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The Big Question….
If there are so many Logistics Post trailers available nationwide everyday, and stacking using decking beams is such a solid practice, then why are there so few shippers taking advantage of this tactic?
Here's our answer list as we see it:
Issue #1. Awareness. We find that the concept of utilizing decking beams to improve load factor is new to a lot of people we talk to. In fact, decking beams and other loading equipment have proven safe and effective by trucking companies for years. Carriers are focused on trailer utilization. It is a key metric for their profitability and loss prevention.
Issue #2. Effective Beam Management. Beams can be very useful when needed but very cumbersome when not needed. Carriers will generally not carry beams around "in case" they are needed because they occupy space in the trailer and they could increase the risk of damaging other freight when not properly stowed. Our solution is that we place beams where they are needed when they are needed there.
Issue #3. Need for Collaboration. There are significant dollars to be saved by reducing trucks. Whether your savings opportunities are internal company moves or external between your customers or suppliers, there is a loading party at one site and an unloading party at another site that need to be on the same page. Be prepared to collaborate and provide training and incentive to material handlers for a successful program. We can help with that.
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Identify your "low hanging fruit" opportunities. These are your high volume commodities that you would not normally stack in transit due to risk of damage.
How much money could be saved if you were able to reduce loads through better load factor?
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Sometimes it's important to just take a moment and reflect on life. It can be a real relief to let go of technology for a moment and think about something else. History maybe. And there's no better way to slow down than by taking a walk with an eight-foot-tall, 1,000-pound robot that moves 10-feet per minute. Ahh, how quaint.
Gygan, also called Cygan and Mr. Moto, is one of the first robots, built in 1957 by Italian engineer Ing Fiorito and brought to London (somehow) in 1958. Now at 56, Gygan is on the move and will go on sale at Christie's "Out of the Ordinary" auction on August 5. The auction house projects that the humanoid robot will bring between £6,000 and £8,000.
It's unclear how much functionality Gygan has today, but in its heyday the robot could walk backwards and forwards, turn side to side, move its arms and hold/crush items in its "hands." Apparently it could even respond to spoken commands and other signals. So not exactly a return to simpler times. [The Telegraph]


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If you read the warning labels on a lot of toys, household appliances and other gadgets sold in the United States, you'd have to conclude that Americans have no common sense at all. Manufacturers are apparently worried that average people will do stupid things with their products, hurt themselves, and blame the company.
So . . . they slap warning labels on just about everything. The messages say something like: "You're REALLY dumb. So pay attention: Don't take this toaster into the bathtub with you." Or . . . "Don't operate this airplane unless you've had flying lessons."
Each year, an organization called the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch picks the wackiest warning labels. Here are three from 2004:
On a child's scooter: "This product moves when used."
On a kitchen blender that whips, chops, and dices: "Never remove food from the blades while the product is operating."
And this one, on a medical thermometer: "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally."
There are thousands more examples, like the label on a curling iron that reads, "For External Use Only." Or the sign on a mail truck that says, "Look before driving."
How about this one, on a box of hammers. Hammers!! "May be harmful if swallowed." No kidding!
Here's another good one, on a package of rat poison: "Warning: Has Been Found to Cause Cancer in Laboratory Mice."
And think about this one, seen at a railroad station: "Beware. To touch these wires is instant death. Anyone found doing so will be prosecuted."
So if you have a chance to come to America, consider yourself warned: Don't touch anything!


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Backus Woods – Carolinian Canada
August 11, 2015
At 6:30am we pulled into the near silent parking lot of Backus Woods. It's a place we've been meaning to get to for years. The sun was just rising. Yesterday afternoon's heavy downpour and last night's humidity have left their mark with a soft, translucent mist in the forest. And what a forest it is – … More Backus Woods – Carolinian Canada


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Young children's online authoring: The techno-semiotic co-construction of blogs
Adlington, Rachael 2016. Young children's online authoring: The techno-semiotic co-construction of blogs. Thesis https://doi.org/10.4226/66/5a9cc795b0bca
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Blogs provide unique authoring affordances for young children. To date, however, research has focused on older children, teenagers and adults as bloggers, and is limited in accounting for the semiotic roles of facilities, such as commenting and tagging. In contrast, this thesis is concerned with the intersection of technological and semiotic affordances of blogs. More specifically, it provides an account of the linguistic nature of blogs as collaborative texts, co-constructed by young blog authors and their audiences. The study investigated 48 blogs authored by five- to eight-year-old children. The theoretical orientation was systemic functional linguistics (SFL). In accounting for the nature of blog co-construction, techno-semiotic linguistic resources deployed in the dataset were examined in terms of the three metafunctions of SFL – textual, interpersonal and ideational. The study used a small-scale corpus content analysis to describe the semiotic context of the blogs in the study. Small-scale analysis also determined the techno-semiotic resources deployed across the corpus, especially those used for realising the textual metafunction in blog co-construction. Individual text analyses were also undertaken on comment-active and tag-active blogs, to explicate the use of interactive and evaluative resources in blog co-construction, including analyses of MOOD and NEGOTIATION, as well as synoptic and dynamic APPRAISAL analyses. Individual text analyses also interrogated LOGICO-SEMANTIC RELATIONS as construed with and by tags and blog posts. It was found blog authors deployed the linguistic resources of NEGOTIATION and APPRAISAL to solicit co-authorship from reader-commenters and collaboratively achieve the social goals of the post-and-comments as text. This included bonding over the topic of posts, building solidarity between the author and readers, co-construing the evaluative stance of the author and collaborating on the text as an instance of genre. The study showed how authors used tags to create complex textual and ideational, logico-semantic interconnections across blogs. Additionally, tagging impacted on instantiation of genre, owing to the realization of simultaneous logical relations afforded by tags. Existing theory was a productive heuristic for understanding blog co-construction. The theoretical notion of a locus of authority was suggested to explain the different levels of authority given to readers as co-authors. Extensions to SFL theory were proposed to expound the techno-semiotic distinctiveness of blogs, including intermodal NEGOTIATION between author and reader-commenters and the impact of reading directionality on logico-semantic relations between posts. Further, the concept of modal hybridity was put forward to account for the realisation of the blog as both written and spoken-like dialogic text. Implications are drawn for ways in which educators and curriculum developers may take into consideration the techno-semiotic, co-constructive affordances of blogs in learning and teaching in the early years of schooling.
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are two main game modes - one is mission based, and has a storyline following a pilot through the fourth World War, fought amongst the planets and moons of our star system. The missions are varied, including straight shoot-'em ups, rescue missions, salvage missions. All the missions contain elements of exploration, combat and in some cases, stealth and tagging the enemy for larger assaults. There is a fair amount of world building in this mode, as you interact with enemies and wingmen, sometimes discovering things or achieving things during the mission that affect the overall course of the story.
The second game mode is a sort of strategic defense of your mothership, where you deploy turrets and engage in ship to ship combat to defend against incoming marauders. This mode is more geared toward players who just want to get in a cockpit and begin engaging the enemy (i.e. casual players).
Both modes have achievements locked to them, as well as gaining the player command prestige for objectives met and side quests. Command prestige is the currency of the game, and allows players to 'purchase' better ships, better weapons, better equipment, better drone wingmen.Last updated:
Yes. There is a multiplayer component, where players can play head to head or on teams in various modes, including deathmatch, capture the flag, defend the mothership, etc.Last updated:
The game can be played both in 3rd person, outside the ship, tethered camera mode, or 1st person through the cockpit mode. The UI is planned to have at least two modes - a HUD like treatment and a more realistic, rendered cockpit view.Last updated:
The game will be tuned for joysticks, flight yokes, game controllers and keyboard and mouse combos on the PC (I loved Freelancer's control scheme, even though I still prefer a yoke or joystick),Last updated:
Because the Vita is such a technologically advanced handheld, there shouldn't be any dumbing down going on between the two platforms. In our minds and the design, the gameplay is the same on both platforms, with the primary difference being the obvious control schemes and optimizing assets for the size of the screen.Last updated:
I know physics are very important to players of this kind of game, and I know we'll be tweaking the feel of the ships until launch. Our early prototypes used a very arcade-y feel, more akin to Wing Commander, but we are still tuning aspects of this approach, looking at adding Newtonian elements, within reason. Several space sims have done the Newtonian thing really well, but sometimes this results in a ship that's hard to control. And never mind the fact that things like missiles become sort of counterproductive in a real Newtonian model of space, pushing your ship backwards with an equal and opposite force every time you fire one.
Our promise is that we'll be working toward a model that is fun for the player, and that doesn't get in the way of the gameplay. It may be something new, and I hope you guys can accept that.Last updated:
No. Regarding the art you're seeing and the teaser, these are all early concepts for the game, and culled together footage that will never be used in this form, not a real formal teaser announcement. From what I can glean, Kickstarter is meant to get projects going, not to fund projects that are far along in their lifecycle, although that definition has been changing. I might not have been clear enough on the page - we are really really early here. Like, concept doc early. Everything you currently see, logo, ships, etc. will change as more team comes aboard and we really get going. Game Development are iterative. This one is no different.Last updated:
We aren't greedy and didn't want to ask for more than we need. We're passionate about this project and are throwing our own money into this. We, being Garry (project leader, coder, etc.) and Melissa Gaber (producer) are taking no salary of any kind for this game, no matter how many pledges come in from Kickstarter.
