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Vanessa Fuhrmans reports in the Wall Street Journal:
At many tech startups, a human-resources chief arrives long after the ping-pong table and 100-employee milestone. (But) a more motivated, well-oiled workforce will attract top talent and avoid troubles down the road. Startups that devote more effort upfront to designing their workplace cultures and employment practices were less likely to fail and more likely to go public than other firms.
At many tech startups, a human-resources chief arrives long after the ping-pong table and 100-employee milestone. Then there is CodeFights Inc., whose founders made a head of talent the first hire at their San Francisco headquarters.
The company, which sets up online coding challenges to help programmers hone skills and get noticed by tech firms, is bucking the startup world's grow-at-all-costs ethos. Rather than scale hastily, CodeFights uses its blind coding battles to avoid hidden biases as it assesses prospective recruits. It also puts job candidates through an interview process aimed to ensure they are team players.
Now with 20 people, CodeFights is hashing out parental leave, harassment and other workforce policies and routinely reviews and rewards employee performance.
Amid recent workplace troubles at Zenefits, Uber Technologies Inc. and elsewhere, a handful of founders are taking a different tack and formalizing their workplace culture as deliberately as they build their products—sometimes before they have enough staff to fill a conference room. The hope, these founders say, is that a more motivated, well-oiled workforce will attract top talent and avoid troubles down the road. "Even with five to 10 people, if you don't get the right culture going early, it's almost impossible to get right later," said CodeFights Chief Executive Tigran Sloyan. Quickly adding staff without building the right team can hit, not help, the bottom line of an early startup, he said.
These efforts test the conventional wisdom that spending time on HR policies drags on startups' growth. Uber, for instance, had recruiting staff and a team to handle administrative HR functions in its earlier years but didn't hire its first senior HR chief until 2014, when it had about 600 employees. Uber didn't respond to a request for comment.
When Bhavin Parikh and his co-founders started Magoosh Inc., an online test preparation firm, his main worries were keeping the company alive and attracting investment, he said. A tech-conference panel on diversity a couple of years ago opened the CEO's eyes to the insidiousness of unconscious bias in hiring and diversity's potential competitive advantages.
"We want our team to reflect the customer base because that creates better business decisions," he said.
Research shows women often don't apply for jobs if they don't meet all the listed criteria—so Magoosh decided to head its postings with, "You have many of the following" instead of simply "Requirements." The postings also stated "Please feel comfortable applying, even if you don't meet all the requirements."
The company's 30 full-time staff have a quarterly check-in with Magoosh's HR manager to discuss career development and any workplace issues. A 2015 McKinsey & Co. report found that ethnically diverse firms are 35% more likely to financially outperform industry peers. The Stanford Project on Emerging Companies, an multiyear study of Silicon Valley startups during the first dot-com boom, found startups that tended to devote more effort upfront to designing their workplace cultures and employment practices were less likely to fail and more likely to go public than other firms.
Magoosh's approach has trade-offs. Because the company vets candidates so thoroughly, Mr. Parikh said it can sometimes take six months or more to fill a senior or technical position. Some candidates lose interest along the way and, on occasion, some employees want to fill a position faster, he said.
Yet Magoosh has gotten results: Compared with the high churn at many startups, only a handful of employees have decided to leave the company since it began hiring full-time staff in 2011, he said.
Venture capitalists have traditionally stayed out of startups' HR matters, though a newer wave of investors such as 500 Startups, Homebrew Ventures and Lowercase Capital are urging companies they invest in to make diversity a priority.
Kapor Capital, whose investments include Magoosh, requires companies in its portfolio to sign a pledge to set and track employee diversity and inclusion goals.CodeFights' Mr. Sloyan, who aims to double staff to 40 employees by next year, recently talked to one of his major investors, Felicis Ventures, about his growth plans. The venture-capital firm's partners encouraged him to take the time necessary to recruit people in sync with the company's values and integrate them into the company in a thoughtful way, he said.
"As long as we're delivering the results, we're going to be in control of what kind of company we build," Mr. Sloyan said.
Kapor has also invested in HealthSherpa, a 19-employee startup whose platform helps people obtain and use health coverage. Cat Perez, co-founder and chief product officer, said HealthSherpa has occasionally put its diversity and inclusion efforts over potential sales: In a couple of instances, it has cut ties to insurance agents who have harassed or made other inappropriate remarks to HealthSherpa team members, she said.
Within a year of stepping up efforts to attract a more-diverse pool of job candidates, the share of Hispanic and black employees more than doubled in 2016 to a third of the staff, including those who work directly with customers.
