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When it comes to work, Murphy-Brown goes 'whole hog.' The livestock production business is the world's largest hog producer. Murphy-Brown maintains some 850,000 breeding sows (more than 90% of which are genetic lines that produce the leanest hogs possible) and brings to market more than 17 million hogs annually. It operates about 450 company-owned farms in a dozen states. The company extends its hog production through partnerships with more than 1,500 independent farmers and contract growers in the US. Murphy-Brown is part of meat maker John Morrell, itself a subsidiary of pork-processing giant Smithfield Foods.
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Stationed in Warsaw, North Carolina, the company has a dozen facilities in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
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The company is part of Smithfield Foods' Pork segment, which accounted for 84% of its parent's revenue in 2013. Sales for this segment declined slightly in 2013 as high pork supplies contributed to lower average fresh pork sales prices. Fresh pork sales volumes increased as a result of higher slaughter levels and hog weights. Packaged meats sales volumes increased across all trade channels. Lower average unit selling prices of private label products were largely offset by higher sales prices in our core brands. Fresh pork operating profit decreased to $6 per head from $8 per head due primarily to lower sales prices.
Murphy-Brown's profit or loss has traditionally been tied to the market price for live hogs and the cost of animal feed. (The higher the price and lower the cost, the better its results.) Ownership of its hog supply is intended to help Smithfield Foods reduce its exposure to the swings in price and cost, usually passed onto pork processors through higher prices. Nonetheless, following a consecutive three-year operating loss in hog production, which put a dent in Smithfield Foods' results, the parent announced plans to place Murphy-Brown on a cost savings initiative.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Spring may officially start today, but winter will stick around a little longer.
Allen and Valerie Medlin bundled up Tuesday and braved the cold and snow in downtown Traverse City. The vacationing Kalamazoo couple set their weather hopes far below the 80-degree temperatures recorded at this time last year.
"I was hoping today would get to 30 (degrees), but I don't think it'll get there," Valerie Medlin said.
The weather isn't going to change much just yet. The Grand Traverse region remains under a winter weather advisory until 8 p.m. Thursday. Some areas may accumulate up to a foot of snow and motorists are being warned that wind gusts could create drifts and hazardous road conditions.
Scott Rozanski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said Tuesday morning that overnight snowfall was generally 3 to 4 inches, with some places getting as much as 6 or 7 inches.
"It's all lake effect basically," he said. "If we didn't have lakes, it would be all sunny and cold."
Rozanski said between 2 and 3 inches of lake-effect snow is likely to fall daily until Friday.
Traverse City resident Ann Ritzel said people can "forget how to drive" when snowy weather hits in early spring. She found that wasn't the case Tuesday.
"It's good today compared to last week," she said.
It wasn't a good day for everyone. Grand Traverse Central Dispatch reported multiple cars sliding off roads early Tuesday. Director Jamel Anderson said that wasn't unusual considering the weather.
"It's pretty much business as usual," she said.
This weekend, skies should clear with temperatures reaching the mid-30s, Rozanski said. More cold and snow are likely next week. It seems northern Michigan's winter weather patterns may be returning to normal after recent years with little lake-effect snow.
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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Mayoral Forum, sponsored by the Plattsburgh Area League of Women Voters, takes place at 6:30 tonight in Krinovitz Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh Campus.
Candidates in the City of Plattsburgh mayoral race will answer questions posed by Mountain Lake Public Broadcasting's Thom Hallock, as moderator, with panelists Pat Bradley of WAMC North Country Public Radio and Press-Republican Staff Writer Joe LoTemplio.
The League of Women Voters, a news release said, "is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government."
For more information, go to www.plattsburgh.ny.lwvnet.org.
Keeseville dissolution plan up for vote today
KEESEVILLE — The fate of the Village of Keeseville turns on the tally from today's public vote, set for noon to 9 p.m. in the Village Hall.
The Dissolution Plan approved by the Village Board is up for vote. If it passes, the municipal government will cease to exist on Dec. 31, 2014. If it fails, the village will continue to exist.
The public had voted in January in favor of dissolution. A petition filed with the Village Board forced the public referendum on the Dissolution Plan.
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Fort Gibson locals traded their cup of coffee for a fresh cup of lemonade Saturday.
Even the cloudy, foggy day couldn't hide the sunshine coming from Grace Gwin's smile.
Grace, an 8-year-old who will start third grade this year, was cancer free for five years July 25 and celebrated by giving back.
Grace's Lemonade Stand for a Cure was taking donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Oklahoma City Chapter.
Autumn Gwin, Grace's mother, said that before the lemonade stand had even started they had received more than $1,000 in donations.
"I am just super, super proud of her," Autumn said. "She just has a really big heart."
Grace said she wanted to sell lemonade because she wants to help people.
"Lemonade is my favorite drink," Grace said. "And it has a secret ingredient — love."
Grace was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia just three days after turning 3. Rob Gwin, Grace's father, said they discovered she was sick at her well-child check-up.
"She had some bruising on her shins, but we just thought she might be anemic," Gwin said.
They diagnosed Grace the next day, and she immediately began aggressive treatment at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
Grace's story is shown through several beaded necklaces with brightly colored beads, which she made through Beads of Courage, a program that helps children record their treatment and serious illnesses.
The beads all symbolize a step in her recovery process — yellow for nights in the hospital, white for chemo doses, red for blood transfusions, and purple, the color Grace likes the most.
"The purple heart is my favorite one because it means the end of treatment," Grace said.
Grace is energetic and optimistic, and instead of focusing on the negative of the illness she has chosen to help and be a beacon of hope for others.
She even picked out the color of her stand — pink, her favorite color — and helped paint it.
Grace had her family there to support her. Her little sister Emily, 6, was working alongside her, with matching aprons their Grandpa Mark Turbey had gotten for the occasion.
Her 1-year-old brother Jacob also was there helping support her.
Rose Gwin, her proud "Meme," looked on with a big smile. When Grace isn't giving back she likes to play with her sister, swim and ride her bike and her favorite subject in school is art. Like her name she faced this experience with grace and continues to want to help people. She already knows what she wants to be when she grows up.
"I want to be a doctor," she said.
Grace had some advice for others in similar situations: "Stay strong and fight on."


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Pixley, who was held on $5,000 bail in connection to a South End drug possession arrest, had his bail reduced to $1,000, which he posted. A judge ordered the reduction because samples in the case were tested at a Jamaica Plain drug lab where a chemist has admitted to falsifying results and other infractions.
