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Back pain is no joke. Neither is surgery. Unfortunately, surgery is what many sufferers of sciatica decide to do, in hope that it ends the tremendous pain that the ailment brings. For sciatica, Stouffville Health Centre offers chiropractic treatment options that are much less invasive.
The name of the surgery is microdiscectomy, and it has successfully relieved many people with sciatica. However, recent research has suggested that this decompression surgery isn't the only relief for sciatica. Chiropractic treatment can be just as effective in some instances. Researchers wanted to be sure of that claim so they conducted a study to see how effective the treatment was.
They recruited 40 sciatica patients who were still in pain even though they had already tried different methods of alleviating their pain, such as painkillers, lifestyle changes, massage, and acupuncture. Half of the patients were randomly assigned to surgery and the rest were assigned to receive chiropractic treatment. The results were:
The researchers concluded that chiropractic adjustments may not solve each sciatica case, but that it should still be considered an option before considering surgery, which has various potential risks. Chiropractic treatment is a great way to improve your back pain condition and your nutritional health too.
Sciatica pain is an extreme form of lower back pain that runs along the sciatic nerve, which starts at the lower back and runs down both legs. The pain can be so terrible that it can cause a person to have to withdraw from taking part in everyday activities. Do you struggle with pain like this? Are you desperately trying to find a solution? Stouffville Health Centre has a solution!
In a recent study, it has been discovered that an episode of sciatica can be soothed and rehabilitated quickly by chiropractic care. Workers with sciatica pain were assessed for posture, gait and range of motion.
In the study, 44 workers who for three or more weeks had experienced agonizing sciatica pain were evaluated by the hospital's chiropractor. He/she assessed each patient's posture and gait, palpation of the lumbar spine and range of motion. After two weeks of daily treatment and then treatment three days a week, after 21 days, 42 of the patients returned to work full time. Two returned to work part time.
In conclusion, this study goes to show that chiropractic care offers benefits to those suffering with sciatic pain. If you are looking for an alternative to surgery for your sciatica, contact our chiropractor in Stouffville for an assessment and treatment.


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Sleep-ins, cousins, playing in the sun, sun burns and mangoes - no summer was complete without these. Raw or ripe, mangoes were a part of our everyday lunch during the summer months, in Chennai. Curd rice and golden, ripe mangoes were a favorite as it meant effortless cooking for my mom, and juicy sweetness for us.
Manga pachadi is made by cooking raw, tangy mangoes in a sweet jaggery sauce. The juxtaposition of the sharp mangoes against the cloying sweetness of jaggery is quite genius.
Manga pachadi is made by cooking raw, tangy mangoes in a sweet jaggery sauce. The juxtaposition of the sharp mangoes against the cloying sweetness of jaggery is quite genius.
|Mango in jaggery sauce - mangai pachadi
- Raw mango - 2
- jaggery / vellum , powdered - 1 cup, packed
- green chili - 2
- turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- cilantro, for garnish
- kadalai paruppu / broken channa dal - 1 tbsp
- mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- curry leaves - 1 or 2 sprigs
- oil, for sauteing
- Wash and quarter the mangoes. Leave the skin on. I usually cut once on either side of the pit/seed/stone and then cut the side in half. Do not discard the seed.
- In a wide mouthed saute pan, add the mangoes, green chilies slit in half and turmeric powder. Add just enough water to cover the mangoes halfway. Cook covered until the mangoes turn soft. Watch out for water boiling over. This should take anywhere between 10 and 15 minutes.
- If needed, turn the mango pieces a couple of times so all sides are cooked in the water.
- While the mangoes are cooking, heat powdered jaggery in 2 tbsp of water . If needed, add just enough water to avoid burning. Heat this on low heat until the jaggery has melted.
- Remove the jaggery water from fire and let cool.
- When it has cooled, pour the jaggery water in to the mango pan, through a seive. This will help remove impurities, if any.
- Cook until all water has evoprated and the mango pulp has congealed.
- In a separate saute pan, heat oil for sauteing. When the oil is ready, add kadalai paruppu. Fry this in the oil until it turns golden brown. Now add cumin and mustard seeds.
- When the seeds splatter, add washed and dried curry leaves. If you are using asafetida, add it now. Add this mixture to the mango pachaadi,
- Remove from fire and serve with sambar rice or curd rice.

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The past two days have been action packed with the Destiny Basketball Camp 2013. We have about 50 kids attending each day ages ranging from 6 all the way to 16. It has only been two days but the Lord is really moving. It is amazing seeing how the kids are hungry to hear from the coaches.
Our Camps are always a great time. This year we are at a new location, for the last few years we have been doing our camps at Calvary Worship Center on the west side of Colorado Springs. This year we are doing it at Pikes Peak Prep Academy. The facility is very nice and it is nice being inside and away from the summer heat.
Monday and Tuesday we worked on many of the basic fundamentals of basketball such as defensive stance, dribbling and passing and shooting form and technique. We also had some dribbling relays and races. The kids are having a blast and going home tired.
Our theme for the summer is how to have an Unshakable Destiny, Coach Rex is teaching the kids on how to do this. He is using examples from the life of Joshua, David and Daniel and showing different characteristics those men had that let them have an unshakable destiny.
Take a look at some of the pictures from the past couple of days.


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By Pan Gongkai
A century has passed since Modern Art made its appearance in the art world, and five years have passed since the heyday of Pop Art and Conceptual Art. The last century has seen the rise of various art movements, as well as their achievements and breakthrough. Meanwhile, "Mis-construction" as a principle is increasingly vital in confirming artwork's identity as art. "Mis-construction" becomes the reason and creates the situation for "Gaze". An aesthetic reception is also made possible due to this very situation.
