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Updated: Oakland Council Will Decide Future of Oakland-Berkeley Border Safeway on December 18 Based on Settlement with Neighbors
The Oakland City Council tonight agreed to postpone until December 18 their final decision on Safeway's proposed expansion of their store at College and Claremont on the Oakland-Berkeley border.
It was announced this afternoon that Safeway had reached a settlement agreement with a trio of neighborhood organizations who have appealed the Oakland planning commission's decision to grant Safeway the permits they sought in their initial proposal.
The settlement reduces the size of the new building to 45,500 gross square feet, puts parking on the roof and provides up to an hour of free parking for shoppers at other nearby stores.
At tonight's meeting, all councilmembers praised Councilmember Jane Brunner for mediating the agreement. Some stressed points in the deal that they wanted planning staff to examine carefully. The staff will work with Safeway to create a revised proposal that reflects the terms of the agreement, which Brunner's office has made public.
UPDATE: Terms of the agreement reached between the Safeway Corporation and three citizen groups, Friends and Neighbors of Safeway (FANS), the Rockridge Community Planning Council and Berkeleyans for Pedestrian Oriented Development have been released by Oakland Councilmember Jane Brunner. Safeway has agreed to modify the project according to a 15-point list of terms.
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- In addition to reducing the size of the Safeway store itself, associated shops will add no more than 9,500 gross square feet to the development.
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Missy Franklin vs. Peyton Manning.
The Golden Girl vs. the Golden Oldie.
One of them has to be Colorado's 2012 sportsperson of the year.
There are a few other legitimate contenders. Tad Boyle put the air back in the Colorado basketball program, winning the Pac-12 tournament and leading the Buffs to an NCAA tournament victory.
John Elway might win NFL executive of the year for his construction with the Broncos, and, of course, for bringing Manning to Colorado.
The Rockies? Well, there was Jeremy Guthrie … oh wait, that's a different column.
So really, it comes down to Missy and Manning.
Manning has already led the Broncos to the AFC West title, is closing in on an unprecedented fifth NFL MVP award and has Broncomaniacs checking out Expedia.com for New Orleans Super Bowl packages.
His precision passing is a wonder, his football intellect is off the charts and his salty leadership has lifted an entire franchise.
But my vote goes to the 17-year-old girl with the megawatt smile.
It's not just that she won four gold medals, and a bronze, at the Summer Olympics in London. It's not just because she is a true hometown girl, raised in Centennial and attends Regis Jesuit High. It's not just because she's now world famous and the face of the U.S. Olympic team.
She's my pick because of what she represents and how she made us feel.
We live in a cynical age where criticizing everyone and everything is considered cool. Cutting someone down to size is considered an art form. But Franklin rose above all of that, and she took us with her.
She swam with a dolphin's grace and then stood on the victory platform, with her hand over her heart, looking like a kid opening gifts on Christmas morning.
I remember when she arrived at Coors Field to throw out the first pitch before a Rockies game. Sure, she'd been on late-night TV, and yes she's been interviewed by Matt Lauer on "The Today Show" multiple times. But she was just a nervous teenager before that first pitch, even though the week before she'd practiced with reliever Matt Belisle on a rainy day inside the gym at Regis High.
"I'm a little bit out of my element," she confessed.
But she went out in front of 30,000 people, shook off a sign, went into a goofy windup and lobbed a cotton candy strike to Belisle at home plate. The crowd roared and Missy flashed her golden grin.
"That is one great kid," Belisle said.
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Thousands of developers have used the first edition of Rails Recipes to solve the hard problems. Now, five years later, it's time for the Rails 3 edition of this trusted collection of solutions, completely revised by Rails master Chad Fowler.
Rails Recipes: Rails 3 Edition
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Anyone working with Rails or still adding it to their programming capabilities should consider getting Rails Recipes: Rails 3 Edition and keeping it within easy reach.
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Creator of Ruby on Rails; partner at 37signals; coauthor of "Agile Web Development with Rails"
"Rails Recipes" is a great resource for any Rails programmer. The book is full of
hidden gems (no pun intended) that many programmers may not discover in their
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- Gary Sherman
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"Rails Recipes" has always been the definitive guide for aspiring Rails developers.
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Software developer, Rails Core team member, and partner, Southgate Labs
About this Title
Pages: 296
Published: 2012-03-29
Release: P1.0 (2012-04-03)
Written for novice to intermediate Rails developers, Rails Recipes: Rails 3 Edition is packed with solutions to 70 of the most vexing problems you're likely to face on the job. From building custom forms and powering pages with jQuery to integrating with legacy databases, it's all here. Each recipe has been updated to reflect the latest features of Rails 3 and each lays out a distinctive solution to a problem you may be facing today or could well encounter tomorrow. In addition, you'll find half the book is stocked with new eye-opening solutions to such common problems as how to extend Rails, test and deploy your sites, or add a web service to your actions. And each recipe not only lays out a succinct solution, but explains its rationale and the technologies that make it work.
Loaded with the insights of a Rails community leader, members of the Rails core team and other experts, this is the book you'll want to have at your side as you craft your next project.
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Ruby 1.8.7 or above
Rails 3.1 or above
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- Database Recipes
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- Create Declarative Named Queries
- Connect to Multiple Databases
- Set Default Criteria For Model Operations
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- Create Polymorphic Associations
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- Connect to Legacy Databases
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- DRY Up Your YAML Database Configuration File
- Use Models Safely in Migrations
- Create Self-referential Many-to-Many Relationships
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Chad Fowler is an internationally known software developer, trainer, manager, speaker, and musician. Over the past decade he has worked with some of the world's largest companies and most admired software developers.
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Why the National Conference on Volunteering and Service is More Relevant than Ever
Last year it was in New Orleans, and it was a great time. From swag bags to days of service to inspirational local connections, the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) put on a good show in 2011. We're expecting this year's event in Chicago June 18-20 to be even better.
Presented by Points of Light, NCVS is annually the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors. Anyone who is "ready to pave the way for a fresh approach to civic engagement" is invited, and as you can imagine this includes everyone from Americorps and Senior Corps members to Kevin Bacon.
The speaker list for the conference is impressive, and seeing these accomplished people talk in person about their work would be reason enough to go. Some highlights include former First Lady Barbara Bush, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Craig Newmark, founder of both craigslist and craigconnects.
There are simply too many sessions to pull any out here, but the NCVS site allows us to browse sessions by track, point of interest, date and more without registering first.
So why do we think it's especially important to go to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service this year? There are several critical issues impacting the nonprofit and volunteering sectors that could potentially come to a head in 2012, and being educated and connected about how we can play a part in the outcome could make all the difference. For example:
- 2012 is an election year, and not surprisingly, the economy is a key campaign issue. With each candidate feeling the pressure to cut spending, the budgets of national service agencies like the Corporation for National and Community Service will be in more danger. Additionally, funding for nonprofit programs at the federal, state and local levels will be revisited and reworked.
- Edelman just released its latest goodpurpose study, which reveals a dramatic increase in consumers' expectations of companies to be active in social causes. This is leading to more companies investing more money and more employee time in community engagement, including volunteering.
