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Q: Android: How to add values in Firebase database without triggering Listeners? I am using setValue() to update a value in my Firebase database, whenever its status changes. But updating that value at constant basis, is triggering eventListeners that are not needed to.
Is there any way to update a value on Firebase database without triggering the other eventListeners that are not intended to be triggered?
Here's the code for setting up the value:
stamp = isOnline();

        final DatabaseReference rRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
        final DatabaseReference uref = rRef.child("users");
        final DatabaseReference sRef = uref.child(mAuth.getUid());

        sRef.child("online_status").setValue(stamp);

The listener that's getting triggered (which I don't want to):
uRef.addChildEventListener(new ChildEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onChildAdded(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, @Nullable String s) {
                ms = dataSnapshot.child("rec_msg").getValue(String.class);
                fUid = dataSnapshot.child("fromUID").getValue(String.class);
                st = dataSnapshot.child("rec_secret").getValue(String.class);
                boolean tell = dataSnapshot.child("online_status").getValue(Boolean.class);
                if(tell)
                    setTitle(hName + " (online)");
                int km = 0;
                try {
                    km = Integer.parseInt(st);
                }
                catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    Log.d("NumberError:", "Can't convert");
                }

                if(ms!=null && !ms.equals(""))
                    addMessageBox(ms,km);
            }

            @Override
            public void onChildChanged(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, @Nullable String s) {
                ms = dataSnapshot.child("rec_msg").getValue(String.class);
                fUid = dataSnapshot.child("fromUID").getValue(String.class);
                st = dataSnapshot.child("rec_secret").getValue(String.class);

                boolean tell = dataSnapshot.child("online_status").getValue(Boolean.class);
                if(tell)
                    setTitle(hName + " (online)");

                int km = 0;
                try {
                    km = Integer.parseInt(st);
                }
                catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    Log.d("NumberError:", "Can't convert");
                }

                if(ms!=null && !ms.equals(""))
                    addMessageBox(ms,km);

            }

            @Override
            public void onChildRemoved(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
                Toast.makeText(Main5Activity.this,"User left the conversation", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            }

            @Override
            public void onChildMoved(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, @Nullable String s) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(@NonNull DatabaseError databaseError) {

            }
        });

A: In order to set/update a value of property in Firebase real-time database, there is no need to use a listener. Listeners are used to read data and not to write or update data. You can simply use setValue() or updateChildren() method directly on the reference like this:
yourRef.setValue(yourObject);

More details here.

Set the data at this location to the given value.

or
yourRed.updateChildren(yourMap);

More details here.

Update the specific child keys to the specified values.

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How to add values in Firebase database without triggering Listeners?

As long as you have added a listener on a propery that is constantly changing, you'll always be notified about the change because this is how listeners work. If you want to add a value without having the listeners triggered, then you should not attach them to that particular reference. You cannot add a listener that is constantly looking for changes and expect it to not be triggered.

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Home » Celebrity » DJ Envy Wiki, Bio, Wife, Divorce, Nationality and Net Worth
DJ Envy Wiki, Bio, Wife, Divorce, Nationality and Net Worth
Date: 25 Aug, 2015 Report This
Gia Casey
1.72 m (5 feet 7 inches)
Four Children (Names are unknown)
DJ Envy was born in the year 1977 on 3rd of September, and this makes his age 39 at this time. His original name is Raashaun Casey. He was born in a place called Queens, which lies in New York of United States of America.
He belongs to the ethnicity white and nationality American. He is not very tall as he has an average height of 1.72 meters. He is a very good-looking man, and he looks very hot when he goes shirtless.
Females all over the world love his hot pictures, and this makes him very desirable. He went to a university or a college called Hampton University for his education.
He has been very successful in his career, and it has given him great earnings and a wonderful net worth. He has a resounding net worth of 6 million dollars, and nothing more is needed to be said about his success now.
It is all his hard work and dedication towards his work that has led him to the greatest height of success.
His personal life is as perfect as him and his career. He married his girlfriend Gia Casey after dating for some time and started to live happily as husband and wife. He is not gay as he has a total of four children.
He is not having any extramarital affair and does not have a girlfriend at this time. As his relationship with his wife is going very strong, there is almost no chance of a divorce to occur in their lives.
His songs and Mixtapes have done great business in the past and have topped charts. He has released several albums in the past, and almost all of them have been very successful.
This has made him very rich. He released a song called Things You Do in the year 2007, and it became very successful. The same year he released another song called Dolla Bill, which did his fans and music lovers also love.
Other songs that he released that year are Shakedown 4 Life, Move Life a G, Keeping It 2 Real, What It Be Like, Ghetto Children, So So Def, What It Do and Section 8.
He released a Mixtape album called The Desert Storm Mixtape: Blok Party, Vol. 1 in the year 2003 and it became a blockbuster.
Other Mixtape albums to his credits are Audio Uprising, Vol. 1, It's Moovin', The Co-Op and Love and Envy. After being so popular and so successful, he is still calm and collected.
He has been pretty engaged in social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram.
He has a very impressive more than 798k followers on Instagram, and he loved to upload his pictures and posts in that site to share them with his fans and loved ones.
The SnowMan & The People's Choice...... At @forbes dinner party honoring @jeezy
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Jan 6, 2017 at 6:08am PST
He has been really engaged on Twitter as he has already tweeted in the site more than 55.8k times. He has a very good more than 689k followers on Twitter.
Join us Feb 13 for a live taping of our podcast "The Casey Crew".... Perfect date night...
Join us Feb 13 for a live taping of our podcast "The Casey Crew".... Perfect date night... pic.twitter.com/zcI3JYuF2k
— djenvy (@djenvy) December 19, 2016
A lot of information on him and his interesting biography can be grabbed from wiki sites like Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Press for Exposed
Washington Square News
Porn Pays Tuition at a Cost in 'Exposed'
by Annaluz Cabrera, Feb 15, 2017
In 2004, a Duke University freshman made headlines as the Duke Porn Star, after she was outed by fellow students. Scandalized reporters, parents and students condemned her for funding her education by making pornography. But as a Gender Studies and Sociology major, she defended her decision, causing a country wide media frenzy.
"Exposed," a new play, tells Miriam's harrowing story, as it spreads from her dorm room to television sets in millions of households....
Through a combination of sex scenes and extreme humiliation, the play stays true to the real story while maintaining strong themes of feminism...
The controversially charged performances and thoroughly developed characters are brought to life by Raimondi, Sherrow and Phillips....
Although the play contains several sensitive themes and messages, the team does an incredible job respecting the original story.
The play draws from original dialogue, text and audio from Weeks' personal interviews, blog posts, tweets and porn videos. This research adds authenticity and creates thought-provoking and emotional dilemmas. Raimondi fully embodies her character and her subtle mannerisms evoke the turbulent thoughts and conflicts that plague her character throughout the performance. Meanwhile, Sherrow and Phillips convincingly play a number of multifaceted roles, ranging from her supportive best friends to her distraught and disappointed parents.
Coupled with tasteful porn scenes, the group does an excellent job of incorporating extreme — if not harsh — imagery.
Perhaps the most powerful images are the mock radio and television interviews in which Lauren is humiliated and slut-shamed for the sake of national entertainment. Her measured and smart responses make her an admirable character, who is after all, a student of Duke University. This reminds the audience that Lauren's choices are driven by the costs of higher education.
"Exposed" manages to empathize with Lauren's experiences while still highlighting the concerns and issues regarding feminism and pornography. The play does not treat the consequences of porn stardom lightly, but does challenge viewers to see it a new light. Overall, the play is an effective way to promote discussions about misogyny, sexual discrimination and the rights of sex workers.
Furthermore, it brings attention to the extremes some students will risk to afford higher education.
Hi Drama
by CLAUDIA TERRY
This play is an excellently crafted exploration of sexuality, gender and pornography...
It is the story of a young woman from a conservative [religious] background, Lauren. She is a well performing student at Duke University faced with large student loans. She is also a consumer of pornography and is attracted to the idea of performing in them. When she sees how much she will be paid she creates Ariel Cox, begins her career and believes that Lauren and Ariel need never collide. But all it takes is one person at Duke to put two and two together and her work goes viral, making her famous and a target for attack.
This production does one of the most difficult things in any storytelling endeavor, it builds a dialogue with its audience with an honest but not all knowing script which doesn't shy away from the uncomfortable or contradictory. It challenges and takes care of the audience.
The script is built on actual social media comments, articles written by Miriam Weeks and the imaginings of the cast. An example is how they reveal the hypocrisy of those who attack her. The most prominent to me is one that must have actually happened when Lauren is on network television for an interview and the male host says, "If I was your father I would be chomping down on a cyanide capsule right now." Then he and his female co-anchor laughs, Lauren speaks up for herself intelligently and the audience is left with the cruelty she and her family faced.
Kudos to all the actors, Sarah Raimondi, Jacob-Sebastian Phillips, and Pauline Sherrow. for their fearless and engaging performances. And to director Kristin Heckler for creating such an effective frame work. The production is thoughtful and provokes the audience to think in new ways. I was very moved by this work and highly recommend the production.
Press for Paraphilia: Everyone Has A Sexual Disorder
Theatre is Easy
"BOTTOM LINE: Strong acting, compelling characters, an inventive script, and polished staging make this play a must see for FringeNYC-goers."
"Part of the success of this Paraphilia is how streamlined it feels..."
"...the show is well cast, with each actor fully embodying their characters..."
"I hope this production of Paraphilia appears in NYC again after the Fringe Festival."
NY Theatre Now
"If no one's sexual preferences are "normal", then everyone is a deviant; what a relief."
"Bravo to the brave cast who convincingly show us these private confessions. Congratulations to the talented playwright and director—who are also the show's co-producers—for reminding us to be nice. Many of us may know stories ofpeople who were misunderstood, and deserved better."


