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Priming and Scraping
May 12, 2016 Leave a comment
Exterior prep work has begun!
Just having the primer on is already such an improvement. Hopefully they finish up today and I can post completed after shots soon.
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May 12, 2016 Leave a comment
Exterior prep work has begun!
Just having the primer on is already such an improvement. Hopefully they finish up today and I can post completed after shots soon.
May 6, 2016 3 Comments
Painters are coming next week (weather permitting), which means we had to give them our paint color choice for the exterior trim. Right now there's a whole lot of brown going on. And not in a good way.
The windows are scheduled to be replaced in early June, and they will be white. So a lot of the brown will disappear with the addition of the windows. For the rest of the trim, I was thinking dark gray. I even used Window World's window mock-up tool to get an idea of how it would look:
I did the mock-up before we replaced the lights and removed the screen door so I added a new door just to see the look.
I thought the mock-up looked good and now it was just time to pick the actual paint colors. I recruited my best helper and headed to Sherwin Williams.
I have such a hard time picking paint colors. I always feel like my first pick is wrong, and I end up wasting money on paint before picking again. But this time there won't be any second chance opportunities since we're hiring painters and they're getting the paint ASAP. Pressure!
So Mini B and I narrowed it down to three (all Sherwin Williams): Black Magic, Iron Ore, and Roycroft Pewter. Truth be told her initial voice was a deep navy with purple undertones, but I had to veto that.
The gutters are staying as-is, so the color we pick just needs to have the same tone. I think all 3 would work fine with the existing gutters and downspouts.
I decided to get test paints for the two lighter colors (Iron Ore and Roycroft Pewter) since Black Magic seemed too dark (side note: SW only sells quart-sized samples for $7, which is a little bit ridiculous. I now have a TON of extra paint). I'm hoping that decision will be my only mistake in this whole picking-a-color process. In short, I should've gotten a sample of the Black Magic, but I'll get to that.
Mini B was thrilled to actually help me paint (she did all the Roycroft Pewter herself).
As soon as Mini B started with the Roycroft Pewter I knew it was too light. It was barely different than the gray paint already circling the bottom of the house.
I also wasn't sold on the Iron Ore. It also seemed way too light. Even after letting it dry, I knew we needed to go darker.
All that work to lead me back to my initial gut choice: Sherwin Williams Black Magic. A little googling and I was able to find another brick ranch that used Black Magic on its garage:
Looks good to me. Mini B agreed and we let the painters know. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I'll have after pics for you next week!
March 10, 2016 Leave a comment
There's nothing like an impending floor installation to really jump start some action. With the install date for our floors only a week away, we knew we had to get our painting caps on. Painting is so much easier when you don't care about spills and drips. And given that we had to paint EVERY SINGLE WALL, CEILING, AND PIECE OF TRIM in the whole house, we wanted to make it as easy on ourselves as we could. Now, we thought about hiring it out, but after getting estimates that ranged from $2,500 to $3,500, we opted to just do it ourselves. Plus, that way we knew it would be done right. So we got our ventilator masks and got after it.
Everything had to be primed first, including the ceiling (our contractor Steve had patched some of the settling cracks in the ceiling, so primer was a necessity). Here are some before-painting shots to remind you of where we were at:
Lots of green and pink. And dirt. Hard to believe that those pictures are after we hired a cleaning crew to vacuum and wash the walls. Gross.
We started with primer everywhere. I did all the brush work and Mr. handled the rolling.
The ceilings were the hardest part, but Mr. did a fantastic job (I offered to help and I offered a pole but he said it was easier his way). After a couple long days, everything was primed and ready for paint.
You might be able to tell from some of those pictures that a paint sprayer was attempted at one point. I say attempted because it was sort of a fail. I wasn't around for it, but I saw the aftermath and it wasn't pretty–lots of drips and spurts combined with spots of too much paint and spots of too little. In the end, Mr. Bunches decided it was a big time and money suck. Lesson learned.
After the priming, it was time to paint. After much trolling of Pinterest to find the perfect greige to paint the whole house, I decided on Benjamin Moore's Classic Gray. (Image sourced from Jennifer Pacca Interiors.)
In an attempt to save some money, I decided to buy the paint from Home Depot and just get it color matched (I think HD used to have all of BM and SW colors in their computers, but they no longer do. That meant that they used my little paint chip to color match it).
This was the formula they came up with. And here's a shot of the paint chip next to our flooring sample.
It looks a little more beige than gray there, but all the pictures I found on Pinterest, and well, the name itself made me feel pretty confident that this was the warm gray I was going for. And then we started putting it on the walls. Cue the dramatic music and drumroll . . .
And Mr. said it looked like a bodily fluid (I'll let you guess which one). Womp-womp.
Those two pictures make it look very beige, but in real life it read as a very sickly yellow. Totally not my style. And totally not Classic Gray–my own fault for trying to get it color-matched at HD. So basically it was a complete waste of $100 (that's how much the five-gallon bucket of paint cost) and two hours of precious painting time (that's the total amount of time it took me to go to a Benjamin Moore store and get new paint).
With the epic paint fail, I decided to take that opportunity to rethink my color choice altogether. I knew that I wanted it to look gray and not just read gray in certain lights. So I went with BM's Gray Owl. We used it in our own master bathroom (although lightened by 50%) and I knew it looked great. Plus, turns out it's Benjamin Moore's second most popular gray (after Revere Pewter), so I knew it would be good. (Below image from Fabulously Vintage.)
Despite the delay, we're so happy we decided to go with our gut and change the paint color. Totally more us.
I didn't have time to wait for the paint to dry before snapping these progress shots so there are still a few wet spots in those pictures. Forgive me. And these are most definitely progress shots. Oh, and the paint isn't 100% Gray Owl. I had it lightened by 25%. Why? Well, the house isn't that bright, and–let's be real–it's also in Buffalo where the sun forsakes us for six months each year, so I didn't want to go too dark with the walls. I think it's going to work out great. Now if only we can finish it all before the floors go in . . .
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What is a quote that inspires you that is related to trauma?
"Too many Americans are spurred to achieve, rather than to attach," and that's at the core of the illness of our society.
"Trying to fix the heart using the head, is like trying to paint with a hammer - it only makes a mess."
and "You can be strong - or you can be human." -- Grief Recovery Handbook
Where are you calling from and what type of work are you doing?
I'm from New York City originally, then lived 20 years in the Washington DC area. Now I live in Orange County, So.CA
I run a website with extensive resources on attachment disorder, AttachmentDisorderHealing.com
I'm writing a book about how I only discovered my severe attachment trauma after I hit 50, and how I'm healing
What is your story of trauma and recovery?
I hit age 50 as a high-performer who'd never even thought of trauma. Suddenly Divorce, married bad man, I'll find a good man, but only found abusers, realized common denominator is me, something's wrong with me. Then both my parents died in 2008, but when my Dad died, I couldn't cry. "Wow, I'm really sick," I said, and took myself to therapy. But I found 3 badly-trained therapists who made me sicker, almost to the point of suicide. So in 2009 I quit therapy. What does not work is bad therapy. Then I got something which does work, the Grief Recovery Handbook, which instructs us how to read letters to a Grief Partner about what's hurting us emotionally. I read letters about my 27 year marriage for two years which regressed me back to about when I met my ex at 18. Then I read letters about my Dad that regressed me back to about age 5. I removed 40 years of denial like rocks off my soul by releasing the anger and sorrow. But I didn't have anything under the denial; the further back I went, I just found more and more pain. Finally I read letters about my Mom that accidentally regressed me back to infancy. Its on my site ADH.com, on the New Book tab, in my Preface: The Silent Epidemic.