The drug lab scandal isn't going away and time soon. As the 34,000 affected cases have samples retested, many will also make their way back to court. Judges have reduced and sometimes set aside bail in affected cases. With yesterday's missed hearing, we now have a fugitive connected to the scandal.
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"The foreclosure monster paid a visit to Powell this weekend, but he didn't scare off Edgar Wilder.
On Saturday, GreenBank held a foreclosure auction in the Oak Hurst subdivision. There were seven new homes and six lots up for bid in a pleasant neighborhood that's located just up the way from DeRoyal Industries, but it wasn't the only auction scheduled for that day. A few hours later, GreenBank was planning a similar event in a development near South-Doyle High School, where it was selling nine new condos and five lots.
Like many lenders, GreenBank's corporate parent has hit some choppy water lately. In a news release last month, CEO Stan Puckett cited "deterioration in our residential construction and development loan portfolio" in the second quarter, and said his company's loan loss provision -- bank-speak for the amount of money set aside to cover bad loans -- had jumped from less than $1 million in the first quarter to $11 million in the second quarter.
A lot of banks have had similar problems lately, and if you're wondering what the real estate slump behind those problems looks like up-close, Saturday's auction was a good place to get a peak. A big white canopy was set up at the end of the street and a crowd of around 70 people was greeted by a mini-buffet that included donuts, fruit, sausage biscuits and "Box o' Joe" coffee.
The crowd was an interesting mix -- in one row of seats, a young woman in a strapless, black-and-white floral print dress and what looked like a double strand of pearls was sitting directly in front of an older gentleman in pin-striped overalls and a straw hat.
The seven houses listed for sale ranged in size from 1,843 to 2,735 square feet, with the "fair market value" estimates ranging from $214,500 to $280,200, and the event's ringmaster was silver-haired, silver-tongued auctioneer Sam Furrow, who has obviously picked up a trick or two over the years.
Furrow, with a hand from colleagues standing amid the seated audience, would unleash a fire-hose barrage of high-volume auctioneering but every once in a while he would pause, quick as you pinch a garden hose, to cut the tension with a low-key joke about Georgia football or a sly aside to an audience member: "Ma'am, don't wave at your friends, please -- it makes me nervous." Then, in a flash, it was back to the 100-mile-an-hour verbal assault aimed at driving the bids ever higher.
I didn't stay for the entire sale or visit the auction near South-Doyle High, so I'm not sure exactly how things turned out for GreenBank. But, as often happens in a market economy, the sour turn of events for the lender was an opportunity for someone else.
Edgar Wilder, a Tennessee state trooper, visited the auction with his wife, Reagan, who is a stay-at-home mom for three-year-old Matthew and nine-month-old Genesis, who was on hand in a stroller.
The Wilders submitted the winning bid -- $190,000, they said -- for a handsome three-bedroom home with a two-car garage, listed at a fair market value of $256,400. Edgar Wilder said the family rents a house currently, but the one they purchased is twice the size.
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SOUTH MANITOU ISLAND — Margaret Kelly's grandpa, James Burdick, used to be keeper of the South Manitou Island lighthouse, a bright beacon that once guided storm-driven ships through the island's deep harbor. But she never met him.
"He died before I was born, but my mother remembered fondly growing up there," she said. "She was the oldest of five. She used to talk about her chickens and getting chased by a bull going to school. It sounded romantic, but I'm sure at the time it wasn't."
Kelly has visited the island several times a summer for about 30 years. She mows farms and cemeteries, cleans the historic buildings, and spiffs up the South Manitou lighthouse with her sister.
Now she'll be joined by 25 or so other volunteers in a worker-bee reunion through July 15. The group will include grandchildren and great grandchildren of the island's lighthouse keepers, some whom regularly volunteer like Kelly.
Volunteers will focus on a restoring a building in the lighthouse complex, painting a one-room school house, and, if time permits, fixing up the visitors' center.
The idea came from project coordinator Gwen Glatz of the Muskegon area, who is already on the island.
The lighthouse keepers served from 1840 to the early 1940s, including Kelly's grandpa who took the job from 1908 to 1928. The first lighthouse was built in 1839 to guide ships passing through the six-mile Manitou channel that lies between South and North Manitou islands and the mainland, according to lighthousefriends.com.
Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore officials asked the descendants to write a one-page summary of their family's ties to the island. The assistant superintendent will visit with them for a day, and families plan to picnic together and swap stories, Kelly said.
Kelly said she plans on going to the top of the lighthouse to clean the light as she did this past spring with her sister. Within the last few years, a replica of the light's original lens was installed and re-activated through the efforts of the Manitou Island Memorial Society and Manitou Island Transit.


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"It's a slap in the face."
That's what Daphne Goodin, with the Kentucky Education Association, told the Knox County Board of Education members after the adjournment of a nearly four-hour long meeting Tuesday.
The final action of the meeting concerned approving a freeze on the impending 2-percent raise for all school system employees approved in December by a 3-2 vote of the board.
Prior to that agenda item, board members retired to a closed session to discuss "pending litigation and personnel."
After a 45-minute closed session, attendees were informed "no official action was taken" during the session, and board members reconvened to vote on the measure.
Newly elected Board Chair Carla Jordan said a letter had been received recommending a feasibility study be done to see if finances could cover the raises.
With that information, board members made the vote. Newly elected Board Vice-Chair Sam Watts motioned to freeze the raise, have the study done and review feedback.
Jordan seconded that motion, and the board unanimously voted to freeze the raise.
Goodin, who has been involved with the Knox County school system for 54 years and taught for 30, said she and others heard praise for the teachers "all night" and was not happy with the vote.
She explained that the school system has the funds to cover the raises. During the December board meeting, Finance Officer Gertrude Smith explained money for the raises will come directly out of the district's "rainy day" fund. Smith said last month the amount in the fund was estimated at about $1,074,006.
No one in the audience spoke Tuesday against the measure.
"We had no chance to speak," Goodin said. "I consider it a slap in the face."
Goodin stood and approached the board members as they were getting ready to leave to confront them about freezing the raise. She raised her voice over the din of the room and expressed her "disappointment" with the decision. Jordan "promised" Goodin that if the completed feasibility study came back favorable, the board would "put it back."
Board Member Merrill Smith said he "understood her disappointment" but said the raise could cause a loss in teaching staff.
