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I'm shocked I tell you, shocked, the peace loving Iranians caught smuggling illegal weapons to the peaceful people of Gaza, how can this be?
Israel Seizes Egypt-Bound Ship With Arms On Board
Israel announced Tuesday that its naval forces have intercepted and seized a cargo ship carrying weapons from Turkey to Egypt, adding that it believed the arms shipment originated in Iran and was destined for the Palestinian militants in Gaza.
Israeli officials said the ship was seized some 200 nautical miles west off the Israeli coast. An initial search of the seized vessel uncovered three containers loaded with arms and officials indicating the ship would be searched thoroughly after it reaches Israel.
The seized cargo ship was identified as "Victoria," which according to Israeli officials had initially set off from the Syrian port of Lattakia to Mercin in Turkey. They said the vessel was seized when it was heading towards the Egyptian port of Alexandria from Turkey.
The Israeli officials, however, stressed that their initial investigations indicated that neither Turkey nor Egypt were involved in the arms shipment. They believe the countries involved in the shipment were Iran and Syria.
"The only certain thing is the source of the weaponry was Iran, and there was a Syrian relay station as well. This is the main axis that provides the forces of terror in Lebanon and Gaza," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
See also:
Israel seizes ship carrying weapons for Gaza
Israel intercepts ship with 'Gaza-bound weapons'
Israel seizes ship carrying weapons
Israeli Navy Seizes Suspected Arms Vessel
News Analysis: Captured Gaza-bound weapon ship just one of many: analysts
Israel Seizes Syrian Ship Bringing Iranian Weapons To Gaza — Will Nukes Be Next?
Anti-ship Missiles and Guidebooks Found on Victoria
Chinese Made Anti Ship Missiles On Board 'Victoria' (PHOTOS)
Navy dep. commander: 'Victoria' carried anti-ship missiles
Navy: Anti-ship missiles, Farsi manual found on seized vessel
Israel's arms seizure points to Iran
Israel's seizure of arms shipment highlights rising unease about Iran
Analysis: Israel's shadow war against Iran
PM: Capture of ship shows world dangers Israel faces
Now, why on Earth would Hamas, the government of Gaza, need sophisticated anti-ship missiles and why would Iran be supplying them? Nevermind, that was a rhetorical question, Iran and Hamas both want to wipe Israel off the map and exterminate all the Jews.
/and all the while, the Western governments just stand by cowering, like so many eunuchs, picking their collectives noses while they watch Iran develop nuclear weapons before their very eyes and do nothing to stop it, what are they waiting for, the mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv?
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IAF aircraft with 29 on board goes missing
The aircraft was flying between Chennai and Port Blair. Those on board included six crew members.
A search operation has been initiated by the IAF officials in order to trace the last location of the aircraft. The aircraft lost its contact at 8.45AM on Friday.
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Plastics Will Star at NPE 2012
- Published: February 20, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC | NPE 2012, The International Plastics Showcase is scheduled for April 1–5 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. Produced by SPI, the Plastics Industry Trade Assn., the event will include the SPI 75th Anniversary Golf Tournament; Venue Orientation; Brand Owner Panel Discussion; an American-Style Barbeque; an Opening Gala; and the second International Plastics Design Competition (IPDC). Many industry and associations will have a presence at the show, and below is the first in a series of previews.
Several DuPont materials science businesses will join forces to showcase sustainable solutions, including plastics, packaging, polymer modifiers, and the bio-based ingredients business resulting from the recent acquisition of Danisco. (Visit booth 35013)
Messe Düsseldorf will participate to promote its worldwide program of international plastics and rubber trade fairs, including K 2013, and ArabPlast 2013. (Visit booth 503)
Gloucester Engineering Co. will display its latest solutions for film and sheet processing, including products for blown film, cast film, sheet and foam. New products and technologies will include blown film cooling, energy-saving extruder heating, blown film die technology, center surface winding technology, and multi-wrap technology for stretch films, designed to seamlessly work with existing company winders. (Visit Booth 3343)


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Incident highlights gaps in criminal background check procedures
A Loring Park employee stabbed a man three times outside the Loring Park recreation center -- puncturing his lung and sending him to the hospital for several days -- following a dispute triggered by the victim's aggressive behavior and his drinking in the park, city and park police said.
The significance of the May 7 assault goes beyond Loring Park and illustrates a blind spot in how the Park Police does thousands of background checks each year on new employees and park volunteers.
The incident has triggered a review of Park Board hiring practices - including the timeliness of background checks, said Emily Ero-Phillips, a Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board spokeswoman.
Tyrone Pearson, 45, 168 13th Ave. N.E., is charged with second-degree assault, according to court records.
The Park Board hired Pearson April 7 as a recreation attendant III, a part-time position paying $6.60 an hour, Ero-Phillips said. Pearson was not on duty at the time of the stabbing, she said. However, city police said Pearson was enforcing park rules at the time of the incident.
According to Park Police background investigator Peter Johnson, Pearson is a career criminal -- with a criminal history extending back decades, including felony theft convictions. It was information the Park Board did not have prior to the stabbing.
Johnson had not started Pearson's criminal background check when the stabbing occurred, he said. But even if he had done the standard background check, he would not have found most of Pearson's criminal past.
Standard checks on new park employees and volunteers only cover Minnesota crimes, Johnson said. Under current procedures, the Park Board would not know if an applicant or volunteer was convicted of murder, child sexual assault or other crimes outside the state.
Many of Pearson's criminal incidents occurred in Florida, for instance, and would have remained invisible, Johnson said.
To assure accuracy, the FBI requires the Park Board and other jurisdictions to submit fingerprints for national criminal background checks of prospective employees, said a staff person at the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Park Police Lt. Loren Evenrud said using fingerprints would take more staff and more money and is not now part of the Park Board's background process.
"We have a tough enough time staying current," he said. "We are not current now."
The incident On May 7 around 6:20 p.m., Pearson confronted a 31-year-old man for drinking in the park, a violation of park rules, said Sgt. Mike LaVine, the Minneapolis police investigator on the case.
Pearson had a previous run-in with the same man over park drinking, LaVine said. The second conflict started inside the park recreation center, where the victim attacked Pearson.
"The victim had been the aggressor," LaVine said. "There was a previous fight inside. The victim did go outside. The suspect (Pearson) followed and subsequently stabbed him."
The victim was not charged, LaVine said. He could not say whether the stabbing was self-defense. "That will be up to a judge and jury," LaVine said.
The investigation is ongoing.
"There were numerous people down there," he said. "There seems to be a reluctance for witnesses to talk to police about the incident, at that time or later."
The recreation center was open from 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. that day, according to the Park Board's Web site. The supervisor had gone to dinner at the time of the stabbing, park police said.
The supervisor had put an attendant other than Pearson on duty, Ero-Phillips said.
Background checks: A brief history The Park Board began background checks after a coach for a Sibley Park hockey team was convicted in 1996 for criminal sexual conduct with players, Evenrud said.
"He was a wake-up call," Evenrud said. "At that point, we assigned an officer full-time to background park employees and all volunteers."
The Park Board does roughly 5,000 checks a year, he said. They cover new employees and volunteers, such as coaches, summer playground help, lifeguards and temporary maintenance workers. The Park Board searches a special database using the individual's name and date of birth, Johnson said.
New hires begin work before the background check is completed, Johnson said. He processes them in large batches; sometimes the checks take a few days or a month, depending on other agencies' cooperation.
The Park Board evaluates applications according to state statutes. Serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, felony assault, sexual assault, prostitution and certain crimes against children automatically disqualify employees or volunteers from working with children.
For those convicted of lesser crimes, Johnson said he prepares a report for the regional recreational supervisor who ultimately makes the hiring decision.
