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Live from the White House with President Barack Obama delivering remarks on reducing gun violence (For replay go to 37:50).
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Remarks by the President on Common-Sense Gun Safety Reform
East Room
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much.
Mark, I want to thank you for your introduction. I still remember the first time we met, the time we spent together, and the conversation we had about Daniel. And that changed me that day. And my hope, earnestly, has been that it would change the country.
Five years ago this week, a sitting member of Congress and 18 others were shot at, at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. It wasn't the first time I had to talk to the nation in response to a mass shooting, nor would it be the last. Fort Hood. Binghamton. Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. The Navy Yard. Santa Barbara. Charleston. San Bernardino. Too many.
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THE PRESIDENT: Thanks to a great medical team and the love of her husband, Mark, my dear friend and colleague, Gabby Giffords, survived. She's here with us today, with her wonderful mom. (Applause.) Thanks to a great medical team, her wonderful husband, Mark — who, by the way, the last time I met with Mark — this is just a small aside — you may know Mark's twin brother is in outer space. (Laughter.) He came to the office, and I said, how often are you talking to him? And he says, well, I usually talk to him every day, but the call was coming in right before the meeting so I think I may have not answered his call — (laughter) — which made me feel kind of bad. (Laughter.) That's a long-distance call. (Laughter.) So I told him if his brother, Scott, is calling today, that he should take it. (Laughter.) Turn the ringer on. (Laughter.)
I was there with Gabby when she was still in the hospital, and we didn't think necessarily at that point that she was going to survive. And that visit right before a memorial — about an hour later Gabby first opened her eyes. And I remember talking to mom about that. But I know the pain that she and her family have endured these past five years, and the rehabilitation and the work and the effort to recover from shattering injuries.
And then I think of all the Americans who aren't as fortunate. Every single year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns — 30,000. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. Many have had to learn to live with a disability, or learned to live without the love of their life.
A number of those people are here today. They can tell you some stories. In this room right here, there are a lot of stories. There's a lot of heartache. There's a lot of resilience, there's a lot of strength, but there's also a lot of pain. And this is just a small sample.
The United States of America is not the only country on Earth with violent or dangerous people. We are not inherently more prone to violence. But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency. It doesn't happen in other advanced countries. It's not even close. And as I've said before, somehow we've become numb to it and we start thinking that this is normal.
And instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, this has become one of our most polarized, partisan debates — despite the fact that there's a general consensus in America about what needs to be done. That's part of the reason why, on Thursday, I'm going to hold a town hall meeting in Virginia on gun violence. Because my goal here is to bring good people on both sides of this issue together for an open discussion.
I'm not on the ballot again. I'm not looking to score some points. I think we can disagree without impugning other people's motives or without being disagreeable. We don't need to be talking past one another. But we do have to feel a sense of urgency about it. In Dr. King's words, we need to feel the "fierce urgency of now." Because people are dying. And the constant excuses for inaction no longer do, no longer suffice.
That's why we're here today. Not to debate the last mass shooting, but to do something to try to prevent the next one. (Applause.) To prove that the vast majority of Americans, even if our voices aren't always the loudest or most extreme, care enough about a little boy like Daniel to come together and take common-sense steps to save lives and protect more of our children.
Now, I want to be absolutely clear at the start — and I've said this over and over again, this also becomes routine, there is a ritual about this whole thing that I have to do — I believe in the Second Amendment. It's there written on the paper. It guarantees a right to bear arms. No matter how many times people try to twist my words around — I taught constitutional law, I know a little about this — (applause) — I get it. But I also believe that we can find ways to reduce gun violence consistent with the Second Amendment.
I mean, think about it. We all believe in the First Amendment, the guarantee of free speech, but we accept that you can't yell "fire" in a theater. We understand there are some constraints on our freedom in order to protect innocent people. We cherish our right to privacy, but we accept that you have to go through metal detectors before being allowed to board a plane. It's not because people like doing that, but we understand that that's part of the price of living in a civilized society.
And what's often ignored in this debate is that a majority of gun owners actually agree. A majority of gun owners agree that we can respect the Second Amendment while keeping an irresponsible, law-breaking feud from inflicting harm on a massive scale.
Today, background checks are required at gun stores. If a father wants to teach his daughter how to hunt, he can walk into a gun store, get a background check, purchase his weapon safely and responsibly. This is not seen as an infringement on the Second Amendment. Contrary to the claims of what some gun rights proponents have suggested, this hasn't been the first step in some slippery slope to mass confiscation. Contrary to claims of some presidential candidates, apparently, before this meeting, this is not a plot to take away everybody's guns. You pass a background check; you purchase a firearm.
The problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules. A violent felon can buy the exact same weapon over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked. A recent study found that about one in 30 people looking to buy guns on one website had criminal records — one out of 30 had a criminal record. We're talking about individuals convicted of serious crimes — aggravated assault, domestic violence, robbery, illegal gun possession. People with lengthy criminal histories buying deadly weapons all too easily. And this was just one website within the span of a few months.
So we've created a system in which dangerous people are allowed to play by a different set of rules than a responsible gun owner who buys his or her gun the right way and subjects themselves to a background check. That doesn't make sense. Everybody should have to abide by the same rules. Most Americans and gun owners agree. And that's what we tried to change three years ago, after 26 Americans -– including 20 children -– were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Two United States Senators -– Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, both gun owners, both strong defenders of our Second Amendment rights, both with "A" grades from the NRA –- that's hard to get — worked together in good faith, consulting with folks like our Vice President, who has been a champion on this for a long time, to write a common-sense compromise bill that would have required virtually everyone who buys a gun to get a background check. That was it. Pretty common-sense stuff. Ninety percent of Americans supported that idea. Ninety percent of Democrats in the Senate voted for that idea. But it failed because 90 percent of Republicans in the Senate voted against that idea.
How did this become such a partisan issue? Republican President George W. Bush once said, "I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere to make sure that guns don't get into the hands of people that shouldn't have them." Senator John McCain introduced a bipartisan measure to address the gun show loophole, saying, "We need this amendment because criminals and terrorists have exploited and are exploiting this very obvious loophole in our gun safety laws." Even the NRA used to support expanded background checks. And by the way, most of its members still do. Most Republican voters still do.
How did we get here? How did we get to the place where people think requiring a comprehensive background check means taking away people's guns?
Each time this comes up, we are fed the excuse that common-sense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre, or the one before that, or the one before that, so why bother trying. I reject that thinking. (Applause.) We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world. But maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.
