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Nordic Alleys
After an incredible summer in San Francisco with the office of Hart Howerton, I made my way through the natural and urban landscapes of Finland, Sweden and Norway. These countries place their powerful nature at the crux of everything. I encountered a few forms of TIght Urbanism in each country. Finland has a remarkable history of small wooden gridded towns, most often being about 3 by 5 blocks. Some of these towns, such as Jyvaskyla – hometown of major Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto has such a grid layout. However, in order to adapt the grid, commonly used to organize buildings of stone, modifications to the model had to be made to accomodate the predominantly timber construction. These came in the form of fire alleys – often about 20′ wide mid-block and planted with deciduous trees to slow burn from one group of buildings to another. Here you can see one still in existence as a park now that most grid towns are made up of banal, post-war, concrete housing blocks.
Another example of wooden urbanism is the very well preserved village of Rauma, the best kept example of Nordic wooden villages. One can imagine these tiny lanes filled with people bustling about in the winter work hours with snow covering everything before one tucks into one of the low brightly colored buildings where everything is wood. These scales create a very intimate form of urban life that serves as an itneresting model for high density low-rise neighborhoods.
In Norway, Bergen is an interesting waterfront town on the rugged fjord coast of the southwest, where the Hanseatic League, a set of trade guilds had their northern outpost in the Middle Ages. The town is backed right up against a set of mountains and the sea, giving an interesting topography for building fabric to nestle into. Here are some examples of the Hanseatic Bryggen pier village and some of the more typical housing alleys in the town:
From Berlin,
Big Moves
With the first year of a Master's in Urban Design at Harvard's GSD coming to an end, it's time to update the alleys! I have had an incredible year focusing on the city as a global condition, and learning about infrastructure, landscape, sea level rise, and other bigger aspects of the designed environment than I ever dreamed I would. I have begun work on my first set of alley projects a ways away from home – in Miami.
I am returning to the first place of my alley research for the summer in San Francisco to work with Hart Howerton, a large planning and urban design firm who were kind enough to select me as one of two recipients for their annual fellowship program. I will work for a couple months before heading to Finland, Sweden, and Norway to research how the built environment grows from the culture of the Scandinavian landscape.
Following this study, which will of course look at aspects of tight urbanism in the traditional and contemporary pieces of cities I encounter in the far north, I will be heading to Berlin to take on a year long study funded by the German government's DAAD grant program to investigate the societal value of craft and how it relates to the building culture of German architecture and urbanism.
I look forward to encountering alleys through these next adventures, so stay tuned for findings and progress in the alleys.
Alley exhibit
If anyone in the Seattle area would be interested in using the Tight Urbanism exhibit boards, I am looking for a new home for them where they can be used for educational purposes. These boards contain drawings, photos, maps, and writing explaining alley case studies in Chicago, San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Melbourne.
Please send me an email if you would be interested in taking them: email@example.com
see images of the boards here (pallet displays no longer exist) – http://alleysofseattle.com/2011/07/17/tight-urbanism-in-canton-alley/
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New York Times article
My campaign to fund my time at Harvard will be featured in today's issue of the New York Times in the finance section. It's incredible what an adventuresome idea can lead to. The alleys were a similar story.
Pick up a copy – this endeavor is an interesting alternative to student loans and should prove to be an interesting experiment.
Pave Campaign
Hello everyone, recently I was accepted into the Master's of Urban Design program at Harvard and will be moving to Boston in August. I recently was accepted as a campaign on the crowd-funding site Pave.com, which is like Kickstarter – but for people pursuing education and other types of investment. The return rate is 7 percent of my salary over the decade following my graduation from Harvard. I have raised nearly $10,000 of my $30,000 goal and would like to present my campaign to you all via my alley network. Check out my campaign here http://pave.com/campaign/5176b342afe8f9566fde4313 Please message me if you can think of possible investors, or are personally interested. Thank you.
Stay tuned for thought on Italian urbanism coming next!
Amsterdam: lanes and canals
An excerpt from my journal during my first viist to Amsterdam last month:
Thus far, Amsterdam reminds me most of Kyoto, perhaps due to the jumble of condensed, narrow streets and thin reflective canals all walled in by tall, skinny tower-like buildings. When in Japan they were wood- they are stone here. Already, a sophisticated relationship to water is clear in the waterfront and canals and their many drawbridges.
This radial city is made up of a unique interwoven series of streets, alleys, and canals that intersect one another in a sort of sunrise pattern like grain. The water's presence even down a tiny lane is surprising and lends a certain rhythm to traversing the town. Although, it is undoubtedly best to navigate these conditions by taking part in the swarm of bicyclists that are ubiquitous here.
The alleys are full of everything you'd expect them to be full of in Amsterdam – bars, coffee shops, and of course a very unique selection of storefronts in the red light district. It is interesting to think about Amsterdam without the primary streets – if the radial main thoroughfares were compressed down to three meters like most alleys, the relationship of the alley ways complete with bicycle lane down the middle, and the numerous canals would create a more formalized Venetian quality. I will post next about my experiences travelling through Italy for the first time last month. I am contemplating packaging my travel journal together and publishing it as an addendum to TIght Urbanism in the coming year, as I found many interesting things in the realm of architecture and the city.