Johnson could not give the specifics of Pearson's criminal past, he said, "but I will tell you that it wasn't anything that was so bad that he would have been kept out of a job."
False positives and false negatives The Park Board's review of Pearson's record, had it been completed, would have shown local arrests for indecent conduct in 1995, theft in 1996, trespassing in 2001, and domestic assault in 2002, according to Hennepin County court records. However, not all of his arrests resulted in convictions. A theft charge and the indecent conduct charge were dismissed.
The background check would not have shown the Florida crimes, because the Park Board does not submit fingerprints.
As recently as last year, the Park Police used the FBI database for employment checks with only name and date of birth, giving them crimes from other states. However, Johnson said the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension audited him and told him to stop.
Karen McDonald, assistant to the BCA superintendent, said federal law prohibits the state from doing name-and-date-of-birth searches on the FBI's system.
"The FBI has records on over 40 million subjects," she said. "A name-and-date-of-birth inquiry is not an effective way to check that file."
An FBI study determined that just using name and date of birth produced too many false positives and false negatives. The former could be unfair to the prospective employee, the latter unfair to the public by giving a false sense of security, McDonald said.
Still, Johnson and others have lobbied the state to permit employment checks through the national database.
"We run the risk of getting this (Pearson's) type of behavior or even worse - pedophiles, murderers, whatever," he said.
McDonald said she has heard the complaint from other jurisdictions. "The FBI's response is, 'Yes, you should do a background check. The process is to submit fingerprints,'" she said.
And that costs $24 per request. McDonald said the turnaround time is four to six weeks.
The Park Board's 5,000 annual background checks would add up to $120,000 -- not counting the extra staff needed to process them.
"I think it is humanly impossible, unless we added two more background investigators to do fingerprints," Lt. Evenrud said. "I don't know another organization that does it for volunteers."
In the end, Park Police did get access to the FBI national database to check on Pearson. Once a crime has occurred, FBI rules permit searches with only name and date of birth.
"I found out he was a career criminal," Johnson said, noting that Pearson's criminal history "goes back into the 1960s and 1970s. It was constant."


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Despite research suggesting that red light cameras save lives, there are movements across the country to ban the cameras.
Some Missouri lawmakers are supporting a bill that would ban the use of red light cameras in the state just weeks after a study was released suggesting that cameras save lives. Similar measures also are being considered in other state and local governments across the country.
The red light camera study released last month, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit organization funded by auto insurers, found that cameras placed in 14 large cities saw a 24 percent decrease in fatal red light crashes. If red light cameras had been installed in the 99 largest U.S. cities from 2004 to 2008, 815 deaths would have been prevented, the study reported.
However, Missouri bill sponsor Sen. Jim Lembke said he doesn't want to discuss whether the cameras save lives or whether or not they raise money.
"My concern is the red light camera enforcement conflicts with state statute. I have real constitutional problems with the way it's carried out," said Lembke.
Local municipalities are overstepping their legal bounds and creating laws that violate basic constitutional conventions, Lembke said.
"When you look at the actual premise, it's on the legal presumption that the owner of the vehicle is the one driving," he said. "That's unconstitutional on its face."
Missouri isn't the only place where the red light camera debate has highlighted how state and local agendas sometimes conflict. In Florida, cities are lining up against proposed legislation that would ban the cameras statewide.
"It's not about the money for us," Casey Cook, a Florida League of Cities lobbyist, told Tallahassee.com. Some cities report that they've generated thousands of dollars in revenue from traffic tickets. "Some cities have come out and they're breaking even on this. This is about making their cities safer."
The debate hasn't put only states and locals at odds. In Illinois, DuPage County and the city of Naperville have put the kibosh on red light cameras where city and county roads meet because of complications of how the revenue would be shared.
Advocates of the cameras, such as Russ Rader, vice president of communications for the IIHS, suggested that rather than banning the cameras altogether, states should create legislation that enables government to enforce the use of cameras in an acceptable manner.
For example, in Virginia, Rep. Scott Lingamfelter is heading a bill that if passed, will allow existing cameras, but prohibit any locality in the state from installing new cameras. Lingamfelter has been fighting against red light cameras for years and cites the violation of civil rights as the rationale for eliminating the use of red light cameras.
In Seattle, political activist Tim Eyman renewed his previous attempts to create initiatives that would restrict red light cameras in several suburbs in the city. Eyman's recent proposal would limit ticket prices and require public voting before the instatement of new cameras.
Pushback isn't coming solely from a faction of lawmakers. Some citizens have voted down the use of red light cameras in city limits, such as in Houston and Anaheim, Calif.
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Rules are everywhere in our lives yet I have found that students spend so much time thinking about the consequences of not following rules and they often don't take the time to think about who created them and why? Soooo for this reason I opened the lesson by giving them a Do Now Rules are Ruling My Life response sheet that asked them to respond to questions that asked why do we need rules, Are the rules the same for everyone? When are they different? and Who decides on the rules? to get them thinking more deeply about just who it is who made the rules we follow in our lives.
When they complete this we share out some responses and I introduce our objective that we are going to analyze why we have rules and their value and purpose in the establishment of our society.
Here's a review of why I added this lesson into the unit and when and why I teach it here
My purpose with this lesson is to introduce students to the difference between rights and responsibilities so, that they can connect what we create in class to the creation of our government. I start this section with a ball game that has a lack of rules/ too many rules to demonstrate the concept that rules keep the peace, tell us the expectations and help everyone to get along civilly.
I ask students what's the difference between a "right" and a "responsibility" and I take responses. Students are not so sure here about the difference. So I prompt them further and share that rights are things that are right for you to expect or to have such as freedom to spend your money the way that you want to. I then add that responsibilities are things that you should do to make sure where you live is a good place to be and that you are treating others fairly.
I share what we have determined that a right is a freedom that is protected for all citizens to make sure a country is safe and respectful for everyone. A responsibility is what we do because we care about our environment and people and want to make it a great place to live.
I group them into 3-4 students and have each choose a Rights and Responsibilities Prompt Tag out of the bag. I share that they will have 2 minutes to discuss the tag and how it relates to a right we should all have and how we should act responsibly when given that right. I model that we should have the right to share how we feel, but also realize that we should also be careful that our words are not intentionally hurtful to others.
I call student groups to respond and to share their rights and responsibilities created from their tags. They also share if this right is one we have at school, in our homes or all over the world.
For the first ten minutes of this part of the lesson I want them to complete a worksheet to assess their levels of understanding regarding the relationship, between rights and responsibilities. I use this Rights and Responsibilities Matching sheet from Scholastic.
Here's a clip to show the way I evaluate their levels of understanding and application with this worksheet
For this section I want to reinforce that rules might need to be adjusted to meet the changing needs of the citizens they protect. This will help students connect as to why we changed the Articles of Confederation and added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. This also means that this unit is best presented after your classroom rules have been established and put in place for awhile.
I share with students the rules poster we created at the beginning of the year. I ask them if they still agree with all the rules (Class rules, quiet rules and work rules) most do. I then share that they will get the opportunity to change one of the rules that they don't like but must give a good persuasive argument as to why it would be a good idea to change it. I ask for some questions or thoughts on this - I have a few comment that they no longer think they should be given "Think Sheets" when their names are on the board, and that we should enforce the quiet classroom atmosphere more strictly during testing but less during work times, etc. You want to prompt a debate so that students can not only get an idea for what to change but also to know that there are no right or wrong choices.
I give them the Change is Good For Everyone worksheet and ask them to partner with a peer to complete their writing. I give them a few minutes to share aloud and then ask them to complete their writing quietly. Not easy for those who wanted more talking times!
