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£12,000 donated to Southampton Children's Hospital Charity by Southern Co-op colleagues
Southampton colleagues at co-operative retail stores have grouped together and raised £12,000 for a charity close to their hearts.
Epic running events, cake sales, funding donations, face painting, fancy dress and a pink Harley Davidson bike – just a few of the fundraising activities Southern Co-op colleagues carried out in 2018 fundraising for Southampton Children's Hospital Charity.
The Store Manager at Southampton's City Gateway, Dean Millar, has been the driving force behind supporting the charity after all three of his children were born at its sister hospital Princess Anne.
Last year he took part in the ABP 10k run and the Great South Run but he is already planning to do one better – the ABP half marathon in May.
Dean said: "I did a lot of work to raise money for the hospital as I'm passionate about it and supporting good causes. I try to support as many as I can and always have a number of projects I want to assist with.
"Over the last few years, I have encouraged our other Southampton stores to get involved with the hospital and we have gone from just one store supporting them to four.
"We have got a really good relationship with the hospital charity and it is always good to raise awareness of their special cause. It really is a special place which means so much to so many people."
The total raised from January 2018 to January 2019 came to £11,960.
In 2018, the stores which supported Southampton Children's Hospital included Archers Road, City Gateway, Commercial Road, and West End's High Street.
Jeneen Thomsen, Head of Major Gifts at Southampton Hospital Charity, said: "A huge thank you to Southern Co-op for championing the Children's Emergency and Trauma Department appeal at Southampton Children's Hospital.
"Thank you to all the stores and colleagues for choosing the appeal, for helping to raise awareness of our vision and to raising a incredible amount to help us get to our goal.
"We have all loved working with such committed and enthusiastic team and hope to continue working together to help bring the very best to those who need it across the south."
Southern Co-op's stores support the charity as part of its community engagement programme 'Love Your Neighbourhood'.
This initiative addresses four key social themes for promoting: 'Greener', 'Healthier', 'Safer', and 'More Inclusive' neighbourhoods.
To support Dean's upcoming marathon, visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dean-millar4. Or to find out more about Southern Co-op's commitment to the local community, visit www.thesouthernco-operative.co.uk/makingadifference/.


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"I'll wait here, you're crazy."
The narrator is staying at home in whatever other town they live in. He's telling his friend that going to Hollywood is a crazy idea.
"Those vicious streets are filled with strays.
You should have never gone to Hollywood. "
Describing the streets as "vicious" shows how much of a dog-eat-dog place it is. If you don't make it then it's very unforgiving and you have to join the aimless "strays" wandering the streets hoping to make a break but not going anywhere.
"They find you to time you,
Say you're the best they've ever seen."
Initially the friend gets some kind of help. They're told they will be a star so they sign their lives away for nothing to an agent or producer who just wants a fast buck and will drop them like a hot potato the moment they stop being profitable.
"I wrote you and told you,
You were the biggest fish out here.
You should have never gone to Hollywood."
The narrator keeps in contact with his friend, standing by his earlier advice on staying at home. While the person who went to Hollywood might have some talent at what they do and they were the best in their hometown, against the titans in Hollywood they don't look as good, they're not the "biggest fish" anymore.
"They take you and make you,
They look at you in disgusting ways."
In almost any industry, the top stars (especially women) are sexualised far beyond what any normal person ever is. Even for the people who do make it big, they're still being exploited for titillation. Looking in disgusting ways could also reference how they look at this person and just see how much money can be made off them and nothing else matters or it might imply that the person has failed and had to resort to stripping or even prostitution to pay the bills (which is far from unheard of in Hollywood).
"I was standing on the wall feeling ten feet tall.
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard."
This is stepping out from the original story and talking about Malakian's childhood. As kids, when he and his friends jumped up on a particular high wall they could see Hollywood's seedy underbelly in the form of pimps, hookers, drug dealers etc. A lot of them were the people who had wanted to be movie stars or musicians and now they're standing on corners smoking cigarettes ("fags") all day.
"Phony people come to pay.
Look at all of them, back to stay.
Phony people come to pray."
He's just saying that Hollywood is like the holy land for phony people. They can't resist it, they keep coming "back to stay" despite the fact that they suffer there ("pay").


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Former deputy leader criticises party's performance in wake of the anti-Semitism scandal
Labour's election results were "not nearly good enough" in the wake of the anti-Semitism scandal, the party's former deputy leader has said.
Harriet Harman urged the party leadership to look to the success of newly-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who "reached out beyond Labour's core base".
The party needs to be "doing better" if it has a chance of getting into government in 2020, she warned.
"I think we are all very clear that, although we are one point ahead of the Tories in the share of the vote in the elections – compared to we were seven points behind last year in the general election – that is not nearly good enough," Ms Harman told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
Jeremy Corbyn ordered his MPs to cut out public criticism of his leadership as he defended the party's recent performance at the ballot box at a meeting on Monday night.
The Labour leader directly confronted unrest in the ranks fuelled by last week's election results when he addressed the weekly gathering of his MPs and peers at Westminster.
He conceded that the party was "not yet doing enough" to win back power in 2020 and acknowledged the need to broaden the appeal of his message – but insisted things were moving in the right direction.
Mr Khan, whose victory in the London mayoral contest provided the Opposition with an eye-catching result, was greeted with cheers as he arrived at the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) meeting.
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Following on the Health Story!!
So I was inundated with responses to my last post re, "can we get healthier?" Not. Lol. A few of you read about it as my blog gives me data on readership numbers. So I know some read it and Dean put a cool reply/additional info up there, did you see that?
To be fair I rambled a bit about drugs and GMO's and trace elements….in fact the trace element story I want to continue. It's really important. As humans we are seriously depleted cell-wise. Our cells are where it starts for us. Within each cell there are chromosomes which are constructed from DNA. These cells can have the structure (chromosomes/DNA) altered or "expressed" in different ways. "Gene expression" is how cells can be coded to behave. Healthy cells will continue to be healthy cells as long as gene expression is not altered in a negative way.
What things can alter gene expression negatively? Carcinogens (smoke, asbestos, some gases, petroleum products, some plastics specifically in the triangle on plastics with 3 or 7) are a major negative influence but so is stress. Stress creates a cortisol-dominant environent and cortisol is not a healthy hormone to have present in abundance. I have blogged about that in my last post.
The big one for me is poor diet. Yes we can eat badly and get fat and have various issues with that but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about "maintenance". As you would maintain your worldly possessions (homes, vehicles, children, pets etc) you MUST MAINTAIN YOURSELVES!!
