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The first images of Google's attempt to combine its smartphone
(Gingerbread) and tablet (Honeycomb) operating systems into a single OS, namely
Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), have been leaked.
Two websites, RootzWiki and Android Police, have been given a few screen shots of ICS running on a Nexus S
phone and have also been given some more details on what we can expect from the
next update from Google.
Among the new features in ICS is an updated app launcher and
app drawer allowing you to switch between apps and widgets easily. There is
also the presence of the colour blue throughout Ice cream Sandwich. You can also see a revamped notification bar at the top of the
screen. In the bottom right of the homescreen, there is an icon for what could be a
task switcher, with stacked icons.
While these changes don't seem to be too ground breaking,
other changes which aren't pictured have also been revealed to the two websites
by their sources. The Gmail app has been totally re-themed to match the new OS; the camera will have a panorama mode and the changes made are mostly to the UI,
meaning many older phones will be able to run the new OS.
Speaking of hardware, we are likely to see ICS first on the
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after launch. The Nexus Prime is rumoured to be released in October or
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will be (Android 4.0 probably) and is keeping it a closely guarded season.
So there it is, Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Is it enough of
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Adds one or more tags to an ACM certificate. Tags are labels that you can use to
identify and organize your AWS resources. Each tag consists of a
key and an
value. You specify the certificate on input by its Amazon Resource Name
(ARN). You specify the tag by using a key-value pair.
You can apply a tag to just one certificate if you want to identify a specific characteristic of that certificate, or you can apply the same tag to multiple certificates if you want to filter for a common relationship among those certificates. Similarly, you can apply the same tag to multiple resources if you want to specify a relationship among those resources. For example, you can add the same tag to an ACM certificate and an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer to indicate that they are both used by the same website. For more information, see Tagging ACM certificates.
To remove one or more tags, use the RemoveTagsFromCertificate action. To view all of the tags that have been applied to the certificate, use the ListTagsForCertificate action.
Request Syntax
{ "CertificateArn": "
string", "Tags": [ { "Key": "
string", "Value": "
string" } ] }
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.
- CertificateArn
String that contains the ARN of the ACM certificate to which the tag is to be applied. This must be of the form:
For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.
Required: Yes
- Tags
The key-value pair that defines the tag. The tag value is optional.
Type: Array of Tag objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 50 items.
Required: Yes
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- InvalidArnException
The requested Amazon Resource Name (ARN) does not refer to an existing resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidParameterException
An input parameter was invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidTagException
One or both of the values that make up the key-value pair is not valid. For example, you cannot specify a tag value that begins with
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
The specified certificate cannot be found in the caller's account or the caller's account cannot be found.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- TagPolicyException
A specified tag did not comply with an existing tag policy and was rejected.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- TooManyTagsException
The request contains too many tags. Try the request again with fewer tags.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Add two tags to an ACM certificate
Sample Request
POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: acm.us-east-1.amazonaws.com X-Amz-Target: CertificateManager.AddTagsToCertificate X-Amz-Date: 20160414T162438Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.10.20 Python/2.7.3 Linux/3.13.0-83-generic botocore/1.4.11 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20160414/us-east-1/acm/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=370a583d3532f14e0cb34ea51de782e9e5138171184bfede740f5f150251fa2f { "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:111122223333:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012", "Tags": [{ "Key": "website", "Value": "example.com" }, { "Key": "stack", "Value": "production" }] }
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: 640bd601-025d-11e6-baa2-cd9f4ef8cda6 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 0 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:24:41 GMT
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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Aralia / Spikenards: Increasingly Popular Houseplants
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Flowers bud on the terminal panicles and birds enjoy the plant's round, dark-purple berries. Aralia flowers come in various colors, ranging from greenish to whitish hues. Certain varieties such as Aralia cordata are edible. Therefore, they're grown for human consumption.
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Melissa Hamilton, Director of Government Relations for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), has been named public counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) by Gov. Greg Abbott. Hamilton will begin her new position on January 2, 2018, with a term set through February 1, 2019.
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Director Clint Eastwood has started filming J. Edgar in Los Angeles and the first pics of Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover have come online. You can click on both below for bigger galleries!
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David Restrepo Amariles is Assistant Professor of law at HEC Paris, where he teaches international arbitration, LegalTech, and Digital Transformation and Compliance. He is Research Fellow at the Perelman Centre. He is visiting professor at SciencesPo Paris in Smart Law.
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Mar 10th, 2007 @ 9:06 pm | Author: Courtesy of Mike Griffenberg, TR Sports
That is the one word that can sum up Valley City State's baseball season last year. That was the number of starts that the Vikings top-four starting pitchers made as the Vikings went 1-15 in the Dakota Athletic Conference last season.
'The main key this year is that we need to have more than seven starts out of our starting pitchers in our conference games,' Vikings head coach Cory Anderson said. 'The year before, when we were 11-15 in the conference, every start we had was one of our top four pitchers.'
The reason the Vikings got so few starts out of their top four starters was because of Mother Nature and injuries. VCSU had a lot of makeup games in a short amount of time and three of the four starters had the injury bug at some point in the year.
Jason Beilke and Kory Foss, the Vikings No. 1 and 2 starters the year before each only made eight starts. Beilke, junior, went 1-3 with a 3.92 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 43 2/3 innings. He battled elbow tenderness during the year.
Foss, senior, was 0-5 with a 6.85 ERA in 47 1/3 innings.
Anderson said that Foss had a blister on a finger of his pitching hand, and that affected his performance. In 2005 Foss was 4-4 with a 2.69 ERA and had three shutouts.
'We hope he can get back to where he was two years as a sophomore,' Anderson said about Foss. 'When you can't feel your finger, it doesn't allow you to throw.'
Senior Drew Calanchie went 2-6 with a 4.14 ERA in 10 games, seven starts, and battled a back problem. The only starter to take the mound every time he was supposed to was DAC Freshman of the Year Marc Wilson. Wilson went 6-6 with a 4.57 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 67 innings.
