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Forex Market News
Gold Weekly: An Extended Period of Consolidation Continues
Gold's period of consolidation continues as traders look for catalysts that will push it out of its tight range. Can the yellow metal regain its lustre?
6 Steps You Can Use to Use Losses to Improve Your Trading
Learn how to turn losses into something positive for your trading. Discover six practical steps that you can take to use losses to improve your trading.
Gold Weekly: Is There Further to Run, or Should Investors Cut and Run?
Gold remained on its back foot, weighed down by persistent outflows in the paper market.
Weekly Preview: Heavy Eurozone Data in Focus and Optimism over Trade Talks as a Trade Deal Is in Its 'Final Stages'
Forex markets have a lot to digest this week as traders focus on European economic data, Brexit election and US-China trade talks. How are you positioning for these high-impact events?
3 Money Management Techniques to Boost Your Trading
Learn the 3 money management techniques that you can use to boost your forex trading results including: allocation of funds, position sizing and the use of stop-loss orders.
Oil Weekly: Top 3 Things That Will Weigh on Oil This Week
Like last week the narrative hasn't changed much, where trade talks, OPEC compliance and U.S. oil inventories will feature broadly in Oil market discussions this week.
Gold Weekly: Gold and Other Assets Remain Hostage to Trade Talk Progress
The zig-zags in the US-Sino talks are dominating gold, as well as a plethora of other asset classes where investors tend to wear trade war emotions on the sleeve.
Weekly Preview: Trade Tensions Fueled After Trump Denies Agreeing to Roll Back on China's Tariffs
For this week, we could be seeing a recovery of safe haven currencies while commodity currencies take a backseat after Trump says that he has not agreed to roll back on tariffs.
Oil Weekly: Oil Prices Remain Slippery
Oil prices have been under pressure over the past few weeks, but can the recent list of strong economic data give it the much needed boost?
Gold Weekly: Trade Talks & Economic Data to Steer Gold Price
Trade negotiations and US economic data will remain as the key drivers for gold prices. Can the yellow metal shine again soon?


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Collecting data via paper and monitor makes the work unnecessarily complicated. Especially when you need both your hands and a focused gaze to assess the trial objects properly.
smatrix is there to make the job easier. It starts with usability: developed in partnership with experienced testers, smatrix offers a flexible and customisable solution for every application and working environment.
Working on the basis of a speech dialogue, the software adapts to your voice, pronunciation and working method. You select one of the pre-configured languages (DE, EN, FR, ES or NL) and, if you wish, go through a brief software tutorial. smatrix– it's that simple, it's that unique..

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Health Insurance, just like many other types of insurance, works by collectivism; that is, a number of people together collectively pool their risk, with the risk in this case being the possible incurrence of medical bills.
Health insurance varies from country to country around the world; sometimes the collective is publicly owned and sometimes it is managed by profit-making companies. The type of health insurance we are accustomed to in the UK is the latter type, with many companies offering various forms of insurance.
The concept of this kind of insurance has existed since 1694, and by the late 19th century, 'accident insurance' was available, first offered by the Franklin Health Assurance Company of Massachusetts in the US. Founded in 1850, this firm insured customers against railroad and steamboat accidents and injuries, and by 1866 there were 60 different organisations that offered accident insurance, although consolidation took place shortly afterwards.
Policies covering medical expenses and hospitals followed later in the first half of the 20th century.
How it works
Health insurance is a bit of a gamble, like any other insurance. The gamble is that you will gain more from the insurance company in what it pays out for your medical costs than you have to pay out to them yourself.
You set up an agreement between yourself and the insurance company as to what it will pay for should you get ill, and then you pay a regular premium to them.
In the UK we are lucky to have the National Health Service (NHS) which entitles everyone to free healthcare and so it isn't necessary to have health insurance to foot medical bills, but many people choose to buy separate insurance anyway.
With private insurance, in general, waiting times are shorter to see specialists and even have operations. Many people argue that the standard of care provided is higher than if a patient relied on the NHS to provide care, and there is of course access to certain drugs which aren't available on the NHS.
If a patient has to spend an extended period of time in hospital, facilities are generally better if the patient is paying, for example they may be given a private or semi-private room in which to recuperate, and may have a dedicated nurse attend to them.
Many people find that taking out health insurance is an affordable way of having peace of mind that if something should go wrong with a family-member's health the problem will be dealt with in the best possible way and there won't be any lengthy delays in treatment should any be needed.


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Watching | Miles's Jazzed Up Navitimer
Brought to our attention by the folks at Hodinkee, some pretty awesome horological knowledge has been imparted upon us regarding the trusty timepiece Miles Davis wore. A lifelong patron of the Breitling aviator's watch, the Prince of Darkness's preferred timepiece was a Breitling Navitimer. While sometimes straying to an unidentified watch on a curb-link bracelet (as pictured below), he outfitted his Breitling in a widestrap leather cuff.
Although the shot above is a bit unclear, the cuff is definitely there and exists as stark evidence of Mr. Davis's unique sense of style. We find it hard to believe that the traditional Breitling-man of the day would ever tamper with the factory look for a widestrap. And even if we aren't exactly thrilled about the look, we do endorse any and every man's attempt to engineer his own Frankenwatch.
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In the 1950's in Eastern Europe was dark age. It was communism government. There was a secret police. There were spies all over the country. If someone said "communism was not good" we were arrested by secret police. The seacret police and spies were our neighbor, our friends, our teacher. They didn't have free in the 1950's.
Western Europe and American culture were bad culture. Jazz, rock, they were tipical of rotten Western culture. They couldn't listen Western music. If they want to listen to Jazz. They dealed at black marcket and listen very quietly sound.
They couldn't talk by telephone freely. The secret police listened their conversation. It was bugging! If they send letter to Westrns, it would be opened by secret police. It was terrible age. There was no freedom. It is just like North Korea now.
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One nabbed for cricket betting
Bangalore: City Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed a person on charges of involving in cricket betting, police said here today.
The accused, arrested on Tuesday, was identified as Vijay Kumar (34), a CCB statement said today. The CCB team recovered Rs 1 lakh cash, a television and a mobile phone from him.


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Centre for British and Commonwealth Studies
PhDr. Soňa Nováková, CSc., M.A.
Louis Armand, PhD, Colin Clark, M.A., Klára Kolinská, PhD, Helena Znojemská, PhD
External Member:
PhDr. Ludmila Volná, PhD
About the Centre
The Centre organizes compulsory BA courses (Introduction to British Studies, British history) and a limited number of elective BA seminars. It is responsible for the British and Commonwealth special programme. The principal teaching and research areas include British cultural studies (Nováková, Znojemská), Canadian studies (Kolinská), Australian art, film and society (Armand), African and South Asian diaspora literature in Britain (Nováková), travel writing and gender studies (Nováková), Anglophone Indian literature (Volná), and Scottish history and literature (Clark).
