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...or common to those who have had recurrent miscarriage? I am no longer TTC, but have had some rather unsettling results come back from a brain CT, blood tests, and an ultrasound on my neck. I was sent for tests to rule out growths in my brain, due to migrain and 3 months of headaches. TG they did not find any lesions. What they did find:
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|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 6:20am
B, I am so sorry about your abnormal test results. That IS concerning - I would be scared, too!
I have no idea how all of those signs and symptoms fit together, and I dont know if they could be related to a TTC problem, but I just wanted to tell you that Im sending lots of (((hugs))) your way. Please let us know what you find out at your next aappointment with the specialist. (when is it, BTW? I hope you dont have too long to wait.)
|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 6:34am
Ugh I honestly have NO clue! :(
But I am inclined to say they need to further investigate whether they want to diagnose you with PCOS because if what you say is true and those are indicators of PCOS in addition to your polycystic ovaries I would say PCOS is a definite possibility. The protocol for treatment is usually metformin and some kind of ovulation induction plan (Clomid etc...)
I hope someone is able to give you a more educated answer. Aubre, maybe?
|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 8:50am
Regarding your calcium results, it depends on exactly which level was low and how low that level was.
|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 5:35pm
Thanks for the support. I have an appointment with the GP on Monday, then with the OB-GYN on Tuesday, and waiting to hear from the hospital as to when I can see the cardiologist or endocrinologist. Ugh.:(
|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 5:37pm
I haven't been to the OB-GYN (who is a fertility specialist) in 2 years, so I'm going to keep my appointment for next week and go along, not "lead" him into any sort of diagnosis, just tell it like it is and see what he says.
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|Thu, 11-25-2010 - 5:51pm
Thank you so much for typing all that info out for me, I appreciate it so much!
I had another look at my BW results after reading your post to check the calcium and ical - my total calcium is within the normal limit (the lower end but still in there), and the ical is 2.22 (the limits are listed as (2.25-2.65), so the difference seems fairly minor?
Also while looking at the results I can see that my cholesterol is 6.0mmo/L, which is within the normal limits (3.1-6.5) so I don't know why the doctor said I have high cholesterol, unless she meant it was at the higher end of the acceptable range (or for my age).
I am so scared. I'm just trying to look for connections. I know Dr Google is no substitute, but until I can get into the specialist I feel like it's my best option for research.
The weirdest thing is that the headaches are from TM jaw dysfunction, so not even connected... so they found this thingy by accident.
I'm so interested to read your situation... it really struck a chord with me. I will definitely be checking up with the OB on Tuesday about PCOS possibilities. I also get breakouts, but don't have the male hair patterns and am not overweight (which I thought were big indicators of PCOS). I think my migrains started up around the time I had my most recent MC also. I have big cysts (dermoids) but not as large as yours, mine are 30mm and 25 mm. I will be very interested to find out more, and am encouraged by your post that I might get to the bottom of this soon.
Thank you again, I absolutely appreciate your post.:)
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Thanks girls!
I just can't believe my luck lately, it's ridiculous... DH and I have had a tough year (as have many of us on this board) starting with the MC, then the job loss, and now this. It's incredible how fast life can turn around. Having said that we have so much to be grateful for and I don't mean to whinge. It's just so great to have you ladies on this board. I can't wait to start TTC with you again.

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Too-dark chocolate transformation?
- greygarious Mar 13, 2014 11:41 AM
I decided to get a few of TJ's dark chocolate choices to compare based on price and flavor. The 85% cocoa solids one is just too bitter for me, with too much of a fermented fruit undertone. I would like to use it up
in blondies or choc chip cookies. Would it work if I melted it down, sweetened it, and allowed it to cool, then chopped it up? Ideally, I'd use a combination of sugar and splenda, but was also wondering if brown sugar would work.
I think what you're suggesting would work -- the effect on the texture shouldn't matter much since you're baking it anyway -- but adding some milk (maybe evaporated or sweetened condensed milk) seems like a better bet than just adding sugar. Also, this sounds like a lot of work. Why not just chop it into relatively small pieces and also incorporate small chopped pieces of milk chocolate or some sweeter/lighter chocolate?
