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My hair is falling out
My hair is falling out a lot and I already have thin hair. My son is 4 month old and i wonder if other mums experienced this if so what did you do to prevent it. ?
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My hair isn't falling out as such, but it doesn't grow very well at all! It is no where in the condition it was before i had the lo's.
Lots of people have said that having a baby can affect your hair in lots of ways, including causing it to fall out..hormones apparently!
Joshua is 9 months old, and my hair is still falling out. I think ive read somewhere it can take a year to stop. Dont quote me on that though cos i could be wrong
mine has been falling out for 2 1/2 yrs since our first was born lol
it has eased of in the last month, i tried every kind of shampoo etc but nothing worked even hairdresser dont know lol i think its something to dow ith the hormons
yes my hair fell out too - a lovely patch on each side of my head!! Then when my hair grew back it grew back grey.........woohoo eh!?
Mine has just stopped falling out. LO is nearly 11mths.
I have read that its not as bad as it looks. Because your hair falls out LESS when you are pregnant, when the extra lot plus your normal loss falls out after you have had the baby - it looks loads.
My hair is falling out too! Rowan is nearly 5 months and when I brush my hair the brush is covered and I find strands of my hair all over the house and in the car
Yes, post baby hairloss is common, it's called telogen effluvium. Your hair does not fall when pregnant and afterwards, does. Then it takes time for the new hairs to grow back.
That said, my hair loss began after ds was born. It never stopped. I also began to feel ill. Hairloss is a symptom of underactive thyroid, which is common after childbirth. Take a look at this page, click on conditions and hypothyroidism. If you have any other symptoms, get checked out. It took a long time for me to get diagnosed, because the GP's kept saying my symptoms were simply "post-baby".
hopefully your's is just normal post baby hairloss. I am now losing it with dd, still, 6 months in. Can you see the start of new hairs underneath?
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17.5 months later and my hair is still falling out.
I was at my GP today about it and he has taken blood tests to check for a few things including under active thyroid.
Might be worth seeing your GP if it does not improve.
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I have 2 very obvious bald patches at the front of my hair, i look like i have a receding hairline. it itches too. Its really gettng me down
Mine has just stopped falling out! It definately feels thinner
i know.......
Luckily I have quite thick hair but this does have it's down side - I think my hair started falling out about a month ago when my baby was 3.5mths old and it's still falling out. I was surprised that it didn't happen earlier but my hairdresser did warm me so you'll be fine
I started to nitice my hair falling out when ds was about 4 months. I too have thick hair and it was soooo noticable especailly in the shower and on the hair brush. This went on for a good month and I eventually went to the doctor as I was getting really concerened. Shesaid this is perfectlu normal as during pregnancy your hair follicles stop working so after birth you haid has 9 months worth of hair to shed! Our wooden floor was alsways covered in it. Robbie is now 7 months and it is not so bad now.
These are the things they should tell you about!
my hair fell out after having jemma, i went to my gp who explained that hormones cause your hair to grow in thicker when pregnant and once you have baby and hormones settle back down the excess hair falls out, often in particular areas and it CAN take up to a year for it to go back to normal but doesnt always take that long,
Yep, mine fell out too. I was putting my hair up one day when my DD was about 4 months old and I noticed I had two big bald patches either side of my head!! I was really self concious about it but I just wore my hair down for a while, and although it's still thin and comes out on my hair brush, my hair is growing back and looks loads better. My DD is now 5 and a half months. Try not to stress, that can make it worse. It does get better.
I look at it the same way as I do with my strech marks, I only have them because of my DD and I wouldn't want it any other way. They're my mummy marks!
2 yrs on and mine still hasn't stopped coming out in big handfulls. It gets absolutely everywhere and is a total pain in the rear end!
My hair started falling out when my daughter was around 5mths, my friend has a little girl at 5mths and said she's been going through it too. I was told it's a hormonal thing that happens after you're pregnant. You're hair doesn't fall out as much while you are pregnant so this is the excess falling out now. It's totally normal don't worry
Hair Loss Treatment?
Did getting treated for Hypothyroidism solve your hair loss issue? This sounds exactly like my situation. My boys are 5 and 3 and my hair has yet to stop falling out! I also have many of the symptoms of Hypothyroidism. I just want to know if getting treatment helped your hair loss.


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The scenery-trailer was awesome.
I had trouble believing this was the Engine from Morrowind.
Apologies for the lateness of this, but a few of our couriers met with untimely demises while trying to spread the news. Poor chaps, we heard some rumblings about a cult called the Mythic Dawn, perhaps they have something to do with the disappearances?
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Hear ye, hear ye! This BHC brings news of the lands near Stirk! These lands of course are the Gold Coast of Cyrodiil which are terraforming right before my eyes. Along with this message we are posting our trailer for the Gold Coast region and we hope you enjoy the scenery!
In other news, work on the city of Anvil has begun and it is coming along very nicely. The city will be considerably larger than the one seen in Oblivion and will offer a variety of experiences upon exploration.
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The scenery-trailer was awesome.
I had trouble believing this was the Engine from Morrowind.
Agreed it looked too good for Morrowind's game engine.
I have no doubt this is the Morrowind engine, but to me it looked like the oblivion engine heavily modded. :D
Also some of the assets look models straight from oblivion, so that also help the illusion.
And just to show that is the art that make the game not the engine.
The Ayleid ruins are actually completely scratch made. They are close copies of the ones from Oblivion, but Tarius made the models and textures himself.

