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At night, odd things come about. The air thickens and beholds a rather mystical tone that expands across everything; the shadows stretch out of proportion, creating shadows of doubt and fear to blossom. Everything that was once so ordinary and harmless becomes ominous in this growing twilight. Sounds echo and bounce off of eachother, while eyes watch from every corner.
Its not just a tone and mood that's created but a whole other world. One that does not have boundaries and restrictions which we have come to know and accept.
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Where darkness rules, and light is scarce.
One that's bittersweet and forlorn, as if from a time long ago. In a way its like looking back at a time when nothing was clocked and scheduled in, but ran at its own speed, in tune with everything around it.
To look up at the sky, the stars seem vast and endless. They go on forever, billions of them. So easily can one get lost inthem, studying them for hours and hours....
And while the stars twinkle, the sounds of rustling can be heard, The awakening of the creatures that cannot be seen by day. Some come out slowly, slithering into view painstakingly slow; while others burst through the leaves of trees, granting only glimpses here and there. And yet others stay put, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce.
Thus rythm, this movemnt of life is an endless cycle. It goes on repeating itself day after day. So calm and peaceful a pattern this is; so natural. The wind rustles through the grass, sending ripples of green cascading in every direction. As the moon reaches its western tip, the sun begins to color the sky.
And so it goes....
Besides a few errors in punctuation and grammar, one of which I am not sure about, this is really good. The vocabulary is not confusing and it is simple and descriptive. The tone and mood are very good and it's just a great poem. Yours?
yes it is. for an english response piece we did in class.


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I’m looking for a new iPhone cover – mine is looking very battered now (it’s gold flamingos and all the gold is peeling away) – and I don’t mind being a bit spendy because it’s something that’s in use every single day. I spotted this Markus Lupfer cover when it first came out and I just somehow keep ‘re-finding’ it, so I think it’s meant to be mine! It’s £30 HERE.
How I wish this was me! I am Mrs Disorganised! Thankfully, there’s no book for that but I do like a proper notebook for scribbling in. I’m useless at random lists; I lose the list not long after I’ve written it, but I’ve never yet lost a notebook. I do so much on my iPhone and laptop that it’s just nice to do some proper writing every now and again, even if it is only to remember to go to the dry cleaners. It’s £30 HERE.
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Yesterday’s Chronicle announcement of the MOOC-related study Preparing for the Digital University (a comprehensive review of distance, blended and online learning funded in part by the Gates Foundation and investigated in part by Athabasca University) created somewhat of a tremor in the social media landscape for those who follow George Siemens (one of the researchers in the study, the point-person for the Chronicle write up, and one of the creators of CCK08, the course that spawned the MOOC acronym) and Stephen Downes (one of the more prevalent and accessible EdTech researchers today, as well as the other primary creator of CCK08, the course that spawned the MOOC acronym). Downes addressed the research study at his website, Siemens and Downes discussed the differences of opinion on Twitter, Downes elucidated his point at his blog, and Siemens responded at his blog.
Every bit of the conversation between the two is worth reading (as well as the Twitter additions from other EdTech-minded individuals). This conversation is a highlighted example of a more and more common conversation happening within this wing of the EdTech world — the *forgotten history* of distance education/online learning and what it means when *we* forget *our* history. Downes points out inefficiencies in the MOOC research Siemens links to (based on the MOOC Research Initiative) due to a lack of familiarity with the richness of the field, and after calling for people to take education back from edtech vendors, Siemens also links to the importance of research and evidence. From this perspective, the problem is ignorance or naivety and the solution is research, research seen here as both an awakening of the shoulders of giants as well as a tool of influence in greater conversations.
I have been struggling with responses to the historical narrative being employed more and more in this field. Seeing the alternative/subculture/resistance histories of our discipline is vitally important for a number of reasons. But knowing the histories, and potentially having the alternative/subculture/resistance histories shape research, is only one possible outcome of the knowledge. And if it remains the only one, the EdTech field will continue to feel overrun and overwhelmed by venture capitalists, AI developers and user experience engineers.
The MOOC is an excellent and recent example of such a diverse history. As the story goes: a 2008 course experiment is given the acronym, there is popularity in a subculture of distance education, in a seemingly separate space a handful of Stanford professors decide to offer their courses online at no monetary cost, it is well-marketed in the drapery of solutionism, George Siemens compares the experiment to the MOOCs of his field, he soon thereafter criticizes the approach, but NYTimes reporter Tamar Lewin sees the blog where Siemens (a scholar she follows) labels this marketed phenomenon as a MOOC and she does the same, and within eight months we have reached Pappano’s The Year of the MOOC. Today’s term MOOC has distinct and different meanings, and to attempt to merge the two means to dilute the power of the original message (some people use xMOOC and cMOOC, but those people are almost entirely people celebrating cMOOC and using xMOOC as a pejorative). We are not going to change the MOOC definition because we know the alternative histories; what we can do is understand what we are saying when we are saying it — MOOC means one thing when I say it to my colleagues at an EdTech conference such as #et4online or #opened15, it means something different when I mention it at my university, it has a third meaning in a space such as MindShift, and a fourth if I were to engage it in a platform such as the Sacramento News Review. And in many spaces MOOC means absolutely nothing, even to this day
Providing more information to each of the cultures listed here is not an adequate solution, because the information already exists and is readily accessible. Information does not make change. Information is an aspect or element of change, but it is just one part. If information were in and of itself the driver of change, the news and media producers would employ much greater negotiation of facts and claims when presenting this information.
Today, most MOOC articles start with a variation of the theme MOOC hype has died down but…, and yesterday’s Chronicle article is no different, both chastising the hype while perpetuating it (through claims about why students registered and how the instrument is in essence a grand experiment of teaching at scale). The piece quotes Siemens:
It’s almost like we went through this sort of shameful period where we forgot that we were researchers and we forgot that we were scientists and instead we were just making decisions and proclamations that weren’t at all scientific.
