text: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 Call for Participants: PTs Needed for Pain Study Researchers from McMaster University are seeking physical therapist (PT) participants for an 18-month study on Pain PLUS, a new free information service for evidence-based pain management. The purpose of this study is to compare 2 different methods of sharing pain research evidence, as well as the knowledge and decisions made by 4 different types of professionals—physicians, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, and psychologists—involved in pain management. One method of sharing will be sending e-mail alerts. The other method will be providing web-based resources. All participants will have access to both services for 9 months each. For more information on Pain PLUS and how you can participate in this study, contact Margaret Lomotan at email@example.com or 905/525-9140, ext 27328, or visit http://plus.mcmaster.ca/PainPLUS/. Comments how can we be enrolled in this study ? what are the conditions? Posted by esra' on 9/6/2012 2:05 PM Please send further info. Thanks Posted by John Garzione, DPT on 9/7/2012 6:32 PM Not clear exactly what you are asking for Posted by Bernice Kegel on 9/7/2012 6:56 PM Visit the website - the information including how to enroll is on the site. Posted by Dan on 9/7/2012 10:54 PM The website is rather vague also. What is being asked of usif we are to participate? Posted by Kelly Dow DPT on 9/8/2012 7:03 PM


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SANTA CRUZ — A former San Jose choir teacher accused of secretly recording teenage girls undressing pleaded no contest Thursday in Santa Cruz County Superior Court to several charges.
Aldrin Jayson Nicolas, 26, was arrested in April for allegedly using a spy pen to record the girls getting undressed in a hotel while with a choir group on a trip in South County. The girls found the pen, which contained a camera, in the bathroom.
Nicolas pleaded no contest to three felony counts of creating child pornography. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors for unlawful invasion of the girls' privacy and unlawful eavesdropping.
Nicolas, who is not in custody, is due back in court for sentencing April 25.
There was no agreed-upon sentence with the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office and Nicolas could face a maximum of five years behind bars for his plea.
Judge Ariadne Symons said Thursday she is unlikely to impose a prison sentence, but told Nicolas she could change her mind based on the presentencing report and recommendations compiled by the county's probation department. In that event, Nicolas would be allowed to withdraw his plea.
If no prison term is imposed, Nicolas will likely receive a jail sentence and be placed on probation.
Symons said he will have to register as sex offender for life.
Prosecutor Steve Moore will dismiss the other charges against Nicolas at sentencing, including two
more felony counts of producing child pornography.
Nicolas, who taught with the San Jose-based Vivace Youth Chorus, was with a group from the youth chorus at the Pajaro Dunes Vacation Rentals when the incidents occurred. The victims were ages 13-17.
Nicolas also taught choir at Salinas High School prior to his arrest.
Follow Sentinel reporter Jessica M. Pasko on Twitter at Twitter.com/jmpasko96
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Welcome Back
Join me this summer for a series of free workshops. If you enjoy creating, trying new materials and surfaces and want your materials to work for you then this series is for you. Together we will experiment with a limited colour palette to see just how far it will take us.
Take the fear out of mediums and see what they can do for you and your colours. Love Grunge, natural textures perhaps a little metallic. We'll explore them all this summer. If you are having a staycation this year, then why not have some fun and learn some new techniques with this series.
Adventures in Acrylics
During the series I'll be sharing; written and video tutorials on all kinds of ways to use your materials in exciting ways. These techniques will work in a variety of settings from surface decoration, altered art, art journalling and more.
You Will Need
Core Colours;
Winsor & Newton: Galeria ; Flow formula acrylic paint. Available in set of 10x 60 ml tubes. This set contains;
- 120: Cadmium Yellow Medium hue
- 095: Cadmium Red Hue
- 203: Crimson
- 706: Winsor Blue
- 522: Phthalo Green
- 744: Yellow Ochre
- 074: Burnt Sienna
- 554: Raw Umber
- 386: Mars Black
- 644: White
To this starter pack add the following colour; 060 Buff Titanium
Core Tools
If you have painted in the past or paper craft you will probably have most of these things to hand. Go on a foraging expedition for the following items:
- Craft Sheet (non stick, protects your work surface and easy to clean).
- Water pots. (jam jars are fine)
- Something to mix colours on. I use a white enamel plate, its easy to clean and available from camping shops
- Car sponge. (Yep, one of Halfords big yellow ones)
- Brushes. You choice of size and shape. If you haven't painted before Sheena has a set available from Crafters Companion.
- Palette knife. You can get cheap plastic sets if you want some different styles to play with, my most used one is Royal Langnickel K4.
- Bar of soap (for cleaning out the paint) Do not let the paint dry on your tools and brushes. Once set you cannot remove it.
Something to paint onto. I'll be using a variety of surfaces, but to get started try;
- Mount board. One side must be white, and if pos try to get one with a black on the other side.
- Pad of acrylic paper
- Daler Rowney Gesso primer; White. It's a good idea to gesso your board before you start, as it helps the paint move better on the surface. Try it with & withourt for comparison.
You could also try, paper blanks (boxes/board books etc), wood and clay. If you wish to experiment further, gather any surface you wish to try out.
Over the coming months I'll be adding a few extra colours and some mediums as we continue the journey. Rather than post them all here, this is all you will need to get started and I hope as I post the reviews of the products and tutorials using them, you will be tempted to try a few to take these essential items, to the next level.
Now you don't have to choose between the price of the course vs materials. I hope you will join me for an amazing journey with this medium. You can do so much with acrylics from thin washes through to thick dimension effects. Mediums mix things up and can completely change how the paint behaves. They are very versatile and these Winsor and Newton Galeria paints are very affordable, even the BIG 250ml tubs are only about £10! These have no odour and the flow forumula is a joy to use.
The best place to start to source these materials is my art supplies tab at the top of the blog. I have listed the main manufacturers that I use and also some great discount stores too. I link to that page so the links will stay updated if the sites move 😉 Highly recommend, Jackson's, Art Discount and also Cowling and Wilcox.
- Here is a PDF version of this post, if you want to keep a shopping list to hand 😉 BCR Adventures in Acrylics Materials list
- There is also a dedicated workshop page; Adventures in Acrylics Workshop where all the related posts will also be linked to. At the side of the blog, there is also a grab button you can add to your own site, which will take you directly to the workshop page.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂 🙂 🙂


