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ICMART 2016 - Newsletter 1
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ICMART agrees on Code of Good Practice in Medical Acupuncture
Call for ICMART Congress Sofia 10-12th June - Early bird registration untill 29th Februray
Dear ICMART participants,
The Organizing Committee of the forthcoming world acupuncture congress which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 10-12 June takes the opportunity to invite you to participate in ICMART 2016. Some of the best experts from all over the world will take part in it and they will share the latest developments in the field of acupuncture. You may visit the congress website at www.icmart2016.com.
We have also offered excellent working facilities, comfort hotel rooms and interesting social and tourist activities.
The registration is already open and you can still avail of the Early Bird registration fee (valid till the end of February). You may follow the link here and do the registration just in a few steps.
If you need additional information or have any questions, please feel free to contact the official event manager Congresses and Events (CME Ltd., www.cmebg.com ) at email@example.com (Mrs. Mira Bonova).
Best regards,
Dr. Emil Iliev
Congress President & Chairman
Last Call for ICMART Young Scientists' Travel Award 2016
Dear Colleagues,
Only 2 weeks left for your registration!!!
This is the last call for the
ICMART Young Scientists' Travel Award 2016
which is organized from ICMART XVII World Congress on Medical Acupuncture, 10-12 June 2016 in Sofia. The Young Investigator Travel Award encourages and recognizes young scientific researcher of promise, upon whom progress in the field of acupuncture and related techniques is dependent. For further information please check the link below.
The call for abstracts is open and online:
The deadline for submissions is February 15th 2016.
We would appreciate your contribution to our communication by spreadind this info to your members and any other media.
Hope to meet you all at this fabulous scientific event.
Kind regards,
Dr. Konstantina Theodoratou MD, MSc, Med. Psych.
President of ICMART
Call for ICMART Young Scientists' Travel Award 2016 - ICMART Congress 2016 Sofia
World Congress on Medical Acupuncture
Acupuncture and well-being
10-12 June 2016
Ramada Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Young Investigator Travel Award encourages and recognizes young scientific researcher of promise, upon whom progress in the field of acupuncture and related techniques is dependent.
Interested candidates should submit an abstract summarizing any problem that relates to acupuncture techniques and their use whether it is in etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, or therapy of symptoms or diseases. All submitted abstracts compete for a limited number of Travel Grants covering travel expenses, congress fee and extra money. Accepted abstracts will be presented in a Young Scientists' Session highlighted in the Congress program.
The deadline for submissions is February 15th 2016 - submit your science today.
Eligibility: Physicians, scientists, medical students and other healthcare providers currently in residency or fellowship programs, or are no more than three years out of training.
Framework: Oral presentations will be given in the Young Scientists' Session at the ICMART 2016 Congress, June 10th to 12th 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria. Time for presentation is 10 minutes with 5 minutes additional time for discussion. The Congress Fee for young scientists with accepted abstracts is reduced to 100 Euro. The Young Scientist Travel Awards (500 Euro each) will be granted by 3B Scientific GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
Submission: Abstracts must contain original scientific data collected by the author. Language of the abstracts and presentations is English. Abstract texts must be a maximum of 500 words. Recommended font is Arial 10 pt, double line spacing. Abstracts not according to the instructions are rejected. The following requirements need to be addressed:
1) Title (in capital case)
2) Presenting Author: full name (family name second) and affiliation (including her/his organization, city and country)
3) Contributing authors: full names and contributions
4) Abstracts should have the following structure (headings): Purpose, Relevance, Participants, Methods, Analysis, Results, Conclusions.
5) If the study has been supported by a grant, please indicate the source of funding at the bottom of your abstract.
6) Indicate all conflict of interest.
7) A three-line biography note of the applicant is required.
7) A statement that the author meets the criteria of eligibility.
8) References should be placed in the order they appear in the abstract.
Submission and Contact Address for Authors: Please submit your abstract to the Office of the Scientific Committee of the German Medical Acupuncture Association DAEGfA, secretary Dr. Eszter Füzeki firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for submission is February 15th 2016.
ICMART Young Scientists' Travel Award 2016.pdf
EUROCAM - News, European CAM doctors respond to CPME position paper on CAM
European CAM doctors respond to CPME position paper on CAM
ICMART supported the 1st UAE International Conference of Acupuncture in Abu Dhabi
The 1st UAE International Conference of Acupuncture in Abu Dhabi - November 10&11 2015
ICMART agrees on definitions for Acupuncture & Related Techniques
CAM Interest Group at the European Parliament - discussing the restricted availability of CAM medicinal products in the EU
On 1 July 2015 the CAM Interest Group at the European Parliament discussed the restricted availability of CAM medicinal products in the EU, a fact confirmed by a recent report by Matrix Insight, commissioned by DG Health and Food Safety.
Experts from the CAM community presented proposals for positive action within the current legal framework in order to improve their accessibility.
More info at http://cam-europe.eu/ensuring-the-availability-of-cam-medicinal-products.php
EPHA 6th Annual Conference 2-3 September, Brussels: Towards a European Union for Health
EPHA 6th Annual Conference 2-3 September 2015, Brussels "Towards a European Union for Health - From Health in All Policies to EU Governance for Health and Well-Being?"
For more information click here
Report from 3rd Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium 20-21 June 2015 , Athens, Greece
Athens, June 24, 2015
For the 3rd year in a row we are very happy to announce that IASY 2015 came to completion, hosted by SAMAG in the city of Athens Greece, on June 20-21, 2015.
We are very proud and joyous to having participated in such an extraordinary scientific event! Bridging knowledge and different fields of science came together in the most proficient way. It seems that scientific think tanks have a great future despite oddities and all obstacles can be surmounted when we all reach for common ground.
Having said that we cordially invite you all to the 4th upcoming IASY 2016 symposium on June 04-05, 2016
From the Scientific Committee
Dr. Konstantina Theodoratou MD, MSc, Med.Psych, AABMRC Fellowship, President of ICMART, President of SAMAG
Chair of the Symposium
FILASMA - AcuPunta 2015 - Successful Conclusion of the Triple International Medical Acupuncture Congress, Punta del Este, Uruguay, last 27-29th April 2015
Meeting of the European Parliament Interest Group MEPs for CAM 1 July 2015 - Ensuring the availability of CAM medicinal products for the benefit of EU citizens in order to exploit their potential to address some major health issues of our time such as antimicrobial resistance and chronic disease
ICMART Bali Congress 2015 runs successfully - welcoming more than 80 international guests from 26 countries
Obituary Walburg Maric-Oehler, General Secretary of ICMART 2010-2014, published
Save the date: Forum Neuraltherapy International 2015, 02-04 October 2015 in Vienna
Date: 2th-4th October 2015
Venue: Imperial Riding School, Vienna, Austria
Programm and registration:
The World of Medical Acupuncture is mourning - Prof. Dr. W. Maric-Oehler, ICMART General Secretary has passed away
The World of Medical Acupuncture is mourning -
Prof.h.c. Dr. Walburg Maric-Oehler, MD,
General Secretary of ICMART, has passed away
The accomplishments of Dr. Walburg Maric-Oehler spanned the globe, its cultures and medical traditions.