Our real operating budget is in line with what can reasonably be produced, and will allow for a high quality game with real voice talent, sound effects, AAA art and amazing depth of gameplay, but we can't get there without you.
With that said, if the pledges exceed what we're asking for, the extra funding will go straight back into the game. Better levels, more action, better and more art assets. Other platforms. A bigger, more wider released, better game.Last updated:
For a small studio to survive, it has to stand out where there isn't a lot of competition from larger products. Originally PSP made sense from that perspective, but PSP couldn't handle the graphics we were throwing at it. So we thought, where now? And we looked at Vita, a touch device with twin joysticks with no space games on it, and thought this might be a place where we could shine. The reason we then chose PC was because, with modern engines (at least our modern engine) there's no such things as ports. Unity3d, for instance, has buttons to export to iOS, XBOX 360, Mac and PC, amongst others. Your chief concerns are adjusting for screen size, and setting up a control scheme which works. Vita can push polys so much better than any other handheld, that it can support near - PC graphics. So we make our art assets for PC first and foremost, and then downsample textures and (maybe) poly count for the Vita. But things like physics, gameplay, game modes, etc - they all go over with the touch of that switch. If doing the graphics for PC first means PC leads, then we can agree to disagree on this fact. In the old days, back at Lucas, a port really was a port. You basically had to rewrite all of your code to get it to work on other platforms, which led to compromises. We do not intend to make compromises with Starlight, and shouldn't have to.Last updated:
Are you planning to release on other platforms / operating systems, such as iOS, Mac, Linux, XBOX360, etc.
Currently, we only plan PC and PS Vita. However, if we overfund in this campaign, we will look at other platforms, particularly the Ubuntu flavor of Linux and Mac, but also iOS.Last updated:
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Spread the word, through whatever means necessary. We attached a big megaphone to our minivan and we're driving around Austin (o.k., that's not really true), but Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus are all great means to reach others and tell them what we're doing.Last updated:
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From cereta here:
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "Five Things Bill Denbrough Remembers About His Childhood", or "Five Art Crawl Themes" or "Five Things Jessica Will Never, Ever Tell Seth"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Serious or fun!
In cereta's words, fandoms that increase your odds of getting an answer:
Fandoms: Merlin, Star Trek Voyager, X-Men Movieverse, Smallville, Queer as Folk, Dr.Who (9 and 10), Stargate:Atlantis, Due South, Chuck, Supernatural, pretty much any movie or book I've mentioned, or any fic or series I wrote that you just want to see a quickie on.
I'll guarantee at least three requests will be done, but last time I thought I'd do three and did like, twelve, and only stopped because I had to sleep eventually. To see what I'm talking about, these are what I did before and what they are like. You can also do sets of three things or four things if you aren't so sure of five.
*wiggles fingers* I started antibiotics today. The placebo effect is marvelous, no? And feel free to try posting this meme yourself! Seriously, these are fun.


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It's been a tough start for the hapless Rockets. With early injury problems, a trade that didn't happen in the lockout-shortened offseason and a new, unproven coach, it's no wonder the first few weeks of the season have been somewhere between "OH GOD NO!" and "Just shoot me."
This, of course, makes it highly unfair to compare them to one of the greatest teams in the history of the franchise, the 1993 championship winners. But, I thought it was an exercise worth doing if for no other reason than to illustrate the ladder this current team has to climb.
I should point out that I like a lot of the players on this team, but it takes stars to win. As Rockets superfan site ClutchFans.net pointed out just before the season started:
Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and now Dirk Nowitzki. The harsh reality (and poorly-kept secret) about the NBA is that one or more of these 11 superstars have been on the roster of 31 of the last 32 Championship teams. Which current Rocket would you put in that class? Having a superstar isn't a luxury -- it's mandatory.
So, unfair as it may be, here's a look at how the two rosters compare.
The Bench Most great teams shorten their bench to about eight guys during the playoffs, but they almost always rely on ten or 11 during the season. In the case of 1993, there were ten guys important to the Rockets' success. This year, who knows. It could go out to 12, 14 or 16 with all the various lineups they'll need to try. For now, I chose the five guys getting the most time.
Scott Brooks vs. Jordan Hill Hill began the season starting, but is now in a back-up role. Brooks was an integral part of the rotation until rookie Sam Cassell started playing well. Hill has all the upside here, but doesn't appear to be able to harness it. Brooks had no size and not a ton of skill, but worked his ass off. Today, he's the coach of the best team in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Advantage: Brooks
Carl Herrera vs. Patrick Patterson Carl "Amigo" Herrera was a tough-minded lefty power forward who could have occasional flashes of offense. Patterson has substantially more upside and is already a far more developed offensive player. Advantage: Patterson
Matt Bullard vs. Chandler Parsons This is an interesting matchup. Both are tall, offensive-minded white guys, but Bullard was clearly the better shooter and Parsons clearly the better athlete. Given the look at just the one year, it's tough to argue over Bull with his experiences and occasional late-game heroics, but Parsons could develop. Advantage: Bullard
Mario Elie vs. Courtney Lee Perhaps the closest matchup of everyone on this list. Both are hard-nosed defenders who can sink an outside shot, but prefer taking it to the hoop. Lee is the more polished player on the floor and likely the better athlete, but Elie was the emotional center of both championship runs and gave us the "Kiss of Death." Advantage: Elie
Sam Cassell vs. Goran Dragic Cassell started out his rookie season buried on the bench, marked as an unreliable wildcard. As the season progressed, he got more minutes and eventually became a huge part of the Rockets playoff rotation. Dragic has shown, when given the chance, he can be a triple threat as a scorer, rebounder and assist man. Advantage: Cassell
Starting Lineup It's pretty tough to compare a championship-caliber lineup to a lottery team, but there are some similarities...with one massive, glaring exception.
Kenny Smith vs. Kyle Lowry People forget just what a great shooter "The Jet" was back in the day. Yes, he had lulls, but Smith was an elite-level shooter. He also was an All-Star by this point and someone who was routinely putting up 20 points per game. Lowry is a bulldog. If you don't love him, you probably don't love basketball. Advantage: Smith
Vernon Maxwell vs. Kevin Martin It's easy to romanticize Mad Max if you watched him prior to the game in Portland when he ran into the stands to punch a fan. The guy was a defensive beast and a clutch shooter. Michael Jordan has told people that no defender gave him more grief than Maxwell. Martin is a scoring machine and one of the most efficient scorers in the league. Advantage: Maxwell
Robert Horry vs. Chase Budinger Horry's selection by the Rockets in 1991 was met by boos from a raucous Houston crowd. They wanted Harold Miner. Right? In 1993, "Big Shot Bob" was an athletic small forward with big upside trying to learn to shoot the three and develop consistency. Budinger, like Horry, is a great athlete, but with a much better shot. He doesn't have Horry's size, but he's a much better scorer. Horry later became a playoff legend and from a career standpoint, there is ZERO comparison, but in 1993, he was just an inconsistent kid with flashes of brilliance. Advantage: Push
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Otis Thorpe vs. Luis Scola One of the forgotten men from the Rockets' first title was OT. A hulking giant of a power forward who could grip the ball like most of us hold a baseball, Thorpe was a tenacious rebounder and better-than-average scorer. Scola is a fan favorite and a fantastic low-post scorer. Despite his lack of speed and athleticism, he's also a solid rebounder at his position. Advantage: Thorpe
Hakeem Olajuwon vs. Samuel Dalembert The only things these two guys have in common is they were both born in other countries and they both like to block shots. One is the best Rocket ever, the other is a guy named Dalembert. Advantage: Olajuwon
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Category Archives: Case Studies
DJ Wil Oddsox – Will Lilburn Quick
Will Lilburn Quick was made redundant in 2011, his decision to accept this was a result of time analysing and exploring what he really wanted to do with his life at this stage. As he had an enthusiasm and 25 years experience in the DJ industry, Wil decided to take a leap of faith and decided to set up as a DJ on a self-employed basis. Wil has a passion for music, and has a wide collection of equipment and music, which he has collated over the years. Wil's business currently allows him to work as a DJ, offering his services to weddings and parties. Wil also can be seen DJing at social events on a Saturday night at the highly popular 'Front Room Disco' and offers a unique vintage horn gramophone for hire, which is ideal for weddings. This business launched in October 2013 and received help through New Enterprise Allowance.
With Zahra's help, Wil was able to write a robust business plan and a cash flow representing his first two years of trading, which was submitted to the New Enterprise Allowance. Wil was successful in acquiring this and a small loan which he invested into two gramophones. Support from Zahra included goal setting, constructive action planning and contacts to get him started. Through Bradford Kickstart Wil was also able to gain support on Social Media and managing his finances.
Will's main challenge was competing with other more established DJ's and getting his product and services known. Whilst this was happening, the lack of financial income in the first months of trading impacted on his personal life negatively as he didn't have the financial income to support his family. Now Wil has been part of exciting and interesting opportunities, such as being able to play at a festival in Saltaire. Will acknowledges that as a self employed businessman he has many benefits such as spending more time with his family and being the sole owner. This has also given the opportunity to be flexible with his time.
