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Exploring the strengths-based approach for Graduates – Part 2 of 4
We began looking at this subject last time and we learnt that adopting a STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH in your life and work can help you to perform at your optimum.
To perform at your best, all you need to be able to do is recognise, accept and utilise your own strengths.
So how do we define a strength?
A strength is the ability to be consistent and to achieve near-perfect performance in a specific activity. It's a combination of:
- Talent: recurring patterns of thoughts, feelings or behaviours that help you to be productive
- Skill: the capacity to perform the fundamental steps of an activity with ease
- Knowledge: all that you've acquired through your experience
So Talent + Skill + Knowledge = Strength
As mentioned last time, there are 34 main strengths and they can be categorised into four domains: EXECUTOR, STRATEGIC THINKER, INFLUENCER and RELATIONSHIP BUILDER. We looked at EXECUTOR last time. Now let's look at the main strengths of a STRATEGIC THINKER.
What's so unique about your strategic thinking skills?
A STRATEGIC THINKER is someone who always thinks ahead and plans. They're able to anticipate what will happen next, or what others will do, and they can prepare themselves for this. They foresee the opportunities and take them. They're always prepared for the "what ifs" and they're ready to respond.
Here are the different types of "Strategic Thinker" strengths:
1. Analytical – People who fall into the analytical category are logical, rigorous in their approach and meticulous, always paying attention to the detail. When it comes to analysing data, they consider all the relevant factors, no matter how small, before reaching a conclusion.
2. Context – People who fall into this category tend to mull over past data, actions and experiences in order to reach careful decisions. They consider what they've learnt from the past. This sense of context gives them the perspective and confidence they need to be effective in their life and work.
3. Futuristic – A futuristic person is one who inspires others with their sense of vision. They're creative and insightful – able to imagine the future and what it might hold.
4. Ideation – People who are described best by the term ideation love thinking "out of the box". They can apply a new perspective to an old concept. They're fascinated by ideas.
5. Intellection – This theme describes those who enjoy taking time out to think. Thinking energises them and drives their enthusiasm. They relish intellectual discussions and debates and enjoy developing their ideas.
6. Input – People who fall into this category are able to store away all kinds of information. They crave knowledge and enjoy learning just for the sake of it. Their wide range of interests helps them to connect with almost everyone they meet.
7. Learner – A learner is a person who likes to better themselves through knowledge. They constantly want to learn new facts and consider new arguments. They love reading, researching and browsing the internet.
8. Strategic – A person who's strategic is always prepared. They're ready to act and respond, and they always have an answer! They're quick-witted and can easily spot possibilities and solutions.
Do you recognise these strengths in yourself, and if so, which ones? In what way are you a STRATEGIC THINKER?
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- Laboratory & Pathology
- Maternal Child Health Services
- Medi-Cal Enrollment
- Medical & Surgical Care
- Social Services
- Pediatrics
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- The Center
- Pastoral Care Services
- Delivery Land™
- Urgent Care
- Radiology
- 24-Hour Emergency Care
Laboratory & Pathology
The Department of Pathology is accredited by College of American Pathologist (CAP).
The Department of Pathology is responsible for the performance of all laboratory procedures, which are required to support the medical mission of Victor Valley Global Medical Center (VVGMC). Requests for laboratory procedures beyond the capabilities of the Laboratory will be supported to the fullest extent possible. Appropriate specimens will be collected and routed to the appropriate referral laboratory for analysis. The procedures and technical information in this pamphlet applies to all VVGMC personnel who utilize the services of the laboratory.
The Laboratory Medical Director is board certified by the American Board of Pathology. All Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLSs) employed at VVGMC are state licensed to perform all respective testing.
Outpatient Laboratory Services: Normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Routine services are offered during these hours. The Specimen Procurement Section is responsible for outpatient phlebotomy, specimen receiving and processing, and shipping samples to reference laboratories. Limited staffing and services are available during non-business hours, weekends, and federal holidays.
Clinical Laboratory Services: Offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Maternal Child Health Services
Victor Valley Global Medical Center's Maternal Child Services Department includes our Labor and Delivery, Post Partum, Nursery, Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric departments.
Victor Valley Global Medical Center consistently works toward a renewed vision of being the premiere healthcare facility in the High Desert. We look forward to our partnership with the community, the physicians, and other providers in ensuring our community remains strong and healthy.
Labor and Delivery and Post-Partum
Focusing on our philosophy of patient centered care, VVGMC makes every aspect of your visit an extraordinary experience. From the birth of your first baby to the delivery of your first grandchild, count on the experienced, compassionate staff to make every addition a blessed moment allowing you to focus on what matters most.
VVGMC believes in skin-to-skin contact bonding with newborns. At every opportunity, we encourage this bonding practice between you and your new baby and make every effort to accommodate both parents' practices. As you recover from the delivery of your baby, the caring staff watch over your new addition backed by decades of experience and knowledge.
Women's Health Services
Additional services are available for Women's Health including the Outpatient Imaging Center, "The Center" located in the White Dove Professional Building across from the hospital. Please see the links below for more information on services offered through The Center.
Medi-Cal Enrollment
Should you need assistance with Medi-Cal enrollment, please visit our Medi-Cal office located just to the left of the main entrance of the hospital. Onsite enrollment specialists are here to help.
Business hours are 8:00am – 4:00pm, Monday through Friday
Medical & Surgical Care
Quality of patient care comes first
Talented staff, priority is to ensure the well-being and speedy recovery of all patients.
Holding strong to our hospital vision of being the premier hospital of the high desert.
Comments about our Medical & Surgical floor care:
"I can't say enough about the nurses on the floor. They are an asset to VVGMC and nursing. They are friendly, professional, caring, attentive and where very nice to me and made me feel better. Thank you for caring about me and my welfare, and well being"n"Just the genuine interest and concern you showed and how calm you handled my questions. Way above what I would of expected."
Surgical Services
It is the policy of Victor Valley Global Medical Center (VVGMC) to provide services for operative and other invasive procedures and immediate post-operative care on a 24-hour basis. The department is staffed to operate 3 OR suites Monday through Friday, 0700 to 1500 and 2 OR suites Monday through Friday, 1500 to 1900. An on-call staff is available 1500 to 0700 for emergency procedures.
Social Services
It is the policy of Victor Valley Global Medical Center (VVGMC) to make social services available to patients, families and hospital personnel.
To reach social services, please ask for them when calling the main hospital number: 760-245-8691
VVGMC's Pediatric Department is unsurpassed in the High Desert for patient centered care. It can be traumatic for you and your child when a stay at the hospital is required. The patient and gentle staff in Pediatrics understands. They are dedicated to helping your child get better and back home to family and friends
Physical Therapy
It is the policy of Victor Valley Global Medical Center (VVGMC) to provide quality and comprehensive physical therapy at VVGMC that will restore, improve or maintain the patient's optimal level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence, and quality of life in the inpatient setting. These services will be provided in a timely and professional manner, as prescribed, and in a manner consistent with the mission of VVGMC, as well as provide a compassionate rehabilitation environment for the patient and their family or significant others conducive to obtaining the above goals.
Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory Care Services
Types of Patients Inpatients, ambulatory patients, home care patients and outpatients. Age of Patients Services will be provided to patients in the following age groups: neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
Procedures / Services Diagnostic and therapeutic Cardiopulmonary Services
Hours of Operation Services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Diagnostic testing is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the exception of cardiac stress testing, which is available Monday through Saturday, 0700 – 1530.
Goals Cardiopulmonary care designed in the treatment, management control and diagnostic evaluation in patients with deficiencies and abnormalities and alternatives of gas exchange.
Allied health specialty guided by a Medical Director.
The Center
The Center serves at Victor Valley Global Medical Center's outpatient and inpatient imaging center and offers visitors the convenience of a one-stop preventative diagnostic imaging center, with state-of-the-art examination equipment by such manufacturers as Instrumentarium, Hologic and Toshiba.
The Center performs mammogram, ultrasound and bone densitometry testing.
The quiet, warm, comfortable pre-exam environment of The Center helps to relax visitors for examinations that can often be stressful, sensitive and uncomfortable experiences.
Our goal is to continually assess and meet the healthcare needs of the community we serve.
Please contact us (760) 245-4555
Pastoral Care Services
It is the policy of Victor Valley Global Medical Center (VVGMC) to provide spiritual support to employees, patients, families and guests if requested. Pastoral Care Services is viewed as an integral component of patient care.
A chaplain or on-call chaplain is available to respond to emergencies 24 hours a day if requested.
Delivery Land™
At Victor Valley Global Medical Center, we believe every delivery is special-from your first to your next. Each labor and delivery room is uniquely designed and offers soon-to-be-parents a unique experience during the delivery of the newest family member.
We look forward to welcoming your new King or Queen!
Delivery Land ™ where Kings and Queens are Born!
Urgent Care
Global Urgent Care of Victorville is dedicated to serving the health and wellness needs of you and your family. Our highly trained, compassionate providers have years of experience and are skilled in the latest healthcare technologies and treatments.
Global Urgent Care of Victorville is staffed by care providers trained in the treatment of non-life-threating injuries and illnesses, giving you and your family access to diagnosis and treatment faster than the average emergency room process.
Our commitment to health care is patient centered and specialized to meet the needs of you and your family. Providing the highest level of care with compassion and respect is at the core of our service to you and your family.
The Global Urgent Care of Victorville treats medical problems that can't wait until your next Primary Care Provider (PCP) visit, but are not life-threatening and our skilled providers will see you on a walk-in basis and our wait times can be shorter than an Emergency Room (ER). We are open 8am to 8pm seven days a week excluding holidays. Holiday hours are 8am to 2pm.
Hours – 8am – 8pm every day
Holiday Hours – 8am to 2pm
For more information please visit MyUrgentCare-VV.com
The Imaging Department of Victor Valley Global Medical Center serves a pivotal and critical role in support of patient care provided by the KPC Health System. The department serves the Victorville community with highly trained radiologists in the foundation of Diagnostic and Interventional services. Our friendly staff and radiologists provide excellent customer service and continuous support to an inpatient and outpatient population. The department serves as a community leader in emerging technologies in the pursuit of optimal care of our patients.
We strive for excellence and are committed to creating a highly skilled imaging department for our Diagnostic, Computer Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional, Mammography/Dexa, and Vascular Ultrasound services.
Venous Access
- Placement of PICCs (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters)
- Placement of chest ports
- Temporary central venous catheters
- Tunneled central venous catheters
Dialysis access treatments
- Percutaneous dialysis fistula I graft treatments
- Vascular recanalization
- Tunneled central venous catheter
Percutaneous Biopsy
- Image-guided soft tissue and bone biopsy
- Percutaneous soft tissue or organ biopsy
- Transjugular liver biopsy
Interventional Pain
- Intraarticular steroid injection
- Kyphoplasty Nertebroplasty
- Placement and maintenance of gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy feeding tubes
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Percutaneous drainage of abscesses and fluid collections
- Placement of chest tubes
Obstructive Uropathy
- Nephrostomy, nephroureterostomy
- Percutaneous access for stone retrieval
- Suprapubic drainage
Women's Health
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- Infertility – Selective salpinography
Biliary Intervention
- Biliary Drainage
- Cholecystostomy
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Renal vascular disease – renal artery angioplasty and stenting
- Visceral angiography
- Vascular Embolization
Varicose Veins and Venous Insufficiency
- Varicose veins – Legs
- Varicose veins – Other
Venous Thromboembolic Disease
- Venous thrombolysis, angioplasty and stenting
- Permanent and temporary caval filtration
Cancer Therapy
- Chemoembolization of liver tumors
- Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) of liver tumors, kidney tumors, and osteoid osteomas
Medical imaging
- Nuclear Medicine
- 64 Slice CT
- Ultrasound
- Vascular Ultrasound
- Echo Cardiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
For Scheduling call (760) 245-4555
24-Hour Emergency Department Services
Our Emergency services hold high distinctions, including Paramedic Receiving Center, Stroke Receiving Center and Cardiac Receiving Center. We serve all patients, from newborns to geriatrics and are equipped to handle all injuries and situations.
Our 24/7 Emergency Services provide patients with the highest quality of care possible when faced with the unexpected. Our Emergency Room includes a paramedic receiving station, technologically advanced emergency equipment, and highly-trained emergency care specialists.
Our Emergency Department staff members are certified in providing advanced life support and are specially trained in emergency and trauma-related incidents. Our facilities also offer interpreter services upon request.


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And it was a perfect evening for it!
Lots of people (and animals) were out enjoying the sun and fresh air. These polo ponies were getting exercise, 3 a breast.
Blooms are bursting open. This one was at our group ride meet up place.
Our pace line, 5 of us turned up for the ride.
Riding past 'Hanging Rock'.
RIP Silas
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Need to make Windows think part of your memory is a hard drive? Try making a RAMDrive (or RAM Disk some people call it). This will dedicate a section of your computer's memory to the temporary storage of folders and files. Why would you want to do such a thing? Accessing time for files on a RAM Drive are about 1,000 times quicker than a conventional drive. Also, if you have a situation where you're access the same files over and over again, a ram disk will help reduce wear and tear on your real hard drive. Of course the down side of all this is that files on a RAM Drive are gone when the computer is shut down (or crashes).
I use a RAM Drive on my "Jason's Fishcam" system. One of my webcams is behind a proxy/firewall that I don't control. I order to get images from that camera, I FTP the image files to a server sitting outside the firewall and restream them from there. Since I didn't want my hard drive continuously writing and overwriting the same file, I save the image file onto the RAM Drive. Not only does this let my save the image over and over again without the hard drive, but it allows me to do it quite a bit faster as well.
There are some software packages out there that will configure a RAM Disk Drive automatically. If you need more bells and whistles, check those out. This method is free and allows a RAM Disk of up to 32MB.