Her life was devoted to the development, education and integration of Medical Acupuncture and the development of Integrative Medicine worldwide. For 19 years, Dr. Maric-Oehler was President of DAEGfA (the German Medical Acupuncture Association), the largest Medical Acupuncture association in the world. She was the driving force behind the first official recognition of Acupuncture in Germany and the integration of Acupuncture within University Medical Schools throughout Germany and Europe.
As General Secretary of ICMART (International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques), she was Medical Acupuncture's international, and most revered, diplomat, bridging the gap between East and West as ambassador of CAM (Complimentary and Alternative Medicine) and Integrative Medicine. Her life's work focused on transcultural, and interdisciplinary exchange cross associations and the integration of multiple CAM modalities with the medical traditions of China, Tibet, Korea and Japan. Professor Maric-Oehler was a prolific author, lecturer and visionary whose commitment to new forms of acupuncture, including Yamamoto's New Scalp Acupuncture, led to its international adoption.
For more than the last 10 years, she worked intensively on the official recognition of medical acupuncture in Brussels at the European level within the framework of the EU Public Health. She was a founding member, or held key positions, in EU CAM-Initiatives (e.g. ECPM; CAMDOC Alliance, EUROCAM) from the inception.
Dr. Maric-Oehler was the recipient of innumerable honors and awards in Germany, Europe and Asia. She was a talented lecturer and teacher who trained generations of medical students and doctors.
For decades, she continuously created, developed, encouraged and supported national and international alliances and multi-national cooperation. A world figure, she was, in short, the Grand Dame of ICMART and Medical Acupuncture.
ICMART loses with Walburg Maric-Oehler not only a woman who gave her heart and soul for the recognition of acupuncture but a dedicated ally and sincere friend.
Her passing is a great loss for ICMART, Medical Acupuncture and Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) worldwide. We are grateful and thank her for a lifetime of tireless work and dedication. We will honor her memory by continuing to move forward together in her spirit.
Her life and contributions will not be forgotten.
ICMART board January 2015
EUROCAM has recently published its report 'CAM 2020 - The contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to sustainable healthcare in Europe'
EUROCAM has recently published its report "CAM 2020 - The contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to sustainable healthcare in Europe".
It provides information about CAM scoping its current practice and availability as well as its potential future role across the European Union. In addition, it highlights a number of priority policy action areas to enable CAM to fulfil its significant potential to contribute to the healthcare of citizens throughout the EU.
It can be downloaded from
Symposium Video: 2nd Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium - I.A.S.Y. 2014 Athens
Symposium Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez1fGfT2pAs
Succesful Completion of the 2nd Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium - I.A.S.Y. 2014 Athens
Athens, October 22, 2014
We are delighted to announce the successful completion of the 2nd Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium – I.A.S.Y. 2014, hosted by the Scientific Association for Medical Acupuncture (SAMAG), in the city of Athens Greece, on September 2014.
Indeed we believe that the purpose of the symposium to join and combine advanced scientific data and methods from various disciplines and medical specialties in a quest to improve and further refine our understanding of acupuncture science was brilliantly met!
Acclaimed scientists from around the world, some of them representing great academic establishments attended the symposium and surely provided exceptional presentations of their studies in defense of their diverse intellect.
They said about the symposium:
I had the privilege and good fortune of participating in the second annual Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium in Athens, Greece. I have attended many conferences and symposiums, but never before have I witnessed such a stimulating, interesting, and productive exchange of ideas and knowledge. This was an exceptionally positive and worthwhile experience for me (and, it appeared, to the other participants as well).
Thank you, again!!!
Dr. Remy R. Coeytaux, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine, Co-Founder, Chapel Hill Doctors Healthcare Center (USA)
Thank you, Konstantina, thank you, Elpida, for all your efforts concerning the wonderful IASY congress 2014 in Athens. I came to this conference as an invited participant, I always felt very comfortable during the very interesting scientific program and also during the wonderful social program, and when I left, I had the feeling to leave your congress in Athens as an old friend of yours. THANK YOU!
Hope to keep in touch,
kind greetings
Dr. Gerhard Litscher, MSc, PhD, MDsc , Professor Beijing/Taiwan/Harbin/Graz/ Universities (Austria/China/Taiwa
I would like so much to thank you for giving me this opportunity to present at this very interesting and as said before well organised symposium!
I am also very grateful that I had the opportunity to collaborate with you - even at this preliminary level - and I hope we'll be able to collaborate closer and further in the very near future.
I wish you all the best to your future endeavours!
Dr. Efthymios Papatzikis, Dip.Mus, BMus, MMus solo, MMus chamber music, Prof.Cert.Ed., PhD , PostDoc Lecturer, Institute of Education, University of London - Research Fellow, Foundation Botin - Academic Associate, Metropolitan College, University of East London (UK / Spain / Greece)
A nice and cosy atmosphere enabling experiences to be shared and ideas to be enriched. A very special occasion to give so few and receive so much, being immersed in the spirit of cooperation of an interdisciplinary environment.
Thank you all, again, for all your support, with best wishes!
Antonio Carlos Sant'Ana MD, Bauru Estadual Hospital, (Brazil)
Thank you once again very much for this perfect conference, and the wonderful days in Athens.
For me as a young scientist, I felt very well at this conference. It was a perfect opportunity to give a lecture in front of all the interested participants. It is a young organization full of energy and effort. Thank you all once again.
Best wishes and kind regards
Daniela Litscher, Msc, Research Associate Graz/Beijing, Medical University of Graz (Austria/China)
At the 40 years of my career I believe i have participate in over 1000 conferences of various sizes, in Greece and abroad.
I believe that yours were one of the best in both the pre-congress organization and its implementation. I am sure that the next time many more colleagues will have the opportunity to attend and benefit from the knowledge provided by the program.
Iwant you to know that I will be very happy to help you in the future.
With great appreciation
Dr. Achilles E. Georgiadis, MD, PhD, Rheumatologist.