The Centre cooperates with international and Czech institutions. Visiting speakers have included Prof. Roger Bromley, Prof. Patrick Williams, Dr. Hanna Scolnicov and Professor Harish Trivedi.
In 2000 the Centre organised the Prague-Nottingham Trent Symposium in Cultural Studies.
With the support of the British Council in Prague and of the Charles University Grant Agency (GA UK) the Centre has assembled a library of primary and secondary sources on contemporary British cultural studies, postcolonial studies, British history and film. The collection is now available in the English & American Studies Library (room 107).
Current PhD Students:
Mgr. Jana Marešová: Storytelling and Myth in Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Novel
Former PhD Students:
Mgr. Olga Roebuck, PhD (2007): Subverting Scotland: Cultural Identities in Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Mgr. Markéta Olehlová, PhD (2012): Identity and Displacement in Contemporary Postcolonial Fiction
Mgr. Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová: Chicana Literature: A Feminist Perspective of Gloria Anzaldua´s Identity Politics (2017)


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Chris ( F P )
at 2005-09-20
Hey I bet we would be good Together
obsessedgurl ( F C D )
at 2006-02-08
I want a boy like that, too! I think every girl does, but it's funny because he's the rarest kind! Anyway, keep writing!
at 2007-05-18
That was a beautiful poem, it almost made me cry how great it was. I was so happy, you make me want to write a poem about what I want in a guy... (I think I might) but I am so against copeying so I will think from the heart like you did. You are an inspiration, thank you for the poem!
at 2007-05-19
that's also my ideal man!!!
keep up the good work...
i'll wait for your other masterpiece!!!!!!!
at 2007-05-19
I am new and ive been reading all the awesome poems.. and i was truely touched by this poem, i was sitting her in tears by the time it said about calling me beautiful..
great job hun, i don't cry much at all.. takes something great to touch me, good job.
xx bekka xx
at 2007-05-26
I would love a boy like that
at 2007-05-27
Simply beautiful
at 2007-05-28
Nice poem. made me cry still tearing, its just it reminds me of how i was with my gf. Always would do that stuff for her and she woudl love it just to see that smile on her face those tears in her eyes made it worth the time and the trouble it took to do something for her. Most of all it makes me miss her and the stuff we used to do. She moved away and her dad wont let us talk anymore. Anyways nice poem 5.0 easily.
14 and crying ( F C )
at 2007-05-29
This is a great poem and im speechless.....
at 2007-06-03
Once again its amazing, your poem.. all my friends that are girls want that kind of guy and i think that every girls dream guy. Keep looking ladies theres guys like that out there that arent taken or there are guys out there that are taken and not appreciated, find one of them and make them your own..... anyways your poem is "b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l"
LOV3 m3 or l3aV3 M3
at 2007-06-06
I first saw this poem i was like she want a lot and life is 2 short to be picky, but after i read it i waz touched. i blieve that everygurl deserve a guy lyke dat, but they are very rarely, keep up the good work. i love the poem
at 2007-06-30
I love this poem that i wat i want in a boy to every girl does and their very hard to find sometimes good luck and keep writting
at 2007-08-21
Thats long! lol
at 2007-09-02
This was great. I think it would have been cool if, since u called him a "boy" through out the whole thing, you said something like "I guess what i really need is a Man then." at the end cause if he had all that he wouldn't really be a "boy" would he? Anyway, just a little feedback, hope u don't mind. sry if i said something wrong. keep it up though!
Jessica Portillo
at 2007-09-14
I have a man just like that and i thank god for his presence.
Slowing Falling Apart Inside ( F )
at 2007-10-15
When you find him...see if he has a brother for me...
Slowing Falling Apart Inside ( F )
at 2007-10-15
When you find him...see if he has a brother for me...
XxHiding Behing This Plastered M
at 2007-10-25
Awesome poem. truly amazing. reminds me of my man. haha. keep looking hun. he's out there somewhere. you've just not found him yet. =) anyway, keep it up.
Yessica Lepe
at 2007-12-27
Truly Perfect!: ]
I want this boy!
at 2008-01-28
Hi um i really like this poem the reasons that i do is because i have been tring to get my boyfriend to do the same things and more i wish u the best of luck!!!!!


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Non-excisional treatment of lipomas, which is now common, includes steroid injections and liposuction.
Steroid injections result in local fat atrophy, thus shrinking (or, rarely, eliminating) the lipoma. Injections are best performed on lipomas less than 1 inch in diameter. A one-to-one mixture of 1 percent lidocaine (Xylocaine) and triamcinolone acetonide (Kenalog), in a dosage of 10 mg per Ml, is injected into the center of the lesion. This procedure may be repeated several times at monthly intervals. The volume of steroid depends on the size of the lipoma, with an average of 1 to 3 mL of total volume administered. The number of injections depends on the response, which is expected to occur within three to four weeks. Complications, which are rare, are the result of the medication or the procedure, and can be prevented by injecting the smallest total amount possible and by positioning the needle so that it is in the center of the lipoma.
Liposuction can be used to remove small or large lipomatous growths, particularly those in locations where large scars should be avoided. Complete elimination of the growth is difficult to achieve with liposuction. Office procedure using a 16-gauge needle and a large syringe may be safer than large-cannula liposuction. Diluted lidocaine usually provides adequate anaesthesia for office liposuction.
Small lipomas can be removed by enucleation. A 3-mm to 4-mm incision is made over the lipoma. A curette is placed inside the wound and used to free the lipoma from the surrounding tissue, Once freed, the tumor is enucleated through the incision using the curette. Suctures generally are not needed, and a pressure dressing is applied to prevent hematoma formation.
Larger lipomas are best removed through incisions made in the skin overlying the lipoma. The incisions are configured like a fusiform excision following the skin tension lines and are smaller than the underlying tumor. The central island of skin to be excised is grasped with a hemostat, or Allis clamp, which is used to provide traction for the removal of the tumor. Dissection is then performed beneath the subcutaneous fat to the tumor. Any tissue cutting is performed under direct visualization using a #15 scalpel or scissors around the lipoma. Care must be taken to avoid nerves or blood vessels that may lie just beneath the tumor.
The microscopic subtypes have no clinical significance with respect to the behaviour of tumors. Infiltrating lipomas are an exception, as the absence of a capsule and their ability to infiltrate the surrounding skeletal muscles represent a high-risk factor for recurrence. Depending upon the site, lipomas can be categorized into superficial, deep and periosteal. Although rare, the malignant transformation of oral lipomas into liposarcomas has been reported. Intramuscular location seems to be a risk factor for malignancy. Immunohistochemical detection of a aP2, a protein expressed by lipoblasts, could assist in differential diagnosis.
