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P ' ' ' V Montana Stat Mi s neu]a, e University Liu Montana ; POS I TORY COPy Blue Bay Property To Be Develeoped The Blue Bay property on the East Shore of Flathead Lake, owned by the Flathead Tribe, is to be developed into one of the finest recreational areas on the lake, according to plans being worked out by the Tribal Council and Henry ' C. Courville, a member of the Tribe and a veteran of World War II. Plans now call for his retention as operator and pianager. The Tribal Council and Mr. Courville are aware of the increased tourist travel through western Montana which continually points up an ever growing need for adequate tourist accommodations. This is particularly true along the eastern shore of Flathead Lake which is considered one of the fastest growing tourist attractions in the Pacific Northwest. Realizing this need and acting in the best interests of developing recreational resources, the Tribal Council, by resolution, unanimously approved a plan fpr the modernization of Blue Bay Lodge which is located 20 miles from Poison on State Highway 35. The Council feels that this plan will not only provide the recreational area mentioned but is also a splendid example of what can be gained by coupling -human resources with equally valuable natural resources. It will be recalled that the construction 'of the main buildings is of log and native stone. Blue Bay Lodge was built in the '30's with funds earmarked for work re-lief projects. The condition and the general appearance of the exterior is still very good. But interior modernization is needed. Replacement cost of the property would probably exceed $150,000. Actual cost to the Tribe is less than 15 per cent of its estimated value. | Mr. Courville, who is chiefly responsible for the plan adopted by the Council, will install modern plumbing, heating, cooking and refrigerating facilities. Insulation will also be added to make all-year operation possible. The work will be completed by early summer in time for (he 1957 tourist trade to find 12 modern cabins, together with excellent beach facilities, a picnic area, boat and motor rental service, a self-service laundry and a trailer park. With an eye toward future development, Mr. Courville believes that a restaurant and sporting goods store can be added. The Tribe has been averaging in es-cess of $3,000 annually in income from this property but very little was being put back into the plant itself. The proposed cost of renovation and installation of the modern equipment is considered very nominal. The "new look" at Blue Bay is receiving enthusiastic support from other business people in the area and the Tribal Council is looking forward to a happy combination of community service and added income to the fribe. CMAR-KOQ$? PUBLISHED BY CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES. Application for Second Class Permit Made at the Post cjf Vol. 1 — No. 3 FLATHEAD AGENCY, MO LI Biaînftrft W57 Tribal Attorney Discusses Legal Problems of 1956 By John W. Cragun Legislation pending in Congress and the 3rd unit at Kerr dam were the two matters which demanded most of the time of the tribal attorneys (Wilkinson, Cragun, Barker & Hawkins) during 1956.' Other important issues also required attention, such as the extent of the tribal title to lands bordering and underlying Flathead Lake; state taxation of Indian-owned lands and personal property; rights to enrollment; the construction and validity of enrollment ordinances; inheritance rights of Canadian Indians; enforcing through foreclosure loans made under the tribal credit program; and processing tribal requests through Health District Urge Polio Vaccination Montana Public Health District II urges every parent to protect his children against polio by immunization with the vaccine. The incidence of polio in those vaccinated has been reduced 70-75 per cent. At present, three injections are recommended: the first, the second one a month later, and a third in seven months from the date of the second. Besides being immunized against polio, every child should be immunized and thus protected against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus (lockjaw) and smallpox. Babies are born with no lasting protection against these diseases. Immunization should be started early. This is because all of these diseases are serious in infancy, and because, with the exception of smallpox, it takes several months for the baby to build up his own defense against them. Immunizations against diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus (lockjaw) are usually given in combination, although each can bé given separately. A vaccine that immunizes against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetunas is generally used for preschool children. It is usually given in three injections about a month apart with the first booster close, about a year afterward, and every four to five years thereafter. Smallpox vaccination is given during the first year and repeated in five years. Before your baby is two months old, ask the doctor when the immunizations should be started. the Indian Office and the Department pf the Interior. Local lawyers were approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for association by the tribal attorneys. These Oskar O. Lympus, George F. (Tom) Higgins, and Raymond F. Gray of Missoula. Congressional legislation requiring attention included the heirship-lands bill; the so-called "Water Rights Settlement Act"; the extension of the life of the Indian Claims Commission (where two suits against the United States are pending on behalf of the Confederated Tribes); repeal or modification of Public Law 280, 83rd. Cong., respecting state jurisdiction over Indians and Indian reservations; the depressed-areas bill, and a host of other matters. The 3d unit at Kerr Dam involves a dispute with Montana Power Company as to the rights of the Confederated Tribes io additional rentals. The original license called for $175,000 a year for only two units. Montana Power Company installed, starting in 1952, a third unit; and in late 1954 it started operating it — but without any agreement with the Confederated Tribes as to additional rentals which might be due. The Power Company took the view, ultimately, that nothling additional was due, asserting that it was paying for the entire Kerr Dam site, no matter how much or how little it might make out of it. The Confederated Tribes took the view that all previous negotiations and rentals were based on a license for only two units; that if that license is to be expanded and the site exploited beyond the two units, then further permission from the Tribes must be obtained — which can be obtained upon reasonable payments. The nominal offer of Montana Power Company to pay $15,000 a year was regarded by the Tribes as not a reasonable payment for the value of the use of the site for a 3d unit — which might, on the basis upon which compensation was originally calculated, run 5, 10, or 20 times as much. Accordingly, before year's end the Tribes had brought a declaratory-judgement suit in the United States District Court for Montana to declare the right of the Tribes to refuse the use of their dam site for the 3d unit at Kerr Dam. Montana Power Company had asked that the court not declare rights one way or the other, for technical reasons. The court has not as yet determined whether its help was properly sought.
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Vigil for Meghan Beebe '14
On Friday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m. a vigil and reception will be held for Meghan Beebe '14 (sociology), who died on December 28 from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident in Connecticut. Everyone will meet on the Hasbrouck (east) side of the Campus Center (where the Blue Wall used to be). After a brief candlelight vigil (it will be cold, so only 20 minutes will be spent outside), everyone will adjourn to the Amherst Room on the 10th floor of the Campus Center Hotel for a reception. Please come to honor Meghan's memory. Sign up for the event on the SBS Facebook page: Read more about Meghan here. Please share news of this event widely!
