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The reason I have stuff in storage in Durham is because a couple years ago, I decided I had to leave Los Angeles. I was paying a lot of rent on an apartment I wasn't even living in half the year as I traveled around spreading the Good News of Zen to the people of the world. But I wasn't earning as much on these trips as I was paying to rent that place. Something had to give.
I'd heard good things about the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area and had a few friends there. So I decided I'd move to Chapel Hill. I was about to leave for two months in Europe. So I packed up everything and sent it to a storage space in Durham. Then I lived in other people's houses, apartments, closets and floorspace for nearly a year. At the end of that year I decided I didn't want to move to Chapel Hill. After a brief stint in Brooklyn, I ended up living in Akron. But I didn't intend to stay in Akron for the long haul. So I just left my stuff in Durham.
I used to scoff at people who had storage spaces. If you had so much stuff that you needed to put some of it in a place where you couldn't even get to it, then you had too much stuff! And now here I am having to deal with my own stuff...
There's an idea that a good Buddhist should have no stuff at all. She should only own one bowl and two robes. She should live off the good graces of people who respond to her calling to the truth by supplying her with food and shelter.
That's a nice ideal. Buddha's original group of monks and nuns were able, it is said, to live like that in Northern India 2500 years ago. But times have changed. I doubt many people could live like that in Northern India today let alone anywhere else in the world. I also have nagging doubts about Buddha's original monks actually having lived that way even back then. For one thing, to "leave home" in those days meant going a few miles or less away from home. Which meant you could leave your stuff there if you needed to. I'll bet you a case of doughnuts a lot of monks and nuns did just that. Of course, some were probably very strict with themselves about this. I just doubt that all of them were.
There are lots of misconceptions about contemporary Buddhist monks with regards to stuff. For example, one would think that a guy whose nickname was "Homeless Kodo" probably owned nothing but his robes and a change of underwear. In fact, the word yadonashi (宿なし, homeless) that was applied to Kodo Sawaki referred to the fact that he did not have his own home temple like most Zen teachers. He did, in fact, have a home to live in. What's more, his student Kosho Uchiyama complained that as Kodo's attendant he was required to lug mountains of Kodo's books whenever Kodo went out on the road to lead retreats. Homeless Kodo had stuff.
Like Kodo, most of what I own is books. It's probably no shock that most writers are terrible book fanatics. I've got a Kindle and I can see the logic of it. But I'll never get over my affection for actual books on real paper. Which is unfortunate because books take up lots of space and they weigh a ton. They are made of wood!
Every Buddhist monk, male or female, that I've known has owned stuff. Most of them are fairly modest in terms of what "normal" people own. But they all have more than their begging bowls and their robes. Most of them, in fact, suffer from the same book collecting disease as I do. Though most of them have "better" books than me. I have lots more Three Stooges books than any other monk I know.
Stuff is a burden and a responsibility. I wish I had less of it. I understand that my inability to simply get rid of things is a sign of being too attached to them.
But it is much easier to espouse an ideal of living simply than it is to actually throw things away that you put a lot of effort into acquiring. If you've tried it, you'll know exactly what I mean. This weekend I have enlisted the help of my good friend Catie who I have instructed to ignore my pleas when I tell her that I absolutely have to keep certain things. I'm very lucky to have a friend like that. Plus I'm giving her some of my collectibles so she can sell them to pay for her upcoming wedding in exchange for this service.
I always feel unburdened whenever I can get rid of things. And yet, having things is not always bad. It is because some people held on to their stuff and took care of it that we know about our history. My friend Jimi (lead singer of 0DFx) is a pack rat who collects all kinds of stuff related to Northeast Ohio rock and roll history. He'll be exhibiting some of his stuff soon in downtown Akron (I'll have the details when I get them). I'm very grateful for his work. Historians everywhere are grateful for pack rats like Jimi. This includes Buddhist historians. We wouldn't even have some of our most important sutras if it weren't for people who valued their personal stuff and kept it nice. There were times in history where Buddhism was persecuted and most of these precious materials were destroyed. At the time, those who had the few copies left may not have known their real value and may have been inclined to just toss them away and go off wandering. I, for one, am glad they didn't.
Which isn't to say that's the same as me and my Three Stooges books. It's just that to universally condemn the habit of holding on to stuff is a big misunderstanding.
Buddhism is always about doing what is better. It's not about being austere for the sake of being austere as if austerity itself were a virtue in its own right. For some, giving up all possessions, having no job (in the usual sense) and living off the good graces of others is freeing. For some, this would be intolerable. I'm one of the latter. There is too much Midwestern work ethic instilled in me for me to ever be comfortable living that way. So I work in the world and as a consequence of that I have stuff. It's a matter of exchanging one sort of burden for another.
I would not encourage Americans, Canadians and Europeans — or in fact most Asians, Indians, Africans or Inuit — living in the 21st century to try to adopt the ideal lifestyle espoused by the earliest Buddhists. It's too hard to make that sort of thing work anywhere in the world these days. Sure, it was not easy 2500 years ago either. But nowadays it's damn near impossible.
Plus I don't think it really helps others that much. In the society we live in today, it's important for everyone to contribute economically. It's OK to go off on a retreat for a while, maybe even for a few years, to get yourself together and suchlike. But I believe it's also important to be part of the regular world. A retreat is just that. It's a retreat from the world. Sometimes it's necessary and honorable to retreat. But I don't think we should live our entire lives in a state of retreat from the world.
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(The photo I've chosen to illustrate this piece is NOT my stuff, by the way!)
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We want to save the pieces that have long-term value and will still help the user experience community in the years ahead. If you have a suggestion for something else to put in these archives, send us your thoughts via email: archive at uxnet.org . For many years, we syndicated a subset of content from Putting People First: that blog, and its archives, is still around.
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We saw a bright future for user experience, where practitioners of different backgrounds will know how to work well together to design complex products, strategies, communications, and services. User Experience will be commonly understood and accepted by designers as foundational to their work. And User Experience will mature into a cross-disciplinary practice comprised of common language, concepts, methods, and shared wisdom needed to enable collaboration.
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We defined User Experience (abbreviated: UX) as the quality of experience a person has when interacting with a specific design. This can range from a specific artifact, such as a cup, toy or website, up to larger, integrated experiences such as a museum or an airport.
