OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the change in balance and quality of life in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty for primary gonarthrosis.
METHOD: Patients aged 60 years or older were evaluated in relation to the balance and quality of life before total knee arthroplasty and six months after surgery. To assess balance, this study used the Motor Scale Test for the Elderly; quality of life was assessed using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index questionnaire and the Short Form Health Survey. A control group consisting of healthy adults, age- and gender-paired, was used to compare the balance after surgery results.
RESULTS: Twenty-eight patients completed the study, of a total of 37 arthroplasties. The mean age was 70.18 ± 6.17 years. All variables were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) for improved balance and quality of life after arthroplasty. It was observed that, after knee arthroplasty, the level of balance does not reach that expected for healthy individuals (p ≤ 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Total knee arthroplasty is effective at improving balance six months after surgery, as well as all domains of quality of life. However, it is not able to restore balance to a level comparable to that of healthy individuals.
Keywords: Total knee replacement; Balance; Elderly; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life.
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o equilíbrio e a qualidade de vida em pacientes submetidos a artroplastia total do joelho por gonartrose primária.
MÉTODO: Pacientes com 60 anos ou mais foram avaliados em relação ao equilíbrio e à qualidade de vida antes da artroplastia total de joelho e seis meses após a cirurgia. Para avaliar o equilíbrio, foi usado o teste da Escala Motora para a Terceira Idade; para avaliar a qualidade de vida, foram usados os questionários Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index e Short Form Health Survey. Um grupo controle de indivíduos saudáveis, pareado por idade e gênero, foi usado para comparação dos níveis de equilíbrio do grupo em estudo após a cirurgia.
RESULTADOS: Completaram o estudo 28 pacientes, em 37 artroplastias. A média de idade foi de 70,18 ± 6,17 anos. Em todas as variáveis analisadas, observou-se significância estatística (p ≤ 0,05) para melhoria do equilíbrio e da qualidade de vida após a artroplastia. Observou-se que, após artroplastia do joelho, o nível de equilíbrio não alcança o nível esperado para indivíduos saudáveis (p ≤ 0,05).
CONCLUSÃO: A artroplastia total de joelho é capaz de melhorar o equilíbrio seis meses após a cirurgia, bem como todos os domínios da qualidade de vida. No entanto, não é capaz de restaurar o equilíbrio comparável àquele dos indivíduos saudáveis.
Palavras-chave: Artroplastia total do joelho; Equilíbrio postural; Idoso; Osteoartrite; Qualidade de vida.
Note: Study conducted at Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Esporte (Cefid), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Udesc), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
The influence of TKA on proprioception has been the subject of debates: some authors report benefits after surgery,14,15 while others failed in observing the improvement of proprioception after TKA.16,17 Many intra-articular structures of the knee have proprioceptive receptors, such as the anterior cruciate ligament, articular cartilage, and the menisci, among others, which are resected during TKA. Stan et al.18 suggest that balance control is more limited after TKA, especially in the first days after the procedure, considering that the patients are elderly and their balance control is already compromised, which leads to a greater risk of falls in this period. In turn, Swanik, Lephart, and Rubash14 suggest that TKA restores the motor and sensory characteristics necessary for balance and dynamic stabilization of the joint, reducing the risk of falls and subsequent injury to this population. Furthermore, Schwartz et al.19 demonstrated that, in addition to TKA effectively improving the dynamic balance in elderly patients with OA, this balance restoration has a positive correlation with improved function and quality of life. The present study was aimed at assessing the alterations in balance and quality of life of elderly subjects who underwent TKA.
This was a prospective cohort clinical study. Patients aged 60 years or older, diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and who received an indication for TKA in a state-owned orthopedic reference hospital were invited to participate. Over 12 consecutive months, patients who met the American College of Rheumatology's clinical criteria for the diagnosis of OA of the hip or knee were selected, radiographically confirmed using the classification of Kellgren-Lawrence (grade IV).20,21 Those who met the clinical criteria and failed conservative treatment were placed on the waiting list for the proposed surgeries. Therefore, individuals aged 60 years of age or older with TKA indication and who agreed to participate in the study and signed the Informed Consent Form were considered eligible for the study.
The exclusion criteria were: pain report (visual analog scale [VAS] equal to or greater than 5) in another lower limb joint, unrelated to the surgery performed; those with neurological, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or psychiatric diseases that would hinder the application of the required tests, the comprehension of and response to the questionnaires, as well as the adequate performance of the therapeutic process and the physical rehabilitation; any active infection in the lower limbs; revision surgery or periprosthetic joint infection less than six months after the intervention; patients who did not return to the outpatient clinic at the second follow-up evaluation (six months after surgery); and BMI > 40 kg/m2.
Primary arthroplasty in the same contralateral joint was not an exclusion criterion. Patients who underwent bilateral arthroplasty were only included in the study after rehabilitation from the first surgery.
The study also included a control group, in order to compare the patients to healthy individuals six months after TKA. The control group consisted of 28 gender-, age-, and BMI-matched individuals, randomly selected, who participated in projects from the State University of Santa Catarina and had no complaints of joint pain in the lower limbs or previous diagnosis of OA.
For the evaluation of pain intensity in patients with OA, the VAS was used, in which 0 means total absence of pain and 10, the maximum pain level that the patient can bear.
All patients included in the sample were evaluated in a clinic, in the outpatient sector of the hospital, before and six months after the surgical procedure. The assessments were performed individually and privately, by a single evaluator; the same procedures were adopted in the two assessments. The surgeon did not participate in the assessments. The initial assessment was performed approximately 30 days before the surgery and the final assessment was performed six months after the surgical procedure.
Individuals from both groups were evaluated by the same research team. Therefore, the same procedures were adopted during data collection in both groups.
The surgical technique consisted of a medial parapatellar access and patellar eversion, as well as tourniquet use; the components were implanted under cementation and a patellar replacement was not performed. The posterior cruciate ligament was preserved in all knees. The Brazilian knee prostheses Metabio® and Baumer® were used.
All patients were operated by the same surgeon. After surgery, the patients were allowed to walk with the aid of a walker on the first postoperative day and received traditional rehabilitation for at least three days of hospitalization. Patients were discharged after demonstrating independence to walk with a walker. They were referred for rehabilitation near the home, after the first follow-up consultation, 10 to 14 days after the surgery, on which occasion the surgical sutures were removed.
Descriptive statistics were calculated with measurements of central tendency and dispersion. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess whether the variables met normality assumptions. Student's t-test was used to assess variables with parametric data, such as age, height, weight, and BMI. For the other variables, non-parametric tests were used. The Wilcoxon test was used to assess the pre and postoperative differences in the study group; the WOMAC subscales, VAS, and MSTE were analyzed. Mann-Whitney's U test was used to assess whether the patient group after surgery was different from the control group. This test was also used to assess whether there was a difference between the subgroups, such as gender, age group, joint, and schooling. Data processing was done using SPSS® Statistics 2011, version 20.0 for Windows (Chicago, Illinois).
The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee under CAAE (Certificate of Presentation for Ethical Consideration) No. 39714614.4.0000.0118. All patients signed the Informed Consent Form for this study.
A total of 38 patients were considered qualified for the study and 28 completed the evaluations; Fig. 1 presents further details. The mean age was 70.18 ± 6.17 years, ranging from 62 to 82 years. Of these 28 patients, 21 (75%) were women. Nine patients presented bilateral OA, and therefore the study included 37 TKAs. The other descriptive data are presented in Tables 1 and 2 and Flowchart 1.
Fig. 1. Flowchart of the study sample. AON, avascular osteonecrosis; BMI, body mass index; VAS, visual analog scale; THA, total hip arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.
Table 1. Anthropometric characteristics of the osteoarthritis (patients) and control groups.
b Significant difference (Student's t-test).
Table 2. Characterization of the patient group.
In all variables analyzed, a statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) was observed after arthroplasty. A large effect size (>0.5) was observed in VAS, WOMAC subscales (pain, stiffness, and physical function), and SF-36, except for general health, vitality, and physical components, which presented an average effect size (Table 3).
Table 3. Pre and postoperative results of the patients with the variables quality of life, pain, and balance.
a Significant difference (Wilcoxon's test).
SA, social aspects; FC, functional capacity; PCo, physical component; MCo, mental component; GHS, general health status; LEA, limitation due to emotional aspects; LPA, limitation due to physical aspects; r, effect size; MH, mental health; Vit, vitality; Z, z-score.