Tight Urbanism at 2012 Seattle Design Festival
The Seattle Design Festival was an honor to take part in. It was fantastic to see all the different design community members gathered in one place in the city, activating it, and attracting so much interest. This type of pop-up urbanism is what this city, and many others need. An event, while requiring planning, does not need the capital, bureaucratic process, and vision that a building needs and thus creates a unique type of community and urbanity that can build momentum for a neighborhood, block, or alley.
The pallet displays lived their life and served their purpose and were recycled after this exhibit, it's fourth in the city after Belltown, Pioneer Square, and the International Distrixt. The boards are still available and in fine condition if you have an alley party or community meeting you wish to use them at, please let me know. Thank you to all who showed up at the Design Festival, and the friends who helped me put this all together.
Also, if you didnt' catch the interview earlier this year, The Atlantic Cities blog featured a brief article on my work and views on alleys, check it out here.
Tight Urbanism: the book
Finally after a first round of edits, the book chronicling my travels, adventures, sketches, and photos from this year-long foray into alleyways is available at blurb.com. Please email me if you have any questions. You can purchase it from the link above!
Thank you for supporting my work.
- Daniel Toole
Mount Vernon Alleys visit
After finding my blog nearly a year ago, the Mount Vernon Downtown Association was kind enough to have me come talk to them today about my travels and take a look at their fine collection of alleys in the downtown. Poised to become a great center of culture in the Skagit Valley, the downtown, like many cities planned around the turn of the century in the region has a strong main street with a lot of small mom and pop retail shops and a few civic buildings. Mount Vernon has a slightly problematic relationship with the Skagit River that so beautifully winds through it. The river tends to flood, warranting the use of a flood wall and in the hopefully near future, a brand new waterfront sea wall design complete with stormwater filtration, an esplanade, and a new setting for their already vibrant farmers' market.
The alleys here are quite thin – similar to those in Japan and are fortunate to have great sun access because of the lack of many buildings over one or two storeys. The soil condition is clearly a dynamic one with some buildings dipping and cracking due to the silty fill – and the alleys have their own unique topography due to this uneven settling. There are many unique conditions, circumstances, and parties involved and excited that could create a brand new layer of experience for this small town and really transform its urban identity.
I would like to thank Frank Bettendorf and the Downtown Association for a lovely day and I can't wait to see what happens in the beautiful alleys of Mount Vernon!
Tight Urbanism in Canton Alley
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of presenting my work in the International District's Jamfest. This was the first alley site to be visited by the Tight Urbanism exhibit. For over a year now, the Wing Luke has been facilitating discussions regarding doing away with dumpsters in the historic Canton Alley and making it a model clean alley for the International District. The alleys in this neighborhood see an increible amount of dumping and food waste with the plethora of restaurants in the area. In addition to the latent problems, Canton alley posseses a very special history with it's location between the two Kong Yick buildings. These buildings were built from funds pooled together by hundreds of individuals and families that reached the area during the turn of the century. Canton alley was not only a service alley like its' other Seattle contemporaries, but actually housed a number of loft-style alley oriented apartments. These large apartments were almost like tenements in that multiple families shared each apartment and some had businesses in storefronts on the alley. These storefronts are still visible here and one of the apartments has been entirely refurbished to look like it would have at the turn of the century – you can organize a tour through the Wing Luke. I am excited to see the dumpsters come out of Canton Alley and for it to become a unique space for the neighborhood.
I would like to thank my friends Cameron Colpitts and Teddy Toyama for helping me move the exhibit around this weekend – pallets are heavy.
Last First Thursday in Pioneer Square, Firehouse Alley also had a great party where we had Irish folk music, hula hoopers, and marshmallow roasting in the alley! There was a great turn out and it is inspiring to think we started working on this alley a year ago and now it is seeing nearly 50-100 people come through every first thursday. Join us at the next party on August 3rd!


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To: Dr Nazreen, Friendly and soft approach. Excellence work! TQ for make me feel very comfortable during the treatment. TQ, Shirlyn
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It's been an absolute plasure to have my dental work done at KLIDC. I had 3 teeth done with no pain & a fantastic outcome. Faye, the customer care manager has given us outstanding customer care in every way. Dr Shirleen Wong is a fabulous dentist. I highly recommend anyone considering doing dental work abroad to use KLIDC, you won't be disappointed! Thank you to all the staff! Best wishes, Tine Tranjak =) Dedicated to: Dr Shirleen
Chris Carydakis, Australia
I found everybody here to be extremely helpful & excellent at what they do. Faye Puan was my point of contact from Australia & she was brilliant and thorough in responding to my emails. Dr Low, my dentist was also fantastic in every way. I had quite a lot of workdonw and it was all done to perfection. Thank you to everyone at KLIDC who made this journey & treatment an exceptional one. Dedicated to: Dr Low
Nur Azyyah Abdul Jamil, Malaysia
Excellent service & friendly approach. Dedicated to: Dr Nursuriati
Mehdi Hajaghaei Khiabani
It was a very good experience for me and i will come back again for sure.
