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A record $10,000 prize pool will be up for grabs at Yeoval's annual Mulga Bill Quick Shear competition.
The quick shear competition is now in it's 10th year and will be held on Saturday, July 29.
It will see a record number of shearers from Australia and New Zealand converge on the small rural town, where they will compete in four major categories.
The competition will kick off at 12pm at Yeoval's Royal Hotel which will be transformed into a mock shearing shed complete with stage and sheep pens.
The event coincides with the town's 'Back to Yeoval' weekend, which is held from July 28 to 30.
Kicking off at 12 noon, Yeoval's Royal Hotel will be transformed into a mock shearing shed, complete with a competition stage and sheep pens.
Gold sponsor Les Ryan, Gillmore Poll Dorset Stud, Yeoval, said the Mulga Bill Quick Shear began as a small community event a decade ago.
He said it had grown every year since to become a regular fixture on the competition shearing calendar.
"It's an event where the people who remove the wool, celebrate with those who produce the wool," Mr Ryan said.
"It also allows novice through to experienced shearers to showcase their skills.
Mr Ryan said Yeoval has been strongly connected with the wool and sheep industry since the town's inception, and without shearers there wouldn't be an industry.
"This event is an important opportunity to celebrate the district's agricultural roots, and to promote shearing," he said.
A shearer for some 20 years during the 1960s and 1980s, Mr Ryan is the only shearer to compete every consecutive year at the Yeoval Mulga Bill Quick Shear event.
"There is a huge emphasis on quality, with three judges on every sheep...so the competition is not just about speed,'' he said.
Mr Ryan said there could be more to shearing than just working in the sheds.
"We like to encourage novice shearers to enter the competition. Shearing can also be a sport in which you have the opportunity to represent your country," he said.
Highlights of the 10th Anniversary Mulga Bill Quick Shear include the coveted Open Shear Award (offering a $2000 first prize), an Intertown Competition between Yeoval, Cumnock and Welling- ton.
Other competition categories include Seniors, Intermediate, Novice and the HM Lowe & Co encouragement award with a chrome-plated hand piece as first prize and an engraved ferrule for the second place-getter; a Mulga Jill jumper is also given to the most successful female competitor on the day.
Food, refreshments, children's entertainment and wool spinning demonstrations.
There will be plenty to see and do throughout the afternoon.
Spectators can also purchase souvenirs like the 10th Anniversary Shearer's Singlets. MC for the event is local radio personality Wes Taylor who will entertain the crowds with Australian folk songs such as "Click go the shears'' throughout the afternoon.


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Roger Federer has insisted he is feeling positive about his game after reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Despite suffering a straight-sets defeat to Rafael Nadal to stop the prospect of meeting Stanislas Wawrinka in all-Swiss final, Federer has been left encouraged with how he performed at the first grand slam of the season.
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Occupy Wall Street reminds me of open source software
The thing in NYC is just a kernel. Ubuntu is a useful concept in this analogy.
"I am what I am because of who we all are."
Open source software has no defined "message." It's just an amalgam of ideas from everyone who's willing to contribute. And you'll note that open source powers most servers, websites, phones, and consumer network hardware.
What happened in software is starting to happen in civilization.


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I ran into a moral quandary at work today. I've written here before about my almost preternatural commitment to getting people to pay up. It's a gift that I use joyfully and it has never gotten me into trouble until now. Enter today's little problem:
A woman orders personalized water bottles for a wedding. She types in an invalid credit card number. We ship the product before realizing the invalid payment info. We call her, she stalls for time, then ceases to answer our calls entirely. We call from a cell phone, just in case she's screening, and what do you know? She picks up immediately. She proceeds to explain that, because we shipped the product to her before getting payment, she doesn't have to pay us. She then hangs up.
The amount she owes us is too small to justify taking her to court, and submitting her account to collections isn't a viable option at this point (it's expensive.) What to do?
I do some Google stalking and find out some amazing things about her. I know the names of some of her friends, I know her favorite band, I know the name of the church she goes to (yep, this class-act thief goes to a church in the good ol' Bible belt!) and I can call five of her co-workers directly.
Google is a stalker's new best friend.
My moral quandary lies in what I should or shouldn't do with this information. Obviously, she is a terrible person who sees nothing wrong with stealing. Do her friends need to know what kind of person she is? Do I owe it to the people with whom she does business to warn them that, if they do business with her, they may never get their share of the money? Do I need to alert her pastor to the status of this particular wolf in sheep's clothing?
Even though all this information is just floating around on the Internet, do I (meaning my company) have the right to use it against her?
My sense of morality is really gray on this issue. It seems that the line between craziness and doing my job has just gotten really blurry.


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Friendship vs. Facebook – March 30, 2012
Friendship vs. Facebook
When you read about "authenticity" and "engagement" in the context of social media, it's probably a wise idea to keep an eye for a grain of salt to take with it. Of course, any organization –from the corner store to the multinational conglomerate– can create an appealing brand image through the products and service it offers. But there's absolutely no data demonstrating that consumers are starting to consider these entities to be their friends. People may like fan pages on Facebook, review companies on Yelp, and pin up pictures online. But in real life, around the real water cooler, they're talking about last night's game or who got voted off their favorite show.
Facebook vs. Friendship
If you're a social media nut like me, you can get impatient waiting even a few minutes to hear back from someone. Everywhere I go in New York City I see people wandering down streets and sidewalks in a texting frenzy. By contrast, my Mother just published a book about an ancestor, based on letters he wrote 150 years ago while in the Pacific Northwest, that sometimes took a year or more to get a reply. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling pretty appreciative of my mobile company's data network right now.
You Don't Tweet
In my experience, most webinars achieve extremely low interactivity, so it didn't bug me too much that this week my work team watched one on social PR that was pre-recorded. The most compelling nugget I got from it was that people are on Facebook because it's the default place to go, not because they give a damn about social media. Whereas Twitter is a gathering place for communication-hungry nerds (like me) who'll get their info anywhere. Lesson: you can mention Facebook on Twitter, but don't mention Twitter on Facebook!
Mad Man
While my office is nothing like the set of Mad Men, this week one of my colleagues upstaged a dull, uninspired proposal I made by coming up with a truly brilliant suggestion for our public awareness campaign. Rather than my dumb posts and posters, she suggested having real patients share real photos of themselves and their loved ones, and then post them on social media with comments about why they wanted to live longer, healthier lives, and for whom. In a nutshell she captured what people do best (talking about their lives and people they love), and imagined a way to let them do it while helping our cause. [I can't post a link until we launch it in May.]
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By engagement I think most firms are talking about how to better understand their customers. You see this more and more with retailers. It happens that with some places you tweet them and get a coupon or special offer.
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Regarding the last piece; social media makes the workplace more collaborative. I doubt your coworker sees you in competition. When people share ideas and there is synergy than you learn from each other and it's more about getting the idea out there than who thought of what.,


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Any one know were if any place I can locate a swing arm for an 18 inch Weyless XP. thanks
Originally Posted by invcrash20
Any one know were if any place I can locate a swing arm for an 18 inch Weyless XP. thanks
Performance purchased Supergo a few years back and still sell the drop outs for the XP...maybe give them a call and if by chance you get an intelligent operator on the line...maybe they'll know if they have any swingarms laying around.
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Thanks I will give them a call tomorrow
Well I taked to Performance and they have no clue.
Originally Posted by invcrash20
Well I taked to Performance and they have no clue.
I kind of figured that...their operators are retarded
Try maybe their service department or actually going into a store to see if you can find intelligent life somewhere
Thanks mtnbiker72 for the help, but no joy in mudville stopped by my local Performance shop and the service department were clueless so they also called back east and spoke to the rep who said look on E-Bay.
Is it the same rear-end as an SP?
I do not think so, I would have to see the SP
these are great frames..i know because i've had my xp since 2004...ebay you might find a frame...but also do a 'search all craig's' an google and everything...i wonder if the swingarms for the s,m,l were all the same...i have a 16 inch and can measure if you need it
btw where did your frame crack or break?
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|Oct 23, 2001
|Filing date
|Jan 17, 1996
|Priority date
|Jan 17, 1995
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|J. Leopold Nidetzky
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|Myles Limited
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|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (82), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to a soft laser unit for biostimulation and acupuncture with an integrated point finder for localizing acupuncture points, said unit containing a probe electrode generally point-shaped in projection, a measuring circuit connected therewith and an optical display device connected to the latter.
DE-B-2 602 519 discloses a device for locating acupuncture points which is based on the principle of skin resistance measurement, acupuncture points being detected when the skin resistance value drops considerably. To permit the acupuncture points to be reliably defined, this known device is provided with self-adjusting means for the display so as to lay the display in the optimum display range with respect to the patient depending on his skin quality, for example dry or moist skin.
