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frigg is good at guessing such* by the shape of a momma's tummy, so I took a pic for her and thought I'd open it up to a poll to see if anyone else shares her prowess.
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* We met up in Paris while I was pregnant with Sprout, and she did say "a girl," but she didn't want to declare herself 100% because she didn't think I was showing enough at that time. :P
Before I get started let me mention the number one reason why I never shared much about our diaper-free life the first time around, aside from, I mean, the fatigue and lack of energy that go hand in hand with baby raising. In a nutshell: I did not feel very comfortable talking about the whole process because I never wanted (nor want) to come across as espousing that the way we do things is the *right* way and that we look down on parents who have different ideas/methods. Discussing divergent opinions/methods in any realm is a good way to get up people's danders, and holding differing parenting views has got to be one of the most surefire ways of making another parent feel like they are under attack. Even if said discussions are not about finger-pointing and one-upmanship and all those other comparison-heavy things, they can sure feel like it. No one likes to be judged, especially not parents. We get enough questioning, skepticism, advice, and criticism from family members and friends without hearing it from online strangers, too.
Anyhow, rest assured: Your parenting choices are safe around me. I'm not preaching; I'm just sharing to appease curiosity and give one family's experience with an unorthodox tool that is out there if parents want to give it a whirl.
If you are unaware of what going diaper-free entails, you can google it along with terms like "elimination communication" and "natural infant hygiene." I came across the idea quite by accident, many years before I got pregnant, and it made so much sense to me on a gut-level that I knew I would have to try it if ever I became a mother.* Enter Sprout and our foray into communicating with a newborn about basic bodily functions. :) This is my most complete entry on the subject, written when Sprout was six months old. As I said, I kind of fell off the wagon about blogging about it after that, so the following timeline is going to be full of ballpark numbers rather than actual, precise dates.
After our successes with Sprout vocalizing her need to go, we had less misses. For awhile. Then she got more mobile and able to explore her world at will. Lots of distractions and experiments with her surroundings led to a distinct decline in her interest in letting her parents know she needed to go. :P Thankfully we had hardwood (read: easy-to-clean) floors.
We continued to hold her over a bowl, the sink, the toilet, etc. to help her void, buying a potty just before she learned to walk. We still have that potty, so the issue is moot with Junebug, but if I were starting over again, I would still have a bowl (smaller and very portable) but I would get a potty much earlier to help hold the baby. Another thing of note is that Sprout never had a problem going to the bathroom outside. I did not give this much thought until we were traveling one day with another couple who had a small child who absolutely refused to be held and void in a ditch. We never encountered any resistance concerning going to the bathroom, unless you count when she stopped wanting to be held and insisted on sitting on the big toilet herself, like in a public restroom, where I would have preferred to hold her. If the place was dirty, I could usually get her to fall in line with no worries.
She was 14-16 months old while we were in Albania, old enough and stable enough to run around unassisted and she would often go to the potty by herself.
However, she did not have the dexterity to undress herself, and it was too cold to go the pants-less route. She had accidents during her waking hours at that time but none in bed. Still, we kept a diaper on her just in case.
At 17 months--17 months of not once getting a solid night's sleep--I decided I could no longer get up in the night and take Sprout to potty. I was exhausted and felt close to cracking. So, I started ignoring the sleep whimpers that signaled she had to relieve herself and allowed her to go in the diaper at night. Sometimes she woke with a dry diaper, sometimes no. I did not want to be OK with that, but I HAD to be OK with that. During the day, accidents were virtually unheard of, but she was still incapable of pulling down her own pants to go. It was not until about 24 months of age that she was able to do that with some success.
We never potty "trained" her. She just went to the bathroom when needed. There was no undoing of "bad" habits. She had accidents, especially when excited and distracted, but there was never any shame about poo or pee or the act of going--or in missing, even though I admit that sometimes I would exasperatedly ask, "Why!?" Why did she not go since she has pretty much known from birth about how the whole potty thing works. :P
At 26 months, I felt our landlady's bedding was safe enough that we didn't have to worry any more about nighttime nappies, and she only had maybe 2 accidents in the space of 10 months. Then, when we went back to France in September (and she was 35 months), she had a spate of accidents, some awake and 3 or 4 at night. It was embarrassing in the sense that I felt my MIL was judging me and our methods, but I knew it was because of all the changes and the sense of being in "new" surroundings (for several days, she would ask to go to "her home" to have "her things" and "her bed.") No accidents after she got acclimated and none since then.
She is now 37.5 months old and in control of going to the bathroom, even getting up and going in the middle of the night by herself. Of course, she still needs help cleaning her bottom after a bowel movement, but she tries to do that (and empty her potty) by herself. :-/ I'd rather be the one doing that for a wee bit longer. :P
As I said, this is more of a timeline than anything and not at all about process. If you want to ask any questions, though, about any part of going diaper-free, fire away. :)
* I don't know if Ignorance is Bliss, but in my case, I think it might often amount to the same thing. Once I learn something new that really speaks to me and asks me to change a way of thinking or doing for a better (but often harder) way, I just can't turn my back and conscience on that new knowledge.