Future Plans
Will continues to look for more work and grow his reputation as a reliable DJ and Gramophone business. His main aim at the moment is to gain independence and support his family.
DJ Wil Oddsox
Will Lilburn Quick
Craven Image – Danny Hardaker
Danny Hardaker first met his Kickstart business coach, Candy Squire-Watt when he applied for the New Enterprise Allowance to set up a Video Production Company with 2 friends. Recently graduated from Trinity and All Saints in Leeds with a first in Film Studies he was very creative and full of ideas. However, he was also very practical, and when he initially registered as self-employed it was doing cleaning and maintenance of holiday cottages!
Unfortunately the partnership did not work out, and Danny struck out on his own, working regularly with Candy to explore ways of building his business and creating a separate body of work that was both creative and commercial. Danny is based in Haworth and the Worth Valley and was interested in working quite locally. He became very involved with the local voluntary and community sectors, as well as producing videos for accommodation providers to use on their web-sites. He has continued to meet regularly with Candy, and they have covered areas such as completing his first tax return, and networking to expand his contacts. Danny says; 'It has been really helpful to me to have Candy around to answer my questions and act as a sounding board.'
Future Plans
In 2014 Danny worked extensively with local group 'Worth the Tour' producing video footage of some of the creative events happening around the Tour De France Grand Depart, and has been the official Videographer for the huge Land-Art project 'Fields of Vision'. He has also run a 16 week training programme for local organisation Smallworld teaching young people not in education how to produce a short video. The resulting film won the Audience Award at the River Aire 10 minute Film Festival.
He has also successfully built links with another local video production company Craven Image Ltd, being brought in to assist them with larger pieces of work that require more than one cameraman. This will go one step further in the future as this autumn Danny will take over Craven Image and run this business alongside his existing work. This will give him a great balance between the commercial work needed and the more artistic work he likes to produce.
Craven Image Ltd
Danny Hardaker
Tick Tock Unlock – Samrien Hussain
Former Sports Co-ordinator Samrien Hussain has taken a giant leap of faith by setting up Yorkshires first ever real life escape game 'Tick Tock Unlock', with the help of Airedale Enterprise Services and Bradford Kickstart.
Keighley resident Samrien, had to overcome many hurdles, including a period of unemployment, before deciding to combine her love of problem solving and creativity to setup this unique business, 'It's not a concept that many people were aware of and we wanted to bring this to Yorkshire. It's not been an easy journey and we had many challenges and puzzles of our own to overcome. We also had to do a lot of testing to get things right, which gave us lots to think about'
Samrien was referred to Airedale Enterprise Services for support, which hosts Rav Panesar, Bradford Kickstart Coach for Keighley, 'Rav at Airedale Enterprise Services has been fantastic. He helped me to put together a business plan, referred me to relevant support and also gave me the confidence needed to make it happen'
'I've never done a Business Plan before and looking online I got even more confused. It was great having Rav to help me every step of the way and it's great that I can still contact him for help, support and advice'
Tick Tock Unlock, based within a 10 minute walk from Leeds Train Station, is a simple and exciting real life escape game designed for small groups of 3-5 people. You only have one goal, which is to escape from the room in 60 minutes by solving a series of puzzles, unravelling clues, finding hidden objects and working together as a team.
Future Plans
The business has had rave reviews since being setup in June this year and is now 'Number One' on TripAdviser of Attractions in Leeds, 'Since trading, we have had lots of bookings from businesses, families, friends and tourists. The feedback has been amazing and we could never have imagined being the best place to go for entertainment in Yorkshire!'
'We found a gap in the market and through the support of Airedale Enterprise Services and Bradford Kickstart managed to gain the confidence to make it happen. Ultimately we want a successful business that increases our reputation of purveyors of fun and entertainment so watch this space!'
Tick Tock Unlock
Samrien Hussain
E firstname.lastname@example.com W www.ticktockunlock.co.uk T 07572 630822
Core Accountants – Ramen Haire
Ramen is a qualified Chartered Accountant with years of experience in dealing with Tax and Accounting matters. Having trained and worked with a number of the larger practices in the area, suddenly and unexpectedly she found herself being made redundant. As with many people, this proved to be a shock and prompted her to reconsider her working life. Combined with the arrival of her first daughter, this led her to decide she needed a more flexible approach to work and becoming self-employed was the way forward.
Having made the decision, Ramen was then faced with 2 major interconnected issues – her self-esteem had suffered following her redundancy and so her confidence was low and secondly, how and where she would find customers. Ramen lives in the Windhill area and so she got in touch with the local Enterprise Coach for Shipley – David Humphreys. This introduction turned into a long term relationship and over a 3 year period with David's support Ramen has moved from being uncertain and hesitant into a self-assured business woman. Now as well as working with clients on an individual basis she is also very comfortable facilitating workshops on finance across the District. Ramen said "When I first met David, I would never have considered myself as a sales person, however, with David's gentle nurturing, this side of my character has blossomed. I have been able to become an active networker and secure new customers in a way that I would never have dreamt possible a few years ago." In addition, Ramen found the Kickstart assistance in clarifying her market, what promotional tools to use to reach her market and the introductions to other organisations including Shipley College and Trident of great value.
Future Plans
Initially, Ramen found gaining customers to be a very slow, demanding and sometimes dispiriting process, however, she determinedly stuck at the task. All the hours of meeting prospective customers and providing an introductory no cost consultation have eventually begun to pay dividends. Steadily enquiries have become paying customers and they have recommended their friends and contacts. Throughout she has maintained her philosophy "We don't prioritise our clients, all our clients are our priority" and the result is that Ramen now has 30 clients. In addition, she has found the time to run evening classes on bookkeeping at Shipley College and have a second daughter, all of which means the last few years have been a very busy and successful period for Ramen!
Core Accountants
Ramen Haire
E firstname.lastname@example.com W www.coreaccountants.com T 07961 880291
Sabre Ocean Solutions – Lee Meadowcroft
Lee Meadowcroft started working with Enterprise Coach Candy Squire-Watt in April 2010. He had worked in Freight Forwarding since he was 16 years old, and had a vision to start his own company before his 30th birthday that year. Over the following 6 months they worked together on the business plan, and Candy also assisted with the PR and marketing of the launch. Lee's company Sabre Ocean Solutions started trading in October 2010, just before he turned 30.
Lee continued to access support from Kickstart as his business grew. By now the focus was on helping Lee to achieve his goal of becoming ' The main freight forwarder in Yorkshire' this meant helping Lee to develop a strategy for growth, so that he had goals in place to measure performance against. In practical terms it was also about helping Lee deal with recruitment issues; working out how and when to recruit the right staff. Expansion was rapid, so interviewing and retaining the right staff was crucial. Over the past 3 years he has also moved offices twice, as he keeps outgrowing them! 'Having Candy on hand to act as a sounding board has been really useful' said Lee, 'She has also been great at recommending other people to help me as well as keeping me up to date with any new initiatives that I might be able to take advantage of to help the business'.
Future Plans
Sabre Ocean Solutions had a turnover last year of £5.5 million, and the forecast for this year is £6.5 million. They currently employ 7 staff and have just taken on an additional 2 apprentices, something Lee knew he wanted to do some time ago. Lee's next ambition is to set up his own haulage company to service the freight from port to customer; watch this space!
Sabre Ocean Solutions
Lee Meadowcroft
E email@example.com W www.sabreoceansolutions.com T 01274 733604
Berries Bagels and Shakes – Zubair Hussain
Berries Bagels and Shakes is the brainchild of Mr Zubair Hussain, an already successful entrepreneur with his estate management business called Conceige. Zubair was initially looking to offer a unique food and drink concept including a variety of milkshakes and exclusive Bagels that were not previously served at any Bradford food outlet. Not only this, Berries Bagels n Shakes were looking to attract health conscious customers by providing a menu full of fresh fruits and natural ingredients.
It was envisaged that the location being one of the main gateway areas with links to Leeds and the Motorway would provide many passing commuting custom.
Zubair contacted Wajid Hussain, Enterprise Coach for Bradford East and the initial conversation and support needs were based around business operations, staffing and shop layout design. Zubair was an extremely well connected entrepreneur and used the knowledge/expertise gained from his existing business venture to develop this new enterprise.
The Enterprise coaching support mainly came through assisting in the development of appropriate marketing opportunities for the business to ensure maximum exposure of this great new concept.
The Berries Bagels and Shakes marketing campaign was created by Zubair and his graphic media team and Bradford Kickstart's intervention was based on the entrepreneurs need to develop a clear and consistent promotional activity using a variety of communication tools such as social media, magazine adverts, window retail presentation and selected door to door literature drops. Zubair stated "it was extremely useful to have a different perspective on my marketing ideas and how best to execute them".
