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"Hypokalemia, or low potassium, is common in heart-failure patients and is associated with poor outcomes, as is chronic kidney disease," said C. Barrett Bowling, M.D., a fellow in the UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care. "But little is known about the prevalence and effect of hypokalemia in heart-failure patients who also have CKD."
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"It has long been considered that high potassium levels were more common in heart-failure patients with CKD," said Ali Ahmed, M.D., senior author of the study and associate professor of medicine in the Divisions of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care and Cardiovascular Disease. "Our findings indicate that low potassium may be even more common in these patients, and clinicians need to be aware of the risks associated with even mildly low potassium levels and monitor and treat their patients accordingly."


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Ive had one for around 6 months now.
1. Great coverage and nice fit. Doesn't look too big on the head either when compared to Fox Flux etc
2. Ventilation though looks terrible is actually pretty good. Internaly channeling seems to work quite well. I reckon on a hot day it would be a little too much 22c + but when does that happen in the UK?!
3. Perfect for 90% of the years trail riding and would be great for Alps etc singletrack where a bit more coverage is nice without going full face.
how is it for ventilation?
Perfect in the current conditions
Gets very warm in the summer especially when you're going slow e.g. long uphill climbs. Pads are very thin and saturate (urrrrrrrrrggggghhhh) quite easily in fact mine have saturated so much they've delaminated. Replacement pad kit is £10 from anywhere that has an account with Madison.
Hmm, i sweat buckets even in current conditions, might not be the best choice!
Perfect for 90% of the years trail riding and would be great for Alps etc singletrack where a bit more coverage is nice without going full face.
I'd agree with this. Wore mine in 40 degree Croatia too - it was a little steamy, but not massively more than something like a Xen. I always wear a Buff or similar underneath to protect the pads a little and stop sweat running into my eyes.
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Sold mine. Way too hot on climbs. Already had a Xen, much better.
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Now to the setting up of the FC and motors
I relocated the battery to be at the side.. Have not completed the paltform yet but I can start taking out one CF plate and lower the FC..
Look how flat it became compare to the earlier 'Pagoda Tower'! Yucks!
The FC.. Still have not figure out (ok I haven't read the manual entirely..) the pin to plug into and out to the receiver..
Here's the guide to set up the quad to fly in X and the motor directions and location.
The motor location for #01, to #04..
found in http://rcexplorer.se/page14/kkguide/kkguide/quadx.html
I agree with sirbow. . I like the CF square tubing but have only had luck to limit damage by
1. plugging and glueing the end with a dowel
2. Using delrin clamp motor mounts (see attachment)
3. Padding the end with some EVA high density foam as a bumper like with the old Gaui
Darn.. I think this should make into a prototype tested and quickly go on to Ver 3 using round tube. And I jus realise the round one are also not cross weaved CF. Damn.. description on HK is jus so vague..
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Seeing the board installed I have a few thoughts.
1) that a lot of exposed voltage, wrap those exterior posts before you short something out.
2) packing the ESCs might lead to poor heat dissipation, possible overheating, and more power loss.
3) have you weighed the final product and compared it to comparable wire based ESC wiring?
4) the traces might be able to carry the current, but is there enough insulation between the layers?
2. I am thinking should I drive a 5V motor for active cooling.. then again, my motors are 30A peak ea and these ESCs are 55A so there's a lot of buffer. I will monitor and see.
3. Unfortunately no. But I still have the chopped off cables and can do comparison. But I doubt it will be meaningful. i.e. the weight saved may not be a lot or worst. I just wan it to be cable clutter free. Plus, I can secure the ESC down without cable tie nor velcro, this is a sure way to secure it in place like mouting it down with four screws on standies.
4. Definitely yes. They are laid on 2mm acrylic sheet. I would prefer to draw my owm PCB pad next and have it fabricated. That will be lighter and will be more precise in connector location.
If only I can find a strong L-shape connector to mount the ESC side way and have the heatsink face out, that will be perfect.
Hi brontide,
I have insulated the connectors..
I left one +ve socket unwrapped so that I can put on the Dean's connectors later and tap on that +ve to power the rest.
In actual fact, I can hook up battery packs on all 4 sides of the square baseplate to parallel endurance. Just have to make sure the packs are almost same voltages.
Here's the mod Deans to accommodate anti-spark. However, this is the battery side.
Really, nothing to mod except I just superglue them together and clamp it till dry with heat gun and then shrink wrap them after soldering the cross link and to the battery:
The other connector is the balancing connector wired to adapt Schulze charger. Not ready to wrap yet, waiting for a resistor to be added so that the charger will auto recognise the charge current for this pack.
Here's another view. I have pumped in hot glue into the hole where the shrink did not close all the way on the main connector.
The other male side of the Deans is really the mod job. Will show tomorrow when the resistors arrive and to be soldered on the Deans. So watch for it.
The Pin Connector from Astro is 1.1gm. Socket is 1.4gm. Total is 2.5gm.
I will use pin all around with the ESC so that is 5.5gm
Wire for 90mm length with socket bullet is 3gm.
So ESC with pin and socket as a pair is still lighter.
The variable now is the PCB. Can it be 9.5gm?
Too bad the resistors not arrive today because there was an appended order for more connectors for the balancer to fit with non Schulze charger..
But look what I did today!
She has got new sneakers!
Made from springy plumbing clearing wire or what ever you call it.. Its cheap and I found it as $2 shop for 5m!
Another view:
Looks more like electrical puller, but probably a "plumbing snake". I had considered music or piano wire which is often used for fabrication of landing gears on model planes.
One idea that I have, no idea if it will work, is to invert the motor and props and use music wire or your snake to create a combo landing gear and prop shield.
woah.. haven't been updating for days.. The resistors came yesterday and only found time to do so today. Tried out and it was successful to prevent any sparks!
Ok herein revealing the mechanical method on the ESC side!
This is a modification over the pin connector side. What I did was simply use a plier and compress a pair of pin so that it sits shorter than usual, just a little like 3-5mm.