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Koi Zen Japanese Cuisine, Kuantan
>> Wednesday, November 16, 2011
This was my first love for Japanese restaurants in Kuantan - Sendo No Ya! It has changed its name to Koi Zen now, but the food quality & service remains just as the "good old days" - ichiban! They have also moved to another location since a year or less than 2 years ago, but I've never had the opportunity to head back there til lately. Ah....love it....
Here's introducing Koi Zen, the new Sendo No Ya!
Interior of the restaurant
It's surely different from their previous outlet (top photo compared with bottom photo of previous outlet). It's more spacious & very straight forward. It doesn't feel as "Japanese", but the food is good, so that's all that matters :D
Even the tea cup is different already
What happened to the old ones? Hahaha...
Here's what the 3 of us had that night:
Tori Age Tama Don (RM13.00/bowl)
It's deep fried chicken pieces with a fried egg & rice - the way Amos loves it...hahaha...as long as it's fried chicken, you'll have a happy Amos.
Gyu Don (RM15.00/bowl)
This is Aaron's favorite. He can order this each time he comes here & it will still be as good. The beef slices are tender & not over-cooked, while the runny egg yolks when mixed with the rice just makes the whole bowl of rice & meat absolutely delectable! Ah, seriously, this is by far the best Gyu Don (at such a price) that I've ever had in my "whole life". If you happen to know of any good ones that I should try, let me know! I'm keen to do so ;)
Unagi Bento (RM23.00/set)
I would have ordered my usual Chirashi Bento each time I dine at Sendo No Ya/now Koi Zen, but it will take longer to prepare & I was quite hungry that time (and had a movie to catch as well!). Unagi was my 2nd choice - I love unagi. The portion of unagi wasn't very generous, but it was acceptable. Thank goodness the taste is pretty good. I was disappointed with the so-called curry though. I'm not even sure if it's a curry or just a stew. There were potatoes, chicken slices, onions & carrots in a watery gravy that looked like the Japanese curry...ergh...not nice! So salty some more :S
Stamina Roll (RM28.00/roll)
It's actually unagi roll, which was really tasty. There are roughly 6 pieces per roll & each bite comes with a juicy piece of grilled eel on top of a maki roll with some fish roe, eggs, & vegetables (I can't recall the actual ingredients off-hand). I enjoyed this so much.
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We paid a total of RM90.20 for the above, inclusive of 3 cups of green tea (refillable) & 10% service tax. For a Japanese meal, it's not too expensive, really. We were full & satisfied, which was the most important :) When it comes to Japanese food in Kuantan for such a price, I'll always recommend Koi Zen!
Koi Zen Japanese Cuisine
B-30, Lorong Seri Kuantan 80
Star City
25300 Kuantan
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Hamed Abdel-Samad is disappeared.
Police in Cairo are investigating the disappearance of an Egyptian-born German author and critic of Islam, security sources said on Tuesday, months after a cleric declared him an infidel and called for his death.
Hamed Abdel-Samad, author of "The Downfall of the Islamic World: A Prognosis", went missing in recent days, according to a missing person's report filed by his brother, police sources said. An Egyptian newspaper report said he had been abducted.
The German ambassador in Cairo has asked Egypt's deputy prime minister, Ziad Bahaa El-Din, to do everything to secure his "personal freedom and physical well-being", a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
He added Abdel-Samad, 41, had been in contact with the German embassy in Cairo regarding his personal safety, without giving further details. His whereabouts were unknown and the German authorities were working hard to solve the case, he said.
In a television show broadcast in June and posted on YouTube, an Egyptian cleric, Mahmoud Shaaban, called for the killing of the author, who frequently appears in German media as a speaker on Islamic affairs, saying he was an infidel.
If you criticize Islam, you will be harassed, imprisoned, abused, killed or thrown out of your country. No other people face the brutality and hatred of Muslims more than critics of Islam with Muslim background. Should ex-Muslims continue to be killed? When would faith-heads stop the silent genocide of anti-theists, atheists, rationalists, humanists?
We are not living in the 7th century, or are we actually living in the 7th century?


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The Biggest Diet Trends of 2011
Like years before, 2011 was chock-full of trendy diets that got everyone talking, as well as trying. So what were the top diets of 2011? Read on to find out!
HCG Diet
The HCG diet isn't new (it's been around for more than 50 years), but it's once again a phenomenon. This was the year that people flocked to doctor's offices to get a pricey hormone injection all in the name of weight loss. The diet's deal: eat a restricted calorie diet, usually 500 calories a day, and inject the HCG hormone (or use drops or lozenges) every day. The claim is that the HCG hormone, which occurs in pregnant women naturally and helps them burn fat to use to feed their babies, helps convert body fat to energy so you get all the adequate calories you need every day without feeling hungry, but experts warn that there aren't any studies that prove the safety and effectiveness of the diet.
Paleo Diet
Eat like your ancestors did — as in, the ones from a very long time ago. The Paleo diet is a meal plan based on the hunting and gathering instincts of cavemen. That means lots of free-range, grass-fed meat, fresh seafood, and vegetables, but no grains, dairy, legumes, refined sugars, and processed foods. The Paleo Diet's main focus is to improve your overall health, and many people who have been on it say it's cured their digestive conditions, such as IBS. Experts are split on whether or not it's an effective diet — especially since some very common foods, like dairy and grain, are forbidden.
Read on for more top diet trends of 2011.
Dukan Diet
The Dukan Diet and the Duchess of Cambridge — it was a (rumored) match made in heaven earlier this year. While the rumors that either Kate Middleton and her mom were on the diet in the lead up to her royal wedding were never confirmed, the talk coupled with the French diet's debut in America meant the Dukan diet gained much popularity in 2011. Similar to Atkins in its focus on protein, the Dukan diet involves different phases in which you are allowed to eat certain foods, from only meats and oat bran in the first phase to the stabilization phase, where you are allowed to eat anything you want as long as you eat an all-protein diet one day a week. Experts aren't quite convinced, however, saying that the diet may lack healthy fats and required nutrients.