Ms. Perez said those shifts have helped boost the site's so-called net promoter scores, which measure customers' willingness to recommend a company to others, and may have contributed to its 85% jump in 2016 sales. Given that so many of HealthSherpa's potential consumers are members of minorities, she said, "we've got to be in the best position to reach those communities.


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Will the death of Osama Bin Laden kill Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming thriller?
As I'm sure you've heard by now, last night President Barack Obama announced that US Special Forces succeeded this weekend in finding, and ultimately killing, Osama Bin Laden. I don't believe anyone is naive enough to think this is the end of terrorism or a harbinger of world peace but it's a great moment of triumph, however fleeting, for many of the families who are still impacted by the events of September 11th.
While I'll let the New York Times contemplate what the death of Bin Laden means to international relations, terrorism and politics, there was a film in development in Hollywood based around the hunt of Osama Bin Laden and there's some debate about whether than film can or will still happen.
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow had been planning an action-thriller tentatively titled KILL BIN LADEN that Michael Fassbender and Joel Edgerton had been in talks to star. It seems as if both actors have moved on from the project and it's unclear if the project will still go ahead as currently planned.
[UPDATE: Variety is reporting that Bigelow and writer Mark Boal are still moving ahead with the project as their script was following the exact same kill team that took out Bin Laden. The script will be rewritten in the weeks ahead to include this weekend's raid on Pakistan with hopes that filming can begin this summer and be the first Bin Laden project out of the gate.]
It's likely Bigelow will focus on TRIPLE FRONTIER, a project that has Tom Hanks attached to star, while she and writer Mark Boal figure out what to do with their BIN LADEN film. They could either change the ending to include the death of Bin Laden or rewrite the script to follow the real-life events of Sunday.
Both Bigelow and Boal are expected to be meeting this week to discuss the future of the project and how they'll proceed. Boal, a former investigative journalist, would I'm sure love to get his hands into the real story. What do you think they should do with their film?


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1. Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri of Republican Proposal Party has won Argentina's 2015 Presidential election.
2. Delhi Assembly has passed the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015.
The bill widens the scope of magisterial inquiry into cases of suspicious death, rapes in police custody and suspicious disappearances.
3. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) released the report titled The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters.
The report was compiled by UNISDR and the Belgian-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).
4. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on bilateral cooperation and technical assistance.
1. Dutchman Roger Van Gent was appointed as the strategic coach for the Indian men's Hockey.
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1. Rishi Gour was appointed as Country President of Support services company Sodexo India On-site Services.
2. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Michael Keating of United Kingdom as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
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1. India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan has been successfully lighted with solar power generated form first ever project of its kind undertaken in the country.
1. Noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed away in New Delhi. He was 74.


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This morning I briefly engaged in a spirited political debate with a friend of mine. He's a staunch conservative, and a great guy, two things that I don't consider mutually exclusive. Me? I'm part old-school conservative, part social liberal. Whatever that means. So the conversation started with the state of global markets, but in just minutes, devolved into a pointless talking-points standoff, with my friend presenting all sorts of plausible but completely unscientific reasons for why we need a Republican president. I suggested we not talk about politics any more, and maybe talk about the new Foster the People album instead. Why? Because science shows that our brains are wired to reject things that go against what we think we know. In a series of studies, University of Michigan researcher Brendan Nyhan found that when misinformed people – especially those with a partisan stance – were exposed to corrected facts in news stories, they rarely changed their minds. In fact, they often became even more rigid in their beliefs. The Boston Globe piece How Facts Backfire explains this in more detail, and the Mother Jones piece The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science goes WAY in depth with lots of links to academic studies that also explain why, for instance, people's beliefs about climate change facts are so inconsistent. All of these things are examples of Confirmation Bias. But I'll never convince you of THAT.
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Fox Archives: A Pi Day look back at the beautiful concept art for 'Life of Pi' (2012)
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"Life of Pi," produced and distributed in the U.S. by Fox 2000 Pictures and distributed in several other countries by 20th Century Fox Film, won four Oscars at the 85th Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Directing, Best Music (Original Score) and Best Visual Effects. The film was nominated in 11 total categories that year.
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Adria Gallardo knocked in a season-high eight goals as Ceres-La Salle gave retiring skipper Juani Guirado a fitting send-off with a 16-0 demolition of Pasargad Sunday in the United Football League at Rizal Memorial Stadium.
The Spanish striker, who ended last season as the league's top scorer with 18 goals, struck twice in the first half, before finding the back of the net six more times in the second half of the most lopsided victory by any team in the UFL this season.
