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Originally-Originally-Originally-From: Rick Voegelin <firstname.lastname@example.com> Kurt Johnson has an immediate opening for any priest, shaman or witchdoctor who can drive out the demons and electrical gremlins that have possessed...
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Kurt Johnson has an immediate opening for any priest, shaman or witchdoctor who can drive out the demons and electrical gremlins that have possessed his ACDelco Cavalier. So severe is the infestation that K.J. has failed to qualify for the last two NHRA events -- the first time in his eight-year career that K.J. missed two consecutive race weekends.
Johnson and his ACDelco crew have pursued mechanical rather than spiritual remedies for his race car's malaise. After losing the 16th qualifying spot in Chicago on a tiebreaker, Kurt and company examined every wire, every switch and every electrical connection to find the problem.
"We replaced all of the ignition components, tested all of the wiring and went through everything we could think of," Kurt reported. "I wish that I could say that we found a broken wire or a bad connection, but we didn't.
"When we tested this week at Atlanta Dragway, I ran a hundredth faster than Dad (five-time champion Warren Johnson)," he continued. "Based on what he ran, it looks like my car is back to normal. The first qualifying session in Columbus will tell us whether or not it's fixed."
Johnson's uncertainty stems from a new dynamometer that was recently installed in his father's top-secret skunkworks in Sugar Hill, Ga.
"I dyno tested the motor with the same carburetors we used in Chicago, and the fuel mixture was a little rich," Johnson revealed. "I'm still trying to figure out the fuel curve -- so I've decided to forget about what the dyno tells me and run the car the way it likes to run. All I can do is let the clutch out and see what happens."
Before the onset of electrical bugs, Kurt took decisive steps to cure the severe tire shake that had also impaired his car's performance. These measures included removing several key chassis tubes with a saw.
"The engineering textbooks all say that you want a rigid platform, but we're racing cars, not books," Kurt noted. "We added tubing to stiffen the chassis, but we ended up with a car that wouldn't work. When the driver drops the hammer at the starting line, that energy has to go somewhere. We installed sensors on the chassis to measure the movement to help us learn just how stiff is stiff enough."
Johnson will have to sort out his new chassis setup at notoriously tricky National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio, the site of the 37th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals Presented by Summit Racing. The Ohio quarter-mile has caused many sleepless nights among Pro Stock crew chiefs.
"My best result at National Trail came the first time I raced there," recalled Johnson, who was runner-up to his father in 1993. "Since then I haven't made it past the second round. If my car runs like it did at the start of the season, there is no reason why we can't qualify No. 1 and win the race. Of course, that is easier said than done!"
The NHRA tour will head west to Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis for the Sears Craftsman Nationals on the following weekend. Johnson made history there in 1998 when he scored the first Pro Stock victory by a Camaro driver in more than a decade. Now he is aiming to give Chevy's Cavalier its first Pro Stock title at Gateway International Raceway.
"It's going to be a guessing game because the track was recently ground," Kurt observed. "In the past it's had a nice, wide groove - but I like any track where I've won before."
<pre> KURT JOHNSON'S PONTIAC EXCITEMENT NATIONALS RECORD Year Qual. Result 1993 2 Runner-up (to W. Johnson) 1994 14 First Round 1995 4 Second Round 1996 6 Second Round 1997 2 Second Round 1998 1 First Round 1999 12 First Round 2000 7 Second Round
KURT JOHNSON'S SEARS CRAFTSMAN NATIONALS RECORD Year Qual. Result 1997 3 Semi Final 1998 2 Winner (over J. Coughlin) 1999 1 First Round 2000 2 Second Round
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Sarang Cave in Sabang is a wonderful place for the explorers. It is located in the Iboih, District Sukakarya, Weh Island. Sabang Government made Sarang Cave as a leading tourist attraction to increase the number of tourism in the island's western tip of Indonesia.
The Caves that has a lot of swallow, there are a lot of uniqueness. The charm of nature is still natural and fresh. Being there, reluctant to leave.
Many visitors have been doing promotion through social media, after visiting Sarang Cave. If you were there and the weather was sunny, Pulau Aceh will be clearly visible.
To get to the Sabang, can be reached from Ulee Lheue, Banda Aceh by ship, only 45 minutes away. Also available airplanes which has flight from Kuala Namu Airport, North Sumatra to Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport Banda Aceh.
In Sabang, existences of Sarang Cave is closed at a glance. To go to the location from center of Sabang can drive motorcycle or car. It took about an hour. The cave was exactly located on the west before the beach Iboih. See photos of the beauty Sarang cave above, recorded late April 2016. [AZ|AA]


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Congratulations to this year's Quiz Bowl. They won quite a few of their matches and had a great time! We are so proud of you!!
This is a small but mighty team with just 6 students: Cole Furlong, (8th grade), Ella Hartz, (8th Grade), Anna Hudak (8th grade), Jay Cosey (7th grade), Zach Toul (7th grade) and Lucy Van Meter (7th grade). Win or lose, we are so proud of you and your coach, Mrs. Hagen. Go Crusaders!!!
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Clearing Out The Worship Room
We're suburb out the Devotion Place another time. A thing that requirements to take in place every so often. Now the Devotion Place is rather dangerously named. It's not that any look up to actually takes place current - barrier in that super-spiritual take-off that all that we do is look up to. Reasonably, it's where we educate for look up to. Everywhere we store live in items (candle holders, carol sheets, rams-horn trumpets) that we use on a mega random rationale.
And where we joggle the scrap consumed all through from acts of creative look up to, in protection someone can use it another time.
The half-burnt tea lights we precisely propose as a subject of fact. No-one requests to exploitation a tea light with wax stationary in it. But subsequently zero requests to manipulate approximately challenging to find the wick in a half-used one. So this sunrise with another time we've melted all the wax down, and re-cast it as a life-sized candle in the mold of a big name. This appointment it's Silvio Berlusconi. We'll come out forward to study his flagging esteem through the Yuletide whilst.
By the same token pebbles. Now everyone likes a good quality seed to hold down in look up to. But where the people of Dunstable in the old days hand-me-down to meditate that plum-pudding stone bred copse to produce new pebbles, I iffy that every day, new pebbles are materialising in the drawers of the Devotion Place from option size.
As a consequence we individual the whole "Old Spasm Sheets" be astonished. Once again, I understand amateur innately simple human being - and I greet that they don't elect to exploitation the world's resources. And some service sheets possibly will be re-used a appointment following, I take on, no subject how worn out they become. - and anything improper purposes the Underneath 8s firm to individual hand-me-down them for. But the "Liturgy for the 50th Anniversary of Tony Blair" is unresolved ever to be re-used, and current hundreds of service sheets that are reach unto it.