An improvement in the MSTE scores after surgery was observed (median = 60) compared with the preoperative period (median = 24), z = -3674; this was a medium to large effect size (r = 0.491), shown in Fig. 2 by the right shift of the scores after surgery. Despite this evident improvement in balance, the group of patients presented a score below that of healthy individuals (Table 4 and Fig. 3), a statistically significant difference (Mann-Whitney U test, p ≤ 0.0001, r = 0.395).
Fig. 2. MSTE scores pre and postoperatively. X-axis, MSTE score; Y-axis, number of individuals; MSTE, Motor Scale Test for the Elderly; EQ A, balance before surgery; EQ B, balance after surgery.
Table 4. Comparison of the results for the balance tests between the control group and the study group after surgery.
a Significant difference (Mann-Whitney U-test).
Fig. 3. Comparison of the pre and postoperative balance of patients with the control group. MSTE, Motor Scale Test for the Elderly.
In addition to the expected pain relief, restoration of function, and improvement in the quality of life,25 this study demonstrated that patients in the final stages of OA who undergo TKA benefit from improved balance six months after surgery. However, they remain below the parameters considered normal for healthy individuals of the same age group. These results help clarify alleged disparities regarding altered balance after joint replacement. These discrepancies may be explained by the difference of study designs, methods, tests used, and follow-up time.
Stan et al.,18 assessing patients seven days after TKA, stated that the surgery causes more damage to the proprioceptors in knees already compromised by OA and advanced age, and concluded that TKA causes additional instability in the days following the procedure, which results in a higher risk of falls during this period. From another perspective, Bascas et al.26 and Schwartz et al.19 indicated that, 12 months after surgery, TKA effectively restored balance in the elderly compared to the preoperative state. This difference in results can be explained by the short follow-up period in the study by Stan et al.,18 which is insufficient for adequate rehabilitation. In the present study, it was observed that, six months after surgery, patients presented a significant improvement in postural balance.
In the present study, patients presented higher health-related quality of life in all SF-36 domains, as well as a significant improvement in the health status evaluated by the WOMAC score. In addition to providing a state of health, the WOMAC score is associated with the risk of falls. According to Foley et al.,30 the pain and function subscales of the WOMAC and, to a lesser extent, the stiffness subscale, are modestly but independently associated with the risk of falls, so that relief of pain symptoms and joint stiffness, as well as the improvement in function, contribute to reducing the risk of falls.30 Thus, TKA, besides being effective in pain relief and function improvement, is capable of improving all domains of quality of life and balance after surgery, reducing the inherent risk of falls in elderly patients with advanced OA.
The present study has some limitations. Firstly, postoperative rehabilitation after hospital discharge was not directly supervised; however, individuals were oriented before surgery and during the hospital stay; they were discharged after demonstrating their ability to perform the exercises that were taught. Secondly, a control group of the elderly with OA was not adopted. Finally, the low level of schooling of the elderly may have negatively influenced the results evaluated. To reduce this limitation, all questionnaires were applied in the form of interviews. Nevertheless, the results suggest that, regardless of the level of education, TKA is effective in improving quality of life and balance in the elderly with OA.
The clinical impact of the results of this study is promising and suggests that TKA contributes to the improvement of postural balance in elderly patients with OA, with a potential reduction in the risk of falls and injury to this population. Patients benefit from the improvement in all domains of health-related quality of life. Future studies should assess whether specific exercises for balance after TKA may be effective in improving the outcome achieved with traditional rehabilitation models.
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Giovannie Pierre ItsGiovannie:The Musician
Giovanni Pierre-Louis, professionally known as Gio, along with several of his Haitian compatriots, endure life well. Gio was born in Brooklyn to an Italian woman who couldn't kiss her biracial children and a Haitian drug kingpin father who was exiled at the age of 2.After being kicked out of school for behavioral epidemics, Gio was sent to Haiti to live with her father. In Haiti, he learned to appreciate the little things in life and discovered his love for music.
ItsGiovannie was eventually sent to Haiti to live with her father. This is where she discovered her love of music and the rest was history. She is very talented and has a passion for music. ItsGiovannie's musical talents eventually developed into a fusion of modern sounds mixed with trap and old school scat. Check her new single "Money Talk".
Gio has been involved with music for as long as she can remember. His early musical abilities are not surprising given the musical background of his family. His father was a producer and sound engineer, and his uncle played guitar/bass and piano in the group Kompa ZORO. Gio's musical development is influenced by the music of Haiti, which is a combination of European music derived primarily from French and Spanish influences from Cuba and the Dominican Republic border, as well as African migration through slavery. Upon returning to the United States, Gio's younger sister, Cassandra, died in a fire at the age of 15. For years, she struggled with pain, self-loathing, and began to struggle with the weight of it. Gio felt very lonely and became deeply depressed.
Gio knows that with God at his side, everything is possible for him to achieve his goals and make his dreams come true. "I had a difficult childhood," he says. "I get a lot of emotions and ideas from my journey, and I want my audience to connect with this experience, I'm going to the extreme!"
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A new music record label, founded early in 2021, from High Point, North Carolina, UMG (Uva Musix Group) is taking action with their uniqueness, offering a pleasant music experience for their clients, owned by three young men, Jordan Dillard, Derek Marshall, and Olaf Moreno, with their hearts in Hip-Hop/ Rap/ Melodic genre.
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UMG is all about passion and respect, which nowadays is very difficult to find. They will help their artist with their creativity, bringing out the best of them and feeding their fans with it. For one music artist, the most important thing is for his music to be heard everywhere and to achieve positive results, and for that to happen, it needs the support of a good and honest record label.
Once Bobby Unser said "Success is where preparation and opportunity meet", and UMG is a big golden opportunity, especially for a local artist who seeks to leap into action with success. For starters, people can follow them on their Twitter and Instagram accounts which will follow in addition, and in the future on more platforms.
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The Saginaw Valley State University Athletics Department is looking for ways to increase support for Cardinals teams. The centerpiece of this new drive is the new Cardinal Kids Club.
The club is a new program designed to allow young SVSU fans of all social and economic levels a chance to interact with the school's athletes on a first-name basis.
The kickoff for the kids club will take place Saturday before the Axe Bowl, SVSU-Northwood University football game at SVSU. Kids can register on site at the kickoff event, which will feature face painting by some of the SVSU cheerleaders and a visit by the Cardinal mascot. Club members will be able to high five the SVSU football players as they take the field.
"We're really excited about this. We've made the decision to make SVSU athletics much better known and extend our hand into the community," said SVSU Athletics Director Mike Watson. "We want to be the Great Lakes Bay Region's team … with respect to Northwood University, of course."
The club will be for fans age 12 and under. There will be fee membership in the club of $25 per member with a $20 charge for additional siblings. Member benefits include a birthday greeting from the Cardinal mascot, fast track registration at Community Youth Days and a photo with the Cardinal mascot and athletes at the event.
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1. Tending to protrude; protruding.
2. Unduly or disagreeably conspicuous; obtrusive.
1. projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
3. Archaic. pushing forward; having propulsive force.
intrusive - thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea"
But, in reality, carbody is a three-dimension geometry entity with protrusive objects and air flow surrounding the car is easy to be separated.
Although a reduction in the prominence of soft tissue A point was not desired in this particular patient, this type of tissue remodeling may especially be beneficial in bimaxillary protrusive or skeletal Class 2 cases with maxillary prognathia.
Twenty-one of them had protrusive interferences too, even though all of them could protrude mandible.
Long-term mandibular adaptations to protrusive function: an experimental study in Macacamulatta.
Nevertheless, these studies suggest that dendritic protrusive activity triggered by neurotransmitters released from nearby axons contributes to the formation of new synaptic connections.
Upper lip was more protrusive in males than in females in relation to Holdaway's H line.
Public electrification of Barbados did not begin until T911, so, historically, only the last practicing Jews on the island would have used electricity or encountered the protrusive utility poles lining the streets with their crisscrossing wires.
Centric relation and centric, protrusive, and lateral occlusion were checked.
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Mandibular protrusive movements are indicated in cases of mandibular advancement.
The effect of mandibular protrusive (activator) appliances on articular eminence morphology.
Occlusion was evaluated by the help of lateral and protrusive movements of the mandible.
Lamellipodia (LP) are thin, sheetlike protrusions in untreated cells characterized by periods of extension and retraction (indicated by dashed line), After Farrerol treatment, the size of cell showed shrink with minimal protrusive activity (indicated by dashed line).