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I have entries to comment on and emails to reply to, but friends, please bear with me. It ain't going to happen tonight (8:15 p.m. and I'm headed to bed). It might happen tomorrow. Maybe.
Instead of writing this week, I've been thinking a lot, hashing out fuzzy plot bits in hopes of gaining clarity for the opening. I've come up with some important stuff, but so far, the shape of the scene--what needs to be in it, what will interest and not overwhelm the readers--is still escaping me.
I finally had the idea of approaching it as if I plan to tell only Baxente's story, as if there are not four other POVs in the trilogy. I think I'm on to something and will try to pursue it more this week.
However, the Christmas season has begun, and we're doing advent with Soëlie this year. I plan on posting every day (maybe) about what activity we are doing. So between doing the activities and other projects (like sewing), we'll see how much time I
J has to work on Thanksgiving Thursday, so I was not planning on doing anything this year. What with being sick* and not knowing many people here in Cairo for whom Thanksgiving is a big deal, I was all right with the idea of not making a fuss. The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized I didn't have to do much in order to mark the occasion.
So, we had slow-roasted duck, homemade cranberry sauce (found frozen lingonberries), cornbread dressing, and pecan pie as traditional fare, with green beans, a green salad, and roasted potatoes and garlic with a homemade baguette. And we watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving just before eating. Not to be all bah-humbug or overly-critical of "must-see" holiday movies, but that cartoon is really blah. I never cared for Chuck and his friends while I was growing up, and I see the love has not grown with me into adulthood. :P
Wishing all who celebrate (and even those who don't) and thankfilled and blessed day tomorrow. If you do "do Thanksgiving" what is your one (or 2) absolute must eat item for it to fill like Thanksgiving to you? I once knew a boy whose family had hamburgers every Thanksgiving because none of them liked turkey and the trimmings.
* Sprout is feeling so much better. She went to bed at 4:30 p.m. yesty and slept (a bit fitfully, it's true) until 6:45 this morning. She has been herself all day, without a hint of fever. Also got my lab results, which declared that I have not "pathogenic bacteria" and do not need antibiotics. I sure am glad I asked for a throat swab because, had I not been adamant about not wanting to take antibiotics while pregnant, the doc might have prescribed them anyhow. My throat still feels irritated, but it is nothing I can't live with.
As for me, I'm coughing a bit and have a throat that is not exactly sore, more irritated. I'm tired, tired, tired. From my own gunk, for sure, but mostly from caring for a sick kid around the clock.* Anyhow, I'm not as "lucky" as Sprout, for the doctor said I likely have a bacterial infection. I asked for a throat swab before being prescribed something. I'll get the results on Sunday. I hope to be feeling better by then.
Just so you know, I've kept up with my flist, but guys and gals, I just don't have the energy to respond. My brain feels like mush. This makes me especially sorry in regards to cafenowhere's excellent posts on Writing Latin@ Characters Well, the latest of which is here. I want to converse--I really do--but all I would be able to manage is muffledy mumbledy garble.
Soon, I hope to have more brain cells at my disposal...
*That is not to say that I've been doing it all alone--J is a great help, except when he is working since his shifts are 24 hrs long, as was the case yesty and last night--but when Sprout is sick, like many kids, I think, she just wants her momma.


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"I didn't vote, so I don't know what to do about it. But it's OK. I think everybody knows why I didn't win or why I didn't get any votes."
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I have a few questions regarding ways of taking creatine.
I have always been told or read that:
1.Mixing creatine in anything hotter than 80 degrees will make it useless.
The liquid in your stomach is over 95 degrees so what happens when it gets there?
2.Never mix creatine with orange juice or other acidic products because it will also render the creatine useless.
What about the hydrochloric acid in your stomach used to digest your food. I believe that's a bit stronger than OJ?
Can anyone tell me if this makes sense? Is there another explanation for why it is still absorbed...or are those rules just false? Thanks!


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A few Bucs banged up after bruising win
12/09/13BucsTAMPA — Sunday's 27-6 win against Buffalo was a physical game for the Bucs, who have starting offensive linemen Jeremy Zuttah and Davin Joseph recovering from shoulder injuries suffered in the game.
Coach Greg Schiano said Zuttah is day to day, and believes WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring) is okay. He didn't update Joseph's status.
Zuttah and Joseph collided in the second quarter pursuing S Jairus Byrd on an interception return. Both returned on the following possession, but were out at the end of the game as the Bucs, leading comfortably, went to backups....
TD reversal 'interesting' call, Schiano says
12/09/13 BlogTAMPA -- If you were confused by the replay reversal that took a touchdown away from Bucs receiver Vincent Jackson in Sunday's win against Buffalo, coach Greg Schiano was right there with you.
"Interesting," Schiano said Monday, talking about the official decision to overturn the ruling of a touchdown on Jackson's catch at the back of the end zone in the 27-6 win. "Sixty-thousand people probably needed an explanation on that one, because I wasn't realy happy myself, but I understand it now and I did have an idea of the rule but wasn't 100 percent sure, so it was good it got clarified."...
