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AEFL Certification of Units Report
Explanatory Document
Illinois Community College Board - Adult Education and Family Literacy
The AEFL Certification of Units Report is a one page report. This report is used as a basis for headcount and unit information utilized for the ICCB AEFL funding formula.
Students Included
In order for a student to be included in this report, the student must meet the following criteria:
* In Open-Entry Classes, have accrued at least 7.5 attendance hours in a single class section, prior to dropping.
* In Fixed-Entry classes, have been successfully retained through the mid-term date and have accrued at least 7.5 attendance hours in that single class section, prior to dropping.
* The hours described above must have taken place within a class funded by one of the following funding sources:
* 3405 - State Basic
* 3410 - State Public Assistance
* 4800 - Federal Basic
* The student must be free from all Errors identified via the DAISI Error Check.
SPECIAL NOTE: Students funded with only State Performance, Federal EL/Civics, Unrestricted or Other Restricted all excluded from the report. All units associated with State Performance or Federal EL/Civics are excluded from this report.
Total Unduplicated Enrollment
The number in this box represents the total number of students the program will be granted credit for in terms of the ICCB-AEFL funding formula. It represents the total number of students meeting the criteria for inclusion as outlined above in the "Students Included" section.
Total Units of Instruction
The Total Units of Instruction table is divided into several different columns. The units displayed in the table are assigned to the row based on the student's level as determined by their pre-test and the corresponding funding source used to support their instruction for each claimable class enrollment.
* Those enrolled in Foreign Language GED and Vocational classes (where testing is not required) are included here. However, the placement of the student's units in the table is determined by the funding source used to support the instruction that generated the units and not by any testing results. In short, VOC units appear on the Vocational row and Foreign Language GED units appear on the Other Units row regardless of student testing results.
The table further delineates between Restricted and Non AEFL Funds as to classify the units for students who, during the fiscal year, are funded both with the noted grant sources and Unrestricted or Other Restricted funds.
SPECIAL NOTE: The units generated by students whose ESL pre-test places them in the Exit Criteria range are reported on the Advanced ESL row of the table. There is no weighting given to this category.
Placement of units for students enrolled in two instructional categories (i.e. ABE/ASE and ESL) or with dual ESL test types
Placement of units for students enrolled in two instructional categories
If a student is dually enrolled in ABE or ASE courses and ESL courses, the units displayed in the table will be based on their pre-test for each instructional category. Consider the following example:
* Juan enters the program and is assessed with a CASAS. That test places him at the ESL Advanced level. He then enters an ESL class where his instruction is supported with State Basic and he earns two units. Later in the fiscal year, he transitions to ABE. He is assessed with the TABE and is assessed at the ABE Beginning Literacy level. He then enters an ABE class earning another two units and his instruction is supported with State Basic again.
a. In this scenario, all of Juan's units will be reflected in the State Basic column. However, the two units earned in ESL will be placed in the Advanced ESL row and the two earned in ABE will be placed on the "Beginning Literacy to Beginning ABE" row.
Placement of units for students with dual ESL test types
If a student receives two ESL assessment types during the year, the row (or Performance level) utilized for placement of units follows the same logic as the NRS Performance Report.
For ESL students with two types of ESL test, the student's units will be placed based on the assessment that reflects the lowest ESL Educational Functioning level. If both assessments show the same level, that level will be used.
For students with appropriate ABE/ASE or HSCR instruction and who receive both a TABE-R and a TABE-M, the units will be placed based on the assessment reflecting the lowest Educational Functioning Level.


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Ryobi, the well-regarded tackle giant that sadly disappeared from UK shores in 1998 is set to return once more with the Masterline Walker group (who also house Cortland, Yo-Zuri and Rovex to name a few).
The reason Ryobi retreated was to concentrate on manufacturing high quality fishing tackle for the Japanese market. The good news for us in the UK is that Ryobi will be bringing some of that tackle back with them. We're fans of at least one of their reels - the awesome Ryobi Metaroyal Safari, or to give it its very Asian, full title - the Ryobi Metaroyal 5000 Fishing Safari - so we contacted Masterline who have confirmed that these reels will indeed be available here in the UK.
We've been lucky enough to handle these reels in Australia, Asia and parts of Europe and they are tough. Do a quick trawl of online fishing forums and you'll find some very good remarks about the Metaroyal Safari. This is a heavy-duty spinning reel more traditional suited to tropical styles like deepwater jigging and popping but we're sure it will find its place over here. It features a suitable power gear ratio of 4.9:1 (watch out for higher retrieve rates if you're using for more traditional fishing styles), a well-regarded drag and solid metal workings.
Suspected price is likely to be £279. We hope to confirm this and acquire more details at the trade show later this month.

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As a huge musical fan, Les Misérables is one of my ultimate favourites. I've seen it three times and would go and see it again in a second. I love that it's a more serious musical, giving something a bit different to the theatre.
Les Misérables is the world's longest running musical and is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. Les Misérables opened at the Barbican Theatre in London on October 8 1985, moving to the Palace Theatre two months later where it remained until April 2004. Since then, the Queen's Theatre has been the home of the show.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the musical was written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and directed by Trever Nunn and John Caird and has won eight Tony Awards. Starting in Paris in 1980, the show ran for three months but an English version was soon to be created. British producer Cameron Mackintosh heard the recordings of the musical and began producing the new musical, which would be in production for two years before it opened.
Les Misérables follows one man's emotional struggle from wrongful imprisonment to becoming a respected member of French society. The story revolves around Jean Valjean's attempt at starting a new life, however one man, Inspector Javert, is determined to seek him out and send him back to prison. The story also sees the students' revolt against authority, a love triangle and a blackmailing couple out to make the most out of any situation.
The musical was originally panned by critics on its opening night at the Barbican; calling it "glum" and criticising its length (it is 3 hours long!) however audiences loved it and allowed the show to continue its run.
2010 marked the 25th anniversary of Les Misérables and saw the production play at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End as well as a touring cast take the show all over the country. The celebrate its anniversary, a huge concert was staged at the O2 arena in London which featured both old and new cast members, including Alfie Boe, Nick Jonas from the Jonas Brothers and Matt Lucas from Little Britain. During the finale, the concert cast were joined by the London and touring casts as well as the original 1985 cast, including Colm Wilkinson and Michael Ball to perform "One Day More".