A similar device for localizing acupuncture points is disclosed in DE-C-3 048 358, where two coaxially nested, elastically interconnected and displaceable test electrodes are provided for indicating, in accordance with the position of the electrodes, whether gold needles or silver needles should be used for the acupuncture.
In the abovementioned devices, as in the device according to CH-A-573 747, it is disadvantageous that for performing the actual acupuncture the device with which the acupuncture points have been localized must be lifted off the localized points and the puncture then performed with needles in the conventional way. It is difficult to insert the needles at exactly the sites determined as acupuncture points since when the probe is removed the site of the determined acupuncture points can only be marked approximately. On the other hand the acupuncture points must be kept to with a precision of � mm or 1 mm if acupuncture is to be effective.
Further, it is known from EP-A-416 150 to use a laser unit with a diode laser unit for biostimulation of organic tissue, the laser beam being used for performing laser acupuncture or else a so-called laser shower for treating the area of a skin site with the laser beam, for example in the treatment of herpes simplex. With this laser unit formed as a hand-held device the laser beam emerges on one face through an opening within a sensor ring, it being possible to switch on the device only if this sensor ring is in contact with the patient's skin. In the case of laser acupuncture there is the difficulty of previously localizing the acupuncture points, marking them and then making the laser unit act at exactly these acupuncture points.
EP 0 495 757 A1 describes a treatment pin with which the acupuncture points are localized as usual by measuring skin resistance, the display being preferably realized by an LED band, and with which treatment takes place subsequently, without having to lift off the ring-shaped point finder, by switching on an electric power surge or alternatively by switching on a laser beam, the laser beam being produced by a laser diode and conducted awkwardly by a coaxial light guide which absorbs considerable laser energy during coupling-in and decoupling and moreover does not hit in focus. The light energy available on the skin surface is accordingly attenuated by the beam conduction by light guide, so that if a laser of laser protective class 3a (3 mW power) is used and there is no focusing on the skin surface the stimulating effect on the acupuncture point is insufficient in many cases.
However it is preferable to use a diode laser of protective class 3a since no expensive precautions are necessary for operating such lasers. This fact is especially important when the unit is designed as a hand-held device and to be used by the patient himself, who should be able to handle the unit easily and with no problem after being given basic instructions by the doctor.
The laser beam should cause optimum stimulation of the acupuncture point and also be applicable successfully for biostimulation, for example for treating herpes simplex or individual acne points.
These problems are solved if the inventive unit contains a biostimulation or therapy laser unit known in the art which is additionally suitable in particular for laser acupuncture, the laser beam being produced by a semiconductor laser with a wavelength of preferably 635 to 670 nm (nanometers), being focused by a corresponding optic, the focus coming to lie exactly on the skin surface due to suitable measures upon use as an acupuncture laser, the laser belonging to the category of laser protective class 3a, and the integrated point finder, which displays the localized acupuncture point by maximum length of a luminous bar, being switchable to the ranges dry, normal and moist skin to guarantee maximum reliability in the display for the particular case.
The present unit thus combines the function of acupuncture point localization with that of acupuncture treatment itself, with the help of a laser beam, whereby the unit does not have to be lifted off the particular acupuncture point between these two processes. Acupuncture treatment can therefore take place exactly at the site which was previously localized precisely as an acupuncture point, it also being of importance that the laser beam emerges directly through an opening in the probe electrode and the focus of the laser beam lies in the plane of this probe electrode, which is still in contact with the user's skin.
The unit can be designed as a self-contained hand-held device in the manner of a stylus with a built-in battery power supply and thus with no cable connection. The probe electrode further preferably forms a test prod for the skin resistance measurement, whereby the diameter can be small enough—at least on the face in contact with the skin—to permit acupuncture points to be localized with the necessary precision.
The unit is thus especially suitable for painless self-help in case of pain or diseases which respond to acupuncture treatment,and it is also of advantage that there is no risk of infection since no acupuncture needles are inserted in the skin. In comparison with electroacupuncture it is of advantage that there is no unpleasant electric shock, apart from the medically proven fact that excessive load on an acupuncture point by electric current leads to desensitization of the acupuncture point in question.
For reasons of production engineering as well as safety reasons it is of advantage if the laser unit is formed by a diode laser known in the art, preferably with a wavelength of 635 to 670 nm (nanometers). Such a diode laser is commercially available as a small handy unit which ensures an optimal effect for acupuncture in particular at the stated wavelength of 635 nm, since studies have shown that the penetration depth in skin or body tissue is especially great at this wavelength, that is to say, greater than for radiation of a different wavelength. The output of the diode laser can be limited advantageously to 3 mW (milliwatts) so that the laser falls within laser class 3a, i.e. is classified as fully harmless, so that no additional precautions are necessary.
A further safety function is to be seen in the fact that the laser beam diverges greatly directly after emerging from the unit, for which purpose the laser unit is preferably equipped with a short focal length optic. With such an arrangement the laser beam already fans out so far at a very short distance from the exit opening that the power per surface unit is low enough not to endanger the eyes, for example, should the laser beam be aimed directly into the eyes.
Relatively brief action of the laser unit is normally required for laser acupuncture, whereas longer-lasting operation of the laser unit, for example over several minutes, is desirable for other applications, for stimulation or therapy of organic tissue (including the so-called "laser shower"). To allow for both these functions easily, it is therefore of advantage if the laser unit has associated therewith a switching device for touch-key operation or continuous operation alternatively.
An especially advantageous embodiment of the inventive unit is characterized in that the probe electrode is formed by a hollow member, as known in the art, said hollow member being mounted in the housing in elastically movable fashion between an inoperative position and an operative position shifted inward into the housing, the hollow member having associated therewith a switch for the laser unit operable in the inward shifted operative position. In this embodiment the elastically movable hollow member forming the probe electrode serves at the same time to operate the switch for switching on the laser unit, so that after localization of an acupuncture point on the user's skin, which already involves an elastic inward shift of the hollow member, the laser unit is activated to emit the laser beam by stronger pressing-in of the hollow member. To switch off the skin resistance measuring device simultaneously, the switch is advantageously designed as a reversing switch. When the unit is lifted off the skin area and the hollow member thus moved back due to the spring force, the switch is restored so that the laser unit is switched off.
The elastically movable hollow member further furnishes the advantage that the—relatively small—spring force obtains a standardization in the contact pressure of the hollow member on the particular skin site; the contact pressure corresponds generally to the spring force. This consequently obtains a standardization for the skin resistance measurement.
An additional operating switch for the laser unit is advantageously provided for safety reasons electrically in series with the switch operable by the hollow member, so that both stronger pressing-in of the hollow member and operation of the operating switch are necessary for switching on the laser unit. In this connection it is further favorable if the operating switch is designed for touch-key operation, i.e. provided as a pushbutton switch, so that the laser unit can only be activated if this operating switch is held down against a spring force. As soon as the finger or thumb is taken from the operating switch the latter returns to its off-condition, thereby in any case making the laser unit dead. This also has the advantage that unintentional operation of the laser unit is always avoided when the unit is laid aside.
To permit the abovementioned continuous operation of the laser unit, it may be expedient in the embodiment with the probe electrode hollow member not to provide a separate continuous-operation switch but instead to use the hollow member itself for continuously switching on the laser unit. It is thus especially favorable if the hollow member has associated therewith a catch for locking it in the operative position.
To permit the hollow member to be easily locked in its completely pushed-back position, it is further advantageous if the catch is formed by a lockable spring catch whose catch pin is adapted to be brought into releasable engagement with the hollow member. Such lockable spring catches are known in the art for a great variety of applications and available as units, so that closer explanation here is unnecessary.
It is further of particular advantage here if the hollow member has a slot recess for engaging the catch pin, and a guide pin fixed on the housing protrudes into this slot recess for guiding the hollow member in its reciprocating motion between the inoperative position and the operative position.
It has also proven advantageous if the switch has associated therewith for its operation an elastically movable, e.g. lamellar switch lever in engagement with the hollow member. The lamellar, elastic switch lever can for example likewise engage a longitudinal slot in the hollow member so that it serves at the same time to guide the latter longitudinally, and when the hollow member is pushed back completely the switch lever comes to stop at the end of the longitudinal slot, then being pushed back against its spring force to operate the switch by the hollow member upon further insertion of the latter.
For the various functions of the probe electrode hollow member it is especially favorable if the hollow member has a generally conical, hollow test prod adjoining the front of a cylindrical hollow bearing portion, the face of said test prod forming a ring-shaped contact surface for the skin resistance measurement. The contact surface can be extremely narrow, with a diameter in the range of 1 mm or less.