Some of you may recall, at the same time that Sandy Hook happened, a disturbed person in China took a knife and tried to kill — with a knife — a bunch of children in China. But most of them survived because he didn't have access to a powerful weapon. We maybe can't save everybody, but we could save some. Just as we don't prevent all traffic accidents but we take steps to try to reduce traffic accidents.
As Ronald Reagan once said, if mandatory background checks could save more lives, "it would be well worth making it the law of the land." The bill before Congress three years ago met that test. Unfortunately, too many senators failed theirs. (Applause.)
In fact, we know that background checks make a difference. After Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks and gun safety courses, gun deaths decreased by 40 percent — 40 percent. (Applause.) Meanwhile, since Missouri repealed a law requiring comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, gun deaths have increased to almost 50 percent higher than the national average. One study found, unsurprisingly, that criminals in Missouri now have easier access to guns.
And the evidence tells us that in states that require background checks, law-abiding Americans don't find it any harder to purchase guns whatsoever. Their guns have not been confiscated. Their rights have not been infringed.
And that's just the information we have access to. With more research, we could further improve gun safety. Just as with more research, we've reduced traffic fatalities enormously over the last 30 years. We do research when cars, food, medicine, even toys harm people so that we make them safer. And you know what — research, science — those are good things. They work. (Laughter and applause.) They do.
But think about this. When it comes to an inherently deadly weapon — nobody argues that guns are potentially deadly — weapons that kill tens of thousands of Americans every year, Congress actually voted to make it harder for public health experts to conduct research into gun violence; made it harder to collect data and facts and develop strategies to reduce gun violence. Even after San Bernardino, they've refused to make it harder for terror suspects who can't get on a plane to buy semi-automatic weapons. That's not right. That can't be right.
So the gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold America hostage. (Applause.) We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom. (Applause.)
Now, I want to be clear. Congress still needs to act. The folks in this room will not rest until Congress does. (Applause.) Because once Congress gets on board with common-sense gun safety measures we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. But we also can't wait. Until we have a Congress that's in line with the majority of Americans, there are actions within my legal authority that we can take to help reduce gun violence and save more lives -– actions that protect our rights and our kids.
After Sandy Hook, Joe and I worked together with our teams and we put forward a whole series of executive actions to try to tighten up the existing rules and systems that we had in place. But today, we want to take it a step further. So let me outline what we're going to be doing.
Number one, anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks, or be subject to criminal prosecutions. (Applause.) It doesn't matter whether you're doing it over the Internet or at a gun show. It's not where you do it, but what you do.
We're also expanding background checks to cover violent criminals who try to buy some of the most dangerous firearms by hiding behind trusts and corporations and various cutouts.
We're also taking steps to make the background check system more efficient. Under the guidance of Jim Comey and the FBI, our Deputy Director Tom Brandon at ATF, we're going to hire more folks to process applications faster, and we're going to bring an outdated background check system into the 21st century. (Applause.)
And these steps will actually lead to a smoother process for law-abiding gun owners, a smoother process for responsible gun dealers, a stronger process for protecting the people from — the public from dangerous people. So that's number one.
Number two, we're going to do everything we can to ensure the smart and effective enforcement of gun safety laws that are already on the books, which means we're going to add 200 more ATF agents and investigators. We're going to require firearms dealers to report more lost or stolen guns on a timely basis. We're working with advocates to protect victims of domestic abuse from gun violence, where too often — (applause) — where too often, people are not getting the protection that they need.
Number three, we're going to do more to help those suffering from mental illness get the help that they need. (Applause.) High-profile mass shootings tend to shine a light on those few mentally unstable people who inflict harm on others. But the truth is, is that nearly two in three gun deaths are from suicides. So a lot of our work is to prevent people from hurting themselves.
That's why we made sure that the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — (laughter and applause) — that law made sure that treatment for mental health was covered the same as treatment for any other illness. And that's why we're going to invest $500 million to expand access to treatment across the country. (Applause.)
It's also why we're going to ensure that federal mental health records are submitted to the background check system, and remove barriers that prevent states from reporting relevant information. If we can continue to de-stigmatize mental health issues, get folks proper care, and fill gaps in the background check system, then we can spare more families the pain of losing a loved one to suicide.
And for those in Congress who so often rush to blame mental illness for mass shootings as a way of avoiding action on guns, here's your chance to support these efforts. Put your money where your mouth is. (Applause.)
Number four, we're going to boost gun safety technology. Today, many gun injuries and deaths are the result of legal guns that were stolen or misused or discharged accidentally. In 2013 alone, more than 500 people lost their lives to gun accidents –- and that includes 30 children younger than five years old. In the greatest, most technologically advanced nation on Earth, there is no reason for this. We need to develop new technologies that make guns safer. If we can set it up so you can't unlock your phone unless you've got the right fingerprint, why can't we do the same thing for our guns? (Applause.) If there's an app that can help us find a missing tablet — which happens to me often the older I get — (laughter) — if we can do it for your iPad, there's no reason we can't do it with a stolen gun. If a child can't open a bottle of aspirin, we should make sure that they can't pull a trigger on a gun. (Applause.) Right?
So we're going to advance research. We're going to work with the private sector to update firearms technology.
And some gun retailers are already stepping up by refusing to finalize a purchase without a complete background check, or by refraining from selling semi-automatic weapons or high-capacity magazines. And I hope that more retailers and more manufacturers join them — because they should care as much as anybody about a product that now kills almost as many Americans as car accidents.
I make this point because none of us can do this alone. I think Mark made that point earlier. All of us should be able to work together to find a balance that declares the rest of our rights are also important — Second Amendment rights are important, but there are other rights that we care about as well. And we have to be able to balance them. Because our right to worship freely and safely –- that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina. (Applause.) And that was denied Jews in Kansas City. And that was denied Muslims in Chapel Hill, and Sikhs in Oak Creek. (Applause.) They had rights, too. (Applause.)
Our right to peaceful assembly -– that right was robbed from moviegoers in Aurora and Lafayette. Our unalienable right to life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -– those rights were stripped from college students in Blacksburg and Santa Barbara, and from high schoolers at Columbine, and from first-graders in Newtown. First-graders. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun.
Every time I think about those kids it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of Chicago every day. (Applause.)
So all of us need to demand a Congress brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby's lies. All of us need to stand up and protect its citizens. All of us need to demand governors and legislatures and businesses do their part to make our communities safer. We need the wide majority of responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time this happens and feel like your views are not being properly represented to join with us to demand something better. (Applause.)
And we need voters who want safer gun laws, and who are disappointed in leaders who stand in their way, to remember come election time. (Applause.)