Future Plans
After the official opening, Berries Bagels and Shakes has gone from strength to strength and this is despite 3 other similar businesses opening in the same area. Zubair has managed to develop a number of loyal customer groups and is now engaging with larger businesses to offer a delivery service. With the latter, Berries now offer a free home delivery service for the local area and have 2 vehicles. There is also talk of another Berries Bagels and Shakes opening in another area of Bradford, so watch this space…
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|Infirmary — Camp Jaha
|This was only intended to be a secondary medbay, a backup to the main Go-Sci labs. Unfortunately, Go-Sci is still in orbit. There are 20 medical beds, and space for another dozen or so cots, any more casualties have to spill out into the hallways or nearby rooms. Each of the beds has a computer readout alongside it, and several more line the walls, displaying information or patient scans as necessary. Imagine equipment folds back into the wall or the ceiling, and racks of additional equipment line the walls, all the way up to where the top corners angle in to make the ceiling narrower than the floor.
|Day 28
Medbay. Alpha Station. Wait.. but how? But it's true. It really is medbay. There really is familiar people from the Ark running around checking vitals on the injured and gassed Delinquents that the Mountain Men didn't pick up.. and there's a Grounder with an axe and a couple of swords and a face that looks like five miles of hard road.. no wait. That's Kai. Who at least really is still dressed like a Grounder, and a well armed one at that, and in addition to the Guard that's trailing her there's now a medtech trying to get her to actually stop to take a look at a right eye swollen almost shut, knuckles that look like she had a fight with a brick wall and lost, a broken nose and who knows what else and is bound and determined to take a headcount. It's not quiet, not in the slightest, and very likely to help stir at least some of the Delinquents from their gas induced slumber.
Silver is relatively unattended at the moment. Aside from some dehydration and malnutrition, there's nothing wrong with the medtech. Not a scratch on her that can't be explained away from working with rough tools or moving through the woods. And with so many injured Delinquents, there are much higher priority patients to worry about. Waking up from the gas, though, is an odd experience. There's the realization that she's alive, which is nice. And not injured. Also nice. And…stirring, she finds that she's not restrained, either. All good news. When she opens her eyes, though, she starts a worry a bit. "Ah, shit," she mutters, rubbing at her brow. "Hallucinating."
Natalie had been trying to get out the front door, eager to follow Lip. And in the hazy, red fog she thought she saw the unkempt wreath of his dark curls on the ground before other human shapes were similarily on the ground. The question forming in her head had been something along the lines of 'why are people laying down?' before everything went all wobbly and… and… darkness.
Now, she's waking up, like someone had thrown a switch back on. And everything is back! At once! "Nu-wah!," she shrieks, legs kicking uselessly against the bed. It was probably meant to be a 'no!' and a 'what's happening?' but instead its just an unintelligent noise and awkward flailing. It might have something to do with her lack of glasses, again. All is is fuzzy and disorientation.
Jumar? Jumar is still asleep. Anyone who was awake already has seen a blonde haired girl at his bedside on occasion. For the most part, they're only brief visits to check if he's awake, though.
It's around this time that Jumar flits away… and a drawled, "thhiss… isn't… the tunnels." Soon, that slurred speech becomes coherant, though, "what the…?" As he looks around, "isn't this… ok, we got hit by hallucination gas."
Grey got his shoulder and head wrapped, a few stitches, and that's really about it. The last thing he remembered was a cloud of red… blood…? And then the dropship deck pressed into the side of his face. This is… neither. It's actually comfortable, even if he's been set up on a cot while the worst of the wounded get the real medical beds — not that there are many of them. When he wakes up, he starts to roll, reaching under his pillow for a knife that's not there. "Wha — ?" And then he falls off the cot. And then pain starts surging through the side of his head and through his shoulder. Ow. Ow. Ow. "M'alright. Wait… Kai? Where'd you get beat up?" First things first. "Wait… where the hell am I?"
Kai makes rounds, Natalie's fuzzy vision gets briefly filled by the ex-C, who assesses before reaching out to squeeze her shoulder gently,"Ree's." offered before a decidedly more battered pair of glasses is fished from her armor to press into her hand before moving on,"Beckinson.. Kennedy.." it's Silver that she twists towards like a hound dog on the scent.
"Miss.." the young Guard starts as the medtech makes a sound of exasperation and turns to run over to Grey. A finger's raised in Grey's direction, she heard him, but it's Silver she zeroes in on to inform her,"Wren is outside. They wont let him in. He's waiting for you." is the information she chooses to impart to the other girl,"I'll be out in a few, tell him.. I want to see how many those bastards took. And who didn't make it."
Silver is still a little bit fuzzy when Kai gets to her, blinking a few times at the other girl. "Took?" Wake up. "We're in medley. The ark. The gas. Wait, you mean- It wasn't-" She pauses, looking around herself. "It wasn't the Ark?" Normally untangling that mystery would have her full, undivided attention. Who has that sort of tech? The grounders played at biological warfare, but those looked like launchers and- Wren's outside. She pushes off of the cot, giving the room a quick look over. She knows how this place works, at least. "I'll be back," she says, then moves as soon as she's sure anyone who's nominally in charge is distracted.
Now she just has to find where they decided to put an exterior door.
Natalie lets out a squelched yalp for Kai's shoulder squeeze. Touching me! What's touchi- Oh. The press of battered glasses into her hands at least cancels down some of the panic as she's unfolding and pressing the glasses back on to her head with a practiced if jittery motion. A few jerks of her uncomprehending head around the room and then she's looking at Grey and Kai in clipped swivels of her. "What the fuck?," she squeaks, the sound of Natalie swearing probably fitting ill on her.
"People are talking very well for being hallucinations." Jumar finally starts to get a good look around, "Kai? You're still alive? Thought those lunatics would have killed your group by now." He looks around, then. "Looks like the rockets worked. Thank you technology." Going from confused to 'we're alive!' in under a minute gives Jumars musical bass tone a definite relieved edge, "dropship was good for something besides parts after all."
"It's Alpha Station. We're on the Ground." because that's not contradictory information. But Silver's up and off, and there's another tech to glare at her and the Guard and finally Kai rounds on him to go,"Back the fuck off, Simmons. Go back to your post." and turns away,"I'm still alive. It worked. You guys scorched a whole bunch, the rest listened to the retreat call." it's Grey she's heading for now though to help the medtech with him,"I was making friends. You guys did good. The fucking orders didn't get there in time, but you did it. All of you."
Grey waves off the medtech, "'Mfine. 'mfine." He's not, but he's more fine than many of the others. See, he even got his ass back onto the cot, laying on his right side. He accepts Kai's delay, getting most of the information from what she's saying to Silver anyhow. Still, he echoes Silver's question, "Took? Wait, how the hell am I on the Ark?" Yup, still confused. A little bit of confusion clears, "Ohshit. The Ark came down. Anyone know how many we lost?" Sadly, no one does. Counts are still being made. And then he chuckles at Kai wryly, nodding, "Told you we'd damned well survive, Adams. Pessimist." The last is said with a smile as he offers out his right hand for a power-clasp. Bros be bros no matter the plumbing.
It takes a few more seconds for Jumar to come to his senses completely, then… "so, anyone around here know what the fuck happened with the dropship that set the lunatics off to murder us?" It's obvious the Ark fell to the ground, and he's in it. Stating the obvious doesn't really help… unless said people are *really* stupid, and Jumar has enough respect for the others to not think they are, at least. "I mean, it's basically a miracle we survived that siege… but then we got gassed by something, and now I wake up on one of the Ark stations. So, getting some missing muzzle pieces would be *awesome* right about now."
"Yes, there's chunks of it spread all over the place." Kai grunts, mostly for Grey, but her attention is still flittering over others, back towards Natalie and Jumar,"Still trying to work that out, couldn't get close enough to see. And Grey? There was over a thousand in the main camp." not that it stops something that should cause the world to implode, a Grey and an Adams power-clasping as bros,"It was the Mountain." she grunts,"Nothing we could do about it. I've got to get moving because the Guards are all kinds of hyped right now about Wren being here." into the armor again to pull out her hide maps to hand the injured ex-C,"We're going to check on Coesbur. From there, I don't know. Indra and her people are going to see whether or not we managed to flatten a few more villages. Let's hope we missed." she doesn't answer Jumar. And from the looks exchanged by the medtechs, if they know, they're not sharing right now.
"Where's Lip?," Natalie's question to anyone listening is urgent, if slightly panicked, having looked around at those brought into the medbay to sleep over their gas exposure and found familiar faces but the one she's trying to find. When in the history of the Skaikru has anyone ever asked 'Where's Lip?' with a ton that didn't imply immediate violence was on the way? Today. It's unique position in history probably significantly less important than a fallen Ark, sadly.
"Lip, where's Lip?," she asks anxiously to the medtech attempting to check her post-consciousness vitals. The medtech just stares at her blankly before asking 'your lip?' with a slow, uncertain quality that can't discern if she's just disoriented or just cabbage headed even as Natalie is attempting to get out of bed, in a manner that suggests that Kai is about to be assailed with this question.
Grey groans at Kai's news, but nods, some of it welcome. "You did all you could, Adams. All you had to. Did good." The calls for Lip get his attention for a moment, and he notes, "Was in there in the dropship, before the gas. Dunno if he's here now, uh… Natalie, yeah." And then he's back to Kai, "Mountain. Damn it. Coesbur. Right. Gideon said they were evac-ing. Should be safe, even if the Mountain comes for them too. And yeah… pray the Ark missed anything important comin' down." And then he takes a moment to stop and wonder again, "Holy shit… the Ark landed. Ish."
