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US 20060111782 A1 Resumen A frustum shaped body has an aperture in a top surface and a pair of first and second opposed apertures in a side surface, first and second horizontal internal channels connect both the first and second opposed apertures. A vertical channel from the top aperture connects with the first and second channels. After the body is inserted into a hole in a facet joint, compatible synthetic or biologic material is inserted into the vertical channel until the material exits from the first and second apertures in the side surface. At least one pair of flanges on a portion of an exterior side surface of the body acts as a detent to hold the body in place within the facet joint hole.
Reclamaciones(21) 1. A facet joint fusion plug comprising:
a substantially solid frustum shaped body having an aperture in a top surface and a pair of first opposed apertures in a side surface and a pair of second opposed apertures in the side surface, both the first and second opposed apertures positioned in a lower portion of the body distal from the top surface; a vertical channel directed downwardly from the aperture in the top surface, the vertical channel intersecting with a first horizontal channel connecting the first opposed pair of apertures and terminating at a second horizontal channel connecting the second opposed pair of apertures; at least one pair of flanges partially surrounding a bottom portion of an exterior surface of the body; and the body formed from a material selected from the group consisting of synthetic cortical bone, a harvested synthetic cortical and compacted iliac crest graft and a cadaveric allograft. 2. The facet joint fusion plug according to
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10. A plug mounted in a hole between bones forming a facet joint, the plug comprising:
a substantially solid frustum shaped body having an aperture in a top surface, the top surface having a greater diameter than a bottom surface; a first pair of opposed apertures in a side surface of the body, the first pair of apertures connected by a first horizontal channel; a second pair of opposed apertures in a side surface of the body, the second pair of apertures connected by a second horizontal channel in a parallel plane to the first horizontal channel; a vertical channel directed downwardly from the aperture in the top surface, the vertical channel intersecting with the first horizontal channel and terminating in the second horizontal channel; at least one pair of flanges partially surrounding a bottom portion of an exterior surface of the body; and a synthetic or biologic material compatible with bone passing through the top aperture and exiting from the first and second pair of apertures in the side surface of the body. 11. The plug mounted in a hole between bones forming a facet joint according to
12. The plug mounted in a hole between bones forming a facet joint according to
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14. The plug body according to
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17. A method of mounting a plug in a facet joint C1-C2 and L5-S1, the method comprising:
cutting an arthroscopic type portal in the tissue of a patient outside a diseased or damaged facet joint; creating a hole between two opposed bones forming the facet joint; inserting a frustum preshaped plug into the hole, the plug having a shape substantially the same as the hole; providing the plug with an aperture on a top surface, the top surface diameter being greater than a bottom surface diameter; providing the plug with at least one pair of flanges partially surrounding an outside side wall and at least a first and second opposed pair of side apertures in the side wall of the plug; providing an internal cortical channel from the top surface aperture to a first horizontal channel connecting the first pair of apertures and a second horizontal channel connecting the second pair of apertures; inserting an applicator tube into the aperture in the top surface; inserting a synthetic or biologic material compatible with bone into the applicator tube; and providing sufficient pressure on the synthetic or biologic material to cause egress of the material from the side wall apertures. 18. The method according to
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21. A solid plug mounted in a hole between bones forming a facet joint, the plug consisting of a substantially frustum shaped body having a posterior end with a diameter of 4 to 12 mm and an anterior end with a diameter less than the posterior end.
