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TV Picks: 10–16 August 2020
By: Dan Owen
Tags: Listings, UK, Television, TV, Tv Picks

— MONDAY 10th —

★ UNSAID STORIES — ITV, 9PM.

New series of dramas concerning black lives. Starring Nicholas Pinnock & Yasmin Monet Prince. Continues nightly until Thursday. (1/4)

Also watch:

The Yorkshire Jobcentre — Channel 5, 9pm. New observational documentary series about the staff of a public employment service.

— TUESDAY 11th —

★ THE YORKSHIRE VET — CHANNEL 5, 8PM.

Series 11 of the observational documentary following the work of a veterinarian in Yorkshire. (1/7)

— WEDNESDAY 12th —

★ REPORTED MISSING — BBC1, 9PM.

Series 3 of the documentary about police searches for missing people. Narrated by Indira Varma. (1/5)

Also watch:

Diana: Her Last Summer — Channel 5, 9pm . Documentary featuring first-hand accounts from inside Diana the Princess of Wales’ household in the final three months of her life.

. Documentary featuring first-hand accounts from inside Diana the Princess of Wales’ household in the final three months of her life. Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester — Channel 4, 10pm. Observational documentary at the online fashion retailer’s offices in the heart of Manchester.

— THURSDAY 13th —

★ MANDY — BBC2, 9PM.

New comedy written, directed by, and starring Diane Morgan of Philomena Cunk fame, about an ordinary woman with big dreams. Co-starring Michelle Greenidge & Tom Basden. (1&2/6)

Also watch:

Diana: Queen of Hearts? — Channel 5, 9pm . Documentary taking a look at Diana, Princess of Wales’ devotion to charity work, including the moment in 1987 when she made headlines by shaking hands with an AIDS patient.

. Documentary taking a look at Diana, Princess of Wales’ devotion to charity work, including the moment in 1987 when she made headlines by shaking hands with an AIDS patient. The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes — Sky Crime, 9pm . New series where a former cold case investigator looks into unsolved homicides.

. New series where a former cold case investigator looks into unsolved homicides. The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom — ITV, 9.15pm. Profile of the former British Army officer, who captured the hearts of the nation with his fundraising walk for the NHS at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

— FRIDAY 14th —

★ WE’RE HERE — SKY1, 9PM.

Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and Shangela Laquifa Wadley recruit residents of small US towns to participate in a drag performance, beginning in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (1/6)

Also watch:

Diana: A Mother’s Love — Channel 5, 8pm. Documentary about how Diana, Princess of Wales, raised Princes William and Harry, focusing on her desire to keep their childhoods as normal as possible.

— SATURDAY 15th —

Nothing. Sorry! It’s been a bad week, let’s face it.

— SUNDAY 16th —

★ DERREN BROWN: 20 YEARS OF MIND CONTROL: LIVE — CHANNEL 4, 9PM.

The illusionist performs his latest psychological trick live and also revisits some of the most memorable moments over the past 20 years.
“Come on, Mum!”
By: Kr Clayton
Tags: Parenting, Feminism, TV, Friendship, Coronavirus

“Come on, Mum!”

I’m already exerting myself quite enough, I think, launching her swing into the air again.

“Don’ forget the Sea Friends!”

A little sheepishly, I start pushing the empty swing next to hers, until the Sea Friends are riding happily.

This is starting to become a ritual, one that simultaneously breaks my heart and fills it with pride.

That evening, I scroll-tap my phone half-consciously until Netflix resumes Gilmore Girls, and lean into Sea Friends of my own. Choosing screen time to switch off from a day of screen time, I’m my own worst parent, but GG soothes even my parent-guilt away. Every time Lorelai orders a pizza, I exhale a little. See! It IS the talking that matters, the cuddles. I’ll cook something healthy next week.

We talk at length about “when lockdown will be over”, but there’s “over” and there’s “over”, and even I’ve lost track at this point, with my 31 years and 2 months of pandemic-free life experience in which to grasp the various nuances of “over”. With her 20 pandemic-free months, and 14 months of waiting for it to be over, I wonder what the hell she’s thinking. Her eyes light up. “When lockdown fin-shis,” she begins, “do you know what’s goin’na happen?” She pauses, lets the anticipation build. “The doorbell’s gon’ go DING DONG and then… the Sea Friends will rive!”

Lorelai grits her teeth through conversation with her mother, breathes a little deeper with her daughter. You get me, Lor. I do the same, but it’s WhatsApp that sets my jaw on edge and nonsense talk that releases me. It’s amazing how little of our connection comes through words.

I should really pick up WhatsApp for something other than a fight, or firefighting, but it feels heavy, and there’s both too much and too little to explain. My thumb hovers: green square or red-and-black? They seem almost as real as each other, these friends to conjure up in pixels, equally huggable and equally understanding.

My husband glances at the screen and smiles an indulgent smile, with just a hint of eye roll. It’s the TV equivalent of sticky toffee pudding, swimming in cream. I’ve never been one for counting calories, and I’m not about to start now.