Jumar blinks, then. "oh right. this is in the *ground* now. How in the holy mother of fucking hell did *that* happen?" His eyes finally widening at the implications, "what the fuck happened?" He looks over to Kai, then "Did you say 'orders' about the Grounders?"
"I haven't seen him." Kai answers Natalie, granted, she's still checking people, letting her hand slip from Grey with a stiff nod and wets her split lip with her tongue,"Did she say to where?" she asks of Grey regarding Coesbur,"Indra recognized it was not an attack, but she wants to know what happened with the one that flattened Thripoda. I want to know." this is apparently important, for all that the lean girl turns away towards Jumar,"They said something about the Ark being crippled by the last dropship. I didn't catch it all. And yes. We have a truce with the Trikru, only the fuckers launched the attack before Indra's messenger got there." which she might just be a little bit mad about, just a little.
Grey thinks back, past the confusion and the chaos of combat and unconsciousness, "Uh… she didn't say. Or I didn't ask." His eyes drop down for a moment before he adds, "Had other things to talk about. Away from the Mountain?" He lays his head back a moment — it tries to topple off his neck less that way. "Yeah. I wanna know too. You're headin' for C-Bur, or east, uh, Tondc? I'll see if I can find out, let you know when you get back." He hasn't caught the whole 'leaving with Wren' part. "We were gonna bug out, into the woods, for the Ark. But some people were already headed for the dropship. lit off the hydrazine. Melted the door shut or some shit. Got it open, then bang… mist. Gas? Monsters in masks?" Everything goes very, very blurry there.
"Yeah, that sounds about right. I was in the bowels of the dropship when the gas came in, but the gas came after the rest of them opened the door. Our rocket burn roasted everyone around us, and I'm pretty sure the rest of the gang was going to run for it." Jumar shrugs at that, "lunatics wanted mass murder, but we reversed that. Sounds like we got them just before they retreated." Jumar finally tosses his legs over the side of his bed, then… and realizes he's in a gown, "fuck. I wasn't even touched. Why am I in these?" He barks out a laugh, "so, someone grabbed our people when they left?"
Natalie blinks sluggishly at Grey and Kai in turn, hearing them but… there's something about that blinking that might suggest she's not totally hearing all of it. Or just parts. "We burned up all those… people," she states with a sudden forlorn quality regarding the fire bomb last word, for what happened before it all went hazy. The moments before disjointed from the rebuttal. That she's in the Ark seems secondary to her original quest: find Lip, made hazy and interrupted by the facts before them. Standing in the middle of the medbay, she turns and trundles out of the room with a slight lurch that some might interpret as still under the affects of the gas as she heads down the corridor in search of Lip.
Guardsman Lionel Tobias Weeks looks like shit. He has been burning the candle on both ends for what feels like days, and the crash down of Alpha Station has not improved his mental or physical state. That doesn't stop him from sauntering into the infirmary like a bored wildcat, though. His guard armor looks a bit worse for wear, covered in mud and moss and blood. His unremarkable brown hair looks slicked back from its usual mess, and his cheek and jaw are full of unprofessional stubble. He is several steps in, and throws out his arms, forcing joviality into his booming, "Kyler!" Then his hands drop to his hips, and he's staring at Kai with mixed curiosity and, well, shock. "Where the fuck is your hair?"
"Cbur first." Kai grunts,"Then I don't know. Depends on what we find. Don't know when I'll be back. Or if. And yes. They weren't Trikru." that plus gas canisters makes them Mountain as far as Kai's concerned at least. The Adams, is standing over with the Grey, talking like they're friends, which shouldn't be a thing, but is, apparently, the lean girl dressed like a native, in armor and with a large axe and a couple of swords and looking like she's lost a fight with a truck,"Yes. And I've got to get going before some ass decides to put a bullet in Wren. I'll check in with you guys when I can, yeh? Stay safe." she seems content to try and slip away and then there's.. shit,"Hey Leo. Shaved it." there's a squint in the direction of the door like is Tyler himself about to march through the door and decides that leaving has just upped a few notches in priority.
"Not word one about her clothes, Weeks?" Grey snarks at the other Guardsman, falling back just a little into old Grey-family habits. Jumar's question causes him to blink and look down at himself, "Goddamn it. Where the shit is my shirt, and my armor?" One they had to cut off, the other they took off. Recovering himself, he grumps at Jumar, "They ain't all lunatics, either. Some of them are just fine. Better'n fine." Focusing back on Kai, he adds, "Don't bother with C-bur, unless Wren needs somethin' from there. Ain't gonna be anyone there. May we meet again, Adams." He coughs, looks down again, "If you see Gideon, let her know I made it?" Yes, as if Stone wasn't enough of an example, Grey has now proven that a black man can indeed blush visibly.
"Just because you want to pound one doesn't mean they aren't lunatics." Jumar says pointedly to Grey, "you can try to justify it all you want, but they laid siege to us for something we didn't fucking do. Their blindness and reactionary 'blood must have blood immediately' culture is what caused this mess. We had the excuse of rationing and needing zero tolerance. They don't have one." Jumar pointedly gripes to Grey. That out of the way, he looks back to Kai, "So. Mountain men it sounds like. What I'd like to know is why the fuck do they care?"
Kai nods at the pieces of hide she handed off to Grey,"For you and the others." you-know-what-they-are,"And yeh, not my call. I'll let him know about the evac though. And it's kom Skaikru.. Tyler can go fuck himself." there's a squint with her good eye in Lionel's direction. Yeh. She said it, and reassures the Grey,"I'll let her know." she's shifting towards the door, like that's going to help her escape Lionel's attention,"Not lunatics." she echoes for Jumar,"And I just know what I saw. Red gas. Guns. They weren't Trikru, for damned sure."
"Well, sprocket, you… uh," Lionel is lost to offer a compliment, and lamely goes with, "you have a very shapely skull." Then he glances at Grey, bushy brows arching high over those sharp, piercing blue eyes. "I see that the ground hasn't worn off those Grey edges, Lucian," the older Guard says in a dry reply. He does take a gander at Kyler's clothes, and he frowns again. He crosses his arms at his chest, ignoring the smear of mud at his hands. "The only thing I need to know is where's your damn Devil's jersey?" Priorities. Then his gaze passes between the two, and he frowns heavily. His eyes cut over to Jumar, and then back to Grey and Kai. His frown deepens.
Forcing himself up into a seat on the edge of his cot, Grey scowls at Jumar from underneath his bandages, "Yeah, those Trikru were dumb jackholes. No shit. And the dumb ones? They're all dead." Probably not all of them. All of the dumb Skaikru certainly aren't, including Grey himself by some accounts. "But they ain't all like that. How about Que comin' by to help out? And Wren," he gestures toward Kai at that, rolling up the pieces of hide and tucking them into one pocket of his thankfully-still-intact cargo pants, "And Gideon teachin' us archery and shit. Oxfor givin' us a good deal for… well… for mostly nothin'." He shrugs his shoulders at Lionel's response to him, "Just Grey now. Now that I'm the only one. And I've had a shitty day, I'm allowed." Finally he looks back to Kai, studying her a moment, then nodding a little painfully, "Kai then. That's gonna take some gettin' used to." Something reminds him, and he looks down, rubbing at the med-bracelet still on his left hand. He snorts a little laugh, shaking his head in amusement.
This only gets a scoff, "fine, you two can stay blind to their ridiculous 'blood must have blood' and the implications of that for their entire clan if you like, and I'll keep my eyes open to be sure that we're ready for the next time we somehow fart in their general direction and get them set off again. Mark my words, they'll find an excuse to attack us again, truce or no truce. It's what they are. They see us as invaders now, and lunatics like them don't stop when they see a threat." Jumar starts to stretch as he gets off the bed. The dark brown hair bounces just a bit on his shoulders as he does so, "at least this time we'll have some help." He looks to Kai, then, "so, that aside, has anyone talked to you about a plan to find those that were taken?"
"Gave it to a friend." Kai grunts for Lionel,"And Grey's good, Leo." yeh, she just vouched, for a Grey,"We are invaders you idiot." she snaps at Jumar,"Like it or not we crashed in their land. And if people are dumb, yeh, guess what, shit goes bad. And this.. all of this? I'll be working on finding them.. but not here."
"Invading implies one intentionally attacks. We did nothing of the sort, and still haven't 'idiot'." Yeah, Jumar can snap right back at Kai. "They had their chance, and they blew it. They can go float themselves." With that, Jumar starts to stand, then stops… "has anyone here seen a blond girl, this high, was on farm station? Usually wears a jump suit?"
"The line of people allowed because they've had a shitty day is about, oh… maybe six hundred people long," Lionel quips back to Grey dryly. The Guard just blinks over at Jumar, and his tongue licks dryly at his lips. It has been a long day, and he's only tracking about every third word by now. He blinks owlishly at Kai, and then casts Grey a suspicious look. "Well… Kane… that is… the Chancellor is giving all you former cadets a big promotion to Guardsmen." His expression turns a bit sober. "Kai… when you got a bit… we should catch up." Lionel is not a sober person — in various definitions — so this cannot be good.