The new arts, such as Conceptual Art, Installation and Performance, greatly expand the category of artwork, and at the same time add to an aforementioned aesthetic situation with new forms and structures–this is the accomplishment of man's visual culture in the last century, as is manifested by art history.
The achievements of visual culture and related systematic knowledge are quickly dispersed throughout the world, as a result of globalization and the international communication network. In the process of dispersion, the diachronic knowledge system is transformed into synchronic constellation with many cultural factors and interacts with the local culture. The previous systematic knowledge is restructured, leading to fragmented, pieced-together, flat and everyday global cultural art and art scene.
Dispersion is the result of a developed communication network, and a positive phenomenon brought about by globalization that could not be and need not be avoided. Dispersion helps the modernization of the world, benefiting mankind as a whole. Yet viewed in terms of physics, dispersion is the flow of thermal energy from an higher to lower level and an increase of entropy. In the larger temporal-spatial framework, seeking and building certain negentropy is a necessary balance and complement, that is in the trend of dispersion, seeking a new area of generation, facilitating a generation of the new art system is beneficial to global art ecology.
The irresistible force of dispersion renders generation difficult, yet at the same time making it an objective worth all the effort of the artists with a real global perspective. Generation takes place in certain areas, which is set by the actual situation and cultural accumulation of time and is worldwide. Generation calls for both interdisciplinary approach and an ability to create systematic knowledge building.
Generation in the contemporary cultural milieu is a constant process of self-questioning, trial and error, making adjustments and growing. Generation starts from problem awareness and leads to more than one answer. It is an open, procedural, interactive and evolving organism. Generation is a process of constantly raising, discussing, exploring, constructing and re-generating new questions.
In "Dispersion and Generation" at Today Art Museum, I present my works in the fields of ink and wash painting, art history and theory, architecture and installation, hoping to discuss my reflection of recent years and demonstrate the recent results of it. The exhibition touches the key topics in these fields and involves the theoretical clue behind such a crossover experiment. It intends to raise questions, bring about discussion and debate, so as to trigger more thinking and add to the academic atmosphere in the present cultural scene.
About the exhibition
Curator: Fang Zhenning, Lu Yinghua, Pan Qing
Duration: 2013.03.10 — 2013.03.31
Location: 2nd, 3rd, 4th floor exhibition hall of Building No.1, Today Art Museum


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Natrolite Sphere
A rare Natrolite Polished Sphere from Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Diameter: 5.8cm / 2.3 inches
Weight: 227g
The crystal photographed is the crystal you will receive.
Natrolite is a very high vibration crystal and is the highest vibration of the zeolite family. It is a crystal that will help one accelerate one's spiritual ascension. Natrolite holds the ability to shift one's spiritual journey, opening up new paths that were previously hidden in the unconscious. It is a crystal where those who are able to connect to Natrolite, are very fortunate indeed. That said, one must stay aware to not become unbalanced by Natrolite and its powerful properties.


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A different perspective of the wooded treeline along the Sandy River a few weeks back. The water is so clear you can see the bottom all the way to the deep water in the middle.
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Releases July 18, 2014
1 hr 34 mins
Rated R
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cameron Diaz as Annie
Jason Segel as Jay
Rob Corddry as Robbie
Ellie Kemper as Tess
Rob Lowe as Hank, Annie's boss
Nat Faxon as Max
Nancy Lenehan as Linda
Randall Park as Edward
Dave "Gruber" Allen as Mailman
Review by Stephen M.
So this is the movie that will probably get my site flagged due to its title and content on companies's website filters. While there is nofrontal nudity, there is still plenty of sexual content, simulated sex and F words that will might make even Howard Stern blush. Okay probably not. While a silly premise and supposedly impossible, according to Apple, the film has its laugh out loud moments that makes it worth watching as a matinee at the very least.
If this film teaches you anything, it is that Cameron Diaz still carries herself well or as her movie husband Jay (Jason Segel) callsher, a sexpot. Jay and Annie (Cameron Diaz) are in a rut sexually after you are led to believe that, that is what their relationship is solely built on in the first 15 minutes of the film. With two kids, the two never have the time to try to engage each other and when they finally have a night to themselves, can't get it on like their glorious dating days. In comes the iPad (thank you Steve Jobs) to record their drunken reenacting of positions from their book "The Joy of Sex." Months later the "Sex Tape" leaks out to the cloud via Jay giving out used iPads to friends and family as gifts each synched to his playlist. Thus, begins a night of a mad dash to retrieve the used iPads.
While I did have many laughs and enjoyed the film, there are definitely things you can nitpick with in the film. Starting with Jason Segel who gets kudos for his dog scene, but offers little else as far as acting ability, and leading man appeal. But let's go back to the beginning with the mommy blogger writing about her sex life. It completely contradicts to what the overall message that they try to convey in the end about relationships. The Porntube king played by a certain star that also starred with Segel in The Muppets fails to capture his usual comedic brilliance. Like Segel, his performance is on the flat side. I did enjoy Diaz's performance as well as supporting characters Tess (Ellie Kemper) and Robbie (Rob Corddry). Rob Lowe's performance as Annie's potential boss is good but just a bit too over the top. Trying to come across as funny but instead comes across as creepy. Especially with the Disney murals.
Given the theme of the movie, obviously this is not for everyone. If you're not into details you will definitely enjoy the raunchy film. It makes for a great date movie even if the principles are a bit skewed. At the very least, the movie should make roller skates popular again and reminds us why we should never make a sex tape.