- With over 75,000 active volunteer opportunities listed on the VolunteerMatch site, we're seeing our highest number of listings in more than 5 years. Add to that the fact that we recently surpassed 6,000,000 volunteer referrals, and it's clear that volunteers are becoming more and more key to nonprofit operations, and there are plenty of people out there willing to step up and help out when asked.
Can you think of other reasons why this year, especially, is important for volunteering and service? Leave your comments below and check out the National Conference on Volunteering and Service.


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More about Youth Voices on this episode of TTT.
Meet teachers new to the site and teachers who have been using it for almost 10 years.
Find out more about our new approach to using the site that we've begun to describe as a school-based ARG (Alternate Reality Game). Paul Allison reports a bit on this experiment on P2PU - See http://youthvoices.net/play He has already give out over 30 badges, issued by P2PU, collected in Mozilla Open Badge Backpacks http://openbadges.
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Witches, vampires, ghosts, and zombies have all been done. Doctors, nurses, and other professionals can be equally as trite. Make a splash this year and get your students excited for Halloween.
With Halloween right around the corner, it's time to start planning the ultimate teacher friendly Halloween costume. Of course, finding a school-appropriate costume on a budget can be more of a trick than a treat. Luckily, we've got some quick, easy, and cheap ideas for your costume. Whether you're a guy or gal, you'll look the part without paying the cost.
Thing One & Thing Two: Indulge your inner Dr. Seuss by partnering up with another teacher. Print out Thing One and Thing Two circles onto transfer paper and iron them onto long sleeve red shirts. Pair them with red pants, gloves, and slippers. Top it all off by acquiring an inexpensive blue wig to pull the whole costume together.
Jellyfish: Wearing all light blue, purple, or white, you can easily put this costume together inexpensively. Use a lightly colored wide brimmed hat or umbrella (which you can also spray paint to the desired color), and hot glue strips of plastic wrap, bubble wrap, or lightly colored ribbon around all sides.
Max from Where the Wild Things Are: Wearing white sweats or white pajamas and a crown, you can easily be the King of the Wild Things. A perfect monster story for younger kids on Halloween, Maurice Sendek's popular children's book is bound to be a hit in your classroom.
Hogwarts Student: Just because the movie franchise has finished, doesn't mean that you can't still rock out the Harry, Hermione, or Draco. Pick your favorite character from the Wizarding World, and you can easily create a costume with an old graduation robe, a Hogwarts patch, and a wand shaped stick. Choose your Hogwarts House, and wear a coordinating tie or scarf.
Pippi Longstocking: Put on a blue dress and some mismatched socks. Braid your hair in pigtails, and you're good to go! If you want to really make the costume come together, use an old wire coat hanger and a headband that matches your hair color to make your braids stick out. Unravel the coat hanger and hot glue the center to the head band. Braid around the wire, so that your hair becomes bendable. Then read an excerpt from Pippi for the class to enjoy.
Carmen Sandiego: This costume is especially great for social studies, in which you can incorporate your costume into a Where in the World geography lesson or Where in Time history lesson. For Carmen, a red spring trench jacket and a red floppy hat are all you'll need for the mystery woman traipsing the world.
Mime: You can use this costume to teach a lesson in communication: non-verbal communication! A black and white vertical striped shirt, black pants, a black beret, and white gloves are the only wardrobe items you'll need. For additional effect, paint your face with a mask of white. You'll look great, and the students will have a lot of fun with a unique lesson in which they have to focus on your non-verbal cues.
Katniss Everdeen: This popular character offers an easy costume to throw together; all you need are some green cargo pants, a dark tee shirt, brown hiking boots, a jacket and a bow. You can make your own bow with a strong tree branch, thick string, and black or brown duct tape. Plan a lesson incorporating The Hunger Games for added fun in your classroom.
Rosie the Riveter: This makes an excellent historical costume. Wearing jeans, a dark blue button down shirt (sleeves rolled up), and a red bandana, you can become the poster girl for the women's economic movement of the 40's.
Of course, most of these costume ideas are interchangeable between the grades, depending on your school, and of course, your students. Maybe your high schoolers would get a kick out of Max or Pippi. Your grade schoolers may learn a thing or two from Carmen Sandiego. Regardless, have fun this Halloween!
What are YOUR costume plans this year? Are you going to use one of these ideas or do you already have a game plan. TeachHUB wants to know!


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There are also many untold stories of volunteers and their selfless acts. They were just ordinary people who wanted to do something —Mark DeFazio, NYPD, New York, New York
Dear Marvin,
I applaud you for your "Editors' Note" in the April 2002 issue of Cigar Aficionado. I would even be so willing as to advise you to take it another step further. The way I see it, these athletes are being paid millions of dollars to play a game. They can call it work if they want and say they're in the business of entertaining, but that doesn't change the fact that they're being paid to play a game. When the games were invented, I'm sure it wasn't done in anticipation of the participants earning millions of dollars to play a game. While it may be true that the public, who pay the ticket prices, have helped to elevate these athletes to the high and mighty perch they now sit on, it should also be the public whose outcries knock them down a few notches. We're all guilty; yes, I admit to owning NFL season tickets, but we all don't have the same platform as you do to preach from.
Applauding your editorial is one thing, but will you continue to speak up on behalf of those individuals who don't have the vehicle or resources available to help get the point across? I'm sure John Q. Public wholeheartedly agrees with what you feel and what you've got to say, but it's going to take more than one "Editors' Note" to get the message across. There are a lot of people out there who want to know that their plight matters. I happen to be one of those little people who, at this moment, commend you for taking that first step to speak out. Now, show us your athletic ability and let's see you run with the ball. It's in your court.
Jay S. Hanenberg
Wayne, New Jersey
Dear Marvin,
The attack of September 11 on the World Trade Center has produced many stories of heroism by both uniformed personnel and civilians alike. There are also many untold stories of volunteers and their selfless acts. They were just ordinary people who wanted to do something, anything, to help. There is one special volunteer whose selfless act brought a little comfort to those at Ground Zero, and it is his story I want to tell.
I met Mr. Herbert A. Minks of Palisades Park, New Jersey, at the New York Police Department Command Post on Vecsey Street during the last week in September. He was with a friend of his, walking around doling out cigars to the police officers waiting to start their 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. tour at Ground Zero.
One week later I ran into Mr. Minks again, this time outside the Marriott hotel on West Street, which was being used as a Red Cross relief center, and once again he was giving out cigars to all the relief workers. When he was done, I got a chance to talk to him and I heard the story of how he came to be there and how he came to do what he did.
Mr. Minks was sitting home the day after the attack on the World Trade Center still in disbelief, but wondering how he could help, even in a small way, any way. While sitting there, his friend, who is a chiropractor, asked if he could help get him to Ground Zero. He heard that chiropractors and physical therapists were going to Ground Zero to give relief to the many people digging on the pile. Mr. Minks, aside from being a lighting contractor, is also the police commissioner of Alpine, New Jersey, a small town in the northern part of the state. He called New York and identified himself, and a Nassau County police boat was sent to New Jersey and brought him and his friend to the marina behind the World Financial Center, where a makeshift respite center and staging area was set up. His friend set up his table and immediately started giving relief to a rescue worker. Herbert made his way to a wall and sat and surveyed the scene, amazed and horrified at the images before him. He had just lit up a cigar when a fireman, who had recently come off the pile, said to Herbert how he could sure use a cigar. Herbert obliged, and soon the four extra cigars he carried were given to firemen. He then decided how he could help: he started making two trips weekly to Ground Zero, handing out cigars to all the workers.
