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This is my first time to this site, so please bear with me if I am in the wrong spot!! I have scoliosis which is at 42 degrees. After reading some of the messages on this board, it seems quite small. However, I am in a lot of pain daily with it. My back muscles spasm and I get severe pain down into my left hip. I can get some relief from my massage therapist, but not for long. Within 3 - 5 days, the pain is back. I cannot do anything that I used to be able to do and some days getting out of bed is not even an option. I have ran the gammet of P.T., e-stims, etc and nothing is long term. I am going next month to talk to a surgeon regarding surgery. However, I do not think that anyone in my area is qualified to do the surgery. So, what I am wondering is if anyone knows of a surgeon near or around Billings, MT that is experienced in scoliosis surgery. If anyone can give me some answers, that would be wonderful!
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In the United Kingdom we are repeatedly informed the NHS is there to care for us from cradle to grave, yet all we read about is the 'alleged' shortage of cash that the NHS suffers coupled with waiting times in A&E and admissions to wards. One has to ask why politicians have allowed what has become an 'institution', an institution of their own making, to be still treated by them all as a 'sacred cow'.
At its inception it was never intended to cater for the patient numbers that now exist. Why those numbers exist today can basically be laid at the door of immigration together with the increased longevity of life, but, more importantly, also at the door of politicians who have done nothing to mitigate the situation in which the NHS now finds itself.

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Q&As with South African Community Members: Community and Volunteering
Q&As with South African Community Members: Community and Volunteering
It's always fantastic to hear from so many volunteers across the globe about what their experience of volunteering in South Africa has been like. However, we thought it would also be great to hear from some South African community members. Below you will find a series of questions and answers with South Africans who live in Cape Town, covering their thoughts on what community means to them, and their views on community projects and volunteering.
What does community mean to you?
– "Having a community means being there for each other. I believe in the spirit of Ubuntu (togetherness)"
– "A community is almost like an extended family; you can always go to them for help and they can always come to you for help"
– "My community means everything. It is a hub for talent; it means opportunities"
– "My community is important to me because at times of struggle people stand together"
– "Community to me is a group of people who know and understand each and care for each other"
– "Community to me is a group of people that care about one another; it's people that care about each other enough to create a system of love and support for one another"
What is your favourite thing about your community?
– "As much as we may have problems, we enjoy the simple things. We may not have big things, but we enjoy the simple things we have"
– "My favourite thing about my community is the eagerness to improve and learn, especially in the younger generation"
– "Knowing that when you need help you can go to a neighbour and your neighbours will always help you"
– "Having everything you and everyone you care about so close to you"
– "The way in which we show up for each other and show support"
Why are community projects and community development important?
– "They are important because they assist the community and individuals in reaching their goals, and/or becoming a better person. They help with keeping children and young people away from trouble and equip them with skills"
– "Community projects are important because they give people a second chance, especially older students who have failed exams and feel they have no hope. So, when you bring a project that has certifications, such as computer literacy, this can completely change people's lives because they can put something on their CV. These projects are very, very important"
– "Community projects and development is important because it provides the foundation a city builds off to improve the lives of its citizens. It creates strong and diverse communities that are able to start to grow businesses and overcome issues that arise"
– "Community projects help uplift a lot of people in the community and that changes lives for the better"
– "I know from my experience that they can bring in different perspectives and ideas that we as a community don't always see and that helps us. Also, it can help bring peace because communities can sometimes disagree, and it helps brings another perspective and helps bring communities together and achieve calm"
– "Without community projects and upliftment programs I think a lot of people would feel they are not cared for and that feeling usually leaves people feeling lost with no purpose and this can result in them doing bad things"
What are your views on international volunteers volunteering in communities?
– "It's a very touching experience meeting people from different parts of the world who are willing to come to help out in the community, it's something that positively impacts people and it has definitely had a good impact on me as well"
– "They are doing a great job with helping to empower marginalized communities"
– "It is very good; it is good that international projects have their own mandates and go directly on the ground to the people that need them and are not held back or hindered like some government projects. International volunteers want to see results of what is being done which is good"
– "If they can integrate into the community then I think it's brilliant, because they bring a desire to try and help and to try and understand the work needed in the community. I've been involved with international volunteer projects and the co-learning that happens is great in learning from each other. The passion and the energy that they bring at times when everyone has lost hope is so valuable"
– "I think it's great that people would be willing to volunteer their time. The volunteers offer the communities a varying degree of skills that the communities can benefit from i.e. introducing ideas to the community that can improve their standard of living"
– "I've always seen foreigners helping out since I was a child and I feel it's good to teach South Africans that there are other people in the world that are willing to help"
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Severe Housing Problems
Housing is a critical need for all individuals, and affordable housing is a good indicator of the job market and access to quality jobs within a community. Overcrowding, poor facilities, and homelessness exacerbate the experience of multidimensional poverty and increase risks for disease, depression, and transient housing experience. Ultimately, severe housing problems can lead to homelessness and increased housing vacancies, which are positively correlated with increased crime rates and result in an increased economic burden on a community.


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Ytai from Tel Aviv wrote in with a cool new board he developed:
I'm very excited to announce the launch of a new product I've been working on for the past months! IOIO (pronounced: yo-yo) is a product which lets you connect electronic circuits to an Android device and control them from an Android application. It is comprised of a small (2.7×1.2″ = 7x3cm) PCB that connects to an Android device with a USB cable and a software library (Java .jar file) that you use in your Android app which handles all communications with the board.
No firmware programming is required – only Android application authoring with a very simple API for controlling the pins on the board. No modification of the Android device is required – you avoid the complication of modification and the voiding of warranty.
The board will be available from Sparkfun.


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One of my friends tried to replicate one of Rolf Zwaan's findings on verb aspect and failed ages ago, except they did it in Cantonese and not Dutch. This isn't a perfect replication, but if you read the conclusions, then it should be. So part of the problem isn't even the strength of the data, it's also the fact that being over-certain and over-generalizing conclusions is the standard way psychology papers are written.The commenter then helpfully provided this link to the article (with which I was not familiar). I found the comment interesting, even though it incorrectly states that our study (see also this post from January) was conducted in Dutch. (You can't even perform the study in Dutch due to grammatical differences with English.) More importantly, though, the claim that our finding was not replicated in Cantonese is also incorrect in a significant way. More about this in a minute.
The most important aspect of the comment is its relevance to the current discussion about replicability, (hidden) moderators, and specifying the generalizability of effects. So let's consider this more closely.
The comment states that psychology studies routinely overgeneralize conclusions. I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. In fact, I'd already been thinking to devote a blog post to this and will do so in the near future. However, I happen to think our article was a particularly good example of this hyperbolic tendency. If anything, our conclusion was rather modest (if not tepid).
The topic of verb aspect must be empirically addressed in future research so that it can yield a better understanding of how the imperfective and perfective aspects affect situation models during comprehension. The present study furthers our understanding of how subtle grammatical cues such as verb aspect influence the representations formed when we read or hear language. However, this is only the beginning of our pursuit to understand how situation models are constructed from our complicated linguistic code.
The question that concerns us here is what the proper way to state the limitations of the conclusions would have been. One extreme would be to provide a list of languages for which one would expect the effect to replicate. However, this is humanly impossible. Nobody knows all nearly 7000 languages in the world. The other extreme would be to state that the effect would only be expected to replicate in English, but this also presupposes intimate knowledge of all the world's other languages. A more realistic option would be to state that one expects the effect to replicate in English and to possibly extend to other languages with similar aspectual systems. It might have been good to add this specification but we didn't think to do so. The final option would be to say nothing, which is what we did, relying on the reader to infer that we are agnostic with regard to whether the results will replicate in other languages.