"I still consider it a slap in the face," Goodin said again.
Former Board Chair Ken Crawford, who chaired the board in December when the raises were approved, said "no way that any sort of justification can be made to rescind these (raises)."
Crawford, who attended Tuesday's meeting, said he plans to make another call to the State Attorney General's office today. He wants to know "the validity of rescinding the raise."
He said besides the Attorney General's office, he also spoke with the state Department of Education concerning this issue.
"I don't believe Kentucky statutes allow (the board) to rescind a raise," Crawford said.
He further said that Tuesday's requested feasibility study was completed while he was on the board.
He explained the state requires a 2-percent contingency fund be set aside annually — and currently he said that fund sits at 2.4 percent.
Which he says is plenty to cover the raise — a raise which both certified and classified employees haven't seen in seven years.
"If not now, when?" he asked.
Goodin agreed, saying this information was presented to the board in September.
"We analyzed this budget a long time ago," she said. "I've never seen anything like this."
Prior to the closed session, an agenda item to lift a hiring freeze was briefly addressed. Watts motioned to lift the freeze, with a second from Jordan. However, the three newest board members, Merrill Smith, Dexter Smith and Charles Merida, all voted against the measure. Merrill Smith said people would better understand the "nay" votes "later in the meeting."
"If you're not going to allow the raise, then you can't lift the freeze on hiring," Crawford said, adding he felt lifting the hiring freeze would allow Superintendent Walter Hulett "to hire people at will, probably for political reasons."
He said retaining quality teachers will help further the school system's goals.
"Part of investing in a better education system in this area (is) that you have to pay (for good teachers)," Crawford said, noting that during the meeting it was learned at least 25 percent of the teaching staff doesn't have tenure. "The reason we have so many teachers without tenure is we're losing them to other, better-paying school systems."
Crawford also said he requested to speak to board members during Tuesday's meeting, but was not permitted. No public input on any agenda item was heard.
"It is shameful that we will not spend the money to do this raise," Crawford said. "(We need) to give these hardworking teachers — who we heard them bragging on all night — the (money) to get them somewhere."
The next regular meeting of the board is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in the Knox County Board of Education Annex building.


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Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 bulb comparison/review
This post constitutes a review of the recently-released Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 halogen bulbs. For comparitive purposes three bulbs were considered:
- Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005
- Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005
- Philips Standard (OEM) 9005
Testing was conducted in a 2004 GMC Sierra that has been outfitted with 2004 Yukon Denali headlights. These OEM projector headlights use a pair of 9005 bulbs per headlight. The fog lights in this vehicle have also been upgraded to 9005 bulbs. Thus, in this review you will see photographs of three 9005 bulbs per side: one for lows beams, one for highs beams, and one for fog lamps. A diode-based modification has been done to the vehicle to allow the low beams and fog lamps to remain on while the high beams are on. In addition to the two pairs of Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 bulbs provided by Sylvania, a third pair of Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's was purchased such that I could conduct the driving portion of the review with a matched set of bulbs in the low beams, high beams, and fogs.
Static (non-driving) observations were made by me and by a pair of conscripted individuals who know absolutely nothing about vehicle lighting. After I made my own observations and photographs of the vehicle in a low-light setting, the conscripts were each (separately) asked to identify which side of the vehicle: a) had brighter lights and b) had whiter lights. Their responses and any comments were noted and added to my own.
From the moment I saw the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 packagaing, I knew that Sylvania was proud of these bulbs. The plastic case is very protective and is built to draw the eye. The background within the packaging is a mirror-like material so that you can see all sides of the bulbs when looking at the package from the front. The case is so nice and so sturdy that it's begging to be reused as a holder for your old builds when you replace them with zXe's.
Unlike the clear glass of the Philips Standard (OEM) 9005, the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 bulb was tinted a deep blue, and its base above the gasket was open instead of enclosed like the Philips bases tend to be. The blue tint of the glass was substantially deeper/darker on the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 bulb than on the Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005 bulb. While such tinting helps achieve a desired colour temperature it also tends to result in a measurable decrease in lumens of output. As I do not have the equipment to properly test lumens of output I am unable to quanitfy the actual output (i.e. brightness) of any of these bulbs.
In this pic: Packaging and bulbs from left to right:
- Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005
- Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005
- Philips Standard (OEM) 9005
Three post-installation comparisons were made and two photographs were taken of each, one with high beams off and the other with high beams on. The two photographs for each comparison were combined for easy reference. Sadly, the photographs are less clear after upload to this site than prior to it. This is the result of the image compression this site applies to images that are uploaded to it, and there is nothing I can do about it. The net result is that the photos are ~10 times smaller after upload to this site than prior to it, which translates to a loss of clarity/granularity in the images you are looking at. However, the photos combined with the recorded observations should provide a frame of reference for comparison, as the observations were immediate on the part of all parties.
All observers felt that the left side (Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's) was noticeably brighter in appearance than the right side (Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's). All observers also remarked on how yellow the right side (Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's) looked compared to the left side (Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's).
In this pic: Static Observation 1 setup after bulb installation
- Left Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's
- Right Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's
All observers felt that the left side (Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's) was noticeably brighter in appearance than the right side (Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's). All observers also remarked on how yellow the right side (Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's) looked compared to the left side (Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's).
In this pic: Static Observation 2 setup after bulb installation
- Left Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's
- Right Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's
All observers felt that both sides were about the same in brightness. Two out of three observers felt that the left side (Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's) was ever so slightly whiter than the right side (Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's).
In this pic: Static Observation 3 setup after bulb installation
- Left Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's
- Right Side (Lows, Highs, & Fogs): Philips Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's
Driving conditions were dry in a heavily-treed rural area with overcast skies, resulting in pitch black road conditions. With only low beams and fog lamps on, the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's produced a crisp, white light that easily illuminated road reflectors, painted markings, and road signs. Objects were plainly visible, but no more so (and at no greater distances) than with the Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's installed. With high beams on it's like daylight in front of my vehicle, but I could not detect a human-noticeable difference in the visual clarity provided by the light from Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's compared to the Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005's that I'd been running prior to installation of the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's. Both bulbs produce superior light color and clarity compared to the Philips Standard (OEM) 9005's.
- Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005: Up to 4200 Kelvin
- Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005: Up to 4000 Kelvin
- Philips Standard (OEM) 9005: Approximately 3200 Kelvin
For the purpose of pricing I elected to use the same vendor for the pricing of all bulbs. I chose Amazon.com because it actually has all three bulbs in stock and is a reliable online vendor. Prices are in US dollars and reflect pairs of bulbs either because they are sold that way or because they are sold singly and I multipled the price by two, accordingly. Shipping (which is 2-day and free for Amazon Prime members) is not included in this pricing.