It was a rare combination of a high level scientific presentations from specialists from all sides of the world, and a unique friendly and joyous atmosphere during the sessions and during the brakes as well.
The interaction and combination of ideas was equally exciting as the presentations themselves.I feel really gratefull for the chance i had to participate in this congress.
Dr. Vangelis Zafeiriou, MD, Psychiatrist,
President of the Hellenic Association of Homeopathic Medical Cooperation
Congress Report ICMART Congress 2014 in Istanbul - DZA 2014/3
Acupuncture and auricular cryotherapy for chronic headache in a patient with type III von Willebrand disease
6th International Medical Acupuncture Congress of Barcelona - Call for Papers
Could acupuncture reduce secondary osteoporosis in patients with spinal cord injury?
ICMART Congress 2014 Istanbul - Final Programme online
A Life Devoted to Medical Acupuncture – Gerhard Bachmann Award for Dr. Walburg Maric-Oehler MD, General Secretary of ICMART
Please read the expression of appreciation for Walburg Maric-Oehler by Jochen Gleditsch
Presentation speech in honour of Walburg Marić-Oehler.pdf
Laudatio Bachmann-Preis für W. Maric-Oehler-deutsch.pdf
Please read the press release from German Medical Acupuncture Association / DAEGfA, a tribute to the many contributions of Dr. Walburg Maric-Oehler
DAEGfA press statement Bachmann-Award for W. Maric-Oehler.pdf
DÄGfA Presseerklärung Bachmann-Preis für W. Maric-Oehler.pdf
Successful treatment of phantom limb pain and phantom limb sensation in the traumatic amputee using scalp acupuncture
Plasma nesfatin-1 level in obese patients after acupuncture: a randomised controlled trial
Switzerland: Status of medical complementary medicine no longer in doubt
Status of medical complementary medicine no longer in doubt
Berne, 02.05.2014.
Dakomed and the UNION welcome the proposal from the Swiss Federal Department of Home Internal Affairs (FDHA) on the final inclusion of medical complementary medicine in the OKP [compulsory healthcare insurance] as a result of its equal status with other disciplines. Definitive payment through the basic insurance is long overdue. Dakomed and the UNION would now like to see a speedy implementation of the changes announced to the KLV [Healthcare Benefits Ordinance] and the KVV [Health Insurance Ordinance]. We expect all the parties concerned to lend their positive support to the process.
Five years ago, on 17 May 2009, a two-thirds majority of eligible voters approved the constitutional Article 118a to include medical complementary medicine in the Swiss healthcare system. Recent sur- veys have also clearly shown that complementary medicine is supported and desired by a majority of the population. One of the central demands is that the four medical disciplines of anthroposophically extended medicine, classic homeopathy, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) should be paid for through the basic health insurance if these disciplines are provided by medical pro- fessionals who have received appropriate additional training. (This does not affect services rendered by non-medical therapists. The costs of these services will continue to be met through the corre- sponding supplementary insurances.)
The evaluation of all the evidence developed over the past 13 years allows us to conclude that the effectiveness, appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of medical complementary medicine has today proven to be comparable with that of conventional medicine. The quality assurance is guaranteed by the high standards demanded of the specialist education and training: the full state exam, a minimum five-year specialist medical residency as well as additional training in at least one of the four comple- mentary medical disciplines are a prerequisite for the certificates of competence recognised by the FMH. There are consequently no further obstacles to medical complementary medicine finally being included in the OKP.
Media release from the Dachverband Komplementärmedizin (Dakomed) and the Union of Associations of Swiss Physicians for Complementary Medicine (UNION) dated 2 May 2014
In its Manifesto, EUROCAM calls on candidate MEPs for the new European Parliament to support CAM
- WHO's call for greater integration of CAM into healthcare systems
- better regulation of CAM products, practices and providers
- greater investment in researching CAM's risks and benefits.
Download the Manifest of EUROCAM
see more: www.cam-europe.eu
Meeting of the European Parliament Interest Groups. 1st April 2014, Euopean Parliament, Brussels
Reducing the need for antibiotics - CAM Interest Group meeting 1 April 2014
hosted by Ms Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP (Finland) and Mr Alojz Peterle MEP (Slovenia), European Parliament, Brussels
CAMIG Invitation and Agenda.pdf
Presentations and documents available for downloading (source: www.cam-europe.eu):
Commission Action Plan to Combat the rising threat from Antimicrobial Resistance: activities in the human sector
Ms Herta Adam, Deputy Head of Unit SANCO 3 - Health threats
Introduction: The role of CAM in reducing antimicrobial resistance
Dr Ton Nicolai, EUROCAM spokesman/coordinator
Herbal medicine – its role in combating antimicrobial resistance
Mr Michael McIntyre, Visiting Professor, Middlesex University, London, Chair European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioner Association, UK
Integrative approach in anthroposophic hospitals
Dr Thomas Breitkreuz, President Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations (IVAA), Senior Consultant at the Paracelsus Hospital, Unterlengenhardt, Germany
Homeopathy as an alternative to antibiotics
Professor Dr Michael Frass, Professor of Medicine, Senior Intensivist, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Herbal medicine as an alternative to antibiotics in animal husbandry
Professor Dr Johanna Fink-Gremmels, veterinarian, chair in veterinary pharmacology and toxicology at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Homeopathy as an alternative to antibiotics in animal husbandry
Ms Liesbeth Ellinger, veterinarian, researcher, Past-President International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy (IAVH), the Netherlands.
Electroacupuncture at ST36 rescues mice from sepsis via adrenal dopamine
ICMART welcomes three new member societies
During the ICMART Congress 2013 in Vienna three new members of ICMART have been accepted and welcomed during the Extraordinary General Assembly:
- SMS Societas Medicinae Sinensis
International Society for Chinese Medicine, Germany
- ÖGKA Austrian Society for Controlled Acupuncture and TCM, Austria
- Acupuncture Association / Acupuncture Derneği, Turkey
Acupuncture Charter Vienna 2013 announced - ICMART congress 2013 in Vienna
Acupuncture Charter, Vienna 2013
On the 30th anniversary of the founding of ICMART, the Acupuncture Charter of Berlin 2001 is
today revisited.
Acupuncture has been practiced as a part of traditional East Asian medicine for over 2000 years, and encompasses a wealth of empirical experience. Interest in the practice grew tremendously in the West over the latter half of the 20th Century, and to an even greater degree in the last 30 years.