Over to the replicability of the finding. Our target finding, called the "perfective-advantage effect" (read the papers if you're interested in the details) was indeed replicated:
The results from both experiments 1a and 1b show that there is a perfective advantage with accomplishment verbs. This advantage is robust across two different types of perfective aspect markers in Cantonese, zo2 and jyun4.", p. 2413.Yee-haw! We've made inroads into Cantonese. Our first step toward world domination. India, you're next!
Hold your horses, pardner! The researchers observed that thus far researchers (apparently our finding was replicated in other Asian studies as well) had only looked at one type of verb, called "accomplishments" in Zeno Vendler's taxonomy. Accomplishments are actions that have an endpoint and that are incremental or gradual. An example of an accomplishment is painting a picture. The action is finished when the picture is completed.
Would the conclusions generalize to other verb types? And here the researchers showed that the perfective advantage reverses to an imperfective advantage (in Cantonese at least), with another verb type namely "activities," which do not have an endpoint, e.g., run.
So did our effects replicate? Yes, there is a conceptual replication in a different language, Cantonese, with the same verb type and the same task. And no, the effect flips (in Cantonese at least), with a different verb type and the same task. In other words, the effect replicates and does not replicate, but there is method to the madness and this is what matters theoretically. Grammatical aspect interacts with lexical aspect (accomplishment vs. activities). In other words, we have a better understanding of how grammatical aspect affects processing.
Should we (in 2003) have mentioned that our prediction only applied to accomplishments? Yes, I think so. However, this limitation had simply not occurred to us.
There are several lessons here.
(1) It is important to specify the limitations of our findings. However, (a) it is not always possible to do so and (b) sometimes we lack the perspective to do so. We definitely shouldn't oversell our results, though.
(2) As is obvious, there are degrees of directness in replications. Replicating a finding in a different language is powerful support for a prediction. It is, however, not a direct replication of an effect.
(3) Science proceeds by performing replications and extensions of predictions and by detecting their limitations (i.e., failed extensions).
(4) It's easy to misremember studies. I do it all the time.
I plan to return in a future post to explore the question of how best to determine the generalizability of our predictions.


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Salted egg is a delicious treat in Chinese cuisine, prized for it's bright, orange-red colored yolk. The egg white has a salty taste to it, while the yolk has a less salty, but rich, fatty and firm textured taste. It could be eaten hard-boiled with congee for breakfast, or be used as an ingredient in steamed minced pork, mooncakes (the yolk symbolizes the moon), glutinous rice dumplings and many other dishes. (You can find a number of salted egg recipes online, or wait for a later article from me)
You can buy salted eggs in many Chinese markets, or in the World Section of many supermarkets as well. However, it is extremely easy and fun to make at home, and it is dirt cheap to do so.
What You Need:
- Half a dozen or a dozen Eggs, depending on the size of your container (could be regular chicken eggs or duck eggs, for the larger yolks)
- Sea salt or rock salt
- Water
- Any clear glass or plastic container of sufficient size to contain the eggs
- Boil the water and let it cool down. I do not like using tap water directly, regardless where I am at in the world. It's just an extra step that gives me the peace of mind.
- Rinse and wash the eggs then let them dry (check and make sure there are no cracks on the eggs).
- Pour the cold water into your container and continue adding salt until it no longer dissolves and begin to accumulate on the bottom of the container.
- Add the eggs into the container. Because of the high salt concentration in the water, the eggs on top will float to the surface. In order to make sure all eggs are necessarily submerged in the brine, you can fill up a small Ziploc bag with water, or use a sauce plate as a place holder on top of the eggs to keep all the eggs submerged in the brine.
- Cover the container with a few layers of Seran Wrap and hold it tightly in place with elastic bands, or just screw the lid on top of the Seran Wrap tightly. Place at room temperature away from the sun for about a month. Label the start and finish dates of the container to remind yourself.
- After a month, take one egg out (make sure the remaining eggs are still fully submerged in the brine) and hard boil it to see if it tastes salty enough. If not, brine the rest for another week. (My experience was six weeks.) If you were satisfied with the taste, take out all the eggs and wipe them dry. Put them in an egg carton and store in the fridge. They could be kept for about a month. If boiled, they could be kept for about a YEAR refrigerated!!!
That's it. Pretty simple.
- You can reuse the brine a few more times, just add boiled water to it as necessary as some might have evaporated. Some people suggest to re-boil the brine before reusing it for the next batch.
- There are a few recipe variations out there. Some of the more common ones are adding peppercorn and/or rice wine or even tea leaves to the brine to add flavor.


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It's inevitable with all the traffic in this city that once in a while, a baby's going to be born in a cab. And so it happened last night at 7:30 p.m., as Even Sweeney tried to make it from Prospect Heights to Roosevelt Hospital, giving birth in the back of a livery cab on West 51st and Seventh Avenue, "cheered on by a crowd that had gathered to watch the drama unfold," reports the New York Post. This was apparently one of the easiest births ever. Which is fortunate, because it was in a cab.
They were barely in the car when it became clear Finn was ready to make his entrance.
"I looked, and there he was," Inez Murray [Sweeney's partner] said.
Not only was the cabbie, Juan Hernandez, who drives for Arecibo, helpful (he called 9-1-1), he also didn't even charge for the ride, brought left-behind items to the hospital, and "didn't even mind the mess."
"The cleanup took a while," he said. "But that was no big deal."
Next time, we're calling Arecibo! Hopefully Hernandez got a big tip.
Mom has baby in Theater District cab [NYP]
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on April 22, 2011


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Our methods help us get under the surface so we can think "just like a client" and move forward as a team with common language and experiences.
Our clients are leaders who expect us to have a deep understanding
of their worlds.
We use a number of methods to foster dialogue, define goals and design options. We employ specific tools to relate business and facility factors that inform investment decisions. We engage techniques to tease out the subtlety of values and purpose that affect perception, culture and effectiveness.
These methods help us build communication and trust in an environment where discovery and innovation take root.
Community Engagement
Tapping into the "collective wisdom"
The community affected by a decision has a right to be informed. It should also be allowed to influence that decision.
That is why we believe in engaging those impacted by a project in the initial stages of planning and design. Empowering the community with a voice allows legitimate concerns to surface and community-enriching ideas to take root.
The "collective intelligence" of engaged individuals, facilitators and community leaders can be incalculably beneficial in defining a challenge, eliciting transformative ideas and developing enduring solutions.
Steps to Successful Community Engagement:
Define the community – understand how the community defines itself - by its people, location, shared interest or common concern. Diverse communities require multiple engagement strategies.
Define the challenge – define the purpose and goals of the engagement to keep the community focused on specifics.
Create the proper environment – be open to the potential for transformative ideas to come from the engagement.
Listen, record and synthesize – demonstrate that the community is being heard and taken seriously. Synthesize data into strong common themes.
Welcome change and re-evaluation – anticipate changes to the engagement by a newly empowered community or individual champion.
Build long-term relationships - successful transformation takes time and requires a long-term commitment.
Community Charrette
We know that plans succeed when community stakeholders join together to explore options and articulate the project's vision. Our master plan for the Grand Center Great Streets urban district came to life in a series of public charrettes.
Voice of the Customer
Examining needs from every angle
People tend to look for evidence that supports what they already think. Psychologists call it "confirmation bias."
To strive for design that makes a difference, we need more accurate ways of listening and documenting findings. We employ a variety of tools that allow you to explore your vision and discover opportunities to transform.
Focus Groups allow users with a common goal to fine tune concepts and requirements that a proposed project should meet.
Day-in-the-Life studies shadow real people as they interact with a physical setting or set of circumstances to gauge and define perceptions that may inform design decisions.
Archetypal Characters present a story narrative to demonstrate how different users interact with an environment in order to build our understanding of the specific qualities sought.
