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This may be the most self indulgent thing I've ever spent 12+ hours on lmao

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I posted this on my main like fully 5 years ago but I'm still proud of it tbh

Spoils A Thing for All Those That Dance so proceed with caution but I do like it :3

Also, TW for child abuse/neglect as well as parental death.

☽ for anyone but perhaps?? All of them???

☽: a memory of their father aka could u have picked an angstier one omg

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#ATTD2019 in pictures

Let me tell you what is worse than jet lag. Jet lag combined with food poisoning. These are the two extra circles of hell Dante forgot about.

While I am recovering and trying to get my body to accept coffee again, here are some photos from last week’s ATTD conference which was in equal measure amazing, overwhelming, frustrating, intimidating, brilliant and exhausting. I’ll explain more in coming…

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Vad är skillnaden mellan Garden Windows & burspråk?

Är du i behov av ett nytt fönster men är osäker på vilken typ är bäst för dig och ditt hem? Beslutet kan vara svårt, det är därför det är viktigt att förstå de fördelar som varje typ av fönster erbjuder. Letar du efter en elegant samlingspunkt eller ett mini växthus? Det finns oändliga sätt att du kan anpassa din bukten eller trädgården fönster för att passa dina specifika behov. Tänk bara vakna på morgonen och dricka en kopp kaffe medan du blickar ut din nya burspråk, njuta av en lätt bris. Eller tittar ut dinträdgård fönstret medan du vattnar din favorit växter. I det här inlägget, kommer attvi diskutera skillnaderna mellan trädgård och burspråk, och fördelarna med varje. Burspråk består av ett center som fasta fönster och har avluftning windows på bådasidor som kan vara dubbel – hung windows eller casement windows. På grund av sin storlek och form, kan burspråk skapa fönster säten, som kan vara en underbar plats för läsning och avkoppling, eller som kan användas för att Visa inredning. Trädgård windows använder vanligtvis casement windows som slutet vents för fri utsikt, lägga till mer ljus till ditt utrymme och göra det känns större. Har du ett område med dead space i rummet som du inte vet vad man ska göra med? Lägga till ett burspråkkan ge funktion till ett område som inte var användbara innan. Lägga till en trädgård fönster kan skapa en säker plats för dina växter att leva utan att vara i vägen elleratt få omkull. Behöver du hjälp visualisera skillnaden? En av de särskiljande faktorer som skiljer ettburspråk från en trädgård fönster är dess vinkel. Burspråk är vinklade från väggen i25 - till 45-graders vinkel, medan trädgård windows är vinklade i 90 graders vinkelmot fönstret Skapa en box-liknande. En andra faktor är den storlek som varje fönstertyp kan tillverkas i. Trädgård windows är allmänt tillgängliga i standardstorlekar upp till 72 ”x 48”, medan burspråk kan skräddarsys i mycket större storlekar passar praktiskt taget alla fönsteröppningen. Bukten och trädgården windows skiljer sig också i hur de används. Burspråk är vanligtvis används för att skapa en samlingspunkt i ett vardagsrum eller en matsal, medan en trädgård fönster har en invändig hylla som du kan använda för att odla växtereller Visa objekt och är generellt installeras i kök. Trädgård windows har också en extra glasruta som fungerar som ”fönster taket”. En annan fördel med burspråk är attde ibland kan användas som fönster säten, som ger en perfekt plats för läsning elleravkopplande. På grund av deras större, tre-fönster design tillåta burspråk också ettöverflöd av dagsljus ange ditt rum. Fördelarna med att lägga till antingen stil fönster till ditt hem Oavsett om du väljer en trädgård fönster eller ett burspråk, kommer att antingen lägga karaktär till ditt hem. Om du vill lägga till mer ljus till en matplats, kan ett burspråk skapa en mysig känsla med extra ljusinsläpp. Extra ljus kan också öppna upp ettrum, gör det visas större än det faktiskt kan vara. Det är fantastiskt vad lite ljus kan göra att ett rum! Ett burspråk bara lägga inte karaktär till insidan av ditt hem, men kan också lägga till curbvädjan på utsidan. Ett vackert fönster som projekten utåt gerditt hem arkitektoniska karaktär. Funderar du på att ta naturen inomhus? Då kan en trädgård fönster vara den perfekta lösningen. Trädgård windows skapa en utmärkt display plats för dina krukväxter eller örter, samtidigt ger dem möjlighet att ta i direkt, naturliga ljus. På grund av deras design, kan trädgård fönster och burspråk både öka ventilationeni ditt rum. Deras tre-fönster konfigurationer med slutet ventilationskanaler kan en lätt bris ange ditt rum från olika vinklar. Varför välja ett Stanek burspråk för ditt hem Lägga till ett Stanek burspråk i ditt hem kommer att skapa en samlingspunkt i din favorit rum som du kan njuta av året runt. På Stanek Windows kan mångsidigheten hos våra fönsterkarmar du välja en stil för varje fönsteröppningen och skapa den perfekta looken för ditt space. Vår oändliga anpassade alternativ ger dig möjlighet att matcha din nya fönster till den arkitektoniska stilen i ditt hem. Inte bara är Stanek windows vackra, men de ger också energieffektivitet. Enligt den federala regeringens Department of House och stadsutveckling studier uppstår upptill 70 procent av energi förlust i fönster och dörrar, med 90 procent av fönster värmeförlusten sker genom glaset. Våra Comfort-Gard® PLUS glas har en flerskikts soft-coat low-E beläggning och är isolerad med argon eller krypton gas att hålla varm luft i ditt hem under vintern och kall luft i under sommaren. Våra fönsterglas blockerar också 90 procent mer UV-strålning än genomsnittliga glas, som håller den varma luften ur ditt hem under sommarmånaderna och kan hjälpa till att minska tyg bleknapå fönster beläggningar, mattor och klädsel.