I'm not too worry if it is compressed too much and lose that spring effect because you still have the other parallel pin that will hold the whole set in place. But too much shorten you fear the contact is not perfect. This is about right for the difference to be seen:
So what happen is that the connectors on the battery side (socket) is aligned, not offset. But when it meet the pin side, the top tier will contact the pin side first where the arresting resistor is located. The resistor basically is soldered from the + side on top of the pin connector, and to the + side at the bottom and that continues to power the rest of the ESC +ve.
The resistor timing is determined to be 0.5s and the calculation was taken from http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/nospark.html
I am using a 56 Ohm 0.25W resistor.
Here's another picture from another angle.
Well this was not the original intention to plug in the battery this way for those who just caught up reading. I have decided to move the battery to the side and thus required a new connection point by the side. And what's more suitable to use the offset connector than the Deans? I do not know of any other connectors that you can push or pull the pins out of the housing socket!
Ready to flash my KK 5.5e Plus FC board tonight.
Wow I have to pick up that skill again on software.. The last time I flashed was in Feb and never touch that again.. You know how that one installation thing that you did once and never have to look back again until you need to reinstall when system crash and you realised oh damn how to do that again and where's the drivers?
Ok so I need to flash my KK board to fly the X (the last was a +).
Googled and came out multircshop.com and there's so many firmware version that one can load but not sure which one I should. I read up on the XXController and I think that is more for upgraded MEMS. So I think I should fall back to Quad Controller v4_7_X.
Since i had the last KKPlus_Tool v124 and there had been no new update, I just ran off the existing version I had. I thought it was easy but damn, missing ocx file. Again I thought that was easy part because there was ready help about how to load those missing files! But more importantly, all the step by step only touch on 32bit Windows system and no wonder the instruction didn't work. I was pissed. Lucky i saw a title under their (multircshop) download "How to fix missing OCX file.pdf" and click that and open.
Woah.. immediately anti virus prompt popped up! 3 different viruses were discovered. Thanks to AVG, they were stopped and removed. And the PDF file remain open and what was included in the description is the 64bit part!
You have been warned, that pdf file may be infected.. so I copied and paste the instruction here on the 64bit machine to run the flashing.
I tried running the KK Update Tool v1.24 and it works.
And now I can continue following the lost video that first guided me on how to flash the KK board to the latest then in Feb 2012. The video is this:
But this thing call software is always an elusive animal. There must be thousand and one way to get her to work and when she works, you can never determine how she should do it! The instruction is never always the same.. thats what I mean.
So here's something I have to do differently from the video.
So you mange to get the software started. And yo have to chose the COM port.. now how the hell we know which port to chose? There's no use for me to chose one by one down the drop down list and test Open Port Connection! Because the correct Port won't show up even if you go to Device Manager to see which Port is available? So jump the instruciton abit, although it says do not plug in the USB yet to power the device.. Heck, if yo udon't plug in, you never know which Port that USB slot is. So, plug in that USB and see under the Device Manager, which new Port appear? Yeap, that's the Com port we need to connect to. Once that is done, no need to remove the USB. Just make sure the jumper to power on the MK-USB board is taken off and short them again to turn on the board. Then will the bootload version show up.
Ok done flashing with the X-config..
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Another thing I did today was to make a 2nd set of anti-spark connector for the ESC PCB.
This set will be located opposite the first. Few reasons for me to do this.
1. Having both battery on either side of the quad keep things balanced.
2. If need be, we can change out the battery pack and hot plug new one in.
3. With in hand a few chargers around, we can charge the pack separately and the same current throughput yet, shortening the time required. Eg. Instead of charging a single 6900mAh 2P pack at say 0.5C, we can now do so at 3450mAh at 1C each, i.e if the charger max power is limited. Of course if you use a high power charger that will not be an issue.
4. The thing is, if I ever have a need to perform endurance flight, I might consider 4 connectors on all 4 sides and plug in 4packs! Yes, the weight might turn out to be a penalty but with the 4x capacity, its a trade off.
Here's the picture of today's work. Much better now with the soldering and more compact. In fact, if i can use the black loctite and port over the entire exposed area, it may even look like no component existed in between the pins!
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If you love coffee, you better stock up on beans now because your wallet is only going to suffer later. The price of coffee has been steadily rising for months now and the latest forecasts show it's only going to get worse.
Fungal outbreaks and drought are killing off the most recent coffee harvests, and the only thing to really blame is climate change. Leo Lombardini, the deputy director of World Coffee Research, recently told Fast Company:
"If things continue like this, maybe 50 years from now, we'll all be tea drinkers… I don't know if it'll happen that quickly. But it could be 100 years."
If that doesn't convince you, check out the graph below. Prices are surely at a steady high from last year.
While there are some coffee plants that might weather the coming storm, the best and currently most popular coffee that comes from Arabica beans will become even more precious.
Better stock up on the good stuff now if you want to weather the dreadful coffee famine.


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I usually only wear trucker hats when I find one that is comfortable and certainly not stiff, especially hate the ones with unflexible bills. This Nixon Icon is an awesome hat, super comfy and the bill can be bent anyway you like it. Worn a few times and enjoy representing the Nixon brand....only thing I was uncertain of was from the picture it looks as if the back mesh is the same color, but it is a gray color.
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Die Linke's Sahra Wagenknecht is wrong about refugees, borders, and police. But don't give up on the party just yet.
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Die Linke's Sahra Wagenknecht is wrong about refugees, borders, and police. But don't give up on the party just yet.
Five lessons from a socialist computing project in Salvador Allende's Chile.
3-D printing in its current form could be a return to "small is beautiful" drudgery, but it has the potential to do much more.
With powerful class movements behind it, technology can promise emancipation from work, not more misery.
Far from stifling innovation, a socialist society would put technological progress at the service of ordinary people.
Education is not a design problem with a technical solution. It's a social and political project neoliberals want to innovate away.
As humanity pushes outward into space, how will the galaxy's wealth be shared?
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As with all liposuction procedures, your surgeon will mark the area being treated with a pen.
You will then be injected with a local anaesthetic to numb the area being treated.
The surgeon will then make tiny incisions and insert a fibre optic laser into your skin.