Stephan Schrock also delivered a hattrick while Patrick Reichelt and Carlie de Murga also knocked into goals each for Ceres which climbed to a share of second spot with Kaya with nine points.
Guirado, 36, scored in his final professional game with a glancing header midway in the second half.
The Filipino-Spanish defender, who also had a short spell with Global FC before moving to Ceres, cited personal reasons for his sudden decision to quit Ceres which he helped lead to the UFL title last season. Guirado has also struggled with injuries after returning from national team duties last March.
"The players were motivated to give Juani a victory before he leaves," said Ceres coach Ali Go. "We understand his decision. We are grateful to Juani for his contributions not just to the club but to Philippine football in general. He will be missed."
Loyola Meralco climbed to fifth in the table after dumping Green Archers United, 4-0.
An own goal from Reynaldo Villareal in the 32nd minute broke the deadlock, before James Younghusband doubled the lead with a composed finish 10 minutes later.
An own goal from Reynaldo Villareal in the 32nd minute broke the deadlock, before James Younghusband doubled the lead with a composed finish 10 minutes later.
Joaco Canas made it 3-nil in the 68th minute before Jinggoy Valmayor completed the rout with a close-range strike in second half stoppage time.
Loyola striker Phil Younghusband played the entire match, assisting on two goals, after helping force the own goal when he fed Kouichi Belgira down the left. Belgira's centre was deflected to goal by Villareal.
"We worked on different things just to get Phil back into the game," said Loyola coach Simon McMenemy. "Its nice to have someone who's prepared to play upfront and who's prepared in midfield to make it difficult for teams to pick him up. Phil creates lots of chances. It's great to see and a big relief for us."
Agila nailed its first win of the season at the expense of undermanned Laos, 1-0. An own goal from Rezziel Villaespin two minutes before halftime proved to be the difference for Agila, which jacked up its record to four points from four matches.


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As a teacher who regularly conferences with students during writing workshop, I find myself asking many of the same questions repeatedly:
Are you sure you want two lines of exclamation marks? Let's count how many times you've used the word "then." Do you think you could cut a few of them out?
Having the same discussion over and over again has prompted me to make a list of tips for young writers, modeled after the esteemed Jane Yolen. Last winter, at the
conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, I heard her engage an audience of over a thousand with a clever list of guidelines. She began with "Eschew the exclamation point" and "Go easy on adverbs," ending with a charge to all in attendance to go home and WRITE. In this spirit, I offer my own list for my students and young writers everywhere. New York
- Tip Number One: Use Your Inside Voice. Limit your use of exclamation points and capitals. Ten exclamation points in a row and capital letters are like shouting at your reader.
- Tip Number Two: Stop To Cross The Street. Watch out for the conjunction "and." More than three "ands" in the same sentence can be a signal to stop and use a period.
- Tip Number Three: Dare to be Different. Beginning every sentence with "then" or "the" can be dull for the reader. Rearrange your words to vary the sentence structure.
- Tip Number Four: Play With Words, Not Fonts. Spend your writing time choosing the perfect descriptive word, not the prettiest font type or size.
- Tip Number Five: Be Active. Use action words to describe what happened and avoid using "was" unless it is necessary to your meaning. For example, say Rapunzel "walked" across the street instead of Rapunzel "was walking" across the street. Repeated use of the word "was" weakens the action.
- Tip Number Six: Break it Up. Divide your stories into paragraphs. Indent or skip a line at the beginning of each new topic. It can also be easier for a reader to follow dialogue when you begin a new paragraph for each speaker.
- Tip Number Seven: Switch Places. Check to make sure your sentences are in the best order. Switching sentences or words around can make writing flow in a more logical manner.
- Tip Number Eight: Remember the Reader. Too many parenthetical asides and distracting details can confuse your reader. Make things as clear for your reader as possible.
- Tip Number Nine: Be Smooth. Use transitions such as "After we went to the mall, we went home," rather than Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 to indicate a change of time or scene. Chapters divisions are for novels, not short stories.
- Tip Number Ten: Make a Pretty Picture. Your job as a writer is to make a picture in your reader's mind. Make sure you have included enough color and detail for your reader to see the same story you see in your mind.
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Liam Payne is all smiles as he arrives at the 2018 Brit Awards Nominations Photocall on Saturday (January 13) in London, England.
The 24-year-old singer kept things cool in a tan jacket, burgundy sweatpants, and grey sneakers for the event.
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Convoy Headed South on Hwy 101
A number of vehicles were left at the Garberville airport, not far from Sproul Creek, this morning after their drivers got into Fish and Wildlife vehicles. [Photo provided by a reader.]