Huh? Well our bodies are complex pieces of kit, far more complex than any computer ever built and (please), ever will be built! More complex than any other life-form we know of (well, that we've been made officially aware of…). So maintenance of this awesome piece of kit that we are. A homo sapien maintenance kit, "homo sapien maintenance for dummies". Sure we exercise and we eat right, correct?
Kind of. As you Ufitters (www.ufit.com.sg) out there know, our style of training is way different to most so check that box! But eating well…..well I don't know about that. We must eat a broad spectrum of organic food and drink a lot less alcohol and caffeine if we're to get anywhere close to a decent diet. One that can replenish not only the fats, carb and protein but also all the trace elements we need for optimal maintenance. If we don't get everything well what's going to happen? The answer is similarly to what would happen if you didn't top up the oil in the car, didn't add water to the cooling system or didn't put grease on the axles – it wouldn't work properly and eventually would fail. Same For Us!!
We needn't degenerate as quickly as we do. Seriously. We can live longer, more productive lives by paying attention to the detail. In this case for all of us it's our diets. Eat well. Forget fancy expensive restaurants wanting your money for ordinary food dressed up with sauces and what-have-you to trick your taste buds. Forget cheap food-court rubbish that's convenient but dangerous! Eat Well! And you must supplement. I'm so sorry to tell you but you MUST!! If you don't, the trace elements missing from your diet will initiate an ultimately catastrophic demise of cell structure leading to failures upstream. Too many to mention. If you want advice, you know who to call.
How can you get healthier?
It's been an age since I blogged, if you're reading this and have a question or a topic in mind, please feel free to ask. I'm an open-minded kind of guy, I'll be put on the spot and suck it up, so go ahead and ask! Today however I am briefly going to ask you guys some questions with a hope that it stimulates some debate or at least questions back to me!
Firstly when I was a young bloke, a looooong time ago, I learnt about the elements of the periodic table. All those letters making up the 100+ elements science has discovered from ancient times (lead, tin, silver etc) through to very recent discoveries some of them in the 1980's. I was given an interesting book several years ago as a matter of fact. The book is entitled, "Nutritional Medicine" and is written by Dr Stephen Davies and Dr Alan Stewart (Pan Books). Page 44 of the book has a table listing all the elements and their amounts in an optimised human body! Everything from what you would expect, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen….through to zinc, fluorine, chromium even chlorine!
All of these elements perform vital functions in the human body. I'm sure most would appreciate calcium helps form bones but what about say chromium? Well it turns out chromium is vital in balancing blood-sugar so the implications for diabetics is huge. In fact a lot of nutritional supplements for diabetics have chromium as a major ingredient.
What does this mean? Does it mean boost chromium levels and don't get diabetes? Well the food companies tell us to drink milk (cos it has calcium) for stronger bones. Actually spinach has more calcium and unlike cows milk, our bodies can digest and process spinach far more successfully than milk! But I'm hoping you're seeing the point here.
A lot of our health issues can be tracked back to deficiencies in our nutrient profiles – yes we need fats, protein and carbohydrates, which is what most of us focus on food-wise but just as essentially we need vitamins and minerals. In fact as food becomes less nutritious (see earlier blogs re white rice, bread, pasta etc and the role of poor soils, pesticides/insecticides and added hormones and steroids), supplementing vitamins and minerals becomes ESSENTIAL!!
A guy who I have much repect for is Patrick Holford. He is an author, speaker and founder of the Centre for Optmium Nutrition in London. He states that nutritionists will become the doctors of this new century. Why? Because he says the medical profession has been hijacked by Big Pharma, the guys that make the drugs which we continue to gulp down at an (increasingly) alarming rate. Well, I don't. But many do.
How many of you reading this want to eat organic as much as you can? And similarly don't like what Monsanto and others are doing with Genetically Modified Oganisms (GMO's)? But do you continue to take drugs? And give them to your kids as well? Do you see a conflict there? You should because it's there staring at you! Drugs alter gene expression and they mask our hormonal responses to illnesses. So they interrupt our bodies attempts to heal itself which in the right environment does happen. Chemotherapy smashes all targetted cells, healthy and cancerous and then the body takes over and heals itself – that's how it works, seriously.
Why not eat healthy, now. Why not supplement, now. RESTRICT animal fat (contains insecticide/pesticide residue plus saturates), eat more fruit and vegetables, look for alternative medicines and drink more water!
Debate, please!!


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Fan in Kevin Durant jersey switched to Damian Lillard jersey
Changing jerseysduring NBA games is apparently becoming a trend.
During the Trail Blazers' 125-108 win over the Warriors on Friday night, a fan was caught putting on a Damian Lillard jersey over his Kevin Durant jersey while sitting next to another fan in a Steph Curry jersey.
The weird thing about the video is after putting on the Blazers jersey, he appears to place a Warriors hat on his head while standing up, which kind of defeats the entire purpose of switching teams.
I'd now like to see Warriors players' reactions to this clip.
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Wirnet Station
The Wirnet Station is a robust, performant and highly reliable outdoor LoRaWAN gateway for smart IoT network.
Introduced in 2014, the Wirnet Station was the first LoRaWAN gateway commercially available on the market worldwide.
Based on LoRa® technology, this gateway is since a leading reference for the deployment of resilient public and private operated networks. It is available in most global unlicensed frequency bands (like ISM ones) and is proposed through ruggedized, compact and light casing, making it easy to install and deploy.
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This long-range and low-power gateway offers 49 LoRa® demodulators over 9 channels and comes with exclusive features for its remote monitoring and management with Kerlink network operations solutions, the Wanesy Management Center
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Its ruggedized and streamlined design brings together optimized embedded processing capabilities, advanced remote monitoring options, and enhanced radio network configuration, easy to operate even for non-telecom users.
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Wirnet Station in the IoT chain
Embedded Base Station Controller and Radio Network Controller, for remote operations
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Stephanie Darling traces the new jungle-nail trend and sings the praises of a cult CC cream with serious summer-coverage cred.
Jungle Nails The military-fashion trend has thrown up all sorts of accessories, among them nail colours in every shade of green under the sun, including pastel apple, camouflage khaki and mint. Paint up a storm and get out on parade.