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Alan said Whoever, so :3c

Will (aka no look I'm smiling everything's fine), Jasper, and Chorus

Plus a Larkspur just for fun :)

Guys I found a picrew with so many awesome options and wanted to share! Here are some of my characters, with a bonus at the end!

First up is Wes, my darling hero-turned-whumpee, whose first official chapter will be out soon!

Henry, his villain-turned-caretaker!

One angry Nadeem <3

And as a bonus, me!

I’d love to see your characters, so if you have a chance to play with this be sure to share! Tagging: @brutal-nemesis @redwingedwhump @just-a-whumping-racoon-with-wifi @secretwhumplair and anyone else who wants to try!

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Test Driving Ascensia's New Contour Next ONE Meter

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Test Driving Ascensia's New Contour Next ONE Meter

It's often the little details that translate to the biggest benefits when it comes to taking care of your diabetes.

That was top of mind for me after trying out the new Ascensia Contour Next ONE meter, the latest in the line of Contour meters from the company formerly known as Bayer. Approved by the FDA in November 2016, this Contour Next ONE meter sports a next-generation design with subtle differences from its predecessors, and it's the first app-enabled meter Ascensia has brought our way in the Contour line.

I must say, I'm impressed with Ascensia of late, for what they've produced and the innovations in their pipeline that include partnering with Glooko for better data-sharing access on multiple platforms.

Let's dig into this new meter itself...

Meeting the New Contour Next ONE

The new Next ONE model is an upgrade of the Contour Next USB meter, which was discontinued as of Dec. 31, 2016. I'd been using that meter for several years, including a version that links wirelessly to my former Medtronic insulin pump. I've loved the meter for its finger-sized portability, and now that I'm disconnected from an insulin pump and on Multiple Daily Dosing instead, I no longer need the linking capability. Fortunately, my test strip supply is fully stocked and this new meter uses the same Contour Next test strips, so it doesn't require a new prescription, making for an easy transition.

Sleeker, Slimmer: While the form factor is mostly unchanged, it is a bit thinner and sleeker in design. The earlier generation Contour Next meter had a button on the top side of the meter to turn it on and off, plus three buttons on the meter face allowing you to select and scroll through meter menus. Now, the Contour Next ONE has eliminated all of those buttons except for a single round circle 'OK' button with an up and down choice.

New Screen: Not sure if you consider this an upgrade or a downgrade honestly, but the previous color LED screen is now gone and in its place is a basic black and white LED with icons to indicate your glucose log or settings. There isn't a built in backlight, though you really don't need it since the screen does light up enough to use efficiently even in the dark.

Watch Battery: Ascensia took away the rechargeable USB and instead is now using a round watch battery. I have mixed feelings on this, as I do like the ability to plug-and-charge my meter wherever I may be, with no need to run out and buy these less-common batteries. There is a micro-USB included, but it doesn't charge the meter. It's designed purely to plug into a computer to download data and use the software; unfortunately, you have to buy the cable separately because it's not included in the box.

