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School for most students is our home away from home. We spend many hours at school and develop great friendships and make lasting memories. Yes, we come for an education but leave with much more. And here at Bevier I have gained more than I thought possible. However, I am so worried about the health of my school's future.
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Now, our family is hurting. So many of our leaders are leaving. Some are retiring; others are moving, but what I want to know is why? Why is this happening? It feels unnatural. It is unnatural to have so many leaving at the same time. Our family is breaking apart, and the students are feeling the pain.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A wiener dog statue kidnapped from in front of a Pittsburgh car repair shop has been returned — albeit with a broken paw — after some teens say they saw it at a party over the weekend.
Forbes Auto Body owner Ed D'Angelo says he's not interested in pressing charges now that the 200-pound dog, one of two dog statues that stand "guard" outside his shop, has been returned.
The dogs are the work of James Simon, an artist who lives across the street from D'Angelo's shop in the city's Uptown neighborhood.
D'Angelo says the statues are just some of the artwork used to spruce up a neighborhood trying to rebound and rid itself of drug trafficking and prostitution.
Simon says of the theft, "You feel bad when one person disrespects a good thing that's happening."
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Ronnie Lott and his wife, Karen, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday and noticed seven or eight police cars camped outside the Southwest Airlines terminal.
"Wow," Karen said, "something crazy must be going on here."
That was about the time Lott noticed something else: A solitary figure sitting in the back of one of the patrol cars.
At the heart of the madness was Aldon Smith. The 49ers linebacker was arrested and booked on suspicion of making a false report of a bomb threat. He posted $20,000 bail Sunday night, according to multiple reports.
Lott, the 49ers' Hall of Fame defensive back and pillar of the team's glory days, didn't learn it was Smith until he got to the security line. An agent told him: "Hey, one of your guys was just here."
The agent explained, without divulging the name of the player, that a football player had allegedly been belligerent and uncooperative at the Terminal 1 screening checkpoint. The player indicated that he was in possession of a bomb.
Eventually, Lott found someone to tell him that the man in question was Smith, who has already had several run-ins with the law.
"I felt bad for him," Lott said in a phone conversation Monday with the Bay Area News Group. "He's got so much ahead of him as a person. Forget football -- as a person.
"I'm worried about him as an individual. ... I'm sure that the people that are working with him with the 49ers will do a good job. They have very good people."
Lott, 54, played for the 49ers from 1981-90 and is remembered as one of the great locker room leaders in team history. He said Monday that he learned as a rookie from veteran players like Hacksaw Reynolds, Willie Harper and Charle Young that players had a responsibility to represent the organization even off the field.
"Those guys let you know that if you were going to play for a long time, 90 percent of it was going to depend on your capacity to make decisions,'' Lott said.
Lott, throughout the course of his career, kept a close eye on the way players comported themselves. Former running back Roger Craig, in a separate phone interview Monday, said that Lott was known to call a players-only meeting to clear the air if players behaved badly off the field.
"Ronnie was our CEO. When he talked, we listened," Craig said. "And what we would do as football players is take ownership as a team and say: Let's stop this kind of stuff."
Lott on Monday said he has met Smith just once, before the playoffs at the end of the 2012 season. Keena Turner, one of Lott's former teammates, arranged for the two to have coffee.
Lott said that he liked Smith and thought he seemed quiet and polite. He said their discussion centered around "finding out how to be the best you could be."
Now, he hopes Smith, 24, can get his life back on track.
"I'm always amazed because you work so hard to get there (to the NFL),'' Lott said. "But once you're there, you have to figure out how to do more: You have other responsibilities. Now that you're there, you have to be responsible."


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While we all work hard during session to pass various bills to make Missouri a better place to live, work and raise a family, the one thing the Legislature must do above all else is pass the state budget. This complicated process starts in January when the governor lays out his basic plan for funding the various programs and state agencies.
Thirteen legislative bills are then drafted by the House Budget Committee, which represent your tax dollars, as well as federal funding for various projects and state programs.
The budget bills are numbered 1 – 13 and came from the House to the Senate Appropriations Committee and then onto the Senate floor this week for discussion and debate.
The Senate made a few changes, and then sent the bills back to the House. If the House doesn't agree with the changes, conference committees will be formed to come to a compromise upon which both bodies of the Legislature can agree.
Although the budget process is extremely complex and difficult, several highlights of the FY 2014 budget approved by the Senate are notable.
Education is always at the top of the state budget. This year, the Senate increased funding for the Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation Formula by $65.8 million.
Higher education institutions would see a $34 million increase, if the Senate's version is approved.
In addition, the upper chamber cut the Department of Revenue by $11 million for FY 2014.
The new conceal and carry permit requirements would require an appropriation of $2.1 million to comply with the measure recently passed by the Senate, which puts local sheriffs' offices in charge of issuing CCW permits.
There will likely be more changes to the budget before it is due to the governor by 6 p.m. on May 10, but I am confident my colleagues and I are on task with the best interests of Missouri citizens in mind.
Always feel free to contact me throughout the year with any comments, questions, or issues by calling my office at (573) 751-5713 or by visiting my website at www.senate.mo.gov/brown.Thank you for reading this and for your participation in state government.
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HENDERSONVILLE - Billy E. McGraw, 59, of Hendersonville, died Wednesday, December 5. A lifelong resident of Henderson County, he was a son of Barbara Ann McGraw of Hendersonville and the late Bobby Robert McGraw. He is survived, in addition to his mother, by four brothers; Rick McGraw and his wife Tracy of Hendersonville, Greg McGraw and his wife Rachael of Smyrna, TN, Danny McGraw and his wife Teresa of Piedmont, SC and Chris McGraw and Linda Bethel of Matlacha, FL; his sister, Bobbie McGraw Hill and her husband, Billy of Flat Rock and many extended loving family. A memorial service will be held 2:00 pm Sunday, December 9, at Fellowship Baptist Church. Rev. Jimmy Justice will officiate. To sign the online register book, please visit www.shulerfuneralhome.com. Shuler funeral Home is assisting the family.