Bucs have NFL's biggest 2nd-half dropoff
12/09/13 BlogIt was more drastic in Sunday's win against Buffalo, but the Bucs have the biggest midgame scoring dropoff in the NFL this season, averaging 8.0 points more in the first half of their games than they do after halftime.
Sunday's win saw Tampa Bay lead 24-3 at halftime, only to finish with a 27-6 victory, with a stellar defense rendering moot the fact that the Bucs' offense totaled just 28 yards in the second half. In the first half of their 13 games this season, the Bucs average 13.4 points per game, good enough to rank eighth in the league; in the second half, they average just 5.4, the worst average in the league....
Zuttah, Joseph recovering from shoulder injuries
12/09/13 BlogTAMPA -- Sunday's 27-6 win against Buffalo was a physical game for the Bucs, who have starting offensive linemen Jeremy Zuttah and Davin Joseph recovering from shoulder injuries suffered in the game.
"Jeremy Zuttah's got a shoulder. He'll be day-to-day," coach Greg Schiano said. "I think (receiver) Vincent (Jackson) came out of it OK. Davin had a shoulder, got bumped, came back, then sat the later part of the game."...
Bucs scenes: Stuff run, pressure QB, run to history
12/08/13BucsYou could say that the Bucs defense held the Bills' two-headed running attack — No. 4 in the NFL at 139 yards per game coming in — to a season-low 67 yards on 22 carries, but Buffalo RB Fred Jackson is more blunt. "We just didn't get the job done today," Jackson said after totaling 12 yards on five carries in a 27-6 Bucs victory. "Bottom line, we did not play well. You go back and look at film, I can't think of anything we did right. … As a team, we looked absolutely horrible today, and the score showed it." • The Bucs came in with a healthy respect for Jackson and C.J. Spiller, the NFL's only pair of 600-yard rushers heading into the weekend. Spiller had just 22 yards on 11 carries Sunday. • But it was Tampa Bay that ran for 80 yards on its second play and dictated the game on defense. "They played good on defense," Spiller said. "They played with more passion, more energy and they just beat us." • Tampa Bay entered the game ranked 12th in the NFL in rush defense, holding opponents to 106 yards per game. They'll need a similar effort next week, when San Francisco comes to town with the NFL's No. 7 rushing offense. • Bucs S Dashon Goldson pointed to the Bills' lack of a consistent running game as why Buffalo struggled to convert on third down (1-for-11), and he credited the Bucs' team aspect on defense for setting that up Sunday. "Swarming," Goldson said. "Just getting guys on the ground, putting our face on people and not allowing them to break tackles."...
Amid mistakes, Glennon made plays to help Bucs win
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- Statistically, it wasn't Mike Glennon's best game, with season lows for yards and completion percentage and his first two-interception day since his debut. But he also threw two touchdown passes Sunday, outplaying a fellow rookie in Buffalo's EJ Manuel in the Bucs' 27-6 win against the Bills.
"Some of those balls I would like to have back, but we'll see what happened (on video)," Glennon said after his fourth win of the season. "They're a really good defense, leading the league in sacks, and to only give up one sack shows how well our offensive line did."...
Drive before halftime gave Bucs much-needed momentum
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- Late in the second quarter, Tampa Bay had a 17-3 lead on Buffalo, but the Bucs had left a sense of missed opportunities, with five straight drives starting at their 46-yard line or better, but only 11 yards and three points to show for all of that.
With 4:46 left in the half, the Bucs had an opportunity to put the game out of reach, and did so with the help of two Buffalo penalties on third downs, all setting up Mike Glennon's 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tim Wright with 15 seconds left in the half....
Bucs hold Bills' run game to season-low 67 yards
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- You could say that the Bucs defense held the Bills' two-headed running attack -- No. 4 in the NFL coming in at 139 rushing yards per game -- to a season-low 67 yards on 22 carries, but Buffalo running back Fred Jackson is more blunt.
"We just didn't get the job done today," Jackson said after totaling 12 yards on five carries. "We looked like crap. Bottom line, we did not play well. You go back and look at film, I can't think of anything we did right. ... As a team, we looked absolutely horrible today, and the score showed it."...
Bucs, not Bills, take over game with sack attack
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- So much of the talk entering Sunday's game was how Buffalo led the NFL with 43 sacks, but it was the Bucs defense -- 28th in sacks coming in -- that stole the spotlight Sunday, piling up a season-high seven sacks in a 27-6 win against the Bills.
"We're just finishing plays, making the plays we weren't making before," defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who had his seventh sack, still good for the team lead. "We were in position before."...
Referee explains why Jackson TD was reversed
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- Sunday was a busy day for the officials working the Bucs' 27-6 win against the Bills, with 19 flags thrown for a combined 190 yards and a pair of reversals on official reviews.
The one fans are probably asking most about: Why was Vincent Jackson's 14-yard touchdown with 11 seconds left in the third quarter overturned on official replay? Jackson jumped and caught a Mike Glennon pass along the back of the end zone, and it looked like the toes of both feet came down in-bounds, while his left heel appeared to touch out of bounds....
