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"idiosyncrasies of Place": A Conversation with La Vaughn BelleMonday, June 25th, 2012 Categories: Features, Updates
I first met La Vaughn Belle in Christiansted, St. Croix in January of 2012. She was working on renovating a historic building near Sunday Market Square with the goal of creating a public art space that "engages with the square – it's history, current issues and problems." It was a tough winter for the U.S. Virgin Islands, and St. Croix in particular, with a wave of government layoffs abruptly followed by the closing of the territory's largest private employer, the Hovensa oil refinery. In the atmosphere of uncertainty that rippled through the community, those individuals who were quietly going about the business of empowering their fellow Virgin Islanders seemed heroic.
La Vaughn Belle is one of those individuals, although I'm sure she would be modest about this fact. Through the humanities classes she teaches at the University of the Virgin Islands she is encouraging a new generation to be active social critics, and through her own practice she is a critic herself – investigating postcoloniality in the Danish/American context, local vernacular culture, and, in an upcoming documentary entitled "The House That Freedom Built", the struggles and triumphs of past Virgin Islanders who are sometimes too easily forgotten. I recently spoke with La Vaughn via Skype about her artistic practice, her studies in Cuba, healing dialogue between the Virgin Islands and Denmark, and cultural pluralism.
David Knight Jr.: Can you tell me a little bit about your background and, very generally, what sort of work you do as a visual artist?
La Vaughn Belle: Well, I was born in Tobago in a small village called Moriah. My father met my mother there while he was a missionary preacher for the Moravian church. After five months of me being alive he was re-stationed to St. Thomas. He switched to the Anglican Church, we had a brief stint in Wisconsin while he did his master's and then we moved to St. Croix, which is where I consider myself to be from. In terms of school I went to parochial schools my whole life, then left the VI to study at Columbia University in NY. I stayed there for about 8 years teaching and trying to figure out how to be an artist and then decided to move home before Y2K (remember that?) and do the art thing. Soon after I realized that I wanted more training though, but didn't want to go back to the States…that's when Cuba came into the picture. I first went for a summer program and then 6 months after that moved there indefinitely and stayed for 4 years getting a master's in fine art at ISA, El Insituto Superior de Arte.
Before going to Cuba I was a painter – figurative, symbolic work mostly, but while there I began a program called Arte de Conducta, based on performance art in a way, and it changed my work dramatically. So now I would say that I don't focus on any one medium, but my practice is more driven by my interests and the form takes shape based on the idea.
DK: You've said that you 're interested in "the provincial and the domestic". What does this mean?
LVB: The provincial often has a negative connotation. People think of small towns, small islands, small mindedness. But I am interested in all the things that make a culture and a people who they are – the idiosyncrasies of a place. I had a class once in semiotics that taught that in every culture there is a "semiosphere" that only the people of that culture can understand. My interest in the provincial is about wanting to know that space as best I can.
In terms of the domestic, I'm obsessed with houses. How they are made, how people decorate them, what they mean to different people. A lot of my work touches on these issues. I suppose you might say that the "provincial and the domestic" are the same space. They are both a type of semiosphere.
DK: Speaking of houses I want to talk a little bit about your current documentary project "The House That Freedom Built." It's very exciting to see all the high quality media work being produced locally in the Caribbean right now, especially given the region's long and troubled history with warped and one-sided representations. Can you tell me a little bit about the project and what you hope to achieve with it?
LVB: Yes, well the catalyst for the project was a desire to have a studio space and looking for an inexpensive space in town [Christiansted]. I checked out these houses that were advertised for dirt cheap and then got shocked and overwhelmed by the condition of them. It took months just to see one of them because an addict had taken up residence there. One day I went with a friend and we just asked permission to go in! But, when I mentioned purchasing the property to a local historian he did a brief historical sketch of the previous owners. I was shocked – literally speechless – when we met and I looked over the document he gave me with a list of previous owners, mostly African-born women who were brought here as slaves, survived the middle passage, survived slavery, escaped that system and then own property! It was just shocking and overwhelming and embarrassing too that this story was so unknown.
To many people these little houses are just abandoned shacks in the backstreets of town, but they are a part of our cultural patrimony. They tell a vital and important story of who we are, and both the story and the houses should not be abandoned. My goals are to raise interest, educate, and I hope to also motivate others to recapture both the buildings and the history. And of course, it will be wonderful when the project is finished and I can finally have my own studio space. I dream about that, and have for a long time.
DK: And how is the production going so far?
LVB: Hmmm…slower than I thought. But it's partly because I took on full-time at University of the Virgin Islands and started another renovation project with my husband. Then of course Hovensa closed and I lost my cameraperson. So right now, it's re-engagement time. I have a new cameraperson, most of the background on the previous owners is complete and we are continuing to do interviews. The renovation part has been stalled due to lack of funds and time. My goal is to finish one of the buildings by August though and be finished with the documentary by November. My deadline is tight since I am expecting another baby, so it has to be done by then.
DK: You mention in your bio a relationship between artistic practice and daily life. What is this relationship for you at the moment?
LVB: I would say that right now the current renovation has taken up all my resources – time, money, creativity and otherwise. So I am not quite in actual art production mode. However, in my moments of stillness I see how it is laying a foundation for some other projects. I'm not exactly sure how that will take shape, but I've been saving a lot of construction materials. I believe I will be doing something with them. We'll see.
DK: I want to go back to something you said about your interests and how your practice is very assertive in its "local-ness" but at the same time your experience and education seem to be very international. This is a quality of the Caribbean that seems to interest a lot of people outside the region right now. The way that Caribbean artists (and people in general) seem to fuse that assertive locality with a cosmopolitan outlook can be perceived as a contradiction, even though it really isn't. Would you agree?
LVB: I think it is who we are naturally as a people. Every major civilization has crossed these islands so it's natural that there is an "international"-ness about us. But yes, as Caribbean people we are often seen as insular, and we are, but we are a people who also spend a lot of our time looking out too. At least if you live on a small island you are constantly reminded by the sea that there is something else out there and there is a yearning to see and be a part of that.
DK: I personally think you are a great role model for Virgin Islanders interested in the arts because you are very engaged in the broader Caribbean. I know this has a lot to do with your personal family history as well. Do you have any tips for how U.S. Virgin Islanders can foster a better sense of community between islands?