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Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Set 1: BagAC/DC Bag > MomaThe Moma Dance > Heavy Things, Ocelot, Funky Bitch > GinBathtub Gin > Fluffhead > AlumniAlumni Blues > LTJPLetter to Jimmy Page > AlumniAlumni Blues, Tube, MSOMy Sweet One, BowieDavid Bowie
Set 2: C&PCrosseyed and Painless > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Mike'sMike's Song > Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, Axilla > Tweezer > HoodHarry Hood > HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, SuzySuzy Greenberg
Encore: BBFCFMBig Black Furry Creature from Mars > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
· Machine Gun tease in AC/DC Bag
· Crosseyed and Painless tease in Mike's Song
· Cars Trucks Buses tease in Tweezer
· Crosseyed and Painless tease in Suzy Greenberg
Noteworthy Jams: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Tweezer
Average Song Gap: 6.31
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix) was teased by Trey and Fish before and during AC/DC Bag. During Alumni, Fish stated he didn't have a degree and later said he did. After Alumni, Trey said that Fish did have a degree, adding that they met in 1983 at UVM and that Fish held a very interesting record: the lowest grade point average ever recorded at UVM. Fish added "for a non-fraternity student" and both Trey and Fish joked about Fish's GPA (giving low numbers). Trey added that they were both saved by Page at Goddard and that Page earned $100 for recruiting them to Goddard. Trey introduced Tube and My Sweet One as Fish songs, asking the crowd to count the number of times "you" appeared in the song. There was a delay in starting My Sweet One until Page said they had a lot of interesting stories (about Fish), prompting Fish to immediately start the song. Mike's and Suzy contained Crosseyed teases from Trey. Tweezer contained a Cars Trucks Buses tease from Mike. BBFCFM included Trey singing into his microphone that he raised above his head, playing his guitar behind his head and running around the stage and Mike playing his bass on his knees.
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I have no choice but to review this event. It was, for me, a religious experience of no other. If you also got hit by that then I feel like I know you already. My last few reviews have been sappy as shit. I just can't help it. I just went through a cosmic realization of what reality could be if we all weren't all so stupid (me included, but learning fast). This was SF4 period. Look at the setlist's. This was a message. A sign. Do you not think that the banter was a way for them to try and feel like a non glowing human's of jubiliation for just a few moments. They emmersed themselves in the moment and played the air. Not sure what else3 to say. Love is being defined on a nightly basis. Either grab on and share or get lost in the message.
OK now it's time to read other reviews. That show was as good as IT gets. I can't compare it to LB or SF or any of the other stops as those were also that good. Last night was just a complete show from start to finish of total IT. Give that GIN a re listen and then listen to the rest of the show. Messages abound by big RED. Inspired playing by all, but Trey is no longer Troy in my book. Go Red. Hit me in the soul again. Peace all.
the song selection & placement was mostly first-rate, and the performances were mostly crisp & solid (perhaps the "alumni blues">"letter to jimmy page" was a little shaky, but the levity in general + humorous post-song banter more than made up for it). a "tweezer" placed in the middle of a "mike's" groove threw people for a loop in a good way, being that this supposedly hasn't happened in more than 20 years (despite that, my friend will vouch that i actually called for "tweezer" right before they played it....but blame me for being too naive to even be aware of that aforementioned fact until the following day, LOL).
however, the jamming, while interesting, was at times economical to a fault. often i hear people lay the blame on trey for this, but i can't agree with this sentiment 100%. for example, during the jam in "david bowie", trey circled the wagons a bit & then appeared fully ready to blow some heads off at a certain point....however, page pulled out of the jam early, forcing the rest of the band to follow suit. trey even missed the first sequence of "bowie"'s exit licks because he clearly wasn't ready to end the song. oh well....
but when all is said & done, the question is: was it an entertaining night? the answer was most definitely "yes". maybe it's not a show i'll reach for when assembling a "best of" jamming compilation.....but just from a song-oriented standpoint, the hits in charlotte far outweighed the misses.
Crosseyed was a first for me; it was good to scratch that one off the list, after so many shows. It didn't seem to go as far out there as other crosseyed's of late, but who's counting? The middle section of McGrupp seemed extra intense; I'm don't know if I've seen or heard it played quite like that; I'll have to go back and listen. For pure group improvisation, Tweezer was downright beautiful; it was a dreamy, watery, blissful kind of tweezer, a thing of beauty. If you don't hear anything else from this set, check out this Tweezer. Hood didn't really stand out to me, but it may warrant a relisten due to other reviews I've heard; Weekapaug was fairly strong, definitely one of the better ones in recent memory.
BBFCFM encore was a fun surprise, another one to scratch off my bucket list; Trey was having a blast running around the stage and hamming it up with the feedback and guitar antics. and of course they sent us home on a high note with the Tweeprise.
All in all, a pretty sick show with a nonstop energy and a relentless pace. Bouncin' and Horse>Silent were really the only breathers!
And I'm not sure how often you get to hear gin, fluffhead, bowie, mikes, tweezer, crosseyed->Mcgrupps and hood all in the same night! Mikes, Gin, Bowie and Hood were fairly standard, but Tweezer is a MUST HEAR.
I might have liked to see a few more surprises, but was quite pleased with my single phish outing for the year. It's good to see they still have it.
AC/DC Bag- Tight version. I was really hoping for a jammed out version but who wouldn't want that?
Moma- Black Eyed Katy was one of the first phish songs I fell in love with, so Moma holds a special place in my heart. This was the 100th performance of this song, and while it was played energetically, it was nothing special.
Heavy Things- Such a happy song. Page and Trey both played great during this. Above average version.
Ocelot- I've never gotten into this song, but I find myself still listening to this performance a month later. Trey's solo is just really tight and nice.
Funky Bitch- Always nice to hear, but an average version.
Bathtub Gin- Abnormally short, but an amazing peak. The Page-Trey interplay here was great. They were communicating especially well here.
Fluffhead- Really tight and high energy version. It's Fluffhead.
Alumni>Page>Alumni- Flubbed version lead to some great banter about Fishman in college.
Tube- Introduced as a Fishman song taken from a journal of his. Really normal version, no jamming really.
My Sweet One- A nice bluegrass break.
David Bowie- While I think everyone's been a little disappointed by 3.0 Bowie, this one is pretty decent. High energy, and you could tell they were gearing up for a good second set.