As a consequence we individual the hand baggage of left-over hazelnuts. Bought every appointment to indicate Julian of Norwich's Day. And prepared even less appetising, now we individual them in direct of us near here, by the fact that we indicate Julian in May - bearing in mind the only way that you can go group out of control is to get the de-shelled varieties, from Waitrose. We've piled them up in the Top Meadow, nearby to the aforesaid Christingles (and the unsympathetic Easter set off, and about 500 feet of wrinkled vine kindling) and we're in anticipation of commands from Spontaneous Vigor.
So now we're down to the strange stuff, and challenging to retract why. In the same way as good was the occurrence of the Mary Rose in matchsticks? In the same way as devotional peninsula did the unnoticeable signed photographs of Frankie Howerd ever serve? If we land-living up all the sea ammo we've accumulated and threw them in the sea, possibly will it clash CO2-induced carbonification? Who sketch current was any blocked pore in collecting up all the hand-me-down party-poppers run Yule, and putting them chicly in a cardboard box? In the same way as good did they see they'd be for?
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In patients with prevalent coronary heart disease (CHD), studies have found a paradoxical relationship in that patients with higher body mass index (BMI) have lower mortality. One possibility is that individuals with higher BMI have greater muscle mass; and higher BMI may be a marker of better overall health status. We evaluated whether the paradoxical association of BMI with mortality in CHD patients is attenuated when accounting for urinary creatinine excretion, a marker of muscle mass. The Heart and Soul Study is an observational study of outpatients with stable CHD designed to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors on the progression of CHD. Outpatient 24-hour timed urine collections were obtained. Participants were followed up for death for 5.9 (± 1.9) years. Cox proportional hazards models evaluate the association between sex-specific BMI quintiles and mortality. There were 886 participants in our study population. Participants in higher quintiles of BMI were younger, more likely to have diabetes mellitus and hypertension and had higher urinary creatinine excretion rate. Compared to the lowest BMI quintile, subjects in higher BMI quintiles were less likely to die during follow-up. Adjustment for major demographic variables, traditional cardiovascular risk factors and kidney function did not attenuate the relationship. Additional adjustment for urinary creatinine excretion rate did not materially change the association between BMI and all-cause mortality. In conclusion, low muscle mass and low BMI are each associated with greater all-cause mortality, however low muscle mass does not appear to explain why CHD patients with low BMI have worse survival.
Using urinary creatinine excretion rate as an indirect measure of muscle mass, we demonstrated in a prior study that lower urinary creatinine excretion rate was strongly associated with mortality independent of conventional measures of body composition, kidney function, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).1 Thus, both low creatinine excretion rate and low body mass index (BMI) are markers of greater risk of death in persons with CHD. What is unknown, however, is whether the association of low BMI with mortality in patients with CHD2–4 is explained by low muscle mass. To that end, we evaluate the association of BMI with mortality in outpatients with stable CHD to determine whether the association is attenuated when accounting for urinary creatinine excretion, a marker of muscle mass.
The Heart and Soul Study is an observational study designed to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors on the progression of CHD. Methods have been described previously.5 Briefly, participants were recruited from outpatient clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area if they met one of the following inclusion criteria: history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization, angiographic evidence of > 50% stenosis in ≥ 1 coronary vessels, exercise-induced ischemia by treadmill or nuclear testing, or documented diagnosis of CHD. Participants were excluded if they were unable to walk 1 block, experienced myocardial infarction in the past 6 months, or were likely to move out of the area within 3 years. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of participating institutions, and all participants provided written informed consent. Between September 2000 and December 2002, 1024 participants enrolled and underwent a baseline study appointment that included a medical history, physical examination, and health status questionnaire. Outpatient 24-hour timed urine collections and fasting (12-hour) morning venous blood samples were obtained. Participants were followed through June 30, 2009. For the present analysis, we excluded participants with missing urine collections (N=57) or missing covariate data (N=81), providing a final analytic sample of 886 (87%) participants.
The protocol for timed urine collection has been described previously.6 In brief, participants received instructions on urine collection and specimen refrigeration. They were asked to void at the end of their study appointment and to begin the collection from that point forward. Research personnel arrived at the patient's home 24 hours after the timed collection was initiated. If patients reported missing any urine or collections were < 1 or > 3 liters, collections were repeated. If participants were unable to collect all urine, no data were recorded. Urine volume was recorded (mL), and creatinine was measured by the rate Jaffe method. Urinary creatinine excretion was calculated in milligrams per day (urine volume [mL] times urine creatinine [mg/dL] divided by 100).
Between the baseline examination and May 1, 2009 annual telephone interviews were conducted with study participants (or their proxy) for vital status. For any reported event, medical records, death certificates, and coroner's reports were retrieved. Date of death was recorded to provide time-to-event data from the baseline examination.
Patient demographics and co-morbid diseases were determined by questionnaire. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured after 5 minutes of rest in subjects in the supine position by trained research personnel. Participants were instructed to take their blood pressure medications on the morning of the intake appointment and not to smoke or consume caffeine 5 hours before the visit. Weight and height were measured in participants wearing light clothing and no shoes. BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
Serum cystatin C concentrations were measured with a particle-enhanced immunonephelometric assay7 (N Latex Cystatin-C, Dade Behring, Inc, Deerfield, Ill) and used to calculate estimated GFR (eGFRcys) with the following formula: eGFRcys=76.7× cystatin C−1.19. This formula, which has been validated with comparison with iothalamate-measured GFR in a pooled cohort of kidney disease studies, showed little bias and provided a non–creatinine based method to adjust for kidney function for this study.8 Total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol were measured with standard clinical chemistry analyzers. High sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) was measured with the Roche (Indianapolis, Ind) and the Beckman Extended Range (Galway,Ireland) assays.9 Fasting glucose was measured by a standard clinical analyzer, and fasting insulin was measured by ELISA (Linco Research, St Charles, Mo). Participants provided rest transthoracic echocardiograms that were read by a single expert cardiologist blinded to all clinical data as described previously.10 Left ventricular mass was calculated with the truncated ellipsoid method11 and indexed to body surface area. Left ventricular ejection fraction was determined by biplane method of disks.12 Exercise treadmill test by the modified Bruce protocol was performed and the maximum number of metabolic equivalents (METs) and heart rate achieved were recorded.