I struggle with the use of *we* in this sentence. Now, I could reach out to George to ask who he was referring to here (we as in education practitioners, we as in a much larger sense of education including administrators and so forth, we much smaller as in himself and those he has worked with on issues such as the MOOC Research Initiative), but once this article was published, George’s intent with his quote is just one interpretation. There is a dominant interpretation based on the writing of the article, and when we look at the paragraph preceding George’s quote, how we are intended to read this quote is much clearer.
When MOOCs emerged a few years ago, many in the academic world were sent into a frenzy. Pundits made sweeping statements about the courses, saying that they were the future of education or that colleges would become obsolete, said George Siemens, an author of the report who is also credited with helping to create what we now know as a MOOC.
Here we are, an article starting with a blithe critique of MOOC hype, then placing the driver of the frenzy at the feet of academics and pundits, a link to Siemens’ relationship with the acronym, after which comes a quote where *we* are to blame. The Chronicle substitutes complexity for rhetoric (ex: I struggle with defining George as helping create what we now know as a MOOC),and the article frames the problem as perpetuated by academics and pundits alike, the neutral and ahistorical MOOC technology an innocent bystander just waiting to be engaged properly so it can solutionize.
There are numerous problems with the Chronicle’s dominant argument, most notably the idea that academics and pundits drove the hype machine. What brought me to this sector of EdTech was a difficulty in negotiating how the MOOC could mean two vastly different things yet be used so comfortably as a term of reference. This blog is a result of my 2+ years of research on the sociocultural effect of MOOC discourse, culminating in a Delphi study with 20 individuals with expertise correlated to Massive Open Online Courses. It frustrated some in the study that our conversations were about attitudes and beliefs rather than instruments and models, but the purpose was to take the temperature not on whether MOOCs were working but what *we* (meaning popular society) were saying when we were talking about MOOCs. The conversations around MOOCs were spirited and lively, but they were thoughtful and developed. Where the study found dissonance was not in some people buying hype and others invoking reason, but rather some people applying terms and definitions that often stand counter to the values many hold regarding education, and how those early terms & definitions shaped later conversation. The Delphi convened thrice in the Fall of 2013; my literature review is chock full of similarly reasoned & tempered discussion & analysis of the phenomenon. Our backward lens has a tendency to fit our specific vantage point quite well, and when we are not willing to address that we are doing more creation of history than awareness of history.
History is part of the way in which we can engage and promote our visions and ideas of how education should manifest. Research and development is part of it as well. But neither of these will work on their own, nor will they work if framed in a battle with an EdTech enemy. There is no battle. Rather, there is a dominant ideology that sees technology as a solution to the problems of contemporary society; this view is not Truth but an ethos shared across much of Western society. As it is not Truth, we cannot defeat it or reclaim something from it because it does not really exist. What we can do is acknowledge it, do the work we see as important while understanding where the dominant would resist, affect our local networks and environments, and work with others who resist or negotiate the dominant narrative to acknowledge, work, localize and spread. From that perspective, we can affect those around us and potentially shift a fabricated consciousness to a direction more aligned with ours.
Fabricated consciousness indeed. I think I have a particular problem with Chronicle articles that talk about MOOCs, esp how they frame George Siemens’ quotes. So that was a good catch.
Is your delphi research available yet? I’ll go look for your et4online talk which i think was recorded and i assume you share some of it there?
My Delphi is available here http://www.scribd.com/doc/231075460/The-Evolution-Impact-of-the-Massive-Open-Online-Course#scribd
The #et4online presentation was not recorded, and there was no slide share as my slides were 66MB. I am working on developing a more comprehensive resource for what I am talking about in these media and presentations. But I see a folly in believing that if we argue better or present more information or organize better we will change the dominant paradigm. The dominant paradigm exists to facilitate the dominant paradigm, and it will shift over time to continue to do that. It can change and ebb and flow, but it does so largely in terms of value for those in power. I find that using a postmodern lens to view such things is liberating rather than defeating; it takes the pressure off *changing education* while allowing us to do what we see value in for the spaces we can truly change (localized environments, whether those be geographic or digital). It takes a lot of energy to shout that the original MOOC was in 2008 and no one is really going to notice; it frees up my time and resources and abilities to understand MOOC has many meanings, and in my networks and environments I use it with a clear definition and we can affect transformation and change for those we interact with.
And I wonder if there is something really big here — the whole notion of scale — perhaps this education niche resists scale because if education is about people, you cannot scale a subculture. You can scale the dominant paradigm because it is the dominant, but the subculture has to move in a different fashion through, around, and within the dominant. Hmmm.
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When it comes to the recognition of science and art, German community is the least influenced. At most, it is least influenced by a foreigner. It is an established public social disposition in Germany not to be easily excited by art and science that looks novel until there is credibility beyond doubt. Perhaps, this must be Germany’s collective consciousness inherited from its rich heritage of philosophy, literature and science.
However, this year (2021) the world respected German Publishers and Booksellers Association is bound to honor an African writer from Zimbabwe with its Prize. The author to be awarded is none other than Tsitsi Dangarembga. Dangarembga is known all over the world for being a maverick filmmaker and fearless novel writer as well as social critic who recently protested against bad governance in Zimbabwe.
Recent literary and public life of Dangarembga easily makes one observe that lovers of the history of African literature will not miss to put Dangarembga in the same class with Christopher Okigbo, Ken Saro Wiwa, Alex La Guma, Naquib Mahfouz, Abdalla Abdallatif and Okello Oculli. And it will be true, Dangarembga is the true shadow of this freethinking ancestry of African literature.
Back to our story, the Germany Publishers and Book Sellers Association established the Peace Prize in 1950. The award is endowed with 30,000 US dollars money prize. On their website, the jury of the Germany Publishers and Books Sellers Association appreciate Dangarembga for combining inimitable storytelling with a universally compelling perspective in a body of literary and cultural work that has made her not only one of the most important artists but also a popular and widely-recognized voice of Africa, voice of a woman, voice of the powerless and voice of the politically hopeless in contemporary literature.