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But what is concentration? According to the dreaded Wikipedia, concentration is simply turning your mind to the task, and then turning it to the task yet again — and again. If you are breathing, then constantly turn your mind to awareness of the breath. This is necessary to the start of zazan practice. Zazen practice is nothing so much as constantly turning your attention…
To be silly, concentration is the process of concentrating on concentrating on whatever you are concentrating on. The trick in using this technique to further oneself along the path to the ninth and tenth part of the eightfold path (ten parts to the Eightfold Path? who knew?) is that one must remove all objects of thought that are counter to Buddhistic ideas: always limit harm to oneself and others, remove dualist thoughts, refrain from judging, banish biases and prejudices, etc., etc. This is necessary as these types of thought prevent one from seeing what really is. When studying any of the eight parts of the Eightfold Path one has to concentrate, to constantly turn ones mind back to the item of study. The result of all this concentration? Attaining #9, Superior Right Knowledge and #10, Superior Right Liberation. But attainment is complex in the doing because concentration requires you to be cognizant of all eight parts of the path all the time.
When I am digging in the garden I have to consciously try to develop the Right View. And here I do not mean merely the politically correct view. I mean being conscious of every effect that I am having in the garden. When I put bird netting on the cherry tree, the robins had a harder time finding food — until they discovered the raspberries. When I rip out the kale plants because they have gone to seed, I have to know that I am preventing the kale plants from continuing into newer generations. And if you discount a plant's desire for life and progeny, then consider the effect on the world you have when digging with a shovel. How many worms do I kill? How many worms and bugs do I expose to the ravening appetites of birds? The right view is inescapably that I live and die by helping and by killing. Doing no harm is impossible. All I can to do is minimize the harm I do — and I can only do that by being aware of my harmful actions, concentrating on them (so I can understand them), fessing up, and then trying to limit the harm — and that is a good definition for Right Intention.
Inextricably interwoven with the fabric of life as I am, as I strive for right intention while I work in the garden, I sometimes talk to the birds, the plants, the bugs. I don't want to get all mystical and magical here, but I want to tell you about the long conversation I had with the wasps in the garden. Big black and white striped things, about the size of the first joint of my baby finger, and I've got large hands. Makes your arm swell up, from the finger tips to the shoulder, just thinking about getting stung. In the spring their nest was the size of a quarter, hanging in the lilac tree right over the compost heap. I'd stand there and talk to them as they buzzed me. Talked about how we are all in it together, that our needs did not interfere with each other, that there was plenty of room for both of us, and weren't they pretty wasps (once you get over the terror of stings). That was in the spring last year. By mid summer the nest was larger than a football, about eighteen inches long (that's about 40 centimeters for those initiated in scientific reckoning). There were so many wasps that going out to the compost heap was like running across a twelve lane highway at rush hour. Every once and a while one would crash right into me, bounce off. Never got stung once. I'm not saying that talking to the wasps made the wasps tolerate me, that some special bond was formed (don't need one beyond that which is already there). What I am saying is that talking, right speech, made me not afraid of the wasps. No harm in that. And I did not have to destroy the nest for prevention of stings that never happened. This year the wasps went elsewhere, probably not wanting to be around me anymore. And that is a good definition of Right Action.
Concentrating on right livelihood while in the garden, is noticing the effort it takes to grow things, noticing how much you need to know about general gardening practices, and noticing the things you need to know about your garden's micro environment. And what is the right view about gardening in general, about gardeners and farmers? Acknowledging our absolute dependency on growers of food! We are willing to give hockey players millions of bucks to play a game while knowing that if hockey disappeared we wouldn't die of it. But if farmers all refused to grow food? Can you grow enough to feed yourself? How much do the pickers of that necessary indulgence, coffee, get paid? What is right effort if not trying to understand what is really going on and trying to act so that things (oneself) are brought into line with actuality? Keep that thought in your right mind by constantly concentrating, turning your attention, again and again, to what is right there if front of you right now.
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Long-time scuba diver Rick Allen makes his living as an underwater photographer. Two years ago, he lost his arm in an accident and vowed that it would not stop him from recovering the pirate Blackbeard's ship from the bottom of the ocean. He was fitted with a prosthethesis that would allow him to continue to scuba dive, and carry heavy equipment underwater. A week and a half ago, he and his crew recovered a cannon and part of a sword. The sword hilt is so fancy; some speculate it may have belonged to Blackbeard himself.