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Nearly 20,000 veterans die waiting for benefits in 2012
Thousands of veterans and veterans' families are speaking up about the delay in receiving compensation.
Thousands of veterans and veterans' families are speaking up about the delay in receiving compensation.
Alex Alicea is one of those frustrated veterans and told Action 7 News he has been trying to get his benefits to come through for years. He said he has been treated poorly by Veterans Affairs and wants something done.
"I understand they work for the government but we also did our part. We went to war, combat," he said.
Alicea is not alone. At the end of the fiscal year in September 2012, nearly 20,000 veterans had died waiting for a variety of benefits. Some of them had been waiting decades. While those veterans did not first-hand receive their benefits, the VA said it paid more than $483 million in retroactive benefits to the surviving families (about $36,000 per claim).
"Apparently, it is unacceptable," said Jeffrey Cheney from Veterans Affairs.
Cheney told Action 7 News that the VA acknowledges that it is taking too long for veterans to receive their benefits and they have therefore implemented a plan to make the process quicker, more efficient and more accurate.
"We're trying to get there," he said.
The VA said it will increase its outreach and roll out a new deadline plan that will get veterans their compensation within 125 days through direct deposit. The VA said it expects a 98 percent accuracy rate.
Cheney said the new plan is predicted to be in place by 2015.


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DNDMG Presents the first single from Harvey Stripes new album "A Penny and a Nightmare" dropping January 2013. Follow Harvey Stripes on Twitter & Instagram @harveystripes Directed by Cazhhmere Additional footage by Ty Black for DND Films Produced by Daniel Worthy
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CHRISTA BOETTIGER, So., Niwot: Raced to a ninth-place finish at the 4A state meet in a time of 19 minutes, 46.1 seconds to complement Cranny.
ELISE CRANNY, Jr., Niwot: Followed up her state runner-up finish as a sophomore with the 4A state title in a time of 18:41.3.
EMMA GEE, So., Legacy: Placed second at the 5A state meet in a time of 18:59.9 to lead a local domination of the 5A podium.
ISABELLE KENNEDY, Jr., Fairview: Took third at the 5A state meet in a time of 19:04.3 to key the Knights' fifth-place team finish.
ELISSA MANN, So., Monarch: Took 13th in 5A in 19:50.0 to lead a balanced effort by the Coyotes as they won their second team title in a row.
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, Jr., Boulder: Placed fourth in 5A in a time of 19:11.9 to lead the Panthers to a ninth-place team finish.
MELANIE NUN, Sr., Legacy: The first team's lone senior took fifth in 5A in 19:17.4 to give the Lightning a pair of top-five finishers.
Coach — DAVE GOOD, Holy Family: Coached a young Holy Family squad to the 3A state title without a single top-10 finisher on the well-rounded squad.
Emily Barnes, Sr., Fairview; Kaitlyn Benner, Jr., Monarch; Katie Chavez, Fr., Holy Family; Lindsey Chavez, Jr., Holy Family; Dallas Frisbie, So., Peak to Peak;
Kelly Gilbert, So., Fairview; Claire Green, Jr., Monarch; Bailey Kuechenmeister, Jr., Nederland; Ashley Litoff, Jr., Monarch; Karina Mann, So., Monarch; Lulu McRoberts, So., Lyons;
Danielle Medearis, Sr., Holy Family; Mallory Oveson, So., Peak to Peak; McKenna Payes, So., Fairview; Olivia Raspotnik, Sr., Lyons; Alyssa Reese, Jr., Monarch;
Sydney Richards, So., Skyline; Miriam Roberts, Jr., Lyons; Sierra Tucker, Fr., Lyons; Makenzie Urban, Sr., Frederick; Regan Vandepol, So., Broomfield; Kelsey Wood, Jr., Centaurus.
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Drain the tomatoes, place the tomato liquid in a measuring cup and add enough cold water to equal 2 cups. Bring the tomato/water mixture, sea salt and garlic to a boil. Stir in the quinoa and return to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until the quinoa is tender and most of the water has been absorbed. Turn off the flame and let sit, covered, until all of the water is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large serving bowl and fluff up.
Gently toss in the remaining ingredients, including the diced tomatoes, using enough lime juice to give the salad a pleasant flavor.
Per serving - 452 calories, 19 g fat (38% calories from fat), 14 g protein, 57 g carbohydrate, 22 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 293 mg sodium