All four starters returned and, when healthy, make up a good rotation. There is also more depth at the top of the rotation this year. Anderson said that freshman Steve Franklin will battle Foss for the fourth spot in the rotation.
'I don't think we were as deep as we wanted to be as a pitching staff,' Anderson said. 'Now, when five and six are asked to throw, we can have some success with those guys too. I think we are deeper this year that way.'
VCSU also returns a lot of quality bats. Three of their top four hitters return this season.
Leading the way will be cleanup hitter and junior first baseman Reid Arnold. Arnold hit .298 and a team-leading three home runsm while driving in 20 runs. Also are returning are junior outfielder Scott Dusessoy and senior third baseman Pat Olson.
Dusessoy hit .298 and led the team in stolen bases (11) and runs scored (27). Olson hit .296 and led the team with 21 RBIs, but will miss some time early on. He tore a tendon in a pinkie over Christmas break.
Olson hopes to be back sometime over the Vikings' spring break trip. VCSU opens the season Sunday against Robert Morris College in Pensacola, Fla. The Vikings will be in Florida until March 16.
One player that won't be returning is Valley City native and the Vikings' longtime No. 3 hitter Doug Lonski. Last season, as a senior, Lonski led the team with a .321 average and drove in 19 runs.
'He had been a .300 hitter since he stepped on campus,' Anderson said. 'I think we'll miss him in terms of how steady and consistent he was.'
Taking his place in left field will be a platoon of juniors Bryce Ingram and Jeremy Wiebe. Anderson sill isn't sure who will be his new No. 3 hitter.
The Vikings return seven starters and one player, second baseman Matt Huonder, who was penciled in as a starter last year. Huonder only played in 10 games last season due to a blood clot in his arm.
One newcomer that will make an impact right away will be sophomore football standout Chauncey Calhoun. Calhoun, who started in center and batted leadoff for North Dakota State as a true freshman in 2004, will do the same for the Vikings. Dusessoy will move from center to right.
Anderson believes his team will be much better in 2007 then they were in 2006 because of one reason: they are a year older.
'You can see a total different team this year with the guys with just how they practice,' Anderson said. 'Last year they were all kind of still bright eyed and bushy tailed. This year they all have that experience to fall back on.'


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Retracing Bulova History.
The Bulova Corporation was founded in 1875 by Czech immigrant Joseph Bulova in a small premises on Maiden Lane, New York City.
By 1911, Joseph Bulova had set up manufacturing to build high quality boudoir clocks, table clocks and pocket watches and by the following year (1912) Joseph Bulova was able to establish his first dedicated Watch manufacturing and assembly plant in Bienne, Switzerland, building only quality fully jeweled movements.
'At about the time of the First World War, there were many European watch manufacturers that said that the wearing of a watch on the wrist would never be a popular alternative to the pocket watch. Joseph Bulova, creating a pioneering spirit that was to become the 'culture' of Bulova, started to experiment with compact spring and balance wheel timepieces that could withstand the impacts and shocks of being worn on the wrist. Out of only a handful of manufacturers of the day, Bulova introduced its first line of fully jeweled men's wristwatches in 1919'
So, where are these 'Bulova Watches' Dating from 1911 to 1921 You may ask?
The clues are right before Us.
The first clue was recently discoverd in an ad which appeared in a 1922 Cosmopolitan Magazine.
* Note: the ad reads:
J. Bulova Co. Fifth Avenue at 36th Street. New York
Makers of the famous HUDSON MAXIM and RUBAIYAT Watches.
The image appears to be Copyrighted 1920 or 1921 and there is no mention of Bulova Watch Co in fact to the contary, the ad reads J. Bulova Co.
Clue 2.
In 1917 a Patent was issued to the J. Bulova Co.
*Note: there is no notation of when this Patent was applied for or when the Name 'Rubaiyat' was first used by the J. Bulova Co
Clue 3.
Enter into the picture this piece:
The Watch shown above is a First World War era (WWI 1914 - 1918) Gent's wrist Watch, correctly Jeweled (7) for Military issue at the time, manufactured in Switzerland, signed on both Case and Movement Rubaiyat W. Co. in the very same fashion, identically even, to early movements signed Bulova W. Co., which appear around 1921. Also please note the Rubaiyat signature on the Movement rolls the same way depicted in the Patent issued to J. Bulova Co.
What does this mean?
It is My contention that this Rubaiyat W Co. signed piece is the early work of Joseph Bulova manufactured while operating as the J. Bulova Co. pre Bulova Watch Company and the reason We do not see any 'Bulova Watches' pre Dating the early 1920's is that they do not exist. They do, only during the Decade of 1911-1921 Mr Joseph Bulova of the J. Bulova Co was manufacturing His famous Watches from the facility in Bienne, Switzerland under the Names of 'Rubaiyat' and 'Maxim' as indicated by the early 1920's ad.
This contention would also help explain early 1920's Watches which are American Standard Cased Bulova signed Movements with Maxim, Rubaiyat or nothing at all printed on their Dials, as J. Bulova Co grew and morphed into Bulova Watch Company, casing and timing Watches downstairs from the newly constructed Bulova observatory on Fifth Avenue, New York.
Many thanks to Mr Stephen Oilman, owner/admin of MyBulova.com for allowing the presentation of this information on site and to fellow MyBulova members who take time to read, evaluate, enjoy or critique.
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No criticisms from me. A very well thought out and presented piece, Mark.
I totally go with this, as, if granted the trademark name in 1917, when did he actually apply? In all probability it wasn't awarded immediately, and could have had to wait for several years, but in the meantime carried on making watches with this name.
So is it fair to say that both the Hudsin Maxim and Lady Maxim are also early Bulova made watches?
I've always contended that the answer is 'yes'.
This is a great find and I hope something that we can expand on in the future with more adverts from this era.
I have another 1922 advert heading my way that also states the compnay name of J Bulova Company and not Bulova Watch Company. So it would appear that they started to trade under the BWC name either in late 1922 or 1923 as we have dated 1923 adverts using the Bulova Watch Company name.