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I noticed that you were changing links so it links to their evolutions. The only problem with this is that it shows the evolution's name instead of the pre-evolutions's name in cases where it refers to the pre-evolution so instead of changing {{TP|James|Magikarp}} to {{TP|James|Gyarados}} in cases where it refers to magikarp, change it to {{TP|James|Magikarp|Gyarados}} so it shows Magikarp and links to Gyarados. Also, before you change the links on episode articles, on episode articles (Articles like DP123), leave it as {{TP|James|Magikarp}} as making it {{TP|James|Gyarados}} or {{TP|James|Magikarp|Gyarados}} shows spoilers. Turtwig A Contributions Talk 18:28, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- you did this again today on Ash's article. please stop doing this. -- MAGNEDETH 19:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- Seriously stop doing it as it refers to that Pokémon at that stage. If you keep doing this, you could get blocked. Please heed those words as I spent a lot of time writing that and it isn't there to be ignored. Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 23:46, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Gender diffs
gender differences did not appear until Generation IV and therefor are not noted in any anime episode before DP. also, use the preview button. -- MAGNEDETH 23:45, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
please stop adding genders to the "In the anime" section. unless the Pokemon's gender was relevant in some way to the episode, it is not worth noting. -- MAGNEDETH 23:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Hibiki vs Gold
Do not change Gold's name to Hibiki. As Bulbapedia is an English Pokémon encyclopedia, we use the English names unless there are no such names to use. Gold was Gold in GSC. Because of this, until the English release of HeartGold & SoulSilver, he stays Gold. - Kogoro | Talk to me - 02:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Speculation isn't allowed in articles. Don't add a gender based on what you think, as there is many more opinions. There is also evidence supporting that it's male. Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 02:54, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
- Please stop adding genders for those whose aren't confirmed. Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 20:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Upcoming evolutions
Don't care. If they're not 100% confirmed (as in, the episode aired yesterday and everyone saw it), then they don't get to be put in articles. TTEchidna 02:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
- Honestly, taking an episode announcement as an opportunity to insert speculative information right after you were asked not to insert any more speculation. Consider this your final warning. Insert speculation just one more time and you will be blocked from editing. --Shiningpikablu252 02:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Silver (game) vs Paul
Evidence of that? ht14 00:07, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
- Look at the Paul section if you want so called proof. - unsigned comment from Jeh1997 (talk • contribs)
Warning block
youve been told to stop messing with Pokemon genders, and youve been told to stop messing with character and Pokemon links, but you havent. youve also already been blocked for speculation, so now youre being blocked for insubordination. i dont like blocking people for this sort of thing, but you simply wont listen to us. read our messages and follow the rules, its not hard. if you have a question, comment, complaint, or whatever, just say it; but ignoring us is not the thing to do. take the block time to read our messages, and maybe even check out the manual of style (because you apparently dont know how to use link templates either). -- MAGNEDETH 19:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you were editing Brock's page a lot and each edit was basically to fix a minor mistake or add something minor. Might I suggest that you make use of the preview button from now on to make sure you don't come back and add in a minor fix? Thanks~ ★Jo the Marten★ ಠ_ಠ 18:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Ash's Gible
It has just as much of a right to be their with the other Pokémon. Just because it didn't appear in the last couple episodes mean nothing. Don't remove it. --ケンジのガール 01:53, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
In rotation
Please stop changing them to "with Ash" or "At Prof. Oak's lab". Until Best Wishes ends, all of his BW Pokemon stay "in rotation". Ataro (talk) 22:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)


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Monday, July 27, 2009
it's not travel keeping making me scarce, but deadlines for this, that, and some other things.
the weekend was particularly packed. we may have finally completed the july birthday celebration marathon. but then again, maybe not, I have a couple friends where we have a tradition of checking out some interesting or new restaurant with the rationalization (excuse) of celebrating our shared summer birthdays. so truth be told, the marathon will be spilling into august or september depending on everyone's schedules.
ms t had her 4th birthday party on saturday morning. it was BIG FUN and shared fun. ms t shared her party experience with a girlfriend from her nursery school. the shared party turned out surprisingly well.
the other big fun going on this weekend was the annual cleveland irish festival. eileen ivers & immigrant soul performed (along with scads of other great musicians in groups and as solos) - I can never get enough of eileen and the boys. this year we were introduced to the kreellers, a group from detroit that I hope will join the ranks of festival regulars. I liken their songs and style as a kind of north american cross between the oysterband and pentangle (minus a fiddle, squeezebox and female vocalist) but with deep celtic roots.
a wee slide show of this year's irish festival can be found here. if you check out the slide show, you will notice besides music (and guinness and boxty) the other thing I love about the irish festival are the 'dogs of ireland' - I do believe that wheaten terrier puppies are the softest dogs in the universe - not to mention being cute, cute, cute! the woman who was sharing her wheatens with us said they even like cats, if introduced to cats as puppies! hmmmm, I wonder what f would say....
well, that's all I have time to say for now. can't promise if I will put up anything else this week other than planning a theme thursday post. I know I have a few snaps that fit this week's theme and it's always fun to play along!
simple lyrics packed with some mighty good advice.
11 comments:
- Tom said...
don't worry about it...summer is a busy time...better to enjoy getting out and doing than hanging about the compooter. See ya when we see ya!
- 7/27/2009
kimy, let's see; big box of cupcakes+a bunch of wee kiddies=frosting and cake, everywhere!LOL! Hey, family first, yes? Enjoy the summer whilst you can, as it seems to get shorter every year!
And I just received some old snaps that tie right in to this( but not sure if I can restore them ).
- 7/27/2009
- willow said...
Our Irish festival is coming up in Dublin. Always a big deal!
- 7/27/2009
- Megan said...
Love the group "blow out" there. Priceless!
And oh, do I hear ya on the busyness. "You should have seen the river I had to traverse this morning!"
- 7/27/2009
- Ronda Laveen said...
Loved the pic of the River dancers. You certainly caught that moment.
- 7/28/2009
Belated bon anniversaire to Ms T.
Busy? What's that? (I'll be back later for the dancers.)
cheers, kimy.
- 7/28/2009
- ArtSparker said...
The birthday photo is wonderful - love those clenched fists.
- 7/28/2009
- Steve said...
Happy birthday to Ms. T!
- 7/28/2009
- Reya Mellicker said...
Come and go as you please, friend! The blog world is free space, so you can do whatever you want here. YES!
- 7/28/2009
- Baino said...
Wow those are some mighty cup cakes! I know the feeling. Spent most of last cold and drizzly Sunday catching up.
- 7/28/2009
- John Hayes said...
Love the birthday pic! Hey, we'll all be here when things slow down; summers are busy!
- 7/28/2009


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Marco Di Tullio, MD; Ralph L. Sacco, MD; Aasha Gopal, MD; J. P. Mohr, MD; Shunichi Homma, MD
▪ Objective: To determine and compare the prevalence of patent foramen ovale in patients with stroke of undetermined origin (cryptogenic) and in patients with stroke of determined origin to assess the possible role of patent foramen ovale as a risk factor for cryptogenic stroke.
▪ Design: Cross-sectional study with nested case-control analysis.
▪ Patients: A total of 146 patients (73 men, 73 women) with acute ischemic stroke referred to the echocardiography laboratory for evaluation.