IMPORTANT: Links are provided for comparison and review purposes only and are not intended to be a vendor endorsement.
- US$56.97/pr - Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KDO9UY)
- US$24.48/pr - Philips Crystal Vision Ultra 9005 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00480J4UK)
- US$13.30/pr - Philips Standard (OEM) 9005 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00480J4CI)
I have deliberately avoided commentary on the longevity on any of these bulbs, as I have not personally run any of them long enough to know how long they might last and/or how frequently they might need to be replaced. I also deliberately avoided pictures out the front window of my vehicle, at night, as the camera on my Droid takes horrific low-light pictures.
While all observers reported that the whiter bulbs were also the brighter bulbs, there is a human preception issue at play in these observations, as brightness is highly dependent on surrounding context and the static observations provided little of it. For a deeper understanding of the context dependency of observed brightness, please read: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~david/course...-contrast.html. Without proper equipment to detect lumens of output, the brightness commentary should be viewed as just that; commentary. Actual brightness may be different from the commentary supplied in the observations.
Budget conscious individuals should consider the Philips Crystal Vision 9005's, as they deliver crisp, white light; perform every bit as well as the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's; and cost less than half (per pair) as the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's. However, for those who want the whitest halogen bulbs on the market and have the budget to support their desires, the Sylvania SilverStar zXe 9005's should be their first choice. I will personally continue to run these bulbs unless a whiter halogen comes onto the market.
P.S. I appreciate the opportunity to conduct this unbiased review and, beyond the deliberate omissions, am open to feedback on how it could have been improved.
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I think you forgot to include a table of contents and chapter breakdown.
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Heh. That's part of why I merged photos together, as it'd have been even longer if they were separate.
I want to say that is one of the best reviews I have read that was done for free(in a way) There is a lot of useful information here. Again gratz on your winnings.2011 Silverado 1500 Z71 4x4 Crew Cab
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Nice write up! A great example to follow for members to use after the contest prizes are awarded.
Thanks for taking the time to do this!
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Thanks Surreal your review has altered my decision in replacemnet bulb options.
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I have a 2002 Avalanche with the Sylvania zxe bulbs installed. I was just wondering how the mod was made to allow the dims, brights, and fogs to be ran at the same time?
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Warrant officer
Common anglophone military ranks
|Air forces
|Admiral of
the fleet
|Marshal or
Field marshal
|Marshal of
the air force
|Air chief marshal
|Vice admiral
|Lieutenant general
|Air marshal
|Rear admiral
|Major general
|Air vice-marshal
|Air commodore
|Group captain
|Lieutenant colonel
|Wing commander
|Major or
|Squadron leader
|Flight lieutenant
|Flying officer
|Pilot officer
|Officer cadet
|Officer cadet
|Seamen, soldiers and airmen
|Warrant officer
|Sergeant major
Warrant officer
|Warrant officer
|Petty officer
|Leading seaman
A warrant officer (WO) is an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer who is designated an officer by a commission, and a non-commissioned officer who is designated an officer, often by virtue of seniority.
The rank was first used in the (then) English Royal Navy and is today used in most services in many countries, including the Commonwealth nations and the United States.
Outside the United States, warrant officers are in a rank cadre of their own between non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers. The warrant officers in Commonwealth navies rank between chief petty officer and sub-lieutenant, in Commonwealth air forces between flight sergeant and pilot officer, and in Commonwealth armies between staff sergeant and second-lieutenant.
Warrant officers in the United States are technical leaders and specialists. Chief warrant officers are commissioned by the president of the United States and take the same oath as regular commissioned officers. They may be technical experts with long service as enlisted personnel, or direct entrants, notably for U.S. Army helicopter pilots.
- 1 History: origins in the Royal Navy
- 2 Modern usage
- 3 See also
- 4 References
The warrant officer corps began in the 13th century in the nascent English Royal Navy.[1] At that time, noblemen with military experience took command of the new Navy, adopting the military ranks of lieutenant and captain. These officers often had no knowledge of life on board a ship—let alone how to navigate such a vessel—and relied on the expertise of the ship's master and other seamen who tended to the technical aspects of running the ship. As cannon came into use, the officers also required gunnery experts.[2]
Four categories[edit]
Originally, warrant officers were specialist professionals whose expertise and authority demanded formal recognition. They eventually developed into four categories:[3]
- Wardroom warrant officers
- Gunroom warrant officers
- Standing warrant officers
- Lower-grade warrant officers
Literacy was one thing that all warrant officers had in common, and this distinguished them from the common seamen. According to the Admiralty regulations, "no person shall be appointed to any station in which he is to have charge of stores, unless he can read and write, and is sufficiently skilled in arithmetic to keep an account of them correctly". Since all warrant officers had responsibility for stores, this was enough to debar the illiterate.[3]
In 1843, the wardroom warrant officers were given commissioned status, while in 1853 the lower-grade warrant officers were absorbed into the new rate of chief petty officer, both classes thereby ceasing to be warrant officers. On 25 July 1864 the standing warrant officers were divided into two grades: warrant officers and chief warrant officers (or "commissioned warrant officers", a phrase that was replaced in 1920 with "commissioned officers from warrant rank", although they were still usually referred to as "commissioned warrant officers", even in official documents). By the time of the First World War their ranks had been expanded with the adoption of modern technology in the Navy to include telegraphists, electricians, shipwrights, artificer engineers, etc. Both warrant officers and commissioned warrant officers messed in the warrant officers' mess rather than the wardroom (although in ships too small to have a warrant officers' mess they did mess in the wardroom). Warrant officers and commissioned warrant officers also carried swords, were saluted by ratings, and ranked between sub-lieutenants and midshipmen.[2]
In 1949, the ranks of warrant officer and commissioned warrant officer were changed to "commissioned officer" and "senior commissioned officer", the latter ranking with but after the rank of lieutenant, and they were admitted to the wardroom, the warrant officers' messes closing down. Collectively these officers were known as "branch officers", being retitled "special duties" officers in 1956. In 1998, the special duties list was merged with the general list of officers in the Royal Navy, all officers now having the same opportunity to reach the highest commissioned ranks.[2]
Modern usage[edit]
The Australian Army has three warrant officer ranks: WO, WO1 and WO2. The most senior Army warrant officer is the soldier appointed Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army (RSM-A). The RSM-A is the only holder of the unique rank of warrant officer (WO), introduced in 1991. Substantive RSMs of regiments and battalions hold the rank warrant officer class one (WO1). Although of the same rank as other WO1s, with some exceptions, RSMs are considered senior to other WO1s. The third rank is warrant officer class two (WO2). The insignia of the three ranks are: a crown for a WO2; the (Australian) Commonwealth Coat of Arms (changed from the Royal Coat of Arms in 1976) for a WO1; and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms surrounded by a laurel wreath for the warrant officer.[5][6]
The Royal Australian Navy rank of warrant officer (WO) is the Navy's only rank appointed by warrant and is equivalent to the Army's WO1 (the equivalent of the Army's WO2 rank is a chief petty officer). The most senior non-commissioned member of the Navy is the warrant officer appointed Warrant Officer of the Navy (WO-N).[6]
The Royal Australian Air Force rank of warrant officer (WOFF) is the Air Force's only rank appointed by warrant and is equivalent to both the Army's WO1 and the Navy's WO (the equivalent of the Army's WO2 is a flight sergeant). The most senior non-commissioned member is the warrant officer appointed Warrant Officer of the Air Force (WOFF-AF).[6]
Israel Defense Forces[edit]
The רב-נגד משנה Rav nagad mishne ("warrant officer") and the רב-נגד Rav nagad ("chief warrant officer") are both non-commissioned officers ranks in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Because the IDF is an integrated force, they have a unique rank structure. IDF ranks are the same in all services (army, navy, air force, etc.). The ranks are derived from those of the paramilitary Haganah developed in the British Mandate of Palestine period to protect the Yishuv. This origin is reflected in the slightly-compacted IDF rank structure.