What have you done that has helped with your trauma and what did not work?
I discovered I was maybe 2 weeks old inside. It was so terrifying that this time I did a huge amount of research, found a really good attachment therapist and went back to therapy in 2011. Thus my book title: Don't Try This at Home; don't go it alone. What works is: 1. Do get a qualified attachment therapist but you must do serious research to find a good one. 2. The Grief Recovery Handbook works to get rid of denial, but with severe infant trauma, don't do it unsupervised, that was my error. #3 What worksthat actually healed my trauma is Body Work; Dr. Peter A. Levine's SE helped me enormously. For Body Work, go to ADH.com; fifth tab from leftFeatured Topics. Click Featured Topics tab, subtab item #4 is Grief Handbook, then subtab item #5 is Healing Body Work, with links to videos and books.
What advice would you give to others that are dealing with their own trauma?
I can only tell you what I learned: Don't, don't, don't try this at home; I've put my last nickel into a good attachment therapist. Second, I later discovered the Adult Attachment Interview and I wish I'd asked to be given that, to find out scientifically, how bad and what type my trauma is. For the AAI, On ADH, check the 4th tab Blogs for my blog on AAI. Third, I worked the GRH with a partner but I wish I'd kept a therapist thoroughly informed, it was dangerous not to. GRH can get rid of denial barriers so we can benefit from the next deeper steps. Fourth and most important is: Body Work. Not reading books about Body Work - doing body work. Reading a book about singing is different from physically singing; reading a book about sex is, well, you know.... We need to physically do Body Work, not hide in books about it. But remember: Body Work won't get through to us unless we do the othersteps first.
[[Add question on Inter-generational trauma? Q: Why can't some Moms help their babies calm down?
A: Sadly, because Mom's mom didn't show her how, and grandma's mom didn't show her how; in my family I've traced it back to the 1800s and that happens a lot, it's called inter-generational trauma. That's why I'm not satisfied with programs only on child trauma. We need those urgently, but we need more. 50% of parents out there themselves experienced some degree, mild or wild, of childhood trauma, as the ACE Study shows. So it's baked into their brain cells to pass it on and traumatize their children, mildly or wildly. Unless we have mass-based trauma healing programs for adults, we can't stop the cycle. You can't just hand a young couple a book and tell them carry the baby in front. If they're deeply wounded, they don't have the biological capacity to attune to another human being, and they need to learn that, which means serious psychological work. Otherwise they're going to hurt babies and others until they get real emotionalhealing. ]]
What books and resources would you recommend to others that are coping with trauma?
I really recommend Dr. Allan Schore's Sept 2014 Oslo speech video "The Most Important Years;" on my Resources tab, see the subtab on Audios & Videos. Dr. Schore explains that babies are born screaming in pain because we're designed for an adult's emotional brain to show us "Someone cares, I can relax." Mom's love actually creates the neural networks in a baby's brain needed to calm down, Schore wrote in the 90s; now brain scans have proven him correct in the last 5 years. But with infant developmental trauma and attachment disorder, no adult showed us how to calm, so we never did. Infant emotions are still crying painfully deep inside us, says Schore, and that is what causes our anxiety, fear, anger, and misery.
[[Jeff: If you want to insert Q&A about why bad therapy didn't work, to get at my "Inner Child" disaster, please insert here, since the answer lies in Alan Schore's work; if not just skip. ]]
Several healing tools are really helping me now. Links are on my Resources tab, sub tab Healing Tools. I'm sorry to keep mentioning my website but I was forced to build it because I couldn't find this information centralized anywhere else. My home page has almost 40,000 hits; my book tab over 12,000 hits, my blog tab almost 6,000 hits, and there are 3more tabs. The reason is because there's a large amount of content. So here are the healing tools:
Neurofeedback is a computer program therapists use to train clients to calm their brain waves. We with early neglect and abuse have disorganized brains and fear circuits dominate. Neurofeedback can calm this by growing new neural networks, the way a mother grows a baby's neural networks. Recently I was moved to tears by Sebern Fisher's interview "Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma" on ShrinkRap radio, as she described how necessary love and attachment are to the creation of a human brain.
EMDR can resolve trauma using bilateral eye motion, bilateral sounds, or even tapping on either foot. When a therapist moves a finger from side to side before the patient's eyes, it guides the eyes to move naturally as in rapid eye dreaming. That's where we process most trauma. That means, we move traumatic memories out of short-term memory banks where it feels like a terrifying flash happening "right now," into long-term memory banks where we feel it's past, and we're "over it.
Tapping: For years I've used tapping, aka Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). We use fingertips to tap 5-7 times each on 9 of the body's acupuncture meridian points. It's a fantastic aid in calming down, or even just getting to sleep at 2 am.
Meditation: Meditation is where we ultimately need to go to fully heal, but it can be terrifying for us with infant trauma. To get started, we can work with our therapist on it, and meditate in groups . Please check out Dr. Tara Brach, "Basic Elements of Meditation Practice" videos on youtube or my Resources tab, sub tab Audio & Video.
On books, again if this goes by too fast: on my Resources tab, look for the subtab on Books
--"The Grief Recovery Handbook" by John James & Russell Friedman
--"A General Theory of Love", Thomas Lewis, Richard Lannon et al; 2000.
--"Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body," Peter A Levine
--"Changes that Heal," Dr. Henry Cloud
--"The Body Keeps the Score" Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD.
Any closing thoughts?
Sebern Fisher hit it on the nose: the real answer to trauma is love. Babies need our mothers to love us to even have the brain cells to feel emotional well-being. "We need to know that the Big Person who's taking care of us, loves us," says Dr. Henry Cloud, and then gradually a baby learns to grow "love inside" he says.
Or Not. What if I didn't get love as an infant? Then emotional chunks of me are an infant's emotions, and I need to fully accept that. Then I need to go where I can get that part of me loved! Not to new parents, but I do need to learn to feel the kind of love a good parent gives. And not to romance; we don't want an infant or toddler on Match.com. Nope, no dating. Instead, I need to learn that I can receive platonic love from a really fine therapist, and that I can love them back. I need to learn that I can do deep platonic love with my Grief Partners and platonic friends at church or in small groups or yoga or meditation groups. I need to feel and give unconditional platonic love.

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If you could go back and talk to your younger self, what would you tell her?
This is what I would say to my younger "eating disorder self"…
Letter to my younger self
Dear Me,
You probably don't recognize me now. You won't recognize me for the happy, healthy person that you see before you. I know that you are not in a good place right now, but I just want to let you know that you will get through this. In fact, you won't only get through this but you will come out of the other side as a better and stronger person.
It won't be easy. You are going to want to give up. You will believe that you are the only person in the world dealing with these inner deamons. The ED will hijack your mind. When you look in the mirror, you will only see what the ED wants you to see.