▪ Setting: Neurovascular Unit and Echocardiography Laboratory, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
▪ Measurements: Patients were considered to have strokes of determined origin or cryptogenic strokes according to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Stroke Data Bank criteria. The presence of patent foramen ovale was assessed by contrast echocardiography, performed blinded for type of stroke. The association between patent foramen ovale and type of stroke was tested after correcting for patients' demographic variables and stroke risk factors.
▪ Results: The overall prevalence of patent foramen ovale was 26 of 146 patients (18%; 95% Cl, 11. 4% to 24.6%). Patients with cryptogenic stroke (31%) had a significantly higher prevalence of patent foramen ovale than did patients with an identifiable cause of stroke (69%) in both the younger (< 55 years; 48% compared with 4%; P < 0.001) and the older (≥ 55 years; 38% compared with 8%; P < 0.001) age groups. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify the presence of a patent foramen ovale as strongly associated with the diagnosis of cryptogenic stroke (odds ratio, 7.2; Cl, 2.4 to 21.7), irrespective of patient age and other stroke risk factors.
▪ Conclusions: Patients with cryptogenic stroke have a higher prevalence of patent foramen ovale than patients with stroke of determined cause in all age groups, even after correcting for the presence of recognized stroke risk factors. This identifies patent foramen ovale as a risk factor for cryptogenic stroke. Regardless of patient age, contrast echocardiography should be considered when the cause of stroke is unknown.
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Frustrated. Impatient. Exhausted.
These are the only words I can think of to describe how I felt while I was trying to balance full time school, a full time job, a startup business, and my 94 year old neighbor.
The first time I met my neighbor, she had woken me up out of a dead sleep in between my jobs. When I answered the door, she stood there in a night gown, asking if I could come look at her thermostat. I figured I would do my good deed for the day and move on.
I was beyond wrong.
Adjusting the thermostat turned in to running to the store, making her meals, fixing things around her apartment, and mediating between banks and billing companies.
Spending time with her, I learned all of her family had already passed away. She was alone, stuck in an apartment with no one to depend on but herself – and me. She became my "adopted grandma." I spent entire days sitting in her apartment letting her tell me stories about her life and experiences. The closer we became, the more she relied on me to take care of her basic day to day needs- and I always said yes.
Being someone's personal caregiver is an immense responsibility. Our needs become secondary to someone else's. Why would we want to do this? Why would we want to jeopardize the life we are building for ourselves for that of another?
To me the answer is really easy- because they're a person. They are a living, breathing human-being with a soul. They have thoughts and feelings, and just because life has taken its toll, it doesn't negate that. We only have each other to rely on, and without that- we have nothing.
So how do we manage? How do we get by balancing the two?
This is what has helped me:
Take a time-out and breathe. Step out of the room. Take a breath (or three). Frustration mixed with exhaustion is a toxic mix that can get the best of us, and cause us to act irrationally if we don't manage it. The few minutes to yourself can help you put things back into perspective.
Ask for help. There are organizations and resources that have more experience than you working in and with these situations. It's ok to consult them and ask for advice. They are often able to recommend services (paid AND
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If you find yourself trying to balance life and caring for a loved one, I applaud you. It can be a challenging, yet rewarding experience. By keeping in mind why you are in the situation you are in, and by letting love motivate your attitudes and actions, it will make finding the balance between the two a more enjoyable chapter in your life.
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Evil Dead II: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc From horror master Sam Raimi (Drag Me to Hell) and starring the effervescent Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness), Evil Dead II gets the deluxe Blu-ray treatment this November from Lionsgate. Ranked #19 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films" list, Evil Dead II has been hailed as "one of the most visually inventive, relentless and truly original films ever made" (BBC). The Evil Dead II: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray is packed with all-new special features that revisit every aspect of the film's shoot with over 20 cast and crew members, plus tons of existing content and a thrilling new High-Definition 1080P transfer.
The lone survivor after an attack of flesh-eating spirits, Ash (Campbell) retreats to the woods with his girlfriend, Linda (Denise Bixler, Crisis in the Kremlin). There, Ash plays her a recording of a professor's readings from the Book of the Dead. The spell unleashes an evil force to take over Linda's body and turns her into a monstrous Deadite, threatening to do the same to Ash. When the professor's daughter and her friends arrive, the evening unravels into a gory and comic battle with a chainsaw, a shotgun and a flying eyeball.


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Part of a project called 'substitutes,' the Document Light uses paper documents which include receipts, diary pages and memos to create a lampshade. The lamp is used as a filing system, which inevitably reinterprets the idea of storage and filing space.
Instead of letting your paper files pile up in a desk drawer and forgetting about them, why not attach it to the most visible place and make some use out of your lamp?
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There is no doubt that following a regular fitness routine improves muscular, cardiovascular, and bone health, improves sleep quality, reduces stress, can alleviate anxiety and depression, and makes every day activities easier. And I am a firm believer in the "magic" of physical fitness.
But here's the thing… it HELPS it doesn't CURE. You can work out daily and still have sleep issues, various health problems, stress, anxiety, or other life difficulties.
I say this because I don't want anyone to blame exercise or give up on it when it doesn't solve all of their problems. I've had days where I woke up, ate a nutritious breakfast, worked out hard and sweat, hydrated, showered, and after all that self-care inside and out still had a bad day and a bad mood.
So here are a few things to keep in mind as you look to be your healthiest you (beyond working out, which you should do 5-6 days a week).
If you workout like crazy, eat only the most nutritious and balanced meals, and then only get 4 hours of sleep, you are doing your body a serious disservice.
Sleep is when your body gets a chance to repair, regenerate, and restore itself after a long day. It's when your body can do some heavy lifting in regards to processing vitamins and minerals. This is where muscles grow, stress is relieved, and fat is burned.