Les Misérables in numbers
42: The number of countries the show has been performed in.
56 million: The number of people who have seen the show.
40: The number of cast recordings.
308: The number of cities the show has been performed in.
45,000: The number of performances seen worldwide.
75: The number of major theatre awards the show has won.
10,000: The number of performances seen in London alone.
The musical has seen a recent increase in popularity due to Susan Boyle's first audition on Britain's Got Talent. Her performance of the Les Misérables song "I Dreamed a Dream" became an instant internet hit and was seen all over the world, therefore giving Les Misérables more publicity and bringing in a new audience who may not have been aware of the show beforehand.
At the 25th anniversary concert, the four actors who have played Jean Valjean in the relevant productions all joined together to sing "Bring Him Home", one of the shows stand out numbers. The quartet also performed the number at the recent Royal Variety Performance and the song has been released with proceeds going to Tickets for Troops.
Cameron Mackintosh has recently signed the contracts to make a movie version of the musical with Working Title.
Les Misérables is a fantastic, unique musical which never fails to give me goosebumps and I strongly urge you to go and see it, you will not be disappointed.


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Mommy Vegas Idea #34
Hot 7 Family-Friendly Vegas Freebies
This week was the 7th anniversary of our family, so the Lucky #7 has been hot on my mind! I tried to come up with the best things we'd done and seen over our last seven years, but only came up with oodles and ooldes of subcategories. So, in honor of that beautiful day, I had the privilege of saying "I do," here is our very first Mommy Vegas' Hot 7 List! Don't worry, there will be more!
Sure there are plenty of freebies in Vegas. There is no shortage of open air markets and farmers markets, shopping malls, Strip-Side shows, street entertainers, fantastic parks, and tours, but when you're trying to make every moment count, you don't want to be wasting time with lackluster shows, or worse, spectacles that simply aren't age appropriate. The best part of all these great freebies, is they leave more in your budget to treat yourself to something a little more extravagant when you do choose to dine or take in a headline show! Now these are just our faves in the valley, the slightly out of town list is soon to come, but in the mean time, here are our Vegas faves for families with kids:
- Bellagio Fountains and Conservatory – Dancing water, great music, beautiful flowers to excite the senses, a huge chocolate fountain, who could ask for anything more? One of the best parts of this beautiful property is the easily accessible parking structure, the location of which allows you to completely avoid the smoky casino if you are only headed to the Atrium and Fountains (simply exit via the main entrance near the front desk and cruise down the ramp to the left). See our previous post here!
- Bass Pro Shops and Silverton Aquarium – The Silverton Aquarium is truly amazing as huge fish bowls go. We love to grab a bite to-go and sit tank-side for a picnic with the fishes. The little ones are bound to make a few finned friends! Check out their website for days and times to take in their free interactive fish feeding and mermaid shows. Once you've had your fill of fins, tour Bass Pro to get up close and personal with animals from around the world, granted, they're not particularly interactive, but you are unlikely to find such an extensive collection for free viewing! For a more detailed post and some free printables click here.
- The Container Park – Live entertainment, over-sized blocks, a huge treehouse and a fire-belching preying mantis, and that's just the free stuff! Spend a couple bucks and enjoy some diverse and tasty fare, or even do a little shopping.
- Clark County Wetlands Park and Visitors Center – This may be our favorite spot, but its riding a little lower on the list because it is a little farther from the rest of the action. This hidden oasis is unknown to most tourists and a good deal of locals, but nestled at the far East side of Tropicana there is a rich riparian area that's simply teaming with wildlife, and much much more! You won't have to look far for helpful, knowledgeable volunteers and staff, seemingly endless walking, hiking and biking trails, and a beautifully curated visitors center with plenty for little hands and eyes to explore. Check out a detail post here! If you have preschoolers, you won't want to miss Nature Tykes! You can see more on that here.
- Town Square – Why not get lost… and found, at the Children's Park at Town Square?! The entire property is a nice place to spend a few hours, or even the day, from the Whole Foods Market, abundance of restaurants and various anchors and specialty shops (there are really too many amazing stores to list, you just have to check it out), to the movie theater, GameWorks, and adjacent Fry's Electronics (for those of you into exploring the various themes of Fry's nationwide… if you don't do this already, it's totally worth looking up Fry's in every city you visit). Sorry for the "squirrel! moment", now back to the freebies! In the center of Town Square you'll find Children's Park with several tree house play structures, a hedge maze, kid's stage where your kids can put on the impromptu production of their choice, restrooms and drinking fountains, and a seasonal water feature. There are no food or drinks allowed in the play area, but have no fear, there is a perfect place to picnic in the grassy area right outside the gates. For us, no trip is complete without a quick trip to the nearby Teavana to test the latests samples and grab an iced drink to share. Forgot a picnic? There are plenty of walk-up vendors in the park area, or venture down to Whole Foods and grab a little something to bring back and share… particularly on Wednesdays!
- M&M World Store and Free 3D Movie – 4 levels and 28,000 sqft of rainbow chocolatey fun. This place is amusing even if you're not into the candy-coated treats. You can tour free and watch the movie for free, but will you be able to resist the urge to use their one-of-a-kind M&M printer? You can seriously print your very own custom M&Ms! That may be a worthwhile souvenir, granted, they may not last long for some!
- Wildlife Habitat at Flamingo – Though relatively small, the courtyard of the Flamingo has a hidden sanctuary full of exotic birds, turtles and fish. While most would expect flamingos to make an appearance, you may be surprised at the diversity of this lush hideaway, including pelicans, various wood ducks, ibis, parrots, coy, swans, and much more.
Honorable Mentions
- Ethyl M. Chocolate Factory Tour and Tasting – Take the free self-guided tour and see the factory at work, then taste the wares! What's more, their incredible cactus garden features over 300 species of plants, making it one of the largest demonstrations of desert plants in the state. Free chocolate is fun year round, but the scene is extra fun around the Winter Holidays when you'll find the cactus garden all gussied up in lights, and Santa and his elves standing by for personal consults and photos. New in 2015, around Valentine's Day the garden is dressed up in love for a romantic evening stroll through the glowing cactus display. Check their website for other seasonal events!