Come see the "Peru" exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum!
Interested in seeing the Peruvian Exhibition currently at SAM and having a guided tour too?
Our own Seattle SDA member, Barbara O'Steen, will conduct a tour for all SDA members at noon on Wed. Dec. 11th. Peru is famous for their textiles which she studied in college.


The material passes steam from the iron, which prevents the formation of moisture.
The steel frame and base provide stability and durability of the ironing board.
Iron stand with heat-resistant silicone pads that prevent scratches on the surface of the iron.
Renewable material (cotton). Can be disassembled into components for recycling or energy utilization, if provided for in your area.
Easy to fold. Can be used indoors and outdoors. Two folding frames allow you to place more linen.
Can be used indoors and outdoors. Easy to fold and remove.
The desktop ironing board is convenient in use and is compact in storage. Special hook allows you to hang on the door or on the wall. The steel frame and base provide stability and durability of the ironing board.
The steel frame and base provide stability and durability of the ironing board. Can be installed at a convenient height for you.
Adjustable legs provide stability even on uneven floors. Easy to assemble - no tools required. The height of the removable shelves is adjusted according to the storage needs.
Ironing board happy. For me, the conditions were important 3: 1. not scratch cork flooring, 2. light weight, 3. easy to fold / decompose. 3 all conditions are met.


With the specifics of a Green New Deal finally coming together, there's an increasingly mainstream vision that was unthinkable just a year or so ago: The United States should have an entirely carbon neutral economy by 2030.
A carbon-free economy is a taller task than even most activists realize, and recent reports indicate that the Green New Deal may allow for some fossil fuel use to continue — perhaps along with carbon removal technology. Still, making the country carbon neutral is a huge undertaking. It would mean rapidly decarbonizing our power generation, which currently makes up about a quarter of our emissions, and phasing out oil use from cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft, which makes up almost a third. And it would mean plenty of things people usually don't talk about, like finding alternatives to fossil fuel-based fertilizers and finding new processes for cement production. It's a total overhaul of our entire economy on an emergency timescale. It's exactly what science says must happen.
Assembling this vision was the easy part, though it's still definitely an ongoing fight. For the Green New Deal to go into effect, it has to become law.
Last week, the Atlantic's Robinson Meyer had a daunting piece that put this process in stark perspective.
To get a Green New Deal, Meyer said, Democrats must win the White House and the Senate, retain the House, change the rules of the Senate to allow bold legislation to pass with a simple majority, and maybe even add a few more states (like D.C. or Puerto Rico) to the union to account for moderate Democrats who won't be swayed.
Our time demands courage, and we're now starting to understand the specifics of what we're being asked to do.


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It's becoming harder and harder to persuade customers to give us their personal data. Are they more worried about privacy and security post-Snowden?
Are they wary that we marketers will relentlessly spam them once we have their details? Do they find it too difficult to do the data entry on the mobile devices they are increasingly using?
According to recent TRUSTe research 60% of people say they are more concerned about security now than they were a year ago.
And yet there is also plenty of research to show that consumers appreciate personalisation and customisation. According to Adobe's 'State of Online Advertising' last year, 88% of those surveyed in the EU were neutral or positive about customisation; this figure rose to 94% for the US.
In the real world a good salesperson is able to customise the way they approach and interact with a customer based on a whole number of contextual variables that betray no personal data and do not appear 'creepy' to the customer.
How can we do this in digital marketing? How can we use context, rather than personal data, to deliver better digital experiences to our customers without it being seen as invasive of their privacy?
There are a number of areas where context is increasingly being used in this way: devices, location, time, social insights, mode of interaction and user behaviour.
As ever Google is pioneering in a lot of these areas. As search becomes more conversational the context of our previous searches are used to enhance current results.
Search for 'what time is it in New York?' in the Google mobile app, and then for 'what about Seattle?', and the results will interpret that you are asking about the time in Seattle even though you did not specify it in your search.
Google's Enhanced Campaigns allow marketers to layer greater context, including location and time of day, over their search marketing.
Whilst it also uses personal data, Google Now is perhaps the most sophisticated current example of using contextual data to deliver ever more relevant, even predictive and anticipatory, information.
Many of us will be focusing on making our digital experiences 'responsive' this year. That is, they adapt to the user's device.
Is the user stationary or moving?
Do we think the user is at home or at work?
Is the user interacting via voice or touch?
Is the user influential in social media?
What are the user's interests?
It is possible to know all these things without actually knowing who the person is. And I believe we can use this data to enhance the user's experience without it feeling invasive or creepy.
Indeed this kind of contextual data is already being applied. WeatherFIT is a service which customises AdWords adverts based on real-time localised climatic conditions.
La Redoute's 'Le Billboard Météo' does the same thing for billboards. Qubit's analytics technology can identify whether a user is a 'nervous buyer' from click patterns and you can serve more reassuring messaging accordingly.
When agency Essence worked on a campaign for Google to show how Google Plus could connect families who were apart over Christmas it used IP-targeting (i.e. location) to identify users who were visiting UK news sites and portals from overseas i.e. people who were likely spending time away from their home and families.
As the 'internet of things' mushrooms we may also have access to further contextual information: what things a user owns, how old they are, whether they are working or not; how fit the user is, how well they sleep, what their normal commute to work is like.
Sounds creepy? Perhaps, but it would likely be anonymous unless the customer wished it otherwise.
Surely it is not invasive for a brand to know about my circumstances, the context of my interaction, what is happening in the world right now, all to deliver a better experience, but still not knowing actually who I am?
Is this not what happens every day when we interact with people we don't know personally?


Mercedes-Benz is one of the most famous luxury car brands out there. With people investing money in nice cars, it is not surprising that automotive technicians are needed to be familiar with the Mercedes-Benz car lines. People need automotive technicians to assist them in regular car maintenance as well as car repairs. Now is a great time to start your education in Mercedes-Benz manufacturer training so you can go out there and start fixing those nice, fancy cars!


This flavour is now my favourite flavour of the Ketepa flavoured tea range. I haven't tasted all but this one so far is the best. It is available at the Ketepa shop on Moi Avenue. The flavour is strong, it balances evenly with the CTC tea.
The flavour is rich and strong. I liked it without milk. I added some sweetener for this. As always I boiled hot water added the Earl Grey tea bag into a cup. Poured the hot water and let the tea bag infuse with the hot water for about 7 minutes. I finally added 2 teaspoons of sugar. You may also add honey as a sweetener. I liked it with sugar.
This is the first locally made Earl Grey flavoured tea that I have tasted and I loved it. On the packaging, Ketepa decided to go with the purple theme. I liked the clock that's blended with a cup of tea and scroll map.
Earl Grey flavour is Bergamot; an orange fruit variety that is grown in Italy and France (source Wikipedia). Bergamot oil is produced by cells of a bergamot fruit. This oil blended to make the Earl Grey tea.
The aroma is not as strong as the flavours that come off the tea bag once the tea infuses. I highly recommend this new kid on the block.
I haven't tried this brand, but have been experimenting with a few different teas lately. I'm normally a big water drinker. I know, boring! So lately I've tried a green tea (Bigelow) with a hint of mint and loving it. I also have been drinking a lavender de-stress tea from Yogi (at night) and it seems to have a calming effect or could be just me reacting to the name, but I do enjoy the flavor!


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"Design" is a responsive and ready to use theme fully integrated with the MusexPress and WooCommerce addons. In a very short amount of time, you can setup a professional online store with a clean and refined look to showcase your products and offer your customers a comfortable shopping. The "design" theme has been packed to the brim with all sorts of useful features that allow to use it for multi-purposes stores.


This Soldier Reunited With Her Dog Will Bring You To Tears!
I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for these videos. First, we have our amazing servicemen and women to thank and there's nothing like seeing them come home safely. Second, these pups are so incredibly grateful to see their humans. Especially Molly. Watch her give her mom the best "welcome home" you can imagine!