Closing we share what rules students feel should be changed. I take this part seriously because it not only helps students to feel involved in their classroom structure, but also gives me a glimpse into what they feel is not going well in our classroom. Always room for improvement!
I add these into our class rules posters and we all sign the new version to signify our agreement with the classroom "constitution" - got to get them familiar with the meaning of the vocabulary.
I share that rules are constantly changing and that in the next lessons we will see how even the leaders of the Continental Congress made mistakes in their developing of the rules for the early colonists. They made changes that eventually created our United States Constitution and the rules we follow today.


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Bed & breakfast | A total of six eco-cabins, one of which is wheelchair accessible. The cabins are placed in different natural surroundings and each cabin has four beds, which makes a total of 24 beds. The cabins are all built differently regarding construction and choice of ecological building materials, such as straw, clay, mud-bricks, wood, peat and reed. Kitchen, two bathrooms and four compost toilets are available in our service unit at Mötesplatsen (the Meeting Place), which is open 24 hours.
The purpose of the cabins is to inspire and provide knowledge about ecological building, giving an experience of being close to nature while sensing what it's like to live in a ecologically sound building. For electrosensitive people the electricity can be turned off and the cabins heated with wood fire.
The cost of renting an eco-cabin with four beds is 600/650 SEK per night, where the higher price applies to the period 28/6-19/8. Stenstugan, which can accommodate disabled persons (see below), with four beds, kitchen and bathroom cost 800/850 SEK per night. Weekly cost for a cabin is 3850/4200 SEK and for Stenstugan 5250/5600 SEK. You can either bring your own sheets and towel or rent them, which cost 60 SEK per person. Different prices apply when staying at Ecotopia while participating in one of our courses.
Since we have an eco-cycle gray water sewage system, we are most grateful if you only use organic hygiene products when staying with us. If you don't have any, they can be acquired at Ecotopia.
Check-in 17-19, check-out 10-11.
Skånelängan and Fäboden
Skånelängan (traditional Scanian house) and Fäboden (traditional house in northern Sweden) are built together as semi-detached eco-cabins. Skånelängan is built of dried mud-bricks and insulated with flax. Fäboden is a wooden construction insulated with sheep wool. These cabins are heated with wood stoves where you make your own fire.
Straw bale cabins
Two of the cabins are built of straw bales. One has clay walls and floor, while the other is covered with wood panelling and has a hardwood floor. Both cabins have geothermal heating.
Stenstugan – wheelchair accessible eco-cabin
In order to give everyone the opportunity to stay at Ecotopia we have designed Stenstugan (the Stone Cabin) to accommodate disabled persons. It is wheelchair accessible and has room for four people. The cabin is open plan and equipped with kitchen and bathroom. The ecological building materials used are wood, slate, stone and clay. The cabin is insulated with hemp and has geothermal heating. Front door and windows are painted with linseed oil paint in the colours cinnamon and ginger.
Peat cabin
This summer a peat cabin will be built since we've found peat on the farm.


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Financial Reports
Does Cigna issue quarterly earnings reports?
Yes. Cigna files quarterly reports with the SEC. Please go to Quarterly Reports and SEC Filings for details.
How do I get a copy of the Annual Report?
Cigna's annual report, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Proxy Statements are available on our website. Please go to the Annual Reports and Proxy Statements page to view and download an electronic version.
How can I get a copy of your SEC filings?
You can go to the Quarterly Reports and SEC Filings page of this website to view and download any filings.
Where can I find the archive of Cigna financial statements?
Please go to the Quarterly Reports and SEC Filings section of this website to find the archive of Cigna financial statements
Cigna Stock
Does Cigna offer a direct stock purchase program?
Yes. Cigna stock may be purchased at any time from our broker:
PO Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233-5000
1 (800) 760-8864 (Domestic)
1 (201) 680-6578 (International)
Does Cigna pay a cash dividend?
Cigna issues an annual dividend on its common stock. The dividend for 2020 was $0.04 a share, paid on April 9, 2020 to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2020.
Does Cigna have a Dividend Reinvestment Program (DRIP)?
Where is Cigna stock traded?
Cigna common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CI.
Who should I contact about my stock certificates, lost stock certificates, or a transfer of stock to another person?
By Regular Mail
Louisville, KY 40233-5000
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By Overnight Delivery
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Toll Free: 1 (800) 760.8864
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Website: Computershare.com/investor
Is there currently any preferred stock outstanding?
What was the effective date of the last stock split?
Since the formation of Cigna in 1982, there have been two stock splits. The first one was a 3-for-1 stock split with a Record Date of May 4, 1998, which means that shareholders on this date were entitled to receive two additional shares due to the split. The Ex Date, when Cigna common shares started trading at the new split-adjusted price, was May 15, 1998.
The last stock split was also a 3-for-1 split. The Record Date was May 21, 2007, and the Ex Date was June 4, 2007.
Are there any personal income tax consequences because of a stock split?
There are no tax consequences to U.S. residents as a result of the stock split. The tax basis of each share owned after the stock split is one-third of what it was before the split. For example, if you owned 100 shares before the split with a tax basis of $30 per share, after the split you would own 300 shares of stock with a tax basis of $10 per share. Foreign residents should consult their local tax advisors.
How does a stock split affect the number of shares outstanding and the future calculation of earnings per share?
When stock splits on a three-for-one basis, the number of shares outstanding may triple. Earnings per share are a third of what they otherwise would have been as the net earnings are divided into three times as many shares.
When was the last annual shareholders' meeting?
April 22, 2020
When is the next annual shareholders' meeting?
The next annual shareholders' meeting has not yet been scheduled.
Where are shareholder notices from Cigna mailed?
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Have you ever experienced a literal pain in the butt that continues all the way down your leg? Has it ever felt like someone was sticking a hot poker into your leg? If either of these scenarios is familiar to you, you've probably suffered from sciatica, a pain in the sciatic nerve. No one experiencing sciatica wants it to stick around any longer than, well, at all, so let's not delay in discovering how you can make your leg pain a distant memory.
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Take a break from your regular exercise routine to give your sciatic nerve a break. If you simply must exercise, try non-impact exercises of the upper body, like resistive exercise band exercise or exercise ball exercises. Swimming may be a helpful alternative to your regular routine as well.
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4. Stop or reverse your spinal aging process by exercising and retraining your affected back muscles. Tight back muscles need to be stretched and weak back muscles need to be strengthened. Too many times back treatment is geared towards symptom management rather than addressing the specific muscle imbalances, which are responsible for your back pain problems.
Give it a rest. Exercise is a great asset to getting and staying healthy, but when your sciatic nerve is unhappy, exercise will frequently flare up your problem and slow your progress. Especially if the piriformis muscle is involved, exercise which causes pounding, such as walking, running, tennis, basketball, soccer, etc., will flare the piriformis spasm and put additional strain on the spine in the lower part of the back.
For those of us who have suffered from a pinched nerve, we realize exactly how inconvenient and painful it can be. A pinched nerve can occur at almost any part of the body where a nerve is present and may occur as a result of bone or cartilage pressing against the nerve itself.