|Israel Defense Forces ranks : נגדים nagadim - non-commissioned officers (NCO)
Rav samal
|רב-סמל ראשון
Rav samal rishon
|רב-סמל מתקדם
Rav samal mitkadem
|רב-סמל בכיר
Rav samal bakhír
|רב-נגד משנה
Rav nagad mishne
Rav nagad
|Sergeant first class
|Master sergeant
|Sergeant major
|Command sergeant major
|Warrant officer
|Chief warrant officer
|More details at Israel Defense Forces ranks & IDF 2012 - Ranks (idf.il, english)
In the Singapore Armed Forces, warrant officers begin as third warrant officers (3WO), previously starting at 2WO. This rank is given to former specialists who have attained the rank of master sergeant and have either gone through, or are about to go through the Warfighter Course at the Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School (SWAS) in the Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI). In order to be promoted to a second warrant officer (2WO) and above, they must have been selected for and graduated from the joint warrant officer course at the SAF Warrant Officer School.[7] Warrant officers rank between specialists and commissioned officers. They ordinarily serve as battalion or brigade regimental sergeant majors. Many of them serve as instructors and subject-matter experts in various training establishments. Warrant officers are also seen on the various staffs headed by the respective specialist officers. There are six grades of warrant officer (3WO, 2WO, 1WO, MWO, SWO & CWO).
Warrant officers usually have their own mess. For smaller units, this mess may be combined with the officers' mess as the officers'/warrant officers' mess. Warrant officers often have similar responsibilities to commissioned officers. Warrant officers are addressed as "sir" by those junior to them or as "Warrant (Surname)".[7] They are also commonly addressed "encik" ("mister") by commissioned officers. They are not, however, saluted by enlisted ranks.
South Africa[edit]
In the South African National Defence Force a warrant officer is a non-commissioned officer rank. Before 2008 there were 2 classes - warrant officer class 1 and 2. A warrant officer class 1 could be appointed to positions such as regimental sergeant major, formation sergeant major or even sergeant major of the army while still in the rank of warrant officer class 1. In 2008 the warrant officer ranks were expanded so that the substantive ranks that came with senior appointments now became ranks that an individual kept after moving from that post.[8]
United Kingdom[edit]
In 1973, warrant officers reappeared in the Royal Navy, but these appointments followed the army model, with the new warrant officers being ratings rather than officers. They were initially known as fleet chief petty officers (FCPOs), but were renamed warrant officers in the 1980s. They ranked with warrant officers class 1 in the British Army and Royal Marines and with warrant officers in the Royal Air Force.[2]
There are Executive Warrant Officers for commands and ships.[9] Four branches, Surface Ships, Submarines, Royal Marines and Fleet Air Arm each have a Command Warrant Officer.[10] The senior RN WO is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service.[11][12]
British Army[edit]
In the British Army, there are two warrant ranks, warrant officer class 2 (WO2) and warrant officer class 1 (WO1), the latter being the senior of the two. It used to be more common to refer to these ranks as WOII and WOI (using Roman instead of Arabic numerals). "Warrant officer 1st class" or "2nd class" is incorrect. The rank immediately below WO2 is staff sergeant (or colour sergeant).[2] From 1938 to 1940 there was a WO III platoon sergeant major rank.[13]
Royal Marines[edit]
Before 1879, the Royal Marines had no warrant officers:[14] by the end of 1881, the Royal Marines had given warrant rank to their sergeant-majors and some other senior non-commissioned officers, in a similar fashion to the army.[15] When the army introduced the ranks of warrant officer class I and class II in 1915, the Royal Marines did the same shortly after.[16] From February 1920, Royal Marines warrant officers class I were given the same status as Royal Navy warrant officers and the rank of warrant officer class II was abolished in the Royal Marines, with no further promotions to this rank.[17]
The Marines had introduced warrant officers equivalent in status to the Royal Navy's from 1910 with the Royal Marines gunner (originally titled gunnery sergeant-major), equivalent to the navy's warrant rank of gunner.[18][19] Development of these ranks closely paralleled that of their naval counterparts: as in the Royal Navy, by the Second World War there were warrant officers and commissioned warrant officers (e.g. staff sergeant majors), commissioned staff sergeant majors, Royal Marines gunners, commissioned Royal Marines gunners, etc. As officers they were saluted by junior ranks in the Royal Marines and the army. These all became (commissioned) branch officer ranks in 1949, and special duties officer ranks in 1956. These ranks would return in 1972, this time similar to their Army counterparts, and not as the RN did before.