1. Download ramdisk.inf and ramdisk.sys file and save them in the same folder (somewhere convenient).
2. Go to the Control Panel and click Add Hardware
3. Click Next and wait for the search to complete.
4. Choose "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" and click Next
5. Scroll to the very bottom and highlight "Add a new hardware device" and click Next
6. Choose "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list" and click Next
7. Wait for the search to complete and click Next
8. Highlight "Show All Devices" and click Next (warning: this part may take a few minutes)
9. Click Have Disk… (Important! Be sure not to click on anything else or scroll through the lists before you click Have Disk. Doing so will screw up this process.)
10. Click Browse and locate the folder you saved the ramdisk.inf file in, select ramdisk.inf and click Open
11. Click OK, then Next and Next again.
12. Click Continue Anyway if a warning pops up and then Finish
Now for the fun part!
13. Under the Start menu, click Run, type in regedit and click OK
14. Open the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Ramdisk\Parameters
To set the size of the Ram Disk Drive, right click on DiskSize and choose Modify. Type in the new size under Value data. The maximum is 3,200,000 (in hexadecimal) which equals 32MB
15. If you need to, modify the DriveLetter enrty too. (the default is "Z")
16. Now navigate to:
change the value of Start from 4 to 1
17. Exit the Registry Editor and Reboot


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Teacher in Business
37 hours per week • Salary: Up to £31,017 depending on experience
Application Deadline: 30/10/2017 Interview Date: 07/11/2017 Location: Main Campus
A fantastic high achieving College in the heart of Southampton, Hampshire is looking to appoint a full time business teacher to start as soon as possible.
You will have the ability to motivate your learners, and create drive and engagement from them in order to achieve results.
You will be teaching and assessing Business qualifications level 2 and 3 (OCR and BTEC). Experience in business units, apprenticeship delivery and accounting will be of particular advantage.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an appreciation of the uses of IT are essential, as is a commitment to excellence.
The application closing date is Monday 30th October with interviews being held on Tuesday 7th November. If applying, please ensure you can make yourself available on this date – thank you.
We are only able to contact you if you are shortlisted for interview, and we will do this via e-mail so please ensure we have your accurate contact details when registering, including a contact telephone number.
All shortlisted applicants are required to complete a self-declaration and disclosure form prior to interview. Satisfactory references, enhanced DBS check and medical clearance will be required for successful job candidates.
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Death Race
Review by Jack Foley
PAUL WS Anderson underlines his position as the king of trash cinema with Death Race, a loud, crass and utterly pointless reinvention of Roger Corman's cult favourite Death Race 2000.
Set in the not-too-distant future, the film picks up as ex-racer Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his wife and forced by no-nonsense prison warden Hennessey (Joan Allen) to compete in the world's most popular extreme sport: death race.
The catch is that Jensen must pose as racing favourite Frankenstein without giving away his true identity. But competing is one thing, staying alive is another when it comes to racing against some of the most vicious criminals on the planet, including the psychopathic Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson).
Back in 1975, Death Race 2000 combined exploitation-style racing thrills with biting social commentary and featured notable performances from David Carradine and a young Sylvester Stallone. The contemporary update overdoses on the racing action, forgets to inject much social commentary and fails to deliver a single performance worth caring about.
Statham does what Statham does best – scowl a lot and beat people up whenever the situation arises, while Tyrese Gibson offers a pretty bland, one-dimensional adversary. Joan Allen, meanwhile, is criminally wasted as the tough-talking prison warden whose presence in the whole sorry enterprise represents the film's biggest mystery. Ian McShane crops up as a veteran mechanic but seems content to deliver his lines in deadpan style and wink every so often to the camera.
To be fair, some of the race sequences deliver the type of thrills expected and don't hold back on the violence, but even they soon become tiresome and repetitive by virtue of the fact that the drivers are forced to circle the same track time and time again.
All this should come as little surprise, though, given Anderson's lamentable track record for cinematic wreckages. He's previously helmed and produced the Resident Evil franchise, as well as ruining completely the Alien saga with his Alien Versus Predator derivatives.
With that in mind, audiences foolhardy enough to venture inside the multi-plex get exactly the movie they deserve.
Certificate: 15
Running time: 105mins
UK DVD & Blu-ray Release: February 2, 2009


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Meet Ray…
the super cute digital bath and room thermometer from Brother Max.
Not only does Ray warn you when the water is too hot, but he doubles up as a bath toy as well.
Ray can also be used as a room thermometer to help you keep your child's bedroom at the perfect temperature, and if you're not sure what this is, Ray has it helpfully printed on him above the screen display.
Ray really is a great gadget for mums and fun toy for children. Little hands can grab him easily to play with, put on their head or just see how hot the water is.
Ray has been a big hit with my three, although Z would like to know what his surname is….
This video shows the Ray in action.
As with all Brother Max Products, Ray is BPA, Phthalate and PVC-free.
Ray is available from Kiddicare and Amazon for £14.99.
We received Ray free of charge to review, all words and opinions are my own.


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How does one define a "Native American"?
. . . or should it be defined at all?
In response to extreme political pressure from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Senate and House have passed HB 2261, which places restrictions far beyond those required by the federal government for labeling Native American art, artists and design professionals. It is obviously the intent of all three Cherokee tribes to pressure the United State Congress next year to make the same changes.
The Cherokees clearly have a problem with every Tom, Dick and Harry calling themselves Cherokee. However, in ramming down their chosen solution to their problem on everyone else, millions of United States citizens, carrying far more indigenous DNA than the typical Cherokee, will no longer be able to label themselves as such.
Keep in mind that perhaps 90% or more of immigrants to the United States from Mexico, Central America and Northwestern South America carry indigenous DNA. Many of them come from ethnic groups, to whom the People of One Fire has traced the DNA, customs and words of the Creek, Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples. They are our relatives.
In 1974, Oklahoma adopted its American Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act, whose almost exact wording became Congress's Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. The original law was intended to be inclusive for all people of indigenous decent. There were many thousands of legitimate "Indians" in Oklahoma, who were not members of a formally organized tribe, recognized by the federal government.
You see . . . in 1974, the Muscogee-Creek Nation didn't even exist, but the Southeastern Creek Confederacy had formed in the Southeast and invited Oklahoma Creeks, Seminoles and Uchees to join in the alliance. Unfortunately, they declined. It was a lost opportunity to return the Muskogeans to their original positive influence on Native American affairs in the United States. Even today, it is estimated that there are over 5,000 Creeks and Seminoles in Oklahoma, who are ineligible for federal recognition because their ancestors refused to sign the Dawes Rolls.
Both the original Oklahoma act and its federal copycat clearly favored members of federally-recognized tribes in the use of the title "American Indian" in the arts and literature. However, they leave an option of people, who were of at least partial indigenous ancestry, but for some reason or another, not eligible for membership in a federally recognized tribe, to still call themselves American Indian or Native American.
Non-federally recognized indigenous peoples could also use the label under certain conditions. They could call themselves, American Indian or their own ethnic identity, if they were members of a state-recognized tribe, one of the thousands of indigenous tribes in the Americas or a special ethnic group, such as the Uchee, that have a distinct tradition, different from the federally recognized tribe to which they were involuntarily assigned.