- Fremont Street Experience – A few years ago, Fremont Street would have been higher on my list of family fun, and it's still a kick for a fun adult outing. But while the skyline is consistently appealing, and there are oodles of fun vendors, performers, ziplines, and cheap fun eats, the characters only get more "colorful" or rather, less colorful and more, um naked, as night falls. I don't mind the people watching, but I choose to avoid the long conversations with the kiddos and feel many parents may feel likewise, if not more strongly. So if you find yourself kid-less, this is a super amusing place to enjoy live music, cheap food, 12.5 million synchronized LED lights, street vendors and who knows what else. That being said, it is possible to have a great time with kids in tow, just avoid going too late. It gets progressively busier and more scandalous after the first showing. So check the seasonal schedule (click "download schedule" for best results) and try to get there early to avoid some of the crazier less family-friendly antics.
- Sunset Stampede at Sam's Town – The Sam's Town atrium is home to Mystic Falls, the location of the Sunset Stampede Laser Light and Fountain Show, that happens daily starting at 2 pm and reoccurs every 2 hours until 10 pm. This show is fun though a bit campy, it is best suited for younger children, particularly toddlers, preschoolers and younger elementary school children. For a more detailed description and a fun printable click here.
- Strolling the Strip – While this is a must for visitors, we forget as locals how amazing it all is! Go enjoy the Strip all over again, right around sunset. The kids will love watching as the lights just start to go on. For a little added fun make a game of it, see if you can guess where some visitors call home… why not ask and see if you guessed correctly? Too shy to engage a stranger? Why not have a scavenger hunt. Form two teams (or more if you have a bigger group) and make a list of crazy things to find… we used to do this in high school with disposable cameras, but why not use your camera phone to share and compare your finds over ice cream or coffee when you're done! Looking for a more simple hunt, here's our Letter Hunt our little reader and emerging reader love!
- Gilcrease Orchard– It is free to enter the orchard, but you pay for the fresh Vegas grown produce you pick by the pound. As I've never left without spending a few bucks this beautiful old farm, located on the far Northwest side of town, didn't make the freebie list, but if you're looking for an inexpensive way to spend the day, it's totally worth the drive for locals (or visitors that are looking to get a more diverse Vegas experience). While you're there, don't miss out on the delicious farm fresh favorites like peanut and almond butters, honey, cider and various other seasonal treats. Here is one of our earlier posts featuring the orchard!
Happy Cheap Skating!


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AT&T Falsely Blames The FCC For Company's Failure To Block Annoying Robocalls
from the nice-tap-dance deptLast year, the FCC made it abundantly clear in an announcement (pdf) that it was giving the green light to carriers that wanted to offer consumers robocall blocking technologies. Numerous companies like Time Warner Cable and Verizon quickly complied, integrating services like Nomorobo in order to help consumers block annoying telemarketers from disrupting dinner time. Independent California ISP Sonic even went so far as to praise the FCC in a blog post, welcoming the FCC's clarification that offering call blocking technology won't violate call-completion rules.
Then there's AT&T.
In an interesting back and forth with the Dallas Morning News, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson joins us plebeians in complaining about robocalls, the day after Consumer's Union delivered a petition to the CEO with more than 600,000 consumers urging AT&T action. But when asked why AT&T isn't following other companies in the industry and actually doing something about it, the CEO first tried to tap dance around the question, before ultimately trying to blame the FCC for the company's own inaction:
"But didn't the FCC just give you that permission last year for phone companies to install stricter call-blocking services?Right, except that's bullshit. Again, the FCC made it perfectly clear that offering call-blocking services is absolutely no problem. When pressed further by the Consumerist as to why AT&T isn't helping consumers out, a spokesman tries to claim that the technology just doesn't exist to differentiate between legitimate and illegitimate calls:
"There will be rules around this," Stephenson said. "We don't go in and just start discriminately blocking calls going to people without their permission, without the appropriate authority. I don't want to be on the front page because we blocked somebody's call, if it was a life-saving call of some kind, right?"
"Last year, the FCC gave us authority to implement technology to allow consumer-initiated robocall blocking. However, there are no technologies currently available that can accurately distinguish illegal robocalls from legitimate calls, which could include emergency calls," reads the statement.Again though: bullshit. One, this hasn't been a problem for any other large company; companies like Time Warner Cable and Verizon that have offered such services face no such problems. AT&T also forgets to mention that it already offers a call-blocking service for landline customers (to the tune of an extra $8.50 per month) with apparently no such issues. And of course, given that AT&T was the one that effectively made mouseprint binding arbitration a permanent fixture in America, annoyed consumers wouldn't be able to sue AT&T anyway:
"In fact, many robocallers even spoof legitimate phone numbers, making it even more challenging. As a matter of law, we don't have permission to block legitimate calls – that is a violation of the Communications Act. We're continuing our work to find a solution that can identify illegal robocalls 100% of the time. Until then, we cannot risk blocking legitimate calls from consumers. But in the interim, although not a perfect solution, consumers can use apps like Nomorobo to block these calls."
"Of course, even if AT&T screwed up and deployed a horrible call-blocker that caused you to miss only important calls, you couldn't sue the company. The 2011 Supreme Court ruling in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion upheld the use of forced arbitration clauses and class-action bans in customer contracts. So not only can't you take AT&T to court if it breaks the law, you can't enter into a group arbitration with other AT&T customers."Caring about the customer in this way just isn't in AT&T's corporate DNA. Remember, this is a company in the last few years that has been fined for ripping off programs for low-income families, settled a lawsuit for helping scammers rip off IP relay services for the hearing impaired, and paid an $18 million settlement to the government after it was found to be making bills intentionally harder to understand to help crammers. This isn't the kind of company to give a damn whether robocall blocking technology is blocking legitimate calls, unless there's some undisclosed financial and marketing/robocall relationships at play that benefit AT&T.
Filed Under: call completion, fcc, randall stephenson, robocalls
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Frozen mammoths on display at Tokyo exhibit
TOKYO (The Japan News/ANN) - Frozen mammoth specimens excavated from Siberia region, are on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo.