Royal Air Force[edit]
The Royal Air Force first used the ranks of warrant officer class I and II as inherited from the Royal Flying Corps. It first used the rank badges of the Royal Coat of Arms for WOI and the crown for WOII. Until the 1930s, these ranks were often known as sergeant major 1st and 2nd class. In 1939, the RAF abolished the rank of WOII and retained just the WOI rank, referred to as just Warrant Officer (WO), which it remains to this day. The RAF has no equivalent to WO2 (NATO OR-8), an RAF WO being equivalent to WO1 (NATO OR-9) and wearing the same badge of rank, the Royal Coat of Arms. The correct way to address a warrant officer is "sir" or "ma'am" by airmen and "Mr or Warrant Officer -Name-" by officers. Most RAF warrant officers do not hold appointments as in the Army or Royal Marines; the exception to this is the Station Warrant Officer, who is considered a "first amongst equals" on an RAF Station. Warrant officer is the highest non-commissioned rank and ranks above flight sergeant.
In 1946, the RAF renamed its aircrew warrant officers to master aircrew, a designation which still survives. In 1950, it renamed warrant officers in technical trades to master technicians, a designation which survived only until 1964.
The most senior RAF warrant officer by appointment is the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer. He holds the same rank as all other warrant officers.
United States[edit]
In the United States military, a warrant officer (grade W-1 to W-5) is ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and officer candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1). Warrant officers are highly skilled, single-track specialty officers, and while the ranks are authorized by Congress, each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces selects, manages, and utilizes warrant officers in slightly different ways. For appointment to Warrant Officer (W-1), a warrant is approved by the secretary of the respective service, while Chief Warrant Officers (W-2 to W-5) are commissioned by the President of the United States and take the same oath as regular commissioned officers (O-1 to O-10).[20]
Warrant officers can and do command detachments, units, activities, vessels, aircraft, and armored vehicles as well as lead, coach, train, and counsel subordinates. However, the warrant officer's primary task as a leader is to serve as a technical expert, providing valuable skills, guidance, and expertise to commanders and organizations in their particular field.[20]
All U.S. services employ warrant officer grades except the U.S. Air Force. Although still technically authorized, the Air Force discontinued appointing new warrant officers in 1959, retiring its last chief warrant officer from the Air Force Reserve in 1992.
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard also discontinued the grade of W-1 in 1975, appointing/commissioning all new entrants as chief warrant officer 2 (pay grade W-2, with rank abbreviation of CWO2). Unlike the Army, all Navy and Coast Guard chief warrant officers are selected strictly from the chief petty officer pay grades (E-7 through E-9). The Coast Guard can and does select warrant officers from pay grade E-6.
|NATO Rank
| United States Army
|Chief warrant officer 5
|Chief warrant officer 4
|Chief warrant officer 3
|Chief warrant officer 2
|Warrant officer 1
See also[edit]
- ^ Welsh, David R. Warrant: The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing Company, 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2011. ISBN 978-1-59652-053-0. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e "A Brief History of Warrant Rank in the Royal Navy". Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ a b Lavery, Brian (1989). Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-87021-258-3.
- ^ Lavery, Brian (1989). Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-87021-258-3.
- ^ Australian Government, Department of Defence, Australian Defence Force Badges of Rank and Special Insignia, accessed 19 March 2007.
- ^ a b c Australian Government, ComLaw, Defence Force Regulations 1952, effective 16 March 2012, accessed 4 June 2012.
- ^ a b MINDEF, History Snippets, 1992 - The SAF Warrant Officer School, 7 January 2007. Accessed 19 March 2007.
- ^ http://www.dod.mil.za/news/news2008/sep2008/Sep2008-3.pdf
- ^ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval%20Publications/BR%202/brd2book/ch23.pdf
- ^ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval%20Publications/BR%202/brd2book/ch20.pdf
- ^ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/April/24/130424-Warrant-Officer-First-Class-in-a-class-of-his-own
- ^ http://www.fleetairarmoa.org/news/new-base-warrant-officer-at-culdrose
- ^ p. 272 Banham, Tony The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy Hong Kong University Press, 2006
- ^ Hansard, 29 July 1879
- ^ London Gazette, 2 December 1881
- ^ London Gazette, 12 November 1915
- ^ "The London Gazette, 3 February 1920". Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ London Gazette, 15 November 1910
- ^ London Gazette, 15 June 1917
- ^ a b "Warrant Officer History". U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career Center. Retrieved 2007-03-18.


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The training session will cover basic features of MicroSurvey CAD over 16 hours, spread over 4 weeks with an introductory session to show how the online training tools will work. Pick here for an outline of topics to be covered.
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MicroSurvey Point Prep 2014
Posted by Brian Sloman on 23 May 2014 02:54 PM
MicroSurvey is pleased to announce the release of MicroSurvey Point Prep 2014. MicroSurvey Point Prep – built for construction layout and MEP contractors – helps prepare all of the field data needed on a job site, before leaving the office.
Open AutoCAD® .dwg and .dxf files with Point Prep and use the many built-in tools to help you hide or eliminate unnecessary data. Point Prep makes it easy to create coordinates, input plan data from paper plans, create point patterns, compute offset points, create DTM models and prepare as-built drawings. MicroSurvey Point Prep syncs easily with MicroSurvey Layout so points and drawing data can be easily used at the job site for layout.
Point Prep 2014 includes new tools to make your data preparation faster and easier: open the latest AutoCAD 2015 .dwg and .dxf files, use LandXML files to exchange data with other products, use the 3d viewer to review your drawing and surface models, specify the starting point ID and description to use when coordinating drawing entities, use grid line names to automatically set your grid point IDs or descriptions, and much more!
MicroSurvey offers free trial versions for all of its major software – download MicroSurvey Point Prep 2014 today!
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MicroSurvey USB Network License Server (requires a password to install, must be purchased separately).
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MicroSurvey Data Exchange 2014
Posted by Brian Sloman on 16 May 2014 04:22 PM
MicroSurvey is pleased to announce the release of MicroSurvey Data Exchange 2014!
MicroSurvey Data Exchange is a FREE desktop companion utility for MicroSurvey FieldGenius users who do not use MicroSurvey CAD, inCAD or embeddedCAD, and can be used to exchange FieldGenius projects with any CAD system. Quickly coordinate a CAD .dwg or .dxf drawing file, export it as a FieldGenius project and upload it to a data collector. Or download a FieldGenius project from a data collector, import it into a CAD drawing, review the field measurements, and add accurate annotations. It has very limited editing capabilities, and is not intended as a comprehensive drafting solution. It includes many bug fixes since the initial 2012 release, both in the IntelliCAD engine and in the MicroSurvey commands, and includes relevant improvements that have been made to MicroSurvey CAD 2013 and 2014.