With regard to the skin resistance measuring function it is often also favorable if the hollow member is made of brass and the housing forming the counterelectrode is an aluminum extruded section member. This simultaneously ensures low-priced production.
The invention will be explained further in the following with reference to an embodiment illustrated in the drawing.
The drawing shows specifically:
FIG. 1 a combined acupuncture point localizing and laser acupuncture unit in a graphic representation during application;
FIG. 2 a longitudinal section through this unit, the probe electrode formed by a hollow member being illustrated in the pushed-out inoperative position in the upper half of the representation and in the pushed-in operative position in the lower half of the drawing;
FIG. 3 a partly broken open view of the unit in a position turned 90� from the representation in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 a schematic sectional view substantially according to line IV—IV in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 a further schematic sectional view substantially according to line V—V in FIG. 3; and
FIG. 6 an electric circuit diagram of the unit.
FIG. 1 illustrates, in use, a unit generally designated as 1 both for locating acupuncture points and for laser acupuncture, unit 1 being designed generally in the manner of a self-contained hand-held stylus, having elongate housing 2 for example with a square cross section and consisting e.g. of an aluminum extruded section which is aluminum-coated or provided with a different conductive coating layer at least in certain areas, and continuing at its front end into tapered, approximately prismatic plastic bearing member 3 which provides longitudinally slidable mounting of spring-loaded, electroconductive test prod 4, whose design and function will be explained more closely in the following with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.
Unit 1 is equipped with operating switch 5 protruding outward through housing 2 and with sensitivity slide switch 6, e.g. with three positions in accordance with three sensitivity ranges for different skin resistances, and for purposes of display laser pilot lamp 7 and optical display device 8 formed by a row of light-emitting diodes are further provided; at the back end housing 2 of unit 1 is closed by cover 9, cover 9 being for example snapped in housing 2 and closing a battery compartment with battery block 10 (see FIG. 2). According to FIG. 2 cover 9 is equipped with springloaded locking or catch pin 11 which snaps into corresponding housing bore 12 when cover 9 is snapped onto the end of the housing.
Bearing member 3 prolonging the front of housing 2 is for example part of plastic mounting body 13 which carries various electric and mechanical components of unit 1 in the interior of housing 2. Mounting body 13 can for example be inserted into housing 2 from the front and fixed therein with the help of screws 14 (see FIG. 3). It should be noted that mounting body 13 is only apparent schematically and partly in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, but the representations in FIGS. 2 to 5 clearly indicate the mutual association and arrangement of the individual components to be explained more closely in the following, thereby also indicating the specific design of mounting body 13 to the expert.
Diode laser unit 15 with lens 16 is disposed in the interior of mounting body 13, whereby adjusting screws 17 inserted in bores in mounting body 13 permit exact axial adjustment of diode laser 15. In operation, when test prod 4 is pressed in (see the representation in the lower half of FIG. 2), diode laser unit 15 emits a laser beam passing through the tapered interior of probe electrode conically hollow member 19 and focused by lens 16 at a plane 18 coinciding with the exit opening 4′ on the face of test prod 4. The laser beam is indicated in FIG. 2 at 20.
This probe electrode is hollow member 19 whose front portion is conical and forms abovementioned test prod 4 which protrudes out of housing 2 or bearing member 3 and is generally point-shaped or—because of exit opening 4′—generally ring-shaped in a front view, with a small diameter (in the range of 1 mm or less), conical test prod 4 being adjoined at the back end by tubular bearing portion 21 via shoulder 22. Lying against shoulder or projection 22 is coil spring 23 which is supported with its other end on a radially inward protruding flangelike projection of bearing member 3 not specified in the drawing, so that hollow member 19 can be shifted axially inward against the spring force of coil spring 23, as indicated schematically in FIG. 2 by the different positions of hollow member 19 in the upper and lower halves of the drawing.
In its back end area, tubular or sheath-shaped bearing portion 21 has two diametrically opposite longitudinal slots not specified in the drawing, into one of which guide and stop pin 24 protrudes, on the one hand forming a protection against torsion for hollow member 19 and guiding the springloaded longitudinal motion thereof, and on the other hand serving as a stop for limiting the inward motion of hollow member 19 against the force of spring 23. The longitudinal slot which guide pin 24 engages is disposed in such a way that when hollow member 19 is pushed fully inward, see lower half of FIG. 2, catch 25 with catch pin 26 can farther engage the longitudinal slot at the back, further inside end thereof when catch 25 is activated via operating pin 27 protruding outward through housing 2. Pin 27 can also be used to release catch 25 again, thereby releasing probe electrode hollow member 19 again for an outward motion due to the spring force (spring 23).
Diametrically opposite catch 25 is switch 28 for the laser function. Switch 28 is operated with the help of resilient, lamellar switch lever 29 which engages the other, opposite longitudinal slot of probe electrode hollow member 19, i.e. bearing portion 21 thereof, and which is swiveled toward the back upon the inward shift of hollow member 19 through the front end of the slot on which it comes to rest, thereby operating switch 28.
Via spacing pins, screws or the like not shown in detail, mounting body 13 further carries printed circuit board 30 with the measuring circuit (31; FIG. 6) for the skin resistance measurement, with the circuits for pilot light 7 and optical display device 8 for the skin resistance measurement and with the necessary circuit parts for diode laser 15. The electric connections are omitted in FIG. 2 for clarity's sake, but can be seen in the representation of FIG. 6.
FIG. 6 illustrates the electric circuit of present unit 1 in a very schematic block diagram, showing measuring circuit 31 provided on printed board 30 (see FIG. 2) only very generally by a block. Skin resistance measuring circuit 31 is electrically connected at its input via resistor 32 with the probe electrode, i.e. with conical test prod 4, and it drives LED row optical display device 8 in accordance with the skin resistance measured, more or fewer diodes of this LED row being illuminated depending on the skin resistance measured. The sensitivity of measuring circuit 31 can be adjusted as mentioned via sensitivity switch 6, which is preferably an adjusting rheostat, e.g. an adjusting potentiometer with three positions.
The counterelectrode for the skin resistance measurement is formed by electroconductive housing 2, which is illustrated only very schematically by a block in the circuit diagram of FIG. 6. FIG. 6 further shows battery block 10, which is constructed for example of four 1.5 volt cells (one can also use rechargeable accumulator cells), and operating switch 5 formed by a pushbutton. Switch 28 is formed as a reversing or single-pole double throw switch, as recognizable from FIG. 6. Switch 28 is located normally in the position shown in FIG. 6, in which measuring circuit 31 is connected to battery block 10 (provided operating switch 5 is pressed) to perform the skin resistance measurement. As mentioned, switch 28 is operated mechanically by the probe electrode, i.e. test prod 4, when it is pushed back via switch lever 29 (see FIG. 2), measuring circuit 31 then being separated from battery block 10 and laser unit 15 connected to battery block 10. In parallel to laser unit 15, pilot light 7 for laser 15 formed by an LED is thereby made alive via series resistor 33.
The laser circuit with laser unit 15 and the corresponding pilot light switching branch is referred to very generally as 34 in FIG. 6, whereas the skin resistance measuring device with the probe electrode or test prod 4 and actual measuring circuit 31 is designated as 35. Measuring circuit 31 and laser unit 15 can be constructed in conventional fashion, for example in principle as disclosed in the abovementioned prints, so that further explanation thereof can be omitted. In particular measuring circuit 31 can be constructed with an operational amplifier not illustrated in detail, and laser unit 15 can be a commercially available diode laser unit, for example of laser class 3a, with a restriction of the laser power to 3 mW and with a wavelength of 670 nm.
In operation, as illustrated generally in FIG. 1, a skin area e.g. is scanned with test prod 4—pressed in somewhat against the spring force—of unit 1 held in one hand to elicit the desired acupuncture point by skin resistance measurement. When a maximum is displayed on optical display device 8 the desired acupuncture point is localized, and unit 1 is no longer moved further over the skin area but pressed firmly onto the skin at this localized site, so that probe electrode hollow member 19 is pushed inward up to the stop, thereby operating switch (reversing switch) 28 to switch off skin resistance measuring device 35 and switch on laser unit 15. One must of course thereby hold down operating switch 5.
If a so-called "laser shower" is desired, catch 25 can be operated via pin 27 in the fully pushed-in position of probe electrode hollow member 19, so that laser unit 15 is put in continuous operation (instead of the previously described "touch-key operation") in which unit 1 can be lifted off the skin area to be treated without interrupting laser beam 20.