The situation in the Southeast is not nearly so straightforward as politicians and bureaucrats would have you believe. Most of the Creeks and Uchees in eastern Georgia (including my ancestors) left the Creek Confederacy in the 1780s, when the half-breed Tory, Alexander McGillivray, declared himself "Emperor of the Muskogees" and moved the Creek Capital from Koweta to Pensacola, Florida. He then repeatedly dispatched armies of Upper Creeks, who had fought for the British, to attack Patriot Creeks in Georgia. Until I was in my twenties, I thought that the Muskogees were originally the enemies of the real Creeks, who we eventually joined in a confederacy.
About 22,000 Creeks and Uchees in Georgia took state citizenship, when William McIntosh fraudulently gave away all Creek lands in Georgia. However, during the Second and Third Seminole Wars, there were numerous pogroms in Georgia in which Creek families, who were citizens of that state, were illegally evicted from their farms. All their livestock and possessions were seized by local judges and they were marched in chains to the nearest state line.
My immediate family lived on a Revolutionary veteran's reserve and were protected by the Methodist Church. However, several families to which I am closely related were unfortunately Baptists and Presbyterians. After being evicted from Georgia, they eventually ended up in the Indian Territory, where federal agents assigned them to Choctaw Territory, even though they were of mixed Hitchiti-Uchee heritage. Thus, today, theoretically, I could be a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, but not the Muskogee Creek Nation, because my great-grandparents refused to sign the Dawes Rolls.
There are hundreds of thousands of Southerners, perhaps millions, of legitimate Native American decent, whose stories are similar. Their ancestors were scattered to the winds, yet they carry far more indigenous DNA today, than most federally recognized Cherokees in Oklahoma. That leads us to a very important issue.
No, this man on the upper left is not the author in his thirties, but a Kekchi Maya man from the Guatemalan Highlands. On the lower left is a section of a photo of me at age 17 winning a track race. I noticed many Kekchi Mayas in the highlands near the Guatemala-Belize border, who looked like my mother's family. Neither of us guys particularly resemble Muskogees, Cherokees or Lakotas. Under the new proposed law, we could not call ourselves either Native American or American Indian.
The hypocrisy of it all
So what defines a Native American or an American Indian? It is a legal description as put forward in Oklahoma? Is it blood quantum as pushed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 150 years? Is a certain percentage of Asiatic DNA that defines an American Indian? For that matter . . . which American Indians? Tribes with Algonquian. Siouan or Athabaskan features that one thinks of, when thinking "American Indian" or those like my ancestors, who built the stone-walled terraces in Georgia?
It is the ultimate in hypocrisy to allow people with Scotch-Irish/Sephardic Jewish features to label themselves Native Americans, because they are members of the Cherokee Nation, but putting MOWA Choctaws in jail for labeling their art, "Native American." That speaks for itself.
Some of the most famous families of the Muskogee Creek Nation are descended from 18th century French officers in Alabama or Scottish, Irish and Jewish Indian traders in Georgia, who married Creek women. Does Congress need to create a separate legal category of "Semi-Creek?"
Blood quantum was a scam created by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs to make the indigenous peoples eventually disappear. The concept was that by requiring tribal members to be 100%, 1/2 or 1/4 of that particular tribe, intermarriage with other tribes and races would eventually mean that there was no tribe.
Blood quantum might be a legitimate measure of authenticity in the most remote regions of Canada and Alaska, but everywhere else, the indigenous peoples began producing mixed-race offspring immediately after the newcomers arrived. When the horrific European plagues wiped out 90-95% of the indigenous populations, the mixed-race people had a much higher survival rate. Remnants of tribes intermarried with each other. Many tribes frequently raided enemies to obtain replacement children and wives. Therefore, it is almost impossible to find a true "full-blooded" member of any tribe in the Continental United States.
DNA analysis is currently not what many of the commercial DNA labs make it out to be. The science of genetics is changing rapidly. What is true today might not be true tomorrow.
Last year, you would have been told that the Sammi (Lapps) of extreme northern Scandinavia had little or no Asiatic DNA. Then geneticists discovered that all their DNA samples around the world had come from a Sammi tribe that had intermarried with Scandinavians and Finns for at least 2500 years. When scientists took blood samples from Sammi tribes living in remote sections above the Arctic Circle and the mountains, they turned out to have as much Asiatic DNA as most Native Americans.
Those Sammi are almost identical in appearance to the Uchee of the Southeastern United States. That brings us to a final point. There are "real Native Americans" whose ancestors probably did not come across the Bering Strait from Siberia . . . currently, the ultimate definition of what comprises an American Indian.
All of the Muskogean tribes agree with the Uchee (Euchee/Yuchi) that they were the oldest tribe in the Southeast. There were indigenous peoples here much earlier, but they were gone when the Uchee arrived. The Algonquians arrived earlier, but they were living to the north. The Uchee Migration Legend states that their ancestors came by boat from the Home of the Sun across the Atlantic and arrived in the vicinity of Savannah, Georgia.
Recent archaeological discoveries appear to confirm the Uchee's version of history. It has been discovered that there was a massive flood in Ireland, western France and western Spain around 2250 BC. Most of the indigenous people of Ireland, aka the Black Irish*, either drowned or were forced to leave.
*The actual Archaic Gaelic word for "Black Irish" is Ciarraighe, which means "Brown-skinned People." The Ciarraighe had bronze skin, black hair and facial features not typical of Europeans today.
At the same time as this flood, the first pottery appeared in North America . . . Would you believe that it was made in the Savannah River Basin? This time period also marks the appearance of shell rings and complex shell architecture on the South Atlantic Coast. In the Georgia Mountains were created a network of petroglypic boulders that are identical to Bronze Age petroglyphic boulders on the Southwest Coast of Ireland and in Scandinavia. The Germanic Scandinavians did not arrive in the region until the very late Bronze Age or perhaps the Early Iron Age. They pushed the ancestors of the Sammi northward and out to sea.
Thus, it appears that the oldest tribe in the Southeast was neither ethnically nor genetically "American Indian." Under the new Oklahoma law, if a member of the Euchee Sub-tribe of the Muscogee-Creek Nation signs his or her art "Euchee" he or she could fined or sent to jail. That is ridiculous.
A simple solution
Perhaps a better solution to the fake Native American art problem is to require all items to be made by hand in the United States and provide artists an alternative of signing their creative works with their specific ethnic identity. Thus, using Euchee, MOWA Choctaw, Koasati, Maya, Aztec, Totonac, Taino, Shipibo, etc. would be quite legal. Bamboo flutes made in Thailand, but labeled "Authentic Cherokee," would not be legal.
About the photo at the top
The hand-made ceramics above were some of those displayed during the last time I had a booth at the Southeastern American Indian Festival. I decided to never have a booth there again after the bad experience.
Several car loads of North Carolina Cherokees showed up with amateurish drivel, labeled "Authentic Native American art made by the Cherokees" Two booths had large signs announcing that the Cherokees were the inventors of Swift Creek pottery. Most of their art was fake Swift Creek pottery made by pouring black liquid Bakelite plastic into Georgia Swift Creek style molds that can be ordered off the internet. The molds are then cooked in a home oven for about 20 minutes to make "authentic Native American art." Some Cherokee booths also sold Bakelite copies of Proto-Creek shell gorgets from Alabama and Georgia.