A part of you will want to leave the ED behind, but you will also be afraid of what life would be without it. You won't want to let go. If you try, your struggle with food might even seem to get worse at first. It's normal - you are upsetting your inner mean girl, so she will roar up and try to take back control. Now, here's the hard truth – this voice will never go away fully. But you will learn to disengage from the voice. You will learn that freedom is hearing the voice nag and complain and roar and lecture and diss you, but you won't believe a word it's saying anymore.
One of your biggest hurdles and turning points will be to give up the "diet mentality" and practice radical self-love instead. It sounds impossible now, but with daily practice, step-by-step, you will learn to love yourself. Trust me. At times it may feel like you are taking steps back, but trust me when I say this is all part of the process.
What this means in practice is that you will need give up restricting yourself. To stop counting calories and torturing yourself on the treadmill. To stop "making up" for binges. To get out of this vicious binge/purge/restrict/overexercise/beat-yourself-up cycle, you have to start showing up for yourself and do the right things. You need to stop bolting the situation because it is too difficult to deal with and re-parent yourself. The first attempts will be ridiculously difficult, but similarly to how you build muscles when you go to the gym regularly, you will slowly built a strong self-love muscle that will enable you to take the right decision in moments that threaten to burry you.
You will come to realize that being with feelings is not the same as drowning in them. Just you wait until you feel that surge of enthusiasm, elation and joy when you manage to stay with your feelings instead of going into auto pilot and plunging into food, or restrictive patterns. When you become able to treat yourself with gentleness, kindness and compassion instead of feeling like a whipping post in a hurricane.
Now, listen carefully – you will gain weight. It is inevitable. Intellectually you will understand that this is necessary, but your inner ego will rise up to the occasion and want to destroy all the hard work that you have put in. "Just go on a crash diet for 2 weeks, and everything will be fine again.", the voice will say. "You've done it before, you can do it again. You will feel so much better. Nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels." Don't let this throw you off your course sweetie, you are already doing so well. Going back to your old ways is the easy way out in the short run, but you know better.
You don't actually want to be skinny – turns out what you are craving is what you think being skinny encompasses: feeling happy, confident, accepted and like you finally fit in. Let me tell you something: you can feel all those things right now. Right here. It is a choice. Stop believing that change happens through hatred. You cannot hate yourself into loving yourself, it just doesn't work that way lovely. Start loving yourself today and see the magic unfold.
I want you to understand that all of this is happening for a reason. You wonder "Why?!" and "Why me?!", but with time you will learn to understand where you ED came from. There is an exquisitely good reason for it. It's nothing more than a coping mechanism.
In this whole messy process, you will learn to find better, less self-destructive coping mechanisms. And you will learn that your relationship to food is an exact microcosm of your relationship to life itself. By becoming aware of your relationship with food, you will unravel your deepest limiting beliefs and convictions about love, self worth and relationships. You will come to understand that this whole thing actually has nothing to do with food, and everything with how you live your life.
Your work is not to change what you do, but to observe with awarness, curiousity and tenderness. You will uncover the lies and limiting beliefs upon which your compulsions are based on, and it's this awarness that will see your bad behaviors melt away.
This thing that your struggling with didn't come to ruin your life - it came to change the way you view it. It will be your best spiritual teacher. It's not taking your life away, it will add to it. It will give you consciousness like you have never experienced before, it will give you direction, purpose, perspective, drive, confidence. It will help you build resilience and you will come to realise that you are so much stronger than you think you are.
It sounds crazy now, but one day you will tell people that this journey has been a blessing in disguise and that it is the best thing that could have ever happened to you.
It will not happen overnight. Recovery will be the hardest thing you will ever do (until life throws you new curveballs, but by that time you will be prepared for them). At times it will feel like it will crush you, but you have to trust yourself that you are strong enough. Your pain is going to become your power. You will be more normal with food than other "normal" people. It sounds impossible now, but you will even get to a point where you can share your story with others without shame and fear of judgment. Yes, it gets that good. This is going to blow your mind, but in the future YOU will be helping OTHERS in their own struggles. Can you imagine!?
You know what they say – the teacher appears when the student is ready. You might not be ready quite yet, but you will be one day. And when you do, I will be right by your side.
Everything in it's own divine time. I have faith in you.
In love,
PS: While I was writing this letter, I was searching through my laptop to find some old childhood pictures of myself. In doing so, I stumbled on some pretty hilarious gems. Since this is a pretty emotional-laden letter, I thought I'd funk it up a bit with some more advice in the form of pictures. Gotta love my little sister for her epic facial expressions!


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you have sung, danced and rocked... and now you'rE exhausted. Try some of these sleep aids to help your baby to settle...
1. White noise. Babies love white noise. It reminds them of being in the womb apparently. You can buy white noise machines, or download various sounds (white noise, cars, rain, hairdryers) from Youtube. We recommend the Sound Sleeper app, which plays a variety of sounds to soothe baby, has a listen mode that activates sounds when your baby cries, and records your babies sleeping patterns to help you analyse them. As baby gets older, try audio books instead. We've heard the Radio 4 shipping forecast also works a treat!
2. Mobiles. These traditional nursery accessories still do the job, and help with settling baby into a routine (associating the music with sleep). There is a lot of choice - for inspiration look in Mothercare. Make sure the mobile will fit your cot - if you have a cot with a thick top bar you might find many mobiles can't be easily fitted. Some mobiles play a choice of songs, Brahms Lullaby seems to be a favourite. If you want to buy something a bit special, the Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soother is gorgeous.
3. Twinkly lights. Let your baby gaze at the stars as he/she settles down. We like this calming light projector.
4. Toys or security blankets. This little dude, Taggies Petals Hedgehog, from JoJo Maman Bebe, is soft, cute, and has tags everywhere for baby to chew.
5. Dummies. Yes, they seem to be extremely controversial and people love expressing an opinion on if/how/when they should be used. If anyone can tell us why please write in.... we don't know that many 18 year olds still needing a dummy to sleep! Orthodontic dummies are our faves and Tommee Tippee do a great selection with a cute range of designs and glow in the dark ones for ease at night. If you later have problems trying to take the dummy away try the dummy fairy trick - help your little one bury the dummy in a box for the fairy, who leaves a box full of treats overnight to say thank you.


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An angry Labour MP has written to justice secretary Michael Gove demanding he reviews the sentences handed to thuggish brothers Andrew and Daniel Frankish who battered a bulldog so badly it had to be put down.
Anna Turley wrote to Gove on Thursday (31 March) urging him to review punishments in general for animal cruelty and to look at the specific case of the brothers, aged 22 and 19 respectively.
The sick pair were given 21 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, and a tagged curfew for six months at Hartlepool magistrates' court last week for what was described as "one of the most distressing things" RSPCA officers have ever seen.
Horrifying footage showed the Frankish brothers hurling the dog, called Baby, downstairs, driving its head into the floor and stamping on it. One of the brothers asks if "we can make it scream any more" before bouncing up and down on it.
At one point Andrew holds the bulldog above his head and slams it to the ground. The abuse was so severe Baby had to be put down three months later after losing the use of its hind legs. An online petition calling for a harsher punishment has almost 300,000 signatories and now Redcar MP Turley has called on the secretary of state to act.