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After years of drought, families across the Horn of Africa are eager to shift from emergency food aid to sustainable, drought-resistant food sources.
Tabitha Mutinda and her husband, Daniel, have struggled for years to provide enough food for their family in eastern Kenya.
They're among thousands of small-scale farmers in the Horn of Africa hit hard by the drought that pushed more than 13 million people to the brink of starvation in 2011 and 2012 It was the worst in 60 years.
The family's small farm failed, so they relied on food aid they received from World Vision.
"Most of the time, the maize withers in the fields before harvest," Tabitha says. She's embarrassed her community continues to survive on outside help. "For how long, though, can we go on relying on relief food?"
Conditions have improved slightly since seasonal rains returned in late 2012, but the situation remains fragile for millions in the region.
Governments and aid organizations are now shifting the focus in drought-prone regions of Africa from simply supplying short-term food aid to helping communities protect themselves from increasingly frequent dry spells.
The African continent used to experience severe drought every 20 to 50 years; four have hit various regions there since 2000.
Key factors such as over-reliance on rain for crop irrigation, planting too much of one crop, and low household income contribute most significantly to a family's inability to withstand or bounce back from drought.
World Vision is working with about 1,600 farmers in eastern Kenya to help them learn how to diversify their crops, when to plant for optimum yield, and how to dry and store seeds and surplus stocks.
We supply them with a variety of drought-tolerant, disease-resistant seeds — like cowpeas, millet, and sorghum — providing a healthy start on the path to improved crop yields, nutrition, and increased family income.
"We want to see that by the end of three years, smallholder farmers are able to produce enough food for consumption at the house, and they are able to sell the surplus at a profitable income," says Ashton Kilugha, a World Vision project coordinator in Kenya.
Tabitha has been growing maize for years, but her yield keeps dwindling. She doubts there will be enough to adequately feed her family. Though her half-acre of maize is withering, the mung beans are flourishing because of the December rains.
When harvest comes, Tabitha and other farmers in her community will contribute some of their seeds to a seed bank, so they and other struggling farmers have something to plant next seasons.
As crop yield increases, Tabitha may be able to sell her surplus at market and potentially invest in equipment or pay for household needs.
"I am certain in my heart, that we will produce enough food and never have to go back for relief food," Tabitha says. "I want to see all my children successfully complete school."
Between July 2011 and January 2013, World Vision directly helped more than 2 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Tanzania through food and nutrition assistance, water, sanitation, and hygiene initiatives, shelter and household materials, and programs to improve livelihoods and agricultural production.
Thank God for the improved, albeit fragile, conditions in the Horn of Africa. Pray for parents like Tabitha and David, who are working hard to grow drought-resistant crops and provide for their families, even during lean times.
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— Billy's New Hope Barn, located at 349 Schoolhouse Road in Honesdale, will be holding a yard sale/open house on Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine.
Billy's is a rescue for abused farm animals. Located in Cherry Ridge Township, it currently feeds, houses and cares for more than 20 farm animals.
Donations of good quality items are being sought for this event. Billy's is looking for a wide variety of things to sell and raise money for feed, fencing supplies and veterinary costs.
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Billy's will be accepting items for the yard sale until May 24.
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WALNUT CREEK -- Postal worker Carol Westover stepped inside the tiny store at a Walnut Creek gas station with a big hug for station manager Deep Singh.
"Way to go!" she said as she embraced Singh, who found out Wednesday night that the Heather Farm Shell station at 1790 Ygnacio Valley Road had sold the winning ticket in a $33 million Super Lotto drawing.
Was Westover still dreaming that he'd sell her a winning ticket someday?
"We always have a plan if we win," she joked as she handed over his mail.
Singh was hanging banners reading "Millionaire Made Here" Thursday after finding out that the store had sold what was believed to be the biggest jackpot ever won in Walnut Creek, he said.
"I found out last night. ... I was so excited," he said. "I called my boss and left him a message. He called this morning and said, 'Are you sure?'"
The store's owner will be $165,000 richer for having sold the ticket. Merchants receive the equivalent of one-half of 1 percent of the prize for selling a winning jackpot ticket.
Taken as a lump-sum payment, the jackpot would come to about $23.8 million before taxes, according to lottery spokeswoman Donna Cordova. The winner has not yet stepped forward, she said; they have until Sept. 2 to claim the prize.
The winning numbers were 1, 2, 3, 22 and 34, with a Mega number of 8.
The last winning Super Lotto ticket was also sold in the Bay Area, Cordova said. A $23 million jackpot was awarded to retiree Robert Imbellino after he bought the ticket at a South San Francisco pharmacy.
Singh said the Walnut Creek station sells about 30 to 50 tickets a day, though he expected that number to rise as word spread about the win.
The odds of winning a Super Lotto jackpot are about one in 41 million.
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UPDATED. A recent update to the IMDB page for Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" suggests actress Rebecca Buller will appear in Warner Bros. upcoming Superman reboot as a character named Jenny Olsen.
DC Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at Terry and Rachel Dodson's variant cover for "Action Comics" #17 featuring the evolution of Superman from child to adult and Rags Morales' black and white variant.
Readers will get their first taste of the much-anticipated new Superman series by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee in DC Comicsâ gold-edition offering for Free Comic Book Day.
The week in toy announcements was dominated by new lines of MiniMates, from the latest Marvel wave to all-new Star Trek and Walking Dead figures. Plus, new Doctor Who merchandise and the latest from DC Collectibles.
CSBGs latest strange comic book story spotlights the time Superboy's robot teacher worked as his robo-pimp to teach the young hero some sort of strange lesson. This needs to be seen to be believed!
Writer Tom Taylor discusses his latest DC Comics digital first title, "Injustice: Gods Among Us," based in the same world as the upcoming fighting game from NetherRealm Studios.
DC execs Bob Wayne and John Cunningham look back over the year that was 2012 for sales of the New 52 and original graphic novels, teasing plans for "Superman" backlist and "Before Watchmen" collected editions in 2013.
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Nearly two-dozen cover images have surfaced online ahead of DC Comics' April solicitations, featuring new "Justice League of America" art, a provocative "Batman" cover and more.
