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For decades, historians poring over photographs, written records and oral interviews have suspected where victims may have been buried after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. And on Monday night, researchers announcedthere is new evidence that supports those suspicions.
After studying four identified sites using ground-penetrating radar, scientists led by the State of Oklahoma Archaeological Survey confirmed they discovered "anomalies" indicating what may be at least two mass burials.
"I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate for something associated with the massacre," said Scott Hammerstedt, senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archaeological Survey said at a public forum on Monday.
One of the newly discovered pits is in a section of Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery. It measures roughly 30 feet by 25 feet, which researchers said is large enough for up to 100 bodies.
The second possible mass grave is in an area called The Canes. It is a small piece of land near the Arkansas River, covered in overgrown vegetation.
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said the second phase of the investigation will continue next year, but next steps need to be approved by the 1921 Mass Graves Investigation Public Oversight Committee. That includes further geophysical surveys and efforts to excavate the sites.
It is still unclear how many people were killed in the 1921 Race Massacre, also known as the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.
"My own belief is that a reasonable number can go as high as 300," Scott Ellsworth, a University of Michigan historian said, adding that others believe it can be "many, many, many more people were killed."
But to date, the Tulsa Race Riot Commission — made up of descendants of the tragedy as well as historians — has confirmed and identified only 35 African American individuals who were killed.
Ellsworth said that all of the victims whose remains the groups have been searching for are homicide victims.
He added that all but one of the victims were interred by strangers in burials that were controlled by the white authorities of the time. Nearly all took place during a period of martial law that was declared in Tulsa following the riot and lasted a few days. That means the family members of the deceased were held under armed guard, away from their dead mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.
"They did not know that their loved ones were dead. Or they did not know what was happening to them," Ellsworth said. The authorities never told them where the bodies were ultimately buried; there were never any funerals. There were no goodbyes from family members and no preachers offering prayers or words of comfort.
Historian Hannibal Johnson, author of several books about the massacre, told NPR that the furor in Tulsa came after a spate of race riots that swept across the county in 1919.
"Tulsa was a tinder box," Johnson explained.
There was jealousy of the success of the black community by white residents, Johnson said. Land lust fueled a desire by industrialists and railroad companies to take over valuable black-owned properties in Greenwood. And the Ku Klux Klan had established a strong foothold in the community.
Historic accounts trace the spark of the riot to an incident between a young black man and a white woman in a downtown elevator. Johnson said the man, who worked as a shoe shiner and was in the elevator on his way to the restroom, was accused of raping the woman, who worked as an elevator operator.
"But really, there must have been a bump or something as the elevator was going up and he grabbed onto her," Johnson said. She apparently let out a scream and he ran out of the elevator when the doors opened. The story was picked up by The Tulsa Tribune, which Johnson said was stoking already tense race relations in the city.
In the end, the woman refused to cooperate with prosecutors after charges were filed, saying the accusation mischaracterized what happened. But it was too late. Large crowds of white residents gathered at the courthouse, demanding that the man be lynched. On May 31, 1921, on the steps of the courthouse an altercation broke out between a white man with a gun and a black supporter of the accused man. They struggled over the firearm and the white man was shot, Johnson explained.
That set off hours of violence and destruction that decimated the Greenwood district of Tulsa, where black residents lived under Jim Crow segregation.
The area was a prosperous black community, spanning 35 square blocks. It was thriving with black-owned businesses, including theaters, dance halls, barber shops, haberdasheries, grocery stores, and doctors and lawyers offices. About 10,000 angry and armed white residents stormed into the district.
"Members of the white mob had looted pawn shops and sporting goods stores for guns to take with them as they flooded into Greenwood," Johnson said. "White mobs prevented firefighters from stopping fires and some eyewitnesses say planes dropped bombs and strafed the community with gunfire."
One local paper printedthe following story a day after the decimation began:
"With the coming of dawn this morning, following a night of race rioting and deaths, hundreds of armed white men in motor cars formed a circle of steel about 'Little Africa,' and a continuous rattle of rifle and revolver fire could be heard."
Johnson said conservative estimates of the damage were between $1.5 million and $2 million at the time, which would be well over $25 million in today's dollars.
The incident and many of its horrors were recreated in the debut episode of HBO's Watchmen in October. Johnson called the depiction "well done and provocative."
He's glad that the massacre is getting more attention. Johnson said there's been a "conspiracy of silence" around the horrific events.
Phoebe Stubblefield, a forensic anthropologist from the University of Florida who sits on the committee, noted the panel does not want any exhumed bodies to remain unburied for years.
"We want them to be reinterred respectfully and not in a museum somewhere on a shelf," Stubblefield said.
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The Dramatic Shift in Dallas' Housing Affordability
Over the past four years, the affordability of housing in Dallas has seen dramatic changes. The statistics illustrate this clearly: to afford a home comfortably in Dallas now, you need an annual income of $121,398, marking a substantial rise of $53,679 compared to January 2020. These figures come from estimates by Zillow Group Inc., a prominent real estate and rental platform.
Zillow's Analysis: Home Affordability Trends in North Texas and Across the Nation
Zillow's analysis considers several factors, such as median household income data from the American Community Survey and the current home value index. For those aspiring to own a home in the North Texas metro area, the average home price is projected to be around $366,690. To turn this aspiration into reality, one would require approximately 8.3 years to save for a down payment and could anticipate a monthly mortgage payment of about $2,340, based on current interest rates.
Nationally, the outlook isn't any brighter. According to Zillow's research, potential homebuyers across the country now need an income surpassing $106,000, reflecting an 80% surge from 2020. Additionally, monthly mortgage payments for an average home have doubled within the same period.
Understanding Housing Trends: Pre- and Post-Pandemic Dynamics in Dallas-Fort Worth and the Distinctive Appeal of Texas Real Estate
This analysis captures the narrative of two distinct housing markets: before and after the pandemic. The notable rise in home prices observed during 2020 and 2021 was driven by a combination of factors. With remote work becoming commonplace, many individuals sought larger residences to accommodate home office arrangements, resulting in heightened demand. This trend was magnified by a substantial influx of individuals relocating from other states, pushing the population of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area beyond 8 million.
Allen Seelenbinder from Bank of America highlights Texas as a distinctive housing market, drawing in a variety of homebuyers, especially those looking for affordability compared to states such as California and Oregon. Despite the considerable rise in home prices, they still maintain a relatively affordable stance for newcomers accustomed to even higher hikes in their previous areas.
Accessing Support for Homebuyers
Fortunately, there are avenues of assistance available to potential homebuyers. Programs like the Dallas Homebuyer Assistance Program and the Texas Homebuyer Program offer down payment assistance for qualifying individuals. Additionally, financial institutions like Bank of America and mortgage broker Loan Factory provide buyer-assistance programs, including down-payment grants.
In navigating the complex landscape of homeownership, Seelenbinder emphasizes the importance of knowledge, patience, and understanding one's financial position. By making informed decisions, prospective buyers can find the right path to achieving their homeownership goals.
In Conclusion:
Despite rising prices, Texas remains relatively affordable compared to other states. Fortunately, various support programs, such as down payment assistance, are available to aid homebuyers. With informed decision-making and access to assistance, prospective buyers can better navigate the market and achieve their homeownership goals.