The beam from the laser breaks down the fat cells and turns them in to liquid. This is removed by low level suction.
Any liquefied fat that remains will naturally be processed by your body.
Severe bruising around the treatment area.
Bumpy asymmetric skin – certain parts of the treatment area may become bumpy. You may need more surgery to rectify this.
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Interview by Katy Puga, Rainforest Alliance
It is estimated that more than 1.2 billion people around the world drink coffee. In Peru, coffee is an important source of income for thousands of small and medium-size farmers, who export around 95% of their beans to international markets thanks to their high quality, aroma, and flavor. Peruvian coffee is produced in 12 of the nation's 24 regions; many are located near protected areas, making sustainable farm management essential. Currently, some 30% of Peru's coffee production is certified as sustainable.
Thanks to support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon, a regional project that supports the creation of economic alternatives for local communities, Rainforest Alliance is helping coffee farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices, and creating important international market linkages. As a result, more than 70,000 hectares of land have been brought under sustainable management and Peru boasts the largest number of Rainforest Alliance CertifiedT coffee farms in the world. And, more than 50 coffee roasters across four continents source their beans from these sustainably managed farms.
Wilson Sucaticona, a young farmer of indigenous Aymara descent, inherited a tradition of coffee farming from his parents and is growing some of the best coffee in the world on his farm, Tunkimayo.
In the December 2009 Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality event, Tunki came in second place overall, beating out farms from Brazil, Indonesia, and East Africa. Most recently, Tunki coffee won the Best of Origin for Peru at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 2010 Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year Competition. Tunki has also won first prize in the Peruvian National Coffee Contest — twice.
From his farm in Sandia, located in the Puno department near the border with Bolivia, Sucaticona discusses how he grows the best coffee in Peru.
Question: How many years have you been a coffee farmer?
Sucaticona: I've been doing this for 17 years — my parents and grandparents were coffee farmers and I was raised in this tradition. During school vacations I used to help with washing the beans and removing the pulp, which was how I began to learn how to grow coffee.
My father retired, leaving me in charge of our small, seven-acre (three hectares) farm. At 34 years old, I'm still a coffee farmer and I want my children to grow coffee as well.
Q: Are you a member of any coffee cooperatives?
Sucaticona: Yes, I belong to the San Jorge Cooperative and also the Central de Cooperativas Agrarias Cafetaleras de los Valles de Sandia (CECOVASA).
Q: What kind of support do these cooperatives offer?
Sucaticona: Support from the cooperative has been very important to me. The certification programs in Peru work closely with producers who have organized into cooperatives and associations. These organizations are key entities to support farmers in the certification process and are the best way to reach international markets.
The Peruvian National Coffee Board has also had an important role in strengthening coffee organizations and promoting the participation of small producers in the different certification programs.
Q: Your farm has been Rainforest Alliance CertifiedT since 2006. How has this certification helped you?
Sucaticona: I obtained Organic and Fair Trade certifications in 2003 and Rainforest Alliance certification in 2006. These certifications taught me many things about managing my farm. For example, before we used to cut down trees and hunt animals, but now we have learned how to take care of the forests, to stop logging, and to care for the animals and the water. We protect the environment and now we have our house in order.
Certification from the Rainforest Alliance has given me very good benefits. For example, I learned how to improve the quality of the coffee plants and how to better dry the beans, which is crucial because drying affects the quality of the beans.
Q: What is the key to maintaining quality?
Sucaticona: It is difficult and care must be taken during the entire process because any slight changes can affect quality. Everything is important, from planting, to harvesting, to drying…if something isn't right, it harms the coffee.
For example, to make sure that quality is not affected, I take my product to the stocking center by wheelbarrow. It's a three hour walk from my farm but I do it because I know that the aroma of the coffee changes if I take it by mule or horse; these animals sweat and their odor affects the beans. Since I want my coffee to be perfect, I am always looking for better ways to do things.
Q: You won the national coffee prize for the second time. What does having the best coffee in Peru mean to you?
Sucaticona: The first time I won was very exciting because frankly, I wasn't expecting it. The truth is that this year I did expect to win. I already had experience from the last time, I knew exactly how long to dry the coffee to make it perfect and when to submit the sample to participate in the contest. I worked very hard and spent a lot of time preparing.
Later I realized that my coffee competed against more than 300 coffees and I won first place in a very competitive event! This makes me very proud and happy. Now my coffee is being auctioned and I hope to get a good price.
These awards prepared me for the Specialty Coffee Association of America award that I just won. These recognitions motivate me to continue improving the quality and reputation of Peruvian coffee.


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I heard that if you go into labor at Disneyland, your baby gets to go to Disneyland for free for the rest of his/her's life. Has anyone ever heard of this? My bosses best friend keeps going there on her labor day hoping it would happen but it hasn't yet.
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But what if she goes into labor in DCA ?
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Originally posted by Sambo View PostMethinks someone is playing an evil trick on the poor gullible woman...
There have been lots of childbirths at Disneyland over the years. Disneyland used to quietly give these kids lifetime passes, but when the word got out and it became more commonly known that Disneyland was doing this, some nutcase parents started to deliberately try to have their kids born at Disneyland. So Disneyland stopped issuing the passes in an attempt to deter these misguided parents-to-be.
Funny story one of the Disneyland Ops guys once told me about this:
Several years after Disneyland discontinued giving lifetime passes to kids born in the park, a child was born in the park. The parents later stormed City Hall demanding that their kid be given a lifetime pass because they "heard" that's what Disneyland did! The Ops team suspected this couple had deliberately come to the park in hopes of the kid's birth and a free lifetime pass. He said they were outraged when told Disneyland discontinued the practice many years prior. Guess they didn't get the memo.
But the tales and folklore about back when Disneyland did do this still persist as current fact to this day.
Yep. The things some people will do. I'm sure even without the lifetime pass...there are folks that want their baby born in Disneyland just for bragging rights and to be able to say he/she was. But then again I'm sure some of them are born there just by happenstance.
