High winds in Texas cause property damage and utilities loss for many
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High winds in Texas cause property damage and utilities loss for many

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Wind storms swept across a large part of Texas on Wednesday, leaving property damaged and many homes without power.

Downed lamposts and trees were reported in multiple locales. One media source reported overturned playground equipment in the city of Rockwall. Winds up to 40 miles-per-hour (mph) were reported over much of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Approximately 9,500 people within Tarrant and Dallas counties were without electrical power as late as Thursday afternoon.

Late Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service reported winds at Dallas Love Field up to 66 mph. The city of Edgewood recorded wind speeds up to 70 mph during the storm; three homes, two barns and two business buildings sustained damage. A home in Chandler was damaged when a tree was toppled during the storm (see photo at left).

Dust from as far away as west Texas covered vehicles and other property early Thursday morning in the eastern part of the state. A car wash manager in Tyler told media his business cleaned about three hundred cars on Thursday, busier than usual even for holiday season.

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The Thinking Behind Uniforms

By Simona Rusnakova

Uniforms are a part of life for people in many different professions. There are many reasons why these uniforms are used for these professions. Some of them will have a long history behind them. There are also different uniforms for a single profession that you should know about.

School Uniforms

School uniforms are used by many schools for a number of reasons. One of the principles behind school uniforms is a sense of unity and that no person is better than another. These uniforms will be different from school to school as they often include school colours.

Nurses Uniforms

A nurse uniform serves two very important purposes. The first is for hygiene reasons and the other is for identification. This uniform has changes over the years from the original created in the 19th century. The first uniform was based off the nuns’ habit. The reason for this was that nuns were the people who looked after the sick. Today nurses either wear traditional uniforms or scrubs.

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Salon Uniforms

Salon uniforms are a bit trickier to understand. The main principle behind them is professionalism and hygiene. Most people will feel more comfortable in a salon with someone who is in some form of uniform. Without the uniform people may feel that they are not as professional. In salons professionals also work with chemicals when dying hair so it is in their best interest to wear a uniform in case any of the chemical lands in them.

Military Uniforms

Military uniforms are the uniforms that have changed the most. Traditionally military uniforms were more elaborate with light colours and trimmings. Today the uniform is more utilitarian. The military uniform can be traced back thousands of years into antiquity. Records of military dress have been found referring to the red garment of the Spartan hoplite and the members of Hannibal’s army.

Healthcare Uniforms

Healthcare uniforms are worn by anyone who works in the healthcare industry. This will include nurses, doctors and support staff like radiologists. In America most healthcare personnel will wear scrubs. Certain hospitals will have different coloured scrubs to identify different healthcare personnel. In other countries nurses still wear traditional tunics or pants while doctors generally wear their own clothes covered by a white jacket. All doctors will wear scrubs when they are in surgery for hygiene purposes.

Chef Uniforms

The chef uniform as we know it dates back to the mid-19th century. Marie-Antoine Careme is the person credited with the creation of the modern chef’s uniform. The toque or chef’s hat was already in place but she introduced the white jacket to symbolise cleanliness. The jacket also protects the chef from the heat of the stove. The material used to manufacture the jacket will be flame resistant and the buttons will be hardy. The toque dates further back to the 16th century when hats were worn by many professions.

Uniforms are a part of live for many people. Each uniform will symbolise something different depending on the use and the profession. Professionalism is often the reason behind a uniform but it may also be for hygiene or for control.

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Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling
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Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling

Thursday, February 24, 2005

A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes.

Currently, fillers don’t stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite crystals, of which natural enamel is made, bond with teeth to repair tiny areas of damage.

Yamagishi and colleagues have tested their paste on a lower premolar tooth that showed early signs of decay. They found that the synthetic enamel merged with the natural enamel. The synthetic enamel also appears to make teeth stronger which will improve resistance to future decay. As with drilling, however, there is still the potential for pain: The paste is strongly acidic to encourage crystal growth and causes inflammation if it touches the gums.

The paste is reported in the journal Nature.

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OCTranspo’s “new year” of efficiencies?
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OCTranspo’s “new year” of efficiencies?

Monday, January 2, 2006

Anyone riding the OC Transpo Ottawa municipal bus service’s express bus routes this morning and this afternoon, in the Ottawa area, was probably greeted with an empty bus, and inherently, a “fast and efficient” ride. This is in part because most government workers where off from work still celebrating their Christmas holidays and buses were operating on a “holiday schedule;” a lack of planning on behalf of OC Transpo.