So don't forget to schedule sleep like an important appointment for yourself every day. Sure some days you'll be off the mark, but sleep (and the occasional rest day) should be part of your regular routine.
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Remember that some days you'll be grumpy, you'll be tired, your body won't cooperate, your skin will break out. It happens, even to the healthiest people.
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Every year, kids — and let's face it, adults — dress up in crazy outfits and prowl the streets, on a mission to ring strangers' doorbells and fill buckets with sweets.
As we grow older, life can get a bit boring and who says it's just for the kids to have fun?
Basically, Halloween is our chance to dress up and live out our fantasies. The sinister theme just adds to the excitement and slight kinkiness of the holiday.
Year on year the parties get bigger, more and more people take part and the Halloween costumes get ever more elaborate.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
From Anagallis to Zaluzianskya at Annie's Annuals
Many of their flowers are rarities I had never seen before, and yet could take home in a frugal little 4" pot if I liked. So feast your eyes; a full description of every one of these plants can be found on Annie's excellent website. I particularly appreciate their 'Totally Useful Plant Lists' because, let's face it, they have a shitload of plants, and you've got to narrow things down somehow! Here's what caught my eye yesterday...
Blue Pimpernel (Anagallis monellii) a tender perennial in Zones 9-11. I would love to use this in containers, true blue is hard to find!
Ruffled Snapdragon, (Antirrhinum 'Double Azalea Apricot') what a looker!
Calceolaria integrifolia 'Kentish Hero.' A favorite of the staff at Annie's because it has not been "bred into weak, boinky oblivion!"
Corydalis sempervirens.
Crassula erosula 'Campfire' what a perfect name!
Cuphea 'Strybing Sunset' is a surprisingly low-key little plant, given the hot colors of the flowers; their small scale and the freshness of the foliage give it lightness.
Dahlia coccinea; each has their own personality.
Uruguayan Firecracker Plant (Dicliptera suberecta) lives up to its, um, perky name! This one likes heat and humidity and is hardy to Zone 7.
Digitalis obscura is hardy to Zone 4; loves sun, sips water! And is now on my wish-list.
Erigeron glaucus 'Wayne Roderick' named for a legendary California plantsman who died in 2003.
Red Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens) likes dry clay soil and not much summer water once established. AND it has a long bloom period, summer to fall. Want.
Ghost Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica 'Sharpitor') is less than a foot tall, I was pleased to find this strapping six-foot specimen living happily in full sun. It looks so delicate!
Island Bush Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) is another lovely native from the Channel Islands that likes poor soil and little water.
Coastal Gum Plant (Grindelia arenicola) near the front gate at Annie's; little native bees practically bathe in the pollen (as you can see!) With a May-October bloom period this native would be a great addition to a habitat garden.
Heartleaf Penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia) is going on my list too.
Lobelia valida, a Zone 5 Hardy perennial that likes good drainage; it would be perfect in a container.
Marigold 'Harlequin' is an antique from 1870 enjoying a revival; makes a big rounded bush with these great stripey flowers!
Monardella undulata, a rare native bee-balm. This will grow in almost pure sand near the coast; grows more lush in garden soil.
Nicotiana mutabilis is a tall, free-branching flowering tobacco with flowers that age from white to dark pink. I'm planting it near my porch to lure hummingbirds into close camera range!
Tibetan Primrose (Primula capitata), which is best in rich soil and part shade, perfect to tuck in up-close places like a shady patio with ferns. Hardy to Zone 5.
Salpiglossis sinuata from Chile. It will bloom all summer IF it's happy!
Salvia leucophylla x clevelandii 'Pozo Blue' which is more tolerant of summer water than the species, and has a softer scent.
Butterfly Flower (Schizanthus grahamii), an annual for dappled shade, really has to be experienced in person to believe. Makes me think of cartoon clowns!
Porcupine Tomato (Solanum pyracanthum) is a tender perennial with the craziest orange spines along the veins of its blue-green leaves. Click the photo to enlarge, see link for a picture in bloom.
Verbascum 'Cotswald King.' At first I thought it was a Hollyhock! This species Verbascum is a biennial that comes true from seed, and is snail resistant (sold!)
Corsican Violet (Viola corsica) a shade perennial that reseeds nicely.
Southern Lilac Drumsticks' (Zaluzianskya villosa) a perky annual from South Africa with flowers that look like they should be sprinkled on a cake.
Please enjoy your own visit to Annie's via these links; they'll be happy to ship plants to you with great care. And California gardeners, start planning your pilgrimage!
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I always love your posts! Beautiful flowers. I want to take a trip to Annies, it's only a 30 minute drive from me and I've never been there, but heard so much about it in blogland! My favorite is "Campfire"!!!ReplyDelete
Well yes then you must go, it's a 130-mile drive for me round trip, but always worthwhile!ReplyDelete
I would love the Tibetan primrose, and it's hardy to zone 5 ... but even in the best of years, I don't have enough moisture. I did buy one of the pink and yellow corydalis plants this spring. I hope it'll be hardier than it's blue cousins. Laura, it's fun to see what's growing on the other side of the country.ReplyDelete
You are so lucky to live within driving distance. I would be so broke if I did.ReplyDelete
Hey Laura, we headed there last Saturday and had a great time. Love your pics. We have one of those Solanum pyracanthum now for about last fall. It put on a lot of growth...until it started to wilt. We suspect it was a gopher attack...but seems to slowly be making a comeback. MattiReplyDelete
These are all extraordinary, Wow! what a fantastic array of beauties. I have to say that the blue pimpernel is exquisite. The color is so rich and vibrant, I just love those. The foxgloves and violets are always such a treat to see. Wonderful photos. And,oh, love the busy bee :)ReplyDelete
What a heroic post, what stamina, to winnow AA down into an A to Z list! I'm embarrassed to admit how many of these plants are in my garden. In fact, just brought that corydalis home recently.ReplyDelete
We picked up a Cuphea 'Strybing Sunset' among others on Saturday :) Great pics!ReplyDelete
@Kari, good to know your limits, some choice plants I will just admire in photos!ReplyDelete
@Loree (they ship!!)
