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Class A girls: Cheyenne/Reydon beats Pond Creek-Hunter
Brad Thrash's day got better Thursday night.
After Thrash's Cheyenne/Reydon boys got beat by Glencoe earlier in the day, he had to quickly turn his attention to the Cheyenne girls game against Pond Creek-Hunter on Thursday night.
The second result was much more to Thrash's liking as his Lady Bears beat Pond Creek-Hunter 51-41 at Oklahoma City University's Abe Lemons Arena.
Cheyenne/Reydon (24-6) will play Turner at 9 p.m. Friday at State Fair Arena in the semifinals. Pond Creek-Hunter's season ends 25-5.
Morgan Latta keyed a 13-0 run that began early in the second quarter that put Cheyenne up by 15. Latta scored seven points during the stretch.
"The adrenaline got pumping there," Latta said. "I was just kind of feeling it and my teammates did a great job getting me the ball."
Latta finished with 18 to lead Cheyenne. Kate Sander added 10.
While most games in the tournament earlier in the day featured an abundance of outside shooting—the first three games had 36 combined 3-pointers—Cheyenne was successful by taking the ball to the basket.
The teams combined for five 3-pointers.
It was Cheyenne's first state tournament win since 2000.
Thrash was attempting to become the second coach in state history to win both a boys and girls state title in one season.
Carson Ferguson and Rylie Halcomb led Pond Creek-Hunter with 10 points each.


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Welcome to latest online clinic for 2013 with the usual mixture of the intriguing and instructive.
I am a 64 year old male in what I thought was good health, following a normal mixed diet with a BMI of 23. Twelve months ago I went for a routine medical examination and was told that my fasting blood glucose level was high at 6.4 mmols/l
I had a glucose tolerance test which resulted in a two hour bg of 13, putting me firmly in the diabetic range.
My HbA1c was 40mmol/mol.
I was advised by my GP to return in 6 months for more tests and to follow the guidelines set out in a NHS pamphlet which I was given.
Concerned and intrigued by my position, although not advised to do so, I purchased a blood glucose meter and started to measure bg before and after a variety of meals.
I rapidly discovered that sugars and starches raised bg most and learnt to avoid them, contrary to the advice on the pamphlet which said that I should keep eating substantial quantities of them. The pamphlet suggested, for example, that I ate porridge for breakfast, a small helping of which raised my one hour post prandial bg by 3. I found that a low carb breakfast of 2 wheat bran crackers, stilton cheese, several slices of boiled ham and two egg cups of peanuts raised it to by only 1mmol/l.
After six months of low carbohydrate eating, and fasting bg levels varying from 5.0-5.6, I returned for further blood tests. My HbA1c was now 30. In addition, contrary to what the pamphlet said about having a higher proportion of fat in the diet raising blood cholesterol, my levels were as follows-
before diet after diet
total cholesterol 4.5 3.8
triglycerides 2.0 0.7
After a further six months on the low carb diet (I now make my own special bread free of starch), my results were-
HbA1c 29 total cholesterol 3.4 HDL 1.1
I am however still a diabetic as that porridge will still raise my bg to worrying levels. I do have a few tricks up my sleeve however, for I can eat a few chips as long as they are soused in vinegar; and a glass of wine, or a gin and tonic allows me to sample the odd roast potato without ringing alarm bells.
My question is why are diabetics being told to eat substantial amounts of carbohydrates when it is so clearly harmful, and why are people being told to curb their intake of fats when it would appear that to increase their proportion in the diet actually reduces blood cholesterol? Is my physiology different from that of other people?
Incidentally, my GP is also a type 2 sufferer and is unable to match my results even with the use of medication, but shows no interest in my diet.
David Watson
Dear Mr Watson,
Thanks for being in touch. Historically the standard (and sensible) advice for those with diabetes has always been to cut back on carbohydrates (sugars etc) which requires inevitably an increase in consumption of meat, milk and dairy products to 'make up' the calories. But the demonisation of saturated fats in the mid 1980s as the cause of everything from heart disease to cancer led to these recommendations being turned on their head with patients being advised to reduce the amount of saturated fat in their diet - with the consequences you have discovered for yourself. Your further observation that a relatively high fat diet reduces cholesterol levels is also well recognised though again contrary to current dietary recommendations. So, as you surmise, the current advice is both confusing and counter productive.
Eustachian Tube Tremor
My doctor thinks I have the above condition. Symptoms are distorted hearing e.g. hearing booming road noise but not the car engine when driving. I find the worst part is a feeling of being removed from reality because of muffled sound everywhere. Doctor has mentioned about avoiding flying and swimming underwater, none of which I do. His most alarming comment was that it is incurable and comes and goes without explanation but is often associated with a heavy cold. He also mentioned and I have read about trying to breathe forcefully with nose and mouth closed: swallowing, moving the jaw and other head movements plus trying decongestants. My attacks last up to 3 or 4 days at a time so any tips about alleviating the symptoms would be very welcome.
My doctor has not written me off, am being referred to local ENT Dept but the appointment is several weeks off!
Hope you can help,
Mike Tuttle (age 77)
Dear Mr Tuttle,
Thanks for your query and my sympathies for these fluctuations in noise intensity that you describe. Their association with a heavy cold would suggest this is almost certainly due to intermittent blockage of the Eustachian tube resulting in accumulation of fluid in the middle ear. I am sure your ENT specialist will sort this out - and no, it is not incurable!
My wife's skin problem.
She developed a high colour and peeling forehead and cheeks, resembling sunburn. Her doctor, a female and sympathetic, prescribed Atenolol 50 mg and a large Container of E45.. But did not say what the cause was. There was a good deal of dead skin peeled off, but it has improved a good bit.
Dear Anon,
Thanks for being in touch. The several causes of redness and peeling of the skin on the face includes infections, allergy, and Seborrheic Dermatitis.This can certainly be most unpleasant warranting high doses of steroids and antibiotics, so it is reassuring that your wife's symptoms have improved with the moisturising cream you mention.
I had a heart attack 3 1/2 years ago & had one stent fitted. My medication from that time was Ramipril 10mg, Simvastatin 40mg, Bisoprolol 3.75mg & Aspirin 75mg. No ill effects at all from this combination of drugs. In July 2010 my Consultant added Amlodipine 5 mg. In November 2012 my Dr changed the Simvastatin to 20 mg (because of conflict with Amlodipine ) About June/ July 2012 I started having increased joint & muscle pains in legs, hips, shoulders. & hands. Over the next 6 months these gradually got worse & my hands started swelling & became very painful. In Jan 2013 my Dr stopped Simvastatin completely. Over the next 6 weeks the pain increased. Beginning of March the Dr stopped Amlodipine result – no change. 8th April 2013 Dr stopped all medication except Zapain used to relieve excessive joint pain & hand swelling & pain. So far no improvement in anything. 2 sets of blood tests in Jan & March 2013 showed no cause for my condition & my Dr still assumes that the problem is drug related & particularly to Amlodipine.
Have you any other ideas as to what my problem may be please? If it should be drug related how long should it take to get it out of my system & is there any antidote? The worst pains now are in my shoulders & knees & my hands are so swollen (& extremely painful) that I can only use my thumb & first finger & I cannot close my hands at all.
I would very much appreciate your views on my problem & may I thank you in advance for this.
Sincerely John Sawyer
Dear Mr Sawyer,
Thanks for being in touch and my great sympathies for your current difficulties. You will note the side effects of both statins and Amlodipine include widespread muscle pains which are likely to be particularly severe if they occur synergistically. This must be the obvious explanation in your case and regrettably it can take some time for the symptoms to resolve after the drugs are discontinued. The supplement Coenzyme Q10 at a dose of 100mg daily can promote recovery.
I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on this matter.