Though, according to OC Transpo, the “Holiday Schedule” means buses this week shall be running a little less often, in reality there isn’t that much difference than the regular schedule. To be more precise, from 05h48 until 07h20, on the express 27 route there will be 5 less buses during the “Holiday Schedule” compared to the “Regular Schedule.”

“This is probably going to be fine for the rest of this week, when government employees start coming back to work”, said Yves Roy, an OC Transpo driver, “but today was a holiday and it appears that express routes only had an average of about 2 to 4 passengers.”

“On my ride in to work, at around 6:10 a.m. this morning, nobody else got on the bus. It was like having a personal stretch limo to myself,” said Patrick Roy, a guard for the commissionaires.

Also, at around 4:15 p.m. another OC Transpo bus driver, whom wished to remain anonymous, stated, “You are the first person I picked up today.” He had been working since the morning doing express runs. He then added, “This is a waste of tax payers money.”

Ottawa’s BRT “Transitway,” has indicated that it cost approximately 42.58$ CAN per hour to run a diesel bus. It is estimated that 729 express buses ran today for approximatelly 7 hours costing approximatelly 217,287$ CAN. The cost of operating OC Transpo is split between transit fares collected and the tax base (mostly municipal, with some federal and provincial contributions.)

“We then continued to talk about waste of fuel, employee pay, insurance liability issues and even went into details about such hot political items as the Kyoto Agreement and conservatism,” said Patrick. “Once the driver reached Place d’Orleans the second passenger joined in the conversation. The driver then took a faster alternate route and dropped us off not far from our homes.”

According to Peter Dickson, editor at The Ottawa Citizen, last year OC Transpo buses followed a ‘reduced’ Sunday schedule and this created havoc on the system. Peter asked, if “perhaps this year they where trying to compensate for this inefficiency?”

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), OC Transpo’s union representative has indicated, “At current fleet levels, Ottawa’s roads would be choked with about 40,000 more cars each rush hour if not for OC Transpo.”[1] ATU suggests 70 per cent of trips in Ottawa are now made by car. However, seemingly, due to returning vacationers and other reasons, today may have created an increase in the use of cars and influenced this statistic. According to city councillor Clive Doucet’s web page “Currently, 17% of all trips residents make in Ottawa are on public transit, up from 15% in the mid-nineties. As a comparison, Paris’ modal split is 40% or higher taking public transit while Los Angeles’ modal split is around 2% for public transit.” Analysing ridership on a large scale seems to be an important element for the city.

According to Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli, “We used to be able to plan a transit system for up to 12 years ahead, with assured funding.” This of course is in reference to provincial government funding.”It would make me happier if we took all of the (fuel taxes) and put them into the transportation infrastructure,” Mr. Hunt, president of the Canadian Automobile Association says. “But we don’t have a plan.”

“Usually OC Transpo bus drivers have two 4 months bookings, for the fall and the winter and two 2 months booking for the spring and for the summer,” said Yves Roy. “For the first time in March 2005, there was a special 1 week booking for the March break that rearranged and redistributed drivers of certain high school bus runs. During previous march breaks, drivers would show up usually waiting 30 or more minutes in an “idling” bus.”

Is there such thing as to much efficiency? Today is an example of buses and drivers being very efficient. On the other hand, it may be a lack of efficiency within OC Transpo’s booking department, upper management and the governments.

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‘Rock and roll never dies’: Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years
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‘Rock and roll never dies’: Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

On Saturday, Italy won its third victory at the Eurovision Song Competition, held this year at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Italian rock band Måneskin’s song Zitti E Buoni won 524 points from public and professional judges. French singer Barbara Pravi’s song Voilà received 499 points, and Swiss singer Gjon’s Tears Tout l’univers got 432 points; finishing second and third respectively.

Out of 39 countries participating this time, 26 countries including hosts Netherlands and the Big Five — France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom — competed in the finals. The competition began on May 18. Three of the Big Five, and the hosts finished at the very bottom of the vote ranking. Netherlands got 11, Spain got six, Germany bagged three and the UK received zero points. All four received zero points from the audience.