This name change I think explains a lot about that transitional period we see in how Bulova labelled their very early watches.
Nice work Mark!
Evidence of a 1917 Rubaiyat watch. Oldest in the database and I think on the web.
Nice work Mark!
We need to be keeping an eye out for early Hudson, Rubaiyat & Maxim watch ad's/info, there may be more clues to be found!
I have seen some early J. Bulova Co. ad's, but the only rings were featured.
Rule #1 in business is start small and build up...looks like old Joe followed the rule book...
Here's a section of August - October 1921 edition of "The Jewelers' Circular" Mark cites above. A single quarterly publication consolidating the "American Horological Journal", "The Jewelers Weekly", and "The Jewelers Review". They were perhaps three individual publications, of which parts appeared in the Circular? As one reads through the September 21st part of the publication, it highlights the 16th Convention of "The American National Retail Jewelers Association", taking place on the 13th - 16th of September 1921 in Buffalo, New York. One article shows exhibits of various manufacturers at this convention, including J. Bulova Co. The intro to the Bulova section starts "Standardized imported watches were to be seen at the booth of the J. Bulova Co of New York. The Hudson-Maxim watch was featured at this booth, as was also the Rubaiyat watch". A couple more short sentences appear to be about J. Bulova Co., then the next paragraph referrers to the Bulova-Henshel Co. At bottom, a picture of the J. Bulova Co booth, along with the exhibit of the Bulova, Henskel Co. (note the spelling/typo? of Henskel in the graphic title)
Two people are mentioned in the J. Bulova Co. ppg; Ballard S. Epstein and A. Lindner
Three people are mentioned in the Bulova-Henshel ppg: Harry Henshel, M.M. Kolish and L.S. Shoen.
This entire publication is available for free download as a Google Book. It's good reading.
Two pictures of Joseph Bulova - in 1877, a couple years after founding J. Bulova In New York City, and as an older man at the bench.
oh and here's a picture of said Hudson-Maxim watch that Nova posted in the Lady Maxim thread (one of my favorites)
Posted February 5, 2012 - 6:36pm
Mr and Mrs Maxim.
Fact. Bulova loved associating famous people with their watches.They have been innovative marketers from the early days. This is what set them apart from other watch companies.
I'm still on the fence. I want to believe that in the early days (pre 1921) Bulova were starting out their wrist and pocket watch business by promoting watches baring celebrity names rather than their own, which at that time may not have been well know in the watch industry. The ealiest advert he have is 1922 so we may never know how they started advertising their watchs pre this period.
Its is my theory that they where getting blank movements from the Swiss, stampinng them Bulova, then using 3rd party casing companies and marketing then the best way they could.
Hudson Maxim was extremely well known at this time so why not use his name to market a watch. It wouldn't be the first time Bulova has done this. What would be nice is some confirmation that Hudson has a connection with Bulova. Another thing we also see time and time again is the release of a Ms version...often called 'Lady' something. Again history has repeated itself time and time again with Bulova.
Looks like they were responsible the the entire line of Bulova Hudson Maxim watches including ladies versions (pre Lady Maxim).
This May 27, 1921 newspaper adverts shows a full line of both pocket and ladies watches all branded 'Hudson Maxim'.
What made me smile is the reference to Mr A. Bulova :-)
"Mr. A. Bulova, the maker of these highest grade watches, fianlly consented to come to Indianapolis during this HUDSON MAXIM week. He will be at my store in person to demonstrate the perfect workings of the mechanism of this wonderful watch."
The advert also states:
"A wonderful assortment of ladies' watches of many kinds are included in the HUDSON MAXIM watches in this introductory sale."
Click image to see larger version.
Bobbee posted another version of this a few years back, but that didn't mention Bulova by name, only as 'a representative of the factory'. This adverts finally confirms that Bulova owned and made the entire HUDSON MAXIM line of watches.
I'd say that the 1922 advert is referring to 'Hudson Maxim' as a single entity as it would appear the advert has some relation to the article show above that mentions:
The intro to the Bulova section starts "Standardized imported watches were to be seen at the booth of the J. Bulova Co of New York. The Hudson-Maxim watch was featured at this booth, as was also the Rubaiyat watch"
A curious thing. The same entry I have for the Swiss patent for Rubaiyat mentions a US registration for 1942. It could be that the Rubaiyat watches were sold only in Europe prior to 1942. Also, 1942 is a bit late to be using the Rubaiyat name in the US, are there even any examples of this?
Also, I have posted this elsewhere, but I will include it here to kind of put the manufacturing process into perpective:
Bulova owned the factory(s) in Switzerland that manufactured ebauches for their watches. An ebauche is a raw movt, and can be modified to a particular finished design.
The US factory made plates, dials, and escapements that were fitted to these, and other ebauches, which Bulova purchased from various leading ebauche manufactures, like ETA, FHF, Felsa, A.Schild, Aurore-Villeret, Sonceboz, Glycine, Peseux, Unitas, FEF (Fleurier), Le Phare, Junghans (alarm), Gruen, Venus, Michel, Liengme, Recta, and possibly others. The ebauches from Gruen were of the famed Aegler company, jointly owned by Rolex, Gruen and Aegler.
In 1930, Bulova was manufacturing components, that is, plates, dials and escapements in the US at their factory. By about 1940, Bulova was manufacturing complete watches, and by the early 1950s, they were producing over a million watches per year, approximately half being imported Swiss, and half Domestic (US). It seems the watches were always cased and assembled in the US. The cases, as we know, were sourced from various casemakers.
So Bulova did indeed use US made in-house movts as well as Swiss in-house movts, but these are in the minority. Keep in mind, a lot of major compnanies like Rolex, Breitling, and Panerai only started producing their own in house calibres relatively recently. Panerai, for example, once famously used a Rolex movt in their watches, but it was sourced by Rolex from Cortebert.