Defense steps up as Bucs get 27-6 win vs. Bills
12/08/13 BlogTAMPA -- The Bucs got an 80-yard touchdown run by Bobby Rainey on their second play, a huge game on defense and two more touchdowns from Mike Glennon, cruising to a surprisingly easy 27-6 win against Buffalo on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.
The Bucs (4-9) held the Bills (4-9) to just 70 yards in the first half -- rookie quarterback E.J. Manuel threw four interceptions, as many as he had totaled all season entering the game. Linebacker Lavonte David had two of those picks -- one after a crushing hit by cornerback Darrelle Revis -- and Johnthan Banks and Mason Foster also had interceptions.
Rainey broke loose for the longest run in Bucs history and a 7-0 lead, and Glennon hooked up with Vincent Jackson and Tim Wright for touchdowns in building a 24-3 lead at halftime. Another touchdown was overturned as officials ruled Jackson was out of bounds, but the defense kept the Bills out of reach, even as the offense again struggled to score in the second half.
Neither rookie quarterback had a particularly strong day -- Glennon had the two touchdowns, but was 9-for-24 with two interceptions in the first three quarters, still better than Manuel, who was 13-for-24 for 136 yards with four INTs and no touchdowns. Buffalo came in with an NFL-high 43 sacks, but the offensive line kept Glennon safe most of the games, with the Bucs defense as the ones with the consistent pressure.... -
WR Jackson active for Bucs against Bills
12/08/13 BlogFor NFL teams and their fans, no news at 11:30 a.m. on a Sunday is generally good news -- that's when teams in 1 p.m. kickoffs announce their gameday inactives, and there were no significant names for the Bucs and today's home game against Buffalo.
That means top receiver Vincent Jackson, limited by a hamstring injury this week, is active and a go against the Bills -- he has twice as many yards of total offense as any of his teammates, so it's a boost for Mike Glennon and an offense that struggled to six points last week at Carolina....
NFL predictions
12/07/13BucsFalcons (3-9) at Packers (5-6-1)
1 p.m. Packers by 3½, 45
If Green Bay were in the AFC, it would be a half-game out of the wild card. So there would be an urgency to getting QB Aaron Rodgers back from a broken collarbone. But in the NFC, two 7-5 teams wouldn't make the playoffs this week. As a result, he sits again. That means a one-point favorite against an Atlanta team that just picked up its first road win. Packers rookie Eddie Lacy (above) is second in the NFL in rushing yards since Oct. 1 with 771....
Bucs-Bills: Scouting report
12/07/13BucsProjected starters
WR: Vincent Jackson 83
LT: Donald Penn 70
LG: Jamon Meredith 79
C: Jeremy Zuttah 62
RG: Davin Joseph 75
RT: Demar Dotson 69
TE: Tim Wright 81
WR: Tiquan Underwood 11
QB: Mike Glennon 8
RB: Bobby Rainey 43...
Bucs' Jackson likely game-time decision
12/06/13BucsTAMPA — The status of Bucs WR Vincent Jackson, whose 963 receiving yards are more than double any teammate, for Sunday's game against Buffalo remains in question after he was again limited in practice by a hamstring injury Friday.
Coach Greg Schiano said he was "optimistic, cautiously" about Jackson, saying the decision will likely come from the veteran Sunday.
"He knows his body. He knows if he can do it or not," Schiano said. "And he desperately wants to help us win." ...


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Marit Allen: 'Vogue' fashion editor and costume designer on 'White Mischief' and 'Brokeback Mountain'
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Marit Allen, fashion editor and costume designer: born 17 September 1941; Fashion Editor, Vogue 1964-73; married 1966 Sandy Lieberson (one son, two daughters; marriage dissolved 1983); died Sydney, New South Wales 26 November 2007.
Tiny, precise, almost ethereal, Marit Allen burst on to the London fashion scene in the early Sixties like a shooting star. As an editor at Queen and Vogue magazines, she revolutionised fashion journalism, and was responsible for setting up many of the images of Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy, Penelope Tree and Marianne Faithfull that came to define the era. She was equally successful in her second career as a costume designer, working with some of the greatest names in the film industry, including Nicolas Roeg, Ang Lee and Stanley Kubrick. The director Mike Newell described her as "a tiny delicate creature, like a fairy insect with jaws of steel. Once dug in, nothing would deflect her."
As both fashion editor and muse to a new generation of designers, Marit Allen was integral to the London fashion world of the early Sixties. Not only did she commission photographers such as Norman Parkinson and David Bailey to take photographs for her fashion pages, but she often modelled for them too. She was the first fashion editor to write her own caption "How to bowl a maiden over" for Queen magazine, and with her double-page spread by Helmut Newton for Vogue a few years later, featuring a white girl in a huge Afro wig entitled "Afrodizzyaction", she set the pace for a career of visual wit, invention and originality. Mary Quant described Marit's life as: "One long project, she was always doing something exciting" and lamented her death with the conviction that "she would have gone on pouring out ideas."