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With 14 million guests a year, something unusual is bound to happen to a handful of guests that visit the park. Some give birth, some die (of natural causes), sometimes miracles happen. They make for great stories anyway, and a few make it into urban legend.
Now, I wonder how many people were conceived on ATIS...
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Originally posted by 2DieFR View PostWith 14 million guests a year, something unusual is bound to happen to a handful of guests that visit the park. Some give birth, some die (of natural causes), sometimes miracles happen. They make for great stories anyway, and a few make it into urban legend.
Now, I wonder how many people were conceived on ATIS...
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I've been witness to someone who died on DL property. Well, died as a result of what happened plus complications from the ensuing events. Had to talk to management to see if I needed to do paperwork or not. But I didn't as I did not actually see said event.
I've also seen many an allergic reaction to foods from the resort when someone didn't think their allergy would be aggravated by something. But, low and behold, the food was made at some factory that also processes nuts and there was enough present to trigger their allergy A lot happens every day if you just look in the places where it can happen. Yeah...
2DieFR got it right. With that many people moving through the resort area every year, stuff is bound to happen.
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You've really got your priorities out of whack if you are willing to deliberately set yourself up to go into labor at Disneyland to get a "freebie".
Any sane woman would take the safety and cleanliness of a hospital. And let's not forget the fact that there's trained staff and epidurals accessible there as well...
Yeesh. Some people are wackos. Serves those people right to be told no.
Re: Labor at Disneyland
I don't know how it was back in the day, but these days can't you pinpoint the day of labor with some reasonable accuracy? I wouldn't even be at Disneyland during that time. You'd think people could postpone the trip to Disneyland for a couple weeks and have the damn kid.
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Morning people!
flarunner, Dave, Basya, jedi, great runs this morning.
Heidi, Damaris, Lily, Shari, Gus, enjoy your runs.
Everyone else, enjoy whatever you have planned today.
Phil, sorry about having to bail on 3 races. I feel for ya. At least you're getting compensated for 2 of them. Not a bad deal at all!
Gus, I probably would run every other day. 3 days one week, 4 days the next... I don't see that as a problem.
As for me, I did my 7 last night on the ole 'mill. I pretty much hated it until sometime after mile 4. I fiddled a lot with incline/decline and speed to try to keep myself amused. Boy I was glad when that was over. Today will be a double for me... I have to do 6 miles and I don't want to do all 6 on the treadmill or in 20* with 15mph winds, so I'll do 3 on the treadmill at lunch then 3 outside after work.
Have a great day!
Late start for me. I'm working from home, and surprisingly, the mornings are usually more hectic when I do. I guess because I sleep in. Anyway, I was going to try and run today, but it's too damn cold, and my foot and knee don't like the treadmill lately. So I'll hit the kettle bell during lunch.
Oh, and here's your daily caffeine fix.
Do you even run?
Bad Ass
Now I have a migraine which coffee is making better. Sigh.
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami!
Kay, I have that sign in my kitchen.
Barking Mad To Run
Nice run at Lackland Air Force Base after work yesterday in the sunshine and 75 degree weather. Today our temp is going up to 79 degrees. I think Mother Nature is trying to give San Antonio an early Spring. Will get in a few miles today after work at Fort Sam Houston. Then a haircut after that. Funny how your views change. When I was in high school, I was a long haired rock-n-roller hippy; now, after a 24-year military career, my hair gets long enough to just start touching my ears and it drives me crazy!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Supp clique!
6 easy miles w/ 8 strides @ 6:00 done.
The strides at this speed are becoming incredibly comfortable, so I am going to pick up the pace next week.
Morning all,
ran 5 last night, coldest temp I've ran in. Got home and had ice in my hair, didn't even realize until I went to pull off my shirt. (Calm down ladies
Top o' the mornin' to you all...
flarunner - Oh the horror of 47 Good job on the 6!
Dtothe2nd - Sounds like you had a great 7 mile already. Enjoy the coffee - though I don't think I've ever seen/heard of salted caramel. (I'm more of a Sumatra dark roast with maybe a splash of half/half)
runmomto3boys - Yeah ... slow ... like that's gonna happen. I know exactly what you mean in the forced discipline to actually run RECOVERY miles at RECOVERY pace. Have a great 8 miles tonight!
Docket_Rocket - Oh... I wanna sleep in too AND work from home today AND have 60 degree temps. Well, enjoy your run later this afternoon/evening.
Just B.S. - Nice double swim/run workout yesterday. Yikes, I thought our Wisconsin temps were cold lately but yours are downright frigid.
BasyaSpiliakos - Nice treadmill workout!
happylily - Wind bites! Sorry you're stuck in the "uglies" of winter but think warm/sunny/sandy beach thoughts while you're on the treadmill tonight for your 10.
Baboon - You're attitude in the face of the injury (and impending surgery) is great. It's awesome you're able to get in the 40 minutes on the elliptical and here's hoping for a grump-free knee tonight.
StepbyStep-SH - Sounds like you're going into the intervals tonight with a good plan. Listen to the body and don't push it.
jedigunnie26.2 - Awesome tempo run this morning on the TM AND you got to run outside to boot! That's a great idea to mix it up and only use the TM for the tempo portion of the workout.
I did my 14 MLR last night in blowing snow and 1 degree temps. (I've run in colder temps but last night just felt freezing by the end!) With the slippery conditions it was actually a tough workout and my legs are a bit tired this morning. Tonight I have an easy recovery 5/6 planned and I WILL RUN IT SLOW.
Train smart ... race smarter.
Boon, I end up paying more for the events I want to run because I generally register the week of. For me, I just don't want to risk paying for something too far in advance mostly because I hate to count my chickens before they hatch...I am thus too chicken.
I have registered for Detroit 10 months out twice only because at $65.00 vs $125.00, it just makes dollars and cents to take my chances that one time a year.
Gus, running EOD has worked well for me in the past. It's a sound strategy.
April - check this out: recipe for homemade cookie dough butter. I don't have any coconut flour, and the idea of a 1/2 c of butter is a little frightening, but I might try it sometime. Or you could make "raw cookie dough."
