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But there's a certain charisma to that. It was just one more thing to get off on about Guns n' Roses. There were five distinct personalities on the stage.
That's okay. But when the guy's getting up at six thirty in the morning and riding bicycles and motorcycles and buying toy airplanes, and he's donating all this energy to something else, and it's taking 100 percent of our energy to do what we're doing on the stage, we were getting ripped off. I'm hoping Izzy's new album rocks. But at the same time, it'll be like "Why couldn't he do that with us?" He wouldn't do anything.
So you're angry with him because he didn't want to be what you wanted him to be?
No. That's not it. I'm angry with him because he left in a very shitty way, and he tries to act like everything's cool. He put his trust in people that I consider my enemies. People like [former G n' R manager] Alan Niven, who I think is his manager now. I don't need Alan Niven knowing jack shit about Guns n' Roses. Everybody has a lot of good and bad, and with Alan, I just got sick of his fucking combo platter. It's like "If you're involved with these people, we can't talk to you."
Let's move on. The media contract that was put into effect before Guns n' Roses started the tour outraged a lot of journalists who felt that you were trying to control what was printed about the band. And I think that's a legitimate gripe on the part of the press.
Yeah. But I don't think they understood what we were trying to do. We were trying to cut down on our exposure. There is such a thing as overexposure. We were also trying to weed out the assholes from the people who were gonna be cool. You know, if you were willing to put your ass on the line and sign the damn thing, then we pretty much figured you weren't gonna try and screw us. There were people who agreed to sign it and then we told them they didn't have to.
Can you understand why even a reporter who wasn't out to get you would refuse to sign something like that?
I don't know. I guess only if they thought that we wanted everything to look peachy keen.
That's the way it came across, because the contract gave you the right of final approval over everything that was written by anyone who signed it.
I'm not that way. I want the real story. I never wanted "Steven Adler's on vacation." I wanted "Steven Adler's in a fucking rehab." [Adler, G n' R's former drummer, was fired from the group for excessive drug use.] I wanted the reality. Maybe I'd like it a bit optimistic, but I've always been more into the reality of the situations, because that's what I wanted to read about the band. I can see where it would look like we just wanted everything to be right about us. But it was also trying to find a way to work with certain metal magazines. There are a lot of kids who collect those, and we'd rather they have real stories than bullshit stories. I haven't done an interview with Hit Paraderor Circusin three or four years.
You've said you can't trust them to print what you actually say.
Yeah. And it's not that what they print is so bad. It's just that when someone puts corny little words in that you didn't say... like Slash saying something about "Well, we're gonna just shake it up and see what happens." Slash would never say that, and it made him feel really dorky. Looking back at it and reading it, it may not be that bad. But we know that we would've come off a lot better if it had been what we really said. I think I've got a pretty good track record of not lying.
When you were in New York recently, you took offense at a review Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times and invited him to come onstage to talk about it. [Pareles, reviewing a December G n' R show at Madison Square Garden, described the audience as "oddly restrained." Pareles was invited to come to the following night's show and "tell the crowd why they weren't having a good time."]
I was actually just going to sit down and talk. I wasn't going to make him look like an ass.
Still, he would've been walking into a minefield. No matter what he said, they'd boo him and cheer you.
He didn't have the balls to stand behind what he wrote, and he got exposed.
A lot of people would say that in inviting him to talk about that on your turf, you were the one who didn't have the balls. Why didn't you call him and talk about it personally on neutral territory?
I'm not gonna make the New York Times any more money. It was an obnoxious piece. It was shit journalism. He could've written: "I didn't like the show, personally. I think they suck." Okay, fine. Cool. You can think we suck, and I can think you're an asshole. But don't just try to make it look like nobody enjoyed it.
Couldn't he have been just calling it like he saw it?
Then that's a person with some severe fucking personal problems, and he has no business being there writing about our show. It's a different crowd at a G n' R show now than it used to be. He didn't understand it. Most people that have been into G n' R for years don't understand it, but they can feel it. Having a nice time is weird for people that don't have nice times in their lives. When you don't really know what a nice time is, a nice time is for pussies.
Where do you think that nice feeling is coming from, being that most of the songs can't really be described as "nice" songs?
Because that's the truth underneath all of it. It's the underlying message. We'll do a certain song because we want to express that anger, get that feeling out. "We did it, okay, now I can deal with the person that I just called an asshole." You know, that's healthy. But that's not how the world works. The world doesn't want you to do that.
Does it bother you that so many people think you're misogynous, homophobic and racist?
It can bother me. But the racist thing is just bullshit. I used a word that was taboo. And I used that word because it was taboo. I was pissed off about some black people that were trying to rob me. I wanted to insult those particular black people. I didn't want to support racism. When I used the word faggots, I wasn't coming down on gays. I was coming down on an element of gays. I had just heard a story about a man who was released out of the L.A. county jail with AIDS and he was hooking. I've had my share of dealings with aggressive gays, and I was bothered by it. The. Bible says, "Thou shalt not judge," and I guess I made a judgment call, and it was an insult. The racist thing, that's just stupid. I can understand how people would think that, but that's not how I meant it. I believe that there's always gonna be some form of racism – as much as we'd like there to be peace – because people are different. Black culture is different. I work with a black man every day [Earl Gabbidon, Rose's bodyguard], and he's one of my best friends. There are things he's into that are definitely a "black thing." But I can like them. There are things that are that way. I think there always will be.
People are afraid of things that are foreign to them.