LVB: My background gave me the opportunity to actually travel and see and feel and know and meet the other artists and people from the Caribbean. However I think the internet is such an opportunity to "travel" as well. Networking is important in all forms and media. If you can't literally travel, get on social media, Skype, blogs and meet artists, curators, be engaged. But thanks for the compliment.
DK: You're welcome La Vaughn. One of Cuban writer Antonio Benítez-Rojo's theories about the contemporary Caribbean is that the plantation seems to persist as a site that influences the way identities are constructed in the region. I want to ask you two things that are both related to this in different ways. One is your connection to Cuba, where you studied, and the other is your participation in a show entitled "The Great House: A re-imagining of Power, Space and History" at Whim Plantation in St. Croix. First can you tell me a little bit about your studies in Cuba and how this time in your life influenced you?
LVB: Oh my, my studies in Cuba! That experience was so complex and profound that I wrote a book about it. It's unpublished as I figure out what I want to do with it – it needs some dramatic editing. Cuba was an interesting place for me, especially being from the US Virgin Islands. I am from a small island, Cuba is a big one. We have an ambiguous sense of identity. Cuba has an overblown self-centered form of nationalism. I never realized how much of a capitalist I was in terms of mindset until living in a communist socialist country. And then of course living in a socialist communist country with this incredible amount of retention of African culture and religious thought. And the art scene! What socialist countries do to support the arts is amazing. There were so many things that influenced me. The building I studied in at ISA is created in the shape of a fallopian tube that unravels into a courtyard space with a giant clitoris. The property is located on the site of a former country club, golf courses, rivers, palms trees if that gives you any idea. It was just an amazing experience.
It changed my life in many ways. I met my husband there who was studying opera at the time. And I met Tania Bruguera who was a mentor for me and let me into her program Arte de Conducta which really was a progressive way of teaching art. The classes met mostly off-campus, in parks, homes, her studio at times and it really challenged us to think of different ways of art-making. We worked together in groups and individually to create work and had such an open dialogue. She invited artists, critics, and curators from all over the world to give us workshops so I got to meet lots of people. The program was strong in introducing a level of professionalism in our work and how we presented ourselves. We practiced dozens of times, talking about our work, how to document your work in traditional and non traditional ways. It was systematic and spontaneous.
DK: Can you tell me a little bit about the show you did at Whim plantation? What were you investigating there? And do you have a favorite piece of work from that exhibit? Mine is "The Planter's Chair" by the way.
LVB: I'd been wanting to do a show there for awhile. It's such an amazing space, this restored plantation house and its surrounding sugar mill and slave village which is in ruins. It's also an amazing museum and has these great archives. When I had the opportunity to go on a residency in Denmark for two months it helped to solidify what I really wanted to do there. My experience in Denmark was this very "Twilight Zone" type of experience in that it's this fabulously rich and progressive country – clean, efficient, historical and modern – and we have a connection of 250 years of collective history together. However when I was there, it was as if that was completely erased, they have this collective amnesia about the Virgin Islands. It was quite shocking, especially being from a place that was cut into 250 sugar plantations and the two towns are named after Danish kings and we have Denmark literally carved into us. It's impossible to forget. A lot of my time was spent there looking for visible connections, in the architecture, the people. When I came back things made even more sense. There were things I had seen my whole life, like "chaney" (the shards from Danish colonial plates commonly found in the dirt) but had never really seen a whole plate. When I learned that Hans Christian Anderson was Danish and how for many children around the world he formed so much a part of their childhood psyche with his stories and fairytales I thought it was a good metaphor for how our current relationship with Denmark is; somewhere between fact and fiction, like memory in many ways.
But specifically with the project I wanted to reexamine this plantation system and structure by creating a parallel story, which is why there are so many pieces that have this parallel narrative. In terms of a favorite piece, I am pleased with different pieces for different reasons. I love the engagement of the "The Planter' s Chair" with the audience.
DK: The piece you have at the Caribbean Crossroads show in NYC right now relates to this Danish postcolonial dialogue, which more Virgin Islanders and Danes are becoming interested in. It seems there is a lot of potential for miscommunication in this dialogue as we are coming at it from many different angles. What's your personal aim in participating?
LVB: Well, I am just happy to have a dialogue. It helps for healing and understanding. My documentary project has shown me in so many ways that this conversation still needs to happen. We in the VI have been a culture of "ruin" and decay and abandonment. And anyone who thinks we haven't just needs to take a drive through any of our towns.
DK: This next question relates to what you've said about insularity but also to the ambiguities of the USVI, which is something you and I live with everyday. I like to ask culture producers in the U.S. Virgin Islands about their feelings on identity politics and forms of nationalism that arise frequently in relation to "art and culture" in the territory. Do you think that our explorations of particularity are useful given the islands' unclear political situation (unincorporated territory of the U.S.)? Or do you think they obscure other important things? To give a very personal example of what I mean, I sometimes have a slightly antagonistic (maybe not the right word) relationship with the USVI as a Virgin Islander who can be constructed as an outsider, but I am also fiercely loyal to the place in a way that could make me less open to new places/experiences. Any thoughts?
LVB: The VI is a distinct place in which this outside/inside, native/tourist, local/expat dynamic plays out A LOT. It's a part of what it means to be Caribbean, it's part of what it means to be a Virgin Islander. I too had a lot of issues with my identity when I was younger. I was a Barbadian, Trinbogonian Virgin Islander and also American. It seemed too confusing and not neat enough, not singular enough. When I went to Cuba it was exasperating being in a country with such a strong sense of national identity. There identity is very constructed and reinforced by their political situation. I read a quote that our Congresswoman posted the other day that said – it was at a ceremony of naturalized citizens – that "you could move to France and never be French, but you move to the United States and can become American"…That really resonated with me, because I knew that while I lived in Cuba I could have been there for 40 years and would never be Cuban.
But I think the Virgin Islands is that type of place. Part of our narrative is encompassing. It wasn't always that way but I think that is our reality now and as a cultural producer it will be reflected in our work. I have a project I want to work on next year called "Losing Our Virginity: Contemporary Art of the Virgin Islands". Now the majority of the artists and the work I will be looking at will not be from the Virgin Islands (born or raised), but it still reflects who we are.
DK: Fascinating and a great title for the show. What classes are you teaching at UVI this semester?
LVB: Hmmm…Spanish ( I think), Humanities (which is an overview of Caribbean art forms; music, dance, film, etc..) and a new art class that will merge contemporary art making and Art History.