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Edit to add: Just heard back about the third race and they are letting me defer to a later race without penalty. Cool deal!
Btw, lilac_jive, the Hogsback Half Marathon is what I'll probably defer to.
Bruce: Holy smokes...you did a great job knocking out that 14 in the conditions that you had to deal with. You are a tougher man than I am. Take it easy on those recovery miles. I'll try to do the same. I have no problem running slow outside, but at the track, I can't slow down. I think it's that I hate getting lapped. I discovered my inner competitive streak at the track, go figure.
Docket: Ohhhh, no. I'm sorry about the migraine! I hope you feel better as the day goes on!
April: I hope the 3/3 double goes well.
Lily: Where the heck is your RR on Bermuda? I want a sneak peek: did you PR? Spill it!
Scotty: I can't even wrap my head around the idea of 75-79 degree temps right now. Crazy town!!!
LRB: Nice work on the EZ run w/some fast strides thrown in there for good measure!
D2: Another great, strong 7 miler. Your running still amazes me! What ever happened w/the IT band stuff? It wasn't a deal - was it a shoe thing after all???
Flarunner: Great work getting in your 6 early in those "frigid" (:grin temps!
Beth: Fantastic job on the swim and TM running yesterday!
Shari: I hope the foot pain isn't bothersome/anything serious. That's a tough work out on tap! Good luck!
Basya: I'm so happy to hear that you are feeling a ton better today. We all have days like you had yesterday. I'm glad you are dong so much better!
Jedi: Fantastic, blistering fast tempo run today! Great job!
Phil: I have no idea about the DNS policies.
Excelentísimo Señor
I think I'll actually run today. I was going to run yesterday, but you'd be amazed how quickly you shut off that alarm and go back to bed when you know it's 9 degrees outside and you're not training for any race.
YUM. I will have to make the cookie dough butter very soon.
Bruce, it's actually salted caramel creamer that I put in my regular coffee, good stuff.
Heidi, thanks! I think the ITB problems were a combination of worn out shoes and road camber. I'm stretching every day, have new shoes and have been running on dirt and the other side of the road, five days in a row now (44 miles) with zero problems/tightness/pain. Technically I've run the last six days in a row, but there was still some tightness at the end of that 10 miler last Sat, it was my last run facing traffic. Two of my last five runs have been on dirt and three were on the "wrong" side of the road. Hopefully with continued stretching and varying surfaces/camber I can keep it from coming back. I think a big part of getting it under control quickly was not pushing it and addressing the problem immediately with rest and stretching.
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A bank worker stole almost £17,000 from Barclays so she could impress her new boyfriend by taking him on expensive dates.
Catherine Finney, 25, used the cash to pay for lavish meals at top restaurants and expensive concert tickets.
She used the accounts of two elderly customers and made transfers between tills to hide her crimes, which took place between January 2011 and March 2013.
Finney, from Droitwich, Worcs, was jailed for 18 months after admitting one count of theft and two of fraud.
Judge Michael told Finney: "You took the money for your own living standards, which may not have been as lavish as some, but it was certainly beyond that which you would have legitimately been able to afford.
"It was simply to advance your lifestyle.
"On almost a daily basis, you would take small amounts of money over a two-year period from the till at which you were the sole worker.
"You made, in total, 108 inter-till transfers which enabled the period over which you stole money to be as long as it was.
"Anyone working in the banking industry is, by definition, in a high position of trust."


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Pastor George Landris and his one true love Johnnie Mae have faced many obstacles on their journey to the altar, and now they are finally about to be married. But while Landris is planning the wedding, his fiancée gets wrapped up in the mystery of a valuable necklace and a mix-up in a hospital nursery that occurred more than 50 years ago. Johnnie Mae knows that it all has something to do with the enigmatic Sarah Flemming, an elderly woman she met in Alabama. What she doesn't know is how important solving this puzzle will become. Listeners will find many characters to relate to in this enjoyable and heartfelt romantic tale, featuring just the right touches of intrigue.
Narrator Lizan Mitchell skillfully voices this story of love and forgiveness.
©2005 Vanessa Davis Griggs; (P)2005 Recorded Books,LLC
"Wings of Grace is an enthralling story. Excellent plot layering, compassionate characters and a strong faith message make this book a page-turning adventure." (Romantic Times)
"Well-written narrative." (Booklist)
"This book has changed my life!!"
This book broke me down. I cried, laughed, and my relationship with God grew with each chapter. Here I am, A woman of God, never would have thought that a novel would bring to closer to Him. I mean, fully understanding the Love He has for us. We all need to have patience and know that God is on our side and "time" will always work in our favor. Oh and the large amounts of FAITH these characters had... My God!
Everyone! Literally, everyone from Saffire to Memory.
Sarah and Pearl Black
Johnnie Mae and George
Lena and Memory
and most of all Mammie and Grace...
I don't know, but I need to see this book in a movie somewhere and soon!
Bless you Vanessa Davis Griggs!! If I had 10 thumbs, all of them would belong to you.
"Powerful Faith"
This book is a great introduction of characters and story line for the Blessed Trinity series. I just loved how she intertwined current events with their lives! I was just rivited with each chapter. I intend to read each of Ms. Griggs books!
I thought the book was a very good book to listen to, I then read it. Vanessa Davis Griggs a very good author, I now have 7 of her other books, I've read 3 in total and I'm reading 1 now. Waiting for her new book to come out in May
"Very inspired Story"
EXCELLENT, OUTSTANDING, EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY!!!! Wow, this author really knows how to tell a Christian story, Worth the cost GREAT.
"Great Read"
i enjoyed this book. the development of the characters were well written. This is a great intro to the Blessed Trinity series.
I really enjoyed listening to this book. The story as very well written and captivated me. Lizan's narration took it to the next level. What a dynamiting duo!
"Loved it!!"
I absolutely love love love the writings of Vanessa Davis Griggs. Not only are her stories full of amazing characters, but also full of the unadulterated gospel truth!!! There's no sideways about it...she is definitely an author who I aspire to be someday.
As always, Lizan Mitchell is one of the greatest narrators that ever walked the earth. She draws you into the story with her different voice pitches and listening to her tell the story is like none other. Simply amazing!
