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“Extraordinary for its craft and emotional impression . . . [Ethan Canin is] a author of large expertise and charm.”
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“Character is destiny,” wrote Heraclitus–and during this number of 4 unforgettable tales, we meet humans suffering to appreciate themselves and the unforeseen turns their lives have taken. In “Accountant,” a critical corporation guy turns into enthusiastic about the exceptional luck of a reckless early life buddy. “Batorsag and Szerelem” tells the tale of a boy’s fascination with the mysterious existence and invented language of his brother, a math prodigy. In “City of damaged Hearts,” a divorced father attempts to fathom the styles of recent relationships. And in “The Palace Thief,” a background instructor at an particular boarding university displays at the vicissitudes of an entire life reference to a scholar scoundrel. A amazing fulfillment via one in all America’s best writers, this great quantity unearths the moments of perception that remove darkness from daily lives.
“Captivating . . . a heartening tribute to the shape . . . a beautiful performance.”
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“A version of wit, knowledge, and empathy. Chekhov might have liked its frank renderings and quirky ironies.”
By O. Henry
Eighty brief tales by means of a grasp of the style
O. Henry's comedian eye and particular, ironic method of life's realities are unequalled. those stories—about con males and tricksters and "innocent" deceivers, approximately destiny, good fortune, and coincidence—have extremely joyful generations of readers. Set in long island and the West, in principal the US and the South, they show O. Henry's mastery of speech and position, and spotlight his appreciation of life's quirks.
For greater than seventy years, Penguin has been the major writer of vintage literature within the English-speaking global. With greater than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a world bookshelf of the easiest works all through heritage and throughout genres and disciplines. Readers belief the series to supply authoritative texts more desirable through introductions and notes by way of unusual students and modern authors, in addition to up-to-date translations through award-winning translators.
By Stuart Evers
Your Father Sends His Love heralds the strong American debut of a daring new literary talent.
Stuart Evers writes with uncanny mental acuity. The creative, dependent tales in Your Father Sends His Love remove darkness from the precarious and electrifying connections among mom and dad and youngsters. Evers’s unforgettable characters lengthy to fix relationships that experience faltered or that by no means really started. A unmarried father is going to penal complex for avenging a hate crime perpetrated opposed to his homosexual son; a mom returns domestic to her husband and kids after an affair; an getting older grandfather mediates among his quarreling son and granddaughter; a guy waits on the pub, frantically directory issues he may possibly say to a discomfort friend.
With wit, subtlety, and unusual sensitivity, Evers captures these pivotal moments among mom and dad and kids while feelings are urgently felt but very unlikely to specific. during this, he explores new geographical regions of ardour and estrangement. together with his unique, vigorous prose, Evers crafts a gaggle of news that discover familial love in all of its forms.
By Emma Donoghue
A coach coaxes his liked elephant onto a boat sporting him to a lifetime of reputation. A mom searches for her female child, despatched away on a teach headed west. A teenage soldier wrestles together with his judgment of right and wrong faraway from domestic.
The attention-grabbing characters who roam the pages of Emma Donoghue's tales have all long past off course. they're emigrants, runaways, drifters, gold miners and counterfeiters, lawyers and slaves. They pass numerous borders. They go back and forth for romance or funds, incognito or below duress.
the distinguished writer of Room transports us from Puritan Massachusetts to Revolutionary-era New Jersey, from antebellum Louisiana to a road in Toronto, lights up 4 centuries of wanderings that experience profound echoes within the current and supplying us a relocating meditation on stressed instances.
By Jonathan Carroll
Defined via Michael Dirda within the Washington submit as 'sexy, eery and addictive', the fiction of Jonathan Carroll happens on the element the place the standard turns into notable, the typical turns into unsettling, and but the place we still continuously realize the tales being instructed simply because they're continually approximately ourselves and what occurs in our private, occasionally darkest hearts.
Always greater often called a novelist--readers first skilled Carroll s based, eloquent, wondrous, bad and sometimes surreal fiction in his vintage debut The Land of guffaws, which he with Bones of the Moon, slumbering in Flame, a toddler around the Sky, and others--Carroll has additionally created a compelling and deeply relocating physique of brief fiction. probably extra eclectic and slant-wise than a few of his novels, tales like global myth Award successful 'Friend's top guy' and Pushcart Prize and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire honouree 'Home at the Rain' stand among his best possible work.
The girl Who Married a Cloud: accrued tales is the simplest and so much whole number of Jonathan Carroll's fiction ever released. It collects 38 tales written throughout a thirty yr lengthy occupation, a host showing right here in print for the 1st time, in one landmark quantity that stands because the excellent advent to this detailed and lovely author.
By Jennifer S. Davis
Set opposed to the backdrop of the Deep South, those 9 haunting tales discover enormous themes–authenticity, the relinquishing of formative years, the recognition of desires lost–in a manner that eventually affirms the act of residing and the price of human relationships. In “Giving Up the Ghost,” a guy sits beside a deadly motor vehicle destroy to proportion the final moments of a stranger’s existence. In “Witnessing,” a tender girl befriends her lover’s in poor health spouse. In “Rapture,” a housewife’s unforeseen romantic come across in the course of a twister rocks her tidy suburban existence.
How will we develop into who we're? And what makes us love each other? With empathy, wit, and gorgeous language, Davis blends the genuine and the purported to create a kaleidoscope of the human heart.
