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New Parker YMCA in Milton opens with community tours
MILTON—The grand opening of the Parker YMCA in Milton on Sunday had its share of Andy Warhol moments with a southern Wisconsin twist.
In the weight room of the $4.2 million, 25,000-square-foot full-service YMCA, which was completed late last week, one of the famous Klements racing sausage mascots cranked out a dozen chin-ups.
In the cardio room, which is decked out with scores of treadmills and elliptical training machines, and flooded with natural light through large windows, Milton Mayor Brett Frazier watched his young son try an elliptical training machine. Next to the Fraziers, another famed mascot, Bucky Badger, did The Twist to music playing over the building's loudspeakers.
Every TV in the exercise areas (a reporter counted nearly 20 of them) was tuned to the Packers game, as hundreds of people milled around the new facility to get a glimpse of things. There was even a green room set up with appetizers.
In a new gymnasium that smelled like fresh hardwood The Parker High School marching band blasted out Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."
And as he delivered a triptych of speeches sandwiched between orations by local dignitaries, YMCA of Northern Rock County CEO Tom Den Boer teared up.�
"We did it. We finally did it," Den Boer said during a speech Sunday in the new gym.
The facility, which is located at 1360 Parkview Drive on Milton's south side, is officially open after eight years of planning and five years of fundraising by the YMCA of North Rock County and city officials.
The YMCA of Northern Rock County and stakeholders in the project have trumpeted the it as a hub for families in Milton and northern Janesville. Milton city officials view the Y, which has three acres of playing fields adjacent to the city's Crossridge Park, as a boon for economic development.
The bulk of planning and the fundraising came after the YMCA bought several acres of land from the city to develop the facility in 2008, just as the economy had sunk into a deep recession.
Frazier reflected on the challenge for the YMCA and its fundraising group had to bring a new facility to fruition through a recession and a soft economic recovery.
"It's been such a heavy lift, getting this facility raised out of the ground. It all was done during such a slow economic recovery. Their (The YMCA's) vision has been incredible," Frazier said.
The YMCA had vetted project designs and financial plans through thousands of hours of meetings with its board, potential financial backers and city of Milton officials, and had even approached the Milton School District mid-stream in its planning about a potential school referendum to fund a swimming pool at the facility.
The project moved into the construction phase without a pool, but the grounds have room for future expansions. The facility has a spectrum of services and space in addition to its workout space and gym, including a youth center, daycare space and a community room.�
Frazier said he hasn't heard any immediate chatter about the potential of adding a pool. He said he's happy to see the community and planners in the YMCA bask in the glow of the facility as it stands.
Any member of the downtown Janesville YMCA will be able to use the Milton facility as part of a package deal. Den Boer has said that Janesville's Y, which has an aquatic center, will continue to be the YMCA of Northern Rock County's flagship location.
But Den Boer told The Gazette on Sunday the YMCA expects to see a big uptick in membership with the new Y as a population base of more than 20,000 people in the northern reaches of Rock County and thousands of others in adjacent counties now have a centralized spot to work out.
"As we started branching out with programs and satellite facilities in Janesville, Edgerton, Evansville and Milton, we've always had an eye on a Milton facility being a draw for people in areas north, south, west and east," Den Boer said. "We've always had a regional approach with it, and we know we'll see a significant spike in membership."
Lynette Cheatle, who lives on the northeast side of Janesville and is a YMCA member said she plans to use the new Y in Milton daily. She had previously used the Y's magnet gym off Highway 14 and next to Shopko in Janesville, before the YMCA closed that gym to make way for the new Milton facility.
"This is very exciting," Cheatle said.
Gailen Pierce, 89, who lives on a farm across the road from the new Parker YMCA, said he's watched the building pop up from the ground. For years, he's walked daily at the Janesville Mall to treat neuropathy in his legs. He said the new Y's location will be more convenient for him to exercise.
"Only thing I'll miss is peaking in the mall's stores," Pierce said.�
In an speech Sunday at the grand opening, Janesville-area native George S. Parker III, whose family foundation donated a $1 million lead gift for the Milton YMCA project in 2012, underplayed his own donation to push the project forward. The facility was named after the Parker family.
He instead lauded local politicians, the YMCA and planners who worked for years to make the project a reality.
"We've increased the appeal of this area in a tough economic time. The real winners are the people of Rock County," Parker said.
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The GOP/tea party couldn't care less. Their muddled goal is to destroy the U.S. economy, the Constitution, our leadership in the world and our whole middle-class way of life.
Why else would they do nothing to help jobs, immigration, education, energy and farm policy? Why else would they destroy the fragile safety net that keeps people from dropping into destitution? Why else would they refuse to confirm judges and officials needed by the current administration for the last five years? Why else would they divide and conquer with an uncivil word war that misleads, distorts and obstructs truth at every turn? Why else would they impose austere debt control at the worst possible time?
Rather that learn from Nobel Prize-winning economists and history, they plan to run the economy from a book of fiction: Their Ayn Rand trumps reality. Like Humpty Dumpty in action, they've already cost us an estimated 2 million jobs through obstruction and $700 billion in revenue. Yes, address the debt, but do it when the economy is booming. So, get the economy booming!
They're usurping freedom of religion with their Taliban brand of convictions they want to impose on everyone. Their allegiance is to the moneyed few, whom they want to anoint as leaders because they are proven money-grubbers. Money tops freedom every day in their world. The tea (Techted Enough Already) party is a clear and present danger with nothing constructive to offer and a carelessness to match.


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The concept of Synthetic-lethality and Synthetic Genetic Array have been introduced to us in class recently, but I'm struggling with understanding it. Quite frankly, I don't even understand what questions one is seeking answer to using these techniques.
I was given some papers to read up on so that I could better understand, but all I see is mumbo-jumbo (I'm attending basic level courses so most scientific articles are quite hard for me to understand fully).
Furthermore, what exactly is one doing in practical terms when dealing with Synthetic-lethality & Synthetic Genetic Arrays?
The only thing I get is that you use genetic deletions to study how different genes can perform tasks that are ordinarily assigned to other genes if a situation should arise when the primary gene is not viable.
I would appreciate it greatly if someone could simplify this for me. Thanks.
To really simplify:
Say you have a car that came with a car key AND separate alarm button that can open car door. In that case, you have 2 ways to get into a car: with a key OR with a button. They are totally different as in case of the alarm button you cannot turn on the car. So, if you were to lose the key, you can still get into a car but not drive it (let's call it a different phenotype). Let's for purposes of analogy also equate being unable to access the car with lethal phenotype (as car is useless). Now, in this situation you need to lose BOTH key and alarm button to get "lethal" phenotype...
People create mutants in one gene with mild phenotype (like loss of a key in the above example) and then look for the other mutation that would result in lethal phenotype when combined with it. It allows do see different ways the cell has available to achieve the same end result.
I think I see what you mean.
I talked with my teacher briefly today, and he said that simply what you do is, you run for example 100 genes. You start by mutating gene 1 and then mutating gene 2, then you proceed with mutating gene 1 again, but this time you run it with a mutated gene 3.
If you know that gene 1 partakes in a specific transcription process, and if that particular process ceases to function when the host has been double mutated in genes 1+3 (example), then that means that gene 3 is probably involved in that same process because if only gene 1 was mutated, then perhaps gene 3 could have "covered" for it at least partially.
Have I understood this correctly? Also I'm somewhat confused as to what type of mutation this involves, is it simply deletion or something else? Also, why would there be 2 genes that do the same thing? Could this mean that they simply share intermediate steps and so can complement each other without necessarily leading to the same end product?
Your explanation seems to be correct. The type of mutation used depends on the phenotype. If it's mild (I mean for deletion), then deletion is used. If it's severe, then substituting normal promoter for the inducible one (one that you control) is used...
As to two genes doing "the same thing", they are not doing the same thing at the molecular level. They could have additional functions but they also to be involved in the same process (with the same end product) to save oganism from death.
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I understand, thank you very much for the clarifications.
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More than a dozen people were packed into the tiny Cessna Caravan plane Sunday as it slowly climbed into the late-afternoon sky above Putnam County.
More than a dozen people were packed into the tiny Cessna Caravan plane Sunday as it slowly climbed into the late-afternoon sky above Putnam County.