I guess that would be fine, except that the Cherokees began making trouble for everybody else. When visitors came to their booths, the Cherokees told them not to buy from the other artists because they were not real Indians. When that didn't work, the Cherokees went booth to booth, demanding to know if we were in a federally recognized tribe. I did not label my work Native American, since I was obviously a Native American. Nevertheless, the Cherokees targeted all of us members of Creek tribes in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, who were selling real art that made their stuff look like the junk that it was.
The rangers informed the Cherokees that all artists were invited and were members of legitimate tribes. They refused to close down our booths. Under the new law, however, no one from Georgia, Florida or Alabama could have been allowed to sell our art there. No Poarch Creeks attended and the federally-recognized Seminoles were selling beautiful hand-made clothing.
Politicians are being told about the very real problem of fake Cherokees, but are not being told about the pre-adolescent behavior of "real Cherokees", when they among members of other tribes. I could not imagine a worse situation than a federal law based on Oklahoma's. You will see North Carolina law firms being paid to harass and threaten all the state-recognized tribes in the Southeast.
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Zach and I have been making a couple of trips each summer to Acadia to camp (see previous years), but this is the first time taking Penny. I was a little nervous about it, you know, tent camping with a 14 month old. But it wasn't quite as bad as I thought! Girl looooooves being outside. And could just play with and collect rocks all day long. And she did great hiking.
Sleep was.... ok. She didn't take naps. Only quick cat naps in the car and carrier. And man, I know why we don't co-sleep (props to those that do!). P moved around so much, and would wake up and just want to play with us in the middle of the night. I mean, at least there was no screaming and crying. So it definitely could've been A LOT worse. But when we go back next month, we will be trading in our tiny little tent for a larger one that fits a pack and play.
But really, it was an awesome quick little trip. Take your baby on adventures! Even if it seems impossible or like too much work. Do it. I promise it will be worth it.
If anyone has any questions about what we used for her or how we did things, let me know!


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Slover Library
January 2015 marked the renewal (pun intended) of Norfolk's newest library in nearly 50 Years. The Slover Library, located in Downtown Norfolk adjacent to the Selden Arcade, has become more than a building to house books and periodicals. And by the way, it has books. More than 160,000 to be precise. The Slover has become a technology and innovation center focused on igniting not just intellectual curiosity but fuel the passion of learning for anyone who enters the large glass expanse on Plume Street. Inside this $65,000,000 facility are an array of items to spark intellectual curiosity, including 130 computers, a 3-D printer, large interactive touch screen monitors and gaming centers, and of course, a bistro. You can't learn on an empty stomach!
Design wise, the Slover Library is a marvel. Associate Architect, John Tymoff of Tymoff + Moss Architects, knew this was a project he could get behind. The city of Norfolk needed the renaissance captured by a feat of this scale, and knew with the support and backing of some of the cities most generous citizens, the dream would be realized.
Jane Batten, wife of the late Frank Batten, Sr. became a champion of this effort from day one. With more than just her financial commitment, she felt it important to have the building pay tribute to her husband who passed away in 2009 at the age of 82.
What's in a name? Named for Col. Samuel L. Slover, he was an integral part In raising a young Frank Batten after his father passed away. He held the belief of "informed citizenry" as a vital path towards success. It was this paternal link which helped Batten forge a career in the newspaper business as Slover founded The Virginian-Pilot and its parent company, Landmark Communications. Slover also held elected office serving as Norfolk's Mayor in 1933. Col. Slover passed away in 1959.
Each season, Beecroft & Bull selects a location and venue to help bring to life the clothing, which we feel tells a story. What better location than a library! By providing more than 138,000 square feet which spreads across three buildings, more than enough room would be available for the photographers, models, assistants, and other people who made this photo-shoot possible. "So much of our business includes heritage by way of style and presentation," says Beecroft & Bull President, Craig Beecroft. "We felt that the inclusion of history coupled with modern design and 21st century architecture, would serve as the ideal compliment for the look we were trying to present. I feel we can say we accomplished that goal." The building itself is a virtual time capsule, encompassing three centuries of construction and architecture. The Seaboard Building, once serving as Old Norfolk's City Hall, touches on the 1800's. The Selden Arcade portion reaches into the 1900's, and the new six story building crosses the bridge into the 21st century.
The combination of warm woods, heavy tempered metals, and the abundance of glass, set the stage for a truly unique venue that captured so much of the essence of the beecroft & bull brand. So much of what goes into our selection of clothing and how we pair looks for our customers is fueled by inspiration and passion. The design and archicture of this magnificent structure serves as a link to these ideals. At one time in history, the library was the epicenter of technological achievement and innovation. It was a place where great thinkers gathered to share ideas and help inform and educate those seeking inspiration of their own. As a community, Norfolk embraces so many of these ideas. It was time, however, for a building to be constructed, which could not only support this mission, but also carry out the vision of both Batten and Slover.
The 2016 Fall Album has a new look and feel, as does our website. The Journal, which you have obviously had the good fortune to come upon, is our next evolution in finding ways for our clothing to connect with the culture and experiences of the communities where we have made our stores home. The Fall Album is a beautiful piece to hold and share, but The Journal will intend to tell more of our story with our friends and guests. As we grow, we will look forward to finding a way to connect you with some of the interesting elements, which should be discovered and shared. In the end, we all are storytellers. Please come along as we share more with you, always with this in mind, "Dress Better Than You Have To."


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When you're a kid, everything is scary. You don't understand much about the world yet, so even the most mundane activities like flushing the toilet can be kind of horrifying.
Movies certainly don't help. They'll have you believe that things like demonic possession and alien abductions will be really prominent parts of your life, which is traumatizing.
We rounded up some of the things that Reddit users said they feared as children, most of which they've grown out of. Of course, these are just for fun as we can't independently identify them.