I think dark brown sugar works fantastically in dark chocolate. Sugar of any sort (I don't know about artificial sweeteners, don't use them myself) will go a long way to cut the bitterness. As for the fruity undertones, it may help, or it may be a quality of the chocolate. Different chocolates have those kinds of undertones. Columbian chocolate tastes kind of like coffee, for instance, and I think Peruvian chocolate tastes a little bit like blueberries. Most chocolates are blends designed to have a more neutral taste, but you might just not like TJ's blend.
I would not think that you would need to do that to use it in either of those applications.
They both have very sweet bases and the ratio of Chocolate to other small. It should cover the flavor profile that you do not care and there is plenty of Sugar to sweeten it up.
Add some Coffee Flavor would also mellow the Fruityness
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That's what I would do.
Or, chop it up along with some white chocolate and make "black white chocolate chip cookies".
I think you could use it as is in blondies, which are very sweet. I like mark Bittman's recipe.
instead of adding sugar, you could melt it with a lower % (60-70) chocolate, let it cool, then chop it and use as planed.
if it were me,
i'd use to to make hot fudge sauce.
use your chocolate instead of the cocoa powder that the recipe calls for and reduce the amount of sugar
If you add any form of sugar in granules, the sugar will NOT dissolve in the chocolate, and this will not be changed by baking it either. You'll end up with a very grainy, coarse chocolate similar to Cioccolato Modicana. Even confectioners' powdered sugar will be a bit gritty, and again the sugar will not dissolve.
In addition, if you simply melt it down and allow it to cool the chocolate will fall out of temper (the cocoa butter will separate), and the result will be unappealing. Whatever you do you need to temper the chocolate, unless you plan on mixing it with some other fat to stabilise it.
A liquid sugar like glucose in very small amounts could add sweetness without affecting the texture too badly, but if you're not careful you'll end up with chocolate sauce.
As recommended, the best way to dilute it is to mix it with a lower-percentage formulation. Milk chocolate, however, can be difficult to work with and temper; you need lower temperatures than what you need for dark chocolate so your mixing challenge will be that much greater.
You can use the chocolate in baking recipes that call for dark chocolate melted and fully blended into the dough/batter (e.g. brownies, chocolate cakes etc.); if they add additional sugar the result will probably be sweet enough. It should be noted that 85% usually has a higher cocoa butter (fat) content - 45-50% as opposed to the 35-45% typical of lower-percentage dark chocolate. This may mean slightly adjusting the recipe to compensate for the additional fat.
TBridges, I'll mention too that you need to be a bit careful in characterising chocolate by country of origin of the cacao - there are are a lot of variables here and the bean type can matter just as much as the country of origin. Peru, for instance, has a wide variety of different cacaos; the mild, nuts-and-light-fruits Piura is the most prestigious, although very difficult to get in *verifiably pure* form (a lot of chocolates labelled "Piura" are getting it from mixed harvests with some Piura possibly in it - you have to verify that the manufacturer has very good source contacts and control), but at the other end of the scale there is a lot of cacao coming out of there using CCN-51, a variety with a rather vegetal, earthy flavour to it. Nice Colombia Nacional tends to be extremely fruity in a candy-strawberry type of way; the result is pleasant in high-percentage chocolates but can be cloying when the percentage is reduced. A "coffee" flavour is more typical of roast than bean, and indicates a dark roast. Your experience of Colombia isn't based on the Pralus interpretation, perchance? Pralus is legendary for a very dark roast. Some of the manufacturers operating in Colombia itself also tend to roast dark, due to local expectations.
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I was thinking about the tempering issue but does it matter if untempered chocolate chunks were added to a blondie? It would melt sooner and maybe spread more but other than that, after it's been baked the chocolate would be untempered, whether you started it w/ tempered chocolate or not.
re: chowser
Actually it wouldn't melt sooner, it would melt more unevenly. Also once it's fallen out of temper the flavour loss during baking would be more drastic. For some that won't be particularly noticeable, but I think you'd be likely to end up with rather coarse, grainy chunks; not the best result.
re: AlexRast
It would melt more quickly since tempered chocolate has a higher melting temperature. W/out retempering the chocolate, you might end up w/ a difference in color/bloom in a chocolate chip cookie but it would still be good chocolate. Once you melt tempered chopped chocolate, as you would in a cookie, it's become untempered. so I'm not sure if it matters if the chocolate starts out untempered or not.