Once the plane leveled off, one of the employees of Skydive Palatka walked to a silver-haired woman sitting in the back, strapped in a tandem parachute to Art Shaffer, the owner of the skydiving company.
"Any second thoughts?" the man with the camera asked. Without saying a word, she shook her head, "No."
Renata "Renny" Spitzner has wanted to go skydiving for a long time. She turns 90 on Thursday and decided now was the time.
Renny said she wasn't sure where she got the idea to jump. Her daughter-in-law Karan Newman suggested it might have been after hearing that former President George H.W. Bush tried it on his 85th birthday in 2009.
Her son Chuck Spitzner arranged for Renny to celebrate her birthday a few days early with a weekend jump at the Palatka-Kay Larkin Airport.
Renny wouldn't be skydiving alone. Accompanying her were her three granddaughters -- Kia and Courtney Spitzner, 18 and 27 respectively, and recently married Bailey Zook, 24. Bailey's husband, Brandon Zook, 25, and Katy Jordan, 22, a family friend, also were jumping.
As they rode to the airfield, Courtney asked, "You scared, Kia?"
"I'm not scared," Kia replied.
"If Grams can do it, we can do it,'' Bailey said later.
The talk turned to how Renny maintains her health. Staying active is the key, she said.
"I think it's because you're always dancing,'' said Katie Hart, a family friend.
Renny was excited. This wouldn't be the first adrenaline-driven activity she had done recently. On Feb. 27, she rode the Kraken rollercoaster at SeaWorld Orlando.
"Heavens to Betsy,'' she said. "I don't know how fast it was.''
It's nearly sunset when the plane's doors are opened. The experienced skydivers up front and closer to the doors are going by themselves; the newbies in the back must jump in tandem with an instructor who operates the parachute.
As the first couple of people jump out, Renny says she's not nervous at all. Her outward appearance shows no sign of anxiety.
It looks like she will be the last to jump.
The family arrived at the airport around 9 a.m. and was greeted by about 20 friends with signs and messages cheering Renny on.
After the jumpers watched an instructional video and signed a waiver, the first plane went up. None of the Spitzner party was on it. The people on the ground watched as the skydivers landed with grace, except for one who made a rough, sliding entry.
Nearly three hours after the family arrived at the airport, bad luck set in before Renny and the others could jump. There was a weather hold on flying, because of clouds. There had to be at least a mile of open sky to fly. Renny was told it probably would be after 4 p.m. before anyone could jump.
Undeterred, the family headed to a party for Renny. There, she talked a little about herself.
She was born in 1923 and grew up in South Dakota. For two years during World War II, she served as a secretary in the Navy WAVES, though she was supposed to be a gunnery instructor.
After that, she got married, and she and her husband, Charles "Bud" Spitzner, lived in Spain, Virginia and Tennessee. Her husband died in 2005, and she moved to the Atrium, a Gainesville senior living facility, in 2008.
She has three children, Chuck, Kathi -- both of whom were there for the jump -- and son Marty, who lives in Colorado.
The next few hours were spent at the home of Pat McGee, where several musicians on guitars and mandolins formed a semi-circle with Renny, Courtney and Katy Jordan dancing in the middle.
One of them later sang to Renny his own rendition of the Glenn Miller song "Elmer's Tune":
"What makes a 90-year-old-lady jump out of a plane? In spite of the threat of danger and pain?"
Around 4 p.m., the family headed for the airport once again. Once there, everybody suited up and waited for the flight to get ready.
"I'm ecstatic," Renny said.
Renny's turn was coming up. When asked if she was excited, she replied, "Heavens, yes."
She inched her way to the exit without lingering. She leaned over the edge, and quickly fell off -- almost as if she had been sucked out.
As the plane turned sideways, a quick glimpse of Renny in her freefall could be seen through the window, but not for long before she drifted into one of the aircraft's many blind spots.
The Cessna glided in for a landing while the skydivers were still drifting along. It touched down just before Renny did.
As she landed, a crowd gathered around her to take photos and congratulate her.
A man went in to hug her, and it took her a second to recognize him. It was her son, Marty, who had secretly flown in from Colorado to be there for this family memory. He hid at the airport while she was suiting up so he could surprise her.
"When did you decide you were going to surprise me?" she asked him. They joined the crowd for a champagne toast to Renny, using paper cups.
Shaffer said the oldest person to jump at the airfield is a 94-year-old man who comes in the summer. Renny jokingly said she might go for the record.
As the sun set, everybody gathered around the television outside to watch video footage of Renny's jump. She received a certificate reading "100 percent pure adrenaline," with her name on it, signifying her completion of the jump. "Isn't that neat?" she asked.
The jump, she said, was incredible. "It was everything I thought it would be."


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Trading salutes for roots: Colonel prepares to be Janesville city manager
JANESVILLE--Even Mark Freitag sounds a bit surprised he got the top job in Janesville.
The 47-year-old retired Army Colonel who hasn't worked off a military base in his adult life just moved into his Briar Crest home and is readying for his Dec. 2 start as city manager.
Earlier this month, Freitag meticulously checked off each packed box carried in from the moving van, directing haulers to the right rooms and affirming his skill at moving. The longest he has lived anywhere was just shy of four years at West Point Academy.
In the basement, his wife, Patty, took apart and reassembled a jammed CD player left behind by the previous owner.
The couple are sure they'll like it in Janesville.
They have observed and appreciate Midwestern core values—common courtesy, general friendliness and respect for elders.
That doesn't happen everywhere in the country, Freitag said during a recent lengthy interview with him and Patty.
"Those are all the things we together want to have as we move into this second phase of our life," he said.
"Those are the things we want our granddaughter, Abby, to grow up with and we'd like (daughter) Bethany to experience as a young adult."
Janesville is neat, clean and orderly, another thing that stood out for the couple.
They appreciate the national companies represented here, such as Olive Garden and Target, venues not available in Fairbanks, Ala., where Freitag was deputy commander of Army forces in Alaska
"Having been with the bare minimum of things, there is more than enough for the average person to do, see and experience in Janesville," Patty said.
The Freitags caught a whiff of a pungent Midwest� aroma—manure in the air—when he interviewed for the job in August.
And they even liked that.
"We thought, this was neat," Patty Freitag recalled.
Freitag doesn't view the Janesville city manager job as a stepping stone for another place or career.
"If I can stay here 20 years … that's fine," he said.
Patty said she's tired of moving. She is a software developer and tester and works out of her home. She hopes to find something locally.
"I want to be part of a community and keep track of friends other than by email," she said.
Freitag decided in spring 2013 to forge a different career path and leave the Army five years short of mandatory retirement knowing a promotion to brigadier general would be almost impossible.
"I thought I'd take my chances in the civilian world," Freitag said.
Retiring is not an option for him or his wife, he said.
"He's already driving me nuts," Patty said.
"The biggest challenge was people didn't understand the military," Freitag said.
Freitag is confident his military experience will translate to a civilian job and is grateful the Janesville City Council has given him a chance to prove it.
He acknowledged his resume different from other candidates steeped in city management experience.
But Freitag's resume includes a nugget that convinced first the recruiter and then the council to give him a second look: two years as garrison leader of Fort Hood, a Texas installation of 90,000 surrounded by another 300,000 Army families, survivors and retirees.
It was at Fort Hood that Freitag realized his passion for city management and for leading by consensus as opposed to the top-down style of the military, he said.
In his 25 years in the military, Freitag's responsibilities grew from platoon leader in charge of 35 soldiers to deputy commander in Alaska overseeing 12,500 troops, Freitag said.
City council members took a chance to "at least listen to me and talk to me and see how I played out," he said. "I had 25 years of leadership experience running large organizations, and that played in my favor."
The council's recruiter had just placed someone else with a military background in Fond du Lac, so the recruiter had an open mind, Freitag said.
The council was looking for a certain set of leadership, behavior and management characteristics, recruiter Karl Nollenberger recalled. Freitag was friendly and outgoing.
"By the time I finished interviewing him, he matched the (profile) … right to the T," Nollenberger said.
Freitag doesn't have technical city government skills, Nollenberger said, but Freitag can learn them from Janesville's high-quality staff. He already has people skills, he said.