A histological examination after removal of lipomas is imperative to exclude lipo sarcomatous degeneration, to detect the absence of a capsule, which requires a constant follow-up due to a high probability of recurrence. Furthermore, the small number of reviews regarding lipomatous tumors of the oral cavity suggests the necessity of more attention on the soft tissue tumors that could affect the oral cavity. Thus, a possible expansion of the subtype classification and description if topographic issues may be revised in the future.


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Sky Box Sets
Enjoy hundreds of series box sets with the Sky Box Sets Bundle, and get entertainment in HD as well as catch-up TV and on demand content.
What is Sky Box Sets?
Edit: Due to a change in Sky's package structure, the Bundles are no longer available. Instead, you can add viewing options to your base Entertainment pack. All TV customers will get a range of channels which include comedy, drama, music, documentaries and news, and the option to add content and services, such as HD, box sets, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema.
Sky Box Sets is a popular Sky package, and the bundle includes unlimited access to over 350 series box sets. You can easily browse through the titles available and then select to download straight to your Sky Q box via your home broadband connection.
You can search and select individual episodes, with every season of completed shows ready for you to watch. Your download will be stored on your Sky Q box, and you can delete once you've seen it or keep to watch again.
Some shows are only available for a limited time, and once it has expired you won't be able to watch episodes you have downloaded.
Sky Box Sets also includes a wide range of entertainment channels, including everything from the Variety Bundle, as well as HD channels, on demand content and catch-up TV.
Which Sky Box Sets are available?
The actual box sets available with the Sky Box Sets bundle will vary over time, as new ones are added and older ones get removed. Critically acclaimed and award-winning shows like Game of Thrones, The Affair and Mad Men are popular choices for subscribers with Sky Box Sets, but there's a huge range of titles included with the viewing package.
Use the on-screen Sky Programme Guide to access a full list of box sets, and you can see selected listings through categories like 'Comedy', 'Drama', 'Sky Originals' and 'Documentaries'.
How much is the Sky Box Sets bundle?
New Sky customers can get the Sky Box Sets Bundle for £38 a month, and that covers everything in the bundle, such as HD and on demand content.
Existing Sky customers can upgrade to Sky Box Sets from £6 extra a month depending on their current Sky package.
Sky Box Sets & Sky Q
All new Sky customers now get the innovative Sky Q box, with 1TB of storage on the standard model. This gives you up to 500 hours of recording in standard definition, and you can record three shows whilst watching a fourth live.
The Sky Q box also acts as the hub for Sky Q Multiscreen, which you can take for an extra monthly cost. With an extra Sky Q box you'll be able to have Sky TV showing different content in two rooms.
With the Sky Q app you'll also be able to stream live, on demand and recorded content on a tablet (selected models).
Sky Q also includes the Sky Q touch remote, which has a touchpad for faster searching, and a smart feature for finding the remote if it's lost.
Choose Sky Box Sets and you'll have Sky Q included, but extra Sky Q boxes and Sky Q Multiscreen are an additional cost. You can also take the Sky Q 2TB box, providing twice as much storage, but the set-up fee will go up.
You don't actually purchase the Sky Q box, so the upfront fees you pay are for installation and set-up. If you leave the contract Sky would take the box back.
Entertainment channels in HD
Sky Box Sets includes entertainment channels in stunning high definition, such as Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Arts HD, National Geographic HD, Film4 HD and Disney Channel HD.
Get the HD channels across categories like lifestyle, kids, music, news and documentaries, and enjoy HD broadcasts of free-to-air channels like ITV2 HD, E4 HD and Dave HD.
Exclusive shows on Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is included with all Sky TV packages, and this channel features some of the best TV from the US and the UK. A number of exclusive shows air on Sky Atlantic in the UK, particularly HBO-produced drama like Westworld and Game of Thrones; you won't find new episodes on another UK channel.
Catch-up TV & on demand
As part of your Sky Box Sets bundle you'll get access to on demand and catch-up TV. The available on demand content is in line with your subscription, so you'll be able to search through shows on channels you have at home, and watch your choice whenever you like.
The catch-up TV lets you go back through recently aired content and download to watch. Free-to-air platforms, like BBC iPlayer, are accessible through the catch-up menu on your Sky Programme Guide.
Add Sky Broadband Superfast
Add Sky Broadband Superfast to your Sky Box Sets bundle for vastly improved speeds on your home broadband connection. Your TV show downloads will be much faster than with Sky Broadband Essential and your Wi-Fi network will be quicker too.Find out more


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Do shrimp hold the key to a clearer Lake Tahoe? Researchers plan to find out
In recent decades, Lake Tahoe has grown murkier and murkier, with people quick to blame obvious culprits: a rise in tourism and development, along with fluctuations in drought conditions and rainfall.
But an unlikely crustacean culprit may also play a role in the story of the lake's decreasing clarity, some researchers now believe, according to the annual State of the Lake report from the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at UC Davis.
Mysis shrimp were introduced to Lake Tahoe in the mid-20th century by what was then called the California Department of Fish and Game, with the hope they would provide a food source for the mid-sized fish that lake goers enjoyed catching on fishing trips, like the Tahoe angler.
"It was a deliberate introduction," said Professor Geoffrey Schladow, director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center.
But things didn't go according to plan once the shrimp, which measure about a half inch-long, were in the water.
"It turned out to be an ill-conceived idea," Schladow said, "because the shrimp have this daily vertical migration. During the day, they migrate down into the dark, and because the fish are sight feeders they can't see them. Then at night, they come up and it's dark, and because the fish are sight feeders they still can't see them."
When the shrimp come up at night, they eat the zooplankton that the fish also feed on, making things worse for the fish.
"So the net result was that the food supply for the fish went down, the fish got smaller and Tahoe was left with an invasive species," Schladow explained.
Changes in the water at Emerald Bay, about 12 miles north of South Lake Tahoe, were a surprising clue that the shrimp might have an effect not just on the fish, but also on the clarity of the water. For some reason that researchers don't fully understand, several years ago the Mysis shrimp disappeared from Emerald Bay. In the time that followed, populations of bosmina and daphnia zooplankton started to come back.
"What took us by surprise is once we had the daphnia back there, the clarity of Emerald Bay improved by something like 40 feet in a year, which is a huge change," said Schladow.
"The hypothesis this brought to mind for us is that maybe these native zooplankton that had been removed by the Mysis had been serving this role of keeping Tahoe's water clean by the way they feed," he said.