"I hope you will agree that this is a wholly inadequate sentence for such a malicious and horrific crime. Animals are innocent and defenceless animal [sic] and this sentence does not do Baby, or any animal abuse victim justice," she wrote.
"Due to the leniency of the sentencing, I fear the message that has been sent to the brothers and other animal abusers is one of the law enforcement's indifference to animal welfare." Turley then calls for Gove to "urgently" review sentencing guidelines.


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Three years ago, The Washington Post published an article called Key facts about the great oil crash of 2014. At the time, oil prices hovered around $70—and that was long before Jan. 20, 2016 when the 13-year low of $26.55/b sent the industry into a tailspin.
While smaller producers with limited access to capital were forced to shut down operations, others including shale producers tightened up on manpower and figured out ways to drill and operate much more efficiently.
But offshore production is a complicated and expensive process that can not so easily adapt to the constraints of extremely low prices. The huge risks inherent in the offshore space do not change just because prices go down, so operators must figure out ways to balance cost-savings with safe, environmentally responsible maintenance and repair activities.
In an April 2016 article in Oil & Gas Financial Journal, Mike Neill of Petrotechnics in Houston described some of the challenges of operating in this environment. "Pressure is exerted to defer activities where possible, especially major events such as plant shutdowns and turnarounds, where the frenzied activities over a few days involve costly manpower and materials. The necessary downtime also results in lost production."
According to Offshore Magazine, another major activity deferred by supermajor producers in the Gulf of Mexico, is exploration. The dollars being spent there are mostly limited to projects that have the highest potential for return. "Exploration budgets have been slashed and development and maintenance capital is making up the bulk of the capital spending in the coming years, with significant cost-cutting measures undertaken to maintain favorable economics on projects."
Neill pointed out that there was one positive cost effect with the low oil prices; commodity prices also fell and still are relatively low even as oil prices are coming up off the bottom. Because suppliers, including valve manufacturers, reduced their prices to remain competitive, a low-price period could be a chance for operators with the necessary capital to do extensive work that might otherwise be delayed when production is at full capacity.
Generally, though, producers did not spend on extensive work, and mostly deferred that which could wait. But you cannot defer many maintenance and inspection activities without incurring the wrath of regulators and insurance inspectors, so the work must continue. Thus, offshore producers have had to become creative in the ways they assess what needs to be done to operate safely, as well as determine how many people are required to make that happen.
Technology Helps Cut Costs
To develop the fine art of cost-cutting, many producers have turned to technology, and VALVE interviewed Andrew Bartlett, Middle East SME Lead for Petrotechnics, to understand how that can be achieved.
In the past, when oil prices dropped, there was no access to the kinds of digital technology that now enable producers to visualize risk, prioritize backlog maintenance and spend the money on the items that could cause the most problems. And even though the technology was there when prices fell in 2014, it took some time for producers to adapt to change. "Fortunately," he said, "Technology has now been brought to the front and can make the business smoother and stronger."
Bartlett presented an example: When emergency shutdown valves are tested, there often are issues that indicate maintenance will be required soon. If an emergency shutdown valve is sticking, that would make emergency response less accurate. Maintenance must be performed, and orders would be put in the backlog, to be dealt with on the next scheduled maintenance run. But will that be soon enough? And what else is in the run? With a digital platform, producers can review the items in the backlog and specifically highlight those items in the risk view to visualize what's happening. By doing so, management can make smart decisions and prioritize those items that need immediate attention.
"We're seeing an uptick in the use of technology. If people can see their risk in virtually real time, then they can make better informed decisions."
Lower oil prices have also influenced offshore staffing. "The one thing we saw in the North Sea when it got tight, the shift patterns that were normally 2-on and 3-off changed to 3-on and 3-off. Maintenance crews became smaller, so their work needed to be planned much more concisely."
With technology, work can be planned in a timeframe of 60, 90 and 30 days or 2-week plans, 24-hour plans, whatever is needed. Work can now be planned based on production data and risk analysis, so essential work can be done with fewer people in the maintenance crews.
According to Barlett, the IIoT, or Industry 4.0, allows intelligent use of data that has been around for awhile. "What we can do now is make smarter use of the available data by only focusing on the things that are safety critical."
The price of oil will continue to rise and fall with the vagaries of weather, politics and technological advances. However, by taking advantage of all available technology and using predictive maintenance tools, offshore producers can ride the waves of change and safely produce at optimal levels.


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Achieving Enlightenment the Otaku Way
Osu! Greetings, shokun! It's been a while, isn't it? Our last lesson was way back in January with "10 Signs That You've Watched Too Much ONE PIECE". If you've been a student of mine for a while now, then you already know that ONE PIECE is my #1 favourite series of all time. For today's lesson, I will be teaching you ways on how anime can negatively affect your life similar to a previous lesson, "How Anime Makes You Dumber". We all know how amazing anime is but it's such a shame that not everyone uses it to develop oneself. Instead, many use anime as an excuse for their bad habits. I hope that today's lesson will deter you from being that kind of anime fan and encourage you to use anime productively like what I taught you in "How Anime Makes You Smarter". Alright, let's start this lesson now. Are you ready? Osu!
10 Signs That Anime is Ruining Your Life
1. You refuse to go outside.
You become a vampiric hermit. You lock yourself in your dark room watching anime, reading manga, playing video games, arguing with fellow anime fans online, etc. If possible, you want to live your entire life inside your room with your beloved otaku collection. You only go out of your room to pee and to you know. . .and when you absolutely can't avoid going outside, you try to do it at night because your eyes couldn't handle the bright sunlight anymore.
2. Your eating schedule is non-existent.
Watching anime takes priority. No time for cooking. You buy pre-cooked microwavable meals. . .well actually, putting the meals in the microwave and waiting for it is such a hassle, so you just grab chips and soda and whatever edible food is available that don't require any effort to prepare. Why do humans need to eat anyway?
3. You refuse to sleep.
"Just one more episode and then I'm going to sleep". . .900 episodes later, you're still saying this to yourself and you haven't slept a wink yet.
4. You neglect your family, pets & friends.
"My parents are boring and they always nag at me. My siblings have their own friends. We'll just end up fighting. And oh, my cat doesn't like me anyway. I ought to just drop it at the animal shelter. As for my friends, hmph. I don't like them anymore. They never talk about anime with me," you say. You think that everything is their fault, that they're not putting enough effort to understand you. It's better to leave them alone like you want them to leave you alone.
5. You use anime to procrastinate.
"My essay's due next week. Lots of time to do it. In the meantime, I'll watch anime."
. . .2 days before the deadline. . .
"Still two days. Lots of time. . .right? The new arc just started. I can't miss this episode."
. . .night before the deadline. . .
"Shit. The deadline's in the morning. But this episode's so awesome, I just have to watch it. Oh well. I'll just tell my teacher that I fractured both my arms, so I couldn't possibly write my essay."
6. You skip school or work.
You make a sick call to work. At first it was just a "cold", nothing serious. But that first episode was just so amazing that you just have to marathon the entire series. You call back to work saying that your "cold" developed complications and you have to take a few more days off to heal and rest. Damn, the ending of that anime was just so awesome that you watch the next season immediately. You call your work again and say that you contracted "pneumonia" and that you're by death's door, so could they pretty please give you some additional months off, possibly an entire year?