Let Loan Factory guide you on your journey to achieving your dream home in Dallas.

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- Origins
- The Nameless
- From Darkness
- Celtos
- Virunus
- Nothing
- The Call Of The Mountains
- Sucellos
- Inception
- Vianna
- The Silver Sister
- King
- The Day of Strife
- Ogmios
- Carry The Torch
- Sculpting The Throne Ov Seth
Initially formed back in 2002 as a mere studio project by main man and mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann. His vision was to create a blend of Gothenburg styled melodic death metal with ancient folk melodies and themes that would soon become the "New Wave Of Folk Metal". Now, more than 12 years on, ELUVEITIE have established themselves as the most successful Swiss metal act to date.
Ten years into their career, ELUVEITIE released their critically acclaimed fifth studio-album »Helvetios« (2012), followed by their 10 year anniversary compilation, »The Early Years« (2012). The band toured relentlessly through North America, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia in support of »Helvetios«, alongside bands like WINTERSUN, CHILDREN OF BODOM and SABATON; and the album charted all over the world; #3 in the Billboard Heatseekers Chart (USA), #4 in Switzerland, #6 Canada Hard Music, #7 USA Hard Music, #27 in Germany and #34 Austria).
The current incarnation of the band features two new members: Guitarist Rafael Salzmann, who took over strings in summer 2012 for Simeon "Sime" Koch and Nicole Ansperger who replaced long-time member and violinist Meri Tadic.
With the new line-up solidified, ELUVEITIE made history this year as they become the first ever metal band to receive an award at the renowned Swiss Music Awards - the Swiss Grammy Awards equivalent. The band won the 'Best Live Act National' category, an entirely audience- voted award. Since taking home their Swiss Music Award, ELUVEITIE entered Swiss New Sound Studio to work on their sixth studio album, »Origins«. The band decided to work with legendary producer Tommy Vetterli (KREATOR, CORONER).
»Origins« deals with the Celtic mythology, "or to be more precise, with etiological tales from Gaul", commented vocalist and front man Chrigel Glanzmann. Glanzmann also created the album artwork for this new offering and goes on to explain: "The album cover of »Origins« is designed after the hammer/club-shaped 'halo' of Sucellos, as seen on a statue that was found in a shrine of a gallo-roman household in today's France. It was created under the scientific supervision of experts from the University of Zürich".
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Technic: Race Plane - Ages 7+
Bring the thrilling world of stunt planes to life with this LEGO® Technic™ Race Plane (42117). This treat for boys and girls aged 7 and up includes details like a propeller that spins when the plane is pushed along, plus opening engine covers. The eye-catching, teal and orange colour scheme with sponsor details completes a cool little gift for any occasion – it's just like a real race plane!
2-in-1 model
This toy airplane rebuilds into a Jet Airplane so kids can enjoy even more building fun.It's easy to get started since this set comes with Instructions PLUS. Available in the free LEGO Building Instructions app, this interactive guide includes zoom and rotate tools, plus ghost mode, to help children build independently.
Hours of creative play
The LEGO Technic universe offers advanced building toys for young LEGO fans who are ready for their next challenge. With vehicles that look and function like the real thing, these sets offer a great introduction to engineering and mechanics.
- Give aspiring pilots a treat with this LEGO® Technic™ Race Plane (42117) toy. With vibrant colours, sponsor details and a spinning propeller, it looks just like the real thing.
- There are lots of details to discover for kids who love flying toys. Check out the opening engine covers, landing gear and spinning propeller for plane racing role play.
- Kids will love building this durable aerobatic aircraft toy before rebuilding it into a Jet Airplane for even more creative fun.
- Makes a great holiday or birthday gift or an anytime treat for kids aged 7 and up who love stunt plane toys.
- The Race Plane model measures over 3 in. (9 cm) high (including propeller), 7 in. (18 cm) long and 9 in. (23 cm) wide.
- Instructions PLUS is an interactive guide that makes building extra fun. Available in the free LEGO® Building Instructions app, it has zoom and rotate tools to help children build independently.
- The LEGO® Technic™ universe offers advanced building toys for young LEGO fans who are ready for their next building challenge.
- LEGO® Technic™ components meet stringent industry standards to ensure they are consistent, compatible and connect securely every time – it's been that way since 1958.
- LEGO® Technic™ components are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and analyzed to make sure they meet stringent global safety standards.
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Archived material for 2019
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This section archives selected publications for the year 2019, each item listed under Further information below. You will also find informal items about the Library in the Library Blog
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8 Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen. 10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit* with which he spoke. 11Then they secretly instigated some men to say, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. 12They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13They set up false witnesses who said, This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law; 14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth* will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us. 15And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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Thrift Store
When I stroll through the houseware aisles of thrift stores, I always keep my eye out for dishes and cookware that my kids could use with their play kitchen. My best find so far: a lovely set of 1 large and 4 small wooden bowls (see above). Of course you might also luck out and find used play food and play dishes in the toy section.
Used Food Containers and Dishes
When my Ikea plastic dishes were replaced by stainless steel ones, some went into the party box (to be used instead of paper plates at parties or other large outdoor gatherings), but many went to the play dish bin. My children also love to use empty spice and salt containers. Anything unbreakable and not too large.
Restaurant Supply Store
I wouldn't go to a restaurant supply store just to purchase play dishes, but if you are already there to stock your own kitchen with stainless steel bowls, etc., look around for small-sized cookware and utensils for the play kitchen. I have found small tongs and tiny rolling pins, among other things, at my local store.
There is a lot of wonderful handmade play food made of yarn, fabric, felt or wood on Etsy. One of our favorite play kitchen items is a dozen wooden eggs purchased from Etsy store Urban Homesteaders (see photos above).
Craig's List
Natural Toy Stores
I love their stainless steel set of little pots and pans. It's also hard to beat their $7 felt play food sets (veggies, fruits, breakfast, sushi). My kids love the banana that can be peeled and the lettuce leaves that can be pulled off to make a salad.
Make Your Own
If you've got the time and the skills, there is no shortage of tutorials online for felt, fabric, or crocheted play food. Pinterest is a great place to start for inspiration.
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Six Horses. Century Company, 1930.
Barker Brothers, 1800-1995. [Barker Brothers 75th Anniversary pamphlet], ca. 1955.
Beautiful Highlands of Los Angeles. Comprising Boyle Heights, Brooklyn Heights and Euclid Heights. ca. 1939.
On The Old West Coast: Being further reminiscences of a ranger, Major Horace Bell. William Morrow Company, 1930.
Reminiscences of a Ranger or Early times in Southern California. Yarnell, Caystile, and Mathes Printers, 1881.
California. Los Angeles City and County. Chamber of Commerce. Klondike Edition, Kingley Barnes & Neuner Company. Los Angeles, 1897.
California, 1826-1926.
California Literary Centennial 1850-1950. Presented by the California Centennial Commision sponsored by the Historical Society of Southern California, 1950.
California of the Southland, A history of the University of California at Los Angeles. Published by University of California at Los Angeles Alumni Association, 1937.
The City of Los Angeles: The First 100 Years 1850-1950; Year Book 1949. 1949.
History of California: The American Period. MacMillan Company, 1922.