It's that way with everything, you know? It's that way with people who are of the same race or same gender. Maybe now and then they'll reach a point where something happens, and they bond, and they're really close. But they're always going to have their differences. The most important thing about "One in a Million" is that it got people to think about racism. A lot of people thought I was talking about entire races or sectors of people. I wasn't. And there was an apology on the record. The apology is not even written that well, but it's on the cover of every record. And no one has acknowledged it yet. No one.
What about the songs that are perceived as misogynous? A lot of people see songs like "Back Off Bitch" and "Locomotive" as a reflection of your current views on women.
Yeah, and that's wrong. I can understand that, 'cause the records just came out. But "Back Off Bitch" is a ten-year-old song. I've been doing a lot of work and found out I've had a lot of hatred for women. Basically, I've been rejected by my mother since I was a baby. She's picked my stepfather over me ever since he was around and watched me get beaten by him. She stood back most of the time. Unless it got too bad, and then she'd come and hold you afterward. She wasn't there for me. My grandmother had a problem with men. I've gone back and done the work and found out I overheard my grandma going off on men when I was four. And I've had problems with my own masculinity because of that. I was pissed off at my grandmother for her problem with men and how it made me feel about being a man. So I wrote about my feelings in the songs.
That anger has to have put a damper on your relationships.
I've been hell on the women in my life, and the women in my life have been hell on me. And it really breaks me down to tears a lot of times when I think about how terribly we've treated each other. Erin [Everly, Rose's former wife] and I treated each other like shit. Sometimes we treated each other great, because the children in us were best friends. But then there were other times when we just fucked each other's lives completely up. And so you write about that in your frustration. The anger and the emotions and stuff scare people, and it's good that people recognize these things as dangerous. I don't think our music promotes that you should feel this way, and if people are getting that, that's not right. We're saying you're allowed to feel certain ways. Now, if you want to hold on to something that you know is bad, that's your problem. I don't want to. I've already left most of the lyrics behind. I'd already grown past a lot of the things by the time I started working on my therapy in February. It takes a lot of work to slowly dig that out. And I've been doing this while I'm on the road. Some of this stuff is coming out at four in the afternoon, when you don't expect it.
Show time!
[Laughs] Yeah! Show time, the show must go on. But... I love women. I remember the last time in Rolling Stone, saying that I liked seeing two women together, and there were letters from lesbian organizations saying, "How disgusting." I can be as disgusting as the next person, but it wasn't meant to be disgusting. I think women are beautiful. I don't like to see people used. If I'm looking at a men's magazine and I just look at the surface, I might be able to enjoy it. But if I know that this person is really messed up and that person's messed up and they're being used by the person who set up the photo session, then it'll turn my stomach.
Do you want to talk about your childhood in a little more detail?
What's your earliest memory?
My earliest conscious memory was of a feeling that I'd been here before and that I had a toy gun in my hand. I knew it was a toy gun, and I didn't know how I knew. That was my first memory. But I've done regression therapy all the way back, just about to the point of conception. I kind of know what was going on then.
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Who knows, I know people that say things like "Oh I am not really prepared for this, I have not had enough time, and I am not in shape" when actually they are extremely well prepared.
Maybe they say that to play mind games, maybe to avoid pressure so if they win people say "Wooow and he did that having a horrible camp!", and if they lose people will be like "He had a crappy camp, it was obvious that this would happen"
Seems like an honest answer to a question to me. Nelson isn't a train of excuses. Good camp or not, I think Daniel wins it.
Can't point fingers at a guy like Roy who isn't an excuse dispenser.
Could you imagine losing Mayweather and King Mo from your camp???
That would be tough.
I don't really remember Nelson being one for excuses but maybe. I also know that his intelligence gets questioned a lot but he does a pretty good job of playing head games and irritating people.
He could have had the best camp ever and trained with Cael Sanderson, Tyrone Sprong and Rickson Gracie. Isn't going to change the fact Cormier is going to smash him.
It doesnt need to be an excuse, sometimes people just have bad camps. If Roy had a Tito-esque run of excuses on the go, I could see this being a pre-excuse, but I see/read this more as Roy coping with some adversity leading up to fight time, and Im very interested to see how he deals with it come face-punching time.
On a related note, I hope his boxing coach is doing better, thats a rough run.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Big (Not so big anymore) Country, is not recognized for being that smart, is he? If that is the case, I don't think it's a case of baiting Cormier...
a before hand excuss or baiting his opponet into relaxing some.
Skills sessions and game planning are different from nutrition and cardio.
Without a boxing coach and adequate sparring/rolling partners this could be a seriously bad situation for Roy.
Or, he's making an excuse beforehand.
Something tells me that if this were true he wouldn't have actually come right out and said it. Judging from the pictures I've seen of him, this camp has probably been better than he's letting on.
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Some camps go well, some go bad, and for Roy Nelson heading into UFC 166, it was the latter:
"This has actually probably been the crappiest camp that I've ever had," Nelson admitted on Wednesday. "It is what it is."
The root of Nelson's problems began in mid-September, when his head boxing coach, Jeff Mayweather, suffered a mild heart attack after drinking an energy drink. The 49-year-old wound up hospitalized for weeks.
Doctors subsequently diagnosed Mayweather with "full-blown diabetes," and from there things only got worse.
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"I lost (training partner Muhammed King) Mo' Lawal. I lost Ryan Martinez, because in Bellator he broke his hand. It was just one of those camps where anything possibly that could've happened, happened. So you just kind of deal with (it). I mean, I've been in the game long enough to know what I'm supposed to do and put the work in. And at the end of the day, that's what it is."
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The Bluefield Beavers were expected to dominate rather than survive their opening round of the state boys basketball tournament.
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Top-ranked Bluefield held off the plucky play of the No. 8 North Marion Huskies to wrap up a 62-51 win in the opening round of the tournament at the Charleston Civic Center.