TOKYO (The Japan News/ANN) - Frozen mammoth specimens excavated from Siberia region, are on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo.
Frozen mammoth specimens excavated from permafrost in Russia's Siberia region, including some world firsts, are on display at an exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Koto Ward, Tokyo.
Featured at "The Mammoth" exhibition, which kicked off Friday, are about 40 items, including frozen specimens of a horse and other species that lived alongside mammoths, in addition to the bones and hairs of those extinct mammals.
Among highlights, the frozen trunk of a woolly mammoth is being shown for the first time in the world, while the head of a Yukagir mammoth, which was also featured at Expo 2005 Aichi, still has its skin and hair. These exhibits show what those animals looked like in prehistoric times.
"I'm glad that some precious frozen specimens that have been discovered in our country are being shown in Japan," said Semyon Grigoriev, director at the Mammoth Museum in Russia's Sakha Republic and a supervisor for the exhibition, during a preview on Thursday.
Writer Seiko Ito, who also serves as supervisor, said during the preview that global warming and the development of refrigeration technology are the contributing factors for people to be able to view mammoths today, and why an exhibition like this can be organized.
"Whether a mammoth can be revived, which scientists have been researching, is related to the question of how humans will deal with life in the future," Ito said.
The exhibition, for which The Yomiuri Shimbun is among the organizers, is divided into three sections, "Past," "Present" and "Future," to showcase mainly frozen specimens discovered in the Sakha Republic, where the permafrost has thawed due mainly to global warming.
By also showing extinct creatures living in the same era, the exhibition aims to encourage visitors to reflect on that prehistoric time, as well as on today's cutting-edge life science technology.
The woolly mammoth's trunk, discovered in 2013, dates back to about 32,700 years ago. A female, the mammoth is estimated to have been between 65 to 75 years old, and visitors can see the trunk in every detail up to the top end, which was used to eat grass and drink water.
It is rare to find a specimen of a mammoth trunk in good condition because the part can easily get cut off, according to organizers.
Another highlight, the skin from the hind legs to the buttocks of a woolly mammoth measuring 1.8 meters by 1.38 meters. Discovered last year, the skin is believed to have belonged to a male aged 50 to 60 years old that stood 3.5 meters tall. Visitors can see pores on the skin.
The exhibition also has a section that re-creates a laboratory at Kindai University, which aims to revive a mammoth using cells from frozen specimens.
"The Mammoth" opens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 4 and is closed on Tuesdays, except for July 23-Aug. 27 and Oct. 22.
Admission is ¥1,800 for those aged 19 or older, ¥1,400 for elementary school students to those aged 18, and ¥900 for preschoolers from age 4.


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GMCLA's 6th Annual Voice Awards – Kickoff Party!
(LOS ANGELES) – MAR. 22, 2017 – The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles will once again be celebrating at the annual Voice Awards Gala at the JW Marriot in downtown Los Angeles on May 20th. GMCLA Board Members and Gala Co-Chairs Michael Pusnik and Gary Turner, welcomed over 100 community leaders, donors and supporters of GMCLA at a beautiful Gala kick-off cocktail party at the Sunset Marquis Hotel. Joining them were GMCLA Board Chairman John Duran along with Executive Director Jonathan Weedman and the GMCLA Team.
Don't miss out on what will be a spectacular and moving evening to raise funds for GMCLA's education and community outreach programs!
For more information go to GMCLA.org


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"Yes" is good. It means we get what we want. It means that things are going our way. It means "smooth" and "coordinated" and "successful" and "happy." Except that it doesn't.
In corporate negotiation, the only real answer is "no." Company A wants to sign a contract with Company B for services. They have a long and unified history of working together, and they expect no snags in the deal. How do they write the contract? What do you put in a contract? Exactly what you agree to do for one another? Do you spell it all out? Do you imagine every node at which you will interact and establish metrics to determine performance?
How about your marriage? You have a contract. Do you spell out exactly what you will do for one another? In sickness and in health, yada yada yada, long list of reasonable activities?
The only real definition of the contract is its edges. Where is the limit to what you're agreeing to do? At what point does one party overstep the expectation and require renegotiation? This sounds harsh, doesn't it? Are you uncomfortable? Most people are uncomfortable at the edges.
Company A needs to know when Company B will not provide its services. Those conditions, spelled out, determine the boundary of that contract. They are vital pieces of information. Everything within that boundary is open for further negotiation, but everything outside of that boundary requires a new contract. This is what makes it possible for Company A and Company B to do business with one another.
Are they going to spell out expectations within those boundaries? Absolutely. Are they going to specify goals and objectives and create a framework for their future work, yet unimagined? If they're smart. Can they begin that negotiation before they have those boundaries? Unfortunately, many try.
The carryovers are direct. Most of us grow up learning to be agreeable, to be polite, and to not make waves. We are trained to give "yes" answers, and many times, trained to deny our boundaries. A child talks back. That's not very "nice," because nice people always say yes. We communicate that that child cannot specify a boundary, and eventually, that she does not exist as a person and has no boundary. How does a child know when it is okay to say, "no, you cannot do that to me, because I am an entity separate from you"? Do we give counsel about how to set those limits, since she's only 2? Of course. But she has to have some latitude to choose some boundaries sometimes.
Otherwise, that child grows into an adult who cannot say no, because everything good and right about character is based on saying "yes." "No" is a bad word, a denial of service to others, selfishness ingrained. This person has no boundary, because anyone, anywhere, can walk up to her and demand anything of her, and she must say "yes."
"No" is the answer of freedom. It is the limit of our obligation to others, but paradoxically the area in which we act with complete integrity with one another. Even God established limits for us. He said, "these are the things you must NOT do if you are to remain in contract with me. These are the boundaries of your activities, if you wish to be called mine. As long as you stay within these, you may work and act and make choices, and I'm okay with that. Outside of these lines, you lose my assistance."
We have a choice to go outside those edges, and that's vital for it to have any meaning to be inside them. And does he give counsel about ways that we can move those boundaries, sharing with us goals and objectives and a framework of defined excellence? You bet. It is the hollowest of contracts if it is only the edges.