Izuni Binti Isa, Malaysia
Nice, calm & soothing environment while waiting. Friendly staff & not instant 3-in-1 stuff. Would be nice to have a more child-friendly waiting area with movies, games etc. Dedicated to : Dr Nazreen
Richard Yong Pui Veen, Malaysia
The doctor has tld me an information before whitening do's and dont's after whitening. The dctor and assistant serve me good. Dedicated to: Dr Nazreen
Lauren Sveinson, Malaysia
Very professional. Excellent good care. Thank-you. Dedicated to Dr Nazreen
Rusmizza Bt Hussain, Malaysia
Excellent service and convincing! Keep it up, thanks! Dedicated to: Dr Nazreen
Sateh Mroueh, London
Before starting my dental i was worried because by nature i don't like going to the dentist. But this time around the doctor made my experience more relaxing. Dr Nazreen was of the highest quality in his profession, very thorough in his work but most importantly he was honest and forth coming. I am very pleased with his work. Last but not the least, the nurses were very attentive. Dedicated to: Dr Nazreen
Mohd Razali B. Ismail, Malaysia
The doctor is very helpful & rendered good assistance by explaining the root canal solution. However, charges a bit high. Dedicated to : Dr Low Soo Huat
Anan Ghazlan, Malaysia
Perfect! Excellent service. Highly recommended. Dedicated to : Dr Nursuriati
Nancy, Malaysia
Very informative. Dedicated to: Dr Nazreen
Radzieman Mohamad, Malaysia
Good explanation regarding the treatment. Dedicated to : Dr Nazreen
Happy Andira, Malaysia
Painless, quick & will come again. Dedicated to: Dr Nazreen
Samuel Hoo Yeng Kit, Malaysia
The entire process was pain free and efficient. Definitely not as scary as what i imagined it would be.
Lim PP, Malaysia
First time visit & very impressed with the centre & the treatment.My previous doctor in a different clinic treatment seem abit hurtful & i am not keen to re-visit him. This time, i will certainly come again.
Leong Chee Kin, Malaysia
Perfect service / treatment!
Zaheer Hanif, London
Fantastic service and very professional perocedure & advice.
Mohammed Alizu, Cameroon
Very lovely and friendly dentist. I was handled gently with care. When it comes to teeth, that perfect. Excellent results. Kudos to Dr Nursuriati! 5 stars. :)
Thitirath Jiranatagarn, Thailand
Dr Nazreen, the staff and place are very good, professional.Thank you!
Alan Finch, UK
Very pleasant & good service. Thank you.
Tihomik Gligoric, Serbia
I am very satisfied with the work of Dr Low and his staff. They are very caring and professional. Thank you.
Tamarau Puna, New Zealand
Very professional & informative with a smile.
Tengku Faradina, Malaysia
Very good treatment. :D
Jan Powley, Australia
3 crowns, excellent treatment. Good communication with nurses and Dr Low.
Chistel Ehlert Tacze, Germany
"Your treatment was very careful and polite. Dr Low Soo Huat a very excellent dentist. Many thanks for your treatment!"
Raheleh, Iran
"It was a pleasure to know Dr.Shirleen. She is such a nice person on my view. Thank you so much everyone here that assist me during my treatment. Dr.Shirleen, "Thank you very much that you gave me nice smile forever." =)"
Mohammed Alizu, Cameroon
"Very friendly staffs and doctors. Very nice ambience. Very professional. I would recommend KLIDC to anyone looking for a good dental clinic/centre. 2 thumbs up! Keep up to good quality service!"
Tan Kin Ee, Malaysia
"Very friendly and knowledgeable. A pleasure experience."
Panis, France
"Very efficient treatment and have the feeling to be in professional hands!"
Kerry Walker, Australia
"Fantastic service and a wonderful result. I had two crown & bridges to lower and 1 crown & five veneers to tops. Dentist was very attentive to my low pain threshold and made it quite painless. All the staffs were helpful and my result was excellent. Thank you to all involved."
Ms. Franziska Schweiger, Australia
"Perfect & fast service & nice environment!"
Ms. Julia Zigler, Malaysia
"Friendly. Will bring my friends here!"
Mr. Calvin Pusterla, Australia
"Very good treatment!"
Mr. Nick Hayton, Australia
"Very polite & professional. Good Job!"
Jessica McEntee, USA
"I had a wonderful service from KLIDC from organizing an appointment with the custoemr care manager and the dentist as well. I even enjoyed a cup of ginger tea and newspaper while waiting!"
Cyrus Osahon, Nigeria
"Best in the world, had a wonderful treatment!"
Christopher Bevan, Australia
"Excellent service!"
Mr Mohd. Faiz, Malaysia
"Very Good and good job!"
Mr. Paul Baltensperger, USA
"Crown fit well and treatment was fast and efficient."
Mr. Barry Douglas, Malaysia
"Very good. I will definately return and recommend your practice."
Mr. Danny Quah, UK
"Truly excellent, skilled, first-class professionals. Highly recommended."
Mr. Hemmes Jacob, Holland
"Good and friendly dentist."
Mr. Pete Nicholson, Australia
"Great care taken during all procedures wich gives a pain-free experience. The dentist recommended treatment that was required and not try to extract money."
Mr. Edwin Degenhart, Kuala Lumpur
"Very pleasant visit. Cleaning performed efficiently and painless."