Set 2
Crosseyed and Painless- You could feel everybody bracing themselves for a BGC3 caliber performance, and while we didn't get it, it was certainly a good version with a nice jam.
McGrupp- Pretty rare song. They jammed it sort of from 8.00-10.00 and it was actually pretty sweet.
Mikes Groove- I was so excited to hear the opening riff. It was short, as is normal for 3.0, but was really high energy with a great peak. We got some rest with BATR, but were immediately rocked again with Axilla. This Tweezer though is most definitely the highlight of the show. Best Tweezer of 3.0? Best I've heard. I could tell about halfway through the jam that this was going to be talked about for a while after. They took in a much different direction than they normally do, turning the killer Tweezer riff into a melodic ambi-jam. Trey was dropping some beautiful waterfall licks, and overall was killin some arpeggios. While they cut it off a bit short, it was still an amazing rendition. Listen to it NOW. After this they segued into an average Harry Hood. Harry Hood is my favorite song, so I was incredibly psyched when Fishman played the opening toms. It didn't quite reach a peak like the best of the Hoods, but the jam was still very pretty. After this we get some much needed rest from The Horse>Silent. Pretty versions. We finally come back to Weekapaug, which is opened with some pretty different bass work from Mike. While funky and slappy as ever, it somehow sounds a little different from the beginning of most grooves.
Suzy Greenberg- Great high energy version to end a great second set.
BBFCFM- Amazing energy here. Trey raised the mic above his head, and Mike played on his knees. Trey played his guitar behind his head for a while, and ran circles around the stage. Overall just a fun experience.
Tweeprise- As always, a great end to a show.
Sunday Night in Charlotte was very solid, at least in my opinion. I won't say life changing and all of that none nonsense. (But, if I was a young lad growing up on crappy contemporary Pop/Rap and that was my first Phish show, well then maybe so). I love the old school selections and a time warp to Gamehendge is always a winner. The 1st Set was classic. Getting a hefty dose of Gin, Fluff, Tube and Bowie made my ears feel good and silky. Always love a good My Sweet One as well. I enjoyed the silly banter about Fish's GPA in college too. Love the fact that Phish doesn't talk much on stage like other bands, but occasionally it's cool to see them break the silence.
2nd Set was strong, perhaps stronger than 1st? Still arguing with the guys about which set was better. But, opening with Crosseyed and then into a McGrupp, plus the closing 2 songs might be the sticking point for me. After 18 or so shows, I've never seen McGrupp performed so that is a highlight for me. I will only use this reference twice, but the Energy at this show was thick and palpable...not only from the band having a great time, but from the sea of 17 thousand dancing, smiling and totally psyched fans. The lower back started screaming for mercy during Tweezer though so I had some time to sit and stare at ass through Hood (Not intentionally, just had no choice and didn't want to be "the Choade" staring at my phone)....started to get up and then along came Horse and Silent. So, I stayed down. But, that was good because I needed the energy to close out the show with a vibrant Weekapaug and Suzy. Page was killing it. I know Suzy is played a lot, but I still love hearing that one. Now, closing with BBFCFM and Reprise reinforces why I think this show is great. I totally dug Trey mixing it up with his microphone, running around the stage, doing the behind the back guitar tricks....as well as Mike playing the song on his knees. Also, I don't believe I've seen this one live yet either. Top it off with the always, highly emotionally charging Tweezer Reprise and you walk out with a warm, fuzzy, happy to be alive feeling in your gut. It seems the boys enjoy their Charlotte visits lately and pull out some sweet older bits. Two years ago they broke out a Carini/FYourFace combo and last year we got an Icculus.
I apologize for the excess verbiage but I don't contribute often and have to get a bunch of thoughts out. So, in summation, this was one of the most enjoyable shows, for me at least, since '97 or so. But, of course, I don't have as many shows under my belt as some...I can only speak from my experience. That confirmation comes from three things: technicality of playing, song selection and overall energy. I guess it's one of those, "you had to be there" moments, but that's where I stand. I can tell you one very certain thing though. I remember with much clarity the first time I saw and heard Phish...back in a small bar in St. Louis circa 1992. I was sitting at a table 10 feet from the band and didn't take my eyes and ears off of them the entire show. I knew from that moment that this band would be extremely inspirational, unique, ground-breaking and one of my favorites of all time.
I am very happy to see these men playing their best music in a long time. Trey is on point and that makes me very happy. A few misses here and there, but nothing like 10 years ago or so when he jacked up YEM and was afraid to play Fluffhead. Overall, Charlotte is a great indicator that Phish is strong and churning and burning forward for hopefully another decade or two of musical experimentation and aural enjoyment. Hope to see you at another show soon...
also a mcgrupps but i think the jam of the night was tweezer diff went into a solid type 2 phun!!!
and the BBFCFM encore came out of no where haha
alot of phun i listen to this one on couch tour!!
and yes like I said last time about meatball, he makes 0 sense...
it may be funny once but obv no one thinks its funny now
meatball just take about the show for once.... if you even went
I loved your review until you named Disease. You lost points for reviewing the wrong event.
But that's Phish on certain nights. You got it right.
Here's my couch-tour take.
Great energy tonight. I came on board before the Gin, and the organ solo on Funky Bitch sounded just fine. Gin was no invention a'la 6/29/12, and at under 10 minutes, it was less than standard. Fluffhead, on the other hand, sounded incredible. Great Fluff!
Alumni was full of enthusiasm, and Trey only played half of Jimmy Page, throwing the band into bumpy trainwreck territory. The mistake lead to some great banter, stories history, Tube and My Sweet One.
Bowie had another old-school virtually non-existant high-hat intro, and was essentially standard, although the energy was way higher than the usual. Roaring Bowie nailed to a T, but standard in length and form.
Set 2: The band put a challenge to SF3, but didn't match it. There were points of superior energy, but the flow and consistency wasn't quite there. Cross-eyed was another brilliant take, McGrupp a surprise, Mike's had some great Cross-eyed quotes, a second consecutive Bouncin' to follow, Axilla kept the energy rising, and then Tweezer blasted off into type II trance dance. Brilliantly done! Hood was what a standard Hood used to be, and the Horse Silent Weekapaug was a rest period that ended half way through Weekapaug, threatening to boil over. Suzy was nothing more than a great version.
