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Schwab Complex Will House Computer Lab, Classroom, and Resource Center to Support Texas Tech Personal Financial Planning Program
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LUBBOCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Tech University1 College of Human Sciences has opened the new Charles Schwab Personal Financial Planning Technology Complex, which contains the largest collection of professional software in any collegiate financial planning program in the United States, on the Lubbock, Texas, campus. The facility houses a technology classroom, technology work lab, and resource workspace that will be used by more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students in the university's Division of Personal Financial Planning.
In October 2007, Charles Schwab Foundation2 made a $1 million pledge to the Division of Personal Financial Planning at Texas Tech University. The pledge was used to build the Charles Schwab Personal Financial Planning Technology Complex and fund a research scholar who will conduct original research which will initially result in a Financial Planning Job Analysis Study to be released later this year. The pledge was part of a program of activities celebrating Schwab's twentieth anniversary serving the independent investment advisory industry. Charles Schwab is a leading provider of custodial, operational and trading support for more than 5,500 independent investment advisory firms.
The new Schwab facility will give Texas Tech the opportunity to provide its students with a more robust Advanced Technology course that will give them hands-on experience with a variety of technological aspects of financial planning, including client portfolio management, reporting, and customer relationship management. To further support Texas Tech, Schwab has also made a donation of its PortfolioCenter® portfolio data management software to the facility. PortfolioCenter3 is being taught in the university's Advanced Technology course.
The facility will also support Texas Tech's existing Student Managed Portfolio program that allows students to manage actual dollars and get real-world experience in the area of money management, as well as its "Red to Black" program where students in the financial planning program provide free financial counseling and planning services to both students and families in the community.
"Through its Division of Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech has long been an advocate for the independent investment advisory model, and the new Schwab facility at Texas Tech is our way of expressing commitment to the future of the industry," said Bernie Clark, senior vice president of sales in Charles Schwab's Advisor Services division. "Independent advisors are in a unique position to grow and succeed in the current environment, and with that comes the need for talented young people to join these firms."
The dedication of the new Charles Schwab Personal Financial Planning Technology Complex was part of Texas Tech Opportunity Days, a three-day event held February 18-20, designed to provide employers such as investment advisory firms, banks and insurance firms with the chance to interview students in the university's Division of Personal Financial Planning for both internship and full-time positions.
"Schwab has given us the opportunity to focus on experiential learning at the university level so that graduates of the program are ready to work from day one," said Deena Katz, Texas Tech University Associate Professor and coordinator of this initiative. "This can only be a gigantic boost for advisors who need good, skilled people now."
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices and 7.4 million client brokerage accounts, 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants, 468,000 banking accounts, and $1.1 trillion in client assets. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, www.sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through its Advisor Services division. The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. More information is available at www.schwab.com. (0209-7202)
1 Texas Tech University is not affiliated with Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
2 Charles Schwab Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation, classified by the IRS as a charity under section 501(c),(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Charles Schwab Foundation is neither a part of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC) nor its parent company The Charles Schwab Corporation.
3 PortfolioCenter® is a product of Schwab Performance Technologies® (SPT). SPT is a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation.


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MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire High Tech Council and the abi Innovation Hub announced today that the three winners of the inaugural TechOut startup competition have now been funded by the 2012 NH MillWorks Fund.
The competition, held in September at Nanocomp Technologies in Merrimack, featured 30 applicants competing for $100,000 in investment capital. A panel of judges voted for the first and second place winners, while the live audience voted at the event for the third place award.
According to Mark Smith, CEO of first place winner MiEdge, Inc., "The $50,000 first place prize gives us additional capital to expand our staff and grow our sales. More importantly, however, is that the competition connected us with a network of like-minded entrepreneurs and potential investors in the state. We're drawing on their skills and advice to help us make smart decisions on growing our business."
Robert Barmore, CEO of second place winner Therma-HEXX, added, "The $30,000 second place prize couldn't have come at a better time in our growth cycle. We recently won several projects and the investment helps us procure the needed inventory to deliver on time. Participating in the competition has also helped us get ready for additional investment in our company."
Third place, and the audience's choice, was awarded to Sensible Spreader. The company received $20,000 which it is using to build a functional prototype and help fund its expansion. The company is using GPS technology to improve the treatment of snow-covered roads and optimize the mix of road treatment materials in ecologically sensitive areas.
Funding for the awards was provided by 20 New Hampshire accredited investors who share a passion for entrepreneurship and startups. They have each made a five-year commitment to the MillWorks Fund, enabling the TechOut startup competition to be held annually through at least 2015. The next competition will be held in September 2013, with applications available in mid-June on the websites of the High Tech Council (nhhtc.org) and the abi Innovation Hub (abihub.org).


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Il Divo brings Broadway songbook to U.S. tour
The hunky members of Il Divo are doing something pretty risky on their latest tour. Rather than performing the songs that made them platinum-selling recording artists, they are turning all their attention to their latest album, the Broadway-themed A Musical Affair.
Fans of the group are probably gasping in horror: No Adagio? No Time to Say Goodbye? And, for heaven's sake, no Unbreak My Heart?
"We love Unbreak My Heart " says Spaniard Carlos Marin, a member of the international quartet. "It was, of course, the song which started Il Divo for us all. After much debate, we decided to rest the song on this tour, given it's our fourth world tour and keeping with the musical-theater theme for all the repertoire."
Still, the number is a guaranteed showstopper for the guys. It's like Celine Dion without My Heart Go Will On or Elaine Paige bypassing Don't Cry for Me Argentina — both, incidentally, songs that Il Divo have covered.
"There is a risk, but somehow I think people are connecting because the new material is such a well-known repertoire," fellow Divo Sebastien Izambard says. "We're a band with a brand-new album, and we're performing songs that have been really popular for years."
The tour launched in Asia and moves to the United States beginning with a March 28 concert in Phoenix. Tony winner Lea Salonga shares the stage with the guys; Izambard jokingly calls the pairing "Four divos and a diva."
Plus, "she helps break up some of the testosterone," Marin says. "Lea is incredibly sexy and funny, and we all have a great laugh together."
So far, they report, audiences have responded positively to the production, which wasn't necessarily a given.
"Americans are more keen on Broadway than the rest of the world," says Izambard, who was born in France. "Originally when we did this album, it was orientated to an American audience, but we also had to be careful because the U.S. are the kings of singing theater songs."