Recently I went to Colombia on holiday. I started taking the combined anti malarial pill, chloroquine and proguanil, but almost immediately felt unwell with dizziness, and nausea. I took it for 3 days and then on the fourth day decided to stop. On the evening of the 4th day we drove up to London as our flight was early the next day. On arriving in London I was in agony with gripe pains in my stomach and terrible pain in my leg (knee to top of thigh). This was so bad that in the end I went to A & E who said it was a reaction to the pills and they gave me co dydramol. Whilst in A & E my right leg from knee to hip went numb. We were told it would improve in a day or two and so we should continue our journey. Needless to say, it did not improve, sitting was so painful and the nights were the worst and I was unable to sleep. We went to hospital twice more and was eventually diagnosed with a slipped disc, and prescribed amytriptyline and more pain killers and a cortisone injection. This did help. On my return to UK I had an MRI scan which showed no slipped disc. I was told it might be viral. It is now 10 weeks later. My leg is still numb in places, very sore to touch and I get electric shocks down it. I have not lost any strength in the limb. I am certain it was the anti malarial drugs and that I have had a bad reaction to either the chloroquine or proguanil. Have you ever heard of a reaction like this? I am normally a fit person, enjoying walking, tennis, skiing and gardening I am 58 years old.
I very much look forward to hearing your comments.
Yours sincerely,
Sue Griffith
Dear Ms Griffin,
Thanks for being in touch and my sympathies for these distressing symptoms that marred your holiday in Colombia. I doubt your antimalarial pills were responsible for the excruciating leg pains (there is no mention of this as a side effect in the standard reference book) but rather are most likely due to some form of sciatica. This is, of course, commonly due to pressure on the sciatic nerve, but when, as in your case, the MRI scan is normal it is indeed probably due to some viral infection. Your symptoms should, with luck, get better without the need for any further special treatment.
A week ago I retired for the evening and went to bed. During the night I had excruciating pain in my right leg from the hip down to my foot. The next day I had an ache in my leg all day but again at bedtime the pain came back and again I was unable to get a good night's sleep.
Two days later I visited my doctor and was told that it was Restless Leg Syndrome and was given a check over and paracetamol to take. The pain is no better now and I still get an ache in the leg all day.
Does RLS have pain as one of the symptoms as I have not read anywhere that pain is associated with this? Is there a painkiller that will help at bedtime as the paracetamol does not help? Will I be stuck with this condition or is there further help I can get? Can you please advise the next best thing for me to do?
John Smith
Dear Mr Smith,
Thanks for being in touch. Your inference is correct. Pain is not a feature of Restless Leg Syndrome rather your symptoms are almost certainly due to pressure on the sciatic nerve and I would advise taking an anti-inflammatory drug and arranging to see a physiotherapist or osteopath.
I wanted to ask your advice about my two daughters, aged 3 and 6, who both have a condition called "Molluscum contagiosum" which was diagnosed by our local GP almost a year ago.
Our GP advised me that it would take about a year to clear up but unfortunately the problem seems to have become exacerbated, especially for my youngest daughter who has the lumps over her torso, legs and arms. Originally my youngest only had 2/3 lumps on the inside of her elbow but since visiting our GP a few times the lumps have spread all over and I am getting increasingly worried as they do not seem to be getting any better or going away.
Have looked up a bit on the internet but the general advice seems to be not to have them cauterised, or frozen off as this can lead to scarring.
Have also come across some websites offering natural alternatives, but am not sure how effective, if at all these could be. I found an American company selling on-line a cream called "Conzerol" which, according to the website testimonies, has great results. Am tempted to try it but does come with quite a hefty price tag which is always a concern if you've got no guarantees that it will work.
Would really appreciate your advice with regards to treatment options and your opinion on the American cream as well please.
Am getting desperate now as the girls have started to scratch, making some of the lumps bleed and become infected (the GP gave me some hydrocortisone to treat the infected ones, which helps but does not make them go away).
I look forward to receiving your reply.
Many thanks.
Kind regards,
Nicola Zeid
Dear Ms Zeid,
Thanks for being in touch. My sympathies for your two daughters, who, from what you say, seem to have picked up a particularly virulent strain of the MC virus. Though the standard advice is, as you say, that this will just 'clear up' I too am impressed by the testimonials for the value of Conzerol and would certainly advise giving it a trial. The other remedies I have come across are Tea Tree oil, rubbing with salt and the antiviral cream Acyclovir. I would be very interested to hear the outcome
I have reviewed the following with my GP, and searched for valid authoritative advice or recommendations, with no solution so far. Seven years ago, I commenced daily low dose aspirin, in lieu of Aricept for Memory Loss, after an optional NHS evaluation from a CT scan. In 2012, the same NHS hospital advised that I should stop taking Aspirin, to avoid potential recurrence of a recent ' gastric ulcer '. I have a lifetime history of allergic sensitivity to several natural substances wool & milk, and incurred significant change, whilst taking aspirin, My hair, white for 7 years, - returned from the original mid brown, to a generously wavy light brown colour, with very rapid growth rate. I am recently aware of unwanted new fine hair, quite possibly attributable to aspirin - which I would like to replace, on account of recognizable risks, and recent folliculitis from the fine hair growth.
PS I read that hair growth can be stimulated by a hormone, that can be introduced / increased by taking low dose aspirin. Question ? are there any trustworthy sources, / treatment options, or studies that provide robust / helpful recommendations, on the foregoing.
PS Many years ago, I vaguely recall being invited to participate in a study ( as an aspirin user ), for a Birmingham University project.
Dear Anon,
Thanks for your query. Some drugs can indeed cause excess hair growth on head and skin - but to my knowledge Aspirin is not one of them.
I have been suffering with high blood pressure for some years controlled with medication. However in May 2012 I had an episode of feeling very faint and shaky and on being checked by the surgery my blood pressure was extremely high. An ECG was fine and I was put on Atenolol 25mg in conjunction with the Candasarten I was already on and had to take several days readings of BP.
Everything settled down until October when I had another dizzy spell and again an ECG and BP readings. In November I was referred to a consultant who was very thorough and said my BP was labile another ECG again alright. He suggested a CCB Amlodipine 5mg which I started taking in December. A further weeks BP readings which my GP said were very acceptable and all seemed well. However just this week I have again had a dizzy spell more like vertigo and although mild in comparison to the other two is unexplained. I have taken some BP readings and they appear acceptable at 143/68. If you have any thoughts or suggestions I would be very grateful as it is disconcerting to feel fine one moment and not the next without any warning.
With many thanks.
Trish Mayhew
Dear Ms Mayhew,
Thanks for your being in touch. I would doubt the dizzy spells you describe are related to your raised blood pressure - especially as they have persisted despite it now being in the normal range. I would suggest you discuss this further with your family doctor who might be able to clarify which of the several possible causes of acute dizzy spells (such as migraine or Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo) might be responsible.
Do any readers have a solution to a problem that is making an active life more and more difficult.
I am a man of 79 who has suffered from hot feet, causing walking more than a mile or so very painful in the summer. I have tried wearing sandals, which help when worn without socks. I am a keen golfer but the dress code for most golf clubs require one to wear sports socks. These painful feet now occur in the winter months as well.
I have discussed this problem with my GP who cannot suggest a solution. I have also consulted a podiatrist whose response is that many of his pensioners come to him with cold feet but none hitherto with hot feet. He cannot suggest a remedy.
I suffer from athlete's foot and also high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess stomach acid and have suffered a TIA many years ago. I take medication for all of these conditions.
The condition gets worse as I get older. I feel as if I have grit in my shoes after walking a mile or so,
Your sincerely,
Brian Bridges
Dear Mr Bridges,
Thanks for your query. I suspect this combination of burning feet and grit sensation are most likely due to faulty functioning of the sensory nerves to the legs otherwise known as Peripheral Neuropathy. This is most commonly an age related condition and, if you have not done so already, you need to have your blood sugar measured as this is a common feature of diabetes. Treatment regrettably is not very satisfactory though some people find a small dose of the antidepressant Amitriptyline mitigates their symptoms.
I am a keen 71 year old cyclist. My cycling magazines keep promoting the training benefits of Interval Training. It basically consists of repeated, although very short, periods of absolutely all-out effort.
I wonder if it is perhaps inadvisable for people of my age, although I have noted that I hit higher heart rates on really hard hills than I do in Interval training.