Encore: A pure explosion of energy. Tweezer Reprise should be considered as a candidate for best ever. And the former assumed its old place in the encore slot. Ridiculous ending to the evening, and a good sign that some crazy music is on the way for the remainder of the tour.
the meatball guys posts are only for comedic value... and after awhile get pretty old. like if he posts every show people gonna be pissed.
it has absolutely nothing to do with the actual show and is basically a mad libs book.
Trey was a red dragon and was in a wintergreen pine tree showering me with pixie dust that seem to just explode into space...
this is the kind of shit he writes and again it gets old and people come on here to see phans take on the show not for nonsense halfway funny stuff which again gets old quick...
I posted my couch tour review of the show and again this was up there with the top shows of the tour. such an old school start and Gin Fluff Alumni was a hot first set. also the fun fishman facts as well. the 2nd set starting with Crosseyed to McGrupp was hot and the 2nd set had the long sandwich mike's groove which was fun and the Tweezer was amazing, good hood too and I dont know if it has ever been Tweezer and Hood in a mikes groove but these are two big boys to be in the sandwich... BBFCFM was an unseen treat I think someone said it hadnt been in the encore since '92....
over all pretty amazing show!!
How is any of this relevant to the quality of the show? People are treating this page like its a forum post; there is a reason there is no "reply" feature here! Move your conversations to the threads (even if they are completely warranted) please so that this does not turn into PT.
Also, I realize the irony of my own comment not reviewing the show, but I swear this is a once and only time. Ok, fine, Crosseyed was done better at Bill Graham's, McGrupp had extra jam-sauce and Bouncin killed the flow. Tweezer brought it back and was enjoyable while the Hood pairing was unique but otherwise not noteworthy.
Sorry for the lameass review, but I generally save the in-depth reviews for shows that actually move me greatly. I was just prompted to put in my $.02 when I saw the majority of "reviews" not actually reviewing the show.
Worth the dload (which to me should be the only point here on the reviews page)? Yes, but just barely.
With a "1" being Coventry and a "10" being 7/6/98 I'd give this show a 4.25. There were some moments but the flow was just not there. Usually that is more forgivable if there is a killer jam in there but for this show there's some enjoyable stuff but nothing jaw-dropping.
We actually entered right as they were playing Bag and sort of just rushed through into the Pav without much ado.
Bag was fun, nothing to note really.
Moma kicked in with its funky self. Again nothing notable, but its always fun.
Heavy Things was one of the better versions I'd heard, but was still Heavy Things.
Ocelot was ok, but I also thought this wasn't as good as some of the versions I'd heard in '11 and and years following.
Funky Bitch was a good cover and kicked up the energy level, which I thought was needed.
They burst into Gin, and I was hoping for a really solid version. This one felt super short to me and much like the previous songs, just didn't feel markedly better or different in comparison to some of the previous (or subsequent versions).
Fluffhead was great - I didn't think they completely nailed it, but this one is always nice to hear in the first set.
They kept it old school and treated us to Alumni > Jimmy Page > Alumni, and shared the well known Page recruitment story from Goddard College.
Tube was short and sweet, and they then took time to give Fishman some grief about My Sweet One, which was a fun romp.
They gave the jamming another shot with Bowie, but like Gin I didn't think this one fully connected.
Set I: I'm a bit hard on this set, but I just didn't think musically it quite delivered. It did have a nice old-school vibe though and the banter was more than welcome. I also thought the energy was great and crowd really erupted at the end of the set. It's not a set I go back to however.
On to set II!
They opened with Crosseyed and Painless, which is always a hoot. This one rocked hard and managed to dip briefly into some type II stuff. Perfectly strong opener.
McGrupp was up next and this version was awesome. Great Page playing and this one had a cool sort of jam to my ears. Really good pairing.
Mikes is a good song, but this one didn't really elevate. Following McGrupp it did sort of fit the old-school type show feel.
Bouncin' was up next and was ok for me as a breather.
Axilla kicked the energy back up, which was a good call after Bouncin'.
They kicked into Tweezer and this gave us the highlight of the night. My friend and I had managed to get into the Pav and we were right behind Kuroda and the Soundboard so it was amazing to see him at work during this Tweezer (he was grooving!). This Tweezer was pure hose and they moved effortlessly through the song into a straight-up flawless full band improvisation that was 100% liquid hot butter. Take this one home.
Hood followed and this version was actually disappointing and the jam felt super short without much of a climax.
Horse>Silent 'Paug and Suzy were all satisfactory, but not really much to note.
Encore: BBFCFM was fun for sure, and Tweeprise sent everyone home with a smile.
Overall set II: Tweezer is a great one. Opening pair is worth a spin. Otherwise, an average show.
Overall: Not much here - it was fun, with a good old-school vibe, but I'd say just grab the Tweezer.


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4 slices of bacon (reserve 1 Tbsp grease from frying)
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, diced
3 leeks, diced, rinsed thoroughly (use only the white and light green part)
pinch of red pepper flakes
1 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 cloves garlic, minced
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Approximately 1 quart chicken broth (enough to cover potatoes)
1 pouch Savory Choice chicken broth concentrate (or one bouillon cube)
1/2 cup fat free half and half
In soup pot, fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pot and drain on paper towels. Crumble and reserve for garnish/topping.
Discard all but one tablespoon of bacon grease. To this add the olive oil. Add onions and leeks, then season with red pepper flakes, celery salt, pepper and thyme. Stir well and saute until onions and leeks are softened. Add in minced garlic and saute for another minute or two. Add diced potatoes and cover with chicken broth. Add Savory Choice or bouillon cube. Bring to a boil, stir well, reduce heat, then simmer until potatoes are tender, approximately 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Mash with potato masher until soup reaches desired constancy. You could also puree it in the blender if you like it smoother, but I happen to like a little bit of texture. Stir in half and half, season again with salt and pepper as needed and reheat to warm. To serve, top with crumbled bacon bits.
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Jan. 31, 2012 -- Kalydeco, the first drug that treats the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), today gained FDA approval.
Only 4% of CF patients -- about 1,200 people in the U.S. -- have the specific genetic defect that Kalydeco treats. However, early results from ongoing clinical studies suggest that the combination of Kalydeco with another new drug, both made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, eventually may help 90% of people with CF.