Rather than tailor their operatic, multilingual style to the music, the group meets the material somewhere in the middle. The production is full of the epic emotional flourishes that are one of Il Divo's trademarks. The soaring highs found in such theater classics as You'll Never Walk Alone and Some Enchanted Evening are not that far from the guys' standard repertoire.
"The songs were amazing," Izambard says. "You look at the lyrics to something like If Ever I Would Leave You, and it's absolutely incredible. They took such care with the lyrics and the melodies. They are like pieces of jewelry. They are timeless, because people listen to them year after year."
Other tunes, such as the more contemporary Can You Feel the Love Tonight and Love Changes Everything, fit more snugly in the Il Divo wheelhouse. And, Izambard confides, he slips into the set list one non-Broadway song, Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore.
"It's uptempo and it's French," he says.
The tour and album come at an interesting time for Il Divo. The group was launched 10 years ago by Simon Cowell, who recruited the four singers in the group: American David Miller and Urs Buhler from Switzerland round out the lineup. Except for Izambard, the members are classically trained. The concept was essentially a boy band for pop-opera fanatics, with the photogenic members sporting beautifully crafted suits and singing melodramatic songs that tug at the heartstrings.
The formula made them wildly successful around the globe, with platinum albums, major tours and, in the United States, PBS specials. But, Izambard says, the group has never achieved the critical respect it deserves.
"Our success is due to our audience, because, in general, we haven't been helped in terms of media," he says. "Radio doesn't know where to play us. We're not a cool band. We don't sing like Miley Cyrus. I don't think people give us credit because of how we got together."
The four members produce their stage shows themselves, which Izambard takes pride in. So much time together can be demanding on the group, particularly because of how Il Divo formed. Members weren't particularly chummy initially.
"It was really hard to get along in the beginning," Izambard admits. "We didn't speak English well. We had completely different cultures. It's like we had been in an arranged marriage and promised to love each other for 10 years. It's hard enough to make marriage work with someone you've chosen."
Still, the group has figured out how to carry on.
"I think we get on better now than we ever did," Marin says. "We really are like brothers and have learned when to enjoy each other's company and when to give each other some privacy. Seb, David and Urs are the only other people who know how this journey has felt, and (we) have been there supporting each other every step of the way."
Izambard agrees.
"We have lots of fun on stage," he says. "With one look, we can understand each other. It's like we have our own language. But we know when we have down time, we like to go our separate ways. It's really healthy and important to make sure we have time away from each other."
Don't expect that time apart to extend indefinitely any time soon, Izambard assures.
"We four are very lucky in what we do," he says. "It's a lot of hard work, and we always want to make sure we feel at the top of our game."


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ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between United States, the European Community, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and Mexico, with Canada set to join any day now.
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NPR station WBUR Boston adds support for free audio standard
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- May 14, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has marked a milestone in their PlayOgg.org campaign with the announcement that National Public Radio (NPR) news station WBUR Boston has begun worldwide webcasting in the free audio format Ogg Vorbis.
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ESP Estimates U.S. Companies Spend $11.4 Billion Annually on Software Patent Litigation
"Tackling the Big Issues" at the FSF Annual Associate Member Meeting, Saturday, March 15
Boston, Massachusetts, USA--Thursday, February 28th, 2008--The Free Software Foundation announced details for its annual associate member meeting to be held at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, March 15th, 2008.
FSF to Host Summit on Freedom for Network Services
The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Freedom for Network Services to discuss how the free software community can ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological environment.
Join the FSF in calling on libraries to eliminate DRM
Join the Free Software Foundation and DefectiveByDesign.org this Saturday (2/9/2008) at the Boston Public Library to demand the removal of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology from the library! If you are not from the area, join the cause to eliminate DRM and launch action for your local library if they use DRM.
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Microsoft cannot declare itself exempt from the requirements of GPLv3
"Microsoft has engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the software industry for many years, and has sought to attack free software for almost as long," Free Software Foundation says
Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the "iPlayer"
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"If according to Le Corbusier, architecture is the wise, right and wonderful game of assembled volumes under the light, then in the old settlements of Santorini you have one of the most authentic revelations of the power of architecture's creation. On this imperious island with a landscape marked by its great geological adventure, the roads, the houses the courtyards and all the other human residential elements compose unprecedented sculptural complexes, stereometrical formations where exquisite equilibriums of light appear during the day as if they were predesigned. And they are as many as the eye can see and count, flawless in their plastic perfection, with so much magic between them that you may forget for a moment and think that they are pictures of a fictional world, or creations of a modern artist working in the context of abstract geometry...".
Hewn vertically into the volcanic soil, these houses are narrow-fronted and built in the rocks without any foundations. Built areas are roofed by domes, or groin vaults in a kind of mould-cast structure. They are made of stone (red or black) and Terra Theraic (Theraic earth). These, along with lime, form a very strong plaster. The Theraic earth has insulating qualities, keeping rock-hewn houses cool in the summer and warm in the winter. In addition, this construction method allows for the creation of diverse, yet harmonious forms.
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The Central Connecticut softball team split its doubleheader against the Hartford Hawks Wednesday, dropping the first game 6-4 but taking the second by a score of 6-2, at the CCSU Softball Field in New Britain, CT. The Blue Devils are now 8-5 on the season.
"We struggled a bit on defense in the first game," Coach Jeff Franquet said. "But in the second we had only one error and it was great that we were able to come off with the win."
Game 1
Sophomore Laura Messina started in the circle for Central in the first game of the doubleheader. She pitched the full seven innings for the Blue Devils, posting four strikeouts and allowing seven hits. With the loss, her record falls to 4-3.
The Hawks (4-9) kicked off scoring in the top of the first inning with a pair of singles that eventually crossed the plate to put Hartford up 2-0 at the end of the half inning.
Sophomore Kat Malcolm answered in the bottom of the inning with a center-field bomb, her fourth of the season, to score one for the Blue Devils and end the inning 2-1.
In the bottom of the second, Central loaded the bases with one out on the board. Pinch hitting freshman Gianna Sandstrom drew a walk that plated senior pinch runner Sarah Emery to even the score 2-2. Junior Arielle Bruno reached first on a fielder's choice, bringing senior Kelsey Barlow home to give the Blue Devils the lead 3-2.
The Hawks regained the lead, however, in the top of the fifth on four Blue Devil fielding errors following a pair of Hartford singles. CCSU exited the half inning on a Bruno put-out at first, 6-3 Hartford.
In the bottom of the sixth, sophomore Ashley Black singled to third base and eventually scored to narrow the Hawks' lead to 6-4 for the final score.