I would simply throw it into a pot with Lots of Rum and melt the whole thing on the lowest heat possible. Stir every so often. You may need to add more Rum, as you need to achieve a smooth thick texture, thin enough to thickly pour, but not to become runny.
I use nowadays one of those new soft forms for bread baking and layer the chocolate with Social Tea or Leibniz cookies. ( those will work best, don't try Graham crackers)
Once it is firmed up, usually overnight, perhaps a couple of hours in the fridge, turn the whole thing out on a platter and cut into small slices.
Just google "Kalter Hund".
You can always add a bit of powdered sugar at the melting stage to make it sweeter.
I have successfully subbed 80-85% dark chocolate for unsweetened chocolate in recipes where the chocolate needs to be melted, such as brownies or chocolate cake. I didn't adjust the sugar at all and everything turned out fine.
I would suggest using it up in this way--it seems like an awful lot of work to melt, sweeten, and temper, and I don't know if it would even work.
I'd try melting it with butterscotch chips, and/or peanut butter. I love the 85% and melt it into a sauce often with heavy cream or half & half. it's powerful stuff and neither dilutes the bitterness much or takes away the wine- or tea-like undertones. I think peanut butter or some sort of creamy caramel toffee type thing would.


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In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced Egan's remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.
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After her Pulitzer Prize-winning success with A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan's ever expanding fan club has flocked to read her earlier work. Novels Look at Me and The Keep, as well as short story collection Emerald City have all been re-issued; now comes this most recent re-release, her debut novel, The Invisible Circus.
The year is 1978: teenager Phoebe O'Connor remains obsessed with the sudden passing of her beautiful, idealistic elder sister, Faith, whose death seven years earlier while travelling in Italy, still remains a mystery.
Determined to discover the truth, and a little more about her own self along the way, Phoebe sets out to retrace her sister's footsteps, from their childhood home in San Francisco all the way to Europe. It is a complex journey, one which unveils some rather disquieting revelations about love, family and Faith's quixotic generation; there is certainly a strong thread of sixties radicalism flowing through the story, as Phoebe is lured by the seductive pull of the era.
While Egan's first major work lacks the cleverness of Goon Squad's structure, zealous fans shouldn't be disappointed. Her prose has its usual assurance and clarity, and there is no question regarding her talent at creating believable teenagers; one can't help but empathise with Phoebe's confusion, with her angst and rebelliousness.
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Consumers in the U.S. and U.K. are changing the way they view TV and video content by increasingly taking control of how, when, and where they view it, according to a new survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
About half (49 percent) of consumers surveyed in Accenture's Pulse of Media Consumer Survey are viewing over-the-top (OTT) video through a broadband connection on their TVs (50 percent in the U.S. and 48 percent in the U.K.) in addition to the content they traditionally watch via cable or satellite.
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In the U.S., 82 percent of consumers between the ages of 18 and 24 watch some OTT video, with 60 percent watching at least a quarter of their video over-the-top (compared to 32 percent of U.S. consumers overall). In the U.K., 75 percent of consumers in that age group watch some OTT, with 54 percent watching at least 25 percent (compared with 28 percent of overall consumers) in this manner.
Younger consumers are also more likely to discover new content through social networks as opposed to learning about it through commercials or programming guides. The survey showed that 35 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds are interested in social newsfeeds of videos that friends have watched compared with 11 percent of consumers age 45 and older.
Today, 49 percent of consumers across the board subscribe to a range of video delivery services, indicating OTT video consumption has grown at an astonishing rate since last measured by Accenture in March 2011 at 8 percent. We are now seeing subscription and access levels similar to satellite among the online group surveyed. In the U.S., 27 percent of those surveyed subscribe to OTT services, such as Netflix Instant Streaming, compared with 28 percent to satellite. In the U.K., 26 percent of those surveyed subscribe to or access OTT services like Netflix, LoveFilm, or BBC's iPlayer on TV services, or Sky Go / Now TV from Sky, compared with 30 percent to satellite.
Sixteen percent of U.S. consumers (9 percent in the U.K.) subscribe to gaming console-based video delivery services, and 4 percent (3 percent in the U.K.) subscribe to set-top subscription services such as Apple TV, Boxee or Google TV.
