with lower abdominal pain at my left hand side. what can i do?
I was told I had PCOS 10
I was told I had PCOS 10 years ago. I took all the meds to get preganent and it didn't work. We tried for years to get preganent with no luck. We gave up and I stopped taking all the meds. About five years ago I had blood work done because I was sleepy all the time, and felt like death. When my results came back it turned out that ontop of the PCOS causing me issues my Thyrod is under active. We have gotten it straighted out and I am looking for a docter now that will listen to what all I have already done, but I don't want to start all over. I want to have the cysts removed off my overies and start taking the clomid to get preganent. I have started back on the metformin, dieting, I have lost 17 pounds, and I have started working out. I had my first three day, very light period in October. I am 30 years old, so I am hoping having the cysts removed and getting back on the clomid I will be able to conceive... I will keep all updated on how things go. Any suggestions are welcomed...
My husband is 49 yrs old
My husband is 49 yrs old and has hep c i am 27 and we have been trying like crazy to have a baby is it possible that the hep c could cause him to be sertile and unable to have kids
I was diagnosed with PCOS
I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 18 yrs old after seeing an endocrinologist as well as my OBGYN. I am a bit confused by all of this, I am now 27 yrs old and have seen different doctors for treatment but have gotten no where until about 8 months ago. I was scheduled for an external and internal ultra sound to see if I have any cysts on my ovaries to the drs surprise I have no cysts. They are still treating me for PCOS due to the symptoms that I have, missed/irregular periods, excessive hair growth, and weight change, they started me on metformin 500 mg 2x a day and birth control pills. I have noticed a slight change in my menstrul cycle but I am still not getting a straight answer from my doctor regarding pregnancy. I want to know will I be able to conceive a child and carry to term. I have no cysts on my ovaries but I am producing a larger amount of Testosterone due to the PCOS if there is another alternative I would like to know and what is the best way to treat this naturally I don't want to be on pills the rest of my life and I would like to conceive a child naturally without horomones or fertility drugs if anyone has any answers or a similar experience please let me know
I was just diagnosed with
I was just diagnosed with pcos and am having trouble getting pregnant i have to take medicine for my period my doctor said if u don't have at least 4 periods a year right now i'm at risk of having uternie cancer
I was diagnosed with PCOS
I was diagnosed with PCOS in October of 2009. My husband and I have been trying to conceive. We have never in 3 years used any form of contriception. I am desperate to find a way to get pregnant. I have been to doctors and all they can tell me is you need to be on Birth Control to get regulated. Then a hormone. None of the insurances i can find will pay for the hormone because they consider it a Fertility Treatment. Any suggestions will be extremely helpful.
My husband and I have been
My husband and I have been married for 8 years and I'm 30 years old. We have tried to get pregnant for years. Recently we decided to go to a fertility clinic. I have known that I had PCOS for quite awhile. The doctor ran other test on my husband and myself and everything was perfectly normal. We are starting Artificial Insemination with a combo of Clomid and Metformin this month. I am praying that this will be the solution for us. I have also been told that Clomid and Metformin works without the Artificial Insemination, but obviously chances are greater with AI. I can tell you one of the most unfortunate parts of PCOS is that our LH levels are always high therefore it is impossible to tell when we our ovulating through ovulation tests. If you are serious about getting pregnant I highly suggest having ultrasounds along with clomid and Metformin to determine ovulation dates. Wishing you all the best of luck and keep in mind positivity brings better results!!
Hello! I am twenty nine
Hello! I am twenty nine years old, and was diagnosed ten years ago with PCOS. For treatment I was prescribed Low-Ogesteral birth control pills. I took them for ten years! I have had the same OB-GYN dr for four years now and she said I could try and go off the pill and see if I could have a cycle on my own. I did and have been off them for three months now and Nothing! I feel miserable! I have all pms symtoms from time to time and nothing. I have never been pregnant ( God sent me a son! I have had him since he was 23 months old, he's now 11 years old! ) but I absoulutely had no sex drive, kept chronic yeast infections due from the pill. Can anyone relate? I don't know what to do next. Being on the pill that length of time is it unhealthy? The dr.s I have seen never suggested any thing else! I feel so nauseated, dizzy at times, and sometimes dazed and confused. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated : ) Thanks and God Bless....