Many times, specific abilities and training are required to handle any kind and degree of electrical projects. It's not at all advisable to perform the electrical work on your own if you do not have the essential knowledge and a professional certification in this area. You have to appoint a certified electrician for this sort of job.
Hiring the best electrician of Los Angeles isn't a one-step procedure; you will need to look after a good deal of things. Listed here are some pointers that you will need to bear in mind when getting an electrician.
Step 1: Know your needs before calling a potential electrician.
This is really an important step as the electricians usually charge on the hourly basis. If you don't think about this step, you probably need to spend a huge amount of money unnecessarily while the electrician is attempting to find the precise problem rather than doing the needful on the job.
Step 2: Is your electrician qualified, insured and has a valid license to perform electrical work?
This specific step requires your complete attention. Your electrician must be licensed and insured. It's vital since they're working on your industrial premises or home and the security of your employees or family members rely a lot on the quality of work they perform.
So make certain that they have the necessary skills by asking them to demonstrate their most recent permit to perform the electrical work on your place. If you are trying to find a certified and guaranteed electrician in Sherman Oaks, you might find him with the help of the web.
Step 3: Don't make your decision solely on the cost basis.
The simple reality is that you generally get what you pay for. If any electrician is prepared to perform your job at a very low cost than other regional electricians, it's an indication that he/she may not deliver you the same quality of work as other high-cost electricians provide.
For more tips on finding the best electrician in your area, check out a post right here.


This Hummus Vegetable Wrap is a great on-the-go lunch option! Stuff it with all of your favorite vegetables, beans & creamy hummus. It's vegan & gluten-free, enjoy!
2. Warm up tortilla in a microwave (about 15 seconds).
3. In the middle of tortilla, spread hummus evenly. Top with spinach, ¼ cup rice, black beans, carrot, bell pepper, cucumber, and avocado.
4. Fold in the edges of the tortilla, then flip one side over and roll like a burrito. Wrap in foil.


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Q: Why does my cell label linebreak too soon? I'm using Swift 4, Xcode 9
I have a custom table cell with a label in it. It is set to have number of lines = 0 (unlimited) and text wrap. See the following cell:

I have the leading layout set to be as big as the image shows, but trailing is set to be flush with the right side of the cell. When I set a background on the label, it starts at the beginning of the text and spans all the way to the right of the cell, as expected. Therefore, it looks like the word "septum" should certainly fit on the first line.
Question: what are the possibilities for why it's wrapping incorrectly?
I have not found any similar question/situation. Thanks for any suggestions!

A: When updating our Application for iOS 11 we had similar Problems like the one you are presenting here. Here a example:

(please apologize for the bad quality i only have this screenshot from that iteration of the application.)
As you can see, the word "Videos" could fit perfectly in the space between the word "und" in the upper row and the trailing end of the Label. But it was always forced into another line.
In my research about this problem I came along with this post. The answer in this post shows, the difference between iOS 10 and iOS 11. It seems, that apple implemented a workaround for "orphaned texts" in its basic UI-classes which display texts. More about "orphaned texts" in this article also mentioned in the linked answer.
Probably the intention from Apple here was, that all texts will look nicer because as mentioned in the article, orphaned texts produce a high visual rustle and we will interpret a paragraph as displeasingly.
So in my case, I just changed the text which will be shown by the label, to something, that looks better than this chaos in the screenshot above.
Another Solution would be, to adjust your constraints of the View so that the text will fit in one line.
AFAIK there is no option, that could be set, to remove this behavior from the UILabel or similar UIKit classes.


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I sent Johnson after more varnish. Also, I secured several other fluids, including water, milk, ink, and machine oil. And when the painter returned we proceeded with a very thorough test indeed. Presently it became clear that we were dealing with a phenomenon of the Blind Spot.
Homer Eon Flint - The Blind Spot
In a body, which is only a heap of fibres, a mass of nerves, contiguous one to the other, united in a common center, always ready to act; in a whole, composed of fluids and solids, of which the parts are in equilibrium, the smallest touching each other, are active in their motion, communicating reciprocally, alternately and in succession, the impression, oscillations, and shocks they receive; in such a composition, it is not surprising that the slightest impulse propagates itself with celerity; that the shocks excited in its remotest parts, make themselves quickly felt in the brain, whose delicate texture renders it susceptible of being itself very easily modified.
baron d' Paul Henri Thiry Holbach - The System of Nature, Volume 1
VI. The movements of their adapted fluids in the various vessels of the body are carried forwards by the actions of those vessels in consequence of two kinds of stimulus, one of which may be compared to a pleasurable sensation or desire inducing the vessel to seize, and, as it were, to swallow the particles thus selected from the blood; as is done by the mouths of the various glands, veins, and other absorbents, which may be called glandular appetency.
Erasmus Darwin - Zoonomia, Vol. I: Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Never in his life before had he known the full meaning of fatigue, fatigue that was like a paralysis, blunting the mechanism of the brain, burning like a slow fire in his muscles, poisoning the vital fluids of his nerves. Stroke after stroke, never ceasing! The flame was high, crackling just before him. Through a rift in the trees he could see the outline of two men and the slim form of the girl.
Edison Marshall - The Sky Line of Spruce
If in the study of the statics of a simple fluid the experimental results are already complex, we ought to expect much greater difficulties when we come to deal with mixtures; still the problem has been approached, and many points are already cleared up. Mixed fluids may first of all be regarded as composed of a large number of invariable particles.
Lucien Poincaré - The New Physics and Its Evolution
The result is the total resistance at the rails in lbs. per ton. 500.Q. How comes it, that the resistance of fluids increases as the square of the velocity, instead of the velocity simply?
C.E. John Bourne - A Catechism of the Steam Engine
The importance of a greater or less deduction of heat from the system will be more easy to comprehend, if we first consider the great expense of sensorial power used in carrying on the vital motions; that is, which circulates, absorbs, secretes, aerates, and elaborates the whole mass of fluids with unceasing assiduity.
The function of the seminal fluids, therefore, appears to be to restore to the aging tissues this property, this animal matter, which when in its right ratio and proportion in the cells of the organism produces the condition of youth. The action of these seminal fluids, therefore, seems to be two-fold, a dissolving and a nourishing.
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His theory of the lever was the foundation of statics till the discovery of the composition of forces in the time of Newton, and no essential addition was made to the principles of the equilibrium of fluids and floating bodies till the time of Stevin, in 1608.
John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 : Ancient Achievements
Cheese is sometimes difficult of digestion, as on account of its solid form it is not easily acted upon by the digestive fluids. Meats. The flesh of animals is one of our main sources of food. Containing a large amount of proteid, it is admirably adapted for building up and repairing the tissues of the body. The proportion of water is also high, varying from 50 to 75 per cent.
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The equator line is crossed when travelling from Entebbe to Mburo (around 2hrs from Entebbe) or when travelling between Kibale and Queen Elizabeth National Parks and is one of the most and well known landmarks in Uganda.
The Equator is an imaginary line that is seen on maps marking the equidistant from the North and South Pole. Along this imaginary line, a magnetic needle has no dip and stabilizes in a perfectly horizontal position.
It is an amazing experience to stand with your feet on both sides of the world and it's a really cool photo to share with everyone at home. You can even commemorate your visit by buying your own 'I stood at the Equator' certificate when you cross the Equator on the way south from Entebbe!


Four vacation rentals are at your convenience for your holidays in the Dordogne. Discover each one of these vacation rentals with pictures & their characteristics.
Swimming-pool, Ping-pong, Spa, etc... With your vacation rentals, various leisures & activities for everybody are there for your convenience.
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Mayor's Office reached out to each of these HILL property owners, except one, to ask them for their commitment to be an active participant in eliminating blight from neighborhoods where their rental properties are located.
Roy and Linda Childers have been called and contacted by city staff personally but no meeting date has been set with Mayor and no calls returned.
Mayor did not engage with one HILL property owner- Topletz Investment.
The City's litigation attorneys informed the Mayor that a lawsuit against Topletz Investments was already imminent.
The lawsuit, in fact, will be filed in state district court Wednesday 11/18/2015.
Discovery of unfair and illegal management practices towards tenants.
Allegations in lawsuit are so serious that the city will be asking the court to appoint a receiver to manage all their properties until the condition of the properties and Topletz's management practices are fully in compliance with the law.


TRAPSNAKE™ 6' Toilet Auger presents a breakthrough in protection, ease of use, and durability over every closet auger that exists today. This tool features a number of industry firsts including a fixed rubber boot for maximum porcelain protection, an integrated locking mechanism which holds the cable in place for easy telescoping extension, and replaceable cables to maximize the longevity of the tool.As part of the TRAPSNAKE™ Porcelain Auger System, the TRAPSNAKE™ 6' Toilet Auger can also be put on the M12™ TRAPSNAKE™ Driver, the first powered unit optimized for the challenges of porcelain fixtures. This unit delivers power and speed to work through tough clogs in tight traps, but has optimized electronics that protect the fixture from the auger and allow the user to feel when engaged with a blockage to aid in retrieving.


