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Gamescom 2011: Lord of the Rings: War in the North Hands-On Preview - Troll Hunters
Written Saturday, August 27, 2011 By Lee AbrahamsView author's profile
If you swoon at the sight of suave elves, stumpy dwarves or Hobbits with more body hair than King Kong, then this is going to be the game for you. We decided to go hands-on with the most gruesome Lord of the Rings title to date, or so the developers promised us, in a bid to see if we could deal a little death in the Tolkien style.
The events in War in the North directly parallel those of the movie, as pitched battles spring up all across Middle-earth as the forces of Sauron try to gain a foothold wherever they can. So you have a chance to step into the shoes of the brave few attempting to stop this unholy juggernaut from emerging victorious. Obviously one or two more well-known characters are liable to make cameos along the way, but this is very much a new story that is fully approved by the Tolkien estate to become an official part of the overall lore of Middle-earth.
With the ability to play solo, splitscreen or online with drop in/out co-op you can enjoy the game however you see fit too. The AI will fill in the spare slots where required, but we tooled up with two likeminded individuals to take down some bad guys together. After all it's always more fun to kill with buddies than go it alone.
The usual characters are ready and willing with a doughty dwarf fighter, a nimble elven mage and a boring human ranger. Boo to humans! However, you are never obliged to take a character down a strict path and can tailor them with skills, equipment and abilities how you see fit, which helps stop things from becoming too predictable. Typically we got stuck as a human ranger, but rather than just getting him killed in a fit of pique, we decided to be a team player and do our damnedest to emerge successful.
Each character has heavy and light attacks, as well as the ability to attack from range, plus there are special abilities tied to the bumper buttons – which can provide a range of alternate attacks or buff abilities. Our first job was to loot the surrounding area for swag and acquire some fancy weapons, chests can be searched by each player which prevents one character making off with all the best swag and also means that you can find character specific items. This system prevents the kind of free for all that could be found in titles like Borderlands, and ensures an even dispersal of quality equipment. Navigating the menus lets you quickly upgrade your team as the game helpfully highlights which equipment offers the best bang for your buck, which is handy when you just want to tool up and kick some ass.
Once we were suitably armed we headed into battle against some invading orcs, using nearby catapults to deal with huge siege towers and the enemies that poured forth from within them. The need for teamwork was instantly apparent, as was the challenging difficulty level, as foes can make short work of the newfound fellowship and it is up to the team to heal each other and quickly pick up downed friends. Liberal use of the dodge button was paramount to jump in and out of danger, and just hacking away at the attack buttons is liable to bring a swift death.
After the first wave was out of the way a couple of trolls decided to take umbrage to our awesome defence and set about battering down the doors. We leapt to their defence and using a neat bit of teamwork, some of the flashy special moves and more healing potions than you can shake a stick at we emerged victorious. The whole thing played pretty well, with lovely visuals, an array of skills and interesting combat, it is certainly more engrossing than recent combat RPGs like Hunted et al. When you throw in a bunch of sidequests, moral ramifications to your actions and a quest that spans the whole of Middle-earth then this is potentially the game that fans have been longing for.
If we had any concerns it would be the fact that War in the North may well be fairly short, with a running time of roughly 12 – 15 hours which could be dramatically shortened if you went in with a full team. There were also a few glitches in the enemy AI with some characters getting stuck on scenery and not even reacting when we peppered them with arrows from afar. Hopefully, these are just a few final niggly bugs though, as the idea of a spectacular, co-op Lord of the Rings experience should be too good to pass up.
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Bye bye "bikepoo": New era of transport dawns on Myanmar
By Damir Sagolj and Aung Hla Tun
YANGON (Reuters) - Holy water is sprinkled over a new Honda sub-compact festooned with flowers and red ribbons.
For more than a century, owners of ox-drawn carts, World War Two-era trucks and decrepit buses have descended on the Shwe Nyaung Pin Nat Shrine under a banyan tree in Myanmar's biggest city to bless one of the world's oldest vehicle fleets, dominated by Japanese rust-buckets from the 1980s or older.
Today, as the country emerges from 49 years of isolation, the shrine has new visitors: freshly minted cars. The Honda's owner, Nyein Chang Aung, hopes the blessing will protect him from accidents in a country with some of the world's most treacherous roads.
"My elders were coming to this tree and I'm doing the same," he said. "They never had any accidents."
As Myanmar opens up, its antiquated transportation system is undergoing dramatic change. New cars are plying roads dominated by rattletrap buses -- known as "bikepoo", or "big belly", in the Myanmar language -- and wheezing taxis.
The decades-old buses as well as trains are being retired. Airlines are updating fleets of mostly ageing Fokker planes from the 1970s.
Yet, despite the changes, travelling in Myanmar remains a colorful, surreal and daunting experience -- a legacy of rules drawn up by paranoid generals who governed since a 1962 coup until last year, ruling by fear and superstition.
Most vehicles, for instance, are right-hand drive, a throwback to British colonialism. Yet the roads are right-hand traffic, similar to the American system, reducing visibility and keeping drivers on perpetual alert. As more vehicles are imported, such quirks worsen the strains of already-congested roads. Continued...

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2016 Challenge Winners!!
February 17th, 2016• 3:18pm •
All right! After 2+ weeks of anticipation . . . we have our list of Journey Challenge Completers! :D Well done, everybody! 'Challenges' are not typically easy, but this year's Memory Challenge was particularly . . . well, challenging - so again, a hearty well done and congratulations!
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Theatergoers' Smartphones Control The Race Unfolding On Screen [Video]
Social racing game gives you a chance to win tasty treats from the concession stand.
To build excitement for the upcoming 2014 Mazda3, JWT Canada partnered with Cineplex to create a gaming first for Timeplay in which cinema-goers are pitted against in each other in a dual screen driving experience that leverages their mobile accelerometer. The social driving game turns your phone into a wheel, and every seat in the theatre into the driver's seat for an immersive mass test drive experience.
Consumers at participating Cineplex theatres in Toronto and Vancouver can compete head-to-head in the game, which presents itself as a test of driving skill. Participants receive points that can be redeemed for concession products, and winning players are entered into a draw for a "movie night." According to the company, this is the first time an automotive branded experience has been created for a mass audience in a theatre setting.
Brent Choi, Chief Creative and Integration Officer at JWT commented:
Mazda continues to push the limits of what's possible with everything they do, and their communications also have to live up to that standard. Utilizing the accelerometer in smart phones, our combined teams were able to create a dynamic and fun in-theatre driving experience for audiences to participate and compete in.
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Indiana University Off Road Club
I'm looking to start an off road club here at IU Bloomington. I hope to cater to not just Jeeps but all others that enjoy our hobby, or that are interested in seeing what it's about. That being said, in order to establish a club I need another student co-founder and a faculty advisor so that I can get things rolling. Anybody interested?
Also, if anybody has any experience or advice about establishing a new club please feel free to chime in.
With my local club, there are a few things we do.
-We pay membership fees which the club decides what they are used for...charities, etc.
-Part of the membership fees go towards a membership with cal4wheel for each member, which is an organization in CA that supports and works to keep trails open for us.
-We hold a meeting once a month to discuss trips, trail issues, and anything else necessary.
-A newsletter is sent out monthly to each member outlining past trips and upcoming trips or events.
These are just a few things that I can think of that you can also consider for your club, Good luck :wavey:
Id be interested. Graduated college last year though but wouldnt mind helping out. Im an hour out though but sounds cool!