Cornerstones of California.
A Daughter of the Snows. The story of the Great San Fernando Valley. Written by the publicity department, Lankershim Branch Security Trust and Savings Bank.
"Bancroft's Lost Letter." Historical Society of Southern California (pp.213-220), n.d.
Directory of Los Angeles for 1875.
The Bank and the Community, A history of Security Trust and Savings Bank, 1889-1929. Los Angeles, 1929.
La Fiesta de Los Angeles. April 15-20, 1895.
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The Five Friendly Valleys, the story of Highland Park. Publicity department of Highland Park Branch of Security First and Savings Bank, 1923.
California Missions and Landmarks, El Camino Real. 1925.
Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons. Gem Publishing Company, 1926.
Historic Facts and Fancies (California). History and landmarks Section of Caliofnia federated Women's clubs, ca. 1907.
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate. A.C. McClurg & Company, 1911.
Pioneer Notes from the diaries of Judge Benjamin Hayes. 1929.
Across The Plains. Broadway Publishing Company, 1906.
Historical Records and Souvenir of the Pioneer Society of Los Angeles County. Times Mirror Press, 1923.
An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County, California. Louis Lewin and Company, 1896.
Arthur Letts: A Biography. Young and McCallister, Incorporated, Los Angeles, 1927.
"The Lincoln-Roosevelt League, its origins and accomplishments." September 1943.
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Los Angeles California, The City Beautiful. 1909.
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Los Angeles City and County, California, 1902.
Los Angeles, A Guide Book. National Education Association, 1907.
"Father of the Los Angeles Municipal Water System." Published by the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, n.d.
In the Footsteps of the Padres. Los Angeles, April 1930.
Oceanside thriving and coastal city. Published by the Union title Insurance and Trust Company, 1934.
Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator. San Francisco: printed by John Henry Nash, 1929.
"Beanfields, builders and books." December 1954.
Scope and Content Note
Poems of the California Missions. 1923.
La Reina, Los Angeles in three centuries. 4th edition, 1931.
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A Short History of Los Angeles. n.d.
Six Collegiate Decades: the growth of Higher Education in Southern California. Published by Security First National Bank, 1929.
Speeches of Hon. Horatio Seymour at the conventions held at Albany, January 31, 1861 and September 10, 1862.
Souvenir from Los Angeles and Southern California.
Sunset. N.E.A. June special: Los Angeles Edition, 1899.
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Semi Troipical California. A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1874.
Where To Go In California. Compliments, Rand McNally and Company, 1899.
Who's Who in Los Angeles, County. Charles Lang publishers, 1927-1928.
Wild Flowers in Southern California. Richfield Oil Company of California, 1934 and 1936.
California of Today.
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Beautiful Highlands of Los Angeles. n.p., n.d.
The Land of Sunshine, A magazine of California and the Southwest. Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, 1895.
Articles of incorporation.
Minutes, March 2, 1928.
List of contributors.
Western Fed. News Correspondence.
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Historical society brochure, forms, etc.
Book price lists.
Briggs, Lloyd Vernon, correspondence, etc., 1891-1923.
Manuscript: "Hill St."
Manuscript: "Los Angeles 100 Years Ago."
Manuscript: "Pico, Andreas."
Manuscript: "Politics--1934 State Primary."
Manuscript fragments.
Files: Anthony, Susan B.
Files: Art exhibit cats.
Files: Downey, John G.
Files: Gold discovery centenniel.
Files: Markham, Edwin.
Files: Military highway project.
Newspapers (clippings about).
Politics: election of Governor Stephens -- newsletter.
Portola trek, 1948.
Portola trek, California Mission trails.
Presidents (U.S.).
Files: Shakespeare.
Files: Spanish names of streets.
Files: Theater programs, etc., (opera).
Twain, Mark.
Maps, early Los Angeles.
Ephemera & memorabilia.
All-city high school track championships--programs.
Los Angeles Evening Express Year Book, 1929-1931.
Miscellaneous printed items.
Clippings, Los Angeles history.
Clippings, presidents' wives.
American-Scandinavian Foundation, constitution & by-laws of Southern California chapter.
Correspondence re American-Scandinavian Foundation.
Printed memorabilia.


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(Re)Introducing TogetherJS (the service formerly known as TowTruck)
Mozilla TowTruck is now Mozilla TogetherJS. It's just a different name, with the same underlying experience and technology. TogetherJS is a service that adds collaboration features and tools to your website. Why the name change? TowTruck initially started as a … Continue reading


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Mark Woodcock For the best Pilates for beginners company, call Cara McGrath Pilates.
Acne can be a painful and embarrassing condition for a person to be afflicted with. Often, a person who has acne cannot control its occurrence. But, by following a few acne skin care practices, acne can be controlled and even gotten rid of.
Acne is an inflammatory skin disease that affects millions of individuals. The most universal type of acne is known as "common acne". Acne is caused when too many oils are secreted from the glands and those oils mix with dead skin cells, blocking the hair follicles. More oil secretions increase underneath the already blocked follicles (or pores), and skin bacteria begin to grow rapidly. This leads to red and irritated skin that most often appears as bumps on the skin's surface. Any skin surface of the body is susceptible to acne, but it most commonly (and heavily) appears on the face, chest, back, and upper arm region.
Acne commonly begins to occur during puberty due to an irregular response by the body to regular levels of testosterone, a male hormone. Often, acne begins to subside or disappear altogether by the mid 20's. However, some individuals do suffer with it throughout adulthood. And some adults do not even see the onset of acne until well into the adult years. This is known as adult onset acne.
Acne can leave scarring on the skin, as well as have a scarring effect on a person's self-esteem, and even lead to depression. Because society can be so unforgiving about appearances, there are various medically prescribed treatments available, as well as acne skin care regimens that can be utilized in order to minimize the symptoms of acne.
Different things cause acne for different sufferers. A few of the recognized causes of acne include heredity, hormonal activity (puberty, menstruation, pregnancy), stress, certain medications, and skin irritation. All of these things have the potential to cause acne, as well as exacerbate it. There are a few myths regarding acne. For instance we've all heard of a mom telling her child not to eat too many greasy foods like French fries, or eat too many sweets, because it will give him or her pimples. That is simply an old wives' tale. Diet does not cause acne, and does not affect it. Also, poor hygiene has no bearing on the occurrence of acne. Acne is not caused by dirt, and having poor hygiene habits will not aggravate the condition.
There are many treatments for acne available, both through prescription, and over the counter. There are antibiotics in the form of pills, as well as topical creams that are designed to treat the condition. Exfoliation can be used as a treatment to remove and prevent the build up of dead skin cells. And light therapy is being used more and more to treat acne. It is important to consult a dermatologist in order to determine the best course of treatment and learn the best regimen of acne skin care to carry out.
Dealing with the occurrence of acne requires knowing how to properly care for the skin. Acne skin care can help keep the problem from getting worse, and even alleviate it. It is important to gently wash the skin at least twice a day with a gentle skin cleanser. Do not scrub with a rough pad or use a rough soap. This will make the acne problem worse. And always completely rinse the skin after cleansing.