7. You forget to pay your bills.
Who cares about the bills? They're so annoying. Just forget them and watch anime. Perhaps they'll go away if you just ignore them.
8. You become a financial parasite to your parents.
Since you've been skipping school and work, you don't have your own income to support yourself independently. Your parents have the moral and legal (if you're still underage) obligation to support you. It's much more fun to watch anime without caring about anything else. Let your parents do the household chores. Let them do the cooking and tell you when you're supposed to eat. Let them work their asses off, so that they can support a useless, spoiled brat like you. When you want that anime DVD or that manga volume or that newly-released video game, just blackmail your parents for money. If they refuse, you complain that they don't love you anymore.
9. You become a soulless robot.
Your body automatically does what it has to do to live, but your mind is constantly in the anime world, replaying your favourite anime scenes and imagining yourself as your favourite anime character.
10. You hate reality and pray that you can live in the world of your favourite anime.
Why does reality suck so much compared to anime? If you were living in the anime world, you'd have your own harem of gorgeous lovers instead of being bombarded by "Haven't you found a boyfriend/girlfriend yet" by your pesky relatives. If you were living in the anime world, you'd have the power to change the world instead of living the life of an "average" person. If you were living in the anime world, you'd be so cool and so awesome instead of just dreaming of being one. Why can't reality be like anime?
I'm hoping with all my heart that you don't find yourself in these horrid situations. If, unfortunately, you're experiencing any or all of the above circumstances, I strongly suggest that you take a total break from anime. You have officially become totally ADDICTED to anime in every negative sense of the word. You'll find it extremely difficult at first and you'll experience terrible withdrawal symptoms, but endure. Trust me, it's for your own good. Re-train yourself to watch anime productively, using it to inspire and motivate yourself to become a better person, instead of allowing it to destroy your life. Remember that anime itself is neither good nor bad (ideally); what's good or bad is how you react to it and how you apply it to your life. This is all for today, shokun. I'll be back again for another set of Fujinsei Kempo lessons to help guide you achieve enlightenment the Otaku Way. Osu!
Founder of Fujinsei Kempo
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Red Dot Design Award 2012
The red dot is a symbol of outraging design since more than 50 years. Since already since 1954 the design center North Rhine Westphalia marks exceptional products with its famous dot. Since 2000 the design competition wears the denomination red dot award: product design, since the award became internationally meaningful, and a global name had to come.
Also this year about 1,800 companies and designers out of 58 countries presented their work at the red dot award for product design.
A total of 4,515 products were presented this time, and the 30-people jury decided according to innovation, functionality, self-explaining qualities or ecologic adaptation. 1,058 times the red dot was given for exceptional design, but only 62 times the special denomination red dot : best of the best. The following selection of this years' winners concentrated on the for consumers' interesting categories living, kitchen, tableware and office.
If a practice-professional such as the chef Sarah Wiener comes together with a tradition manufacturer as the cutlery manufacturer Pott, the result can only become successful ! It was thought about everything at the Sarah Wiener knives series: The 90 working-steps hand-made molybdenum-vanadium steel knives are exceptionally hard and stainless as well as pleasant in the hands because of a nine-steps smithy-procedure. Their handle is made out of plum wood and pleasant to hold as well as gaps-less, so that there won't be resting foodstuff sticking at the knives.
Another awarded in the category kitchen is the stackable storage box, ahich has been included by Stelton in a new, very sustainable sub-selection Rig-Tig. Stacked on a bamboo tray, they can also store pasta, muesli and sugar inside of cupboards, or also filled with food inside of the fridge, space savingly. The lid of the boxes is made out of the wood-synthetics-mixture WPC – this looks greate and saves the environment.
For a similar space saving principle, the Nest Utensils by Joseph Joseph have also been honored with a red dot. The set includes a spatula, a spaghetti ladle, a sieve spoon, a serving spoon and a soup ladle that all are stacked inside each other. All this kept together by magnets. The jury of the red dpt award wasn't only delighted by functional design, but also by appealing design.
The bio ethanol powered fireplace Kaasa by the Finnish manufacturer Iittala can be used inside as well as outside of the house. It was inspired by historic sea-sign,s that stood along Finnish coasts as if they were campfires. With Kasaaone can create his own orientation point at home.
The plate My Brunch by Eva Solo solutes a problem that might be known by everyone: Imagine yourself in front of a brunch buffet and filling your plate with a lot of tasty food, so that there is no more space for more food. The My Brunch plate goes over more than the plate's borders, so that ham, fruits, salads or also other cutlery might be placed on the classic round table.
The chairs series Pro, which has been designed by Konstantin Grcic for Flötotto, actualizes a classic of German everyday culture and really deserved an award therefore. The more than 21 million times sold 'Flörotto-Form Seat' with ergonomic formed seat should still be known from school-times by most of the people. Inspired by this chair, Grcic created a modern chairs collection, which isn't only suitable for schools, but also for object and home areas. Still based on an ergonomig seating position.
All these products, such as other awarded ones are exposed in the special exposition in the red dot design museum in Essen from the 3rd to the 29th July 2012. It will open after the official awarding on the 2nd July in the Essen Aalto theatre.


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This blog is the third entry in a Schlechty Center series about educational gaming and engagement. Scroll down through this site to access the first two installments or click the links below.
1. Getting in the Game
2. The Amazing World of Gamestar Mechanic
Whyville is a multiuser virtual environment platform for elementary-age children. This means that students are entering a make-believe online community where they live, play, and work. When a student registers to play in Whyville, he or she is given an avatar, which amounts to a clip-art icon. Avatars can be modified, but they cannot be made from actual pictures of students (this offers protection). Student players move their avatars around the Whyville community to interact with others who are in the community and to play the many games available.
We have stressed in earlier blogs the importance of teachers' learning to play the games they guide their students to explore. Learning to play in Whyville will give teachers a firm grasp of the strengths and challenges of virtual environment gaming. We invested approximately eight hours over two weeks learning to play in Whyville. In doing so, we only touched on the major components of the game. To truly experience this platform, teachers should join and play.
Whyville has a built-in virtual economy. There are opportunities for students to shop and buy things. For example, a student could buy different clothes or appearances for his or her avatar. Don't be confused here. There is no buying and selling of off-line merchandise. Everything is kept within the online environment. Student players can also create and run their own online businesses in Whyville. For example, some students design and sell avatars. A student can even write and sell musical songs.
Every player gets a bank account, which includes checking, savings, and investment options. To complete banking business, a player actually moves his or her avatar to the virtual bank. Entrepreneurial content is very much in evidence.
Because of this virtual economy, there are opportunities for students to practice consumer skills and all the associated academics that go with these skills. This real-world economic simulation could create an authentic experience for some students and leverage the Design Quality of Authenticity.
Whyville is an excellent tool to teach appropriate online social behavior. Students cannot play Whyville without first passing several quizzes on digital citizenship. This may also address the Design Quality of Authenticity for some students.
Whyville has Novelty and Variety embedded throughout the platform.