Descripción This application is a continuation-in-part from application Ser. No. 10/992,720, filed Nov. 22, 2004. 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to minimally invasive spine surgery and, more particularly, to using an arthroscopic type portal or open facet joint fusion surgical instrumentation for insertion of either pre-made, pre-shaped synthetic cortical bone or harvested and compacted iliac crest grafts, autologous or cadaveric allografts. The graft and fusion system is limited to the forty-eight facet joints located on the spine, C1-C2 through L5-S1. 2. Description of the Prior Art In the United States alone, about 10% of the entire population will suffer from back pain sometime in the next twelve months. More people will contract back pain in the next year than any other injury or disease except the common cold and flu. About one-third will not recover and have to live with persistent, disabling symptoms. The number is cumulative year after year. One of the root causes of back pain, particularly the persistent and disabling kind, are facet joints, small joints located behind adjacent vertebrae in the spine that allow for spinal motion. Present surgical solutions available for the millions of people with facet joint dysfunctions are complex, invasive, pedicle screw based high-risk operations with prolonged recovery times, from 6 to 24 months, and uncertain outcomes. High risk equates to frequent litigation, which forces non-surgical symptomatic treatment while the disease or consequences of injury progressively worsen. Some of these efforts provide intervertebral fusion described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,485,518 and U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 2003/0032960. Numerous patents have been granted for general fusion of the spine that may or may not involve the facet joint by proximity or design. With the advent of new, safer and less invasive surgical techniques and technology, the growth of spine surgery now outpaces every other orthopedic surgery segment. Its growth is further fueled by an enormous demand. The use of pre-shaped, harvested or synthetic bone as a structural fixation for facet joint fusion offers three distinct advantages over pedicle or compression screws, which are presently used in facet fusion procedures; i.e., (1) using bone instead of metal allowing for natural bone ingrowth and a stronger, permanent fusion; and (2) the natural or synthetic graft cannot work its way loose over time, a concern with screw type fixation. The grafts and system are specifically designed for use in a minimum invasive or an arthroscopic type portal for stand-alone procedures and provide a stronger, unique and superior fusion when used as an adjunct to instrumented vertebral fusion by greatly reducing risk of facet joint pain resulting from persistent facet joint motion. The minimally invasive facet joint fusion for the treatment of a diseased or painful facet joint that is not appropriate for resurfacing or replacement, involves the use of instrumentation and autograft, cadaveric allograft or FDA approved pre-made, pre-shaped synthetic cortical bone graft for use in minimally invasive, outpatient, arthroscopic spine surgery or classic open surgery and, more specifically, to fuse spinal facet joints from C1-C2 through L5-S1. This system serves as a primary or a revision surgery. The present invention accomplishes a superior spinal facet joint fusion by providing a grafting alternative to facilitate fusion using arthroscopic portal or open surgical techniques of the C1-C2 through L5-S1 spinal facet joints. According to one broad aspect of the present invention, the arthroscopic facet joint fusion system comprises a punch or drill that creates a hole through both sides of the facet joint in a conical pattern. The hole is filled with either the patient's own harvested and compacted bone plug using iliac crest autograft, pre-made, pre-shaped cortical cadaveric allograft (the autograft or allograft formed by bone plug press or machining) or FDA approved pre-made, pre-shaped synthetic grafts. The punch or drill includes any number of components capable of performing the creation of a hole through both sides of the spinal facet joint using an arthroscope or similar portal to access the joint or during classic open surgery. By way of example only, the punch/drill includes a hand actuator that will create sufficient pressure to create a specific sized hole through both sides of the spinal facet joint using a mechanical arrangement similar to that of common pliers resized to work through an arthroscopic opening. Additionally, a drill guide can be placed and a specifically sized and shaped drill head can be used to create the opening, either in a horizontal or vertical direction through the facet joint. The bone plug press (graft forming or compression instrument) includes any number of components capable of using harvested autograft, cadaveric allograft cortical bone or a synthetic alternative to match the bone tunnel made by the punch or drill. By way of example only, the bone plug press includes a mechanism similar to common pliers or a more standard hand press that will transfer sufficient force to form bone plugs by squeezing the handles together to form the bone plug and compress the bone or synthetic alternative to the proper density and shape. The impactor or tamp includes any number of components capable of pushing and compressing the bone plug into the bone tunnels. A suture or metallic overlay also can be applied to provide additional structural stability to the joint during graft incorporation. Many advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art with a reading of this specification in conjunction with the attached drawings, wherein like reference numerals are applied to like elements and wherein: Referring to In order to fuse a spinal facet joint, a tapered drill 26, shown in An alternative plug 10 a is shown in If the joint is determined to be too badly damaged or diseased for present replacement methods or prospective methods such as facet joint hemi-arthroplasty, minimally invasive facet joint fusion is prospectively a superior alternative for three primary reasons:
The present invention is directed at overcoming, or at least improving upon, the disadvantages of the prior art by achieving the following:
It is anticipated that the availability of this system and graft alternatives will dramatically increase the number of surgeries performed because they offer the first safe outpatient surgical solution to the predominant cause of spinal joint pain. It is expected that virtually all patients receiving this procedure will be able to walk out the same day and be fully functional within a few weeks. Present surgical solutions require hospitalization of about three days and six to twenty-four months recovery. Aside from the obvious positive clinical outcome, the significant favorable financial impact on disability, worker's compensation and health care insurers is considerable. Spinal facet implant units are calculated per joint. Each patient has two joints per spinal segment and twenty-four segments, C1-C2 through L5-S1 for a total of forty-eight facet joints. Each surgery is likely to involve multiple joints. The present invention is directed at overcoming, or at least improving upon, the disadvantages of the prior art. In inserting the plug 10, the tapered drill is specifically used through an arthroscopic type portal allowing access to the joint through a small incision and progressive dilation of the intervening soft tissue. The instrument design does not preclude its use in a classic open surgery or by access to the facet joint through an otherwise limited incision. The opening 28 is marginally smaller than the bone plug 10 to create proper fixation of the plug 10 and the joint. Referring again to The frustum shaped bone graft 10 b, as shown in Other equivalent elements can be substituted for the elements disclosed herein to produce substantially the same results in substantially the same way. Citada por
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Sweet! I thumbs-upped it. Where is that place, it looks pretty fun for only having rope tows!