Praise for Our Former Lives in Art
“Davis creates magnificently conflicted characters with low key stylistic panache.”
“Davis stocks with different southern girl short-story writers, akin to Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty, a feeling of savour of the absurdity operating throughout the human condition.”
–Booklist (starred assessment)
"A paintings of deep emotional resonance and acute mental power"
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"Unusually insightful and gorgeously written, those robust tales show how occasionally the main unforeseen discoveries within the current can remove darkness from the prior and alter anyone forever. Jennifer Davis is not just an writer to observe, she's one to read–now."
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By Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver’s 3rd choice of tales, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, together with the canonical titular tale approximately blindness and studying to go into the very diversified international of another. those twelve tales mark a turning aspect in Carver’s paintings and “overflow with the chance, pleasure, secret and threat of existence. . . . Carver is a author of astounding compassion and honesty. . . . his eye set in simple terms on describing and revealing the realm as he sees it. His eye is so transparent, it nearly breaks your middle” (Jonathan Yardley, Washington put up booklet World).
From the e-book edition.
Please note: because the identify exhibits, those tales are offered of their unique Spanish, with English page-by-page translations. The "Language" box within the add shape basically shall we me decide upon one language, so I've selected English.
Reflecting the range of contemporary Spanish literature, those tales diversity from the pointy insights of Gabriel García Marquez's María dos Prazeres to Isabel Allende's strong evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian Walimai, the misleading simplicity of Javier Marías's On the Honeymoon, and the philosophical hypothesis of Laura Freixas's Absurd Ending.
Previously released within the print anthology Double Sin and different Stories.
The girl of the home at Greenshaw’s Folly is murdered in the course of drawing up her will.


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The party and the governor need to do much more when it comes to touting their accomplishments. The adage that good work is its own reward is never the case in November.
The same can be said of what Republicans want to accomplish moving forward. Creating jobs, reducing the size and cost of government, lowering the cost of energy and moving people from welfare to work are Republican priorities that align perfectly with the concerns of voters who decide elections in Maine.
The formula for capitalizing on Republicans' accomplishments and the electoral upside of their agenda involves lots of LePage, more show, less tell and zero unforced errors.
LePage commands the spotlight and attention, but he is not a disciplined communicator who can be counted on to stick to talking points. You have to create events for him where the symbolism carries the message and what's said becomes secondary. The backdrops for these events need to be both big and relatable on a community level.
While the instinct may be to put LePage in a bunker, my advice is to be bold and brave. It has worked before and can work again, especially if his staff keeps the duct tape handy.
Dan Demeritt is a Republican political consultant and public relations specialist. He is a former campaign aide and communications director for Gov. Paul LePage. He can be contacted at:


“SAA has built my capacity, and I can now train fellow farmers” – A story about how good agricultural practices introduced by SAA improves livelihoods
Henry Sebyala, a father of five living in the Nakaseke district of Uganda, has seen his productivity and income increase as a result of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) interventions. Henry was also selected to host various demonstrations as part of collaborations between the Nakaseke District Local Government and SAA.
“I ventured into commercial farming as far back as 2002,” Henry explains “Back then, I mainly cultivated beans and maize on about two acres of land, respectively. However, the process was tedious and earned me barely enough money to provide for my family. I relied on traditional farming methods, and production was inadequate.”
By observing farmer learning platforms established by SAA and engaging in training, Henry realized that a signficiant amount can be harvested from a small plot of land. As a result, he harvested 600kg of beans from half an acre, and 2,300kg of maize from one acre – previously Henry would harvest just 250kg-400kg of beans from one acre.
“SAA trained me on the best farming practices, climate resilient technologies and selected me to host the climate cmart village. SAA also supported me in acquiring an irrigation system by linking me to equipment suppliers, installing the irrigation system, and providing technical backstopping. With the irrigation system in place, I am able to grow tomatoes, eggplants, pumpkins and cabbage all year round on four acres of land on a crop rotation basis.
“Currently, I am growing vegetables on two acres of land while the remaining two acres rest for soil recovery. In the second season of 2018, I made $514.24 from horticultural products, which enabled me to acquire a small truck to transport my produce – farmers in my community sometimes hire my truck at $19.17 for a return journey. I was also able to repay a loan I got from the Namilyango Twekembe Farmers Saving Group.”
By adopting good agricultural practices, Henry is able to pay his children’s school fees and the increased income has motivated him to purchase additional land to expand his vegetable production.
Henry has ambitious plans for the future “SAA has built my capacity, and I can now train fellow farmers on climate smart technologies. Farmers in my community have realized the benefits of climate smart practices and adopted them. I have linked farmers to suppliers of irrigation equipment. Looking to the future, I hope to establish a nursery to sell seedlings, acquire more land and establish an agricultural learning centre.”
SAA history book "Walking with the Farmer"
Electronic version of SAA history book, "Walking with the Farmer"is available here.


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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went to London on Wednesday for a very public date!
The newlyweds participated in a special West End performance of the successful musical Hamilton to collect money for one of Harry's Sentebale, which he co-founded with his friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho
Meghan a black $ 595 mini dress by Judith & Charles for the event. She fitted the chic outfit with heels and let her hair sweep into a bun.