Buster Large, head coach of the Beavers, started out his postgame media comments, "It's great to be back here. We're very happy to win. But we can play a lot better, and I hope we can do that tomorrow."
Noting the Beavers' 20-for-39 free throw performance, Large said that the team will begin addressing that with a lot of shooting practice early today. "I think we're going to solve that problem tomorrow," Large said.
Point guard Lykel Collier said, "It was an ugly game. We didn't play defense very well, we didn't shoot free throws very well. We didn't shoot the ball well. But as a team, we are proud to get the win."
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That way did not come from behind the three-point line. After Bluefield went 0 for 5 from long distance in the first half, it tried only one three-point goal the rest of the game.
"Sometimes your shots fall. Sometimes, they do not," Large said, "but we just feel fortunate that we were able to advance, and I think we're going to play a little better tomorrow."
Corey Coppola got Bluefield's first two baskets, but a pair of threes from North Marion's Cameron Wilson, combined with a streak of 4-for-6 field goal shooting, spurred the Huskies to their largest lead, 15-11, in the first quarter.
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The Beavers also drove the ball inside, even with North Marion's height advantage. Coppola and D.J. Edwards began to rack up touches, and Collier's persistent drives sent him to the foul line repeatedly, where he was 11 for 21 in the game. The Huskies got only six foul shots and made three.
North Marion climbed back within nine points, 48-39, on a basket by Chase Banker with 4:45 left, and head coach Chris Freeman called time out.
Freeman said, "At about the four-minute mark, we said, 'They're giving us every chance in the world to keep us in this game, because they were missing the front ends of one-and-ones, they were not finishing their free throws.' Unfortunately, every time they did that, we came down and turned it over."
"We could never just get … enough stops, or enough shots to go in, in the fourth period, to be able to cut into that (lead) and get us really within striking distance to make a run, late."
"Obviously, with their guard play as good as it was, it was tough. Their pacing, their speed and all that stuff was tough to be able to stop."
Large said, "You've got to give North Marion a lot of credit. They were in the game, in the first half and most of the third quarter."
"We didn't do a very good job of rebounding in the first half, but we limited them to one shot on many occasions in the second half (and) we were just able to step it up on defense."
Bluefield's starters scored all the team's points. Collier tossed in 17, along with nine assists and five of the Beavers' 12 steals. Eades had 15 points and Coppola and Edwards added 13 each.
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North Marion's starters included 6-foot-6 Cody Opron and Wilson at 6-3. The Huskies out-rebounded Bluefield 48 to 38, shot 34 percent from the floor and made six three-pointers among their 21 field goals. Opron had 11 points and 11 rebounds, while senior Matt Cain had 16 points and 12 boards.
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Wilson 5-13 0-0 13, Richards 1-5 1-2 3, Banker 3-15 0-0 6, Opron 5-7 1-2 11, Cain 6-19 1-2 16, Swiger 0-0 0-0 0, Cutrone 0-0 0-0 0, Rogers 1-2 0-0 2, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Markley 0-1 0-0 0, Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Coulson 0-0 0-0 0, McIntire 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 3-6 51.
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The registered dietitians of the The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to introduce a new quarterly cancer and nutrition information newsletter written for Cancer Center patients and staff. It is filled with current and hopefully helpful information on nutrition and cancer. Each newsletter will spotlight nutrition tips for cancer treatment related side effects, supplement and herbal usetg, new food products, complementary and alternative therapies, as well as cancer fighting foods and recipes.
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Jason Atherton's departure in 2010 marked the end of an era at Maze, even if Gordon Ramsay still holds the keys to this big-money Mayfair playground. Food-wise, it's no longer at the epicentre of London's zeitgeist – although the multi-course tasting-plate format and obvious Asian influences keep it in the frame as a 'decent' eatery. There's a bespoke sushi chef these days, and choosing from his repertoire of dishes is a good bet: sea bream marinated in dashi and yuzu with katsuo crisps, for example, hit the spot on a recent visit. Otherwise, dip into the full menu for foie gras and smoked duck with cherries, wet almonds and Sauternes gel, followed by cannon of lamb with Jersey royals, broad beans and mint sauce. The brown-toned interior is all 'maze-like' screens and partitions, complete with views over Grosvenor Square, while service generally meets with approval.