Consumers are also diversifying their viewing habits. Television remains the primary device for watching full-length shows, and PCs and laptops are the dominant device for short video clips. However, consumers are also using mobile devices such as smartphones to:
- watch short videos and clips (24 percent);
- watch user-generated content (15 percent);
- watch live content (6 percent); and,
- watch full-length movies and TV (4 percent of respondents).
Many consumers share videos on social networks, the survey shows. Based on a weighted average, respondents who use social media had, on average, over 3 friends who posted videos at least once per day (3.6 in the U.S. and 2.8 in the U.K.). Thirty-eight percent of respondents had posted, or re-posted, video online via social media. Most often this involved consumers sharing videos posted by friends (51 percent overall), reinforcing the viral nature of video-sharing online. A smaller but significant proportion (25 percent), sought out videos to post on social media based on content they had seen on TV.
The survey also probed consumers' willingness to pay for content and found that more than one-third (36 percent) would be willing to pay to see a favorite show continue. Of that group, 18 percent indicated they would pay $25/£10 or more, and half (50 percent) would pay $1-$4/£1-£4. Younger consumers were more willing to contribute to the cause with nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of 18-24 year-olds in the U.S. and more than half (54 percent) of the respondents in the U.K.
"The new media landscape has enabled curating, consuming, and commenting on TV and video content to become a simple, seamless experience," said Murdoch. "With youth leading the movement, we anticipate that these trends will intensify in the coming years."
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In September 2012, Accenture conducted an online omnibus survey with 2,010 consumers over the age of 18 – 1,003 in the U.S. and 1,007 in the U.K. The sample was representative of the population weighted by age, gender, geographic region, race and education.
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Following is a list of Common Military Units found in the US (Yanks with Tanks) and UK military forces (Brits with Battleships; which, by extension, covers the rest of The Commonwealth). Other countries, e.g. Russia (who inherited its military from USSR) and China, use similar hierarchies with a few regional particularities, also outlined below. See also Common Ranks. The Other Wiki has more information with tables.
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Army unitsThe following section contains APP-6A codes for the listed units. APP-6A is a unified standard for map marking still widely used by NATO (despite being obsolete after APP-6B's publication). "APP" stands for "Allied Procedural Publication". Also, the abbreviation "CO" ("commanding officer") is used for the commander/leader of a unit for brevity's sake, regardless of whether said commander is an actual (commissioned) officer, a warrant officer, a NonCom, or even an enlisted rank. The size is the number of men and women serving in the unit.
Navy unitsBecause any unit smaller than a vessel wouldn't make sense in the navy, navy sizes are given in ships rather than personnel. Each ship is normally commanded by a commissioned navy officer, and although there are no ironclad rules, The Captain's rank generally corresponds to the size of his vessel: e.g. an Ensign would command a gunboat, whereas a capital ship can only be commanded by a navy captain. Modern navies have a very flexible organization compared to ground forces because vessels are often shuffled across the seas as the current strategic situation demands (as opposed to rather rigid and stable structures in the army). This particular section describes primarily the US Navy organization.
Air force unitsThe air forces hierarchy varies the most across different countries compared to other service arms. The general tendency, however, is for air force units to be much smaller than their ground and navy counterparts because of the much higher qualification requirements. To put it bluntly: a tank or a gunboat won't go down because of a single loose screw, but a fighter jet may very well do. The size below is given in personnel (P) and aircraft (A) assigned to a unit. APP-6A symbols are given solely for comparison with respective army units.
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InfantryYour basic everyday soldier. Will carry an assault rifle with a machine-gun, anti-tank rocket, and sniper-rifle for every fifth soldier or so. Motorised infantry ride a truck in-between engagements while on-campaign, regular infantry will have to march. Individual squads/fire-teams for motorised infantry may be smaller than for regular/foot infantry. Used to make breakthroughs in enemy lines, assault force for an offensive campaign/operation should expect to lose 20-60% of its numbers dead or permanently disabled to make the breakthrough. Also expected to exterminate/force surrender of enemy pockets once they have been sealed off by the mobile (mechanised and armoured) forces.
Mechanized InfantryInfantry using armoured transports and 'stiffened' up with the inclusion of armour (basically, tanks). Used to assist armour in exploiting breakthroughs made by infantry in enemy lines, encircling enemy forces until the motorised and/or regular infantry get there - freeing the mechanised+armoured forces up to continue their exploitation. On the defensive, used to cut off and/or encircle enemy exploitation groups.