The couple, which saw the hit show during a Valentine's Day earlier this year, was guest of honor alongside Hamilton creator and Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda. The trio met the cast and crew on stage at the London Victoria Palace Theater.
The excursion marks the beginning of a busy phase of return for the subsequent summer break. On September 4, Meghan, 37, will meet Harry, 33, at the annual awards ceremony for his charity WellChild. The charity works for seriously ill children and their families and carers.
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The New Zealand dollar rose above 70 US cents for the first time in a month ahead of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement on Thursday, which is expected to keep rates unchanged though with the market broadly split on whether a cut is on the cards.
The kiwi traded at 69.98 US cents as at 5pm in Wellington, from 69.24 cents late Tuesday. The trade-weighted index advanced to 74.33 from 73.75.
Traders are pricing in a 37 per cent chance that governor Graeme Wheeler will cut the official cash rate a quarter point to 2 per cent but a cut with the August MPS is odds-on, given the bank's last projections were for at least one more cut.
Thursday's MPS will be the first revision of the central bank's economic forecasts since the last MPS on March 10 when Wheeler last cut the OCR and since then data has suggested the economy is still growing at a reasonable clip, although with little inflation.
"The balance since March has been net positive," said Imre Speizer, currency strategist at Westpac. "We're running with it being on hold tomorrow and kick the can down the road until August and then cut."
Speizer said Wheeler will have to make clear August is the likely time for a cut or there is a risk the kiwi "will bounce quite hard tomorrow".
The US dollar has weakened since US labour market data released on Friday showed employers in the world's largest economy added just 38,000 workers in May, the lowest level since September 2010 and below the 164,000 expected by economists in a Reuters survey.
Those figures sapped expectations the Federal Reserve will hike its benchmark interest rate this month.
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept its cash rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent on Tuesday.
The New Zealand dollar rose to 93.81 Australian cents from 93.24 cents on Tuesday, increased to 61.55 euro cents from 60.96 cents, and gained to 48.10 British pence from 47.66 pence. It rose to 74.92 yen from 74.55 yen and gained to 4.5995 yuan from 4.5492 yuan.
The two-year swap rate rose 5 basis points to 2.27 per cent and the 10-year swaps rose 3 basis points to 2.85 per cent.


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Here is a more in-depth description of the anatomy of the central nervous system and craniosacral system.
The Pressurestat Model
The pressurestat model is a model for the craniosacral system developed by the Michigan State University in the early 1970s to explain cranial bone movement.
The pressurestat model is a semi-closed hydraulic system. It can be compared to a container (membranes, especially dura mater) with in and out flow (of cerebrospinal fluid). The dural membrane forms the functional boundary of the hydraulic system, whereas the cerebrospinal fluid is the hydraulic part.
The anatomical components of the craniosacral system are:
1. meningeal membranes
2. cerebrospinal fluid
3. structures related to production, resorption and containment of cerebrospinal fluid
4. osseous structures to which the meningeal membranes attach (including non-osseous connective tissue related to the membranes)
Let us explore each of these in more detail:
1. The membranes of the craniosacral system include the dura mater, the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater. These three concentric membranes (known as meninges) surround the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The dura mater is the outermost of the meninges and forms a dense impermeable connective tissue envelope around the central nervous system (= CNS).
The pia mater is the innermost meninge and adheres to the contour of the brain and spinal cord. It extends into the spinal cord as septa, forming compartments.
Between these membranes is a transparent sheath, the arachnoid membrane, stretched over a delicate layer of reticular fibres, the arachniod trabecula. This forms a weblike membrane, which extends medially to the pia mater.
The space between the arachnoid and pia, filled with trabeculae and cerebrospinal fluid (= CSF), is called subarachnoid space. In an extension of the subarachnoid space called perivascular space arterial vessels enter the substance of the brain, taking arachnoid and pia with them.
Thus the CSF circulation penetrates into the brain tissue (neurons and neuroglia)! This means that increased pressure of the CSF or inadequate drainage can compromise brain function.
Between the dural and arachnoid is a fluid filled space called subdural space. These membranes glide freely and are filled with a watery fluid.
The subdural space provides venous drainage of the brain, also draining the spent CSF via bulk flow through the arachnoid villi.
2. The cerebrospinal fluid circulates through the centre of the spinal cord in the central canal, which extends cranially within the brain forming ventricles (a system of specialised hollows).
The ventricles are laid out in a three-dimensional T – formation. There are two ram’s horn-shaped lateral ventricles (largest ventricles). Each lateral ventricle communicates with the narrow, middle third ventricle by the interventricular foramina of Munro. The forth ventricle, also midline, is broad and shallow, a rhomboid shaped cavity overlying the pons and medulla and extending superiorly from the central canal of the upper cervical spinal cord to the cerebral aqueduct of sylvius. The aqueduct of sylvius communicates between the third and forth ventricles.
Three small apertures exit at the caudal aspect of the forth ventricle: the midline foramen of magendie and two lateral foramina of luschka, which communicate with the subarachnoid space.
3. The formation of CSF occurs in the temporal horns of the lateral ventricles, the posterior portion of the third ventricle and the roof of the forth ventricle (95% in the lateral and third ventricle). It is exuded continuously by the surface of the choroids plexus (cauliflower-like growth of blood vessels covered with thin epithelial cells) and circulated throughout the CNS in an ordered, one-way pathway.