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|IL-33-responsive lineage- CD25+ CD44(hi) lymphoid cells mediate innate type 2 immunity and allergic inflammation in the lungs.
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|Innate immunity provides the first line of response to invading pathogens and a variety of environmental insults. Recent studies identified novel subsets of innate lymphoid cells that are capable of mediating immune responses in mucosal organs. In this paper, we describe a subset of lymphoid cells that is involved in innate type 2 immunity in the lungs. Airway exposure of naive BALB/c or C57BL/6J mice to IL-33 results in a rapid (<12 h) production of IL-5 and IL-13 and marked airway eosinophilia independently of adaptive immunity. In the lungs of nonsensitized naive mice, IL-33-responsive cells were identified that have a lymphoid morphology, lack lineage markers, highly express CD25, CD44, Thy1.2, ICOS, Sca-1, and IL-7Rα (i.e., Lin(-)CD25(+)CD44(hi) lymphoid cells), and require IL-7Rα for their development. Airway exposure of naive mice to a clinically relevant ubiquitous fungal allergen, Alternaria alternata, increases bronchoalveolar lavage levels of IL-33, followed by IL-5 and IL-13 production and airway eosinophilia without T or B cells. This innate type 2 response to the allergen is nearly abolished in mice deficient in IL-33R (i.e., ST2), and the Lin(-)CD25(+)CD44(hi) lymphoid cells in the lungs are required and sufficient to mediate the response. Thus, a subset of innate immune cells that responds to IL-33 and vigorously produces Th2-type cytokines is present in mouse lungs. These cells may provide a novel mechanism for type 2 immunity in the airways and induction of allergic airway diseases such as asthma.
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Kanu Hotel
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In order to proceed with your reservation we require valid credit card. The remaining amount of the reservation will be preauthorized on booking date and charged on arrival date by Travelmed Hotels Group. In case the pre-authorisation fails, we shall contact you for alternative card details. This should be arranged within 24 hours of our email, otherwise the booking will be cancelled without a refund of the advance payment. Full name and surname must be on reservation. Credit card holders name is obligatory and must be the same as guest name on reservation. Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival. After this date, charges will be applied by the property up to the full cost of the reservation.
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Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival (local time). Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.
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Our exellent restaurant, sitting 180 guests, has different separate booths and a glassed verandah with a view of the lake. There is a bar beside the reception desk and another one in the garden beside the swimming pool and tennis courts. Hotel's kichen is appreciated for it's Slovenian and Central European cusine. Specialities are old peasant dishes and wild meat dishes. Hotel offers also wide range of quality Slovenian and forign wines.
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Our Father Not everything is from God
Father Gabriel, a charismatic, man of God, undergoes a critical test of his faithfulness when he is reunited after 20 years with the woman he loved. Now a religious sister, she finds herself drawn to the mystical boxing priest who beyond being a dynamic leader in the community also heals the sick and performs miracles. When the two religious' passionate romance becomes uncontainable, they encounter a character from their past, that will force Father Gabriel to choose between God's will and his will.
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Ernesto began his career in the film industry in Long Beach, California when his Uncle David J Negrón, a well know and respected storyboard artist and illustrator in the film industry in Los Angeles, he hired Rivas as a camera operator. He also assisted his uncle on a number of films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Trek The Motion Picture and many more. At the time Rivas' interest was in marketing and advertising. After leaving his uncle's company, Somi Corporation, he went to work for a variety of design firms and advertising agencies. His work included graphic design, computer graphics, print advertising, outdoor advertising, radio and television commercials and web design. His clients included many corporations like Bank of America, Apple Computer, Wells Fargo, Intel and the like.
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John began his photographic career in 1987. A native of Montana but makes San Antonio, TX his home. He has had a very successful career as an advertising, editorial and portrait photographer having worked on many projects for the corporate world. He has also produced a number of photographic books about the Southwest and Cumbia music, one of favorite subjects. It was during this career that he met Ernesto Rivas on a large project for USAA. It was then they began their longtime friendship.
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This vegetarian delight is a little tricky, having taken us a few practise runs to perfect. The exact quality of agar agar is paramount. We also make a delicious Turkish delight ice cream.
In a good stainless steel pan bring the water, sugar and half the rose water gently to the boil, stir carefully to dissolve the sugar.
Whisk in the agar agar and simmer gently while continually whisking for 8 minutes, add the lemon juice, redcurrant jelly and the remaining rose water, simmer and whisk for 1 minute more until the jelly has dissolved fully.
Leave the delight to cool for 10 minutes, meanwhile gently toast the almonds until just golden and roughly chop the pistachios, then add the nuts to the delight.
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The Pella Christian football team will try to shake off a rough finish from their loss to Des Moines Christian in their contest tonight at Sigourney-Keota. It will all be about momentum and getting better for the Eagles in Week Five as the Cobras are a non-district game. The Eagles' offense hasn't had many problems moving the ball the last few weeks, but it was their defense that faltered against the Lions last week, and Coach Rich Kacmarynski would like to see it shored up tonight against the Cobras. Kacmarynski adds that though Sigourney-Keota has been down the last few seasons, they are still a dangerous team. Tonight's non-district contest can be heard live on 92.1 KRLS and streamed live at KNIAKRLS.com with Cory Houser on the call. Pregame coverage starts immediately after the KNIA/KRLS Football Friday Night Radio Preview Show at seven, and kickoff is slated for 7:30.
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At Home : A Short History of Private Life (edition 2011)
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
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This is a fun, fascinating book about our modern age and how it got here - and got into our homes.