DK: You strike me as the kind of person who would involve your students in a lot of hands-on types of projects rather than lecturing. Is that an accurate perception?
LVB: Absolutely. I hate lecturing! Some people have a gift, and I love a good lecturer, but I also have a degree in curriculum design and teaching so with good conscience I can't teach that way. I'm a learn by doing type of gal.
DK: Ok, so one more question to wrap up. Anything on your mind lately that you are curious about and want to explore through your upcoming work?
LVB: Right now I am really curious about working with objects, drawing and painting again. I've moved away from that type of work in my practice but it's always nice when my ideas meet that type of form. It's personally gratifying to me in ways that working in video or performance is not. I look forward to that. In terms of ideas, this "free gut" community ("Free Gut" or "Negger Gotter" is an area of Christiansted, St. Croix that was designated for freed blacks in the 18th and 19th century) is very interesting to me; this concept of negotiated freedoms and space and how freedom was directly connected to space. I am also really interested in revisiting Hans Christian Andersen's work. He lived during the time that we were still colonies of Denmark. I have been researching possible specific or indirect mentions and metaphors in his stories to the Danish West Indies and hope to be producing work based on those investigations.
To see more of La Vaughn's work visit: www.lavaughnbelle.com, www.lavaughnbelle.blogspot.com and www.thehousethatfreedombuilt.blogspot.com


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We all know Thanksgiving is fairly labor intensive. Anything you can do ahead is a plus.
It never occurred to me that it was possible to make mashed potatoes ahead until I read Melissa Clark's recipe for Mashed Potato Casserole.
I admit I had doubts, so I tried it out a few weeks before Thanksgiving. My tasters inhaled them. And yes, it was still good several days after I made it. For the test, I even omitted the breadcrumb / Parmigiano-Reggiano topping that Melissa suggested. It was still great. But don't skimp on the chives!
For Thanksgiving, I will make it exactly as described, with the breadcrumb topping. Be sure to use Yukon Gold Potatoes.
The only note I would add is to take this out of the refrigerator at least 1 hour before it goes int he oven. It might take more that 30-40 minutes to really get heated through and through.
Oh, and I scooped them out of the baking pan and pile them in a sterling silver bowl.
Once again: Thanks, Melissa!
EVENT: Thanksgiving
YIELDS: 12 to 14 Servings
14 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, and more for the pan
6 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 1/2 cups sour cream
1 teaspoon black pepper
6 tablespoons finely chopped chives
2/3 cup breadcrumbs
2/3 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
9X13-inch baking pan
1. Lightly grease a 9X13-inch baking pan.
2. In a large pot, bring the potatoes, 4 quarts water and 2 tablespoons salt to a boil. Boil potatoes until fork tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
3. Mash potatoes with 10 tablespoons butter, sour cream, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Mash in the chives. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
4. Spread potatoes into the prepared pan. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
5. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, breadcrumbs and cheese. Mix together until it forms coarse crumbs. Crumbs can be refrigerated for 3 days.
6. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle crumbs over the top of the Potato Casserole and bake until golden and crisp, 30 to 40 minutes.

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In women, the decline in the levels of hormones in the body—especially estrogen—is a normal, natural part of aging. We know that, without a doubt, menopause happens to all women at some point in their lives, generally starting in their 40s or 50s.
By the same logic, you'd think that men should also experience a similar decline in hormones as they get older—a "male menopause" if you will. And many men do experience this hormonal decline, but new research indicates that the plummet in a man's primary sex hormone—testosterone—is actually associated with behavioral and lifestyle factors—not aging. This may come as a big surprise to the millions of men who blame their lack of sex drive and other symptoms of low testosterone on their age.
In this particular study, presented on June 25, 2012 at the Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, researchers analyzed the testosterone measurements in 1,382 men ages 35-80. Of note, 21 percent were unmarried; 19 percent were smokers; 30 percent had a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 (indicating obesity); and eight percent had depression. Researchers took two blood samples from the participants—one at the start of the study, the second five years later.
On average, after those five years, researchers noted that testosterone levels did not decline significantly—less than one percent per year. However, when they analyzed the testosterone levels of the specific subgroups, they found that certain factors potentially caused lower testosterone levels after the five-year time span. During that period, the men who became obese, had quit smoking or had depression all had lower testosterone levels than those men who did not meet those characteristics.1
Obesity wreaks havoc on hormones in both men and women. Fat cells create an enzyme called aromatase. This enzyme converts testosterone into estrogen, the female counterpart to testosterone. Lower testosterone in the body signals the production of more fat, which leads to more aromatase production and further conversion of testosterone into estrogen. It's a vicious cycle.
And it's no secret that depression and low testosterone are linked. Past research has confirmed this connection.2 The link between giving up cigarettes and declining testosterone is a little less clear, but researchers noted that the benefits of quitting far surpass this one drawback.
Furthermore, researchers found that the single men also experienced decreased testosterone compared to the married men. Researchers believe this is because married men are happier and healthier, and usually engage in regular sexual activity, which tends to increase testosterone.
The results of the study lend credence to the idea that testosterone drops in men are not an inevitable part of aging. Lifestyle and behavioral factors play a much bigger role in hormone levels than age.
Achieve Healthy Testosterone Levels
Testosterone is important for many reasons, including fertility and sperm production, sex drive, muscle development and maintenance and overall healthy body composition.
Even if you don't have any of the lifestyle factors associated with low testosterone in the above study, it would still be prudent to keep your hormone levels balanced with some simple lifestyle adjustments. Doing so could ensure healthy hormone levels—and all the benefits that come with it—for years to come.
- Lose weight—especially belly fat. As stated earlier, excess fat elevates estrogen levels, which causes testosterone to plummet. Lose weight in a healthy way, by cutting out processed foods, saturated fats and sugar. When it comes to hormone balance, crash or fad dieting often backfires. Starving yourself shuts down testosterone production, which in turn stops your body from burning fat effectively. In addition, eating too much protein and not enough fat or carbohydrates could mess with your testosterone production. Aim for a good balance of protein, carbs and monounsaturated fats. In fact, studies show that eating these healthy fats—found mainly in nuts, fish, avocados and olive oil—can really give your testosterone a natural boost.
- Exercise regularly. Weight-lifting exercises using heavier weights can boost your testosterone better than light weight lifting or cardio. (This is not to say that regular cardio workouts should not be part of your exercise routine though. Aerobic exercise may not have as pronounced an effect on testosterone, but it is important for weight loss and maintenance.)
