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68 FR 207 pgs. 61235-61238 - Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Environmental Assessment and Issuance of Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Proposed Amendment to License No. SNM-124 for the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Preparation Facility
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 207Pages: 61235 - 61238
Docket number: [Docket No. 70-143]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-27009 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
[Docket No. 70-143]
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Environmental Assessment and Issuance of Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Proposed Amendment to License No. SNM-124 for the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Preparation Facility
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Finding of no significant impact and availability of environmental assessment.
Kevin Ramsey, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T8-A33, Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-7887 and email email@example.com.
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to NRC Materials License No. SNM-124 to authorize operation of the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Preparation Facility (BPF) in Erwin, Tennessee and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this action. Based upon the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will not be prepared.
Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) request for the proposed action was initially noticed by the NRC along with a notice of opportunity to provide comments and request a hearing on January 7, 2003 (see 68 FR 796).
II. Environmental Assessment
The NFS facility in Erwin, TN is authorized under SNM-124 to manufacture high-enriched nuclear reactor fuel. NFS is undertaking the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Project (BLEU Project) to manufacture low-enriched nuclear reactor fuel. NFS is constructing a new complex at the Erwin site to house the operations involving low-enriched uranium. On July 27, 2003, Amendment 39 to License SNM-124 was issued to authorize storage of low-enriched uranium in the new complex. This was the first of three amendments planned for the BLEU Project. Manufacturing operations in the new complex have not been authorized yet.
NFS is requesting this amendment to authorize operations at the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Preparation Facility (BPF). This is the second of the three amendments planned for the BLEU Project. The BLEU Project involves blending high-enriched uranium with unenriched (natural) uranium to produce low-enriched uranium. This is called "downblending." Much of the downblending will be performed at other facilities, but NFS plans to perform some downblending at its facility. The BPF operations will be located within the older facility because that facility is already authorized to handle high-enriched uranium. After the high-enriched uranium is downblended and converted to a low-enriched uranium liquid, it will be transferred from the BPF to the new complex.
NFS plans to submit a third amendment request to authorize manufacturing operations in the new complex. Only storage of low-enriched uranium is authorized in the new complex at this time.
Review Purpose
The purpose of this EA is to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed license amendment. It does not approve the request. This EA is limited to the proposed BPF operations at the Erwin Plant and any cumulative impacts on existing plant operations. The existing conditions and operations for the Erwin facility were evaluated by NRC for environmental impacts in a 1999 EA related to the renewal of the NFS license (Ref. 1) and a 2002 EA related to the first amendment for the BLEU Project (Ref. 2). Some of the operations proposed for the BPF were previously authorized in the 200 Complex and the impact of those operations was assessed in the 1999 EA. In addition, the 2002 EA assessed the impact of the entire BLEU Project (including BPF operations) using information available at that time. This assessment presents the up-to-date information and analysis the staff used to determine that issuance of a FONSI is appropriate and that an EIS will not be prepared.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is to amend NRC Materials License SNM-124 to authorize processing operations in the BPF. The BPF is being constructed within Building 333 in the protected area of the NFS site (formerly Building 301). The operations will convert high-enriched uranium materials to high-enriched uranyl nitrate (UN) solutions. The high-enriched UN solutions will be blended with natural UN solutions to produce low-enriched UN solutions. Blending of natural uranium and high-enriched uranium was previously authorized in the 200 Complex and some of the operations proposed for the BPF were assessed during the 1999 license renewal.
However, some of the operations are new and require a license amendment. The 200 Complex is being decommissioned and the blending operation is being moved to Building 333. The building is already in place and most construction activities are associated with renovating the building. The duration of the project will be five years from the time material is delivered to the site.
The BPF operations are composed of five processes-the Uranium Metal Process, Uranium Aluminum Alloy Process, Solvent Extraction Process, Enrichment Downblending Process, and Uranium Recovery Process.
• The Uranium Metal Process involves the conversion of uranium metal to uranium oxide in a furnace, and the dissolution of the uranium oxide in nitric acid.
• The Uranium Aluminum Alloy Process involves: (1) Dissolution of the aluminum with a caustic solution (sodium hydroxide); (2) separation of uranium solid; (3) dissolution of the uranium in nitric acid; (4) measurement of the special nuclear material (SNM) in the UN solution; and (5) measurement of the SNM in the used caustic solution.
• The Solvent Extraction Process involves: (1) Extracting the uranium from the impure UN solution with an organic solvent solution; (2) extracting the uranium from the organic solvent solution to produce a pure UN solution; (3) boiling the UN solution to adjust the concentration; and (4) treatment of the stripped solvent for reuse, and (5) processing of waste solutions.
• The Enrichment Downblending Process involves blending high-enriched UN solution with natural UN solution to produce low-enriched UN solution.
• The Uranium Recovery Process involves taking items contaminated with high-enriched uranium and rinsing them with nitric acid to remove the uranium. The resulting solution is transferred to the Solvent Extraction Process.
Need for Proposed Action
Framatome ANP Inc. has contracted with NFS to downblend surplus high-enriched uranium material to a low-enriched uranium product. The NFS product is expected to be converted to commercial reactor fuel for a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear power reactor; however, the NFS proposed action is limited to the production of low-enriched UN solutions as feed material to the new BLEU Complex. The BLEU Project is part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program to reduce stockpiles of surplus high-enriched uranium through re-use or disposal as radioactive waste. Re-use is considered the favorable option by the DOE because: (1) Weapons grade material is converted to a form unsuitable for nuclear weapons (addressing a proliferation concern); (2) the product can be used for peaceful purposes; and (3) the commercial value of the surplus material can be recovered (Ref. 3). An additional benefit of re-use is to avoid unnecessary use of limited radioactive waste disposal space.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
The only alternative available to the NRC is no action ( i.e. , deny the amendment request). Other alternatives to the proposed action are addressed in the DOE Environmental Impact Statement (Ref. 3) and are not re-analyzed in this EA.
Affected Environment
The affected environment for the proposed action and the alternative is the NFS site. A full description of the site and its characteristics is given in the 1999 EA related to the renewal of the NFS license (Ref. 1) and a 2002 EA related to the first amendment for the BLEU Project (Ref. 2). The NFS facility is located in Unicoi County, Tennessee, about 32 km (20 mi) southwest of Johnson City, Tennessee. The plant is about 0.8 km (0.5 mi) southwest of the Erwin city limits. The site occupies about 28 hectares (70 acres). The site is bounded to the northwest by the CSX Corporation (CSX) railroad property and the Nolichucky River, and by Martin Creek to the northeast. The plant elevation is about 9 m (30 ft) above the nearest point on the Nolichucky River.
The area adjacent to the site consists primarily of residential, industrial, and commercial areas, with a limited amount of farming to the northwest. Privately owned residences are located to the east and south of the facility. Tract size is relatively large, leading to a low housing density in the areas adjacent to the facility. The CSX railroad right-of-way is parallel to the western boundary of the site. Industrial development is located adjacent to the railroad on the opposite side of the right-of-way. The site is bounded by Martin Creek to the north, with privately owned, vacant property and low-density residences.