According to witnesses, approximately a dozen law enforcement and Department of Fish and Wildlife vehicles were headed south on Highway 101 near Myers Flat at about 8:30 this morning.
We have requested more information on this situation from both the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Previously this week there was a similar operation on Sproul Creek Road (See 12 Warrants Being Served in Sprowl Creek) where at least 25 law enforcement and 20 plus Fish and Wildlife personnel inspected properties in Southern Humboldt.


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Thursday, September 20, 2012
10 Days, and Counting ...
As I was throwing away 17 years of notes and photos of my past sewing business, I had this feeling suddenly come over my, "What the hell are you doing Lezlie?" But, that feeling left as quickly as it came, and I was back to the purging of unneeded and unwanted items from my past. There are very few things I am keeping. If it has a tainted memory attached to it, it goes in the trash. I am hitting the restart button of my life.
I get one of two reactions when I tell someone that I am moving onto a boat. The most popular is one of excitement. A lady just the other day, smiled and said she was excited for me. There have been a few that thought I was crazy, but I think I over-heard my mother say - I have always been a little different. I know she meant it in a good way... I think.
TARDIS? Oh yeah, I haven't had any time to work on her. This weekend, my neighbor Larry, said he would help me work on the trailer and get her pulled up on it.
It's very quiet here, alone... even both dogs are gone. The black one on the left, went to live with my Dad. He loves her! The one on the right, is the neighbor dog, lovingly referred to as "Bug Eyes". She always came running when she saw me drive up. She has found a new home also.
So here I sit, no roommate (wasn't here much anyway), no kids and no dogs... man, this house is quiet. I better go sweep and mop those two empty bedrooms, and close them up. 10 days and counting...
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Did anyone think I was going to talk about Egypt, the radicalism in Islam or some crud in general? No…This is going to be relatively simple. The state of the world has nothing to do with political movements or individual acts of violence or moral turpitude. It has more to do with the state of the hearts of man. In general, mankind has embraced a mentality that we are entitled to be "taken care of". Pardon me…I thought are all supposed to work and pull our own weight for the simple fact that if we let anyone else "take care of us" like our government "nanny" proposes, then the servant becomes the master over us. I covet no man's fortune that he made or any woman hers. I can take care of myself and don't expect to be taken care of. I am part Native American and Irish/German and I do not believe even for one minute that because my ancestors suffered, that I should receive someone else's hard-earned dime. That is a shameful mentality that spits on the graves of those who did suffer since this generation does not even begin to comprehend their suffering. It wasn't their blood that was shed by the crack of a whip or the bullet of a gun. It was not them who got raped and beaten for wanting to learn to read. It was not them who had to endure having their families ripped apart because they were sold to the highest bidder either. My Native ancestors suffered long before any other continent sent their people over here.
If you want to come down to the brass tacks of this matter, then it is only the female that should get any compensation from the world…Why not? They've been screwed over since time began, right? However given that I am part Native American, Irish/German and Pennsylvania Dutch (according to my grandmother), NOBODY should be getting reparations unless I get a five way cut–because of the fact that I am female! However, let's get off of the subject of ME. This isn't about me…
Remember this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ni_c0IMP-c "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"…It's true.
We are seeing it–along with various groups who think they are the ones that should lead the way. We have the Communists, who are totally out of touch with reality. We have radical religious groups saying that they will come from their OWN countries and fly their own flag on the White House…Then we have those groups who say they will take land from this nation without firing a shot. None of these groups have vision. They cannot make decisions that are best for all when they are only centered on themselves and trying to sell America a "package" that they say is a privilege when in fact it is outright oppression. What vision they do have is an unrealistic one, based on some idea that they think Americans will just lay down and allow itself to be raped again and again.
Things will change in 2012. There is a group in control now that believes it is entitled to dictate what is best for every man, woman and child in this country. They have, in essence started to behave more like monarchs and less like the public servants they were elected to be. The people have now seen this and are disenchanted with them. These "servants"–and that is what they are–they work for the PEOPLE and will find that out soon enough. We as a nation know that they are no "Camelot" and that the last good vestige of hope died with Bobby Kennedy in 1968.
They also know that many are taking direction and money from one foreigner–by the last name of Soros. He is the puppet master. It is time to let these servants know that in 2012, their puppet master will be put on a leash and brought down a few notches into reality. There are a few key players that should be charged with treason and sedition–not all of whom I will name here, but Soros is one, Chouderay is another. Both of these men are dangerous to mankind as we know it to be. They both seek to control the people and deny them the basic rights that our ancestors fought and died for.