For additional details, view the Release Notes here.
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MicroSurvey STAR*NET 8
Posted by Brian Sloman on 09 May 2014 11:01 AM
MicroSurvey Software Inc. is pleased to announce STAR*NET 8, the latest and most powerful version ever of the industry-leading STAR*NET least squares network adjustment suite. Featuring an all-new coordinate system engine with over 3800 predefined coordinate systems, a powerful custom coordinate system editor and direct .bin/.byn geoid modeling support, this brings the power of STAR*NET to users who were previously unable to use it before. This is a FREE upgrade for any STAR*NET users who have a valid (non-expired) Maintenance Subscription Support Program.
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MicroSurvey STAR*NET 8 Install (includes all conversion utilities): click here
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MicroSurvey STAR*NET Product Website: click here
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MicroSurvey USB License Manager (included in the STAR*NET 8 install): click here
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Preparing Safe Meals
Cutting Boards for Food
Research shows that plastic, wooden and glass cutting boards may hide harmful germs. How many germs depends on the type of plastic or wood, grooves in the surface, or direction of the wood fibers. Cleaning practices also affect the number of disease causing germs.
Tips for food safety when using cutting boards:
- Choose a cutting board with a smooth, hard surface. It should be approved for contact with food.
- Replace the cutting board when it has many scratches and grooves.
- Do not chop vegetables or other ready-to-eat foods on a board that was used for meat, unless you wash it first. If possible, always use different boards for meats than what you use for fruits, vegetables, and ready-to-eat foods.
- Scrape off any stuck food and scrub all cutting boards completely with hot soapy water after each use. Dishwashers are usually very good cleaners, but thin plastic or wooden boards may be damaged.
- Sanitize cutting boards from time-to-time with a mixture of one teaspoon of bleach ("Hilex" that you can find in the laundry section at the store) to 4 cups of water. Flood the board with the mixture; let it stand for three minutes. Do not rinse. Allow to air dry before use.
- Let cutting boards dry completely before you put it away.
- Store boards so that they stay clean, dry. Do not store where they could touch raw meat.
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A former Democratic lawmaker seeking to return to the Kansas House is dismissing questions from a tea party leader about whether he lives in the district where he's running.
Former Rep. Tom Sawyer, of Wichita, said Monday the allegations by Kansans for Liberty president Craig Gabel are "crazy."
Sawyer is the Democratic nominee in the 95th House District against freshman Republican incumbent Benny Boman. Sawyer also is a former House minority leader and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1998.
Gabel says interviews with neighbors and other evidence gathered by the tea party group suggest no one lives at the address Sawyer listed when he filed for office in June.
Sawyer said he's lived there since 1993.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
A Wichita tea party group's leader is questioning whether a former Democratic legislator who is running again for the Kansas House lives at the address he claims as his home.
Kansans for Liberty President Craig Gabel is challenging former state Rep. Tom Sawyer's right to run as the Democratic nominee in the 95th House District.
Gabel said Monday that interviews with neighbors suggest that no one lives at the address. Online tax records list Sawyer as the home's owner.
Sawyer did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.
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I've decided to post this tip that lists the steps a back patient should be following for obtaining an accurate diagnosis and getting an effective treatment plan.
1. Talk to your primary doctor. Describe the symptoms you are experiencing in detail and how it is affecting your daily life — keeping you awake, preventing you from functioning normally, what your pain level is on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst, etc.
2. If required by your health insurance, have your primary doctor give you a referral to a local spine specialist such as an orthopedic surgeon or neurosurgeon. When seeing the spine specialist, make sure to again provide all details of your symptoms.
3. The spine specialist should send you for (or do in the office if they have the equipment) a CT scan or an MRI of your spine. An x-ray will not show soft tissue such as discs and will not show all that could be causing your back pain.
4. The spine specialist should then review the results of the diagnostic testing with you. Make sure you understand everything and ask questions until you do understand.
5. The spine specialist should then provide a recommended treatment plan. This could involve seeing a pain management specialist, a physiatrist, or something simple like OTC medications and applying hot and/or cold to the area that is painful.
6. Some people benefit from physical therapy, hydrotherapy, chiropractic care, injections, exercises, or other traditional and/or non-traditional therapies. Surgery should always be a last resort but may be needed in some cases.
7. Don't do any treatment you are not comfortable with or causes you more pain.
8. Do your research on-line and be armed with knowledge about spinal conditions. Here is a link to a resource I created on this WebMD Back Pain Community that lists links to good spine sites: http://forums.webmd.com/3/back-pain-exchange/resource/10?@guest@
I hope this helps people to know how to go about getting help for their back pain.
Thanks, Dave!!!! Great Job!!
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I've tried the steps you recommend. I've been in pain for over 20 year, every year getting worse. I went to my family doctor 1st. She sent me to therapy. When I got worse, I quit. A year or two later, we tried it again with the same results. Then we tried a pain clinic w/injections in conjunction w/therapy. Again I got worse & quit. Somewhere in the middle of this, I demanded that x-rays be taken. The orthopedist said I had arthritis & bone spurs.
Well, I've continued getting worse & asked my PCP to send me to a spine specialist. The specialist requested new x-rays, which were very painful as they had me twisting around & put in very bad positions. The report came back for the specialist that I have mild DDD & to go to PT & pain clinic. My doctor agreed this would be useless as we've done it before. She wants to run an MRI or CTscan, but insurance won't pay for it unless I've had recent therapy. Thankfully the therapist said tradtional therapy would not work & I'm doing hydrotherapy. But even that is making me worse. My pain is worse after getting out of the pool because she has me standing thru most of it. The 1st time I kept telling her I felt like throwing up because the pain was so bad, but she didn't seem to hear. The 2nd time I repeated it before getting in the pool. To her credit, she is more alert, having me take frequent breaks, floating in the water to get off my feet. But the pain still get incrimentally worse. Each night after therapy, I wake myself up, whimpering & moaning from the pain.