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The Azimut 82 made her debut about a year ago, replacing the successful Azimut 80 Carat.Ask an American to pick between style and substance, and chances are good he'll go for substance. Ask the same question of an Italian and he'll likely answer that style IS substance. Lucky the dudes who gave us Armani and Ferrari also bring plenty of substance to the table with their high-styled yachts.Italian builder Azimut last fall unveiled its new 82, a replacement for the tried-and-true Azimut 80 Carat, which had been in the line for eight years. The 82 is a muscular, feature-rich yacht with flash and flair—a testament to those indefinable things that make guys in Italian suits stand out from the crowd.Dinner at the Club?Make no mistake here: the Azimut 82 was not built for nautical curmudeons. It's, well, a shade on the flashy side. If you can get past that though, this boat has plenty to offer, especially if you fancy beating everyone else to the club bar.The Italians don't do trawlers. Vessels in this size range from Italy generally are well-endowed under the hood. In the case of the Azimut 82, a pair of Cat C-32s generating 1,675 hp each will wind the boat up to a hissing 28 knots, according to reports. A retractable soft cover in the hard top on the flybridge quickly turns sunshine into shelter. The hard/soft top also covers a massage tub equipped for five. The expansive lounge on the foredeck provides space for al fresco dining or unfiltered sun worshipping.For most people, the Azimut 82 is a thing of beauty. Many square meters of glass bring outdoor and indoor environments together. The vertical bank windows amidships flank the master stateroom. The horizontal window forward illuminates the VIP.The Azimut 82 accommodates eight in a full-beam master, a VIP forward and two guest staterooms between. Two crew fit aft.The saloon and dining area on the Azimut 82 is no place for a traditionalist – unless you are a Saudi Prince, then all of the pillows and gold will make you feel right at home. Is that gold leather? Well, at least it won't soak up the cabernet. Careful of that white rug though.Again, the master suite amidships is as modern as tomorrow, and you have to love the "windows." Look at the curtains! The whole thing has the distinct feel of a luxury suite in a trendy five-star hotel. Not pictured: his and hers heads with a hydro massage and shower, a lounge area, a vanity corner and wardrobes.Like the master, the VIP stateroom forward benefits from scads of natural light. And again, the space feels more like a deluxe hotel room than a stateroom on a boat.The lower helm is complemented by a settee, which makes it an appealing, sunlit, climate-controlled gathering space. We are big believers in having two people at the helm, particularly when going fast or at night. With all of this room, certainly Azimut could fit in a companion seat.Azimut has crunched the instrument console down to the size of that of a big center console. More power to them. We always worry about visibility forward with arrangements like this though, especially when sitting. Lowering the whole console won't hurt.If you like to go fast—and you prefer Armani over Brooks Brothers—an Azimut 82 might suit you just fine.
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- Texas A&M University; B.A. Physics, B.A. Mathematics; 2007
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Dr. Pagnotta is interested in a wide variety of stellar explosions, specifically those that occur on and in white dwarfs, the leftover cores of stars like our Sun, everything from classical novae to Type Ia supernovae. She uses a variety of observational tools to conduct her research across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from the latest space X-ray telescopes to archival glass plates taken more than a century ago. Dr. Pagnotta is currently working on a survey program to determine how novae behave after their eruptions, and continues to remain interested in solving the Type Ia supernova progenitor problem.
- Pagnotta, A., & Schaefer, B. E. 2013. The Astrophysical Journal, Submitted.
- Edwards, Z. I., Pagnotta, A., & Schaefer, B. E. 2012. The Progenitor of the Type Ia Supernova that Created SNR 0519-69.0 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 747, 19.
- Schaefer, B. E., & Pagnotta, A. 2012. An absence of ex-companion stars in the type Ia supernova remnant SNR 0509−67.5. Nature, 481, 164.
- Schaefer, B. E., Pagnotta, A., et al. 2011. Eclipses during the 2010 Eruption of the Recurrent Nova U Scorpii. The Astrophysical Jounral, 742, 113.
- Schaefer, B. E., Pagnotta, A., et al. 2010. Discovery of the Predicted 2010 Eruption and the Pre-eruption Light Curve for Recurrent Nova U Scorpii. The Astronomical Journal, 140, 925.
- Schaefer, B. E., Pagnotta, A., & Shara, M. 2010. The Nova Shell and Evolution of the Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis. The Astrophysical Journal, 708, 381.
- Collazzi, A. C., Schaefer, B. E., Xiao, L., Pagnotta, A., Kroll, P., Loechel, K., & Henden, A. A. 2009. The Behavior of Novae Light Curves Before Eruption. The Astronomical Journal, 138, 1846.
- Pagnotta, A., Schaefer, B. E., Xiao, L., Collazzi, A., & Kroll, P. 2009. Discovery of a Second Nova Eruption of V2487 Ophiuchi. The Astronomical Journal, 138, 1230.
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The Democrats had managed the state so well that North Carolina ranks 47th in the nation in unemployment. Businesses and entrepreneurs don't see N.C. as an ideal place to start a company or move their current company here. Would a CEO of a top company move their company here?
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I would also encourage you to ask your doctor to check your Vitamin D level which is important to a lot of people these days. Low Vitamin D can cause some people to have additional pain and it can also affect other illnesses as well.
As for explaining your condition to your family and friends...they are NOT going to understand anyway. Those who do not walk in our shoes have no clue how we feel and what the mean and ugly illness does to us. Because we do NOT look sick, for the most part, no one thinks it can be as bad as it is. But I think we all know how we feel...some days we feel like we have been hit by a mac truck. Other days is might be even worse.
Don't be angry at yourself or anyone else...that will NOT help you at all. Try to have a positive attitude. Remember that this too will pass, no matter how you feel today...learn how to *dance with the dragon, instead of draggin the dragon, as Nana B. says. She is one of our oldie goldie members and she is a nurse and still works. She is a smart lady and has lots of good info to share with everyone.
Things will get better...as the more you know and learn about what others do that has helped them...you will find what you need in your own *toolbox* which will make a difference for you. It is a trial and error process...as you will find what works for one person may or may not work for you. You have to try different *tools* and figure out yourself what helps you cope better. You will find all kinds of good *tools* to try here.
A heating pad is my best friend. Taking a hot shower at night using lavender bath salts in a stopped up drain helps my body to relax so that I can sleep better. Sleep is really important for all of us FMers. Eating right and drinking plenty of water is also important for most of us. Water is so good for our body...the more the better.
Anything and everything is a process...but things will get better for you.
I am one of the FMers here who has learned how to *control my FM pain by taking vitamins and supplements and doing other things as well. I have found that Fibro Response and Magnesium Malate help me, along with Omegas and a good multi vitamin. I also take P5P which is a processed form of Vitamin B 6. Some people take s Super B Complex, which might work for you as well. I also take a B 12.