"It's hard to learn management style and leadership skills," Nollenberger said.
Freitag was born in Arizona in 1966 between his father's tours of duty in Vietnam.� Lt. General Merle Freitag retired after 32 years, last serving as comptroller of the entire Army. Freitag's parents—his mom is Phyllis—live in St. Louis, Mo.
Freitag said he thrived on the military lifestyle, living throughout the United States and overseas.
"I found it absolutely exhilarating to move every three years, to see new places, meet new friends," he said.
"As a kid, there was not anything I wanted to do other than be a soldier. To be perfectly honest, I didn't know anything different."
Freitag was accepted to West Point Military Academy, where he earned an engineering degree. He also has master's degrees in business management and national security studies.
Freitag's first duty assignment was at Fort Bliss, Texas, where he met his wife, Patty. She was a waitress off base.
The couple's daughter, Bethany, 23, was born in El Paso, Texas. Their granddaughter, Abby, 17 months, was born in Alaska.
As garrison commander in Fort Hood, Texas, from 2010 to 2012, Freitag oversaw a $450 million budget for areas that included emergencies services, public works, utilities, planning, neighborhood services, morale, welfare and recreation.
Freitag started at Fort Hood six months after an Army major shot 13 people and wounded another 32. Some of Freitag's time was spent tightening security at the facility and dealing with the ensuing trauma.
There, Freitag said, he learned the beauty of consensus.
"It's much better to come to consensus, for thoughtful, well-intentioned leaders to come to a good solution," Freitag said. "I didn't have the experience, knowledge or skills they (his administration team) did. I actively listened, and that made all the difference."
Freitag found he enjoyed leading such a team. He enjoyed providing a service. And he found the 24/7 job stimulating.
"There was always something going on I was responsible for," he said.
"Every time I heard a … siren on the installation, I knew my guys were going to take care of an emergency. If I saw a tree limb down, I knew I could make a phone call and my guys would come out there and fix it. I knew if a kids' soccer game was going on, those were my (people) running that program."
In the Army, a commander and his or her spouse are called a "command team," Freitag said.
It's not an official term, but the expectation is the spouse will be involved in installation activities and support military families.
Patty said she loved helping others on the base.
She was part of the care team that helped after a family was notified of a death or severe injury, for example. It was hard and draining, and Patty said she still cries today if she allows herself to think about it too much.
"But I wouldn't trade it for the world," Patty said.
Once, she cared for a 1-year-old girl for a month while the baby's mother joined her seriously injured father at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Freitag said city council members told him they wanted someone who would be visible in the community. With Patty, they might get more for the money.
Freitag still misses the sound of bugles heralding revelry and retreat and the cannon salutes that rocked his house at 06:30 and 17:00.
"It was fabulous," he recalled.
But Freitag promises he won't order city staff to roll out of bed for 06:30 PT (physical training). There will be no bugle calls or tanks thundering down the center of Janesville.
Freitag is trying to rid military acronyms and jargon from his speech—an occasional "check" still slips by—and is trying to think in civilian rather than military time.
He is happy to trade salutes for roots.
"We're hoping Janesville will become the longest we stay in one place."


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I am now 56 but about 8 yrs. ago for some reason my belly distended.There was no bloating or gas my belly was big and round and hard. The first 2 weeks I gained 15 lbs. then during the next 2 months I gained an additional 40 lbs without changing what I ate. Also I felt like my body was toxic like I had been poisoned and could not be touched without it causing me pain. I am only 5' 3" so I ended up weighing 200 lbs. and my body felt like it couldn't stretch anymore without tearing open. I also felt something on the upper left quadrant of my abdomin like a water balloon inside my body. I was so scared doctors wouldnt do all the test's needed as I have no insurance and cant have a medical card either. I went on Atkin's Diet lost some weight but ever since then have had a belly that makes me look pregnant its not as hard and round as it used to be and the feeling of something being inside me that doesnt belong there is still with me. I have still got weight issues no matter how much I work at losing weight. Some weight is creeping up on me now as I have once again reached 175 lbs. 24 yrs ago I was hospitalized and checked for Mono and then Luekemia and told I didnt have so was going to be checked for Lou Gherig's Disease and never was. But the doctors did find that I had lots of immature white blood cells and my spleen had tripled in size. Well now I have been bitten by a tick and have either Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Lyme Disease and have 6-7 more days before I know what it is that I have. Anyway during my research it looks possible that I may have had some kind of tick-borne illness before. I hav been at my wit's end with this and gave up trying to figure this out but pray that someday GOD will let something happen so that I get to know what this is. I was always a small person until 8 yrs. ago. Anybody out there have ANY ideas?
Hi Debl and WOW, you poor sweetheart.....what an ordeal!
Well, seeing doctors 1st is a must, as well you know. Your condition does not seem like something to mess around with by searching the internet. There must be some sort of clinic/hospital that sees patients without any health insurance. There just must be.....search around for that 1st.
Having said, apparently histamine in the body in overdrive mode, does create a lot of problems.
pls. google search: mast cells, ketotifen and search around the links for something that matches your description. Again, gee wiz, I wish you found a proper hospital that would look into this, just to rule out major other things.
I found a German Research web site, state of the art nano technology, that just this past Aug., found that we have more neurotransmitters in the gut instead of the brain and that the mast cells are misfiring causing all sorts of problems as they are releasing a cocktail of histamine, protease and serotonin. Until now, all GI's that gave a colonoscopy & took a bit of tissue to test, were NOT equipped with a Stain kit.....so that they could not see a low level of inflammation and that is why the mast cells went crazy causing my problem with IBS.
Since then, I am finding more & more info as to the trouble all these mast cells in the intestines are causing. For me, I am taking Ketotifen an anti-histamine for asthma patients, but I am also finding that K., is being used for other problems as well. So you might check out problems that mast cells are creating. Keep switching around the key words in your search. ie: mast cells create health issues; list of health issues mast cells create; cause of mast cell over producing histamine etc., you get the idea.
Anyway, it all boils down to food intolerances, believe it or not.....but more and more info is now popping up to support that fact.
Perhaps a good Naturopath or someone along those lines that does muscle testing for food intolerances would be a cheaper start for you.
Good Luck and don't give up being your own doctor.
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I have been suffering from the same symptoms; bloating, breathing difficulty, big belly... someone suggested that my stomach bacteria could have been destroyed by antibiotics or for some other reason. They suggested that i try probiotic (a form of the bacterias) and i was wondering if any of you have tried this and where i can find it.
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Hello Gsweden,
I am so NOT a supporter of probiotics. WHY? I'm glad you asked that question! lololol
Because of many reasons and the 1st & foremost is bcos they are a waste of monies, they are just a TEMPORARY band-aide. In other words, they do not stay in your system, you poop them out by the next day. They have no way of adhering to your intestinal track.
Next important reason. You stomach dumps the food directly into the small intestine which is super long. There should be NO bacteria in there what so ever. The small intestine is strictly for digestion only. From there, the food is dumped into the large intestine, also very long, and that is where the colony of our bacteria's, good and bad live. They are already adhered to the intestinal walls and constantly fight for territory. Keeping them in an eco-friendly balance system is the key. If one eats nothing but the foods favoured by the bad guys, ie: candida, then they will win the battle and take over more territory. Probiotics cannot get rid of these guys. What you have to do at this point is google search: Foods that feed the friendly bacteria, and eat those foods. But that too takes so long. Or what if the good guys are over populated? hmmm. Or what if the probiotics that you buy are not the correct bacteria to help you with your problem in the first place. More and more proof of what I am saying is coming to light. Don't read the web sites that are selling this stuff. Find the medical web sites. A great place to start is read about the pioneer of the bacteria transplants from health human donors, Dr. Borody, Australia.
There are a bunch of other reasons, but those are the 2 most important ones.
Also, what is coming to light since the German Research companies discovery of the cause of IBS, is that most intestinal problems are cause by food intolerances. The cheapest way to go is to find an Naturopath who does muscle testing to see what foods you are intolerant of. Even the naturopaths with limited knowledge about the eco-balance of the gut bacteria colony will promote probiotics, but if you do your homework b4 seeing one of those, you will just say it's a band-aid and not a cure, that you want to re-build your intestinal linings and what to take for that.