Not unlike this reporter, the zooplankton are "very indiscriminate eaters."
"They literally shovel anything into their mouths," ingesting water-clouding fine particles and phytoplankton and discharging them as feces that sinks to the bottom of the lake, he explained.
After a couple years, the shrimp returned to Emerald Bay, and clarity returned to where it had been before.
"It was a perfect experiment, in our minds anyway," Schladow said, "but it was an experiment that nature performed that we had no control over."
But it made researchers wonder if the results could be recreated by trawling for the shrimp — and if some of the declining clarity that was attributed to tourists flocking to Tahoe in the mid-20th century was actually caused by shrimp's changes to the lake's ecology.
Now, a new pilot program funded by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the California Tahoe Conservancy has started to trawl for the shrimp in Emerald Bay with the hope that clarity might increase as the zooplankton populations bounce back — and that successful results could be scaled up and applied to Lake Tahoe.
The trawling is occurring now and is expected to take about 3 months, after which the clarity and chemistry of the water will continue to be monitored.
The trawling must be done at night because of the shrimp's daily migration to the bottom of the lake during the daylight hours. At night, they hover 50 to 60 feet below the surface of the water, according to Schladow.
"It's a big boat with an even bigger net, but it has to happen at night," he said. "We have an echosounder to tell exactly what depth they're at and adjust the net to be at that height."
"If our hypothesis is correct and if we can develop a way to remove sufficient Mysis, we'll have two ways of working on Tahoe's clarity — controls on land use and this new, ecology-based approach," he said.
Researchers are excited by the possibilities. Added Schladow, "It's wonderful to be surprised."
Filipa Ioannou is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow her on Twitter


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Daye in the Life2 min read
Hi, We're Daye.
We Had a Crazy Idea: Women's Healthcare Should Be Designed with Women in Mind
We're starting with a simple, frequently overlooked product, the tampon, to solve a big, frequently overlooked problem, period pain (which affects 9 out of 10 women in the UK). That's why our first product is ultra soothing CBD tampons.
So why CBD? Allow us to nerd-out a bit. Unlike THC, CBD is non-addictive and non-intoxicating...so no, it's not weed and it won't get you high. CBD is much safer than over-the-counter painkillers, and the vaginal canal has the highest concentration of cannabinoid receptors, making it the best place to absorb the compound.
Researchers essentially banned women from participating in clinical trials until 1993, and since further clinical trials for over-the-counter medications aren't required by law, most oral painkillers on the market today have never been tested on women. Pain-relief in pink boxes is basically overpriced headache medication, designed for the male physiology.
Our CBD tampons act where you need them most, redefining localised pain-relief. But it's not just about where you apply CBD, it's about potency too. While most CBD products currently on the market only contain an average of 5% CBD, we know from independent research and our own clinical trials that this amount is not sufficient when it comes to effective localised pain relief. That's why our tampons have a CBD concentration of 30%.
We know CBD is having its 15 minutes of fame right now, but we're not one of those companies who thinks you should add it to everything, from your dry shampoo to your cocktails. We take our role in the femcare industry seriously. That's why we're the first tampon company to conduct extensive clinical studies on our tampons, as well as lab-test every batch of fibre and CBD we use.
We want to leave an impact, not a trace"
We want to leave an impact, not a trace, so we designed our packaging to be as environmentally friendly as possible. 97% of tampons on the market today are made of plastic, and as most of us break the no-flushing rule, they inevitably end up choking a turtle or changing the shape of the Thames. No small feat for such a small product.
We spent a lot of time conducting material innovation and analysing the life-cycle of our sustainable packaging, which includes renewably sourced sugarcane applicators, water-soluble paper wrappers, a compostable refill pouch and recycled paper mailers. We're not just about relieving period pain, we're about relieving the burden period care places on the environment too.
Did you know that even though tampons go inside your vagina, they're currently less regulated than plasters and hand sanitiser? Since we don't believe in cutting corners, we're producing our own manufacturing machines, which are housed in a pharma-grade environment, and introducing strict cleanliness and safety production standards. We treat our tampons as medical devices and sanitise them every step of the way, up until the final packaging stage.
We're a small team of risk takers and thoughtful decision makers, inspired by female intuition and driven by the lack of innovation in women's health. We're not here to complain about the way the world is: we're here to do something about the taboo of female pain and move forward.
It's time to break the vicious cycle of gender siloed experiences when it comes to menstruation, because the only way to move female health forward is to include everyone in the dialogue.
Following the launch of our female health educational content platform, Vitals, we have plans of releasing our first period care product to London consumers in autumn, along with a female health and analytics app.
Our tools are here to deepen your understanding of your body."
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Firstly, the phone looks gorgeous- design wise. It's everything you want in your new phone – a trendy metal-finished exterior, a slim form-factor, a bit tall yet not too tall for your fingers to play around and of course a near-edge-to-edge display. It measures 6 inches diagonally with a 1080X2160 pixel display – meaning the aspect ratio is 18:9.
Secondly, the performance of the phone is average or a bit above average. It sports a fairly new processor: MediaTek MT6763T, which comes with eight ARM Cortex A53 cores, four of which run at 2.3GHz while resting of the four-run at 1.65GHz. The phone also packs a Mali G71 MP2 graphics processing unit. We tried playing some of the graphics-demanding games and it was able to render those at medium settings. A bit of stuttering was noticed when we went to the highest settings. Aiding the processors was a 4GB RAM module. The phone does also have a 6GB version which does come with a sizzling red colour. The phones ROM or internal memory also varies according to the version: 4GB one has 32GB storage whereas the 6GB one has 64GB storage.
Now comes the most awaited part for most of our readers: the camera! Unlike the market competition, OPPO has kept itself in the Solo camera-sphere. Not that we are complaining- rather we have seen in the past how the single camera is good enough for most of your average photos and selfies. The back camera, which ironically isn't the primary camera of the phones, comes with a 16MP sensor and a f/1.8 lens. We loved the Auto Settings Detection for HDR. The shutter speed of the phone was a bit iffy, particularly with the auto settings.
The selfie camera, the single key focus of OPPO's marketing campaigns, is a bit larger (1/2.8") compared to previous generations. The AI part is more sort of a marketing gimmick too. What it truly does is draws a reference from its trained processor and brighten, lighten or sharpen up the photo no matter what your age, gender, skin tone etc. I honestly have never been a fan of camera-based photo editing. Instagram has always been my go-to photo editing tool –so clearly I should be saying much about the AI based photo editing of OPPO. Many of my colleagues have tried it and they sort of liked it.