Road test
This week I try ... Tibetan sound-healing treatment
The lowdown The thing I love about this column is that I get to try all sorts of intriguing therapies. To wit, a Tibetan Sound Healing Treatment with Warm Water Therapy, which combines deep vibrations and soothing sounds with Tibetan metallic bowls that "sing" when rubbed or struck along their rims. I lie on my back as the practitioner, Phoebe, strums the bowls, and then places one filled with warm water onto my chest. As the treatment progresses, she moves the bowl onto my belly, then my legs, all the while keeping the bowls gonging. Th e process is repeated on my back.
Pain factor The sensation takes a little getting used to, but once I was in the zone, it was quite blissful.
Downtime One hour.
Results I felt a bit trippy at the end, then deeply relaxed. I just wanted to get home and tumble into bed. I slept better than I have for a long time that night, and woke really refreshed.
Where to get it Sydney: Tibetan Sound Healing, tibetansoundhealing.com.au. Cost: $120. Melbourne: Resonate Sound Massage, resonate soundmassage.com.au. Cost: $75.
At home Relax the eye and forehead area with a lavender and fl axseed-filled Eye Pillow, $37, tibetansoundhealing.com.au.
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Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
350 points Taming & KO
Make sure you don't shoot it in the head, it has a reduced torpidity output so it costs a lot more arrows/stone to knock it out.
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13 points Taming & KO
They can definitely (and deftly) climb the rocks that I can climb.... just FYI.
775 points Taming & KO
If you get in a fight with a couple of trikes, you'll see their head is adorned with 3 spikes, but there's no need to fear, just attack from the rear whilst using a really long pike.
278 points Taming & KO
To tame one of those early game you just need to get yourself a slingshot (You can get the engram at Level 5), a low Level Trike (Level 1 - 30) and to be safe around 40 Stones. Then find some Trees and attack the Trike with your Slingshot then use a Hit and Run Technique. It should be much easier because the Trike gets stuck in the Trees and has to get around them. Which gives you enough time to shot him some times with your Slingshot. Once he is unconcious you just have to gather Berries. Use Mejoberries for a higher level after taming. Keep an eye on the Trike's Torpor(You find it in the bottom right hand corner in its Inventory). Once it drops on 0 your Trike will wake up and you have to knock it out again. To raise its Torpor you need to put Narcoberries in its Inventory, click on them and then click on the Remote use item Button (Each Narcoberry adds 8 Torpor). In the Dododex App you can Look how many Slingshot-Shots, Narcoberries and Mejoberries your Trike needs. Good Luck!
161 points Taming & KO
Easy to tame so just tame it. It's the most iconic herbivore dinosaur of all time, and let's be honest.. The just generally the best dinosaur there is. Tame one, and call it Dexter :)


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Meet some of the 300,000 people living with a rare disorder in New Zealand. If you would like to share your personal story tell us here.
Carol-Anne's story
I believe we deserve the same respect as anyone else - we shouldn't have to fight to get available treatments funded.
Malany's story
I only wish that the quality of mine and other's lives could be improved with a bit more care and funding.
Natalie's story
We all just assumed that NZ would follow suit and were devastated when PHARMAC decided to defer their decision.
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DNA testing can't match my strain and testing isn't advanced enough for that to be a possibility in my lifetime.
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What would be great is if doctors had more understanding towards parents.
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The first book is Translucent Databases. This book contains an innovative and viable approach to securing databases, and one that I've not encountered anywhere else. In a nutshell the author provides techniques, based on standard SQL and Java, for securing sensitive data without restricting general access of less sensitive data to authorized users. The core of this approach is based on encryption and one-way functions, including PKI and secure hashing, and accepted authentication techniques such as digital signatures.
What makes this book unique is that while it's based on solid theoretical ground, the material is practical. As the techniques are discussed they are illustrated by 15 different scenarios, all of which contain problems faced by e-commerce, HIPAA and other high security environments, and code examples that show how to solve the problems. I like the way the author shows how to implement his solutions in common database environments (PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle - the approach should also work in the MS SQL Server environment). As I read this book I saw interesting possibilities for implementing role-based access controls and securing against SQL-based statistical attacks using the author's approach.
This book is essential reading for DBAs, system architects and IT security professionals, especially those in healthcare who are struggling with meeting HIPAA requirements, and in e-commerce who are challenged by protecting credit card and account information. This book shows the DBA how to secure his or her database, and the system architects and security professionals what is possible using SQL and Java. The book also has an associated web site which is supposed to have soft copies of all of the source code contained in the book. As of this entry the link to the source code is on the site, but the code itself is not yet available. When it is the value of this book will increase even more because of the time it will save by not having to manually create the code from scratch.
If you are new to the cryptographic techniques introduced in this book I recommend Cryptography Decrypted by H. X. Mel and Doris M. Baker, which is one of the best introductions to this complex subject. I also recommend reading Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier, which covers the technical, organizational and social aspects of security and gives a clear description of the technical underpinnings discussed in this book.
The second book is XML Security. Given the fact that XML is a key component of web services, and extensively used in e-commerce and enterprise applications integration, this book addresses a genuinely important topic. For one reason, XML is text-based and can expose proprietary information, which is a vulnerability for competitive intelligence specialists and corporate spying.
Before going into what the book contains it's important to know that much of the material is based on RSA's view of the security. This isn't a criticism, but an up-front statement of fact because if you're looking for a book that is 100% vendor neutral you are going to have to wait until one is written - this is the only book I know of that is solely about XML security.
The book starts with primers on security and XML to set the context. It then covers, in succession, digital signatures (chapters 4, 5 and 6), and XML encryption. These chapters are consistent with work and specifications produced by XML Signature WG (joint the Working Group IETF and W3C for digital signatures) and the W3C working group for XML Encryption.
Chapter 8 is specific to RSA products. It shows how to implement XML encryption using RSA BSAFE© Cert-J, which can be downloaded in a trial version from RSA's website. Chapter 9 covers XML key management specification, which are consistent with the W3C working group's specifications, and how XML security relates to web services.
Despite the slight bias towards RSA this book is an invaluable reference. It provides an in-depth discussion of major security issues, as well as how they are being addressed by the W3C. It goes without saying that anyone who is responsible for system architecture, design and/or security should carefully read this book.
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Summary: Porsche 1-2 once again at the top of the order, meanwhile G-Drive's Oreca, #68 Ford and Clearwater Ferrari ran quickest in their respective classes.
Neel Jani's early 3:19.733 with only 10 minutes run in the first qualifying session handed the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid provisional pole ahead of the 84th Le Mans 24 Hours. Like Free Practice, the top end of P1 ended up being a Porsche 1-2 with Timo Bernhard putting the sister #1 car second with a 3:20.203.