The above words by the jury are very true. It is a genuine observation that enjoys enough evidence from the objective outlook at the life of Dangarembga in literature and art. The literary life of Dangarembga is an open text which reads that beyond her award-winning literary and cultural work as an author and filmmaker, Dangarembga is equally dedicated to fostering creative industries and committed with passion to protection of civil liberties that can only be achieved through constructive political change, the change which she yearns for Africa.
Her lifelong commitment to the promotion of human comfort is expressed through her life as a founding member of the writers’ association PEN Zimbabwe, out of which she was also recognized with the PEN Award for Freedom of Expression and the PEN Pinter Prize during the early part of the year 2021.
Even though she is born in Zimbabwe, Dangarembga is also a boundless ‘Kenyaphiliac feminist writer’. She writes fondly about Kenya and the comeliness in the decorum of Kiswahili culture in Kenya. In fact, she has a persistent plot and semi-motif about Kiswahili as the cultural identity of the people of Kenya in her Booker Prize-winning book This Mournable Body.
The book is not her pioneering work. This Mournable Body is her third novel in a trilogy portraying a woman in different phases of her life, from her youth to middle age through well told stories depicting the struggle for female self-determination in Zimbabwe, Africa and in other temporal and spatial places where economic advantages are used as a platform to tyrannize those are not advantaged to own. Dangarembga sharply contrasts in literary relations with established Kenyan writers in the likes of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who always portray narcissistic feelings about literature by claiming that there is no good writer from Africa apart from his sons and daughter, an intellectual flap on Ngugi’s side sending literary observers into a whirlwind of doubt as to why Ngugi is not able to know that Africa has good young writers in the likes of Dangarembga.
Fortunately, deliberate and self-some narcissistic blindness like the one displayed by Ngugi about the new generation of African writers is only limited to the world of literary narcissists. The liberal and objective world has a balanced stand. A disposition that was displayed by the New York Times Book Review which beautifully praised Dagarembga’s This Mournable Body (2018) as a masterpiece of its time. In a similar stretch, the Kirkus Reviews gave very liberal acclaim to Dagarembga’s book by lauding it as ‘haunting, incisive, and timely glimpse into how misogyny and class strife shape life in post-colonial politics’.
Dangarembga is an author of over a dozen books. She started her trilogy with Nervous Conditions (1988) then she went on with a sequel to it under the title The Book of Not (2006). But above all else, the Nervous Conditions catapulted Dangarembga to an international literary scene as an African female writer of spotless repute. The Nervous Conditions won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 1989 in addition to being translated into many languages around the world and as well as getting included on the BBC’s (2018) list of the 100 stories that shaped the world. A station in which lurks the worth of worthies like Salman Rushdie for the Midnight’s Children and Antoine de Saint-Exupery for The Little Prince.
History of Dagarembga’s life in writing also dictates that one does not need to beg for any leeway to mention that poverty of editorial competence in Africa almost condemned This Mournable Body to a stillbirth. Historical facts have it that the manuscript for This Mournable Body was rejected several times by different publishers in Africa; umpteen rejections drove Dangarembga to a point of despair at which she started posting some of the excerpts on her Facebook page. It was through this posting of excerpts on Facebook that the manuscript was spotted by the British-based Ugandan editor, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, who decided to get the book published.
Dangarembga was born in Zimbabwe in 1959. She studied film at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin from 1989 to 1996 and then moved on to do a Ph.D. in Africa Studies at Berlin’s Humboldt University. It was during her time of doing a Ph.D. that she wrote the script for the film Neria (1993). The success of the film motivated Dangarembga also to direct her own documentaries and feature films including Everyone’s Child (1996).
Dangarembga now lives in Zimbabwe with her family. Dangarembga has also established various projects to develop the film industry and support female directors . Some of her current cultural projects are the Production Company called Nyerai Films, as well as the International Images Film Festival for Women. She is also a founding member of the Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa, an organization that supports works of art and audio-visual productions.
Dangarembga has been doing all these while facing prosecutions and persecutions from government. For example, Dangarembga was recently arrested on July 31 2020 for joining peaceful protests against government corruption. Alongside other Zimbabwean activists she was made to face farfetched charges following the demonstration in July 2020 but only to be released on bail and then ordered to surrender her passport to the authorities and to be reporting to a police station every week between different court appearances that are repeatedly delayed by prosecutors.
Dangarembga shares in the literary spirit of Wole Soyinka which is based on the philosophy that ‘the greatest conspiracy against freedom is silence.’ Dangarembga shares in this philosophy by arguing that ‘If you want your suffering to end, you have to act. Action comes from hope. This is the principle of faith and action’. Unfortunately, this is a very important cultural philosophy that young Africans don’t have; the young generation of Africa is open victim of intellectual captivity, openly sycophantic to snobbish politics. Africa’s young generations are distastefully focused on getting quick money without making well concerted efforts to protect the freedom and dignity of Africa.
If Dangarembga has stood out to be a contrast to this useless conventionality in our African society then why should the world not honour her with prizes like the Germany Publishers and Booksellers Peace Prize? Kudos Dangarembga.

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The timing couldn’t be worse, as the rambunctious Herdman children, a rough and tough group of siblings from the wrong side of the town, descend upon the pageant, lured by the promise of free snacks at Sunday school. The Ladies’ Aid Society members are beside themselves with disapproval, all the shepherds quit because Gladwin Herdman “hits too hard”, the show is briefly re-titled “Revenge at Bethlehem”, and the church catches on fire. But Beth and her community watch in surprise as the same old Christmas story is rejuvenated by the creativity, energy, and unexpected sincerity of a misunderstood young family.
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To determine the concentration of CBD and TAG, the sample was treated with an enzyme called trypsin. This enzyme treatment was conducted overnight at 37 *C. A pig skin piece was then saved to analyze for lipid content. The solution was then transferred to a 15-mL falcon tube and centrifuged at 500 x g for 5 min. The cell pellet was then resuspended in water and stored until extraction.