I was advised by a member in the IBS forum to use L-Glutamine powder and to stay away from probiotics. here is the link to that page:
http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.ph ... heres-how/
Keep in mind the author knew he suffered from SIBO (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth)
If you are doing the hit and miss guessing, like most of us did in the past, you will suffer longer and be out of a lot of money with no cure in site.
The Bioenergetic Intolerance Elimination (BIE) treatment that I finally stumbled upon got me fixed up pretty quick as they do the muscle testing and permanent removal of not only your food intolerance but clinical allergies as well. This past Wed., was my 2nd session and she could only incl. one of my clinical allergies into this treatment, as we are still addressing my intestines.....cat allergies. I woke Thurs morning with much less head congestion. hmmm. The 3rd session will address my other clinical allergies and I will have a better handle on knowing if BIE really does work. btw: they also test for parasites and candida.
Since I gave up the foods that they found that I was intolerant to, my tummy has gone down so much that every where I go, ppl comment on the incredible weight loss in such a short time.
So if I were you I would have 2 things checked out, food intolerances and SIBO's b4 attempting to fix anything. But then again, that is only my opinion.
I sure did waste a lot of time, health & money trying to diagnose myself. I hope that you too will not make that mistake. All I know is finally, after all these years of suffering, I am on the mend now.
Good Luck
Hi CheeMiss,
I see you made here your little Queendom, didn't you?
Well, the bacteria are all around, even in your stomach and small intestine. How do you think they go to your large intestine? Through anus or mouth?
You eat plenty of bacteria each day.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Thank you for your sarcasm and jealousy of my efforts to share INTELLIGENT knowledge & even suggest that ppl do their own investigative homework.
I would like to ask you one thing.......are you actually, really serious????
The bacteria in your mouth and every where else IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT to that of the bacteria in the intestines!
I strongly suggest YOU do your homework.......I have no crown nor am I a queen, but I am making an effort to share knowledge & have civil discussions, what are you sharing?
Your sarcasm and lack of knowledge?
Try google search words like:
- intestinal bacteria versus mouth or anus bacteria.
- Dr. Borody Australia fecal transplants
- where does intestinal bacteria come from
- different types of intestinal bacteria
- why probiotics do not stay in the intestinal track
- purpose of intestinal bacteria
- food intolerance, histamine, stomach bloating
- food intolerance histamine health issues
- food intolerance histamine treatments cures
- food intolerance cause of weight gain
I strongly feel if you made your own effort to look things up, you would know more and would post helpful advise/opinions/share to those in need of it. bb
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I started noticing I looked pregnant also. I also eat well and exercise. I went to the doctor and told her I felt bloated and would feel bad after I ate. I also had a loss of appetite and would get full really quickly. She tested me for H. Pylori and it came back positive. I am treating it with the Prevpac and it should go away. I would suggest getting tested for it. It can lead to ulcers and stomach cancer if left untreated.
Wow, great post here because it is very educational and informative. Thank you all who have made your post here. It is really helpful.
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Hi have been looking for answers to this terrible and ongoing problem with stomach bloating. I woke up on Monday and my stomach looked like I was nine months pregnant. As one lady described on the forum that it looked as though she had swallowed a basketball. I haven't been able to eat much since then because my tummy is so tight and full. Actually I feel a bit scared to have anything much in case I pop.
Anyway I think I might have found some answers today...I hope. Three weeks ago I had a tooth extracted and was put on a course of antibiotics. I found some apple cider vinegar in the fridge and decided to take a tablespoon everyday because it is good for you. A week ago I developed thrush and have been taking antibiotics since then.
Google Candida: How to cure your symptoms. THIS COULD BE THE ROOT TO ALL OUR EVILS!
Eat. Anything. There are very few foodstuff that would be sterile.
Touch your mouth with your hand...
Plus remember that unless you have been raised in a bubble, your gut has been quite filled with bacteria since almost day (hour?) 1.
There is not proof that probiotics are any better at sticking inside that any other bacteria coming through any other way.
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Domestic Honey: Three Favorites from Minnesota, Hawaii and Florida
Although we are known for having a vast international honey selection at the shop, I think that this year's selection of domestic honey particularly stands out. Over the years, I have gotten to know our domestic honey producers quite well and, while the stories behind their passions are different, they each strive to produce beautiful, unique and delicious honey. Here are a few that will knock your socks off!
Smiley Tupelo Honey – This honey comes to us from beekeeper Don Smiley of Wewahitchka, Florida (a small town of less than 2,000 located off of the Gulf Coast). Don produces only one type of honey – white tupelo. This unique varietal blooms for only a maximum of 4 weeks each year. Such a short window makes it difficult to harvest and, consequently, pure tupelo honey is rare. In the US only 50% of the harvested honey must come from tupelo blossoms to be certified as tupelo honey. Luckily, Don prides himself on harvesting the purest tupelo honey possible and, due to careful hive maintenance, is able to produce honey that is certified as having at least 95% tupelo blossom. It is no surprise then that this honey is the most beautiful example of tupelo honey that we have encountered. It has a remarkably viscous texture and due to its unique make-up will never crystallize. A highlight of this tupelo honey is that it is not cloyingly sweet. It has a clean flavor profile with highlights of citrus and grass making it a subtle but remarkable honey. I recommend pairing it with fresh fruit and chèvre.
Ames Buckwheat Honey – Brian Fredrickson is the passionate beekeeper behind one of our most popular domestic apiaries. Based in central Minnesota, Brian focuses on sustainable beekeeping while producing unique single varietal honey. Brian chooses not to truck his bees south for the winter (as many folks do to create an extra source of income by "renting" their bees to southern orchards to assist in pollination) so as to protect the population from pathogens and maintain healthy hives. To drive this point home, he has created a "virtual hive" on his website in which you can match the hive number on your jar of honey with a location on Google Maps to see exactly where your bees are hard at work! While Brian offers many varietals, his buckwheat honey is very unique both in terms of flavor and texture. This deep, dark honey is thick and spreadable with a funky and earthy flavor profile. Notes of cherry, plum and tobacco make it a perfect pairing with strong cheeses like Stilton or Époisses!
Volcano Island Winter Honey – We have been working with the wonderful beekeepers of the Volcano Island Honey Company for almost 10 years and their honey always impresses us. Located on the Big Island of Hawaii, it is a challenge to produce honey in such a humid climate. Despite that, a commitment to social and environmental responsibility drives this small team of farmers and beekeepers to continue producing rare honeys that can only be found in Hawaii. Because we have been friends with the folks of Volcano Island Honey for so long, we are the only store on the mainland that is able to sell their amazing Winter Honey. Harvested on volcano slopes in North Kohala, the bees collect nectar from macadamia nut blossoms and mountain wildflowers. This dark honey has a rich tropical flavor with notes of maple candy and a smooth, creamy texture. If you can resist eating this honey by the spoonful then you have more self-control than me!
Julia Hallman wears many hats at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge – among them are cheesemonger, classroom instructor and buyer of both our international and domestic honeys.


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This paper explores the theory of Natalism which proposes that the symbolic expression of birth and prenatal consciousness can be found in art, mythology, and creative expression. Through clinical and empirical evidence our knowledge of the origins of awareness and memory is being pushed ever earlier. If pre- and perinatal experience affects personality, then we should see its tentacles in creative expression. Art flows from the deepest realms of the unconscious where the early roots of the human psyche are most active.
This program is geared towards raising a level of concern for the expectant parent about childbirth preparation, and the infant itself as an individual. The Music Therapy-Assisted Childbirth program attempts to facilitate 1) a reduction of stress for the working mother-to-be, in preparation for the birthing process, and 2) a more positive interaction between mother and child in the postnatal period.
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This paper deals with three significant parameters of Pre- and Peri-Natal Psychology from a research perspective. First, the development and function of the CNS is examined with particular emphasis on myelination, audiology, EEG studies and neonatal behaviour. Next, advances in our knowledge of intrauterine learning are reviewed. Lastly, the effect of perinatal trauma on personality development is considered.