Customer Surveys, using web-based tools, help broaden the inquiry to uncover deficiencies, validate concepts, or confirm opinions.
Sure Start
Process for "Setting the Dials"
Getting to Aha! faster
Planning and design are processes that demand synthesis of a great deal of interrelated data. With Sure Start, we organize an intensive, "all-hands-on-deck process" that aligns project aspirations with project concepts right from the start.
We bring together client representatives, architectural and engineering experts in a rapid sequence of meetings that "set the dials" for the project as a whole. Feedback is immediate and results are quickly tested to inform the next set of decisions. In this integrated fashion, we consider and address critical factors: functional demands, design and site options, building systems and operations, phasing and cost.
Once the dials are properly set, in -depth design work proceeds based on a solid foundation of clarity and insight.
Knowing the competitive field is foundational to clients seeking transformation
In today's competitive environment, assuring good utilization of space is essential. Christner helps clients understand the competitive benchmarks that affect the deployment and allocation of space. We help construct "best of class" comparisons with peers in order to establish goals for high performance spaces that support transformation.
Creative Visioning
Aesthetic Visioning
Envisioning the completed project
Visualizing what you want your finished project to look like is hard.
We help you express your preferences about design without learning a whole new vocabulary. And to make sure we understand your vision, we employ visual tools and blink exercises to help us summarize your style preferences be they traditional or contemporary, formal or informal.
Then, using illustrative tools, we assess a continuum of architectural styles or interior aesthetics to help you reach consensus on your design preferences and make choices that reflect them. Sharing a common viewpoint for the design direction gets architect and client talking the same language, right from the start.
Simulation Modeling
3D Visualization
Experiencing design in real time
Seeing is believing. That's one reason we employ advanced 3D visualization tools like Building Information Modeling, which allows us to create multiple interior and exterior views of a project using the architectural drawings at hand.
The photorealism of our renderings and animations bring our design ideas to life, enabling you to envision and experience your project at every stage of design. These tools make us better designers, too. We use them to solve complex design issues, improve communication, and streamline decision-making. It's a difference you'll be able to see for yourself.
Answering the question, "What if?"
Sometimes, it only seems like an expansion program is the best solution to your long-range strategic needs. In reality, there may be operational opportunities that could help achieve your goals.
Our proprietary dashboard tools help you to better understand the current state and to consider "what if" scenarios that help define true needs. Through interactive work sessions, we can help you understand the operational implications of everything from increasing market share to adding new energy-efficient systems. Our dashboard tools use real time data analysis to decipher which development options deliver the best return on investment, while still meeting your operational and facility needs.
Mock Ups
Prototype design is often the best way to fine-tune design
We find that full-scale mock-ups are a great way to evaluate design prototypes when rooms will be constructed in multiples or when rooms will house new and untried processes. Particularly in healthcare design, staff input into the size, proportion and optimization of space for special procedures is invaluable. Staff members test a true-to-life mock-up and record their opinions. We collate their preferences and integrate them into the final design.
Simulation Modeling Tools
Simulation modeling helps user groups "see" how design affects efficiency
We use FlexSim Healthcare to measure the efficiency of design options. This 3D modeling tool demonstrates the interaction between plan arrangements and factors such as staffing time and patient through-put. By simulating months of operations in minutes and tracking data points such as waiting time and bed utilization, we can help user groups understand the implications of various design choices.
Process Integration
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Creating a virtual building
We build every building twice. The first time is in the computer.
You may be familiar with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its ability to simulate a proposed building's appearance or to generate construction documents. But for us it does much more. Our combination of Revit BIM software and NavisWorks coordination software allows us to collaborate with design/construction team members by creating a virtual building prior to actual construction. This allows us to ask and answer many more questions, and to confirm the implications of critical design decisions.
Having used BIM for many years, we are now linking seamlessly with contractors in "virtual design and construction," where we hand our model to the construction team for further detail and refinement. The opportunities for optimizing choices and reducing conflicts in the field are significant.
Integrated Project Delivery
Lean processes eliminate duplication and waste
We embrace the opportunity to apply Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods when clients are looking for joint design and construction leadership. Using this contractual method, we lead the team in collective problem-solving; highly informed, high-value decision-making; on-going cost-estimating; and fully shared responsibility for project scheduling.


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Mornings people drop in to catch up on the events, on gossip, over a cup of coffee and pan de oro from La Viña's in-house bakery, or over breakfast. Come afternoon, the place hops with business people and office workers setting down to the scrumptious comida corriente. Evenings you can dine until late, choosing from the wide array of à la carte dishes; junior portions are available. You can order wine by the glass or beer on tap. La viña means the vineyard, and this motif is carried throughout the restaurant, down to the grape-vine-printed tablecloths. For a more secluded space, retire to the balcony where there are only a few tables. Open daily 8 a.m.-midnight.
Calle 4, 7-79
Prices: Mid-Range
Price Description:
lunch: $3.50, entrees: $3.50-10.50. price includes tax.
Atmosphere: Television
Menu Features:Fixed-price meals at lunch
Service Features:Large groups ok
Bar Features:Bring your own beer, full bar, no alcohol served, wine / beer
Regulations: Yes
Dress Code: Casual
Reservation: Not necessary
Park Options: No
Contact Information:
Phone: 57-2-824-0602 / 824-3799
E-mail: lacosechaparrillada(at) hotmail.com
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Moose season breaks unit records at 117
October 19, 2017
Hunters still have until tomorrow to get their harvest reports in, but the 2017 moose hunt has already broken the RM038 district record.
As of Tuesday afternoon some 117 animals had been logged by hunters in the Wrangell and Petersburg area. It surpasses the 111 taken last year, and marks the fourth year in a row where the harvest has exceeded 100 moose.
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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Date:19/02/2020 - 18/11/2020 13:00-15:30
Repeat Every Month(s) on the Third Wednesday
Midweek Library Resource
A midweek meeting monthly apart from General Meetings. Members are available to assist with Family History research for members and visitors with books and journals available to loan, or study in the Resource room.
Computer research available using our PC computers, there are charts for sale, and a new printer is available for members record keeping etc. Computers need to be booked beforehand.
The Centre is part of the Uniting Church campus Hall, in William St, Christies Beach.
. A large Library of Research Material is available.
Charts for sale, and a printer is available for record keeping.


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Learning About Types Of Burns And Its Necessary Treatment
There are several instances and occurrences that burns can happen or inflict someone at any time, and knowing how best to treat a burn for whatever level of degree is important in all cases.
Most of these types of burns are gotten from chemical and electrical burns, scalding from hot, boiling liquids, fires, including flames from candles, matches, and lighters, or perhaps just due to excessive sun exposure.
So that you will best know how to respond in situations that involve burning, you have to know about the different burn levels so that you can best apply the immediate treatment for each, and they are the first-degree burns that show red, non blistered skin, the second-degree burns which have blisters and some thickening of the skin, and lastly the third-degree burn that shows a widespread thickness with a white, leathery appearance.
In general, the kind of treatment that is needed for burns depends more on the depth, area and location of the burn and in most cases those burns that includes significant parts like the eyes, mouth, hands, and genital areas should always be treated by medical professionals, even if they are mild, if they are as the size of your palm or larger.
For second and third degree burns, considered a major burn, first aid must be administered first before anything else, and that can be done by taking the patient out from the burning area and taking off any burning material from him or her, and then call 911, and then keep the patient in a safe place, warm and still with the burned wrapped if possible in a clean sheet as you wait for the emergency rescue to bring the patient to the hospital.
In cases of minor burns, you can immediately proceed to the first aid treatment by making sure that the burned and damaged area is washed with lukewarm water, any form of jewelry that can cause any obstruction, swelling or inflammation is removed from the body , then apply a topical antibiotic ointment to this burned area and do not use butter, and if there is a need to have a tetanus shot or a professional medical care then you might as well do that too.