I mean, some of this is just simple math. Yes, the gun lobby is loud and it is organized in defense of making it effortless for guns to be available for anybody, any time. Well, you know what, the rest of us, we all have to be just as passionate. We have to be just as organized in defense of our kids. This is not that complicated. The reason Congress blocks laws is because they want to win elections. And if you make it hard for them to win an election if they block those laws, they'll change course, I promise you. (Applause.)
And, yes, it will be hard, and it won't happen overnight. It won't happen during this Congress. It won't happen during my presidency. But a lot of things don't happen overnight. A woman's right to vote didn't happen overnight. The liberation of African Americans didn't happen overnight. LGBT rights — that was decades' worth of work. So just because it's hard, that's no excuse not to try.
And if you have any doubt as to why you should feel that "fierce urgency of now," think about what happened three weeks ago. Zaevion Dobson was a sophomore at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. He played football; beloved by his classmates and his teachers. His own mayor called him one of their city's success stories. The week before Christmas, he headed to a friend's house to play video games. He wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time. He hadn't made a bad decision. He was exactly where any other kid would be. Your kid. My kids. And then gunmen started firing. And Zaevion — who was in high school, hadn't even gotten started in life — dove on top of three girls to shield them from the bullets. And he was shot in the head. And the girls were spared. He gave his life to save theirs –- an act of heroism a lot bigger than anything we should ever expect from a 15-year-old. "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends."
We are not asked to do what Zaevion Dobson did. We're not asked to have shoulders that big; a heart that strong; reactions that quick. I'm not asking people to have that same level of courage, or sacrifice, or love. But if we love our kids and care about their prospects, and if we love this country and care about its future, then we can find the courage to vote. We can find the courage to get mobilized and organized. We can find the courage to cut through all the noise and do what a sensible country would do.
That's what we're doing today. And tomorrow, we should do more. And we should do more the day after that. And if we do, we'll leave behind a nation that's stronger than the one we inherited and worthy of the sacrifice of a young man like Zaevion. (Applause.)
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. Thank you. God bless America. (Applause.)
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Did you ever watch a zombie movie and wonder about the ratio of zombies to people? I mean, if there were billions of people in the world and almost all of them are now zombies, isn't the long-term survival outlook for the humans pretty bleak? Ok, maybe that's just how I think.
Or maybe you've found yourself in a monster movie, driving away from some nasty creatures. How do you describe how fast you're going? You need some frame of reference. Maybe you're going 60. 60 what? 60 feet per year? That's crazy slow. Those monsters are totally going to catch you. Or maybe you're going 60 miles per hour. That's more like it.
All of these are issues of comparison. How do we compare these things? What's the language we can use? That's what we'll learn here as we discuss ratios and rates.
Let's start with ratios. A ratio is a comparison between two terms. Maybe you're in a town with 500 zombies and 1 of you. The ratio of zombies to people is 500 to 1. We can write ratios in a few different ways. For example, we can write it just as we say it: 500 to 1. We can also write it like this: 500:1, with a colon that stands in for 'to.'
Since that ratio is kind of intimidating, let's focus on something else. This style of writing ratios is the way you might see the odds of something happening, like the odds your favorite football team winning on Sunday. Maybe the odds are 6:1. That means that if you bet one dollar on your team, and they won, you'd totally go to jail. Betting is illegal. Well, in most places. Let's say you're in Las Vegas, so it's okay. So the odds are 6:1, and you bet one dollar. So, if they win, you'd get six dollars. If you bet five dollars, you'd win 5 * 6, or $30.
The third way to write ratios is as a fraction, like 1/2. I know, it looks like just a fraction, but a fraction is really a ratio. If you say a glass is 1/2 full, you're comparing how full it is to how full it could be; that's 1 to 2.
Let's look at some sample ratio questions. Sometimes, you need to identify a ratio from a given set of information. Let's say you're going through your clothes and you have eight shirts, 12 skirts and 37 pairs of shoes. Wow, you really like shoes, huh? Here's the question: What's the ratio of shirts to skirts? 8:12. Sadly, the ratio doesn't rhyme like the clothes names.
You might see a question like this: At a sci-fi convention, the ratio of Star Wars fans to Trekkies is 5:4. If there are 130 Star Wars fans, how many Trekkies are there?
To solve this, just set up an equation like this: Star Wars/Trekkies = 5/4 = 130/x, where x is the number of Trekkies.
So there are 104 Trekkies. By the way, aside from being outnumbered, I think they prefer to be called 'Trekkers.'
Despite their costumes, Star Wars fans and Trekkers are all humans. What if we want to compare different units? That's where rates come in. A rate is a special kind of ratio. It's a comparison of two terms that use different units.
Let's say I can do 20 pull-ups in three minutes. We could write that like this: 20 pull-ups/3 minutes. Since we're comparing different units, pull-ups and minutes, this is a rate. Again, this is just a subset of ratios.
You're probably familiar with this rate: mph. What's that stand for? Miles per hour - that's a particular kind of rate that's called a unit rate. A unit rate is a rate with a denominator of 1. Remember when you were speeding away from monsters? Oh, I'm sorry. Were you trying to forget that? Well, let's say you were going 60 miles per hour. We write that like this: 60 miles/1 hour. Since that denominator is 1, it's a unit rate. We can rewrite it like this: 60 miles/hour.
With rates, you may be asked to simplify a fraction like this: At a local warehouse store, an 18-pound bag of potato chips costs 42 dollars. Express this in its simplest form. That's a lot of potato chips. What's the rate? 18 lbs/42 dollars. To make it simpler, we just simplify the fraction. The greatest common factor here is 6. Divide both numbers by 6, and we get 3 lbs/7 dollars. That's not a bad deal on chips.
You might also need to use unit rates to figure something out, like this: Susan rides her bicycle at a speed of 12 miles per hour. If she rides for four hours, how far does she go? We can set this up like the sci-fi one. 12 miles/1 hour = x miles/4 hours. Be sure to match the correct units when setting up your fractions. We then cross multiply to get 12 * 4 = x. So x = 48. She goes 48 miles. Not bad, Susan.
You can also encounter rates in the kitchen. Maybe I'm making pancakes and the recipe calls for using cups of flour and milk in a ratio of 3:2. That's fine for most days. But I'm really hungry today. I want to make triple the normal amount. How do I adjust the ratio? I just need to multiply both terms by three. Remember that in a ratio you must use the same value. So, that 3:2 becomes 9:6. And there will be pancakes for all! Okay, no. They're all for me.
To summarize, a ratio is a comparison between two terms. We can write it like this: 5 to 1; with a colon, like 100:3; or as a fraction, like 3/4.