Mr. Jakob Nielsen, Denmark
"Very professional and very friendly. I was treated very well and painless. Definately my dentist to be."
Mr. James Brumhall, USA
"Good service. I feel comfortable. Dentist and the assistant are nice and friendly."
Mr. Ian McLean, Hong Kong
"Very professional. Gentle & reassuring!"
Mr. Hezry Tasha Tamyas, Kuala Lumpur
Mr.Monir Azzouzi, Kuala Lumpur
"The dentist was great, caring and very professional."
Mr. Martin Wysocki
"My dentist did a great job, made me feel at ease and comfortable."
Ms. Paulette Reid, Australia
"Very professional & caring staff. The whole experience was very pleasant, everything was clearly explained and staff were polite and efficient. I would highly recommended."
Ms. Denise Alden
"Very friendly, nice office & received good information. Will be returning here for future check-up."
Ms.Tan Wai Gar, Malaysia
"First class facilities. Excellent services and friendly staff. Reasonable charges. Will recommend friends to this centre for dental treatment!"
Mr. Frank Parra, Australia
"When I come here although not very often but I go back with satisfaction with the work done."
Mr. John Coom, Australia
"I was very happy with the whole experience. I had my teeth scaled & whitened. I also had a tooth extraction which I did not feel. The staffs are friendly and very professional. I would not hesitate to recommend this practice to anyone. Very very happy!"
Ms. Diane Tedder, Australia
"What at beautiful facilities you have here!. The staffs are very friendly. I felt very well cared for and respected. A very big thank you for your professional care."
Ms. Trishella Geitz, Australia
"Great service, very fast and really happy with the results. I would definitely come back and recommend to others."
Mr. Anthony J. Pincombe, Australia
"Over this years I have always have a fear of going to see a dentist. However what I found when visiting KLIDC was unbelievable in service and treatment. Both ….. without any pain. I would without any hesitation recommend KLIDC to anyone seeking dental work."
Mr. Andrew Park – Australia
"I find KLIDC to be a top class International standard dentist practice. My wife had 2 tooth implants and myself regular dental treatments. The doctor has always been profeesional and courteous and show genuine care as does all the staff of KLIDC. I recommend highly to everyone seeking top dental service."
Ms. Delillah John, Australia
"My husband had a good outcome with minimal pain from a surgery that was major compared to a tooth extraction in Melbourne that had him in pain for nearly 2 – 3 days. It prompted me to get my molar looked at, cleaning and polishing as well. Everyone makes you feel at ease and they are so gentle with you that one cannot help but want to tell the world about how excellent this clinic is."
Mr. Alejandro Vargas, Australia
"On my second visit from Australia, the quality of the service and attention is as good as anywhere in the world. Well done!"
Mr. Mirnes Smajic, Australia
"The dentist thoroughly explained everything to me and that made the process earier – knowing what the dentist would do next."
Ms. Goldis Ramezan, Arab
"One of my friend said this clinic is very good and especially the doctor is very good and kind and happy with me. Before that I was scared every time, but now I have very good feeling. Everything is so good."
Ms. Xiao Ying Ying, China
"The doctor is very nice & gentle!"
Mr.Brian Mayhew Smith, England
"Excellent service – No pain – fully explained treatment."
Ms. Belleville Delphine, France
"I am very glad to meet the KLIDC team. The Centre is at the top of the technology level. The cleanliness and hygiene is absolute. The Centre is peaceful with natural environment and you can even hear the sound the water through the fountain. The team will welcome you with a big smile and a cup of coffee. The dentist I met has been honest, clear and understandable and didn't try to charge over price because I'm "Mat Salleh", same price for everybody - Fair."
Mr. Ramon Meyer, Germany
"Generally I feel well treated with a reasonable price."
Ms. Sherren Khalid, Iraq
"I am happy with the doctor who treated me. It seems he is an expert and I'm happy with the facilities here."
Mr. Kenji Kishi, Japan
"Cozy environment helps me have comfortable feeling before treatment. Doctor is knowledgeable, and despite of several troubled (brace is broken). She arranged scheduled immediately and problem is settled quickly."
Mr. Mohd Nur Azreen Arazmi, Malaysia
"Fantastic customer service! Good job!"
Ms.Loi Kwai Ching, Malaysia
"Firstly, while I stepped in KLIDC, I was impressed by the nice environment here. The environment here make me feel relax and comfortable. The service and profession here are excellent too. The doctor tried to explain to me my current dental problem and give me opinion to take care my teeth. In short, I like here."
Ms. Sandy Tan, Malaysia
"Excellent services and a very comfortable environment! Doctor who attended me have been really kind and helpful towards the period of having my braces attached, all emergency services were being provided in short noticed, really appreciate it."
Mr. Shaz Mukhtar, Malaysia
"It feels like a hotel. Once you go in, you don't really feel like stepping out anymore. But most importantly, the service is top notch. Gentle, kindness, professionalism and great care given towards patients. That's really great!"
Ms. Liew Hui Thing, Malaysia
"Nice environment. Friendly doctors & staff. Very detail explanation."
Mr. Svein H. Steien, Norway
"Excellent works so far. "
Mr. Dagfinn Olay Tegnander, Norway
"Very good and professional service. Always put the patient first."