Inside of those lines, we maintain a relationship with God, qualify for his assistance, and act with integrity to require even more of ourselves, in relation to him and to each other. He does not require more, but we are free to give more. Just as Company A does not require Company B to double check the integrity of data processes, if Company B does this with an eye toward their agreed objectives, the corporate relationship is strengthened. Company B does nothing to earn a contract renewal, if it does only what is required in the contract. The "no," the limit of the contract, is what frees Company B to excel (to create any meaningful "yes.")
There is no way for us to excel, to be extraordinary, until we accurately define the limits of what is expected of us. If everything is expected of us, we will never even be adequate. This is very different from saying that everything is possible for us.
We need to get more comfortable at the edges. We need to be able to say "no" when we're truly at those edges, and we need to give others the freedom to say "no" when they're at their edges. Then we can work on all the thousand ways we creatively make "yes" of our own free will and choice. Then "smooth" and "coordinated" and "successful" and "happy" will really mean something.
If the cat never says "no" the dog is not wrong to chew on his ear. Somebody, tell the cat.


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The last time I visited MetaLES, the art region run by Romy Nayar and Ux Hax, it was to visit Romy's brilliant Sparkys, which I wrote about here.
Since then, I've not really had a chance to drop in and see what's going on, so when both Honour and Ziki poked me about a new celebratory installation there that had just opened (and which will remain open until August 13th, 2015) as a celebration of MetaLES and its support group, ..O.., I knew I'd had to pop along and take a look.
Distrito Disinto – or Different Districts, if you prefer, presents a concept that's simple enough: the visitor is taken on a journey through a series of rooms, or "districts", as if travelling through, or with, a festival. Within each room, an artist has established a setting inspired by a song, and in which the song and art are presented together. Simple in concept maybe, but beautifully intricate and delightfully imaginative in execution.
On arrival, visitors "purchase" a ticket (they're actually free) from the box office. This delivers a teleport HUD (just grant it permission to act on your avatar when worn), and some introductory notes. Then all that's required is to ensure local sounds enabled, as the audio isn't streamed, but played in-world, and the region's windlight is being used. Then it's a case of clicking on one of the musical notes in the HUD under each of the artists' names. For the sake of convenience, I took the destinations in their numerical order.
The artists who have actively contributed to the installation are Betty Tureaud (musical piece: She's a Rainbow by the Rolling Stones); Giovanna Cerise (Innuendo by Queen); JadeYu Fhang (What Your Soul Sings by Massive Attack); Maya Paris (Oh, Bondage! Up Yours! by X-Ray Spex); Cica Ghost (Lullaby by The Cure); Rebeca Bashly (Chop Suey by System of a Down); Bryn Oh (Keep the Streets Empty for Me by Fever Ray); Romy Nayar (Nuit d'hiver (Chloé) by Mylène Farmer); Alpha Auer (Grid Factory by Alpha Auer); and Eupalinos Ugajin (Rockingchair by Estudio, Trabajo Y Fusil!).
Selavy Oh is also listed as a contributing artist, but there is no corresponding teleport option in the HUD. I assume this is because Selavy was unable to participate and the introductory note card was not updated.
To describe each of the pieces offered would be to negate the point of seeing them yourself. Suffice it to say that each offers an interesting interpretation on the subject matter of the chosen song, which ranges from the thought-provoking through to the light-hearted and witty, to some hints of pathos through to outright irreverence in the most wonderful of ways (who else could mix Oh Bondage, Up Yours!, Diana Rigg's Mrs Emma Peel, Eartha Kitt's Catwoman and flying saucers so brilliantly, than Maya Paris 🙂 ).
However, and while I enjoyed all the pieces on offer through the installation, and really don't want to appear as if I'm singling any out over the others (not the least because those who collaborated represent some of my favourite artists), I have to say I was particularly drawn to Alpha Auer's Grid Factory. There is a nuanced beauty to this piece that's suggestive of many things, and return visits have drawn me back to it perhaps just a little more than some of the other pieces here. Be sure to pick-up your Grid Factory avatar from Alpha when you visit.
I also confess to enjoying Bryn's interpretation of Keep the Streets Empty for Me, which offers an interactive piece that's best shared – thank you to Gem, Kate and Tutsy in joining me for a little house building – or is that house clearing?
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Home > G. Tumoral pathology > Molecular pathology of tumors > Genetic anomalies > Cancer cytogenetics > Tumoral chromosomal rearrangements > 1q12-22 rearrangements
1q12-22 rearrangements
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1q12-22 breaks
Abnormalities of chromosome arm 1q have frequently been reported in B-cell lymphomas and correlated with poor outcome.
Five genes mapped to this region (BCL9, MUC1, FCGR2B, IRTA1, and RTA2) have been shown to be deregulated by juxtaposition with the IG genes.
Other anomalies of the 1q21-22 region are not involved in translocations with the IG genes.
Unbalanced translocations resulting in trisomy 1q and involving breakpoints at 1q12-21 18% of hepatoblastoma (a malignant embryonal liver tumor that occurs almost exclusively in infants and very young children). (15981236)
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1q12 region
Cytogenetic evaluation of a large series of hepatoblastomas: numerical abnormalities with recurring aberrations involving 1q12-q21. Tomlinson GE, Douglass EC, Pollock BH, Finegold MJ, Schneider NR. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2005 Oct;44(2):177-84. PMID: 15981236
Itoyama T, Nanjungud G, Chen W, Dyomin VG, Teruya-Feldstein J, Jhanwar SC, Zelenetz AD, Chaganti RS. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of genomic instability at the 1q12-22 chromosomal site in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2002 Dec;35(4):318-28. PMID: 12378526


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LOS ANGELES — Edelman's US Western region president Cricket Wardein, who was considered a rising star at the firm, has left the agency after six years.
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In case you didn't know, Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey are in love with each other.