Effluent Releases and Monitoring
A full description of the effluent monitoring program at the site is provided in the 1999 EA related to the renewal of the NFS license (Ref. 1) and a 2002 EA related to the first amendment for the BLEU Project (Ref. 2). The NFS Erwin Plant conducts effluent and environmental monitoring programs to evaluate potential public health impacts and comply with the NRC effluent and environmental monitoring requirements. The effluent program monitors the airborne, liquid, and solid waste streams produced during operation of the NFS Plant. The environmental program monitors the air, surface water, sediment, soil, groundwater, and vegetation in and around the NFS Plant.
Airborne, liquid, and solid effluent streams that contain radioactive material are generated at the NFS Plant and monitored to ensure compliance with NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 20. Each effluent is monitored at or just before the point of release. The results of effluent monitoring are reported on a semi-annual basis to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 70.59.
Airborne and liquid effluents are also monitored for nonradiological constituents in accordance with State discharge permits. For the purpose of this EA, the State of Tennessee is expected to set limits on effluents under its regulatory control that are protective of health and safety and the local environment. On October 10, 2002, the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a discharge permit for airborne effluents from the BPF.
Environmental Impact of Proposed Action
A full description of the environmental impacts of the proposed action is provided in the 1999 EA related to the renewal of the NFS license (Ref. 1) and a 2002 EA related to the first amendment for the BLEU Project (Ref. 2). The previously authorized operations are analyzed in the 1999 EA and the new operations are analyzed in the 2002 EA. For the proposed action, construction and processing operations will result in the release of low levels of chemical and radioactive constituents to the environment. Under accident conditions, higher concentrations of materials could be released to the environment over a short period of time. Based on the information provided by NFS and summarized in the EA's referenced above, the safety controls to be employed for the proposed action appear to be sufficient to ensure planned operations will be safe. Detailed accident analyses have been performed by NFS in an integrated safety assessment (ISA). NRC's review of the ISA will ensure compliance with the performance requirements in 10 CFR Part 70. This will provide additional confidence that potential accidents have been adequately evaluated before making a decision on the proposed action.
For normal operations, the effluent air emissions from the BPF will be discharged through the existing main NFS stack. While some effluents for the proposed action are expected to increase, the total annual dose estimate for the maximally exposed individual from all planned effluents is less than 0.01 milliseivert (mSv) or 1 millirem (mrem). This result is well below the annual public dose limit of 1 mSv (100 mrem) in 10 CFR 20.1301, and the constraint on air emissions to the environment of 0.1 mSv (10 mrem) in 10 CFR part 20.1101. BPF operations are not expected to increase the dose to workers at the NFS facility because the types and quantity of material, and the processing, will be similar to what is already licensed at the site. Surface water quality at the NFS site is currently protected by enforcing release limits and monitoring programs. No significant change in surface water impacts is expected from BPF operations. The proposed action will not discharge any effluents to the groundwater; therefore, no adverse impacts to groundwater are expected. BPF operations will be conducted in existing facilities; therefore, no adverse impacts to local land use, biotic resources, or cultural resources are expected. The proposed action involves transportation of feed material to the NFS site. All transportation will be conducted in accordance with the applicable NRC and U.S. Department of Transportation regulations; therefore no adverse impacts from transportation activities are expected.
Environmental Impact of No Action Alternative
Under the no action alternative, NFS would not be able to carry out its contract obligations to produce a commercial product from U.S. Government surplus, weapons-usable, high-enriched uranium. Failure to fulfill its role in the DOE program could cause DOE to select other alternatives for disposition of the surplus material that may be less cost effective and incur greater environmental impacts. For example, the disposal option would incur additional costs and consume available disposal space that may be better utilized for non-reusable wastes. If NFS were not able to fulfill its contract, DOE may transfer the downblending work to other facilities.
Based on its review, the NRC staff has concluded that the environmental impacts associated with the proposed action are insignificant.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
On May 31, 2002, the NRC staff contacted the Director of the Division of Radiological Health in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) concerning the 2002 EA (Ref. 2) and the potential impact of the BLEU Project on the environment. On August 6, 2003, the NRC staff contacted the Director of the TDEC Division of Radiological Health concerning the revised environmental impacts in this EA. On August 22, 2003, the Director responded that they had reviewed the draft EA and had no comments.
On May 22, 2002, the NRC staff contacted the Tennessee Historical Commission, Division of Archeology concerning the 2002 EA (Ref. 2) and the potential effect of the BLEU Project on historical resources. No additional consultation was made because the proposed action is entirely within existing facilities and the facility description in the amendment request (Ref. 4) is not significantly different from the facility description in the 2002 EA.
On June 6, 2002, the NRC staff contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service concerning the 2002 EA (Ref. 2) and the potential effect of the BLEU Project on endangered species. No additional consultation was made because the proposed action is entirely within existing facilities and the facility description in the amendment request (Ref. 4) is not significantly different from the facility description in the 2002 EA.
Unless otherwise noted, a copy of this document and the references listed below will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Environmental Assessment for Renewal of Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-124," January 1999, ADAMS No. ML031150418.
2. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Environmental Assessment for Proposed License Amendments to Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-124 Regarding Downblending and Oxide Conversion of Surplus High-Enriched Uranium," June 2002, ADAMS No. ML021790068.
3. U.S. Department of Energy, "Disposition of Surplus High Enriched Uranium Final Environmental Impact Statement", DOE/EIS-0240, Volume 1, June 1996. This document is available to the public from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
4. B.M. Moore, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "License Amendment Request for BLEU Preparation Facility," October 11, 2002, ADAMS No. ML023380210.
5. B.M. Moore, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "ISA Summary for BLEU Preparation Facility Processes," October 14, 2002, ADAMS No. ML023090172.
6. B.M. Moore, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Supplemental Information to Complete an Environmental Review for the BLEU Preparation Facility," May 28, 2003, ADAMS No. ML031560494.
III. Finding of no Significant Impact
Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC staff has considered the environmental consequences of amending NRC Materials License SNM-124 to authorize operation of the BPF. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission has concluded that environmental impacts associated with the proposed action would not be significant and the Commission is making a finding of no significant impact. Accordingly, preparation of an environmental impact statement is not warranted.
IV. Further Information
For further details, see the references listed above. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Room O-1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, the 20th day of October 2003.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin M. Ramsey,
Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-27009 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]


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The research seems to agree: breaks as often as every hour keep employees fresh.
Recently, social networking company the Draugiem Group examined what habits set their most productive employees apart by tracking habits through the app, DeskTime. To their surprise, they found that the top 10% of employees with the highest productivity DID NOT put in longer hours than anyone else. In fact, they didn't even work full eight-hour days. Instead these top performers actually took 17-minute breaks for every 52 minutes of work. This real-time study supports what workers have known all along: they need to stop and feel human for a moment before carrying on with work.
