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First Lady Michelle Obama, an advocate of healthy lifestyle and good music, showed off her old-school rap cred with a rendition of a few hip-hop classics.
While speaking with 102 JAMZ/Orlando, Mrs. Obama aka FLOTUS implored young voters to exercise their right to the ballot box (GottaVote.com). When she was asked for her favorite workout tunes, the First Lady broke out in a rendition of recently deceased rapper Heavy D's 1989 hit "We Got Our Own Thang." [Listen here.]
She followed-up the Ol' School sound with another classic.
"And 'Treat 'Em Right,' by Chubb Rock," she said. "A little Chubb Rock, a little Heavy D. That's on my iPod. That's some of my 'Get me going music'."
SEE ALSO: Eric Benet Finds Biggest Fan In Michelle Obama
Along with her Let's Move! initiative, in which she encourages children to exercise and eat healthy foods, the First Lady has used music to help her cause.
In early September, Mrs. Obama closed her Democratic National Convention speech with the sound of Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied," from B's 2006 album, B'Day. However, the version of the song that played was a Beyonce remix called "Move Ya Body," created to support the Let's Move! campaign.
Despite her affinity for hip-hop sounds, Eric Benet said FLOTUS offered him the highest compliment, after meeting her backstage in July.
"It was very cool meeting her," Eric Benet toldCBS Local. "She told me that she is my greatest fan and that there is not a time when she's flying in a plane or helicopter when she is not listening to one or all of my CDs."
At the White House Correspondents dinner, which took place in April, President Obama pointed to Michelle as an fan of Young Jeezy's, who rapped "My President," a song heavily criticized by Fox News pundits for it's chorus: "My president is black/ My Lambo is blue/ And I'll be goddamn if my rims ain't too."
"In my first term, I sang Al Green," President Obama said at the dinner. "In my second term I'm going with Young Jeezy. Michelle said yeah," he continued, echoing Jeezy's trademark, yeeeeeeah ad lib. "I sing that to Michelle sometime."
Surely, she sings a few songs of her own right back.
Listen to FLOTUS give her brief rendition of Heavy D's "We Got Our Own Thang" here. Watch "We Got Our Own Thang" on YouTube. Watch "Treat 'Em Right" on YouTube. —Erik Parker, CBS Local
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Does anybody know if it is possible to use an External Content Type as the basis for a Product Catalog in SharePoint 2013? So if we store a load of Product data in a database are we then able to surface this in a SharePoint Product catalog via BCS and then use Content By Search / Cross Site Publishing to push this content on to web pages?
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We are unashamedly in love with Logitech's original Ultrathin Keyboard Cover, the one designed for iPad 2, 3 and 4. We went so far as to call it the best iPad accessory ever made.
Now there's a version for the iPad mini, and a lot of what made us love the original so much is here too.
Available in black and white, it attaches to the iPad mini with a hinge, using the same system of magnets as the Smart Cover, so you don't have to wrestle your iPad into and out of a case.
It connects over Bluetooth, the battery lasts for a preposterously long time and the keys feel absolutely terrific, with perfect crisp responsiveness.
There are some problems with the size of this keyboard, though: despite the fact that Logitech has been very clever in maximising the space for the keys in its necessarily cramped design, this feels like a more compromised design than its bigger iPad-friendly brother.
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Le Feu 'Wall' Bio Fireplace in White. By Lauritsen of Denmark
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The beautiful Le Feu bio fireplaces are odour & smoke-free, they require no installation, no ventilation and no chimney. They run purely on biofuel, making them clean and environmentally friendly.
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Nov 21, 2012, 08:45 ET
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennystocksinsiders.com (PSI) has issued insider trading reports and equity research for the following companies: Seagate (NASDAQ:STX), Sprint (NYSE:S), Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Blackstone (NYSE:BX), and Dynavax (NASDAQ:DVAX).
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Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX): Shares of Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) began the trading session with a price of US$27.00 and throughout the session plunged to a low of US$26.24. When day-trade ended, the stock finally slipped 1.72% to US$26.62. Seagate's 52-week range remained US$15.00 to US$35.71 with its market capitalization touching US$8.99 billion. Can STX bounce back from here? Are Seagate insiders starting to take huge profits by selling shares or exercising stock options? Add STX into your watch list for insider trade now.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A): For the fourth quarter of 2012, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) reported GAAP net income of US$425 million (or US$1.20 per diluted share), compared with GAAP net income was US$289 million (or US$0.82 per diluted share), for the same quarter of 2011. The stock plunged 3.28% to US$36.28 on hefty volume of 10.52 million shares, which was 3 times more than average volume. Do you think now is a good time to buy or sell the stock? See insider trade report for A here.
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Sony Ericsson again has launched a new mobile phone T303. I think it is in the competition of fantastic design phones. However, the phone is not a touchscreen mobile in spite of the mobile design will survive in the competition of touch screen phone.
The Sony Ericsson T303 is a highly attractive slide opening mobile phone which comes with easy-to-use functionalities. The mobile phone comes with a vibrant 1.8 inches TFT coloured screen which has a mirror glass display and displays up to 65K colours for the users to view and provides a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. This is a light weight handset and weighs just 93 grams with dimensions of 83 x 47 x 14.7 mm. The users can easily saved 500 contacts in its Phonebook. They can also easily view last 30 received, dialled and missed call details at any time.
The Sony Ericsson T303 comes with an 8 MB internal memory, which lets the users to store images and personal data. It is a GPRS class 10 enabled mobile phone which offers the users to access the World Wide Web without hassles. It has USB v2.0 and Bluetooth v2.0 technologies that allow you to share all type of data with other compatible device at high speed without any troubles. The users of this Sony Ericsson phone can also charge the phone to connect with a computer via USB port. The gorgeous device is available in two vibrant colour options of Shimmering Silver and Shadow Black. You can send/receive MMS with the support of MMS technology. The mobile phone can store up to 250 messages in its storage memory.
The Sony Ericsson T303 has a 1.3 mega pixels camera which provides a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels while capturing still images. The mobile phone camera gives sharp and good quality pictures every time.