Gluten-Free Diet
Celebrities have touted going gluten-free as a way to have more energy, lose weight, and generally feel healthier than ever. But while many people have gluten intolerance or sensitivities, the popularity of a gluten-free diet reaches beyond those who just can't digest gluten. Almost 50 percent of people polled thought "gluten-free" meant healthier for you, which could explain why all those gluten-free products are lining the grocery store shelves. So what do the experts think? Going gluten-free can possibly be beneficial for you, whether or not you actually have a gluten allergy. That's because following the diet correctly may mean that you'll be eating fewer grains and more fruits and vegetables. It could also just boil down to a placebo effect, but either way, a gluten-free diet can be beneficial for some.
Juice Detox
Detoxing via a few cups of nutrient-rich, freshly pressed juice at a time was also a popular diet trend for the year. Celebrities like Nicole Richie and Gwyneth Paltrow love a good pressed juice, and even Starbucks is getting in on the action, with an announcement that the company is opening up a chain of juice bars next year. Going on a juice fast may not be new, but the juice detox trend got a healthier makeover this year, with many people opting for nutrition-rich pressed juices containing lots of fruits and vegetables and accompanying elimination diets (which emphasize whole, unprocessed foods) to stay healthy and energized.
Have you tried any of these diets this year?
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Trying out Angry Birds from the new iMac app store.
I'm unable to activate the blue bird's power (to split into 3 birds) using my Magic trackpad. I've tried most every gesture I could imagine with no luck. Their help documentation doesn't appear to have been updated for this version.
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WASHINGTON: The differences over how to resolve the "fiscal cliff" narrowed significantly Monday night as President Barack Obama made a counter-offer to Republicans that included a major change in position on tax hikes for the wealthy, according to a source familiar with the talks.
The move, which the source stressed was not Obama's final offer, was welcomed, albeit with reservations, by a spokesman for Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, who met earlier in the day with Obama as the two hammered out a way to avert steep tax hikes and indiscriminate spending reductions set for the beginning of 2013.
Considerable work remains as both sides now try to bridge the gaps between them and then sell a package to their respective allies in the U.S. Congress.
In its most dramatic change in position yet, the White House proposed leaving lower tax rates in place for everyone except those earning $400,000 (246,670 pounds) and above, the source said on condition of anonymity. That's up from the $250,000 threshold the president has been demanding for months, but still far from Boehner's preference of $1 million.
Obama also moved closer to Boehner on the proportion of a ten-year deficit reduction package that should come from increased revenue, as opposed to cuts in government spending. Obama is now willing to accept a revenue figure of $1.2 trillion, down from his previous $1.4 trillion proposal.
Boehner's latest proposal calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenue, which would come from raising rates and limiting deductions that the wealthiest can take.
Some of the savings in spending proposed by Obama would come from reducing the size of cost-of-living increases for all but the most "vulnerable" recipients of the Social Security retirement program, the source said, through the use of a different formula to calculate the regular raises called "chained Consumer Price Index."
Obama and Boehner remained apart on the politically explosive issue of how and when to raise the government debt ceiling to permit the government to borrow more money.
Boehner has proposed a one-year boost in the debt ceiling, tied to spending cuts. Obama, as of Monday night, was pushing for a two-year increase, potentially a major concession that many congressional conservatives may find hard to swallow since they have used it to extract spending cuts from the White House.
Missing entirely from Obama's offer was an extension of the so-called "payroll tax holiday," which comes to an end on January 1 with an immediate negative impact on wage earners.
Introduced by Obama two years ago as an economic stimulus, the tax holiday reduced an employee's share of the payroll tax from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. Because the tax supports the Social Security program, however, there have been divisions in both parties over continuing the holiday.
Because the details were incomplete and specifics vague, particularly on such issues as cutting the Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors, it was uncertain how much resistance might come from Congress.
But the source stressed that Monday's offer was by no means the final one from the White House.
The response from Boehner's spokesman was also a positive signal. "Any movement away from the unrealistic offers the president has made previously is a step in the right direction," the spokesman said, emphasizing that differences remain on spending levels in particular.
"We hope to continue discussions with the president so we can reach an agreement that is truly balanced and begins to solve our spending problem."
The rapid developments Monday evening put a deal realistically within reach.
Obama and Boehner held talks at the White House earlier Monday, and aides from both parties said they were optimistic an agreement was shaping up.
Rank-and-file Republicans, however, could have trouble with the tax increases on the wealthiest Americans that are likely to be part of any deal, while Obama could have a tough time selling spending cuts to his fellow Democrats.
Investors were cheered earlier Monday, before news broke of Obama's counter-offer, by signs of progress and the Standard & Poor's 500 index of U.S. stocks rose 1.19 percent.
Economists warn that going over the fiscal cliff could push the economy into recession.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said his chamber will wrap up work on the issue after Christmas.
"It appears that we're going to be coming back the day after Christmas to complete work on the 'fiscal cliff,'" he said on the Senate floor.
Boehner faces a crucial test on Tuesday morning when he is expected to brief his party's lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House. He is not expected to bring any deal up for a vote unless a majority of the 241 House Republicans support it.
Republicans have campaigned for decades on a promise to keep taxes low, but Boehner in recent days has edged closer to Obama's demand to raise tax rates on top earners. In return, Obama could back a measure that would slow the rate of growth of Social Security benefits by changing the way they are measured against inflation, according to a Senate Democratic aide.
If there are no strong objections, he could try to finalize the deal with Obama on Wednesday, a Republican aide said.
Both sides declined to say what Boehner and Obama discussed at the meeting, which was also attended by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
The White House said Boehner's latest proposal does not meet its standards.
"Thus far, the president's proposal is the only proposal that we have seen that achieves the balance that is so necessary," White House spokesman Jay Carney said at a news briefing.
Republicans understand that the clock is ticking and they are confident that Boehner will get a deal they can support in the coming days, a senior House Republican aide said.
Republicans want substantial spending cuts in return for increased tax revenue, but any proposal to trim popular benefit programs like Medicare will face fierce resistance from liberal Democrats, whose votes will be needed to get a deal passed.
Obama could also face strong opposition from Democrats if he agrees to Boehner's proposal to slow the growth of Social Security benefits by changing the way the cost-of-living increases are measured against inflation, an approach that could save $200 billion over 10 years.