Nice edit man, looks like fun there. Does the guy in the blue yellow and white jacket snake the line at 2:55? ;)
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Author: critmo Story: Moods Part: Chapter 1 Rating: Everyone Setting: Pre-DH Status: Completed Warning: None Reviews: 15 Words: 3,205 Updated: January 18, 2007, 6:17am
Chapter 1Ginny Weasley was not in a good mood. There was no special place at the Burrow she called �hers�. With six rivals it was difficult to claim any one spot as one�s own. On the contrary, it would have provoked an attempt of immediate take-over by her more stubborn brothers. There was always her room, of course, but she did not want to be found easily and apart from that the heat was stifling in the house. Luckily, there was a bench near her mother�s flower beds the boys had always tended to avoid. Being caught there held the danger of being condemned to garden work because you had a rather good view over all the deficiencies of the vegetable garden as well. That�s where Ginny managed to escape to after nearly throwing a fit due to her sister-in-law-to-be�s antics concerning the wedding�s flower decorations. Ginny had been in a particularly grumpy mood all day and could not take it anymore. Not that she had been exceptionally cheerful since returning from Hogwarts, anyway. After all, she had never before been dumped by a boy. And she had never dreamed of this boy dumping her at all. It hurt terribly just to think of it. Every step of the way from Hogwarts to the Burrow was etched into her memory with painful clarity. She had kept her distance from Harry and the others, but even so it had been obvious that he had not sent them away. Just her. Ever since realising that, her thoughts had gone round and round between two extremes. He doesn�t want me. He thinks I�m just a little girl. � He just wants to protect me, even if it�s foolish. � But he�s letting Ron and Hermione go. So he doesn�t want me �. She had lost count early on how many turns she had taken on that line of thinking. And was it not her own fault? Had she not given her consent to his decision? What must he think of her now? That it had been easy for her to let him go? That she did not care? That she did not � love him? But she did. She had not told him so, however, she had said she liked him. That was almost as far away from the truth as saying she hated him would have been. Almost shaking with the effort of suppressing her fear and pain, Ginny squeezed her eyes shut and balled her fists. She had thrown herself into the wedding preparations, trying to wear herself out, but even being tired to the point of dropping down, she could not help thinking in the darkness of the nights �. Maybe she had not hurt him after all. If Harry could give up on her that easily it probably meant that his feelings for her had not been very deep in the first place. She desperately tried to shake off this thought. Going there was not a good idea. If she could only relax � just for a moment. Fleur�s behaviour had not been helpful. The bride�s tendency to overlook everything that seemed unimportant � i. e. everything that was not connected with her upcoming wedding � was irritating enough to make everybody in the house throw tantrums on a regular basis. Accordingly, Ginny was little-pleased to hear footsteps nearing and she was definitely peeved to find out it was none other than � Fleur! Ginny stiffened when the French woman sat down at the other end of the bench without asking her consent. �You mizz �eem, do you not?� Fleur asked, and Ginny went from stiffening to hard as a plank. �Who�re you talking about?� Ginny asked back brusquely. ��Arry, of course,� Fleur replied with a serene calmness Ginny could have strangled her for. While she was still trying to find an appropriate answer in the negative, Fleur continued, unfazed by the possibility that she might be intruding. �Eet was very obvious at �Ogwarts that you are in love. And now you jump everee time �ee�s mentioned. Or you look as eef you feel like running away. Did �ee break up with you?� All Ginny was able to utter at this moment was incoherent spluttering. �That is so like �eem,� Fleur commented. �What will you do about eet?� Ginny took some time to answer, but she understood that no denial of hers would be good enough to stop Fleur in her tracks. She finally managed to press out, �I don�t know.� �I remember very well the moment I met �Arry for the first time. �Ee had been chosen Triwizard champion against all the rules. I was very angry; I called �eem a leetle boy. But during that year �ee showed us that �ee was not. �Ee was the most determined and the most powerful of us. �Ee never blamed me for my words; instead �ee saved the life of my sister.� Ginny shook her head in confusion. �What�re you on about?� Fleur turned to look at her, and for the first time in her life Ginny felt something wash over her that made her almost understand what the power of a Veela must feel like for a man. Fleur�s gaze had an intensity she had only found with one other person, but that person�s eyes were green. �I am trying to make you understand what �Arry ees like,� Fleur said. ��As he told you what eet felt like being in the tournament?