The growth in medical acupuncture took place as a result of its perceived efficacy in acute and chronic pain, as well as in functional and reversible organic disorders. High quality evidence now exists to support its clinical use for a wide range of problems based on randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews, although there is still considerable debate over the interpretation of results of sham controlled trials. Basic scientific research has determined many of the neurophysiological and neuropharmacological mechanisms by which acupuncture works.
Medical acupuncturists make a conventional medical diagnosis prior to treatment and only use acupuncture when indicated. Patient safety is of paramount importance.
The full integration and regulation of medical acupuncture has not followed as rapidly as has the growth in public interest and pragmatic use of the technique. Acupuncture education and research has, for the most part, taken place outside the conventional medical teaching centres, and thus it has often been ignored, or encountered strong resistance.
The development of medical acupuncture has not progressed at the same rate in all countries. The degrees of integration of acupuncture, medical and traditional, within national healthcare provision have differed widely.
The participants of this ICMART congress in Vienna, 30th November to 1st December 2013, strongly commit themselves to the following:
1. Setting up unified international quality standards of medical acupuncture in education, practice and research according to the principles of contemporary medicine:
- to optimise the effects of acupuncture and the safety for patients
- to follow evidence based medicine (EBM) in its broadest definition
- for application in all appropriate medical specialties
- to integrate acupuncture into modern medicine and health care.
2. Strengthening relationships between national medical acupuncture societies in Europe and throughout the world
3. Further collaboration with the World Health Organisation
4. Extending national co-operation with:
- University Medical Schools
- Institutions of healthcare
- Health funding organizations
- Research funding organisations in healthcare
- Other medical organisations of acupuncture
- Patient organisations
Vienna, 30th November 2013
Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium successfully completed on June 2013 in Athens, Greece.
Athens, September 11, 2013.
We are delighted to announce the successful completion of the Interdisciplinary Acupuncture Symposium, hosted by the Scientific Association for Medical Acupuncture (SAMAG), in the city of Athens Greece, on June 2013.
Indeed we believe that the purpose of the symposium to join and combine advanced scientific data and methods from various disciplines and medical specialties in a quest to improve and further refine our understanding of acupuncture science was brilliantly met!
Acclaimed scientists from around the world, some of them representing great academic establishments, such as Stanford -USA, York –UK, Guangzhou-China, Kyunghee- Korea, Koc-Turkey and Kapodistrian- Greece, attended the symposium and surely provided exceptional presentations of their studies in defense of their diverse intellect. Different scientific approaches offered an outstanding nonetheless modern perception and supplemented each other in a manner that laid the foundations on solid grounds for future explorations.
Attending the I.A.SY 2013 was truly a rewarding and revolutionary experience for the scientific community, in short, a great leap forward for all health practitioners, that strive to achieve a higher level of comprehension of acupuncture science.
The Organising Committee
ICMART Lexicon of Medical Acupuncture now online!
Reminder: AAMA celebrates 25 Years of Medical Acupuncture with Annual Symposium
May 2-5, 2013
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace
Baltimore, MD
The American Association of Medical Acupuncture is celebrating their 25th annual symposium and is pleased to present a symposium designed to meet an expressed need to explore the mechanisms of acupuncture from several different perspectives, and to examine current scientific research in the field of medical acupuncture. This meeting addresses topics suggested by practitioners and stresses many different approaches for addressing practical clinical problems. An emphasis on evidence-based scientific research is integrated with practical protocols for the serious clinician. Surveys and evaluations from previous symposia indicate that there is a desire for more information about acupuncture techniques that honor the rich history of Asian medicine as applied to the contemporary, Western medical practice.
The various approaches and styles reviewed will include: Auricular Medicine, Five Element Acupuncture, Energetics Integration, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Neuroanatomical Acupuncture, Palpation -based Acupuncture, QiGong massage, Medical Acupuncture Zang Fu Healing, Tuina, and Manual Medicine techniques to enhance acupuncture outcomes.
This conference will offer a multi-tiered approach for the understanding and clinical relevance of acupuncture in daily practice. It will expand our awareness of scientific research into the effects of acupuncture, and provide participants with information about different approaches for the treatment of common conditions seen in clinical practice. Clinicians will learn multi-faceted ways to tailor acupuncture treatments for their individual patients. This conference will focus on clinically relevant treatment approaches that can easily be integrated into clinical practice.
More details: www.medicalacupuncture.org
NAAV, Netherlands Acupuncture Association, celebrated 40years anniversary
20th April 2013
The Acupuncture Association of The Netherlands - NAAV - celebrated with an Anniversary Congress 40 years in The Hague. The programme included national and international speakers. ICMART was represented by its general secretary Dr. W. Maric-Oehler (MD), who congratulated one of the oldest member societies of ICMART for succesful 40 years of Medical Acupuncture in The Netherlands.
Acupuncture in Patients With Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis - A Randomized Trial
Annals of Internal Medicine: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1583578
Clinical Trials.Gov.: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00610584
CAM Research Highlight - successful CAMbrella Final Conference
28-29 November 2012, Brussels
The first health policy CAM Event – a successful pioneering project CAM Conference and CAM Exhibition 'Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Innovation and Added Value for European Healthcare'
9th October 2012, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
The CAM Conference in Brussels, as a European pioneer project, is dedicated to the current great debate 'Quo vadis Europa?' with all related topics and especially its positive aspects. The future of Europe is at least also dependent on how fit and healthy Europeans are. Public Health for European citizens is an important issue in Brussels. In this context CAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the European level is becoming increasingly important.
ICMART International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques (founded 1983), the global umbrella association of medical acupuncture societies, has contributed for years and has set many important inputs.
read more, download the lectures and the CAM conference resolution - Call for action and more
Acupuncture another option when facing depression
Last week, I had an interesting discussion with several friends. The topic was "depression." The questions asked were do antidepressants really work, what are the alternatives to prescription medications and do they work as well as medications. Depression has become so widespread that antidepressants are now the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the U.S. Over the past 20 years, the percent of Americans taking antidepressants doubled. Currently, 1 in 10 Americans is taking one or more antidepressants.
Depression is believed to be the result of chemical imbalances in the brain, especially low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Depression is commonly divided into three subdivisions: mild, moderate and severe. Recent published medical research has demonstrated that prescription antidepressants work best for those who have severe depression but for mild to moderate depression, antidepressants do not seem to be any more effective than a "sugar pill" or placebo. That does not mean that antidepressants are not effective, but it does suggest that there are many factors that contribute to depression, not just changes in brain neurotransmitters. For many, antidepressant medications may not be the best option.
A recent study in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry suggests that acupuncture, as a stand-alone therapy, may be quite effective for mild to moderate depression. This particular study was a compilation of several different studies looking at the effectiveness of acupuncture at relieving the symptoms of mild to moderate depression. These studies looked at many different kinds of acupuncture including traditional acupuncture with needles, electro-acupuncture as well as laser acupuncture.