Thank you for your input!
We have one at our school. Best advice would be to get an adviser who likes to offroad, or at least supports your cause. Next is to get the word out there, such as talking to people with offroad rigs and meeting people :)
Let me know if this gets any traction> I am faculty at the IU school of nursing and new to wheeling.
I am up here at Northwest, but HELL YA! Hope it goes through for you. You can bet if it made it up this way, you got my support.
Ill be at iu next year! Ill have to check back in when im there!
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Gordon Brown walked towards a building in Westminster where he was about to make a speech, possibly under the working title, "David Davis is bonkers. But I am not. Dear me, no. You could go a long way and not find anyone as sane as me."
A BBC reporter was waiting with camera and mic. The moment Mr Brown appeared he shouted: "Why isn't Labour standing against David Davis? Are you afraid of a debate on terror?"
This role of corporation shouter is a long and honourable one, though probably not dating back to the days of Lord Reith, who discouraged shouting at politicians, even by reporters in evening dress. These days the shouter resembles the musician who does the gunfire in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - it's a brief moment but a vital one. A trained shouter will wait for hours until his quarry appears. It's a task that requires patience, alertness and a strong bladder. Sometimes the shout lasts no more than one second: "Will you resign?"
The questions do not expect or require an answer, since they make "have you stopped beating your wife?" as simple as "you want fries with that?" No politician is ever going to come over to the shouter and say: "As a matter of fact, I am afraid. You see, if Labour stood against David Davis we'd be soundly beaten, and it would look like a referendum on our anti-terrorism policy." Likewise they never amble towards the camera and say: "Resign? Do you think I should? It hadn't occurred to me, but now you mention it ..." Mr Brown, as tradition demands, ignored the shouter and walked sternly along, surrounded by aides and protection officers.
It was not a riveting speech. The name Davis did not pass his lips, though he did hold a phantom debate with him over the alleged assaults on civil liberties.
The gist was that there had to be a balance between security and liberty. The greatest liberty of all is to remain alive. It is a well-used argument, and Mr Brown has deployed it many times, though to his surprise it seems not to have sunk into some people. So he says it again.
For instance, Shami Chakrabati, who runs Liberty, asked him about protection in the new legislation - that's the bill that was passed in the Commons last week but won't go through the Lords. So he answered her, making six points, each at considerable length.
Organised crime, he said, had changed since the days of the Krays, and wasn't confined to one neighbourhood or one city. He sounded slightly nostalgic. "In them days," I expected him to say, "you could leave your door open all day and no Islamist fanatic would nip in to blow up yer mangle and yer bakelite TV."
People were worried about the surveillance society, he admitted. So the information commissioner would produce an annual report on the state of surveillance. In other words, surveillance itself is to be put under surveillance.
Finally it was over, and he marched out of the building. The shouter was there before him. "Prime minister, will you stand against David Davis? Are you afraid?" Mr Brown treated him with a total ignoral, even though he has met him many times.
· This article was amended on Friday June 20 2008. The 1812 symphony with the sound of gunfire which we originally referred to is actually an overture - Tchaikovsky's Festival Overture: 1812. This has been corrected.


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By: Faisal Saif
The actor, Rishi Kapoor, who remembers long dialogues actually finds it difficult to remember names of people. Rishi Kapoor has a very lovable habit of calling everyone by different names each time.
Even on sets of his upcoming film, Shuddh Desi Romance, he would keep calling his co-stars Parineeti Chopra, Sushant Singh Rajput and people of the crew with different names without realizing. The younger unit on the sets of Shuddh Desi Romance recently learnt about this habit of Rishi Kapoor and once they were aware about this, they found it very adorable.
The people around the star are accustomed to this by now and the sport that Rishi Kapoor is that he himself laughs about this habit of his. The actor has the highest potential to shock you each time as he is very spontaneous and natural.
Parineeti Chopra says "Rishi sir has an adorable habit. He doesn't remember anyone's name. So he would keep calling everyone by different names. And what he will call you next is always a surprise. Best is, that he is also laughs the most about this habit of his"


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"We end the season with five of our last seven games at home, so this just puts more emphasis on winning our home games," said Onalfo after the Wizards conceded a late goal to fall behind San Jose, 2-1, and fluffed a last-second chance to equalize. Instead, Kansas City's road record dropped to 1-6-5.
"That's MLS," Onalfo said. "There's enormous parity. On any given day anybody can win. If you look at the reality, the reality is most teams have not done well on the road."
Parity is not new to MLS; it is the league's stated objective, one of the rationales behind its salary cap and single-entity structure, and one of its prevalent, and most maddening, factors. Yet by doing the math it's clear Onalfo is right: the 2008 season is on pace to establish a home-field edge not seen since the early years of the post-shootout era as teams try to grind out results.
"Once you get to the last third of the season, the last quarter of the season, it's going to be like that," says forward Josh Wolff, who returned during the summer to MLS following a one-and-a-half year stint in Germany. "Both teams were in need of points and unfortunately we didn't come up with the goods."
Eleven of the 14 MLS teams - including all seven in the Western Conference -- have two or fewer road wins, which makes the road success of New England (5-4-2), Columbus (6-3-2), and Chicago (6-3-3) all the more remarkable, and also explains how those teams have compiled the three best records in MLS. (Houston and Chicago both have 35 points, the Fire has more wins.)
Not since the 2002 season have home teams won more than 50 percent of regular-season games, yet so far with 154 games played, home teams have won 79, lost only 34, and tied 41. That's a home win percentage of 51.3 percent, which doesn't sound so overwhelming, but is still greater than in recent seasons.
Last year, home teams won 91 of 195 games (46.7 percent). In 2006, victories by home teams (92) more than doubled home losses (44), yet there were also 56 ties, and thus the home win percentage (in a 192-game season) was 47.9.
The 2005 statistics, amazingly, were the same: 92 home wins in 192 games for the same 47.9 percentage, except that the totals for ties and home losses flip-flopped. There were 44 ties and 56 home defeats, so the home-team win percentage would seem to be nearly independent of the other two possibilities: a road win and a tie.
The 2003 and 2004 seasons, both which featured two five-team divisions and a 30-game schedule, scarcely deviated in home-win percentage. The 2003 teams won 71 of 150 games (47.3 percent). In 2004, home teams won 72 of 150 (48 percent). The discrepancies in road wins and ties from year to year were much greater: the 2003 road teams won 38 games as compared to 32 the following year, and ties increased from 41 to 46. Yet the win results were nearly identical.
Home teams were especially tough in 2001 and 2002, between which seasons the league contracted Miami and Tampa Bay. Miami led all teams with a 10-2-2 home record in 2001, when home teams won 83 of 140 games (59.3 percent). The 2002 San Jose Earthquakes ruled the home roost with a 12-1-1 mark; league-wide, home teams won 77 of 140 games (55 percent).
Getting back to the here and now, Kansas City's home record of 5-2-3 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, its temporary home while Arrowhead Stadium is being renovated, lands it somewhere in the middle amongst MLS teams. Seven teams have won more home games, four have won fewer, and two others also have five wins.
"For us, it's been like that for most of the season," says Onalfo of a team that got off to a great start, hit a long road skid, and has been scrambling to catch up ever since. "After five games, we were in first place, then we went on a six-game road trip and we lost a lot of momentum. For us, since 10 games into the season, every game has been a dogfight.