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MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County will host the second virtual town hall meeting about Covid-19 vaccinations for students on Thursday, Oct. 28, so that families can get accurate information about these issues. The first meeting on Oct. 21 was presented in Spanish, and this meeting will be in English, featuring a panel of experts to respond to community questions and concerns. The town hall is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Participants can ask questions through the webinar or social media.
CALL TO ARTISTS
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Cultural Arts Center is hosting its annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 3 to 7 p.m., to celebrate Hispanic heritage honoring loved ones who have died. The free event will take place at the arts center, 215 El Camino Real, where altars and artwork will be on display inside with music, dance and art activities outside. The center is currently accepting applications for altars and artwork. Visit greenfieldartscenter.org to get involved, or contact Ellen Martin at [email protected].
SALINAS — Central Coast YMCA is offering free membership for teens, ages 12 to 18 years old, with proof of vaccination. The membership offer runs through Oct. 31 at all the YMCA locations, including in Salinas, San Benito and Watsonville, as well as the Salinas Aquatic Center. For more information, contact the main offices of the Central Coast YMCA at 831-757-4633 or go online at centralcoastymca.org.
BONUS BRIEF: VENDORS NEEDED
KING CITY — Sol Treasures is looking for local vendors to participate in two upcoming markets featuring homemade goods. Hometown Market on Broadway will take place Saturdays, Oct. 30 and Dec. 4, at 519 Broadway St. in King City. Call 831-386-9809 for more information.

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NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Matt Griffe slugged four home runs in five games as a Bryant 8-and-under[more] baseball team made an unbeaten run to the championship of the Elite Gold Ring Classic at Burns Park over the weekend.
The team defeated Beebe 12-3 and Benton 8-6 on Saturday then ousted a Monticello 7-year-old team, 15-0. In a rematch in the semifinals, Bryant eased past Beebe, 12-1, then shut out their rivals from Benton 7-0 to capture the title.
The Bryant team, managed by Joey Small with assistance from Michael Stroud and Danny Dunn, includes Chase Small, Mason Lucas, Tucker Dunn, Matt Griffe, Tanner Newell, Daniel Taylor, Luke Bickerstaff, Dylan Stroud, Drake Brown, Braxton Fischer, Dawson Brown, Alex Skelley, and Logan Owen.
Bryant 7, Benton 0
Griffe smacked two of his homers, going 3 for 3 with three runs batted in to spark Bryant to the final win. Small, Taylor, Stroud, Drake Brown and Fischer each added two hits.
Bryant scored in four of the five innings. In the first Lucas doubled, advanced to third on a groundout by Dunn and scored on a single by Griffe. Base hits by Newell and Taylor loaded the bases but Benton escaped further damage.
That would come in the second, however. Stroud beat out an infield hit then Drake Brown belted a double. The runners held as Fischer beat out an infield hit and, after Dawson Brown grounded into a force at the plate, Skelley singled in a run and Small knocked in two with a base hit up the middle, making it 4-0.
In the third, Griffe launched his first homer over the fence in left. An inning later, Stroud and Drake Brown singled, Owen sacrificed them to second and third and Fischer beat out an infield hit as the runners held. Despite loading the bases, however, Bryant was unable to add to the lead at that point.
But, in the fifth, Small singled and raced to third on an errant throw. Lucas got him home with a sacrifice fly and, with one out, Griffe blasted his second round-tripper to end the game.
Bryant 12, Beebe 1
Bryant broke open a scoreless game with three runs in the second then scored in every subsequent inning. Griffe capped off the barrage with a two-run blast in the top of the fifth.
The second-inning uprising was sparked by Stroud’s single to center with one out. Bickerstaff’s hit chased him home then Drake Brown singled him to third. An error allowed Brown to take second then Owen got Bickerstaff home with a groundout. Lucas doubled in the third run of the frame.
Two more scored in the third when Fischer singled, took second on an error, third on a groundout by Skelley and scored on a tap back to the mound from Small. Dunn then doubled and scored on a single by Newell to make it 5-0.
Beebe managed its lone run in the bottom of the third but Bryant answered with four more in the fourth. Singles by Taylor, Bickerstaff and Drake Brown produced two runs. Brown advanced on an error and scored when Owen beat out an infield hit. He swiped second and raced home on a base hit by Lucas as the lead ballooned to 9-1.
In the fifth, Skelley singled and stole second. With one out, Dunn beat out an infield hit. Newell drove home Skelley with a sacrifice fly moments before Griffe unloaded on an 0-1 delivery.
Bryant 15, Monticello 7’s 0
Bryant scored the maximum of six runs in each of the first two innings then put the game out of reach with three in the third. Small, Lucas, Dunn, Taylor, Bickerstaff and Stroud scored in the first. In the second, Owen, Fischer, Dawson Brown, Skelley, Lucas and Dunn accounted for the runs. Newell, Taylor and Bickerstaff scored in the third.
Bryant 8, Benton 6
A five-run second gave Bryant the upper hand. With an extra run in the third and two in the fourth, they were able to hold off a Benton rally. Trailing 8-0, Benton cut the margin in half in the bottom of the fourth then put together a final rally in the bottom of the sixth, scoring twice before the game ended with the potential tying run at the plate.
Taylor, Bickerstaff, Owen, Lucas and Dawson Brown scored in the second. The third-inning run was scored by Newell. In the fourth, Bickerstaff and Drake Brown crossed the plate.
Bryant 12, Beebe 3
Griffe slugged his first home run of the tournament to cap off the scoring as part of a three-run fifth. Bryant took the lead with three in the second with Stroud, Bickerstaff and Drake Brown scoring. In the top of the third, Fischer and Dunn crossed the plate to make it 5-0 before Beebe pushed home a run in the bottom of the inning.