The invention was explained above with reference to especially preferred embodiments, but modifications and variations are of course possible within the scope of the invention. For example it is conceivable to use, instead of described housing 2 with a square cross section as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, a cylindrical housing with a circular or elliptical cross section, accordingly adapting mounting body 13 and the arrangement of the corresponding switches and display elements. It is also basically conceivable to use an on-off switch with two fixed positions for operating switch 5 instead of a pushbutton since switch 28, being a safety switch, normally keeps laser unit 15 separated from the voltage unit, i.e. from battery block 10. With regard to the locking function with the help of catch 25 described it is preferable to design operating switch 5 as a pushbutton, however, since when test prod 4 is locked laser unit 15 could otherwise be activated continuously by mistake.
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|Clarimedix Inc.
|Multi-spectral photon therapy device and methods of use
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|Jay Harvey H
|Hair treatment method
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|Method and apparatus for therapeutic EMR treatment on the skin
|Dec 12, 2005
|Jul 27, 2010
|Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.
|Light energy delivery head
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|Aug 10, 2010
|Climax Molybdenum Company
|Hand-held laser cutting apparatus and method using same
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|Heads for dermatology treatment
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|Systems and methods of utilizing electrical readings in the determination of treatment
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|Phototreatment device for use with coolants
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|May 22, 2012
|Palomar Medical Technologies
|Cooling system for a photocosmetic device
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|The General Hospital Corporation
|Method for dermatological treatment using chromophores
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|Dec 11, 2012
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|System for electromagnetic radiation dermatology and head for use therewith
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|Covidien Ag
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|Skin optical characterization device
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|Feb 19, 2013
|Covidien Ag
|Cordless medical cauterization and cutting device
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|Hair treatment system and method
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|Covidien Ag
|Method for powering a surgical instrument
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|Jun 24, 2014
|Covidien Ag
|Cordless power-assisted medical cauterization and cutting device
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|Dec 23, 2014
|Palomar Medical Technologies, Llc
|Method and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depth
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|May 12, 2015
|Cynosure, Inc.
|Picosecond laser apparatus and methods for its operation and use
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|Jun 9, 2015
|Covidien Ag
|Cordless medical cauterization and cutting device
|Jan 14, 2011
|Jun 16, 2015
|Yonatan Gerlitz
|Low level laser therapy (LLLT) systems and devices
|Jul 25, 2014
|Jun 7, 2016
|Michael Schlosser
|Handheld low-level laser therapy apparatus
|Sep 17, 2012
|Sep 27, 2016
|The General Hospital Corporation
|Apparatus for dermatological treatment using chromophores
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|Jan 3, 2017
|Covidien Ag
|Cordless medical cauterization and cutting device
|Apr 30, 2013
|Jan 24, 2017
|Medical Coherence Llc
|Multiple aperture hand-held laser therapy apparatus
|Jan 3, 2007
|Feb 28, 2017
|Michael Weber
|Laser needle for performing a combined laser needle/electric acupuncture
|Mar 28, 2012
|Mar 28, 2017
|Yonatan Gerlitz
|Clinical hand-held infrared thermometer with special optical configuration
|Jan 21, 2014
|Jun 13, 2017
|Good-Ip Limited
|Non-invasive methods for prevention, detection, treatment, and healing of neoplastic processes in humans
|Nov 9, 2012
|Jun 27, 2017
|John Stephan
|Wearable light therapy apparatus
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|Cynosure, Inc.
|Picosecond laser apparatus and methods for treating target tissues with same
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|Oct 10, 2017
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|Radio frequency generator and method for a cordless medical cauterization and cutting device
|Aug 21, 2002
|Jul 3, 2003
|Seiko Epson Corporation
|Meridian point-probing device and curative effect-determining device
|Sep 11, 2002
|Mar 11, 2004
|Donald Spector
|Hand held LED device
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|May 13, 2004
|Detlef Schikora
|Device for performing acupuncture using laser radiation
|Dec 18, 2001
|May 20, 2004
|Clement Robert Marc
|Light delivery system for improving the appearance of skin
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|Donald Spector
|Method for eliminating airborne microorganisms
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|Harvey Jay
|Hair treatment method
|Dec 31, 2004
|Jul 14, 2005
|Altshuler Gregory B.
|Dermatological treatment with visualization
|Jul 20, 2004
|Jan 26, 2006
|Horne Douglas S
|Systems and methods of utilizing electrical readings in the determination of treatment
|Feb 8, 2006
|Aug 10, 2006
|Ns Welltec Gmbh
|System for the stimulation of acupuncture points
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|Ns Welltec Gmbh
|System for the stimulation of acupuncture points
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|Oral appliance with heat transfer mechanism
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|Jan 4, 2007
|Crohn Steven S
|Apparatus and method for the point treatment of a patient by acupuncture and light
|Jul 8, 2005
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|Bushroe Frederick N
|Hand-held laser cutting apparatus and method using same
|Jan 3, 2007
|Jun 7, 2007
|Michael Weber
|Laser needle for performing a combined laser needle/electric acupuncture
|Dec 8, 2005
|Jun 14, 2007
|Weber Paul J
|Acne and skin defect treatment via non-radiofrequency electrical current controlled power delivery device and methods
|Jun 12, 2007
|Oct 4, 2007
|Colin Whitehurst
|Therapeutic Light Source and Method
|Nov 26, 2007
|Mar 20, 2008
|Horne Douglas S
|Methods for obtaining quick, repeatable and non-invasive bioelectrical signals in living organisms
|Nov 13, 2008
|May 28, 2009
|Derek Dee Deville
|Cordless Medical Cauterization and Cutting Device
|Feb 12, 2008
|Aug 13, 2009
|Pingal Frederick J
|Light enhanced acupuncture
|Mar 13, 2009
|Sep 24, 2009
|Derek Dee Deville
|Method for Powering a Surgical Instrument
|Mar 13, 2009
|Sep 24, 2009
|Derek Dee Deville
|Cordless Medical Cauterization and Cutting Device
|May 26, 2008
|Jun 17, 2010
|Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
|Optical depilation apparatus
|Sep 30, 2007
|Sep 9, 2010
|Zhiyong Cen
|Portable therapeutic instrument for coronary heart disease
|Apr 6, 2010
|Nov 25, 2010
|Hindinger John R
|Method, system and device for electronic acupuncture and pressure, moisture and voltage control therefor
|Jan 14, 2011
|May 12, 2011
|Yonatan Gerlitz
|Low level laser therapy (lllt) systems and devices
|Feb 23, 2009
|Jun 16, 2011
|Paul Joseph Weber
|Facial tissue strengthening and tightening device and methods
|Sep 9, 2011
|Apr 17, 2014
|Yaolin Li
|Laser and infrared photon acupuncture instrument output head and acupuncture instrument
|Jun 9, 2014
|Dec 11, 2014
|National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology
|Apparatus for detecting surface microcirculation of acupoint
|May 15, 2014
|Sep 3, 2014
|Intelligent laser acupuncture equipment
|Mar 31, 2006
|Oct 3, 2007
|Jon Sakowsky
|Human organism examination band and human organism examination circuit
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|Jul 21, 2005
|Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.
|Dermatological treatment with vusualization
|Mar 31, 2007
|Oct 11, 2007
|Jon Sakowsky
|The band to measure the parameters of a human body and the system to analyze the parameters of a human body
|Jul 19, 2012
|Jan 24, 2013
|Greenshpan Jacob
|Nerve stimulation system
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|Jun 6, 2013
|Greenshpan Jacob
|Nerve stimulation system
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|John Stephan
|Wearable light therapy apparatus
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|607/89, 128/907, 606/42, 600/548, 606/2, 606/13
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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"Laughter is the best medicine"- Every person wants to laugh and feel positive and cheerful. Today's way of life is fast and stressful and most of the times there is no time to laugh. Intelligently written comedies can help to alter this state of mind and tensions of a person. Director Rajesh, who has given two consecutive hits, proves once again that he is the king of comedies. Oru Kal Oru Kannadi is a barrel of laughs with a wafer-thin story.
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The energy focused entity, Silver Run Acquisition Corporation has closed a deal to purchase the independent oil and natural gas company, Centennial Resources Production (CRP). According to a press release published at Riverstonellc.com on October 11, 2016 Silver Run Acquisition Corporation has acquired 89% controlling stake in the energy outfit using funds sought from its affiliate, NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC. Proceeds received from the sale of Silver Run Class A Common Stock by investors, including Riverstone and Capital World Investors that is managed by Fidelity Management and Research Company were also used to close the deal.