I'm finding the name Maxim trademarked by Bulova, but there are other Maxim Watches (including by Waltham) and also Hudson Watch Co.'s not attributable to Bulova, they are separate companies owned by others. I'm coming up blank for Hudson-Maxim.
edit: I see that Hudson Maxim was the inventor of the explosive Maximite, and if this watch is named after him, I'm guessing it is a model name, rather than a Company Bulova may have owned or run.
That ties in perfectly with my earlier comment above regarding the cross over in vintage adverts from J Bulova Company to Bulova Watch Company.
So now we have evidence that the Bulova Watch Company did not start trading under this name until 1923.
1922, 23 and 24 seem to be the years when Bulova really started to get their act together and become a driving force in the watch market.
After some exhaustive digging, I am convinced that the Hudson Maxim watch is named after Hudson Maxim.
I know, Duh.
I find no evidence of a Bulova related Maxim Watch Co, nor a Hudson Watch Co relating to Bulova either. Hudson Maxim was from a famous family, and a US super-patriot, a much-loved inventor and media savvy personality. He invented Maximite, an explosive, and also smokeless powder. (As a former gunsmith, I should have remembered that) His brother Hiram Stevens Maxim invented the Maxim gun, and his nephew Hiram Percy Maxim invented the Maxim silencer.
There were several Hudson Watch Co's in Europe prior to the 20th century and up to the 1930's. None were in any way related to Bulova. Hudson was a model name used by others, also, as was Maxim.
Ok this new advert cements two very topically points that have been discussed here on myBulova.com over the last year or so.
- Did Bulova make the Lady Maxim?
- Did Bulova make early Bulova watches without 'Bulova' on the dial?
The answer to both questions is a definitive "YES"
December 16, 1922 Bulova Watch Advert - 'The Saturday Evening Post
Someone else was there first!http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=57+maiden+lane+NY+&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CCUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1992%2F09%2F19%2Fopinion%2Fl-maiden-lane-recalls-jefferson-as-well-394792.html&ei=Ud5pUMKwBcaxhAflroH4DA&usg=AFQjCNHgfSfgzZH8RPMgPUaF4XsuNzljqA
Mr. T. Jefferson Esq. from June 2nd. 1790 until Sept. 1st. same year.
So Bulova was "busy" early on. There are several "Bulova Company Reports" from the early 1920"s which are digitized by various US research Library reserve collections. Some of these reports can be found via Google Books. While the actual repots to shareholders, company reports, etc are completely digitized, only "snippets" of the reports come up via Google Books. In most examples, the inside cover is visible, along with then name of the library reserve section which has the full digitized version. A major research library digitized pubs in it's reserve collection to make available to other libraries and the public, so I'm contacting the various library reserve folks to find out how to gain access to the entire publications. Most likely through the modern/digital interlibrary loan process.
Also found a J Bulova ad from 1897 in a Jewelers Circular PDF.
And a snippet of a company report from 1931 (published in mid 1932 as their fiscal year ended at the end of March) . I see American Standard Watch Case Co, along with American Standard Watch Co, (and many others) were subsidiary's of Bulova. The early 1920's reports may have info on Rubaiyat Watch Co, Hudson-Maxim, if they were owned by "Bulova". Several other subsidiaries are listed, but not coming up as a snippet view. Most of these subsidiaries were wholly owned by Bulova Watch Co after 1923 and J Bulova before- if we can just get the entire pub, we can see who/what Bulova "owned".
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There's a couple Rubaiyat patent comments above. One registered March 2, 1943- which must have been a reapplication for the original (below), as the application date is Oct 1942- apx 25 years after the original patent below.
The Jewelers' Circular Weekly March 14, 1917
One of the scans above mentions the 'bracelet model of the Hudson Maxim"....let the games begin!
Jewelers Circular July 19 1922. I wonder if Bulova employed the services of the good Sir Charles. I would not be suprised if they did.
I hadn't noticed this before, but there are a few Bulova model names that exist that are both Bulova AND Westfield. ie: Air King, Air Queen, American Boy, American Girl, Sky King, Trojan, Miss Liberty, etc. I'm wondering if the cases are identical, and swapping has occurred.
There is a lot of info at Mikrolisk, including what appears to be all of the Bulova Model name patents.
It looks like Bulova patented/trademarked many model names and lots of stuff under different company names too. Many are non-USA registered. Many don't have dates associated w/ the info for each entry. I think they just registered things to secure the names/trademarks, and didn't necessarily "do anything" with some of them short of this.
I don't think cases btwn Bulova and Westfield were identical or even "close", but Bulova wanted some options, and to keep others from marketing a competing product?


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Relive the iconic and magical moments from the Oscar-winning movie Ghost in a brand-new Broadway musical. Ghost The Musical breathes glorious new life into a timeless love story. The musical features an original pop score from multiple Grammy Award-winners Dave Stewart, one half of the 80s pop duo the Eurythmics, and Glen Ballard, co-writer with Alanis Morissette on the multi-platinum album Jagged Little Pill, among many other notable credits and collaborations. The musical's tale of everlasting love is thrilling entertainment for audiences of all ages.
Adapted from the hit film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost the Musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam's untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death.
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If you're deaf, "Ghost" might be a good choice for you to see. Of course, at the sound levels at which the score is played, you might end up deaf afterwards anyhow. Not that you'll be able to understand many of the lyrics, since the balance is heavily weighted to the orchestra, and most of the leads don't try terribly hard to be heard. Even so, it's not a big loss -- the lyrics are overwhelmingly banal, and most songs seem to take a single line of dialogue and extend it, repeating or restating it. As an example, take the song "More," which repeats "More and More and More and More and More" endlessly, with the poor diction and sound levels making it easily misunderstood as repetition of the word "bore."
The visual aspects of the show are the calling card for "Ghost." Video projections abound. In fact, the show starts with a long, moving shot through the skyscrapers of New York, ending with the projected title "Ghost." Projections show dancer silhouettes during the dance numbers, moving in synchronicity with the live dancers. The projections often move, giving convincing impressions of moving subways and elevators. It's a visually overactive show, with the technical wizardry apparently an attempt to draw attention away from the many weaknesses in the script and performances.