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A Coaching Offer
Half the fun of triathlon for me is putting together my training plan. I love reading about training - the different methods, the great coaches, the science, the studies, etc. In fact, I enjoy that side of the sport so much I've been thinking about getting into coaching for a couple of years now. With my focus being on the Olympic distance for 2013 I'll be scaling back my training hours so I think the time is right to give it a go.
Obviously, a coach needs athletes so I'm looking for a couple of athletes to coach for 2013. The cost is $35 per month.
What you get:
- A customized annual training plan built around your goals, strengths, weaknesses, etc.
- Weekly workouts
- Feedback/workout analysis
- Power file analysis (if you have a power meter)
- E-mail/phone support
- "A" Race plan - help with nutrition plan, pacing, goals, etc.
- TrainingPeaks Premium subscription
What I want from you:
- To follow the plan.
- Feedback.
Why $35 per month:
- Even as a TrainingPeaks ambassador, the coaching edition won't be free for me so I'll have some fees associated with coaching.
- I believe people take training plans/coaching more seriously if they're paying for them.
What type of athlete am I looking for:
- Someone motivated. Despite the low cost, I would like athletes who are serious about making improvements.
- Someone willing to follow the plan and provide feedback. This is a test to see if I can coach others to hit their goals, and the test is no good if athletes don't follow the plan.
- Preferably someone training with power and/or gps, although this isn't a must.
Are you interested?
- If so, shoot me an email at mdwolfgram146 at gmail dot com.
- Include a little about you, your racing/training history, your goals/races for 2013 and if you train with power and/or gps.
- I'll pick a few people that I think will be a good fit and we'll go from there. To start, I only want a couple of athletes. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.
I hope I covered everything. If you have any questions, email me.
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Planning 2013
I've been itching to do a season focused on short course racing since 2009, and with me not getting a Kona slot and USAT recently announcing that Age Group Nationals will be in Milwaukee in 2013 and 2014,the timing is right to change directions. So 2013 is all about Olympic distance racing with no Ironmans on the schedule.
For those unfamiliar, Olympic distance is a 1500m swim (.9 miles), 40K bike (24.8 miles) and a 10K run (6.2 miles). For me, that means racing hard for 2-2.5 hours. It also means I'll be able to race a lot more which I'm very excited about. I love to race.
I've been so focused on Ironman the past few years I didn't notice all the other options out there. Planning 2013 began with research - Rev3, Age Group Nationals, 5150, Hy-Vee, Lifetime, Best of the U.S., etc. Lots of big races out there to shoot for.
I haven't been this excited about a tri season since 2008.
My season isn't set in stone, but so far it looks like this:
3/30 - Run The Bluegrass Half Marathon - Lexington, KY
4/27 - Crazylegs Classic 8K - Madison, WI
5/5 - Rev3 Olympic - Knoxville, TN
5/19 - Beloit Duathlon - Beloit, WI
6/1 - Lake Mills Sprint Triathlon - Lake Mills, WI
6/8 - Capital View Olympic Triathlon - Madison, WI
6/23 - Muskoka Olympic Triathlon (5150 Champs Qualifier) - Huntsville, ON Canada
7/6 - Janesville Sprint Triathlon - Janesville, WI
7/14 - Lifetime Fitness Olympic Triathlon - Minneapolis, MN
8/10 - Age Group Nationals Olympic Triathlon- Milwaukee, WI
9/1 - Hyvee Olympic Triathlon 5150 Championships - Des Moines, IA
10/13- Rev3 Half Ironman USAT Long Course Championships - Anderson, SC
My key races will be Age Group Nationals and the Hy-Vee race. I'll also find a few more local races to fill my schedule and will do some of the MATTS time trials, some aquathons, 5Ks, etc.
Right now the tentative plan is to focus on Olympic distance this year switching to more of a half ironman focus next year finishing with a late-season Ironman. I really liked the late season Ironman, but I don't see myself returning to Cozumel anytime soon so that leaves Florida, Arizona or Western Australia. We'll see how this season goes first. I may have so much fun I decide to stick with Olys and halfs.
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I'm A TrainingPeaks Ambassador
The official announcement came out a few weeks ago, but with Ironman Cozumel and traveling to Mexico I haven't had a chance to write about it until now. I was selected to be a 2013 TrainingPeaks Ambassador.
Those who know me or have been following my blog for a few years already know this is the perfect team for me. I've been using their software, both WKO+ and TrainingPeaks.com, for several years now. In fact, when they announced they were taking applications for 2012 and again for 2013, several friends forwarded it to me saying it was perfect for me. I applied both years and made the cut for 2013.
As an ambassador I'll be sure to pass on any news about new TrainingPeaks features, webinars, good blog posts, deals, etc. I'm also planning on doing a few blog posts throughout the year showing some ways to utilize TrainingPeaks to plan your training and analyze workouts.
If you're a TrainingPeaks user, I hope I can be a resource for you. Don't hesitate to ask questions. If you're not a TrainingPeaks user and would like to give it a try, contact me and I'll help you out. mdwolfgram146 at gmail dot com.
I'm looking forward to being part of a team after flying solo in 2012.
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Welcome Home
|Mondays view.
So the trip to Cozumel was rough and the race was rough but now I was on vacation and surely that would be easy....right?
Monday was good. There was plenty of sunshine and I spent a good part of the day sitting in a chair on the beach.
|The beach at the resort (Iberostar)
|Courtney and I on the beach.
I used a lot of sunblock, but still got burned on race day...
|My sunburn. My neck is torn up from my swimskin.
|My neck from my swimskin.
Tuesday and Wednesday were rainy days. We wanted to go snorkeling and kayaking but ended up doing a lot of reading instead. Very disappointing...
|Rainy day.
Then came Thursday. The sun returned and it was a nice day, or so I'm told. I was in the hotel room with food poisoning.
Food poisoning has to be the worst form of illness. I must have vomited 50 times. It was unreal. I spent about 6 straight hours in the bathroom. You do learn a few things when you have food poisoning though...
1. Chocolate ice cream tastes the same going down as it does coming up.
2. There are times in life when death is very appealing.
3. You know your vacation has gone to hell when you find yourself with your face buried in a toilet begging for diarrhea.
"I need a favor."
"I need you to kill me."
"I'm not going to kill you."
"Yes. I'm ready."
Despite my requests, Courtney decided to spend the day on the beach instead of bludgeoning me to death.
After about 3 hours in the bathroom vomiting I found myself begging the gods of food poisoning for diarrhea. Pleaaaaaase....let's change gears and empty the bottom half of my system. That has to be better than this.
But the gods of food poisoning misunderstood my request. "Oh...you want diarrhea too? Done."
Not in addition. Instead.