"Kalydeco represents a major advance in the treatment of cystic fibrosis for people with a specific type of this disease," Vertex CEO Jeffrey Leiden, MD, PhD, says in a news release. "But our work isn't done. ... We're making progress toward our ultimate goal of developing additional medicines to help many more people with cystic fibrosis."
"Kalydeco is the first available treatment that targets CFTR protein, which is the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis," Janet Woodcock, MD, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, says in a news release. "This is a breakthrough therapy for the cystic fibrosis community."
It's been known since 1989 that the cause of cystic fibrosis is a defective CFTR gene. When it's working properly, CFTR controls the flow of salt and water in many tissues, including the lung, pancreas, gut, reproductive system, and sweat glands. Defects in CFTR make it impossible for the lungs to clear away thick, sticky mucus. It also keeps the pancreas and intestines from working properly.
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More than 1,800 genetic mutations can cause cystic fibrosis. About 4% of CF patients have a mutation in the G551D gene. The mutation keeps CFTR from working properly on cell surfaces. Kalydeco is a "CFTR potentiator," improving CFTR function.
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WASHINGTON (January 16, 2013)--President Barack Obama Wednesday announced a $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence a month after the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 elementary school children.
The package includes a call on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and to require universal background checks for all gun purchases.
Mr. Obama also signed 23 executive actions, which require no congressional approval, including several aimed at improving access to data for background checks.
The package is the product of a series of meetings between Vice President Joe Biden and representatives of a variety of groups including the National Rifle Association, but Gov. Rick Perry, in a statement issued soon after the announcement, said, "The Vice President's committee was appointed in response to the tragedy at Newtown, but very few of his recommendations have anything to do with what happened there."
"Guns require a finger to pull the trigger," Perry said.
"The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror."
Perry said he's disgusted by "the piling on by the political left, and their cohorts in the media, to use the massacre of little children to advance a pre-existing political agenda that would not have saved those children," and said the executive power of the president cannot and will not abridge the Second Amendment.
U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, also said little proposed by the president could have prevented the Newtown shooting.
"Americans are united in looking for real bipartisan solutions to the kind of mass shootings that we have suffered at Sandy Hook Elementary, Aurora, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, and Columbine," he said.
"Instead we have the President accusing everyone who disagrees with his specific ideas to be pawns of lobbyists, who don't care whether children are murdered. The only concrete reforms he proposes that could have prevented the Sandy Hook shootings is to provide school security officers at federal expense, which is in essence the NRA plan which he previously opposed, along with vague suggestions on increased firearms security measures," he said.
The National Rifle Association issued a brief statement Wednesday in which it said it looks forward to working with Congress "to find real solutions to protecting…our children."
"Attacking firearms and ignoring children is not a solution to the crisis we face as a nation. Only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected and our children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more tragedy," the NRA said.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, however, said the president's proposals address "gun violence prevention and mental health access in a comprehensive way."
"The Academy agrees with the President that to prevent future incidents like the shooting in Newtown there must be stronger gun laws, comprehensive access to mental health care, and no restrictions on federal gun violence research and prevention efforts," said Dr. Thomas K. McInerny, the president of the AAP.
"President Obama's proposals reflect the AAP's recommendations for specific measures to reduce the destructive effects of guns in the lives of children and adolescents, including a strong, effective assault weapon ban; mandatory background checks on all firearm purchases; and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines," he said.
The president is asking Congress to pass legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales including those at gun shows and by private sellers, allowing exceptions for certain transfers among family members and temporary transfers for hunting.
He also wants Congress to reinstate a ban on military-style assault weapons that expired in 2004, renew a 10-round limit on the size of ammunition magazines, and prohibit the manufacture, import, possession or transfer or armor-piercing bullets.
He also called for new laws with tough penalties for those who buy guns, and then turn around and sell them to criminals.
In addition, Mr. Obama said Wednesday he will nominate Todd Jones as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which has been without a director for six years.
Jones currently serves as the acting director of the agency.
Mr. Obama called on Congress to act quickly to confirm the nomination.
"This is the land of the free, and it always will be," Mr. Obama said Wednesday.
"As Americans, we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights that no man or government can take away from us. But we've also long recognized, as our Founders recognized, that with rights come responsibilities," he said.
"Along with our freedom to live our lives as we will comes an obligation to allow others to do the same. We don't live in isolation. We live in a society, a government of, and by, and for the people. We are responsible for each other."
The president's legislative proposals may run into a roadblock on Capitol Hill, where Republicans control the House and Democrats lack a supermajority in the Senate.
But there appears to be popular support for the measures.
A new Associated Press-GfK poll found that nearly six in 10 Americans favor stricter gun laws and that a majority favors a ban on military-style rapid-fire weapons and limits on the depiction of gun violence in video games, movies and TV programs.
The poll found that 84 percent want background checks for those buying weapons at gun shows.
Meanwhile Wednesday, in an open letter posted on its website, the ATF encouraged licensed gun dealers to help private sellers run federal background checks.
The letter, posted just hours after the president's announcement, says federally licensed dealers can "enhance public safety and assist law enforcement" by facilitating private sales and running the background checks on the prospective buyers.


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Carbide Series 200R is compact, but it's designed to let you build high-performance systems with massive storage, extra graphics performance, and superior cooling and ventilation. You get seven PCI-E slots, and you can install up to four hard drives and four SSDs at once. Eight fan mounting points let you expand your cooling system to match your high-performance components.
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- Seven PCI-E slots with thumbscrews and room for cards up to 430mm long (300mm with drive cage)
- CPU coolers up to 160mm in height
- Install up to four hard drives and four SSDs at once
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Carbide Series 200R is compact, but it's designed to let you build high-performance systems with massive storage, extra graphics performance, and superior cooling and ventilation. The mid-tower form factor combines room for expandability and out-of-the-way exterior dimensions.
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Both case fans are quiet and provide ample cooling for my AMD A10 5800K & Gigabyte MoBo.
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If These Walls Could Tell
Sept. 30, 2012
Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave.
8 p.m.