Male leads Steven Grant Douglas (Sam) and Robby Haltiwanger (Carl) don't seem to be working very hard onstage, their mouths and faces barely moving when they sing. The female leads, Katie Postotnik (Molly) and Carla R. Stewart (Oda Mae Brown) work harder, but Ms. Stewart overacts at every opportunity. Only Ms. Postotnik impresses. Much of the cast, leads and ensemble alike, are making their national tour debuts. It's not a particularly auspicious debut, although no one seems to be making mistakes. There's a general sense of ennui, perhaps due to having to perform substandard material eight times a week. Director Matthew Warchus is based in London, and I think it can be safely assumed that he has little oversight over the tour.
The visual illusions, by Paul Kieve, are the only things about the show that are truly admirable. A subway sequence of levitating objects, an effect of walking through a door, and a self-folding piece of paper are all remarkable. They're remarkable in their own right, and also support the story, which is basically the movie moved to the stage with musical sequences added. I think I would have preferred it without the musical sequences, or with musical underscoring under dialogue. As it is, there are multiple instances of song lyrics and dialogue being delivered in an overlapping way. At least that reduces the running time by a couple of minutes, I guess. The less "Ghost," the better. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]


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Creekside Performing Arts, sponsored by the Johnson County Arts And Humanities Council, will present their interpretation of the Wizard Of Oz tonight and tomorrow at the Buffalo High School Auditorium.
Local adults and children alike auditioned for the play earlier this summer and have been rehearsing and preparing for the performances this week.
Performances will be tonight at 7pm and again Saturday with a matinee performance at 2pm and another evening show at 7pm.
Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the door or through Marie Verger by calling 620-2244.


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The modern day Race Jockey is probably more analysed now than ever before. So many pairs of eyes, So many opinions!
Jockeys have to be very thick skinned and back their own Judgement of what might have gone right or wrong, sometimes on instinct going for a gap that isn't there yet one opens up and they pounce on the chance.
There will be periods when riders seemingly can do no wrong and other times when absolutely nothing goes right.
Confidence must play a huge role in this respect, Statistics which show a good current strike rate over the last few days/weeks are always a plus sign as is Racing at a favoured course where the rider is top or close be being the leading rider at the track over the past five years.
Now matter how good the rider, if the horse is not good enough or is in need of a run, there is little chance of success. The jockey will have instructions for the race IF all goes well but basically is staring at a runner ending down the field. A rider may well look out of form judging solely on winners to rides but a look at the quality of recent mounts may well tell a different story.
Confidence is a major factor, running down the field with an outsider is one thing, being turned over on a short priced favourite is another.
A blunder at a fence or making a tactical move on the flat that goes wrong, taking a risky inside route or switching outside for a run, split second decisions which are magnified in slow motion, some times, five or six times in post race replays.
Guess it gives us something to talk about for a while, but really,a race jockey works in isolation, the owner and Trainer have a major impact on the fortunes of a rider. But once the gates open or the tape goes up, its down to the Jockey to carry out a pre race plan if possible but also be able improvise if the race is not being run as forecasted by the Owner or Trainer.
· Look for Jockeys riding for the best stables.
· Look for a rider to get on well with one particular horse or rides a course particularly well.
· A rider having bad luck, and is trying to re-establish his reputation.
· An apprentice riding some winners and starting to be booked for decent rides.
· A rider challenging for the Jockeys Title.A jockey can win the Derby yet in the next race finish well down the field, tactics must be right but it's the horse that brings home the victory, better still an excellent combination of horse and rider getting the very best out of each other to win the day.


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A gynecologist who was recently fired for secretly filming his female patients was found dead in his Maryland home after committing suicide.
Dr Nikita Levy, who worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital for two decades up until last week, is suspected of covertly taking pictures and shooting videos of his exposed patients.
Levy was found dead by police who arrived at his Towson home at 7am on Monday morning in a suspected suicide. They would not reveal his cause of death except to say that neither a gun or knife was used.
The 54-year-old doctor had not been charged with any crime, but his lawyer confirmed that he was representing Levy at the time of his death.
Levy had worked as a doctor at the prestigious school's East Baltimore Medical Center in their gynecology and obstetrics department.
His trove of patients received a letter last week notifying them that he would no longer be working at the practice, but many are infuriated by the fact that a key piece of information was left out.
The letter did not mention anything about the allegations against him, leaving out the fact that a co-worker discovered that the doctor was using personal recording devices to capture his patients in their most vulnerable moments.
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If you can notice odors outside your yard around your home, and it smells like raw sewage, you'll want to call a sewer contractor. Inhaling waste is dangerous for all occupants of the home and the people around you and you need to find out if you have a leak.
The sewer contractors are going to do a fast inspection to see what is going on. The ground may be toxic and polluted, and you can get fined if you don't deal with the problem quickly. Here is what needs to happen right away.
The sewage contractor can take a camera and put it through the pipes in your home to see what is going on throughout the pipes that lead to the septic tank, and then they can look in the tank. They will see if the tank is damaged or the pipes are cracked. If the tank is overflowing because it's full, it will be pumped and they will look for other potential problems.
If there are cracks in the septic tank the tank will need to be emptied and repaired. If there are damages so extreme they can't be repaired, you'll have to pay for a new tank. If the pipes are damaged the sewer contractor may be able to repair the pipes with a trenchless liner that slides through the existing pipe. This depends on how bad the damages are and if the liner can be supported by the existing damaged pipe.
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If your pipes are badly damaged they ground will have to be dug up and they will have to be replaced. Make sure that you only allow professionals do this type of work, especially if there is waste leaking into the ground around the pipes and the tank. Have the contractors fix tree roots and other problems while the ground is dug up.
You don't have a lot of time to get multiple quotes if sewage is leaking through the pipes or tank into the ground around your home. If you want more than one estimate, make sure that you get a hold of the different companies and have them come over as fast as possible so you can compare quotes. You'll want to see if any of the ground needs to be dug up and hauled away, or if sand or soil needs to be brought in to help absorb the problem. For more information, contact Lutzky Contracting.