� Ginny shook her head. �Being a champion ees an �onour, and winning makes you immortal in your school�s annals. That�s all we thought about when we threw our names into the Goblet of Fire. �Arry never wanted to �ave that fame, �ee was forced to go through with eet.� She shook her head, as if trying to shake off an unpleasant thought. �The dragon was terrible. I knew what was coming and I never was so frightened before in my life.� She shuddered. �But the lake was worse. Much worse.� Ginny settled down on the bench. She had never really asked Harry about the tasks during the tournament. Not because she was not interested, on the contrary, the opportunity just had not come. This was as a good chance as any to get an impression. Without paying much attention to Ginny, Fleur continued, �The Bubble-Head Charm doesn�t protect you from the cold down there. I�ve never been so cold in my life. And it was dark, you could only see a few feet ahead. And the merpeople sang.� Suddenly, Fleur began to sing. �An hour long you�ll have to look, And to recover what we took.� The melody was haunting in itself, but with Fleur�s breathy French accent it was terrifyingly eerie, and Ginny could not help but feel some of the cold Fleur had mentioned even on a warm summer evening like this one. �� your time�s �most gone, so tarry not Lest what you seek stays here to rot.� Fleur seemed close to tears now, and Ginny finally understood. If Harry had heard the song as well, it was no wonder that he had not really taken into consideration that Dumbledore would never endanger the lives of innocent people. It took some time for Ginny to register that Fleur was now looking at her intently. Ginny sat up straight. �What?� �You don�t �ave the faintest idea what I�m talking about, �ave you?� Ginny felt stupid all of a sudden. She did not like the feeling, and it had never happened because of something that Phl� Fleur had said. �That day I learned about �Arry�s greatest fear and I understood afterwards what it made �eem do.� She shook her magnificent head at Ginny. ��Arry was the first to arrive at the �ostages. But instead of taking Ron, �ee stayed, because �ee feared for the others too. �Ee let Cedric take Cho and Viktor �Ermione, but I,� she nearly choked on the memory, and Ginny could feel the despair radiating off her in cold waves, �I did not come. So, �Arry took my sister and Ron with �eem. �Ee never cared about winning, �ee cared about us. � �Arry�s greatest fear is to lose somebody.� She gave Ginny a significant look. �It is so great that �ee even tries to protect others from it. It is more important than anything else. �Ee forgot about winning, �ee effectively cut �ees chances. It�s not logical.� She drew her breath. ��Ee broke up with you for the same reason. �Ee does not want to lose you and so �ee leaves you in order to protect you. It�s not logical, because you�re a Weasley and always in danger. And �ee still loses you, because �ee�s not with you. But �Arry�s instincts tell �eem that this is the only thing �ee can do. And it�s totally against his character not to do something.� This was not exactly news, Ginny thought, but to have it spelled out like this was something else. Why had he not talked to her about it? Why had he just made a decision without consulting her? That was so humiliating! �Of course,� Fleur said, as if reading Ginny�s mind at will, ��Arry did not ask you first. �Ee �as all our fates on �is �ead, Dumbledore had been killed, and I suppose �ee could only think about keeping you safe. �Ee forgets sometimes to be polite, because fate is not friendly with �eem.� Ginny shook her head and concentrated on another question. �Why are you telling me this?� Fleur gave her another disconcerting glance. �There are two reasons. I know you don�t like me much and you think I�m superficial.� She held up her hand to stop Ginny�s protests. �Whatever you may or may not think about me, �Arry is special to me, and I�d like to know �ee�s �appy. But �ee will not be �appy without you. I know that since seeing the two of you at �Ogwarts.� Ginny was eager neither to question this judgement nor to delve into the issue of her opinion of Fleur, so she hurriedly asked, �And the other reason?� ��Ee�s �eere.� Fleur stood up to return to the house. �And �ee�s got the same �aunted look about him you �ave.� Ginny�s heart started to hammer in her chest. Here? Why? How? Why now? Hermione had let her know that she and Ron would accompany Harry on his last visit to his family and that they would return to the Burrow for the wedding. But it was still two days until then, so �. She was not ready to meet him; she was wearing her oldest and plainest clothes, her hair was a mess. You shouldn�t care, she told herself, after all, you�re not together anymore. It doesn�t matter. But who was she trying to fool? It did matter. At least let him see what he�s missing! It took Ginny forever to scrape up the courage to go back into the house. There they were, the fabulous trio � but something was different about them. Instead of being thick as thieves, they seemed to avoid each other. Hermione was chatting animatedly with � the twins, while Ron seemed deeply immersed in a conversation with Bill, and Ginny heard the words �Chudley Cannons� drift across the room. Harry was