Game 2
Senior Nicole Springer pitched the second game for the Blue Devils. In seven innings, she allowed only four hits, walked five batters and earned two strikeouts. Springer gave up one run each in the first two innings and held the Hawks scoreless throughout the final five. Her season record improves to 3-0 with the win.
Once again, the Hawks were the first to put runs on the board in the top of the first inning. A single to left field drove in a walked batter to put Hartford up by one.
It was Hartford who struck again in the top of the second with a double to right field landing a runner in scoring position. A single up the middle drove her in to put Central down 2-0.
A homer over the center-field wall in the bottom of the fourth by senior Stephanie Chotkevys reduced the Hawks' lead to 2-1.
In the bottom of the fifth, Malcolm smacked a single to center field followed by a Springer double to left-center. A sacrifice bunt by freshman Alicia Keough plated Malcolm to tie the game 2-2.
Central sealed the win in the bottom of the sixth inning, an inning that began with a single to center field by reining NEC Rookie of the Week Evie Rentzel. The Blue Devils loaded the bases and a double down the left field line by freshman Brittany Ernst drove in Rentzel as well as freshman Eileen Purcell who reached base on a bunt, and Chotkevys who had walked. Ernst earned three RBI on the play and put CCSU up 5-2.
It was a Malcolm double that scored Ernst to reach the final score of 6-2. In her past four games, Malcolm, this week's NEC Co-Player of the Week, has gone 11 for 14 at the plate including two homeruns.
The Blue Devils return to action this weekend, March 16-17, at the Hofstra Tournament in Hempstead, NY. Central will face off against the Pride and the University of Connecticut in two doubleheaders.


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Still using up leftovers from my Metropolitan kit - I think I've got 2 more layouts to show you after this one, and then the kit is gone gone gone! This page is all about how I never really thought I'd go overdue, how much the time dragged and how I wish I'd enjoyed it a bit more (difficult with painful SPD, but I do miss being with bump!). Totally worth every second we waited though.
I'm keeping up with my 'stamp on every layout' goal - this layout has two - one gorgeous border from MME, and one Cats LIfe Press sentiment. Yay, go me!


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New!! - Lil' Sprouts Daycare
Nanny needs your help taking care of all of the baby veggies. Each one has different needs and some seem to cry a lot! Can you help her keep the sprouts happy?
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New Game -- Parker's Splat Bounce
Parker loves to splat paint into fun designs! Help him as he bounces up the building with fun colors and powerups while practicing your math facts.
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Chirpy Chow
Daffodil needs your help at her diner. Spring has brought out all the birds and they are hungry! Help her serve up some delicious grubs and worms while practicing your math facts!
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Featured Game -- Syllable Split
Help Sammy build his log cabin while splitting wood and words! Great reading game that is also available as a free downloadable paper game!
Part of My Process
Hey there everyone! I am working hard on a new game and a new book. Many people have asked about my process when it comes to designing pictues, games, and books. While I doubt anyone wants to see me coding, I thought periodically I would post videos of my drawing process.
First one, this is Jasper. He is going to be a pirate in an upcoming book. While he may not end up looking exactly like this, you can at least see how I start.
Too Much Fluff, Just Enough Spit & Farmyard Dash out today!
Too Much Fluff, Just Enough Spit books, journal, and game are out today. Get ready to race through the farmyard with Finn and his friends and grab your books today!
Penny Positive's Shine Journal
This Shine Journal is the perfect companion for Penny Positive: The Gloom, the Gift, & the Glow. Penny taught the kids to Find the Shine around them, and now they can keep track of all the wonderful things they have noticed. This Shine Journal will help children remember to look for the positives around them as they go through each day.
Click here to get your copy!
Today Is Penny Positive Day!
Penny Positive's Pancake Party
Penny is ready to host her pancake party!
Play Penny's Games.
Penny Positive's book
Penny Positive - The Gloom, the Gift, & the Glow is now available! Winners for the book giveaway will be announced later today. Thank you to all who entered.
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Penny Positive's Shine Journal
Penny Positive's Shine Journal' is now available! Winners for the book giveaway will be announced on Saturday. Thank you to all who entered.
Click here to get your copy!
Free Teacher's Guide
Use the book in your classroom or with your family and have fun with the Teacher's Guide. This booklet is packed with engaging ideas and fun activities to help bring the concepts alive and start great conversations about the topics in the book.
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All Votes Are In!!
In the book coming out next week, Penny Positive, the gloom, the gift, & the glow, the classroom pet hamster now has a name!! Thanks for all the votes, the overwhelming winner was...
Featured Game -- Murb's Tory Tools
Have fun with math while helping Tory Tools with projects for several of the Murb pets. Head over to Murb, then take the bus to First Avenue to find Tory Tools.
New Game -- Freddie's Adventure!
10 years ago this week, I released a game called Super Stars featuring Freddie the turtle. Today, we are going to check back in with her and follow her on another adventure while we review our math facts!
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Introducing -- Mummy Marathon!
Come check out our newest game, Mummy Marathon! Choose your mummy racer and then race your way through Egypt. The faster you answer the math questions, the faster your mummy will run! But be careful, the competitors get harder with each race!
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Mimbo's Adventures are Planned!
With nearly 1200 total votes, Zamani and Tui' uli were the clear leaders and have now been included in Mimbo's upcoming adventures!
Introducing - Galaxy Explorer
Brand new style game for Fun4theBrain! Help Explorer Anderson find his way safely around this strange planet while practicing your addition facts and collecting stars. What will be your high score?
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Introducing - Hidden Creek Farm
Brand new style game for Fun4theBrain! Come have fun and, of course, review your math, while hanging out with Rory on Hidden Creek Farm!
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Fun4theBrain Still Needs Your Help
Update: Thank you so much for your donations so far. With them I have been able to purchase several books that will help me make the transitions necessary to get my games on the tablets and mobile devices for you. Now I am saving up for some software that will make the games faster to make. Thanks again for everything so far!
I am happy to offer all of the games on Fun4theBrain.com for free and have no plans to EVER charge for them. However, with all of the latest changes in technology, both in the homes, and in the classrooms, it has become mandatory that Fun4theBrain change the games over to new programming languages so it can continue to reach as many students as possible.
I would love to be able to give all of my time to just working on Fun4theBrain so that I could create more games each month for the kids to play, both on their computers and their tablets. But, that is just no longer financially viable. So I am coming to you for help. Any donation is welcome. If 1 out of every 30 visitors to the site gave just $1, I would have enough to make some big changes and get the site to your tablets and mobile devices.