Ms. Samira Mohammed Ali Al-Sabahi, Oman
"I believe that this Centre is one of the best dental Centre ever. The service is great and I would like to congratulate you for the good quality. It the first time I went to the dentist and the doctor is very friendly and understanding. The advices I got from the doctor gave me the confidence to visit the place again."
Dato' Rickie Tang, Singapore
"KLIDC is the best dental centre I have seen in Malaysia, and is probably the best in the region. Not many centre can go beyond clinical skills, but KLIDC has a good set up, very cozy environment, warm reception, good follow up etc many good aspects of the Centre which will lead me to recommend others to visit."
Ms. Zeynep Havva, Turkey
"I am extremely pleased with the treatment I've just received. The dentist not only informed me about the procedure in detail on my request, but she also updated me at every step, which was very comforting. It was one of the rare instances when I felt a dentist office feeling that it wasn't the nightmare I went through while walking to office."
Mr. Miguel Sanchez , USA
"I had a parted molar & filling. The doctor attended to it quickly and painless wit the new work which better than previous. Very nice work done! Calmly and efficiently."
Ms. Fatima Mohamed, Yemen
"Actually to talk about KLIDC, it was really nice to be under their treatment. What was my concern is to find nice people and staff who consider the situation of their patients. First when they provide like questionnaires if the patient has any health problem which is good. I have never seen like that before. I really like the way the doctor was communicating with me like a friend. The service was amazing. I really planning to come again and advice my friends if they need to have good smiles."
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#135 - ilikecows **User deleted account** (07/10/2013) [-]Here in Wales it feels like Hell
I can't deal with this sun and heat, **** summer, give me snow anyday
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That's roughly 78 degrees fahrenheit here. I think if people here saw proper snow fall they'd lose their minds. It got to 46 degrees celsius here with humidity and hotter in nearby areas...That's about 115 fahrenheit. I envy the places that have snow so much. The last few times I went to the carnival here I passed out from heatstroke.


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A lot will have happened when Rizzoli & Isles returns Tuesday — and that's just the way Sasha Alexander likes it.In the Season 3 finale, Maura (Alexander) had a change of heart and offered to donate her kidney to her ill half-sister Cailin (Emilee Wallace) on the condition that her biological mother Hope (Sharon Lawrence) didn't tell her. When Season 4 (9/8c, TNT) picks up three months later, she ...read more
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With summer finally peeking through after a series of abnormal weather patterns, the testosterone-fueled editorial team from Complex Magazine compiled their 100 Hottest Women Right Now list for the season. A Who's Who of sensual beauties and sultry bombshells, the list starts off with KE$HA as #100 … READ MORE
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Course registration fee of 75.00 applies to all courses. Accommodation Administration fee applies for all accommodation (with the exception of host family).
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Resource centre > News > $4.4million for Africa-US Medicinal Plants Partnership
$4.4million for Africa-US Medicinal Plants Partnership
8 December 2005
Missouri Botanic Garden and theKwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden are amongst the partners in a new NCCAM-funded research programme looking at the potential of traditional herbal medicine in combating AIDS and other major diseases.
Witha unique plant heritage estimated at over 30 000 higher plant species out of which approximately 3 000 species are used in traditional medicine, South Africa is in a favourable position to explore the traditional uses of plants to the full. The Cape alone has nearly 9 000 species and is said to be the most diverse temperate flora on earth . With such a rich biodiversity as well as a rich cultural heritage it is not surprising that there are many traditional users of plants.
How safe and effective these treatments are will be the focus of The International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy Studies (TICIPS), a collaborative research effort between the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The center will be funded by a $4.4 million, 4-year grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicines (NCCAM), a division of the National Institutes of Health.
"The American and South African citizens have strong interests in complementary and alternative medicine practices, but little is known of their safety and effectiveness," said Bill Folk, senior associate dean for research in the School of Medicine, principal investigator of the grant and co-director of TICIPS.
U.S. research teams from a number of US insititutions will partner with Quinton Johnson, director of the South African Herbal Science and Medicine Institute and co-director of TICIPS at three universities in South Africa, and South African traditional healers. Together, they will study the medicinal properties, safety and effectiveness of several African plants in use today by traditional healers. South Africa is home to more than 200,000 traditional healers who care for more than 27 million people.
"TICIPS is especially significant, since it presents the very first opportunity for medical doctors, scientists and traditional healers to internationally cooperate as equal partners in exploring indigenous African phytotherapies for AIDS, secondary infection and immune modulation," Johnson said. "Furthermore, TICIPS creates a unique bridge between Western and African medicine systems, with the aim of bringing hope, health and healing to all."
TICIPS goals are to:
The Center's first projects will examine two plants used widely in South Africa. One of those projects, led by Kathy Goggin of UMKC and Doug Wilson of UKZ-N, will investigate whether Sutherlandia, or Lessertia frutescens, is safe in HIV-infected patients and prevents wasting. A previous, small pilot study by TICIPS researchers studied the safety of Sutherlandia in healthy adults. This was the first study of its kind, according to Folk.