In the fourth, Taylor, Bickerstaff, Drake Brown and Owen scored as the lead blew out to 9-1. Along with Griffe, Skelley and Dunn scored in the top of the fifth.
Beebe tried to rally in the bottom of the inning but could only manage a pair of tallies before Bryant closed out the win.


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Latest Systematic Review on Manipulation and LBP
Reference:Rubinstein SM et al Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low back pain: an update of the cochrane review. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Feb 1;38(3):E158-77.
Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is performed on thousands of patients on a daily basis worldwide. There are now hundreds of studies that have investigated the efficacy of manipulation and dozens of systematic reviews summarizing the study results.
Here is a quote from the latest systematic review.
“SMT is no more effective for acute low back pain than inert interventions, sham SMT or as adjunct therapy. SMT also seems to be no better than other recommended therapies.” (Rubinstein SM et al 2013)
Clinical Relevance: If you don’t practice manipulation, it’s OK. There is no shortage of other potentially effective treatment options.
Posted on: July 03, 2015

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These rods really are TANAGO rods, not all-purpose rods like the Soyokaze or Kiyotaki (both of which have been discontinued). There seems to be a misconception in the West about what tanago fishing really is. Tanago fishing is NOT fly fishing for trout with 7 or 8' telescopic rods on small streams. It is fishing for tanago (a type of fish). In Japan it is done with bait and with rods that could be as short as 20 or 30" although most are a bit longer.
The tanago rods I have had in stock are well suited for micro fishing for species that are not skittish and where you can fish almost right under your rod tip. You can cast, but with a fixed line on a very short rod you are not going to cast very far.
But please, call it micro fishing, not tanago fishing. There are no tanago here. Tanago fishing in the US would be like shark fishing in Kansas - there aren't any there to catch.
Photos show alternate grips (rods are collapsed - they're short but not that short)
Tanago rods are truly lilliputian. Some collapse to just 10 1/4 inches. When you pick one up - once you get over how light and how small it is - and give it a test wiggle, it seems surprisingly stiff. However, that feeling is illusory. When you wiggle a rod (a normal rod, that is) you set up a harmonic wave that is caused by the rod's own inertia.
These rods weigh so little, and much of what they do weigh is in the grip rather than in the blank, that they have virtually no inertia. You cannot set up that harmonic wave. Suspend just one US penny (2.5 grams) in a little plastic bag tied to the lillian and the rod bends. If you move the rod at all, the rod tip bounces and wiggles like something alive.
I have commented in the past that a micro fishing rod should be able to handle a 9" brookie when fishing for dace, or a 10" largemouth when fishing for 3" sunnies.
Not these rods. These are diminutive rods for diminutive fish. They'll be fine with the dace, darters and baby bluegills, but large bluegills would be too much for the little rods, let alone a bass. The brookie below is maybe a 6 or 7 incher, hooked in quiet water. The Shimotsuke Miyako bent more than I had thought the rod could bend without breaking. I would not want to hook a 9 incher with one. For that matter, I don't want to hook another 6 incher!
A guy I fish with a lot says I always underestimate the capability of rods, but that is not the case with these. These are wonderful little rods, but they really are for little fish. I've had a customer break two of the Shimotsuke tanago rods (which I no longer carry). One was when he hooked a large sunfish. The other was when the micro he caught was eaten by a 10" bullhead. If there's a good chance you might catch larger than expected fish, the Air Stage Hakubai 240 would be a better choice.
For micro fishing, though, particularly close in sight fishing, tanago rods are a tremendous kick. For sitting on a dock and catching the little bluegills that live under it, these rods could be a tremendous amount of fun. If big bluegills or small bass live under the dock, though, use a different rod.
Part of the fun, of course, is that the rods are just so insanely small - and that they are specialty rods, specially designed for fish to which most anglers wouldn't give a second thought. They will definitely bring a smile to your face. Sure, you could use an old spinning rod, but it won't put a smile on your face like these will. Fishing with these rods is like fishing with Harry Potter's wand.
The Daiwa has Hinata tanago rods that are only 3' long. Fishing with one is like fishing with Harry Potter's wand. As with the Nissin Tanago Koro, the tip section is almost unbelievably thin. This is a rod for true micros. 3' extended, 10 1/4" collapsed.
The 5' Daiwa Hinata is a bit more capable. The tip sections are the same as on the 3' model but the longer rod can spread the stress over a larger arc. 5' extened, 10 1/4" collapsed.
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April 19 2010
Dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake in Chile
19/04/2010 - The need to rediscover their classmates and friends, to see their teachers and, mainly, to feel that they are returning to normality, was something urgently needed by the children in Concepción and surrounding areas after the quake which struck Chile on 27 February.
Mother from the community picking up her son from school - Photo: SOS Archives
Just a couple of weeks ago, around 70 percent of the children of Concepcion started their school year. Little by little, they arrived to their schools, feeling both delighted and anxious, because - as they said - the day was "long awaited for".
As reported by several community mothers who are supported by the emergency programmes of SOS Children's Villages in Concepcion, it was not an easy decision for them to send their children back to school. Still trying to cope with the fear of what happened, the fear of the almost daily aftershocks, these courageous women had to be quite brave to allow their children to be away from them for a few hours per day. However, the psychosocial help provided by the psychologists of the different SOS emergency programmes made it possible that the children's families can more and more return to normality to continue with their lives.
"I didn't even want to think of Manuel going back to class..., I wanted to take him out of school... but with the psychologists we discussed a lot about this issue and I understood that it was necessary for us to continue with our lives", said a mother from the SOS Emergency Programme "Pedro del Rio".
The priority for SOS Children's Villages at the beginning was to immediately start with emergency relief actions to support and protect affected children. Five emergency programmes were implemented in different districts, where day-care and psychosocial support has been offered to a total of 770 children. Currently, three of the five projects continue supporting the children and their families.
"It has been a very enriching experience to be an active part in this process of restoration and organisation", said Norma Valdes, director of the SOS Emergency Programmes operating in Concepción and its surroundings.