- Avoid overdrinking alcohol. Drinking too much can affect your endocrine system and signal the body to cut back on testosterone production. Stick to no more than one or two glasses of alcohol per day—or just avoid it entirely.
- Get enough sleep. Seven to eight hours is ideal. Testosterone levels are higher in the morning after a solid night's sleep.
- Have sex frequently—especially in the morning. Having sex maintains higher testosterone levels. And since testosterone spikes in the morning hours, you're more likely to be "in the mood" upon waking. Take advantage of this and have sex in the morning, if possible. Research has shown that doing so could further boost that already surging testosterone.
- Detoxify your liver. By eliminating excess estrogen, the liver helps maintain higher testosterone levels. However, several factors can impair the liver's function, including the overuse of alcohol, taking certain drugs and even a poor diet. Milk thistle is one herb you can take to help protect and detoxify the liver so that it works more efficiently.
- Take testosterone-boosting supplements. Some vitamins and herbs that can increase testosterone naturally include zinc, magnesium, vitamin B6 and royal jelly. Royal jelly, in particular, contains several vitamins (especially the Bs), minerals, essential amino acids, acetylcholine and, according to some studies, small levels of testosterone as well.3
So, if you start to feel the telltale signs of lower testosterone—namely lower sex drive and energy—making these adjustments in your lifestyle can make a huge difference in your hormone levels. Give them a try and see how you feel after a few weeks! You'll likely notice a pronounced improvement.
1. Wittert, G et al. Presented at the Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting. Jun 13 2012.
2. Sankar, JS, Hampson E. Gend Med. 2012 Jun 22.
3. Vittek J and Slomiany BL. Cell Mol Life Sci. 1984;40(1):104-6.


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Effective matrix diffusion in kilometer-scale transport in fractured crystalline rock
Water Resources Research
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- A.M. Shapiro
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AbstractConcentrations of tritium (3H) and dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) in water samples taken from glacial drift and fractured crystalline rock over 4 km2 in central New Hampshire are interpreted to identify a conceptual model of matrix diffusion and the magnitude of the diffusion coefficient. Dispersion and mass transfer to and from fractures has affected the 3H concentration to the extent that the peak 3H concentration of the 1960s is no longer distinguishable. Because of heterogeneity in the bedrock the sparsely distributed chemical data do not warrant a three-dimensional transport model. Instead, a one-dimensional model of CFC-12 and 3H migration along flow lines in the glacial drift and bedrock is used to place bounds on the processes affecting kilometer-scale transport, and model parameters are varied to reproduce the measured relation between 3H and CFC-12, rather than their spatial distributions. A model of mass exchange to and from fractures that is dependent on the time-varying concentration gradient at fracture surfaces qualitatively reproduces the measured relation between 3H and CFC-12 with an upper bound for the fracture dispersivity approximately equal to 250 m and a lower bound for the effective matrix diffusion coefficient equal to 1 m2 yr-1. The diffusion coefficient at the kilometer scale is at least 3 orders of magnitude greater than laboratory estimates of diffusion in crystalline rock. The large diffusion coefficient indicates that diffusion into an immobile fluid phase (rock matrix) is masked at the kilometer scale by advective mass exchange between fractures with large contrasts in transmissivity. The measured transmissivity of fractures in the study area varies over more than 6 orders of magnitude. Advective mass exchange from high-permeability fractures to low-permeability fractures results in short migration distances of a chemical constituent in low-permeability fractures over an extended period of time before reentering high-permeability fractures; viewed at the kilometer scale, this process is analogous to the chemical constituent diffusing into and out of an immobile fluid phase.
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- Effective matrix diffusion in kilometer-scale transport in fractured crystalline rock
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- Water Resources Research
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- 3
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- 2001
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- English
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c) ionized
d) exchange energy
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a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Carbon Monoxide
c) Carbon Trioxide
d) Carbon Oxide
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a) Mg2O
b) Mg1O1
c) Mg2O 2-
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a) metal and metal
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c) nonmetal and nonmetal
d) transition metal and metalloid
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c) Stable electron configuration
d) an exchange of energy
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b) neutrons
c) electrons
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Boys volleyball splits two with Baldwin; Boys tennis beats Lahainaluna twice while the girls drop two to the Lunas
Boys volleyball, along with the boys and girls tennis teams, had home matches this past weekend in Ho'olehua.
The volleyball team split a pair of matches against Baldwin High School. On Friday, Molokai dropped a five-set match 25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 21-25 and 15-12. Dhavin Spencer-Basa recorded 22 kills for Molokai.
The Farmers were one point away from dropping two five-set matches in two days. Baldwin was up 14-10 in the fifth set but could not close out the match. Molokai won the next six points to win the set 16-14. The score for the previous sets was 28-26, 22-25, 17-25 and 25-22.
Big performances came from junior Ruben Villa who helped the Farmers survive the first set with a win behind some clutch serving. Seniors Roycee Caliro and Spencer-Basa also came up with some big kills in the match.
The Farmer boys beat Lahainaluna twice while the girls dropped two to the Lunas.
On Friday, the boys beat the Lunas four matches to one. No. 1 singles-Max Linder, Lahainaluna, def. Keoki Kaulia 6-1, 6-2. No. 2 singles-Luke Santiago, Molokai, won by default.No. 3 singles-Kai Decosta, Molokai, won by default. No. 1 doubles-Kamanu Pasqua and Pono Chow, Molokai, def. Kyle Richard and Jarrett Pascual 6-4, 6-4. No. 2 doubles-Conan Kawano and Caulen Angelsea, Molokai, won by default.
The score was closer on Saturday but Molokai came out on top 3-2. No. 1 singles-Max Linder, Lahainaluna, def. Keoki Kaulia 6-2, 6-0. No. 2 singles-Jarrett Pascual, Lahainaluna, def. Luke Santiago 6-0, 6-2. No. 3 singles-Kai Decosta, Molokai, def. Jake Francis 6-3, 7-5. No. 1 doubles-Kamanu Pasqua and Pono Chow, Molokai, def. Kyle Richard and Jordan Baclay 6-4, 6-4. No. 2 doubles-Paul Parker and Caulen Angelsea, Molokai, won by default.
The boys team is 3-1 on the season.