Marit Allen was born in Cheshire in 1941, the older daughter of Roger Allen, the landlord of a hotel in Lymm, and Aase Grimsmo. From her Norwegian mother, an extravagant and beautiful woman with wonderful red hair, Marit inherited a love and understanding of craft and design and an individual way of looking at the world around her. At the age of nine, she was sent to boarding school where her clothes red woollen stockings, an emerald-green felt skating skirt and a double-breasted scarlet jacket marked her out from the crowd. She later drew on memories of her headmistress and history teacher in designing costumes for Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire (1993).
After a period studying in France at the University of Grenoble, Allen arrived in London where she first worked as a lift girl at Jaeger in Regent Street, before landing a job as a trainee on the fashion desk at Queen in 1961. The magazine, owned by Jocelyn Stevens, was in its heyday; its editor was the legendary Beatrix Miller who was to have a strong and lasting influence on Allen. Allen thrived at the magazine where, with Caterine Milinaire, she created the mould-breaking fashion feature "About Twenty".
In 1964 she was lured to Vogue, where a young David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton were forging their partnership and a new magazine was emerging. At Vogue, where Beatrix Miller became editor in 1965, she developed the "Young Idea" pages and formed lasting relationships with a host of talented designers, among them Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale, Zandra Rhodes, Barbara Hulanicki and Bill Gibb. She also used the up-and-coming photographers Ron Traeger, David Bailey, Lord Snowdon, Helmut Newton and Sarah Moon, and worked closely with Vogue's art director, Barney Wan.
Allen also influenced more established members of the fashion elite, managing to persuade Cecil Beaton to photograph Twiggy on a mantelpiece. She took inspiration from the new generation of Pop artists such as Peter Blake and Allen Jones and retailers including Michael Rainey and Biba. Her ideas came from street life and advertising hoardings, from King's Road boutiques, punk and Pop and Op art.
In 1966 Marit married the American agent and film producer Sandy Lieberson. A few years later, in 1969, an extraordinary photograph of Marit by David Bailey was published in his book Goodbye Baby & Amen. Marit stares out of the page, her tiny, exquisite, delicate face calm and composed. She sits totally naked and nine months pregnant. For Mary Quant this was "a total breakthrough, courageous and important. It was the way she did it, with no hint of exhibitionism, generous, outgoing and complete." This was decades before the Demi Moore picture in Vanity Fair which created such a furore.
Through her husband, Allen had developed friendships with several film directors and she now began her first forays into the industry. As a fashion consultant on Kaleidoscope (1966) she commissioned Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale to design the costumes for Susannah York. In 1973 she designed the costumes for Julie Christie in Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. Roeg said: "She made costumes that brought characters to life. I'll never forget the moment she brought a pair of woolly gloves for Donald Sutherland to wear on set. He looked at them and something clicked in his head. From that moment he never went out without them." It was Roeg who gave Allen her first job as a fully fledged costume designer, on Bad Timing (1980). By 1983 she was the mother of three children and divorced from Sandy Lieberson, but was launched on a new career in cinema.
Allen went on to design costumes for more than 30 films, including White Mischief (1987), about the decadent "Happy Valley" set in colonial Kenya, for which she received a Bafta nomination. Allen trawled London in search of period clothing, and travelled to Glasgow on the trail of an original moss crepe dress; even the bra which Greta Scacchi wore was a 1940s original. On set she was no less thorough, washing a pale linen suit worn by John Hurt in a solution of local mud to give it an authentically worn look.
More films followed, among them, Stalin (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Dead Man (1995), Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and La Vie en Rose (2007). Mike Newell, who chose Allen as costume designer for Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), was amazed at the way she immediately understood what he wanted to do and "seized on the best idea". She would stop at nothing to get just the look she wanted: "She was very good at character and understood how to expand a character with the right frock."
One of her closest working relationships was with the award-winning director Ang Lee, with whom she worked on the American Civil War film Ride with the Devil (1999) and the Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain (2005). He said: "Marit Allen wasn't simply the best at what she did; she was simply the best a human being could be. She clothed her characters not to cover them with a preconceived image, but to liberate them to express everything she dreamed they could become. Her talent, her passion, her professionalism, all expressed a basic, fundamental kindness, a concern for human feeling and expression in all its forms."
Marit Allen died suddenly in Sydney where she was starting work on a new film, George Miller's adaptation of DC Comics' Justice League of America.
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Industrial Oil Products Newsletter April 2013
Message from the Chairperson
Spring is late this year in most of North America. Registration for the 104th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo in Montreal is well underway, but as with the arrival of spring, it's never too late. Online registration is convenient and the registration fees are moderate in comparison to the value that you can gain by attending. The annual meeting from April 28th to May 1st is the best opportunity of 2013 to meet your colleagues, learn about leading research on industrial oil products, and advance your career. Don't let this opportunity slip away.
The continued enthusiasm for new oil chemistry and new oil-based products will be reflected in the research presentations at our Annual Meeting. Early indications are that several significant new developments will be reported. Of course, new developments are always part of the Annual Meeting, but this year is much more special. Our roundtable discussion and luncheon are on the agenda with a particularly interesting luncheon speaker.