About 500ml of CSF is secreted daily (about four times the body’s contents). Reabsorption of CSF occurs at the arachnoid villi. Arachnoid villi (granulation) are specialised cauliflower-like structures that act as pressure dependent one-way valves for the bulk of the CSF out of the subarachnoid space into the superior sagittal sinus. This is a venous sinus created by the ‘splitting’ of the falx cerebri where it forms a junction with the cranial dura in the brain’s midline fissure. This represents the endpoint of CSF circulation as it drains into the blood circulation.
Production by the choroid plexuses is more rapid than the constant CSF resorption into the venous circulation. This intake/outflow mechanism of CSF qualifies the hydraulic system as semi-closed.
The mechanics involved
The regulation of the rate of fluid uptake or decrease depends on stretch and compression receptors in the sagittal suture. Dr. Upledger was able to isolate a single nerve axon from the sagittal suture through the meningeal membranes to the choroid processes of the third ventricle in monkeys (collagen/elastic fibres, vascular plexuses and nerve endings were also identified).
With stretch of the sagittal suture to capacity by increased dural membrane pressure, neural signals are sent to the choroid plexuses to reduce or stop fluid production (=fluid inflow). When the cerebrospinal fluid ebbs, the sagittal suture (parietal bones) as a result compresses, a nerve signal is generated by the pressure receptors to produce cerebrospinal fluid again (inflow exceeds outflow and the internal pressure of the dural membrane sac rises again).
Another mechanism to regulate pressure in the dural system is the ball-valve like mechanism of the arachnoid granulation body, located at the floor of the straight sinus/great cerebral vein junction.
When engorged they act as valves to decrease the outflow from the great cerebral vein, increasing back pressure and in turn decreasing the secretion of cerebrospinal fluid. These feedback loops keep the cerebrospinal fluid in homoeostasis (=self-correcting balance).
Under normal circumstances the system operates on about a six-second cycle.
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced for about three seconds and then production is shut down for three seconds. This creates a rhythmical rise and fall of fluid pressure within the boundaries of the semi-closed hydraulic system. This is called craniosacral rhythm. The normal rate is 6-12 cycles per minute.
The systemic effect on the body
The rise of cerebrospinal fluid (=flexion) can be felt throughout the body as a minute external rotation (“outrolling”) and an increase of the transverse diameter in the skull (shorter in the anterior-posterior dimension).
The fall of craniosacral pressure can be felt as minute internal rotation (“inrolling”) of the body (=extension) and an increase of sagittal diameter of the skull (the head narrows and elongates).
A complete cycle is composed of one flexion and one extension phase. Between the end of one phase and the beginning of the next phase is a pause called neutral zone. It is likened to an idling of a motor in neutral.
The palpable motion (internal/external rotation) of the body is probably related to the effect of the fluctuations of the CSF upon the motor cortex under the coronal sutures, which in turn influences the tonus of the body tissues.
Transmission of pressure occurs also according to the law of fluid mechanics – any force to the CSF surface is transmitted equally in all directions within the boundaries of the craniosacral system.
The craniosacral membrane system consists of falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, tentorium cerebelli (=intracranial membrane system) and the dural tube membranes, like a semi-compartmentalised balloon.
Each of the intracranial membranes is continuous with the meningeal dura and through direct or reciprocal relationship with each other. Dr. Sutherland (the father of osteopathy) therefore called it “reciprocal tension membrane system“.
4. The brain meninges adhere to the brain (pia-arachnoid) and the internal skull(dura).
The cranial dura is bilaminal with outer and inner meningeal layer, closely adherent except in specific areas, where they separate to form the venous sinus.
The endosteal layer, which forms the periosteum of the skull, adheres specially to the sutures, the cranial base, and the foramen magnum.
The cranial dura ensheathes the cranial nerves within their osseous foramina and fuses with each cranial nerve epineurium. It ensheathes the optic and olfactory nerves and it provides the roof for the sella turcica of the sphenoid (housing the pituitary gland) as an extension of the dura called diaphragma sellae.
The meningeal layer of the cerebral dura invaginates into the matter of the brain, forming four partitions, which divide the cranial cavity.
The sickle-shaped falx cerebri bisects the dome of the skull and the cerebral hemispheres through the sagittal plane (arching over the corpus collosum). It is formed by an invagination of the cranial dura covering right and left brain hemispheres, into the sagittal sulcus of the brain under the superior sinus.
At its inferior border, it splits once again to create the inferior sagittal sinus.
The falx cerebi is narrow anteriorly and attaches to the floor of the cranial vault at the crista galli of the ethmoid bone and the ethmoid notch of the frontal bone. The attachment then follows the midline superiorly inside of the cranial vault along the internal aspect of the metopic suture, under bregma, underneath the sagittal suture and under lambda to the internal occipital protuberance. The inferior free border of the falx cerebri affords passage for the inferior sinus. Posteriorly it widens in a lateral direction to form the superior layer of the leaves of the tentorium cerebelli. The inferior layer of the leaves of the tentorium cerebelli come together medially to form the other vertical component of the reciprocal membrane system – the falx cerebelli.
Where these membranes join, is a roughly quadrangular space occupied by the straight sinus running anteriorly-posteriorly from the internal occipital protuberance to the union of the falx cerebri, falx cerebelli and two leaves of the tentorium cerebelli.