An interesting study carried out by researchers at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mirrored these results. It began with the hypothesis that attention isn't a finite resource and it diminishes over the course of the day. Instead, it can be restored to peak levels with the right break strategy. Researchers gave participants visual, mental tasks (akin to working on a computer) that required intense attention. While one group had to "power through" several hours of the task, another took breaks every 40 minutes to focus on something other than a computer screen that didn't require intense attention. The conclusion was:
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The Ideal Interval Depends on the Individual. Break intervals vary by individual. The following formulas fit different work situations and personality types.
- Pomodori Technique: developed in the late 1980s, this method uses a timer to limit work intervals to 25 minutes followed by a short break of 5 minutes.
- Ultradian Rhythm: researchers William Dement and Nathan Kleitman believe that human attention cycles from higher to lower levels throughout the day in a way similar to how our sleep patterns change throughout the night. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder took this insight a step further by positing that many employees work best in 90-minute intervals.
- The Draugeim Group recommends a 57/17 Split
- The standard, two 15-minute breaks at 10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.: While the recent research covered in the studies above indicate that more frequent breaks are ideal, getting many employees to take a break mid-morning, mid-afternoon and lunch, too, can be a challenge. Clearly, science supports that these three are the bare minimum our brains need to reboot.
Managers and employees can work together to determine which of these schedules work best. The more self-determination for setting schedules employees get, the more they buy into the program.
What Kind of Break Should You Take?
Ten minutes of deep breathing while looking out the window? 15 minutes of "Saturday Night Live"? Five minutes of strenuous jumping jacks?
Again, individual preference rules the form a work break takes. First and foremost, the cessation of the intense "vigilance" involved in work tasks is critical. Beyond that, some employees can stay at their desks; other must retreat to a break room or a quick walk outside.
Some ideas for useful break activities include:
- Daydreaming or meditation at the desk. Too long maligned as goofing off, daydreaming actually accomplishes a lot of important cognition. Many studies show that relaxed daydreaming allows the brain to go deeper to solve tough issues without our conscious awareness. While working, the "executive function" portion of our brains is on fire. But giving our brain a chance to wallow in "defocused attention" of daydreaming or meditation also has its benefits. This process also releases dopamine, making us more creative.
- Take a walk. Make sure to notice any natural elements to remove your thoughts from work or other stressors.
- Take a nap. Many workspaces now have couches and even beds to get a 20 to 30 minute nap. People that get into this habit find they can wake themselves easily after a short period. Those that can't use the alarms on their cell phones.
- Exercise. Exercise physiologist Chris Jordan explains, "very good evidence" exists that high-intensity interval training provides, "many of the fitness benefits of prolonged endurance training but in much less time."
- Look at photos of baby animals. No wonder they're so popular on social media . . . they are proven productivity enhancers! In a study conducted by Hiroshima University and reported in The Washington Post, researchers had university students look at pictures of baby animals before completing various tasks. Those who saw the baby animal pictures did more productive work after seeing those photographs – even more than those who saw a picture of an adult animal or a pleasant food. Scientists determined that looking at adorable fur-babies made viewers more attentive. This practice also reduced stress and removed viewers from the minute details, thereby providing important, more global perspective.
How Can Managers Encourage Employees to Take Breaks?
Showing employees that taking breaks is important can be a large step toward showing employees that they, and their mental and physical health, is valued.
Simply covering how the company expects employees to take breaks comes as a great relief to many. Showing your employees that their health is important increases morale and productivity, and helps employees to feel valued. Managers can also increase morale through company wide breaks, group health, dental and vision insurance, and occasional team building events. Employees spend many hours of their days at work, their time should be useful.
Bill King is the president of William J. King & Associates.

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United Delivers Wrong Dog to Rapper Schoolboy Q
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United Airlines is bearing the brunt of another very public customer service complaint after it delivered the wrong dog to rapper Schoolboy Q on Friday.
The rapper purchased his newest fuzzy BFF—a French bulldog puppy, according to TMZ—and had it flown in from Denver. But when the pooch arrived in Los Angeles, it was the wrong dog.
The rapper said he contacted United about the snafu but he also took to Twitter to vent his frustration.
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Industrial Commission News and Press Releases
March 24, 2010
Ohio Industrial Commission is Working to Cut Costs Significantly
By John Georgiton, Chief Financial Officer of the Ohio Industrial Commission
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As the current chief financial officer of the Ohio Industrial Commission, I would like to offer some comments in reference to Joe Guillen's March 7 article "Amid deep private-sector cuts, Ohio trims payroll only 1.5%."
First, at the Industrial Commission, I think the most current year would be the best indicator of our payroll cost savings. We have reduced our payroll expense for fiscal 2010 by 4 percent, as compared with fiscal 2009. We have also taken many other cost-saving measures, such as closing three offices, reducing office space, travel expense, overtime and temporary-contracted employee expense, for a total savings of $3.3 million. Our employment level three years ago was 486, and we are now at 465. This represents a 4 percent decrease. In 1997, our employment level was 643; thus in the last 12 years we have reduced employment by 27.6 percent. This was accomplished by computer automation with no reduction in service.
During the last seven years, the Industrial Commission's budget has experienced only a slight increase, as our budget in fiscal 2003 was $59.7 million, while our 2010 budget is $60.8 million. This represents an increase of only 1.8 percent over this seven-year period.
Although the Industrial Commission does not receive tax money and is funded by workers' compensation premiums, we are aware that employers do not need rate increases when they are struggling with a recession. As a result, we have reduced our rates in excess of $5 million during the last two years.
Reducing cost is a daily task at the Industrial Commission, and we are currently taking measures that we anticipate will reduce our employment level another 4 percent during the next three years.
Hopefully, this additional information will provide clarification as to the efforts the Ohio Industrial Commission has made to reduce our expenditures and still provide quality service to Ohio citizens.
March 10, 2010
The Industrial Commission of Ohio is Relocating Our Dayton Office
Address Change to Save More than $70,000 Per Year
COLUMBUS -- The Industrial Commission (IC) of Ohio is relocating our Dayton office to reduce office lease expenses and to provide improved customer service. March 22, 2010, will mark the first day of business at our new address: 1242 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Road, Dayton, Ohio, 45324-6326.
This relocation will also reduce the amount of space occupied by the agency by 1,955 square feet. In FY 2010 alone, the change of address will result in a savings of $70,400. Over the next 10 years, the total cost savings for the Dayton relocation will equal $704,000. Since our operations are directly funded by employer premium dollars, this significant cost savings may not be ignored.
The new Dayton office is conveniently located at the Dayton Yellow Springs Road exit off I-675. It's just nineteen (19) miles from the old Dayton office. Industrial Commission staff will handle the relocation of Dayton's sixteen (16) employees, which will require only a small additional expenditure and all employees will keep their jobs.
"This relocation is definitely a win-win situation," said IC Executive Director Christa Deegan. "The Industrial Commission will save money and reduce space as we provide improved service to our customers and staff. At no point will customer service be interrupted or compromised."