Bryson uses his own English country home as a framework for exploring innovations and history - and even words - in our everyday lives. From the food in your kitchen to sex and health in your bedroom to entertaining in the drawing room, Bryson explores the innovations and innovators.
The framework breaks down here and there - the attic for a look at science? - but on the whole, it's an entertaining series of anecdotes and ah-ha moments.
wide ranging, hugely interesting, too long, love his sense of the ironic, absurd, unexpected or amazing trivia
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In this book, Bill Bryson looks at the history of domestic life, including architecture, furniture, servants, food, electricity, and much more. He goes room-by-room to address various aspects of this history.
It may not sound like much (or maybe that's just my completely inadequate description!), but it's actually pretty interesting. Even the history of some words/phrases came out of the house and though they may not make sense anymore that that's where those words or phrases came from, it makes sense when you learn what they originally meant. I listened to the audio, and though I did enjoy it, I do suspect I missed a few things I otherwise wouldn't have had I read it in print or via ebook.
This was a little more wandering than I expected, but I enjoyed the journey and collected a multitude of interesting facts along the way (see below). For those who are interested in history (mostly the past 150 years but some much older), discovery, and invention, and who like Bryson's easy style and dry humor, I can't imagine a better book.
See also: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum, Birth by Tina Cassidy, The Remedy by Thomas Goetz, Downton Abbey
We are so used to having a lot of comfort in our lives - to being clean, warm, and well fed - that we forget how recent most of that is. In fact, achieving these things took forever, and then they mostly came in a rush. (Introduction, p. 8)
As far as we can tell, virtually all of the infectious diseases have become endemic only since people took to living together....Sedentism meant poorer diets, more illness, lots of tooth and gum disease, and earlier deaths. What is truly extraordinary is that these are all still factors in our lives today. (The Setting, 46)
Chicago became the epicenter of the railway industry in part because it could generate and keep enormous quantities of ice....For the first time in history food didn't have to be consumed close to where it was produced. (The Kitchen, 89)
Households had servants the way modern people have appliances. (The Scullery and Larder, 105)
...guests at Wentworth House...were given silver boxes containing personalized confetti, which they could sprinkle through the corridors to help find their way back to, or between, rooms. (The Scullery and Larder, 106)
A curious inverse relationship had arisen, it seems, between the amount of effort and expense that went into a house and the extent to which it was actually habitable. The great age of housebuilding brought new levels of elegance and grandeur to private life in Britain, but almost nothing in the way of softness, warmth, and convenience. (The Drawing Room, 183)
Vitamins are curious things. It is odd, to begin with, that we cannot produce them ourselves when we are so very dependent on them for our well-being. If a potato can produce vitamin C, why can't we? (The Dining Room, 199)
It is fairly amazing that we don't get poisoned more often. According to one computation, no fewer than twenty thousand chemicals in common use are poisonous to humans if "touched, ingested or inhaled." Most are twentieth-century creations. (footnote, 200)
[Tea] was the first beverage in history to belong to no class, and the first to have its own ritual slot in the day: teatime. (The Dining Room, 214)
No one, other than perhaps the Luftwaffe, has done more to change the look of London than Josh Nash did. (The Cellar, 240)
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether or not those things would be of any use. (The Passage, 263)
When we fall on stairs, we tend to blame ourselves....In fact, design substantially influences the likelihood of whether you will fall, and how hurt you will feel....An inescapable problem with stairs is that they have to convey people safely in both directions, whereas the mechanics of locomotion require different postures in each direction....In a perfect world, stairs would change shape slightly depending on whether a user was going up or down them. In practice, every staircase is a compromise. (The Stairs, 366-367)
...nineteenth-century divorce acts, like everything else to do with marriage, were overwhelmingly biased in favor of men....A wife had no legal personhood at all. (The Bedroom, 387)
Perhaps nothing separates us more completely from the past than how staggeringly ineffectual - and often petrifyingly disagreeable - medical treatments once were. Doctors were lost in the face of all but a narrow range of maladies. Often their treatment merely made matters worse. (The Bedroom, 393)
For anyone of a rational disposition, fashion is often nearly impossible to fathom. (The Dressing Room, 450)
By withholding affection to children when they were young, but also then endeavoring to control their behavior well into adulthood, Victorians were in the very odd position of simultaneously trying to suppress childhood and make it last forever. It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis. (The Nursery, 506)
The term [weekend] is not recorded in English before 1879....Not until the 1890s did it become universally understood, if not universally enjoyed, but an entitlement to relaxation was unquestionably on its way. (The Attic, 528)
In this book, Bill Bryson gives a history of the household, room by room. It sounded like an interesting premise, and I have enjoyed other things I have read by Bryson, so I was intrigued. I was sadly disappointed. The writing and setup was extremely disorganized. A lot of the information was boring and irrelevant. The book was largely a social history of 17th-19th century upper class England, and relied heavily on anecdotal evidence for support (Thanks, Kim). I realize there isn't really any other way to know what life was like in the house hundreds of years ago, but Bryson made many broad claims based on the diaries of few individuals, and it made it hard to believe there was much validity to what he said. He also made a lot of claims based on when a word was coined. I know that language is telling, but just because there isn't a precise word for something, doesn't mean the concept doesn't exist in society. The scope of the book is so broad and Bryson is clearly not an expert in these areas. I was not impressed with his research.
There were a few parts of the book I found interesting, but ultimately, I found myself skimming through endless facts about architecture, furniture, and fabric design to get there.