Obama also wants to head off another confrontation over the U.S. debt limit, which will need to be raised in the coming months. Republicans insist that any increase in the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing authority must be paired with an equal reduction in spending. - Reuters
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Make a Joyful Noise
1. Serve the Lord with gladness;
Loudly your voices raise.
Come to him with thanksgiving;
Enter his courts with praise.
He hath made us, and not we ourselves.
Know ye the Lord, he is God.
Praise him, praise him.
Make a joyful noise. Alleluia!
2. Shout with great hosannas;
With heart and voice adore
Him who rules the heavens.
Worship him evermore.
Our Lord is good, his truths will endure;
His mercy is everlasting.
Praise him, praise him.
Make a joyful noise. Alleluia!
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Composition Date: 1994-11-01
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Crowds cheer bomb disposal experts
They heartily deserve it. I've worked alongside a Royal Engineers Bomb disposal group and have the highest respect for what they do.
Thousands of people welcomed home 200 bomb disposal experts lauded as heroes for their work in Afghanistan.
The soldiers from the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED) were cheered as they marched through the streets of Didcot, Oxfordshire.
The small town came to a standstill for the parade, with shops closing their doors and local firefighters standing outside their station to pay silent tribute to the returning soldiers.
The unit has suffered heavy casualties, with the loss of seven men on this tour.
I wish them all well.
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I dont seem to be able make the old ticket uninvalid so here goes
(take-nth 0 coll) causes (at least on Solaris) infinite space and time consumption
It's not a printout error as the following code causes the problem too
(let [j 0
firstprod (apply * (doall (map #(- 1 %) (take-nth j (rops mix)))))]) ; from my parameter update function
I used jvisualvm and the jvm is doing some RNI call - no clojure code is running at all
If left alone it will crash the jvm with all heap space consumed
0 is an InvalidArgument for take-nth
I wouldnt mind if it produced an infinite lazy sequence of nils even though thats wrong
It doesnt do this though it actively destroys the JVM
Its a bug nasty destructive and it took me half a day to figure out what was going on
please let someone fix it!
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bhurt said: Before this bug gets marked as invalid as well, let me point out that the problem here is that (take-nth 0 any-list) is a meaningless construction- the only question is what to do when this happens. IMHO, the correct behavior is to throw an exception.
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Does calling (take-nth 0 ...) cause the problem, or only realizing the result?
I'm not seeing a problem. Calling take-nth and even partially consuming the seq it returns works fine for me:
(take 5 (take-nth 0 [1 2 3]))
;=> (1 1 1 1 1)
Note however that it is returning an infinite lazy seq. The example in the issue description seems to include essentially (doall <infinite-lazy-seq>) which does blow the heap:
(doall (range))
This issue still strikes me as invalid.
(take-nth 0 ...) returns an infinite sequence of the first item:
(take 12 (take-nth 0 [1 2 3]))
=> (1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1)
Is something other than this happening on Solaris?


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Parishes are finding that reducing their carbon footprint is not only an environmental issue but a spiritual one, too.
Parishioners at Mary Immaculate Church in East Los Angeles meet monthly in convivencias, or town hall meetings, to discuss parish initiatives. Last autumn, when they learned that 38 million water bottles annually are sent to U.S. landfills, their vote on what the parish should do wasn't even close. Plastic water bottles are now banned from the campus.
In Chicago third-grade "garbologists" are keeping track of how well their school, St. Monica Environmental Academy, is recycling.
In Annapolis, Maryland a retired state senator has helped his parish divert its parking lot's polluted runoff away from a nearby stream and into rain gardens, where it will percolate through the soil, nourishing thirsty plants.
Parish by parish, Catholics are building a new commitment to creation care. Add all these actions together and the result is hope.
The movement isn't limited to Catholic faith communities. Interfaith Power & Light helps churches, mosques, and synagogues green their facilities, conserve energy, educate about climate and energy, and advocate for climate and energy policies both at the federal and state levels. In 2000 the group counted just 100 member congregations. Now there are 10,000 member congregations in 29 states.
At the same time secular environmentalists are realizing that technology alone can't solve the environmental crisis. "No other group of institutions can wield the particular moral authority of the religions. . . . The potential of the faith communities is simply enormous," former presidential adviser Gus Speth told a group of religious leaders and environmentalists at a 2008 Yale Divinity School conference on religion and the environment.
Because of the Catholic Church's tradition of social teaching and Pope Benedict XVI's powerful call for sustainability, Catholic parishes are uniquely situated to be co-creators in what the U.S. Catholic bishops call "renewing the earth."
In the same way that the environment is both local and universal, so is the church, giving parishes an effective platform to address environmental challenges. "I'm optimistic," says Walter Grazer, former director of the environmental justice program for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "We've come a long way. It helps that Pope Benedict has been focused on this issue, addressing it consistently and in a variety of venues."
That said, no two parishes are going to be on the same greening timetable or track.
Ramon Posada, chair of the Creation Sustainability Committee for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, notes that while one parish is installing solar panels, another may be worrying about that hole in the roof. Still, the cumulative effect of environmental action in parishes should not be underestimated.
The fact that, for instance, St. Bartholomew Catholic Faith Community in Wayzata, Minnesota has instituted a successful recycling program and is now looking to reduce its energy bills is not just a morale booster or a way to attract a new generation of parishioners-although going green may also do those things. Its actions are part of a greater, crucial whole.
According to Energy Star, a government-based program that labels energy-efficient appliances, if all of the nation's 307,000 congregations cut their energy consumption by 25 to 30 percent, they would save nearly half a trillion dollars and 13.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. That's a lot of coal, oil, and gas saved for the future. Best of all, Energy Star says most congregations can cut their energy use simply by investing in efficient equipment, facility upgrades, and maintenance. The choice is whether to pay for wasted energy or for upgrades.
Start small
Sandra Bowen, a parishioner at St. Gertrude in Chicago and a member of the parish's fledgling green team, observes that parishes often start with recycling, but each parish's leadership determines how the program will develop. Some begin with in-depth study-say, of the pope's new encyclical. Others jump into immediate action. "You go with where the people are," she says.