Accessibility and quality service to IC customers is of the utmost importance to us. After March 17, 2010, hearings previously conducted by the Industrial Commission in the old Dayton location will be held in the IC office closest to the injured worker's residence. Employers and injured workers may also access their ICON accounts online at www.ic.ohio.gov, or may speak to a customer service representative by calling 1-800-521-2691.
The IC conducts hearings on disputed workers' compensation claims, determines violations of specific safety requirements, and determines if an injured worker is permanently and temporarily disabled due to a work-related injury or occupational disease. Three Governor-appointed Commissioners lead the agency -- headquartered in Columbus -- which has 5 regional and 7 district offices throughout the state.
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March 8, 2010
Industrial Commission of Ohio Announces Training Sessions for New Docketing and Continuance Procedures
Collaboration with Outside Interests Breeds Process Improvements
COLUMBUS – The Industrial Commission of Ohio (IC) is proud to announce that it will be holding training sessions to explain planned changes to its continuance and docketing processes. During its recent Kaizen event, the IC worked directly with outside parties and employers to devise these process improvements.
"The training sessions will communicate the modifications to our docketing and continuance methods and outline a timeline for how the changes will be pursued," said IC Chairperson Gary DiCeglio.
Interested parties have two training sessions to choose from: Thursday, April 1 from 10am to 12pm or Monday, April 5 from 1pm to 3pm. The sessions will take place in the William Green Building Auditorium at 30 West Spring Street in Columbus. Check www.ic.ohio.gov next week for details on how to register for one of the sessions.
The IC will not hold hearings on Thursday, April 1, Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5, 2010, to accommodate the training schedule and allow for a more efficient docketing process, as suggested by the improvement team.
These new procedural changes are the result of a Kaizen event held by the IC in January 2010. At the event, volunteers from the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Bureau of Workers' Compensation and outside interests worked together for a week to devise solutions to improve the IC's continuance and docketing processes.
Now that the Kaizen – which is Japanese for "to break for the better" – event is complete, the solutions derived by the volunteers can be viewed here.
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Gdansk, Poland: – Polish-based bacteriophage specialist CRO Phage Consultants (PC) has received a vote of confidence from 'down under' after helping biotech customer in Australia avoid accepting phage-contaminated strains to their facility.
The Australian customer testimonial comes after extended PC involvement in regular tests of incoming strains, which greatly helped to improve safety of the processes involving bacterial production at its hi-tech facility. Phage Consultants are prevented by customer confidentiality from discussing details of the co-operation.
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Halgjem died on 6th December 1942 aged 45 years old. The cause of death was a "general accident" while serving on board DS Hjalmar Wessel. The Norwegian merchant ship had been docked in Belfast Lough since returning from Convoy SC-109 on 29th November 1942. It was due to set sail the following day for Holyhead, Wales. At his time of death, Halgjem's home was in Leirvik, Stord-Førde, Hordaland, Norway.
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The Norwegian seaman had escaped an E-Boat attack on the DS Røsten on 9th July 1942. The Norwegian ship left Barry, Wales on 7th July bound for Shoreham, England with a cargo of coal when Commander Dross of S-109 torpedoed the port side. An escorting destroyer picked up a total of 9 survivors while the British steamer Gripfast rescued the Captain, 2nd Mate, 1st Engineer, Steward, and Stoker.
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Have you been thinking about trying acupuncture? Here are 5 reasons to get started:
Give us a call at 512-686-0777 to start off your new year with the benefits of acupuncture!
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One of the questions I often hear is, "Does acupuncture have side-effects?"
The honest answer is "Yes!"
Here are three surprising side-effects of acupuncture…
Are you ready to try acupuncture for your biggest health challenge and experience these beneficial side-effects?
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At Indigo Healing Acupuncture, we practice holistic Oriental medicine.
This means that we see living beings (human or animal) as a complete, interrelated entity composed of a mind (consciousness), physical body, and spirit (soul). Holistic medicine allows healing to occur on physical and metaphysical levels.
So, what is holistic medicine in a nutshell? Holistic medicine…
Modern medicine aims to identify the condition (and affix a label such as "heartburn") and alleviate symptoms with drugs, physical therapy, radiation, or surgery.
Holistic medicine identifies the root cause of the pain/illness and treats the mind, body and spirit to provide relief and a return to wellness.
How does this work in real life?
Let me give you a real-life example of a common complaint. Let's say you have lower back pain, labeled by modern medicine as lumbar spinal stenosis.
Modern medicine will measure the pain, document the location, order radiological scans (x-ray or MRI), and prescribe pain killers, physical therapy, surgery, or rest. You'll likely walk out of the 10-minute appointment with as much pain (maybe more if you had to wait two hours for your five minutes of face time with the MD) as when you walked in.
A holistic practitioner will see you as a whole person. We'll ask specific questions about where you live, what you eat, your emotional well-being, your exercise schedule, and the quality of your sleep. Within the framework of Oriental Medicine, we'll combine these answers with tongue & pulse diagnosis to identify the root problem of your pain and treat it with acupuncture, moxibustion, tui na, gua sha, cupping, and/or Chinese herbs. With this holistic approach, the acupuncture needles may not be placed on your back at all and you could still leave the appointment with no lower back pain! And, as a bonus, you'll likely be in a better mood & sleep better that night as well!
Does insurance cover holistic medicine?
Many large medical insurance plans now cover acupuncture treatments for pain relief. Most employer-sponsored Health Spending Account and Flexible Spending Account (HSA/FSA) plans also include acupuncture as a covered service. Check your benefits summary for coverage details.
Are you ready to be seen as a whole person and give holistic medicine a try?
This case study of insomnia is a real-life example of how Chinese Medicine is combined with modern Western medicine to create the best outcome for our patients. This approach is called integrative medicine because it combines traditional holistic medicine with the science of Western allopathic medicine.
Insomnia is generally defined as an inability to fall asleep, stay asleep, or a combination of both. Chronic insomnia is difficulty sleeping for a month or longer. Insomnia afflicts up to 15% of the world's population. Insomnia occurs when the biological drivers of sleep, circadian rhythms and homeostasis, are disrupted by emotional upset and chronic stress.
This letter is an example of how we coordinate care with a patient's primary doctor:
Dear Primary Care Physician,
I have a patient suffering from chronic insomnia and would like your assistance with this case.
Case Summary:
The patient is a 32-year-old male with a chief complaint of restless sleep. The history of present illness is insomnia difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep during the last six weeks. Sleep improves with daily exercise, is exacerbated by stress, crying baby, too much computer screen time. No night sweats, but sense of heat. Patient goes to bed at 11pm and is restless until 1-2am. He wakes 1x to urinate, usually between 4-5am. Vital signs are pulse 64 bpm, BP 118/68, 13 breaths per minute, body temp: 98.8 degrees F.
Based on the patient's symptoms and tongue and pulse presentation, the TCM diagnosis is Heart and Kidney Yin Deficiency insomnia.