Click the button below to donate to Fun4theBrain today and show your support!
Farm Escape!
Some of the farmers and animals have been getting a bit bored at the farm and are making an escape! See how far you can help them get while practicing your math facts!
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An Apple A Day!
Natasha is super busy over at the Candy Apple Factory and could really use your help. Practice your math facts while making some cool-looking candy apples for the Fall Festival!
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Jelly Jump!
Jelly Jump takes you on a fun leaping adventure through the trampoline fields in a candy world. Use your wonderful math skills to help you get to the highest heights imaginable!
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Today is National Ice Cream Cone Day!
Today is National Ice Cream Cone Day and to celebrate we are featuring Cone Crazy: Flurry of Flavors! The Cone Crazy Ice Cream Shoppe has gotten so busy, they had to open a second shop, Flavor Flurry. Come review your math facts while helping out at the busiest ice cream shoppe at the South Pole!
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Finances + Fun = MyNickelsburg
If you love the games here on Fun4theBrain, you will love the town of Nickelsburg where kids can learn while playing games and working through real situations, and, of course, it is all FREE! Nickelsburg is a kids game filled with fun activities for third through fifth grade students to help them learn basic financial concepts like earning, budgeting, saving, spending wisely, and sharing. Learn More Here! or just head on over to start playing at MyNickelsburg.com!
Chubz Went on an Adventure!
Chubz has written a blog post about her fun adventure!
Last week, Chubz went on an exciting trip! He had some of his favorite foods and got to relax with friends. Chubz has shared his picture and story on the Fun4theBrain blog. Can you guess where he went?
Zizi's New York City Adventure!
Zizi has written a blog post about her fun trip to New York City!
This past weekend, Zizi took a trip to New York City to see a broadway play! She had quite an adventure and even met a famous monster! Can you guess which one? Zizi has shared her pictures and story on the Fun4theBrain blog. Come check it out to hear about her exciting day in NYC!
Hammy the Hamster
Website Pet
Have fun feeding and taking care of Hammy the Hamster. Click on the button in the center of his wheel to get him to run. Click anywhere on his page to feed him.
Bringing education and fun together
All games here were made by Exuberant Games. Each game goes through important information for a certain subject matter for grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. The math games are great if you need to review your math facts for addition, subtraction , or division. Be sure to check out our new games for other subjects.
- English games to review parts of speech
- Reading games to help learn sight words
- Science tutorials and games are coming soon!
More information about Exuberant Games
Games do more than just make fun!
Exuberant Games was created based on a passion and belief that kids can most certainly learn while they play. Math facts have to be reviewed in order to be mastered, so why not master your facts with games.
Once the math games became fairly popular, I decided that additional games were needed for other subjects. This site will continue to grow with the different games!


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The Multilingual Content Intelligence team at Adobe is excited to host our third Adobe Experience Manager Multilingual Content Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting on Thursday, Nov. 7, at our headquarters in San Jose. Our program this time is on Digital Asset Management (DAM), and we plan to focus on how DAM can be used for multilingual purposes. During the meeting, we'll also have a Multi Site Manager (MSM) review session to share feature enhancement plans for future releases.
This is a great opportunity to understand basic concepts of DAM and related best practices in a multilingual context. Attendees will also rub elbows with our Adobe experts, share their experiences and challenges, and network with peers from various industry leading companies that are putting Adobe Experience Manager to use.
The details:
Date: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM PST
Address: Adobe San Jose headquarters
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA, 95110
The event is free, but you must register in advance to attend. For registration, please visit: https://adobesig.eventbrite.com
For more information or any questions, you're welcome to ping me at: seunlee at adobe.com
We hope to see you next week!
Seungmin Lee
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Rendering sound effects off-line has its virtue, but really cool is real-time signal generation. For a long time I thought that it is the compiler's responsibility to make list based signal processing fast enough. However, the compiler has to respect correctness first. That is, it cannot do too fancy optimization, since the optimized program must still do the same as the unoptimized program. So, when we write functions that rely on the maximal flexibility, the compiler cannot turn it to something less flexible. Actually, a list as in Synthesizer.Plain.Signal is the best representation of a signal in terms of flexibility: It allows free choice of the element type, even functions, it is element-wise lazy, allowing for short feedback, it allows sharing of computed data. The drawback is, that it is slow and memory inefficient. In most cases we don't need this full flexibility, but the compiler has no chance to find this out automatically. It can merge several operations on a list to a single operation by the fusion technique, however even a single list operation is hard to perform in real-time.
How do real-time software synthesizer achieve real-time performance?
They get the popular fast inner loops
by processing signals in chunks of raw data.
This way, they lose flexibility, because they cannot do quick feedback.
We can do the same in Haskell, getting the same restrictions.
Additionally, in order to store raw data
we must restrict the element types
e.g. to the
Storable class,
since we use
StorableVector in Synthesizer.Storable.Signal.
With this technique single signal operations are fast,
but their combination cannot be optimized in many cases.
This is so, again, because top priority in optimization is correctness.
mix x (cons 0 x)
cons 0 x means
0:x for our chunky signal data.
This expression is a perfect candidate for optimization.
But in this case it must not be applied since the chunk structures of
x and
cons 0 x do not match.
In such cases we would not gain anything over SuperCollider and CSound.
Remember that we introduced the chunky signal representation entirely because of efficiency concerns. Actually we are not interested in a special chunk structure, so this should not be a reason for disabling optimization. Of course, we could ignore the correctness and write incorrect optimizer rules that are based on correct ideas. However, experience shows that wrong optimization leads to surprise and infelicities sooner or later. The later the worse, because the later the more code you have written relying on invalid optimization.
What we can try is to use list representation,
enjoy the optimization that GHC already provides for it,
and then let fusion rules jump in
that make lists disappear when they are used in connection with chunky sequences.
Chunky.fromList (List.oscillator freq)
could be turned into
Chunky.oscillator freq.
This approach would be really cool, but works only in theory.
In practice it is hard to predict how GHC transforms various operations.
Additionally to optimizer rule application
it also expands functions to their definitions (known as inlining/unfolding)
or specializes functions to fixed types.
We cannot rely on our optimizer rules being actually applied.
This means however, that in unpredictable cases
the optimization fails and the efficiency drops from real-time to non-real-time.
This is unacceptable.
The solution is a third signal representation,
see Synthesizer.State.Signal.