It has FM radio with RDS technology which lets the users to display the song name or movie name, artist name and FM radio station identification details. The media player of the mobile phone can play MP3 files easily. It also has TrackID music recognition application which offers the users to record a sound clip of an unknown music song onto their phone and immediately receive a notification of the songs name, artist and album on the display screen.
A built-in WAP internet browser allows you to access the internet on their mobile phone by getting a rich xHTML internet experience. You can stay in contact with messaging contacts by multimedia or text massages with your friends and relatives. A text message which is known as a SMS message can contain text input and be shared with all SMS compatible devices. A multimedia messages which is known as a MMS messages can contain a picture with text and sound shared with other MMS compatible phones easily.
The phone comes with a unique calculator option which would allow the users in all type of calculations and that too at a very steady pace. It also has some other great useful features such as voice memo, built-in handsfree, calender, stopwatch and many more. These helpful functionalities make it a different mobile phone in its category. One time fully charged standard battery Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38) gives approximate 9 hours of talktime and 400 hours of standby time, respectively.
After having reviewed the feature of T303 we can say however it is not a touch screen mobile phone but the features will lead the phone in the competition of touch screen phone because its design is fantastic.


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If I told you one of TBS' studio crew farted live on the air, then proudly admitted it to his viewing audience, would it have taken you long to guess which one?
Reader Dave was sharp enough to spot this, sad enough to be watching TBS's studio coverage, and bored enough to rip it for your viewing pleasure. That is, if you consider a slob of a man busting ass "pleasure." Lord knows I do. (The good stuff starts at the 0:15 mark.)
The blame's actually got to go with Ernie Johnson here. Farting on air happens, and if everyone just lets it go, we'll all assume we misheard. But when Ernie calls David Wells on what sounded like air escaping from a balloon, he was forced to come back with the immortal "I just farted."


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For the first time in its nearly 127-year history, the University of St. Thomas will be led by a woman -- not a priest.
The Roman Catholic university's Board of Trustees on Thursday cast a historic vote by naming Julie Sullivan as the new president of the St. Paul school, the largest private college in Minnesota with close to 10,000 students.
The first lay person to lead St. Thomas, Sullivan, 55, executive vice president and provost at the University of San Diego, also a Catholic university, was introduced after the board vote as the school's new leader at a campus news conference.
"I'm sure many of you are wondering, What does this mean? How will this be different? Should we be scared?" Sullivan said. "I believe my appointment reflects the sign of the times. ... the board sought to broaden their pool of candidates to all qualified Roman Catholics."
"In my view, the board's decision was a reflection of their recognition that universities are very complex organizations today. And finding the best candidate to lead one requires a broad pool."
Sullivan joins St. Thomas amid unprecedented growth in enrollment, endowment and fundraising. In October, the university reported it had exceeded an ambitious $500 million fundraising goal -- the biggest campaign for any Minnesota private college and, according to St. Thomas, larger than any in surrounding states. That campaign will bankroll new scholarships and bolster its endowment.
In breaking with the more than a century's tradition of appointing priests to lead St. Thomas, board members said they considered hundreds of candidates and wanted the most qualified Catholic to lead the school.
"She has proven herself as a scholar and as an administrator of a highly reputable Catholic university, and her contributions strengthened it," said Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, former archbishop of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese and chair of the St. Thomas board. "I'm confident she will do the same for the University of St. Thomas."
Initially a male-only institution, St. Thomas went co-ed in 1977 and transitioned from a college to a university in 1991. The 14 presidents who have headed the University of St. Thomas since 1885 have been Roman Catholic priests, as dictated by one of the school's bylaws. But in 2011, the university changed that bylaw to allow a Roman Catholic lay person or religious person to serve as president.
The change was made knowing that the current president -- Rev. Dennis Dease -- was nearing retirement. Dease, 69, announced last May that he planned to retire on June 30, 2013, after 22 years as president. University officials said Thursday that Sullivan would officially start as president July 1.
As the number of priests, nuns and others who take vows to serve the Catholic Church continues to dwindle and many move toward retirement age, Catholic colleges have turned to lay leaders to help fill in the gaps. In Minnesota, the College of St. Benedict, St. John's University and the College of St. Scholastica have lay leaders.
Sullivan joins a growing list of female lay presidents at Catholic institutions of higher education across the country. Among the 194 Catholic colleges that belong to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 72 are led by religious people, such as priests and nuns, 26 of whom are women. At the 122 institutions with lay presidents, 39 are led by women.
Michael Galligan-Stierle, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, notes that in the past 10 years, "there's been a swing toward more and more lay people.
"In selecting a president for a Catholic college, today it's not a matter of whether the person is a male or female. Or a religious priest or religious sister or brother. Or a lay person. Board of directors are making decisions based on the person's faith life, the person's conviction to live out the institution's mission identity and the skill set that the person brings to best implement point one and two."
Sullivan, a Florida native who joined the University of San Diego in 2005, is an internationally known scholar in accounting and taxation, according to the university.
From July 2003 to 2005, she was a professor in the Rady School of Management at University of California, San Diego, with a joint appointment at its School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
She joined the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School in 1987. During her 17-year tenure at Chapel Hill, Sullivan served as interim dean, among other positions.
Amy Besnoy, an associate professor and chair of the University Senate at University of San Diego, a body representing school faculty, says overall she's enjoyed working with Sullivan. She notes that Sullivan, in particular, has done a good job of steering the school and its nearly 7,800 students through the recession.
"She has a very solid financial background," Besnoy said. "If St. Thomas is looking for someone who's going to help manage the fiscal health of the university, I think chances are you're in good hands. She definitely has that background. She got us through some very difficult financial times."
Sullivan met Thursday with faculty, staff and students on campus and is expected to make occasional trips to St. Thomas in the coming months, school officials said.
Clare Knutsen, 19, a St. Thomas student who was eating a sushi lunch at the school's student center after the announcement, said she's excited to see a woman leading St. Thomas.