We began by exploring the association of sex-specific BMI quintiles in men (24.0 kg/m2, 26.3 kg/m2, 28.7 kg/m2, 31.6 kg/m2) and women (24.6 kg/m2, 27.4 kg/m2, 30.0 kg/m2, 34.6 kg/m2) with mortality. We verified the linearity of the association between BMI and mortality to maximize statistical power. The distribution of demographic variables and standard CHD risk factors were compared across BMI quintiles using ANOVA tests for continuous variables and the chi square tests for categorical variables, as appropriate. We performed Cox proportional hazards regression to examine the association between BMI and all-cause mortality, using the lowest sex-specific BMI quintile as the referent category. Patient demographics, co-morbid diseases, physical measurements and laboratory values were added to the Cox proportional hazards regression models. Prior analyses have demonstrated a linear relationship of urine creatinine excretion rate with mortality in this cohort.1 Urinary creatinine excretion rate was included in the final model as a continuous covariate to evaluate whether it attenuated the association of BMI with all-cause mortality.
We performed a sensitivity analyses to investigate whether over- or under- urine collections may have introduced bias. We excluded participants whose measured 24-hour urinary creatinine clearance was > 30% different from their eGFRcys. This takes advantage of the fact that urinary creatinine excretion rate divided by serum creatinine equals creatinine clearance (in mL/min), an estimate of GFR. eGFRcys provided another estimate of GFR that was independent of the quality of timed urine collections and of creatinine kinetics. Because the eGFRcys estimate is given as GFR normalized to body surface area, to compare the two renal function estimates, measured creatinine clearance was divided by body surface area and multiplied by 1.73.
We also explored whether measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease might attenuate the associations of BMI with mortality in our population. We stratified the outcome of mortality into early (< 3 years from enrollment) versus late mortality (≥ 3 years from enrollment). This cut-point was chosen as the half-way point of the median follow-up in our study (6 years). Additional analyses evaluated whether adjustment for self-reported overall health (on a 5-point Likert scale), total METS achieved on the modified Bruce protocol treadmill test, and left ventricular mass index, attenuated the association of BMI with mortality in Cox models.
All analyses were conducted using SAS (version 9.2, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
The mean age of the 886 participant study population was 66.8 (± 10.9) years. 82% were male, reflecting heavy sampling from a VA medical center. The mean BMI was 28.4 (± 5.3) kg/m2. Mean follow-up time was 5.9 (± 1.9) years, during which time 273 participants died, 22 of whom were women. Baseline characteristics of the study population by sex-specific BMI quintiles are shown in Table 1.
BMI and urinary creatinine excretion rate were directly correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.35, P<.0001). Compared to the lowest BMI quintile, those in higher BMI quintiles were less likely to die during follow-up (Table 2). This association was fairly monotonic with increasing BMI quintiles. When BMI was evaluated as a continuous risk factor, each 5kg/m2 greater BMI was associated with a 21% lower risk of death (hazard ratio [HR] 0.79; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.68–0.91). Adjustment for major demographic variables, cardiovascular risk factors and kidney function did not attenuate the relationship (HR per 5kg/m2 greater 0.80; 95% CI 0.68–0.94). Additional adjustment for urinary creatinine excretion rate did not change the association between BMI and all-cause mortality (HR 0.82; 95% CI 0.69–0.96; Figure 1).
We performed a sensitivity analysis where we excluded participants whose measured 24-hour urinary creatinine clearance was > 30% different from their eGFRcys to evaluate potential bias introduced by potentially inaccurately collected urine specimens. A total of 258 (29%) participants were excluded for disparate collections by this criteria for this analysis. Within the remaining individuals, the results did not differ significantly from that observed in all participants (Table 3).
We also evaluated whether the association of BMI with mortality was similar among individuals who died within< 3 years from enrollment versus later. In this analysis, the inverse association between BMI and all-cause mortality appeared stronger among individuals who died early compared with later (Table 4). Adjustment for creatinine excretion rate in addition to traditional cardiovascular risk factors did little to change the nature of the association of BMI with mortality (results not shown).
As low BMI in persons with CHD may reflect poorer global health status or poorer physical fitness, we performed additional analyses evaluating variables that could attenuate the association between BMI and mortality, including self-reported overall health, METS achieved on the modified Bruce treadmill test and left ventricular mass index. Adjusting for these variables either individually or jointly did not materially alter the hazard ratio between BMI and mortality (Table 5).
The purpose of our study was to evaluate whether low urinary creatinine excretion rate, a marker of low muscle mass, may explain the paradoxical relationship between low BMI and mortality observed among CHD patients. We found that while low creatinine excretion and low BMI were associated with greater mortality, controlling for creatinine excretion did not explain why patients with low BMI have worse survival.
Low BMI and low lean mass have been associated with higher mortality in other populations, including those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,13–15 end-stage liver disease 16,17 and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).18–20 However, it remains unclear whether low muscle mass accounts for the paradoxical association between BMI and mortality in these populations. A study of hemodialysis patients also used urinary creatinine excretion rate to estimate muscle mass and found that the protective effect of higher BMI was limited to patients with normal or high muscle mass.21 Our study took a similar approach in persons with stable CHD. Unlike findings in ESRD patients, our results demonstrate that the inverse association between BMI and mortality was not explained by muscle mass in persons with CHD. This suggests that varying mechanisms may account for the BMI-mortality paradox in different patient populations.
The inverse association between BMI and mortality was stronger in individuals who died < 3 years from enrollment. This suggests the possibility of reverse causality; individuals with a greater burden of subclinical diseases may have been prone to weight loss and early mortality. Other studies have examined the association between BMI and early mortality in the general population and found similar results. In a study of the general U.S. population, risk of mortality among those with lower BMI was substantially reduced when the first five years of follow-up were excluded.22 Among 99,000 male physicians, the relative risk for death was lower in men with BMI < 20 kg/m2 after excluding those who died within the first two years of follow-up.23 In a large study of 1.46 million White adults, the increased hazard ratio for death with low BMI was no longer seen after ≥ 15 years of follow-up.24 To our knowledge, our study is the first to extend these observations to those with preexisting CHD. If confirmed with other larger longitudinal studies, loss of body mass may be a useful indicator of greater death risk, where closer surveillance and investigation of subclinical diseases may ultimately prove useful for delaying death if appropriate corrective measures can be identified.