There is nothing more reliable than being cautious at all times and making sure that safety is in place anytime and any place, to make you free from any possible trouble, accident, or circumstances in the likes of burning, and being able to learn more on how to respond in situations like this can be an advantage to you or to anyone as that can be a life saving point that you will never know.


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Anosmia is losing the the sense of smell. The word is also used for people who never had this sense. The loss can be temporary, or permanent. The conditions that cause a temporary loss of this sense include:
- Upper respiratory tract infection, for example a common cold
- Blocking the nose, for example through seasonal allergies, or a nasal polyp.
- Side-effects of certain drugs or of certain poisons.
- Concussion, brain tumors.
Smelling things depends on two nerves (Nervus olfactorius and Nervus trigeminus), as well as the part of the brain which processes the information. Damage to this system will affect the sense of smell; permanent damage may lead to a permanent loss of the sense of small.
There are tests that can be done to find the cause of the problem.
The sense of smell also affects the sense of taste. People who cannot small smell have only the basic tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami.
Note also that the sense of smell changes with age.[1] Anosmia can also point to different neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease,[2] Alzheimer's disease,[3] or Schizophrenia.[4] Certain plants, such as tobacco also contain substances which change olfaction.
In general, anosmia which has its cause in the brain cannot be treated. Anosmia which is caused by blocking the nose can be treated by removing the block. In some cases, accupuncture was successfully used to treat anosmia.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Doty, R.; Shaman, P; Applebaum, S.; Giberson, R; Siksorski, L; Rosenberg, L (1984). "Smell identification ability: Changes with age". Science. 226 (4681): 1441–3. doi:10.1126/science.6505700. PMID 6505700.
- ↑ Doty, RL; Deems, DA; Stellar, S (1988). "Olfactory dysfunction in parkinsonism: A general deficit unrelated to neurologic signs, disease stage, or disease duration". Neurology. 38 (8): 1237–44. doi:10.1212/WNL.38.8.1237. PMID 3399075.
- ↑ Murphy, Claire (1999). "Loss of Olfactory Function in Dementing Disease". Physiology & Behavior. 66 (2): 177–82. doi:10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00262-5.
- ↑ Rupp, Claudia I.; Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang; Kemmler, Georg; Kremser, Christian; Bilder, Robert M.; Mechtcheriakov, Sergei; Szeszko, Philip R.; Walch, Thomas; Scholtz, Arne W. (2005). "Olfactory functions and volumetric measures of orbitofrontal and limbic regions in schizophrenia". Schizophrenia Research. 74 (2–3): 149–61. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2004.07.010. PMID 15721995.
- ↑ Michael W (2003). "Anosmia treated with acupuncture". Acupuncture in Medicine. 21 (4): 153. doi:10.1136/aim.21.4.153.


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'This is just a little bump in the road' – Canaries hopeful that Jarvis has only suffered minor setback
PUBLISHED: 09:15 08 March 2018 | UPDATED: 09:23 08 March 2018
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The injury comeback of Norwich City winger Matt Jarvis may have been brought to an early end but it is hoped the former England international has only suffered a minor setback.
Jarvis came off after just 20 minutes of a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Fulham Under-23s at Carrow Road, as he made his first appearance in a Canaries shirt in almost a year.
The 31-year-old, who has not played for the first team since May 2016, looked despondent when he limped off but City's U23s coach Matt Gill had encouraging news at full-time.
"Good news is it's not his ankle, which is fantastic news, he felt a little bit in his groin so as a precaution we took him off pretty quickly," Gill said.
"He trained with us the last few days and has been excellent so the pleasing thing is it's nothing to do with his ankle.
"He's been there, seen it and done it. Some of the young lads have been in and around him during training so that's great for them. He showed a great mentality with the young lads, trying to help them, which we've had with all the senior boys this season."
City's development squad now have just three games remaining of the Premier League Two season for Jarvis to target.
Gill continued: "He was obviously disappointed to come off the pitch but his experience in those situations has told and he's probably thought there's no point trying to continue – and there isn't, there's the big picture ahead.
"Obviously this has been a process for a while getting him back fit and training and this is just a little bump in the road for him."
REPORT & GALLERY: Jarvis limps off as injury comeback comes to a swift end during City U23s' defeat to Fulham
The former City midfielder was disappointed with his team's performance overall though, as Peter Grant's visiting Fulham side deservedly won 3-0.
"We've been in good form, winning five of the last six, so tonight is a bit disappointing and hopefully it's not the norm – we know it's not," he added. "But disappointed, not really us, not really the personality we normally show so some disappointed boys in there.
"They're developing boys trying to find their way in the game, they recognise what it takes to be consistent, there's always going to be inconsistencies when they are 17, 18, 19. So it's about them recognising what they didn't do well, what they did do well in previous weeks, and taking that forward."
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Music Is My Way Of Life (Incl Federico DAlessio Mix) - Sheba Jordan
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New Generation Records bless us with a phenomenal re-imagination of the Pattie Labelle dance music classic -Music is my way of life- released back in 1979 on Epic Records. On this beautiful contemporary remake, the memorable lyrics are performed in grand style by Sheba Jordan whose one-of-a-kind vocals are guaranteed to make you yearn for more. This is part one of the release which features a stunning truly eclectic selection of interpretations from the likes of Federico D'Alessio, Big Moses, Kev Kruz- Additional Keys by Michele Chiavarini and Ricci Melillo all adding their magical soulful touch to the song, giving you plenty of choices to work the floor and crowd. In other words, a soulful gem by no means to be missed...
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Marques Wyatt - Tight
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Tony H - Big Moses good music.
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Ray Vazquez - nice remake.... great job
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text: > For core links it should IMHO be mostly possible to keep them IPv4/IPv6 > dual-stack. When that is not the case one can always do minimal tunnels > inside the AS. Same for getting transit, it doesn't have to be directly > native, but when getting it try to keep the AS's crossed with a tunnel > for getting connectivity to a minimum (See also MIPP*). Actually setting up a dual-stack infrastructure isn't very difficult- anyone who has done so would probably agree. The problems (as has already been pointed out) come from management, billing and the like. > Probably doing a trial on the customer base, especially having a group > of people who will give good bugreports and enabling them to use it, is > a good idea. A trick that might work there is to provide those people > with alternate caching DNS servers which do return AAAAs. This can thus > automatically be done using DHCP, when you have a user who is IPv6 > enabled, steer them to the DNS servers that return AAAAs and presto, > they start using it. And when you are lucky it also actually works. Plenty of ISP's have technically savvy customers- why not leverage these people? My personal network is business class DSL from SpeakEasy terminated by a Cisco running IPv6 firmware with a tunnel for IPv6. When I opened a ticket to inquire about native IPv6 support I was told: "Currently we do not offer IPv6 connectivity. It is not know if or when we will offer this service." The response left me speechless. That's still better than the response I got from the sales rep at AT&T hosting operations who said "What's IPv6?" In the next few years one of two things is going to happen: 1. We are going to run out of addresses- or 2. India, China, Japan or another country is going to force a migration to IPv6. The end result is that content providers like Google and Yahoo are going to be shut out of this new market while whatever provider does offer such connectivity is going to see an explosion in traffic growth. That alone should be economic incentive enough to provide IPv6 connectivity. Can someone from Google or Yahoo (or any other major provider) comment on their IPv6 plans? Testing now with a small group of technically competent people would seem to be a better idea than waiting until IPv6 is already widely deployed and then trying to test a rollout. Am I off my rocker? -Don


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Today we'd like to focus on one of the True Temper's most popular products, the super practical axe known as the Sledge Eye Super Splitter Wood Splitter Axe. They sometimes call it the best splitting axe out there, and we can guarantee that what we have here is a top-notch product.