"I think it's a great change," Knutsen said. "I think it's good to bring in fresh life, fresh opinions."
Staff writer Jenna Ross contributed to this report
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Reba McEntire had hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards solo for over a decade until just last year. In 2011, the ACMs decided to switch things up and add in Blake Shelton as co-host. On April 1 the duo is back together again, and there's sure to be some trouble. Known for his sly sense of humor, Shelton will no doubt give a whole new meaning to April Fool's Day.
Telecast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the show is set to include performances from Shelton, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Chris Young, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts.
Additionally, Zac Brown Band will host and perform at the second annual ACM Fan Jam, which will be streamed live during the show. ACM New Artist of the Year nominees Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes and Scotty McCreery will also play.
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If last year's surprise collaborations between Sugarland and Rihanna, Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler, and Zac Brown Band and James Taylor are any indication, 2012's show is sure to up the ante. With the debut of Chesney's top-secret single (from his upcoming album due out June 19) scheduled for the evening's broadcast, it will be a memorable night.
While each performance is sure to impress, the fan-voted categories perhaps draw the most attention. Will Taylor Swift win Entertainer of the Year again, beating out Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton? Her latest video, featuring her cat, Meredith, and urging fans to vote, is pretty convincing.
ACM New Artist of the Year nominees include Brantley Gilbert, who has already penned several chart-topping hits for Jason Aldean, country heartthrob Hunter Hayes and American Idol darling Scotty McCreery. Given McCreery's success on fan-voted shows, he is most likely to come out on top of what is no doubt a tough category.
In addition to the electrifying performances and career-affirming awards, the ACMs added a new award to the mix this year: the ACM Songwriter of the Year. The Boot reports that it's the first time a new category has been added since the '60s. The nominees include Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, Luke Laird and David Lee Murphy. These are the men behind hits by Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Eric Church and many others, making this category the most unpredictable.
While Kenny Chesney has the most nominations, 2012 might be Lady Antebellum's year again. The trio has been on fire since 2008, from their self-titled debut through Need You Now to last year's Own The Night. Tough contenders for Album of the Year, both are in the running alongside Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert and Eric Church. Riding the success of his first ACM win last year for Top New Solo Vocalist, Church seems like the underdog in this category, though there's a good chance he could take it home for his latest release, Chief.
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[Editor's note: Justin Phillips is based in BP3's UK office and in this guest post is sharing his wealth of ODM expertise with BP3 blog readership - enjoy!]
A re-occuring theme that I see a lot in ODM implementations at BP3 are heavy, highly nested and business logic rich rule flows. These flows typically try and control the rule execution down to a very granular level, and this often results in a loss of business agility for the business rule authors.
Daniel Selman has written an excellent article on different approaches to iterating over collections in ODM, one of which is using rule flows. I quote from his article: ?It smells like the programmer is?trying to impose procedural control over the execution of the rules?. This is a very true statement, and whilst it tackles a slightly different issue, it very much applies to the problem set out in this article. Often the power and flexibility that ODM gives to the users to affect business decisions and outcomes, is then nullified by highly procedural and traditional programming approaches.
Why is this a problem?
This becomes a problem because the Decision Centre users (e.g. non-IT, business rule authors) have no way of maintaining the rule flow. So if the business needs to change the flow of the rules, or change the conditional logic in the rule flow to execute different rule packages, then it becomes an IT change. This is particularly an issue if the logic is based on business data whose values may expand and grow over time. Rule flows in themselves are easy to change within Rule Studio, but as soon as you go into an IT change cycle, then you may have to wait weeks for a change, and often the change will be prioritized behind more urgent changes. It should also be noted that rule flows are interpreted at execution time in the engine, so the more branches and nested flows there are, the poorer the performance will potentially be. An example of a rigid and inflexible rule flow Imagine that an organisation services multiple customers and offers customised pricing for each of those customers. They may have base price rules which set the base prices for various products, which are then adjusted and overlaid with customer specific pricing. The rule project structure and rule flow in this example might look like the following.
Figure 1: Organisation of the customer rule packages
Figure 2: Rule flow with customer specific logic
The first two rule packages contain setup and base pricing rules, and the final rule package contains rules that perform any final calculations. In the middle of the flow you can see that there are three conditional branches, each of them corresponding to a customer, where the rule packages contain customer specific pricing rules. From a rule organisation/cataloguing point of view, putting the rules into these packages is a good idea, as it helps the users with rule maintenance and navigation in Decision Centre. But of course, if the business takes on a new customer (or indeed stops servicing a customer), then this will require a change to the rule flow.
What is the alternative?
The alternative is to keep the customer rule packages as before, but put them all into a higher level package that can then be referenced in the rule flow. For example, the two figures below show how the package structure could be organised in the rule project, and how this would then be reflected in the rule flow.
Figure 3: Organisation of the customer rule packages
Figure 4: Referencing the high level ?Customer Rule? package
As you can see, the rule flow is now data agnostic, with any rules inside the ?Customer Rules? package, as well the rules inside any further sub-packages (e.g. customer specific packages), being executed (if applicable) with no changes to the rule flow. If the rule author in Decision Centre adds new rules to this package, then these will be automatically added to the selected rules for execution (again, if applicable). But how will the engine know to only run rules for specific customers? Well, there are a couple of options depending on the rule type. For Action Rules and Decision Tables, you would specify the customer name or Id as a condition in the rule, or if using a Decision Table, you could put the customer name or Id in the pre-condition of the rule instead so it only has to be set once.
How should a rule flow be used?
Rule flows should be used for very high level orchestration of packages of rules, or branching on high level decision outcomes. They also allow for the segmentation of logical rule groups, so that only those groups that need to be executed are done so, thus giving a performance benefit for rule sets that might have a large number of rules. Take the classic example of eligibility and pricing rules, which demonstrates both points. The eligibility rules will check the suitability of the customer, if they pass the checks, then the products are priced for the customer. If the customer is not suitable, then no pricing is performed and a decline indicator is returned back to the calling application. An example rule flow might look like the following (taken from the ODM 8.5 samples).