Dutch singer Duncan Laurence won the 2019 edition of Eurovision in Tel Aviv winning 498 points for his song Arcade. That victory meant Netherlands was to host the competition 2020, which was cancelled because of “escalating spread of COVID-19 throughout Europe”. This year, 3500 people were in audience, multiple reports stated. They all were tested negative to be eligible for attending the event, Eurovision stated.

Iceland’s Daði Freyr could not perform live in both semi-finals and the final, having tested positive of the virus. A pre-recorded performance of Daði og Gagnamagnið was played, which finished fourth, receiving 378 points, 12 more than Ukrainian singer Go_A’s song Shum.

Switzerland finished at top, during the jury voting, receiving 267 points. France finished second during the national jury voting with 248 points. During the jury voting, when France and Switzerland were very close to each other, Pravi said, “I think it is crazy that two French songs are on the top, thank you!”

National juries of both Switzerland and the UK awarded 12 points to France. Pravi uttered “Merci!” ((fr))French language: ?Thank you!, clapped and blew a kiss towards the Swiss team, upon receiving 12 points from the Swiss jury.

Italy received 318 points from the audience, putting them on top. That sufficed them to win the competition. Upon winning, Måneskin’s lead vocalist Damiano David said, “We just want to say to the whole Europe, to the whole world, rock and roll never dies.”

As the winner of this year’s competition, Italy is to host next year’s Eurovision Song Competition. Italy had previously won Eurovision in 1990. Måneskin is the first band to win the competition since 2006, the BBC noted.

Order Country Artist(s) Song Total points Ranking
01 Cyprus Elena Tsagrinou El diablo 94 16
02 Albania Anxhela Peristeri Karma 57 21
03 Israel Eden Alene Set Me Free 93 17
04 Belgium Hooverphonic The Wrong Place 74 19
05 Russia Manizha Russian Woman 204 9
06 Malta Destiny Je me casse 255 7
07 Portugal The Black Mamba Love Is on My Side 153 12
08 Serbia Hurricane Loco Loco 102 15
09 United Kingdom James Newman Embers 0 26
10 Greece Stefania Last Dance 170 10
11 Switzerland Gjon’s Tears Tout l’Univers 432 3
12 Iceland Daði og Gagnamagnið 10 Years 378 4
13 Spain Blas Cantó Voy a quedarme 6 24
14 Moldova Natalia Gordienko Sugar 115 13
15 Germany Jendrik I Don’t Feel Hate 3 25
16 Finland Blind Channel Dark Side 301 6
17 Bulgaria Victoria Growing Up Is Getting Old 170 11
18 Lithuania The Roop Discoteque 220 8
19 Ukraine Go_A Shum 364 5
20 France Barbara Pravi Voilà 499 2
21 Azerbaijan Efendi Mata Hari 65 20
22 Norway TIX Fallen Angel 75 18
23 Netherlands Jeangu Macrooy Birth of a New Age 11 23
24 Italy Måneskin Zitti e buoni 524 1
25 Sweden Tusse Voices 109 14
26 San Marino Senhit and Flo Rida Adrenalina 50 22
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Make Money Fast – Get $100,000 No Credit Checks Required and Build Wealth Quickly!

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It’s a fact that money builds money fast and if you don’t have much to start, it can be a slow process – but there is an easy way to get $100,000 quickly ( anyone can) and you can if you use this money wisely build wealth quickly, lets look at how to make money fast.

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It’s a fact that if you put down $500.00 in an online currency trading account, brokers will give you 200:1 leverage, allowing you to trade $100,000. Before you say: I couldn’t be a currency trader! It’s to complicated or hard, let me tell you a quick story which will change your mind. Back in 1985, legendary trader Richard Dennis set out to prove that anyone could learn to trade, if they had the right mindset and the right education. He taught a group of people who had never traded before, a method and how to apply it in just 14 days. Dennis then set them up with trading accounts. The result? This group went onto make hundreds of millions of dollars and go down in trading history. Now I am not implying that you will make hundreds of millions of dollars – but there is a big difference between something being impossible and being achievable, and it’s a fact, trading success is open to all of us. How do you set out on becoming a successful trader? Let me ask you a question: Can you read a graph and can you spot repetitive chart patterns? Well if you can, you can look at a chart, learn these patterns and trade them for profit. You can get all the information to do this online and trade high odds set ups. If you trade them for profit and with leverage on your side, you can build wealth quickly and make money fast… All you need is the right education and a willingness to succeed. A word of caution – it’s easy to learn how to trade – but you must have the right mindset. It is mindset which separates winners from losers. You have to have the discipline to keep your loses small and take them and when dealing with leverage this is simply essential. There is nothing wrong with taking small losses but if you keep them small and run the big profitable trades, you can win longer term. Can you do it? The question is – do you want to make money fast and do you have a will to succeed? If you do then you can learn to trade currencies in just a few weeks, practice your art in a demo account and then trade with leverage on your side to build wealth quickly. It’s a learned skill and if you are up for a challenge then you can do it and get on the road to building a lucrative second income or even a life changing one. Currency trading is the world’s biggest business and with the rise of online trading its open to all people and you don’t need to be rich to get started. Are you ready for a challenge?