"Wings of Grace"
By Arlena (Broken Arrow, OK) United States, May 25, 2011
This audible Wings of Grace was more than Excellent. Truly Pastor George Landris and Johnnie Mae were made for each other. I found myself laughing and crying while listening to this story. This was truly a novel that l loved listening to and will be sharing. Wings of Grace is truly a Must Read for All of those who loves God.
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So I am all about veggies lately. I like to make all my veggies with bacon. Here is my default recipe:
Veggies by minjenah
Two strips of bacon
1/4 cup of onion
1 pound of veggies (like kale)
Fry the onion and bacon together until the onion is soft and the kitchen smells like bacon. Add the veggies and three ice cubes. Cover tightly for ten minutes. Season to taste. YUM
Friday, November 14, 2008
2 comments:
- KP said...
Why the ice cubes?
- November 14, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- Minjenah said...
I don't want to put too much water in the veggies, just enough to steam them. If I put water in, I always put too much. Three ice cubes is enough to steam them but not enough to make the veggies soupy.
- November 16, 2008 at 12:57 AM
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Don't Wait Until Mayor Bloomberg Builds His 'Micro' Apartments—These Tiny Units Are Available Right Now
Realtor.comNew York City's notoriously cramped quarters are about to get even smaller, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday a proposal for "micro-unit" apartments that will be just 300 square feet.
But you don't need to wait until the apartments, which will be built in Kips Bay and cost some $2,000 a month, are completed to feel like you're living in a glorified closet.
These are the smallest apartments currently on the rental market for rent in Manhattan (compiled with help from Realtor.com). Some are even smaller than 400 square feet, technically making them illegal under current New York regulations.
There is hardly enough room for the mice in these homes.
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2. She's a California girl who loves the beach and the waves. She has light brown wavy hair and ocean blue eyes. She also likes wearing flowers in her hair.
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June 18th, 2013 04:41 PM #105A 18 year old girl with a penchant for names (◡‿◡✿)
Current Favorites [changes frequently]:♀: Robyn, Zoe, Lux, Terra, Romy, Salem, Pearl♂: Wolf, Orion, Knox, Archer, Beau, Flynn
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1. Hmm, I don't know. Madonna brings to mind the trashy singer, and overall I see a tattoo of a lady and a rose on the arm of a raggedy man. Awkward. I do like Rose, though.
2. A little girl with fluffy/wavy black hair and bright, snapping blue eyes. She wants to be just like her big sisters and often mimics them and borrows their clothes, listens to their music, plays with their friends, etc. She's short-tempered but usually sweet.
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Cancer hats, cancer scarves, medical headwear for hair loss. Scarves for cancer, chemotherapy, alopecia, trichotillomania and other cancer patients.
I come from a family with three generations of breast cancer survivors. I also suffer from Alopecia Areata. My disease came on suddenly and unexpectedly. Literally, one day, my hair began to fall out in large clumps. In just three months I was completely bald. I was diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis, the most extreme case of Alopecia. Being faced with this sudden and unexpected appearance change was a difficult emotional adjustment. We live in an appearance driven culture where baldness produces stares and hurtful comments. Baldness is a physical mark of illness. People react differently to you.
After my initial period of adjustment, I began to explore the options for women who experience medical hair loss. My first reaction was to try and duplicate my hair by wearing a wig. While wigs may be a suitable solution for some women, I found them to be uncomfortable and hot. I wanted to wear something that was fashionable and comfortable. I was disappointed by the selection of scarves available for women with medical hair loss. I designed the BeauBeau® as a fashionable and comfortable alternative to wearing a wig.
I have lost my hair but not my sense of style. Alopecia handed me an opportunity to help other women cope with their loss of hair in a dignified and stylish manner.


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Coffin Texts, collection of ancient Egyptian funerary texts consisting of spells or magic formulas, painted on the burial coffins of the First Intermediate period (c. 2130–1938 bce) and the Middle Kingdom (1938–c. 1630 bce). The Coffin Texts, combined with the Pyramid Texts from which they were derived, were the primary sources of the Book of the Dead, which was in prominent use during the New Kingdom and Late period. These three collections represent the most extensive body of Egyptian religious literature available to modern scholars.
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Keeping body and soul together: why NHS teamwork is critical to patient outcomes
How care processes are managed within the NHS and what quality of care patients can and should expect within Britain's hospitals is a recurrent concern, surfacing once again with the public inquiry into higher than expected death rates at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust.
Just why such situations arise, and what measures can be taken to ensure better quality of care, is very much at the heart of the research agenda for Professor Michael West. Around 10 years ago West and his colleagues starting exploring the links between human resource management (HRM) practices and patient mortality.
Initially looking at HRM practices as reported by directors and senior managers in a sample of 61 UK hospitals, the research was subsequently expanded to cover staff experiences across the entire NHS in England and Wales. Since 2003 West and his team have been conducting the annual NHS staff survey on behalf of the Department of Health, and what they have found has emphatically corroborated their earlier findings.
"With this more extensive data," says West, "we have exactly the same findings: that what staff experience at work is a really good predictor of patient mortality."
Despite wide divergences between NHS trusts – for instance, in how staff view their leaders, whether staff have clear goals, their level of engagement and commitment, or the extent of positive feelings – the relationship between patient satisfaction and staff experience is, says West, strong across the board.
"If staff report high work pressure, patients then report they are being treated insensitively. If staff say there are lots of errors and near misses, patients report insufficient support, information, privacy and respect. When staff say they have got poor health and wellbeing and work-related stress, that then translates into lower levels of patient satisfaction."
Real versus pseudo teams
One of the most striking findings to emerge from their latest analysis, he adds, is that the very best predictor of patient mortality is the percentage of staff working in well-structured teams. However, all is not what it seems.
"Although 90 per cent of NHS staff say that they work in teams, when we probe a little deeper we think the true figure is nearer 40 per cent – and that around half NHS staff are working not in real teams but in what we would term pseudo teams."