As for the fatigue...I wish I could tell you what might help with it...but I have NOT found anything yet. Some days are better than other days but I do NOT know why. The doctor tells me that there is nothing that helps the chronic fatigue that I have. But I am still searching for the *tool* that will change this.
Hang out here with us for a while and learn all you can about what and how other FMers cope. With time you will feel a difference. There are no quick fixes or magic pill cures for dealing with the wrath of the dragon, aka FM.
Take care and please remember that we all understand what you are faces each day.
Thank you for your response. Your words help me to realize that I will have go to "tools" yo help me through the rough days. I am looking into whether or not I have vitamin deficiency, and looking into support like this one to get info and ideas from those that have been dealing with this dragon. I know that one thing that really helps me is music. For me it is a focal point that takes me away from the pain. I wish it made a difference when I do house work! House work is a whole other nightmare! If I do housework I pay for it for the next few days. Thanks again, This has amde my day.
How cute is that name you chose. We just had one yesterday and I put it in my grandaughters hand...everything was fine until it moved and then she screamed!
The good news here : YOU WILL NEVER BE AS OUT OF TUNE AS YOU ARE NOW! The future is open to you. Get knowledgable and eat well, hydrate and care for this body.
For me, this was the hardest thing to deal with. I fought it forever. Saying I will not take off my boxing gloves to find a fix, or a cure..that i will not be like this the rest of my life....
I am better, so much better with the right meds, therapy and hydration/nutrition....so, this is where fighting the dragon and dancing with him came to be....
I know when I wake he is there....I begin stretches IN the bed before I get out. (The muscles are warm and tight and need to be asked to open up...) then to meds and coffee and here...then to the hot shower for more stretch and massage with the bar of soap....and I can then start the day.
Working towards a window of wellness for yourself is the goal. I don't know anyone who gets the full day (even with pacing)
Muscles are tired easily so you can ask just so much.
First thing is diagnosis and right fit with MD then next step is the medication choices for the tune up (this can take a while) both you and the MD can struggle...then it is looking at the day and what are the triggers in it that hurt you. STOPPING THEM or changing the way you do them is the key here.....
As I stated yesterday, I changed just about everything that I had as a trigger so I can survive in this.
Corelle dishes were a biggy..they don't break and they are so light to handle. A front loader washer for the pulling of wash... B I G pain that was. And many more things that were identified and adjusted if I wanted to keep them. I am an independant person and hate asking for help, even to now.....
That push and refusal to give one more inch of me to this mess I think is how I am doing so well with fighting this. After >10years of trigger point therapy and 18 yrs of problems...I have a good 8-10 hour of wellness and work full time. He is always with me and I watch every muscle during the day to be sure I alternate the use...but I get a life.
With a flare I give it 2 days of rest and then OUT and UP (myhead) I get depressed if I lay around and laying around is the worst for increasing the pain and stiffness. I use massage frequently 1-2 a week if needed.
Look to the right in the resources section and look for the MEMBERS TOOLBOX....it is full of ideas and help from all the members. So much information here on this page to get you started to be better. .
YOU CAN DO IT.......and we are here...24/7 never closed!! Where can you find people 24/7 who understand and walk your path....nowhere I know*....
Good luck, glad you found us.
Nancy B
One of the best things is being part of this group, there are so many people with great advice and support who know what you're going through.
Be strong, this is a fighters illness, don't let it pull you down. You sound like a strong and positive person, don't let go of that, it will be your main-stay.
Use all the resources you can get your hands on, including a great letter that's linked to on this site explaining the illness to family and friends. It was great for my family and gave them an insight into what I was going through.
The best and hardest piece of advice I got was from a physio who told me to exercise through the pain, and that may sound hard and at times it is, but we're not talking high impact, try and walk or swim or do some light exercise every day. Pilates and yoga are great.
Mind yourself, and keep positive, keep looking in that mirror and tell yourself you're strong and wonderful and you'll find the strength to get on with your life and your FM
I am newly diagnosed and understand what you are experiencing. I work full time and have 2 busy kids. It's been a struggle.
There is hope. Like everyone else said you have to get up and move. I know it doesn't make sense and it is hard and painful. But it helps. It helps the pain and your brain. Start small and work up. Just a little walk and gradually increase.
Talk to your doctor about meds. Mine gave me Trazodone for sleep and it has helped a lot. I actually had to cut my dose in half. I also started Savella. It has given me some nausea but my pain is improving and I'm feeling better.
Now if I could just learn to not overdo it when I feel good ( like yesterday) because today I feel like hell. But that is how it is with Fibro. Live and learn.
Please find a doctor you can work with. The specialty does not matter as much as the willingness to work with you and try different meds and explore some other ways to help you live your life with a little less pain, a little less fatigue, and a lot more hope.
It's been 41 years since my late-pregnancy backache didn't go away. I won't lie to you, there have been some pretty bad days. But there have been some wonderful days too. Every day you (ever so slowly and gently) get out of bed is a victory. Every time you find a way to relax your muscles through exercise, heat, or any other means is a step towards helping you manage this disease.
Your compassionate doctor should be able to help you with some medications that will take the bite off your pain. Be patient. Some times the first med you try doesn't work for you. But then the sixth one will. Or perhaps it's a combination of meds one and four. Be willing to try. Somewhere out there is something that will help just enough to make life better.
As you probably know, there is no known cause for fibro. The changes it makes in how our brains regulate pain are just beginning to be studied. Amazing studies are underway that have the potential to help all of us. But they are in their infancy. Until they can bring us better treatments and perhaps a cure, we have to work together here, and you have to work alone at home to find ways to make each day better.
Your job today is to find your way to a better day tomorrow. Then you can share your discoveries with others here. That's how it works--one day at a time, one patient at a time, one idea at a time.