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There's been reports of both professionals and average Joes using the Sledge Eye. And while a regular user will likely turn this into an all-around axe, the pros tend to utilize the True Temper axe as a very versatile tool, as well mostly due to its incredibly light weight and high portability.
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Axe Specifications
Now we think is a good time to get into the minute details and present you with a full rundown of specs of this wood chopping axe. This will give you a clear picture of what you'll be getting in the package and what to expect.
- Weight: 4 lbs
- Handle core from solid fiberglass
- High carbon steel construction
- Warranty: lifetime
- Handle length: 36 in
- Width: 7.5 in
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Although it's efficiency and light weight that this wood splitting axe excels in the most, we have to say that you simply cannot avoid the fact that it also comes with a super affordable price tag.
The True Temper can be found for as low as $30 and will rarely expect to pay more than that, meaning that it provides a great bang for the buck.
It doesn't come with a lifetime warranty for nothing, now does it? The True Temper is an extremely durable item, and unless you put it through some serious abuse, it simply won't break. And we're not telling you this based on a few test runs; this is conclusion widely drawn by a vast array of satisfied users – they've all pointed out that this little wood chopper can easily last you at least a dozen years, if not much more, if you take regular care of your instrument.
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True Temper Pros and Cons
The biggest positive side of this axe is undoubtedly the fact that it offers a great strength thanks to a clever construction and a mix of proper materials. It is incredibly light and portable, yet when you get into the full-on work mode with it, the True Temper makes log chopping feel like cutting butter with a knife.
The handle is incredibly durable, much like the entire item. It won't break, it's not prone to corrosion, and the head will stay put after years of constant use. Finally, the price is quite affordable and budget-friendly, making it ever so clear why is the True Temper axe one of the most popular products on the market and why the company has such a strong reputation.
Also, the lifetime warranty is a really nice touch and the company's support team is very responsive and overall doing a fine job.
If we were to single out some down points, we would have to note that despite some glaringly positive reviews on the web, this still isn't an axe that you can break walls with. Well, you can't break walls with any axe, but what we really want to say is don't force the TT onto too big and heavy logs, it's a highly versatile product, but still not a miracle worker.
So to sum up our thoughts – this is without a doubt one of the top wood cutting axes within its niche. Versatile, strong, and powerful, the True Temper gets an easy thumbs up from us. Highly recommended, it's a purchase you cannot regret as it makes for one of the best wood splitting axes on the market.


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Recently JPY has been at the edge with good dominance over USD. Last week USD was influenced by negative fundamental reports, which provided some push to JPY to progress further since the market bounced off from the 118 level. Today Average Cash Earning report has been issued at the Asian Session which was forecasted to be 0.4% but the actual report was negative, down to 0.1%. The report pushed JPY a bit higher against USD but after hitting the nearest resistance at 112.50 the market bounced off and continued its way downward. As there was no high-impact news on USD today, so it is expected that JPY is going to dominate USD further.
Now let us look at technical view, the price is heading towards the support level of 112.00 and currently the market is showing some bullish move towards the 112.50 area. At 112.50 area if we see some bullish rejection in the intraday charts we will be looking forward to sell with a target towards 108.10 area.
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A Little Shadow, Who Goes In & Out With Me
FOUND DOG - Stahl Road, San Antonio
by Celia Hayes
Sigh – it's happened again. My daughter, the Queen of All Yard Sales, went out prospecting this morning to the San Antonio neighborhood on the opposite side of Stahl Road, and returned with a very cute stuffed bear (practically new!) who sat in his own (cheap but cute!) upholstered armchair, which was for sale for the OMG-have-to-have-it price of a whole $3!
And there was another item, accompanying her, upon this expeditionary trip into another neighborhood: something live, black-furred, wiggly and friendly. A small and relatively well-kept dog, about twenty pounds at a guess, somewhat gray about the muzzle – which the Queen of All Yard Sales found, running around in the street, a heavily-trafficked suburban street adjacent to the yard sale – a venue which could easily spell death to small dogs.
We've rescued a number of dogs, in our residence here – mostly lost, and now and again dumped. We can read the whole sad story in their demeanor and behavior. Someone gets a cute puppy, puppy grows up, becomes a handful and not so cute, someone decides not to want to cope with it any longer . . . short drive to a likely neighborhood, a quick dump out the door . . . and the problem dog becomes someone else's problem.
I wish we could put people like this in the stocks, so we could throw rotten vegetables at them. Better yet – dump them in a strange town, completely naked and gagged, and let them fend for themselves and find their way home. Dogs are . . . well, they are dogs. Thousands of years ago – wolves who decided to throw their lot in with us, to look to us as the leader of their pack of one or two. The love of a dog is the only kind of love that money buys – and sometimes a love that is horribly misplaced.
Not by the little black doggie that my daughter brought back today. There is a . . . well, call it an air of those dogs who are truly lost, who have someone who loves them, is doubtlessly missing them; or just discovered that they are missing, and are looking frantically for them. Such are older dogs like this one; well-kept, with manners, house-trained, affectionate and relatively calm; a dog that someone, somewhere is looking for, with increasing degrees of panic. We have got a sense about this, through long experience. The demeanor of the dog tells you so much about where they came from.
Why, oh why do we seem to undertake these rescue missions on weekends? No collar, no tags. He (definitely he and neutered) is about 20 pounds, black fur with a grizzled grey chin. Mixed breed – almost certainly part Shi-Tzu, for the body conformation is the right size and confirmation, although I think there must be something else in the genetic mix. He has a long muzzle, not the google-eyes of a Shi-Tzu or Peke. I am guessing maybe toy poodle, maybe a bit of Scottie, or some kind of terrier. He is inclined to be glued to me – which is what lap-dogs do, they want to be near their chosen person – so I deduce that his person is most likely someone of about my age. If he is chipped, we won't be able to know until Monday.
If he had tags, we would be able to call his owner; if a rabies tag, then we could call the veterinarian who issued the tag and get a line on his owner; again – a weekend. We can't even call Man and Beast, to register that we have found him until Monday.
In the meantime, we have another dog about the house. I confess - I have rather missed the rapid clicky-clicky-clicky-nails sound of a small dog's toenails, as they follow me about the house.


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Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
Hi Community, Great to read all your Posts! Thanks a lot!
I'm searching for a possibility to view Fusion Videos on PS4 Pro with VR. So far I did some tests, not really successful but perhaps someone can help.
All tests with latest Firmware and exports from Fusion Studio 1.1 on macOS 10.13.4.
(1) Codec: CineForm, Resolution: 5.2K, Audio: 360, D.Warp: On
File is not recognized by PS4
(2) Codec: H.264, Resolution: 4K, Audio: 360, D.Warp: On
File is recognized by PS4 and starts playing BUT displays sound not supported
(3) Codec: H.264, Resolution: 4K, Audio: Stereo, D.Warp: On
File is not recognized by PS4
Did someone find a possibility? Primary for Mac but also welcome for Win 10.
//Thx a lot! Kate
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
Hi Kate,
Have you tried a H.265 codec out of Premiere Pro/After Effects?
I'm just guessing. I'll run some tests tonight and post back on here if I can get a working version. The other alternative is Youtube upload I suppose?
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
I have no H.265 as an option, cause I did not run Adobe Premiere... also not avalilable in Adobe Media Encoder...
Any help appeciated!
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
if a solution is still needed here is my solution.
Today I've bought me also the fusion an was trying to get it running on the PS4 VR.