We also explored other potential mechanisms to explain the paradoxical relationship between BMI and mortality, such as self-reported overall health, METS achieved on a treadmill test and left ventricular mass index. Adjustment for these additional variables did not attenuate the relationship between BMI and mortality. Self-reported overall health,25,26 METS achieved on the modified Bruce protocol treadmill test27 and elevated left ventricular mass index have been found to be associated with worse outcomes.28,29 Thus, while the mechanisms responsible for the BMI-mortality paradox remain unclear, these data suggest that measurement of muscle mass, self-reported health status, evaluation of physical fitness and left ventricular mass may not be useful to identify CHD patients with low BMI at greatest risk of death.
Our study had several strengths. It evaluated a large, well-characterized CHD cohort with a median 5.9 years of follow-up for mortality. Our study is one of a few that contains data on 24-hour urine creatinine excretion, providing a standardized method to estimate muscle mass. All participants provided physical performance measurements on Bruce treadmill protocol and transthoracic echocardiograms. Our study also had some limitations. Subjects were older, mostly male, and had stable CHD. Results may differ in other populations. Other measures of muscle mass, such as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, were not available. Larger sample sizes may have allowed detection of subtle differences in the association of BMI with mortality when adjusted for creatinine excretion rate. However, the very modest or altogether absent effect of adjustment observed in this study suggests that any such an effect would likely be modest.
This study was supported by grants from the : American Kidney Fund (Bansal), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI-1R01HL096851) (Ix), and an American Heart Association Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award (Ix). The Heart and Soul Study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, American Federation of Aging Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nancy Kirwan Heart Research Fund, Ischemic Research and Education Foundation, and the NHLBI (R01 HL079235).
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Irma: The Assassin of FangEdit
- Height: 4
- Attacks: 1
Irma is...Interesting. To put it bluntly, she is what we would call a 'counter' styled character. While most people aim for the 'clean hit' to land on score pages or to tip up their opponent's with their gimmicks limiting their options, Irma goes balls to the walls crazy with the desire to Parry every attack she can regardless of what that might be. Given she uses both a sword and a dagger, this gives her some interesting attacks to preform at that, though in earnest her gimmick's complexity makes her hard to use, and even the best players might find her requiring too much to do well with...
So first and foremost, what are we even trying to do with Irma? Well, the simple answer to this is to 'parry'. The long answer is to guess every single attack your opponent is going to preform to chose the right Swing, Thrust, and Fake to land on a parry page. if you think this is a tall order, you'd be right, yet this is how Irma deals in the damage and takes her targets down. This is because of how her Parry works, forcing the opponent onto a disadvantage SCORE page, and let's Irma hit them were it hurts the most. Case and point, if Irma scores a High Parry, she will always cause a Leg Wound, and and Low Parry's for Body Wound. Given that Irma's MOD's aren't really that great, this lets her get in some of the higher damaging SCORE pages most characters have, letting her deal the most she can.
But, let's just say we DON'T go for counters, let's play her like Leina, using her Swings, Thrust, and Fakes? Well her Swing's only disable their respective color, while her low thrust only disables red, while her high thrust...disables nothing at all! In earnest, Irma is one of the few cast who almost doesn't disable her options at all! She also has her dagger that she can use for a 'safe' ranged attack, but due towards it disabling her Parry and Stab's, more less she can only do it once before needing to retrieve it, this is more a 'last ditch' option then anything. This along with her Parry's would on paper make her an utterly strong fighter, and to a degree, when used by a player who knows the game inside and out, will end up just that!...Though then we get towards her SCORE and matrix's and...
Vs. IrmaEdit
...This is where I sigh, and pretty much go 'Irma is really really bad'. Queen's Blade wants Irma to be 'fast', and they want her to abuse her speed in turn for lots of rapid hits and what have you, but in turn she has matrix's that lean on score pages more often then not, and even then, her SCORE pages beyond her parry's are PRETTY bad all around ( 4 for Arm and 5 for leg alone! ), and given the era she was made in, she lacks a heal of any kind to boot. This by default isn't directly 'bad', but given she hits about as hard as Leina, but without the 'tankness' Leina has to play the poking game and able to take hits, Irma is playing the poking game and CAN'T take hits. This leads towards her feeling very fragile, and risking it all on a gimmick that requires you to know what your opponent is about to do 100% of the time, and able to counter play it with the right option, whatever it might be.
In earnest, this brings up the true issue around her kit, that Irma is 'too' technical for normal play. She requires TOO much prior understanding of the game and how it works to even have a small glimmer to win, more less be 'viable'. If she guesses wrong, she's going to eat a painful hit in turn. If she avoids taking damage, she's then in a spot where she now needs to SCORE on you in some fashion, or risk losing her advantage of her attacks not disabling as harshly as others. Then due towards her MOD's, if who she's fighting have very good Leg and Body SCORE's, she's not going to be able to do much of any damage at all. So in earnest fighting her evolves down towards being unpredictable in your movements, allowing you to just faceroll over her as she attempts to make any hard reads, and failing that, hopes her attacks are just faster...
Overall JudgementEdit
As much as I love the concept behind Irma, someone who you don't pick at first, but use once you've become far better at the game to then dunk on others with to show you're pretty much a 'Pro', she just requires such tight and refined playing that it becomes utterly hard to do well with her under most situations. God forbid she ends up fighting someone who punishes parrying ( Like Claudette) or has such good attacks they just don't have to even care about such a gimmick ( Alleyne....just....Alleyne ). Given Irim was also an 'early' book, there's a very 'lacking' feeling overall towards her when sat towards both newer books in general, or just near the end of the first Queens Blade series at that. It's a shame too as she's doing something very different, it's just too bad that it's so hard to make work...
- Skill Level: Expert ( and nothing less )
- Rank: D


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The Motherwell Studies
Around 50 years ago a group of expecting mothers were asked to increase their meat intake to about a pound a day and cut out the carbs (Campbell et al., 1996). They assessed a variety of traits of the infants and again when they were all grown up.
The babies were healthy, but as adults they tended to have higher blood pressure (Shiell et al., 2001), higher cortisol response to stress especially if the diet was also low in green vegetables (Reynolds et al., 2007), and modestly worsened glucose tolerance (Reynolds et al., 2007).
It's rare to see any negative effects of high protein diets in the literature. These studies aren't perfect on their own, but they are consistent. I don't know why, but a pound of meat a day in late pregnancy may not bode well for the long-term health of the children.