Other projects will focus on Artemisia afra, which is widely used to treat respiratory infections. There is suggestive evidence that A. afra might be useful in treating Tuberculosis, which will be explored by TICIPS researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston and the University of Cape Town. Another project will examine the plant's potential for preventing or treating cervical cancer. TICIPS researchers from Mizzou, Georgetown University, UKZ-N and the University of the Western Cape will collaborate on the project.
"A real strength of TICIPS comes from the contributions of colleagues outside of the life sciences. Communication is a strong component in order to let the public know what we find," Folk said. "Working with the MU School of Journalism and colleagues at the University of the Western Cape will ensure that our findings about the safety of these plants are distributed among the public, not only in South Africa, but throughout the world. Also, we enjoy a very strong partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden, one of the world's outstanding botanical centers. Nature has thousands of secrets that we have yet to discover. This is a big first step in uncovering some of those secrets and seeing how we can better understand these alternative medicines."
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Atlanta brings history, and respect, into game with Boston
Earlier in the season, the Atlanta Hawks beat the Boston Celtics 97-86, exposing a few of Boston's flaws.
The Hawks took it to the Celtics that night, using their athleticism, physicality and youthful energy to win the rebounding battle 47-29 and really own the Celtics in the paint. For a Celtics team used to intimidating and out-working its opponents, the game against Atlanta proved to be a wake-up call, a reminder that teams won't roll over just because the "Big, Bad Celtics" come rolling into town. It showed the Celtics they still have to show up and do the things that have gotten them a reputation as a tough team; namely, work, work work, and execute, execute, execute.
The Hawks know what they did well when the two teams met in November; they know why they won that game, and how they'll have to play if they want to beat the Celtics again tonight.
"I think we have to do what's worked for us," Joe Johnson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We have to use our athletic ability. That's got to be our strength, getting stops and getting out and getting easy fast-break points."
Using their athleticism certainly worked in the first meeting between the two teams. That night, the Celtics weren't just outplayed; they were outclassed. All night long, they allowed Al Horford and Joe Johnson to have their way with them, to pound them into submission. The Hawks treated that game like it was the NBA Finals, the Celtics as if it were just another game on the schedule. And it showed.
After Atlanta lost to Boston in a tightly-contested seven-game series during Boston's run to the 2008 NBA championship, the Hawks have slowly but surely improved to a team on the cusp of entering the conversation of true NBA contenders. Despite recent struggles, Atlanta has proven to be a formidable foe, a team that can knock off even the NBA's best on any given night.
The only thing missing from Atlanta's application to the NBA's elite is consistency. The very best teams in the NBA not only win most games they play; they win even on nights when not everything goes their way, and even on their worst performances find themselves in a winnable game.
That's what the Celtics have been able to do this year, and it's something Atlanta really respects about the C's.
"That team, they're just solid every night," said Al Horford. "I feel like Cleveland and Orlando can have their slippage like we've had, but for some reason, Boston, they have a good coach and veteran players and they're just so consistent every night that you know what you're going to get out of all of them."
Boston and Atlanta have been linked since the Celtics were taken to seven games by the upstart Hawks during the C's 2008 championship run. The Celtics gained some admiration for the Hawks, who never backed down a single inch, even when clearly outmatched as the East's eighth seed.
But, in the end, it was Boston's consistency and skill that won out, rather than Atlanta's youth, exuberance and athleticism.
The Hawks have closed the gap between the two teams since that series but, still, a gap remains.
The Celtics are still where the Hawks one day want to be.
Three things to look for in tonight's game:
- Rebound battle – The Hawks crushed the Celts on the boards in November, and it was the biggest reason they won the game. They got far too many offensive rebounds and second-chance points. If the Hawks again dominate the glass, the Celtics could be in for another long night.
- Bench play- With Jamal Crawford putting in 17.1 points off the bench, the Hawks can really change a game when their subs come in. In the first meeting between the two teams, Crawford managed to score 18 points as Zaza Pachulia and Joe Smith also contributed good minutes. The C's bench is far more balanced… when it is healthy. Now, though, with Marquis Daniels and Tony Allen both likely to miss tonight's game, look for Eddie House and Glen Davis to carry the wounded C's bench. The bench battle could go a long way to deciding which team wins this game.
- How many minutes will Ray Allen and Paul Pierce have to play? – Doc Rivers tends to play Ray and Paul a few too many minutes, especially in big games, and especially when the bench is depleted. Yikes. Tonight will be a big game, and the bench — specifically, the small forward and shooting guards on the bench — will be depleted due to illness and injury. Pierce and Allen could be very, very tired by the end of this one.
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Good points. I'd add turnovers, too. We had 25 against Miami and are one of the most turnover prone teams in the league. If we turn the ball over against the Hawks, they are going to get a lot of easy, fastbreak buckets.
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My DD was born in Nov 20th via forceps. The Dr. that delivered her just wanted to go home and one hour into pushing literally ripped her out of my body!
Needless to say he caused A LOT of damage to me (internal tear to the bone kind of damage). Any ways since then I've been angry about my birth experience (I guess I got what was coming to because before my little one I thought it was insane for people to be upset about stuff like that when they had a perfectly health baby). I also lost all feeling in my bladder and the ability to stop the flow of urine. Basically, I've been living life in fear of peeing myself (I'm still a full time student so I'm not just at home healing).