1. Load your Video into the GoPro Fusion Studio
2. Render it to the YouTube format -> the Output of this conversion is a VR mp4 file
3. Move the converted mp4 onto an USB-Stick or drive
4. Connect the stick or drive with the PS4
5. Start the PS4 VR Media Player
6. Go to the Media Player options-Menu and turn on the VR-Mode (as default it is switched off)
7. Start the MP4 from the Stick or drive via the Media-Player
8. Enjoy your movie
My First impression is good but the sound seems not to be converted into the file
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
If you upload the Video on Youtube as a private Video, than the sound is available.
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
Thank you very much for your reply!
I tested all export possibilities in Fusion Studio 1.3 on Mac (latest OS) and there is no chance to get audio working on the PS4.
Re: Watch Fusion Videos on PS4?
I tried the following and am able to view the gopro fusion content on ps4 vr along with audio
1. Use gopro fusion studio with the following render settings - 'Youtube' + 4k ( this is not critical ) + stereo
It is important that the setting is in Youtube and audio output should be set to stereo (not 3d). Video output set to Youtube is in H.264 format which is supported by Media Player in ps4 vr
2. Use 'VideoSolo Video Converter Ultimate' and set the output Profile to 'PS4 H.264 HD Video' and then convert.
3. The resultant file to be put in a Folder in a USB drive or hard drive and plug the drive into ps4. Use Media Player in ps4 to access the files. It is important to keep the file in a folder, else Media Player will not recognize the file
4. Once inside Media Player, turn VR Guide to ON. This menu pops up when the options button on the ps4 remote is pressed.
5. Access your file. The video should play on VR and audio should be working as well. I tried several options and this worked for me today
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Friday, May 13, 2011
My articles on identifying the many styles of belly dance got stopped short , because I am in a frenzy of preparing for my May And June gigs at Tribal Fest 11, Fes-Tribale in Quebec, and ABS-Fest in North Carolina. The articles will return soon, I promise!
Meanwhile, I am furiously working on finishing my costume for a fantasy number based upon Art Nouveau images, done a little Noire and with a hint of the dangerous. I have always been attracted to the work of artists from this time period, even as a child. I have based many of my costumes upon this aesthetic, and love the work of Leon Bakst, who was the costume and set designer for The Ballet Russes De Monte Carlo, and the better-known artists Erte, and Alphonse Mucha. As I was working on this costume, my mind wandered to the work of these three incredible talents, for their un-ending inspiration.
This costume is all black covered in gold lace, with rhinestone and turquoise accents. Some of the turquoise stones are actually milky blue antique Peking Glass. The beads are long, tear-drop shaped, and have ornate brass bead-caps, which originally were covered with REAL turquoise peacock feathers! Most of the peacock feathers have worn off, but the beads are still amazing. i could totally see them sewn onto a costume for Nijinsky or Tamara Karsavina of The Ballets Russes.
I have hoarded them for over 25 years... just waiting to use them. In the 1980's, I was exploring what was left of Howard Hughes' movie studio, after the demolition ball had done it's job. In the wreckage, there was a chest of drawers. When I opened a drawer, I found lots of these beads, in various colors- the milky blue, a mauve pink, cobalt blue, and a clear, see-through olive green. They were sewn in rows onto yellowed, decomposing paper. I think they may have been beads for lamp-fringe, I'm not sure if they were used in costuming but they are stunning. Of course, I stuffed my purse full of them, and high-tailed it out of there before I got popped for trespassing!
I am glad they have found a home on my costume, which pays tribute to the time period- The Edwardian Age- when these beads were made. This costume has taken countless hours of work, but it's been so worth it. I hope the spirits of Bakst, Erte and Mucha will smile when they see it.
And now if you will excuse me, I need to get back to sewing and affixing rhinestones!
The bra, belt & Edwardian-style tiara of my costume
A costume sketch by Leon Bakst
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Labels: Art Nouveau, Erte, Mucha, Nijinski, Princes Farhana, vintage belly dance costumes
The articles on identifying the different styles of belly dance have been postponed temporarily, but they will return!
Currently, I am in the midst of a conceptualizing, choreographing and costuming frenzy, preparing for my May and June 2011 shows at Tribal Fest in Northern California, Fes-Tribale in Quebec, Canada, and ABS-Fest in North Carolina. I have been working on a fantasy piece, with a sort of Art Nouveau, slightly Noire feel.
The music and dancing are set, but costume I'm making for these performances is taking a lot of time...with all the detail and time going into this, I'm beginning to realize that I am certifiably insane! The inspiration for this costume comes from some of my favorite influential sources, artists whose work I have always admired, as far back as I can remember. They are Leon Bakst, the celebrated costume and set designer for The Ballets Russes De Monte Carlo, famous artist and fashion designer Erte, and incredible artist Alphonse Mucha. All of them were famous during the Edwardian period, at the turn of the 20th Century.
Though the costume isn't based directly on the work of any of these artists, I have always been drawn to their aesthetic, even as a child, and sometimes get up from my constant sewing and rhinestone affixing to look at their paintings and sketches.
My costume is all black overlaid with gold lace, decorated with rhinestones and turquoise. Some of the long, teardrop-shaped beads used on the belt and armlets are actually antiques from the Edwardian period. They are milky turquoise Peking Glass, set in ornate brass caps, which originally had real peacock feathers glued onto the bead-caps. Some of the beads still have the remnants of the peacock feathers on the bead-caps, but most have worn off due to age.
I have hoarded these beads for over twenty-five years. In the 1980's, I snuck into what was left of Howard Hughes' movie studio
after the demolition ball had done it's duty. Walking among the wreckage, I found many of these beads ( in various colors- like pink, cobalt blue and clear olive green) among the rubble. I am not sure if they were used for costuming or jewelry- I think they may have been beads made for lamp fringe. When I found them, they were still sewn in rows onto crumpling, yellowed paper. Of course, I needed to rescue them!
This costume has taken who-know-how-many-hours of sewing, but it's almost finished...actually, i need to get back to it right now!
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Monday, May 2, 2011
This is Part Five in my series of identifying the various styles of oriental dance. As with my previous articles, I will again state that in no way do I consider the following to be a "definitive view" of belly dance in it's myriad forms…but I do hope this series of articles can provide a thumbnail-sketch frame of reference for belly dance fans, students, and also function as a jumping off point for dance fans and curious dancers of all styles. As with past pieces I have written, please note that many of the names mentioned may be spelled in various ways to phonetic pronunciation and translations. This article is about the influence of the Roma on oriental dance.
Though it is considered politically incorrect and degrading to refer to the Rom or Roman people as gypsies, that is how most people refer to them. Many scholars and historians believe that the Romany people had a profound influence on belly dance as we know it, but because of the lack of written history on these talented nomads, it's unclear as to what degree.
The Roma are believed to have origins in Northern India, due to linguistics and physical characteristics, and there are still several distinct tribes of Roma in the Rajasthan region. Though it is uncertain why many of them left India, it is believed that they have been nomads for over a thousand years, and entered Eastern Europe in the 1300's. Because they came from the east, they were thought to have been from Turkey or Egypt, and were apparently often called Egyptians, or " 'Gyptians", which is where the word "gypsy" originated. The Roma people migrated across the globe for centuries, and were often forced to, due to prejudice and persecution. Unfortunately, there is still much discrimination being shown towards these people today. The Kanjar tribe of musicians, acrobatic entertainers and dancers are the branch credited with leaving a legacy of incredible music and dancing that has influenced every country they wandered through, especially in the Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Mediterranean and North African regions.
In Rajasthan, there are many tribes who are considered "lower caste" but eke out a living as their forebears did by performing dance. Some of these tribes are the Banjara, the Domba, the Khalbelliya (famous as snake charmers) the Kuna and The Bopa. The award-winning film about Roma migration, music and dance, "Latcho Drom", opens with an incredible segment of a Rajasthani Roma woman dancing, doing non-stop barrel turns in an incredible traditional Rajasthani full-skirted dress.