Children from the SOS Children's Village in Concepción back from school - Photo: SOS Archives
Presently, one of the main efforts of SOS Children's Villages Chile is to facilitate the return of children to their schools, educational and vocational centres, kindergartens and nurseries. The facilities without structural damages have to temporarily take over the pupils from other schools and facilities, morning and afternoon lessons are therefore given on an alternating basis until the damaged infrastructure of schools is repaired.
"My school is beautiful and nothing happened to it. My mother was scared all the same, she didn't want to send me to school... I just wanted to see my friends again... Luckily, no one was hurt", told eight-year old Claudio, one of the little participants of the SOS Emergency Programme "Aguita de la Perdiz".
Two months after the earthquake
The emergency programmes of SOS Children's Villages in Chile continue in the most affected areas of Concepción, while the new target of the programmes is now to strengthen the self-sustainability of families and communities. "The emergency activities will evolve into development programmes that are complementary to already existing social programmes from SOS Children's Villages in the country", explained Norma Valdes. "The needs of the children, the resources available, the local context, and the solutions that reflect the local circumstances will help to determine the transition or exit strategy from the programmes installed after the catastrophe."


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Many homeowners feel that receiving a VA home refinancing loan is a tricky process with daunting and unknown legal territory but as we’ve discussed in our blogs previously, that is not the case. In fact, getting a VA home loan refinanced is a truly simple and easy process, especially with the options available. There are a few VA home loan options but two raise above the rest as the most beneficial and widely used refinance options for veterans.
The IRRRL or Streamlined Refinancing Option
One of the most common options for veterans looking to refinance their home loan is the VA Streamline refinance. This refinancing alternative is also referred to as an Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan or an IRRLL. Many veterans utilize this option because it offers homeowners the lowest interest rates possible on their home loans. This can mean lower monthly payments as well as more money towards principal payments, other monthly bills or just to put in savings each month. However the veterans decide to spend the money saved through an IRRLL is up to them, but one thing is for sure, this type of refinancing option gives them the ability to pay less towards their home and spend more where they see fit.
Another benefit of a VA Streamline Refinance Loan is that it provides homeowners with little or no out of pocket expense regarding closing the refinance loan. One may be ask why it is called a streamline loan. Well, that is because the entire refinancing process is streamlined for the convenience of the homeowner. If someone already has a home loan through the VA, they can reuse all the same information without needing to complete new credit checks or appraisals. This shortens the refinancing process considerably, resulting in complete refinancing with lower interest rates in roughly a month.
The Option of Receiving a Cash-Out Refinance
The name of this top refinancing option says it all. This alternative to a traditional refinance offers homeowners the opportunity to receive cash-back through their VA refinance. Instead of taking out another loan for an expense such as a car or college tuition, a homeowner can roll that price into the home loan through a refinance and receive cash to purchase the expensive item.
This loan is also termed as a Home Equity Refinancing because of how it works with receiving the cash-out. It works in conjunction with the amount of money already paid towards the loan as well as the amount of home equity that may have been acquired. To use an example of how the process works for homeowners from one of our previous blog posts, “if the original home loan was for $250,000 and $15,000 of the loan has been paid, veteran homeowners can refinance for the original $250,000 loan and may receive $15,000 in cash back.” This refinancing option is simple enough and quite effective in securing low interest rates as well as a single monthly payment for all large expenditures.
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The Midlands State University Industrial Park, recently commissioned by President Mnangagwa, has businesses employing more than 100 people with its chemical manufacturing and textiles departments with full order books.
Under Second Republic reforms introduced by President Mnangagwa, all State universities and technical institutes must have innovation hubs, with these supporting industrial parks as universities take on a new role of enabling and supporting industrial and economic growth.
Yesterday, journalists from across the board attending a Government-organised workshop on the National Development Strategy1 (NDS1) in Gweru toured the MSU Industrial Park.
MSU director of enterprises Mr Alex Mukwembi said the industrial park already has two departments for clothing and chemicals, which are already operating at full swing .
“Under the textile department, we are doing work suits and other protective clothing for industry. We also have the chemicals department which is into massive production of hand sanitisers and hand wash.”
The two departments were already overwhelmed by demand from the market, with the sanitisers being distributed through NatPharm.
University’s lecturers working with other experts were at advanced stage of conducting chemical tests to produce a coal-based tar and other readily available raw materials to replace imported bitumen as a binder and sealant for the surface of roads.
“Recently, we promised the President that soon we will be producing tar locally.
“We are using local raw materials like the asbestos fibre dump, which has been lying idle at Shabanie mine,” he said.
Mr Mukwembi said the university was also working on establishing a pharmaceutical company at the industrial park which will be specialising in traditional herbs.
“The pharmaceutical company is expected to be operational by next year and we promised the President when he commissioned this park recently that during our next graduation, the pharmaceutical company will be operational,” he said.
“We also intend to open a food canning company in 2022,” he said
During the commissioning of the Industrial Park about three weeks ago, President Mnangagwa said universities the world over were key to industrialisation.
He said the tar would save the country millions of dollars, which are been used in importing the tar.


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This study aims to determine the impact of the geriatric consultation on the number of medications in hospitalized older adults and the corresponding financial impact.
Retrospective chart review of patients seen by geriatric consultants.
Tertiary-care teaching hospital.
The number of medications prescribed before hospitalization, at time of consult, and at discharge, and the number and category of medications adjusted by the geriatrician. The monthly cost of the pharmaceutical interventions was computed based on the drugstore.com cost of acquisition of drugs.