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Water Features & Lighting
Nothing brings a garden to life as effectively as water whether it is still or moving. It does not necessarily have to be a pond or pool, there are many options available including children friendly features. However it is important that the chosen feature compliments the style of garden.
There are many materials available when constructing different styles of water feature from preformed pools and reservoirs, to varying quality of liners used to form large ponds or lakes. When considering the installation of any type of water feature it is important to research it thoroughly.
It is not merely a matter of installation of the water feature but also the need to plan for a healthy and balanced water system designed specifically for the needs of whoever is to enjoy the pool – plants, fish, wildlife or people, or some combination of these parties.
Lighting can extend the enjoyment of the garden well into the evening, and can be used to dramatic effect for highlighting features within the garden. It is important when incorporating lighting into the garden that the fixtures and fittings are suitable for the area, and that it is installed and checked by a qualified tradesperson.


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"Here's Jimmy"
It's official, Jimmy Fallon is the new "Tonight Show" host. NBC will announce today the Jay Leno will be replaced as the late night show's host. Mr. Fallon will take over the show after NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
The relationship between Mr. Leno and the network have never been more than cordial at best. Leno left the show in 2009 after disagreements with NBC. Conan O'Brien hosted the show for 8 months. He left and Leno returned.
Giving a reason for his comeback, Leno made the following statement:
But Mr. Leno said in an interview: "The main difference between this and the other time is I'm part of the process. The last time the decision was made without me. I came into work one day and — you're out." This time around "there really aren't any complications like there were the last time," he added. "This time it feels right."
Jimmy Fallon, who is the present host of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon", will not have to move. When he takes over the show, it will be moved back to its original location at 30 Rock, in New York City.
Joked Fallon, 38: "I'm really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow."
Although tensions had escalated between Steve Burke, the chief executive of NBC Universal, none appeared to exist between the two late night hosts.
Amid the overheated rumors of the past month, Mr. Fallon said he and Mr. Leno talked frequently and made sure they remained on friendly terms. "I have nothing but respect for Jay," Mr. Fallon said. "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have a show to be taking over."
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The Tennyson High School Social Studies Department received a $5,000 Diverse Democracy Grant that has allowed them to organize a series of events in partnership with the League of Women Voters. With this grant, students have organized a voter registration drive and a Mayoral Candidate Forum Luncheon with Mayor Halliday and Councilman Salinas.
On November 6, they will hold a mock student election. Other activities include an art contest to encourage voting, voter registration internships and another voter registration drive in the spring. Our youth are the next generation of leaders, so let's applaud their effort in becoming civically engaged at such a young age.


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This has been a crazy week for me full of family stuff. My Mother is going in for surgery(good vibes, good thoughts, or healing prayers for her are welcome and appreciated) and I have been trying to help her out a bit before she goes in because she has a month or two of recovery time ahead of her. That will be taking up much of my time for the next few weeks but I am going to do my best to fit in some crafting and art time too. I have my camera with me and spring has definitely sprung so I look forward to capturing some of the beauty I see around me. There are some beautiful trees, that I think my Mom said were ornamental pears, that have beautiful white blossoms on them.
I do have a few things to report for my Craft or Bust update:
- I wrote a description/caption for the photograph that I entered into the Spanish Village Foundation's 2nd annual photography competition. The theme this year is My San Clemente.
- I have, in my hot little hands, two books I was able to get from the library: 1.) Spinning in the Old Way by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts and 2.) Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool by Abby Franquemont. I am so excited to have these to read while I spend time waiting at the hospital.
- I am going to include in my CoB update something that I did that is inspirational to me. I got to see Kellianna perform live! I first heard her music on the Celtic Myth Podshow and I find her voice captivating. Hearing her in person was a magical experience for me, not only because I got to share the experience with my Mom, but it was like the music I have been listening to came alive before my eyes. Her voice is powerful, beautiful and seductive sound. Can you tell I am hooked?
- I also got to see a friend that I hadn't seen in six years. We were able to sit, have a latte and catch up a bit. She has a beautiful family and I was blessed to spend a little time with them too. I let her daughter use my camera and she took an awesome photo! She has a great eye! I'm impressed 🙂
- I am excited to say "I survived 3 months of Craft or Bust 2010". Check out the official Craft or Bust Rules here.
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General News of Saturday, 8 December 2018
Source: Myjoyonline.com
The last flagbearer aspirant of the opposition National Democratic Congress has picked up his nomination form on the deadline day Saturday.
Goozie Tanoh who made a return to the NDC after he broke away to form the Reform party said he is better placed to lead the NDC to victory in 2020.
So far eight persons have picked forms to contest the party's primaries slated for January 26, 2019. They include ex-president John Mahama who was the first to pick, Prof Joshua Alabi, Nurideen Iddrisu, former Trades Minister Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah and Sylvester Mensah.
Former Kumasi Mayor Kojo Bonsu and Elipklim Agbamava who were part of the eight aggrieved aspirants who petitioned the party's Council of Elders over the cost of filing fees have both withdrawn from the race with the latter declaring his support for ex-president John Mahama.
Shortly after picking the form, Saturday, the Goozie Tanoh team has hit the Central Region to campaign vigorously towards the January elections.
His campaign spokesperson, Eric Willimeg in an interview with Joy News declared: "now we are ready to compete and win the primaries and lead the party to victory."
He, however, called for free and fair election.
"We believe it is going to be free and fair election and that the electoral committee that will be formed will not have strange names entering. That is our concern.
"We believe that when it is free and fair we will sail through," he said.
Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Peter Otokunor promised fair elections.
I can assure you that no constituency executive can influence the electoral process. All the election in all the 276 centers is fully conducted by the Electoral Commission.
All that we are supposed is to establish an electoral committee to supervise the activities across the country.
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Customer Journeys as a Differentiator
The customer experience is about ensuring all customer touchpoints support the organisation's narrative and are customer centric instead of operation oriented.