As part of an acne skin care routine, it is important to remember not to touch the afflicted skin areas. Do not try to squeeze acne. An infection could occur, compounding the problem, and scarring could result. Also, avoid the sun when possible. Wear protective clothing to avoid tanning or burning. The skin will age faster, and any fading effect of the acne is temporary and will become visible again when the burn or tan fades.
When using cosmetics, take care to use oil-free products, and products that are non-comedogenic (won't clog the pores). And for men who shave their faces, it is important to shave very carefully. Shave with a light hand to avoid cutting or nicking the blemishes. If these steps in acne skin care are taken, the pain and embarrassment of the problem can be alleviated, and over time, eliminated completely.


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Early 20th century wine and spirit store in Turku (Marli) |
One of the first Finnish whisky ads 29.5.1904 |
The English traders complained in 1901 that customs of Finland were not fair as imports of cognac were allowed, but not of whisky. It was until 27.5.1904 the senate declared that whisky was not a neutral spirit and the imports should be allowed. Just in the next couple of days there were over a dozen of traders advertising their whiskies in the Finnish newpapers. The first companies with big advertising budgets were Buchanan's, Dewar's and The Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) with different brands, such as King George IV, White Label, Highland Club, House of Lords and Perfection. Several Finnish wine traders advertised their own whiskies, often unbranded at the beginning of the century. Kinahan's Irish "L.L." Lord-Lieutenant Blended Whisky (without the 'e') was imported from Dublin (before its liquididation in 1910) and some unbranded American ryes and bourbons were available.
Below is is quite an impressive piece of early Finnish whisky journalism, published in the newspaper Otava 2.6.1904, just a week after the legalization of whisky, written by "Kimmo".
(Very) Roughly translated to English (sorry, Kimmo): "... Despite these original forms of civilizations [referring to the distilling of paloviina] we have been flooded with western European civilization in the form of cognacs, wines and liqueurs. Mostly this European civilization has been French, German and partly Hungarian. Therefore no-one can claim that Finland would not be European enough. Only English civilization has been an unfamiliar and a forbidden fruit for us. We have imported machinery, cloth, many useful tools, even noble ideas and exported butter, timber and reels, but civilization in the form understandable to Ananias Piirakainen, we have not received. The English do not have
anything else than the whisky-civilization, but the Finnish government have until now counted whisky as a neutral spirit and therefore have prohibited the import, as we do have enough of our own domestic civilization of illicit distilling. But now has the change come, now have the doors of whisky-civilization been opened for us, too! According to the senate it is now allowed to import whisky and it will be handled equal to cognac in the customs. Hardly was the decision signed when the Helsinki papers were filled with big whisky adverts. In this era of electricity, whisky was probably flowing through the cables as soon as it was allowed to enter the country. But let us see now what the former forbidden fruit is! The word whisky (pronounced uiski) is derived from the gaelic words "uisge beatha", which mean the water of life. It is a spirit burnt from malted barley. It was first distilled and drunk in Ireland and Scottish Highlands only, but later it spread to England and the world. As early as in the 14th century the Irish have been said to be able to distill whisky. Just as we have many sorts of spirits, so does the whisky come in differnt sorts. The most famous are the "L.L." (Lord Liutenant) made in Dublin and "Scotch Whisky", which tastes peculiary smoky. In the Northern America whisky is mainly made of rye and corn. "Rye whisky" is made mainly of rye, "malt whisky" of bare malts and "bourbon" of corn and malted rye. In addition there is "whisky cordial", which is a liqueur made of whisky. Well, that's enough for the time."
Advert 1904 |
Uusi Suometar (29.5.1904) magazine knew that whisky was made with malted barley, with sometimes oats added, and that it was more expensive than cognac because of the longer maturation time and that the average proof was 53% abv.
The sales of whisky in Finland did not increase as expected. In 1904 there were only some 6000 litres of whisky imported and the next year it fell below 5000 litres. It was a tiny amount compared to the sales of other legal spirits of over 400 000 litres per year; paloviina sales were just below 200 000 litres and cognac over 100 000 litres per annum. The whisky sales increased slightly from 1908 to 1911; 6367 litres, 8568 litres, 11083 litres, 12959 litres, respectively. During the First World War 1914-1917 alcohol sales were allowed only in first class hotels and pharmacies, and as a result the Finnish consumption of alcohol per capita was the lowest in Europe. The Finnish senate passed the alcohol prohibition law in 1907 and again in 1909 and 1911. However it was not confirmed by the Russian goverment until 1917 after the Russian revolution and just before the Finnish independence in 6.12.1917 and it was until 1.6.1919 that the Finnish prohibition law took effect.
Glen Grant ad from 1932 |
Whiskies available for medicinal purposes in Finland 1926-1927 |
Whiskies available in the Finnish Alko 5.4.1932, prices in FIM |
Viski-Viina, product n:o 2 |
Vatting tanks in Salmisaari |
First real attempts to produce Finnish whisky in Alko started in the 1950s. The experiments were made in the Rajamäki distillery, which at the time had four different stills in use: two versions of the French double column Barbét still, a ten fold Savalle still and a Guillaume rectifier. Most likely the old Barbét still was used. Pyynikki brewery provided the peated barley malts and the distilling expertise of Sami Suominen, who had been studying brewing and distilling in the USA. Production was 60-70 000 litres per annum and after nine months of maturation in Alko's own imported sherry casks the whisky was considered "as good as an excellent American whiskey". For some reason the whisky did not get into market, but was rather used as a flavour component in Tähkäviina, a spiced spirit manufactured by Alko in 1960-1999. Another "own" whisky production by Alko was the Lion Blend, a retake on the unsuccessful Viski-Viina, a blend of Scottish whiskies and unmatured Finnish grain spirit, blended and bottled in Finland (1969-1990).
Whiskies for sale in Alko, 1972 |
Cooper in Salmisaari, 1950s |
Alko's own whisky distillation started in 1975 in Rajamäki with an old spice still. The peated malts came from Lahden Polttimo maltings. Later quite substantial amounts of these peated whisky malts were exported to both Scottish and Japanese whisky distillers in the 1970s and the 1980s. Today Lahden polttimo produces malts for Teerenpeli and Macmyra under the name of Viking malt.
Malt exports from Lahden Polttimo (tons of barley) |
Old spice still in Salmisaari |
A diagram of a Barbét double column still |
Alko Whisky (1981-1994) |
Viski 88 (1983-1994) |
In 1982 Alko started to develop a stronger and more "Scottish" whisky, based on the success of Kolmen Leijonan Whisky (three lions), which was a Scottish blend bottled and partly matured in Finland since 1932. Viski 88 was released in 1.11.1983 and it became quite popular, being the most sold whisky in Finland during the 1980s and the the early 1990s. It was a blend of Scottish and Finnish whiskies with a total malt whisky proportion of 40-50% and matured in Finland. The name was chosen in the celebration of the founding year 1888 of the Rajamäki distillery. The label presents Väinämöinen (the leading character from Kalevala, the national epic poetry of Finland) as pictured on the wall of Vanha Ylioppilastalo (Old Student House) in Helsinki. Coincidentally, that is where the recent Uisge festival has been organised in 2012 and 2013. After the accession to the European Union in 1995 the name of Viski 88 was changed to Double Eight 88 and the production was discontinued in 2000 as the Finnish whisky ran out.