The fastest non Porsche during Qualifying 1, which was heavily disrupted by yellows and slow zones, was the #6 Toyota, which managed a 3:20.737 ahead of the #5, that lost track time after an issue resulted in Sebastien Buemi stopping out on the Mulsanne Straight briefly.
In fifth and sixth sat the two Audis, which had significant mechanical issues. Neither R18 took to the track at the start of the session; the #7 had a fuel connector issue and the #8 experienced a front drivetrain problem.
Both cars managed to complete 20 laps or more during the two-hour session though, but they certainly didn't showcase front-running pace. The best lap from the pair was a 3:22.462 set by Lucas Di Grassi at the end of the session in the #8, 2.7 seconds off the leading Porsche and four ahead of the quickest of the two Rebellions. Dominik Kraihamer set the R-One's fastest time in the #13, a 3:26.586.
The ByKolles CLM didn't take part in the session following the fire during Free Practice in the afternoon.
The session got under way at dot on ten with darkness just starting to descend over La Sarthe – officially a "night" session, but with just enough light remaining for perhaps half an hour's passable visibility.
In LMP2, all bar three cars were out and running from the get-go. The intermediate period between the end of free practice and start of qualifying proper had been tolerably dry – even sunny. A light misting of drizzle had swept across the track half an hour before the lights turned green, and that was just enough to take the edge off what might have been perfect conditions. Even so, the times from the first batch of meaningful flying laps were already significantly quicker than from before the break.
First to show in LMP2 was Réne Rast in the #26 G-Drive Oreca, posting a 3:38.878, a tenth to the good of Laurens Vanthoor in the #49 Michael Shank Racing Ligier, with Richard Bradley third for the #47 KCMG Oreca.
With fifteen minutes gone, only two P2 runners had yet to set flying laps; the #22 (So24!) and #43 (RGR Sport by Morand), each only managing single out-in laps. It was at about this time that Nico Lapierre clocked 3:38.418 to slip in second-quickest for Signatech Alpine's #36.
That was how things stood for the best part of half an hour, driver changes notwithstanding. Then came Nelson Panciatici in the #35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine, to oust Lapierre from second with a 3:37.175, just seven one-thousandths behind Rast's earlier best. Almost immediately, the session was red-flagged for Fisichella, gravel-hopping in the #82 RISI Competizione Ferrari GTE Pro.
The session resumed at 22:43. Notice swiftly followed that the #41 Greaves Ligier and the #48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca had each been awarded a 10 minute stop-go penalty for not slowing under the red flags during the earlier Free Practice session.
Rémy Striebig in the #28 went for a spin first-time out of the pits as he negotiated the Dunlop Chicane, beaching the car on the exit, and finding it hard to regain the track for several agonising minutes, yellow flags denoting a slow-zone either side of the beached Pegasus Morgan Nissan.
Early into the second hour there was a hairy moment for Jonny Kane in the #42 Strakka Racing Gibson Nissan, taking to the grass at speed on the fast run down towards Tertre Rouge. Kane skilfully controlling the slide and regained the track without further mishap.
For those unclear, the requirement now is that every driver completes a minimum of five full laps in the night, with a best lap that comes within 120% of the average of the best three times set by three cars of different makes in the class, and 110% of the best time set by the fastest car in the category.
Thirteen minutes, lucky for some, into the second hour and we witnessed the first significant improvement in P2 for some while; Roberto Merhi posting a 3:38.182 for the #44 Manor Motorsport Oreca 05 Nissan to move into class fourth. He'd later come under investigation for overtaking through a slow-zone.
There was heavy front and rear-end damage for the Eurasia Motorsport Oreca Nissan #33 after an off for Pu Jun Jin close by the section where Jonny Kane had gone off so harmlessly earlier just minutes before. The car ended up slewed across the track, narrowly being missed by several others until coasting to a halt, there to await the snatch vehicle's ministrations – session over for the Chinese driver.
Fifteen minutes to go, and Réne Rast posted the first real improvement that we'd seen in some time, clocking 3:36.605 for the #26 G-Drive Oreca to ease out a margin of half a second over the second-placed Baxi DC Racing Alpine. At the other end of the scale, the #22 So24! Finally emerged from the pitlane for only the second time since the session began. Jono Coleman promptly set a 3:61.241 to tag on at the end of the P2 field.
There were few other improvements before the chequered flag came out at midnight, although Merhi eased in a few extra tenths to post a 3:38.037 five minutes from the end. There was a flourish in the dying moments, with Vanthoor in the #49 and Derani in the #31 both posting better times as others were already heading for the pitman.
Réne declared that the evening was "ideal", and perhaps hoped for rain tomorrow, but felt there was plenty more to come from the car, if it was needed. He may not be the only one performing an impromptu rain dance tonight ….
GTE Pro
Ford and Ferrari utterly dominated Wednesday night qualifying in GTE Pro, going several seconds faster than the class best from Test Day and locking out the top seven positions on the timing screens. The fastest lap overall came from the Blue Oval, a 3:51.185 right at the end of the session from Dirk Muller in the #68 GT and Fords wound up first, second, fourth and fifth-quickest in the category in this two-hour session.
As with the other classes, pretty much the entire GTE Pro field made its way out of pitlane at the start of running, with continuing uncertainty over the weather putting dry laps at a premium. Air and track temps had both dropped by around five degrees since the evening free-practice session.
The pace was immediately quicker than before: a 3:52.553 from Sam Bird in the #71 Ferrari, with Harry Tincknell in the #67 Ford three tenths behind. Richie Stanaway was initially third-quickest, but a good deal slower, at 3:55.380 in the #97 Aston Martin.
Olivier Pla in the #66 Ford then turned the wick up further, clocking a 3:52.038 that was almost instantly responded to by Gimmi Bruni in the #51 Ferrari with a 3:52.090, just five hundredths slower. The bar was then lowered again by Tincknell in the #67, lopping nearly half a second off the mark with a 3:51.590. Quickest non-Ford or Ferrari runner after 15 minutes was Fred Makowiecki in the #92 Porsche, 3.7 seconds off the ultimate pace in fifth.
Ferrari had more in the bag however, a 3:51.568 from Bruni was enough to put the #51 back on top after 25 minutes of running. Around the 30-minute mark, Fisichella in the Risi Ferrari had a dramatic spin at the Porsche Curves, ending up in the gravel but not hitting the barrier. An initial yellow then became a red flag to allow for the 488 to be extracted.