"We go to Houston next week, then we go home and our destiny is in our hands. Home is where the points are and we have to get points, no doubt about it."


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Hey, Envato staff, if anyone of you reading this message, it means that I am no longer alive because internet pirates have killed me. Kidding.
Seriously though, I have an idea for you and for all authors from videohive. Many authors from videohive are willing to pay to protect their projects. What if you will make something like a Competition-Startup for devs? It's necessary to create a script that will ask a purchase code when opening a project that was purchased from videohive.
Why I called it "Competition-Startup"?
1. The prize fund will be formed by 20-30 authors from videohive. For example each authors will give $100 and when the script will be ready, these authors will get the script.
2. Those authors, who did not create the fund, will be able to buy the script from Codecanyon (or from VideoHive, section Add Ons).
I am not a programmer and I find it hard to say, as much it is possible to create such script. But if it possible, then I think this "Competition-Startup" will be the fastest and most convenient way to create this script. And everyone will be happy – developers will get cash reward + an opportunity make money by selling the script, authors from will protect their projects, Envato will save money on the development and in the future will make a profit because the script will reduce piracy of projects.Well, what do you think?
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Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe
Featured Review
 I have not always been a huge fan of Mollie Katzen. Not to say that I do not respect her writing, her menus or her presentations, I just did not seek out her work. Nothing personal, mind you. I like Moosewood but, it doesn't necessarily move me. Fast forward a few years and enter Sunlight Café, Ms. Katzen's latest.  No small work, some 300+ pages of breakfast fare. Before you walk away with a scowl about just another breakfast book, flip it open to unearth some of Sunlight's perks, persuasions and little purple suns. I explain the later in a sec. Mollie Katzen has used enough foresight to keep us out of the "Eggs Benedict is the matronly ruler of the breakfast table...(read more)


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Product Review: Klasse High Gloss Sealant Glaze
Klasse High Gloss Sealant Glaze: sort of the miracle product everyone tells you about. Great reviews, great results. In my case the results were far from stellar though. You see, I tried this a long time ago on my first car (2000 Volvo S40 with single stage red paint) and it gave great shine, but caused waterspots like none other. I thought on my newer clear coated car it would be even better! I was wrong. Mediocre shine, mediocre feel. It's also not at all easy to apply and remove. I never could tell if I was actually buffing off product or not. Turns out I wasn't. After leaving it for an hour or so to cure, the product would not come off with a dry microfiber. I moistened a microfiber with optimum no rinse solution and the product finally released.
IMG_1790_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr
i havent really been impressed 100% with any sealant yet. to me....there.....just okay
BlackFire Wet Diamond is 100% my go to. Haven't found one better than that yet. I've been meaning to try the HD Poxy though...
Klasse is a good product that many many people are satisfied with. I used Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant V3.0 last summer/fall and was really happy with it.
^ Indeed, I however am not satisfied with it. Not on any of the 3 cars I've owned.
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Eco friendly hygiene is currently a key issue at home with regard to cleaning and personal hygiene products and with the current rapidly growing number of Swine Flu across the UK, hygiene is of utmost importance to protect you and your family.
Our hygiene range of products not only address hygiene issues in an eco friendly manner, but also helps protect against superbugs such as E-coli, flu virus including Swine Flu, Norovirus and MRSA bacteria plus more.
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When it comes to Green Driving, many of us leave the engine care to a mechanic or local garage. Many engine problems are created by un-burnt fuel which is the cause of carbon build-up in the engine as well as exhaust emissions and smoke which is not ideal for green driving conditions!
What about treating the fuel in your existing engine? By improving the quality of your fuel - petrol, diesel, biodiesel or heating oil - you can burn the fuel more efficiently creating less smoke and emissions, a cleaner engine, better engine performance and more efficient use of the fuel so less of your money goes up in smoke and greenhouse gases.
Choose an area such as composting that you feel you can change most easily in your life, that at this moment is probably the least green part of your life.
Read up about it, learn what impact your current actions have, what you can do to improve it and what positive effect your new actions will have.
Once you have integrated a change into your life and it becomes more comfortable and natural, start another challenge.
One of the first and most obvious things people think of is Recycling but here are a few others to think about and choose from - from simple walking more to more complex ideas for you to research further...
Recycling - is important to reduce landfill and the use of raw materials.
Fuel efficiency - helps the atmosphere and conserves resources.
Energy efficiency - helps the atmosphere.
Organic Food - Reduces destruction of top soil, environment and health hazards.
Oranic Fibres - for clothing. Reduces destruction of top soil, environment, health hazards and eventually landfill.
Buy Local - Helps reduce food miles, supports local farmers, helps local economy.
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Complex Analysis using Mathematica
Here we go again,
I have to define a complex function
So I go through this procedure to define that the variables are really "real"
TagSet[p, Im[p], 0];
TagSet[a, Im[a], 0];
TagSet[b, Im[b], 0];
TagSet[p, Re[p], p];
TagSet[a, Re[a], a];
TagSet[b, Re[b], b];
lamda = a + I*b
z = ComplexExpand[lamda*p]
TagSet[u, Im[u[x, y]], 0];
TagSet[v, Im[v[x, y]], 0];
TagSet[x, Re[x], x];
TagSet[y, Re[y], y];
TagSet[u, Re[u[x, y]], u[x, y]];
TagSet[v, Re[v[x, y]], v[x, y]];
Then I define my actual function
u1 = TrigToExp[Sinh[z]] (*By this time I have realized that
Mathematica or for that matter most of the CAS work better with
exponentials when it comes to complex analysis*)
u[x, y] = Re[u1]
v[x, y] = Im[u1]
The problem I face is that the software is not able to identify x and y
as I have defined above. May be I am making a trivial mistake. Please
Thanks in advance
Pratik Desai


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Definition of impious
: not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
Examples of impious in a Sentence
He was fearful of seeming impious.
an impious act that horrified their pious mother
Origin and Etymology of impious
Latin impius, from in- + pius pious
First Known Use: 1542See Words from the same year
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Zen, antinomian, avatar, gnosticism, illuminati, ineffable, karma, koan, mantra
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Definition of impious for English Language Learners
: feeling or showing a lack of respect for God : not pious
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American Flyer Wide Gauge Presidents Special Engine, # 4687, Nice Original
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This is an original American Flyer wide gauge Presidents Special engine, # 4687, from 1927 only. VERY nice paint; a few small flakes off the top. The reverse rod has a small extension piece on it; hardly noticeable. Runs and reverses well and the lights work. Drivers may be OLD reproductions or maybe AF. Looks GREAT! Longtime TCA member. Satisfaction guaranteed. Buy it now for $1100. See pictures for condition. Phone me with any questions at NO RESERVE!


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I recently had a full abdominoplasty with Muscle Repair. I'm 5'2 and 115 lbs. My plastic surgeon is board certified and is highly regarded, and his... READ MORE
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I just wanted to submit a picture of what my belly button actually looks like. I am 10 mos. TT Post op. PS started cortisone shots and says I have to... READ MORE
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I am 5'7, 130 lbs, athletic, with a lot of abdominal muscle tone.I had a full TT done in November 2010.My belly button didn't have any depth after my... READ MORE
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Jen, that is absolutely typical die off/detox. The good news is, you're doing something that is making a difference. If it's more extreme than you want to deal with, back off on the enzymes and viracin for a bit (either stop entirely for a day or two, and resume at a lower dose, or cut the dose in half now). Generally things will get better in 3-4 days, so figure out what you can handle for that long.