Now I found myself in the bathroom taking inventory of my resources. I have a toilet, an ice bucket, a waste basket and a shower. I can make this work.
Six hours after it started, I vomited up a little bit of blood and thought that had to be the end. There isn't anything left.
And that was it. It was 3 pm and I crawled into bed and fell asleep. If I stayed still, I was comfortable. If I moved, I got goosebumps and started shivering. Still better than my 6 hours in the bathroom. I stayed in bed until Friday morning when I felt good enough to eat a very small breakfast. Then we had to check out and head to the airport.
Our flight left early. It's the first flight I've ever been on that left early.
Message received, Mexico. You don't want me.
We made it home at 11 pm to a pile of cat puke on the bed. Welcome home.
|The culprit....Calvin.
Race Report: Ironman Cozumel
Ohhhhh......where to begin?
If you followed my progress online, you probably know this wasn't the race I was hoping for. Honestly, I'm not that disappointed. It is what it is. I wanted a better race, but went in with the attitude that this just another part of the adventure that is triathlon racing. Adventures don't always mean PRs, and not qualifying for Kona means lots of possibilities for next year...more on that in a future post.
The adventure began Friday morning. We were flying in last minute planning to stay a few days after the race to vacation. We were to arrive in Cozumel at 1:30pm and had to make it only a few miles to the convention center downtown to pick up my packet by 6pm. No packet pick up on Saturday.
I figured Black Friday would be an easy day to fly and it appeared that way at first. We went from the car through check in, security and to our gate in 15 minutes. Easy peasy. We boarded the plane and then....nothing..
We just sat there and then they shut down the plane. Then they told us they were having mechanical problems and we had to de-plane.
We went to the counter to find out our options and were told our connecting flight in Dallas was our only hope of making it to Cozumel today. The problem with flying on Black Friday is that there aren't many flights so if they need to rebook you, there are very few options.
Being a holiday, the maintenance man was on call so they had to call him in....and he's old, real old, and lost his sense of urgency about 100 years ago. Talk about frustrating. We eventually made it to Dallas on time, but it sure was stressful. We made it to Cozumel and everything went pretty smooth from there.
The Day Before:
|Testing out the new swimskin at the practice swim on Saturday.
I went to the practice swim the day before and the water was very, very rough. They had most of the course closed and would only let us swim by the pier. I went out for a short swim and had fun, but could feel myself getting seasick from the swells (I get seasick....can you see where this is headed?).
Later in the day was bike dropoff. The transition area is weird. Bikes everywhere and I had a transition spot that was almost as far from the bike exit as you could get.
|The transition area is very spread out.
|My bike in T1. Ready to roll.
Race Day:
The Swim: 1:20
It was windy and the water was really rough. I got in the water pretty early so I could get a spot toward the front. The current was pushing us back and we had to swim breast stroke the whole time to keep from getting pushed back to the pier. The swim start was really weird. It was confusing and there was a false start. They kept trying to push us back and eventually someone on a jetski started flying back and forth in front to keep us back, which was a little crazy. I thought someone was going to get killed.
|Athletes on the pier about to get in the water.
There was a lot of contact at first, like always, but things thinned out pretty quickly due to the rough conditions. I felt like I was swimming well and toward the front of the field. My swimskin was chafing the right side of my neck and the salt was beginning to burn. We rounded the corner buoys and headed the other direction. The current was giving us a push, but it was also pushing us toward shore. It was rough, but I felt like I was off to a good start.
About halfway, I was beginning to feel sick. It was the swells getting to me, and I had swallowed some salt water (apparently the water down there has a very high salt content). Once we turned the corner again and were back against the current, I felt horrible. My mouth was watering telling me I was probably not going to make it to shore before vomiting. I felt weak and tired. Progress was slow. I wanted out. I was beginning to wonder if I could make it to shore. I looked up a few times and couldn't see the pier or any volunteers. Where were they? I was beginning to feel a little panicky. I was weak and sick and there were no kayaks or paddle boards anywhere close. I told myself to calm down and that I was a strong enough swimmer to make it to shore despite how I was feeling. This was no longer about PRs or Kona or even racing. I was in survival mode (it's funny how feeling sick makes you feel like you're going to die).
I eventually saw a paddle board and motioned for him to come over. As soon as he got there I vomited. Then again. And again.
"Do you speak English?" he asked.
"Si." (I'm a moron)
I hung on the board for a while and wondered if there was an easy way back to shore. "Don't worry. You have plenty of time. You can finish."
Finish? I don't care about finishing. I want out of the water...NOW.
"The end is right there." He pointed to the pier. It was a lot closer than I thought. I figured I could finish off the swim, find Courtney and tell her I'm sick and can't continue and then we'll head back to the hotel and get cleaned up and watch the rest of the race.
Instead I grabbed my T1 bag and put on my helmet and race belt. I grabbed my bike and started heading out of T2. I finally saw Courtney and told her I was sick and not sure I could finish. She said I was as white as a ghost. We decided I would do one loop of the bike to see the course and then I'd call it a day.
|Me spotting Courtney in T1.
The Bike: 5:58
I went out easier than I had trained for. Even though the plan was to do one loop, I immediately started following my nutrition plan hoping I would be able to complete the bike. My only hope, I figured, would be to follow my plan. Not following the plan was a guarantee I wouldn't finish. I vomited a couple more times on the bike, but otherwise was able to hold down my nutrition and water and was beginning to feel better. I was riding 'easy' but making good time and passing a lot of people. One lap turned into two.
|Heading out for another loop of the bike.
Then I got a flat. Perfect. I fixed it and got another one right away so that one is probably my fault. As soon as my tire went flat again I realized I didn't do a good job checking my tire for sharp objects and that there was probably something in my tire. I only had one tube so I couldn't fix my tire. I was on the edge of town so I didn't have too far to walk back to T2, but I stalled hoping a support car would come by with a tube for me. Nope. Nothing.
I was far enough from T2 that I didn't want to walk in my bike shoes, but the blacktop was really hot and I wasn't wearing socks. I began to wonder what it would take to convince a spectator to give me their socks for my walk back to transition. Just then someone asked if I wanted his tube and CO2. He said he didn't make the swim cutoff. Sure.
So that got me back on my way. There was no salvaging my time anymore so I rode easy and enjoyed the scenery. The beaches and water on the South side of the island, where the winds are, were amazing. I figured that's where the really good diving must be.
About halfway through loop 3 I saw two riders down, one laying in the middle of the road with his bike on top of him and the other laying on the side of the road. I decided to stop and help.
I directed traffic away from them and pulled his bike off him. "Are you okay?" I asked.
"No, I separated my shoulder."
"Me too." The woman on the side of the road yelled. It sounded like they were competing on injuries. I expected him to one-up her by claiming his leg was broken too. Would she yell "mine too" if he did?