I went grocery shopping 2 nights ago, leaning on the cart for support (to no avail). I think we were there for 30 minutes. When I got home I started throwing up from the pain. Last night, I put the dishes in the dishwasher & got to bed as quickly as possible to get flat on my back because I was about to throw up again. I didn't even wash my face or brush my teeth. The pain was too severe. (I had therapy yesterday morning too.) I lay there gasping for about 15 minutes before the pain let up enough for me to roll over. Then kept waking myself with whimpering & moaning again. And don't even get me started about trying to fix meals or clean house!
I've posted about this on my other discussions. I disagree with the diagnosis of DDD - my symptoms are totally opposite of what I have read about it. What do you do when your pain is beyond a 10, when you are throwing up & can't do the slightest of daily activities & the specialist refuses to see you? I can't stand this any more!
I'm sorry I did not see this post sooner. When a post is "pinned" on a WebMD community, the new replies do not show.
You can read my whole story by clicking on my user name or avatar picture. I have never had surgery and probably never will. My conditions are too advanced for any surgical procedure to help.
I will go to your website as soon as I am able.
I'm sorry I did not see this post sooner. When a post is "pinned" on a WebMD community, the new replies do not show.
I am sorry you are continuing to suffer so much.
The only further advice I can give you is to keep doing your research and keep being assertive with your doctors to get the care you need. In the meantime, do whatever you need to do to reduce your pain levels.
I will continue to pray that you find the answers and relief you need.
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Thank you very much.
I've been there myself but ended up with 2 surgeries. The 1st was for a ruptured disc in '97 and I healed right up and went on with my life. Would never have thought I had any problems. I never even had a back ache in my life until then.
Almost 7 years later, in late '03, I woke up one morning with a very familiar feeling. I went directly to my primary doctor who in turn sent me directly to the neurosurgeon. They had me go for an MRI, which wasn't read correctly, and then for a myelogram (which I highly recommend) that showed everything. According to the MRI, I was fine. According to the myelogram, my vertabre had collapsed because the remaing part of the disc that ruptured, had disappeared.
Almost 6 months and many tests later, I had spinal fusion surgery. I would be fine except for permanent nerve damage due to the extremely long wait. Had the MRI been read right and I had the surgery right away, the nerves wouldn't have been crushed between the vertebre.
I'm now disabled due to chronic pain. There are days I can't move and I haven't slept more than an hour straight in over 6 years. I take many pain pills that hardly work due to the low mg dosage and I now have high anxiety because I'm afraid I'll be like this the rest of life. I do go to a very good pain clinic and have had some relief but I know there's no cure.
If you can and if your insurance covers it, please ask your doctor to send you for a myelogram. I'm not sure I'm spelling it correctly, sorry. I sure hope you can find some relief!!! There's nothing worse than being in constant pain.
Please keep us posted
On really bad days I set an alarm for 1/2 hour and cry as hard as I can and when the alarm goes off I calm down and start over trying to deal with the pain.
Good luck in getting relief.
I'm sorry I'm rabblin, I am new here and hope to find away to help me find somthing to help or to help some one like yourself.
Thanks for letting me vent my flustration and to let you know you're not olone in this,you post showed me that!
Thanks Jake Kaiser
I want you to know you are not alone, I have been dealing with lower back pain and what they say is fibromyalgia since 2002. I fell on ice in Feb. of 2002 and woke up the next morning with foot drop, back pain and right leg pain. The foot drop eventually resolved on it's own but the pain in my leg and back just got worse over time. After about a year of dealing with back and leg pain I began having a bunch of other problems. I had an good job in cardiac surgery as an OR tech that I had to give up. Fast forward 9 years and two spine surgeries later and I am still suffering. The pain in my right leg is gone but now I have pain in the left leg.
I am not over weight, I exercise 5-6 days a week, I eat right, I do everything they tell you to do and I still have pain. I put on a brave face and for the most part pretend that nothing is wrong but I am suffering. I have an amazing life, I have a supportive husband, a wonderful family, I am really happy but this pain is driving me nuts. I have tried everything and the one things that helped a little bit is being discontinued. My PCP left the practice and the new MD does not believe in pain medication so she is weaning me off. She has never asked about my pain or anything relating to my medical history and she told me she does not care how I feel. I am trying to find a new doctor but that is easier said than done. Although, I am pleased to have d/c'd some of the meds I was on and reduce the amount of the things I still take, I would like to stay where I am and the doctor says she does not care, she just wants me off all of the meds. She says that she too has back pain and I just need to learn to live with it. I am feeling pretty lost right now, I don't know where to turn.
I spoke with the practice manager about my concerns and she told me that my PCP is weaning all of the patients she inherited off of their medication, which leads me to believe she is not interested in patient care but only in her belief that pain meds are not something she cares to deal with. I do not know where to turn, I have tried everything to ease my pain.
I hope you can find some treatment that works for you but know you are not alone.
Best wishes,
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Cirque du Soleil — Worlds Away: Two young people journey through the dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other. Not rated. (HOR)
Jack Reacher: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Rated PG-13 for violence, language and some drug material. (HOR)
Les Miserables: In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. Rated PG-13 for suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements. (HOR beginning Dec. 25)
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Life of Pi: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger. Rated PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril. (ER, GAR)
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Monsters, Inc.: Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted. Rated G. (GT-9)
Playing for Keeps: A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms who pursue him at every turn. Rated PG-13 for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image. (HOR)
Rise of the Guardians: When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. Rated PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action. (GT-9)
Skyfall: Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking. (HOR)
The Hobbit — An Unexpected Journey: A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence and frightening images. (SB, HOR, GT-9)
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President Obama recently emphasized that government should be both participatory and collaborative. Collaboration, when properly executed, expands the information and insight that is available to agencies, and the focused deliberation can result in policies that would be difficult to achieve otherwise. The essence of collaboration is the bilateral nature of the discussions, with the agency engaging in a give and take, instead of simply informing itself to make the decision alone.
Collaboration can take many forms and be employed throughout the regulatory process: it might be a scoping session to develop the issues that need to be taken into account in a new rule; it might be a policy dialogue or roundtable in which the science or other important components are discussed; it might be recommendations to the agency concerning a proposed rule; or, indeed, the collaboration might be entirely within the private sector to establish a policy in lieu of mandatory regulation. While these are certainly helpful in informing the agency, they stop short of securing the ultimate benefit of collaboration: an actual agreement on the major provisions of a new policy.
On the other hand, if not used properly, a collaborative approach can waste valuable time or lead to deficient decisions. Thus, doing right and in the right situations is critically important.
This timely program will explore the regulatory use of collaborative governance and develop recommendations for its appropriate use.