Back Problems Leading To Sciatica Pain Often people ignore back and leg pains until they become severe enough to merit attention. While not all back pains or leg pains will be serious and can be treated easily, some may require extended medical treatment. If you are suffering from leg pain and possibly some numbness or weakness that starts from the low back, through the buttock and down your leg, you could be suffering from sciatica. Usually, large majorities of people who do experience sciatica get better in time but it is always best to get medical treatment and undergo therapy in time. What is Sciatica? Sciatica is usually the condition caused by irritation to the sciatic nerves. Sciatic Nerves are one of the largest in our bodies and start from the base of the lumbar spice. They run through either side, through the buttocks and then down the legs, going all the way to the feet. If the roots of these sciatic nerves are pinched, pain is felt not only in the back but also the buttocks and lower legs. What Are the Symptoms of Sciatica? When the
nerve root gets compressed, pain starts affecting all the areas that the nerve runs through. The pain could be dull or even sharp at times, at times there is just a burning feeling. This is usually accompanied by some shooting pain starting in the buttock going down the leg or the back of the thigh. At times, rather than actual pain, there is just a tingling or sense of numbness. It may prove to be difficult to stand up and even coughing or sneezing aggravates the pain. What Are the Problems Causing
Pain? Most of the times, sciatica is caused by what is commonly referred to as "slipped disc". The disc in this case refers to the discs that form part of our spine and act as shock absorbers for all the heavy work that the spine has to do. When we bend or twist, the pressure on these discs increases. At times, when there is a sudden, violent twisting movement or one is carrying a very heavy load that adds tremendously to the pressure on the discs, the soft center in the discs pushes through the outer cover. This bulge then starts to press against the sciatic nerve roots nearby causing pain, numbness and a general sense of weakness in the limbs. There are other causes that could lead to irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve leading to sciatic pain. These include aging, which causes part of the spine to become rough and enlarged. At times, though very rarely, infections and tumors could be found to cause the problems. How can Sciatica Pain be treated? Most sciatica pain can be treated with simple painkillers or anti-inflammatory medications, followed by physical therapy and rest. Only in very severe cases, is surgery suggested as a remedy for
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Low back pain will affect 80% of the American population at some point in their life. And, of the 80% who experience a first time episode of back pain, the pain will resolve with little or no intervention. In fact, only 10% of all back pain sufferers ever require surgery.
There may also be times when physical therapy is prescribed by your doctor in order to help overcome the problem. DRX9000 spinal decompression therapy is also becoming a popular form of non-invasive treatment. This type of treatment addresses pinched nerve pain that is often caused by neck and back problems. The DRX9000 spinal decompression system uses a sophisticated and advanced computerized system to administer and monitor a series of oscillating motions that are designed to bring relief and healing to the areas affecting the pinched nerve. This system can often be a viable option to back surgery for relieving pinched nerve pain.
Get some sleep. Sleep is one of the most critical components in helping start and in maintaining a healing process. When you sleep, your body does its best work of healing and repairs the damage done throughout the day. Following any injury or during any illness, regular sleep is critical in helping your body get the upper hand.
The Truth About Herniated Disks May Shock You Did you know that if we were to perform an MRI on people with NO back pain, as high as 85% of those people would show evidence of a herniated disc? The truth is that if you have back pain, there's a good chance a herniated disc has NOTHING to do with your pain.
Treatment such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, massage, and moist heat, while soothing, do nothing to address your muscle imbalances. Even surgical intervention is ineffective if you don't first address the underlying muscle imbalances.
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How to End Your Worrying & Your Back Pain 1. Understand that the presence of low back pain, pain radiating down the leg, and a positive MRI do NOT necessarily implicate a herniated disc as the source of your back problem.
Frequently sciatic nerve pain is a result of the joints in your lower spine being poorly aligned and putting pressure or stretching on the nerves as they come off from your spine. This problem is called a subluxation and is diagnosed and treated by chiropractors.
can also commonly occur due to spasm of a muscle in the buttock called the piriformis muscle. The sciatic nerve passes under this muscle as it travels through the pelvis near the hip down to the back of your leg. This problem is frequently treated by physical therapists, chiropractors and massage therapists.
3. Realize herniated disks don't just happen because you leaned over to pick up a Kleenex. Spinal discs are tougher than what was once thought. They can tolerate a tremendous amount of physical abuse. Just ask the Navy SEAL recruits who entered SEAL training with diagnoses of herniated disc problems. After 14 weeks of the most physical and mental challenging training on the planet, they experienced no changes in their herniated discs.
Finally, there may be times when surgery is required in order to alleviate some of the pain of a pinched nerve. Typically surgery is done so that the bone or cartilage which is compressing the nerve can be moved out of the way. Most people view surgery as a treatment of last resort and prefer to explore non-surgical options first.
Drink like a fish. To drink like a fish, you need to drink what a fish drinks: water, lots and lots of water. When your body isn't hydrated properly, the tissues become tacky and adhesions form. If adhesions form, this slows the healing process and causes increased scar formation. Adhesions can form between your sciatic nerve and the surrounding tissues, causing your healing process to be incomplete and leaving you vulnerable to frequent, repeated sciatic episodes.
Degenerative disc disease and subsequent herniated discs are linked to two factors: Aging Genetics As we age, the deep muscles of the spine begin to deteriorate. This creates a dynamic instability to your back. At the same time, the discs begin to lose their water content resulting in a loss in disc height and strength. This ultimately leads to failure of the disc material.
Go for a massage. It stands to reason that if your
is due to irritation of the sciatic nerve from spasm of your piriformis, hamstring or lower back muscles, deep tissue massage can be of great benefit to you. Getting a massage or even using a massager at home that is able to get into the deeper tissues of the buttocks and low back may help relieve some or all of your sciatic pain. At the very least, it can help to reduce the stress that commonly accumulates when you are in pain.
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Another common way to treat the pain is through the use of over-the-counter pain medication or perhaps a prescription medication from your doctor. As long as the pain is not too intense, it can easily be controlled in this matter.
Chill out. Ice will be your best friend when you are suffering from
. Placing a cold pack or ice pack on the lower spine, tailbone and/or buttock for 20 minutes once every 2-3 hours will help reduce swelling and also reduce pain. It is important to use ice exclusively at the onset of
, as it has been found to decrease the length of time needed for healing.
Pain that radiates into the buttocks and down the leg is often referred to as
. Yes,
pain can be caused by irritation of the nerve root from a herniated disc. But, chances are your
symptoms are the result of irritation of the sciatic nerve from a structure outside the spine.
Bad news? Maybe but in all likelihood, it's not as bad as you may think. You may have heard people say they have a "slipped" or "ruptured" disc in the back. You may have even heard terms like "bulging" or "protruding" discs. These are common "street names" that describe a herniated disc.
Although pinched nerve pain is often associated with back problems, it is possible for the pain to occur in many other places in the body as well. Here are a few of the most common areas where a pinched nerve can occur along with some possible treatment options.
Get it straight. Your posture plays an important role in the health of your spine. Sitting and standing as straight as is comfortably possible will help to reduce the effects of nerve irritation and get your nerves healing quicker and more completely. Avoid sitting in soft couches or chairs, as they will not give you the support that you need to sit well. Instead, drag a kitchen chair into the living room and spend your time sitting in a more supportive chair. Use a back support cushions in every chair you sit in; whether at work, in the car or at home to help support your back properly.
5. Stop pursuing treatments that will have zero effect on your herniated disc problems. Instead you should seek out a musculoskeletal specialist that has the skills to identify and address underlying muscle imbalances. Chances are that once identified and treated, your back pain and sciatica pain will go away completely.
Put on some relief. Topical analgesics can help alleviate some of the bite of the pain of sciatica while helping soothe the spasm in the muscles of the low back, buttocks and upper leg. Getting even temporary relief from your sciatica can help your healing process by providing you an opportunity to rest or sleep.
Stretch yourself. Relaxing the muscles in the lower back, buttocks and upper legs through stretching will help reduce the strain on the sciatic nerve and the joints throughout the lower back and pelvis. Always stretch gently and avoid any further stretching if it causes sharp pain or if it aggravates your problem.
2. Increase your awareness of specific symptoms that may implicate a more serious back problem. These include: Fever in addition to intense back or neck pain.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Another type of pinched nerve which is often found in many individuals is known as carpal tunnel syndrome. This is where the median nerve that travels through your wrist is compressed by the carpal bones. This can be found in individuals as a result of a repetitive stress injury, such as that which is found whenever an individual types frequently. This also can be extremely painful and can cause numbness in the hand and fingers.