I last saw Herb the second week in October about 2 a.m., and, yes, we enjoyed a cigar right on the corner of Albany and West Street. He told me he had given out 150 boxes of cigars by then.
In writing this, I wanted to recognize this man and thank him on behalf of all the New York City police officers, firefighters, construction trades and military personnel. As someone who spent three weeks down there, I'll tell you that 20 to 30 minutes of enjoying a fine cigar, whether on the street or in a vehicle with others, and being able to talk and recharge in the midst of all this devastation really made tough days a little easier. Thank you, Mr. Minks and all the volunteers. God bless America!
Mark DeFazio
Lieutenant, NYPD
New York, New York
Dear Marvin,
How often do you have the chance to have a 104-year-old man kiss your hand? Not very often, but only a few weeks ago I had the privilege of being graciously greeted by Cuba's most celebrated fisherman while traveling and taking photographs in Cuba. I was saddened to read of his passing only days after I had met him. Once a handsome, dashing and daring man, Gregorio Fuentes welcomed me into his home in his quaint fishing village, Cojimar—made famous by Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea.
Although stricken with cancer and tending an inflamed neck, frail with thin bones from old age, he still managed to enjoy visitors and consented to my photographing him in his living room. Sitting in his wheelchair sporting his signature hat, tended by his loving grandson and translator, Rafael, he bantered with me about his life.
His spunk and sense of humor and especially that sparkle in his eyes became evident when asked about the secret of his longevity. "Cigars, rum and women," he responded as he held my hand to kiss it once again.
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Toronto, Canada


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DETROIT (AP) Valtteri Filppula scored two goals - both off nifty passes from Pavel Datsyuk - and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Henrik Zetterberg scored on a two-man advantage in the final minute of the second period to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead, and Damien Brunner and Filppula scored 23 seconds apart in the third.
The Red Wings rallied after Loui Eriksson opened the scoring in the second period for Dallas.
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Hello, hello! Welcome to the first installment of our Vendor Spotlight, featuring All Strung Out from Nancy Desrossiers. Because the Big Thaw falls on May 12 this year (one day before Mother's Day) we've asked some of our vendors how moms have influenced their work.
How has your own mother (or mother figure) influenced your art, craft or endeavor?
I was blessed to have two special ladies who influenced any craft project I ever attempted growing up – my mother and my grandmother! My grandmother was a talented woman who could make anything and she shared her passion for crafting with me as a young girl and taught me how to knit and sew. Through the years, my mother supported anything I wanted to try by first buying any supplies that I needed and later by encouraging me to try new things.
When I started making jewelry about 8 years ago, she was the person that I went to for her opinion about any new items I had made and she would offer suggestions … or usually just enthusiasm! She had received quite a few handmade items over the years and was always thrilled. She passed away about four and a half years ago and my husband has stepped in to her role of guidance and support (poor guy!) He is such a good sport.
We agree with you, Nancy! Making and receiving handmade gifts in the family can mean so much more than the gift card from Amazon or Forever 21. Hear, hear!
If you'd like to see more from All Strung Out, check out these links:
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The Big Thaw will be held at Mayo Street Arts Center (10 Mayo St., Portland) on Saturday, May 12th from 10am to 4pm. It's the day before Mother's Day – so why not treat your favorite lady to a shopping spree full of handmade goods?
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In the Paleo community, we are accustomed to assuming that a standard Paleo diet will cure (or at least significantly improve) virtually every health problem. But, if you have psoriasis (or dermatitis or eczema), be prepared: Paleo not only may fail to resolve these skin conditions, it might even make it worse. Now, don't go running for the hills. The principles behind the Paleo diet are still sound. It is still the best way to eat for your long-term health. And there are certainly some people who find complete resolution of their psoriasis symptoms with the switch to a Paleo diet (for those people, the root cause of the psoriasis is typically a gluten sensitivity). For me (and for many others), switching to Paleo made my psoriasis worse. This isn't because Paleo has us on the wrong track; it's simply because out-of-the-box Paleo is not actually enough.
I am a long term sufferer of lichen planus, a form of psoriasis where the inflammation occurs in the mucosal layer of the skin (and very unnerving, you can actually get lesions in the gut mucosa as well!). In fact, it was my search for a cause (and hopefully cure) for this condition that brought me to Paleo in the first place! All my other health issues either completely resolved or improved substantially within weeks of switching to a Paleo diet, but my lichen planus did not improve. If anything, it got worse. But since Paleo was working so well for me in every other respect, my search for a solution stayed within a Paleo framework.
What you might not know (and certainly I didn't) was that psoriasis (and dermatitis and eczema) is an autoimmune disease. It's not always listed in those lists of autoimmune diseases that can be put into full remission by a Paleo diet (it is listed in The Paleo Answer, but not The Paleo Diet nor The Paleo Solution). Why is it so often left out? I guess it's because when compared to Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis or Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, psoriasis is small potatoes. And let's just take a moment to appreciate how lucky we are that, when our bodies formed antibodies against our own cells, we only ended up with psoriasis!
Psoriasis is also an indicator of a severely leaky gut (that's how we develop the autoimmunity in the first place), with a very high likelihood of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. It is also very commonly linked to a gut-brain connection problem with inflammation and autoimmunity targeting skin cells. I went into some details about the gut-brain connection in this post, but I also recommend listening to the explanation of the gut-brain-skin axis that Chris Kresser gives in his Revolution Health Radio podcast episode titled "Naturally Get Rid Of Acne By Fixing Your Gut". There is a complex interplay between a leaky gut, a stressed body, loss of insulin and leptin sensitivity, mood issues, food sensitivities, and the inflammation that manifests as psoriasis. Basically, if you suffer psoriasis, chances are your gut, your immune system and your hormones are all really messed up.
So, what do you do about psoriasis? The first and most important step is to follow the Paleo diet "autoimmunity protocol". This means that in addition to all of the foods we already avoid while eating Paleo, we must also avoid:
- Eggs (especially the whites)
- Nuts and Seeds (or at least severely restrict quantities)
- Nightshades (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers of all kinds)
We are also people who Can Not Cheat. Ever. We can not tolerate any dairy, not even grass-fed butter or ghee. Food quality becomes extremely important, so the more we can eat grass-fed meat, wild-caught fish, pastured eggs and chicken, and organic vegetables, the better (I know it's expensive and I certainly can't afford this 100%, but I just do the best I can). And we are people who can't tolerate very much sugar (even the sugars in fruits) or starches (even from superfoods like sweet potatoes) as they tend to feed the organisms in Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. It would be worthwhile to have a look at the GAPS diet food list as an indicator of which fruits and vegetables should be avoided (although I wouldn't suggest starting with the GAPS diet protocol unless you really have tried everything else). And that's not all. Because stress hormones can play a key role in the perpetuation of psoriasis, it is especially important for us to get lots and lots of high quality sleep, avoid excessive caffeine intake (or cut it out completely), severely limit alcohol consumption (or avoid it completely), get lots of low-strain exercise, manage the stress in our lives, get sun exposure and take a Vitamin D3 supplement (on the higher dose side; I take 12,000IU per day in addition to trying to get outside every day). I also suggest reading my recommendations on Repairing The Gut. In particular, I suggest incorporating organ meat into your diet at least twice per week, consuming bone broth or other collagen-rich foods (like gelatin, stew hens and heart meat) at least twice per week (every day would be even better), consuming fermented foods (like raw Sauerkraut or coconut milk kefir) every day, and consuming coconut oil every day (I like it in my coffee).