Figure 5: Pricing and eligibility rule flow
As you can see, there is no reference to specific data values in the rule flow, only a check performed on a high level decision outcome, i.e. is the customer eligible or not. It is very unlikely that this flow will ever change, after all, the business policy is to only offer a price if the customer is suitable. But the rules that drive the conditions for eligibility are fully encapsulated within the ?eligibility? package and are under the full control of the rule authors. It also shows how the rules are grouped according to their business function, so that only the pricing rules are ever executed if the customer passes the eligibility check.
Final conclusion
The overall conclusion is that when designing a rule flow, try to avoid using business data directly in the rule flow conditional branches. What you should be aiming for is branching on high level business outcomes, driven by the rules themselves, at a level that reflects the overall business policy.


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After you've collected shells on Sanibel beach, another delight of west Florida awaits: Useppa, tucked like a pearl in an oyster shell between the mainland and its barrier beach islands.
The 100-acre islet is surrounded by mangroves and by Pine Island Sound, the body of water that separates the mainland from North Captiva and Cayo Costa islands. You can't reach Useppa by car. If you don't have your own boat, there's a launch from Pine Island.
When I think of what makes southwest Florida attractive, I think of storied, unspoiled Useppa, a virtually private enclave of the 600-member Useppa Island Club. The island is home to about 100 residences, most of them classic, white-frame seaside dwellings with porches and widow's walks.
Only a few Useppans live here year-round. The rest settle into this old-fashioned, slow-lane place from Christ-mas to Easter.
A pink paved path connects their homes to a full range of resort facilities: a marina, tennis and croquet courts, small pool and hot tub, and two bars and a restaurant with a formal dining room and a more relaxed terrace, shaded by a huge banyan.
The Useppa Garden Club has devised a walking tour of the island's botanical treasures, including orchids and gumbo limbo trees. There's a history museum where the displays are devoted to tarpon fishing, the region's native Calusa people and the island's role in the Cuban missile crisis, when the CIA rented Useppa to prepare volunteers for the Bay of Pigs invasion.
High-jumping tarpon, which stream through Boca Grande Pass just west of Useppa, helped turn the island into America's premier sportfishing resort. In 1912, advertising and real estate tycoon Barron Collier founded the island's Izaak Walton Club, named for the author of the 17th-century fishing classic The Compleat Angler.
Collier welcomed tarpon hunters to the white, three-story, neoclassical hotel, now called the Collier Inn. It has seven rooms decorated to recall a bygone era. I stayed for two nights in the third-floor Izaak Walton Suite, which features a preserved tarpon and vintage photos of frocked Victorian fisherwomen. The room also has a double-size tub with jets, and a little balcony.
Rates at the inn (239- 283-1061; www.useppa.com) range from $180 to $356, including breakfast. If you don't want to stay over, you can take a day trip to the island by way of Captiva Cruises at South Seas Resort (239-472-5300).


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Zaatar Bread
It was 1980, and I remember visiting my Grandma Molly Sutton in her two-family home on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. Gathering all of her strenth, she proceeded to pull out a familiar piece of pita bread (or Syrian bread as we call it), and slice it legnthwise into two large rounds.
She then carefully mixed some olive oil into the home-made zaatar, spooned the mixture onto the pita circles, and slid the two rounds into her toaster oven.
This was a typical mid-day meal of hers.
She began to tell me how, as a 15 year old girl, she arrived in this country with her older sister Selma on a freighter vessel from Syria.
They did not have much food , but the one thing that they were able to find, was the comforting "Zet ou Zaatar" sold in the Arab quarters on the lower East Side. The zaatar spice was dark in color, so passer- bys who could not comprehend this middle eastern spice, called it "dirty bread". Nevertheless, it brought them back to memories of home.
Now, 30 years later, memories of my grandmother toasting her zet ou zaatar come to mind as I attempt to gather ingredients for my own whole wheat version of zaatar bread this Shavuot, 2010.
Even if you are lucky enough to live near a middle Eastern supermarket and can buy this delicacy
any weekday morning, there is nothing like the taste or aroma of your own home baked bread .
Perfect with a slice of cheese and tomato, or dipped into greek yogurt or lebne.
How To Make Pita Bread- The Video
- 2 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 cups whole wheat wheat flour
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add honey and stir until dissolved. Let sit for 10-15 minutes until water is frothy.
Combine white flour, wheat flour, and salt in large bowl.
Make a small depression in the middle of flour and pour yeast water in depression.
Slowly add warm yeast water, and stir with wooden spoon or rubber spatula until dough becomes elastic.
Place dough on floured surface and knead for 10-15 minutes. When the dough is no longer sticky and is smooth and elastic, it has been successfully kneaded.
Coat large bowl with vegetable oil and place dough in bowl. Turn dough upside down so all of the dough is coated with oil. Allow to sit, covered, in a warm place for about 3 hours, or until it has doubled in size.
Once doubled, roll out in a rope, and pinch off 10-12 small pieces. Place balls on floured surface. Let sit covered for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 500 deg F. and make sure rack is at the very bottom of oven. Be sure to preheat your baking sheet also.
Roll out each ball of dough with a rolling pin into circles. Each should be about 5-6 inches across and 1/4 inch thick.
Lightly brush the rounds with some olive oil and sorinkle generously with the zaatar spice.
Bake each circle for 4 minutes until the bread puffs up. Turn over and bake for 2 minutes.
Remove each pita with a spatula from the baking sheet and add additional pitas for baking.
Take spatula and gently push down puff. Immediately place in storage bags.
Storing Pita Bread:
Pita bread can be stored for up to a week in a pantry or bread box, and up to a month in the freezer. Be sure to use freezer bags when storing in the freezer.
Pita bread dough can also be refrigerated for up to one week in the refrigerator.