The girls kept it close on Friday, losing 3-2 to the Lunas. No. 1 singles-Chantelle Baclay, Lahainaluna, def. Alohalyn Espejo 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 singles-Melissa Taketa, Lahainaluna, def. Geisha Nunez 6-0, 6-0. No. 3 singles-Kea'a Davis, Molokai, won by default. No. 1 doubles-Maile Amine and Amanda Mortimore, Lahainaluna, def. Brittany Nervesa and Oceana Mandany 6-1, 6-4. No. 2 doubles-Sabrina Curtis and Xrystina Bicoy won by default.
The girls were shut out on Saturday 5-0. No. 1 singles-Joanna Aceret, Lahainaluna, def. Oceana Mandany 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 singles-Nicole Aceret, Lahainaluna, def. Geisha Nunez 6-1, 6-0 No. 3 singles-Amanda Mortimore, Lahainaluna, def. Kea'a Davis 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 doubles-Melissa Taketa and Chantelle Baclay, Lahainaluna, def. Brittany Nervesa and Alohalyn Espejo 6-1, 6-0. No. 2 doubles-Ezra Baccar and Maile Amine, Lahainalna, def. Sabrina Curtis and Xrystina Bicoy 6-0, 6-1.
The girls' tennis team is 0-4 this season.


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The Republic of Korea as a Foreign Policy Actor
Creative Powers in the 21st Century: the case of South Korea (John Swenson-Wright)
This is a Korea Foundation funded three-year research project co-ordinated in collaboration with Chatham House. The 21st Century reveals ever more clearly the limitations facing the so-called 'great' or 'major' powers, in particular the United States, China and Russia, to provide global leadership or to achieve their international objectives unilaterally. At the same time, mid-sized countries - sometimes defined as 'middle powers' - such as Brazil, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Indonesia, Norway, Canada and the UK, are playing, or seeking to play, increasingly influential roles internationally, responding to the lack of global leadership from major powers and the difficulties of achieving consensus for action in long-standing international institutions such as the UN and the G20.
The objective of this project is to explore in greater depth the concept of 'creative power' as it applies to the role of mid-sized powers and global governance at the beginning of the 21st Century. The project will use examples from the present day and as far back as the last ten years to assess (1) the key strategies, (2) the national attributes and (3) the international dynamics that enable creative powers to promote international prosperity and security. The project will explore two dimensions of this challenge:
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Beyonce Knowles has officially parted ways with her father and long time manager, of nearly two decades, Matthew Knowles. In a statement issued by Knowles' publicist, Yvette Noel- Schure, it was announced just yesterday that the two have parted ways on "on a business level".
Rumors of a strained relationship has lingered since Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams' own departure from Matthew Knowles management team and Music World Entertainment over and a year ago. Knowles, Rowland and Williams completed the successful girl group, Destiny's Child, also managed by Matthew Knowles before spare heading Beyonce's successful solo career.
Inside sources suggests the father-daughter duo have been estranged for years following Papa Knowles' infidelity resulting in a son nearly two years ago. Knowles' father and mother, Tina Knowles, had been married for nearly 29 years when their marriage came to an abrupt halt following Knowles' indiscretion.
Beyonce said in the statement, "I am grateful for everything he has taught me. I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were hardworking entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps……"He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me," Beyonce said.
In his own statement Knowles added, "Business is business and family is family. I love my daughter and am very proud of who she is and all that she has achieved. I look forward to her continued great success."
When asked, Noel-Schure did not indicate who would take over management duties for Knowles. However, many are already speculating Knowles' woud stem from her husband (Jay-Z's) own Roc Nation
Can't say I saw this one coming but I wish all parties involved all the best.


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Sigh! you can lead a horse to water… Yes but there is more - look at the plans.
You could be correct that this is lacking but whether the council have the resources to tackle this is another matter. Also a different subject IMO.
Well they certainly don't have the resources now they've spent £1.23 million on 20mph zones. #facepalm
I think you must be playing here @ChrisBeach. Am sure you realise that manpower to catch persistent speeders across the whole borough would cost way more than that,.
I don't have costs for London to hand, but a FoI request was made to Nottingham Police, who state the cost of training a police officer is £12,900, and the average payroll cost of an officer is £30,520*
So, that £1.23M could have paid for 95 officers to be trained, or could have funded 40 man-years of policing in the borough.
We don't even need fully qualified police officers on the street. PCSOs would do the job. PCSOs (£2,100 training, £28,817 payroll) out on the streets, observing dangerous driving as high-credibility witnesses. Fast-tracking prosecution.
*needs to be adjusted for London weighting
Just one PCSO rotating around accident blackspots with a camera would be a serious deterrent to all sorts of dangerous driving.
And what about transport costs - are all these newly trained bobbies going to catch speeding motorists on foot? Oh wait, then there is pursuit training and legal costs.
Police on foot with cameras. No pursuit necessary. Recorded evidence. It's all it takes to make drivers think twice, IMO.
That slightly awkward moment when, in Sainsbury's, you bump into the person you've been disagreeing with all day on the local forum
Thanks for being friendly, @Brett
I noticed that 20mph signs are being painted onto roads now.
Surely we just need a change so that speed enforcement pays for itself? Am I right in thinking speeding fines go to the Treasury?
Outside London mobile cameras are a common site to catch uninsured / speeding drivers but I don't think in 15 years of living round here I've ever seen one. Given the volume of traffic passing on the South Circ surely this is a missed opportunity.
I've been overtaken by countless lunatics while going the speed limit. It seems even 30mph isn't enough for some people. I was taking my cat to the cattery in Bromley the other week and I got overtaken by about 3 or 4 different people, one of whom almost crashed head on into someone coming the other way! It's not as bad as the M25 though. Middle lane hoggers make me so mad!!
My pet hate. I just pass them on the left, all legal as long as you have not gone from the off side lane down to the nearside lane and back.
Actually, I didn't find it awkward at all @ChrisBeach. It is ok to disagree but be civilised Besides, was rather more focussed on the tired and grumpy 2 year year old who really didn't enjoy the massive queue!
This is a good point though not directly connected with a 20mph limit in my view. I think that rather than speed cameras, a network of vehicle timers would be better. The technology is there, just log the time the vehicle, by number plate, passes the camera, upload the results to a central server which calculates average speed between points. The software is not hard but there would be an infrastructure capital hit commissioning it (somewhat larger than the road signs mentioned though). If the local council got the year on year revenue then it would be worth the investment. Lives saved and no need for bobbies to hang around street corners.