At St. Bartholomew in Minnesota, the green team began with just eight or nine parishioners who, with help from the local utility, set up an information display and gave away compact fluorescent lightbulbs after Mass a couple years ago. "We just kept asking, 'What can we do to make this greener?' " says Jennifer Shaltz, the chair of the team, which included a sixth-grader from the parish school.
They decided that recycling was the perfect starter project after the school's fifth-grade teacher joined the team and said she wanted recycling to be part of her class' science curriculum.
Recycling started in the parish offices, then later in the school. Knowledgeable fifth-graders staff the trash containers during lunch hours-but kids catch on quickly. It's recycling at coffee and doughnuts after Mass that has provided the best teaching moments. "People can get nervous about even minimal change," says Shaltz. "But we showed how easy it was. People tell us, 'This is so wonderful that you're doing this.' "
"This is not hard," says Shaltz. "It's not a tough thing when there are enough people caring."
Resource renewal
At St. Mary's Parish in Annapolis, Maryland, longtime parishioner Gerald Winegrad has for years spoken out about connecting faith to responsibility as stewards to God's creation. "This is important-did you see the bishops' message?" he would ask other parishioners or the pastor.
Few were surprised, therefore, when Winegrad, a former state senator, set about greening St. Mary's. In 2007 he sat down with St. Mary's pastor, John Kingsbury, C.Ss.R., armed with a list of environmental actions he'd like to see at the parish.
"If you form a broad-based committee, I'll give it my blessing," Winegrad recalls Father Kingsbury telling him.
Just a month later, Kingsbury received much the same to-do list from the newly formed St. Mary's Environmental Stewardship Committee. The list could be a guide for action at almost any parish across the country. It included:
• Doing a complete buildings and grounds assessment to find energy- and water-saving potentials;
• Taking advantage of the local utility's energy audits and any credits they might provide;
• Taking an inventory of cleaning chemicals at the church and schools, and switching to green substitutes where appropriate;
• Ensuring compliance with a parish-wide recycling program, including during the summer months; and
• Looking for ways to improve storm water management and habitat creation.
The Stewardship Committee is looking into green roofs, which can reduce runoff by as much as 75 percent and also reduce energy costs. Other future storm water projects include increasing the number of rain barrels to catch rainfall and allow for slower dispersal.
Without leaders like Winegrad, Shaltz, Bowen, and thousands of others, successful environmental stewardship at parishes wouldn't happen.
"There are elements of terror," says Bowen about predicting environmental problems. "You look at all this and it seems pretty dire. But you're not going to save the world on your own, and it's a hopeful thing to take action."
Bowen advises those wanting to green their parishes to begin with small steps. "It doesn't have to be perfect," she says. "It can grow."
A little help
Whether it's diocesan, ecumenical, or secular, outside support builds confidence and is an impetus and a source for ideas.
In Chicago, ecumenical environmentalists urged Bowen and others in St. Gertrude's green team to reach out to other Chicago parishes. "You Catholics have your own spin on things," they said. Catholics United for the Environment (CUE) now meets intermittently. Members from a number of parishes encourage one another, share resources, and hear from expert guest speakers.
A few miles away, the pastor of St. Monica Parish, Father Ted Schmitt, went to the Chicago Botanical Garden for advice on how St. Monica's school could become an environmental academy. The botanical garden ended up partnering with the school, providing invaluable assistance in creating and refining the curriculum.
In Los Angeles one of the sustainability commission's goals is to get parishes talking with one another, sharing ideas and encouragement.
Father John Lasseigne and his parishioners at Mary Immaculate will be a good source for leadership. When the parish, which is 95 percent Spanish-speaking, banned plastic water bottles, they also eliminated the vending machine that dispensed water bottles and installed more water fountains. The parish bought a thousand stainless steel water bottles wholesale with the church's logo on them and sold the bottles for about a nickel over cost. The bottles sold out quickly.
Mary Immaculate also hired a company to perform a professional audit of its buildings in order to learn how to strategically green its campus. High on its to-do list is insulating the parish hall, which currently has no insulation whatsoever.
Education and actions like these follow parishioners home. During Lent last year Mary Immaculate held a poster competition for "How can my family prevent global climate change?" After Easter posters were exhibited. Parishioners were also urged to sign the St. Francis Pledge to Protect Creation and the Poor .
Let your LED light shine
Parish leaders shouldn't be shy about going green.
Church of the Presentation in Stockton, California held a free electronics waste recycling event for both parishioners and their neighbors. The event reminded the community that electronics shouldn't go into the landfill but rather be recycled, and the parish gave people a way to do the right thing.
They found themselves with tons of electronics in just a few hours. "It's been part of my faith journey to realize that Catholics are called to be involved in their community," says Deacon Scott Johnson.
In Annapolis, St. Mary's won local awards for diverting its parking lot runoff-and they inspired other businesses and nearby congregations to follow suit.
A study of nearby Spa Creek had identified runoff from St. Mary's 2-acre parking lot as a top priority for remediation. The parking lot, formerly school fields, now accommodates the parish's 12 weekend Masses on its 7-acre campus. Rain fouled by motor oil, sediments, and pollution flushed from the asphalt toward the battered Chesapeake Bay via Spa Creek.
The Stewardship Committee formed a partnership with the Spa Creek Conservancy and received a $105,000 state grant to divert the runoff. The water is now channeled to nine rain gardens, also known as bio-retention facilities. The gardens' thirsty, hardy plants can process the polluted runoff, which seeps into the ground rather than racing to the already overburdened bay.
Publicizing good news like this gives people hope, a necessary ingredient for change. As Gus Speth says, "We are carried forward by hope, by a radical hope, that a better world is possible, and that we can build it."
Taking a stand
Action within a parish-such as recycling and runoff mitigation-is vital. But how about when activism is necessary? Sometimes it takes an act of Congress or the county commissioners-as Catholics in Grand Junction, Colorado discovered-to make a necessary change.
Life on Colorado's dry and isolated Western Slope is complicated by the uranium, coal, and natural gas beneath the land's thin surface. In the past hundred years, those resources have brought about a half dozen booms and busts, often leaving homelessness and poverty in the wake of short-lived high wages.