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By John Higgins
Ask cable operators what's at the top of their list of financial
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"I'm worried about all of us executing," said the CEO of one MSO,
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Operators have so heavily touted the financial promise of all the new
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high-speed Internet. "The margin on these things is incredible," Levin
Cable stocks haven't been battered as badly as Internet issues, but
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index is off 30% for the year vs. 58% for Internet stock. But the S & P 500
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MediaOne Group Inc., Bresnan Communications Inc., Century
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But debt is certainly more expensive, not just because broad interest
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beginning of 1999, investors were willing to buy cable junk bonds yielding
interest of just 2% to 2.5% above comparable high-grade treasury bonds. Now the
spread to treasuries is 5% to 6%. So operators' interest costs may have gone
from 8% to as much as 12% to 13%.
This market is shaping up to be a nightmare for financiers whose
bonuses are dependent on cable deals. A few major investment bankers will be
fattened by America Online's takeover of Time Warner Inc., Cablevision's sale
of its non-New York systems and the likely sale of DBS service DirecTV.
But when it comes to straight system sales, the market looks pretty
quiet. "We're not seeing anything," said Comcast CFO John Alchin. "Maybe a few
thousand subs at a time."
The only recent buzz is Adelphia Communcations' willingness to pay
record prices for system groups that aren't obvious fits with the company's
existing clusters-and then clouding the price. The company agreed to pay
$750 million, or around $5,800 per subscriber, for a group of Maryland systems
from GS Communications. But Adelphia sought to avoid detailing the price by
blending it with a smaller deal and announcing a package bought for $5,400 per
The company has quietly agreed to pay an even higher price, $6,200 per
sub, for Daniels Cablevision's systems in California but hasn't actually
announced the deal or its price.
But those properties combined involve fewer than 200,000 subscribers.
"If we're all getting excited about those, that proves there's nothing going
on," said one investment banker.
Adelphia is widely expected to be the next seller, but dealmakers
don't expect the Rigas family that controls the company to do anything unless
stock prices dramatically recover. Most of the other top-10 players are seen as
in it for at least another three to five years, save for AT & T's perhaps
spinning off its cable operation into a separate company.
More good news is that investors' fear of competition is starting to
abate. Telephone companies, notably divisions of SBC Corp., were once
considered a harsh threat but now are looking to abandon their video
Bad news for competitors helps. After being trapped in a downdraft
most of the year, cable stocks rallied three weeks ago on news that DirecTV's
subscriber growth was starting to fall short of expectation. DirecTV and fellow
DBS provider EchoStar are MSOs' most formidable enemies, already capturing more
than 12 million homes that were cable's to lose.
The good news for operators about the dark capital markets is that it
makes it hugely difficult and expensive for overbuilders to raise cash.
Companies like Knology and Wide Open West can cause more pain for
operators because they tend to provoke price wars that DBS services have
avoided. The biggest overbuilder, RCN, raised about $4 billion when the markets
were good, so it is likely it's sufficiently funded to continue its buildout.
But other companies need further rounds of fund-raising to continue their
quest. With the market soured, though, being needy is a more of a major
corporate flaw than it was a year ago.
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Did you know there are dinosaur tracks in San Antonio? There are and they can be found at Government Canyon State Natural Area! It has more than 40 miles of hiking and biking trails. Their trail map has some cool points of interest, but surprisingly the dinosaur tracks aren't listed. As a matter of fact, I had a hard time finding much information on the topic. Maybe that's by design because they are out in the open and not protected in the least. In any case, below are some directions on how you can find them more easily.
Directions to the dinosaur tracks:
- Enter at the Backcountry Trailhead and take the Joe Johnston Route which is colored brown on the trail map.
- Continue for approximately 2.5 miles. You will pass the following trailheads in this order:
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Twin Oaks Trail
Caroline's Loop/Overlook Trail
- The dinosaur tracks are found between the Joe Johnston Route markers 19 and 20, just under the Canyon Overlook, near a riverbed.
- As an added bonus, you might continue up the Joe Johnston Route to the Zizelmann House, then start your return trip on the Overlook Trail. This will take you to the Canyon Overlook where you will have a nice view and can also see the dinosaur tracks below.
- The Overlook Trail will join back up to Caroline's Loop (go left), then Joe Johnston Route (go right) and you can return back to the Backcountry Trailhead the way you came.
- Keep in mind that the Joe Johnston Route is 5.7 miles round trip (to the Zizelmann House and back). The Overlook Trail is about a mile. Doing them both together like this is probably just over 6 miles. Depending on your speed, this could take 3-5 hours.
Some things to keep in mind:
- Take plenty of water – more than you think you'll need.
- Use sunscreen.
- If hiking, wear hiking boots, or at least good walking shoes. The terrain can get rough at times.
- If biking, wear a helmet and yield to hikers.
- Cell phone and GPS reception is spotty. This made it difficult for me to get some good vignette shots with Google Glass.
- There is a $6/person entrance fee unless you have the Texas State Parks pass ($70/year); 12 and under are also free.
- Only open Friday – Monday from 7am-10pm and some major holidays; otherwise, closed Tuesday – Thursday.
- Keep a trail map with you. There are trail patrols on bikes and they are very helpful but it's a lot of area for them to cover.
Have fun!
Update: After posting this story, I was contacted by Chris Holm, Superintendent, Government Canyon State Natural Area. He mentioned that they are in the preliminary stages of developing a partnership with the Witte Museum to help study and document the tracks this summer as well as to help develop interpretive messaging (signs, brochures, displays, etc). They do have some concerns about how to best to protect the tracks from intentional and unintentional damage. As a courtesy, please be aware of these concerns when visiting the tracks.


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I've signed up with freephoneline, purchased a VoIP key and initiated a port, which is supposed to complete tomorrow.
My brother, who is the family tech dug out a Linksys SPA2102 he had lying around and put it into service with the freephoneline number - so far, so good.
In the meantime, aside from the fact that the VoIP key charge was $10 higher than the web site indicates (a small price to pay in any case, in my opinion) I found that there was a charge to my brother's credit card (he is handling this for me because I am moving to a place that is 'out of area' for my current phone number. He told me that porting to freephoneline was the least expensive way to keep my number for my new home).
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Arts Programs in Our Local Schools
In order to reach out to our community and share the marvelous resources of our resident artists, we inaugurated an arts education program at Germantown High School in 2010. Since then our program has grown to to include work in 5 local public schools, currently serving more than 750 students and 40 teachers. We consider bringing the arts into our local schools to be a key component of our mission to promote the vitality of the arts.