If you aren't able to get in to the chiropractor or physical therapist right away or you hope to help improve your situation at least in part on your own, here are some tips to help relieve the pain associated with
Move it! While sitting in a straight-back chair is helpful in supporting your lower back and spine, be sure that you aren't sitting for any longer than 15-20 minutes at a time. Lack of movement in the joints of the spine especially can cause further damage, stiffness and muscle strain. Getting up and moving frequently, even if only to stretch or walk gently around the room will help to keep circulation fresh and facilitate a quicker recovery. Be sure that you stay well within your limits; if you are pushing yourself too hard and it is causing pain, then stop and give yourself a rest.
Pinched Nerve Treatments There are several different things that can be done in order to help with a pinched nerve. Sometimes simple bed rest can help or just relieving stress in the afflicted area is all that is needed to reduce or stop the pain.
Does this scenario sound familiar? You bend over to pick a Kleenex off the floor. Your back locks up. You begin to experience lower back pain radiating into the buttocks and down the leg. You consult with your doctor who orders an MRI. The MRI report identifies a herniated disc.
If after 4-5 days you choose to alternate ice and heat, keep it off from the spine and limit heat use, especially with a heating pad, to no more than 20 minutes. Avoid sleeping while applying heat, as it can cause burns and can dry out the tissues, slowing the healing process.
Get professional help. It is always a good idea to seek help from a chiropractor, medical doctor, physical therapist or massage therapist when you experience pain in the low back and/or legs. Waiting too long to effectively treat a condition involving your nerves can cause problems as mild as missing time from work all the way up to irreversible nerve damage. It is wise to effectively and completely deal with any problems involving your nerves, as doing so will help prevent similar problems from rearing their ugly head again down the road.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not replace the advice of your personal healthcare provider. Be sure to consult with your doctor to understand your full set of treatment options and their associated risks.
Inability to manage daily activities. Severe pain, which worsens over a period of weeks. Pain returning often. Seek immediate medical attention if you should experience:
To make this determination, a thorough physical examination must be performed and the findings corroborated with MRI films. WARNING: Your report of symptoms and a study of the MRI film DOES NOT constitute a thorough physical exam. It should include a detailed medical history, an actual assessment of your movement, strength, reflexes, sensation and any pertinent clinical tests plus a review of the MRI film.
Even if you end up seeking professional help to deal with sciatica, incorporating practical home care can help shorten your recovery time and get you out of pain quicker. If pain in your buttocks and legs is something that you would rather avoid than deal with again, use these tips regularly to give yourself the best chance of preventing
for years to come.
Stretching the piriformis muscle can be done several different ways. However, when your sciatic nerve is screaming, the easiest stretch involves lying on your back with your knees bent and pulling one knee at a time up towards the opposite shoulder and holding it for 5-30 seconds. You will know you are getting a good stretch when you feel a mild stretch in the buttocks near the hip.
is quite simply irritation of the sciatic nerve. This can happen several different ways at a few different points in the nerve's journey from the low back to and through the leg.
Yet, despite these favorable back pain statistics, a herniated disc diagnosis continues to cause concern in people suffering with back pain. To alleviate this concern, it's important that you understand the process for determining the significance of a herniated disc. Plus, you should know the steps you can take to reduce the chances of a herniated disc ever becoming an issue.
Sciatica is probably one of the best-known cases of a pinched nerve that occurs in the body. It is important to note that
is not a condition in and of itself. It is actually a symptom of another condition in which the sciatic nerve is pinched or compressed. Since the sciatic nerve is quite long -- running through the lumbar area down the back of the thigh and towards the feet -- there is a greater chance that this nerve can experience some form of disruption. The pain associated with sciatica can range from somewhat mild to crippling and often occurs in the lower back, buttocks or hips. It may also cause tingling that can go the whole way down into the feet.
To understand and defeat the beast that is sciatica, it will be helpful to understand what it is and what causes it. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in your body, which starts in the low back and travels all the way down your legs to the bottom of your feet. It controls nearly everything within your legs: from the large hamstring and quadriceps muscles in your upper legs to the smallest blood vessels in the bottom of your feet.
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Opened in 1979, the 18-screen complex was once cited in the Guinness Book of World Records and was an enormously popular venue for years. By no means a true Cinema Treasure, this theater once contained the world's largest number of theaters in one multiplex, a forerunner of today's megaplexes.
As the 1980's and 1990's wore on, however, the theater's small screens began to fall out of favor with audiences and the multiplex was converted into a second-run house.
Unable to turn a profit, the theater finally closed in March 2001, a victim of Loews' policy of retraction. It was demolished a few weeks after closing. Local moviegoers are not completely left in the dark, however, as the AMC Yonge & Dundas 24 opened nearby.
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Since the AMC opened it's turned into my favorite movie house in Toronto. Classy looking, no pre-show commercials, great seats and excellent 4K digital projection in all of its 24 auditoriums. Sure beats the pants off both the long-gone Eaton Centre cinemas as well as the Scotiabank.
Mine too Jon. Much classier than all the others, and a great location too!
I like all the AMC "multiplex" theatres in the Toronto area. They are comfortable, have all the amenities and are not noisy, garish with that carnival atmosphere that the others have, especially the former Famous Players locations.
To say I hated working this theatre (as a projectionist) would be the understatement of the Century (or Simplex or Cinemeccanica). This was the single most wretched job an operator could get assigned to in the Toronto Local in the 80s and 90s, in my opinion. It was originally 16mm only and ran with non-union operators. King Garth then put in 35mm equipment in throughout. The problem is, many of these abominations masquerading as auditoria were equipped with rear-screen projection equipment, a cobbled-together mini-platter system or MUTT arrangement, and three front-surface mirrors. Did I mention the projectors sat on the floor? Did I mention the rats and mice in the booth?
There were three sections (six regular ops). Front section on the main floor and the three downstairs booths, back-half main floor and second floor. Number 5 was retrofitted with a Cinemeccanica Vic-X (the second machine out of the Humber downstairs when they put a platter in there). Number 5's booth and the downstairs corridor for 15-16-17 were not bad. When I heard it closed I so wanted to ride a bulldozer through the lobby and personally tear the place to rubble.
The rats and mice part sounds scary. That alone would make me want to quit my position.
And it turns out, this theatre really was intended to be an arthouse. In its early years, the theatre ran art films and revivals as well as second-run fare. Also, there was a bistro and art gallery nearby (an idea that later showed up in other Cineplex theatre) which also inforced the whole art intention.
More interesting things I found were that Midnight Express and Life Of Brian both played for over a year in second run.
And what is even more interesting is that although the shopping complex is still called Eaton Centre, Eaton's is no more. Now it's Sears.
I uploaded the April 19th, 1979 grand opening ad here.
This was not the first theatre called Cineplex. See http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/27493
I think the reason why this Theatre closed down was because the screens were dying it's not one of those theatres that the Theatre owner should not have closed down like the AMC Grand 24 but this Theatre seems to have a good run
They could have built an 14 screen Theatre in its place
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Sizing up the Solid Fare at The Medici on 57th in Hyde Park
I like to think of The Med (I've never heard anyone call it by its actual name, Medici on 57th), as University of Chicago's fallback restaurant. Whenever you have one of those "where do you wanna go?" "I don't know, where do you wanna go?" conversations, you almost invariably end up at The Med. If you're on a first date and you can't get creative, you're most likely at The Med. And if you're parents are visiting you at school for the first time, you are, you guessed it, at The Med.