Or You Can Make it from scratch:
Two Zaatar spice mix recipes to choose from:
Combine salt,thyme , marjoram, oregano leaves, sumac and sesame seeds in a medium mixing bowl. Sumac is a dark red berry that grows on bushes throughout the Middle East and some parts of Italy. Sumac is sold ground or in dried seed form and can be found at most Middle Eastern markets, or can be ordered from an online specialty company. Store in a dry container until use.
When ready to serve, add the olive oil to the mixture to form a paste. This paste is the zaatar mixture.
- 1/4 cup sumac
- 2 tablespoons thyme
- 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons marjoram
- 2 tablespoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 3 parts toasted sesame seeds
- - some recipes call for one part toasted sesame seeds. -it really depends on your tastebuds!
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- 2 part dried marjoram
- 2 part oregano
- 1/2 – 1 part powdered sumac salt, optional
- coarse salt to taste
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Blue Jays' all-time Top 5 in-season trades
Acquisition of Bautista from Pittsburgh in August 2008 tops Toronto's list of deals
Will the Blue Jays swing a deal before the July 31 Trade Deadline? Sometimes it takes years to determine how well a team did in a trade. With the benefit of hindsight, the following are the five most notable trades in franchise history that were conducted during the regular season, according to beat reporter Gregor Chisholm. Agree? Disagree? Comment below:
1. Aug. 21, 2008: Blue Jays receive third baseman/outfielder Jose Bautista from the Pirates for catcher Robinson Diaz.
The Blue Jays weren't necessarily expecting big things from Bautista at the time, but they needed him as a temporary midseason replacement for the injured Scott Rolen. They only had to part with a fringe catching prospect to get the deal done, and his versatility at first base, right field and second base kept Bautista on the team even after Rolen returned.
Two years later, Bautista made franchise history by hitting 54 home runs in a single season. He has been one of the elite power hitters in the game since, and this trade likely goes down as the most lopsided trade the Blue Jays have made regardless of the time of year.
2. Sept. 22, 1987: Blue Jays acquire right-handed pitcher Juan Guzman from the Dodgers for second baseman Mike Sharperson.
Blue Jays general manager Pat Gillick thought he was making a deal for Jose Offerman but instead got stuck with Guzman at the last minute. That turned out to be great news for the Blue Jays as Guzman went a combined 40-11 with a 3.28 ERA in his first three seasons in Toronto.
All three of those years included a spot in the postseason and Guzman became a dominating presence during Toronto's glory years. Guzman also won the American League ERA crown in 1996 while Sharperson only received regular playing time for three years of his career.
3. Aug. 27, 1992: Blue Jays acquire pitcher David Cone for second baseman Jeff Kent and outfielder Ryan Thompson.
This is one of those rare trades that worked out for both teams. Cone went 4-3 with a 2.55 ERA down the stretch to help lead the Blue Jays into the postseason. Once there, he played a pivotal role in helping the club capture its first of two World Series championships.
Cone departed at the end of the season, but it's debatable whether Toronto would have won it all if Gillick hadn't pulled the trigger on this deal. The cost was high as Kent went on to have an outstanding career, but with Roberto Alomar firmly entrenched at second base, it made perfect sense for both sides to part ways.
4. July 31, 2009: Blue Jays acquire third baseman Edwin Encarnacion, right-handed pitcher Zach Stewart and right-handed pitcher Josh Roenicke from the Reds for Rolen.
The Blue Jays' primary targets were Stewart and Roenicke, but the only way Cincinnati would agree to the trade was if Toronto would also take Encarnacion. That was the deal breaker, because of Encarnacion's salary and the fact the Reds needed to create a starting spot at third for Rolen.
It took Encarnacion a couple of years to put everything together, but by 2012, he was one of the best power hitters in the game. He hit 42 homers and drove in 110 runs while following it up the next year with an All-Star campaign.
5. July 31, 1997: Blue Jays acquire outfielder Jose Cruz Jr. from the Mariners for right-handed pitcher Mike Timlin and left-handed pitcher Paul Spoljaric.
The Blue Jays sold high on a pair of relievers to acquire one of the best young outfielders in the game at the time of the deal. Cruz burst onto the scene earlier that season by hitting 12 homers in just 49 games for the Mariners and proceeded to hit an additional 14 in his next 55 with Toronto.
The production didn't quite meet the hype later on in his career, but Cruz still managed to enjoy six successful seasons in Toronto. The highlight came in 2001, when he hit 34 homers while also stealing 34 bases.


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This is a blog for TEACHERS WHO ROCK and are frustrated by the day to day drama that gets in the way of our interactions with children. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but sometimes a girl has gotta vent...
Saturday, December 15, 2012
My mind drifts back to the recent tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. As a mommy, a teacher and a CT-girl, I just cannot wrap my head around what took place on Friday. And yet, I can't think about anything else.
Although I am horrified and write this with tears streaming down my face, I have never been more convinced than I am right now that teachers are heroes. We are heroes. Those men and women working at Sandy Hook Elementary were and are heroes. I joke about Super Colleagues zipping through the hallways with capes on their backs as they go about changing the lives of the children they touch each and every day, but these people, Vicky Soto, they are truly heroes. With or without the cape.
If I struggle to process what has happened, I am not sure how those most closely involved can even begin. I have read that when Fred Rogers was a boy and would see scary things on the news, his mother would say to him, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
So for today, I am going to focus on the helpers and the heroes.
3 comments:
- Simple (Mrs.) Simon said...
Amen, and wonderfully said. It's not even comprehensible, yet it's constantly in the back of my mind. Anyone who bashes teachers needs to hear about Vicky Soto.
- December 16, 2012 at 4:46 AM
- ChrisinNY said...
When I was thinking about this over the weekend, I thought about your blog/book and how you consistently refer to teachers as heroes. They certainly were shown publicly to be that on Friday in Newtown, but I know that so many are that every day. I didn't want to post anything too related on my FB to cheapen what went on, but I did post a picture of my friend making a big sign that says, "Hug a teacher today."
God bless you and other teachers to whom we entrust "our hearts outside our bodies".
- December 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Unknown said...