"At Home" is baggy, loose-jointed and genial. It moves along at a vigorously restless pace, with the energy of a Labrador retriever off the leash, racing up to each person it encounters, pawing and sniffing and barking at every fragrant thing, plunging into icy waters only to dash off again, invigorated. You do, somehow, maintain forward momentum and eventually get to the end. Bryson is fascinated by everything, and his curiosity is infectious.
In a sense, Bryson's book is a history of "getting comfortable slowly," and he notes that flushing toilets were the most popular feature at theCrystal Palace exhibition in 1851. Informative, readable and great fun.
Bryson is certainly famous enough to have got away with a far less bulging compendium. Instead, on our behalf, he's been through those hundreds of books (508 according to the bibliography) some of which even the most assiduous readers among us might never have got around to: Jacques Gelis's History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe, say, or John A Templer's The Staircase: Studies of Hazards, Falls and Safer Designs. He's then extracted their most arresting material and turned the result into a book that, for all its winning randomness, is not just hugely readable but a genuine page-turner — mainly because you can't wait to see what you'll find out next.
In demonstrating how everything we take for granted, from comfortable furniture to smoke-free air, went from unimaginable luxury to humdrum routine, Bryson shows us how odd and improbable our own lives really are.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0767919386, Hardcover)Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2010: Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) turns his attention from science to society in his authoritative history of domesticity, At Home: A Short History of Private Life. While walking through his own home, a former Church of England rectory built in the 19th century, Bryson reconstructs the fascinating history of the household, room by room. With waggish humor and a knack for unearthing the extraordinary stories behind the seemingly commonplace, he examines how everyday items--things like ice, cookbooks, glass windows, and salt and pepper--transformed the way people lived, and how houses evolved around these new commodities. "Houses are really quite odd things," Bryson writes, and, luckily for us, he is a writer who thrives on oddities. He gracefully draws connections between an eclectic array of events that have affected home life, covering everything from the relationship between cholera outbreaks and modern landscaping, to toxic makeup, highly flammable hoopskirts, and other unexpected hazards of fashion. Fans of Bryson's travel writing will find plenty to love here; his keen eye for detail and delightfully wry wit emerge in the most unlikely places, making At Home an engrossing journey through history, without ever leaving the house. --Lynette Mong
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Gan Bei (干杯)is a Chinese toast literally translated as "Bottoms up!". For those who have spent some time in China this expression is familiar because of the alcohol drinking importance in local social intercourses. It even gave birth to a Chinglish word "ganbeiing" which means "drinking lots of alcohol in company".
No business can be finalized in China without sitting around the table and drinking, drinking, drinking… This controversial habit is rooted so deeply that even latest tragic events when officials died during banquets would hardly change anything about it in a foreseeable future.
However, my blog is not about business or politics – it is about Chinese girls, and I want to let you know the unwritten laws that apply to parties "decorated" with the presence of Chinese girls.
I guess it's not unique to China that during banquets people want to join the festive mood of a party without getting completely drunk. But it is not easy to keep the right pace (especially if you are a foreign guy and everybody wants to "ganbei" with you).
Thus, it is important to know some rituals and their implications to men and women.
First of all, those who are late to the party have to drink extra beers as a "punishment". For men apologies are vain. It's better to show the sincere regret and drink 3 glasses of beer without redundant explanations.
But if girl is late and guy says something like – "Hey, beautiful*, you are so late, we are waiting for you until flowers fade away. Please drink 3 glasses of beer now."
It would invite a girl to grasp the opportunity and answer – "Oh, if you say I am beautiful – should I be punished for spending some time to prepare myself for the party? Are you so impatient, uh?"
Moreover, the guy's girlfriend (or wife) might show solidarity and confirm that men must wait for their women without complaining and even punish him for incautious comments to drink instead of the girl who came late.
* – in some cities – like in my native Chongqing – people address every girl 美女 "mei nϋ" ("beautiful"). Therefore it is not uncommon to hear the greeting 你好,美女 "Ni hao, mei nϋ" even from complete strangers in the street. On the other hand, maybe it is the kind of self-fulfilling prophecy and can partly explain why there are so many beautiful girls in Chongqing!
From the previous example you can see that appropriate and timely response is important to achieve the goal of making others to drink (while preserving yourself the privilege to do so at own convenience).
Here are some of toasts serving the same idea and mostly exploited by girls.
If girl wants a guy to drink the whole glass of beer, she can use the following phrase (rhyming in Chinese):
感情深,一口焖("gan qing shen, yi kou men")"If our relationship is good, drink it all" followed by 感情浅,添一添("gan qing qian, tian yi tian")"If not, you can just sip a bit". Of course, the guy will empty his glass.
Now it's girl's turn to make the move and she continues the game saying:
喝一半,感情不断("he yi ban, gan qing bu duan")"I drink half, so that our relationship goes on". And accordingly she drinks just half of the glass!
Generally speaking, when toasted in China men are always supposed to drink **.
Women, on the other hand, have a privilege to miss a round (or even ask someone to drink instead of her). But don't be deceived by slender looks of Chinese girls. You might be surprised to reveal that some of them can make a tough competition to guys in drinking alcohol.
** – As a side remark, refusing to drink too often will make a man look hypocritical, and in China it could lose so needed social relationships ("guanxi") with far-going consequences.
Talking about drinking competitions I have to mention the popular Chinese drinking games. There are many ways to entertain the drinkers and the culture of such games in China has a rich history which can be traced to Tang dynasty.