Mick Rodger
Dear Mr Rodger,
Thanks for your query. There is, as you will know, a small but definite increased risk of an exertion induced 'cardiac event' in your age group. The only way of being confident this does not apply to you would be to have a heart scan or angiogram . Personally I would take my chances!
I have a question that I hope you will be able to answer. I am female and in my late 50's and know that I am probably at risk from the problems of low bone density. I have tried taking calcium tablets but find that as I start to eat I get a terrible pain in my chest and have difficulty swallowing. The first time it happened was frightening as you can imagine, but I have come to realise that it is trapped air. Once I have walked around and burped a few times and managed to expel the air then I am fine. This is fine when eating a home, but a bit more of a problem when eating out!
A friend told me about an article on the internet about mixing half a teaspoon of crushed eggshells with the juice of half a lemon and leaving the mixture for a period of up to 12 hours. You then take the mixture with a glass of water and it is supposed to help with the up take of calcium to the bones. The article mentions studies carried out in Japan and Holland and it is supposed to be effective in increasing bone density. However I have not been able to find any published articles on this subject.
I wonder if you have any information and what your views are on this subject?
Many thanks!
Maggie Catling
Dear Ms Catling,
Thanks for being in touch. I am not sure that your taking calcium supplements will make much of a difference to your risk (or otherwise) of developing osteoporosis - which is due to thinning of the bone structure rather than calcium deficiency. Thanks too for drawing attention to that eggshell recipe though I would doubt there are any formal scientific studies of its efficacy.
I am 82 years old and in good general health but I have a long standing problem with my nose. It is constantly dry and made up with dry mucus which becomes very difficult to clean.
I saw the doctor years ago who prescribed Flixonase nasal spray which I can't use for long periods because it makes my nose bleed.
18 months ago I saw an E.N&T specialist who told me to use Sterimar isotonic spray and Vaseline .The Vaseline relieves the dryness but that's as good as I can get. The condition keeps me awake at nights ,if you could advise me of something else I could try I would be grateful.
Yours sincerely Mrs A Lindsley
Dear Mrs Lindsley,
Thanks for your query and my sympathies for this dry nose problem. I regret that I do not have anything to add your your specialist's suggestion of the Sterimar spray and Vaseline.
Please, please have you any tips to toughen the skin on my shins. The slightest knock and it rips off like tissue paper. I am giving a lot of business to my local practice nurse, they are going to give me a loyalty card soon ! It really is no joke. Short of walking around permanently in cricketers shin pads ( I do not think an arthritic old lady would look good in those) I can't think of anything else. I did try using surgical spirit, I'd heard boxers used it to toughen their hands, but it did not work. I could only use that in the short intervals between rips anyway. I hope you can give me some suggestions. I always find your column very interesting.
With best wishes Rosemary Biggs
Dear Ms Biggs,
Thanks for your query and kind comments about the column. The problem here is thinning of the skin for which regrettably there is no scientific proved remedy - though a friend commends applying HealGel based on a formula devised by a 'renowned dermatological chemist'. It is predictably not cheap.
I suffered from a sore knee which came on after hours after exercising on a rower or bike. I eventually found that this was related to a tight thigh and was relieved through stretches. I have also suffered for years from a numbness down the same left leg running down the outside, either the tensor fascia lata or my quadriceps femoris.
About 4 weeks ago I was training around 3 times a week for approximately 2hrs on a spinning bike. My leg became especially tight and I carried out regular stretches. As the muscles were becoming increasingly tight I got quite aggressive with the thigh stretch (lunging forward with my knee trailing behind me on the side of the bed then pulling this legs foot up to my buttock stretching the whole of the front of this leg).
From doing this I started to get a red hot flush, like little pin pricks of heat, whenever I try to do a gentle stretch in an area, from my knee, 3 inches up and 2 inches to the outside of my leg. I also occasionally get a pins and needles feeling and an intermittent mild burning feeling at rest. I can relieve this with some stretching of my gluteus maximus. This has been going on for about 3/4 weeks.
I have seen a Physio who used rock tape on the area running down from my hip with little or no relief. They also tested for references of pain on some movements of the leg to check for nerve damage but there was no pain and no reduced strength.
I can lightly exercise with no pain at the time but the symptoms come on some hours after the session. So I have stopped all training with the exception of walking and continue to stretch my gluteus maximus 3/4 times a day.
I wonder if I have damaged a nerve in my leg.
Can you offer any suggestions please?
Many thanks
Tony Stumpf
Dear Mr Stumpf,
This is a condition known as Meralgia Paresthetica due to pressure on, or damage to, the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh. The correlation with exertion might suggest you have had a small bleed into the muscle through which the nerve passes. I would expect this to resolve spontaneously but it may help to take a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
My cousin & I have just returned from a cruise where we both experienced very swollen feet & ankles. This is not the first time it has happened. Both of our doctors do not know what the cause is & a stronger diuretic does not help. We both are more active on board & drink more water to no avail. Please could you help.
Many thanks,
Suzanne Burton (Mrs)
Dear Mrs Burton,
Thank you for your query. This phenomenon of cruise induced ankle swelling is well recognised though its specific cause, I gather, is something of a mystery. It may in part be a gravitational effect or related to a generous use of salt in preparing food. It can apparently help to sleep with the legs elevated and only drink bottled water.
Since Autumn of 2009 I have been suffering from pins and needles in my left hand, and since Spring 2010 in my right hand. This has been getting progressively worse, and I now feel as if I am wearing very prickly gloves, have reduced sensation- I can't get coins out of my purse- Yet an increased sensation of pain. There are also sudden burst of sensation. I had a vertebra in my neck operated on, but that hasn't helped, and other tests which they say are inconclusive, as I have oedema in my feet, and had polio when I was eighteen. This is nothing like polio. I am getting desperate, as it is getting worse all the time, and my hands are getting less and less useful. I also have arthritis in my shoulders.
Jill from Durham
Dear Jill,
Thank you for your query. It certainly sounds from your description that these pins and needles in the hand are likely to be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome caused by compression of the Median nerve. It can help to wear a splint at night - though definitive treatment requires a small operation to relieve the pressure on the nerve.
I hope you can answer me a question, last October I was bitten twice by a spider after I walked into its web as I passed by a tree in the dark, in my efforts to remove it it fell into my Bra and before I could get it out it bite me Twice on the breast. Apart from a bit of discomfort for a couple of days I didn't really give it much thought after that.
In early November I had reason to visit the GP as I was feeling under the weather nothing specific but very lethargic and just not firing on all six. bloods taken showed my white cells and CRP to be raised but I had no obvious infection anywhere I have continued to have repeat bloods (last ones March 18th) that continue to show same results. I mentioned to one of the Doctors I saw about the spider bites but he just laughed and said British spiders are not poisonous ( I never said they were)
But as I understand it a spider will not bite anything bigger than itself unless it feels threatened (as this one obviously did) when they release the same venom they use to paralyse their prey. In the absence of any other cause is it possible that the bite is the cause of my general malaise, and my white cells are raised as they are busy trying to rid my body of the spider venom?
Kind regards
Linda Clemmit.
Dear Ms Clemmit,
Thanks for your most interesting query. I am surprised to find when consulting the Natural History Museum website that a dozen or so of the 700 native species of spider can cause a significant or unpleasant bite resulting in pain, swelling and redness of the skin. It is possible, I suppose, this could account for your persisting symptoms of general malaise but the raised CRP and white blood count certainly warrant further investigation for some hidden infection or inflammatory condition.
I have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure 160/120. The left ventricular wall thickness is at the upper limits of normal. Left atrial size is normal. I have mild aortic regurgitation which is a central jet and trivial mitral regurgitation. Right heart structure and function appears normal.
I would appreciate your advice or if any of your readers have come across the same problem. If I control the blood pressure will the regurgitation disappear?
Attaching the letter received from my Doctor. Your help is much appreciated.
Many Thanks
Mrs Noble
Dear Mrs Noble,
Thanks for your query. Raised blood pressure certainly can be a cause of aortic regurgitation which I would anticipate should resolve once it is treated successfully.