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New images and details for new DC Universe Animated Movie "Superman: Unbound" starring Matt Bomer, Stana Katic and John Noble have surfaced, bringing a first look at Superman, Lois Lane and Supergirl.
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Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Superman" #15 by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort. Superman seeks the aid of Lex Luthor December 24.
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Prototype Matching Predicts Psychopathology Better Than DSM-IV
Prototype Matching Predicts Psychopathology Better Than DSM-IV
Prototype matching -- comparing a patient's clinical presentation with a prototypical description of the disorder – may be a viable alternative for psychiatric diagnosis of mood and anxiety disorders. This report of two studies found clinicians' prototype diagnoses outperformed DSM-IV decision rules in predicting psychopathology and global functioning.
RESULT: Validity of Prototype Diagnosis for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
JAMA Psychiatry | Feb 1, 2013 (Free abstract. Full text $30)
With DSM an object of unrelenting criticism, and with the about-to-be-released DSM-V unlikely to satisfy the critics, these authors discuss several solutions, including revising DSM criteria, radically reformulating them, using biomarkers to define new categories, and creating new categories based on brain circuits or functions. They contend that mental disorders can only be fully understood when, as in the rest of medicine, pathology is understood in terms of normal functions and mechanisms.
RESULT: Towards a genuinely medical model for psychiatric nosology
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A longstanding tradition at Karats, pearl expert Koji Kawamoto returns to the Vail jewelry store Friday through Monday.
Kawamoto hails from Mie Prefecture, Japan, the very place where pearl culturing was first pioneered. He's brought a series of his finest strands of not just white but black, gold, rose and fresh water pearls to Karats.
"If you wear pearls, you and your family are protected - that's what we say and believe in my hometown," said Kawamoto, who also holds a law degree in Japan and a CPA degree here in the U.S. and began dabbling in pearls out of sheer fascination and passion. "They are a pretty, feminine gem so they can't go wrong as a Christmas gift. Pearls are the gems of the moon and stars, the perfect beginning."
Moon and stars are the abstract origin - possibly the very core of a pearl - but more specifically, pearls are bred in mollusks (clams, mussels and oysters) and the process is fascinating.
A pearl is born when an irritant - such as a piece of sand - is lodged into the soft tissue of a mollusk and the mollusk responds by secreting a coating that covers the irritant. After several layers of coating, it becomes smooth and dense. Voila. A pearl. The color of the creature's shell housing the pearl dictates the color of the jewel.
"I brought big freshwater Baroque pearl strands, the color of which is either white or pinkish lavender - this is something new - and South Sea multicolor strands, which are the combination of white, golden and Tahitian pearls. In order for you and your family to be protected, just one piece of pearl will work," Kawamoto said.
If you are unversed in the complexity and variety of pearls, which can be dizzying, Kawamoto is available throughout the Karats show to walk you through the nuances of every kind.
"You go into any pearl store, they'll have pearls, but when Koji comes in, there is so much variety, it's really like going into somebody's warehouse rather than a jewelry store," said Karats owner Dan Telleen. "It can be overwhelming if you don't know pearls and you don't have a trained eye. It's pretty special to have all this variety and a guide to take you through it. Koji knows absolutely everything about them."
If Kawamoto were to subscribe to any single belief it is that every woman on the face of the earth should own a piece of pearl jewelry - both for its beauty and its protective powers. The pearls in his holiday show collection include necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings.


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LOS ANGELES -- Warriors rookie forward Draymond Green is an on-the-grind type of player, bred at Michigan State. He's heard the horror stories about Golden State's history of porous defense.
Still, he said he's seen something that makes him believe things are changing. He called it a defensive mentality.
"Since the day I stepped foot in the Bay, we've been working on defense," Green said. "Guys want it. Guys are actually putting the work in. The effort is there."
Yes, you have heard it all before. Every year, talk out of training camp is the team will now be good on defense. Why should you believe this year's bunch?
How about the fact the Warriors have been one of the best defensive teams this exhibition season. Through Sunday, Golden State was leading the NBA in field goal percentage defense (39.4 percent) and holding opponents to just 92 points per game.
What? You aren't convinced by exhibition stats?
Of course, the first half of Monday's game didn't help. The Los Angeles Clippers' key players had their way with the Warriors, who were playing without point guard Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) and center Andrew Bogut (left ankle rehab). Golden State gave up 52 points on 46 percent shooting in the first half and trailed by 13 en route to an 88-71 loss.
"At the end of the day, the board will be erased and we'll have to do it when it matters most," coach Mark Jackson said. "But we are certainly an improved defensive team. The guys are buying in. The great teams, or the very good teams, sustain it. I've seen a lot of teams do it in the preseason."
Those in the locker room believe this will be the year they back up the defensive talk. Because they have size now, including a couple of capable shot blockers. Because they are committed. Because they have depth, which means fresh legs and multiple looks.
Everything starts with Bogut and his health. If he's in the lineup, Golden State will have a proven defensive presence anchoring its defense.
"He blocks a lot of shots," said forward Brandon Rush, who in his Indiana days played against Bogut several times in the Eastern Conference. "He's a big guy who takes up a lot of the paint."
In addition to Bogut, 6-foot-11 rookie center Festus Ezeli gives the Warriors size, bulk and shot-blocking off the bench. Golden State added more size in forwards Carl Landry (6-9), Green (6-9) and Harrison Barnes (6-8).
In addition to the size, several in the locker room said the team's commitment to defense is key. Perhaps the best example is the starting backcourt.
Second-year guard Klay Thompson said he and Curry have been working on their defense all summer together. He said they'd spend at least 11/2 hours a day on defensive drills.
The result: Jackson said the duo has been best perimeter defenders for the Warriors in the exhibition season.
"That's been our main focus," Thompson said. "Our defense is already leaps and bounds ahead of what it was last year. Both of us have improved, learned some new things."
Perhaps the key, though, is depth. Jackson -- on paper, at least -- can throw multiple looks at opposing offenses. He can go big and tough, small and quick, long and athletic.
Depth allows Jackson to bench players who aren't cutting it, and it allows the starters to go hard on that end of the court knowing they will get rest.
Of course, that all sounds good now. The question is can they do it during the regular season? Jackson said he is encouraged because the building blocks are there.
"You don't stumble into being a very good defensive team," Jackson said. "It comes through repetition and drilling it. I've got a great group that totally buys in and is committed."