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Wikinews Shorts: June 14, 2007
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Wikinews Shorts: June 14, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, June 14, 2007.

A bomb blast during a soccer match at stadium in Pattani injured 14 police officers who were providing security for the game between two local teams.

Police said the bomb was placed inside a flower planter and detonated via cellphone, and that five officers were seriously injured.

Related

  • “13 schools torched in southern Thailand” — Wikinews, June 14, 2007

Sources

  • Agencies. “Soccer match bomb wounds 14” — Bangkok Post, June 14, 2007
  • “Bomb at soccer injures five” — The Nation (Thailand), June 14, 2007

A 29-year-old man in Riau was confirmed today to have died of the H5N1 strain of avian flu, making him the 80th person in Indonesia to die from the virus.

“Before showing bird flu symptoms, he slaughtered and cooked sick chickens,” Muhammad Nadirin of the Health Ministry’s Bird Flu Center was quoted as saying by Kyodo News.

Indonesia has the highest number of human deaths from H5N1, and the highest number of cases at 100.

Sources

  • Agence France-Presse. “Indonesia confirms 80th bird flu death” — Channel NewsAsia, June 14, 2007
  • Kyodo News. “Indonesia bird flu cases top 100, death toll rises to 80” — Yahoo! News, June 14, 2007

An outbreak of H5N1, the avian flu virus, was reported today by a livestock official in Myanmar. He said about 1,000 chickens were slaughtered after the virus was found on June 3 in 28 chickens on a farm in Bago, about 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Yangon.

It is the first outbreak of the bird flu in Myanmar, also known as Burma, since April.

Sources

  • Agence France-Presse. “Myanmar reports fresh outbreak of bird flu” — Channel NewsAsia, June 14, 2007
  • Associated Press. “Burma reports new bird flu outbreak” — The Irrawaddy, June 13, 2007

Hamas has said that their forces have taken control of the main compound of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas located in Gaza City.

Abbas was not in the compound at the time.

Reports also say that Fatah members fled the compound just before it was attacked.

Sources

  • “Report: Hamas forces take over Abbas’s compound” — Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2007
  • “Hamas takes over presidential compound in Gaza City” — International Herald Tribune, June 14, 2007

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World’s most expensive hotel-casino opens in Las Vegas
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World’s most expensive hotel-casino opens in Las Vegas

Friday, April 29, 2005

The world’s most expensive hotel-casino ever has opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. The casino, which was designed and built over a period of five years, cost US$2.7 billion to construct. The hotel stands nearly fifty stories above the Las Vegas valley, with a 180-foot tall mountain in front of the main entrance.

Numerous lavish touches contributed to the high expense of the development. The sign in front of the Wynn property has an unusual mechanical design, with a large piece containing the Wynn logo, which can move vertically up or down as different announcements are presented.

“I think it’s going to start a shift of power. It’s been the south for a long time. Things will start moving to the north because of Wynn Las Vegas, Sheldon Adelson with the expansion of the Venetian, the New Frontier — that whole area will become the new hot area of Las Vegas for the next decade or so,” gaming expert Anthony Curtis told Las Vegas KLAS TV.

As the property opened to the public, developer Steve Wynn greeted visitors at the front entrance.

“It’s always fascinating to watch people enter the thing and get their first moment after we open the doors,” Wynn told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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Analysts are not too concerned about the cost of the Wynn development. Wynn paid off the cost of The Mirage hotel-casino in 18 months, much earlier than the planned seven years for which the debt had been scheduled for repayment.