Our arts education programs have ranged from one-day artists' visits in the Taconic Hills district to two-week in-school residencies focusing on innovative writing practices in the Germantown schools. We brought after-school poetry clubs to Hudson City Schools and led Chatham HS students on creative mapping walks. All our programs are developed in consultation with faculty to support school-wide learning objectives.
Check out our Resources for Teachers on incorporating the arts into the classroom.
We are proud to partner with Teachers & Writers Collaborative in NYC on many of these programs.
"The Opportunity to bring contemporary writers into the classroom has been an invaluable experience for my students. The visiting writers work with our English Department to develop a unit that engages all students while meeting learning objectives. Each lesson is designed in such a way so that students are able to think about the power of language and to create their own work. The feedback I receive from students is always genuinely positive. Many have continued with their writing, participating in local workshops and contests." — Stacy Dore, Germantown High School
Our growing arts education programming provides an unparalleled opportunity for regional schools, teachers, students, and residents to engage with practicing artists with whom we have developed relationships in the forty plus years of our existence. While State budget cuts have hit our public schools particularly hard in the area of the arts, we can help to fill that gap.
Education Committee
Overseeing our growing programs in the schools is a group of arts-in-education professionals dedicated to enhancing education with a creative and diverse arts curriculum. This group includes Cara Benson, Kristin Broussard, Jordan Dann, and Debra Kreisberg.
Cara Benson is a published writer and revered performer. Her first book of poetry, (made), reached the Small Press Distribution bestseller list and has been favorably reviewed in such publications as the Huffington Post and Brooklyn Rail. Poets & Writers Magazine has called her performing "something completely different" from the usual poetry fare. Other work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, and Best American Poetry. Benson is a trained teaching-artist through the Lincoln Center Institute and has been a visiting artist in K-12 public schools in the Capital Region as well as nationally at the Higher Education level at such institutions as Skidmore College, Rhode Island School of Design, University of California at Santa Cruz, Evergreen College, and UPENN.
For the last ten years Kirstin Broussard has worked as a lecturer and teaching artist at The Museum of Modern Art, The Jewish Museum and The Museum of Arts and Design. The exploration of multiple viewpoints through her work with special needs audiences—children with autism, adults with Alzheimer's, the blind and partially sighted—has a huge impact on both her approach to education and her work as a visual artist. Photography is the primary medium through which she explores the nature of perception both literally and metaphorically. Via performance and deliberate manipulation of the camera's mechanism, she creates narrative landscapes that simultaneously dissolve and coalesce. The laws of physics: entropy, reciprocity failure, ghost photography and a minute observation of place all play a crucial role in her work. She currently splits her time between New York and Berlin.
Jordan Dann is a Brooklyn based theatre artist, educator and experience architect. As an actor, she has appeared with Amy Brenneman in The Antigone Project at the Vineyard Playhouse; a live master class with Jason Alexander at the Huntington Theatre in Boston; QED at Boston University and the Vineyard Playhouse; The Girl in the Basement at the Boston Playwrights Theatre; and in several short films. Her one-woman show entitled Imagining Lebanon has been preformed in NYC, LA, Boston, and Colorado. A few directorial credits include 233A Play with Hands Together Collective, Star Alarm with Mud/Bone Collective, and Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet with the Shakespeare Society. She has taught at NYU, Boston University, and Colorado Mountain College; directed for Stella Adler Studios; managed and directed the Hunts Point Children's Shakespeare Ensemble with the Shakespeare Society; and designed curriculum for six plays for the Shakespeare in Schools program. As a producer, she started the Sunday Night Series at Theatre Aspen (Aspen, CO), and she is the creator of Story Swap International. She has a B.F.A. in Acting, an M.F.A in Theatre Education from Boston University, and has extensive training in Linklater Voice Technique. Jordan currently serves as Education Director for Teachers & Writers Collaborative and teaches acting for Dreamyard Art Center.
Debra Kreisberg is a New York City-based saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and educator. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with a masters in jazz performance from Manhattan School of Music, Debra performs extensively with Latin jazz super group Los Mas Valientes, award-winning klezmer bands Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, with whom she has toured in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and leads two new, original jazz projects: The Highliners and the East Harlem Trio. She has performed with Natalie Merchant, the Rochester Philharmonic, Hazmat Modine, jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey and freelances widely throughout New York City. She has been heard on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN Worldbeat, SiriusXM Radio, Ebru TV's Rhythm and Roots and on Showtime's The L Word.
A committed and passionate educator, Debra served for eight years as Managing Director of Educational Outreach in the Arts at 92nd Street Y, where she developed and implemented of one of the largest arts-in-education programs in New York City, serving over 6,000 elementary and middle school students annually. These programs prioritize innovative and high-quality music, dance, visual art and theater arts as an integral part of the core curriculum of public schools, creating lasting partnerships between classroom teachers, teaching artists, students and parents. Debra continues to serve on the faculty of 92Y School of Music, as well as Bronx House School of Performing Arts and maintains her own private woodwind teaching studio.
These programs are made possible with grants from The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Hudson River Bank & Trust, Staples & The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
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Future of Offshore outsourcing
In a recent study conducted around the world, 91% of the existing businesses opined that they would continue outsourcing। The scenario of outsourcing still seems to be emerging. Customer call centers, logistics /distribution, core products & services are some of the major areas to outsource, according to businesses in the emerging markets. India and the economies like Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the UAE were covered by the survey.
Apprehensions and doubts about the future of IT outsourcing is looming large in India and the reason in every case is obvious; the rupee appreciation। The rise in the value of Indian Rupee in international standard is the cause behind worry. For, software and other IT professionals are available in India in a comparatively less wage which is the sole advantageous point for the multinationals to opt for outsourcing. With the rise in rupee, the outsourcing partner may not find it feasible to continue outsourcing as international would not be able to spend more hampering their profits.
The alternative options of outsourcing like Philippines, Bangladesh etc। may stem into the foray, but how long it will persist is a matter of concern. According to the study outsourcing has so far been beneficial to the offshore partners without much dissatisfaction of service providers.