Maybe they shoulda just eaten like Clara Davis' babies 🙂
"In Motherwell, Scotland, pregnant women attending the maternity hospital between 1952 to 1976 were advised to eat a high-meat, low-carbohydrate diet as a way of preventing preeclampsia. This advice was widely offered at the time because preeclampsia was thought to be a consequence of nutritional deficiency. The consultant obstetrician in Motherwell encouraged women to eat 1 lb (0.45 kg) of red meat per day; in a booklet given to all expectant women, he wrote 'Quantity (of meat) is more important than quality. As it may be difficult to eat enough meat at meal times the use of cooked meat, especially corned beef, rather than fruit or biscuits, is advised to assuage hunger between meals.' He discouraged carbohydrate-rich foods: 'Do not eat potatoes or chips, bread-either white, brown, malted or toasted, rolls, scones, cakes or biscuits of any kind.' He recommended the consumption of fish, eggs, and cheese in moderate quantities and of green vegetables twice daily. He advised that women consume no more than half a pint of milk a day. Provided his specific advice was followed, the women were allowed to eat to satiety."
In another study, higher protein intake during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in the adult offspring (Maslova et al., 2014). Again, not a great study on its own, but in agreement with the Motherwell studies.
maybe epigenetics, maybe coincidence
I'm not backing down from my pro-protein stance as the benefits seem to far outweigh the risks… but may pause for a moment of #context. If you're hungry for a steak, have a steak. Don't force it. I don't know what to say if you're pregnant except that a pound of steak daily may be a bit much.


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'Wicked' will return to Spokane for upcoming Best of Broadway season
Tue., April 9, 2013
West Coast Entertainment's Best of Broadway series for 2013-14 should have a little something for everyone.
The season, announced Monday, will feature:
• Two certified classics, "Anything Goes" (Oct. 10-13) and "Hello, Dolly!" (Jan. 30-Feb. 14), the latter featuring "All in the Family" star Sally Struthers;
• A new jukebox musical, "Million Dollar Quartet" (Dec. 12-15), featuring the music of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins;
• A recent hit musical comedy, "Sister Act" (March 27-30);
• And a genuine smash, "Wicked" (May 7-25, 2014), coming back to Spokane after the monster success of its 2011 run at the INB Performing Arts Center.
For theater fans, however, the biggest news may be what's in store for fall 2014. That's when "Book of Mormon," the Tony Award-winning hit musical from "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, is set to come to town. That's good news to fans who might have missed the national tour's recent sold-out run in Seattle.
Getting back to 2013-14, the "Specials Plus" season will include a one-day-only staging of "American Idiot" (Nov. 10), the Tony- and Grammy-winning adaptation of the acclaimed album by punk rock band Green Day. The other featured specials include "Capitol Steps" (Oct. 6), "Mannheim Steamroller Christmas" (Nov. 23), "The Ten Tenors" (Feb. 15, 2014) and "Bring it On" (March 4, 2014).
Season tickets are on sale now; visit www.bestofbroadwayspokane.com for information. Tickets to individual shows will go on sale this summer.


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Last year, in May 2016, nurses came together on the lawn of the US Capitol to bring attention to the need for safe nurse patient ratios. It affectionately became known as Nurses Take DC. It was the first rally for nursing in over 20 years when over 35,000 nurses met in DC for the same issues. Well, it is happening again this year on Friday, May 5, 2017. There is still time to attend and you can get more info at Nurses Take DC.
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What is wrong with healthcare?
I am often asked what is wrong with healthcare? Most of the time I simply answer, "we lost the CARE in health CARE". But its a bit more complicated…
Mandated Ratios vs. Staffing Plans
If you have been following any nursing news this past year, it is clear the hottest topic continues to be the debate for safe staffing. Currently there are two prevailing thoughts on how nurses should be staffed in acute care areas – mandatory minimum ratios versus local staffing committees / plans. In an effort to become better educated in the matter and make appropriate decisions for support, I wanted to share this excellent discussion regarding the current staffing issues.
Nurses Take DC – Rally for Safe Staffing
Have you ever wondered what happened after all the hoopla from the Miss Colorado and The View controversy? Remember, all the nurses bonded together and we finally found our voice. It was a great time to be a nurse! A really great moment of pride. But then what? Well…. something did happen. Nurses found their voice. Nurses realized that apart we will accomplish nothing, but together, we are a million person force to be reckoned with. A few, humble nurses took that message to heart and were inspired to have a rally in Washington DC regarding the one issues we almost all agree on – staffing. On May 12, on the steps of the Capitol, Nurses Take DC!
Nursing's New View
Wowzer! What a week to be a nurse! Like what the heck just happened – the sleeping giant has arisen!! I always knew we had it in us as a profession. I just knew if we could find some common ground, we would be a force few could overcome! Little did I know it would come from such a benign place and the momentum would give nursing a new view!
So in case you have been working or live under a rock – here's what's been happening this week in the world of nursing…. Nursing's New View!
Self-Care Tips for Nursing Students
Hi all! Hope your summer has gone well! It has been a fun and busy one for me, especially since I had a clinical group for a super fast summer session. Clinicals can be tough enough on a good day, but for my fundamentals nursing students, summer session is like learning via a fire hose!
As we head back into the fall session and the stress level starts to amp up again, I thought I would share some self-care tips for nursing students. Although you may have heard a few of them in the past, really take them in and consider, "how is your self-care routine?" Students are notorious for not taking care of themselves and I think this is amplified in nursing students. People entering the nursing profession tend to seek to put others first and demonstrate a high level of care to others, often at the expense of themselves.
So, here's my tips for taking care of yourself while in nursing school and after graduation too!
Your Next Shift – Book Review
Your Next Shift – A Book Review
Once again I had the honor of reviewing another fantastic and super helpful book by nurse entrepreneur and wellness extraordinaire, Elizabeth Scala. A few months ago she offered us alternative self care workarounds in her book Nursing from Within: A Fresh Alternative to Putting Out Fires and Self-Care Workarounds. (You can read my review here.) It was a practical guide for nurses who were looking for a fresh alternative and perspective in how to manage in the daily grind of healthcare. With her next book, Elizabeth continues that journey in her aptly named book Your Next Shift: How to Kick Your Nursing Career into High Gear.
End of Life Decisions – Lessons Learned
Sadly, I can't say I remember my first code or even the first death I witnessed. Unfortunately, there have been so many over the years. Not to minimize any life that has crossed my path, but after 16 years, it does all start to blend together. There are a few who stand out – but, I will save their stories for another day. However, each experience – each life – has been a small part of my molding – shaping who I am, teaching me a lesson. And those lessons I try to pass on.