(Hidden!) Port Light: Yes, there is a port light you can use to illuminate the spot where the test strip is inserted. But you might not know it at first, if you just looked at the meter or even if you read every single piece of marketing material Ascensia includes -- because for some reason, the port light is not described as a feature. Seriously, even reading the manual cover-to-cover, you'll never see a mention of the fact that you can actually make the port light work for up to 40 seconds before turning the meter on. For the first few weeks I used this meter, I assumed it had no port light aside from the two-second flash it gives when the meter is turned on. I actually used my Dexcom receiver to light up the meter so I could insert a strip in a darkened room. Then just by happenstance, I double-tapped the round OK button and discovered this hidden gem! Seriously, Ascensia: this is a huge factor for many PWDs (people with diabetes), especially those of us who enjoy movie theaters or regularly test in the middle of the night.

Target Lights: A new feature on this meter embraces the industry trend of attempting to help PWDs answer the key question, "What do my blood glucose numbers actually mean?" -- that's common among the newly-diagnosed and many with type 2. Ascensia is using what it calls Target Lights, which light up in green/ yellow/ red post-result to indicate whether you are "In Range," "Low" or "High."

Second-Chance Sampling: This is a small difference, but now you have 60 seconds instead of 30 seconds to apply a second drop of blood to the same strip, in case the first attempt wasn't large enough. Handy for those of us who sometimes struggle to get "bleeders" after a fingerstick, and need to take extra time to redo the sample.

Accuracy: Although the minutiae of glucose meter accuracy may no longer be a hot topic these days, we firmly believe that it's still very important. And this new Contour Next ONE meter is the most accurate product Ascensia has produced to date. New data presented at the European ATTD conference in February shows that this Ascensia meter meets the FDA's tightened accuracy requirements of 95% within 8.4 mg/dL of reference results, whether the test is above or below 100.

The Contour Next ONE App

With the launch of this new meter, Ascensia joins the #DData world by offering its Contour mobile app to display data on both iOS and Android smart-devices. Being an Android guy myself, I truly appreciate that this is available beyond just iPhones at the time of launch.

The Next ONE meter has built-in Bluetooth and syncs data with the mobile app, though I did find that frequently the meter didn't automatically sync like it's supposed to but encountered connectivity issues. It was more annoying than anything, and I've heard from others using this new meter that it's not just me (and to be fair, the Dexcom app often has the same issues).

From a UI perspective, the Contour app is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. It presents you with all the features you'd expect in a mobile meter app in 2017: logbook, averages, trend-tracking and meal information, photo uploading and data-sharing.

You can find latest readings on the home screen, with the 'My Readings' menu representing the traditional logbook, and that three-day overview graph is always visible when you're scrolling through the readings. You can easily peruse averages over the past week to three months, and by tilting the phone to horizontal orientation, you can also get a standard day's view or break it down for specific data over 3-30 days, a customized time block or by meals or time of day. Very nice!

In particular, I like the ability to add photos within the app -- whether it's my morning Greek yogurt with blueberries that rings in at roughly 16g carbs, or a picture of the meter next to my Dexcom CGM.

Using what it calls a 'Smart Testing' feature, this new meter also allows you to set a customized alert to check your glucose during the day, remind yourself of upcoming doctor visits, or other particulars you might want to be reminded of.

Of course, there is the ability to share diabetes data through the app with your healthcare professional or anyone else you might want to share it with. The app also gives you a prompt during a critical Low to alert an emergency contact, helping to assure that you can get assistance if needed.

In addition to this app, users can look forward to the upcoming integration with the Glooko data platform, set to be rolled out later this year, that will make Contour Next ONE data directly accessible through Glooko's mobile app and clinical products.

Final Verdict and Availability

The meter itself is going for a suggested retail cost of $19.99, while the strips are supposedly priced at 83 cents per strip, or $41.55 for a 50-count box (though most found in retail pharmacies run just over $1 per strip).

Ascensia is currently launching the Contour Next ONE meter throughout the US, coming soon to mainstream chains like Walgreens, Target and CVS. The ETA for most distributors is the end of March, we're told. Meanwhile, you can purchase the meter directly from the Ascensia customer store online and other online suppliers.

Overall, it's a nice little meter. I personally miss the color screen of the previous-generation Contour Next USB meter, and since I'm a Dexcom CGM customer who uses the mySugr app for diabetes data-tracking, the Contour Next app didn't knock my socks off enough to change up my tools.

Still, I think it's a great addition for those who might want and need an aesthetic, accurate little meter with some strong data-tracking tools.