Both of those men are of the thought train that they know what is best for the world, and it is the propagators of all of this New World Order crap that are allowing both to run amok and spread anger and discontent. They know they can't accomplish all they want on this continent, so now they are focusing on their homelands–and they want to destroy Israel.
Let them try it. Israel has more than enough weapons to take care of that issue, I'm sure.
Pardon me, but I think that I know what is best for me. I will not go back to being chattel, and I certainly will never submit to orders to wear certain attire in this country. I will not give up my right to vote and be with whomever I please to satisfy the demands of a maddened zealot either. I want nothing from that entity and that entity has no right to want anything of me or my people–my America. It is time to wake up America. It is time to fire these people who want to put you and your children on a collar with a leash. It is time to take back our country, take back our educational system and take back our lives.
Let me be clear on the education issue. Foreign Languages and classes on any religions should be ELECTIVES–not mandatory subjects. Teachers should be teaching students in the fields that they have their specialties in. If they teach English Literature, they should only be teaching that area–not math, science and such. They should not have to write separate lesson plans for students that they are not properly trained to deal with either. If a teacher is only certified to teach English and Social Studies and has no special education training, they should NOT be teaching special ed. students in their classrooms. This system has become deplorable because there are instances where a teacher is having to write 5 sets of lesson plans per class period. Why? Because they have to work with all five special needs groups in a regular classroom. Why? Entitlement…IDEA has been twisted so now that any student–even those who are higher level are now in a classroom with children who are often disruptive and lower level. I am not talking about learning disabled (LD)–I"m referring to emotionally disturbed (ED).
On a typical day 4 groups of students will be working on worksheets or other activities while the home room teacher has to take a small group of special needs students and work with them as a group in the back of the classroom. How is that not segregating? It has to be done anyway to give each group time, but these teachers should not have to pull a Penn and Teller stunt to be able to teach an entire classroom. CEO's and administrators who have little experience with the classroom environment are looking for ways to trim the budgets and cut costs so they unfairly burden less qualified teachers to be all things to all groups.
IDEA has to be revamped. There is no way around this. What started off as a novel idea does not work anymore. It originated from "entitlement" but there is no way that a single teacher nowadays can be a messianic figure to a group of students. Classes need to be smaller and manageable so that the students can get a real education. IF this means that the least restrictive environment is a separate classroom for core subjects, with these students getting their socialization during lunch, PE, choir, etc…Then so be it. There is no reason to put a physically disabled student in a separate classroom if he or she is able to do the work. However, that teacher should not be expected to handle J-Tubes and Body fluids from diapers and such. That is what either nurse's aides or certified personnel are for. This budget cutting makes it impossible to hire more teachers and qualified aides, and this is what is causing the problems in education.
In a classroom environment within corrections, there is no distinction. If an ED person acts up, they are kicked out of the class. IF these offenders do not want to go to class and keep refusing–let them drop out but make them serve their entire sentence for refusing to complete their education. Make it an automatic disqualifier for parole if they refuse GED classes and/or miss a test with no legitimate reason. THEN they will start taking it seriously.
Now back to public schools. It is time to hold the administrators and boards to a higher standard. Parents need to demand that the DOE and the NEA be disbanded because they DID create the monster that our tax dollars is now feeding. They are no longer working to properly educate children, but are working to create division in the home and in the community. Tax dollars are gobbled up by these two entities. If they demand justification for my reasoning, look at the literacy scores in the US for the past 30 years. They have gone down steadily since the NEA was allowed to lobby for crap that this country did not need or want put into place. Look at the countless debates that the textbooks they endorse causes. Look at the agendas that districts are trying to shove down parents' throats because of all these entities which feel that they are "entitled" to tell you what is best for your own children. Is THIS what you really want?
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In short, you are entitled to determine how the "public servants" spend and allocate your dime. Why not take advantage of that and vote them out before they make things any worse? It is time to draw a line in the sand and fight for what is best for this nation to stay alive–not cave in to what some people think that they are "entitled" to regardless of where they are in this country! This nation has been bullied long enough by the politicians that have done nothing but proven how self-serving they are and have left border states to fend for themselves as much as they can. That is something I will address later on.


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OP, it might be a good idea for your DH to get his sperm checked to at least put that part of his mind at ease. If his swimmers aren't the best he'll be able to get started taking menevit to help with quantity and quality (although, if I were him I'd start taking the Menevit anyway).
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Thank you for your helpful advice and stories, I'll go and get menevit for him to start with and see how we go. I'll also talk to him about going to get his swimmers checked, I guess it wouldn't hurt and then we'll know for sure and can attempt to do something about it earlier on if need be seeing as he's older. What's a rough estimate of how much it costs?