Evidence-Based Approach:
In a review study conducted by O'Brien & Weber (2016), acupuncture was found to regulate "various neurotransmitters and hormones, such as endorphins, serotonin, norepinephrine, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, cortisol, acetylcholine, melatonin, substance P, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and nitric oxide, known to be involved in sleep regulation. Acupuncture can also regulate higher cortical function, the HPA axis, and somato-visceral reflexes."
The patient has agreed to receive a 60-minute Chinese Medicine treatment two times a week for four weeks. Reassessment will occur at the sixth appointment. Progress is tracked with the Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP) questionnaire. The patient completed the initial MYMOP prior to the first acupuncture treatment and will fill out a follow-up MYMOP questionnaire prior to the first appointment every week. An initial acupuncture point protocol was:
The patient received the traditional Chinese herbal formula Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Ginseng and Zizyphus formula) with instructions to drink three cups per day in-between meals for four weeks.
The patient is advised to avoid caffeine and alcohol, exercise in the morning (so as to not interfere with sleep in the evening), avoid spicy and greasy foods, drink water throughout the day and cease consumption by 8pm at night, and discontinue use of all electronic devices at least 30 minutes prior to bedtime.
Expected Outcomes/Prognosis:
Prior to his first acupuncture treatment, the patient identified insomnia with a MYMOP score of "6 - as bad as it can be". At his third appointment, he reported better sleep and a lower MYMOP score of "3". I expect him to obtain more high-quality sleep within the next two weeks of treatment and report another reduced MYMOP score.
Please order a CBC differential lab test and Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) for this patient and contact me with the results.
I appreciate your willingness to share in the care of this patient.
Michelle Wendt, L.Ac. DACM, Dipl. OM
Oriental medicine provides a holistic approach to healing from a broken heart. Symptoms of a "broken heart" can manifest as difficulty sleeping, depression, anxiety, poor appetite or overeating, inability to focus, acne, asthma, tight muscles and soreness, TMJ, sciatica, headaches, migraines, heartburn, constipation or diarrhea, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and more.
Indigo Healing Acupuncture offers a comprehensive 12 week program to help you process the end of your marriage and reclaim a new vibrant life.
This customized package includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, traditional fire cupping/gua sha, and self-care suggestions to boost your Qi and bring forgiveness & hope back into your life. This program is offered on a limited basis and a pre-consultation by phone is required.
Contact Michelle to learn more about this one-of-a-kind Holistic Divorce Recovery program.
How to Clear Brain Fog
What is brain fog?
Brain fog is an inability think clearly. You may feel spacey, have problems focusing on a specific task or feel mentally scattered with your thoughts jumping all over the place. Brain fog can also cause forgetfulness, such as remembering someone's name, what you ate for lunch yesterday, or where you left your keys.
How can Oriental Medicine help clear brain fog?
1. Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs improve sleep quality...
A lack of sleep at night opens the door wide-open to an invasion of brain fog. After a poor night of sleep, morning brain fog is almost a given. Acupuncture is proven clinically effective at treating insomnia, whether it's an inability to fall asleep or difficulty staying asleep or restless sleep. There are specific Chinese Herbal formulas for treating the root cause of insomnia too.
2. Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs relax the sympathetic nervous system...
The sympathetic nervous system controls the fight-or-flight response triggered by stress or trauma. It opens the airways, increases heart rate, and pushes oxygenated blood to the muscles. Think of it as the switch that tells the body to wake up. Acupuncture flips the off-switch in the sympathetic nervous system and allows the parasympathetic nervous system to take over. The parasympathetic nervous symptom controls rest and digestion. By shifting the body's energy to slow down and focus on recovery, the mind calms down enabling more concentration & focus.
There are dozens of acupuncture points that calm the body-mind-spirit all the way from the head to the toes. There is a special constellation of four points on the head called si shen cong that translates to four spirit wisdom. The points are so effective at boosting memory & cognition that candidates taking national board exams are no longer allowed to enter testing centers with needles in si shen cong because it provides an unfair mental advantage!
3. Eat foods that increase cognition...
One of the best foods to increase brain power are walnuts. When you look at a walnut, it actually looks like two halves of a brain! Adding walnuts to meals throughout the day can keep your brain nourished & focused. Add them to your breakfast on top of oatmeal, enjoy them as a side dish or snack, replace croutons with walnuts in your lunch salad, and incorporate them into dinner in a dish like honey-walnut shrimp stir fry (replace the toxic vegetable or canola oil with healthy coconut oil, please!).
Beans (black, navy & kidney beans) also bust brain fog! Try making a hearty bean soup with equal amounts of these three beans and season with a pinch of turmeric, dried thyme and fresh rosemary.
If you need a brain boost to-go, create a trail mix by combining walnuts, pine nuts, goji berries, pumpkin seeds & dried unsweetened blueberries. Yum!
If you're lucky enough to have your local farm or market carry fresh quail eggs, eat 2-3 hardboiled quail eggs a day to improve memory and concentration.
4. Try natural alternatives to medications that cause brain fog...
Many modern drugs (over-the-counter and prescription) can cause brain fog, drowsiness & metal confusion.
Chinese herbs offer a safe and effective alternative to many modern medications. When prescribed by a trained herbalist, there are usually no unwanted side-effects. There are over 100 ancient Chinese herbal formulas, each containing anywhere from 2 to 20 individual herbs that work synergistically together. Taking the right combination of Chinese herbs can dissipate daily brain fog in a natural way and reduce dependence on caffeine.
Contact Michelle for help clearing out your brain fog!
Have you ever wondered about Chinese Herbs? What they are? What they can do?
Before we dive into it, are you a fan of Harry Potter?
Do you remember how Professor Sprout taught a magical herbology class at Hogwarts?
Harry and his friends studied herbs for 5 years, which is the same amount of time most Oriental Medicine practitioners (a.k.a. an Acupuncturist-Chinese Herbalist) study Chinese herbs in medical school.
There are over 350 herbs in the Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica, which is our version of an herbal encyclopedia. Herbs can come from plants, minerals, and animals. When they come from plants, they can be the whole plant, or parts of plants like seeds, leaves, flowers or roots.
High-quality Chinese herbs are grown and harvested in accordance with the season and carefully prepared to protect their magical, oops, I mean medicinal properties. Every herb in the Materia Medica is carefully categorized according to its function. For example, some herbs like rou gui (cinnamon) can warm you up, while other herbs like bo he (peppermint) can cool you down. Some herbs are minerals, like mang xiao (Glauber salt, similar to Epsom salt). Have you ever had a drink made with Epsom salt? If you have, you know that it drains downward and serves as a natural laxative. The Chinese figured this out over 2000 years ago!
Trained Chinese herbalists know how to use herbs effectively and safely. Some herbs can't be used together and some are only appropriate for specific conditions. There are over 100 ancient Chinese herbal formulas, each containing anywhere from 2 to 20 individual herbs that work synergistically together. Taking the right herbs at the right time for the right condition can have downright magical results!