(Already got tired?)
It consists of no actual data
but it is a function that generates elements.
Its type is
s -> Maybe (a,s) or short
StateT s Maybe a.
Given a state of type
s it produces
Nothing when the list terminates
Just the next element and the updated state.
This can be easily converted from and to lists
while preserving laziness.
We convert to lists by
List.unfoldr and from lists using
Actually this signal representation is very close
to the list representation used in the streams package.
The main differences are:
Firstly, we do not use a list storage that is fused away when only used temporarily.
Thus we do not need a fusion rule (that could be skipped by the compiler).
Secondly, we have no notion of
since operations like
filter are uncommon in signal processing.
If we write our signal processing in terms of these virtual signals
and then convert the result to regular lists or chunky sequences,
then only one data structure will be built
and GHC does it's best to generate efficient inner loops.
We cannot use these virtual signals for sharing and feedback,
because there is no data structure that stores the data.
If we try to do so anyway, data will be recomputed.
Thus we still need chunky sequences or lists
for sharing of interim results and for feedback.
Actually, an expression like
mix x (reverse x)
would definitely benefit from interim conversion to a chunky sequence,
but for
mix x (cons 0 x) this is overkill.
In order to get processes like the last one efficient
we have a new data type (no, not another one!)
but this time it is not a signal data type
but a signal processor type.
It is the result of thinking about
which processes allow sharing on a per-sample basis at all.
We come to the conclusion that these can be only causal processes,
i.e. processes that depend only on current and past data,
not on data from the future.
So, we already have a good name: Synthesizer.Causal.Process.
Causal processes are Control.Arrows,
however the higher level variant does no longer fit into the Arrow type class.
This means that there are various combinations
that turn causal processes into larger causal processes.
It needs a bit experience in pointfree coding style
in order to use the arrow combinators,
but there is no way around it,
when you want to use physical dimensions.
GHC's arrow notation does only support types of the Arrow class.
E.g. the expression
mix x (cons 0 x)
Causal.mix <<< (Causal.id &&& Causal.cons 0).
When you manage this burden
you get processes that are warranted to be causal.
They can not only be used to make something efficient,
but they also allow to process data from the outside world
in a streaming way without
as required e.g. in JACK plugins.
We have now a pretty big set of signal storage types that differ considerably in performance but not in the set of operations. This calls for a type class! You find it in Synthesizer.Generic.Cut and Synthesizer.Generic.Signal.


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Graham B. Wallis
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Graham Wallis served as a member of the Thayer School faculty from 1962 to 2001. He was selected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to receive the 1994 Fluids Engineering Award "for extensive research in the field of two-phase flow, and for writing on the extension of potential flow theory to two-phase flows."
Wallis is the author of the book One-Dimensional Two-Phase Flow and of over 150 publications and reports on aspects of two-phase flow. He has taught courses in linear systems, fluids, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, design, nuclear reactor engineering, energy conversion, and field theory, as well as freshman seminars and undergraduate courses on nuclear energy.
Fluid dynamics; two-phase flow; thermodynamics; heat and mass transfer; nuclear power; energy conversion.
- B.A., Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge University, 1959
- S.M., Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., 1959
- Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1961
- Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1961
One Dimensional Two-Phase Flow
Graham B. Wallis
McGraw-Hill, 1969
- ASME 90th anniversary medal of the Fluids Engineering Division (2016)
- ASME Fluids Engineering Award (1994)
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Before his fellow Americans hit the Memorial Day barbeques, Gary Sinise is inviting them to join him in celebrating the men and women who serve the nation with a patriotic party.
The actor rose to fame as the disabled Vietnam veteran Lt. Dan Taylor in "Forrest Gump," an onscreen role helped lead him to become deeply involved off-screen with military veterans and active personnel over the years. For the past seven years one of the more rewarding offshoots of that involvement is Sinise's annual gig co-hosting the National Memorial Day Concert live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., airing simultaneously Sunday May 27 on PBS and the Armed Forces Network.
Sinise joins longtime co-host Joe Mantegna to present a spectacular lineup of talent to pay tribute to the troops, including Colin Powell, Daughtry, Natalie Cole, Trace Atkins, Ellen Burstyn, Dennis Franz, tenor Russell Watson and "American Idol" runner up Jessica Sanchez.
What has being involved with National Memorial Day Concert has meant to you over the years?
Well, each year I go, I kind of pinch myself. Joe Mantegna, my co-host – I'm privileged to be partnered with Joe – we look at each other each year and go, 'Holy cow – Look where we are!' and we can't believe it. Every year is just very special because of the hundreds of thousands of people that come out to sit on the lawn in front of the Capitol and watch the concert. But also the level of performers, the quality of the performers that come to participate in celebrating men and women who have served and sacrificed and defended our freedom. It's a very special way to support and celebrate those who have served and to honor those on Memorial Day. It's just a privilege, once again, to be a part of it.
It's become increasingly important to keep the U.S. troops at the forefront of our minds. Have you seen that spill over into the amount of people who show up for the concert and the level of involvement that people are having with it?
I think we get something between 200,000 and 300,000 people out on the lawn of the Capitol. It's one of PBS's top rated shows. Millions of people watch the show on television each year. It's the night before the actual Memorial Day. Memorial Day is on Monday and that's usually a day of barbecues and backyard parties and that kind of thing, but I think if you tune in to the National Memorial Day Concert you're just reminded of what that day means, why it's important and what it's for. We set aside this special day to honor those who we've lost in defense of our nation and friends, and we can't forget that... We've asked a lot of them in the last 10 years. They've been deployed multiple times and their families have sacrificed over and over again. Whether they're on the front page or not, we have to make sure that we stand behind them and support them when we can. I always encourage people in their communities, if you know a family who's got a deployed service member or a wounded warrior – somebody who sacrificed in service – just pat them on the back and see if there's something that you can do for them.
And the real catalyst to your involvement in the concert goes back to your 'Forrest Gump' role as Lt. Dan, right?
I think it goes back further than that. I have Vietnam veterans in my family. I got very, very actively involved with Vietnam veterans, their kind of issues and causes in the Chicago area back in the early '80's and then of course in the '90's I played a Vietnam veteran in 'Gump' and got involved with our disabled veterans. I played a disabled veteran and was introduced to the Disabled American Veterans organization, and then we deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan I just couldn't sit around and do nothing. I had a lot of pain and hurt and fear and all those things that we were all going through after we were attacked on September 11th, and I just needed to channel that energy, and that came into something positive. We had young men and women, who were signing up and deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan, difficult places around the world and they needed help. They needed to know that they were supported and appreciated,... the nation just basically turned its back on our Vietnam veterans – I just wanted to make sure that I did my part to make sure that today's active duty service members, that that wasn't going to happen to them.