18-02-2017 18:54 #13
I second menevit. DH was 43 when Ds2 was conceived and we had issues with male factor (poor motility). Menevit was the magic bullet, sperm take 3 months to mature so if he has poor motility or morphology, there will be a 3 month turn around for good sperm. I got pg at 2.5 months post intro of Menevit.
It's pricey but get the 3 month supply at Chemist Warehouse. I think it's just over $100, but way cheaper than buying per month.
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I'm another Menavit fan - hubby used it for our cycles too.
My DH is 53, I'm 42. We had to do IVF because he had a vasectomy in a previous relationship.
We did 4 own egg cycles but my eggs were cr@p, so we found an egg donor to help us. She gave us 20 eggs, 18 were mature, and thanks to hubby's TESA 15 fertilised.
There was obviously nothing wrong with his sperm despite the vasectomy, as we ended up with 6 frosties (5 'A' Grade and 1 'B' Grade) and an 'A' Grade fresh transfer, on which we fell pregnant. We are expecting our first child together in June.
I know that the male being older can theoretically cause issues, but when I queried my FS about it he was very reluctant to do much testing. Hubby had children previously so they pretty much decided that he was 'proven.' This was despite the last child being born over 15 years ago!
Anyway, despite some initial nervousness on DH's part (his concern was more about something going wrong during the pregnancy as we MC'd our first with my own eggs) we are both very much looking forward to having this baby I'm sure your DH will settle down in due course.
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@Blossom74 I forgot about menevit. Dp isn't older then me but younger by 6 yrs and he was on it aswell. Definately improved the little swimmers
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20-02-2017 08:26 #18
My husband is 44 and we have an almost 1 year old.
When he helps out, he manages just fine. Actually, he has never said that he doesn't do things because he feels old... he just doesn't do them.
Getting better though.
As for the nappies, sleepless nights, etc... I did all that. Or am doing all that.
20-02-2017 08:41 #19
My dad was 49 when my littlest sister was born. He did all the sleepless nights with her and did most of the 'mum' parenting when she was little. It definitely can be done and age doesn't necessarily have to be a barrier to parenting if everyone is generally healthy (As much as they might try and get away with it lol)
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My dad was 50 when i was born and my mum was 30. Can't say i had any issues as a child with having an older dad however my mum was the primary parent and did most of the child raising. A lot of people thought he was the grandfather and not my mums husband which was a bit awkward.
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So... about a month ago, before I went to Japan, my keyblade breaks off of my keyfob for the TT. No big deal, except that every time I want to find my keyblade, I gotta stand there and dig in my pockets for a few minutes sorting past whalefant lighters, gum wrappers and all manner of good luck charms that I carry with me at all times. Unfortunately 2 nights ago, Im going thru said ritual, with arms full of papers and of course... my portable hard drive containing all progress on CreeD book 4. Sadly... with only but 2 mortal arms to carry my entire world and one free armpit and one loose hand to sort out all the contents of my pockets, one had to give. And it had to be the hard drive. Now Ive gotta send it off to Iomega and hope that something can be done, else it will take even longer to finish this book.
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I was kindly invited to join N's boss' wife and a couple of her local friends for lunch at The Ambassador, an Indian restaurant which do an amazing lunch buffet. I had a really lovely time and fun chats. Afterwards I took a walk around the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins which has lovely buildings and green spaces. I don't know why I didn't take any pictures there! Maybe because I felt like an intruder!
That Friday there was cause for celebration as several of N's colleagues found out they had been successful in their applications for some rather sizeable grants, enabling them to further their research. So I crashed their party and joined them for drinks and food over at Fells Point. I have no idea at which establishment we were, but we had a lovely evening sat outside in the balmy (that's a nice word for sticky!) air, enjoying sweet potato fries with a chocolate dip (genius!), crab dip, and salads. On the way home N and I stopped by Pitango Gelato, again! I can't remember which flavours I had on this occasion, this is why I should always take photos! I'm sure it was incredibly tasty though!
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After playing in the playground for a bit and having a decent walk (no sunburn woo!) we headed back in time for me to link in to the Lemons' Eurovision party (although poorly attended this year!) via Skype! That was so much fun! Although not as great as being there I was happy to be able to join in.
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An American robin (nowhere near as cute as our British robins, but they do have a pretty song)
Me with my first Pitango Gelato (my hair was so short!)
A real life pirate at Privateer Day:
N's massive milkshake at the Cheesecake Factory:
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So who are the ASI team?