While Chicago may not be a college town, per se, Hyde Park is certainly a college neighborhood. In a way, The Med is Hyde Park's answer to a the prototypical college town restaurant. The walls are covered with unrelated, incoherent, yet somehow interesting art, and the art is covered with unrelated, incoherent, and not-so-interesting graffiti.
In life, it is probably not best to read a book by its cover, but, at The Med, you'd be fine in doing just that. The food is is simple and unpretentious. While it's nothing to write home about (not that anyone writes letters home from school anymore), it is decidedly solid fare. Though nothing is explicitly bad, not everything is worth your money. So I set out to figure out what actually is. What are the dishes my friends and I find ourselves returning to again and again, without actually getting sick of them?
First off, if you're going to eat at the Med, you better get a pizza. You have the choice between deep dish and thin crust. As a native New Yorker, I'm probably legally obligated and genetically predetermined to order the latter.
I always go with the goat cheese and spinach pie (7.95). It does what every pizza, thin or thick, should do. When you pull off that first piece, you let off a small burst of steam with a stream of melted cheese following behind. The spinach and goat cheese combine to bring a satisfying richness to the pie. This is easily my favorite dish at the Med.
I also decided to go with another cheese filled staple, the spinach lasagna (8.99). Yes, I know it's a lot of cheese and spinach for one meal. In fact, the lasagna has nearly all the same ingredients as the pizza, save for the pizza dough and the goat cheese. However, it's worth ordering.
The lasagna is brought to the table in the Goldilock's zone of almost-but-not-quite-too hot. The top is a layer of crispy browned cheese, which yields to a creamy center of noodles, ricotta, and spinach. All of this gets mixed around with a simple tomato sauce. Again, this is unadorned, but solidly good food.
I then made the mistake to venture into unfamiliar territory. The burger here might be the definition of "nothing to write home about." It would not be fair for me to call the burger bad. However, I'd be wrong to call it good. I went with the bacon-bleu cheese burger (10.29). The bacon and bleu cheese were bacon and bleu cheese, so they were, of course, delicious. However, the meat was a bit dry, while the cheese and the bacon helped less than I would have expected.
The manchego-cheese baguette (8.29) was maybe not the best dinner option, but it was good. There was too much fig jam for my taste, making the sandwich a little too sweet, but the manchego cheese added a salty counterbalance. Redeeming the sandwich, the crunch of the baguette was what I'm always looking for in a sandwich—a crackling crust with a chewy center. The fries the sandwich came with snuck up on me with how good they were. I didn't realize how much I'd liked them until I'd realized that I had cleared half the plate without even noticing. They're small fries, so each one has a bit of a crunch.
Finally, it wouldn't be a dinner at The Med without one of their shakes. All my friends are always raving (seriously, they won't shut up) about the Mexicana milkshake so I figured that was the best choice.
A milkshake is one of few things in life that is not complicated, and I respect that The Med acknowledges that fact. Whether or not they realize the philosophical underpinnings of their milkshakes is irrelevant to me. I'm just happy that I get a good blend of ice cream and milk—not too much of either—with a dash of cinnamon.
Will I go back to The Med? Of course. Next time I don't feel like thinking about where to eat, I know I have some hot plates of spinach and cheese alongside some crunchy fries waiting for me.
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State officials on Monday suspended the license of a pilot for five months after an oil tanker sideswiped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Guy Kleess won't be paid during the suspension ordered by the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun.
The cargo ship Overseas Reymar clipped the bridge on Jan. 7, causing about $3 million in damage. The bridge never closed and remained open to traffic.
Kleess will have to undergo further training and 30 "observation trips" before his license is restored. He will also be on two years of probation after he regains his license.
"The board has imposed one of the most stringent disciplinary orders in decades," board director Allen Garfinkle said.
It was the second time in six years that a large vessel controlled by a local pilot struck the bridge.
The cargo ship Cosco Busan operated by Capt. John Cota struck the bridge in November 2007, prompting a 53,000-gallon oil spill into San Francisco Bay. Cota was sentenced to 10 months in prison.


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The strange history of the Volkswagen Beetle
"Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle" (Ballantine Books), by Andrea Hiott: The Volkswagen Beetle has a unique and colorful history, with principal characters that include the Nazi dictator who personified evil, the legendary designer of Germany's most celebrated race cars and the Jewish advertising executive who pioneered a creative revolution on Madison Avenue.
It's a story whose twists and turns over four decades eventually gave rise to the oddly shaped small car that came to symbolize America's 1960s counterculture and went on to become the world's top-selling car model.
Author Andrea Hiott transports readers through the most turbulent decades of the 20th century, from the rise of Adolf Hitler to the Allied victory that left postwar Germany in ruins, to that nation's economic rebirth epitomized by the success of the Volkswagen plant at Wolfsburg.
A car enthusiast who never drove an automobile or held a driver's license, Hitler had a vision for a "people's car" that would extend to Germans the same mobility that Henry Ford's Model T gave Americans. The dictator set out to build a network of autobahns and erect a massive factory in a pasture to build what he decreed to be The Strength Through Joy Car.
The genius chosen as its designer was Ferdinand Porsche, who was told to produce a prototype by 1935 so that 1 million cars would come off the line within three years. But with Hitler bent on war, the plant's mission shifted to arms production, and output shifted to mines, bazookas, V1 flying bombs and jeeplike utility vehicles.
Among the surprises in Hiott's comprehensive account is the importance of the plant's location in the British occupation zone to its ultimate success. Another big "what-if" is the 1947 decision by Ford to pass up the chance to acquire Volkswagen. The reason, according to the author, was the plant's proximity to the Soviet Bloc at a time when the Cold War was taking shape.
As Wolfsburg started turning out Beetles in increasing numbers, Volkswagen sought to market it to American motorists in an era of bigger cars, dazzling chrome and outsize tail fins. To challenge that mindset, they teamed up with Bill Bernbach, whose quirky ad agency launched a campaign that prompted a significant number of car buyers to "Think Small."
The book also features the role of Heinrich Nordhoff, a veteran of General Motors' Opel division before the war. It was his organizational and managerial talents that helped put Volkswagen on the path to prosperity as a key element of postwar Germany's "economic miracle."
Hiott's account should appeal to history buffs, car enthusiasts and readers who delight in a fascinating story. The release of the book coincides with the debut of the 2012 Beetle that marks the second time the much-loved car is brought back by popular demand.


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This is the first dispatch in a five part series which explores how Palestinian craft traditions have been impacted by Israel's occupation of the West Bank.
On a bustling road on the outskirts of Hebron, an unassuming aluminium warehouse contains a rugged brick furnace that melts recycled glass bottles at 1200 degrees.
Surrounding the furnace lies a jumble of metal tools, heat-proof mats, melted plug sockets, and a weighted lever that connects to the oven hatch through which Tawfiq extracts a glowing lump of molten glass.
With a metal pipe he deftly rolls the malleable lump back and forth, forming a golden cylinder resembling a writhing luminous slug. Tawfiq gently blows air through the pipe, and the expanding glass starts to take the shape of a vase.
Despite the whirring fan, Tawfiq's face glistens from the nearby flames. His concentration is evident as he rolls the glass on his thigh, perfecting the shape with oversized tweezers. He takes a break from his order of 1000 vases destined for the USA, and showing his skills, he easily twists another lump of glass around. In seconds it emerges as a swan, with blue, green and orange lines streaking down its neck.
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"It's not easy to blow glass" he explains, "It takes time, and you have to be careful. I have only had a few accidents." Tawfiq's cousin sits on the other side of the oven. "We are all from the same family in this factory," he says.
The Natshehs started learning to blow glass at just 10 years old. But it is proving extremely difficult now to find any keen young apprentice willing to invest their free time in the trade.