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FIRSTS in Female Education, 19th Century American West
by Kristin Holt | Aug 15, 2015 | Articles | 0 comments
In an article published August 7, 2015, women outnumber men in both undergraduate and post-graduate university programs. American attitudes have changed, significantly, since the late 19th century.
My most recent blog post, Victorian Attitudes: The Weaker Sex & Education, I shared a snippet from history, and the opinion that educating women was not only undesirable, but dangerous to a female's health. The Victorian Era was not an education-friendly time for women. You've come a long way, baby (remember this marketing slogan?). Our Victorian sisters worked tirelessly for equal rights in so many ways, including the right for an equal education and career choices. As a woman who had abundant choices with my own education, I'm in awe of my Victorian counterparts, particularly those who are remembered as those who were FIRST with landmark educational achievements.
1. In 1827, The Linden Wood School for Girls of St. Charles, Missouri, became the first center west of the Mississippi (for Higher Education) to enroll women.
2. In 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was held in New York to gain support for education and suffrage but it had little immediate impact because at that time women were still considered the property of men rather than individuals in society. This convention is significant because it created a foundation for efforts toward equal education for women, even though it was not actually achieved until much later.
3. In 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was the first medical institution in the world established to train women in medicine and offer them the M.D. degree. (Note: men were not allowed to enroll until 1870.)
4. The University of Deseret's first classes were taught in 1850, and by their second term, women were included among enrolled students.
5. In 1851, (then) "College of Notre Dame" was the first women's college in California and the first in the state authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women. At this time, most universities and colleges accepting female students were in eastern states.
6. 1851: The Cherokee Female Seminary was the first institute of higher learning exclusively for women the United States west of the Mississippi River. Along with the Cherokee Male Seminary, this was the first college created by a tribe instead of the US federal government.
7. Founded in 1852, Mills began as a seminary school known as the Young Ladies' Seminary. It was originally located in Benicia, California.
8. In 1862, Mary Jane Patterson became the first African-American woman to earn a BA. She earned her degree from Oberlin College.
9. In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to graduate from a dental college (Ohio Dental College).
People were amazed when they learned that a young girl had so far forgotten her womanhood as to want to study dentistry. ~ Lucy Hobbs Taylor
10. In 1870, Ada Kepley became the first American woman to earn a law degree, from Northwestern School of Law in Chicago. However, as a woman, she was denied a license to practice law and therefore never officially became a lawyer until the Illinois law barring women from practicing the learned professions was overturned in 1881.
11. In 1876, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became the first graduate of the Territorial University (now known as the University of Washington) when she graduated with a bachelor's degree in science.
Victorian Lady Lawyers–on Sweet Americana Sweethearts Victorian Attitudes: The Weaker Sex & Education Education in the Old West Victorian Attitudes about Female Education, and Conflict in the Historical Romances we Love! Old Fashioned Notions about Marriageable Women Old West Dentistry Real Heroes and Heroines: Teachers BOOK REVIEW: Fair Play by Deanne Gist (heroine is a physician)
Copyright © 2015 Kristin Holt, LCSave