It also included a wide segment of the population from very young to very old. Putting all these studies together they found that acupuncture is at least as effective as antidepressant medications and when used in conjunction with antidepressants, acupuncture may also reduce many of the medication side effects.
How acupuncture works is a topic of much conjecture. From a Western medicine perspective, acupuncture can increase the levels of a number of different neurotransmitters and, theoretically, changes in neurotransmitter levels influence the length and duration of a depressive episode.
According to traditional Chinese medicine however, depression may be the result of a "dysregulation" of the seven emotions — joy, anger, worry, contemplation, grief, fear and shock. If acupuncture is able to reestablish a balance among these emotions, the symptoms of depression are relieved. Either way, the current medical literature suggests that acupuncture is an effective therapy for mild to moderate depression.
Although the medical research is compelling, the weight of medical research on acupuncture and depression is not conclusive. However, medical research has also demonstrated that other simple approaches such as relaxing exercise, stress reduction, meditation and yoga can be beneficial in mild to moderate depression.
An ancient Chinese curse is "May you live in interesting times." These certainly are interesting times and it is not surprising that mild to moderate depression is increasingly seen in many medical practices (including mine). It is good to have effective alternatives to more medication.
Daily Herald
ICMART Congress 2016
Date: 10th-12th June 2016
Venue: Ramada Sofia Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria


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Trey Hillman Pregame Media Session: May 27
About the suspension
Major League Baseball handed down a one game suspension this morning to Royals manager Trey Hillman for today's game against the Tigers. He is suspended for his brief confrontation with an umpire during Monday's game against Detroit. Unlike the players, a coach or manager has no option to appeal. Hillman said, "I am shocked at the suspension, and that I was notified by e-mail five hours prior to today's game." He then stated, "I respect the rules of the game as well as authority, but that doesn't mean I have to like it." Why he might be a little upset could be because he was told that the suspension was delivered because spit had made it from Trey's mouth into the eye of the umpire involved. "If they think I spit on the umpire on purpose, I am highly offended by that accusation," Hillman said. For today's game Hillman will be unable to suit up, be around the clubhouse or the dugout. He is however allowed to sit in another area of the stadium.
Coco Crisp will be sitting out today's game, and along with the off day tomorrow that should give his shoulder some time to heal. Look for him to be ready to go against the White Sox on Friday. Joakim Soria is on schedule to pitch today in a live game in Arizona. As reported prior, he has a pitch limit that may not exceed 15 pitches, so look for an inning or less from Soria today.


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Kansas City, Kan. (September 29, 2010) – Michael Annett's Germain Racing Toyota Camry will carry a special paint scheme for a portion of the final stretch of 2010 races beginning with this weekend's NASCAR Nationwide Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. The No. 15 Pilot Flying J Coffee Toyota Camry will promote longtime sponsor Pilot Flying J's "Best Coffee on the Interstate" initiative. Among the tracks where Pilot Flying J Coffee branding will be featured on the Germain Racing Toyota Camry are Gateway International Raceway on October 23, Texas Motor Speedway on November 6 and Phoenix International Raceway on November 13.
Scott Wombold, Vice President, National Accounts and Wholesale Fuel for Pilot Flying J, noted the organization's excitement for the race promotion, "We at Pilot Flying J are very enthusiastic about our relationship with driver Michael Annett and his No. 15 race car. We are also enthusiastic about the great coffee we offer to all the drivers we know, whether they be professional drivers who depend on us for diesel fuel and other services or the traveling public who also depend on us every day. We are proud to offer the best coffee on the interstate and Michael is helping us get the good news out with his race car."
"Pilot Travel Centers has been behind me 100% throughout my racing career, so incorporating their popular coffee brand into our race program is very exciting. Not only are we both looking forward to running the Pilot Flying J Coffee paint scheme, but we're also excited about the activation program that's happening at the track in conjunction with these races. Race fans travel for miles to attend these events, so supporting an initiative that they can incorporate into their travels goes hand-in-hand with what a race sponsor hopes to benefit from," said Annett, "Traveling from track to track, I spent a lot of time on the road myself each week and always make Pilot Flying J locations my number one stop for all my travel needs. You couldn't ask for a better pit stop along to road to the next racing event."
In addition to the Pilot Flying J Coffee races, sampling of Pilot Flying J's "Best Coffee on the Interstate" will be available in the fan zones at upcoming NASCAR events at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Gateway International Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. Fans can also log on to www.pilotflyingj.com to find conveniently located Pilot Flying J stops along their route.
Annett's experience on Kansas Speedway's 1.5 mile D-shaped oval includes starting ninth in last season's Nationwide Series race, as well as qualifying fourth, finishing fourth and leading 29 laps of the 2008 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menard's race.
Still aiming to break into the top-10 Nationwide Series championship point race, Midwest native Annett will hit the Sunflower State track in his No. 15 Pilot Flying J Coffee Toyota Camry on Friday for practice from 3-4:30 p.m. and final practice from 6-7 p.m. Both practice sessions will air live on SPEED. Race day kicks off with Nationwide Series qualifying at 10:05 a.m. and the green flag waves for the start of the Kansas Lottery 300 at 3:30 p.m. Tune to ESPN 2 and MRN Radio at 3 p.m. for live coverage of Saturday's race. All times are ET.
For more information on Michael Annett and Germain Racing's No. 15 NASCAR Nationwide Series team, check out www.MichaelAnnett.com and www.GermainRacing.com. Get live updates on Twitter @MichaelAnnett.
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1966 Street Fighter Mustang Gets Trunk Cleanup And Toolbox - RehabWritten by on February 1, 2009 Our '66 Mustang Gets A Trunk Cleanup And A Securely Mounted Toolbox For Track Days And Roadside Needs.
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We're rebuilding and refinishing this '66 Mustang one piece at a time, and this month, it's the trunk's turn. The most important thing was to make the trunk as functional as possible, while giving it a polished look. We were lucky to start out with a rust-free floor that didn't need a whole lot of prep work to get it ready for paint. Dupli-Color's spray-bomb truck bedliner was designed perfectly to take the beating that a truck bed sees, making it perfect for our trunk application. Simply put: We'd like to throw caution to the wind when throwing parts and track supplies in there. Although the trunk was relatively clean, there was some prep work to be done. The process was quick and simple, so no need to worry.