Today they usually revolve around some kind of riddles, counting, card games and in each round the loser has to drink.
If you want to play such game with a girl – you can choose a "Little Bee" game.
Below is the quote from an article about drinking games that gives a good explanation of its rules:
It is a game for two. First, the players sing a little verse: "Liangzhi xiao mifeng ya, fei dao huacong zhong ya, fei ya" (two little bees fly to the flowers, and fly). After singing, each player imitates either a rock, paper or scissors with his/her hand. The winner (the one who shows a sign that beats the other player's sign') must pretend to slap the other player, while saying "Pya Pya." The loser must pretend to be slapped while saying "Ah Ah." If both people show the same sign, they pretend to kiss, while saying "Mua Mua." Of course, this has to be done as quickly as possible. The first to say the wrong sentence or does the wrong action must take a drink.
Repetition is the mother of learning. Watch this video to see the game in action.
Before you rush out for some crazy party or KTV I have to explain the last thing – what "whole-sale" 打批发("da pi fa" ) toasting is.
There are two main ways in which people toast: either toasting people who sit next to you and with whom you have a conversation or making a "whole-sale" toast accompanied by a little speech which addresses all participants of the party. In the latter case everybody has to drink. That's why "whole-sale" toasts are not supposed to be made too often. In fact, if you are not sure – it's better to refrain from doing it at all. Again, there is some exception for girls and their "whole-sale" toasting will be tolerated more readily.
Now you are ready to drink in Chinese parties. Gan bei!
Not a complete stranger to drinking, Crystal Tao


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The House must amend the Senate bill and make the Senate come back and deal with reality, including the reality that it and Obama must go through the House to get anything done.
Omg. These guys in the house are freakin crazy.
I would love to see the House GOP add spending cuts to the Senate bill. Show your cards and propose cuts granny's benefits. Can you say "political suicide"?
Deficits don't matter.
Make the cuts and let the chips fall. The CBO estimates this bill adds 4 trilliion over the next 10 years to the deficit. We're better off going over the cliff. The impact on the military is bad but nothing compared to our inability to field a credible force in 5-10 years when the deficit really bites us in the rump.
Just bring the Bill to a vote and go from there. Blamestorming can come later.
Obama is in the pocket of Koch brothers.
Can'tor might be the next speaker if I bring it to a vote.
The same old incompetent politiks .... it does not matter if a bill does not solve the problem ... we need your votes. All of those politicians should resign.
We will become a second rate nation because of our debts and the fact that we have inefficient businesses flurishing do to the federal reserve, tax breaks, government grants, etc.
Take the fiscal cliff deal, make Bush tax cuts permanent, cut personnel exemptions and deductions for upper 10% of income earners, and reduce cuts to military by 90%. We all (rich and poor) need to have skin in the game! The cuts will force creative innovations in conservation and life style.
The American Democracy has failed. The only solution is a totally new system.
Comrades, welcome to the Brave New World and the say goodbye to the world "as we know it"!
We need to have significant spending cuts, elimination of deduction,exemptions across the board!! today!! sorry but the little jab tax increase at the wealthier Americans does nothing for our country......cut everything 30-50%, and the 47% that pay no taxes enter into a "workfare" program building bridges and roads or whatever. Americans have no pride, no shame,
Given a choice, we will choose whatever insane proposal available, and having done so, will give Obama a great big New Years present. We are certifiably crazy. Just watch us.
Don't forget, the Senate is our equivalent of the House of Lords and the House is our equivalent of the House of Commons. The only ones fighting for the common man are those in the House.
It was brilliant of Obama to forge an agreement in the Senate, who only really care about State Politics and big business. Now he makes Boehner and the Reps in the House into fall guys if they don't go along.
I think Obama won this round. Sign the freakin' thing.
Pass the Senate bill and live to fight another day. Take the offensive starting January 3 with a proposal to enact spending cuts in connection with an expansion of the debt ceiling. This deal does nothing to solve the deficit issue. Pass a debt limit extension to 17 trillion ( covers another $600 billion in borrowing) in January and include huge spending cuts in the legislation forcing the administration to reduce spending or blow through the added capacity in 2013. Then no more continuing spending resolutions shoud be considered by he we congress during its term. Shut the government down if the administration fights the cuts, but shut it down before the end of 2013.
And I vote for markd to test ride the bridges and roads the "47%ers that pay no taxes are forced to work in" under your proposal.
Cut spending on ALL entitlements, but keep military spending the same. We'll need our soldiers to defend the haves when the have-nots riot.
Time to move away from the carbon obesity era.
Sounds like the best that can be done under present conditions, but if they do what thay were elected and re-elecrted just recently to do, then it is ok because that is how a Republic works. I hate to pay higher taxes, but if that is what it takes -- that is how a Republic works. At least everyone pays that way --- right into another great depression --- for that is what Hoover and FDR did in 1931 and 1933 in order to cover government spending. History seems to repeat itself when every wants something for nothing.
Obama has once again out maneuvered the GOP. He has placed Republicans in the untenable position of being the root cause of tax increases for the vast majority of American's without any spending cuts as part of the agreement. He has forced the GOP into the position to negotiate spending cuts as part of the debt ceiling debate where they will be positioned in the media as responsible for a further downgrade to the country's credit rating. Obama has already stated he will seek a "balanced approach" in any debt ceiling negotiations. Translated this means more taxes. The Republicans must stand firm and force the White House to negotiate a comprehensive package of tax and entitlement reform. The only leverage left for the GOP is the fiscal cliff.