So how long until you see some results? You should start to see improvement very quickly, within a couple of days for some people up to 3-4 weeks for others. If you do not see improvement within a month, you may also have developed additional food sensitivities (your gut is leaky, after all). If doing all of the above still isn't enough to see improvement in your symptoms, it would be worth finding a physician, naturopathic doctor, or chiropractor who will order an IgG and IgA food sensitivity blood test (you might also investigate Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, internal yeast infections and parasite infections as possible confounding factors as well). These food sensitivities are transient and once your gut has healed (and at least 6 months have passed without exposure), you should be able to reintroduce the foods. Actually, you should be able to reintroduce eggs, nuts and seeds, higher sugar fruits and vegetables and maybe even nightshades at some point in the future as well. Are you wondering how long this is going to take? I'm afraid the answer is anywhere between 2 months and 2 years, depending on exactly what the root causes are for you. But, if you could see how much my lichen planus has improved in 3½ months, you would be amazed. I know that the extra dietary restrictions are tough, but it is worth it to be able to cure such an aggravating condition without the use of steroids. And the thing to keep in mind is that once the psoriasis is gone, out-of-the-box Paleo really will be enough for us.
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Dare To Lose: Get in Shape With us at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness in 2014
This past year for many in our radio family, the commitment to leading a healthier lifestyle and sticking with it has proven to be a bit of a challenge. With the start of a new year comes a new commitment to better health, but this year we decided to come up with a way to make sure it actually happens. Enter Dare to Lose, a fitness challenge in progress to help get our DJs get in shape along with teams of our listeners. Here's a look at the radio personalities leading each team as they workout at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness. Check back soon to meet the members of each team who will be competing to win the grand prize of a premium health club membership for a full year!
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Michelle has a background in Health and Exercise Science and is an ACSM Certified personal trainer. Michelle assists clients in developing and achieving fitness goals, using health and wellness as a tool for bettering their lives.
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- Muscular Strength & Endurance
- Core Strength, Flexibility and Balance
- Cardiovascular Endurance
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Ethan helps the clients he works with to make a personal commitment to their health and wellness without shortcuts. With a degree in Health and Exercise Science from Colorado State University and ACSM certifications for both personal training and cancer patients, Ethan will provide the knowledge and skills to make monumental changes in your quality of life.
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- Post rehab training
- Body symmetry
- Cancer rehab training
- Power lifting
- Functional training
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Amy helps Miramont members indentify and stick with a nutritional plan that will help them achieve their fitness goals. With a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Jenny is a member of both the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and The Colorado Dietetic Association. She will help our Dare to Lose participants make healthy choices in and out of the kitchen!
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Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Outdoor Side Chair
designed by Charles and Ray Eames
At A Glance:
Sharing the same graceful lines of the original Aluminum Group, the Eames Aluminum Side Chair is now suitable for outdoor use! The strong, lightweight aluminum frame keeps things in check while still making it easy to move around, and the durable weave fabric is up to the task of standing up to the elements. Whether you're sitting in a pair of seersucker shorts or a soaking wet bathing suit, the Eames Aluminum Outdoor Lounge Chair is ready for you to relax on.
Coordinate the Side Chair with the Lounge Chair and Ottoman to complete your outdoor set.
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What's To Like:
Even outdoor furniture needs style - and we're excited that Herman Miller has finally put the Eames Aluminum Group outdoors. This side chair has durable, quick-drying fabric, and the same comfort as the indoor version.
What's Not to Like:
The material isn't as refined as leather - you'll never find an outdoor side chair with leather, so that may not be a drawback for you.
The Bottom Line:
The Eames Aluminum Outdoor Side Chair is well balanced, richly appointed, and an icon of the mid-century modern era. It's immediately recognizable for the enduring quality of its design, and will be an heirloom-quality feature anywhere you put it - on the patio, or indoors.
- Overall: 33" h x 20.5" w x 18" d
- Lightweight, outdoor-ready aluminum frame
- Seat is made from quick-drying polypropylene/copolyester
- Made from 64 percent recycled materials, and is itself 95 percent recyclable
The Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Outdoor Side Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Number: EA50
About the Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Design Story
Charles and Ray Eames have built their legacy through an enormous range of incredible work. They've designed chairs, tables, toys, films, and furniture every every kind. With every piece of art and furniture they created, they seemed to do something new and exciting. That is certainly true of the now world famous Aluminum Group Chairs.
Design enthusiasts have known all about these chairs for decades. They've been the centerpiece of many a boardroom, and the focal point of many a home office, dining room table, or living room. But there's something about the story of these chairs that a lot of people actually don't know - these chairs were originally developed to be used both indoor and out, and in fact were developed for a single customer and a single home. These indoor/outdoor hybrids were simply too good to keep to themselves, so soon they were reproduced as indoor only chairs and sold to great acclaim.
But Herman Miller has always been interested in resurrecting the original Eames Aluminum Outdoor Chairs, and recently they've been able to do so. Sticking closely to the original design of Charles and Ray, and going into the past for blueprints and classic style, we are now proud to offer you the new-again Eames Aluminum Outdoor Chairs!
The chairs come in two distinct models. The first is the traditional Side Chair, which has a shorter pair of brackets and is perfect for sitting at a table. The second is the Lounge Chair, which is longer and more expansive, and is perfect for reclining and, yes, lounging about in the great outdoors. The chairs work great paired together or in separate groups, and when you match them with Eames Aluminum Outdoor Group Tables and Ottomans, you've got a real set of serious furniture.
The form of the chair is practically identical to that of its indoor cousin. You still see the same sweeping long lines, the same sturdy construction, and the same aluminum framing that has made the chair so iconic and, or course, given them their name. The major difference, of course, is that this chair is perfect for use in the great outdoors. The traditional leather of the aluminum group has here been replaced by a tough, rough and ready fabric weave that resists the elements and at the same time keeps you comfortable, relaxed, and cool. The standard aluminum frame of the chair keeps the product strong, and keeps you supported at all times. The unique engineering accomplishment of the Eames Aluminum Outdoor Side Chair (as well as of course the Lounge Chair) is that you don't have to have a lot of bells and whistles to get perfect support. With the strength and give of the fabric measured precisely, this chair provides all the strength and comfort of a traditional fine office chair with much less material. You get great suspension from the fabric, which hangs between the two "poles" of the aluminum framing.