The horizontal tentorium cerebelli divides the occipital lobes of the cerebrum above from the cerebellum below. Its central free edge forms a cresent-shaped opening. The antertior points of this central edge of the falx attach on either side to the anterior clinoid process of the sphenoid bone(=superior leaves).
Posteriorly, the peripheral tentorium attaches to the transverse ridges of the occipital bone and posterior-inferior angle of the parietal bone (containing the transverse sinus), whereas it attaches laterally to the petrous ridge of the temporal bones and the mastoid portion of the temporal bones. The peripheral tentorium then continues anteriorly to cross beneath its free border and attaches bilaterally at the posterior clinoid process of the sphenoid (inferior leaves). Lateral to the clinoid attachments, both leaves attach to the petrous ridge of the temporal bones. Here the tentorium encloses the superior petrosal sinus.
Continuing beneath the straight sinus and tentorium cerebelli, the falx cerebelli shallowly divides the cerebellar hemispheres through the midline plane established by the falx cerebri.
Posteriorly it attaches to internal midline ridge of the occiput containing the occipital sinus, and inferiorly attaches around the foramen magnum as a dense fibrous ring.
The spinal dura mater forms the tube downwards through the vertebral canal between the foramen magnum and the sacro-coccygeal complex named the core link. Inside the vertebral canal the dural attachments to bone are to the posterior bodies of the second and third cervical vertebra and to the posterior body of the second sacral segment (the sacrum rotates at that level about its axis). In the sacral canal the dura blends with the terminal pia mater called filum terminale. It exits the vertebral canal through the sacral hiatus (at the level of the forth sacral segment) to merge with the periosteum of the coccyx (coccyx fractures therefore can distort the tension of the membrane system as far up as the intracranial dura).
Otherwise the dura mater glides relatively freely within the vertebral canal to accommodate spinal movements only bound gently to the posterior longitudinal ligament by fibrous clips called dentate ligaments.
The dural sheath extends into the foramina of the vertebrae in each segment covering the spinal nerve and is finally blending into the paravertebral fascia. These tubular prolongations of the dura are more transverse at the upper levels of the vertebral canal. More caudally the prolongations are more longitudinally oriented. This allows greater transmission of tension into the tube from caudal than cranial regions.
Using the cranial bones and sacro-coccygeal complex as levers certain parts of the craniosacral membranes can be influenced with specific craniosacral techniques:
Within the intracranial dura the vertical system can be mobilized in anterior-posterior direction by a frontal bone lift, whereas the superior-inferior part gets mobilised by a bilateral parietal bone lift (a preparatory parietal compression to free sutures is usually helpful).
The horizontal part of the intracranial membrane system can be mobilsed in a anterior-posterior direction by sphenoid bone compression-decompression technique (utilising the clinoid attachments), and the lateral aspects of the horizontal part responds to a bilateral lateral temporal bone decompression technique called “ear pull” (utilising the petrous ridge attachments).
The spinal dural tube can be mobilised in a superior-inferior direction by occipital traction, whereas the inferior-superior direction is addressed by sacro-coccygeal traction (traction from caudal).
The craniosacral system is ultimately related to, influences and is influenced by the nervous, the musculoskeletal, the respiratory, the lymphatic, the vascular and the endocrine system.
Abnormalities in the structure of any of these systems may influence the craniosacral system, and that in turn has effects on the development and/or function of the central and peripheral nervous system.
Tightness in the musculoskeletal system like a piriformis muscle spasm, for example, will immobilise the sacrum unilaterally and therefore impede free motion of the caudal end of the craniosacral system.
Chronically tight suboccipital muscles (due to poor posture or whiplash injury) can compress the occipital base, wedging the atlas further onto the occipital condyles. This not only impedes free craniosacral motion, but also compresses the jugular foramina causing vagal disturbances(CNX), tightness in accessory nerves supplying trapezius and sternocleido muscles(CNXI) and compromising the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve(CNIX) supplied structures.
A tight intracranial system or a sphenoid dysfunction can affect the pituitary gland in the turkish saddle and consequently cause hormonal imbalances.
Respiratory problems like asthma or cystic fibrosis can affect the thoracic inlet (tight accessory breathing muscles) and overuse the respiratory diaphragm, causing chronic restriction in these two transverse diaphragms and thus creating a constant drag on the craniosacral system.
The Anatomy of the Central Nervous System and CranioSacral System
Here is a more in-depth description of the anatomy of the central nervous system and craniosacral system.

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Time again for my weekly wrap-up! It was quite a weekend.
Friday night I made two soaps: Spearmint Patchouli and Carrot Ginger Orange.
Saturday I made 4 lotions – Dry feeling lotion, luxury facial cream, luxury facial lotion, luxury conditioner.
Today I made one more soap (Dragons’ Fire) and got my pictures taken and measured the pH of my lotions.
I’d say I had a great time! I love my weekends! And next week is a long weekend because I am taking July 3rd off work (the day before the US Independence day Holiday). So I will have a 4 day weekend! Can’t wait! Continue reading “What a weekend it was!”
Time for a wrap up. The weekend is already over (sadly). It was a productive weekend, however, as I made 6 lotions and got them all photographed.