Riverstone purchased about $800 million worth of stock valued at $10 per share. The amount includes $175 million from the Riverstone Energy Ltd division. NGP was established in 1988 as a premier private equity firm focused on natural resources. The company boasts an impressive $17 billion in cumulative equity commitments earmarked for strategic investment in the energy sector. Riverstone Holdings LLC, on the other hand, boasts an investment capital of over $34 billion that targets buyout and capital investments in various sectors including exploration and production, renewable energy development and power production. The firm was established back in 2000 by David Leushen and Perre Lapeyre.
The board of directors of both companies approved the deal on October 7, 2016. The new board of directors has also been expanded to include eight members from the previous four. The members include Mark Papa, Pierre Lapeyre, Robert Tichio and Baldwin Bandtel among others. Mr. Tony Weber was seconded by NGP to be the new director of Silver Run BOD. Following the acquisition, Silver Run, which trades on NASDAQ as CDEV and CDEVW will now be known as the Centennial Resource Development, Inc. The investment made by Riverstone and its affiliates now makes the company the majority owner of Silver Run with a stake of over 50%; NGP retains 11% ownership interest in CRP.
The deal also involved amending the credit agreement by CRP to include several clauses, including:
i. Increasing the rate of borrowing from a base of $140 million to $200 million
ii. Reflecting the payment and all term loans in full
iii. Raising the interest rate to LIBOR plus ranging from (2.25 percent to 3.25 percent)
At the close of the transaction, CRP had cash in hand amounting to $100 million and no outstanding debt. Citigroup Global Markets stood as the financial advisor of Riverstone and private placement agent of Silver Run.


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A 2014 state audit revealed that someone stole money from the city of Eunice about 5 months ago.
Identity theft is an ongoing problem that can happen to businesses and governments, not only people. Louisiana's state legislative auditor, Daryl Purpera revealed the city of Eunice was a victim of check fraud of over $5,000.
"Someone got a hold to one of the checks," said Ginny Moody, Eunice City Clerk. "Got the information off of it, made up a phony check with our banking information, and used it in another state."
Moody says multiple checks were written over the span of 5 months in California. There were all used at different locations, but in the same geographic area.
"No connection with anybody the City of Eunice does business with, or employees," said Moody.
She added once the city realized what happened, they immediately contacted police, and even reached out to the Secret Service.
"The amount missing wasn't nearly enough for them to get involved," said Moody. "But they were very helpful and pointed us in the right direction. They told us that we were not the first city, government, municipality that this has happened to."
Moody says the suspect was somewhat sophisticated, as they stayed under the radar when it came to the amounts the checks were written for, putting the city in a tough spot.
"We won't be able to get it back," said Moody. "Because of the time lapse between the time that it happened, and the time it was reported .""
Because of the incident, the City of Eunice has totally revamped the way it does payroll.
"We are online," said Moody."Our treasurer on a weekly basis goes in and checks the accounts for anything that might raise suspicion.""
City leaders found out about the theft in August of 2014.


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Chiropractic spinal traction therapy in Almedia is a method of stretching and mobilizing the spine using hands-on or mechanic force. Alleviation in pain is sought with therapeutic spinal traction by loosening tight and/or constricted muscles around the spine, and to help decompress intervertebral discs in order to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve roots, which is a major cause of back and spine related pain. As with other chiropractic treatments, spinal traction may or may not help alleviate your pain, often times with chiropractic treatment what works on one patient may not be right for others. Your chiropractor will evaluate your condition and determine if traction, and in what form, is right for you.
Yes, a chiropractor can help people with allergies. Next time you are feeling unwell due to allergies, you should consider visiting a chiropractor in Almedia . Chiropractic care is a holistic method of providing relief for the discomfort you feel when you suffer from allergies. Your chiropractor can successfully treat allergies by keeping your body healthy and less vulnerable to allergic reactions. A visit to a chiropractor, when you are suffering the symptoms of an allergic reaction, may help you to cope with your condition and make you feel much better. How can a Chiropractor help you? Allergic reactions are common immune disorders.
Best Chiro in Almedia – chiropractor will find way to help you.There are many chiropractors that don't have any first aid knowledge. There are many new companies that provide First aid courses for social workers, businesses and all kind of help care specialists such as chiropractors. There are many reasons why a chiropractor should participate in a first aid course. However, those reasons are very important and you can find out more by reading the following paragraphs. 1. The possibility of saving someone's life: This is the most important reason why a chiropractor should follow a first aid course. They can use the knowledge to save the life of a patient that suffers from injuries that could jeopardize his/her life. Prompt first aid interventions can mean a lot when it comes to saving a life. 2. Control the damage: A first aid course can help a chiropractor limit the damage in some chronic cases. This is very important for somebody who is going to be admitted into a medical care center or a hospital. This usually happens when the patients suffer from back and neck injuries. Minimizing the damaged caused by an injury is very important in accelerating the healing process and making the treatment more efficient. 3. Learning new skills. This is a very good reason why a chiropractor should go for a first aid course. Some chiropractors are satisfied with the knowledge they have and consider they don't need to learn something new. However there are also chiropractors who want to learn new skills and acquire as much knowledge as possible. Well, if you're a part of the second category than you should definitely follow one of these first aid courses. 4. Career improvements. A chiropractor that completes a first aid course will enjoy a moral satisfaction for acquiring new skills but also a professional one because the certificate he received when completing the course gives him the chance of advancing in his career. There are many medical organizations that are looking to hire chiropractors with a multitude of skills and a lot of knowledge. However if you decided to follow a course you must ensure that the certificate you're going to get at the end is recognized all over the country. Chiropractors offer many benefits to those suffering from chronic back and joint pain. They offer programs that will initiate a long term and healthier life for those suffering from genetic conditions and also after personal injury accidents.
Is a Chiropractor a Real Doctor?A lot of adults have been receiving chiropractic care for their back and neck pains and most of them have reported satisfaction. Indeed, chiropractic has become a widely accepted form of healing today. Gone are the days when it was regarded as some form of quackery. Today, chiropractors are now even being recognized by the medical community as providers of complementary care for various illnesses. Of course, the main focus of this form of healing method is the spinal column where the central nervous system organs are housed, but more than that, chiropractic has been found to be useful, even for children. Yes, there are now pediatricians who highly recommend that parents get a pediatric chiropractor to complement the kids' health and wellness regimen. There used to be issues regarding children undergoing spinal manipulation. These issues focused on the assumption that children are too young to be subjected to chiropractic treatment. However, it has been established that even children can benefit from spinal manipulation. After all, not only adults suffer from what is termed as subluxation or a misalignment of the spinal columns being a source of various illnesses and conditions. Even pediatricians are now convinced that even children can reap health benefits from improving their central nervous system functions which are all centered around the spine. In particular, chiropractic treatment has been found to be effective for children, not only for those with back and neck problems, but also for those with other illnesses and conditions such as asthma, colic and even bedwetting. Parents need not worry about spinal manipulation being performed on their children, as long as they ensure that they have come to a competent and qualified doctor of chiropractic. Chiropractors are actually doctors of a four-year chiropractic degree which requires both university instruction and clinical experie25nce, although pediatric chiropractors need post-doctorate training that is specialized in pediatric practice. What parents must realize, however, is that pediatric chiropractors are not there to take the role of pediatricians. Of course, the pediatrician will be in charge when it's time to treat a child prescribe medications to alleviate whatever illness or condition the child the pediatric patient is in. But the pediatric chiropractor can provide preventive measures that will reduce the necessity for these treatments and medications. In other words, the roles of a pediatrician and a pediatric chiropractor are generally complementary, and if there is cooperation between the two and with the patient, their relationship becomes highly productive.
How a Chiropractor Can Help You With Slipped Disc?Chiropractors are the largest doctored profession outside of the traditional medical practitioners such as traditional doctors and dentists. Some people regard chiropractic therapy as alternative medicine however it is quite popular and chiropractors generally do not agree with the therapy being termed as alternative medicine. The most common problems addressed by the therapy involve the spine and in particular deal with the back and the neck. Lower back pain is the most often treated complaint. The therapy is largely manual and is therefore drug free. The side effects are minor and usually related to the manual adjustments which last on an average for a day. Surveys show that satisfaction levels for patients treated with chiropractic therapy are high. They are higher than those for traditional medicine. Also the average rapport between a patient and a chiropractic doctor is more than an average rapport between a traditional doctor and the patient. This is probably because chiropractic therapy aims to be holistic and a good rapport with the patient is considered important. The cost of chiropractic care is usually lower than the cost for traditional medical care. However medical insurance does not always cover chiropractic therapy. However in the USA for most states insurers are required to cover it. There are not many high quality studies evaluating chiropractic therapy though for lower back pain its effectiveness is considered to be very good. For other benefits critics of chiropractic therapy say that it benefits from what is known as a "placebo response" where a patient starts to feel better just by the knowledge that the patient is being treated. Being drug free it is generally regarded as a safe therapy though like other medical practices it is not entirely devoid of risk. In some cases the manual adjustments if not done correctly can lead to complications. Another issue with the therapy is that unlike traditional medical practitioners honesty amongst chiropractors is considered to be lower than that for other doctored professions. Therefore it is important to find a good chiropractor and verify the credentials well before committing yourself to a treatment using the therapy.