“If you remember the opening of The Mirage in 1989, Wynn needed to make a nut of $1 million a day. Everyone thought he was nuts; ‘couldn’t be done,’ they all said,” Las Vegas history department Chairman Hal Rothman told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Wynn sold his interest in Mirage Resorts to MGM Grand (which became MGM Mirage and is now run by Kirk Kerkorian) for US$6.4 billion back in 2000, then turned around and purchased the property for the Wynn hotel-casino for US$275 million. The property was previously the home of the Desert Inn.

The hotel has 2,359 rooms, and a few hundred deluxe suites and “parlors” for high rollers. The casino has 1,960 slot machines and 137 table games on a 111,000 square foot casino floor. A FerrariMaserati dealership and the Le Reve stage show, featuring a million gallon water tank, round out the expensive offerings.

A round of golf will go for US$500 on the elaborate golf course located behind the main building.

All of these specifications add up to a record construction cost of over one million US dollars per room. Other expensive Las Vegas properties cost a fraction of the price, such as the Bellagio, which cost half the price at US$533,000 per room. The most expensive hotel property in the world was previously the Grand Wailea Resort in Maui, Hawaii, which cost US$775,000 per room.

“Yes, (Wynn) may be in over his head, but then he has found ways to survive before,” Las Vegas professor Bill Thompson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Several of Wynn’s largest competitors spoke with admiration of the property and looked forward to its impact on Las Vegas.

“I’ve never understood the hand-wringing about something new, especially in Las Vegas and Atlantic City,” Harrah’s Chairman and CEO Gary Loveman told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Other casino bosses from the Mandalay and the MGM Mirage had positive comments as well, hoping to pick up some new business from the development.

“It’s a positive in terms of bringing more visitors,” Mandalay Resort Group President and CEO Glenn Schaeffer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“Steve will build a great property and bring new people to town. If we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing, then we’ll pick up some of that business also,” MGM Mirage Chairman and CEO Terry Lanni told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Thousands of visitors gathered for hours in front of the property before it opened. Security guards had to monitor the number of visitors entering the building.

“I think it’s spectacular,” David Schwartz, coordinator of the Gaming Studies Research Center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas told Reuters.

“People were pushing and shoving,” Las Vegan Kathie Anderson told Associated Press.

“There is nobody in the world who creates such entertaining and beautiful casinos,” British billionaire Richard Branson told Associated Press from the casino floor. “I would say every other casino must be nervous. He’s lifted the bar dramatically,” Branson said.

“This would be hard to top,” Las Vegan Marlene DeMarco told Reuters.