Chinese herbs can be taken in several different forms and it's an acupuncturist-herbalist's job to figure out which way is best for you. Herbs can be taken internally as:
Herbs can also be absorbed externally through the skin as a poultice or by soaking the hands or feet.
So, what conditions can be treated with herbs?
For women, herbs can help with:
So, that's a quick overview of Chinese herbs. When used properly, they can accelerate healing in a safe, natural way and keep you on track between acupuncture appointments.
If you want to find out how Chinese herbs can help you feel better, schedule a consultation with Michelle today!
A special guest post from my friend and Fertility Acupuncturist, Heidi Brockmyre, L.Ac.
When preparing for your upcoming embryo transfer, the thickness and quality of your uterine lining often determines whether your doctor can move forward this cycle or cancel.
Hearing the words, "We may need to cancel this cycle" can be quite devastating.
So what do you do when the estrogen patches aren't getting the job done and you need to thicken your lining FAST?
How to increase your lining in 48 hours or less:
1.) Eat lining-building foods
In Chinese medicine, a thin uterine lining is a sign of what we call "Blood Deficiency". Blood deficiency is different than any conventional medical diagnosis. You may or may not be anemic, but anemia alone does not determine blood deficiency.
We consider blood deficiency to be a type of dryness where the body just is lacking enough blood to nourish and lubricate the organs and tissues.
Blood deficiency also refers to the quality of the blood. It may be your blood lacks the nutrients necessary for nourishing the tissue and organs.
In either case, I prescribe the following blood nourishing foods:
2.) Castor oil packs over the uterus
Castor oil packs not only help to increase blood flow to the uterus, but also help to improve the quality of the lining by encouraging the softening of blood stasis and detoxification. Castor oil is a softens the tissue and helps to draw toxins out of the tissue and flushed out of the system. Drink plenty of water afterwards.
3.) Rest and restore
DO NOT skimp on sleep. Sleep is essential to build new blood cells and nourish your uterine lining. Be in bed by 11pm at the latest. No less than 7 hours. Preferably 8.
Rest throughout the day when you feel tired.
DO NOT over exercise. Especially avoid excessively sweating. Gentle yoga and walking are best.
Practice stress management tools. Stress exhausts the body, and drains the digestive system making it more difficult to assimilate nutrients from the foods you eat. It also causes muscle tension, further preventing adequate blood flow to the uterus.
4.) Use Self-Acupressure and Acupuncture
If you have access to a fertility acupuncturist (like Michelle), then book a treatment or two.
If you don't, or if you want to do everything you can in addition to the acupuncture treatments, you can do self-acupressure at home. 15 minutes a day makes a huge difference! You can begin with the free introductory self-acupressure video in my resource library. I've had women write me to tell me that doing this protocol alone made the difference!
Heidi Brockmyre, L.Ac is Fertility Expert and Experienced Acupuncturist. She practices out of her San Diego clinic using acupuncture, shamanic healing and other holistic medicines to improve the well-being of her clients, including those struggling with specific health complaints, and women who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are in postpartum recovery. Heidi has continued to develop more programs to help women all over the world take control of their fertility health through online courses and products. Heidi also runs a mentorship program to help other acupuncturists achieve the same global reach, so that together we can create a worldwide health paradigm shift.
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A guest blog this week from my friend and fertility expert, Heidi Brockmyre, L.Ac.
Just like nature cycles through 4 seasons during the course of the year, your body cycles through 4 phases during each menstrual cycle.
As you tune into the changing seasons of the year, you eat different foods and switch clothing to support your body as it adjusts to the environmental changes.
These adjustments are intuitive. You instinctively know to eat in-season produce, drink warm teas during the winter, and eat refreshing watermelon to stay hydrated during hot summer months.
In our modern Western society, however, you may not be as in tune with the needs of your body during each phase of your menstrual cycle. Supporting each phase helps you to maintain a regular healthy menstrual cycle, balance your hormones and sustain the health of your eggs and lining.
In the West, we aren't taught much about our reproductive systems at all, let alone about the 4 phases of our menstrual cycle. Most of my patients don't even know what fertile cervical mucus is until they start reading up on how to increase fertility and chart their cycles.
A healthier cycle is the prerequisite for improving fertility and a healthy pregnancy. It's like tilling the soils to prepare for an abundant harvest. By gaining insight into the rhythms of your cycle, you can influence the health of your cycle, which is why it's so important for me to teach you the wisdom Chinese medicine has to offer on the subject.
Phase 1-Menstruation
Primary Goal in Chinese Medicine: Move Blood
Each phase typically lasts about 7 days if you maintain a regular 28 day cycle. The first phase of your cycle begins with the first day of your period. Although you may only have flow for 1-3 days, this first week is considered the first phase.
The primary goal during this phase is to properly shed your uterine lining. Energy needs to be flowing in the right direction, which is down and out of your body. This is a delicate phase. A lot of movement is taking place and so your body should rest and be allowed to do it's thing.
It takes energy for the body to release the lining. If it's disrupted, you may not properly shed the lining and old stagnant blood can stick around, causing clots. It's important to stay hydrated and you may need additional electrolytes. If you crave red meat, you likely need the iron. Otherwise avoid eating heavy and greasy foods.
During your period, avoid exercising. Gentle stretching and light walking are acceptable.
Phase 2-Follicular Phase
Primary Goal in Chinese Medicine: Build Yin and Blood
Phase two begins around 1 week after your period starts and lasts until ovulation.
The primary goal during the second phase is to rebuild blood and substance to nourish a healthy uterine lining and support the maturation of a healthy egg for ovulation. As soon as your flow stops, it's a good idea to begin nourishing your body and building up blood and fluids again.
This is considered the yin phase (versus yang) of your mentrual cyle. Yin is the substance and fluid material of your body, while yang is energy that fuels movement and function.
Although it's important during all 4 phases of your cycle to get a good night's sleep, your body especially needs it during this time. In fact, it's best to be in bed before 11:00 PM each night. According to the Chinese medicine circadian clock, it's at this time that your body starts replenishing it's blood supply and healing the tissues of your body while you sleep. By missing out on quality sleep or getting to bed too late, you may not replenish your blood supply adequately, which can affect the health of your lining and eggs, especially if this is a chronic habit.
I also recommend eating plenty of nourishing foods, like soups and stews, iron-rich vegetables and lots of organic animal protein to give your body the support it needs to rebuild your blood supply and mature an egg for ovulation.
Avoid excessively sweating and overly rigorous exercise during this time. You may find that your joints are stiffer, you're more prone to headaches and fatigue.
Self-acupressure is also a very effective tool for supporting your body during the follicular phase of your menstrual cycle.
Phase 3-Ovulation
Primary Goal in Chinese Medicine: Promote Yang (Warmth and Movement)
Phase 3 begins with ovulation and lasts for one week following ovulation. This phase begins when the "yin" (blood and fluids) have built to a climax and then the energy transforms into yang as the body signals that it's ready for ovulation.