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Spanish photographer Pablo Conejo traveled to China to document the rapid—and, he thought, almost unsustainable—development of a country full of contradictions, the result of Chinese culture confronting global trends. Before his trip, he made a list of opposite concepts to accompany him as an inspiration: east and west, poverty and wealth, communism and capitalism and tradition and modernity were all ideas that served as guides in the photographer's anthropological excursion. In Shanghai, he saw yet another contradiction.
Conejo found himself immersed in a futuristic urban landscape, a skyline overloaded with concrete and glass above the smell and feel of the stereotypical China he expected to find, one that he describes as a "tangle of motorcycles, cars, people and noise; a mix of intense food smell from stalls and kitchens, car fumes and a murmur from all this bustle; all this jumble peppered with red lanterns and fortune cats." Then, as he reached the borders of the city he found a peculiar urban project: a set of nine suburban neighborhoods under construction, mimicking the architectural styles of several iconic European countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Holland and Germany. Built to house the wealthier Chinese population escaping the big-city lifestyle, "One City, Nine Towns" is a thematic urban project launched in 2004 with the goal of relieving overpopulation in Shanghai. These artificial towns, which are replicas of buildings found in the various European locales, are projected to house one million people by 2020.
"At the moment all the towns look like ghost cities," Conejo says. "The empty streets make them look like Disney World or a cinema set. As a matter of fact, Thames Town, the English imitation, is becoming a very popular location to have one's wedding photography made." Despite their popularity among locals, Conejo realized that some people weren't familiar with the original inspirations of these model homes. In the Paris neighborhood, the photographer asked three teenagers if they knew anything about the French capital. "Paris?" one asked. "I don't know."
Pablo Conejo, who was born in Madrid in 1981, ran two urban photography workshops in Instituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona in 2008 and 2009. You can see more of his work here.


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Bryden.richardson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 144 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Roper Capital Corporation
I am a young entrepreneur who has recently departed the world of working as an Investment Banker to starting my own firm. We already have clients and are taking meetings but are still lacking a corporate identity - that's where you come in.
We are young and trying to compete in a very mature and serious business.
Our goal is to be the type of business in which people can place their trust and our logo needs to speak to that.
Our audience is business executives and/or owners of businesses. The items we will be discussing are serious in nature and will always be in a professional environment/context.
-Something clean and professional
-Print well in large and small formats
-Colours (preferences to Dark Blue/nautical colours/greys)
-Please be creative and I can give you a lot more direction based on a specific design
-Logo does not need to include the "Corporation" part of the company name
- I have attached a few attempts that I made in powerpoint - no of which I am overly pleased with...
Our goal is to be the type of business in which people can place their trust.
Good Luck!
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We just came back from a week of pure gluttony. OMG. We went to Guerneville (aka, Wine Country) last week for a little R&R. It was the perfect vacation which involved lots of wine wine tasting, kayaking, shopping, and eating. We really outdid ourselves on this vacation with the amounts of food that we consumed. We ate like we were eating for eight people. It was ridiculous… ridiculously good! Our diets just went straight out the window as we drove to our destination. In fact, it was as if our diet never existed.
When we settled back into reality, we decided to weigh ourselves to see the damage that was done. It wasn't pretty. We were mortified by the numbers. We were hoping it was just water weight, but to our dismay, we really did put on the lbs. Eek! So our goal for the next two weeks is to detox and lose the weight to get back on track with our weight loss plan with vegan/vegetarian foods.
So to kick off our goal, I decided to make a healthy, low-fat Indian fare.
Mixed Veggie Korma
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
1/2 medium head cauliflower, cut into 1 1/2-inch-wide florets
2 cups fresh sugar snap peas, cut in halves
1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 small yellow onion, peeled and diced
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon tumeric
2 small roma tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup coconut milk
3 tablespoons plain soy yogurt
1 cup roasted cashews
1/2 cup golden raisins
Heat water in a large stockpot over high heat. Once water starts to boil, place carrots, sugar snap peas, and cauliflower into the pot and cook for about 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Mash the ginger, garlic, and 3 tablespoons water with a mortar and pestle until it is relatively smooth and incorporated.
Heat vegetable oil in a wide saute pan over high heat. When the oil starts to smoke, saute the raisins and cashews for one minute, then add the onion and cumin seeds. Saute the onions and cumin seeds for about 3 minutes or until the onion starts to brown. Pour in the garlic/ginger paste, garam masala, tumeric, ground coriander, and ground cumin, and saute for another minute. Put in the chopped tomatoes plus tomato sauce and cook for about two minutes.
Add the cayenne, coconut milk, and salt. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and cook until the sauce thickens. Stir occasionally. Adjust seasoning if necessary. Add the vegetables and soy yogurt, and simmer for another 5 to 7 minutes or until thickened.
Serve with basmati rice and naan.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.


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Ninth Circuit Court Issues Injunction Halting Kootenai Forest Timber Sale
On Monday, October 21, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an environmental group, and agreed to issue a two-week injunction temporarily halting a timber sale harvest in Kootenai National Forest.
The U.S. Forest Service has argued that the timber sale will actually benefit grizzly bears. Michael Garrity of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies disagrees. Garrity said that the timber harvest itself is not the problem, it's the new logging roads and, more specifically, the people that may drive down them.
"The grizzly bear population in the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem is almost certainly going extinct according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service," Garrity said. "The number of grizzly bears killed every year keeps on going up. Most grizzly bears are killed near logging roads. People drive around in trucks with guns, see a bear, and shoot it."
According to Garrity, the preferred solution for preventing grizzly bear extinction is for congress to pass new legislation, but that bills by both Senator Tester and Congressman Steve Daines would only make the problem worse
"Unlike Senator Tester, or Daines, which have introduced bills mandating more logging in the Kootenai National Forest," Garrity said. "We have a wilderness bill in congress, which would declare the road-less areas in Montana as wilderness, and would try to remove some of these old logging roads that aren't needed anymore, to have more secure habitat for grizzly bears."
The bill supported by Garrity, titled the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, is currently sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), but has failed to gather any support from Montana's congressional delegation.
The Kootenai forest timber sale at issue has been been in a pitched legal battle since 2009, but Garrity said that not all timber/grizzly issues have to end up in litigation. Garrity pointed to the Spring Gulch Timber Sale (which did not create new roads) as an example of a timber sale that did not endanger grizzly bears or end up in a lawsuit.