This paper describes early research and current trends in prenatal brain growth, development of the auditory system, and characteristics of the fetal environment including auditory stimuli. Questions which initiated the investigator's longitudinal study of pre and postnatal response to musical stimuli are discussed.
The protocol for the research, nature of specific musical stimulus sources, pre and postnatal behavioral response, and implications for accelerated musical and speech development are discussed.
This article describes the basic parameters of psychotherapy for infants and children. The essential core of the therapy is described as relational, requiring empathy and compassionate contact. Fundamental techniques to uncover pre- and perinatal trauma are discussed, and research results from 15 years of development and evaluation are summarized. Successful treatment requires cooperative efforts of parents, physicians, nurses, midwives, psychotherapists, chiropractors, cranial osteopaths, and others.
Support for psychiatric research is limited to a relatively small number of funding sources. Foundations-nonprofit entities that support a variety of social, medical, educational, and other activities-are a potentially important source. The authors describe the role and structure of foundations, discuss historical trends in foundation support for research in mental illness, and present the results of a study of the extent to which foundations support mental health research.


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Kenneth Baker, Elkhorn, WI (1944-2014)
December 17, 1944 - February 24, 2014
Kenneth Baker, 69, Elkhorn, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee. Ken was born Dec. 17, 1944, in Lake Geneva, WI, the son of Ralph Baker and Leota Fish. Ken graduated from Badger High School in Lake Geneva, WI, in 1963. Ken was a U.S. Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. He married Linda Hirsch May 11, 1968, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Delavan. Ken worked for the Williams Bay Police Dept. for several years and, then, for the Walworth Co. Sheriffs Dept. for 31 years, retiring in 1998. Ken was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. He loved cars and collected Classic Cars. He belonged to The Open Air Convertible Club of Madison. Ken was a master woodworker, making everything from Picture Frames to furniture to building just about anything. He was a member of the Delavan Rotary Club. Ken was a member of the American Legion Post in Elkhorn, WI.
Ken is survived by his wife, Linda of Elkhorn; two daughters, Becky (Todd) Cabrera of Minneapolis, MN, and Abby Baker of Elkhorn; two brothers, Richard Baker of Tampa, FL, and Leo Baker of Lake Geneva, WI; also three granddaughters, who he cherished as his little princesses.
Ken's funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Sat. March 1, 2014, at OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH with the Rev. Robert P. Rickman officiating. Burial is in Spring Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the CHURCH from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday. A reception will follow at 2 p.m. at the Delavan American Legion Hall. Memorials may be made to the church. BETZER FUNERAL HOME is serving the Baker Family.


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Rabbit Pâté: The Sum of Its Parts
We are excited to announce that Julie's Rabbit Pâté was a winner in the 'Charcuterie' category at the 2012 Good Food Awards and was recently featured in a Bon Appétit magazine article entitled, "America's Best Charcuterie."
Choosing a favorite pâté is a little like selecting a favorite child. Each has its own attributes and unique characteristics that differentiate it from its siblings. That said, our house-made Rabbit Pâté would be a strong contender for the top of my "favorites" list. Wrapped in rose-hued Prosciutto di Parma and encased in amber-colored Madeira aspic, this pâté is our most intricate and, in my opinion, visually appealing.
One of my favorite things about cooking at Formaggio Kitchen is the wealth of wonderful ingredients at our fingertips. Working here as a chef is like being a kid in a lollipop factory. It is as much a treat to cook as it is to eat here, and often the ingredients that we get to use in our recipes add up to more than the sum of their parts. Such is the case of the Rabbit Pâté.
Most importantly, we start with great raw ingredients. We source our rabbits from a small family farm in Orwell, VT, aptly named Vermont Bunny Pen. Gene and Elizabeth Nantel raise rabbits and we buy about 50 from them throughout the year. Each rabbit weighs between 4-5 pounds when it arrives in our kitchen. They come to us headless, skinless, and cleaned (gutted) but otherwise intact. Nothing goes to waste and we use every bit at the charcuterie station. We begin by boning the rabbits, separating the loin and legs from the backbone. The bony forelegs are perfect for slowly stewing in fat and stock is excellent for making rabbit rillettes, while the leaner loin and meaty hind legs are simple to bone and grind for pâté. We make a light but flavorful stock from the bones and use the livers to flavor and bind the pâté. The soft white fat that wraps the rabbits' kidneys and any additional fat is a welcome addition to either recipe.
Much of charcuterie-making involves ratios, and the meat ratio for our Rabbit Pâté is 50:25:25 (rabbit:pork:pork fat). Pork is the ingredient that gives most pâtés their signature richness. We source our pork from small family farms in Ashby, MA and in CT. The criteria we use for sourcing all the meat used in our house-made charcuterie is as follows: it must be excellent in quality and impeccably fresh, humanely-raised and, whenever possible, from small, local farms.
The rabbit meat, pork, and pork fat are ground in our kitchen and gently mixed together to form the base of the Rabbit Pâté. This is then combined with a liver-based binder and finally garnished with California pistachios. Our other pâtés would be ready to be baked in their terrines at this point, but there are three extra steps that separate our Rabbit Pâté from its cohorts. First, we line glass terrines with thinly sliced Prosciutto di Parma, then we pack the seasoned forcemeat into the terrines and carefully wrap the prosciutto around it. After these pâtés bake and cool a bit, we place appropriately sized wooden blocks atop each terrine and weight them down while they chill overnight. The next day we transfer them to clean terrines, where they await their aspic bath. Madeira aspic complements the flavor of the pâté, in addition to creating a visual and textural contrast to the flavorful meat. Once the aspic has been garnished and has set, the pâtés rest for one more night before they are ready to be un-molded and join their siblings in the meat case.
Julie Biggs is charcutière and a frequent classroom instructor at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge.


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5 Marketing Action Items for 2013
Mark Weber, president of brand consulting firm Weber Marketing Group shared his take on the top marketing musts and areas to watch for the new year.
Here's what the Seattle-based marketing veteran had to say:
1. Ensure your brand and culture are fully aligned for growth.
Led by a desire to increase market awareness and drive the growth of new, younger members, the industry saw a wave of name changes and rebranding programs. Unfortunately, many were focused merely on lip service with a nice looking design upgrade of brochures, posters and lifestyle photos, or what we would call "brand light."
Senior leaders looking to make their brand aligned to the culture, raise the bar on quality brand service experiences and build a relevant value proposition need a strong process of engagement across functional teams. They need meaningful internal, member and non-member research to realistically gauge the perceptions of their brand image in the market and uncover what prospects are looking for and confused by amidst competitive bank challengers.
Many credit union websites have not been significantly upgraded in years, so they are underperforming to key issues like search engine optimization and social media integration. That means precious marketing dollars are being wasted.
Besides upgrading to a manageable CMS system and more dynamic content, consider upgrading websites to Responsive Design platforms. RD sites automatically scale, resize and adjust all content and visuals to match whatever screen the user is on. So your website can be viewed just as easily on an iPhone or Droid, as it can on an iPad, Kindle or laptop.
3. Rethink and improve the role of social media in your overall mix.
There are now effective Web tools to help track new visitor demographics and behaviors, increase the results of visits and improve SEO and actions of sites like Facebook. These must be linked more closely to a balanced media mix of interactive and traditional media from SEO, improved web traffic building SEM, to direct response marketing and media.
As new members are landed, effective onboarding programs must rely on solid matrix based email marketing, traditional MCIF matrix marketing and a blend of very personalized email, snail mail, phone calls and behavior-based cross-selling CRM software for tellers and member service representatives.
Integrated platform software can track member channel actions – including social media visits, ATM, POS, mobile and Web behavior -- and link that data to actionable responses in marketing, branches, call centers for follow on service contacts. This will raise the bar on the value of social media.
4. Prepare for the next wave of mobile and payment evolution.
The first wave of mobile banking, PFM tools and iPad apps have rolled out – and some are coming up short of expectations and usage. There will need to be dollars committed to solid work on improved app and tool functionality, relevant upgrades and options like P2P transfers, integrated payment systems, enhanced applications, etc.
Enhancements to iPads, growth of Kindles and Windows8 Surface technologies will change the landscape and require shifts at credit unions. As mobile wallet platforms like Google Wallet continue to grow, credit unions will need to respond with viable options that keep members connected.