The distinction between these two is, he explains, relatively simple but nevertheless telling. "We ask questions about whether the team has clear objectives, whether they work closely together to meet those objectives, and whether they meet regularly to review performance and how it could be improved. We think those three simple elements are actually fundamental to any kind of team. So when people answer no to any of those areas, we define them as a pseudo team.
"What we find is that the more people who work in real teams, the lower the rates of injuries and errors at work – errors that could harm patients. Those teams experience less violence against staff by members of the public, and lower levels of patient mortality. Levels of staff wellbeing are also higher. The reverse is true for pseudo teams."
The teams that West and his colleagues have looked at cover all sectors of the NHS, involving both clinical and managerial staff. Yet once again, despite the differences in context, the findings are remarkably consistent: teams that have clear objectives and take time out to review their performance are far more effective, productive and innovative than those that don't.
Team tensions
As might be expected, team dynamics are not always easily managed, and status issues can be particularly problematic. Here West and his colleagues are providing practical interventions for a variety of NHS organisations, designed to promote more effective teamworking:
"There is tension relating both to diversity of disciplinary background and to status inconsistencies in teams, so what we do is to help teams create an ethos where they value diversity, whether that be cultural diversity or disciplinary diversity. Because again the evidence we have is that where there's a positive attitude to diversity – whether it's professional, cultural or gender diversity – the teams with that diversity outperform more homogenous teams."
In this and other areas there is still much to do, concedes West. He is particularly concerned that the current emphasis on cuts is causing senior managers to focus on productivity at the expense of innovation – something borne out by his current research on the board minutes of NHS trusts. He would also like to see the innovative approaches already evident within the NHS being better exploited through better sharing of good practice.
Changes in practice
Nevertheless, many of the essential messages are getting through, and making discernible impact:
"I've been really encouraged over the last ten years by just how much senior policymakers have used our research and talk about the data when designing change in the NHS.
"For example, back in 2002 we published data showing the link between appraisals and mortality, and there has subsequently been a very big increase in the percentage of NHS staff receiving appraisals – up from around 50% to about 70%. There's still a lot to do in terms of ensuring that those appraisals are actually useful and well structured but again those changes have taken place partly because of the data we produced.
"I think the really big challenge is to ensure that the messages we've been developing are put into practice by first-line managers within NHS trusts. It's at the front line that these things really matter."
Where next? West plans to draw on Lancaster's strengths to extend this research into the international arena. "My vision for the work we do at Lancaster is that we establish a centre focused on international health services, so that we no longer look simply at what's going on in the English NHS but start to compare and contrast health service leadership across countries, exchanging knowledge and understanding from different kinds of health services and different cultures. I think that would be enormously exciting and beneficial, potentially paving the way for better delivered and safer health services around the world."


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Two Methods:Claiming the Daily Free CreditsBuying More CreditsCommunity Q&A
The Topps Kick, or currently KICK 15, game app has a fantasy concept wherein you build your teams and play against real football matches going on. The app is free to play, but if you want to get the better and rarer cards, you may need to spend some money. Card packs are bought in-game using credits (coins). Free credits are given to all players every day. You can also top up your credits by purchasing more with real money.
Claiming the Daily Free Credits
1Launch KICK. Locate the app on your device. The app icon has pictures of different football players. Tap on it.
2Claim Daily Reward. A pop-up window will appear indicating your Daily Rewards of 1,000 coins. Tap the "OK" button on the pop-up to get your credits.
3View total credits. Tap the shopping cart icon on the bottom toolbar, and you will be brought to the app's Store. Your total credits will be displayed on the top left corner.
4Come back daily. Free credits of 1,000 coins are given to you every day as long as you open the app. So come back daily and get your free credits to use in buying card packs.
Buying More Credits
1Launch KICK. Locate the app on your device. The app icon has pictures of different football players. Tap on it.
2Go to the Store. The Store is the app's store. Tap on the shopping cart icon on the bottom toolbar to access it. The Store is where you can see the available card packs for purchase.
3Tap the Coins menu from the left panel to see all the Coin Bundles available. You can buy different amounts of coins, from as little as 3,000 coins at $0.99 to as much as 900,000 coins at $89.99.
4Buy a coin bundle. From the list of available bundles, select the one you'd like to buy, and then tap on the price button beside the bundle.
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So what if Dodger Stadium isn't ready for opening day? Then what?
Stan Kasten expressed optimism that the renovations to Dodger Stadium will be completed in time for opening day. He also said that in the event that they are not, contingency plans are in place, but he wouldn't announce what they were. So on twitter I read numerous responses from fans pretty much saying that will not be a problem because the Dodgers can play in the L.A. Coliseum.
To that I wag my finger in Dikembe Mutumbo fashion "No, no, no… not so fast my friend," because as cool as that Coliseum exhibition game was back in 2008, fact is, it didn't work.
That wasn't baseball, it was more like pinball. Balls bounced off the outfield wall and the left field line padding, fielded by Rafael Furcal, and he wasn't even playing LF that day. A crazy game it was. Almost like the configuration of sandlot ball in my back yard. Maybe they should have played with a Wiffle Ball instead. The left field line on my softball field in the beer league I play in has a deeper left field, (yes, no joke). It was 201 feet from home plate!
In that 2008 game, the teams abandoned putting a player in the left field spot because he was breathing down the shortstop's neck. Dodger center fielder Andruw Jones was so deep out there in the first inning that he was able to eat Dodger Dogs and chug beers sold by the vendors, and nobody even noticed, that's because left fielder Delwyn Young was playing rover in front of him. The shortstop simply went out and retrieved balls hit to left field wall. Balls hit out there that didn't go over the wall the umps were calling the "infield fly rule." By the third inning, Jones must have got caught eating in the outfield, because Torre moved him in to the 5th infielder spot where he even logged a putout on the receiving end, tagging out a would be base stealer.