The hundred or so Catholics belonging to the Grand Valley Peace and Justice Commission (under the auspices of the Pueblo, Colorado diocese) work not only on environmental issues but also on homelessness, child protection, and immigration. "We all know good people who lost their jobs with oil and gas. It pulls us in two different directions," says Karen Sjoberg, director of the commission.
In decades past, secular environmentalists have been accused of caring more about wildlife than people. That has never been true with creation care, which has always been intimately linked with human dignity. Pope John Paul II wrote in 1991, "Our tradition calls us to protect the life and dignity of the human person, and it is increasingly clear that this task cannot be separated from the care and defense of all creation."
This connection led the commission to take part in the shutting down of a leaky, clay-lined toxic evaporation pit in 2007. The pit was 24 miles east of Grand Junction near the town of De Beque, in a narrow canyon of sagebrush, sand, and rock. It held wastewater from the oil and gas industry, and for years tests had shown it was leaking benzene, a cancer-causing compound, and that there was groundwater contamination.
De Beque is within the parish boundaries of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, which is one of the four parishes in the commission. Immaculate Heart's pastor agreed to attend a hearing on the pit. Father John Farley is a shepherd, not an activist. But what he heard moved him to action.
His parishioners still remember the Sunday in 2007 when he spoke from the pulpit about the toxic mess their neighbors were facing. After Mass people lined up to sign petitions urging their county commissioners to stop the dumping, clean up a six-year-old spill, and force the owners to comply with state regulations. The parishioners had just needed to learn about the issue from someone they trusted and be given the opportunity to act.
The commission, Farley, and other activists succeeded. The county commissioners closed the operation in 2008. "It was tremendously important to the people in De Beque that they were supported by the church," says commission member Fran Didier.
It's not easy being green
The Grand Valley Peace and Justice Commission knows all about controversy. For pastors like Farley it can be difficult to take up a cause and preach about something that some parishioners don't want to hear about. Responding to naysayers comes with the territory.
Glenmary Father John Rausch, a self-proclaimed "rent-a-priest," speaks freely about environmental issues. He sympathizes with parish priests, who he says aren't as free to speak out.
"When you're a pastor it's difficult to take sides," he says. When he fills in for vacationing or ill parish priests, he often talks about mountaintop removal mining. He's familiar with the sight of a disgruntled parishioner walking out during his homily.
Another barrier to change is paying for environmental fixes. Making them happen takes creativity and a deal-maker's instincts. At St. Mary's in Annapolis, greening committee members knew from the start that they'd need to find an outside grant in order to solve their problem of dirty runoff from the parking lot.
Then the parish notified them that the fix could not result in the loss of a single parking space. The plan had called for three fewer spaces. They improvised, channeling water to nine rain gardens located elsewhere on the campus.
Compromise was also necessary at St. Bartholomew in Minnesota. The pastor gave the green team's recycling program a go-ahead with the provision that it should neither cost the parish nor add to the staff's workload. The group worked within that constraint.
When faced with doubts about the cost of energy-efficient improvements, energy audits can help make the case. At Mary Immaculate in Los Angeles, they are mapping out how money spent now will help the parish budget in the long run.
Learning curve
The more that's learned about the environment, the more people feel a part of a web of relationships. Scientists now understand that mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia doesn't just scar the land locally, it has negative consequences for the entire East Coast's drinking water.
Adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere causes climate chaos that affects not only us but our grandchildren and beyond. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote in 2001 that at its core, global climate change is about "our human stewardship of God's creation and our responsibility to those who come after us."
The Vatican's "Ten Environmental Commandments," released on Earth Day 2008, say that "our responsibility toward ecology extends to future generations."
That principle drives Johnson of Presentation Parish in Stockton. "We're trying to leave something for the future," he says. "I try to get people thinking in terms of intergenerational solidarity."
Presentation has a vigorous social justice program that includes environmental stewardship, something Johnson says older parishioners sometimes struggle with, but students and young people immediately understand. In fact, he believes the environmental initiatives at Presentation Parish have brought a number of 20-somethings back to church.
Perhaps because they are the future, most youth do "get it" regarding environmental stewardship. Catholic schools are a natural place for parishes to begin their greening projects.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, St. Monica Environmental Academy offers a green curriculum with environmental education integrated into every class. The school installed solar panels and composting bins; there are field trips to the landfill; and older students are now surveying, using what they're learning in geometry, to create terraced gardens.
Schmitt, the pastor, also hopes to tear up the current asphalt parking lot and replace it with permeable or pervious concrete, which allows water to percolate down into the earth below instead of becoming polluted runoff.
You gotta have faith
In the end, creation care means renewing a parish's call to the mindfulness of the Catholic tradition, something that begins with practical actions: reduce, reuse, and recycle. It means changing the parish culture from always opting for the cheapest items to bringing a green component to every event.
"We're the leaven," says St. Gertrude green committee member Sister Terri MacKenzie, S.H.J.C.
They've been cheered on by their pastor, who is enthusiastic about including the church's environmental teaching into liturgies. "We model and we invite people to join us," says Bowen, her attitude reflecting St. Francis' advice to "Preach always. When necessary, use words."
Bowen and Sister MacKenzie both say that while a practical to-do list is important, bringing the church's teachings into everyday conversation at the parish has been transformative. "I saw interconnections before; now I see that they're even deeper than I'd thought," says Bowen. "We share a finite planet, but there's abundance if we share. It makes you more grateful for creation."
This article appeared in the April 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 4, pages 12-17).
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Last fall we drew attention to Peter Schramm's essay "Born American, but in the wrong place." Peter and his family left Hungary after the Communist revolution and made their way to America, thanks to the sagacity of Peter's father:
[W]ith the revolution failing, everyone expected that the Communist boot was going to come down harder than ever. But before we had more opportunities to experience it, an odd accident set us on the path to a very different future. On one of his trips out to secure some bread, a hand grenade landed next to my father but, miraculously, did not go off. That was the last straw. He came home and announced to my mother that he was going to leave the country whether she would come or not. Mom said, "O.K., William. We will come if Peter agrees. Ask Peter."
"But where are we going?" I asked.
"We are going to America," he said.
"Why America?" I prodded.
"Because, son. We were born Americans, but in the wrong place."