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Lafarge: No deal on trash plan Company officials says Lafarge was included in CT proposal 'without our consent'
Melanie Lekocevic/Columbia-Greene Media The Lafarge plant on Route 9W is being considered as a possible destination for 116,000 tons of Connecticut's trash each year, which would be burned as a "process engineered fuel" to power the cement kiln.
COEYMANS — In the wake of an uproar over a Connecticut proposal to transport the state's trash to Lafarge to burn as an alternative fuel, Lafarge officials contend there is no such plan in place and that the company was included in the proposal "without our consent."
Any possible deal with the company that made the proposal is now off the table, according to Lafarge.
The announcement comes on the heels of the revelation that Lafarge was included in a proposal by the company Mustang Renewable Power Ventures to deal with 116,000 tons of Connecticut trash each year.
The state is looking for a new way to deal with the waste with the planned closure of a Hartford, Connecticut, trash incinerator that until now has been disposing of the trash, which is generated by 70 Connecticut towns.
Lafarge was listed as one of three proposed methods to dispose of the garbage. In the proposal, the solid waste would be baled in Connecticut, transported to Lafarge, and then burned as fuel for the plant's cement kiln.
When Coeymans town officials learned of the proposal — from a lawyer with the environmental advocacy group Energy Justice Network — they expressed their ardent opposition.
But Lafarge officials have announced there is no such contract in the works, and that the company did not agree to be part of the plan.
Lafarge Ravena Plant Manager Dave Fletcher penned an open letter to the community about the proposal that had local residents and officials up in arms (see letter, page A10).
"There is no deal in place that would lead to this outcome, nor does our plant even have the necessary environmental permits or the capability to receive that type of material," Fletcher's letter states.
"Without our consent, Mustang Renewable Power Ventures listed the Ravena plant as a potential partner for co-processing this material," the letter continues.
According to Jocelyn Gerst, head of U.S. communications for LafargeHolcim, the talks between Lafarge and Mustang dealt with potential uses of renewable energy.
"As part of our long-term business planning, we often meet with potential partners and vendors to assess opportunities to turn specific, state-permitted waste into fuel that can be used at the cement plant," Gerst said. "These conversations with renewable energy companies across the U.S. are exploratory in nature and are part of our roadmap for future consideration."
Fletcher says there are no plans in place for Lafarge to accept Connecticut's trash, and that all talks with Mustang has been discontinued.
"There are no contracts, agreements, or plans for the Ravena plant to work with this company and, in fact, we have determined that we will not be pursuing a relationship with Mustang Renewable Power Ventures at our Ravena plant in the future," according to Fletcher's letter to the community.
Fletcher sought to reassure the Coeymans and Ravena communities that the trash will not be headed to Lafarge.
"Frankly, we are as upset as others about being named, without our consent, as a potential destination for these materials," Fletcher wrote. "We have been transparent about the major decisions at this facility and will continue to do so in the future."
A decision on what to do with the trash is expected by the end of the year. The other two proposals under consideration would involve processing the garbage in Connecticut.


I want calculate the inverse model for surface water in laterite terrain. With the input file below, I can get 10 models with uncertainty of 0.7. Please is there anything I can do to reduce the uncertainty? I will be grateful for any help. Thanks in advance.
I ran your SOLUTION definition, and I got a 60 percent charge imbalance. To use inverse modeling, you really need to have an analysis that has better cation/anion balance. There should be some alkalinity at pH 6.5. Is it the predominant anion?
If you have other analyses or can re-analyze the the water, then you need to consider the source of each element. In particular, consider the anions. If bicarbonate is the predominant anion, there is a ready source from soil zone CO2 reacting with minerals. If Cl and SO4 are predominant, the source is not obvious. Gypsum and halite are evaporite minerals that not consistent with laterites, which presumably formed under high rainfall and rapid weathering. The low concentrations of SO4 and Cl indicate there are not large quantities of these evaporite minerals, which would generate high concentrations. So, if SO4 and Cl are the predominant anions in the solution, what is the ultimate source of Cl and SO4, precipitation?


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Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down section of death penalty statute
On November 1, the Supreme Court of Arkansas struck down a section of its death penalty statute that gives the state's prison director authority to determine whether an inmate is mentally competent to be put to death.
The court ruled that the competency law violated due process rights and equal protection guaranteed under the US and Arkansas constitutions.
The ruling comes in a case involving two convicted murderers, Bruce Ward and Jack Green, who were spared from execution in 2017.
Ward was tried and convicted of capital murder of Rebecca Lynn Doss in 1990 and sentenced to death. He was scheduled to be killed by lethal injection in April 2017 but appealed to the state Supreme Court on the grounds that he was not mentally competent to face capital punishment and that the section of the Arkansas code that allowed for the assessment of his mental fitness to be executed was unconstitutional.
Ward argued that the Arkansas statute, which was "devoid of any procedure by which a death-row inmate has an opportunity to make an initial substantial threshold showing of insanity," allowed the Arkansas penal system to execute him unfairly. In a split decision, the Supreme Court agreed with the appellant.
Ward also stated that he's a diagnosed schizophrenic.
On the other hand, Greene, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 slaying of Sidney Burnett, stated that he suffers from psychotic delusions and believes the attorneys and prison officials have conspired to torture him.
Referring to previous judgments with respect to the constitutionality of mental competency statute of Arkansas, Chief Justice John Kemp stated that it was unconstitutional to execute a mentally incompetent defendant and that a defendant had a right to a court assessment of their mental capacity following a death penalty conviction. The court said, executing the criminals after 25 years in solitary confinement would be cruel and unusual punishment and would violate his constitutional rights and thus ruled the law as unconstitutional.
In April 2017, Arkansas had planned to execute ward along with seven other inmates. However, Ward and three other inmates were granted stays, and the state ultimately executed four men over an eight-day period that month.
Rs 462 Crore Penalty Demand on Hindustan Lever Stayed by Delhi High Court
A Year Later, Leaders of Merged Texas Firms Ponder on Future
US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in cases regarding Federal Arbitration Act
Wyoming judge rules state's "ag-gag" laws unconstitutional
Girl Scouts file trademark infringement lawsuit against Boy Scouts
FCA does not protect whistleblowers from retaliation if they are no longer employees: US Appeals Court
Six states approve controversial Marsy's Law amendment
Pune Cantonment Board hikes residential and commercial property taxes
The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has hiked property tax of residential properties by 5% and that of commercial properties by 10%. The PCB is authorized...
RBI Imposes Penalties Of Rs 1 Crore On LVB and Rs 75 Lakh On Syndicate Bank For Not Complying With Regulations
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties of Rs 1 crore on Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and Rs 75 lakh on Syndicate Bank respectively.
Disclosure of significant beneficial ownership in shareholding pattern: SEBI
On December 7, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a Circular to all listed entities, recognized stock exchanges, and Depositorie...


The Senior Issues Task Force will be discussing recommendations of the former NAIC EX Committee on Long-Term Care Insurance at the Spring meeting in New Orleans. The EX Committee had begun work on the issue of disclosure documents that would help consumers understand how to deal with premium increases in their long-term care insurance. Their work on these increases and disclosure documents had not been completed when the EX Committee was dissolved, and that work has now returned to the Senior Issues Task Force.
California Health Advocates has for many years expressed concern about the impact of rate increases on older policyholders, worked to ensure that options were available to mitigate the effect of these rate increases, and advocated for strong regulatory standards to ensure that future premium increases would not be necessary except in extraordinary circumstances. And yet, many companies have imposed large increases of 40% or more in recent years, including those that had been approved under more stringent rate stability standards adopted in the Model Regulation in 2000 and by many states.
We are concerned that the recommendations made by the EX Committee did not address other issues that should be part of any notices policyholders receive about a premium increase. Such a notice should include the total premium amount that has already been paid and clearly describe multiple increases if they will occur over more than one year.
In addition, it is critical that notices about a premium increase include specific information about any alternatives available to a policyholder under state law that might mitigate such an increase. For instance, Section 27 of the Model Regulation allows an insured individual to reduce their benefits in return for a lower premium that is calculated on their age when they purchased their coverage. Section 28 allows for Contingent Benefit on Lapse, a paid-up benefit equal to premiums paid, depending on the age of the policyholder and the cumulative percentage increase of their premium. Some states may have additional alternatives; companies may offer other alternatives as well.
Any notice about a premium increase should also include information about where a policyholder can get help understanding their options, and information about the effect of each choice they might have to reduce or mitigate the effect of a premium increase. One source would be the state insurance department and another would be the state's SHIP.
We believe close attention must be paid to how these notices will be drafted, and suggest that the SITF solicit the help of Professor Brenda Cude, another NAIC consumer representative, to help with verbatim language that should be required in a disclosure document of this type. We think it is critical for policyholders to clearly understand a notice about a premium increase, and what if anything they can do to minimize the effect on their personal finances. We would also encourage the Task Force to consider once again exempting policyholders beyond a certain age from rate increases, which some companies have done voluntarily.
Consumer group representatives urge the Task Force to fully explore all these issues before finalizing the work on such an important disclosure notice.