When you meet the right doc and get things in line. Bring your significant other with you to see the exam, hear the doctor explain and get them in the loop for real. For you to share or teach is not like the doctor validating you.
The minute my DH saw my trigger point injections and how many spots were in trouble...he was floored. He then became my advocate for the family and TOLD them of my problems and how well I deal with them. The posture of the whole family changed after that.
So many years of my teenage son's making fun of me (many a tear session in the shower) but I myself didn't know what was happening to me.
So it got better and better as time moved on. I learned me, my triggers what to do about them and take the right meds for the issues at hand.
First part is the doc......then it all falls into line when the trial and error of meds is done. Good luck, you can so do this.....
We are always here. Come here and drop your burden not in the house for the family...they are not interested right now. They can't see the box you are in, we can.
You have a dragon following you eachday and he bites bad...you need to get him trained a bit and we can help with your MD.
Good luck, Nancy B
Thank you for the words of encouragement. When my doc checked trigger points, he was floored as well. He said he needed 11 to 18 for diagnosis but found well over that amount. I appreciate that I have a place to go and vent! I am also creating a journal; to release my feelings, it has made a difference. This dragon will learn not to bit so hard daily!
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George Takei, Daryl Roth, Kristoffer Diaz and More Join Lineup of Speakers for 2013 TEDxBroadway Conference
By Michael Gioia
The second annual TEDxBroadway, a day-long event where artists come together to discuss the future of Broadway, will be held Jan. 28 from 11 AM-6 PM at New World Stages. Actor George Takei, producer Daryl Roth and playwright Kristoffer Diaz are among the speakers who have joined the 2013 lineup.
TEDxBroadway, according to press notes, "will begin where the sold-out 2012 TEDxBroadway left off, bringing together some of the most passionate and influential people in academics, entertainment, marketing, and media to answer the question: 'What's the best that Broadway can be — on stage, in the community, and throughout the world?'"
"TEDxBroadway invites everyone who has a stake in Broadway, a neighborhood of New York City, to participate in shaping its future," said Jim McCarthy, CEO of Goldstar and an organizer of the event, in a statement. "Our goal is to present speakers who inspire ideas, conversations and growth."
The event will feature presentations by artists, entrepreneurs, non-profit theatre executives and business experts. Joining the lineup are "Millionaires" magician Steve Cohen; Erin Hoover, vice president of design for Westin and Sheraton Hotels & Resorts; Vincent Gassetto, visionary principal of NY's M.S. 34; Zachary A. Schmahl, CEO and cookie master of Schmackary's Cookies; attorney Bernard M. Plum; Susan Reilly Salgado, Ph.D., founder of Hospitality Quotient with Danny Meyer; playwright Diaz, actor Takei; producer Roth; all-female cello-driven band Rasputina; David Sabel, head of digital media for the National Theatre of Great Britain; Ellen Isaacs, ethnographer and user experience designer at Palo Alto Research Center; and Adam Thurman, president, mission paradox, director of marketing and communications for Court Theatre in Chicago.
Previously announced speakers include Seth Pinsky, president of NYC's Economic Development Corporation; Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Group; Randi Zuckerberg, founder of Zuckerberg Media; Terry Teachout, drama critic at the Wall Street Journal; Christine Jones, artistic director of Theatre for One; and Josh Harris, founder of the internet radio/television network Pseudo Programs, Inc.
"Broadway is about more than theatre as a genre and today's hottest shows. There's an ecosystem that has far-reaching impact on the entire world," Broadway producer Ken Davenport said in a statement. "We were encouraged from last year's TEDxBroadway attendees to keep this discussion going to examine other influences, new opportunities and add fresh perspectives."
TEDxBroadway, an event licensed by TED, is co-organized by Damian Bazadona, founder of Situation Interactive; producer Davenport; and McCarthy of Goldstar.
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown. For more information, visit ted.com.
New World Stages is located at 340 West 50th Street. For more information, visit TEDxBroadway.com. For tickets, priced $100, visit Goldstar.com/TedxBroadway.
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2 tickets Motley Crue DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan
Excellent seats for the final tour!! Cannot attend. Price is for both tickets total (not each). E-tickets can be e-mailed immediately after purchase.
Dodge Presents: Motley Crue - The Final Tour
DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan
Sat, Aug. 9, 2014 07:00 PM
Section CTR7 , Row JJ, Seat 22
Section CTR7 , Row JJ, Seat 21
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One Direction concert tickets
Tickets to Aug. 17 show in Detroit for sale. Hard tickets in hand. Section 123, row 31, seats 15-22. Face value is $103 each plus fees. Will sell for $90 each.
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New Boston
4 One Direction Tickets for Ford Field
Have 4 One Direction tickets at ford field section 107 row 32 seats 1-4 for Sunday August 17. Selling at cost including service fee for $130 per ticket.
Jul 20 -
Sarah McLachlan 2 or 4 Lawn 7/12 Meadowbrook $15ea.
These are 4 E-tickets. The purchase price was $20 each.
Concert - Sarah MacLachlan
Shine on Tour
Date - July 12
Time - 8P
Venue - Meadowbrook Music Theater
I will sell tickets in lots of 2 or 4.
I will deliver tickets via email, USPS or pick up.
I will send an invoice via PayPal, tickets will be delivered after payment is made.
If you are contacting me by phone please leave a message.
IF you are picking them up the only payment accepted will be cash.