@Matti & Megan, that's the 3rd time I've missed you guys (Norcal, SFGS, before) we need to coordinate!
@Poetic, thanks! That bee was hard to get, this is the only clear shot, but SO cute!
@Denise, this isn't the half of it! I also posted an album on my FB page (Facebook.com/schaubdesigns) with more pictures of the gardens. It's rather overwhelming...
Ohhh, Ahhh, Sure wish I could have been there. One day I'll make the trip again... But right now, I don't even want to be tempted, so enjoying your beautiful photos is perfect.ReplyDelete
Wow, what a list! I can attest to the fabulousness of the Blue Pimpernell- I planted a bunch of it mixed with Chamomile ground cover and red Geum. A circus of primary colors! I love that you included so many late-blooming natives, too!ReplyDelete
Nice blog!ReplyDelete
Found you while researching Annie's plants. Was all set to tell danger garden about you, but see it's impossible to scoop Loree.
- Larry MJuly 20, 2012 at 7:26 AM
Great blog, and love your photos!ReplyDelete


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Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be." – Rita F. Pierson
I believe this quote with all my heart.
I truly want to be the adult that doesn't give up, but sometimes I wonder if I can keep doing this.
Raising children from hard backgrounds is not easy. It's gut wrenching at times and more often than not, we have no idea if what we are doing is the right thing to do.
Just when we think we've covered all the bases, something new crops up. We are exhausted!
Today was one of those days.
If we are exhausted, how must they feel?
Plucked out of their home and settled into ours.
New rules, new norms, wondering if it's safe to feel safe.
They are walking on shaky ground. I can only imagine that they must contemplate if the adults in their lives will hold on and stay put. They must question where their future lies. What happens if they let their guard down too far?
It must be terrifying.
And so tonight, as the rest of the house sleeps, I take a deep, calming breath. I say a prayer for strength, wisdom and guidance. I ground myself because this journey is big, way bigger than we ever imagined.
My husband and I will hold each other up. We will open our arms and draw in two little girls who need love and stability so badly. We will look only at getting through one day at a time.
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Thinner, more flexible lenses are paving the way for innovations in imaging technology with seemingly limitless potential applications.
When it comes to developing ultrathin lenses, scientists at the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) may have changed the game. The team created what it describes as "the world's thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair," which could revolutionize flexible computer displays and miniature cameras, according to an ANU press release.
More recently, researchers from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science (New York City, N.Y.) are developing a new flat, thin camera that is so flexible it can be wrapped around objects to capture images that can't be taken with conventional cameras—even with multiple camera setups. The team designed and fabricated a flexible lens array that adapts its optical properties when the sheet camera is bent.
And now engineers at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering (Evanston, Ill.) are working on a new lens that could be used for biomedical research and security imaging: a terahertz lens created by a light-powered 3-D printer.
So why is terahertz the key wavelength of focus in this research?
On the electromagnetic spectrum, "terahertz is somewhat of a gap between microwaves and infrared," Cheng Sun, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern, says in a university news release about the work. "People are trying to fill in this gap because this spectrum carries a lot of information."
Developing this lens required two major factors, the release explains.
First, it's made from a novel metamaterial that exhibits properties not readily available in nature.
"Such properties originate from its tiny structures that are much smaller than the terahertz wavelength," Fan Zhou, first author of the research and member of Sun's laboratory, says in the release. "By assembling these tiny structures, we can create a specific refractive index distribution."
Second, the team used projection micro-stereo-lithography to create the lens—a technique that enables a fast, inexpensive, and scalable way to produce the tiny features necessary for the lens to effectively operate at the terahertz frequency band, the release explains.
(Check out this quick video that shows Sun's team printing a stent with the same technology used to print the terahertz lens.)
Credit: Northwestern Engineering; YouTube
"For printing, we use a photo-polymer in liquid form," Sun says. "When we shine a light on the material, it converts it into a solid. The material forms to the shape of the light, allowing us to create a 3-D structure. You cannot accomplish a gradient index with traditional manufacturing processes."
The lens could revolutionize security imaging as a cheaper, higher-res, safer alternative to more traditional X-ray imaging.
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"This advance means we can unveil previously inaccessible information of some opaque materials in high resolution," Wei Cao, Sun's collaborator at Oklahoma State University, says in the release. "This opens up an entirely new technique for a massive range of potential uses from biomedical research to security."
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CRM software consolidation can mean big ROI
Companies left with multiple CRM systems thanks to mergers, acquisitions and more can find big savings through CRM software consolidation.
For many large organizations -- particularly those that have been through a series of acquisitions -- managing...
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customer relationships is not a matter of whether they have a CRM system, but how many.
Take, for example, Synopsys Inc. a maker of electronic design automation (EDA) technology for developing systems on chips. It grew its revenue from $500 million to $1 billion by acquiring more than 40 EDA companies in roughly 10 years, and with it came 17 different legacy CRM systems.
You know you have too many CRM systems …when no one can tell you where the master data is.
Ray Wang, CEO and principal analyst with Constellation Research
"When we had a new acquisition it would just add to the list of systems," said Ani Bhutkar, group director of corporate applications for the Mountain View, Calif.-based company. "Halfway through the spree of acquisitions we [realized that we needed] a master system that things would integrate into."