Clearly fiscal sanity is a strategy with great risks in this, the age of free stuff.
GOPers, you have a bad hand. Fold, regroup with a better message that includes the middle class (small businesses seems to be your only connection to the middle class, but that's misleading - hedge funds are considered small businesses when you count the # of employees) and live to battle another day.
You got to know when to fold. As your hero Clint Eastwood said in Dirty Harry 2: "A man's got to know his limitations"
Increase 450k to 800k threshold for married gay couples.
Amend it and send it back, if not, the TEA party folks need to declare independent and turn the majority back over to Democrats. F Boehner and his RINO's. If the country is going down the Greek road, may as well make the Democrats own it across the board.
It's becoming clearer every day that our Washington politicians have dug themselves into such a deep hole of unfunded promises and tax favors that they are no longer capable of finding a way out. They can no longer shower added largess for their primary goal, reelection. They can still finger point, but they can no longer govern.
1. Keep all Bush era tax cuts permanent.
2. Abolish all tax credits whatsover.
3. Abolish all welfare, section 8, WIC, food stamps, crazy checks.
4. Abolish Medicaid except for the absolutely and truly physically or mentally disabled.
5. Abolish social security disabilty except for the absolutely and truly physically or mentally disabled.
6. Abolish all corporate, business etc. welfare, tax credits, etc.
7. Abolish all agriculture welfare. Operate under a system of crop insurance and that's it.
8. Abolish all six figure salaries for federal employees.
9. Stop trying to be the policemen of the world, close a couple hundred overseas bases, stop all nation
building forever, take the 5th Fleet out of the Persian Gulf and drill the heck out of our own oil.
10. Abolish the Estate and Gift tax forever.
11. Abolish dozens of federal agencies and thousands of bs programs that waste countless billions.
12. Withdraw from the NAFTA, WTA-WTO and GATT treaties.
13. Kick the U.N. out of the USA and cut off all funding to it. Forever.
14. Terminate all foreign aid to all countries for 10 years and then thereafter only to those countries
that are a true friends and allies, vote exactly as we do in the U.N. and then only for humanitarian purposes.
15. Make all federal laws apply to members of Congress. And abolish congressional retirement benefits.
16. Repeal ObamaCare.
And if anyone was wondering that is JUST A START!
@the right way Fold? This is the only play. ( and btw quoting Dirty Harry is no way to sound knowledgable in an economic debate)
It appears that for Obama, getting a deal is more important than the nature of the deal. But if Republicans insist on more cuts, amybe we would learn just what they want to cut. So far they have pretty much avoided doing this. Let their medicare base see what is in store for them.
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Deuter ACT Lite 75+10
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Comfortable adjustable pack that can adapt to haul…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $179 on sale
Comfortable adjustable pack that can adapt to haul a lot or a little. Quality construction with some thoughtful details. Weighs in at 4 lbs 5 oz, a good compromise between weight and haul-ability.
- Comfortable padding that does not press directly on the spine
- Easy to adjust for torso size
- Easily adjusted for size and load of pack contents
- Comfortable padded hip belt
- Can expand upward for more gear if needed
- Removable lid that converts to daypack
- Big stretchy side pockets and front pocket
- Hydration bag compatible
- Only one hip belt pocket
- Lack of pockets and organization
- Can not replace hip belt
- Lacks points of attachment to bottom of pack
Age and prior back injuries has made finding a backpack I could wear a difficult task. With the Deuter Act Lite 75+10, I finally found a pack that I could not only carry but was comfortable also. For me, the key was to find a pack that did not put any pressure directly on my spine. The "air contact" system employed by Deuter not only keeps the pressure off the spine, it also provides for good air circulation and padding.
There are men and women specific packs, I found the men's version fit me better so that is what I chose. For larger sized backpackers like myself, the men's version has ample room for adjustment particularly with the hip belt. For smaller sized backpackers the women's SL model may be a better choice.
I have used the pack over the summer during many training hikes, day hikes, overnights, and one multiday backpack. No apparent wear or damage is evident. I am typically carrying 20-30 lbs and with that weight the pack extremely comfortable, in fact hardly noticeable that I am carrying a pack. Maximum weight I have carried in this pack was 42 lbs, with no issues with the pack and no points of abrasion, bruising or discomfort between body and pack. Ultimately this pack will be used for an AT thru-hike next year.
The velcro "vari-quick" system allows for quick torso adjustment. I found it easy to dial in the correct fit for myself. Load lifter straps make it easy to adjust the load of the pack on the fly. The sternum strap has a stretchy portion which allows you to snug in the shoulder straps but still allowing for chest expansion when breathing. The hip belt buckles with a sturdy buckle and tightens by pulling in from each side.
Once the pack is on and adjusted it rides comfortably and I did not experience any slipping of the hip belt or any adjustments. I found that with the load lifter straps tightened the pack moved with me and felt very stable. It was easy to loosen the load lifters to shift the balance when going downhill or to just increase the air circulation if needed.
The pack appears to be well made with quality materials. Zippers, buckles, and pulls are all sturdy. Fabric is sturdy and held up to friction against granite with no evidence of abrasion. The stretchy side pockets and large stretchy outer pocket appear to be much more fragile. I did not experience any wear on those stretchy pockets but I did treat them a bit more carefully.
I like the fact that the pack can easily be adjusted to carry smaller loads with side compression straps. You can just as easily expand the volume by using the vertical collar to hold an additional 10 liters of stuff. Also convenient is the ability to take the lid off and convert to a daypack. The inner pocket on the lid has been a secure place to store valuables.