With GG, I sink into a world deliciously free of masks, graphs, and daily death tolls. But more than that: I sink into a world where worries are limited to what I wish they were. Women flirt, argue, get their hearts broken, break hearts. They live, they keep living. Is that what makes it girly?

My daughter laps up a book on rivers, eagerly lifting flap after flap. We reach the fish page, and reveal all but one, her fingers stopping mine. “Not that one,” she tells me, “I don’t want to see the scary one.”

So we skim past pike, teeth and all, leaving him comfortably covered. The minnows live to see another day.

Is it too girly, I wonder?
Ash vs Evil Dead episode review — 1.9 — Bound in Flesh
By: Patrick J Mullen
Tags: Comedy, Television, Evil Dead, TV, Horror

Original air date: December 26, 2015

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Rob Wright

Rating: 8/10

I love the way this episode starts out. Kelly and Pablo find Ash fighting himself, and don’t initially know which one is the real one and which one is the evil one.

Each Ash takes turns trying to convince them he’s real, and Kelly and Pablo eventually shoot the fake one, with Pablo concluding that the reason they knew was that he’s “racist, but not against Asians.” It’s incredibly silly, but one of the funniest gags in the season.

Another great gag is when Ash is cutting up the evil Ash with the chainsaw and “Just the Two of Us” starts playing.

It’s a fantastic touch.

Meanwhile Amanda’s body disappears and evil Amanda attacks Kelly and Pablo, who have met back up with the hikers.

This scene’s exciting and incredibly gory, with the two non-Samara Weaving hikers getting killed spectacularly.

We hear Samara Weaving’s incredible scream, as her leg is broken horrifically, and they’re all saved by Lucy Lawless, who claims to know how to destroy the book.

But of course as she’s doing some kind of ritual on it at the end of the episode, it’s revealed that she is evil, and is responsible for writing the book. It’s a fun cliffhanger to end on. I can’t say it’s all that shocking that Lucy Lawless turns out to be evil, but it’s a nice way to escalate the stakes here at the end.

And this is one hell of an episode. It’s the funniest one since at least the Sam Raimi-directed pilot, and it’s all around just incredibly entertaining.
Hannibal; Empathy For The Devil
Tags: Netflix, Hannibal Lecter, TV, Will, Serial Killers

Hannibal; Empathy For The Devil

With a TV 14 rating and strong content warning, Hannibal might tickle the fancy of a typical run of the mill horror fanatic. This series is based on one of American cinema’s most iconic characters Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lectre. It is heavily based on the Red Dragon Novel by Thomas Harris and just so you know, mild spoilers ahead.

Hannibal is a world renown psychologist who becomes enlisted by the FBI to help stabilize their top serial killing profiler Will Graham. During his sessions with Will, Hannibal is able to witness his profound imagination and exceeding ability to empathize with the psychopathic killers he is helping to catch firsthand. Hannibal becomes intrigued with this and here his darker nature begins to reveal itself as his intrigue eventually transforms into obsession. Case by case, Will Graham’s mind begins to open up more and more to the depraved psychology of the narcissistic sociopaths he is forced to hound. And what takes place is a siege of trust, where the watcher becomes uncertain of Will’s motives. This siege lasts for the entire series as he continues to be othered by both those with functional and dysfunctional psyches.

The gore is excessive and the constant death can feel suffocating if one decides to binge, which is why it’s taken me so long to start and finish. It’s recommended that readers watch responsibly and take the time out to cleanse their mental and visual palette in between watching. This really helped to ease my discomfort, because as the story went on, it began to feel like a platform to observe the deranged and very ill serial killers. A showcase of monsters if you will. And yet the story is not sacrificed for the sake of the showcase because the story progresses.

As I reached the end, I was able to get a good look at the entire plot and realize exactly what was happening. Will Graham was a bright and dangerous mind, that two forces were struggling to possess. Those forces are; the evil he was seeking to lock away from society and the hand of justice that put him in the place to do so. Will takes sympathy for the devil to the max, and then somehow transcends it with empathy. But then it is as Neitzsche said when you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you. The great mental warfare for this one man’s mind spirals into a sprawling tale of blood, death and a whole lot of crazy. It was truly intriguing, but at times I felt it went overboard and became to serious about itself. This is perfect for what it was. It is a drama and not a comedy. So for those looking to brush up on their serial killer genre, this comes highly recommended. Cheers
Zyme Pro — Share Live Tracking. Safety of our beloved has always been…
By: Zyme, Car, Meet
Tags: Car Tracking, Zyme Pro, Share Tracking, Vt, Car Gps

Safety of our beloved people has always been our primary concern. We, at Zyme, understand this well and know that such situations may arise where you may want to share your live tracking for a particular time period with someone. Alternatively, your car may be driven by your driver and you may want to share its live tracking with a friend/colleague/family member without compromising your login details for sharing your car’s live tracking details for a limited time with others. For the same, we have integrated a “Share Live Tracking” feature on Zyme Pro.