Imagine logging in to the Communication Service Provider (CSP) ecommerce platform to upgrade your current service bundle. After browsing and finding the right package, you still have questions. What to do next? Imagine your CSP gives you the possibility to go to a different platform but, because it is older and less technologically advanced, the look and feel is different and the experience changes:
- You struggle to find an answer
- You believe calling the contact centre means waiting and having to explain everything several times
It is still the same company but, from a customer journey perspective, it is something else.
Being able to engage customers through different channels not only opens the organization to the world but also adds to the bottom-line.
However, this opportunity can become a threat when it is badly executed leading to a dissonant experience. One of the areas where this is more evident is in organisations that force customers to learn how to interact using a manifold of applications that are not consistent. The company logo is the same but such a poor experience, instead of building brand equity, destroys it.
From transactions to customer journeys
In a not so recent past, the majority of interactions between organisations and customers occurred in the retail shop. Then came the contact centre and other channels, delivering a cross channel experience.
Still, each channel was an island, owned by different teams, operating under a specific set of processes, department bound. These channels acted mainly as pipes, duping interaction data into central CRM systems, often not available to people on the field, those who really need information to provide a better customer experience.
Today, we have entered a new Age where companies thrive not only because they have the best solutions but also because they offer the best service and put their customer at the centre of the business. By integrating all channels and prioritizing journeys over transactional experiences, companies are now in a position to deliver a truly omnichannel experience.
Celfocus Customer eXperience eXcellence Methodology
Customer experience includes all aspects of the interaction with the company, its services, products and touchpoints.
Celfocus uses a research and delivery framework, engaging design from the customer's perspective. This is a cornerstone of how Celfocus believes a great experience can be achieved.
One of the key principles of Celfocus' projects is to involve key stakeholders in the design process, which not only improves the project's output but also facilitates the decision-making process.
The Design team is involved in the project's early stages, working together with the Functional Analysis team. While functional analysts focus on the business, Customer Experience Designers are focused on customers' needs.
Combining these two streams with inputs from the technical team results in a customer centric solution, responding to business goals and technical feasibility.
The 3 Ds approach
Celfocus Methodology includes three distinctive phases:
- Discover: Where Celfocus' designers immerse in the project to get the background needed to understand customer´s needs and goals.
- Define: Covering a broad exploration of possibilities for serving the unmet needs revealed in the previous phase and moving through ideation, multiple-prototyping and concept enrichment. This is a collaborative and iterative phase with active customer participation, resulting in the project scope definition, features and functionalities.
- Develop: Where Customer Experience Designers create the visual designs and assets to deliver to the development team, demonstrating what the solution will look like when going live.


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Chalk up another small victory for intollerance and appeasement!Originally Posted by Ray
Wahabis at work?
It shows that inspite of claims that the Middle East is more rational than the Saudis wahabis, this proves that the Wahabis are supreme. Hence, the havoc and insanity will continue.
Kuwait minister quits before immoral concert quiz
Kuwait, Jan. 2 (Reuters): Kuwaits information minister resigned today, one day before he was due to be questioned in parliament mainly over allowing immoral western-style concerts in the Muslim country.
Mohammad Abulhasan handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the state news agency KUNA reported, but did not say whether it had been accepted. I handed in my resignation ... not to avoid serving my country or in fear of political questioning, but to protect my country from political discussions, skirmishes and wrangling from which we would all lose, KUNA quoted Abulhasan as saying.
Sheikh Sabah said that labour minister Faisal al-Hajji would oversee the information ministry for the time being, KUNA said.
Abulhasan, the only Shia minister in the 18-member cabinet, was due to be questioned tomorrow by some Islamist MPs over allegations including neglect of social values after he approved music concerts deemed un-Islamic by critics.
Sheikh Sabah has warned that the questioning, demanded by Islamist Sunni MPs, could lead to sectarian rifts in the tiny oil-rich Gulf Arab state if it were mishandled.
Shias make up one-third of the pro-western countrys native population of 950,000 and hold five seats in the 50-member parliament.
Islamist MPs and religious figures protested last year against a concert by artists participating in a popular televised Arab talent show. They also asked unrelated men and women be segregated at concerts, as required by Islamic law.
Chalk up another small victory for intollerance and appeasement!Originally Posted by Ray
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. - Anais Nin
This is the point how disservice is being done to Islam.
It was said on this forum that the Middle East Arabs except the Saudis are very tolerant etc. We believed it. Now, it turns out that they are as intolerant as the Wahabis. Thus, it becomes difficult to believe anything that is stated in favour of Arabs and their form of Islam.
Therefore, it is doing the greatest disservice by running away from the truth or giving a rosy picture when it is not.
Banning of a Western concert doesn't indicate tolerance or does it? After all, music does not kill. It fact, it is believed that music can sooth the beast.
Therefore, it would be ideal to be used on the fundamentalists.
The disservice by not been close to the fact when it was said that the Middle East Arabs are
Surprisingly, it is happening in Kuwait for which the West has done a whole lot of sacrifice including saving them from the clutches of Saddam Hussein!
What's wrong with Western music? Of course if nude girls were there on show, then that is a different matter.
I agree that in Islam music is a taboo, but then ther is also a counter statement that it isn't.
If Arabic music is acceptable, then what is the harm in more exposure to the population by having western music?
Double standards? Or have I got it wrong?
You people assumed arabs where regular people?
Who tricked you into beleving that?
If your ever gonna find chilled out muslims it's gonna be in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh.
Everywhere else.....far too "religious".
What we need is to export weed intot he middle east...i urge the USA to push for legislation to legalise cannabis in the M.e and make my day as well as save the world.
Can you imagine the killing i'd make!!
It's ridiculous, ban this, ban that......it is double standards.
Araab musik okay.....western music not? What is that about?
Okay so if they protested DMX concerts i might see reason........