No matter what your outdoor needs are, this is a chair that can meet them. Barbecues, pool decks, summer cocktails hour, simple relaxation - this is the right chair for your out of doors needs.
You can pair the side chair, as well as the lounge chair, with a fine Eames Aluminum Outdoor Ottoman, which raises the level of comfort a few more notches and gives the set a complete feel. Body in recline, feet up, cold drink within reach - isn't this how summer should feel?
The story behind the creation of these chairs is serendipitous, and rather fascinating. In a small town in Indiana, Columbus to be exact, J. Irwin Miller was building a new house for his family. A very wealthy industrialist, he commissioned an absolute dream team of artists, architects and designers, each of whom brought their unique sensibility to a different part of the home. He asked world famous architect and designer Eero Saarinen to create the design of the building. Saarinen made his name working with his famous father, but quickly became an amazing independent architect. He desiged the TWA terminal at JFK Airport, Dulles International Airport, and perhaps most famously the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Oh, yes, and also the Miller House!
For the interior design of the home, Miller contacted Alexander Girard. Girard was an architect by training, but he made his name in fabrics, working for Herman Miller and in concert with Charles and Ray Eames to design beautiful pieces. The landscape artist was Dan Kiley, a man with more than a few green thumbs, and a very good idea of how to put them to use. So it can hardly be surprising when faced with the enormity of talent already assembled, Miller turned to Charles and Ray to design for him a set of simple outdoor chairs.
Of course, for Charles and Ray, nothing was simple when it came to the process of imagining, designing, and building the furniture they created together. The first thing to consider is the function of the piece. This was a chair that had to work just as well indoors as out, and that had to do a lot in terms of comfort and support without much in the way of material - nobody likes an overstuffed and therefore often overheated piece of outdoor furniture. They also had to create something that would be in line with the modern taste of the rest of the house - something worthy of Saarinen and Girard in other words, which would be daunting for anyone. Next you must choose your materials. For Charles and Ray, the moment they decided to go with aluminum was at once a great breakthrough and a real stomach-turner. "When you've committed yourself to casting, you've committed yourself to the kind of freedom that can really give you the willies," Charles said. "At that moment you find yourself face to face with sculpture, and it can scare the pants off you."
There was very little that Charles and Ray were not capable of doing, and sculpture was very emphatically not one of them. The design they came up with was not only sublime enough for the home of Mr. Miller, it was great enough to be a mainstay of thousands of homes all across the world for the next 6 decades. The design was fresh, beautiful, and functional in every way.
The basic form of the chair is dictated by the long (very long in the case of the Eames Aluminum Outdoor Lounge Chair) aluminum frames that border each side of the chair. The material is slung between these two poles at a precise tension and angle, creating a pocket that is unrivaled in terms of comfort and support among typical outdoor chairs. The twin towers of the chair are kept separate and in good order by brackets, also made of aluminum, that are called antlers. All the essential aspects of the chair are executed with two materials, and with just a few major elements. This is the ultimate in design for a modern design team like Charles and Ray - getting the absolute most out of the absolute least.
The original chairs were built with a polyester material that was developed right here at Herman Miller. Since then other and better outdoor materials have been pioneered, and so today's Eames Aluminum Outdoor Group Chairs use material that is stronger and more capable. The design has been recalled from the past, and one of the materials has been tastefully and appropriately updated with comfort and functionality in mind. Comfortable, functional, and beautiful - that's the Eames Aluminum Outdoor Group Chairs. That's Charles and Ray Eames.
Environmental Information
Lightweight aluminum frame, polypropylene/copolyester weave seat material
Overall: 33" h x 20.5" w x 18" d
Package Dimensions: 27" x 26" x 35"
Package Weight: 33 lbs.
Care & Maintenance:
The materials of the Herman Miller outdoor furniture are built for strength and durability. The construction results in long-lasting and easy–to-clean products.Please note that suntan lotions and sprays, as well as insect repellants, may discolor the chair material. Acid-based liquids, such as coffee, wine, and fruit juice, need to be wiped up immediately using a clean, soft cloth. The longer a spill remains, the more difficult it will be to remove and may stain.
For normal cleaning, use a solution of 1 tablespoon of Tide detergent powder (unscented) that has been diluted in 1 cup of warm water. Dip a clean, dry cloth into the solution, and wipe the Outdoor Weave mesh material. After cleaning, rinse the mesh material and the entire chair with clean, warm water, and wipe dry with a clean, soft cloth.
Do not use abrasive, acid, alcohol-based, or solvent-based cleaners; they could damage the mesh material. Do not use a power washer to clean Aluminum Group Outdoor chairs; it could damage the mesh material.
Note: do not leave your Aluminum Group Outdoor chair standing in water.
Ultraviolet (UV) and Fading
When you're not using your Aluminum Group chair, we recommend covering it to avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight.
We recommend you bring your Aluminum Group chair indoors for storage if the temperature stays below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period.
Materials & Measurements
Package Weight: 33 lbs.
Shipping & Delivery
White Glove Delivery: $99.00 per item
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Under normal use, the Eames Aluminum Side Chair is warranted for a period of 3 years.
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Harbans Lal joined the Water Quality and Quantity Team of the West Technology Support Center in Oct. 2006 with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering and over 30 years of experience in natural resource management. He is passionate about environmentally-friendly agriculture that can provide food, fiber and fuel for the world population with a minimum impact to our environment.
Harbans has worked with agricultural systems around the globe including India, Brazil, and the United States. As a private consultant, he has contracted with several federal agencies including the US-EPA, the US Forest Service, the OR/WA Bureau of Land Management, and the USDA-NRCS. For the USDA-NRCS, he developed CNMPs (Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans) to assess and control environmental risks of animal waste from the confined animal feeding operations. For others, he designed and implemented natural resources information systems using GIS and other state-of-the-art information technologies. These projects helped develop and implement water quality and quantity strategies for healthy watersheds. Few of his contributions include the LOADSS-Lake Okeechobee Decision Support System, the AEGIS-Agricultural and Environmental Geographic Information System, and the NRIS-Natural Resources Information System of the US-Forest Service.
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My collaborator, Michael Herron at Dartmouth, and I have been crunching the numbers, drilling down into the Florida voter file to get a better sense of who is more likely to cast ballots that are later rejected by county canvassing boards.
Doing so has generated considerable publicity and even has raised the possibility of reform, with Governor Scott changing his tune on the deleterious effects of HB1355, though the cynic in me remains to be convinced…I'll reserve judgment until May, when the legislative session wraps up.
In particular, there's been a lot of attention focusing on our report that documents the higher rejection rate of absentee ballots cast by minority voters and how these rejection rates are not consistent across the state's 67 counties.
Due to the long lines during the truncated eight-day early voting period and the expected long lines on Election Day, many minorities–who historically vote early in disproportionately higher rates than whites in Florida–decided instead to request and cast absentee ballots.
As we write in our report, not only did the percentage of African Americans casting absentee ballots go up in 2012, the rejection rate of absentee ballots cast by blacks was nearly twice that of absentee ballots cast by white voters.