Have you had a particularly special or moving encounter with military personnel or veterans recently, someone who told you a story that's hit you in a special place?
There are too many to count. I've met so many incredible people who are serving our country, just great heroes and selfless individuals and inspirational people. When you visit these hospitals and you see these wounded warriors and people that have lost limbs or parts of their bodies or have traumatic brain injury or have been burned from head to toe, something like that. They're resilient and they're moving forward with their lives and they're not looking at what they can't do anymore, but they're looking ahead to what they can do…There are wounded warriors out there who went to work one day walking with two legs and then came back with no legs. Yet they're up on these prosthetics and they're moving around and they're running and they're climbing mountains and they're trying to do things and they're looking forward…
For some young people who have no relation to someone in the military or any knowledge of the military at all, they might have the perception that anyone who joins the military is somebody that can't do anything else. That's far from the truth. I've met extraordinary young people doing amazing things. I landed on the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, went up to the bridge, and here's an aircraft carrier worth billions and billions of dollars, has 5,000 people on it and the kid driving the boat is 19 years old! He's up there and he's steering the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier around the Persian Gulf. I looked at him and he looked like a little baby. I said, 'Look at you – You should be pretty proud of yourself.' He said, 'Yes, sir.' I said, 'What are your buddies doing right now back at home?' He said, 'They're probably playing videogames or doing whatever they're doing.' I said, 'Well, look at what you're doing out here at 19 years old, being in charge of steering this boat around the Persian Gulf.'
And bringing it back to the concert itself, have you ever had a specific moment of chills that always stands out in your mind?
In the early concerts, when I started, Charles Durning was a part of the concert, and Charlie recalled some of his moments during World War II and doing some of the segments about Iwo Jima. Charlie wasn't at Iwo Jima – he was in the European theater, but I remember him doing one segment about our Marines hitting the island. It was some harrowing stuff, because you knew that Charlie was talking about things that he had seen as well, and the year before he did an entire piece recalling hitting the beach in Normandy. Here's Charlie: he's an actor. He came back. He's a part of my community, the acting community, but he's also a great national World War II hero who saw a lot of devastating and very horrific things in his life. I'll never forget some of that. Each year there are some very special tributes and very special segments. This year we're going to have another fantastic concert.
The National Memorial Day Concert airs Sunday, May 27 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS.


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Perhaps riffing on a Speak Up on Kotaku topic from last week, commenter Gusi A. Rincon wants to know which franchise you would obliterate if you possessed that awesome power?
If you were given the option to choose any franchise, and end it, either because you think its last game gave it a proper ending, because you think they are milking it or just because you hate it. Which franchise will get the axe?
I'll go with God of War. The three were perfect all in gameplay, story and graphics. Now Ascension is just Santa Monica Milking the name (and that Multiplayer? *Facepalm*)
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Is the new professionalism and ACP's new ethics really just about following guidelines?
The Charter ( Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium.A Physician's Charter) did not deal with just the important relationship of ...
Friday, February 17, 2012
Remember how HMOs gave physicians more autonomy,ACOs will be even better
Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel , in this commentary, in JAMA assures physicians who might have foolishly worried that joining an ACO would lead to some loss of autonomy. He and his co-author argue that actually ACOs offer the opportunity for more ( not a typo ) autonomy.
So how does working with (for?) a large vertically integrated organization which by definition will have a large bureaucracy lead to autonomy?
Here is quote from Emanual's article that suggests one way.
More relevant to physicians' autonomy, the ACA initiates payment reforms that will give physicians greater financial flexibility to redesign care delivery, and to provide services that may not have been reimbursed before. For example, traditional fee-for-service payment mechanisms do not reimburse for efforts to enhance medication compliance or to oversee the results of wireless physiological monitoring in patients' homes.
and more
Another provision of the ACA that offers physicians more liberty to pursue patients' best interests is the move toward accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are combinations of physician groups, hospitals, and other providers that will coordinate care for patients.6 The proposed ACO regulations require physician leadership and empower physicians to determine the information systems and infrastructure necessary for coordinating care. The freedom to redesign care occurs along a spectrum depending on how the ACO is paid.
Does anyone who has worked with the administration of a large hospital or an insurance company really think that the typical ( or atypical ) physician is going to "determine" much of anything."Freedom to redesign" ? More like freedom to follow the rules and guidelines of the organization or seek employment elsewhere.
Some of us may have been fooled or seduced or coerced by the HMOs , fool me twice...
Surveys have indicated a number of physicians will leave practice early because of Obamacare.I guess the prospect of greater autonomy is just too frightening.
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- Andrew_M_Garland said...
The average person hasn't yet seen government control of his profession close up, except in medicine, banking, and auto manufacturing. Why can't knowledgable, fact-based, systematic government oversight bring community and efficiency to everyone ? (sarcasm)
Thomas Jefferson: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take everything you have". The dramatic increase in government regulation and direction of private business is killing business activity. Who wants to invest in many years of risk and hard work, to end up controlled and directed like a government worker, taxed to death by the government as a "person of too much wealth".
The Department of Work and Production
An encounter of an ordinary guy with a government agency that is going to make his profession more efficient, and save or increase his salary.
- JDar said...
At least computerized medical records will eventually make practice so much easier for those whose choose the profession in the future.
The switch from video games and the experiences of social networking over to modern medicine and making choices on the HHS medical menus will be so much easier than having to think about individual health care consumers. Now that's autonomy.


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The focus of pharma on cancer drug development makes cancer trials the most prevalent across therapeutic areas. However they are also some of the most complex, time consuming and expensive trials and slow down the speed to market for new cancer drugs.
Recruiting patients, monitoring sites and analysing complex data can be daunting for cost-sensitive pharmas, which is why more and more turn to CROs with oncology expertise to help tap the lucrative cancer therapeutics market
The Oncology Trials Outsourcing will look at the role of external partnerships in achieving success in oncology trials, an example of how pharma have successfully worked with CROs to commercialise a new cancer therapy and examine strategies for successfully recruiting patients to oncology trials.