Hoosier storyteller Bob Sander will tell the third story in the If These Walls Could Tell series about the Lerner Theater in Elkhart. Through interviews and research, Bob will tell the fascinating story of the people who worked, performed and attended the vaudeville and big band shows as well as the movies. To learn more about the Lerner Theater, visit www.thelerner.com. More details about the story can be found at www.storytellingarts.org beginning Feb. 1.
$10, $15 at the door
For tickets, call (317) 232-1882 or follow the "Buy Tickets" link.
For more information on the performer or schedule changes, contact Storytelling Arts of Indiana at (317) 576-9848 or visit www.storytellingarts.org.
Performers are subject to change.
Presented by IHS and Storytelling Arts of Indiana
In Collaboration with Indiana Landmarks
Sponsored by Frank and Katrina Basile


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- Multiple subsystems are being consolidated into a single electronics board, to reduce system cost, footprint and power.
- Platforms that were isolated devices are starting to include wired and/or wireless connectivity. This puts further pressures on processor performance requirements and provides additional challenges to the system designer to ensure high degrees of system security/reliability and embed enough latent performance to support future services that maybe delivered across the network to deployed platforms.
The combination of these three factors has driven growth in the 32-bit MCU market over the past few years at a rate that outpaces by far the growth of the MCU market as a whole.


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Houma resident allegedly stabs boyfriend
Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 9:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 9:22 p.m.
A 26-year-old Houma woman stabbed her live-in boyfriend in the arm Wednesday evening, leaving him bleeding profusely, the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office said.
Lehna Montoya, of 100 Nancy St., had an argument with her 33-year-old boyfriend and locked him out of the house for several hours, Maj. Malcolm Wolfe said.
When the man tried to get into the home through the back door about 10:50 p.m., Montoya allegedly stabbed him. He then began to bleed heavily from his right arm, Wolfe said.
Montoya was charged with aggravated battery and taken to the Sheriff's Office for questioning, Wolfe said. Montoya admitted to officials that she stabbed her boyfriend, he said.
She is being held at the Terrebonne Parish jail on a $50,550 bond, and her arraignment date is slated for Aug. 27. Montoya also had other warrants out for her arrest, Wolfe said. She was also charged with to failure to appear in court, reckless operation, hit-and-run, not having insurance and driving under suspension.
The victim was transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center and treated for his injuries, Wolfe said.
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Recent rain and cooler weather has prompted Eagle County Sheriff Joe Hoy to modify current fire restrictions in Eagle County. As a result, Eagle County has implemented Stage I fire restrictions, which prohibit all open burning for private lands in unincorporated Eagle County.
Activities allowed:
• Open fires in charcoal or gas fire grills commonly used for home preparation of meals.
• Open fires in exterior, in-ground decorative natural-gas appliances or fire-pits with listed pilot safety and flame safeguard devices in working order.
• Recreational fires in developed areas fully contained in a commercially purchased portable outdoor fireplace (i.e. a metal, in-ground or above-ground containment structure) with approved spark arrester, water supply nearby, and located an appropriate distance from combustible material (15 feet).
• A fire within a furnace, stove, boiler or other place within a house or structure.
• Camp stoves on private lands, commercially purchased/approved camping stoves and/or backpacking stoves.
• Smoking within an enclosed vehicle or building or in a developed recreation site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable vegetation.
Activities Not Allowed:
• Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or "open fire" of any type on private lands outside of a developed campground or recreational area with fire grates (unless authorized with written approval by Eagle County and appropriate fire protection district).
• Wood burning stoves
• Improperly discarded smoking materials, including but not limited to cigarette butts and matches.
• Using explosive material i.e. fire crackers, fireworks, tracer rounds, blasting caps or any incendiary device that may result in the ignition of flammable material.
• Operating or using a chainsaw or any internal combustion engine without a spark-arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working condition.
• Possessing, discharging or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device, including sparklers.
• Welding or operating acetylene or other torch with an open flame except within an area that is barren or cleared of all flammable material within 10 feet of equipment.
Anyone found in violation of the fire restrictions may be convicted of a Class 2 petty offense and may be subject to a $500 fine. Higher fines may be imposed for subsequent offenses.
The Eagle County Sheriff's Office arrested Ruben Rivera-Ortiz after he sold cocaine to an undercover operator with the Eagle County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force on July 19.
The 24-year-old ran into the pond near the sewage treatment plant in Edwards in an attempt to escape from detectives after the drug transaction. He was ordered out of the pond at gunpoint and taken into custody.
Ortiz was charged with felony possession and distribution of cocaine, as well as misdemeanor resisting arrest. Ortiz is being held at the Eagle County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Ortiz is illegally in the United States and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed an immigration detainer on Ortiz.
Tips on illegal drug activity from concerned citizens are vital to Eagle County Drug Task Force operations. The ECSO will continue to investigate this incident.
If you think you may have any information about the suspects or this crime, please call the Eagle County Sheriff's Office at (970) 328-8500 or Eagle County Crime Stoppers at (970) 328-7007, 1-800-972-TIPS, submit your tip online at www.tipsubmit.com, or text a tip from your cell phone by texting STOPCRIME plus your message to CRIMES (274637). If your tip leads to the arrest and indictment of any suspect involved, you could earn up to a $1,000 reward from the Crime Stoppers.
• A wallet was stolen from an unlocked car parked outside an Edwards movie theater on June 27.
• Items were stolen from unlocked cars parked outside a residence on Hummingbird Trail in Edwards between June 29 and July 2.


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Is It Time to Ditch Your Workout Gear?
Have your battered running shoes and stretched-out sports bra had enough? Here's when to call it quits with your workout gear
When to toss them: After six months to a year, or whenever the straps feel loose. Also, if you gain or lose weight you'll want to rethink your size and buy a new bra.
Help them last longer: Don't put your sports bras in the dryer, since that can make the elastic wear out faster. It's also smart to rotate which ones you wear every day, so the same one or two don't get overused.
What'll happen if you hang on to them: If your sports bra isn't properly supporting your chest, you can get pain and discomfort, damage the elasticity of your breast tissue, and put strain on your back.
*Sources: Heather Montgomery, blogger for runningwithsass.com. John Paul Ouvrier, director of Fitness4Charity.org.