Around eight other Natsheh family members are basking in the cool air-conditioned back room which one of them describes as heaven compared to the hell of the furnace. In this room ceramics are decorated after being kilned - a product diversification adopted around 1967 in response to the market problems the West Bank faced as a result of Israel's occupation.
Some of the artists paint intricate black designs while others colour them in, scratching off any small mistakes with a razor blade. Outside, the glaze is sprayed on the painted pots before a final blast in the kiln.
Hamdi Natsheh, the owner of the factory, tells me that international orders keep the factory going. "Now, the situation is difficult," he remarks, "You have to think carefully before expanding." In three hours at the factory, no customer entered. Natsheh told Palestine Monitor this is due to tourists' fear of Hebron's political volatility.
In Hebron's early history, the quarter Harat al-Kazazeen housed 14 glass-blowing factories, and was considered the heartland of the highest-quality glass production in Palestine. But the lack of market means Hamdi's factory is only one of two left in the town.
With a group of 15 passionate and skilled craftsmen producing beautiful glass and ceramic wares, the factory seems likely to continue for now. But the search continues for the next young generation of apprentices. With continued clashes in Hebron from settler and soldier violence, tourists are staying away. "We hope the new generation learns the work, and we hope that the situation changes," says Hamdi, "and the peace comes for all."
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What Is Happening In This Imagine Dragons' "Natural" Video?
A creepy clip for their latest song
Dan Reynolds and Imagine Dragons are having the worst house party ever.
Their latest visual for their song "Natural", features the singer inside some scary imagery. The tone is set when the camera pans over a pile of dirty baby doll heads in the first ten seconds. Reynolds is then revealed to be sitting inside the bug-infested home, as the piano plays itself, and things are getting real.
Related: Panic! At The Disco, Imagine Dragons Take on The VMAs
Life seem much more pleasant outside, as the band is all together performing the song in the green grass. Great, until you realize he's busy burying a woman in a grave and there's a scary stilted man in black that will now forever live in your nightmares.
Thanks guys, but we like our "Natural" with more college football and less masked funeral dancing. Call us old fashioned.
Imagine Dragons are currently on tour in Europe, but will return to the states in September for a string of shows.


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The intent of this project, created in collaboration with Mech425, is to identify the best angle for flat, uniform blades in relationship to the air stream to convert the most amount of energy into rotational motion. The primary use for flat blade windmills would be for people with limited access to tools or homemade devices when simplicity is preferred.
- The project has been selected to provide support to individuals looking to generate electricity by harvesting the wind
- The target audience are people who can not afford commercially available models and have chosen to build their own
Windmills have many functions and can be operated wherever there is access to wind. Windmills use their blades, or sails, to convert the energy in wind into rotational motion. This rotational motion can either be used for direct work or converted again into electricity. Originally, windmills were used to perform the grinding at mills. Today, they are still used for this purpose but have extended their range of uses to pumping water and primarily for electricity generation, In lesser economically developed countries, the electricity generated by homemade windmills are often used to charge batteries and cell phones or operate lighting, radios and irrigation pumps.
Modern, commercially available wind turbines are tailored to address specific wind speeds and are capable of generating megawatts of electricity from each turbine. However, homemade solutions are often low-tech and have undergone little scrutiny in terms of optimization. This report intends to identify to best angle to tilt the blades in relation to the oncoming wind and what length of blade is best suited for electricity generation.
William Kamkwamba is a fantastic example of who could benefit from the analysis presented in this report. His ambition for a better life and access to scrap materials was transformed into a working device that provides both light and irrigation to his community and inspiration to the rest of the world. As more people begin to develop solutions for their own energy needs, there is great value in optimizing these devices to maximize their social benefit.
William's story can be viewed below:
-- Benefits of Flat Blades --
Flat blades are less common than other designs but offer significant benefits, especially in low income or remote areas. The following is a list of benefits offered by using flat blades:
- Easy to build
- Less design and local knowledge required
- Less machinery is required during construction compared to a curved design
- Less time is required for construction purposes
- Easier to ensure conformity among the blades
-- Engineering Calculations --
Power Available to the Turbine
The amount of power passing through the turbine blade area is primary dependent on the velocity of the wind and to a lesser extent, the area of the blades. To quantify the energy in the wind, we must first consider the wind to be a fluid flowing through the blades in a cylindrical shape.
The kinetic energy stored in the wind can be found according to Bournoulli's equation:
KE = 1 / 2(m * v2)
In order to find the energy in the wind, we must find the mass of the cylinder. This is based on the volume of the cylinder multiplied by the density of the fluid:
m = π * V
The total volume of the fluid that is represented by cylindrical column is:
We can calculate the area of the cylinder's base by:
A = 1 / 4(π * D2)
The length of the cylinder represents the amount of fluid that has passed through the windmill's swept area. This is calculated by multiplying the velocity of wind by time:
L = v * t
This can be simplified as follows:
KE = 1 / 8(ρ * π * D2) * v3 * t
Finally, the power in the wind is simply the energy per unit of time
P = π / 8(ρ * D2 * v3)
As demonstrated, the power in the wind is highly related to the velocity of the air and to a lesser extent the diameter of the blades. The relationship of energy to the velocity of the fluid cubed, indicates the importance of high wind speeds. Therefore, to increase energy output, the most important factor is to find a location with high wind speeds. This can be achieved by creating a tower in order to place the windmill in a more elevated location. This will help to reduce the impact of any obstructions from the ground level. The size of the turbine blades is also important and should also be considered as a method of attaining more power.
Maximum Possible Efficiency
The Betz limit was developed by Albert Betz and seeks to determine the maximum possible energy that can be derived by a device from a stream of fluid, flowing at a given speed. In the case of windmill, the maximum theoretical efficiency of a thin rotor can be found based on the following assumptions:
- The rotor is considered ideal, having an infinite number of blades and no drag.
- The flow into and out of the rotor is axial and in accordance conservation equations.
- The fluid is modeled based on incompressible flow.
The Betz limit has been able to predicted the maximum value for the power coefficient to be 0.593. This means that the theoretical limit of power removed from from the fluid is 59.3%, although current commercial wind turbines are able to achieve 40 - 50% conversion efficiency.[1]
Optimal Angle of blades
The angle that the windmill blades are tilted compared to the stream of fluid will determine how much energy can be converted into rotational motion and then be captured by the system for meaningful work. The amount of force is calculated by finding the wind pressure.
The wind pressure exerted by the wind is given by: P = 1 / 2(1 + c) * ρ * v2
- where c is a constant and equals 1.0 for long flat plates.
The force of the wind against the windmill blade is based on the wind pressure multiplied by the area of the blade facing the oncoming flow. In the event that the blade is tilted at an angle to the oncoming airstream, then the area of the blade exposed to the fluid is reduce by a factor of sinθ. As such, the wind pressure calculation is multiplied by A * sinθ to obtain the force of the wind on the blades
In addition, the force of the wind converted into rotational motion is related to the angle of the blade in relationship to the oncoming fluid flow. This relationship is given by a factor of cosθ.
Furthermore, the blades will encounter a drag coefficient related to the angle of the blades as they rotate in their own axis perpendicular to the oncoming flow of fluid. This drag coefficient will be represented by D * cosθ.
Therefore, the combined calculation to determine the force balance on the blades is:
F = ρ * v2 * A * sinθ * cosθ * D * cosθ
An important relationship to note is that between force and θ. The combined force balance indicates a relationship between force and sinθ * cosθ * cosθ.
As a result, the optimal tilt of the blades would provide an angle to the airflow such that sinθ * cosθ * cosθ is a maximum. This value has been presented in the graph below to show how the value changes as θ is adjusted.