I have a 10-week old granddaughter who was failing to thrive as she should and not putting weight on
When feeding (having been put onto a bottle with regret) she was flailing about and generally was not a happy bunny
She had a lot of wind and was not getting rid of it very easily
She was referred to a paediatrician who found no lactose intolerance etc and prescribed baby Gaviscon. This immediately produced a much happier baby and we await her next weighing-in session with interest
The thing is that for many months of her pregnancy my wonderful daughter-in-law had horrendous indigestion and the only thing that got her through was Gaviscon which she seemed to have as her drink of choice
Is it possible that the baby is addicted to this or at least needs to learn to feed with ever decreasing amounts of it in her milk? What is the best way forward?
Dear Anon,
Thanks for your query. Pregnancy, as you will know, causes the muscles to relax including the sphincter between the stomach and the oesophagus - accounting for your daughter-in-law's acid reflux. Your granddaughter, by contrast, has infant reflux due to delayed maturation of the sphincter. There is no connection between these two conditions for which Gaviscon is an effective treatment.
Hia glad I found this page..........here goes... I'm a 43 year old female and around 4 years ago I started getting bad pain down right side of my leg I kept going back to my gp who said muscles etc......I kept on got referred had mri that showed S1/L5 and degenerative disc....had 3 spinal epidurals, worked for short time, but pain during this time got worse!!! Went back to dr (mine) who put me on BuTrans patches the pain clinic dr put me on anatriptiline,co-codimals it takes edge of only!! Had second mri done this year showed no changes 'but' pain horrendous can't cope much longer!!! My pain clinic dr just doesn't seem that bothered at all!! My own gp said his wording of letters is like he's doing you a favour in a sarcastic way!! I had to wait almost a year for follow up apt as I'd slipped threw the system!!! I get bad burning feelings in feet, buttucks agony, lower back I also have tennis elbows in both arms, don't sleep well, night sweats too feels like I'm falling apart! Today wrote letter to my gp asking to see neurosurgeon as I've had enough!! Why don't they listen to you pain clinic seems to me like he's playing god to be honest I just want my life back without 24/7 pain rant over many thanks
mrs smith
Dear Mrs Smith,
Thank you for your query. I would suggest you discuss with your doctor the possibility of a referral for a neurosurgical opinion as to whether your persistent symptoms of sciatica might warrant an operation.

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Mid-Del linemen lead OCA All-State
Each of the three Mid-Del high schools had an offensive lineman make the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State team, it was announced Monday.
Class 5A champions Carl Albert placed Kyler Walker on the West offensive line. He was joined by Del City's Jake Warehime and Midwest City's Carlos Freeman.
Warehime played a big part in the Eagles' resurgence this season. Del City made the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.
Del City's Corey Lawrence also made the team as a running back.
Other notables on the rosters include Deer Creek quarterback Joel Bluementhal and OCS' Austin Brooks, McGuinness' Cody Chanceller at wide receiver and Edmond Santa Fe's Phillip Sumpter at defensive back.
The Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State game will be played at 8 p.m. Aug. 2, 2013, at a venue in the Tulsa area. The venue will be announced at a later date.
Here are the rosters:
Quarterbacks: Jaylen Lowe, Owasso; Cade Shearwood, Stigler
Tight ends: Jay Werner, Poteau; DeAndre Jennings, Bixby
Running backs: Trey'Vonne Barr'e, Jenks; Scottie Prealow, Owasso; Jake Gandara, Fort Gibson; Derrick Moore, Wetumka
Wide receivers: Kerwin Thomas, Wagoner; Easton Pingleton, Ada; Cole Taylor, Victory Christian; Cody Hilderbrandt, Sand Springs
Centers: Bo Farrow, Broken Arrow; Tom Wiseman, Bartlesville
Offensive linemen: Heath Hogan, McAlester; Chance Douthit, Gore; Colby Cole, Collinsville; Brett Asher, Cascia Hall; Dillon Johnson, Afton; Rob Boyd, Vian
Defensive linemen: Zach Webb, Metro Christian; Blake Gordon, Stroud; Brandon Waggoner, Jenks; Dalton Inman, Verdigris; Sam Johnson, Sapulpa; Jordan Warrior, Wewoka.
Linebackers: T.J. Ponds, Wagoner; Gannon Beck, McAlester; Jordan Cunningham, Claremore; Cameron Cotton, Tulsa Union; Rowdy Simon, Vian.
Defensive backs: Ryan Alger, Broken Arrow; Alex Hinds, Stroud; Ben Oberste, Sallisaw; Austin Morris, Tulsa Kelley; Trevor Crone, Talihina; Matt Miller, Davenport.
Coaches: Greg Werner, Poteau (head); Tim Hinds, Stroud; Rob Gilbreath, Claremore; Rick Trimble, Owasso.
Quarterbacks: Joel Blumenthal, Deer Creek; Austin Brooks, OCS; Grant Nightengale, Fairview
Running backs: Seth Handley, Enid; Darius Graham, Lawton MacArthur; Corey Lawrence, Del City; Trey Knowles, Wynnewood; Brady Krittenbrink, Pond Creek-Hunter
Wide receivers: Cody Chancellor, Bishop McGuinness; Jake Higginbotham, Norman North; Zach Hill, Blanchard; Dewayne Sanders, Pauls Valley; Randall Case, Jones; Blake Barnes, OCS
Offensive linemen: Ryne Yost, Lawton; Zac Uhles, Norman; Heath Newland, Edmond North; Dexton Robertson, Cashion; Mitch Henderson; Kingfisher; Jake Warehime, Del City; Carlos Freeman, Midwest City; Kyler Walker, Carl Albert
Defensive ends: Jackson Dillon, Ringling; Seth Overstreet, Laverne; Alvin Bazley, Edmond Santa Fe
Defensive tackles: Ben Scott, Lawton; Ryder McCaskill, Davis; Jake Walton, Lindsay
Linebackers: Garrison Mendoza, Clinton, Jaxon Uhles, Norman North; Joe Leon, Weatherford; Dallen Mercer, Velma-Alma; Dawson Bassett, Tuttle
Defensive backs: Anthony Williams, Douglass; Terry Harris, Douglass; Phillip Sumpter, Edmond Santa Fe; Derek Harris, Moore.
Coaches: Dale Brown, Mount St. Mary (head); Chris Cayot, Fairview; Mike Reffett, Lawton MacArthur; Tony Roberts, Empire
A day after getting Tulsa Union's Dalton Rodriguez to switch his commitment from Oklahoma, Tulsa's recruiting class received another boost from the Redskins when offensive lineman Blake Mejia committed.
Mejia (6-foot-3, 280 pounds) is the ninth in-state commit for the Golden Hurricane and fourth from Union.
He joins Rodriguez, Chris Hall and Khalid Kornegay as Redskins players who intend to sign with Tulsa.
Another state player made his college choice public last week when Deer Creek linebacker Kooper Ruminer committed to Central Oklahoma.
The 4-3 record might not show it, but the Southeast boys basketball team is playing well early this season.
Walt Brewer's squad, ranked No. 16 in Class 5A, lost a pair of games at a tournament in Allen, Texas, and dropped a tight one to 6A Stillwater.
Rashawn Thomas, a 6-foot-7 forward, had a triple-double earlier this year and leads a team with a good mix of size and quickness.
"We have a lot of guys who can play several positions," Brewer said. "They're long and can defend well when they work hard. Hopefully we can gel together at the right time."
Southeast gets another battle Tuesday night against Northeast, which is No. 1 in Class 2A.


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James Diaz of 16×9 and inventor Johan Hellsten demo the new EasyRig Vario 5.
Dolby's Roland Vlaicu describes new developments in the Dolby Vision HDR system, including a new Vizio TV with Dolby Vision built in, and news that Warner Bros. will be releasing HDR titles in 4K UHD through Vudu.