Share Live Tracking feature enables you to share your car’s location for a pre-defined time period via a web URL which can be accessible on any browser on any device — be it a smartphone, PC, laptop, tablet, cast devices etc. Your car’s live tracking will be visible to anyone with the generated link and you can also deactivate the sharing link at any time after generation in order to ensure that no one can track your car without your permission. Lets take a deeper look at all the specifics that this feature has to offer.

Screenshot 1

Share Live Tracking

You can access this by clicking on the share icon on the top right of the home page. Upon clicking it, you will see the page shown on the left (Screenshot 1)

Here, you can set the time period for which you want your vehicle to be traceable via the web link. You can deactivate the generated URL at any time and thus you don’t need to worry if you want to stop the live tracking URL from being used after some time despite time left on the clock. Once you set the time, you can click on “Generate Link” after which you will be shown a disclaimer. You can choose to remember your choice if you don’t want to see the disclaimer each time you generate a live tracking link

Screenshot 2

Once this link is generated (Screenshot 2), it can be shared with anyone and they will be able to simply open the URL on any browser on any device and access your cars location and other details.

Below the URL, you can find the option to deactivate the URL and share the same via various channels such as whatsapp, SMS, facebook messenger, instagram messages or any other messenger that you usually use for communication.

Deactivate button will immediately deactivate the URL rendering all data inaccessible on the URL thus ensuring you have control over how long your shared URL shows your data. Please note that re-generation of live tracking URL will generate another unique URL which will be different from the previously generated link and thus the link needs to be shared again with your friends/family to enable tracking.

The web URL, when opened on a PC browser (Screenshot 3), shows the following information about your car —

Current Speed

Battery Voltage

Current RPM

Map view with car’s location
Freddy’s Nightmares episode review — 1.15 — School Daze
By: Patrick J Mullen
Tags: Comedy, Television, Tv Reviews, Freddy Krueger, TV

Original air date: February 11, 1989

Director: Michael Klein

Writer: David Ehrman

Rating: 7/10

It feels like we’ve turned a bit of a corner here with this series. Most of the episodes here have been perhaps mildly amusing, but mostly kind of disappointing, but these last two have been among the best of the series.

I like this one so much because it taps into somewhat irrational fears that high school students might have, though in both cases, we have a welcomingly happy ending.

The first story revolves around somewhat of a slacker who’s called into the principal’s office. He falls asleep in the waiting room and his imagination runs away with him. Though he’s not sure what he’s in trouble for, he assumes the worst, and he has his father denounce him, leading him to run away from home and take up with a bunch of school dropouts who convince him that he doesn’t need to conform.

They also ask him to shoot his principal, which leads to the principal pleading and insisting that schools and teachers don’t fail kids, but it’s the parents’ fault.

He spares the principal, who then turns him in to the people looking for him.

He then finds that all his friends at high school have been made into robots, put through some kind of meat grinder.

When he wakes up, he finds that not only is none of this happening, but he’s not even in trouble — he was called into the office by mistake. I actually do like the happy ending here, and it makes the whole thing pretty funny.

The second story centers around a similarly terrifying for a high school student scenario: the SAT.

We meet a high school student who’s interested in music and not all that interested in going to college, though his girlfriend wants him to. He ends up falling asleep during the test and continues to have a nightmare about how his life would change now that he’s failed. It involves him working as a janitor and his dad dying while his family can’t pay off its mortgage.

While he does fail the test, his (good) dreams do still come true, as he ends up getting signed by a record company.

Both stories are pretty funny, and almost satirical, and they work quite well.
TV Review — Creepshow Animated Special (2020)
By: Patrick J Mullen
Tags: Comedy, Creepshow, TV, Horror, 2020s

Original air date: October 29, 2020

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writers: Greg Nictoero and Melanie Dale (based on books by Stephen King and Joe Hill)

Rating: 4/10

I don’t think I realized going in that this Halloween special would be animated, but that probably has something to do with this being made, I believe, during the COVID-19 pandemic. But I sure wish it wasn’t animated.

Not that I think this would be fantastic if done in live action, but the animation style here is barely even animation. There isn’t much motion. It’s mostly just still comic book-type images, and it’s not particularly engaging.

The images themselves are kind of neat, but strung together as they are, it’s not the best way to tell the story.

Also, the stories are nothing special. The first one involves a man (Kiefer Sutherland) trapped on an island who has to cut off his foot. This is not a very compelling story and really the only reason to shoot a story like this is to show off some good practical effects. Because without them, it’s not creepy.

The other story is a pretty standard thing where a teenage girl (Joey King) and her family go to some kind of weird circus where it turns out they’re killing people for real and the zombies are real, and all that.

I don’t find this story all that great, but again, I can sort of picture it as live action, and I’d have liked it a lot more.