A rate is a special type of ratio in which the two terms are measured using different units. This is like paying for something by weight, where you're comparing pounds to dollars.
A unit rate is a rate where the denominator is one. An example of this is miles per hour, where we're talking about a certain number of miles in one hour.
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Month: August 2012
What's a Girl to do?
With summer coming to an end and my hair beginning to grow out, I find myself asking this question lately. In my previous blog post "The Good Hair Day Remedy" I discussed why temperature, humidity and dew point is so important for curly or natural hair. Now I'm questioning what am I supposed to do with my hair in the winter months? In the summer were trying to protect our hair from all the moisture in the air, I find it comical that we have the opposite problem in the winter. In the winter, at least on the east coast, there isn't any moisture in the air other than when snows.
I am anxious about my first winter with natural hair. In the past during the winter months my hair was miserable; I suffer from dry scalp during this time and believe me I have tried every dry scalp remedy. Hot oil treatment, hair streamer, oiling my scalp with ever and any natural oil but nothing seems to work. My hair also becomes extremely dry because of the lack of moisture in the air and when I apply a thick creamy leave in these types of products tends to weigh my hair down. So I walk around with white flakes and oil hair, so not attractive! I read an article that stated that newly naturals, who did the Big Chop, have to start detangling after their hair grew out three inches. Guess who's going to have three inches just in time for winter? Me!
So here's my plan I'm going to wait until October and then I'm going to start researching what types of products I need to use and start buying samples to try on my hair to help me during this dreadful season. I have to remind myself that this is part of my journey and once I figure out how to make my hair look and feel great during the winter months I have reached this goal. Am I the only one feeling anxious about the effects winter has on natural hair?
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The Good Hair Day Remedy
Recently I downloaded an app for my Android from NaturallyCurly.com called Curls on the Go. What I love about this app, other than the wealth of information, is that it is able to tell me the temperature, humidity and dew point for my location, what that means for my hair (optimal or frizzy hair day) and what type of products I should use to have an optimal hair day. I thought to myself this is fantastic I will never have a bad hair day again, especially since my hair has started to grow and the products I used to use are just not working anymore. I knew what temperature and humidity was from experience. I know if the weather man says today will be 100 degrees with 90% humidity it's going to be a nasty day. But I didn't understand what a dew point was and how that affected my hair.
What I have found is the temperature, humidity and dew point can be the difference between and good or bad hair day and why humectants and anti humectants are important.
Relative Humidity is vapor pressure of water in the air at a specific time versus the saturated vapor pressure of water at that temperature. The saturated vapor pressure for water changes substantially with temperature; so as the temperature increases or decreases the value of relative humidity changes even if overall water content in the air remains unchanged. How does humidity affect hair? Well hair is largely hydroscopic, meaning it is able to exchange water molecules with moist or dry air. While dry air will drive water molecules from your hair into the environment, humidity has the opposite effect on hair. The hydroscopic nature of hair during humidity will prompt absorption of airborne moisture, which in turn causes swelling of the hair–as much as 16 percent of the diameter in high humidity. High Humidity is any percentage above 45 to 50.
Curly hair tends to be dry and therefore vulnerable to humid air. It simply wants to soak up moisture. This causes cuticles to expand, which causes frizz. The secret to keeping frizz at bay involves moisture, moisture, moisture. To keep hair properly moisturized, you need a few hair products including: non-sulfate shampoo, a leave-in conditioner, a deep conditioner and a styling product involving silicone.
Dew Point is the temperature at which the air can no longer hold all of its water vapor, and some of the water vapor must condense into liquid water. The dew point is always lower than (or equal to) the air temperature. While relative humidity is (as its name suggests) a relative measure of how humid the air is, the dew point temperature is an absolute measure of how much water vapor is in the air. In very warm, humid conditions, the dew point temperature often reaches 75 to 77 degrees F, and sometimes exceeds 80 degrees. No matter how hot the temperature gets, a dew point temperature of (say) 75 deg. F always represents the same amount of water vapor in the air. How does dew point affect hair? I have provided a chart that illustrates how dew point affects hair and what you can do to combat the affects.
Dew Point Below 15 F: Very Dry. Use as much moisture and emollients as your hair can handle without over conditioning. Humectants use may need to be cut out entirely or severely limited.
Dew Point 15-30 F: Dry, add moisture and emollients. Limit or cut out humectants.
Dew Point 30-40F: Can be Iffy, some people can tolerate more humectants. Others cannot, very trial and error in this range.
Dew Point 40-60 F: Prime curly range. You should get some curl without the summer frizz. Find balance between moisture and humectants that work for you.
Dew Point 60F and up: You need to find moisture/humectants tolerance that works for you. Some of you will be able to tolerate humectants. Those of you with porous hair may start to see humectants induced frizz at this range and especially once the dew point fits 70. Those who get humectants induced frizz may want to look into anti-humectants to keep that muggy weather out of your hair.
Humectants are molecules that possess atoms and groups of atoms that attract and bind water to themselves. They can have benefits and drawbacks for curly hair, and their performance is often very dependent upon the amount of moisture in the environment. Applied to the hair humectants draw water to themselves from whichever source is greater either the atmosphere or the hair so be careful
Anti-Humectants must not be hygroscopic, meaning it must not possess molecular traits that cause it to attract water molecules to itself. It must be water-repellent, which necessarily means insoluble in water. This property allows it to lock out or prevent the intrusion of moisture into the hair from a humid environment. Additionally, these ingredients typically coat, flatten, and seal the external cuticle layer of the hair strands.
So what did I learn? I've learned is that Temperature, Humidity and Dew Point are tools we use to learn how much water vapor is in the air which just means how much moisture is in the air. I know that I will have an awesome hair day if the humidity percentage is below 45 and if the dew point is in between 40-60 F. Yes my app can easily tell me if it's going to be an optimal or frizzy hair day and what products I should use. But, I am the type of person that needs to understand the difference between a good and bad hair day. I hope this helps someone no one should have a bad hair day.
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Officials in Mexico City have arrested the builder of an apartment block that collapsed during the September 19 earthquake and accused him of negligent homicide.
The 56-year-old man, who was not identified, was not only a principal of the construction firm that erected the building at 56 Zapata in the Portales neighborhood of the Benito Juárez borough, but the director responsible for construction, or DRO, who is legally responsible for a project's structural integrity.
Two people died when part of the five-year-old multi-story building collapsed.