Dolby Vision HDR System Gains Traction with SGO Mistika Support
4K was the buzzword at NAB, but even as the industry marched toward ever-higher resolution for acquisition, Dolby Laboratories was making inroads with another approach to the pixel problem — images with higher dynamic range, rather than simply higher resolution. …
Dolby's Roland Vlaicu and FilmLight's Peter Postma talk about the new Dolby Vision process.
Dolby Signs Agreement to Acquire Doremi Labs
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Doremi Labs, the leading provider of digital cinema video playback solutions. Together with Dolby's award winning Dolby Atmos object-based sound platform, Dolby and Doremi will enable exhibitors and content …
Bill Admans talks up the Emmy-winning Professional Reference Monitor, which Dolby calls the most accurate LCD on the market.
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If you're still thinking about buying a 3D TV in order to keep your home-theater experience up to date, don't bother. Rather, don't bother just yet — Cameron-Pace Group (CPG) joined a technology partnership with Dolby and Philips at …
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Dolby entered the crowded field of LCD display manufacturers today, announcing the PRM-4200, a 42-inch professional reference monitor that it claims is an accurate substitute for the old-school CRTs that are so coveted by high-end video pros. The display has …
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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were on hand to dedicate the new 137,000-square foot main campus for USC's new cinematic arts program, along with Dean Elizabeth M. Daley. The opening marks the 80th anniversary since USC and the Academy of …
3D: Post Production, Advertising and the Future
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When Sony announced the [url=http://www.gamrreview.com/news/90469/sony-announce-ps-vita-tv]PlayStation Vita TV[/url] early this morning many were excited about the possibility of playing their Vita library on their HDTV, or using it as a cheap entry into the console's library of games. The big question was what Sony would do to allow games that feature heavy use of the touchpad and touchscreen to function on a controller that features neither. The answer appears to be that they just won't let you play them.
Sony's [url=http://www.jp.playstation.com/psvitatv/game/psvitalist/]Japanese website[/url] revealed the list of compatible Vita titles, and while it includes some fan favorites like Dragon's Crown, Persona 4: Golden, and Soul Sacrifice, the missing games include some of the Vita's biggest titles. Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, Killzone: Mercenaries, Gravity Rush, Tearaway, and LittleBigPlanet Vita are all absent. There's nothing saying more games won't be added over time, but there is certainly a noticeable compatibility gap at launch. Maybe Sony will release a special Vita TV Gamepad to make a broader range of Vita titles playable on the TV.
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Amazon Launches Prime Music
That is far more limited selection than at Spotify, but TBF there is no reason to compare the service given that Amazon Prime Music is bundled into Prime. This service was never going to be a threat to Spotify any more than Kindle Owners Lending Library is a threat to Scribd and Oyster.
It's not clear what terms Amazon negotiated with the major labels, but the NYTimes reported that Amazon is paying the smaller labels and indies from a pool of $5 million which is split based on the number of times each track is played. As you might recall, previous rumors suggested that Amazon was funding the entire service from a $20 million to $30 million pool which was going to be paid out in much the same way as Amazon currently splits KDP Select among indie authors.
While this service may lack new releases, but Amazon is doing their best to overcome its limitations. Rather than focus on tracks, they're building the service on playlists with the goal of keeping you from hunting for a song and not finding it.
That's a good idea on Amazon's part, and once Amazon Prime Music is operational I'm sure it's going to prove a good source of music.
But at the moment the service is unavailable. While the website is up and running, I can't actually get it to stream any songs. I'm not sure whether the service crashed under the load or simply hasn't been turned on yet, but as I sit here writing this post it is nonoperational.
That is an annoyance, but it's not a big deal. I'll just go back to my preferred free streaming music service, Youtube.


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A large crowd gathered at the Town Common for The Greenville Jaycees July 4th celebration that kicked off at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and ended with a big fireworks show. The heat didn't stop people from being patriotic, but it definitely kept them in the shade. Just about everyone was under a tree trying to escape temperatures in the 90s. The snow ball stand selling ice cold treats was popular and children enjoyed lots of activities and competitions as people danced to music provided by the DJ on stage.
There was a little rain Wednesday evening in Greenville, but the fireworks started on time about 9:15 p.m. and mesmerized the crowd for about 15-20 minutes. Some people watched fireworks from their cars to stay cool and comfortable
East Carolina University student Colby Modlin says after all of the tough times people have been going through since Sunday's storms, the holiday means that much more.
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They took their name from the year the rush began. On Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall, while making his daily inspection, discovered gold in the mill race of his employer, John Sutter. The news was told in a short paragraph in the March 15, 1848 issue of The Californian.
In 1849 alone, it was estimated that 9,000 men traveled the southwestern route by way of Santa Fe, while 22,500 traveled the emigrant tails. St. Joseph and Independence, Mo., as well as Council Bluffs, Iowa, were staging areas for the westward-bound wagon trains.
The Halloween season is upon us, which means that it's time for trick-or-treating, a haunted house and, of course, our largest parade of the year, the Vandalia Lions Club's Halloween parade.
It's a time to enjoy dressing up in costume, getting all kinds of Halloween treats and enjoying the seasonal decorations created by our local residents.
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John Burnam was re-elected president of the Vandalia Board of Education. John Gehrke took a seat on the board, succeeding Calvin Scott.
Fayette County began a search for a new animal control warden following the resignation of Max Pummill.
On the matter of what to do with the corner of Fifth and Gallatin streets made vacant by the recent building collapse: I have always been interested in our downtown and still am.
A drive through the area is a bit disheartening. Yes, all small downtowns have some empty buildings, but I believe that we have too many for our downtown's size.
I go downtown quite often and attempt to do business with the downtown merchants when I can. It is time and just might be our chance to give our downtown some much-needed attention.
Some time ago, while in the eastern part of the state, a detour at Marshall took me down U.S. Route 40. This was a thrill, since portions of this highway lay over the original roadbed of the National Road, which to me has a certain fascination.
This week's photo: In this photo, taken in the 1970s, are members of a Ramsey family that lived on a farm. Three of the girls live in Vandalia and another is married and lives in Mulberry Grove. Their brother lives on the Ramsey farm.
This week's photo: This husband and wife, in a photo taken before the 1956 prom at Vandalia Community High School, both graduated from VCHS and the University of Illinois.
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I watched the original Avatar from beginning to end watching them all grown in the matter of nine months (?) and I agree that a great story is one that is written then re-re-re-rewritten several times before the finished product.
though I was never a muppets fanboy, I did enjoy the original. I give it masssive credit to introducing me to the idea of "meta" long before the internet or the trope of meta even existed, which is redicilously awesome.
You finished it! I'm glad the video wasn't insurmountable in the end. I really enjoyed your points on pre-production, and completely agree. I work in freelance in web and writing and the pre-production discussion's been running up and down both industries. Makes me hopeful that it might stick!So anyway, thanks again! I hope you had some fun with it.
Thank you for the donation. Well, it was an interesting piece to dig up and sit through, I will give you that, and the process behind making good stuff is very fascinating to me. I of cause, neglected to point out the dark side of pre-production, because yes, on one hand you shouldn't rush through it, but on the other hand, lots of people also makes the mistake of getting stuck in the "pre-production phase" and there-fore don't manage to put out real any material, especially people here in the web-buisness whom does every-thing themselves there's a lot of people going. "But it's not good enough yet, I want to fix more." "Dude, you've been working on that ten minutes video for three months, If you want it out so you can move on and make an actual show, you just need to finish it!" I have pointed this out some-where else that the darker side of web-production like this is that we become manifactures instead of caring artists, because we need to put these videos out in a steady pace, we simply cannot afford to have such a thing as "pre-production." and movies can't afford to have to long a pre-production, you'll get stuck and you wont get any-where, a pre-production must also be very focused on moving forward.. it's a thing where its a question of balance while you stand in it, you need to have that pre-production but neither must it take over. And now I am rambling ones again, again thanks for the donation, helped a lot :)
Yeah, that's definitely the downside, and a constant factor in freelance, but don't I wish! Oh well. Another dark side: when it just plain doesn't work... or doesn't seem to. I've been watching the Backer Videos for the Double Fine Adventure kickstarter. After all their pre-production, they start up and... well, to paraphrase Tim Schafer: "If I hadn't worked in this industry for years, I'd be panicking right now."But there's something to be said about the work that gets done without, an ability to think on your feet I see in a lot of the web video producers after a year or so. Improv has always been important for comedy, of course, but it goes beyond that into every aspect of the videos, script, critque and so forth. Your crossovers lately, and those of the other Boothers: I'm sure I can't even imagine the amount of on-the-spot coordination, correction and rapid planning required! And yet, in the end, success (or at least to a layman like me). Crossovers may have been invented as a form of cross-advertising, but being able to enjoy two hosts you already enjoy covering Breaking Dawn without stumbling over the logistics is just pie.I suppose it's another of those all-but-mythical sweet spots. If only we knew where the damn thing was!