Alko 50-years anniversary bottling |
Several independent Finnish whisky distillers have been starting production in the new millenium. Brewery restaurant Beer Hunter's in Pori was founded in 1998 and small batch whisky production started 8.11.2001. Holstein stills and mixture of Spanish sherry casks and new Portuguese casks are used for the Old Buck whisky. Teerenpeli beer restaurant was founded in 1995 in Tampere. Whisky production started in 2002 in pot stills and the first batch of 3yo whisky was released in 2005 and now an 8yo is available. Brewery restaurant Koulu (School) in Turku began their distilling in 2009 in Tuorla and their first ex-bourbon oak matured whisky named Sgoil has just been released as a 3yo. Hermannin Viinitila has recently distilled whisky in co-operation with the monastery of Valamo.
Alko Whisky 10yo 1994-2000 |
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SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City International Airport has become a hot spot this year for gun-toting passengers.
In May, Transportation Security Administration screeners discovered a loaded gun strapped to a man's prosthetic leg. In July, they found two guns on the same day — both loaded. Earlier this week, they sniffed out yet another loaded gun in the carry-on bag of a man headed to Las Vegas.
The latest discovery brings the year-to-date total to 30. That is already significantly more than any of the previous three years — and more than double the number found this year in six airports with comparable volumes of passenger traffic such as Portland, St. Louis and Kansas City, TSA figures show. In Portland, for instance, only 13 guns have been found; eight in Kansas City.
The increase in Salt Lake City mirrors a national trend.
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TSA officials decline to speculate about the reasons behind the increase, but say the most common excuse from passengers is that they simply forgot they had a gun in their bag.
Passengers can travel with guns, but only when they declare them and put them in checked bags that are hard-sided with a lock.
Several of the people found with guns in Salt Lake City have been arrested on gun charges, but not all. That's the case around the country, too, where punishment depends on gun laws where the airport is located. If the state or jurisdiction where the airport is located has tolerant gun laws, police at the airport will frequently hand the gun back to the passenger and recommend locking it in a car or finding some other safe place for it. The government doesn't track what happens to the people who are arrested.
The TSA can also issue civil fines ranging from $200 up to $11,000 dollars, said TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers. In 2012, the agency issued $1.8 million in fines to passengers caught with guns.
Airports in the South and the West, where the American gun culture is strongest, had the greatest number of guns intercepted last year, according to TSA data. Five of the 12 airports with the most guns were in Texas, and others included airports in Atlanta, Denver and Seattle.
The yearly totals can ebb and flow, too. In 2012, there were 33 guns found in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. This year so far, only 13 have been found.
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We are having a lovely discussion in chat about the purpose and efficacy of prayer.
I am of the opinion that God has a plan and the future is completely set. However I also believe that you should pray for what you need and that God will answer your prayer.
What scripture forms the basis for our prayers and how do we rationalize praying when the outcome is set?


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The White House on Wednesday announced President Biden's intent to nominate Michelle Kwan, the two-time Olympic medalist, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belize.
Biden will also nominate Caroline Kennedy, a former ambassador to Japan, to serve as ambassador to Australia.
Both women have long worked alongside the Democratic Party, including in support of Biden's 2020 White House run, and served in various political roles over the years.
Kwan, who is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, became the first U.S. public diplomacy envoy in 2006 and "for a decade, traveled extensively on behalf of the U.S. Department of State to engage youth around the world on social and educational issues," according to a White House press release.
Kennedy, a prolific author and daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, served as ambassador to Japan during President Barack Obama's second term.
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The real test of any technique for eliminating spam is not how much spam you can stop, but how much spam you can stop without stopping a significant amount of legitimate email. That is, how do you design a defense against spam so that the error in the system is nearly all in the direction of false negatives rather than false positives?
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Simply blocking mail from any server listed on a blacklist, as some ISPs do now, is in effect a clumsy form of filtering-- one that generates a large number of false positives, and yet only catches a
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, the MAPS RBL, probably the best known blacklist, catches only 24% of spam, with 34% false positives. It would take a conscious effort to write a content-based filter with performance that bad.
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than the problem they're fighting. The ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (among others) have all
the practices of groups like MAPS.
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their numbers are bad. The worst of them will blacklist anyone who makes them mad enough, whether their server is a source of spam or not. Obviously, this is not going to generate very good filtering performance.
In effect, MAPS wastes most of its bullets on civilians.
Bayesian filters, because they're just programs, don't take spam personally. As a result, they make fewer mistakes.
So if you want to fight spam, work on filters. (Think globally, act locally.) This approach is not only more effective, it's also less likely to turn you into a nut.
I'm not saying it's a waste of time to keep track of spam sources. But I do think that whether an email comes from a server on a list of (supposed) spam sources is just one piece of evidence among many, and probably fairly unimportant evidence compared to the content of the email.
Ultimately, I think filters will put a stop to groups like MAPS. They only have the power that they do because ISPs are desperate and feel they have no alternative. If ISPs start to do content-based filtering, or know that their users are, they won't have to rely on such crude methods much longer.
More Info:
Internet News: When Spam Policing Gets Out of Control
EFF: Statement Regarding Anti-Spam Measures
Network World: The Spam Police
ZDNet: Spam: The Last Crusade
When Everything Was Spam to ISP
Coalition Statement Against "Stealth Blocking"
Slashdot: MAPS RBL is now Censorware
CNET: Canning Spam Without Eating Up Real Mail


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cd-roms and ipads – analysis of publishing as a workflow and why iPad will not save glossy magazines.
"For those of you blessed with senile amnesia or youth, CD-ROMs were the first wave of "interactive media" in the mid-eighties, and the great hope for publishing houses struggling to understand what they might be doing in the 21st century. Companies from Dorling-Kindersley to News Corp threw millions into CD-ROM publishing, with very little ultimate return."
Ian Betteridge: notes for a talk on designing for the iPad Technovia
Frederic Filloux on design, newspapers, iPad
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Saint Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles, mentioned sixth in the three Gospel lists (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14), and seventh in the list of Acts (1:13). The name (Bartholomaios) means "son of Talmai" which was an ancient Hebrew name.
Besides being listed as an Apostle, he is not otherwise mentioned in the New Testament, at least not under the name Bartholomew: many ancient writers, and Catholic tradition have identified Bartholomew as Nathaniel in the Gospel of John (John 1:45-51, and 21:2).
The Gospel passage read at Mass on the feast of Saint Bartholomew is precisely this passage from John (1:45-51) where Nathaniel is introduced to Jesus by his friend Phillip, and Jesus says of him "Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him (1:47)."
We are presented with the Apostle's character in this brief and beautiful dialogue with the Lord Jesus. He is a good Jew, honest and innocent, a just man, who devotes much time to quiet reflection and prayer - "under the fig tree (1:48)" - and has been awaiting the Messiah, the Holy One of God.
At Jesus' mention that "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you (1:48)," Nathaniel responded "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel (1:49)!"
Being "a true child of Israel," Nathaniel was a man well-read in the Scriptures and knew what they said of the Messiah and where he would come from. This is why he is skeptical of Phillip's claim that Jesus is the Messiah, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth (1:46)?"