These are average speed cameras and have been trialled in some boroughs in London. Not sure what the output of those trials are.
Well that was interesting! Just walking back from Sainsbury's and about to cross my road. Stopped and checked. Silver Jag estate turns off the London and onto the road I am going to cross. Car is swerving around a bit and looks like it is going to park. No indication but that's the norm these days so I start to cross. But wait, they are not parking, the Jag is now on the wrong side of the road, I step back, then jump back.
The lady driver, channeling Mia from Pulp Fiction is Facetiming someone. Had no idea I was there or what she was doing.
Whilst she wasnt speeding an average speed camera would not have picked that up. We need real police to sort these idiots out.
BTW, if anyone knows who she is (silver Jag Estate), please tell her she is a tw*t.
Facetiming whilst driving?! Jeez, people are just getting dumber! Glad you escaped unscathed.
Yep, phone in one hand balanced on wheel having a great old chat. Car all over the road. I was so shocked I didnt even get her registration.
Also saw the lady in a white Nissan Qashqai who I stopped whilst going down Manor Mount about a week ago. Sailed straight through a red light at the Esso station this morning. I waved at her again. She gave me the finger. Her daughter (about six) must be sooooooo proud.
I always find it hilarious that people approach their own mistakes with abuse at the people who show slight concern for their own lives! So many times, someone has cut me off, almost run someone over and when I've beeped the horn at them, get a middle finger, or the Nescafe Gold Blend gesture. People are weird!
On the first occasion I stopped next to her, one of a number of people who did and asked why she thought it was OK to drive the wrong way down a one way street. She told me she "would accept my criticism as I didnt matter to her". That is when I noticed her daughter standing in the back of the car, no seat belt.
I left her with "I dont matter to you and it appears neither does your daughter".
Massive swearing as I drove off.
The sad thing is it is an almost daily occurrence to see driving like this. People just do not care anymore.


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Those attending the annual 9th Literary lunch hosted by the ladies of the two Wickhambrook W.I. Reading Groups enjoyed a delicious buffet including some yummy home baked desserts in the company of author Rosy Thornton, author of Sandlands from East Suffolk.
In her day job, Rosy is a Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College and a lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge and when not, there is to found in her cottage home in the Suffolk Sandlings.
Having had published five, well received novels after discovering and becoming addicted to "Fan Fiction" on line, she began to write chapters to continue the stories and post them on the interactive websites.
To date "Sandlands" is her first venture into writing a selection of short stories inspired by people, nature and wildlife around her village home in Blaxhall on the Suffolk coast.
She spoke of the timeless landscape in the Sandlings which casts shadows throughout different generations of families, as she found herself walking along in ancient footsteps and tried to reflected in the different themes and stories within the "Sandlands" stories.
She also explained her change of publisher to Scottish house Sandstone Press who consult authors and give them much more involvement and choice with cover, blurb and titles than do the larger more mainstream publishers and supermarket stockists, who are more concerned with volume of sales and customer shelf appeal than what an author might like. She also gave us an insight into the reasons her books had been rejected in the past which were very strange, funny and in some cases positively rude, as in "You will write a published book, this is not the one"
She answered many questions from the floor particularly about future manuscripts, happily and honestly and afterwards she signed copies of her books for purchasers.
Thanking her for taking the time to come and speak about her life and work, Dorothy Anderson wished Rosy fine positivity for the new book and for continued inspiration from the world around her home. A lovely afternoon enjoyed by all, hopefully to be repeated next year
The next W.I. meeting is 'The Importance of Being Trivial' with Mark Mason. Our meetings are held at 7.30pm in the WI Hall and all ladies from the village and district will be made very welcome. Just turn up at the WI Hall if you would like to join in. Information is always available from Hilary (01440 821713) or Veronica (01440 820791) for all our activities.
The next W.I. Tea Party will be on the 16th February. All Welcome. Come and join us from 2pm till 4pm for Tea, Coffee and Cake £1.50. All profits to a local charity or group and for our Denman Bursary.
From 2pm at the W.I. Hall. Get your Xmas gifts, Hamper Raffle, Home Baking Stall. Refreshments will be available. Free admission and all are very welcome.
We have 41 very friendly members and our new programme runs from January to December and has something for all. Please do feel free to come along to any of our meetings, held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm and have a free taster of what we get up to. You can come twice as a visitor before deciding to join us. Hope to see you soon
We now have two Walking Groups for those of you who feel the need for regular exercise and lots of chat! Wednesdays at 10am for the longer distances, and on Thursdays at 10am for a gentler programme. Just turn up at the WI Hall if you would like to join in.
Information is always available from Hilary (01440 821793) or Veronica (01440 820791) for all our activities.
Dorothy Anderson is awarded a Diamond Champion - read more here
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Still a lot of work to do, but a revised version of my play, Like Locard, which was originally staged last year in Fife, will be part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme in August this year. It'll be on for ten days at The Spaces@Surgeons Hall (Venue 53) in Theatre 3. http://www.thespaceuk.com/edinburgh/venue53-info.
Big thanks for all help so far, to Eleanor Yule, Paul Samson, Simon McCallum and especially John Yule, who's idea it was in the first place.


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Hawick Waverley 5
West Barns Star 4
THIS incredible game saw four penalties and two red cards awarded.
The homesters sailed into the lead through a Dean McColm penalty after Jordan Yardley had been brought down in the box. Yardley then put Hawick further ahead when nodding home a Ross McLeod cross.
Hawick keeper Euan Reilly then denied West Barns an opener in pulling off an excellent save from a penalty.
In the early part of the second period, the Dunbar side pulled a goal back and shortly afterwards equalised, but Waverley came roaring back and went ahead again through a second McColm spot kick.
West Barns soon got back level, netting the fourth penalty of the game.
The action continued to flow and Ian Turnbull restored Waverley's lead, prodding the ball home during a goalmouth scramble.
Minutes later, Jamie Richardson made it a nap hand for the home side, heading an Aidan Reilly cross into the net.
Star raised their hopes by reducing the leeway, but a minute from time, Waverley's Aidan Reilly and a West Barns player were both sent off following an off-the-ball flare up.
Newtown 1
Gala Rovers 1
GALA's title hopes took a blow when they failed to beat lowly Newtown.
The home side struck first when Steven Makepeace set up Neil Laidlaw, who guided his header past Steven King in the Gala goal.