Other notable features and minor details include a velcro strap that secures hydration tubing to shoulder strap, interior zipper divider between upper and lower sections, and one zippered hip belt pocket (I wish they had put one on each side). An interior pocket holds up to a 3 liter hydration pack, though I preferred to carry mine in the outer large stretchy pocket. A bear canister can fit horizontally or vertically in the upper section and horizontally in the lower section.
I purchased the Deuter raincover for this pack. It will not fit over the pack with a sleeping pad rolled and attached to the outside of the lower compartment, but will fit if you hang the pad from the ice ax loops at the bottom of the pack. I wish they had included a couple of points of attachment to the bottom of the pack.
Overall I am very impressed with the comfort of this pack. Though it has taken a while for me to figure out a place for everything and everything in its place with this pack, it is only a minor inconvenience. The pack has a great balance between durability and weight. Deuter delivers what it promises with this pack, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
Update 7/9/2015
After extensive use on the Appalachian Trail, I am happy to report this pack surpassed my expectations. It remained comfortable and easy to adjust. Once I got the perfect fit dialed in, I never really gave a thought to the pack. It was comfortable enough that I really just didn't notice it while hiking.
No damages or excessive wear. It will soak up water like a sponge if you don't use a rain cover. I did use the Deuter rain cover every day and for the most part kept the pack relatively clean and dry. The rain cover suffered a few tears, which probably prevented damage to the pack.
Love this pack so much I bought a smaller version for weekend trips.
Thanks Lah! Finally finding a comfortable pack will definitely improve the experience :)
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Excellent review, Barbara. Best of luck on your thru-hike! I look forward to seeing photos and opinions from the AT.
1 year ago
Thanks for the update, Barbara. What size pack did you buy for your other version?
5 months ago
I bought the ACT Lite 40 + 10. Same great back system and features, just a smaller size. This pack actually would have been fine for the AT in summer once the winter gear was bounced on. Its comfort level maxes out carrying about 32 lbs.
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Don't listen to Scott Churchman's second self-titled album (that's not a mistake) alone. It's spooky. The slow, calculated Matmos-meets-Poltergeist thing going on in the music, coupled with Churchman's forelorn voice, will make you begin to think someone is watching you. And it could be some of the same spirits that haunted the home, built in 1750, Churchman recorded the album in. At the very least, "Make You Scream" will make you feel personally threatened. Assisting Churchman are members of his other bands, Ape School and Folklore, and various friends like Kurt Vile and members of the Lilys and Whales and Cops. We started a couple sentences and asked Churchman to fill in the blanks. You're about to read them. But first, what's that behind you???
The way I approach music in the bands I'm in (Ape School, Folklore) and in the solo setting is ... "Very different. In Ape School I play guitar in a way that I normally don't. Real 'electric guitar,' I guess. It's a lot of fun. And in Folklore I play bass, which was my main instrument, so I just play along and try not to be noticed. When it comes to my own songs I'm just recording constantly and seeing what happens. In the process of wrapping this album up I recorded another album. It's an obsession, I feel useless if I haven't done anything new."
Things people might miss the first few times they listen to Scott Churchman is ... "There is hope hidden somewhere. For instance, there's a song called 'On A Mountain' that everyone thinks is about murder or something. It has a line that says 'I can't wait to fight with you,' and it talks about being on a mountain and only one person coming down. but to me it's a love song. The only one-person-coming-down line is just pessimism."
Some bands I've been listening a lot to lately include ... "A Roy Orbison cassette called Ride Away. I've been listening to that on repeat for months. It's such a quirky recording. The New Heaven and the New Earth's All Saints Day is one of the best things to come out of Philadelphia in the past year. It's nice to hear someone else around here making miserable music."
Once I got so blasted on (whiskey/beer/weed/pills/etc) I ..."Don't remember. My birthday is halloween, and I get all bloody like a zombie almost every year. By the end of the night I wind up on the floor while everyone else has left for another party. I figure it's all part of the costume."
When you upload my album in iTunes it lists "Rock" in the genre column. But what it really is is ... "Evil. I hate when people ask me what kind of music I make. The first two responses are usually 'slow' and 'dark,' but a lot of friends swear it's pure evil. When I listen to the people that I love like Leonard Cohen or Low or Nick Cave, they have this comforting warmth to them like it's hugging you. I just try to make music that feels like it's hugging you."
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To all those is New England this is not to make light of what you all are going through.
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Who would have thought it possible that I would be a super hero, not me. My now ex-husband called me stupid, fat and ugly every day. One day in October I had enough, I packed enough cloths for myself and tow kids for a week and got a ride to ... Read more
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This has been a good round for me, I've lost weight-10 since Jan, I like my team the geckos, and I've increased my exercise.
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Dance preview: Along the path of Harlem company's comeback
When the news broke last year that Dance Theatre of Harlem was returning to the stage after an eight-year hiatus, the dance world breathed a collective sigh of relief all except the company's new artistic director, Virginia Johnson, who is still holding her breath.
"We're back and we're new," Johnson said. "We are the same eclectic and diverse company audiences have always enjoyed but we are now a lean, mean dancing machine."
Johnson is upbeat about the future but understandably nervous about what she calls the "money-in-money-out" responsibilities of her job. In 2004, while Johnson was still a dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem, the company announced a $2.3 million debt that forced it to shutter the performing company. It was a devastating blow after 35 years of touring the world and busting long-held myths about people of color and classical ballet.