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1980. In an unnamed South American country, mercinaries are being trained in the long lost art of the NINJA. These terrorists are killing Canadian diplomats, their families, and other important people across the globe. Only one man can stop the black clad assassins & their devious plot - CHUCK NORRIS !
Chuck battles across Los Angeles to the heart of South America with the help of best friend Art Hindle, bounty hunter Lee Van Cleef, mysterious heiress Karen Carlson and reformed terrorist Carol Bagdasarian, culminating in the ultimate fight against the head ninja, his disgraced BROTHER, within the walls of the sacred battleground of THE OCTAGON.
Check out the trailer below as well as a clip of the penultimate fight between Chuck and Richard Norton (ABBA's former bodyguard) !


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Man, has it been 4 years since the last update of this already? Time sure flies... I just finished re-reading everything here.
Such funny stuff, too bad it seems like this will be discontinued after all of that D:
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Lexus upgrades flagship LS saloon
* New looks, more standard equipment * Braking system 12.5% stronger * Rear Seat Relaxation package...
Lexus has revised its LS saloon, giving it a new look and more standard equipment.
The changes to the styling centre on a revised front grille and rear bumper, with new LED sidelights and indicators integrated in the door mirrors.
At the same time, the range of paint colours has been changed, and now includes a new shade called Crystal Sapphire.
Interior upgrades
Inside, the 2010 car has new LCD instruments and improved head restraints, while all models get the Rear Seat Upgrade package, which includes four-zone climate control, a multi-function rear centre armrest and electric sunshades on the rear doors.
In addition, the Rear Seat Relaxation Package is now available on five-, as well as four-, seat models. This means the left-hand rear seat is fitted with an electrically adjustable ottoman foot and thigh rest, and an adjustable massage function. There's a more sophisticated climate control system, too.
On four-seat cars, the entertainment system has a roof-mounted monitor, but on five-seat cars, the screen is located on the centre console.
Backing up the sat-nav system is a 40GB hard disc drive, which includes 10GB storage for digital music files.
More new kit as standard
Also now standard across the range is automatic high beam headlight operation, which switches the main beam on and off as necessary.
Lexus has also improved the cars brakes, and the company says they now provide 12.5% better stopping power.
Prices for the revised LS start at 87,440 for the long-wheelbase LS600h L, rising to 96,645 for the model fitted with the Rear Seat Relaxation Package.


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Marshall Tucker Band Continue Their Alliance with Busch Beer
For the fourth straight year, you'll hear the Marshall Tucker Band as the voice behind Busch Beer, and MTB's lead vocalist Doug Gray talked to Ultimate Classic Rock about it.
In the beer company's latest commercial for its 2012 national campaign, 'Head for the Mountains,' southern rock fans are sure to recognize the background music: MTB's early 70's hit 'Can't You See,' which plays throughout to bring a sense of comfort and joy to the simple pleasures in life -- including, of course, cracking open a nice cold one.
"A lot of people do endorsements, and if you've been around long enough, a lot of people appreciate you and understand who you really are," Gray tells Ultimate Classic Rock. "I think the band has represented Busch beer for lots of reasons. First of all because we drink a lot of it [laughs]! Secondly, it has been my pleasure to go out and play and for their executives and people like that who just love the band."
Gray says he and his bandmates consider it an honor that Busch "went with somebody who wasn't quite as big as they could've gotten," explaining, "I think they went and took a chance on Marshall Tucker Band because it has proven to be quite successful for them, or we wouldn't still be out there with them. We're as much proud to be with them as they are."
"Their audience is letting them know," he continues. "There's other people who want us to endorse, and a lot of times, there's just one special one that comes along that you want to stick with and that you want to be known with, and for us, that's Busch. That's what we did it for. It's still going, and this can go on forever. We are a band that plays to the beer-drinking crowd, so it fits with our audience more than anything we could've done."
Jay W. Berendzen, brand manager for Busch, adds, "The Marshall Tucker Band has become a staple in Busch TV commercials over the past four years. [They] and Busch Beer can both boast a passionate fan base, and we're excited to be featuring such a great classic rock song again in 2012."
The Marshall Tucker Band's 'Can't You See' is currently used in two of the company's 30-second national television spots promoting Busch Beer and Busch Light. Check out the new commercial below.
Watch the Marshall Tucker Band 'Can't You See' / Busch Beer 2012 Commercial