Yes, too much folate could be converted to glutamate, which won't help - but I think you're seeing die off. I wouldn't change too many things right now, or read too much into these behaviors. Starting the new enzymes & viracin is causing gut die off, and lots of gut bacteria & yeast hold metals. So he is moving metals again (the stuttering is a BIG sign of metals moving for lots of spectrum kids - not saying he's autistic, just that's where I know most of the symptoms from!). I do tend to feed DS less sals when he is in acute metals detox - lots of metals clear through the same pathway as sals, so it will stress his body a little less.
Is he still pooping? If he's clearing metals, it's really critical he poop at least once a day, ideally more. (This is where I go straight to an enema if need be, I don't mess around. I get the cheap drugstore ones and use about 20% of the liquid in them, save the rest in a jar for later use). These days I up his mag before I do something I suspect will move metals, so it rarely is necessary, but I do it if I need to.
Becky, partner to Teague, SAHM to Keagan (7yo), Jonah (2yo)
Iodine for a CT scan? that is not radioactive b/c it would really destroy the thyroid. But CT scans do emit radiation. I have no idea if that is "carried" by the body at all for a time or not.
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Check this out...what do you know about cadmium?
caution: one-handed nak
typos likely
Jen, I'd do the suppository, and also up his mag a LOT. (Give it to him first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, 30 minutes before food). Give mag oxide if you have any - it isn't absorbed as well, so it helps with pooping.
For what it's worth, when metals are stopping my son pooping, it seems to be lead that is on the move (and that's what we saw come out when he had gut die off, gut bacteria can also sequester lead). So really, really make sure he poops tomorrow morning - if it is lead, you don't want that absorbed back into his system.
When you are in die off, don't interpret anything as meaningful . Get past the die off first, or you will 1) make yourself crazy, and 2) probably be wrong . Hang in there! My guy is currently running banging on the TV from his current bout of detox (should be the last for us, last supp increase for a while, yay!).
Becky - oh man. So been there. I picture in my head sending my DS over to their house when he's reacting to the thing they don't think is true.
All I have for mag is natural calm. I usually give him 1 to 1/2 tsp which I think is about 160 to 180 mg. I have been thinking I need to up this anyway. How much should I give him? I am dreading the suppository in the morning. We have Sunday school and have to leave the house by 8:00 anyway. It's going to be a fun morning. I probably won't sleep much tonight worrying about circulating metals.... :yawning
Becky, partner to Teague, SAHM to Keagan (7yo), Jonah (2yo)
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typos likely
Can I ask a really stupid question? How do you *know* if there are metals moving? Or do you never truly know?
Becky, partner to Teague, SAHM to Keagan (7yo), Jonah (2yo)
chlobo- depending on what it is, you can eat the baby plants as you thin them out. I do that with leafy greens and onions. Other plants, like tomatoes, peppers, etc, I'd thin them out. I've tried transplanting them in the past, but I had to put them in containers (huge ones*) and they didn't grow much. If you have extra garden space elsewhere, you might have luck. Otherwise, I say be ruthless.
Cabbage, broccoli & I think squash (didn't label that one)
*We had the large containers because our house used to be a grow-op before we moved in. We have the police search warrant from the previous residents. Tons plant containers- way more than 50!! Not that that's relevant in any way, just sort of interesting. lol
I am so tired of people thinking they know more about our situation than I do. Or thinking that I must be dense, or unconcerned about nutrition. gah.
My BIL was saying that HE would do the allergy testing (I'd told him we weren't doing it, and that it hurt). He said that the few minutes of pain would be better than the harm we're doing ds by the lack of nutrition Yeah, because I have no concern for nutrition. I did mention after that some of the downsides of the allergy tests- not accurate for babies, only detect IgE, etc. He did say something positive about all the work I'm putting into figuring it out, so I can keep bf'ing though, so it wasn't all bad.
My neighbor just today thought it necessary to mention to me that just because he reacts one time to something, doesn't mean it's a food related problem. Like I don't understand the difference between cause and effect, and coincidence. When I said that it's been 3 times now that his rash goes away on black beans and quinoa, she said something about...it worked because my system needed to clear out? something like that.
My grandma called and said she looked up eczema online, and ds's rash doesn't look like that. So the dr. must be wrong. On the plus side here, it's really that she's on my side. This is the doc that said that Jonah's rash can't be related to anything I'm eating, and my grandma thinks the doc is wrong about everything (to my grandma, either you're always right and can do no wrong, or you are always wrong and can do no right). So really, she's trying to be supportive. At least she agrees that it's food related.
We went swimming in a salt pool for the second time in two days today...can anyone think why that would set dd off? Or is she just overly tired? She wet, and has had major meltdowns all evening...used some essential oils and she's finally calming down...
Serial posting...
Been doing some research on celiac, trying to see if I could find anything else that fits DD, besides being tiny.
1) only 30% of diagnosed celiac patients present with GI symptoms (diarrhea, bloating, weird poop, distended belly, etc)
2) migraine sufferers are 10% more likely to have celiac than the general population (not DD, but DH)
3) tooth enamel issues (definitely DD )
4) keratosis pilaris (there are several threads in celiac forums going "hey, yeah, those bumps did go away when I went GF!") - DH has a lot, DD a little (and it hasn't responded to the normal stuff, EFAs, cal/mag)
5) cradle cap - again, not on the official symptom lists, but a lot of kids with celiac seem to have (DD had it for a long time, and it still pops back up occasionally)
I don't know if that's a very convincing list, but it does at least put a couple other potentially supporting symptoms on the list...
Don't know, but I took both adrenal and thyroid glandulars both pregnant and nursing with dd2 and am on adrenal glandulars this time too. My mw seriously got after me when I ran out for a week. To DH: Make sure she orders them today. She needs to be on them.
I am hugely better on them than off. I think it's helped me not pass some of this stuff on to my babes as well (Adrenal ect.) I know most supps have that cuationary warning, which makes it difficult to determine which ones truly are contraindicated in pregnancy, nursing...
Can I ask a really stupid question? How do you *know* if there are metals moving? Or do you never truly know?
What about EFA's? DD improved, actually it's pretty much gone with FCLO. Although I'm not sure how high it is in EFA's
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The 27-year-old shot stopper, who would replace English keeper Paul Robinson for Spurs, asked for a transfer from Dutch champion PSV Eindhoven at the end of last season, citing differences with PSV managing director Jan Reker.
Gomes, capped 17 times for Brazil, played a big part in Tottenham's elimination from the UEFA Cup last season. During penalties, the 6-foot-4 goalkeeper nicknamed "The Octopus" saved a Jermaine Jenas effort that would have put Spurs into the quarterfinals. PSV went on to win the shootout.
Tottenham's interest in Gomes is part of a changing perception of Brazilian goalkeepers. Once seen as the Achilles' heel of the Brazilian national team, Brazil's keepers now populate the goalmouths of some of the world's most successful club teams.
Gomes' esteemed peers at European clubs include Doni (Roma), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Diego Alves (Almeria) and Helton (Porto).


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News of the affair between Leveson Inquiry lawyers David Sherborne and Carine Patry Hoskins, dubbed "the woman on the left" when she stared adoringly at Hugh Grant during his witness statement, has not only thrown the inquiry's objectivity into question. It is also a lesson in not believing body language.