But Nathaniel was lacking "duplicity" - that is, his heart was undivided, his intentions pure - his openness to reality was always ready to recognize and surrender to the truth when he encountered it. He remained open to his friend Phillip's invitation to "Come and see (1:46)."
In encountering Jesus and hearing His words, he found himself face to face with the Truth Himself, and, like John the Baptist's leap in his mother's womb at the Lord's presence, Nathaniel's words lept out of his own heart in a clear and simple confession of faith, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Jesus, in Matthew 5:8, says, "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God." In Nathaniel we have an example of the pure man who sees - recognizes - God when confronted with Him, and on seeing Him believes in Him, and upon believing in Him, follows Him.
Nothing is known for sure about the life of Nathaniel/Bartholomew after the Ascension of Jesus, but tradition holds that he preached in the East and died a martyr's death in Armenia, being flayed alive for having won converts to the Lord Jesus.


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I'll post here results from some experiments I'm doing with Oracle. I want to explore the implications and possible benefits of mapping a truly relational logical database model directly to the physical model. In other words:
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- Every base table has one or more Unique keys (one arbitrarily chosen as "Primary")
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- Application interfaces via fully updateable views (materialized or not)
In particular, I would like to determine how (if possible) to implement various types of table and database constraints apart from the standard PK and FK constraints.
Initial experiments indicate most of this is very possible, and with careful coding can be made to work. In fact, I'm sure some advantages over common practice will be demonstrated.
I'm doing all this on Oracle 10g Release 2 which I downloaded recently. I've installed it on my P4 with XP Home. For the frontend I'm using HtmlDB 1.6, although I'll probably upgrade to HtmlDB 2.0 soon.
I should note that I don't seriously expect this approach to have enough merit to be used in real projects – but this is not because of a lack in the relational model of data but because of the poor support of it by the SQL standard (and therefore, by DBMS's that implement it). Therefore, I expect that to get all this to work I'll have to write a lot of code very carefully, but that the resulting database will be very easy to write applications and queries for. For example, implementing all constraints on the database for a particular entity means that I don't need complicated constraint checking code in every module that works with that entity.
I expect I may have to wrestle with row locking and handling constraint violations correctly in the presence of multiple users/sessions; I don't want to have to enforce serialized access to get this to work because of the scalability problem.
I've found it interesting so far, anyway.


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Vertigo, the Cervical Spine,
and Spinal Manipulation
Vertigo is defined as "a condition in which somebody feels a sensation of whirling or tilting that causes a loss of balance." To describe the sensation of vertigo, patients often use words such as dizziness, giddiness, unsteadiness, or lightheadedness. The neurological vertigo center is called the vestibular nucleus. The vestibular nucleus is located in the brainstem. It extends from the caudal portion of the pons through the caudal portion of the medulla.
afferent information that enters the vestibular nucleus to initiate the
sensation of vertigo arises primarily from four sources:
1) Labyrinthine Inner Ear (1)
2) Cerebellum (2)
3) Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) (3, 4, 5)
4) Cervical spine afferents, especially from C1 – C3 (6)
All health care providers should also be aware that vertigo could result as a consequence of vascular compromise of the posterior circulation of the brainstem (the vertebral and basilar arteries, and their branches) (7).
The first study to link problems in the cervical spine to vertigo was published in the journal Lancet in 1955 (8). Today (October 12, 2015), a search of the National Library of Medicine with PubMed, using the words "cervical vertigo" locates 2,211 citations.
It was established in 1977 that the injection of saline irritants into the deep tissues of the upper cervical spine would create the sensation of vertigo in normal human volunteers (6).
Clinicians have documented a relationship between cervical spine trauma and the symptoms of vertigo (9). In her chapter titled "Posttraumatic Vertigo", Dr. Linda Luxon (10) notes that this vertigo can be explained by "disruption of cervical proprioceptive input." She notes that the major cervical spine afferent input to the vestibular nuclei "arises from the paravertebral joints and capsules, with relatively minor input from paravertebral muscles." Dysfunctional upper cervical spinal joints and their capsules can alter the proprioceptive afferent input to the vestibular nucleus resulting in the symptoms of vertigo. Treatment would be to improve the mechanical function of these joints.
In 2001, an article appeared in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychology titled (11):
Cervical Vertigo
This article reviews the theoretical basis for cervical vertigo. These authors note:
"Proprioceptive input from the neck participates in the coordination of eye, head, and body posture as well as spatial orientation," and this is the basis of the of cervical vertigo syndrome. Cervical vertigo is when the suspected mechanism is proprioceptive.
"Degenerative or traumatic changes of the cervical spine can induce altered sensory input causing vertigo.
"Dizziness and unsteadiness suspected to be of cervical origin could be due either to loss or inadequate stimulation of neck receptors in cervical pain syndromes."
"Section or anesthesia of cervical roots or muscles causes an asymmetry in somatosensory input, unilateral irritation or deficit of neck afferents could create a cervical tone imbalance, thus disturbing integration of vestibular and neck inputs."
"As somatosensory cervical input converges with vestibular input to mediate multisensory control of orientation, gaze in space, and posture, the clinical syndrome of cervical vertigo could theoretically include perceptual symptoms of disorientation, postural imbalance, and ocular motor signs."
"A convincing mechanism of cervical vertigo would have to be based on altered upper cervical somatosensory input associated with neck tenderness and limitation of movement."
"In summary, vertigo can be accompanied by cervical pain, associated with head injury, whiplash injury, or cervical spine disease."
"If cervical vertigo exists, appropriate management is the same as that for the cervical pain syndrome."
In 2002, an article appeared in the Journal of Whiplash & Related Disorders, titled (12):
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association Between Pain and Disability in Neck Pain Patients with Dizziness of Suspected Cervical Origin
In this article, these authors state:
"The term 'cervical vertigo' was introduced to describe dizziness and unsteadiness associated with cervical spine pain syndromes."
"Increasing evidence suggests that dizziness and vertigo may arise from dysfunctional cervical spine structures."
"Whiplash patients are likely to suffer from dizziness, vertigo and associated neck pain and disability resulting from traumatized cervical spine structures."
"Cervicogenic dizziness, especially in whiplash patients, may result from disturbed sensory information due to dysfunctional joint and neck mechanoreceptors."
"Dizziness and vertigo are common complaints of neck pain patients with 80 to 90% of whiplash sufferers reporting these symptoms."
"Dysfunction or trauma to connective tissues such as cervical muscles and ligaments rich in proprioceptive receptors (mechanoreceptors) may lead to sensory impairment."
"Emerging evidence suggests that dizziness and vertigo may commonly arise from dysfunctional cervical spine structures such as joint and neck mechanoreceptors, particularly from trauma."
In this study, the authors evaluated 180 consecutive neck pain patients over the age of 18 who were recruited from an outpatient clinic. Of these, 71 patients (40.57%) reported neck pain resulting from trauma and 60 patients (33.5%) were suffering from dizziness. Pain intensity was measured using the Numerical Rating Scale while disability was measured with the Neck Disability Index (NDI).