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What Sciatica Is

Dancers are vulnerable to sciatica because of the amount of concentration on turning out their legs. This often leads to piriformis syndrome. Dancers also move in a large range of movement at the spine, which end in undue stress on the spinal discs when alignment or body mechanics is poor. This could lead to herniated discs. Poor body mechanics, arthritis, and scoliosis can be factors in spinal stenosis which ends up in sciatic pain.Widespread Causes of Sciatica1) Piriformis syndrome2) Herniated disc3) Spinal stenosisPiriformis SyndromePiriformis syndrome is a situation where the piriformis muscle, the biggest of the 6 deep lateral rotators, irritates the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve typically passes underneath the piriformis muscle, however in about 15% of the population the nerve goes through the piriformis muscle increasing it’s potential for compression. When dancers overwork their turnout, their piriformis muscular tissues could also be excessively contracted and might press on the sciatic nerve. It is a functional syndrome. It isn’t simple to diagnosis by means of a MRI or CT scan.Signs include pain within the low back and buttocks, ache that can radiate down the back of the leg and troublesome, and uncomfortable sitting.Remedies include physical remedy which focuses on stretching and strengthening the rotator muscles at the hip, and ultrasound to the infected side to release and soften the piriformis muscle. Anti-Inflammatory treatment, (such as ibuprofen), is also administered to decrease irritation of the nerve. For more acute cases, a cortisone injection could also be suggested. Deep massage may assist to release the tension within the turnout muscle tissues as well as surrounding pelvis and hip muscles. After a lengthy period of unsuccessful conservative treatment, surgical release is the final resort.Herniated discSpinal discs are tender cushions of cartilage with a gel-like middle between the boney vertebrae of the spine. It is where the movement and flexibility of the spine is created. Discs often lose elasticity with age and develop into extra susceptible to injury. A herniated disc bulges out between the vertebrae where it compresses the spinal nerves. This causes ache in the lower back, usually traveling down the leg. A herniated disc is confirmed via a CT imaging scan or a MRI. It’s also commonly known as a slipped disc or bulging disc.You might be suffering from herniated disc if you have leg pains usually over the surface of the thigh and lower leg and foot. Typically shooting down the leg, felt like an electric shock. Different signs include persistent ache regardless of whether or not you might be standing or sitting, tingling or numbness down the leg and muscle weakness. The worst is that if bowel or bladder problems occur. This time see a physician as quickly as possible with these symptoms.Anti-Inflammatory medicine (such as ibuprofen) is given to decrease inflammation. Doctors could choose to do a steroid injection. Bodily remedy can be used to redevelop muscle steadiness and proper spinal alignment. If less invasive measures don’t help, surgical procedure is a last resort.Spinal stenosisStenosis means a narrowing of an opening. Sciatic ache can happen from lumbar (lower back) spinal stenosis, whereas numbness and problems in the arms can happen from cervical (neck) spinal stenosis. The area where the nerves come out from the spinal column can inflame and narrow. This creates strain and ache on the nerve. Older ones are most commonly affected on this type of nerve because of chronic poor body mechanics such as a swayback or tucking under, being obese, having arthritis and/or scoliosis.Signs include ache in the buttocks, thigh, and calf, weakness of one leg and pain that always will increase with motion and strolling, and decreases when sitting or lying down.Diagnostic checks such as x-rays and CT scans or MRI can be used to substantiate the diagnosis. Anti-inflammatory treatment along with physical therapy is prescribed for gentle cases. Surgery may be necessary to remove the stress from the nerve, if much less invasive measures are unsuccessful.Ideas for PreventionIn case you have sciatic signs and are a dance trainer, dont be so depressed. It’s a curable disorder. However, you need to adapt your educating style temporarily. Since teachers have unhealthy habits of showing a movement without being fully warmed up, it is necessary to pull back on demonstrating.Below are some steps that may assist:Stand simply in a turned out first place, Are your gluteal muscular tissues rock hard? It could be a sign of overworking the turnout and hip joint muscles. Periodically, sit on a chair with one leg crossed over the opposite thigh in an open position and lean forward. You will feel the stretch deep within the gluteal of the bent leg.Are you standing in a swayback? Then stretch out the hip flexors within the runners lunge. Usually the hamstrings, gluteal and turnout muscular tissues become overly contracted as they counter the pull of the hip flexors.Notice whats taking place on your feet. Pronation means your weight is not centered and your toes are rolling in – which then creates more muscular pressure within the turnout muscles.Give your turnout muscles a break! Stand with your feet turned in towards each other. Bend your knees then lean into one hip before switching to the opposite hip. It could look unusual, however is a fast reminder that the turnout muscles must be both strong and flexible.Be sure your weight is appropriate for your height and activity level. Extra weight can put strain on the lower back and discs.Are your hamstrings weak or tight? Pay attention to the muscle balance across the hip joint and address any apparent weak point and/or tightness.Relax for a few minutes on your back over a large physioball. This helps to decompress the spine.Get up straight without tension. When sitting and standing, don’t slump as it keeps the spine aligned and the discs and spinal cord happy!How you can Release RigidityTo release stubborn muscular stress, you may work with a pinkie ball. Begin by placing a small 2-2/15 inch rubber ball between the back of your pelvis and the wall. The farther your feet are from the wall the more weight you place on the ball and the deeper the pressure. To start out, roll on the ball from sacrum (base of the backbone). Then roll around the sides of the pelvis and right down to the sits bone. The piriformis and other turnout muscle tissues are in the midst of the buttocks and that area could also be tender. Work slowly and easily and comfortably to loosen the muscles. When you notice any nerve indicators, such as ache radiating down the leg, move away from that spot, or cease all together. 5 minutes before or after class can make a big distinction in reducing extra muscular rigidity!

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NY Post columnist suspended over extortion allegation
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NY Post columnist suspended over extortion allegation

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The New York Post has suspended gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern pending an FBI investigation into allegations that he tried to extort money from billionare Ron Burkle. Stern has denied the allegation.

Stern contributes to Page Six, the New York Posts gossip and celebrity news section. The allegation first appeared in the New York Daily News, the Post’s long-standing rival. The Daily News reported that, in a sting operation, Stern was videotaped asking Burkle for cash, in exchange for weeding out negative stories on Burkle.

The Post said that it is cooperating with the federal investigation.

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