Per se, Roma or Roman dancing is not what the lay person would think of as belly dancing, but it's easy to see where their influence came in: signature movements connecting Roma dance and belly dance are obvious, in the patterns of the footwork, certain hip articulations, torso undulations wrist circles, and the gestures of the arms.
Even today, there are many Roma among the professional musicians and dancers working as entertainers in Turkey. Though Turkish "Oryantal" (cabaret) dance, with its Arabic influence is much different than it's far more earthy cousin,Turkish Roman dance, there is still an undeniable connection.
In Spain, for centuries as well as up to the present, many of the most celebrated Flamenco artist's were-and are- of Rom or gypsy descent. It's plain to see that the technique of Flamenco and belly dance share many similarities, and it is believed that this type of dancing originated during the middle Ages, when the Moors invaded Spain. In southern Spain, a Flamenco variation called the Zambra Mora is performed barefoot, and is sometimes considered to be the "missing link" between Flamenco and belly dance.
In Luxor, Egypt, live sisters that are the last members of the Mazin, family of legendary professional dancers and musicians known as The Banat Mazin. Known internationally as The Ghawazi, the word loosely translates to "invader" or "foreigner" in Arabic, with the plural form being Ghawazi, and the singular being Ghaziya. The Mazin family is thought to originally be of the Nawar (sometimes referred to as Nawari) tribe, and to have perhaps migrated from Persia centuries ago to settle in Egypt. The Mazin family gained much renown for their distinctive dance skills, and speak a dialect much more similar to Rom than it is to Arabic. The signature style of the dance includes extensive work with finger cymbals, and arm positions that are relaxed, and bent at the elbows, very unlike Raks Sharqi. The Ghawazi costuming is also very different- they wear shorter dirndl style skirts covered in rayon fringe and paillettes, with the skirt being worn at the waist as opposed to the hips, with matching tops; sometimes they can be seen in long, gallibiya-style balady dresses. There is also the ever-present taj or crown, unique to the Ghawazi.
The work of the sisters and their unique, deceptively simple genre of dance has been documented and recorded by many oriental dance researchers, including Edwina Nearing and Aisha Ali. Khairiyya Yusef Mazin still lives in Luxor, and is the last remaining original proponent of this lovely style, earthy style.
The link below will take you to a clip from the Golden Age Egyptian film " Ana Al Dacteur" ("I'm A Doctor") released in 1953, which features Balady style dancer Nawal El Saghera, as well as the four t Mazin sisters, as well as some male dancers performing tahtib (stick) dances. As a side note, the extremely young and beautiful singer performing is Fatma Serhan. Known as "The Queen Of Balady", listen to her distinctive voice and you will recognize her work of almost a half a century later, from her performances as Dina's singer, and their work together on Dina's signature song, "Tahtil Shebak"!
Some extremely well known dancers who specialize in Roma dances are Eva Cernik,(Turkish Rom), Artemis Mourat, Hadia, Laurel Victoria Gray (Russian Rom or Tsingani dance); Dahlia Carella; and Aisha Ali and Edwina Nearing for their extensive study of the Ghawazi.
Morocco is not only a splendid dancer and an authority on oriental dance ethnology but is actually Rom herself- her given name is Carolina Varga Dinicu.
Also check out the gorgeously shot 1993 film "Latcho Drom", a French documentary on the Romany journey, written and directed by Tony Gatliff. Following various groups of Rom from India, Eastern Europe, Spain and into North Africa, and mostly music and dancing, t he title means "Safe Journey" in the Romany language.
And if you get as carried away by all of this as I do, you absolutely must check out Isabella Fonseca's excellent book on the Romany people, "Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies And Their Journey", which has had many editions in hardcover and paperback, and is now available for Kindle.
Color photo: Banjara women from Rajasthan
B&W photo: The Banat Mazin
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Total productive maintenance is a system (as a function of CMMS software) that can allow a company to reduce the amount of repairs that machines require, augment the capacity of numerous devices, carefully monitor the condition of equipment and perform routine maintenance autonomously.
The comprehensive strategy is able to augment the uptime of each machine and to increase the number of items that a facility produces.
Managing Equipment
When the program is first introduced, technicians should remove dust and oil from the machines, search for bolts and fasteners that have become worn, parts that may be leaking and corroded components. Additionally, the individuals should create detailed notes that describe any potential malfunctions and factors that could cause leaks or corrosion.
Organizing Inventory and Tools
The strategy will prompt individuals to place items in designated spots, and by utilizing TPM solutions, a technician can determine the location of each tool, the number of similar devices that are available and the condition of a tool. Moreover, the system lets users create a list of available components that are compatible with certain machines.
Providing Comprehensive Training
When using the system, a company can help representatives to create detailed reports that describe a machine's issues or numerous types of routine maintenance that have been completed. Technicians will also be able to perform group activities that allow experts to analyze changes that can improve performance and reduce overall downtime. Each individual will also learn to service numerous types of machines and to install a wide variety of parts.
Some businesses may create detailed guides that evaluate procedures, lessons and strategies for repairing certain parts. In addition to printing the guides, experts may use total productive maintenance software in order to create visual models of components, machines and techniques that the lessons describe.
Evaluating Equipment's Status and Overall Performance
The system will help a business owner to determine the condition of each vital component and the date on which a part will require maintenance. In some cases, a user can install software that will evaluate the temperature of moving components, and if the temperature exceeds a set limit, the program can automatically send alerts to various technicians.
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When using TPM software, a business can calculate the number of items that each machine produces every day, the percentage of products that are defective and the number of items that are returned. Furthermore, the software may help experts to evaluate the machine's total profitability and downtime.
The Costs of Maintenance
According to several reports, approximately 45 percent of businesses primarily perform maintenance when a machine ceases to function properly. This strategy can decrease the lifespan of the device, damage other components and boost the cost of maintenance.
The system can allow a business to calculate the cumulative costs of spare parts that have been installed, necessary lubricants, diagnostic equipment, vital tools and expenses that are associated with services that contractors provide. Some programs may evaluate the quantity of pollutants that a machine is generating and the costs of reducing potentially toxic byproducts.
Evaluating Prospective Results
Numerous analyses have shown that TPM software may decrease the overall costs of manufacturing by more than 30 percent. The system can augment the number of products that machines create by 50 percent to 120 percent, yet the software is able to substantially decrease the number of accidents that occur in facilities of all types.
Businesses that use the software can notably reduce the percentage of customers who file complaints or post negative reviews. Furthermore, the system has allowed some companies to lessen the percentage of items that are returned by approximately 20 percent.


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The annual fundraising campaign begins in late November. All community members are asked to consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Symons Recreation Complex Foundation. Each year, several key needs are identified which will be addressed in the coming year provided funding goals are met.
You may mail your tax-deductible donation to the address below. A receipt will be mailed to you. Download a printable Give Form to include with your donation. – Symons Foundation Give Form
Support the Symons Recreation Complex with your membership. Recommend the Symons Recreation Complex to your friends Contribute to the Symons Recreation Complex Foundation. Friends of Symons Recreation Complex volunteering your time. How many lives could be changed by your support?
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Chairperson of the Board: Nettie Collins; Board of Directors: Fred Graf, Barb Wentz, Randy Jacquet, Mindy Baker, Lydia Biba, Norlene Emerson, Laurie Fieldhouse, Suzanne Fish, Gary Gutknecht and Susie Winchell. Non-voting members include Denise Lins & Tracy Gobin.