So I didn’t get much out of this, personally, but I haven’t been the biggest fan of the series either.
The Outer Limits episode review — 1.1 — The Galaxy Being
By: Patrick J Mullen
Tags: Tv Reviews, The Outer Limits, TV, SciFi, Science Fiction

Original air date: September 16, 1963

Director: Leslie Stevens

Writer: Leslie Stevens

Rating: 8/10

An engineer working on microwaves in the basement of a radio station, Allan Maxwell (Cliff Robertson), discovers an extraterrestrial nitrogen-based life form.

The alien kind of looks like shit, even for 1963, but it is a unique design, and I like how they pull off the effect of him appearing on the three-dimensional screen.

Maxwell’s not supposed to be using the station to do what he’s doing, and neither is the alien, he learns, when his computer is able to translate the alien’s words to English somehow.

They carry on philosophical discussions, and the alien explains that death is only for carbon-based life forms, though the alien believes that Allan’s brain waves will carry on even after his death.

This discovery scene is a long one, but a very compelling one, as well. The alien expresses the idea that infinity and God are the same thing, and mentions taht he’s not allowed to contact people on Earth because they’re a danger to their own galaxy.

Allan’s wife, Carol (Jacqueline Scott), is throwing a party where he’s to receive some kind of award, and threatens to bring the party to him if he does not come. So Allan leaves, but leaves the channel open, and tells the alien to do the same, despite its reservations.

Eventually the alien gets free and starts wrecking shit, though he does so accidentally.

The story is a bit more conventional from here on, but it’s still entertaining. It starts to really resemble The Day the Earth Stood Still, but that’s one of my favourite films of all time, so I can’t complain too much.

It’s a relatively strong premiere for the series, but I’m hoping it gets better. It didn’t blow me away, but it does leave me excited for what’s to come.
Top 3 Reasons YouTube TV is Better than Hulu Live
By: Eve Hill
Tags: Roku, Television, Youtube Tv, Streaming, TV

Top 3 Reasons YouTube TV is Better than Hulu Live

OnBoarded at Last: into the Live TV Stream-O-Sphere

I am happy to report that I have just ditched my satellite service and signed up for Live TV streaming. I realize I am not exactly ahead of the curve on this, but just in case you still have cable or satellite and feel like you are paying too much, here’s one way you can break free and enter the Stream-O-Sphere.

DirecTV: $136/month

YoutubeTV: $40/month

Telling DirecTV to take a hike: Priceless

I didn’t know if I was tech savvy enough to switch from satellite to streaming, but I did know I was fed up with the cost! After a recent fruitless call to DirecTV to see if I could work out some kind of reduction in my bill (I couldn’t), I knew it was finally time dive into the stream.

Did you see the ads for Youtube TV during the last Super Bowl? I went to the website (after the game was over, of course!) and signed up for the free trial.

Television Combatibility Questions?

If your Television set, like mine, is a few years old and not automatically compatible with YouTubeTV, a basic Roku will get those two talking. As long as your TV has an HDMI port, you can use a Roku. The basic Roku model is about $30 and the Roku hook up is simple. You just need to have your smartphone or computer handy so you can activate your Roku online and connect it to your devices.

You can skip this step if you already have a TV with the Roku technology built in. (Good for you!) Of course you might have paid a ton of money for a huge, fancy Ultra 4k TV, but if you are just setting up in a small room, you can snag a 32" Roku TV for under $200!

After you activate your Roku, you can move on to YouTube TV. Come prepared with a Gmail account, keep your smart phone or computer handy to activate your free trial and follow the onscreen prompts.

Top 3 Reasons YouTube TV is a Better Choice than Hulu Live

We can’t step into the same river twice, but it’s never too late to enter the Stream.
Featured on Production Hub — L.A. Castle Studios
By: L.A. Castle Studios
Tags: Unreal Engine, Film, TV, Producer, Production

Hello everyone,

Production Hub recently featured L.A. Castle Studios in an article and interview that we think you’ll find interesting and exciting. We’ve been fans of Production Hub for a long time and we’re looking forward to you reading this piece.

From the start of the article…

Tim Pipher, owner of L.A. Castle Studios, talked exclusively on how they are creating a safe, easily accessible space for many productions including the BET Awards, Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove, and recently the Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 event which hosted multiple performances and special guests. Tim’s facility is a state-of-the-art production studio with a full writer’s room, office space, dressing rooms, and a green screen stage. Since Covid-19 hit the industry, the facility has integrated many aspects to accommodate safe filming and can successfully shoot projects with as little as one crew member! The facility utilizes Unreal Engine, which allows for the procuring and creation of incredible sets and environments for single and multi-camera projects. This allows for big-time projects to be created, dressed, managed, lit, and filmed with minimal crew. Some of their sets even feature digital extra actors, further minimizing the number of people needed to be physically on set. Since there are still a lot of uncertainties with how Covid will continue to affect the industry, L.A. Castle Studios serves as a much needed solution and is among the top utilized facilities during this time. Beyond just the pandemic, the studio is an affordable, high-tech space for many productions. The entire business is family run and have been in the industry for over 10 years.