Green running resumed with an hour and a quarter on the clock, with air and track temp having remained steady at around 15 and 19 degrees respectively since the start of the session. Ricky Taylor in the #63 Corvette then had a moment through Mulsanne that ended with a small bump into the tyre barrier. Further incidents for LMP2 runners resulted in local yellows and slow zones around the track that prevented lap times falling further as the session entered its final half-hour.
With 20 minutes to go, the yellows had been lifted and the track was once again clear enough to allow improvements: Ryan Briscoe in the #69 Ford took advantage to set a new benchmark of 3:51.497, while Makowiecki made the #92 Porsche the first car not a Ford or Ferrari to dip below the 3:55 mark and eighth-fastest overall. The #95 Aston was next up, ahead of the other works Porsche, while the class was propped up by the Corvettes, which seem to have been keeping their powder very dry thus far. Right at the chequered flag, Muller set his 3:51.1 lap to clinch provisional pole overnight.
GTE Am
Rob Bell posted what could become the GTE Am pole time for the Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia. The loaned McLaren works driver looked back at home in the distinctively liveried chrome Ferrari, setting fastest lap in an untroubled Free Practice session before his team mates Mok Weng Sun and Keita Sawa got themselves dialled into the Sarthe circuit for qualifying.
The #61 car's times were among the slower laps until Bell climbed aboard around the half-way point of the two hour session. Bell was soon setting sector times competitive with some of the GTE Pro field, but it took a few laps to string all three of these together to grab the 'pole' time of 3:56.827. This would remain unassailable despite the efforts of Pedro Lamy's Aston Martin later in the hour.
The #98 Aston Martin had been cause for concern for most of the day's proceedings, not exactly setting the circuit alight with its times until the ex Formula One driver reminded everyone what the Vantage was capable of and that last year's pace here had not been lost.
A 3:57.198 would be over three tenths shy of Bell's time, but three tenths quicker than the #55 AF Corse Ferrari, the predominantly British Racing Green #55 car was the first of the brace of AF Corse entries sitting third and fourth, a Ferrari 1-2-3 lockout looking quite possible until the Aston interrupted. Matt Griffin's stirling efforts early on in proceedings had actually held the top slot for the #55 458 Italia at 3:57.935, under pressure from the #83 sister car being pedalled hard by Emmanuel Collard; 3:58.177 the French veteran's best.
Fifth fastest session time went to Larbre Competition's Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, a steady session giving Pierre Ragues enough opportunity to post a string of consistent times, the best of which being 3:58.018.
The session was largely incident free for the class, but Liam Griffin's excursion deep into the gravel on a hot lap brought the #99 Aston Martin's evening to a close near the end of the two hours. The car was assisted out of the gravel on the exit of the Porsche Curves, unable to lift itself off the bottom of the times.


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The tradition of the Japanese tea ceremony is a cultural activity that began in the 9th century and has developed over the ages. The ceremony morphed from austere religious ceremonies, to extravagant tea-tasting parties hosted during the reign of the Kamakura Shogunate. From there it developed into the refined and routine practice of Chanyo.
Chinese Oil Spot Tea Bowl, Song Dynasty sold for $10,625
A Karatsu Chawan, Momoyama Period 16th C. Now live: closing March 20, 2017 The introduction of tea to Japan is attributed to the 9th century monk, Eichu. He reportedly imported the brick tea or dancha upon his return from China. This type of tea was ground using a mortar and added to hot water along with other herbs and flavorings. Japanese Nobles partook in the early tea ceremonies, and the cultivation of tea began in the Kinki region.
Tencha and matcha, both finely ground forms of tea, were later introduced to Japan during the 12th century by another Buddhist monk, Eisai again from travels in China. Eisai imported seeds that would produce a quality tea.
Tencha was initially used in religious ceremony until the Kamakura Shogunate and the Warrior Class adopted and began to indulge in the practice. The ceremony was revolutionized and transformed into a lavish event. Chadogu, or ceremonial utensils, became luxury items and the œtocha or tea-tasting parties offered grandiose gifts to the winner of the tea-tasting games.
Royal Satsuma Tea Bowl, Meiji Period, 19th C. sold for $9,120 Collectors of wares such as these appreciate their items for the simplicity of their form and muted natural color palate. Others love a splash of vibrant color that seems to surprise you as it jumps out of the glaze.
Stoneware Seto Chaire, Edo Period 17th/18th Century Now live: closing March 20, 2017. Eventually, the tea ceremony returned to a classical presentation with the rise of the Kitayama and Higashiyama Cultures. These cultures were both centered on a more elegant and refined world. These periods helped to define what we consider to be Traditional Japanese Culture.
Japanese Iron and Bronze Teapot, ca. 1900 sold for $3,781.20 The Tea Ceremony began to represent Wabi, the spiritual and internal aspects of human life. Murata Juko, a 15th century student of Zen, developed the concept of chanyo. The essence of chanyo, as Juko outlined, The Way of Tea, has four fundamental principals: harmony (wa), respect (kei), purity (sei), and tranquility (jaku). Removing itself from the lavish styles of the past the aesthetic became much starker as is evidenced here.
Large Japanese Ceramic Jar, Tamba, 16th Century sold for $5,125.00This refined ceremony is practiced in a variety of styles and etiquette or temae depending on: season, occasion, setting, and an assortment of other variables, some are formal occasions and others are a casual event. It uses a number of chadogu, which are often valuable possessions of the hosts and their guests, and are sometimes even given names out of respect for the object.
We do not see collections of Japanese tea ceremony wares come up for sale at auction very frequently. It is always a joy to observe the collecting interests, and passions of the chaire, chawan, or other objects past owner. And to have the opportunity to begin a new adventure with a piece that has been treasured and used for hundreds of years, with reverence and love. Currently live are many such items closing on April 20, 2017. View them in this auction.
Chado or the Japanese tea ceremony is now practiced by all classes. It is iconic and incorporates many facets of the lifestyles that define the Japanese Culture.


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Or did you mean that you have multiple DNS sites that are sub-domains of a particular site?
For this solution, you would need to restructure your DNS. Are you seeking a discontiguous DNS names space? Currently you have a contiguous DNS name space with:
If you restructure DNS, you may well have to redesign your entire environment, especially if you have LDAP or PKI implemented.