"At the inquiry Sherborne always kept the buttons of his jacket done up," reports one who watched events. "Even when sitting down he would keep all of his jacket buttons secured, as though he were freezing cold. It was most peculiar, and he wore skin-tight outfits. Those of us in the press seats naturally assumed he was a buttoned-up sort of fellow. How wrong we were."
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Today, I am sharing a project I created for the Clear and Simple Stamps group project. Our theme is "Make It Sparkle." During this time of year, I love putting out my vintage, mercury glass Christmas ornaments on our tree. The way the lights reflect off the glass just makes my heart happy.
I had this idea in mind for creating a row of Christmas trees and having them sparkle and shine - just like our Christmas tree.
To create the trees, I used the polka dot triangle from Triangle Trinkets. I stamped three sections ombre-style, transitioning from light to dark pink. Next, I added a generous amount of course white glitter and some liquid pearls.
To keep this card simple and easy to mass produce for the holidays, I chose washi tape versus having to trim any pattern paper. And a happy holiday sentiment from the Limited Edition: Joy stamp set, makes it festive and fun.
I hope you enjoyed today's project! To see more projects and ideas for cards that "sparkle," be sure to check out the rest of the design team's blogs...


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Nov. 10: Renovating the Past, Avon Park
Join us at the Hotel Jacaranda Open House featuring our recently renovated hotel rooms! The open house is anytime between 5 – 7 p.m. 19 E. Main Street, Avon Park. http://www.southflorida.edu/giving/upcoming-events
Nov. 28: Jacaranda Jubilee, Avon Park
Join us at this annual fundraiser as we watch the Avon Park Christmas Parade from high atop the veranda at the Hotel Jacaranda. From 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., the $50 cost includes heavy hors d'oeuvres, with live music until the parade begins! 19 E. Main Street, Avon Park. Rain or shine! http://www.southflorida.edu/giving/upcoming-events
Dec. 8: SFSC Foundation Christmas Luncheon, Avon Park
Celebrate the season with friends, food and a raffle at our fundraiser in support of South Florida State College! The $35 event starts at 12 noon at the Hotel Jacaranda, 19 E. Main Street, Avon Park. http://www.southflorida.edu/giving/upcoming-events
Nestled in a quiet corner of Florida's Heartland, The Hotel Jacaranda is the picture of Southern repose. Built in the 1920s and listed on the National Historic Register, Avon Park's "gracious lady" boasts high ceilings and quiet hallways. In years gone by, the Jacaranda played hostess to the likes of Babe Ruth and Clark Gable. Today, the hotel radiates unequalled elegance, with a lobby that invites visitors into the warmth of its green, mauve, and beige furnishings. Guest rooms are comfortable and spacious. A sprawling veranda overlooks tree-lined Main Street and serves as a favorite gathering place for avid card players. The Jacaranda lies within easy driving distance of Cypress Gardens, Historic Bok Sanctuary, and Orlando's numerous theme parks. After a day of sightseeing, guests can relax in the hotel's swimming pool. As a South Florida State College facility, the hotel and its grounds are tobacco-free.
As a true example of living history, The Hotel Jacaranda is one of the oldest continuously operating hotels in Highlands County. When the Jac opened in 1926, it took its name from a 150-year-old jacaranda tree that had been removed to make way for the hotel. Among its first guests were members of the St. Louis Cardinals, who came to Avon Park for spring training from 1927 to 1929. Photos of its famous guests, from Babe Ruth to Hollywood celebrities George Burns and Gracie Allen, adorn its dining room. During World War II, the grand hotel played a hand in the war effort by housing hundreds of servicemen who had come to the area to train as military pilots.
In 1988, the South Florida State College Foundation, Inc., purchased the Jac with an eye toward preserving its historic character. As part of that ongoing effort, the Foundation has undertaken a major restorative project that is returning a street-level business mall to its original design. Through a partnership with South Florida State College, culinary students perfect their talents by training in the Jac's modern kitchen.


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Justin Bieber Raps on "Gas Pedal" Listen Here!
Showing off his rapping skills, Justin Bieber lent his vocals to Sage the Gemini's latest tune "Gas Pedal."
The Biebs provides the hook for the song, as well as being featured in the remix with rapper Iamsu.
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You are not alone -- Maybe you tested HIV+ very recently; maybe you've known it for some time ... but this is the first time you've reached out for information or support. The Albany Damien Center creates an environment where people can gather to share information, life experiences, and make new friends -- friends who understand what it is like to live with this disease.
There is no need for you to have to handle this by yourself. You are not the only person in our community facing this. Just hearing how someone else has adjusted to living with the virus can be enough to help you realize that life is still good, and that you can still love and laugh.
We are not alone, and neither are you.
Reprinted in part from The Body Positive
As a membership-based organization, The Albany Damien Center continues to provide and expand programs and services, free-of-charge, to registered members in an exceptionally welcoming, drug-free, safe, confidential, and culturally diverse environment.


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dear family and friends,
I was standing on a hillside
In a field of blowing wheat,
And the spirit of a dog
Was lying at my feet.
He looked at me with kind dark eyes,
Ancient wisdom shining through.
In the essence of his being,
I saw the love there too.
His mind did lock upon my heart
As I stood there on that day,
And he told me of this story
About a place so far away.
As I stood upon that hillside
In a field of blowing wheat,
In a twinkling of a second
His spirit led my feet.
His tale did put my heart at ease,
All my fears did fade away
About what lay ahead of me
On another distant day.
"I live among God's creatures now
In the heavens of your mind,
So do not grieve for me, my friend
As I am with my kind.
My collar is a rainbow's hue,
My leash is a shooting star.
My boundaries are the Milky Way
Where I sparkle from afar.
There are no pens or kennels here
For I am not confined,
But I'm free to roam God's heavens
Among the Doggie kind.
I nap the day on a snowy cloud
Gentle breezes rocking me,
And dream the dreams of earthlings,
And how it used to be.
The trees are full of liver treats,
And tennis balls abound,
And milkbones line the walkways
Just waiting to be found.
There even is a ring set up,
The grass all lush and green;
And everyone who gaits around
Becomes the Best of Breed.
For we're all winners in this place;
We have no faults, you see.
And God passes out those ribbons
To each one, even me.
I drink from waters laced with gold,
My world a beauty to behold;
And wise old dogs do form my pride
To amble at my very side.
At night I sleep in angel's arms,
Her wings protecting me,
And moonbeams dance about us
As stardust falls on thee.
So when your life on earth is spent
And you stand at Heaven's gate,
Have no fear of loneliness--
For here, you know, I wait".
forever yours...bandit
This is the latest sad post in a long line of sadness on my local Freecycle group. Many cities have a freecycle, search for yours by using freecycle, your city & state. I personally believe this is a dangerous way to find homes, but my opinion is not important. What is important is that there are many pets needing homes and many are posted on freecycle's across our country. Please join & recycle usable items as well as receive and re-purpose them AND IF you can, save a life while you are there. The economic realities of our times are that this will not be the last post like this one...
"I have 4 dogs that need loving homes all with fences: Ringo is 4 years old he is an australian shepard and very sweet also very protective of his home is a working dog, Ten is a 2 year old blue tick hound male working as well we have taken him out chasing scents he follows lions very well as his parents are bred to hunt lions as well! Griz is a rescue mutt not sure what she is as we found her she is older but extremely gentle and great with small kids. Ginger is roughly 2 she is a rescue dog as well loves to run and play with kids she will protect all kids though. I hate to let my family go but times have left us with no choice if you are interested you can call me XXX-XXX-XXXX. Thanks for looking"
First, let me than everybuddy who prayed for me when I had pancreatitis in December. Many of you know it was touch and go to see if I'd survive my foray into the trash can for some pork chop fat. Well I made it, thanks to a good vet and many prayers.