The authors note that dizzy patients also describe their symptoms with "lightheadedness, seasickness, instability, rotatory vertigo, etc." Regarding dizziness, females were significantly more likely to report dizziness compared to males while no significant difference was found for dizziness versus age. Patients experiencing dizziness also reported greater intensity of neck pain compared to those without dizziness. Increasing duration of neck pain was significantly associated with increasing reports of dizziness. Subjects who reported dizziness were significantly more likely to have been involved in an injury. Neck pain patients with dizziness reported significantly more disability (total NDI score) compared to neck pain patients without dizziness.
The authors concluded that neck pain patients with dizziness were significantly more likely to have suffered a traumatic injury, experienced greater pain intensity and disability levels, and experienced for a longer period of time, compared to neck pain patients without dizziness.
This "study results reinforce the concept of neck pain and disability leading to cervicogenic dizziness/vertigo due to dysfunction of the somatosensory system of the neck." The basic model presented in this article is that trauma causes "dysfunctional cervical spine structures" resulting in altered "joint and neck mechanoreceptor" function, causing both pain and dizziness.
In 2003, a group from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, published a study in the Journal of Rehabilitative Medicine titled (13):
Dizziness and Unsteadiness Following Whiplash Injury: Characteristic Features and Relationship with Cervical Joint position Error
These authors note that dizziness and/or unsteadiness are common symptoms of chronic whiplash-associated disorders, and that if the cervical spine injury is the suspected origin of these complaints that it can be assessed with "joint position error." Joint position error is the accuracy to return to the natural head posture following extension and rotation. Consequently, these authors measured joint position error in 102 subjects with persistent whiplash-associated disorder and 44 control subjects. These authors found:
"The results indicated that subjects with whiplash-associated disorders had significantly greater joint position errors than control subjects."
"Within the whiplash group, those with dizziness had greater joint position errors than those without dizziness following rotation."
"Cervical mechanoreceptor dysfunction is a likely cause of dizziness in whiplash-associated disorder."
"When there is no traumatic brain injury, abnormal cervical afferent input from damaged or functionally impaired neck joint and muscle receptors is considered the likely cause."
Dizziness of cervical origin "originates from abnormal afferent activity from the extensive neck muscle and joint proprioceptors, which converges in the central nervous system with vestibular and visual signals, confusing the postural control system."
These authors "contend that our results support a likely cervical cause of dizziness and or unsteadiness rather than other causes of dizziness in these subjects with persistent whiplash associated disorders and the joint position error findings highlight the role of cervical mechanoreceptor dysfunction."
"The study highlights the role of cervical mechanoreceptor dysfunction and the importance of assessment and management of this impairment in persistent whiplash associated disorders, particularly in those complaining of dizziness and unsteadiness."
These authors also noted that the most common words used were "lightheaded", "unsteady" and "off-balance". Other descriptions were clumsy, giddy, imbalance, motion sickness, falling/veering to one side, imbalance in the dark, vision jiggle (disturbance), faint feeling, might fall. Unsteadiness was the most common description, being stated by 90% of the subjects.
In 2012, neurological investigators from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and from the Chicago Dizziness and Hearing Center confirmed the existence and pathophysiology of post-traumatic cervical vertigo, and cervicogenic proprioceptive vertigo. Their article appeared in the journal Neurologia, and is titled (14):
Cervical Vertigo:
Myths, Facts, and Scientific Evidence
These authors note that aspects of "cervical vertigo" have "survived the test of time and may be found in the literature today." They recommend that the provider rule out "rotational vertebral artery syndrome," and state:
"Once potentially severe causes of the symptoms have been ruled out, the most appropriate strategy seems to be use of manipulative and vestibular physical therapy."
In 2014, researchers from the University of Montreal assessed 25 subjects with cervicogenic dizziness and 25 subjects with labyrinthine dizziness to determine which clinical tests were best able to distinguish between the two groups. Their study was published in the journal Otology & Neurotology, and titled (15):
Evaluation of Para-clinical Tests in the Diagnosis of Cervicogenic Dizziness
These authors concluded subjects with cervicogenic dizziness were more likely to:
- Have a sensation of drunkenness and lightheadedness.
- Have pain induced during the physical examination of the upper cervical vertebrae.
- Have an elevated joint position error during the cervical relocation test.
There is strong evidence spanning decades, arising from multiple countries, and published in a variety of well-respected peer reviewed medical journals indicating that the reason for cervical vertigo is a mechanical lesion/dysfunction of the cervical spine. This lesion may be articular, capsular, ligamentous, muscular, or a combination there of. The strongest evidence is that the lesion/dysfunction is in the upper cervical spine, from C1-C3. Consequently, a variety of mechanical approaches to treatment of cervical vertigo have been assessed and the results are usually quite favorable.
These mechanical therapies include physiotherapy, varieties of passive joint mobilizations, manipulation, and muscle work. This same type of mechanical therapeutic approach is also effective in treating spinal pain conditions. The explanation for this is that the improvement in mechanical function creates a neurological sequence of events that closes the "Pain Gate." (16)
The studies below review some of these mechanical approaches and their effectiveness is duly noted:
In 1996, providers from the Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, completed a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of 17 individuals with dizziness of suspected cervical origin and 17 healthy control subjects. The study was published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and titled Postural and symptomatic improvement after physiotherapy in patients with dizziness of suspected cervical origin (17).
The subjects in this study suffered from both dizziness and neck pain. The treatment targeted their neck pain, yet measurement outcomes assessed their pain and dizziness, specifically using posturography body sway, the Visual Analog Scale ratings, and intensity/frequency of dizziness score. The authors concluded:
"Physiotherapy significantly reduced neck pain and intensity and the frequency of dizziness, and significantly improved postural performance."
"Patients with dizziness of suspected cervical origin are characterized by impaired postural performance. Physiotherapy reduces neck pain and dizziness and improves postural performance. Neck disorders should be considered when assessing patients complaining of dizziness."
In 1998, an article appeared in the European Spine Journal titled Vertigo in Patients with Cervical Spine Dysfunction(18). The authors defined "dysfunction" as a reversible, functional restriction of motion of an individual spinal segment or as articular malfunction presenting with hypomobility. The authors also state that upper cervical spine dysfunctions can cause vertigo, and they cite 13 references to support the premise. They explain vertigo may occur as a consequence of disturbances of proprioception from the neck. They cite an additional 4 references to claim that only dysfunctions of the upper cervical spine can cause vertigo, noting that anatomical studies identify links between upper cervical spine receptors and the vestibular nuclei.
In this study the authors used 50 patients who were referred to rule out a cervical spine problem as a cause of vertigo. All patients displayed symptoms of dizziness. Labyrinthine ear examination and neurology examination were equivocal. A reproducible manual palpation examining technique was used to diagnose segmental cervical spine dysfunction.
The cervical spine dysfunctions were treated with mobilization and manipulative techniques over a period of 3 months. Seventy-seven percent of the patients reported meaningful improvement in their vertigo, including 16% whose symptoms completely resolved. The authors state the following conclusions:
"Physical therapy is more likely to succeed in reducing vertigo symptoms if these patients present with an upper cervical spine dysfunction that is successfully resolved by manual medicine prior to physical therapy."
"In the presence of vertigo, our presented data suggests consideration of cervical spine dysfunctions, requiring a manual medicine examination of upper motion segments."