Some more information on what you are attempting to do would assist in developing a better answer.
you can discontinue any site by removing the site and subnet in AD sites and services and not lose AD objects. Sites are physical structures where as AD domains, OUs itself are logical structures. Usera accounts are objects within the logical domain structure. Your not changing the logical structure.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Survival, Sequins and Beauty Queens
I went to an all-girls high school, so I consider myself quite fluent in bitch. I've heard a few parents say that they're considering private school so that their kids won't have to deal with the horrible "mean girls" and high pressures. After I pick myself up off the ground laughing, well, I laugh some more. As a parent of a young girl, I get wanting to protect your own kids from that. I just don't think you can. I am not ashamed to admit that the idea of parenting a teenager scares the crap out of me, but I'll deal, she'll deal, and we'll come out of it OK. I just need to keep my head out of denial-land. Books like this are good for that.
The contestants for the Miss Teen Dream pageant have crash landed on a seemingly deserted island. The survivors need to find food, build shelter, and practice their opening number because they will be rescued anytime, right? Add some freakishly weird snakes, explosive beauty products, corporate espionage and pirates and you have a very fun romp through our image (and reality show-obsessed) society. The stereotypes start out heavy, the humor is biting, and I was a tiny bit concerned that I wouldn't care enough about the characters to hope they made it off the island. But I did, and in fact the character I first thought I'd be rooting for the most, isn't the one that ended up being my favorite. There are also some great lines - who wouldn't want to be the Che Guevara of pageants? And WWWWD ("What Would Wonder Woman Do?") should be on a t-shirt.
If Lord of the Flies showed the breakdown of society without an authoritative adult presence, Beauty Queens shows that girls might need to get away from society to find out who they are. As I think more on it, I'd add that the act of taking responsibility for yourself shows you who you are and what you're made of. Turning 18 didn't make me a mature adult - moving out, getting a job, and taking care of myself, that'll make you grow up fast. When survival is on the line, these girls find out what they are capable of, and it's more than catwalks and bikinis, although they don't want to give up the makeup counter at the mall, either. It's more about balance.
Of course, when the pirates come ashore, some of the girls swoon with the testosterone overload, but here again there is a balance. Some of the guys are good, some are jerks, it's finding the one that accepts you and wants the best for you that counts. Something some find out the hard way.
There is some ass-kicking too. Let's just say "Don't Mess with Texas" ain't just a saying.
I would recommend this for teenagers and adults, especially if you have a daughter. If mine was a teen, I'd give it to her to read.
I received an advance reader copy from Amazon Vine. [link goes to Amazon review]
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Wordless Wednesday- Sleepy Yogi
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Ok I'm catching up on many days of not reading blogs...Tell me is Yogi a Westie?ReplyDelete
So cute.
Yes! Westies are such great dog! Very smart, loyal, curious, independent and wooooweee STUBBORN!! We love him!! PollyReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! My Sadie does the same thing while I'm sewing. But she hangs out in the chair outside my doorway with her chin on the arm. She used to hang out under the chair I sit in at my machine. It must have gotten to busy for her to stay there and get a good nap. I love my Westie. Does Yogi have ATTITUDE?ReplyDelete
Oh yes, major attitude!! And we love it! How old is your Sadie? Do you have a blog?ReplyDelete
She is 7 today. I don't have a blog although I think I would like to. Your blog is saved in my favs and I enjoy reading it.ReplyDelete
Thank you sooooooo very much for taking the time to leave a comment! I am always happy to know that someone is reading my ramblings!! Polly :-)


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10 (Illegitimate) Thoughts on Bali
I was recently in Bali to celebrate life and time. During my solitary sojourn, I experienced things and had a lot of thoughts (mostly illegitimate ones). Here are some of them.
First of all, one can't help getting affected by Balinese Hinduism resonating from every single nook and corner on this Island of the Gods. Looking at a pura (a Balinese Hindu temple) that perched quaintly on top of the 70-metre-high cliff in Uluwatu, I was emotionally captivated in the spiritual world full of charm and magic (I was told that, out of respect, a Balinese building should not be taller than a pura). Each time I stumbled upon Canang Sari offerings and walked past a throne of Sanghyang Widi Wasa donned in poleng cloth, I thought to myself, "Could a place get any holier?"
Of course, one of the main reasons people keep flocking to Bali is to savour her natural splendour that it is almost a crime not to stop and admire her spectacular beaches, stunning landscape of hills and mountains, and, not to forget, extremely poetic sunsets. As I was enjoying the chilly weather in Bedugul and walking around the iconic Ulun Danu Pura built on the shore of Lake Beratan, it dawned to me that I could be in paradise. For a moment, I thought I was talking to Ida Batara Dewi Ulun Danu, the Goddess of the Lake, and then I heard myself saying, "Dear lake charmer, help me to keep going in Bali, and help me not to stop exploring this beauty."
But when I get back to reality, I saw Bali as an abroad version of Australia. I was pleasantly surprised to bump into Australia's Commonwealth Bank branches and ATMS in many tourist-packed areas (4 branches and 62 ATMs to be exact!). It was also equally comforting to hear familiar Australian accents on the street, talking in their typical high-rising intonation. Cruising along the chaotic three kilometer-long Legian Street and walking past a huge variety of western shops and modern bars, I was lost in a sea of Aussies. And I kept thinking: "Am I in Melbourne?"
As expected, Bali is so well designed for foreign tourists (Bali received more than 4 million visitors in 2015, thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love). Well, it was easy to forget that I was actually in Bali when I toured around Kuta, the most highly developed area in Bali where shopping galas, nightlife jollies and lower-end party cultures concentrate. In fact, I quickly learned to simply say "liburan" (to go on holiday) when asked by the immigration officer about my reason for visiting Bali, which made me wonder: "Would I be deported immediately if I say that I want to make money in Bali?"
Talking about money, I was endlessly lured by many strangers for massage or tour deals. I admired their persistence to say the least (one particular Ketut practiced her best diplomatic skills for good 15 minutes before walking away). Some deals were just ridiculous and costly. I remember being forced by a local guide to try lavish seafood dinner at a high-end restaurant in Jimbaran Bay. On another occasion, I was "charmed" and led to join a pricey water sports package in Tanjung Benoa. I declined politely to these deals and told myself: "You are smarter than these sneaky dealers, Hilmi!"