Elias walks into the infirmary still wearing somewhat loose Grounder clothing and war paint. Because he hasn't washed up yet since having come back. Sleep was needed and didn't leave a whole lot of time for changing and washing. Slowly, he pans his gaze over the wounded to see who all is present and alive. With a rise of a brow then, he makes his way further inside towards Kai and Grey. Giving them both an upnod, he finally blinks his eyes. "Any word about Agro Station?" he asks, flicking his eyes between the two of them. Lionel is given a nod as well as a look offering the same question forth.
"Kane can float himself too, Leo." Kai informs the older guard as politely and firmly as she can while eyeing Jumar. One of the medtechs no doubt volunteers to Jumar that she's been there, yes, because the Adams girl hasn't seen her,"In the last three days I have hiked through I don't even know how many kilometers of hostile territory, ridden a damned horse, been frogmarched to the leader of a hostile army, had my face punched in, marched back in time to find out that half my friends are dead, hurt, or got captured by a bunch of hostile lunatics with guns. I'm not interested in being a Guard, and I don't care about whatever it is dad told you to tell me. Sorry Leo, but that's how it is." and there's Eli and she's sidling past so she can go and slide an arm about him with a shake of her head, she hasn't heard at least.
Grey glances to Kai when she calls Gideon a friend, and he grunts softly, "Shit. Ad — Kai. I thing it was in camp. In my tent." He winces, "Might still be there?" He doesn't sound very hopeful. Shaking his head at Jumar's continued venom, Grey is about to look down to his wrist again, then shakes his head in answer to the techie's question. "Nope." And then it's back to Lionel, "Longer'n that, Weeks. Hundred or two Trikru had a real bad day too. And anyone that a piece'a the Ark dropped near." He blinks at the Guardsman's news, then looks down at his bracelet again, and snorts, "Hah! Paris' kid made the Guard after all. Screw you, Isaacs." That would be one of the Guardsmen who tormented him the most in the Box, including a couple of good smacks on the way to the dropship. Elias' entry gets an upnod in return, and the gown-and-cargo-pants-wearing Grey offers out his right arm to Elias as well, "Eli. Good to see you made it." And then he's looking aside to the other ex-C, "Don't burn your bridges, Kai." Not that any of the bridges down here look particularly flammable, not the ones that survived, at least.
It doesn't take long for Jumar to start walking around a bit unsteadily, checking his meager belongings, "it'll be good to actually have tools again. First things first though… a goddamned *shower*. Maybe a forge after that, we'll need to get the basics up and running first. Is there even farmable land here?" With the 'grounders are lunatics' debate settled (at least far as he's concerned) he moves on to the obvious logistics issues, "we'll probably be scrapping the station for weeks." Yep, definitely a techie, "if you need technical help out there once the search starts, you know where to come."
"Hey, look… the Grey kid says something wise," Lionel says seriously to Kai. "I was seated almost two people away from Kane when he got up, and started walking out of Alpha to sacrifice himself so we could all get down here. He was also responsible for going all over Go-Sci and gathering up as many people as he can while we were basically floating adrift, losing oxygen by the seconds." His throat tightens. "You don't know the shit that went on up in the sky, Adams… so, I'm asking you because I love you, kid… don't go telling anyone here to go float. We don't got room for that angry bullshit anymore." Then Lionel regards Elias, and the kid is given a warmer, more relaxed smile, but it is tired and strained. "Someone, ah… I think it was Morris… he said he saw Farm coming down to the North, but I gotta say… none of us were really paying attention to trajectories while trying not to piss and shit ourselves."
Elias grasps Grey's right hand and gives it a firm shake, the quirk of his smile going lopsided. "Get the fuck outta' here," he says with an incredulous look and a 'pfffft' to fo along with it. "I'm too pretty to die. Good to see you walking, buddy. How's the head?" There's a nod, of course, to the bandage. Relinquishing his hand then, he turns his head to Kai when she curls an arm around him and then gives a look to Grey. Lionel's information is regarded as well. Elias' jaw clenches, but he gives a nod of his head. "Welcome to the ground, Weeks. Fun, right?" Levity in this case. The young man does acknowledge the information, but he doesn't talk about it for now. Instead, he briefly leans his forehead against Kai's. With a look over to Jumar then, he takes a deep breath and then speaks calmly. "They lost an entire village. Seven-hundred people. I don't know how I'd react if I lost seven-hundred of you. Mistakes were made in both directions." There is a look to Kai then, somewhat nervous. And then a glance towards Lionel.
Kai gives a quiet grunt of acknowledgment for Grey's words, a flicker through the mobile portion of her face,"I haven't seen Tink. Does anyone know where Tink is?" that's the one that bothers her,"Or Cam? Where's Op, for that matter? I don't see Lip or Cookie or Quinn, even. We've got people missing, Grey. Our people." she turns her head to Lionel and dips her head stiffly in acknowledgment,"Fine." she agree's with him,"Doesn't change that we're leaving, Leo. If dad wants to talk to me he can come and do it his own damned self. But right now? I've got obligations and you have plenty of hands here to do what needs doing." she gives Elias a squeeze,"North is probably the direction we're heading? We can keep an eye out for Agro." she offers him quietly.
"You just named off a few of those who were probably taken. They were all ground floor on the dropship when we got the door open afterwards. I was probably lucky in that I was in the tunnels about to sit tight. I still want to know why the fuck they care about us." Jumar shrugs as he starts to shrug on his old outfit, "I'd wait for context and to see what is actually going on. They didn't even bother to ask us what it was that dropped down, or why. Only 'missile' because they're ignorant and assumed they knew better than us. If you recall, I voted against the Mags execution, and I abstained from Fiona's expedition. Capital punishment only makes sense somewhere like the Ark. We're not on the Ark anymore."
"Fuck the ground," Lionel says without missing a beat. "Though, have you guys seen the sky?" Oh boy, the older Guard is almost gleeing. "You can see the entire fucking Milky Way… it like… cuts across the entire sky, like a big tear in the sky that is spilling out tons of stars." How poetic, but he doesn't go on when Kai mentions leaving, and the man blinks hard. He is trying to process this news, and then his throat tightens. "Your dad… shit, Kai… the bombing… he's dead, Kai. Has been since Unity Day." He clears his throat, looking down at his feet while he continues to brace his hands on his hips. Lionel's expression has changed from his relaxed, always-on-the-brink-of-something-smartassed to sombered and pained. He looks up to Kai then, brows heavy over his steady blue eyes. He casts a glance to Elias briefly, and then back to Kai. Jumar is still mentioning events that Lionel is way out of the loop on, but he listens all the same, even if Kai is his main concern.
"I think it's the air down here." Grey snarks at Lionel, because old surroundings lead to old habits, "Improves bloodflow to the brain." And out over the face, if his bandaged self is any indication. "So maybe there's hope for you yet, Weeks." Still, the talk of what Kane did causes him to frown, confusion and a sense of the world just not fitting together right settling over his features. "Wait, he did what?" As he's trying to process, he picks at the second bracelet on his left wrist, the braided cloth one, "How 'bout Arrow? Anyone know where Arrow is?" Jumar's got some good things to consider, but only the last one matters, as do Kai's words, and he nods sharply, only to press a hand to his bandaged head. "I'm out there as soon as I can stand up without my head falling apart. I mean to keep the promise I made to the people in camp." Where he'd come for every single one of them if they were captured. Even the assholes. He shrugs left-shouldered at Elias, "Feels like a good night of Unity Punch, without the Unity Punch. You headin' off with Kai and Wren, Elias?" Lionel's news for Kai causes him to wince, even if he didn't like the jackhole much better than she did.
Wow, in the list of news Kai didn't expect to hear, that takes the cake, and it actually stops the lean girl dead in her tracks for a long, stiff moment while she endeavors to process that information with her arm still about Elias,"Wow." she breathes softly before she presses her battered lips together with a slow nod of her head,"I'm sorry for you, Leo." at least that's offered with somber politeness,"My mother?" she elects to ask while she's on the subject before shaking her head at Grey,"Bits were breaking off all over the place.. it was only the lack of explosion that told us that Alpha didn't actually.. crash." her attention shifts to Jumar, then Grey, then to Eli to ask in that same muted tone,"You ready to go?"
Elias nods curtly to Kai then, clearing his throat. "North, then," he says and then turns to Grey. "I pretty much have to, man. We've got people out there. I don't know what she'd do without me anyways." A nod is given then to Kai with another quirk of a smile. "My folks too. That's family." When the word 'bombing' comes up, he blinks at Lionel and looks at him wide-eyed. "Bombing?" he asks and then slips an arm around Kai to give her a gentle squeeze. "What happened up there?" This look is given to Grey as well. As of yet, he hasn't heard of what events took place. Jumar's mention of Mags is just given a hard look.
Jumar gives a sober nod to that, "you two look like you've been through a meat grinder. I'd suggest waiting and resting at least one day to get your strength back. You'll be no good to anyone half dead." Once his clothing is back on, he looks to Kai, "I'll be staying here myself to help get things running and to get a bit of rest. Those walls took way too much sleep from me. Once you have something for me, I'll head out to check on it with you."