I to found out I have PCOS
I to found out I have PCOS & let me tell you it all started when my second child was premature... After I had my baby my hole body was changin my cycles was all messed up I would bleed for a week stop for two then bleed again I was like what's going on cause when I worked I was so tired had very strong cramps but most of all my head would hurt so bad that I would get dizzy I even asked coworkers when ur on ur cycle does it make ur bloodpresure high cause I felt like all my blood was race n to my head & I was about to pass out on top of crampin I even had my tubes tied & now my only problem is my weight & my dr said you will gain the most in ur mid section with pcos so she has me on phentermin/adipex-p to help control my weight then we R going from there but I have been feeling so much better more energy & my healthy & I go two months without a cycle
i am only 17 years old, but
i am only 17 years old, but i was diagnosed back in april of 2010 with pcos. the doctors say i have had it for years, but i choose to wait so long before receiving help...unfortunately i had a pretty wonderful doctor who told me absolutely NOTHING about my condition just that it was because i was over-weight. they put me on no meds or anything, so i assumed my condition was not serious until i got home and decided to do some research on the condition...honestly it tore me apart. the first thing i feared was never being able to have children and i was extremely angry at first. it still upsets me to think that i may never be able to have children. i have looked at the options and i realized there is help out there. i haven't decided the path i want to take with this, but i do know that the pain is becoming unbearable and i'm tired of feeling extreme nausea everyday. sometimes i feel dizzy too. i have considered a full hysterectomy in hopes that i would no longer be in pain, but i wanted to know if there honestly were other options to stop the pain. i have taken some of the strongest meds in attempt to avoid pain, but not even those help me. i am not sure what to do and i'd like advice from other women with my condition...i need a little bit of hope right about now too.
Hi ladies, Im 41 and don't
Hi ladies,
Im 41 and don't have kids.I was very upset for years.But i realize kids is not for everybody.I was diagnosed in 1993 with PCOS.I have very heavy peroids and facial hair.I lost weight and got on metformin for 10 yrs and i did not get preg.I've learn to be happy with my marriage{20 yrs}with no kids.It's all what you want and what god has planned for you.Im very happy not having kids which i thought i could't be for years.Don't waste your precious time worrying about something that might not happen.Life is short and sweet so enjoy it and quit worrying about something thats in god's hand.
I'm 21 yrs old and I've had
I'm 21 yrs old and I've had irregular periods since the beginning. When ever it does decide to come on....it's on for up to two weeks straight. I have been on birth control for 2 months now and i still see no difference. I read all the symptoms for PCOS so now im basically self diagnoising...I was also diagnoised with SCIDs, which comes along with many other health problems of its own. If anyone has answers I'm always listening.


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FDIC, Other Government Agencies Working to Help Borrowers
Banking and mortgage industry regulators, Congress and other government officials at the federal and state levels have been responding to the recent difficulties in the real estate market. "Working with our federal and state regulatory counterparts, insured institutions, the Congress, and other parties, we are eager to help find solutions for borrowers who have mortgages they cannot afford," said FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair.
As FDIC Consumer News went to print, Congress was considering various legislative proposals relating to mortgage lending. Federal and state government banking regulators, including the FDIC, have been encouraging financial institutions to identify creditworthy borrowers who may have mortgages they cannot afford and to contact these customers and pursue appropriate strategies to avoid foreclosures. The Federal Housing Administration has announced new programs to help borrowers. And, state regulators are developing a new nationwide system for licensing mortgage lenders and brokers, and are working to enhance consumer protections.
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When disasters strike, information sharing becomes key for both first responders and the people affected on the ground. Over the past 10 months, two members of the private sector have dedicated their time and skills working with the federal government to develop apps and crowdsourcing techniques that could help save lives when the next Superstorm Sandy hits. Federal News Radio learns more about their individual projects as part of our special report, Solving Our Nation's Toughest Challenges: The Presidential Innovation Fellows.
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Tom Ruff, vice president Public Sector for Akamai Technologies, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help you speed up the transfer of inormation at your agency.