in a corner, under siege from her mother, Tonks and Remus Lupin at once, shooting her a nervous glance, while smiling at the people talking to him with a totally un-Harry-like neutrality. The evening was dreadful. Shortly after Ginny had entered the house, the Delacours arrived for the wedding. Ginny would have liked to retreat from the invasion, at least for a chance to get changed, but her mother had insisted that she stay and say hello to their guests. It was one of the more daunting and depressing experiences in Ginny�s life. Gaggles of French wizards, even those with no Veela blood moving as gracefully and charmingly as one could possibly imagine, made Ginny feel very self-conscious: freckly, sweaty, undersized, underdressed and ill-tempered. In short, absolutely unsuited for the occasion. Even worse, the Delacours had lunged at Harry like nutters. The parents had kissed him (on the cheeks), the cousins had kissed him (on the cheeks), the � female cousins had kissed him (on the cheeks, if perforce) and Gabrielle � Gabrielle was barely old enough to have developed an interest in boys, but there were Veelas in her pedigree, and she was obviously determined to use that advantage. She approached Harry with an enchanting mixture of innocence, shyness and budding femininity. Ginny observed it with a growing lump in her stomach that rose into her throat and threatened to suffocate her. Witnessing the introductions was an ordeal and dinner was worse. Harry had to sit with Bill, Fleur and her parents � and Gabrielle next to him. Harry looked like some kind of wild animal, caught in a trap he could not escape. Ginny, who had to help her mother, of course, felt her anger boil just under the surface. Why could they not leave him alone? She sighed inwardly. There it was again, her instinct to defend Harry against everything and all. It had risen � unbidden, yet unavoidable. He did matter. Dinner dragged on, for hours it seemed, and then the greater part of the Delacour family, including Gabrielle, retreated to their quarters. The room of the twins had been magically enlarged to accommodate several chambers for the whole family. Gabrielle left with a soulful glance in Harry�s direction. Things did not really improve when they were gone. The Weasleys and their guests spread out over the ground floor of the house, and the garden, and Ginny had the feeling she was taking part in some kind of a complicated ballet with a spontaneously developing set of steps. Ron and Hermione drifted about in the obvious attempt to avoid each other, while Harry was passed on from one person to another, all of them set to wrench information on his plans from him. Harry himself tried to disentangle himself from the questions, while working steadily towards Ginny, and Ginny was dead set on avoiding a painful confrontation; she needed time to think. She would have liked to speak to Hermione, but Ron was tagging along with Ginny so that Hermione kept as far away from her as possible. At least, Ginny thought, Ron�s close proximity also seemed to deter Harry from getting closer to her. The situation was most peculiar. In the end, while the adults increasingly kept to themselves, the teenagers were divided into two groups: Hermione and Harry sat at one end of the Weasley�s kitchen table, whereas Ron and Ginny kept to the other end. This is all wrong, Ginny thought, looking at Harry. Neither group could find a topic that would lead to a real conversation, and they kept stealing glances at each other instead. It was Ginny who ended the deadlock � she decided to go to bed and was closely followed by Hermione. However, even in the privacy of her bedroom no meaningful dialogue seemed possible. As if Hermione had only needed to get rid of the boys, she talked about make up and clothes, but closed up as soon as any substantial topic was touched upon. Ginny learned little about the time at Privet Drive. Hermione told her with a meaningful look that Harry had been downhearted and had always seemed very eager for news from the Burrow. When Ginny tried to steer the conversation from Harry to Ron, however, Hermione feigned tiredness and soon went to bed. Ginny did not sleep well. In fact, she did not sleep at all. She tossed and turned in her bed, thinking about Harry, thinking about the things Fleur had said. The thing Ginny found so disconcerting was that she had been such an avid witness of Harry�s life so far, but had very little idea of what being Harry really meant. Until talking to Fleur, she had had no idea how very terrible the tournament had really been. And for Harry, it had only been a small part of the story. Ticking off Harry�s years at school, she felt immensely stupid for not realising how he must have felt, risking his life every single year, seeing Cedric die, seeing Sirius die, seeing Dumbledore die �. Thinking about it, she was really amazed at how Harry could go on at all. And she did not wonder anymore how he was able to break up with her. And what was Harry doing now? Would he be able to sleep? 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Ok, this is actually my "recent 5K PR", not my lifetime PR, but it's a starting point. What a great time that was! I forgot how much I enjoy running shorter races.