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Q: Restricted sumsets - the origins? The sumset of the subsets $A$ and $B$ of an additively written group is defined by $A+B:=\{a+b\colon a\in A,\ b\in B\}$. The basic idea to add sets has been around since Cauchy at least.
Erdős and Heilbronn considered a variation where equal summands are excluded from consideration. This version of set addition was further generalized to consider restricted sumsets where the sums allowed are taken "along the edges of a graph": that is, given a set $E\subseteq A\times B$, we let $A\stackrel{E}{+}B:=\{a+b\colon a\in A,\ b\in B,\ (a,b)\in E\}$. Perhaps, the most famous result where restricted sumsets play a central role is the Balog-Szemerédi-Gowers theorem.
I am interested in the historical component of the story.

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*When and where restricted sumsets of a general form (that is, the addition of sets along a graph) were introduced?

*Who has coined the name "restricted sumset"?

*Where does the notation $A\stackrel{E}{+}B$ originate from?

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Books & Journals » Use of the Repertory by James Tyler Kent » Use of the Repertory
Use of the Repertory
by James Tyler Kent
Use of Repertory By James Tyler Kent. Symptoms most peculiar to the patient must be taken first, then those less and less peculiar until the symptoms that are common and not peculiar are reached, in order, from first to last….
Use of Repertory By James Tyler Kent
As Homeopathy includes both science and art, Repertory study must consist of science and art.
The Scientific method is the mechanical method; taking all the symptoms and writing out all the associated remedies with gradings, making a summary with grades marked, at the end.
There is an artistic method that omits the mechanical, and is better, but all are not prepared to use it. The artistic method demands that judgment be passed on all the symptoms, after the cases is most carefully taken. The symptoms must be judged as to their value as characteristics, in relation to the patient; they must be passed in review by the rational mind to determine those which are stage, rare, and peculiar.
Symptoms most peculiar to the patient must be taken first, then those less and less peculiar until the symptoms that are common and not peculiar are reached, in order, from first to last.
These must be valued in proportion as they relate to the patient rather than to his parts, and used instead of ultimates and symptoms pathognomonic.
Symptoms to be taken:
First-are those relating to the loves and hates, or desires and aversions.
Next-are those belonging to the rational mind, so-called intellectual mind.
Thirdly-those belonging to the memory.
These, the mental symptoms, must first be worked out by the usual form until the remedies best suited to his mental condition are determined, omitting all symptoms that relate to a pathological cause and all that are common to disease and to people. When the sum of these has been settled, a group of five or ten remedies, or as many as appear, we are then prepared to compare them and the remedies found related to the remaining symptoms of the case.
The symptoms that are next most important are those related to the entire man nd his entire body, or his blood and fluids: as sensitiveness to heat, to cold, to storm, to rest, to night, to day, to time. they include both symptoms and modalities.
As many as these as are found, also, in the first group, the mental summary, are to be retained.
There is no need of writing out the remedies not in the mental group or summary; these symptoms, relating to the whole patient, cannot be omitted with any hope of success.
We must next look over all the record o as certain which of heat group are most similar to the particulars of he regions of the body; of he organs of the body; of the parts; and of the extremities.
Preference must be accorded to discharges from ulcers, from uterus during menstruation, from ears and from other parts, as those are very closely related to the vital operation of the economy.
Next must be used the modalities of the parts affected, and frequently these will be found to the very opposite of the modalities of the patient himself. A patient who craves heat for his body, many require cold o his head, to his stomach, or to the inflamed pats, hence the same rubric will not fit him and his pa Hence to generalize by modalities of isolated particulars leads to the incorrect remedy or confounds values placed upon certain remedies.
There are strange and rare symptoms, even in parts of the body, which the experienced physician learns are so guiding that they must be ranked in the higher and first classes.
These include some keynotes which may u me safely to a remedy or to the shaping of results, provided that the mental and the physical generals do not stand contrary, as to their modalities, and therefore oppose the keynote-symptoms.
Any remedy correctly worked outs, when looked up in the Materia Medica, should be perceived to agree with, and to fit, the patient; his symptoms; his parts; and his modalities. It is quite possible for a remedy not having the highest marking in the anamnesis to be the most similar in image, as seen in the Materia Medica.
The artistic prescriber sees much in the proving that cannot be retained in the Repertory, where everything must be sacrificed for the alphabetical system. The artistic prescriber he becomes in artistic effects and Materia Medica work.
Must study Materia Medica long and earnestly to ramble him to fix in his mind such images, which, when needed, will in fill the sick personalities of human beings. These are too numerous and too various to be named or classified. I have often known the intuitive prescriber to attempt to explain a so-called marvellous cure by saying: "1 cannot quite say how I came to give that remedy We have heard this, and left it, and seen it, but who can attempt to explain it? It is something that belongs not to the neophyte, but comes gradually to the experienced artistic prescriber.
James Tyler Kent
James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.
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# Jekyll::analytics
Webanalytics for Jekyll.

There are many tutorials online to add analytics to Jekyll by extending the template. Jekyll-analytics is here to take care of this. Just install the plugin, configure it and you are done :)

Jekyll-analytics: Webanalytics made easy.

Supported:
  - [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/)
  - [Matomo](https://matomo.org/)
  - [Piwik](https://piwik.org/)
  - [mPulse](https://www.soasta.com/performance-monitoring/)
  - [Plausible](https://plausible.io)

## Installation

Add this to your `Gemfile`:

```
gem 'jekyll-analytics'
```
Then execute
```
$ bundle
```
Or install it yourself
```
gem install jekyll-analytics
```

## Configuration
Edit `_config.yml` to use the plugin:
```
plugins:
  - jekyll-analytics
```

Configure the plugin in `_config.yml` by adding:

```yml
jekyll_analytics:
  GoogleAnalytics:          # Add, if you want to track with Google Analytics
    id: UA-123-456          # Required - replace with your tracking id
    anonymizeIp: false      # Optional - Default: false - set to true for anonymized tracking

  Matomo:                   # Add, if you want to track with Matomo (former Piwik Analytics)
    url: matomo.example.com # Required - url to Matomo installation without trailing /
    siteId: "1234"          # Required - replace with your Matomo site id (Write id as string)

  Piwik:                    # Add, if you want to track with Piwik
    url: piwik.example.com  # Required - url to Piwik installation without trailing /
    siteId: "1234"          # Required - replace with your Piwik site id (Write id as string)

  MPulse:                   # Add if you want to track performance with mPulse
    apikey: XXXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ-AAAAA-23456   # Required - replace with your mPulse API key

  Plausible:
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    source: 'https://plausible.example.com/js/plausible.js' # The source of the javascript
```

## Usage
Tracking will be disabled in development mode. To enable production mode set enviroment variable JEKYLL_ENV=production.
Github pages automatically sets JEKYLL_ENV to production.
For testing use
```
$ JEKYLL_ENV=production jekyll serve
```

## Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/hendrikschneider/jekyll-analytics/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
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    def initialize(config)
      #validate config
    end

    def render
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    end
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```
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Thanks Op, ordered one with PM with lowes.
Gonna return the one i orderes one month ago. Saved another 30+ bucks.
I went from chain to belt and the room above the garage is now basically silent when opening the double wide garage... before it shook like a mofo.
Did you PM online and have to call in?
From my understanding, this is something to do with the optional myQ Wifi hub, and the phone app that controls the door.
Do i need to buy myQ wifi thing to use this device with my phone or it's not needed?
Thanks OP! My 32 year old chain opener just snapped a gear today! This is perfect timing!
Going to pick one up today!
I have a Liftmaster belt drive (similar to chamberlain, except it is the commercial version and tracks are usually one piece instead of multiple pieces) and it replaced an old Craftsman chain drive. It was super quiet compared to my old chain drive. I was always skeptical with Belt drives back in the days, but then when they switched to lifetime warranties on the belts, I figured, nothing to lose. My opener is an older model (I installed it a few years ago), and it does use a standard AC motor, so there is some vibrations from the sudden start/stop actions. BUT I installed a newer Chamberlain unit for my sister about 2 years ago (similar to this one), and this one is practically silent. Many of the new ones, come with DC motors (you can check on Chamberlain web site - the B750C does have DC motor). This makes all the difference. The motor starts real slowly, so no jerking movements or vibrations, then speeds up to open, and then slows down again as it nears full open. So there is no abrupt vibrations from the start/stop.
Most of these Garage door openers using DC motors and integrated Battery backups use standard 12V SLA batteries with F1 terminals (like alarm systems, UPS, etc..). You don't need to buy craftsman batteries. For example, the Chamberlain C730C uses a 12V 5Ah battery. So anything from 12V 4Ah to 12V 7Ah is common on these units. I don't know where you live, but in Montreal, you can easily find these batteries at places like Addison or Madisson electronics shops or many others. Otherwise, Magnacharge, definitely carries them. Remove your existing battery and check what you have in your model. They sell anywhere from $17 to $30 depending on where you buy them.
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This tutorial will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on CentOS 7, using rbenv. This will provide you with a solid environment for developing your Ruby on Rails applications. rbenv provides an easy way to install and manage various versions of Ruby, and it is simpler and less intrusive than RVM. This will help you ensure that the Ruby version you are developing against matches your production environment.
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Rate the Dress (ing gown)
This week's Rate the Dress takes us from ballrooms, to bedrooms, with an formal dressing gown that I've dithered over showing to you for weeks, because what will you make of what is essentially a really, really, fancy bathrobe?
Last week: a pale blue paisley ca. 1860 ballgown
It was a fairytale ending for the 1860s ballgown, with everyone singing its praises and declaring it must have been made by a fairy godmother, because if there was ever a historically accurate Cinderella ballgown, that was it! (with a few votes for Elsa).
The Total: 9.8 out of 10
Almost perfect! (and really, that's pretty much as close to perfection as RTD is likely to get).
This week: An 1880s dressing gown
This embroidered dressing gown is a fantastic example of the type of goods that were made in Japan for the Western market.
Woman's Dressing Gown with Belt, Japan, Yokohama, for the Western market, circa 1885, silk plain weave (faille) with silk embroidery; belt: silk braided cord with tassels Belt, LACMA, M.2007.211.784a-b
It features lavish embroidery that combines both a Japanese and Western aesthetic.
Although there is a very slight nod to the idea of a kimono, the silhouette and pattern shapes are predominantly Western. The set-in sleeves are just looser versions of those seen in fashionable European dress in the 180s, and the gored back panels add a slightly bustle effect to the dressing gown.
While an informal, indoor garment, this is most decidedly a dressing gown for showing off. It's one to wear around a new husband, or to take with you when travelling, to impress the hotel maids, or to maintain your status should your host unexpectedly see you in it.
What do you think? Is this the ultimate in elegantly deluxe dressing gowns, or is the mixing of aesthetics less than satisfactory?
A reminder about rating – feel free to be critical if you don't like a thing, but make sure that your comments aren't actually insulting to those who do like a garment. Our different tastes are what make Rate the Dress so interesting. However it's no fun when a comment implies that anyone who doesn't agree with it, or who would wear a garment, is totally lacking in taste.
(as usual, nothing more complicated than a .5. I also hugely appreciate it if you only do one rating, and set it on a line at the very end of your comment, so I can find it! Thanks in advance!)
It is sumptuous, and I love it (moreover, I want it). I love the richness of the fabric color and the graceful ease of the shape. (Corset freedom!)
The only discordant note for me is the rope belt. It interrupts the flow of the embroidery in front and looks somewhat like a dashed "cut here" line in back. Perhaps a belt of the fabric color might be less jarring.
9.5 of 10
This is absolutely gorgeous! I need this to swan around my house. The colors are great, the execution of the work is excellent, I have no complaints.
The color is beautiful, and the embroidery is stunning.
The silhouette is a bit flat in front, but then, it is a dressing gown.
10 out of 10.
I love the colour and I love the embroidery. It just scores highly all round. Sure, the back is a bit plain, but it's still a functional garment with a key use, even if it is all gorgeous luxury, so I can't mark it down for that. Who wouldn't want to waft around in this? (unless it's not their favourite colour at all). 10/10.
I thought I would love it from the first picture of the embroidery, but the silhouette is a bit more western than I would have liked perhaps? Not enough to knock it down too far though, they could have made a sack out of that fabric and I would still rate it!
Tracy Ragland says
I love this! The purple is stunning and the embroidery is sumptuous. I'm taking half a point off for the belt. It's too narrow and unimpressive for the rest of the dressing gown. Maybe it's a substitution for the original belt.
Meira Bear says
I want this to wear around my apartment, but also in front of everyone I know. I want to wear it to class, on holidays, and I want to wear it for my last cup of tea before bed. I also love when mannequins have paper hair.
Ari says
It's gorgeous even if somewhat impractical with all the light colored embroidery. Even though I'd be afraid to spill tea all over it, the dressing gown has pockets! 10/10
Very pretty! I can't help but feel that it could have a bit more flair (maybe a more dramatic collar or be a slightly brighter purple), but it is quite lovely nonetheless.
Nicole B. says
Deep sigh of longing! I am very partial to lilies, to purple, and to Japanese aesthetics. The embroidery is superlative. I do agree with the commenters above who feel the belt lacks something in compliment to the gown. If it has hidden closures, I would leave the cord off or tie it between the loops in the back. Beyond that, pure love.
What a beautiful thing!
Madeleine says
First, I'm glad I didn't play last week, as my rating would have dropped the almost perfect rating. My taste may be somewhat peculiar, so I step back and remain silent when I feel a diatribe rising.
On this dressing gown – SWOON!! I can find very little that is not absolute perfection! Maybe I would prefer a less high, tight, small collar. But that's a quibble.
The embroidery alone gets it to near perfection levels. The deep color of the silk is lovely. I love the obvious kimono origins, but appreciate the cut of the back as a nod to proper dress of the time. Plus, it has POCKETS! This dressing gown is exquisite. I'm not even going to deduct for the collar, as that is just a personal quibble of mine.
This was a winner for me!!
Ava Loy says
Belt is lacking; the collar confuses me a bit. But what a stunning frock for strutting around the house.
Tracy W. says
I adore the embroidery. I love the colors. The arrangement of the embroidery on the gown is somewhat less than perfectly flattering, to my eye. Why is there a random bird flying under the patch pockets, and then another lower down? They wanted to break the smooth sweeping curve flaring out from the vertical column, clearly, but that's a strong design element that they should have left alone! Why is there embroidery on the pockets, giving a wide-low-saddlebag effect? And worst of all, the rope belt instead of simply fastening down the front – a sash would have broken the vertical line of the embroidery so they were right not to have a sash, but the rope was the wrong decision imo. The rope should be on the Franciscan monks robe down the hall. Still, the robe is extraordinary, and I love it.
Deborah Makarios says
Love it! The only quibble is that being as I am in the depths of the drab Wellington winter I feel it should be made out of something thick and velvety or at the very least, quilted.
On the other hand, unlike other commenters I don't object to the belt – it's a classic dressing-gown belt which matches the embroidery and sends the message "this is a very flash dressing-gown not an understructured dress". Also: pockets!
I think the only real problem with the belt is the color; if it were purple, to match the gown, it would be unobjectionable, and not remind people of Franciscan monks. 😉
Love the embroidery. The collar looks better with a head on the mannequin.
Couple of small niggles about the birds between the waist and knees.
Kathy Hanyok says
I love the birds! They're my favorite motif. Embroidery is stunning; my fingers hurt at the thought of the hours spent with a needle. Color is lovely, but was probably darker originally. The belt doesn't bother me — I would wear it open over my lace negligee.
I think it is quite nice and certainly shows expensive taste, with that deep chemically dyed purple and the elaborate embroidery. It's not the most elegant cut of dressing gown I've seen, though it is perfectly suitable. 8.5/10
Lynne McDonald says
The embroidery is splendid! If only it were not on that purple! (I know I'm bucking the trend here, and that the purple is very 'then', but I wish it had been black. Or dark green. Or dark blue. Fussy, aren't I? A beautiful garment in some ways, but looks a bit chunky.
7 out of 10.
A stuning color and beautiful embroidery. The belt could be a silk kumihimo braid. Wearable, comfortable I see a lady waiting on her maid to be dressed. Giving a hugh to her husband, before he leave
Lots to love here – style, colour, beautiful embroidery. The belt is a bit blah but there is much to love about it I can forgive that slight disappointment. 9.5/10
MrsC says
Purple, birds, flowers, embroidery, comfortable, interesting. PERFECT
Rozy says
Well isn't that interesting, Yokohama is the sister city to my hometown of San Diego, CA. Can't add anything more to what has been said in praise of this dressing gown. I'd like to order one for our daughter's birthday next month! Her favorite color is purple and she need a new robe. This fits the bill quite nicely.
The embroidery is fabulous, and the dressing gown is both practical and sumptuous. Like many others, I don't care for the belt, especially as it distracts from the embroidery. But it isn't a built in feature that you couldn't remove without reworking the garment. Simply take it off if you don't like it. Therefore I'm giving no deduction for that. 10/10.
kci.or.jpYou had me at the first glimpse of the embroidery! But I thought it would be European Arts and Crafts. It's a wonderful specimen of the cultural mish-mash (Japonisme) that was happening in fashion and art after Japan came out of isolation. I would happily stumble into the breakfast room in that and be served kippers and toast.
Looking at the belt loop size versus that skinny tie, I think the belt went missing and was replaced by the cord.
Clothing made for the western market typically has symmetrical design placement. A western style dressing gown made for a Japanese woman would have the asymmetric placement you see in kimono. (tidbit from some museum article on which side of the divide to place garments)
Recycling obi and kimono was popular. This is one of my favorites – someone seems to have used an entire uchikake for it.
http://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/digital_archives/1870s_1880s/KCI_114
For being a solid well-done example of it's class, nothing too radical, but well-placed and executed designs …
Lalaith says
Very stately, gorgeous embroidery and color scheme. I'd wear it.
Sorry, forgot rating: 10/10
stunningly gorgeous, love the colour, embroidery is incredible, loose the belt or replace it with something that fits the belt-loops. I'd wear it! 9/10
This one's pretty gorgeous but the silhouette spoils it somewhat for me, especially the way the back pokes out. If it were more streamlined I'd like it a lot more. Like most other people I also dislike the belt. The embroidery and the colours are lovely though.
Magdalena says
Hmm… I really love the colour, and the contrast with the embroidery. Heck, why not give it a ten! (The silhouette is also lovely.)
Lovely. But as someone says I don't think the belt is original, belts on clothes often get lost over time. So because of the belt rather than it being a sash 9/10
Hvitr says
Such beautiful embroidery! I especially like the way the birds' feathers and the speckled lilies have been rendered. The silhouette appeals to me to, so all up:
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Thompson's defeat surprises me a little. Wisconsin has tilted back to the Dems.
As for the Senate as a whole, it may be a scramble just to keep the current 53(D)-47(R) composition.
STEVE adds: I'm not hugely surprised by this. I thought all along that Thompson was the GOP's Mondale; past his time; worn out his welcome. I thought he'd probably win, but thought he'd be vulnerable if he ran a bad campaign, which it seems he did.