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Hayden Young necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
System of Reckoning
System of Reckoning provides a calendaring system for people to manage their events in a social environment. Users can watch calendars hosted on System of Reckoning and make their own events accessible to others.
You can see the following examples of our site;
System of Reckoning is targetting a wide variety of users, including business, educational, governmental and personal; basically anyone interested in making their activities known to the public and those interested in following the goings-on of others in a chronological way.
Twitter is a good example of the diverse range of users we are looking to attract.
System of Reckoning requires the final touches on our home page design, namely a header logo and welcome image similar to Twitter or Facebook's home page.
System of Reckoning is looking at maintaining a simple, easy-to-use interface and the header logo and welcome logo should reflect this. While similar sites such as Facebook and Twitter are good examples, we also like the simplicity of logos such as those employed by Joomla, Google and Ubuntu.
The welcome logo will be located in the main content area (see example home page in "tell us about yourself" and can incorporate a calendar in it but you are welcome to submit other ideas if you feel this is too obvious. The welcome logo should not really contain any text, rather it should be something that defines the site visually.
The header logo can be very simple if you like; a simple logo and the "System of Reckoning" name or even just the text "System of Reckoning" in a nice font is fine. This should replace the current Bento-Box logo. Also the Bento-box logo is simply a placeholder, it is not a guide as to how we want the logo to look.
Incorporating the current colour scheme into the logos is ideal.
Please ensure it is in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator or an SVG so we can manipulate it further later.
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Price Per Piece: $4.90
Price Per Box: $58.80
Quantity in Cart: None
Sq. Ft. Per Box: 5.28
Pieces Per Box: 12
Length: 8" (20 cm)
Width: 8" (20 cm)
Thickness: 5/8"
Collection: Mexican Solid Colors
Color Chart: Solid Color Choices
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LONDON (Reuters) - The judge in the trial of alleged UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli told the jury on Monday not to let their views about the banking industry influence their judgment.
Adoboli, 32, has been blamed for a loss of $2.3 billion at the Swiss bank in September 2011. He denies two counts of fraud by abuse of position and four of false accounting.
"You don't need me to tell you that this case has been no ordinary trial," judge Brian Keith told the jury as he began his summing-up, the final leg of the long-running trial before they retire to consider their verdict.
"How could it have been when the man you're trying was an apparently respectable trader at a famous investment bank whose trading on behalf of the bank led to a loss so colossal that it exceeded $2 billion?"
The prosecution say Adoboli traded far in excess of his risk limits, concealed his positions with fictitious bookings and lied to the back office. They say he was driven by a gambling addiction and a desire to be a star trader.
Adoboli says he did not act dishonestly because everything he did was aimed at making profits for the bank, because others knew of his methods and in some cases used similar ones, and because managers encouraged rule-bending in pursuit of profits.
"Don't let what some of you may think about banks and the people who work for them influence you unduly," Keith told the jury.
"There's been a lot of talk in recent years about the bonus culture, failing banks having to be bailed out," he said, adding that there were always two sides to every argument.
He told the jury they were not there to find someone responsible at all costs for the loss that UBS had suffered. They should not convict Adoboli just because they felt it would be wrong for no one to be held criminally responsible for the loss.
"You should not approach the case on the basis that banks have only themselves to blame. You should not allow yourselves to be deflected (by) views you have as to whether banks are a force for good or a force for evil in our society," he said.
The judge will continue his summing-up on Tuesday.
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Aito Lounge Chair / 349,50 eur 699 eur
Designed by Elisa Honkanen
Aito Lounge Chair lives a flexible and versatile life with an expression that appeals to both indoor and outdoor spaces. The simple, wooden-structured chair and its light padded seat is foldable, so you can bring it with you to the seaside, rooftop or summer cabin.
- Details
- Outdoor Textile / Olive Green
Quickdry Outdoor Foam
WxDxH: 73x80,5x70,5 cm / Seat H: 40 cm
Item no. 1560601
- Packaging
- WxDxH: 76x124x9,5 cm
Weight: 4,7 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Quickdry Outdoor Foam
Quickdry Outdoor Foam has an open cell structure which allows both water and air to pass through freely. This makes the cushion dry exceptionally quickly – even after being soaking wet – with little to no need of maintenance. Moreover, the foam provides a firm and comfortable texture which remains the same year after year.
If the cushion is exposed to heavy rain, we recommend placing the cushions upright for quick drainage. Soon after, the cushion will be dry and the cushion can be used again.
Outdoor Textile
Agora Panama is Oeko-Tex certified and solution-dyed acrylic fabrics used for upholstering our cushions and pillows. The acrylic fibre we use is a synthetic but cotton-like fabric with world-class features for outdoor usage, making it:
- Extremely colour and lightfast
- Water and dirt repellent
- Free from harmful substances
- Mildew-resistant
Washing instructions
Wipe the fabric with a firmly wrung cloth. In case of more obstinate stains, remove the upholstery and machine wash it at 30° C. If the upholstery is not removable, the textile must only be washed with a wrung cloth.
Teak is commonly found in Southeast Asia, Central and South America. Our FSC-certified Teak comes from Central America, Brazil and Indonesia, while our non-certified Teak comes from plantations in Southeast Asia and Trinidad; managed to sustain a renewable and reliable supply of wood.
Teak is a heavy, hard and sturdy type of wood. The high content of natural oils makes it highly weather and rot resistant and is therefore a good choice for outdoor furniture.
Do a general cleaning when needed with a suitable wood cleaner and soft bristle brush. Rinse afterwards with clear water and let it dry. Note: Wipe off tables, benches and chairs after dinner and such with a dry cloth.
As the wood is untreated, the surface will patinate over time and eventually turn into a beautiful silvery grey colour. If you wish to preserve or intensify the original honey-golden colour, use a suitable furniture oil on a regular basis. No matter what you choose, the wood will be resistant to everyday wind and weather thanks to the high content of natural oils.
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A lawyer for Oracle Corp. charged at a federal trial in San Francisco today that Google Inc. executives at the "highest level" deliberately violated Oracle copyrights and patents in software for Android mobile phones.
Oracle attorney Michael Jacobs made the allegation in his opening statement on the first day of a two-month jury trial on Redwood Shores-based Oracle's civil lawsuit against Mountain View-based Google.
The business software company claims that Google violated patents and copyrights associated with Java computer programming language in software Google developed for its Android smartphones and tablets.
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"This case is about Google's use in Google's business of somebody else's property without permission," Jacobs told the 12-member jury in the court of U.S. District Judge William Alsup at the Federal Building.
Jacobs went on to contend that the alleged infringement was not inadvertent and was not a mistake.
"The decision was taken at the very highest level with a lot of consciousness and awareness when it was made," Jacobs said.
Google attorneys will give their opening statement when the trial resumes Tuesday. They have argued in court filings that the Java computer applications are not subject to copyright because they are means of expression but not expression itself.
Under U.S. copyright law, expressions of an idea can be copyrighted, but an idea, procedure or method of operation is not copyrightable.
Java is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1990s to enable software programs to run on different kinds of computers. Jacobs told the jury that Java is like "a translation layer" that enables developers to avoid having to create a separate application for each type of computer.
Oracle took over Sun's Java-related copyrights and patents when it acquired Sun for $7.4 billion in 2010.
While the basic Java language is a so-called open source product available for free, Oracle maintains that its programs or blueprints for building application software are protected by copyright. The blueprints are known as application programming interfaces, or APIs.
Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison is expected to be among the first witnesses called to the stand by Oracle after the completion of Google's opening statement Tuesday morning, according to Oracle spokeswoman Deborah Hellinger.