The Symons Recreation Complex Foundation is organized for charitable purposes to raise and receive contributions for erection and maintenance of Symons Recreation Complex and other Richland County owned recreational property's, to provide for programming for the under privileged and to provide opportunities for the community, while lessening the burden on local government and to pay these funds to Symons Recreation Complex, Richland County Land Conservation or Richland County Parks, which are exempt from taxation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Symons Recreation Complex Foundation is in place to provide a "margin of excellence" for the facility. Areas of interest include building improvements, equipment purchases, programming for the under-privileged, and providing unique opportunities for users.
The foundation is organized for charitable purposes and is organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
All members of the public are welcome to attend meetings.
Foundation Projects
Symons Recreation Complex History
John & Edith Symons donated the funds to build Symons Recreation Complex. Our doors opened in June 1987. The Complex is owned and operated by the County of Richland and City of Richland Center, and is partially supported by tax dollars. The Complex employs approximately 40 individuals who are supervised by a Director who in turn is supervised by the Natatorium Board. The foundation was created in 2004.
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An old axiom says that it is rude to discuss politics or religion in polite conversation. In much the same way, it has long been held that personal topics — especially painful ones — be left out of business discussions. Recently, however, top executives are starting to buck that trend, opening up to the public and revealing intimate details about personal struggles. In a new statement to the press, BLT Strategies comments on this trend.
"Life-changing events, such as a divorce or the loss of a loved one, happen all the time, and they can certainly happen to top executives," comments Mary Ellen Wasielewski, the founder of BLT Strategies. "Historically, executives have kept these occurrences to themselves, fearing that speaking about them might make them look weak. The problem with this is that by bottling up their grief, they make their own healing process that much more difficult. This in turn leads to lost productivity and diminished revenues. That is why it is ultimately positive that business leaders feel more confident discussing these things in public."
Case in point: Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, has received much attention for her personal, touching posts about the loss of her own husband. Her posts include tortured passages about her own grief journey, and that of her children.
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Soil-litter mixing accelerates decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland [1]
|Soil-litter mixing accelerates decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
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|Hewins DB [2], Archer SR [3], Okin GS [4], McCulley RL [5], Throop H.L. [6]
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|arid [7], carbon cycle [8], decomposition [9], dryland [10], dust [11], erosion [12], livstock grazing [13], phospholipid fatty acids [14], Prosopis [15], shrub encroachment [16], soil-litter mixing [17]
|Decomposition models typically under-predict decomposition relative to observed rates in drylands. This discrepancy indicates a significant gap in our mechanistic understanding of carbon and nutrient cycling in these systems. Recent research suggests that certain drivers of decomposition that are often not explicitly incorporated into models (for example, photodegradation and soil–litter mixing; SLM) may be important in drylands, and their exclusion may, in part, be responsible for model under-predictions. To assess the role of SLM, litterbags were deployed in the Chihuahuan Desert and interrelationships between vegetation structure, SLM, and rates of decomposition were quantified. Vegetation structure was manipulated to simulate losses of grass cover from livestock grazing and shrub encroachment. We hypothesized that reductions in grass cover would promote SLM and accelerate mass loss by improving conditions for microbial decomposition. Litter mass decreased exponentially, with the greatest losses occurring in concert with summer monsoons. There were no differences in decay constants among grass cover treatments. A significant, positive relationship between mass loss and SLM was observed, but contrary to expectations SLM was independent of grass cover. This suggests that processes operating at finer spatial scales than those in our grass removal treatments were influencing SLM. Shifts in litter lipid composition suggest increased bacterial contribution to decomposition through time. SLM, which is seldom included as a variable controlling decomposition in statistical or mechanistic models, was a strong driver of decomposition. Results are discussed in the context of other known drivers of decomposition in drylands (for example, UV radiation and climate) and more mesic systems.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NKJV
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There have been a series of deadly terrorist attacks in China over the past three years, most occurring in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
July 18, 2011: Terrorists attack a police station in Hotan city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. They hold a number of people hostage and set fire to the building.
July 31, 2011: Terrorists attack a crowd in Kashgar city in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang.
Dec 28, 2011: A gang takes two people hostage and fights with police in Pishan county, Hotan prefecture in Xinjiang.
Feb 28, 2012: A gang attacks people with knives and axes on the streets of Yecheng county in Xinjiang's Kashgar prefecture.
April 24, 2013: Attack at Selibuya township in Kashgar prefecture.
June 27, 2013: A police station and a local government office are attacked in Shanshan county, Turpan prefecture, Xinjiang.
Oct 28, 2013: A jeep is deliberately driven into a crowd of pedestrians at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing.
Nov 16, 2013: A nine-strong gang, armed with knives and axes, attacks a police station in Selibuya township in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang.
Jan 24, 2014: Six suicide bombers blow themselves up in Xinhe county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang.
Feb 14: Eight people are shot dead by police and three others die after detonating explosives during an attack in Wushi county, Aksu Prefecture.
March 1: A group of around 10 people attacks travelers at the railway station in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province.
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To help people determine if a proposed transaction in the Company's securities might breach these laws, it is a requirement that any employee, consultant or Director proposing to trade in Company securities first advise the Chairman (in writing) of the details of such proposed trade and not trade until the Chairman advises that such trade is permissible.
In such a case, the Chairman will seek to determine if he believes that the Company is in possession of inside information or that such proposed trade is, for any other reason, not in the best interests of the Company. If neither of these circumstances applies, then the Chairman will advise (in writing) the person seeking to trade that the same is permissible under this policy.
Such approval would not constitute a representation that such person would not be in breach of the law in so trading, as it is such person's obligation to make such determination. None-the-less, this process is designed to assist the person in making such determination. The Chairman will endeavour to respond quickly and, in any event, within 3 business days.
It is also a policy of the Company that employees, consultants and Directors not engage in "short-term" trading in securities in the Company or in any close business associate (such as a joint venture partner, major supplier , major buyer, etc.) of the Company. Short-term trading means buying and selling the same security within 30 days.
Closed Period means a time period commencing 2 business days prior and extending to the date and time of the announcement by the Company of its quarterly, half-yearly or full year results ("Announcement Date").
For the avoidance of doubt, where the Chairman determines that exceptional circumstance exist a key management personnel may still not trade the Company securities if to do so would be a breach of insider trading provisions of the Corporations Act or Australian Securities Exchange restrictions (e.g. Listing Rule prohibitions on trading in securities during closed periods).
The Company will maintain a register of the securities holdings of Directors and each Director shall promptly (within one business day) report to the Company officer maintaining that register the details of any change in such holdings of such Director.
Where a proposed transaction is approved under this policy, the details of the carrying out of such transaction shall promptly (with 3 business days) be provided (in writing) to the Chairman.
Where an obligation under this policy applies to the Chairman, then any approval or notification that would otherwise be required to be made to the Chairman shall be made to the Managing Director.
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Business success requires a breadth of knowledge and abilities and, in bringing together theory and practice, this course will enable you to develop the vision, innovation and dynamism required in the contemporary business world. This exciting and flexible business course allows you to build the degree of your choice, by studying for a general business award or specialising in one of eight business areas. You will gain a broad range of business knowledge and skills which will enable you to pursue a career in the private or public sectors, with third sector organisations, or in the main business-related professions.
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Between Year 2 and Year 3 you can undertake a one-year, full-time business placement. Past students have completed placements in a variety of SMEs and prestigious organisations, including Barclays Bank, British Airways, Disney UK, IBM and the NHS. Alternatively you can study abroad at one of our partner institutions.
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Facebook isn't just for kids anymore. Quilters tend to be social animals by nature, so its no surprise quilters are all over this popular social networking tool. Most of the quilting publishers have "fan" sites, and many popular designers, authors, teachers, and other quilting professionals maintain an active presence on facebook. Whatever your area of interest, there's probably a facebook group out there waiting for you to join and become a part of that sharing community!
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