There are a lot of games to play in Whyville that cover a wide variety of learning possibilities, including academic and social content. Many of the games require a team to complete. This interdependence could address a student's motivational need for affiliation and thus leverage the Design Quality of Affiliation. For example, we played the "Cafeteria Trash Game." In this game, we were required to correctly divide items of lunch trash into four categories that included glass, plastic, trash, and paper. The process taught recycling. However, it was not possible for one player to complete the game in the allocated time. A second player had to join, thus creating the interdependence. When students complete a game, they receive clams (Whyville money) for their bank account.
In the "Whack-a-Virus" game, the content is science. Student players match antibodies to different viruses.
We found the variety of games to be excellent and challenging. All the games we played had multiple levels. We really liked the diversity of the different games.
Whyville has a classroom component. A teacher can thus limit players to their own class of students.
We found no negatives with this excellent virtual environment platform. The economic system is based on "clams" instead of actual currencies. Math teachers may wish that true monetary units were used but we can understand why, on a global Internet, Whyville uses a unique token economy. We did not see a tablet option. Whyville is not a game design platform—that is, students or teachers do not design the embedded games. As we mentioned earlier, teachers will need to join and play for a healthy amount of time to successfully use this platform. We feel this is true for all digital game platforms.
Whyville has an impressive list of sponsors including NASA and the US Department of Labor.
Click on this link to watch an interview and introduction to Whyville by the founder.
For a 2008 video tour, try this link.
There are many possibilities in Whyville for leveraging the motives students have regarding schoolwork.
Finally, we really like that Whyville has a completely free playing option.
Check it out!
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Our Approach to Eating Disorder Treatment
Treatment Philosophy
We are dedicated to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed care for our patients.
It is important to us to integrate the latest science and neurobiological research into our practice. Our clinical experts have received specialized supervision and training in eating disorder treatment.
We actively involve family/supports in all of our programs, educating them to be part of the treatment team and giving them the tools to know how to help.
We approach food as "medicine," providing individualized meal plans and educating clients and families/supports on how to "dose" food based on macro-nutrients.
Movement and yoga are incorporated into all of our programs.
Brains are extremely complex systems, containing billions of neurons making pathway connections, or wiring, based on thoughts, emotions and experiences. Continuing similar responses strengthen and reinforce the wiring, rendering it an automatic response, or simply put, a habit. However, with intentional effort and the consistent repetition of new habits, neural pathways can be rewired. Unhealthy habits can be replaced with healthier ones. Eating disorders are mental illnesses that can be treated using these scientific facts about the amazing neuroplasticity of the brain.
Nutrition Philosophy
Our nutrition philosophy is that food is medicine for eating disorders.
Any food can fit into a healthy way of eating.
The correct balance of the three macro-nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and endurance fuels/fats) needs to be consumed.
Meals and snacks need to be consumed regularly.
Strive for a balance of flexible structure vs. intuitive eating based on brain neurobiology.
Meal plans at The Center are individualized for each client by registered, licensed dietitians (RD, LD). Why is that important? "Nutritionists" are not regulated; anyone can call themselves a nutritionist, with no formal training. A dietitian, on the other hand, is regulated. A registered dietitian has a minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited university with specific coursework in nutrition sciences, has had a minimum of 900 hours of supervised clinical practice, passed a national examination and receives ongoing education to maintain the registration/license. Additionally, dietitians at The Center have received advanced training specifically for helping people who struggle with eating challenges. Nutrition is the foundation of treatment for an eating disorder. You can be confident in the individualized care you receive from our team of extensively trained and compassionate dietitians.
Individuals seeking to receive only nutrition services at The Center will need to also be actively seeing a behavioral health clinician in the community and have a primary care physician. We will require a release of information for both.
Intuitive eating is listening and responding to the body and its signals in a way that provides both physiological and psychosocial health with food. Due to misfiring of signals in the brain, individuals with eating disorders often do not get hunger and fullness cues, making it difficult or impossible to incorporate intuitive eating into early recovery.
Our dietitians create individualized meal plans for clients which are based on "proper dosing" of macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients. When appropriate, intuitive eating is introduced in the recovery process based on each individual's treatment goals.
Our dietitians are able to incorporate specific dietary considerations into individualized meal plans after completing a thorough nutrition assessment. Documented medical necessity, along with value/religious/spiritual based requests are part of these considerations.


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Top 4 Tips for Designing a Professional Law Firm Website
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Your law firm website is your identity and if you really want to maximize your potential, you need to consider investing in quality website design, content and aesthetics. This means, you need to pay careful attention to layout, design and functionality. To help you guide through the process, I have refined a complete list of tricks and tips.
Why Having a Website for Your Law Firm Matters
For attorneys and lawyers who are practicing for twenty, thirty or forty plus years, it is sometimes not easy to completely grasp an importance of a law firm website. After all, you must have had great success in the early 60s, 70s or 80s without even thinking about having a website. Well, the time has changed and traditional marketing has changed to internet marketing, even acquisition of clients has moved online. Almost everything has moved online and if you want your law firm to remain competitive, you need to have a professional website. Here is why:
Your Competitors Are Online:
Chances are more likely that your biggest competition is already online which means their law firm is in front of prospective clients 24 / 7. While you may ignore the friction right away, you will eventually start to see your competitors getting bigger while your law firm withers away. You need a highly professional and well designed website to stay ahead of the competition.
People Search For Products and Services Online:
Did you know that 95% of people use internet and search engines to find information, products and services? And around 80% use Google to find local businesses including lawyers, attorneys and law firms. If you really want prospective clients to find your firm and your practice areas, you cannot ignore internet users. Click here to check some of the best practices for law firm web design and digital marketing.
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Here are some tips for designing your law firm's website:
Websites are one of the important assets for your law firm and if you are going to put time, energy and money into designing a website, you need to ensure it is effective. Here are some basic tips for getting a quality website design for your law firm.
1 – Make The Right Selection of CMS:
CMS or a content management system is a program that lets you manage your website easily after its launch without depending on the website designer or developer. You can easily publish content, add or delete pages and images. There are many options but most lawyers prefer WordPress. It is easy to use and has a major selection of themes, resources and tools.
2- Choose The Right Website Designing Company or Web Designer
Before hiring a website designing company or web designer for your law firm's website, don't get trapped by your web design agency by:
– Signing a long term contract for a website that you were promised will deliver high traffic but doesn't do anything except costing you hundreds of dollars each month.
– You get no help when your website goes down once it's up and running.
Click here to learn more about questions you need to ask before hiring a law firm web design company.
3- Choose a Consistent Color Palette
When planning your law firm website design, spend time with your web design company or web designer and think about the image of your brand that you want to convey. The color scheme of your law firm's website will go a long way. Make your goal to use 2 or 3 consistent color.
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Your law firm's website is not only about aesthetics. The layout and design of the website may draw user's attention, but it is the content that encourages users to stay around. If you are going to pay few thousand dollars for something which is not related to design, invest in website content. Your home page content isn't only essential in engaging users, but it also helps Google and other search engines find whether your law firm's website is useful and relevant.