I am also a fellow Connecticut girl now teaching in Florida. Although, I wasn't directly affected by The Sandy Hook tragedy it made me start thinking about many topics, such as: mental health, gun-control, school security, and bullying. I began reading in the news about how the teachers sacrificed their lives to shield (literally in some cases) the children from the violence. I like how your post connected the importance of looking for helpers and heroes because as you said they are always present. I have created a blog about my teaching experiences as well. I would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think. treading-water.com Best Wishes!
- March 22, 2013 at 11:05 AM


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There's nothing more tragic in life than an uncompleted mission. So when Roger Paquette, from Nanaimo, BC, attended Saturday's Leafs/Canucks game with a five-pound Chinook salmon strapped to his body, he was only doing what his son never lived to: throw a fish on the ice in the middle of a hockey game.
Garrett Paquette, a Leafs fan, died in an ATV accident in November before being able to live out his life's dream of flinging a fish. So his father and friends bought tickets for the next time Garrett's favorite team came to town, and honored him in the only way they knew how.
"I think (Garrett) is incredibly proud. Wherever he is, he's looking down on us smiling," said his friend. "It's these little things like this that help us remember him better, a tribute to him and the amazing guy that he was."
The salmon was given a perfume bath and sealed in vacuum wrap to avoid tipping off security, and the fish-tossers/life-honorers quickly changed clothing to blend back into the crowd after the throw. Just how Garrett would have wanted it.
Nanaimo hockey fans sneak fish into Canucks game to honour friend [Nainamo Daily News]
Chinook chucker at Leafs-Canucks game did it for dead son [Vancouver Sun]


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And not just any shop, but a vintage store with a quaint, chic boutique feel and aptly named after her mother, Antoinette.
Oliveri opened the store in May 2011 after immersing herself in all facets of retail for many years. But it was also the encouragement of her mother, who owns a vintage warehouse in New Jersey, that ultimately led her to open the store.
"My mom has been pushing me right out of college because she's been collecting vintage items for 50 years," she said.
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"I hate to say it, but one day I got bored at my desk and went on Craigslist looking at retail spaces, I got that itch," she said. She came upon the empty space at 119 Grand Street and knew it was meant for her. Jumping on the relatively inexpensive rent, she made an offer and forged forward with her vision.
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Obituary: The death of the subluxation
It is with no sadness whatsoever, that the death of the chiropractic subluxation at the ripe old age of 115 has finally been declared.
The long-anticipated demise was announced this evening by Skeptic Barista and, indeed, there are grounds for believing that he played a very significant part in that death. It is rumoured that he will be helping the ASA with their enquiries, although he maintains there is not a jot of evidence to support those bogus allegations.
It died on Wednesday 12 May during a meeting of the General Chiropractic Council after suffering numerous assaults, particularly over the past 12 months and despite a rigorous wellness maintenance program.
All in vain, it seems.
The subluxation — more formally known as the vertebral subluxation (to distinguish it from its unconnected and distant cousin), but who also had many other aliases — had a long but chequered career. From its miraculous virgin birth to D D Palmer in 1895, it has been blamed for all human — and other animal — ailments. However, despite numerous customer satisfaction surveys by chiropractors and also proper studies, these vicious allegations proved to be completely unfounded.
One of the most thorough of these investigations (conducted mainly by chiropractors) concluded:
No supportive evidence is found for the chiropractic subluxation being associated with any disease process or of creating suboptimal health conditions requiring intervention. Regardless of popular appeal this leaves the subluxation construct in the realm of unsupported speculation. This lack of supportive evidence suggests the subluxation construct has no valid clinical applicability. (Source)
and another:
This experimental study demonstrates conclusively that the subluxation of a vertebra as defined by chiropractic—the exertion of pressure on a spinal nerve which by interfering with the planned expression of Innate Intelligence produces pathology—does not occur. This is what should be expected when one recognizes that the vertebral column has been evolving for over 400 million years to support the body and protect the central nervous system. By a process of natural selection the vertebral column of mammals has evolved into one in which the articulations allow an overall range of motion so that individuals may function well for survival within their environment. At the same time the selective process has favored vertebral columns that have spacious intervertebral foramina in combination with the barest minimum of displacement between adjacent vertebrae—two factors that preclude impingement upon the spinal nerves as they pass through the foramina. (Source)
This damning latter study was from 1973, but despite this major setback, the subluxation continued to provide very lucrative businesses for many chiropractors in the UK and abroad.
For many years, the subluxation continued to be touted by its followers as the root cause of medical conditions that only the skilled hands of a properly trained chiropractor could detect, locate and resolve, frequently requiring ongoing chiropractic 'wellness' and maintenance care to prevent recurrence. And wallet-lightening.
The only remedy for a subluxation was a course of:
…often gentle, specific adjustments (the chiropractic word for manipulation) to improve the efficiency of the nervous system and release the body's natural healing ability. (Source)
It is of particular note that these specific adjustments never involved surgery or drugs.
The pinnacle of subluxation's success was the setting up a decade ago of the General Chiropractic Council to try to regulate chiropractors. However, the divisions within the chiropractic trade are legion and at times it must have felt like they were herding cats. And probably still does.
Despite (or indeed because of) this success, there was to be a major setback and it came from an unexpected quarter: in retrospect, this was probably the beginning of the end.
After one of the guardians of the subluxation decided to sue Dr Simon Singh for an article he wrote about chiropractic, skeptical attention was focussed on the subluxation and the claims being made for it by its devoted followers. This resulted in an unprecedented number of complaints to the GCC after which, many of the claims miraculously and instantaneously disappeared from websites up and down the country. Since the wheels of regulation grind very slowly indeed (possibly due to a C2 subluxation), it has still to be decided whether these complaints will be upheld.
Despite the subluxation's popularity (in some clinics at least) and monetary success, the ASA were not convinced of these achievements. Now, it seems, neither is the GCC. No more will chiropractors be allowed to blame the subluxation for musculoskeletal conditions (the Bronfort report has already taken care of the non-musculoskeletal conditions that many chiropractors claimed to be able to treat).