As a result of my pancreatitis, I an now a diabetic dog and my diabetes blinded me. There is some hope that the blindness will go away now that I have been diagnosed and am on insulin. So to those who pray, kindly remember me in your prayers. If I don't regain my sight, I'm in the right family. Lady Bird and Sapphire are both blind and mom has done blind dog training & re-homing for years so I'll be OK either way.
I had my first insulin shot tonight. Mom knew how to do it thanks to Bailey from DFWPR so she had the vet show our teenager how and he gave me my first dose of human insulin under the supervision of Doc Emond. He did great, I slept through it! BOL. I have to be rechecked in a week to see if my dose is correct, but I feel better already.
That's all for now, except to say I Wuvs Yew All and am still very worried about my pugpal Jane Bonbon in Japan. I'm praying for yew & yers Jane, I know all of Japan is facing major challenges with clean up and rebuilding.
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Gorilla briefly escapes its London Zoo enclosure
LONDON (Reuters) - A gorilla escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo on Thursday and some visitors had to be locked inside a cafe for their own safety before it was recaptured, British media reported.
The creature was caught after reportedly being tranquilized, the Press Association said. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the incident was now over.
A gorilla named Harambe became the center of global media attention earlier this year after being killed by staff at the Cincinnati Zoo in the United States, minutes after a three-year-old boy fell into its enclosure.
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ZiwiPeak Daily Cat Rabbit and Lamb Cuisine is a complete, natural balanced real meat diet. The Rabbit and Lamb used in this formula is ranch raised on New Zealand's green fields and are free of antibiotics and hormones. The ingredients used are human grade - no artificial colors, preservatives, fillers or grains. ZiwiPeak Venison Cuisine is suitable to feed at any stage of life - from kitten to mature adult.
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Every manager has to deal with a certain amount of pessimistic, hostile or uncooperative behavior at times. But a hard-core negative attitude that starts with just one employee can quickly infect an entire department (or a whole company) if the manager doesn't rein it in quickly.
Negativity can spread through your workplace like wildfire. Stop it BEFORE it starts!
Here are 10 tips for confronting employees whose negative behavior has begun to affect co-workers and the company:
1. Don't get drawn into the employees' negative mind-set. Listen to their points, but don't temper your own realistic optimism.
2. Avoid getting into an argument. Negative people thrive on the negative energy of arguments. Point out areas of agreement when possible in order to build rapport. Keep your cool.
3. Set standards. Spell out the consequences of negative behavior, such as decreased morale. Base them on behavior, not attitude.
For example, you may not be able to change the fact that an employee doesn't like a certain company policy. But you can discipline employees if they don't follow the policy or are insubordinate in gossiping about it.
4. Ask questions. Force the employee to be specific about what is creating his or her negative thoughts and actions.
5. Try role-playing. Ask the employee to put himself in your shoes and pretend he has been asked to resolve the problem. That way, you will have the employee contribute his ideas for the best possible solutions.
Involving the employee may also lead to more positive feelings about the solution or outcome since he or she had a hand in creating it.
Negative employees can suck the morale and productivity out of an office like nothing else. But you don't have to just sit and take it. Get your copy of Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace to restore a happy, thriving environment.
6. Listen carefully. Use active listening to ensure that you're understanding the employee correctly.
7. Don't lower your expectations of them. A negative attitude doesn't necessarily mean a poor performer.
8. Empower employees. Stop the "victim" mentality from forming. Allow employees to take responsibility for "good" events, so they can make them happen again; and for the "bad" events, so they have the power to change them in the future.
9. Solicit feedback. Always ask for employees' opinions before making major decisions that will affect them. The more you listen to employees, and take an active interest in their concerns, the less likely they will be to complain to each other.
10. Hire right. Identify negative people before they're hired. During the interview, listen for feelings that "life isn't fair" in response to questions like: Have you ever felt you've been treated unfairly in the past? What were your chief concerns about management in your previous jobs? and What would you have changed if you were the manager at your last job?4 important don'ts
- Don't shower negativists with lots of attention. You're only rewarding bad behavior.
- Don't stop asking them to pitch in and do tasks outside their normal job descriptions. Otherwise, you're also punishing positive (or less vocal) employees.
- Don't correct them less often in order to avoid dealing with the attitude. Employees can't be expected to change for the better if they're not asked to.
- Don't allow employees to get bored or complacent. A negative attitude develops easily when there's "nothing to look forward to."
Everyone gets grouchy at work sometimes. But chronic negativity is something else. Co-workers who are ALWAYS nasty and complaining are more than a minor irritation. They can sap the very lifeblood out of your workplace.
That's why we created Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace. In this effective training CD, Dr. Marie McIntyre will share her time-tested techniques for restoring a positive attitude among your co-workers. The recording includes the following key topics:
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- A 5-step behavioral coaching process that really makes an impact
- How to re-engage resentful employees by flipping their "motivational switch"
- Using the Team Turnaround process to "disinfect" an entire group
- Termination: when removing the cause is the only cure
- Recognizing systemic problems: 13 signs of a toxic workplace
- Strategies for saving your sanity in a toxic organization


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Billed by a television critic as a "scary lady", Claire Carr, engineer and senior project manager on the £600m revamp of St Pancras station, laughs. "I was portrayed in the television programme about the project as a raving lunatic. I'm not really."
Carr, 31, is something of a novelty as a senior engineer managing several hundred strong teams, but she's keen to dispel any notions of prejudice in a sector where women are hugely under-represented. "I've been in the industry for 11 years and I've never come across a biased view because I'm a woman."
Across the science, engineering and technology sectors, employers aren't getting enough women, and they want more – not just for political correctness. They need them to increase the pool of talent from which they select the best candidates for jobs – women graduates of science and engineering often outperform their male counterparts. And, anecdotally, firms say they seek women out for their interpersonal skills they bring to project work which is commonplace within the sector.
"We have big employers desperate for more women because they want a different perspective," says Yvonne Baker, chief executive of STEMNET, the science, engineering, technology and mathematics network, which aims to enthuse young people about the sector. "It's not a macho, dirty working environment; it's high-tech, varied and hugely exciting."
But somewhere along the way, women have veered away from a career in science and engineering – be it down to the choices they make early on at school, university or starting employment. While the days are gone when university engineering faculties had no female toilets, alarmingly few women are choosing to study sciences. And many of those that do are choosing jobs elsewhere. Some 75 per cent of women graduates in science and technology don't end up working in the sector compared to half of male graduates.
While some industries are well-represented with women employees – biomedical sciences, for example, the physical sciences – chemistry, engineering and physics report a dearth of women across the board and particularly at senior level.
But groups such as the UK Resource Centre for Women (UKRC), set up by the Government to tackle the problem, are optimistic that growth areas might appeal more to women than traditional disciplines have done. Sustainable energy is now at the forefront of technological development in the UK. "Careers in renewables or sustainable buildings might appeal more to women because of their ethical nature," says Annette Williams, director of UKRC in SET (science engineering and technology). "Traditionally women have been put off some careers in the sector because of their associations with military for instance. There's a big push too in biotechnology, biosciences, nanotechnology and pharmaceuticals."