Yes, the thing about traveling alone is that it can be both adventurous and dangerous. I was tricked by an innocent-looking money changer in Kuta and lost Rp200,000 during the transaction. I was ripped off by a supir (a local driver) to pay some "convenient" fees for a half-day tour. No, I was not discouraged by this "street robbery" as I was learning an important lesson – Bali is full of well-rehearsed schemes and acts, both for the cunning locals and a bold naïve tourist like me. Standing at the edge of a high cliff in Uluwatu, I imagined myself shouting my heart out: "I love you, Bali, but now I am going to scheme you back!"
So this is how I schemed Bali – I made the best out of my time in Bali! And this place quickly enchanted and hallucinated me with its traditional myths. The Barong Dance, the most well-known "lion dance" in Bali, casted a spell on me with its classic story of the good (Barong) triumphing over the evil (Rangda). The Kecak Dance, a traditional Balinese "exorcism" based on the Ramayana Hindu epic, hypnotized me with its endless chanting of "cak". Accompanied with the empowering sunset, I thought I fell into a trance. I saw Laksamana, one of the characters, and asked unguardedly, "Did you come from the Malacca Sultanate?"
But when the illusion was gone and I was sober, I could sense some sort of melancholy and loneliness about Bali. I remember seeing a number of banners on the street depicting the movement against the reclamation plan for Teluk Benoa. Being a carefree visitor, I felt a tad guilty when thinking about the locals who are not happy with the government's plan to turn Bali into a giant "tourism playground". As I was admiring the dramatic Tanah Lot temple placed on a magnificent rock, I heard a distant voice saying, "Help me restore and preserve this old temple," upon which I lamented, "What a ruined and lonely world we are living in."
Alas, Bali will remain strong and mighty despite being overdeveloped. During my visit to the Monkey Forest in Alas Kedaton, I was informed that Bali has a strong underlying philosophy that protects the relationship between Man, Nature and God. This special ally with natural environment makes Bali a secured, calm and mighty place (and I had a special moment with a mighty monkey too). I particularly felt this mighty feeling when I was wandering around the Taman Ayun Temple of Mengwi. Looking at the huge royal water temple surrounded by a beautiful garden, I couldn't help thinking: "I want to build a mighty house here."
I finally realized that I had been dreaming in Bali when I was having a taste of Luwak Coffee at the Bedugul Coffee Plantation (this civet coffee is the world's healthiest and most expensive coffee). Immersed in the wonders of Bali, I think I invested too much emotion and imagination in this dreamy island that is also part of Wonderful Indonesia. As I was getting on the plane to return to Malaysia during the wee hours of the morning at the Ngurah Rai International Airport, I heard myself whispering quietly, "Thank you for safeguarding me, dear Angels of Bali. I will definitely return to keep on dreaming."
Photo: Having a moment with a mighty monkey in the Alas Kedaton Monkey Forest, Bali


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Of course, if we are approaching a three-hour delay, we may decide to accelerate the turn-round by leaving bags behind. When airlines deliberately leave behind your baggage, Simon Calder, 'the Independent', 21 MayHe imagines how passenger would react to this announcement from an airline captain:
Only half the bags have been loaded. We can either set off now, and be two hours 55 minutes behind schedule, or wait for another 10 minutes to load the remainder.Passengers would vote unanimously to wait another ten minutes. But EC261 makes such an onboard referendum unlikely, stipulating, as it does, "a blunt three-hour boundary between paying out nothing and being exposed to compensation claims amounting to tens of thousands of pounds."
You might think, as I do, that government would do better to leave this sort of micro-management to the market. But every organization, including every government agency, however well-meaning and hard-working, has as its over-arching goal self-perpetuation. Formulating, propagating and enforcing Mickey Mouse micro-objectives like the three-hour deadline doesn't help passengers, still less airlines, but it does promote the unstated (and perhaps even unconscious) goal of government: to expand its role.
A Social Policy Bond regime would be different. it would target broad goals in essential areas, such as health, crime or - at a supra-national level - war. These goals would be meaningful to ordinary people, and the agencies who take on the role of goal-achievement would have a composition and structure that would adapt to changing circumstances and expanding knowledge of the causes and effects of social problems.These organizations would subordinate all their activities to the achievement of society's goals - in stark contrast with our current policymaking system.


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Cattle ranching in Wyoming began in the 1850's but it was not until the end of the Civil War and the coming of the Union Pacific Railroad that cattle drives became big business in Cheyenne. During the Civil War marketing of range cattle in Texas was slow, creating a large buildup of cattle having little value. About the same time it was discovered that if a Texas steer was wintered in the north it took on additional flesh/value, making double-wintering desirable. Cattle valued at $5.00 a head in Texas often brought ten times that amount when delivered north to a railhead. With Native Americans now confined to reservations and the American bison herds diminished, the vacated country became cattle range and the government needed increasing quantities of beef to feed Indian wards and the army. In 1865 Philip Danforth Armour opened a meatpacking plant in Chicago and, with the expansion of this industry, profitability of shipping by railroad increased substantially. This was the impetus for the major cattle drives as well as the heyday of large open range cattle herds owned by international investors and Cheyenne's cattle barons.
In 1883, it was estimated that 260,000 head of cattle were driven north. On average a herd would move about 15 miles per day, since faster would cause the cattle to lose weight. The typical herd consisted of 1,500 to 2,500 head of cattle, requiring a trail boss and about a dozen men to see them through. Each wrangler had a string of five to ten horses. Larger herds had 15,000 cattle and required bigger crews…including a cook (usually driving a chuck wagon pulled by oxen) and a wrangler to maintain the spare horses. Wranglers were usually young cowboys of lower social status but cooks were more accomplished. In addition to being in charge of food, cooks usually had a practical working knowledge of medicine and maintained a variety of medical supplies.
Crews had bedrolls but no tents or tarps (these were considered an excess luxury). A few were lucky enough to possess slickers. Since there was no way of preserving beef, their food was mostly limited to non-perishables such as kidney beans, dried fruit, sugar, biscuits and coffee. An occasional delicacy on the trail was "slow elk", a cow from another outfit. "S.O.B. stew" was made of tallow, tongue, liver, sweet breads, brains, marrow gut and just about anything but hooves, horn and hide. Wages were about $40 per month and cowboys were paid when the herd sold. Bonuses were often provided for those who rounded up "slow elk" and managed to brand them and sell them with the herd…rustling.
The most famous cattle towns were railheads, where herds were shipped to the Chicago stockyards. Cattlemen and investors made these towns headquarters for buying and selling cattle. Cowboys who were paid off following months of monotonous work were turned loose on the towns. Businesses that thrived were barbershops, places that sold clothing and gear, and of course brothels and gambling establishments. While violence often had to be quelled by town marshals, the number of killings was small by the standards of eastern cities.