I think these won’t be the final pictures though. It was sunny today and I can’t get good enough pictures unless it is cloudy out. Continue reading “Weekend Roundup – June 11 Edition”
Despite a couple of delays (that I posted about yesterday) I was able to catch back up today and get a couple more lotions made. I made 2 more lotions today, for a grand total of 4 this weekend — not too bad!
Friday and yesterday, I posted about the Hempseed Lotion / Conditioner and the Honey Buttercup lotions I made. Today’s post is about 2 new lotions made today. Continue reading “Weekend Round-Up – Four Lotion Successes!”
Despite many frustrations today, I was able to pull off a single lotion making endeavor. I wasn’t sure what to call this one. The fragrance is Brambleberry’s Wildflower Honey. It is a beautiful floral / honey scent that reminds me of sweet little Grace Ingalls running (and tripping) through the meadow in the opening scenes of Little House on the Prairie.
When I decided to add a little touch of colorant, it took on this gorgeous, gentle buttery colored hue, so I decided for now to call it “Honey Buttercup”. I toyed with the idea of calling it “Grace” but felt maybe I was getting too obscure. Continue reading “Honey Buttercup Lotion”
Around Christmas time, I made a hemp bergamot cream. I have been using it for months and was down to my last bit of it, so tonight I revisited the recipe to make some more.
Since I made it the first time, I have acquired a few new ingredients, so I reformulated the recipe to include more skin goodies. I wanted to make this into a dual purpose intensive body cream as well as a deep conditioning hair mask / conditioner this time.
I decided to call this one “Tsunami” because it drenches you in waves of moisture. Continue reading “Time for a Refill!”
Hooray! I am finally done with all my 56 remakes and am moving on to the next phase! It took months, and some things had to be made more than once, but my persistence has finally paid off.
With this little candle, I am now done, and so happy to be starting next weekend with taking my final pictures of everything. Continue reading “And, we have reached the finish line!”
After months and months of making the same products over and over again, I am getting close to the end of that project and already starting to do my research and stocking up for my next project.
Today I received a haul from Camden Grey and LotionCrafter. Tomorrow I am expecting a few things from Nature’s Garden, and perhaps Saturday, from Glenbrook Farms Herbs.
Continue reading “Getting there…and moving on.”

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I am very passionate about equality overall, and I have quite clearly in the past shown this with my views for deaf education. However, with my beliefs in equality, this naturally makes me a feminist – and I’m super proud to call myself a feminist!
We are about to enter the year 2019, and I know as a young, white man with no disabilities or hearing loss, this automatically makes me ‘privileged’ and that disgusts me! I may not be as privileged as the next guy because of my sexuality, but that’s a whole other kettle of fish.
Anyway, this post isn’t about that, I’m talking about what I feel passionate for – equality! Being a feminist, in my eyes, is about men and women both having the same opportunities, the same chances and the same treatment. It’s not about one being favoured over another. Men have been given an easy ride for a very, very long time, whilst women have enough to deal with from their very own bodies! I have no idea how you Mothers deal with childbirth! Hats off to you all!
Whilst it’s all good and nice that I am all for equality, one thing I have tweeted about in the past, and I get a bit angry about are the ‘extreme’ feminists. I can imagine you’re probably thinking ‘what’s an extreme feminist?’
I don’t think it’s an official term, it may be something that I’ve made up. However, I’m talking about the women that don’t just want equality, they want more privileges than men. Is this just to prove a point because for all those years there’s been a few (excuse my language now) d$%khead men that have belittled women, and they want to repay them? If that’s the case, then I feel they’re as bad as each other.
Our society is filled with enough war, hatred, bullying, crime and so on, why try and add to that by creating an unbalanced society? Give everyone the same chances and treatment, and everyone would just be a bit happier. Don’t you think?

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POZ Showcase: The Upset Victory
The Upset Victory might as well be considered veterans of the music industry at this point. Forming a millennium ago (okay, it was back in 2005, but hey, Fall Out Boy was still a band then…seems forever ago), the Cincinnati quintet have seven releases and countless shows under their collective belts. Yet, that does not mean they are planning on toning down their fast-paced pop-rock attack any time soon. No, The Upset Victory are too busy planning their world takeover and everything they have experienced so far only aids them in their quest.
Please list all of your band members and their roles in the band.
Frank Hammonds - Guitar/Vocals
Stephen Campbell – Guitar
Jason Dill - Lead Vocals
Aaron Roy - Drums/Percussion
Eric Vice - Bass
What’s your hometown (or what are your hometowns)?
How did the band come together? How long has it been?
The band came together in late December/early January of 2005. Frank and I started the band and are the original two members/guitarists. It was formed out of the ashes of previous bands in the music scene. It started with a simple phone call and spiraled into writing sessions, rehearsals, shows, and recording sessions.
How have you grown since you started?
TUV has a knack for never putting out the same record twice. I think there’s a common thread in all the songs in that they’re earnest and sincere as well being extremely emotive and heartfelt. Aside from that, sonically all seventh studio releases have had their own vibe and feel. Each one encompassed that moment in time for us. Our most recent batch of songs we did in Orlando are a lot more organic than previous releases. We used vintage amps and guitars and got a little more stripped down. I think this helped us zero in on the song more and let go of any outside or unnecessary frills.
What sets you apart from other bands in the scene?