ALLEN ... ( Paltalk name = Allenjo ) Allenjo has been with ASI since the transition from Paltalk Radio days when he was mainly responsible for the Karaoke shows. Any technical problems, web site and sound issues are usually dealt with by Allenjo. He also takes on responsibility for induction of new programmes.
CASS … ( Paltalk name = Anna_Karennina_1 ) Cass was the 'point person' for Paltalk Radio, and also host and co-host of various radio programmes. As a founder member of ASI she now takes an overall role for ensuring that all the different aspects of the Station are in place, and for liaising with other Stations and organisations.


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Obviously the title is a little bit of wishful thinking, but date or no date, a fresh manicure is one way to feel that little bit better about yourself. Plus I keep buying nail varnish and need some justification for the amount I own so a nail polish post it is then.
Models Own - Polish for tans - Flip Flop £4.99
I wore this rather bright lime green to Leeds Fest this weekend which you may have seen in my outfit post here. The bright colour is certainly eye catching and you never know depending on how much your date is into his nail varnishes it may even be a conversation stater...that what people talk about on dates right?? No...ohhh. Well you will certainly catch his attention with your new bright nails anyhow. Plus if you need to make a run for it at any time I'm pretty sure flagging down a taxi won't be a problem.
Tanya Burr - Little Duck - Superdrug £5.99
A favourite of bloggers and for good reasons too. This colour is darling and looks so cute. It's more of a pastel shade than the photo gives credit for. This polish did take me a while to track down and I managed to pick it up after 4... yes 4 visits to different Superdrug stores. The polish is nice to apply and only takes one coat (although I always use two for a better finish) so if your in a hurry I would recommend reaching for this.
Barry M - Gelly Nail Effect - Prickly Pear £3.99
This shade looks elegant and very girlie. Although please paint your nails neater than I do, first impressions count. The beautiful pastel colour has such a nice shine and looks professional and glossy. The nail varnish is thin and does require two coats but overall the Gelly Effects range is a favourite of mine and at £3.99 is defiantly one of the cheaper polishes.
Revlon Parfumerie - Scented nail polish - Ginger Melon £6.49
A slightly more expensive nail varnish at £6.49 although it's scented! I've never tried any scented nail varnishes before although I've bought a few in the past for other people as gifts and was a little intrigued. Firstly you will only be able to smell the scent when the nail varnish is dry...otherwise it just smells like nail varnish. The colour ginger melon is a a bright shiny pink and I'm not sure what ginger melon should smell like but to me it smells like sweets. For a glossy colour and the scent of sweets this has got to be a winning pick for a date.
What's your favourite polish?


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A PENSIONER suffered an horrific injury when thieves used a screwdriver to prize a tight-fitting gold bangle from her wrist after conning their way to her home in Leeds.
The 66-year-old woman was left with a gaping wound on her wrist following the brutal robbery in the Greenthorpe Hill area of Wortley.
It happened after the pensioner allowed two men into her home who had knocked on her door claiming to be police officers.
Once inside they forced her onto a sofa and searched the house.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "This brave lady tried to phone the police while they were there so they cut the phone line. When they demanded the PIN numbers for her bankcards she defiantly refused.
"Worst of all, they stole a tight-fitting gold bangle from her arm by forcing it off with a screwdriver."
Anyone with information about the incident, which happened between 6.30pm and 7pm on Thursday January 15, is asked to call police on 101.


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looks like a steal to me
emila, thanks for the heads up!
chloe231, i would've loved to get this bag and what a great price!!!!! good luck with your sale!
That colour is gorgeous....
GORGEOUS!!! Oh.... must.... resist.... the temptation...... somebody get this quick!!!!!
Good luck, chloe!!!! It's a beautiful color and the leather looks so nice and smooshy, too! I hope a PFer gets it!
hmmm save the money to buy a car or this... lol.
Heck yeah! I can't believe this beautiful bag is still for sale!!! Someone grab this, while you still can.


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Of all the gemstones there are, the diamond is probably the one we all bring to mind when thinking of precious gems, so it's no surprise that over the years certain diamond myths have grown up around them, which we're going to put right here.
Diamond myth 1. Bigger diamonds are always better
No no no! It's a common held belief that a bigger diamond has a higher value than a small one, but as diamonds are valued on a combination of four separate attributes – Cut, Colour, Clarity and Carat Weight – this simply isn't the case.
A small, perfectly clear diamond with the perfect cut to enhance its sparkle will hold greater value than a large, yet less clear stone with some inclusions and a poor cut.
When choosing the diamond you want for your engagement ring, make sure you go through the various options with your goldsmith. He or she will be able to help you find the perfect balance of the Four C's to match up to the fifth – 'Cost' and help you attain the ring of your dreams.