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Xtreme Close-Up Magic
Xtreme Close-Up Magic starring Steve Dacri
Dacri is known worldwide as the man with the fastest hands in the world. The magic happens up close, often at a table among the audience while a roving camera projects close-up views onto TV screens for all to see.
An International stage and television performer with a unique comic style, Dacri has been appearing in Las Vegas since the early 1970s opening for Tom Jones, Bob Hope, Tony Orlando and others. He most recently starred for six years at Caesars Magical Empire at Caesar�s Palace.
Considered to be the world�s foremost sleight of hand entertainer by his peers, Dacri�s uncanny magic defies belief and has earned him numerous awards and accolades worldwide. In 2002, he was awarded the highest honors ever bestowed in magic with the Member of The Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star by The Magic Circle in London.
Dacri has demonstrated his skills on the Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Live with Regis Philbin, and made hundreds of other television appearances during his 30-plus year career. He has written two best-selling books for magicians, starred in three critically acclaimed instructional video tapes, and lectured to magicians� groups in over a dozen countries.
Xtreme Close-Up Magic is magic like you�ve never seen it performed. Full of laughs, surprises, audience participation and fun for ages 8-98, Xtreme Close-Up Magic is presented in Gustav Mauler�s SAZIO at The Orleans Hotel & Casino!!
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There is no end to my cuteness and, as the cutest dachshund ever, I had a lot of stories and photos to share over this past year.
First off, I proved that I am the CEO of Cuteness, the cutest dachshund worldwide and the cutest, prettiest, darling-est dog ever.
I made sure that dog owners realized the importance of loving their pets, paying attention to them (like all of the time) and giving them lots of treats. I explained the elements of responsible pet ownership, while telling really interesting stories from my own life. And I shared a few of the poems I wrote as a talented canine poet (who needs opposable thumbs to type?).
I also wrote about cats, but not too much because I've been noticing that they're not that friendly (at least to me). I'm a very nice, equal opportunity dog who wants to be friends with dogs my size or smaller (not big dogs—too scary!), cats, birds, geese and anything else in the animal kingdom. I just want to be all inclusive.
Anyway, in 2015, I'll blog about the dog life, my life and how best to love on and treat dogs like us (and cats, too).
I turned six yesterday on Saturday, Dec. 20, five days before Christmas.
For that reason, I want to let the world know that my wish list for my birthday also applies to Christmas.
Treats, particularly soft and chewy, chicken- or beef-flavored, bones.
Stuffed animals that are larger than me, so that I can grab them by the scruff and shake, shake, shake, in imitation of my wild side.
Balls for fetch, that once I tire of chasing, I chew off the outer layers, rolling the ball between my paws to pull apart every seam. My BFF Shelley doesn't like it when I do this.
No new clothes (I am forced to wear them, and I put up with it, because I'm a nice dog and all).
Love and lots of attention, preferably 24-7.
Play dates with other dogs (as long as they're my size or smaller) and cats. I just love cats, but they seem, for some reason I can't figure out, to not like me so much.
Table food, instead of dog food.
So, did you take notes? I am waiting patiently for my presents—oh, and some love, too.
I am anticipating getting lots of Christmas presents.
I love the holidays because my BFF Shelley takes me out to the dog-friendly shopping malls. I get to be carried inside the store, where I can see all the sale items.
Zoey the Cute Dachshund wants you to love her (and give her treats).
Let me kiss you back with doggie licks.
Give me treats whenever you leave.
Kiss me before you leave.
Don't leave me for too long.
If you have to leave me for more than eight hours, send me to Doggie Day Camp.
Quickly come back and let me know that you missed me. I certainly let you know that I missed you with my tail wags and exposed belly.
Make sure my blanket is set up on our bed, so that I can have extra softness for sleeping.
Take me on walks, but carry me when I'm tired (see above).
Tell me how cute I am, or did I already say that?
I don't have a 12th one, so just continue loving me, unconditional and constant. Or how about keep me as your screensaver on your phone, computer and any other electronic device? Keep pictures of me wherever possible to be a reminder that you love, love me.


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Private Tour: Luxor Day Tour visit and West Nile Banks
Explore all that the ancient city of Luxor has to offer on a full-Luxor Day Tour to East and West Banks of the Nile River. Enjoy a professional guided tour to the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple. and Luxor Temple in
Led by a qualified Egyptologist
Get inside tips from a local
Tour is wheelchair accessible
A Nile holiday expert tour guide will pick you up from your Luxor Nile Cruise, hotel airport and accompany you to the Theban Necropolis in Luxor west Bank, where you will visit 3 tombs in the Valley of The Kings, for the most famous pharaohs ruled Egypt during the new kingdom (1550 – 1080 BC). There is an additional cost to visit the tombs of King Tutankhamen and Ramses VI is payable direct. Continue to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsuit (1490-1469 B.C) at Deir el Bahari, carved at the bottom of the cliff of el Qurna Mountain, The temple is the most visited in Luxor west bank. Enjoy the two most famous stories of the relief sculpture recites the tale of the divine birth of the Queen and the trading mission to the Land of Punt, an exotic country on the Red Sea coast could be today, Somalia. Take fantastic photos for the two colossi of Memnon, the only remains statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1391–1353 BC). After Lunch at a local restaurant, continue to visit Karnak Temple, the largest temple in Egypt covers 300acres (125Hectares), built for the triad of Luxor; Amon, Mut and Khonsu. Karnak narrates the History of Egypt from the middle kingdom of ancient Egypt till the Greco-Roman period for more than 2000 years. After a guided tour to Karnak temple, enjoy free time to explore at leisure. Continue to visit Luxor temple, the Temple construction started by Amenhotep III, while the entrance was built by Ramses II. Some pharaohs like Tutankhamon, Horemheb and Alexander the great added some parts to the temple. Enjoy walking between the avenue of sphinxes, marks the entrance to Luxor Temple. After finishing, you will be transferred back to your Luxor hotel, Nile Cruise port or airport.
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Integrative Empathy
Empathy Courses
Research Based Practice
Empathic Intervision is the result of scientific inquiries into best empathy practices. This page showcases scientific and other institutions, furthering our collective knowledge and practice of empathy. The work done in these places informs the Empathic Intervision process. We will also report on the research results of the application of Empathic Intervision itself.
Because we believe firmly in research based practice and practice based research, we offer the option to accompany the implementation of Empathic Intervision with organisational mixed-method research.
Practice Based Research
In organisations, we measure what we treasure. Empathic Intervision is applied as a means to an end. We therefore look at whether Empathic Intervision leads to its desired outcomes. When used in decision making, the effectiveness of Empathic Intervision needs to be measured in terms of the adequacy of the decision making process and its actionable consequences. When used as peer support, research could look at organisational culture, stress and willingness to learn (to name but a few).
Research accompanying Empathic Intervision is made-to-measure in close co-creation with our clients.
Empathy Research and Practice Elsewhere
The Center for Healthy Minds is a research Center which explores the mind to learn how to cultivate well-being and relieve suffering through a scientific understanding of the mind.
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, situated in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine, is devoted to training medical students and health professionals as well as conducting high impact research and scholarship in the three thematic components reflected in its name.
The Compassionate Mind Foundation promotes an evolution and neuroscience informed approach to compassion which now forms the basis of a psychotherapy (Compassion Focused Therapy) and Compassionate Mind Training.
The Culture of Empathy website is a growing portal for resources and information about the values of empathy and compassion. It contains the largest collection of; articles, conferences, definitions, experts, history, interviews, videos, science and much more about empathy and compassion.
The Empathy and Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab studies the affective and motivational mechanisms involved in empathy and moral decision-making.
The Empathy and Relational Science Program focuses on empathy in the patient-clinician relationship.
The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. Their Greater Good Magazine, often reports on the latest empathy research.
The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love seeks to increase public awareness of the growing dialogue on Unlimited Love that is taking place at the interface of (1) new scientific investigations (e.g., in the health sciences, psychology, sociology, neuroscience, physics, and mathematics); (2) insights of the world's great philosophical, spiritual and theological traditions; and (3) inspiring works of love by exemplars across the world.
The Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research (iPEAR) research focuses on extremes of empathy.
The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience conducts research aimed at understanding the social, cognitive, and neural basis of social processes that include empathy, altruism, and aggression.
The primary mission of the Living Links Center is to study human evolution by investigating our close genetic, anatomical, cognitive, and behavioral similarities with great apes.
The Mind & Life Institute is a non-profit organization that seeks to alleviate suffering and promote flourishing by integrating science with contemplative practice and wisdom traditions.
The Oxford Empathy Programme (OxEmCare) is an interdisciplinary research group that works to ensure that the evidence-based benefits of empathic care are implemented into the heart of all healthcare settings and interactions.
Started in 1996, Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. It strives to break the intergenerational cycle of violence and poor parenting.
The Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) is committed to research investigating the neural basis of social and affective processes.
Perceiving what others feel and want and reacting accordingly is both complex and important. The mission of the Social Brain Lab is to understand the neural bases of these processes.
The Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, leverages a wide array of techniques (including behavioral testing, psychophysiology, neuroimaging, and field research) to examine the cognitive bases of social behaviors.
Start Empathy, an initiative of Ashoka, is a community of individuals and institutions dedicated to building a future in which every child masters empathy.
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Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by JetterBug, Oct 22, 2007.
It snowed this weekend at my house... 4 INCHES!!! What is that about?! So I didnt get to wash the cars or do the oil chance it was TOOOOOOO cold. I mean come on its OCTOBER people! I need to meet with Mother Nature and see if we can work out a deal with this snow!!!! Usually snow makes me happy but this much this early?! HOLY SHEESH!!!!
Snow? I've heard about that stuff.
It is 75 here with 97% humidity. I won't be washing my truck or changing my oil either.
Keep it over there!! I don't want it!!!
my neck of the woods is on fire right now.
Hope no lives are lost. Property can be rebuilt but count on Insurance Companies to screw the victims in every way possible.
tcBob, how close is the fire to you? Do you feel the heat? Are you packing up your Taco to move to Texas, temporarily. If so, don't forget to check out the thread "Moving to Texas"
Don't even think of moving to snake, spider and red neck infested swampy Carolina. You will get mugged, forced to join some Alliance and they'll make a red neck and an alcoholic out of you.
We wouldn't like that. Seriously.
Keep us informed. Good luck.