Branches are not going away for about 45% of the US population who still pick their PFI based on having them, and sometimes use them for some form of advice, problem solving, product and account opening, transaction and social relationships.
The real problem is that branches are designed on an antiquated model that has shifted radically from teller transactions to a wired, mobile, fast-paced lifestyle. Many branches today are poorly located, oversized, inefficient, and have no business model to create a relevant and dynamic experience geared to younger Gen Y and Gen X members and prospects.
Credit unions need a solid geo-demographic analysis of their markets and shifting member patterns, and a branch optimization plan to identify how many, where, how big, what type and what to do with their existing locations – close, consolidate, relocate, renovate or shrink. Then they need relevant design.


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UPDATED: Woman's body found in Janesville; more could be coming, police fear
JANESVILLE—Janesville police reported finding a body at 5:45 a.m. Monday behind a building south of Traxler Park, and they're worried more bodies remain to be found.
Residents are being asked to supply any information that could help the investigation.
The body is that of a female who is "significantly younger" than Mary Coulthard, a 75-year-old Janesville woman reported missing Saturday, Police Chief Dave Moore said at an 11 a.m. press conference.
Moore called the body and the missing person case "perhaps unrelated."
Moore did not have an identity for the woman and would not say if there was any indication of how she died.
Police said there may be a connection between the body and Clayton J. Courtney, who was arrested after an altercation with roommates on North Pontiac Drive on Sunday night.
Courtney is accused of repeatedly stabbing one roommate.
Police learned that before the assault, Courtney had said "I've already killed three people tonight."
Courtney also reportedly told someone that he was going to meet a woman under the Veterans Memorial Bridge to do drugs, Moore said. That location is not far from where the body was found in an "enclave" behind the former Country Furniture by Schulers building at 533 N. Main St.
Also, Courtney was covered in blood and mud when he was arrested near the Pontiac Drive residence, and the mud was not consistent with the scene of the stabbing, Moore said.
Moore cautioned that the investigation is in its early stages.
"If we take Mr. Courtney at his word," then there could be bodies still undiscovered, Moore said.
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Bank of New York Mellon Corp. asked a judge to reject Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s bid for an emergency order allowing it to redeem more than $1.3 billion in notes early without paying new interest, saving about $400 million.
Investors holding $250 million in debt echoed the bank's request as they sought to intervene. A hearing is set for later today in the suit, in which Chesapeake seeks a ruling that it can still meet a March 15 deadline to redeem the 6.775 percent notes at par, and not the higher "make whole" price.
"Chesapeake, having missed the deadline to redeem the notes at par, now demands an advisory opinion from the court, seeking to guarantee the idiosyncratic treatment of a future redemption notice which has not yet been made," BNY Mellon, the indenture trustee for the notes, said in a filing today in Manhattan federal court opposing the request.
The notes, issued in February 2012 and due March 2019, were pushed by traders to a record 105.9 cents on the dollar on the day the suit was filed, a signal traders may believe the Oklahoma City-based company would have to pay a premium to call the debt.
Chesapeake, the second biggest natural gas producer in the U.S., argued it has until March 15 to issue a formal notice that it will redeem the notes early, while Bank of New York Mellon said the early redemption would need to be completed by that date to avoid the make-whole provision that would include paying interest.
In its filing today, Bank of New York Mellon argued Chesapeake isn't in danger of "irreparable harm" in the case, citing a standard for obtaining such an injunction, because the energy company can seek money damages if it wins and won't suffer permanent damage. The bank also said Chesapeake can't prove it has a likelihood of success -- another requirement.
Bank of New York Mellon initially supported Chesapeake's plan when the energy company first discussed early redemption with the bank on Feb. 20, according to the complaint. Two days later, the bank changed its mind, Chesapeake said.
In a separate court filing today, several investors, calling themselves an "ad hoc noteholder group," asked court permission to intervene in the litigation -- a status that would allow them to attend hearings and file papers in the case.
They include Archer Capital Management LP, Ares Management LLC, Aurelius Capital Management LP, Carlson Capital LP, Cetus Capital LLC, Latigo Partners LLC, Monarch Alternative Capital LP, P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP, River Birch Capital LLC and Taconic Capital Advisors LP.
"If Chesapeake chooses to issue a notice of redemption, it must live with the consequences of the terms in the indenture, and the court should not create a right that does not exist," the noteholders said in their joint filing.
The group, whose outstanding notes are worth a total of about $250 million, argues Chesapeake seeks to "rewrite" the redemption provisions of the indenture. The noteholders called the requested injunction "drastic" and again cited a lack of irreparable harm to Chesapeake.
"There is no business to save, no reputation to protect, no unique contractual right to enforce," the noteholders said in the filing. "This case indisputably is about money and money only. And, as such, there is no irreparable harm."
Michael Kehs, a spokesman for Chesapeake, declined to comment on Bank of New York Mellon's filing.
Bank of New York Mellon "fails to distinguish the difference between a deadline for when notice must be given, and when the redemption date -- the date on which payment is actually made to noteholders -- occurs," Chesapeake said in its complaint. "This is not a typical contractual dispute where one party's misreading of an agreement can be remedied after the fact."
Chesapeake's 2019 securities yielded 5.61 percent, or 552 basis points more than comparable-maturity Treasuries, yesterday, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The 6.775 percent coupon on those bonds is 50 basis points higher than the average weighted coupon on all the company's outstanding debt, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The case is Chesapeake Energy Corp. v. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., 13-cv-01582, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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Beloit infant found dead on couch
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
BELOIT—A 16-year-old mother awoke early Wednesday morning to find her infant girl was not breathing, the Beloit Police Department reported.
The family began CPR before police and fire department personnel arrived, but the baby was later pronounced dead at Beloit Memorial Hospital, according to a news release.
An investigation continued Wednesday into the incident. Police said the mother had fed the 3-month-old around midnight, and then both fell asleep on a couch.
The mother awoke about 4:15 a.m. and called 911. Police and fire units were dispatched to the home in the 1500 block of St. Lawrence Avenue.
Police Capt. Dan Risse said he hoped an autopsy could be scheduled soon to determine the cause of death.


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Saint Michael is referred to in biblical writings as an archangel who wages war against evil. He was known as the heavenly prince or champion who specifically charged forward to guard and defend others. He is legendary as the leader of angels who fought a war in heaven and conquered the dragon and cast it down from the skies. Michael's battles are an allegory of the struggle between good and evil. Throughout the centuries, Michael has been depicted with a sword fighting or standing over the conquered dragon.
The legendary image of Saint Michael defeating the dragon exemplifies the bravery and gallantry that we associate with the Aviation soldier. His angelic qualities demonstrate the boldness and swiftness of Army Aviation on the battlefield. As a brave warrior and protector, Saint Michael is the embodiment of courage and justice and is an appropriate symbol of the values and high level of excellence exhibited throughout Army Aviation.
The OSM was established in 1990 as a joint venture between the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) and the U.S. Army Aviation Center (USAAVNC) and had just one category of award: Bronze. In the intervening years the Silver and Gold categories were established.
Induction into the Order of Saint Michael is intended to recognize individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Army Aviation in ways that stand out in the eyes of the recipient's seniors, subordinates, and peers. These individuals must also demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and moral character, display an outstanding degree of professional competence, and serve the United States Army Aviation or civilian aviation community with distinction.
The AAAA is the sponsoring agency and provides financial resources, administrative control, and publicity.
A nominee for induction in the Order of Saint Michael and the award of its medal(s) must have served the Army Aviation community with distinction. This service will include significant and/or long-lasting contributions.
There are no automatic criteria for induction into the OSM (e.g. retirement, PCS, deployment rotation). Additionally, a nominee must represent and have demonstrated the highest standards of integrity, moral character, ethical conduct, professional competence, and dedication to duty.
Bronze Medal:
- Aviation Officers: Will have achieved Aviation Branch Qualification and made significant and/or long-lasting contributions.
- Aviation Warrant Officers: Aviators will have achieved Chief Warrant Officer status (CW2 or above) and are tracked in an Aviation specialty (i.e. Instructor Pilot, Safety, Maintenance, Tactical Operations) Technical Aviation Warrant Officers will have achieved Chief Warrant Officer status (CW2 or above). Either will have made significant and/or long-lasting contributions.