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If $a = 2kj + (k+j)$ for integers $k$ and $j$, which I got out of my crystal ball, then $mn = 4kj + 2(k+j) + 1$ and $mn = (2k + 1)(2j + 1)$, but then I have to prove that it's possible to write any integer $a$ as $2kj + (k + j)$, which I don't know how.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: Write $m=2k+a$, where $a=0$ or $1$.
Write $n=2l+b$, where $b=0$ or $1$.
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Q: How HTML Inheritance works with conflicting styles rules in CSS? I just got confused when reading on HTML inheritance and when implementing font-size property in CSS.
As it is mentioned in the book that I'm reading, the cascade mechanism governs how styles are applied when conflicting rules apply to the same elements. So, when you adjust font-size property in the body and in the
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VITRIX HOT GLASS STUDIO
HEECHEES
MELTING SNOWMEN
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Tom Kelly at work
Our Market Street storefront
ur story is about us, but it's also about more than us. It's about quality and collaboration. It's about paying silent homage to a local industry and adding another layer to the story and the culture of glass found in "America's Crystal City."
For the sake of perspective, let's start with a little broader history. Thomas Gibbons Hawkes was born in 1846 to a family involved with the Irish glass industry. At the age of 17, Hawkes obtained a job as a draftsman for the glass cutting shop Hoare & Daily, and in 1880 he opened Thomas G. Hawkes & Company, the second glass cutting firm established in Corning. Nine years later, T.G. Hawkes won the Grand Prize for cut glass
at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.
It's probably not that surprising to find, over 130 years later, a contemporary glass studio located in the same historic building that was once home to Hawkes' company. You'll even find the name T.G. Hawkes & Company painted on the facade out front, well above the name of the current occupant, Vitrix Hot Glass Studio.
Though he does not work in cut glass, like Hawkes before him, artist Tom Kelly (owner and master glassblower at Vitrix) has built a reputation based on the uncompromising quality and craftsmanship of the glass he produces. And it is that adherence to quality that truly sets Vitrix apart as their work has been published internationally, as well as collected and exhibited, and can be found in fine stores and galleries across the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.
Inspired and influenced by many renowned glass artists, including Lino Tagliapietra and Frtiz Dreisbach, Tom spent over a decade under the tutelage of Thomas Buechner III developing his aesthetic sensitivity and the varied techniques he has used during his thirty-plus years at the furnace.
"Hot glass challenges me constantly," says Tom,
"I don't think I really control the molten glass. I just influence it." And it's the way he influences the glass that has captured the attention of people around the world, especially with the intricate sculptures called "heechee probes" where he wraps colorful molten glass around a solid glass probe.
Unlike the Hawkes company, which at its peak employed over 400 people, Vitrix Glass Studio is a small and intimate company where a handful of talented artists can be found working at any one time on a number of unique and stunning pieces including the iconic heechees, as well as the equally popular pyroplasm sculptures, beautiful pumpkins, playful snowmen, elegant perfume bottles, and more.
Most days, while exploring the wonderful shop located on historic Market Street, customers can watch the glassblowers gather molten glass from the furnace and create these wonderful, detailed pieces before their eyes. The intention at Vitrix is to make distinctive, collectible pieces that are not only desirable, but affordable. Yet, regardless of whether it's an expensive piece for an exhibition or a collectible memento, Tom Kelly and the artists at Vitrix strive for exceptional quality in each piece.
Growing up in "America's Crystal City" (a name
earned in large part thanks to T.G. Hawkes), it's easy to understand why Tom might have chosen a career in glass. Yet, doing so and then standing out requires more than a lifelong interest or event talent, which Tom and his crew of glassblowers certainly have. It also requires collaboration between the artists and their chosen medium and also with each other, for most of the
pieces require teamwork.
But the teamwork and collaboration at Vitrix begins with the relationship between Tom and his brother Bob, whose respective strengths truly compliment each other. Having a close relationship helps, but the dynamic chemistry between the brothers extends beyond their strong familial bond as the two men work hard to create something special in Corning's Gaffer District.
While continuing to develop new pieces to add to their collection, Tom and Bob and their crew continue to draw the attention of glass lovers from around the world with their exceptionally crafted handmade glass art.
77 West Market Street
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1959 Mercedes-Benz 220S Convertible
By Alex Dearborn on March 1, 2008 in German March 2008 issue
It takes a while for enthusiasts to realize these cars are about craftsmanship and balance, rather than style
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Mercedes continued its tradition of quality in the mid-1950s with the 220S and 300 model range. The 220S was offered in saloon, coupe, and convertible form.
The 220S Convertible (W128) was produced in limited numbers from 1956 ...
Written by Alex Dearborn
Alex is a retired vintage-car dealer and former Mercedes-Benz restorer. His vintage racing mounts include a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, a 190SL and a Lotus. Alex lives in Kittery Point, ME, and continues to exercise various old cars on road trips, often while doing appraisals.