Many are now asking what possible future is in store, particularly for those hardest hit (in the pocket).
Although the mainstay of teaching in many of the chiropractic training establishments for over a century, the subluxation will now have to be relegated to the history lessons at these seats of learning. It is not known how the students will fill the empty 7 hours 59 minutes of their daily timetable. However, one source — who wished to remain anonymous — opined that they could always start by reading a certain book by Ernst and Singh.
Not surprisingly, few friends and colleagues of the subluxation were available for comment, but one wag was heard muttering that the subluxation had always been 'spineless'. Another was heard to quip that there has never been a jot of evidence for the subluxation and that reports of its existence had been greatly exaggerated.
Since the subluxation cannot be found, there will be no burial or cremation. There will also be no memorial ceremony, but lots of weeping and gnashing of teeth is expected from some quarters as resurrection is attempted.
The subluxation is survived by an aura, two Bach flower remedies and a very dilute homeopathic potion of excrementum can.
The subluxation (1895–12 May 2010)
36 Responses to Obituary: The death of the subluxation
Beautifully written post, Zeno.
I think it's worthwhile reminding readers of the following comments which were made in the GCC's Fitness to Practice Report 2007 (p.13 of the original document) regarding a complaint it received against one of its registrants:
"The GCC's expert witness advised that the discovery of subluxations (areas of vertebral restriction in the spinal joints) is commonplace to the point of universality in patients."
I wonder if that expert witness will now be called to account for misleading the disciplinary panel?
There's also the following from 2004 in which the GCC claimed that there was "scientific evidence" for the many interpretations of the word 'subluxation'. See point 4 here:
I wonder what happened to that "scientific evidence" at its 12th May 2010 meeting?
[For those interested, that second link is lifted from the June 2004 correspondence which the group, Action for Victims of Chiropractic, conducted with the GCC. See here:
I'm sure it has gone to a better place!
Great Stuff.
One comment, though:
The inconvenient fact of non-existence has historically not deterred many Alt.Med types from insisting things are really there. Really
So they could still have a funeral.
I would suggest the symbolic remains (a pile of unpaid lawyers' invoices?) be cremated and the ashes taken to America (where the chiropractors' Snake-Oil still seems to be depressingly popular).
Or scattered outside the Court of Appeal.
This is welcome news, as one can not defame the dead 🙂
As one bit of psuedo-science dies, another, it seems, shall be born:
Neuro-emotional complexes or N.E.C.s, as defined below, are possibly the most overlooked factor in our patients' health. They influence one third of the total health picture and are rarely treated because we haven't known how to find them or intervene for their resolution. The technology is now here to diagnose and treat them in the course of a regular office visit.
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Just when you thought it was safe to venture out to you local mall
Thanks for that link Andrew. I don't use the phrase often, but the stupid, it burns.
Excellent commentary (as usual).
The GCC said "The General Council has never considered the research evidence for the chiropractic vertebral subluxation complex" and as soon as they do look at it – They kill it off.
For 115 years they have been teaching, preaching and practicing something that has no evidence to support it and something they conveniently chose to avoid looking at …. these are the same 'professionals' who are starting to petition for prescribing rights!
MAybe chiropractors no longer care about the subluxation (RIP, old fiend) because the "British Chiropractic Association asks the General Chiropractic Council to seek prescribing rights for its members"
As a chiropractor with nigh-on 25 years in practice, I must say that I am only too happy if we have finally seen the back of the "subluxation".
I have never used the term myself because I do not believe that it is a good one for describing the problems that chiropractors treat, and it is confusing because it already has a definite and different meaning in orthopaedics.
I suppose the trouble is that there aren't any simple phrases that accurately describe and encapsulate what happens when spines stop working properly. I believe that when chiropractors use the term "subluxation" they are generally trying to give the patient a simple concept to help them understand their problem. What we know is that if a patient has an understanding of their problem, they cope with it better and their recovery is faster. I believe that this is the main reason that the term "subluxation" has survived until now, even though it is a poor one.
Interestingly, although it is true that GPs will rarely diagnose a subluxation, they are quite likely to tell a patient that they have a "trapped nerve" or a "slipped disc", both of which are equally flawed concepts. However, they serve to give the patient an impression, albeit one that is not accurate, that allows them to cope better with their condition.
I think it's a mistake to get bogged-down in an argument over the subluxation concept, because I don't believe that it would have come in for so much criticism if it wasn't for the marketing techniques of a small minority of practitioners. The problem with these characters is that they have endeavoured to build up their practices by exaggerating the severity of a patient's condition and then persuading them into unnecessarily extended treatment programmes. They also have a habit of talking a lot about subluxations.
There is no place for people like this in the profession and I can't wait until we've weeded them all out so that the good name of chiropractic can be restored. Thankfully, when the General Chiropractic Council has found evidence of this type of practice it has taken action, for instance in the case of Peter Proud who was struck off the register in 2007 http://www.gcc-uk.org/files/link_file/NR%20Proud.pdf
The vast majority of chiropractors in the UK, especially those trained at either of the two major teaching institutions (the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic and the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic), treat musculoskeletal disorders, principally of the spine, in an evidence-based and highly ethical manner. A number have continued to use the term "subluxation" but as I say, I never have and nor has any of the people I've worked with over the years. I certainly won't miss it.
On a separate note, the business of prescribing rights for chiropractors is an interesting one. This issue has not arisen because of a strong desire for chiropractors to have these rights. It came about because chiropractors were ASKED if they would be interested in having them.
David said,
"The problem with these characters is that they have endeavoured to build up their practices by exaggerating the severity of a patient's condition and then persuading them into unnecessarily extended treatment programmes. They also have a habit of talking a lot about subluxations."
This description fits both of the chiropractors I have seen and, given the number of times you have posted on this blog decrying what you insist is a 'tiny minority' of chiropractors, I'm wondering why you didn't complain to the GCC yourself about such people. Personally, I see no reason to believe it's a tiny minority, or even a minority who resort to the kind of scaremongering I experienced walking into a surgery covered with posters about the dangers of the subluxation and hearing a chiro give a well-rehearsed spiel on the same theme.