Please check out the full article and interview here: https://www.productionhub.com/blog/post/la-castle-studios-creates-safe-easily-accessible-space-for-productions
Spending Time
By: John E Marks
Tags: Baby, Short Story, Murdered, Palestine, Child

Spending Time

by John E Marks

Saturday 16th March 2019 10:49 pm

History is written by those who win and those who dominate.

Edward Said

Blessed by an unholy curiosity

To reach out to all that is mortal, dies;

The pungent smell of hot tar sends me back

To summer days spent wending my time away

As dandelions parodied the gaudy sun

Stones were reserved for having fun by skimming water.

In the dark church heavy incense melds

With the body odour of the priest

Sweating for his immortal soul

Did I dream the frozen moment when I pushed at the heavy door

And stared myopically down the nave towards the altar,

Admiring the immutable calm of the white burning candles,

Not seeing the conscious act of sacrilege taking place on the altar?

Mummified unwindings of a past that could not last

Like a dark, tepid river, fear begins to snake through the empty spaces

Where my veins should be deep inside of me

Where all the souls of all the lost girls and boys coagulate

To stretch the nothingness of not-knowing way past infinity

The unguent messes of the priest's eyes

Close in unctuous supplication

But no-body listens to the wind

Though the insensibility of stones is a staging post

On the never-ending road to unfenced existence.

Where every line of badly drawn flesh is a labyrinth

Of a life lived apart from the breeding

Of many well-scrubbed killers

A line of Brutus’s on the Ides of March

Dilemmas create an overweening uncertainty

Go ahead and allocate a fist full of $100 bills

To an orphanage with a uniform dress code

White robes won't do it; burkas don’t do the trick,

Blood drawn by air strikes might

In this off-shoot of the industrial-military complex:

Boys throwing stones at tanks in occupied Palestine,

Had all been loved by girls and women,

Suffice it to say a ‘humanitarian-medical’ approach

Has little impact on the killer-regimes.

Men live for a love and a bed and a scrub,

Unlike the young scribes, who make the flesh crawl;

By staying alive.

The best mild decades of the 1920s and 1950s, are recalled fondly

In the mainstream media as times of dancing and singing,

While the monsters of European-American his-story

Make killers-tolls on the produce of the small farmers of Africa

For politics is a dirty, greedy business,

That knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing:

Like the Yemini children regularly blown to bits on our HD screens

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Needs for New Moms
By: Rin Leen
Tags: Baby, Moms

Being a mother to a newborn is hard. Its also hard to do alone with little knowledge. I just made this article for you new moms out there. I will talk about things that helped me, and stuff that will help you.

First thing that helped me was a potty training system. In the system it will tell you secrets and tricks to get your child out of diapers. Me and other moms have seen A LOT of results in less hen 5 days with this potty training. It is very easy to understand and learn. This is one of the most helpful things for me and my kid. If you are interested they are having a sale right now. Here is the link if you are interested https://www.digistore24.com/redir/341870/Avi123/

Second thing that helped me was a a baby sleep program. This is so helpful for new moms, you will be able to sleep and not have to wake up in the middle of the night cause of the baby. This program help me put my baby to sleep and helped me also sleep. It is amazing, this is what you will learn So far completely unpublished methods, techniques and specific processes which you simply have to follow step by step

7 mistakes, parents often make unconsciously but which prevent babies and infants from falling asleep properly

This is of course not the old (but well-known) “just let the baby cry” method!

the old (but well-known) “just let the baby cry” method! Suitable for all children aged 0 to 36 months

5 handy night routines which will condition your baby to quickly fall asleep (and stay asleep throughout the night!)

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Practical and tested strategies against common problems such as hiccups

strategies against common problems such as hiccups What to do when your baby starts to cry excessively and how you can easily calm down your little one in no time (even if you are on the road)

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Why I’m thankful I had a miscarriage
By: Nurse Angela
Tags: Miscarriage, Health, Baby, Toxic Chemicals, Natural Medicine

I had a miscarriage April 15, 2019. I was devastated.

How could this happen to me?? My first pregnancy was a fertility breeze with no complications and a natural birth at full-term. Being a self-described health junkie and a nurse, I thought I was Fertile Myrtle. I looked at my husband and got pregnant. Sure I was in my mid-thirties but my eggs were strong and healthy, weren’t they? I took fish oil, I ate spinach salads, I bought mineral sunscreen. …But deep down knowing that my body couldn’t support another life meant something was wrong. Yes, it could have been a fluke and a chromosomal abnormality but I still wanted to see if I was as “healthy” as I thought I was.