Tell me about it, I am working on a stage-play right now, a new original stage play where I have one of the four leading parts, we all-ready are booked for a stage in April which is when the show must be finished... and we are so still only on a pre-production stage of things. We got together all four main actors and script-writer on the first day, exspecting to have a script so we could just go straight ahead and work towards our opening, but as it turns out.. the script really sucked.. and all four actors could tell that, could even give multiple exemples on why and the script writer (whom has never ever written a stage-play before, but on the other hand, is in mid education as a doctor... for real.) at last nodded and agreed that the entire thing needs to be re-written, from page one.. so what we have now is.. four leading actors, whom are all better script writers than the actual script-writer, a script writer not wanting to hand his script over and let us do the work for him and a stage which is all-ready booked for April and us all-ready in the theatres programme... personally, I am kind of freaked about this whole thing at this point, I'm not panicking yet, but.. just give it to March, then I'm sure i'll be panicking. And yeah.. to do this and do it probably, you definetely need to simply just be able to think for yourself, be willing to bend and compromise, look at the situation you stand in right now and grab the moment as it comes. Personally, I don't do to much improvise in front of camera, in fact I barely improvise, my limited languet skills in this regard prevents me from just starting to improvise as shit in this regard.. so that's that, I always work from a script I wrote priorly.
Stuff like this reminds me why I am glad to be a blue collar worker that doesn't have to be creative or logical, just do his job and watch the decision makers around himself...having more knowledge of computers and IT than my bosses and still smiling at how clueless they can be about simple processes. I am not consulted for my IT diploma, so I watch them fuddle and figure stuff out on the fly and seeing how much money they waste rather than look at it logically and systematically.My online job, on the other hand does recognize how good my work is (thanks to my Oracle training) so I get to call my shots on how much I work on their database, and they realize I have a full time job as well. So it's amusing how some people that there are parallels: a good boss does not mean good results, and a smart person does not mean a good script. I'm of the opinion that you can be open to ideas to an extent, but if you don't let your qualified staff to make decisions, then you are wasting their talent. If you have a trained actor that is relegated to a supporting role, that is wasting the talent of that actor. If you have a trained plumber and let him only dig trenches and change piping, that's a waste of his talent. If you have a singer that does amazing original compositions and only have her doing covers you are wasting her talent.Sorry for the rant, but it does bug me that management and executives act as if talent is interchangable, when it is not...the people doing the creative and analytical work are more important than people making bone-headed decisions.
Yeah... the guy putting it all together as you can probably tell.. is a damn smart person. He is one of the smartest people I know, i'm dead sure he'll become a doctor and a really good high grading one. That he managed to pull the people together and hire a stage so some-thing is going to happen, is nothing short of astounding, it really goes to show how passionate and smart he is.. but. he just isn't a script writer. Doesn't mean he couldn't learn how to be one.. but.. he should honestly just focus on what he knows at this point. The big difference just is that the four actors he got, all have a long exsperience in working with scripts, seeing them in front of us, even writing. My first stories I ever wrote, were of cause.. shit.. they were not very good, but after years and years of writing, analyzing other peoples work, both in regard to what I like and don't like, copying formulas I liked, writing an entire novel seized fanfic (yes I did.) I learned how to do this.. sort of.. again, your first draft will never be perfect, neither are mine, but I like to think I can write a workable story if you hand me a concept.And well yeah, the sad thing here is that all four semi proff actors, including me, are willing to write for him, because we all want this show to be good and give it us all (seriously, the people he managed to pull together, that's just impressive, they are so skilled, and so passionate.) And he wont give the writing duty up!I get why he doesn't want to. This thing is his baby, and he worked on that first sucky script for five years. He wanted to turn it into a play, because it is his babie he want to tell.. but he still can't write.. it's based on a role-play game he wrote, and its an amazing Role-play game, I played it, its brilliant, thing just is.. a role-play isn't the same as a theatre play! Role-play is for playing, theatre is for show-casing, you cannot write the same way for the two things, and it's just an entirely other skill-set to make a theatre play.. sigh.. now I am ranting, but as you can might sense, now I am the one standing in a frustrating spot. I want this show to be good! I can't wait to get back on stage and do what I feel like I do best. but as it look now.. some-thing is going to happen, it's just a very big question whether it's going to be good or not.
I wrote my own role playing game, and have been published in a role playing sourcebook series (although my work is pretty bad, so it won't be appearing on my resume). Each submission did get better but writing RPGs is extremely exhausting because not only does it have to be interesting and fun, but also has to adhere to a ruleset that governs actions and results. My RPG was 260 pages when my computer crashed and lost everything and still haven't had the heart to try and recreate what I lost.To show what a nerd I am, I like to convert comic book characters into various RPG systems to check out the systems and see which is the best. So far my favorite is Big Eyes, Small Mouth with Mutants and Masterminds 2nd and Heroes Unlimited 3rd. If I'm not the only one that has converted Continuity Comics characters to RPG stats, I'll be truly in awe!
yeah.. that's now how he wrote it. You see, role-plays are many things, as long as it's a game where the players takes on a role, it qualifies as a role-game. And this was a small larp game which was character based not system based, and you trust your player to be able to handle being in character without using any system sheets at all, none, and system sheets are never used at larping in Denmark as we feel like it spoils the illuasion. It's more like he wrote a set-up, and four characters with back-ground story and motivation, the now and here situation is that the four characters is trapped on a very small space, a broken elevator, so the players cannot leave the small room, and small trickers such as music quos from the game-masters computer, made the characters have flash-backs to their former lifes, which the players were briefed on individually, and the whole thing becomes about staying in character yoursel, figure the other characters out, and survive or get redemption if you can, play to get a natural solution and stay in the illusions. When I played it the whole thing became very intense, we screamed, cried, laughed of insanity and our characters went absolute crazy because of the pressure.. and no.. I am not really a fan of system based role-plays myself, because I absolutely agree it spoils the illusion, and i like to just compleately sink into a character and go for the insanity.
Being trapped in an elevator is a natural scary environment, so it's easy to get into character. After all, escape or communication is the first thing you'd think of doing, and a character with claustrophobia will the first to panic, and do something desperate. Another character might call out for help, while another might become despondent and simply wait. The fourth character could be trying to calm the claustrophobic person down, leading to character tension, especially if they are unsure if the elevator will collapse and fall. Easily a very dramatic situation to envision yourself in.