"I was irrationally afraid of aliens. They still give me the willies, but I can watch some alien movies. It's more the grey skinny aliens with the huge eyes that scare me still. The opening sequence for 'Unsolved Mysteries' scared me so badly because it had aliens in it. My parents LOVED that show, so I got tortured with it once a week." - Redditor WombatBeans
"'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. F--- them and their clippy-cloppy feet, and f--- the troll that guards the bridge." - Redditor streamstroller
"I somehow got it in my head that if I flushed the toilet, Ursula would creep out and kill me and my family." - Redditor haiyouguize
"I had a Disney sing-a-long video, and I assumed Zorro was the villain in his song. My first nightmare was my dad turning into Zorro." - Redditor the_monocle
"Nearly all of the pictures of me aged between 3 and 5 show me with my hands in front of my face." - Redditor impossiblevoyage
"If that show was made today, it would be shown on late night television so kids wouldn't watch it, and rated R, it was that scary." - Redditor Urbanviking1
"I have several photos with Santa, all screaming, rolling on the floor in anxiety, or standing at the periphery of the photograph, refusing to come closer." - Redditor manlikerealities
"After seeing 'The Truman Show' for at least a month after I'd double check everywhere for cameras: mirrors, vents, toys. It seriously screwed me up, I'd push walls to check if they were cardboard…" - Redditor Nippolean
"I would always watch 'Rescue Heroes' tapes and play with the action figures, and they taught you to be super careful or fires would start, so everything became a fire hazard to me ... I used to play with Barbies with my sister, and one day when I didn't want to play, I threw a doll against the wall, and I panicked because I was afraid the impact would start a fire. As time went on, though, I learned that fire isn't as dangerous as Rescue Heroes would have you believe, so I became less afraid of it." - Redditor OfficialHughJanus
"I know this sounds silly but I was afraid of 'Lassie.' As soon as I would hear the theme song I would run out of the room crying and begging my mom to turn it off. Later in life I realized it wasn't a scary show, but rather I was afraid of the emotions the show would cause me to have. I didn't like seeing people in distress, and still don't." - Redditor GLAM_
"The texture of them. Especially in grade school when we would have to use them for crafty things. Tearing them apart was the absolute most disturbing feeling. I still cringe when I buy aspirin and have to pull the stupid cotton ball out from the top." - Redditor mysillyyum
"I don't remember very well, but I do remember a part where Robin Williams is stuck in the floor. I don't know why it freaked me out so much, but I could never watch it after that and had nightmares for years." - Redditor thetealflamingo
"I always thought that Satan trying to possess me would happen a lot more frequently. That's what happens when you're raised Catholic." - Redditor SpaghettiTuesday23
"I remember one episode where the Doctor was hanging out with the Brigadier and the camera pans over to a vent on a wall. In my memory, that vent slowly begins to be pushed from the wall to reveal the face of a horribly scary alien. And just as that happens the freaky 'Doctor Who' theme music starts with that electronic shriek. Kindergarten me ran screaming to find my mommy." - Redditor twenty_nine_plus
"'Pinocchio' scared the crap out of me! That scene when they turn into donkeys haunted my childhood dreams for years." - Redditor livercookies
"I used to get out of the car and wait on the other side until it was done. Then one day I just decided I wasn't scared of them anymore." - Redditor SalemScout
"Just the commercial where Violet turned into a giant blueberry and was rolled around gave me nightmares. I didn't want to watch the movie when it was on TV one holiday, but the adults made all the kids go in the living room so they could talk in the kitchen." - Redditor xwhy
"My childhood bedroom had a popcorn ceiling and I swear to god I always saw scary faces within the ceiling ... I know it was my imagination playing tricks but I would lay there at night afraid of my ceiling." - Redditor lenerz
"When Cruella DeVille does nuts during the car scene I always had to hide. Didn't sit through the whole thing until I was like 13." - Redditor therobdude
"My dad told us stories of slugs that would creep into your room at night and crawl inside of your ears and nose. My dad would then follow this up with a true historical account of a Vietnam vet who underwent treatment by having slug slime injected into his veins so that he could evolve … From that story, I made my childhood journey of overcoming my fear. I went from frantically trying to climb up my older brother when I saw a slug, to being the most feared slug hunter in the Pacific NW. Complete with salt shaker holster and a bb gun." - Redditor Xuxa1993


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How I Maintain Gratitude (Even Through Life's Sh*ttiest Moments)
This is the time of year we actually remember the importance of gratitude. But that doesn't mean there aren't things in your life you wish were different. Maybe you've experienced recent setbacks, or unexpected hardship.
If gratitude is a temporary mindset for you, it's easy to see times of hardship as an excuse not to be grateful. If, however, you choose to make gratitude your way of life, you'll find that difficulties offer a unique opportunity for cultivating optimism and resilience.
Finding the good in the worst of experiences has the power to revolutionize your life.
When my doctor diagnosed me with clinical depression several years ago, I was working in a corporate job that I hated. Eventually, after feeling like I had run out of options, I turned as a last resort to gratitude. Committing to be thankful for everything in my life — even the things I hated — was a huge factor in my recovery from depression.
Because of my perspective, the boss who was hard to work with became a person with whom I could empathize. The corporate job I hated became an integral part of realizing my future life. By saving more, I was able to build a safety net that allowed me to leave an unfulfilling life behind to follow my dream of becoming an author and life coach.
If this time of reflection is telling you that you want — you need — to transform your life, I suggest you start by cultivating gratitude for the most difficult challenges you face. Finding the good in the worst of experiences has the power to revolutionize your life. You will feel less anxious, more at peace, more present, and more appreciative of the people in your life — including yourself.
Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy. Choosing to focus on the good is the most effective way to attract more of it.
Here are seven circumstances or experiences you might never have thought to be thankful for — but probably should be.
1. Without your struggles, you wouldn't have found the strength you have now.
2. Goals you haven't reached and dreams that haven't come true are opportunities to cultivate patience.
3. Making mistakes is evidence that you still have room to grow. What's the point of life if you've stopped learning?
4. Wrong turns and unmet expectations have been crucial in helping you discover what you actually want.
5. The people who are unsupportive of your dreams have given you room to believe in yourself even more.
6. The people who have wronged you are allowing you to practice forgiveness.
7. The wrinkles you see in the mirror are a physical reminder of the adventures you've had and the life you've lived.
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I started making stockings for my little family when I was pregnant with my second child. Emily was born on December 23rd and I embroidered her name on hers while in the hospital. I didn't know beforehand what his/her name would be! But I sure wanted it to be done when we went home Christmas day. This year she gave birth to my first grandchild, Malcolm, and he needed a stocking too. Each one I have made is unique and made up as I go along with a few elements that remain constant. Obviously, mom and dad needed new ones too - and so the project got a little more involved.
I saved some of each of the main fabrics for any new members of the family that might arrive in the future. They also feature scraps from the dresses that I made for Emily and her sister Sarah when they were little. And I love the results!


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I've listed a few scarves in the shop. I really, really love both of these scarves. The patchwork one was really fun to put together. Sorta like a mini quilt. It's great to be able to use smaller pieces of fabric & complete a project with them. This one in particular is backed in fleece & it is super soft & snuggly. I'm happy with the gray against the blue & white & the little pop of linen makes me smile. I plan to make a smaller one for Sadie & may make some kiddo ones for the shop as well. We'll see what the demand is.
The orange plaid fringe scarf is another that I love with all my heart. It is really comfy. I made one for myself & plan on wearing it all through fall. This fabric was a super lucky thrift store find!!
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I can be a repetitive person. A person of routine. There are phrases I utter with great frequency without realizing. This was shoved in my face the other day when, after interrupting one of Shiva's daily barkfests at the back door, I overheard our downstairs neighbour mimicking my words. I guess I do say the same thing almost every time. No doubt it would get annoying.
The challenge is, we share a Queen Anne revival-style home with thin creaky floorboards and sparse insulation. It is beautiful and I love it. However, the sound-related aspects are a problem. My neighbours may disagree but I think it is we who suffer the most. Between Stompy in the flat upstairs and the transient crew in and out of the basement suite, life in the middle can be awkward. And I mean that to the fullest extent of the word. Let your imaginations take you all sorts of stunning and icky places.