We rarely talked about death in my nursing program – the model for our nursing school was based on restoring people to their highest level of functioning – death doesn't always fit into that equation. So, when I came out of school, I was clueless. In my personal life, I had not had anyone close to me pass away, so I really didn't even have that frame of reference to draw from. However, working in critical care areas – I had to learn quickly!
From Frustrated to Fulfilled – Book Review
One of the hardest adjustments for new nurses to overcome is the unanticipated frustrations they encounter in their nursing journey. Although we attempt to prepare nurses to care for patients and instruct them in safe medication administration, it is difficult to prepare them for the "real world". Unfortunately, these new nurses find themselves unprepared, lost and feeling like they are the only ones experiencing these transitional difficulties.
It was with great pleasure, I had the opportunity to review the new book by Lorie A. Brown, RN, MN, JD called "From Frustrated to Fulfilled: The Empowered Nurses System". Ms. Brown and an esteemed group of nurses shared their journey's from frustrated to fulfilled. Not only do they share their heartfelt stories, they offer tangible ways to transition from frustrated to fulfilled to empowered.
Although each nurse offered a unique account and perspective on empowerment and fulfillment, there was a cohesive message that change starts with ourselves. As challenging as the current healthcare environment is to function within, the message that we as nurses need to find ways from within the not only survive, but thrive.
I especially appreciated the personal and transparent stories shared by the contributors. I could relate to many of them, especially Mrs. Watherill's experience of starting her first job in the ICU. She found herself full of clinical knowledge, but severely lacking in how to cope with tragedies she faced everyday. As nurses we get caught up in the business of "caring", but often overlook the emotional aspect of our careers. When we pour out so much of ourselves, and are not refreshed, we create a breeding ground for frustration and burn out is not far behind.
Not only does each author share their experiences and perspectives, they end each chapter with action steps. Rather than just analyze the problem, tangible steps are offered to engage the reader in positive actions. Almost like a checklist to work from based on the issues you may feel you encounter in your practice. A way to institute change and transformation.
If you find yourself feeling frustrated or even have a co-worker who seems to be struggling, I would highly recommend this book. It was very easy to read and offers practical solutions that can be instituted immediately.
I would also recommend this book to new nurses starting their careers. Rather than risk becoming unfulfilled and burned out, start now and be proactive in positive self-care activities and actions. Remember, we have to care for ourselves if we want to care for others.
You can order your copy at The Empowered Nurses Book.
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Remembering the Art of Nursing
When I got out of nursing school, like many, I felt pretty prepared. I knew I still had a lot to learn, but with my drug book in hand and a few other little pocket books, I was ready to go. I read up on things, learned about new drugs, tackled ACLS and overcame my fears one day at a time. But, what I was grossly unprepared for was the art of nursing. Sure, school taught me how to calculate medications, do assessments and manage diseases – all the science stuff. But what it didn't prepare me for was the sadness I would encounter, the deaths I would see and toll this would take on me. I hadn't tapped into the art of nursing while I was conquering the science of nursing.


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JK Rowling has spoken of the "very intense feeling" she has for Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
The trio were cast in the roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in 1999 and will make their eighth and final appearance as their alter egos in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
"It's a very intense feeling I have for them," Rowling said of her connection to the three actors. "Because they have literally lived in my world, and they've done it such honour, and because they have been so magnificent in the way they have grown up and played their parts, and it just so happens, which is the most important thing of all, that they are three fantastic people.
"You'd go a long way to find three brighter, nicer, more grounded people than Dan, Rupert, and Emma."
Praising them individually, Rowling went on to describe Watson as "the poster girl for clever girls", adding that the actress showed that Hermione can do "more than just be the nerd" alongside Harry and Ron.
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The author, who is credited as a producer on both parts of Deathly Hallows, also offered her thoughts on the final adaptation.
"There's a huge amount of action in this; it's a war movie, actually," Rowling explained. "Part 1 is a road movie; Part 2's a war movie, with everything that implies. It's incredibly sad in places, it's very exciting in places, and I feel that all of the major characters have sublime moments.
"What I always mentally refer to as the big seven - Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna and Draco - all of them have fantastic moments in this final, cathartic battle. You can probably tell I love it. I think it's probably the best."
Rowling recently announced the launch of her new project Pottermore, which will give fans the chance to experience the Harry Potter series interactively, while learning new information about the series, characters and objects within it.
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Watch Hollywood favourites including Tom Hanks, Vanessa Hudgens, Ryan Reynolds and Russell Brand offer their thoughts on the release of the final Harry Potter film below:


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Stayed at this Homewood for 5 nights including Christmas Eve. Had plenty of room in the common livingroom for a tree and presents for 3 kids. Very clean. Beds and pillows were comfortable and good sized. Staff were very friendly and went out of their way to assist teenagers in locating and using the shuttle taking them to the mall and cinnema and back. Checked in later to make sure they had made it back.
The breakfast was the only problem I had with the experience. It was typical...scrambled egg with a meat (never bacon...only some undercooked microwaved sausage). The eggs and everything tasted very poor. Even my teenage boys who will eat anything passed on all the meats and eggs.
They did have a small dinner service that was not too bad. It was a Sante Fe chicken/steak strip (microwaved Im sure) on a buffet line with tortillias, cheese and other fixings. The kids did like that but I ordered pizza.
One thing I noticed was how quiet it was. I think they heavily insulated due to the airport. You cant hear any plane or jet noise at anytime of day and no noise comes in from other rooms or the hallway.
The kitchen is great. Fridge full sized and so is the sink and garbage disposal (nice touch). Every type of utensil you can think of is provided. There is the usualy upgraded food sales area available right by the desk 24 hrs selling ben and jerry ice cream and other snacks.
This was our first stay at a Homewood so I dont know how it compares to others. I see reviews saying it was smaller but it didnt feel small to me at all with 4 other people in there. The air was quiet and worked great. I didnt smell smoke at all and I'm pretty sensitive to it. The rooms looked new except for the shower which looked like a generic hotel shower from any time period.
All togther had a really nice stay.
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Pugh inspires teammates
THE US might be three-time Under-20 women's soccer World Cup champions and among the pre-tournament favourites, yet they boast one of the youngest attacks at Papua New Guinea 2016.
Leading the line in their 3-1 win over New Zealand was 17-yearold Ashley Sanchez supported by 18-year-old pair Emily Fox and Mallory Pugh.