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Upon picking up the first edition of The Phish Companion, I eventually came across a review of the show that sold me on Phish: November 25, 1998 at the Knickerbocker Arena (OK, I know, the Pepsi Arena, but any local with a sense of pride didnt call it that) in Albany, NY. I was dismayed and frankly angered by the poor review that was contained in these pages. No mention of anything in the second set because the person left early and no mention of it being the night before Thanksgiving when Phish was playing music and not at home with their families and the fans with theirs. I wanted to write the review immediately, but I waited. I waited so long, the 2nd edition came out and I missed my chance. So the following is a COMPLETE review of the 11/25/98 show in Albany, NY.
It was November 24th, the final day of classes at Syracuse University, as well as many others throughout the nation, and I was preparing to head home to Albany via my friend Matt. He was going to stay at my folks place just outside Albany Tuesday night and Wednesday night and make it home in time for Thanksgiving the 26th. Since neither of us were 21 yet, we couldnt go out to the bars that Tuesday or Wednesday but I was well aware of the Phish show in Albany, but as I had only seen them 3 times and Matt 4 times, we were not accustomed to things like PTBM, scalping, fingers in the air, miracles, the outside the concert ritual we all have become accustomed to in the past few decades of Phish and even before then with the Grateful Dead and acts of the same caliber. So when we went to the arena that chilly Wednesday night, we walked around hoping to find someone selling tickets. Our luck was great at first a few guys had tickets to sell, but we found out immediately that they were for Friday and Saturday in Worcester and we were interested only in tonights show. So, we did what any two guys not knowing what they were getting into with Phish would do we wandered around, had a beer in the labyrinth of parking garages that surround the Knick and the Empire State Plaza, and held out hope.
We learned pretty quickly that we had to keep the finger in the air in order to get any sort of recognition that we were in need of a ticket, and this made sense. Oh, to be that naïve again! We waited and finally Matt decided we should split up and meet back at a specified location every 10 minutes till we found a pair. Well, as luck would have it, Matt stumbled upon someone with one ticket right away, and snatched it up for $50. I had no luck, being a bit more reserved and shy at the time, I just couldnt be more forthcoming even when I knew it would get me inside the arena where I had seen many shows before in my life, including my first Phish show the year before, 12/13/97. I had to get in.
Then I find a guy who has a ticket, but not for sale, only for trade. This baffled the shit out of me I have $60 and he has a ticket. Thats more than double the cost! But no, he wanted a ticket for Worcester. So the plot thickened and Matt and I found a guy selling a ticket for Worcester for $60, and I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD to find the guy with my golden Albany ticket and BAM, made the trade and I was IN!
Not being 21, waiting in line for beer wasnt an option and Matt and I got a snack and went to where his seat was and found our area of the arena the mid 200s, straight across from the stage, to be pretty solid and sparsely seated. The lights went down and the show began. While Matt and I had tried to do our Phish homework, it didnt quite pan out so well for us in terms of knowing the material in the first set. More or less, we enjoyed it, but didnt know what it was we were enjoying. Looking back in retrospect, the first four songs Punch, My Soul, Roggae and AC/DC Bag got the show rolling, and even a casual fan who has missed listening to this show somehow would agree. Nothing spectacular yet, but you must have some patience if you know anything about Phish, its that if they dont give you the jams and improv you seek right away, just wait.
The Lifeboy was an almost sleepy tune, that much I recall, and the placement is peculiar, followed by a rockin Bowie and then, two more chill acoustic tunes? Driver was great, I loved those lyrics then as I do now, but still, song placement guys!!! GTBT ended the set for the 2nd show in a row at the Knick.
During setbreak, I was getting a little bit anxious frankly. I had waited since the Lemonwheel to see these guys and wanted to hear more songs than they could fit into the next 90+ minutes. DWD, Fee, Free, Golgi, Dinner and a Movie thats what I was convinced we could hear. When we got one of these, you know I wasnt the least bit disappointed.
The second set started out with a solid 2001, which I caught onto about eight8 minutes into the tune, realizing I had heard that somewhere before Then I got my Golgi a solid song, but not exactly something people chase at Phish shows and then Drowned, which had some amazing jamming to follow the end of the lyrics before it devolved into Prince Caspian, which I truly enjoyed and now I am not sure why, I just liked it. But hey, when youre young and in love with a band, even the little things please you. The show continued to get better with the slow build up of Piper, which got me the hell up out of my seat and getting into the acceleration put forth by Trey as the song peaked into the lyrics and BAM, a musical explosion of lights! I was loving this band!
Had I ever listened to YEM in between my first show and this one, I would have been into it, but alas, I was not. It is very worth listening to, with a great deal of loose improv post tramps, and a decent vocal jam. I did like when the trampolines came out though, that made me enjoy these guys on stage if they can do crazy shit like that, what else could they do? I was determined to find out. Then they go and blow me away with Been Caught Stealin, a helluva version to please my ears. I was a HUGE Janes Addition fan and to hear this get busted out by my new favorite band, well, you can just guess at how happy I was. I had a perma-grin and let it continue to grow through Llama. A great set closer, and a truly great set overall. Even Fuckerpants was decent.
The encore though might be the moment that made me say Yeah, I need to find these guys around the area more often, as I got not one song like some bands did, not two as they did the year before at my first show (My Soul, Squirming Coil), but three songs. I couldnt believe it. What a Thanksgiving Eve treat! First, Something by the Beatles. Who would have thought they covered the Beatles?, I said to myself at the time, not knowing about 10/31/94 or anything else of that proportion. I loved that song and my, how well sung and played! Then they threw a Guyute at us, which started my love affair with this song that continues till today. Simply some fantastic songwriting in my opinion.
Then, when you thought they were ready to leave the stage, no, they were crowding to the front near one microphone I had no clue what the fuck was about to happen. And then what do I hear? Something Skynyrd, barbershop quarter style and OH MY GOD, IS THIS FREEBIRD? I was just in awe! And for the next 15 minutes while they sang (yes, I know 5 minutes, but it felt like 15) they sang that whole song, harmony, vocals and music altogether as one, acapella at that! I was ecstatic! Finally, a band I could go see again and again and never get the same shit each night. Oh my lord, what a concert!