I took a day off from working out yesterday to rest my legs, and have a bit less of a calorie deficit the day before the race. As this is only 3.1 miles I don't need to carb-load, but I wanted to give myself a bit extra. I still got in almost 7K steps, but if any day is a day off for me, that is. So, my calorie deficit was closer to 500 than 700, on the lower end of the range but still in range.
This morning I was pleased to find out my weight dropped to another low by 0.2 lbs. I'll take every bit of it and felt glad! I ate two scrambled egg whites, two slices of toast with jam, and a veggie sausage patty. A bit different from my typical pre-marathon or pre-half marathon breakfast of oatmeal etc, but as it was just a 5K, I wanted some carbs but not that many. I had a cup of coffee, which I never have, as well as a GU packet just before the race, to make sure I'd be all jacked up with caffeine and carbs. LOLOL!
The race didn't start until 10 AM. I'm used to races in the Midwest starting at 7 or 8 AM. It was nice having the extra time. It was held at a park downtown, and I'd never been there before.
Last minute, my Mom decided to come watch me run. I was very happy for that. It's just mentally better to have someone cheering for you at the start and finish. It's kind of lonely to end the race and just grab a banana and go home, though I've done that many times too. I didn't run with my dog today. I wanted to focus on the run and my pace without any distractions, and he always stops to go to the bathroom within the first mile, and barks a lot in the beginning so we have to stand away from the crowd. I think it was a good decision.
They started the race a few minutes late as it was the first time for the race and the lines were long. I had to go register and then re-park my car a distance away, so I was glad for the bit of a delay. Speaking of long lines, of course there were long lines at the porta-potties, so I said forget it and went behind a bush. I had to go didn't feel like waiting.
Before getting to the start line I ran up and down an emptier stretch and did pick-ups, strides, high-curls and skips. With a marathon or half-marathon, you can use the first few miles to warm-up. A 5K you basically just need to GO. Finally when they announced we'd be starting in a couple minutes, I shed my running pants. It was about 49 degrees and overcast near the water. It was COOL, but people here in the Pac NW dress a lot warmer than what I am used to. Most were in capris and long sleeved shirts. I was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved running shirt over a running tank top, and my Mizuno gloves. Towards the end of the race, for real I could have just worn my tank top, and had taken off my gloves. Guess I just run HOT!
One downer was that I normally run with my running belt that I attach my dog's leash to for hands-free running. It has a pocket that I put my phone in and listen to music from that. Well, being that I didn't bring my dog, I didn't bring the belt either. BUT I NEED MY MUSIC!! So what to do? I decided to run with my running jacket tied around my waist, with my phone in the pocket. Definitely not ideal, but at the start line there's not many options.
They said a few things including a dedication and moment of silence for the Boston Marathon. It was a touching moment. Then, finally... GO!
I started off fast, but then turned it down a bit. I think I suffered a bit due to the conservatism that I've learned from marathon and half marathon racing. In those races, if you blow it all out too soon, you don't have anything left at the end. I'd not run a 5K in a while but I forgot that you just have to start fast, blow it out fast and leave it all on the course. Could I have gone harder? Yes, I admittedly probably could have. But, it's all part of getting back into the swing of things.
My stretch goal for the race based on glancing on my running times recently (just running, not for a time) was 27 minutes, but I thought if I get under 30, I'd be OK.
Well, I finished with around a 25:29. Respectable, but still nowhere near my old times! I didn't stay for the official results as we were meeting my sister and her husband for lunch. I had checked the results from last year's race and if I had run that time last year, I would have placed first in my age group (Female 40-44). So, I'm hoping I placed in the top three. I'll have to just check online in the next few days.
My mile splits were 8:09, 8:30 (getting nervous and pulling back as I said... grrr), 8:09, and then 7:43 for the last 0.1, where I passed a couple people. My average running cadence was 184, max 200. Interestingly, I said I was going to target an RPE of 16-18, which has been shown to strongly correlate to your heart rate x10. I didn't check my heart rate stats until I got home and aside from the first couple of minutes it did- it was between 160-170.
I'm now prepared to start my speedwork program as I have a pace to start from!
But this is without me having done any speed training in however long, and still having 13 pounds to lose, and dieting at a deficit each day so an un-optimized amount of calories and carbs for racing. Which means, when I get to my goal weight, I'M GOING TO FRIGGING FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AND I AM SO PUMPED UP FOR THAT!!! I'M MOTIVATED TO GET THERE!! LET'S DO THIS PEOPLE!! WOOT!!!
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Brilliant! Sounds like you should definitely keep some 5ks in the mix, just to get the encouragement to flat-out RUN!
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I have my first 5k in like 2 years in 6 weeks . . . but I have done a bunch of 4 milers.