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Love buying new work out gear, it motivates me ot get running
by cindy11052 Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 06:43AM Report as inappropriate
This is great! I hate throwing out workout gear and buying new stuff because, let's face it, I don't really look that great the gym no matter what I'm wearing! But I should definitely invest in some new running shoes.
by schien Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 09:18PM Report as inappropriate
Ah sometimes it's things you don't really want to get rid of..oh well
by Sele10 Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 09:00PM Report as inappropriate
I love new white socks, need some new tennis shoes too. New year new items!
by EricaF123 Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 08:27PM Report as inappropriate
I find the special work out shorts and t-shirts mostly useless. I'll be sticking to my extra cotton shirts and shorts for that.
by amber.flute Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 06:34PM Report as inappropriate
I know I need some new running shoes but I just can't let my beloved Pumas go!
by MizzPink Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 07:00AM Report as inappropriate
this is all common sense yet i didnt know it..lol
by rayshaviolet Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 03:26PM Report as inappropriate
Wow! I did not know that one had to replace shoes and hats. Thanks for the info.
by Sari Monday, January 7, 2013 at 09:13PM Report as inappropriate
by Nicole2814 Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 01:11PM Report as inappropriate
Great article! I learned a lot. Now excuse me while I throw half of my workout stuff out.
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August Spies wrote: you guys take everything to far. What I described is a pretty typical hip hop style. No, obviously it does not represent all of hip hop. Nothing does. but we have to speak in generalizations to make any kind of coherent thoughts.
ahh fuck it, whatever, maybe its not the main hip hop style. My point was merely that I find THAT style, whatever it is, to be very aesthetically displeasing.


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Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Opera in three acts; First performed on 21st June, 1868 at Munich; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 1st May, 1993
In German language with German surtitles
|Christof Prick
|Götz Friedrich
|Stage design
|Peter Sykora
|Costume design
|Kirsten Dephoff
|Costume design
|Peter Sykora
|Choir Conductor
|William Spaulding
|Hans Sachs
|Albert Pesendorfer
|Wolfgang Brendel (22.03.2013 | 31.03.2013)
|Veit Pogner
|Michael Eder
|Kunz Vogelsang
|Paul Kaufmann
|Konrad Nachtigall
|Simon Pauly
|ZhengZhong Zhou (07.04.2013)
|Sixtus Beckmesser
|Markus Brück
|Fritz Kothner
|Stephen Bronk
|Balthasar Zorn
|Jörg Schörner
|Ulrich Eißlinger
|Peter Maus
|Augustin Moser
|Burkhard Ulrich
|Hermann Ortel
|Andrew Harris
|Hans Schwarz
|Jörn Schümann
|Hans Foltz
|Marko Mimica
|Walther von Stolzing
|Robert Dean Smith
|Thomas Blondelle
|Martina Welschenbach
|Jana Kurucová
|A guard
|Tobias Kehrer
|Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Wealthy goldsmith Veit Pogner has promised the hand of daughter Eva to the winner of the song contest scheduled for St John's Day. His only condition is that Eva must agree to the match. Eva herself loves the young aristocrat Walther von Stolzing. He is neither a citizen of Nuremberg nor a member of the circle of mastersingers - master tradesmen with shining reputations and a shared love of singing. To give himself any chance at all of winning Walther sings at an evening meeting of the mastersingers, hoping to be accepted into the guild. David, an apprentice to cobbler Hans Sachs, has initiated him into the masters' art of singing and explained the rules to him. Among the mastersingers is Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk and responsible for ensuring that the rules are observed. He, too, has his eye on Eva and is not pleased at the arrival of this new candidate. While Walther delivers his song Beckmesser has no trouble bemoaning his many infractions to the other masters and successfully convincing them that the applicant has tripped up. Hans Sachs is alone in appealing to the assembled singers not to judge the young man according to a rigid set of rules but to acknowledge his fine voice. Beckmesser, keen to impress Eva, plans to serenade her on the eve of the contest. Hans Sachs, sitting outside his house and working late on a pair of shoes, hears the clerk's song and adopts the role of examiner, marking each of Beckmesser's many faults with a blow of his hammer. He wants to help both Eva, who has confided in him, and the young Walther von Stolzing. The scene ends in a brawl. Eva and Walther want to take advantage of the confusion to slip away, but Hans Sachs prevents them, sending Eva back to her father. The arrival of the night watchman puts an end to the chaos. Hans Sachs, alone in his workshop, muses on the meaning of life: "Madness, madness! Everywhere madness!" When Walther enters and begins to relate a wonderful dream he has had, Sachs encourages him to turn it into a master song, observing all the rules of the art. Both leave the workshop to prepare for the contest. Beckmesser, seeking counsel from the cobbler in the aftermath of the previous night, discovers the song manuscript and presumes that Sachs is also in the running for the hand of Eva. He is doubly taken aback when Sachs enters and makes him a gift of the manuscript, warning him at the same time not to try to sing the song as it is beyond his capabilities. Disregarding the advice, Beckmesser delivers the song at the contest, makes error after error in his nervousness and is laughed at. Sachs tells the audience who actually wrote the piece. Walther steps forward and at last wins over the mastersingers with his singing ability … and wins the hand of Eva. Sachs urges him to accept the title of mastersinger and, with it, a degree of responsibility for his art.
Richard Wagner's 5-hour opera – his only work in which a happy ending awaits his characters – is at once a light-hearted love story and a profound discourse on the essence of art. In the ceremony of the mastersingers and above all the key characters, Walther von Stolzing and Hans Sachs, we are presented with the bourgeoisie's democratic conception of the role of art, diametrically opposed to that of the National Socialists, who instrumentalised the work for their own ends. Götz Friedrich, director of the opera in 1993, underlines this idea: "For him Nuremberg is a democratic model for an art that is freeing itself from elitist strictures and increasingly opening up to people. This serves as a parable for Wagner's utopia. That he refuses to idealise the model but rather criticises it, that he presents it to Nuremberg as a malformation to which no social system, however enlightened, is immune, this reveals how astonishingly far-sighted his political thinking was."
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I know i have asked a lot of you all lately and right now I realy dont want to do course work anymore than the rest of you, However......
The Disc Golf Palooza schedule for Sunday in Marshalltown had to be moved to a new venue do to flood water. As a TD myself i cant imagine the stress Kurt has gone thru with this and how everything will work out in the end.