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Parental Alienation
Divorce is one of life's most painful passages. It is painful for the spouse who wants it, painful for the spouse who feels rejected, and painful for the children. We can understand and empathize with the spouse who feels wronged and wants revenge, or the spouse who is overwhelmed with anxiety at the thought of losing the children, or the spouse who prefers to forget that the marriage ever was. But using the children to get revenge, to cope with anxiety, to erase the past, is unacceptable. Parents must hold themselves to a higher standard. Parent-child relationships are particularly vulnerable when children are first informed of the impending separation, or when one parent actually leaves the home. If your spouse manipulates the children to blame you for the divorce, or to believe you have abandoned them, affection can dissolve overnight as their distress and hurt feelings are channeled into hatred. The risk becomes multiplied if, for any reason, you have no communication or contact with the children after you leave the home. This keeps you from reassuring the children of your love and helping them understand that they do not have to choose between their parents.
A child who feels caught between two homes may feel that the solution to the conflict is to declare a clear allegiance to one household. This motive can result in alienation from either parent. A child who is anxious or angry about the remarriage may channel these feelings into unwarranted hatred of the remarried parent and stepparent. Or the child's alienation may express the disappointment of reconciliation wishes that have been dashed by the remarriage. Regardless of the child's underlying motivation, if the favored parent welcomes the child's allegiance and fails to actively promote the child's affection for the other
The parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child's campaign of denigration against a parent, a campaign that has no justification. It results from the combination of a programming (brainwashing) parent's indoctrinations and the child's own contributions to the vilification of the target parent. Excerpted from:Gardner, R.A. (1998). The Parental Alienation Syndrome, Second Edition, Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics, Inc. PAS is more than brainwashing or programming, because the child has to actually participate in the denigrating of the alienated parent. This is done in primarily the following eight ways:
Alienation advances when the alienating parent uses the child as a personal therapist. The child is told about every miserable experience and negative feeling about the alienated parent with great specificity. The child, who is already enmeshed with the parent because his or her identity is still undefined, easily absorbs the parent's negativity. They become aligned with this parent and feel that they need to be the protector of the alienating parent.
The obsessed alienator is a parent, or sometimes a grandparent, with a cause: to align the children to his or her side and together, with the children, campaign to destroy their relationship with the targeted parent. For the campaign to work, the obsessed alienator enmeshes the children's personalities and beliefs into their own. This is a process that takes time but one that the children, especially the young, are completely helpless to see and combat. It usually begins well before the divorce is final. The obsessed parent
The characteristics of obsessed alienation are:
The obsessed alienator will probably not want to read what is on these pages because the content just makes them angrier. ( Three Types of Parental Alienation Copyright 1997 by Douglas Darnall, Ph.D.) Also see Article by Forensic Family Services, Inc.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia it defines Parental Alienation as any behaviour by a parent, a child's mother or father, whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent. Parental alienation can be mild and temporary or extreme and ongoing. Most researchers believe that any alienation of a child against (the child's) other parent is harmful to the child and to the target parent. Extreme, obsessive, and ongoing parental alienation can cause terrible psychological damage to children extending well into adulthood. Parental Alienation focuses on the alienating parents behavior as opposed to the alienated parent's and alienated childrens' conditions. This definition is different from Parental Alienation Syndrome as originally coined by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1987: "a disturbance in which children are preoccupied with deprecation and criticism of a parent-denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated." Parental Alienation Syndrome symptoms describe the child's behaviours and attitude towards the targeted parent after the child has been effectively programmed and severely alienated from the targeted parent. Parental alienation, on the other hand, describes the alienating parent's or parents' conduct which induces parental alienation syndrome in children. Parental alienation is a form of relational aggression by one
Parental alienation often forces children to choose sides and become allies against the other parent. Children caught in the middle of such conflicts suffer severe losses of love, respect and peace during their formative years. They also often lose their alienated parent forever. These consequences and a host of others cause terrible traumas to children as studied in Parental Alienation Syndrome. Parents so alienated often suffer heartbreaking loss of their children through no fault of their own. In addition, they often
Often the problem can be cured only by realizing the underlying causes. The reasons are very numerous and varied. These are examples:Parental Alienation Syndrome by Lynn M.Swank
James Piedimonte has been involved with many divorce and custody cases concerned with Parental Alienation. He has witnessed the damage to the children and the pain it has caused parents. It is important to attack the problem quickly and with professionals. If parental alienation continues too long, the damage could be irrepriable and completely destroy the parent-child relationship.


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This article explains how to use the Discovery Tool. The Ubiquiti Discovery Tool is a useful application for finding the IP address or MAC address of Ubiquiti devices on your network.
NOTES & REQUIREMENTS: The latest version of the Java Runtime Environment is required to use the Discovery Tool.
How to Use the Ubiquiti Discovery Tool
1. Download the Discovery Tool from our website.
2. Once downloaded, extract the zip file into a preferred location on your hard drive.
3. Open the ubnt-discovery file and the Discovery Tool will launch.
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11 weeks pregnant is considered a wonderful time to begin making a babymoon plan. Yes, don't miss a chance to have a sweet getaway with your husband right now. You should go on this ideal trip in the second trimester. The reason is that that is when you will feel most energized. Of course, we are still doubtful that you will want to do a lot of traveling once hitting the final trimester. In general, a babymoon is not only a great way to celebrate your pregnancy, but it also a good chance to form a good bond with your spouse before your angel begins to take up much of your time and attention. That's why this time may be a relaxing period, too! As a result, let's take your mind off your morning sickness and start scouting a few hints for babymoon destinations now, at this week of your pregnancy.
11 Weeks Pregnant – Changes in your body
Physical changes
While your hair can normally go through a growing and shedding phase in other previous weeks of pregnancy, it can progress into a dormant period this week. That's one of the main reasons why moms-to-be tend to complain that their hair is thicker as well as more luxurious than usual. Luckily, it stays on your head, instead of going down the shower drain or ending up on your brush. Furthermore, it is also easy to recognize differences in your fingernails, right? They are likely to grow at a different rate to what they tend do. Such changes are caused by the effects of pregnancy hormones.
Have you experienced an outbreak of pimples in other previous weeks? Then, you may notice your skin is really clearing up at 11 weeks pregnant development. Don't forget to drink a lot of water, make use of a gentle face wash, and have an adequate intake of fruits and vegetables. There is nothing greater than eating 2 pieces of fruit as well as 5 servings of vegetables every day.
What else? Your weight can start to creep up slowly from now on. However, your abdomen may protrude and clothes may feel tighter round the waist. Some expectant mothers have actually lost weight if they have been unable to eat much or experiencing vomiting. But from this week, you can begin looking at food in a new perspective. It is not somehow the same enemy to your stomach, just like it used to be first few weeks so ago.
Bleeding gums are also common in pregnancy, because of an increased blood flow. Thus, it is very important to take much care so that your teeth and gums are healthy.
Emotional changes
11 weeks pregnant is when you may feel less flat. In addition, your usual energy levels also make a welcome return. It is likely that there is an end in sight with the tiredness, nausea, and vomiting since you will say Goodbye to this first trimester soon. In fact, you are actually able to concentrate on something other than your feeling. For that reason, your little one cannot come into your mind for some hours at a time. Moreover, you are not also feeling its presence with movements. So, this feeling is quite normal. Stay away from feeling guilty if the angle is not uppermost in your thoughts all the time.