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Pteroptrix macropedicellata är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Malac 1947.  Pteroptrix macropedicellata ingår i släktet Pteroptrix och familjen växtlussteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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CDH Resources
CDH Stories
Finley's Blog
Frequently Asked Questions - All FAQs
Please select your question category
Questions about the Ladybug CDH Foundation
Why is the foundation named "Ladybug"?
At the Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel the sickest babies who need ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) are kept in the section of the NICU called Ladybug. The isolette in Ladybug 3 is where the founder, Liz Dooley's, daughter Finley spent her first 19 days of life after being diagnosed with CDH.
Questions About Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
What is CDH?
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the diaphragm in which a hole in the diaphragm allows abdominal organs to move into the chest and restrict lung development. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect that occurs in about one in every 2,500 live births. It is characterized by the development, very early in gestation, of a hole in the diaphragm, the breathing muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. The hole occurs most commonly on the left side. As a result, the intestines and other organs in the abdomen can move into the chest and compress the developing lungs. This prevents the lungs from growing and developing normally, which can cause reduced blood flow to the lungs and pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation). " CHOP most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni hernia, diaphragm eventration and central tendon defects of the diaphragm.
Malformation of the diaphragm allows the abdominal organs to push into the proper lung formation. CDH is a life-threatening pathology in infants, and a major cause of death due to two complications: pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Experts disagree on the relative importance of these two conditions, with some focusing on hypoplasia, others on hypertension. Newborns with CDH often have severe respiratory distress which can be life-threatening unless treated appropriately. The wide, flat muscle that separates the chest and abdominal cavities is called the diaphragm. The diaphragm forms when a fetus is at 8 weeks' gestation. When it does not form completely, a defect, called a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), is created. This is a hole in the muscle between the chest and the abdomen.
Questions about making donations?
Are my donations tax deductible?
The Ladybug CDH Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. All donations go to northwest families affected by CDH. We will send you a receipt for tax purposes and any amount is greatly appreciated.If you would like to send a donation in memory/in honor of someone, we will send a letter acknowledging the gift. 50% of our donations will go towards research projects and 50% will go towards financial assistance to families affected by CDH in the Pacific Northwest.
The Ladybug CDH Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. All donations go to northwest families affected by CDH. We will send you a receipt for tax purposes and any amount is greatly appreciated.If you would like to send a donation in memory / honor of someone, we will send a letter acknowledging the gift. 50% of our donations will go towards research projects and 50% will go towards financial assistance to families affected by CDH in the Pacific Northwest.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While enjoying the latest issue of Town & Country Weddings alongside a cozy blanket and a glass of wine the other night, we found we were particularly drawn to one of the fashion pages. We always enjoy a good round up of new bridal trends and we are especially loving the new take on the peplum trend of last year- the exaggerated peplum or the "long peplum" as T&C Weddings is calling it. This shape has a sense of drama about it while not being too over the top or fussy. It is a modern nod to a more classic shape in daywear and we think it has an undeniable glamour to it. We cannot wait to see this shape of dress pop up at a real wedding this season! For a few more bridal trends check out Town & Country's website right here.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We hope your curiosity was peaked last week when we showed you the inspiration image behind the decor and design created by Jesse for the planner's dinner hosted by the Waldorf Astoria. Here are the beautiful images of how that inspiration image came to life captured by Fig Weddings.
And here are a few glimpses at some of the beautiful dresses featured by Belle Vie Bridal Couture during the runway presentation earlier in the evening. We were definitely swooning over more than a few of these!


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Q: how to create swipe action for gridview images? I want to create fling(swipe) action for gridview images.I implemented grid view images using this link
http://www.androidhive.info/2012/02/android-gridview-layout-tutorial/
 here when i clicked grid view images it will goes to full screen images.Now after display full image then swipe images left to right and right to left with finger touch. Here not use view flipper because here more images.Here which image is clicked that is display and swipe to right or left.
 thanks

A: For that you can use GestureDetector and View.onTouchListener
Here is an extract from some code I used previously:
private int SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE = 160;
private int SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH = 250;
private int SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY = 200;
private class MyGestureDetector extends SimpleOnGestureListener {
    @Override
    public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX,
                float velocityY) {
        try {
            // Move vertical too much?
            if (Math.abs(e1.getY() - e2.getY()) > SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH)
                return false;

            float x1 = e1.getX(),
                  x2 = e2.getX();

            // Right to left swipe
            if (x1 - x2 > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
                    && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
                next();

            // Left to right swipe
            } else if (x2 - x1 > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
                    && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
                previous();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // nothing
        }
        return false;
    }
}