Kurt has done a lot for our sport and will continue for years to come, so when he asked if he could use Ewing park for his event I did not hesitate to support him.
With all of the work that goes into preping for the challend I have not had a chance to do any work on Ewing this year and have only played a few casual rounds out there. I am certain the the front 9 is in need of mulch and a good pruning.
I am scheduling a workday for this Saturday at noon, if you have some time please come out and help. We will be in need of pitch forks, rakes, loppers, and pole saws. And dont forget gloves.
Thank you all for the continued support.


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In this back to school edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox me wants to know what the big deal is about a scantily-clad high school cheerleader flashing her panties while taking out zombies with a chainsaw.
Kind of surprised that folks are upset about Lollipop Chainsaw. Well, not really surprised, but still.
Sure, Juliet isn't exactly the most tasteful portrayal of a woman, but who cares? She's a character in a video game that boasts an absolutely ridiculous premise. Are the actions of a fictitious girl truly detrimental to the image of females everywhere?
Now, I'm a man, so I'm sure it's easier for me to brush off scantily clad females in games and other forms of entertainment, but men are also portrayed by video games in a number of ways that are not flattering or cool whatsoever, regardless of what 12-year-old boys may think.
To me, it isn't much different than the racism claims in Resident Evil 5. Majini were not accurate representations of black people, not all Italians are turtle-hating plumbers, and women in general are not chainsaw wielding, underboob/panty flashing cheerleaders yelling obscenities as they cut zombies in half.
Perhaps we should focus our attention not on a video game character, but on real men and women that are sending the wrong messages, or even parents that let their children leave the house dressed like Paris Hilton. Turn on the MTV, or just about any channel these days, you'll see what I'm talking about. Video games are the least of our worries.


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SAN JOSE -- Albert Azizian had used a wheelchair to get around for more than a decade after suffering a debilitating stroke. When he did walk, a good day was making it from one room to another, dragging his right leg.
But Sunday morning, Azizian stood tall and took confident steps at the Fight Stroke Walk. Wearing a new assistive device called the Kickstart Walking System, Azizian proudly strode a half mile around the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.
"I couldn't do this a year ago," said Azizian, 60, of Milpitas, with a wide smile. "There's been so much improvement. I'm walking so much more now."
Azizian and Redwood City's Donna Jang used the annual event to show off a device that has helped them regain a level of independence both thought had been gone forever. But all 650 participants who gathered on the cool morning to raise $135,000 for the Santa Clara County-based Stroke Awareness Foundation had been struck by the malady to some degree.
Some were survivors. Others were walking for someone who no longer cannot.
Nearly 800,000 Americans each year suffer a stroke -- which occurs when blood flow to the brain suddenly is interrupted. It is the country's No. 4 cause of death. But there also are an estimated 7 million stroke survivors in the U.S., and about two-thirds of them are disabled.
"Most people know someone who has had a stroke," said Pamela W. Duncan, a stroke researcher and professor of neurology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. "And while stroke can be devastating, most people suffer mild ones. It's not just grandma always ending up in the nursing home. People do regain their lives."
Tough but effective
But rehabilitation therapy can be a grueling process. Consider Azizian, who in 2000 had a stroke so severe that doctors initially thought it would take his life.
"I refused to die," said Azizian, a former engineer who has an infectiously cheerful demeanor. "I had more life to live. Eventually I started getting better, but it didn't come overnight."
It took two years to relearn how to speak. Initially paralyzed throughout the right side of his body, it would be five years before he could move his arm or stand. For the last 11 years, Azizian has gotten around largely by wheelchair because his right leg was incapable of a normal stepping motion.
Because he ended up with significant weakness in his hip flexor muscle, Azizian was a good candidate for the Kickstart system, said Brian Glaister, co-founder of Seattle-based Cadence Biomedical.
"It's a common story with stroke survivors," Glaister added. "You go through therapy and you make good progress. But everybody plateaus at some point, and that's often because of the hip flexor."
The custom-fitted device resembles a leg brace and was designed to be low-tech with no motor, battery or electrical parts. It functions with a spring, pulley and cable system. The spring stretches and briefly stores energy when the wearer begins a step, and then it's released to help lift the leg and propel it forward for a more natural stride.
"When they told me they have something that might help me walk, I said, 'I would do anything to walk again. Anything!' " Azizian recalled. "When you're stuck in a wheelchair, you can feel sad because you can't do many of the things you want. ... Now, I can lift my leg better so I can walk."
Dream again
About three dozen of the Kickstart systems are in use so far, and Glaister said the cost varies depending on how much medical insurance will cover.
Wake Forest's Duncan said while there has been promising results for an array of assistive systems -- ranging from robotic devices to electrical stimulation of muscles -- there is not yet overwhelming evidence which ones will be helpful for most stroke survivors.
"But getting people up and working is the key," she added. "So giving patients the support they need to do that is important because research has shown very clearly that you can experience recovery after a stroke. A product like this has a place when someone needs to activate the leg and assist them to move forward."
Jang is sold. An angel investor, she has put money into the company. She suffered her stroke in 1992 and used a Segway to get around for the last five years. But now she has begun taking ballroom dancing lessons with her husband.
"We're doing the cha-cha," said Jang, 61. "I never thought I was going to dance again. Most stroke victims forget how to dream big."
Sunday, though, Jang and Azizian walked together and frequently heard encouragement from other participants.
"Pretty good, don't you think?" said Azizian, beaming.
For more information about the Kickstart Walking System, go to www.cadencebiomedical.com or call 1-877-484-7513.
What is a stroke?
Sometimes called a "brain attack" because the blood flow to the brain is interrupted. Brains cells in immediate area begin to die due to lack of oxygen. Strokes are the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S.
Effects of a stroke
Can range from mild to severe paralysis, problems with thinking and speaking, emotional issues as well as pain and numbness
Stroke by the numbers
About 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year and it is the No. 4 cause of death in U.S. There are seven million stroke survivors in this country and two-thirds of them are disabled.
Risk factors for stroke
High blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, family history of stroke, advancing age.
Stroke Symptoms
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, leg -- especially on one side of the body. Sudden confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding speech. Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes. Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination. Sudden severe headache with no known cause.
Sources: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, American Stroke Association