11 Weeks Pregnant – Symptoms of pregnancy
During the first trimester, morning sickness may be one of the most recognized pregnancy symptoms. However, it is not the only sign you can be experiencing. There are also other symptoms you may experience at 11 weeks pregnant. These include:
- Fatigue
- Heartburn
- Blemishes
- Brighter skin
- Unwanted hair growth
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Sore or enlarged breasts
- Fuller hair and stronger nails
11 Weeks Pregnant – Your baby development
My baby at 11 weeks pregnant has head and body which are about equal in size. At that time, he/she is about the size of a fig. Plus, his/her skin is so transparent that you may see blood vessels through it. Although your angle is stretching, clenching and kicking its fists, you are unaware of these movements for quite some time yet. It is also interesting to notice the formation of a sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. While this is happening, he/she will hiccup regularly.
Moreover, the webbing between your baby's fingers and toes slowly disappear while tiny nails start to develop. Hair follicles are also forming on his/her head and the rest of the body.
Your little one's bones also become harder while his/her sex organs are developing. The intestines can make contracting movements so that it may prepare to push food through digestive tract later. In the next 3 weeks, he/she will double its current length. There is no wondering that you have been feeling tired. Even if you feel sleepy, your body has still been working overtime in growing your angel.
What should you do?
Perhaps, 11 weeks pregnant may be a tough time to think about what is healthy to eat, especially if you are now experiencing heavy and constant nausea. The best way to deal with nausea or heartburn signs is to grab for whatever food you like without making you want to run to the bathroom. By this point, you can even have lost a few pounds. If this is a case, then talk to your healthcare provider for powerful advice. About 10 percent of women require medication for vomiting and nausea during the first trimester of pregnancy.
If you find it hard to eat fruits and vegetables, due to nausea, then it is better to look for one or two that your stomach can stand. Start everything small. It is quite normal if you may fit one or two into your diet during this stage only. Once the morning sickness goes away, you may start focusing on adding more nutritious foods to the daily diet.
If you are plagued with morning sickness, then taking exercise can also be a big challenge. However, it can help to relieve fatigue as well as be good for you and your kid. Try with slight and easy activities that you can fit into your schedule. Spend 15 minutes walking during the day, for instance. If you are feeling up to it, then consider a home workout. This way, you are quite able to end your workout if nausea strikes.


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My pixie cut is becoming an identifying feature. Although I had a short bob less than two years ago, most people have erased that from their memory and claim to have not seen longer hair on me in years. Decades. Lifetimes! Just as well; I feel so comfortable with short hair that sometimes even I can't remember life before the pixie. I like that it's distinctive, I like that it's a Look.
Do you crave a Look? I always have. I'm fascinated by people with strong Looks. Most people I know get a Look through fashion, by creating a uniform or stylebook of sorts. They are preppy and nautical; rockabilly and retro; punk and edgy. It works for them. They identify through clothes. Or maybe big glasses or red lipstick or whathaveyou. I'm sure we all do this, to an extent, and a quick glance at my Pinterest board will tell you that I'd love to create my own Fashion Look. But most days, I keep it pretty simple. I tend towards basics and have learned to dress my body, including making sure my clothes fit well. For work, you'll find me in tailored pants or dresses with a cardigan on hand. On the weekends, I'm in jeans or leggings. It's consistent, but I don't know that it's a Look.
The pixie cut, it saves me. It's a Look all on its own, even when I'm in my pajamas. (And in the morning, my hair puts on the best case of bedhead you've ever seen.) Add in big earrings, and BAM. Insta-Look. Plus, I've gained entry into the elusive and exclusive club of women with short hair. We check each other out, swiveling to catch the back of your own pixie cut to see how your stylist shaped it. We silently pass off pixie street cred to one another in line for groceries or on the sidewalk or at dinner. We make notes on texture and length and style. We know that we have a Look, and that we are rocking it.
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How it all began.
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My love for photography didn't start when I got my first camera, it started with a cork board. Third grade was a big year. My parents sold the house I had grown up in and moved my sister and me to a new town during the middle of the school year. Above my bed, in my new bedroom, was a large cork board that almost covered the whole wall. That cork board stayed empty for a while, aside from the occasional birthday card or school artwork that I brought home. There was still a lot of empty space. Then on my ninth birthday I got my first camera as a gift from my parents. That camera was the tool I needed to fill up that cork board. Soon I had pictures push-pinned all over the large space. They were photographic memories of my new friends, field trips, family and especially of my new baby sister. I would dress her up and "pose" her with various props and stuffed animals. That was my start in newborn photography, and thankfully my style and taste in props has evolved.
Today is the same, my camera is just a tool that allows me to fill my walls and those of my clients with photographic memories and moments. The ability to capture emotions and character in photographs of people is what drew me to photography. I want to fill each client's home with images that one day in the future will tug at their hearts with the memories of a time past.
Currently, my favorite photograph is of my grandmother, who passed away in the summer of 2011. She was in her mid-twenties, and in the picture she is in a lake being silly, her face radiating her happiness. She already had two children at that point, yet she still allowed herself to be photographed wearing her swimsuit. This picture now hangs in my living room and each person in my family has a copy. If it were not for her allowing this picture to be taken, we would not have this wonderful reminder of her spirit. It is easy to want to wait until you are perfect to get pictures taken. But, I believe those who love us find us perfect in our imperfections. In the years to come our children and grandchildren will cherish the images they have, but they won't be able to if you don't first allow yourself to be photographed.
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People do everything they can to make their homes look their best. But many can't afford hiring an interior designer for that and try to manage the home design by themselves. And the first rule is to pick a predominant color for every room and to try to stick to it and buy all the furniture, the carpet and decorations in that particular color. If you do not do that and buy randomly colored things in your house, you will have a very colorful chaos that does not look so appealing.
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Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our mission is to pursue top-quality research and education and to interact constructively with society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden's most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has 44.000 students, 7.100 employees and a turnover of SEK 7 billion.
The department of Cell and Molecular Biology (ICM) is one of the most internationally diverse, scientifically broad, and eminent departments of biomolecular sciences in Europe. The research at ICM is divided into six main areas, covering everything from cell biology to molecular biophysics. You will be employed by ICM and you will at the same time be tied to the National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab).
NBIS is a distributed national research infrastructure with funding from Vetenskapsrådet (the Swedish Research Council), Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, SciLifeLab and Swedish universities. The purpose of NBIS is to provide bioinformatics support and infrastructure to Life Science researchers. There are over 70 NBIS experts distributed around the country with expertise in DNA, RNA and protein analysis, systems biology, genome analysis, mass spectroscopy proteomics, and metabolomics. NBIS has around 10 systems developers working on the implementing tools for large scale analysis and data management. It is this group of developers that we now are looking to extend. More information about NBIS may be found at https://nbis.se/
SciLifeLab is a national centre for molecular biosciences focusing on health and environmental research. The centre combines leading expertise with advanced knowledge in translational medicine and molecular biosciences. The goal of SciLifeLab also includes building a strong research community around itself through education and collaboration. SciLifeLab is a national resource run by Karolinska Institutet (KI), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm University and Uppsala University. SciLifeLab was founded in 2010 and currently has more than 400 employees at the various facilities and about 150 research groups. See http://www.scilifelab.se/ for further information.
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