Mexico City Attorney General Edmundo Garrido said investigators found details in the building's structural calculations report, an accounting of how the project was built, didn't coincide with the structural plans and the foundations did not correspond to the specifications in the soil mechanics study.
Steelwork and other factors were not sufficient support the building and there was no certificate of structural safety, Garrido told a press conference yesterday.
Although he did not identify the builder, it has been reported previously that it was Canada Building Systems, a Mexican firm that utilizes Canadian construction methods.
Garrido said more arrests are coming.
A report earlier this month by El Universal identified the DRO as Juan Duay Huerta, who said in an interview that the building was constructed with materials of high quality and that he had laboratory studies to prove it.
He was responding to claims by borough officials that the building fell because of poor-quality materials.
Meanwhile, owners of the apartments have been conducting an investigation of their own. They said yesterday they are spending 75,000 pesos (US $3,900) on an exhaustive study to determine who was responsible for the building's collapse.
Construction materials will be tested and analyzed to verify their quality.
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The best way not to be stressing about finding last minute childcare is to keep up to date with the school closures.
The Met Office has issued a severe hazardous weather warning for the whole of Carmarthenshire for Thursday 12th and Friday 13th January 2017. It is warning everyone that we are at a high risk for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Which has a high potential of causing danger or disruption to people so we best take care over the next few days!
So, if staff have a problem getting into the school or maybe even if the heating fails, they might have to close the school for the day. Maybe your looking forward to a day sledging with the kids, I know I am super excited about the possibility, as it's been a long time since we have a good snowfall here. But with a sensible head on……a lot of parents and grandparents will still have to work, so your best bet is to keep checking to find out as early as possible, if your child's school is closed so you can prepare.
Your school might have a text service that you are connected with and they can let you know of school closures, so it's real important to keep your school up to date with your correct mobile number – oh and make sure its charged and not on silent!!
Your school might also have a Facebook or twitter page that they will keep parents up to date on, so just take a few minutes to follow them if you haven't already and make sure you know what the school website address is so you can check there.
Although the schools don't have to inform Carmarthenshire Council as soon as they decide to close, it's fair to say that most will, so the council have an information page that is updated every 30 seconds and you can check these here
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Vacation Bible School
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Join the CMT for a free webinar on VBS. Goals/objectives of VBS, practical tips for running a successful program. Panelists Lisa Brown and Emily Given.
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2017 VBS reviews, new programs and recaps of perennial resources including CMT's Top Picks, five programs we found stood out from the rest. We believe VBS can be a powerful tool for evangelism for your church. Be sure to select a program that mirrors the mission and theology of your church and community.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:12 Mizzima News
A recent field report published by Refuges International (RI) focused on two key goals: allowing humanitarian groups freedom of access to refugee areas and the removal of elaborate donor restrictions.
The authors of the report, Lynn Yoshikawa and Kristen Cordell, assessed the humanitarian situation in November and December of last year.
There are an estimated 500,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Burma, and three million Burmese refugees in other countries, according to their study. There are also some 800,000 stateless Rohingyas in the west of the country, who live in dire humanitarian conditions because of their lack of basic human rights.
With the decrease in fighting now is the time for the humanitarian community – led by the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) and supported by key donors like the European Union, United Kingdom, and United States – to expand operations in Burma, they wrote.
"Burma's new government has demonstrated a willingness to work with the international community on humanitarian needs created by both natural disasters and conflict," they said. "The government has finally recognized the existence of IDPs, and invited the UN to assess the displaced needs in Kachin State. In December, the government also took the unprecedented step of allowing UN agencies to assist IDPs in areas outside of its control."
The newly formed government offers opportunities denied to the donor community.
"Previously, all approvals passed through both the military and ministries. Now the military has been removed from the process, and there are multiple decision-makers. Over the past year, the government has signed numerous Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), some of which had been languishing in bureaucracy for years," they said.
In addition, they said some government officials at the regional levels (such as the chief ministers of Kachin and Karen states) are now able to act independently of the central government, which has helped to expand access for international aid agencies assisting IDPs.
"While many of these efforts remain personality-driven, they illustrate the new entry points to engage authorities on humanitarian issues," they wrote.
Over the past decade, they said, local NGOs in Burma have developed significantly and are now estimated to number in the hundreds. In Kachin State, church and monastery compounds are hosting thousands of IDPs organized by volunteer groups, with assistance provided by UN agencies.
The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have established offices throughout Burma's border regions, yet the UN has failed to leverage its comparative advantages to strengthen the humanitarian dialogue with the Burmese government, they said.
"The recent arrival of the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Burma and its growing dialogue with the government is an excellent opportunity for the incoming RC/HC to strengthen advocacy with the government to expand access to meet both immediate and long-term humanitarian needs, as well as request donors to increase humanitarian funding," they wrote.
In recent years, the UK, EU, and Australia have significantly increased assistance inside Burma. However, the majority of the U.S. government's $38.5 million contribution to Burma goes to organizations based in Thailand.
The research team said USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has spent only $100,000 in Burma since its response to Cyclone Nargis, despite widespread humanitarian needs resulting from conflict, natural disasters, and climate change.
Rolling back all U.S. sanctions may not be appropriate until key human rights benchmarks are met, they said, but removing specific barriers to technical assistance to key ministries and civil servants would allow Burma's government to better respond to humanitarian needs and jumpstart the country's stagnant development progress.
"While in Burma, RI met with aid workers who consistently spoke of civil servants operating at all levels of government without basic management, planning, and administrative skills," they said. "One UN official said, 'This government is like a newborn – it needs proper development and teaching.'"
Regional countries should also strengthen their engagement to build capacity of civil servants and lawmakers on public administration, policymaking, and program implementation, they said.
In the past year, local NGOs have significantly strengthened their advocacy with the government. One aid worker told RI, "NGOs here can fall into a trap if they do the government's job without advocating and teaching [the government about] its obligations."
For example, they said a local network of women's organizations is helping government officials draft their implementation plan for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. These steps will allow civil society to fully leverage new opportunities to influence the government, institute rights-based policies, and raise awareness of human rights, concluded the writers of the report.
To access the full report, go to http://refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/burma-opportunity-expand-humanitarian-space


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Holy Cow!
What a weekend!!
Today is TUESDAY & I'm still trying to recover!
HERE are quite a few shots of our fun Halloween evening:
Getting ready to head out for CANDY...the O's & little E decked out in their Star Wars garb...Darth Vader, Mini-me Darth Vader & Padme Amidala!
Miss O was SO serious about this costume...comical!
Darth Vader & Mini-Me (E opted to wear Big O's batting helment over the Darth Vader mask...oh, he is SO two right now!)