I am much, much slower . . . if I could run as fast ad you, I'd probably tackle a marathon.
Anyway, it IS nice to have support . . . I almost never do.
Great job!
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Well done - glad you had such a great run!
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Congratulations! Awesome job, especially for not having done any speedwork recently. A 5K is a whole different kind of race than a half or a full marathon, takes a different approach. You're smart to know that you run hot and dress accordingly. I tend to overdress for races because I'm so stinking cold while waiting around, then after the first few minutes I wish I'd worn less or lighter clothes. Sorry I didn't get to respond before your race, but I don't know much about that area to say whether it is flat or hilly. Seems like most races around the Seattle and Tacoma area have at least some hills.
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Glad you had family spport too! Sounds like you had a great time, in more ways than one!
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Great job on the PR. Can't wait to hear your progress on your time work.
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This is wonderful, I can feel your happiness. Glad you are back out there doing what you love doing.
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Great times on that race---you are amazing---are you sure you are 40? LOL
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Congratulations!!!! and good luck on your next goals :) I hope to run a 5K soon and your play-by-play is so inspiring! Love it
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Elliott also said Julie Huber, executive vice president, has been named chief credit officer. Huber, who has been with the bank for 11 years, had been serving as chief risk officer.
Huber replaces Chris Howell, who left the bank three months ago to rejoin the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he had been a national bank examiner before joining Equity, Elliott said.
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Contents: | Book one, The island of the colour-blind -- Book two, Cycad Island. |
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Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands - their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind, Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow. And on Guam, where he goes to investigate the puzzling neurodegenerative paralysis endemic there for a century, he becomes, for a brief time, an island neurologist, making house calls with his colleague John Steele, amid crowing cockerels, cycad jungles, and the remains of a colonial culture. The islands reawaken Sacks' lifelong passion for botany - in particular, for the primitive cycad trees, whose existence dates back to the Paleozoic - and the cycads are the starting point for an intensely personal reflection on the meaning of islands, the dissemination of species, the genesis of disease, and the nature of deep geologic time. Out of an unexpected journey, Sacks has woven an unforgettable narrative which immerses us in the romance of island life, and shares his own compelling vision of the complexities of being human.
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This School Bus Rescue "pop-quiz" is designed to provide fire service, EMS, and rescue personnel with an overview of the challenges that are present when a school bus vehicle is involved in a fire or accident emergency.
Remember, the smallest school bus vehicle carries eight children while the largest bus has a seated passenger capacity of 84 or more.
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7) What is the average time required for rescue personnel to cut a 4 foot x 4 foot size hole in the roof of a school bus? ________________________
8) What is the average time required for rescue personnel to remove the front windshield glass from a school bus? ________________________
9) Considering a brand-new full-size 66-passenger school bus, what is your estimate of the time required for fire to spread throughout the entire vehicle if the fire originates inside the bus near the driver's seat area? (Note:No accelerant is used..just ordinary newspaper combustibles) ________________________
10) Medical personnel consider all occupants on a school bus involved in an accident as .............?................ until proven otherwise.
11) A school bus has rolled over onto its passenger side. What opening becomes the new 'front door ' for occupants to utilize as they evacuate the bus? ________________________
12) A seatbelt cutter will function most efficiently if the seatbelt being cut is ....?...... .....?...... before attempting to cut across the belt.
13) Which school bus requires more wood cribbing to stabilize;
a) a bus damaged in a crash, sitting on its' wheels on a level highway surface, or
b) the same bus damaged in a crash, rolled onto its' passenger side on a level highway surface
14) Describe what happened to a former school bus vehicle in Carrollton Kentucky on May 14, 1988. __________________________
15) Describe what happened to a chartered school bus vehicle in Palm Springs, California in July 1991. _________________________
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Here's the answers to the SCHOOL BUS RESCUE 'Pop Quiz'
1) Every year, approximately 440,000 public school buses travel about 4.3 billion miles to transport 23.5 million children each day to and from school and school-related activities.
2) A school bus-related crash is a crash which involves, either directly or indirectly, a school bus-type vehicle, or a vehicle functioning as a school bus, transporting children to or from school or school-related activities. Since 1985 there have been about 426,000 fatal traffic
crashes, an average of 42,600 each year.
3) Since 1985, 1,478 people have died in school bus-related crashes--an average of 134 fatalities per year. Most of the people who lost their lives in those crashes (60 percent) were occupants of other vehicles
On average, 19 school-age pedestrians are killed by school buses (or vehicles used as school buses) each year, and 9 are killed by other vehicles involved in school bus-related crashes. More school-age pedestrians are killed in the afternoon than in the morning, with 43 percent of the fatalities occurring in crashes between 3:00 and 4:00 PM.