Our current membership stands at just over 190, but there is plenty of room in our division for more members. More involvement by the current members is also encouraged. Invite your friends and colleagues to attend the Annual Meeting. They will find that membership has benefits and annual membership fees are very reasonable compared to the cost of non-member registration for the annual meeting.
New officers will be installed at the Annual Meeting. We have selected a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary-Treasurer for the 2013-2014 year. There will be continued opportunities for involvement in AOCS throughout the coming year. Participation in IOP and AOCS is a great learning experience. Division leaders, contributors to the newsletter, even ideas for activities that "other folks" will be able to implement are always welcome. In our division, as in so many AOCS divisions, there are plenty of opportunities to participate and volunteer.
The IOP Division student award drew a strong set of applicants and the selection process was difficult, but an awardee was selected and will be acknowledged at the luncheon. The ACI/NBB Glycerine Innovation Award was also a difficult decision for the selection committee, but an awardee has been selected; see the announcement of the division award winners in this newsletter.
See you in Montreal,
Doug Root
IOP Division Awards
The Student Research Award will be awarded to Solmaz Tabtabaei of the University of Toronto. Her research has demonstrated the successful use of 4A Molecular Sieves for dehydrate of miscella as a necessary step in the production of high-purity fatty acid methyl esters.
Junior Researcher Travel Grant
Travel awards will be provided to:
- Dr. Ashok Patel, Research Director, Vandemoortele Centre, University of Gent, Belgium.
- Dr. Zakir Hossain, Research Associate, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Manitoba University, Winnipeg, Canada
ACI/NBB Glycerine Innovation Award
The glycerine innovation award will be presented to Dr. Prabhavathi Devi of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in Hyderabad, India. Her research has demonstrated the production and utility of catalysts produced from glycerine by thermal processing. The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has generously supported this award. We thank them for their support and encouragement of innovative uses of glycerine and, indirectly, of vegetable oils.
IOP Division Technical Program
Dates and times are subject to change. For the most accurate information, see the Annual Meeting webpage, which is updated regularly.
Monday Afternoon, April 29
IOP 1: Alternative Fuels I
Tuesday Morning, April 30
IOP 2: Catalysis
Wednesday Morning, May 1
IOP 4: Biobased Polymers and Lubricants
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Way Out West takes place this weekend in Göteborg, Sweden. If you have nothing to do this weekend, I'd consider going to Göteborg, Sweden. Credit card debt be damned.
Here's the lineup:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Knife, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Bat For Lashes, Tame Impala, Miguel, Disclosure, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grimes, Giorgio Moroder, Cat Power, Alabama Shakes, Beach House, James Blake, Public Enemy, Rodriguez, Håkan Hellström, CAKE, Danny Brown, Angel Haze, Local Natives, Phosphorescent, Haim, INGRID Disco featuring Peter Bjorn & John and Lykki Li, GOAT, Pissed Jeans, Graveyard, Factory Floor, Mount Kimbie, Little Boots, These New Puritans, Johnossi, Austra, Autre Ne Veut, Taken By Trees, Junip, Julia Holter, Dungen, SKATERS, Merchandise, Steve Mason, Evian Christ, Koreless, Mykki Blanco, Kate Boy, El Perro Del Mar, Deptford Goth, SOHN, Crystal Fighters, and Jenny Hval
Here it is in poster form:
Tickets are still available through the festival's website.
Alabama Shakes, Alicia Keys, Angel Haze, Austra, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Cake, Cat Power, Danny Brown, Deptford Goth, Disclosure, El Perro Del Mar, Evian Christ, Factory Floor, Giorgio Moroder, Goat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Graveyard, Grimes, HAIM, James Blake, Jenny Hval, Julia Holter, Junip, Kate Boy, Kendrick Lamar, Koreless, Little Boots, Local Natives, Merchandise, Miguel, Mount Kimbie, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Phosphorescent, Pissed Jeans, Public Enemy, Rodriguez, SKATERS, Taken By Trees, Tame Impala, The Knife, These New Puritans, Way Out West


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Archive for the 'Elite Sports Performance' Category
A Deep Dive & Risk
Last weekend there was a "60 Minutes" segment on the emerging sport of free diving. That plus the death of free diver Nicholas Mevoli got me thinking about risk and extreme sports. When things like this happen sometimes I get calls from the press and almost always my physician colleagues want to know "why anyone would try these things?" Here are the ideas I cover in response to that question.
The Power of a Subculture
People who attempt to set extreme records or push themselves to the limit are usually part of an extreme and somewhat closed subculture. Their friends and peer group share an intense interest in an activity and it becomes literally what they eat, breath and dream about. A question like "how are you today?" from a casual friend or co-worker is frequently answered with something like "pretty good, I did a hard 15 mile run first thing this morning, we will see how the 10 miler this afternoon goes." This might be seen as an odd response in the real world, but totally normal in an extreme athletic subculture.
That sort of dialogue is an example from running but similar discussions can be had with those who are really committed to just about anything. If you have never been part of an extreme athletic subculture three books that describe them in detail are "Muscle", "Once a Runner", and the recent the "Secret Race" by Tour de France rider Tyler Hamilton. So, there is plenty of social reinforcement to "go for it" from the subcultures that people who are committed live in.