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The answer to this question starts with another question: Where do you live? Or perhaps, what is the average relative humidity where you live?
Relative Humidity (RH) is a measure of the moisture content in the air, in Ireland we have a very humid climate with the average outdoor RH being 88%. To ensure that our homes are comfortable and healthy it is recommended that indoor RH be in the region of 40 – 60% RH. It is essential that HRV systems can adequately achieve this 40 – 60% RH indoors to eliminate condensation related issues.
A rotating wheel system ensures that the moisture leaving the house deposits on the exhaust side of the wheel, then evaporates back into the supply air. This means that the same moisture collected in the thermal wheel is returned to the house. Consequently there is no net reduction in water content in the air. This is a big advantage in drier climates where there is low humidity and low water content in the air. We need to ensure that high humidity levels caused by living activities such as cooking, cleaning and washing are removed from our homes to avoid condensation internally. We must also ensure that the moist air from outside has humidity levels reduced to ensure we are not just taking in moist air which can cause condensation issues.
However, for areas where the relative humidity is high, such as Ireland and the UK, this is a significant disadvantage. For much of the time our relative humidity is in excess of 88%, where a comfortable indoor environment should ideally be between 40% and 60%. There can also be significant issues with regard to condensation indoors if humidity levels are not reduced.
A counter flow heat exchanger will resolve these issues by achieving a reduction in humidity to between 40 % and 60%. When the warm, moist air moves through the exchanger, it gets cooled beyond its dew-point, water condenses in the outgoing channels and drains off at the bottom of the unit. In this way, humidity is controlled and condensation problems eliminated.
For the Irish market we exclusively design and install air handling units that use a counter flow heat exchanger in its core as opposed to the rotating thermal wheel. With the average relative humidity in Ireland around 88% it is essential that within airtight houses humidity levels are reduced, for increased comfort and to avoid condensation problems.
Rotating thermal wheels, whilst highly efficient return the moisture back into the building. There is no net reduction in the water content of the air and the relative humidity is not reduced. See link for more detail re indoor air quality.


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TotaalFM.com is shutting down their radio station on February first! I have decided to create a podcast of the show. Subscribe to the following link in iTunes or your player of choice to download all the latest shows: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dj-vyrus/id453526142. I will continue adding older shows as time goes on so keep checking the podcast.
For my last 2 shows of the year I will be playing my top tunes of 2009 so be sure to tune in! Also, be sure to tune in to TotaalFM.com's 2009 Year Mix countdown where I will be spinning a 5 hour set from 08.00 till 13.00 hours CET (11pm-4am PST) on December 30th.
Don't forget! My last show of this year will be a compilation of my favorite trance tunes of 2008 so be sure to check it out on December 29th!
On Monday November 24th, I will have a 1 hour guest mix on The Pursuit of Dreams with DJ Mark Nelson on TotaalFM.com. This will be a preview of one of my upcoming mixes so tune in at 10am PST!
My next show will be moved to Monday July, 28th at 20.00 – 21.00 CET (11am PST) and every other monday after that. I do have one more show today.
Totaalfm is in the process of changing the programing on their site. My show will be moved to Mondays at 20.00 – 21.00 CET (11am PST). This will probably happen in August so stay tuned… Until then, check out my show every other Thursday!
On Friday June 20th (my 25th Bday), I will have a 30 minute guest mix on Trance Stadium with DJ Steff van Drin on TotaalFM.
It's been moved up 2 weeks! The show will probably start next thursday, 5/22. Same time.
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This version is based on Simple MVC Framework v2.2

In this edition, you can explicitly specify the root location of the engine files, just edit public/index.php and change $smvc variable.

# What is Simple MVC Framework?

Simple MVC Framework is a PHP 5.5 MVC system. It's designed to be lightweight and modular, allowing developers to build better and easy to maintain code with PHP.

The base framework comes with a range of helper classes.