TUV’s worth ethic has been a staple element in the band and something we swear by. It’s helped us get as far as we have thus far. We’ve averaged at least a release every year since we’ve been in a band and have funded, and for the most part, produced everything we’ve done. From writing our own music video treatments or to booking our own dates; hard work is something we believe in.
What’s the best part about being in your band?
The creative and controlled environment of the studio is a wonderful thing; being able to bring a song to life. From a song’s early inception on an acoustic guitar to a full-fledged rock song is pretty incredible. Adding the harmonies, overdubs, strings, keys, synths and other production elements is my favorite part. Adding that extra icing on an already great tune is really cool.
More times than not, influences tend to bleed through. What bands are currently inspiring the music that you’re making?
Everyone listens to such a diverse and electric batch of music, it’s pretty crazy. Everything from The Beatles, U2, Iron Maiden to punk, pop, folk, country…you name it it’s probably blasting on our speakers. That’s what’s so great about us coming together to make music. You never know what type of song idea someone is going to bring to the table. It makes for an exciting and refreshing take on rock n’ roll.
What would you say the band has already accomplished and what do you have your eyes set on next?
We’ve accomplished quite a lot in the short time we’ve been together; everything from seven recordings, playing Warped Tour, playing with some of our favorite national acts, seeing the country, and the list goes on. I feel we’ve only gotten started and there’s always more ground and milestones to conquer. Our next piece on the agenda is to film our third music video, keep writing and releasing songs, and playing shows; it’s business as usual for us.
Thus far, what’s a favorite memory or something quirky that’s taken place with the band (in-studio, onstage, or elsewhere)?
Our first night recording in Orlando we stumbled onto a Cinco de Mayo block party in downtown Orlando. We literally had been there for maybe a few hours and we’re walking around trying to grab a bite to eat, next thing we know we have loaded Coronas, margaritas, and shots being offered to us by little people wearing lays and sombreros. Needless to say it was a good welcoming party and a hell of a way to start the trip.
If you could change something about the music industry, what would it be?
I’ve said this many times but pirating music has completely changed the landscape of the industry. It’s shifted the attention to the “single”, taken away independent artists’ livelihood, taken away the whole idea behind listening to a record in its entirety, and as a result has affected the integrity of the industry as a whole. I think the Napster era craze has thankfully died and even though people still pirate, the advent of Spotify and a few other services have started to make pirating obsolete and at least musicians are getting paid for song streams now.
What is your favorite song to play live?
"The Worst In Me" is a great opener and has a good vibe and feel. It’s a rocker and I think the crowd responds well to it. It’s also a good warm-up song for the rest of the set.
What bands that are your contemporaries have you begun playing with or forming a relationship with that you recommend to your fans?
We opened for The Red Jump Suit Apparatus and that was a great show. I think from a crowd standpoint we gelled well with their fans. We made a lot of new fans and met a lot of cool people that night. They’re good dudes. Playing with Strung Out this summer was very cool as well. I grew up listening to them, and all those great skate punk bands, so it was a real honor sharing the stage with them.
Anyone of note that you’ve had the chance to play with or work with?
Brock Berryhill and Evan Coffman with Starlight Studios in Orlando, Florida. That was a great experience and was eye opening from many standpoints. It was a really great trip all around and as a result we walked away with some great new songs for our fans. Working with Frank Hulefeld at The Madison Theater in our hometown is always awesome. With Frank at the helm of that venue every show goes off without a hitch and is always extremely professional and fun. Chris Schmidt and Matt Parmenter are two great producers we’ve done a lot of recording/releases with. Those two work well together and the end result is always a great new recording addition to the TUV catalogue. You should also check out Matt’s band Quite Company from Austin, TX -good stuff.
What’s the biggest mistake someone’s made while playing?
Frankie was getting into a song early into the set, somewhat scaled the drum riser, tripped a little bit and almost went head first into the crowd. Luckily the crowd was already warmed up and getting into the show so he had a mini crowd surf moment. It actually worked out pretty brilliantly.
Any pre-performance rituals?
Nothing too crazy… whiskey and pushups.
Is there anything else you would like to add? Head over to our newly revamped website (www.theupsetvictory.com) for exclusive new songs and all kinds of updates. We’ll be filming our third music in the coming weeks and you can follow us on www.youtube.com/upsetvictory.
*If you would like your band to be featured on a POZ Showcase, email us.
*This Showcase was compiled, written, and edited by Michael Meeze

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CISCO, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Hundreds filled the Mountain Top Church Wednesday to pay respects to fallen Eastland County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, who was killed Thursday in the Eastland Complex wildfires.
Sgt. Fenley served 19 years in law enforcement before her unexpected passing. At the time of her death, she had been directing residents out of Carbon as wildfire quickly spread in the rural community.
Numerous family members were present to hear Sgt. Fenley’s colleagues pay tribute. Law enforcement officers from all over the state of Texas closely rivaled the number of locals at the afternoon memorial, with deputies from as far away as El Paso traveling to make the memorial service.
Sgt. Fenley was regarded by speakers as a caring, compassionate woman. She was a true servant of her community, says Eastland County Sheriff Jason Weger.
“John 15:13 says there’s no greater love than to lay down one’s life for their friends, and Sgt. Fenley was a friend to all of us,” says Sheriff Weger.