Also helped the four of us really worked each other up in there, it seriously ended with me getting smacked around because the others grew so frustrated..... auw.. And yeah, in the basic scenario every-thing happening out-side of the elevator is mad-town and complete shit, when-ever we actually do manage to get radio contact out-side, the out-side just sounds worse and worse and we are constantly broken up as the elevator keeps dropping, and yeah.. the final conclusion to the show will be the elevator dropping all the way down and every-body in there dies. (unless players found an alternative.) So what it basically is is the last hours of these peoples lives, with an underlying sense of doom which drives up their panick. But character set-up is also about how each comes from different positions, one is a terrorist against the coorporation drive world (this takes place in a dystopian future.) one is a old soldier fighting against the terrorist, one is a doctor whom ones was a terrorist a very long time ago, but realised there isn't any point to it, so he/she basically just gave up a long time ago and doesn't really give a fuck (that's the character I have in the stage play, and yeah it's a gender neutral role that can be played by either gender.) and the last one is a protestute whom merely tries to get by and really the only character whom never did any-one any-thing. (The character I played when I actually did the larp game.) And you can see, between four characters coming from four so different positions, conflicts happen.. especially as it turns out terrorist guy was the guy whom planted bombs all around the place, and by mistake got stuck in the elevator as the bombs defused way to early... we ended up killing him in our larp game.. because he really acted like an ass-hole. And the remaining three characters just went. "Oh good, never liked the bastard." .. then our game sort of ended as all the plot lines had been played out, we had had what can possible be called the flash-back weed trip of the century, and there was nothing else to do than just dropping the elevator all the way down to kill the remaining three X)
Avater: The last Airbender, in my opinion, is an example of a series "that gets it right." Like you said, it's ALL about pre-production. Note that there are only two main writers. My biggest problem with my other favorite cartoon, MLP:FIM, is that there is an entire stable of over a dozen writers that may interpret the series bible differently, leading to serious continuity conflicts. And although I think a good director/editor should be able to fix these conflicts, the writers guild usually discourages this.These are the two that know the most about the characters and how they're supposed to develop. Plus they're actually good at writing a coherent narrative. They keep the story on track, it flows. I'm sure that have additional writers that come in to help polish off the final product; like a dialog guy to punch up the conversations, make them snappy; or a comedy guy, to make sure all the jokes work. But in the end, comes down the two guys.This was a great adventure cartoon, and it's because the writers didn't delegate their vision to others.
It's definetely an amazing show. And I do believe that is becoming a more regular thing of it just being a very small group of writers working together. How-ever you are wrong, there were more than just two writers, this is the list of writers whom worked on that show. Michael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoAaron EhaszTim HedrickJohn O'BryanElizabeth Welch EhaszJoshua HamiltonMay ChanMatthew HubbardJames EaganHow-ever, there were two main creators! whom held the chair as sort of directors and leaders whom controlled their show and made sure it ended up as they wanted. In regard to Avatar, you can definetely feel the more tight structure that would allow them, you feel that the show is going some-where, and as it moves along and progresses, it does so very naturally, in later seasons as they are just no filler at all, yeah definetely, you can feel the writers worked a lot tighter.. and well, I am going to say it's an great adventure show because every-body working on it was both very talented and clearly cared a lot about the project, the details they some-times went into for this show is just astounding. It's just a shame Legend of Korra was a show that ended up feeling rushed in its story telling, all of the story that happened in her one season could easily have been stretched out to twice as many episodes.. I mean.. "Hallo Iroh II Good buy Iroh II it was nice not having the time to know you." Oh well, still an up and above cartoon show in many aspects, which a really good female lead.
EDIT:Goodness. I am wrong, and embarrassed. It's been a while. Dimartino and Konietzko seemed like they took the helm on so many episodes, that I must have just mentally filed them as such. Maybe because their names popped out to me. But I stand by what I said, in principle (if not supported by this example)./EDITI love Phineas and Ferb. I loved this show since the Episode "Flop Stars." It may be predictable, but it's always fun. In fact, this show is the reason why I can't hate Highschool Musical. Dan Povenmire and Jeff Marsh wrote all the songs.As for Korra, I agree. It could have been done much better. But I think there was an executive decision to lengthen what the writers had planned, which may have caught them off guard. I feel it could have been done better.But not every Franchise benefits from it having few writers. In Star Trek, some of the least favorite episodes (and one movie) are the ones the Gene Rodenberry personally wrote. In Starwars, George Lucas' lack of Dialog writing skill really shows. (Still, I'm looking forward to Disney's Star Wars Episode 7)
It's cool, we all make mistakes, god knows I do that all the time! I guess what it comes down to is merely talented people working on this, and well.. having a talented leader with a clear cut through voice guiding the whole project definetely helps a lot. A good leader definetely is some-one whom knows his own strenghts and weakness's, can manage to rely on the people to do their thing and fill out his weakness, deligate and delinquish tasks, listen, stand on top of it all and rely on the people whom knows what they are doing, and actually not be a dictator but a democrat.. a gift George Lucas didn't really show-case in his own Star Trek prequels :/ He should have let some-one else write the scripts, that's how the original Star Trek films managed to turn out so well, the people working under him got to do their job -_-;Franchises benefits from having GOOD writers, that's it!
I hated George Lucas's Star Trek prequels... Jar Jar Binks as captain of the USS Enterprise was an embarrassment. :-)
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It certainly helps if the guy at the top has someone providing a moderating voice. Gene Rodenberry had Gene L. Coon when he was doing The Original Series, for example. Coon is credited with creating The Prime Directive (before it was twisted all out of shape by TNG writers) and the Klingons, among other things. Who knows what 'Trek would have looked like without Coon co-producing? And When George Lucas did the first two Star Wars movies Gary Kurtz was there producing along with him. When Kurtz left right away we got Ewoks.And what happened when these guys, years later, revisited their franchises without a strong dissenting voice to bring reason and order to their respective projects? Star Trek, The Next Generation, seasons one and two. And Star Wars, Episodes I-III.Still, I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing when the producer is also writing the screenplays, provided that again there is some oversight. J. Michael Strazynski wrote most of Babylon 5, for example. The dude just needed a better editor to smooth over some of the cornier dialogue, that's all.
Well, duh, you can certainly be both a good writer and a good director, it's just not all whom is it, and both are very difficult tasks, so there's no shame in not being all. Like Tim Burton, he is a great director and a great artist.. he is a sucky writer. Josh Whedon is a great director and a great writer, but never cares about the art in his movies. We all have different strenghts, you should just be able to know what those are and when you are not the best person at some-thing, let some-one else take over or at least help you to get better, especially in profesional circles.
True but looking at it from a different angle, some consider FiM to be a 'slice of life' cartoon (like SoL anime such as Azumanga Daioh) at times showing events not necessarily showing continuity, but establishing a situation, see how the characters react to said situation and each other during that situation and that can be the episode. But you are right about how certain writers have different interpretations of events and characters, for better (More enjoyable character moments and better storytelling) or worse (bad character interpretations and shoe-horned morals).From what I know about The Last Airbender, it has epic story arcs and large amounts of character development as well as superb animation which is most likely how, as you said, it get's it right. It's on my 'to watch' list anyway since it's a show that passed me by in my teen years, but I'm sure I'd like it even now.
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Is Growth Hacking a thing? The experts sound-off
May 28th
By Kiki Schirr, {grow} Contributing Columnist
As I was beginning to write my second post for {grow}, Mark posted the following to Facebook:
Whoops. Guess I shouldn't write about growth hacking, then!
But then I thought, a topic like growth hacking should stir some debate…
So I went ahead and asked some industry experts about what they thought about growth hacking–I think the results might surprise you!
Growth Hacking Has a Specific Meaning–and isn't for Everyone — Sujan Patel
Sujan Patel, VP of Marketing at When I Work, and founder of ContentMarketer.io, sees a distinction between Growth Marketing and Growth Hacking. "I wrote an ebook on Growth Hacking [100 Days of Growth] but I'm more of a growth marketer. Since I can't technically write code (at least not anything good) I wouldn't call myself a "hacker … it's only okay if you can do both the growth (ideation and marketing) and the hacking (implementation). To me a Growth Hacker is 30% Marketer, 50% Developer, and 20% Analytics/Data."
"If you're a developer that has implemented growth hacks … you're still a developer. You must come up with the idea, execute, and measure to be a true Growth Hacker."
Growth hacking "will be around for the next 3-5 years until the industry evolves and/or something new comes along."
Being a "Growth Hacker" is like having blue hair –– Jay Baer, author of YOUtility
"As long as online business remains, we'll have growth hacking as a concept." Jay said. "Whether the title persists over time, I doubt it. … it has a specific and particular connotation that is rooted in SaaS, startups, and online business."
"If that's your jam, go for it. But if that's not your jam, tread carefully. It's like going to the job interview with blue hair. Is it okay? Sure, but you're making a statement."