My Neurotransmitters Made Me Do It
One of the hallmarks of traditional addiction is the need to use ever more external stimulus to get the same satisfaction from whatever you are addicted too. Traditional addiction to drugs rewires brain circuitry and neurochemistry to make this happen and there is evidence that gambling can do the same thing to susceptible individuals. For many a peak and intense athletic experience is sometimes followed by a letdown as the excitement associated with the planning, training, and anticipation of the big event vanish afterward. The obvious solution to this problem is to find an incremental challenge and start the whole process again. Parallels with gambling seem appropriate here and when you mix what is happening in the brain with the right subculture it is pretty easy to see how the need to do ever more extreme things happens.
The Environment
A lot of disasters and deaths occur in extreme environments. Think altitude, diving, hot and cold. There are tremendous physiological adaptations that can be activated both acutely and in response to training that help us do more or go longer in extreme environments, but when things fail they can fail catastrophically. There is a quote about bankruptcy from the "Sun Also Rises" by Earnest Hemingway that applies to physiological responses to extreme challenges:
"How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
A classic example of this is watching soldiers faint while at attention on a hot day or seeing a patient respond to potentially life threatening blood loss. If you were to measure the vital signs they would be pretty normal until just before loss of consciousness when there is a sudden drop in blood pressure. When this happens many of the physiological systems that are compensating for the challenges of not enough blood returning to the heart fail essentially at the same time. You can tell a similar story about catastrophic physiological failure in response to other severe stresses as well. So, people feel OK until they don't and in extreme environments the distance between OK and death is not that far.
You Are On Your Own
Of the people injured in the Boston Marathon bombing essentially everyone who made it to the hospital alive survived. This is one of the main lessons from military combat casualty care for civilian medicine. Extreme sports take place in extreme environments distant from the types of comprehensive medical care that make an incredible array of injuries and illnesses survivable especially in young otherwise healthy patients. Other things that come to mind are the availability (or lack thereof) of specific equipment and logistical support needed to do challenging things in a safer way. Getting a lot of hardware and a support crew to a remote location is challenging and sometimes there might be a temptation to try to do more with less.
Risk Amplifies
Extreme environments, the limits of physiology, and logistical issues are all risks but they are all amplified by poor judgment. I like to tell people that taking four 3% risks at the same time doesn't mean you have a 12% risk of failure. Instead the risk is more like 3x3x3x3 or 81%. This is a theoretical example but things really do seem to multiply while doing extreme things in extreme environments. Time and time again you hear about people choosing to push it just a bit more prior to a disaster.
I Am All For It
Based on the observations above you might think I oppose people taking on extreme challenges in fact I am all for it. Back in 2011 when Diana Niad was attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida I commented to PBS that questions about "why" do it
"miss the point, at some level, you've got to admire anybody who wants to test the limits of human potential in general, and her own limits, in specific…It's a good thing we're not all average."
That having been said, I just want people to understand what they are getting into and avoid getting sucked up by their subculture and neurochemistry into challenges they are not prepared for in truly unforgiving environments.
Who's Doping Now?
For most of us when I say doping you say Lance Armstrong, or Barry Bonds, or Roger Clemmons or Marion Jones. However, what about the rest of the world and our individual and collective drive for improved performance? Here are a few thoughts on the topic and questions for all of us.
Doping With Tylenol?
A number of recent studies show that acetaminophen (Tylenol) can improve cycling performance. This includes repeated sprints, exercise in the heat, and a self-paced time trial:
"Using acetaminophen, participants cycled at a higher mean power output, with an increased heart rate and blood lactate, but without changes in perceived pain or exertion. Consequently, completion time was significantly faster. These findings support the notion that exercise is regulated by pain perception, and increased pain tolerance can improve exercise capacity."
Is this doping? Should Tylenol be banned? You can tell a similar story and ask the same questions about caffeine.
What About Middle Age?
A recent piece in the Velo News tells the story of a late 50s recreational cyclist with clinical testosterone deficiency who went on testosterone replacement therapy for a number of issues including osteoporosis. The athlete in question self-reported and asked for a therapeutic exemption so he could keep competing in local races. The exemption denied because he did not have a clearly defined endocrine problem. You can also make the case that Viagra like drugs might improve performance in some people especially at altitude. What does this mean for master athletes who take these compounds for other reasons?
For women there is at least some evidence that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) improves exercise capacity but the data are far from clear cut. What about the aging news anchor who uses botox to keep her job?
Is any of this doping when the drugs in question are used for legitimate medical purposes? Search the internet for anti-aging clinics and you will find all sorts of outfits offering unproven (usually hormonal) therapies purported to slow the aging process. Recently, some elite younger athletes have been tweaking their thyroids levels. Where does the "legitimate medical purposes" justification end and doping or snake oil sales begin?
Academic Doping?
For the twenty somethings reading this article the idea of academic doping – using ADHD drugs obtained on the black market to do better on a test is old news. This practice appears to be pervasive on college and even high school campuses. It also appears to be drifting into the rest of the world where decision making and concentration are critical.