End goal always being to run a more efficient business profitably, the offshore partners' need is to be taken care of. Development centers of outsourcing need to be equipped well with proper model and methodology.
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Sciatica, you know that pain that runs down your leg. The pain that drives you crazy and stops you enjoying so many activities. It nags away and even makes you feel tired and grumpy.
Tip 4 - Keep moving. You do not need to move fast but you need to move. If you rest and do not move at all, muscles will tighten quicker. This is why you may pain is worse in the morning after a nights sleep. Movement helps to keep the pelvis moving, the spinal joints eased and the muscles relaxed.
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The sciatic nerve is located deep in the muscles of the buttocks, originating from the sacral plexus and running distally along the thigh with its branches to the shank and foot. It is an important nerve of the lower extremities, for both motor and sensory purposes.
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In chronic cases of sciatic neuritis, the pain is associated with adhesion around the nerve. "Lying, sitting and standing" is a great treatment for this condition, providing an opportunity to exercise the sciatic nerve by tightening and relaxing it and helping relieve adhesion and alleviate pain after repeated practice.
The key points to preventing or reducing back pain or
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If you focus on the specific area of your back pain when treating the problem you may achieve a temporary improvement, or you may irritate and inflame the area, but either way you will do nothing to deal with the cause of why the back pain is there in the first place.
Tip 3 - Balance your Pelvis. When you pelvis twists, the Piriformis muscle tightens, the lower spinal joints stiffen and sciatica occurs. Re-balance the pelvis and tension eases quickly. You can check if your pelvis is okay by lying down. Place a hand under each side of the pelvis at belt height. See if there is one side that is easier to slide your hand under. If so then you pelvis is out of balance. This is only one test, for the other 3 see the links below.
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Your nerves are positioned strategically in your spinal column. Depending on how you treat your spine, whether you are sitting or standing, can dramatically effect how your nerves react. Prevention is sometimes the best medicine. If exercises for sciatica are given to you, it is in your best interest to use them religiously because procrastination can lead to a very painful ending. First hand experience can tell you this is a fact.
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Sciatica is a painful inflammation of the sciatic nerve, usually neuritis, but it may also result from pressure by tumor or inflammation of the neighboring bones, tendons or muscles, particularly by protruding intervertebral disc. In an acute case of protrusion of intervertebral disc, there is a cutting pain that radiates from the iliacsacral region to the foot, causing an inability to walk. When it becomes chronic, the patient will feel a dull stretching pain and have difficulty walking.
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There is a saying in China: "A door-hinge is never worm-eaten." It means that appropriate motion can prevent strain. Therefore, a sciatica patient should not keep motionless for fear of pain. Keeping motionless will aggravate the symptoms.
Most people can recall some experience with Back Pain or Sciatica during their lives, either as a sufferer themselves or through knowing someone who was. Searching for information you can uncover volumes of advice on lower back pain, upper back pain,
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object. Getting injured can be life changing and there are many ways that can lead to healing. Doctors can give you advice. Surgery in my family is always a last option. You can prevent a trip to the emergency room by working to keep yourself healthy and exercising regularly.
2. Sitting: Sit upright on a mat or on the floor with the legs straight in front, the feet flexed so that the heels touch the ground and the hands placed fiat on the
Tip 2 - Stretch your Piriformis muscle. A tight Piriformis muscle is the most common cause of
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To determine the cause is the most important thing in the treatment of
. If the pain is caused by pressure from outside the nerve, the pressure should be relieved. If
is the result of an inflammation, bed rest, analgesics, acupuncture and massage therapy are indicated. In chronic cases, the following system of physical therapy is advised.
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The quality of life decreases dramatically, family life suffers, and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness and depression can overwhelm the sufferer and family members. The sciatic nerve travels down each buttock into the legs. Sciatica pain can reveal itself from the rear, back of the leg and areas of the foot. The leg can GET PAINFUL or just having pulling sensations; numbness or tingling can be another sign.
Tip 1 - in the first 48 hours use ice. If you use ice in the first 48 hours, the majority of sciatica will disappear before it starts. Put ice on the area for 10 minutes, rest for 10 minutes and then repeat the process two more times. Ice is only effective for the first 48 hours, so don't delay using it. This is the first amazing tip of sciatica home treatment and one most people fail to use...
Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, and has been in practice since 1991. His newly launched web site The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com - strives to give you valuable and expert advice, tips and information on your back pain issues.
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Proper Sciatica Exercises to Reduce Sciatica Pain
Exercise plays a leading role in treating sciatica. There are many sciatica exercises. These exercises are one the best ways of treating sciatica. They specifically target the muscles in lower back, thighs and abdomen area. Though doctors advise bed rest in case of acute sciatica pain, the muscles are still weak and this again brings back pain if physically demanding activities are...
A Guide To Exercises for Sciatica
Why Exercise is Important Many doctors, physical therapists and other health practitioners recommend exercises for sciatica treatment and prevention. While bed rest or inactivity might be advised for the first day or so, extended activity allows the muscles to weaken and the pain can become worse. Sciatica exercises help to strengthen and stretch the muscles that support the back,...
Top 5 Tips to Treat and Prevent Sciatica
Many people think of sciatica, symptoms of which include pain down the leg, some numbness and weakness of the limbs as just another case of lower back pain and believe that with sufficient rest, the pain will go away. However, sciatica is a little more serious than that. Occasionally, the sciatic nerve roots - which start at the base of the spine and stretch all the way to the feet through the...
Referred Pain from the lumbar spine?
A Pain deep in the cheeks of your bottom can be referred from the lower back. There does not necessarily have to be pain in the lower back as well for pain to be referred into the buttocks. What are the symptoms of pain referred from the back? An aching in the buttocks that is difficult to pinpoint. The slump test may reproduce buttock pain which is eased when the neck is relaxed...
Sciatica Exercises - the Good and the Bad
Sciatica exercises are an important part of both short and long-term treatment, but it is critical to choose the right exercises. Even commonly-recommended exercises for sciatica may not be indicated during times of severe acute symptoms, and some exercises may only make things worse. For example, while commonly recommended to people with sciatica, exercises such as hamstring stretches and...
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