Matt and I headed back to my folks place, got some sleep as he had to head home early for dinner in Rhode Island, while I slept the next day away till dinner, with a giant smile still on my face. This show got me hooked, plain and simple. I needed no more convincing that Phish was a great band to check out, just more shows! I only wish I made it to Worcester


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Two days after her bronze medal performance in the super combined, Julia Mancuso returned to the slopes late Tuesday night for the downhill. Her sizzling run in that portion of the super suggests the Squaw Valley star has a real chance to earn her fifth Olympic medal. ... In the wee hours, the U.S. women faced Canada in hockey with the No. 1 seed in the semifinals at stake. For full results, check www.mercurynews.com./olympics.
For you early risers
One of the greatest speed skaters in American history takes the ice just before dawn (6 a.m.). Shani Davis goes for his fifth Olympic medal and his third consecutive gold in the 1,000 meters. Davis' toughest competition could come from teammate Brian Hansen. The event won't be shown live.
Buckle up: The puck drops today
For some mainstream sports fans, the Winter Olympics begin today with the start of the men's hockey tournament. It could be an epic event with powerhouse teams from Canada and Sweden, the United States in a contending role and the Russians as dangerous underdogs on their home soil. The tournament began late Tuesday night but picks up Wednesday morning when the Czech Republic, led by the ageless Jaromir Jagr (shown), collides with Sweden, the 2006 Olympic champion (live broadcast at 9 a.m. on USA Network). The Swedes are without injured stars Johan Franzen and Henrik Sedin but have perhaps the best goaltender in the tournament: 2012 Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist.
Figure skating: Pairs medal round
The pairs competition concludes today with the free skate at 7:45 a.m. (live on NBCSN). The American tandem of Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir has little chance for a medal after finishing ninth in the short program. If Russians Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov don't win the gold, there ought to be an investigation. Check that: There probably will be regardless -- this is figure skating, after all.
On the slopes: women's halfpipe
The United States has a sterling chance to win gold in the high-flying women's snowboard halfpipe with Kelly Clark, the 2002 Olympic champ, Elena Hight and Arielle Gold. (We swear that's her name; she's the younger sister of men's snowboarder Taylor Gold). The 9:30 a.m. event will be held for primetime on NBC. Speaking of ...
Prime-time lineup
NBC's pre-packaged primetime lineup, which might be without host Bob Costas -- he was benched Tuesday night in favor of Matt Lauer because of an eye infection -- will focus on the pairs figure skating and the women's downhill (Mancuso). Also look for coverage of the women's halfpipe and the men's speed skating.
For night owls
The men's ski slopestyle final is set for 1:30 a.m. (Thursday morning). Nick Goepper, from the skiing mecca of Fort Wayne, Ind., is considered the United States' best chance for a medal. ... And at 4:30 a.m., the U.S. men's hockey team hits the ice to face Slovakia. If you're interested, the game will be shown live on NBCSN.
NBC and its family of networks will provide 1,539 hours of coverage, but the only place you can watch everything live is online.
The choice events will only be shown on TV on a delayed basis as part of NBC's prepackaged primetime broadcast. The only way to have access to everything live is on your digital devices through the NBC Sports Live Extra app. It's free to download, but you'll need to be a cable or satellite subscriber in order to log-in. For more information, go to: http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveextra/help.


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"The contestants take so much pride in blowing on that stage on Main Street," said Marty Simpson, rules committee chairman for the 2012 World's Championship Duck Calling Contest. "I am back in the contestants' trailer, so I get to see them all before they come out. They are nervous and many try to stay busy cleaning their calls. They know there is a crowd out there and this is the biggest stage in our sport. It's a cool thing to see."
The field of competitors was cut to 33 following the completion of the first round. Seventeen callers remained after the second round. Each of finalists then performed a third 90-second routine. After scores were totaled, a six-way call-off was required to decide the championship.
His Rich-N-Tone Calls (RNT) cap pulled down low over his brow during the final round, Allen maintained a consistent, high-quality performance that separated him from the rest of the field. David St. John of Conway, Arkansas, claimed runner-up honors, while Rob Bevins of Belle Plaine, Iowa, was third, and Jonathan Mortin of Trumann, Arkansas, finished fourth.
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Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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TUSCALOOSA | If you've ever wanted to watch a Crimson Tide football game from a seat on the 50-yard line for free, you'll have a chance to do so at Saturday's annual A-Day Game.
A-Day game
What: University of Alabama's annual spring football game
Where: Bryant-Denny Stadium
When: 2 p.m. kickoff; gates open at 11 a.m.
Admission: Free
But you'd better get there early because you might have about 80,000 other fans to compete with.
Gates will open at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium for the University of Alabama's annual spring football game. No admission will be charged, so fans can pick their own seats for the 2 p.m. kickoff.
And if you don't want to fight the traffic, don't worry, you can watch from the comfort of your own couch because the game will be televised live on ESPN2.
But if you're going to the game, here are a few tips to enhance your A-Day experience this weekend:
Parking: All public parking for A-Day will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Free parking will be available at UA east campus parking lots beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday. You can reserve a space at Lot A or at the Moody Music Building by going online at www.ua
gameday.com. Crimson Ride shuttles will begin running at 7 a.m. and continue until 1 hour after the football game. The shuttles will be at the east campus RV lots, the paved lot at the soccer field and parking lots along Fifth Avenue.
Tuscaloosa Transit will offer shuttles from the downtown Intermodal Facility parking deck, 100 Sixth St., to the stadium starting at 11 a.m. The cost to ride per trip is $1 for adults, 50 cents for people 60 or older or those with disabilities and free for children 3 years old and younger. The buses will run until 1 hour after the game. No shuttles will be running from University Mall.
Pre-game activities: The Aaron's BCS national championship race car will be on display at 9 a.m. at the north end of the stadium.
Fan Experience photos will be taken beginning at 9 a.m. at Gate 3 outside the stadium.
Former UA offensive lineman D.J. Fluker will sign autographs from 10 a.m.-noon at the BBVA Compass Alabama Legends tent at the north end of the stadium.
When the gates open at 11 a.m., free A-Day posters will be distributed as long as supplies last.
At 11:45 a.m., there will be a quarterback skills challenge competition, with the finals at halftime of the game.