Not long after I stopped, help arrived. I tried to explain that I didn't see what happened and that I only stopped to help. The guy who showed up didn't speak English and after a little time explaining I didn't see anything I began to wonder if I was convincing him I didn't have eyes. Something was definitely getting lost in translation. He looked very confused and was pointing at his eyes. "No?" "No. I'm going to go now."
I figured the rest of the loop was sure to be uneventful, but I got another flat with 5 miles left. Seriously? (I saw a lot of flat tires out there). I immediately began walking to T2. I didn't make it far when someone stopped and offered me a tube and CO2. He told me he was way too under-trained to finish the race but would feel bad if he quit so he was planning on missing the bike cutoff. I got my tire fixed and soft pedaled my way to T2.
Again I found Courtney and explained why loop 3 took so long. My stomach felt better than this morning, but was still bothering me a little. I was afraid running was a sure way to GI problems. Like the bike, we decided one loop of the run course to see the course made sense.
|T2. What can I say? It's not my day.
The Run: 3:26.
I started the run easy, just taking in the sights and sounds. The crowd support on the bike is pretty minimal, but not on the run course. The crowd was big and loud. By mile 2 my stomach didn't feel any better, but not any worse either. Then I asked myself, "Do I really want to be the guy who quits just because things aren't going my way, because things got difficult?"
I checked my watch. I was running an 8:35 pace. I took a salt pill and grabbed some Pepsi and stepped up the pace.
As I came back into town at the end of loop one the crowd was huge. There was a marching band and the crowd had taken over the street giving us a narrow path to run through. The band was loud and the crowd was giving high fives and yelling "vamos!" (Go). At the end of the loop I saw Courtney on the side of the road.
"I can't quit." I yelled and turned for loop 2. There's no quitting in Ironman.
They hand out bags of water, which were great. I wish they'd do that in the US. They're 8 ounces and you bite off the end and squeeze the water in your mouth. It's a lot easier than cups. Sometimes the bags get dropped and someone steps on them and they break open and spray someone directly in the face. I giggled like a schoolgirl every time that happened. It wasn't them getting sprayed so much as the startled/confused look on their face when it happened. Priceless.
|The bags of water they hand out on the run. 250 ML.
I enjoyed the run. The crowd support was great and my stomach was holding up despite all the Pepsi I drank.
I set a PR on the run and felt like I could have run faster if I'd had to. Not much, but a few minutes, so that was encouraging. I crossed the finish line in 11:02...in the dark. It was well off the pace I had trained for and no where near a Kona slot, but that's okay. Despite the challenges, I didn't quit and I'm proud of that.
It's all part of the adventure that is triathlon racing.
|The run course as the sun was setting.
|The finish line.
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- Features: Creative synergy ... Vascular voyage ... Better batteries from the ground up ... Probing nanopores ... Designing materials for the future ... Speed-reading DNA ... A closer look at catalysts ... Molecular machinery
- A Closer View: Sean Smith
- Research Horizons: Quantum advantage
Igniting Industry
- Editorial: Delivering the Science
- Features: Boosting business, creating jobs ... Getting an edge on the competition ... Neutrons probe inner workings of batteries ... Air-conditioning the desert ... Designing a smart truck ... A bioenergy ecosystem ... Power from the sea ... Industrial-strength scholars
- A Closer View: Mike Paulus
- Research Horizons: Computing for the next generation
Nuclear 2.0
- Editorial: Ready to Lead
- Features: Nuclear 2.0 ... Catalyzing Reactor Research ... Designer Fuels ... Advanced Medical Isotopes ... Inventing the Future ... Bird's-eye View ... LandScan Looks to the Future ... From Sand Buckets to Passive Safety ... An Elegant Solution
- A Closer View: Kelly Beierschmitt
- Research Horizons: Unraveling a Twister
- Awards: And the Winners Are. . .
Global Security Technologies
- Editorial: Renewing the Commitment
- Features: Staying a Step Ahead ... The Ultimate Threat ... The Sum of All Fears ... Lifesaving Technologies ... Smaller is Better ... Finding the Right Match ... Saving Lives (sidebar) ... Avoiding the Great Compromise
- A Closer View: Brent Park
- Research Horizons: Natural dissolved organic matter plays dual role in cycling of mercury ... Neutron scattering study yields new insights into virus life cycle
- Awards: And the Winners Are. . .
Disorder in Crystal Surfaces
- ORNL and Antarctica
- Reducing Friction To Save Energy
- Differing Structures of Amorphous Solids
- The Verdict on Acid Rain
- ORNL's Contributions to NAPAP
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—Successful first Saturday Academy for Computing and Mathematics; photograph of Oak Ridge teacher in national magazine
- R&D Updates—ORNL waste site surveyed by mobile robot; ORNL materials aboard Ulysses space probe; ORNL procedure adopted by EPA
- Technical Highlights—Part of gene making fruit fly resistant to insecticides cloned; subtle DNA changes and trace levels of organics detected by two ORNL mass spectrometer systems; rat lung tumors targeted by ORNL's monoclonal antibodies; new theory on tokamak operations
- Technology Transfer—Optics MODIL organized; iron aluminide technology licensed to two firms
ORNL's Future Missions
- 2 Editorial—ORNL can help synthesize new materials, as called for by a recent National Research Council report.
- Robotics for Nuclear Reactors and Hazardous Environments
- Examining Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
- Mechanisms of Radon Transport
- ORNL's Future Missions
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Educational Activities—Science and Technology Alliance; memorandums of understanding
- User Facilities—Bioprocessing Research Facility examined
- R&D Updates—New findings on attic insulation and heat loss; ORNL contributions to shaping National Energy Strategy many and varied; computation speed record attained; U.S . civil defense's ability to meet threat of nuclear winter studied; ORNL tritium sales ended; support for Operation Desert Shield
- Technical Highlights—5 R&D 100 Awards for ORNL; new concept for producing very pure therapeutic drugs continuously
- Technology Transfer—Radiation detector for groundwater licensed; new R&D agreements allowed


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Vimeo user Simon Christen has published a video love letter to the fog that inhabits the San Francisco Bay area in his latest short called Adrift. The project is one of the most beautiful and serene looking time lapse videos of nature in action that I've personally ever seen, and it has already been awarded a Vimeo Editor's choice award after being on their site for only 24 hours.
The sheer scope of this project is amazing to think about. Christen took two years to film the less than 5-minute piece, and he painstakingly stalked the Bay area weather reports each and every day to figure out the best times to film the fog and its steady flow over the landscape. His hard work definitely paid off, because Adrift is one of the most serene scenes of Mother Nature in action in existence, and nearly every single frame of the video could be hung in an art museum.