So when it comes down to it, I don't feel all that bad about the the constant phrasings my neighbours overhear. If anything, we should start charging them for the free entertainment. My PH and I have some pretty wicked conversations.
Here is an idea of what you might hear at any given time if you tipped your ear to our walls:
"Shiva! Chill!"
"Cat! Caaaaaaaat! Stop eating yourself."
"Do my pants really taste that good?"
"Sit! I said, sit. Ahem."
"Go lay down. All the way. No really, all the way."
"Is it time for bed?"
"Really Sheevs, really??"
"Voice box removal. We need to start saving now."
"You worry too much."
"Are you happy?"
"The city would make a killing if they put a red-light camera on that intersection."
"Seriously? You seriously think that's going to get you a treat?"
"We have the cutest dog in the world."
"Shiva! C'mere! Want a treat?"
"There is nothing on television. Why do we have cable again?"
"Want a drink?"
"You are awesome, dog."
I'll let you decide who most often says what and to whom it is directed.
Do you find yourself saying the same things over and over again? Or do we just need to get out more?


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by Nicki
(Melbourne Australia)
Hello Dr. B!
I fell onto my coccyx 12 days ago while snowboarding. It wasn't a particularly gnarly fall and I'm actually not even sure which fall was the culprit. I'm a beginner so I fell often. There wasn't a sudden onset of pain but I did sit out the rest of the day. Sitting in the car on my side for the 4 hour drive home was very uncomfortable and I soon realized when we stopped at a gas station that I had real trouble using my pelvic floor muscles to delay urination!
The next day I couldn't move. Absolute agony.
The next day I got a prescription for 30mg codeine and an xray. A physio and osteo looked at the xray film and said it is very difficult to see the fine coccyx bones but most likely not fractured. No comment on any subluxation etc.
I'm currently experiencing pain when sitting (of course), bearing down on the loo, and a huge amount with kegel-like exercises ...so yes, intercourse/orgasm is very painful!
I'm icing, avoiding sitting, using a donut cushion and going for short walks every day. I'm used to training at the gym 5 times per week (mostly weight lifting) so this inactivity is driving me mad!
I'm a very proactive person and trying to not get ahead of myself, but I'm worried about long term problems with all those important muscles you mention in your article . Is it too soon to receive some kind of treatment? Can a chiropractor or other health professional tell if it's out of place even with a bad xray?
Thank you so much for your time, no one has been able to give me any answers and I feel a bit lost.
Hello Nicki,
It's a particularly nasty and sensitive part because of all the other joints and muscles around it.
It doesn't sound like a fracture, because you then have immediate pain; the coccyx is either displaced or bruised from repeated small bumps, and it sounds like there is muscular injury too.
The best way to treat it is internally via the rectum; that way you can reach the muscles too, but you may have difficulty finding a chiropractor who will do it. Ask your osteopath.
It's usually not too painful, the adjustment is done with breathing to the tolerance of your pain, and takes no more than two or three minutes, repeated perhaps three or four times. It is awkward though, obviously, though I guess you women are used to loss of dignity whilst doctors poke and prod!
Use the cushion, and ice the area; you can actually get a device that you keep in the freezer than you use rectally.
Often there is involvement of the sacroiliac joint too, and sometimes the lower back, so the whole area needs to be carefully examined. Good luck! Take your husband with you.
Find a safer sport like motor bikes or flying gliders! Those are my hobbies: http://www.bernard-preston.com/Baptiso-to-Immerse.html
Good luck, let me know how you get on in a couple weeks.
Dr b
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Interesting challenges of the day
1. Mr S is a 76 year old man with neck pain of some 9 months duration. Luckily, most of the discomfort is upper cervical which is only rarely arthritic; his lower cervical spine is a degenerative mess that I've left alone. After seven treatments his pain and stiffness is 50 percent better, and he's happy in the circumstances. He can sleep through the night now and that makes a huge difference.
2. Mr P is 32 year old man with very severe lower back pain radiating to the big toe which is 30 percent numb. He had an episode three weeks ago, took anti inflammatories and was soon better as is typical of the medial disc herniation. But before it healed, after a trivia it came roaring back, much worse. The characteristic crossed sign was evident; sitting in a chair, straightening the right leg provoked severe left back pain and tingling in the leg. He's doing well.
3. Severe lower back pain is scary; just ask Mrs P. Just watching her get out of the car I she was in trouble; she had a slipped disc at L4 making her lean towards the opposite side; luckily she had no pain in the leg. Despite family pressure that this was far too severe for a chiropractor, she persevered. Within five days she was standing upright, and after two weeks almost painfree.
Despite a hectic job, she wisely took my advice and stayed home for what I call exercising bed rest.
4. Mr S has had lower back, groin and back of thigh and calf pain for fourth months.
He has a pincer deformity in the hip causing the stabs in the groin, and a degenerative facet causing the sciatica. Both are responding well to chiropractic and he's well pleased; sixty five percent better after three treatments.
5. Mr T is a wise man; he's taken a warning TIA seriously and has lost 15 pounds, and has at least as much again to lose. A change to a low starch diet and half hour daily walk has made the difference; but the walking is making his foot and back miserable. The expensive orthotic is hopeless; luckily his hips and back are fine, but he needs a simple heel lift.
6. I too have had serious lower back issues, luckily fixed by my own chiropractor; so I too have to do my exercises, take care when lifting supers full of honey, gardening and using the chainsaw. Regaining the function of your spine is just as important as the pain.
7. My own granddaughter, only 7 is hypermobile giving her pelvic, knee and ankle issues. Xrays show a mildly dysplastic hip. Years ago we would have called it growing pains. She too regularly needs chiropractic care and luckily responds well. Increased range of motion is more difficult than too stiff in my opinion. Our care is for kids too.
8. This 65 year old lady is a serious gardener; every day she is bending, lifting and digging for 2 to 3 hours a day. It regularly catches her in the sacroiliac joint, so she has a treatment once a month that sorts it out. She does her lower back exercises faithfully.
9. This 88 year old lady is an inspiration; every day she is busy in the community. With a nasty scoliosis she manages very well with a chiropractic adjustment every six weeks and exercises faithfully done.
10. Mr X is a 71 year old retired man who wants to continue with maintenance care every six to eight weeks; he had suffered from two years of lower back pain when he first came a year ago. He has no discomfort now after 8 chiropractic treatments, but is aware that danger lurks.
11. Mrs C has been having severe headaches, and taking a lot of analgesics. It's a non complicated upper cervical facet syndrome, and she's doing well.
12. Mr D is a 38 old year man with chronic shoulder pain after a rotator cuff tear playing cricket. It responded well to treatment, but he knows he must do his exercises every day; for two years he couldn't sleep on that shoulder.
13. Mr D, a 71 year old man, has a severe ache in the shoulder and midback since working above his head. Trapped nerve tests are negative but he has advanced degenerative joints of Luschka; after just two treatments he is 50 percent better. Can we reach 90?
And so the day goes; chiropractors shouldn't be treating the elderly most medical sites state but that's so much bunkum.
Have a problem that's not getting better? Looking for a different slant on your pain? Want to pose a question?