Ahead of the 2012 Olympics, the UKRC is urging employers to capitalise on women's talent for the many openings in design, construction and technology projects. And for technology graduates, there are more opportunities now outside traditional areas – IT graduates have opportunities to work within a wide variety of employers, from media to management consultancy. To combat skill shortages, an array of IT postgraduate conversion courses are springing up around universities.
In spite of the current economic jitters, the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) says its members report a sizeable skills shortage in engineering and mechanical engineering, which is the fourth largest graduate employer among AGR members, just behind investment banking.
In this climate, women graduates should capitalise on their employability, advise career services. Some institutions such as the University of Manchester run popular mentoring schemes – whereby current undergraduates and postgraduates can apply to find a mentor working in an area they are considering. "The feedback is incredible – women say the advice can be inspirational," says Tammy Goldfeld, assistant director at the University of Manchester's careers and employability division. "Diversity is high on the agenda of many companies across different sectors," she says. "A lot of companies are being very proactive."
Making the most of any female-specific recruitment campaigns and events, researching employers through organisations such as Opportunity Now ( www.opportunitynow.org.uk) and taking full advantage of schemes such as Aurora Network ( auroravoice.com) will give you the edge, advise experts. "Even if employers aren't particularly diverse, they may want to be," says Baker. "You sometimes have to go on gut feeling."
And the UKRC urges women undergraduates and graduates alike to think early about forging a network of professional contacts. The centre runs its own database of women in SET and encourages students to register. "We can notify you of training, events and appointments – and signpost you towards regional groups and national organisations a form of support," says Williams. Contact individual professional institutions, she advises; many of them run women's networking groups and are an excellent start to networking.
Once within an organisation, she underlines the importance of maintaining a high profile. "A lot of women don't feel comfortable with the kind of traditional socialising and networking that men enjoy," says Williams. "You have to try and build a rapport your own way, put yourself forward for projects and make yourself known to the people who make the decisions."
It's an approach that worked for Samme Brough, 23, who works as a geoscientist within the energy industry. "My advice is pick up the phone rather than sending out CVs or e-mails – or speak to people face to face; attend workshops, conferences and network," she says. "There are so many people in this industry willing to hand on information and contacts if you have just graduated – you have to show your personality and sell it."
Remember also, says Baker, that the sector doesn't only seek the top-performing graduates. "There are rewarding jobs at all levels," she says. "You don't have to be best in the class; these are jobs for ordinary people."
Further information: ukrc4setwomen.org, womenintechnology.co.uk, wisecampaign.org.uk (women into science engineering and construction), www.stemnet.org.uk, girlgeekdinners.com, www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uk (University of Manchester networking group)
'Everybody in this field really cares about their work'
Samme Brough, 23, finished a BSc in environmental earth sciences in 2007 at the University of East Anglia. She has worked as a geoscientist at Ikon Science for 14 months. Brough also works as a science and engineering ambassador to help young people understand the possibilities of science and engineering.
The oil industry is somewhere I can integrate all my sciences. We use software to locate oil and gas fields. I spend my time gathering and interpreting information, going into the field to look at rocks and geology to see how they are related to what's on my computer, attending conferences abroad and liaising with clients.
I love doing this – it's a multidisciplinary job – it's following all my passions – physical geography, the oil industry. Everybody you meet in this field really cares about their work.
Being an ambassador is the most fantastic thing – it's inspiring coming up against school children – they ask questions I can't answer straight off – it reminds me why I love this area. We're about a third women at work but quite often I'm the only woman in client meetings or at conferences. There have never been any issues about that. If you have an idea or vision in this environment, you can follow it, it doesn't matter if you are male or female; it's a positive, progressive environment.
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Federal auditors on Monday pressed government agencies to ease the regulatory burden on research laboratories by consolidating inspections aimed at ensuring the safe handling of dangerous toxins and pathogens.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, in a report, said federal agencies spent about $2.1-million inspecting hundreds of research facilities in 2010 and 2011. About 15 percent of the facilities were subject to "inspection overlap," meaning multiple federal agencies conducted inspections during the two-year period, the GAO said.
The inspections, covering labs working with controlled agents such as anthrax, are important to ensure public safety, the GAO said in the report, sent to Congress on January 31 and released publicly on Monday.
But, the GAO said, "there is no value added when federal agencies are expending resources to conduct the same work and, in some cases, re-inspecting before entities have had time to respond to findings from a previous inspection."
While figures in the report suggest the amount of money wasted by the government in duplicative inspections, its authors said they could not make any estimate of the additional costs such visits imposed on laboratories. Altogether about 374 organizations in the federal, academic, and private sectors operate about 1,900 labs working with toxins that are subject to federal inspection, the report said.
The problem has long been a focus of attention for universities and their researchers, said Carrie D. Wolinetz, associate vice president for federal relations at the Association of American Universities, which represents about 60 top research institutions.
The issue of costly, duplicative inspections was "raised repeatedly" over the past couple of years in meetings of the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel, Ms. Wolinetz said. That panel was formed by the White House in July 2010 to improve procedures for ensuring the security of dangerous biological agents and toxins.
The GAO report said that representatives of federal agencies described themselves as aware of the problem and already taking steps to resolve it. Such steps include coordinating visits among various agencies and improving the consistency of reporting standards, it said.
The agencies are "generally correct" about their efforts, Ms. Wolinetz said. "They do seem to be making an effort to try to better coordinate."
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Why are you transitioning?
Why did you all decide to go natural?
Was there a defining moment or was it just because you realised your hair was getting damaged?
What was the hardest thing when you first started?
For me, I stopped relaxing because I started heat straightning, then after a while, not on purpose, just straightened less and less because I was busy, then i noticed how badly damaged my hair was and started googling about natural hair and went from there. I saw so many people on these forums and YouTube with beautiful natural hair, and I realised I didn't really have "bad hair", nobody does, me and people with bad hair would have "good hair" if we care for it, not straighten it because it seems easier.
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The reason for my transition is my desire to restore my hair's health and growth. I've been getting perms since I was 9 or 10. I was 21 when I decided to go natural. Didn't know if it was something I really wanted to do because transitioning is a big step and going natural is a different world from what I was used to. My last perm was in February 2011, after I had a bad experience with a sew-in weave. My hair grows so fast, so I had my new growth straightened til May, when I got my senegalese twists. Kept them in til August, and I loved them, but I made the mistake of washing my hair before coming it out. Painful experience. In October, I realized that my hair was half relaxed half natural, so I got the big chop. Thought I would realize what I'd done and be overwhelmed with regret, but honestly I wasn't. I loved my mini afro. From October to now, my hair has been growing like wildfire, and is now a full grown afro. I wash it every two weeks, oil my scalp every week, and plait my hair every night. Getting marley twists this weekend, and I'm so excited. Made a lot of mistakes during my transition, but I don't regret them. Without the mistakes, you can't learn from them.
Hey there! I am transitioning because I'm ready to embrace my hair without chemicals. I workout daily, and I used to dread it or even stop for about a week when I got relaxers. Total killjoy haha. Also, I've been getting relaxers since I was FOUR years old...I am 21 now (thanks mom!) Lol. Relaxed hair is all I really knew! I actually used to wear my hair curly WHILE I had a relaxer! Here is a photo below (I'm on the right)
I actually started on accident. I just kept procrastinating getting my touch up because I was on a roll with working out and losing weight. I'm almost five months out and I'm loving this journey. I think the hardest part is actually trying not to become a Product Junkie, lol I want to try everything!