4) Getting 'ON' and 'OFF' the bus. Data and experience show that children are at much greater risk of being killed as a pedestrian in a school bus loading zone than as a passenger on a school bus. The area
surrounding the school bus is commonly referred to as the Danger Zone because it is the area where children entering and exiting the school bus are at greatest risk of being hit by a motor vehicle. Over the past 10 years, on average, about three- fourths of school-age children who die in school bus-related crashes each year are pedestrians.
5) 22 patients. As the result of studying school bus crashes over a five-year period, I realized that there was a familiar number of
patients being treated and transported. In my informal study, the number 22 was consistently stated by responders as to their MCI numbers.
6) Potential emergency exits depending upon features available for bus vehicles in your state;
-driver's and passenger's side emergency swing-out windows( typically two per side )
-driver's side emergency exit 'third door'
-passenger's side emergency exit 'fourth door'
-roof escape hatch (two, one forward and one towards rear of bus) rear emergency exit door
extra credit if you listed rubber-mounted front windshield
7) With a crew of five or six well-trained extrication personnel, an unlimited amount of extrication equipment, the typical elapsed time for this evolution in training is 40-45 minutes. I've had some teams fail in this assignment, beaten by the construction of the bus and physically too exhausted to continue.
8) Without even breaking or fracturing the two (or four) panes of glass making up the windshield, a knowledgeable crew should be able to completely remove the windshield glass in 60-90 seconds from start to finish.
9) The environment within the bus becomes fatal to occupants inside within 90 seconds. Typically within three minutes of ignition,
flashover occurs with flames are rolling out the rear door, almost 40 feet away from the point of ignition.
10) "patients"
11) The front windshield opening from A-pillar to A-pillar
12) "Pulled tight" to allow the blade to slice through the webbing
13) a) A bus on its' wheels requires chocking of the wheels plus four box cribs set at four corners of the vehicle. Using either wood or plastic 18" long 2x4s and 4x4s, you can consume a total of over 60
individual blocks for proper vehicle stabilization.
14) Head-on collision between an old school bus (owned and operated at that time by a church group) and a drunk driver in a pickup truck going the wrong way on a divided highway. Crash ruptured bus gasoline tank,
resulting in a fire. 27 bus occupants died of smoke inhalation and burns. No deaths were crash trauma deaths. Largest loss of life ever in the U.S. in a drunk-driver accident.
15) The middle Type -D chartered school bus of a three bus convoy coming down a steep hill lost its' brakes. The bus, loaded with Girl Scouts touring the U.S., ran off the edge of the road, flew off the embankment,
and crashed head-on into a huge boulder. The bus body split off the chassis on impact. The driver and six other girls were killed. Sonny Bono ( of Sonny & Cher fame) was the mayor at that time and responded to the scene.
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dc.description.abstract | Through an analysis informed by the genealogical method as derived from Foucault (1980a), this study examines the discourses and material conditions that have produced the South African paedophile. Archival texts and contemporary discursive matter are critically analysed against the backdrop of the material conditions of political possibility with which they intersected to construct the paedophile of the South African present. The study traces constructions of the paedophile as a relatively innocuous nuisance in a selected sequence of past historical periods through to the recidivism, sexual malice and aggression that define its contemporary characterisations. In South Africa, practices such as surveillance and disciplines the likes of demography and psychology became integral to the effective management and regulation of a distinctly racialised population. It was precisely through these forms of apartheid governance and power that the conditions for the emergence of the paedophile in South Africa were produced. This early paedophilia threatened the future purity of South African whiteness and therefore the integrity of the apartheid state. The racialised constructions of sexuality of the time precluded the assimilation of blackness into the discursive matrix of paedophiliac desire. The impending collapse of apartheid signalled the reconstitution of black children. While apartheid constructed black children as posing a fundamental threat to white hegemony, discourses beginning in the mid 1980s repositioned them as vulnerable victims of apartheid itself. It was from within these discourses that child sexual abuse (CSA) as a public health concern began to crystallise. Paedophilia however, remained a powerful component of this burgeoning discourse. Locating blackness within the fields of discipline and desire, in turn produced the material conditions for an everexpanding net of paedophiliac suspicion. This new biopolitical dispensation affixes the paedophiliac crime to all in its scope, such that the symptomatic desire of the once peripherally pathological paedophile can now be insinuated into the fantasies and practices of all of the citizens of a recently "liberated" and democratic South Africa. | en |
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dc.title | Children, Pathology and Politics:Genealogical Perspectives on the Construction of the Paedophile in South Africa | en |
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