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Foresight Archives
Human Enhancement and Nanotechnology
A Foresight Nanotech Institute Policy Issues Brief
by Jacob Heller and Christine Peterson
The long-term goal of nanotechnology is to be able to fully manipulate molecular and atomic structures. Since humans are made of the same basic building blocks as the natural world, nanotechnology will probably enable the ability to change human tissues and cells at the molecular level. This will open doors in medicine thought impossible, and it will enable us to extend the length and quality of human life. It will also open the door to "enhancements" of the body — better IQ, appearance, and capabilities. These enhancements will undoubtedly benefit many, but they also bring up important moral, ethical, and legal questions that human society has not yet had to face.
Nanotechnology would likely allow for an enormous array of human enhancements and medical treatments. In the long run, nanotechnology would enable us to analyze and repair any physical ailment in the body. This would mean that nanotechnologies would be able to repair someone who is damaged or diseased back to full health; an aged body and brain could be restored to a youthful state. The ultimate result could be the end of pain, disease, and aging. These innovations would be relatively uncontroversial, since they are simply extensions of modern medicine.
The more controversial enhancements would likely be "unnatural" enhancements to human talent: extreme intelligence and memory capacity, significantly heightened sense of awareness, astonishing athletic capability and strength, and beauty enhancements are just a few examples. These types of enhancements do exist in some forms today, such as steroids, Ritalin and other ADD medications, Prozac, and plastic surgery, and they have already attracted significant amounts of controversy. We can expect that nanotechnology-enabled enhancements will mirror the same controversies, but will be even more contentious.
There is a wide spectrum of positions that are taken in the human enhancement debate. On one end is the argument that autonomy should be the deciding principle: humans should be allowed to benefit themselves to whatever extent they choose. Rational adults are entrusted with decisions about their own health and level of bodily enhancement, since they should control their own bodies. Under this position, children and the mentally handicapped would probably not be entitled to enhancement procedures without the consent of their guardians, since they are not considered fully free-thinking and rational, so they cannot make important decisions about their own bodies. However, even guardians are not given complete control over their wards; society has an interest in protecting its weakest members from abuse. One can imagine "enhancement" scenarios designed, for example, to give a child a bizarre appearance in order to obtain lucrative film roles. Such abuse will need to be prevented, just as exotic plastic surgeries on children are, or should be, prevented today. This closely mirrors the dominant ideology in the United States today over issues concerning Ritalin and plastic surgery.
Some worry that human enhancements may create undesirable pressures to enhance. Would it be possible to compete for a job if everyone else was enhanced mentally, to compete in athletics if everyone else was strength-enhanced, or compete for a spouse if you were not physically enhanced? These are legitimate concerns, but they are probably not strong enough to prevent, or even slow, enhancement technologies.
Others worry that nanotech-enabled enhancements could exacerbate current economic and social disparities. Especially if the technology were expensive and limited, only a specific class of people would be able to become enhanced. This would mean that the rich would become stronger, smarter, and more beautiful — and as a result, richer. The gap would significantly widen between those who could afford enhancements and those who couldn't, and the threat of creating a permanent un-enhanced underclass would be real. There is the further threat that those that control all the resources, the enhanced class, would feel increasingly disconnected from the underclass, and as a result would not want to engage in politics or economic redistribution, trapping the poor in their position.
Another perspective, mostly from a religious standpoint, believes that we should not "play God", and so we should not attempt to artificially enhance the building blocks of life. However, this view is marginalized, especially since it already is in conflict with modern medicine, which "plays God" in much the same way nanotechnology would.
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Sciatica exercises are an important part of both short and long-term treatment, but it is critical to choose the right exercises. Even commonly-recommended exercises for sciatica may not be indicated during times of severe acute symptoms, and some exercises may only make things worse.
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The best way to ease tension off the Piriformis muscle is to both stretch the muscle and to use Acupressure to reduce overall muscle tension. Stretching the muscle involves you lying on your back and pulling your knee towards your opposite shoulder. This stretches the Piriformis muscle; if you don't feel tightness in your buttock then you need to use a different stretch.
Then all you need to do is lie there. While you lie make two fists and place these under your head on the rounded area of the back of your skull. Why?
In fact the majority of sciatica is simply fixed. Although disc injuries cause
they are not the majority of
cases. They only attribute approximately 10% of
You may have fears that it will become worse and that you may end up having surgery. Or worse become permanently disabled due to the pain, as a cure is very hard to find.
To recap - the rolled towel is in the midline of your sacrum - the top edge at belt height - the rest of the towel is therefore over the sacrum and tailbone.
Most females develop this condition of sciatica at some point during their pregnancy and otherwise as well. It might just well be a coincidence that they experience discomfort when pregnant. In some cases, pain in the pelvis region is also misinterpreted for
-related pains, this notion, however, is incorrect.
The Acupressure technique is even simpler... A simple Acupressure point to reduce muscle tension is on the back of your knee. Just come in from the outside of your knee where your hamstring tendon is, the depression there is an Acupressure point for muscular tension. Simply hold this point on both knees at once and rest your hands there for at least 5 minutes. The longer you hold the point the more the tension will reduce.
Correcting these joints will help the other areas to ease somewhat. However you still need to target these areas if you want that total health and freedom from
To help joints move more freely is just as simple, all you need to do is to press gently but firmly on the joint that is sore. You will notice if you press in some directions the pain feels a little worse - like a bruise. If you pres in this direction while you breathe in and out, your body will actually correct the joint and ease the tension around it.
Lower back joint disruption also causes
as the sciatic nerve is created by the lower joints. If these joints fail to move freely then the nerve at its source becomes irritated.
The most common causes of
are: pelvic imbalance, Piriformis muscle tightness, and lower back joint disruption. Pelvic imbalance causes the Sacro-Iliac joints to tighten which then allows the muscles in the buttock to go into spasm, leading to
Sciatica does not need to rule your life. The continuous pain, numbness and frustrations of having poor mobility can ease and disappear. You just need to apply some simple techniques to eliminate your sciatica once and for all.
Are you one of the over 80% of adults suffering from back pain? Then you need simple, valuable and expert advice. Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, and has been in practice since 1991 - visit The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com for valuable and expert advice, tips and information on your back pain issues.
With sciatica you also need to stretch your Piriformis muscles, remove any tension off your discs and the most important thing to do is take pressure off your Sacro-Iliac joints.
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patients for over 15 years. For a free e-book on sciatica exercises and to access his informational online video series on sciatica and the treatment options for it, visit his website on sciatica self care.