Overgrazing, drought and finally the exceptionally severe winter of 1886-87 brought an end to most of the open-range cattle business.


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Kanye West and Pharrell Williams to play Marlay Park in 2014
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21-time Grammy Award®-winner Kanye West returns to Ireland for the first time since his Watch The Throne tour dates with Jay Z in 2012, the highest grossing tour in hip-hop history. His 8th studio album "YEEZUS" was the most critically acclaimed new album of 2013 and the 6th consecutive #1 album of Kanye's storied career. West – a legendary live performer – combines state-of-the-art staging, production, and lighting design with his unmatched aesthetic, visionary creative mind, and an increasingly impressive catalogue of hits spanning his decade-long career. To date, Kanye West has sold over 21 Million albums and over 66 Million digital tracks worldwide.
Redefining cool for a new generation, Pharrell Williams is a creative force, using music, fashion, and design to express his distinctive style. His smash hit single "Happy" is undoubtedly one of the biggest hits of the year. As well as hitting the #1 spot on the iTunes Songs chart in the U.S., the song has topped the charts in more than 175 countries, selling more than 2.3 million downloads worldwide while also becoming the highest-charting Oscar-nominated song in more than a decade. Earlier this year Pharrell took home four GRAMMY® awards, including Producer of the Year, Album of the Year for Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories", and Record of the Year as well as Best Pop Duo/Performance for Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." Pharrell has won a career-spanning total of seven GRAMMYs.


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Practice Related Plasticity: Functional and Cortical Changes in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Following Four Different Hand Training Interventions
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Physical Therapy (Medicine)
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Edelle Field-Fote
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Andrew Butler
Third Committee Member
Sherrill Hayes
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Kathryn Roach
Injury to the cervical spinal cord results in complete or partial loss of arm and hand function, severely limiting the performance of daily activities. Deficits in hand function in individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) are primarily due to a loss of descending motor pathways that are vital for fine control of the hand and fingers. In addition to these deficits, secondary plastic reorganization may create further loss of function. This thesis will explore the following questions: 1. What are the similarities and differences between cortical organization of muscles affected by a cervical SCI to those not affected by the injury?; 2. Do individuals with cervical SCI improve in hand function and cortical organization after an intensive hand training intervention?; 3. Which physical therapy intervention provides the optimal conditions by which to improve hand function following cervical SCI? In chapter 2 we compare cortical motor maps of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) evoked responses of muscles rostral and caudal to the injury to those of ND individuals. The cortical maps of the biceps brachii or the thenar muscles were constructed, and compared between ND individuals and individuals with SCI. The motor threshold (MT) for the thenar muscles in individuals with SCI was significantly higher than ND individuals. The purpose of the study described in chapter 3 was to compare the functional and cortical changes associated with two different interventions: unimanual or bimanual massed practice training, both combined with somatosensory stimulation. There was a significant difference between pre- and post-intervention scores on tests measuring unimanual hand function, bimanual hand function, and sensory function. This difference was associated with a difference between pre- and post-intervention cortical map area. The purpose of the study described in chapter 4 was to compare clinical and cortical changes associated with either a delayed intervention control period or a combined intervention of massed practice training with electrical stimulation. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: delayed intervention control group or immediate intervention group. Participants were also randomly assigned to one of four groups: unimanual training with somatosensory stimulation, bimanual training with somatosensory stimulation, unimanual training with functional electrical stimulation, or bimanual training with functional electrical stimulation. There was a significant difference between the control and immediate intervention group on the test measuring unimanual hand function. Participants in the bimanual group performed significantly better on the test measuring bimanual hand function. There was a significant difference between the control group and immediate intervention group in cortical map area. In chapter 5 we discuss the clinical relevance of the results of the studies described in three prior chapters. Conclusions drawn include the idea that cortical maps of muscles caudal to the level of injury in individuals with SCI have higher motor thresholds than ND participants. Individuals with tetraplegia can improve in hand function and sensation with a physical therapy intervention of massed practice training combined with somatosensory stimulation. Finally, the type of training (unimanual massed practice or bimanual massed practice) influences the type of improvements gained, however the type of electrical stimulation does not influence the clinical outcome.
Physical Therapy; Rehabilitation; Electrical Stimulation; Hand Function; Task Oriented Training; Upper Extremity; SCI; Plasticity
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Hoffman, Larisa Reed, "Practice Related Plasticity: Functional and Cortical Changes in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Following Four Different Hand Training Interventions" (2008). Open Access Dissertations. 39.


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About Integral Mastery Center/Leadergy Center
Integral Mastery Center/Leadergy Center is dedicated to the development of leadership that promotes individual, relationship, and organizational transformation.
What is Leadership?
Leadership is the process of influencing any person, task, or system toward fulfillment of some purpose. Therefore, by definition, we include the following as examples of leadership positions:
- Presidents, CEO's, Executives, Managers, Directors, Supervisors
- Entrepreneurs and Professional Service Providers
- Parents, Spouses, and Partners
- Educators at All Levels
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- And You!
Our Philosophy
Our founders and professional staff members utilize the Integral Vision as the foundation framework for all of our concepts, techniques, goals, and values. We are especially informed by the integral vision of the philosopher Ken Wilber.
The Integral Mastery Approach™ (TIMA) is our unique contribution to the field of organizational and human development. The centerpiece of our approach is a set of ideas, models, and techniques captured in the 8 Principles of Development™:
These 8 principles were developed over thirty years of research and practice. With some revisions, they turned out to be excellent tools for navigating the 4 Quadrants of Life and Leadership, as adapted from the work of Ken Wilber.
The 4 Quads are really the four major areas of reality that emerge from making two great distinctions: individual/group and internal/external. These four areas of life—Awareness, Behavior, Culture, & Structure—develop through at least 3 major stages of development: emotional, rational, and integral.
The philosophy behind our approach can essentially be captured by saying that everything we do in the corporate and personal areas of life involves a 4-quad, 3-level analysis through the lenses provided by the 8 principles.
Our individual and corporate clients learn to map life in these terms as we work with them to realize their personal and corporate goals in ways that are congruent with their values and purpose. Call us if you wish to discuss how we would work with you.
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- The 8 Principles of Development™ provide the maps and skills for raising our levels of functioning in the Four Domains of Life: Awareness, Behavior, Culture, and Structure.
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