## Documentation

Full docs & tutorials are available at [simplemvcframework.com](http://simplemvcframework.com)

## Requirements

The framework requirements are limited

 - Apache Web Server or equivalent with mod rewrite support.
 - PHP 5.5 or greater is required

Although a database is not required, if a database is to be used the system is designed to work with a MySQL database. The framework can be changed to work with another database type.

## Installation

1. Download the framework
2. Unzip the package.
3. To run composer, navigate to your project on a terminal/command prompt then run 'composer install' that will update the vendor folder. Or use the vendor folder as is (composer is not required for this step)
Upload the framework files to your server. Normally the index.php file will be at your root.
4. Open the index.php file with a text editor, setup your routes.
5. Open app/Core/Config.example.php and set your base URL and database credentials (if a database is needed). Set the default theme. When you are done, rename the file to Core/Config.php
6. Edit .htaccess file and save the base path. (if the framework is installed in a folder the base path should reflect the folder path /path/to/folder/ otherwise a single / will do.


On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Howell Chamber of Commerce held their weekly Breakfast Bonanza at IHop on Route 9. Breakfast Bonanzas are networking events, welcoming business owners and representatives, both Chamber and Non-Chamber members, giving them an opportunity to promote their business, as well as learn about other businesses. Depending on the week, there is either an open discussion or guest speaker. April 28's Bonanza featured guest speakers Charlie Melita of RAM Enterprises and Mathew Giachetti, President of LifeForce USA. The speakers presented "Saving Lives," an informative presentation about CPR, heart diseases, and how to become trained.
Each year, one million people die from cardiac arrest, and 400,000 people suffer from SCA (Sudden Cardiac Arrest). Due to New Jersey's EMT Services being primarily volunteer, emergency calls may take a few moments before they receive a response. That is why it is very important to become certified in CPR, as well as acquire a defibrillator.
LifeForce USA offers both courses and equipment for such emergencies. Approximately 1/3 of all cardiac arrests have a CPR attempt, and only half of the bystander CPR that is performed is correct. When CPR is used without an AED (defibrillator), there is only a 5% chance of survival, whereas using an AED increases that chance to 40%.
AED machines are user-friendly, with directions written in elementary school level, so remotely anybody can use it. LifeForce also offers a CPR Anytime Kit, which includes a practice doll and DVD, offering step by step instructions on how to save a life during such emergencies.
Although CPR guidelines change every 5 years, with October 15, 2015 being the beginning of the new guidelines, what you have learned a year or two prior is still considered useful. Training for the new guidelines will begin during the late winter/early spring of 2016.
LifeForce USA will be hosting their 6th Annual CPR/AED Awareness Day on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson. They will be honoring heart-attack survivors, offering training, and informing attendees of LifeForce USA services. The event will take place from 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM, which will include a 2-hour lunch buffet. Tickets are $49 for Non-Season Pass holders, and $19 for Season Pass holders. Children 2 and younger are free, and all who pay to attend will receive a t-shirt and wrist band. You can either call LifeForce USA at (732)919-6070, or purchase your ticket online at www.lifeforceusainc.com.
Other upcoming Howell Chamber events include a General Membership Meeting at The Cabin on May 14th, RSVP required, and ticket prices are $20 for Chamber Members, $25 for Non Members. Guest speaker, Chad Schwarz from Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center, LLP will present on, "How to Increase Your Ranking on Google (SERP)". There will also be a Career Fair on May 23rd at the PAL Building from 10:30AM – 2:30PM. Christa Riddle from All About Writing will offer resume tips, and Rob Imperato from Life Coaching will be role playing job interviews. This event is free, and businesses are asked to bring a table if they wish to join. There will also be an After Hours Networking Event on May 28th at Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center from 5:30PM to 7:30PM. This event is free, attendees are asked to bring a $5 non perishable food item for the Howell Food Pantry.
For a complete list of Howell Chamber Events, please visit our website at www.howellchamber.com, and click the "Events" tab. All Breakfast Bonanzas and other events are listed. If you are interested in becoming a guest speaker at one of our Breakfast Bonanzas, email info@howellchamber.com.


Who Can Help with Your Walk to School Initiatives?
Why go it alone when there is help out there? There are many professionals and organisations with a strong interest in promoting sustainable, safe travel for children. Make sure you find out who can help with advice, resources, funding or inspiration for activities.
Who Can Help from My Local Authority?
In the UK most county councils, London Boroughs and city or unitary authorities are working to encourage everyone to travel more sustainably.
Despite the current austerity measures and budget cuts, your local authority should be able to help you.
The level and type of support varies from area to areaand depends partly on local policies and priorities.
Many councils often have one or more person in post who works with schools to encourage more walking to school.
Although the department name and job titles vary, start by contacting your council and asking for the sustainable travel team; otherwise contact your local road safety team and they may be able to put you in touch as they often work together.
Borough Councils may also be able to help via their Community Safety or Sports Development teams.
Don't forget the smaller councils; although parish councils won't have huge resources they may be able to offer community grants to support projects that help improve safety outside school gates.
How Can the Police Help Me?
Your local police will be concerned about any traffic dangers around your school gates and are always keen to work with communities to make them safer.
Contact your local police to let them know about your initiatives to improve road safety so you can work together.
They may have access to funding or resources to help promote community safety initiatives such as yours.
Living Streets is the UK campaigning organisation for pedestrians and public spaces.
Their mission is to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it's great to walk.
They organise national Walk to School Week in the and promote International Walk to School Month in the UK.
Sustrans are a leading UK charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys.
Over the last 20 years they have helped establish the UK national cycle network enabling and encouraging more people to cycle on safe, enjoyable routes.
They employ over 140 officers to work in schools to teach cycling.
Although best-known for their work promoting cycling, they also promote walking and provide information about walking with children on their website at www.sustrans.org.uk.
Brake is a UK (and New Zealand) charity that provides advice and resources, and runs national events and publicity, to help communities achieve safer roads.
They organise UK road safety week each autumn in which many schools take part.
Other activities include the Giant Walk – an annual June event for schools to encourage and promote walking.
Pre-schools take part in their Beep Beep Days that run two or three times a year to teach road safety to early years children.
See their website at www. brake.org.uk for information on how to get involved in their events and campaigns.
See our blog for tips on getting sponsorship from businesses for your schemes.
Road safety charity Brake organises a Kids Walk for schools each year to promote safety for those walking and awareness by drivers.


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The Uganda Police has shuffled senior police officers in a move that police sources say aims at promoting efficiency.
At least 30 officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police have been affected in the transfers announced at the weekend. Among those transferred include ASP Daniel Mugisa who has been transferred from Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Kampala to Kampala Metropolitan Police South.
ASP Stephen Ssemanda has been transferred from CID headquarters to Kyenjojo District while ASP Moreen Angenyo has been posted to Wandegeya Police Station from Namayingo.
Since January Police have transferred senior officers more than 15 times. Following the killing of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, President Museveni lashed out at the Police Force, saying the institution had been infiltrated by criminals.