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You helped me quite some time back with a soothing and professional response which turned out to be exactly correct. I now consult a local chiropractor. You write a superb newsletter, too.
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Knowing that up to 70% of the time the correct diagnosis is made with no examination, no special tests, no xrays, but just from the history, there's a fair chance I can add some insight to your unresolved problem. But at least 30% of the time, I may be quite wrong! Give plenty of detail if you want a sensible reply.
You visited this chiropractic help site no doubt because you have a problem that is not resolving and want to know more about what chiropractors do.
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I would have loved to use this old US map in a kid's room- as well as a pair of these leather and brass nailhead twin headboards!!!! So awesome for a little boys room!
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I love blue and white china and loved this set of plates when I saw them from afar- upon closer inspection I got a good laugh!
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The 2016 NFL Week 4 schedule TV map is now available to help fans plan out what games they will watch this week. We have published the latest information to help you follow the pro football action on TV this week. The TV maps are provided courtesy of 506 Sports, the unofficial broadcast maps for the games that will be shown on both CBS and FOX. Please not that these listing are subject to change by the NFL and broadcast networks on short notice. Week 4 is the first week this season that we see four games broadcast nationally with the Colts taking on the Jags in London on Sunday Morning. Other games that will be shown nationally include the Dolphins at the Bengals on Thursday Night, KC at Pittsburgh on Sunday Night, and the Giants at the Vikings for Monday Night Football. For Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football, fans usually do not have an issue watching their favorite teams during the regular season. Sundays typically pose the biggest issues for those who root for a team not based in their geographic area depending on what decisions the networks make if you do not subscribe to the NFL Ticket. You can also check out the printable NFL Week 4 schedule and the schedule of your favorite teams here to plan out your future viewing options. Enjoy!
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Thursday Night Football: Miami @ Cincinnati (NFLN)
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Fox Early NFL Broadcast for Week 4
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Fox Late NFL Broadcast for Week 4
The late broadcast on Fox has three games. The Cowboys will be playing at the 49ers, Rams at the Cardinals, and the Saints at the Chargers. The regional coverages for the games are listed above for you to plan out which games you want to watch. .
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CBS has four early games and one late one this week. The Buffalo at New England matchup will be the final game without Tom Brady for the Patriots, while the Browns will see if they can find a win at Washington this week. The Denver at Tampa Bay game will be shown late, but CBS does not have other games scheduled for this timeframe during week 4.
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Doc201X's blog from middle aged premed to Doc201X, where's my "scripper scrapper"??
Blog of a 40 something Scientist turned future Doc (again).
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The End.
........No, I'm not putting my MD/PhD goals aside, quite the opposite I'm pumped up for this fall semester!!!
However I have finally decided to move my blog to what will hopefully be it's permanent location:
I'll keep this one open for couple more weeks as I try to transfer most of my recent posts over to the new site. Not sure how that's going to work out, but Imma' give it a try anyway.
You know, I've been through a LOT over the past 7 years I've blogged on this site and I documented a LOT of my experiences here, but now it's time to move to something new. Still, it's hard to say good bye but change must come!
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On November 23rd there was a debate in the house of commons, started by Claire Perry (Devizes MP), who believes ISPs need to offer a opt-in system to restrict access to pornographic material.
Ed Vaizey was in the house to chip in on the subject too. Thankfully he disagreed with Perry, and wanted a self-regulation system. Not that that is ideal either.
Perry comes out with some notable remarks, one of which is:
The arguments for passive acceptance and self-regulation are past their sell-by date, and it is time to regulate the provision of internet services in this country
A call to regulate the internet in order to filter pornographic material. Also..
Why should internet service providers be any different from other content providers?
TV is a receive-only medium, as is cinema and film. You can not transmit on those mediums, only recieve. Which is what makes the internet fundamentally different. The fact they can all contain pornographic images and films does not mean they can all be regulated in the same way in my opinion.
Notably, the combined revenues of that business model are more than £3 billion a year, so it is a deeply profitable industry in which to engage.
Vaizey goes on to point out that ISPs may make significant profits, but we do rely on the profits to provide us with better broadband. I fear the combination of the DEAct costs and any other regulatory costs imposed on ISPs will only result in weakening the UK broadband infrastructure and/or forcing ISPs to develop 'new techniques' (phorm anyone?) to provide more profits. These techniques will no doubt also harm net neutrality.
Vaizey goes on to say:
I am very interested in the work of the Internet Watch Foundation, because I believe that it provides a model that is now well established and working effectively. The issue I particularly want to discuss with the IWF is whether its work, which has hitherto focused on child abuse content, can be widened to cover some of the other issues that my hon. Friend has raised this evening.
Here we go, expanding the IWF list. It was only a matter of time before this system gets abused and expanded to cover other things. Although im not too sure how it will cope with a list of 12% of all the worlds web sites (250M). It would take a while to pass that list around the 'pipes'.
The scariest part of this rather scary debate, is the talk of expanding the closed IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) list to contain pornographic material, as this would be unmanageable and open to exploitation.


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Skiing - The Irresponsible Holiday for Grown Ups
Skiing is a sport, yet it is also widely classed as a 'holiday'. A holiday, for people who love trying not to die in a remote location with little medical assistance for a whole week before hobbling back to work. Personally, I believe that skiing holidays are the product of years of Darwinian selection within the four walls of Thomas Cook. Years must have past since badminton holidays and curling holidays died out. Now only skiing and beach sitting holidays are left. I get restless on beaches, so off I went. Below be my summary of the joys of skiing.
Irresponsibility is my favourite activity
If you also like invalidating your own insurance, then you are in for a treat. Marred by the small print in our insurance booklet prohibiting us from the now legitimate Olympic sport of "planking", we instead sought comfort in complimentary shots of the local spirit of choice... At lunch... Most days. Brits on tour and all that. It relaxes the muscles we were assured. It also invalidated your insurance. Already congealed in deep heat, the only thing it really relaxed was my sense of rationality and aversion to personal injury.
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I did also manage to capture some great cover photo fodder and a few nice little videos, the following of which I am particularly proud and I believe has the potential to gain more views than even my sandwich unboxing video, maybe.
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The week culminated in an impromptu game of charades in the local shop. After what I can only describe as 'rough handling' of my suitcase, leaving it as in tact as Lance Armstrong's motivational speaking career. Off I toddled to the local shop to buy some tape and make sure the thing didn't explode spraying an unsuspecting baggage handler with sweaty thermal socks and the thick stench of deep heat.
The local vendor inevitably spoke no English (as is obviously his right as a Bulgarian living in a small mountain village). Luckily, my charades skills didn't let me down. First placing my palms together to indicate adhesion I was misinterpreted and presented with a notebook. Then by pulling them slowly apart like they were held with some imaginary glue, I was presented with – well, some real glue. Finally, by having an all out body spasm, weeping and acting out the third act of a Midsummer Night's Dream, our good friend reached for the duct tape! He then proceeded to charge me twice the price on the label – a price I feel that was probably justified as compensation for any warding off potential customers with my display of experimental interpretive dancing.
And that was my week skiing and eating roasted vegetables and pasta pudding for breakfast. Sound fun?
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