"A non-resolved dysfunction of the upper cervical spine was a common cause of long-lasting dizziness in our population."
In 2005, researchers from the University of Newcastle, Australia, published an article in Manual Therapy titled Manual therapy treatment of cervicogenic dizziness: A systematic review (19). The authors note, "in some people the cause of their dizziness is pathology or dysfunction of upper cervical vertebral segments that can be treated with manual therapy." They proceeded to review 7 electronic databases to locate both randomized controlled trials and non-randomized controlled clinical trials, finding 9 studies that met their inclusion criteria. They concluded:
"A consistent finding was that all studies had a positive result with significant improvement in symptoms and signs of dizziness after manual therapy treatment."
"Manual therapy treatment of cervicogenic dizziness was obtained indicating it should be considered in the management of patients with this disorder."
There is a manual therapy mobilization technique called "sustained natural apophyseal glides" (SNAGs) that is often used to treat cervical vertigo patients. In 2008, the journal Manual Therapy published a study titled Sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs) are an effective treatment for cervicogenic dizziness (20). This aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs) in the treatment of cervical vertigo.
The authors performed a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial involving 34 participants with cervicogenic dizziness who were randomized to receive four to six treatments of SNAGs (n=17) or a placebo (n=17). All were followed at 6- and 12-weeks. The authors concluded:
"The SNAG treatment had an immediate clinically and statistically significant sustained effect in reducing dizziness, cervical pain and disability caused by cervical dysfunction."
This same group continued to assess the sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs) protocol for patients with cervical vertigo and have reported similar conclusions (#21 in 2014 and #22 in 2015).
In 2013, chiropractors from the University of Zürich and Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zürich, Switzerland, published a study in the journal Chiropractic Manual Therapy, titled Comparison of outcomes in neck pain patients with and without dizziness undergoing chiropractic treatment (23). The purpose of this study was to compare clinical outcomes of neck pain patients with and without dizziness undergoing chiropractic treatment. It was a prospective cohort study comparing neck pain patients with dizziness (n = 177) to neck pain patients without dizziness (n = 228).
Eighty percent of patients with dizziness and 78% of patients without dizziness were improved at 6 months. The authors concluded:
"Neck pain patients with dizziness reported significantly higher pain and disability scores at baseline compared to patients without dizziness. A high proportion of patients in both groups reported clinically relevant improvement."
In 2015, physicians Yongchao Li, MD, and Baogan Peng, MD, PhD, from Liaoning Medical University, Beijing, China, published a study in the journal Pain Physician titled Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cervical Vertigo (24). In this article they detail a syndrome they call "Proprioceptive Cervical Vertigo," in which abnormal afferent input to the vestibular nucleus from damaged joint receptors in the upper cervical region alter vestibular function resulting in cervical vertigo. They note that this syndrome often occurs from whiplash trauma, noting:
"In whiplash-associated disorder, pain, limitation of movement, and strains of joint capsules, paravertebral ligaments, and cervical musculature could modify the proprioceptive cervical balance in a sustained way and produce mild but chronic vertigo."
There are
"close connections between the cervical dorsal roots and the vestibular
nuclei with the neck receptors (such as proprioceptors and joint
receptors), which played a role in eye-hand coordination, perception of
balance, and postural adjustments. With such close connections between
the cervical receptors and balance function, it is understandable that
traumatic, degenerative, inflammatory, or mechanical derangements of the
cervical spine can affect the mechanoreceptor system and give rise to
"Evidence leads to the current theory
that cervical vertigo results from abnormal input into the vestibular
nuclei from the proprioceptors of the upper cervical region."
"Manual therapy is recommended for treatment of proprioceptive cervical vertigo."
"Manual therapy is effective for cervical vertigo."
"Cervical spondylosis and cervical muscle spasms can also cause vertigo."
These authors note that if a patient has a chief complaint of vertigo, but no neck pain, a diagnosis of cervical vertigo is excluded. Cervical vertigo patients usually have pain in the back of the neck and occipital region, sometimes accompanied by neck stiffness. Cervical vertigo is often increased with neck movements or neck pain and decreased with interventions that relieve neck pain. The vertigo symptoms can be reproduced with head/neck movement. Pain is often elicited with palpation of the suboccipital region, cervical transverse processes of C1 and C2, cervical spinous processes of C2 and C3, levator scapulae, upper trapezius muscle, splenius, rectus, and semi-spinalis muscles.
The neck torsion nystagmus test may identify cervical vertigo: the head of the patient is stabilized while the body is rotated underneath.
Since cervical vertigo originates from proprioceptive dysfunction of the upper cervical spine, treatment should be to the upper cervical spine. Chiropractic and other manual spinal therapies have been shown to be effective in treating cervical vertigo, typically with around 80% acceptable clinical outcomes.
Another effective technique for treating cervical vertigo is a type of spinal mobilization known as "sustained natural apophyseal glides" (SNAGs), often resulting in significant immediate and sustained effect in reducing dizziness and neck pain. It restores "normal movement of the zygapophyseal joints, reducing pain and muscle hypertonicity, and thereby restoring normal proprioceptive and biomechanical functioning of the cervical spine."
Hundreds of studies over the past 60 years have established that dysfunctions of the joints and/or muscles of the cervical spine, especially the upper cervical spine, can cause the sensation of vertigo. Neuroanatomical evidence shows that upper cervical spine mechanoreceptors/proprioceptors fire to the vestibular nucleus as a portion of our human upright balance mechanisms. These studies also link the functional neurophysiology of upper cervical spine mechanoreceptors/proprioceptors to the vestibular nucleus.
The upper cervical spine is anatomically unique, with great mobility coupled with reduced stability. Hence, it is especially vulnerable to trauma, especially whiplash-type trauma, and capable of initiating cervical vertigo.
Chiropractors are exceptionally trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cervical vertigo. This includes ruling out other potential causes for the vertigo symptoms. The safe and appropriate management of cervical vertigo requires training and skill, issues that are stressed in the education of the modern chiropractor. Chiropractic spinal adjusting (specific manipulation), and other treatment adjuncts, are safe and very effective in treating patients with cervical vertigo.
The Chiropractic Impact Report™ is a monthly publication by myself, Dan Murphy, DC. I am a 1978 graduate of Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR. I have managed about 10,000 whiplash-injury cases. In the past 32 years, I have taught more than 500 12-hour post graduate continuing education classes pertaining to whiplash and spinal trauma, including 21 years of coordinating a year-long certification program in spine trauma, certified through the International Chiropractic Association. Additionally, I am board certified in chiropractic orthopedics (DABCO), and I am on the faculty at Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA (28 years).
The purpose of The Chiropractic Impact Report™ is to keep you updated as to relevant academic concepts pertaining to whiplash-injured patients. The hope is that the information is useful in terms of enhanced understanding, as well as helping the personal injury attorney deal with insurance claim adjusters and adverse medical experts.
The chiropractor sending you this Report is well versed and trained in these concepts, and can be a valuable asset in personal injury cases in terms of both academics and treatment. Additionally, these expert chiropractors have access to a monthly phone consultation with me to discuss any pertinent issues that they may be facing on a particular case. I hope that you find this Report and the referring chiropractor a valuable resource.
Daniel J. Murphy DC, DABCO
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