A cohort of 62 patients was reviewed with a mean age of 84.6 (± 7.3) years; 79% were women. The patients presented with an average of 5.6 (± 2.1) comorbidities of which hypertension, dementia, and musculoskeletal disorders were the most common. The most common reasons for geriatric consultations were neuropsychiatric, nutritional, and gait-related issues. The geriatric consultant identified 2.96 (± 1.5) additional diagnoses, of which debility, delirium, and pain were the most prevalent. The average number of medications on admission was 7.7 (± 3.7) and at discharge was 9.5 (± 2.12). The average number of medications adjusted by the geriatric consultant was 2.96 (± 2.12). The most common classes of adjusted medications were pain medications (22%), nutrition (13%), bowel regimens (8.5%), antipsychotics (8%), and osteoporosis (8%). The cost impact of the pharmaceutical intervention ranged between -$343 and $2,607, with an average increase of $102 (± 368).
Geriatric consultations increased the total number of medications and the cost of medications used by elderly patients.


Earlier on sfbg.com, Virginia Miller turned WhiskyFest into Whisky Week, meeting with seven different distillers who’d come to attend the Fest from such far-flung booze berths as Kentucky and Scotland. Here’s part one of her scotch-heavy Whisky Week highlights. Read on for part two: conversations with bourbon and rye distillers.
10/8 COFFEE WITH JIMMY RUSSELL OF WILD TURKEY – The morning before WhiskyFest I learned about a company that’s been a Kentucky mainstay since 1855, and met with its master-distiller since 1954. Jimmy Russell comes from a family of distillers: grandad, dad — who worked for him at Wild Turkey in the early years — and now Russell is distilling with his son, Eddie. Jimmy could not be more charming. An older Southern gentleman, he’s soft-spoken, with an adorable sense of humor that I discovered as we chatted over coffee.
Russell makes Wild Turkey bourbons and ryes “the old-fashioned way” and says he doesn’t even tell his son all of his distilling secrets. They use barrels charred four times and made of white oak mainly from Missouri, Kentucky and the Ozarks of Arkansas. Their basic bourbons are a blend of six, eight and ten year-aged, with a lower proof than some bourbons, generally 108-110 proof. He explains lower proof is actually more costly as there is more water added to dilute higher proof bourbons.
The distiller’s yarns about his town of Lawrenceburg, KY are fascinating, particularly because it’s in a mostly dry county where no drinks are allowed in restaurants and bars do not exist. “We’re not dry, we’re moist”, he says, as there are a few limited options to purchase drink in the area. It was only a couple years ago they secured a souvenir liquor license, one of many complicated hoops to jump through to in order to allow tastings in their actual distillery. Russell says he adheres to the Southern Baptist tradition that one only drinks hard liquor for medicinal purposes. He qualifies in a gentle, Southern drawl, “I keep a cough pretty much most of the time”.
10/7 SIPPIN’ WHEATED BOURBON WITH PARKER BEAM – Amidst the annoying happy hour din at Bloodhound last Thursday night, distilling legend Parker Beam was hanging out with the Heaven Hill crew and a few of their whiskeys. They pulled out a bottle of brand new Parker’s Heritage Wheated Bourbon, an earthy, wood-laced wheat beauty whose mix blends in corn and malted barley.
Parker raised a glass as we attempted to chat above the din. Hearing took some effort as the delightful Parker speaks in a slow, Southern drawl that lulls one into a real enjoyment of the moment. His passion for distilling shines in his calm demeanor. He’s distilled for decades, both with father, Earl and son, Craig. And yes, he’s related to “that” Beam. His grandfather and namesake, Park Beam’s, brother was the storied Jim Beam (aka James Beauregard Beam). Parker is part of a royal distilling heritage. I asked if his son had any children who might next enter the fray. “My son has five daughters, so no,” he surmised. “But who knows? Maybe we’ll have the first female bourbon distiller someday.” It wouldn’t be the first noteworthy accomplishment in the Beam family’s rich history.
10/10 BACON BRUNCH WITH KEITH KERKHOFF OF TEMPLETON RYE – Setting: Reza Esmaili’s Long Bar. Food: delectable spread from chef Erik Hopfinger. Heaping bacon piles of Eden Farms Berkshire Pork — And don’t forget the rye. Templeton Rye from Templeton, Iowa, to be exact. The brunch was in celebration of this delightful rye — previously restricted for sale to Illinois and Iowa — finally becoming available in San Francisco.
Templeton is so small batch that you won’t find it in any Bay Area shops outside of SF, where our usual suspects, like Cask, Jug Shop, and K&L all stock the brand. Assistant master-distiller Keith Kerkhoff (I wrote about a Whiskies of the World seminar with their president, Scott Bush earlier this year) and brand manager Michael Killmer hosted us for a relaxed, festive brunch where the coffees were spiked with the rye and topped with Fernet whipped cream. Welcome to SF, Templeton.
Waxing poetic with Maker’s Mark at The Alembic
10/10 DIPPING WAX WITH KEVIN SMITH OF MAKER’S MARK — At The Alembic, Kevin Smith, the master distiller of Maker’s Mark, spent a couple hours with a small group, tasting through various ages of the bourbon from white dog to pours that were years older than the finished Maker’s product, so that we could get an idea of when a spirit is ready. From a somewhat neutral base cut down to 90 proof, the bourbon gained most of its flavor from barrel aging, and we sampled a woody 12-year version that came off astringent and tannic, though not unpleasant. Smith used the two to highlight their choice of the smoother, rounder balance of the fully matured final product which is aged roughly years.
We finished with Maker’s 46, their first new product in 50 years. I’ve had it a few times and it makes sense Kevin said the inspiration was rye whiskey with advanced spicing, toasty oak and that “cinnamon bite.” It’s certainly my preferred Makers. Thanks to The Alembic for serving us a gorgeous, bright Maker’s 46 cocktail: sweet vermouth, absinthe, maraschino and a mint garnish. But the session wasn’t over until we had hand-dipped glasses in Maker’s signature red wax, a tradition established from the chemist wife of Bill Samuels, Sr. (Maker’s original owner). She loved brandy and wanted the bottle shape and wax to imbue Maker’s with a brandy elegance.
Interestingly, California just surpassed Kentucky as Maker’s number one-selling US market. Raise a glass, shall we, to the pioneers and tastemakers who brought love of spirits to share during this past whirlwind week of whisky.