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Congratulations to Tim McCarver
Tim McCarver, who played for and got his broadcasting career started with the Phillies, is the 2012 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
The 70-year-old will receive his honor on Saturday, July 21, as part of the July 20-23 Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, NY.
"Tim has been the face and voice of baseball's biggest moments on national television," said Hall of Famer President Jeff Idelson. "His wit and intuition, combined with his passion for the game and his down-home style, delivers a trusted insight for viewers."
"I deeply appreciate being recognized with the Frick Award. I'm genuinely, genuinely humbled by it," said McCarver.
Following 21 seasons as a player (1959-1980), he moved into the broadcasting booth and has been there ever since. While a member of the Phillies broadcasting team in 1980, McCarver was activated in September, giving him a career that spanned four decades. His last game was October 5 in Montreal, the final game of that season.
"I'll never forget that game. Timmy had a double, which turned out to be his last hit (#1,501). When he got to second base, he was smiling and he pointed to the broadcast booth," recalls Chris Wheeler. "All of us in the booths were laughing."
McCarver credits Bill Giles (then Phillies president) for his post-playing career. "Bill came to me in 1977 and said when my playing days were over, the Phillies would have a place for me in the broadcasting booth," McCarver recalled.
His broadcasting career started in 1980 on the Phillies cable outlet, PRISM. "I was very fortunate to work with Andy Musser, Harry Kalas, Wheeler and Richie Ashburn. Three great years of learning under that guidance. They were so thoughtful in teaching me the broadcasting business, specifically what my job was a color commentator. I'm forever grateful to them.
"I'll always remember the advice Ashburn gave me in spring training in 1980, "Timmy, if you don't have anything to say, don't say it."
In addition to the Phillies, he also broadcast with the Mets, Yankees and Giants. Nationally, NBC, ABC, CBS and The Baseball Network. He has been on the FOX network since 1996. He's won six national Emmy Awards for "Best Sportcaster/Aanlyst."
Previous winners for the Phillies include By Saam (1990) and Harry Kalas (2002), along with Alumnus Bob Uecker (2003).
"What makes it particularly satisfying is that it comes on the heels of one of the greatest World Series ever.
"I've never seen anything like Game 6. Talk about urgency. One strike away, two runs down in both the ninth and 10th innings.
"My scorecard looks like a wreck. I'm thinking of sending it to Cooperstown. I'm serious about that. I can't read it. But it was so much fun and so much that went on, as we all know," continued McCarver.
"And this World Series, as much as any that I've seen, was about guys playing hurt. I mean, a lot of guys. Guys like [Adrian] Beltre, [Josh] Hamilton, that was pretty well chronicled. But Beltre had a very, very painful [anterior cruciate ligament] and [the Cardinals] kept wearing him out inside with those sinkers and he kept fouling balls off his legs.
"And then [Mike] Napoli. What can you say about him? In fact, I voted for Napoli as the MVP, even knowing the Cardinals were going to win. I don't know if anybody else did, but Joe Buck and I both did."