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DHS, NASA team up to develop 'Holy Grail' of search and rescue
A partnership between the Homeland Security Department and NASA has led to the creation of a new technology called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER).
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Gallup to pay millions to settle complaints of inflated contract prices
Polling and research firm Gallup will pay $10.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Procurement Integrity Act. The government alleged Gallup knowingly inflated contract prices.
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Federal chief financial officers have more foresight, insight and hindsight than ever before to make better decisions. But just as important as having these wide-ranging sight lines is how they are being translated down to the program level. Experts say agencies are slowly heading down the path of using data to make better decisions.
Transition, sequestration, furloughs, and more
Career expert and author John Grobe, Federal News Radio's Julia Ziegler, and Federal Times senior writer Stephen Losey will discuss sequestration and other issues affecting federal workers.
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Calm between storm seasons is innovation time at FEMA
On this week's edition of Agency of the Month, Rich Serino, deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), joins Federal News Radio.
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The next time a child is abducted near you, your cellphone may shriek to life with an alert message.
Obama says he'll sign $50.5B Sandy aid bill soon
President Barack Obama said he'll sign a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims as soon as it lands on his desk.
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The former director of human resources at the Federal Emergency Management Agency pleaded guilty Tuesday to negotiating a job for himself at the Gallup Organization while he was supervising Gallup's multimillion-dollar contract with FEMA.
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After Sandy, feds deploy all-hands-on-deck approach
After superstorm Sandy, the government is putting all hands on deck response to the storm, providing on-the-ground assistance, federal funding and coordinating rescue and clean-up efforts.
Agencies fan out en masse to help recovery efforts
FEMA pre-positioned people and equipment along the East Coast before Hurricane Sandy arrived. The FCC, which is monitoring communications networks, said about 25 percent of all cell sites were down.
FEMA says funding won't be an issue in storm relief efforts
The pot of money funding FEMA's relief efforts contains $3.6 billion, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate. That includes some funds carried over from last fiscal year as well as new funding from the stopgap spending measure approved by Congress last month.
$42.6 million FEMA trailer settlements approved
A federal judge gave his final approval Thursday to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies that made and installed government-issued trailers after hurricanes in 2005 and Gulf Coast storm victims who claim they were exposed to hazardous fumes while living in the shelters.
Planning, performance measures put DHS on solid financial footing
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FEMA turns to data to fix employee morale problem
Last year, FEMA ranked 231 out of 241 agencies in the Best Places to Work rankings, compiled by the Partnership for Public Service. This year the agency took a deep-dive look at the Employee Viewpoint Survey data to help explain why workers are so unhappy.
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Thirty Acre Farm is known for its lacto-fermented pickles, sauerkrauts and kimchis, which are made without added vinegar or sugar at the organic farm in Whitefield. The popular products can be found at health food stores and farmers markets, and they're distributed by Crown O' Maine Organic Cooperative.
Jars of Thirty Acre Farm sauerkraut, kim chi and pickles sport new labels in this display at the Winter Farmers Market in Portland, thanks to a loan from the No Small Potatoes Investment Club.
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Recently, Thirty Acre Farm found itself unable to fulfill its Crown O' Maine order -- not because it didn't have enough product, but because it was running short of labels and lacked the cash on hand to make a new order.
Crown O' Maine told farmers Simon and Jane Frost about a brand-new venture that provides low-interest loans to farmers and food producers. As a result, Thirty Acre Farm secured one of the first loans offered by the No Small Potatoes Investment Club.
"They want to work with farmers rather than being hard and fast with the rules," Simon Frost said. "They're all customers of ours who want to invest in our future."
The investment club is an offshoot of the Slow Money Maine meetings, which have been taking place in the state since January 2010. Part of a national movement, slow money aims to redirect capital from the stock market into sustainable, local food ventures.
Working from the slow money philosophy, nine people came together to form the club last fall and formalized their operating agreement last month. Members must make an initial contribution to the investment fund of no less than $5,000, and the club plans to cap membership at 20 people.
"We saw a need so we started making micro-loans," said Chris Hallweaver of Portland, one of the founding investors.
In the 1980s, Hallweaver, a former software executive and a current partner in the Maine Kombucha Co., was a member of a stock market investment club. Members would meet monthly, chip in $100 and then share in the profits and losses.