It looked like over the line, and they closed left field because there were obstructed seats in the way. The chain-linked fence in left didn't work. Varitek lofted a 260 foot "shot" over the 60 foot high screen. The 2008 configuration was even worse than the 1958 one. Too many changes to the Coliseum have been made – there was no longer a running track. In the 2008 baseball configuration, the front row seats on the first base side were obscenely close to the playing field. And while some of the newer ballparks today are proud of that fact and will even advertise that front row seats are closer to home plate than the pitcher, in the '08 Coliseum configuration, front row seats were closer to home plate than the on deck circle.
Then there was parking, and the shuttle from Dodger Stadium that didn't work. It was a disaster of massive proportions. A "cool" disaster, but a disaster nonetheless. We put up with it 'cuz it was a nostalgic event more than a baseball game. Attendees could say they were present at the highest attended baseball game in history, (recorded to be 115, 300). That's fine, fine for one game, fine for a game that didn't count. Can you imagine if the Dodgers were to play 25-30 regular season games in that place? That nostalgia would wear off mighty quickly.
Heck, we didn't trade for Carl Crawford to play "Rover." Skip Schumaker may hit left handed slices every now and then, but he's no "moon shot" artist. And last I checked, Wally was a bit up there in age to sign to a 30 day contract. Heck, I don't think he could even coach our guys to loft fly balls 120 feet high and 260 feet deep. We didn't shell out $150 million to Zack Greinke so that his ERA can soar over 9.00 in April. Perhaps the club should have signed Cirque du Soleil performers to acrobatically field balls hit to that left field wall.
Then there will be the festival seating crowd out in Center and Right Field. It can crank up the attendance numbers and allow people to picnic on the grass, but problems are bound to ensue there. Remember how homers used to be hit out at Candlestick Park years ago, and then the fans beyond the chain-linked outfield wall would beat the stuffing out of each other in an effort to retrieve the home run balls? Well, multiply that mayhem by about 1,000.
You think there are parking problems at Dodger Stadium, wait until you try parking at the Coliseum. Shuttles from DS? Yeah that worked swell. Fans arrived two hours early for the shuttles and didn't arrive until the 5th inning in some cases.
Then there are the little issues that we as fans don't think about. Press box? Way up top. Announcers? Same place. Locker rooms? Who knows? Bullpens? No idea. Portable dugouts? Probably, and with porta potties too. So many safety hazards in that quirky playing field.
It might be easier to build a new Gilmore Field in Hollywood or another Wrigley Field in South Central. Are there any high school fields with decent seating capacity available?
I know, they can play the games in Angel Stadium and call it "The Big D" and call our team the Anaheim Dodgers of Los Angeles.
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Macoy Wells Kmetz
A son, Macoy Wells Kmetz, was born at 2:48 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2010 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, to Tanya L. Perry and Michael Wells Kmetz of Jim Thorpe.
He weighted 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 21 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Patricia A. Perry of Bradenton, Fla., and Ronald E. Perry of Jim Thorpe.
Paternal grandparents are Natalie and Jack Kmetz of Jim Thorpe.


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First off lets start I am AD Air Force and got an assignment to Fairchild AFB in Feb 2012. I will be heading up to the Spokane area in December to drop off two vehicles and the coming back in January with my family. My wife has a 05 Unlimited Rubicon and I have an 03 Rubicon.
So that being said lets start off with some basic info on my Jeep. It is an 03 Rubicon w/ 35x12.50x15 BFG MT KM2's on Walker Evans Beadlocks, Rockhard rear bumper/tire carrier and plate holder, Genright front bumper w/stinger & extra DOM, PS trail cage with extra tube work, Warn diff guards, WJ steering/brake conversion, JKS brackets and parts for the conversion, Skidrow steering skid, Warn xd9000i, Alloy USA axle shafts F & R and seals, Superior 4.88 gears, York OBA system, 750W power inverter, Cobra 75WSX Radio, MCAI, 62mm TB, Tuffy glove box, Marine Diehard Platinum , and the list goes on & on & on.
So my jeep was in need of a suspension overhaul and I decided to go with the GenRight Legend Extreme kit. I opted for the Teraflex rear truss and T-case skid, steps on the rockers, flares for the corners, and remote reservoirs on the CO's. I am gonna keep the 44's for now while I save my pennies for new axles.
On to the build…….
This is the Jeep before I started.
First I started by pulling the rear wheels, flares, & wheel well liners.
Then you have to modify the EVAP system to make room. I followed the write up as shown in this link.
Rubicon Owners Forum - View topic - EVAP Relocation - Writeup w/ pictures
You have to do a little cutting inside of each rear wheel well as shown in the pics.
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" Brand: L'Occitane / Type: Fragrance / Concentration: Eau de Parfum / Gender: for women "
I tried one of the L'Occitane Cherry Blossom solid perfumes recently, and at the same time I purchased one of their Bergamot Tea scented perfumes too, as I had a voucher to spend with them. I paid £6.50 for the Bergamot Tea solide perfume from one of their stores inside Debenhams, but this is also available from their own stores (there aren't that many around but severl major cities have them) as well as the L'Occitane website which I have used before and is very good.
The solid perfume comes in a usefully-sized small metal pot, much like some lip balms and creams, and is a good size to fit into pockets or handbags. The lid of the little round tin comes off easily and has a cutesy pale yellow label with the brand and product name on. I think it's quite attractive in appearance, and has a slightly old fashioned feel about it.
The texture of the solid perfume is waxy, but it's not greasy and doesn't make the pulse points feel sticky - I rub a bit of the solid perfume onto my neck and wrists as thats where I usually put my perfume, whether spray or solid.
The scent of the perfume is very nice, and when I sprayed a sample of the Bergamot Tea spray perfume it smelt the same, maybe a little less powerful than the spray version. The fragrance is a lovely summery lemony scent, which has a hint of a tea fragrance about it - lemon is definitely the key thing I can smell though, which gives the perfume a really nice fresh citrus appeal. I don't have the Bergamot Tea spray perfume, so I don't use this in the same way as I do my Cherry Blossom solid, which is as a top up to the eau de toilette. I have found though that the scent is not very long lasting and you do need to keep reapplying throughout the day if you want to keep smelling nice and lemony!
I can recommend this solid perfume, but people should know that the staying power isn't brilliant, and that you'll need to reapply lots.