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Ancient culture, new pride
The First Nations, as indigenous people refer to themselves in Canada, are bringing their traditions into the modern age in Vancouver – with music, street art and tattoos
Gulls cry, the sound of construction clashes with the wail of sirens and the intermittent rumble of a passing Skytrain. A constant clamor arises from the city of shimmering, blue-green skyscrapers in the Canadian province of British Columbia, the glittering metropolis of Vancouver constantly expanding between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains.
The land here had long been allotted when the newcomers came to settle it. After all, Vancouver is right in the middle of the original First Nations Territory, the land of Canada's native peoples, to whom the Haida and Inuit belong. Of the more than 600 indigenous nations in Canada, some 200 have their roots on the west coast, 11 of them in metropolitan Vancouver. But American, Asian and European influences predominate in the street canyons of the downtown area and on the streets of hip Gastown neighborhood. The native peoples' heritage – or what is left of it – is mostly hidden away in museums, in exhibitions featuring totem poles, canoes and woven blankets.
This state of affairs can be blamed on what is arguably the darkest chapter in Canada's history, colonization and its consequences. Only in the past few years have long-forbidden customs been revived, only recently have serious efforts been made to address the country's centuries-long history of oppression. Activists are campaigning loudly for social equality and a fair distribution of land, and a creative scene has sprung up and is finding new ways to honor the First Nations' cultural heritage, make their influence felt on the city and make indigenous life more visible. Meter-long halibuts, ravens and totems illuminate concrete walls, so intricately traced it's hard to believe they came from a spray can, not a paintbrush. "Years of practice," says their creator, Corey Bulpitt, 39, with a smile. I meet him outside the Native Education College, a non-profit school for indigenous Canadians, where we study an impressive mural, a joint project to which he also contributed. With his cap at an angle and a chunky gold chain peeping out of his tank top, Bulpitt pays tribute to the rules of street cred. "I was illegally spraying trains long before I found my current style," he says.
Vancouver is finding new ways to preserve and honor its ethnic heritage
Bulpitt is a member of the Haida, a nation whose territory once extended as far north as Alaska. He was just two years old when he was taken from his family to be raised by adoptive parents. In that, he shares the fate of thousands of children who were still being separated from their families in the late 1980s because of a government program of forced assimilation. Bulpitt was 19 when he returned to his biological parents and began immersing himself in Haida art. Personal questions elicit slow, quiet responses and sometimes silence from Bulpitt, but ask him about the tattoos winding down his arms from his chest to his hands, and he becomes voluble again. Most of the images depict his origins: A raven on his right arm is a symbol of his nation, and motifs from ancient legends adorn the backs of his hands. Some he did himself, according to Haida tradition, and he also tattoos ethnic symbols onto other people, as a visible sign that the days are gone when the First Nations' culture had to be hidden from view.
Bulpitt has earned a reputation not only for his graffiti and tattoos, but especially for his carvings. He devotes weeks at a stretch to turning gigantic cedarwood tree trunks into totem poles in the tradition of his people. His talent has earned him the nickname "T'aak'eit G'aaya" (talented woodcarver). "But we will probably never be a match for our old masters," he says wistfully. He is now passing on to his cousins and nephews the craft he learned from his uncle because, as he says, "I feel an obligation toward my ancestors to do so." He has a second nickname, Gludis (He who always looks upward), which he owes to his tenacity and drive.
The next morning, I recognize Bullpitt's tattoo style on Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun when we meet at his favorite café in the artist quarter Mount Pleasant. The 58-year-old wears his hair long and loose; his eyes are hidden behind sunglasses, and strings of beads and a tall straw hat complete the look of a man well known for his caustic opinion of white people. Ask him about art and he will talk about politics, and particularly about the oppression of the First Nations. His voice grows increasingly husky and the expletives come thicker and faster when he gets started on the grim days of residential schools, i.e. boarding schools for the children of the First Nations, where mental and physical abuse were commonplace and the aim was to "civilize" the children by destroying their culture.
"As an artist, I can express anything I want; as a politician, I couldn't," says the activist, at the same time greeting a couple of neighbors. He has his studio in an old warehouse just a few hundred meters away, and there, amid a jumble of canvases, tubes of paint and other stuff, he creates politically provocative artworks that more than match his words. Yuxweluptun paints his condemnation of modern Canada with biting humor: On large canvases, traditional, Indian shapes blend with elements of Western landscape painting to become surrealist scenes: Personally recognizable politicians are depicted as predatory carnivores with forked tongues. The self-styled "history painter" confronts us with polluted oceans and pipelines cutting across the land of his fathers, racism and his fear of a world where resources are controlled by oligarchs.
Even Justin Trudeau, whose government was the first to name an indigenous person, Jody Wilson-Raybould of the Kwakwaka'wakw people, minister of justice, will not be able to allay Yuxweluptun's rancor. The Canadian prime minister supports the proposed pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia's west coast.
For all their apparent harshness, Yuxweluptun's works are conceived as an invitation to reconciliation, not revenge. And the descendants of the colonial masters of yore take up that invitation: Last summer, thousands of visitors flocked to his solo exhibition at Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology. "At last, someone is listening to what I've been saying for years," he says wryly. Yuxweluptun has little time for museums. "Indian mortuaries" is what he calls institutions that show First Nations' pieces. "I have to speak with the world; someone has to document current developments," he says, explaining why, for all his reservations, he collaborated with the state-run cultural institution.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation, an event that is being celebrated all over the country – but that also makes many of Canada's 900 000 First Nations people feel overlooked. Their history is very much older, after all. And while many indigenous people have now regained the rights to their old lands, there are still many areas that have never been formally returned. If it were up to Yuxweluptun, British Columbia would have been renamed TNT, Traditional Native Territories, long ago in an effort to recognize the First Nations' sovereign right to this region.
I see him again in the evening, in the middle of a seething crowd, his head bobbing to the thundering basses booming around the open-air amphitheater in the east of the city. On stage, a girl dances around her own axis, the strings of beads on her traditional costume whirling through the air.
A Tribe Called Red (ATCR), a DJ trio from Ottawa, Ontario, is manning the consoles. They're incredibly popular right now, not just in the indigenous music scene, but internationally, too. No one mixes choral music and drumbeats with electronic sounds, heated rap and dark basses quite like they do. "Bear and I started ATCR as a string of parties. We wanted to make music that reflected us, the young people of the First Nations," Ian "DJ NDN" Campeau, a member of the Nipissing Nation, told us during the soundcheck. "In Ontario there were always Latino and Black Music Parties and Asian Nights, but we were always underrepresented." So he and his friends began throwing parties themselves. One of the three, Tim Hill "2oolman," grew up on Canada's largest reservation. The Six Nations of the Grand River is home to nearly 26 000 members of the Iroquois nations Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, Tuscarora and Cayuga. Hill was able to stay with his family and grew up with the Mohawk culture. "I retained the language, which makes me happy," he says, adding: "With our music, I feel I can finally bring together what is important to me." The trio calls its style "Electric Pow Wow," an echo of the First Nations festivals of traditional music and dance.
Their powerful songs are both danceable and political. "Woodcarver," for example, tells the story of a man (a woodcarver), who was shot dead by a police officer in Seattle a number of years ago. Others deal with the daily life of First Nations' members. The three DJs will spend the next two years touring with their latest album in Canada, the USA, Russia and Europe, spreading their message around the world. And Vancouver, with all its sounds and colors, will eventually find its way back to its roots.
Katharina Kunath
When our author visited Vancouver for the first time in 2010, she saw some First Nations graffiti that she couldn't get out of her head. Now, having met the artist, she knows the story behind.