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As this is the first time the school year comes to a close since I started my blog. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for for educating my children. I know that some of the bloggers out there are teachers as well. Being a teacher you are far from paid enough when I think of the impact you have on this world. We as parents ship our children off to school and trust in you to teach our children and guide them while they are not with us.
You are far more than just a teacher and I can only speak for myself when I tell you there are times I do forget everything else your job entails. Being a stay at home dad I know what it's like to have 3 kids bursting with energy in a small space and that can be challenging. I cannot imagine what 30 kids with varying degrees of bottled energy would be like.
I can tell you from coaching soccer and having a group of 16 kids that want to be there and want to be playing and learning was too much to handle for me some days. So days that I may forget, remind me! Not only do you contend with the energy, but you also have to teach a class where not all kids are the exact same. Some learn quicker than others, others need you to show them a different way than the one you taught to understand and some kids just have a hard time learning. You must have the patience that I certainly do not have.
I have listened to kids talk about some of the things that have been said to a teacher, the verbal abuse that you may take on any day is a game of roulette. I as a parent respect the work you put in to my children, not only academic but being there for them when they need that little bit of extra help or maybe having a bad day and you choose too not make a fuss about it.
There is a lot that's forgotten as it's not like any profession out there. You are molding young minds not just for academics, but for living life. I thank you and hope you have a great summer! Enjoy!


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Understanding Radioactive Waste by Raymond L. Murray
- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Battelle Press; 5th edition (January 2003) ISBN-10:
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Today, the world faces two major problems: potential scarcity of energy and the pollution of the environment. How countries handle these problems can impact the quality of life for their citizens, their environment, and their economic prosperity. One answer to these problems may be nuclear power; currently, there are over 400 nuclear reactors operating in the world, with 109 of those in the United States. But, what is to be done with the spent nuclear fuel and other wastes created by nuclear power? Approval for new nuclear electric plants and continued use of existing ones may depend on safely disposing of these dangerous wastes. In making decisions about power plants, it is important that citizens and lawmakers know the nature of the waste problem and be able to distinguish opinions, feelings, and myths from the facts. Unfortunately, much of what is written is rhetoric intended to frighten or soothe. There is a wealth of technical literature, but it is often written in highly complex technical terms. Reports on plans and progress are in formal government-ese, making them hard to translate into plain English. In this new edition of Understanding Radioactive Waste, Dr. Raymond Murray explains clearly the origin and nature of nuclear by-products; provides facts and figures about nuclear wastes and the actions being planned on a national basis; provides perspective on the safety of waste isolation systems; and distinguishes knowledge from opinion whenever possible, in an unbiased and candid manner. The author rejects exaggerated statements about the waste problem at both poles of the debate -- assertions by proponents that it is merely a matter of politics, by opponents that a technical solution is impossible. This book -- through its straightforward writing and informative illustrations -- helps you understand such nuclear topics as uranium, radioactivity, radiation, and fission, along with the role of materials, chemical processes, and geology in the treatment and long-term handling of wastes. In addition, the human side of radioactive waste, from the biological impacts to the societal attitudes, are covered. A proven textbook and resource, this latest edition of Understanding Radioactive Waste provides new information on transportation of spent fuel and other nuclear wastes; high-level radioactive waste regulations; licensing of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; and protecting nuclear facilities against terrorist attacks. Dr. Murray believes that an informed public makes the best decisions. Read Understanding Radioactive Waste, and be informed.
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From the director that brought us the gore ridden Saw and the demonic Insidious comes this terrifying haunted house story…one that will leave you tucking your legs under the duvet and checking behind the bedroom door before you go to sleep.
Set in the 1970s, the film follows real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren who are summoned to investigate a demonic presence in a family house in Rhode Island – a real couple who later became famed for the Amityville hauntings that inspired a number of film adaptations.
However, director James Wan (Saw) takes us back to a time before Amityville, telling the story from two viewpoints; the investigators and the victims. Interestingly though, the film doesn't open with the Perron family. Instead it begins with a pair of nurses seeking help from the Warrens after their possessed doll 'Annabelle' terrorised their apartment – cue the 2014 prequel Annabelle.
But that's all we're given; a swift glance into the glazed over doll eyes before we're brought straight back to The Conjuring, where the Perron family are seen moving into their new home. But even as the family arrive, there are subtle suggestions that they are the intruders with the opening shot panning from inside the window looking out, as though something is watching them from within the walls.
With a young family involved, the film adds a whole new terrifying dimension to the classic childhood game of hide and seek, relying on traditional scares to get the audience jumping – and crikey do we jump! From the shrill scream of a child to the creepy glazed over eyes of a china doll, every shot and clap of the hands is more terrifying than the last.
Yet, as noises echo through the house and doors slam by themselves, it's what you don't see that's more terrifying and works as an ingenious suspense builder especially when something horrifying does appear on screen.
As one of the children is frozen in fear by a figure she claims to see lurking in the darkness, your imagination starts to take hold – and there's nothing more terrifying than the mind when it's left to explore.
But that's what this film does so well – it doesn't pretend that everything is supernatural. In fact, Ed and Lorraine try to explain everything rationally. Visiting another couple they discover that the noises in their house are simply being caused by old floorboards and water pipes, which works almost as reverse psychology for the audience – have those creaky floorboards in the loft really just been caused by a draft or is there a demon renting out some space upstairs?
And when the truth comes out and the supernatural force takes over, there's no going back, you're in for a truly frightening ride.
Whether you're a believer or not, The Conjuring is a strong enough contender to make even the most sceptic of us question the power of religion and whether a demonic presence is really out there.
And the film's climactic possession is absolutely petrifying. Despite covering up most of the action under a sheet, it's the mind that takes over once again – and boy is it horrific!
The fact that the film is based on a true story makes it even the more terrifying. Yes, some of the scares are predictable and okay, the score is very Hitchcock but that doesn't make it any less powerful. In fact, it's one of the most disturbing and twisted haunted house stories that modern horror has delivered in a long time.
Mind out the way The Excorcist, The Conjuring has moved in…
Michelle Norris – @Shell_Norris.


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10 Day Water Fast (Again. Because it works.)
I water fasted 3 days last year. Results? Not too exciting.
They say… persistence is key.
So I didn't eat for 10 days straight this month. Just water and rest.
Unlike last time, this fast showed much more noticeable changes, especially that it fixed my digestion. Good news for eczema sufferers is – if you fast for 10 days, I guarantee your itches will be next to zero.
Key points:
- How and Why Fasting Removes Eczema
- Why did I fast?
- My 10-Day Water Fasting Daily Journals (with pictures)
- Chronic Constipation Gone!
- Fasting Pros & Cons
- How to Water Fast (in 200 words)
- Special Note to Eczema Sufferers
Fasten up! (Sorry)
*Note: long detailed post. If you want eczema-specific information, please scroll to "Special Note to Eczema Sufferers" as this post is more health-oriented (which is equally important)*
Breaking Myths on Fasting
Because conventional wisdom is twisted by the sake of tradition and motive clashes, let me quickly give you the key points.
A) Fasting is not starvation.
Energy usage of the body comes in 5 stages:
- Directly from the food in your stomach.
- Glycogen from your liver.
- Glycogen from your muscles.
- Ketosis: from your adipose tissues (fat deposits).
- Starvation: from your vital organs and tissues.
We take 2-3 days to reach stage four and that's when actual fasting begins. To reach stage five, it takes the typical person 40 days (depending on body reserves). And we would look anorexic from having lost our fats. Additionally, true hunger is felt by the throat.
B) Fasting is natural. Not unnatural.
Think evolutionary biology. I didn't know of a tribe that had food when needed 24/7?
For those doubting the unhealthiness of famine sufferers. First, they were already nutrient-deficient to begin famine with, it's not like they were prepping up vitamins and minerals before a famine strikes. Second, famine sufferers usually don't engage in complete fasting because they would eat a little bit of this and a little bit of that, rather than to stay clean-cut at stage four.