After the cleanup was complete, we moved on to the fun stuff. Too many times we've seen our fellow hot rodders just one half-inch wrench away from getting back on the road. This is something that won't happen to project Street Fighter. Our goal was to have a fully equipped, rigidly mounted budget toolbox in the trunk at all times. It would need to be removable for quarter-mile passes or hot laps, but put together to live in the car most of the time for emergency repairs.
Choosing the tools is an important task that we will cover at a later date-but let's simply say that we found some really great tools at a price even thrifty hot rodders can afford. They need to be tough, because a broken tool is more frustrating than no tool at all. Since this isn't our primary set of tools, there's no need to go overboard. We picked up an affordable set that covered our needs. Our advice if you do the same thing is to include a set of metric sockets and wrenches to go with the standard sets; more metric hardware is finding its way into our domestic rides.
The toolbox itself can come from many places. The important thing is that it fits your application. You can buy a new or used tool box in metal or plastic, as long as it's sturdy enough. We used a used metal box that a hammer and dolly set originally came in. It came with a pull-out tray to divide the tools. This tool box wasn't in the nicest condition aesthetically, so we sprayed it with Dupli-Color's textured metallic silver paint; it's very sturdy and attractive, plus it's made for a variety of surfaces, including toolboxes.
After finding the toolbox, we needed a way to mount it to the floor that would allow for easy removal. With simple materials purchased at a hardware store, we fabricated a custom frame, bolted it to the floor, and strapped the toolbox in.
Our wide selection of tools was designed to work on many parts of the car, and it's easy to get at, too. Our toolbox location was also designed to balance the car better over the open road-it's in the right rear corner of the trunk on the opposite side from our Optima battery box. It's a great addition to any car that actually gets driven.
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This is the official "before" picture. Prior to paint prep, do a pre-assembly installation of all the components you wish to use. This way, when you're ready for paint, you only need to clean it once.There is very little prep work involved when using Dupli-Color's truck bedliner spray paint. If there's any rust to be repaired, this is the time to do it. Other than that, use a putty knife to scrape off any excess "gunk," and remove all debris from the trunk. Now is also the time to repair any body sealant that has detached itself as pictured above. We used some 3M body seam sealer applied with a caulking gun.The paint we used was made as a truck bedliner by Dupli-Color. It's more scratch-resistant than the standard splatter-type trunk paint, which was very important to us. It's almost impossible to spray wrong, even in the dark trunk environment. We let it sit overnight, and returned to a tougher-than-expected finish.Masking is very important. A little extra time with this step can save you hours of cleanup later. Use a low-adhesive painter's tape to avoid the risk of pulling up paint you wish to keep. Apply the paint around the trunk lip where you may spray adjacent to. To mask the back of the seat, place a sheet of cardboard in front of it. While you spray the areas close to the trunk lip, place a piece of cardboard above it to minimize oversprayThe tool box would need a frame to sit in, since it would be in the car while driving. All you need for this project is a stick of angle iron, cutoff wheel or chop saw, T-square, a handheld drill, and an MIG welder. The frame should capture the bottom of the toolbox with next to no gap. Leave a little fudge room (no more than 1/8 inch) to compensate for any warping, and for paint thickness.We used a Miller 110-volt MIG welder to weld the frame. Weld on the outside edge of the frame instead of the inside, so that the toolbox can still slide into the frame. Metal-finish the outside edges for a seamless look.The next step is to refinish the toolbox. This freebie dumpster toolbox needed a little TLC before it could be placed in this newly polished trunk. A quick hit of 220-grit sandpaper on a sanding block knocked down the scratches enough to keep them from showing under paint. The Dupli-Color textured metallic paint doesn't require a primer coat, and comes in three lovely shades of silver. The finished toolbox is shown in our opening shot.
This is the toolbox frame, installed. A portion of the bumper support had to be removed to allow the box to sit flat on the floor. All trimming and fitting should be done before the paint is applied. Note the nice texture and appearance of the truck bedliner inside our trunk.The toolbox is retained by two heavy-duty rubber straps connected to tabs I welded to the angle-iron frame. The hooks were pinched together to ensure they wouldn't let the strap slip out. The front ones need to stay unpinched to hook into the front tab. I used two Grade 8 bolts with a flat washer on top and a lock washer on the underside to attach it to the body.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Authorities are searching for a man who snatched a red nose pit bull from a 7-year-old boy while they were out for a walk.
Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught says the boy was walking the dog, named Red, on Tuesday morning when a man got out of a car and said the dog was his.
Anthony Cavallero told the Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/Unqqgo ) the man took the dog off the chain and put it in his car. Cavallero says his neighbor had given the 8-month-old dog to his son three days earlier.
Deputies say the suspect left in a silver, four-door car.
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Spring Breakers SynopsisFour college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.
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In Theaters March 22, 2013
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Starring: Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and James Franco
Written by: Harmony Korine
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Benicio Del Toro and Jamie Foxx will star in the upcoming new film from Harmony Korine, the man who directed Spring Breakers last year. The Trap will see the two acting titans play childhood friends. But after one of them spends a long period in jail he sets out for revenge on the evening that his old chum is honored for his career.
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The project is seeking funding, and will follow the Spring Breakers as they battle an extreme militant Christian sect that attempts to convert them. Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval says, It's not a direct sequel, although there are allusions to some of the characters in the original.
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Weve picked you (yeah-huh, you) to host the 24 Hour Non-Oscar-Thon. Twenty four straight hours of movies from last year that the Academy refused to nominate in a single category this year.
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Last year was a pretty fantastic one for movie music. Directors like David O. Russell, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino and Ben Affleck made not only fantastic films, but also beautifully crafted soundtracks that blended perfectly with the story and visuals on screen. As a result, 2013 had a lot to live up to, but looking back on the last twelve months reveals that this years crop of filmmakers were more than up for the task.
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I'll be recapping the highs and lows of the movie business experienced over the past 12 months. 2013 has been a pretty fascinating time for film, full of reversals of fortune, dizzying successes and even some truly polarizing pictures. So let's look back and GIF out!
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James Franco's Oscar Campaign: 'Consider This Sh*t'
If you remember March's Spring Breakers at all, you probably remember it for the performance from James Franco as Alien, a DJ and low-level crook whose catchphrase "Look at my shit!" became its own mini-phenomenon-- and distributor A24 knows it
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Last weeks holiday led to a lull in home entertainment releases, but this week were back on the horse, with a few great movies and TV programs fans will be able to watch in a variety of different formats. Read on to learn about some of July 9ths best releases, and maybe even a few that may have slipped under your radar.