At 12:20 p.m., the Walk of Fame ceremony will be held at Denny Chimes to honor the captains of the 2012 national championship team. The captains will put their hands in cement for permanent display near the chimes.
Weather: Highs are expected to reach 70 degrees with plenty of sunshine, so fans might want to wear some sunscreen or maybe a Nick Saban-style straw hat.
Food: Bryant-Denny Stadium has more than 50 concession stands that will be open for A-Day. Eating options include hot dogs, popcorn, pretzels, nachos, candy and other stadium-type fare along with a variety of soft drinks.
Other sports: The UA softball team will play Mississippi State at the John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium at 6:30 p.m. today. The Tide baseball team will take on LSU at 6:35 p.m. today at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, with in-game entertainment by the ZOOperstars, a mascot troupe that performs at NBA, Major League Baseball and other athletic events throughout the country.
After the A-Day game, the Tide softball team will again face Mississippi State at 4:30 p.m. in a Power of Pink event presented by Tuscaloosa Toyota. The ZOOperstars will perform during the game.
At 7:05 p.m., the Tide baseball game will again play the LSU Tigers. UA's 1983 College World Series runner-up team will be honored at the game.
On Sunday, the softball team will wrap up its series with Missippi State at 1 p.m. and the baseball team will end its series with LSU at 1:05 p.m. Anyone with a valid military ID, along with one guest, will be admitted free to the softball game. Kids 18 and younger will be admitted free to the baseball game.
What's next: The Crimson Tide's first football game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Tide's first home game will be Sept. 21 against the Colorado State Rams, with kickoff time to be announced.
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Facebook Crossed Its $38 IPO Price
Facebook has hit reset on the clock.
The social network's stock, which skidded after its bungled initial public offering last year, hit $38 a share Wednesday, the price of its May 2012 IPO.
"There's some relief," said Chris Baggini, a senior portfolio manager at Turner Investments, a firm with about $9 billion under management that has held most of its 2 million shares of Facebook stock since the IPO. "It only made sense that if they did the right thing, they would get paid."
The stock pulled back after crossing the threshold, finishing the day down 2.2% at $36.80.
Since hitting a nadir closing price of $17.73 on Sept. 4, Facebook's stock has more than doubled in 10 months, powered by increasing ad sales and signs that Facebook is finding its footing on mobile devices. (The Nasdaq Composite Index is up nearly 18% over the same period.) The recent surge follows Facebook's second-quarter report card, which showed a huge uptick in quarterly sales — the largest percentage increase since the company's IPO.
The report was so surprising that some on Wall Street reevaluated how they measure Facebook's business. "They were so far above where I thought they were doing, we had to be intellectually honest and say you don't want to short this stock anymore," said Richard Greenfield, a BTIG analyst. He recently upgraded the stock to neutral from sell.
For 29-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg, the milestone may cast aside some doubts about whether he is the right chief executive to lead the company.
To engineer his turnaround, Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg reorganized Facebook's entire business around mobile and reshuffled resources to put Facebook's best minds on building revenue-generating products. This year, they pushed managers to think about revenue targets and spend more time with advertisers, to improve relationships with the country's biggest brands and find ways to make it easier for them to buy more ads.
Meanwhile, Facebook accelerated new product releases, introducing a flurry of new consumer-facing products, like Instagram video, and new targeting tools and ad units for advertisers, such as mobile app install ads, which promote downloads of third party apps.
Zuckerberg stood fast when he faced investor ire at the company's recent annual meeting. With the stock then 40% below the IPO price, several investors expressed frustration at the company's performance and pleaded with the CEO to give them some evidence that the stock would eventually rally.
While Zuckerberg acknowledged that the performance has been disappointing, he stood firm on his plans for Facebook. "Nothing in that has made me think that the fundamental strategy is wrong," Zuckerberg said in June.
His mobile push culminated in the second quarter of this year, when Facebook blew out expectations on the top and bottom line, with $656 million in mobile ad sales, accounting for 41% of total ad sales. In contrast, in the first quarter of 2012, it made virtually no money on mobile.
A Facebook spokeswoman declined to comment.
Even with the recent rally, Facebook hasn't fared as fared well as LinkedIn, the professional networking service, which is still above $200 per share — more than quadruple its 2011 offering price of $45. Facebook's ascent is even less impressive when you consider that the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has risen about 30% in that time.
But Facebook has fared far better than some of its other peers, which have dropped sharply since their IPOs. Zynga and Groupon, for instance, are both more than 50% below their offering prices.
There is no certainty that Facebook will continue to climb. Many advertisers are flocking to Facebook to beef up their presence on mobile devices, as consumers continue to spend more time using cellphones and tablets. But that position is vulnerable as other Internet giants also play catch on mobile and young upstarts nibble on its mind share.
A slew of other mobile texting apps, such as Whatsapp, have already built their own social networks of hundreds of millions of users.
Greenfield, the BTIG analyst, says Facebook has proven that people are paying more attention to its ads, but he wonders if that could eventually work against the company, especially as it crams in more ads into its mobile app, possibly including short videos. "People are now watching their ads more — that's good. But the next step is being more bothered by ads," he said.
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Martin struck out four batters and allowed five hits in the win, his first since June 16. The right-hander improved his record to 10-4 on the same day it was announced that he would pitch for the International League All-Star Team in the Triple-A All-Star Game in Reno on July 17.
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Hens, 17 wk of age, will be randomly assigned to 3 treatments: 1) cages with water cooled galvanized steel circular perches (400 mL/min flow rate chilled to 10o C), 2) cages with ambient air-equilibrated galvanized steel circular perches, and 3) conventional cages without perches. Two trials lasting 12 months will be initiated in early April during each of 2 consecutive years using poultry housing with standard ventilation equipment. The hen housing facility will not be evaporatively cooled during the summer to simulate typical housing for laying hens in the Midwest. To simulate a production environment, water cooling in treatment 1 will only be used during hot weather (ambient temperature of 29o C or greater) when hens peak in egg production. If the summer seasons turn out to be mild, then measures will be used to induce heat stress (32o C ambient) without causing mortality by use of mobile heaters. All hens will be evaluated for physical condition (skeletal and foot health and feather quality); biological phenomena (body weight, egg production, egg weight, shell quality, feed efficiency, and necropsies on all mortality); and well–being indicators (body temperature as well as behavioral and endocrine responses). Economic and environmental impacts will be assessed.