@ Skepticat
I'm sorry to hear that your experience of chiropractors has been as you describe. I'm interested to know, where did these chiropractors you have seen graduate?
Thankfully, in my area all the chiropractors I know do not practice that way and I have never had to complain about anyone's marketing or practice methods.
Great article! Now when can we kill off religion? That can't be proven either.
Yes, kill religion because millions of people have been killed in the name of God, Allah, and other dieties than chiropractors could ever harm.
To the grave with them both.
I doubt this will be the end of the subluxation. Whether it is or not, there is a more important question to be answered. While I admit that there are chiropractors who keep their patients coming back for treatments that are unnecessary, many people with certain kinds of pains have been successfully been treated by chiropractors when other forms of treatment have failed. So, if it is not a subluxation that is being corrected, exactly what is happening? I've known doctors and physical therapists who admit that their patients or they themselves have been helped by chiropractors. When does their manipulation help and why? This, to me, is the next obvious question.
@ Alice
You'll find the answers to your questions here:
NB. It's important not to confuse spinal manipulation with 'chiropractic'.
As a DC, this is music to my ears. I have written with others about us having a lack of Cultural Authority since we have never been able to prove, nor disprove this elusive lesion. I have always vehemently hated this term and wish indeed this was a proper notification that the word would be forever gone and all connection between chiropractic and this word would be buried, never to surface again. Unfortunately, there are still too many "believers." I applaud you for an excellent article, please keep me humored with many more wonderful enlightening articles.
Anyone heard of this new, err, 'journal' about pediatric chiropracty.
Have you seen who's on its editorial board?
Barbara Loe Fisher, Co-Founder & President National Vaccine Information Center
I take it you'll have heard of her, but if not, read all about her on Skeptic's Dictionary and Orac on her attempt to sue Paul Offit over vaccines.
They also have:
Christina Cunliffe, Ph.D, DC, CBiol, FIBiol, FCC, FMCA, MCC (Paediatrics)
Principal – McTimoney College of Chiropractic
Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
However, looking through their grand total of six issues, they mostly seem to be case study reports. They have gems such as:
"Resolution of Chronic Constipation and Neck Pain Following Chiropractic Care in a 6-Year-Old Female"
"Improvement in a Child with Scoliosis, Migraines, Attention Deficit Disorder and Vertebral Subluxations Utilizing the Pierce Chiropractic Technique"
"Improvement in a Child with Cerebral Palsy Undergoing Subluxation Based Chiropractic Care"
"Female Infertility, Subluxation & Chiropractic Care: A Case Series and Selective Review of the Literature"
I see it's published by McCoy Press. Oh look! The editor is Matthew McCoy. Coincidence or a vanity publication?
Thanks Zeno
How do you get the time for all this investigation?
I hadn't heard of Barbara Loe, but a quick squize at that link certainly has me up to speed now.
I did find a useful link for chiropractic 'publications' a while ago (http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/journal.shtml#Journals), which no doubt you'll have seen. Pity most have restricted access.
Any chance of burying the phrase 'slipped disc' while you're at it? This is common parlance amongst GP's and despite being anatomically incorrect used on a daily basis to explain back pain symptoms to the lay public who then seek therapy that will put the disc back into place!
I am heartened at this news. I am a chiropractor, practicing in the States, for 21 years now. I have been 'railing against the wind' for nearly all that time, with my patients, one-on-one. However, with few exceptions, it is not wise to stand up in a group of practitioners and speak the truth because the vast majority of us (some reports have it at about 80%) still hold on to this 'dead' concept. If subluxations don't exist, then treatment methods designed to reduce or correct them are of no possible benefit. I contend that no more a baseless method exists than any form of instrument 'adjusting', including the very popular tool employed by 'A. M.'. I anxiously await the day when this is widely acknowledged.
@ Herb Congram DC
I suspect the 'A.M.' tool you mention is the very same one that will be the subject of a seminar (worth 11 Continuing Professional Development hours) at the Anglo European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in November 2010…
Readers should note that the AECC styles itself as a "World Leading Chiropractic Education and Research" college. Hmm.
Dear Zeno,
I'm sorry I didn't ask your permission, but I couldn't help translating your post on my blog. And photoshopping a hypothetical gravestone for the deceased [ http://doppiocieco.splinder.com/post/22895840/la-morte-della-sublussazione ]
As a chiropractor, and someone who has benefited from chiropractic care my whole life, i saddens me to see what is happening in England. If any of these zealots were to look into the History of Chiropractic, they would find that it was B. J., not D. D. who coined the term "Subluxation", to be used in the chiropractic profession. Had this word never been put into use, and the Chiropractic Profession as a whole, educated the public to care for their Spine, the world may be a healthier place. So many people have such strong emotions for "words", that humanity suffers greatly as so many people are turned away from Chiropractic because of such petty arguments.
Medicine is now recognized (in the US), as the leading cause of Death. Are any of you doing anything about the thousands of people that are being killed every day in the UK because of Medical Error? Chiropractors are the health care providers like to attack the most because we have people like Margret Coates running things in the UK, who has NO LOVE at all for this profession. Every Medical Doctor swears an oath, a "Hippocratic Oath". No one finds that ironic, as it was Hippocrates who first said "Look well to the Spine, for the cause and prevention of Disease". What if he had said the word "Subluxation", would that have made how nature created us (as the Nervous System as the ruling system in the body), any different?
The GCC is a UK statutory body, not an English one.
I have no idea why you think someone who wants chiropractors to abide by their statutory CoP is a zealot, and it also matters little who it was who invented the word 'subluxation'.
The number of 'Deaths' apparently caused by proper medicine is irrelevant: it has no effect on the paucity of evidence for chiropractic. Neither does the number of lives enhanced and saved by conventional medicine.
Fortunately, we now — thanks to science — know much more about the working of the human body than Hippocrates did. Or either of the Palmers for that matter.


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