If you've been having a rough day, or just want to relax for 5-minutes, I highly suggest checking out the awesomeness that our Earth provides for free after the break.
(Hit the link above to read about the entire film making process)
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With the realities of real winter weather hitting us this year, getting the structure up - and keeping the cold temperatures from the existing spaces was a challenge. We were able to get the steps, and the concrete porch floor in without too much trouble......but the patio and landscaping is another story.
Chris Maestro, and Classic Concrete Design will be installing the etched concrete patio for the addition, but it will have to wait for more favorable weather. Soggy ground and nightly freezing just don't mix well with a specialty concrete application.
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Relaxing full body massage with aroma oils. Relax musculse and relieves stress. Very light massage.
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Are you new to orthodontics? Here's a quick guide to help you get started on your journey!
What is orthodontics?
Orthodontics is the practice of realigning teeth and jaws. Orthodontists are specialty dentists who focus on straightening teeth and perfecting the alignment of your smile. Every board-certified orthodontist attends dental school before completing an addition two to three years of specialty training. Orthodontics typically requires equipment such as braces, retainers, spacers, rubber bands, and other necessary accessories.
When should I first see an orthodontist?
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that every child visit an orthodontist by age seven. When a child is seven years old, orthodontists can spot subtle problems with jaw growth and emerging teeth while some baby teeth are still present. Early treatment or at least preparation may prevent more serious problems from developing, and may make treatment at a later age shorter and less complicated. Early treatment may also give your orthodontist the chance to guide natural jaw growth, correct harmful oral habits, and guide permanent teeth into a more favorable position. By choosing to schedule an early orthodontic evaluation, you'll be giving your child the best opportunity for a healthy, beautiful smile in the future.
I'm an adult, is it too late for me to get braces?
It is never too late to seek orthodontic care! There are many options available today that can make adult braces less obvious and more comfortable for you and your lifestyle. When you are an adult, the primary concern about orthodontics is not their ability to be effective. Actually, the most common concern is oral health. If you have poor gum health or gum disease, it must be treated before you can receive orthodontic care. Once the teeth and gums are healthy, they will be more able to withstand orthodontic treatment. Adult patients are also susceptible to certain oral conditions that our younger patients don't often deal with. This can include insufficient bone between the roots, mild gingivitis infections and marginal bone loss. Adults considering braces should consult with an orthodontist as well as with their general dentist to discuss their oral health and history.
How often will my orthodontic appointments be?
Orthodontic patients typically need to come in for an adjustment every 4-10 weeks, depending on their age and situation. Invisalign users typically change their trays every two weeks, but orthodontists are usually able to give patients a few trays at a time to limit their visits to the office for cost and convenience.
I go to orthodontist appointments all the time, do I still need to see my family dentist every six months?
Yes! It is actually very important for orthodontic patients to maintain their regular dental checkups. Dentists will professionally clean your teeth to help prevent against cavities, gingivitis, and gum disease. This way, your orthodontist can focus on your alignment and braces! With a team of thorough, specialized dental professionals working on your smile you are destined for success!
Do braces hurt?
It is common to feel some aches and tenderness when you first get your braces. Don't be alarmed, though. These normal pains won't last too long, and you can gargle with warm salt water to alleviate the soreness. In some cases, the soreness from braces can be a bit more painful, and some orthodontic patients choose to take mild pain relievers.
As your mouth adapts to your new appliances, your lips and cheeks can often become agitated. We are happy to provide you with wax to cover your braces and help reduce the irritation. While your teeth are still tender from tightening, try to stick to soft foods that will be easy to chew and swallow.
Should I brush my teeth more often if I have braces?
Yes! You should brush your teeth at least three times a day if you have braces, once after every meal. You'll want to obtain a travel toothbrush to take with you to school or work so that you can brush after lunch! Brushing often will kept keep your teeth and braces clean throughout the day, and prevent long term damage.
You need to floss at least once per day, though most orthodontic patients prefer to floss more often than that to eliminate the food particles that accumulate between the braces. You can use traditional floss with a floss threader, superfloss, or pre-strung floss sticks (make sure to use the ones specially made for braces).
Are there foods I should avoid while receiving orthodontic care?
There are definitely foods you will want to avoid when you have braces. Your orthodontist can provide you with a more exhaustive list, but in general you want to avoid foods that are difficult to chew or get stuck between the teeth easily. This includes hard, chewy foods such as bagels, nuts, and tough meats. Crunchy foods like chips and popcorn also pose a threat to your braces, as pieces can get lodged between your brackets and cause damage. Sticky foods like taffy, caramel, and gum are also off limits when you have braces. They can actually pull your brackets off while you chew, or get stuck between them and cause painful issues.
There are some other foods that you can still enjoy as long as you modify them. For example, foods like apples, carrots, and corn can be cut up into smaller pieces and eaten that way! You want to be sure to avoid taking big bites that require your front teeth to tear food, as this pressure can cause damage.
How will I know if Invisalign is right for me?
Invisalign's virtually invisible aligners are hardly ever noticed by others. Invisalign is perfect for the more image-conscious individual. If you want to perfect your smile, but do not want to sacrifice your current appearance to get braces, Invisalign may be a great option for you. It is important to note that not every orthodontic problem can be fully addressed with Invisalign. For example, Invisalign clear aligners are only able to move teeth vertically, not horizontally. If your teeth need to significantly adjust horizontally, Invisalign may not be able to correct your smile. You'll want to talk to your orthodontist about whether or not Invisalign is a viable option for your specific situation.
Another important factor to consider with Invisalign is your lifestyle. Invisalign aligners must be removed to eat or drink anything besides water, which comes with pros and cons. Because they are removable, patients have more flexibility in terms of what they can eat. However, in order to be effective, Invisalign should be worn for at least 22 hours per day. This will require a certain amount of discipline and responsibility. If you think you may have a hard time sticking to this schedule, Invisalign may not be the best choice for you. You should discuss these concerns with your orthodontist.
Will I need to wear a retainer after my treatment?
In most cases, orthodontic patients will need to wear retainers after their treatment in order to maintain their smiles. Even Invisalign users will receive clear retainers to wear from their orthodontist. Typically, orthodontic patients need to wear their retainers during the day for 3-6 months after their treatment ends, and patients should wear their retainer at night for as long as possible. The longer and more frequently you wear your retainer, the better your results will be! Your orthodontist will be able to explain your specific maintenance plan when you get your retainers.
Your orthodontist will be happy to help you understand and succeed in your orthodontic treatment. Check out our other guides to learn more!
If you are considering visiting an orthodontist or getting braces, feel free to contact us!