There are all sorts of drugs that enhance or might enhance cognition and more are in the pipeline. Who gets them and when is it fair to use them? Is this just another potential edge for the children of the well-off? In a world of high stakes testing for admission to an elite school or academic program should these substances be banned and test takers subject to doping control? The discussion in the cognitive enhancement world mirrors in many ways the sports doping discussion:
"Drugs developed to treat cognitive impairments are proving popular with healthy college students seeking to boost their focus and productivity. Concerned observers have called these practices a form of cheating akin to athletes' use of steroids, with some proposing testing students' urine to deter "academic doping." The ease with which critics analogize the academic enterprise to competitive sport, and the impulse to crack down on students using study drugs, reflect the same social influences and trends that spur demand for these interventions-our hyper-competitive culture, the commodification of education, and our attraction to technological quick-fixes. Rather than focusing on the technologies that are being put to troubling uses, we would be better served reforming the culture that makes these practices attractive."
Are We All Dopers?
All of us are surrounded by performance enhancing choices beyond the things like the drugs or nutraceuticals we can inject or put in our mouths. The pervasive invasion of technology into almost every aspect of life offers even more opportunities for performance enhancement. In the end, what does it mean to be human in the 21st century:
- What happens when things like Tommy John surgery are used to pre-emptively improve pitching performance before an injury?
- Who draws what lines about what is ethical and fair?
- Should we even strive for a level playing field?
- What does it mean to be a human in a world where almost every imaginable activity might be subject to high tech performance enhancing strategies?
In the end is there any value left in the lone individual struggling against his or her own limits, or is all about return on investment thinking where the individual is just part of a supply chain leading to a more desirable outcome?
The A-Rod Game
Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) was suspended for 200 games by major league baseball based on "non-analytic" evidence of doping, most recently as part of the "Biogenesis" scandal in south Florida. He was one of 13 players suspended and his suspension is the longest doping suspension in major league history. Like Lance Armstrong he "passed" any number of drug tests. That having been said, there was a terrific article a couple of weeks ago in the Economist about "game theory" and doping in sports. The idea is that the athletes are in a game with each other. If testing and enforcement are lax, then (depending on the rewards for a superior performance) the risk of getting beat by a doper is greater than the risk of getting caught.
The Bud Selig Game
The athletes are also in a game with the authorities. More importantly the authorities are in a game with the fans. Incredible performances increase fan interest and so a cynic might argue that the owners want the appearance of compliance more than a truly clean game. This charge has been leveled at Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig who has been accused of turning a blind eye during the Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds homerun derby era after the 1994-95 baseball strike. One argument about the Lance Armstrong case is that the cycling authorities knew what was going on but were more than happy to have Lance win year after to year to "grow" the interest in their sport in the U.S. which was a relatively untapped market compared to Europe.
The Yankee Game
The Yankees signed A-Rod to a huge long term contract. To what extent are they more than happy to see him more or less go away so they can "head in a different direction"?
The Other Games
Here are some other games that are being played:
- As I have pointed out numerous times, testing is beatable on many levels. Who are the authorities trying to fool?
- Testing in U.S. professional sports is generally less rigorous than WADA based testing used in the Olympics, and WADA based testing is still beatable.
- There is a lack of transparency. Post who was tested how often but after the tests were performed. Then post the results. This would increase confidence among athletes about "unilateral disarmament" and also let everyone see if any stars were in fact being protected. It would also essentially crowd source scrutiny of high normal values, and I bet there are plenty.
- What about unregulated anti-aging clinics that sell all sorts of hormone based potions to all sorts of people? When Jane or Joe six-pack can essentially get drive through hormone treatment to buff themselves up, why not ballplayers?
Suspend Bud Selig?
A-Rod (like Lance Armstrong) is not a person I want to defend. However, he is just one dishonest cog in the machinery of denial. If he deserves to be suspended then so does Bud Selig for either turning a blind eye or never looking very hard in the first place. Does anyone really believe that the hard-nosed billionaire owners did not know what was going on? Are they cracking down now because they finally woke up or because their checkbooks are talking?
Usain Bolt vs. Mo Farah
The thought of a match race between Usain Bolt and Mo Farah over 600m has captured a lot of attention. Here is an analysis I did for Outside that followers of Human Limits might be interested in. I just hope this race comes off.
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Top This Gary Player!
I have devoted a couple of posts to 77 year old golf legend Gary Player and his lifelong devotion to fitness. In response to my most recent post a reader sent the video clip below about 86 year old gymnast Johanna Quass. I have been thinking about exercise and aging for a long time, but the clip below is among the most remarkable things I have ever seen. Clearly a lifetime of training, talent, and injury avoidance are required to make a performance like that happen. However, nothing like it happens without staying with it.
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I have been doing more body weight calisthenics and strength training over the last year, but this video has me thinking maybe I should take a tumbling class or start jumping rope again like I did in high school to improve my footwork for basketball. In the end, loss of strength and balance leads many older people to become frail and lose their independence, maybe we need to rethink what we tell middle aged people to literally keep them independent and off the floor.
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