But so far I have had kinky twists and next week I am getting flat twists!
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Liyahjay... more brave than me! I'm still trying to pluck up the courage to cut of all my damage. You've got guts. Did you find it grew faster after you got your big chop?
Can't believe it grew so fast, you're lucky lol, and it looks so lovely and thick aswell.
Pearlsforcurls... I started relaxing at the same age, my sisters did mine though, I've told them I'll never forgive them lol. I think when you start so young your hair gets messed up forever, I've got some funny bits in the front that people say is because of relaxer.
Your curls are really nice, I could never get mine to be as defined as that lol.
Well good luck to both of you anyway :)
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My transition has been complete for quite some time but I'd like so share anyway. My last relaxer was October 2006. I realized that I needed so much product for styling that it could break my pockets. On top of that, my hair wasn't growing like I wanted. I figured that since I had been on chemicals and unhealthy styling aids for most of my life, I'd have to start from scratch. I started with tree braids and kept that up for several months. In between braid styles I'd wear a pashmina with the knot off slightly to the side. September 2007 was the big chop. I then began wearing a fro with cornrows in front. Since then I've liked changing it up with wigs, sew-ins, braids, and the pashmina.
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It's something I fear and am curious about. I'm tired of wondering what my natural hair is like, and I am tired of dealing with two different textures no sooner than a month after relaxing, so I'm going for it.
Oh, I'm new, btw. Hi! :wave:
I am transitioning from heat damaged hair from my flat iron. I had an unfortunate accident at work about a year and a half ago where a bunch of metal signs fell on me and I damaged the nerves in my right arm leaving me unable to use my right hand for about 2 months. As a result I couldn't hold a flat iron, hair dryer or anything else. It was kinda sucky especially when I had to have hubby do my hair for me(which is pretty much as scary as it sounds). During that time I realized how much I had missed my curly hair. When I got better I straightened my hair once more. The smell of burning hair and the lack of curls made me sad. That was the end of that for me. I put away the flat iron and dryer and started to research how to fix my hair. That led me here and a year and a half later I am a die hard curly. I always thought I had 3a/b hair until I started taking care of it and found out that the new growth I was growing was a strong 3c. Now I am so in love with my hair and in a few more months I'm gonna BC. I'm so excited! I think those metal signs were the universes way of knocking some sense into me, lol.
@coconilla it definitely grew faster after I cut it because I did away with perm chemicals and the damage and kept my scalp moisturized. Moisture is key for health and growth
Amen! Plus consistency...
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Ive been natural for quite a while now, but the main reason I went was because I realized the relaxers were damaging my hair worse each time I used it. I never wanted my hair full straight, just long, so Id purposely sabotage the relaxing afterward to leave some curl left in my hair. Im really low key when it comes to taking care of my hair so this do-it-yourself mess that I went through to get some length while burn my scalp and frying my ends started to just not be worth it. I dont remember why I decided to stop, I was just sick of it.
The hardest part was, by far, letting it go back to normal. I wasnt used to seeing my hair that curly and the ends remained fried. I couldnt trim my hair for a long time because I wasnt willing to do the big cut without a good amount of length already established. Cutting it really meant stages of cuts over time. It also took a while to learn what did and did not help my hair. For example, mousse. At first it makes my hair look great. But soon itll make my hair frizz. I had to live with short hair for a long while (short being just above my shoulders). And the fact that the back of my hair is curlier that the front which made it trickier to cut or style
But I love the surprises that came with it. Like the first time I tried a deep conditioning recipe and learned that when moisturized and wet my hair would bounce when I jumped. The compliments increase dramatically. Turns out sabotaged relaxed hair comes out stringy looking on my head. My hair now looked fuller and healthier. It was softer and vibrant to the very ends. My hair needed less product to make this happen. And when I finally cut my last dead ends, my hair grew FAST. Its now an inch below my collar bone and I hope to get it to just below my chest.
I wanted to transition because i hated the feeling of being a prisoner to perms(if that makes any sense).i wanted my hair to be free without having to worry about getting a perm.i also hated how thin and barbie doll like my hair looked when i straightened it.i want a natural look.i also realized my hair was pretty in its natural state and i didnt need a perm
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I'm 17 and I started getting relaxers when I was about 5 years old :sad10:. I've never known my true texture and my relaxed hair has always been very thin and boring. So I decided to make a change. I've been transitioning since May 18, 2011:wav: yay ! My hair is a LOT longer and my braidouts look a hundred times better !! I can't wait to get rid of those ends though !
As with the other posts I too got fed up of having to relax all the time, plus I became more & more concerned about the amount and type of toxic chemicals that go into relaxers and how these obviously go directly into the bloodstream through the hair follicle.
You only have to imagine this going into your bloodstream every six weeks for the rest of your life and its enough to put you off for life!
Even worse is reading that children as young as 4 or 5 are using them..:sad8:
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unfortunately many factions work very hard to keep this conscious knowledge from us, including saturating us with mind numbing chemicals in any way possible to keep us from even asking a question. Deep but true.
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To me its way deeper than just transitioning the relaxer, its about the fact we should never have wanted to have straight european hair in the first place and why we define our hair as ugly.
I used to hate my hair so much and wished it was longer, silky-er, straighter...now I love my natural hair so much & it FEELS right!
This is what my hair was born to be.
Chemicals , other than hair dye , make my hair fall out. Bald spots and every thing. I first had a perm (relaxer) when I was 11 and it worked for about 5 months then I transitioned but I kept straightening. Then my hair would stay straight for long. So I got a texturizer when i was 13 and my hair fell out in like a week. So now that I'm 14 and almost done my process my hair is strong a gorgeous:)
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Nothing really new here on my end, but, I'm transitionion because of personal (I was tired of having relaxers on my head four or five hours at a time just to get my kinky newgrowth to lay down - which it never did for more than a few days) and medical (my chronic migraines would get worse before I got a realxer due to me stressing myself out and then after I got one due to the chemicals reacting negatively with my body) reasons.
I went natural for many different reasons. My hair was constantly breaking and I knew it would grow longer than it was. When I was a kid, I had long thick hair. After the relaxers, I have thin short to medium length hair. I wanted my wraps to be full and bouncy; I was able to get the bouncy look, but not the full look with a relaxer. Then it seemed like my hair broke off as much as it was growing and I never was able to hold onto any length. Then I had my daughter. I knew I was not going to relaxer her hair, EVER! Then I thought how I can convince her that her hair is beautiful and lovely etc... when my own hair was relaxed. I transitioned for a few months only because I couldn't get to the salon soon enough. Then, I big chopped and haven't looked back since. Besides, straight hair is a bit boring to me. I like standing out in the crowd.
Which it never did, though, it only got that "bad" when I got older. When I turned about seven or eight is when I had to sit with it on for more than an hour or two. When I was younger, and started getting my relaxers at two, it was thirty minutes to an hour and a half.
But, hindsight is 20/20.
I have been getting my hair relaxed since I was 5 years old. My mom would do all my relaxers. One day I told my mother If something ever happens to you I will go natural. Because I would trust no one with my hair but her. Well on May 14th my mother died. And the last perm she gave me was April 2. This is when my natural journey began.
Ironically enough my 12 year old daughter is natural. I was so about to put a perm in her hair. All my creme crack sisters were encouraging me to. But I resisted. Now I'm happy I didn't. We can be on this journey together. Finding out the truth about our hair. Learning and exploring our hair.
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