The simplest of the McKenzie exercises for alleviating
is done by simply lying on one's stomach on the floor or a firm surface and propping one's chest up on the elbows. This places the lower spine in a gentle extension, which can help relieve
by pushing bulging spinal discs forward, and away from the nerve roots that form the sciatic nerve, reducing pressure and irritation. Although you can maintain this position for relatively long periods of time, I recommend doing it for short periods of one or two minutes with a rest break of at least a few minutes in between. The frequent breaks prevent the low back muscles from tightening up as much, and yet still allows for good overall results. For more complex sciatica exercises, getting detailed instructions either through an illustrated guide or an experienced health care practitioner is advised.
So... To stop your sciatica now you need to address the Piriformis muscle tightness and the lower joint issues. The pelvic imbalance needs correcting but this helps to stop your sciatica returning mainly, although it will also reduce your pain quickly.
For example, while commonly recommended to people with sciatica, exercises such as hamstring stretches and the yoga position, "downward facing dog" can be beneficial as part of managing one's condition once the pain is reduced, these exercises can place tension on the sciatic nerve and aggravate an already inflamed and sensitive condition. In general, any exercise that causes pain to increase in the leg and/or extend further down the leg should be completely avoided during the acute phase of sciatica.
Freedom from
pain is possible though, especially if you know why
occurs and what you can do to ease your pain. Becoming completely healed, having your flexibility returned and being able to do anything you want or desire is not just a pipe dream.
Your sacrum and occiput work together. So lying on the towel and with both fists on the back of your head helps to take pressure off the joints and ease other pressures in the spine.
McKenzie practitioners use the word "centralization" when the pain and other symptoms are relieved in the areas the greates distance away from the spine. To give an example, in a person with sciatica all the way down the leg to the foot, centralization might occur in which the pain left the foot and lower leg and then only extended down to the knee. Or, if sciatica symptoms started out going as far as the knee, centralization would be if the symptoms left the thigh and only went as far as the hip area.
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This is only a temporary fix for your back pain and sciatica, you still need to rebalance your pelvis (the most common cause of back pain), strengthen weak muscles, reduce muscle tension and correct all the joints not working correctly.
To get complete and total freedom from your
pain, you need to do this and also the pother techniques in the X-Pain Method. This way you will improve your flexibility, have freedom from back pain, and be able to do all the activities you wish - at home and work and return to total health and fitness.
is back pain that then travels down your leg. I can be a "pain in the butt" to pain in your feet. The biggest fear you probably have is that it will get worse and you may end up needing surgery.
Piriformis tightness is a common cause as the sciatic nerve either runs through the muscle or next to it. If the muscle tightens the sciatica nerve becomes irritated and sciatica occurs.
It is as simple as that. Just lie there for about 5 minutes and then get up gently and go for a few minute stroll. Easing your sciatica is easy and quick. You cannot do these types of techniques wrong and they help relieve pain quickly.
Then you need to lie on your back, place the towel under your sacrum. This is the wedge shape bone at the base of your spine. Place the towel so that the top edge is at about belt height and the rolled towel points towards your feet.
Symptoms ?? As already mentioned, one experiences the feeling of pins and needles in the legs or the lower back region. ?? Numbness ?? Pain in the pelvic region, lower back, feet etc.
Sciatica can be simply fixed if you know how. Removing sciatica pain now is simple; stopping it returning is just as easy. You can actually lead a life without back pain ... just imagine all the activities you could do once again.
The Sacro-Iliac joints are the link between your spine and your pelvis. These joints if tight create the muscles in your buttock to tighten (namely the Piriformis), they allow the pelvis to become unbalanced and then also allow distortion in the spine.
So the question is... How do you relieve pressure off the Sacro-Iliac joints? Simple, you need to get a towel. A simple bath towel and fold it in half length-ways. Then roll it up so you have a cylinder shape.
The second stretch is to do the same as above but hold your ankle over your opposite knee with one hand and then use the other hand to pull your knee towards that opposite shoulder. This will create a greater stretch.
and mentioning its affects on pregnancy: The nerve that extends from the lower back to the legs and feet is the sciatic nerve. This nerve is responsible for the sensation in the muscles of the region, i.e. the legs. This sciatic nerve, at time, tends to inflame, mainly because of application of severe pressure in one's backside, or due to a previous injury. This situation is a very undesirable one as it makes one experience the sciatic pain. If this pressure is consistent and there is an unceasing pressure on this nerve, this can cause one to feel weak in their legs and the region surrounding the legs, such as feet. In some cases, numbness and even a sense of tingling was felt by the patients. One can relate this sensation to the one which you feel when you tend to stay in one position for long, and the legs/hands etc. are said to have "fallen asleep". That sensation of pins and needles can be best related to this one.
, I'm sure you know, is a real "pain in the butt". It affects your day to day life and stops you enjoying your work and leisure times. At times pin is constant and you may even get numbness in your legs. You may be frustrated that you can't even tie your own shoe laces, or play with your kids, let alone perform totally at work.
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To return to total fitness and to become pain free means you need to address all the factors that cause your
. You need to realign your spine, balance your pelvis, relax tight muscle and strengthen weak muscles. All simple things to do at home...
A position or exercise that results in symptom centralization is one that will be beneficial, even in situations where symptoms increase for a time in areas closer to the spine. For example, if you had sciatica and low back pain and tried one of of the McKenzie exercises and the sciatica completely went away but the back pain got worse, the exercise would still be considered beneficial and it would be recommended to continue using it. In the long run, a
exercise that produces centralization will usually eventually result in improvement in all symptoms, even if more central (closer to the spine) symptoms get worse at first.
During the acute phase of
pain, McKenzie exercises provide one of the best and safest treatment approaches available - more effective than medication and epidural steroid injections in many people. Though often associated with spinal extension and mistakenly called the "McKenzie Extension Exercises", McKenzie method may involve any number of spinal positions/movements. The whole point of the McKenzie method is to evaluate different positions/exercises to find what best produces "centralization" of symptoms.
is developed by many females during their pregnancy period. Although, this criterion (of being pregnant), is not absolutely necessary. During pregnancy, severe pressure is put on the back and thus the sciatic nerve. This trends to cause discomfort in the backside, such as backache. If someone has a history of damaging the discs in the spinal chord, this can also lead to sciatic pains. The tissues that surround the nerve tend to undergo inflammation and a direct pressure is put on the sciatic nerve. A good example of this would be a case in which a disc slips out of its initial position and as a result tends to compress the sciatic nerve. As it is, pregnancy makes women more and more na??ve to a disc injury, and thus, the relationship is pretty evident.
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