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hock 1
1The joint in a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backwards.
Example sentences
- These diseases can affect the shoulder, elbow, knee, or hock joints in animals.
- He had exceptional conformation, very correct legs, hocks, and knees.
- It primarily occurs in the shoulder or elbow joints, but it can affect the hocks or stifles, too.
2A knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham.
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- Remove the ham hock, de-bone, dice, and add to the base.
- Use a smoked gammon knuckle, smoked ham hock or whatever smoked bacon bones you can find - or talk your butcher into selling you the ham bone when they get to the end of carving off the meat.
Late Middle English: variant of hough.
Words that rhyme with hockad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok
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verb[with object] informal
Deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent.
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- The enlisted servicemen and women hock stuff in the pawn shops and borrow against payday.
- They had concerns at the time that Herd would hock the cup for drinking money.
- We are pretty much the pimps of capitalism, hocking the wares of whoever shows us the money.
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- Having been pawned: the family jewels are in hock alreadyMore example sentences
- Worse: rather than being self-denying while you retrain for more lucrative employment, should you put the contents of your workshop in hock and live it up at the nearest Ritz-Carlton?
- In Washington, antiques, glasses and brassbound telescopes that had been in hock for decades are being snapped up by a rush of buyers.
- But, unlike pawnshops in most countries, the real business is a steady stream of people putting their homes in hock.
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- In other words they are in hock to the government, who control their spending.
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Mid 19th century (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok 'hutch, prison, debt'.
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noun[mass noun] British
A dry white wine from the German Rhineland.
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- Lets have a glass of hock, shall we?
- The head of a boisterous party of ex-public schoolboys calls over the waiter and asks for a bottle of hock.
Abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) '(wine) from Hochheim'.
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I was wondering if there's anyone who has recovered from a herniated disc in their lower back and has resumed a running lifestyle without any further recurrances.
I am 30 yrs old, 5'11'', 193lbs and (was) very active all my life (HS sports, skiing, lifting, running, biking, swimming, etc). I was diagnosed with a central/lateral herniated L5/S1 disc with severe neural impingment. Anyone with this problem knows the sciatic pain and numbness associated with it. Since my diagnoses, I have had 2 Epidural Steriod injections and have undergone decompression therapy to try to rehab the disc over the last 6 weeks. Since, I have regained considerable strength and feeling back in my left leg but my flexibility in my hip is still presents an issue. I have resumed swimming, some lifting and eliptycal work to at least get back some of what I lost.
I guess my basic question remains: is there anyone who has had this condition similar to mine and has recovered (non-surgically) to resume their normal previous active lifestyle? I look forward to any responses; thanks...
There is hope
I suffered for one year with same situation and until I had a great physical therapist and I did alot of abdominal strength exercises I was not able to run. I started with a walk/run program, biked and swam. Now it has been about 9 years since I was dx with low back herniated disk and I have ran several marathons and finished many triathlons including half ironmans!!!
keep up the strength work and get into it slowly...run/walk at first (6min run 1min walk...)
good luck
I know you said non-surgical, but don't rule it completely out. I am a Special Forces soldier and also had problems with the L5/S-1 I tried all minus surgery for close to 2 yrs and finally decided to go forth with surgery. I was 98% recovered the first time and then it happened again 6 months later since I pushed myself to hard. I then had surgery again and now for the last 4 yrs since surgery I have been fully operationalin my job and as far as running is concerned I have been at 98%. Occasionally on long runs 10+ miles I will be sore but recover nicely. I am 41 ys old and run easy 6.30 paced miles. Do try everything prior to surgery but again don't rule it out if the pain is continuing you might want to have surgery remember it will just be more difficult to recover from if you have the surgery later as you will be older and complication risks will be greater.
Hello! I too had surgery on my L5/S1 in August. I have been told by my PT never to run again. However, my job requires it. For those of you that took the risk and ran, how did you proceed? What was your running regimine and how long did it take you to get back in shape? What core exercise have you relied on in your daily routine? Do you know of anyone that ran and herniated the disc again??? Obviously this issue is weighing very heavy on my mind! Thanks for any input!
I'd like to cast another vote in the "don't rule out surgery" category. I suffered a herniated L4/L5 and a bulging L5/S1 about 9-10 years ago at age 30, and lived with quite a bit of pain for about a year before the diagnosis was finally made and I was referred to a neurosurgeon. I decided to have surgery at the time because my wife was pregnant with our first child, and it was difficult to picture me holding the baby when I could not even lift so much as a cup of coffee without pain and numbness down my left leg. I've done reasonably well after surgery, and found that I manage to stay relatively pain free as long as I keep my weight under 150 lbs. I've only started to run about a year ago, and my back has held up very well through 3 marathons and 40-50 mile weeks this year. The risks of surgery is usually much less when you are younger and when the injury is more recent, i.e., before scar tissue starts forming to make surgery more difficult. Core strengthening exercises also help tremendously. Good luck.
what are your exact symptoms?
A person can have a heriniated disc and still have other problems that have more to do with the pain. Studies show that about 50% of the -pain free- population have non symptomatic disc problems on MRI. Always question a disc diagnosis and definately seek alternative care. Another study watched a surgical group and a nonsurgical group and found that the surgical group did no better over a 5 year period.
Two other very common causes for sciatic pain are; Pelvic segmental dysfunction--needs chiropractic care:and, priformis syndrome-physical therapy or chiropractic:
another less common but definate cause is iliopsoas imbalence-again physical therapy or chiropractic care.
All of these will be aggravated by most styles of situp and straight leg raise.
I had lower back surgery 24 years ago. Never ran a step prior to the operation. Since then, I have run over 30,000 miles including 12 marathons. While I would recommend avoiding surgery, I can say that it radically changed my life forever. If other treatments don't fix the problem, by all means have the surgery. You will come back.