Indeed, so young are the trio, all three will still be eligible for selection when the 2018 edition of the U20 World Cup comes around.
Each have varying degrees of experience. Sanchez captained USA at the recent U17 World Cup.
Pugh is already an established member of the senior national team squad, even scoring at the recent women's Olympic football tournament in Rio.
Fox, conversely, is just a few days into her first World Cup experience on the world stage.
The focal point of the attack, and indeed the team, is Pugh.
A powerful and skilful attacker with a blistering shot, Pugh has already achieved much in her still fledgling career.
She made her senior international debut aged just 17 — the youngest player for the Stars and Stripes in 11 years — and promptly scored her maiden goal.
Sanchez and Pugh scored within eight minutes against New Zealand, as USA made a perfect start.
The pair worked in concert with Fox for what would have been the goal of the match, only for Sanchez's final effort to strike the post.
Little wonder then that Pugh's still raw team-mates are revelling in the chance to play alongside their
well-known captain.
"I love playing with her," Sanchez said. "It is easy to play with her and I think we are similar players. I feel like her runs and movements are really good and we look for each other and work well with each other."
Fox is similarly enthusiastic about the team captain.
"It is amazing seeing her dribble through everybody and blast shots from all over the place," Fox said. " It is great to be able to look up to her, and be able to train with her, and she gives that role-model aspect."
And Fox is equally enjoying her experience off the field, where the warm reception offered by the Papua New Guineans has been reciprocated.
"On the bus, we love waving to all the PNG people and saying hi to them. They all wave back to us. That is one of those extra little things that I have really enjoyed." – FIFA.com.


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'Dye' your hair naturally, with no chemicals, no lead, no artificial dyes. Commercially available Hair Coloring uses chemicals that remove, replace, or enhance the natural pigments in the hair shaft. There are many adverse effects that can result from their use.
- skin irritation, itching, burning, irritation, redness, discomfort
- allergies to the chemicals like PPD (p-Phenylenediamine)
- hair breakage or weakening, over-processing
- skin discoloration or drying
- unpredictable coloring (mostly with at home dyes)
As well as the undesirable effects listed above, there are more serious health concerns that are potential problems from chemical hair colorants. While there is some debate as to the reality of the problems from hair coloring, the risk simply does not need to be taken.
There are publications regarding the dangers of hair dyes including:
- An FDA study that found lead acetate in many dyes to be toxic.
- Articles that refer to the development of some forms of cancer including leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, bladder cancer, blood cancer, and multiple myeloma as a result of hair dye usage.
- Prolonged use of permanent dark hair dyes can potentially double a person's risk of getting various types of blood cancer.
- Some experts suspect that hair bleach can kill brain cells.
- A known human carcinogen, 4-ABP, was found in some home hair dyes.
Natural hair colorants such as the plant powders Henna, Indigo, Cassia, and Amla (click on each to read more about it) can safely be used to enhance or change your hair color. They are plant powders that are mixed with lemon juice, water, and/or yogurt, in your own home, to make a paste that is applied to your hair and scalp.
Because they are natural, and do not strip the natural pigment from your hair, the color you get from these powders will depend on the color of the hair you are coloring. For instance, henna alone used on white hair will produce red, while straight henna on brown hair will result in auburn hair.
These powders are safe to use on chemically treated or dyed hair, also. They are safe to use as often as you wish. If you color your hair with these powders and get a color that is not dark enough, you can easily deepen it with another application.
It does take a few days to realize the final color of your treatment, since the color will continue to settle into the hair shaft for a couple of days, due to the oxidation process. This natural process occurs as the plant colorants are exposed to the air similar, to how a cut apple turns brown with time.
You're likely to find that most hairdressers are "anti-henna" since they have only been exposed to "compound" hennas mixed with dyes, lead acetate or other metal fixants in them. Our powders are pure leaf powders with no fixants or anything else in it. You can be assured it is the best quality and will not give poor results.
As with any product, test for allergic reactions. You should also try the paste on a small sample of hair (take hair out of your hairbrush for this) to see what the resultant color will be on your hair.
If you are using Amla, or Indigo you do not need to premix the powder with lemon juice. ONLY HENNA or CASSIA NEED TO BE MIXED WITH LEMON JUICE AND SIT OVERNIGHT. Indigo and Amla can be mixed and combined with the henna when you are ready to apply it.
Whatever combination of powders you use, follow these guidelines in mixing:
100g combined powders for short hair
200g for collar length straight hair
300g for shoulder length straight hair
500g for waist length straight hair
Please note that these are starting guidelines and your hair may need more or less.
Mix henna or cassia with enough lemon juice to make a paste with the consistency of mashed potatoes. If your skin is sensitive to lemon and is itchy after using henna, use orange juice, grapefruit juice, or a liquid that is less acidic than lemon juice.
Cover the container of paste with plastic wrap and let it rest overnight at room temperature or in a warm area. As the henna or cassia rests, the acid in the lemon juice will release the color from the plant powder. This slow, acidic release will get you the best results. If you're in a hurry, put it in a warm place, but NOT a hot place! Your henna will be ready in two hours at 95F.
Once the paste is done sitting, stir in a little more lemon juice or a fragrant tea to make the paste about as thick as yogurt. Add a little at a time to get the right consistency.
For Indigo or Amla, simply mix with enough water to make a paste the consistency of yogurt. This does not need lemon juice. Simply use warm water, adding a bit at a time so it doesn't become too thin. Once your Indigo or Amla is mixed, you can stir all your pastes together that you plan on mixing. Make sure you stir it completely so you don't get streaked hair.
You can also apply one paste first, let it sit, rinse it out, then apply another paste to your hair at a later time. If you apply the pastes at separate times, you will get deeper or darker color.
For instance, to get a very deep black hair color, you should first color your hair with henna, then color it with indigo after the henna'd hair has dried. If you don't want as deep of a black, you can simply mix the henna and indigo together and apply as a single paste.
This process can get messy, so wear gloves to avoid tattoing yourself with the paste. You can prepare smaller amounts to cover roots between full colorings. There is medical test evidence that henna is relaxing, and can soothe headaches. The paste can feel heavy on your head if you have a lot of hair.
To apply the paste to your hair, wash and dry your hair, then comb it through. You may want to section your hair for easier application. Start at the back and work the paste all the way to the scalp. Apply the paste thickly like frosting. More henna makes a richer stain and better coverage. Bring down the next section and cover that part.