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Exclusive Spring Breakers Blu-ray Bonus Clip Highlights Dreams And Bikinis
Spring Breakers, Harmony Korines most accessible film yet, stars Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson, and the super cute Selena Gomez as four college-aged individuals stuck on campus at the beginning of spring break. Spring Breakers hits Blu-ray and DVD today, and to celebrate Lionsgate Home Entertainment has graciously put together an exclusive Blu-ray bonus clip for fans.
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Spring Breakers has wowed some audiences and weirded out others, which is about what youd expect from the most recent film from director and writer Harmony Korine, whose past work includes Kids and Julien Donkey-Boy. The flick is still making its way through theaters, but if this is one you plan to catch at home, youll be able to do so when Lionsgate Home Entertainment brings the film to Blu-ray and DVD on July 9.
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This week we invite special guest and genius book lady Joanna Robinson of the Cast of Kings podcast to help us talk over the new season of Game of Thrones, Da7e tells us what he has planned for his super-special pair of Google Glasses, David wonders if Bioshock Infinite ought to be a movie, and we answer a voicemail from listener Kyle Turner about why Spring Breakers succeeds where Sucker Punch fails
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This week special guest Scott Beggs joins us for a very serious and not at all sexy conversation about Spring Breakers and the cultural trope of the teen girl meltdown. Plus tidbits about The Sapphires and Andrew Niccol's sci-fi chops, remembrances of childhood toys gone by, and a lightning round question inspired by Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.
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Weekend Box Office: Olympus Falls To The Croods As Admission Faces Rejection
Perhaps looking to follow up on their success with the Ice Age series of movies, Fox released the highly mediocre but also highly franchisable The Croods this weekend. The reception in theaters wasn't record breaking, but it was enough to give the movie a solid Spring Break number one debut, leaving star studded Olympus Has Fallen in the dust.
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The Croods And Surprisingly Big Olympus Has Fallen Dominate Friday Box Office
Though there are pretty much no guarantees at the box office-- studios will pump hundreds of millions of dollars into films that seem like sure things and go on to be bombs-- it's hard to go wrong with an animated children's film around the season of spring break. DreamWorks Animation, which needed a hit after last fall's disappointing Rise of the Guardians , scored another this weekend with The Croods, which made $11.6 million on Friday and is on track for a $42 million weekend
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Ask a hundred rappers how to get famous, and chances are youll get a hundred different answers. Build street cred by selling drugs and flashing weapons. Polish the lyrical linguistics. Perfect the freestyle. Make a YouTube video. Have an uncle whos a record producer.
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Its not often you witness the birth of an iconic screen character, but Franco pushes Alien into the annals of Hollywood lore with his gonzo performance.
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Spring Breakers Offers Behind The Scenes Look
Spring Breakers centers on four college girls (the aforementioned Hudgens and Gomez, as well as Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine). Dreaming of a Spring Break vacation they'll never forget, these bosom buddies rob a restaurant to fun their trip, but land in jail. Sprung by a drug and arms dealer (Franco), they have a second shot at Spring Break glory, but first there's some dirty work to do.
by Kristy Puchko February 26, 2013 comments
Spring Breakers Red-Band Trailer Flaunts Bikinis And Bullets
Spring Break forever bitches! Harmony Korine movies will always exist on cinemas most dangerously tangled fringes, fingerpainting the line between cultural satire and straight-up oddballery. With his latest filmSpring Breakers, he dips his feet into contemporary commercial cinema, blasting it full of bullets and blowing weed smoke through the holes
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Indie Hits The East And Spring Breakers Get New Release Dates
Its an unfortunate fact, but many indie movies are fairly difficult to track down. Theyll get positive reviews out of major film festivals, but never get a wide release and typically only play in the smallest markets, the smallest theaters or both. But now we have release date news for two of the biggest titles to come out of the indie scene in the last year.
by Eric Eisenberg February 14, 2013 comments
These Spring Breakers Bikini Posters Aren't Afraid To Flaunt Skin
In theory, Spring Breakers could possibly be the most out there release of the year, and its still the beginning of February. Anything coming from the dark and dangerous mind of Harmony Korine is bound to turn heads while turning some away in the process.
by Nick Venable February 8, 2013 comments
Spring Breakers Delivers Guns And Babes In Sleazy New Trailer
Get ready to hear Spring Break forever, bitches a lot. Its one of several instantly quotable lines from the first full trailer for Harmony Korines Spring Breakers, a hot-chicks-with-guns crime comedy that sparked some buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and is gearing up for a March release.
by Sean O'Connell January 17, 2013 comments
Evil Dead, Spring Breakers And The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Heading To SXSW
Incredible! Evil! Franco!! These are just a few words that came to mind as we perused the just-announced line up for the South By Southwest Film Festival, which revealed that it will open on March 8 with the world premiere of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone before moving on to screenings of Evil Dead and Spring Breakers.
by Sean O'Connell January 15, 2013 comments
Spring Breakers Gets An Odd New Poster And A Release Date
As strange as Harmony Korine's films are, the marketing for his latest, Spring Breakers, has actually been fairly logical and straightforward. All of the advertising art we've seen has paid particular focus not just to the bikini-clad starlets at the center of the plot, but also the film's cornrow-styled gangster version of James Franco. Finally, however, the ad campaign has taken the expected strange twist.
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Dream Theater -- Atlantic City, NJ -- July 21st, 2012
The concert was supposed to be at Harrah's Casino in Chester, PA. But for unknown reasons (probably low ticket sales), it was moved to Caesars Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, which is 70 miles away.
I checked Ticketmaster on the day of the show, and there were less than 50 seats left, so the show was very nearly sold out. However, the venue looked like it was only 75% full. Even the sections close to the stage had a lot of empty seats. Not sure what the deal was, but I'd hate to think that a lot of people showed up in Chester not knowing that the concert was moved. I'd be so pissed if that happened to me!
The crowd was also a bit of a letdown. The entire crowd, even the sections closest to the stage, were seated for the whole show. (At previous DT shows that I've been to, the sections near the stage always stood.) There were also a fair number of old people in the crowd, and they looked very disinterested throughout the performance. Maybe they were there for the opening band (Crimson Projekct), or maybe they were casino patrons that went to the show because they were tired of playing slots? Anyway, most of the crowd was very appreciative, and cheered loudly at the appropriate times, etc. But you can only be so lively when sitting down.
Also, another strange thing that happened is that the usher brought us to the wrong seats, and we didn't notice until halfway through the show. We were supposed to be in row HH (8th row), but the usher put us in row NN (13th row). The funny thing is, there were people in "our seats" in row NN, but rather than argue, they just moved over into the empty seats next to us. We realized halfway through the show that we were in the wrong seats, and moved up to our correct seats.