Trick or Treating at Grandma's house (Is that everyone LOOKING at the camera!?!?! I think there REALLY might be light at the end of the tunnel!!)
Then heading over to Nana's to trick or treat with the cousins...a yearly event my kids NEVER want to miss!
Miss O & cousin Braden...ALL Action here!
Sweet Baby Drew was an enchanting fairytale princess...
Meanwhile, back in Nana's garage...the gang compares loot!
Big O & cousin Logan couldn't believe all the candy Miss O made off with!
& When they started getting too cozy, Padme had to guard her pile!
WHAT a fun time it was!
I hope everyone had a great Hallween weekend!
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Flash Sale Checkout
The countdown is on and every second matters in this flash sale checkout flow.
Senior experience architect and designer for checkout redesign on Coach Factory website, mobile and desktop. Created wireframes and flow for experience and managed user testing prior to design rollout. Lead user testing and research prior to launch.
See it on coachfactory.com, a members-only flash sale site.
Fewer steps, more clarity
By re-ordering the checkout steps to follow online retail best practices, and streamlining the display of information to have the more important information more prominent, we were able to improve conversion by 30%.
Persistent Order Button
Inventory in a flash sale moves fast. Additionally, the items in a user's cart is only held for 10 minutes. By reducing the steps required to complete checkout and creating a persistent order button on mobile, the new experience lends itself to promote impulse buying.
Partnered with art direction team to establish the overall look and feel and then applied this to all additional screens throughout checkout and created requirements annotations (shown below).


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Keeping engaged in life is an important aspect for successful aging. The increased attention on the value of staying connected for health reasons is well known and what a great opportunity to challenge your brain as well. Many seniors are able to maintain active schedules, frequently busier after retirement, trying new experiences and meeting new people.
Then there are those who are less interested in expanding their horizons. Others may have been the type preferring some alone time mixed with periodically getting together with friends and family. When working with patients, I try to find ways to keep them engaged by learning their previous patterns and interests, then suggest ways families might be able to increase socialization with activity recommendations and modifications if indicated.
My mom was a very lovely lady who enjoyed her family visits, occasional trips, church functions and keeping in touch with close friends. As she got older, she valued the days she volunteered for the Red Cross. When she moved into an assisted living, she was still driving and looked forward to doing her errands and socialized at meals and with a few of the other residents but she attended only a few of the activities. She kept her mind active with her regular routine of reading, puzzles, and games of Scrabble, something we always did when I came to visit. Like many others who may have difficulty as changes in health occur, or reduced abilities with hearing, vision and memory become evident, she sometimes felt uncomfortable with her hearing loss around others, especially in groups.
A friend's mom missed her volunteering and seeing the friends she had made for many years now that she could not drive. The family hired a companion for three hours a week and their routine was to go to breakfast then do the volunteering for another hour or more. The woman has some mild dementia and this option allowed her to do some of the simpler volunteers tasks with some assistance. They became good friends and when she developed vision problems, the aide spent the time making her a favorite lunch then reading stories to her that she enjoyed. Her circle of socialization became smaller but this solution allowed her a level of interaction in addition to the time spent with family and close friends.
The daughter of one of my clients needed some ideas to keep her mom more engaged since she noted some loneliness and depression setting in. A suggestion was made to invite the members of her mother's church group to coffee and dessert once a month and show some videos from the trips they had taken with the church through the years. Because she was getting more forgetful, many of her friends were reluctant to spend time with her on their own. They did not know what to do when she repeated questions or kept telling the same stories over and over. With her daughter there, the mom had a new socialization opportunity which actually led to a few of the ladies stopping by more often once they understood some better ways to approach the repetition issues.
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Cristiano Ronaldo & Georgina Rodriguez Welcome Baby Girl - Find Out Her Name!
Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez have welcomed their first child together!
The 32-year-old soccer star announced the news that his girlfriend, 22, gave birth to their daughter Alana Martina.
The news was announced by Cristiano with a photo on his Instagram account. In the photo, you can see the baby's head, as well as Cristiano's first child, Cristiano Jr, 7. Cristiano is also father to twins, a boy and a girl, who were born earlier this year.
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Mother India on singer Peter Andre's all-time favourite list
Britain-born Australian singer Peter Andre is not only ga-ga over Indian music, but also counts 1957's cult Bollywood film Mother India among his personal favourites.entertainment Updated: Jun 11, 2009 17:47 IST
Britain-born Australian singer Peter Andre is not only ga-ga over Indian music, but also counts 1957's cult Bollywood film Mother India among his personal favourites.
"Indian music is just beautiful. It has a wonderful range that I feel is lacking in the West. And some of the Indian instruments too are very beautiful," Andre, who skyrocketed to success post his song Mysterious Girl, told IANS here Wednesday.
The singer said he has watched a lot of Bollywood films "and Mother India is among some of my favourites".
Andre, 36, is here to enthrall Bollywood fans with his performance at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards extravaganza. He will perform two songs - Mysterious Girl and one from of his latest albums at the IIFA Fashion Extravaganza Friday.
He drove into the Grand Venetian Macao-Resort here in a limousine, looking his suave best in a blue shirt and trousers. He also said he would love to be a part of Bollywood films whenever there was an opportunity.
"Bring them (filmmakers and music composers) on! Let's talk," Andre chirped excitedly.
"I am here (in Macau) for two-three days, let's see I will meet people and get to know a lot more names from the industry, so something might just take shape," he added.
Andre, who had recently grabbed eyeballs during his much-publicised divorce from Katie Price, said he is also fascinated with Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty as she is a "wonderful lady".
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Ellagirl AF due 5th January
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febmum - I saw your date and thought that's a great sign, and then read your comment :-)
defo a good sign. I think we've done as much as we can this cycle, tho might try dtd tonight but it's 6 times in last 9 days, so am a bit wrecked from it - haven't done that much in a long time!
so while I am hopeful re this month, in case it's negative again have made a plan re running, and looking at 10k races coming up to keep me motivated - so if I do get bfn then I have a race to look forward to (if you can call it looking forward to), I want to try lose a stone by easter, had put off losing weight for ages - so mmmica, book the class (especially if it's refundable if you cancel before you start!) or take up walking or running that you don't have to pay for?
I've registered for a 10k on the 20th Jan, I reckon I'll be 10 dpo, the last few cycles I've stopped running after 7 dpo just in case, but need the race to motivate me to get out there... doing a 5k run (or slow jog) at 4pm, and need to build from there to 10 k in 10 days
Ok i'm new to the whole temping thing. when you temp and you realise your ovulating, is there a specifi time of the day that you should be dtd?