Long story short = 1. yesterday my dr put me on an anti-depression medication and i'm feeling good about that decision. 2. Two weeks ago I started seeing a pevic floor physio therapist. 3. Today the very expensive (100 a session) physio started paying off (I cut the flow of my own pee while going to the bathroom!)
Ok so I know that was ALL TMI but I wish more new moms would have told me about hard recovery could be. So I thought I would talk about my experience.
I hope things keep going on this upward swing!
How have all of you been recovering?
Oh my gosh - hugs to you for having to endure that kind of birth, as well as such a painful recovery! But glad to read that you are actually getting somewhere with the therapy
My own birth was just fine and dandy - and the epidural worked great for my contractions and vag (though I could still feel a bit), but dear lordi my pelvis! I thought there was something wrong, because it literally felt like someone had stuck their hands into my belly button, and began pulling them apart (I literally screamed, crying and thinking that my DS must be trapped, or worse, dying!)
My OB explained that what I probably felt was him going down the birth canal, and that I either tore/pulled or stretched cartilage or ligaments D: She also told me that it could take 3 to 6 months PP for me to fully recover! (and if not by then, I'd have to see a physical therapist too) Needless to say, there was only so much exercising I could do initially, with what felt like a broken pelvis (I could walk and sit, but if I moved my legs to much or certain way, I just wanted to crawl the rest of the day!). I spent the first month PP taking tylenol and ibuprofen for pain (every day).
But I am SUPER HAPPY to report that my DS is almost three months and I have just the slightest discomfort left (again, only when I move certain ways). So hey, if this keeps up, maybe I can finally work on getting rid of the other half of the baby weight still stuck on me!
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Not to sound dramatic, but I would totally be writing in a complaint about your delivery doctor. It's one thing if the forceps were medically necessary, but it sounds like they weren't and the doctor was obviously way to rough on you and your baby to cause that kind of damage. He should not get away with that or ever do that to anyone else.
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Hyper Mario And Germany On Verge Of All Out Warfare
Posted By admin On August 2, 2012 @ 3:00 am In Money Watch | Comments Disabled
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Aug 2, 2012
Back in March we wrote "Mario Draghi Is Becoming Germany's Most Hated Man [2]" for one reason: a few months after the former Goldman appartchik was sworn in to replace Trichet with promises he would not "print" Draghi did just that in a covert way via $1.3 trillion in LTROs, that immediately hit the economy and sent inflation across Europe soaring. We said that: "Slowly but surely the realization is dawning on Germany that while it was sleeping, perfectly confused by lies spoken in a soothing Italian accent that the ECB will not print, not only did Draghi reflate the ECB's balance sheet by an unprecedented amount in a very short time, in the process not only sending Brent in Euros to all time highs (wink, wink, inflation, as today's European CPI confirmed coming in at 2.7% or higher than estimated) but also putting the BUBA in jeopardy with nearly half a trillion in Eurosystem"receivables" which it will most likely never collect."
It now appears that the simmering hatred between the two is about to upshift to a whole new level, with the threat of open escalation finally arriving. Because if Sueddeutsche Zeitung is correct, via Reuters, in precisely 12 hours, Draghi will proceed with a plan that has neither Germany's nor Buba's blessing, in the process effectively isolating the only remaining solvent country in Europe, and its de facto paymaster, and forcing Germany to take a long, hard look at the exit sign (which, however, as reported earlier, with each passing day that drags Germany's economy is becoming less of an unthinkable outcome). To wit: "Draghi is planning concerted action using both the ECB and the future euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to purchase sovereign debt from Spain or Italy in order to help push down borrowing rates for those two countries." There is one problem: "highly doubtful that the German government would agree to Draghi's approach. The Bundesbank also is likely to reject the idea, the paper added."
In essence what Draghi will do tomorrow is what Monti did a month ago when together with Rajoy, he presented Germany with one option, and would not back down else risk disintegrating the Eurozone. Merkel then took the diplomatic way out and pretended to agree that the ESM would lose its seniority status, something which as Finland confirmed today, never actually happened after the Nordic country said the ESM still and will always have explicit seniority status. The problem however is that the June summit was political theater. What happens tomorrow will have all too real consequences if and when Monti injects another €1 trillion into the economy. How soon afterward can Germany again expect to once again pay a record amount for a liter of unleaded. And how quick until the latest iteration of attempted inflation fizzles and has to be replicated with a €2 trillion bond monetization episode. Then €4 trillion. Then €8. Etc.
You get the picture.
More from Reuters: which doesn't tell us anything really new, but merely confirms (allegedly) that Draghi will indeed openly go where so few have gone before – openly against the will of Germany, its Chancellor and banking head, Herr Weidmann:
The ESM would purchase sovereign debt in smaller amounts directly from both countries while the central bank would resume its purchase of debt in the secondary market, the daily wrote in an advance released on Wednesday evening. The Bundesbank has opposed further ECB debt purchases.
The ECB Council will meet on Thursday and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it looked like a majority was emerging in favour of the ECB resuming its purchases of sovereign debt. It added there will most likely not be any official decision on such a measure.