The yang phase is about warmth and movement. This is why your basal body temperature should rise immediately after having ovulated. The hormones released during this phase of your cycle warm up the body to promote the release of the egg-containing follicle. The warmth encourages dilation and blood flow so that the egg can be released from the follicle and travel unobstructed down the open fallopian tubes.
During this phase, it's important to keep your feet, low back and abdomen warm. Stretching the hips, low back, and pelvic area can help increase blood flow and movement in the reproductive organs while relieving congestion.
Avoid cold foods, raw vegetables, and phlegm producing foods, like sugar and dairy as these can cause congestion and fluid build up in your tubes and uterus. Congestion makes it difficult for the sperm to reach the eggs and for an embryo to make the journey down the tubes.
Phase 4-Implantation or Pre-Menstrual Phase
Primary Goal in Chinese Medicine-Regulate the Flow of Qi (Pre-Menstrual Phase) or Promote Yang (Implantation)
This phase begins about 1 week after ovulation and ends the day get your period or confirm pregnancy with the first day of your late period.
Your temperatures should continue to stay high during this phase and typically drop off right before you being your period. This phase continues to be about warmth and the movement of energy or "qi". If implantation took place (usually between 7-10 days after ovulation), then warmth and blood flow will continue to be the main priority.
Self-acupressure to promote implantation using a study-proven series of specific points is an effective tool for encouraging your fertilized embryo to successfully implant.
If you are not pregnant, then your body is gathering energy to shed the uterine lining and adjusting hormones. Sometimes this energy gets bottlenecked or doesn't flow smoothly, resulting in a variety of PMS symptoms like moodiness, bloating, and headaches.
It's important during this phase to minimize stress, as stress disrupts the flow of qi and can make the symptoms worse. Caffeine and alcohol should also be avoided. Exercise and stretching helps regulate the flow of qi. Peppermint tea helps to relieve PMS symptoms and improve the flow of qi.
Your body performs infinite miracles every moment of every day in every cell. The better you understand your body, the better you can support it. The more in tune you are with your cycle, the more you can till the soils of your fertility.
In support,
Heidi Brockmyre, L.Ac is Fertility Expert and Experienced Acupuncturist. She practices out of her San Diego clinic using acupuncture, shamanic healing and other holistic medicines to improve the well-being of her clients, including those struggling with specific health complaints, and women who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are in postpartum recovery. Heidi has continued to develop more programs to help women all over the world take control of their fertility health through online courses and products. Heidi also run a mentorship program to help other acupuncturists achieve the same global reach, so that together we can create a worldwide health paradigm shift. Get Heidi's Free Library of Resources Here.
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Enlighten Herbal Elixir is a hot beverage containing eight Chinese herbs. The herbs work together to help relieve:
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Congratulations! You've just had an amazing acupuncture treatment that has left you feeling completely relaxed and high on life.
You're probably thinking, "Wow! I wish I always felt like this! How can I get this feeling to last?"
The truth is, despite how good it feels, only about 20% of acupuncture's healing power happens while the needles are in. About 80% of the healing effect occurs in the 24 hours following the treatment.
To sustain the healing effect, you must avoid three things 24 hours after the needles come out:
1. Cold
Cold is the #1 arch enemy in Chinese Medicine:
All of these cold things can all counteract the benefits of acupuncture by contracting the flow of qi and slowing down the healing process.
2. Alcohol and recreational drugs
After an acupuncture treatment, your body works hard to transfer the energetics of the needles into acute healing and homeostasis (balance). Alcohol is warming to the body, yet can significantly alter the 24 hour cycle of qi. Alcohol and recreational drugs disrupt the healing process (and in the case of getting drunk, can completely cancel out any treatment benefits).
Consuming alcohol or getting high after a treatment is effectively wasting your time and money.
3. Sex
Sex is considered an activity that promotes the free flow of qi. However, after an acupuncture treatment, sex can demand too much qi and inhibit healing. It is best to wait until the day after acupuncture to get your qi moving between the sheets.
So, now that you know what to avoid, what should you do during the 24 hours after an acupuncture treatment?
The best thing you can do is rest your body and relax your mind:
Allow the natural high to sink in for 24 hours while your body-mind-spirit take the time needed for healing.
I've always had "problem" skin. Red, painful cystic pustule acne plagued me until my late 20s. After years of anti-acne face washes, toners, topical antibiotics and astringent creams, I had it under control enough to hide my problem areas with just a little concealer.
When I was in my early 30's, my acne changed from cystic to a plethora of small red papules on my forehead, cheeks, and chin. My dermatologist prescribed retinols and steroidal creams to reduce the inflammation. They worked a little, but my skin was still red, irritated, and bumpy. The texture of it made me very self-conscious as there's no way to hide bumps with everyday makeup!
At the same time, in my early 30's, I started waking up in the middle of the night like clockwork. It was always 1am when severe abdominal cramps roused me from sleep. Dripping with sweat, I would sit in the bathroom not pooping or passing gas, but just breathing and waiting for the pain to pass. The cramping would usually stop within 20 minutes.
After a few weeks, I made an appointment with my primary care physician. She ordered a CT scan of my pelvis, which revealed nothing. She recommended taking an osmotic laxative once a day to ensure the cramping wasn't caused by constipation (full disclosure: it wasn't).
Flash forward another two years, and I was in my first year of graduate school for Chinese Medicine. I was receiving almost daily acupuncture treatments from my teachers and classmates. My chief complaint was chronic acne.
One of my teachers observed out loud in class that the redness and papules on my face provided a visual map of the Stomach meridian. That's when a light bulb went on in my brain that illuminated everything… food was the cause of it!
I quickly purchased a copy of Robb Wolf's book, The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet and devoured it in one day. The next day, I purged all processed foods and gluten from our family's kitchen and started the Paleo lifestyle. As Robb recommended, I ate Paleo for 30 days. A few amazing things happened:
If you've read this far, then it's time to acknowledge the biggest mistake I made about my health...
My biggest mistake was not listening to my body, when it was very clearly telling what was wrong!
If I had listened, I would have saved myself years of unnecessary pain, sleepless nights, worry, stress, and embarrassment about my appearance. And money. I would have saved a LOT of money by not trying every acne treatment program I could find.
My so-called healthy vegetarian diet was making me sick. Really sick. I had completely ignored all of my body's warning signs. Even worse, I hadn't realized the root of the problem… gluten-intolerance. I had eaten gluten all of my life, so why was there suddenly a problem now?
But the truth was, there were signs all along, I just chose to ignore them or call them something else.
Like mistaking a face rash for acne.
Side note: If I eat gluten now (always by accident), I'll wake up in the middle of the night with those terrible abdominal cramps and wear a face rash for 3-5 days.
The biggest takeaway from my story is that the human body is smart. Smarter than we typically give it credit for. If something is wrong, physically or emotionally, it's going to show up as what Western medicine calls a sign or symptom.
Be observant because the longer a sign or symptom is ignored, the louder(!) your body will demand your attention.
So, is your body trying to tell you something? Sometimes we all need an outside perspective to uncover the truth, the root of our health problems. Let's work together to get to the root of solving your health mysteries.