In summary, it was just a weird show for me. Being moved from Chester to AC, the theater being 25% empty, the crowd sitting for the entire performance, and being in the wrong seats for half the show.
However, the band played well as always, and I had a great time. This was my 16th Dream Theater show, and although I wouldn't count it as one of the better ones, I've still never seen a bad Dream Theater show.
Bridges in the Sky
The Dark Eternal Night
This is the Life
The Root of All Evil
Lost Not Forgotten
A Fortune in Lies
On the Backs of Angels
War Inside My Head
The Test that Stumped Them All
The Spirit Carries On [dedicated to the victims of the Dark Knight Rises Colorado shooting]
Breaking All Illusions
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so seated the WHOLE time? no one, not even one person stood up? That just blows my mind
I agree with you, this was a very weird show. I could possibly understand the theater being 25% empty with the show being moved from a large outdoor to a smaller theater. I think the deal with the sitting the whole time would have been different if it stayed in Chester. People around me were getting pissed at the people who were standing the whole time.
I enjoyed the longer set very much. The last time I saw DT was on the Systematic Chaos tour, and that was not as long as this one was. The new material sounded awesome. The trip to AC would have been just as long as it would have been to Chester. Sucks for all those people who live out near Reading or Lancaster, which would have been a considerably longer trip.
Still, all in all, a great show.
8.2 - System of a Down/Deftones
9.15 - Hatebreed/Whitechapel/All Shall Perish/Deez Nuts
10.12 - Rush
Other than that, the rest of the crowd was seated for the whole show. Some people stood up for Petrucci's solos and stuff like that, but then they sat right back down.
Not a huge deal, since I've driven much farther to see Dream Theater on previous tours. But it was kind of annoying.
The situation was a debacle for me. I'm a big 20-year fan of DT but this was my first opportunity to go to one of their concerts. I was pleased because it was going to be at Harrah's Chester, which is just across the bridge from South Jersey, about a 25 minute drive. I had bought lawn/patio seats for my wife and I but I did not mind... I've usually had a fine time watching shows from the lawn. As you know, the show was cancelled there and moved to Caesar's Atlantic City, a bit less than an extra hour's drive away; the show was also moved back from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Ticketmaster sent an e-mail to advise of the change, saying I could pick up my tickets at the Caesar's box office at 4 p.m. the day of the concert 7/21, at which time I would find out my seat assignment. They also said if I wanted a refund I need to let them know by 5 p.m. on 7/19.
I was still anxious to go, so I held onto the tickets. I checked Ticketmaster's site a couple days before the show. The site listed the show time as 8:30 p.m. now... this was never e-mailed to me. Also the theater map showed most of the seats taken up, and I was starting to get concerned how many were seats purchased since the venue change and if I was going to get screwed. My wife and I got to Caesar's and went to the box office at 4 p.m. There was no line, which I found a bit odd considering how many people would need to exchange tickets. We showed our tickets from Chester and our IDs. The lady there rifled through a bunch of stapled tickets to find the ones with our name, which meant they already picked where we were sitting. As it turns out, they were putting us dead center of the very last row of the upper area.
I did not pay money to go to a concert and get stuck in the most remote seats in the house. Plus my wife has asthema, and asking her to walk up a couple dozen rows is asking a lot. We were so frustrated by the AC crowds and angry at the seating (plus having to wait another 4.5 hours for the show) that, as much as I was dying to go for the past 2 or 3 months, I abandoned the effort and drove home.
Reading other people's review of the show makes me feel sad and angry and how Caesars handled everything. I'm not dealing with them again. Thankfully my wife explained the situation to Ticketmaster and, even though it is past the deadline they advertised, they are going to provide a refund. I'll try to catch DT in a better venue next time around.
Sorry to hear about your experience. The sad part is, because the venue wasn't full, you definitely could have moved into better seats. But obviously there was no way for you to know that at the time. At least you got a refund, and I'm sure DT will be back in this area after their next album comes out, hopefully in 2013!
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Can you believe we're actually here? After almost two days of rain, subsequent delays and unfortunate drama we've finally arrived at the US Open ladies' final! Kim Clijsters, who left the WTA tour almost two years ago, will look to become the first wild card ever (edit: on the ladies' tour that is) to win a Grand Slam title when she faces major final debutante Caroline Wozniacki for the US Open title.
Let's take a look!
How They Got Here: In an enthralling encounter on Arthur Ashe Stadium Kimmie outplayed a simmering Serena Williams throughout their semifinal match hitting with consistent depth and keeping the defending champ off-balance by moving the ball around, using angles, and changing the pace. ReRe eventually succumbed to the Belgian's superior play and her own overblown emotions in the now-infamous "match point meltdown" falling 6-4, 7-5. Fun Fact: The '05 champ became the first lady baller to defeat the Sisters Sledge at the same tourney twice ('02 WTA Championships.)
Wozzi earned the first trip to a major final by playing her brand of steady, heady tennis against a nervous Yanina Wickmayer hitting only 14 errors against the Belgian's 40 during the 6-3, 6-3 win.
It will be the pair's first career meeting.
Here's what Kimmie had to say about Woz:
Just by the way she was hitting the ball, by the way that she was doing everything I think around the tennis was ‑‑ you could just tell, you know, that she was going to be, you know, a rising star. You know, she's shown that in her results. She's very consistent. You know, she's a super nice girl, as well. I've been able to get to know her a little bit better. I knew her a little bit from the past, but then got to know her a little bit better over these past couple of weeks. She's a very sweet girl.
Wozzi had this to say about the Belgian:
Of course I think we're both nice girls off the court, but when we're on the court, we want to win. That's normal, and we're both fighters. We want to win. We want to, you know, win this Grand Slam, and it's going to be a tough match.
I haven't really thought about any strategies yet or anything. I mean, I'm just so excited to be in the finals. It's a first final in my career. I'm just, yeah, looking forward to play tomorrow, and I have a whole day tomorrow just to relax, just to enjoy that I'm in the finals.
When it gets close, I'm going to talk to my dad who is also my coach about the tactics. Hopefully it can pay off, but there are no guarantees. I just want to go out there and enjoy that I'm in the finals.
Outlook: This is Kimmie's match to win or lose. She has the experience and the more explosive game to take down her 19-year old Danish foe. But will she have an emotional meltdown or lose focus after last night's melodrama? It remains to be seen. If she does, Wozzi - who will need to manage her own emotions after making her first major final - will most definitely be ready to take the crown by playing her high-percentage, don't-go-for-nothin' game.
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