Quite possibly due to well‐founded fears of long lines at early voting and Election Day polling sites resulting from HB 1355, absentee ballots—a much less reliable form of voting a valid ballot—increased in 2012. Over 28 percent of all ballots cast in 2012 were absentee ballots, nearly six percentage points higher than in 2008. Almost one percent of these ballots were "rejected as illegal" in 2012 by county canvassing boards, and the African American absentee ballot rejection rate was nearly twice the absentee ballot rejection rate of white voters.
This, of course, raises the question of 'who should be blamed?'–voters or election administrators–for the significantly higher rejection rate of absentee ballots cast by African Americans.
To answer this question, I think it's important to first establish some baselines for comparison. The statewide rejection rate of absentee ballots cast in 2012 was 0.97%. The statewide rejection rate of absentee ballots cast by African Americans was 1.47%. And the statewide rejection rate of absentee ballots cast by whites was 0.81%.
But there were considerable differences in rejection rates across the state's 67 counties.
Our findings for Collier County reveal, as reported in the Naples News, that more than 6% of the absentee ballots cast by 580 African Americans in the county were 'rejected as illegal' by the county canvassing board, a rejection rate nearly 5x greater than that for white voters casting absentee ballots. It should be noted that Collier County is one of the five counties in Florida covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
It's curious, then, why the rejection rate of the absentee ballots cast by 2,522 blacks in neighboring Lee County was 0%. Or that only 1.65% of absentee ballots cast by blacks in neighboring Miami-Dade County were 'rejected as illegal.'
For anyone who has observed county canvassing boards interpreting the validity of signatures on the back of absentee ballots, they'll likely attest that there's a considerable amount of discretion in determining whether the signature on an absentee ballot envelope should be accepted or rejected.
According to the Florida Statutes, "The canvassing board shall, if the supervisor has not already done so, compare the signature of the elector on the voter's certificate with the signature of the elector in the registration books to see that the elector is duly registered in the county and to determine the legality of that absentee ballot….An absentee ballot shall be considered illegal if it does not include the signature of the elector, as shown by the registration records."
Thus, we shouldn't be surprised with the fairly high rate of absentee ballots that are rejected, compared to those cast in person during the early voting period or on Election Day. As I told the Miami-Herald last year, "Absentee ballots are processed and verified using different standards than regular ballots and as such, are routinely rejected at a higher rate by county supervisors than ballots cast during the early voting period or on Election Day."
Of course, the rejection rate for absentee ballots may be attributed to the ignorance of voters, as some neglect to sign the back of the envelope properly, or sign in a way that does not match their signature on file with the election supervisor's office.
But then what accounts for the inter-county variation in rejection rates for African Americans? Are blacks living in Lee County more educated, or more civic-minded and engaged, than those living just south of them in Collier County? Color me dubious….
Perhaps it's attributable to fraud–that the absentee ballots requested for African American voters in Collier were being filled out by other individuals, thus increasing the likelihood that the signature of the imposter wouldn't match that on the voter file. Or perhaps elderly or crippled African Americans were more likely to have help filling out their ballots than similar white voters casting absentee ballot voters.
Hmmmmm…. So, both of these possible forms of fraud seemingly only occurred in Collier County, and only among African American absentee voters, but not in other counties. Again, it doesn't seem very plausible to me.
What about the role of election administrators and the canvassing boards charged with determining whether an absentee ballot is valid. It's true that there is no overt information about a voter's race or ethnicity on the envelope containing an absentee ballot.
But that does not mean that those charged with determining the veracity of a voter's signature are ignorant of the race/ethnicity of an absentee voter. Not only do many given and surnames often have a racial/ethnic identity, but so too do the return addresses on absentee ballot envelopes. Given the high racial/ethnic geographic segregation in most of Florida counties, it doesn't take much local knowledge to have a pretty good guess of the racial/ethnic identity of a voter living on a particular street or in a given neighborhood.
In no way am I suggesting that there is overt racism by local supervisors or their canvassing boards when judging whether a signature should be 'rejected as illegal' or not.
And I'm not willing to absolve the culpability of individual voters casting absentee ballots that are deemed to be invalid.
Still, I have yet to hear a good reason for why there's such a gap across Florida's 67 counties when it comes to the rejection rates of absentee ballots cast by minority voters across the state.
But such a gap does exist, and because some of these counties–such as Collier County–still fall under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act because of past racial discrimination, it seems pretty important for the US Justice Department and state and federal policy makers to acknowledge these differences and begin to drill down, like we're trying to do, to understand why they seem to persist.


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A group of SOSORT members, approved by the SOSORT board, to work on this particular subject of 'education'.
Any member of the SOSORT is welcome to collaborate in this committee.
Current Members 2018 are:
Hagit Berdishevsky and Sanja Schreiber ( USA, Canada)
Executive Committee:
MD: Sabrina Donzelli (Italy)
PT: Larry Cohen (Australia)
CPO: Grant Wood (USA)
Advisory Committee:
Alessandra Negrini ( Italy)
Fabio Zaina (Italy)
Lior Sulam (Israel)
Eric Parent (Canada)
Lukasz Stolinski (Poland)
Dariusz Czaprowski (Poland)
Garikoitz Aristegui ( Spain))
Marcin Tyrakowski (Poland)
Frédéric Barral ( France)
The objectives of this committee are clearly defined in the SOSORT statute. The statute of SOSORT declares in article 4:
-'The general aim of the society is:
First, to foster the best conservative management – early detection, prevention, care, education and information - of scoliosis and other spinal deformities.'
Later, in point 4.5 it specifies that one of the aims of the society is:
'To promote specific education and training among professionals creating a body of specialists in this particular area, able to care efficiently for scoliosis patients.'
1) the SOSORT EC is currently working in the definition and description of a specific educational plan which includes a general SOSORT instructional course (three days: one for general aspects, one for physiotherapy methods and one for bracing) and a series of instructional courses on any specific physiotherapy method or bracing technique supported by the SOSORT. This project has to be presented to the SOSORT board for its final discussion and aproval.
2) The coordination of a series describing the physical therapy methods represented in SOSORT to be published in Scoliosis, the journal.
3) Compilation of a comprehensive list of current training programs and abstracts summarizing the principles of the different methods represented in SOSORT. Information about International courses with programs and contents approved by the Committee and the SOSORT board.
4) Promotion of SOSORT among the different scientific societies with interest in this field as well as the patient's societies, groups, foundations, etc
5) The most ambitious project is the elaboration of a 'Scoliosis International White Book'.
To any further information please contact with the provisional coordinator:
Manuel Rigo MD, PhD
E.Salvá Institute
Vía Augusta 185, 08021 Barcelona, Spain
Model Application form to become a SOSORT supported School
First submission of the 'Educational Project' to the SOSORT board.
A SOSORT Instructional Course will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting. The course will be chaired by Josette Betany, an established member of the SOSORT Educational Committee, in collaboration with a local co-chair, selected by the local organizing committee of the annual meeting. The structure of the course will be similar to the initial design proposed for the WCPT Congress in Amsterdam, adding bracing. The first course will immediately precede the SOSORT Annual Meeting in Barcelona 2011.