Rovers' young side reacted well and a series of chances were spurned, before Jordan Steele notched his sixth goal in four games.
Both teams went for a winner in the second period, and Gala co-manager Craig Lowrie almost won it at the end when he was brought off the bench, but his effort was cleared off the line.
Hawick Legion 2
Pencaitland 4
Although ending up on the wrong end of the result, bottom-of-the-table Hawick Legion emerged with a lot of credit and gave high-ranking Pencaitland a run for their money.
Peter Gellaitry put Legion ahead in the first half with a header from a Luke Cooper corner.
Unbeaten in the league, Pencaitland hit back to get on level terms, but a Scott Duncan strike put Legion in front for a second time.
In the second half, the visitors equalised and, with Legion appealing for offside, Pencaitland added a third before rounding off the scoring in a breakaway raid.
Gala Hotspur 3
Winton 5
Hotspur threw away a two-goal lead to suffer their second successive Division C defeat.
The home side took the lead when Andy Hardie won a penalty which Rob Young netted.
Young then set up Lee Brown to make it 2-0, but Winton replied before the break to halve Spurs' lead. Callum Gass was chopped down for a second penalty which Stuart Harkness dispatched in the second half as Gala looked to be heading for three vital points.
But the visitors from Pencaitland adopted a more aggressive style of play and managed to notch four goals past the shell-shocked Gala side.


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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner has confirmed the remains found in a container near a Brooklyn creek Monday are that of Roaa Al-Dhannoon.
Al-Dhannoon, 24, had been missing since last October. The mother to a 3-year-old boy had last been seen at her Edgewater Drive apartment in Lakewood.
Al-Dhannoon's ex-husband told WKYC he believed she had left the country for Iraq. The couple had been divorced for a month prior to Al-Dhannoon's disappearance. Her ex-husband says he spent six days in jail after Al-Dhannoon went missing.
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Great app. One problem. My two year old loves this app but all of a sudden keeps turning the screen black with music still playing. Please fix. I think app should be free also!
Maria Cordon
There is always room for improvement It is a great app my three year old does get enterained for good 15-25minutes then he asks for other games... though it can definitely improve in the coloring department. It needs better & more selection of colors. Also it would be nice to add some more stickers too. Overall. I give it four stars. There is always room for improvement. ?
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Loveee itt !!! My 5 year old LOVES this game!! Couldn't get her to stop... :) Definitely worth buying!! :)
Mandy Larsen
Wouldn't install after paying no refund
Scott Wordock
REFUND Refund please. Trying to get refund after just downloading it and seeing how boring this app is. Not worth 1.99!!
Chris Russell
=) Keeps kids entertained and quiet, nuff said
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Very good app
Richie Suave
Awesomeness I bought this app and my daughter absolutely loves it! It's an awesome app for toddlers!
Lesly Soto
KEPT STOPPING EVERY TIME MY LITTLE GIRL TRIED TO PLAY IT I want a refund, the app kept crashing which made my little girls iPad restart again and again. Total waste of money.
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Love it so much
Maria Cordon
There is always room for improvement It is a great app my three year old does get enterained for good 15-25minutes then he asks for other games... though it can definitely improve in the coloring department. It needs better & more selection of colors. Also it would be nice to add some more stickers too. Overall. I give it four stars. There is always room for improvement. ?


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11 Responses to Washdrops: an Eco-Sound Car Washing Solution
Our water saving solutions is, not flushing the toilet all the time and turning water off when brushing teeth.
I was my car with just plain water and dry it in the winter to get the salt off. But the summer bugs a more difficult so this sounds like something I could use. I turn the shower off between shampooing and conditioning. I use my pond to water the garden. Since I can see where my water comes from it makes me fell more responsible for the chemicals used around and in the pond since I have to drink and swim in it.
My husband turned down the water pressure in the bathrooms of our home. Our kids had a tendency to blast both hot and cold water, so we were forced to make a change. We also only run our lawn sprinkler system for a couple of minutes a couple of times a week. That's a pretty big deal in Texas considering we hardly get any rain, and it's hecka hot here!
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So, dh and I are ttc. We had a long talk last night and I told him flat out... if/when we get pregnant one of two things are GOING to happen. Either he will learn every aspect of labor and delivery and turn into the biggest alpha male wolf protector if I have to have a hospital birth... he will know exactly what I will and won't tolerate and he WILL defend my decision -or- we will be having a homebirth. We actually talked about it for more than an hour. His main concern was whether or not it was legal, whether or not we'd have to pay out of pocket to have someone here and how he would handle another delivery (he didn't do too well with the toddlers births, he's afraid of leaving me without anyone to support me if he had the same reaction this time). I told him a big part of the problem was lack of education in the birth process (and quite honeslty, I was an EMT and if I was observing my birth with Sami, I probably would have been entirely grossed out and need to take a seat.... STRONG fetal ejection with a LOT of meconium stained fluid behind her... once she was out I sort of... well... exploded across the room LOL).
So... today I go talk to Tricare and while I got a funny look and a good hearted "I could never do that" (from a man lol) I did find out that there is a local midwife that WILL do home births....and.... Tricare will pay for it! How fortunate is that? Granted, I did tell dh that at the very least I would get a doula to help us out during delivery...mostly to give dh a break in case he was feeling a little out of sorts... or if the girls needed daddy during a time that I am concentrating on other things.
Needless to say, we're still waiting on the getting pregnant part, but I am relieved to know that as of right now, I don't have to worry quite as much about having to endure another tied down L&D.
I'm glad that you have less to worry about now. I'm really excited about the thought of a homebirth myself. I've wanted this for a long time and now I just have to manage to get pregnant! lol DH is somewhat behind me. He still wishes I would do the first one at a birthing center, but I think I can sway him. lol
I hope you can get your dh more excited about hb. The first few times I tried to talk to him about it, he adimantly shot me down. He wouldn't even discuss it, so I was seriously surprised when we actually discussed it.
For us, the closest birth center is more than 50 miles away and I've not heard a lot of promising things about the local hospitals so for me, this is begining to feel like my only option for a 'normal' birth.
It took me a long time to get my husband to warm up to the idea. Our first was born by "emergency" c-section so I was very bitter towards hospitals. He came around after meeting our midwife and we just had a successful HBAC on the 28th of Nov :)
That is great Tricare will cover it! That was the hardest part for us, paying out of pocket. Medicaid won't cover it in my state and my husbands job doesn't offer insurance so we did a lot of saving up to pay for it.