- Enlisted Soldiers: Aviation Enlisted soldiers serve in a wide variety of positions, with differing titles and occasionally a non-standard grade structure. The key criteria are distinguished service and what was accomplished to advance/improve Army Aviation during that period of service. The intent is that the nominee will have achieved branch certification and have successfully served in a Platoon Sergeant (or equivalent) level or above position, while leading Aviation soldiers.
- DA Civilian or Industry: The nominee must have made significant contribution(s) to the Army Aviation community or mission.
Silver Medal:
- All criteria required to be awarded the bronze medal must be met.
- Nominee must have a career of service represented by significant and long-lasting contributions to the Army Aviation community and the AAAA. (this criterion is not restricted only to retirement-eligible personnel)
- Active and Reserve Component personnel: Notable service in positions at or above the Aviation Brigade level or in senior staff positions (e.g. Department of the Army, Joint Staff, Unified Command, Major Command, Acquisition Corps, NGB, OCAR), or through an extraordinary body of service collectively benefitting Army Aviation and AAAA. This criterion is applicable to:
- Field Grade Officers
- Senior Warrant Officers
- CSM/SGM or E-8's serving in a documented E-9 position
- Retirees: Criteria are similar to Active Component personnel, but their body of service will be inclusive of work in a civilian capacity which has had a lasting effect on Army Aviation, and/or through an extraordinary record of voluntary service in support of Army Aviation soldiers OSM policy-8/15/2014.doc 3 and their families
- DA Civilians or Members of Industry: Senior DA Civilian personnel and Senior Industry Executive Leadership will be considered in the context of significant career contributions to Army Aviation, its soldiers and families, and the AAAA.
Gold Medal:
- Nominees must meet all the criteria required to be awarded the bronze and silver medals.
- Nominee must have made significant contributions over a lifetime of service to the Army Aviation community and the AAAA.
- Continued service to Army Aviation and the AAAA through various venues such as:
- Professional writing in branch journals or other professionally oriented publications
- Professional speaking in support of Army Aviation
- Serving as an Honorary Colonel, Warrant Officer or Command Sergeant Major of a Regiment
- Actively serving in the AAAA as an officer, member of the Executive or Scholarship Boards, or in active support of association activities or initiatives
Knight of the Honorable Order of Saint Michael
While the popular and prestigious Order of St. Michael is designed as primarily an Army Aviation specific award, the AAAA recognizes that many other soldiers and civilians work diligently to promote the success of our branch, mission, profession, and community. The legend of St. Michael defeating the dragon exemplifies the bravery and courage of Army Aviation personnel and the boldness and swiftness of Army Aviation on the modern battlefield. This image would be incomplete without the trust, confidence and support of others who have championed their cause.
This award is designed to recognize an individual's long-term support and/or a legacy with significant and long lasting impact to Army Aviation. While there is no specific time period for this award, it is NOT normally represented by a single assignment unless recognizing an enduring achievement in direct support of Army Aviation Soldiers and their families. The nominee need not be a member of AAAA; however, the nominator must be a member.
Eligibility to be considered an Honorary Knight:
- Officers, Warrant Officers and Noncommissioned officers of US Army branches other than Aviation.
- Foreign officers and noncommissioned officers who work directly with U.S. Army organizations in support of Army Aviation missions. OSM policy-8/15/2014.doc 4
- Officers and noncommissioned officers of other US Armed Services (Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard) who work directly with U.S. Army organizations in support of Army Aviation missions.
- Civil Servants, Industry Partners, and others who demonstrate continuing support of the missions, organizations, and personnel of Army Aviation and/or its professional association (AAAA).
The official nomination form should be completed. These forms may be reproduced locally. Nominations are to be provided to the local AAAA Chapter President for approval where such Chapters are organized and chartered.
Nominations using nominations/citations employed for an Army award (LOM, MSM, BSM etc) shall be avoided and will not be favorably considered. Justification must contain sufficient details about the nominee to enable the Approving Authority to make an informed decision. The nomination should include a photograph of the nominee in any size.
Nominators of OSM awards must be an active member of AAAA. The official nomination form will be submitted to the local Chapter (where such Chapters are organized and chartered) for consideration, subject to the following:
- If there is no local chapter, nominations should be sent directly to the AAAA National Executive Director. The nomination packet shall contain a nomination form, a photograph, a request form, and the appropriate payment in U.S. funds.
- Bronze Nominations: The local chapter will retain the nomination locally in order to process and render a decision. At the end of each calendar quarter, (March, June, September & December) a copy of all approved Bronze award packets will be forwarded to the AAAA Executive Director for review and administrative record keeping. Download this form to request a Bronze Order of St. Michael 4 Pack.
- Silver, Gold OSM and Knight of the Honorable OSM Nominations: The local AAAA Chapter will forward the completed OSM form and the completed nomination packet to the AAAA National Office.
- Award nomination materials, to include photographs, will not be returned and become the property of the AAAA.
The Approving Authority for the OSM Award is as follows:
- Bronze Award: The President of the local AAAA Chapter (allow 30 days for processing). In instances where a local AAAA Chapter is not applicable or when the local President is nominated, the Approving Authority is the AAAA OSM Selection Committee (allow 60 days for processing action). The AAAA National Executive Group (NEG) will make the determination when the nomination cannot be processed in a timely fashion by the Committee (allow 60 days for processing).
- Silver Award: The OSM Selection Committee (allow 60 days for processing action). When the nomination cannot be processed in a timely fashion by the Selection Committee, the AAAA NEG will make the determination (allow 60 days for processing action).
- Gold Award: The AAAA NEG with the concurrence of the Army Aviation Branch Chief (allow 60 days for processing action).
- Knight of the Honorable OSM: The Order of Saint Michael Selection Committee (allow 60 days for processing action). When the nomination cannot be processed in a timely fashion by the Selection Committee, the AAAA NEG will make the determination (allow 60 days for processing action).
A subcommittee of the Awards Committee will be formed consisting of a Chairman of the AAAA OSM Selection Committee and four members of the Awards Committee appointed by the Awards Committee Chairman. The Selection Committee will consist of at least one representative from the following categories:
- General Officer
- Field Grade Officer
- Warrant Officer (CW5)
- Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major
- DA Civilian or Corporate representative with Army Aviation background
At least one of these individuals must be a retiree and/or from the Reserve Component.
- Silver Award: The OSM Selection Committee will receive electronic packets from AAAA National Office. The Committee Chairman will collect the recommendations and convey that recommendation to AAAA.
- Gold Award: The OSM Selection Committee will receive electronic packets from AAAA National Office. The Committee Chairman will collect the recommendations and convey that recommendation to the AAAA NEG. If the OSM Selection Committee recommends approval the AAAA Executive Director will forward it to Fort Rucker for concurrence by the Army Aviation Branch Chief.
- Knight of the Honorable OSM: The OSM Selection Committee will receive electronic packets from AAAA National Office. The Committee Chairman will collect the recommendations and convey that recommendation to AAAA.
To ensure the integrity of the OSM process, AAAA will be responsible for reviewing Chapter awards of the Bronze category. The OSM Selection Committee will accomplish this responsibility on behalf of the AAAA National Executive Board.
At the end of each calendar quarter, (March, June, September, and December) each Chapter will provide a copy of all approved Bronze award packets to the AAAA Executive Director for review and administrative record keeping. AAAA will coordinate with the Chairman of the OSM Selection Committee and distribute the files electronically as directed. Committee members will review and ensure the criteria delineated above are appropriately applied by all Chapters within the Association.
Chapters failing to comply with established criteria will be reminded of the criteria and conditions by the President of the AAAA. Should the condition persist, the Association reserves the authority to withdraw the privilege of Bronze award determination from the Chapter and transfer it to the OSM Selection Committee for a period determined by the President of AAAA.
Recipients shall receive the Medallion of the Order of St. Michael, a Certificate, and a Lapel Pin. The Lapel Pin may be worn with civilian attire at any time.
- For uniformed personnel, the Medallion should be worn in accordance with applicable military regulations.