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3 Reasons to Ditch Antiperspirant
Want to improve your health? Stop using antiperspirant!
Wait, I know what you're thinking….
Let me give you 3 reasons to ditch the antiperspirant:
Now you're probably thinking how is this possible? Let me tell you a few things you probably didn't know about perspiration! What a fun topic!
Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It serves as a protective layer for our organs, bones, and cartilage. It acts as a barrier to external bacteria and viruses. It allows toxins and metabolic waste to exit the body via perspiration (more on this later). It also regulates our body temperature. When it's cold, blood vessels in the skin constrict and retain warmth keeping the body temperature higher than the external environment. When it's warm, sweat glands under the skin excrete a mixture of water and salts we commonly call sweat that pools on the exterior surface of the skin and cools us down.
There are actually two different types of sweat. Exercise-induced sweat is produced by the eccrine glands and is actually sterile and odorless as it passes through skin pores, then gets increasingly stinky as it mixes with bacteria living on the skin. The thicker type of sweat that really stinks comes from the apocrine glands. In times of emotional stress, these glands get revved up and secrete sweat containing water, salt, lipids (fatty acids), sterols (waxy solids), and proteins. Sweat from the apocrine glands has been shown to be so pungent, it can literally clear a room of your friends, family, work colleagues, or strangers. It serves as a primitive non-verbal warning to anyone in your proximity that they should back off because you're under stress.
Obviously, no one wants to smell so bad that they repel others. I've seen patients apply and reapply clinical strength antiperspirants throughout the day to combat sweaty body odor. The not-so-funny thing is, antiperspirants can actually make sweat smell worse, according to Dr. Joseph Mercola:
"Those who used antiperspirants saw a definitive increase in Actinobacteria, which are largely responsible for foul-smelling armpit odor. In some participants, abstaining from antiperspirant caused the population of Actinobacteria to dwindle into virtual nonexistence.[1]"
In Oriental Medicine, sweat is a fluid of the Xīn (心). When the Xīn has the correct balance of qi and blood, sweating is regulated. Antiperspirants can wreak havoc on the Xīn ability to regulate sweat because the mineral-chemical compounds actually block skin pores from releasing sweat (hence the name anti-perspirant). The pores become plugged and will not allow any fluids to escape. Wearing an antiperspirant essentially traps sweat inside your body, inhibits body temperature regulation through perspiration, and prevents the body from clearing toxins (including heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead) through the skin.
A little known fact is that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies antiperspirants as a drug because they affect the function or structure of the body. Drugs usually have side effects and antiperspirants are no exception. The side effects I most often see from antiperspirant use in my clinic involve sleep disorders such as insomnia or waking up the middle of the night, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, memory issues, night sweats, acne, excessive worrying, and depression. These symptoms all occur when the Xīn is suffering from imbalance.
If you suffer from any of these symptoms, isn't it worth a try to give up antiperspirants for a month and see if you sleep better, look better, and feel better? The first few days may be "fragrant" as the body clears out weeks/months/years of accumulated sweat, but over time most people discover they actually sweat less and smell better all over!
These are products I recommend to my patients when they ditch the antiperspirant:
[1] Dr. Joseph Mercola. Retrieved in June 2017 from: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/05/07/sweating-detoxification.aspx
Dr. Michelle Wendt, L.Ac., DACM
Dr. Michelle Wendt, L.Ac., DACM practices Holistic & Chinese Medicine in Hawaii and Texas.
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Baseball legend and honoree Vida Blue and the Northern Lights Children's Choir attend the 2010 Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy's Gala Reception at the African American Museum & Library, September 29, 2010 in Oakland, CA.
2011 Community Impact Awards to Recognize Local Black Philanthropists
SAN FRANCISCO – Nonprofit, business and philanthropy leaders will gather on October 12, 2011, for the Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy's "State of the Race" conference and awards reception, celebrating local black philanthropists and spotlighting solutions that can fuel employment, entrepreneurship and innovation for African Americans in the region.
"We benefit from living in one of the world's hotspots for innovation, and we aim to bring some of that energy to bear to collectively tackle issues facing Black communities," said Cedric Brown, Chair of Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy (BABIP). "We are also eager to honor the generous contributions of individuals and organizations who strengthen this region by investing their time and resources in important causes."
The theme of this year's conference is "Beyond the Neighborhood: African Americans Competing in the Regional Economy." It will take place 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Conference Center in San Mateo. The one-day conference will highlight major trends in the Bay Area's Black populations from the 2010 Census; how regional markets and governance structures impact economic opportunities for Black communities; promising models for employment and entrepreneurship; and tools for using technology, policy advocacy and leadership development to advance social change.
Invited presenters at the conference include: Angela Benton, CEO of BlackWeb20.com and Co-Founder of NewMe Accelerator; Allen Fernandez-Smith, President and CEO of Urban Habitat; Ted Howard, Steven A. Minter Fellow at the Cleveland Foundation; Mary Lee, Associate Director at PolicyLink; Dr. Steven Pitts, Labor Policy Specialist at UC Berkeley Labor Center; Jason Trimiew, Director of Business Development at REDF; and Junious Williams Jr., CEO of Urban Strategies Council. The conference is co-sponsored by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, and Urban Strategies Council.
Following the conference, the "Celebrating Black Philanthropy" Gala Reception will recognize leading Black philanthropists in the Bay Area with the 2011 Community Impact Awards.
This year's honorees are: Gloria Rhodes Brown, retired former Director of the University of California Cooperative Extension Service for San Mateo and San Francisco counties; Michael C. Bush, Founder of The MattMar Group Inc.; James Lowell Gibbs, Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, and Dr. Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, author and retired Zellerbach Family Fund Professor of Social Policy, Community Change and Practice at UC Berkeley; Valerie Coleman Morris, leading financial literacy journalist and author; Keena Turner, Vice President of Football Affairs for the San Francisco 49ers; and Verizon Wireless.
KTVU's Morning News Anchor Dave Clark will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the gala reception, taking place 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Stanford University's Black Community Services Center.
Both the conference and gala reception are open to the public. Tickets are $50 for the conference, $50 for the reception. Tickets for both the conference and reception are $75 for BABIP members, $90 for non-BABIP members. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://babip2011.eventbrite.com. See highlights from the 2010 gala reception HERE.
About Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy (BABIP)
BABIP is a regional, nonprofit membership organization that works to advance the interests of African Americans in philanthropy, and to address the impact of racial disparity within philanthropic institutions and African American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. www.BABIP.org. Source: Press release


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November 19, 2015
Students congregated on the Main Quad Wednesday at noon for the black student solidarity rally, which was organized through social media, networking and word-of-mouth throughout the week.lbThe event did not introduce any formalized demands to University administration or other governing bodies. It was not organized...
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The University of Missouri system president, Tim Wolfe, resigned Monday, following outcry over his handling of racist and bias incidents on the Columbia campus.Wolfe announced his decision to resign at an emergency meeting called by the university's Board of Curators — the eight-member body that ove...
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