The second part of the educational project will provide an opportunity for individuals to receive specific training in the different treatment techniques and approaches represented in the SOSORT. Following the instructional course, professionals can participate in the specialized courses promoted by the different schools. However, courses on physiotherapy techniques will certify only PTs, courses on bracing will certify only CPOs and courses for medical doctors would certify only medical doctors. To reiterate this point, all professionals generally accepted in the SOSORT may attend any course and will receive a certification of attendance, but only participants for whom the course is specifically designed, will earn the certification to practice that method.
The chair of the SOSORT Educational Committee will form a specific sub-committee, which will act as a first filter for course evaluation. This sub-committee should be small for optimal efficiency. According to their involvement in the Educational Committee, my proposal is: Luke Stikeleather CPO, Cindy Marti PT, Josette Betany PT, Manuel Rigo MD and one MD from the SOSORT Board.
Any candidate school will submit its course program to the chair of the Educational Committee. The sub-committee will evaluate the program; will suggest changes if necessary, and then will submit the program to the SOSORT board for approval or rejection. Once the SOSORT board has accepted a course, their promoters will be informed and allowed to announce the course with the support of the SOSORT. It also will be announced on the SOSORT web site.
The sub-committee will devise a simple protocol to serve as a guide for evaluation. Any suggestion from the board here will be highly appreciated. Some suggested points that should be included in this protocol are: experience and tradition of the specific school, experience and quality of the lecture/s, theoretical/practical number of hours, etc.
Independently, the SOSORT board should provide the sub-committee a sort of ethical code and "standard of good practice" to be sent to the different candidates. These guidelines will help them construct their course to such a code and will address points like: setting a reasonable registration fee, with a significant discount for SOSORT members, and providing information only about their specific technique, without comparison to other techniques (or comment or personal opinion from the lecturers about other techniques, unless referring to some already published scientific data), etc.
Manuel Rigo and the members of the Educational Committee
Chair: Manuel Rigo
The SOSORT Educational Committee was asked by Charles Rivard to organize the educational session in Montreal as you know. A suggested topic from out of the committee was ´posture´. After a quite long discussion, the ED has concluded that ´posture´is a weak topic at this moment considering other candidates. It was finally accepted by consensus that 'adult scoliosis´is a more interesting topic for everybody as it was never before. I would like you to consider this as the best candidate topic.
To my point of view and clinical experience, the two main problems in adults with any of the idiopahic clinical forms developed during growth and non operated are curve progression (lets avoid here the term instability) and pain. Breathing impairment is more secondary with the exception of untreated or bad treated early onset thoracic scoliosis going over 90°.
Pain is sometimes related to the scoliosis and sometimes is not. Adults with idiopathic scoliosis can suffer back pain like any other adult and related to the same factors than in general population but they have also specific causative factors like for example 'segmental instability associated to rotatory listhesis' or the 'costoiliac syndrome'.
Adults operated during adolescence with old instrumentation is also a big problem for conservative doctors and a real challenge for modern orthopaedic surgeons.
Adults developing degenerative scoliosis can be considered a third population with specific clinical problems. And finally, we have to consider a last but not least important population formed by those adults going under surgery and coming to rehabilitation later.
Dr Stefano Negrini pointed out: "I think as well that the problems in adult scoliosis are twofold: back pain on one side, and progression on the other.
You listed two specific pain syndromes due to scoliosis, but I think there are at list three other typical clinical presentations:
? postural collapse: it's a pain appearing during the day and increasing gradually until the patient needs to lie down to recover (not always possible) and it's due to the lack of muscular support of the spine; pain is typically or in the concave side (compression), or on the hump (distraction), but is not really generalized unless there is an anterior flexion
? sacro-iliac joint pain, similar to that in pregnancy (not only in scoliosis) and due to the asymmetical compression of these joints; in this case there are the typical sacroiliac tests positive postural pain due to anterior flexion, in cases in which lordosis cannot be reached any more and pain is constant as soon as the patients stand by.
In all these situations you cannot be totally certain, but the clinical description can be drawn quite easily and, even without certainity, you can understand where the pain comes from. So, a differential diagnosis is possible."
In accordance with Dr Tomasz Kotwicki the preliminary proposed program is:
1) Differential diagnosis of the back pain in adult scoliosis (non operated patients)
2) Differential diagnosis of back pain in adults with scoliosis (operated patients)
3) Interpretation of radiological signs and MRI in adults with scoliosis
4) Bracing as a realistic approach in the conservative managment of adult scoliosis
5) Surgical treatment of adult scoliosis
6) Rehabilitation in adult scoliosis: specific or not specific ?
Any change in this program will be accurately informed on time.
Manuel Rigo


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Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters
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Grandfather Clock, a clockpunk horror wonder, sees all that happens beneath every clock face in the city. Families and shop owners without a clock in every room can be considered traitorous, and can be harassed or arrested at any moment by his Goldcloaks, men who have given their lives and natural bodies to Grandfather Clock's cause of strict logic and perfect motion. Mama Engine lives forever in the Stack, a black-cloud-belching prison in the center of the city. She requires human bodies to work her engines and power her machines. The orphans and thieves of the city know if they are ever caught by Mama Engine's Blackcloaks, their humanity will be lost to the Stack. For some children and residents of Whitechapel, however, this comes as relief. They have yet to learn there are worse things than death. Grandfather Clock and Mama Engine are not people; they are the Whitechapel Gods. And Baron Atlas Hume and beggar king John Scared are their prophets.
In S.M. Peters' fantastically re-rendered, slum-ridden Victorian Whitechapel, the world is ruled by steam, metal and oil. Most residents of the city have been affected in some way by the Clacks, a mechanical disease where the body is slowly infected with gears, machinery, oil and steam. This is romantic steampunk gone lethal.
When viewed from afar, this police state is ripe for rebellion. But how to rebel against metal men with powerful human counterparts? How to keep your secrets from the state when their metal men can put a wire in your brain and find out everything you know?
When last a rebellion was started, nearly accidentally, by Oliver Sumner, thousands of townspeople were massacred in the course of a few hours, for metal men have no interest in mercy. It's been five years, and Oliver and his small crew of informants and friends now report to Winfred Bailey, a community leader of sorts. (Bailey may be a glorified gangster, but he does take care of his own.) When Bailey's best spy, Aaron, is captured in an attempt to steal a machine-killing code, there is no way of knowing how much Grandfather Clock can get out of Aaron's mind. When Bailey and his closest confidants are captured by Baron Hume's boilermen, any hope of rebellion falls to Oliver, his crew of misfits, and Missy, his girlfriend with a violent past.
The minds of Aaron, Oliver, and Missy are all infected and exposed to the Gods, but not in ways you might expect. In his mental prison, Aaron has been adopted by a third God — a bastard child born of, then spurned by Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. This nameless child simply wants his pain to end, and allows Aaron new life in exchange for the promise to help him. Oliver is accidentally (or not) introduced to an avatar of Mama Engine, and she decides he will be her new paramour and prophet, for she has grown bored of the corrupted and vicious John Scared. Insulted and vengeful, Scared hypnotizes Missy into murdering Sumner and exposing his plots. All this plus Bailey's unfinished rebellion quickly becomes a race to see who will win and who will live.