Despite Zia, MMA everything...Bollywood is still massive in Pakistan, the moments it's legalised you'll have 150 million customers for it straight away. Music is a BIG thing in Pakistan, however wherever MMA has gone it's left it's dirty mark.
A Pakistani minister banned a concert at a uni in Lahore, protesting the "dancing", last year!
Only AJK truly survives....you can drive around blasting your metz & trix, RDB, Rap, Qwaali, whatever you want....nobody is gonna look twice.
I won't go into who wrote that non Saudi Arabd were good guys. Search and you will find that post.
In so far as Kashmiris are concerned, I like them a lot. I have been in Kashmir from 1951.
In one of my articles I wrote about the Kashmiri psyche and it was appreciated widely.
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Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4
The St. Jude Bereavement Music Ministry is a group of men and women from the parish volunteering their time to sing during funeral Masses and vigil services. While this is a ministry of the church, it is also a precious gift to the family of the deceased. The purpose of this team is to honor our brother or sister in Christ by sharing His gift of song as prayer. You do not have to be an active member of the weekend choirs to be involved. Please contact Nina McKay for more information.


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Congratulations to the newest members of the Roasters Guild Executive Council. These members will take a very active role in shaping the future of this organization, its programs, its initiatives, and its membership. We thank them for their commitment to the Roasters Guild. They will begin their 2 year term immediately following the SCAA Event in Portland this April. Welcome aboard!
Jacob Anderson, Caribou Coffee Co.
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Richard Nixon Proves Personal Transit Actually can Work
There have been a lot of Personal Rapid Transit schemes proposed recently; this writer ignored them as being a particularly dopey and expensive way to get people out of their own cars; they won't work in low densities because people will have to drive to get to them; in high densities why not make comfortable buses or streetcars and get far higher capacities. They seem like nothing other than an overpriced way of giving people the privacy of their car and the ability to avoid sharing transit with other people who might make us nervous at great public expense and simply converting the fuel from gas to coal via electricity.
Then we learn from the New York Times that in certain circumstances they work quite well; at West Virginia University in Morgantown, Richard Nixon funded a demonstration project that has been running since 1975, slightly over budget as it was projected to cost US$ 13.7 and ended up ten times that. It is running point to point between two campuses of the University and serving students, so there is a relatively dense, car poor audience at each end. It has never had a serious injury and is running 98% of the time.
So it can work, under certain circumstances, with Nixonian dollars paying for it. Otherwise, we agree with transportation consultant Jonathan Richmond: ""The infrastructure requirements are such that it is not realistic to think it could be adopted in highly developed U.S. cities." ::New York Times


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Home > Conditions > Shoulder > Frozen shoulder
Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, causes pain and stiffness within the shoulder. As time passes, the shoulder becomes very difficult to move. Frozen shoulder occurs in about 2% of the general population. It most often affects people between 40 and 60 years of age, and occurs in women more frequently than men.
Your shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint comprised of three bones: your upper arm bone (humerus), your shoulder blade (scapula), as well as your collarbone (clavicle). The head of the upper arm bone fits into a shallow socket inside your shoulder blade. Strong connective tissue, referred to as the shoulder capsule, surrounds the joint. To assist your shoulder to move more easily, synovial fluid lubricates the shoulder capsule along with the joint.
In frozen shoulder, the shoulder capsule thickens and becomes tight. Stiff bands of tissue – called adhesions – develop. On most occasions, there's less synovial fluid inside the joint. The hallmark sign of this disorder is not being able to move your shoulder – either by yourself or through the help of another person. It develops in three stages:
• Freezing – In the "freezing" stage, you slowly acquire more and more pain. As the pain worsens, your shoulder loses the ability to move. Freezing typically lasts from 6 weeks to 9 months.
• Frozen – Painful symptoms may possibly improve throughout this stage, however the stiffness remains. Over the 4 to 6 months of the "frozen" stage, everyday living can be quite difficult.
• Thawing – Shoulder motion slowly improves through the "thawing" stage. Complete return to normal or near normal strength and motion normally takes from 6 months to 2 years.
The causes of frozen shoulder are not fully understood. There is no clear connection to arm dominance or occupation. A few factors may put you more at risk for developing frozen shoulder.
Pain from frozen shoulder is generally dull or aching. It is normally worse at the beginning of the onset of the condition when you move your arm. The discomfort is normally located above the outer shoulder area and quite often the upper arm.
• Frozen shoulder generally improves with time, although it could take as long as 3 years.
• The main focus of chiropractic treatment is to manage pain and restore motion and strength through physical rehabilitation.
• Greater than 90% of patients improve with relatively simple chiropractic treatments to regulate pain and restore motion.


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So far, DC and 23 out of 50 U.S. states have legalized medical marijuana, but the debate about its safeness and efficiency is continuing.
Proponents claim medical marijuana can treat symptoms of a number of diseases and disorders, including glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS. They cite multiple scientific studies, government reports, and facts about the medicinal use of marijuana throughout world history.
Opponents argue that marijuana is a dangerous addictive drug that leads to harder drug use and can damage human body, especially lungs, immune system, and, when it comes to recreational use, also the brain.
So what are the pros and cons of medical marijuana? Let us look a bit closer at the debate.
Medical marijuana can provide lots of health benefits, especially if it is not consumed by smoking but by vaping or ingesting. In this case, the patient avoids getting lung and throat damage by the hot particles that happens with tobacco smoking.
Based on a number of studies, here are some pros of marijuana:
Although medical marijuana is legal in some states, its use and possession are still illegal in others. In fact, the federal government still classifies cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, and if an officer finds marijuana in your possession, you may get penalties.
When it comes to the legalization of marijuana, there is quite a big difference between discussing the benefits of medical and recreational cannabis, though there are some arguments that cover cannabis use in general:
Moreover, there is the issue of unlicensed marijuana that may provide damage to human health because of the dangerous chemicals it may contain.
Unfortunately, scientific studies on marijuana that could prove some of the arguments right or wrong meet a lot of restrictions. While cannabis is still considered a Schedule I drug, widespread studies on the issue are unlikely to happen.