DTH travels considerably lighter now, with 18 dancers, down from 44 in 2004, and a repertoire that doesn't require two semi-trailers full of costumes and sets. The company will perform Thursday, March 6, at the University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall.
"It was important to bring the company back together," Johnson explained. "DTH has a two-part mission: It's about arts education and performance. We are about inspiring people and taking our message of diversity forward, and you really can't do that without a touring company. It was very important to bring all those elements back to the organization."
Since the beginning, DTH was about empowering young people through the arts and using the art form of classical ballet to give the people of Harlem a better chance at a bright future. During the eight years the company stopped touring, school and outreach programs continued founder Arthur Mitchell's original mission of developing strong individuals who understand that focus and discipline can lead to success whether the student went on to dance professionally or not.
"Arthur Mitchell created DTH in 1969 and gave people like me, who had been told there is no place for you in classical ballet because of the color of your skin, a place to dance," Johnson said. "But his objective was not just to create a black ballet company. His objective was to let people know that ballet doesn't belong to just one community, it belongs to all. Excellence is a human endeavor and it doesn't really have a skin color."
Johnson commended Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute for "doing a great job of creating a diverse ballet company." She predicts a shift over the next five years due to training opportunities for young dancers of color at American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theatre. "I think Adam will be a significant part of the change we see happening," she added.
"Diversity is a priority to me," Sklute said. "I feel a ballet company should reflect the world. This art form, no matter where its roots are from, is for everyone, and I want everyone to feel they have someone they can relate to when attending a performance. I also find it beautiful to have people of all races, nationalities, colors and sizes come together on the stage as a team. The alternative is boring to me."
Thursday at Kingsbury Hall, DTH will perform ballets choreographed specifically for the new company as well as George Balanchine's neoclassical 1957 masterwork, "Agon," which Mitchell premiered in and later became a DTH favorite.
Also on the program is "Far But Close" by John Alleyne, described as an urban love story that includes spoken word; "When Love," a romantic duet by Helen Pickett; and a crowd-pleaser titled "Return" by DTH resident choreographer Robert Garland to the music of James Brown and Aretha Franklin.
"DTH always presented the highest standards of ballet, whether classics, Balanchine work or new creations," Sklute said. "Under Virginia Johnson, that remarkable standard remains and grows."
Johnson danced for 28 years as DTH's star ballerina before the 2004 break. Her focus then, she said, was to make sure her own performance was at the highest level.
"Now, as artistic director," she mused, "I have the global view of the whole organization what is happening with the dancers, what kind of work we are doing and how we are interacting with our community."
When asked about the greatest challenge outside finances, Johnson carefully contemplated before answering: "It's a changing time we have a whole world of young artistic directors who are looking at the world differently. And to remain relevant in the 21st century, audiences are looking to connect with what is happening onstage. And connecting often comes from seeing themselves represented onstage."
Dance Theatre of Harlem
When • Thursday, March 6, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $29, $39, $49 and $59, with a $5 ticket for U. of U. students; available at the Kingsbury Hall box office, by phone at 801-581-7100 or online at http://www.kingtix.com.


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Scumball Rally
By AA Gill 12 October 11
Monte Carlo is an attack on the senses, the most violent of which is the noise. Our gangplank is ten feet from the racetrack, which sounds great when you say it, but sounds as if your brains are squirting out of your ears like toothpaste when you live it. We spend all day with yellow plastic McNuggets in our ears, every so often raising an eyebrow or shrugging a shoulder by way of conversation.
It's a hurricane of sound. If the racing cars aren't practising then there's something called Formula Three, or go-karts, or racing Porsches. And when they are all done, the local mummy's boys get into their Ferraris and zoom and pretend. It's as pathetic as taking your own football to a Cup Final. And if it's not them, it's the synchronised knockabout street sweepers.
The aptly named pits are a self-contained city of Portakabin cafés and motor homes. They perambulate around the world as the modern equivalent of the circus. Today, naughty boys and girls from nice suburban families run away to join Formula One. The money that it must take to make these little plastic cars go round and round is staggering. Embarrassing. And I'm not someone who naturally spies conspicuous consumption and then thinks of starving black babies or Third World disease. But motor racing is bulimic consumption on a psychotic level. I look over the side of the jetty and lo, there is what pays for most of it. Millions and millions of fag butts. The bay is one huge ashtray. The confetti of a great cancerous wedding.
Waiting for the race to begin, we are entertained by the Swiss Red Arrows. I know that sounds like a joke. Little crimson turboprop trainers buzz and dive-bomb Monte Carlo and on every sun deck every photocopier salesman shouts, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" high-fives his mates and collapses into self-congratulatory giggles. Switzerland Blitzkreig-ing Monaco is funny. One fat tax avoider declaring war on another, dropping anti-personnel interest rates. But Switzerland and Monaco are never going to fight a war. You've got to care about something to be prepared to die for it.
As a human being there are many, many things you can feel ashamed of. Things that leave a metallic taste in the mouth, make you promise to do better. Try harder. Reorganise your priorities. And physically or symbolically, every single one of them is here for one weekend a year.
Monte Carlo is a gaudy parable. A speechless Sermon on the Mount. But no one's listening. And they couldn't hear even if they were. The noise has reached concrete-splitting levels. It's the roar of selfishness, greed, vanity, avarice, addiction, lust and pointless stupidity. On the giant screen above the slurping ashtray, shimmering in the petrol haze, the start lights are flashing. Red, amber, green. And they're off.
Originally published in the October 2001 issue of British GQ.