CavalrySoldiers who ride horses, hence, inherently cool. Now largely relegated to ceremonial roles or an old name retained for a unit that does something else (e.g. the Household Cavalry, who are a reconnaissance regiment). In skilled hands, The Cavalry was known to turn the tide of battle, hence, it is a Trope Namer.
ArmoredTank Goodness, basically. Small detachments are attached to infantry units to help them make their assaults and breakthroughs, but most armoured units are used to exploit said breakthroughs with the help of mobile/mechanised forces.
Army AviationUsually helicopters, sometimes light attack aircraft too. Used for fire-support (particularly anti-armour), medical evacuation, and insertion/evacuation of special forces and emergency resupply.
Paratroops/AirborneIt's Raining Men. Troops designed to be deployed by aircraft, either gliders or parachutes. During the Cold War, the USSR maintained no less than eight divisions of airborne troops (one training, seven regular) and their airborne forces, the VDV, were separate from the other arms of service. Used to help exploitation forces encircle enemy forces by completely bypassing centres of enemy resistance and cutting their supply-lines. They're not expected to survive this, but their sacrifice is expected to ensure the success of the operation/campaign.
EngineersVery often omitted in fiction in favor of Easy Logistics. Crucial in helping infantry assault fortified positions and in helping exploitation forces continue their advances - mechanical breakdown rate can be up to 300% the number of actual tanks in any given armoured formation involved in an offensive, making repair of vehicles absolutely critical to successful assaults and exploitations+encirclements.
Air DefenseAnti-Air, also nerfed in fiction— see Point Defenseless.
Logistics/SupplyIn Real Life, probably the single most important part of a military operation apart from the campaign/operational plan. In fiction... never mind.
SignalsResponsible for communications.
MedicalThe Medic.
ArtilleryOften unseen, but specialise in a unique form of Death from Above thanks to their use of real life BFG's and the closest thing one would get to a Wave Motion Gun. Absolutely essential for suppressing defenders or attackers during assaults and killing enemy armour+mechanised forces moving (or fleeing) in the open during the exploitation-encirclement phases.
Special ForcesConservation of Ninjutsu personified. In fiction, they often get first pick of the latest toys. In real life, they're normally guinea pigs for testing new gear, doctrine, tactics, and weapons. In reality, their equipment and such depends more on economics and politics than actual quality.
Military PoliceTo make sure that the soldiers don't do anything illegal. Often found at the local nightspots dragging people to the stockade or brig. In Real Life, may also be tasked with defending rear-area supply lines, managing POWs (Abu Ghraib is what happens when this goes wrong), and/or acting as meat shields for the command staff.


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The members demand a letter from the KPCC on their expulsion BJP comes out in support of the two members
MANGALORE: Chaotic scenes and dharnas characterised the meeting of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) council here on Thursday, which ended with the meeting being adjourned indefinitely.
The confusion was over the seating arrangements of two former members of the ruling party who had voted against the whip issued during last month's election of the chiefs of standing committees. When Mayor Vijaya Arun directed the two members, Kavita Sanil and James D'Souza, to take their seats in a separate enclosure away from the ruling benches as they had been expelled from the Congress, the two refused to do so, saying they had not got any letter to that effect from the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
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Ms. Arun replied that they would not get any letter as the KPCC had asked her convey its decision on their expulsion directly to them.
At this point, the Opposition BJP came out in support of Ms. Sanil and Mr. D'Souza, which irked the Congress. Pandemonium prevailed, and for a long time nothing could be heard above the din. Ms. Arun then adjourned the meeting for the first time.
When they re-convened 20 minutes later, the same scenes were witnessed. One of the ruling party members, Vishwanath, wanted the expelled members to be taken out of the Congress enclosure and seated elsewhere, and he squatted on the floor in front of the Mayor's table, refusing to get up unless his demand was met. This prompted BJP members too to crowd around the Mayor's table, and they began arguing with Ms. Arun loudlyWhen the situation showed no sign of improvement, Ms. Arun got up and walked out of the hall. She later adjourned the meeting indefinitely. In all this time, no official business could be conducted.
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