The plot gets more complex from there, but it is highly enjoyable, full of action and intrigue, rich descriptions of the Whitechapel underbelly, fickle gods and goddesses, and the hidden child: the third part and final part of this deadly puzzle. While the "black hats" of the story are well and truly bad guys infused with painful blind faith, our "white hats" are more gray hats — they get scared, they make mistakes, they have weaknesses, they sometimes have hazy morals, and they are always afraid to die. Peters' inclusion of a mechanical disease adds an extra dimension of fascinating grotesqueness to the lives of his characters. Those affected by the disease often grow mechanical limbs, thickening their skin, strengthening their bodies, allowing them to work highly skilled jobs without fear of injury and get more money to feed their families, while all the time it is slowly killing them, turning them into the mechanical enemies of the common people.
I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys steampunk. For readers who aren't quite sure about taking a plunge into this subgenre of occasionally dystopic fantasy, S.M. Peters' Whitechapel Gods might be the best steampunk out there right now. I happily put it up there with my favorites from Tim Powers and China Mieville, as the first thing I wanted to do when I finished S.M. Peters' debut novel was read it again.
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I've had this in my Amazon wishlist forever. Thanks for the recommendation; it'll get bumped higher on my priority list.
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TUSCALOOSA | They came from near and far, as close as Northport and as distant as Blount County and beyond.
But the journey on this day wasn't to cheer the football team they love to victory. They carried no worries that something — an ill-timed injury or an errant bounce of the ball — might douse their joy and send them home wondering "What if?"
TUSCALOOSA | They came from near and far, as close as Northport and as distant as Blount County and beyond.
But the journey on this day wasn't to cheer the football team they love to victory. They carried no worries that something — an ill-timed injury or an errant bounce of the ball — might douse their joy and send them home wondering "What if?"
For the fans who began descending upon the University of Alabama campus under a clear, brisk Saturday in January, this visit was all about celebrating the accomplishments of a group of young men who wholeheartedly believe, just as they do in "The Process," football coach Nick Saban's phrase for building a championship team.
Thousands of fans lined University Boulevard between Second Avenue and the Walk of Champions that leads to Bryant-Denny Stadium to lift their voices for the 2012 BCS national champion Alabama Crimson Tide.
Some members of that team had helped bring three of the last four crystal football trophies back to Tuscaloosa. The players beamed smiles and waved back to the throngs. Fans screamed the players' names after recognizing the numbers on the front of the players' jerseys.
Among the fans was Jamey McGowin of Millbrook, whose first year as principal at Stanhope Elmore High School was standout Crimson Tide cornerback Dee Milliner's senior year as a high school student.
McGowin searched the parading athletes for Milliner's face, not unlike a parent would do for their own child. And when the two men saw one another, Milliner broke ranks to give his former principal a hug.
"He's the best high school football player I've ever seen in person," said McGowin, who had ventured to Tuscaloosa with his family to celebrate the 18th birthday of this daughter, Lindsay, by treating her to Friday night's victory over the LSU Tigers by the Crimson Tide's other back-to-back national champions, the women's gymnastics team.
Turns out, the BCS celebration was a family event for most of those in attendance.
And for some, it was a larger gathering than others.
Brothers and lifelong Alabama fans Mark Cochran, 51, and Ron Cochran, 48, had their respective families in tow as they waited in the long line leading to the three of the four national championship trophies Alabama won by clobbering the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 42-14.
Mark Cochran missed the 1992 celebration and the one after the 2009 season. But since he retired from the military and moved back to Alabama, he said he intends to not miss anymore.
"Now I'm home and living in Huntsville," Cochran said, "and I'm coming to everything."
His younger brother, though, did make the 1992 celebration, and he said that was just as sweet as the one he soaked up on Saturday.
"I wasn't going to miss it,"Ron Cochran said.
The brothers' connection to Alabama run deep, and the two men are proud that the years of their births coincided with prior national championship runs by legendary Alabama head coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant.
Mark Cochran was born in 1961 and his brother followed three years later. And Mark Cochran kept the bloodline tradition going when his son, Matt, now a UA student, was born in 1992, the year Gene Stallings led the Crimson Tide to its 12th national title.
"When you're an Alabama fan, you're an Alabama fan from an early age," Mark Cochran said.
But not everyone taking part in the revelry on Saturday was an Alabama fan.
There, standing stark against a sea of crimson and white, was Karen Killingsworth of Hayden in her orange-and-blue T-shirt commemorating the 2010 BCS title run of Auburn University.
Killingsworth didn't come to try and tarnish the Crimson Nation's good time. Rather, she — as the only Auburn fan in her household — came to share the day with her husband, Perry, her daughter and one of her daughter's friends.
In fact, she said she was actually having a good time.
"Everything as a whole," Killingsworth said when asked what she found most impressive, "and I'm glad the girls are getting a chance to see it."
In addition to the parade, the trophy display and the chance to walk on the Bryant-Denny grass, the celebration also featured a large video screen at the edge of the Walk of Champions that showed a replay of the game that brought Alabama's 15th national title to the Capstone.
Watching almost every down was Steve Miller of Pike Road, who said he was watching the game for the first time since it aired Jan. 7.
This time, Miller said, was much better than the first.
"It's much better now, because of the tradition, the domination and the atmosphere," said Miller, 57, as he gestured to the swirling mass of fans around him. "It's an honor to be able to celebrate this team, this tradition and coach (Nick) Saban and all the outstanding recruiting he has done."


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Stanton needs late rally in All-Star balloting
MIAMI -- Across the board, Giancarlo Stanton is posting numbers worthy of being a starting outfielder for the National League in the All-Star Game.
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The voting deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Stanton paces the National League in home runs (21) and RBIs (61). But the Marlins right fielder has been more than just a power threat. He's becoming a complete player.
Stanton's .316 batting average is fourth best in the NL. He's third in hits (99), third in on-base percentage (.414) and second in slugging percentage (.591).
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Stanton is expected to make the overall roster, and he could be a designated hitter option if he isn't voted in as a starting outfielder. The Miami standout also has committed to participating in the Home Run Derby.
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The 2014 American League and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on the Taco Bell All-Star Selection Show on Sunday, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, with further details to follow on MLB.com. Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.
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The Medicine of Altruism – words by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"When I consider the lack of cooperation in human society, I can only conclude that it stems from ignorance of our interdependent nature. I am often moved by the example of small insects, such as bees. The laws of nature dictate that bees work together in order to survive. As a result, they possess an instinctive sense of social responsibility. They have no constitution, laws, police, religion or moral training, but because of their nature they labour faithfully together. Occasionally they may fight, but in general the whole colony survives on the basis of cooperation. Human beings, on the other hand, have constitutions, vast legal systems and police forces; we have religion, remarkable intelligence and a heart with great capacity to love. But despite our many extraordinary qualities, in actual practice we lag behind those small insects; in some ways, I feel we are poorer than the bees…
To me, it is clear: a genuine sense of responsibility can result only if we develop compassion. Only a spontaneous feeling of empathy for others can really motivate us to act on their behalf."
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