Jun 30 -
2 tickets- Luke Bryan in Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center on 9/14/2014
Two tickets to Luke Bryan and Lee Brice in Brooklyn, NY on 9/14/2014. Section 115, Row 8, seats 3 and 4. Total price includes both tickets. Tickets in hand. Willing to take best offer as well. Fast and free delivery
Jun 24 -
2 FLOOR SEATS Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tickets 09/15/14 Philly
Two floor tickets to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Tickets are on the floor in section 6, row 11, seats 11 and 12. Have tickets in hand. Willing to take best offer as well. Will ship immediately
2 tickets to The Black keys Concert at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI
Two tickets sold together for the Black Keys and Cage the Elephant at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI on 9/12/2014. Section 209, Row 12, Seats 3 and 4. Have tickets in hand. Willing to accept best offers as well. Will mail tickets immediately.
2 Beck Concert Tickets. Detroit,Michigan. June 28.
2 tickets to Beck show @ Fox Theatre in Detroit. $60 US for the pair.
Saturday, June 28, 2014 @ 8:00pm.
Seats: GB6, Row Q, Seats 601 & 602
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We live in Toronto,Canada and can't make it to the show anymore
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I have 2 tickets to lollapalooza for the Friday event will sell at 150 each paid 200 the event is august 1st and some of the people that are playing are eminem, iggy Azalea, lorde and many more it's an all day/night festival
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Chicago :
Grant Park
you can buy each for 300 for both for 550.
coming to chicago on the 31st and will meet you to give you tickets.
I bought a package for the whole weekend but turns out I can only go on August 1.
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Hey my friend cancelled last minute so trying to get rid of this!
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Chicago :
Grant Park
The 2014 Buffalo Bills season home
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me know. Thanks.
Saturday, August 23rd (4:30pm)
vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
-25 each
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Two tickets section 501...these are not lawn. Good seats..wide aisle...first row. Firm price..
Wednesday 8/13. . .you get BOTH tickets for the price which were purchased from Vivid Seats back in March. these are a cut below the price I paid! as I can no longer go.
I also will throw in one free admission ticket to the amusement park with a parking voucher. Thi is from 2012 but valid any operating season and a surcharge may apply (you may have to pay $5 or so)…tossing in FREE. I bought it through ...
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Dodge Presents: Mötley Crüe - The Final tour
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Amy's brother, Alex, had a guitar, and whenever he was out of the house she would fiddle around with it. She bought her own when she was fourteen and started writing her own songs a year later, around the same time she discovered weed and dropped out of school. Yet Winehouse insists that her behavior wasn't the result of teen angst, which she says she'd worked through ahead of schedule. "I do suffer from depression, I suppose," she says. "Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do. But I think because I had an older brother, I did a lot of that 'Oh, life's so depressing' stuff before I was even twelve. That's when I would be reading J.D. Salinger — or whatever my brother read- and feeling frustrated."
I point to my left forearm and say, "I couldn't help but notice the scars. How old were you when you started doing that?" She looks at me, surprised, but doesn't have a ready-made answer, so I continue: "I mean, the cutting." Her muscles seem to tighten, and she avoids eye contact as she replies, "Um, that's really old. Really old. Just from a bad time, I suppose. "And then, stammering, "D-d-desperate times."
After she dropped out of school, Winehouse worked odd jobs — including a gig as a "showbiz journalist" for the World Entertainment News Network — and started singing with a jazz band. A friend in the music business saw one of those performances and offered to hook her up with studio time to record some demos. "I didn't believe he'd actually let me do it," she says. "I was like, 'What's in it for you?' I just didn't get why he would be so willing to help me. Because I didn't think it was special to be able to sing." The demos from those sessions helped Winehouse score a label deal and management contract with Fuller's company and, later, a publishing deal with EMI. On the very same day the check from EMI cleared, the eighteen-year-old singer-songwriter moved out of the house she was living in with her mom and into a flat in Camden with Juliette.
Though it was inspired almost equally by hip-hop and jazz, Winehouse's first record, Frank, released in 2003, put her in a league with crooners Jamie Cullum and Katie Melua as a key player in a U.K. jazz revival. Never released in the States, Frank went platinum in England and brought her nominations for a slew of awards, including the Mercury Music Prize (which she didn't win) and the Ivor Novello Award for songwriting (which she did). But around the same time she met her Baby, she rediscovered the Sixties music she says she'd loved as a girl. "When I fell in love with Blake, there was Sixties music around us a lot," she tells me five days later in Miami. I was supposed to meet with Winehouse that morning, but she and Fielder-Civil had other plans. They went to get a marriage license with the idea of getting hitched the next day but decided at the last minute that, since they were already there, why not just go for it? And that is how, alone in front of a Miami clerk and for the modest cost of about $130 in fees, Amy Winehouse married her Baby. "I don't want to say we did it on a whim, because that makes it sound whimsical," Fielder-Civil tells me, an irrepressible grin plastered across his face, his eyes dancing with happiness.
The couple met in Winehouse's usual Camden watering hole in 2005. "It was my local," she says. "I spent a lot of time there, playing pool and listening to jukebox music." For Winehouse that meant blues, Motown and girl groups. "More significantly, I used to smoke a lot of weed," Winehouse says, explaining why those sounds appealed to her so much when she was writing songs for Back to Black. "I suppose if you have an addictive personality then you go from one poison to the other. He doesn't smoke weed, so I started drinking more and not smoking as much. And because of that, I just enjoyed stuff more. I'd go out and have a drink. The whole weed mentality is very hip-hop, and when I made my first record, all I was listening to was hip-hop and jazz. The weed mentality is very defensive, very much like, 'Fuck you, you don't know me.' Whereas the drinking mentality is very 'Woe is me, oh, I love you, I'm gonna lie in the road for you, I don't even care if you never even look my way, I'm always gonna love you.'"