I herniated L5/S1 back in 1984 while playing Volleyball. I had the epideral shots, etc. They told me I was one of the very first to have that procedure. Anyway, it did not seem to do much right away. I came home from school, and saw a Chiropractor. I went nearly daily for 1 month, then 3 times a week for the next month, and backed it off over the next 2 years. They both want to say the "fixed" me, but I really don't know. All I do know is I was back playing and FULL activity, but it took 9 months or so from when I first had it. The Dr. for the SD Chargers "Dr. Losi" told me to NEVER get heavy, as this will change the curve of your lower back, and that means problems. Over the years, whenever I don't workout, and gain a few Lbs, I get some minor problems. I would suggest a "good" chiro, but be carefull, there's a lot a QUACKS out there. The best I felt is when they combine it with a good message. You also must LOSE some weight. You are too heavy for your height. THAT is a big issue. Just a few pounds, like 5-10 and that makes me feel pain...Be patient....it takes time to let those nerves calm down. Concentrate on hamstrings and abdominals. This new CORE strength stuff is also VERY good, if you can do it. GOOD LUCK and YES, there is a good chance of FULL recovery. One last thing, check out the POSE running method stuff. I recently completed a running class teaching this, and I now run pain free!
Hey Kaeote,
As for exact symptoms; started with tight, pinching pain in my lower back and after a few Chiro visits, I started getting nagging pain in the back of my left hip. Shortly after that, I started getting stabbing, shooting pain in my left hamstring, the back left of my knee and my the left side of my lower left leg.
Within several weeks I developed numbness in the three left toes on my left foot and my lower left leg at which time I could only relieve the shooting pains by lying on my stomach or standing (I could not sit). And going from a prone position to standing brought on the worst of it.
As for other symptoms, range of motion in my lower back, left hip and hamstring coupled with weakness and muscle loss in my left leg with the pain and numbness is was clear my diagnoses was correct.
In addition, after the MRI, even when I got out of the machine, they let me look on the computer screen and view the herniation - I could actually see the sciatic nerve being pushed out of the way by the bulging annulus and nucleus pupolsis.
Thanks for your thoughts though...
I am a 34 year old female with 3 kids who suffered with back pain for 10 years. After years of various treatments, I went to a chiropractor who after several adjustments with no improvements suggested a spine surgeon. I had a fusion on 8/28/03 on L4/L5, & S1. I now have 2 cages, 2 rods, and 7 screws. The new surgery involved going in through the stomach for a faster recovery. I was driving 1 1/2 weeks after surgery and returned to work with no restrictions 3 months later. I started running for the 1st time in my life 11 months after surgery and have since completed 3 5k's and 1 5mile. I run 3-5miles a day, 6 days a week with no back pain. Surgery was the best thing that I ever did!
I had this surgery done a month and a half ago ,i felt wonderful for 2 weeks, i even went with out pain pills then i went to the Doc.and now i am starting to feel pain where i use to have before the op is this normal can anyone relate
Murkey, I ran pain free for several months after surgery and then I had the exact type of pain I had before surgery. I went back to my surgeon and he said that I tore the scar tissue off of the screw heads. He gave me a cortisone shot and I had to take 6 weeks off from running, but I haven't had any problems since. That's been almost 2 1/2 years ago. I had achilles surgery 4 months ago and all was going great. I even did a 5k race 13 weeks after surgery and a week ago, I started having the same pain and the ortho said I tore the scar tissue in my ankle. If it is scar tissue, ask if there is a massage therapist in your area that does ART (active release technique), I started treatment today and even though it's very painful, it's supposed to break up the scar tissue. Good luck!
I'm wondering in anyone has ever used the DRX 9000, http://www.axiomworldwide.com/DRX9000.htm, to treat herniated discs; it's supposed to heal 85% of patients, nonsurgically.
Lower back herniated disc is pretty easily fixed these days. Not, leads to nasty loss of feeling and eventually ability/strength of legs and even arms due to nerve damage. At least that was my experience. I had to have the surgery years ago when it was much more invasive than now - I can't imagine life without! Recover - follow MD directions - stay fit and continue your life of running, tennis, etc., for years. I did have one "relapse" about 10 years ago - possibly precipitated by maternity? Small frame - BIG baby!?? But it was handled non-surgically by a terrific ortho- ice 5-6 times daily and daily swimming to re-strengthen those lower muscles. It also involved some scar tissue build-up I think but has never really been a problem since. My brother, also very active recently had similar problem and was back in action in a reasonable time after surgery. Claims it the best thing he ever did. I continue to run, play tennis, work out, and whatever else I wish. Good luck.
I am 59 and had spinal fusion in 2000, pain and diminished running have been the general rule. i just
got a new drug, Lyrica and I am pain free for the 1st
time in 11 years. it is terrific, i am running and will have logged 40+ miles this month, it's not like the 40+
i used to run weekly, it's a start!
don't give up and explore all avenues, the surgery is much easier now and they are using artifical discs now instead of titanium cages, also find a md that will operate from the front, that way all of your back muscles will be spared the trauma.
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Kenneth Clay Drew, 75, a resident of Cowgill, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at his residence.
Funeral services will be announced at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Pitts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601. Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley Pitts Funeral Home, Braymer, Mo.
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We love when our guest blogger Tiffany (Peanut Blossom) shares her fantastic recipes, creative play ideas, and more on the Melissa & Doug blog. This week, she posted some wonderful tips for hosting a Valentine's Day party for kids that we know you, our readers, will love.
In her posts, Tiffany often shares some of the challenges she faces from moving to a new place. So we suggested that Tiffany host a Valentine party for some new friends as a way to welcome people into her home and host an event the kids – and parents –will all enjoy. For a full overview of the décor, and sweet treat she prepared, check out her entire post. We also rounded up some highlights of the event below. The best part is – the time commitment is minimal, so anyone could practically have a party like this ready in just a few days:
Plan some "Sweet Activities"
Having an organized activity is a great way to help little friends – especially new ones – get to know each other better! Tiffany set her table with our Decorate Your own Heart Box craft at each place setting, with a variety of sweet snacks for the kids to enjoy as they decorated unique, colorful boxes!
Keep the Snacks Simple
Tiffany suggests that, for any kids party, keep the snacks simple! And with picky eaters likely to join the bunch, try things that can be offered up plain, too (like her Strawberries with Cheesecake Dip treat with various topping options!)
Tiffany's party was a great way to get kids –and families – together in a creative way! The outcome: some adorable hand-made heart boxes, and a day full of memories that won't soon be forgotten.
For more details, and recipes, from Tiffany's party, click here.
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