So I went to see a naturopathic and environmental doctor. She spent an hour going through my entire health history - I’m talking about birth to chicken pox to how many times I’ve been on antibiotics, to what type of blinds and water filter we have, and if we have wi-fi (no joke, that was a question). She agreed my symptoms were vague — brain fog, low energy, recent miscarriage — but worth looking into. At the end of the appointment she ordered 4 tests:

GI- MAP to look at my gut and intestional health: https://www.diagnosticsolutionslab.com/tests/gi-map DUTCH Complete test to look at adrenal function and hormones: https://dutchtest.com/info-dutch-complete/ Genova Nutra-eval to look at nutrients I was deficient in and toxic heavy metals: https://www.gdx.net/product/nutreval-fmv-nutritional-test-blood-urine GPL- TOX to look for toxic non-metals like pesticides, phthalates, and endocrine disruptors: https://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/gpl-tox

I went home with all these tests in hand feeling like I was on the verge of something ground-breaking, like someone had just given me a map to the Fountain of Youth, and all I needed to do was follow it. I didn’t have the secrets yet but the thought that these tests might provide me with some answers, got me through the next 5 weeks.

Finally, the day came to discuss the results and start doing something about it. The tests showed slight mercury poisoning, Candida overgrowth in my gut, adrenal fatigue (basically my adrenals were pooped and not making estrogen or testosterone), and very high levels of environmental toxins including organophosphates, perchlorate, acrylamide, and styrene. The treatment would be 4 months of different supplements, infrared sauna, and a diet makeoever to try and detox the harmful chemicals and jumpstart my adrenals.

I’m now 3 weeks into the 4 months and it’s been a rough start. I have 10 supplements to take at different times of the day. I’ve had to redo my whole food routine, forgoing bread, pasta, cocktails, desserts, French fries, ice cream, the list goes on. I’ve had to give up a lot but I have much more to gain. I keep thinking that I’m doing it for my health and the health of my future baby. That’s what keeps me going.

I had a miscarriage April 15, 2019. But I’m thankful because it was a wakeup call and it made me get on the road to get truly healthy.
Wondering What’s Special About Mamaearth Products? Here’s All You Need To know!
By: Messy Mothers
Tags: Motherhood, Baby Care, Mamaearth, Baby, Mamaearth Products

Baby products have been in the market since ages. Brands like Johnson and Johnson, Himalaya, Hindustan Liver are some of the renowned names that have been providing special range of baby products needed by kids from early age only. Mamearth products too are providing similar range of baby care products but with an addition feature of being non-toxic. Mamaearth claims to be providing huge range of products, which is free from harmful toxins that could harm your child’s skin. This has been one of the most important reasons behind the popularity of Mamaearth products. They are genuine, high quality natural kind of products developed looking at the soft skin of your child.

The brand started in 2016 but very soon has got attention of parents who don’t prefer using unnatural kind of products for their kids and even themselves. Some of the Mamaearth reviews online will tell you about their good range of products for moms as well. These products are made in eco-friendly GMP certified facilities. Even the dyes and fragrances used are absolutely natural and 100% safe to use. They are clinically tested and have been proved to be completely non hypoallergenic.

Below are some of the most popular Mamaearth Products that you should try:

1. Mama earth Coco Facemask

It’s among the most known products in their range of products. A natural Facemask keeps your skin in an amazing condition.

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How to preserve freedom
Tags: Children, Parenthodd, Baby, Freedom

Taken from a gardening website

Wow, I haven’t been writing for such a long time now! Mica is 8 weeks 2 days old now. And I have been watching him grow every single day. It is such a privilege to watch somebody grow from the start. A pure, innocent, naive tiny human being who is not at all conditioned with all sort of influences in this world. I was wondering how come we all became such a knowledgeable, cultured, educated, yet limited and conditioned by all those things.

This is actually my biggest question now. How to raise a child, a human being with the notion of preserving those pureness. Plenty of us loose these pureness when we grow up. Now that my life has turned path into becoming a mother, I am more aware about how children perceive their world and how amazing it is to discover the world around you when you are that tiny! I love their curiosity, bluntness, sensitivity, energy, pureness, honest smiles, and many more which I am about to discover in the coming years I guess!

How to teach freedom to a child? I have the idea that they have all these freedom already since birth. Or let say, we all have the freedom as a freshborn baby, as a human being who is being brought to this world. It’s our birthright they say. It is more how to preserve the freedom that one have since birth so it doesn’t go away.

So experienced parents, can you help me figuring this out?
Packing for baby’s first holiday season
By: Traci Dollens
Tags: Motherhood, Holidays, Baby, Fatherhood, Christmas

The holiday season is such a happy time of the year, especially when there’s a new baby in the family. This year that new baby is yours. I doubt if anyone told you how much a struggle the holidays are with a baby. Well there are, but here are some helpful hints that you may not have thought of to help ease this stressful season.

1. Portable sound machine

A portable sound machine can come in handy if your baby isn’t the greatest napper with a bunch of people chatting extra loudly or your aunt Debbie decides to have one too many cocktails and gets loud. (We all have one in our family, it’s okay!) Although you may choose not to bring along a sleeping device and that’s okay. Portable sound machines can be sat right next to where you may be holding baby.