He said that as naturally as if I had asked him what was the color of the sky. It was so obvious to him why we should head for America that he never entertained any other option. Of course, he hadn't studied American history or politics, but he had come to know deep in his heart the meaning of tyranny. He hungered for its opposite and knew where to find it. America represented to my father, as Lincoln put it, "the last, best hope of earth." I would like to be able to say that this made my father a remarkable man for his time and his circumstances. For, in many ways, he truly was a wonder. But this is not one of those ways. Among the Hungarians I knew


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Back Pain in Pregnant Women--why Your Low Back Hurts During Pregnancy, and How to Get Relief
Back pain in pregnant women is a very common complaint. In fact, as many as 80% of pregnant women will have back pain at some time during their pregnancy. There are several types of back pain that occur among expectant mothers, but low back pain is the most common. But why does your low back hurt during pregnancy?
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If your back pain if very intense, is rhythmic and feels like menstrual cramps, or is causing numbness, you should contact your health care provider.
Posterior pelvic pain is often mistaken as
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In order to maintain a healthy back during pregnancy, it is essential to engage in a regular exercise regimen.?? Exercise is essential for controlling and avoiding back pain.?? When your muscles are weak and inflexible, you are more likely to hurt.?? Regular exercise will stretch and strengthen your muscles and ligaments to better support your spine and prevent pregnancy back ache from occurring.
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Lumbar discomfort can be triggered by sitting or standing for extended periods of time or by repetitive lifting. Posterior pelvic pain is low back ache that is experienced behind the pelvis, below the waist, and/or across the tailbone or sacrum. It can also be felt in the buttocks, on one or both sides, or in the back of the thighs. You may also have pubic pain. Posterior pelvic pain occurs four times more frequently than lumbar pain during pregnancy.
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If you knew the answer to some simple questions then you can easily determine whether you need help, if your sciatica will ease quickly or if you have something actually to be scared of.
When you have an injury to a muscle, both strength and flexibility are compromised, and if your recovery ends before strength and flexibility return, you will never be 100% and will likely struggle with the problem forever.
If you're reading this article, it's a good bet that you have a radiating pain running down the back of your leg that just won't go away. If what I'm about to tell you sounds familiar, don't worry, help is on the way.
Recovery Tip: In severe cases, the sciatic pain can run from the top of the hip to the bottom of the foot. It is very important to recognize that changes and shifting of pain is often times a sign of improvement. Further more as a way of gauging recovery, take note of how far down the leg the pain goes. If the pain goes to the foot one day and then only makes it to the calf and then to the knee and then it can only make it to the hamstring that is a sign of improvement. You should feel good about those noticeable improvements and this should give you encouragement to keep working toward a full remission of pain.
This article will explore the causes of back pain during pregnancy, discuss the different types of back pain that occur, and provide information about what can be done to prevent and relieve prenatal back pain.
Sciatic pain comes about either due to a traumatic event, muscle imbalances, or a combination of both. The event scenario is most likely the catalyst for sudden onset of sciatic pain. So what happens' when there is undue stress on the Piriformis muscle that stress causes it to go into spasm and then you have pain due to the Piriformis muscle putting pressure on the sciatic nerve.
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Take extra care to be aware of how you bend and move. That alone can help prevent discomfort before it begins. Back pain in pregnant women can be frustrating, for sure, but you can find relief. Be sure you are getting adequate rest, nutrition, and exercise, and you will be on the way to eliminating backaches for good.
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In the past, a patient suffering from Disc problems may have been prescribed Pain killers / Medications, Instructed to refrain from physical activities, referred for Physiotherapy, received Steroidal Shots or Injections, and when they weren't progressing, they were sent for Spinal Surgery. Frankly speaking only 5% of Back pains require Surgeries, the other 95% can be dealt with Conservative & Curative Ayurveda Panchakarma Chikitsa.
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In most cases, people go to physical therapy or minimize their physical activity to break the pain ' spasm cycle and in most cases your symptoms subside. However'the event will also set you up for a life time of sciatic pain if the Piriformis muscle does not recover 100% in both strength and flexibility.
Let me give you some examples of what I mean: 1. If you sit on the edge of your chair with you legs separated and your feet pointing outward you are keeping your Piriformis muscle in a shortened position and that's how it gets tight and with extended sitting in that position, it gets weak form lack of use. Hence the imbalance.
3. Pressure caused by Isthmic spondylolisthesis which is simply when a vertebrae slips or moves... this can sometimes pinch the sciatic nerve but often times people who have this condition don't have any pain, symptoms, or even know they have it!
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2. Another example is runners and bikers who actually work very hard tend to get
because they fail to keep a strength vs. stretch balance in their workouts. Hence the imbalance creates a greater pull toward external rotation and the result is a tight Piriformis and an irritated sciatic nerve creating pain.
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Orit Cox is a Holistic Health Practitioner and massage therapist in San Diego, CA and content writer for PregnancyMomandBaby.com, an information resource for pregnancy and mothers. Orit is also the author of The Pregnancy Pain Guide, featured at PregnancyPainRelief.com, where you can discover easy-to-implement techniques to relieve back pain from pregnancy.
Sciatic pain is simply caused by pressure being placed on the sciatic nerve and there are primarily four things that can create this... you may have one or more of the following:
Your center of gravity is changing. Your abdomen is shifting out and down, and your spine curves backward to try to compensate for this shift. As a result, your spinal muscles become sore and tired, and more prone to injury and strain.
The other way sciatic pain creeps into your life is due to your lifestyle and habits, and that is what we like to call the process. The process can be described as a prolonged onset of symptoms based on your everyday activities...
There are two common types of low back pain in pregnancy, lumbar pain and posterior pelvic pain. Lumbar pain is similar to the kind of back pain you may have experienced before you became pregnant. Lumbar discomfort is felt in the lower spine, at the level of, or slightly higher than, your waist. It can also result in pain that radiates to your legs.
But what does all that have to do with lower back pain? Well, unfortunately, your body is unable to isolate which ligaments and joints will stretch and loosen, and this happens on a broad scale throughout your body. As the ligaments and muscles which normally support your spine become lax, it can result in some instability in the spine, which can result in aching and discomfort.
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Is it chronic or acute? Does this mean you will end up living with
if you have had it for years? Will it continually get worse? 3 - What type of pain do you have?