Continue until all of your hair is covered, then pile all of your hair onto the top of your head and wrap with plastic wrap. Cover with an old towel if you wish, but the towel may get dyed if the paste gets onto it. Clean off any exposed skin to avoid dyeing it.
Allow the paste to sit on your hair for 2-4 hours before checking the color. If your hair is very resistant to dye, you can keep it on longer. Find a comfortable spot and rest if you wish. If you plan on moving around, make sure you wrap the hair securely, or it will start to drip or seep out of the plastic.
Finally, wash the henna mix out of your hair. Simply rinse with warm water. You can either jump in the shower or hang your head over the tub and rinse most of it out. Finish removing the paste by shampooing the last of it out. Dry and style as usual.
Your hair will probably have a distinct odor to it for a couple of days. If you dislike the smell of the paste/powder, simmer a teaspoon of lavender bud or rosemary powder in water, strain out the plant residue, and rinse your hair with lavender or rosemary tea to combat the herb-y smell. Or, you could add cinnamon to the paste before applying it.
At first, hair dyed with henna may seem coppery bright. Don't panic. This will darken during the next several days if you used an acidic mix. Body art quality henna dyes hands and feet easily, but not your ears or the nape of your neck. If you wiped off the henna, you won't see anything at all. If you didn't clean it up, the stain will fade in three days or so.
Your hair will take 3 days to settle into the true color. This is the oxidation process like when an apple browns when exposed to air. Be patient and do not panic. The coloring might be best done on a Friday night when you don't have plans for the weekend so you can let it settle before going back to work on Monday. Thicker, longer applications mean richer color. Apply henna like cake frosting. Get it down to the scalp.
This works on beards and mustaches, too.
Henna powder is ground from dried leaves of the "lawsonia inermis" plant. When mixed with a mildly acidic liquid, henna will stain skin, hair, and fingernails reddish-orange. It strengthens hair, adds shine, and is anti-fungal, helping eliminate problems like dandruff, lice and ring-worm. It strengthens the hair shaft as it colors, leaving your hair shiny, healthy, and beautif
Henna has long been used as a natural temporary tattoo. Skin is painted with henna, and left to sit for a length of time. Then, the skin carries the color in the form of a tattoo, but fades with the sloughing of skin. It is often used overseas in wedding rituals, and much more.
Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing. It is also a powder ground from a variety of plants, including many of the Indigofera species. It is used as a food coloring, known as FD&C Blue No. 2 in the US. The sodium salt of indigo is used as a dye in renal function testing and as a reagent in the testing of milk. When used with henna or amla it can produce a wide range of colors, resulting in the dark hues in brunette colors. It is a basic, or alkaline, paste, unlike henna, so it does not need lemon juice to activate it. It creates strength and shine along the hair shaft.
Amla comes the fruit of a deciduous tree, which is called as Emblica Officinalis. All parts of the plant are used for various ayurvedic herbal preparations, including the fruit, seed, leaves, root, bark and flowers. It is commonly used in inks, shampoos, hair oils, and for fixing dyes in fabrics. It is also taken internally for a variety of reasons.
Used with henna and indigo, it creates a softer brown. It is probably nature's best hair conditioner. Use the paste weekly to protect, strengthen, and create shine on your hair. It can also be made into an oil and applied to the hair daily. It has a smell like raw cranberries and tree bark. Amla enhances waves and curls, but can also be used on skin as a mask to tighten and firm skin.
TO USE: after the henna sits overnight, mix in the amla (1/3 to 1/2 the amount of henna that you used to start) into it, then add water to make the mixture yogurt consistency. Complete the process as listed above.
Cassia is an excellent conditioner for any hair, regardless of color. Cassia is a green leaf powder that smells strongly like mown grass when mixed with water. It is alkaline like Indigo, and does not require lemon juice to activate the color molecule.
It makes hair glossy and thick, shiny, silky and strong - even damaged or bleached hair. Cassia has a golden yellow dye molecule. It will not alter the color of dark or red hair, but will make gray or blond hair turn golden. You can mix it with any other powder combination, or alone, with equally fantastic effects. The conditioning effects last for about a month. Mix cassia and henna to make shades of blond, strawberry blond and coppery red.
These plant powders work great and give you beautiful hair without worrying about chemicals and the after effects. Try it yourself, and you will be glad you did.
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General Announcements
Naomi Rosenberg, Dean of the Sackler School, to Retire
Naomi Rosenberg, dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, will retire at the end of this academic year, on June 30, 2017.
University-Wide Faculty Senate
The Provost is pleased to announce the creation of a university-wide Faculty Senate. The Senate will be a consultative body drawn from all schools of the university and charged with considering any issues that pertain to faculty and cross the boundaries between schools. The faculties of the schools will soon be holding votes to elect … » read
Announcing Diana Chigas as Senior International Officer and Associate Provost
Fletcher Professor Diana Chigas, F88, has been appointed as the university's first Senior International Officer and Associate Provost. Read the story here at Tufts Now.
New Distinguished Professors Named
Lisa Lowe of the School of Arts and Sciences and Jeswald Salacuse of the Fletcher School have been appointed Distinguished Professors, an honor reserved for senior faculty members who have made exceptional contributions to their disciplines, their students and the university as teachers and scholars who exemplify the best of Tufts.
Announcing Dr. Simin Meydani as Vice Provost for Research
It is my great pleasure to announce that Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD, will serve as Tufts University's Vice Provost for Research (VPR). Simin will begin her new responsibilities on a part-time basis on August 15, and assume the office fully on October 1. During this transition period, Simin will continue to serve as Director … » read
Vice Provost Diane Souvaine to serve on the National Science Board
Vice Provost for Research Diane Souvaine has been elected vice chair of the National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation. Read the story at Tufts Now
Linda Abriola, Former Engineering Dean, to Lead Tufts Environment Institute
Linda Abriola, former Dean of Engineering, has been appointed director of the Tufts Environment Institute. Read the story at Tufts Now
EPIIC 2016: Europe in Turmoil
Webcasts from the 31st Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium on "Europe in Turmoil" are now available on Youtube . The Symposium was held on February 17th-21st, 2016. For more information on the annual EPIIC International Symposium, click here .
Reflections at the End of the Fall 2015 Semester
From the Desk of the Chief Diversity Officer
December 17, 2015
Dear Tufts Community:
I hope this note finds you entering a period of needed repose as you wrap up the courses you may be teaching or taking or the campus work you do. What follows are my own thoughts after having … » read
IGL Director Search
Provost David R. Harris has established a search committee to identify the next Director of the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL). » read


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