2. Pacifier clip

Even if your baby doesn’t usually use a pacifier clip, during busy holiday parties, they come in handy. There may be several people visiting with your baby and not realize the pacifier is missing if it happens to fall. This way it doesn’t get dirty when falling on the floor and it’s seriously just one less thing you as a parent need to worry about.

3. Portable high chair

Whether baby is eating from a high chair yet or not, it’s a good idea to have somewhere to put baby when its mealtime. Offer toys or books for baby to play with while the grownups are eating. There’s nothing worse than a starving parent who has to eat last because you are holding the baby while everyone else eats.

These three tips may not be a lot, but they are some of the most important things you don’t want to forget when attending a holiday party.
Indian Baby Boy Names from H
By: Neha Verma
Tags: Baby Care, Parenting, Baby, Indian Baby Names, Parenting Advice

Here are the Zodiac-Signs associated with the Hindu Baby Boy Names From H:

1.Gemini (Mithuna)

Baby birth date : May 21-June 21

: May 21-June 21 Personality traits of the baby: Quick Wit, Charming, Intelligence, Charismatic, Ambitious, Articulate

Quick Wit, Charming, Intelligence, Charismatic, Ambitious, Articulate Baby Boy names from H, A, Gh, (Ka, Ke, Ko) are considered to bring happiness and prosperity to a baby under Gemini Sun-Sign.

1.Cancer (Karka)

Baby birth date : June 22- July 22

: June 22- July 22 Personality traits of the baby: Sensitive, Nurturing, Very Artistic, Emotional

Sensitive, Nurturing, Very Artistic, Emotional Baby Boy Names starting from H (He, Hi, Ho, Hu) and (Da, De, Do) are considered to bring prosperity and good luck to a Cancer Baby

Here are the [BEST] Indian Hindu Baby Boy Names from H with meaning:

Haksh — Eye Hamir — A Raga(Musical note) Hanup — Sunlight Hargun — One having godly merit Harikesh — Lord Krishna Hariom — Universe Harin — Pure Harjit — Victorious Harshat — Happiness Harnish — One who removes the darkness and spreads light

For more such [MODERN] and [UNIQUE] Baby Boy Names checkout:

Collection of Baby Boy Names from H
AFTER 10 BOYS, ALEXIS (39) GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL: THIS IS HOW HER DAY LOOKS!
By: Viral Storm
Tags: Baby, Children, Give Birth, Motherhood

Alexis has her hands full, but after a few weeks, she returns to work.

Alexis Brett is 39 and with husband David, she just got her eleventh child — a girl Cameron.

The couple has 10 sons, ages 17 to 2, and did not plan another baby at all, but when they found out Alexis was pregnant, they decided to have this pregnancy as well. The couple expected that the baby would be a boy again, but ultrasounds revealed that Alexis was carrying a baby girl. They were overjoyed.

Alexis and David decided to stop at this number, as far as children are concerned, because now they finally have it all: 10 sons and one daughter.

Alexis is a former nurse who is now working as a fitness trainer.

“I was absolutely shocked when they told me I was carrying a girl. I thought we weren’t capable of making a girl. In the end, I thought they were wrong because I gave birth to 10 boys so far. I’m thrilled to have a girl.”

And what do the daily commitments of Alexis and David with so many children look like?

David works as a tram driver and gets up at 5:30 every morning to get to work. He is experiencing the first signs of Parkinson’s disease and is having a very difficult time.

In spite of everything, Alexis has a far busier day. She gets up at the same time as her husband to have coffee and take a shower, after which the children wake up. She goes grocery shopping every day to fill up the two refrigerators they have. They spend about 6 packs of milk and 10 loaves a day to feed ten boys.

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Indian Baby Boy Names from G. Here are the Sun-Signs(Raashi)…
By: Neha Verma
Tags: Baby Care, Parenting, Baby, Indian Baby Names, Parenting Advice

Here are the Sun-Signs(Raashi) associated with the Hindu Baby Boy Names From G, based on the Birthdates:

1.Gemini (Mithuna)

Baby birth date : May 21-June 21

: May 21-June 21 Personality traits of the baby: Ambitiousness, Quick wit, Charismatic, Articulate, Charming, Intelligence, Quickly adapt to any situation

Ambitiousness, Quick wit, Charismatic, Articulate, Charming, Intelligence, Quickly adapt to any situation Baby Girl Names starting with G, A, H and (Ka, Ke, Ko) are believed to bring good luck and prosperity to a Gemini Baby boy and his family.