Jay has a specific and thought-out definition for growth hacking: "Obsessive optimization of tactics and techniques that increase online conversions." But does he associate himself with the term 'growth hacking?' "My team and I at Convince & Convert are certainly engaged in many/most of the principles of 'growth hacking' –we just don't position it that way…"
"Maybe because I'm old, maybe because we mostly work with enterprise companies."
Growth Hacking is not a subset of Marketing — William Harris, VP of Marketing & Growth at Dollar Hobbyz
When I looked for someone who was using growth hacking principles on a daily basis, I reached out to William Harris, who is known for making a splash with his company Dollar Hobbyz. "The term is very polarizing." said William. "People either love it (and abuse it) or they hate it."
"Growth Hacking carries with it the connotation of a rapid iteration of something that might not really be marketing related (hacking), but can bring about huge gains (growth). An example to me would be using IFTTT to automate your Twitter account and double your followers in 2 weeks."
"The term 'successful marketing' [referring to Mark's quote] doesn't instill in me any understanding of the process … using a term like 'growth hacking' tells me that something was 'hacked' to grow faster than 'successful marketing' would typically allow."
"I think 'growth hacking' is as all-encompassing as the term 'growth.' It is not a sub-specialty of marketing, because you can have growth hacks in sales, customer service, networking, etc.It's bigger than marketing, and yet, it's smaller… because by its nature it is something that is quickly iterated to produce large growth with minimal input."
Being a "Growth Hacker" is not Something to be Ashamed of — Tracy Ingram, Growth Hacker
When I went to a Startup Grind meeting in Tampa, I was surprised to receive a new card from Tracy Ingram, a friend of mine. "Growth Hacker" it read in bold, red script. Startled, I asked him if he ever got ripped on for using it as a title. He hadn't, but this was the debut of the card–and by asking if he got made fun of for it, wasn't I also questioning the validity it?
"It was the only term I could think of to take all of these traffic sources and turn it into a simple line." Tracy said. As a consultant, the people that he wishes to appeal to — "a startup in trouble, a conference two weeks before an event, or someone whose Kickstarter hasn't hit 20% in the first few days" –those are the people looking for a Growth Hacker, and that's what he's selling.
To Tracy, "Growth Hacker" is a new term for what people used to call a "Rain Maker," some one called in to make things work. Tracy had been in SEO for over 10 years, but sees the dominance of search engines fading and social slowing taking their place. "I think of growth hacking as getting the growth or leads in a way that increases ROI with the lowest possible cost." And ultimately, he concludes that Growth Hacking is a thing "because it works."
Growth Hacking: the haterz
- Gary Schirr, @ProfessorGary at Radford University
- Gregg Hilferding, Owner of Green Bar Labs
- Mitch Neff, Global Director of Startup Bus
When I asked on Facebook about Growth Hacking, I received some very witty comments:
Growth Hacking is more complicated than you think — Nichole Elizabeth Demeré, Customer Success Evangelist, NicholeElizabethDemere.com
I sat down with Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré to get her opinion of Growth Hacking. Although Nichole is an internationally-known Customer Success Evangelist and growth hacker, of GrowthHackers.com, Product Hunt, and formerly Inbound.org. I read her parts of what others had said about growth hacking, and that got her started:
"Conversions are just part of what you're trying to optimize, the conversions are not the end goal. The end goal is retention, customer lifetime value, think the full customer life cycle," she said.
"I can get rankings and conversions all day but if I'm not retaining, improving the customer lifetime value, or creating brand advocates, it doesn't matter."
"In growth hacking, you do experiments with hypotheses to prove or to disprove, and in either case, you learn something important. If you learn that the hypothesis is true, you need to determine what to do next to take advantage of it, and so you should iterate on it–quickly!"
"Don't spend time on things that don't work. i.e. Don't use Pinterest if it's the wrong distribution or acquisition channel. Come up with a hypothesis, prove it or don't, and then you'll figure out what to do. –and then, from there form another hypothesis."
"Part of the issue I have with the whole 'we improved our homepage conversions by 50%' thing is that you could be in a local maxima problem–where your page isn't the ultimate version despite all the optimization you've done. Therefore, I don't 100% agree with all of these quotes, it's not always about optimization, sometimes it's more about improvements through 'crazy ideas.'"
"Optimizations are about small increments, Growth Hacking is not conversion rate optimization, though it's about the same. This is because Growth Hacking is also about embracing crazy ideas, sometimes."
And finally, Mark Schaefer has his say. (This is his blog by the way!)
Is growth hacking a thing? Five people have weighed in favorably about "growth hacking," and they have had five quite different definitions. There's a clue.
But whether it is "iterating quickly" as William contends or "testing hypothesis to optimize retention and customer lifetime value," as Nichole claims, guess what? It's all still marketing!
I am keenly aware that taking the unpopular position that "growth hacking" is puffery could mark me as a geezer, but I also have an obligation to call it like it is and I am siding with Greg on this one: "Growth hacking is what you call it because you don't know what you're doing is marketing"
Do people honesty believe marketers have never iterated quickly before the Internet? We've never done market testing? That "hacking" quick prototypes and using every available technology to test ideas is new this year? Marketers have been doing this for decades, at least the good ones.
Blogging is not "word hacking." It's still writing.
Implementing a CRM system does not make you a sales hacker. It's still personal selling.
And marketing is still marketing, even if you use computer code to help you do it.
What do you think?
It's time for you to sound off. I'd love to hear your opinion on what you think of Growth Hacking in the comment section.
Kiki Schirr is a cofounder of the fitness app Fittr, and also does the company's marketing. She is the author of the Product Hunt Manual and hosts her own blog at kikischirr.com.
Holiday Greetings from @MarkWSchaefer
Dec 25th
If you cannot see this video click here to see a holiday greeting from Mark W. Schaefer.
It has been far too long since I posted any video of myself to the blog community. At this time of year I am feeling so grateful for you, the readers of my blog. This is a special holiday message just for you!
I am so very appreciative of your support and look forward to connecting with you in 2014!
Wishing you a wonderful season and holiday greetings,
What does it take to start a blog these days?
Sep 3rd
The blogging life used to be so easy.
Just five years ago, a blog was still a novelty and if you started one, you would probably occupy a niche in your industry. But since then, the world has conspired to make blogging very difficult …
"Content marketing" also means "content overload," — this is a crowded and noisy field for newcomers.
The dynamic world of search engines and SEO has made it complicated for bloggers to become discovered.
New entertainment alternatives and social media distractions have probably challenged blogging's role as the king of content.
Even technology like smartphones has made blog consumption, sharing, and commenting more difficult.
What's a blogger to do?
That's the question Tom Webster and I tackle in our latest Marketing Companion Podcast. We explore the topics of:
- The challenge of information density
- The entertainment edge – Next big thing for blogging?
- Expertise and the content saturation index
- Content quality, optimization, or both?
- The most important blog metric … perhaps the only one?
- How much time should you put into promotion versus content quality?
This is a fascinating topic and we cover a lot of ground in just 30 minutes! I think you'll love the podcast and hope you'll also leave a comment below.
Can't wait to listen? Of course you can't! Well here it is right now!
There are several blog posts referenced in this podcast so here are some handy links if you want more depth on this subject:
From Mark: How the physics of social media is killing your marketing strategy
From Tom: When Content Marketing stops working
From Marcus Sheridan: A discussion of <a " href="http://www.thesaleslion.com/long-take-business-blog-grow-big-success/" target="_blank">Content Saturation Index
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Enhancing your personal social media power
Jul 21st
Click here if you can't see this interview about social media influence.
I don't often put myself in front of the camera, so it helped a lot when Mike Stelzner of Social Media Examiner made me do it! He did a great job with this interview, which originally appeared this week on his excellent site. In this video, I discuss my philosophy about creating influence through social media, the networking power of Twitter, the democratization of influence, and a host of other timely social media subjects.
Thanks to Mike for the great job he did with the interview and for getting me on the other side of the camera!
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