Good luck with everything and I know you're pregnant now because of your post in the expecting mamas thread! Now just go to the due date list and I'll add you asap!
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Filed under: Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
"I was truly shocked when I saw the x rays but it certainly explained my problems."
So often I've heard from clients that a therapist of some description has run their fingers down their spine and told them they have scoliosis. This is not how you define scoliosis. It's defined by x ray only and the curvature has to be more than 10 degrees.
Spinal fusion started becoming popular in the 1900s. And then by the mid-1900s Harrington rods were introduced by Paul Harrington. In all this time, cutting the spine open and fusing bones together still seems like the logical first step to people with back pain – costing ACC hundreds of thousand of dollars every year – even in light of the spine being the key signalling device for the central nervous system to maintain harmony within the body. Some research has even suggested that scoliosis might manifest itself due to lesions in the posterior columns of the nervous system during the early years. This central nervous system dysfunction was hypothesised to be a decreased vibratory sensation1,4. So as a side note: Adjust the child.
For the brain to be aware of its internal and external environment, and to lead adequate self-directed healing, the spine needs to be mobile.
The risks of surgery become quite overwhelming: Neurological damage, loss of normal spine function, additional strain on unfused vertebrae, excruciating post-surgical pain (sometimes only a year down the track), infection, and in the instance of scoliosis, further curvature progression. Due to these complications, re-operation is necessary, sometimes referred to as reconstructive, re-corrective, revision, or salvage surgery. Complication rates vary, but failure of fusion has been found in more than 50% of treated patients and among 25 adult patients, 40% required salvage surgery2. What we know now, from a patient's perspective at least, is the preferred plan of action would likely be avoiding unnecessary risk, i.e. avoiding surgery (or keep it as the final option) once all conservative measures have failed.
While mechanical medicine was making its surgical advances in the 1950s, so too was chiropractic. The developer of chiropractic after his father, BJ Palmer, reported on a case of scoliosis in 1951 amongst his extensive plethora of research. BJ Palmer also had at that time, the biggest collection of pathological and anomolous bones in the world. BJ reported 4,392 total specimens, containing 13,697 skeletal elements. It was estimated that these 4,392 specimens represented approximately 3,000 persons. BJ Palmer assembled the Osteological Studio in a room for student study. Even then, the collection was known to the professors of anatomy in many of the nearby state medical colleges. These specimens were available to them and were often studied by them to better qualify them for carrying on their lecture work in their own classes.
In Case #1131, BJ Palmer uses spinographs (x rays) and the neurocalograph, an instrument for the measurement of nerve interference, similar to today's thermography. The redrawing of the x ray and neurocalograph output are shown in the diagrams. In those days they didn't have scanners, therefore it's assumed BJ traced over the x rays to obtain the drawings. The neurocalograph shows nerve interference to be in the lower back, which happens to correspond with the patient's pain. It also shows some nerve interference in the upper cervical region. Palmer focused on the upper cervical spine as the area of adjustment: "Specific cervical pictures revealed axis (C2) subluxated posterior and right".
He writes: "The neurocalograph reveals the causative factor in this case to be quite remote from the area of pain or from the area of spinal distortion as shown by the spinograph. The average uninformed mind usually thinks in terms of direct manipulation of the affected areas when the spine is concerned, rather than with the correction of the cause which is usually in the atlas axis region of the spine. Patient was adjusted axis PR (posterior and right). Patient allowed to rest for a few minutes and then re-read revealing the break reading gone. Neurocalograph reading next day reveals break reading gone. Pattern changing in middle cervical region. Patient reported, "Head felt clearer as though load had been lifted. Felt glow over body, especially in hands and feet." BJ Palmer.4
How much has the human body changed in the last 100 years? Not much. I'm still finding C2 subluxation common in scoliosis today.
When I was about 8 years old, I visited a chiropractor for the first time as a result of a promotion at a local shopping mall. After examining me, he said I had a twisted spine and that I would need ongoing treatment. My parents were recent immigrants to New Zealand at the time and simply couldn't afford adjustments for me. Also, I wasn't experiencing any pain so we left it at that and I forgot all about it.
Many years later I began to feel worsening pain around my left shoulder blade. I assumed it was from the weight of my bass guitar. At the time I was performing more and more regularly, something that involves standing for hours with a heavy bass on one shoulder. It felt so locked up, no massage or movement could loosen it anymore. I bought a special guitar strap that should split the weight evenly across both shoulders but it didn't work. All it did was move the pain slightly higher. This meant my shoulders couldn't possibly be even and one shoulder was carrying all of the weight.
Around the same time I decided to take up Aikido, a fascinating martial art that involves learning to roll across the ground safely. Even when I did a roll correctly, whenever any part of my back made contact with the mat I felt excruciating pain, which hampered my progress. The tension in my upper back became almost constant and more acute when I was tired. Sleep was becoming uncomfortable too.
I was truly shocked when I saw the x rays but it certainly explained my problems.
After about a month of seeing Neil twice weekly, I started to feel changes. The tension and pain seemed to shift from one place to another then, suddenly, that great immovable knot loosened. It was almost as if I finally accepted the way my spine really curves and stopped being so rigid. Over the months my flexibility slowly improved and the pain was reduced greatly. I could sleep comfortably on my side, which I was unable to do before and I could perform rolls without pain.
I always found my visits pleasant and relaxing. Pip always made me feel welcome and at ease and Neil was always professional yet personable. Each time I left feeling energised. I was very impressed with my treatment at Spinewave and would recommend it to anyone with scoliosis. It made a big difference during a stressful time.
Kind regards,
Henrieta Tornyai
© Dr Neil Bossenger 2012
- Barrack RL, Wyatt MP, Whitecloud TS 3rd, et al. Vibratory hypersensitivity in idiopathic scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. Jul-Aug 1988;8(4):389-95.
- Goodall D & Weiss H. Rate of complications in scoliosis surgery – a systematic review of the Pub Med literature. Scoliosis 2008, 3:9.
- Wyatt MP, Barrack RL, Mubarak SJ, et al. Vibratory response in idiopathic scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Br. Nov 1986;68(5):714-8.
- The Green Books (1951). Compiled Rob Sinnott, D.C. Chiropractic Clinical Controlled Research. Chapter 1: Researching the Unknown Man. Chiropractic Books 1997. Volume 25: 384-402.


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