The angle is adjusted in radians and seems to indicate a maximum value at approximately 0.62 radians, or roughly 35.5 degrees. This translates in a maximum conversion of 38.5% of the wind force into rotational motion. Therefore, the blades should be tilted at an angle of roughly 35.5 degrees from the oncoming air stream to obtain the optimal amount of energy using flat blade windmills.
-- Regional Considerations --
The target regions for this technology are locations where people have limited access to tools or supplies, such as Sub Sahara Africa. In addition, the area must have access to a reasonable wind source and access to certain key resources. These resources include many technologically advanced materials such as generators and motors. However, these materials can be found in local garbage sources and meet the fundamental requirements. While many people are unable to afford these items, there are many broken down cars and appliances that would be sufficient.
In terms of the social impact, he ability to access electricity is a powerful device that has the ability to help raise communities out of poverty. Conversely, it has been repeatedly shown to create a social divide that widens the economic divide. It is important that energy is handles with respect and that it is not used as a tool to further impoverish the unfortunate.
-- Materials --
William Kamkwamba was able to build his windmill using: [2]
- Tractor fan
- Shock absorber
- Bicycle frame
- PVC pipe
- Bicycle generator
- Bamboo poles
- Bicycle dynamo
- Rubber belt
- Pulleys
- Bike chain ring
- Piston
- Copper wire
If the intent is to store electricity, then these additional materials are required:[3]
- Deep cycle batteries 12V (If the user intends to store electrical energy)
- Charge controller to regulate how much the battery charges
- DC/AC Converter
- Bridge rectifier (to ensure electricity flows into batteries)
-- Tools --
In rural parts of the world, people are forced to be more creative with the resources available. Here are a couple examples of how this is the case:[4]
- The flat blades can be created by cutting a PVC pipe lengthwise, using a saw or similar device, and then heating the pipe over a fire. Once hot, it can be molded into a long, flat blade.
- Washers can be made by hammering bottle caps to be flat and then punching a hole through the middle.
In these circumstances, nails, rocks, fire and wood become the tools to build the wind turbine. Steel or rocks can be used as hammers and bicycle spokes can be scraped along a rock to create a flat edge and plastic bags can be melted to build a handle around one end. Furthermore, drills can be created made out of a maize-cob as a handle and an extruding nail. The nail can then be heated over an open fire until it becomes red hot and then be used to penetrate through certain materials.
-- Skills and Knowledge --
In order to benefit from the energy generating potential of wind turbines, it is important to understand how much wind is available at a given location. A Beaufort scale provides an indication of wind speeds based on various visual clues. While these clues offer indications of the wind speed on the ground, there is likely a greater amount of energy in the wind as the altitude increases. This is based on the boundary layer that develops on the Earth's surface as a result of various obstructions on the ground. The Beaufort scale is provided below:[5]
In order to obtain a more complete list of physical identifying factors, please follow this link.
Furthermore, to transmit the electricity generated to be used for applications such as operating lights, radios or charging batteries, then it is critical to have an understanding of electrical theory such as the required voltage and amperage to power the desired device.
-- Technical Specifications --
William was able to build his windmill based on the schematic shown below.[6] It was then mounted on a large tower he created out of wood. Overall, the machine is fairly simple in concept with the major limitations being available materials and limited access to tools. Through testing, William found that using his design, a four blade windmill was able to generate more power than its three blade counterpart.[7]
-- Estimated Costs --
William has disclosed that his windmill cost approximately $15 to produce and that the bicycle generator was the most difficult to attain.[8] An estimate of the various costs for the components has been compiled based on relative accessibility. The costs have been contrived to total the $15 that William had to pay. This project would certainly not be desirable in a more economically developed country based on access to better tools to improve performance and the prohibitive costs to buy materials that only generate a minimal amount of energy. That said, the minimal energy generated by William Kamkwamba was able to change his village and provide simple luxuries that have offered the community hope and a new outlook on life.
In rural settings, the cost for the parts will vary significantly based on the materials available locally. Therefore, it is more appropriate to offer a range of anticipated costs based on the variability of how accessible certain materials are. The costs have not been calculated as the cost to purchase and send the materials would be astronomical and the true costs will have massive discrepancies based on the local and availability of materials.While this is purely an estimate, it offers an idea as to how much one might expect to pay for the parts.
As indicated, the range of costs is approximately $0 - $99 and provides a general range of project costs based on how much can be salvaged. Based on these estimates, William's $15 budget appears to be at the lower end of the range as he was able to find the majority of his materials from what others considered to be waste.
Beyond the initial cost, the power harnessed from the wind has an opportunity to become an income generating technology. Cellphones have provided jobs to many people who rent their phones to individuals looking to call neighboring markets to determine the price for various goods. Similarly, power can be sold to people looking to charge their cellphones or other batteries that can be used for lighting applications or to listen to radios.
-- Common Mistakes --
There are many variations to the windmill design used by William Kamkwamba and refined throughout this section. However, there are some variations that are commonly used and have a negative impact on performance. One of these examples is using wood as the material to create blades. If avoidable, wood is a poor choice is it is a more heavy substance and requires more energy to begin rotation and achieve more frequent rotations.
Also, It is very important that blades are evenly shaped as this can cause a wobble to occur. The wobble will result in reduced performance and will shorten the windmill's life based on additional vibrations. The windmill blades should also be placed high above all other obstructions in order to obtain a more powerful and consistent wind stream. A good rule of thumb is to place the turbine twice as high as any nearby obstructions.
-- Other Designs --
If you happen to have access to additional equipment such as saws, then it may be possible to use the design shocased in the video below. Also, be sure to note that the wind turbine is able to pivot and uses a tail to direct the blades into the wind.
- ↑ Gorlov A.M., Silantyev V.M., Limits of the Turbine Efficiency for Free Fluid Flow, Journal of Energy Resources Technology - December 2001 - Volume 123, Issue 4, pp. 311-317.
- ↑ Kamkwamba, William. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. William Morrow, 2009.
- ↑ Make a Wind Turbine. Available at: http://makeawindturbine.com/ [Accessed April 9, 2010].
- ↑ The Doers Club. Available at: http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entryprint.html?entry=10707.[Accessed April 4, 2010]
- ↑ The Beaufort Scale. Available at: http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/beaufort-scale-images/ [Accessed April 4, 2010].
- ↑ The Doers Club. Available at: http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entryprint.html?entry=10707.[Accessed April 4, 2010]
- ↑ Kamkwamba, William. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. William Morrow, 2009.
- ↑ African Leadership Academy. Available at: http://www.alagapyear.org/community/african_students/williamk.htmlfckLR[Accessed April 16, 2010].


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List of Medical Schools in Australia
Medical Schools in Australia provide professional qualifications over a range of specialisations.
Some of the Australian medical schools combine a number of different foci including dentistry within the medical school framework. Along with this the medical schools can have an alliance or even operate a hospital, hospital service, or medical centre. Entry can be highly competitive depending on the institution although most schools now have broader selection criteria than just a standardized test score.


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Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Delivers Global Citizens Performance Backed by Gospel Choir
"The power is positivity"
The Global Citizens Festival took place in Johannesburg, South Africa over the weekend (December 2), bringing stunning performances from some of the biggest names in music to support a great cause. Joining the effort to end extreme poverty was Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, a continued supporter of charitable efforts who always finds ways to give back.
Related: Pearl Jam Steps Up Effort To End Youth Homelessness
About halfway through the almost 10-hour concert, Vedder took the stage after being introduced as an artist, an activist, and a "great, great human being." His set kicked off with an acoustic performance of "Porch" before being joined by the Soweto Gospel Choir for new renditions of "The Long Road" and "Better Man."
"People have the power and the power is positivity. The power is positivity!" he preached before closing out his set with an acoustic guitar cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."
Watch his performance starting at the 5:56:54 mark in the video above.