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Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Type 2 Diabetes Diet Diabetes Destroyer Reviews Original Article

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What if you did the worst job anyone's ever done of trying to bring your girlfriend back to life. What then

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l have a pen display now and I'm going to make that everyone's problem. >:3c

Anyway. I haven't published this scene yet but it's not a spoiler cause like. This was 100% inevitable.

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*my beloved monster and me from shrek playing quietly from another room*

anyway as always. love is stored in the depressed human and horrible monster who love each other

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🔨 Are there any whump tropes that you'd love to see your OC's reactions to even though you couldn't or wouldn't put it into your actual story for whatever reason?

✂ Is there a plotline that you'd planned to write but for whatever reason has been abandoned?

🥇 Pick one aspect of your story that you are particularly fond of. Anything at all.

OOH okay good question. Alright. So.

Hammer: I really really love mind control, and for some fucking reason I have written a vampire story where the vampires don't have mind control!!!! a perfect fuckin opportunity and I have wasted it!!! I think I wanted it to be clear that Karim is stuck with Micah because of Good Old Fashioned Emotional Manipulation and not because of magic, and also because i hate myself i guess.

(i do have a... maybe-canon-maybe-not post-story arc for ATTD that heavily features mind control, which i am Obsessed With, but it would be extremely difficult to write it without a Big Big Spoiler for ATTD so once again I have placed myself in a mind-control-less hell of my own making. 😔

Scissors: It's more of a scene than a plotline, but I had a whole scene plotted out for WKW where everybody's at like a grand ball and Morden tells Thorne to dance with Andry, and Thorne goes into Good Boy Mode and picks up on how funny (and maybe hot) Morden and all the rest of the Falconers think it is when he pushes Andry around in public, and he gets carried away and kisses Andry in front of everybody. Thorne is not thinking too hard about Why Morden Might Like That, he was operating 100% on Make Master Happy So Master Wants To Keep Me instincts, and he's confused afterward about why Andry, who has been starting to very cautiously open up, is suddenly cold as ice again. And then Endure happens before they actually Talk About It.

Buuuuut I couldn't find room for it in To Bid You All Welcome, which was already getting untenably long, and it feels weird to have two different Big Fancy Parties within such a short time span, so it never worked out. sigh

Medal: I really really like my villains, lol, and especially how they fulfill their roles in their various stories. in particular I think the contrast between Morden and Micah (the Vampire Daddy from atykm) is really, like. Funny???

Because, like, Morden is competent and sexy and like... a fairy tale villain? Honestly, he's just a few extra sex crimes away from being a disney villain. if you asked him what his alignment was he would say its capital e Evil. And I don't think he's like a cartoon, really, either! He's just a guy who has a lot of power and thinks he's entitled to more social status than he's been granted, and he thinks he Gets To burn the whole world down if he wants to, and he's having fun doing it. So he's always a balance between Genuinely Reprehensible And A Real Threat while also being, like... "likeable" is maybe not the right word but like. Fun To Watch, certainly.

And meanwhile Micah is like... the exact opposite of that. What appeals to me about him is that he is, stripped of all artifice, Deeply Pathetic. He's just a sexual predator with magic powers. The only thing he's good at other than Being A Vampire is sensing other people's vulnerabilities and exploiting them (and he didn't even get that right tbc: he has Deeply Underestimated most of his coven and they're going to fucking Get Him pretty soon). So he's a really fun balance too, because i get to figure out how to make it clear that he is Not A Criminal Mastermind, he's just privileged and confident, without lowering the stakes of the story--he's a pathetic old man, but he also has the power to Literally Ruin Everything.

...this got longer than i meant it to be lmao BUT basically the thing I am proud of is!! the way both of these Evil Men fit into and improve their stories while..... also being exactly What I Want From My Whumpers at different times 😁

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boutta do my Next Day Reblog of yesterday's attd update but just btw: This Is Felicity

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it just seems more polite to be a Ghost than an Air Raid Siren. you know???

bonus:

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@whumpitywhumpwhump @favwhumpstuff

Loose sketch of First Appearance Baby Will, mainly as a placeholder

Big Spoilers under the cut (tw scars)

pre canon (Official Portrait)

and!! scar survey immediately post-canon :3c

key:

earring ripped out during fight

knife, immediately before first appearance

*chorus voice* whoops

...complex magical bullshit

knife immediately before first appearance

cursed arrow

deeply fucked up fingers, broken glass

Fought A Bear

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Listen. Listen im a simple man

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For reference: She

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Oh also:

Will is baby