Lionel's shoulders tighten, and he looks at Kai beneath the heavy fall of his brows. "Your mom is fine, down working getting a wall up around the perimeter." Then his fingers flex, and he shakes his head as that dark cloud continues to form. Elias steals his attention — but he hasn't forgotten that Kai is talking about leaving. "A bomb went off during the Unity Day pageant… a group was trying to kill Jaha and the Council, but mistimed it… it went off, and killed most of the Council and dozens of citizens… including Captain Adams." His mouth tightens. "Chancellor Jaha lost his son in the blast too… and then, well…" He shakes his head. "The Rees got their little group of terrorists to take control of one of the dropships, heavily damaging the Ark in the process… we're only down here because Jaha and Kane got the engineers to rig up the thrusters so we could break atmo. We would have been dead in a matter of days, otherwise." He grimaces, looking a bit hollow now. "Not the way Exodus was supposed to go down, and here we are…" His gaze slides to Kai, and he frowns worriedly.
Wait… bombing? Grey mentally rewinds, reviews the injury-twisted tape, and looks between Kai and Lionel for a moment. "Bombing. Shit. You guys did have it rough too." Elias gets a little shrug, "I mean, yeah. I guess. Just… come back from time to time, yeah? Gonna need sane people 'round here." He nods carefully to Jumar, to make sure his head doesn't try to fall off again with the motion, "I'm not gonna work myself to death." Been there, nearly done that. Will probably try to do it again, no matter what he says. And then he subsides, listening to Lionel's news. Luckily, he doesn't remember Natalie's last name, or he would be looking across the medbay toward her. Finally, he grunts, "That's goddamn brilliant. At least, in this total non-tech's opinion. Shuttles too broken up to go down, take the whole damned Ark. Shit, takes some brass ones to think of that and then do it."
"Thanks for your concern, Beckinson, but we'll be fine. And yeh, I got no doubt you guys will be on it when you're healed up." Kai offers with a tight smile,"Walls are good. Our walls were good." she reaches out to touch Lionel's shoulder,"If it managed to avoid any of the villages, should be fine. Everyone's down here, at least, now. Everything else can be dealt with." there's a nod for Grey,"Depends on stuff. I'm.. they call it a Second? I'm working for Wren. He's going to train me."
A… second? "Are all you physical types usually one to ignore your obvious injuries? No, don't answer that." Jumar just shakes his head as he lays down again, now in his comfy clothing. "You're going to be *learning* from them?" Jumar moves to lay down in his bed again, his exhaustion already set in, "I'm tired of losing friends to this insanity. I hope you don't end up losing yourself to that 'blood must have blood' insanity'."
"Of course, man," Elias says to Grey with a smile and a furrow of his brows. "If our people are being taken north and that's where Agro Station is? You do the math. If there's a chance I can get there quickly, help with the wounded, and lead people back here before they get hurt…" The shrug is returned and he sighs. "I'll be back, though." He shifts his attention to Lionel then to listen to the man with a light nod of his head. "Shit," he says quietly, just blinking in disbelief. "That's…I hope people are holding up alright." Another shake of his head is given then before he heaves another sigh while then looking to Jumar. "They know the land. Learning from them might not be such a bad idea. It could cut months off of soil-sampling if we can learn their methods of growing crops."
Lionel looks down at the grip on his shoulder, and then up at Kai. There is something a bit pained in his blue gaze when she talks about leaving. "Cm'on… I haven't seen you in weeks, sprocket… and look, we've got tons of resources here. The moment Kane's got the briefing on what happened with the kids at the dropship, he's going to be throwing a lot of effort into that. This is about all of us… don't go off because you think otherwise." He doesn't say anything about being trained by this so-called Wren, but Lionel doesn't look terribly happy about it. It hasn't even been thirty days since The 100 were sent down. He's having a hard time processing the fact that it sounds like Kai just wants to leave. Again, Jumar's words earn a rather thin look from Lionel, but nothing more. "I have a guard shift coming up, but… look, stick around a bit. For me?"
Grey blinks sharply at Kai's description of her new relationship, "So you're gonna be a Trikru now?" A frown touches his lips at that, and he picks at the edge of his hospital gown. Jumar's question draws a shrug of his left shoulder, "Don't see me gettin' up, man." Not yet, at least. "I'm gonna sit here 'till I'm better." He says that every time, but he'll sit there until he's not in constant pain, or in danger of swaying and falling over. He still has the cauterization marks from his last wound stark on his side, and he fought just last night. "I'm gonna… maybe a roll call?" He grimaces and decides not to sit up, "Maybe we can get one of the medtechs to do a count. Gotta know who we lost. Bring back the bodies." And then there's the question of, bring them back to the Delinquent camp for burial, or will Alpha Station's resting place be their final resting place. And then he starts to lower himself back down onto the cot, "You'll want some of us with you, Weeks. We've been down here a month," almost, "We ain't Trikru," he pauses, dark eyes flickering to Kai, and then pushes on regardless, "but some of us got real good at trackin'. And that's what we need right now. Guards with guns, and some Ee-Ess nerds to help us track." His words start to trail quieter as he settles back onto the cot, his weariness catching up with him despite his enforced nap-time.
"Shit don't wait just because you don't feel like it." Kai utters for Jumar with a look at Grey,"It's already done. He told Indra himself. So yes, I'm going to be learning from them, and in a way I guess that makes me Trikru now. Don't mean I hate the Ark or anything like that, but that's.. where I'm at." she gives a painful shrug and the arm about Eli a squeeze,"Leo, right now my boss is being very patient with the fact that there's a whole bunch of people squinting at him like he's about to go rabid, and I've got his weapons just to make sure that someone doesn't think he's trying to pull something. Parts of the Ark might have fallen on his village, and it's been evacuated to who knows where, including his family. Instead he came here. So if he says it's time to go, I'm going to go. That's the deal. That's how it works. You want to get them to stop pointing guns at him and start treating him like he's an ally and maybe he'll put that off a little longer, but he's already been plenty patient about things as it is. Eli's going with us, so I'm sure we'll come back this way. And you're in Trikru lands so it's not like this is forever goodbye, but it's what it is."
"Grey, you're a Guardsman now," Lionel smirks at the former delinquent. "You go tell Kane what we need to pull off a search party. I might be the senior guardsman hanging around here," he says, voice a bit haughty, "but, you got the power to go tell Kane what's what, too." He then moves toward the door, reaching to grab his rifle in the little rack he had left it in. He slings it across his back, and looks over his shoulder to Kai. "Your boss, huh?" He shakes his head, and his shoulders slump. He doesn't say anything else as he heads out, obviously giving Kai a bit of a cold shoulder.
"I swear my week gets more shitty by the hour. Telling us to treat the people who were just trying to kill us as an 'ally'." Jumar just turns in the bed, "I'm too tired for this shit." He curls into a fetal position, "Kane needs to know what the fuck is going on for sure."
Taking a breath inward, he looks to Grey. "It's not like that, man. You know peace is better. Kai being considered as Wren's second is a big deal for future diplomacy." Elias rubs at the back of his neck then before exhaling again. "Not that…I'm sure people want to hear about peace talks right now. I'm hopeful still." Chewing the inside of his cheek then, he looks towards Lionel as he begins leaving and nods his head to him in parting. Looking to Kai then, he raises a brow. "Where are we going? Are we going to be able to make it to Agro Station?"
Grey waves slightly at Lionel, "Inna minute. I'll… ugh… write up a damned report inna minute." Which probably means when he wakes up. He gives Kai and Eli a vague gesture that's probably meant to be a wave, "Yeah. An' it means she's turnin' her back on us. But… may we meet again an' all that. Don' forget who you are." He makes another sound but… it's a snore. A soft one, but still a snore. Full-on mouth-breathing, too. He's gonna have cotton-mouth and nasty breath in the morning… not that he doesn't already have nasty breath.
"Wren was with Eli and I making sure that we got to Indra safely so we could negotiate the current peace, you wanna ignore that, you go right on ahead. C-bur people showed up to help us in every way they could to the point that they were risking getting wiped out themselves, but let's forget that too." she eyes Lionel's retreating back, then looks to Grey with an upnod,"I'll keep an eye out for Arrow, and do what I can. I'm not turning my back on my people, I'm just not Kyler Adams anymore. Not interested in ever being her again." she offers his way,"C'mon Eli. Let's talk to Wren and find out. Until we meet again you guys."
"May we meet again," Elias says in parting, giving a nod to those still awake. Everyone seems to be drifting on, so he dips his head and quietly turns to duck out as well. "I'll try to find our people and bring them back if I can."


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Symptoms of brain tumors vary from person to person. It depends on tumor size, shape and location. Symptoms often are caused by damage to vital tissue and pressure on the brain as the tumor grows within the limited space in the skull. They may be caused by swelling and a buildup of fluid around the tumor, a condition called edema. Symptoms also may be due to hydrocephalus, which occurs when the tumor blocks the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and causes a build-up in the ventricles. If a brain tumor grows very slowly, its symptoms may not appear for some time.
Symptoms of Brain Tumor
Headache is basic symptom of brain tumor. Typical brain tumor headaches reach to worst condition in the morning. It improves slowly and gradually during the day. If the patient vomits he may feel better. These headaches may worsen with coughing, exercise, or with a change in position such as bending or kneeling. Patients also do not typically respond to the usual headache remedies.