The answers to these questions are essential if you want relief from your
. After all the biggest fear is that you will never be free of your sciatica pain, that you will need up needing surgery and therefore never get back to full activity.
As you can see, there is a trend here... in nearly every case, muscle imbalances are the primary cause of the pressure being placed on the sciatic nerve.
profiles are a simple way you can assess your
to determine if it is serious or not. Whether you need to seek help or if you can help your self at home. Should you be active or not, and if you need to be active which activities are best.
However, from a technical stand point the process really describes the development of the muscle imbalance in your hip. The Piriformis muscle is responsible for external rotation (moving your leg so your feet point outward). So over time that muscle gets tight from the positions you put your self in and weakens from lack of use.
If this is the path you have been down and you're tired of all the worthless treatments that just don't work, you must read this article! I guarantee you, it will likely be far different than what you have read or heard anywhere else!
These are just two examples of how muscle imbalances can affect the Piriformis muscle and cause Sciatic pain. You may not be a runner or cyclist but I'll bet you have muscle imbalances that are causing your sciatic pain!
1. Pressure caused by shortening and tightening of the piriformis muscle. This is almost always due to months or years of muscle imbalances in the hip rotator muscles.
Did you go see your primary care physician and get diagnosis of
only to have them refer you to an orthopedic specialist and than get a diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome... and than be told to see a Physical Therapist and the PT tells you a little heat, ultra sound, electrical stimulation and some therapeutic exercises and we will have you good as new???
Backache can occur for a number of reasons, which can be reduced to two main issues: hormones and postural changes. During pregnancy, your body produces a veritable cocktail of hormones. Among these is a hormone called relaxin. The primary role of relaxin is to loosen the joints and ligaments in your body in order to help them stretch and widen. This allows your body to more easily make room for your baby inside of your pelvis. And, when the time comes for your baby to be born, the hormone relaxin will have helped the joints of your pelvis relax and stretch enough for your baby's shoulders to pass through your pelvic bones.
4. Pressure caused by a herniated or bulging disc. A herniation is when a disc protrudes out from between the vertebrae and this can either be caused by an event like a car accident, or, by months or years of uneven pressure due to muscle imbalances. It is also important to note that many people with herniated discs don't even experience pain or symptoms, and many don't know they have the condition.
5 - How did you back pain start? Falls, injuries, a slow or sudden build up of sciatica. These can determine whether you should seek help or whether you can help your self at home. This is vital information.
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Simple questions that most of you do not know the answers to. The big five questions you need to know are: 1 - How far does your sciatica travel?
So how do you get rid of your pain? Will learning one new stretch be enough? It very well may be. However depending on the severity of your condition you may need to change your activities of daily living to include new stretches, new exercises that include the use of the hip rotators like roller-blading, basketball, tennis, etc, and even better, specific corrective exercise specific to your situation... like those covered in our video. As always, learn as much as you can about your condition, so that you can ask the tough questions to your healthcare providers and get the best care possible.
If it travels right down your leg does that mean it is more serious than pain in the buttock. If it is serious what should you do? 2 - How long have you had your back pain?
One last point, sciaitic pain is not caused by a lack of prescription medications so don't think that taking some anti-inflammatories or muscle relaxants will fix it... it won't! Also, many people are able to eliminate sciatic pain within days just by performing a few exercises and stretches... but not general exercise... the exact corrective exercises and stretches they need to do.
Posterior pelvic discomfort can be aggravated by bending, twisting, rolling, climbing stairs, and prolonged leaning forward such as occurs when you sit at a computer for extended periods of time.
Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome are the same condition... it is just that the medical community is starting to call the condition by the muscle (Piriformis) that is involved and getting away from calling it by the name of the nerve that is involved (sciatic) nothing more than semantics.
As your uterus expands and your baby grows, it also causes immense changes in your posture, which can result in aching. As your abdomen and uterus stretch, it puts a greater strain on your back muscles.
is scary, the pain travels down your leg and stops you performing you daily tasks. You once could jump out of bed and do everything you wanted to do, from putting in 100% effort at work to playing with your children.
Specific exercises to alleviate low back pain during pregnancy include pelvic tilt exercises, Kegel exercises, back stretches, hamstring stretches, chest stretches, and wall squats.?? For detailed information on how to do these stretches and exercises, you can visit http://www.pregnancymomandbaby.com/painanddiscomfort/back_exercises_for_pregnancy.html
If you are not sure which one of the four is causing your sciatic pain, I recommend you start with the basics. Most cases of sciatic pain are caused by muscle imbalances so if you begin to work on correcting any muscle imbalances you have, you should start to see improvement right away.
Sciatica is generally caused by a herniated or bulging disk. Your risk of low back pain during pregnancy increases if you have had back aches before becoming pregnant or during a previous pregnancy. You also have an increased risk of prenatal back pain if you are carrying twins or are overweight.
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2. Pressure caused by spinal stenosis, which is a decrease in the space between the vertebrae. This is primarily caused by uneven pressure and compression due to muscle imbalances.
Different pain characteristics help you understand the actual cause of your pain and what you need to do to remove it. Do you know which type you have?
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In recognition of Missouri Day, here's a brief breakdown on Missouri's second most famous couple (after the fictional Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher), a real-life couple usually referred to as Frankie and Johnny. After Frankie caught her man in flagrante delicto with another woman, Alice Pryor, and shot him dead, it was commemorated in numerous songs and films.
Frankie Baker was a 22-year-old St. Louisan dancer who was dating 17-year-old Allen "Al" Britt. Britt had another girlfriend on the side. Britt's friend Richard J. Clay warned Britt about dating two women at the same time but Britt carried on. Then, on October 15th, 1899, around 3:30 in the morning, Baker headed home to her apartment at 212 Targee Street in Chestnut Valley and caught Britt in bed with Pryor. An argument ensued with Baker's roommate, Pansy Marvin, testifying that Britt threw a lamp at Baker and cut her with a knife. In return, Frankie shot him once with her Harrington & Richardson .38. Britt died of his wounds two days later. Baker claimed in her trial that she'd acted in self-defense. She was acquitted but didn't escape notoriety.
Al Britt's grave