Diamond myth 2. A solitaire must have a round brilliant cut diamond
Nope! Okay, so the vast majority of engagement rings are actually set with a round brilliant cut diamond. But there are plenty of other shapes to choose from and you may find that you pay less for a different cut with the same carat weight, enabling you to add additional stones to the shoulders, perhaps.
One of our favourite cuts is the emerald cut, which for us is so redolent of the golden age of art deco (think Gatsby, cocktails and pure hedonism) that we can't resist creating ring designs to reflect the era using all kinds of gorgeous gemstones.
We're also very proud to announce that here at Christopher Evans is one of the few places you can find the incredible Premier Diamond, a sparkling new variation of the classic round brilliant-cut but with 82 facets that create so much life and fire that each one will take your breath away.
Diamond myth 3. Diamonds can't break
Yes, diamonds are the hardest gemstone on earth and yes they are impervious to almost all acids and yes they can withstand higher temperatures than most precious gems (after all, they are created by extreme heat and pressure over millennia) but no, they are not unbreakable.
Diamonds are simply a particular formation of carbon atoms in crystal form. Within the molecular arrangement of these carbon atoms, there are planes where the atoms on either side are more tightly bonded than the atoms in the plane – making it the weakest spot in the stone. Diamond cutters split, or cleave, diamonds by giving them a sharp tap in the right place. They know how to split a diamond along its cleavage plane, using this knowledge to create the cut they believe is best for that particular stone. If you accidently hit your diamond along one of these cleavage planes, it can chip or fracture.
Certain diamond cuts are more vulnerable than others, such as the princess cut, with its pointed corners. We always suggest that when storing diamond jewellery, our customers keep them in separate pouches as of course one diamond can scratch or even chip another.
Diamond myth 4. A diamond engagement ring should cost three months' salary.
Seriously?! Actually this myth is a bit of a moveable feast, you might say, as the commitment varies dramatically. Some say a chap should spend three months' salary, some say two months and some say one. We say don't listen to anybody else, do what your heart and head advise. After all, marriage isn't about the ring, it's about the commitment.
The roots of this myth lie in a De Beers marketing campaign, the same people who came up with the tagline, A Diamond Is Forever. It came about during the 1930's, in America, at the height of the Depression – a disastrous time for De Beers. Their marketing campaign linked diamonds with engagement rings and actually suggested that the man should spend one month's salary on the purchase. By the 1980's they had increased this to two month's salary. One campaign showed a beautiful woman wearing a solitaire diamond ring with the text: 'Two months' salary showed the future Mrs. Smith what the future would be like.' Another, with only a diamond ring on a black background said: 'How can you make two months' salary last forever?'
Interestingly in the UK, the De Beers campaign remained at promoting just a single month's pay as appropriate for engagement ring spend (we sensible Brits would NEVER have fallen for doubling that, surely!?) whereas in Japan De Beers increased it to three months' salary. Today Japan remains one of the leading markets for diamond jewellery, a sea change from before De Beers did their thing, when diamond rings were simply unheard of before WW2.
Diamond myth 5. I can get a better deal on my diamond by not buying retail.
You might think that you can get a better deal on your stone by buying from an online auction, from a wholesaler or direct from the dealer and in the basics of that you might be right, but there is an increased risk involved.
Our advice is to choose a trusted retailer who isn't going anywhere, whose reputation is of vital importance to them and who offers protection on your purchase you simply won't find with one of the other options.
As well as providing quality guarantees and an internationally recognised grading report from the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) or IGI (international Gemological Institute) a jeweller's expertise is invaluable in helping you choose the right diamond (see Diamond Myth 1.) and the right setting for it.
By choosing Christopher Evans you can be assured that you have chosen a team who really, really know their stuff. From working with precious gems every day to intensive training courses to the design and making of simply stunning jewellery, we are undisputed experts in our field. Why would you trust your heart and purse to anything less?


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- 1 lot to give away to a 2 year old girl we know.
- 1 lot to give away to a new 4 weeks old baby. girl
- 1 lot to sell at my market stall (This money will go to Dolly's college fund).
- 1 small lot of very damaged cotton clothing for the rag basket.
- 3 items for the rubbish bin. Elastic stretched out and unrepairable.
- 1 pile for the op shop; too good to throw out but not to my taste to hand-me-down or sell.
|To sell.
|For Baby (full red skirt, stripy playsuit, 2 dresses and over nappy pants).
|For 2 yr old (6 dresses, shoes, 5 leggings and other stuff)
|Tucker Time