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It's time to see Santa Claus in a parade marching down Main Street and turning a switch to light Central Park for the holiday season.
Johnstown's annual Light-Up Night and Hometown Christmas Parade will be held at 6 p.m. Friday in downtown Johnstown.
The celebration is put together by the Discover Downtown Johnstown Partnership.
The parade traditionally features high-flying, holiday-themed balloons, but the increasing cost of helium is making the parade harder to get off the ground.
10 balloons
"We will have a total of 10 balloons," said Sharon Honkus, owner of Celestial Brides, 142 Market St. in downtown Johnstown.
Honkus is co-chairwoman of the event, along with Jayne Korenoski of the Greater Johnstown Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
"Six will be helium-filled and four will be cold-air balloons," Honkus said.
"They're inflatable like what you would have in your front yard, but they're massive. They're on pulleys on a 12-by-12 foot trailer with lower wheels."
The four cold-air balloons will be Bugs Bunny, a Thanksgiving turkey, holiday kitten and Santa Claus.
The remaining six helium balloons will be holiday oriented.
"We've been doing this for 10 years, and this is something different," Honkus said.
Balloons will be supplied by StarBound Entertainment of New Castle, Lawrence County.
Owner Toni McKay said the Johnstown parade is one of the first parades in the nation where her company's balloons are used to kick off the holiday season.
'Creative way'
"I'm thrilled that, despite the helium crisis, Johnstown went to bat to find a creative way to provide balloons with the cold-air balloons," McKay said.
"I saw Macy's do this about 10 years ago. They called them floatoons."
Balloons at different heights will add to the parade's appeal.
The cold-air balloons on float dollies will be 24 to 30 feet high, so those who attend the parade will get an up-close look.
Volunteer handlers for the floating balloons are trained by an employee of StarBound Entertainment.
"They're taught how to manage the balloon in the wind and how to avoid power lines and trees," McKay said.
"They love doing it. It gives the sponsor a thrill to give back to the community."
McKay has been busy with balloon parades, having as many as nine in one weekend.
Lightning, sustained high winds exceeding 23 mph or gusts of more than 34 mph would keep the balloons grounded.
This year, StarBound Entertainment will participate in Thanksgiving parades in Philadelphia and Chicago and is even flying to South America to participate in a parade.
Other features
The Johnstown parade also will feature floats, high school bands and community groups, with Santa Claus in the honored spot of last place.
"The parade is 35 to 45 minutes because it's typically cold at this time of the year," Honkus said.
After coming up Main Street from Point Stadium, the parade will turn left on Clinton Street and come down Locust Street, allowing Santa to stop at Central Park, where he will turn on the Christmas lights and make light-up night official.
Energy-efficient lights
Honkus said the downtown partnership has applied for and received a grant from the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies to make the lights in the park green, not in color, but energy efficient.
"We want to replace all the lights with cool-burning LED lights," Honkus said.
"We'll have to do it gradually. It will cost $5,000 to do all of them, and we have $500 to get started."
After Santa takes his customary seat in the gazebo, he will greet children and allow them to share their Christmas wishes.
Treats for children
Treat bags will be handed out to the first 500 children by representatives from Alternative Community Resource Program.
The parade is advertised as being held rain or shine, but Honkus said organizers have always been lucky with the weather.
"The streets are packed for the parade," she said.
"Some come early and have dinner with their kids."
Before the parade begins, members of Inclined to Sing, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra's children's chorus, will sing Christmas carols from 5:15 to 5:45 at the Central Park Gazebo.
Santa Run
Tina Honkus, Sharon Honkus' sister-in-law, heads Wings of Hope, a Hooversville charity that conducts a two-mile Santa Run at 5:30.
The benefit run or walk will begin at Point Stadium and end near Market Street, after completing almost two laps over downtown streets.
Participants will don Santa hats and wear jingle bells on their shoes for the benefit run.
Registration is $18 for adults and $3 for children 12 and younger accompanied by an adult. A group rate also is available.
"Typically, they try to find a child whose family is dealing with their cancer for Christmas and donate the proceeds to them," Sharon Honkus said for her sister-in-law, who is in Japan on business.
"It stays in the local community. They help families dealing with cancer."
Ruth Rice covers Features for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow her on Twitter at Twitter.com/RuthRiceTD.
What: Light-Up Night and Hometown Christmas Parade.
When: 6 p.m. Friday.
Where: Downtown Johnstown.


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After Labor Day, we'll pick a grand prize winner from all of the weekly winners.
The grand prize winner will receive a certificate for a two-night stay at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island (to be used before Oct. 31, 2013, and blackout dates and other restrictions may apply). The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $600.
Do you need to be Ansel Adams to win this? No. The single qualification for photos you send is that they say "Michigan" to you. If it oozes "Michigan," it qualifies.
How to enter Your Patch of Michigan contest
Here's how you can enter: We have a few photos here to start things out. To add your own images, first become a registered Patch user if you aren't already, then add to the photo gallery on this page.
In the photo caption area, be sure to include your real, full name and the place where the photo was taken, as well as any other relevant information about what the photo shows. The email address you use to register with Patch must be a working one so we can reach you should we have questions or should you be selected as a winner.
Each week, we'll have a new gallery and a new winner.
All photos must be posted by midnight each Sunday to be judged for that week. This week's photos will be judged from entries submitted July 2-9.
The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. And this wouldn't be a contest without a . Please, no more than three (3) entries per person per week. The winner will be selected each Monday, and must respond to notification within 48 hours.
If you aren't quite sure how to upload a photos, check out our to uploading photos to Patch. If you still have trouble or have questions, email Regional Editor Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey at email@example.com