Vision problem
25% of brain tumor patients complain of vision problem. If you have blur vision added with ear problem it may be the cause of brain tumor. If this symptom is associated with you, you may suddenly visit the doctor.
About one-third of people diagnosed with a brain tumor do not aware they have a tumor until they have a seizure. This is a very common symptom of brain tumor. It is caused by a disruption in normal flow of electricity to the brain. This may cause unusual disruptions and loss of consciousness. Focal seizures such as muscle twitching or jerking of an arm or leg, abnormal smells or tastes, problems with speech or numbness and tingling may also occur.
Change in mental condition and personality
A person having brain tumor may face some problem like changes in behavior, temperature and also with personality. These changes can be caused by the tumor itself, by increased pressure within the skull caused by the presence of the tumor, or by involvement of the parts of the brain that control personality.
and most of these symptoms can also be found in people who do not have brain tumors. Therefore, the only sure way to tell if you have a brain tumor or not is to see your doctor and get a brain scan.


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Peter Berkeley passed this item along from Snopes:
A 14 August 1912 article from a New Zealand newspaper contained a brief story about how burning coal might produce future warming by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal a year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly. This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the earth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries.


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Lesson 1
1. gauge- width of a train track
2. network- system of connected railroad lines
3. consolidate- combine
4. rebate- discount
5. pool- system in which several railroad companies agreed to divide up the buisness in an area
Lesson 2
1. Bessemer process- method developed in the 1850s to produce
strongersteel at a lower cost.
2. vertical integration- practice in which a single manufacturer controls
all of the steps used to change raw materials into
finished products.
3. corporation- business that is owned by investors.
4. stock- share of ownership in a corporation.
5. dividend- share of a corporation's profit.
6. trust- group of corporations run by a single board of directors.
7. monopoly- a company or group having control of all or nearly all of the
business of an industry.
8. free enterprise system- economic system in which businesses are
owned by private citizens who decide what to
produce, how much to produce, and what
prices to charge
9. Sherman Antitrust Act- an 1890 law that banned the formation of
trusts and monopolies in the United States
Lesson 3
1. patent- license for a new invention
2. transatlantic- crossing or spanning the Atlantic Ocean.
3. moving assembly line- method of production by which workers stay in
one place as products travel past on a moving
4. mass production- process of making large quantities of a product
quickly and cheaply.
Lesson 4
1. sweatshop- workplace where people labor long hours in poor
conditions for low pay.
2. Knights of Labor- an American labor organization founded in 1869 to
protect the rights of workers.
3. strikebreaker- replacement for a striking worker
4. anarchist- person wjo opposes organized government
5. Haymarket Riot- labor rally in chicago in 1886 that ended in violence
when a bomb exploded


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Woman faints in horror after breaking $44,000 jade bracelet in jewelry store
A tourist visiting Ruili City, China, learned the true meaning of 'you break it, you buy it' when she was forced to foot the bill for a $44,000 jade bracelet she dropped in a jewelry store on June 27.
The woman was reportedly trying on the pricey jade bangle in a shop in China's Yunnan province when she decided to inquire about its price.
After she found out about the bracelet's astronomical tag, the woman hastily attempted to take it off.
Unfortunately, she dropped the bangle on the floor in the process, causing it to snap into two pieces.
Shop staff reportedly tried to calm the woman following the incident, but she became so distraught she eventually fainted into the arms of fellow customers, according to news website 163.com.
A bystander eventually brought the woman back to consciousness by pinching her upper lip, which is a standard Chinese method of waking up people who have fainted, according to Shanghaiist.
News portal Sina reports that a third-party jeweler appraised the broken accessory at 180,000 yuan, which is approximately $26,000.
Shop staff told the woman's family they could pay the $26,000 to resolve the matter, but they only offered back 70,000 yuan, which is about $10,000.
The two sides have reportedly not yet agreed on compensation.


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So what's up with this totally nuts video Jack Nicholson made endorsing Hillary Clinton? Granted, it's not so weird that he would endorse her…only odd that he's done so by creatinga short video montage
of some of his "greatest hits" from film history.
The problem? In most of the roles he's borrowed from, he plays characters who have completely and totally lost their ever-loving minds. We've got the psychotic Joker in "Batman," the murderin' pop in "The Shining," the depressed, estranged son in "Five Easy Pieces," and the bloodthirsty Col. Jessup in "A Few Good Men." All fine men whose presidential endorsements are, I'm sure, worth considering. Only thing I'm wondering is why he didn't include a shot of himself as a post-lobotomy Randall P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" to really send the message home?
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Ultimately, what's very humorous to me is the fact that the clip Nicholson chose to use from "A Few Good Men" includes this line where Nicholson as Col. Jessup is informing Tom Cruise's character that "there is nothing on this earth sexier, believe me, gentlemen, than a woman you have to salute in the morning."
Does the Hillary camp realize that the next line out of Nicholson's mouth in that movie is "Promote 'em all, I say, `cause this is true: if you haven't gotten a blowjob from a superior officer, well, you're just letting the best in life pass you by"?
Kind of crazy. Then again, given the way the Clintons dig BJs, maybe not so much. – Jennifer Mathieu


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Di-Gize December
Sorry for the lack of updates lately, the holidays are super upon us around here. Since I have a little toy store in addition to my oil love - updates may be few and far between this month. www.walkingsticktoys.com is my toy store (just a little plug, heh)
The winner of the diffusing contest is Anna - I just drew the name out of a hat! Congratulations! And thank you everyone for your awesome suggestions. As a result of them - I've been diffusing a lot more Cedarwood around here. I like to combine it with Orange. I've also been diffusing Frankincense like crazy. Be sure to read the comment section to see the other suggestions if you are interested. There is a pretty great suggestion for oils to use during childbirth.
Since we've made it through the Start Living with Everyday Oils Kit I've decided to just slowly start choosing some of my favorites to share information about. This month it was a toss up between RC and Di-Gize. RC is actually on special this month if you spend 215PV or more - so keep that in mind when placing your holiday orders - you actually also get a free travel diffuser! It isn't ever a bad idea to ask around and find out if your friends want/need some oils before you place your order. I always charge retail prices to those ordering that aren't distributors yet...so please make sure you do that if you are ordering for someone else. Adding a bottle here and there for other people though is how I very easily meet my Essential Rewards Autoship minimum every month. Even if you aren't doing Essential Rewards though - if you are signed up as a distributor you can order anytime! And if you'd just like to place an order as a customer either call me or create an account for yourself. You can just use 1011092 as your sponsor and enroller ID.
Now really - Di-Gize. This blend is made up of Tarragon, Ginger, Peppermint, Juniper, Fennel, Lemongrass, Anise and Patchouli. Each of these individual oils has so many amazing properties - so I'll touch briefly on those before I move onto the ways I use Di-Gize personally with myself and my family. Tarragon - is an antiseptic and great for UTIs and intestinal parasites. It prevents fermentation, is an antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and is anti-infectious. Ginger - is amazing for nausea (as many of you mamas know). It is also an anti-spasmodic, antiseptic and good for indigestion. Peppermint - I could go on and on for hours about this one (check the peppermint post for tons of info). Juniper - great for kidneys and detoxifying and cleansing. Fennel - Antiseptic, great for gastrointestinal system, antispasmodic, antiseptic. Great for flatulence and nausea. This oil in the blend prevents fermentation (like Ginger and Tarragon do). Lemongrass - It is an antifungal, anti-inflammatory and improves digestion. Anise - antispasmodic, antiseptic, stimulates and increases bile flow, it combats spastic colitis, indigestion and intestinal pain. Finally Patchouli - it is a digestive aid and combats nausea. It reduces fluid retention and is antimicrobial and an anti-inflammatory.
So that's the breakdown of what the oil consists of - here is how we use it at our house. I use it often! I put it directly on my stomach and within ten minutes my stomach ache is gone! Seriously! It blows my mind every single time. I use it on my kids too, if they are having any sort of stomach issues and it works really well for them too. I put it directly on their stomachs, but like always, I recommend you definitely use it on yourself first because it is pretty powerful. It can be ingested (I've never had to take it to that level before) applying it topically always does the trick for me. You can actually get empty capsules to fill so you don't have to taste it going down (just burp it up later heh). When using it with my kiddos I used to dilute it a bit. When Anna (my goddaughter) was here this past summer she used it and needed to dilute it the first time. She put it on her stomach and it felt a little bit too intense so she simply rubbed a bit of olive oil on her belly a few minutes later to dilute it (when you dilute - the effects are pretty instantaneous). We use it around our house for diarrhea and constipation. I use it when I'm hung over - and it totally helps. Any sour stomach situation and even if I eat a little bit too much food I put some on to aid with digestion...and it makes me feel better. It is just one of those oils for me that works so well I want everyone to try it. It is great for heartburn. It can combat candida and parasite infestation (ew). A drop on the foot (diluted) for a baby with colic is said to work wonders. My kids actually ask for Di-Gize now if they have belly aches.
Sometimes if I'm feeling like the oil isn't working as quickly as I'd like for it to - I'll eat a drop of Peppermint oil in addition to the Di-Gize application on my belly.
So - these are some of the ways I like to use this oil. Wholesale: $32.00 Retail: $42.11
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Be well and Happy Holidays!