2.Capricorn (Makara)

Baby birth date : December 22- January 19

: December 22- January 19 Personality traits of the baby: Ambitiousness, Highly Disciplined, Great sense of humour, Loyalty, Reserved

Ambitiousness, Highly Disciplined, Great sense of humour, Loyalty, Reserved Baby Boy Names from G, Bh, (Ja, Je) and Kh are believed to bring fortune and happiness to the baby boys born under this zodiac sign

3.Aquarius (Kumbha)

Baby birth date : January 20-Feb 18

: January 20-Feb 18 Personality traits of the baby: Different from everyone else, Honest, Loyal, Friendly, Free-Thinkers and Independent

Different from everyone else, Honest, Loyal, Friendly, Free-Thinkers and Independent Baby Girl Names starting with G, (Sa, Se, So) and Da are believed to bring fortune, happiness and good health to the Aquarian babies.

Now, here are some of the [BEST] Indian Hindu Baby Boy Names from G with meaning:

Gagnesh — Depth Gaman — Journey Gandhar — Lord of fragrance Ganendra — Lord of the troop Gandira — Hero Gantavya — Destination Garvit — Proud Gauransh — A part of Parvati Gaurish — Lord Shiva Gnan — Knowledge

For more such amazing [MODERN] and [UNIQUE] baby boy names checkout:

Collection of Baby Boy Names from G
We’ve Launched Our Affiliate Program
By: Organic Onesies
Tags: Baby Clothes, Baby, Affiliate Marketing, Baby Products, Influencer Marketing

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The Benefits Of Our Program

Get 20% commission per sale with your personalized referral URL. We will give you a 10% off coupon code for your customers, to help increase your conversions. Our program has 30-day cookies, tracking with detailed stats and reports, monthly automated payments via PayPal, and no minimum payout limit. Amazing, huh?

How does it work?

As with any other Affiliate Program, once you sign up you will receive your own unique affiliate link. You can share this link via email, social media, on your website, or blog, or anywhere else. Simply refer the customer to our website and we will do the rest. For anyone who visits our website via your referral link, and makes a purchase within the next 30 days, you’ll receive a 20% commission.

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What Supplements Should You Take During Pregnancy? · Dr Dad
Tags: Baby, Dads, Moms, Pregnancy, Pregnant

Getting the good and right nutrients are important for everyone at all stages of life, even more, if you are pregnant. Since your baby gets all the nutrients it needs to grow from you, you must be aware of the food supplements that are necessary for both of you. During pregnancy, both macro and micronutrients are required to be consumed in the correct and balanced amount to allow effective functioning and development of both bodies. It should be noted that any supplement should only be taken after consulting your Obgyn / doctor.

These multivitamins are created to meet the demand for extra vitamins and minerals during pregnancy.

Prenatal vitamins help to reduce the chances of various birth defects and disorders, including pre-eclampsia.

They don’t replace your normal food diet, rather fulfill the extra nutrition requirement during pregnancy.

Found in vitamin B, it helps in the formation of synthesis of DNA, red blood cells, and the all-over growth of the fetus and its development.

Folic acid is the readily available form of folate which helps to reduce the risk of the fetus developing any neural tube defects.

Iron helps to increase the production of blood.

It helps to effectively transport oxygen to the baby which is necessary to ensure the healthy growth of the baby and the placenta.

It helps to maintain blood pressure and prevents premature labor.

It also helps to reduce the risk of defects in the fetus.

It contains DHA and EPA which is essential for any baby’s brain development.

It also reduces the chances of post-partum depression in New Mothers.

Conclusion

Supplements provide pregnant women with the important nutrients for the healthy development of their babies that they do not require otherwise.
What foods should you eat more of during pregnancy? · Dr Dad
Tags: Parenting, Baby, Kids, Children, Parents

What foods should you eat more of during pregnancy? · Dr Dad Parenthood May 9·2 min read

Pregnancy cravings call in for some quick snacks but it is beneficial if pregnant women can make that snack healthy not only for the babies but also for them. This guide has been created by gathering all the benefits of different foods that are essential to maintain a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy requires certain types of nutrition more compared to normal times. Foods such as proteins, vitamins and minerals, and even healthy fats are a must to enhance the growth of your baby. Here are few foods rich in protein and other nutrients which you should consume more.

Protein helps in the effective growth of fetal tissues such as the brain among others.

Protein is a rich source of iron and helps to reduce fatigue, weakness, and even mood swings

You can find meat, chicken, eggs, beans, tofu, and pulses to be rich sources of protein.

Calcium is known to regulate body fluids, enhance muscle and nerve functions, reduces blood clotting, and helps in building babies’ bones and teeth.

Milk and its products, almonds, tofu, eggs, oranges, and even white beans are calcium-rich foods.

It is known to reduce the risks of neural tube defects and incorporate folic acid into the diet.

Green leafy vegetables are very beneficial for pregnant women.

Fruits improve vision and immunity along with boosting tissue development in babies.

Fruits with vitamin C help to boost collagen formation in connective tissues.

Conclusion

Consuming a healthy diet rich in protein, carbohydrates, calcium, vitamins, and different minerals is essential to have a steady and healthy development of the unborn baby.

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