- For civilian personnel during formal wear occasions: Gentlemen should wear the medallion around the neck with the ribbon over the shirt collar and inside the coat collar. Whether worn with a bow tie or four-in-hand necktie, the medallion should hang at the full length of the ribbon. When the four-in-hand necktie is worn, the medallion should hang over the tie. Ladies should wear the OSM around the neck with the medallion hanging at the full length of the ribbon.
NOTIFICATION and PRESENTATION
The AAAA National Office will notify the recipient through the nominator for Silver, Gold and Knight of the Honorable OSM awards. Bronze award selectees will be notified by the local Chapter President or their designee. The nominator will be responsible for induction of the recipient into the Honorable Order of Saint Michael and presentation of the medallion and certificate.
A member National Executive Group or AAAA National Executive Board will be present for presentation of any Gold OSM. The National Office will be notified at least ten days prior to the intended ceremony. The Executive Director will contact members of the NEG in order to have a representative from AAAA National at the presentation ceremony. If no one from the NEG is available, members of the NEB will be contacted.


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Brian Thomas Brudos, Black Earth, WI (1967-2014)
June 27, 1967 - January 17, 2014
On Jan. 17, 2014, an amazing, courageous man left this world to inspire and touch others in the next life. Brian Thomas Brudos, age 46, passed away at home following a recent diagnosis of cancer and a lifetime quietly fighting cystic fibrosis without a complaint. Brian's final wishes were honored when his devoted wife fought the clock and all odds to bring him back home from the hospital one last time. He was at peace at home, where he would watch the wintering birds gather at his feeders on the porch and take spectacular pictures of the sun rising and setting on the neighbor's farm down the valley. He wanted nothing more than to be at home with his loving family, friends and dachshund puppies.
Brian was born June 27, 1967, to Gaylen and Mary Ann (Torgerson) Brudos. He graduated from Viroqua High School in 1985, and attended UW-Richland Center. He married his best friend, Carla Turk, on June 18, 2004, and they treasured every moment they shared. He worked at the Department of Transportation for 14 years and took great pride in his role as a lead worker for the Division of Motor Vehicles. In 2005, he retired early due to his health, but he made it a positive experience by becoming a stay-at-home dad, providing love and guidance to his two special step-daughters, Jenna and McKenzie Radl.
Every fall, Brian looked forward to attending deer hunting camp on the family farm with his dad, brother and nephews. Nobody cheered louder for the Packers and Badgers than Brian and you didn't dare carry on a conversation during the game. His wit was unstoppable, even when he was ill. The medications he was taking caused swelling in his face, but he shrugged it off and joked that his hair had shrunk.
Survivors include his wife, Carla, who was dedicated to Brian's well-being; his step-daughters, Jenna and McKenzie Radl; his mother, Mary Ann; his siblings, Catherine (Cam) Gilbertson of Nashotah; Dave (Shannon) Brudos of Viroqua; father and mother-in-law, Chuck and Arlene Turk of Black Earth; sister-in-law, Anna (Jim) Kraft of Black Earth; nephews: Tom and Mike Brudos, Kyle Tensfeldt and Chad Cole; nieces, Nicole Brudos and Shannon Cole; other relatives and friends; and his trio of dachshund puppies: CoCo, Miley and Baby. Brian was preceded in death by his father; younger brother, Richard; his grandparents; and sister-in-law, June Turk Tensfeldt.
Our deepest thanks to the dedicated staff at Ryan Brothers Ambulance Service and the compassionate caregivers of Agrace HospiceCare for helping Carla fulfill Brian's final wishes to return home so he could be surrounded by his loving family, friends and puppies.
Dearest Brian: You are my husband, my son, my brother, my stepfather, my friend, my inspiration, my hero. You are loved and you are missed. We trust and pray that the plans for you are big - too big for us to understand, because we weren't ready to give you up yet. Watch over us, show us your strength, and continue to be our rock. We're going to need you to see us through this, and for all that lies ahead. For those of us still here, we pray you knew how much we love you. We'll find strength knowing you're here with us and that we'll be with you again someday.
A celebration of Brian's life will be held at a later date. The ELLESTAD CAMACHO FUNERAL HOME, 1710 Center St., Black Earth, WI, is serving the family.
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Judge: Daniel Bellard not fit for trial in shooting death of Christine Gestrich
JANESVILLE—A town of Plymouth man will not stand trial for killing his neighbor after two doctors found injuries from self-inflicted shotgun blasts and his age have rendered him not competent to proceed with the case.
Prosecutors discharged 75-year-old Daniel Bellard from his criminal case during a hearing Thursday morning in Rock County Court, where he had been charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Christine M. Gestrich in February.
Bellard will be sent to Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison for treatment at the locked facility.
Should treatment restore Bellard to the point where he is fit to stand trial—something doctors said is not likely—prosecutors could reopen the case against him, District Attorney David O'Leary said.
Unless that happens, though, the case that authorities say began with Bellard shooting Gestrich to death before turning the gun on himself is closed.
"We're basically on the sidelines, waiting to see if he regains competency," O'Leary said.
Bellard spent five months at University Hospital in Madison after the Feb. 6 shooting, recovering from two suicide attempts with the shotgun authorities said he used to kill Gestrich.
Bellard appeared in court by video Thursday morning from the Rock County Jail. He sat in a wheelchair, with attorney Robert Junig to his left and a nurse helping him communicate with a white board to his right.
He wore a brown shirt and was wrapped in a blanket, with clear plastic tubes draped over his chest.
Members of Gestrich's family watched from the courtroom gallery.
Bellard confessed to killing Gestrich while at the hospital, telling deputies he believed she was going to take his land, according to a criminal complaint.
Judge James Daley ordered a competency evaluation for Bellard at his initial court appearance in July and then ordered another one in August.
A defendant must be able to understand court proceedings and assist in his own defense to be considered competent. The burden of proving a defendant is fit to stand trial falls on prosecutors.
The evaluations found that Bellard's injuries and age rendered him not competent to stand trial and that the onset of dementia meant he would likely not be restored to competency, O'Leary said.
For those reasons, O'Leary said, "the state is unable to meet its burden" and continue with the case.
That means authorities will now begin the process of civil commitment against Bellard, which began Thursday when Daley ordered him to Mendota.
Rock County Corporation Counsel Jeff Kuglitsch filed a motion for an emergency detention. Junig stipulated that Bellard can be held and that "he is a danger to himself and others."
Linda Scott Hoag, a social worker for the county, told Daley that Bellard would go to Mendota's Geriatric Treatment Unit.
Although the unit is a locked, secure facility, Mendota Medical Director Molli Rolli said it� is more like a hospital than a prison. Patients there receive medical attention and get regular treatment from a psychology staff and primary care physicians.
The cost for treatment typically falls on the county that sends the patients to Mendota, or on the patient's insurance if it covers psychiatric care, Rolli said. She could not say if Bellard's Medicare coverage would pay for the treatment.
Similar questions arose for Bellard's medical bills from his time at UW Hospital. Rock County authorities at first feared they could be on the hook for his recovery costs and then said Bellard's insurance was responsible. One estimate put the price of his stay above $1 million.
The county had not received any of Bellard's hospital bills as of Thursday, Kuglitsch said.
A final hearing for Bellard's civil commitment will be Oct. 24 in Daley's court.


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GLORIA-AF Registry Program - Second and Third Phases
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Boehringer Ingelheim
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: November 9, 2011
Last Update Posted: December 5, 2017
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Boehringer Ingelheim
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|Study Status:
|This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 14, 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 14, 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Huisman MV, Lip GY, Diener HC, Dubner SJ, Halperin JL, Ma CS, Rothman KJ, Teutsch C, Zint K, Ackermann D, Clemens A, Bartels DB. Design and rationale of Global Registry on Long-Term Oral Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: a global registry program on long-term oral antithrombotic treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2014 Mar;167(3):329-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.12.006. Epub 2013 Dec 19.


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Naltrexone/Opioid Analgesics Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Severe. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
When these two medicines are taken together, naltrexone may decrease the effects of the opioid analgesic.
What might happen:
You may experience withdrawal symptoms from your opioid analgesic while taking naltrexone.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) as soon as possible about taking these two medicines together. They may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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