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Measure ragi flour and sooji/rava. Grate carrots, chop coriander leaves and ginger. Keep all other ingredients ready.
Heat ghee or in a pan , add the items to temper, once mustard seeds cracks, urad dal and chana dal turns brown, add hing. Then add cashews and saute until golden brown. Then, add ragi flour and sooji/rava together.
Roast sooji and ragi flour until nice aroma comes. It may take 3-5 minutes. Switch off the flame and cool it down. Now in a vessel add roasted ragi flour, sooji/ rava, curd, tempered items, chopped ginger, coriander leaves, cashews, and required salt.
Mix everything well. Adjust water to reach the idli batter consistency that is neither too thick nor thin and finally add fruit salt/cooking soda/baking soda. Now start making idlis, pour the batter in each idli mold.
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An ATR 72-600 plane operated by TransAsia Airways, a private Taiwanese airline, turned on its side in midair, clipped a bridge, hit a taxi and careened into a river Wednesday with 58 people on board. Rescuers pulled out people and bodies from the mostly sunken fuselage. At least 26 people were killed and more than a dozen were missing.
TransAsia Airways GE235 went down shortly after takeoff from Taipei’s downtown Sungshan Airport and was heading to the outlying Taiwanese-controlled Kinmen Islands. Most of the passengers were from mainland China.
Taiwanese broadcasters repeatedly played a recording of the plane’s final contact with the control tower in which the pilot called out “Mayday” three times. The recording offered no direct clues as to why the plane was in distress.
At least 26 people died and 15 survived TransAsia Airways Flight 235’s crash in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei on Wednesday. Seventeen people remained missing and were feared dead.
TransAsia Airways is dealing with its second deadly accident in less than a year after one of its planes hit a bridge and dramatically plunged into a river shortly after takeoff Wednesday.
The accident comes seven months after another TransAsia Airways flight crashed while landing in stormy weather and low visibility on an island off Taiwan’s coast in July, leaving 48 people dead.
Before that crash, the airlines hadn’t seen a deadly accident since 2002, when two pilots were killed as a TransAsia ATR Cargo plane crashed into the sea. In 1995, four people died when another one of its cargo planes crashed into a hillside. A handful of other minor incidents in the past two decades did not result in deaths.

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Author An Na, chair of this year’s panel of judges for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and a finalist for the 2001 award, told the audience at the 70th National Book Awards ceremony, “We’re all gathered here today because we believe in the transformative power of story and words.” Na explained that the Young People’s committee “has the fortunate but also daunting task of reading across all genres, from poetry to nonfiction, picture books to novels.” She thanked her fellow judges—Elana K. Arnold, Kristen Gilligan, Varian Johnson, and Deborah Taylor—for their work, saying, “It was an honor and privilege to serve with such a passionate, dedicated, and empathetic group.”
Introducing the “fabulous five” nominees, Na said, “Our distinguished finalists have written powerful books. And when these kinds of books are placed in the hands of young people, who are stepping forward more and more to play pivotal, essential roles in our changing political and social landscape, the very act of reading and writing becomes revolutionary.”
She then announced this year’s winner: Martin W. Sandler for 1919 The Year That Changed America (Bloomsbury), a narrative nonfiction exploration of the many watershed events that made up a pivotal year in history. In our review, PW called the book “an engrossing resource.”
Accepting his award, Sandler said, “After a lifetime of doing this, it is such an incredible honor.” The author acknowledged his four fellow finalists, saying, “As the elder statesman of that group, I am so confident of the future of young people’s literature, and I want to tell all of them how much I admire their work.”
Sandler then thanked the publishing team behind 1919, declaring, “No book is the result of the author itself, and I’ve had people at Bloomsbury who know that this book is as much theirs as it is mine, particularly [executive editor] Mary Kate Castellani and [senior editor] Susan Dobinick.”
He concluded by saying, “I’ve written 60 books, I intend to write at least 60 more, and I hope I’m back here again to celebrate it with you. Thank you so very much.”
Click here to see our photo essay from the evening.

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THE MAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA VOL-4
The Mahabharata is Set of 11 Volumes. Vol-4 contains Virata Parva, also known as the “Book of Virata” and The Udyoga Parva, also known as the "Book of Effort". Virata Parva, discusses the 13th year of exile which the Pandavas must spend incognito to avoid another 12 years of exile in the forest. They do so in the court of Virata. They assume a variety of concealed identities. Yudhisthira assumes the identity of game entertainer to the king and calls himself Kanka, Bhima of a cook Ballava, Arjuna teaches dance and music as enuch Brihannala and dresses as a woman, Nakula tends horses as Granthika, Sahadeva herds cows as Tantipala, and Draupadi maids as Sairandhri to queen Shudeshna. Udyoga Parva, describes the period immediately after the exile of Pandavas had ended. The Pandavas return, demand their half of the kingdom. The Kauravas refuse. The book includes the effort for peace that fails, followed by the effort to prepare for the great war - the Kurukshetra War.


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Pac-Man World Rally
Joined by a cast of 14 other classic Namco characters, Pac-Man cuts loose in a Mario Kart inspired racer.
Latest News for Pac-Man World Rally
Players get an out-of-this-galaxy unlockable character.May 08, 2006 2 14
The yellow gobbler joins the ranks of other kart racers.October 24, 2005 7 7