Lol mrsmcg am just back from dunnes with steak fir tonite!!! Finally got a smiley Tuesday on cd 23 so we dtd that night and last night (-ve yesterday ) so need to convince him re tonite!!We thought we had dtd enough after Christmas as I'd been sick and not testing so thought I'd missed the smiley so dtd 4 nites. So here we go again !! Don't even make the effort to dress up some nights anymore, too exhausting. Trying to decide here if i'll sign up fir any fitness classes. I'd love to do zumba but hoping to be preg before the classes even start. Assume it wouldn't be good at start? At same Time I don't want to put my life on hold while ttc. Already have too many other things on hold.
Hi girls,I swore I wasn't going joining the jan train cause I was so disappointed last month when af showed up as I was convinced I was pregnant but as usual I picked myself up and I'm ready to go again.So if u don't mind adding me ellagirl to the train bfp (not af) due jan 23rd jan...thanks and congrats to u on ur bfp.As regards dtd so much thank god I can have a break tonight (if I don't see a willy till this time next month that's fine by me lol) it really does take the romance out of it, couldn't believe it last night I was going to bed early, And Dh said "I better turn my dinner down low in the oven, I take it I'm needed upstairs.....so much for seduction that's long gone out the window,Paddie it's great see u back on the train too,u cemented my decision to join this month as I think we are due our BFP same day so maybe it's a sign.Anyway good luck to everyone testing xx
i find it so tiring after working all day then making dinner and cleaning and only get to sit down at 8 or 9 so i just want to sleep but we have to make these sacrifices. i'm even giving dh booty calls, at this stage i'll try anything!
Hi 5430mum, You are defo not alone, this is also our first month ttc and we're a twice a week kinda couple and now actively ttc means three or four (we'll see about tonight yet- jus don't think I can again ) nights in a row and it does feel like alot and initiating it 3 nights in a row because I'm ovulating is kinda false and cringe worthy. I nearly died yesterday when MrsMcG suggested to dtd twice more over the next 2 days, feels like an endurance test but I guess you can only get out what you put in.
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paddie.....go for it tonight. you never know it might be the one that gets you the bfp.. and its the last "have to" for the month. we started too early and have been 4 days at it, only for my accupuncturist to say that i havent ov yet, and she stuck some needles inme saying that it should happen tonight. so feckin hell we have to carry on for another few days. truely exhaused, and my husband is drained!!! litterly!!! i might have to try this thing you all speak of... seductress!!
noisy get the cb digital, your 5 days late!!
Harry'smom, I can understand why you would be upset after the lap & dye, if the tube dye test hadn't shown it! I am due for the tube dye test next cycle, but I think I'm not going to go through with it. We ahd a good chat last night and we'll keep TTC, but if it doesn't happen naturally (with a little help from clomid) then we'll just accept that we are very lucky to have the 2 that we have.
5430mum - you're not on your own - we've dtd the last 3 nights (which is lots for us) but I had smiley tues and yest, so means Ovulation is yesteray or today, so really should go again tonight, but apart from being slightly sore (sorry TMI ) it is hard being the temptrss.... I checked with FF and either date of Ov We'd have a High chance with dtd the last 3 nights, so might just leave it go tonight....
hi girls, fingers crossed for everyone this month
Thanks Paddie, yeah it been a long 2 years for me - i know it about same for you have been keeping track of your posts too and always hoping to hear good news from you too - i know you have been through a lot too. To be honest i stayed off the threads for most nov and dec cause i was upset and stopped trying. I had a lap and dye in nov and they discovered my right tube was blocked and 2 athesions on the left. I was so upset and disappointed as i left that 8 months of clomid and other treatments completely wasted. I had already had the tube dye test back in may and they said all was fine. Anyway its a new year now and im hoping that problems have been solved and im more positive now after a break. Toke clomid again this month and back to doc tomorrow for follicle scan and hopefully hcg trigger next week and then FX.
Sorry for the rant girls
Hi everyoneWould love to join this train . Af due jan 29thLoads of luck to us all xx
Omg nxtbaby, i wish i had half your willpower! The aul witch is due the 14th and my poor dh, knowing me too well hid my two tests from last month. Taking everything i have not going out to the shop to buy a few! Congrats on all the bfps the board is lighting up nicely. Really don't feel pg this month a lot of af pains, no sore boobs :( ah well back to this patience lark.
No worries shoes . Nxt baby I really admire your restraint wish I was like that !
AF due tomorrow and its taking all my power to resist testing...don't feel any signs at all so fingers crossed this is the month ;-) baby dust to everyone else waiting!!!
Shoes they say a sign of ovulation is when your cervix is soft,high,open and wet (show) so I checked mine a few times around fertile period and was very high and open and soft and a few days later was much lower and harder .
Hi everyone!!
Any chance I can hop on this train too please, just for my sins AF due on the 19th of Jan.
Congrats to all the BFP's already btw, babydust to all.
This is our first month TTC. Already have a ds 5yo. He was unplanned and didn't know I was pregnant until 14 weeks so I'm new to all of this! My cycle is 30 days, I predicted that I would have ovulated on cd14 but just happened to pick up a packet of opk and done one on cd 16, 17, 18 and all were +. Done another one on cd 19 just for good measure but was -. Had a feeling I was ov on these days as always get really bad cramps on both sides & back pain. Is it normal to be + for 3 days in a row? We DTD anyhow on cd12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19. Missed cd 18 but seeing as the sperm can live for 48 hours hopefully we didn't miss out. Anyhow I decided that seeing as it is only our first month TTC I am not going to get into buying HPT just yet and wait and see if AF rears her ugly head
No real symptoms as such yet other than my nipples are quite sensitive and the odd twinge (hard to know if I'm imagining it!) This might be a little bit TMI but I have been having a weird quivering/viberating sensation in the pelvic area for the last 4 days, you know like when your eye twitches? Like that, but down below if you KWIM ? Its not sore just strange & happens very frequently. Have no idea what it is, has anyone else experienced this ?
Hoping for lots of BFP's for all on this train!! x
Im about 8dpo and no symptoms at all :-( feel period like twinges and tired but sure that's usual !
Highvis I'm only going by those apps too and they drive me mad Because they all give different dates ! But gotten better at checking my cervix and could totally notice a Hugh difference from the said ovulation date on period tracker (go by that one) and few days after so I reckon I must have ovulated then (1st).I bought 15 of the cheap one step pregnancy tests on amazon and incl postage was like €4 and they get god reviews and says early detection as the level is 10mIU. A girl on this site had recommended them and at least u don't feel guilty using so many each month ! What is it about having pregnancy tests in the house that u just wanna pee on them even tho u know its too early .??? !!!