The ECB's role would be a stopgap until the ESM is approved by the German constitutional court. Which it very way may never happen.
There is a greater likelihood that Draghi will spell out in more concrete terms what he said last week – that the ECB will do everything within its mandate to support the euro, the paper said. A final decision is not expected until after Sept. 12, after the German Constitutional Court rules on the ESM.
The daily said Draghi's plans could lead to the ESM taking part directly in the auctions of state debt by those countries affected, leading to a reduced interest rate for the auction.
The ECB's task would to be to work before the auctions to push the interest rates down to an acceptable level and to keep them fixed at that lower level for the longer term.
The delusion continues because not only have we shown that the impact of each SMP episode is weaker and weaker [3], but that absent the ECB officially denouncing its senior status, and thus fears of bondholder subordination, the ECB will achieve absolutely no incremental interest in bond purchases by private investors who are convinced both Spain and Italy will conclude merely as yet another Greece.
Sueddeutsche said it is hoped the plan would restore private investors'
confidence in the bond market. The ESM would probably only have to allot
relatively small sums of money for this or could bow out of bond
auctions at the last minute if the interest rates had fallen to an
acceptable level.
Finally and most crucially:
The daily said it was at the same time highly doubtful that the German
government would agree to Draghi's approach. The Bundesbank also is
likely to reject the idea, the paper added.
And with that the open warfare between the ECB and Germany will begin. The only question remaining is does Draghi, even if he is truly merely a figurehead for Goldman, really want to launch all out war against Germany?
Especially with his office located in downtown Frankfurt.
Oh, and don't call him Super Mario any more. The proper prefix now is HyperTM.
Then again, just like today's violent disappointment by the Fed, all of the above could be merely well positioned media propaganda, and the reality is that Draghi will do absolutely nothing.
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[1] Zero Hedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/hyper-mario-and-germany-verge-all-out-warfare
[2] Mario Draghi Is Becoming Germany's Most Hated Man: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mario-draghi-becoming-germanys-most-hated-man
[3] each SMP episode is weaker and weaker: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/quick-reminder-effectiveness-ecbs-bond-buying
[4] Image: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/07-2/Hyper%20Mario.jpg
[5] Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold: http://www.prisonplanet.com/why-germany-wants-to-see-its-us-gold.html
[6] Germany Was Out-Voted And Forced To Bail Out Europe: http://www.prisonplanet.com/germany-was-out-voted-and-forced-to-bail-out-europe.html
[7] Former Bundesbank President Weber Warns Germany Will Be On The European Bail Out Hook For Up To 314% Of Its GDP: http://www.prisonplanet.com/former-bundesbank-president-weber-warns-germany-will-be-on-the-european-bail-out-hook-for-up-to-314-of-its-gdp.html
[8] BUSTED: Mario Draghi And ECB VP Caught On Microphone Joking About Whether Their Words Will Move Markets: http://www.prisonplanet.com/busted-mario-draghi-and-ecb-vp-caught-on-microphone-joking-about-whether-their-words-will-move-markets.html
[9] One Of The Biggest Euro Skeptics Thinks The ECB Is About To Uncork A Game-Changer: http://www.prisonplanet.com/one-of-the-biggest-euro-skeptics-thinks-the-ecb-is-about-to-uncork-a-game-changer.html
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Posted 11/28/2012 04:02 pm
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St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock has cut ties with Dr. Jock Cobb, who had been the medical director at St. Vincent North in Sherwood and rented a medical building from it.
Last week, Cobb sent a letter to his patients at North Hills Family Medical Center saying he was taken by surprise when St. Vincent officials told him in mid-September that it would not renew the lease. According to the letter, obtained by Arkansas Business, Cobb needed to be out of the space by Oct. 31.
"To say the least we were shocked," he wrote.
Cobb said he didn't receive any answers from St. Vincent for not renewing the lease and had to scramble to find new office space, which he did at 4509 E. McCain Blvd., in North Little Rock.
St. Vincent CEO Peter Banko told Arkansas Business that St. Vincent "wanted to move in a different direction and have some other primary care relationships … go in the building."
He also said St. Vincent offered to sell Cobb the building, but Cobb declined.
St. Vincent bought the 100,000-SF building from North Hills Family Medical Center in 1998 for $715,000. It had an appraised value of $1.5 million, according to the Pulaski County Assessor's Office.
Banko said St. Vincent is negotiating to have other doctors in the building. He declined to say who he was talking to, but said it would be doctors practicing primary care, family or internal medicine. Banko said he hopes to have the space occupied by January.
Banko said that about the same time that St. Vincent decided not to renew Cobb's lease, it also parted ways with him as its medical director of St. Vincent North.
"We're currently recruiting for a full-time vice president of medical affairs" that will cover St. Vincent hospitals in Little Rock, Sherwood and Morrilton, he said.
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There's a new film phenomenon that thankfully has nothing to do with sparkly vampires. The Hunger Games, premiering March 23rd, has generated a lot of buzz over whether it will do justice to the eponymous trilogy on which it is based. Suzanne Collins published the first novel of the series in 2008 and since then, the YA literary world has caught Hunger Games fever. All three books have been bestsellers, with The Hunger Games being the first YA or children's book to sell over one million copies for Amazon's Kindle.
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