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Mickey came to us looking for a photographer that could work with her unique dream. As an older couple, and neither party on their first marriage, they weren’t planning a huge affair. But their love was as powerful as any twenty-somethings, and they felt their bond as soul mates deserved to be so celebrated. So she and her partner Mike chose to honor their ancestors with one of the most beautiful fusion wedding ceremonies we’ve been privileged to see, blending elements of western tradition with Hawaiian into an exquisitely lovely ritual.
The wedding ceremony was followed by an intimate reception held on the grounds, a wonderful experience with the jungle ambiance and the wild peacocks roaming through the party. Terribly exotic and romantic!
(And I can’t help but confess that I was drooling over the bride’s shoes, hehehe!)
Altogether this was one of the most unique and wonderful weddings we’ve been privileged to be a part of. Here’s to a lifetime of happiness for Mickey and Mike!


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Academia and the private sector team up to streamline, enhance healthcare
medwireNews: Setting a bar to improve the quality of care and address the political hot-button issue of health cost containment, a world-famous academic medical center, the Cleveland Clinic, and one of the nation's largest hospital chains, Community Health Systems (CHS), have agreed to an extensive collaboration.
"In this period of dynamic change in healthcare, [we] recognize that collaboration is essential to developing innovative solutions that address today's complex challenges and unique opportunities," write the two organizations in a joint press release.
While the two entities will still remain independent, the arrangement allows them to gain from each other's resources and expertise for the sake of developing better hospital operations, such as clinical services, physician alignment and integration, and supply chain processes.
The collaboration will revolve around three specific areas to begin with. One of them will be concerned with the creation of a framework that will allow physicians to share best practices and exchange data that will eventually be used in predictive modeling for favorable patient outcomes and reducing the cost of care.
As a front-runner in cardiovascular procedures, the Cleveland Clinic's Heart & Vascular Institute will also analyze certain CHS-affiliated hospitals to help them to enhance the quality of their cardiovascular services and data infrastructure.
The collaboration will additionally consider other approaches that will maximize the sharing of best practices that could involve telemedicine initiatives, second opinion services for both physicians and patients, and complex care coordination.
The increasing need to control soaring health costs has initiated several collaborative moves that have put insurers together with providers while not-for-profit hospitals link up with for-profit hospitals. Yet the Cleveland Clinic and CHS alliance - a 5-year agreement - is a first in that it merges academic medicine with the private sector.
"This is innovative," said Wayne Smith, chairman, president, and CEO of Community Health Systems to ModernHealthcare. "It's different. It's long-term and it's about quality and highly improved patient experience and how we can be more productive in doing that."
"The future requires courage and teamwork," Smith added in a press release. "We are headed in the right direction to achieve meaningful enhancements in clinical quality and affordable care."
By Peter Sergo, medwireNews Reporter


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With austerity-crunched Greeks keeping their wallets in their pockets, retail stores are taking a big hit, with sales dropping like a stone in 2012, for a fourth consecutive year. The businesses reported an overall 10 percent slide and expect it to get worse this year.
Adjusted for inflation, sales dropped 12 percent, Greek statistics agency ELSTAT said, but overall consumers are buying 33 percent less than they were in 2009, a year after the country’s recession began with pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions imposed by the government on the order of international lenders.
The rapid drop in consumption has been a major factor in the country’s deep recession, now in its sixth year, that has seen the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall by 24 percent since austerity began. During that time, more than 68,000 businesses have closed.
Household spending accounts for about three quarters of the economy in Greece the biggest share in any of the 17 Eurozone countries that use the euro, but with unemployment at a record 27 percent, pay cuts and tax hikes combined are eating up nearly half of disposable income, which has fallen 33 percent since 2010.
Ironically, while austerity was supposed to help the economy, it has hurt it, with tax revenues far off expectations despite big tax hikes because Greeks have slowed spending so much. Consumption taxes fell 23 percent in January and are expected to show a 6.3 percent drop for the year, making it harder for the government to meet fiscal targets, which could trigger more austerity, which could further drive down tax revenues in what some analysts have called a “death spiral.”
Even with sales up to 80 percent, many Greeks are just walking by and not even window shopping anymore. “The data is painting a rather grim picture about the state of the domestic consumer,” EFG Eurobank economist Platon Monokroussos told Reuters. Economists expect falling consumption to remain a drag on the economy this year, despite a slight improvement in consumer confidence after Athens secured more bailout funds in December, at the price of more austerity.
But falling prices may ease some of the pain. Greece and its foreign lenders expect consumer prices to fall by 0.8 percent in 2013, the first year of deflation in decades as some retailers, notably supermarkets, kept prices for a long time before finally relenting. The country’s dairy companies, which critics said operate like a cartel, have not cut back on prices in most cases. Producer prices stopped rising in January for the first time in more than three years, ELSTAT said.


Sky Brown wins National Skateboarding Championship to boost 2020 Olympic hopes
Last Updated: 15/04/19 10:49am
Ten-year-old Sky Brown improved her hopes of becoming Britain's youngest summer Olympian by winning gold at Sunday's National Skateboarding Championships.
Brown is one of five British skateboarders selected to receive UK Sport Aspiration Funding ahead of Tokyo 2020 and she made a bright start to her qualification campaign in winning the women's park competition.
She would be just 12 days over the age of 12 when the 2020 Games begin in Japan, where she is predominately based and where her mother was born.
Swimmer Margery Hinton holds the record for youngest British Olympian, setting the record in Amsterdam in 1928 when she competed at the age of 13 years and 43 days.
Skateboarding is one of five sports added to the schedule for next summer's Olympics along with baseball/softball, surfing, sports climbing and karate.
"I am really excited to have won the event," she said. "I was feeling a bit nervous out there because it was the first time I have competed here."
Sporting all-rounder Brown is also set to compete in the British Surfing Championships later this year.


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