Wanting to conform to Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the No Small Potatoes group decided to use the investment club model, and formed a limited liability corporation.
"We get together on a quarterly basis, and a member or two will take on the job of interviewing loan applicants, and then we decide whether or not to fund them," Hallweaver said.
So far, the group has made three loans. In addition to the Thirty Acre Farm loan, the club has loaned money to Heiwa Tofu in Camden and Lalibela Farm in Dresden.
"I love aligning my beliefs with my investments," said Eleanor Kinney of Bremen, another founding club member. "This is a different model than having stock in companies that make products which I'd never feed my children."
In addition to her work with No Small Potatoes, Kinney is an equity investor in the Maine's Own Organic Milk Company and sits on the board of the Maine Farmland Trust.
Kinney said she became interested in local, sustainable agriculture when her children were born and she was confronted with the need to feed them nutritious food.
When she heard about the budding slow money movement in Maine, she knew she had to get involved.
"For people in agriculture, traditional financing doesn't always work for them," Kinney said.
At its next quarterly meeting, scheduled for March 28, the club will evaluate 11 applicants seeking loans. The applicants want funding for things that range from building improvements to new pieces of restaurant equipment.
Money is lent at a 3 percent interest rate, and the terms vary from less than a year up to three years.
"We're not a bank," Hallweaver said. "So we want to serve people who banks don't lend to. We don't require business plans and great financials. If you have that, you probably don't need us."
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If you are looking at saving money (as well as going paperless) than you should look into selling your iPad, iMac, iPhone and contracts, and purchase a tablet PC which can do everything you want(and listed) in a single powerful computer. I've been doing it for years before the iPad even came out. For the phone get a Sprint phone so that you can tether and link to you tablet PC for gps/3G/4G (or get a handheld gps – which is much more accurate) and pay a lot less than AT&T or Verizon. The tablet PC will give you all that you want without the pain of moving files from device to device. You also get an active digitizer as well as touch (OneNote and Evernote work better on a PC and even better still on a tablet PC than a mobile device/pad).
Looking for the better solution, look at a Fugitsu T730 or comparable
I only wish all gottabemobile reviewers would own a tablet PC (not just a pad of some sort). You guys use to, and it provided a perspective on a balanced mobile solution instead of the pandering to Apple that it has become. Apple does make nice products, but not necessarily the best.


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Look back at the long and storied career of disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong.
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|In Its Search for Better Data, IPC Goes Public
|Written by Mike Buetow
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I was pleasantly surprised this morning to receive a note from IPC indicating a change to its data collection methods.
In an announcement touting its new market research subscription series, IPC said it would use aggregate company data along with "carefully vetted secondary research."
That sounded like IPC would now use data from the publicly traded EMS companies to help flesh out numbers its participating members report. A quick inquiry to IPC director of market research Sharon Starr confirmed as much.
"The growth rates reported each month will be based on IPC's survey sample, but we will be looking at published data from the publicly traded EMS companies as a cross-check and may also use this data in our market-size calculations. If growth rates from the publicly-traded companies differ significantly from what our survey participants are telling us, we will address that in the reports," Sharon told me.
This represents a departure from the past 20 years, where IPC would rely only on the data directly reported by survey participants. For years, report after report showing various manufacturers' monthly sales numbers would arrive on an unsecure fax machine in the IPC office. Eventually, that fax was moved to someone's office, but there was little in the way of confidentiality offered, and even if the the reporting company used a unique code, its name on the top of the fax always gave it away. As companies went public and disclosures became more scrutinized, there was a real disincentive for manufacturers to submit monthly data. Over the years, this trend undermined the usefulness of the IPC data: if larger companies weren't reporting, were the figures as published truly representative?
Parsing the publicly traded firm's quarterly numbers will go a long way toward ensuring that the data reflect the macro industry trends.
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The University of Virginia is marking Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting its peer mentoring program for Hispanic students.
The goal of the program is to develop a nurturing and supporting community for new Hispanic students at the university. Peer mentors help the students transition to university life.
This year, more than 230 Hispanic students were welcomed by 60 mentors.
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