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Dedicated Indianapolis Rider Fulfills Big Goal by Racing across Yard of Bricks at IMS
October 09, 2020 | By Zach Horrall, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
When 19-year-old Indianapolis native Nolan Lamkin races across the famed Yard of Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend in MotoAmerica's Supersport class, he will mark one item off a long list of dreams he hopes to accomplish in his motorcycle racing career.
Lamkin got his first bike at age 2 and was racing by 9. Soon after that, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to the Racing Capital of the World, where he stood at the Yard of Bricks and wondered if he'd ever get the chance to race competitively at IMS.
At the time, Lamkin thought his chance would come in MotoGP's Red Bull Indianapolis GP, which raced on the 16-turn, 2.591-mile motorcycle road course from 2008-2015. Lamkin, who attended every MotoGP event at IMS, was ecstatic when MotoAmerica announced the Superbikes at the Brickyard weekend for this year.
"It's so freaking cool," he said. "I always dreamed of the day that I could maybe ride here. So, now that I'm coming back, it's so cool. Indianapolis is so special, because you tell anybody about Indianapolis, and they know what it is. It's such an iconic track that has it's own history. You come into the place, and it's so unique. All the other tracks we go to are cool, but it's not the same feeling."
Lamkin, who graduated from Carmel High School, started racing professionally in MotoAmerica's KTM Cup in 2015 at age 14. He's taken an unconventional, and at times challenging, route to accomplishing his dreams.
Lamkin raced his way into MotoAmerica's middleweight race class virtually on his own. While he started racing at age 9, he never received professional coaching until age 14. That means that for five years Lamkin was self-taught, or as he likes to put it, "five years of not knowing anything." He did have the help of his dad, who drag raced motorcycles in club events but never professionally road-raced motorcycles.
Now, Lamkin has a professional coach in Miami, a long way from his home on the northeast side of Indianapolis, and a trainer that he works out with 25 hours a week via Zoom. But Lamkin is still doing most of it on his own.
Lamkin's Cycle Gear Racing team consists of himself and his dad, plus two additional crew members during race weekends. When away from the racetrack, Lamkin does all the work on his No. 52 Yamaha YZF-R6 bike and drives it himself to every race on the MotoAmerica Supersport schedule.
Still, the small team with big dreams is performing well during a 2020 season defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lamkin sits ninth in the points standings coming off one of his best race weekends of the season Sept. 18-20 at Barber Motorsports Park. He finished ninth in Race 1 and seventh in Race 2. His best performance of the season was a fifth-place finish Aug. 30 at Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington.
"We're a very small team compared to everyone else out here," he said. "I'm on a bike that's 5 years old. Everything that we've done this year has been really, really good. We're on the brink of reaching top fives, and we've made some really good progress the past couple rounds.
"I've learned so much. I work on my own bikes. I drive the rig to and from the tracks. No other racer in our class does that. In some ways, it's good. I will be on the bike and feel something weird, and I know what it is.
"People want to look at the results, but you got to look at the stuff behind it. That's the stuff that I think is cool. And that's the thing with racing; anything can happen, especially with bikes. They're so different than cars. You move your body 6 inches, and that changes the way you're going through a corner. That's why I love this sport."
Lamkin has progressed from a partial Supersport season in 2018 to a 15th-place finish in the points standings in 2019. This season he has improved to ninth in the standings.
And he has big goals and more big dreams for his career.
He hopes one day to move to Europe and compete in the MotoGP World Championship. Instead of making a comfortable living in the United States, Lamkin says it's worth the risk to move thousands of miles away and compete with the best motorcycle riders in the world.
But don't mistake that international desire for a lack of caring and involvement in the Indianapolis community. Lamkin hopes to turn his motorcycle racing career into something big so that he can give back to the city that raised him, and for which his nickname "Indy" comes from.
The biggest American hub of motorcycle road racing is in California, which is why Lamkin didn't start racing professionally until age 14 and struggled to find a coach. He believes that there is plenty of two-wheel potential in Indianapolis and the greater Midwest, and he wants to help cultivate that.
"After (an international career) and once I'm done with that, I want to make my own training facility, and then we can have talent and stuff here," he said. "Because a kid in Spain versus a kid here isn't any different. That's something that I didn't have. If I can be that for somebody else, that would mean the world.
"But I'm also still only 19 years old."
Dedicated Indianapolis Rider Fulfills Big Goal by Racing across Yard of Bricks at IMS When 19-year-old Indianapolis native Nolan Lamkin races across the famed Yard of Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend in MotoAmerica's Supersport class, he will mark one item off a long list of dreams he hopes to accomplish in his motorcycle racing career. Read More October 09, 2020 Zach Horrall, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Vote Now For Energizer Bunny's Return To IMS Balloon Festival If you're a fan of the IMS Centennial Era Balloon Festival, you can have a direct say whether or not the iconic Energizer Bunny "Hot Hare" Balloon returns this May to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Centennial Era Balloon Festival fans should visit the Energizer Bunny's page on Facebook and type a message on the bunny's "Wall" that they want to see the Hot Hare balloon at the Centennial Era Balloon Festival on May 8. Voting is open until 1 a.m. (ET) Monday, March 8. Read More March 04, 2010 Eric Powell
Bell Teaming With Schmidt/Ganassi, Herbalife For Indy 500 Entry Sam Schmidt Motorsports/Chip Ganassi Racing will field an entry for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 for veteran driver Townsend Bell, with primary sponsor from global nutrition and direct-selling company Herbalife, the team announced March 2. Read More March 02, 2010
IMS 'Goes Big' To Celebrate Mailing Of Indianapolis 500 Tickets The Indianapolis 500 is the world's largest single-day spectator sporting event, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the world's largest spectator sporting facility. So it's only fitting that IMS "went big" to show off the 2010 Indianapolis 500 ticket. A banner of the 2010 Indianapolis 500 ticket, measuring 91½ feet wide and 19½ feet tall, was unveiled Tuesday, March 2 over Gate 2 (Main Gate) at IMS and will remain there through the month of May. Tickets for this year's race, scheduled for Sunday, May 30, will be mailed to ticketholders starting Wednesday, March 3. Read More March 02, 2010 Paul Kelly
Individual Premium Hospitality Available For All IMS Events In 2010 Luxury hospitality at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, once reserved for large corporate clients, is available for individuals and small groups at all three IMS events in 2010. There is a wide variety of premium individual hospitality packages for the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and Red Bull Indianapolis GP, with prices and amenities to suit everyone. Read More March 01, 2010 Paul Kelly
Three Americans In Top Five Of MotoGP Test At Malaysia If the results of the latest test are any indication, it could be a star-spangled season in MotoGP. American riders Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards and Ben Spies seized three of the top five spots in a MotoGP test Feb. 25-26 at the Sepang Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eighteen riders tested to prepare for the 2010 season, which includes the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Sunday, Aug. 29 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Read More February 26, 2010 Paul Kelly


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Some people also use therapy to get to know themselves better, understand how their past experiences influence their current situations and, to explore and develop new approaches to life.
I am also happy to work with trainee counsellors who accrue time in therapy as part of their training, particularly if they are seeking support with cognitive behavioural approaches to working.
My therapeutic approach is based on the understanding that the ways we feel, think and behave are inter-related. By modifying thinking and behaviour, to become more adaptive and flexible, we are likely to be able to change difficult and distressing feelings.
In this way, it is not necessarily just events themselves that cause us distress, but the way we think about and respond to what happens to us which affects the way we deal with life. This approach is described in psychology as "Cognitive Behavioural Therapy", or CBT for short.
My way of working is also based on the understanding that individuals are more likely to grow and develop in the context of warm, respectful and accepting relationships. Through a collaborative and supportive relationship with the therapist, clients can learn how to challenge unhelpful thinking and learn new ways of approaching life that are likely to give rise to a more peaceful and satisfactory ways of being.
On the basis of extensive research, CBT is recommended as the first choice approach for depression and anxiety (National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence) and is used extensively in the NHS for a broad range of issues.
I also offer relational cognitive behavioural therapy in small groups, as well as for individuals. This can work well for issues related to anxiety, self-esteem, or post-natal depression. Group work can offer a supportive context for people who are experiencing similar kinds of difficulties to each other. It is a cost effective alternative to individual work, and and may also be a way of refreshing skills that a client might have learned in previous therapy (although no previous experience of counselling or therapy is necessary to join a group).


Tennis Australia (TA) is the governing body of tennis within Australia. For more than 100 years, Tennis Australia has strived to promote the sport of tennis in Australia and to increase opportunities for all Australians to enjoy our great game. As well as promoting tennis and participation, Tennis Australia delivers the Australian Open and other international, state and local events, facilitates player development, and invests in tennis facilities around Australia.
The Tennis Australia Coach Development and Schools teams support the strategic development of tennis in Australia. One of their key roles is the development of high-quality coaches and deliverers (teachers) who drive participation and performance in tennis at all levels and across a variety of environments (clubs, schools, and universities).
Tennis Australia needed to have an enterprise-level LMS which supported the blended delivery of a wide variety of coaching and professional learning programmes to varying internal and external target groups. One of their guiding principles is 'access to learning anywhere, anytime'; a particular focus for remote and regional environments.
The ability to create dashboards specific to expanding audience requirements (coaches, schools, officials, clubs) provided economies of scale and flexibility within the development environment.
The ability to customise CMS design offered an optimal blend of an attractive and responsive graphical user interface; functionality more accustomed in the higher education or corporate environments.
Critical to timely courseware and resource development was an intuitive system that was easy to learn and navigate, catering to their casual and transient courseware developers and learning facilitators. From a content perspective, the organisation also needed the system to be flexible enough to allow the design and development of media-rich courses, including the integration of third-party video modules.
Additionally, having a system which offered optimal smart and automated scheduling, including calendar integrations and a user-friendly learner portal was critical to our success.
The solution was 'Bounce', the professional learning platform built using Totara Learn to serve stakeholders including coaches, schools, universities and officials.
Drawn to the ease by which courses could be created and implemented in any format, including SCORM objects, the team was quickly empowered to develop their various coaching programmes for different target audiences and organise these using the 'program management feature' within the LMS.
Androgogic, their Totara Partner for this implementation, also assisted with the integration of a third-party video content service, a vital visual learning element of the programme.
The team also made extensive use of the many automated features of 'learning administration' readily built into Totara Learn. Even the iCal-enabled Calendar helps to reduce the amount of correspondence as participants can automatically update their own Calendars for bookings.
A key success factor of the platform transfer and LMS development was the close working partnership with Androgogic. This included the detailed project scoping and system specification gathering process, first-class project management and on-time implementation, the exceptional information architecture planning process and a clear understanding and prioritisation of system functionality related to current requirements and their future capacity and vision.
In addition to this, Androgogic offered system training and professional learning for key internal staff, and an extensive first-line service and support for Tennis Australia's technical implementation team.
Tennis Australia also liked the plugin approach to developments. Additional features and functionality were delivered through plugins, ensuring they stayed as close to the core code as possible to ensure that the LMS could be easily maintained in the future. For instance, the third-party video library and lightbox gallery were delivered using plugins.
Androgogic also received an award for Tennis Australia's Bounce platform, being awarded a silver LearnX award in the category 'Best New Technology Implementation - Deployment of a Hosted LMS'.