Why Fasting is Necessary
Over the years, we have been (still are) plagued by the chronic accumulation of:
- Cellular waste materials (there are actually scientific markers of waste rather than just calling them "toxins")
- Modern dietary excess (various irritant proteins, GMOs, sugar, addictives, etc.)
- Frequent contact with industrial chemicals, environmental pollution
- Physiological stress burdens (stimulants, lack of exercise)
But we have an immune system.
The body is continuously dealing with the toxic load, as we are feeding it more. When the body is unable to fend off, and is weak up to a point, autoimmune diseases like eczema arise. Even if you don't have a health issue or a seemingly minor problem, it's just going to get worse if you don't care. Trust me, it's not worth dismissing your health. I've had conversations with many fellow readers and many of them exclaim "I've never had a problem in the past, but suddenly I have eczema, what do I do?" Then they are crippled by the problem day and night.
Don't be the next.
Rapidly rising numbers of autoimmune diseases is no new fact. Implicitly, more and more of us are losing the balance and the body can't keep up.
Fasting puts the body at proper rest for a focused recovery.
We fast during sleep every day, until we eat again during the day. When digestion occurs again, it disrupts the natural recovery process (plus, it never gets to ketosis). Energy is the body's currency, and digestion takes up to 50% of the body's energy.
Our goal is to halt digestion and thus divert this digestive energy directly into recovery.
Not to mention 80% of our immune system is our digestive system (i.e. alimentary canal: mouth, stomach, intestines etc.). Hence, the massive benefit of letting it rest.
How and Why Fasting Removes Eczema
No doubt fasting is an extended period of time where we let our body do its job of self-healing.
Here's the concept.
The body has an order of preservation. By stage 5 starvation mode, we would've lost much of our fats and muscles. But it knows not to use the muscle tissue from our heart, or the fats from our brain. Because the body follows sequences of importance.
Likewise, recovery has a recovery sequence. If you fast for several days, your body heals certain minor injuries like skin abnormal growths, that weird spot of hair, and so on. Gradually, your body begins to repair increasingly deeper body damages.
First week, your itching will noticeably reduce. Then, your wounds scab. Your discoloured skin seems to be clearing.
But here's the catch.
Most people think when their eczema no longer itches (with decreasingly smaller patches), they mistake it for seeing eczema as completely healed like a task ticked off the body's self-recovery to-do list.
Recovery is not black and white, much of the time is in grey-zone. Eczema heals up rapidly during fasting because:
- You're giving more rest to your immune system to repair itself (from more sleep and halted digestion).
- You no longer consume irritant dietary particles that were damaging your system.
If you immediately eat some irritant food after fasting, it's going to damage your digestive system again, and eczema is bound to reappear.
Key: Your goal is never to heal eczema because eczema is not a problem you can directly tackle. Your goal is to let your body repair its immune system so it does not manifest damage, like eczema.
Why did I fast?
As some of you might know, I stopped updating CES since last August because I was turning Year 12, in heavy-homework mode and exam preparation. And like how my eczema returned in Year 11, it did so again in my exam preparation period. I would have 3 coffees a day just to function. In short, I've graduated now and have time to update CES and respond to emails. I have much more to update especially in a change of the healing philosophy (as I've been reading a lot) and begin to understand eczema at a deeper level. This water fast was a kick-start to healing the damages I've done over the last school year. If you are still here, thank you for staying along. I'll continue to make my findings as useful as possible.
My 10-Day Water Fasting Daily Journals (with pictures)
*Feel free to skim the journals. They are just records of how I felt each day.*
Pre-Fast Days
Note that people feel very strong withdrawal symptoms (i.e. feel like crap) if they have been eating a poor diet prior a fast. It should be known that I've always eaten a diet low to absent in chemicals, gluten, dairy and sugar. Hence, the transition period was fine for me.
Day 1
My fast actually started since noon yesterday (July 13th). Family dog (Jing Jing) woke me up at 7. Took her for a walk and slept until 12. Went for a walk. Been reading stuff on my laptop. Had a headache since yesterday, but it seems to have reduced. Hunger-wise, only slightly in the afternoon. Drank around 6 glasses of water today. Can feel some weakness in the arms. Easy to get pins and needles if I sit on one leg over the other.
Day 2
Slept at 10pm last night. Woke up at 6am by JJ. Went to the toilet but I felt extremely nauseated I almost threw up. I suspect it was due to different blood pressures from a sleeping position to suddenly rising up. Anyway, as I hastened back to my bed this feeling subsided. Slept for a few more hours until 11am. Feels general fatigue. The headache is lighter but remains. Not much appetite, and the body feels warmer than usual.
Took a 1-hour nap in the afternoon. Felt tired still. Took a walk with JJ. Suprisingly, didn't feel too tired to walk her around. Bad breath since yesterday, despite brushing my teeth – it's detox. Also, my younger brother infected me with chickenpox, which let me realize my strong headaches (which have stopped by night) were symptoms. But my chickenpox is mild. Slept at 12.
Day 3
Woke up at 4:48am and couldn't fall asleep. Read for an hour and slept until 10 something. I didn't get more chickenpox blisters. I seem to be pretty healthy after all! My legs feel a bit weak. Urine these days are quite yellow. Eczema-wise, my chapped lips and patches on my face are smoothening. My energy levels seem to have risen up. Weakness is only physical. My brain is still on rapid fire. Slept at 1am.
Day 4
Woke up at 10. Breath gets better. Napped in the afternoon. Hunger feelings from the stomach seem to have resided. While I miss food, it's more of a mental habitual thing rather than actual craving, so that's easy to ignore. Since I napped in the afternoon, I fell asleep at 3. My sleeping pattern is really messed up.
Day 5
Woken up by JJ as expected, resulted in me waking up at 9. I noticed my heart was thumping a little harder than usual as I woke, but it later subsided.
Day 6
Slept at 3 and woke up at 9 and napped again for 2 hours. Hunger feelings are very slight. The only downside is my body is generally physically weaker.
Day 7
Slept at 2 and woke up at 11. Noticed the elephant texture on my arm crease patches are slowly smoothening; the discolorations are fading slightly too. I also noticed my tongue had a thick white coat. Probably had it days before too.
Day 8
Slept at 1, woke up at 10:30. Had slight diarrhoea last night and this morning. More phlegm than usual. Thick white coat on tongue remains. Diarrhea periodically throughout the day.
Day 9
Slept from 1 to 12. Still have a thick coated white tongue. Phlegm. Didn't mention this before, but I had a few toothaches on both sides of my jaw for the last couple of days, which began to subside today. Urine has continued to be yellowish as I also feel less of the urge to drink water.
Day 10 (breaking)
Woke up at 9:40. My tongue is noticeably less thick. These few days I also have chapped lips. I broke the fast today. Had a fistful of melons starting at 2pm and thrice more at 2-3 hour intervals, and also a small box of blueberries. Didn't drink water for the entire day. There were occasional stomach pains, but only slight discomfort.
Didn't feel too hungry. Blended a glass of juice with 1 pear, some coconut cream and water. Later had a bowl of rice vermicelli as breakfast with my aunt. Had two of my morning juices again in the afternoon. Slight stomach pains later.
The next day, I had the same breakfast. And some plum juice. Improvements? Read below.
Chronic Constipation Gone!
The biggest healing I have benefited from this fast is the recovery of my digestive system. It's all pointless when people talk about "my leaky gut is better now because I did X and Y."
How do you prove the non-placebo effects?
As an eczema sufferer since 6, my "leaky gut" has been there for a while. With all the accumulation of damage and unhealthy habits, it all culminated into a surgery last summer when I had my appendix removed. Ever since, it feels as though my digestive power is halved and I began to develop chronic constipation that crippled me in Year 12 even up to my pre-fast days. Alongside I also have piles (which also disappeared on day 9). My movements were irregular averaging 1-2 per week, despite my strong-fiber diet, daily digestive enzymes, and occasional laxatives. Each movement also takes a long time and results in hard pebbles.
This is embarrassing for me to disclose. But I say it because my point is that water fasting really healed my chronic constipation. Upon the second day of eating after the 10-day fast, I had a fast and smooth movement. I feel like a normal person!
In relation to eczema, although discolored patches are still healing very slowly, what fasting has done is that it repaired my digestive system to an unprecedented state and I can evidently say: fasting has greatly improved my leaky gut syndrome!
Fasting Pros & Cons
I realize there are certain lighting differences, but in spite of that, you can notice the changes in texture of the skin and how the patches are not as rough and distinct from the normal skin. Another fact to mention is that I got really tanned from a 1-week trip to Thailand so that might explain my unusually tanned skin.
Link to picture with my coated tongue (warning: gross).