Many companies like Synopsys find themselves with different CRM software systems running across lines of business as a result of acquisitions. But there are also a number of non-acquisition related scenarios where companies find themselves with multiple CRM systems. For example, individual business units within an organization may buy software to meet their specific needs with little IT involvement. This typically happens with Software as a Service (SaaS) products. Additionally, companies expanding globally sometimes find that far-flung operations have implemented their own CRM systems. Another scenario occurs when a company comes up on an upgrade and may want to choose between upgrading or going with a different application altogether.
It's not always a problem, or one that needs to be fixed immediately, but there are some signals to look for which indicate that that you have too many CRM systems -- and they can sound a bit like a Jeff Foxworthy joke.
"You know you have too many CRM systems when no one can tell you where the master data is," said Ray Wang, CEO and principal analyst with Constellation Research in San Mateo, Calif. "It's a very easy test. If you're keeping more than three mailing lists … you already have one too many CRM systems. If you can't tie your marketing list back to your service and account list ... you have too many CRM systems."
The myriad customer data repositories at Synopsys convinced leadership that something needed to be done. "It was almost a yearlong investigation into whether the native Scopus system was the right system," Bhuktar said.
It wasn't. In 1999, Synopsys elected to go with SAP CRM, partly because it had been running SAP ERP since 1996.
CRM consolidation considerations
Cost played a significant factor in the decision to go with SAP, particularly the cost of supporting a separate system. Synopsis determined it would need to increase headcount in IT by 60% if it wanted to support a different CRM system, Bhutkar said. Additionally, SAP's investment in its CRM application, "one of the biggest in the industry," Bhuktar said, convinced Synopsis that if it undertook a large implementation SAP could handle the scale.
But not all organizations do need to consolidate CRM systems, according to experts.
"If sales and marketing customer bases are quite separate, then the need to have the same CRM solution is low," said Bill Band, research vice president with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. "But finance and accounting is still important, so they're going to integrate those back-office solutions sooner. If it's an organization where there's going to be shared customers or one of the drivers is cross-sell or up-sell or consolidating sales organizations [then it needs to be done sooner]."
Bringing sales together
Unified sales was a CRM software consolidation motivator for one company.
At IGH Solutions, the CRM systems were as myriad and complicated as its corporate structure. IGH Solutions, a specialty printing company, is one of 80 subsidiaries of the Taylor Corp. Several Taylor subsidiaries were brought together to form IGH, including Travel Tags, Western Graphics and Data and PhotoCraft.
Sales people at the company were using everything from ACT! to Salesforce.com to Microsoft Outlook to Post-it Notes and legal pads, company officials said.
"It was a hodgepodge," said Drew Climer, business technology specialist with the company. "If you market a CRM app, IGH was a target market."
In late 2007, the company elected to consolidate on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, replacing in large part a Salesforce.com implementation that had been brought in by marketing.
As is often the case with SaaS, a business unit brought in an application that didn't necessarily fit well with the rest of the organization. That's what happened at IGH. Marketing had customized some Salesforce.com features, and the system wasn't working.
"Marketing was overwhelmed with the project and complexity and getting users to buy in and use the app," Climer said. "There were easily 150 different processes and applications they had hard-coded into the sales process. They walked away from it and said, 'IT, it's yours.'"
Both Synopsys and IGH established groups to evaluate and consolidate their CRM systems.
"During the evaluation, the first and foremost question and highest-rated question was, Can a platform integrate with multiple applications across the organization," Climer said. "Our primary goal was to reduce redundancy in sales information. Reps were entering data into Salesforce if they needed to generate a job, a quote, any of those 150 processes. They also had to enter data into ERP."
That lead to a drastic decrease in user adoption as users found workarounds or simply didn't enter data.
Alternatively, Synopsys was focused on a consistent process for its engineering support staff across the multiple business units. That meant focusing heavily on the data model and the usability.
"The preferences that were articulated to us were, 'it has to have a nice interface, be easy to use and not too many clicks,'" said Nishant Pandya, director of corporate applications.
ROI of CRM software consolidation
Both organizations reaped the rewards from CRM software consolidation. IGH conducted and analysis and determined it would receive a 595% ROI over three years after swapping out Salesforce.com with a Microsoft Dynamics CRM on premise implementation. While that included saving salespeople an hour of productivity each day -- multiplied across the sales organization for three years -- which can be a slippery metric, it also included $370,500 in savings on Saleforce.com license fees.
Synopsys, too, saved on licenses and hardware purely from eliminating some CRM systems.
"We did eliminate many of the systems, retire old hardware but the real ROI came from business side," Bhuktar said.
Synopsis savings came on the customer service side. It estimates it has reduced the amount of time application consultants spend on reactive support from 33% to 22%; avoided a 4% staff increase; improved support cost accuracy from 65% to 90%; shifted 40% of support center application engineers to low-cost locations; and cut minor release cycle time by 50%.
Synopsys took a "big bang" approach, with a small pilot group, and then rolled it out to the entire support organization in about three months. But the biggest challenge?
"Getting workflow to be supported through a common system," Bhutkar said. "Multiple engineering groups had different models for how things flow from one group to another. They had different technical capabilities also. We needed something that was a superset of all. More than having a superset there was an effort to consolidate business process model across all groups."
Companies seeking to consolidate CRM software should take a cautious yet decisive approach, one similar to an initial CRM evaluation.
"The key there is to set up a process," Forrester's Band said. "This applies to vendor selection as well. People have to make a decision one versus another. Go through that process in an orderly fashion and have everybody participate. Make the process fair but have a process, 'in 90 days we're going to make a decision' as opposed to leaving it as a political battle with no ground rules."
With software that's already established in an organization, any consolidation project is going to create turf battles.
"Sales wins," Wang of Constellation Research said. "The system that you use for sales force automation wins. We don't see as much in the marketplace where you're running multiple SFAs unless you're in large global 2000."