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The Drake Equation was developed by Frank Drake in 1961 as a way to focus on the factors which determine how many intelligent, communicating civilizations there are in our galaxy. The Drake Equation is:
N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL
The equation can really be looked at as a number of questions:
N* represents the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy Question: How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy? Answer: Current estimates are 100 billion. fp is the fraction of stars that have planets around them Question: What percentage of stars have planetary systems? Answer: Current estimates range from 20% to 50%. ne is the number of planets per star that are capable of sustaining life Question: For each star that does have a planetary system, how many planets are capable of sustaining life? Answer: Current estimates range from 1 to 5. fl is the fraction of planets in ne where life evolves Question: On what percentage of the planets that are capable of sustaining life does life actually evolve? Answer: Current estimates range from 100% (where life can evolve it will) down to close to 0%. fi is the fraction of fl where intelligent life evolves Question: On the planets where life does evolve, what percentage evolves intelligent life? Answer: Estimates range from 100% (intelligence is such a survival advantage that it will certainly evolve) down to near 0%. fc is the fraction of fi that communicate Question: What percentage of intelligent races have the means and the desire to communicate? Answer: 10% to 20% fL is fraction of the planet's life during which the communicating civilizations live Question: For each civilization that does communicate, for what fraction of the planet's life does the civilization survive? Answer: This is the toughest of the questions. If we take Earth as an example, the expected lifetime of our Sun and the Earth is roughly 10 billion years. So far we've been communicating with radio waves for less than 100 years. How long will our civilization survive? Will we destroy ourselves in a few years like some predict or will we overcome our problems and survive for millennia? If we were destroyed tomorrow the answer to this question would be 1/100,000,000th. If we survive for 10,000 years the answer will be 1/1,000,000th.
N, the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy.
The real value of the Drake Equation is not in the answer itself, but the questions that are prompted when attempting to come up with an answer. Obviously there is a tremendous amount of guess work involved when filling in the variables. As we learn more from astronomy, biology, and other sciences, we'll be able to better estimate the answers to the above questions. Many of these questions will be addressed in depth in future issues of Enigma.
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Barbara Walters took in her final "View" as a permanent co-host Friday, but refused to say "Goodbye."
Instead, for her sign-off, the pioneering broadcast journalist simply thanked those gathered around her in the studio and audiences at home, then said "See you later."
The episode marked Walters' last appearance in front of the cameras for "The View," the talk show she created 17 years ago. After more than five decades on television, Walters, 84, will remain behind the scenes of the ABC daytime show as executive producer, while limiting her on-air appearances for the network to occasional interviews and stories.
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Taped Thursday in front of an audience of her colleagues and fans, the farewell celebration featured surprise guest appearances from Oprah Winfrey, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Walters' longtime friend, actor Michael Douglas.
"I can't believe this day has come, and I can't believe it's for real," Clinton said. Ever the news journalist, Walters asked the question most Americans want the answer to: Is Clinton planning to run for President in 2016?
"I am running," replied Clinton, smiling. "Around the park."
Douglas brought up the topic again later in the episode, suggesting that if in fact Clinton did run, Walters would make a great vice president. Walters said she believes the country may be ready for a woman president, but not vice president as well.
Walters began her television career on NBC's "Today" in 1962 before heading to ABC in 1976 where she became the first woman to co-anchor a national newscast, and hosted "20/20" for 20 years along with numerous news and entertainment specials as well as "The View."
"You're the reason I wanted to be in television," Winfrey told Walters.
"You shattered the glass ceiling for so many women," she added before assembling a group of prominent on-air female anchors, hosts and journalists, including Joan Lunden, Jane Pauley, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Lisa Ling, Gayle King, Natalie Morales, Tamron Hall, Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford, Connie Chung, Savannah Guthrie and Meredith Vieira.
"You are my legacy," a visibly moved Walters told the group.
A lighter note during the episode came when Walters, in a pre-taped segment, interviewed herself by way of former "Saturday Night Live" player Cheri Oteri, who once again donned blazer, pearls and wig for her spot-on imitation of the broadcast great.
When Walters asked herself what she plans to do post-"View," Oteri-as-Walters revealed she hoped to try things she previously had no time for, ordinary things, like "get a Costco card."


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Almost every time I tell someone that I am a Pediatric Acupuncturist and that I work at Primary Children's Hospital they ask, "Acupuncture for kids?" and I reply "Yep. Kids love Traditional Chinese Medicine." And I am not lying, most kiddo's really do. Now, I think parents tend to question this idea because they think that kids hate needles and since acupuncture is a needle insertion based treatment, they think there is NO WAY their kid will do or will like it. But before we go any further, let me clarify a few things…
- Acupuncture (needle insertion) is a therapy for children over the age of eight. For kids under the age of eight we can do Shonishin (pediatric Japanese meridian massage with small specialized tools), Acupressure and/or Tuina Massge (Chinese Massage).
- As a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner I also do a therapy called cupping and a lot of 5 element nutrition counseling with patients.
- If kids are older than eight and agree to try acupuncture we start with just a few needles (probably 4) and increase (to maybe 12) as the kids get more comfortable with me and the therapy. Acupuncture should not hurt and when kids realize how simple, painless and relaxing the therapy really is; most enjoy the sessions and the opportunity to take a mid-day nap. Yes, many actually fall asleep on the table while the needles are retained for about 20 minute.
The second question I tend to get asked is, "What are the most common aliments you see in practice?" First is pain; back pain, neck pain, headaches and stomach aches. Next would be digestive issues like colic, IBS or constipation. In the hospital I also treat a lot of kids who experience nausea, anxiety or showing signs from high stress. In our outpatient clinic I also see kids for ADD/ADHD, autism, allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, seizures and other chronic illnesses too.
Traditional Chinese Medicine has a wonderful holistic approach to health and healing. The goal of treatment is to help encourage the body to find a healthy energetic balance. Instead of treating a single symptom like headache or toe pain we'll evaluate the whole body and try to treat what we call the "root of the problem" or identify why the body as a whole has developed this symptom. When the root problem is balanced the branch symptoms (headache, toe pain) will resolve on their own.
If you are wondering if acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine could help your child with whatever they are experiencing I'd encourage you to schedule a New Patient Appointment for them with me. I'd be happy to talk over their specific issue with you and we can decide together if this would be a good therapy for your child to try in their healing journey.


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