Hi girls, can I hop on this train plz?AF Due 22nd January Cycle #2I'm not temping - I did on my first cycle and 3 weeks in, the thermometre I bought from inhealth broke, gave up! So I'll buy another for the next cycle but please god I won't need it.Because I'm not temping, I downloaded like SIX different Period/Ovulation Prediction Apps. They ranged in ovulation dates from last Friday to this Friday. We DTD Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and then both of us got sick so haven't DTD since. One of the apps said OV was yesterday (Tuesday) so we aren't covered for those but hopefully DH is feeling better tonight for a little BD tonight....
Hi roxy babe I was looking on that site and delivery is £7 is that what u pay too there is other ones there for 99p too but the delivery is too dear
Hi girls, hope its not to late to join the rain - AF is due on 25th of Jan
Trying for 16 months now for no2, have an appointment with the merion clinic on 20th of Feburary.
Noisy, Ive been buying my pregnancy tests from Chemist D*rect web site they are the Alvita Brand 2 in a pack for €3.00 and they are just as good as FR the detected my last 2 pregnancies from 5 days early ... unfortunately those werent not sticky babies for me but Im positive 2013.... Loving Honeydukes positive post...
noisy, I tend to buy my tests on amazon, CB digi preg test is about £9.50 for 2, about €11.30; I think closer to €20 in chemists? you're basket needs to be over £25 for free delivery, so I normally get the tests with something else. they also have CB digi OPKs for about £25 for a 20 pack
Hi girls,Congrats to the bfp's. hope you have a healthy, happy pregnancy.I think I'm out again this month, bit disheartened, cd23 for me and old familiar af cramps since yesterday. I know I ov'd cos opk smiley face and cb digital monitor were the same, also we dtd cd 13,14,15,17,18,19. That matched my opk cos smiley face was cd13.My dh has really low sperm count but it has worked before so I guess we'll have to keep trying.It's now 9dpo so I guess that's it for me, just waiting for af on 14th.I'm so envious of people who conceive easily, good luck to everyone else on this train. Hope
only read through some posts now;
columbia22 - delighted for you!! Fx fro a sticky bean
Harry'smom, I really hope this is the month for you - was wondering how you were doing when I didn't see you post in dec....
noisy it sounds like you are up the bally james.... !! get a clear blue digital test. those first reponse gave me nothing but heart ache, gave me negatives when i was 1 week late and i was pregnant. i read onthe internet that they regurlary gie false positives and false negatives. anywho, fingers crossed for you.
honeydukes, you brought a tear to my eye, i think you hit the nail on the head there, pats on backs all round.
accupuncture lady saying i'm ov tomorrow, i'm exhaused been at it for days!!! really want it this month
have been holding off joining this train after a chemical in Dec, but just got a smiley yesterday, so reckon I better join to help wile away the 2ww... so ellagirl, whenever you are next updating can you add me for 23 Jan
honeydukes, love the positivity! sorry you were sick around ov :-(
Congrats on BFPs ladies! Wonderful news. Fingers crossed for all testing and/or waiting x x
I know noisy it's headwrecking. Really feel for you. It's an awful feeling - stuck in limbo when they are late The whole process is so tough sometimes, we're either wishing they won't come or wishing they will. Hope you get an answer soon, one way or the other. Very frustrating.
Hi Noisy - maybe your cycle is changing. A couple of years ago, my af just stopped, like you I was always regular and out of the blue it stopped for nearly 4 months. Hopefully that's not the case for you and it's a secret BFP. FX for you!
Hi Shoes, no spotting before BFP, nothing at all. hope you are lucky this month, lotsa babydust to ya xx
What tests have u used noisy ? And could your dates be wrong or anything ? Very strange if u are that regular unless the worry of it all is delaying it .Congrats to the BFP's !
on cd23 here and just got a +ve opk, seems very late but better start the ov party tonight!! (had really hoped it was early ie cd 12 to 14 when i missed testing cos of being sick but still ... not sure how ill convince dh either as we dtd a lot from cd15 onwards but stopped the other day). think my body is messed up this month (can being sick do that?) as was convinced either af was starting or i was having early preg symptoms. maybe im finally going mad :(
My af must not be due the 14th cause no way I'd get a bfp yet! But yeah we are both thrilled but very nervous as you can imagine! Good luck again guys x
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I guess it's true what they say. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Or at least I hope it stays here. The Romantic Style convention was meant to be a weekend of raucous fun with friends, sun, and enough poolside margaritas to forget about my ex. But now, instead of meeting my fans and signing books, I'm stuck with cocky divorce lawyer Nate Wexler. He's arrogant, infuriating, and I can't keep my hands off of him. Judging by the state of our hotel room, last night was wild. I just wish I could remember it.
A pair of matching tattoos. A cheap wedding veil. A half empty box of glow in the dark condoms.
What the hell just happened?
Writing a funny erotic romance novel is not easy. I have read a lot of romance novels and the ones that go for light hearted and hot fall into 3 categories: Those that work. Those that focus on the humor too much and forget to focus on the heat and passion. Those that force the humor in-between the sex, but you can tell the humor was an afterthought.
This one just works. Lila Monroe did a 5 star perfect job with "Get Lucky" and the balance of the sex, humor and character development works.
I was laughing from page one, literally. Nate and Julia have the absolute best chemistry. And, Nate really is a sexy jerk, so you understand where Julia is coming from when she makes it clear she hates him. Through his POV (and a little help from his friends) you get to know Nate and learn why he is so closed off, why he is ok with people thinking he is a jerk. So, you are able to be ok with the budding attraction between the 2 of them. Even though they aren't ok with it at all.
I know saying something is perfect isn't really descriptive…but in this case it was. Nate and Julia had exactly the chemistry I wanted them to have. The book had the exact balance of humor and seriousness that I wanted. I was laughing, I wanted to know what would happen to them next, what one of them would say or do next, and I wanted to continue to explore their relationship. I wanted it all. Good thing this book delivered.
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The cosy palette of Winds of Winter goes perfectly with our damp, chilly winter weather. The sweet embellishments in this collection are a great addition to the papers in this kit.
To create these pages digitally you'll need:
On this page, I copied and pasted the arrow embellishment, evenly spaced them and voila a border! I added heavy shadows to all of the elements so they would POP!
Here I used my photo as a border on the left side and blended it with the background paper. I made a border with the raindrop border and added the winter embellishments and layered this over my photos with a heavy shadow as well.
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