- Eczema Symptoms Reduce. I won't overhype and say my eczema is completely gone. But my spots: 1) smaller in patch size, 2) smoothening texture from elephant skin, 3) discoloration is fading, 4) no itching. I'm not suprized about the improvements because I know it just works that way, and it will work for any person doing a proper water fast.
- Food Cravings Halt. Water fasting for more than several days almost always eliminates all physiological addictions to food. Currently, I don't feel attracted to outside food at all. Smell is attractive but that's natural. But in terms of things like bread and sugar, that feeling is absent now.
- Weight Loss. I didn't have a scale at home so I didn't bother. But visually I did take two photos to compare with, and I personally do feel much lighter!
- Mental Clarity. After starting to eat something in my post-fast days, as I'm writing this post, I experience the feeling of "brain fog." It feels like some force is clogging up my efficiency in thinking. So fasting actually does bring mental clarity, which would aid us in making decisions.
- Senses Brighten. Like smell, sight, and hearing. Literally. The whole body feels more efficient.
- Physical tiredness, more sleep. Natural and needed for the body to do its job.
- Hypotension, pins and needles. Lower water content in the body. Natural in fasting.
- Less want for water, yellowish urine. Less movement means less thirst.
- Heart thumbing, difficulty breathing. Only two days.
- Thick tongue coat, bad breath. Detox symptoms. The tongue coat peaked around day 9 then it got less thick.
First few days should be the hardest, but I didn't have much to withdraw like I said earlier, I was already on a pretty neat diet. These above are just minor and natural symptoms of detoxification.
How to Water Fast (in 200 words)
I've fasted three time in total and I've actually read books on the topic so you can trust me on this. No wordy content. In short:
- Pre-fast. Depending on your current diet, you will need to gradually restrict it into a healthy diet of at least 4 bans: gluten, dairy, sugar, chemicals (i.e. junk food). Do this for at least 2 weeks. The goal is to lessen the detox effects from otherwise rapidly jumping into a water fast. After this, you should do a short one-digit-day fast before you do an extended one.
- Beginning. You must have your schedule off entirely to your ability to rest at home. Remember to spare extra post-fast days.
- Fasting. Rest as much as possible. Drink only water, and when thirsty.
- Breaking. First day, take 1 fistful amount of low-fiber fruit juices at 2-hour intervals. Common options: orange, watermelon, melon. Next day and so on, increase the time in between intervals and consumption.
- Post-fast. Slowly reintroduce foods, in the order: fruit juices, whole fruits, raw vegetables, starch-heavy vegetables, meats.
Breaking and post-fast days are critical because your digestive system begins to recolonize its bacterial colony (as intestinal bacteria die after a week of inactivity)!
Bonus Tips
- The only fast is pure water-only fasting. Abstinence from everything but water. Juice fasts are really just diets, they work because you no longer digest solids. Less effective and slower.
- Fasts that take up only 3-4 days or less are ineffective because you have really just begun stage four of ketosis (you really begin fasting around day 3).
- Most people probably won't support you. Sole self-determination is critical. Unless you have the energy to convince someone thoroughly.
- No reason to tell anyone. It doesn't really help you stay on track.
- Getting a friend to do it together can work. I did this my first time.
Special Note to Eczema Sufferers
Time, foreign idea, lack of support – I know these are stopping you.
But I also really want you to water fast because I know it works. I've had chronic eczema since six. I've tested many treatments. At the end, where do I end up? Realizing needles don't fix eczema. My body heals itself (short explanation, of course).
Final decision is yours, but let me try to convince you once more.
Time. I understand. It's easy for me to preach because I'm a student with summer vacations. Unless you work at home, it's hard to find a few weeks to spare. That leaves you with restrictive dieting which takes months (which is the primary solution most people choose). It works, but much slower. Water fasting is a complete body reset that rapidly AND deeply repairs you.
If your eczema is severe, compounded with other autoimmune problems (they are almost always interconnected and will heal up with your eczema), taking this month off will be the best decision you can ever make. Just imagine the stress-less days after the fast.
More importantly, the longer you delay, the longer it takes to recover. Think about it, really. It's worth it in the long run.
Foreign Idea. Fasting has been around for thousands of years. This idea of not eating for a day or two sounds absurd to the newcomer. Not unusual. Most people don't easily accept the idea either. But it works.
Any absurd idea will convince anyone desperate to try after so many rounds of failures. That's exactly how I felt after 10+ years of conventional treatment. Call me a guinea pig, it worked for me. What makes us different?
If you prefer the scientific approach, there is actual research. Read "Future Reading."
Lack of Support. There are actual fasting clinics where medical professionals supervise you to take fasts up to months. If budgeting is an issue, you could consider self-formed groups or to take it spiritual-based sessions. At least there are people if you're worried about safety.
But most people ignore "don't fast more than 3 days without medical supervision." Honestly, we are sensible enough to eat if something goes dramatically wrong. Additionally, a direct jump into a water fast is risky. That's why there must be pre-fast period of restrictive dieting to spread out the withdrawal effects.
It sounds absurd because we are familiar. If you're searching for the ultimate solution to eczema (and implicitly, autoimmune diseases), this is our body's fastest way to repair itself.
Your choice.
Further Reading
"Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease" – a book I read during my fast and strongly recommend. It debunks conventional wisdom to health. Shows clinical cases and research to back up the approach of fasting. Dr. Fuhrman himself once participated in the world ice-skating championships. With a heel injury, instead of surgery, he fasted for 46 days and as you guessed, it healed. He has since been treating numerous of patients of complicated diseases.
Dr. Kim's post on fasting – answers common FAQ.
Personal success story found online – Inspirational. He knows what he's talking about too.
21-Day Water Fasting Experiment – personal experimentation by a blogger and personal coach Celestine Chua with detailed daily accounts.
The Hygienic System – a book free to read online. Dr. Shelton is one of those who push the movement of fasting. While his other philosophies of health are known to be somewhat dodgy, his book on fasting details clinical cases, and body mechanisms during a fast.
15 Comments
Ben 26/07/2015 (00:04)
Hey Harrison! I write to give you a BIG BIG BIG THANKS! You inspired me a lot and to some degree, saved my life.
Ezcema has not been a problem for me until about six months ago, I started to have red patches and inflammation all over my body. Even on my face and eyelids and neck. I looked horrible and people keep asking the you-know-what-they-are-about-to-ask questions. Needless to say, the itchiness drove me mad: I was deprived from my given right to sleep and blood sheds and dead skin were all over my bed sheets and I skipped work for two or three days.
Honestly I don't follow every piece of your advice, but I really need to thank you for your sigificant inspiration: DIET. Now I learned finally that ezcema is part of the process that the body is working his head off to remove toxins, from which most the food we have. Without you I would not really know how insane the food most people are puting into their stomachs is: artificial, unnatural, full of chemicals beyond imagination.
Eczema sufferers don't have a lot of choices when it comes to food, so I go back to something natural: veggies and fruits. I follow an English guy Jason Vale's recipies on juicing. (check this out: http://www.juicemaster.com). The juicies are tasty and are with lots of varieties and it has been nearly a month since I follow a brand new diet pattern: two juices plus one carefully selected eat-out (as a treat) per day. My horrible ezcema has recovered 70% in just a month, and now my itching has been brought under control.
I would definfintely try fasting soon, to push my recovery to another level. BTW, I will write up my ideas in a PPT presentation and share with those who need it. Just learned that you are a HKer, great! Maybe we can hangout and have a drink if you don't mind.
Thanks again!
Migel Catalig 27/07/2015 (12:07)
I've read somewhere (and was told by a yoga teacher) that you should drink 4-5 Liters of water (5-6 L if you eczema). When I started doing this, my eczema was more or less controlled and constipation became less of an issue. Maybe dramatically increasing water intake might help. It might seem difficult, but I think it helps in the long run.
With your water fast, I was interested because you had diarrhea on day 9. (I tried to move my bowels for those 7 days and I just felt constipated. I felt it was hard there). I only had movement after I broke my fast. Did you have any bowel movement prior to day 9?
Congratulations for enduring ten days of fasting. You inspired me to do more (maybe 10 days) than what I had done before (7 days).
Thank you for sharing us this experience.
Floyd 27/07/2015 (12:59)
im so happy you're back 😀 can't wait for your updates
Jessie 27/07/2015 (21:37)
You should go to Dr. Robert Morse health club or go to moveyourlymph.com . You can also watch his videos on youtube. My nephew cured his skin problem following his advice.
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Idan B 06/11/2017 (02:57)
It's much better to be active and do sports /walking than resting in that fasting period (according to Tim Ferris experiment)
rich 28/12/2017 (10:11)
Excellent Harrison. Thanks for posting.