A handsome Ptolemaic map of Northern Africa originally engraved by Gerard Mercator. Interesting features include the twin lake sources of the Nile located near the Lune Montes. The Niger River is prominently featured in Libya with its source in several interior lakes and shown disappearing under several mountain ranges and flowing underground. There is a strapwork title cartouche and compass rose decorate the chart.
The condition is very good with only a couple of tiny spots in the blank margins and a professionally repaired tear just entering the border at the left.


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Mar 11, 2020 - Health
Congressional doctor predicts 70 million-150 million U.S. coronavirus cases
Jonathan Swan, Alayna Treene
Photo: Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images
Congress' in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly a third of the country — to contract the coronavirus, two sources briefed on the meeting tell Axios.
Why it matters: That estimate, which is in line with other projections from health experts, underscores the potential seriousness of this outbreak even as the White House has been downplaying its severity in an attempt to keep public panic at bay.
Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress, told Senate chiefs of staff, staff directors, administrative managers and chief clerks from both parties on Tuesday that they should prepare for the worst, and offered advice on how to remain healthy.
Between the lines: Forecasting the spread of a virus is difficult, and the range of realistic possibilities is wide.
But other estimates, including statistical modeling from Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, have said that somewhere between 20% and 60% of adults worldwide might catch the virus.
Yes, but: These estimates include people who will get sick and make a full recovery, and many people will catch the virus without ever feeling seriously ill.
Monahan told staffers that about 80% of people who contract coronavirus will ultimately be fine, one of the sources said.
Monahan's office declined to comment.
Meanwhile, Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have told lawmakers they have no immediate plans to close Congress, despite it being a potential petri dish for the virus.
Many lawmakers fit high-risk profiles because they're over 60, have underlying health conditions and are mixing in close quarters with visitors, staff and reporters.
Go deeper: The latest coronavirus developments
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to say that Monahan told staffers he expects 70-150 million cases, not 75-150 million.


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[ARCHIVED] Brentwood Bound Construction Update – March 5, 2020
Construction work anticipated in the next few weeks on the Brentwood Bound Plan:
Spirtas Wrecking completed all the demolition work associated with 2748 Mary Avenue, 2940 Mary Avenue and 8302/8304 Manchester Road. The building pads at these properties are backfilled with a granular material in preparation for the Phase I Flood Mitigation Project that is scheduled to start later this year. The installation of this granular material will provide a low maintenance requirement for City to maintain until construction starts and will also provide a staging area for the Phase I contractor during construction, which will reduce the overall cost to the City on that contract.
Davey Tree completed the early tree clearing that was required by the Corps of Engineers. To reduce cost to the City, some of these trees were only dropped in place, where they did not impact the public, and will be removed by the Flood Mitigation Phase I contractor this summer.
No other construction work is scheduled until the next demolition project is awarded in June 2020.
Other News in Brentwood Bound
Coming in 2023: Brentwood Park
Coming in 2023: Pedestrian Tunnel
Brentwood Bound Construction Update - January 25, 2023
Destination Playground Groundbreaking
Deer Creek Greenway Connector Groundbreaking


Do you suffer from neck pain? A few weeks ago the weather changed and all of a sudden I had a horrible nagging pain in my neck and middle of my back. I have dealt with some off and on pain in my neck since my car accident in 1998. This is the same car accident that has caused lots of problems in my low back that led to having surgery in December of 2015. I wanted to share with you some tips on how to deal with neck pain without using medication.
Disclosure: I received a Easy @ Home Electronic TENS Pulse Massager for free. All opinions are 100% my own.
When the pain was unbearable, I reached for my ice pack and grabbed a comfortable pillow. Then I laid down on my pillow and put the ice pack on the back of my neck for about 15 minutes. When I got up, I noticed a huge difference in the way I felt. It didn't take all of my pain away but it helped take the edge off. Ice helps reduce inflammation and also helps stop muscle spasms.
The heating pad also helps warm the joints in your neck so that it is easier to move. Do use caution when using heat for prolonged periods of time because it increases your chances of getting burns.
A tens unit is a great tool to have around especially if you suffer from chronic pain. It is a small machine that has 4 electrodes that attach to the unit. The unit sends small electrical pulse signals to your muscles to help them relax. Plus, it helps temporarily interrupt the pain signals that your muscles are sending to your brain. Most physical therapy offices use a similar unit for roughly 10 minutes. If you are unsure, how long to use it for your neck pain ask your doctor or physical therapist. Please read the full instructions prior to using the Easy @ Home Electronic TENS Pulse Massager. TENS units are a safe and effective OTC treatment for chronic pain. The unit can be used several times a day as needed.
Please read the full instructions prior to using the Easy @ Home Electronic TENS Pulse Massager. TENS units are a safe and effective OTC treatment for chronic pain. The unit can be used on your neck, shoulder, waist, back, arm, leg, and more. It uses 4 AAA batteries, 4 electrode pads, leads, tens unit which resembles a television remote, and instruction manual. I love the huge LCD display so that it is easy to read. The TENs unit that I had previously was hard to read because the LCD display wasn't backed with the blue light. I also love that it has a 1-year money back guarantee too. Select from You can purchase the Easy @ Home Electronic TENS Pulse Massager here.
Another effective way to reduce neck pain is to get a massage. This is perfect for various body pains like tension headaches, back pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, neck pain and surgery-related discomfort. According to experts, massages provides more than relaxation. Massage therapy is known to boost the amount of endorphins and serotonin which is the body's natural mood regulator, painkiller, as well as, helps reduce stress hormones.
Acupuncture is a good option for various types of pain including neck pain, migraines, chronic back pain, osteoarthritis, sciatica, fibromyalgia, and tension headaches. It has been practiced since ancient times especially in the far east. This practice inserts tiny needles into specific points and parts of the body. It is believed to correct energy imbalances known as chi or qi inside the body. According to pain management health experts, although there is yet to be a scientific explanation on the effects of acupuncture. Yet, numerous research still shares that it is effective in helping curb pain.
Topical Analgesics are great for temporarily relieving pain. You can use it for sore muscles, joints, and painful arthritis. Do make sure that you follow the directions on the bottle or tube before using.
If you go see a doctor for your neck pain, they usually order x-rays to determine your treatment options. Then they order physical therapy. It will hurt and your muscles or joints might get angry. I am currently going through this process now and it is tough when you hurt.
A good chiropractor can help relieve neck pain especially if your spine is out of alignment. Some offices offer free x-rays and consultation for free, which is a great way to help determine if you have any major damage to the vertebra in your neck. Then based upon the findings from the x-rays the chiropractor will help you determine what type of treatment that you need.
Neck pain can be frustrating and leave you feeling miserable. Try these tips and tricks to help relieve your neck pain naturally.
Do you use any of these treatment methods for your ailments? Have you ever had to deal with neck pain?
Oh gosh, yes. I have the worst neck and shoulder pains and it seems like only a massage helps it. No medication will make it better. Thanks for these helpful tips!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I try to limit taking meds whenever possible, but my neck ALWAYS hurts from working on the computer all day.
Thank you so much for sharing these tips! I work at the computer all day, and it really kills my neck. I will definitely be trying this.
Boy do I know about neck pain. I was in a car accident a few weeks ago and my neck has been troubling me greatly. Thankfully I own a tens machine and find the benefits wonderful in a situation like this!
I don't like taking meds right away. As much as possible, I try to look for ways to manage pain the natural way. Acupuncture really helps for pain management.
I have been thinking of getting Tens until for the house. I have ankle pain and I really need something to help with the pain.
This is very helpful tips especially for those who's working too much.. Thanks for sharing this.
These are great tips for managing neck pain without using medications. I live with chronic pain and usually use ice for my neck pain. The Easy Home Electronic TENS Pulse Massager is something I have been wanting to get. In therapy they used one of these type of machines on me and I fell in love with it. I will have to check this machine out for sure. Thanks for sharing the tips.
I'm pretty lucky lately. I don't have pain in my neck but my back and foot forget it. I'm glad to know there is help without medication available.
I have been getting massages to manage my neck and back pain. I would love to try this. I am going to add this to my wish list for Christmas.
These sounds like great tips! I am thankful I don't have on going pain that I have to worry about but these could really help someone!
These are some great tips. I always try to handle pain without medication first. I've had some neck pains here and there sometimes.
How cool is this, I think I need this I am working on my computer too much and suffering from back pain.
These are some great tips!!!! I swear heat and massage can help with anything!
These are some wonderful tips to avoid medication! I get neck pains from time to time and I always feel something warm helps!
Thank you for sharing this. I try to limit taking meds whenever possible, but my back hurts sometimes. Loved your post!
Wonderful tips, I love medication free. Your body benefits so much more with natural healing. Would love to try acupuncture.
Wow, thanks for this. I have this almost everyday, it's great to know that there are options.